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City of Verona
Firefighter
lawsuit settled
Staff changes, plans for 24/7 will follow
Mark Ignatowski
Unified Newspaper Group
Nearly a year after filing a lawsuit against the city,

the Local 311 firefighters union has reached a settlement with the City of Verona.
Under the agreement, the city will continue with plans
to add a full-time firefighter and reorganize staffing.
The unionized firefighters will keep positions within
the department, except for the resignation of longtime
assistant chief Melissa Helgeson.
The union had filed a lawsuit late last year and was
granted a temporary injunction in May that prevented
the city from hiring new firefighters and dissolving the
current union. Dane County Circuit Court Judge Peter
C. Anderson had ruled that the city was essentially the
municipal employer of the current union and that they
couldnt go ahead with plans to hire new firefighters
and change the structure of the department. The city
Fighting
for Home
Turn to Firefighter/Page 5
VANN lobbies for help

with new building
Cancer, foreclosure displace

Sharers after generations here
Kathryn Chew
Press Correspondent
Painted with a large Triumph

Motorcycles logo and British
flag, the barn on County Road
PD has long been a staple of
Verona.
Home to the Sharer family
and two family businesses a
motorcycle shop and equestrian
stables the property was once a
beautiful and welcoming mix of
horsepower and horses.
But if youve driven by

recently, you may have noticed
a single rope and some strands
of caution tape subtly closing
off its driveway.
On Sept. 25, the Sharer family
and their horses were forced to
vacate their property after a twoand-a-half-year-long battle with
the bank and an eight-year-long
battle with cancer battles that
are still not over.
The struggle began about
Turn to Sharer/Page 16
Jim Ferolie
Verona Press editor
Photos by Kathryn Chew (top) and Scott Girard (above)
Above, Lyall Sharer Sr. talks with the Verona Press in

October about his leukemia diagnosis and being forced to
vacate his property Sept. 25. Top, that property had housed
a motorcycle shop and equestrian stables, a pair of family
businesses run by the Sharers.
Most of the roughly 30 people who filed into Verona

City Center just before Mondays Common Council meeting were already too late to push for the citys support for a
resolution to help the Verona Area Needs Network.
Alders had already essentially agreed to drop that
item from the agenda.
And yet they still had a reason to applaud and did.
With a hopeful but daunting fundraising goal of
$425,000 over the next several months to move out of
its dark, uncomfortable space in the basement of the old
library, VANN is looking for public, private and nonprofit help and made a late plea to the City of Verona
to include both immediate and ongoing support in its
budget.
Turn to Council/Page 5
Politics colors debate over Common Core standards

Scott Girard and Scott De Laruelle
As the Nov. 4 gubernatorial

election approaches, an underthe-radar issue could very well
determine how Wisconsins public schoolchildren are taught.
The Common Core State Standards, first adopted in Wisconsin
and by nearly every state in 2010
after a consortium including the
National Governors Association
and the Council of Chief State

School Officers created them,
are in the midst of a new political
battle. A handful of states have
since replaced Common Core or
are considering doing so, and earlier this year, Gov. Scott Walker
asked state legislators to repeal
the standards when they convene
in January.
Walker faces a tough reelection challenge Nov. 4 from
Mary Burke, who has sat on the
The
Verona Press
Madison Metropolitan School

District school board and criticized proposals by Walker to
repeal and replace the standards
in various media reports.
Supporters of the standards,
both in Verona and at the state
level, have said opposition comes
mostly from a misunderstanding of what they are. While some
worry the standards have created
a national curriculum and taken
away local control, those involved
said thats simply not true.

I think people think there is
some sort of a lock step of the
standards are just telling our districts that you have to teach it
this way, and thats really not the
case, said Verona Area School
District director of curriculum
and instruction Ann Franke, who
is helping to implement the standards after joining the district this
summer. Its really just giving
us those grade-level expectations
and then we decide what it looks

like in Verona.
Whats the difference?

Understanding whats happening in your childs classroom
can be complicated as the district
transitions to personalized learning and increases its use of technology. Add new standards and
tests and it gets even tougher.
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Visiting German principal enjoys

atmosphere at Sugar Creek
Scott Girard
Photo submitted
Time to
bundle up
Above from left, Ray Hegg,
Verona Kiwanis member, and
Chris Mand, VASD social worker, organize coats prior to distribution for Verona Warm Winters
at Sugar Creek Elementary
School on Friday, Oct. 24.
Verona Warm Winters recently
completed its annual winter
clothing drive and distribution, with more than 250 coats
and 750 other winter clothing
items. Collection bins for coats,
snowpants, sweatshirts boots,
hats, gloves and blankets were
stationed at area schools, libraries, churches and businesses
this fall. Nearly 125 local people
came to pick out items on
Friday.
Hes used to teaching

adults who are at school
completely of their own
choice.
Thats not quite the
average student at Sugar
Creek Elementary School,
but principal Werner Reith
enjoyed the different feel
from the adult night school
he runs in Germany.
I enjoy the very lively
atmosphere, the joy the
kids come to school with
and the way they meet
their teachers and meet
Todd (Brunner) as a principal, Reith said Monday
in the Sugar Creek library
after meeting a fifth- and
fourth-grade class. Its
a good atmosphere. I like
it.
Reith was visiting the
school, and would visit
Core Knowledge later
in the day, as part of an
exchange program between
Wisconsin and the German
region of Hessen.
That partnership has
existed since 1976,
according to the Wisconsin Department of Public
Instructions website, and
has led to students, teachers and principals traveling to each others countries and taking whatever
lessons they can back to
their own schools.
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Visiting German principal Werner Reith, center, who runs an

adult night school in the Hessen province in Germany, looks on
with Sugar Creek Elementary School principal Todd Brunner,
right, as fourth-grade teacher Haley Brisky gives student Abigail
Wanta feedback on her work.
compare yourself and you

gain a lot, Reith said of
the exchange.
He is one of 10 principals visiting Wisconsin this week. The others
are spread throughout the
state, but all of them will
meet back in Madison
beginning Thursday for
time at the states Department of Public Instruction
and then a Friday tour of
Madison College.
When walking around
Madison College, the
principals will be looking at part of a system that
already inspired change in
their home region. Reith
said one of the major outcomes of the partnership
thus far has been the creation of Hessen Campus, a set of 20 schools
around the region inspired
by Wisconsins technical
college system.
In his capacity at a night
school, where students
who earned only the lowest or intermediate certificate while in school themselves, Reith works to collaborate with these schools
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And working with those
adult students has its
advantages, Reith said.
I feel Im privileged
teaching these students
because they come out
of their own accord, their
own will, he said. They
are adults, they bring a lot
of experience of life, work
experience...
And then on top of that
I dont have to deal with
parents, which saves me
quite a lot of my time, he
added with a laugh.
He said the major difference he has noticed in looking at the United States
education system compared to his own countrys
is the emphasis on testing.
When I went onto your
homepage I found a chart
saying, We are doing the
tests like this, saw you
telling parents that, We
are a good school, and we
dont have that in Germany, he said.
Instead, he said Germany focuses on improving students knowledge
with an understanding they
may be starting at different
points.
You have a school in a
rich area, affluent area, the
kids do Chinese as a third
foreign language and they
start off at a much higher
level, he said. Then you
have a school in a socially deprived area, the kids
start from much lower.
But schools in Germany
also face the same problems of impoverished students and politicization
that many U.S. schools
deal with, he said.
Teachers are responsible for all the problems
that society has to tackle,
he said. Whether it is the
fact that families fall apart,
you have single parents
and the school must see
to that, or you have antiforeign feelings against
immigrants.
The school is the one
which shall teach them to
be open to foreign people,
to show tolerance and
things like that. Its always
the school whos got to
handle these problems.
Reith also got a taste
of Wisconsin outside of
the school walls, as Sugar Creek principal Todd
Brunners family hosted
him for the weekend and
brought him to Picnic
Point in Madison and New
Glarus for the day.
I love being here, he
said.
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October 30, 2014
The Verona Press
Ballots set for Nov. 4 election

Mark Ignatowski
Voting in the fall election is already underway for

many municipalities across
the state.
Both in-person and mailin absentee voting has
resulted in nearly 150,000
early ballots cast statewide,
according to a news release
from the state Government
Accountability Board.
Only a few days remain
for early voting:
Early voting ends at 5 p.m.
on Friday, Oct. 31, or at the
close of business, whichever
is later, but no later than 7
p.m., the GAB said. Check
your municipal clerks office
hours before going to your
city, village or town hall to
vote because hours for early
Ballot info
voting will vary.

In addition, 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30 is the deadline Find sample ballots, absentee info and contact information for your local clerk:
for most voters to request an
myvote.wi.gov
absentee ballot by mail. There
are later deadlines for military
voters, hospitalized voters
and sequestered jurors.
requirement had been made. incumbent Doug La Follette
To vote on election day,
(D) will face Julian Bradley
polls are open from 7 a.m. to State/national
(R)
8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4.
State treasurer: David
government
L. Sartori (D) versus Matt
The Nov. 4 election will Adamczyk (R)
No I.D. required
feature a prominent race for
For voters in State AssemV o t e r s w i l l n o t b e governor, as well as some
required to show identifica- local representative races for bly Dist. 79, incumbent Rep.
Dianne Hesselbein (D) will
tion to vote after the U.S. some voters.
face a challenge from Brent
Supreme Court issued an
Incumbent Scott Walker
order to block the require- faces a challenge from Mary Renteria (R).
State Rep. Sondy Pope is
ment on Oct. 9. State Attor- Burke for the states top
ney General J.B. Van Hollen office. Other statewide races running unopposed for the
Dist. 80 state Assembly seat.
had vowed to implement include:
State Sen. Jon Erpenbach
some sort of ID requirement
Attorney General: Susan
following the high courts V. Happ (D) versus Brad is running unopposed for the
Dist. 27 Wisconsin Senate
decision, but as of press Schimel (R)
seat.
time Tuesday, Oct. 28, no
Secretary of State:
generated by the transportation system will only be used

for transportation purposes.
Candidates
respond
See answers to
our candidate
questionnaires for
Assembly Dist. 79
Page 4
Democratic incumbent
Mark Pocan faces challenger Peter Theron, a Republican, for the Congressional
District 2 seat.
A statewide referendum will ask voters if the
state constitution should be
amended to require the creation of a state transportation fund where revenues
Dane County
Dane County Sheriff David
Mahoney and Clerk of Court
Carlo Esqueda are running
unopposed for their seats.
A countywide referendum
will ask voters if the state
should raise the minimum
wage to $10.10 per hour.
Another Dane County referendum will ask if the governor and state legislature
should accept federal funds
for BadgerCare health insurance. Both measures are
non-binding.
Not all races will appear
on your ballot. Find specific
ballots for your voting and
more election information at
myvote.wi.gov.
Verona Area School District
Board approves $12.04 tax rate

The Verona Area school
board officially approved
the districts 2014-15 budget Monday night with a
modest tax cut.
That approval set the mill
rate for 2014 at $12.04 per
$1,000 of assessed property
value. While that was above
the $12.01 projected at the
districts annual meeting
earlier this year, its below
the $12.27 rate in 2013.
That amounts to a cut of
$46 on a $200,000 home.
There was not much discussion, as the board had
looked at the preliminary
numbers at a special meeting last week. It passed
unanimously.
The districts total tax
levy jumped by more than
$3 million, a 10.49 percent
increase, even though the
mill rate dropped significantly. That was a result
of a huge increase in the
districts equalized value,
largely from Epics new
Deep Space auditorium.
That allowed the district to put $5 million more
than planned toward paying
down debt while still lowering the mill rate, something superintendent Dean
Gorrell and board president
Dennis Beres both cited as
Land purchase plans

Gorrell also updated the
board on the districts work
on the potential property purchase sites to ensure they are
suitable for school buildings.
Updates included an
adjustment to the Erbach
property on the west side of
Verona, as the parties agreed
to adjust the size of the purchase by about two acres
because the property line
had previously been right on
one of the propertys silos.
That also divided the
property better, Gorrell and
Beres said, because the new
property line is on a ridge
that will make the land the
district is not purchasing
more attractive to potential
commercial developers.
On the Herfel property,
south of the city, the city
informed district it might
want to eventually extend
a road from the Cathedral
Point development that currently juts into the potential
district property.
Gorrell said the extension
would divide the land, but
there would still be more
than enough on the west

side of the road to have a
school building. To the east
of the road, Gorrell said the
district would have various
options, including creating
lots to sell or making use
of the forest for educational
purposes.
If the district goes ahead
with an April referendum
as planned to purchase the
land and it is successful,
Gorrell said the district
would then look to have
the land annexed into the
City of Verona and get state
approval to extend sewer
service to the property.
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The board also officially
approved a 2.54 percent
increase in wages for members of the Verona Education Support Professionals
Association.
That includes a cost-ofliving adjustment, as well
as increases for employees
who have worked longer in
the district.
VASD human resources
director Jason Olson said
he expects to also bring
updates to the employee
handbook to the board in
the coming months.
A whole host of cleanups and edits in the very
near future, Olson said.
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PUBLIC NOTICE
Pursuant to WI State Statute 65.90(5)(a)
Notice is hereby given that the Verona Area School District Board of Education, at
a Regular Board Meeting held at the District Administration Building, 700 N. Main
Street, beginning at 7:00 p.m. on October 27, 2014 approved the following changes
to the Fiscal Year 2014-15 Budget and Tax Levy.
VERONA AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT 2014-15 BUDGET AND TAX LEVY CHANGES
Adopted
Amended
2014-15
2014-15
Budget
Budget
GENERAL (10) FUND REVENUES
200 Local Sources
29,944,889
29,508,899
300 Inter District
818,436
1,229,332
600 State Sources
30,065,502
30,090,606
700 Federal Sources
1,230,721
1,433,634
TOTAL REVENUES & OTHER FINANCING SOURCES
62,097,110
62,300,023
GENERAL (10) FUND EXPENDITURES
100 000 Instruction
200 000 Support Services
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
33,731,150
20,616,241
62,097,110
33,883,335
20,666,969
62,300,023
PROPERTY TAX LEVY AND MILL RATE

Total School Levy
Mill Rate
32,741,778
12.01
36,930,778
12.04
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last weeks meeting.
The board also set the
2015-16 budget calendar,
with the annual meeting
scheduled for Aug. 17,
2015.
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Opinion
The Verona Press
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Assembly Dist. 79 questionnaire

public education, and I will continue
the fight to invest in public K-12,
technical schools and universities.
Unproven, unregulated, for-profit
voucher schools are not a solution
for Wisconsins 21st Century educational needs. Our tax dollars must
go to educating our children, not to
lining the pockets of corporations
and CEOs.
2. What are your three biggest goals during the next two
years?
Three important goals for the
102ndState Assembly Session are
straightforward. One, ensure excellent public education through proper
funding and the elimination of tax
dollars for unaccountable voucher
schools; two, ensure citizens choose
their representatives (and not the
other way around) by re-introducing
a redistricting bill eliminating secret,
closed-door political gerrymandering;
and three, stand up forhard-working
peopleby supporting theminimum
wage at $10.10 an hour, repeal Act
10, and ensure equal work gets equal
pay.
Dianne Hesselbein
Age:43
Family: Husband Bob,
Children: Will (18), Annika (15), and
Katie (13)
Occupation:Wisconsin State
Representative
Hometown:Middleton
Years residing in
what is currently
District 79: 14 years
Previous political/
government experience: Wisconsin
State Representative
(2012-2014); Dane
Hesselbein
County Board of
Supervisors (20082014); Middleton Cross Plains Area
School Board member (2005-2008);
Monona Terrace Board of Directors
(2010-2014)
Other community/volunteer
experience:Girl Scout Leader, Cub
master, Friend of Pheasant Branch
Conservancy
1. What are the biggest state
government issues that will be
Brent Renteria,
affecting the Verona area?
Republican
My constituents make clear their
No response
greatest concern is inadequate state
funding for public education. District
79 voters strongly support quality
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Be aware so we can
become less aware
A
s a newspaper man
through and through,
Im not a big fan of the
many Such-and-Such Awareness Month hype. Most of it
feels contrived, a public relations
gambit not altogether different
from the Hallmark Holidays
that are incessantly promoted for
the benefit of retail industries.
But I have
to admit that
these somewhat
arbitrary designations are
effective. We all
know, for example, that October is Breast
Cancer AwareFerolie
ness Month,
and even if
you forget, the NFL, the American Cancer Society and many of
our employers will make sure to
remind us through the use of the
color pink.
Working hard to squeeze
into our October mindfulness is
Domestic Violence Awareness
Month (denoted by the more somber color purple), and there are
dozens of other health, food and
societal issues that have hitched
their wagon to a time of year that
used to be reserved for pumpkins, hayrides and ghouls (and of
course, orange).
A much newer observation for
October, but one that speaks to me
and carries at least a small amount
of relevance to the community I
live in, is Dwarfism Awareness
Month. The commemoration is
younger than my dwarf son, and
its unlikely to ever gain the sort
of traction that Movember and
Black History Month and even
LGBT Pride Month have, but it is
important for the estimated 30,000
people in the United States who
have some form of dwarfism.
Certainly, awareness of dwarfism doesnt have the same meaning as that of breast cancer, in
which keeping it in mind could
save many lives, but greater
understanding of dwarfism actually could save a few lives and
certainly can improve some.
One well-publicized incident
two years ago left a British man
paralyzed by a drunken lout who
presumably thought dwarf tossing would be funny, and theres
considerable concern in the dwarf

community that the glorification
of that sport a year ago in the
movie, The Wolf of Wall Street,
will lead to more such incidents.
Fragile spines, after all, are nearly
universal for little people.
Far more common than actual
physical abuse, however, is the
mean-spirited emotional abuse
little people face every day.
I once wrote a column in the
Verona Press about how my wife
was being treated by people in
small, but nonetheless hurtful
ways, the kind of things that Little
People of America conferencegoers could go on about for hours.
Like throwing gum in her hair at
the store, pulling their kids away
as if she were contagious or taking
a second pass around the block in
their cars to stare and point and
get snapshots for Facebook.
Things have generally improved
in the nearly eight years since
then, as Shari has become more
visible in the community and, as
I often remind her, more real to
people in general. But as recently
as a month ago, she and our dog
were chased down the block in a
car and nearly run over by teenage jackasses yelling the M
word (midget), and she has in the
past couple of years been spit on,
tripped, shoved to the ground and
had her life threatened verbally by
people she had never met.
She still has to go through physical therapy daily partly as a result
of some of these incidents.
Thankfully my son, who is
charismatic, strong-willed and
a bit more self-assured than his
mother, has not yet gotten many
of these foul hand-me-downs,
and thankfully he goes to a small
school in a small community that
has embraced him as one of their
own quickly. But its a sad fact of
life that such advantages are often
needed.
A couple of times a year, the
three of us put it all in a different
light for a couple of days, traveling to Little People of America
regional events to be surrounded
by other people who know the territory. The last one happened to
be this past weekend.
We still notice poor behavior,
particularly on the first day, as
there are always numbskulls who
think its a riot to see dozens of
little people in one place. But by

Sunday, hotel guests have gotten
used to it, perhaps in the same
way that a teenage boy whos
been at a topless beach for an
afternoon will eventually stop
gawking.
We dont generally waste our
limited time together at these
regionals talking shop about
things like the perceptions of little
people in the media, not when
there are waterslides to take our
kids to, playdates to arrange and
more instructional discussions to
attend about getting appropriate
accommodations from schools or
how to ward off those persistent
ear infections. But there are sometimes long chats on our Facebook
page on our feelings about some
celebritys unfortunate comment
or midget wrestling or whether
having little people twerking with
Miley Cyrus is good or bad.
The one few can disagree with
is the rise of Peter Dinklage,
whos best known these days for
his Emmy-winning performance
as the dark, sarcastic and brutally
honest outcast Tyrion Lannister in
HBOs Game of Thrones.
With apologies to Matt and
Amy Roloff of Little People Big
World and inspiring, but lesserknown neonatologist Dr. Jen
Arnold of The Little Couple,
Dinklage and his roles some of
which werent even written with
a little person in mind provide
hope that one day dwarf movie
stars wont always be known for
their height.
Thats really the goal of awareness, counterintuitive as that
sounds. You have to recognize
that youre treating someone differently in order to stop yourself
from doing so.
So while its the month for little
people to stand up and be noticed,
the idea is for them and anyone
else with a physical or mental
oddity or handicap to eventually
blend in.
It wont happen by itself. Our
communities have to will it so and
practice our blindness actively,
until generations after us cant
imagine why we ever noticed such
things.
Jim Ferolie is the editor of the
Verona Press.
ConnectVerona.com
October 30, 2014
Council: Mayor confident money will be in the budget

Continued from page 1
The mayor and some
alders heavily criticized
the way it was requested
- slipped into an agenda
outside of normal channels
at the last minute despite
being in the works for
months - but the Finance
committee nonetheless put
$40,000 into the budget
proposal thats going to a
public hearing next month,
and they did so with enthusiasm.
So when the council
chambers began filling up,
Mayor Jon Hochkammer
announced somewhat out of
order and a little presumptuously that the money
will definitely be in the
budget.
Though that cant be
known definitively until
after the Nov. 24 public
hearing, Hochkammer had
good reason to be confident, with all eight alders
having made it to Finance

before the 3-0 vote to
approve preparing the budget for the hearing with that
VANN contribution.
Staff will present that
budget to the council Nov.
10, four days after the
state-mandated set of line
items appears in the Verona
Press, and alders will have
until Nov. 14 to submit
amendments.
Thank you, VANN
volunteer Marcia Kasieta
gushed after the Finance
vote. Youre going to
heaven!
Kasietas husband, former mayor Bob Kasieta, is
the VANN president and
is negotiating with Dane
County on a lease for the
administration wing of
the former Badger Prairie
Health Care Center. That
situation makes getting
upfront pledges to fund
the potential buildout and
move-in an urgent part of
the process.
And though Hochkammer spent several minutes
ranting about the inappropriate way the resolution was brought to the
councils attention, he also
immediately recognized the
importance of getting that
one-time funding addressed
clearly and unambiguously.
So he strongly endorsed
Dist. 2 Ald. Jack Linders
motion to delay the purchase of an ATV for the fire
department by a year to double the staffs recommended
$20,000 contribution.
Left unaddressed was
ongoing funding for the
nonprofit, which is working
to expand beyond its familiar food pantry scope into a
more comprehensive array
of social services, including
legal advice, health and job
counseling and transportation.
Alders disagreed about
how to proceed, with much
Obituary
Richard E. Dick Lalor
of the discussion recoiling

at the idea of tying support
to an unpredictable funding
mechanism like room taxes.
Ald. Mac McGilvray
(D-1) suggested there
should be a big-picture
discussion on funding
with the City of Fitchburg,
home to the majority of clients. Fitchburg Ald. Steve
Arnold was unsuccessful last fall trying to put a
$20,000 donation to VANN
into that citys budget.
In other action
The council also
approved the addition of
several stop signs to new
streets in the Cathedral
Point, Scenic Ridge and
Prairie Oaks subdivisions.
The council held another closed session in a series
of several discussing its
negotiating position with
the Town of Verona on a
boundary agreement.
Firefighter: City will become unions municipal employer

voted in June to appeal the
decision and try to reach an
agreement with the union.
According to a settlement agreement, the city
becomes the municipal
employer of the existing
firefighters union and takes
over union negotiations
previously handled by the
Verona Fire District. The
current collective bargaining agreement is in effect
through the end of the year.
For the firefighters, the
agreement means they will
be able to continue their
employment with the city.
Current full-time firefighters Brian Gutweiler,
Kevin Hendrickson, Alex
Miller and Matt Miller can
Ferguson to take part in

spooky theatre production
Emma Ferguson, of
Verona, will serve as a production assistant at St. Norbert Colleges fall theatre
production, entitled Ghost
Stories. Ferguson is a firstyear student at the college.
Ghost Stories consists
of four short, one-act plays
that feature macabre happenings, haunted houses
and the paranormal. Performances will be held at the
deputy chief that isnt one

of the existing firefighters.
The existing firefighters
can apply for a third lieutenant position if the city
decides to create one, but
they are not guaranteed the
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age 75, of Madison, passed
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2014, at Agrace HospiceCare. He was born on Aug.
13, 1939, in Oregon, the
son of Edward and Viola
(Byrne) Lalor.
On April 25, 1964, Dick
married Linda Haessler
at St. William Catholic
Church in Paoli. He was
employed with the Verona
School District for 20 years.
Dick was a member of St.
Andrew Catholic Church
and Holy Mother of Consolation Catholic Church.
He enjoyed traveling,
camping and fishing. His
most enjoyable moments
were the ones spent with his
family.
Dick is survived by his
wife of 50 years, Linda;
children, Michael (Marcia)
Lalor and Dawn Ann Lalor,
both of Madison; grandchildren, Alicia and Evan;
siblings, Joseph (Teresa)
Lalor, Barbara Schmitz,
Edward (Paula) Lalor and
Gerald Lalor; along with
numerous other relatives
and friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents; daughter,
Dawn Marie in 1965; sister,
Martha (Jack) Hofmaster; ten
half-brothers and sisters and
their spouses; brother-in-law,
Richard Lalor
Gregory Schmitz.
A Mass of Christian
Burial will be held at St.
Christopher Parish At St.
Andrew Catholic Church,
301 N. Main St., Verona, at
11 a.m., on Saturday, Nov.
1, 2014, with Father Gary
Wankerl presiding. Burial
will be at St. Andrews
Catholic Cemetery.
Visitation will take place
at the church from 10 a.m.
until the time of service on
Saturday. A luncheon will
immediately follow the service at the church.
Memorials may be made
in Dicks name to the Holy
Mother of Consolation
Catholic Church HMC
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Coming up
Churches
Halloween party
The senior center will host a Halloween party and volunteer recognition event on Friday, Oct. 31. A luncheon will begin at 11:45 a.m. and the
party will start at 12:30 p.m.
There will be Halloween-themed
music and a costume contest with
prizes, so attendees are asked to come
dressed in costume.
Fall bazaar and luncheon

Everyone is welcome to the annual
Fall bazaar and luncheon at St. Christopher Catholic Parish, St. Andrew
Church in Verona. The event will be
held from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8, at the St. Andrew Parish
Center, 301 N. Main St.
There will be holiday crafts, gift
baskets, woodcraft items, baked
goods, raffle items and a childrens
Christmas shop for school-aged children. The luncheon will be held from
10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The raffle computers, computer printers, monidrawing will be held at 3 p.m.
tors and other accessories, DVD players, VCRs, fax machines and cell
Polish Christmas bazaar
phones. The city accepts e-waste at
The Eighth Annual Christmas Bazaar other times of the year, but it comes
of The Polish Heritage Club of Wiscon- with a charge of $2 to $25, depending
sin will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the type of item
To drop off items at the citys annuon Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Knights of
al free event, you must have basic
Columbus Hall, 5256 Verona Rd.
The event will feature Polish lunch, proof of City of Verona residency.
music and imports, including pottery, For more information, call 845-6695
amber jewelry, holiday ornaments, arts or visit ci.verona.wi.us.
and crafts, bakery and oplatek.
The building is handicapped acces- Halloween candy buyback
sible. Admission and parking are free.
Main Street Dentists are participatFor more information, contact 217- ing in the annual Halloween Candy
2658 or 658-1036.
Buyback program. The office will buy
unopened candy $1 per pound, up to 5
E-waste free drop-off
pounds.
The event will be held from 2-5 p.m.
The city will hold its third annual
free e-waste drop-off event from 8 on Monday, Nov. 3, at 105 N. Main St.
a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1, at All candy will be sent by Operation
the citys public works facility, 410 Gratitude to deployed soldiers.
For more information, call 845-6127
Investment Court.
E-waste includes televisions, or visit halloweencandybuyback.com.
Community calendar
Thursday, October 30
10 a.m., Preschool Halloween

Dance Party (ages 0-5), library
12 p.m., AARP Driver Safety
Class ($20, $15 for AARP members), senior center, 845-7471
1:30 p.m., Free Kids Movie,
library
3-6 p.m., Summit Credit Union
open house, 202 W. Verona Ave.,
food, drinks and door prizes,
6-8 p.m., Corinne McKnight, Paoli
Schoolhouse
7:30-11 p.m., True Music:
MaryLeigh Roohan (tickets $6
advance, $8 at door), True Coffee
Roasters
Friday, October 31
5-8 p.m., Trick-or-Treating,

Verona
11:45 a.m. to 2 p.m., Halloween
Party and Volunteer Recognition
luncheon, senior center
7:30 p.m., True Music Halloween
Bash: Dan Tedesco and Borrow
or Rob (tickets $6 advance, $8 at
door), True Coffee Roasters
Saturday, November 1
8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free annual

e-waste drop-off (city residents
only), public works facility, 8456695
10 a.m., Saturday Family Story
Time, library
6-8 p.m., Mark Harrod, Paoli
Schoolhouse
6:30-9:30 p.m., The McDougals,
Tuvalu
8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Electric
Blue, Grays Tied House
Monday, November 3
2 p.m., Great Scott It Must Be

Magic, library
2-5 p.m., Halloween Candy
Buyback, Main Street Dentists, 105
N. Main St., 845-6127
6:30 p.m., Plan Commission, City
Center
Wednesday, November 5
6 p.m., Urdu/Hindi and English

Bilingual Story Time (ages 2-5, registration recommended), library
6:30 p.m., Town Board, Town Hall
(tentative)
7:30 p.m., True Music: Maxwell
Hughes (tickets $6 advance, $8 at
door), True Coffee Roasters
Thursday, November 6
6-8 p.m., Verona Area Needs

Network friendraiser, Tuvalu, aadilasabat@gmail.com
6-8 p.m., Jim White, Paoli
Schoolhouse
7:30 p.m., True Music: King
Washington (tickets $6 advance,
$8 at door), True Coffee Roasters
Friday, November 7
7:30-9:30 p.m., Madison

Songwriting Guilds Songwriter
Showcase hosted by John

Duggleby (donations suggested),
Tuvalu
Saturday, November 8
8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Fall Bazaar

and Luncheon, St. Andrew Parish
Center, 301 N. Main St.
9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Annual Holiday
Art and Craft Sale, Badger Ridge
Middle School
9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Polish Christmas
Bazaar and Lunch, Knights of
Columbus Hall, 5256 Verona Rd.,
217-2658
7-9:30 p.m., Elks Teeth and
Rabbits Feet, Tuvalu
Monday, November 10
7 p.m., 5-4-3-2-1: Secrets of

Perfect Health with Dr. Zorba
Paster (registration recommended),
library
7 p.m., Common Council, City
Center
Tuesday, November 11
11 a.m., Flag Raising Ceremony,

Hometown Junction
12 p.m., Veterans Recognition
Luncheon and Program, senior
center
Wednesday, November 12
4 p.m., Tween Board Games

(ages 9-12), library
7-8 p.m., Computer Class: Google
Drive (registration required), library
Whats on VHAT-98
Wednesday, Oct. 29
5 p.m. Common Council
(from Oct. 27)
7 p.m. Capital City Band
8 p.m. Kitchen Art pt. 2 at
Senior Center
10 p.m. Breast Cancer
Lessons Learned at Senior
Center
11 p.m. Paoli St. Pickers
Gospel at Senior Center
Thursday, Oct. 30
7 a.m. Breast Cancer
Center
9 a.m. Daily Exercise
10 a.m. Paoli St. Pickers
3 p.m. Daily Exercise
4 p.m. Kitchen Art Pt. 3 at
Senior Center
5 p.m. A Taste of Theater
6 p.m. Salem Church
Service
7 p.m. Words of Peace
9 p.m. Chatting with the
Chamber
10 p.m. Valley View School
at Historical Society
Friday, Oct. 31
7 a.m. Kitchen Art Pt. 3 at
Senior Center
1:30 p.m. Chatting with
the Chamber
Senior Center
5 p.m. 2012 Wildcats

Football
8:30 p.m. Kitchen Art pt. 2
at Senior Center
Center
Saturday, Nov. 1
8 a.m. Common Council
(from Oct. 27)
11 a.m. Kitchen Art pt. 2 at
Senior Center
Football
4:30 p.m. Valley View
School at Historical Society
(from Oct. 27)
Senior Center
Sunday, Nov. 2
7 a.m. Hindu Cultural Hour
9 a.m. Resurrection
Church
10 a.m. Salem Church
Service
Noon Common Council
(from Oct. 27)
Senior Center
4:30 p.m. Valley View
School at Historical Society

(from Oct. 27)
Senior Center
Monday, Nov. 3
Senior Center
the Chamber
Senior Center
Football
9 p.m. Hindu Cultural Hour
Center
Tuesday, Nov. 4
Center
Senior Center
6 p.m. Resurrection
Church
8 p.m. Words of Peace

Chamber
Wednesday, Nov. 5
Senior Center
the Chamber
Senior Center
(from Oct. 27)
7 p.m. Capital City Band
Senior Center
Center
Thursday, Nov. 6
Center
Senior Center
6 p.m. Salem Church
Service
Chamber
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.
THE CHURCH IN FITCHBURG
2833 Raritan Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 271-2811
livelifetogether.com
Sunday: 8 & 10:45 a.m.
THE CHURCH IN VERONA
Verona Business Centre
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: 9 a.m.
GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN
CHURCH ELCA
(608) 271-6633
Central: Raymond Road & Whitney
Way, Madison
Sunday: 8:15, 9:30 & 10:45 a.m.
West: Corner of Hwy. PD & Nine
Mound Road, Verona
Sunday: 9 & 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.
DAMASCUS ROAD CHURCH WEST
The Verona Senior Center
108 Paoli St., Verona
(608) 819-6451
info@damascusroadchurch.com,
damascusroadonline.org
Pastor Tim Dunn
Sunday: 9:30 a.m.
MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH
201 S. Main St., Verona
(608) 845-7125
MBCverona.org
Lead Pastor Jeremy Scott
Sunday: 10:15 a.m.
REDEEMER BIBLE FELLOWSHIP
130 N. Franklin St., Verona
(608)848-1836
redeemerbiblefellowship.org
Pastor Dwight R. Wise
Sunday: 10 a.m. family worship
RESURRECTION LUTHERAN
CHURCH-WELS
6705 Wesner Rd., Verona
(608) 848-4965
rlcverona.org
Pastor Nathan Strutz and Assistant
Pastor Steven Pelischek
Thursday: 6:30 p.m.
Sunday: 9 a.m.
ST. CHRISTOPHER CATHOLIC
PARISH
St. Andrew Church
301 N. Main St., Verona
St. William Church
1371 Hwy. PB, Paoli
(608) 845-6613
stchristopherverona.com
Fr. William Vernon, pastor
Saturday: 5 p.m., St. Andrew, Verona
Sunday: 7:30 a.m., St. William, Paoli
Sunday: 9 & 11 a.m., St. Andrew,
Verona
Daily Mass, Tuesday-Saturday: 8
a.m., St. Andrew, Verona
ST. JAMES EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH
427 S. Main St., Verona
(608) 845-6922
stjamesverona.org
Pastors Kurt M. Billings and Peter
Narum
Office Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday; 8 a.m.noon Wednesday
Saturday: 5 p.m.
Sunday: 8:30 & 10:45 a.m.
SALEM UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST
502 Mark Dr., Verona
(608) 845-7315
salemchurchverona.org
Rev. Dr. Mark E. Yurs, Pastor
Laura Kolden, Associate in Ministry
Sunday: 10:15 a.m.
Sunday school: 9 a.m.
Staffed Nursery: 8:45-11:15 a.m.
Fellowship Hour: 11:30 a.m.
SPRINGDALE LUTHERAN
CHURCH-ELCA
2752 Town Hall Rd. (off Hwy ID),
Mount Horeb
(608) 437-3493
springdalelutheran.org
Pastor Jeff Jacobs
Sunday: 8:45 a.m. with communion
SUGAR RIVER
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
415 W. Verona Ave., Verona
(608) 845-5855
sugar.river@sugarriverumc.org,
sugarriverumc.org
Pastor Gary Holmes
9 & 10:30 a.m. contemporary worship.
Sunday School available during worship. Refreshments and fellowship
are between services.
WEST MADISON BIBLE CHURCH
2920 Hwy. M, Verona
Sunday Praise and Worship: 9:15 a.m.
Nursery provided in morning.
Sunday school (all ages): 10:45 a.m.
Small group Bible study: 6 p.m.
ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST
Hwy. 92 & G, Mount Vernon
(608) 832-6677
Pastor Brad Brookins
Sunday: 10:15 a.m.
ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST
Hwy. 69 & PB, Paoli
(608)845-5641
Rev. Sara Thiessen
Sunday: 9:30 a.m. family worship
Defending Hope
Human beings can live on scarce resources and in dire circumstances, but we cant live without hope. Hope is essentially the belief that our future will be better than our past.
When we are sick we hope for a future of health and wellness, when we are poor we hope for a future of prosperity,
and when we are alone we hope for a future with friends and
family. Perhaps our deepest hope is to be relieved of our finitude. We all know that our bodies are finite and perishable.
But, the good news of the gospel is that there is another
realm beyond this world that is imperishable, where death,
decay and suffering have no place. But what if this hope in
a future life is nothing more than wishful thinking? What
gives us the right to believe such things? The resurrection
and ascension of Jesus is the biblical basis for this hope, but
there are other reasons as well to believe that this life isnt
all there is. The principle of conservation of energy suggests
that things, including consciousness, cant just disappear. All
things change, including who and what we are, but can you
conceive of yourself just disappearing? When the light goes
out and our eyes grow dim, perhaps it does literally go out
into some other realm. Finally, the near universality of belief
in a future life gives hope to many. It would be a cruel cosmic joke for this near universal belief to be based on a lie.
Christopher Simon via Metro News Service
Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who
asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But
do this with gentleness and respect.
1 Peter 3:15
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Balloons! Kabooms!
Above from left, Kirana Bahls volunteers during a balloon experiment with Alexandra Jennelle-Collins, right, at the Balloons!
Kabooms! show held at the library on Oct. 16. The event featured
energy transfer, air pressure and other scientific concepts using
balloons.
Above from left, Aurora Southgate and Asha Bahls try to blow up a
balloon inside a plastic bottle after the Balloons! Kabooms! show.
Above, kids learn about air pressure and energy transfer.
Tommys doctor
prescribed a new
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Verona Area School District
Flash fund picks Verona

education projects
Prairie, Glacier Edge and Lehnherr said, and will give to the Madison area, but
Teachers had signed up Sugar Creek elementary the teachers in those classes also that amount of teachon DonorsChoose.org schools, New Century Char- more flexibility in designing ers, she said of the nearly
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School District teachers got
some help funding projects
earlier this month.
The projects, which
had all been listed on
DonorsChoose.org, a website that matches donors
with school projects around
the United States in need of
funding, include technology,
personalized learning and
two-way learning for special
needs students.
U.S. Cellular did whats
called a flash fund earlier in October, contributing
almost $19,000 to Verona
schools. The schools that
received money were Stoner
ter School and Badger Ridge

Middle School.
Badger Ridge Middle
School family and consumer science teacher Dianna
Lehnherr, who was part of a
request for iPads for the art,
phy ed, music, foreign language and family and consumer science classes, said
she and the other teachers
were pleasantly surprised
when they heard U.S. Cellular had chosen their request.
Businesses dont necessarily have money that they
can earmark each year for
these kinds of projects so it
was a good thing, Lehnherr
said, mentioning they had
heard about U.S. Cellular
funding grants in the past.
The iPads will be used
for a variety of projects,
projects.
Badger Ridge technology teacher Ross Cohen
got a MakerBot 3D scanner
to go along with his classrooms 3D printer acquired
last year. Cohen will use
the new device to further
students understanding and
interests in Info Tech and
3D printing, he told the
Verona Press in an email.
Stoner Prairie, Glacier
Edge, New Century and
Sugar Creek also all had
projects funded partially by
the U.S. Cellular campaign.
It was the fourth year the
company had done this, said
U.S. Cellular Madison area
sales manager Jenny Justman.
Super exciting for us to
not only be able to give back
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The company donated
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if they want to hold a celebration with U.S. Cellular,
and knowing how grateful
the teachers and principals
are is a highlight.
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to participate in it, and its
awesome to just hear the
excitement in the voices
of the principals and the
reactions of the teachers as
well, she said.
To see a list of projects in
Verona still open for donations, visit DonorsChoose.
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me section.
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Projects U.S. Cellular helped fund:
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The Verona Equestrian Team recently competed in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Horse Show at
Jefferson County Fair Park. Pictured from left to right: Triton with junior Kayla Ballweg, junior Heidi
Mueller, freshman Abby Last, senior Courtney Newberry, senior Laura Williams, freshman Leonie
Tollefson, Coach Sherri Combs, freshman Sophie Kooiman, freshman Gaelan Combs and senior
Carmen Justo with horse Tucson. Not pictured is senior Alexa Jaggi.
Verona Equestrian Team competes at horse show

The Verona Equestrian
Team recently competed in
the Wisconsin Interscholastic Horse Show at Jefferson
County Fair Park.
This is the third year the
team has been involved in
the Wisconsin Interscholastic Horsemanship Association (WIHA) District 2
Competition.
The team started with
only three riders in 2012,

increased to five in 2013
and this year had 10 riders competing at the show,
which was held Oct. 4-5.
Teams were put into
divisions depending on the
number of riders in each
team. Verona moved up to
the A division (11-14 riders) to allow each student to
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The team competed against

Jefferson (13 riders) and
Sun Prairie (12 riders).
Despite the team's low
number of participants,
Verona held strong until
the end when Jefferson won
more points in the speed
class.
Traditionally, horse and
riders compete as individuals in many different types
of competitions. However,
the mission of WIHA is to
promote a team approach
to competition. Riders are
awarded points by the judge
based on their performance
in several different disciplines, including speed
events, jumping, reinsmanship, trail, hunt seat, saddle
seat and western horsemanship.
To be eligible to join the
team, students must live
within the Verona Area
School District, be in good
academic standing and
be a member of WIHA.
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Volleyball
Boys cross country
Photo by Jeremy Jones
Senior Ryan Nameth repeated as

sectional champion at Verona on
Saturday. Nameth won the meet
in 15 minutes, 50 seconds.
Nameth,
La Follette
dominate
sectional
Jeremy Jones
Sports editor
Photo by Todd K. Olsen
Junior Grace Mueller goes up for a kill Thursday, Oct. 23, in a WIAA Division 1 regional semifinal against Madison East at Baraboo High School. The kill was the gamewinner in a 3-0 (25-7, 25-10, 25-15) win, and the Wildcats went on to win the regional final Saturday, Oct. 25, over Baraboo 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-19).
Sweeping to sectionals
Wildcats knock off

Madison East and
Baraboo at regionals
Anthony Iozzo
Assistant sports editor
The Verona Area High School

volleyball team continued its
momentum from winning the Big
Eight Conference with back-to-back
sweeps at regionals last Thursday
and Saturday.
The host second-seeded Wildcats
took out 15th-seeded Madison East
3-0 (25-7, 25-10, 25-15) Thursday
in the WIAA Division 1 regional
season title and also came back to

win 2-1 in the Big Eight Conference
tournament final, at 8 p.m. ThursWhat: WIAA Division 1 sectional
day, Oct. 30, at Middleton High
final
School.
The winner will play No. 1 DeForWhen: 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30
est
or No. 5 Middleton, which play
Where: Middleton High School
at 6 p.m. Thursday at Middleton, in
the sectional final at 7 p.m. Saturday,
semifinal, and they followed that Nov. 1, at Sun Prairie High School.
up with a 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-19)
win over Baraboo Saturday in the Verona 3, Madison East 0
regional final.
The Wildcats cruised past East
The regional title is the first since Thursday in the regional opener.
2011, when Verona made the state
Senior Jessica Coyne collected 10
tournament.
kills in the win, while senior MorNext up is another rematch against gan Schmitz, junior Victoria Brisack
Sun Prairie, which the Wildcats and junior Kylie Schmaltz each had
swept to win the Big Eight regular
If you go
three aces.
Senior Hannah Miller led with six
digs, and Brisack finished with 1 1/2
blocks and 22 assists.
Verona 3, Baraboo 0
Veronas sweep to the regional
title was a little more competitive but it still controlled the whole
match.
Schmaltz had 21 kills, while
Coyne collected 11. Senior Samantha Kolpek and Schmitz each added
three aces, and junior Julie Touchett
and Brisack each had a block.
Kolpek led with 16 digs, and
Schmaltz added 10. Brisack finished
with 40 assists.
Despite battling some tendinitis in his foot, Verona senior

Ryan Nameth made his final
run on the Randy Marks Cross
Country course one to remember Saturday.
Nameth, the defending
sectional champion, got out
strong and held off Madison
La Follette sophomore Finn
Gessner by 17 seconds in 15
minutes, 50 seconds.
I thought Finn would go
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If you go
What: WIAA Division 1
state boys cross country
meet
When: 12:50 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 1
Where: Ridges Golf
Course in Wisconsin
Rapids
Girls cross country
Pletta finishes one spot shy of state meet

Jeremy Jones
Sports editor
Freshman Julia Pletta finished

six seconds behind Janesville
Parker senior Mandy Slaback
for the fifth and final individual
state berth Saturday at the Verona sectional cross country meet.
Slaback crossed the finish line
in ninth place with her time of
21 minutes, 11 seconds, while
Pletta followed in 21:17 good
for 10th place.
I have been running with
most of these girls throughout
the season and training just to
get upfront with them, Pletta
said. Even if I didnt make it to
Photo by Jeremy Jones state today, I knew I had given
it my all.
Verona Area High School freshman Julia
Pletta finished one spot shy of earning a
Beloit Memorial secured
WIAA Division 1 state cross country berth on two of the five individual spots
Saturday, finishing 10th overall in 21 minbehind senior Brenda Hernanutes, 16 seconds.
dez, who won the meet in 19:25,
and third-place finisher sophomore Bailey Cronin.

Two-time defending sectional champion Nikki Staffen
of Stoughton dropped back to
fourth place, but helped the
Vikings once again win the
sectional to return to this Saturdays state meet as a team.
Stoughton finished with a
team-best 57 points 18 ahead
of their Badger South conference rival Fort Atkinson Blackhawks (75). Both teams moved
on to state.
The Wildcats finished seventh
overall (out of 12 teams) with
193 points.
Verona senior Emily Doyle
finished 35th overall in her
final race, covering the course
in 22:25. Sophomore Franny
Donovan finished 44th in 22:49,
while freshman Kelsey Beerman
came in 49th with her time of
23:08.
Sophomore McKenzie Ihmhoff, who started off the season as the teams top runner,
finished as Veronas final varsity scorer Saturday. She placed
55th overall in 23:18.
Sophomore Preston Ploc and
senior Erica Higgins both competed on varsity but did not
score.
State
The 42nd annual girls cross
country championships will take
place Saturday, Nov. 1, at The
Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids. Ticket price for the
meet is $6.
The girls D1 race is set for
2:50 p.m. Its the first year the
girls will be racing at that distance.
There are 20 teams contending for the State championship
in Division 1 for boys and girls.

Arrowhead won its third
straight Division 1 team title
by scoring 84 points last
year. Whitefish Bay finished
second with 122 points.
Eight of last years top 10
teams return to the Division 1
field this year.
Three-time defending champion Arrowhead is back with four
of its runners returning from the
2013 title team. Whitefish Bay
returns four runners from the
team that finished runner-up.
Other programs placing in
the top 10 a year ago that return
teams this year are Neenah,
which placed third; Brookfield Central, fifth; Eau Claire
Memorial, sixth; Sun Prairie,
seventh; Stevens Point, eighth;
and Waukesha West, ninth.
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Football
Season ends in Level 1 playoffs with tough loss to La Follette

Anthony Iozzo
Assistant sports editor
A chance to win in the final

possession is all the Verona Area
High School football team could
have asked for Friday in a WIAA
Division 1 Level 1 playoff at
Madison La Follette.
The Wildcats and Lancers
exchanged leads or were tied five
times, but it was Madison La Follette that scored the game-winning touchdown after a 33-yard
touchdown run by Darold Thomas with just over 6 minutes left in
the game.
The Wildcats needed a touchdown and began the next drive
on their own 48-yard line. After
a few plays, the game came down
to a fourth-and-12 on the Lancers 23. Going to the end zone,
senior quarterback Noah Roberts
was intercepted by junior defensive back Braden Jorenby and the
game ended in a 26-21 loss.
It is a 4 seed vs. a 5 seed, and
this is the way it should look like.
The last team with the ball should
win, head coach Dave Richardson said. We had that opportunity, and I am not sure if we didnt
fight for the ball or it was underthrown too much for a fight, but
fourth-and-12 is tough.
Verona did force a fumble with
La Follette trying to kneel, and it
looked like it recovered. But the
play was ruled dead by a delay
of game penalty on the Lancers,
ending the Wildcats (6-4 overall)
season.
It was a really good football game, and I am really proud
of our guys, Richardson said.
La Follette executed, and we
touchdown pass from Roberts

to senior running back Cameron
Tindall early in the second.
La Follette tied the game at 14
on a 4-yard run by senior running
back Cahleel Copus and later
had the ball again on the Verona
22-yard line with time winding
down in the first half.
Senior defensive back Case
Baio then picked off senior quarterback Jordan Carlson in the end
zone, and the half came to end in
a 14-14 tie.
We are pretty stout in the run,
and earlier on we werent so stout
on the pass but that improved,
Richardson said. Our defense
has kept us in all of our games in
the last six with this one included.
There was a little bit of controversy on La Follettes game-winning drive. The Lancers started on
their own 11-yard line and needed
15 plays to score.
But on a second-and-10 on its
own 25 yard-line, Verona was
assessed a penalty for having too
many people in the referee box on
the sideline. That made it secondand-5, and Copus ran seven yards
for the first down.
Later in the drive, Carlson connected with Copus on a 10-yard
pass on a fourth down for another
first down, and Thomas made the
Photo by Anthony Iozzo game-winning run a few plays
later.
Senior running back Jackson Bryant rushes for a first down Friday, Oct. 24, against Madison La Follette in a WIAA Division
Despite the coaches in the box
1 Level 1 playoff game at Lussier Stadium. The Wildcats season ended in a 26-21 loss.
penalty helping La Follette, Richardson never said it was a reason
executed. Both teams did what
Verona grabbed a 21-14 lead big defensive plays in the first why Verona lost. He instead said
they needed to do, and it came in the third quarter after a 4-yard half.
they lost because the Lancers had
down to who had the ball last. We touchdown by senior running
Junior linebacker Sam Favour an impressive drive.
didnt make a play at the end, and back Eric Schmid. However, that recovered a fumble in the first
they did.
lead was made possible by two quarter, which led to a 36-yard
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Seymour, Hanson named athletes of the week
Former Verona Area High School soccer players
Ashley Seymour and Megan Hanson were named
Athlete of the Week at UW-Eau Claire two weeks
ago.
Seymour, a 5-4 junior midfielder, helped the Blugolds split last week. She scored one goal. On Oct.
15, she scored the Blugolds third goal as they
defeated UW-Superior 3-0.
Hanson, a 5-9 junior defender, was part of a Blu- Hanson
Seymour
gold defense that gave up just 13 shots, including
only five on-goal.
The Blugolds recorded a shutout and allowed just four total shots against UWSuperior on Oct. 15. Facing UW-Whitewater on Oct. 18, the team allowed just one
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Cougars take third place in Beloit tournament

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Junior Brady Traeder finished 18th overall at Saturdays WIAA Division 1 sectional meet in 17 minutes,
34 seconds.
Boys XC: Traeder takes 18th

pretty hard, but I kind of expected today to
be the two or us and then everybody else,
Nameth said. The race wasnt too bad,
and I didnt have to really push too hard.
Finishing third overall two years ago and runner-up a season ago, Nameth once again enter
Saturdays Division 1 state meet as one of the
favorites.
Ill have to do something extraordinary,
I guess, Nameth said of beating defending
state champion Olin Hacker of Madison West.
I think I can do it. Its going to be hard, but
if it was easy, it really wouldnt be worth it.
Gessner could also surprise some people at
state, while his Lancers will be in contention
for top team honors.
La Follette (38) placed all five of its varsity
scorers in the top 15 Saturday to easily win
the Verona sectional 41 points ahead of runner-up Janesville Craig (79). Both Big Eight
schools moved on to state.
Our team showing was very disappointing, Verona head coach Randy
Marks said. We had beaten both Badger and Craig earlier but knew they were
solid teams who could beat us if we didnt
take care of business. And we didnt come
even close to achieving our pre-race goals.
We had no season personal bests, but that
might be expected on a course as tough as
ours.
We had our number four runner drop
out and our number five runner nearly drop
out so at that point it would have taken a
miracle to pull out a qualifying spot.
The Wildcats finished fifth overall with 117
points.
Junior Brady Traeder and senior Nick Stigsell finished three seconds a part but too far
back to help. Traeder finished 18th overall in
17:34, while Stigsell placed 19th in 17:37.
Freshman Peter Barger (18:02) and senior
Ben Giese (18:30) rounded out the pack in
35th and 44th place. Junior Alec Shiva also
competed but did not score.
State
The 102nd running of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association boys cross
country championships and the 42nd annual
girls cross country championships will take
place Saturday, Nov. 1, at The Ridges Golf
Course in Wisconsin Rapids. Ticket price for
the meet is $6.

The boys and girls will run a 5,000-meter
course. Its the first year the girls will be racing at that distance.
Division 3 boys lead off the days festivities
at 11:30 followed by the D2 race and finally
the D1 boys race at 12:50 p.m. The order
works the same for the three girls races with
D1 set for 2:50 p.m.
There are 20 teams contending for the State
championship in Division 1 for boys and girls.
Stevens Point won the Division 1 team
championship last year with 83 points, 41
places ahead of runner-up Madison West with
124 points.
This years Division 1 field contains teams
that comprised eight of last years top 10 finishers, including defending champion Stevens
Point, which attempts to defend its title and
win its 11th team title with four returning runners. Other teams returning from last years
top 10 include runner-up Madison West with
five returning runners; La Crosse Logan,
which placed fourth; Madison La Follette
fifth; West Bend West sixth; Port Washington
seventh; Green Bay Preble eighth; and Kimberly inninth place.
Olin Hacker of Madison West won the
individual title in Division 1 with a time of
15:46.19.
Hacker, a senior from Madison West,
returns to defend his individual championship
from a year ago. Nameth of Verona placed
runner-up to Hacker last year and is expected
to be among the top challengers for the individual title.
Ryan is going up against probably one of
the top ten runners in the country and he can
only control what he does, Mark said. I
hope that he runs not only a gutsy race but
a relaxed and smart race as well. If he does
those two things, he will have to be satisfied
with his efforts that day.
Other competitors returning to this years
field from last seasons top 10 are seniors Will
Simons of Arrowhead, who placed seventh;
Daniel LaLuzerne of Green Bay Preble, who
was ninth; and Scott Seymour of Kenosha
Bradford, who was 10th.
You cant take anything for granted at
state, Nameth said. You have to got into it
with the mindset that you are trying to win. If
youre willing to settle for second, there is a
good chance youll wind up further back in
the pack.
Its state, there is nothing to hold back for.
The Verona Cougars 18U softball team played in the Screamfest 5 Softball Tournament in Beloit the weekend of October 18-19 and finished third.
In pool play, the team secured a No. 2 seedfrom Pool A for bracket play. In total,
the Cougars played seven games over two days.
Screamfest 5 is a USSSA world series qualifier tournament that included nearly
50 teams from acrossWisconsin and Illinois representing five different age groups.
The Verona Cougars 18U team was coached by Dennis Varian and Kelly Keyes.
Players included:Allison Armstrong (Verona), Gabriela Balderas (Cottage Grove),
Sam Dingle (Verona), Sara Endres (Fitchburg), Mel Hanson (Mount Horeb), Kori
Keyes (Verona), Sabrina Maicke (Madison), Ashli Martin (Madison), Zoe Munson
(Madison), Brooke Varian (Madison), Maile Varian (Madison), Shannon Whitmus
(Fitchburg) and Sam Yaeger (Madison).
This was the final tournament of the year for the Cougars. They will continue to
havetraining and workouts sessionsover the winter monthsin preparation for next
summers round of tournament action.
Additional information about the Cougars or softball programs available to
young ladiesin the Verona and Fitchburg area can be found at www.vagsa.org.
Girls XC: Pletta finishes 10th

Elizabeth Flatley of Brookfield Central
won the Division 1 individual championship, completing the 4,000-meter course
with a time of 14:11.11.
Sophomore Camille Davre of Whitefish Bay is the top returning individual
from last years Division 1 meet, placing third as a freshman. Other returning
runners among the leaders last year

include juniors Katie Hietpas of Sun
Prairie, who finished fifth last year after
a sixth-place finish in 2012; and Aubrey
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Football: Cats finish season 6-4 overall

Hats off to them, Richardson said. It is tough to
go the length of the field
like that.
The Lancers struck first
in the first quarter after
junior linebacker Alex
Orvis picked off Roberts on
the Verona 15. Copus followed with a 15-yard run to
make it 7-0.
Verona tied the game on
the next drive after Roberts
connected with senior split
end Christian Baltes on a
40-yard pass. Roberts later
punched in the score with a
1-yard run.
After the game, the
coaches took turns thanking the seniors for a season

that could have been way
worse. The Wildcats started
0-3 and then rattled off six
straight wins to get back to
the playoffs after missing
out last season.
This is why athletics in
the educational setting is
so important, particularly
at the high school level
because it does so much to
build kids character and
resiliency and all the things
they talk about for kids to
succeed in school, in a job,
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proud of those guys and
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The program does lose 35
seniors, but Richardson said
he has confidence in the
future of the program with
some talent coming up from
the varsity reserve, junior
varsity and two undefeated
freshmen teams.
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to have high expectations,
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our lower level teams have
done a great job this past
year, and we are excited to
see how they mature and
see if they can win a conference championship and
beyond.
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Common Core: 4-year-old standards dont dictate local approach, but rather expectations
Origin of Common Core
The way the CCSS stan-
Screenshot from Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction website
Wisconsin students in grades 3-8 will take the Smarter Balanced assessment for the first time in spring
2015. The tests were devleoped to align with the Common Core State Standards, which have become a
political controversy lately around the United States. This screenshot is one sample question from the test.
New tests
Those critical thinking
skills will be tested with new
state tests beginning next
spring, as well. That has created a big change in both
timing and style of testing,
Franke said.
Instead of the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations, which
had been taken in the fall
by fourth-, eighth- and
tenth-grade students, students in grades 3-8 will take
the Smarter Balanced Test.
Ninth- and tenth-graders will
now take an Achieve test,
and high school juniors will
be required to take the ACT.
All of those will take place
in the spring for math and
English language arts, though
students are still taking the
WKCE for science and social
studies this year.
Testing every year from
third to eighth grade is a
major component, Franke
said, because the new standards allow for districts to see
where students are at with the
grade-level benchmarks the
standards set. Previously, as
students were only tested on
WKCE three times, districts
had to set their own path
to getting students to those
acceptable benchmarks in the
intervening grades.
The progressions just
were a little awkward, she
said. With the Common
Core you have the nice K-12
progression, so you can see in
math how a student progresses through that system.
Another change in the testing comes in the format, as
the examinations other than
the ACT will now be online
rather than the traditional
paper and pencil.
We have some decisions to make about are we
going to have all students
use desktops, are we going
to have some students use
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mobile devices, Franke said.

Theres a lot of technology decisions that have to be
made about what thats going
to look like.
But making those decisions will help contribute to
an adaptive style of testing as well, Franke said, as
the test questions will change
depending on how a student
has performed on earlier
questions.
The reason for doing
computer-adaptive is theres a
frustration level for a student
if they start to look at questions they cant answer, she
said. If the questions then
become ones they can answer
you become more engaged
with the test, you feel like you
can complete the test.
Political angle
School standards dont
typically get front-page
headlines, but with the politics infused into the debate
in recent months, Common
Core has become a hot-button issue. Nationally, many
people who align themselves
with Tea Party Republicans say the standards are an
example of the federal government intruding into the
affairs of the states.
When Wisconsin adopted
the CCSS in 2010, a Democrat lived in the governors
mansion. Since then, however, Republican legislators in
the state have discussed taking another look at the standards as they took over the
majority in the legislature
and the governors mansion.
In February, a bill to repeal
the standards initiated and
drafted with the assistance
of Gov. Walkers office staff
never made it out of the state
Senate. Fuel to that fire was
added in July, when Walker
issued a brief statement calling on state legislators to
pass a bill in early January
to repeal Common Core and
replace it with standards set

by people in Wisconsin.
According to a Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel article from
July, state lawmakers from
Walkers party had mixed
views on the effect of Walkers personal appeal. Rep.
Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R-Fond
du Lac), who wrote a failed
bill to repeal Common
Core earlier this year, said
Walkers comments were
huge and will add momentum during the legislatures
next session. Steve Kestell
(R-Elkhart Lake), chairman
of the Assemblys education committee and a legislator who has not been among
those calling for a repeal of
Common Core, called the
idea that lawmakers would
be able to replace the standards at the beginning of the
session absurd.
Were in an election season, he said. People desperate to be re-elected will
say anything.
Rep. Sondy Pope
(D-Cross Plains), who represents Verona in the 80th
Assembly District and is a
member of the Select Committee on Common Standards, said shes traveled
all over Wisconsin and
heard many hours of testimony about the standards.
Pope said teachers, administrators and school board
members convinced her
that the standards are rigorous and will benefit Wisconsin student outcomes, noting
that at one such conference,
90 educators registered support for Common Core, with
only two against.
I have yet to speak with a
single educator in my district
who wants to repeal Common Core, Pope said. Pulling the plug at this point
would be foolhardy, expensive and could only serve
to weaken our educational
system. The standards have
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In response to emailed
questions from the Press,
Walkers press secretary
Laurel Patrick wrote that
Walker will work with the
Legislature to repeal Common Core and replace it
with strong Wisconsin-specific standards.
After talking with parents, teachers, school board
members and taxpayers
from across the state, it
became clear that they want
standards set by people from
Wisconsin that are rigorous
and tailored to Wisconsins
history of high achievement, Patrick wrote.
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and how the new standards
would be more rigorous and
better tailored to Wisconsins
history of high achievement,
Patrick did not respond to the
questions and referred back
to the original statement.
For its part, DPI hopes the
standards can move beyond
politics sometime soon, said
spokesman Tom McCarthy.
I think (politicizing the
standards is) not helpful,
McCarthy said. It doesnt
help students in the classroom, it doesnt help schools,
it doesnt help districts.
Franke said enough
resources have been put
toward implementing the
standards over the last four
years that its worth it to
stick with them.
If Wisconsin decides
to go away from the Common Core, I think that will
be a huge mistake, she
said. Theres been so much
work thats been done by
every district to really align
curriculum and instruction
materials and staff development. Theres just been a
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The path to Wisconsin adopting the Common Core standards began in 2007, as the state joined the American
Diploma Project aimed at revising the previous Wisconsin
Model Academic Standards in English and math to improve
college and career readiness.
A task force and draft set of standards were created, and by
2009, state education officials recognized the Common Core
State Standards (CCSS) initiative was gaining momentum.
Wisconsin adopted the standards in June 2010.
Emilee Amundson, the team director for the Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction team implementing Common
Core, said the leadership teams that developed those state drafts
early on were key in the decision to go with the new standards.
We really did lean on their expertise and their feedback
in order to ultimately make the decision to adopt, she said.
While the state adopted the standards, it was up to local
school districts to use them or not, Amundson said though
districts were informed that state-mandated tests would be
aligned to Common Core. She called the states adoption
a signal to the field that DPI recognized the standards as
high and clear.
Most districts around the state did adopt them, and the
state began providing support for a phased implementation. That slower process helped put strength behind the
standards, Amundson said, unlike in states such as New York,
where the standards were immediately put into place.
Weve had a much smoother road because this timeline, the expectation that this is a phased process, that this is
complex work and that it really needs to be owned at a local
level, she said.
The timeline called for taking one year to understand the
standards in 2010-11, developing local curricula based on
the standards in 2011-12 and developing and refining assessments from 2012-15 with a planned first year of new testing
based on the standards in 2014-15.
That years-long process has helped fortify the standards,
said Verona Area School District director of curriculum and
instruction Ann Franke, who began with the district this summer but has already seen the professional development VASD
has put into getting teachers comfortable with the standards.
And the standards themselves make all of the time and
money put into that development worth it, Franke said.
No standards are perfect, but I think they are definitely
much better than what we had with the old standards, she
said.
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likely made it even harder
for parents to fully grasp,
said Stephanie Symes, who
teaches sixth-grade English
language arts at Savanna
Oaks Middle School.
Theyre written for educators; theyre not really
written for people outside
the educational world,
Symes said.
But she said teachers have
been doing their best to
communicate the standards
and what they mean to students, who can then hopefully bring that understanding home to their parents.
What they mean is that
there is a change in instructional styles, Franke said.
It isnt about, Im just
going to sit down and Im
going to learn these facts,
or, Im going to do all of
these problems, Franke
said. Its about, Im really going to understand the
math that Im doing. Im
going to be able to explain
my reasoning and my thinking.
To me, thats been the
biggest shift is helping our
teachers think differently
about instruction.
As an example of what
has and has not changed,
Franke pointed to math
classes like geometry, which
still exist just as they did for
parents. But the way problems are approached in such
a class has likely seen major
changes in recent years.
Instead of teaching the
correct way to solve a
problem and then having
students solve problems
using that strategy, a teacher
might hand out a problem
without telling the students
how to solve it right away,
and ask them to work in
groups to find ways to solve
it. Eventually, the teacher
will go over the efficiency
of the best way to solve a
problem, but the students
will hopefully have a greater
understanding of the math
behind it, Franke said.
There might be multiple
representations and multiple ways that were sharing about how that problem
might be solved, she said.
I dont want you just to
see the algorithm and plug
and chug in the numbers.
I want you to have a depth
of knowledge about what
makes up that algorithm.
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The Verona Press
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Legals
NOTICE
TOWN OF VERONA
RESIDENTS
LOCATION AND HOURS
OF POLLING PLACE
At the General Election to be held

on November 4, 2014 in the Town of Verona the following polling place will be
used for all (1, 2 and 3) Wards:
Location
Town of Verona Hall, 335 North Nine
Mound Road
POLLS WILL OPEN AT 7:00 AM AND
WILL CLOSE AT 8:00 PM
If you have any questions concerning your polling place, contact the municipal clerk.
John Wright
335 North Nine Mound Road
845-7187
8:00 am to 2:00 p.m. M-F, 8:00 am to
5:00 p.m. October 31, 2014
Polls are accessible to the elderly
and disabled voters.
John Wright
Clerk/Treasurer
Town of Verona
Published: October 30, 2014
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Notice
The Town of Verona Board of Supervisors amended the 2009 driveway

ordinance at meetings held on September 2 and October 7, 2014. In order to
make the Ordinance clearer, wording
improvements were made, definitions
were updated and added, and sketches
were added. More substantial changes
to regulation and the permitting process
are listed below:
Language
for
Preconstruction
Meeting amended to detail a description
of a variance and the variance process
including a Public Hearing
The Permit Period description
includes the possibility that new standards would apply if changed prior to
the review period
The authority to require more escrow when available funds drop below
25% of the original amount has been
changed from the Town Board to the
Clerk/Treasurer (in Fee Escrow section)
Language has been added to qualify when escrow monies can be refunded
(in Escrow refund subsection)
The language to describe an exception to escrow qualifies that the security
must be liquid, which the Town has the
authority to draw upon
Section 5 (a) 1 has been modified
to grant the Towns Project Manager the
authority to determine minimum sight
line distances and required trimming
and planting removal as a condition of
permit approval
The language to Section 5 (a) 2
has been supplemented to include the
safety reasons for clear space beyond
the driveway for snow storage and passage of emergency vehicles; subsections i, ii, iii, and iv have been added to
define when emergency turn outs are required, the standards for the turn outs,
the standards for loop and hammerhead
turnarounds, standards for cleared horizontal and vertical cleared space, and
the minimum inside radius of driveway
curves
In Section 5(a) 3, the phrase special
permission was replaced with variance
and the term need was replaced with
hardship
In Section 5 (b) 1 the minimum
width of a commercial and industrial
driveway has been defined as twelve
(12) feet
In Section 5 (b) 3, the minimum
depth of subroad has been increased
from nine inches to twelve inches, the
six inch thickness of concrete has been
set as a minimum thickness, and the
minimum subroad depth for a concrete
drive has been increased from four inches to ten inches
In Section 5 (c) 1, a minimum width
for a driveway apron has been established equaling twenty-four (24) feet
and a minimum width established for
the balance of the driveway of sixteen
(16) feet comprised of two, two (2) feet
wide shoulders and a twelve (12) foot
wide roadbed; an illustration has been
inserted in this section to clarify these
standards and to define the vision triangles required at the intersection of
drives with the main road
A minimum length of twenty-four
(24) feet has been established in Section
5 (d) 2 for a driveway culvert
In Section 5 (f), it is now required
that existing driveways be improved
to the standard particular to their use
if the zoning change requires a higher
standard and/or the use has become
more intensive, unless the Town Board
determines the modification would have
an insignificant impact upon public facilities and public safety
A new subsection (g) has been
added to Section 5 outlining additional
standards and variances to standards
defined elsewhere in the Ordinance
that includes: Town Board authority to
require higher standards if they determine the standards are warranted to
assure adequate protection of public
facilities or the public safety; variances
from standards can be considered by
the Town Board where strict application
will result in practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship, unless the variance
is contrary to public interest, health and
safety; variance requests must be in
writing stating all the facts supported by
maps, plans, or additional data to assist
the Town Board in their determination
and the request must be unique to the
property and not construed to apply to
any other property and not based solely
upon inconvenience, financial hardship,
or self-imposed hardship; any actual
costs to the Town due to the variance
process must be reimbursed to the
Town by the applicant; variances, if approved by the Town Board, will do so my
motion or resolution requiring a majority vote, with the reasons for approval
or denial entered into the minutes of the
Town Board and notification of the de-
termination will be sent to the applicant

by the Town Clerk; variances will only be
granted if they do not violate the intent
of this Ordinance, the desirable general
development of the Town in accordance
with any Town plan, or Dane County
Zoning Ordinances
New language in Section 7 allows
penalties to be levied if a person fails to
maintain a driveway, culvert or ditch
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Town of Verona
Regular Town
Board Meeting
Wednesday,
November 5, 2014 6:30 P.M.
Town Hall,
335 N. Nine Mound Road,
Verona, WI 53593-1035
1. Call To Order
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Approval of Agenda
4. Announcements
5. Public Comment - This section of
the meeting provides the opportunity for
comment from persons in attendance
on items not listed below over which
this governing body has jurisdiction.
Comments on matters not listed on
this agenda could be placed on a future
meeting agenda.
6. Unfinished business
A. Discussion and possible action
re: a road haul permit for Yahara Materials to use Fitchrona Rd.
7. New business
A. Discussion and possible action
re: Ordinance 2014-4 Adopting Chapter
3(Fire Protection) of the new code of ordinances.
8. Reports
A. Plan Commission:
i. Discussion and possible action
re: comprehensive plan amendment
ii. Discussion and possible action
re: abandonment of Wesner Rd.
B. Public Works:
re: culvert at 2157 Sugar River Rd.
re: Dane County parking access to the
Falk Wells Sugar River Wildlife area off
Sunset Drive.
C. EMS:
re: commission appointment
re: approval of un-assigned fund balance policy limit policy
iii. Discussion and possible action
re: base rate increase
iv. Discussion and possible action
re: 2015-2019 capital budgets
v. Discussion and possible action
re: 2015 operating budget
D. Open Space and Parks:
E. Town Chair:
F. Supervisors:
G. Clerk/Treasurer:
H. Planner/Administrator:
i. Discussion of final draft budget
ii. Report on brush pick up day
9. Motion to go into closed session per Wis. Stats. 19.85 (1) (e) for the
purpose of deliberating or negotiating
the purchase of public properties, the
investing of public funds, or conducting
other specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons
require a closed session. Discussion
and possible action pertaining to the
purchase of land for Town operations.
10. Motion to return to open session
11. Discussion and possible action
on matters discussed in closed session.
12. Approval of payment of bills for
October
13. Review of Building Permits, Inspection Reports, Road Haul Permits,
and Right-of-Way Permits
14. Discussion and approval of minutes of the September 2nd meeting
15. Adjourn
Board agendas are published in the
Towns official newspaper, The Verona
Press. Agendas are also posted at the
Town Hall, Miller & Sons Grocery, and
the Verona Public Library. If an agenda
is amended after publication, the official
sites for notice of the final version are
the Verona Public Library, Town Hall and
Miller & Sons Grocery. If anyone having
a qualifying disability as defined by the
American with Disabilities Act needs an
interpreter, materials in alternate formats, or other accommodations to access these meetings, please contact the
Town of Verona Clerk @ 608-845-7187 or
jwright@town.verona.wi.us. Please do
so at least 48 hours prior to the meeting so that proper arrangements can be
made. Other upcoming meetings include
Open Space and Parks Commission
on 11/12/2014 and Plan Commission
on 11/25/2014. Agendas will be posted
at the locations listed above and www.
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agendas and other announcements via
email. Notice is also given that a possible quorum could occur at this meeting of the Plan Commission and/or Open
Space and Parks Commission, for the
purposes of information gathering only.
David K. Combs,
Town Chair, Town of Verona.
Posted: October 29, 2014
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OF POLLING PLACE
At the General Election to be held

on November 4, 2014 in the City of Verona the following polling place locations
will be used for the wards indicated:
Location, Wards
Verona Public Library 500 Silent
Street Verona, WI 53593, Wards 1&5 (Assembly Dist. 79)
Verona Public Library 500 Silent
Street Verona, WI 53593, Wards 2-4 (Assembly Dist. 80)
Verona City Hall 111 Lincoln Street
Verona, WI 53593, Wards 6-9 (Assembly
Dist. 80)
ALL POLLING PLACES WILL OPEN
AT 7:00 A.M. AND WILL CLOSE AT 8:00
P.M.
If you have any questions concerning your polling place, contact the municipal clerk.
Kami Scofield
111 Lincoln Street
Verona, WI 53593
608-845-6495
M-F 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
All polling places are accessible to
elderly and disabled voters.
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ORDINANCE NO. 14-851

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
SECTION 13 of CHAPTER
1 of TITLE 10, MOTOR
VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC FOR
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF VERONA
SECTION I
The Common Council of the City of
Verona, Dane County, Wisconsin, does
ordain that Section 10-1-13(a) (221-227)
and 10-1-13(b) (228-234) of the Code or
Ordinances of the City of Verona is created to read as follows:
Sec. 10-1-13 Required Stops
(a) East-West Streets. The following
are required stops on east-west streets
and roads within the City:
(221) All vehicles proceeding in a
westerly direction on Chads Crossing
shall stop before entering the intersection of said street with Canterbury Pass.
(222) All vehicles proceeding in an
easterly direction on Canterbury Pass
shall stop before entering the intersection of said street with Steeple Point.
westerly direction on Ashburn Way shall
stop before entering the intersection of
said street with Scenic Ridge Drive.
(224) All vehicles proceeding in an
easterly direction on Ashburn Way shall
stop before entering the intersection of
said street with Scenic Ridge Drive.
(225) All vehicles proceeding in
a westerly direction on Hidden Valley
Road shall stop before entering the
intersection of said street with Scenic
Ridge Drive.
westerly direction on Prairie Way Boulevard shall stop before entering the intersection of said street with Enterprise
Drive.
westerly direction on Prairie Oaks Drive
shall stop before entering the intersection of said street with Enterprise Drive.
(b) North-South Streets. The following are required stops on north-south
streets and roads within the City:

Northerly direction on Canterbury Pass
shall stop before entering the intersection of said street with Basilica Parkway.
Southerly direction on Canterbury Pass
shall stop before entering the intersection of said street with Basilica Parkway.
Northerly direction on Whittman Way
shall stop before entering the intersection of said street with East Chapel
Royal Drive.
Southerly direction on Steeple Point
Royal Drive.
Northerly direction on Canterbury Pass
Royal Drive.
Southerly direction on Canterbury Pass
Royal Drive.
Northerly direction on Prairie Way Boulevard shall stop before entering the
intersection of said street with Prairie
Oaks Drive.
SECTION II
ordain that Section 10-1-13(a) (191) of
the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Verona are revised:
Sec. 10-1-13 Required Stops.
westerly direction on Pinehurst Drive
Court shall stop before entering the
intersection of said street with Scenic
Ridge Drive.
SECTION III
ordain that Section 10-1-13(a) (202) of
the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Verona are removed:
Sec. 10-1-13 Required Stops.
westerly direction on Pinehurst Court
shall stop before entering the intersection of said street with Scenic Ridge
Drive.
All other sections shall remain as
previously adopted.
The foregoing ordinance was duly
adopted by the Common Council of the
City of Verona at a meeting held on October 27, 2014.
CITY OF VERONA
Jon H. Hochkammer, Mayor
(seal)
Kami Scofield, City Clerk
ADOPTED: October 27, 2014
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CITY OF VERONA
MINUTES
COMMON COUNCIL
October 13, 2014
Verona City Hall
1. The meeting was called to order

by Mayor Hochkammer at 7:01 p.m.
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Roll Call: L. Diaz, J. Linder,
Mac McGilvray, H. Reekie, B. Stiner, E.
Touchett and D. Yurs. Alderperson Doyle
was absent and excused. Also in attendance: City Administrator, B. Burns;
City Engineer, B. Gundlach; Director of
Public Works, R. Rieder; Police Chief,
B. Coughlin; City Planner, A. Sayre; and
City Clerk, K. Scofield.
4. Public Comment: None.
5. Approval of Minutes: Motion by
Yurs, seconded by Reekie to approve
the minutes of the September 22, 2014
Common Council meeting. Motion carried 7/0.
6. Mayors Business
(1) Proclamation: Eagle Scout Designation- Ian Birschbach
(2) Proclamation: Halloween Trickor-Treat Hours
(3) Verona Road Business Community Update
Cyndi Yagi representing the Verona
Road Business coalition introduced
Diedre Garten, owner of Quiveys Grove
and Attorney Toni Prestijacomo and all
three spoke on the impact of the Verona
Road reconstruction project on area
businesses.
(4) Committee Appointments
Economic Development Commission the nomination from the Chamber
is for John Wiese of Park Bank
Community Development Authority Adam Frey, 509 Military Ridge Drive
Motion by McGilvray, seconded by
Touchett to confirm the committee appointments. Motion Carried 7/0.
7. Administrators Report
8. Engineers Report
9. COMMITTEE REPORTS
A. Plan Commission
(1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Resolution R-14-043 Approving a Conditional Use Permit to allow
an Indoor Commercial Entertainment
Land Use with drive-up window service,
known as Taco Bell at 671 Hometown
Circle. Motion by Linder, seconded by
Yurs to approve Resolution R-14-043.
Motion carried 5/2 with Ald. Diaz and
Ald. Reekie voting no.
B. Finance Committee
(1) Discussion and Possible Action
Re: Payment of Bills. Motion by McGilvray, seconded by Linder to approve
the payment of bills in the amount of
$440,967.65. Motion carried 7/0.
Re: Resolution R-14-044 Authorizing an
Application for a State Trust Fund Loan
in the Amount of $386,000 for the Purchase of a Community Theatre Facility. Motion by McGilvray, seconded by
Linder to approve Resolution R-14-044.
Motion carried 7/0.
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CYCLE CENTER
1. Sharer Cycle Center (Dealer) is licensed by the Wisconsin Department of
Transportation as a motor vehicle dealer. The Dealers facilities were located
at 7685 Highway PD, Verona, Wisconsin.
The Dealer was placed out of business
effective May 31, 2012.
2. The Dealer has had a bond
in force since July 10, 2010. (Bond #
02350320 from American Hardware Mutual Insurance Company)
3. A claim has been filed against the
bond of the Dealer. The Claimant alleges
that he suffered damages because of
one or more acts of Dealer which provide grounds for revocation or suspension of Dealers license to operate a motor vehicle dealership under Wis. Stat.
218.0116(1)(a) to (gm), (im) to (k), (m), or
(n) to (p).
4. Other persons who have a claim
for money damages for an actual loss
because of an act of Dealer during the
period covered by the bond may make a
claim against the bond on Department of
Transportation form number MV 2542, in
accordance with Wis. Admin. Code ch.
TRANS 140.
5. Copies of the claim form, MV
2542, are available by contacting:
Diane Roelke
DMV/Dealer Section
Room 201, Hills Farm State Transportation Building
P. O. Box 7909
Madison, WI 53707-7909
6. Claims may be submitted to
Diane Roelke at the address shown
above. The deadline for the submission
of claims is 60 days from publication of
this notice, December 29, 2014, at 4:30
p.m. Claims not received on or before
that date and time will be considered
late and will receive lower priority under
Wis. Admin. Code TRANS 140.27.
7. A public hearing will be held on
all timely but disputed claims, if necessary, at 3:30 p.m. on February 20, 2015,
in the Divisions Hearing Room at 5005
University Avenue, Suite 201, Madison,
Wisconsin.
Dated at Madison, Wisconsin on
October 22, 2014.
STATE OF WISCONSIN
DIVISION OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS
5005 University Avenue, Suite 201
Madison, Wisconsin 53705-5400
Telephone: (608) 266-7709
FAX: (608) 264-9885
By: _______________________________
MARK F. KAISER
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE
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required hospitalization or a loved one died while
taking Xarelto between 2011 and the present
time, you may be entitled to compensation.
Call Attorney Charles H. Johnson 1-800-535-5727
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C. Public Works Sewer & Water

Committee
(1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Change Order No. 3 for the
Lincoln Street Reconstruction and Water Main Replacement Project. Motion
by Touchett, seconded by McGilvray
to approve Change Order No. 3 for the
Lincoln Street Reconstruction and Water Main Replacement Project. Motion
carried 7/0.
Re: Consideration of Claims for Damages Related to a Sewer Back-up at 308 N.
Main Street filed by Amanda Marks and
American Family Insurance. Motion by
Touchett, seconded by Reekie to deny
the claim. Motion carried 7/0.
Re: Consideration of a Claim for Damage to a Vehicle from a Tree Branch Filed
By Kristin Knippel. Motion by Touchett,
seconded by McGilvray to deny the
claim. Motion carried 7/0.
(4) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Consideration of a Claim for
Damage to a Vehicle from a Displaced
Water Cap Filed by Tim Hagen. Motion
by Touchett, seconded by McGilvray to
deny the claim. Motion carried 7/0.
D. Public Safety & Welfare Committee
Re: Recommended Denial of an Operators License for Shannon Schrank.
Motion by Yurs, seconded by Reekie to
uphold the Chiefs decision to deny an
operator license to Shannon Schrank.
Motion carried 7/0.
Re: Resolution R-14-045 Approving an
Intergovernmental Agreement with Dane
County for the Installation, Operation,
and Maintenance of Warning Sirens.
Motion by Yurs, seconded by Touchett
to approve Resolution R-14-045. Motion
carried 7/0.
Re: Resolution R-14-046 Approving an
Intergovernmental Agreement for Operation of an Impaired Driving Task Force.
Motion by Yurs, seconded by Reekie to
approve Resolution R-14-046. Motion
carried 7/0.
10. New Business
Re: Case No. 12CV1988 (Apex Hawthorne Hills, LLC and Apex Hometown
Grove, LLC v. City of Verona Regarding
the Refund of Excessive Real Estate
Taxes) Dane County Circuit Court
The Common Council may convene in closed session as authorized
bySection 19.85(1)(g) of the Wisconsin
Statutes for the purpose of conferring
with City of Verona legal counsel who
is rendering oral or written advice concerning strategy to be adopted by the
City with respect to litigation in which it
is involved. The Common Council may
reconvene in open session and discuss
and take action on the on the subject
matter discussed in closed session.
Motion by Touchett, seconded by
Yurs to convene into closed session. A
roll call vote was taken with the following members voting aye: Yurs, Diaz,
Linder, McGilvray, Reekie, Stiner, and
Touchett; there were no members voting
no. The Motion carried 7/0 and at 8:18
p.m. the Common Council convened
into closed session.
Motion by Yurs, seconded by Diaz
to reconvene into open session. The
Motion carried 7/0 and at 8:39 p.m. the
Common Council reconvened into open
session.
Motion by Yurs, seconded by Linder
to approve the settlement discussed in
closed session. Motion carried 7/0.
Re: Approval of Operators Licenses
from Terrance Hansen, 5th Quarter;
Barbara Miller, Avantis; and Jennifer
Lengyel at Prairie Oaks Citgo. Motion
by Touchett, seconded by Reekie to approve the operator licenses. Motion carried 7/0.
11. Announcements
12. Adjournment
Motion by Yurs, seconded by
Touchett to adjourn the meeting at 8:44
p.m. Motion carried 7/0.
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CITY OF VERONA
MINUTES
COMMON COUNCIL
SPECIAL JOINT MEETING
CITY AND TOWN OF VERONA
October 15, 2014
Verona Town Hall
335 N. Nine Mound Road
6:30 P.M. Meeting at the corner of

Nine Mound Road and Cross Country
Road
Members of the City of Verona City
Council and the Town of Verona Town
Board meet at 6:30 p.m. at the corner
of Nine Mound Road and Cross Country
Road to view the area of the proposed
roadway improvements to Nine Mound
Road. There was not a quorum of the
City of Verona Council present and no
action was taken.
7:00 P.M. Special Joint Meeting City
and Town of Verona at Verona Town Hall
0. The meeting was called to order
by Mayor Hochkammer at 7:01 p.m.
1. Roll Call: Luke Diaz, Elizabeth
Doyle, Jack Linder, Heather Reekie,
Brad Stiner, Evan Touchett and Dale
Yurs. Absent (excused): Mac McGilvray.
Town Board Members in attendance:
Robert Rego, Gregg Miller, Manfred Enburg, Mark Geller. Also in attendance:
City Administrator, Bill Burns; City Engineer, Bob Gundlach; Director of Public
Works, Ron Rieder; Fire Chief Joe Giver;
Town Administrator Amanda Arnold.
3. Public Comment: None
4. Public Hearing: Regarding the
Transfer of Regulatory Authority and Responsibility over Nine Mound Road from
the Town of Verona to the City of Verona
Motion by Enburg, seconded by
Diaz to open the public hearing. Motion
carried 7-0 (City of Verona). Ron Rieder
and Bob Gundlach provided an overview of the project to reconstruct and

widen Nine Mound Road and the make
improvements to the intersections of
Nine Mound Road and Cross Country
Road and Nine Mound Road and County
Highway PD.
Gary Steuck, 2838 Cross Country
Road, raised concerns about the plan
to maintain the median on Nine Mound
Road and the impact it would have on
the project cost and the amount of fill
needed.
Bob Bovy, 7648 County Highway
PD, asked if the roadway design was intended to avoid the property to the west.
Mr. Rieder stated that the City would
need to acquire right-of-way from both
sides of the roadway, but that the design
was intended to minimize the need to fill
the lake on the west side of the road.
Motion by Enburg, seconded by
Doyle to close the public hearing. Motion carried 7-0 (City of Verona).
5. Resolution R-14-047: Approving
the Transfer of Regulatory Authority and
Responsibility over Nine Mound Road
from the Town of Verona to the City of
Verona
Motion by Touchett, seconded by
Yurs, to approve Resolution R-14-047
Approving the Transfer of Regulatory
Authority and Responsibility over Nine
Mound Road from the Town of Verona
to the City of Verona. Motion carried 7-0.
There was discussion that the City
would facilitate the update of a reclamation plan for the full area of the quarry located adjacent to the project in the Town
of Verona and that the City would continue to involve the Town in the process
for the roadway improvements.
6. Presentation on the 2015 City of
Verona Fire Department Budget and Fire
Department Update.
Fire Chief Joe Giver presented the
2015 Requested Fire Department Budget
and provided an update on the Verona
Fire Department. No action was taken.
7. Adjournment
Motion by Diaz, seconded by Geller,
to adjourn the meeting at 8:17 p.m. Motion carried 7-0 (City of Verona).
Bill Burns
City Administrator
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Closed Session Minutes

Common Council
September 22, 2014
10. Old Business

Re: Case No. 13CV3717 (Local 311, IAFF,
AFL-CIO v. City of Verona and Verona
Joint Fire District) Dane County Circuit
Court (currently pending).
The Common Council may convene in closed session as authorized
bySection 19.85(1)(g) of the Wisconsin
Statutes for the purpose of conferring
with City of Verona legal counsel who
is rendering oral or written advice concerning strategy to be adopted by the
City with respect to litigation in which it
is involved. The Common Council may
reconvene in open session and discuss
and take action on the on the subject
matter discussed in closed session.
Motion by Yurs, seconded by
McGilvray to approve the settlement
language with the condition that any
changes from the discussion in closed
session may be approved by city staff
with consulting legal counsel.
A roll call vote was requested by
Ald. McGilvray. The roll call vote was
taken with the following voting aye:
Touchett, Yurs, Diaz, Doyle, Linder, McGilvray, Reekie and Stiner; no members
voted no. The Motion carried 8/0.
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Notice
The City of Verona Plan Commission will hold a Public Hearing on

Monday December 1, 2014 at 6:30 p.m.
at City Hall, 111 Lincoln Street, for the
following planning and zoning matters:
1) The purpose of the hearing is
to hear public comments on proposed
amendments to the City of Verona
Comprehensive Plan 2010 2030 for
the West End development and Erbach
property located on West Verona Avenue. Both the West End and Erbach
property were identified in the existing
plan as a mixed-use area with primarily
commercial land uses. The proposed
amendment will designate approximately 101-acres of land as public institutional for a future school site. An exhibit
map of the amendment can be viewed in
the office of the Director of Planning and
Development.
2) The purpose of the hearing is
to hear public comments on proposed
amendments to the City of Verona Comprehensive Plan 2010 2030 for the Herfel property located on the east side of
Locust Drive. The Herfel property was
identified as residential in the Southwest Neighborhood Plan. The proposed
amendment will designate approximately 18-acres of land as public institutional
for a future school site. An exhibit map
of the amendment can be viewed in the
office of the Director of Planning and
Development.
Interested persons may comment
on these planning and zoning matters
during the public hearing at the December 1st Plan Commission meeting.
The Plan Commission will make recommendations on these matters, which
will then be reviewed by the Common
Council for a final decision on Monday,
December 8th.
Contact Adam Sayre, Director of
Planning and Development, at 848-9941
for more information on these items or
to receive copies of the submittals.
Kami Scofield,
City Clerk
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The Verona Press
143 Notices
SOCIAL SECURITY Disability Benefits.
Unable to work? Denied benefits? We
can help. Win or pay nothing. Contact Bill
Gordon & Associates at 800-960-03070
to start your application today! (wcan)
SUPPORT
OUR
Service
members,veterans and their families in
their time of need. For more information
visit the Fisher House website at www.
fisherhouse.org (wcan)
WCAN (Wisconsin Community Ad Network) and/or the member publications
review ads to the best of their ability. Unfortunately, many unscrupulous
people are ready to take your money!
PLEASE BE CAREFUL ANSWERING
ANY AD THAT SOUNDS TOO GOOD
TO BE TRUE! For more information, or to
file a complaint regarding an ad, please
contact The Department of Trade, Agriculture & Consumer Protection 1-800422-7128 (wcan)
150 Places To Go
BARABOO GUN SHOW
October 31 & Nov 1. Clarion Hotel/
Conference Center, 626 W Pine/Hwy 12.
Friday 3pm-8pm, Saturday 8am-4pm. $5
admission BUY-SELL-TRADE-BROWSE
Gun Buyer Shows 608-548-4867 (wcan)
163 Training Schools

DENTAL ASSISTANT
Be one in just 10 Saturdays!
WeekendDentalassistant.com.
Fan us on Facebook! Next class begins
1/3/15. Call 920-730-1112 Appleton (reg
WI EOB) (wcan)
203 Business Opportunities

L-7546: WELL Established Hardware
Store w/newer building in Marion, WI.
Good income $250,000. Contact Nolan
Sales, LLC Marion, WI
800-472-0290 www.nolansales.com
(wcan)
SMALL HOME business/Welcoming
service for sale in Stoughton.
Set your own hours,
be your own boss.
$3,000 obo. Please call
608-719-8316 for more details
340 Autos
DONATE YOUR Car, Truck, Boat to
Heritage for the Blind. Free 3-Day
Vacation. Tax Deductible.
Free Towing. All paperwork taken care
of! 800-856-5491 (wcan)
342 Boats & Accessories

DO NOT STORE your RV, Auto, Boat or
Pontoon- Trade in by Nov. 15 and save
all storage & winterizing fee's. Plus no
payments or interest on your new boat
or pontoon until spring delivery of 2015.
American Marine & Motorsports Super
Center, Schawano. 715-526-4300 (wcan)
STORAGE (INSIDE) RV, Auto/Boat &
Pontoon. Pick up, winterizing, delivery.
We do it all. American
Marine, Shawano. 866-955-2628.
americanmarine.com (wcan)
350 Motorcycles
WANTED 60'S&70'S Motorcycles
Dead or Alive! 920-371-0494 (wcan)
WANTED: VINTAGE Motorcycles
1900-1980. Many makes and models.
Any condition.
Call 920-202-2201
CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon
Friday for The Great Dane and Noon
Monday for the Verona Press unless
changed because of holiday work schedules. Call now to place your ad, 873-6671
or 835-6677.
ConnectVerona.com
355 Recreational Vehicles

ATVS SCOOTERS & Go-Karts. Youth
ATV's & Scooters $49/mo.
Sport and 4x4 Atv's $69/mo.
American Marine & Motorsports,
Schawano. =SAVE= 866-955-2628
www.americanmarina.com (wcan)
360 Trailers
TRAILERS @ LIQUIDATION Pricing.
Boat ATV Sled or Pontoons.
2 or 4 Place. Open or Enclosed.
American Marine, Shawano
866-955-2628
www.americanmarina.com (wcan)
390 Auto: Wanted To Buy

WANTED: Autos, heavy trucks,
equipment and scrap iron.
Steve's Recycling. Monroe, WI.
608-574-2350
402 Help Wanted, General

8-BED CBRF in Belleville, Wi
currently seeking part time help for all
shifts. Must be certified in CBRF and
enjoy working with the elderly. Must
be a team player. Apply in person at:
2 Heritage Ln. or call 608-424-0174 to
schedule interview.
AMS LAWNCARE is looking for part
time seasonal help. Call Marc
608-807-3320
CLEANING HELP needed.
Homes and offices, full or part time.
Call 206-0242
DRIVERS: $3000 Sign On Bonus!
Class A 18mos. Experience
Company Drivers .44cpm East
.40 all other
Health/Dental/401K
Local, Regional & OTR
Owner Op's 78% of line haul 100%
FS- Plate Program.
Tom: 855-395-7502
453 Volunteer Wanted

HOME HEALTH UNITED is seeking
volunteers to assist with conducting
home safety assessments for the
S.A.F.E. at home program. The program
is designed to help identify vulnerable
individuals at risk for falls and adverse
drug events that are age 65 or older and
living in Dane County. Training provided.
Volunteers must have a valid driver's
license and proof of auto insurance.
The Achievement Connections
program is seeking dedicated individuals
to tutor high school students in Algebra
1. This could be an opportunity for you to
make a difference in the lives of students
and give back to the community.
United Way 2-1-1 is seeking new
volunteers to staff our telephone lines,
answering questions about resources
available in the service area. Training
is provided. If you are looking for an
opportunity to learn about community
resources and would like to assist
people in finding ways to get and give
help, United Way 2-1-1 may be the place
for you!
Call the volunteer Center at:
608-246-4380 or visit www.
volunteeryourtime.org for more
information or to learn about other
volunteer opportunities.
504 Appliance Services

RECONDITIONED APPLIANCES
Stoves Fridges Washers/Dryers
Kirch Appliance 608-246-4246
548 Home Improvement

A&B ENTERPRISES
Light Construction Remodeling
No job too small
608-835-7791
NOW HIRING all positions.

Sugar & Spice Eatery.
Apply in Person.
317 Nora St, Stoughton
OREGON MANOR, a 45 bed skilled
nursing facility just 8 miles from
Madison has an opening for a full time
cook. This position includes benefits
and every other weekend/holiday.
Experience is preferred. EOE
OREGON MANOR, a small town
nursing facility, is looking for:
Certified Nursing Assistants
to join our growing team.
We are looking for a motivated,
caring, team player to assist us in
caring for our residents.
Please stop by 354 N. Main St
in Oregon to fill out an application
or call Deb at 608-835-3535
PERFECT SEASONAL
MONEY-MAKER!
Make Balsam Christmas Wreaths
starting October 27 through early
December.No experience necessary.
Very flexible hours, daytime/evening
shifts. $8.00/hour+perks.
Hann's Christmas Farm in Oregon
Call to apply 608-835-5464
SECURITY OFFICERS
Now hiring all shifts, all positions
in the Madison area.
Starting wage $10.50-$13.00 hourly.
Call 608-222-5156 or apply online
www.jbmpatrol.com
THEY SAY people dont read those little
ads, but YOU read this one, didnt you?
Call now to place your ad, 873-6671 or
835-6677.
Verona 2816 White Crossing Rd.
adno=377159-01
6+ acre farmette with 2500 sqft home, shop, fenced pastures,

lean-to for horses back off the road & so private. Has landscaped
pond, master bedroom formal dining, 3 car garage, outside
wood heater to enhance and lower heating bills. Close to
Epic with easy access to Hwy PD and Military Ridge Bike Trail,
Goodman Center and 2 boarding stables.
$469,000. MLS#1729180
Mary Ruth Marks (608) 513-7490

Bunbury & Associates Realtors
TINA'S HOME CLEANING

Hiring personnel for residential
cleaning position.
Days only. Become a part
of our growing team!
Call 608-835-0339
tinashomecleaning@gmail.com
ALL THINGS BASEMENTY!

Basement Systems Inc.
Call us for all your basement needs!
Waterproofing? Finishing? Structural
repairs? Humidity and mold control?
Free Estimates! Call 800-991-1602
(wcan)
DOUG'S HANDYMAN SERVICE
GUTTER CLEANING
"Honey Do List"
No job too small
608-845-8110
HALLINAN-PAINTING
WALLPAPERING
**Great-Fall-Rates**
35 + Years Professional
European-craftsmanship
Free-Estimates
References/Insured
Arthur Hallinan
608-455-3377
TOMAS PAINTING
Professional, Interior,
Exterior, Repairs.
Free Estimates. Insured.
608-873-6160
554 Landscaping, Lawn,

Tree & Garden Work
SNOWMARE ENTERPRISES
Property Maintenance
Snow Removal
608-219-1214
560 Professional Services

MY COMPUTER WORKS - Computer
Problems? Viruses, Spyware, Email,
Printer Issues, Bad Internet Connections - FIX IT NOW! Professional, US
based technicians. $25 off service. Call
for immediate help. 800-611-2173 (wcan)
572 Snow Removal

JEFF'S SNOW REMOVAL
Driveway and Sidewalk Cleaning
5yrs experience. 608-220-4025
PLOWING BLOWING
Residential & Commercial.
20+yrs exp. Fully insured.
608-873-7038
CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon Friday for the Verona Press unless changed
because of holiday work schedules.
SNOW REMOVAL SPECIALIST.

Residential/Commercial.
Call AMS Lawncare for your
free estimate. 608-807-3320
576 Special Services

BANKRUPTCY- STOUGHTON
and surrounding area.
Merry Law Offices 608-205-0621
No charge for initial consultation. "We
are a debt relief agency.
We help people file for bankruptcy relief
under the bankruptcy code."
LEAVES ARE FALLING
WINTER IS COMING
Complete fall furnace tune-up.
Multi-point check
electric and gas fireplace service.
25 yrs experience.
Reasonable prices. 608-445-9998
If no answer, leave message and
number. Will call you right back.
586 TV, VCR &

Electronics Repair
DIRECTV STARTING at $24.95/mo.
Free 3-months of HBO, Starz, Showtime
& Cinemax. Free receiver upgrade. 2014
NFL Sunday ticket included with select
packages. Some exclusions apply. Call
for details.
800-918-1046 (wcan)
DISH TV RETAILER. Starting at $19.99/
mo for 12 mos. High speed internet
starting at $14.95/month (where
available) Save! Ask about same day
installation! Call now 800-374-3940 (wcan)
652 Garage Sales

EDGERTON 769 Washington
One day only! Moving/Downsizing
Saturday, November 1st,
8am-4pm
50 years of stuff! Lots of furniture,
current and antique. Fishing boat,
farm equipment, tons of household
items, lots of yarn, Xmas collectibles,
craft supplies, 3 antique sock
machines and dismantled 20'X14' late
1800's log cabin.
STOUGHTON 551 Cty Hwy N
Friday, Oct. 31st, Saturday, Nov. 1st
8am-5pm. Multi-family. Furniture,
household, teacher supplies and more.
STOUGHTON 714 Kensington Sq.
Thursday 10/30 4:00pm-7:00pm, Friday,
10/31 8:00am-2:00pm.
Miscellaneous household sale.
Everything must go!
666 Medical & Health Supplies

ACORN STAIRLIFTS
The affordable solution to your
stairs. Limited time $250 off your
stairlift purchase. Buy direct and
save. Please call 800-598-6714 for
free DVD and brochure. (wcan)
MEDICAL GUARDIAN Top-rated
medical alarm and 24/7 monitoring. For
a limited time, get free equipment, no
activation fees,
no commitment, 2nd waterproof alert
button for free and more.
Only $29.95 per month.
800-281-6138
REDUCE YOUR Cable bill! Get a wholehome Satellite system installed at no cost
and programming starting at $19.99/mo.
Free HD/DVR upgrade to new callers. So
call now! 800-492-0375 (wcan)
SAFE STEP Walk-in tub Alert for

Seniors. Bathrooms falls can be fatal.
Approved by Arthritis Foundation.
Therapeutic Jets. Less than 4 inch stepin. Wide door. Anti-slip floors. American
made. Installation included. Call 800940-3411 for $750 off. (wcan)
601 Household
672 Pets
NEW MATTRESS SETS from $89. All

sizes in stock. 9 styles.
PlymouthFurnitureWI.com
2133 Eastern Ave, Plymouth WI
Open 7 days A Week (wcan)
or 835-6677.
602 Antiques & Collectibles

COLUMBUS ANTIQUE MALL
& CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
MUSEUM
"Wisconsin's Largest"
Enter daily 8am-4pm 78,000 SF
200 Dealers in 400 Booths. Customer
Appreciation Week
20% discount on all items $10 and
over Nov 3-9
Third floor furniture, locked cases.
Location: 239 Whitney St
Columbus, WI 53925
920-623-1992
www.columbusantiquemall.com
GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPS

AKC OFA. Excellent temperament.
Import Stock. Guaranteed.
715-537-5413 www.jerland.com
#268001-DS (wcan)
688 Sporting Goods

& Recreational
WE BUY Boats/RV/Pontoons/ATV's &
Motorcycles! "Cash Paid" now. American Marine & Motorsports Super Center,
Shawano 866-955-2628 www.americanmarina.com (wcan)
696 Wanted To Buy

BUYING OLD HARDANGER
Tableclothes, large size.
Mary 952-828-9544 or
612-723-8768
TOP PRICES Any Scrap Metal
Cars/Batteries/Farm Equipment
Free appliance pick up
Property clean out. Honest
Fully insured. U call/We haul.
608-444-5496
WE BUY Junk Cars and Trucks.

We sell used parts.
Monday thru Friday 8am-5:30pm.
Newville Auto Salvage, 279 Hwy 59
Edgerton, 608-884-3114
705 Rentals
BROOKLYN DUPLEX 2 bedrooms, 1
bath, C/A, one car garage. No pets.
Security deposit and references. $610+
utilities. 608-873-4902
GREENWOOD APARTMENTS
Apartments for Seniors 55+, currently
has 1 & 2 bedroom units available
starting at $725 per month, includes
heat, water, and sewer.
608-835-6717 Located at:
139 Wolf St., Oregon, WI 53575
SCHETTLER TERRACE 1BR apartments available NOW in Verona for persons 62+ and/or handicapped/disabled.
Rent starts at $443 and includes major
appliances, off street parking, water
and sewer, garbage pickup and snow
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Sharer: Shop first opened on Willy Street in 1968, then moved to family farm in Verona
dont even seem real, Lyall
So in 1968, after recovertold the Press. Especially ing, he opened a motorcycle
eight years ago, when prop- when youve lived there shop on 1012 Williamson
erty owner Lyall Sharer most of your life.
St. in downtown Madison,
Sr., an acclaimed flat track
where MadCat Pet Supplies
racer in his early days and Triumphant history
now sits, and shifted his
a motorcycle dealer more
Cancer wasnt the first focus from racing to modifirecently, was diagnosed major threat to Lyall Sharers cations, repairs, sponsorships
with leukemia.
life. His motorcycle career and sales.
At the time of diagnosis, got the first crack at him
In the late 1970s, some
doctors predicted Sharer Sr., nearly five decades ago.
buddies began teasing him
now 73, would only have six
In 1967, in his last big about being washed up.
months to live.
They were saying I was
race before opening his first
P r o v i n g t h e d o c t o r s motorcycle shop, he was over the hill, he began with
wrong, he fought through bumped by a factory rider a chuckle. So I put a bike
numerous infections, blood while going well over 100 together and we went down
clots in his lungs, weeks miles per hour. While try- to ice race and I won my
without leaving his bed and ing to explain the details, he class and I won my trophy
months on life support, his paused to think about a cut- and that shut them up.
daughter explained. Lisa out newspaper story of the
But as much fun as he had
Sharer has since had to take accident, then realized he on the tracks, he found his
over as Sharer Sr.s power had no idea where it went second career as a motorof attorney.
cycle shop owner fulfilling,
during his recent eviction.
But cancer doesnt make
He had begun racing as well.
the banks go away, she motorcycles in 1957, and a
He loved what he did,
wrote on an online fundrais- decade later he was a four- Lisa said. He enjoyed doing
er page.
time American Motorcycle it, and he enjoyed helping
With a combination of Association Short Track people. He was the type of
hospital bills, bad advice Wisconsin state champion.
person that if he shakes your
from a lawyer, mortgage
I used to race on Tri- hand, he is by his word.
complications and struggles umph, Harley Davidson and
with the bank, Lisa and the Bultaco, he explained. I Horsepower and horses
rest of the family soon found did oval racing, not like these
Eventually, after moving
themselves not only fighting guys going over jumps.
the shops location a few
for her dads life, but also
With a record of beating times, the Sharer Cycle Cenfighting for their beloved factory riders, the factory ter ended up on the Sharer
family businesses, home and finally took notice. In 1964, family farm.
land land that has been Triumph Inc. asked him for
In 1990, Lisa added
inhabited by the Sharers for his modification specifica- another business to the famwell over a century.
tions, which they later used ily homestead when she
Now, the Triumph shop is to help Gary Nixon win opened Sharer Equestrian
gone and three generations the national No. 1 title, he Stables, making it a welof Sharers and 30 horses explained.
coming place for motorcycle
have been displaced, leavBut Lyall decided to cut and horse lovers alike.
ing the elder Sharer and his his racing career short after
It was also an unusual
wife, Betty, nowhere else to he broke his leg in that 1967 place, located out in the
live except a family mem- race and nearly died.
country on one of the oldest
bers basement.
I got hurt real bad, he modern-day settlements in
This whole thing thats recalled. They didnt think I Verona.
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motor columnist Peter Egan,

a Cooksville resident, to
write about Sharer and the
Sharer Cycle Center numerous times in Cycle World
magazine.
It was a very interesting place because it had the
riding stables and big British flag on the barn, Egan
said. You felt like you
were going to a special little
place. And somehow it all
fit together ... It was a fortuitous combination.
With its old-timey feel,
the shop sold a combination
of new and used bikes, parts
and did bike repairs and restorations.
And for bike enthusiasts,
it was one of the last shops
like that where you could
just go in and hang out and
look at bikes, Egan continued.
Next door in the barn was
Lisas equestrian business.
As a Dane County 4-H
leader for 20 years and
mother of five, Lisa used her
business not only to teach
students how to ride, but
also to teach life lessons and
keep kids out of trouble.
I had a lot of parents
who had children who had
troubles and struggles when
they started riding, she
explained. But it boosted
their confidence.
Lisa had begun riding
horses with her mother
before she could even walk.
It truly was a charming place with those British
motorcycles right next to
those nice horses in the corral, Egan told the Press.
But that began to change

after Lyall was diagnosed
with leukemia eight years
ago.
Hospital bills piled upon
normal bills, and with so
many hospitalizations, it
was difficult for him to continue with his business.
It hit its worst point
almost three years ago.
(He) was on life support for several months during Christmas, wrote his
daughter on an online fundraiser page. To say that
was hard for our family is an
understatement.
And apparently, at some
point between hospitalizations, doctors appointments
and taking medications,
Lyall had reportedly signed
some paperwork that combined his house mortgage
and business mortgage. That
decision has had devastating
implications.
Lyall said he doesnt even
remember the details, as he
was under so much medication at the time.
You cant help it when
you get leukemia and sick
and when you are in the
hospital and lose everything
when you are trying to keep
everything, he said. I was
on too much medication,
I had to have my daughter
take over power of attorney
then (the bank) started
going after her, too.
Shortly after he returned
from the hospital and rehab
in the spring of 2012, the
bank came for the shop. The
family knew the motorcycles were going to be repossessed, but it went even further.
I was out of the hospital
at the time and they came in
and took all of my motorcycles and helmets and jackets; they left me with nothing to work with, he said.
That was my working capital.
Everything was auctioned
for a fraction of its worth,
including $500 jackets for
less than $50 and a $17,000
MGB car for about $6,000,
Lyall said.
Continuing struggle
The nightmare didnt end
there.
This past September
after fighting foreclosure
for more than two years
three generations of Sharers
were displaced and forced to
leave the property.
This is the funny part,
Lyall began with a sad, tired
exhale. They set a date.
Then they said, Oh, you
gotta move out a day earlier.
I feel like Ive been railroaded, he added. My
whole dream was that farm
out there, with the shop.
That was my dream, and
now I dont have it.
But despite his own hardships, Lyall didnt focus on
himself in his interview with
the Press. He spoke more
about the other people who
have been affected by the
situation.
I mean it hurt a lot of
people, my daughter and her
kids her business, (horse)
boarders and people that
ride motorcycles.
With her father busy
fighting cancer, Lisa has
stepped up to take on the
fight against their foreclosure.
You try not to cry
when you go past the place
because it is so empty, she
said. But theres got to be a
way; this is not right.
However, the Sharers
have not lost hope and have
made it clear that they will
keep fighting for their land.
Working closely with a
lawyer, they have been learning as much about their legal
rights as they can and have
been soliciting donations on
a crowdfunding site.
This is not just some
house we purchased to move
in, Lisa stated. Our blood
and sweat is on this farm
and it runs deep.
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Nearly a year after filing a lawsuit against the city,

VANN lobbies for help

Cancer, foreclosure displace

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