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Verona Area School District
City of Verona
930
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people
years
and...
Rash of retirements leads to loss of institutional knowledge

Inside
Verona Area School District

administrators knew it was coming.
With changes to retirement benefits two years ago that allowed longterm VASD teachers to get the best
deal only through the end of this
year, the 930 years of staff leaving
the district was not a surprise.
That did not make it any easier,
though, said superintendent Dean
Gorrell.
That institutional knowledge and
history you cant replace, Gorrell
said. Its a bittersweet thing. Im
happy for them on a personal level
(but) bummed about that for us.
In fact, it could have been worse,
he added, as there were nearly twice
as many teachers eligible to retire
with the best set of benefits that chose
to remain in the district, anyway.
The staff who did retire (including
support staff) cover nearly every topic area throughout the district, from
three high school gym teachers to
three multi-age teachers in the Partners Actively Learning program at
Stoner Prairie Elementary School.
Read profiles of some

retirees
Pages 16-18
Five of the retirees have been in the
district for more than 30 years.
The Verona Press sent questionnaires to each of the teaching staff
retirees, and though not all were
returned, they illustrated the range
of backgrounds and reasons both for
retiring and having gotten into education in the first place.
In graduate school I had the
opportunity to work with students
at a local school and realized that I
wanted to go into the educational
branch of speech/language pathology, wrote Deb Crews, who has
worked in VASD for 28 years.
Others said they knew theyd be
teachers early on.
I think this has always been
an area of interest for me, said
Mona Kirsop, the special education
coordinator at Verona Area High

School who has been in the district
for 33 years. In high school, I had
the opportunity to work with the
Special Education Early Childhood
Program and that had a huge impact
on my career choice.
The longest-tenured retiree, Greg
Verhelst, also has served a key role
as the negotiator for the Verona Area
Education Association, the union
that represents the districts teaching
staff. Gorrell said Verhelst helped
he and human resources director
Jason Olson understand many things
throughout his time in that role, since
he went back further than either of
them.
Gorrell lamented the loss of the
long-term employees, but also said
the sheer number of employees who
remained in the district for as long
as this group had was something the
district could be proud of.
You see the number of people
that have committed their lives here,
its very gratifying, he said.
Contact Scott Girard at
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him on Twitter @sgirard9.
Verona Press editor
If there were any question

about Veronas post-recession economy, this months
Plan Commission agenda
should clear it up.
Mondays meeting features nine separate projects representing around
160,000 square feet of
new commercial construction and two subdivisions
with more than 200 new
homes. Altogether, the
plans presented feature seven new businesses and nine
Unified Newspaper Group
Well before President

Barack Obamas administration told school districts
they should allow students
to use the bathroom of the
gender they identify with,
the Verona Area School
District was working
toward a solution of its

own.
VASD began the process
of formulating a policy
months ago, when it created a Transgender Policy
Ad Hoc committee. Even
before the federal government threatened school
districts funding if they
did not follow the advised
The
Verona Press
policy, as it did in May,

the district had scheduled
a meeting between board
members and a legal expert
on the hazards of the transgender policy discussion.
Whatever you do or
dont do, you have legal
exposure, superintendent
Turn to Policy/Page 20
Turn to Plan/Page 15
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ometown
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Lawyer to discuss transgender policy

SCOTT GIRARD
separate public hearings.

And thats not
even including the
700,000-square-foot addition to Epics Campus 5
parking garage, which,
based on previous estimates, should cost somewhere around $50 million.
T h e m o s t c o n t r ove rsial item is likely to be
the return of the VeloCity
project, an apartment/commercial combination at the
corner of Paoli Street and
South Nine Mound Road
that was first approved in
2013. Subsequent versions
of the plan have not gone
over well with neighbors.
Thats one of several
items that are returning
for revisions or additions
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VeloCity, new
businesses,
expansions
JIM FEROLIE
It could have been worse
SCOTT GIRARD
Commercial,
residential projects
pack agenda
June 2, 2016
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Memorial Day observances

The American Legion
Mason Lindsay Post 385
presented a Memorial Day
program at Verona Area
High School on Monday,
May 30, followed by a ceremony at the cemetery by
the Howard S. Schmid VFW
Post 8653.
Mary Lloyd, American
Legion 3rd District Commander, gave the Memorial
Address.
The numbers of our fallen
heroes are not just statistics,
she said. They are real people, with real families, who
lived in real communities.
The program also featured
the presentation of colors, led
by Megan Stern on bagpipes,
songs led by Renata Henry
and prayers led by Jim Kinney. The Legion Auxiliary
lit candles, read the poem

In Flanders Fields and
placed poppies in a basket to
remember those lost in war.
Lloyd said programs and
ceremonies like the one in
Verona help keep the memory of veterans alive.
We must never forget
what these heroes have done
and what their loved ones
have lost, she said.
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Town of Verona
Residents ask detailed questions on boundary deal
Town of Verona residents

had a good discussion about
the proposed boundary deal
between the town and the city in
City of Verona
Epic gets $290K

to extend utilities
City borrows
$9.8 million,
takes streets bid
JIM FEROLIE
Verona Press editor
Whenever theres a conversation about Epic at

Verona City Center, you can
bet it includes some version
of the phrase, its a fluid
situation.
So when Epic was designing the part of the $12 million Nine Mound Road
expansion it was paying for
without any city help, it was
no surprise something came
up at the last minute. And in
this case, it required a quick
response from the Common
Council whether to fork
over $290,000 to extend
water, sewer and storm sewer utilities all the way to the
relocated County Hwy. PD
intersection.
The council agreed after
a brief closed session Monday, May 23, that the investment was worth the money,
voting unanimously to offer
the healthcare software
company an incentive to
have its contractors proceed
with the unexpected work
within a very limited time
window, as the staff report
to the council put it.
The main benefit of the
quickly executed agreement
is that it will save the city
money in the long run. The
extension provides services
to the North Neighborhood,
which is expected to develop over the next five or 10
years, and prevents having
to tear up the road in the
future.
The agreement also states
that taxpayers will benefit
from the beautification of
the area from the berms
and trees to be installed by
Epic.
City borrowing
At the same meeting, city
officially put out bids for
$9.8 million in bonds for a
variety of community projects planned for this year.
The biggest are mostly roads: $1.8 million for
downtown roads, $1.3 million for the citys portion of
the County Hwys. M and
PD intersection, $800,000
for mill and overlay of older streets and $400,000
for traffic signals at three
Main Street intersections
(Paoli Street, Whalen Road
and Llanos Street). It also
includes $1.6 million for
the citys portion of the
Wingra quarry that will be
turned into a dump site,
$1.4 million for downtown
streetscape improvements,
$600,000 for the pedestrian bike trail study and construction, and several smaller projects.
Downtown streets
The city also approved a
much lower than expected
bid for the downtown streets
construction $1.2 million
for Church Street, Park Lane
and South Shuman Street.
With five bidders, most of
them beat the city engineers
estimate of $1.5 million
and the city saved nearly
$300,000 going with JI Construction of Livingston.
Hochkammer back
Mayor Jon Hochkammer
once again has been voted
president of the Dane County Cities and Villages Association.
Former city administrator
Bill Burns, now the finance
director in Middleton, was
named treasurer. Each has
held those roles for several
years.
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VERONA AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
CITIZEN BUDGET INPUT SESSION

A Citizen Budget Input Session for the
2016-17 Verona Area School District budget
will be held on June 8th, 2016. The meeting
will begin at 5:30 pm in the Board Room of
the District Administration Building, 700 N.
Main Street, Verona.
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really paying attention.
Arnold said she would meet
with City of Verona planner Adam
Sayre to talk about the answers
ahead of a planned June 20 public
hearing at the Verona Fire Station
on the deal.
The deal would specify places
where the City of Verona will use
its extraterritorial jurisdiction to
develop and those that it will not,
giving the town a chance to better
promote development in certain
parcels.
Arnold said she welcomes
more questions between now and
the public hearing so they can be
answered in a staff report.
I welcome the feedback and
input because certainly we cant

think of every scenario and every
question, she said. It doesnt
help to just say, I like it or I
dont like it. Youve got to get
down to whats working and
whats not working.
Find the draft agreement and
maps at town.verona.wi.us/landuse.
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Pizza Ranch to
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SCOTT GIRARD
Pizza Ranch
The newest restaurant

in the East Verona Avenue corridor will open on
Monday.
Pizza Ranch, which has
been under construction
between the Consolidated
Foods Service building
and Taco Bell since last
fall, will open its doors at
11a.m.
Owner Bill Walther told
the Press that hes heard
from many people how
quickly it seems like construction has gone, though
he didnt quite feel the
same.
People have been
watching our project,
he said. To us it certainly feels like a long time
coming.
The restaurant gained
approval last year after
repeated discussions at
the citys Plan Commission about the buildings
design.
Walther, who lives in
Wa u n a ke e , s a i d h e i s
excited to move forward
on establishing ourselves
i n Ve r o n a , i n c l u d i n g
working with local groups
to give back to the community. Thats something
he said is a priority for
Pizza Ranch worldwide
and why he got involved
with the business.
Likely partnerships
include working with students from Verona Area
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Pizza Ranch is a buffet-style restaurant with
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The restaurant is Walthers first.
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a question-and-answer session
Thursday, May 26.
Town administrator/planner
Amanda Arnold said Friday the
11 residents who signed in for
the session raised no major concerns, but asked really detailed
questions.
Those questions covered utility
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lan Rickman. David

Bowie. Patty Duke.
Glenn Frey.
And then, Prince, the latest
celebrity to remind us that every
life has an
expiration date
unless, of
course, you are
a character on
the HBO series
Game of
Thrones, but
that is another
story for anothCurtis
er column.
While the
list of high-profile deaths in
2016 is unusually long for so
early in the year, I find myself
far more affected by the death of
someone of whom you have never heard. Oddly enough, I had
not seen her in over 30 years.
Her name was Maryann, and
while the shocking thing about
Princes death, at least to me, is
he would have been barely old
enough to have served as my
babysitter back in the day, Maryann actually was my babysitter
from time to time.
My mother and Maryann met
during the CB radio craze of the
1970s and became fast friends,
and for a time during my teen
years Maryann and her husband
Paul were about as close a set of
family friends as anyone could
have.
A childless couple, Maryann
and Paul shared my familys
table at Thanksgiving for the
better part of a decade, Maryann
often coming to our house to
cook while my mother worked a
holiday shift at the local nursing
home. On more than one occasion Maryann and Paul hosted
me and my siblings at their
house while my parents enjoyed
a weekend getaway.
At a time when I was required
to wear a suit and tie to walk in
my eighth-grade graduation, it
was Maryann who borrowed a
suit for me to wear from one of
her brothers, saving my parents
the expense of purchasing a suit
they could not afford.
Sometime after I graduated
from high school, in the early
1980s, Maryann and Paul decided to leave my hometown in
New Hampshire for a new life in
Florida. I dont know why.
More often than not, distance
was the death knell of a relationship in the 1980s. There were no
cell phones with unlimited minutes. E-mail for the masses was
more than a decade away. Social
media of any type would have
sounded like science fiction.
The available forms of communication were long-distance
phone calls, which were prohibitively expensive, and writing
letters, which took time, effort
and an available stamp.
What typically happened was
a friend or relative would move
away, you would vigorously stay
in contact for between a few
weeks and six months, and then
the contact would slowly dwindle until you lost touch. That is
what happened with my mother
and Maryann. In the recent past
their total correspondence was
a yearly exchange of Christmas
cards.
Maryann was a distant memory to me until about 18 months
ago, when out of the blue, she
reconnected with me through
Facebook. Even as Facebook
friends we did not really correspond, but from time to time I
would learn tidbits about her and
her about me through our infrequent social media posts.
It was through Facebook I
learned she was battling lung
cancer and that she passed away
last week.
Without Facebook, I doubt I
would have known she was sick,
and she may well have been

dead for years before I learned
her fate, if ever.
And that is my point. I wonder
if younger people today realize
how lucky they are to grow up at
a time when communication is
so readily available in so many
forms.
When my wife and I were dating, we could not text each other
hundreds of times each day like
my son and his fiance do now.
For most of my life, I could not
develop photos in less than a
day, and now you can share them
with hundreds of people in a
matter of seconds from a phone.
Keeping track of your high
school friends after graduation is
as easy as clicking send with
your mouse.
There are many criticisms of
life in this high-tech, instant-access age, and several of them
are legitimate. For all the selfie
fails, texting while driving, and
not-so-subtle exhibitionism,
there is also good that has come
from it.
When my kids were away at
college, I was able to keep in
touch far more easily (and much
less expensively) than my mother ever could with me. Through
social media, I am up to date
with friends and cousins who
live a thousand miles away, and
a few in other countries.
And I know of the passing of
Maryann.
A song once asked, Dont it
always seem to go that you dont
know what youve got til its
gone?
I would note, less poetically,
it may be easier to appreciate
the things that you have if you
remember a time when they did
not exist.
Karl Curtis is a Verona resident and a former editor of the
Verona Press.
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Fundraising events, grants keep watershed group active

Keens win stream monitoring award
Its a busy season for volunteers working

to protect and to improve the quality of the
Sugar River.
The Upper Sugar River Watershed Association recently received a nearly $10,000
grant to partner with seven local farmers in
the watershed, as part of the states first Producer Led Watershed Protection program.
USRWA executive director Wade Moder
told the Press his organization recruited the
farmers with a goal of reducing phosphorous
and other agricultural runoff in the watershed.
Another expectation is to fill a need for
farmers in the area, because theres no organization in the area that can talk about current practices, Moder explained. This is a
farmer-led coalition, for and by farmers. This
group is meant for farmers that are interested
in making the water a better resource.
Meanwhile, USRWA has also planned
some fun for outdoors enthusiasts while conducting its biggest fundraiser of the year.
The group has organized its second annual Robs Sugar River Ramble, which takes
place 7:30a.m. to 2p.m. Sunday, June 5, in
honor of the late Rob Lucas, an outdoors recreation advocate who died unexpectedly two
years ago.
The registration deadline for the ramble
has passed. Moder said he had to cap the
number of participants this year at 225, up
from 163 last year. The ramble includes a
bike ride, followed by a 4.6-mile paddle on
the Sugar River.
Our goal with this event was to showcase
both the land and the water resources in the
watershed, Moder said.
The ride begins at Grundahl Park in Mount
Horeb and offers cyclists two routes. The
shorter and easier version follows the Military Ridge trail about 15 miles to Valley
Road south of Verona, where the road crosses
the river.
A hillier route is nearly 20 miles long and
gives a great sense of the rolling landscape,
Moder said. It winds through the watershed
along the West Branch of the Sugar River.
Everybody will end up where the Sugar
River connects with Valley Road south of
In April, Upper Sugar River Watershed volunteers Bill and Lisa Keen were awarded the 2016
Wisconsin Stream Monitoring Award in the Adult Volunteer category.
The Keens have been part of the Water Action Volunteers program since 2007 when they began
monitoring three sites in the Upper Sugar River Watershed, including Badger Mill Creek, which
flows through their backyard. Last year they began total phosphorus monitoring at their sites
and uncovered extremely high levels in Badger Mill Creek, which they shared with the surrounding municipalities along with Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District.
Bill Keen is also a member of Town of Veronas Natural and Recreational Areas Committee,
which effectively gives their monitoring results another voice.
Lisa Keen has served in every officer position on the USRWA Board of Directors since 2001.
The Keens river stewardship efforts also include helping to organize river cleanup days and
invasive species removal events, raising beetles for purple loosestrife control, storing the associations canoes and kayaks in their backyard and creating an endowment fund for USRWA in
honor of Bills late mother, Elinor.
Photo submitted
Bill and Lisa Keen were awarded the 2016 Wisconsin Stream Monitoring Award in the adult
volunteer category in April.
Verona, Moder said. Then well do about

a 4.5-mile paddle, and theyll finish at the
Bruce Company. From there, well have buses to take people back to Grundahl Park in
Mount Horeb.
USRWA and its grant

USRWA was established in 2000 in an
effort to improve the quality of the river. It
has worked with landowners along the Sugar
River to control runoff and keep cattle out of
the water.
The group began as environmental conservationists and activists, but over the years
has reached out to landowners along the
river, many of whom are

dairy farmers.
The association evolved
into a partnership of farmers
and other environmentalists.
Moder said without the
help and expertise of local
farmers, Theres no way
we would have gotten the
grant from the Department
of Agriculture, Trade, and
Consumer Protection to kick
start the farmer-led coalition
in the Upper Sugar River
Watershed.
The overarching goal of
the group is to bring together like-minded farmers,
strengthening their coalition
of water quality improvement efforts, USRWA said
on its website. As a newly
formed producer-led group,
they will be using some of
their grant funding to develop a mission statement,
goals and work plan for their
watershed.
Contact Bill Livick at bill.
livick@wcinet.com
Rhapsody Arts Spring Fling is Sunday
KATE NEWTON
Help raise money for local

arts rock star-style at the
Rhapsody Arts Centers 10th
annual Spring Flight Party for
the Arts: Rock Star Edition.
The fundraising event, set
for 4-6p.m. Sunday at Grays
Tied House, 950 Kimball
Lane, will feature live music
performances by student
soloists and small groups.
The soloists and groups will
perform in collaboration with
a back-up band, featuring
Jim Ripp on bass guitar, Phil
Smithburg on piano, Dave
Peterson on drums, Ron
Vogel on guitar and Michelle
Grabel-Komar on vocals. The
Rhapsody Arts Centers Faculty School of Rock Band
will also perform.
The event will also include
rock star costume contests
where participants can impersonate a specific artist or wear
If You Go
What: 10th Annual Spring
Fling Party for the Art:
Rock Star Edition
When: 4-6p.m. Sunday,
June 5
Where:
Grays
Tied
House, 950 Kimball Lane
Info: rhapsodyarts.org
a general rock star costume.
The contests are open for all
ages, and judging will take
place at 5p.m.
There will be a drawing, with prizes including a
nights stay at the Holiday Inn
Express, a bike tune-up from
Atkins Bike Shop and gift
certificates from the Verona
Wine Cellar, Craigs Cake
Shop, Dairy Queen, Hop
Haus Brewing Company and
more. Food and beverages
will be provided by Grays
Tied House.
The suggested donation is $20 per family at the
door; Grays Tied House
will donate 10 percent of all
earnings from the entire day
of the event. Spring Fling is
Rhapsody Arts largest annual

For information, visit
fundraiser, and proceeds will rhapsodyarts.org.
benefit its student scholarship
fund and community outreach Contact Kate Newton at kate.
projects.
newton@wcinet.com.
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Coming up
Churches
Program (Fun Learning Experience).

Selling your home
For information or to schedule a tour,
Discuss options for downsizing or visit GoddardSchool.com/VeronaWI or
moving to a new home during Chat and call 571-5980.
Chew from 9-10:30 a.m. Friday, June 3
at the senior center. Lindsay Koch from Senior center fundraiser
Stark Realtors will discuss the benefits
Support the senior center during the
of a sellers market and more, and Strawberry Shortcake fundraiser from
refreshments will be provided.
12:30-2:30 p.m. Monday, June 6.
For information, call 845-7471.
Purchase a strawberry shortcake for $5
and listen to live country music by Jesse
Hike-a-thon
Walker. For information, call 845-7471.
In celebration of National Trails Day,
explore Dane County and raise funds to Business insurance
build, maintain and protect the Ice Age
Learn how you can protect your busiNational Scenic Trail during a hike-a- ness with the correct type of insurance
thon on Saturday, June 4.
from 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 7 at the
There is a 6.4-mile hike and 21-mile library. This program will explain what
hike to choose from. For information different types of insurance are available
about the routes, meeting times and loca- and what they cover, as well as where to
tions and registration costs, visit iceaget- buy insurance. Registration is required
rail.org/event/dane-county-chapter-hike- for the program, which is presented in
a-thon/.
partnership with the Wisconsin Womens
Business Initiative Corporation.
Goddard School opening
For information or to register, call
Families are invited to attend The 257-5450.
Goddard Schools grand opening celebration from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Greece exhibit
June 4 at 102 Prairie Oaks Drive.
Visit the senior center for the CelThere will be learning activities, ebration of Greece exhibit featuring
and families can tour the school and artist Magda Gryparis oil and waterlearn more about its F.L.EX. Learning color paintings of the Greek Islands and
mainland through June 15. An opening

reception with Gryparis will be held
from 11 a.m. to noon Wednesday, June
8. For information, call 845-7471.
Organization class
Go From Overwhelmed to Organized during a workshop from 7-8 p.m.
Wednesday, June 8 at the library.
Jill Annis, a weekly columnist for the
Wisconsin State Journal, will offer strategies for eliminating clutter from your
life. For information, call 845-7180.
BrightStar presentation
Learn more about home care assistance company BrightStar during a presentation from 10-11 a.m. Thursday,
June 9 at the senior center. Social worker
and case manager Julie Schultz will lead
the presentation. For information, call
845-7471.
Summer reading
Join the library for the Summer
Reading Program Kick-Off Celebration
from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 11.
This all-ages event includes music and
dancing with members of the University
of Wisconsin-Madison marching band, a
bounce house and a Kiwanis brat sale.
For information, call 845-7180.
Community calendar
Thursday, June 2
Hometown Days, Hometown USA

Community Park
7:30 p.m., VAHS Orchestra Finale
Concert, VAHS Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St., 845-4400
Friday, June 3

Community Park
9-10:30 a.m., Chat and Chew:
Ready to Sell. Now What?, senior
center, 845-7471
1 p.m., Movie Matinee: Elsa and
Fred, senior center, 845-7471
7 p.m., The Fair Verona Shakespeare Company presents Hamlet
($5 students, $7 adults), VAHS Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St.
Saturday, June 4

Community Park
Hike-a-thon, Ice Age Trail, iceagetrail.org/event/dane-county-chapterhike-a-thon/
10 a.m. to noon, The Goddard
School grand opening event, 102
Prairie Oaks Drive, GoddardSchool.

com/VeronaWI
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Prairie Kitchen
free community meal, BPNN, bpnn.
org
($5 students, $7 adults), VAHS PAC,
300 Richard St.
Sunday, June 5

Community Park
($5 students, $7 adults), VAHS PAC,
300 Richard St.
Monday, June 6
12:30-2:30 p.m, Strawberry Shortcake fundraiser and live music,

senior center, 845-7471
Tuesday, June 7
9:30 a.m., Hometown Helpers

meeting, senior center, 310-7280
6-7:30 p.m., Insurance for Your
Business workshop (registration
required), library, 257-5450
Wednesday, June 8
11 a.m. to noon, Celebration of

Greece exhibit opening reception
with artist Magda Gryparis, senior
center, 845-7471
12:30 p.m., Literature Lovers Book
Club, senior center, 845-7471
7-8 p.m., From Overwhelmed to
Organized workshop, library, 8457180
Thursday, June 9
10-11 a.m., BrightStar: Home Care

and Other Senior Services presentation, senior center, 845-7471
3 p.m., Veterans Club, senior center, 845-7471
4-5:30 p.m., Anime Club (grades
6-12), library, 845-7180
Friday, June 10
1 p.m., Movie Matinee: Concussion, senior center, 845-7471
Saturday, June 11
10 a.m. to noon, Summer Reading

Program Kick-Off Celebration, library,
845-7180
Whats on VHAT-98
Thursday, June 2
7 a.m. 1988 Verona Basketball
8 a.m. Zumba Gold
9 a.m. Daily Exercise
10 a.m. Bonnie and Bill
Stevens at Senior Center
2 p.m. Zumba Gold
3 p.m. Daily Exercise
4 p.m. Greg Anderson at
Senior Center
5 p.m. Crossing Cultures at
Senior Center
6 p.m. Salem Church Service
7 p.m. Tom Waselchuk at
Senior Center
9 p.m. Arbor Day at Senior
Center
10 p.m. Sondy Pope at
Historical Society
Friday, June 3
7 a.m. Greg Anderson at
Senior Center
Center
3 p.m. Lincoln Elementary
Choir at Senior Center
Senior Center
5 p.m. 2014 Wildcats
Football
8:30 p.m. Arbor Day
10 p.m. 1988 Verona Basketball
11 p.m. Bonnie and Bill
Saturday, June 4
8 a.m. Common Council
from May 23
11 a.m. Lincoln Elementary Choir at Senior Center

Football
4:30 p.m. Sondy Pope at
Historical Society
6 p.m. Common Council
from May 23
Historical Society
Sunday, June 5
7 a.m. Hindu Cultural Hour
9 a.m. Resurrection Church
10 a.m. Salem Church
Service
Noon Common Council
from May 23
4:30 p.m. Sondy Pope at
Historical Society
6 p.m. Common Council
from May 23
10 p.m. Sondy Pope
Monday, June 6
Senior Center
1 p.m. Arbor Day
Senior Center
Football
6:30 p.m. Plan Commission Live
9 p.m. Hindu Cultural
Hour
10 p.m. 1988 Verona Basketball
Tuesday, June 7
10 a.m. Zumba Gold
2 p.m. Zumba Gold
Senior Center
Senior Center
6 p.m. Resurrection
Church
Senior Center
9 p.m. Arbor Day
Historical Society
Wednesday, June 8
Senior Center
1 p.m. Arbor Day
5 p.m. Plan Commission
from June 6
7 p.m. Capital City Band
10 p.m. 1988 Verona Bas-
ketball
Thursday, June 9
8 a.m. Zumba Gold
Senior Center
Senior Center
6 p.m. Salem Church Service
Senior Center
Center
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.
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.
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
The Church in Fitchburg

2833 Raritan Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 271-2811
livelifetogether.com
Sunday: 8 & 10:45 a.m.
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
Saturday Worship: 5 p.m.
Sunday Worship: 8:30 and 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 and 10 a.m. Worship
Sunday School: 10:15 a.m.
Good Shephard Lutheran Church
ECLA
(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 Justin Burge
Sunday: 10 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 School: 9 a.m.
Sunday Worship: 9 a.m.
Fellowship Hour: 10:15 a.m.
Springdale Lutheran Church
ECLA
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.
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
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.
Resurrection Lutheran Church

WELS
6705 Wesner Rd., Verona
(608) 848-4965
rlcverona.org
Pastor Nathan Strutz and Assistant
Pastor Eric Melso
Thursday: 6:30 p.m.
Sunday: 9 a.m.
Zwingli United Church of Christ

Hwy. 92 & G, Mount Vernon
(608) 832-6677
Pastor Brad Brookins
Sunday: 10:15 a.m.
Zwingli United Church of Christ
Hwy. 69 & PB, Paoli
(608)845-5641
Rev. Sara Thiessen
Sunday: 9:30 a.m. family worship
St. Christopher Catholic Parish

St. Andrew Church
301 N. Main St., Verona
St. William Church
Nice Try!
When the expression Nice try isnt being used sarcastically, or as a putdown for a near miss, it can actually be
very encouraging. No one ever succeeds all the time, and in
most games there is a winner and a loser. Oftentimes the
loser did his or her best and perhaps even learned something by the experience of losing. Its wise to praise effort
when the results werent great. Think of how many failures
you had to experience to become good at the things you are
good at. Most elite athletes have fallen down hundreds or
even thousands of times on the way to their fully developed
skill. No one is born knowing how to read or write, and thus
we patiently correct children when they make mistakes in
grammar or pronunciation, and over time, with persistent
practice, they learn how to use their native tongue. The
same is true in virtually every area of life, perhaps more so
in areas of faith and morals. On the way to proficiency we
are going to fail often as we achieve higher levels of skill
and self-control. So remember to encourage yourself and
others by praising the effort, and when the effort wasnt
there, encourage harder work. We are destined for great
things.
Christopher Simon, Metro News Service
Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and
virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and
self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly
affection with love.
2 Peter 1:5-7 NIV
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June 2, 2016
Verona resident and Korean
war veteran Alton Ike
Eichelkraut took to the skies
over Sugar Ridge Airport
in Verona recently; his first
flight in 26 years. The Paoli
native, 91, flew B-26 and
C-47 aircraft, and was a
squadron leader for C-47s in
the Vietnam war.
Photos submitted
Alton Eichelkraut,
91, flies again
and was a squadron leader
for C-47s in the Vietnam
war. He later worked for
Ve r o n a r e s i d e n t a n d NASA in the 1960s and was
Korean war veteran Alton friends with Mercury astroIke Eichelkraut took to naut Gordon Cooper.
the skies over Sugar Ridge
Email Unified Newspaper
Airport in Verona recently;
Group reporter Scott
his first flight in 26 years.
De Laruelle at scott.
The Paoli native, 91, flew
delaruelle@wcinet.com.
B-26 and C-47 aircraft,
SCOTT DE LARUELLE
Academic Achievements
Academic Achievements run as space is
available, and this list of honorees and
graduates is not complete. Due to the
increased number of submissions after
spring and fall graduation times, there is
often a backlog in the following months.
Fall 2015 honors

Colgate University
Fitchburg
John Phelan, deans award
Belmont University
Verona
Rachel Benicek, deans list
St. Marys College

Verona
Lauren Johnson, deans list
Marquette University
Fitchburg
Alicia Wilson, deans list
Verona
Victoria Kennedy, deans list
Carroll University
Fitchburg
Rebecca Lucarelli, deans list
Verona
Nicole Young, deans list
St. Ambrose University
Fitchburg
Michael Eddy, deans list
University of Rochester
Fitchburg
Anna Carol Kopp, deans list
Winter 2016 honors

Augustana College
Fitchburg
Abigail Thomson, deans list
University of Montana
Verona
Nicole Schulz, Flightner Scholarship
Spring 2016 honors

UW-Eau Claire
Fitchburg
Heather Hintz, Outstanding Senior Award
Southwest Tech Foundation
Verona
Joshua Hegge, Finney
Scholarship
Rose Smith, Phi Beta Kappa honor society

inductee
Verona
Isabelle Brunet Cooperstein, Phi Beta
Kappa honor society inductee; Katrina Bo
Gonzales, Phi Beta Kappa honor society
inductee; Jeni Ann Nestler, Phi Beta Kappa
honor society inductee
Implement
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Fitchburg
Kevin Clifford Barnett, Phi Beta Kappa
honor society inductee; Channi Ernstoff,
Phi Beta Kappa honor society inductee;
Meng Lou, Phi Beta Kappa honor society
inductee; Tanner Allen Nystrom, Phi Beta
Kappa honor society inductee; Brittany
The Verona Press
Student production of
Hamlet starts Friday
The Fair Verona Shakespeare Company, a student-run, non-profit organization, will perform its
production of Hamlet
three times this weekend.
The performances are
scheduled for 7p.m. Friday and Saturday and
2 p . m . S u n d a y i n t h e
Verona Area High School
Performing Arts Center,
300 Richard St. Tickets
are $5 for students and
$7 for adults, and will be
available at the door.
H a m l e t , o n e o f
S h a k e s p e a r e s m o s t
memorable and powerful works, follows the
journey of Prince Hamlet
of Denmark as he seeks
revenge on his uncle,
Claudius. The director
this year is Verona Area
High School student Maggie Ferguson, with fellow
student Mary Schroeder
serving as stage manager.
This has been an
opportunity of a lifetime,
Ferguson said. Its amazing to see high school
students so dedicated and
able to pull off a Shakespeare show.
The company was starte d b y VA H S s t u d e n t s
If You Go
What: The Fair Verona
Shakespeare Company
presents Hamlet
When: 7
p.m. Friday,
June 3 and Saturday,
June 4; 2p.m. Sunday,
June 5
Where: Verona Area
High School Performing
Arts Center, 300 Richard
St.
Tickets: $5 students, $7
adults
Emma Ferguson and Graham Billings in 2014.
Following the success of
its debut show, Twelfth
Night, the company performed The Tempest
the following year, directed by Molly Kempfer and
stage managed by Holly
Dunn.
With a budget for two
shows this year, the comp a n y s p r o d u c t i o n o f
Hamlet follows the January debut of Much Ado
About Nothing.
Kelsey Pacetti
Seeley, master of social work; Jonathan

Michael Rogowski, B.A.; Alexandra Marie
Sabin, B.S.
Verona
Fernando Rafael Caraballo, bachelor of
business administration; Sam David
Clement, bachelor of business administration; Kaylah Josephene Doty, B.S.; Leah
Byrnes Montesinos, B.F.A.; Ryne Jacob
Pagel, B.S.; Rachel K. Yaeger, B.A.; He
Zhang, B.S.
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Fitchburg
Fitchburg
Gina Carrola, B.S. communication sciencChelsea Wimmer, Phi Kappa Phi honor es and disorders, cum laude
society inductee
Edgewood College
St. Norbert College
Verona
Verona
Jessica Wang, M.B.A., health systems
Emma Lynn Ferguson, deans list; Grace leadership; Noelle Penshorn, M.S., marJane Schwantes, deans list
riage and family therapy; Ashton Lareau,
B.A., theatre arts and international relaCarthage College
tions; Molly Brennan, B.A., communicaVerona
tion studies; Arbnor Ismaili, B.A., social
Molly Kempfer, deans list
studies; Candice ONeill, B.S., web design
and development; Chelsey Watkins, B.S.,
University of Wisconsin-Superior
nursing; Mijghan Khalid, B.S., business
Fitchburg
Fitchburg
Sheilah Genin, deans list
Lisa Slotten, M.A., education; Hollyanne
Haeder, M.A., education; John Davis, B.S.,
Carleton College
art and graphic design; Lynne Heneghan,
Fitchburg
B.S., sociology, cum laude; Kimberly
Katie Koza, Mortar Board honor society Rose, B.S., nursing, magna cum laude
and Phi Beta Kappa honorary scholastic
fraternity inductee; Kelsey Mullins, Phi University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Beta Kappa honorary scholastic fraternity Fitchburg
inductee
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Boys tennis
Team-state bound
Wildcats lock up first state team berth

in 12 years, advance three flights to
individual state
JEREMY JONES
Girls track & field
Sprint relays
lead Verona
into state meet
in La Crosse
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
Verona boys tennis qualified three flights for

the individual state tournament and perhaps
more importantly advanced back to the programs first state team berth in 12 years last
Thursday, holding off Oregon 38-34.
With three matches left to determine the
Wildcats fate, it was a frustrated No. 2 singles
player that sent Verona back to team state.
Senior Alex Pletta defeated Fort Atkinson
junior Collin Baker 6-0, 6-0 and then wrapped
up the No. 2 singles sectional title with a 6-3,
7-5 victory over Oregon junior Charles Donovan that mathematically sent the Wildcats back
to their first team state tournament since 2004.
Dominating play en route to a 6-3 victory in
the first set, Pletta had his momentum slowed
by a Charles Donovan medical timeout before
the second set for a bloody nose.
I was getting really frustrated. He was really testing my patience both on the court and
with some of the other stuff, Pletta said. Im
really glad for our team, and that I was able to
help them as much as I did. Its unbelievable.
Down 3-0 to start the second set, Pletta eventually battled back to knot the score at 5-5.
Pletta broke Donovan to take a 6-5 lead in
the second and, five match points later, finally
secured the Wildcats team win.
I had to take a few deep breaths and really
focus on just making shots, Pletta said. What
would have been an easy shot typically was
super difficult at the end of the match with the
pressure. Luckily, I came out on top and the
match didnt go any further.
Pletta (27-5) will face Waunakee junior
James Paradisin (22-2) at 10:30a.m. Friday
in the opening round of the WIAA Division 1
state tournament. Paradisin is seeded 13th.
Im still kind of shaky, but Im glad I could
make it back to state, Pletta said.
Oregon kept things close, advancing to the
No. 1 singles championship match where Calvin Schneider finished second to Tegtmeier
and No. 2 doubles, where seniors Logan Piper and Spencer Krebsbach added a sectional
championship.
Verona freshman Will Tennison qualified for
his first state tournament by defeating Elkhorn
senior Matt Nelson 6-0, 6-2. Despite suffering
a 6-2, 6-4 loss to Madison Memorials Colt
Tegtmeier in the quarterfinals, he fought back
to beat Monona Grove freshman Cole Lindwall 6-3, 6-3 for third place.
Tennison (21-6) earned the 10th seed
and will host Waukesha South junior Riley
Sports editor
the next round 6-2, 6-1 against Madison West,

they fought back to finish third with a big 7-5,
6-1 win over Oregons Drew Christofferson
and Spencer Reisdorf.
Blessing and Hutchcroft (9-10) will round
out the first day of the tournament against
Franklin seniors Matthew Brandes and Alex
Eder (22-5) at 3p.m.
Middletons Dan Jin and Cody Markel
The Verona girls track

and field team advanced
two relays and a pair of
first-time individuals
through Thursdays WIAA
Division 1 Stoughton sectional meet and on to state.
Seniors Lexy Alt and
Kylie Schmaltz, sophomore Emilia Lichty and
junior Sieanna Mitchell
were seeded second and finished runner-up to Kenosha
Bradford in the 400-meter
relay with a time of 50.07.
Bradfords team of Icy Perry, Alexus Nelson, Ashlee
Miller and Madison Marko
won in 49.51.
Lichty, Schmaltz, Alt
and Mitchell secured the
final state-qualifying 1,600
relay spot, taking third with
a personal best 4:01.55.
Stoughton (4:00.44) and
Wilmot Union (4:01.3)
rounded out the qualifying
field.
Its really exciting to
be going back to state,
especially in the 4x4 since
Ive never got to run there
before, Mitchell said. It
should be really fun.
The 1,600 relay in particular ran seven seconds faster at sectionals than theyd
gone all year.
They came up absolutely huge tonight, head
coach Mark Happel said.
They wanted that and they
showed a lot of guts in that
race.
After missing state by
one spot the last two years,
junior high jumper Kailey
Olson won a four-person
jump-off to qualify for her
first WIAA Division 1 state
meet this weekend.
Kailey came up with a
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Turn to Girls track/Page 11
Photo by Jeremy Jones
Verona senior Alex Pletta breathes a sigh of relief after defeating Oregon junior Charles Donovan 6-3, 7-5 in the
No. 2 singles sectional championship match. Pletta qualified for individual state for a second time with the win
and also helped the Wildcats return to team state for the first time since 2004.
Teutschmann (19-17) in the first round of

Thursdays individual state tournament. Of his
six losses this season, two came against Tegtmeier and Middletons Xavier Sanga, respectively. Tegtmeier Sanga earned the No. 4 and
No. 7 seeds at individual state.
Wildcat senior Matt Blessing and sophomore
Jordan Hutchcroft also qualified for their first
state tournament as well. Needing only one
win to advance, the No. 1 doubles team cruised
6-2, 6-2 against Milton. Though they lost in
Boys track and field
Curtis, Herkert lead four

events into state for the Cats
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
Senior Reggie Curtis won the shot put

with nearly a 3 1/2 foot PR in the first
round of Thursdays WIAA Division 1
Stoughton sectional, unleashing a 56-5
1/4 which secured him first place and
moved him into second place all-time
behind only former Verona state champion Luke Sullivan (57).
It sounds kind of cocky, but I definitely thought I had a throw that big in me,
Curtis said. Im still looking for more.
At state, you have to go big or go home.
Verona throwing coach John Campbell
wasnt surprised by the throw, and instead
said something clicked with Curtis in
practice on Tuesday and that he thinks the

senior is still capable of an even bigger
throw.
I was watching a lot of film on formwork, Curtis said. At practice, I started
staying back on the shot, which is what
you are supposed to do. I started to click.
I got more snap and it went far. Coming
off of that practice I felt really good. The
atmosphere was electric.
Curtis is ranked sixth in scoring position (top eight) at the state meet.
Junior Jack Herkert added the high
jump crown, breaking his own school
Photo by Anthony Iozzo
record with a jump of 6 feet, 10 inches.
The leap moved him into a legitimate Junior Jack Herkert clears 6 feet, 2 inches in the early stages of the high jump Thursday at the WIAA
Division 1 Stoughton sectional. Herkert ended up breaking a school and a track record with a height of
Turn to Boys track/Page 11 6-10 to finish first and advance to state.
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Girls track: State meet begins June 3 at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

Continued from page 10
great jump at 5-1 to qualify, Happel said. No one
works harder than her or
deserves it more. Im so
thrilled for her.
The opening height at
state is 4-10.
Alt cleared 9 feet to win
another jump-off for the
Wildcats, taking third place
and earning her first trip
to state in the pole vault,
where the opening height at
state will be 10-0.
Lexy was tough as nails
in the clutch, Happel said.
Shes one of the toughest
kids you could have.
The Wildcats 800 relay of
Alt, Schmaltz, Lichty and
Mitchell finished 1.2 seconds and one spot shy of
state with a personal best
time of 1:44.54 in a loaded
sectional. Kenosha Bradford (1:43.34) earned the
final spot, while Oregon
(1:41.76) and Beloit Memorial (1:42.82) led the field.
I knew we gave everything we had in the 4x200,
but it was still a little disappointing not being able
to qualify all three relays to
state, Mitchell said.
Senior Kirsten Queoff
fell two spots shy of state in
the pole vault with a clearance of 8-9. Europa Christoffel also placed fifth in the
Photos by Anthony Iozzo
Senior Kylie Schmaltz gets the baton in the 4x400 relay Thursday in the WIAA Division 1 Stoughton
sectional. Schmaltz joined senior Lexi Alt, sophomore Emilia Lichty (right) and junior Sieanna Mitchell
and took third in 4 minutes, 1.55 seconds to advance to state.
triple jump.
Sophomore Annika Larson (300 hurdles) and freshman Ally Kundinger (high
jump) finished sixth, while
the Wildcats 3,200 relay of
seniors Grace Mueller and
Cheyenne Trilling, junior
Preston Ploc and freshman
Jori Walsh finished last, as
did senior Carissa Witthun

in the discus.
Verona finished eighth
out of the 18 teams competing with 47 points. Beloit
Memorial (77) finished
17 points ahead of Oregon, while Stoughton (59)
rounded out the top three.
The WIAA Division 1
state meet June 3-4 at Veterans Memorial Stadium

in La Crosse. Competition
begins at 9:30a.m. Friday.
Alt will begin the pole
vault competition in the
46th Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Girls Track and Field
Championships at 10a.m.
Junior Sieanna Mitchell races to the finish line in the final leg of the
state qualifying 4x400 Thursday at sectionals. Mitchell, sophomore
Emilia Lichty, senior Lexi Alt and senior Kylie Schmaltz also took
second in the 4x100 relay in 50.07 seconds to advance to state.
The 400 and 1,600 relay

preliminaries will also be
held Friday with the top
10 teams advancing to the
finals on Saturday. Olson
will compete in the high
jump 10:30a.m. Saturday.
Ticket prices for the meet
are $8 for each session
or $12 for both sessions
Friday if purchased at
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Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Competition gets underway at 9:30a.m. Friday
morning for Herkert in one
of the few events that will
finish the first day. Curtis
will also find out how he
fairs in the shot put as that
competition gets underway
at 11a.m.
The 110 hurdles, 400
dash and 1,600 relays will
all have preliminary races
on Friday, while the top 10
in each event advance to
the finals.
Ti c ke t p r i c e s f o r t h e
meet are $8 for each session or $12 for both sessions Friday if purchased
at the stadium. Tickets may
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Boys track: Wildcats finish fifth at Stoughton sectional

position to challenge the
24-year-old record of Milwaukee Juneaus Jason
Smith. Herkert is ranked
27th nationally in the event
according to Athletic.net.
We think Jack has seven
feet in him, but youve got
to be able to do it at state,
which means you have to
have good conditions and
youve got to be feeling
it that day, Pedretti said.
Its the only event he is
going to state in now, so he
can have 100 percent focus
on it.
He enters this weekends

state meet with the best
performance in Wisconsin
this season.
Junior Obi Ifediora
won the 400-meter dash
in 50.25 seconds. Trying
to save something for the
1,600 relay, Ifediora didnt
receive the baton as the
relay never finished.
The 4x4, thats really on
me, Pedretti said. I got so
caught up in the possibility of how fast Jack could
go, I didnt really think to
do handoffs with him this
week in practice.
Verona not only dropped
the baton, but also saw
baton go under the foot

and cause a fall on the
exchange.
Junior Jared Biddle finished runner-up in the 110
hurdles to Oregons Alex
Duff in 15.5 to qualify for
his first state meet. Duff
posted a time of 14.76.
Verona junior T.J. Manning (1,600) and senior
Brady Traeder (3,200) finished fifth, while freshman
Tim Soko placed seventh
in the 200. Senior Hunter
Bourne took seventh on the
shot put with a PR. Fellow
senior Robbie Freitag also
recorded a personal-best in
the discus.
T h e Wi l d c a t s 3 , 2 0 0
relay team of Corey Pedersen, Peter Barger, Jared
Jenkins and Manning all
PRed but finished fifth in
8:11.19.
A l m o s t e v e r y g u y
that competed had a PR
tonight, Pedretti said.
We were really lighting
it up. Its just too bad the
4x4 ended the way it did
because we would have
PRed.
Ve ro n a fi n i s h ed fi ft h
with 56 points, while Madison La Follette beat Oregon 70-68. Janesville Craig
(62) rounded out the top
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Girls soccer
Wildcats get No. 1 seed

ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor
The Big Eight champion

girls soccer team was
rewarded for winning the
conference, earning a No.
1 seed in the top half of
sectional 3 in the WIAA
Division 1 tournament.
The Wildcats (8-7-2
overall, 8-0-1 Big Eight)
host No. 8 Janesville Parker at 7p.m. Thursday,
June 2, at Reddan Soccer
Park. The winner will play
No. 4 Madison Memorial or No. 5 Lake Geneva
Badger in the regional
final Saturday.
The other seeds in the
top-half of the sectional
are No. 2 Middleton, No.
3 Madison West, No. 6

Janesville Craig and No.
7 Beloit Memorial/Turner.
In the bottom of the sectional, the seeds are No.
1 Kettle Moraine, No. 2
Oconomowoc, No. 3 Sun
Prairie, No. 4 Mukwonago, No. 5 Watertown, No.
6 Waukesha South, No. 7
Madison La Follette and
No. 8 Madison East.
Waunakee 3, Verona 2
Verona concluded the
season at non-conference
Waunakee and lost 3-2.
Junior Kate Melin and
sophomore Chandler Bainbridge both scored goals
for the Wildcats. Waunakees Grace Lujan scored
the game-winner in the
64th minute.
Photo by Jeremy Jones
Home Talent League
Verona senior Nicole Neitzel (4) celebrates her 2-run home run in the bottom of the first inning Thursday against Madison East. The
top-seeded Wildcats used three home runs, including two from Neitzel for five RBIs, to beat the Purgolders 8-4 in the regional finals.
Cavs knock off Mount Horeb
Softball
ANTHONY IOZZO
The Verona Home Talent team hosted Mount

Horeb/Pine Bluff at
Stampfl Field Monday
and won 7-4.
Derek Murphy (2-for4) doubled twice and collected two RBIs, and John
Moynihan added two hits.
Moynihan also picked
up the win on the mound.
He allowed three earned

runs on five hits in five
innings, striking out three
and walking five.
Verona is now 3-1 in
the North Division of the
Western Section. West
Middleton is in first at
4-1.
Mount Horeb fell to
3-2.
The Cavaliers host West
Middleton at 1p.m. Sunday.
Verona earns trip to sectionals

I d e fi n i t e l y t h o u g h t
the game to be postponed.
The game was made up about that a lot before this
Wednesday, after the Vero- game. I knew we could not
The top-seeded Verona na Press Tuesday deadline. lose to them again, Neitzel
said. We went to state my
Area High School softball Verona 8,
sophomore year and then
team was supposed to host
lost in the regional finals
fifth-seeded La Crosse Cen- Madison East 4
last year, getting back on
tral Tuesday in a WIAA
Senior Nicole Neitzel track feels really good.
Division 1 sectional semifi- hit a pair of home runs and
Verona collected three
nal game but rain and thun- accounted for five RBIs
derstorms in the area forced on Thursday as Verona home runs in the game and
will host La Crosse Central
avenged last years WIAA in the sectional semifinals.
Division 1 regional final
Alyssa Erdman led off
loss with an 8-4 victory the bottom of the fifth with
over eighth-seeded Madi- a solo home run that tied
son East.
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Sports editor
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host No. 10 Monona Grove,
which defeated Stoughton
Tuesday, at 5p.m. Thursday in a WIAA Division
1 regional final at Stampfl
Field.
The Wildcats (14-8 overall, 12-6 Big Eight Conference) have finished sectional
runner-up the past two seasons, last making state in
2010.
Sectionals are Tuesday,

June 7, at Beloit Memorial.
If Verona wins the regional final, the Wildcats will
play No. 3 Beloit Memorial
or No. 6 Madison West at
2p.m. Tuesday. The sectional final is at 5p.m. Tuesday.
Madison Memorial 4,
Verona 3
Sam Favour (2-for-3) singled home Jacob Slonim
and Ben Rortvedt in the top
of the sixth to give Verona a two-run lead, but the
Spartans came back with

one in the sixth and two in
the seventh as the Wildcats
fell 4-3.
Favour also picked up an
RBI single in the fourth,
bringing home Stephen
Lund.
Keaton Knueppel took the
loss. He struck out 12 and
walked one in 6 2/3 innings,
allowing one earned run on
four hits.
Erik Goucher collected
the win. He struck out three
and walked two in 1 1/3
innings.
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the game at 3. Heather Rudnicki and Evenson each

singled with one out before
Neitzel capped her evening
with a 3-run home run after
failing to get down a bunt.
I didnt think my first
home run was going out,
but I knew the second one
was gone, Erdman said.
I havent been hitting the
best lately, so to get back on
track in the playoffs, was a
great feeling.
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Boys lacrosse
Verona earns No.

1 seed in playoffs
ANTHONY IOZZO
Photo submitted
U13 boys go undefeated in May tournament

School boys lacrosse team
earned a No. 1 seed in the
Wisconsin Lacrosse Federation Division 1 playoffs.
The Wildcats will host
No. 16 Mukwonago or No.
17 Milwaukee Lakeshore at
6p.m. Thursday in the regional final.
Hartland Arrowhead (No.
2), Hudson (No. 3) and
Appleton (No. 4) also earned

byes. Kettle Moraine (No. 5),
Marquette (No. 6), Middleton
(No. 7) and Waunakee (No. 8)
are the next four, while Franklin (No. 9) and Waukesha (No.
10) round out the top 10.
The winner of Veronas
regional final will play in the
sectional final at 2p.m. Saturday. The state semifinal is
at 6p.m. Wednesday, June 8,
and the state final is at 7p.m.
Saturday, June 11, at Carroll
University.
Girls lacrosse
The Verona Soccer clubs U13 boys went undefeated May 6-8 and won the Scheels Flatgrass Regional Showdown in Appleton.
Lacrosse knocks off DeForest

School girls lacrosse team finished the regular season with a
15-5 victory over conference
newcomer DeForest Friday.
Scoring was led by sophomore Megan Lois (six goals
and an assist) and senior Morgan Fritzler (four goals and an
assist). Senior Amanda Best
contributed two goals, while
senior Abby Filsinger and
juniors Makena Meyers and
Ellie White each found the net
once.
Meyers and Filsinger also
each had an assist. Freshman
goalkeeper Sofia Jeddeloh had
six saves in the win.
State championship playoffs began Tuesday when
ninth-seeded Verona hosted

No. 24 Madison La Follette.
Results were unavailable
by the Verona Press Tuesday
deadline. They will be in next
weeks issue.
The winner faces
eight-seeded Waukesha at
Carroll University at 5 pm,
Thursday, June 2.
Several players received
Madison Area Lacrosse Association all conference honors.
Best (midfield) and junior
Elena Herman (defense) were
named to the first team, and
Fritzler (attack), Lois (attack)
and junior Kelli Blaisdell
(defense) were named to the
second team.
Michelle Felber
Sport short
for grades 7
VAHS basketball camp Sessions
through 9 will be held the
U12 girls take second at Norski tournament
Photo submitted
The Verona Soccer Club U12 girls finished second at the Norski tournament on May 1.

School boys basketball
coaches will again be
leading the summer Wildcat
Hoop Camp for boys entering grades 1 through 9.
Sessions for grades 1
through 6 will be held the
week of June 13-17.
week of June 20-24.

Registration forms are available in the VASD Summer
Offerings brochure on the
VASD web site or at all local
schools, or by contacting
Coach Alan Buss at 8454505 or alan.buss@verona.
k12.wi.us.
Softball: Verona earns revenge against Purgolders in regional final

scoring with two runs in the
bottom of the sixth inning
as Heather Rudnicki tripled
home Erdman. Evenson
grounded out to plate Rudnicki.
The Purgolders made
things interesting in the top
of the seventh as Jada White
reached base on an error.
Jessi Inman then singled.
One batter later Candace
Kipp was called out on the
infield-fly much to the dismay of the Madison East

fans as the ball reached the
outfield grass.
Ann Braithwaite singled
home the games final run
one hitter later. Meghan
Anderson, who took over
for starter Quin Nelson in
the fifth after East took a 3-2
lead with one out.
Anderson allowed one
earned run. She struck out
one in 1 2/3 innings.
It took me a couple
pitches to get into the game,

but I knew I had an awesome team behind me, she
said.
Purgolder starter Ayden
Romer went the distance,
allowing eight earned runs
in seven innings on 10 hits.
She struck out one and
walked one.
Neitzel hit a 2-run home
run in the bottom of the first
inning following a Claire
Evenson single before Madison East cut the deficit in
half in the top of the fourth

following a Jessi Inman
single. Inman scored two
batters later on a error after
stealing third base.
The Purgolders went up
3-2 with two runs in the
fifth on a suicide squeeze
by Kipp and another Inman

RBI single before the Wildcats opened up the game
with a four-run bottom half
of the inning.
Anderson got Verona out
of the fifth following a wild
pitch that moved runners
to second and third base,

inducing a flyout to right and
a strike out of Braithwaite.
As a team, we need to
focus on the defense and
really tighten that up, Todd
Anderson said. We had
way too many errors today.
Tennis: Two more weeks for Wildcats tennis

(seeded seventh) were the
only local doubles team to
earn a seed at state.
Ve r o n a s e n i o r L u k e
Schoeberle and freshman
Chris Queoff couldnt qualify for individual state at
No. 3 doubles as the Wildcats 2 doubles team didnt
qualify, but the duo scored a
crucial four points, including a 6-3, 6-1 sectional
victory over Oregon in the
finals which helped Verona
return to team state.
Sophomore Vivek Swaminath was in a similar spot

at No. 4 singles, scoring a
6-0, 6-0 against Elkhorn
freshman Nick White and
a 6-1, 6-1 sectional-championship victory against
Madison West junior Evan
Oriel.
I have to give all the
guys credit the kept up the
intensity and never gave up
after anything, even when
Patrick (Conley) went down
at subsectionals, Verona
head coach Rick Engen
said. They came back and
did what they had to do. It

was just a matter of who
was going to get the win to
put us over the top.
Verona will face topranked Marquette in the
state quarterfinals June 10
at 5:30p.m. The Wildcats
fell 5-2 to the Hilltoppers
during the regular season.
Marquette has won eight of
the last nine titles.
These guys dont give up
to anyone, so Im looking
forward to seeing them play
Marquette again, Engen
said. Its going to be fun.
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Top bicycling rating

awarded to Dane County
Bronze rating from
League of American
Bicyclists
With warm weather finally here, flowers in bloom
and (relatively) few bugs
buzzing, theres no better
time to explore the many
bike trails of Dane County,
which recently won top honors from a national bicycling
group.
The League of American
Bicyclists gave Dane County its Bronze Level designation, recognizing it as one
of the top counties in the
nation for biking, and one
of just seven to be honored.
In a press release, County
Executive Joe Parisi said the
county has invested millions
of dollars in new off-road
trails over the past several
years, including the recently-started construction of the
Lower Yahara River Trail,

a waterfront path with the
longest bike and pedestrian
bridge of any project in the
state.
Biking is a big part of
our quality of life and a way
for people to get out and
enjoy our lakes and countryside, Parisi said. Biking is
good for our health, for our
environment, and for our
communities.
In 2011, Parisi started the
PARC and Ride Bike Trail
grant program, which provides matching grants for
projects such as expanding
bike trail interconnectivity,
creating destination-oriented regional bike trails,
and improving bike safety, according to the press
release. Since the inception
of the program, $3.2 million
in county funds have been
awarded to local municipalities.
Wi s c o n s i n B i k e F e d
On the Web
For more on the League of American

Cyclists, visit:
Bikeleague.org
By the
numbers
645 According to
executive director and forthe Madison Metromer Madison mayor Dave

Cieslewicz said the recog- politan Planning Ornition is well-deserved
for Dane County, and cred- ganization, there are
ited Parisi and county board more than 645 miles
members.
of bike facilities in
(He) has made cycling a
priority in his administration
Dane County.
from the beginning and the
County Board has supported
that direction, Cieslewicz
Road to its end at Fish
said.
Hatchery Road begins at
Area trails
Alpine Business Park and
Around this part of the passes across the Keller
county, last year saw the Alpine Dairy and land
openings of bike trails in owned by the U.S. Fish and
Oregon and Blue Mounds. Wildlife, including Lake
The Oregon Rotary Bike Barney, Swan Pond near
Trail which runs 3.4 miles Fish Hatchery Road, extenfrom West Netherwood sive wetlands and a heavily
wooded, hilly area. Brigham
Trail is an off-road path
around 1.5 miles from the
Military Ridge State Trail to
Brigham County Park in the
Town of Blue Mounds that
connects to the Cave of the
Mounds, a National Natural
Landmark.
Construction on the
Lower Yahara River Trail
is progressing on schedule, with the first phase set
to be completed by early
next year, according to the
press release. Subsequent
phases will wind south
down along the Yahara River and eventually link Lake
Farm County Park with the
City of Stoughton, with an
accessible fishing pier near
the railroad trestle on Lake
Waubesa, and rest stops and
observation areas.
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Lifesaving Award
Ve r o n a r e s i d e n t
Michelle Viney, a deputy with the Dane County
Sheriff s Office, earned
one of the
departments
Lifesaving
Awards
during an
annual ceremony May
19.
Viney
Viney
was honored for her response
to a farm accident last
fall, said department
Two Verona productions

earned several local residents Tommy Award nominations.
Verona Area Community
Theater childrens production of Bring It On: The
Musical and Verona Area
High Schools Honk!
received numerous nominations.
The Tommy Awards,
organized by the Overture
Center, honor those involved
in high school musical performances from throughout southern Wisconsin.
The seventh annual Tommy Awards ceremony will
be held at Overture Hall at
6p.m. Sunday, June 12.
Among the nominees
from Bring It On are
Alyssa Dvorak (Outstanding
Direction, Outstanding Choreography); Marsha Heuer
(Outstanding Choreography); Paul Stiller (Outstanding Stage Management);
Jonathan Woolums (Outstanding Stage Management); Nathan Lucas (Outstanding Lead Performer);
Solomon Roller (Outstanding Dance Performer); Abby

Walsh (Outstanding Dance
Performer); Maya Greengus
(Spirit Award); and Lauri Halminiak (Outstanding
Costume Design).
The nominees for
Honk! are: Ellie Heinzen
(Outstanding Lead Performer); Randy Kessenich (Outstanding Lead Performer);
and Nathan Lucas (Outstanding Lead Performer).
Honk! also received nominations for Outstanding
Overall Design for Danny
Haiminiak, Steven Nibbe,
John Dolphin and Kendra
Johnson.
The event is named for
Wisconsin-born Broadway
performer and TV star Tom
Wopat. Seventy-five schools
across 23 counties participate in the contest.
Tickets for the award ceremony are $25 and may be
purchased at overturecenter.
org, at the Overture Center
box office or by phone at
258-4141.
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Plan: Day care, dog day care, Jimmy Johns among new businesses
On the agenda
to previously approved or
reviewed plans, including the Epic garage, which
would more than double in
size. But there are several
new items, as well, including a dog day care in the
Verona Technology Park,
a child day care next to
McDonalds and a Jimmy
Johns on Hometown Circle.
VeloCity circles
around
Epic garage
Though construction on
Epic is slowing down a bit
and employees seem to be
getting used to doubling
up on offices, its still Epic,
and it still needs more parking.
Campus 5 already
has staff occupying one
building (Alice), and its
1,500-stall parking garage
is not yet complete. The
plan being presented next
week would double the
number of stalls to 3,046,
which would put the total
number of spaces for the
entire facility at about
9,500.
Strangely,
the
Rendering Courtesy Midwest Modern
The VeloCity concept being presented Monday is similar to the one that was approved for the corner of
Paoli Street and South Nine Mound Road in 2013.
480,000-square-foot garage
would more than double in
size, adding 700,000 square
feet, some of which will be
used for mechanical areas
to serve the nearby buildings.
Epic also proposes two
contractor buildings to add
to its contractor area on the
northern end of its site, for
a total of just under 9,000
square feet.
Liberty Parts Team

David Reinke has been
talking about moving his
laser printer supply business to Liberty Business
Park for at least nine years,
and last August he finally presented plans for the
65,000-square-foot building, which would be sited
just south of Whalen Road.
The new plan is a bit
nicer, as planning director Adam Sayre put it, with
more windows and a textured stone block facade,
but the site plan is essentially the same.
Reinke, owner of the
land at Liberty Park, has
said for years he wants to
bring businesses there that
will add convenience to the
employment base his company and others will provide.
Coating Place
expansion
The Coating Place has
b e e n ex p a n d i n g b i t b y
bit for a few years and is
poised to make three more
additions aimed at providing a more cohesive layout
for the pharmaceutical pill
coating plant.
Evensen is top soloist,

Girl Scout honoree
s e n i o r C l a i r e E ve n s e n
is shining this year with
awards as a Girl Scout and
musician.
Gold Award honoree

The Verona Troop 2967
Badgerland Girl Scout is
heading to Washington,
D.C. on June 14 to present
her Gold Award project at
the Girl Scouts USA Capitol Hill Gold Award Centennial celebration.
She is among just eight
Gold Awardees nationwide
selected for this top honor
to share her project and Girl
Scout journey with federal
lawmakers. Her acclaimed
project is a mobile app
that helps
teens talk to
friends struggling with
eating disorders, anxiety
disorders or
depression.
Claire taught Evensen
herself coding to create
the app called Teen2Teen.
Exemplary soloist
Evensen was selected as
an exemplary soloist for her
Bb clarinet solo at the 2016
Wisconsin School Music
Association State Solo
and Ensemble festival at
UW-Platteville on April 30.
Samantha Christian
Tailwaggers
Map courtesy DDD Development
The VeloCity site plan pushes both the building and parking lot
further to the back of the lot than before nearer to the Military
Ridge State Trail while leaving trees untouched along Paoli
Street.
A 25,000-square-foot
expansion of a two-story
office address remains from
what was approved last
year, and a 25,000-squarefoot warehouse expansion
is proposed.
Also proposed is the
annexation of 46 acres of
mostly floodplain to the
south and west and the
rezoning of 16 of those
acres for its expansion.
VACT revision
In an effort to cut costs
and slightly increase space,
Verona Area Community Theater is returning for
small revisions to the site
plan it got approved a year
ago.
The most notable difference is a change in exterior building materials, with
less brick, and a more compact shape than before. The
striking glass area on the

14,625-square-foot structure remains essentially
unchanged.
Sayre said he was told the
group would like to start as
soon as plans are approved.
It does not need review by
the Common Council.
Rainbow Day Care

What would be the third
new day care in Verona in
less than a year is proposed
for a 10,782-square-foot
building on the lot east of
McDonalds at Hometown
Circle.
The same business, a
national franchise, had previously considered being
sited at Liberty Business
Park. It would accept up to
115 students, be open until
6:30 p.m and would feature
a splash pad outside and a
huge pitched roof.
at empty-nesters. This new

plan is more conventionTa i lwa g g e r s d o g d a y al, with 32 houses and 20
care, a Fox Cities-based townhouses.
franchise, proposes a
7,400-square-foot building Other
in the Verona Technology
Jimmy Johns is seeking
Park. It would be located a permit to operate a deli
across American Way from delivery restaurant in the
Wisconsin Brewing Com- newest building on Homepany, and the Plan Com- town Circle, which is still
mission will need to decide under construction. The
whether to waive certain franchise would be the third
permit restrictions that pre- in the Madison area prinvent outdoor activities.
cipally owned by Veronas
James Buggs. It would be
Housing
open 10a.m. to 10p.m. dai Kettle Park Norths plan ly, have seating for 16 and
is all single-family housing, employ 15.
two months after the Plan
The BP gas station on
Commission said it didnt Whalen Road proposes
like what developer Tony converting its car wash to a
Heinrichs brought then drive-thru area that would
a version with apartments. serve food and coffee.
The revision has 174 hous The 3,500-square-foot
ing units.
Sherwin Williams store pro Hometown Grove is posed to replace the home
back for a final plat and next to Culvers on East
rezone after getting positive Verona Avenue is returning
feedback two months ago. for a site plan after getting
A previous plan would have positive initial reviews.
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In 2013, local developer Bill Dresser presented a

plan for a mixed-use building that would combine a
4,600-square-foot restaurant and a 24-unit apartment complex with a European layout.
That never panned out,
and last year, Dresser presented an alternate idea to
the Plan Commission separating the apartments from
the commercial building.
But despite several meetings with neighbors, it met
resistance.
The new plan is closer to the old one, with the
building and parking lot
pushed far to the rear of
the lot closer to the bike
trail, industrial park and
apartments and keeping
trees on the frontage of
Paoli Street, along with a
12-square-foot sign. It has
more apartments 29
but a smaller commercial
space, with room for expansion. Almost half the 77
parking spaces are underground.
Parking garage expansion to 3,046 stalls and two

contractor buildings at Epic
Permit for Jimmy Johns at 631 Hometown Circle
Initial review for Rainbow Child Center at 200 Keenan
Court
General development plan for VeloCity at 142 Paoli
St.
General development plan for Pure Sweet Honey
expansion
Site plan revision for Verona Area Community Theater
Final plat and rezone for Hometown Grove
Preliminary plat for Kettle Park North
Permit to convert car wash to drive-thru service at BP
station on Kimball Lane
Permit and initial review for Tailwaggers dog day care
in Verona Technology Park
Site plan, annexation and zoning change for Coating
Place
Site Plan for Liberty Parts Team in Liberty Business
Park
Site plan for a 3,500-square-foot retail building at
422-426 E. Verona Ave. (Sherwin Williams)
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Retirements
More retirees
The following teachers did not respond to or were not sent the questionnaire but will also
retire at the end of the year:
Teacher School Position Years in VASD
Jim Brooks
VAHS Phy. Ed. teacher
33
Sue Stodola
BRMS Language Arts teacher
28
Paula Wick
SP PALs teacher
27
R. Lowell Davis
VAHS Phy. Ed. teacher
22
SP Art teacher
21
Jayne Batinger-Peterson
Karen Godar SC/NCS/GE LMC director
18
Susan Cook
SP PALs teacher
16
Kelli Kreienkamp
CKCS Second grade teacher
16
Sandra Tolleson* NCS
K/1
14
Jim Ruder NCS Director
3
Barb Drake VAIS Director
2
*on leave this year
Scott Girard
Deb Crews
Hometown: Rockford, Ill.
Education: B.S. and M.S. in
Speech/language Pathology
Position: Speech/language
Pathologist
School: SOMS and New Century
Years in teaching: 37
Years in VASD: 28
What inspired you to get into
education? My high school
science teacher taught a unit
on neurology. That sparked
my interest in understanding
how the brain works. When I
went to college I took a few
neurology classes which led
to the field of speech/lan-
guage pathology. In graduate

school I had the opportunity
to work with students at a
local school and realized that
I wanted to go into the educational branch of speech/
language pathology.
What is a favorite memory
of your time in education? I
used to work at the Alternative High School in Verona.
Two years after one of my
students graduated he sent
me flowers and a heartfelt
letter thanking me for helping
him. It came at a time when
I was no longer sure if I had
the energy to remain in the
profession. It was the push I
needed to keep going for the
Ian Gaylor
Greg Verhelst
Hometown: Madison
Education: La Crosse/
UW-Madison
Position: Fifth Grade
School: CKCS
Years in VASD: 21
What inspired you to get
into education? I always
enjoyed being around kids
especially their energy,
enthusiasm and creativity.
What is a favorite memory of your time in education? My favorite time
was being a part of the
small, brand new CKCS
charter school during the
late 1990s. We felt like pioneers bounding off into
a brave new world. It was
exciting. The camaraderie we had with the other
staff members and parents was something I will
always fondly remember.
What are some of the top
challenges facing educators today? Needier students, budget cuts, testing pressures, a crazy and
complicated teacher evaluation process, changing
technology, the RTI process to mention a few. It
is almost overwhelming!
Why are you retiring
now? At age 60 I dont
have the energy, patience
and enthusiasm that I
used to have. Its time.
What are your plans for
retirement? Books, travel, growing dahlias, Scottish Dance, time for exercise, taking classes at the
UW, spending more time
with family and friends,
etc.
Hometown: Madison
Education:
UW-Madison
M.S.
in
Education
Administration
Position:
Verhelst
Physical
Education,
Assistant Athletic Director,
Coach
School: VAHS
Years in VASD: 37
into education? I thought
I would enjoy the experiences and challenges of
teaching and coaching.
What is a favorite memory of your time in education? Every day for 38
years. The variety of situations and challenges that
teachers face each day.
The opportunity to teach
and prepare students for
the future.
What are some of the
top challenges facing
educators today? I feel
there have been a variety
of challenges for teachers
since I started 38 years
ago. You just do the best
you can and it is amazing
how many positive interactions there are.
now? The time is right
and it is time to begin a
new chapter in my life.
retirement? Relax, not
worry about what time it
is, travel and golf.
long haul.
challenges facing educators today? Students have
so many needs in addition to
their academics. There just is
not enough time in the day to
address all of them and offer
the support they need.
Why are you retiring now?
To spend more time with my
family.
What are your plans for retirement? We are moving to
southeastern Wisconsin to
be closer to family. I hope
to catch up on my sleep and
possibly be a school volunteer in my new community.
Katie
Aspinwall
Hometown: Madison
Education: B.A. in elementary education; M.A.
in educational administration
Position:
7th grade
teacher
School:
SOMS
Aspinwall
Years in
teaching: 37
Years in VASD: 19
What inspired you to
get into education? I
had marvelous teachers
throughout elementary
and high school teachers who cared deeply.
What is a favorite memory of your time in education? Opening Savanna
Oaks with Stephanie Edwards as principal, and
Upham Woods.
challenges facing educators today? Lack of funding for crucial programming to meet the diverse
needs of students.
now? The timing is right.
What are your plans
for retirement? I begin
classes at Madison College the week after school
gets out. I am going to become a CNA and hope to
provide care for patients
and families at Agrace.
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Carol White
Debra Ballweg
Hometown: Aurora, Neb.

Education:
B.A. Hastings College (Neb.),
M.A. University of
Northern
Iowa
Position: Bentley
Choir/General Music Teacher
School: SOMS
Years in VASD: 10
into education? I did, in
fact, resist going into education as an undergraduate, because I wanted to
take interesting courses
in college rather than the
many methods courses required of education
majors. But a passion for
learning and my gravitation toward helping/teaching avenues of work finally led me to accept that I
needed to become certified to work in education.
Throughout my career,
the love of the profession
vastly outweighed the
many frustrations. I often
reflected that there was
nothing I would rather do
than share my love of music with young people.
What is a favorite memory of your time in education? I have treasured
working with so many
people who are deeply
dedicated to doing everything they can to help
children learn.
challenges facing educators today? Large class
sizes and increasing time
demands around data collection/reporting.
now? Its time to turn my
classroom over to someone with more energy!
retirement? My husband
is also retiring from his
job as a special educator
at West High in Madison.
We will be taking trips
with our tandem bike in
search of seafood and
scenery. Well start this
fall with a ride around
Nova Scotias Cape Breton on the Cabot Trail. I
also look forward to substitute-teaching in the Verona district, because you
can take the teacher out of
the classroom, but...well,
you know.
Hometown: Verona
Education:
UW-Madison
for
B.S.
in
Education:
Spanish
and Ibero-American Stud- White
ies
and
graduate coursework at
UW-Madison and other
universities and colleges
Position: Spanish teacher
School: VAHS
Years in VASD: 26
into education? I was inspired by my French and
Spanish teachers, a sister
who was a French teacher, as well as my Louisiana Cajun French-English
bilingual father who escaped from poverty to
become a soil chemistry
professor and a successful leader of a non-profit
scientific organization. In
addition, experiences that
family members and I had
working and studying in
other countries motivated
me to pursue this profession.
challenges facing educators today? At VAHS,
the main challenge is
time. Teachers need additional time every school
day to plan, grade, collaborate, and focus on
their students needs.
Change is needed. How?
Non-teaching staff need
to be hired to supervise
lunchrooms, hallways the
greeter station, and study
halls. This would improve
student-teacher
relationships, teaching and
learning, teacher morale
and health, and the school
culture in general.
now? I love teaching, my
students and colleagues.
But after working hard
and planning carefully for
retirement, the moment is
right to enjoy more time
with family, four grandchildren and friends.
retirement? Most definitely, I will read more,
spend a lot more quality
time with my husband,
tackle home projects, take
some classes, travel and
do some part-time and
volunteer work.
Hometown: Sauk City

Education:
Sauk Prairie
High
School;
Edgewood
College
(both Undergrad
and Mas- Ballweg
ters)
Position: Social Studies
Teacher, New Teacher
Mentor and GSA Advisor
School: VAHS
Years in VASD: 17
What inspired you to
get into education? As
a child we lived right by
a school and at the end
of the year we would sift
through the garbage to
find all kinds of teaching
resources so we could
play school. I was usually
the teacher. I also loved
helping my own children
learn and it followed to
work in a preschool and
then expand my horizons
to older children.
What is a favorite memory of your time in education? Working and
enjoying time with my
peers. I play cards with a
group of fellow teachers
and our time together is
wonderful.
top challenges facing
educators today? The
amount of standardized
testing impacts the time
spent teaching. As always the mandates from
both the federal and state
can be time consuming.
Initiatives from our own
district adds yet another
layer.
now? Being a Tier 1 and
the elimination of this tier
had a lot to do with my retirement timing. But, if it
was not this year it would
have been the next.
retirement? I am going
through a Yoga Certification program this
summer and will use this
certification to work with
others that want to either
learn the practice or those
that want to continue their
practice. I am working
with others in the district
to continue my meditation
and yoga classes that I
currently teach at the high
school to other schools in
the district.
Support staff
The following support staff also retired this year. Note that some support staff
members requested through the district not to be included in public lists of retirees,
though their years of service were included in the total for the article on the front
page.
Employee
Vicki Oimen
Ron Martin
Laura Knoche
Catherine Inabnit
Bonita Bollig
Elizabeth Brault
Susan Kunde
Lester Skoien
Carol Maxon
Department
Vocational coordinator
Maintenance
Business office assistant
Special Ed. assistant
Cook
Ed. Tech. assistant
Ed. Assistant
Custodian
Special Ed. assistant
Years in VASD
27.5
24.35
21
21
18
17
17
16
15
Scott Girard
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Photo by Scott Girard
Missy Paust conducted her

final eighth-grade concert with
Savanna Oaks Middle School
band students Monday, May 23.
Mary Ann Ford
Hometown: Middleton
Education: B.A. in music,
UW-Madison
Position:
Band Director
School:
SOMS
Years in Paust
teaching:
35
Years in VASD: 27
into education? My love
of all things musical. Actually, when I started, children kind of scared me. I
was the youngest of five
and had no experience
dealing with kids at all.
What is a favorite memory of your time in education? Going to hear high
school, college and professional performances
of students that I taught.
Seeing how far theyve
gone with the music in
their lives is incredible.
Playing alongside some of
them in community bands
is also a very rewarding
experience.
challenges facing educators today? Some of the
same ones weve always
had: Trying to bring knowledge and skills to students
who have a totally different lifestyle than we grew
up in; trying to make sure
every student gets what
they need as resources get
smaller.
now? Verona has a good
retirement package that
will end after this year,
and I just dont feel that
Im doing the job as well
as it should be done.
retirement? Ill play in a
lot of bands, sing in some
choirs, do some subbing, and help my husband George with life on
the farm (cows, horses,
chickens, dogs and cats).
Sue Tuecke
Hometown: Oskaloosa, IA
Education: University of Iowa
Position: Speech/Language Pathologist
School: Early Childhood Itinerant
Years in teaching: 34.5
Tuecke
Years in VASD: 30
What inspired you to get into education? I actually
dont remember a time when I didnt want to teach. I
loved learning and working with children so it seemed
like a good fit. I had so many wonderful teachers
throughout my own school years that inspired and encouraged me. I took an introduction to speech pathology class my freshman year of college and I was hooked.
Throughout my career my students and my co-workers
have inspired me to try to be the best that I can be.
What is a favorite memory of your time in education? Thinking about the progress many of my students have made will always be a favorite memory of
mine. Watching a student grow from having little to no
recognizable communication to being able to carry on
a conversation with a parent, friend or teacher is one of
the most amazing and rewarding experiences to have.
For the last several years I have worked with preschool
aged students in their homes, daycares, preschools and
Pre-K classrooms. This has given me the opportunity
to work with many amazing families and teachers that
have both humbled and inspired me. And, I get to play
pretty much all day long with really fun and cute children. How can it get any better than that!
What are some of the top challenges facing educators
today? Many of the top challenges facing educators today come from some really good things. Classrooms
today are so much more diverse than they were 30
years ago, which is great. However, teaching a classroom that might consist of some children with limited or no English, some children with broad ranges of
learning differences, and some children facing poverty
and homelessness brings many rewards and challenges. The advances in technology have been tremendous
over the last 30 years, however, keeping up with these
changes and learning how to use the new technology in
the most appropriate way in the classroom and when
working with children out in the community can also be
a challenge. Finally, ensuring that instructional methods
and strategies are effective is very important, however,
finding ways to measure accountability that dont interfere with instructional time can be very challenging.
Why are you retiring now? For one thing, I wanted to
take advantage of the current retirement benefits before
they changed. I still really enjoy what I do. However,
I am noticing that getting up off the floor after working with a student there for 45 minutes isnt nearly as
graceful or pain-free as it once was.
What are your plans for retirement? I love to travel and
I look forward to being able to travel any time I want
and not just mid-June through mid-August. I also look
forward to being able to spend more time with family and friends. I know my two dogs hope that I will
be walking them more consistently. I also hope to do
more volunteer work in my community. And, I am really
looking forward to not having to get up at 5a.m. every
morning and not having to drive the Beltline daily from
McFarland.
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Hometown: Madison
Education:
B.S. in Elementary
Education,
grades 4-8,
Edgewood
College
Position:
Doyle
Eighth
grade English teacher
School: BRMS
Years in VASD: 18
into education? As far
back as I can remember,
I wanted to be a teacher.
I admired my teachers as
I was growing up, and,
believe it or not, I liked
correcting papers to help
them out. I feel that teaching is a calling, not an occupation.
What is a favorite memory of your time in education? My favorite
memories include getting to know students
as people, inspiring students through poems or
books, assisting them in
improving their writing,
and helping them get over
fear of speaking publicly
or improve their public
speaking. My favorite
memories all stem from
either the colleagues I
have worked with, or the
students I have worked
with. I have enjoyed all of
my years in education due
to these two aspects, and
many times, the combination of collaborating with
colleagues and working
with students has been
amazing.
challenges facing educators today? Top challenges in education today include trying to reach and
help students of differing
ability levels, differing
cultural backgrounds, and
varied behavioral philosophies; working in an
environment (especially
statewide) which does
not value education, and
working within budget
constraints to try and
provide quality educational opportunities.
I do feel that I could teach
for a few more years, but
the opportunity presented itself in a way that it is
whats best for my family
and me at this time.
retirement? As of now,
and
links
away.
I have
no setright
plans. Im
open to new possibilities!
Hometown: Mount Horeb

Education:
UW-Madison (masters level)
Special Education
Behavioral
Disabilities
Position: Kirsop
Special Education Coordinator
School: Verona Area High
School
Years in VASD: 33
into education? I think
this has always been an
area of interest for me. In
high school I had the opportunity to work with the
Special Education Early
Childhood Program and
that had a huge impact on
my career choice.
What is a favorite memory of your time in education? This is an impossible question to answer
when you have had the
opportunity to work with
so many incredible students, families and colleagues over such an
extended period of time.
There are so many memories.
challenges facing educators today? The expectations placed on educators
today is incredible, teaching extends far beyond
teaching a subject or
teaching content. Educators today wear many different hats; serve many
different roles within the
lives of their students and
within the schools they
work. In addition to the
many roles they juggle
every day, the political
atmosphere within our
state over the past few
years has truly been challenging to the teaching
profession. Despite these
immense challenges, their
commitment and passion
continue.
now? One reason has to
do with changes in retirement benefits that makes
this year a better option
for retiring year. Once that
was evident then I embraced the idea. I look forward to trying new things
and being able to travel
anytime of the year.
retirement? To embrace
opportunities that may
come my way, spend
more time with my family
and to find joy in each day.
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Education:
UW-Madison
Position:
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Education Ford
Coordinator
School: SOMS
Years in VASD: 27
What inspired you to get into
education? Love for children,
providing mental health services for a whole population
versus a select few, awesomeness of educators. And
desire to help instill foundations for futures, remove
barriers to learning, optimize
what kids can do, foster opportunities beyond tradition,
instill proactive and positive
change, use and promote
creativity and innovation.
of your time in education?
Getting stranded in California for three extra days due
to snow storms in Madison
(yeah, right?) and returning
to my office that was transformed to a beach scene by
colleagues. Kids loved it.
challenges facing educators today? 24-7 job, always
more to do than time allows,
complexity and multitude of
educational
issues/needs,
personalizing learning that is
meaningful to every student
in a manner that promotes
their engagement and progress, government and budget
interference into what educators do best, decreasing
resources to meet increasing
demands/needs.
To explore new ventures, life
is short.
What are your plans for retirement? Just think of the
possibilities. And then to actually have some time to think
about and explore them. Its
a gift waiting to be opened.
Looking into opportunities
with dogs, educational policy,
finance, geriatrics, flea market flips, garden centers, and
then some. Fun and extended
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Liz Buerger
Hometown: Verona
Education: B.S.
Elem. Ed., M.S.
Ed. Admin.
Position: PALs
Multiage teacher, grades 1-3
School: Stoner
Prairie
Buerger
Years in VASD: 30
What are your plans for retirement? Relax and enjoy free
time.
Christine
Uelmen
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Janet Farnan
Hometown: Kimberly
Education:
UW-Oshkosh
and
UW-Madison
Position:
Curriculum
Coordinator
Uelmen
School:
CKCS
Years in VASD: 26
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Hometown: Duluth, Minn.

Education: U of Minn.: B.S.
in K-6 El.
Ed.; Hamline Univ:
Reading
Recovery
Certification and
Reading
Lic; Farnan
Univ.
of
St. Thomas: M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction;
UW-Madison: licenses in
Curriculum and Instruction
and K-12 principal
Positions: Learning Resource Coordinator, Reading Specialist
School: Stoner Prairie
(nine years) and Country
View (one year)
Years in VASD: 10
into education? As the
youngest of four children,
I was constantly the student for my older sisters who loved to play
Mary Connor
school. I jokingly say it

was my only opportunity
to ever be the teacher!
Actually, I was inspired
by the incredibly dedicated, loving Dominican and
Benedictan Sisters and Jesuit priests who were my
instructors.
of your time in education?
It was an honor to be chosen Minnesota Elementary Social Studies Teacher
of the Year in 1997 for my
work concerning diversity.
challenges facing educators today? Meeting the
needs of all learners with
a constantly shrinking education budget.
To have more time for all of
the other things in life that
I enjoy, including my precious grandchildren!
What are your plans
for retirement? Family,
friends, fitness, flowers
and fun!
Hometown: Park Falls

Education: B.A. in Communication Arts, B.S. in
Elementary
Education,
both from UW-Madison
Position:
1st/2nd/3rd
grade multi-age teacher
School:
Sugar
Creek
Years in
teaching: 22
Years in
VASD: 22 Connor
What
inspired you to get into
education? I worked
for many years with
court-involved teenagers. I was amazed at how
many young people had
negative school experiences through no fault of
their own, but often just
because they had unstable lives or other issues
of just surviving that they
were dealing with. I was
inspired by our teacher
who was a liaison with
the public schools and

ran an in-house school.
After that I returned to
school to get my teaching degree.
What is a favorite memory of your time in education? I love field trips
and special days like
Pajama Day and Mismatched clothes Day.
top challenges facing educators today?
Not enough time which
makes it hard to keep priorities straight.
now? It is a good time
for me personally. My
husband is already retired and we would love
to spend more time together.
retirement? I hope to
spend more time with my
grown children and their
families and do some
traveling. The rest I will
discover.
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TOWN OF VERONA
REGULAR TOWN
BOARD MEETING
TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2016
6:30 P.M.
TOWN HALL,
335 N. NINE MOUND ROAD,
VERONA, WI 53593-1035
1. Call To Order/Approval of the

agenda
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Announcements
4. 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.
5. Public Hearing, Discussion and
possible action re: Renewal Applications
for liquor licenses for Blackhawk Bowhunters and Ole Duffers Pub.
6. Discussion and possible action
re: Approval of Operator Licenses for the
year ending 6/30/2017.
7. Discussion and possible action
re: Resolution 2016-4 for the WI DNR
Compliance Maintenance Annual Report
8. Reports
A. Plan Commission:
i. Discussion and possible action re:
timeline and letter of intent for potential
opt of from Dane County zoning
ii. Update on boundary agreement
adoption process
B. Public Works Committee
i. Discussion and action re: field access for 1848 Fritz Road.
C. Natural and Recreations Areas
Committee:
D. Ordinance Committee:
i. Discussion and possible action re:
Cycling event ordinance and permit
ii. Discussion and possible action
re: Amendment to Chapter 3 regarding
the regulation of fireworks
iii. Discussion and possible action
re: Adoption of Chapter 17 Administrative
Review Procedure
E. Financial Stability Committee:
F. EMS Commission:
G. Town Chair:
i. Update on town hall, maintenance
building, salt shed construction plans
ii. Discussion and action re: budget
amendment to bring in reserve funds for
town hall construction
iii. Discussion and action re: contracts with Homan Construction and the
Cuningham Group
iv. Discussion re: sale of existing
building
H. Supervisors:
I. Clerk/Treasurer:
J. Planner/Administrator:
6. Discussion and approval of minutes of the May 3rd and May 13th meetings
7. Approval of payment of bills
8. Adjourn
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The Verona Press. Per Resolution 20162 agendas are posted at the Town Hall
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Public Works, Ordinance, Natural and
Recreational Areas, and Financial Sustainability Committees and could occur
at this meeting for the purposes of information gathering only.
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Posted: May 31, 2016
Published: June 2, 2016
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CITY OF VERONA
MINUTES
COMMON COUNCIL
MAY 9, 2016
VERONA CITY HALL
1. Mayor Hochkammer called the

meeting to order at 7:04 p.m.
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Roll call: Alderpersons L. Diaz, E.
Doyle, J. Linder, M. McGilvray, H. Reekie,

B. Stiner and
E. Touchett present. Also in attendance: Planning and Development Director A. Sayre, Finance Director C. Engelke,
Police Chief B. Coughlin, Ehlers & Associates Representative
T. Taves, City Engineer J. Montpas,
and City Clerk E. Clark.
4. Public Comment:
Marcia Kasieta, representing the
Badger Prairie Needs Network, spoke
regarding their Flags 4 Food fundraising
project.
5. Approval of Minutes from the April
25, 2016 and April 27, 2016 Common
Council meetings: Motion by McGilvray,
seconded by Reekie, to approve the minutes of the April 25, 2016 and April 27,
2016 Common Council meetings. Motion
carried 7-0.
6. Mayors Business:
A. Verona Area Chamber of Commerce Director, Le Jordan, provided an
update on the Chambers use of room
tax funds.
B. Citizen Committee Appointments.
Mayor Hochkammer recommended
the following citizen commission appointments:
Community Development Authority
Christopher Zak
Verona Economic Development
Commission John Wyss, Sean Cleary,
Larry Saeger
Fitch-Rona EMS District Joan Sullivan
Library Board-Vice President Cristin Napier
Police and Fire Commission Richard Jensen
Motion by Linder, seconded by Diaz,
to approve the citizen committee appointments. Motion carried 7-0.
7. Engineers Report
Report on Northern Lights/N. Nine
Mound Road Construction; Church
Street, S. Marietta Street and Grove Avenue reconstruction; USH 18/151/Epic
Lane On-ramp;
CTH PD reconstruction, Shady Oak
Lane to Woods Road; Community Park
and Park Lane parking lot construction;
2016 Street Rehabilitation Project; and
Locust Drive bridge.
8. Committee Reports:
A. Plan Commission
(1) Discussion and Possible Action
Re: Resolution No. R-16-014 Approving
a Conditional Use Permit to Allow an
Indoor Commercial Entertainment Land
Use Known as Arbys Restaurant to be
Located at 631 Hometown Circle. Motion
by Linder, seconded by Touchett, to approve a Conditional Use Permit to allow
an indoor commercial entertainment land
use known as Arbys Restaurant to be
located at 631 Hometown Circle. Motion
carried 4-0, with Alders Diaz and Doyle
opposed and Alder McGilvray abstaining.
Re: Resolution No. R-16-015 Approving a
Conditional Use Permit for A Group Daycare Center Land Use to be Located at
200 Keenan Court. Motion by Linder, seconded by Doyle, to approve a Conditional
Use Permit for a group daycare center
land use to be located at 200 Keenan
Court. Motion carried 7-0.
Re: Resolution No. R-16-016 Approving
a Conditional Use Permit for a 147-Unit
Personal Storage Facility to be Located
at 1010 Solar Court. Motion by Linder,
seconded by Doyle, to approve a Conditional Use Permit for a 147-unit personal
storage facility to be located at 1010 Solar Court. Motion carried 6-0, with Alder
McGilvray abstaining.
Alder Linder referred to housing
data supplied by Planning staff. Approximately 154 lots are available in the city
today. Approximately 44 are ready for
building. Mayor Hochkammer stated that
gives us about two years of lots for the
city at the rate weve been going.
B. Finance Committee
Re: Payment of Bills. Motion by McGilvray, seconded by Linder, to pay the bills
in the amount of $1,040,316.87. Motion
carried 7-0.
Re: Resolution No. R-16-017 Terminating
TIF District No. 7 and Authorizing the City
Treasurer to Distribute Excess Increment
to Overlying Taxing Jurisdictions. Motion
by McGilvray, seconded by Linder, to
approve Resolution No. R-16-017 terminating TIF District No. 7 and authorizing
the City Treasurer to distribute excess
increment to overlying taxing jurisdictions. Tax Increment District No. 7 was
created in 2002, and encompasses the
Epic Systems Corporate Campus. The
city is in a position to close TIF District
No. 7 at the end of 2016, which is nine
years before the required dissolution

date of the TID. At this time, the TIF District has generated sufficient increment
to pay the remaining estimated project
costs and debt obligations. Termination
of the district will provide $393,143,900
of additional value to the citys non-TIF
District tax base. The expected maximum
additional tax levy authority generated
from the new non-TID equalized value for
the citys 2017 budget is $1,291,016. This
is a 12% increase over the 2016 budgeted non-TID levy. Upon completion of the
final audit of the district in early 2017, the
city Treasurer will distribute the balance
of funds to the various taxing jurisdictions. The projected final balance available for distribution is $21,201,792. Of
this amount, $6,153,731 or 29% is the City
of Verona share. The $6,153,731 is a onetime source of funds over and above the
increase in tax levy authority. This onetime distribution may be restricted for
one-time expenditures such as paying off
debt or for funding onetime capital project(s). Mayor Hochkammer stated this is
really good news for the entire region
not only for the city, but for the technical
college, the school district, and the county. We will remain fiscally responsible, as
we have been in the past. Paying down of
some debt may be a good idea. There are
some things we can build into our budget
as we look forward to 2017. The property
tax reductions that will come from this
are very important for many sectors of
our community. Epic Systems is a fantastic partner that we work very closely with.
Theres really no way to look at anything
negative with this. Alder Linder stated we
have been talking about this for a year.
Its exciting to see some of the things
the mayor mentioned be able to happen.
Alder McGilvray thanked Cindy Engelke,
Finance Director, as well as other staff.
This has been a very fluid process. It is a
big deal to be able to get this TIF closed
in 2016. Alder Touchett thanked the
mayor for his comment on paying down
debt and how much it means annually in
savings. Mayor Hochkammer stated we
need to look at the future of the city, not
so much about spending the money now.
This opens a lot of doors for us. Alder
Diaz stated this gives us an excellent opportunity to borrow less money in the future and to pay down debt. This will keep
the city in a solid position in the future.
Motion carried 7-0.
C. Public Safety & Welfare Committee
Re: A Special Event Permit for Hometown
Days June 2-5, 2016 from Le Jordan of
the Verona Area Chamber of Commerce.
Motion by Touchett, seconded by Reekie, to approve a Special Event Permit for
Hometown Days, June 2-5, 2016 from Le
Jordan of the Verona Area Chamber of
Commerce, with the contingency that
the carnival company must submit a list
of employees working the event no later
than Tuesday, May 31st at 3 p.m. Motion
carried 7-0.
Re: An Application for a Temporary Class
B Retailers License for June 2-5, 2016
from Fitchburg-Verona Rotary Club for
Hometown Days. Motion by Touchett,
seconded by Reekie, to approve a Temporary Class B Beer license for June
2-5, 2016 for the Fitchburg-Verona Rotary
Club. Motion carried 7-0.
Re: A Special Event Permit for a Fundraiser and Outdoor Barbeque Dinner
on Thursday, June 16, 2016 from Bruce
Meier, Doks Klassik Tavern. Motion
by Touchett, seconded by Reekie, to
approve a Special Event Permit for a
fundraiser and outdoor barbeque dinner
on Thursday, June 16, 2016 from Bruce
Meier, Doks Klassik Tavern, contingent
upon completion of a records check of
the applicant. Motion carried 7-0.
(4) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Temporary Premise Description
Amendment for Class B Beer and
Class B Intoxicating Liquor Licenses
for Doks Klassik Tavern, Located at 410
W. Verona Avenue, to Include the Parking
Lot and Dinner Tent on the West Lawn.
Motion by Touchett, seconded by Reekie,
to approve a temporary premise description amendment for Class B Beer and
on Thursday, June 16, 2016, for Doks
Klassik Tavern, located at 410 W. Verona
Avenue, to include the parking lot and
dinner tent on the west lawn, contingent
upon completion of a records check of
the applicant. Motion carried 7-0.
Re: A Special Event Permit for the Hop
Haus Brewing Company 1st Anniversary
Party on Saturday, June 18, 2016 from
Phil Hoechst. Motion by Reekie, second-
ed by Diaz, to approve a Special Event

Permit for the Hop Haus Brewing Company 1st anniversary party on Saturday,
June 18, 2016. Motion carried 6-0, with
Alder Touchett abstaining.
(6) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Temporary Premise Description
Amendment for Class B Beer and
for Hop Haus Brewing Company, LLC,
Located at 231 S. Main Street, to Include
the Front Parking Lot. Motion by Reekie,
seconded by Diaz, to approve a temporary premise description amendment for
Class B Beer and Class B Intoxicating Liquor Licenses on Saturday, June
18, 2016, for Hop Haus Brewing Company, LLC, located at 231 S. Main Street, to
include the front parking lot. Motion carried 6-0, with Alder Touchett abstaining.
Re: A Special Event Permit for Nest Fest
on Saturday, September 24, 2016 at the
Eagles Nest Ice Arena, 451 E. Verona
Avenue, from Michael OBrien. Motion
by Touchett, seconded by Reekie, to approve a Special Event Permit for Nest
Fest on Saturday, September 24, 2016 at
the Eagles Nest Ice Arena, 451 E. Verona
Avenue, from Michael OBrien, contingent upon submission of an insurance
certificate and completion of records
check of the applicant. Motion carried
7-0.
Re: Temporary Class B Beer License
for Verona Wildcats Youth Hockey Association Nest Fest, September 24,
2016 at the Eagles Nest Ice Arena, 451
E. Verona Avenue. Motion by Touchett,
seconded by Reekie, to approve a Temporary Class B Beer license for Verona Wildcats Youth Hockey Association
Nest Fest, September 24, 2016 at the
Eagles Nest Ice Arena, 451 E. Verona
Avenue, contingent upon submission of
an insurance certificate and completion
of records check of the applicant. Motion
carried 7-0.
9. Old Business
A. Discussion and Possible Action
Re: Director of Public Works Position.
Motion by Doyle, seconded by Linder,
to go into closed session as authorized
by Section 19.85(1) of the Wisconsin
Statutes for the purpose of considering
employment, promotion, compensation
or performance evaluation data of any
public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises
responsibility. The Common Council may
reconvene in open session and discuss
and take action on the subject matter
discussed in closed session. On roll call:
Alder Stiner Aye, Alder Touchett Aye,
Alder Diaz - Aye, Alder Doyle Aye, Alder Linder Aye, Alder McGilvray Aye,
Alder Reekie Aye. Motion carried 7-0.
The Council convened in closed session
at 8:05 p.m.
CLOSED SESSION
The Common Council reconvened in
open session at 8:31 p.m. No action was
taken in closed session.
10. New Business
A. Discussion and Possible Action
Re: Approval of Operator Licenses. Motion by Linder, seconded by Reekie, to
approve operator licenses for Holly Loeffelholz, Christine Tomczyk, Jesse Westerman, Katelin Cairn, Nicholas Panka,
Alexis Matts, Lukas Notter, and Miguel
Dominguez. Motion carried 7-0.
11. Announcements:
Alder Doyle announced that the Verona Police Department is hosting a bicycle safety event on Saturday, May 14th
from Noon 2 p.m.
12. Adjournment:
Motion by Doyle, seconded by Reekie, to adjourn at 8:34 p.m. Motion carried
7-0.
Ellen Clark
City Clerk
CITY OF VERONA
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MINUTES
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
MAY 20, 2016
VERONA CITY HALL
1. The meeting was called to order

by Mayor Hochkammer at 6:00 p.m.
2. Roll Call: Luke Diaz, Elizabeth
Doyle, Jack Linder, Heather Reekie,
Brad Stiner, and Jon Hochkammer. Also
present: Stephen Hintz, Public Administration Associates; Kevin Flanagan, Tammy LaBorde, David Nord and Catherine
Schmit.
3. Approval of Minutes from the May
10, 2016 Special Common Council Meeting. Motion by Doyle, seconded by Reek-
ie to approve the minutes of the May 10,

2016 Special Common Council Meeting.
Motion carried.
4. Discussion of Candidates for the
City Administrator Position: The purpose of the meeting was to hold a social
gathering for City Administrator position
candidates, the Mayor and Alderpersons.
5. Adjournment: Motion by Stiner,
seconded by Linder, to adjourn the meeting at 7:30 p.m. Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Jon Hochkammer, Mayor
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MINUTES
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
MAY 21, 2016
VERONA CITY HALL
1. The meeting was called to order

by Mayor Hochkammer at 7:45 a.m.
2. Roll Call: Luke Diaz, Elizabeth
Doyle, Jack Linder, Mac McGilvray,
Heather Reekie, Brad Stiner, and Jon
Hochkammer. Also present: Stephen
Hintz, Public Administration Associates;
Kevin Flanagan, Tammy LaBorde, David
Nord and Catherine Schmit.
3. Discussion of Candidates for the
City Administrator Position: Motion by
McGilvray, seconded by Doyle, to convene in closed session as authorized
by Section 19.85 (1)(c) of the Wisconsin
Statutes for the purpose of considering
employment, promotion, compensation
or performance evaluation data of any
public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises
responsibility. Roll call was unanimous.
Closed session convened at 7:50 a.m.
4. Reconvene in Open Session: Motion by Diaz, seconded by Reekie to reconvene in open session. Motion carried.
5. Adjournment: Motion by Doyle,
seconded by Reekie, to adjourn the meeting at 2:05 p.m. Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Jon Hochkammer, Mayor
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***
NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that applications for alcohol beverage licenses

for the period from July 1, 2016 through
June 30, 2017 have been filed with the
city Clerk, CITY OF VERONA, by the
following named individuals or corporations and for the following premises:
CLASS A RETAIL LIQUOR AND
MALT BEVERAGES LICENSE
Annies Pantry Verona, Inc., d/b/a Verona Mobil, Hali Smith, Agent, for Verona
Mobil, 101 E. Verona Avenue
Francois Oil Company, Inc., d/b/a
Francois Oil Convenience Center, Steven
J. Merry, Agent, for Francois Oil Convenience Center, 103 Prairie Oaks Drive
KGN Acquisitions, LLC, d/b/a Verona Wine Cellar, Richard E. Dearworthy,
Agent, for Verona Wine Cellar, 1015 N.
Edge Trail
Kwik Trip, Inc., Naomi C. Olayo,
Agent, for Kwik Trip #456, 2145 County
Road PB
Kwik Trip, Inc., Carol S. Cutler,
Agent, for Kwik Trip #837, 400 E. Verona
Avenue
Madison Oil, LLC, d/b/a Verona Liquor, Lakhvir Kaur, Agent, for Verona
Liquor, 103 S. Main Street
Miller and Sons, Inc., Carlton Miller,
Agent, for Miller & Sons Supermarket,
210 S. Main Street
Schultz Vending, LLC, Chris J.
Schultz, Agent, for Schultz Vending, LLC,
535 Half Mile Road
Tommaso Vincenzo, LLC, d/b/a Vincenzo Citgo, Courtney C. Weis, Agent, for
Vincenzo Citgo, 991 Kimball Lane
Walgreen Company, Michael J. Waldvogel, Agent, for Walgreens #01159, 104
N. Main Street
CLASS B RETAIL FERMENTED
MALT BEVERAGES LICENSE
Angel, LLC, d/b/a Cucos Mexican
Restaurant, Lazaro De Vincente, Agent,
for Cucos Mexican Restaurant, 1050 N.
Edge Trail
FK&P, LLC, d/b/a Grays Tied House,
Sean Foley, Agent, for Grays Tied House,
950 Kimball Lane
Hop Haus Brewing Company, LLC,
Philipp S. Hoechst, Agent, for Hop Haus
Brewing Company, LLC, 231 S. Main
Street
Jordandal Farmstead Foods, Ltd.,
d/b/a Jordandal Cookhouse, Carrie Johnson, Agent, for Jordandal Cookhouse,
600 W. Verona Avenue, Suites 5 & 6
LBO, Inc., d/b/a 5th Quarter Sports
Bar, James B. Latsch, Agent, for 5th
Quarter Sports Bar, 161 Horizon Drive

M & K Kubly, d/b/a Tuvalu Coffeehouse & Gallery, Michelle L. Kubly, Agent,
for Tuvalu Coffeehouse & Gallery, 300 S.
Main Street
Madison Epicureans, LLC, d/b/a
Pasquals Cantina, Seth D. Wilson, Agent,
for Pasquals Cantina, 100 Cross Country
Road
MIRK, LLC, d/b/a Drafthouse Bar &
Restaurant, Mark A. Franklin, Agent, for
Drafthouse Bar & Restaurant, 1010 Enterprise Drive
Mr. Brews Taphouse III, LLC, d/b/a
Mr. Brews Taphouse, Gregg Day, Agent,
for Mr. Brews Taphouse, 611 Hometown
Circle
Sugar River Pizza Company Verona, LLC, d/b/a Sugar River Pizza Company, Sarah Thomas, Agent, for Sugar River
Pizza Company, 957 Liberty Drive
Toot & Kates LLC, d/b/a Toot &
Kates Wine Bar, Ryan T. Biechler, Agent,
for Toot & Kates Wine Bar, 109 S. Main
Street
RESERVE CLASS B INTOXICATING LIQUOR LICENSE
Angel, LLC, d/b/a Cucos Mexican
Restaurant, Lazaro De Vincente, Agent,
for Cucos Mexican Restaurant, 1050 N.
Edge Trail
FK&P, LLC, d/b/a Grays Tied House,
Sean Foley, Agent, for Grays Tied House,
950 Kimball Lane
Hop Haus Brewing Company, LLC,
Philipp S. Hoechst, Agent, for Hop Haus
Brewing Company, LLC, 231 S. Main
Street
LBO, Inc., d/b/a 5th Quarter Sports
Bar, James B. Latsch, Agent, for 5th
Quarter Sports Bar, 161 Horizon Drive
Madison Epicureans, LLC, d/b/a
Pasquals Cantina, Seth D. Wilson, Agent,
for Pasquals Cantina, 100 Cross Country
Road
MIRK, LLC, d/b/a Drafthouse Bar &
Restaurant, Mark A. Franklin, Agent, for
Drafthouse Bar & Restaurant, 1010 Enterprise Drive
Sugar River Pizza Company Verona, LLC, d/b/a Sugar River Pizza Company, Sarah Thomas, Agent, for Sugar River
Pizza Company, 957 Liberty Drive
Toot & Kates LLC, d/b/a Toot &
Kates Wine Bar, Ryan T. Biechler, Agent,
for Toot & Kates Wine Bar, 109 S. Main
Street
CLASS B FERMENTED MALT
BEVERAGES & INTOXICATING LIQUOR
LICENSE
American Legion Mason-Lindsay
Post 385, Richard Zurbuchen, Agent, for
American Legion Mason-Lindsay Post
385, 207 Legion Street
Avanti Italian Restaurant, LLC, d/b/a
Avanti Italian Restaurant, Vito Cerniglia,
Agent, for Avanti Italian Restaurant, 119
S. Main Street
Cahoots, Inc., d/b/a Cahoots, Josh
Jiru, Agent, for Cahoots, 102 W. Railroad
Street
JPM Investments, LLC, d/b/a Doks
Klassik Tavern, Bruce J. Meier, Agent,
for Doks Klassik Tavern, 410 W. Verona
Avenue
Treads LLC, d/b/a Treads Bar & Grill,
Mark R. Tuescher, Agent, for Treads Bar
& Grill, 407 W. Verona Avenue
Montes Grill & Pub, Inc., d/b/a
Montes Grill & Pub, Monte A. Stoleson,
Agent, for Montes Grill & Pub, 608 W. Verona Avenue
The Heights of Verona, LLC, d/b/a
The Heights, Chadwick A. Leppien,
Agent, for The Heights, 411 Prairie
Heights Drive
CLASS C WINE LICENSE
Jordandal Farmstead Foods, Ltd.,
d/b/a Jordandal Cookhouse, Carrie Johnson, Agent, for Jordandal Cookhouse,
600 W. Verona Avenue, Suites 5 & 6
M & K Kubly, d/b/a Tuvalu Coffeehouse & Gallery, Michelle L. Kubly, Agent,
for Tuvalu Coffeehouse & Gallery, 300 S.
Main Street
Mr. Brews Taphouse III, LLC, d/b/a
Mr. Brews Taphouse, Gregg Day, Agent,
for Mr. Brews Taphouse, 611 Hometown
Circle
The above applications will be considered by the City of Verona Public Safety and Welfare Committee on June 13,
2016 at 5:30 p.m., and the City of Verona
Common Council of June 13, 2016 at 7:00
p.m. at City Hall, 111 Lincoln Street, Verona, WI 53593.
ANYONE HAVING AN OBJECTION
to the granting of such licenses shall
file that objection in writing with the City
Clerk, City of Verona, 111 Lincoln Street
before June 10, 2016 during regular office hours.
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402 Help Wanted, General

BADGER STATE Drilling has an immediate opening for a driller/driller's assistant.
CDL preferred. Must pass DOT physical
Excellent opportunity for advancement,
Year round work. . 608-877-9770.
CLEANING LADY for larrge house in
Town of Middleton, 608-833-4726
DISHWASHER, COOK,
WAITRESS, & DELI STAFF
WANTED.
Applications available at
Sugar & Spice Eatery.
317 Nora St. Stoughton.
FORT LITTLEGREEN Youth Camp &
Nature Center, in Stoughton, is hiring
camp counselors for summer. Full and
part time available. Email resume to fort.
littlegreen@gmail.com.
PART TIME SCHOOL BUS Driver
Oregon-area 3-4 times per week, for
sporting events. CDL-preferred, but will
train. Excellent pay. 608-669-2618
STUDENTS NEEDED for general landscaping. $12.00/hr. Dunkirk. 608-3352750 leave message.
434 Health Care, Human

Services & Child Care
COMFORT KEEPERS IN MADISON
Seeking caregivers to provide care
to seniors in their homes. Valid DL/
Dependable Vehicle required. FT & PT
positions available. Flexible scheduling.
UP TO $2000 Sign-On Bonus!
Call 608-442-1898
UNITED CEREBRAL Palsy of Dane
County is looking for experienced, confident care providers. We support a wide
variety of children and adults with developmental disabilities throughout Dane
County. Part-time positions available
immediately! For more information, or to
request an application, please visit our
website at www.ucpdane.org or contact
Shannon at shannonmolepske@ucpdane.org or (608) 273-3318. AA/EOE
446 Agriculture,
Landscaping & Lawn Care
AGRONOMY SALES and Service Specialist Responsibilities include sales,
blending, delivery and service. CDL
required, salary with benefits. Qualified
applicants send resume to mfcoop@
chorus.net Middleton Farmers Coop, PO
Box 620348, Middleton, WI 53562-0348
www.middletoncoop.com
451 Janitorial & Maintenance

EVENING CLEANING help needed in
Oregon WI. Part time shift can start 4,5 or
6pm. 4 hours per night. Monday through
Friday. NO WEEKENDS! Vacuuming,
dusting, mopping, restrooms, etc. Apply
at DIVERSIFIED BUILDING MAINTENANCE, 1105 Touson Drive, Janesville,
WI 53546 or call 608-752-9465
452 General
OFFICE CLEANING Team lead available in Stoughton Mon-Fri 4 hours/night.
Visit our website: www.capitalcityclean.
com or call our office: 608-831-8850
506 Beauty & Supplies

J.R. WATKINS Products for sale. Call
JoAnn 608-873-8779
516 Cleaning Services

KT CLEANING
House and office cleaning,
errand-running,
yardwork,
dog-walking.
Free estimates.
608-514-4510.
548 Home Improvement

A&B ENTERPRISES
Light Construction Remodeling
No job too small
608-835-7791
HALLINAN-PAINTING
WALLPAPERING
**Great-Spring-Rates**
35 + Years Professional
Interior/Exterior
Free-Estimates
References/Insured
Arthur Hallinan
608-455-3377
RECOVER PAINTING Offers 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 608-270-0440.
TOMAS PAINTING
Professional, Interior,
Exterior, Repairs.
Free Estimates. Insured.
608-873-6160
554 Landscaping, Lawn,

Tree & Garden Work
ART'S LAWNCARE: Mowing,
trimming, roto-tilling. Garden
maintenance available.608-235-4389
LAWN MOWING
Residential & Commercial
Fully Insured.
608-873-7038 or 608-669-0025
SHREDDED TOPSOIL
Shredded Garden Mix
Shredded Bark
Decorative Stone
Pick-up or Delivered
Limerock Delivery
O'BRIEN TRUCKING
5995 Cty D, Oregon, WI
608-835-7255
www.obrientrucking.com
602 Antiques & Collectibles

COLUMBUS ANTIQUE MALL
& CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
MUSEUM
"Wisconsin's Largest Antique Mall"
Customer Appreciation Week!
June 6-12 20% Discount!
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
652 Garage Sales

FITCHBURG- 2364 S Syene 6/2-6/3
8am-6pm, 6/4 8am-noon See Craigslist
FITCHBURG- 5012 County RD M, June
3rd-4th 7am-3pm Many Items
OREGON- 315 N Perry Parkway June
3-4 7am-5pm June 5 7am-noon Big Boy
Toys. Boating, fishing, hand made toys.
Much More
OREGON- 686 N Oak St Thurs 6/2
noon to 5 pm. Fri 6/3 8 am to 5 pm Sat
6/4 8am to noon. Tools, yard implements
furniture, John Deere lawn tractor, home
decor, and more!
OREGON- BERGAMONT Neighborhood garage sale Augusta, Riviera,
Oakmont, Inverness, Winged Foot &
More! 6/3-6/4, 8am-2pm. Infant/Kids/
Adult clothes: Baby items, toys, sports/
camping equipment; furniture & more!
STOUGHTON 1825 Lakeview Terrace
6/2-4, 9-5pm. Upscale glassware, art,
housewares. Dog crates, hand-tools,
hunting knives, other hunting items.
Antique meat block, chests, office
machines & crocks.
STOUGHTON 625 East Main St., 6/36/4, 9-5pm. Huge Moving Sale!
688 Sporting Goods

& Recreational
THE NEW NIRPC Gun Show:
Winnebago County Fairgrounds,
Pecatonica, IL, June 4th 8a-4p and June
5th 8a-3p, $5 admission. Email:
gunshow@nirpc.com for flyer.
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
DANE COUNTYS MARKETPLAE. The
Verona Press Classifieds. Call 873-6671
or 835-6677.
GREENWOOD APARTMENTS
Apartments for Seniors 55+, currently
has 1 & 2 bedroom units available
starting at $750 per month, includes
heat, water, and sewer.
608-835-6717 Located at:
139 Wolf St., Oregon, WI 53575
SHARE YOUR Space and Save We
roommate match individuals in 2 bed/2
bath luxury apartments at West End
Apartments in Verona. These luxury
apartments have all of the extras, come
tour today! One female space available
immediately, from $775/mo. Inquire for
additional availability. Details at 608-2557100 or veronawiapartments.com
STOUGHTON- 105 West Street, 2 bedroom, appliances, water, heat, A/C, ceiling fan, on site laundry, well kept and
maintained. Off street parking. Next to
park. On site manager. Available June
15th, 2016. $770 a month. Please call
608-238-3815 or email weststreetapartments.com with questions
STOUGHTON 1616 Kenilworth Ct.
Large 2-BR apts available now.
Pets welcome. Many feature new wood
laminate flooring.
$775-$825/mo. 608-831-4035.
www.madtownrentals.com
STOUGHTON 2 bedroom Upper. $850/
mo + utilities $850 security deposit. 608873-3679
VERONA 2 Bed Apts. Available 2
bed/2 bath luxury apartments at West
End with in-unit laundry, stainless appliances, wood floors, fitness center,
on-site office, 24/7 emergency maintenance. Large dogs welcome. From
$1,440/mo. Details at 608-255-7100 or
veronawiapartments.com.
VERONA- 538 Melody Lane: 3 bedroom
Duplex. Living room, kitchen/dining room,
heat/water furnished. 1 car garage, storage area, patio. NO Pets $825.00 Available Now 608-845-6159
720 Apartments
ROSEWOOD APARTMENTS for Seniors
55+. 1 & 2 bedroom units available
starting at $750 per month. Includes
heat, water and sewer. Professionally
managed. Located at
300 Silverado Drive, Stoughton, WI
53589 608-877-9388
STOUGHTON SENIOR Apts, Cottage
style 2 bdrrm. $715 plus utilities. Private
entrance and patio All Appl inc/W/D. No
Pets No Smoking. 608-873-0884
750 Storage Spaces For Rent

ALL SEASONS SELF STORAGE
10X10 10X15 10X20 10X30
Security Lights-24/7 access
BRAND NEW
OREGON/BROOKLYN
Credit Cards Accepted
CALL (608)444-2900
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
DEER POINT STORAGE
Convenient location behind
Stoughton Lumber.
Clean-Dry Units
24 HOUR LIGHTED ACCESS
5x10 thru 12x25
608-335-3337
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
NORTH PARK STORAGE
10x10 through 10x40, plus
14x40 with 14' door for
RV & Boats.
Come & go as you please.
608-873-5088
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RASCHEIN PROPERTY
STORAGE
6x10 thru 10x25
Market Street/Burr Oak Street
in Oregon
Call 608-520-0240
UNION ROAD STORAGE
10x10 - 10x15
10x20 - 12x30
24 / 7 Access
Security Lights & Cameras
Credit Cards Accepted
608-835-0082
1128 Union Road
Oregon, WI
Located on the corner of
Union Road & Lincoln Road
801 Office Space For Rent

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
VINCENZO PLAZA
-Conveniently located at corner of
Whalen Rd and Kimball Lane
-Easy access to Epic and Hwy 151 to
downtown Madison
-Currently have 5 office suite with
reception/waiting room, conference
room, private bath/shower
-Can be sub divided
-Individual offices possible
Metro Real Estate
608-575-9700
845 Houses For Sale

OREGON- CONDO for Sale by Owner.
1910 sq/ft 2 bed/2/12 bath. Finished
basement w/egress New paint, new flooring. 608-345-5003
975 Livestock
DAIRYMEN: Overcrowded?Short on
feed, space, time? Let us raise your heifers to meet your needs. Years of dairy
experience; heifers raised healthy and
well-fed. Small numbers welcome. Located West side of Madison. Call Gordy at
608-516 5495. Click on Custom Raised
Heifers tab at www.rescuefortheoverwhelmed.com
FOR SALE: 60 Holstein milk cows, all in
good production. Home-raised, artificially
bred; used top bulls from the county's
top herds. Bartelt's Dairy, since 1966.
815-367-2761
980 Machinery & Tools

10FT DISK 2 bottom plow, 200 gallon
sprayer, Tree toad spade. McCormack
10 ft seed planter, King Kutter 7 ft blade,
rear tractor fork lift. Sunset Acres Tree
Farm. Stoughton. 608-719-7068 or depsatf@gmail.com
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disabilities. His art will
join 29 other works in VSA
Wisconsins traveling exhibition, known as Visual
Expressions, that will visit
state libraries, galleries and
corporations for the next
three years.
Severson has had work
displayed at multiple area
events and also has items
for sale, including coloring
books, stickers and wall
pieces, via Artworking.
Severson is beginning the
process of starting his own
art business and, according to his bio on Artworkings website, reflects his
interest in math, science,
animation and science fiction through his work
while giving perspective
on intelligence and the
human race.
For information on VSA
Wisconsin, visit vsawis.
org. For more on Severson,
view his artist page at
artworking.org.
KATE NEWTON
T h e V S A Wi s c o n s i n
awarded Verona artist Dan
Severson with the 2016
Adult Purchase Award last
month for his participation
in the organizations annual Call for Art competition.
The nonprofit organization which aims to
empower Wisconsinites
with disabilities through
classes and workshops
focused on dance, visual
arts, drama, writing and
other creative outlets
picked Seversons art from
160 other entries. Works
were reviewed by a jury of
art professionals based on
their creativity, originality
and craftsmanship.
Seversons art was submitted to the competition by Lance Owens, the
founder and director of
Artworking, a nonprofit program specializing in
career development for
artists and small business
owners with cognitive
Contact Kate Newton at

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Badger Ridge
Photo submitted
Verona artist Dan Severson, pictured here with one of his works of art, was awarded with the 2016
Adult Purchase Award at VSA Wisconsins Call for Art competition earlier this month. VSA Wisconsin is a nonprofit organization that offers classes and workshops in many creative disciplines to
Wisconsinites with disabilities.
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AreA FArmers mArket
on F ridAy mornings
Dean Gorrell said.

The meeting with the
board and lawyer will be
at 6p.m. Monday, June 6,
in the Badger Ridge Middle School Step Room, and
is expected to last about an
hour.
Gorrell and school board
president Dennis Beres sat
through a presentation from
the same legal group at a
recent Wisconsin Association of School Boards convention, and Gorrell said
the event was packed to
the gills despite being held
inside the largest conference room available.
Gorrell said that Verona
is not the only district dealing with the complicated
topic.
I f i t w e r e e a s y, w e
wouldnt be having these
conversations, he said.
It got even more complicated in recent weeks, as
the Wisconsin Department
of Justice joined a lawsuit
with 10 other states against
the federal government over
the advisory rules issued to
districts.
Gorrell said that while it
has all added to the confusion that already existed in
establishing rules governing
transgender students and
faculty, the timing actually
works out well that theyll
have a legal expert on hand
to discuss how the most
recent events affect their
draft policy.
It wasnt engineered this
way, he said with a laugh.
It just worked out.
The districts current proposal, as approved by the ad
hoc committee last October
before being refined by a
WASB legal expert, would
allow students to access
the restrooms of the gender
identity they identify with.
A single-access restroom
would also be provided for
those who have a desire
f o r i n c r e a s e d p r iva c y,
regardless of the underlying
reason.
The policy also covers
discrimination, public communication and athletic
participation, among other
items.
But the most controversial other topic in the proposal is one that the district
may need to look at again,
Gorrell said, based on the
federal guidelines that were
issued. That section covers
student privacy and confidentiality, including names
and pronouns for official
school records, and what
the committee had created
does not align with what
was in the federal Dear
Colleague Letter.
Regardless of what the
lawyers tell school board
members on Monday, and
whatever the board decides
to do with a policy, the discussion will not be over.
Thisll be an interesting
journey, Gorrell said. Its
a very controversial topic
covering the whole spectrum.
@sgirard9.

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