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The Verona Area School Districts transition

to personalizing learning doesnt just mean its
different for each student.
Teachers and even entire schools can take varied paths to bringing a more personal education
to students.
Thats bearing out at the districts two attendance area middle schools, Badger Ridge and
Savanna Oaks, as the schools have taken contrasting approaches to implementing the districts new initiative. And charter middle school
Core Knowledge is taking a schoolwide K-8
approach, covered in last months charter story.
At SOMS, the sixth-grade teaching team has
become a close unit, working in tandem to monitor students progress in different subject areas
and plan out personalization. A district innovation grant providing Chromebooks for every
sixth-grader has helped, as well.
At BRMS, its a more piecemeal approach,
where instead of an entire grades teaching team
working together on the approach, interested teachers take more of an individual approach to how
each wants to bring personalized learning into a
classroom, though some are still partnering up.
As the process has gone on, the one thing Ive
learned is it doesnt necessarily look like one
way, BRMS seventh-grade social studies teacher Suzanne Hartjes said. It will fit your style.
But theres also a group of parents at SOMS
who are questioning how the system is being put
into place, and they worry its holding back students who have more potential.
For the kids who are driven by achievement
and seeing rewards for their success, theyre
no longer driven, said Michelle Gigot Puent,
whose husband teaches seventh-grade at SOMS.
The group, many of whom did not want to speak
on the record, made clear they feel teachers are
doing they best they can with the hand theyve been
dealt, but questioned the direction being pushed by
the school and district administration.
Administrators understand the concern, but
theyre confident the approach is the one to take
to benefit most students.
Go to pages 16 and 17 to read about the two
attendance area schools different approaches.
Photos by Scott Girard
Above, sixth-graders Hailey Rothwell, left, and Caleb Tollefson work on their Chromebooks during workshop
time at Savanna Oaks Middle School. Below, Badger Ridge Middle School sixth-graders Addie Matts, left, and
Katie Richardson work on iPads during Sarah Urbens language arts class.
Personalized Learning
Series
January: Overview
February: Elementary schools
March: Charter schools
April: Middle schools
May: High school
June: Teaching the teachers
Christine Frei was sleeping on a 15-hour flight home

while people she had gotten
to know in Nepal were dealing with the fallout of a devastating earthquake.
When she landed back
in Chicago after the threeweek trip to climb Mt. Everest, she had no idea what
had happened until she was
bombarded by instant messages and emails.
My husband was frantic
and my mother was hysterical, Frei said Tuesday
afternoon. You almost feel
guilty, because I was just
sleeping on the plane.
Frei left the country April
25 after a spectacular
trip and just hours before
the 7.8-magnitude quake
which has killed at least
1,805 people as of Tuesday,
according to reports from
The Associated Press.
I was devastated, Frei
said.
But the three members
of her group who stayed for
an extension, as well as the
guides and other locals she
met while there, were all OK.
She said she got confirmation of that earlier Tuesday.
That was very reassuring, she said. What a
fluke and what luck.
Frei said the support and
care from the Verona community, even students and
parents shes never met, has
been overwhelming.
The outpouring of care
and concern was just amazing, she said.
Schedule aims for art equity at elementaries

Principals moving
forward despite
mixed teacher
support
SCOTT GIRARD
The elementary arts

schedule likely will be
harder for parents to memorize next year as schools
attempt to improve equity
among the classes at each

school.
The four principals of
attendance area schools,
along with New Century School director Jim
Ruder, presented a new
schedule for related arts
classes, which include
phy ed, art and music, for
the 2015-16 school year
at a school board meeting
April 20. They agreed to
go in together on it despite
a teacher survey showing
Sports
more opposition than support.

The plan is to have a sixday A-B rotation schedule instead of the weekly
schedule it is now. It would
fix a natural imbalance
because of school schedules that causes Monday
and Friday classes to get
skipped more often than
others, and it would eliminate extra-large classes that
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A pair of fairs
Country View and Sugar Creek elementary schools held their annual Share Fair and
Imagination Fair in April, where students showed off experiments, pieces of writing and
other topics they had researched. At Country View on Friday, April 17, there was also a
station set up for students and parents to get a preview of what will be in the schools
Maker Space next year. Sugar Creeks event Friday, April 24, also included a book fair
and a science event.
Below, Country view student Riley Jefferson explains his tie-dye experiment.
Above, Sugar Creek student Arwen Marse

reads an original composition.
Below, Dr. Brett Hoeft and Dr. Mary Engler
judge a presentation by Riley Sass (with Aidan
Haack and Simon Popewitz) on whether color
affects taste at Sugar Creek.
Photos by Jim Ferolie
Dr. Katie Yang and Jared Cullen from the UW-Madison judge
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City of Verona
Locust bridge will wait a year

round this summer for 2016
construction.
Still, the citys cost for
this project is a relatively
minimal share, as developers of the two subdivisions
will reimburse the city for
100 percent of the cost over
five years minus the interest charges.
The most recent construction project in the area, the
third building of apartments
in Scenic Ridge, drew
criticism from neighbors
because of traffic issues,
including pedestrian safety
across the bridge.
Ald. Heather Reekie
(Dist. 4) agreed with fellow alders that it would be
irresponsible for the city
to accept a bid so high.
But I just want to inform
the residents, she said,
that there will be another
year of this bridge to deal
with.
The Locust Drive bridge

will be widened as planned
this year.
With both the Scenic
Ridge and Cathedral Point
subdivisions growing
quickly and traffic growing commensurately, the
city had planned to widen
the bridge by eight feet
enough for a pedestrian/
bicycle path.
However, the one bid
that was returned for the
project came in at nearly
$1.1 million, or 54 percent
higher than the projected
cost of $704,000. The Common Council unanimously
rejected it Monday.
City staff blamed the
high bids just as they did
with road work that was
put off last year on contractors being busy with
the $218 million Verona
Road expansion. Similarly, Epic annexes more
Epics campus is now
the city will retime the bid
to get ahead of next years around 1,000 acres, includwork, putting out another ing more than 700 acres in
the city.
Monday it got the citys
approval to annex another
51 acres into the city, this
time from a recent purchase
as part of the former Maurer family property, mostly
along County Hwy. PD.
The annexation is officially for expansion of
their existing office campus
and stormwater management. No official location
for a sixth campus has been
announced, but its reasonable to assume it will need
a place. Campuses 4 and 5
are in progress, and when
they are finished in a couple
years, Epics total number
of offices in Verona would
roughly match its current
employment.
Hop Haus
A local microbrewery
continues to march along
toward a May opening,
with the city providing its
usual assistance with the
states high reserve liquor
license.
State law requires a
minimum $10,000 fee for

these post-1997 licenses,
but Verona circumvents
that law by offering a
$9,500 economic development grant to bring the fee
to $500.
Verona Fest
The council approved
permits for Verona Fest, the
annual fund-raiser for the
Verona Ice Arena.
Verona Fest has existed
since 2010, expanded to
three days in 2011 and then
reverted back to two days.
This year, Ice Inc., the parent organization of both the
former Eagles Nest Ice Arena and the Verona Hockey
Club, has scaled back the
two-day festival and added
a second fundraiser, a craft
brew festival in June.
The Verona Fest will be
aimed more at kids, Public
Safety committee chair Ald.
Dale Yurs (D-2) reported,
with alcohol sales on the
top floor. It will be held
July 31 and Aug. 1.
Photo by Jim Ferolie
Contractors begin tearing up the median at the intersection of East Verona Avenue and Lincoln Street on Monday. Traffic will be restricted
to one lane and diverted through May and possibly into early June.
City begins putting in stoplight at E. Verona intersection

June. He said there will be
slight changes to the traffic flow throughout May as
the median is torn up and
rebuilt and the intersection
is widened.
The work has been
planned to avoid any closures, including of the Culvers driveway, which will
be shifted. Crews will work
early in the morning in the
driveway area and possibly
late at night to avoid conflicts with the restaurant.
The city could not allow
work on the northwest
corner of the intersection
to begin until it came up
with a last-minute agreement to purchase rightof-way from the property

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A Madison Police
Department officer was suspended by
the department for 10
days for his
involvement
in a domestic incident
in Verona
last October Davis
in which he
pointed a
loaded gun at a man while
off-duty, according to a
report from WISC-TV.
Officer Reginald Davis,
35, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct with the
use of a dangerous weapon
in January after Veronas
police department referred
the case to the district attorney.
Madison Police Chief
Mike Koval suspended
Davis in a disciplinary letter
dated Feb. 17, the WISCTV report said. Davis will
serve six of the 10 days of
his suspension at the departments convenience and the
remaining days are held in
abeyance for a year from
the date of the notice,
according to the report.
The Madison Police
Department was notified
of the conduct of Reginald
Davis and they conducted
an internal affairs investigation independent of our
criminal investigation,
Verona Police Department
Lt. David Dresser wrote in a
prepared statement.
The charge stemmed
from an episode that started
when Davis went to a Verona apartment, 318 S. Main
St., at 3 a.m. Oct. 19 to visit
a woman with whom he
had been having an affair,
according to a criminal
complaint filed in Dane
County Circuit Court.
The complaint said he
had made plans to come to

her apartment but she did
not answer the door and
responded to a text by telling him to come back. He
told investigators he heard
yelling and screaming,
called 911, then kicked in
the door to the residence.
Davis found the woman
and another man standing face-to-face after it
appeared they had been
shoving one another, and
he told the man to leave, the
complaint said. When the
man refused, Davis pointed
the gun at him and the man
complied.
Davis told investigators
he knew pointing the weapon at the man was questionable, and that he did it
to scare him. Davis said
he knew he did not have
justification to use deadly
force under the circumstances and admitted that
when he pointed the gun, he
was acting as the womans
protector, not as an off-duty
police officer.
Dressers statement
said Verona police did not
believe the action was fully
justified.
It wasnt initially clear if
Reginald Davis was acting
within the scope of an offduty police officer, responding to legitimate concerns
of someone in distress, or if
his response was more personal, the statement said.
His response to this situation appeared to be a mixture of both as some of his
actions may have been justified according to law, but
other actions were not.
According to the WISCTV report, the man Davis
pointed his gun at was later
charged with harassing the
woman. In an interview
with the Verona Press,
Dresser said the harassment
involved illegal online
activity on the part of the
man.
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Work has begun on the

intersection of East Verona
Avenue and Lincoln Street
and will restrict traffic flow
for about five or six weeks.
The project will reconfigure the intersection and
install a stoplight that is
expected to be functional
by the time the new fire station opens, around July 1.
City engineer Bob Gundlach told the Press on Monday night work crews hope
to be finished with the disruptive part of construction before Hometown
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Town of Verona
Road work begins next week

Construction that will affect
access to a pair of town roads is set
to begin Monday, May 4 and last
for about three months.
Crews will begin work next week
on Range Trail and Pheasant Lane
in the Town of Verona, and its
expected to be an inconvenience,
according to an email from the town.
Access will remain open for emergency vehicles, buses and garbage
pickup.
The email said town staff will
work with the contractors, Wolf
Paving for Range Trail and Hammersley Stone for Pheasant Lane, to
notify property owners when work
could prohibit access for brief periods.
The Range Trail project will run
from the southern town line and

extend to the Sunset Drive intersection, plus about 800 feet to the top
of the hill on Sunset to the east of
the intersection.
Both projects will reconstruct the
roadway surface and drainage areas
adjacent to the road.
The email also warned residents
that landscaping that is within
the town right-of-way should be
moved, or it risks damage from
the construction. The email noted
numerous properties near the
Pheasant Lane project had flowers,
plants and rocks near their driveway
entrances in that right-of-way.
The project is scheduled to be
completed July 31.
Scott Girard
Board to discuss fee increase for

building permits at May 5 meeting Earth Day
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SCOTT GIRARD
The Town of Verona is considering a change to building permit fees

to help fund building inspection service.
The Town Board is expected to
discuss and vote on changes to the
building permit fees at a May 5
meeting. The changes would take
effect June 1.
The main changed includes a
new commercial plan review fee,
reduction of the new home escrow
and a new method for calculating
fees for renovations or repairs to
existing structures.
The goal, according to an email
from town administrator Amanda
Arnold, is to have building fees
rather than general taxes pay for
building inspection.
According to a draft fee schedule,
the main changes include a new

$200 commercial plan review fee, a
$25 increase in the minimum commercial general building permit fee,
a reduction of the new home escrow
from $2,000 to $1,000 and a $10
increase in whats collected to cover the cost of obtaining a state seal.
There will also be a new method
for calculating fees for alterations
and repairs to existing buildings,
with fees for renovations of both
residential and commercial construction calculated based on a percentage of construction costs rather
than per square foot.
For more information, contact
Arnold at 845-7187.
The meeting is scheduled for
Tuesday, May 5, at 6:30 p.m. at the
Town Hall.
The Linda and Gene Farley

Center for Peace, Justice and
Sustainability held an Earth
Day celebration open house on
Saturday, April 18, featuring
tours, music, crafts and bake
sale.
Above, a group takes a break
during a walking stick hike.
Right, Angel Morgan, left, and
Eva Byrne work on an Earth Day
craft.
Webster
turns 100
Scott Girard
Mt. Vernon Family Auto celebrated the 100th birthday

of Verona resident Warren
Webster, a beloved member of The Liars Club,
on Thursday, April 23. The
retired WWII pilot said the
greatest improvement in his
lifetime was communication.
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played tennis with for 15
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play tennis twice a week and
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times a week.
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Rebates on rain barrels available

April showers may be coming to an end in the next week,
but that doesn't mean there wont
be rain.
And residents of Verona are
able to collect the precipitation
at a discounted cost thanks to a
rebate program through the City
of Verona.
Assistant director of public
works Marty Cieslik said the city
is offering a one-time $10 rebate

per rain barrel up to four barrels
to all Verona sewer and water
customers, including commercial
and industrial customers, according to the city's website. A public works employee will visit the
property to verify the installation.
Participants will receive an email
notification once their rain barrel
installation has been verified, and
rebate checks will then be issued.

Cieslik said the city doesn't
advocate for any particular brand
or type of barrel,
Information and forms for the
City of Verona rebate can be
found by searching Rain barrel
on the citys website: ci.verona.
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Verona Area School District
Parents will now have to

opt-in to receive emergency messages and weather
closings via text from the
Verona Area School District.
The district is changing
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Saturday, May 2, 10:30 a.m.
Yoga 4 Your Back
Art from Randy Beckers former colleagues and students is on display in the Sugar River Art Gallery
at Verona Area High School until May 8. There will be a reception to celebrate his 27 years of teaching Friday, May 8, before he retires at the end of the school year.
Assistant sports editor
A skateboard competition is going to be held from

11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday,
May 9, at the Verona Skate
Park, and it is being held on
a national service day.
For the past several years,
Dianne Gintz and her son
Greg have run a competition
on Join Hands Day a way
to get adults and youth to
work on a project together.
While the ultimate goal is
to garner enough community support to one day raise
enough money to transition
the park from metal ramps to
concrete ramps, the competition is free to the public and
is meant as a way to give
back to the youth in the area.
To see the kids, they
are so into their sport. You
almost cry because they are
so happy, and they dont get
awarded for their skating
very often, Dianne Gintz
said. It is just a really great
thing for the kids and is
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If you go
What: Randy Becker
retirement reception
When: Friday, May 8,
5-7 p.m.
Where: Sugar River
Gallery, Verona Area High
School, 300 Richard St.
Info: 845-4400
600 W. Verona Ave

Verona, WI 53593
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of the pieces of art are

words celebrating Beckers
work, from former students
to colleagues recounting
their first meeting.
In a letter at the entry to
the gallery, Becker thanks
his own teachers, colleagues and former students for their influences
and support.
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Some of the pieces include a

note from the artists recognizing Becker.
For more information on

the gallery, call the high
school at 845-4400.
If you go
What: Skatepark competition
When: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, May 9
Where: Verona skatepark (next to Stampfl
Field)
Rain date: May 10
worth our time.

Dianne is in charge of the
prizes, which are awarded
to winners in beginner,
intermediate, advanced and
best trick competitions.
Prizes include skateboards,
T-shirts, hats, passes to the
trampoline park in Madison
and a night stay at a Holiday
Inn Express.
There are also participant
and judges prizes and food
and snacks being donated
from Miller and Sons Grocery and QuikTrip.
Greg Gintz who helped
gain support to build the
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It might be small, but

the Verona community can
get a look at what 26 years
of teaching art can create
at an upcoming reception
for retiring teacher Randy
Becker.
Becker, who has taught
in the Verona Area School
District since 1989, will
finish his time at Verona
Area High School at the
end of this school year.
The reception in the Sugar River Gallery at VAHS,
which has had work from
his former students and
colleagues on display since
April 13, will be May 8
from 5 to 7 p.m.
It will also give people
a chance to see that work,
but also to read stories and
memories of their time
with Becker. Next to many
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Reception to celebrate art

teacher Beckers retirement
(4-week course)
Thursdays, April 16-May 7, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.

$105 New Students, $35 Repeat Students
skatepark is hosting the

competition.
Registration is at 11 a.m.
with the beginner competition starting at noon. Each
competition is about 30 minutes with awards and prizes
being handed out at 2 p.m.
For more information,
contact Dianne at 845-5346
or 513-5346.
The rain date for the event
is on May 10.
If you or someone you know needs help, contact

Jake at Sugar River United Methodist Church
279-1288
communityservice@sugarriverumc.org
415 W. Verona Ave., Verona

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The 23rd annual National

Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger
Food Drive is Saturday,
May 9.
Each year on the second
Saturday of May, letter carriers across the country collect non-perishable food
donations from its customers
in a national effort that provides assistance to millions
of Americans struggling to
put food on the table. The
NALC, United States Postal
Service, Feeding America
and other partners are asking
local residents to contribute
to the the nations largest
single-day food drive.
Customers are asked to
place non-perishable food
items in a sturdy bag in
or by their mailboxes that
Saturday, and their carriers
will pick up the food. The
food will then be donated to
local food pantries.
Any customers that
receive plastic bags in their
mail are encouraged to
use those bags. Items may
include, but are not limited
to, canned soup, canned
vegetables, peanut butter,
pasta, rice and cereal.
Last year, over 73 million pounds of food were
collected, feeding an estimated 30 million people.
The Stamp Out Hunger
food drive has collected
well over 1 billion pounds
of food since it began.
The need for food donations is great. Currently, 50
million Americans (1 in 6
people) are unsure where
their next meal is coming
from, according to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
Nearly 16 million children
are struggling with hunger,
and about 4.8 million seniors
face choices between paying rent, utilities and having
nutritious food.
Food banks and pantries
often receive the majority of their donations during the Thanksgiving and
Christmas holiday seasons.
By springtime, many pantries are depleted, entering
the summer low on supplies
at a time when many school
breakfast and lunch programs are not available.
For more information,
visit nalc.org/communityservice/food-drive.
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messages from schools
What: Stamp Out

Hunger food drive
When: Saturday, May 9
How: Leave a nonperishable food donation in
a bag by your mailbox
Info: nalc.org/communityservice/food-drive
Leave a food
donation by your
mailbox that morning
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Coming up
Churches
presented in honor of the 165th, along library.

with birthday cake and ice cream.
Bring your questions and get the
Artwork by Verona Area School
For more information, call 832- answers you need in this educational
District students (grades K-12) will 4468.
seminar. The program is free and
be on display at the library from May
open to the public.
1-28.
Ear inspections
To register, call 845-7180 or visit
veronapubliclibrary.org.
In
honor
of
National
Hearing
Senior day trips
Month, Dr. Heide will bring her video
The Oregon, Fitchburg and Verona otoscope so people can look inside Chat and chew
senior centers are teaming up to offer their ears to check for earwax from
The next Chat and Chew Should
day trips through Badger Tour and 1:30-2:30 p.m. Monday, May 4, at the I Stay or Should I Go? will be held
Travel.
from 9-10:30 a.m. Friday, May 8, at
senior center.
The first is Tuesday, June 16 If you are having trouble hearing, the senior center.
Maggie Mae & the Heartland Coun- this is a good first step to rule out
Bring your questions to the panel
try Band Barn Dance, at Maggie excess wax and debris in your ear to talk about the difficult decision
May and Roger Hilliards farm. Enjoy canal. Schedule a 10-minute appoint- between staying in your home vs.
country music, dancing and lunch. ment by calling 845-7471.
moving to an independent or assisted
The registration deadline May 1.
living community.
Call 1-800-416-2049 for more Gospel jam, potluck
information.
Bring a dish to pass and join the Childhood behavior workshop
Howard Glasser, psychologist, parPaoli Street Pickers for a Gospel
Primrose play, time capsule
music jam session on Wednesday, ent and creator of the Nurtured Heart
Primrose youth will Tell the story May 6, at the senior center.
Approach, will be presenting a free
of Primrose through a heritage play
The potluck will begin at 5 p.m. introductory workshop from 6:30-8
at the 9 a.m. service Sunday, May 3, and music will begin around 6 p.m.
p.m. Wednesday, May 13, at Badger
at Primrose Lutheran Church, 8770
Ridge Middle School.
Ridge Dr., Belleville.
Medicare talk
NHA is a method that inspires sucOther activities planned include
Jesse Grutz of the Retirement cessful behavior in children.
burying a time capsule and digging up Classroom will present a Getting to
Space is limited. To register in
one from year 2000.
Know Medicare program from 6:30- advance, email tammy.holtanarnol@
T h r e e s p e c i a l i t e m s w i l l b e 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, at the verona.k12.wi.us.
ALL SAINTS LUTHERAN

CHURCH
2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 276-7729
allsaints-madison.org
Pastor Rich Johnson
Sunday: 8:30 & 10:45 a.m.
Art show
Community calendar
Thursday, April 30
10 a.m., Child Development story

time, library
12:30-1:30 p.m., Wii Games: Who
Wants to be a Millionaire?, senior
center
4 p.m., Anime Club (grades 6-12),
library
6:30 p.m., Town Plan
Commission meeting, Town Hall
7:30 p.m., The Future Laureates

($8, $6 advance), True Coffee
Sunday, May 3
6:30-8:30 p.m., Getting to Know

Medicare (register), library, 8457180
Thursday, May 7
9 a.m., Primrose Lutheran Church
Heritage Play and time capsule,
Library closed for staff training
8770 Ridge Dr., Belleville, 832 12:30-1:25 p.m., TRIAD Program:
4468
Medication Interactions presentation with Walgreens pharmacist,
Monday, May 4
senior center
1:30-2:30 p.m., Ear Inspections
(schedule 10-minute appointment), 5:30-8 p.m., Pizza Party before
Game Night ($5), senior center
Friday, May 1
senior center, 845-7471
Shop and Dine Verona Week
Friday, May 8
6:30 p.m., Plan Commission, City
(through May 7)
Center
9-10:30 a.m., Chat and Chew:
VASD student artwork display
7 p.m., School Board meeting,
Should I Stay or Go?, senior center
(through May 28), library
Administration Building
9:15-9:45 a.m., Sensory-Friendly
9:15-9:45 a.m., Sensory-Friendly
Story Time (3-5), library
Tuesday, May 5
Story Time (3-5), library
2-3:45 p.m., Movie: Up, senior
10:30-11:30 a.m., Caregivers
2-4 p.m., Movie: Annie, senior
center
Support
Group,
senior
center
center
7 p.m., Haley Parvin, Tuvalu
12:30-1:30 p.m., Wii game: Are
7:30 p.m., Madison Songwriters
7:30 p.m., After the Rain ($8, $6
You
Smarter
Than
a
Fifth
Grader,
Guild Showcase with Beth Kille and
advance), True Coffee
senior
center
Kyle Rightley ($5, $3), Tuvalu
1-3 p.m., Stampers Group, senior
Saturday, May 9
Saturday, May 2
center
Verona city-wide rummage sale
9 a.m. to 2 p.m., USRWA Level
6:30 p.m., Town Board meeting,
Stamp Out Hunger food drive
1 Water Quality Monitor Training,
Town Hall
8 a.m. to noon, Sugar River
6970 Paoli Road, 437-7707
Gardeners 10th Annual Plant Sale,
Wednesday,
May
6
6:30 p.m., The McDougals,
St. Andrew Catholic Church, 301
5-7
p.m.,
Gospel
Jam
and
Tuvalu
N. Main St., 845-7057
Potluck, senior center
Whats on VHAT-98
Thursday, April 30
7 a.m. John Duggleby at
Senior Center
9 a.m. Daily Exercise
10 a.m. Randy Kiel at
Senior Center
3 p.m. Daily Exercise
4 p.m. Diabetes Info at
Senior Center
5 p.m. A Taste of Theater
6 p.m. Salem Church
Service
7 p.m. Senior Safety at
Senior Center
9 p.m. Chatting with the
Chamber
10 p.m. Turkey farm at
Historical Society
Friday, May 1
7 a.m. Diabetes Info at
Senior Center
1:30 p.m. Chatting with
the Chamber
3 p.m. Dementia Info at
Senior Center
5 p.m. 2012 Wildcats
Football
8:30 p.m. Dementia Info at
Senior Center
10 p.m. John Duggleby at
Senior Center
11 p.m. Randy Kiel at
Senior Center
Saturday, May 2
8 a.m. Common Council
(from April 27)
11 a.m. Dementia Info at
Senior Center

Football
4:30 p.m. Turkey farm at
Historical Society
6 p.m. Common Council
(from April 27)
Senior Center
Historical Society
Senior Center
Sunday, May 3
7 a.m. Hindu Cultural Hour
9 a.m. Resurrection
Church
10 a.m. Salem Church
Service
Noon Common Council
(from April 27)
Senior Center
4:30 p.m. Turkey farm at
Historical Society
6 p.m. Common Council
(from April 27)
Senior Center
Historical Society
Senior Center
Monday, May 4
Senior Center
the Chamber
Senior Center

Football
6:30 p.m. Plan Commission
Live
9 p.m. Hindu Cultural Hour
10 p.m. The Currach at
Senior Center
Senior Center
Tuesday, May 5
Senior Center
Senior Center
Senior Center
6 p.m. Resurrection
Church
Senior Center
Chamber
Historical Society
Wednesday, May 6
Senior Center
the Chamber
Senior Center
5 p.m. Plan Commission
(from May 4)
7 p.m. Capital City Band
Senior Center
10 p.m. John Duggleby at
Senior Center
Senior Center
Thursday, May 7
Senior Center
Senior Center
Senior Center
6 p.m. Salem Church
Service
Senior Center
Chamber
Historical Society
Support groups
AA Meeting, senior center, Thursdays at 1 p.m.
Caregivers Support
Group, senior center, first
and third Tuesday, 10:30
a.m.
Healthy Lifestyles
Group meeting, senior
center, second Thursday
from 10:30 a.m.
Parkinsons Group,
senior center, third
Friday at 10 a.m.
THE CHURCH IN FITCHBURG

2833 Raritan Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 271-2811
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Sunday: 8 & 10:45 a.m.
THE CHURCH IN VERONA
Verona Business Center
535 Half Mile Rd. #7, Verona
(608) 271-2811
livelifetogether.com
Sunday: 9 a.m.
FITCHBURG MEMORIAL UCC
5705 Lacy Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 273-1008
memorialucc.org
Pastor Phil Haslanger
Sunday: 8:15 & 10 a.m.
Sunday school 10:15 a.m.
GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN
CHURCH ELCA
(608) 271-6633
Central: Raymond Road & Whitney
Way, Madison
Sunday: 8:15, 9:30 & 10:45 a.m.
West: Corner of Hwy. PD & Nine
Mound Road, Verona
Sunday: 9 & 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.
DAMASCUS ROAD CHURCH WEST
The Verona Senior Center
108 Paoli St., Verona
(608) 819-6451
info@damascusroadchurch.com,
damascusroadonline.org
Pastor Tim Dunn
Sunday: 9:30 a.m.
MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH
201 S. Main St., Verona
(608) 845-7125
MBCverona.org
Lead Pastor Jeremy Scott
Sunday: 10:15 a.m.
REDEEMER BIBLE FELLOWSHIP
130 N. Franklin St., Verona
(608)848-1836
redeemerbiblefellowship.org
Pastor Dwight R. Wise
Sunday: 10 a.m. family worship
RESURRECTION LUTHERAN
CHURCH-WELS
6705 Wesner Rd., Verona
(608) 848-4965
rlcverona.org
Pastor Nathan Strutz and Assistant
Pastor Steven Pelischek
Thursday: 6:30 p.m.
Sunday: 9 a.m.
ST. CHRISTOPHER CATHOLIC
PARISH
St. Andrew Church
301 N. Main St., Verona
St. William Church
1371 Hwy. PB, Paoli
(608) 845-6613
stchristopherverona.com
Fr. William Vernon, pastor
Saturday: 5 p.m., St. Andrew, Verona
Sunday: 7:30 a.m., St. William, Paoli
Sunday: 9 & 11 a.m., St. Andrew,
Verona
Daily Mass, Tuesday-Saturday: 8
a.m., St. Andrew, Verona
ST. JAMES EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH
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
Wednesday Lent services March 25:
12 and 7 p.m.
Saturday: 5 p.m.
Sunday: 8:30 & 10:45 a.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: 10:15 a.m.
Sunday school: 9 a.m.
Staffed Nursery: 8:45-11:15 a.m.
Fellowship Hour: 11:30 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
SUGAR RIVER
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
415 W. Verona Ave., Verona
(608) 845-5855
sugar.river@sugarriverumc.org,
sugarriverumc.org
Pastor Gary Holmes
9 & 10:30 a.m. contemporary worship.
Sunday School available during worship. Refreshments and fellowship
are between services.
WEST MADISON BIBLE CHURCH
2920 Hwy. M, Verona
Sunday Praise and Worship: 9:15 a.m.
Nursery provided in morning.
Sunday school (all ages): 10:45 a.m.
Small group Bible study: 6 p.m.
ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST
Hwy. 92 & G, Mount Vernon
(608) 832-6677
Pastor Brad Brookins
Sunday: 10:15 a.m.
ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST
Hwy. 69 & PB, Paoli
(608)845-5641
Rev. Sara Thiessen
Sunday: 9:30 a.m. family worship
Despoiling the Earth

While there may be legitimate differences of opinion
about how much environmental degradation we are wreaking on our planet, there is little doubt that we are causing
harm when half a million people cant drink the water in
their area, as happened last summer in Ohio. I remember
as a child in the 1960s when Lake Erie died and when
the Cuyahoga River caught on fire. We brought Lake Erie
back from the brink, but we have short memories. The
Chesapeake Bay regularly suffers from fertilizer runoff and
last year the Gulf of Mexico had an oxygen-deprived dead
zone that was the size of New Jersey. Surely we can take
better care of our planet, and should remember that the air
we breathe and the water we drink is essential to our survival. In the late 1960s when environmental concerns came
to the forefront in this country the earths population was
approximately 3.5 billion people. We now have double that
number, with over 7 billion people inhabiting our planet.
Surely this calls for some careful thought about our impact
on the planet. The earth is a gift from God and we have a
duty as stewards of creation to take care of it. We should
do what we can personally to be more environmentally
conscious, and also to consider getting involved in efforts
to persuade businesses and government leaders to take
better care of our environment.
Christopher Simon
The land must not be sold permanently, because the
land is mine and you reside in my land as foreigners and
strangers. Throughout the land that you hold as a possession, you must provide for the redemption of the land.
Leviticus 25:23-24
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All reports taken from the They issued one citation, for
log book at the Verona Police speeding.
Department.
March 29
March 17
11:47 p.m. A 26-year-old
7:02 p.m. Police monitored Madison man was arrested
U.S. Hwy. 18-151 at Locust for alleged first-offense OWI
Drive. They found heavy traffic after police pulled him over for
and cited one speeder.
failing to stop at a flashing red
signal at the intersection of
March 18
North Main Street and Cross
11:32 a.m. Police monitored Country Road. He field sobrithe 700 block of Enterprise ety tests. He was also cited for
Drive. They found light traffic possession of drug parapherand cited three speeders.
nalia and failure to stop.
March 19
6:36 a.m. Police monitored
North Nine Mound Road at
Cross Country Road. They
found moderate traffic and
cited one speeder.
March 20
U.S. Hwy. 18-151 at Hwy. M.
They found moderate to heavy
traffic and cited two speeders.
March 31
9:32 a.m. A 32-year-old
Monroe man fell approximately 45 feet from scaffolding set
up at a construction site for
Epics new library building.
Fitch-Rona EMS transported
him to UW Hospital.
5 p.m. Police responded
to a report of a man stepping
out of his vehicle with a gun
on the 600 block of Military
Ridge Drive. Police stopped
the vehicle and stopped it on
County Hwy. PB. The driver,
a 23-year-old Fitchburg man,
consented to a search and
claimed that earlier he was
unloading and locking the gun
because he had forgotten to
do so after going to the shooting range. He was not cited.
Police also found a metal flask
that smelled of alcohol, for
which a passenger, a 19-yearold Verona man, was cited for
underage alcohol possession.
March 21
9:07 p.m. Police monitored
Cross Country Road at Hemlock Drive. They found light
traffic and issued one citation
for failure to stop at a stop
sign.
Menasha woman was arrested
for alleged first-offense OWI
after police pulled her over for
failing to stop at a flashing red
signal at the intersection of
North Main Street and Cross
Country Road and requested
to conduct field sobriety tests. April 1
Her blood-alcohol content
12:11 a.m. A 25-year-old
was 0.21.
Verona man was arrested
for alleged second-offense
March 22
OWI after police discovered
3:06 a.m. Police monitored a heavily damaged guardrail
North Main Street at Ineichen on Hwy. M at Locust Drive
Drive. They found light traffic and later located the vehicle
and cited one speeder.
involved in the parking lot of
Cahoots, 102 W. Railroad St.
March 23
Police found the man hiding
2:40 a.m. Police monitored in a bush at his residence. He
the intersection of North Main was also cited for hit-and-run,
Street and Cross Country failure to maintain control and
Road. They found light traf- no insurance. His blood-alcofic and warned one driver for hol content was 0.09.
failure to stop at a flashing red
signal.
April 3
March 24
traffic on U.S. Hwy. 18-151 at
10:17 p.m. Police moni- Hwy. M for 50 minutes. They
tored County Hwy. PB at observed moderate to heavy
American Way. They found traffic and cited two speeders.
light traffic and cited a woman for speeding and operating April 4
without insurance.
traffic on North Main Street at
March 25
Harmony Drive for one hour.
2:56 a.m. A 32-year-old They observed light traffic and
Verona man was arrested for cited two people for speeding.
alleged first-offense OWI after
police stopped his vehicle on April 5
Legion Street at South Nine
Mound Road for having a Verona man reported having
suspended registration. His a .25 caliber handgun and
blood-alcohol content was approximately $5 worth of
0.15. He was booked into the change stolen from his vehicle
Dane County Jail on a 12-hour the night before, when it had
hold.
been parked in the driveway of
3:45 a.m. A 24-year-old his Edward Street residence.
Madison man suffered minor
facial injuries after he lost April 6
control of his vehicle and
10:30 p.m. Police monientered the median while driv- tored traffic on the 400 block
ing northeast on U.S. Hwy. of South Main Street for 30
18-151 at County Hwy. PB. minutes. They observed light
His vehicle struck the cement traffic and cited a man for
barrier, rolled over and contin- inattentive driving.
ued to slide on its roof. FitchRona EMS transported him to April 7
St. Marys Hospital.
traffic on Hwy. M at Range
March 26
Trail for 20 minutes. They
10:10 p.m. Police moni- observed light traffic and cited
tored East Verona Avenue at one speeder.
South Jefferson Street. They
found light traffic and cited a April 8
woman for speeding.
5:18 p.m. Police monitored
traffic on North Main Street at
March 28
Llanos Street for 15 minutes.
9:07 p.m. Police moni- They observed moderate traffic
tored the 400 block of North and cited three speeders.
Main Street for one hour.
Jeff Buchanan
The Verona Press
Equestrian students participate in horse fair

Verona Area High
School juniors Kayla
Ballweg and Heidi Mueller recently participated
in the Midwest Horse
Fair at the Alliant Energy
Center in April. Both are
members of the Verona
Wisconsin Interscholastic
Horsemanship Association (WIHA).
Ballweg participated
in two clinics with her
14-year-old horse, Triton.
The first was called Double Dan Mastering Flying Lead Changes with
clinicians Dan James and
Dan Steers. The second
was Pat Parelli Look
Mom No Hands!
Revealing the Secrets of
Bridleless Riding.
Mueller participated
in one clinic with her
9-year-old horse, Stetson.
It was also a Parelli clinic
called Starting from the
Beginning: Groundwork
for your Horse.
Photos submitted
Above, Kayla Ballweg rides her horse, Triton, during the Mastering Flying Lead Changes event at the
Midwest Horse Fair. Below, Heidi Mueller and her horse Stetson work on approaching objects, like this
ball, with curiosity rather than fear at the Midwest Horse Fair.
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Arts: Plan will end class-and-a-halves
Knights of Columbus
Continued from page 1
The Verona Knights of

Columbus is preparing for
the state KC activities and
church activities in Green
Bay, where they will be
represented by the Grand
Knight and Deputy Grand
Knight.
District Deputy Sir
Knight Bill Paar, will host
District 45 members during
the event. The convention
formulates the organizations goals for the upcoming year.
The biggest fundraiser of
the year, the raffle, wraps
up in April. Sir Knight
Mark Rayha said the
Knights have sold over 700
tickets.
larger schools. But the sixday rotation would mean

class schedules will vary
each week and teachers
will lose some preparation
time.
Principals plan to try
out the new schedule for a
year and report back before
determining whether to
continue it.
We found a problem,
this is our best solution we
got and (well) see how it
works, said board member Tom Duerst.
Improving art equity

The two main goals with
the new schedule are to
ensure each student has
the same number of classes in each related arts subject and to fix the problem
of class-and-a-halves at
schools facing attendance
growth.
Under the current system, the principals said,
a student with art class
on Mondays or Fridays is
likely to miss more classes because of days off of
school than a student with
art class on Thursday. The
six-day rotation would
ensure the missed days are
spread around, the principals said.
Next year, there are six
Mondays where we dont
have school and there are
seven Fridays where we
dont have school, said
Sugar Creek Elementary
School principal Todd
Brunner. That is unfair to
kids, that is unfair to those
art teachers and its
unfair to parents.
The other problem, with
class sizes in these subjects growing, begins once
a school surpasses about
450 students, Brunner
said.
(Teachers) literally do
not have enough time in
the day (to not have classand-a-halves), Brunner
said.
We thought, as a
district, we wanted
to be united.
Teacher
survey
School Yes No
C.View 13 18
Gl.Edge 16 7
NCS 2 8
S.Prairie 0 33
S.Creek 22 10
Total 53 76
Source: Elementary school
principals
Six-day
schedule
Here is how the six-day
related arts class schedule
could look for a classroom:
Day 1: Art
Day 2: Music
Day 3: PE
Day 4: Music
Day 5: PE
Day 6: LMC/Enrichment
time
That creates issues for
both teachers and the students, as some classes are
split between art and phy
ed during a period, changing the social structure
and making it a challenge
to keep communication
straight, Brunner pointed
out.
Teacher concerns
Those problems dont
exist at all schools,
though.
At Stoner Prairie, attendance is 423, and they
dont have the class-anda-half problem, principal Mike Pisani told the
board.
The direct benefit (of a
six-day schedule) to Stoner Prairie is not felt like
it is at some of the larger
buildings, he said.
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Theresa Taylor,
Glacier Edge principal
The teacher survey
showed overall opposition among teachers, with
76 of the 129 respondents
voting no, including all
33 Stoner Prairie respondents.
Pisani and Country
View principal Michelle
Nummerdor whose
teachers voted against the
switch 18-13 said a loss
of teacher prep time in the
new system was a key factor in those votes.
The prep time changes,
according to a document
prepared by the principals, would cost teachers about 40 minutes per
week. While that would
bring the number below
the 420-per-week minutes
indicated in the Employee
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before and after school
each week.
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preparation time, Nummerdor said. We're all
aware that we ask a lot of
our teachers to do."
Both still supported the
move to the board, and
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School principal Theresa
Taylor explained that the
principals tend to look
on ourselves as an entire
group.
We thought, as a district, we wanted to be united, Taylor said.
Some teachers also
were concerned the schedule would be confusing
for the students, but it is
not new to the district.
Core Knowledge Charter School already has
the A-B schedule, and
board member Joanne
Gauthier, whose children
attend CKCS, said it has
worked fine for her kids.
She admitted, however,
she isnt able to memorize
what arts day it is.
The Knights major

church event for the month
is a cleanup
of the church
grounds.
The council
will work
with St.
Christopher
employee,
Stiner
Bob Shunk,
Jr., to coordinate the
event. DGK Clyde Hellenbrand will cook lunch after
the event is completed. The
Knights of Columbus will
nominate its 2015-16 officers and hold elections in
May.
A major fundraiser takes
place in early May. Sir

Knight Steve Rudolph and
Sir Knight Bill Paar will
organize the ID campaign
again this year. The event
exchanges Tootsie Rolls for
cash.
Knight Mickey Johnson
is organizing a fraternal
event for July.
Brad Stiner intends to
resign from his council
program director position
on July 1. He has served
the council in this position
since 1999. Stiner would
like to continue as historian
for a year or two.
Brad Stiner, council
program director
Dane County
Land acquisition will

expand Donald County Park
Dane County will expand
two popular parks, improving public access to water
and enhancing trails, County Executive Joe Parisi
announced.
The county approved a
proposal to add an 18-acre
property to Donald County
Park, located in the Town
of Springdale just west of
Verona. In a separate land
acquisition, it approved a
proposal to add 15 acres on
Rice Lake in the Town of

Albion, which is slated to
become the newest part of
Silverwood County Park.
The purchase on the
southwest part of Donald
County Park includes lands
restored by the current
owner into a prairie and
will improve the network
of trails that winds through
the park. This acquisition
will also allow for new public road frontage into the
700-acre park that is a popular destination for horseback riding, trout fishing,
hiking and picnicking.
The Dane County Board
approved resolutions authorizing both acquisitions on
Feb. 19. The purchase price
for the property at Donald
County Park is $243,000.
The acquisition adjacent to
Silverwood County Park
will cost $175,000.
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held on Saturday, April
11, on the UW-Milwaukee
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The Verona teams preparation for the state competition began in September
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regional meets leading up
to the state tournament.
The first team placed
fifth this year out of the
42 qualifying teams at the
meet, and the second team
placed third among the 20
exhibition teams.
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Josh Widra, Rachel Widra,
Truman Kilen; juniors:
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Witthuhn, Claire Evensen,
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Fan, Luquant Singh, Natalie Schad; sophomores:
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Wilson, , James Wellnitz,
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Hawks.
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events spread among Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)
categories.
Among the 28 events and
62 teams, the Verona Area
High School teams placed

second in Technical Problem Solving; third and sixth
in Fossils; third and fourth
in Disease Detectives; third
in Write It Do It and Protein Modeling; fourth in
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and Anatomy and Physiology; fifth in Dynamic
Planet; sixth in Cell Biology, Experimental Design,
Compound Machines, and
Green Generation; seventh
in Chemistry Lab; and ninth
in Code Busters, Air Trajectory, and Entomology.
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Verona Area High School senior Kori Keyes (center) signed her National Letter of Intent to play shortstop for the University of Evansville (Ind.) softball team Wednesday, April 15.
Keyes commits to
Evansville to pursue career
in pediatric oncology
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
A Big Eight Conference selection the past two years and an AllState honorable mention shortstop
last season, the exploits of Kori
Keyes on the softball diamond have
deservedly received a lot of ink.
Those same accomplishments
helped the Verona Area High
School senior land at small Division I University of Evansville
(Ind.), where shell play softball

and chase a lifelong dream.
Keyes signed her National Letter of Intent April 15 in front of her
teammates and family members.
But for all her athletic achievements, its what Keyes plans to do
with her opportunity in the classroom that is the most inspiring.
Keyes plans to enter the Evansville nursing program and ultimately pursue a career in pediatric
oncology, working with children
with cancer.
I love kids, and this has always
been a dream of mine, she said.
Keyes originally considered
becoming a doctor, but thats
nearly impossible while also
playing college sports.

As a nurse, you get to see
patients more and get to know
them as a person, and thats what I
want, she said.
Sports and medicine

Keyes decided nearly a decade
ago that she wanted to go into the
medical field, and it nearly cost her
a shot at playing collegiately.
Evansville was a last-minute
decision, she said, after she had cut
off her softball connections during
her junior year so she could go to
med school.
Entering the nursing program
with clinical hours and everything,
some schools told me I couldnt go
into nursing and play softball, she

said.
But after leading Verona back to
the WIAA Division 1 state tournament last year, Keyes had a change
of heart.
It got me so excited. I tried to
picture myself not playing softball
in college, and I couldnt imagine
my life without softball, she said.
That led her to Evansville, which
has a direct entry into its nursing
program.
As soon as I found a school
that fit me athletically and academically, I drove down and met
with the coach, she said. They
make sure you get the support you
need. Thats one of the reasons
Girls lacrosse
Evansville was our top pick.

A week after having a tryout she
was notified that she had made the
team.
Healing mentality
Though she had offers at several schools around the Midwest,
including the University of Minnesota, academics have pushed ahead
of athletics.
She partially credits a disease she
battled through in first grade for
that attitude.
As a first-grader, Keyes was
diagnosed with Henoch-Schlolein Purpura (HSP) disease, which
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Boys golf
Verona crushes Lancers,

lose close one to Cardinals
Cats sweep conference foes
The Verona girls lacrosse team

was on the road last week, traveling to a young Madison La Follette team Tuesday and conference rival Sun Prairie Thursday.
Verona defeated La Follette
17-3, with senior Jenna Butler
leading the scorers with four
goals and two assists. Freshman
Megan Lois scored three times,
while seniors Bethany Russell
and Sammy Seymour, junior
Amanda Best and sophomore
Sigal Felber each found the net
twice.
Senior Sarah Guy and sophomore Elena Herman rounded out
the scoring with one goal each.
Goalie Rachel Kennedy had
eight saves.
The Wildcats lost a hardfought close game 13-12 against
Sun Prairie Thursday.
The Verona Area High

School boys golf team
went 4-0 against Big Eight
Conference teams last
week, defeating Beloit
Memorial and Madison La
Follette on April 22 and
Janesville Craig and Madison East Monday.
The Wildcats also took
10th place Saturday in the
Waunakee Invitational at
the Meadows of Sixmile
Creek Golf Course.
Head coach Jon Rebholz said that while the
team hasnt had the one or
two guys that consistently
shoot in the 70s yet, the
boys have played consistent and have the potential
to get lower scores by the
end of the regular season.
Verona led 11-9 with almost

eight minutes to play in the second half, but Sun Prairie came
back with four unanswered
goals.
Bethany Russell scored with a
minute to play to pull within one,
but time ran out as Sammy Seymour took the ball down the field
in a last-second attempt to tie the
game.
Sun Prairie took an early lead,
but Verona came back to tie the
game at 5 at the half.
Senior Jenna Butler led scorers
with five goals, while Guy and
Russell each scored twice. Butler
and Seymour, sophomore Kelli
Blaisdell, and Lois all found the
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Sigal Felber rushes with the ball on April 21 in a game
saves in the game.
Verona travels to Oregon at 5 against Madison La Follette. The Wildcats won the
game 17-3.
p.m. Thursday.
ANTHONY IOZZO
Those four core guys

that are the returning letterman are all pretty solid
and are all in that mid to
low 80s right now. I think
the next step is for these
guys to really believe mentally that they are good
enough to break 80, Rebholz said. For any golfer,
that is a big hurdle. ... I
think they are becoming
efficient around the golf
course and are really following the game plans that
we are putting out there on
these courses.
It is just a matter of
time before one or two
guys get into the 70s. It
could be all four of them.
Verona plays in the
Portage invite at Portage
Country Club at 10 a.m.
Friday and hosts Madison
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Boys track and field
Verona sweeps
the competition
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
Verona Area High School

boys track and field swept the
top three spots of the discus,
100-meter dash and the 110
hurdles Tuesday afternoon
en route to commanding wins
over Big Eight rivals Madison La Follette and Janesville
Craig.
Senior thrower Noah Roberts won the shot put with a
heave of 45 feet, 9 1/2 inches and then led a Wildcats
sweep in the discus, launching a 135-10 that helped carry Verona past Madison La
Follette 99-47 and Janesville
Craig 86-60.
Jack Herkert was the only
Verona athlete to win multiple events, leading a sweep
of the top three spots in the
110 hurdles (15.5 seconds).
He later added the high jump
title with a clearance of 5-10.
Cameron Tindall helped
the Wildcats sweep the 100
dash as well, leading the field
with a 11.02.
Tindall later led off the
4x200 relay of Chudi Ifediora, Carson Parks and Jacob
Auman, which won with a
time of 1:31.1.
Chudi Ifediora tied Shane
Skeltons sophomore record
with a first-place 22.3 in the
200 and T.J. Manning broke
Bill Markwards sophomore mile record from 1974
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Senior Hannah Semmann cleared 9 feet, 9 inches to win the pole vault competition Tuesday evening against Madison La Follette and
Janesville Craig. The Wildcats won the dual 97.5-54.5 over La Follette and 91-56 against Janesville Craig.
Cats fall point shy of Waukesha West at Parker invite

JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
Verona Area High School girls

track and field won seven events at
the 17th annual Janesville Parker
Invitational, but had to settle for second place as Waukesha West took
top honors.
Freshman Emilia Lichty (1:04.34)
and sophomore Kristi Larsen

(1:04.42) led a 1-2 finish by the
Wildcats in the 400. Verona fell
one point shy of Waukesha West
though, 198-197, while the host
Vikings were a distant third with
126 points.
Junior Kylie Schmaltz won the
100-meter dash in 13.19 seconds,
while teammate Lexi Alt (13.52)
finished fourth. Sophomore Sieanna

Mitchell placed second in the 200
(27.69) and freshman Kayla Johnson
took fourth in the 800 (2:36.32).
Junior Europa Christoffel finished
runner-up in the 100-meter hurdles
(17.19). She also won the triple
jump (33 1/2) and finished second in
Turn to Girls track/Page 14
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Obi Ifediora powers around

the corner in the 400-meter
dash Tuesday evening against
Madison La Follette and
Janesville Craig. Ifediora won
the event in 52.5 seconds,
while Verona defeated La
Follette 99-47 and Janesville
Craig 86-60.
(4:35.5), placing third.

Veronas final win on the
track came from Obi Ifediora, who added the 400 dash
title in 52.5.
The Wildcats travel to
Lake Geneva at 4 p.m. Friday
for the Badger Invitational.
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Softball
Sports editor
Verona Area High

School softball came out
a bit sluggish Thursday
in Sun Prairie and found
themselves down early as
a result. Despite rallying
to go up four runs midway
through the sixth inning,
Verona (6-1 overall, 5-1
conference) was unable to
hold off a feisty Cardinals
(9-5, 5-2) squad.
Maddy Kromkes leadoff home run in the bottom
of the sixth inning sparked
a six-run rally and led the
host Cardinals to a 9-7 win
over the Wildcats, snapping the teams five-game
conference winning streak.
Trailing, 7-3 after the
top of the sixth, Kromke
led off the inning with a
solo home run opened a
four hit, six run inning.
It was the Sun Prairies only earned run of
the inning as the Wildcats
committed back-to-back
errors on the infield and
then hit the next batter to
load the bases.
The Cardinals then
knocked in two on a
single before Alyssa Blair

cracked a 2-run single with
two outs that sent home the
winning runs. Payton Herwig then scored Blair on a
double that gave Sun Prairie (9-5, 5-2) the final run.
Claire Evenson (2-for3), Kori Keyes (2-for-4),
Emma Kleinsek (2-for4) and Savanna Rainey
(2-for-4) all collected multiple hits for Verona. Erdman, who allowed three
earned runs on five hits
and a walk through five
innings, doubled in the
loss.
Quin Nelson gave up
four more runs on four hits
in the final inning.
Janelle Carlson got the
win for the Cardinals, scattering 12 hits and one walk
for four earned runs over
seven innings.
Verona, Parker (ppd.)

The Wildcats game
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moved to May 15 at Janesville Youth Sports Complex.
Verona 9, Mad. West 2

Verona led 2-0 going
into the fourth inning

Tuesday against Madison
West. The Wildcats came
out swinging in the later
innings and took advantage
of a few Regent errors,
however, to roll to a 9-2
victory.
Steph Keryluk singled home a run in the
fourth but it was a suicide
squeeze attempt with a ball
thrown into right field that
broke things open, allowing Verona to plate two
runs.
Keyes doubled home a
run in the sixth and Neizel
brought around two more
insurance runs.
Kleinsak finished the
game with a pair of doubles, while Keyes and
Horsfall each had one.
Erdman went the distance for the win, striking
out three and walking one.
She allowed two earned
runs on seven hits.
Verona travels to Firefighters Park in Middleton
at 5 p.m. Thursday before
facing Madison Memorial
in a doubleheader starting at 10 a.m. at Jefferson
Middle School on Saturday.
Knueppel, Rortvedt lead

upset over Cardinals
The Wildcats then host Beaver Dam at
5 p.m. Friday in a non-conference game
and Madison West at 5 p.m. Tuesday,
Junior Division I recruits Keaton May 5, in a conference contest.
Knueppel and Ben Rortvedt both did
their part Tuesday as the Verona Area Verona 9, Madison La Follette 2
Rortvedt and Knueppel once again
High School baseball team upset seventhstepped up Thursday in a 9-2 win over
ranked Sun Prairie.
Rortvedt a University of Arkansas Madison La Follette.
Knueppel was 3-for-4 with two runs
recruit hit the game-winning home run
in the top of the third. Knueppel a Gon- scored and three RBIs, and Rortvedt addzaga University recruit did the rest on ed two RBIs and a run scored.
Knueppel picked up a two-run single in
the mound.
Knueppel struck out eight in seven the bottom of the third, and he added an
innings and only allowed four hits, two RBI single that scored Jacob Slonim in
walks and two unearned runs to pick up the sixth.
Rortvedt had an RBI groundout in the
the victory.
Jason Frahm added an RBI, while Con- bottom of the first that scored Lund and
nor Volker and Stephen Lund each col- an RBI single in the sixth that scored
Frahm.
lected doubles.
Brodie Roehrig added an RBI. Frahm
Verona took a 2-1 lead in the top of the
second before Sun Prairie tied the game picked up a double, and Sam Favour and
Lund both tripled.
in the bottom half of the inning.
Jake Toman started and allowed two
That is when Rortvedt connected on a
3-1 pitch and deposited the ball over the earned runs on two hits in four innings.
He walked six, while striking out three.
right-field fence.
Tekoa Whitehead collected the save.
Marquis Reuter took the loss. He
allowed three earned runs on four hits in He allowed no runs on zero hits in three
seven innings. Reuter struck out nine and innings, striking out one.
Jordan Carlson picked up the loss. He
walked four.
Verona travels to Mansfield Stadium at allowed three earned runs on three hits
5 p.m. Thursday for a Big Eight Confer- in four innings. Carlson walked four and
struck out four.
ence game against Madi-son Memorial.
ANTHONY IOZZO
Boys tennis
Wildcats run the table in last six matches

JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
Verona boys tennis had little

trouble in taking a pair of Big Eight
Conference duals last week and
even added the Madison East Side
tournament championship over the
weekend.
Verona 7, Jan. Craig 0

The Wildcats had few problems
in knocking off Janesville Craig on
Thursday, rolling to a 7-0 shutout.
Alex Pletta and Vivek Swaminath
cruised to 6-0, 6-0 sweeps at No. 1
and 3 singles.
Teammate Patrick Conley wasnt
far behind taking his No. 2 singles
match 6-0, 6-2, while Christian
Gross helped Verona cleanup on the
singles side with a 6-3, 6-2 victory
over Peter Zillner at the 4 spot.
Doubles supplied a few more
competitive matches as Jordan
Hutchcroft and Matt Blessing prevailed 6-3, 6-4 and Alex Breitfelder
and Connor Melzer won 6-1, 7-5 at
No. 1 and 2 doubles, respectively.
Luke Schoeberle and Jonah Gerrits capped the blowout with a 6-0,
6-4 win at No. 3 doubles.
Madison East invite

The Wildcats traveled to the Madison East Invitational last weekend
and won all four matches, defeating
Madison La Follette, Stoughton,

Madison East and Oconomowoc.
Veronas closest dual of the
tournament came Saturday against
Oconomowoc where No. 2 singles
player Patrick Conleys 1-6, 6-2 (6)
win over junior Matthew Rehard
and the No. 3 doubles team of
Christian Gross and Luke Schoeberles 7-5, 6-2 victory put the team
over the top in the championship
match for the 4-3 victory.
The match came down to 3 doubles and 4 singles, both of which
the Wildcats won.
Conley won three matches at No.
2 singles over the weekend, while
Gross and Schoeberle went undefeated.
Jonah Gerrits was the only Wildcat singles to go undefeated, posting a 4-0 record, switching between
No. 3 and 4 singles over the weekend.
Veronas No. 2 doubles team of
Alex Breitfelder and Connor Melzer also went undefeated throughout
the tournament.
Jordan Hutchcroft and Matt
Blessing closed out the tournament
with a 3-1 record thanks to a 3-6,
7-6 (6), (8) win that gave the Wildcats a 7-0 sweep of Madison La
Follette.
Swaminath won a match at No. 2
singles and two at No. 3 singles.
Mitch Kealy played one varsity
match at the tournament, defeating

Madison Easts Julia Halsen Milhaupt 3-6, 6-1 (4).
Besides defeating Oconomowoc
and Madison La Follette, the Wildcats knocked off Madison East 6-1
and swept Stoughton.
Verona 7, Jan. Parker 0

Pletta. Conley and Swaminath
cruised 6-0, 6-0 at the top of the
singles lineup Tuesday as Verona
rolled to a 7-0 victory at Janesville
Parker.
Gerrits took the No. 4 singles
match 6-1, 6-0.
Hutchcroft and Blessing led the
Wildcats on the doubles side, rolling 6-0, 6-1 at No. 1 doubles.
Breitfelder and Melzer took their
No. 2 doubles match 6-3, 6-1, while
Gross and Schoeberle continued a
solid week with a 6-1, 6-1 at No. 3
doubles.
Verona improved to 3-1 in the
Big Eight Conference with the victory.
The Wildcats went on to sweep
all 14 matches on the afternoon,
rolling 7-0 on the JV side as well.
Verona travels to Beloit Memorial at 4 p.m. Thursday before hosting Brookfield Central, Madison
East, Madison Memorial, Madison
West, Middleton, Nicolet, Sheboygan North and Notre Dame over the
weekend.
Golf: Cats take 10th at Waunakee invite

Zunker was next with an 83, while
Nick Meland shot an 85. Austin
Lois finished the scoring with an
West and Middleton at 2 p.m. 87.
Monday, May 4, at Edelweiss Golf
Alex Volkman led La Follette
Course.
with an 84, while Nick Polglaze led
The Wildcats then travel to the Beloit with an 84.
University of Wisconsin-Madisons University Ridge Golf Course Waunakee invite
Wednesday-Thursday, May 6-7, for
Verona finished in 10th place out
the Morgan Stanley Shootout.
of 18 teams Saturday at the Waunakee invite with a 364.
Verona triple dual
Zunker shot an 89, while Meland
Verona defeated Beloit Memo- followed with a 90. McCormick
rial (340) and Madison La Follette was next with a 91, and Garrett
(383) on April 22 at Edelweiss.
Kaegi finished the scoring with a
The Wildcats shot a 337, led by 94.
an 82 by Joey McCormick. Will
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Baseball
Errors cost Verona at Sun Prairie

JEREMY JONES
The Verona Press
Waunakee won the meet with a

338, led by medalist Max Murphy
(70).
Janesville triple dual

The Wildcats traveled to Glen
Erin Golf Course Monday and
defeated Janesville Craig (368) and
Madison East (404).
Verona shot a 334, led by Zunker
with an 82. Lois was next with an
83, and McCormick followed with
an 84. Meland finished the scoring
with an 85.
Nick Kaufmann led Craig with
an 85, and Peter Conowall led East
with an 87.
Girls soccer
Cats offense scores six times

in win over Janesville Craig
ANTHONY IOZZO
The Verona Area High

School girls soccer team
picked up two goals each
by senior Teeghan Tvedt
and sophomore Kate Melin
in a 6-0 rout over Janesville Craig Thursday.
Tvedt scored twice in
the first half, once on a
penalty kick, and Melin
scored next to make it 3-0.
Melin added a goal in
the second half, and senior
Ari Makuch and junior
Emily Krogman also
scored goals. Sophomore
Makenzie Imhoff collected
an assist.
Sophomore Camille
Dahlma had two saves.

The Wildcats travel to
Janesville Parker at 7 p.m.
Thursday and then travel
to the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire invite
Friday and Saturday.
Verona closes the week
at Beloit Memorial at 7
p.m. Tuesday, May 5.
Verona 1, Waunakee 0
The Wildcats hosted
Waunakee at Reddan Soccer Park on Tuesday and
picked up a 1-0 win.
Melin scored the lone
goal in the 65th minute
with an assist to Makuch.
Freshman Rachel Nelson
finished with six saves for
Verona.
Boys lacrosse
Keyes scores six times in rout

over Madison West co-op
Sophomore Jake Keyes
led all Verona Area High
School boys lacrosse scorers Thursday with six goals
and three assists in a 13-4
rout over the Madison
West/Madison Edgewood
co-op.
Senior Trey Kazda and
freshman Ian Edwards also
helped the offense. Kazda
picked up three goals and

two assists, while Edwards
added two goals.
Juniors Noah Maurer and
Dominic Sabbarese also
scored goals, while senior
Jake Taylor collected two
assists.
Junior Alex Jones finished with 10 saves.
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Keyes: Kori follows her mothers footsteps by playing softball in college

involves inflammation of small blood vessels,
most commonly in children.
The inflammation causes blood vessels in
the skin, intestines, kidneys, and joints to start
leaking. The main symptom is a rash with
numerous small bruises, which have a raised
appearance, over the legs or buttocks, according to WebMD.com.
All the time she spent in hospitals made an
impression on her.
I was in and out of the hospital, and I had
the coolest nurse, she said. He was always
zooming me around in my wheelchair and giving me animals.
At one point, she was hospitalized for a
week, with her joints swelling to almost three
times their size.
I was unable to move, walk or anything,
which is why I was at such a low point, she
said. After all that happened, I knew I wanted
to go into the medical field and be the person
that helped me.
Later she became interested in cancer when
her maternal aunt in Illinois was diagnosed
with breast cancer.
It was the most heart-wrenching news you
can receive from a family member, she said.
I knew how much pain she was in, and I did
everything I could. It sucked that I couldnt
be there, so I tried to be there with my letters.
Bringing leadership
Keyes displays that same kind of love and
support to her teammates on the softball diamond.
While she is hard on her herself like many
driven athletes shes not hard on her teammates, Wildcats head coach Todd Anderson
said.
She asks a lot of them, but she motivates them. She does her best to keep them
emotionally grounded when were struggling

and then is able to enjoy the highs of their successes when things are working right, he said.
Anderson said Keyes leads both from her
passion for the game and her desire to get better.
She hopes that same determination can
bring success to Evansville, which is struggling this season at 10-42. But there is optimism with last years hire of the winningest
coach in University of Illinois-Springfield history, Mat Mundell.
Mundell experienced unparalleled success,
guiding the Prairie Stars to over 100 wins,
while coaching 15 National Fastpitch Coaches
Association (NFCA) Academic All-Americans and 24 Great Lakes Valley Conference
(GLVC) Academic All-Conference players.
Hes looking to rebuild the program, and
Im looking forward to being part of that,
Kori said.
Shes also looking forward to not dredging
to class in two of feet of snow, with Evansville
about eight hours from Verona, near the Kentucky border.
While Keyes has grown into one of the
states top shortstops, she played several positions for the Wildcats over the past four years
before finding a home last season at shortstop.
The daughter of a longtime VAHS coach,
Keyes pitched and caught in Florida as a freshman and then found her way into the outfield,
playing in center field for much of the season.
There were other skilled kids ahead of her
as a freshman, and her mom was a coach on
the staff so we tried to be really careful about
getting starting opportunities, Anderson said.
That being said, when she earned her opportunities, she played well even as a freshman.
You could see even then the beginning of
the kind of athlete, and more importantly from
my perspective, the kind of teammate and
coachable player she was going to be.
Youth basketball
Love for softball

Growing up, Keyes played just about every
sport from hockey to cross country, but softball was always her favorite playing yearround since the age of 10 and its no wonder.
Theres always just been something about
it that made me fall in love with softball, Kori
said. I could do it all day, every day for 24
hours and still never get tired of it.
At least part of her love for the game can be
traced back to her mother Kelly, who attended Southern Illinois and later transferred to
Southeast Missouri State to finish her softball career playing centerfield in two NCAA
Championships, while earning All-Conference
and All-Region awards for the Redhawks.
My mom has always been my role model
and taught me everything I know, Kori said.
Without her, I wouldnt be here. Shes been
my coach ever since I was 5 years old in teeball. Shes pushed me as a player to my boundaries. Shes made me the player I am today.
In 2005, Kelly founded the Verona Area
Girls Softball Association to provide recreational and competitive softball for all girls
ages K-18 and has coached competitive softball teams for over 17 years.
Part of Koris leadership probably comes
from helping her mother out over the years.
Her leadership goes behind softball,
Anderson said. Its the friendship she brings
and her ability and desire to teach other people
about the game. It starts at VAGS with little
kids and goes all the way to her teammates her
in high school.
After 13 years of coaching at VAHS, Koris
mother, Kelly, joined the Edgewood college
coaching staff. This season, she may have lost
her biggest recruit, though.
She tried to convince me to come play
there, but Ive always planned on going to a
little bit bigger school and playing at a more
competitive level, Kori said.
Sixth graders
finish sixth overall
at Wisconsin State
Invitational
The Verona Area sixth grade
girls basketball team participated
in the Wisconsin State Invitational Championship tournament in
Manitowoc and Merrill on March
28-29.
They finished sixth overall.
This tournament, which was
organized by The Great Northwest
Basketball League, brought together 86 of the top community-based
6th grade girls basketball teams
from all across the state of Wisconsin.
State champions were crowned
in four divisions based on the
enrollment of the high school into
which each team feeds. The Verona Area girls team played in Division 1, defeating Brookfield East,
Hudson and Neenah in pool play
and Appleton East in the round of
16.
Sheboygan North defeated the
Wildcats 44-26 in the quarterfinals,
while Verona fell 32-9 against
Kimberly in the fifth-place game.
Sun Prairie defeated Sheboygan
North to win the D1 championship.
The Verona Area team is
coached by Abbey Penn; Assistant Coaches: Tim Pederson, Nick
Toman and Beau Grignon.
Nelson to be honored by Hall of Fame Club Girls track: Olson, Larson strong in high jump
The Madison Sports Hall of Fame Club
will honor some of the areas top athletes
and coaches from the past year June 3 at
its annual banquet at the Monona Terrace
Community and Convention Center in
addition to the four Hall of Fame inductees.
Of the four inductees will be Verona
Area High School student/athlete Beata
Nelson, who was named the Flad Development and Investment Area Sportsperson of the Year Award.
Only a junior, she has already won
eight WIAA state championships.
This year Nelson won the 100 freestyle in a state and national record time
of :51.70 and her third consecutive 100
backstroke in a state record of :53.15.
Swim website college.com ranks her as
the best junior recruit in the nation.
The Zimbrick Honda Madison Sportsman of the Year Award will be given to
Olin Hacker, Madison West cross country and track athlete. He was the Gatorade Wisconsin and Wisconsin State
Journal all-area, cross-country runner of
the year and a consecutive WIAA Division 1 cross-country champion.
After completion of his high school
season, Hacker won the Nike Heartland regional, was runner-up in the Nike
Nationals and finished third in the international Nike race. He will compete for
the U.W. in the fall.
The Madison Sportswoman of the Year
Award winner is UW swimmer Ivy Martin.
The Edgewood College Friend of Sport
Award winner is Steve Barr. The Madison Area Sports Commission Pat Richter
Favorite Sibling Award winner is Madison East graduate and current University
of Michigans defensive line coach, Greg
Mattison.
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Nothing but net camp
The Nothing But Net Camp is for boys
and girls in grades 3-8 and will be conducted at the Sun Prairie High School
Fieldhouse on Aug. 3-6. The boys camp is
from 9 a.m.noon and girls camp is from
10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
The camp, featuring Forrest Larson
founder of Take it to the Rim Basketball
Camp, emphasizes techniques and skills
that are essential to becoming a wellrounded player.
This includes shooting, pivoting, ball
handling, attacking the rim, developing the
transition game and creating ways to get
out of pressure situations.
Part of each session will be devoted to

shooting the basketball and proper footwork and shooting techniques will be discussed, demonstrated and drilled.
The cost is $80 for Sun Prairie residents
and $100 for non-residents and the deadline to register is Friday, July 31.
For more information, including dates
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of 98-4. Junior Carissa Witthuhn was

Veronas top shot putter, placing third
with a toss of 30 feet.
long jump (14-11 1/2).
Senior Ogi Ifediora added a thirdFreshman Madelyn LaBorde was place finish in the triple jump (30-4 1/2).
Veronas top 300 hurdler, taking fourth
in 53.39.
Verona triple dual
Underclassmen Kailey Olson and
The Wildcats hosted Madison La FolAnnika Larson showed the future is still
lette
and Janesville Craig in a triple dual
very bright for the Wildcats in the high
jump taking first and third, respectively. Tuesday and took both halves of the
Olson, a sophomore and the teams meet without too much trouble.
Verona knocked off Madison La Foltop returning jumper, cleared 5 feet for
lette
97.5-54.5 and Janesville Craig
first place. Just a freshman Larsen, took
91-51.
third based on jump with a clearance of
Mitchell won both the 100 (12.71) and
4-10.
200
(26.3) dash, while also anchoring
Senior Shannon Kerrigan, junior
Cheyenne Trilling, Schmaltz and Mitch- the 4x400 relay of Larsen, Lichty and
ell rolled to victory by more than five- Alt to victory in 4:10.7.
Christoffel also won multiple events,
and-a-half seconds, winning the 4x200
taking
the 100 hurdles in 16.96 and the
in a meet-best 1:49.11.
triple
jump
in 32-8 1/2.
Kerrigan, Schmaltz, Christoffel and
Semmann
went a personal best 9-9 to
Alt won the 4x100 relay in 52.3. Trilling
win
the
pole
vault, while Olson cleared
anchored the 4x400 team of Mitchell,
5-2.
Freshman
Kayla Johnson added the
Larsen, Lichty to a runner-up finish in
800
run
in
2:31.4.
4:26.65 to closeout the meet.
Sophomore Preston Ploc, juniors
Junior Grace Mueller, senior Nicole
Casilda
Rojas-Bragg and Emily Ford
Noltemeyer, sophomore Preston Ploc
and senior Hannah Miller opened the and Ifediora opened the meet, winning
meet with a second-place finish of the 4x800 in 11:07.6.
The Wildcats travel to Lake Geneva at
11:04.91 in the 4x800 relay.
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p.m. Friday for the very competitive
Sophomore Brianna Mackesey won
Badger
Invitational.
her first varsity competition of the season, claiming the discus with a throw
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Former Verona Area High School
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Dietlin won the high jump by clearing 6
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Verona History
January
40 years ago
Verona firefighters assisted
with a fire at the Wisconsin
Correctional Camp, a minimum-security prison that
is now known as Oakhill
Correctional.
Verona superintendent
Morgan Poulette resigned a
couple of weeks after being
hospitalized for an illness.
The change was effective in
August, but he offered to stay
on in the assistant superintendent position, which was being
vacated by Oscar Meyer.
The village hired a fifth
policeman to help cut down
on overtime. It also approved
paying $5 an hour for overtime
wages, something that was
expected to cost up to $700
per year. Police at the time
were working 48-hour weeks.
A team of competitive sled
dogs akitas and malamutes
stopped at a local home on
the way to a race in Ellsworth.
Town chair Donald Feller
changed his mind and decided
to run for a fifth term just a
couple of weeks after submitting papers saying he would
not return.
A fire destroyed the
Matthews family barn on
County Highway M north of
the village.
30 years ago
The Verona park board put
out a call for a large number
of volunteers to help construct
its $275,000 facility at what
is now known as Community
Park. Projects included digging holes, erecting fences and

backstops, building the concessions stands and planting
trees.
More than 200 citizens
argued against the school
boards proposal to bring a
government-owned bus system to the district. Some called
it morally, economically or
legally wrong.
After 3 hours of discussion before 100 people, a committee still recommended, on a
2-1 vote, that the board bring
the service to the district. The
full board then opted 4-2 to go
with a compromise proposal in
which it planned to purchase
vehicles for special education.
A new policy forbid Verona
High School students from
spending any portion of the
school day in non-school activities. The board also phased in
instruction in French, German
and Spanish to middle school
students over the next two
years.
Donald Crownhart retired
as public works director after
24 years. He was succeeded
by Ron Rieder, who remains
the citys public works director.
Mount Vernon Telephone
Company got approval for a
$102,700 annual local service
increase, an average of $1.15
per bill.
Several neighbors turned
out to oppose a plan for Salem
United Church of Christ to host
a daycare, contenting it would
bring too much noise to the Kelly Meyers be given the perarea.
manent job, the school board
decided to hold a regular
20 years ago
search. Meyers herself encour Voters overwhelmingly aged such a search in a letter
approved two referendums, to to the board.
build a new $7.8 million school
Meyers was eventually
in Fitchburg and $1.3 million named the permanent princito purchase technology equip- pal anyway, beating out 17
ment including 500 comput- other candidates.
ers throughout the district.
Freshman Brenna Gerke
Leading up to the vote, became the first girl to stick
superintendent Bob Gilpatrick with the wrestling team for
reported that the school district the entire season. Now Brenna
is 300 students over capac- Siebold, she is a teacher in
ity, based on a UW-Extension Mount Horeb
study. The building referen Gov. Tommy Thompson
dum passed 1,117-553 and approved two contracts for
the technology question a total of $4.1 million for
passed 1,047-619.
additional phases of the U.S.
The school broke ground 18-151 bypass around Verona.
in September and opened in Construction on the $30 mil1996.
lion project would start in
Local star Casey March and the road opened in
FitzRandolph captured the the fall of 1995.
U.S. mens speedskating title
and was one of three men to 10 years ago
advance to the World Sprint
Mark Wu, the suspect in a
Championships in February.
2003 triple homicide in downFitzRandolph, 19, a sopho- town Verona, was found dead
more at Carroll College, made in jail of an apparent suicide.
the jump from junior national
The Taiwanese student at
champion to senior national UW-Madison had been schedchampion in one year.
uled to stand trial the follow Ald. Rod Rotar reported ing day for allegedly shooting
that 87 percent of 250 respon- three roommates in a South
dents to a survey in the Verona Main Street apartment that
Press supported a smoking became known as the murder
ban for restaurants that dont house and has since been
serve alcohol and 73 percent torn down.
favored a referendum on term
The city and the Verona
limits.
Little League came to an
Despite a petition more agreement on the constructhan 500 from students ask- tion of the fields at Community
ing to have interim principal Park. The deal involved paving,
landscaping, parking lot lights,

signage, grading and irrigation and keeping control and
ownership of the park, with the
baseball group providing the
diamonds and other improvements.
The field opened for good in
May 2006, with other improvements coming throughout the
summer.
Months before its first
building would open here,
Epic announced plans to add
a 400,000-square-foot conference center to its facility.
In typical Epic fashion,
the center now called the
Learning Campus and featuring its first auditorium was
over 600,000 square feet by
the time it was built and has
since been expanded to about
800,000 square feet.
The school board approved
an option to buy land for a
school on the southeast side of
the city, contingent on a $17.9
million February referendum. It
is now the site of Glacier Edge
Elementary.
The property itself cost
the district $140,000 per
improved acre, for a total of
$838,000, as the developer of
Hawthorne Hills had plans to
get curb and gutter and utilities in place before the school
was built.
Superintendent Bill
Conzemius announced he
would be retiring at the end of
the school year.
Conzemius had worked in
the district for 29 years and
had planned to retire in 2000

but instead was promoted to
superintendent in 2001 after
Greg Mowen angrily resigned
less than a year into his contract. He would later be succeeded by current superintendent Dean Gorrell.
A county SWAT team surrounded the Grandview Motel
on West Verona Avenue and
arrested an Illinois man after
a routine license plate check
found he was wanted in his
home state.
Two men robbed a Subway
restaurant. It was described as
a strong-arm robbery, with no
weapons used. They escaped
with wallets and $367 in the
stores cash.
Verona athletic director
Mark Kryka became the president of the state association of
athletic directors.
The Verona school district
had its first snow day in more
than four years.
View Road from 45 to 35 mph.

ii. Update on boundary agreement
discussions with the City of Verona
iii. Update on year to date budget
figures
iv. Discussion and possible action
re: property and business owners insurance
9. Approval of payment of bills
10.Review of Building Permits, Inspection Reports, Road Haul Permits,
and Right-of-Way Permits
11.Discussion and approval of minutes of theMarch 3rdmeeting
12.Adjourn
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Posted:April 28, 2015
Published: April 30, 2015
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thence N003242E, 16.50 feet to the

southwest corner of said SW1/4 of the
NE1/4; thence N000927E, 1325.20 feet
along said west line of the NE1/4 to the
point of beginning. Containing 1,789,876
square feet (41.090 acres).
A parcel of land located in the NE/4
of the SE1/4 of Section 8, T6N, R8E,
Town of Verona, Dane County, Wisconsin, described as follows: Commencing
at the southeast corner of said Section
8; thence N002033E, 1331.25 feet
along the east line of said SE1/4 to the
southeast corner of said NE1/4 of the
SE1/4 and point of beginning; thence
S884731W, 1334.21 feet to the southwest corner of said NE1/4 of the SE1/4;
thence N002631E, 326.69 feet; thence
N884731E, 1333.64 feet to the east
line of said SE1/4; thence S002033W,
326.67 feet along said east line to the
point of beginning. Containing 435,596
square feet (10.000 acres).
Said parcels are contiguous to the
City of Verona, subject to any and all
easements and/or right of ways of record. Said parcels contain no (0) electors and have no (0) population.
Section 2. Effect of Annexation.
From and after the date of this Ordinance, the territory described in Section
1 shall be a part of the City of Verona,
Dane County, Wisconsin for any and
all purposes provided by law and all
persons coming to or residing within
such territory shall be subject to all ordinances, rules and regulations governing
the City of Verona. Per Chap. 66.0217(14)
(a)1 the petitioner has paid an amount
equal to the amount of property taxes
that the town levied on the annexed territory for the previous five (5) years. The
City of Verona agrees to pay annually to
the Town of Verona, for five (5) years, an
amount equal to the amount of property
taxes that the Town of Verona levied on
the annexed territory, as shown on the
tax roll under s. 70.65, in the year in
which the annexation is final.
Section 3. Temporary Zoning Classification.
Upon recommendation by the Plan
Commission, the territory annexed to
the City of Verona by this Ordinance is
temporarily designated to be a part of
the following district of the City for zoning purposes and subject to all provisions of the zoning ordinance of the City
of Verona relating to such district classification and to zoning in the City: Rural
Agriculture.
Section 4. Voting Districts.
The territory annexed shall be within the following voting districts:
(a) Aldermanic Districts No. 1
(b) Wards No. 1
(c) Dane County Supervisory District No. 32
Section 5. Severability.
If any provision of this Ordinance
is invalid or unconstitutional, or if the
application of this Ordinance to any
person or circumstances is invalid or
unconstitutional, such invalidity or
unconstitutionality shall not affect the
other provisions or applications of this
Ordinance which can be given effect
without the invalid or unconstitutional
provision or application.
Section 6. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall be effective
upon publication as required by law.
CITY OF VERONA
Jon Hochkammer, Mayor
Kami Scofield, City Clerk
Date Adopted: April 27, 2015
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Re: Resolution R-15-017 Approving the

Release of an Access Restriction on the
Liberty Business Park Plat. Motion by
Linder, seconded by Reekie to approve
Resolution R-15-017. Motion carried 7/0.
B. Finance Committee
(1) Discussion and Possible Action
Re: Payment of Bills. Motion by Doyle,
seconded by Linder to approve payment
of bills in the amount of $304,859.83. Motion carried 7/0.
C. Public Safety & Welfare Committee
Re: A Temporary Class B Beer License
for the Hometown Brewdown event on
Saturday June 20th from Mike OBrien
of Ice Inc. Motion by Yurs, seconded
by Touchett to approve the Temporary
Class B Beer License for the Hometown
Brewdown event. Motion carried 7/0
(2) Discussion and Possible Action Re: A Special Event Permit for the
Verona Music Festival hosted by the
Verona Area Chamber of Commerce Friday-Saturday, July 24-25, 2015. Motion
by Yurs, seconded by Reekie to approve
the Verona Musical Festival. Motion
carried 7/0.
Re: A Temporary Class B Beer and Wine
License for the Verona Music Festival,
July 24th- July 25th from Karl Curtis of
the Verona Area Chamber of Commerce.
Motion by Yurs, seconded by Reekie to
approve the Temporary Class B Beer
and Wine License. Motion carried 7/0.
10. Old Business
Re: Resolution R-15-018 Authorizing
Preparation of a Boundary Agreement
with the Town of Verona Pursuant to
Wis. Stat. 66.0301. Motion by Yurs, seconded by Doyle to approve Resolution
R-15-018. Motion carried 7/0.
11. New Business
(1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Approval of Operator Licenses
from Sara Hoechst and Jennifer Kempf
for Hop Haus. Motion by Yurs, seconded
by Doyle to approve the licenses. Motion
carried 7/0.
12. Announcements
13. Adjournment
Motion by Yurs, seconded by
Reekie to adjourn the meeting at 8:30
p.m. Motion carried 7/0.
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Representative to the Plan Commission

Alderperson Linder was nominated
by Alderperson Yurs. Motion by McGilvray, seconded by Yurs to approve the
nomination of Alderperson Linder to the
Plan Commission. Motion Carried 6/0.
C. Appointment of Citizen Members
of the Plan Commission
Mayor Hochkammer appointed
Steve Heinzen and Jeff Horsfall as the
citizen representatives to the Plan Commission.
D. Committee Appointments
Mayor Hochkammer presented the
2015-2016 Council Member Committee
Assignments.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Mac McGilvray, Chair
Elizabeth Doyle
Jack Linder
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
Elizabeth Doyle, Chair
Heather Reekie
Dale Yurs
PUBLIC SAFETY & WELFARE COMMITTEE
Dale Yurs, Chair
Heather Reekie
Evan Touchett
PUBLIC WORKS, SEWER & WATER
COMMITTEE
Evan Touchett, Chair
Luke Diaz
Mac McGilvray
SENIOR SERVICES COMMITTEE
Brad Stiner, Chair
Mac McGilvray
Luke Diaz
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Jack Linder
ETHICS BOARD
Dale Yurs
FITCH-RONA EMS COMMISSION
Luke Diaz
LIBRARY BOARD
Brad Stiner
PARKS & FORESTRY COMMISSION
Brad Stiner and Heather Reekie
Motion by Yurs, seconded by McGilvray to confirm the 2015-2016 Mayoral Committee appointments. Motion
carried 6/0.
E. Announcements
None.
6. Adjournment
Motion by Diaz, seconded by Yurs
to adjourn the meeting at 7:24 p.m. Motion carried 6/0.
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TOWN OF VERONA
REGULAR TOWN BOARD
MEETING
TUESDAY, MAY 5,2014
6:30 P.M.
TOWN HALL,
335 N. NINE MOUND ROAD,
VERONA, WI 53593-1035
1. Call To Order
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Approval of Agenda
4. Announcements
A. Welcome of new members
B. Road tour with County May
19that 2 p.m.
C. State proclamation of Clerks
week
5. Public Comment - This section of
the meeting provides the opportunity for
comment from persons in attendance
on items not listed below over which
this governing body has jurisdiction.
Comments on matters not listed on
this agenda could be placed on a future
meeting agenda.
6. New business
A. Discussion and action re: a request by Julie and Jeff Monson to have
special charges removed from the tax
bill for 3185 Timber Lane.
B. Discussion and action re: temporary Class B/ Class B license for
the sale of fermented malt beverages
and wine for Heartland Farm Sanctuary,
7713 Midtown Rd, for a Pig-nic event
on May 25th.
7. Unfinished business
A. Discussion and action re: Resolution 2015-7 Amending the Building
Permit Fee Schedule
8. Reports
A. Plan Commission:
i. Discussion and action re: final
CSM for 1751 Littleton Rd (to become
6803 Sunset Dr.)
ii. Discussion and action re: Land
Use Change Application #2015-1 dated
3/27/2015 for property located at 2645
Country View Rd. submitted by Epic
Systems. The purpose of the application
is to rezone 5 acres of the site from A3 to
LC-1 to allow for the installation of bathroom facilities for use by maintenance
and landscaping staff. The application
includes a certified survey map.
iii. Discussion and action re: Land
Use Change Application #2015-2 dated
4/1/2015 for property located at 2101
Sugar River Rd. submitted by Carmon
Wilson. The purpose of the application
is to rezone 3.99 acres from A2 to A1-ex
to allow for the consolidation of parcels
into a sustainable small livestock operation. The application includes a certified
survey map.
B. Public Works:
i. Discussion and action re: cost
sharing agreement between the City of
Madison and the Town of Verona for the
chip sealing of Maple Grove Dr., Nesbitt
Rd., and Cross Country Rd.
ii. Discussion and action re: crack
sealing proposal for 2015
iii. Discussion and action re: driveway permit for Lot 2 of CSM 11346 on
Range Trail
C. EMS:
D. Open Space and Parks:
E. Town Chair:
i. Appointments to Board and Commissions
ii. Update on new town hall and garage plans
F. Supervisors:
G. Clerk/Treasurer:
i. Update on open book and board
of review
ii. Discussion of Chapter 4 of the
code of ordinance Licenses and Permits
H. Planner/Administrator:
i. Discussion and action re: Amendment of Ordinance 2014-2 Establishing
Traffic Regulations for the Town of Verona to change the speed limit on Country
***
ORDINANCE NO. 15-859

AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING
THE HEREIN DESCRIBED
PROPERTY TO THE
CITY OF VERONA,
DANE COUNTY, WISCONSIN
The Common Council of the City of

Verona, Dane County, State of Wisconsin, by at least a two-thirds (2/3) vote
of its members, does hereby ordain as
follows:
Section 1. Territory Annexed.
In accordance with Section 66.0217
of the Wisconsin Statutes the following
described territory contiguous to the
City of Verona, owned by Epic Systems
Corporation and located in the Town
of Verona, Dane County, Wisconsin is
hereby annexed to the City of Verona:
LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS AS SURVEYED IN THE TOWN OF VERONA,
DANE COUNTY, STATE OF WISCONSIN
LANDS TO BE ANNEXED TO THE CITY
OF VERONA
A parcel of land located in the
SW1/4 of the NE1/4 and the NW1/4 of
the SE1/4 of Section 8, T6N, R8E, Town
of Verona, Dane County, Wisconsin,
described as follows: Commencing at
the north quarter corner of said Section 8; thence S000927W, 1325.20 feet
along the west line of said NE1/4 to the
northwest corner of said SW1/4 of the
NE1/4 and point of beginning; thence
N890501E, 1333.92 feet to the northeast corner of said SW1/4 of the NE1/4;
thence S001510W, 1328.20 feet to the
southeast corner of said SW1/4 of the
NE1/4; thence S002631W, 16.50 feet;
thence S891240W, 1331.69 feet along
a line 16.50 south of and parallel with the
south line of said SW1/4 of the NE1/4;
***
CITY OF VERONA
MINUTES
COMMON COUNCIL
APRIL 13, 2015
VERONA CITY HALL
1. The meeting was called to order
by Mayor Hochkammer at 7:01 p.m.

3. Roll Call: L. Diaz, E. Doyle, J.
Linder, H. Reekie, B. Stiner, E. Touchett
and D. Yurs. Ald. McGilvray was absent
and excused. Also in attendance: City
Administrator, B. Burns; City Engineer,
B. Gundlach; City Planner, A. Sayre; Police Chief, B. Coughlin; and City Clerk,
K. Scofield.
4. Public Comment:
* Doug Cieslak, 377 W Chapel Royal
Drive, spoke on behalf the Scenic Ridge
apartment proposal and issues regarding the Locust Drive widening. Mr.
Cieslak asked that the Council deny or
postpone action item 9 A. 1. due to the
following concerns:
* The close proximity of livestock
on a Town of Verona property neighboring the development.
* Stormwater management
* Safety concerns related to the
width of the Locust Drive Bridge and
only one pedestrian and bike path on
one side of the bridge
* The rezoning of the property in
2010 and density of the development
* Lack of a buffer between singlefamily and multifamily
* Lack of records related to the
bridge cost and bridge agreement
5. Approval of Minutes: Motion by
Yurs, seconded by Reekie to approve
the minutes of the March 23, 2015 Common Council meeting. Motion carried
7/0.
6. Mayors Business
Proclamation- Arbor Day
Chief Brian Myrland of Fitch-Rona
EMS presented the Fitch-Rona EMS
staffing plan including improvements
in leadership roles, project involvement,
and promotional opportunities within
the staff.
7. Administrators Report
8. Engineers Report
9. COMMITTEE REPORTS
A. Plan Commission
(1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Resolution R-15-011 Approving
a Conditional Use Permit to Allow an
Apartment Land Use on Lot 1 of Scenic
Ridge. Staff responded to the various
concerns raised in public comment including; nearby livestock, the 2010 replat, neighborhood zoning, stormwater,
Locust Drive Bridge, and open records.
Motion by Linder, seconded by
Yurs to approve Resolution R-15-011.
Ald. Linder stated that after extensive
review by the Plan Commission and other committees it is clear that the developer is meeting all of the requirements
for this proposal. Ald. Diaz commented
that traffic as a result of these developments should be reviewed more closely
up front in the future and think that improvements could be made to the notification of the public as well as digitizing documents for ease of locating and
distributing them. Ald. Doyle mentioned
that multi-family developments can have
a minimal effect on traffic when mass
transit is available. Ald. Diaz stated that
he would be voting against this as he
feels more traffic mitigation should have
been planned and hopes we use this as
a learning tool for future developments
like this. Motion carried 5/2 with Ald.
Diaz and Stiner voting no.
Re: Resolution R-15-015 Approving a
Conditional Use Permit to Allow a Group
Development at 324 South Main Street.
Motion by Linder, seconded by Doyle
to approve Resolution R-15-015. Motion
carried 7/0.
Re: Resolution R-15-016 Approving a
Certified Survey Map to Create Three (3)
Lots Located at the Northeast Corner of
Thousand Oaks Trail and Kettle Moraine
Trail. Motion by Linder, seconded by
Reekie to approve Resolution R-15-016.
Motion carried 7/0.
***
CITY OF VERONA
MINUTES OF THE
COMMON COUNCIL
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
APRIL 21, 2015
VERONA CITY HALL
1. The meeting was called to order

by Mayor Hochkammer at 7:05 p.m.
3. Roll Call: Luke Diaz, Elizabeth
Doyle, Mac McGilvray, Heather Reekie,
Brad Stiner, and Dale Yurs. Jack Linder
and Evan Touchett were absent and excused. Also present were City Administrator, Bill Burns and City Clerk, Kami
Scofield.
4. Oath of Office for Elected Officials
Municipal Judge, Bill Weigel administered the oath of office for the re-elected Alderpersons: Elizabeth Doyle, Dale
Yurs, Luke Diaz, and Heather Reekie.
5. Mayors Business
A. Election of the Council President
Alderperson Doyle was nominated
by Alderperson McGilvray.
Motion by Stiner, seconded by
Reekie to approve the nomination of
Alderperson Doyle as Council President. Motion carried 6/0 and Alderperson Doyle was elected as the 2015-2016
Council President.
B. Selection of the City Council
***
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
INVITATION FOR BIDS
TENNIS COURT
RESURFACING
CITY OF VERONA
Sealed bids will be received by David Walker, Parks Director, of the City of
Verona, for the furnishing of labor and
materials to construct the following:
Cleaning, repair, resurfacing, and
striping seven tennis courts and three
basketball courts. Plans and specifications can be obtained at 410 Investment
Court in Verona. Bids will be received
until1:00 p.m.onFriday, May 8, 2015at
which time they will be publicly opened
and read. Bids shall be addressed to
David Walker, Parks Director, 410 Investment Ct., Verona, WI, 53593, and be
plainly marked Bid for Court Resurfacing. The City reserves the right to reject
any bid or accept any bid which it deems
advantageous.
Published:April 23 and 30, 2015
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April 30, 2015
The Verona Press
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Sixth grade embracing personalization at Savanna Oaks

The sixth-grade team has been increasing its time in
the Death Star.
Thats the colloquial term for workshop time in the morning, when most students are sitting in a large room working
individually on their Chromebooks toward the weeks goal.
Other students are called into short seminar sessions
to cover specific topics with teachers, whether its a
group of students working ahead on standards or teachers trying to help a group of kids catch up.
They initially were holding these once or twice a week,
but now they try to do it every day, the teachers said.
Those sessions last about 25 minutes each, with three
separate rotations during the one hour, 10 minute time
in the morning. Regular class sessions, shortened to
35 minutes instead of the 70 minutes it had been in the
past, are then held in the afternoon.
Some parents who spoke with the Press did not feel
those sessions were as effective as they could be, with
students who want more advanced work struggling to
find it at times.
They cant proceed at their own pace if theres no work
to do, Michelle Gigot Puent said, adding that there was
initially not a plan for students who demonstrated they
were above sixth-grade math understanding.
In the middle of the school year, the school added
some math staffing to increase face-to-face instructional time. Assistant principal Pete Christofferson, a former math teacher, said they want to be sure to still teach
kids the basic math foundations at every level, even if a
student has demonstrated a general understanding.
The workshop structure has also created new roles
for teachers like Amber Knoche, a special education
case manager, as she spends much of her time walking
around the workshop space helping kids with questions
on any topic. She sometimes even substitutes for another teacher in a seminar session.
This has been really powerful, to walk in and the
kids dont see me as a special ed teacher, said
Knoche. The kids really have the advantage of more
teachers in this kind of a setting.
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The work on personalized

learning at SOMS began last
year, when a district-funded
innovation grant provided
Chromebooks for every
sixth-grader.
Its been a work in progress since then, as teachers and administrators have
been making adjustments
to the program through trial
and error, especially at the
sixth-grade level.
At first it was all about
Lets write a personalized
learning plan, said principal Sandy Eskrich. Now
I see (teachers) much more
asking students to understand the standards that
theyre working on (and) set
a goal for how theyre going
to demonstrate their mastery.
The group of sixth-grade
teachers has seen a positive
effect on their students after
a year of adjustments to how
much freedom they gave the
kids and how they structured
work time.
Theyre very conscious
(of their learning), which,
in the past, we havent
seen, said sixth-grade language arts teacher Stephanie
Symes.
The other grades havent
approached the idea in as
coordinated a manner, with
classrooms still looking
more typical to how they
traditionally have, but with
personalized ideas recognized and worked into the
structure, Eskrich said.
Some parents see it differently.
The handful who spoke
to the Press expressed concerns not with the ideas, but
with the implementation of
the program. Many felt like
their children were being
treated as guinea pigs in
testing out different methods
of personalized learning,
something they said should
be done in an opt-in fashion or at charters, rather than
at an attendance-area school.
The idea of meeting each
child where theyre at and
providing them the experiences for them to grow is a
great idea in theory, said
parent Lynn Vilker. The
execution has not happened
here.
Those parents also questioned what the long-term
plan was, and some even
said they had begun taking
steps to move their students
out of the district.
But teachers and administrators leading the charge
said it has shown results,
and they see more passionate learning going on around
the school.
We confuse our
Above, Savanna Oaks sixthgraders (from left) Jackson

Standiford, Liam Rotering
and Alisa Bilyk work on
Chromebooks during workshop
time.
Right, a student works with his
Chromebook, while a checklist
for workshop time and a worksheet sit nearby.
experience with what we

expect the experience to
be of others, Eskrich said,
adding that the old system
was successful for some, but
not everyone. What was a
model student of social
studies when I was a kid
looked like one thing, but
today maybe that looks like
something different.
Combining mandates
Lots of changes have
come to the school at the
same time, with personalized learning, a new grading
system and the new Common Core State Standards.
Eskrich said its a lot
of balls in the air, but the
changes all work together.
Some often drive the others, she said.
Those changes particularly the move to personalized learning mean that
teachers and administrators are experimenting with
different strategies to find
what works, evidenced by
the changes in the SOMS
program since it began last
year.
That feels wrong for some
parents, Michelle Gigot
Puent said, when there is not
an opt-in choice like there
are for charter schools that
take different approaches to
education.
Youre saying youre
experimenting, Im strongly
upset by that, Puent said.
Eskrich, on the other
hand, said shes glad the district and school board have
given teachers a chance to
go try things.
You have unbelievably
talented educators developing that and working everyday with kids, Eskrich said.
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Morning workshops
help students catch up
The things that those peo- attitude idealistic.

ple do are the right things.
This is not the real
world, Puent said.
Standards, not grades
While changing the way

sixth-graders are taught
at the school, they also
changed the grading system. And that, they say,
has caused some confusion
with parents.
SOMS now uses PowerSchool, which offers a fourpoint scale kids are graded
on as they demonstrate a
knowledge of standards,
rather than the traditional
classroom-wide letter-grade
model parents are used to.
The way the grades come
out have caused even more
confusion.
Trying to have that conversation with people over
and over again (is a challenge), teacher Sava Parisi
said.
The teachers said the
three grade, which equals
a mastery of a standard,
means about a 90 percent
understanding. But it is
reported as 75 percent
something that was a C in
older grading systems.
Were communicating a
lot more than a B-minus in
math, Eskrich said. It is
a struggle to help parents
understand the information
were offering them.
Parents who spoke to the
Press said its not always
clear to them how their students have done with the
new grading system. They
also said they felt the standards were lower for mastery of a standard and that
taking away letter grades
removed a motivation factor for externally motivated
students.
Eskrich said she thinks
the new reward is simply
learning, something the
school should try to make
valuable on its own.
I really think the more
we apply an external
reward to something we
want to be an intrinsic value, we devalue it, Eskrich
said. I want kids and all
of our educators to be here
and learning because its so
engaging, and not because
theyll get an A.
Some parents called that
A plan
While the sixth-grade
teaching team has fully embraced the new
approach, that hasnt happened school wide. That
discrepancy can cause some
discontinuity for students as
they move up.
I would love for the
kids who are doing this
and doing great things to
keep doing it, but we have
a real talented and driven
group of staff right here (in
sixth-grade), Eskrich said.
There are some (teachers)
like, Im not really volunteering for this. Id rather
teach the way I know I can
be successful.
Given the timeline laid
out by the Verona Area
school board, its still only
an option for teachers to
integrate personalized
learning, not a mandate.
But that will change soon.
In the meantime, Eskrich
said she expects those
teachers to glean information on what has and has
not worked from the sixthgrade team so they can continue the best practices the
students have gotten used
to.
Some of the doors weve
opened for these kids, we
cant close them, she said.
We have to keep up with
the expectations that they
have of us.
Even if it doesnt look
exactly the same, Eskrich
and Christofferson said
they believe teachers in the
upper grades will take cues
from the sixth-grade team
to help students continue on
their personalized path.
We ask that all of our
teachers recognize that
giving students voice and
choice in what they learn
and how they demonstrate
their knowledge is a way
to personalize at a very
basic level, Eskrich said.
I would rather hope that
its more of an orientation
toward recognizing that
kids will engage in things
when it has a personal connection to them.
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April 30, 2015
The Verona Press
17
Teachers still finding their own ways at Badger Ridge

More collaboration,
technology could
help, they say
SCOTT GIRARD
A student looks at the 62 Explore group page, which includes

resources from Mark Rohlfing for math topics. Students can access
different ways to learn lessons or find new challenges and worksheets on the site.
Sarah Urben works with a pair of students during a mini-lesson at Badger Ridge Middle School.
Students in the class were working on one of three styles of writing, and Urben met with each group
individually while others had writing time.
working on, having students doing narrative writing come to the front of the
room to hear from her while
others worked on their own
on their stories around the
classroom.
Next door, Rohlfing
offered to teach a lesson
to any of his math students
who had questions on integers. Instead, they chose
to either watch an online
video on the topic or begin
their own work, leaving the
teacher time to walk around
the room and check in with
kids on how they were
doing.
Some kids will watch
a video from Kahn (Academy) to teach them how to
do it, Rohlfing said. They
can choose how they want
to learn that skill. From
me, from a computer, from
friends.
But Hartjes said she cant
imagine doing the seminars the way shes witnessed in other classes. And
thats OK, she said.
You have to personalize
it for yourself, what does
that look like for you?
she said. Thats where the
relief happened for me.
Year-to-year
this group of kids, I gave

them a lot of options
and their choice was, No.
Its such a huge contrast
to what I experienced last
year.
For Hartjes, the changes have come in her own
growth, as she embraces
personalized learning and
becomes more comfortable
with how shes putting it in
place.
Im still in the learning phase, she said. Its
evolving.
But as they work through
the growing pains, they find
that when the kids embrace
it, it has an effect.
It has become deeper for
them, Hartjes said, pointing to posters students had
made during their unit on
the Holocaust. They got to
pick what area of the Holocaust they wanted to learn
about after having brief
seminars on it.
The way lessons are
taught can even change
within the same year.
Bremmer said he had
to adjust when his trial
period with a software ran
out earlier this semester
after students had started
to embrace how it worked.
The district is still establishing what programs it
might use to pursue personalized learning.
I was excited about it,
and Im still excited about
it, he said, expressing hope
the district would purchase
the full program.
Some teachers have

found that even within
their own classroom, what
worked one year might not
with the next group of students.
In Bremmers classroom,
even when using the same
online tools, hes seen a
different reaction from his Another hurdle
class.
The lack of consistent
Last year, I had really technology both hardware
s u c c e s s f u l e x p e r i e n c e s and software can be a
using online programming frustration for teachers.
to teach, he said. With
When you have it, you
Teachers choice
choice among some students another hurdle.

Bremmer has seen that
firsthand.
I still think youre
always going to have people that are just, Tell me
what I need to do, Bremmer said.
Ultimately, Tabrizi said
personalized learning will
grow organically within
the school, from Murphy
allowing teachers more personal learning during staff
meetings onto the students.
If people see the proof
and have the modeling, I
think it can be implemented with more success,
she said. Everybody will
improve when theyre surrounded by people who are
on the same path.
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Each classroom thats

working with personalized
learning is doing it in its
own way.
It is what works for
you, Hartjes said. I have
observed (others) and
thought, Thats really cool,
but I dont think I can do
that.
For example, both Sarah
Urben and Mark Rohlfing
give a full class update at
the beginning of a period
before offering seminars to
smaller groups if theyre
interested.
Urben separated her language arts class by what
type of writing they were
can do really good things

and it really can help kids
get to that next level,
Hartjes said, adding that
its been one of her biggest
frustrations.
That might be partly
fixed soon, as the school
board recently approved
a plan to bring the district
closer to having one device
for every student.
But the problems go
beyond technology, as collaboration is also something
lacking for some teachers
at BRMS, said Tabrizi, the
ELL teacher.
I dont have time in my
day to talk with people, so

I think thats a lot of problems because everyone
is kind of re-creating the
wheel over and over, she
said, acknowledging that
the schools administration
is working toward creating that time for staff. Id
love, even once a quarter
to meet with someone (and
say), Hows this working
for you?
Hartjes echoed a similar
sentiment.
What I do is very different from what somebody
else does, but it would be
nice to have that, Lets sit
down and look at it, she
said. We dont know what
it looks like yet.
Hartjes also called the
lack of enthusiasm for
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Badger Ridge Middle

School principal Mike Murphy has a significant background with supporting personalized learning.
Before he took over
that schools top job this
year, he had spent the past
year leading the districts
hyper-personalized charter
high school the Exploration Academy. That school
was in its first year, and
as an assistant principal at
Verona Area High School,
he took an enthusiastic
approach to molding it.
Murphy is spreading a
similar enthusiasm through
parts of his new school,
with some teachers embracing the direction and work
on how they can follow it
best. But its not everywhere yet, and some teachers still arent sure where
personalized learning could
be headed.
Math and science teacher
John Bremmer, for example, found great success
with voice and choice last
year, but less so this year.
Theres no definites
coming out of my mouth,
he said.
That theme is present
around the school, as teachers find some kids are more
ready for the choices that
come with personalized
learning than others. At this
point, the students have all
gone through elementary
school in a more classical learning model, as the
district only recently set
its sights on personalized
learning.
And many are still adjusting, said seventh-grade
social studies teacher
Suzanne Hartjes.
Theres some kids that
are just not ready for that
independent learning, she
said. Its not quite there
for them yet. It doesnt
mean its not going to get
there, but its not there.
There are other hurdles as
well, like consistent access
to technology. Still, the
teachers who are working
to put it in place are excited
about what theyve seen.
All these skills that
they should be doing anyway, theyre doing it, but
on their own terms, said
English Language Learner teacher Laila Tabrizi.
Theyre always thinking
about things that they want
to learn about.
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390 Auto: Wanted To Buy

WANTED: Autos and scrap iron.
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402 Help Wanted, General

CNA/CAREGIVER BELLEVILLE
Are you caring and compassionate? Do
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heart for the elderly and like bringing joy
to their lives?
This job is for you. Ideal candidate has
a commitment to excellence, positive
attitude, professional appearance and
demeanor, effective oral and written
communication skills, ability to work
alone or with a team. Experience
preferred but will train qualified applicant.
PT/FT morning or afternoon. Please call
Andy 608-290-7347
CNA FULL-TIME Oregon Manor is
accepting applications for the following
positions: One full time day shift, 1 full
time PM shift and 1 full time night shift.
Oregon Manor is committed to providing
a work environment where passionate
people have the knowledge, tools,
opportunity and freedom to make a
difference in the lives of our residents.
We offer competitive wages and
benefits. Qualified candidates will need
a current WI CNA license. Come join our
team of professional caregivers just 7
easy miles off the Beltline.
Please apply on line at:
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EXCLUSIVELY ROSES is seeking drivers for Mother's Day deliveries May 7th,
8th and 9th. Routes go to Chicagoland.
$200/Route + Gas. Drivers must use
their own vehicle. STRICTLY LIMITED
to minivans and cargo vans. For further
inquiries, please contact us at (608)
877-8879.
FOUR WINDS Manor is seeking PM
and NOC CNA's and 1 part time LPN/
RN for NOC shift for our 60 bed skilled
facility. This position would include every
other weekend and holidays with shift
differentials on PM, NOC, & weekend
shifts. We offer excellent benefits with
full time hours including health, dental,
paid time off, flex spending plan, and
401K. If you share our commitment to a
positive attitude and respect for residents
and colleagues, please consider joining
us. Applications available at www.
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303 S. Jefferson St Verona, WI
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800-235-5319 (wcan)
PART-TIME GARDENER Light gardening, planting, weeding, trimming. $10/hr.
608-873-7820
PERENNIAL NURSERY Seasonal/part
time position.
Quality product/conscientious company.
Perfect for semi-retired/active person.
Contact Ron at North Parrish Gardens.
608-835-5989
SELF-MOTIVATED CLOSER and team
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SUPER 8 VERONA is seeking Front
Desk Associates and Housekeepers.
Experience preferred but willing to train
the right people. Flexible hours, paid
training, paid vacation, free room nights.
Apply in person: 131 Horizon Drive,
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TRUCK DRIVER/LABORER Madison
area paving company accepting applications for CDL, drivers and laborers. Full
time between May and October. For
more information call 608-842-1676
434 Health Care, Human

Services & Child Care
COMFORT KEEPERS IN MADISON
Seeking caregivers to provide care
to seniors in their homes. Need valid
driver's license and dependable
transportation. FT & PT positions
available. Flexible scheduling.
Call 608-442-1898
449 Driver, Shipping

& Warehousing
OTR TRUCK DRIVERS. Iowa-based
carrier currently has solo/team positions
available. Competitive pay based on
experience. Scheduled home time. Kenworth T-660, Midwest and West Coast
Traffic Lanes. Consistent miles and NO
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453 Volunteer Wanted

THE ARTHRITIS Foundation Upper
Midwest Region will hold the 11th Annual Walk to Cure Arthritis on May 2nd at
Vilas Park. We have various volunteer
opportunities available such as general
set up, course volunteers, kid zone volunteers and tear down. Volunteer with
the Friends of Wisdom Prairie at an
upcoming workday. Help improve the
ecological health of the land, meet new
people, work outside and have fun. Meet
at the monastery building entrance at
9am. Wear sturdy shoes, long pants,
a hat and gloves. We will work until
noon, but will take a break mid-morning.
Community Action Coalition for South
Central WI needs individuals or groups
to volunteer at the Westside, Capitol,
Milwaukee St. and Hilldale postal stations on Saturday, May 9 from 1-8pm
for the National Association of Letter
Carriers Stamp Out Hunger food drive.
We need energetic folks of all ages who
can lift up to 25 lbs. and enjoy fast, fun
and hard work.
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548 Home Improvement

ALL THINGS BASEMENTY!
Basement Systems Inc.
Call us for all your basement needs!
Waterproofing. Finishing. Structural
repairs. Humidity and mold control. Free
Estimates! Call 800-991-1602 (wcan)
DOUG'S HANDYMAN SERVICE
"Honey Do List"
Gutter cleaning and covers
No job too small
608-845-8110
HALLINAN-PAINTING
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**Great-Spring-Rates**
35 + Years Professional
Interior/Exterior
Free-Estimates
References/Insured
Arthur Hallinan
608-455-3377
RECOVER PAINTING offers all carpentry, drywall, deck restoration and all
forms of painting. Recover urges you
to join in the fight against cancer, as a
portion of every job is donated to cancer
research. Free estimates, fully insured,
over 20 years of experience. Call 608270-0440.
TOMAS PAINTING
Professional, Interior,
Exterior, Repairs.
Free Estimates. Insured.
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554 Landscaping, Lawn,

Tree & Garden Work
ARTS LAWNCARE- Mowing,
trimming, roto tilling, Garden
maintenance available.608-235-4389
EMERALD ASH Borer Treatment. Let
me inject your trees, and get over two
years of protection. Receive a 10% discount if you sign up before May 15.
Call Hook Tree Care for a free estimate
608.271.1900.
LAWN MOWING Good work. Reasonable. 608-873-5216
LAWN MOWING
Residential & Commercial.
Fully insured.
(608)-873-7038 or 669-0025
MAJESTYK TREE CARE
Providing all services for 25 years.
608-222-5674
RIGHT HAND MAN Services: Spring
lawn mowing & trimming, cleaning, etc.
Over 16 years experience. Call Jeremiah
608-338-9030.
ROTOTILLING, SKIDLOADER, Small
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SHREDDED TOPSOIL
Shredded Garden Mix
Shredded Bark
Decorative Stone
Pick-up or Delivered
Limerock Delivery
Ag Lime Spreading
O'BRIEN TRUCKING
5995 Cty D, Oregon, WI
608-835-7255
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576 Special Services

BALLOONS & MAGICAL
Entertainment for your party.
Nickey Fynn 608-501-8273
586 TV, VCR &

Electronics Repair
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Starting at $19.99/mo for 12 mos. PLUS
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602 Antiques & Collectibles
OREGON 1367 Hampton Hills Road

(Between Oregon and Verona) Multifamily Sale! 5/7 2-7pm, 5/8 7am-6pm, 5/9
7am-11am. Couch, end table, children's
clothes, adult Badger clothes, coats,
suits, toys, household, girls' bike.
COLUMBUS ANTIQUE MALL

& CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
MUSEUM
"Wisconsin's Largest Antique Mall"
Enter daily 8am-4pm 78,000 SF
200 Dealers in 400 Booths
Third floor furniture, locked cases
Location: 239 Whitney St
Columbus, WI 53925
920-623-1992
www.columbusantiquemall.com
STOUGHTON 1301 Nygaard Street,

April 30, May 1-2. See craigslist for more
information.
STOUGHTON 1937 W. Main 4/30
12-6pm, 5/1 7:30am-5:30pm, 5/2 8am?. Counter tops, furniture, household,
clothing all sizes, books, shoes, two 16'
kayaks, misc.
606 Articles For Sale

ROWE JUKEBOX working AMI stereo,
plays 45s comes with 100 45s, $450.
Two 255-60-15 tires on Crager mag
wheels. Like new. $250 608.219.8458
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3-months of HBO, Starz, Showtime &
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2015 NFL Sunday Ticket included with
select Packages. New Customers Only.
IV Support Holdings LLC. An authorized
DirecTV Dealer. Some exclusions apply.
Call for details 800-918-1046 (wcan)
632 Clothing: Formalwear

SPRING SALE! 15%-50% OFF. Select
Bridals, Prom & Special Occasion.
Edith's Wedding Ctr, Downtown FDL &
Fox River Mall (Younkers Wing) www.
ediths.com (wcan)
648 Food & Drink

BEST BEEF Jerky in the USA!
$10. off the Original Beef Jerky Sampler.
FREE shipping. Great Gift Idea! Call
Bulk Beef Jerky.
800-244-8852 (wcan)
650 Furniture
NEW MATTRESS sets from $99. All
sizes in stock! 9 styles! PlymouthFurnitureWI.com 2133 Eastern Ave., Plymouth, WI 920-892-6006 Open 7 days a
week. (wcan)
652 Garage Sales

BROOKLYN 10726 N Highway 14
(between Brooklyn and Evansville). 5/1
8am-4pm, 5/2 8am-2pm. LOTS of stuff,
too much to list.
BROOKLYN 861 County Road D (corner
of A&D) 4/30-5/1, 7am-5pm Stampin'Up
products and craft items, suitcases,
women's clothes, some kids, sofa, misc.
kitchen items, garden equipment, much
more.
EVANSVILLE 11125 W Gibbs Lake
April 29-May 2.
Furniture, freezer, tools, canning jars,
antiques, Packer memorabiliam.
EVANSVILLE 18544 West Croft Road
(corner of Croft Rd. & Hwy 104) 5/15/2 8:00am-5:00pm (Rain Date May
8/9) Treestand, fishing, boat gas tank,
tools, yard trailer, wheelbarrel, dinette
set, kitchen items, corner entertainment
center, 32" TV, coffee & end tables,
misc. tables, queen bed, dresser w/
mirror, rocker, lamps, washer/dryer, pictures, sheppard hooks, table xmas tree
w/decorations, DVDs, albums, clothes &
much more.
FITCHBURG-LACY HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD. May1-2, 8am-2pm. Many
families-1/2 mile south off Hwy PD on
Osmundson Rd. Maps available at each
house. Kids' clothes, toys, household,
furniture, antique iron beds and crib,
Chippendale dining chairs, patio set,
(ping pong table-call 576-0879), much
more!
MULTIFAMILY SALE Leather sectional,
chairs/ottomans, end tables. Pier One
lamps, entertainment centers, snowmobile helmets, adult clothing, kitchen
items. CRAFTS! 2009 Hilldale Lane,
Stoughton. Thursday, April 30 4-7pm,
Friday, May 1 8am-4pm
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9-2. Spring Fever Gift & Plant Fair, over
30 vendors with gift items, baskets of
annuals for sale, proceeds benefit St
Ann's youth mission group.
STOUGHTON, 801 Arendal Court, 4/30
& 5/1, 9a-5p. Rototiller, lawn mower,
furniture, clothing, fooseball table, couch/
loveseat, table/chairs, 60" TV.
VERONA 603 Jenna. HUGE! Dish sets,
furniture, quality clothes, toys, cockatoo,
tons more! 5/1-5/3.
664 Lawn & Garden

KILL BOX Elder bugs/beetles!
Harris Asian Beetle/Box Elder Spray.
Results begin after spray dries.
Available: ACE Hardware, The Home
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666 Medical & Health Supplies

ACORN STAIRLIFTS
The affordable solution to your
stairs. Limited time $250 off your
stairlift purchase. Buy direct and
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little or no cost to you. Medicare Patients
Call Health Hotline Now! 800-431-3924
(wcan)
SAFE STEP SAFE SAFE STEP Walk-in
tub Alert for Seniors. Bathrooms falls
can be fatal. Approved by Arthritis Foundation. Therapeutic Jets. Less than 4
inch step-in. Wide door. Anti-slip floors.
American made. Installation included.
Call 800-940-3411 for $750 off. (wcan)
672 Pets
GOT AN older car, boat or RV?
Do the humane thing. Donate it to the
Humane Society. Call 800-990-7816
(wcan)
676 Plants & Flowers

3'-12' EVERGREEN & Shade Trees.
Pick Up or Delivery! Planting available!
Detlor Tree Farms
715-335-4444 (wcan)
688 Sporting Goods &

Recreational
WE BUY Boats/RV/Pontoons/ATV's &
Motorcycles! "Cash Paid" now. American Marine & Motorsports Super Center,
Shawano 866-955-2628 www.americanmarina.com (wcan)
692 Electronics
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NFL 2014 Season included. Call now!
800-320-2429 (wcan)
696 Wanted To Buy

WE BUY Junk Cars and Trucks.
We sell used parts.
Monday thru Friday 8am-5:30pm.
Newville Auto Salvage, 279 Hwy 59
Edgerton, 608-884-3114
705 Rentals
2 BEDROOM Townhouse apartment w/
full basement on Racetrack Rd-Stoughton $775/mo includes utilities. No Pets.
Security deposit and references are
required. Available 6/1 for an approved
applicant. Call 608-241-6609
BLANCHARDVILLE 1-2BR apartments.
Nice rentals in historic building. Walk
to grocery store, bank, post office
and restaurants. Pecatonica River
and Canoe Boat Launch 1 block from
property. Village Park along river 1
block. 35 minutes to Madison, 25 to
Verona, Stoughton, and Oregon. 1BR
from $390, 2BR $520. Flexible lease
on select units. BAAL Real Estate, LLC
Broker/owner. Keith Call/text
608-575-2143 or
email kbaal@earthlink.net.
FITCHBURG WAREHOUSE 800 sq feet
with office. $700/month. Call Bill
608-444-2986
GREENWOOD APARTMENTS
Apartments for Seniors 55+, currently
has 1 & 2 bedroom units available
starting at $725 per month, includes
heat, water, and sewer.
608-835-6717 Located at:
139 Wolf St., Oregon, WI 53575
SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS

& PARATRANSIT
DRIVERS
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and an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Part-time. Excellent Wages

20+ hours/wk. CDL bonus program
Paid training/testing. Signing bonus.
5501 Femrite Dr. Madison
Call Paul at 608-310-4870 or email
paulm@badgerbus.com
EOE
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STOUGHTON 1616 Kenilworth Ct.

Large 2-BR apts available now.
Pets welcome. Many feature new wood
laminate flooring.
$775-$825/mo. 608-831-4036
www.madtownrentals.com
STOUGHTON 2BR Apartment
$740-$780- includes heat, water/sewer.
608-222-1981 x2 or 3. No dogs, 1 cat
ok. EHO.
STOUGHTON 3-BEDROOM lower level
of two-flat, near downtown, River Bluff
School. Newly renovated. Central air.
W/D, water included. No pets. $895/
month+security deposit. 608-873-7655
or 608-225-9033.
STOUGHTON 514 S Academy Lower of
2 flat. 3 Bedroom. Hardwoods, Air, W/D
in apt., large deck off of kitchen. Garage,
large fenced backyard, Dog/Cats O.K.
$1220 includes heat and electric. Available June 1. Call Bill 608-437-7626.
STOUGHTON- BEAUTIFUL studio
apartment. Hardwood floors, full kitchen/
bath. Off street parking. $595 includes
utilities. Available 5/1. 608-220-8697
720 Apartments
2 BEDROOM Upper 708 Ridge,
Stougthon. Off Street Parking. $500/mo
+ gas and electric. Available 6/1. 815885-3583
ROSEWOOD APARTMENTS for Seniors

55+. 1 & 2 bedroom units available
starting at $695 per month. Includes
heat, water and sewer. Professionally
managed. Located at
300 Silverado Drive, Stoughton, WI
53589 608-877-9388
RASCHEIN PROPERTY
STORAGE
6x10 thru 10x25
Market Street/Burr Oak Street
in Oregon
Call 608-206-2347
740 Houses For Rent

MONROE LARGE 3bdrm farmhouse.
Electricity included. No pets, no smoking.
1-1/2 car attached garage. Available 6/1.
$800+security deposit. 608-325-7372.
750 Storage Spaces For Rent

C.N.R. STORAGE
Located behind
Stoughton Garden Center
Convenient Dry Secure
Lighted with access 24/7
Bank Cards Accepted
Off North Hwy 51 on
Oak Opening Dr. behind
Stoughton Garden Center
Call: 608-509-8904
STORAGE/WORKSHOP SPACE
11847 Washington Rd, Edgerton
30x52 w/electricity-$400/month
32x50 w/electricity-$400/month
24x40 gravel floor, outlet/light-$175
10% discount for 1 year lease
Other general storage available.
Call 800-382-1132 x500
801 Office Space For Rent

HIGHLANDER MALL, 931 8th Street,
Monroe, WI. Available now: Large
2-office suite, utilities included. Redecorated. 608-325-7540.
CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon

Monday for the Verona Press unless
changed because of holiday work schedules. Call now to place your ad, 873-6671
or 835-6677.
We are seeking compassionate & conscientious caregivers

to help our seniors on a variety of shifts. We offer competitive wages, shift & weekend differentials, as well as health,
dental & PTO to eligible staff. Paid CBRF training provided.
CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS NOON

Monday FOR THE Verona Press
975 Livestock
OFFICE SPACES FOR RENT

In Oregon facing 15th hole
on golfcourse
Free Wi-Fi, Parking and
Security System
Conference rooms available
Kitchenette-Breakroom
Autumn Woods Prof. Centre
Marty 608-835-3628
FOR SALE: 2-year old registered Holstein cows. 608-558-7559 or 608-5587519.
980 Machinery & Tools
870 Residential Lots

LOT FOR sale 10844 Blue Mountain
Avenue, Blue Mounds, WI Great View,
large lot. 608.832.4488
VERONA SCHOOLS 1.8 acre, 5 acre,
and 10 building sites with beautiful hilltop
views, easy commute to Madison, 5
minutes from the City of Verona and Epic
Systems. Prices range from $129,900
- $189,900. 70 acre parcel with hilltop
building site. Broker interest $489,900
Real Estate Preferred, Dennis Midthun
608-444-4797
Friday for The Great Dane and Noon
or 835-6677.
935 Farm: Land For Rent

FARM LAND LOW COST. 9+ acres.
Town of Verona. 608-206-5947
970 Horses
WALMERS TACK SHOP
16379 W. Milbrandt Road
Evansville, WI
608-882-5725
FARMI 3PT LOGGING WINCH'S

Valby 3pt PTO Chippers,
New 3pt Rototillers, Loader
Attachments, 3pt Attachments,
New Log Splitters.
866-638-7885
threeriversforestry.com
990 Farm: Service &

Merchandise
RENT SKIDLOADERS
MINI-EXCAVATORS
TELE-HANDLER
and these attachments. Concrete
breaker, posthole auger, landscape rake,
concrete bucket, pallet forks, trencher,
rock hound, broom, teleboom, stump
grinder.
By the day, week, or month.
Carter & Gruenewald Co.
4417 Hwy 92
Brooklyn, WI, 608-455-2411
or 835-6677.
Maintenance Mechanic- 2nd Shift (Monday-Thursday)

Are you a maintenance professional who thrives on working in a highlyautomated manufacturing environment utilizing state of the art equipment
(lasers, robotics, AGVs, vision systems) in a modern air conditioned facility,
with company paid training to keep your skills current?
Do you value a company that makes safety a part of their culture, not just
another graph on the wall?
Do you believe in a maintenance program that values predicting and
preventing maintenance issues as much as troubleshooting and repairs?
Would you enjoy a second shift Monday through Thursday (2pm-12am)
schedule with paid breaks?
If so, Sub-Zero, Inc. may have the perfect opportunity for you. We are looking for maintenance professionals with the following experience and knowledge to work in our Fitchburg Built-In Refrigeration facility:
Associates degree in Industrial Maintenance or 3 - 5 years of
equivalent manufacturing maintenance experience.
Knowledge of and ability to interface and troubleshoot with a variety
of PLCs including Allen Bradley PLCs, 500, 5000, Flex Drives.
Experience with manufacturing enterprise systems (MES).
Strong understanding of OSHA principles.
Experience with CMMS programs (MAXIMO preferred).
Microsoft Office Suite programs (Word, Excel, Outlook).
Programmed Cleaning is now hiring for

Part-Time General cleaners and
Project Floor Care Workers in the Madison area.
To apply, visit the Career Page of our website at

www.subzero-wolf.com.
Successful Candidates may be eligible for a sign on bonus of up to $1500!
Apply today for immediate consideration.
Part-Time Evening Hours starting after 5pm,

M F, 3 to 4 hours a night, NO WEEKENDS!
Must be dependent, reliable and detailed oriented.
Starting pay is $9.25 or higher based on experienced.
Project Floor Care Workers
to download
an application:
to request an
application:
Apply now in person at 2001 W. Broadway,

call 608-222-0217 if you have questions or fill out an
online application at: programmedcleaning.com
adno=407957-01
608.243.8800

or 835-6677.
OREGON-DELUXE 4-ROOM Office

Suite. 765/sq.ft 185 W Netherwood
Call 608-835-3426
Part-Time Evening Hours, M F, starting at 5:30pm, 4 to 5 hours a

night. Must have valid drivers license and floor care knowledge.
Starting pay is $11.00
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WA N T E D
FRENCHTOWN
SELF-STORAGE
Only 6 miles South of
Verona on Hwy PB.
Variety of sizes available now.
10x10=$60/month
10x15=$70/month
10x20=$80/month
10x25=$90/month
12x30=$115/month
Call 608-424-6530 or
1-888-878-4244
OREGON 2BR 1BA apartments

available. On-site or in unit laundry,
patio, D/W, A/C. Off street parking,
garages available to rent.
From $740/mo. Details at
608-255-7100 or
www.stevebrownapts.com/oregon
Resident Caregivers/CNAs
8210 Highview Drive - Madison
DEER POINT STORAGE

Convenient location behind
Stoughton Lumber.
Clean-Dry Units
24 HOUR LIGHTED ACCESS
5x10 thru 12x25
608-335-3337
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Resident Care Associate

Come be a part of a team where your input matters!
Permanent full-time/part-time all shifts available. These
positions include every other weekend and 3 holidays
per year. Prior experience in Assisted Living preferred.
CNA experience is a plus.
Main Street Quarters, CBRF is just 10 minutes south of
Madison. We care for the frail elderly adults as well as
those with early dementia. We have 20 apartments and a
great TEAM of employees. We have a full-time LPN on site
dedicated to our staff and residents. Please apply online at
www.oregonmanor.biz
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Horizon Healthcare, Inc. is recruiting

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STOUGHTON- 105 West St, 2

bedroom, appliances, water, heat,
A/C, ceiling fan included, on site
laundry. Well kept and maintained. On
site manager. Next to Park. 2nd Floor.
Available 6/5. $745 per month.
608-238-3815
STOUGHTON LARGE 2BR on

Chalet Dr. Private laundry and garage.
Great price! 608-221-8146
adno=404192-01
ON LAKE KEGONSA Home to share

with single person. 2nd floor Lakeside
bedroom $515 includes phone,
internet, cable, utilities. Boat house,
rec building, great garden, water falls,
large pier, laundry. No Smoking. No
Pets. Quiet, and a great place to live.
Ideal for traveling salesman, pilot or
professional person.
815-238-1000
April 30, 2015
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR AN EXCITING CAREER?

JOIN THE CLEARY TEAM!!
Customer Service Specialist

Full Benefits
Career Advancement
Cleary Building Corp. is a family owned, debt-free,

nation-wide leader in the post frame construction
industry. We are currently seeking an energetic,
responsible, hard-working, customer service oriented
individual for point of customer phone contact,
data entry and report preparation in our
Marketing Department.
Join our team of champions!! EEO
APPLY ONLINE TODAY!!

www.workforcleary.com
190 Paoli Street
Verona, WI 53593
adno=407813-01
Office/inside sales
Credit Assistant - Entry Level
Full-time individual to do collection calls, order entry, set up new accounts, credit approvals, order
credit reports, cash posting, credit card processing and general administrative duties. 1 to 2 years
of equivalent experience or customer service is desired. Ability to work with Microsoft Word and
Excel spreadsheets is important. Must be a team player. High school diploma or GED required.
Tuition reimbursement in addition to benefits below.
Machine Operators
Second Shift - Seeking three responsible individuals to set up and operate machines to produce metal
parts. Ability to read blueprints, routings, production tickets and tape measure. Prior experience with
metal fabrication and familiarity w/CNC and brake presses is desired but not required. Moderate to
heavy lifting and ability to stand 8 hrs/day. Training on fork truck and walkie stacker required. $11.68/hr
(which includes $.25/hr shift premium). Once probationary period is completed, regular increases every
6 months in the first 2 years of employment. Second shift runs 2:15 pm- 10:45 pm.
Benefits for all positions include: Health insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, vacation, paid
holidays, pension plan and 401k plan. Pre-employment drug screening and background check required.
Mail or Email resum to:

Carnes Company
P. O. Box 930040, Verona, WI 53593
hr@carnes.com
adno=407984-01
Do You Like to Meet People?

Are You Self-Motivated?
Do You Possess Computer Skills?
If youve answered yes, we are very interested in talking to you. We are
seeking candidates for a part-time opening in our front office. Hours are
9am-3pm Monday-Friday. Responsibilities for this position include but are
not limited to selling and processing classified ads, selling special projects
by phone, receptionist duties, assisting walk-in customers and processing
reports. Previous sales experience preferred. Position is located in the
Oregon office.
We are an employee-owned company offering a competitive benefits
package including 401K, ESOP, vacation, and more.
If this part-time position interests you and you have the equivalent of a
high school diploma and at least two years of office/computer experience,
apply on-line today at www.wcinet.com/careers.
Oregon Observer, Stoughton Courier Hub,
Verona Press, The Great Dane Shopping News
Unified Newspaper Group is a part of Woodward Community Media,
a division of Woodward Communications, Inc.
and an Equal Opportunity Employer.
adno=406814-01
Accountant (General Ledger)
FT- M thru F, pay based on experience, bachelors degree in Accounting, entry level position,
prepare all journal entries for month-end close, enter journal entries into general ledger according to
general accounting principles, review general ledger entries for accuracy and investigate problems,
prepare monthly sales tax filings, prepare Net-to-Carnes reports and supporting documentation
that goes into it. Be back-up to Credit Analyst in regards to payroll, order entry, credit approval and
cash posting, Excellent Excel skills required. Must be detail oriented and organized. This
position is eligible for tuition reimbursement.
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April Showers Bring

May Flowers!
www.kopkesgreenhouse.com
Wisconsins Premier Grower of Quality Plants & Hanging Floral Baskets!
Choose from hundreds of varieties of perennials & annuals, from thousands of hanging baskets.
1828 Sandhill Rd. Oregon, WI 53575 608-835-7569

Now open in Stoughton! Visit our sales house located in the Main Street Plaza parking lot.
Koupons & sale prices honored at both locations Gift Certificates available at both locations
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PROFESSIONAL SOIL MIXES
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Regular Priced at $7.99 and up. Choose from

Sungro Mix, Black Gold or Miracle Gro.
Limit 2 per Koupon. Limit 1 koupon per kustomer per day.
Valid April 29- May 4, 2015.
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KOPKES KOUPON
SAVE UP TO $3.00
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PERENNIALS
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HOURS:
FISH HATCHER Y RD.
Directions from Stoughton:

Take 138 toward Oregon. Go past Eugsters
Farm Market, one mile and turn right on
Sunrise Rd. Go one more mile then turn left
on Town Line Rd. Continue on to Sand Hill Rd.
(approximately one mile) and turn right.
Directions from Fitchburg:
Take Fish Hatchery Road south to Netherwood
Road. Turn left and go through Oregon past
Walgreens to a left on Sand Hill Road.
Directions from Verona:
Take Cty. M to Fish Hatchery Rd. Turn
right and go to Netherwood Road. Turn left
at Netherwood Rd. through Oregon past
Walgreens to a left on Sand Hill Rd.
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CTY. M
Monday-Friday
9:00 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
Saturday
9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Sunday
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Support local agriculture! Shop outside the box store.

Recycle your pots & containers at our farm location.
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Visit the Stoughton Area Farmers Market

Friday mornings in front of Dollar General.

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