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An extra set of eyes

Head-mounted cameras part
of ongoing push to bring
accountability to OPD
Jacob Bielanski
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During his interview for the Oregon Police Department, officer Kyle
Schewe was asked about his thoughts
on wearing a body camera.
Now, a year into his job, he has a
better appreciation for why.
A lot of this stuff ends up in court
months and months down the road,
and your reports are all youve got,
Schewe told the Observer. Well,
now youve got the camera to show a
little more detail.
On Jan. 22, police in Oregon began
wearing cameras as standard equipment on their uniforms.

clip, sunglasses mount or behind-thehead mount. The result is a weatherproof camera that not only sees what
the officer can see, but looks where
the officer looks.
But with a great tool comes great
responsibility, and the new cameras
open up a world of legal and ethical
questions that had to be addressed
before their use.
Though time will tell what pitfalls might besiege the system, the
Photos by Jacob Bielanski advanced equipment appears to take
Officer Kyle Schewe wears the camera (top) a lot of the guesswork out of catalogwhich has a corresponding smartphone app ing and archiving video evidence collected by officers throughout the day.
(below) that enables officers to view what
That evidence is aggregated in a
their camera sees in real time, as well as
cloud-based system every day after
review videos already captured.
the officers put their cameras away.
Unlike many models used by a Run by Tazer, the video storage
quickly growing number of police ensures the OPD is in compliance
departments across the country, the both with evidence storage policies
ones OPD chose mount directly near
the officers eye via a magnetic hat
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Splash pad a long time coming

Planning committee
welcomes public discussion
on pending project
Kate Newton
Unified Newspaper Group

The official path to creating an Oregon-Brooklyn splash pad began last

week with the projects first public
meeting.
And its about time, said Oregon
Pool aquatics director Deb Bossingham, who began the meeting by highlighting the projects status as a labor
of love for her and other members of
the community.
After starting initial planning last

September, the Oregon-Brooklyn

Splash Pad planning committee
allowed the public to provide input on
the project last Thursday. The committee, led by Bossingham and Oregon-Brooklyn Optimist Club member
Margaret Straub, discussed the benefits a splash pad would provide for the
area, as well as funding, location and
design options.
The committee has been in what
Straub referred to as the silent phase
of fundraising and outreach for the
project, reaching out to area businesses about their vision for an outdoor,
free community space for families
to come together and have fun during the summer months. The committee also discussed goals for the splash
pad to be handicapped-accessible and

inclusive of all age groups.

The current plan would be to build
the splash pad just west of the existing
Oregon Pool facility, near the intersection of Brook and Spring streets,
so that the two attractions would share
a water source, bathrooms, parking
and vending. The splash pad would
also benefit from being easily accessible from downtown businesses, the
library and the senior center, Bossingham said.
Because there is no plan for funding
from the village at this point, Straub
stressed that the splash pad will be a
community project built by the community with input from the public
sought at all stages.
Committee members toured other

When it comes to
attracting and retaining
teachers and students, it
never hurts to have some
state-of-the-art technology
in the school district.
With an eye toward
modernizing its growing STEAM (Science,
Technology, Engineering,
Art and Math) curriculum, Oregon school board
members voted unanimously Monday night to
pursue funding to bring a
digital fabrication laboratory, or Fab Lab to

the Oregon High School.

Currently, there is only
one known Fab Lab in a
Wisconsin high school, at
Stoughton High School.
Board president Dan
Krause will write a letter
of support this week for
the Fab Lab grant application being put together by
OHS STEAM instructor
Ryan Stace. Krause said
before writing the letter,
which was requested as
part of the grant submission, he first ran the idea
by district superintendent
Brian Busler and OHS
principal Jim Pliner, who
were very supportive of
applying for the grant.
Stace said the grant,
which would be provided by the Wisconsin

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Spring election

Voter ID gets test Tuesday

State Supreme
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primary ballot
Scott Girard
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The three candidates for

a state Supreme Court seat
wont be the only ones
facing a challenge in the
spring primary election.
Tuesday, Feb. 16, will
also put local clerks to
the test as they deal with
the first election with the
states Voter ID law in
place since a single primary in February 2012.

While it will, like most

spring primaries, likely
have a lower turnout, it
will be the precursor to
the April 5 general spring
election, which features
both local races and the
partisan presidential primary.
The local ballot next
week will feature only
the state Supreme Court
race, with three candidates
vying for two spots in the
general election. Incumbent Rebecca Bradley,
who was appointed for a
partial term by Gov. Scott
Walker, faces challengers

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OPD unveils
new badges
Department also
getting new design
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Bill Livick
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Photo by Jacob Bielanski

The Oregon Police Department unveiled its new badges at the Village Board meeting on Monday, Feb. 8. Officers pose for a photos after
receiving and putting on the new badges.

The officers of the Oregon Police Department

were presented with new
badges Monday during a
special meeting of the Village Board.
Chief Brian Uhl spoke
about the department and
the new badges before asking Lt. Jenny Pagenkopf,
the departments secondin-command, to hand a
badge to each officer,
sergeant and lieutenant.
Uhl presented Pagenkopf

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with her badge, and Village President Steve Staton gave the chief his new
badge before a small audience in the Village Board
meeting room on Spring
Street.
Uhl, who
took the
helm
at
the police
department
in August,
said one
of the first
Uhl
things he
discussed
with members of the police
department was getting
new badges to symbolize a
new beginning. He said the
officers and staff all agreed
it was a good idea.
The department was
wracked by scandal twice
in the past couple of years,
first when former chief
Doug Pettit was charged
with felonies for tax fraud
and retired in Sept. 2014,
and again when the late Lt.
Karey Clark, the departments second-in-command, was found to have
tampered with evidence
after his death in January
2015.
Uhl mentioned the
departments troubles in
passing and said the new
badges remind us were
here to protect.
He explained he set up
a committee to talk about
redesigning the badges
and the group settled on
a design that features the
police department building, slightly elevated in the
center of the badge. The
badges for officers, sergeants, lieutenants and the
chief are nearly identical
except that each progressive rank in authority has a
little more gold color in the
badge.
Uhl also said OPDs
squad cars are being redesigned. The design will be
phased in gradually on new
squad cars.
Weve also redone our
core values, and have new
mission and vision statements, he said.

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Its just heartbreaking.

Thats Oregon Senior
Center director Alison
Koelschs take on the possibility of having to turn
Village of Brooklyn seniors
away should Brooklyn follow through on its recent
letter saying it probably
wont be able to continue to
fund the center in 2017.
Currently, most of the
senior centers funding
comes from its users
the towns of Rutland and
Oregon and the villages of
Brooklyn and Oregon. The
Town of Dunn also contributes around $15,500 annually, but its seniors no longer receive case management in Oregon after Dunn
pulled out of the joint contract a few years ago.
Now, Brooklyn Village President Pat Hawkey
says her community will
also have to pull out when
the three-year contract
expires at the end of the
year. Brooklyn contributes
around $21,000 annually to
the centers budget.
In her letter, Hawkey
wrote that the Brooklyn
Village Board met Jan. 11
and it is probable that we
are unable to continue supporting the center financially next year. She said
Brooklyns support for the
Oregon Senior Center will
continue to be discussed
at future board meetings,
however, we wanted all to
know far enough in advance
of our possible intent for
withdrawal.
Koelsch said if the Village of Brooklyn cant
afford to provide any funding to the senior center,
were going to have to
take a really hard look at
what services the center
would be able offer Brooklyn seniors.
Next Wednesday, she and
assistant manager Rachel
Brickner are meeting with
representatives from the
towns of Rutland and Oregon, as well as Village of
Oregon administrator Mike
Gracz and finance director Lisa Novinska, to discuss how this is going to
change things the amount
of money that each community is going to have to contribute and the services.
Koelsch said she invited
Hawkey to the meeting but
didnt receive a response.
The thing is, if they
dont intend to give any
money to any municipality
to take over case management, then theres nothing
we can do, Koelsch said.
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A banquet hall that would

use the former Union Sports
Club space on Braun Road
will go to the Village Board
after the Planning Commission recommended approval
Thursday. Feb. 4.
The banquet facility,
which Oregon resident Crystal Zuniga first brought to the
commission in November,
would have a maximum of
250 invited guests for receptions and parties, according
to the conditions the commission recommended. The
facility is expected to be on
the Village
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Boards
agenda for
approval at ConnectOregonWI.com
its Feb. 22
meeting.
The commission also recommended dates for public hearings for lighting the
Tin Man water tower and
the new sign code, gave
their support to a new building for Buckys Portable
Toilets (as long as there is
screening from Hwy. 138)
and approved a detached
garage larger than code.
But the biggest approval
of the night was for the banquet facility, which would
be the third new spot in the
village since the beginning
of last year for parties and
receptions; along with Headquarters Bar and the basement area of Charlies on
Main.
When Zuniga first brought
her proposal, commissioners requested more detailed
information on how the
facility would be used, especially with sharing the building with the Madison 56ers
Soccer Club. At the first
public hearing in December,
they requested more detailed
plans than Zuniga had provided, including how parking would be split up with
the soccer club.
By the January meeting, some of that information was still missing, and
the hearing was once again

continued into the February

meeting.
Village public works
director Jeff Rau sent a
memo to commissioners
Jan. 26 stating that Zuniga
had provided the requested
information, adding that it
would be helpful to hear
from the building owner
and someone from the soccer club at the public hearing
to ensure everyone was on
board with the plan.
Thursday, the owner of
the building at 155 Braun
Road, David Bisbee, and
M a d i s o n 5 6 e r s c o a c hing director Tony Wright
expressed their support for
her.
I do know the history,
and Im just as embarrassed
about it as you guys are,
Bisbee said. Thats why
Im happy that these two are
here. I wouldnt be happy
if they werent going to be
happy.
The site is the former location of the troubled Union
Sports Club, which had its
liquor license not renewed
by the Village Board and
closed in 2014. At the time,
village attorney Matt Dregne
pointed to many violations
of the villages liquor policies and other laws.
Later that year, the club
was a central piece in a
report investigating former
police chief Doug Pettit and
other officers using village
resources while working
there off-duty.
Part of it is just the history of this site and some
of the issues that have happened over there, said Rau.
Youre probably swimming upstream with that.
The conditions on the
commissions recommendation for approval include
a maximum of 250 invited
guests, which was based
on parking available for
the building split between
the 56ers and the banquet
facility. Commissioners discussed the possibility of different colored parking lines
for spots for the two groups,
but left that to the building

owner.
Another condition would
limit the facilitys available
hours to 8 a.m. to 1 a.m.,
with an extra hour of cleanup possible at the end, leaving people there until potentially 2 a.m.
Zuniga also offered the
possibility of using former
racquetball rooms as space
for smaller events. While
Rau called it a good idea,
commissioners also required
that an extra door to the outside be added to those rooms
before their use for a fire
exit.

Other items
In other business, the
commission:
Recommended approval
to the Village Board of a
1,200-square-foot detached
garage at 211 Jefferson St.
The space is above the villages 1,000-square-foot
limit for detached garages
in that neighborhood, but
Jamie and Nicholas White
want to use an upstairs space
in the proposed garage for a
home office.
Commissioners voted
unanimously to recommend
approval, and the proposal
will go before the Village
Board Feb. 22.
Recommended the Village Board schedule a public hearing for March 3
for lighting the Tin Man
water tower next to the new
Oregon Welcome Center.

Rau said the proposal calls

for 12 lights on the walkway
and two or four lights shining up against the bottom
of the bowl at the top of the
tower.
Recommended the Village Board schedule an
April 7 public hearing for
the villages new draft sign
ordinance. Village planning
consultant Mike Slavney
told commissioners the ordinance would make Oregon
one of the first communities that has a complete
rewrite after a Supreme
Court decision last year
affecting local laws on signs.
The commission proposed
delaying the effective date
until Jan. 1, 2017, as part of
its recommendation.
Gave its blessing to a
proposal in the Town of Rutland to build a new facility
for Buckys Portable Toilets. Village officials were
concerned about the look of
porta-potties at the gateway to the villages south.
Charles Kearns, who purchased the land there, told
commissioners he would
put up some sort of natural screening, such as trees,
blocking the view of the
port-a-potties themselves
from Hwy. 138.
Commissioners in turn
recommended the village
write a letter of support for
the proposal to Dane County, which oversees town
zoning.

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time-intensive process in
which specialists sit down
with individual seniors to
go over service options and
benefits they might need.
Koelsch said if Brooklyn
withdraws from the contract, seniors there would
ideally call the Village of
Brooklyn trying to get help
from them, and theyll be
referred to the Aging and
Disability Resource Center
in Madison for Dane County residents, and those who
live in Green County will
have to go to Monroe.
Traveling so far from
home could be a significant
problem for some seniors,
Koelsch acknowledged
Its going to be kind of a
mess.
We will continue to
deliver meals because thats
a federally funded program, she explained. But
we have several folks from
down there who are needy
and unable to drive to pick
up food from the food pantry once a month. We line
up volunteers to take that to
them, and well no longer
be able to do that.
She said Brooklyn seniors
would be able to continue
attending the centers adult
day program because the
center needs participation
from its clients to keep the
program afloat.
But shes not sure about
providing transportation for
people who want to come to
the Oregon center for lunch
or shopping.
I have a call into Dane
County Transportation to
see what the requirements
are, she said.
Koelsch said Hawkeys
letter didnt come as a big
surprise.
She had been giving
little hints, Koelsch said.
At the last joint meeting
in October, she hinted that
things are tough in Brooklyn. They dont have money
to spend. Theyre hurting,
with high taxes and high
water bills.
Pat said, I have to
choose between families with young kids or
seniors, Koelsch continued, and no one should
have to make a choice like
that.
Losing $21,000 would be
a blow to the centers budget, Koelsch said, and she
hopes the towns of Rutland
and Oregon wont say they
cant support us anymore
either.
It just kind of makes me
sick because ultimately its
the seniors who are going
to suffer, she said. Its
going to be very hard to
say no, but we may have
to just hand out little cards
with the Village of Brooklyns phone number and say
call them, maybe they can
deliver your food.

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Lesvos is humanity at its best

The island of Lesvos has been
nominated for the Nobel Peace
Prize. As an island of 631 square
miles and approximately 80,000
permanent inhabitants, Lesvos has
been on the news for the last year
for their heroism and humanitarianism.
I have been thinking about Lesvos and the lesson that they are
teaching us. Greece may be beautiful, but right now it is hurting. But
without questioning their backyard
spaces, without questioning the
reality of their lives and without
judging why or how, the people of
Lesvos have pulled people off rafts

not meant to cross oceans.

They have housed people who
have nowhere else to turn. They
have let the European bullies threaten to expel Greece from the EU
really?
I have been thinking about Lesvos, an island in a country on the
brink of collapse, and have found
that I am proud to call these people
not simply my countrymen, but
examples of humanity at its best.
I have been thinking about Lesvos...
Maria Molzahn,
Village of Oregon

Person-first language is important

I would like to commend Scott
Girard on his fantastic piece on the
TOPSoccer program, More Than
Soccer.
Individuals with disabilities are
more visible than ever in todays
society, and the awareness of the
need for inclusion is being recognized more and more every day.
Scotts use of person-first language, as termed in the disability
awareness/education community,
is greatly appreciated. Using person-first language communicates
respect and acceptance towards
individuals of all abilities. Scott
consistently refers to little Kiera as
on the autism spectrum; this is so
refreshing to hear.
Labelling a child as an autistic kid teaches the child that their

disability is a defining characteristic. The wheelchair-bound man is

seen wheelchair first, man second.
My diabetic cousin would much
rather be talked about as a woman
with diabetes.
Changing the way we speak
involves changing the way we
think, and the transition to personfirst language can be challenging.
Thank you, Scott, for setting such
a great example in todays media.
I ask the community to observe
the way we think about and speak
to individuals with disabilities, and
challenge ourselves to begin (or
continue) to incorporate personfirst language into our daily lives.
Abby Reier,
Village of Oregon

Correction
Last weeks story about Recreational Concepts purchasing the old
Waterfall Hotel building incorrectly stated the companys new showroom
would be 14,000 square feet, which was in the reporters notes from his
conversation with the owner. The correct size is approximately 5,000
square feet. The Observer regrets the error.

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Community Voices

What the world needs

now is love for everyone

ove. I need it. You need it.

The world needs it.
It is easy for most to
reflect on familial and romantic
love because they are foremost
in our heads and hearts. They
are our people.
What the
world needs
now, though,
is for us all to
remember the
rest of mankind
they are our
people too.
Wartenweiler
Mankind
needs our love
like never
before. If we want to live in
a happier and more peaceful
world, we all need to spread
more love. It starts with me. It
starts with you.
A recent study shows a
roughly 40 percent dropoff in
empathy in mankind since 2000.
Psychologists are warning that
if this decrease in empathy trend
continues, we are together creating a world none of us want.
How can we live among those
that dont give a damn what happens to other people?
I will not sit by and do nothing, because my dream is to give
my children a better chance to
live in a world with more love,
happiness and peace. It starts

with me encouraging others to

give more, spread more love and
create more personal connections.
Giving love through personal
connections comes from opening
up to everyone. It is powerful.
I wear my heart on my sleeve,
so yes, opening up for me is
easier than for some. We all
have some room for improvement, including, and especially,
me. It is powerful to open up,
trust more, and offer more love,
as we really can be amazed how
beautiful humanity and mankind
really are.
With our personal connections, this can be big or small
and even as simple as acknowledging others. Everyone wants
to feel they are noticed and that
they matter. I offer heartfelt
thanks and tokens of appreciation as often as possible when
I come in contact with military
members, civil service workers,
teachers and the like.
Another good example is to
aim to simply greet more people
a day.
I know that when I get a
happy hello and maybe a debonair smile, it can lift me up and
adds a bit of swagger to my
day. Agreement comes from the
words of Booker T. Washington,
who believed, If you want to

lift yourself up, lift up someone

else.
Offering love through giving
can be done in a vast number of
ways.
We all have something to
give. We can volunteer our time,
help charities, mentor, respect
the environment, donate goods,
aid the homeless, support social
causes, offer surprise help to
others, raise kids to do service
work, and practice more random
acts of kindness.
We need not always do great
things. We can do small things
with great love.
At the end of the day, we all
need love. We can all realize the
power that is in our heads and
hearts to spread love to all of
our people. This loving energy
will increase our own happiness,
along with increasing happiness
and peace in the world.
It is important to believe that.
Mankind, humanity and our
world need more love like
never before. It starts with me,
and it starts with you.
Peace, Wendy
Wendy Wartenweiler is a freelance writer from Oregon who
focuses on wellness, motivation
and relationships.

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February 11, 2016

Oregon Observer

Freezin for a reason

Winter and Polar
Plunge events give
two chances to jump
for a cause

If you go
What: Wisconsin Winter
Plunge
When: Noon to 4 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 13
Where: Lake Waubesa
at Christys Landing, 2952
Waubesa Ave., Madison
Info:
wisconsinwinterplunge.
kintera.org

kate newton
Unified Newspaper Group

During Wisconsins winter

months, the effectiveness of
charity plunge events seems
like a no-brainer: Nature provides the stage, donors chip
in, and all participants need to
do is take the leap.
Special Olympics Wisconsins Polar Plunge has proved
itself to be a fundraising juggernaut, raising hundreds of
thousands every year since
the event began in 1999. The
Polar Plunge is so visible in
the state Madison is one of
14 locations to host a plunge
that Rebecca ComptonAllen, the front ensemble
coordinator for the Oregonbased Shadow Drum and
Bugle Corps, thought her own
organization stood to learn
from its success.
So last year, ComptonAllen started her own event:
the Wisconsin Winter Plunge.
This years plunge is set to
run from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, the same day as the
Polar Plunge, in Lake Waubesa at Christys Landing, 2952
Waubesa Ave., Madison.
The similarities end,
though, at the word plunge:
while Special Olympics alone
benefits from its event, the
Winter Plunge aims to help
nonprofit organizations raise
money for their own specific
cause.
In a phone interview with
the Observer, ComptonAllen said that while the Polar
Plunge is a great event, they

Photo submitted

The Oregon Plunging Panthers 6-05 have participated in the Special Olympics Wisconsin Polar Plunge
since 2002. The team is pictured taking the plunge at the 2014 event, when they raised more than
$8,000. Pictured from left to right are Lori Casper, Bridget Horan, Michaela Casper, Kristen Stendahl,
Pete Loughrin, Jake Casper and Jesse Darrow.

wanted to offer an opportunity for organizations to

plunge for what they feel
most passionate about while
not having to invest a lot of
time into organizing their
own fundraiser.
It allows them to do something easy and fun, and its
really nice to show up to this
event and be a community
with other nonprofits, she
added.
Each team keeps 70 percent
of the funds they raise, while
30 percent goes toward putting on the event, which is
organized by Shadow volunteers. Last year, teams from
Shadow and Fetch Wisconsin
Rescue, a Madison-based animal rescue organization, participated and together raised
about $13,000.
Theyve already surpassed

that total this year, with

more than $18,500 raised
of the $25,000 goal, as of
the Observers deadline.
At least seven teams plan
to participate including
Shadow, which has 84
members and has raised
nearly $13,000 and
teams still have a chance
to register from 5-8 p.m.
Friday at Oregon High
School or Saturday from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m. at Christys
Landing. Registration is
also available online at
wisconsinwinterplunge.
kintera.org, and donations
will be accepted through the
day of the plunge.
Eventually, were hoping
that we can get upwards of 20
nonprofits to be in this event,
Compton-Allen said. Its
definitely really encouraging
to see it triple in one years
time, and hopefully we continue down that path.
She added that while plungers typically dont spend
more than five seconds in

the icy lake, people who want

to be part of a team and help
raise money without taking
the plunge can opt to pay the
$100 chicken fee, rather
than register for free like the
plungers.
McFarland Cold Water
Rescue Team will be in the
water to provide assistance if
needed, and Christine Bellport of NBC 15 will serve
as emcee during the event.
Afterward, participants and
spectators can warm up at
Christys Landing, ComptonAllen said.
Were definitely trying to
up our ante to make sure
that the environment is really
fun and celebratory afterward
as well, she added.
About five miles from the
Winter Plunges spot in Lake
Waubesa, the Polar Plunge
will run from 9:30 a.m. to 3
p.m. with teams plunging
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
Willow Island, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way. Ale
Asylum, a sponsor this year,

What: Special Olympics

Wisconsin Polar Plunge
When: 9:30 a.m. to 3
p.m., Saturday, Feb. 13
Where: Willow Island at
the Alliant Energy Center,
1919 Alliant Energy Center
Way, Madison
Info: polarplungewi.org
will open its Helter Shelter
from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., with a
live music, beer, concessions
and souvenirs available.
The event raised more than
$340,000 last year for Special
Olympics Wisconsin, and
aims to meet or exceed that
amount this year, according
to JoEllen Graber, the organizations director of development.
For some people, (plunging) is a bucket list item, but
for other people, its parents
and families that have children in Special Olympics,
or are somebody in Special
Olympics who wants to
work with the cause, Graber
said. They know our brand,
and they know that 100
percent of the proceeds do
benefit Special Olympics (in
Wisconsin).
The Oregon Plunging
Panthers 6-05 team, made
up of Special Olympics athletes and their friends and
family members, has participated in the event since
2002, Oregon Special Olympics coach and parent Lori

Casper said. Casper, her son,

Jake a Special Olympian
and her daughter Michaela
plunge every year, dressing in
themed costumes to end up,
in Caspers words, freezin
for a reason.
Its grown to be an event
that we never miss, Casper
said.
In 2014, its biggest year,
the team raised more than
$8,000, but typically aim
for the $3,000 to $4,000
range. As of press time,
theyd raised more than
$2,000, and because their
team is affiliated with a
local agency, 25 percent of
what they raise will directly benefit Oregon Special
Olympics.
The Oregon Police
Department and Oregon
High School also have teams
participating in the Polar
Plunge. OHS, which has
four plungers from the student council, set a $300 fundraising goal and is working
with Oregon Frozen Yogurt
to help gather support. OHS
senior Iman Curtis told the
Observer in an email that
while fundraising has been
going better than planned
theres always room to raise
more.
Curtis wrote that she and
the other students were motivated to plunge by Project
Unify, a Special Olympics
program OHS participates in
that works to bridge the gap
between special needs kids
and the rest of the student
body.
Project Unify is something that were so passionate about and this is one of
the ways we show support,
Curtis added.
As of Tuesday afternoon,
the Polar Plunge had raised
$144,175 and registered
more than 1,200 participants.
For information on the
Polar Plunge, or to register
a team, visit polarplungewi.
org.

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Churches

Coming up
Nutrition education

snacks will be available for a donation.

The movie is free and padded
seating is available. Floor space is also
open for blankets or sleeping bags, and
sound will be played at a reasonable
level.
For information or to get this
months title, call 835-3082 or email
fpcmovies@gmail.com.

Nutrition education at the senior

center continues with Reach Your
Goals Step by Step at 9 a.m. Friday,
Feb. 12.
Join Lytonia of Dane County UW
Extension as she discusses the amount
of fruits and vegetables appropriate
based on age, activity level and gender.
Attendees will have an opportunity Habitat volunteers sought
to set goals and track improvement.
Plans are in the works for the
Walk-ins are welcome.
construction of the 12th Habitat for
For information, call 835-5801.
Humanity of Dane County home in
the Oregon-Brooklyn community.
Madrigal dinner
The steering committee will meet at 5
O r e g o n M i d d l e S c h o o l , 6 0 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, at the Firefly
Pleasant Oak Dr., will host a Madrigal Coffeehouse, to plan for the upcoming
Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12 build.
and Saturday, Feb. 13 in the OMS
Volunteers are needed in the
cafeteria.
building of the home on Janesville
T i c k e t s a r e $ 1 6 f o r g e n e r a l Street in the Village of Oregon.
admission and $14 for students, staff Construction on the project is set to
and seniors.
begin in spring.
For information, contact Sue
For information, contact Erin Reiser
Tierman at 835-8263 or suetierman@ at 255-1549 ext. 104.
charter.net.

Family movie night

Take in dinner and a family-friendly
film during Second Saturday movie
night from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday,
Feb. 13 at First Presbyterian Church,
408 Bergamont Blvd.
Bring the whole family to watch
the movie, rated G or PG, on the big
screen. Pizza, popcorn and other

Health talk

Students from the UW-Madison

School of Pharmacy will lead a health
talk on aging and sleeping at 10 a.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 17 at the senior
center.
They will discuss implications for
sleeping patterns in older men and
women as they age; attendees will
learn what they can do to prevent

or alleviate your sleeping problems.

Preventative modalities such as
exercise and lifestyle will be discussed.
For information, call 835-5801.

Bone health
Learn more about bone and teeth
health at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18
at the senior center.
Registered nurse Sue Richards
will lead a Healthy Bones and
Teeth discussion that will explore
osteoporosis and tooth loss as health
concerns that affect many older men
and women. Osteoporosis can affect
any bone in the body, although the
bones in the hip, spine, and wrist
are affected most often. Tooth loss,
meanwhile, affects approximately onethird of adults age 65 and older.
For information, call 835-5801.

Sewing workshop
Learn how to sew a 10-minute table
runner during Sew What? from
6-7:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18 at the
library.
Bring fabric and a sewing machine if
possible, and a pattern and instructions,
plus several sewing machines, will be
provided.
Registration is required for this
beginners workshop, and is open to
ages 9 (with an adult helper) and up.
For information or to register, call
835-3656 or visit oregonpubliclibrary.
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Community calendar
Friday, February 12

9 a.m., Nutrition Education, senior

center, 835-5801
10 a.m., Mix It Up Storytime (ages
0-6), library, 835-3656
4-5 p.m., Teen Advisory Board
meeting, library, 835-3656
6:30 p.m., Oregon Middle School
Madrigal Dinner ($16 general admission, $14 students/staff/seniors),
OMS cafeteria, 601 Pleasant Oak
Dr., 835-8263

Saturday, February 13

9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Special

Olympics Wisconsin Polar Plunge,
Willow Island at the Alliant Energy
Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center
Way, Madison, polarplungewi.org
Noon to 4 p.m., Wisconsin Winter
Plunge, Lake Waubesa at Christys
Landing, 2952 Waubesa Ave.,
Madison, wisconsinwinterplunge.
kintera.org
5:30-10 p.m., Chamber of

Commerce Annual Awards Night,

The Legend at Bergamont clubhouse, 699 Bergamont Blvd.
6:30 p.m., OMS Madrigal Dinner
($16 general admission, $14 students/staff/seniors), OMS cafeteria,
601 Pleasant Oak Dr., 835-8263
6:30 p.m., Family movie night,
First Presbyterian Church, 408 N.
Bergamont Blvd., 835-3082

Monday, February 15

6:30-7 p.m., Pajama Antics (6 and

under), library, 835-3656

Tuesday, February 16

10 a.m., Teetering Toddlers

Storytime (12-36 months), library,
835-3656
11 a.m., Bouncing Babies
Storytime (0-12 months), library, 8353656
5 p.m., Habitat for Humanity steering committee meeting, Firefly
Coffeehouse, 255-1549 ext. 104
7 p.m. OMS orchestra concert,

Community cable listings

Village of Oregon Cable Access TV channels:
WOW #983 & ORE #984
Phone: 291-0148 Email: oregoncableaccess@charter.net
Website: ocamedia.com Facebook: ocamediawi
New programs daily at 1 p.m.
and repeats at 4, 7 and 10 p.m. and 1, 4, 7 and 10 a.m.

Thursday, Feb. 11
Monday, Feb. 15
WOW: Oregon Village
WOW: OHS Thespians
Board Meeting (of Feb. 8) @ Oregon Senior Center
ORE: Oregon School (of Jan. 22)
Board Meeting (of Feb. 8)
ORE: OHS Boys Varsity
Hockey vs. Edgewood (of
Friday, Feb. 12
Feb. 9)
WOW: Craig Sieman
Music @ Oregon Senior Tuesday, Feb. 16
Center (of Jan. 13) Election DayVOTE!
ORE: BKE Kindergarten
WOW: Dietitian Tour
Concert (of Feb. 4); OHS @ Bills Foods (June
Boys Varsity Hockey vs. 2015)
Stoughton (of Jan. 15)
ORE: OHS Boys Varsity
Basketball vs. Milton (of
Saturday, Feb. 13
Feb. 11)
WOW:
Dolley
Madison @ Oregon Wednesday, Feb. 17
Senior Center (of Feb. 11)
WOW: Dietitian Tour
ORE: OMS 8th Grade @ Bills Foods (July 2015)
Orchestra Recital (of Feb.
ORE: Beauty and the
9)
Beast NKE Musical (of
Mar. 2010)
Sunday, Feb. 14
WOW:
First Thursday, Feb. 18
Presbyterian
Church
WOW: Dietitian Tour
Service
@ Bills Foods (Aug.
ORE: OHS Girls Varsity 2015)
Basketball vs. Monona
ORE: OHS Girls Varsity
Grove (of Feb. 9)
Basketball vs. Whitewater
(of Feb. 16)

cafeteria

Wednesday, February 17

10 a.m., Sleeping and aging health

talk, senior center, 835-5801
10 a.m., Mix It Up Storytime (ages
0-6), library, 835-3656
11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Introducing
Windows 10 ($20), senior center,
835-5801
11:30 a.m., Brown Bag Book
Group, librarys Sue Ames room,
orelib@oregonlibrary.org

Thursday, February 18

12:30 p.m., Healthy Bones and

Teeth discussion, senior center,
835-5801
1 p.m., Euchre card party ($3),
senior center, 835-5801
6 p.m., Fourth-grade orchestra concert, Prairie View Elementary School
6-7:45 p.m., Sew What? workshop (beginners age 9 and up; registration required), library, 835-3656

Senior center
Monday, Feb. 15
Tuna Noodle Casserole
Buttered Baby Carrots
Apple Juice, Fruit Salad
Whole Wheat Roll
VO: Veggie Casserole
Tuesday, Feb. 16
Philly Cheesesteak on Bun
Buttered Mixed Vegetables
Fresh Orange, Brownies
VO: Hummus Wrap
Wednesday, Feb. 17
*Ham Slice
Baked Sweet Potato
Buttered Broccoli Flowerets
Pineapple, Roll
Birthday Cake
VO: Broccoli Cheese Sauce
over Baked Potato
Thursday, Feb. 18
Vegetable Barley Soup
Turkey and Cheese on
Croissant
Fruit Cup, Candy Cookie
VO: Cheese on Croissant
SO: Chefs Tuna Salad
Friday, Feb. 19
*Pork Roast Gravy
Brown Rice, Beets
Pineapple/Orange Mix
Multi-Grain Bread
Strawberry Ice Cream
VO: Brown Rice and Beans
*Contains Pork

Monday, Feb. 15
9:00 CLUB, Wii Bowling
9:00 Rubber Stamping
10:00 Dominoes
10:30 StrongWomen
1:00 Get Fit
1:30 Bridge
4:00 Weight Loss Support
Tuesday, Feb. 16
8:30 Zumba Gold
11:30 Silver Threads
12:30 Sheepshead
12:30 Stoughton Shopping
5:30 StrongWomen
Wednesday, Feb. 17
9:00 CLUB, Health Talk
11:00 Introducing Windows 10
11:45 Feb. Birthday Lunch
1:00 Euchre, Get Fit
Thursday, Feb. 18
8:30 Zumba Gold
9:00 Pool Players
10:30 StrongWomen
12:30 Healthy Bones and Teeth
12:30 Shopping at Bills
1:00 Cribbage, Card Party
5:30 StrongWomen
Friday, Feb. 19
9:00 Club
9:30 Blood Pressure
9:45 Gentle Yoga
11:00 Chair Yoga
1:00 Get Fit

ALL SAINTS LUTHERAN CHURCH

2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 276-7729
Pastor Rich Johnson
SUNDAY
8:30 a.m. classic service
10:45 a.m. new song service
BROOKLYN LUTHERAN CHURCH
101 Second Street, Brooklyn
(608) 455-3852
Pastor Rebecca Ninke
SUNDAY
9 a.m. Holy Communion
10 a.m. Fellowship
COMMUNITY OF LIFE LUTHERAN
CHURCH
PO Box 233, Oregon
(608) 286-3121
office@communityoflife.us
Pastor Jim McCoid
SUNDAY
10 a.m. Worship at 1111 S. Perry
Parkway, Oregon
COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH
201 Church Street, Brooklyn
(608) 455-3344
Pastor Aaron Alfred
SUNDAY
9:30 a.m. Worship
FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN
CHURCH
143 Washington Street, Oregon
(608) 835-3554
Pastor Karl Hermanson
SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Worship
Holy Communion 2nd & last Sundays
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
408 N. Bergamont Blvd. (north of CC)
Oregon, WI
(608) 835-3082 - fpcoregonwi.org
Pastor Bob Vetter
SUNDAY
10 a.m. Blended Worship
11 a.m. Coffee Bar/Fellowship
11:15 a.m. All-ages activity
FITCHBURG MEMORIAL UCC
5705 Lacy Road, Fitchburg
(608) 273-1008
www.memorialucc.org
Pastor: Phil Haslanger
Associate Pastor Twink Jan-McMahon
SUNDAY
8:15 and 10 a.m. Worship
GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN
CHURCH ELCA
Central Campus: Raymond Road and

Whitney Way
SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY - 8:15, 9:30 and10:45
a.m. Worship West Campus: Corner
of Hwy. PD and Nine Mound Road,
Verona
SUNDAY - 9 &10:15 a.m., 6 p.m.
Worship (608) 271-6633
HILLCREST BIBLE CHURCH
752 E. Netherwood, Oregon
Eric Vander Ploeg, Lead Pastor
(608) 835-7972
www.hbclife.com
SUNDAY
8:30 a.m. worship at Oregon High
School PAC and 10:15 a.m. worship
with Childrens ministries, birth fourth grade
HOLY MOTHER OF CONSOLATION
CATHOLIC CHURCH
651 N. Main Street, Oregon
Pastor: Fr. Gary Wankerl
(608) 835-5763
holymotherchurch.weconnect.com
SATURDAY: 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY: 8 and 10:15 a.m. Worship
PEOPLES UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH
103 North Alpine Parkway, Oregon
Pastor Jason Mahnke
(608)835-3755
www.peoplesumc.org
Communion is the 1st & 3rd
weekend
SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Worship and
Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. Worship
ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN CHURCH
625 E. Netherwood, Oregon
Pastor Paul Markquart (Lead Pastor)
(608) 835-3154
SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY - 8 and 10:30 a.m. Worship
9:15-10:15 a.m. Education Hour
VINEYARD COMMUNITY CHURCH
Oregon Community Bank & Trust, 105 S.
Alpine Parkway, Oregon - Bob Groth,
Pastor
(608) 513-3435 welcometovineyard.
com
SUNDAY - 10 a.m. Worship
ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST - Paoli
At the Intersection of Hwy. 69 & PB
Rev. Sara Thiessen
(608) 845-5641
SUNDAY 9:30 a.m. Family Worship

Support groups
Alcoholics Anonymous
meeting, First
Presbyterian Church,
every Monday and
Friday at 7 p.m.
Caregiver Support
Group, Oregon Area
Senior Center, third
Monday of each month
at 9 a.m.
Diabetes Support
Group, Oregon Area
Senior Center, second
Thursday of each month
at 1:30 p.m.
Parents Supporting
Parents, LakeView
Church, Stoughton, third
Tuesday of every month
from 6:30-8 p.m.

Relationship & Divorce

Support Group, State
Bank of Cross Plains,
every other Monday at
6:30 p.m.
Veterans Group,
Oregon Area Senior
Center, every second
Wednesday at 9 a.m.
Weight-Loss Support
Group, Oregon Area
Senior Center, every
Monday at 3:30 p.m.
Navigating Life Elder
Support Group, Peoples
United Methodist
Church, 103 N. Alpine
Pkwy., every first
Monday at 7 p.m.

Be True to Yourself
Every person is a unique individual with his or her own specific talents, desires and sense of the world. Even identical
twins reflect this truth, and although they may appear to be
identical at birth, it rapidly becomes evident that they are not
mirror images of each other, and as they grow they each
carve out their own personal identity. The task of becoming
who we are is difficult because we have the freedom and
the ability to develop our talents within a fairly broad range.
We may be musically or athletically inclined, but neither of
these inclinations tells us which instrument or sport will be
ideal for us. It is up to us to choose. Likewise, our sense
of the meaning and purpose of lifeincluding our overall
worldviewcan be satisfied with a variety of philosophies
or religions, and ultimately we have to choose which one
fits us best. This task of becoming who we are is thankfully
a task to fill a lifetime. It will take most of us our entire life
to get it all figured out. The great American philosopher and
psychologist William James lamented late in his life that the
great tragedy of life was that when weve finally got it figured
out, its just about over. But isnt that exactly whats great
about life? Its big and grand enough to require a long and
full life to work it out, and even at the end, well still be left
with a sense of wonder.
Christopher Simon, Metro News Service
Many are the plans in a persons heart,
but it is the LORDs purpose that prevails.
Proverbs 19:21 NIV

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Listening session Monday about county bike paths

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Photo by Scott Girard

Songs of winter
Netherwood Knoll Elementary School kindergartners held their Winter Sing concert for parents
Thursday, Feb. 4, and Friday, Feb. 5. Songs included The Penguin Polka, the Whacky Winter
Song and Winter Makes Me Sing, in addition to a pair of poems.

Bicycle paths are growing

in size and number in Dane
County, and officials are
hoping to find out the best
ways to help make them safe.
People will get a chance to
listen to the latest plans and
offer their opinions at a listening session Monday night
on a proposed county-wide
sign system for bike paths.
According to a press
release Friday, Dane County Parks and the Madison
Area Transportation Planning Board are developing a
countywide Bicycle Wayfinding Manual to provide
guidelines for designing and
implementing a uniform
wayfinding and destination
sign system for the growing bicycle network. At a 7

What: Public information

meeting on county bicycle
system
When: 7 p.m. Monday,
Feb. 15
Where: Lussier Family
Heritage Center, 3101 Lake
Farm Rd, Madison
Info: 224-3611 or
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Top finishers in the Oregon School District spelling bee, held Feb. 3, were Sam Canney, first; Wil
Cram, second; Jordan Young Eagle, third; and Sophia Davidson, fourth.

Whats the word?

Top 18 spellers
compete for spots at
regional bee
Oregons top 18 spellers
at Oregon Middle School
and Rome Corners Intermediate School competed
Feb. 3 for a chance to represent the district at the
regional spelling bee Feb.
10.
After 16 rounds, eighthgrader Sam Canney was
declared the winner after
correctly spelling the word
agriculture after the
word analogy.
Placing thereafter were

RCI fifth-grader Wil Cram,

second place; OMS eighthgrader Jordan Young
Eagle, third place; RCI
sixth-grader Sophia Davidson, fourth place and OMS
seventh-grader Phoebe
Jeske, fifth place.
Other qualifying students
from RCI included Britta
Baldus, Josh Dieter, Amelia Dyer, Ezekiel Jeeske,
Donovan Nedelcoff, Miller
Stang and Sadi Tesch. Other OMS students included
Nora McGinty, Selma
Domazet, Henry Butzlaff,
Sadie Gaberell, Alexis
Dorneaunu, Bryanna Salazar and Sarah Boerigtor
(absent from competition).

Words misspelled during the district spelling bee

were: enunciate, postprandial, chronicle, embassy,
ciao, frigate, hegemony,
trellis, mogul, interlocutor,
retrieval, solstice, wheelwright, corollary, tormented, odious and pithily.
Since Canney was
unable to attend the regional bee at Stoughton High
School Feb. 10, Cram and
Young Eagle were expected to compete instead.
Davidson is the alternate.
The regional bee was
held after the Observers
print deadline. Results will
be updated online.

It cost almost $1 million to restore, but

the Dyreson Bridge is open again for the
first time since May 2011.
Last Saturday, workers put down a
wearing surface on the bridge deck, which
opened last Tuesday, Feb. 2.
They got the surface on Saturday and
they pulled the barricades down, said
Town of Dunn clerk/business manager
Cathy Hasslinger. Theyll take that temporary wearing surface off this summer
and put a double-seal coat over it, so the
bridge will be closed again for a few days.
The bridge, originally built in 1868 and
replaced in 1897 with the current structure, is one of the last truss bridges in the
state. It crosses the Yahara River on Dyreson Road, one of only two state designated
Rustic Roads in the township.
Dunn officials asked the Wisconsin
Department of Transportation in 2011 to
close the bridge after learning that steel
I-beams supporting it had rusted to the
point that their flanges could be bent by
hand, Town chair Ed Minihan told the
Hub.
Town officials had hoped to rebuild the
bridge long before now, but a bid in 2012
to perform the work came in higher than
expected from a company that did not have
the requisite experience, Minihan said.
The companys estimate of $856,499 was
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When the project was rebid, a contractor from Waukesha Zenithtech Inc. was
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bid of $760,918. The final DOT estimate
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to $920,000, Hasslinger said.
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of the bridges historic nature and also
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When: 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13
Where: Dyreson Road at the Yahara
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More info: 838-1081
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Its an intricate process to do the restoration, Minihan explained in an interview
last year. Its kind of wrapped up in plastic right at the moment because they cant
let the paint spray get into the water. You
cant believe the rigging they have to do
this.
A DOT report indicated that around 75
vehicles passed over the bridge each day
before it was closed.
Construction to restore the bridge began
in June 2015 and cost nearly $1 million.
The towns share was about $200,000,
Hasslinger said. Most of the remaining
funding came from DOT grants.
There are very few of these bridges
left, Minihan said.
The Dyreson Bridge is listed in a DOT
report titled Historic Highway Bridges
in Wisconsin, which indicates the bridge
was engineered and fabricated by Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Works and built by
another Milwaukee company at a cost of
$1,028.
The overall project is 585 feet to include
a new approach on both ends. When completed, there will be a stop sign on each
end because its a one-lane bridge.
Located between Stoughton and McFarland, the bridge is a significant representative example of a metal, overhead, Pratt
Truss highway bridge construction, as
practiced in Wisconsin between 1895 and
1910, according to an engineering report.
Minihan said the company doing the
restoration encountered a few surprises,
which accounted for the cost overruns.
The town is holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the bridge opening at
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Boys swimming

Girls basketball

Oregon falls to
MG, now tied
for second
Anthony Iozzo
Assistant sports editor

Photo by Jeremy Jones

Oregons 200-yard medley relay (front, from left) Eli Rule and Jackson Marsden; (back) Ian Charles and Jake Larsen celebrate atop the Badger South Conference podium.
The quartet won the event in 1 minute, 40.79 seconds and helped the Panthers to a program-best second-place finish at conference.

Splashing to the podium

Panthers win four titles,
finish -program best
second at conference
Jeremy Jones
Sports editor

The Oregon/Belleville boys swimming team crowned three individual

champions and one relay champion
Saturday en route to a program-best
second-place finish at the Badger
South Conference meet in Stoughton.
Monona Grove won eight events to
repeat at conference champions with
a staggering 562.5 points, while Oregon crowned three individual champions (MG and Oregon tied for first

in the 100 free) and the 200 medley

improved upon its two-year undefeated streak to help the Panthers finish
second with 345.5 points.
Thats the highest weve finished
by far. We had been finishing fifth
over sixth the last four seasons,
Panthers head coach Scott Krueger
said. To finish second today down a
swimmer it was a pretty bit accomplishment.
Fort Atkinson, which overtook
Oregon with two events left, finished
a close second in with 338 points.
I was really proud of the way our
guys were able to finish out the meet
to make sure we got second, Krueger
said. I kept reminding them that
we were in the same position at the
Appleton Invite early this season.

If you go
What: WIAA Division 1 sectional
When: 1 p.m. Saturday
Where: Middleton High School

Rule, who puts the Belleville in the

Oregon/Belleville co-op, repeated as
Badger South Conference champion
in the 100 breaststroke with a time of
1:02.16. He also finished third in the
200 IM (2:10.85).
The Panthers 400 free A and B
relays then finished ahead of Fort
Atkinson to lock up third place for the
team.
Oregon didnt look like it was

going to have any problem locking

up a top-three finish from the beginning as the 200-yard medley team
of Jake Larsen, Ian Charles, Jackson
Marsden and Rule repeated as conference champions in 1 minute, 40.79
seconds.
Not only that, the quartet is undefeated the past two years in conference meets.
We hadnt really gone fast in that
relay all season, until today, Krueger
said. Im really excited to see what
those four guys can do at sectionals
next Saturday.
Larsen went on to tie for his first
individual conference crown in the
100 free and added a runner-up finish

Turn to Conference/Page 10

There is still hope for the

Oregon High School girls
basketball team to share
the Badger South Conference title, but Tuesdays
69-52 loss against Monona
Grove means that the Panthers will need some help.
Stoughton (17-2 overall,
9-1 conference) already
clinched at least a share
of the title, but if Oregon
(10-9, 7-3) defeats Milton
Friday and Stoughton loses
to Fort Atkinson on Thursday, the two teams will
square off on Thursday,
Feb. 18 with the Panthers
looking to claim a share of
the Badger South.
Monona Grove (15-4,
7-3) hosts Monroe and
Fort Atkinson in its final
conference games and can
also share a conference
title with two wins and one
Stoughton loss down the
stretch.
Oregon travels to Milton at 7:30 p.m. Friday
and hosts non-conference
Whitewater ranked No.
1 in Division 3 at 7:30
p.m. Tuesday.
Oregon closes the regular season at Stoughton
(17-2, 9-1) at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 18.

Oregon 61, Mt. Horeb 52

The Panthers traveled to

Turn to Girls BB/Page 11

Badger South
Team W-L
Stoughton 9-1
Oregon 7-3
Monona Grove
7-3
Madison Edgewood 6-5
Monroe 3-7
Milton 3-8
Fort Atkinson
1-9

Wrestling

Mellum, Ehn-Howland earn

fifth-place finishes at conference
Anthony Iozzo
Assistant sports editor

There is a lot to be excited

about if you are an Oregon
High School wrestling fan after
the Panthers performance at
the Badger Conference tournament Saturday at DeForest High
School.
The conference tournament
could have been intimidating,
as 33-ranked individuals and
three ranked teams made many
brackets harder than the state
tournament, head coach Ned
Lease said. But instead, Oregon
which has only six upperclassman still was able to churn out
some success.

If you go
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regional
When: 10 a.m. Saturday
Where: Sun Prairie High
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The Panthers had two fifthplace, one seventh-place and

three eighth-place finishes.
Despite finishing 12th out of
13 teams with 67 points, the

younger wrestlers were able to

get a good look at some of the
best competition in the state and
have some success on top of
that.
We have to keep telling ourselves we are a young team.
We still make some mistakes
that we shouldnt make, but
that comes with a little maturity
and a little bit of discipline and
stuff like that, Lease said. I
am really proud of the way our
guys have come around. We are
seeing a lot of good things. We
are winning the matches we are
supposed to win. Winning those
Photo by Anthony Iozzo
matches that we are not favored
Junior
Parker
Ehn-Howland
goes
for
a
pin
against
Waunakees
Luke
Hooker
in the
in is just the next level.
160-pound fifth-place match Saturday at the Badger Conference meet at DeForest Area High

Turn to Wrestling/Page 11 School. Ehn-Howland won the match 9-2.

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February 11, 2016

Wisconsin Whalers
Whalers move to 24-12
with win over Chicago

The Wisconsin Whalers

defeated the Chicago Bulldogs 7-1 Friday.
Ben Ratner and Thomas
Hanson each scored twice
in the blowout, while Clayton Brow, Peter Henderson
and Connor Boscaccy added one. Ian Dvorak had 16
saves for the Whalers.

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The Whalers (24-120) have 11 regular season

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playoff-bound rivals North
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Oregon upsets Madison Edgewood

Anthony Iozzo
Assistant sports editor

The Oregon High School boys basketball team hadnt beaten any team
ahead of them in the Badger South
Conference standings, but Fridays
62-57 win over Madison Edgewood
changed that.
The Panthers jumped out to a
10-point lead at halftime and did just
enough in the second half to hold on.
Oregon (11-7 overall, 5-4 conference) has won five straight games

when allowing less than 60 points.

Edgewood fell to 13-5, 6-2.
Senior Alex Duff finished with 21
points, while junior Michael Landry
and senior Ben Weiland added 11
and 10 points, respectively. Junior
Christian Bultman chipped in eight
points.
Senior Sam Noyce led the Crusaders with 20 points.
The Panthers host Milton at 7:30
p.m. Thursday and travel to Fort
Atkinson at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.
16.

Badger South
Team W-L
Monona Grove
7-1
Madison Edgewood 6-2
Stoughton 6-2
Oregon 5-4
Fort Atkinson
5-4
Monroe 1-8
Milton 0-9

Boys hockey

Panthers earn No. 9, start the playoffs against Silver Eagles

Jeremy Jones

Badger South

Sports editor

Dylan Ziomek scored a hat trick and Team W-L-T

assisted on two other goals as the Ore- Edgewood 10-0-0
gon boys hockey team defeated MonMonona Grove 8-2-0
roe 11-0 Friday at the SLICE Arena.
Tyson Rohrer scored twice and Oregon 5-5-0
assisted on two more, while Calvin
Stoughton 4-6-0
Schneider scored two goals and assistMilton 2-7-0
ed on another. Lucas Lefty scored
twice
Monroe 0-9-0
Jacob Ayers faced just four shots
in the blowout, while Dan Guillimas
twice by one goal.
stopped 45 in the loss.
Monona Grove fell 9-1 against MidPlayoffs
dleton last Thursday. The Panthers did
Oregon earned a ninth-seeded in not play Middleton during the regular
the playoffs last weekend and will season.
travel to eight-seeded Monona Grove
at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16. The win- Edgewood 7, Oregon 1
The Panthers capped the regular seaner advances on to face top-seeded
Middleton (19-3-0) inside Capitol Ice son Tuesday with a 7-1 loss against
Madison Edgewood at the Oregon Ice
Arena at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19.
The Silver Eagles finished second Arena.
Grant Reichenbacher scored a
in the Badger South, defeating Oregon

short-handed goal with a little less

than four minutes remaining in the
first period and then added an evenstrength goal 23 seconds later to put
the Panthers in an early hole.
Reichenbacher finished the game
with five goals and two assists for the
Crusaders, while Carter Hottmann
added a goal and two assists.
Defenseman Carson Timberlake
scored Oregons lone goal on the
power play just over six minutes into
the second period. Unfortunately, the
Panthers were already down 6-0 at that
point.
Junior Henry Roskos made 23 saves
in the first two periods, while Ayers
entered the game in the third period
and stopped all 11 shots he faced.
Edgewoods Tommy Mohs only
faced 13 shots all night.
Oregon (13-10-0, 5-5-0) finished
third in the Badger South with the loss,
while Edgewood (15-5-3, 10-0-0) ran
the table for its sixth-straight conference title.

Conference: Sectionals up next

Continued from page 9
in the 200 (1:49.85) to rival Ben McDade, who
also won the 500 free.
We started out strong today by winning the
medley relay and I think our confidence grew
from there, Larsen said. Today should give
us a lot of confidence now going into the hardest sectional in the state next week.
Charles also earned his first individual conference title in the 100 butterfly, posting a time
of 55.31.
It felt really great to finally be a conference
champion, Charles said. Its something Ive
been chasing after being touched out about
by (teammate) Jake (Larsen) last year. It feels
great to finally be No. 1.
He just missed a second individual medal in
the 100 backstroke, finishing fourth in 1:00.44.
Though the top eight in each event made the
podium, only the top three medaled.
Marsden, who shared the 50 free title a year
ago, finished second to MGs Erik Doll (who
also won the 100 free) in a season-best 22.88.
Oregon earned its final medal in the 400 free
relay, where the team of senior David Heim,
Charles, Greene and Larsen finished third
behind the 1-2 dominance of Monona Grove
in 3:29.08.
We were a little light on the 400 free
relay, but we were able to pulloff third place,
Krueger said. David is a four-year swimmer
for us who would probably never sniff the
podium, but was able to get up there today and
that was neat to be able to see.
The Panthers were without sophomore Josh
Lohmeier in the 200 free, where he was seeded
third, and the 500, where he was seeded second, as well as on the 200 and 400 free relays.

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JV conference
Erik Moller helped Oregon sweep the
breaststroke conference titles, winning the JV
race with an 11 second PR.
Henry Wiedemann placed second in the 200
free with an eight second PR. He later took
fifth with a three second improvement in the
100 free.
Erik Moller matched the finish with a season-best in the 50, while teammates Zach
Stone and Justin Yaun finished fourth and
sixth in the event with PRs of their own.
Stone and Yaun also posted best-times in the
100 free.
Stone, Moller, Wiedemann and Yaun
capped the meet with a second-place finish on
the JV 400 free relay.
Monona Grove won the JV meet with 394
points, while Fort Atkinson (228) and Stoughton (218) rounded out the top three. Oregon
finished second to last out of the five teams
competing.

Girls BB: Panthers knock off Mount Horeb

points. Senior Cassidy
Nikolai added 12 points,
Mount Horeb in a Badger and senior Morgan Yaun
crossover Friday and won had nine points and seven
rebounds.
61-52.
Junior Danica Keisling
had a double-double with MG 69, Oregon 52
Oregon could not stop
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Oregons 200 medley relay team of Josh

Greene, Ryan Wood, David Heim and Joseph
Schwartz finished sixth after dropping 5 seconds.
Also reaching the podium were Greene,
who finished seventh with a best time in the
500 free and 100 breast, and Heim, who took
eighth in the 200 free with a season-best.
The Panthers travel to Middleton at 1 p.m.
Saturday for sectionals. The top finisher in
each event automatically qualifies for state,
while the remaining 16 are picked based on
times from around the state.
It all comes down to next week. Thats
when we want to be swimming our fastest,
Krueger said.

Monona Grove.
Warnock scored 25 of
her 33 points in the first
half, including seven
3-pointers.
Senior Leah Koopman
led the Panthers with 16
points, while Keisling added 13. Koopman had four
3-pointers in the loss.

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Girls hockey

Icebergs earn No. 9 seed

for WIAA playoffs
Jeremy Jones
Sports editor

The Stoughton girls

hockey co-op found out
their playoff fate while
playing two of the states
better programs last week.

Fury 7, Icebergs 2

Photo submitted

Oregon Youth Wrestling remains undefeated

The Oregon youth wrestling team remained undefeated on the season, winning again last weekend in Mineral Point. The team also has
wins at Sugar River, Stoughton and Evansville.
Individual champions Sunday in Mineral Point for Oregon were: Jan Neumann, Tomas Neumann, Sabastian Soumphonphakdy,
Trevor Barlow, Seth Niday, Michael Schliem, John Ruth, Collin Keast, Brandon Liddle, Tyler Wald and Evan McGill. Second-grader
Soumphonphakdy and sixth-grader Schliem remain unbeaten on the season.
On Jan. 16 the Panthers traveled to Stoughton to compete against over 30 teams from Wisconsin and Illinois. The team race came
down to the wire as the youth wrestlers were able to edge out a tough Dakota, Ill., team for the title, with Prairie du Chien coming
in third. Taking individual titles on the day were Gavin Winterberg, Kaleb Klitzman, Landen Kamin, Parker Riedl, Owen Heiser, Lucas
Brown, Soumphonphakdy and Schliem,
The Panthers again took the mat in Evansville on Jan. 31 and the efforts of more than 40 Oregon wrestlers again helped the team earn
the team title over Burlington and place Milton. Capturing individual titles on the day were Evan Fahey, Ashlin Mihlbauer, Landen Kamin,
Joe Schmiesing, Soumphonphakdy, Ruth, Heiser and Schliem.

Wrestling: Six individuals finish in the top eight

Continued from page 9
The two fifth places are
pretty good, but we didnt
quite outwrestle our seed on
some of those, and some of
those matches were really
close. For a crew of freshmen and sophomores, there
was some really positive
stuff.
And the Panthers also
filled 13 of 14 weight classes at the tournament, something they havent been able
to do the past few seasons.
If we have everyone
healthy, we have a full team,
so that is another thing we
are super proud of, Lease
said.
The two fifth-place finishes were by junior Parker
Ehn-Howland (160 pounds)
and freshman Steele Mellum
(106).
Ehn-Howland took on
Waunakees Luke Hooker
in the fifth-place match. He
picked up a takedown and
a 2-point near fall in the
second period to grab a sixpoint lead and later added a
takedown to win 9-2.
Ehn-Howland wasnt able
to even wrestle in last years
tournament due to an injury,
so he made the podium in
his first Badger Conference
tournament.
I owe a lot to my teammates and my coaches and
my wrestling partner. It is
just a good group of guys to
work with, he said. They
push you in the practice
room and a lot of that comes
to the mat. It feels good to be
here.
Ehn-Howland defeated
Miltons Taylor Prochazka with a takedown and a
3-point near fall in the third
period to earn a chance to
possibly make the thirdplace match.
But Ehn-Howland was
later pinned by Baraboos
Zachary Raymond in 3 minutes, 17 seconds. He was
winning the match 2-0 early
and had a chance to score
more points in the third period. But he made a mistake
that allowed Raymond to get
him on his back for the pin.

I just made a silly mistake that ended up costing

me the match. So I just have
to come back and get mentally prepared for regionals
and try to get to sectionals
and try to get to state, he
said.
Mellum won his fifthplace match with a pin over
Monroes Gabe Witt in 3:19.
Mellum built an 8-0 lead
with two takedowns and a
3-point near fall in the first
two periods of the match.
It is special. I work hard
in the practice room and it
pays off, Mellum said.
Mellum was the only Panther to make the semifinals,
as well, but he dropped a
14-2 major decision to the
eventual 106-pound champion, Sauk Prairies Zeke
Smith ranked No. 11 on
wiwrestling.com.
Mellum was then pinned
by Miltons Andrew Wells
in one minute in his wrestleback and ended up in the
fifth-place match. But he
used that as motivation to
make the podium.
I wanted to work hard,
not get down on myself from
the loss before and just go
out there and give it everything I have, he said.
Junior heavyweight Garrett Johnson was the other
Panther to win a place
match. Johnson pinned
Baraboos Joseph Schick in
4:38 in a wrestleback, and
then he pinned Portages
Clayton Kapel to grab seventh.
Sophomores Connor
Brickley (126), Devin Keast
(138) and Steven Norland
(145) all added eighth-place
finishes.
Brickley needed a 2-point
near fall at the end of the
third period to force overtime in his wrestleback
against Monroes Timmy
Anderson. Brickley then
scored the takedown for the
6-4 sudden victory.
In his seventh-place
match, Brickley was pinned
by Portages Barry Beirne in
1:54.
Keast picked up three
takedowns and a reversal

en route to an 8-2 win over

Baraboos Brayden Scarborough in a wrestleback
to make the seventh-place
match. Keast was pinned by
Miltons Vince Digennaro in
2:18.
Norland pinned Monroes
Travis Wolf in 1:28 to make
his seventh-place match.
There he grabbed a quick
2-0 lead with a takedown,
but a reversal and a 3-point
near fall had him trailing 5-2
to Mount Horebs Aquoya
Faust.
Norland ended up falling
to Faust by pinfall in 4:02.
We have to learn how
to win the big match. You
see some of these guys out
here we will watch in the
finals. I remember some of
them when they were sophomores, and they didnt look
as good as some of our guys.
These names come and go,
and hopefully our guys can
keep that in perspective,
Lease said. We still work
hard at it because we are not
trying to give it up. We are
working on trying to get to

those big matches and then

performing well in those big
matches.
Now Oregon hopes to take
the momentum from conference and use it in a quest to
get as many guys through to
sectionals as possible.
This meet, depending on
the weight class, is better
than the state tournament,
and it is going to be tougher
than some of the sectionals
too. This is the best measuring stick you can have,
Lease said. We have to
keep our head up and really
buckle down.
Every one of our guys
have a couple matches
where they can say that they
were legitimately in the
match and they made a mistake. There are one of two
ways you can take that. You
can take that and go, Oh,
woe is me or you can take
on the responsibility and
work hard next week to not
make that mistake again.
Regionals begin at 10 a.m.
Saturday at Sun Prairie High
School.

Samantha Eyers and

Hannah Smith scored
Tuesday evening, but the
Icebergs simply didnt
have enough firepower in
gas in the tank, falling 7-2
to the Rock County Fury
at Edwards Ice Arena in
Beloit.
The Fury (12-10-0,
6-3-0) got a hat trick and
an assist from Zoe Steig,
while Alyx Richards added a pair of goals and set
up another.
Nisius stopped 33 shots
in the loss, including 15 in
the second period alone.
Molly Gross made five
saves in the first period
for the Fury before giving way to McKaylie Buescher, who stopped 12
over the final two periods.
The Icebergs (2-192 overall, 1-8-0 conference) close out the Badger
Conference season at 7
p.m. Thursday inside the
McFarland Community
Ice Arena against the Cap
City Cougars (9-14-0, 7-20).

Lynx 7, Icebergs 0
Lizzy Conybear scored a
goal and assisted on another Friday inside Stoughtons Mandt Community
Center as the Metro Lynx
rolled 7-0.
Kara Epping, Ally
Conybear, Ella Hall, Vivian Hacker and Taylor
Lyons also scored.
Sydney McKersie needed only to make five saves
in order to earn her third
shutout of the season.
McKenzie Nisius stopped
33 of 40 shots on goal in
the loss for the Icebergs.
The Lynx (13-5-4, 8-10) close out the Badger
Conference season 7:30
p.m. Saturday against Viroqua.
A win over the

Badger Conference
Team W-L-T
Metro Lynx
8-1-0
Cap City Cougars 7-2-0
Rock Co. Fury
6-3-0
Badger Thunder
2-6-1
Viroqua 2-7-0
Icebergs 1-8-1
Blackhawks would give
the Lynx their second conference title in three years.
With a loss against Viroqua the Lynx would share
the title with the Cap City
Cougars.

Onalaska 6, Icebergs 1
Senior defenseman
Maddy Hess scored a
later power-play goal in
the first period Saturday
inside the Mandt Center
to draw the Icebergs even
with Onalaska.
Trailing 2-1 through
two periods, the game
still looked to be up for
grabs before the Hilltoppers (9-10-2) cemented a
6-1 non-conference win
with four goals in the third
period.
Lauren Van Cleave
scored twice, while Taylor
Monroe and Sarah Buswell both had a goal and
an assist for the Hilltoppers.
Nisius turned away 36
of 44 shots on goal for
the Icebergs, while Claire
Bekkum faced just eight
shots from the Icebergs,
stopping seven.

Playoffs
Stoughton earned a No.
9 seed in the playoffs and
must travel to No. 8 Beaver Dam (2-12-2) at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 16.
The winner travels to
Madison Ice Arena at 8
p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, to
play the Metro Lynx.
As expected, having
beaten every team they
played in their bracket at
least once, the Metro Lynx
received the No. 1 seed
and a first-round bye in
the playoffs.

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Fab: Project a partnership between OSD, local biz, WEDC
Continued from page 1
Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), has two stages. The
first part is for K-12 classrooms,
including installing 3D printers at
all the schools, so all 4,000-plus of
our students can start learning the
techniques. Stage 2 would include
equipping the STEAM space at the
high school.
Pliner said he had a chance to tour
Stoughton High Schools Fab Lab
recently, and came away impressed
by what was going on, and how that
could be used in the Oregon School
District. Stoughtons highly successful Fab Lab, which is touted
on the district website as the only
known high school in the state with
such a facility, has partnered with
community members and businesses to fund the lab and open up
the facilities for district residents to
tour and even use.
These are really exciting spaces
high-tech, creative spaces, Pliner

said. Students pose problems, manufacture solutions, and then they

test them, and often times, they fail.
Students are engineering solutions to problems that they created,
and often times, those failures give
them the data that now they must
make adjustments.
It is really a fascinating way of
learning.
According to a summary in board
members packets Monday, the
project intends to create a partnership for shared funding between
the Oregon School District, local
businesses and the WEDC grant for
the fabrication laboratory, which
would be housed at Oregon High
School.
The OHS Technology and Engineering Education Department has
researched and identified a need
within our curriculum for such a
fab lab facility, the summary read.
The notion of student-driven, problem-based learning is at the heart of
fab lab methodology. This facility

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would be utilized for a variety of

learning experiences from introductory level learning to advanced collaboration between labs, throughout
the world, yielding better outcomes
through connected and shared learning experiences. Additionally, the
community at large is invited to
partner in project-based learning
within the facility.
Board member Rae Vogler said
she is totally in support of bringing a Fab Lab to Oregon, and
increasing opportunities for students
in the STEAM disciplines.
I think our district is really a leg
up on other districts, in terms of
the STEAM programs weve been
doing, she said. I did a tour of the
high school, where there was a 3D
printer, and it was excellent. The
fact that (with the grant) we can do
that at other schools, I think is phenomenal. We should be very happy
and supportive of this program and
do whatever we can to make it even
go further.

Oregon School District

Board approves boundary changes

Scott De Laruelle
Unified Newspaper Group

Two families appeared

at Mondays meeting to
request their properties
be detached from their
current school districts
(Stoughton and Belleville,
respectively) and attached
to Oregons. After some
discussion, including concerns about the wishes

of future residents of the

properties, both requests
were unanimously
approved.
Board member Barb
Feeney, who ultimately
voted for both properties
to be attached to the Oregon School District, said
she was concerned about
the concept of changing
our boundaries based on
the needs of the resident

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who lives on the property

at the particular time.
No other people spoke at
the meeting for or against
the detachments. Per state
law, the school board had
to act on the two petitions
this month, or they would
be considered denied.
Board members voted
7-0 to approve a petition
by Joann and Peter Nowka, after the Stoughton
Area School Board last
week denied the detachment request. The matter
will now go to the Wisconsin Department of
Public Instruction (DPI)
to be resolved, since both
school districts were not
in agreement on the settlement.
Peter Nowka told board
members that their residence, on Sunrise Drive
in Oregon, is about six
miles from the Stoughton
city limits, but only about
two from the Village of
Oregons. Joann Nowka
said the online learning
and personalized learning opportunities in OSD
are important for her three
children, who were previously home-schooled.
Were looking for individual learning and its
offered here. she said.
What is best for our
children and their best

educational opportunities
lie here. Its your reputation, and we want to be a
part of it.
Board members voted
6-0 to approve a petition
by Denise Fortier and
Michael Boyle for their
property to be detached
from the Belleville School
District and attached to
Oregons. Board member
Steve Zach abstained due
to a potential conflict of
interest with his law firm
working with the Belleville School District on
boundary issues.
Fortier and Boyle were
not present at the meeting. Krasue said they were
attending the Belleville
School Board hearing
about the matter. If the
Belleville School Board
rejects the petition, the
matter would go to the
DPI to be decided.
Zach, who works as an
attorney for a variety of
area school boards outside
Oregon, said its common practice for school
boards to deny requests
for property detachments,
even if the funding lost
is minimal, as it helps
provide some political
cover for the board if the
DPI decides in favor of a
detachment.

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Beverly Wichelt

Beverly A. Wichelt, age

86 of Oregon and formerly of Monroe, died Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016 at the
Oregon Manor Nursing
Home.
Beverly was born on
April 9, 1929 in Red
Rock, Lafayette County,
Wis., the daughter of William and Leah (Eidsmoe)
Murphy. She graduated
from Blanchardville High
School in 1946 and married Robert J. Wichelt on
Jan. 5, 1950 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic
Church in Blanchardville.
Bev and Bob farmed in
Juda for 14 years before
moving to Monroe, where
they resided for 33 years.
They have spent the last
18 years living in Oregon.
Bev worked for Dorman-Roth Foods for 29
years until retiring in
1991. She was a member of St. Victor Catholic
Church in Monroe and
later the Holy Mother
of Consolation Catholic
Church in Oregon. She
met the love of her life
at Monroes Turner Hall,
when Robert asked her to
dance. She loved to take
road trips across the United States with Colorado
and the music theatres of
Branson, Mo. among her
favorite destinations. Bev
loved spending time with
her family, cooking, and
sewing. She also enjoyed
exercising at the Monroe
Senior Center.

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Charles Leo Teeter, age

86, of Brooklyn, Wis.,
passed away at home on
Feb. 1, 2016.
Born on April 17,
1929 to Charles and Tessie Teeter in Chicago,
Ill., Charles grew up in
Stevens Point, Wis. and
attended high school
there. He graduated from
the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1950

She is survived by her

husband of 66 years,
Robert Wichelt of Oregon; a daughter, Suzanne
(Heinz) Kleisch of
Oregon; a son, Joseph
Wichelt; a grandson,
Steven Wichelt, both of
Kaukauna; a sister, Billy
Seiberlich (Mel Sensenbrener) of Madison;
many nieces, nephews,
and cousins; a sister-inlaw, Betty Wichelt; and
a longtime good friend,
Joyce Vogel, both of
Monroe. She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Gloria Harris; an infant sister, Betty
Lee Murphy; a brotherin-law, Kenneth Wichelt;
and a sister-in-law, Alice
(Nate) Schoepfer.
A Mass of Christian
Burial will be held at 11
a.m. Thursday, Feb. 11 at
St. Clare of Assisi Parish at St. Victor Catholic
Church, Monroe, with
Father Michael Klarer and
Father Gary Wankerl as
concelebrants. Burial will
follow in Calvary Cemetery in Monroe. Visitation will be at the church
on Thursday from 10 a.m.
until the time of Mass at
11 a.m.
In lieu of flowers,
memorials in memory of
Beverly are suggested
to Agrace HospiceCare,
5395 E. Cheryl Parkway,
Madison, WI 53711. The
Newcomer Funeral Home,
Monroe, is assisting
the family. To sign the
online guestbook or send
a condolence visit www.
newcomerfuneralhome.
net.
Her family would like
to thank the nurses and
staff of the Oregon Manor
and Agrace HospiceCare
for the wonderful care
given to Beverly.
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in nuclear engineering,
and again in 1970 with
a PhD in bio-engineering. He also received his
professional engineering
license in 1950.
Charles is survived
by his wife, Peg (Brewer) Teeter; sons, Bruce
of Helenville, Wis.
and Eric of Brooklyn;
daughter, Diane Peterson of Stoughton; and
five grandchildren. Also
surviving are his sister,
Sally Daughtery of New
Berlin and his brother
Leon on Stevens Point.
A memorial service will
be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13 at the First
Presbyterian Church of
Oregon, 408 N. Bergamont Blvd.
Any memorials should
be made out to Agrace
Hospice or the First Presbyterian Church of Oregon.

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Voter ID: Local clerks say they are ready to implement new state law during primary
Continued from page 1
Joanne Kloppenburg and Joe Donald.
Local clerks told the Observer they were
glad to have a quiet election to test their
procedures for the photo ID law before the
much larger turnout expected in April.
Clerks told the Observer they were ready
to implement the law that the state Legislature first passed in 2011.
After the 2012 spring primary, a courtordered injunction prevented its implementation for three years. The final injunction
on the law was lifted last March, paving the
way for this years elections, including the
November presidential election, to require
photo ID in Wisconsin.
Were ready, said Town of Oregon
clerk Denise Arnold. Were very, very prepared.
Clerks in the towns of Oregon and Rutland and the villages of Brooklyn and Oregon said theyve been training poll workers
on the procedures for voter ID, including
what is acceptable and what is not.
We are so blessed to have such good poll
workers, Arnold said. Theyve handled
the changes, and theres been a lot of them
and our poll workers they just keep coming on.
Acceptable identifications include drivers licenses, state-issued ID cards, passports and military ID cards.
Several clerks from around the Dane
County noted that the ID law could cause
confusion among voters about what is needed for registration and what is needed to
vote if someone is already registered.
If a voter is registered at his or her current address already, all thats needed is an
acceptable photo ID with their name, current address or not. If the voter needs to

register, a document must provide proof of

residence.
Proof of residence and Photo ID are
causing some confusion but a great deal of
people wont need to worry about either
one if their drivers license has their current
address and it is not expired, noted Village
of Oregon clerk Peggy Haag. Their drivers license can be used for both their proof
of residence and their Photo ID.
If a voter does not have the required ID
on them at the polls, they can still vote on
a provisional ballot, but would have to
return to the clerks office before Friday at 4
p.m. to show the proper identification.
Arnold also said shes worried about disgruntled people upset about the law politically who may complain to the poll workers, and Haag noted, Clerks do not make
the laws but we do have to enforce them.
Village of Brooklyn clerk Carol Strause
said village officials have tried to provide
information about the law in newsletters
and on the villages website, similar to what
many municipalities in the area have done.
Town of Rutland clerk Dawn George told
the Observer in an email she did not recall
the law being a major problem in the February 2012 election, though Haag acknowledged it will no doubt slow the process
down in Oregon.
After the state Legislature passed the law
in June 2011, groups filed two separate lawsuits to challenge its constitutionality. The
February 2012 spring primary took place
before an injunction was issued, but shortly
after, a judge declared the law could not be
enforced during the injunction.
The court process ended last March, when
the Supreme Court of the United States
rejected an appeal to the state Supreme
Courts ruling to uphold the law. While it

was before the April election, state officials

determined it was too close to implement
the law, and declared it would be in place
for all elections after.
For information on what IDs are acceptable or more detail on the law itself, visit
bringit.wisconsin.gov.

Supreme Court race

The Supreme Court race features a challenge to Bradley, who has served on the
states highest court since October 2015.
Walker appointed her to fill the seat of the
late Justice Patrick Crooks, who had died
earlier in the year.
She served on the Wisconsin Court of
Appeals and as a Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge since her appointment in
2012.
Kloppenburg previously lost to Justice
David Prosser after a recount in 2011, in a
race that many considered a referendum on
Walkers performance after Act 10 spurred
protests earlier that spring.
She sits on the Wisconsin Court of
Appeals, which she was first elected to in
2012. She had previously served as assistant attorney general for the states Department of Justice from 1989.
Donald was first appointed to the Milwaukee County Circuit Court by former
Gov. Tommy Thompson in 1996, and was
re-elected to his seat four times since then.
The two candidates who receive the most
votes will move on to the general election.
For information on your local voting
place, call your local clerk or visit your
municipalitys website.
Unified Newspaper Group reporters Scott
De Laruelle and Bill Livick contributed to
this story.

Acceptable IDs
The address on an ID does not need
to be current.
For more information on how to get
a state ID, visit bringit.wisconsin.gov.

Expired or unexpired:
Wisconsin DOT-issued drivers
license
Wisconsin DOT-issued ID card
Military ID card
U.S. passport
Federally recognized Wisconsin
Indian tribe ID card

Only unexpired:
Certificate of naturalization issued
within two years
Wisconsin DOT-issued driving
receipt (valid 45 days)
Wisconsin DOT-issued ID card
receipt (valid 45 days)
Wisconsin university, college or
technical college ID that contains
date of issuance, signature of student
and expiration date no more than two
years after issuance. A student must
provide a separate document to prove
enrollment.
Citation or notice of intent to
revoke or suspend a Wisconsin
DOT-issued drivers license dated
within 60 days of election

Legals

At the Spring Primary to be held on

Tuesday, February 16, 2016 in the Village
of Oregon, Village of Brooklyn, Town of
Rutland and Town of Oregon of Dane
County, Wisconsin, the following polling
place locations will be used for the wards
indicated:
Location, Wards
Village of Oregon
Oregon Village Hall, 117 Spring
St., Oregon, WI 53575, 1-6 & 11-12 AND
Peoples United Methodist Church, 103
Alpine Parkway, Oregon, WI 53575, 7-10
Village of Brooklyn
Brooklyn Village Hall, 102 North Rutland Ave., Brooklyn, WI 53521, 1-3
Town of Rutland
Rutland Town Hall, 785 Center Road,
Stoughton, WI 53589, 1 & 2
Town of Oregon
Oregon Town Hall, 1138 Union Road,
Oregon, WI 53575, 1-4
ALL POLLING PLACES WILL OPEN
AT 7:00 A.M. AND WILL CLOSE AT 8:00
P.M.
If you have any questions concerning your polling place, contact the municipal clerk.
Village of Oregon: Peggy Haag, 117
Spring Street, Oregon, WI 53575
(608) 835-3118, 7:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m.
(Mon-Fri.)
Village of Brooklyn: Carol Strause,
210 Commercial St., Brooklyn, WI 53521
(608) 455-4201, 7:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.

***

TOWN OFRUTLAND
NOTICE
ALCOHOL LICENSE
APPLICATIONS

Village of Oregon
2015 Budget Amendment 4

Taxes
Special Assessments
Intergovernmental Aid
Licenses & Permits
Fines
Public Charges
Intergovernmental Charges
Miscellaneous
Transfer In
Proceeds from Borrowing
Other Financing Sources

meeting or materials at the meeting to

be in an accessible location or format
must contact the Village Clerk at (608)
835-3118, 117 Spring Street, Oregon, Wisconsin, at least twenty-four hours prior
to the commencement of the meeting so
that any necessary arrangements can be
made to accommodate each request
Peggy S.K. Haag
Village Clerk
Published: February 11 and 18, 2016
WNAXLP
***

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

GENERAL DEVELOPMENT
PLAN
LOT 504 THE BERGAMONT
VILLAGE OF OREGON

PLEASE TAKE NOTICEthat the

Planning Commission of the Village of
Oregon will hold a public hearing at 6:30
p.m. on Thursday, March 3, 2016 in the
Board Room of the Oregon Village Hall,
117 Spring Street, Oregon, Wisconsin, to
consider the approval of the General Development Plan submitted by Bergamont
Real Estate Holding Company LLC, Prop-

General Special Debt Capital

Fund Revenue Service Projects

erty Owner, of the property described as

follows:
Lot 504 The Bergamont, Village of
Oregon, Dane County
Parcel No.165-0509-104-6064-1
A copy of the General Development
Plan is on file at the office of the Village
Clerk. Office hours of the Clerk are 7:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Subsequent to the hearing, the Commission intends to deliberate and act
upon the request.
Any person who has a qualifying
disability as defined by the Americans
with Disabilities Act that requires the
meeting or materials at the meeting to
be in an accessible location or format
must contact the Village Clerk at (608)
835-3118, 117 Spring Street, Oregon, Wisconsin, at least twenty-four hours prior
to the commencement of the meeting so
that any necessary arrangements can be
made to accommodate each request
Peggy S.K. Haag
Village Clerk
Published: February 11 and 18, 2016
WNAXLP
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- - - -

New Used Surplus

General Government
Notice is hereby given that the fol- Public Safety
lowing alcohol license application has Public Works
1,302
been received by the Town ofRutland. Health & Human Services
The license applied for is for the period Culture & Recreation
beginningFebruary 2, 2016throughJune Conservation & Development
30, 2016.
Capital Outlay
Class A Fermented Malt Beverage:
Debt Service
Stoughton Lumber Company Inc.
Transfer Out
Agent: James M Gerber,404 West Other Financing Sources
Wilson St.StoughtonWI53589
Enterprise Operating Expenses
-
License Location: Stoughton Lum-
1,302
- - ber Company Inc.,3188 Deer Point
Drive,StoughtonWI53589
Detail budget transfers are available at village hall.
Dawn George, Clerk
117 Spring Street, Oregon, WI 53575
PublishedFebruary 11, 2016
(608) 835-3118
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NOTICE OF SPRING PRIMARY

LOCATION AND HOURS OF
POLLING PLACE

At the close of voting on Election

Day, pursuant to the provisions of Wis.
Stat. 19.84, the Election Inspectors will
convene as a joint meeting of the Local
Board of Canvassers and the Municipal
Board of Canvassers for the purpose of
conducting the local and municipal canvasses pursuant to Wis. Stat. 7.51 and
7.53(1). This meeting will be open to the
public pursuant to Wis. Stat. 19.81-89.
Posted: February 2, 2016
Published: February 11, 2016
WNAXLP

PLEASE TAKE NOTICEthat the

Planning Commission of the Village of
Oregon will hold a public hearing at6:30
p.m.onThursday, March 3, 2016in the
Board Room of the Oregon Village Hall,
117 Spring Street, Oregon, Wisconsin,
to consider the approval of the General
Development Plan submitted by Andy
Dalsing, agent acting on behalf of Molokai Homes LLC (Beehive Homes), Future

Owner of Property and Oregon Parks

LLC, Current Property Owner, of the
property described as follows:
101/201 N. Bergamont Blvd, Village
of Oregon, Dane County
Parcel No.165-0509-023-2584-1
Lot 54
A copy of the General Development
Plan is on file at the office of the Village
Clerk. Office hours of the Clerk are 7:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Subsequent to the hearing, the Commission intends to deliberate and act
upon the request.
Any person who has a qualifying
disability as defined by the Americans
with Disabilities Act that requires the

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Notice of Meeting of
the Local and Municipal
Board of Canvassers

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

GENERAL DEVELOPMENT
PLAN
101/201 N. BERGAMONT BLVD
VILLAGE OF OREGON

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Case No. 16PR38

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:
1. An application for Informal Administration was filed.
2. The decedent, with date of birth
December 28, 1914 and date of death December 6, 2015, was domiciled in Dane
County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 5099 CTH A, Oregon, WI
53575.
3. All interested persons waived notice.
4. The deadline for filing a claim
against the decedents estate is May 6,
2016.
5. A claim may be filed at the Dane
County Courthouse, Madison, Wisconsin, Room 1000
Lisa Chandler
Probate Registrar
January 19, 2016
Sharon O. Christensen
4827 Rome Corners Road
Brooklyn, WI 53521
608-835-5810
Published: January 28,
February 4 and 11, 2016
WNAXLP

(Mon-Thurs.)
Town of Rutland: Dawn George, 4177
Old Stage Road, Brooklyn, WI, 53521
(608) 455-3925, Call Number for
Hours
Town of Oregon: Denise Arnold,
1138 Union Road, Oregon, WI 53575
(608) 835-3200, 8:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m.
(Mon-Thurs.)
All polling places are accessible to
elderly and disabled voters.
__________________________________

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STATE OF WISCONSIN,
CIRCUIT COURT,
DANE COUNTY, NOTICE TO
CREDITORS (INFORMAL
ADMINISTRATION) IN THE
MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
Lucille D. Outhouse

14 February 11, 2016 Oregon Observer

Splash: Would be located next to Oregon Pool facility
splash pads in Dane County last
October Reindahl Splash Park in
east Madison, Lakeview Park Splash
Pad in Middleton and the Fitchburg
Splash Pad, which opened in 2013
to brainstorm ideas for potential
themes and landscaping options.
Those tours also helped determine
what type of water system would
be preferable for the Oregon project. While a flow-through system
would be less expensive initially and
wouldnt require daily water checks,
it would cost more over time than
the committees preferred choice, a
recirculating system. The latter would
require more maintenance and quality
control, but would be more energyefficient as well.
While the committee did not present any estimated budget for the project, Bossingham said it would likely
cost similar to the Lakeview Park
Splash Pad, estimated at $310,000.
Dave Heide, the owner of Charlies
on Main, attended the meeting with
his daughter Liliana. Both gave input
based on their experiences with the
splash pad in Fitchburg, a project that
Heide donated to.

COOKIE SEASON
is officially open!
Girl Scout cookies
are for sale!
Dorn Hardware in Oregon.
Feb 13th, 8am-5pm.
Opening weekend special:
Bakers Dozens! PETERSON

What: Oregon Splash Pad informational meeting

When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 1
Where: Oregon School District
office meeting room, 123 E. Grove St.
Info: facebook.com/
OregonSplashpad/
Heide recommended building in
phases, as well as to pursue a fundraising campaign similar to Fitchburgs, which allowed community
members to donate and have their
names engraved on items like bricks
and benches.
He also advised to update the public as frequently as possible on the
project in order to stay visible. Straub
agreed, adding that the committee
plans to display fundraising progress
once the campaign tentatively begins
in July.
While the goal is begin construction early next summer for an opening date in August 2017, that date is
highly subject to change, committee
member Kelly Allen said.

150 Places To Go

402 Help Wanted, General

MADISON ANTIQUE & COLLECTIBLE

SHOW, Sunday, February 14, 9am-3pm,
TURNER HALL, 3001 S. Stoughton Rd.
FREE ADMISSION. Wonderful sale
showcasing 25 local vendors with vintage items for home and garden. GREAT
SELECTION OF ITEMS ALL DAY! (608)
444-0649

CAREGIVER/CNA. If you have a heart

for the elderly, enjoys helping others, join
our team in helping our residents live life
to their fullest potential. Remember, "put
a song in the hearts of others and you'll
always have one in yours." Call Andy
608-290-7347.

PROGRAMMED CLEANING, INC.

PART-TIME COMMERCIAL CLEANER

WANTED IN STOUGHTON, WI
We have an immediate opening for a Lead Cleaner in the
Stoughton area. MUST be self-starter, independent, detail
oriented and able to work alone and able to set security alarm.
This position is 3 days a week on Mon./Wed. and Fri., 2 hours in
the evenings starting at 5:30 pm (starting time might be flexible).
Pay rate is $14 an hour.

Please apply online at programmedcleaning.com

or call (608) 222-0217 for more information.

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CLEANERS NEEDED for Stoughton

Area offices. Mon-Sat, 2-5/hrs per night.
Please call 608-246-9665 or 608-4381386.
DISHWASHER, COOK,
WAITRESS, & DELI STAFF
WANTED.
Applications available at
Sugar & Spice Eatery.
317 Nora St. Stoughton.
EXPERIENCED DISHWASHER WANTED. Apply at Sunrise Family Restaurant
1052 W. Main, Stoughton.

B & R PUMPING
SERVICE LLC
Dave Johnson

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143 Notices

If you go

The committee also hopes to finalize a theme in the coming weeks, and
sought feedback from the community
on a design based on Oregons history. Straub said that the committee
had reached out to the Oregon Area
Historical Society, which recommended incorporating horses to honor
the villages recognition as Wisconsins Horse Capital, as well as trains
and rocks to mimic a glacial moraine.
A meeting attendee, meanwhile, suggested incorporating a water tower
feature as well.
Elizabeth Klahn, a paraprofessional at Rome Corners Intermediate
School, said that the committee could
also possibly get local kids involved
with a design contest.
Despite just recently starting a
Facebook page for the project, it
already had more than 350 likes as of
Tuesday. Strab said they hope to see
even more interest from the public at
the committees next meeting, set for
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, at the
Oregon School District office meeting room, 123 E. Grove St.
We have a long ways to go,
Straub said. But weve learned a lot,
and its been a lot of fun.

(608) 835-8195
We recommend septic
pumping every two years

All American Sales & Auctions, LLC

Presents:
The Rathfelder Estate
3542 Sabaka Trail, Verona, WI
February 12th and 13th 9-3 (sign up sheet at 7 am)

Two Day Estate Sale

Ladies and Gentlemen; this is not your average estate sale!!!

This may be one of the finest estate sales in Wisconsin in 2016, I was stunned! As an auctioneer,
auctions are my main business and it takes something very special for me to do an estate sale.
See You in Verona February 12th and 13th, bring your sweetie for Valentines Day!!!
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No Sales At This Address-Office Only!!!
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MOTORCYCLES-2014 Harley Davidson Redone 2002 Fatboy, Kawasaki 1000LE, Harley Davidson
Motorcycle Trailer, more may be added-watch online listing.
GENERAL-Wine tasting table and chairs, Large globe, Wicker Set, Wine Glasses, Books, Ello
Marble/Glass Dining Set, Mid Century Side Table, Wicker Stool, Animal Table, Wine Fridge
ANTIQUES-Cedar chest, Stained glass, Bibles, SW Pottery, Inuit glass piece signed, Alaskan Seal
bronze signed, Shakespeare Wonderbow, Pool Cue, Navajo Jewelry
JEWELRY-14k Bracelet-Earrings-More, Loads of Sterling Silver Jewelry-Earrings-BraceletsNecklaces-Many with Stones, Tourquise Pieces.
ARMS/ARMOR-M1 Garand(needs assembly), American Sword, Black Powder Rifle, Ammo, 2 Timber
Ridge Gun Safes w/dehumidification and Goldenrod.
DECOYS-Irv Phillips Wood Carvings-Canvasback, Mallard, Loon Family, Shorebirds, Geese, Swan,
Fantastic Egret Carving, and More!
RELOADING-MEC Reloader 650, Metal Matic Loader, Lyman Dies, RCBS Dies, RCBS Scale, RCBS
Puller, Loads of brass in vintage boxes, made ammo-44 mag, Books, Bullets, Gun Stand.
CLOTHING-Australian Outback Duster, Browning Duck Wax Jacket and Vest, Cohiba Cigars Jacket
Havana, Cuba (1 of 6), Harley Davidson Clothing.
S.C.U.B.A.-Pairs of the following:Body Glove Wet Suits and Liners, ScubaPro Vest, Octo Regulator
Set Ups, Fins, Mask, Snorkels, Weight Belts, ScubaPro Bag. Plus Dive Knives, Books, and Related.
HARLEY DAVIDSON COLLECTIBLES-Franklin Mint Knives, Franklin Mint Pocket Watches, 100th
Anniversary Insignia Set, Obsolete MDA World Insignia Set, Coins, 1997 Signed Barnhouse Print,
105th Anniversary Box sets, Custom Made Oak Machine Shop Tool Box-Amazing, HD Jewelry, Pins,
Coins, Hats!
HARLEY DAVIDSON PARTS-Master Cylinder Cover, Clutch Bracket, Hallogen Fog lamps, Switch
Housing, Clutch and Brake Levers, Shifter Control Cover, Fork Covers, Grips, Footboards, Shock Kits,
Air Cleaner Cover, Fork Covers, Take Offs, Swing Arms, Caliper, Seats, Trim Covers, and More!!! Much
in original packaging!
GARAGE/TOOLS-Craftsman Work Station, Upright Mechanics Box, Large Pit Stop Tool Box , Loads
of Hand Tools-Wrenches-Sockets-Mechanics-HD Shop Items, Stihl Chain Saw, Ladders, Drill Press,
Outdoor Tools, 3 Car Garage Full of Great Stuff!

434 Health Care, Human

Services & Child Care
COMFORT KEEPERS IN MADISON
Seeking caregivers to provide care
to seniors in their homes. Need valid
DL and dependable vehicle. FT & PT
positions available. Flexible scheduling.
Sign-on bonus.
Call 608-442-1898
FULL-TIME HOUSEKEEPING/
Laundry, STOUGHTON
$8.60-$10.04/hr.
Health Insurance,
Dental and Vision.
Call Rebecca
262-685-7113
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Friday for The Great Dane and Noon
Monday for the Oregon Observer unless
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or 835-6677.

Police reports
Reports taken from the
Oregon Police Department
log book and sent to the
Observer.
Jan. 2
8:14 p.m. An 18-year-old
man parked his vehicle on
the walking path to light up
the pond in the 100 block
of North Perry Parkway for
hockey and police advised
the man he could not park a
vehicle on the path.

taking advantage of his

uncle, who is disabled, by
having him write checks for
her. Police planned to investigate the claim.
Jan. 7
11:35 a.m. An 18-yearold man received an unlawful
trespass to private property
citation after he was located
at Oregon High School after
being advised to stay off the
property.

Jan. 5
12:52 a.m. Officers
assisted the Dane County
Sheriffs Office with a suspected drunk driver on the
5200 block of County Hwy.
CC
12:27 p.m. An unknown
suspect stole $175 from a
school employees office
at Prairie View Elementary
School.

Jan. 8
8:17 a.m. A resident on
the 700 block of Scott Street
acknowledged he had actually hit his neighbors vehicle when he thought he hit
a snowbank. The neighbors
told police they would handle
the follow-up without police.
12:13 p.m. Police investigated a report of stolen prescription drugs at Oregon
Manor.
Jan. 6
5:40 p.m. An unknown
8:51 p.m. A 63-year- suspect hit a car in the Bills
old man told police that a Food Center parking lot and
26-year-old woman was drove away.

436 Office
Administration & Clerical
IMMEDIATE OPENING for a part-time
Office Assistant. The right candidate will
have strong customer service, phone and
organizational skills, a positive attitude
and will be attentive to detail. Must have
computer experience for word processing
and data entry. Experience with Microsoft Excel required and Peachtree Software knowledge a plus but not required.
Please apply at Galva-Closure Products
Co. 1236 East Street, Stoughton, WI
53589, (608) 873-3044

441 Sales & Telemarketing

LOOKING FOR eager persons to work
at a call center on Madison's West side,
paid weekly, flexible hours. For more
info, call 608-268-3695.
THE Oregon Observer CLASSIFIEDS,
the best place to buy or sell. Call 8736671 or 835-6677.

2016 Seasonal Landscaping

Positions Available
Were seeking hard-working seasonal employees
to work as landscapers on the Horticulture
Team. Youll work with skilled horticulturists in a
beautiful environment, with a diverse collection
of trees, flowers, and edible plants.
Duties range from watering, weeding, and
mulching to mowing, planting, and everything in
between. This is a first shift, seasonal position.
Landscaping and equipment experience is
preferred but not required.
To be considered, please inquire
online at careers.epic.com

SKIWEAR & FURNITURE

Sales Position
We are now accepting applications
for several part-time positions selling
outdoor furniture during the summer
and assisting in our skiwear and winter
clothing department during the winter.
These positions are year round jobs with
flexible shifts of 15-25 hours per week weekdays and one weekend day. If you
enjoy working with people, like to ski or
have a flair for color and design, please
visit our store and apply in person.
Chalet is a fun and friendly place to
work with local owners who have great
appreciation for our employees and
customers. We offer a generous base
salary plus commission, paid training
and a nice benefits package.
Apply in person or send resume to:
CHALET SKI & PATIO
5252 Verona Road
Madison, WI 53711
608-273-8263

451 Janitorial & Maintenance

EVENING CLEANING Help Needed
in Oregon, WI. Full and Part-time shifts
available. Monday-Friday, NO WEEKENDS. General cleaning such as vacuuming, dusting, mopping, etc. Apply at
Diversified Building Maintenance, 1105
Touson Drive, Janesville, WI. 608-7529465.

452 General
OFFICE CLEANING in Stoughton
Mon-Fri 4 hours/night. Visit our website:
www.capitalcityclean.com or call our
office: 608-831-8850

508 Child Care & Nurseries

CHILD CARE Verona Area. Non-Smokers. 35 years experience. 845-9288

516 Cleaning Services

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

548 Home Improvement

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720 Apartments

DOUG'S HANDYMAN
SERVICE
"Honey Do List"
No job too small
608-845-8110
HALLINAN-PAINTING
WALLPAPERING
**Great-Winter-Rates**
35 + Years Professional
European.Craftsmanship
Free-Estimates
References/Insured
Arthur Hallinan
608-455-3377

STOUGHTON LOWER Flat, 2 bdr,

BIG back yard, new carpet/paint, $650
month-to-month. Call 608-235-3887.

750 Storage Spaces For Rent

RECOVER PAINTING currently offering

winter discounts on all painting, drywall
and carpentry. Recover urges you to join
in the fight against cancer, as a portion of
every job is donated to cancer research.
Free estimates, fully insured, over 20
years of experience. Call 608-270-0440.
TOMAS PAINTING
Professional, Interior,
Exterior, Repairs.
Free Estimates. Insured.
608-873-6160

572 Snow Removal

PLOWING BLOWING
Residential & Commercial
20+yers exp. Fully Insured.
608-669-0025

576 Special Services

DANCE PARTY! 608-220-4025 for your
next party. Mobile DJ.
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Evening and Weekend
appointments OKAY!
Party rates also available!
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or to set up an appointment use one
of these platforms:
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(addit'l charge of $1/mile may apply
if travel is more than 10 miles from
Downtown Stoughton)

DEER POINT STORAGE

Convenient location behind
Stoughton Lumber.
Clean-Dry Units
24 HOUR LIGHTED ACCESS
5x10 thru 12x25
608-335-3337
FRENCHTOWN
SELF-STORAGE
Only 6 miles South of
Verona on Hwy PB.
Variety of sizes available now.
10x10=$60/month
10x15=$70/month
10x20=$80/month
10x25=$90/month
12x30=$115/month
Call 608-424-6530 or
1-888-878-4244
NORTH PARK STORAGE
10x10 through 10x40, plus
14x40 with 14' door for
RV & Boats.
Come & go as you please.
608-873-5088
OREGON SELF-STORAGE
10x10 through 10x25
month to month lease
Call Karen Everson at
608-835-7031 or
Veronica Matt at 608-291-0316

602 Antiques & Collectibles

RASCHEIN PROPERTY
STORAGE
6x10 thru 10x25
Market Street/Burr Oak Street
in Oregon
Call 608-520-0240

COLUMBUS ANTIQUE MALL

& CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
MUSEUM
"Wisconsin's Largest Antique Mall"
Customer Appreciation Week!
Apr 04-10. 20% Discount!
Enter daily 8am-4pm 78,000 SF
200 Dealers in 400 Booths
Third floor furniture, locked cases
Location: 239 Whitney St
Columbus, WI 53925
920-623-1992
www.columbusantiquemall.com

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975 Livestock
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

OFFICE SPACES FOR RENT

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on golfcourse
Free Wi-Fi, Parking and
Security System
Conference rooms available
Kitchenette-Breakroom
Autumn Woods Prof. Centre
Marty 608-835-3628

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

CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon

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Monday for the Oregon Observer unless
changed because of holiday work schedules. Call now to place your ad, 873-6671
or 835-6677.

CLASSIFIEDS, 873-6671 or 835-6677. It

pays to read the fine print.

15

990 Farm: Service

& Merchandise

WALMERS TACK SHOP

16379 W. Milbrandt Road
Evansville, WI
608-882-5725

801 Office Space For Rent

ALL SEASONS SELF STORAGE

10X10 10X15 10X20 10X30
Security Lights-24/7 access
BRAND NEW
OREGON/BROOKLYN
Credit Cards Accepted
CALL (608)444-2900
C.N.R. STORAGE
Located behind
Stoughton Garden Center
Convenient Dry Secure
Lighted with access 24/7
Bank Cards Accepted
Off North Hwy 51 on
Oak Opening Dr. behind
Stoughton Garden Center
Call: 608-509-8904

970 Horses

UNION ROAD STORAGE

10x10 - 10x15
10x20 - 12x30
24 / 7 Access
Security Lights & Cameras
Credit Cards Accepted
608-835-0082
1128 Union Road
Oregon, WI
Located on the corner of
Union Road & Lincoln Road

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

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Assistant Director
(LPNs should apply)

Resident Care Assistant (RCA)

Milestone Senior Living is seeking full-time and part-time
applicants for Resident Care Assistant positions in the soon to
open senior campus in Stoughton, WI.
Applicants should enjoy caring for and giving support to the
elderly in a homelike setting. Duties include resident personal
cares, medication administration, laundry, housekeeping and life
enrichment activities. Applicants should have good speaking,
reading and written skills.
Licensed CNA or one year of elderly care experience is preferred.
We will train according to State regulations and Milestone
policies. Great benefit package for part-time and full-time
employees. Starting wage is dependent on experience. Hiring for
AM, PM and Over Night hours!
Apply by sending a cover letter and an application found on our
website: www.MilestoneSeniorLiving.com to:
Milestone Senior Living
Attn.: Julie Kopp, Office Manager
1574 W Broadway, Suite 200
Madison, WI 53713

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced leader to assist with managing the Milestone Senior Living campus of Assisted Living Apartments and
Studios in Stoughton, WI. Under the supervision of the Community Director, this
full-time position will oversee the day to day operations such as: supervising
and mentoring team members, working with schedules, maintaining care plans,
quality assurance while providing the highest quality care to our residents and
tenants.
The right person should have a minimum of a two year degree with 2-3 years
of supervisory experience or a bachelors degree with supervisory experience. It
would be helpful if candidate has assisted living or long term care experience.

Culinary Director

We are looking for a personable and dedicated individual to create, prepare and
serve nutritious and delicious meals for our tenants and residents. Duties include:
food purchasing, planning, preparation, cooking and serving of food.
A person should have excellent cooking/culinary skills, the ability to work independently, and be customer focused while catering to older adults. The ability to
communicate well with others, read and interpret recipes and follow directions
will be necessary. Candidate must have thorough knowledge of: food safety, sanitation, and nutrition along with either a Culinary Arts degree or years of experience working within the industry.
This is a part time position that will transition to full time position at 40 hours per
week as the Milestone Stoughton campus is new construction and set to open
for occupancy around April 18, 2016.
For both positions, send your resume and cover letter to:
Milestone Senior Living
Attn.: Julie Kopp, Office Manager
1574 W Broadway, Suite 200, Madison, WI 53713

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February 11, 2016

Oregon Observer

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Camera: Police officers started wearing devices Jan. 22

I think thats the biggest thing it confirms savings versus managing the
data storage in-house.
Though he hasnt yet used
and record retention statutes your action. Its like, I know I think I made
it, Schewe said different
(state policies require evithe right decision, heres why I made it.
Continued from page 1

Photo by Jacob Bielanski

The Oregon Police Department began using on-officer cameras as

of Jan. 22. The cameras, an Axon model made by Tazer, cost the
department $22,000 and are worn at eye-level. At the end of every
shift, officer place their individually-assigned cameras into a docking station, where remaining days videos are uploaded and the
devices are charged.

dence of certain crimes to be

held on to longer than others).
In addition to providing
accountability, the new cameras also open up a world of
efficiency. Recorded statements can be taken at the
scene of a crime, eliminating the need for witnesses
to make a trip to the station.
Schewe said that one of
the cool features, though it
hasnt had a practical application yet, is the ability to
link different officers videos together into a package
of evidence for detectives
and district attorneys.
Theres a reason I chose
Oregon, its because I felt
it was a very good department, I feel everyone here
does a good job theyre
all very accountable, they do
the right thing, He said. I
think the camera just reiterates that.

Oregon Police Department officer Kyle Schewe

Automated storage
Each patrol officer is
assigned his or her own
head-mounted camera,
which connects through a
cable to a belt-mounted storage and audio unit.
Officers are required by
policy to begin recording
whenever they begin making contact with the public.
In addition to these
recordings being uploaded at
the end of every shift, officers smartphones can also
be used to review the days
videos on the spot and categorize them along with their
paper report.
At the end of a shift, cameras are returned to a docking station, where the videos are uploaded to a secure

account on Evidence.com,
run by Tazer, while the
devices recharge.
Videos are stored on a
server according to how
they are categorized. Traffic
stops or uncategorized video
will only stay in the system
for 120 days, to keep in line
with state open records laws.
Video categorized in more
serious crimes, such as a
homicide, will be stored for
significantly longer.
Police Chief Brian Uhl
told the Observer in an email
that the department expects
to pay around $8,000 per
year for the video storage
service. He noted, however
that the actual cost is dependent on the length and number of videos stored, and that
the cost represents an overall

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officers video can be compiled into a package of

evidence, potentially providing multiple views of a single crime, or collecting multiple witness interviews for a
detective or district attorney.
Once on the server, officers cant tamper with the
video. Chief Brian Uhl told
the Observer, however, that
ranking officers have the
ability to download redacted copies of the videos for
training and other purposes.
Software built into the system allows him to block
voices or faces.
For his part, Schewe said
the new cameras are a great
benefit to the department.
It gives people a vision
of what youre trying to
explain, he said.

Disclosure vs.
protection
Though high-profile cases
of alleged misconduct have
rocketed talk of on-officer
cameras to the forefront of
public consciousness, the
additional footage also raises privacy issues.
Since the videos may
be subject to open records
requests, for example, officers have to be able to halt
recording at appropriate
time.
To help balance the need
for accountability against
the need to protect victims
and witnesses, the department had to add a whole
new chapter to its policies.
Approved by the Village
Board at its Jan. 11 meeting, the new policy provides
select few instances of not
recording interaction, such
as when officers are discussing a case, during traffic control, or while address
routing, non-citizen contact
incidents.
Even confidential informants will be put on video. The policy, however,
requires that the officer stop
the initial recording and
restart the camera specifically for the informant interview. When the interview
is finished, the officer will
stop the camera again and
restart it so that the interview can be separated from
other scene.
Schewe acknowledges
that the technology is not
perfect, and he said the possibility for a camera to get
knocked off of an officer or
inadvertently shut off does
exist. To address this, the
new policy requires officers
to note in their report whenever a video isnt recorded
and provide a reason.
Schewe also believes the
recording hasnt changed
behavior, either in those
being approached by officers or the officers themselves.
He said a periodic beep
from the cameras which
helps to indicate that it is
running has prompted
some people in traffic stops
to wave at the new device.
But for him, its just another
day with a new tool in his
arsenal for accountability.
I think thats the biggest thing it confirms your
action, Schewe said. Its
like, I know I think I made
the right decision, heres
why I made it.