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Schools in transition
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The
2015
Top Stories
1. Parents voice school concerns

2. Beata will swim as a Badger
3. New fire station makes its debut
4. Food pantry moves, expands
5. Referendum approved
6. Glacier Edge runs out of room
7. Liberty Park, Epic growing
8. Teacher safe after earthquake
9. School site council roles changing
10. Chamber gets a new director
1. Parents show up
Ask any government reporter and theyll
tell you how rare it is to have a standingroom only public section at a meeting. In
the Verona Area School District, it used to
be surprising to have more than one or two
chairs filled in the audience area.
That changed in May and June, when
parents began to show up to express their
displeasure with the district on its discipline practices and personalized learning
changes, especially at Savanna Oaks Middle School.
Verona Press
The parents protests spawned a new

school board committee, a discussion of
centralization and plenty of agenda items at
board meetings.
Were all concerned about these issues,
were going to get to the bottom of this,
board president Dennis Beres said at the
June 1 meeting where more than 50 parents
came to express their frustration. Sometimes people wont like the individual
answers, but we will give answers to all of
the questions that were raised.
While its no longer expected that every
seat is full at meetings, five or more parents
have attended nearly every meeting since,
with some even showing up to committee
meetings that fall on Friday mornings.
At times there was tension, like when an
audience member, at that same June meeting, said, Done with the lies after principals finished presenting about their discipline practices and when a board member
felt the need to shut down the potential of
complaints becoming racially charged. But
for the most part, parents have expressed
understanding that the board needs time to
look into the problems.
Fewer people spoke up as the year
wound down, but those who did often did
so claiming to represent a group of more
than 500 people called Verona For Positive
Change.
That group has had mixed reactions to
the districts steps in the months since
May and June, continuing to question the
grading system at Savanna Oaks Middle
School. Over the summer, the schools
administration said it would bring letter
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There were so many big stories in the

school district this year, it was hard to rank
them. From overcrowding and buying land
to changing schedules and busing companies and how schools will be governed,
2015 was a big year for a district in transition.
But nothing compared to the issues surrounding personalized learning and how
the district handles bad or difficult behavior.
Parents packed school board meetings
and administrative feedback sessions,
bringing complaints, criticisms and concerns about the districts shifting philosophies and how it was being handled. Board
members lamented the lack of consistency
in applying the new concepts and teachers
wondered when they could find the time to
take part in the required professional development for those same concepts.
The issues are likely far from settled,
and with a spring election that includes two
school board seats, conversation is likely
to continue at board meetings and around
Verona.
Beyond the school district, we had a
hopeful future Olympian finish her Verona
swimming career, expanded fire service as
the department moved into a new, $10.5
million home on East Verona Avenue and
moved and renamed the food pantry to the
Badger Prairie Needs Network.
It was a year full of activity around the
community, with many events that would
fit on plenty of top 10 lists having to be
combined with others or simply left off our
list.
Ken Behnke will end his 21-year

run on the Verona Area school board
in April after deciding not to run for
reelection.
Behnke, a Verona High School
graduate, filed his notice of non-candidacy Monday, Dec. 28, the deadline
for the decision. Behnke had told the
Press at both December school board
meetings he had been
still deciding whether he would run, but
Monday he said he
had anticipated not
running when he ran
for re-election three
years ago.
Ill be complet- Behnke
ing 21 years, Behnke
said. I just felt it
was time to move on.
Behnke, a Realtor in the Verona
area, said there was no particular
reason for choosing now to end his
service in elected office, which began
on the Town of Verona board in
1975. Behnke added that hes still got
interest in school district affairs and
told board president Dennis Beres he
would be glad to serve on any upcoming committees.
Two other candidates had declared
for Behnkes at large seat prior to
Monday: former board member
Charyn Grandau and Class of 2015
Verona Area High School graduate
Noah Roberts.
In a phone call Monday with the
Press, Behnke recalled first going to
school board meetings to cover them
for the Verona Press 50 years ago,
and said it might be weird to not be at
a board meeting every other Monday
night.
I went to school board meetings
way back and just kind of saw what
they do, he said.
Behnke also served in the Town of
Verona and on the joint fire commission for 20 years before joining the
school board.
The spring election is Tuesday,
April 5. Amy Almonds Fitchburg seat will also be on the ballot.
Almond told the Press Tuesday she
will run for re-election.
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Originally from Santiago, Chile, she
moved to Verona in 2014. After 16 years
in the computer science and technology
field, she decided to pursue her childhood
passion as an artist.
Israel began painting with pastels and
gradually moved into her current medium of
oil painting, according to her artist biography. Her subject matter might be described
as eclectic, including landscapes (real and
imaginary), still lifes and anything that
strikes a chord with her artistic sense.
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Karen Watson-Newlins painting Sunseekers was

chosen to be featured for the month of July in the
2016 Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission art
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This is the third year in a row that one

of Watson-Newlins paintings has been
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Sunseekers, a painting inspired
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(where she now resides), will be featured
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We live near Pope Farms, and I have
frequently used this wonderful resource as
subject matter for my paintings, she said in an email
to the Press.
Watson-Newlin taught
art at Badger Ridge Middle
School for 22 years. Now
that shes retired and her
two children are grown,
Watson-Newlin
she has time to make painting her career. The Indiana
native spent her childhood in Kentucky
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Badger fan.
In her artist biography, Watson-Newlin
wrote that her ideas, concepts and visual
images are based on personal experiences
and surroundings and are present in her
mind long before coming to life on paper
or canvas.
My acrylic paintings are representative
of different themes in my life much like
colors of threads that weave together to
form my fiber, she wrote.
When shes not getting her hands dirty
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USRWA partners with UW-Whitewater

Geology students assist association with finding erosion in the watershed
Waterway culverts underneath roads and driveways

in the Verona and surrounding Sugar River watershed
area have been the biggest
challenge for a team of
University of WisconsinWhitewater students during
the Fall 2015 semester.
Finding the location of
those culverts became a
problematic guessing game
for the students, as they
worked to create an erosion vulnerability model
for the Upper Sugar River
Watershed Association,
mainly because they didnt
have the time or resources
to visit the watershed to see
where they were located.
The project is the first
result of a new partnership
between USRWA and UWWhitewaters geology and
geography program, which
was created earlier this
year.
The projects team of 11
seniors, almost all of them
pursuing a geography or
geology major, participated in a capstone-like class
where they were given
the assignment to create
an Erosion Vulnerability
Assessment for Agricultural Lands (EVAAL) model.
The students final project
model resulted in a map
of the 91-mile long watershed, with a gradient scale
applied to it indicating
where the land was at highrisk for erosion.
The students spent their
two-hour Geology 460
GIS and Water Resources
class final exam period on
Dec. 15 presenting their
three-month-long work to
USRWA executive director Wade Moder. He said
the amount of work the
students did on the project
was incredible, adding

its something the nonprofit
wouldnt have been able to
do on its own.
Its going to allow us
to consolidate our time to
focus on the areas that need
the most help, Moder said.
Given the amount of time
and work that goes into this
model, Im pretty blown
away by these results.
The model project will
allow Moder and the USRWA to save time and money by knowing the areas
of the watershed most at
risk for erosion. USRWA
also plans to use the model
to assist local farmers in
reducing the amount of
phosphorus waste entering
Photo by Kimberly Wethal
the watershed from runoff
UW-Whitewaters
Geology
460
GIS
and
Water
Resources
class
presented
their
erosion
study findings
in their fields.
A lengthy process
The collaboration
between UW-W and USRWA began in May in a
Verona coffee shop over
the summer.
Professor Dale Splinter
had met up with a City of
Verona employee who also
happened to be a part of the
USRWA, and they developed a new partnership as
they coordinated to plan the
early stages of the project.
With the majority of the
project being student-run,
Splinter gave the students
the objective of the project
and the EVAAL model, and
it had been up to them to
figure out how to go about
finding the right methods
for finishing the project.
At the very beginning of
the class, I told them what
I wanted them to do, and I
didnt know how they were
going to get there, Splinter said. I dont know if
they were a little scared, a
little indecisive, not knowing how they wanted to
get to the end product, but
for the Upper Sugar River Watershed Association during their final exam Dec. 15. Pictured, front row
from left, are: Professor Dale Splinter and students Karl Brandstaetter, Jennifer Knox, Erin Everett, Kate
Roepke; back row from left: USRWA executive director Wade Moder and students Tyler Gardinier, Mike
Smith, Gabe Munoz, Peter DeRosier, Calvin Vang, Connor Heinlein and Sean Palmer.
watching them develop and

think and interact through
teamwork skills (was
great). They developed
from not knowing how to
get from Point A to Point B,
(and) they got there.
The students tackled the
lengthy project by splitting themselves up into six
teams of two, with each
smaller team compiling the
data for the six regions of
the Sugar River Watershed,
the Badger Mill, Paoli,
Primrose, West Branch,
Mount Vernon Creek and
Headwaters sub-watershed
regions.
The EVAAL model used
by the UW-W students was
developed by the Department of Natural Resources
with the idea that the resulting model will serve as a
tool to help USRWA prioritize and focus on field-scale
collection data to know
exactly where management
practices are needed most.

The students were able
to figure out where the atrisk areas were by using the
EVAAL models formula
of evaluating an areas vulnerability by looking at its
soil content and topography
information.
Refining the model

One of the most important parts of the project for
the students was finding
a way to work together as
a team that still allowed
them to make advances and
discoveries on their own.
UW-W senior Mike
Smith said he and other
classmates felt that the culverts were the most frustrating part of the process
for them.
It came down to a personal preference on what
each person thought a culvert layer was, and how indetail we needed to go with
it, because it was a situation where we could have

had thousands of culverts
in one sub-watershed, and
the watershed as a whole,
Smith said.
The project went
smoothly after completing
the culvert layer, Smith
said.
A lot of it was bouncing
ideas off of each other

it was individually a team
effort, he said.
The final results were
generated with the help of
Geographic Information
Services (Smith referred
to this as a Photoshop for
maps) and five years of
data from the area.
While three of the 11
students on the team graduated on Dec. 19, Splinter
hopes one of the remaining
eight will be able to pick up
where they left off during
the next semester as they
go even more in-depth into
the watershed to further
develop their results. Geology 460 will be offered
again for students in the
Fall 2016 semester, where
Splinter also believes more
students will continue to
work on it there as well,
seeing as it was just one of
the first steps in working
with USRWA.
I think we can build
upon this model, and we
can refine the model,
update the model, he said.
I think were going to stay
here for a little bit. Weve
got a good start here and
theres a lot to do that is
directly related to building
the skills that the students
need.
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Respect is key to resolving

district-parent issues
recently binge-watched the

new documentary series
Making a Murderer on Netflix, and the overarching theme
is that skepticism of those
in authority is
important.
And looking
back throughout 2015, its
been important
in the Verona
Area School
Girard
District. Parents
who brought
their concerns to the school board
throughout the year, whether on
behavior, personalized learning
or moving Two-Way Immersion,
have given direction to the district on what areas it needed to
reevaluate.
For the most part, board members have listened, deciding last
week that moving TWI would
not be the solution to the space
crunch at Glacier Edge. Throughout the year, theyve created a
new committee that meets almost
biweekly to look at behavior and
personalized learning and are
working toward greater consistency among the schools so they
can truly evaluate whats happening.
It hasnt been perfect, though,
exemplified by the letter grades
at Savanna Oaks Middle School.
Whether or not one agrees with
the new grading system, parents thought they had a victory
in getting letter grades back, but
it turned out to be not what they
expected at all.
That move alone has likely
brought increased skepticism on
administration officials, and will
be hard to overcome for some
upset parents. That might not be

good, because partnership is key
in giving every student a full education.
If a parent trusts their childs
principal, a something is being
done could suffice when their
child has been bullied. If a parent doesnt, something is being
done can sound like a brushoff of something having a major
affect on their childs daily experience.
The psychology behind trust is
well beyond my pay grade, but
unless its built back up, new district-wide initiatives are going to
find trouble. The other side of the
coin is that parents may not see
situations whether behaviorally or learning in the classroom
improve if administration isnt
trusted to implement techniques
that they believe can help.
Though Ive only been at the
Press for two-and-a-half years,
Ive found the district has a constant sense of innovation, from
top administrators down to teachers, with many excited to try out
new opportunities. My boss, who
has lived in Verona for nine years
now and has a second-grader at
New Century, assures me that
reputation has been around for
a while. Add on board members
and other parents Ive talked to,
plus pages of stories from the last
50 years of the Verona Press in
the bounds in our office, and Im
confident its a fair assessment.
Some parents are understandably hesitant when they see
changes to a system that worked
for them and has worked for their
child up until this point. But as
the world constantly changes, so
must education. Some of the initiatives like Positive Behavior
Intervention Systems might

take time to truly show results.
With the current level of skepticism in the district, that time
may not exist.
The school board has shown
a willingness to listen, and in
many cases, administrators have
done the same. Many parents
have expressed understanding
that changes will take time, and
even thanked the school board for
looking at the topics.
But there are some administrators and some parents whose mistrust has gone beyond reconciliation thus far. Those people need
to find a way to trust each other
again, for the good of the district.
That doesnt mean never questioning administrators, or administrators never making decisions
just because some parents dislike
what theyre doing. But it means
those decisions and questions
come with respect that has not
always been present throughout
2015, from both sides.
If you have Netflix, I highly
recommend Making a Murderer. It might remind you of
how important skepticism can be,
whether a murder case or changing school district policies.
But dont miss another overarching lesson: Many of the
problems both presented in the
documentary and those brought
to the school boards attention
this year can be resolved much
easier if both sides come to the
table with a mutual respect.
All reports taken from the Verona Oct. 26

Police Department log book.
9:08 a.m. Police responded to
reports that a man and woman were
Oct. 25
arguing over a laptop at the 200
1:30 a.m. Police responded to block of Park View Lane, when the
a report of a man not breathing at woman attacked the man. She was
the 400 block of Todd Street. Upon arrested for disorderly conduct and
investigating, police found the man battery after punching the man and
to be breathing, but unresponsive. biting him in the middle of his back.
He later admitted to overdosing on
heroin, and was transported to St. Oct. 28
Mary's Hospital. He was charged
6:36 a.m. A burglary was reportwith possession of heroin.
ed at the 800 block of Glenwood
Drive. The residents reported a

purse taken from the kitchen counter, as well as a garage opener taken
from one vehicle and a GPS taken
from another.
4:46 p.m. A business on the 600
block of Hometown Circle reported
four fraudulent checks written within the last month. Another store in
Baraboo was reported to have also
been targeted by the same suspect.
Scott Girard is a reporter for

Unified Newspaper Group and
has covered the Verona Area
School District since 2013.
Police reports
Jacob Bielanski
ConnectVerona.com
December 31, 2015
The Verona Press
Photo submitted
Twelve members of the Verona Area High School Model UN team received recognition at the Chicago
International Model United Nations Conference earlier this month.
Model UN wins awards in Chicago
Country View Elementary School

students performed their talents
during Lunch Theater on Dec.
22.
Above, fifth-grader Dafina
Yskollari does a cartwheel during her dance routine.
Left, second-grader Kylia
Reddish gives a thumbs-up to
performers.
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See more photos from the Dec. 22
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Of the 24 students
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Churches
call 845-5777.
Photo contest
Turn in photos youve taken this
year for the Verona Area Chamber of
Commerces annual photo contest by
Wednesday, Jan. 6.
Winning photos will be included
on the cover of the chambers annual directory, which goes out to every
household in Verona, as well as area
tourist centers, chambers and potential new residents.
Categories include parks, downtown, family and sporting events,
but other creative ideas are welcome
for submission. If a large quantity of
entries is received, the chamber may
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To submit, send your picture(s) to
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must be 300 dpi (or higher) and standard photo print size. For information,
For information, call 845-7471.
Pilates workshop
Packers presentation
Lindsey Pelletier of Hometown

Pilates will lead a neck-focused workshop at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 5, at
the senior center.
This free workshop is designed to
inform participants how to maintain
proper head alignment in their daily
lives.
For information or to sign up, call
845-7471.
Join Jim Rice for a presentation

about Packer history at 12:30 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 7, at the senior center.
Why We Love the Packers!
traces the history of the NFLs most
successful franchise with hundreds
of photographs of old football cards,
magazines and newspapers.
Honor flight presentation

Senior center member John Morton
will discuss his Badger Honor Flight
experience at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Jan. 6, at the senior center.
Morton and his grandson, Russell
Bach, will talk about Mortons trip.
A staff member from Badger Honor
Flight will also be in attendance.
Chat and Chew

Meet the members of the Verona
Area Active Adults board during Chat
and Chew at 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 8, at
the senior center.
Newly appointed members, as well
as long-time serving members, will be
present to answer questions. A light
snack will be provided.
Community calendar
Thursday, December 31
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., American Red

Cross Blood Drive, library, 1-800733-2767
11:45 a.m., New Years Eve
party, senior center, 845-7471
6 p.m., Library closes
Friday, January 1
Library, city facilities closed
Monday, January 4
center, 845-7471
12:30 p.m., Badger Honor Flight
discussion with John Morton,
senior center, 845-7471
Thursday, January 7
10:30 a.m., Child Development

Story Time, library, 845-7180
12:30 p.m., Why We Love the
Packers! presentation with Jim
Rice, senior center, 845-7471
Friday, January 8
6:30 p.m., Plan Commission, City
9 a.m., Chat and Chew: Meet the
Center
VAAA Board, senior center, 845Tuesday, January 5
7471
9:30 a.m., Hometown Helpers
10 a.m., The Young and the
group meeting, senior center, 310- Restless open indoor play time
7280
(ages 0-5), library, 845-7180
10:30 a.m., Caregivers support
10-11:30 a.m., Prairie Kitchen
group, senior center, 848-0432
Cooking Club: Morning Break ($5),
12:15 p.m., Pilates Workshop:
Badger Prairie Needs Network,
Neck, senior center, 845-7471
1200 E. Verona Ave., 845-7471
1 and 6 p.m., Verona Stampers
1 p.m., Movie Matinees: St.
Group, senior center, 845-7471
Vincent (PG-13, 103 minutes),
Wednesday, January 6
7:30-9:30 p.m., Madison
Verona Area Chamber of
Songwriters Showcase featuring
Commerce annual photo contest
T Burns and Paul Creswell and
deadline
Open Mic ($5, $3), Tuvalu
12:30 p.m., Literature Lovers
Saturday, January 9
Book Club: All the Single Ladies
by Dorothea Benton Frank, senior 6:30-9:30 p.m., The Buzzards,
Tuvalu
Monday, January 11
12:30 p.m., Lunch and Learn:

How to Stay Young Your First 100
Years, senior center, 845-7471
4-8 p.m., Maker Monday (ages
11-18) library, 845-7180
7 p.m., Common Council, City
Center
7-8:30 p.m., USRWA Board of
Directors meeting, 208 E. Main
St., Mt. Horeb, 437-7707
Wednesday, January 13
11 a.m., MELT class begins,

4 p.m., Minecraft Club (grades
1-3), library, 845-7180
4:30 p.m., Tech Time with Tim,
Thursday, January 14
12:30 p.m., Bingo ($1 for 2

cards), senior center, 845-7471
1-4:30 p.m., Free hearing
screenings, senior center, 8457471
3 p.m., Veterans Club, senior
center, 845-7471
4-5:30 p.m., Anime Club (grades
6-12), library, 845-7180
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.
(608) 845-6613
stchristopherverona.com
Fr. William Vernon, pastor
Saturday: 5 p.m., St. Andrew, Verona
Sunday: 7:30 a.m., St. William, Paoli
Sunday: 9 & 11 a.m., St. Andrew,
Verona
Daily Mass, Tuesday-Saturday: 8
a.m., St. Andrew, Verona
THE CHURCH IN FITCHBURG

2833 Raritan Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 271-2811
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Sunday: 8 & 10:45 a.m.
ST. JAMES EVANGELICAL

LUTHERAN CHURCH
427 S. Main St., Verona
(608) 845-6922
stjamesverona.org
Pastors Kurt M. Billings and Peter
Narum
Office Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday; 8 a.m.noon Wednesday
Saturday Worship: 5 p.m.
Sunday Worship: 8:30 and 10:45 a.m.
THE CHURCH IN VERONA

Verona Business Center
535 Half Mile Rd. #7, Verona
(608) 271-2811
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Sunday: 9 a.m.
FITCHBURG MEMORIAL UCC
5705 Lacy Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 273-1008
memorialucc.org
Pastor Phil Haslanger
Sunday: 8:15 and 10 a.m. Worship
Sunday School: 10:15 a.m.
SALEM UNITED CHURCH OF

CHRIST
502 Mark Dr., Verona
(608) 845-7315
salemchurchverona.org
Rev. Dr. Mark E. Yurs, Pastor
Laura Kolden, Associate in Ministry
Sunday School: 9 a.m.
Sunday Worship: 10:15 a.m., staffed
nursery available
Fellowship Hour: 11:30 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.
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
DAMASCUS ROAD CHURCH WEST

The Verona Senior Center
108 Paoli St., Verona
(608) 819-6451
info@damascusroadchurch.com,
damascusroadonline.org
Pastor Justin Burge
Sunday: 10 a.m.
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 Eric Melso
Thursday: 6:30 p.m.
Sunday: 9 a.m.
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
ST. CHRISTOPHER CATHOLIC

PARISH
St. Andrew Church
301 N. Main St., Verona
St. William Church
1371 Hwy. PB, Paoli
Try a Little Tenderness
Whats on VHAT-98
Center
5 p.m. 2014 Wildcats
Football
6:30 p.m.Plan Commission
Live
9 p.m. Hindu Cultural Hour
10 p.m. Incontinence Talk
at Senior Center
11 p.m. 3 Rs at Senior
Center
Tuesday, Jan. 5
7 a.m. Incontinence Talk at
Senior Center
10 a.m.Zumba Gold
9 a.m. Daily Exercise
10 a.m. 3 Rs at Senior
Center
2 p.m.Zumba Gold
3 p.m. Daily Exercise
4 p.m. Tony Rocker at
Senior Center
5 p.m. Bill Burns at Senior
Center
6 p.m. Resurrection Church
8 p.m. Senior Center Redo
9 p.m. Veterans Day 2015 at
Senior Center
10 p.m. Ellis Manufacturing
at Historical Society
11 p.m. Pickers Christmas
at Senior Center
Wednesday, Jan. 6
7 a.m. Tony Rocker at
Senior Center
1:30 p.m. Veterans Day
2015 at Senior Center
3 p.m. Singalong with
Leon at Senior Center
5 p.m. Plan Commission
from 010415
7 p.m. Capital City Band
10 p.m. Incontinence Talk at

Senior Center
Center
Thursday, Jan. 7
Senior Center
8 a.m.Zumba Gold
Center
Senior Center
Center
6 p.m. Salem Church
Service
9 p.m. Veterans Day 2015
at Senior Center
at Senior Center
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving

each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Ephesians 4:32 NIV
Support groups
AA Meeting, senior center, Thursdays at 1 p.m.
Caregivers Support
Group, senior center, first
and third Tuesday, 10:30
a.m.
Healthy Lifestyles
Group meeting, senior
center, second Thursday
from 10:30 a.m.
Parkinsons Group,
senior center, third
Friday at 10 a.m.
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11 a.m. Singalong with

Football
4:30
p.m.
Ellis
Manufacturing at Historical
Society
6 p.m. Common Council
from Dec. 14
9 p.m. Singalong with Leon
at Senior Center
Center
Sunday, Jan. 3
7 a.m. Hindu Cultural Hour
9 a.m. Resurrection
Church
10 a.m. Salem Church
Service
Noon Common Council
from Dec. 14
at Senior Center
4:30 p.m. Ellis Manufacturing
6 p.m. Common Council
from Dec. 14
at Senior Center
Center
Monday, Jan. 4
Senior Center
at Senior Center
430 E. Verona Ave.

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Thursday, Dec. 31
Senior Center
8 a.m.Zumba Gold
Center
2 p.m. Zumba Gold
Senior Center
Center
6 p.m. Salem Church
Service
9 p.m. Veterans Day 2015
at Senior Center
at Senior Center
Friday, Jan. 1
Senior Center
Center
Football
8:30 p.m. Singalong with
10 p.m. Incontinence Talk at
Senior Center
Center
Saturday, Jan. 2
8 a.m. Common Council
from Dec. 14
We are spiritual and material beings, bodily creatures

with feelings which can be hurt or soothed in equal
measure. Those who work in the healing arts know the
importance of tenderness, especially when people are
in pain. We have all felt the pain of someone treating us
roughly, and this treatment is all the worse when we know
they could have been gentler. Sometimes we need Gods
grace in order to show tenderness, because the person in
question is morally or physically repulsive to us. There is
a good example of this from the life of Saint Francis. As a
young man he had always found lepers repulsive, a natural
reaction to their appearance. But one day after praying
ardently he was told by God that what he had previously
desired carnally would be repulsive to him and what he
found repulsive would give him enormous delight. A few
days later he came upon a leper and was moved to give the
leper a coin, kissing him on the hand as he did so. Thereafter he found that the sight of lepers no longer repulsed
him and that he was able to embrace them and kiss them
tenderly. Who are the lepers in your life that you need to
befriend and embrace? Pray for Gods loving kindness to
work through you, and especially for it to be made manifest to those who you may find repulsive.
Christopher Simon, Metro News Service
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Girls hockey
Boys hockey
Cats fall
to top
ranked
United
Jeremy Jones
Sports editor
Verona boys hockey traveled to Rochester, Minn. three

days after Christmas for the
Kiwanis Hockey tournament.
Appleton 8, Verona 0
Verona had its four-game
winning streak snapped by the
top-ranked team in Wisconsin
in the first round of the tournament on Monday.
The Wildcats skated to an
8-0 loss inside the Graham
Arena in Rochester (Minn.)
against top-ranked Appleton
United.
The win was Appletons
10th and its third shutout of
the season.
Fargo South 4, Verona 1

Photo by Jeremy Jones
Veronas McKenzie Imhoff moves the puck up ice Monday against Brookfield Glacier players Vicky Terakonova (3) and Bailey Sandahl (7) inside the Madison Ice Arena.
Imhoff and the Metro Lynx girls hockey co-op won the first-round game of the Culvers Cup 10-0 over Brookfield.
Lynx bury the competition
Jeremy Jones
Sports editor
The Middleton girls hockey coop hosted their annual Culvers

Cup tournament this week and got
a chance to face some of the best
girls programs in the state.
Still, the Metro Lynx held their
own to advance to the championship game.
Lynx 10, Brookfield 0

The Lynx dropped the puck
Monday on the Culvers Cup inside
the Madison Ice Arena, defeating
the Brookfield Glaciers 10-0.
Junior Siera Petet and senior
Anna Schieldt scored twice a little
less than 6 minutes apart in the first
period for a 2-0 lead. She picked up
an assist in the second, but it was
senior Lizzy Conybear that took

over in the second frame.
Conybear scored three straight
goals in less than 4 minutes apart.
Juniors Julia Dragoo and Kara
Epping, sophomores Brooke Rockouski and Hannah Edington all
popped in second-period goals as
the Lynx extended their lead out
to 9-0. Junior Taylor Lyons added
final goal in the third period.
Schieldt, Conybear and Edington scored power-play goals in the
blowout.
The victory advanced the honorable mention Lynx on to face
eighth-ranked Northland Pines
(7-2-1) in the second round on
Tuesday following the Eagles 3-2
victory over Point-Rapids/Marshfield.
Gwen Parker made 14 saves for
the Lynx, while Metro Lynx juniro Northland Pines claw back in the
Grace Elliot had 43 in the loss for second period.
the Glaciers.
Allison Sauvola added a third
goal in the second period. Amanda
Lynx 5, Northland Pines 4 (SO) Segent knotted the score with 4:32
The Metro Lynx looked well on left in the third period.
Junior Erin Webb finished with
their way to burying Northland
Pines with four first period goals on 31 saves, including 15 in the third
period. Webbs biggest save came
Tuesday afternoon.
Still, the Lynx watched the against Segent, who was the Eagles
Eagles come storming back with final shooter in the shootout.
The victory improved the Metro
four-unanswered goals over the
final two period before winning 5-4 Lynx to 8-2-0 overall.
Jenna Paez finished with 35 for
via a Vivian Hacker shootout goal.
Hacker was the only player to Northland Pines (7-3-1) in the loss.
Middleton faced top-ranked Uniscore in the shootouy.
Junior Ella Hall, senior Sam Din- versity School of Milwaukee in the
gle, Conybear and sophomore Car- championship game on Wednesly Baltes each scored over the final day. See connectverona.com or
next weeks paper for a recap of the
11 1/2 minutes of the first period.
Anna Hartwig scored a goal game.
and assisted on another to help
Junior Alex Luehring and

seniors Kira Opsal and Grace
Mueller combined for 58 of the
Verona girls basketball teams
81 on Tuesday as the host Wildcats buried non-conference
Monroe 81-43.
I was struggling to hit a lot of
my shots early in the season and
its something Ive been working
on a lot, Luehring said.
She sure didnt struggle Tuesday, connecting on a three pointer for the games first basket and
later benefitting off a turnover
for a quick five points.
Luehring connected on six
Weather
forces Cats
to stay home
Sports editor
Verona pressures Monroe into submission

Sports editor
Wrestling
Jeremy Jones
Girls basketball
Jeremy Jones
Verona fell behind 3-0

Tuesday against Fargo South
Shanely and never recovered,
losing 4-1 in Rochester.
Senior forward Zach Ritter scored the Wildcats lone
goal 10 minutes into the third
period to cut the deficit to 3-1.
Fargo tacked on another goal
2 minutes later though to seal
Veronas fate.
The Wildcats dropped to
7-5-1 overall following the
loss.
Nathan Cleghorn stopped
27 of 31 shots on goal.
Verona finished out the
tournament after the Press
publication deadline on
Wednesday against Rochester
Lourdes.
three points, draining three in

each half to pace the Wildcats
with 22 points.
Opsal meanwhile, went 3-for4 at the line and added a putback
to help Verona take a 14-0 lead.
Opsal had 12 of her 20 in the
first period, giving Verona an
inside presence, that along with
Mueller, gave Monroe fits.
The Wildcats lead ballooned
to 37-21 at halftime as Mueller
started out hot, scoring 12 of her
16 points in the first half.
Monroe never cut the game to
less than 14 in the second half.
Freshman Sydney Hilliard
led the Cheesemakers with 13
points.
We kind of wear people
down and there were some spurts

where we scored about 10 points
in 30 seconds, Wildcats head
coach Angie Murphy said.
Thats a good, young team
thats only going to get better.
Verona wasnt without its
share of mistakes in the win
as both teams combined for
35 giveaways something the
Wildcats must clean up if they
hope to take the next step.
Coach Murphy asks us every
day in practice, who are we
working to beat? Luehring said.
Photo by Jeremy Jones
And the answer is Middleton.
We know we have to work Verona junior Alley Johnson drives against Monroes
at tightening up our defense and Lexi Hilliard during Tuesday evening non-conference
keep playing hard.
game against Monroe. The Wildcats won the game
81-43.
The Verona wrestling

team had competed at the
Bi-States tournament in
La Crosse for the past 15
years. That is until weather
on Monday forced the district to err on the side of
caution and held the team
off the roads.
Verona and Royall were
the only teams out of the
58 at the meet that did not
attend.
Its a shame, its a great
tournament, said co-head
coach Bob Wozniak who
considered trying to get
the team in the Mid-States
Wrestling Classic at UWWhitewater.
The Wildcats return to
action at home on Jan. 9 for
the annual Verona Duals.
December 31, 2015
The Verona Press
ConnectVerona.com
The grounds
of the new fire
station were
decked out for
the holidays
this year. The
$10.5 million building
opened in
summer, but
there is still
some work to
be done.
Photo by
Samantha
Christian
2015: More efficient service after fire station opens in July, but work left to complete
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grades back, but parents have felt misled after the actual implementation of that
promise.
The district also added two years to the
timeline for implementing personalized
learning plans, which had originally been
set to be out for every student by 2016-17.
On the behavior side, the district has continued with its main initiatives including
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports and the Nurtured Heart Approach
but the school board has expressed a desire
to create more consistency among the
schools on which approaches they use. The
Photo by Samantha Christian
overall tone is one of teaching behaviors, Badger Prairie Needs Network relocated to 1200 E. Verona Ave. in August.
and some parents saw that resulting in a
lack of discipline, especially at Stoner Prairie Elementary School, where the uproar
began earlier in the spring.
District officials later acknowledged that
the discipline reporting system that was in
place was not consistent, making it hard to
say if certain schools were doing better or
worse. Since then, officials have worked
to offer consistent definitions of major and
minor incidents.
The district is conducting a middle school
study to increase consistency between the
schools, and the curriculum, instruction and
assessment committee will continue to discuss the behavior and personalized learning
issues. While 2015 was an eventful year on
this topic, the parents have shown a willingPhoto by Scott Girard
ness to stay involved in the process, which
Verona Area High School graduate Noah Roberts, left, a senior at the time, told the school board about
will likely keep these issues on the forefront
his problems with the school districts behavior policies and received a standing ovation from some
for next year.
parents in attendance. Roberts will run for an open school board seat in the April election.
They just might become topics of the
Photo
by
Jeremy
Jones
Wisconsin-Madison prior to the Big Eight quiet road and putting it front and center on
spring election, as well.
Conference meet in November, was able to Verona Avenue, with an eye-catching two Scott Girard Verona Area High School senior Beata Nelson
help the Wildcats win gold in all four of her story edifice thats impossible to miss.
celebrates the Wildcats 200-yard freestyle relay
2. Nelson sweeps at state,
The opening of the new building in July
last November at the WIAA Division 1 state swim- events. And it came after she had missed a
ming meet. Nelson culminated her career with 12 large chunk of the season, first with a trip to came with staffing additions (as well as a
off to UW
Singapore to compete in the World Junior change in the union contract) that allowed
state titles, helping the Wildcats take four in her
Verona Area High School senior and final high school meet. She plans to swim in the
Championships, then taking four college it to build toward 24/7 coverage. PreviousOlympic hopeful Beata Nelson capped her Olympic Trials this summer before joining the
ly, the station kept a full duty crew of four
recruiting trips.
illustrious swimming career in mid-Novem- University of Wisconsin-Madison womens swimNelsons state tournament performance throughout daytime hours but had zero to
ber with four more state titles.
included breaking two of her own state two people there in the evening and overming team in the fall.
Her big day inside the UW-Madison Natarecords, beating her 100 backstroke time by night, meaning a response for anything more
torium brought her career total to 12, tying the 14th girl in state history to repeat as a more than a second, in 52.13, and edging out significant than a medical call wouldnt even
Jamie Belfor of Shorewood, Jane Evans of four-time event winner, claiming the 100- her 100 butterfly time in 51.62.
begin until volunteer (paid on-call) firefightMadison Memorial and Kylsie Grimes of yard backstroke and 100 butterfly, along
The Verona/Mount Horeb 200 med- ers arrived there from home and suited up.
Arrowhead for the third-most in state history with team wins in the 200 medley and 200 ley relay team with Caroline Smith, Grace
By next August, the department will have
during their careers.
Bennin, Kristi Larsen and Nelson snapped four people in the station all week long,
freestyle relays.
Nelson, who plans to compete in the
It was the first time that Nelson, Arrowheads string of titles in the event at meaning a truck could roll out the door on
Olympic Trials next summer, became just who committed to the University of six with a winning time of 1:43.96. In addi- the way to an accident or fire within a minute
tion, Bennin, Larsen, Nelson and Maizie or two. In the meantime, the department is
Seidl captured the crown in the 200 freestyle staffing some 24-hour shifts and some partial
relay for the third consecutive season with a shifts that will only wait for one or two firefighters to arrive.
time of 1:33.97.
Jeremy Jones
All that staffing and upkeep for the building is costly, though. The personnel budget
3. Fire station opens
has doubled in five years and has gone up by
In one visit we can replace a damaged tooth with a pure
The $10.5 million fire station that opened almost 50 percent over 2014.
The new station wasnt ready for its usual
over the summer and yet still isnt comceramic crown milled by computer to t your tooth precisely.
plete is more than just the biggest civic September open house, which the departconstruction project in Veronas history. Its ment is now hoping to host in the spring.
Your new crown is made while you wait, eliminating the need
Jim Ferolie
already had a huge effect on public safety in
Verona.
for a second appointment and a temporary crown.
Now, though the fire department itself has 4. Pantry moves, expands
become bigger, it is also providing faster,
Veronas nearly 30-year-old food pantry
another
reason to choose
more efficient coverage in Verona as a result experienced a transformation that went far
of many of the amenities. Those include beyond its new name and location.
overnight accommodations, room for interns,
With a huge increase in visibility and its
faster-opening doors and the stations own ability to offer more services, Badger Prairie
interruptible stoplight.
Needs Network is also serving more families
Fitch-Rona EMS can say the same, having facing food insecurity than ever before. It is
now moved from the Venture Court tempo- working on becoming a one-stop shop and
rary quarters that have served the depart- hub for services to address the root causes
on the trollway in mt. horeb
ment for eight years to a centralized location of generational poverty.
designed around the departments needs.
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The station has also reshaped the citys fundraising campaign racked up more than
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The Verona Press
2015: Voters approve school land referendum

volunteers clear the former Verona Area Needs Network out of
its dark, cramped quarters in the
basement of the citys former
public library on Franklin Street.
Operations were up and running by August at the new, more
dignified location at 1200 E.
Verona Ave., and the move came
with significant changes both
inside and out.
The 7,500-square-foot former
Badger Prairie Health Center
administration building (leased
by the county for $1) was renovated with accessibility in mind.
Now, volunteers and patrons can
navigate shopping carts easier
through wider aisles and dont
have to hassle with an elevator.
The pantry store doubled in size
and also has a walk-in freezer and
cooler, and theres space for other
offices.
There is an on-site social worker now, and the building features
a set of computers for people to
work on resumes, another room
designed for kids to play in while
parents use these services, and a
large community room that can
be rented out for events, meetings
or classes. BPNN is also working
on bringing in partner programs
such as legal assistance, health
screenings and financial education.
The Prairie Kitchen nutrition
center features commercial-grade
equipment where area students,
patrons and community members
can take cooking classes or rent
out the space. And some of the
food patrons receive was grown
in the pantrys garden across the
street and prepared in the kitchen before hitting the shelves or
freezer.
Along with the increased services and space have come added
ongoing costs.
After moving, BPNN began
serving record numbers of families, with more than 1,130 individuals and 285 families in October, almost doubling its average
from the beginning of the year.
Food drives helped, and three
local municipalities it serves
kicked in a combined $34,000 for
2016.
Getting here was a start,
board president Bob Kasieta
said. But now the work begins
because we have to sustain this
effort.
Samantha Christian
5. Referendum approved
Before some Verona Area
School District parents shared
their displeasure with certain district initiatives, voters gave their
overwhelming support to the district to purchase three pieces of
land for future expansion.
The school board authorized
initial purchase option agreements on the roughly 120 acres
in 2014, two of which were adjacent and could be combined to
use for a high school campus in
several years. The third, the Herfel property, was south of the city
and a likely site for an elementary
school.
It seemed as if the board had a
solid long-term plan, as the districts population was projected
to increase by up to 1,500 students in the next decade. In late
January, though, the board had
to add language to approve eminent domain, or seizure of private
land, to the referendum.
Thats because while the principal owner of the West End
Vanta, the company formerly
known as T. Wall Properties
had negotiated the sale, a condominium agreement required
approval all owners of land on the
property. And one owner the
founder and former CEO of T.
Photo by Anthony Iozzo
The Verona Area High School volleyball team celebrates its win over top-ranked
Burlington in the WIAA Division 1 state quarterfinals. The Wildcats season came
to an end in the state semifinals with a loss to sixth-ranked Oconomowoc. Verona
finished 34-6 overall.
Photo by Scott Girard
The school board debated how to solve a space crunch at Glacier Edge
Elementary School, which could grow worse next year if a trend of larger kindergarten classes continues. A decision is likely to come in January.
Honorable mentions
Volleyball upsets No. 1 at state
The Verona Area High School girls volleyball team made school history with
the upset heard around the state of Wisconsin during the 2015 state volleyball
tournament Nov. 5-7 at the Resch Center in Green Bay.
The Wildcats not only came back from a two games-to-none deficit in the
quarterfinals but did so against the states top-ranked team, the Burlington
Demons.
Veronas 3-2 (12-25, 14-25, 25-22, 25-17,
15-11) win put the Wildcats in the WIAA
Division 1 state semifinals for the first time in
school history.
Despite a tough loss to sixth-ranked
Oconomowoc in the semifinals, Veronas
upset of Burlington is one that will be
remembered for years to come.
VP 50 years
Photo by Scott Girard
Liberty Business Park, including the retail building closest to Hwy. M, saw
much construction and secured more tenants in 2015.
Wall Properties did not agree to

the sale.
That left the board in the awkward spot of adding language
allowing the potential condemnation of the land. Ultimately, it
decided the negative stigma of
eminent domain was be worth the
risk.
In April, 65 percent of voters
approved the $8.35 million to
purchase the properties.
The district and Vanta eventually satisfied the contingencies and agreed on a sale of the
land without the use of eminent
domain.
While initial planning for the
land left open the question of
whether a new high school or
new elementary school would
be built first, other factors have
forced the districts hand to plan
for a new elementary school in
the coming years.
Scott Girard
6. Board squirms over

GE crunch
Those other factors are the fastgrowing developments on the
south side of the city, Cathedral
Point and Scenic Ridge.
Both neighborhoods are in the
Glacier Edge Elementary School
attendance area, and their quick
buildout has put that school at its
capacity, with no easy temporary
solutions.
The problem is likely to intensify, as this years kindergarten
class was much larger than the
outgoing fifth-grade. If that were
to happen again next year, the
school might not have space for
all students.
Potential short-term fixes
included using portable classrooms, moving fifth-graders
to another school, moving the
Two-Way Immersion program
and limiting kindergarten enrollment for the next two or three
years through selective boundary
redrawing.
None of those are palatable
to the entire board, but as board
The Verona Press celebrated its 50th

anniversary with a four-page special section that dug into the history of the newspaper, what the city was like 50 years ago,
how schools have changed and talked
with former editors of the paper.
president Dennis Beres put it,

board members will have to select
the least bad of the options in
front of them.
After parents in the TWI program have spoken out at school
board meetings and in letters
to the Verona Press to urge the
board to not move that program,
the board took the idea off the
table, along with portables, at its
Dec. 21 meeting.
Any option chosen will be only
needed for the short term, as the
district hopes to have a new elementary school open on the Herfel property by 2019. That school
would take many of the kids from
the booming neighborhoods, as
it would be located just south of
them.
Were just going to have
to figure out the best solution
among the options we have,
said 20-year board member Ken
Behnke. Ive seen a lot of changes in the district, and in the end,
somethings going to work out.
Scott Girard
City buys a gravel pit
7. Growing as always
(Liberty Park and Epic)
It was probably here before 2015, but in August, it became official: Emerald
Ash Borer is in Verona.
The ash tree-killing beetle from East Asia was found in the Meister neighborhood after a resident called in, and, It was pretty apparent right away that it was
ash borer, said Verona parks and forestry director Dave Walker.
The city treated 200 trees in 2015 and will treat another 200 in 2016 to keep
the beetle away. That leaves about 150 ash trees on city property that will be
removed once they are infected, Walker said.
The beetle spreads quickly, and Walker encouraged anyone with ash trees on
private property to make a decision to treat their tree or have it removed soon.
While other cities around the

county and the state were mostly
just rousing themselves from a
recession-induced slumber, Veronas growth went from steady to
turbocharged.
For the second year in a row,
Veronas tax base grew by more
than $100 million, and this time
nearly half of it did not even
come from Epic.
But those numbers technically
refer to growth in 2013-2014.
This year was even better, with
two commercial developments on
the southeast side of town gaining momentum, dozens of houses
getting built on the south side, a
91-room hotel in the works on the
west side, three large apartment
buildings going up in the Prairie
Oaks and Scenic Ridge subdivisions and more chain restaurants
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The city partnered with Epic this fall on the purchase of an

old gravel pit that both will use as a dump site.
The 78-acre purchase was partly necessitated by the expansion and relocation of Nine Mound Road, a massive road project that is designed to ease traffic
congestion with Epics growth. Epic paid for 38 acres of the site, which it plans
to fill quickly, mostly with gravel, and then dedicated back to the city as some
sort of park or recreation land.
The city will use its piece as a new dump site, with the expectation of Purple
Cow Organics shutting down its Verona recycling operation. Both purchase
are expected to save a large amount of money on hauling material across the
county.
Town in transition
The Town of Verona had plenty of changes this year, and it set up more to
come in the next.
In the spring, the town chair and two supervisors stepped down from their
seats, opening the door for newer faces to fill the gaps.
Those new faces have had plenty on their agenda, with designs for the new
town hall and a potential boundary agreement with the city both getting attention this year.
The town purchased land for its new town hall at the end of 2014, and has
used consultants from Epic, paid for by the electronic health records company,
to help design the building. Construction is expected to begin next year.
The boundary agreement comes years after the failed referendum to join the
town and city, and it would help define where the town should and should not
focus on development. The municipalities held a public information meeting on
the plan in November and plan to work out details this winter.
Ash borer confirmed
Transgender policy for schools

While the Verona Area School District convened a committee to create a
policy for transgender students, some state legislators were working on a bill
that could negate the committees work.
The VASD group, which met three times to come up with a policy, included
two students, parents, teachers and a Verona pastor. Under the policy the
group created which is still awaiting board approval as an adviser tightens up
the language transgender students would be allowed to use the bathroom of
the gender they identify with. Single-stall, gender-neutral bathrooms would be
designated for students who desire more privacy.
The policy also outlines rules for preferred names and pronouns and bullying
and harassment prohibitions.
But the bathroom and locker room rules created the most discussion, and
they could be invalidated by a state bill that has had hearings at the committee
levels. After a recent change, that bill would allow schools to offer genderneutral bathrooms with floor-to-ceiling partitions or walls for each stall.
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ConnectVerona.com
2015: Citys tax base grows again, chamber gets new executive director
coming in on East Verona
Avenue.
Other than Epic and the
fire station, the most noticeable growth occurred in the
industrial parks on the southeast side.
Liberty Business Park
added four new retail/office
buildings and got revised
plans approved for a large
hotel and banquet center that
are supposed to break ground
in the spring. Several businesses moved into the twin
30,000-square-foot flex
buildings and the developer
announced deals with several
tenants for the retail buildings on the corner, including
restaurants, a day care and
fitness centers.
Verona Technology Park,

just across County Hwy. M,
made a big splash of its own
with the addition of United
Vaccines, a biotech firm that
supports the fur industry.
That company is building a
$20 million, 57,000-squarefoot facility to replace its
Fitchburg campus.
Wisconsin Brewing Company continued to add to its
capacity at its Verona Technology Park facility, as well,
with about $600,000 worth
of upgrades in the summer
and fall.
Epic, meanwhile, continued its seemingly futile
attempt to build an office
for each of its now more
than 9,000 employees by
continuing to build Campus
4, beginning Campus 5 and
Legals
***
Town of Verona
Regular Town Board
Meeting
Tuesday, January 5, 2015
6:30 P.M.
Town Hall, 335 N. Nine
Mound Road, Verona, WI
53593-1035
1. Call To Order/Approval of the

agenda
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Announcements
4. Public Comment - This section
of the meeting provides the opportunity
for comment from persons in attendance
on items not listed below over which
this governing body has jurisdiction.
Comments on matters not listed on this
agenda could be placed on a future meeting agenda.
5. Public Hearings
6. Old business
A. Discussion and possible action
re: approval of Certified Survey Map for
the following previously approved rezoning: 2101 Sugar River Rd. submitted by
Carmon Wilson
7. New business
A. Discussion and possible action
re: committees
8. Reports
A. Public Works:
i. Discussion and possible action re:
driveway access for Barnes Landscape
B. Plan Commission:
C. EMS:
D. Town Chair:
E. Supervisors:
F. Clerk/Treasurer:
G. Planner/Administrator:
i. Discussion and possible action
re: annual task order for MSA Professional Services
9. Discussion and approval of minutes of the Dec. 1st meeting
10. Adjourn
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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 locations listed above. Agendas are also posted at www.town.verona.
wi.us. Use the subscribe feature on the
Towns website to receive agendas and
other announcements via email. Notice is
also given that a possible quorum of the
Plan Commission and could occur at this
meeting for the purposes of information
gathering only.
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.
Mark Geller, Town Chair
Town of Verona
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Published: December 31, 2015
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Kings Cross dining hall and
moved people into the first
two Campus 4 buildings.
Epic did not win the massive U.S. Department of
Defense contract that was
announced over the summer,
and yet that didnt seem to
slow down its pace of hiring. It also added a second
users group meeting, called
the XGM (or Experts Group
Meeting) in the spring.
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8. Teacher safe after

earthquake
A Country View Elementary School teachers lifechanging journey to climb to
the Mount Everest base camp
left many worried when her
return date coincided with a
7.8-magnitude earthquake in
Nepal.
Christine Frei did not even
know at the time about the
earthquake, as she was on her
15-hour flight home after her
three-week trip. When she
landed, she was bombarded
by messages and emails asking if she was safe.
Though she was devastated to learn the quake
initially left 1,805 people
dead, Frei told the Press she
had found out her guides and
those in her group still in
Nepal were all alive.
Frei brought lessons from
her journey, which included
an average of about 6.5 miles
of travel each day on the
mountain, back to her classroom at CV. One was facing
her fears as someone who
was afraid of heights she
said she wanted to show her
students she is still learning and be a role model for
them.
Kids hear you, I think,
more when you can say that
youve been in their shoes,
she said.
Scott Girard
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changes
Following the parent complaints and presentations
that highlighted inconsistencies among schools in discipline and other practices,
the school board began taking steps to limit site council
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An aerial view of the most recent construction at Epic happening earlier this year. The electronic health
records company opened a new cafeteria and campus this year.
It would be a major change

for the district, but one
administrators and board
members have said is necessary to respond to the parent
concerns.
Scott Girard
10. Chamber heads in

new direction
Photo submitted

teacher Christine Frei spent 14
days climbing to base camp at
Mt. Everest, where she left some
peace flags CV students had
sent with her.
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Call 608-442-1898
FOUR WINDS Manor is expanding and
looking to fill current and future openings,
including:
FULL-TIME DIETARY AIDE/COOK which
includes every other weekend. Also
PART-TIME RNs and FULL/PART-TIME
CNAs/CBRF CARE GIVERS for various
shifts.
We offer excellent benefits w/ FULLTIME positions, incl. health/dental/ paid
time off/flex spending/ 401k. If you share
our committment to a positive attitude
and respect for residents and colleagues,
please consider joining us.
CLASSIFIED
AD DEADLINE
Applications
available at:IS Noon
Friday www.fourwindsmanor.com
for The Great Dane and Noon
Monday
Verona
Press
unless
or 303forS. the
Jefferson
St. in
Verona
changed because of holiday work schedules. Call now to place your ad, 873-6671
or 835-6677.
For the first time in nearly

a decade, the Verona Area
Chamber of Commerce got a
new director.
Karl Curtis had been the
longest-serving director
since the position became
paid in 1995. The former editor of the Verona Press left to
follow a personal passion of
his, taking a similar position
with the Brain Injury Alliance of Wisconsin, which
hed become active in when
his son suffered a brain injury many years ago.
Curtis came in with a
strong base of membership
and put his focus on services
and events and exhorting
people to buy local. And he
hoped to establish Verona
as an arts destination.
Under his watch, the chamber took over the annual community festival, Hometown
Days, started a music festival
and a Taste of Verona-style
event, helped promote a summer concerts-in-the-park
series and continued its support of the Verona Area Performing Arts Series and the
Ironman Loop Festival.
His successor, Le Jordan, told the Press her focus
will be on maintaining and
OREGON MANOR, a 45-bed skilled
nursing facility just 8 miles from Madison has an opening for a FT cook. This
position is 10:30 am to 7pm, 32 hours a
week including every other weekend with
rotating holidays. We offer a competitive benefit package. Experience is not
required. You may apply on-line at www.
oregonmanor.biz or stop by 354 N. Main
St, Oregon for an application. EOE
440 Hotel, Food & Beverage

MARIA'S PIZZA
IS HIRING!
Dishwashers (age: 16+)
Servers (age: 18+)
Delivery Driver (age: 18+ with
own car/valid DL/proof of insurance).
Evening & weekend/part-time hrs. Come
in and fill out
an application today!
449 Driver, Shipping &

Warehousing
DRIVERS: SEMI - Home weekends for
550 mile radius runs. Mainly WI. Park
truck at home. Must have 1 yr exp. Good
driving record. Benefit pkg avail. Call 800544-6798. (wcan)
452 General
OFFICE CLEANING in Stoughton
Mon-Fri 4 hours/night. Visit our website:
www.capitalcityclean.com or call our
office: 608-831-8850
548 Home Improvement

A&B ENTERPRISES
Light Construction Remodeling
No job too small
608-835-7791
ALL ADS SUBMITTED SUBJECT TO
APPROVAL BY PUBLISHER OF THIS
PAPER.
increasing the membership while also growing the

events Curtis helped the
chamber take over.
With her background of
community
relations,
budgeting
and office
administration for
small- to
mediumCurtis
sized organizations, she
plans to pick
up where
Curtis left
off as a selfdescribed
organizer
for the chamber.
T h e y
Jordan
asked me
what the
one area of the job I thought
might be more of a challenge, and I really couldnt
think of one, she said. Im
a unique mix of enjoying
database management and
financial reconciliation and
finding everything down to
the last penny, but I also love
the social aspect of getting
out and meeting people and
putting together events.
Jordan, chosen from
among more than a dozen
applications, and her family
live just outside Verona near
the Ice Age Trail, and she
said she was familiar with
the city, especially Hometown Days.
Jim Ferolie
and Scott Girard
ALL THINGS BASEMENTY!
Basement Systems Inc.
Call us for all
your basement needs!
Waterproofing. Finishing.
Structural repairs. Humidity
and mold control.
Free Estimates!
Call 800-991-1602 (wcan)
DOUG'S HANDYMAN
SERVICE
"Honey Do List"
No job too small
608-845-8110
HALLINAN-PAINTING
WALLPAPERING
**Great-Winter-Rates**
35 + Years Professional
European.Craftsmanship
Free-Estimates
References/Insured
Arthur Hallinan
608-455-3377
RECOVER PAINTING currently offering
winter discounts on all painting, drywall
and carpentry. Recover urges you to join
in the fight against cancer, as a portion of
every job is donated to cancer research.
Free estimates, fully insured, over 20
years of experience. Call 608-270-0440.
TOMAS PAINTING
Professional, Interior,
Exterior, Repairs.
Free Estimates. Insured.
608-873-6160
560 Professional Services

A PLACE for Mom. The nation's largest
senior living referral service. Contact our
trusted, local experts today! Our service
is FREE/no obligation. Call 1-800-9303021 (wcan)
ConnectVerona.com
572 Snow Removal

PLOWING, BLOWING.
Residential & Commercial.
20+yrs exp. Fully insured.
608-669-0025.
586 TV, VCR & Electronics

Repair
AT&T U-VERSE Internet starting at $15/
month or TV & internet starting at $49/
month for 12 months with 1-year agreement. Call 1-800-385-0843 to learn more!
(wcan)
DISH NETWORK. Get more for less!
Starting at $19.99/mo (for 12 mos.). PLUS
Bundle & Save (fast internet for $15 more/
month) Call now 800-374-3940 (wcan)
601 Household
LOOKING FOR a unique gift for
everyone on your list?
Not just Christmas - great for
ALL occasions. Go to www.
everythinginitials.etsy.com (wcan)
602 Antiques & Collectibles

COLUMBUS ANTIQUE MALL
& CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
MUSEUM
Wisconsins Largest Antique Mall
Customer Appreciation Week!
Feb 01-07. 20% Discount!
Enter daily 8am-4pm 78,000 SF
200 Dealers in 400 Booths
Third floor furniture, locked cases
Location: 239 Whitney St
Columbus, WI 53925
920-623-1992 www.
columbusantiquemall.com
606 Articles For Sale

SWITCH & SAVE EVENT from DirecTV!
Packages starting at $19.99/mo. Free
3-months of HBO, Starz, Showtime &
Cinemax. Free Genie HD/DVR Upgrade!
2015 NFL Sunday Ticket included with
select Packages. New Customers Only.
IV Support Holdings LLC- An authorized
DirecTV Dealer. Some exclusions apply.
Call for details 800-918-1046 (wcan)
638 Construction & Industrial

Equipment
HOLIDAY SALE-STORE-WIDE-VENDOR Deals/New Products! WoodworkersDepot.com M-F 8-6, Sat 8-4. Oneida
St., off 41 @ Subway, 2965 Ramada Way,
Green Bay 1-800-891-9003 (wcan)
646 Fireplaces, Furnaces/Wood,

Fuel
DRY OAK and Cherry Firewood For Sale.
Contact Dave at 608-445-6423 or Pete
608-712-3223
FIREWOOD: TRUCKLOADS 8' pulp, cut/
split or retail pkg. Quality outdoor wood
boilers & furnaces 920-833-7839 (wcan)
SEASONED SPLIT OAK,
Hardwood. Volume discount. Will
deliver. 608-609-1181
648 Food & Drink

EMERGENCIES CAN strike at any time.
Wise food storage makes it easy to prepare with tasty, easy-to-cook meals that
have a 25-year shelf life. Free sample.
Call: 800-986-3458 (wcan)
650 Furniture
PLYMOUTH FURNITURE
NEW MATTRESS SETS from $99.
All sizes in stock! 40 styles! PlymouthFurnitureWI.com
2133 Eastern Ave, Plymouth, WI 920892-6006.
Open 7 days a week. (wcan)
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)
CPAP/BIPAP SUPPLIES at little or no
cost from Allied Medical Supply Network.
Fresh supplies delivered right to your
door. Insurance may cover all costs. 800995-0831 (wcan)
SAFE STEP Walk-in tub. Alert for Seniors.

Bathroom falls can be fatal. Approved by
Arthritis Foundation. Therapeutic Jets.
Less than 4 inch step-in. Wide door. Antislip floors. American made. Installation
included. Call 800-940-3411 for $750
off. (wcan)
STOP OVERPAYING for your
prescriptions! Save up to 93%! Call our
licensed Canadian and International
pharmacy service to compare prices and
get $15.00 off your first prescrition and
FREE shipping.
1-800-261-7523
XARELTO USERS: Have you had complications due to internal bleeding (after
January 2012)? If so, you may be due
financial compensation. If you don't have
an attorney, call Injuryfone today! 1-800234-8951 (wcan)
672 Pets
GOT AN older car, boat or RV?
Do the humane thing. Donate it to the
Humane Society. Call 800-990-7816
(wcan)
688 Sporting Goods &

Recreational
GUN SHOW! Green Bay Jan 1 & 2 Brown
County Shopko Hall, 1901 S. Oneida St.
FREE parking. 400 tables. Fri 3-8, Sat.
9-5. Adm $7 608-752-6677 (wcan)
MUSCODA GUN Show: Jan 1 & 2 St.
John's Parish Hall, 116 W. Beech St. Adm
$5 Fri 3-8pm; Sat 8a-4p. BUY-SELLTRADE-BROWSE. Gun buyer Shows,
608-548-8467. (wcan)
WE BUY Boats/RVs/Pontoons/Sled/ATVs
& Motorcycles! "Cash Paid" now. American Marine & Motorsports Super Center,
Shawano 866-955-2628 www.americanmarina.com (wcan)
692 Electronics
DIRECTV'S BIG DEAL special. Only
$19.99 per month. Free premium channels HBO, Starz, Cinemax and Showtime
for 3 months & FREE receiver upgrade!
NFL 2015 Season included. Call now!
800-320-2429 (wcan)
705 Rentals
GREENWOOD APARTMENTS
Apartments for Seniors 55+, currently
has 1 & 2 bedroom units available
starting at $750 per month, includes
heat, water, and sewer.
608-835-6717 Located at:
139 Wolf St., Oregon, WI 53575
STOUGHTON 1616 Kenilworth Ct.
Large 2-BR apts available now.
Pets welcome. Many feature new wood
laminate flooring.
$775-$825/mo. 608-831-4035.
www.madtownrentals.com
DANE COUNTYS MARKETPLACE. The
Verona Press Classifieds. Call 873-6671
or 835-6677.
STOUGHTON- 2/BEDROOM, 4 unit on

dead end st. One upper, one lower.
Remodeled bath, kitchen, dishwasher,
microwave, stove, refrigerator. Window
blinds, oak floors, storage, coin laundry.
Heat, water/sewer included. $775/mo.
lower, $750/mo. upper. 1 month deposit.
One dog lower, one cat upper. 561310-5551
STOUGHTON 3-BEDROOM lower level
of two-flat, near downtown, River Bluff
School. Newly renovated. Central air.
W/D, water included. No pets. $855/
month+security deposit. 608-873-7655
or 608-225-9033.
720 Apartments
EAST SIDE Stoughton Duplex. Three
BR three bath two car garage with all
appliances included. No Smokers. $1,100
(608)695-2565
ROSEWOOD APARTMENTS for Seniors
55+. 1 & 2 bedroom units available
starting at $750 per month. Includes
heat, water and sewer. Professionally
managed. Located at
300 Silverado Drive, Stoughton, WI
53589 608-877-9388
730 Condos & Townhouses For

Rent
BROOKLYN DUPLEX for Rent, Newer
ranch w/ finished basement. 3-bdr, 2.5
bath, 1800 sq ft. 2-car garage, $1200/mo.
608-455-2525.
740 Houses For Rent

FOR RENT: Vacation home.
1-1/2 hours from Madison.
Lake frontage. Great ice fishing, skiing
and snowmobiling.
See us on Facebook:
The Pines at Lake Arbutus.
715-333-5056
750 Storage Spaces For Rent

ALL SEASONS SELF STORAGE
10X10 10X15 10X20 10X30
Security Lights-24/7 access
BRAND NEW
OREGON/BROOKLYN
Credit Cards Accepted
CALL (608)444-2900
DEER POINT STORAGE

Convenient location behind
Stoughton Lumber.
Clean-Dry Units
24 HOUR LIGHTED ACCESS
5x10 thru 12x25
608-335-3337
FRENCHTOWN
SELF-STORAGE
Only 6 miles South of
Verona on Hwy PB.
Variety of sizes available now.
10x10=$60/month
10x15=$70/month
10x20=$80/month
10x25=$90/month
12x30=$115/month
Call 608-424-6530 or
1-888-878-4244
NORTH PARK STORAGE
10x10 through 10x40, plus
14x40 with 14 door for
RV & Boats.
Come & go as you please.
608-873-5088
OREGON SELF-STORAGE
10x10 through 10x25
month to month lease
Call Karen Everson at
608-835-7031 or
Veronica Matt at 608-291-0316
975 Livestock
FOR SALE: Purebred Polled Hereford
bred heifers, due to calve mid-February.
Bred to top AI sires. Also open heifers,
steers 600-700 lbs., 3 white face open
cross-bred heifers and 2 cross-bred cows
bred to Hereford bull. Mud Creek Farms,
815-238-2381.
THE NEW GLARUS HOME, INC.

We are currently accepting applications for
FARMI logging winches, Valby PTO chippers, Skidsteer wood splitters, log loader,
trailers, grapple rotators, rototillers 866638-7885 threeriversforestry.com (wcan)
990 Farm: Service &

Merchandise
RENT SKIDLOADERS
MINI-EXCAVATORS
TELE-HANDLER
and these attachments. Concrete
breaker, posthole auger, landscape rake,
concrete bucket, pallet forks, trencher,
rock hound, broom, teleboom, stump
grinder.
By the day, week, or month.
Carter & Gruenewald Co.
4417 Hwy 92
Brooklyn, WI, 608-455-2411
RASCHEIN PROPERTY
STORAGE
6x10 thru 10x25
Market Street/Burr Oak Street
in Oregon
Call 608-206-2347
UNION ROAD STORAGE
10x10 - 10x15
10x20 - 12x30
24 / 7 Access
Security Lights & Cameras
Credit Cards Accepted
608-835-0082
1128 Union Road
Oregon, WI
Located on the corner of
Union Road & Lincoln Road
St. Clare Friedensheim

&
Glarner Lodge
Benefits Include: Competitive Wages; Shift and
Weekend; Differentials; Incentive Pay; Health, Dental,
Vision, Disability and Life Insurance; Retirement Plan;
Vacation, Paid Sick Days and Holiday Pay.
Join our team of professionals & experience the
pleasures of working on a retirement campus serving
our senior citizens. Our facility is nonprofit, church
affiliated, with a dedication to serve our residents.
Your opinion is something

we always want to hear.
Call 845-9559 or at
connectverona.com
is recruiting for the following positions:
Registered Nurse
Part/Full-Time
CNA
Part/Full-Time
We offer competitive starting salary and differentials!
Zero deductible healthcare options, Vision, Dental,
Disability, and Life Insurance, Retirement Plan,
Vacation, Paid Sick Days, and Holiday Pay.
Join our team of professionals & experience the
pleasures of working on a retirement campus serving
our senior citizens. Our facility is nonprofit, Church
affiliated, with a dedication to serve our residents and
tenants.
Visit our website www.nghome.org to apply!
865 Mobile Homes & Lots For

Sale
6803 SUNSET Dr., Lot 3. Rural Wooded
desireable lot within 1 mile of town.
8+ acres. No deed restrictions. Verona
schools. MLS# 1758398. $267,500. Mary
Ruth Marks, (608) 513-7490. Bunbury &
Associates.
WALMERS TACK SHOP
16379 W. Milbrandt Road
Evansville, WI
608-882-5725
Full-Time Nights
at these 2 locations
Questions?
Comments?
Story Ideas?
Let us know how
were doing.
Grow With Us
THE NEW GLARUS HOME, INC.
970 Horses
Universal Care Workers
WERE
ALL
EARS
980 Machinery & Tools
OFFICE SPACES FOR RENT

In Oregon facing 15th hole
on golfcourse
Free Wi-Fi, Parking and
Security System
Conference rooms available
Kitchenette-Breakroom
Autumn Woods Prof. Centre
Marty 608-835-3628
CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS NOON

Monday FOR THE Verona Press
11
PURE BRED Red Angus Bulls, open and

bred heifers for sale. Pick your bulls now
for summer delivery. Shamrock Nook Red
Angus 608-558-5342
801 Office Space For Rent

C.N.R. STORAGE
Located behind
Stoughton Garden Center
Convenient Dry Secure
Lighted with access 24/7
Bank Cards Accepted
Off North Hwy 51 on
Oak Opening Dr. behind
Stoughton Garden Center
Call: 608-509-8904
The Verona Press
The New Glarus Home, Inc
600 2nd Avenue, New Glarus, WI 53574

(608) 527-2126 hr@nghome.org
Equal Opportunity Employer
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Holiday Inn Express & Suites is

currently hiring for the following
full and part-time positions:
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currently hiring for the following
full and part-time positions:
Guest Services Representative (FT/PT)

Night Auditor (FT/PT)
Breakfast Host (PT)
Bell Staff/Shuttle Driver (PT)
Maintenance Assistant (FT/PT)
Guest Services Representative (FT/PT)

Night Auditor (FT/PT)
Breakfast Host (PT)
Bell Staff/Shuttle Driver (PT)
Maintenance Assistant (FT/PT)
Weekend availability is
required for all positions
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required for all positions
Email resumes to
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hr@hixverona.com
515 W Verona Ave Verona, WI 53593

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Show off your kids in

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