MTT02MG 2015

Dog lovers band together
VOL. 123, NO. 2
The Friends of Middleton Dog Parks

(FOMDP) recently added amenities to
Middletons dog park at 5209 County
Highway Q.
The new agility equipment will add
to the fun Middletons dogs - and their
owners - enjoy there. The equipment
was ordered and installed by Middleton Public Lands staff with FOMDP
support.
Members thanked the Middleton
Public Lands, Recreation & Forestry
staff for all of its help to make this happen just in time for the holidays with
time off to enjoy with energy-filled,
house-bound dogs.
The items completed the agility park
course, started in 2001, when the park
first opened. The Highway Q dog park
receives more than 200 visitors per day
and is one of the most visited dog parks
in Dane County.
At the County Q park, there are
spaces for both small (3-acre) and large
dogs (20 acre). Middleton also has an
additional dog park on Airport Road
(8780 Airport Rd), opened in 2013, adjacent to Morey Airport.
FOMDP is a non-profit group recently formed to provide advocacy, education and safety for Middletons dog
park users. FOMDP was created to
provide a voice for Middletons dog
owners to express their wishes for future improvements to existing dog
parks, and for possible future parks.
FOMDP supports and helps improve
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Friends of Middleton Dog Parks group gets to work
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Mazo and Tula, above, seem to be enjoying some of the amenities at the Middleton Dog Park on Highway Q. The
Friends of Middleton Dog Parks meets the second Thursday of every month at Middleton City Hall (Conference
Room B) from 6-7 p.m. The next meeting will be tonight, Thursday, January 8. New members are always welcome.
Visit them at www.FOMDP.com.
Election
filings
by MATT GEIGER
Times-Tribune
The filing deadline for the Spring

Election came and went on Tuesday
of this week, and it looks like there
will be some changes on the Middleton City Council, the Middleton
Town Board, and the MiddletonCross Plains Area Board of Education:
On the Middleton City Council,
current District 1 councilwoman
Miriam Share filed non-candidacy
paperwork, as did District 4 councilman Jim Wexler.
Both Kathy Olson and Robert
Stipicevich filed to run for the District 1 seat.
No one filed to run for the District
4 seat.
Incumbents Joanna Richard (District 3), Howard Teal (District 5) and
Hans Hilbert (District 7) all filed to
run for re-election. They will all be
unopposed on the ballot.
On the Middleton Town Board,
longtime chairman Milo Breunig is
not seeking re-election in the spring,
so current Seat 2 supervisor Bill
Kolarfiled to run for the chairmanship.
Brent Renteria, a conservative
who ran unsuccessfully against
Bestselling author Mills to speak Jan. 19

See DOGS, page 8
by KATHERINE PERRETH
Times-Tribune
Marja Mills, author of the New York

Times and USA Today bestseller, The
Mockingbird Next Door: Life With

Harper Lee, will be appearing at the
Middleton Public Library on January
19. Her presentation will kick off the
librarys first community-wide Read
Together Middleton, featuring To Kill
A Mockingbird.
Mills, who was raised in Madison,
has ridden a whirlwind since the July
15, 2014 release of her memoir. Upon
her return from Tulsa, Oklahoma for a
book event, she took time to talk about
her book and the relationship behind it.
Q: Your book has been very well received. What has your life been like
since July?
A: Its been busy! Its been really

exciting to be connected with readers
after the solitary nature of writing. Its
been fun to talk to people about their
own experiences with To Kill A
Mockingbird. People have such a personal connection to it. Some have
grandchildren or children named
Harper. Its also been inspiring to see
so many English teachers who have
taught the book for years, sometimes to
more than one generation of students.
Q: Where, besides Tulsa, have you
been traveling?
A: On the book tour I went to nine

cities: New York, Washington DC,
Chicago, of course, Atlanta, Birming-
Marja Mills
ham, Dallas, San Francisco, Milwaukee, and one of my favorite stops was
at Madison. Joanne Berg, owner of
Mystery to Me bookstore, organized a
marvelous event. One of the treats has
been that weve gone to many independent bookstores. Its great that so
many will attend reading events.
Q: Are you getting any international

press?
A: A little bit, I believe. Ive heard

from people from overseas, and I believe theres been some coverage, articles in England and India.
Q: Did you anticipate this level of

success?
A: I didnt know what to expect.

Its my first book.
See MILLS, page 6
See ELECTION, page 7
Cub Scouts pay it forward

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MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE
Pack 340 delivers holiday gift bags to Voss Haus
A cold and rainy night didnt stop

local Cub Scouts from spreading
around some holiday cheer and learning a lesson in paying it forward.
On the chilly evening of Dec. 21,
twelve Cub Scouts fromPack340of
Middleton delivered holiday gift bags
full of goodies to residents of the Voss
Haus Apartments for seniors and the
disabled.
The scouts assembled the gift bags
which included groceries, personal
care items, holiday treats and a scoutmade holiday card.

Residents greeted the scouts with
bright smiles and delightful words of
gratitude. One resident, Judie Olsen
(pictured below), happily welcomed
the scouts at her door. After accepting
a gift bag, she shared her memories of
the many years that she was a scout
mom and how her son had earned the
honor of Eagle Scout.
Community Service Projects are an
integral part of the scouting experience

and
this
year
the
scouts
ofPack340have the added benefit of
participating in a pay it forward service project. Items for the gift bags
were purchased using funds acquired
from the sale of an old and rare coin
that was donated toPack340during a
2013 fundraiser.
During a popcorn booth sale a customer proudly informed the group of
scouts that his sons were Eagle Scouts.
He followed that up with happy memories of scouting with his sons when
they were young. The gentleman, who
insisted on remaining anonymous, then
presented the scouts ofPack340with
a rare coin that he wished to donate to
them to help withpackexpenses. The
scouts were delighted and scout leaders
debated its use.
It was agreed that a pay it forward
project would best suit the donation.
The scouts and families of Middleton
Cub Scout Pack 340 would like to

thank this gentleman, his kind words
and his generosity. He inspired these
scouts to do something good for others.
It is also the hope ofPack340that
the residents of Voss Haus have been
inspired to pay it forward as well and
do something nice for someone else
this holiday and keep the generosity
alive.
Photos contributed
Area public health officials: Get flu shot
Now that the cold wintery weather

has finally kicked in, flu is beginning
to show up.
In Dane County there had already
been several flu-related hospitalizations in early December, and more influenza cases are expected as the
season progresses.
According to Public Health-Madison and Dane County, the flu vaccine
is the best way to prevent influenza.
This years vaccine covers three strains
of flu.
Although the vaccine is less effective than hoped against one of these
three vaccine strains, it should still help
protect people from severe illness from
this type of influenza. And it protects
well against the other two types of influenza disease.
Flu usually starts with a fever or
feeling feverish with chills. These
symptoms often lead to a strong cough,
sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, severe
muscle or body aches, headaches and
fatigue. It is a lot worse than a plain
bad cold and can potentially keep

someone out of work or school and
bedridden for as much as a week or
two. The flu can be life threatening for
the very young and older adults as well
as those with otherhealthconditions.
Pregnant women are also at greater
risk of becoming extremely ill from the
flu due to pregnancy related changes in
the immune system, heart, and lungs.
Women who contract the flu during
pregnancy are more likely to require
hospitalization and may be at risk for a
fatal outcome. They also have a

greater chance for serious problems for
their unborn baby, including premature
labor and delivery.
The CDC recommends that everyone six months of age and older gets
the vaccine. Getting yourself vaccinated also provides protection to others, especially those who are unable to
be vaccinated. Flu vaccine is still
widely available. If you are insured,
check with your clinic or a pharmacy.
If adults do not have insurance,PublicHealth-Madison and Dane County

(PHMDC) has flu vaccine available at
its clinics. Children who are uninsured
or have BadgerCare or Medical Assistance also may get their flu immunization at PHMDC. Call(608) 266-4821to
make an appointment. PHMDC also
provides MMR (measles, mumps and
rubella) and other vaccines free to eligible children and adults.
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Middleton supervisor named AG legal advisor

by KEVIN MURPHY
Times-Tribune
Paul Connell, a Middleton Town

Board supervisor and a federal prosecutor, will be new Wisconsin Attorney
General Brad Schimels chief legal advisor in a newly created position, according to a Department of Justice
announcement.
Schimel named Connell his Chief
Senior Counsel and announced other
executive appointments in a reorganization of the Department of Justice effective now that Schimel has taken
over for J.B. Van Hollen as the states
top cop.
Connell, an assistant U.S. attorney,
the past 12 years will be Schimels

chief advisor on pending litigation,
pending legislation, and communicate
with the Legislature on justice issues.
Connell also will oversee, with new
Deputy A.G. Andrew Cook, the Criminal Investigation, Law Enforcement
Services and Crime Victims Services
divisions within the DOJ, according to
the DOJ news release.
Van Hollen did not have a chief
legal counsel. Instead his top administrators were Kevin St. John, deputy attorney general, Dan Lennington,
assistant deputy attorney general, and
Dean Stensberg, executive assistant of
Public Policy and Affairs.
Van Hollens top advisor was not an
attorney and Schimel wanted an attor-
ney as a top advisor, said John

Koremenos Jr., a
spokesman for
Schimel.
Paul Connell
will bring the
legal fire power
to that position
to help with litiConnell
gation or, filing
amicus briefs
[Connell] has lots of great experience and that will be a great asset to
the job, Koremenos Jr. said.
As a political appointee, Connell
serves at the pleasure of Schimel, and
is excited by the prospects of his broad
responsibilities.
Its definitely a career change but

within the same fieldIm excited by
the challenges and I want to do everything I can for Department of Justice
and the new attorney general, he said.
Going from a front line prosecutor
to an administrator means he will be
spending less time in the courtroom but
Connell said he may prosecute cases
when needed.
There may be still some of that but
well have to see how it goes as this
[position] takes shape, he said.
Connell graduated from Marquette
University Law School, clerked for a
federal judge in Milwaukee and
worked for a Washington, D.C. based
law firm before returning to Wisconsin
and becoming an assistant U.S. attor-
ney.
Connell, 42, has handled drug and
bank fraud cases and was named
Prosecutor of the Year by the Wisconsin Narcotics Officers Association.
Notable cases include prosecution of
James Perry, dubbed the mall rapist
who was sentenced in 2005 to 180
years in prison, and Christian Peterson,
a Madison businessman, sentenced last
month to seven years in prison for bank
fraud involving several area financial
institutions.
Connell was elected to the Middleton Town Board in 2012 and re-elected
without opposition in April. He said he
will continue to serve on the town
board.
Blackhawk hosts ski jumping tournament
Photo contributed
Blackhawk Ski Club will host its

68th annual ski jumping tournament
Sunday, Jan. 11.
The event will be a Junior National
Qualifier for Nordic Combined, youth
athletes who ski jump and cross country ski race.
More than 60 ski jumpers from
Blackhawk and other Midwestern ski

jumping clubs will compete in this
tournament. Middleton High School
athletes, junior Alissa Pollard and
freshman Noah Pollard, hope to qualify
for Junior Nationals for Nordic Combined.
Last year three of Blackhawks athletes qualified to participate in the Junior National competition held in
Anchorage, Alaska. Three of Blackhawks ski jumpers have represented
the United States at the Olympics including: Dave Norby 1968, Bill Bakke
1968, and Kurt Stein 1992 and 1994.
Blackhawk Ski Club is a not-forprofit organization founded in 1947 by
a group of ski jumpers.
It strives to keep kids active and fit

especially in the winter through its various programs including: cross country
skiing, alpine skiing, ski jumping,
biathlon (cross country ski racing and
target shooting), Nordic combined (ski
jumping and cross country ski racing)
and mountain biking. Each winter
more than 400 young people are enrolled and active in Blackhawk ski programs. Additionally, Blackhawk, hosts
an eight-week after school cross country ski program for disadvantaged
youth.
The ski jumping tournament starts at
noon and is open and free to the public.
Concessions will be available.
Blackhawk Ski Club is located on
Blackhawk Road beyond Pleasant

View Golf Course in the Town of Middleton.
More info and weather updates can
be found at
www.blackhawkskiclub.org and
www.skijumpingusa.com (about the
sport) and Womens Ski Jumping
USA www. wsjusa.com
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Deputies bust three for drunk driving on New Years Eve

On Tuesday, December 30, Dane
County Sheriff David Mahoney and
County Executive Joe Parisi joined together at a media conference to promote the prevention of drunk driving
and to provide citizens with safe alter-
Mahoney to
domestic violence
victims: Help
is available
For most people, the holidays include quality time with family. However, law enforcement often spends
these days responding to domestic situations when alcohol and violence become a part of family gatherings.
During the four days of Christmas
Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Eve
and New Years Day, Dane County
Sheriffs deputies responded to ten domestic related calls. Sheriff David Mahoney wants to remind victims of
domestic violence that help is available. Whether it is contacting law enforcement or other local resources such
as Domestic Abuse Intervention Services (DAIS) or the Wisconsin Coalition
on Domestic Violence, Dane County
offers a number of reliable options.
For further details on these resources, including a list of safety suggestions, visit the Sheriffs Office
website at https://danesheriff.com/Resources/domestic_abuse.aspx.
natives for New Years Eve. In addition, the Dane County Sheriffs Office
put six additional patrol deputies on the
road for the holiday, using grant funds
to keep intoxicated drivers off the road.
Sheriffs deputies made three OWI
arrests New Years Eve night, two of
which were made by deputies working
the OWI prevention grant. Thats com-
pared to six OWI arrests made over the

same holiday one year ago. A deputy
working the grant also made a warrant
arrest following a traffic stop for improper registration.
Notably, during the overnight shift
on December 30th, Dane County Sheriffs deputies responded to two singlevehicle crashes involving intoxicated
drivers. The first crash on Frenchtown

Road in the town of Montrose involved
a 22-year-old Belleville man striking a
bridge and causing significant damage
to the guard rail. The driver was transported to a local hospital with non-life
threatening injuries. He was cited for
OWI, operating left of center and failure to maintain control.
A short time later, deputies responded to a crash on Douglas Drive

in the Village of Brooklyn. A 36-yearold female driver with two juvenile
passengers struck a fire hydrant and
then fled the scene. She was later arrested for OWI, hit and run, failure to
report a crash and no insurance.
Well Tempered Ear names MCO Musicians of the Year

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welltempered.wordpress.com blogger cites admirable achievements in only four seasons

by MATT GEIGER
Times-Tribune
The Middleton Community Orchestra (MCO) rang in the New Year by

earning an accolade from The WellTempered Ear, a popular blog focused
on classical music in the Madison area.
Ear founder and writer Jacob
Stockinger on Dec. 31 named the
MCO Musicians of the Year.
Noting the orchestras admirable
achievements in only four seasons,
Stockinger went on to laud the group
for keeping alive the age-old tradition
of amateur music in a local setting.
Ive been very impressed with the
quality of the stuff they do, Stockinger
told the Times-Tribune. And with their
featured soloists and the shows in general.
I think the Middleton Community
Orchestra recaptures the integration of
arts into our workaday world and daily
life, he added. They really do a good
job.
On his blog, Stockinger, who is an
enthusiastic amateur pianist and former
arts reporter and editor for the Capital
Times, added: These days, adult amateurs may seem unusual or an exception. But the historical fact is that for
centuries, classical music was primarily the domain of amateur rather than
professional performers.
I have already written about how
they point the way to the future for
larger ensembles with the shorter programs; with the kind of music that is
programmed; with the low price of admission ($10 for adults and FREE for
students); and with the post-concert socializing with musicians and other audience members (below) all of
which adds up to a laudable community service that integrates a performing art into everyday life and society,
he continued. That is a mission worth
supporting.
He said the MCO, which was
founded by Mindy Taranto and Larry
Bevic, is as much about hearing great
and accessible music as it is about
community service.
I will long remember piano concertos
by
Wolfgang
Amadeus
Mozart and Edvard Grieg played
by UW-Madison pianist Thomas Kasdorf, who will perform the famously
popular Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat
Minor the signature concerto of Van
Cliburn by Peter Ilyich
Stockinger
Tchaikovsky with the MCO this
spring, he wrote. I will also remember Madison-born, UW-trained and
Juilliard-trained violist Vicki Powell in
shorter and unknown works byJohann
Nepomuk Hummeland Max Bruch.
He went on to recall former MCO
concertmaster Alice Bartsch, who studied at the UW-Madison School of
Music, in a wonderful interpretation of
a Romance by Antonin Dvorak before
she left for graduate studies at McGill
University in Montreal, Canada, as
well as Alices gifted violinist sister,
Eleanor Bartsch, when she was joined
by fellow UW-Madison grad Daniel
Kim in Mozarts sublime Sinfonia
Concertante for violin and viola.
Taranto said she was thrilled and
proud when she learned of the designation.
Powell seemed to agree, calling it
well-deserved.
How wonderful that Jake recognizes the true merits of having a group
like yours, Powell wrote in a message
to the orchestra.
As with so many groups, including
professional ones, booking great
soloists seems to push the performers
in the group to an even high level of
playing, Stockinger added. But the
MCO takes care to book soloists with
local ties, including soprano Emily Birsan who recently was at the Lyric
Opera of Chicago, which adds an element of local pride to the event.
The Middleton Community Orchestras next concert will take place
Wednesday, February 25, at the Middleton Performing Arts Center, starting
at 7:30 p.m.
For ticket information visit middletoncommunityorchestra.org.
Photos by Brian Ruppert
Clockwise from top right: Vicki Powell, viola; Steve Kurr, conductor; Joe Morris, clarinet; Middleton Community
Orchestra founders Larry Bevic and Mindy Taranto. The Middleton Community Orchestras next concert will take
place Wednesday, February 25, at the Middleton Performing Arts Center, starting at 7:30 p.m. Stockingers blog is
welltempered.wordpress.com.
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MILLS
Q: Harper Lees iconic To Kill a

Mockingbird won the Pulitzer Prize in
1961 for fiction, quickly followed by
the 1962 Academy Award winning
movie of the same name. In your book
you note the global impact: an estimated 40 million copies sold, translated into dozens of languages, and for
over 70 percent of high school students
in America it is still required reading.
When was the first time you read the
book and what impact did it have upon
you?
A: I read it in 9th grade at Madison
West and I loved it. I felt transported,
from Madison to the red clay street in
a fictional southern town. I think that
book is so vivid in the way it depicts
that part of the south and that era. It
speaks to another time and place.
Q: What did you hope to accomplish

with your memoir?
A: One of the things I wanted to do

was to give readers a sense of what it
was like to spend time with Harper
Lee, and with her equally remarkable
sister, Alice Finch Lee. Whether chatting over coffee at McDonalds or driving past childhood landmarks to get
a sense of what it was like to hear their
stories of what life was like for them in
that part of the country, in that time.
Q: Harper Lee virtually vanished

from public life just a few years after
her books publication. The fifty-year
silence of a beloved and celebrated author perplexed and frustrated many a
reader and journalist. Your book not
only answers what happened to her
after she hid from the public, but gives
a very personal look into her daily life.
What responses have you received
from readers as the breaker-of-theHarper-Lee-hiatus?
ship and appreciation for both of the

sisters. Theyre remarkable women.
One thing I think people dont know is
their sense of fun that was really a delight; what a twinkle in the eye they
both had. Harper is known to be so private and Alice is known as quite a
proper attorney. When I was spending
time with them in Alabama, they loved
to laugh.
Q: I understand your relationship

with Harper Lee and her older sister,
Alice Lee, began in 2001. As a reporter
for the Chicago Tribune, you were sent
to Monroeville, Alabama in search of a
story in advance of the Chicago Public
Library launching a citywide reading
program of To Kill a Mockingbird.
What were your expectations for that
assignment?
A: Well, I didnt expect to meet

Harper Lee or Alice Finch Lee, I knew
they both were private. But the editor
and I thought it would be interesting
for Chicago readers to learn of their
hometown, Monroeville, Alabama,
population 7,000. I wrote a letter to
Alice, who served as sort of a gatekeeper, and I didnt expect to meet her;
it came as wonderful surprise.
Q: Your memoir details how a Second City reporter gained the trust and
friendship of the Misses Lee, and you
reveal that Harper Lee referred to you
as a contradiction, a class-act journalist. Can you comment on that?
A: You can hear the twinkle in that

expression. I believe theyd had a difficult time over the years with some of
the press coverage they dealt with.
Tom Butts, their Methodist minister
friend said, You let the river flow.
This was a story that had to take time
to develop at its own pace, and take its
own course.
A: Its been fun to talk to people

who appreciate the spirit in which the
memoir is written, the tone of friend-
Q: In your memoir you have written

intimate dialogue between Harper Lee
and Alice Lee, yourself, and their close
Middleton Green Thursday kicks off

the new year on Thursday, January 8
with a free screening of the film Bidder 70 at 7 p.m.
This documentary centers on college
student Tim DeChristophers ingenious and effective 2008 act of civil
disobedience that disrupted a highly
disputed BLM Oil and Gas lease auction. By outbidding industry giants,
Tim safeguarded 22,000 acres of land
adjacent to national parks, but at great

personal cost. The film documents his
journey from college student to incarcerated felon in the name of climate
justice.
And save the date for Middletons
February Green Thursday, on February
5 when representatives from Madison
Fruits and Nuts will discuss what it
takes to implement and run a public
fruit orchard on community property.
friends and family. Your prologue even

begins in 2005 with Harper Lee gleefully offering a title for your intended
book. However, the day before the
publication of The Mockingbird Next
Door: Life With Harper Lee, Lee released a statement denying any cooperative role in providing information
for your book. How have you handled
that controversy?
A: Well, she and Alice had been

wonderfully generous with their time
and insight. When that statement attributed to Harper Lee was released in
2011, after news of the book acquisition, Alice Lee issued a statement affirming their participation. She said the
other statement attributed to Harper
Lee had been released without Alices
knowledge and didnt reflect the feelings of either sister.
Q: You explain one preferred

method of communication between the
Lee sisters and yourself was via fax
machine, even when you were living
next door. Why was that?
A: We did communicate via fax,

and if I was leaving something on their
doorknob, a plastic bag hanging, I
would go home and fax them that I had
left it there. They both had hearing difficulties, and the fax machine was one
of their few concessions to modern
technology. Alice once said, We are
not of the 21st century, hardly even the
20th.
Q: Why do you think Alice Lee consented to hours of tape-recorded storytelling, and that as time went on both
sisters seemed eager for you to get the
full flavor of their hometown and
lives?
A: Well, there were a number of

reasons. When Alice passed away last
month, Reverend Butts, a Methodist
minister and friend, said her passing
was like the closing of a great library.
Alice and others were aware that she
Bidder 70 to be screened tonight
These free events are sponsored by

the City of Middleton Sustainability
Committee and The Natural Step
Monona with support from Willy
Street Co-op, Madison Gas & Electric,
Dane County Environmental Council,
and Richard and Judy Fritz. Free refreshments are provided. Willy West is
located at 6825 University Ave in Middleton.
was the keeper of the family history in

many regards, and she was ready at
that point in her life to share some of
those stories on the record. She had
such an appreciation and knowledge of
the history of that area, and of her family. And it was such a privilege to
record some of those stories.
Q: On your book jacket, you state

after forging a friendship you moved
next door for 18 months in the mid2000s with their blessing. Before
Alices death, and now that Harper Lee
is 88, when was the last time you saw
either sister?
A: I saw Alice in July. She was in a

nursing home for the last few years, but
practiced law throughout her 90s, continuing to read voraciously, and was
able to live at home until she was 100.
I also visited her while she lived at
home. Harper Lee suffered a serious
stroke in 2007 and was unable to live
at home. I havent seen her for a number of years.
Q: Besides the obvious resultant

bestseller, how has your relationship
with the sisters changed your life?
A: They were two of the most interesting women you could imagine
spending time with. It was such a privilege that they welcomed me in the
way they did. They deepened my appreciation of a lot of things, including
two things I loved myself already: they
practiced the old-fashioned art of correspondence and they were steadfast
readers. They were aware of some of
whats lost with the technology that
dominates now, whether television,
screens, or email. And they both would
chuckle about the rising tide of books
in the modest house they shared; they
lived quite simply and their home reflected that. They, of course, had a lot
a books and it was always a struggle to
figure out where to store those books.
Alice did figure out a novel place, the
oven. Harper Lee thought that was
continued from page 1
amusing lets just say they were not

practitioners of the culinary arts.
Q: You are candid about your own
health struggles. How are you managing the demands of publicity?
A: I talked to my doctors beforehand, about how to handle the book

tour and publicity, and I try to be smart
about pacing myself. Its been a huge
help to travel with my mother, Carla
Mills. Shes been with me on the book
tour and as I continue to travel. Weve
both had a lot of fun. I also build time
in the schedule to rest.
Q: You were born and raised in

Madison, but have resided in Chicago
for much of your adulthood?
A: Yes, I graduated from Madison

West in 1981 and then attended
Georgetown University. I worked in
different departments of the Chicago
Tribune, and was on the feature writing
staff when the Chicago Public Library
chose To Kill A Mockingbird for its
first selection for One Book, One
Chicago. I live right downtown, and it
was always such a contrast to go from
living from a high rise in Chicago to a
town of 7,000 people in Alabama.
Q: How often do you return to your
roots?
A: I get back to Madison pretty

often, as my mother still lives in Madison. I take the Van Galder bus from
downtown Chicago. And my dad was
from Black River Falls, I still have
family there, so Im there often, too.
Q: Do you have any final thoughts

youd like to share?
A: Im excited to come to Middleton for the librarys first communitywide reading program. People have a
personal connection to the novel or to
the movie, and I love hearing those
what those experiences have been.
MOM director to speak at Open Mic Night
The next Open Mic Night will take place Thursday, January 15, at Craftsman Table & Tap, 6712 Frank Lloyd Wright Ave. Middleton Hills, 6-8 p.m.
The guest presenter will be Al Ripp, executive director of Middleton Outreach Ministry. His message will be MOM Cares.
The evening ends with people who have signed up to rant, rave, recite poetry, sing, perform music, comedy, each having three minutes.
Join them upstairs, order from the menu and enjoy the cash bar. Feel free
to bring a food item for Middleton Outreach Ministry.
This event is sponsored by the Middleton Action Team.
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E DITOR
Owen takes issue with MGE

Dear editor,
In about a month, Middleton residents and small businesses will start receiving electric and gas bills containing
shockingly high increases in fixed
charges for gas and electric service
from MGE.
The PSC has authorized MGE to
make these rates effective January1.
MGE already had the highest urban
electric rates in the Midwest before
these changes. Now MGE rates are
even more exorbitant for small residential and business users
In 2013, MGEs electric bills for
users of 500 kWh per month were 75
percent higher than the comparable
bills of Xcel Energy customers in the
Twin Cities for the same amount of
electricity, and much more of Xcels
energy came from cleaner sources.
The PSC issued its order approving
these drastic changes on December 23,
just before
Christmas, hoping for no news coverage of its generous gift to MGE
stockholders and its grinch-like assault
on retirees, students, apartment

dwellers, poor people, frugal individuals, and those who conserve energy to
lower their carbon footprints among
residential customers and very small
business customers.
The PSC ignored overwhelming
public opposition to MGEs proposed
fixed charge increases and ran
roughshod over the objections expressed by the Cities of Middleton,
Madison, and Monona and Dane
County and other parties. These objections particularly emphasized concerns
over reduction of incentives to conserve energy and use renewable energy.
The PSC expert staff expressed the
same concerns. The PSC dismissed
those concerns without significant supporting evidence or analysis, in violation of state law.
The Walker PSC has basically
ceased to function as an effective regulator of MGE.
At the same time, MGE has morphed from a company that formerly
sometimes acted like a community energy company to a company which can
now be aptly called Madison Greed

and Extortion. Even worse, MGE has
a very large carbon footprint, and the
rate changes approved are likely to
make that footprint worse as Planet
Earth careens toward climate change
disaster. MGE has become a greedy environmental scofflaw monopoly.
We can no longer afford the greed
nor the coal-fired carbon excesses of
MGE CEO Gary Wolter and his senior
management.
It is time to replace MGE with a municipal electric utility serving Central
Dane County, a utility which will rapidly reduce its carbon footprint while
also reducing customer bills and welcoming customer-sited solar energy
and other renewable energy installations.
Lets retire the E in MGE. Welcome
Madison Public Power!
dow will help lessen a bird picking up

indoor action, too.
Jerry Davis earned a Ph. D. In
Botany and Genetics, taught and retired from teaching university biology
and botany for 35 years at UW-La
Crosse and summer botany courses at
UW-Madison for 45 years. He lives

near Barneveld and writes nature and
outdoors features for several Wisconsin newspapers and magazines. He
was born and raised on a farm near
Argyle in Lafayette County.
Robert H. Owen, Jr.

Middleton
N ATURALLY S PEAKING
by JERRY DAVIS
Naturally Speaking
Attracting big birds to feeding stations requires some suet, fat or meat
scraps. Hawks and eagles will cautiously feed on animal carcasses at
country feeding stations if cover and
perches are nearby.
Close buildings, particularly houses
with windows, makes these birds particularly cautious. Even crows and
blue jays notice movement within a
building and flush when they detect
shadows or movement through a window.
See-through homes, those with windows on both sides of a room, can
rarely be dealt with, but shutting indoor
lights off during the day seem to lessen
the chances of a hawk seeing activity.
Getting a clear photograph, which
requires opening a window, must be
done when the bird is looking the opposite direction.Crank out windows
are best.
Hanging some cloth inside the win-
Election
From page 1
Democratic State Rep. Dianne Hesselbein last year, filed to run for Seat 2.
Seat 1 incumbent Tim Roehl filed to
run for re-election. He will not be opposed on the ballot.
There will be two contested Middleton-Cross Plains Area School Board
races.
In Area 4, which includes the towns
of Middleton and Westport, newcomers Todd Smith and Linda Yu will
square off.
In Area 5, the school boards central
district, incumbent Anne Bauer will be
challenged by Tia Eady.
In Area 1, newcomer Kelly
Kalscheur filed to run unopposed. In
Area 2, which includes Cross Plains,
newcomer Sean Hyland filed to run unopposed.
A red-tailed hawk finds a deer carcass to its liking.
Photo contributed
PAGE 7
Spectrum acquires
Iams and Eukanuba
PAGE 8
Middleton, WI, December 31, 2014

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
(NYSE: SPB), a global and diversified
consumer products company with market-leading brands, announced it has
completed the acquisition of Procter &
Gambles (NYSE: PG) European pet
food business, consisting of the complementary IAMS and Eukanuba
premium brands for dogs and cats.
Financial terms of the accretive
transaction were not disclosed.
The addition of these leading
brands in an adjacent category better
balances the product portfolio of our
global pet business while significantly
expanding its product offerings and geographic footprint, said Dave Lumley,
Chief Executive Officer of Spectrum
Brands Holdings.
We see major cross-selling opportunities given the strength of our existing aquatics and companion animal
supplies business in Continental Europe and the particularly strong position of these dry pet food brands in the
U.K., Mr. Lumley said. Over the
next few years, we also expect important synergies in overhead, SG&A, and
manufacturing and distribution.
The IAMS and Eukanuba European pet food business has annual sales
of approximately $200 million. The
total European dog and cat food market
is estimated to be $21 billion annually
DOGS
the existing dog parks while working

on the safety of all dogs and people
using the dog park. FOMDP coordinates its projects with the City of Middleton, including the recent addition of
and growing at 3 to 5 percent per year.

I view the IAMS and Eukanuba
brands as iconic in the specialty pet
food category, said David Maura,
Chairman of the Board of Spectrum
Brands Holdings. With this acquisition, we are strategically strengthening
our companion animal product portfolio and investing behind our global pet
supplies business. We expect this deal
to be accretive in year one, but more
meaningfully so in the second year,
once fully integrated. We welcome the
P&G employees to the Spectrum
Brands family and look forward to
driving this business to an even higher
performance level and providing outstanding service to our customers.
With fiscal 2014 net sales of $600
million, Spectrum Brands Global Pet
Supplies business is the leading manufacturer of consumer products for pet
supply markets globally. The company
offers a broad portfolio of brands including
Rayovac,
Kwikset,
Weiser, Baldwin, National Hardware, Pfister, Remington,
VARTA, George Foreman, Black +
Decker, Farberware, Tetra,
Marineland, Natures Miracle,
Dingo, 8-in-1,
FURminator,
IAMS,
Eukanuba, Littermaid, Spectracide,
Cutter, Repel, Hot Shot, Black
Flag and Liquid Fence.
agility equipment, paving of the entrance road, and additional parking at

County Q park. These improvements
were financed using dog park permitting fees and volunteer donations
Kiwanis welcomes Kantosky
Photo contributed
Middleton Kiwanis President Kathy Nieber-Lathrop welcomed the service clubs newest member, Rachel Kantosky
at a recent meeting. Rachel works for Epic and has a long association with Kiwanis Clubs in Ohio dating back to
high school.
through the City of Middleton, with

input from FOMDP. Future improvements to the County Q park might include entrance fencing, dog wash
station, lighting, a shelter building, and
improvements to the trails. Future improvements to any/all of the dog parks
are dependent on FOMDP participation
in decision making processes and continued donations.
Please purchase the 2015 dog park
permit at the City of Middleton (on-site
kiosk, on-line or in-person at City Hall)
to keep the money collected for permits here in Middleton. Visit the City
of Middleton web-site for additional
information on purchasing dog licenses
and permits.
FOMDP meets the second Thursday
of every month at Middleton City Hall
(Conference Room B) from 6-7 p.m.
The next meeting will be Thursday,
January 8 at 6 p.m. New members are
always welcome. Visit them online at
www.FOMDP.com.
PAGE 9
Elm Lawn story finalist in national contest

Time travel tale by Daniel Kim (and Owen Sheehan) tells of boys who meet Jackie Robinson
by MATT GEIGER
Times-Tribune
Five schools hailing from Iowa,

North Carolina, Virginia, and right here
in Middleton, Wisconsin will be competing to win to the grand prize in the
6th annual K-4 Mrs. P Be-a-Famous
Writer contest.
The finalist were selected by a panel
of celebrity judges that included poet
Robert L. Forbes, actress Marion Ross,
fifth grade teacher Jamie Palmer, of
New York, and of course, Mrs. P.
This year, K-4 classrooms were invited to write about the theme of time
travel.
It was a very exciting year to read
the contest entries and be taken back in
time by these amazing young authors,
said Mrs. P, who is played by television
actress Kathy Kinney.
Two of the entries are even from
the same school this year but different
classrooms, talk about nail biting,
added Kinney.
Among the finalists is The Magic
Baseball Poster, which was submitted
by Karen Closes 4th grade class at
Elm Lawn Elementary School. Written
by Daniel Kim, the story is about two
boys who go back in time to meet
Jackie Robinson.
Close said the class learned about
the writing competition from a librarian at the school, then joined Mrs. P for
a webcast announcing the contest. Students wrote their time travel tales after
completing what Close called a
timely narrative writing workshop.
We had about six [stories] to
choose from, and it was a tight race,
Close explained. Daniel Kims story
won by one vote. She described Kim
as shy, humble and unassuming.
She said she felt joy and pride
when she learned The Magic Baseball
Poster had been named a finalist.
[Kim] is a very hard-working student who takes instruction well and
doesnt back away from any challenge
I put before him, she said.
I saw his time travel story [as] an
offshoot of his daily work ethic,
Chase concluded. He was assisted in

the beginning by Owen Sheehan, as
well.
The grand prize winning classroom
will be filled with actual books, audio
book and digital books thanks to the
sponsors of the contest. Actual books
are provided by Buy Preferred and
Powells Books, audio books are provided by Tales2Go and digital books
are provided by myOn Reader, Plus
Polka Dots Publishing will be making
possible 2 copies of the winning story
made into an actual book with color illustrations created by illustrator Robin
Robinson for their classroom & school
library.
The four runners up will also all receive gift cards for books from Powells and a choice of one of author
Melissa Northways books for their
classrooms.
The grand prize winner of the contest will be announced Thursday, January 15. Watch the website
www.MrsP.com for more details.
The other finalists are:
Big Hair Bonanza - Michelle
Midthus 3rd grade from Crestwood
Elementary in Iowa submitted a story
drafted by a student that the class voted
on and then their classroom edited and
revised it as a class project.
Steve the Human and Bob the Robot

- Mrs. Heather Garnetts 4th Grade
Classroom at The Collegiate School in
Richmond, Virginia submitted an individuals story voted as the best entry by
the class.
The Day the Class Went Back in

Time - Gail Mercurios 1st grade at
Albemarle Road Elementary School in
Charlotte, North Carolina submitted
this story as is a collaborative class
project.
The Time Travel Adventure from

Mrs. Kerians 3rd Grade from Crestwood Elementary in Iowa, selected a
story drafted by a student that the class
voted on and then their classroom edited and revised it as a class project.
Photo contributed
Mrs. P Enterprises, LLC, was founded in 2008 by Hollywood team Clay Graham, Kathy Kinney and Dana Plautz.
After having built successful careers in television and New Media, the three creators of MrsP.com were brought together by a love of reading and a desire to help spark that same passion in young people everywhere. The company
endeavors to expose young people to great books and stories through a celebrity storyteller and to spark their imaginations and creativity with online games and writing contests. Its production offices are located in Portland, Oregon
and Los Angeles, California.
Clark Street students take part in Hour of Code

Middleton-Cross Plains charter school teamed up with Filament Games to teach computer science
Hour of Code is a worldwide event

that introduces people of all ages to
coding and computer science. Clark
Street Community School (CSCS)
partnered with Filament Games, an educational video game studio in Madison, to bring Hour of Code to every
student at CSCS. On Wednesday, December 17, video game engineers from
Filament Games worked with groups
of CSCS students to introduce them to
computer programming and teach them
more about the field of computer science.
CSCS teacher Debi Dennis, and Filament Games Community Development & Outreach Specialist Marshall
Behringer, wanted to bring Hour of
Code to CSCS because both organizations believe it is important to provide
students with opportunities that spark

their curiosity and introduce them to
new ways of learning and creating.
Computers are everywhere and are
only going to become more important
to students in their future education and
careers. Very few schools are introducing students to computer science and
Hour of Code is another way that
CSCS is leading the way in innovative
educational opportunities for all students. I wanted to expose all of our
students to something that is very important to their futures, said Debi
Dennis, CSCS teacher and coordinator
of Hour of Code. It was great to see
our students having fun while learning.
Students were able to work together
and help each other solve problems,
and they were able to see the results on
the screen. The engineers from Filament shared ideas and tools that were
new to me.
Engineers from Filament Games
brought their expertise and experience
to the event. In addition to helping students learn some of the basics of coding and computer science, the
engineers each shared their experiences, how and why they learned to
code, and also talked about their careers in game development. Andrew
Greenwood, one of the engineers, told
students that he got interested in programming because he wanted to create
things. Greenwood finds coding to be
a great way to share and creatively express himself. Stephen Calender, another engineer, told students that he
was initially intimidated by program-
ming, but once he took his first programming class he realized that there
was nothing to be afraid of. Coding is
just using math, Calender told the
CSCS students. He encouraged them to
learn more on their own or through formal classes. Arthur Low, the Director
of Engineering at Filament Games,
showed the students what real professional code looks like and talked about
how what the students did during Hour
of Code was similar to and different
from what engineers do when theyre
creating programs. He advised students
that, if they want to learn how to code,
the most important thing for them to do
is just start coding using all the resources available out there, such as
codecademy.com.
CSCS students enjoyed the experi-
ence and learned a lot from the event.

I like how it made me think differently, said CSCS student Caylee
Wheeler about her experience. It was
a lot like solving a problem; sometimes
I would make a mistake, but I kept trying so that I could figure it out. Some
students who had little previous exposure to programming were surprised by
how easy it was to pick up the basics.
Wow, I did it! said CSCS student
Charlie Crow. I wrote 174 lines of
code in less than an hour! Even students who were hesitant or nervous
about coding described the Hour of
Code as a positive experience. It challenged me, said CSCS student Dominique Taylor, and I was really
proud of myself when I was done.
PAGE 10
Jill Tutaj
Middleton Police officer Jill Tutaj at a community outreach event in 2014.
Photo by Jeff Martin
Meet Jill Tutaj, veteran officer of

the Middleton Police Department
and current Community Awareness
Officer.
A lifelong Wisconsin resident, Jill
was born and raised in Oregon, Wis.,
just outside of Madison. Even as a
child, Jill knew she wanted to pursue
a career in police work: My dad
was in state patrol his entire life
seeing that was what made me want
to do the same thing.
Following high school, Jill made
the transition to Edgewood College,
where she majored in Criminal Justice, minored in Psychology, and
continued her high school soccer career.
Although not a Middleton resident, Officer Tutaj has been with the
Middleton Police Department since
2001. She chose to pursue her career
in Middleton because she liked the
tight-knit feel of the community, as
well as the size of the police department and the programs it offered. Jill
has experienced several of these programs first-hand, including serving
as Kromreys School Resource Officer for three years and her current
position as Community Awareness
Officer.
The Community Awareness Officer position was specifically created
to allow the police department to
reach out and become more involved
within the community. As part of this
position, Jill helps coordinate many
local community events, including
the annual Citizens Academy, Shop
with a Cop, and National Night Out.
Jill just entered her third and final
year as Community Awareness Officer, and will end this appointment in
July 2015.
Officer Tutaj urges community
members to contact the police department if they need anything, have
questions, or would like more information about any community events.
While off duty, Jill enjoys biking
and running on the Middleton trails,
reading, and being with her family.
Jill and her husband have two children, Jacob and Brooklynn, and a
dog named Zeke.
Stay tuned to meet more of your
Good Neighbors! In the meantime, if
you would like to nominate someone
as a Good Neighbor, please email me
at alissajpfeiffer@gmail.com.
Clark Street
open house
Interested in joining the innovative

educational community at Clark Street
Community School? Join the groundbreaking school for its upcoming open
houses, which will be held Saturday,
Jan. 10 from 10 a.m. until noon (with
formal programming begining at
10:30) or Tuesday, Jan. 13 from 6 to 8
p.m. (with formal programming beginning at 6:30). Both sessions will be at
CSCS.
The open house sessions are a great
way to learn more and talk to staff and
students about the school's innovative
educational model. Clark Street Community School is a public charter
school for students in grades 9-12. The
school is located at 2429 Clark St.,
Middleton.
Want to learn more? CSCS just released a new video, featuring CSCS
students talking about their experiences
at the school. The school also hosts an
informational breakfast the second
Wednesday of the month from 7:45 to
8:30 a.m. The next breakfast is sched-
Library seeks public input

Members of the public are invited to help re-imagine the Middleton Public Library at two listening sessions on
Monday, January 19th from 4-6 p.m. and Tuesday, January 27th from 5-7 p.m.
The library board has scheduled these sessions with architects from Dimension IV as part of a building feasibility
study to determine the future of the library. The feasibility study will look at various options for the librarys
physical space, such as remodeling/expanding the existing building or constructing a new branch facility. The
purpose of these sessions is to capture all ideas, large and small.
Everyone is encouraged to attend and share their vision for the librarys future. Both sessions will be held at
the Middleton Public Library, 7425 Hubbard Avenue. Refreshments will be served.
PAGE 11
The Armchair Traveler
In January and February of 2015, the

Middleton Public Library will host a
series of travel presentations entitled
The Armchair Traveler. The series
will begin on January 15th with a virtual tour of Germany and continue with
travelogues about India (January 29th),
Peru (February 12th) and Thailand
(February 26th). All presentations will
begin at 7:00 p.m.
For more information or to register
for any of these programs, visit midlibrary.org/events, email info@midlibrary.org, or call 608-827-7403.
Beware of
carbon monoxide
According to the Consumer Product

Safety Commission about 170 people
in the United States die every year
from CO produced by consumer products.
Anything that burns a fuel such
as a furnace, fireplace, generator, gas
appliance or car can produce CO.
Its vital to properly maintain and operate these pieces of equipment to prevent CO from building up in your
home. If carbon monoxide lingers in
your home, apartment or garage, it can
trigger serious health issues, said Ron
Von Haden, CIC, Executive Vice President of the Professional Insurance
Agents of Wisconsin (PIAW).
Safety Tips:
When warming up a vehicle, remove it from the garage immediately
after starting it. Do not run a vehicle or
other fueled engine or motor in the
garage, even if the door is open.
Make sure the exhaust pipe of a running vehicle is not covered with snow
as CO could build up inside the vehicle, even if it is outside a garage.
Keep fireplaces and gas stoves clean
and well vented.
During and after a snowstorm, make
sure vents for the dryer, furnace, stove,
and fireplace are clear of snow buildup.
NEVER use gas or charcoal grills
inside the home.
Be sure generators are located in a
well-ventilated location outdoors away
from windows, doors and vent openings.
Initial symptoms of CO poisoning
include headache, fatigue, shortness of
breath, nausea or dizziness.
CHURCH NOTES
Where fall and winter meet
Photo by Jeff Martin
Photographer Jeff Martin captured this image just after shoveling snow. I was out with the camera for a short while after shoveling the drive and was
attracted to the remnant pin oak leaves still poking skyward in the wind after the snowfall, he said.
PAGE 12
Adame Nava, Mario Alberto, 20,

Madison, WI 53719, 11/24/2013,
Adult Intentionally Encouraging
Underage Alco, $0.00
Adame
Nava,
Mario Alberto, 20, Madison, WI 53719,
11/24/2013, Underage Procure/Attempt
Alcoholic
Beverages,
$187.00
Adamson, Alana M, 33, Waunakee, WI 53597, 12/27/2013, Exceeding Zones and Posted Limits,
$88.80
Alft, Christine Marie, 64,
Schofield, WI 54476, 12/31/2013,
Exceeding Zones and Posted Limits, $124.00
Armah, Ishmael Kojo, 26,
Fitchburg, WI 53719, 01/08/2014,
Auto Following Too Closely,
$124.00
Benson, Tara C, 23, Sun Prairie,
WI 53590, 12/18/2013, Exceeding
Zones and Posted Limits, $174.40
Boese, Ryan James, 27, De Forest, WI 53532, 07/04/2013, Operating with a detectable amount of
a restr, $0.00
Boese, Ryan James, 27, De Forest, WI 53532, 07/04/2013, Operating with a detectable amount of
a restr, $801.00
Boese, Ryan James, 27, De Forest, WI 53532, 07/04/2013, Exceeding Zones and Posted Limits,
$0.00
Boese, Ryan James, 27, De Forest, WI 53532, 07/04/2013, Possession of Controlled Substance,
$0.00
Boese, Ryan James, 27, De Forest, WI 53532, 07/04/2013, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia,
$0.00
Borucki, Frank M, 79, Madison,
WI 53711, 01/13/2014, Obstructing Traffic, $98.80
Bowen, Beth Ann, 49, Madison,
WI 53711, 01/20/2014, Motor vehicle liability insurance required,
$10.00
Braun, Liz A, 60, Madison, WI
53704, 01/29/2014, Non Registration, $0.00
Brooks, Neil M, 23, De Pere,
WI 54115, 12/28/2013, Vehicle
Registration
Revoked/Suspended/Cancel, $98.80
Brunsell, Elwyn N, 77,
Janesville, WI 53545, 01/03/2014,
Deviate from lane of traffic,
$98.80
Byers, Codey J, 24, Madison,
WI 53704, 01/03/2014, Operating
while Suspended, $124.00
WI 53704, 01/03/2014, Vehicle
Registration
C OURT R EPORT
WI 53704, 01/03/2014, Exceeding

WI 53704, 01/03/2014, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia,
$187.00
Caldararu, Andrei H, 42, Madison, WI 53705, 12/29/2013, Obstructing Traffic, $98.80
Camburn, Lorin L, 29, Sun
Prairie, WI 53590, 01/03/2014,
Non Registration, $98.80
Camburn, Lorin L, 29, Sun
Prairie, WI 53590, 01/03/2014,
Operating
while
Suspended,
$124.00
Conklin, Beverly Ann, 46,
Madison, WI 53705, 01/02/2014,
Operating
while
Suspended,
$124.00
Conklin, Beverly Ann, 46,
Madison, WI 53705, 01/02/2014,
Operating vehicle without insurance, $124.00
Cook, Duane W, 80, Middleton,
WI 53562, 12/30/2013, Non Registration, $98.80
Cypcar, Johnathan Taylor, 18,
Baraboo, WI 53913, 01/07/2014,
Operating
while
Suspended,
$124.00
Davis, Amanda Rae, 20, Madison, WI 53717, 01/01/2014, Exceeding Zones and Posted Limits,
$98.80
Dekker, Paul A, 50, Lodi, WI
53555, 01/05/2014, Motor vehicle
insurance
required,
liability
$10.00
Doney, Andrew R, 25, Madison,
WI 53719, 01/02/2014, Inattentive
Driving, $111.40
Doney, Andrew R, 25, Madison,
Ensenberger, Deena L, 36,
Cross Plains, WI
53528,
01/10/2014, FYR when Emerging
From Alley, $98.80
Fredine, Erik Matthew, 24,
Middleton,
WI
53562,
12/30/2013, H&R Property Adjacent/Hwy, $187.00
Middleton,
WI
53562,
12/30/2013, Failure To Report Accident, $187.00
Middleton,
WI
53562,
12/30/2013, Failure to Keep Vehicle Under Control, $136.60
Gates, Melvin, 23, Fitchburg,
WI 53711, 01/01/2014, Operating
while Suspended, $124.00
Gates, Melvin, 23, Fitchburg,
$10.00
Godding, Lenore E, 46, Black
Earth, WI 53515, 01/02/2014,
FTS/Improper Stop at Stop Sign,

$98.80
Hackbarth, Meghan M, 32, Merrimac, WI 53561, 12/29/2013, Exceeding Zones and Posted Limits,
$149.20
Haney, Reco Antonio, 37, Milwaukee, WI 53209, 09/18/2013,
Speed Indicator-None-Defective,
$88.80
Hartt, Benjamin J, 37, Columbus, WI 53925, 12/30/2013, Non
Registration, $98.80
Her, Chia, 20, Madison, WI
53713, 01/16/2014, Failure to
Keep Vehicle Under Control,
$111.40
Hoffmann, Mary E, 43, Middleton, WI 53562, 12/21/2013, Exceeding Zones and Posted Limits,
$98.80
Hopson, Raven A, 19, Middleton, WI 53562, 10/12/2013, No
Drivers License on Person,
$114.00
Hynum, Jill A, 61, Madison, WI
53711, 01/03/2014, FYR while
Making Left Turn, $98.80
Jordan, Bernard J, 46, Fitchburg, WI 53575, 01/06/2014, Obstructing Traffic, $111.40
Kane, Bradley T, 46, Madison,
Krajco, Karla Kay, 54, Madison, WI 53715, 12/18/2013, Unlawful Use Of Telephone, $117.70
Laack, Jason Wade, 19, Columbus, WI 53925, 11/20/2013, Disorderly Conduct, $250.00
Laack, Jason Wade, 19, Columbus, WI 53925, 11/20/2013, Battery, $691.00
Maysack Schlueter, Millicent
L, 23, Madison, WI 53711,
12/31/2013, Operating while Suspended, $124.00
Menendez, Pedro Daniel, 20,
Baraboo, WI 53913, 01/10/2014,
Meyer, Stephen John, 59, Middleton, WI 53562, 10/31/2013,
Speed Indicator-None-Defective,
$88.80
Montanio, Mark A, 56, Madison, WI
53582, 01/08/2014,
FTS/Improper Stop at Stop Sign,
$98.80
Osorio Palillero, Lorena, 36,
Middleton,
WI
53562,
01/02/2014, Operating w/o a Valid
Drivers License, $124.00
Pashkevich, Andrey, 29, Madi-
son, WI 53711, 01/06/2014, Obstructing Traffic, $98.80

Perala, Matthew Eugene, 33,
WI
53562,
Middleton,
01/12/2014, Speeding 55 MPH
Zone, $98.80
Petersen, Lee E, 47, Middleton,
WI 53562, 12/30/2013, Vehicle
Registration
WI 53562, 12/30/2013, Operating
after revocation, $124.00
$10.00
WI 53562, 12/30/2013, Operating
vehicle without insurance, $124.00
Phillips, Shantay Y, 44, Fitchburg, WI 53713, 12/29/2013, Display Unauthorized Registration
Plates/Tags, $161.80
Phillips, Shantay Y, 44, Fitchburg, WI 53713, 12/29/2013, Operating while Suspended, $124.00
Quintana Onofre, Ivan, 43,
Madison, WI 53716, 12/31/2013,
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Hockey Cards grab Big 8 lead
Middleton tops
West, improves to
6-0 in conference
by GREGG HAMMILL
Special to the Times-Tribune
It may not have the stars of some

of the other Big Eight contenders,
but Middletons hockey team continues to show it can play with anybody.
The Cardinals proved it again last
Friday as they knocked off Madison
West, 5-2, in a Big Eight
Conferenceshowdown at the Capitol
Ice Arena.
We dont have any superstars
like West or Verona, Middleton
coach Steffon Walby said. All those
teams have a least three or four great
players and we respect them.
The thing is weve got three or
four lines that are deep enough that,
when they pull together and tug on
the same rope in the same direction,
they can be dangerous for longer. I
can play them all the time.
Locked in a 2-2 tie, the Cardinals
showed their mettle with three unanswered goals in the third period.
The third periods been our
strongest because the boys have really committed to conditioning,
Walby said. Theyre doing it off the
ice and realistically it started back in
June when they came out for their
red line tournament. We knew that
the team that was going to be in the
most conditioned would have
stronger third periods and theyve
really done a good job.
See HOCKEY, page 17
House of
horrors
Davis Bunz and Middletons hockey team rolled past Madison West in a Big Eight Conference showdown last Friday.
Boys basketball
team hasnt won
at Memorial
since 2005
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld
Tyree Eady (center) tries dribbling through traffic during Middletons loss at Madison Memorial last Saturday.
Madison Memorials boys basketball program has won three WIAA

Division 1 state titles since 2005.
The Spartans have won or shared
11 straight Big Eight Conference
titles. And Memorial has been to the
state tournament nine times since
2004.
So beating the mighty Spartans
regardless of the venue has been a
tall task for anyone.
But trips to Madison Memorials
loud sometimes intimidating gymna-
sium have been a nightmare for

Middleton.
Last Saturday, the Cardinals felt
they had their best chance in many
years at upenading the Spartans in
their own gym. Instead, Memorial
put on a clinic and routed the
Cardinals, 73-46.
Middleton, which fell to 6-2 overall and 3-2 in the league, hasnt won
at Memorial since Feb. 3, 2005. John
Boyle, who was in attendance last
Saturday, was the Cardinals coach
the last time they won at Memorial.
The Spartans, who have gone
through some surprising early-season struggles, improved to 5-5, 3-3.
It was just an old fashioned butt
kicking in every phase, Middleton
coach Kevin Bavery said. Maybe
theyre that much better than us.
Maybe theyre not. But it was the
perfect storm for them and the worst
See BOYS BB, page 16
Cardinals begin to get healthy

PAGE 14
Girls basketball
team routs West,
set for showdown
with Craig
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Their various illnesses are thing

of the past they hope.
And
last
Friday
night,
Middletons girls basketball team
left host Madison West feeling ill.
The Cardinals stampeded the
Regents, 64-30, ending a stretch in
which Middleton was slowed by the
flu, sinus infections and food poisoning.
Middleton, ranked No. 8 in the
latest Associated Press poll,
improved to 9-1 overall. The
Cardinals also moved to 7-0 in the
Big Eight Conference, setting up a
Saturday night showdown against
visiting Janesville Craig, which is
also 7-0 in the league.
I think we are starting to get
healthy again, said Middleton coach
Jeff Kind, whose team has been
under the weather the last three
weeks. I didnt hear all the coughing and it looked like we started getting our legs back a little more, so
hopefully weve weathered the storm
and will be healthy for the stretch
run.
Middleton had several players
under the weather at the Franklin
Shootout held Dec. 29-31. That
played a role in a pair of uneven
showings early in the tournament.
Weve had a lot of people sick,
feeling terrible, Cardinals senior
center Cole Jordee said. I think its
been slowing us down a lot.
But nothing slowed the Cardinals
quite like a bout of food poisoning.
Middleton defeated Waunakee
last Tuesday and advanced to the
consolation championship game. But
several Cardinals were hit with food
poisoning later that night after dining
out.
Middletons game with Kenosha
St. Josephs last Wednesday had to
be postponed. A makeup date has yet
to be set.
We would have had like 4
healthy players, Kind said. We
were in rough shape.
But after a couple days of rest,
Middleton regained its sea legs
against Madison West.
Senior
guard
Elizabeth
Norregaard led the Cardinals with 13
points. Sophomore guard Bria
Lemirande added seven points, while
Jordee, sophomore guard Alyssa
Lemirande and freshman center
Halle White all added six points.
Middleton led just 11-10 after the
Craig will be a
good challenge. It
should be a fun
game to play,
watch or coach
Jeff Kind
Middleton coach
first quarter and 23-16 at halftime.

But the Cardinals got rolling in the
second half.
Middleton outscored the Regents,
22-2, in the third quarter to take a 4518 lead and break the game open.
The Cardinals then cruised home in
the fourth.
We played pretty well defensively in both halves and the shots started
dropping for us in the second half,
Kind said.
Now, all eyes turn to Saturdays
game against Craig at 7:30 p.m.
Middleton first meets Big Eight
Conference bottom feeder Beloit
Memorial (0-7, 1-10) Thursday at
7:30 p.m. Then Craig comes to town
two nights later.
The Cougars are 10-1 overall and
average 59.7 points per game.
Senior guard Allison Hughes is
one of the leagues top players, averaging 15.4 points per game, including a 29-point outing against crosstown rival Janesville Parker.
guard
Delaney
Junior
Schoenberger is another terrific
offensive player, averaging 13.8
points per game with a season-best
28 coming against Waukesha South.
Craig will be a good challenge,
Kind said.They have a good shooting team with multiple scorers on the
perimeter and they have quickness
and make up for a lack of size by
playing physically aggressive.
Our challenge will be to match
up their shooters coming back out of
our press and to try to take advantage
of our post players by getting them
touches so they can score or work
inside out to our perimeter players.It
should be a fun game to play, watch
or coach
Jan. 2
Middleton 64, Madison West 30
Middleton .. 11 12 22 19 64
Madison West ...... 10 6 2 12 30
MIDDLETON Ballweg 4, Bergum 5,
Blair 3, Fermanich 4, Jordee 6, A. Lemirande 6,
B. Lemirande 7, Norregaard 13, Thomas 5,
Tonnesen 4, Webber 1, White 6. Totals: 21 14-19
64.
MADISON WEST Alt 2, Bruce 2,
Carlson 2, Carr 3, Hettenbach 2, Lee 12,
McGilligan 2, Minerath 1, Monette 2, Morris 2.
Totals: 13 4-8 30.
Three-point goals: M 8 (Norregaard 3,
Bergum, Blair, B. Lemirande, Thomas,
Tonnesen). Total fouls: Mi 11, MW 17. Fouled
out: Morris.
Times-Tribune photos by Mary Langenfeld
Katie Fermanich (top) and Bria Lemirande (above) helped Middletons girls basketball team roll past Madison
West last Friday.
Wrestlers ninth at Bi-State Classic

PAGE 15
Benedict third,
T. Haase fifth
Cons. Round 3 - Max Mayhew

(Middleton) 10-6 won by major decision over
Jarod Amacher (Monroe) 6-12 (MD 9-0)
Cons. Round 4 - Brady Peat (IowaGrant/Highland) 14-8 won by major decision
over Max Mayhew (Middleton) 10-6 (MD 113)
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Middleton senior heavyweight

Sean Benedict finished third at the BiState Classic wrestling tournament
held at the La Crosse Civic Center
Dec. 29-30.
Senior Taggart Haase, who wrestles at 170 pounds, added a fifth place
finish. Chris Rogers (132) also placed
11th.
Those performances helped the
Cardinals finish ninth among the 19
Division 1 teams at the tournament.
Benedict received a first round bye,
then pinned Dylan Thew of Hillsboro
in just 38 seconds. Benedict pinned
Nic Humphrey of Marshfield in 2:20,
then pinned Hunter Hoscheit of
Caledonia/Houston/Spring Grove in
1:37 in the quarterfinals.
In the semifinals, Jon Zeidler of
Lakeville South edged Benedict, 1-0.
But Benedict bounced back to win his
final two matches and captured third
place.
Haase also opened with a bye, then
pinned Mark Kennedy of Lakeville
South in 3:27. Haase followed that
with a 13-3 win over Hunter Judge of
Bloomington Kennedy.
In the quarterfinals, Muskegos
Brady McFarland topped Haase, 3-2.
Haase bounced back to win three
matches in the consolation round,
highlighted by a 3-2 victory over John
Keifer of New Richmond in the fifth
place match.
Rogers pinned Miles Steinhoff of
Mount Horeb in 1:18 in his first
match, then defeated Nolan Garoutte
of Riverdale, 13-2.
Rogers downed Bryce Younger of
New Richmond, 7-4, but lost in the
quarterfinals to Josh Bird of
Burlington, 8-4.
Rogers also lost his next two
matches, but then pinned Noah Harris
of Kickapoo/La Farge in 2:43 and
took 11th place.
Bi-State Classic Results for Middleton
106 - Colton Best (6-6) place is unknown
and scored 3.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Colton Best
(Middleton) 6-6 received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Sawyer Sarbacker
(Iowa-Grant/Highland) 14-6 won by tech fall
over Colton Best (Middleton) 6-6 (TF-1.5
0:00 (15-0))
Cons. Round 2 - Colton Best (Middleton)
6-6 won by forfeit over Forfeit Forfeit (New
Richmond) 3-6 (For.)
Cons. Round 3 - Gavin Christoffersen
(South Saint Paul) 6-8 won by major decision
over Colton Best (Middleton) 6-6 (MD 8-0)
113 - Trevaun Turnere (6-5) place is

unknown and scored 5.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Trevaun Turnere
Champ. Round 2 - Riley Cade (Westby)
14-6 won by fall over Trevaun Turnere
(Middleton) 6-5 (Fall 3:25)
Cons. Round 2 - Trevaun Turnere
Cons. Round 3 - Trevaun Turnere
160 - Shay Haase (16-3) place is

Champ. Round 1 - Shay Haase
Champ. Round 2 - Shay Haase
(Middleton) 16-3 won by fall over Isaiah
Brenner (Burlington) 6-8 (Fall 2:09)
Champ. Round 3 - Marshall Westfall
(Athens) 14-5 won in sudden victory - 1 over
Shay Haase (Middleton) 16-3 (SV-1 8-6)
Cons. Round 4 - Ben Linzmeier (Tomah)
4-2 won by medical forfeit over Shay Haase
(Middleton) 16-3 (M. For.)
170 - Taggert Haase (19-4) placed 5th

Champ. Round 1 - Taggert Haase
(Middleton) 19-4 won by fall over Mark
Kennedy (Lakeville South) 4-2 (Fall 3:27)
Hunter Judge (Bloomington Kennedy) 12-4
(MD 13-3)
Quarterfinal - Brady McFarland
(Muskego) 16-3 won by decision over Taggert
Haase (Middleton) 19-4 (Dec 3-2)
Cons. Round 6 - Taggert Haase
(Middleton) 19-4 won by decision over Jacob
Sigler (Ellsworth) 12-5 (Dec 5-2)
Cons. Round 7 - Taggert Haase
(Middleton) 19-4 won by decision over Wyatt
Weiler (Auburndale) 14-4 (Dec 6-2)
Cons. Semi - Lance Buckles (De Soto)
18-2 won by decision over Taggert Haase
(Middleton) 19-4 (Dec 7-6)
5th Place Match - Taggert Haase
(Middleton) 19-4 won by decision over John
Keifer (New Richmond) 14-5 (Dec 3-2)
182 - Caleb Cymbalak (9-6) place is
Champ. Round 1 - Caleb Cymbalak
Champ. Round 2 - Ben Goodreau
(Baraboo) 11-7 won by fall over Caleb
Cymbalak (Middleton) 9-6 (Fall 3:33)
Cons. Round 2 - Justice Blackhawk
(Tomah) 7-9 won by fall over Caleb
Cymbalak (Middleton) 9-6 (Fall 4:16)
Middleton wrestling coach Kent Weiler watched his team finish ninth among Division 1 schools at last weeks BiState Classic.
Kolten Achenbach (Richland Center) 10-11
(MD 14-2)
Cons. Round 4 - Sawyer Strom
(Ellsworth) 9-5 won by fall over Trevaun
Turnere (Middleton) 6-5 (Fall 2:14)
120 - Shamar Madlock (7-7) place is
Champ. Round 1 - Shamar Madlock
Champ. Round 2 - Manning Denk (DC
Everest) 16-6 won by fall over Shamar
Madlock (Middleton) 7-7 (Fall 1:28)
Cons. Round 2 - Shamar Madlock
Cole Johnson (Westby) 5-8 (MD 13-4)
Cons. Round 3 - Brendan Formaneck
(Eastview) 7-4 won by decision over Shamar
Madlock (Middleton) 7-7 (Dec 9-2)
126 - Shane Bishop (13-5) place is

Champ. Round 1 - Shane Bishop
Champ. Round 2 - Bryce Hill
(Bloomington Kennedy) 11-7 won by fall
over Shane Bishop (Middleton) 13-5 (Fall
1:49)
Cons. Round 2 - Shane Bishop
(Middleton) 13-5 won by fall over Nathan
Fehlen (New Richmond) 2-7 (Fall 0:48)
Cons. Round 3 - Colton Winders
(Mauston) 10-8 won by fall over Shane
Bishop (Middleton) 13-5 (Fall 0:46)
132 - Chris Rogers (18-4) placed 11th

Champ. Round 1 - Chris Rogers
(Middleton) 18-4 won by fall over Miles
Steinhoff (Mount Horeb) 2-4 (Fall 1:18)
Nolan Garoutte (Riverdale) 12-7 (MD 13-2)
(Middleton) 18-4 won by decision over Bryce
Younger (New Richmond) 17-3 (Dec 7-4)
Quarterfinal - Josh Bird (Burlington) 161 won by decision over Chris Rogers
Cons. Round 6 - Bailey Slater (New

Lisbon) 16-4 won by decision over Chris
Rogers (Middleton) 18-4 (Dec 4-1)
Cons. Round 7 - Eric Peters (LuxemburgCasco) 14-5 won by fall over Chris Rogers
11th Place Match - Chris Rogers
(Middleton) 18-4 won by fall over Noah
Harris (Kickapoo/La Farge) 17-8 (Fall 2:43)
138 - Forfeit Forfeit (0-2) place is

Champ. Round 1 - Travis Von Haden
(Tomah) 6-5 won by forfeit over Forfeit
Forfeit (Middleton) 0-2 (For.)
Cons. Round 1 - Forfeit Forfeit
Cons. Round 2 - Dan Sullivan (Holmen)
10-7 won by forfeit over Forfeit Forfeit
(Middleton) 0-2 (For.)
145 - Dion Huff (7-4) place is unknown
Champ. Round 1 - Dion Huff
Champ. Round 2 - Nathan Schomberg
(West Salem/Bangor) 10-3 won by fall over
Dion Huff (Middleton) 7-4 (Fall 1:27)
Cons. Round 2 - Dion Huff (Middleton)
7-4 won by forfeit over Forfeit Forfeit
(Adams-Friendship) 4-9 (For.)
Cons. Round 3 - Isaac Contreras (South
Saint Paul) 7-5 won by fall over Dion Huff
152 - Max Mayhew (10-6) place is

Champ. Round 1 - Max Mayhew
Champ. Round 2 - Trenton Smith
(Nekoosa/Assumption/Port Edwards) 9-4
won by fall over Max Mayhew (Middleton)
10-6 (Fall 2:17)
Cons. Round 2 - Max Mayhew
(Middleton) 10-6 won by fall over Jesse
Dickmann (Stratford) 2-5 (Fall 3:26)
195 - KaJaun Redus (2-2) place is

Champ. Round 1 - KaJaun Redus
Champ. Round 2 - Silas Coleman
(Richland Center) 18-6 won by decision over
KaJaun Redus (Middleton) 2-2 (Dec 4-2)
Cons. Round 2 - KaJaun Redus
(Middleton) 2-2 won by injury default over
Kodi Knoble (Riverdale) 2-6 (Inj. 2:24)
Cons. Round 3 - KaJaun Redus
(Middleton) 2-2 won by forfeit over Forfeit
Forfeit (Monroe) 0-10 (For.)
Cons. Round 4 - Mike Delich (Eastview)
17-4 won by fall over KaJaun Redus
220 - Matt Davey (3-6) place is

Champ. Round 1 - Taylor Brancefield
(Pulaski) 15-4 won by fall over Matt Davey
Cons. Round 1 - Matt Davey (Middleton)
3-6 received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 - Collin Faretta (AdamsFriendship) 13-7 won by fall over Matt Davey
285 - Sean Benedict (20-1) placed 3rd

Champ. Round 1 - Sean Benedict
(Middleton) 20-1 won by fall over Dylan
Thew (Hillsboro) 1-3 (Fall 0:38)
(Middleton) 20-1 won by fall over Nic
Humphrey (Marshfield) 12-7 (Fall 2:20)
Quarterfinal - Sean Benedict (Middleton)
20-1 won by fall over Hunter Hoscheit
(Caledonia/Houston/Spring Grove) 12-7 (Fall
1:37)
Semifinal - Jon Zeidler (Lakeville South)
16-1 won by decision over Sean Benedict
Cons. Semi - Sean Benedict (Middleton)
20-1 won by decision over Tim Duffy
(Eastview) 15-5 (Dec 3-2)
3rd Place Match - Sean Benedict
(Middleton) 20-1 won by decision over Nick
Otter (Burlington) 14-4 (Dec 3-0)
Swimmers 4th
at Marquette
Invitational
PAGE 16
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Middletons boys swimming team

finished fourth at the 22-team
Marquette Invitational last Saturday.
Madison West won the meet with
342 points, while Hartland Arrowhead
(271.5), Brookfield (199), Middleton
(198) and Chicago Fenwick (170)
rounded out the top five.
The Cardinals quartet of senior
Lex Peterson, senior Rory Slattery,
junior Derek Pettit and senior
Harrison Bielski was fifth in the 200
yard medley relay. Middletons 200
yard freestyle relay team of senior
Josh Reddemann, Slattery, Bielski and
junior Jacob Aegerter was also fifth.
Slattery was fourth in the 100 yard
breaststroke, while Aegerter was sixth
in the 200 yard IM. Pettit and sophomore Luke Delaney were seventh and
eighth, respectively, in the 100 yard
butterfly.
Reddemann was ninth in the 100
yard freestyle and Aegerter was 10th.
Bielski was 10th in the 50 yard
freestyle, while Peterson was 11th in
the 200 yard freestyle and 11th in the
100 yard backstroke.
Middletons 400 yard freestyle
relay team of Pettit, Reddemann,
Peterson and Aegerter was also seventh.

On deck: Middleton is at
Janesville Parker Friday at 5:30 p.m.
for a triangular with the Vikings and
Sun Prairie.
Jan. 3
MARQUETTE INVITATIONAL
Schroeder YMCA
Team scores 1, Madison West 342; 2,
Arrowhead 271.5; 3, Brookfield 199; 4,
Middleton 198; 5, Chicago Fenwick 170; 6,
Greenfield/Greendale/Milw. Pius 141; 7,
Muskego 131; 8, Milw. Marquette 118.5; 9,
Homestead 113; 10, Waukesha South/Catholic
Memorial 94; 11, Waukesha North/Kettle
Moraine/Pewaukee 90; 12, Kenosha Bradford 76;
13, Rockford Boylan Catholic 65; 14, Madison
Edgewood 63; 15 (tie), Verona/Mt. Horeb and
Byron (Ill.) 54; 17, Waukesha West/Mukwonago
48; 18, Brookfield Academy 38; 19, Monona
Grove 24; 20, Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights
16; 21, Madison East 11; 22, Menomonee
Falls/Sussex Hamilton/Germantown 8.
Event winners50 freestyle: Mike Hill, CF,
21.85. 100: Aidan Meara, MW, 47.84. 200:
Connor Rumpit, BF, 1:45.90. 500: Connor
Rumpit, BF, 4:43.41.100 backstroke: Rick Perez,
GF/GD, 52.10. 100 breaststroke: Ivar Iverson,
KB, 58.04. 100 butterfly: Ivar Iverson, KB,
50.15.200individual medley: Kevin Van Cleave,
BA, 1:56.95. Diving: Henry Carman, MG,
460.20.200 freestyle relay: MW (Max Cardwell,
Lain Weaver, Micheal Gavigan, Aidan Meara),
1:27.71.400 freestyle relay: ARR (Logan Kozlik,
Corbin Grimes, Nicholas Woida, Logan Roberts),
3:15.20.200 medley relay: MW (Jack OKeefe,
Ryan Altaweel, Lain Weaver, Max Cardwell),
1:39.08.
Storm Murphy and Middletons boys basketball team fell to Madison Memorial last Saturday.
n BOYS BB
storm for us.

It sure was.
Memorial got a game-high 26
points from senior guard Koko
Songolo. But the best player on the
floor and the best player
Middleton has seen this year was
Spartans senior point guard Shareef
Smith.
The lightning quick Smith singlehandedly destroyed Middletons
press. Smith got anywhere on the
floor he wanted, whenever he wanted, and finished with 15 points and
eight assists.
Hes pretty good, Memorial
coach Steve Collins said. Hes
unique. Hes hard to contain and hes
so quick.
Bavery agreed.
(Smith) was certainly up to the
task, Bavery said. He was in control. Wed have him trapped in the
corner and hed get the sideline.
Hed split our traps. He really hurt
us.
Middleton struggled from start to
finish.
The Cardinals shot just 5-of-21 in
the first half and trailed, 26-15 at the
break.
Smith gave the Cardinals fits on
the perimeter, while Spartans 6-foot7 center Brett Tauber controlled the
paint. That combination made life
tough for Middletons shooters.
Middleton led, 6-4, but went
scoreless the final 4:37 of the first
quarter. That allowed Memorial to
close the period on a 7-0 run and
surge to an 11-6 lead.
Actually we got some good
looks against their zone early, but
just didnt hit them, Bavery said.
And then we got very few second
shots. Thats a big key to what we do
and thats the first team that ran back
at us hard and beat us to the rim, literally, all night long.

Cardinals sophomore guard C.J.
Fermanich (10 points) scored the
first basket of the second quarter as
Middleton closed within 11-8. But
Memorial answered with a 12-1 run
over a 4-minute stretch and took a
23-9 lead.
Middleton missed eight consecutive shots during that time, while
Memorial scored on six of eight possessions. Smith took over the game,
scoring five straight points during
one stretch and dishing out two
assists.
Its a rivalry game, Collins said.
It doesnt matter which team is necessarily better. Its just going to be a
battle. And its been like that since
John (Boyle) was there.
Middleton sophomore forward
Tyree Eady scored four of his teamhigh 11 points in the final 2 minutes
of the first half, as the Cardinals
clawed back within 26-15 at intermission. And even though Middleton
was down 11 at the break, Bavery
was feeling all right.
We felt pretty good at halftime,
Bavery said. We said, without a
doubt it was our worst half of the
year and were only down 11. Were
still right there.
That changed quickly, though.
Memorial opened the third quarter
on a 17-3 blitz in just 3:20 and
surged to a commanding 43-18 lead.
The Spartans made their first eight
shots of the quarter, while the
Cardinals went 1-of-5 and turned the
ball over three times.
This is a really unselfish team. It
really is, Collins said. They really
like each other. Were .500, but Im
having as much fun as Ive had with
any group in a long time.

So thats half of it and it shows. I
think it shows that since Nov. 17
(when the season started), weve gotten better and thats all I really care
about is were getting better.
Bavery, on the other hand, kept
looking for the Middleton team that
opened the season so strong.
It was one of those games where
from the middle of the first quarter, I
never felt good about things,
Bavery said. We never got in a
rhythm offensively all night long.
Ball fakes, pass fakes, guys
would be open in the post. Wed
look, wed look, wed look and then
wed throw it in late and itd get
tipped instead of one hard fake,
bounce it in there. We just struggled
all night.
After Memorials third quarter
blitz, Middleton never came closer
than 20 points. And afterwards,
Bavery had a simple message for his
team.
After the game, we told our guys
that this is one where you tip your
hat to them, Bavery said. Maybe
theyre that much better than us right
now. Lets just get on the bus and
well come to work Monday. Thats
about all we can do.
On deck: Middleton traveled to
Madison West Tuesday. The
Cardinals then host Beloit Memorial
Friday at 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 3
Madison Memorial 73, Middleton 46
Middleton .... 6 9 15 16 46
Madison Memorial ... 11 15 29 18 73
MIDDLETON Hokanson 7, Thomas 2,
Bacon 2, Ross 2, Eady 11, Gardner 2, Markel 8,
Fermanich 10, Sprecher 2. Totals: 16 9-20 46.
MADISON MEMORIAL Knecht 2,
Ferguson 10, Smith 15, Lindquist 4, Songolo 26,
Houden 10, Laird 2, Tauber 4. Totals: 28 14-20
73.
Three-point goals: Mi 4 (Markel 2,
Fermanich, Hokanson); MM 3 (Songolo 2,
Smith). Total fouls: Mi 21, MM 17.
PAGE 17
n HOCKEY

Middleton, which had 34 shots on
goal in the contest, had 14 shots in
the deciding third period. The
Cardinals also avenged last seasons
overtime playoff loss to West.
That was a great third period, I
couldnt believe it, said junior forward Griffin Gussel. All of the conditioning we do really pays off. We
can be all over teams like that and
finish really strong. We buy into the
conditioning and it really pays off in
the third period and overtime.
Added freshman forward Justin
Engelkes: We do a lot of conditioning every practice and it pays off. Id
say were one of the hardest working
teams in the Big Eight.
Middleton stayed atop the Big
Eight Conference with a perfect 6-0
mark and is 8-2-1 overall. The
Cardinals opened a two-game lead
over the second-place Regents (4-2,
9-3).
Its just another step in the right
direction, Walby said. Having the
ability to come back and avenge our
overtime playoff loss from last year.
West was on our radar as a big
game coming back after the
Christmas holiday, so I was pretty
impressed that the guys stuck to the
game plan for about three quarters to
almost all of the game.
The Cardinals grabbed the lead
for good at 3-2 at the 4 minute, 33
second mark of the third period when
Engelkes made a nifty move inside
and beat Regents goaltender Henry
Cutting for a goal in front of the net.
I got it, I saw a little room and
made a move to my backhand and
whiffed on the shot, Engelkes said.
I was trying to go high and luckily
enough it went in.
Walby has been impressed by
Engelkes goal-scoring ability.
Justins really, really talented
and natural goal scorers find the net
in big games and at key times,
Walby said. I think we caught them
in the middle of a shift and the Dmen couldnt adjust to the speed. But
the finishing, you cant teach a goal
scorer how to score, it just comes
natural and its always fun to watch.
Just 21 seconds later, there was a
scrum for the puck in front of Wests
net and Middletons Garrett Graf
managed to score and give the
Cardinals a 4-2 advantage.
Gussel capped the third-period
scoring for Middleton when he
scored a goal off his own rebound at
the14:31mark.
Colin (Butler) skated right past
the defender and got all the way and
sent it right in to me, Gussel said. I
just stopped in front of the net,
tipped it once, it came right to my
stick and got a great bounce.

Gussel scored a pair of goals for
the Cardinals.
Griffin Gussel got two and hes
one of those guys that doesnt play as
much as everybody else so hes fresh
and hungry, Walby said. You get
noticed by the rest of your teammates if you show up in the big
games.
The Regents Cutting was coming
off an impressive 60-save performance in a 3-1 loss to Madison
Memorial earlier in the week.
Hes probably one of the elite
goalies of the state, Walby said.
Maybe we caught him after the holidays, maybe with not enough ice
time or seeing rubber, but hes won a
national championship with team
Wisconsin and hes one of the better
goalies around here.
The teams traded goals in the
opening two periods. Middleton junior Jake Livesey scored on a slap
shot from the blue line to give
Middleton a 1-0 lead 12:25 into the
first period. Just a minute later, the
Regents James Pretto answered with
a power play goal.
West went ahead for the first time
on a breakaway goal by senior Cole
Paskus at the 2:49 mark of the second period. Paskus, who scored his
team-best 14th goal of the season,
took the loose puck and raced down
the ice, just beating goaltender Max
Times-Tribune
photos by Mary
Langenfeld
J u s t i n
Engelkes (top,
#21),
Nolan
Kouba
(left,
#28) and the
rest
of
M i d d l e t o n s
hockey team
lead the Big
E i g h t
Conference.
McConnell for a goal before crashing into the net with the Cardinals
Nolan Kouba in hot pursuit.
Gussel evened it at two apiece at
the 12:46 mark. Sophomore Alex
Nisbet controlled the puck behind
Wests net and set Gussel up for the
goal.
(Nisbet) was working in the corner and he dug it out and threw it in
front, Gussel said. I was in the

front of the net with a few other guys
from West and just sent home a hard
working goal and got the good
bounce too. Good play by Alex, he
worked and got it.
Jan. 2
Madison West ............ 110 2
Middleton ... 113 5
First period: Mid Jake Livesey (Jordan
Hylbert, Daylon Reifsteck),12:25; MW James
Pretto (Ollie Fisher, Max Frey),13:22.

Second period: MW Cole Paskus
(Cutting), 2:49; Mid Griffen Gussel (Alex
Nisbet),12:46.
Third period: Mid Justin Engelkes (Eddie
Matush, Garrett Graf), 4:33; Mid Graf (Colin
Butler, Nolan Kouba), 4:54; Mid Gussel
(Butler, Braxton Walby),14:31.
Saves: MW (Henry Cutting) 29; Mid (Max
McConnell) 15.
Penalties:MW 4-8, Mid 5-10
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Booster Club Tailgate Party nears

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The Middleton High School

Cardinal Booster Club will hold its
second annual Tailgate Party on Feb.
21 starting at 7 p.m. at Keva Sports
Center in Middleton.
Tickets are $50 in advance and $60
at the door. Your ticket includes tailgate fare, tailgate games, live music
and a deejay and opportunities to bid
on team baskets and to participate in a
50-50 cash raffle.
People can register for the party by

visiting the Booster Club website.
Tailgate T-shirts and hats, which are
currently being designed, will also be
available to purchase in the nearfuture. Both items can be picked up
the night of the event. Participants
who wear their T-shirt will also
receive a raffle ticket.
Mark and Wendy Grapentine will
emcee the event again this year.
Approximately 500 attended last

year's inaugural event, which replaced
Mardi Gras as one of the big fundraisers for the Booster Club.
Basket themes for the silent auction
will be available on the website a
week before the event.
The Tailgate Party is also looking
for sponsors. Sponsors will receive 10
passes to the event. Their company
logo or family name will be placed on
posters, programs, news releases,

media blasts, the Tailgate website, and
all promotional materials before, during and after the event.
Sponsors will also be given the
option of hanging a banner at the
event. Please contact Kimberly
Carrigan if you are interested.
Anyone interested in volunteering
should check the website or contact
Molly Kelly.
BOWLING
Middleton Ladies
Dec. 23
Cindy Hall 588, Melissa Carlson 577, Mary
Moody 542, Theresa Meisel 534, Janie Lange
533, Paula Brunner 528.
Sunday Neighbors
Dec. 28
Gerard Meinholz 616 (204, 230), Paul
Hughes 601 (229), Steve Holznagel 590 (202,
205), Dennis Masaki 577 (212, 210), Janet
Meinholz 559, Mike Kezer 527 (204), Cheryl
Hitchins 520, Marty Meinholz 512, Linda
Schenk 512, Jim Campbell 504, Kari Capener
504, Tony Ziegler 501, Mavis Severson 501,
Cindy Hall 490.

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