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Thursday, December 24, 2015 Vol. 51, No. 31 Verona, WI Hometown USA ConnectVerona.com $1
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Minimal changes in
2016-17 calendar proposal
Board members
question long-term
goals of committee
Scott Girard
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Day.
This years calendar
committee, which met
earlier this fall, requested
those three options specifically as a charge from the
board for a future committee.
The committee, along
with its draft of the 201617 calendar that includes
a day for parent-teacher
meetings before school
begins again, asked the
school board to establish a
new calendar committee in
early 2016 to plan for bigger changes in 2017-18.
Board members Amy
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Saturday: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
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Ruqaiyah Abdul (center) and Gayla Bullock, 8, of Verona, accept a bag of gifts to take home.
But the need has ramped up considerably, and, in turn, so has the response. This
year, gifts and financial support provided
by VASD schools, as well as area churches,
banks, the Verona Police Department and
as a Christian.
He added that it was not
the first time Ive run into
this at the high school,
mentioning an atheist website lesson that he said principal Pam Hammen apologized to him for.
I want to see some
change, a lot of change,
he said. I dont want to
see any anti-Christian
books because this is
against my God.
Construction manager
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in the seat.
Grandau was on the
board beginning in 2006,
but was defeated by challenger John McCulley and
incumbent Renee Zook in
a three-way race for two
open seats in 2012.
McCulley left the board
earlier this year to move
with his family to South
Carolina.
Behnke and board member Amy Almond, whose
Fitchburg seat is up for
election, have until Dec.
28 to file a declaration of
non-candidacy.
Scott Girard
Retirements continue
The district will lose
another 44.5 years of service, with two retirements
approved Monday for the
end of the year.
Mary Ann Ford, a psychologist and special education coordinator with 26
years of service, and Debra
Ballweg, a Verona Area
High School social studies
teacher, were both approved
for early retirement.
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Almond and Joanne Gauthier, who were on the committee, questioned those ideas.
We started with the committee with the idea of doing
whats best for students and
their learning, Almond said.
We deviated to, Well this
works best for my family.
I dont think our committee
has enough diversity to say
thats best for all families.
Gauthier added that any
major decision needs to
include a survey to the more
general district population.
There was a tendency to
say, I dont want that and
these are my reasons why,
she said.
Board member Ken Behnke and president Dennis
Beres also questioned the
wisdom of having school on
MLK Day.
Beres said he was in
favor of having an earlier discussion on calendar
changes, rather than the
committees that have convened in mid-fall the past
two years, especially if that
offers more opportunity for
feedback from a wider range
of district residents.
The 2016-17 changes are
mostly for teachers, with the
draft shifting a staff development day from just before
the beginning of the school
year to February for further
development. Superintendent
Dean Gorrell told the board,
though, that administrators
were concerned that would
not leave enough time for
everything to be covered at
the beginning of the year.
Theres some level of
nervousness in reducing the
number of days at the beginning of the school year from
three to two, Gorrell said.
He said the day that will be
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emails, especially if the email
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types of attempts originate outside of the United States, you
may be able to identify them by
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thinking it is legitimate just
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that we do for clients: Pick up
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The prevalence of mobile
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opened a new potential opportunity for cyber predators. Make
sure that you keep your mobile
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that you have up to date by taking care of any updates when
they come out.
Most systems will make it
easy by notifying you when a
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security issues, so make sure
that you do them.
For the first time, more people shopped online this Black
Friday than did in stores. Shopping online can be very convenient and more and more people
are doing it, but make sure that
you use safe practices.
Confirm that your browser is
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Try to only shop on reputable
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the past
Verona Area High School
students in Andrew
Larsons class got to
look into the past for a
recent project. The group
researched aspects of life
in the 1920s and 1930s,
including flapper dresses,
the Charleston, minority
and womens suffrage and
sports.
Students incorporated
both cardboard displays
and information on iPads
into the eventual museum
they created.
At left, Freshman Lindsey
Hollar was interested in
fashion from the 1920s.
At right, Freshman Emma
Ness took an interest
in fashion, borrowing a
friends vintage coat and
teaching the Charleston
dance.
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Coming up
Churches
Paint night
Unleash your creativity at paint night
from 6-8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 28 at the
library. Receive step-by-step painting
instructions from Tannis Woodman,
owner of Art-vark Studios Paint and
Sip. Students will create and take home
the painting Frosty Blue. Registration
is required for this free program, and is
limited to 30 participants. To register,
or for information, visit veronapubliclibrary.org or call 845-7180.
Blood drive
The American Red Cross will hold
a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Community calendar
Thursday, December 24
Friday, December 25
Monday, December 28
Tuesday, December 29
Wednesday, December 30
Thursday, December 31
Friday, January 1
Tuesday, January 5
Wednesday, January 6
Thursday, January 7
Friday, January 8
Saturday, January 9
Monday, January 11
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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
SPRINGDALE LUTHERAN
CHURCH-ELCA
2752 Town Hall Rd. (off Hwy ID),
Mount Horeb
(608) 437-3493
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Pastor Jeff Jacobs
Sunday: 8:45 a.m. with communion
SUGAR RIVER
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
415 W. Verona Ave., Verona
(608) 845-5855
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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
Whats on VHAT-98
Thursday, Dec. 24
7 a.m. Incontinence Talk
at Senior Center
8 a.m.Zumba Gold
9 a.m. Daily Exercise
10 a.m. 3 Rs at Senior
Center
3 p.m. Daily Exercise
4 p.m. Tony Rocker at
Senior Center
5 p.m. Bill Burns at
Senior Center
6 p.m. Salem Church
Service
7 p.m. Senior Center Redo
8 p.m. Daily Exercise
9 p.m. Veterans Day
2015 at Senior Center
10
p.m.
Ellis
Manufacturing at Historical
Society
Friday, Dec. 25
7 a.m. Tony Rocker at
Senior Center
1:30 p.m. Veterans Day
2015 at Senior Center
3 p.m. Sing-along with
Leon at Senior Center
4 p.m. Bill Burns at
Senior Center
5 p.m. 2014 Wildcats
Football
8:30 p.m. Sing-along with
Leon at Senior Center
10 p.m. Incontinence Talk
at Senior Center
11 p.m. 3 Rs at Senior
Center
Saturday, Dec. 26
8 a.m. Common Council
from Dec. 14
11 a.m. Sing-along with
Leon at Senior Center
Ellis
Manufacturing at Historical
Society
6 p.m. Common Council
from Dec. 14
9 p.m. Sing-along with
Leon at Senior Center
10 p.m. Ellis Manufacturing
at Historical Society
11 p.m. 3 Rs at Senior
Center
Sunday, Dec. 27
7 a.m. Hindu Cultural Hour
9 a.m. Resurrection
Church
10 a.m. Salem Church
Service
Noon Common Council
from Dec. 14
3 p.m. Sing-along with
Leon at Senior Center
4:30
p.m.
Ellis
Manufacturing at Historical
Society
6 p.m. Common Council
from Dec. 14
9 p.m. Sing-along with
Leon at Senior Center
10
p.m.
Ellis
Manufacturing at Historical
Society
11 p.m. 3 Rs at Senior
Center
Monday, Dec. 28
7 a.m. Tony Rocker at
Senior Center
1:30 p.m. Veterans Day
2015 at Senior Center
3 p.m. Sing-along with
Leon at Senior Center
4 p.m. Bill Burns at
Senior Center
5 p.m. 2014 Wildcats
Football
9 p.m. Hindu Cultural
Hour
10 p.m. Incontinence
Talk at Senior Center
11 p.m. 3 Rs at Senior
Center
Tuesday, Dec. 29
7 a.m. Incontinence Talk
at Senior Center
9 a.m. Daily Exercise
10 a.m. 3 Rs at Senior
Center
2 p.m.Zumba Gold
3 p.m. Daily Exercise
4 p.m. Tony Rocker at
Senior Center
5 p.m. Bill Burns at
Senior Center
6 p.m. Resurrection
Church
8 p.m. Senior Center Redo
9 p.m. Veterans Day 2015
at Senior Center
10 p.m. Ellis Manufacturing
at Historical Society
11 p.m. Pickers Christmas
at Senior Center
Wednesday, Dec. 30
7 a.m. Tony Rocker at
Senior Center
1:30 p.m. Veterans Day
2015 at Senior Center
3 p.m. Sing-along with
Leon at Senior Center
5 p.m. Common Council
from 121415
7 p.m. Capital City Band
8 p.m. Sing-along with
Leon at Senior Center
10 p.m. Incontinence Talk
at Senior Center
11 p.m. 3 Rs at Senior
Center
Thursday, Dec. 31
7 a.m. Incontinence Talk
at Senior Center
8 a.m.Zumba Gold
9 a.m. Daily Exercise
10 a.m. 3 Rs at Senior
Center
3 p.m. Daily Exercise
4 p.m. Tony Rocker at
Senior Center
5 p.m. Bill Burns at
Senior Center
6 p.m. Salem Church
Service
7 p.m. Senior Center Redo
8 p.m. Daily Exercise
9 p.m. Veterans Day
2015 at Senior Center
10
p.m.
Ellis
Manufacturing at Historical
Society
11 p.m. Pickers Christmas
at Senior Center
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.
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A coding community
Verona Area School District schools, including Glacier Edge
Elementary School, celebrated the Hour of Code the week of Dec.
7. Events also included a Community Hour of Code event Thursday,
Dec. 10, at Stoner Prairie Elementary School. The event gave families
a chance to try out different tools the students use to learn coding
with from the schools design lab, run by Karie Huttner. I saw the
impact that coding has had when it is just an hour but what would
happen if we had parents and children learn together? Huttner wrote
on the website for the event. The night included stations with the
different technology tools, including Minecraft coding, storytelling
creation and Ozobots, which follow color codes created with markers
on paper. It was National Hour of Code week Dec. 7-11, and schools
around the Verona Area School District celebrated with events. For
information on the Hour of Code, visit code.org.
Above, Henry Zimmer and his mom Holly, left, look on at their Dash
and Dot robot while setting up a course for it on an iPad.
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Hidden gem
Beer-centric
Hop Haus will offer four or five
of its own staple beers year-round,
a few others that rotate by season,
along with a couple of guest taps
from other breweries. Phil also
makes specialty beers that tend to
go quickly.
His pumpkin-spiced Oktoberfest
beer, Patch, was gone in a week,
and his English-style ale, Old Teabagger, was released on a Saturday
and finished by Monday.
Patrons can view the activity
around the brew tanks and fermenters from seats facing windows
into the brewery especially on
Wednesdays when two batches are
made.
You could put a brewery in a
warehouse and just make a bunch
of beer and nobody would ever
see it and you could buy it off the
shelves, Phil said. But our whole
kind of idea is that we wanted to
have a place that people could
come and get together, have some
beers and make it welcoming.
A native of Germany, Phil
moved to the United States when
he was 4 too young to have a
taste of Deutsches bier even by
Wisconsin standards. With many
relatives still living there, however,
Hop Haus Brewing Company customers can order beer on tap, such as the Magic
Dragon double IPA, left, or Plaid Panther scotch ale, right, or carry out a growler of
their choice, center. Growlers come in 32- and 64-ounce sizes. Many features in the
bar area are made from reclaimed materials. Shown on the wall in the background is
The Vault, listing names of patrons who bought a friend a beer for next time.
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What sets Hop Haus apart from
other establishments is its somewhat
backseat take on food. Rather than
having a full kitchen and staffing
cooks, Hop Haus has been building relationships with local restaurants and food trucks to bring meals
straight to its door with a rotating
schedule a concept patrons are still
getting familiar with.
We always welcome feedback or
suggestions, Phil said.
This eclectic mix of food options
is a bit of a recurring theme for that
location, which used to house Cousins Subs, Chocolate Shoppe Ice
Cream and Figaros Pizza until they
closed in May 2014.
Now that winter has (sort of)
arrived and the food trucks have left
the parking lot for the season, Verona
restaurants AJs Pizzeria and Jordandal Cookhouse have been delivering
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The Verona Area
Chamber of Commerce
is holding a photo contest
for local photographers
to have their photo displayed on the cover of the
annual directory.
The directory goes out
to every Verona household, area tourist centers
and chambers and all visitors to the chamber.
If you have a photo you
think is worthy, send it to
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the subject line Photo
Contest.
All photos must be at
least 300 dpi or more and
standard photo print size.
The entry deadline is
Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016.
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the fourth week of each
month, highlighting local
business topics, anniversaries and news bits.
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Boys hockey
Boys hockey
Wildcats
win four
straight
Jeremy Jones
Sports editor
Verona 6, Janesville 1
Junior forward Jake
Keyes scored two goals
for the Wildcats Thursday
inside the Verona Ice Arena as the Wildcats rolled
6-1 over Big Eight Conference rival Janesville.
Graham Sticha, Zach
Ritter and Jack Anderson
all added a goal and assist,
while Zach Lanz scored a
goal.
Verona senior Nathan
Cleghorn and Jack Borstedt each had 27 saves.
Cleghorn faced 28 shots
on goal while Borstedt saw
33.
Verona 6, Waunakee 2
Girls hockey
Verona 11,
Beloit Memorial 2
Photo by Ed Fink
Junior Nathaniel Buss drives to the basket Saturday in a Big Eight Conference game at Madison East. Buss finished with 20 points in a 92-74 loss.
Anthony Iozzo
Assistant sports editor
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Sports editor
Metro Lynx sophomore forward Jenna Jurrens (21) of Verona battles Icebergs forward Hannah Smith
along the board for control of the puck Friday inside Madison Ice Arena. The Metro Lynx won the
Badger Conference game 10-0.
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Gymnastics
Wrestling
Daniels highlights
Mt. Horeb invite
Anthony Iozzo
Assistant sports editor
Sophomore Lauren Samz tied for first place on the vault with an 8.75 and won the floor exercise with an 8.85 to capture the all-around
varsity title Thursday against Madison West with 33.825 points. Verona/Madison Edgewood lost the Big Eight Conference dual meet
130.475-127.825.
Sophomore Verona/
Madison Edgewood gymnasts Lauren Samz won two
events and took the varsity
all-around competition with
a combined score of 33.825
on Thursday in a loss against
Madison West.
Samz tied Madison West
senior Louisa Forrest for
first on vault with an 8.75
and then bested teammate
Mandy Michuda with an
8.85 on the floor. Samz finished second on the balance
beam with an 8.625.
I was very impressed
with Laurens performance,
V/ME head coach Rachael
Hauser said. Even coming
from upper-level club, high
school gymnastics can be
quite a change as we have a
more complicated rules and
bonus system than the JO or
Xcel programs.
V/ME lost the Big Eight
Conference dual 130.475127.825.
Overall, I think we did
well for our first competition of the year, V/ME
head coach Rachael Hauser
said. We are working with
a practice-time deficit this
year, so considering that
we have had less time in
the gym compared to previous years, I cant complain
Girls basketball
Sophomores Aireyanna
Connor and Erin Howard
led Madison East with
21 and 20 points, respectively.
Verona hosts non-conference Monroe at 7:30
p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 29,
to finish out the month
and travels to Madison
La Follette at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 2, for a Big
Eight Conference game.
Verona/Madison Edgewood senior Mandy Michuda competes on the floor exercise Thursday against
Madison West. Michuda finished second with an 8.45.
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Boys swimming
Verrona Area/Mount Horeb swimmer Brian Touchett swims the 100-yard butterfly Friday against Middleton. Touchett finished fourth in 1
minute, 16.82 seconds. VA/MH lost the Big Eight Conference dual meet 95-75.
points, respectively.
Besides Moschkau,
Edgewood also had offensive contributions by
junior Katie Meriggioli
with 16 points and sophomore Caitlin Link with 12
points.
The loss dropped Verona to 7-2 overall (6-1 Big
Eight Conference), while
Edgewood moved to 6-1
(2-1 Badger South).
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tests known as the Nations
Report Card, reaffirmed Wisconsins poor record of educating black children: The
state had the worst achievement gap between black and
white students in fourth- and
eighth-grade reading and
math. This is the second time
in a row Wisconsin has been
ranked the worst among the
states assessed.
Wisconsin also has the
biggest disparity in graduation rates between black and
white students, according to
preliminary data from the
U.S. Department of Education. The rate for black
students in Wisconsin held
steady in 2013-14 at 66 percent, while the graduation
rate for white students rose a
half-point from just over 92
percent to just under 93 percent. Verona, though, somewhat bucks that trend, with
83 percent of black students
graduating in four years and
96 percent of white students,
according to DPI data.
The causes of the statewide gap are complex and
extend beyond the four walls
of a classroom, often preceding students first steps
through the schoolhouse
doors, researchers say. Factors include poverty and
unemployment, historic
discrimination, segregated
schools and neighborhoods,
racial bias and low expectations that damage students
motivation.
Fatoumata Ceesay, a freshman at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison who
attended Madison East High
School, attributes her academic success to two college readiness programs, one
through school and another
that offers after-school and
summer programming.
Ceesay, a student of color,
said in her experience, students of color were not challenged in school and operated under low academic
expectations.
Usually students of color
are dissuaded from trying so
hard and that really, if youre
not encouraging someone,
youre going to give up eventually, which is what happens, said Ceesay, an aspiring photojournalist planning
to major in journalism and
political science.
VASD administrators recognized a similar problem
at Verona Area High School
during the 2013-14 school
year. The school board eventually approved changes to
the schools pre-requisite
requirements for entrance to
Disparity sparks
public debate
Wisconsins achievement
gap is on the publics radar.
Evers formed a statewide
task force of educators and
others to highlight schools
that are closing the achievement gap. And Assembly
Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, has created a task force
on urban education.
Evers Promoting Excellence for All task force identified 39 promising strategies
in schools across the state to
raise the achievement of lowperforming students.
Gloria Ladson-Billings, a
professor in UW-Madisons
School of Education, said at
a panel Nov. 5 sponsored by
Madisons Simpson Street
Free Press that calling it a
nagging achievement gap
does not do it justice.
Were in crisis, LadsonBillings said. It is not nagging, it is persistent, it is
structural. Were at a point
where we cannot go failing
another generation of people.
Carl said the fact that
there are so few programs
in Wisconsin backed up by
sufficient research is pretty
indicative of the problem.
For their part, students
themselves are working to
change the culture in Verona.
A group of students who
are part of the Minority Student Achievement Network
recently hosted the organizations national conference
planning speakers, events
and collaboration time to
hear from students around
the country experiencing the
effects of the achievement
gap.
The group shared a threepart action plan with the
school board in November
that came out of the conference to improve the atmosphere for minorities in
VASD: restructure behavioral
management; create and support more cultural awareness
in Verona; and reduce the
achievement gap by ensuring
students know about all of
the educational opportunities
available to them.
We found that the root
issue is theres a lack of
equity and inclusion for all
students, Solomon Roller, a
VAHS junior, said. Whether its their lack of engagement, or positive reinforcement or the opportunities
given to them.
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Police reports
All reports taken from the
8:15 p.m. A black acousVerona Police Department log tic guitar was reported stolen
books.
from a bar on the 100 block
of West Railroad Street. The
Oct. 15
victim described the suspect1:13 a.m. Police stopped a ed thieves as two shorter
38-year-old Madison woman males, one in his 50s and the
walking along County Hwy. other in his 30s.
M. After discovering that the
woman had a warrant from Oct. 22
the Dane County Sheriffs
2:17 p.m. A mother on
Office, she was arrested and the 400 block of Rita Avenue
searched. A search of her bag reported her daughter was
yielded suspected drug para- being blackmailed with picphernalia, THC and THC oil.
tures the daughter had sent
of herself in her underwear to
Oct. 16
another person. That person
8:31 a.m. Police were con- threatened to post the pictacted by the Verona Area tures on Instagram.
High School about a fight that
occurred on the late bus the Oct. 23
day prior. Based on a follow2:34 p.m. Three students
up with students and witness- at Verona Area High School
es, citations were issued.
received warnings and citations after an anonymous
Oct. 18
tipster said the three had
1:44 a.m. Police pulled purchased marijuana over the
over a 31-year-old Evans- lunch period. Marijuana and
ville woman at the intersec- paraphernalia were found.
tion of North Main Street and
Ineichen Drive for speeding. Oct. 24
Upon being stopped, police
12:25 a.m. Police assisted
submitted her to a breath test the fire department at a busiand found her to have a BAC ness on the 400 block of
of .16. Drug paraphernalia and South Main Street where a
a suspected marijuana sub- gas line had caught fire. No
stance were also found in the evidence of criminal activity
car. The woman was cited for was found, and an evacuation
her first OWI and possession of the area was determined to
of marijuana and parapherna- be unnecessary.
lia. She was later released to a
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