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Boundary plan can get ‘creative’ SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group
The committee recommending new school attendance areas will have “flexibility” to consider possibilities that were initially out of its purview. The school board declined Monday to rule out a trio of ideas proposed by consultant Mark Roffers – one that would have one elementary with grades K-2 and the other grades 3-5, another that would house the entire Two Way Immersion program at a single site and a plan to intentionally send two schools toward exceeding their enrollment
Future meetings All meetings are from 6-8:30 p.m. at the administration building, 700 N. Main St. Tuesday, Jan. 8 Tuesday, Jan. 29 Tuesday, Feb. 12 Monday, Feb. 25 Tuesday, March 12 Tuesday, March 19
capacity. Previously, the board had indicated such work as proposing programming changes and planning around referendums was not part of the job of the 29-member Attendance Area Advisory Committee. But Roffers told the board
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Building ‘real-world’ business skills in the classroom VAHS social media marketing class connects students, businesses SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group
I f y o u ’r e s c r o l l i n g through your Facebook feed this spring and see an ad for the Rhapsody Arts Center’s sensory friendly concert, you’re probably seeing the work of a Verona Area High School student. The Social Media and Advertising class, taught by Nate Wilkinson, has
spent this month working with clients to create social media advertisements the businesses will later use for various initiatives or expansion. The students broke into groups – or “agencies” – to work with the partnering businesses. Having their creations go out for anyone to see is a lot of pressure for some of the students. VAHS student Lauren Ramsey, whose group is working with the school district on its “Grow Your Own” program, said she was “kind of nervous” about the class, project, as it put
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New Century School first grader Jeannette Rice, a Make-A-Wish recipient, steps out of her classroom with her mother, Desiree Daugherty, right, as fellow first-graders, teacher Emily Utzig (third from right) and other parents cheer her on Wednesday, Dec. 12.
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NCS students cheer on first-grader taking Disney trip KIMBERLY WETHAL Unified Newspaper Group
Just like any other day, New Century School first-grader Jeannette Rice gathered her belongings at 1:15 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 12, to head home from school more than an hour before the final bell. But it wasn’t like any other school day. Rice’s classmates, from kindergarten to sixth grade, lined the hallways with signs and formed a crowd on the sidewalk in front of
the building for her, chanting “Go, Jeannette!” to send her off as she left school for the last time in 2018. The 7-year-old was allotted a whole week off for a trip to Florida from Dec. 13-20 with her father, Zebanya Rice, and her mother, Desiree Daugherty, for a Make-A-Wish trip to see Disney World and other parks and attractions. “She was bouncing between Disney World and hanging out with Clay Matthews and some of the Packers,” Daugherty said. “She decided Disney
World because she realized Disney World was a few days long, while meeting the Packers was two hours.” Jeannette has Noonan Syndrome, a lifelong genetic condition that limits her growth, creates facial characteristics like low-set ears and wide-set eyes and can be the cause of heart defects. One of those heart defects includes hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, in which the heart muscle is enlarged,
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An unexpected gift from her new community Friend raises money to buy car for Verona woman with cancer SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group
Theresa Langton Graewin thought Dec. 13 was just a pizza night with her friend Jessica Popp and their children — they’d eat, exchange presents and enjoy an early holiday celebration.
So when Popp arrived at her Verona apartment for the evening, she didn’t think much of it that Popp asked her to come outside. Within seconds, though, a giant bow on top of a 2010 Mazda made it clear. Popp was giving her a car for Christmas, replacing a seemingly endless line of clunkers she and her family had to deal with. “This is absolutely incredible,” Langton
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Jessica Popp, left, raised money in the community to buy a car for Theresa Langton Graewin, who was diagnosed with cancer in October 2017. The pair met earlier this year after Langton Graewin and her family moved to Verona, and became close friends quickly. Photo by Scott Girard
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‘Today is the next step’ BPNN expansion officially opens KIMBERLY WETHAL Unified Newspaper Group
Badger Prairie Needs Network officially launched the “Kitchen to Table” partnership this past weekend, with a ribbon cutting and open house events. Several speakers discussed the project before people toured the new 576foot warehouse and 1,000-foot cooler and freezer space onto the western side of the building. “This expansion is critical in helping us advance our mission of both feeding families, as well as reducing waste in Dane County and throughout southern Wisconsin,” Kurt Billings, president of the BPNN board of directors, said during the grand opening on Friday, Dec. 14. The warehouse, built over the past few months, provides BPNN with more food storage. That’s desperately needed, said Marcia Kasieta, executive director for BPNN, because the agency has been “bursting at the seams” since they moved into their facility in 2015. The cooler and freezer space will also store food for BPNN patrons; however, it also becomes the linchpin for the implementation of the new “Kitchen to Table” initiative. The initiative is a partnership among BPNN, Community Action Coalition For
South Central Wisconsin, Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin, Epic, UW Health Clinics and CUNA Mutual. BPNN’s industrial kitchen, along with its new cooler and freezer space, will allow unserved food made in the cafeterias at Epic, UW Health Clinics and CUNA Mutual to be “rescued” and brought back to the food agency, where it’ll be repackaged and stored. From there, Second Harvest and CAC, or the food pantries they serve, can come to BPNN and load up the packaged meals for distribution throughout southern Wisconsin, Kasieta said. “We have had a mission of fighting hunger and ending poverty locally for all of those three decades,” she said. “Today is the next step, where we move beyond local assistance and we have an impact regionwide throughout all of southern Wisconsin.” Dane County executive Joe Parisi said both the completion of the additional facility space and the start of the “Kitchen to Table” initiative wouldn’t be possible without “the drive of so many people.” “What’s happening here is the embodiment of everything that is good in our community,” he said. Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly.wethal@wcinet.com and follow her on Twitter @kimberly_wethal.
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From left, Badger Prairie Needs Network executive director Marcia Kasieta, project manager Ken Berg and board president Kurt Billings cut the ribbon in the doorway of BPNN’s expansion on Friday, Dec. 14.
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Town of Verona
Taxes up 3.7% overall Town rate drops; few changes made to line items
T h e Tow n o f Ve r o n a approved its 2019 operating budget this month and sent out tax bills to residents last week. The mill rate for the town decreased by 1 percent this year ($.04, to $3.75), and overall taxes for town residents increased 3.7 percent, adding about $140 in taxes to a $200,000 home. An increase in the Lottery Credit this year, from $152 to $217, offsets some of that. Assessed values for most properties did not change from last year but are expected to do so in 2019 with a town-wide revaluation. The town’s final budget sits at $1,544,785, up by $5,375 based on what the town collected in 2018, town planner/administrator Amanda Arnold told the Press in an email. That increase, however, was offset by an unintended decrease in service costs, she said.
“I did change a few numbers just to make them more “real,” she wrote. “For example, our EMS costs went down slightly because of a delay in the purchase of a new ambulance.” The Town Board made no additional adjustments to the budget before passing it Tuesday, Dec. 4. Tax bills are due back to Town Hall by Thursday, Jan. 31. No new infrastructure construction was planned in the budget, but the increasing cost of services such as fees for the Sugar River Senior Center, fire fees and EMS costs remain a struggle for the town as it looks to maintain a balanced budget, Arnold told the Press in November. Though the equalized rate in the school district held steady, increased home values across the district made the overall rate increase about 7 percent. Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly. wethal@wcinet.com and follow her on Twitter @ kimberly_wethal.
2018 property taxes Jurisdiction Town of Verona VASD (net) Dane County MATC Total
2017 2018 $ chg. % chg. $3.79 $3.75 -$.04 -1% $11.24 $11.99 $.75 6.7% $3.81 $3.80 -$.01 0 $1.00 $1.02 $.02 2% $19.84 $20.57 $.73 3.7%
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Senior Center expands case manager service AMBER LEVENHAGEN Unified Newspaper Group
The Verona Senior Center has added a second full-time case manager to help deal with an increased need from the community. Julie Larson started with the center in September and is working with Becky Losby. The two will split the caseload alphabetically – Losby will work with last names A-L and Larson will take M-Z, but Larson said if people have a good relationship with Losby and don’t want to disrupt that,
they can continue working with her. Larson’s background is in case management and human services, and Losby said “having Julie on board has helped with the workload.” The two do not have set office hours, “because we don’t know when we might be out making a home visit or doing something in the community,” Larson said, but work within the center’s open hours: 8:30 a.m. t o 4 : 3 0 p . m . M o n d a y, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday; 8:30 a.m to 8 p.m. Thursday.
In addition to case management services, the two also run monthly support groups. The caregiver support group, for caregivers and their loved ones, meets the first and third Tuesdays at 10 a.m. The veterans group, for veterans from all branches of service, meets the second Thursday at 3 p.m. They also oversee the “loan closet,” which is open for all Verona residents, not just clients of the case management system. “We’re able to loan out things like walkers or
shower chairs, in situations like if someone is recovering from a surgery,” Larson said. “They can contact us if they are in need of something.” For information about case management and other senior center services, call 845-7471 or visit ci.verona.wi.us/504/ case-management. Larson can be reached at 848-0440, Losby at 8480432. Contact Amber Levenhagen at amber.levenhagen@ wcinet.com.
City, town buildings close during holidays City and town services in the Verona area will close periodically for the upcoming winter holidays. The Verona City Center, Verona Town Hall, the library and the senior center will be closed all day Mondays Dec. 24 and 31 and Tuesday, Dec. 25. They’ll also close on New Year’s Day. The library has additional days during the holiday season where closures will take effect, including all day Sunday, Dec. 23 and at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31. Brush collection for the City of Verona is still scheduled for Monday, Dec. 24. Photo by Kelly Kloepping
A group of students talk with Verona and Fitchburg police officers during the “racism versus prejudice” portion of the Verona Area High School social justice summit Friday, Dec. 7.
Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly.wethal@wcinet.com and follow her on Twitter @kimberly_wethal.
VAHS holds social justice summit Verona Area High School hosted its first Social Justice Youth Summit Friday, Dec. 7, to coincide with the school’s annual Multicultural Showcase. Students attended the showcase for part of the day, and then participated in workshops with VAHS staff and outside groups during another section. Participating groups included judges, University of Wisconsin professors, Boys and Girls Club leadership and Verona and Fitchburg police officers. Workshops focused on mental health, free speech, poverty, digital citizenship, healthy relationships and diversity in the business world. The goal was “to provide a safe space to have courageous conversations about social issues that affect us daily,” district public information officer Kelly Kloepping wrote in an email.
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Shame on Republicans for stealing votes The Republican Party stole my November vote. In an extraordinary legislative session last week, they destroyed what little democracy was left in Wisconsin. In stripping the power of newly elected Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul and by making it harder for people to vote, the Republican Party has shown that it will go to any lengths to keep power. They’ll destroy democracy before giving up power. They’ll cheat, lie and bully. It is so obvious that they no longer even try and justify it. They just ram it through the “legal” process while that still can. Robin Vos and Scott Fitzgerald have put their jobs and status above the wishes of the residents of Wisconsin. Tony Evers beat Scott Walker in the Governor election. He beat him despite being outspent and not having incumbent name recognition. Tony Evers beat Scott Walker because Wisconsin grew tired of seeing our public schools beaten down. We grew tired of seeing factory farms use up all our clean water and then pollute it so bad that it is undrinkable in many areas. Water that is our most valuable
resource. We grew tired of giving Foxconn $4 billion (that is billion with a “B”) when many of our roads are undrivable. Scott Walker worked for the Koch Brothers, not the citizens of Wisconsin. People saw this and voted him out. What we did not vote for was a Republican Party power grab. A grab possible by gerrymandering so corrupt that a federal court ruled it illegal. I want to believe the best about people, and I think most people are good and honest. But this latest move really makes me wonder what we have become as a society. Do people that voted Republican really think this right and proper? Or have we a become a society where “winning” and putting one over on the other person or party is all that matters. For those who believe in justice and fairness, these are some Dark Ages we are entering. We have so many problems and issues that need solving . A power grab will do nothing to help remedy what we all face. The Republican Party stole my vote. Shame on them. Tim Melin City of Verona
Corrections In the Dec. 13 edition of the Press, a photo caption about the Multicultural Showcase included the wrong group name. The GSA acronym is “Gender Sexuality Alliance.” The Press regrets the error.
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Bethlehem is still a town where fears and hopes meet
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any Christians have been singing “O Little Town of Bethlehem” in recent days. I hear it, but I also know there’s a dissonance between the carol and the Bethlehem of today. Written 150 years ago, it thinks fondly of Bethlehem’s “deep and dreamless sleep.” But now, Bethlehem’s sleep might be better characterized as troubled and full of nightmares. One feature of the song that remains true today is that Bethlehem is still a place where hopes and fears meet. The beauty Yurs amid its chaos is a reminder of how we things are not always how we remember them and yet we can make the best out of the worst. Bethlehem’s fears are rooted in current conditions that are complex and controversial. It is Palestinian territory but controlled by Israel and surrounded by a massive wall not of its own making. The complexities besetting Bethlehem date back to at least 1947. That was the year the United Nations divided Palestine into three parts, with 55 percent of the area becoming the Jewish state. Both Bethlehem and Jerusalem were made international cities at the time because of their holy sites. The rest of the area was reserved for Palestinian rule. Israel began to invade and to occupy the region known as the West Bank, where Bethlehem is located, during the Six Day War in 1967. The Oslo Peace Accords, agreed to in 1995, led to Israel’s withdrawal from Bethlehem and the transfer of the city
from international status to Palestinian rule. The wall around Bethlehem was built by the Israelis, starting around 2000. Here is where controversies begin to meld with the complexities. The Israelis first billed the wall as a security fence to protect themselves from Palestinian terrorists whom they feared. Palestinian and other opponents of the wall contend it does not protect Israelis so much as it unlawfully impedes the movements of Palestinians to and from Bethlehem. There is a series of military checkpoints along the length of the wall, and these make it difficult for Palestinians in Bethlehem, Christian as well as Muslim, to travel to and from school and places of work. Life within the confines of the wall is far from peaceful. The Rev. Mitri Raheb, pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem, has written extensively, including a book called “Bethlehem Besieged” (Fortress Press, 2002). That book opens with the story of his family being awakened from its sleep early one morning. They were asleep in the parsonage of the church when they were startled by massive amounts of shelling. Israeli tanks and soldiers were occupying the Christmas Lutheran campus, using it as a staging area for further inroads into the city. Neighbors were killed, and Pastor Raheb and his family feared for their lives. Facts like these make the plight of Bethlehem seem hopelessly dismal. They are not. There are small, but energetic efforts in place to counter present fear with budding hope. One form hope takes in Bethlehem is art. I am told the city is full of
broken glass. The shards are remnants of violence that has taken place in the streets. At least one woman in the city collects the bits of glass and transforms them into beautiful pieces of art, transforming separateness into wholeness. Another form hope takes shape in Bethlehem is in the work of Christmas Lutheran Church. One of its ministries brings children together – Muslim and Christian – and helps form community by drawing upon their creative gifts, talents and interests. We can become expressions of hope for Bethlehem here in this country. One way to do this is to be suspicious of a political ideology that sides, indiscriminately, with Israel and against the Palestinians. The unquestioningly pro-Israeli ideology that surfaces here has much support from the religious right, which tends to equate the political state of Israel with Israel as identified in the Bible. This equation may play fast and loose with Scripture. It puts too great a strain on some biblical texts while it slackens interest in others, particularly ones that call for Israel to maintain the highest of ethical standards. Another way we in this country can embody hope for Bethlehem is for us to let our thoughts fall not alone on the idealized Bethlehem of old but also upon the living conditions of the Palestinians in Bethlehem today. With some imagination we can see how they are like that traveling couple, disrupted by their government, weary, innless and vulnerable. The Rev. Dr. Mark E. Yurs is the pastor at Salem United Church of Christ.
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Verona Area School District
VASD in brief
Board will look at middle school Chinese
At-large seats on ballot
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A school board decision on Chinese-language instruction in Verona Area middle schools now has a timeline. The board agreed Monday night to hear options from administrators at its Monday, Jan. 7, meeting, including as much information as possible about cost and other consequences. Board members said they will consider a decision as soon as the Jan. 21 meeting, but board
president Noah Roberts clarified the item could remain on the agenda until the board is ready to make a decision. The discussion about adding Chinese at the middle school level goes back three years, when the first class graduated from fifth grade at the Verona Area International School, a charter school with Chinese- and English-language dual immersion that opened in 2010. Since then, middle school students have taken either an online course that drew complaints from parents or a before-school option that will not be possible for all students beginning next school year. By next fall, a projected 29
graduates of VAIS will be in grades 6-8, and eight in high school. By fall 2020, that will rise to 43 and 14, respectively. Some budget details will not be known for a while, superintendent Dean Gorrell explained, including the state’s 2019-21 biennial budget, but administrators can make the board’s choice work in its initial budget proposal. “Whatever the board approves … then that just comes off the top,” he said. “That becomes a placeholder for an additional expenditure, and we just build that in.” The lack of budgetary room for additional staff in the foreign language department has been one of the
problems that stifled a decision on adding the language. The conversation never got too far within the department because of that lack of resources, director of bilingual programming and instructional equity Laurie Burgos explained at a previous meeting. “It always goes back to where is the (staffing) coming from?” Burgos said in November. “Yes, the conversations have happened over the last three years, but absent a dollar amount, there isn’t a conversation to have.” Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.
Equity guides new prioritizing plan SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group
A new tool to help Verona Area School District leaders evaluate programs and budgetary decisions is in development. A draft “Resource Management Decision-Making Rubric” was presented to the board Monday with some work left to complete it. But administrators wanted to hear from board members that they were on the right track. The document – a criteria-based scoring guide, essentially – reflects two of the board’s goals for the next three years as part of the strategic plan: removing the likelihood that race or socioeconomic status affects a student’s success and resource allocation. Both goals will focus on equity – the practice of giving students and schools what they need, rather than basing allocation on the number of students or other equality-based allocation. Much of the board’s discussion Monday focused on how the rubric will be used, and it settled on considering it as a “planning document” for new program proposals and a “feedback document” for the board to administrators.
“It really helps then flesh out what we expect,” said board member Meredith Stier Christensen. The document, which asks questions to evaluate whether a program measures up to the goals, could also be used to look at “what we’re doing now,” said director of bilingual programming and instructional equity Laurie Burgos. “I actually think it would be fascinating to look at something other than money,” Burgos said. “We talk about time and how we structure our master schedule.” There will be a ramp-up period to using it for existing programs, superintendent Dean Gorrell said, as the district is “not at a point where we can do an examination of every single thing we do.” Board president Noah Roberts agreed, but he said the rubric can be a tool both at budget time to evaluate financial decisions and throughout the year to evaluate programming otherwise. “I think our first objective is to work on prioritizing new money as we phase in the new budgeting process, but that does not mean we can’t review ongoing programs throughout the year,” Roberts said. A few board members also said it will
be hard to know how well the rubric is working until they see how it “starts to get used,” and administrators agree it could evolve. Questions under the student success goal – making outcomes less predictable by race or socioeconomic status – include, “Who are the underrepresented group(s) positively impacted by this policy, program, allocation or decision?” and “What are the potential unintended or negative impacts of this proposal?” Next to the questions are some answers that would rate out somewhere between a 1 or a 4 score, with the higher score meaning it addresses the question and a 1 with little or no information. Under the resource allocation goal, questions include, “How does this resource request address the strategic plan/district goals?” and “What are the financial impacts of this resource request beyond this fiscal year?” Roberts said any future resource allocations should be considered against the rubric, which administrators planned to continue to work on this week. “This first time around, the bare minimum goal is answering all these questions when we’re presented with a resource allocation,” Roberts said.
There will be a single ballot question for the Verona Area school board at-large seats, even as the terms will be different for the top two vote-getters. Board president Noah Roberts, who is also in an at-large seat and is running for re-election, said Monday the seat of the recently resigned Russell King would be up for a one-year term. But all candidates for an at-large seat will appear in the same ballot question, with voters selecting up to two candidates. The top two will be elected to the board – the highest vote-getter for three years, the second place for one year. Roberts said the district checked with its attorney to be sure because of the differing terms.
School safety plan approved The board approved a state-mandated school safety plan Monday. School districts across Wisconsin are required to submit the plans to the state Department of Justice Office of School Safety by Jan. 1. The submission includes a copy of its plan, maps of its schools, dates of the most recent school safety plan training, when school violence drills took place and the last time the board consulted with a local law enforcement agency to conduct on-site safety assessments. The district switched its emergency response protocol earlier this year to an “options-based” approach, which allows students and staff to assess the situation and respond as necessary, whether by sheltering in place or evacuating.
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Incident communication policy approved Few changes from two weeks ago SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group
Information shared by Verona Area School District officials during an emergency will be governed by a policy adopted Monday about how to communicate with parents after an incident at school. The Verona Area school board approved a policy and rule Monday night with few changes from the first presentation two weeks earlier. The policy had previously been revised in 2004, after originally designating the spokesperson for the district in the event of a crisis in 1991. Board president Noah Roberts said although much of what was in the policy was already the district’s practice, it was “extremely exciting” to have it codified. “We’re modernizing a policy that really needed modernizing,” Roberts
said. “I think our community will really appreciate the work we’ve done on this.” The rules include a breakdown of the severity of incidents – no or minimal risk, moderate risk, significant risk – and how communication will work in those scenarios. The most significant update from the drafts presented two weeks ago added some language about the timing of notification. “The board also recognizes that technology may allow students to divulge incident-related information with family members often before the district is able to communicate out a formal statement,” the final policy states. “It is important for families to understand that the district will communicate out appropriate and factual information as soon as possible, ensuring that schools speak with one voice when a health or safety incident occurs during the school day or at a school-sponsored activity.” That language was added
at the suggestion of board member Kristina Navarro-Haffner, who two weeks ago said her two children at the high school can get information – accurate or not – to parents before the district. She said the district should at least inform parents in the policy of that reality. “In my mind, maybe we’re trying to fix a problem as an organization that really, we’re not going to be able to fix,” she said Dec. 3. “The answer to it is to provide honest information to the people closest to the incident.” The rule also removes “as soon as possible” language, which was something superintendent Dean Gorrell expressed reservations about in the initial proposal, given the balance between expediency and accuracy. The new language is changed to “in a timely manner.” Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.
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Coming up revealed in advance but feature difFor information, call 848-1079. Get started with Facebook ferent places around the world. Senior citizens looking to learn Participation is limited to six peo- Health screenings how to use Facebook can learn from ple at a time. Fitch-Rona EMS and Capitol Rich Bartlett from 10-11 a.m. FriFor information, call 845-7471. Physical Therapy will be conducting day, Dec. 21, during his Computer health screenings from 10-11 a.m. Questions Plus seminar at the senior New Years celebration Wednesday, Jan. 2, at the library. center. The senior center will host a New Fitch-Rona paramedics will proAttendees are encouraged to bring Years celebration from 5-7 p.m. Fri- vide blood pressure and blood sugtheir questions about social media to day, Dec. 28. ar screenings, and Capitol Physical the seminar. Tony Rocker, an Elvis imperson- Therapy will test for fall risk and For information, call 845-7471. ator, will perform at the celebration, provide tips on preventing injuries. No appointment is necessary. with Elvis’ favorite snacks being Family fort day For information, call 845-7180. served. Families are invited to spend an A countdown to the New Year will Child development storytime afternoon at the library building be held right before 7 p.m. a cozy fort they can sit in to read For information, call 845-7471. The library will host a develtogether from 1:30-3 p.m. Thursday, opment story time for children of ’80s Night at the Brewery Dec. 27. all ages and their caregivers from Some sheets, lightweight blanThe Wisconsin Brewing Company 10:30-11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 3. kets and clips will be provided, but is hosting an ’80s Night at the brewLearn how to enhance your child’s attendees are encouraged to bring ery on 1079 American Way from language skills through reading. their own. There will be an opportunity to ask 7-11 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 29. S’mores will be provided. There is no cover charge for the questions about your child’s develFor information, call 845-7180. event. DJs Todd and Scottie will opment. The story time will be led by therplay hits from the ’80s throughout Virtual reality tours the night. apists from CI Pediatric Therapy The senior center will be conductAttire from the ’80s is encouraged Centers. ing Rendever virtual reality tours but not required. Carry-in food is For information, call 845-7180. from 10:30-11:15 a.m. on Friday, welcomed, but carry-in drinks are Dec. 28. not. The tour “locations” cannot be
Community calendar Thursday, December 20
• 4-5 p.m., Anime and manga club, library, 845-7180
Friday, December 21
• 10-11 a.m., Computer Questions Plus: “How to get started with Facebook,” senior center, 845-7471 • 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., December birthday/anniversary lunch (RSVP by noon on Monday, Dec. 17), senior center, 845-7471
Sunday, December 23
Library closed
Monday, December 24
Library closed Senior center closed
Tuesday, December 25
Library closed Senior center closed
Thursday, December 27
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Friday, December 28
• 11:15 a.m. to noon, Noon New Year’s Eve dance party (ages 0-8), library, 845-7180 • 6 p.m., Library closed for New Year’s Eve
• 1:30-3 p.m., Family fort day, library, 845-7180 • 4-5:30 p.m., Teen gaming, library, 845-7180 • 10-11:30 a.m., Young and the Restless playtime (ages 0-5), library, 845-7180 • 12:30 p.m., Movie matinee: “It’s a Wonderful Life,” senior center, 845-7471 • 1:30-3 p.m., Family Movie: “Incredibles 2” (rated PG), library, 845-7471 • 5-7 p.m., New Years Celebration with Elvis Presley, senior center, 845-7471
Saturday, December 29
Monday, December 31
Tuesday, January 1
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Wednesday, January 2
10-11 a.m., Blood pressure, blood sugar and fall prevention screenings, library, 845-7180
Thursday, January 3
10:30-11 a.m., Child development storytime: Snow!, library, 845-7180
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What’s on VHAT-98 Thursday, Dec. 20 7 a.m. – Quilts of Valor at Senior Center 8 a.m. – Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Happy Hour Trio at Senior Center 2 p.m. – Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – My Two Elaines at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Accordian Music at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Salem Church Service 7 p.m. – UW Geology at Senior Center 8 p.m. – -Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – 2018 Veterans Day at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Library History at the Historical Society Friday, Dec. 21 7 a.m. – My Two Elaines at Senior Center 1 p.m. – 2018 Veterans Day at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4 p.m. – Accordian Music at Senior Center 5:30 p.m. – 2017 Wildcats Football 8:30 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Quilts of Valor at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Happy Hour Trio at Senior Center Saturday, Dec. 22 8 a.m. – Common Council from 12-10-18 11 a.m. – Vintage Verona
Sports 1 p.m. – 2017 Wildcats Football 4:30 p.m. – Library History at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Common Council from 12-10-18 9 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Library History at the Historical Society 11 p.m. – Happy Hour Trio at Senior Center Sunday, Dec. 23 7 a.m. – Hindu Cultural Hour 9 a.m. – Resurrection Church 10 a.m. – Salem Church Service Noon – Common Council from 12-10-18 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4:30 p.m. – Library History at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Common Council from 12-10-18 9 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Library History at the Historical Society 11 p.m. – Happy Hour Trio at Senior Center Monday, Dec. 24 7 a.m. – My Two Elaines at Senior Center 1 p.m. – 2018 Veterans Day at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4 p.m. – Accordian Music at Senior Center
5 p.m. – 2017 Wildcats Football 9 p.m. – Hindu Cultural Hour 10 p.m. – Quilts of Valor at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Happy Hour Trio at Senior Center Tuesday, Dec. 25 7 a.m. – Quilts of Valor at Senior Center 10 a.m. – Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Happy Hour Trio at Senior Center 2 p.m. – Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – My Two Elaines at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Accordian Music at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Resurrection Church 8 p.m. – UW Geology at Senior Center 9 p.m. – 2018 Veterans Day at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Library History at the Historical Society Wednesday, Dec. 26 7 a.m. – My Two Elaines at Senior Center 1 p.m. – 2018 Veterans Day at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 5 p.m. – Common Council from 12-10-18 7 p.m. – Capital City Band 8 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Quilts of Valor at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Happy Hour Trio at
Senior Center Thursday, Dec. 27 7 a.m. – Quilts of Valor at Senior Center 8 a.m.- Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Happy Hour Trio at Senior Center 2 p.m. – Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – My Two Elaines at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Accordian Music at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Salem Church Service 7 p.m. – UW Geology at Senior Center 8 p.m. – Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – 2018 Veterans Day at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Library History at the Historical Society
Churches All Saints Lutheran Church 2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg (608) 276-7729 allsaints-madison.org Interim Pastor Sunday: 8:30 & 10:45 a.m.
Paoli Sunday: 9 & 11 a.m., St. Andrew, Verona Daily Mass, Tuesday-Saturday: 8 a.m., St. Andrew, Verona
Memorial UCC 5705 Lacy Rd., Fitchburg (608) 273-1008 memorialucc.org Interim Pastor Laura Crow Sunday: 9:30 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 and 10:45 a.m.
Good Shepherd 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 Pastors Nathan Strutz and Andrew Ewings, and Assistant Pastor Jordan Uhlhorn Thursday: 6:30 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. St. Christopher Catholic Parish St. Andrew Church 301 N. Main St., Verona St. William Church 1371 Hwy. PB, Paoli (608) 845-6613 stchristopherverona.com Fr. John Sasse, pastor Saturday: 5 p.m., St. Andrew, Verona Sunday: 7:30 a.m., St. William,
West Madison Bible Church 2920 Hwy. M, Verona (608) 845-9518 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
New Beginnings The New Year is a good time for a fresh start. The month of January was named for Janus,the two-faced Roman god who could look forward and backwards at the same time because he had two faces which looked in opposite directions. The ability to simultaneously look back over the previous year or years while looking forward to where we want to go is an important life skill. Many of us make plans to diet or get into better physical shape. Some of us look at our finances and make plans to save more money for retirement or for our children’s college expenses. These are worthwhile goals, but we should also think about the condition of our souls and our spiritual welfare. How might we improve our inner, spiritual life, and our relationship with God? Consider improving your prayer life by adding to your daily prayers. If you don’t pray every day, you are missing an opportunity to start and end your day in the presence of God. If you pray every morning, consider adding a prayer before bedtime, or adding morning prayers if you usually pray at bedtime. Consider adding some serious Biblestudy to your life. Finally, consider doing some form of penance. Penance, in its most basic form, is simply contrite repentance, a sincere turning away from sin. It requires us to be genuinely sorry for our sins, and to make a serious effort to amend our lives. Turning away from our old ways and looking forward to a new and better life is perhaps the most appropriate symbolism of the two-faced God Janus. – 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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Local veterans were honored with Quilts of Valor on Saturday, Nov. 10. Front row, David Grindle, Ronald Byrnes, Robert Wagner, Daniel Michaels, David Schmit, and Richard Serch. Back row, Colin Ace, Dennis Johnson, Robert Zurbuchen and Jason Crabb. Not pictured, Ronald ‘Connie’ Hellenbrand.
Veterans honored with Quilts of Valor Nov. 10 at Legion
The local chapter of the National Quilt of Valor Foundation, the Verona Quilts of Valor group, honored 11 veterans on the morning of Saturday, Nov. 10, at the Verona American Legion. To nominate a veteran go to the QOVF.ORG website or call Karen Eberhardt at 577-5906.
VAIS contributes to Capitol tree For the second year in a row, Verona Area International School students contributed ornaments for the Wisconsin Capitol Christmas tree. The school previously contributed ornaments in 2011 and 2017.
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Wish: Rice, a first grade student, has congenital heart condition that limits her growth making it harder to pump blood. The muscle in Jeannette’s heart is so enlarged that 90 percent of her blood flow is blocked, Daugherty said, and after one surgery where surgeons cut the heart muscle, one of the options being considered for her is a heart transplant. “They’re trying to figure out what to do with her, anywhere from a fullon heart transplant to just going back in and recutting the muscle like they did when she was a baby,” Daugherty said. “Doctors are back-and-forth. Because (her heart is) still active, they don’t want to necessarily want to go in and mess with it, but then again, they do need mess with it. “It’s a fine line between what we do,” she said. D a u g h e r t y ’s s i s t e r i n f o r m e d h e r M a ke - A Wish can grant wishes for children whose conditions aren’t necessarily terminal. Her sister had seen someone else close to her – who coincidentally also had a heart condition – experience a trip, so Daugherty decided to sign her daughter up. “I (had) thought it was just for terminal, can cer-type ordeals,” Daugherty said. “I gave them a call and filled out the paperwork online, and less than six months later, we’re going to Disney World.” NCS director Ann Princl went on a Make-A-Wish trip with her daughter after she was diagnosed with leukemia a decade ago. When Daugherty contacted her about taking the week off, they decided to give Jeannette a surprise sendoff she wouldn’t forget. “A special trip like this is a memory of a lifetime,” Princl said. “It brings back lots of memories for me, and it just reminds me of the special moments and days that we had with our daughter when she was experiencing this trip.”
About Make-AWish The Make-A-Wish Foundation started in 1980 after a boy in Arizona with leukemia told his parents he wanted to be a police officer and state police worked together to give him a one-day experience. The foundation’s vision is to grant the wish of every child diagnosed with a critical illness. In the United States and its territories, on average, a wish is granted every 34 minutes. Doctors, nurses and other health professionals say the wish experience works in concert with medicine to make their patients feel better emotionally and even physically. – Make-A-Wish Foundation website
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New Century School first-grader Jeannette Rice walks out the front door of the school to see the older students cheering her on as she leaves for her Make-a-Wish trip on Wednesday, Dec. 12.
looking at her,” Daugherty said. “She’s so outgoing and active. We have to remind her that she has a heart condition and she needs to slow down.” Because Daugherty also has Noonan Syndrome, her daughter was checked for it when she was born. She came out five weeks early, in October 2011, weighing under five pounds. She spent the first month-and-a-half of her life in a newborn intensive care unit and underwent surgery to fix the alignment of her intestines, which were malrotated. She was finally taken off of a feeding tube when she was 7 months old. Around the time she was a year-and-a-half old, she A long fight had open heart surgery to Rice has been in and out reduce some of the blockage in her heart. It took of hospitals her entire life. “You couldn’t tell it by about five to six hours. “It felt like 24 (hours),”
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New Century School fourth-grader Jessica Sanchez-Serrano holds a sign along the sidewalk leading out to the street for first-grader Jeannette Rice as she leaves for her Make-a-Wish trip on Wednesday, Dec. 12.
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at Disney, Jeannette!” Princl said this send-off is a way that the school can give back to Rice for all of the happiness she gives to other students. “ J e a n n e t t e i s a lwa y s kind,” she said. “There are so many times when you see her helping someone in the hallway or smiling at others. She has sort of a fun walk that just springs out of her, so when she walks into the room, you can feel her energy and her joy.” As Rice left for home with her parents and students filed through the halls back to their classrooms,
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Car: Popp raised close to $4,000 in one month to buy car for women, friend with cancer Continued from page 1 Graewin said, hands on her cheeks drying off the tears. “I’ve never had a car this nice.” And what her friend would tell her moments later only made it better. Popp, a Paoli resident for the last six years, had been fundraising for a few months to buy the car, getting donations from businesses, patrons at the bar where she works and even some random people who overheard her sharing Langton Graewin’s story. Since October 2017, that story has included a breast cancer diagnosis that initially had Langton Graewin “scared to death.” In June, she and her family moved from Elroy to Verona to be closer to her husband’s job and her chemotherapy appointments. Sitting in her living room Monday, Dec. 17, Langton Graewin, a 57-year-old mother of four, told the Press she’s been able to maintain her positive attitude, although not without Photo by Scott Girard some challenges. Theresa Langton Graewin sits in her new 2010 Mazda, a surprise gift from her friend Jessica Popp, who raised money in the “It’s definitely financial- community to buy the car. Langton Graewin was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2017, and the car will help her get ly, mentally and emotional- to her own appointments as well as accompany others. ly overwhelming,” she said. overheard her story, or the “The love that just flows next day to visit her daughall this.” Her ‘survivor’ Langton Graewin feels bank teller who added $15 through all of it just over- ter in Illinois. She said the For Popp, the biggest that connection with Kerry, after hearing Popp excited- whelmed me,” she said. “I trip was “incredible,” with plenty of space for the two excitement about the gift too, and hopes to use the ly tell how much she had love living here.” raised. “gifts” she’s been given “by kids in the backseat – once was being able to help a But as Christmas quick- Helping others she figured out how to get it friend help themselves; so many people” to inspire ly approached, Popp had to Langton Graewin and her going. being able to drive to their others facing cancer. “It’s just incredible to be make a decision. She had family got to test the car out “I had to ask some guy appointments and other errands. But it was also around people that are so raised about $2,000 – an right away, as they left the how to put gas in the car,” about gaining someone loving and so caring,” she admirable amount, but not during a difficult year in said. “I need to go through enough for anything that which she lost three peo- (cancer) in order to help seemed reliable. She found ple close to her to cancer, other people and teach oth- a car she liked for $4,000 – double the amount she including her best friend, er people.” had – decided to go for it Kerry who died in March. Community of ‘love’ “on faith.” By the time the In this year of loss for The idea to get Langton car was delivered, the donaPopp, she thought perhaps Langton Graewin was Graewin a car came to Popp tions had risen to $3,900, meant to be her “survivor.” during one of the times she with Popp and her husband Less than three months drove her friend to her che- covering the rest. “It was challenging, but later, the two met by the motherapy appointment. pool at the Verona apart- After a GoFundMe page it was worth it,” Popp said. Bank-issued, FDIC-insured ment complex where her only garnered a few hun- “Sometimes it just takes dred dollars, she decided to asking the question; asking mother lives. “ R i g h t awa y, J e s s i c a use her “big mouth” to ask for help. It all adds up to 3-month and I clicked,” Langton anyone and everyone she something big.” Langton Graewin said could for help. Graewin said. It came, and from places she can’t believe a commu“Obviously Kerry sent you to me,” Popp said, she never expected, like $20 nity she’s only been part of smiling at her friend. “I’m from the man behind her for half a year has rallied to just the vehicle for Kerry in in a shopping line at who help her and her family like 1-year this.
How to help Jessica Popp is still raising money to help Theresa Langton Graewin as she goes through chemotherapy and other bills pile up. Popp has set up a “Grab Love” account at Capitol Bank for donations. she said with a laugh. She promised Popp she would take “good care” of the vehicle, and that she’s so lucky to have someone like Popp in her life. She’s another person who has shown Langton Graewin that “life is our school,” as we are put in others’ lives to “teach each other or to learn from each other.” Now she hopes her new car can help her focus on the teaching side, whether it’s someone taking one of her jewelry classes or sitting next to someone as they go through their first chemo appointment. “It’s kind of like this whole package, in a twisted way, is a gift,” Langton Graewin said. “I have to use this to help other people go through things that they’re going through in their life.” Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.
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The Verona Area/Mount Horeb boys swimming team looked to remain near the top in the Big Eight Conference with Tuesday’s showdown against Madison Memorial. The Wildcats split a double dual Tuesday with Madison Memorial and Madison LaFollette. Verona Area/Mount Horeb rolled by LaFollette 140-24 and lost a Big Eight Conference showdown with Memorial 92-78. Earlier in the week, the Wildcats turned in a couple of dominating performances Friday, rolling to a dual meet win over Beloit Memorial. They also set three pool records en route to winning Saturday’s Beloit College Events Invitational. Senior Shane Rozeboom was part of two of the three pool records the Wildcats set in Beloit. “It’s really satisfying to know I’m doing good things and going faster than last year,” said Rozeboom, who broke his 100-yard freestyle pool record he set last year. The Wildcats just finished a stretch of seven meets in 19 days. “That is a lot of racing,” coach Bill Wuerger said. “It will be nice to just focus on training. We have some guys who have been sick. They will get extra rest over winter break to get healthy.”
Memorial triple dual Shane Rozeboom had a hand in winning four events in a triple dual with Madison Memorial and Madison LaFollette. Rozeboom won the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 47.84 seconds and finished first in the 200 individual medley (2:00.46). He anchored the 400 free relay to a
Name: Alyssa Fischer Grade: Freshman Sport: Gymnastics Highlight: Fischer won the allaround competition Thursday in a Big Eight dual meet against Madison Memorial. She won the uneven bars (8.025) and the vault (8.225).
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Verona Area/Mount Horeb senior Shane Rozeboom swims the anchor leg of the 400-yard freestyle Tuesday in a meet against Madison Memorial and Madison LaFollette in Madison. The Wildcats won the relay with a time of 3 minutes, 17.73 seconds. Shane Rozeboom teamed with Nathan Rozeboom added a secfirst-place finish. The Wildcats (4-2 Big Eight) Best, sophomore Conner Arne- ond-place finish in the 100 breastsplit the double dual Tuesday son and senior Aidan Updegrove stroke (1:40.97). Updegrove had a season-besyt cruising by LaFollette 140-24 to finish first in the 400 free relay time in the 200 free (1:47.45 who and falling to Madison Memorial (3:17.73). “Tonight we were going for took second. Sophomore Ben 92-78. “It’s a better team than we have the win and we came up a lit- Wellnitz also had a PR in the 200 had in years,” Rozeboom said. tle bit short,” coach Bill Wuerg- free (1:53.36). “We are doing things in years er said. “We put guys where we past we habve not been able to throught they would score the Beloit invite do. I think we gave it our all and most points.” The Wildcats won five of the Best won the 100 butterfly 11 events Saturday rolling to the left it all in the pool. We will get another shot at these guys in con- (53.53) and the 50 free (22.41, championship of the Beloit Colference.” which was 0.02 of a second ahead lege Events Invitational. Rozeboom teamed with fresh- of Memorial’s Noah Gonring. The Wildcats racked up 670 man Nathan Rozeboom, freshThe Wildcats swept the top two points to cruise past runner-up man Oscar Best and junior Kyle spots in the 50-0 free. Updegrove Hoppe to win the 200 medley won the 500 free (5:02.37) and relay (1:40.14). Arenson took second (5:05.30). Turn to Swim/Page 15
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Verona Area/Madison Edgewood freshman Maggie Veak completes a vault in the season-opening meet Thursday at Glacier Edge Elementary School in Verona. The Spartans edged the Wildcat/Crusaders in the dual meet.
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Verona Area/Madison Edgewood freshman Alyssa Fischer won the all-around competition Thursday in a the season-opening Big Eight Conference dual meet
Honorable mentions: Cale Rufenacht (boys hockey) scored the game-winning goal Saturday in a 2-1 Big Eight Conference win over Madison Memorial. Camryn McKersie (girls hockey) had 18 saves in a 2-0 Badger Conference loss against Viroqua on Saturday. Malik Odetunde (boys basketball) scored a team-high 12 points Thursday in a 63-44 loss to Madison Memorial. Aalyiah Smith (girls basketball) scored a game-high 39 points Friday in a 70-68 loss to Madison Memorial. Ben Grandau (wrestling) went 3-1 at 126 pounds and finished second Saturday at the Mount Horeb invite. Shane Rozeboom (boys swimming) was part of two pool records at Saturday’s Beloit College Events Invitational. He won the 100-yard freestyle in 47.74 seconds and was on the 200 free relay (1:28.59).
against Madison Memorial. Fischer finished first on the uneven bars (8.025) and the vault (8.225) and captured the all-around title with 32.15 points – just ahead of junior teammate Hailey Dohnal, who took second with a 32.05.
“Hopefully, that gives her confidence to keep pushing herself harder and harder throughout the season,” coach Hannah King said. Madison Memorial edged Verona/Edgewood
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The Verona boys hockey team improved Verona (8-0-2 overall, 6-0-0 Big to 6-0-0 (8-0-2 overall) in the Big Eight with three conference wins last week. The WildEight) hosts Madison West (6-2-1, 4-2cats also moved to the top of the Wisconsin0) at 7 p.m. Saturday. PrepHockey state poll by week’s end. The Wildcats survived their lowest scoring output of the season Saturday, 2-1, and then best Middleton and Beloit Memorial to close saves in the third. out the week. Verona hosts Madison West (6-2-1, 4-2-2) Verona 6, Middleton 2 in a another big test at 7 p.m. Dec. 22. The Wildcats scored six-straight goals FriVerona 2, Memorial 1 day, including five in the second period, and Junior forward Cale Rufenacht and Madi- won a 6-2 conference game against Middleson Memorial exchanged goals 26 apart early ton. The Cardinals led 1-0 a little more than one in the third period Saturday but the Wildcats survived for a 2-1 conference win inside the minute into the first period. Verona forward Leo Renlund answered six minutes later with Verona Ice Arena. Senior defenseman Jake Osiecki scored a short-handed goal. Walker scored twice in the second period. two minutes into the second period and Rufenacht added a second goal 2:30 into the Michael Fischer, Parker Ploc and Mack Keryluk also added a goals. third period. Grant made 27 saves for the Wildcats. LuiSpartan center Parker Lindauer cut the Verona lead in half :26 into the third period. gi Pugliese (22) and Noah Hogan (3) comMemorial called time out with 1:33 remain- bined to make 25 saves. ing for an extra attacker but were unable to Verona 8, Beloit 1 find an equalizer. Senior forward Ryan Mirwald and Keryluk Verona sophomore goaltender Kaden Grant posted 26 saves, including 11 in the each scored twice Tuesday as the Wildcats second period. Wes Turner stopped 14 shots in the first period and another 10 of his 29
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Hockey: Madison West next test for Verona in Big 8 Continued from page 12 cruised, 8-1, inside Beloit’s Edwards Ice Arena. Verona had five different goal scorers in total as senior Drew Dingle, juniors forwards Walker Haessig and Ryan Ritter and freshman forward Brooks Brazeau each added a goal. Purple Knight goaltender Aidan Wright stopped 75 of a whopping 83 shots on goal. He had 29 saves in the first period, 24 in the second and 22 in the third. Verona junior Breyden Enloe faced just 13 shots and never more than five in a period.
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Freshman point guard Aaliyah Smith exploded for a game-high 39 points and made four 3-pointers, but Verona lost a nail-biter to Madison Memorial 70-68. Madison Memorial junior guard Daiysha B r ow n m a d e t w o f r e e throws with 7 seconds left to give the Spartans a fivepoint lead. Smith answered by drilling a 3 with 1 second to go. The Spartans inbounded the ball and held on for the victory. “She played her most complete game of the season on both ends of the floor,” coach Angie Murphy said of Smith. Verona (5-3 overall, 4-2 Big Eight) trails conference leaders Sun Prairie, Middleton and Madison Memorial by one game. Murphy’s message to her team was simple. “Every possession matters and that we need to value every possession on both offense and defense,” she said was the message to her team after the loss to the Spartans. Lilliana Garcia and Charlotte Sweet each scored a team-high 14 points for Memorial. Verona guard Bre Penn
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Wildcats open the tournament Dec. 27 against honorable mention Eau Claire Memorial (4-3-1). First-line forwards Keryluk (18 goals, 13 assists), Rufenacht (5g, 16a) and Haessig (12g, 9a) have all eclipsed 20 points in 10 games to pace the Verona offense. Grant has posted a .929 save percentage in net. Junior forward Max Savaloja is the only player for Eau Claire Memorial to post double-digit points so for this season. He has 16 points (8g, 8a) in eight games. Junior goaltender Joe Berg has played in all eight games for the Old Abes this season, putting up an .873 save percentage. The tournament also features second-ranked University School of Milwaukee (6-1-0), fourth-ranked Notre Dame (3-1-3), ninth-ranked Wausau West (5-2-0) and 10th-ranked Neenah (5-2-0).
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Verona freshman point guard Aalyiah Smith goes up for a layup Friday in the Wildcats’ 70-68 Turn to Showdown/Page 14 loss to Madison Memorial. Smith scored a game-high 39 points.
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The Madison Metro Lynx girls hockey co-op outshot Viroqua 49 to 20 Saturday but could not solve Blackhawks goaltender Abigail Severson. The Lynx had several rebound chances in the final two periods but dropped the Badger Conference matchup 2-0 inside Madison Ice Arena. “We had tremendous pressure, but Abigail stopped everything that came her way,” coach Mike McKersie said. Metro Lynx freshman Camryn McKersie made 18 saves on the night, including a breakaway in the third period. The Blackhawks scored their first goal with 5 minutes,
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Wins Losses 5 1 5 1 5 1 4 2 4 2 4 2 1 5 0 6 0 6
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Three grapplers for the Verona Area wrestling team finished in the top six Saturday at the Mount Horeb Invitational. The Wildcats were led by junior Ben Grandau who finished second at 126 pounds and junior Caden Page (170) who took third. Freshman Cael Wozniak (138) placed sixth. “I think we are improving,” co-coach Bob Wozniak said. “Seeing Ben wrestle in the finals was really nice.” Whitewater outdistanced Edgerton for the team title 198.5-180. The Stoughton reserves took third (134) and Verona was 11th (60) in the 16-team invite. “We have seen Whitewater in three straight tournaments and we know they have a really good team,” Wozniak said. Grandau (126) went went 3-1 Saturday to lead the Wildcats. He pinned Mount Horeb’s Juan Dominguez in 54 seconds. Grandau then pinned Whitewater’s Juan Cuellar in 2:31. The only loss for Grandau came against Oregon’s Michael Schliem, who beat him by a 13-5 major decision in the championship match. “ B e n ’s a l w a y s b e e n a really good athlete,” Wozniak said. “He has a judo background and is
Verona hosts Sugar River at 7 p.m. on Thursday.
dangerous throwing people. He is really good at throwing people, but we want him to work on other moves besides his judo ones.” Page (170) also posted a 3-1 mark. After a firstround bye, he pinned Brodhead-Juda’s Blain Berget in 3:58 in his first match. He then lost to Poynette’s Justin Taylor 7-2. Page rebounded to beat Whitewater’s Martin Gonzalez in a fall in 2:21. Page avenged a loss from earlier in the season to Gonzalez. Wozniak said Page’s goal was to avenge a loss to Gonzalez from earlier this season. Cael Wozniak (138) went 3-2. He started fast breezing by Madison West’s Valentino Corona by fall in 1:39. He was then pinned by Fennimore’s Kohl Wardell in 1:46. Wozniak bounced back, beating Oregon’s Turner Sieren 6-4 with a takedown in overtime. Wozniak scored on a takedown with about 20 seconds left in the third period to force a sudden victory. Bob Wozniak said when a
wrestler comes back to win after trailing it shows a lot of growth. Wozniak clipped Oregon’s John Ruth 4-3 with a three-point near fall before losing his fifth-place match 4-2 to Deerfield’s Ray Bach. Verona freshman Ashton LaBerge (113) and junior Spencer Lokken (152) both went 2-3 on the day to finish eighth place in their respective weight classes. “Ashton and Spencer are mostly new wrestlers,” he said. “Spencer and Ashton have a lot of potential to become good wrestlers if they continues to improve and listen to their coaches. He (Spencer) has a lot of natural ability.” Wozniak said the team at some point expects to get senior Jeremy Grim and freshman Jay Hanson back from injuries. “They both would have placed,” he said of Grim and Hanson if they were healthy.
T-shirt night The Verona Area wrestling team will have a T-shirt and poster night Thursday at 7 p.m. when the Wildcats host Sugar River in a nonconference dual meet. Verona (1-3 overall, 1-1 Big Eight) will look to win its second dual match this season.
Gymnasts: Dohnal takes 2nd on beam, floor Continued from page 12 125.425-125.125. “The goals were just for the girls to come out and give it their all, be sharp and try to stick everything we do in practice,” King said. “We met that goal in some events, but not all of them. We still have room to improve.” Dohnal finished second on the balance beam (8.3) and second on the floor (8.3). “I feel like she gave her routine extra power tonight,” King said of Dohnal. “She was super sharp and clean, and she gave it her all.” Dohnal was excited to get the season underway. “I think we had a lot of improvement,” Dohnal said. “I stuck most of my skills. I’m pretty happy with how it went.” She will look to build off an 8.3 on the floor. Dohnal, like many of her teammates, was taking the opener as a chance to gauge where she was at with various skills. “We really just wanted to go out do our best and do whatever skills we have right now,” Dohnal said. “We have to understand what skills we
What’s next Verona Area/Madison Edgewood travels to Janesville to face Janesville Craig on Thursday, Jan. 3. ‘The goals were just for the girls to come out and give it their all, be sharp and try to stick everything we do in practice.’ - Coach Hannah King have to work on and improve on. Now that we have a starting point, we will know what we need to work toward.” King said she was impressed. “She had a super clean routine,” King said. “I was happy to see her get an 8.3.” Freshman Noelya Jaime Janaite took second on the vault (8.15). As a team, King said the Wildcats need to be more
Girls: Lynx drop two games Continued from page 14 their heels in the first period,” Mike McKersie said. “We had several odd-man rushes and breakaways but couldn’t capitalize.” Rock County, tied for 10th in the WisconsinPrepHockey poll, came out flying in the
second period and picked up goals from Presley Kovacevich and Anika Einbeck to take a 2-1 lead at the Janesville Ice Skating Center. Einbeck added a power-play goal in the third period that went off Parker’s shoulder. The Lynx pulled the goalie with about three minutes but didn’t score.
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Putting a complete game of basketball together remains the goal for the Verona boys basketball team. Verona (1-6 overall, 1-5 Big Eight) has lost five straight games and the Wildcats are 0-3 in games decided by eight points or less. “We have shown that we are capable of playing with anybody in our league at times, but need to put a game together where we are good in all phases for 36 minutes,” coach Jevin Budde said. Budde said the Wildcats just need to be more consistent throughout the game. Junior Malik Odetunde, a 6-foot-2 forward, emerged as a playmaker for the Wildcats last week. He played in his first two varsity games and is averaging seven points per game. Budde said coaches are always trying to find ways to put players in successful situations. “Getting Malik in the lineup should open things up for us some more,” he said. “He does a good job of scoring in the paint, which is something we haven’t had. As he continues to grow as a varsity
What’s next Verona travels to the Wisconsin Dells to play Racine Case at 2:15 p.m. Dec. 27 at JustAGame Field House. player, I think he will be able to draw some attention in the paint which could give some more players on the perimeter some opportunities for open looks.” The result of Verona’s Big Eight Conference game Tuesday at Madison LaFollette was not available at press time. Budde was looking forward to the challenge against LaFollette before Tuesday. “They have very good guards that put a lot of pressure on you defensively,” he said. “They have the ability to shoot and do a great job putting it on the floor driving it at you.”
Saturday. Madison Memorial outscored Verona 32-16 in the second half. Odetunde scored a teamhigh 12 points. Both seniors Tyler Slawek and Ryan Van Handel added 11 points. “It was great seeing Malik being aggressive for us on the block,” Budde said. “That is something that we haven’t had and will be good for us moving forward.”
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The Wildcats trailed defending Big Eight Conference champion Sun Prairie by three points at the half Thursday, but couldn’t cap the comeback in the second half falling to the Cardinals 58-45. Verona was outscored 36-26 by Sun Prairie in the second half. Van Handel scored a teamhigh 13 points and knocked down two 3-pointers. Slawek added 11 points and senior guard Reagan Klawiter hit three 3-pointers to finish with nine points. Memorial 63, The Wildcats were plagued Verona 44 by 24 turnovers. Budde said the turnovers The Wildcats trailed the Spartans 31-28 at the half on led to more than half of the Cardinals’ points.
Swim: Rozeboom sets two records at Beloit Continued from page 15 Waukesha South/Catholic Memorial (420) in the 13-team invitational. Shane Rozeboom won the 100 free in a pool-record 47.74 seconds. The other pool records came from Best, who won the 100 butterfly (1:28.59) and the Wildcats’ 200 free relay team of Hoppe, Updegrove, Rozeboom and Best, which took first in a pool-record time of 1:28.59. Updegrove had a hand in winning three events. He won the 200 free (1:48.73) and the 500 free (4:58.36). The Wildcats’ 400 medley relay team of freshman Nathan Rozeboom, Shane Rozeboom, Best and Hoppe won the race (3:40.96). The Wildcats’ 400 free relay team of Arenson, Wellnitz, junior Owen Rothamer and sophomore Christopher Lofts won the race in 3:33.78.
win over Beloit Memorial in a conference dual meet. The Wildcats won all 11 events. Best won the 50-meter free (25.43) and 100 back (1:03.84). He teamed with Nathan Rozeboom, Shane Rozeboom and Hoppe to finish first in the 200 medley relay (1:51.70). In the 400 free relay, Best teamed with Hoppe, Updegrove and Arneson to post a first-place 3:48.70.12. Shane Rozeboom took first in the 100 butterfly (58.95) and Updegrove won the 100 free (55.73). Rothamer finished first in the 200 free (2:14.80) and Wellnitz won the 200 individual medley (2:25.45).
What’s next Verona Area/Mount Horeb travels to Middleton Friday, Jan. 4 for a triple dual with the Cardinals and Janesville Craig. Arneson took the top spot in the 400 free (4:27.62) and Nathan Rozeboom took first in the 100 breast (1:12.03). The Wildcats’ 200 free relay team of Updegrove, Wellnitz, Rothamer and Shane Rozeboom won the race in 1:44.29.
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Boundary: Committee considers splitting elementary school, altering TWI program Continued from page 1 committee discussions brought up the ideas to solve some difficult problems with the maps, which will determine the home schools for students starting in fall 2020. Some board members registered discomfort with those ideas, but ultimately they agreed the committee should decide what options could work based on the criteria the board approved earlier this year. “It’s not that we’re saying any of these we’re OK with,” board member Meredith Stier Christensen said. “It’s we’re OK with exploring them further.” Superintendent Dean Gorrell had Roffers come to the board Monday ahead of the committee’s Wednesday meeting, where he was expected to present the options of splitting the TWI program or of leaving it at a single site. He also plans to present an idea in January that would plan for two elementary schools to reach their capacity at about the same time. That would set them up to have neighborhoods that could be cut easily and moved to a new elementary school if a referendum were approved. Each of the options would require board action beyond approving bounda r i e s – w h e t h e r t h a t ’s changing policy or eventually approving a referendum for the ballot. Board president Noah Roberts said he did not “like the idea of the risk involved with planning growth around a successful referendum,” but he supported giving the committee a chance to assess the options presented. “I want to provide them with the creative freedom to fully explore options,” Roberts said. “I think it will allow us to have the most integrity when we say we want this to be a community-driven process, but also, we may find some really creative option.” Board member Amy Almond said she was “really struggling” with the idea of splitting elementaries with K-2 and 3-5, and Kristina Navarro-Haffner said the same for the TWI consolidation. Roffers said while the c o m m i t t e e wa s i n i t i a l ly told altering the TWI
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A group discusses Boundary Option A at the Attendance Area Advisory Committee meeting Dec. 5 as consultant Mark Roffers, third from right, listens in.
‘It’s not that we’re saying any of these we’re OK with. It’s we’re OK with exploring them further.’ – Meredith Stier Christensen, Verona Area school board member program was not within the scope of their work, he wanted to be responsive to their requests. He added that they could help address some of the criteria, especially the split elementary solution, which would create an opportunity to better meet the diversity goal. The TWI idea, meanwhile, would likely allow the program to expand, as the proposal would house it at the new Sugar Creek Elementary School with a capacity of more than 700 students
– the current K-5 TWI program has about 450 students. B o a r d m e m b e r To m Duerst said he appreciated seeing the out-of-the-box possibilities. “This is what I wanted,” Duerst said. “I wasn’t expecting that. It’s the kind of creative ideas I was hoping for.”
*** NOTICE The Verona Plan Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, January 7, 2019 at 6:30 PM at Verona City Hall, 111 Lincoln Street, for the following proposals: 1) Kettle Creek North subdivision replat. Lands located within the Kettle Creek North subdivision that were previously dedicated to the public for park purposes and public right-of-way are proposed to be replatted in order to accommodate a stormwater management facility, a realignment of public right-ofway, and other land for park purposes. 2) Zoning map amendment. Multiple parcels located within the Kettle Creek North Plat will be rezoned from their current classifications. Certain land will be rezoned from Neighborhood Residential to Public Institutional, while other land will be rezoned from Public Institutional to Neighborhood Residential. The proposed zoning map amendment will allow for the realignment of previously platted public right-of-way, for land dedicated to the public for park purposes to be realigned within the subdivision, to allow for the construction of single-family homes, and to allow for the construction of a stormwater management facility. Interested persons may comment on these planning and zoning matters during the public hearings at the January 7th 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, January 14th. Contact Adam Sayre, Director of Planning and Development, at 608-8489941 for more information on these items or to receive copies of the submittals. Maps showing the location of the affected properties may be viewed at City Hall or may be obtained once the applicable copying fee has been paid to the City. Ellen Clark, City Clerk Published: December 13, 20 and 27, 2018 WNAXLP
Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter The Attendance Area Advisory Committee using a chart to score the boundary options pre@sgirard9. sented against the criteria the school board approved earlier this year.
Legals STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT, DANE COUNTY, NOTICE TO CREDITORS (INFORMAL ADMINISTRATION) IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CHANDINI DAVID, D.O.D. 10//27/2018 Case No. 18PR894 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 1. An application for Informal Administration was filed. 2. The decedent, with date of birth August 21, 1985 and date of death October 27, 2018, was domiciled in Dane County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 225 Sunshine Lane, Verona, WI 53593. 3. All interested persons waived notice. 4. The deadline for filing a claim against the decedent’s estate is March 8, 2019. 5. A claim may be filed at the Dane County Courthouse, 215 S. Hamilton Street, Madison, Wisconsin, Room 1005. Signed by Danell Behrens Deputy Probate Registrar December 4, 2018 Terese M. Hansen Hansen Law Office 111 E. Verona Ave. Verona, WI 53593 608-772-3939 Bar Number: 1000988 Published: December 13, 20 and 27, 2018 WNAXLP
*** NOTICE The Verona Plan Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, January 7, 2019 at 6:30 PM at Verona City Hall, 111 Lincoln Street, for the following proposal: 1) Conditional Use Permit amendment to the Epic Systems Corporation Group Development to allow for the construction of greenhouse buildings to be located at 1979 Milky Way. Interested persons may comment on this planning and zoning matter during the public hearings at the January 7th Plan Commission meeting. The Plan Commission will make a recommendation for this matter, which will then be reviewed by the Common Council for a
final decision on Monday, January 14th. Contact Adam Sayre, Director of Planning and Development, at 608-8489941 for more information on this item or to receive copies of the submittal. Maps showing the location of the affected properties may be viewed at City Hall or may be obtained once the applicable copying fee has been paid to the City. Ellen Clark, City Clerk Published: December 20and 27, 2018 WNAXLP *** NOTICE OF ASSESSOR SERVICES The City Verona is accepting proposals until 4:30 pm on Friday, December 28, 2018, for organizations or individuals to provide bids for property assessment services. Request for Proposal packets may be picked up from the Verona City Hall (111 Lincoln Street), or online at Veronawi.gov. Packets may be requested by contacting City Hall at 608-845-6495 or by email at jeff.mikorski@ci.verona.wi.us. By responding to this RFP an individual respondent accepts the process outlined in the RFP and fully acknowledges that the final determination of the City of Verona Common Council is binding. The City of Verona Common Council reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and/ or waive any irregularities if deemed in the best interests of the City. The City of Verona Common Council reserves the
right to accept the proposal considered to be the most advantageous to the City. All respondents accept this process in submitting a proposal. Jeff Mikorski City Administrator Published: December 20, 2018 WNAXLP *** TOWN OF VERONA SPECIAL TOWN BOARD MEETING WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2018 3:00 P.M. TOWN HALL/COMMUNITY CENTER 7669 COUNTY HIGHWAY PD, VERONA, WI 53593-1035 1. Call to Order/Approval of the agenda 2. Review of 2018 budget to actual figures * Motion on any necessary budget amendments 3. Approval of Payment of Bills 4. Motion on Ordinance 2018-7 Amending Town of Verona Ordinance Number 2015-2, entitled Chapter 3 Fire Protection and Prevention Code 5. Adjourn *The “public comment” section of the meeting provides the opportunity for comment from persons in attendance on items not listed below over which this governing body has jurisdiction. Comments on matters not listed on this agenda could be placed on a future meeting
agenda. If you would like to address the Board about one of the agenda items, please contact Amanda Arnold at aarnold@town.verona.wi.us or 608-845-7187 so the Chair can be made aware. Regular board agendas are published in the Town’s official newspaper, The Verona Press. Per Resolution 20162 agendas are posted at the Town Hall and online at www.town.verona.wi.us. Use the ‘subscribe’ feature on the Town’s website to receive agendas and other announcements via email. Notice is also given that a possible quorum of the Plan Commission and/or Public Works, Ordinance, Natural and Recreational Areas, and Financial Sustainability Committees and could occur at this meeting for the purposes of information gathering only. If anyone having a qualifying disability as defined by the American with Disabilities Act needs an interpreter, materials in alternate formats, or other accommodations to access these meetings, please contact the Town of Verona Clerk @ 608-845-7187 or jwright@town. verona.wi.us. Please do so at least 48 hours prior to the meeting so that proper arrangements can be made. Mark Geller, Town Chair, Town of Verona. Posted: December 21, 2018 Published: December 20, 2018 WNAXLP ***
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Class: Students can get ‘real world experience’ with advertising project and area businesses ‘It’s amazing how much goes into a simple, little campaign when a business is small.’
Continued from page 1 their work “on more of a professional level.” Groupmate Hunter Tadisch said that can be a motivator, too. “It makes you work a little bit harder,” he said. The class has partnered with clients like the district and Rhapsody, as well as teachers that have side businesses. That was the group Wilkinson initially reached out to, until he was encouraged to spread it beyond the high school and then outside of the district. He’s excited that the students can get some “realworld applications” in an area that generally comes pretty naturally to them. “They’re all over social media, that’s their life,” he said. Wilkinson is also excited for the clients, who will have “a whole ‘nother element to their business” through working with the students. The ideas the students have worked on have ranged from Facebook and Twitter to making videos and advertising on Instagram – the outlet many students said they expected to be the most popular. A group working with a teacher who has a yoga business has been surprised at the effort advertising takes, especially the small details that can “make or break” a project, Nolan Braier said. “It’s amazing how much goes into a simple, little
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Q. How can I spot depression in elders? A. We all have days in which we are sad or have thoughts of hopelessness – but for many, it goes beyond that.
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if you’re planning on being a snowbird, either in the future or very soon, you’ll need to be prepared. If you hope to be a snowbird when you retire, you should review all your sources of retirement income, such as your IRA, 401(k) and Social Security, to determine if you’ll have enough money available for your yearly snowbird trips without jeopardizing your retirement lifestyle. But if you’re ready right now for the snowbird life, you should take some practical steps, such as securing your home while you’re gone and providing your bank with your temporary address and contact information. You’ll also want to make sure your bills will be paid while you’re gone. And don’t ® Brendon Diers, AAMS forget about your investments – even if you’re only gone a couple of months, you may Financial Advisor need to make some moves. The life of a snowbird can be a pleasant one. So take the necessary steps before you leave – and enjoy your days in the sun. This article was written by Edward Jones for the use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.
Q. Can crunchy or sticky Christmas treats damage my teeth? A. Tis the season! If your workplace or home is anything like ours, the holidays
bring lots of cheer and an abundance of goodies. Christmas cookies of all types, English Toffees, Peanut Brittle always bring a smile to our faces. Unfortunately, the toffees and brittles can sometimes do a number on your teeth. Due to their sticky nature they often stick around even after you think they’re gone. With their high sugar content, they continually feed those pesky bacteria that can lead to cavities. Another risk of hard sticky treats is that they can sometimes remove Dr. James Sands, DDS old or worn out restorations. We’ve even seen teeth break as a result of a bite into something just a bit too crunchy. Honestly, I don’t think the treats are worth it. If you find yourself in the possession of any of these items and you’re at your wits end trying to decide what to do with them, bring them to us! I’ve talked it over with our caring staff and as our gift to you, we’ll happily take them off your hands. Feel free to drop by anytime during our convenient office hours, we can’t wait to see you.
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Q. Are My Holiday Decorations a Safety Hazard? A. There’s an elf on the shelf and hopefully that elf is far enough away from
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Q. How much do I need for a down payment on a house? A. Many people think that 20% is a requirement for a down payment, but that’s just not
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the open fire or the space heater. Each year at the holidays there are many home fires resulting in death, injuries and damages. This holiday season make safety in your home a priority. Water your evergreen tree at least two or three times a week to keep the tree moist. Do not overload the electrical sockets, as they might burn out and catch on fire. Turn off your holiday lights inside and outside when you go to bed and throw out broken lights or frayed Attorney Gail Groy light cords. These may be fire hazards. Put out your candles and secure open flame fires when you are not in the room. Keep open flames away from your children, decorations and gifts. Install working smoke detectors in your home. Have your furnace inspected and check your chimney. Keep safe and have a happy holiday!
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A. Our immune system is our natural defense against disease including cold, flu, and sinus infections. The best way to maintain a healthy immune system is by minimizing stress. Moderate exercise, a healthy diet low in processed carbohydrates and sugars, and adequate sleep of at least 7 hours per night Jill Unwin, Lee Unwin, are things that you can do daily to keep your body up to the DC, CCEP BCMT, CSCS task of fighting off illness. Additionally, research studies find chiropractic adjustments and massage therapy to be mutually beneficial in prevention by supporting our immune systems. Chiropractic adjustments increase our bodies’ immunoglobulin A levels while massage therapy increases levels of our “killer cells” known as lymphocytes, with both treatments decreasing levels of cortisol (a major component of stress). All of these tools combined will make you a healthier individual so even if you catch that cold you will be on a pathway to a more rapid recovery.
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someone else coming in to weed out your closet.) Start slowly by having them help you box some things up. Put the boxes aside for a while and revisit donation at a later time when they have seen they really aren’t missing playing with them. Remind them as they get older, some old toys aren’t that interesting or challenging any more. Talk about places the toys could be donated where children who need them would be very excited to have them. Plan a trip to deliver them and let your child experience the concept of giving to others!
Depression (major depressive disorder or clinical depression) is, by definition, a medical illness characterized by a chronic sense of sadness and loss of interest in activities. Depression can often dictate the way in which you feel, think, and act – and if not treated, it can lead to everything from alcohol and drug abuse to attempted suicide. It’s estimated that 350 million people worldwide suffer from depression. More than two million adults 65 years of age and older are faced with depression of some kind. Signs of depression are easy to overlook in older adults, as they’re often mistaken for other signs of aging. Studies show that when depressed, seniors may not clearly display typical signs of sadness such as crying. Instead, they tend to withdraw from the people they care about and the things they once loved to do. Signs to watch for: Irritability, withdraw, decrease in cognitive ability, increased pain and digestive problems. If you recognize any of these signs in your senior loved one, talk to him or her about what he or she is feeling. Although you may receive some resistance initially, it’s important to let him or her know that you’re there to help. From there, it’s vital that you inform his or her primary health care provider or mental health expert to have symptoms assessed professionally.