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Current GE students wont be moved

New families in Scenic Ridge, Cathedral Point areas move to Country View
Normally used for performances or school recognitions,

the room was instead filled with
The Badger Ridge Middle about 100 parents, most of whom
School step room had a familiar were there for a school board
feeling Monday night as applause meeting that included a decision
on fixing the space crunch at
filled the room.
Scott Girard
Unified Newspaper Group
Glacier Edge Elementary School.

Clearly, they were pleased with
the outcome.
The district decided not to
move fifth or fourth grade out of
the school, but instead to temporarily redraw boundaries for some
incoming students.
Families to the east of Hwy.
69 and south of County Hwy.
M without a student currently at
GE will now be in the Country
View Elementary School attendance area. The area is essentially
Caring
for Cats
made up of the Cathedral Point

and Scenic Ridge neighborhoods,
along with areas in the towns of
Verona and Montrose.
The final plan, dubbed the
Zook Plan for board member
Turn to Boundaries/Page 12
City of Verona
Alders: Keep
options open
for Matts
Angels Wish pet adoption

center looks to expand as
need grows
City will solicit bids, decide on plan

later
Samantha Christian
National Cat Day is generally marked

by proud parents sharing photos of their
whiskered kids on social media. This
year in the Madison area (and about 50
other cities across the country), people
could add another hashtag to their post:
#UberKITTENS.
Uber essentially became a cab for cats
on Oct. 29, delivering adoptable kittens
from Angels Wish in Verona to dozens
of local businesses. For a $30 snuggle
fee, animal lovers could request to
play with a kitten for 15 minutes in their
office, and some
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of the proceeds
went back to the
pet adoption and
resource center.
A few of the
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kittens that were
part of the delivery route even caught the eye of potential adopters, said Angels Wish board
president Amy Good.
It was a fantastic day, and we're
excited about the number of people
today interested in adopting our cats
and kittens or volunteering with us,
Good said. We hope the awareness
raised (that day) will encourage more
people to adopt a homeless kitten into a
lifelong home.
Angels Wish has been helping provide homes for thousands of animals,
99 percent of which are cats, over the
last 15 years. Unlike most shelters, the
volunteer-run nonprofit founded in
March 2000 ensures all cats are cared
for and socialized in foster homes while
waiting to be matched for adoption.
Despite nearly 600 adoptions since
January 2015, more cats are coming
into Angels Wishs doors than its fosters can keep up with. Right now there
are about 50 cats up for adoption, but
Jim Ferolie
Verona Press editor
Alders knew that what they had to say Monday night wasnt what Verona Area Historical
Society members wanted to hear.
So as they suggested, one by one, that the city
put out bids for renovating the historic Matts
house, they did their best to point out that they
really liked the local nonprofit groups idea to
turn it into a welcome center.
But they also wanted to make sure the city
does its due diligence and explores all of its
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Epic
Grants focus on
at-risk groups
$118K given out in 2015
Scott Girard
Photo by Samantha Christian
Madeleine Esposito, of Baraboo, cuddles her new kitten, 3-month-old Jenske, at Angels Wish
on Dec. 19. The nonprofit in Verona has been matching furry friends with foster families in the
search for their forever homes for over 15 years and is planning a renovation project of its
buildings unused upper level.
that number fluctuates based on the season and number of foster homes available. The more volunteers and financial support it gets, the more cats it can
bring in off the streets and find forever
homes for.
That also means more space is needed
to show dozens of cats on weekends to

interested families at the adoption and
resource center, so the board of directors is looking into expanding. But
Angels Wish wont need to relocate.
With its mortgage almost paid off (in
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For all of its expansive buildings and booming workforce, Epic Systems often seems like it
keeps to itself.
But the City of Verona and the Verona Area
School District have both benefitted from Epic
grants in the near-decade since the company
moved its headquarters to Verona.
Epic does a lot of very good things for the
community and I think the grant program is
just one example of it, city administrator Bill
Burns said. They prefer to be somewhat quiet
in how they operate.
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Cats: Maddies Fund, UberKITTENS aid nonprofit in planning for building renovation
part due to a huge grant),
Angels Wish already owns
both floors of the building at 161 Horizon Dr. For
the past decade it has only
used 3,200 square feet on
the lower level as a retail
store for cat supplies, offices, storage rooms, visiting
rooms and the larger adoption area where cat condos
and cages are set up on
weekends. Finishing 1,000
square feet on the upper
level, which Angels Wish
hopes to do this year, will
allow the nonprofit to shift
rooms around and create
a more functional space
downstairs.
The number of cats
needing homes is just astronomical, she said. So,
were happy with what
we can do, but we wish
we could do more. But,
ultimately, we need more
adopters to help us with
that.
A Good thing to do
Good, a Fitchburg resident, has been involved
with Angels Wish for 13
years. She heard about
volunteer opportunities
through an ad in the paper,
and founding member Lois
Lawrence
was happy
to welcome
her.
Shes
like, Bless
your heart,
hugged me
a n d s a i d Good
yes, and
that was
kind of it, Good said.
Shes been hooked to
helping the cause ever
since.
Angels Wish began running adoptions out of a veterinarians basement and
then rented a space on Paoli
Street before buying the
building on Horizon Drive.
Weve really come a
long way from that for
Angels Wish
Adoption and
Resource Center
161 Horizon Dr. Ste. 106,
Verona
848-4174
angelswish.org
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday
1-4 p.m. Sunday
sure, Good said. Its
pretty amazing what weve
done in 15 years but
having more space will definitely be helpful.
In addition to her 11 years
as board president, Good
also takes in foster cats. She
said there have been times
she takes a break from fostering when her own herd
of senior cats gets larger at
home.
She named her most
recent litter of rescued kittens after the new Star
Wars characters, but Good
said its odd for little ones
to be outside this time of
year. The kitten rush is usually on hiatus over winter,
but the unseasonably mild
weather the last few months
has extended the breeding
season and put pressure on
area shelters.
While many of Angels
Wishs adopters and fosters are from Dane County,
the nonprofit has brought
in cats from nearly 20 different counties in the state.
Both last year and this year,
Angels Wish was also able
to help relieve space issues
at area humane societies
including some as far away
as Milwaukee by taking
in more than 100 of their
cats.
Dane County residents
are great about adopting
and spaying and neutering
their own animals, so for
us, it means we can go a
little bit further out, Good
said.
Cost of care
A full health history and
Photo submitted
Angels Wish partnered with Uber on Oct. 29 to hold an UberKITTENS event where people could get
adoptable kittens delivered to their home or business for about 15 minutes of playtime. The cost was
$30 per visit, with some of the proceeds going to Angels Wish.
Above, Kathy Adams and Kodey Feiner, with iHeartMedia in Fitchburg, wait for their turn to play with
Tiger.
descriptions of pets available through Angels Wish

are posted online and at the
adoption center, so interested families will know
that Xena is a Siamese diva,
Gus wont tolerate dogs or
kids in the household, and
Pumpkin needs to be paired
with his 2-year-old brother
Midnight.
All cats are up-to-date on
vaccinations, dewormed,
spayed or neutered, microchipped and tested for
feline leukemia and immunodeficiency viruses. Good
said the average amount of

medical care that each cat
receives before adoption is
valued at about $500.
Were fortunate that we
have veterinarians that help
us deliver that a little bit
more cost effectively or pro
bono, she said. We have
some volunteers that can
do some of the basic stuff
like distemper vaccines or
microchipping, which helps
as well.
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adoption fees to help other
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but everyone still had to

go through Angels Wishs
normal screening process.
California-based Maddies
Fund gave Angels Wish
(and other no-kill shelters)
a donation based on the
adopted animals age and
health history.
Good said a healthy kitten or adult was valued at
$250, if it had a treatable
or manageable disease or
was a senior more than 7
years old it was $1,250,
and if it was a senior and
had special needs, it was
$2,500.
In 2015, Angels Wish
had 66 adoptions those
two days and received over
$60,000 from the grant.
Thats about half of the
nonprofits annual budget.
Angels Wish stopped
holding an annual auction since the return kept
getting lower and lower,
Good said, so Maddies
Fund has been a game
changer financially. The
large number of adoptions
also helped clear Angels
Wishs inventory in time
for spring when Good
said the flood of kittens
arrives.
The Maddies Fund
grant is not considered a
regular source of funding
for Angels Wish since it
requires an annual reapplication process, but Good
said, either way, the nonprofit is on track financially.
With the extra money in
the budget, Angels Wish
can think about the future
of its organization and start
making plans for its building renovation.
Blueprints and a timeline
for the interior construction have not been finalized yet, but Good said she
hopes the project will be
completed this year. The
goals of the renovation
project would include adding more visiting rooms, a
medical isolation room, a
dedicated intake/medical
treatment room and longterm storage. Angels Wish
also wants to purchase
built-in adoption cages that
are easier to clean and sanitize.
Were hoping to make
it a better volunteer experience by making that stuff
easier, Good said. And
just a better experience
for the adopters with more
meet-and-greet rooms.
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School tours begin Jan. 21 NCS director
Options available
Parents can choose to send their child to an area
attendance elementary school simply by submitting
the registration form. They can alternatively choose
to enroll in one of the three charter schools or the
Two Way Immersion program.
The charters, which each have their own governing
board and a charter agreement with the school district that allows them to avoid certain requirements,
are New Century School, Core Knowledge Charter
School and Verona Area International School.
New Century, one of the states first charter
schools, opened in 1995 and focuses on environmental education and recently added science, technology,
engineering and math to its charter agreement. The
K-5 school also has multi-age classrooms.
CKCS, a K-8 school housed in Badger Ridge Middle School founded the year after NCS, uses direct
instruction, which asks students in small groups to
respond to problems at a teachers snap of the fingers
or clap of the hands, followed by immediate feedback from the teacher. The curriculum, which follows a national Core Knowledge model, sets up a
sequence of topics to be covered at each grade level.
VAIS, the newest elementary charter school, offers
Chinese language immersion. The school is housed
at Savanna Oaks Middle School and Stoner Prairie
Elementary School, but that could change next year to
move the school into one location.
The Two Way Immersion program is also relatively
new, and offers Spanish language immersion within
Glacier Edge and Sugar Creek elementaries. Spots are
split between Spanish speakers and English speakers.
If more students apply for those schools and programs than there are open spots, the district holds a lottery, and those not selected go on a waiting list. If not
chosen, the student would attend their area elementary.
For information on each school or to find out what
attendance area school your child would attend, visit
verona.k12.wi.us.
If you go
What: VASD Kindergarten Information Session
When: 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2
Where: Boys and Girls Club, 4619 Jenewein Road,
Fitchburg
Info: verona.k12.wi.us
Glacier Edge
Principal: Theresa Taylor
800 Kimball Lane, Verona
497-2100
Tours: 8:30-9:30 a.m. Jan. 22; 9:30-10:30 a.m. Feb. 5
Country View
As winter weather finally

brings the cold Wisconsin is used to this season,
the Verona Area School
Districts closings policy
remains the same as recent
years.
A letter the district posted
on its website in November
said that the district would
once again close schools
only for a declared Wind
Chill Warning, which is
defined by the National
Weather Service as when
the wind chill is life threatening. According to the
letter, thats temperatures of
-35 degrees and below.
The Madison Metropolitan School District recently
changed its standards to
-25 degrees and below for
a closing. Superintendent
Dean Gorrell said last year
that Dane County district

had years ago come to an
agreement on Wind Chill
Warning as the standards,
but some districts have
stepped back from that policy in recent years.
The VASD letter emphasizes the district will hold
school during a Wind Chill
Advisory, but that the final
decision is up to the parent.
If there is ever a time
that we hold school/a school
event and you do not feel it
is in the best interest of your
child to attend based on your
assessment of the weather,
please know that it is always
your choice to keep your
child at home, the letter
states. Please communicate
with the school office if you
make this decision as a parent.
For heavy snows, Gorrell and a representative
from the bus company
drive the roads in different
parts of the district to assess
Principal: Michelle Nummerdor

710 Lone Pine Way, Verona
845-4800
Tours: 8:30-9:30 a.m. Feb. 4, Feb. 9
Sugar Creek
Principal: Todd Brunner
420 Church Ave., Verona
845-4700
Tours: 8:30-9:30 a.m. Jan. 21; 9:30-10:30 a.m. Feb. 11
Stoner Prairie
Principal: Mike Pisani
5830 Devoro Road, Fitchburg
845-4200
Tours: 12:30-1:30 p.m. Jan. 29; 9:45-10:45 a.m. Feb. 4,
Feb. 5
New Century School

Director: Jim Ruder
401 W. Verona Ave., Verona
845-4900
Tours: 8:30-10:30 a.m. Jan. 21, Feb. 11, Feb. 16; 6-7 p.m.
Feb. 11; 9-11 a.m. Feb. 6
Core Knowledge Charter School

Director: Rick Kisting
740 N. Main St., Verona
845-4130
Tours: 8:30-9:30 a.m. Jan. 21, Jan. 26
Incoming K info meeting: 6-7 p.m. Jan. 14
Incoming middle school info meeting: 6-7 p.m. Jan. 21
Verona Area International School

Director: Barb Drake
5890 Lacy Road, Fitchburg
845-4224
Tours: 8:30-10:30 a.m. Jan. 21, Feb. 11, Feb. 16
Incoming K info meeting: 6-7 p.m. Jan. 26, Feb. 10
Mini-school: 9-11 a.m. Feb. 6
Two Way Immersion

Director: Laurie Burgos
845-4300
Information session: 6-7 p.m. Jan. 14, Administration building, 700 N. Main St.
conditions. Gorrell said in

the letter he also speaks with
superintendents in other districts, especially Middleton,
Oregon and Mount Horeb.
The district will strive
to make a decision on any
delay or cancellation
before 6 a.m. on a given
day, the letter said. Closing
or delay information can
Effective end of
2015-16 school year
Scott Girard
Cold weather returns, policy remains the same

-35 degree wind chill
to close schools
Ruder retiring
be found on the districts

website, verona.k12.wi.us,
or on local television and
radio stations. The district
will also use SchoolMessenger to send parents in its
database a text message and
email.
For more on the districts
school closing policy, visit
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After three years at the

helm of New Century
School, director Jim Ruder
will retire at the end of the
school year.
Ruder
announced
his decision
to staff at
a meeting
earlier this
month, and
s u b m i t t e d Ruder
his letter
to the district last week. He told the
Press Monday the biggest
driving force for the decision was spending more
time with his six grandchildren.
I thought it was fair to
the district to make it official last week, Ruder said.
Give them plenty of time
to hire a great replacement
for me.
Along with his part time
role at NCS, Ruder also
has been serving as the
special education coordinator at Sugar Creek
Elementary School, which
shares its building with
NCS.
Ruder said he would miss
both the students and the
staff he has worked with.
We have a great collection of each of those, and
the families that come with
the students too, he said.
Id say all the people is
what Ill miss the most.
It was a difficult decision, and it was difficult
sharing the news with our
staff here, he added later.
They really work hard
and are very dedicated
to the students and to the
cause and purpose of New
Century School, so I kind
of feel bad leaving.
He said hes especially
enjoyed the environmental education emphasis the
school has had since its
2010 charter agreement,
when it became the first
green charter school
in Dane County, and the
more recent addition of a
science, technology, engineering and math focus in
the 2015 agreement.
I learned how STEM
can be incorporated into the
curriculum, and find that
really exciting, he said.

Ive always had an interest in environmental issues
myself and Ive enjoyed
getting out and observing
kids working the stream
and doing the various field
trips that weve conducted
over my time here.
The decision also makes
it the fourth year in a row
one of the districts charter elementary schools will
have a new director. Verona International School
director Barb Drake is in
her second year, and Core
Knowledge Charter School
director Rick Kisting is in
his first.
Ruder also noted,
though, that theres still
plenty of time for him to
enjoy whats left of the
job.
Weve got another half
a school year to go, he
said with a laugh.
Other retirements
The school board must
still approve Ruder retirement, but 10 other staff
members across the district received approval for
retirement Monday nights
meeting.
In total, the retirees
approved Monday have
219 years of service in the
district. That brings the
total VASD service time
of retirements approved for
the end of this school year
to 415.5.
The retiring teachers approved Monday are
Verona Area High School
special education coordinator Mona Kirsop, 34 years
of service; speech/language
employee for early childhood pre-kindergarten
Susan Tuecke, 30 years;
Savanna Oaks Middle
School band teacher Wynne Paust, 27 years; Core
Knowledge Charter School
curriculum coordinator
Christine Uelmen, 26 years;
CKCS fifth-grade teacher
Ian Gaylor, 22 years; Stoner
Prairie Elementary School
art teacher Jayne BatingerPeterson, 21 years; Sugar
Creek/New Century/Glacier Edge elementaries
library director Karen
Godar, 18 years; Badger
Ridge Middle School language arts teacher Catherine Doyle, 17 years; New
Century School K/1 teacher
Sandra Tolleson, 14 years;
and SOMS choir teacher
Cheryl Bentley, 10 years.
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Parents of incoming kindergartners can find out

more about Verona Area School District schools over
the next month and a half through a series of building
tours.
There will be an informational meeting on the
tours, with all VASD eleOnline First
mentary schools represented,
from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Feb. 2, at the Boys and Girls
Club, 4619 Jenewein Road,
Fitchburg. Sign-up forms will
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be available to parents Feb. 3
online and also in paper form
at each school. The deadline to sign up is March 4.
Kindergarten registration will take place from 8
a.m. to noon March 1-4 at Country View Elementary
School, with a Spanish interpreter available March 3.
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Express support for Muslim communities

The following letter is offered
to area communities in hope of
garnering signatures from people
who support its sentiments. Once
everyone who wishes to has had
the opportunity to sign, this letter
will be sent on to a variety of Muslim communities in the Madison
area. If you would like to add your
name, you can email a request to
Brad Brookins at mtvucc@gmail.
com. Please include your zip code.
An open letter to our Muslim
neighbors:
bring us to peace and friendship.

In every setting, they are to be
deplored by women and men of
goodwill and good sense.
We are writing this letter
because we reject the hateful
rhetoric now coming from some
American politicians and religious
leaders. Their expressions of fearfulness are putting great strain on
Muslim communities. They do not
speak for us. Even in times of crisis, and especially in times of crisis, we will not give into fear by
turning our backs on our values
or on you, our valued friends and
neighbors.
Our thoughts toward you are of
simple kindness and acceptance.
We believe yours are the same
toward us. We want you to know
we stand with you in these anxious
times, and we will resist the efforts
of those who would demean your
faith or restrict your freedom.
We will hold you in our thoughts
and prayers and ask you to do the
same for us.
As-salamu alaykum. Shalom
Aleichem. Peace be with you.
Dear Friends,
Recent months have brought
more violence in Paris and Beirut, in California and in the sky
over Egypt. In a terribly misguided
and reactionary response in this
country, Muslim places of worship
are being targeted for vandalism,
and hate crimes and threats of violence against American Muslims
are becoming even more common.
None of this reflects the best of
the religious traditions that can
guide us toward an open and inclusive society. All of this contradicts
the highest American values of
The Rev. Brad Brookins,
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Epic deserved 2015 top stories recognition

Thought Id point out an obvious omission in your list of top Verona stories for 2015.
Most communities would love to have an employer that generates
1,400 new professional jobs within a calendar year. Even though
Epic gets plenty of press, it is important for the community not to
take this generator of economic well-being for granted.
Jeff McCarthy,
Oregon
(Verona business citizen)
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We shouldnt separate
politics from the pulpit
s we head into an election

year, some preachers and
parishioners will disagree
over whether political subjects have
a place in the Christian pulpit.
These differences of opinion
could even lead some parishioners
or pastors to seek another church.
Politics can mean many things,
but when it
comes to social
issues and the
governments
policies related
to those issues,
my view is
that Christian
preaching cannot both ignore
Yurs
the political
topics of the day
and be true to the high purpose of
its calling.
Politics today includes hot topics
such as government spending, gun
control, health care, immigration,
the plight of the poor, racism and
the threat of and response to terrorism. The range is large and changes
each election year.
There are those in the pulpit as
well as in the pew who appeal to
the separation of church and state
and say the controversial topics
prominent along the campaign trail
have no home in services of worship.
I am not of that opinion.
My view is informed, in part, by
an old German theologian, Christoph Blumhardt (d. 1919), who
once wondered, What use is it to
prattle about the kingdom of heaven
if you leave your fellow men in
their fetters and bonds, the slaves
in their chains and the oppressed in
their misery?
To ask the question is to answer
it. Theology without social conscience is theology lost in the
clouds.
The Bible is a political book
through and through. Politics and
religion are constantly rubbing
shoulders on its pages, even to the
point of irritating one another. The

Book of Exodus sets the tone by
telling of a labor movement led by
a prophet (Moses) who confronts
a king (Pharaoh) and demands
change for the benefit of the workers.
Nearly every subsequent prophet
in the Old Testament dares to
preach sermons directly related to
palace acts and policies they believe
contrary to the highest principles
of justice. Nathan addresses David,
Elijah confronts Ahab and Amos
speaks against all the surrounding
countries as well as his own.
As for the New Testament, Jesus
rocked Herods throne almost as
soon as he was placed in his manger crib. Rome had him crucified
because its agencies became convinced he posed a political threat. In
between his birth and his death, he
championed the poor, the sick and
the socially disenfranchised.
There is not much scripture left
to work with if we strip it of everything that smacks of the political.
My view on politics in the pulpit
is not only a matter of scripture. It is
also a matter of God.
Since the God in whom I believe
is not territorially restricted, but
rules over all, preaching has a
responsibility to address political
subjects as matters that concern
God.
To be sure, atheists and nonChristian theists can hope the
church butts out of politics. That
is their prerogative. The church
should not pull the strings of the
state.
But those within the church cannot rightly entertain the same hope
that the church keep mum within
the church about matters of the
state. If God is the God Christians
say God is, there is no subject that
falls outside Gods sovereignty. It is
all ripe for a sermon.
I do think there can be too
much political preaching. We who
preach need to remember that Paul
Revere was effective on his famous
midnight ride. But he soon would

have lost all effectiveness had he
gone out on subsequent nights,
warning of a new enemy each night.
The people who heeded him once
would have stopped listening to him
by the umpteenth time.
Too much of a good thing is too
much.
The preacher who keeps to a
steady diet of political themes and
moves, week by week, from social
justice topic to social justice topic
as if there are no other topics of
merit or concern to the pulpit, is not
feeding lives or shaping congregations. Our people need a balanced
approach that helps form their entire
faith, and not their ethics alone.
There is no room in the balance
for ideological preaching, which is
more echoing than it is preaching. It
listens uncritically to but one side of
an issue, and repeats what it hears.
It refuses to acknowledge some
modicum of truth might lodge in
the other side.
Ideological preaching assumes
that the other side, because it is
the other side, is wrong. This
thick-headedness is not appropriate to Christian preaching. Quality
preaching is full of conviction,
but never at the expense of weighing the matter at hand with great
thought and care.
So while political subjects must
appear the pulpit some of the time,
they dont dare appear there all the
time.
If your pastor is like me this
election year, he or she will enter
the pulpit hoping to reach a proper
balance. He or she will not want
to court controversy, but will not
want to trim the message to avoid
controversy.
And he or she will hope you
approach the pew expecting to be
challenged, and not merely reinforced.
The Rev. Dr. Mark E. Yurs is
pastor of Salem United Church of
Christ in Verona.
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January 14, 2016
If you go
What: Dane County
natural hazards listening
session
When: 6-8 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 20
Where: Montrose Town
Hall, 1341 Diane Avenue,
Montrose
Info: 266-4114
number of extreme weather
events, its important we
assess our climate change
vulnerabilities and adapt.
Parisi said Dane County
residents are vulnerable to
a variety of hazards including extreme temperatures,
severe winter weather, tornadoes, and floods.
These extreme weather
events seem to be occurring more and more frequently, often with disastrous results, he said.
Planning for natural hazards and implementing
mitigation measures
can reduce the impact of
such events when they do
occur.
Dane County Emergency
Management will facilitate the public listening
sessions, and provide residents with a chance to talk
directly with county staff.
The planning process is a
cooperative effort between
the county and forty-one
local jurisdictions within
Dane County.
The sessions will be held
in the town of Montrose on
Jan. 20, with other meetings scheduled in Cambridge, Westport and Madison.
Scott De Laruelle
VAHS Trilling nominated

to attend West Point
City hosts CARPC meeting

North Neighborhood tops
commissions agenda
Jim Ferolie
Verona Press editor
Verona gets the honor of the first

test of the states new legislation fasttracking municipal expansions, and the
vote is this week at City Hall.
The Capital Area Regional Planning
Commission will hold a public hearing
Thursday night on the North Neighborhood Plan, which encompasses
everything on the north side of the city
from Epic to the Ice Age Trail, stretching up to County Hwy. PD. CARPC
is regional body that reviews sewer
connections, known as urban service
areas. Most urban development is not
possible without that connection.
Pieces of the North area are ready
for development, as anyone who travels on County M daily has been able
to see for some time. But much of the
plan is an overall view of what could
eventually go there when the area is
built out and that could take a decade
or more.
The city has been planning this
expansion for many years but delayed
it when CARPC tightened rules in
2007. Around that time, developers
were already presenting plans but there

was no rush, with four large subdivisions still holding plenty of lots.
Now, the city is basically down to
one Cathedral Point, on the south
side and likely will be almost out of
lots by the time the North Neighborhood is developed. Plans for the area,
which eventually will face the City of
Madison to the north, include a neighborhood school, commercial buildings,
large single-family homes near kettle
ponds, smaller single-family homes
and apartments. On the western edge,
Epic is filling in a quarry that will be
available for parkland or some other
recreational use.
CARPCs squeeze on development
got pried loose after a 2010 lawsuit by
the Village of Mazomanie forced the
state Department of Natural Resources
to review any denials. That was the
first outright denial by the commission,
and it was overturned by the DNR. Its
second for Veronas Southwest Area
was overturned two years later.
Leaders from municipalities, towns
and the county all pressed various threats to put an end to CARPC,
which requires a supermajority for
any actions, but the commission has
survived, limping along up to the new
legislation, which was included in the
2015-17 biennial budget.
The rules of the new legislation
commission is a member
of the Plan Commission.
Turk succeeds Mike
The Plan Commission Goetz, who had served
and Parks, Recreation and in that dual role since
Forestry Commission both December of 2014.
got a new member MonNew intersection
day night.
The Common Council ready
approved the mayors recCity engineer Bob Gundommendation to appoint lach reported Monday that
John Turk to both com- the Cross Country Road
missions.
intersection with Northern
Turk, a Verona native, Lights has been moved,
graduated from the Uni- and now the entrance to
versity of Wisconsin-Mad- Epic has been shifted to the
ison in 2009 and moved north along Nine Mound
from southwest Madison Road.
to the west side of Verona
The new intersection
three years ago. He works has a traffic signal, though
as the director of govern- since its opening Jan. 2,
ment relations for the Wis- there have been a few
consin Bankers Associa- problems with signal timtion, and Mayor Jon Hoch- ing.
kammer said he has extenThose issues have been
sive volunteer experience resolved and the intersecand is looking forward to tion has been functiongetting more involved in ing much better since that
the City of Verona.
time, Gundlach reported.
B y c i t y o r d i n a n c e , Some minor adjustments
the chair of the Parks may still be required, and
Jim Ferolie
Verona Press editor
Thank You
Photo submitted
Cheyenne Trilling receives her

nomination from Rep. Mark
Pocan late last year.
comprised of community
leaders, as well as active
and retired service members from south central
Wisconsin to assist with the
evaluation of the applicants
from the district. After the
completion of the application process, the nomination board recommended
the following students, who
were then nominated by
Rep. Pocan.
affirm that only the DNR has the power to approve or deny expansions of
sewer service and require the state to
take action within 90 days of application. Verona applied in early October,
but the DNR interpreted that rule to
mean 90 days from a completed application, which it did not count until
Verona returned additional information requested, in November.
The public hearing is one of several
items on the CARPC agenda, which
begins at 7 p.m. at City Hall, continuing an occasional tradition of hosting
meetings at the site of controversial
items.
The area being reviewed also
includes an additional 110 acres to
the east of Verona Technology Park
and 18 acres south of Cathedral Point,
which is intended for an elementary
school.
City administrator Bill Burns reported in an update to the Common Council this week that CARPC staff recommended approval with several conditions and recommendations. Some of
them are more stringent than the countys typical requirements, but unlike
with the Southwest Area, there havent
yet been extensive objections.
As of last week, CARPC staff had
not received any written comments on
the Citys application, he noted.
Plan, Parks get new member
The family of Wayne Larson would like to

thank everyone, including Father Vernon
and Father Letone, for the kindness and
support given to us during this very
difficult time. Special thanks to the doctors
and staff at Meriter Hospital in Madison.
Your expert care and compassion were
greatly appreciated.
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Verona Area High

Schools Cheyenne Trilling
is one of 15 high school students from Wisconsins 2nd
Congressional District who
were nominated by U.S.
Rep. Mark Pocan to the
Class of 2020 at the United
States Service Academies.
Trilling has been nominated
to attend West Point.
In a news release last
week, Pocan said he was
honored to nominate these
exceptional young men
and women to attend our
nations service academies
and become the future leaders in our military.
All of the students have
worked hard and demonstrated extraordinary academic achievement to earn
these nominations, he
said. I am confident that if
selected, these students will
represent Wisconsin and
our nation with integrity.
The students and their
families were recognized
at an award ceremony and
reception at the Monona
Public Library on Dec. 14,
and personally received an
award from Rep. Pocan.
According to the news
release, Pocan assembled
a board of volunteers
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Parking lot bids

The council approved
bids for the construction
of a downtown parking lot
and the reconstruction of
the Community Park lot.
Hammersley Stone will
be paid $306,728.66 for
the two jobs. Because
the Community Park lot
will need to be accessible
during Hometown Days,
Gundlach said he suspected construction there
would not start until after
the festival, which is held
in early June each year.
The Park Lane lot which

until recently accommodated two older homes
will be built as soon as
the weather clears up this
spring.
Alds. Luke Diaz (Dist.
3) and Elizabeth Doyle
voted against. Diaz said
he felt the new parking lot
was too close to residential and not convenient
enough to help downtown.
Clerk sworn in
Mayor Jon Hochkammer
swore in the new city clerk
for her first day on the job.
Ellen Clark comes to
Verona from Neillsville,
where she was deputy clerk
for 27 years. She has family in the area.
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Dane County officials are
holding a series of listening sessions to help gather
input for the countys natural hazard mitigation plan.
According to a press
release from Dane County Executive Joe Parisis
office last week, county
officials are updating the
plan, and are encouraging
members of local government, businesses and the
public to attend one of four
meetings around the county in January.
On average, each dollar
spent on mitigation saves
society an average of $4
in avoided future losses in
addition to saving lives and
preventing injuries, Parisi
said.
The meetings a first for
the county have been set
up in light of the regions
changing climate, according to the press release.
The hazard planning
will examine climate
trends and determine their
projected impacts on the
natural hazards the plan
addresses such as flooding and extreme heat,
Parisi said, citing recent
droughts, rains and heat.
The inclusion of climate
change factors in hazard
analysis will ensure Dane
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personal and economic
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Churches
Tree collection
Holiday trees will be collected at the
curb weekly throughout the month of
January. Remove and discard tree bags,
tree stands, ornaments, lights and other
metal objects. Trees that are not properly
prepared will not be collected. A dropoff site is also open at 410 Investment
Ct. Trees can be dropped off from 7 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. For
information, call 845-6495.
Birthday, anniversary party

Celebrate the months birthdays
and anniversaries at the senior centers monthly party from 11:45 a.m. to
1:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15. Lunch will
be served at 11:45 a.m. while entertainment provided by Bahama Bob Milan
begins at 12:30 p.m. For information,
call 845-7471.
Brighton Beach Memoirs

VACT will present their first production of the 2016 season, Brighton Beach
Memoirs, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15,
Saturday, Jan. 16, Thursday, Jan. 21, Friday, Jan. 22 and Saturday, Jan. 23, with
a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, Jan. 17 at

the Verona Area High School Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard St.
The play, written by Neil Simon, follows a Jewish teen growing up in Brooklyn in the 1930s. Tickets are $15 for
adults and $10 seniors and students. The
play is not recommended for children
due to adult language. For information
or to purchase tickets, visit vact.org.
Favorite friends
Meet characters from books, TV and
movies from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday,
Jan. 16 at the library. Kids of all ages
can visit with characters, including Elsa,
Olaf, Llama Llama and Huckle Cat,
throughout the library. Character-themed
crafts and snacks will also be available.
For information, call 845-7180.
Painting class
Visit the senior center for An Afternoon of Painting with Carol Ann from
2-4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20 at the
senior center.
The cost of the class is $10 and will
cover the cost of the canvas and supplies,
as well as light refreshments.
This class is limited to 15 people.

RSVP and pay for the class no later than
Friday, Jan. 15. For information or to
register, call 845-7471.
Power of play
Discover or rediscover what
makes you happy during The Power of
Play: Finding and Living Your Passion
from 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20 at
the library.
Laura Gmeinder, certified human
resources professional and leadership
coach, will provide tips to help you do
more of what you love. This program is
free and open to the public. To register
or for more information, visit veronapubliclibrary.org or call 845-7180.
Resilience workshop
Learn why some people are better
equipped to handle transitions, change
and loss during The Resiliency Factor
workshop at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 21 at
the senior center.
Amy Schmitz, a UW social work
instructor, will explore the topic of resiliency and how it can make an impact in
your life. For information, call 845-7471.
Community calendar
Friday, January 15
11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., Birthday

and anniversary party, senior center, 845-7471
7-9:30 p.m., Stephen Lee Rich,
Tuvalu
7:30 p.m, VACT presents
Brighton Beach Memoirs, VAHS
Performing Arts Center, 300
Richard St., vact.org
Saturday, January 16
10 a.m. to noon, Favorite

Friends character meet and greet
(all ages), library, 845-7180
7-9:30 p.m., Greg McMonagle,
Tuvalu
Sunday, January 17
2 p.m, VACT presents Brighton

Beach Memoirs, VAHS
Monday, January 18
7 p.m., Common Council, City

Center
Tuesday, January 19
10:30 a.m., Caregivers support

group, senior center, 848-0432
12:30 p.m., Card making with
Katie Johnson ($10), senior center, 845-7471
Wednesday, January 20
12:30 p.m., Literature Lovers

Book Club: All the Single Ladies
by Dorothea Benton Frank, senior
center, 845-7471
2-4 p.m., An Afternoon of
Painting with Carol Ann ($10),
senior center, 845-7471
4 p.m., Minecraft Club (grades
4-6), library, 845-7180
7 p.m., The Power of Play:
Finding and Living Your Passion,
library, 845-7180
Thursday, January 21
10 a.m., The Resiliency Factor

workshop, senior center, 845-
7471
4-5:30 p.m., Anime Club (grades
6-12), library, 845-7180
Friday, January 22
10 a.m., The Young and the

Restless open indoor play time
(ages 0-5), library, 845-7180
10 a.m., Parkinsons Group,
1 p.m., Movie Matinees: San
Andreas (PG-13, 114 minutes),
7-9:30 p.m., Steven Graham and
Keith Hampton, Tuvalu
Saturday, January 23
9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Free family

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Thursday, Jan. 14
7 a.m. Incontinence Talk
at Senior Center
8 a.m.Zumba Gold
9 a.m. Daily Exercise
10 a.m. 3 Rs at Senior
Center
2 p.m. Zumba Gold
3 p.m. Daily Exercise
4 p.m. Skip Jones at
Senior Center
5 p.m. Bill Burns at Senior
Center
6 p.m. Salem Church
Service
7 p.m. Senior Center Redo
7 p.m. CARPC Live
9 p.m. Honor Flight at
Senior Center
10 p.m. Ellis Manufacturing
at Historical Society
Friday, Jan. 15
7 a.m. Skip Jones at
Senior Center
Senior Center
3 p.m. Why We Love the
Packers at Senior Center
Center
5 p.m. 2014 Wildcats
Football
8:30 p.m. Why We Love
the Packers at Senior Center
10 p.m. Incontinence Talk
at Senior Center
11 p.m. 3 Rs at Senior
Center
Saturday, Jan. 16
8 a.m. Common Council
Committee of the Whole from
Jan. 11
11 a.m. Why We Love the

Football
4:30
p.m.
Ellis
Manufacturing at Historical
Society
6 p.m. Common Council
Jan. 11
Center
Sunday, Jan. 17
7 a.m. Hindu Cultural Hour
9 a.m. Resurrection
Church
10 a.m. Salem Church
Service
Noon
Common Council
Jan. 11
4:30
p.m.
Ellis
Society
6 p.m. Common Council
Jan. 11
Center
Monday, Jan. 18
Senior Center
Senior Center
Center
Football
9 p.m. Hindu Cultural Hour
at Senior Center
Center
Tuesday, Jan. 19
at Senior Center
10 a.m.Zumba Gold
Center
2 p.m.Zumba Gold
Senior Center
Center
6 p.m. Resurrection Church
Senior Center
Wednesday, Jan. 20
Senior Center
Senior Center
5 p.m. CARPC from Jan.
14
7 p.m. Capital City Band

at Senior Center
Center
Thursday, Jan. 21
at Senior Center
8 a.m.Zumba Gold
Center
Senior Center
Center
6 p.m. Salem Church
Service
7 p.m. CARPC Meeting Live
Senior Center
10 p.m.
Ellis
Society
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
livelifetogether.com
Sunday: 9 a.m.
FITCHBURG MEMORIAL UCC
5705 Lacy Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 273-1008
memorialucc.org
Pastor Phil Haslanger
Sunday: 8:15 and 10 a.m. Worship
Sunday School: 10:15 a.m.
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
(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.
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After making some initial determinations, they said they talk with Epic founder and CEO Judy Dvorak to finalize the
choices.
Shes invested in both the giving philosophy and the decision making at the
Verona level, Thompson said. Shes a
community member here too and shes
very invested.
There is no set amount the group has
to work with, Peterson noted, and they
instead focus on the goals that were
trying to achieve.
Sometimes we just get really good
requests and we decide to do something
a little more than we gave the previous
year, she said.
This year, the projects included $25,000
in operating support for the Badger Prairie
Needs Network, $15,833 for the librarys
literacy program, $12,000 for automated
entry doors at the senior center, a $2,620
alcohol risks program for students at Badger Ridge and Core
Knowledge middle schools and $10,000
for expanding wireless service to VASD
families that do not currently have it.
Kloepping said Epic deserves more recognition than it gets for the funding.
Every year they tell us that, We give
because we want to give, we dont need
you to be filling out thank yous or
posting grant forms or reports, we dont
want any recognition, she said. They
deserve the recognition for that. We simply
cant thank them enough for what theyre
giving to our students.
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Peterson and Thompson said a committee of employees meets a few times each
year to discuss potential community funding. For the city and the VASD grants, they
have a schedule down with those groups to
Jen Peterson, Epic human resources

employee and grant committee member
Country View Elementary

School secretary Amelia
McConnell led a group of
fourth- and fifth-graders in a
Zumba dance with glow-inthe-dark accessories at the
schools assembly earlier
this month. Students followed up the dance with the
themes for their greatness
goals, including persistence
and cooperation. Later in
the assembly, music teacher
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The Epic employees, who said they have

both worked on the grant program for at
least seven years, said the process has
become smoother the longer weve been
in Verona.
We did have a hard time figuring out
what were the right things to give to (when
we first moved here), Peterson said. (Bill
Burns) gets all these requests and helps
sort through them a little bit.
Burns and VASD public information
officer Kelly Kloepping, who began in
her position in 2014, both said requestors
come to them mostly understanding what
Epic is looking for.
Generally, if a departments considering requesting a couple of different things
we might discuss (what is best for Epics
goals), Burns said.
While the at-risk focus wasnt as clear
when the grants began in 2006, the overall
community-minded mission was the same
as it is today.
When we moved out here to Verona
one of the things that was really important
to us is that essentially were a part of the
Verona community, Peterson said. We
wanted to make sure that were a good
community member.
Department Initiative Fund

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support
Fire
Fitness $19,100
equipment
Police
Fingerprint $16,085
capture
Library
Literacy $15,833
Senior Center
Automated $12,000

entry doors
VASD
Wireless $10,000

service plan
New Century
Everyday $9,448
Mathematics
curriculum
Pre-K
Parental $8,796
involvement
BRMS/CKCS Alcohol risks $2,620
Part of the community
2015 grants
In 2015 alone, Epic provided nearly

$118,000 to the two governmental entities
to fund programs that would be difficult
to fund through our normal budget process, Burns said.
The grants focus on helping at-risk
populations, two Epic representatives told
the Press. Both said selecting the grants
is a rewarding process for the group of
employees involved.
Theres a selfless element where we
want to do good and we want to give back
and weve been blessed with a successful
organization thats doing good work across
the world, quality assurance employee
Tim Thompson said. We want to bring
that success back.
The city and school district submit
requests each year after seeking them out
from their departments or sites, and often
by the time theyre sent to Epic theyre
mostly whittled down to those that focus
on the companys purpose with the grants.
We really try to focus on those that
we think are maybe the most at risk, said
human resources employee Jen Peterson.
The company, which also donates to
nonprofits and other groups around Dane
County, wants to make the process as simple as possible for its two partners here in
Verona.
Our relationship with not-for-profits
and with the local Verona community is
a little different, Thompson explained.
We dont want to necessarily have school
districts ... jump through a whole bunch of
hoops to get what they need.
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Boys hockey
Cats back
to .500 in
Big 8
Anthony Iozzo
Assistant sports editor
The Verona Area High

School boys basketball
team got back on track
with a 90-78 win at Madison La Follette Friday,
snapping a four-g ame losing streak.
The Wildcats are 5-0
when scoring 80 points or
more, and the offense was
once again able to have a
big night as seniors Cole
Schmitz and Kwan Clements had monster games
with 33 and 32 points,
respectively.
Verona (5-6 overall, 4-4
Big Eight) grabbed a six
point lead at halftime and
followed with a 47-41
advantage in the second
half, and much of the damage was done by Clements
and Schmitz, who combined to outscore La Follette 16- 12 from the freethrow line.
Junior Nathaniel Buss
added nine points for
Verona.
Sophomore Anthony
West led the Lancers with
30.
La Follette fell to 1-9
overall, 0-7 conference.
The Wildcats host Sun
Prairie (8-3, 5-2) at 7:30
p.m. Thursday and travel
to the Just-A-Game Fieldhouse in the Wisconsin
Dells at 6:30 p.m. Saturday to take on non-conference Sussex-Hamilton.
Middleton (10-0, 7-0)
leads the Big Eight Conference.
Big Eight
Team
W-L
Middleton 7-0
Madison Memorial 6-2
Sun Prairie
5-2
Janesville Craig
4-3
Verona 4-4
Madison West
3-4
Beloit Memorial
2-5
Janesville Parker
1-6
Madison La Follette 0-7
Photo by Mary Langenfeld
Veronas Zach Ritter competes with Middletons Braxton Walby for control of the puck on Saturday. The Wildcats lost the Big Eight Conference game 3-1.
Cats fall to second-ranked Middleton

Verona gives up fluky
goal, have another waved
off against Cardinals
Jeremy Jones
Sports editor
Something had to give Saturday

evening when the Verona boys
hockey team hosted the secondranked Middleton Cardinals.
While both teams entered the
Big Eight showdown undefeated
in conference, it was the Cardinals
that improved to 15-0-0 overall
and 8-0-0 in conference last weekend with a 3-1 victory inside the
Verona Ice Arena.
Verona gave up a fluky goal in
the first period and had an apparent game-changing goal waved off
in the second period after losing
the teams top defenseman.
Senior defenseman Zach Lanz
appeared to take a shoulder to the
head and then hit his helmet on
the ice early in the second period.
He was helped off the ice almost

immediately after the check an
taken to a local ER.
We had to dig deep on the
bench, Wildcats head coach Joel
Marshall said. It was definitely
a setback and we struggled on the
bench a bit defensively having to
kill off all those penalties in the
second period.
The Wildcats, however,
appeared to take the lead following a Zach Ritter roughing penalty
when defenseman Noah Maurer
fought through traffic in front of
the Cardinals net and poked a loose
puck between the legs of Middleton goaltender Tony Wuesthofen.
The ref came over and told
me the puck never went in and he
lost sight of it, Marshall said. It
looked like from the bench it was
between his legs and the goalie
spun around after it crossed the
goal line. But regardless, we have
to capitalize on the odd-man-rushes and point-blank chances we had
in the first and third period to win
these kind of games.
Instead, Middleton defenseman

Zach Heidl scored what would
prove to be the game-winner 10
1/2 minutes into the second period via a power-play goal through
a screen in front of Verona senior
goaltender Nathan Cleghorn.
I didnt see the puck until the
last second, Cleghorn said. I
need to be fighting through the
crowds, though. Thats just part of
the game and I just need to learn
how to make those saves.
The Wildcats spent the remaining 8 1/2 minutes of the second
period killing off four penalties,
including a 5-on-3.
We were very confident that
we had the ability to win this game
going into the second intermission, Cleghorn said. It was a
huge momentum shift for us killing off that 5-on-3. We knew we
could compete with them and just
wanted to give it all we had.
Cardinal forward Griffin Gussell added an insurance goal a
little under 9 1/2 minutes into the
third period. Davis Bunz moved
the puck around the net and then

centered the puck to Gussell in the
slot where he powered the puck
into the back of the net.
Ritter tried to rally the Wildcats
over the final 2 1/2 minutes centering a pass to Josh Novotny in the
slot, stealing and wristing another
shot on goal and shooting wide of
the net.
Verona pulled Cleghorn with
1:32 left only to have to put him
back in the game 24 seconds later
for a faceoff in the Wildcats zone.
He was pulled again with 55 seconds remaining, but Verona was
unable to score.
Wuesthofen stopped 15 of 16
shots on goal in the win, while
Cleghorn posted 31 saves on 34
shots in the loss after allowing a
fluky first period goal.
Middleton Colin Butler scored
the games first goal 7 1/2 minutes
into the first period after Cleghorn
lost his stick.
I got distracted when I lost my
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Wrestling
Win over Watertown salvages fifth for Cats at Verona Duals

Anthony Iozzo
Photo by Anthony Iozzo
Senior Dom Sabbarese (170) goes for a pin against

Watertowns James Sippel in the final match at the 13th
annual Verona Duals. Sabbarese pinned Sippel in 1 minute,
47 seconds and finished with three wins on the day.
Saturdays 13th annual Verona Area

High School Dual invite was the first
time the Wildcats were in action since
Dec. 19, and the layoff showed as the
Wildcats started the meet with four
losses.
Verona fell 49-2 4 to Darlington/
Black Hawk ranked No. 12 in Division 3 57- 18 to Cedarburg, 67-7 to
Oconomowoc and 57-24 to Lake Geneva Badger to open the duals.
That set up the final dual against
Watertown as the de facto fifth-p lace
match, and the Wildcats were able to

build off the rest of the day in a 54-14
win.
Verona lost the first match, as senior
Egill Hegge (145) was edged 10-8 by
Clayton Goodman, but rattled off six
straight pins.
Senior Ryan Weiss (152) pinned
Jason Reince in 1 minute, 43 seconds,
and sophomore Reagan Stauffer (160)
pinned Larry Jenne in 3:50. Senior
Dom Sabbarese (170) and freshman
Jeremy Grimm (182) both added pins.
Sabbarese won in 1:47 over James Sippel, and Grimm won in 3:38 over Bryan Schauer.
After a double forfeit at 19-5, senior

Garrison Stauffer (220) pinned Stephen Maule in 1:02, and senior Zach
Edwards (heavyweight) added a pinfall over Alex Nachtigall in 28 seconds.
The Wildcats forfeited at 106
pounds, but freshman Zakh Kalifatadi
(113) came back with a pin over Dayton Pierick in 1:40. Senior Austin Powers (132) and junior Brandon Daniels
(138) added forfeit wins.
Daniels finished undefeated on the
day. He knocked off Darlingtons
Alexis Cruz by pinfall in 1:45 and
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Gymnastics
Cats keep pace with

Cardinals in Big 8
Anthony Iozzo
The Verona Area High

School girls basketball team
knocked off Sun Prairie 56-
45 Thursday and Madison
Memorial 67-52 Saturday to
keep pace with Middleton in
the Big Eight Conference.
The Wildcats (11-2 overall, 9-1 Big Eight Conference) have won four straight
after a one-point loss against
non-c onference Edgewood
on Dec. 21, and they have
now won seven straight conference games since falling
to Middleton on Nov. 24.
Verona will attempt to
continue both streaks at
7:30 p.m. Friday at Madison
West.
Verona 56, Sun Prairie 45

The Wildcats led by five
at halftime Thursday and
never allowed the Cardinals to get into an offensive
rhythm in the win.
Senior Grace Mueller and
junior Alex Luehring both
scored 20 points to lead
Verona.
Sophomore Jayda Jansen
scored 21 points for Sun
Prairie.
Verona 67, Memorial 52

A seven-point lead at
Big Eight
Team
W-L
Middleton 9-0
Verona
9-1
Janesville Craig
7-2
Janesville Parker
5-4
Sun Prairie
5-4
Madison Memorial 4-6
Madison La Follette 3-6
Madison East
3-6
Madison West
1-8
Beloit Memorial
0-9
halftime was more than
enough for the visiting
Wildcats Saturday, and
they added to it with a
37-29 advantage in the second half.
Senior Sydney Stroud
picked up 23 points for the
Spartans, both only four
other girls picked up points
as Verona held control for
the full game.
Luehring led the Wildcats with 22 points, while
Mueller added 14. Seniors
Kira Opsal and Cheyenne
Trilling added 10 and nine
points, respectively, and
senior Heather Rudnicki
picked up seven.
Girls hockey
Lynx tied a half game back of

Beloit with win over Thunder
Jeremy Jones
Sports editor
The Middleton girls

hockey co-op cruised to a
7-1 Badger Conference win
over the rival Baraboo coop Tuesday inside Madison
Ice Arena.
Lizzy Conybear and
Julia Dragoo each scored a
pair of goals in the win.
The game saw five different Metro Lynx goal scorers as McKenzie Imhoff,
Maddie McClimon and Isabelle Peterson all chipped
in one goal as well.
Erin Webb posted 19
saves in the win only
allowing a goal to Lexie
OConnor late in the third
period with the Lynx leading 6-0 at that point.
Gabby Christensen
stopped 53 shot in the loss.
Badger
Team
Beloit co-op
Sun Prairie co-op
Middleton co-op
Viroqua co-op
Baraboo co-op
Stoughton co-op
W-L
5-1
4-1
4-1
2-2
1-5
0-6
Lynx 0, Arrowhead 0
The Metro Lynx and
Arrowhead skated to a
scoreless draw Friday evening inside the Madison Ice
Arena.
Freshman goaltender
Gwen Parker posted 23
saves for the Metro Lynx,
while Abbey Weisrock
stopped 36 for the Warhawks.
Photo by Evan Halpop
Verona/Madison Edgewood gymnast Vanessa Wagner competes during the floor routine Saturday at the Mount Horeb Invitational. The
Wildcat/Crusaders finished fourth.
Queoff post team-best finish at Mt. Horeb, girls beat Craig

Jeremy Jones
Sports editor
The Verona/Madison
Edgewood gymnastics
team got some bad news
last week, learning that
2015 state qualifier Maddie Molitor will likely not
return to the lineup this
year.
Unfortunately, her injury isnt healing as planned,
so we will be without her
for the rest of the season,
head coach Rachael Hauser
said.
Despite the news, the
season resumed as the
Wildcat/Crusaders evened
their Big Eight Conference
record and finished fourth
out of seven teams Saturday in the White Division
of the Mount Horeb Invitational.
Mount Horeb Invitational

Verona senior Kirsten
Queoff posted a team-best
fourth-place finish on the
balance beam, scoring an
8.60. Her 8.60, which tied
for 18th place, led the Wildcat/Crusaders on the floor.
Kirsten has worked a
lot on her beam since the
beginning of season, and
she is definitely looking
very confident and solid
on the event, V/ME head
coach Rachael Hauser said.
It was her best routine
of the year, but weve

only had three meets so
far.Kirsten is also working
on upgrading the difficulty
of some of her tumbling for
floor, so we should see her
scores start to climb on that
event as well.
Lauren Samz finished
two spots later in fifth
place, tying Watertown
junior Rebecca Leinstock
for fifth an 8.550. Samz
led the Wildcat/Crusaders
on the uneven bars, taking
seventh with an 8.225 and
on vault with an 8.525 for
10th place.
Senior Mandy Michuda
finished as the teams highest all-around competitor,
taking 12th with a 33.225.
Whitefish Bay won
the division with 34.450
points, while Sun Prairie
(35.850) and Middleton
(33.325) rounded out the
top three. Verona/Madison
Edgewood finished next
half a point ahead of Madison West with a 32.750.
Im not surprised
that Sun Prairie is beating Middleton, Hauser
said. They have a very
solid team and have added
senior Isabelle Castleberg
to their varsity lineup (a
former level 8 from Gymfinity/Madtown).
I believe they also put
up some higher scores
than Middleton last season
as well, but with them not

being in our sectional
again this year, they wont
be a threat to Middleton
in terms of qualifying to
state.
VME 123.175,
Janesville Craig 107.575
Despite a few competitors out with minor injuries, the Wildcat/Crusaders had little trouble at
Janesville Craig last week.
Michuda led a sweep of
the top four spots on the
balance beam and floor
exercise Thursday as V/
ME dominated the host
Cougars 123.175-107.575.
Michuda claimed all
four rotations to claim
the varsity all-around title
with a combined 34.625
points. She led a sweep of
the top four spots on the
balance beam with a 9.10,
while Samz, who was out
of the lineup on everything except beam, finished a close second with
a 9.050.
The Verona senior also
won the floor exercise
with a 8.775. Queoff took
second place in 8.675.
Michuda went on to
claim the uneven bars
with an 8.65, while she
(8.10) and Emelia Lichty
(7.875) finished 1-2 on the
vault.
Emma McGuire finished third as a varsity allaround led by a 7.30 on

the vault.
Irena Clarkowski won
the JV balance beam,
Vanessa Wagner took the
floor exercise and Savannah Rodriguez claimed the
vault as V/ME defeated
Janesville Craig 92.07566.40.
Scores at Janesville
meets are typically inconsistent with what we see
in the Madison area, so
its hard to compare this
meets scores with other
duals, but looking only
at performance from a
coachs perspective, I was
impressed with how some
of our newer team members stepped up to fill in
holes in the lineup, Hauser said.
One standout was Irena
Clarkowskis beam.
Although she was competing on the JV team, she
hit her routine and put up
an 8.0, which was higher
than some of the varsity
girls.
Verona/Madison Edgewood returns to conference action at 6 p.m.
Thursday at Prairie Phoenix Academy against Sun
Prairie. The girls follow
that up at the Madison
East Invitational at 19
a.m. Saturday.
Boys swimming
Verona/Mount Horeb swims to eight-place finish at Marquette invite, split Craig triple dual
Jeremy Jones
Sports editor
The Verona Area Mount

Horeb boys swimming
team traveled to the Marquette Invitational on Saturday to face several of
the top ranked Division 1
teams in the state.
And for the most part,
the Wildcats held their
own, posting 17 of 24 season best times in individual
events as a team en route to
an eighth-place finish out
of 22 teams.
Big Eight rival Madison
West (319), ranked third on
the states Wisconsin Interscholastic Swim Coaches
Associations Division 1
poll, finished more than
70 points ahead of sixthranked Brookfield (247) to
take home top honors.
The Waukesha South
co-op rounded out the top
three a half-point ahead
of Chicago Fenwick (Ill.)
215.5-215.
Middleton (179) and
eighth-ranked Sauk Prairie (149) finished fifth and

seventh, respectively.
Senior Preston Vesely
moved up from 10th to
seventh in the 50 freestyle
with a time of 22.4 and
from 13th to fourth in the
100 backstroke in 55.13
seconds.
The Wildcats 200 free
relay of freshman Shane
Rozeboom, juniors Bryce
Hoppe, Zeke Sebastian and
Jacob Wellnitz matched
the team-best fourth-place
finish in 1:33.23.
Senior Bryce Angaran,
Vesely, Rozeboom and
Wellnitz placed fifth in
the 400 free with a time of
3:22.75.
Hoppe added a seventhplace finish in the 100
breaststroke (1:05.01),
while Angaran placed eight
in the 100 free (49.94) and
100 back (55.57).
Junior Zeke Sebastian
dropped 6 seconds and
moved up from 26th to
14th in the 200 free. He
also dropped 6 seconds

Vesely was the first
and moved up from 19th to Wildcat to claim a victory,
16th in 500 free.
taking the 50-yard freestyle over Spartan senior
Craig triple dual
Ben Gebhart in 22.70.
Angaran capped the
Vesely and Angaran won
the Wildcats lone varsity meet with a season best
event Friday at the Janes- time of 56 seconds flat for
first place in the 100 backville Craig triple dual.
While Verona took care stroke. Angaran had season
of the host Cougars, 106- bests in the 50 free, taking
64, top-ranked Madison fourth in 23.22.
VA/MH freshman Aidan
Memorial rolled through
the competition, beating Updegrove was the only
Verona 125-45 and Janesville Craig 136-34.
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Swimming: Wildcats fall to

Spartans in triple dual
other swimmer not on the
Spartans squad to claim
victory, taking the JV 500
free.
Freshman Brady Wagner highlighted the JV
side of the meet for Verona with season bests in the

50 and 500 free by over 2
minutes.
Veronas JV team fell
130-37 to Memorial, while
defeating Craig 90-55.
Hockey: Verona shuts out

Eastside Lakers at home
Photo by Anthony Iozzo
Co-head coach Bob Wozniak (right) and assistant coach Jeff Harman take notes and watch matches Saturday during the 13th annual
Verona Duals at Verona Area High School.
Wrestling: Varsity reserve travels to challenge series

defeated Cedarburgs Josh
Hickey 4-2. Daniels added
a 15-2 major decision over
Oconomowocs Sawyer St.
George and a pin over Badgers Nate Otero in 1:50.
Weiss and Sabbarese
added two other wins. Sabbarese pinned Darlingtons
Tyler Mosley in 3:28 and
defeated Oconomowocs
Nick Fiorita 4-2 . Weiss
pinned Darlingtons Lance
Ubersox in 1:46 and Badgers Bradley Mitchell in
1:42.
Oconomowoc won the
meet with a 50 record,
while Lake Geneva Badger
was second at 41 . Cedarburg finished 32, and Darlington/Black Hawk was
23.
Verona travels to the
Chippewa Falls invite at
9:30 a.m. Saturday.
Challenge Series
in Middleton
Junior Brandon Daniels (138) shakes hands after a dual with Lake Geneva Badger Saturday at the
13th annual Verona Duals. Daniels finished undefeated on the day, as the Wildcats took fifth out of six
The varsity reserve trav- teams.
Evansville 54, Verona 22

The Wildcats hosted Evansville/Albany
o n T u e s d a y i n a n o n -
conference dual and fell
54-22.
2013 Verona Area High

School graduate Alex
Mathson, a junior at Carleton College (Northfield,
Minn.), won three individual events, last Friday touching the wall first in the
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events against Gusties
Wozniak said that the lineup is starting to get healthy

again, but he added that he
does not know when Johnson will be back.
We have some young
guys on the team that are
inexperienced. But we are
getting closer to filling the
lineup, and our guys that
are experienced are wrestling well, Wozniak said.
Wozniak also said that
at this point in the season
Garrison Stauffer, Daniels
and Sabbarese are beginning to show signs of making a run to sectionals and
have chances at making
state in their respective
weight classes.
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(4:59.84),
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a 182-106
win over
Gustavus
Adolphus
College.
The biggest win for

Verona was a 4-1 decision by Daniels (138) over
sophomore Nolan Kicmol,
who is ranked No. 2 in
Division 2.
Garrison Stauffer (220)
added a pin, while Powers
(132) added a major decision.
Sabbarese (170) also
picked up a decision, while
freshman Jono Herbst won
by forfeit at 106.
Verona forfeited 113 and
120 pounds due to some
guys not feeling well in the
lineup, and senior Trayvonn Johnson is still not
wrestling with the team.
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Recob added pins over

Stoughtons Jack True in
4 minutes and Stoughtons
Marcus Martingilio in 4:23.
Senior Matthew Maier (138) also went 3- 2 to
take seventh. He pinned
Madison La Follettes Josh
Ryckman in 2:48 in the
place match, and he added pins over Middletons
Mitchell Culver in 1:46 and
Elkhorns Brandon Constable in 59 seconds.
Team
Middleton
Verona
Sun Prairie
Janesville
Madison Memorial
Madison West
Beloit Memorial
East/La Follette
Juniors Jacob Keyes,

Braeden Schindler, sophomore Riley Frieburg,
senior Zach Ritter, Anderson and Novotny all collected goals in the win.
In two games against
the Lakers (0-12-0 overall, 0-8-0 conference), the
Wildcats (9-6-1, 7-1-0)
have won a combined 18-0
this season.
Verona senior Alex
Jones stopped two shots
on goal before giving way
to junior AJ Augello, who
turned away four shots
over the final two periods.
Sean Gross had 55 saves
for the Eastside Lakers.
Verona 7,
The Wildcats travel to
Madison
Ice Arena at 8
Eastside Lakers 0
p.m. Friday to face MadiThe Wildcats had six son Memorial. The Spard i f f e r e n t g o a l s c o r e r s tans (10-5-0) are 4-5 in
Tuesday as they topped conference this season.
the Eastside Lakers 7-0 at
home.
eled to Middleton for a

Wisconsin Challenge Series
qualifier Saturday and had
three wrestlers finish in the
top eight.
Senior Noah Currier
(145) led the way with a
third place. Currier won
a n 8 - 0 m a j o r d e c i s i o n
over Mount Horebs Max
Gregory in the third-place
match. He also added a 6-2
win over Middletons Remmington Lockwood and a
pin over Beloit Turners
Carlin Burk in 51 seconds.
Sophomore heavyweight
Jordan Recob went 3-2 en
route to a seventh-place
finish, including a pin over
Miltons Tony Hernandez
in 3:13 in the place match.
Big Eight
stick and couldnt grab

it up, Cleghorn said. I
should have been more
focused on the puck and
hugging the post there. It
was unfortunate that they
scored.
There is nothing I can
do about it now but learn
from it.
Junior defenseman Jeff
Bishop answered with a
Verona even-strength goal
7 minutes later.
We wanted to prove to
Wisconsin that were a top
10 team, Cleghorn said.
We want another conference banner on the wall.
Knowing that Middleton
was undefeated and ranked
No. 2, it just made us a lot
more focused and energized to go out and win.
The Wildcats could still
end up sharing the title if
they win out.
I feel like we could still
tie for conference, Cleghorn said. Weve just got
to win out. But our ultimate goal is to make it to
state and win it.
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Boundaries: Long-term plans include new
What they said
Nine parents and young students

shared their thoughts on the potential GE
changes before the board cast its vote.
Heres some of what they said:
elementary school to south of city
I have looked forward to

the many things that make
fifth-grade special at our
school such as safety patrol,
the bazaar and being the
leaders at our school.
Renee Zook, was approved on a 6-1 vote

Monday night at the school board meeting
after plenty of discussion over the past two
months.
The decision comes because GE is 100 students above its capacity after a large kindergarten class entered this year, putting pressure on the schools related arts programs,
common spaces and even its technology lab,
which was turned into a regular classroom
this year.
The plan was an updated version of the
Tincher Plan, named for a parent who proposed a similar, but somewhat more complicated idea. The majority of board members
saw it as the least disruptive option.
As a kindergartner, to go to a new school,
theyre already going to a new school,
board member Joanne Gauthier said. Country Views a great school. To me theres a
huge difference in taking a kindergartner
and sending them to a new school at Country
View than taking a fifth-grader and sending
them to middle school.
Moving fourth or fifth grade out of the
school was the other main option the board
considered Monday, after quickly deciding
against a last-minute idea to simply do nothing for next year and use new class-size flexibility to solve the space crunch.
After parents and young students spoke
during the audience portion and asked further questions during the boards own discussion board president Dennis Beres assured
parents a long-term plan was coming, and
implored those that have been so involved
in this discussion to remain involved in the
coming months.
The important thing to remember for
everybody is that as we focus on this narrow problem, this is not the end of it, its
the beginning, Beres said. Try and stay
engaged with us as we go through this process of making a long-term solution.
Lily Wepking, GE fourth-grader
The simplest decision is

not necessarily the easiest
decision to make. These are
kids. They are not a column
on a spreadsheet to move
from one place to another.
Stacy Wepking, GE parent
Photo by Scott Girard
Sophia Petta speaks to the school board Monday.
There would be fourth- and/or fifth-grade students who could

see an elementary school outside their bedroom window, but
would not be allowed to attend that school.
Tracy Grabowski, Hawthorne Hills parent on behalf of 77 neighborhood residents
I just would worry about the effects on those (fourth- or

fifth-grade) kiddos socially and emotionally and eventually
academically.
Kurt Knueve, GE teacher
Fifth-grade is truly a magical year. Its beautiful to see the

leadership that comes out in kids that I would hate to see missed
if they were pulled from the school early.
Sarah Stremlow, GE teacher and parent
Space saved
(The Zook Plan is) the least disruptive in terms of affecting the
fewest number of students and keeps the excellent Glacier Edge
K through 5 community intact.
Cindi Krause, GE parent reading letter with 90 signatures
I feel like this would take a lot of important experiences away

from my sister, who is in fourth grade, if they got moved.
Emma Petta, SOMS sixth-grader
Ive watched my big sisters and her friends have a difficult

transition to middle school. Im not ready to go through that.
Sophia Petta, GE fourth-grader
(The Zook Plan) does not keep Scenic Ridge together. If youre
going to send my kids to Country View, thats not even close to
me.
Melissa Martiz, Scenic Ridge parent with a future kindergartner
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The plan will likely lower the attendance

by at least 26 students in kindergarten for
the 2016-17 school year, based on the number of incoming kindergartners in the Scenic
Ridge and Cathedral Point neighborhoods
without a sibling at GE, VASD superintendent Dean Gorrell said.
But those are just how many they know
of. Unless the child is enrolled in the districts 4K or the family filled out a census
card, the district has no way of knowing
exactly how many students to expect in any
kindergarten class.
That means going with the Zook Plan risks
not offering much relief in its first year as
moving an entire grade level out. But, as Zook
pointed out, it will be an increasing relief as
the years go on until a new school is built.
We have large numbers of 2- and 3-yearolds in the Scenic Ridge and Cathedral
Point neighborhoods, she said. The relief
grows over time and it really gives the staff
more time to look at what are best practices
with the number of kiddos in their school.
Her plan was based on an earlier proposal
the board had considered the Tincher plan
that would have awarded priority enrollment to students in the Two Way Immersion program, those with siblings at the
school and those within walking distance.
Any other space would have been filled
with a lottery, which Zook said concerned
her from a legal standpoint.
Though her plan violated the guiding
principle of keeping neighborhoods together, she felt that the consistency of every
elementary school being K-5 around the
district was more important.
Five other board members ultimately sided with Zook, with Tom Duerst being the
lone vote against the plan. Duerst supported
moving fifth-graders to CV, which he said
was a clean plan.
(The Zook Plan) keeps it kind of messy
in the politics of things, Duerst said.
After more discussion, it became clear
other board members disagreed.
Im ready for a motion, Duerst said
with a smile. Im quite certain Im going to
lose, but Im ready for a motion.
Parental pleas
Likely contributing to the votes of the six
in the majority were the emails the board
received in recent weeks asking them to
not move fourth- or fifth-graders out of the
VAIS moving to
Stoner Prairie
The board also agreed Monday,
without a formal vote, that Verona
Area International School should
move entirely to Stoner Prairie
Elementary School.
VAIS is currently split between SP
and Savanna Oaks Middle School.
The K-5 Chinese immersion charter
school is also hoping to establish
some sort of Chinese presence at the
middle school level for its students
to continue their language learning
at that level, though it has not been
decided how they could do that yet.
school. Eight of the nine people who spoke
during the audience portion Monday echoed
that sentiment.
But one parent, Melissa Martiz, asked to
board to reconsider its decision not to move
the Two Way Immersion program.
Its not a choice for me to send my child
to kindergarten, said Martiz. But it is a
choice if all of these kids are coming in from
Fitchburg, other places, to send their kids to
go in the Spanish immersion program.
Martiz told the board she moved to Scenic
Ridge three years ago specifically to send her
child to GE. Now, just before he is set to go
there next year that has changed.
She continued to plead with the board during its discussion, when audience members
are generally not allowed to speak, but the
board listened and board members acknowledged the negative side of any decision.
Unfortunately its not going to please
everyone what we do, said Gauthier. We
have to take into consideration whats best
for the kids.
Board president Dennis Beres tried to
reassure Martiz and another parent from the
neighborhood who asked questions that all of
the districts schools are good.
Country View is not a hell-hole, he said
to laughs from the audience.
Beres and board member Amy Almond
took a more serious tone to the idea later in
the meeting.
Our staff is amazing everywhere,
Almond said. I have a lot of faith in that,
and I hope you will find that, too.
Long-term plans
The short-term decision on GE ties into
the districts long-term plans, with a referendum for a new school building expected
by April 2017 at the latest and possibly
this year.
While administrators and board members have not yet committed to it being an
elementary school, instead wanting to wait
for a long-term planning process to play
out this year, they acknowledged Monday
that if it is an elementary school, another
transition is coming. The future elementary
school, whenever its built, will be located
to the south of the City of Verona on the
recently purchased Herfel property, which
is adjacent to the Cathedral Point and Scenic Ridge neighborhoods.
At some point, a new elementary school
will open and the children who are newbies now will be oldies at Country View,
Gorrell reminded the board. While theres
not a transition today or next year, there
will be at some point.
If the referendum is in April of next year,
Gorrell said a school could be expected to
open in fall of 2019.
The board changed its scheduled Feb. 1
meeting from a regular meeting to a work
session, where it can focus on one topic
and have broader discussions but will not
take any votes.
That meeting will start at 6 p.m. and
focus on long-term planning, with board
members expected to discuss timing for
a referendum and what sort of planning
group they want from the community.
Though he did not get his way Monday
night, Duerst still thinks children will be
resilient enough to go through any changes, as long as the adults are.
This is really an adult issue, he said.
No matter what plan gets voted on and
how its approved, if the adults handle it
well, the kids will handle it well.
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Matts: Council cites due diligence in seeking renovation bids

options on the property it bought last
spring for $150,000.
Generally, in principle, I favor the
open bid process, because I feel like
thats the most fair to everyone, Ald.
Luke Diaz (Dist. 3) explained. There
were a lot of good ideas tonight.
Those ideas were presented in a
Committee of the Whole meeting that
relaxed some formalities in exchange
for not allowing any official action.
No official action was needed, however, for staff to start a process called
a request for proposal, or RFP.
City administrator Bill Burns told
the Press after the meeting he was
aiming for that to take about three
weeks, including some time for alders
to add other suggestions and to run
the draft by the mayor and possibly through the Plan Commission or
Community Development Authority,
two public bodies that might have
interest in the criteria the council
would place the most weight on.
Far atop that list of criteria mentioned, predictably, was that the structure be preserved somehow. And that
alone, regardless of how much the
local historical society would like to
be in charge of the restoration, is a
victory for the group, whose save-thehouse efforts Jesse Charles has led
since last August, when the Common
Council leaned toward tearing the
building down.
Im hopeful, said Ald. Mac
McGilvray (D-1). Because I know
where we started with this, when we
started talking, and I wasnt very
hopeful at all for that building.
Multiple choice
information.
McGilvray suggested looking into
a private-nonprofit partnership such
as a restaurant on the main floor and a
museum on the top level. That might
not fit the welcome center idea, but
it would help ensure the building is
maintained without relying on the
inconsistent nature of donations.
Im concerned about its longevity
beyond (the initial restoration), Ald.
Evan Touchett said. What is it going
to take to keep the building healthy?
... Im worried that the building will
fall into disrepair and the city will
need to step in and save it again.
A commercial venture, he noted,
could also fail, though its likely
any sale, to a nonprofit or for-profit,
would include a right of first refusal
for the city to recover the property.
Reasonable expectations
Another concern Rost and some
alders expressed was that the historical
society might be taking on more than
it realizes, with the citys original estimate of $1.2 million based on professional examination and experience.
Most agreed it could be done for
less, as that was a best-case scenario
with professional work throughout,
but there was some doubt cast on
the historical societys suggestion of
mothballing the second floor for a
future phase which the group estimated would limit the initial need for
donations to under $200,000.
McGilvray, a builder by trade,
suggested that was a bad risk to
take because there are so many
unknowns with a building so old it
didnt have electricity or plumbing
when it was built.
Though Charles pointed out in his
PowerPoint that the group has wellrounded expertise, including a grantwriter and general contractor, McGilvray pointed out that with old buildings, you never know what you might
find.
Rost suggested that this might be
the citys only shot at a private effort.
He said his balky knees dont have
many more of these projects left in
them and there arent a lot of people
like me.
With a maximum value of perhaps
$300,000, he said, hed control costs
by doing most of the work himself.
Restoration is maybe the wrong
word, he said, offering the more
basic concept of renovation.
A month ago, this would have been

an entirely different conversation.
Alders more likely would have been
debating the details of exactly how to
best turn the nonprofits volunteering and fundraising into a sustainable, long-term use and whether the
city would want to offer assistance
with ongoing expenses or staffing.
But in recent weeks, the emergence of
a Town of Verona entrepreneur who
restores old buildings for a living, Troy
Rost, has changed the conversation.
The idea that the city could choose
not only to save the building but to
determine whether it would be better
to have a restaurant, a welcome center or a museum or even possibly all
three had alders excited. But it also
A later date
gave them cause to pause.
I feel like were lucky in some
Though alders respected the historiways that we dont have to rush into cal societys desire to strike while
it, Ald. Jack Linder said. I feel bet- the iron is hot, as Charles put it, they
ter about making a decision with more didnt see the RFP process stretching
out the process excessively. But it

will give them an opportunity to compare more than their gut feelings.
Burns confirmed for them that
unlike a typical city construction project, analyzing the proposals will be
more subjective than just taking the
low bid.
Theyll get a chance to discuss several questions that were raised Monday but not fully answered, such as
what might happen to the already
limited parking when the Verona
Avenue and Main Street intersection
is expanded.
Rost suggested hed be able to
make a restaurant work as hes done
with the Stamm House in Middleton
without much parking, by banking on
the downtowns walkability.
Another question was how a welcome center would tie in with the
soon-to-change distribution of the
citys ever-growing room tax funds.
Currently, the Verona Area Chamber
of Commerce disburses those funds for
tourism according to state law, including their hosting of a small welcome
center. But with changes in that law
going into effect next year, that entity
likely will no longer be in charge of the
welcome center and the city might need
to come up with its own option.
Ald. Brad Stiner (D-3) suggested
that a welcome center/museum would
be quickly filled with interesting and
relevant artifacts from Veronas history, asserting that he has spoken
with many people who are holding
on to such things until there is a good
home for them. The historical society
now has access to a small room in the
library and no other permanent space.
And Charles said that while hosting
tours at Epic, he frequently gets questions about whats fun to do in Verona and would love to point visitors to
a welcome center/museum.
The museum idea also got an
endorsement from a representative of
the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation, Craig Deller, who was mostly
interested in making sure the house is
preserved, and not just as an exterior
shell thats gutted.
If its your last (historic house) ...
you will regret it forever, he said. In
any capacity that the Madison Trust
can help, we will.
As the discussion began to wind
down, VAHS president John Volker,
a former mayor for four terms, made
a last plea to make sure the building is
preserved, to avoid the mistake he
made, voting to allow the destruction
of the Sharpe house on the opposite
corner.
It would make us a really healthy
city, he said.
Police reports
All reports taken from the group was caught sharing a
Verona police log book.
"demeaning" video of a fellow
student through various social
Dec. 1
media.
8:48 a.m. Police removed
a plastic, light-up Santa lawn Dec. 4
ornament from the top of one
8:25 p.m. An 18-year-old
of the basketball hoops at was arrested in the parking
Harriet Park.
lot of the ice arena for smoking marijuana during a VAHS
Dec. 2
hockey game. According to
5:29 p.m. A woman was reports, police smelled maritransported to the hospital juana and forced entry into
with a head injury after a two- the vehicle after the driver
vehicle accident at the inter- refused to unlock the door.
section of Old PB and Whalen Officers subsequently found
Road. According to report, the marijuana, marijuana "wax"
first driver was crossing Old and paraphernalia.
PB at Whalen Road when he
was struck by another vehicle Dec. 6
going southbound on Old PB.
4:19 a.m. A Verona man
8:11 p.m. A Ping golf was cited for disorderly condriver and two packs of beer duct and damage to property
were reported stolen from a after trying to break into a
garage on the 800 block of home he thought was that of
Orchid Court. According to a friend. Police responded to
the owner, the crime occurred a report of a burglary in progbetween 5:30 and 8 p.m.
ress at the 300 block of S.
Shuman Street, setting up a
Dec. 3
perimeter to catch the burglar.
2:09 p.m. Police lectured a The suspect was located in a
group of students at Badger car parked nearby, at which
Ridge Middle School after the point he told police he was
trying to get out of the cold Dec. 8

when he attempted to break
3:09 p.m. Police set up a
in. Police gave the suspect a perimeter in response to a
ride home.
"hold-up" alarm from a bank
on the 100 block of N. Main
Dec. 7
Street. After contacting the
10 a.m. A suspicious staff, it was determined that a
package of white powder was new employee had accidentalturned into police by an Epic ly pressed the "panic" button.
employee at the 1900 block Police said it was the fourth
of Milky Way and later test- false alarm for this location in
ed positive for cocaine. Epic the last year.
advised it would be impossi8:55 p.m. Two VAHS stuble to determine a suspect, as dents were sent home after a
there were no cameras at the fight was reported in K-Wing
particular location where the of the school.
bag was found. The package
was placed in secure storage Dec. 10
for destruction.
1:36 p.m. A VAHS student
1:18 p.m. A group of three was issued a citation for posadults and multiple kids session of marijuana after
allegedly stole clothing from staff notified police that the
the racks at a store on 600 student appeared to be "under
Hometown Circle. According the influence." Police searched
to the report, staff at the store the students backpack with
found old discarded clothing the assistance of the school
at the circular displays after staff and found three brownthe group had left. An analy- ies containing marijuana and
sis of video evidence show an additional empty wrapper.
the members of the group all A parent was notified and
wearing different clothes as picked the student up from
they left than what they were school.
Jacob Bielanski
wearing when they arrived.
Photo submitted
Randy Gerke from Ellis Manufacturing talked at last months

Verona Area Historical Society meeting about the history of the
company in Verona.
VAHS meeting focuses

on preservation
Members of the Verona
Area Historical Society are
continuing to gather information and allies in the
effort to save and restore
the Matts House.
The societys next meeting on Saturday will feature
someone in the area who is
well-versed in historic preservation Randy Glysch,
an Oregon resident who has
led a successful fundraising effort to restore a pump
house in the village, and
turn it into a visitors center.
The meeting is set for 10
a.m. Saturday at the Verona
Area Senior Center.
At last weeks meeting, Jesse Charles who
has led the recent efforts at
restoring the Matts House
talked about recent updates
with that project. He said
the society is nearing
completion on figuring
what the plans for the building would require, saying it
would be much less than
the $1 million figure previously given to the city.
Charles said volunteer
work could be done in
many aspects of the project.
Phase one will be just the
ground floor and essential
fixes. He said the societys
online fundraising site on
youcaring.com is live, and
fundraising materials are
being created.
Dorothy Trotter presented a $25,000 check to
go toward the Matts House
museum, with another half
coming in 2016, Charles
said, in memory of her
husband, Bob, who died in
August.
If you go
What: Verona Area
Historical Society meeting
When: 10 a.m.
Saturday, Jan. 16
Where: Verona Area
Senior Center
Info: 845-7471
meeting, Ellis Manufacturing employees presented

a look at the evolution of
the company and its ties to
Verona and the world of
agriculture and machining.
The company was originally known for manual
planters that were pulled
behind tractors while workers put seedlings into a
planting wheel. Later on,
Ellis shifted their focus to
creating saws, saw blades,
and other manufacturing
equipment.
The company traces its
origins to the Madison Plow
Co. which was organized in
1911. In 1950, D.R. Ellis,
former vice-president of
the Madison Plow Co., purchased a wood structure at
100 Railroad St. in Verona
and began manufacturing
transplanters with the help
of his two sons, Wayne and
Homer.
1960, the company was
incorporated as D.R. Ellis
Manufacturing Company,
Inc.
In December 1978, the
original wood structure
burned down. In 1989, the
company ceased manufacturing transplanters and
changed name of company
History lesson
to Ellis Mfg. Co.
Scott De Laruelle
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(608) 845-7187
335 N. Nine Mound Rd, Verona, WI
53593
Town of Verona Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 AM-2 PM and 8 AM-5PM on
Friday, February 12, 2016
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Monday, February 1, 2016
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Friday, February 12, 2016
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Spring Primary Election,
February 16, 2016
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U.S.citizen, who will be 18 years of age
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ON OR BEFORE ELECTION DAY TO
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application for a Reserve Class B Liquor
license and a Class B Beer license has
been received from Ryan Biechler of Toot
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Main Street, Verona, WI.
Application will be considered by
the City of Verona Public Safety & Welfare Committee on Monday, January 25,
2016 at 5:30 p.m. and by the City of Verona Common Council at 7:00 p.m. at City
Hall, 111 Lincoln Street, Verona, WI.
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MINUTES
COMMON COUNCIL
December 14, 2015
Verona City Hall
1. Mayor Hochkammer called the

meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Roll Call: L. Diaz, E. Doyle, J.
Linder, M. McGilvray, H. Reekie, B. Stiner,
E. Touchett, and D. Yurs. Also in attendance: City Administrator, B. Burns; City
Engineer B. Gundlach; City Planner, A.
Sayre; and Deputy Clerk H. Licht.
4. Public Comment
Chris Barry, 908 Forrest View Dr.,
spoke in opposition of the Planned Unit
Development Concept Plan for Candinas
located at 2435 Old CTH PB in the Town
of Verona.
Anya Holland-Barry, 908 Forrest
View Dr., spoke in opposition of the
Planned Unit Development Concept Plan
for Candinas Located at 2435 Old CTH PB
in the Town of Verona.
Dave Ward, 335 Military Ridge Dr.,
spoke in opposition of the Planned Unit
Development Concept Plan for Candinas
located at 2435 Old CTH PB in the Town
of Verona.
Ken Dixon, 123 Paoli St., spoke in
opposition of Resolution R-15-063 Approving a General Development Plan
(GDP) for a Mixed Use Project Located at
142 Paoli Street.
Tim Kritter, of TKJ Design, spoke
in favor of Resolution R-15-063 Approving a General Development Plan (GDP
) for a Mixed Use Project located at 142
Paoli Street.
Sue Lennon, 127 Paoli St., spoke
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in opposition of Resolution R-15-063

Approving a General Development Plan
(GDP) for a Mixed Use Project located at
142 Paoli Street.
Rachel Holloway, JSD Proffession
Services, spoke in favor of the Planned
Unit Development Concept Plan for Candinas located at 2435 Old CTH PB in the
Town of Verona.
Mike Lennon, 127 Paoli St., spoke
142 Paoli Street.
David Jackson, 303 Military Ridge
Dr., spoke in opposition of the Planned
Town of Verona.
Tim Hagen, 143 Paoli St., spoke
142 Paoli Street.
Lynn Pleuss, 505 Military Ridge
Drive, spoke in opposition of the Planned
Town of Verona.
Roger Roethlesberger, 138 Paoli
St., spoke in opposition of Resolution
R-15-063 Approving a General Development Plan (GDP) for a Mixed Use Project
located at 142 Paoli Street.
Ruth Neff, 151 Paoli St., spoke in
142 Paoli Street.
Julie Miller, 315 Thompson St.,
spoke in opposition of Resolution R-15063 Approving a General Development
Plan (GDP) for a Mixed Use Project located at 142 Paoli Street.
Julie Pechan, 107 Paoli St., spoke
142 Paoli Street.
Paul Aas, 139 Paoli St., spoke in
142 Paoli Street.
5. Approval of Minutes from the November 23, 2015 Common Council Meeting. Motion by Diaz, seconded by Yurs to
approve the minutes. Motion carried 8/0.
6. Mayors Business
7. Administrators Report
8. Engineers Report
North Nine Mound Road
9. Committee Reports
A. Plan Commission
(1) Discussion and Possible Action
Re: Resolution R-15-061 Approving a
Conditional Use Permit to Allow an Indoor Commercial Entertainment Land
Use at 103 South Main Street. Motion by
Linder, seconded by seconded by Diaz
to Approve a Conditional Use Permit to
Allow an Indoor Land Use at 103 South
Main Street. Ald. Diaz asked about parking for the space. Mr. Sayre said they are
still finalizing the details. Motion carried
8/0.
(2) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Resolution R-15-062 Approving a Conditional Use Permit to Allow
an Indoor Commercial Entertainment
Land Use at 807 Liberty Drive. Motion
by Linder, seconded by Yurs to Approve
a Conditional Use Permit to Allow an Indoor Commercial Entertainment Land
Use at 807 Liberty Drive. Motion carried
8/0.
Re: Resolution R-15-063 Approving a
General Development Plan (GDP) for a
Mixed Use Project Located at 142 Paoli
Street. Motion to by Linder, seconded
by Diaz to Deny Resolution R-15-063
(GDP) Mixed Use Project Located at 142
Paoli Street.Mr. Sayre said the developer
has a reduced the number of units to 32
units. Ald. Yurs asked why there was a
future property line. The developer responded that it was for parking purposes
and a possible future split in the property. Ald .Diaz asked if there would be
traffic signals and whether there would
be enhanced pedestrian crossing. Mr.
Gundlach said there would not be traffic signals. Ald. Diaz expressed his opposition to the project because of the
density. Ald. Yurs said he would like to
see a project with a true mixed use. Ald.
Steiner suggested the developer consider townhouses. Ald. Linder said that we
could 18 units with the current ordinance.
With the PUD he would be more comfortable with 24 units. Ald. Touchett believes
that development is not truly mixed use
because of the lot line. Ald. Doyle asked
what the Comprehensive Plan said about
Paoli Street. Mr. Sayre said there isnt
that detail in the plan. Ald. Diaz asked if a
future council could change the Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Sayre said that the plan
could be amended. Mr. Sayre said mixed

use developments are exempt from the
25-50 apartment buildings that the City
can approve each year. Ald. McGilvray
said the density issue was important because it was in an already existing area.
Ald. Diaz asked if there was a possibility
for a setback from Paoli. Mr. Kritter, the
developer, said yes, but it puts it closer to
the neighbors houses. Ald. Doyle asked
if the apartment cap in the City was pushing developers to build mixed use projects in residential areas. Mr. Sayre said
the demand for multi-family housing is
high right now. McGilvrary said he believes the City has enough multi-family
homes. Mr. Burns added that there isnt
any multi-family units allocated for 2016.
Ald. Reekie said she couldnt support
this project because of the large amount
of public comment in opposition. Motion
carried 8/0.
(4) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Resolution-15-064 Approving
a Certified Survey Map to Create Three
Lots Located at the Southwest Corner
of Liberty Drive and Fortune Drive. Motion by Linder, seconded by McGilvray to
Approve a Certified Survey Map to Create Three Lots Located at the Southwest
Corner of Liberty Dive and Fortune Drive.
Motion carried 8/0.
(5) Discussion Re: Planned Unit
Development Concept Plan for Candinas Located at 2435 Old CTH PB in the
Town of Verona. Mr. Sayre mentioned
that the townhouses have been changed
18 units and the walking path has been
removed. Ald. Steiner asked what the
governing jurisdiction was. Mr. Sayre
said that the property is in the Town of
Verona. Mr. Sayre said the project would
be difficult to do in the Town of Verona.
The developer would have to request annexation to the City. Ald. Yurs asked Mr.
Candinas if he was planning on selling
any the property in the future. Mr. Candinas said he doesnt expect to sell the
town homes. Ald. Yurs asked if the circular drive would be private or public. Ald.
Yurs strongly encourages Mr. Candinas
to make the street public or at least build
it to City standards. Ald. Diaz doesnt like
the idea of making it a private street and
believes the City should maintain it. Ald.
Diaz also said he thinks the height of the
buildings were too tall. Ald. Diaz asked if
the project could be moved further from
the property line. Mr. Sayre said that the
challenge moving from the property line
was the placement of the existing chocolate factory. Ald. Stiner had concerns
about the intersection and the turn lanes
into the property. Mr. Gundlach said
that the developer would have to build
the turn lanes and make them match up
to Grandview. Ald. Stiner asked if there
would be a traffic light added at the intersection. Mr. Gundlach said that there
was not enough traffic on Grandview to
warrant a stoplight at that intersection.
Ald. Touchett asked if the entrance lining up with Grandview was required. Mr.
Sayre said that it is required in the plan.
Mr. Gundlach said there would need to
be left turn lanes for safety reasons. Ald.
Doyle said that the developer should continue to work with the neighborhood. Ald.
Reekie said the developer should consider eliminating the residential part of the
plan. Ald. Linder opposes the project because of the proximity to existing homes
and he doesnt feel the parking is usable.
Ald. Touchett mentioned that the changes presented seem too minor and that he
would like to see something scaled back
and support from the neighbors.
Re: PUBLIC HEARING on Ordinance 15866 Amending Title 14, Chapter 1 of the
Code of Ordinances (Private Streets)
Motion by Linder, seconded by Yurs to
open the public hearing. Motion carried
8/0. No public comment. Motion by Yurs,
seconded by Reekie to close the public
hearing. Motion carried 8/0.
Re: Ordinance 15-866 Amending Title 14,
Chapter 1 of the Code of Ordinances (Private Streets) Motion by Yurs, seconded
by Reekie to Approve Ordinance 15-866
Amending Title 14, Chapter 1 of the Code
of Ordinances (Private Streets). Mr. Sayre
said the ordinance says that private
streets will only be approved in extraordinary circumstances and applies to land
divisions only. Motion carried 8/0.
Re: Ordinance 15-868 Annexing 83.79
acres of Land into the City including parcels 062/0608-092-9500-9, 062/0608-0938000-5, 062/0608-093-9560-6, 062/0608093-9640-9. Motion by Linder, seconded
by Yurs to Approve Ordinance 15-868 Annexing 83.79 acres of Land into the City
including parcels 062/0608-092-9500-9,
062/0608-093-8000-5, 062/0608-093-95606, 062/0608-093-9640-9. Ald. Touchett
asked if the City would pay taxes on the
property even if we owned it. Mr. Burns
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years worth of property taxes. Motion
carried 7/0 with Ald. Diaz abstaining.
B. Finance Committee
Re: Payment of Bills. Motion by McGilvray, seconded by Doyle to Pay the Bills
in the amount of $667,121.22. Motion carried 8/0.
Re: Resolution R-15-065 Withdrawing
from the Local Government Property Insurance Fund and Authorizing the City
Administrator to Obtain Property Insurance Through the Municipal Property Insurance Company. Motion by McGilvray,
seconded by Doyle to Approve Resolution R-15-065 Withdrawing from the Local Government Property Insurance Fund
and Authorizing the City Administrator to
Obtain Property Insurance Through the
Municipal Property Insurance Company.
Motion carried 8/0.
C. Public Works Sewer & Water
Committee
Re: Design Engineering Services Agreement for Church Avenue, S. Shuman
Street, S. Marietta Street, Grove Street
and Railroad Street. Motion by Touchett,
seconded by Diaz to Approve the Design Engineering Services Agreement
for Church Avenue, S. Shuman Street,
S. Marietta Street, Grove Street and Railroad Street. Motion carried 8/0.
Re: Change Order No. 1 for Liberty Business Park Street and Utility Construction
Phase 2. Motion by Touchett, seconded
by Diaz to Approve Change Order No. 1
for Liberty Business Park Street and Utility Construction Phase 2. Motion carried
8/0.
D. Personnel Committee
Re: Employment Agreement for the City
Clerk Position. The Common Council may
convene in closed session as authorized
by Section 19.85(1)(c) of the Wisconsin
Statutes for the purpose of considering
employment, promotion, compensation,
or performance evaluation data of any
public employee over which the Common
Council has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility. The Common Council may
reconvene in open session and take action on the closed session item. Motion
by Doyle, seconded by Linder to go into
closed session at 9:31 p.m. A roll call vote
was taken with the following members
voting aye McGilvray, Reekie, Stiner,
Touchett, Yurs, Diaz, Doyle, and Linder.
The Council convened in closed session.
The Council reconvened in open session
at 9:42 p.m. Motion by Doyle, seconded
by Reekie to approve the Employment
Agreement for the City Clerk Position.
Motion carried 8/0.
10. New Business
(1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Approval of Operator Licenses.
Motion by Yurs, seconded by Reekie to
Approve Operator Licenses for Devon
Schloss and Elizabeth Hunter at Verona
Mobil, Donald Dawson at Mr. Brews Taphouse, and Megan Sullivan at Grays Tied
House. Motion Carried 8/0.
Re: Appointment of Election Inspectors
for the 2016-2017 Election Term. Motion
by Touchett, seconded by Reekie to Appoint Election Inspectors for the 20162017 Term. Motion carried. 8/0.
11. Announcements
12. Motion by Yurs, seconded by
Reekie to adjourn at 9:47 p.m. Motion
carried 8/0.
Holly Licht, Deputy Clerk
WNAXLP
***
Notice
The City of Verona Plan Commission

will hold a Public Hearing on Monday
February 1, 2016 at City Hall, 111 Lincoln
Street, for the following planning and
zoning matters:
1) Zoning Text Amendment to amend
Section 13-1-360 relating to purpose, procedural regulations, and posted notice.
Interested persons may comment
on this planning and zoning matter during the public hearing at the February
1st Plan Commission meeting. The Plan
Commission will make a recommendation on this matter, which will then be
reviewed by the Common Council for a
final decision on Monday, February 8th.
Contact Adam Sayre, Director of
Planning and Development, at 608-8489941 for more information on this item or
to receive copies of the submittal.
Ellen Clark,
City Clerk
Published: January 14 and 21, 2016
WNAXLP
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VERONA CONTRACTOR looking for
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c/o The Verona Press
PO Box 930427
Verona, WI 53593
449 Driver, Shipping

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LOOKING FOR Experienced CDL semidriver. Our business has expanded. We
are adding new equipment. Must be
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548 Home Improvement

A&B ENTERPRISES
Light Construction Remodeling
No job too small
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586 TV, VCR &

Electronics Repair
AT&T U-VERSE Internet starting at $15/
month or TV & internet starting at $49/
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602 Antiques & Collectibles
672 Pets
COLUMBUS ANTIQUE MALL

& CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
MUSEUM
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Customer Appreciation Week!
Feb 01-07. 20% Discount!
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200 Dealers in 400 Booths
Third floor furniture, locked cases
Location: 239 Whitney St
Columbus, WI 53925
920-623-1992
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606 Articles For Sale

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IV Support Holdings LLC- An authorized
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Call for details 800-918-1046 (wcan)
638 Construction &

Industrial Equipment
FARM & Construction Toys for kids of
all ages! Open daily! Hounsell's W13196
Hwy 23, Ripon 920-748-2360 & 302
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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)
FOR SALE Oak firewood, seasoned and
split. Delivered. 608-843-5961
SEASONED SPLIT OAK,
Hardwood. Volume discount. Will
deliver. 608-609-1181
676 Plants & Flowers

FRUIT TREES low as $18. Blueberry,
grape, strawberry, apsaragus, evergreen
and hardwood plants. Free catalog.
Woodstock Nursery, N1831 Hwy 95,
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688 Sporting Goods &

Recreational
WE BUY Boats/RVs/Pontoons/Sled/
ATVs & Motorcycles! "Cash Paid" now.
American Marine & Motorsports Super
Center, Shawano 866-955-2628 www.
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696 Wanted To Buy

WTB: MINERAL, crystal, fossil, lapidary,
arrowhead & artifact collections. Paying
$1000s in cash. 262-203-2940
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
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
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)
EAST SIDE Stoughton Duplex. Three BR

three bath two car garage with all appliances included. No Smokers. $1,100
(608)695-2565
666 Medical & Health Supplies

ACORN STAIRLIFTS
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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)
DOUG'S HANDYMAN
SERVICE
"Honey Do List"
No job too small
608-845-8110
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Pain? Get a pain-relieving brace at little
or NO cost to you. Medicare Patients
Call Health Hotline Now! 800-431-3924
(wcan)
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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.
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Humane Society. Call 800-990-7816
(wcan)
648 Food & Drink
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Basement Systems Inc.
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basement needs!
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Structural repairs. Humidity
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HALLINAN-PAINTING
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References/Insured
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SAFE STEP Walk-in tub. Alert for
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Call now to place your ad, 873-6671 or
835-6677.
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
The Verona Press
865 Mobile Homes

& Lots For Sale
DEER POINT STORAGE

Convenient location behind
Stoughton Lumber.
Clean-Dry Units
24 HOUR LIGHTED ACCESS
5x10 thru 12x25
608-335-3337
980 Machinery & Tools

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trailers, grapple rotators, rototillers 866638-7885 threeriversforestry.com (wcan)
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.
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
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
970 Horses
WALMERS TACK SHOP
16379 W. Milbrandt Road
Evansville, WI
608-882-5725
975 Livestock
FOR SALE: Purebred Polled Hereford
bred heifers due to calve Feb-Apr, bred
to top AI sires, open heifers, steers 600700 lbs., 3 white face open cross-bred
heifers and 2 cross-bred cows bred to
Hereford bull. Also yearling bulls - High
performance, great disposition. Mud
Creek Farms 815-238-2381.
NORTH PARK STORAGE

10x10 through 10x40, plus
14x40 with 14' door for
RV & Boats.
Come & go as you please.
608-873-5088
Easily
renew your
subscription
online!
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
OREGON SELF-STORAGE
10x10 through 10x25
month to month lease
Call Karen Everson at
608-835-7031 or
Veronica Matt at 608-291-0316
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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.
RASCHEIN PROPERTY
STORAGE
6x10 thru 10x25
Market Street/Burr Oak Street
in Oregon
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15
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Credit Cards Accepted
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1128 Union Road
Oregon, WI
Located on the corner of
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OFFICE SPACES FOR RENT
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on golfcourse
Free Wi-Fi, Parking and
Security System
Conference rooms available
Kitchenette-Breakroom
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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.
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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.
750 Storage Spaces For Rent

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434 Health Care, Human

Services & Child Care
January 14, 2016
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
Growing to Serve Seniors Better!
TOMAS PAINTING
Professional, Interior,
Exterior, Repairs.
Free Estimates. Insured.
608-873-6160
554 Landscaping, Lawn,

Tree & Garden Work
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)
COMPUTER PROBLEMS - Viruses,
Lost Data, Hardware or Software Issues?
Contact GEEKS ON SITE! Service.
Friendly Repair Experts. Macs and PC's.
Call for FREE Diagnosis. 1-800-2905045 (wcan)
572 Snow Removal

PLOWING, BLOWING.
Residential & Commercial.
20+yrs exp. Fully insured.
608-669-0025.
Admissions Coordinator - Coordinating the campus admissions process.
MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS-HEAVY

The University of Wisconsin - Madison, Facilities Planning &
Management, Waste and Recycling department is recruiting for full-time
Motor Vehicle Operators-Heavy. Starting wage is $12.83, plus excellent
benefits. Duties include safely and efficiently operating state-owned dump
trucks, rubbish packers, fork lifts, etc.; perform light maintenance of vehicles. Must possess, or be able to obtain upon appointment, a valid Class
B Commercial Drivers license with airbrake endorsement.
For more information, or to apply, visit
http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/Weblisting/External/Staff.aspx & search
All Staff Vacancies for 96229 or contact Meredith Smith at
FPMHR@fpm.wisc.edu or (608)265-2943.
Application deadline is Friday, January 15, 2016.
UW-Madison is an affirmative action/equal employment employer and we
encourage women, minorities, veterans, and people with disabilities to apply.
Care Coordinator - LPN or RN required. Providing care management.

Cooks - Experience Preferred. Preparing delicious meals for campus residents.
Resident Assistants - Full and part-time positions available for a variety of shifts.
We offer great shift differentials including $1.00/hour nights & weekends!
Maintenance Technicians - Performing scheduled & unscheduled maintenance.

We offer competitive wages as well as health, dental and Paid Time Off
to eligible staff. Contact us today!
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COMPLETE LAWN AND GARDEN

SERVICE offers professional pruning
services for your ornamental trees/
bushes/fruit-bearing trees. Properlytimed pruning will extend the life of
your plantings and encourage the
development of desirable characteristics,
such as blooming or fruit bearing. Call
Greg
today! 608-835-9541.
Have you seen our construction progress?
All Saints Neighborhood on Madisons west side is growing, developing a Main Street and
new living options opening Summer 2016. Were accepting applications for the following:
to request an
application:
608.243.8800
to download
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allsaintsneighborhood.org
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KEEP IT LOCAL!
Think HOMETOWN First
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Beautiful yarns, fiber & accessories with many fair trade

and local options.
We now have
Amy Howard at Home Paints
Not Just a Pharmacy

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Yes, NOW is a perfect time for

one step furniture painting!
Amy Howard at
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Alignments
Brakes
Exhausts
Crabtree & Evelyn

Products
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Auto Repair Service Center
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Thursday, January 14, 2016 Vol. 51, No. 34 Verona, WI Hometown USA ConnectVerona.

Verona Area School District

Plumbing & Glass Service, Inc.

New Home Plumbing

Current GE students wont be moved

Normally used for performances or school recognitions,

Unified Newspaper Group

Glacier Edge Elementary School.

made up of the Cathedral Point

Angels Wish pet adoption

City will solicit bids, decide on plan

National Cat Day is generally marked

to show dozens of cats on weekends to

Celebrating 2 Years in Verona!

Schedule Your Appointment Now!

115 ENTERPRISE DRIVE, VERONA 845-8860

Dr. Steve Beyler

January 14, 2016

The Verona Press

descriptions of pets available through Angels Wish

said the average amount of

High-Quality Custom Designs Since 1978!

600 W. Verona Ave

CALL US FOR A FREE CONSULTATION!

5'x10' $38 Month

At Cleary Building Corp.

food and litter for foster

Continued from page 1

but everyone still had to

Open your ULTIMATE Interest Checking Account and earn:

Ultimate Rate paid on daily balances

Rate paid when account requirements

Open your ULTIMATE Interest Checking Account today!

Besley Family Dentistry

Even as we continue to grow, we always welcome New Patients.

109 E. Verona Ave., Verona 608-497-1490

January 14, 2016

The Verona Press

Verona Area School District

School tours begin Jan. 21 NCS director

As winter weather finally

that Dane County district

Unified Newspaper Group

Principal: Michelle Nummerdor

New Century School

Core Knowledge Charter School

Verona Area International School

Two Way Immersion

conditions. Gorrell said in

Cold weather returns, policy remains the same

be found on the districts

Solar Panels Saving Energy Today

After three years at the

really exciting, he said.

Hair Nails Facial Waxing

951 kimball Lane, Ste. 106

Parents of incoming kindergartners can find out

January 14, 2016

The Verona Press

Letters to the editor

Express support for Muslim communities

bring us to peace and friendship.

Epic deserved 2015 top stories recognition