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Year of the
Monkey
Students at Verona Area International
School celebrated the Chinese New Year
Friday, Feb. 5, with crafts and a dance.
Groups of kids practiced calligraphy, made
monkey masks for the Year of the Monkey
and brought out their best chopstick skills to
compete in a game.
Above, Braden Lee, left, and Catherine
Andres put together a map of the world.
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Juliana Uhalt shows off her monkey mask, complete with its tongue sticking out.
had with BPNN while volunteering at the food pantry. A trial run
of what is being dubbed Prairie
Kitchen Meals was held Jan. 23,
What: Prairie Kitchen Meals
and drew over 65 people to BPNNs
When: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
community room.
Saturdays starting Feb. 13
Starting Feb. 13, the buffet-style
Where: Badger Prairie Needs
meals will be served every Saturday
Network, 1200 E. Verona Ave.
from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. for anyInfo: bpnn.org
one in the Verona Area School District or City of Fitchburg needing a
hearty lunch, a bit of fellowship and
others at the same time through the an exceptional culinary experience.
creation of free community meals.
Most of the food was produced for
The idea of the program stemmed
from conversations Epic employees
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Verona Press
Council requests
proposals for Matts
house
Page 3
building still is not finished
more than seven months
after the fire and EMS
departments began moving
in.
Chief Joe Giver made
sure to point out to the
Common Council that functionally, it is everything
theyd hoped it would be in
improving response times
and efficiency, and that it
will be outstanding when
finished. But it simply isnt
finished.
Design-related and
workmanship errors,
he told the council, have
made it unrealistic to host
the annual community
open house or even personal tours of the building
things people have been
requesting on a daily or
weekly basis.
Pressed for detail, Giver
ticked off a list of bizarre
issues for the council a
comedy of errors and
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Moving
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Cole Schmitz
is now third
all-time on the
VAHS boys
basketball
scoring list
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City of Verona
Shady Oak
development
The board did not take
action on a proposed development to build 21 singlefamily homes on a parcel at
3159 Shady Oak Road.
Arnold said the board and
the developer still need to
work out some of the details
on a development agreement. She also noted that the
proposal is for a condominium-style development in
that its a single parcel, but
itll have single family home
areas on it.
Were just not there yet,
she said of an agreement.
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Recent public complaints about proposed development and requests to alert more people earlier have
resulted in a change in city ordinances.
A zoning text amendment passed Monday by the
Common Council will require signs to be posted at
the site of any development subject to a public hearing before the Plan Commission.
The signs have yet to be designed, but theyll be
about two feet by two feet under most circumstances.
The concept came from the zoning rules in Oconomowoc, where city planning director Adam Sayre had
spent several years before coming to Verona.
Ald. Luke Diaz (Dist. 3) last year pushed for the
expanded notification, which initially considered
spreading out public notices farther than the 200 feet
away under current rules. But the Plan Commission
came to the consensus that posting signs would reach
more interested people with less effort, and the council unanimously agreed to the rule change.
Walgreens denied
The city rejected a claim of excessive assessment
by Walgreens, which contends its building is significantly overvalued.
Lawsuits and claims by the company against cities
for excess assessment have been common over the
past several years, and in fact, the city has dealt with
multiple actions from Walgreens recently. In 2012,
the company prevailed in a suit against the city and
the two sides agreed on a $2.8 million assessed value.
Walgreens now claims the buildings value is no
more than $2 million.
Yes, you did hear that correctly, Ald. Mac McGilvray (Dist. 1) said in making the motion to deny. We
had an agreed assessed value.
Mayor Jon Hochkammer noted, Its something
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Area Performing Arts Series
When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb.
13,
Where: Verona Area High
School Performing Arts Center
Tickets: $30 adult; $28 senior
over 65; $8 student 18 and under;
available at vapas.org, the State
Bank of Cross Plains-Verona,
Capitol Bank-Verona or by calling
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have impressed fans throughout
the country with a few original
songs as well as Broadway tunes,
favorite American standards and
some Las Vegas numbers.
Their on-stage banter and original songs have been described as
hilarious and showcase the groups
musical talent and big voices.
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Financially Speaking
bachelors degree.
There are ways to pay for college can be broadly categorized
as scholarships, financial aid,
employer assistance, tax incentives, savings, loans and payas-you-go. While I could write
extensively about each of these, Ill
endeavor to touch on the highlights
of the less-discussed options for
now.
Scholarships are something that
too often get ignored by families as
they assume, often incorrectly, that
their child wont be a good candidate for them. While Ive written
in the past about how difficult it is
to obtain an athletic scholarship,
those are just the tip of the iceberg.
Many civic organizations and
foundations offer scholarships on a
local level that can often be applied
for with assistance from the high
school. Additionally, many national organizations, both charitable
and for profit, offer scholarships.
I won scholarships from both the
Wisconsin Grocers Association
after seeing a flier at the grocery
store where I worked, and from
Tylenol after filling out an application my grandma picked up from a
rebate counter. True story.
Some scholarships are awarded
purely on academic achievement
or merit, but others prioritize the
field of study the student is going
into, where the child resides or
some other demographic like
ancestral heritage or organizations family members have been
involved with.
The bottom line is, dont
assume scholarships arent an
option. Do your research starting with your local school guidance department, but not limiting
yourself there and then make the
effort to apply.
While scholarships are considered a type of financial aid, there
are a number of other types available. Like scholarships, grants
dont have to be repaid, but grants
are generally awarded by either the
government or the college directly
and are typically based upon financial need.
The best starting place for looking into grants is often the financial
aid office at the university that the
Listening session
Monday about
county bike paths
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File art
During Wisconsins
winter months, the effectiveness of charity plunge
events seems like a nobrainer: Nature provides the
stage, donors chip in, and
all participants need to do is
take the leap.
Verona residents will
have two chances to do just
that Saturday during the
Wisconsin Winter Plunge
from noon to 4 p.m. in Lake
Waubesa at Christys Landing, 2952 Waubesa Ave., in
Madison, or at the Special
Olympics Wisconsin Polar
Plunge from 9:30 a.m. to
3 p.m. at Willow Island at
the Alliant Energy Center,
1919 Alliant Energy Center
Way.
While the Polar Plunge
has taken place in Madison
annually since 1999, the
Winter Plunge is returning
for its second year. Rebecca
Compton-Allen, the front
ensemble coordinator for
the Oregon-based Shadow
Drum and Bugle Corps,
helped create and organize
the event 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 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.
Each team keeps 70
percent of the funds they
raise, while 30 percent
goes towards putting on the
event, which is organized
by Shadow volunteers. Last
year, the two participating
teams raised $13,000; as of
the Press Tuesday deadline, seven teams had raised
nearly $18,000 of a $25,000
goal.
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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,
wisconsinwinterplunge@gmail.com
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
School raised $32,000 that
year, according to Graber,
and had 226 plungers. This
year, however, VAHS and
another frequent participator, the Verona Police
Department, wont make
appearances.
Teams come and go,
and our numbers do that as
well, Graber added.
A team from Epic, which
raised nearly $8,000 in
2011, had raised just over
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Coming up
Churches
Spring/summer recreation
Several spots are available in
the Engineering For Kids classes:
Aerospace Engineering: Up, Up
and Away ($85-105; K-2nd grade)
and Junior Robotics: Amazing
Mechanisms ($70-90; 2nd-5th grade)
both begin Monday, Feb. 22. Both
classes will be held Mondays through
March 14 in room 503 of Badger
Ridge Middle School, 740 N. Main
St. To register, visit activityreg.com/
clientpage_t1.wcs.
Story walk
Join the library as it kicks off a story walk in Badger Prairie Park, 6720
US-151, at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13.
All ages are welcome to walk along
the park path, reading pages of Jan
Bretts The Mitten posted along the
way. The kick-off event walk will be followed by a craft and hot cocoa, and the
story walk will stay up for an additional
week. For information, call 845-7180.
AHPP concert
The Alan HalversonParsons Project
will perform its second annual Totally
Awesome 1980s Concert from 7-9:30
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13 at Good Shepherd
Hearing loops
Wednesday, Feb. 17 at the library computer lab. Attendees will learn the basic
components of a computer, how to navigate the Windows environment and how
to use a mouse. Registration is required,
and the class size is limited to 11 participants. For information or to register, call
845-7180.
Community calendar
Friday, February 12
Saturday, February 13
Sunday, February 14
Wednesday, February 17
Thursday, February 18
Whats on VHAT-98
Thursday, Feb. 11
7 a.m. How to Stay Young
at Senior Center
8 a.m.Zumba Gold
9 a.m. Daily Exercise
10 a.m. Bahama Bob at
Senior Center
2 p.m. Zumba Gold
3 p.m. Daily Exercise
4 p.m. 4 Seasons Theater
at Senior Center
5 p.m. Bill Burns at Senior
Center
6 p.m. Salem Church
Service
7 p.m. Senior Center Redo
8 p.m. Daily Exercise
9 p.m. Honor Flight at
Senior Center
10 p.m. Oregon Pump
House at Historical Society
Friday, Feb. 12
7 a.m. 4 Seasons Theater
at Senior Center
1 p.m. Honor Flight at
Senior Center
3 p.m. Why We Love the
Packers at Senior Center
4 p.m. Bill Burns at Senior
Center
5 p.m. 2014 Wildcats
Football
8:30 p.m. Why We Love
the Packers at Senior Center
10 p.m. How to Stay Young
at Senior Center
11 p.m. Bahama Bob at
Senior Center
Saturday, Feb. 13
8 a.m. Common Council
from Feb. 8
Support groups
AA Meeting, senior center, Thursdays at 1 p.m.
Caregivers Support
Group, senior center, first
and third Tuesday, 10:30
a.m.
Healthy Lifestyles
Group meeting, senior
center, second Thursday
from 10:30 a.m.
Parkinsons Group,
senior center, third
Friday at 10 a.m.
(608) 845-6613
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Fr. William Vernon, pastor
Saturday: 5 p.m., St. Andrew, Verona
Sunday: 7:30 a.m., St. William, Paoli
Sunday: 9 & 11 a.m., St. Andrew,
Verona
Daily Mass, Tuesday-Saturday: 8
a.m., St. Andrew, Verona
SPRINGDALE LUTHERAN
CHURCH-ELCA
2752 Town Hall Rd. (off Hwy ID),
Mount Horeb
(608) 437-3493
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Pastor Jeff Jacobs
Sunday: 8:45 a.m. with communion
SUGAR RIVER
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
415 W. Verona Ave., Verona
(608) 845-5855
sugar.river@sugarriverumc.org,
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Pastor Gary Holmes
9 & 10:30 a.m. contemporary worship.
Sunday School available during worship. Refreshments and fellowship are
between services.
WEST MADISON BIBLE CHURCH
2920 Hwy. M, Verona
Sunday Praise and Worship: 9:15 a.m.
Nursery provided in morning.
Sunday school (all ages): 10:45 a.m.
Small group Bible study: 6 p.m.
ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST
Hwy. 92 & G, Mount Vernon
(608) 832-6677
Pastor Brad Brookins
Sunday: 10:15 a.m.
ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST
Hwy. 69 & PB, Paoli
(608)845-5641
Rev. Sara Thiessen
Sunday: 9:30 a.m. family worship
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.
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Many are the plans in a persons heart,
but it is the LORDs purpose that prevails.
Proverbs 19:21 NIV
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Prairie Kitchen Meals team member Pat Polowsky, back, serves cashew chili soup during the first free community meal at
BPNN on Saturday, Jan. 23. Enjoying the meal and conversation, from left, are Bonnie and Becky Berens, Sherry Birchall
and Dorothy Krause. Epic chefs prepared the food, and more than 15 volunteers helped set up and serve 75 meals during
the trial run.
she said.
But about a month ago, Epics
sharp thinkers and BPNNs fastacting volunteers found a potential
solution to this comestible conundrum.
(Epic is) now bringing a large
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($588,000).
A big part of the problem, Burns
pointed out, was a six-week delay
in receiving steel because of an
overwhelmed steel subcontractor that has since gone bankrupt.
That threw off the construction
timeline and erased the advantages
that came with running two separate sets of bids something that
might have further complicated an
already complex project with 23
individual building contracts.
And with the department always
intending to move into the new
building before it was finished,
and therefore in the way, its been
difficult to fix the mistakes.
Were partially to blame, Giver conceded.
In other situations, the fix isnt
simple because of the nature of
the work. With in-floor heat, for
example, the city cant ask contractors to tear out the floors, so
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A career to
remember
Cole Schmitz now
sits at third all-time
in scoring in Verona
Area High School
history with 1,202.
Here is the point
breakdown from
year-to-year:
Frosh. (2012-13): 160
Soph.(2013-14): 373
Junior (2014-15): 338
Senior (2015-16): 331
Note: There are still at least
six games left for Schmitz this
season and possibly more
if the Wildcats win in the
postseason.
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Seniors Kira Opsal (44), Cheyenne Trilling and Grace Mueller (40) celebrate after Tuesdays 73-56 win over top-ranked Middleton in a Big
Eight Conference game at Verona Area High School. The three combined for 64 points for the third-ranked Wildcats.
Third-ranked Verona
beats top-ranked
Middleton, 73-56
Anthony Iozzo
Assistant sports editor
Big Eight
Team W-L
Verona 15-1
Middleton 14-1
Janesville Craig
12-3
Sun Prairie
9-6
Janesville Parker
7-8
Madison East
6-9
Madison Memorial 6-10
Madison La Follette 5-10
Madison West
2-13
Beloit Memorial
0-15
four 3-pointers, and that
helped the Wildcats jump
out to a 36-26 lead at halftime over Middleton (16-3,
14-1).
A 3-pointer by
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What: WIAA Division 1 regionals
When: 10 a.m. Saturday
Where: Sun Prairie High School
conference has his confidence up.
Knowing you faced some tough
competition, and now you are tough
competition and you can beat whoever you face, Daniels said.
Stauffer (20-10) pinned Sun Prairies Gavin Decker in 59 seconds in
his finals match, and he added a pin
over Middletons Matt Davey in 1:36
in the semifinals.
It was pretty fun. I didnt really
have a lot of success in the earlier
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Junior Brandon Daniels (138) won his second straight conference title at the Big Eight
meet Saturday at Janesville Craig. Daniels
(29-4) pinned Janesville Parkers Dyvonne
Thornton in 2 minutes, 41 seconds in the
finals.
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Wildcats finish in top four at Big 8 meet for eighth straight year
Horeb boys swimming team
posted a meet-best 30 of
34 individual season-best
The Verona Area/Mount times the most of any
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Torbin Kittleson dropped
five seconds and made his
end-of-season goal time in
100 breast. Bryan Touchett
made his end-of-season 50
free goal time on the final
leg of the 200 medley relay,
and Hoppe made his third
goal time of the season in
the 100 breast.
VA/MH finished out the
regular season ninth on the
Wisconsin Interscholastic
Swim Coaches Association
Division 1 state poll. They
must now contend with the
fastest sectional in the state,
squaring off against topranked Madison Memorial,
third-ranked Madison West,
sixth-ranked Middleton and
honorable mention Oregon
at this weekends WIAA
Division 1 sectional at Middleton.
Competition begins at 1
p.m.
Gymnastics
Middleton Invitational
Verona/Madison Edgewood failed to crack the
top five of any rotational
Saturday at the Cardinal
Invitational in Middleton,
Keep Growing
Emelia Lichty (left) and Annie Maher are all smiles as they watch
teammate Mandy Michuda compete on the floor Thursday against
Madison Memorial. Michuda won the floor exercise with a 9.0.
Craig 130.025,
V/ME 129.85
Although Verona/Edgewoods only individual victory Tuesday came from
Samz on the vault (8.85),
Michuda won the varsity
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Senior Alex Jones makes one of his 19 saves Tuesday evening, stopping Beloit
Memorials Nate Polglaze in the second period. Jones and the Wildcats won the game 6-1
to set up a first-place showdown at Middleton on Thursday.
Playoffs
The Wildcats also found out a little
about their playoff fate last weekend,
earning a No. 4 seed and a first-round
bye. Verona hosts either the 12th-seeded
Madison La Follette/East co-op of fifthseeded Sun Prairie at 7 p.m. Thursday.
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 to only 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.
Hudson 4, Lynx 1
The Metro Lynx and
fifth-ranked Hudson
exchanged early-second
period goals Saturday
inside the Madison Ice
Arena, but it was the visiting Raiders that took control midway through the
period on their way to a 4-1
victory.
Hudson struck first 11
seconds into the second
period only to watch Verona native McKenzie Imhoff
answer for the Metro Lynx
less than a minute later.
While a Dani Robson
goal six-and-a-half minutes
later helped the Raiders
regain the lead, it certainly
wasnt an insurmountable
deficit.
Anna Wilgren helped ice
the Metro Lynx hopes of a
comeback, however, capping her night with a hat
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I thought that we played
really well and had a bunch
of really good chances
to score throughout the
game, Metro Lynx head
coach Derek Ward said.
Wilgren really gave us
fits. She had three goals
and she was really the
only one that we struggled
with.
Cassie Shultz helped the
lead hold up, stopping 23
of 24 shots on goal by the
Metro Lynx. Gwen Parker
turned away 26 of 30 shots
she faced in the loss.
The Lynx (13-5-4 overall, 8-1-0 conference)
Big Eight
Team W-L
Middleton 11-2
Madison Memorial 11-2
Sun Prairie
10-3
Madison East
10-5
Janesville Craig
7-6
Verona 6-7
Madison West
6-7
Beloit Memorial
5-8
Janesville Parker
1-12
Madison La Follette 0-13
Senior Cole Schmitz finished with 28 points, pushing
his career total to 1,202.
Junior Nathaniel Buss added 18 points, and senior Josh
Hernandez and junior Max
Fink both chipped in six.
Seniors Marq Brooks and
Darion Young both led Parker with 14 points each, while
senior Carlos Campos added
11, a stark contrast from Dec.
11 when Campos tallied 40
points against Verona.
He was really not a major
factor in the game compared
to the last time we played
them, Buss said.
The Wildcats continue the
season at 7:30 p.m. Thursday
at Beloit Memorial. They then
host Madison East at 7:30
p.m. Saturday and Madison
La Follette at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16.
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Metro Lynx forward McKenzie Imhoff (3) drives to the net for a rebound during the first period
Thursday against the Icebergs hockey co-op in Stoughton. The Lynx won the game 7-0.
Playoffs
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 for the
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have a quiet election to test
their procedures for the photo ID law before the much
larger turnout expected in
April.
Were thankful that its a
smaller election and its not
the presidential election, of
course, said City of Verona
clerk Ellen Clark.
Clerks told the Press they
were ready to implement the
law that the state Legislature
first passed in 2011.
After the 2012 spring
primary, a court-ordered
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 IDs in Wisconsin.
An unexpired drivers
license with their current
address, though, could satisfy both.
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.
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and theyre registered at
that poll its not an all or
nothing, Wright said. If
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the ID they dont have to run
home and come right back.
For information on the
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conducting the local canvass pursuant
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MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
Mary L. Bartlett
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:
1. An application for Informal Administration was filed.
2. The decedent, with date of birth
March 27, 1925 and date of death January
17, 2016, was domiciled in Dane County,
State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 206 S, Marietta Street, Apt. 310,
Verona, WI 53593.
3. All interested persons waived notice.
4. The deadline for filing a claim
against the decedents estate is May 13,
2016.
5. A claim may be filed at the Dane
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Ben J. Schulenburg
Circuit Court Commissioner
January 26, 2016
Atty. Marilyn A. Dreger
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