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The
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proposes
apartment plaza
Commission will
consider whether it
merits change to city
plan
structures and always planning more.

Most recent additions to
that large southeast-side
development have been relatively uncontroversial, other than a proposed rezoning last fall to reduce the
JIM FEROLIE
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ings. But Monday the Plan
Liberty Business Park Commission is scheduled
has been a busy place in the to discuss a bold departure
past year, moving in new
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businesses, erecting new
Photo by Jim Ferolie
A tree along Raymond Road was shredded by the July 21 storm.
Storm leaves roads

blocked, power out
SCOTT GIRARD
Unified Newspaper Group
Some who were left out in the

rain last Thursday evening had roadblocks getting back home.
A storm that came through Dane
County for about two hours, from 6
to 8p.m., brought about 3.5 inches
of rain to the City of Verona, leaving
detention ponds full, intersections
flooded and trees down around the

city, public works director Theran
Jacobson said.
Verona Police Department Lt.
David Dresser shared a running
list of issues people reported to the
department during the storm, including impassable intersections at Forest
View Drive and County Hwy. PB,
Bering Drive and Gateway Pass, and
Cohiba Court and Ashton Drive.
An officer also reported water

on East Harriet Street from North
Franklin to North Jefferson streets
was knee deep. The Press observed
multiple vehicles crossing the intersection, anyway.
Trees down around the area included a tree in the road on Thompson
Street, two on Grandview Road
Turn to Storm/Page 12
Verona Area School District
Board wants vote on

transgender policy
transgender students.
As it has been drafted, the
policy would allow students
to use bathrooms of their
choice in most cases and
provide guidelines for how
SCOTT GIRARD
they should be identified at
school.
After a long discussion
Ve r o n a A r e a S c h o o l in June that followed the
B o a r d m e m b e r s h a v e first reading of a proposal,
made it clear they want to
take a vote on a policy for Turn to Transgender/Page 13
Almond: A lot of
work to get to this
point
New public works director excited by challenge of numerous responsibilities

how Verona operated and what it needed,
and he jumped at the chance.
If there was another DPW position
open at the same time as this one was, I
ome situations are just a perfect fit.
would not have applied for
Thats how Theran Jacobson sees
it, Jacobson told the Press
his new job as public works director
last week. It was this comfor the City of Verona. An environmental
munity, this system, the staff
engineer whod spent the past nine years
here and at city hall, the
working for global engineering conglomtype of projects, the versatilerate AECOM, he had a huge advantage
ity (needed).
when the position opened earlier this year.
That last part might be
Not only did he already know it was comthe key. Jacobson comes
ing Ron Rieder announced his retirement Jacobson
off nearly as high-energy as
a year ago but hed spent much of the
his predecessor and grins
past five years working on crucial projects
involuntarily as he talks about the many
in Verona with former city engineer Bob
Gundlach and became one of three people responsibilities of the job, which he spent
at the office to take over Gundlachs Vero- a month learning before Rieder retired
June 30.
na projects when he retired in February.
I could have meetings about
So Jacobson already had insight into
JIM FEROLIE
Verona Press editor
Read a Q and A with Theran

Jacobson
Page 12
construction engineering projects one day,
the next day Im fielding calls about flooding issues, the next day I could be working
on a budget, the fourth day I could be taking care of bills on the construction side,
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hobbies but talks extensively about his
love of meetings, his need to use technical
skills and his aptitude for math and science.
The night before his 90-minute interview with the Press, Dane County suffered severe flooding, power outages and
knocked down trees. And yet Jacobson
seemed relaxed and carefree, knowing that
almost every negative impact from the
storm had been taken care of by midnight.
That type of thing, he said, is a credit
to the infrastructure Rieder and Gundlach
built over their 30 years together here and
the staff he inherited.
They were a very good duo, he said.
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Bike/ped plan unveiled Behavior committee: Be consistent

Two weeks after voting
to get an early start on four
projects intended to make
Verona streets more bicycle- and pedestrian-friendly,
alders got a first look at the
full bike/pedestrian plan the
city has been working on.
T h e s t u d y i d e n t i fi e d
12 wide-ranging projects
throughout the city costing a
total of $4.2 million that will
be put into the citys capital
improvement budget with the
hope of encouraging more
use of bicycles and walking.
Theres something drawn
on the map for every part of
Verona, explained AECOM
planner Jess Billmeyer. He
noted that the city has a good
starting point with wide
streets and existing trails and
lanes.
The plan would create
bicycle-friendly loops around
various parts of the city,
Billmeyer noted, including
popular destinations like

schools, downtown and Epic,
the countys biggest employer. He added that the connectivity with the Military Ridge
State Trail could encourage
bicycle tourism.
The biggest expense ($1.7
million) would be paving
the Ice Age Trail around the
southern end of Badger Prairie County Park, likely with
limestone gravel.
The council had approved
an $85,000 engineering and
design contract at its previous meeting for four projects
the public works committee
identified as the most cost-effective and quick. Three
involve pavement markings,
medians, bumpouts and
sidewalks. Those projects
are expected to total around
$240,000 this year and $1
million next year.
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VACT agreement
allows construction
JIM FEROLIE
Verona Press editor
A contract with the city

has removed the final hurdle
for Verona Area Community
Theater to begin building a
new facility on city-owned
land.
The local nonprofit has
been fundraising for more
than a year, and its new
building will include a 148seat theater next to the fire
station.
The contract, approved
Monday by the Common
Council, calls for the city to
provide $21,000 for demolition and site work plus construction of the parking lot.
It also puts into writing the
previously agreed upon asking price of $360,000 for the
current facility, which is also
on city land. Once the new
building is finished, the older
facility on Bruce Street will
become an extension of the
In brief
Good Shepherd right-ofway
A $5,000 incentive
sealed a crucial right-ofway acquisition for the new
intersection of Nine Mound
Road and County Hwy. PD.
The Common Council
agreed Monday to add a
$5,000 incentive to a previously discussed deal with
Good Shepherd Lutheran
Church. The agreement is
for the same $80,000-peracre price the city and Epic
paid for the gravel pit to the
south.
C i t y a t t o r n ey B r y a n
Kleinmayer explained that
other planned acquisition
terms, such as the appraisal fee and the construction
of a block wall rather than
the purchase of additional property, were modified
for the benefit of the church
at no additional cost to the
city.
public works building, likely housing the parks department.

The city had two items
relating to the facility on its
agenda Monday, but it was
still negotiating minor items
in a 50-year lease agreement,
which includes such terms
as mowing grass, shared use
with the recreation department and other items that
were mostly included in the
current lease for the Bruce
Street building.
The property use agreement the city approved also
included legal protections
such as the citys ability to
recover the building should
the project be abandoned. It
was necessary to allow construction, but the lease was
not. The lease agreement will
return on a future agenda.
Email Verona Press editor
Jim Ferolie at veronapress@wcinet.com.
18-151 design update

The council adjusted
its design agreement with
AECOM for the expanded
U.S. Hwy. 18-151 onramp
at Epic Lane to add a variety of details and push back
the construction to next
year.
The full cost, now up to
$204,980, will be repaid
by Epic, noted Ald. Evan
Touchett (Dist. 4).
Administrator contract
The council approved a
contract with Jeff Mikorski,
who two weeks ago had
accepted the vacant city
administrator position. That
announcement had been
contingent on a background
check.
Cathedral Point contract
T h e c i t y a p p r ove d a
developer agreement with
Veridian Homes for Cathedral Point Phase 6. That
section of the south-side
subdivision includes 26
lots, and public improvements for those lots are to
be finished by October.
Gorrell: Changing
school practices
an evolutionary
process
SCOTT GIRARD
A Verona Area School

District committee focused
on behavior initiatives told
the school board earlier this
month the key to success is
consistency and training.
Its really important we
have a philosophy (going
forward), said district
director of student services
Erin Schettler. We need to
have some sort of systematic framework.
Behavior and discipline
issues came to the districts
attention toward the end of
the 2014-15 school year,
when parents showed up in
droves at consecutive school
board meetings to question
the implementation of a set
of positively focused initiatives.
The behavior committee
the Behavioral Emotional Support Team, or BEST
actually began meeting as a Positive Behavior
Interventions and Supports

group in 2013-14. PBIS is
one of the initiatives spreading around the district. Others are Restorative Practices, the Nurtured Heart
Approach and Non-Violent
Crisis Intervention.
In the committees first
year, it recognized a lack of
consistent data district-wide,
and took foundational
steps during the 2014-15
year to begin a movement
toward consistency, Schettler said.
Thats also when the committee began helping teachers put the puzzle pieces
of the different approaches
together, said Country View
Elementary School assistant
principal Mary Moroder, a
member of BEST.
I see people making connections (between the practices), Moroder told the
board. Each approach has
something to offer, but they
really integrate very well.
This past year, it focused
on analyzing data, increasing the number of teachers
who can serve as trainers for
others, increasing professional development opportunities and improve communication with the community
and teachers.
on specific items, such as a

data analysis in August or
September.
Board president Dennis
Beres said the efforts will
improve as they become
more integrated into the
schools.
Hopefully as everything
works at the elementary level and then continues on up,
kids will know the Verona
Area way, he said.
Schettler agreed, saying
that it really does have to
be a whole scope across the
entire district.
Superintendent Dean Gorrell emphasized that change
could take time, though, given the districts history of
site-based decision-making.
Thats a significant
issues that we face, he
said. Its a lot of cajoling,
talking, negotiating and so
forth. It may not move as
fast as the board would like
or as I would like, but its
part of that evolutionary
process thats unique to our
district because of the way
weve been set up.
Building the internal system for training was especially important, Schettler
said, and will be a continued
emphasis.
This is built on a premise
of teachers helping teachers, she said. Thats the
foundation of how we get
people comfortable asking a
peer for assistance.
The group pointed to the
large turnouts at summer
trainings 80 teachers taking the Restorative Practices
and NHA so far, with another 50 signed up for each
in August as a sign that
teachers are embracing the
practices and hearing positive things from those that
have already taken part.
Jennifer Skibba, who
leads training on the pyramid model of behavior that
goes along with the other
initiatives and heads the districts pre-K program, said
the group also came up with
a plan for a Verona Area
Kids Expo in November.
The event will include vendors and nonprofits to offer
tips on discipline and child
development for parents.
The BEST group will likely do more regular reports to
the board over the coming
year, with meetings focused
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Study on sports complex, aquatic center coming

SCOTT GIRARD
Verona could have a large

sports complex in its future.
A study commissioned
by the Verona Area School
District with funding also
coming from the city and
chamber of commerce
will help determine whether
such a complex, possibly
including an aquatic center,
is feasible here.
The facility could potentially go on the West End and
Erbach properties the district
purchased following an April
2015 referendum, along with
a high school campus.
Equity Schools, Inc., first
brought the idea for a study
years ago, but board members and the district werent
ready for it, board member
Renee Zook said July 18.
The board voted unanimously that night to fund
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the study at a fee of $85,500.

The city voted Monday to
help with $15,000, and a
grant from the Verona Area
Chamber of Commerce will
offset another $5,000 of the
cost.
The goal of the study
will be to find out if theres
enough support for such
a complex from multiple
groups in the community,
and bring what appear to
be disparate entities together, said superintendent Dean
Gorrell.
Thats just so far out of
our core competency, Gorrell said.
Board members Meredith
Stier-Christensen and Noah
Roberts, both of whom
reside outside the City of
Verona, emphasized that
any facility would need
to have a way of including those outside the citys
boundaries who still go to
school in the district.

This is a centralized property in Verona, but not necessarily reaching out to Chalet
Gardens, not necessarily
reaching out to the Fitchburg areas, said Stier-Christensen. Will this further
that divide? Or can (Equity
Schools) kind of serve as a
mechanism for buy-in from
the outside communities?
One of the key components of the study will be
to look at potential funding
options outside of a referendum, or at least keep a referendum cost low, said board
president Dennis Beres.
Gorrell cautioned that the
study could come back with
negative results.
If his study says it isnt
feasible, thats an outcome,
too, he said. We have to
prepare ourselves for a result
of this $85,000 is a null set,
no.
But board members were
mostly excited about the
potential of such a large project for the entire community.
(The cost is) a large number, but this truly is a generational opportunity to impact
the community for years to
come, Beres said.
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An open letter to thank the VPD, chief

Dear Chief Coughlin,
With so many terrible things
happening elsewhere between law
enforcement and the communities
they serve, we wanted to reach
out to let you and your team know
how much we appreciate the work
Veronas police department does
and the approach you take to
policing and protecting our neighborhoods.
We appreciate the way your
officers have become active participants in our community, how
they wave when they drive past
our home, the calls at night when
we leave the garage door open and
the office team with their smiles

of greeting and efficiency. You are
doing excellent work and we want
you to know you are supported
and valued here.
We are so sorry this wave of
anger and hostility is falling
unjustly on all law enforcement.
As in any profession, there will be
a few bad actors. Please dont give
up, please dont be bitter. We are
praying for your safety, wisdom
and peace of mind.
Bob and Marcia Kasieta,
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A story about a NASA Explorations discussion in the July 21
issue of the Verona Press incorrectly reported information about a
likely mission to Mars. Zinnias have been grown on the International Space Station, not Mars, and the Saudi space agency is not
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Tarzan is a reminder of
progress weve made
I
t is difficult to believe my love
affair started 40 years ago.
I had become a voracious
reader, and at the tender age of 12,
I had outgrown childrens literature but wasnt quite ready for the
world of adult fiction.
Then, on a solo trip to the Derry
Public Library, I found a paperback
version of Tarzan the Untamed,
by Edgar Rice Burroughs. I had
been a fan of the Tarzan films a
local television
station played
on Saturday
afternoons, and
the cover art
looked interesting.
I was hooked
immediately. I
Curtis
loved the noble
character, the
adventures, the
African settings and Burroughs
writing (its not in the style of me
Tarzan, you Jane).
I devoured Tarzan the
Untamed and the other 23 Tarzan novels written by Burroughs
between 1912 and 1965. In a time
before VCRs, I saw every Tarzan
movie I could. I was the ultimate
Tarzan fanboy, and some 40 years
later Tarzan remains more than a
guilty pleasure for me.
Last week, as I read critical
reviews in preparation to see the
latest Tarzan film, The Legend
of Tarzan, I was reminded of
something else about my beloved
literary hero something I tend to
overlook. Many modern critics saw
Tarzan as a tragically out-of-date
character with cultural implications
that dont fit in todays world.
The truth is, several of the Tarzan novels and films, especially
the earlier efforts, are tinged with
racism, sexism, ethnic stereotypes,
cruelty and other sentiments we
today would label politically incorrect. A quick Google search will
provide countless examples.
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during World War I, Tarzan the

Untamed irrevocably damaged
Tarzans popularity in Germany
due to its stereotypical portrayal of
German soldiers stationed in Africa as bloodthirsty Huns.
As a teenage boy in the 1970s,
I noticed these things, but did not
see them with the perspective I
have now. This is partially because
we were not as sensitive in the
1970s as we are today.
More directly, as a child in the
1970s, racism, sexism and every
other form of politically incorrect
behavior surrounded me. It was so
commonplace I was nearly oblivious to it, so if Burroughs wrote
something bad about Africans,
Arabs or Germans, it was nothing I
hadnt encountered before.
I would bet that by the time I
turned 18, I had heard every racial
and ethnic slur ever invented, just
from casual conversation with older relatives or close family friends.
And they meant and believed every
ridiculous thing they uttered.
Ethnic stereotypes were just
as common as racism, and made
up a good portion of the eras
humor and entertainment. Every
bookstore carried titles such as
101 Italian Jokes, stereotypical
characters sold us snack food and
breakfast cereal, and movie villains
ranged from the swarthy to the savage to the Mafioso.
And sexism, my goodness!
Please dont consider it a cop-out
if I dont try to capture the sexism
I witnessed as a child in one representative paragraph. There was
simply too much, and much of
what was then called good fun is
today considered a felony.
In the 1970s, cigarette smoking
was everywhere and people would
stamp out their butts on the floor of
the grocery store, leaving them for
a store clerk to clean up hours later.
Nobody wore seatbelts. Drunken
driving wasnt a crime.
It was only 40 years ago, but it
was a remarkably different time for
which I am not nostalgic at least

not for the bad parts.
But this leaves the question,
what do we do with Tarzan, racist
Disney cartoons, Huck Finns
racist language, Charlie Chan and
all the western movies where the
Native Americans were used for
little more than target practice?
What about the off-color joke that
still makes us laugh, even begrudgingly?
Some folks would have us exile
these things in an historical dustbin, forever protecting the children
of tomorrow from the ignorance
and sins of the past.
Im not sure that is the answer.
For now, I view Tarzan the same
way I view the relatives I mentioned. Several of the people who
raised me, loved me, taught me
right from wrong and to this day
would do anything for me (and I
for them) are also some of the most
racist people I have ever encountered.
They dont see themselves this
way, largely because they are products of their time. They wonder
how there can be something wrong
if they are just like everybody else.
They think Im the strange one.
It is difficult at times, but I
choose to love them anyway. I
doubt I will ever change them, but
I will try when it is appropriate.
I also cant change Tarzan, so
I intellectualize what Edgar Rice
Burroughs and countless script
writers, actors and directors did
to and with the character. Some
things, for better or worse, are
simply products of their times. It
is possible to look past something
while still recognizing it is there. It
is even possible to learn from it.
I am pleased to report The
Legend of Tarzan is a reasonably
good adventure movie. That is how
the Tarzan I love should be. That is
progress.
Karl Curtis is a City of Verona

resident.
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The Verona Press
Stuff the Bus

runs Aug. 8-13
Art Cart Extra! comes to Verona Aug. 6

The art cart is rolling through Dane County
again, with a stop in Verona in August.
Wi t h ex p e r t i n s t r u c tion through the Madison
Museum of Contemporary
Art, the Art Cart Extra!
program offers children
ages 3 and older a variety of opportunities for
creative expressions outdoors.
Art Cart Extra! will be
held from 2-4p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, at the Veterans Park shelter, 113 Lincoln St.
Participants can work
on projects such as relief
printmaking, art journals
and found-object sculptures.
Families are invited to
drop in, but organized
summer camps and other
childcare programs must
pre-register for weekday
sessions by calling 2043021. All children should
be accompanied by a
supervising adult.
Help the Verona Lions

Club collect school supplies for students in the
Verona Area School DisWhat: Stuff the Bus
t r i c t d u r i n g S t u ff t h e
school supply drive
Bus from Monday, Aug. 8
When: Monday, Aug. 8
through Saturday, Aug. 13.
through Saturday, Aug.
P e o p l e c a n d r o p o ff
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donations at Verona Vision
Care, State Bank of Cross
Where: Verona Vision
Plains-Verona and the SugCare, 320 S. Main St.;
ar River United MethodState Bank of Cross
ist Church throughout the
Plains-Verona, 108 N.
week.
Main St.; Sugar River
A jug for cash donations
United Methodist Church,
will be located at Mill415 W. Verona Ave.
ers Supermarket; all cash
Info: veronalions @gmail.
donations will be matched
com
by the Verona Lions and
given to VASDs Family
Assistance Fund.
To a c c e s s i n d iv i d u a l
school sites and view their veronalions@gmail.com.
school supply lists, visit
verona.k12.wi.us.
Kate Newton
For information, email
If You Go
Samantha Christian
WERE
ALL
EARS
If You Go
Questions?
Comments?
Story Ideas?
File photo by Samantha Christian
Art Cart Extra! will be held from 2-4p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, at Veterans Park shelter.
Academic Achievements
Academic Achievements
run as space is available,
and this list of honorees and
graduates is not complete.
Due to the increased number
of submissions after spring
and fall graduation times,
there is often a backlog in the
following months.
Note: If you have a non-Verona address, but your child
attended school in the Verona
Area School District, please
email ungcollege@wci.net for
consideration.
Spring 2016 honors
Iowa State University

Marquette University
Verona
Verona
Verona Area High School
Kari Mattison, B.S., animal
Daniel Gerdes, D.D.S., denJack Herkert, Michigan science, magna cum laude
tistry
Technological
University
Fitchburg
Engineering Scholars schol- University of Scranton
Jason Arnold, B.S., comarship
Verona
puter science; Timothy Gisi,
Sherri Lea Hebert, M.B.A., J.D., law; Nicholas Mullane,
Spring 2016 graduates general business administra- B.A., corporate communication
tion; Ian Novotny, B.S., bioUW-Stout
mechanics
Fitchburg
Carthage College
Rachel Ness, B.F.A., art
Verona
Northern Michigan University
Verona
Collin Trainor, B.A., biology,
Verona
Ryan Moffat, B.S., hotel,
Michael Bowman, B.S.,
restaurant and tourism; Scott magna cum laude
computer science, magna
Santoski, B.S., information
cum laude
and communication technologies
John Stevens, deans list
Grinnell College
Verona
Jonathan Dowell, deans University of Minnesotalist; Nadia Graese, deans list Duluth
Fitchburg
Concordia University
Katherine R. McMahon,
Verona
B.S., biochemistry and molecCassandra Mlsna, honors ular biology
list
Fitchburg
Quinnipiac University
Louise Soko-Tetteh, honors
Verona
list
Joseph Fiala, B.S., entrepreneurship and small business
Saint Johns University
management
Verona
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Churches
Primary election
facebook.com/5guysplayingforfun.
The 2016 fall primary election will be

held Tuesday, Aug. 9, with polls open
from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Voters must present a photo ID before
receiving a ballot. Acceptable forms of
photo ID include: a Wisconsin DOT
issued drivers license or identification
card, a U.S. passport or military IDs
issued by the U.S. armed forces. If you
have changed addresses or names since
the last time you voted, you will need
to re-register to vote, either at City Hall
until Friday, Aug. 5 or at the polls on
election day. All registrations require
proof of residence. In-person early
absentee voting runs through Aug. 5 at
City Hall from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The
last day to request an absentee ballot via
mail is Thursday, Aug. 4. All absentee
ballots must be postmarked by Aug. 9.
For information, contact the city
clerks office at 845-6495.
Some Assembly Required

Some Assembly Required returns to
Harriet Park to close out the Concerts in
the Park series from 6-8 p.m. Thursday,
July 28. The band plays a wide range of
music from the 60s to 80s with their
own style. For more on the band, visit
well as explore his Yogisms and relationships over the years with baseball
Harry Potter party
greats like Mickey Mantel, Casey StenCome decked out in your wizarding gel, Whitey Ford and more.
For information, call 845-7471.
finest to celebrate the release of the new
stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed
Child, at a party from 7-9 p.m. Friday, VACT auditions
Verona Area Community Theater will
July 29 at the library.
There will be snacks, crafts and a cos- continue adult auditions for its October
production of Billy Elliot: The Musitume contest for attendees of all ages.
cal from 6-8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1; and
6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2 at the VACT
Abstract exhibit
building, 405 Bruce St.
To view the required online audition
Delving Deeper into Abstract, an
exhibit by 3150 Studio Artists, will be on form, audition information/requirements
and the rehearsal schedule, visit vact.org.
display at the library Aug. 1-31.
The 3150 Studio Artists are a group of
mixed media, fiber and surface design National Night Out
artists. Using varied materials and techAttend the 2016 National Night Out
niques, the artists experiment with fused Against Crime event from 5-8:30 p.m.
fabric, paint, dye, stamping, stencils, Tuesday, Aug. 2 at Hometown Commuembellishments, metal and recycled nity Park, 111 Lincoln St.
items in their artwork.
The event is led by the Verona Police
Department and will include appearances and demonstrations from Fitchrona
Yogi Berra program
EMS, the Verona Fire Department, the
Watch performer Barry Abrams tell Stoughton Police K-9 unit and others.
stories through the perspective of Yogi Free food will be provided and there will
Berra at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1 at be face painting, a dunk tank and a free
prize drawing for kids.
the senior center.
For information, contact Officer Ryan
Abrams will tell stories from Berras
childhood and beginnings in baseball, as Adkins at 845-0952.
Community calendar
Thursday, July 28
6-8 p.m., Concerts in the Park:

Some Assembly Required, Harriet
Park, 848-6809
Friday, July 29
6-8 p.m., Adult auditions for Billy

Elliot: The Musical, Verona Area
Community Theater, 405 Bruce St.,
vact.org
Wednesday, August 3
12:30 p.m., Ice cream social, senior

center, 845-7471
1 p.m., Movie Matinee: In the
Heart of the Sea (120 min.), senior
center, 845-7471
7-9 p.m., A Very Potter Party (all
ages), library, 845-7180
4-7 p.m., Beach Bash, Firemans

Park Beach, 600 Bruce St., 8455761
Thursday, August 4
1:30-3:30 p.m., Free Kids Movie:

D2: The Mighty Ducks (PG, 107
min.), library, 845-7180
4-5:30 p.m., Anime Club (grades
Monday, August 1
12:30 p.m., Abrams Senior Theatre: 6-12), library, 845-7180
Yogi Berra, senior center, 845-7471
Friday, August 5
6-8 p.m., Adult auditions for Billy
9 a.m., Chat and Chew: Bone
Elliot: The Musical, Verona Area
Health, senior center, 845-7471
Community Theater, 405 Bruce St.,
12:30 p.m., Ice cream social, senior
vact.org
center, 845-7471
1 p.m., Movie Matinee: Midnight in
Tuesday, August 2
Paris (95 min.), senior center, 845 1 and 6 p.m., Verona Stampers
7471
Group, senior center, 845-7471
7 p.m., Madison Songwriter Show 5-8:30 p.m., 2016 National Night
Out Against Crime, Hometown Com- case ft. Laura Joy and Karen Wheelock (open mic for original music; $5
munity Park, 111 Lincoln St., 845suggested donation), Tuvalu
0952
Saturday, August 6
11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Dog wash and

brat stand fundraiser, Animal Hospital of Verona, 203 W. Verona Ave.,
845-6700
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Prairie Kitchen free community meal, BPNN,
bpnn.org
2-4 p.m., Art Cart EXTRA! (pre-register), Veterans Park shelter, 2043021
7 p.m., Tuvalu Supports fundraiser
for WORT FM (music from Dead
Sea Squirrels and Back2Back; $10
suggested donation), Tuvalu
Tuesday, August 9
7 a.m. to 8 p.m., Polls open for fall

primary election
Wednesday, August 10
10 a.m., Healthy, Happy Living

series (part one), senior center, 8457471
12:30 p.m., Literature Lovers Book
Club: The Jane Austen Book Club
by Karen Joy Fowler, senior center,
845-7471
Whats on VHAT-98
Thursday, July 28
7 a.m. Hometown Days
Parade
8 a.m. Zumba Gold
9 a.m. Daily Exercise
10 a.m. Bonnie and Bill
Stevens at Senior Center
2 p.m. Zumba Gold
3 p.m. Daily Exercise
4 p.m. Greg Anderson at
Senior Center
5 p.m. Piano Music at
Senior Center
6 p.m. Salem Church
Service
7 p.m. Tom Waselchuk at
Senior Center
9 p.m. Hometown Days
Fireworks
10 p.m. Cemetery Walk
with Historical Society
Friday, July 29
7 a.m. Greg Anderson at
Senior Center
Fireworks
3 p.m. Greg and Chris at
Senior Center
Senior Center
5 p.m. 2014 Wildcats
Football
8:30 p.m. Hometown Days
Fireworks
Parade
11 p.m. Bonnie and Bill
Saturday, July 30
8 a.m. Common Council
from July 25
11 a.m. Greg and Chris at
Senior Center
Football
4:30 p.m. Cemetery Walk
6 p.m. Common Council
from July 25
Senior Center
Sunday, July 31
7 a.m. Hindu Cultural Hour
9 a.m. Resurrection Church
10 a.m. Salem Church
Service
Noon Common Council
from July 25
Senior Center
4:30 p.m. Cemetery Walk
6 p.m. Common Council
from July 25
Senior Center
Monday, August 1
Senior Center
Fireworks
Senior Center
Senior Center
Football
6:30 p.m. Plan

Commission Live
9 p.m. Hindu Cultural
Hour
Parade
Tuesday, August 2
7 a.m. 1988 Verona
Basketball
10 a.m. Zumba Gold
2 p.m. Zumba Gold
Senior Center
Senior Center
6 p.m. Resurrection
Church
Senior Center
Fireworks
Wednesday, August 3
Senior Center
Fireworks
Senior Center
5 p.m. Plan Commission
from 080116
7 p.m. Capital City Band
Senior Center
Parade
Thursday, August 4
7 a.m. Hometown Days
Parade
8 a.m. Zumba Gold
Senior Center
Senior Center
6 p.m. Salem Church
Service
Senior Center
Fireworks
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.
All Saints Lutheran Church

2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 276-7729
allsaints-madison.org
Pastor Rich Johnson
Sunday: 8:30 and 10:45 a.m.
(608) 845-6613
stchristopherverona.com
Fr. William Vernon, pastor
Saturday: 5 p.m., St. Andrew, Verona
Sunday: 7:30 a.m., St. William, Paoli
Sunday: 9 and 11 a.m., St. Andrew,
Verona
Daily Mass, Tuesday-Saturday: 8
a.m., St. Andrew, Verona
The Church in Fitchburg

2833 Raritan Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 271-2811
livelifetogether.com
Sunday: 8 and 10:45 a.m.
St. James Evangelical Lutheran

Church
427 S. Main St., Verona
(608) 845-6922
stjamesverona.org
Pastors Kurt M. Billings and Peter
Narum
Office Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday; 8 a.m.noon Wednesday
Saturday Worship: 5 p.m.
Sunday Worship: 9 a.m.
The Church in Verona

Verona Business Center
535 Half Mile Rd. #7, Verona
(608) 271-2811
livelifetogether.com
Sunday: 9 a.m.
Fitchburg Memorial UCC
5705 Lacy Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 273-1008
memorialucc.org
Pastor Phil Haslanger
Sunday: 9:30 a.m.
Good Shephard Lutheran Church
ECLA
(608) 271-6633
Central: Raymond Road and Whitney
Way, Madison
Sunday: 8:15, 9:30 and 10:45 a.m.
West: Corner of Hwy. PD and Nine
Mound Road, Verona
Sunday: 9 and 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Damascus Road Church West
The Verona Senior Center
108 Paoli St., Verona
(608) 819-6451
info@damascusroadchurch.com,
damascusroadonline.org
Pastor Justin Burge
Sunday: 10 a.m.
Salem United Church of Christ

502 Mark Dr., Verona
(608) 845-7315
salemchurchverona.org
Rev. Dr. Mark E. Yurs, Pastor
Laura Kolden, Associate in Ministry
Sunday Worship: 9 a.m.
Fellowship Hour: 10:15 a.m.
Springdale Lutheran Church
ECLA
2752 Town Hall Rd. (off Hwy ID),
Mount Horeb
(608) 437-3493
springdalelutheran.org
Pastor Jeff Jacobs
Sunday: 8:45 a.m. with communion
Sugar River United Methodist
Church
415 W. Verona Ave., Verona
(608) 845-5855
sugar.river@sugarriverumc.org,
sugarriverumc.org
Pastor Gary Holmes
9 and 10:30 a.m. contemporary
worship.
Sunday School available during worship. Refreshments and fellowship are
between services.
Memorial Baptist Church

(608) 845-7125
MBCverona.org
Lead Pastor Jeremy Scott
Sunday: 10:15 a.m.
Redeemer Bible Fellowship
130 N. Franklin St., Verona
(608)848-1836
redeemerbiblefellowship.org
Pastor Dwight R. Wise
Sunday: 10 a.m. family worship
West Madison Bible Church

2920 Hwy. M, Verona
(608) 845-9518
www.wmbiblechurch.org
Pastor Dan Kukasky Jr.
Sunday Worship: 9:15 a.m.
Sunday School: 10:45 a.m.
Resurrection Lutheran Church

WELS
6705 Wesner Rd., Verona
(608) 848-4965
rlcverona.org
Pastor Nathan Strutz and Assistant
Pastor Eric Melso
Thursday: 6:30 p.m.
Sunday: 9 a.m.
Zwingli United Church of Christ

Hwy. 92 and G, Mount Vernon
(608) 832-6677
Pastor Brad Brookins
Sunday: 10:15 a.m.
Zwingli United Church of Christ
Hwy. 69 and PB, Paoli
(608)845-5641
Rev. Sara Thiessen
Sunday: 9:30 a.m. family worship
St. Christopher Catholic Parish

St. Andrew Church
301 N. Main St., Verona
St. William Church
1371 Hwy. PB, Paoli
On Being Humble
We all know that self-praise stinks, or to quote Jesus,
those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who
humble themselves will be exalted. (Matthew 23:12 NIV)
This is an astute observation, and one which has many applications to life. Jesus made this statement while pointing out
how religious leaders or teachers often desire to be exalted
by fancy titles and seats of honor. Little has changed in two
thousand years; people still like fancy titles and seats of
honor (e.g., the corner office). Perhaps we are hard-wired
to respond to hierarchies and pecking orders, and we all
know people who just cant stand it if they arent the top dog.
Jesus statement appears to be a recommendation to humble
ourselves so that others will then exalt us, and in the social
realm, this frequently happenswe praise others precisely
because of their humility. But the more important lesson
here concerns the spiritual realm. In the kingdom of heaven,
he who is least among you will be the most exalted. Pope
Francis is frequently praised for his genuine humility, just as
his namesake St. Francis was, earning him the nickname il
Poverello or the little poor man. There is no better example
of this than that of God becoming man, and Jesuss greatest
acts were his acts which showed the most humility, for example when he washed his disciples feet (John 13). So humble
yourself, and genuinely strive to put others first, seeing them
as better than yourself.
Christopher Simon, Metro News Service
Pride brings a person low, but the lowly in spirit gain honor. Proverbs 29:23 NIV
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Gingko Tree a labor of love

Gift shop brings personal touch to Main Street
SAMANTHA CHRISTIAN
Based on its name, The

Gingko Tree has led some
people to call and ask if the
new store between Veronas
pet shop and wine bar is a
nursery. And while some
things inside rotate seasonally, only its inventory grows.
From locally-made greeting cards that look like works
of art to durable yet stylish baggallini handbags
designed by flight attendants,
this gift shop has lots of
variety and something for
almost anybody, said owner
Rachel Thorson-Schmied.
Shes changed her shops
name and location over the
years (Simple Gifts Gallery
attached to a bed and breakfast in New Glarus in 1994
and The Gingko Tree in
Madison in 2005), but it has
still maintained its charm.
Some of our Madison
customers have come out
and they go, Oh, this is still
The Gingko Tree, she said.
And thats the essence of
(small gift) retailing to me.
Its very personal.
Like some of the items
found in the store, downsizing from 3,400 square feet on
Monroe Street to just 1,300
on South Main Street was
like putting a jigsaw puzzle
together, Thorson-Schmied
said. She kept the merchandise she felt was best to display without the store feeling
cramped or cluttered, and
other items (like Christmas
and other seasonal decor) are
kept in a storage unit.
Im really happy with
this size (of shop), she said.
Ive managed to put a lot
of (merchandise) in a small
space.
The store layout is organized by theme and includes
a selection of coffee, tea and
other foodie stuff, home
decor, a childrens corner,
games, books and various
knickknacks. Men seem to be
drawn to the cedar-scented
bar soaps, and adults are into
trending items like coloring
books. Thorson-Schmied
expects the new line of
Peepers reading glasses in
funky colors will be a hit.
I like unusual things, she
said. Things that are special
and maybe you wont see
somewhere else.
Hometown connection
Last year was a time
of transition for Thorson-Schmied. She spent all
summer moving The Gingko Tree; retired from her
35-year career at Orthodontic Specialists of Madison in
fall; and cared for her father
in his final months.
While the 68-year-old still
resides in New Glarus, she
has enjoyed reconnecting to
her hometown since opening
her gift shop in November.
Thorson-Schmied lived in
Verona for 16 years (from
kindergarten through high
school) while her father was
a pastor at Salem. She said
things have changed beyond
scope, especially the population jumping from just 748
to well over 10,000.
But even with thousands
of people in the city, many
still dont realize what The
Gingko Tree is or that its
even there. Others may be
Photo by Scott Girard
World of Variety closed its Verona location Friday, July 22,

for business reasons.
World of Variety closes
World of Variety closed its Verona location effective

Friday, July 22.
The store, which had been in Verona for more than a
decade, also has locations in Mount Horeb and Fennimore.
Store co-owner Mike Mudler said in an email the owners did not want to comment on the closing, but the store
manager said it was a business decision.
Photo by Samantha Christian
The Gingko Tree owner Rachel Thorson-Schmied peeks out from the tea section at the gift
shop, which moved into its 107 S. Main St. location in November.
The Gingko
Tree
497-2267
gingkotreegifts.com
Hours: 10a.m. to
5p.m. Monday through
Saturday
turned off if they cant find
a place to park on the street
to conveniently pop in, but
Thorson-Schmied said there
are also a dozen spots in a
parking lot behind the liquor
store.
More people are finding
it, she said. Ive heard so
many times already, This
is exactly what this town
needs.
Thorson-Schmied said her
philosophy has always been
to offer a mixture of price
points in merchandising,
because I always disliked
going into a shop and feeling
that I couldnt afford to buy
anything.
She said the recession in
2008 caused many small
retail gift shops to disappear, but The Gingko Tree
has remained with a staff of
two to three others because
its become sort of a labor
of love.
Its a creative outlet,
Thorson-Schmied said.
Theres no sense in a small
gift shop having what you
can get at a big-box store.
When she goes to wholesale markets to pick out
new products almost a year
ahead of when they will hit
the shelves, she follows her
instincts.
I dont just put things in
here because someone tells
me theyre going to trend,
she said. These kinds of
shops are very personal in
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nature, and frankly I would

have trouble buying things
that I dont personally like.
And longtime customers
have grown accustomed to
her style.
They almost know whats
going to be in here (and)
what youll pick out, she
said.
Contact Samantha
Christian at
communityreporter@
wcinet.com.
Biz briefs
according to a news release.

The project is expected to
be completed in November.
Certco breaks
ground on Madison
facility expansion
Verona-based grocery
wholesaler Certco broke
ground in May on an expansion to its Madison freezer
building.
The 150,000-square foot
building, with Sullivan
designBUILD as a general contractor, will allow
the company to increase
its refrigerated offerings
to independent supermarkets in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa,
Cleary recognizes
longtime employees
Cleary, the Verona-based
building company, recognized a pair of employees
for service recently.
Accountant and Verona
resident Lynn Duerst has
been with the company for
25 years, and purchasing
agent Duane Schlamp, an
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community? What personal satisfaction do you
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Who are the members of
your family? Married to my
wife, Dorothy, for over 42
years.
What are your hobbies/
interests? I belong to the
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Jerry and Holly Benzine: Angels Wish and BPNN volunteers

Names: Jerry and Holly Benzine
Ages: Jerry (44) and Holly (43)
City/town of residence: Verona
How long have you lived in
the area? 13 years in Verona.
Weve lived in Wisconsin our
whole lives. Jerry grew up in
Monona; Holly in McFarland.
Occupation/place of employment or business name: Jerry is
an IT guy at UW Health. Holly is
self-employed as a photographer
with Any Event, Inc. Together
they also own Fork in the Road, a
new food truck.
Who are the members of your
family? Children: Maddy (14),
Brooke and Sydney (13). Cats:
Spark (7) and Lindy (3). Dog:
Jovi (8 months).
What are your hobbies/interests? We really love all types of
music, but you will mostly find
us at rocking out to our old 80s
bands.
We also love coming up with
ideas and making them come to
life. Weve created anything from

photo booths to food trucks.
What organizations are you
involved in and how long have
you been with them? How else
are you active in the community? We have been involved with
Angels Wish on and off for four
years. Weve fostered kitties here
in our home, then taken them to
adoption on the weekends. Weve
had over 50 kitties come through
our house over the years.
This year we tried something
new: fostering dogs through
Fetch. However, we fell in love
with our first foster. We just
couldnt let her go. So we are considered foster failures, which is
an awesome title! If we had a bigger fenced-in yard, Id love to foster and fail again and again.
We also love helping out the
Badger Prairie Needs Network.
Our main job has been on the
food rescue team. We collect food
from area schools and businesses
and bring that to the pantry each
week.
and have a million things to do,

but we try to help out as much
as we can in-between. Jerrys
parents, Judy (now passed) and
Dick Benzine (St. Stephens food
pantry coordinator) really opened
our eyes to the great need in each
community. We feel like our time
is well spent working with BPNN.
We also love helping the animals
in our community at Angels Wish
and Fetch. Our girls have been
involved since an early age and
have learned so much along the
way. We hope they find time when
they grow up to volunteer, too.
What personal satisfaction
do you get from serving in your
community? Coming from a time
when we didnt have much, we
Photo submitted find it incredibly satisfying to be
Jerry and Holly Benzine volunteer
able to give back. We dont have
with Angels Wish and Badger Prai- a ton of time (everyone is busy
rie Needs Network.
these days), so we do what we
can to help when and where we
can. I wish we could do more and
How do you feel you help someday I bet when the kids have
make a difference in your com- grown up and dont need us as
munity? We are always on the go much, we will for sure be helping
out more regularly.

What do you like best about
your community and why?
Verona has a lot of amazing people. We have some of the nicest
friends and neighbors anyone
could have. Every one of them
has a different set of interests,
such as soccer, baseball, triathlons, theater, business and their
pets. Verona offers something for
everyone. Even though its growing a little too big and fast for our
taste, you cant deny that weve
pretty much got it all right here.
If money were no object, what
kind of gift would you give your
community? Wed love to make
sure that everyone has what they
need as far as food, clothing, shelter goes. Wouldnt that be amazing!
On a selfish note, if money
were no object, wed love to build
the best outdoor concert venue
around the Midwest. That way we
wouldnt have to travel so far to
see our favorite bands.
Dick Vock: VACT set construction manager

and VACTs
steering committee for the
new theater
and rehearsal
facility. Ive
been the set
construction
manager for Vock
65 shows.
I also tend
VACTs gardens.
I also assisted Reddan
Soccer Park with the construction management for
the Goodman Pitch Soccer
Field.
How do you feel you
help make a difference in
your community? Theater has the power to transform lives, build confidence
and help young people to
become better citizens.
VACTs programs provide
a unique opportunity for
self-discovery and individual expression through a
supportive and productive
environment.
By bringing efficiency
and construction management skills to the set construction at VACT, the cast
and crew can focus on the
show. Although the sets are
bigger and better than ever,

the man-hours required to
build the sets have been
reduced by half. This efficiency allows busy families to participate without a
huge time commitment on
Saturday to build the set.
What personal satisfaction do you get from
serving in your community? The one thing about set
construction is the gratefulness of the cast and crew.
While many of the cast are
extremely talented in the
arts, their craftsmanship
is sometimes less prevalent but they are always
extremely appreciative of
all the volunteers with these
skills. Being a 100-percent
volunteer organization, this
has been instrumental to the
longevity of so many of our
volunteers.
What do you like best
about your community
and why? During a show,
there is a real sense of
community and teamwork.
There is no competition.
Everyone has the same
goal: Work hard, have fun
and produce a great show.
Lifetime bonds and
friendships are often developed during the course of

a show. The camaraderie
extends way beyond the
stage. The children of every
age watch over each other at school. The VACTs
Childrens Theater involves

children from 30 schools.
There is an unparalleled
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interests? Building sets,
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boulders surrounding Devils Lake.
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you involved in and how
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Sharks victorious
in Oregon tourney
Verona 9U baseball team
wins 9-5 over Edgerton to
capture tournament title
ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor
The Verona 9U Sharks defeated

Edgerton 9-5 Sunday to claim the
Oregon 9U baseball tournament title
at Statz Field.
The Sharks went undefeated in
the three-day tournament, including
wins over Sauk Prairie and Windsor/
DeForest Friday and Saturday.
Rain on Saturday forced several

games to be moved to Sunday, but
Verona ended up making the title
game against Edgerton.
Beloit ended up in third place in
the 9U tournament.
Verona also had a 10U team in
the tournament. but that team didnt
make the torunament semifinals.
Oregon, Kennedy Red, Kennedy
Blue and Sun Prairie all made the
semifinals.
Kennedy Blue defeated Sun Prairie, and Kennedy Red knocked off
Oregon.
Kennedy Blue claimed the 10U
title.
Photos by Anthony Iozzo
Josh Kuntz rounds second in the second inning Saturday for the 9U Verona Sharks against
Windsor/DeForest in Oregons 9U baseball tournament. Kuntz later scored in the inning as the
Sharks led 5-0 when rain came in the fifth inning.
Seth Myers hits a ball to the outfield in the third inning Saturday for the 9U
Verona Sharks against Windsor/DeForest. The ball dropped in for a hit.
Nolan Sathoff pitches for the 9U Verona Sharks Saturday against Windsor/DeForest.
Sathoff pitched a scoreless two innings for the Sharks.
Nolan Witkowski rounds first base Saturday for the 9U

Verona Sharks against Windsor/DeForest. Witkowski had
an RBI in the game and also scored.
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Little League
Schmidt honored at
Miller Park
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
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U14 girls finish runner-up

The Verona Soccer Club U14 girls team finished runner-up at the Norski tournament on May 1.
Home Talent League
Cavs conclude regular seasons for

Sunday and Night Leagues this week
Assistant sports editor
The Verona Home Talent

team is still in the race for a
top-two seed in the Western
Section but needs some help
from West Middleton.
The Cavaliers (11-4) first
need to take take care of
business against Dodgeville
(9-6) at 1p.m. Sunday.
If they win and West Middleton drops its final two
games of the season, Verona
will win the North Division
by a game.
If West Middleton wins
one of the games, the Cavaliers will take second due
dropping both games to
West Middleton this season.
Verona does hold the
head-to-head tiebreaker
with Wiota (11-4), which
won the South Division
title. If the Cavaliers do
usurp West Middleton for
the North title, Verona
would earn the No. 1 seed in
the Western Section.
As it stands now, the Cavaliers can be no lower than a
No. 3 seed for the playoffs,
earning at least one home
game. West Middleton (113), Wiota, Argyle (9-6),

Dodgeville, Mount Horeb/
Pine Bluff (8-7) and Shullsburg/Benton (8-7) have also
clinched playoff spots.
The eighth spot is still
up for grabs between
Blanchardville (7-8) and
Hollandale (6-9).
Night League
T h u r s d a y s g a m e a t
Stoughton was postponed
due to severe thunderstorms
that ripped through the area.
No makeup date has been
set yet.
Verona traveled to Sun
Prairie Tuesday and must
make up the game against
Stoughton. The Cavaliers
are 5-3 in the Central Section, two games behind
Middleton (7-1). Sun Prairie
(4-3) is currently in third.
Mount Horeb/Pine Bluff
(3-4) is fourth.
The top three in each
section and the best fourthplace team advance to the
Night League playoffs.
The Night League quarterfinals are slated for
Aug. 11.
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John Schmidt of Verona Little League

received the Community Coaches Award
from U.S. Cellular Wednesday, July 27,
at Miller Park.
Bret Hewuse of Middleton baseball/
softball commission was also honored.
Hewuse and Schmidt were selected for
their excellence in teaching local youth
the game of baseball and for being a positive role model. They were two of six
Wisconsin little league coaches selected to receive the Community Coaches
Award.
The coaches were brought onto the
field at Miller Park before the Brewers
game where they were presented with
an award. These awards are part of U.S.
Cellulars On Deck Program, which
supports the youth baseball and softball
leagues from which these coaches were
selected
The On Deck Program partners with
leagues in Appleton, Germantown, Kenosha, Mequon, Middleton and Verona.
U.S. Cellular recently made a $75,000
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Storm: 3,500 lose power

Continued from page 1
outside the city, and one on
Dunhill Drive. Public works
crews worked through the
night to clean up those trees
and others that had fallen
around the city.
The Press observed a tall
tree down in a yard on Jefferson Street and an older
tree down outside the city
on the side of Raymond
Road.
The storm also left 5,200

Alliant Energy customers
in Dane County without
power, 3,500 of which were
in Verona, Alliant Energy
spokesperson Scott Reigstad said. He added that
power was restored to most
of those customers by Friday morning.
Verona Press editor Jim
Ferolie contributed to this
story. Contact Scott Girard
at ungreporter@wcinet.
Photos by Jim Ferolie
Above, a driver successfully navigates the flooded intersection of Franklin and Harriet Streets on Thursday, July 22, entering
the St. Andrew Catholic Church parking lot.
Left, the stoplight at Main Street and Verona Avenue was out for more than an hour July 21, as was the light at Cross Country Road and County Hwy. M.
Q&A with Theran Jacobson

Verona Press editor
Tell me about yourself, going beyond your

resume.
I coach baseball with my
oldest son. I devote most of
my time to family, my hobbies of going to flea markets
and doing a lot of woodworking, which I learned
from my grandpa Skip. He
presented me to the field of
environmental engineering.
I had that route planned
out in high school and I
never changed. I stuck with
it through hard work and
preparation. Thats how
Ive always worked. I was
trained to work hard but
also smart, and that gives
me an advantage of knowing what has to happen outside (the office) and what
happens inside.
Environmental engineering isnt a well-known
field of study. Explain
that.
At (UW-)Platteville, it
was a side major to civil
engineering. There (were)
specialty classes geared
toward water treatment,
wastewater and stormwater.
There (were) also construction classes.
I made sure I had a wide
facet of knowledge leaving
school so I didnt pigeonhole myself.
Did you have a sense
then of what you wanted
to do?
I wanted to be in the best
position to maximize my
abilities of managing, being
a leader, utilizing the (technical) skill sets I was taught
and enjoy doing and being

inside the office and being
able to step outside when I
have to.
I enjoy meetings, working with people face to face.
On top of that, I thoroughly
enjoy challenges, especially
when its a critical challenge.
When something needs to
get done and its at the 11th
hour or well past that.
So while you dont root
for bad things to happen,
you enjoy being part of
the fix?
All we can do is be ready.
You know its coming, the
guys gotta be ready.
The advantage of Verona is theres a solid infrastructure that basically Bob
(Gundlach) and Ron (Rieder) have built on all facets
of water distribution, sanitary sewer and storm water.
Did you have a dream
job?
I consider myself a local
kid staying close to the
family. So that doesnt
mean local within the community, but be within a half
hour or an hour.
So my dream job was
I dont go on titles, I go on
skill sets. My dream job
was always to utilize the
tools I was taught, from
being younger, throughout
my education. Not only
that, you learn more from
the jobs that you do than
from your education.
So you wanted a job
that wasnt comfortable,
that was always using
everything you had?
Pretty much, yeah.
You got a rare luxury
here, a month to get a feel
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for the job before you took

over. How did that go?
I t w a s g r e a t . R o n s
knowledge youre never
going to download everything from his brain. We
had to be as efficient as
possible with the time we
had, which of course never
seems like enough, but we
made the best of it.
I learned a lot from him,
of course. His knowledge of
the organizational structure
and how he managed the
team, and then on top of it
you also learn how busy he
was. There was a reason he
was high-energy, because
there was a lot going on
and the job demanded that
and thats personality. The
advantage of the overlap
time was invaluable.
In what areas do you see
yourself approaching the
job differently?
Im going to utilize
my strengths as a project
manager and leader and
knowing what needs to
get done but also utilizing
the strengths of staff with
the assistant DPW, streets
superintendent, construction manager. And not overworking myself and knowing I need to set priorities.
A year ago, they reorganized the public works
department to alleviate
some of the burden off the
position because there was
too much on Rons plate,
so that process has already
started. Were bringing
(assistant director) Jon Bublitz into more of the meetings and bringing (streets
superintendent) Greg
Title: City of Verona

public works director
Age: 35
Residence: Waunakee
Hometown: Madison
(born) and Lodi (high
school)
Family: Wife, Carrie, son
Keegan, 10, daughter
Sedona, 4, son Easton, 2
Education: Bachelor of
environmental engineering, UW-Platteville, 2005
Last employer: AECOM
Quote: I enjoy meetings,
working with people face
to face. On top of that, I
thoroughly enjoy challenges, especially when its a
critical challenge.
Photo by Jim Ferolie
New public works director Theran Jacobson is surrounded

by projects he worked on at his former job, with AECOM.
Behind him is a stormwater pond he and former city engineer Bob Gundlach designed together that had to accommodate several inches of rain the night before, and behind
that is the stoplight for the new Nine Mound Road-Northern
Lights intersection he and Gundlach also designed together
over the past few years.
(Denner) into the meetings.
So that way we can delegate
other priorities.
Youve worked with
municipalities for a long
time. How is it different
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working for a municipality?

The pressures are different. The type of organizations are different.
Theres competitiveness
(between companies) in the
private sector. In the public
sector, youre competing
against yourself and what
needs to get done.
Whats been the most
challenging part of the job
so far?
Just making sure I deliver
on the projects that need to
get delivered in the time we
have left in this fiscal year
and obviously making sure

were learning anything.
Any specific examples?
Making sure I get that
(downtown) streetscape
project done next year. Its a
complicated project, and now
that the pavement issue has
come up, thats added another layer of complication to it.
I know that is the heart of
the city and that is a very
detailed project thats been
talked about for a long time.
Yes, that was supposed
to be something the city
could get out of the way
quickly.
The thing is with that,
were doing it right. to
make sure it lasts a long
time.
When you shut down
South Main Street for
a month, people will be
pretty upset.
That public information meeting is going to be
fun.
The way were doing it is
the least intrusive to everyone. Were going to close
that road down for the minimum amount possible. Other projects are being staged
differently (to work around)
the downtown streets.
Jim Ferolie at veronapress@wcinet.com.
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Obituary
VAHS teachers plan new

overseas trip to Spain, Italy
Mary Lou Jordan
SCOTT GIRARD
A new trip abroad in

spring 2017 would target
Verona Area High School
students who may not normally have the opportunity
to travel.
T h r e e VA H S t e a c h ers presented the idea for
a nine-day trip to Rome,

Florence and Barcelona
over spring break 2017 to
the school board July 18.
The trip would focus on
art in the three cities, but
would not have a required
class students would need
to take to be involved in the
trip. Other trips are related
to foreign language classes.
Students would have to
pay $3,270 for the trip,
but the teachers said they
hoped to hold fundraising
events and find other ways
to help low-income students
participate. The company

the trip would go through
EF Tours includes a
GoFundMe-like option to
raise money from a community as well.
Art teacher Carrie Punzel said she hoped it could
make a major difference in
some students lives.
So many of these students havent left the Madison area, Punzel said. I
think many of us who have
had that opportunity to
leave this state, this area,
even this country, probably
know how beneficial it is

for our own growth as people.
Between 24 and 30 students are expected to go on
the trip.
The teachers also discussed organizing classes
during students A-plus
periods to relate to the trip,
like travel tips, introductions to languages or art
history.
@sgirard9.
Tech coordinators attend international conference

SCOTT GIRARD
Two Verona Area School

District technology coordinators were among around
100 from around the world
to attend a week-long summer professional development conference in Chicago
in July.
Rita Mortenson of Verona Area High School and
Karie Huttner of Stoner
Prairie Elementary School
attended the 2016 Discovery Educator Network Summer Institute July 17-22.
According to a district
news release, the event featured interactive seminars,
hands-on workshops and
an opportunity for participants to
connect and
collaborate.
We a r e
very proud of
the educators
from our disMortenson
trict selected
to participate
in DENSI 2016, and our
community is inspired by
their commitment to using
the latest technologies and

digital content to help all
students reach their highest potential, said VASD
superintendent Dean
Gorrell. The
students of
Verona Area
School District will
benefit tremendously
Huttner
from the new
approaches
to using educational technologies Karie and Rita
have taken away from this
great professional learning

opportunity.
To participate in the summer institute, educators
must be recognized by Discovery Education, an organization that provides digital content and professional
development opportunities
for K-12 educators. For
information about DEN,
visit discoveryeducation.
com.
@sgirard9.
Transgender: Policy will return to board in August

Whats
next?
The board will likely
discuss the specifics of
the transgender policy at
its next meeting, Aug. 1.
with an ad hoc committee
including parents, students,
administrators and other
community members. The
group eventually sent a
draft to a lawyer to iron out
final language.
Multiple board members
cited guidance from the
districts counsel as their
reason for desiring a policy,
though plenty more were
given.
I think we have an obligation to the kids, said
Russell King. I think we
have an obligation to the
administrative staff who are
desperate for a district-wide
policy on this so theyre
not left trying to make it up
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superintendent Dean Gorrell was unsure whether

board members wanted to
pursue the policy. If not,
he explained in an outline
ahead of the July 18 board
meeting, he did not want
administrators to waste
their time.
But a short discussion at
that July 18 meeting made
it clear: Keep going.
Weve done a lot of
work to get to this point,
and one way or another we
should vote on it at least,
said board member Amy
Almond, who sat on the ad
hoc committee that developed the policy.
The policy, which would
govern transition plans for
transgender students on
topics including bathroom
and locker room use and
names and records, will
likely come back to the
board in August for further
consideration.
The district began developing the policy last fall
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have a legal obligation as
outlined by our attorney.
B o a r d m e m b e r To m
Duerst expressed caution
at both the June and July
meetings, calling the policy
reverse discrimination.
I really, really have a
problem with what I feel is
an intrusion on the masses,
he said in July.
Many board members
also urged caution, especially in developing a transition plan for students
that would guide the changes that come along with
transgender, including student records and athletics.
I am concerned that
maybe creating our own
plan in an area that has so
many potential pitfalls,
said Meredith Stier-Christensen. Maybe we should
look to a resource that has
already worked through the
chinks of that.
The issue has become a
hotly debated topic around
Wisconsin and the entire
country, as local districts
grapple with conflicting

guidance from different levels of government. The federal Department of Education, for example, advised
school districts to allow students to use the bathroom
of the gender they identify
with.
That came shortly after
the North Carolina state
legislature passed a bill
requiring people to use
bathrooms of the sex they
were born as. The federal
government sued the state
over the law.
After the DoE issued the
guidance, 23 states, including Wisconsin, sued the
government over the guidance.
A lawyer giving a presentation to district residents
in early June said school
district around the country
are at the tipping point
of dealing with transgender
issues.
@sgirard9.
Mary Lou Jordan, 55, of

Madison, passed away on
July 21, 2016 at St. Marys
Hospital.
She was born on June
16, 1961 in Madison, the
daughter of Michael and
Patricia Jordan of Verona.
She was in a long-term
relationship with Scott
Littel. She graduated from
Verona High in 1978.
M a r y w a s a fi t n e s s
enthusiast and loved riding
her bike. She enjoyed holidays and always decorated
her home. Mary also painted beautiful ceramic pieces and gave them as gifts
to her family. She worked
as a custodian at Our Lady
Queen of Peace for 20
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Julie Sehmer (Jeff); and
nieces, nephews, cousins
and many friends.
A Mass of Christian
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Queen of Peace Catholic
Church In Madison. Burial
followed at Resurrection
Cemetery.
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NOTICE
Wisconsin DNR wetland invasive

species control project to eliminate populations of reed mannagrass (Glyceria
maxima), throughout southeast Wisconsin:
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will be conducting a
wetland invasive species control project
to eliminate populations of reed mannagrass (Glyceria maxima), throughout
southeast from Dane to Milwaukee counties and selected areas within Calumet,
Winnebago, Oneida, and Door counties.
Reed mannagrass is a wetland invasive
species that has limited distribution
within the United States and records
are limited to Massachusetts, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Washington state.This invasive species is
constrained to very wet conditions and
tends to be found in marshes, streams
and drainage ditches. This plant poses
a threat to Wisconsins dairy industry,
its wetlands and streams.This species
can be dangerous to cattle when consumed and has been linked to cyanide
poisoning of cattle in southern Australia,
Tasmania and New Zealand.It can render
flowing waters foul and make it unpalatable for cattle and impairs habitat for
fish.When large populations decompose
in streams, it can reduce the amount of
available dissolved oxygen, leading to localized fish kills.It can slow flowing waters, increase siltation, and be a potential
flooding hazard in low lying areas next to
streams.This plant does not represent
a direct and immediate threat to human
health and is non-toxic unless eaten.
The DNR is currently conducting
reconnaissance to find populations, map
the extent of its current spread, and is
soliciting help from affected landowners
who have this species on their property.
In 2016, the DNR plans to implement a
herbicide application to test the effectiveness of glyphosate and imazapyr on controlling this species. Prior to treatment,
the DNR is making available an environmental analysis, for public comment and
review.Herbicide application will occur
only on properties where the DNR has received written consent from the landowners, where all adjacent landowners have
been informed of the project.Any questions related to this issue may be directed to Jason E. Granberg at 607.267.9868
or Jason.Granberg@Wisconsin.Gov. To
view the environmental analysis, visit
DNR.wi.gov and search http://dnr.wi.gov/
topic/invasives/fact/pdfs/GlyceriaMaximaControlEA07012016.pdf. Comments
will be accepted until Monday August
8tH, 2016 and should be emailed to Jason.Granberg@Wisconsin.Gov or mailed
to Jason Granberg, DNR Water Quality,
101 S. Webster St. Madison, WI 53703,
Room WT/3
Published: August 28, 2016
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TOWN OF VERONA
REQUEST FOR QUOTES
The Town of Verona Utility Commission is seeking quotes for the repair of
Manhole 10 within Utility District #1. Details, due dates, and specifications can
be found at: http://www.town.verona.
wi.us/people-services/utilities-services/
utility-district-1/. Please contact Clerk
John Wright, (608) 845-7187, for additional details. Televising video footage is
available upon request.
Published: July 28, 2016
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Notice is hereby given that the Public Test of the Automatic Tabulating and
Electronic Voting Equipment to be used
for the August 9, 2016 Partisan Primary
in the City of Verona and Town of Verona
will be conducted on Tuesday, August 2,
2016 @ 10:30 AM at the respective municipal buildings.
This test is open to the general public.
Ellen Clark, Clerk
City of Verona
111 Lincoln Street
Verona, WI 53593
608-845-6495
John Wright, Clerk
Town of Verona
335 N Nine Mound Road
Verona, WI 53593
608-845-7187
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STATE OF WISCONSIN,
CIRCUIT COURT,
DANE COUNTY, DOMICILIARY
LETTERS (INFORMAL
ADMINISTRATION) IN THE
MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
ELLE JANET PLATO
Case No. 16PR480

To: Laural Lirones
The decendent, with date of birth
July 3, 1966 and date of death June 3,
2016 was domiciled in Dane County,
State of Wisconsin.
You are granted domiciliary letters
with general powers and duties of a personal representative.
You are authorized to administer the
estate as required by law.
Letters Issued By:
Lisa Chandler
Probate Registrar
July 21, 2016
Laural S. Lirones
3130 Meachem Road
Battle Creek, MI 49017
269-213-7777
Published: July 28, August 4 and 11, 2016
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TOWN OF VERONA
REGULAR TOWN BOARD
MEETING
TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2016
6:30 PM
TOWN HALL,
335 N. NINE MOUND ROAD,
VERONA, WI 53593-1035
1. Call To Order/Approval of the

agenda
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Announcements
4. Public Comment - This section of
the meeting provides the opportunity for
comment from persons in attendance on
items not listed below over which this
governing body has jurisdiction. Comments on matters not listed on this agenda could be placed on a future meeting
agenda.
5. Old business
A. Discussion and possible action
re: appointments to a joint planning committee with the City of Verona
B. Discussion and possible action
re: letter of intent to opt out of Dane
County zoning and approval of Resolution 2016-6
6. New business
A. Discussion and possible action
re: amendment to Resolution 2015-19A
establishing the 2016-2017 TOV Elections
Board
B. Review Ordinance 2016-3 with
possible action to amend adopted Chapter 1 of the partial Code of Ordinances for
the Town of Verona
C. Review Ordinance 2016-4 with
possible action to adopt Chapter 17 Administrative Review Procedure to the
partial Code of Ordinances for the Town
of Verona
7. Reports and Recommendations
A. Plan Commission:
B. Public Works Committee:
i. Discussion and possible action re:
driveway permit for Sunset Drive 0608362-9800-0 Lot 2 CSM 12066. Applicant:
Thompson Custom Builders, LLC. Property Owner: Patrick & Amy Broadbridge
ii. Discussion and possible action
re: road connection between Woods at
Watch Hill Development and Shady Oak
Road
iii. Discussion and possible action
re: changes to aesthetics, cost and timeline for the Old PB bridge
C. Natural and Recreational Areas
Committee:
D. Ordinance Committee:
i. Updates to Replace Ordinance
69-3 Discharge of Rifles with a Proposed
Discharge of Firearms Ordinance
E. EMS Commission:
F. Town Chair:
i. Update on construction of the new
town hall and maintenance facility
ii. Update on land sale and financing
iii. Discussion and possible action

re: marketing of the existing town hall
G. Supervisors:
H. Clerk/Treasurer:
I. Planner/Administrator:
8. Discussion and approval of minutes of the July 12th meeting
9. Approval of payment of bills
10. Adjourn
Regular board agendas are published in the Towns official newspaper,
The Verona Press. Per Resolution 20162 agendas are posted at the Town Hall
and online at www.town.verona.wi.us.
Use the subscribe feature on the Towns
website to receive agendas and other announcements via email.
Notice is also given that a possible
quorum of the Plan Commission and/or
Public Works, Ordinance, Natural and
Recreational Areas, and Financial Sustainability Committees and could occur
at this meeting for the purposes of information gathering only.
If anyone having a qualifying disability as defined by the American with
Disabilities Act needs an interpreter,
materials in alternate formats, or other
accommodations to access these meetings, please contact the Town of Verona
Clerk @ 608-845-7187 or jwright@town.
verona.wi.us. Please do so at least 48
hours prior to the meeting so that proper
arrangements can be made.
Mark Geller, Town Chair, Town of Verona.
Posted July 26, 2016
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NOTICE OF PENDING
APPLICATION FOR
PROPOSED ARTIFICIAL
WATERBODY - NO
NAVIGABLE CONNECTION
Deborah or Dale Nickels, 7901 Hamilton Meadows Road, Verona, WI 53593

has applied to the Department of Natural
Resources for a permit to construct a waterway with a non-navigable connection
to near the Sugar River. The project is
located in the NW1/4 of the SW1/4 of Section 7, Township 6 North, Range 8 East,
Town of Verona, Dane County.
The project proposes to re-scrape
and excavate two 1999 wildlife scrapes
and add native vegetation. The water
quality of the ponds and the open water
surface area has diminished since then
due to sedimentation and overgrowth of
invasive Reed Canary grass and Cattails.
The Department will review the
proposal provided by the applicant and
any information from public comments
and a public informational hearing, if requested. The Department will determine
whether the proposal complies with ss.
1.11 and 30.19(4), Stats., and ch. NR 150,
Wis. Adm. Code, and ensure that the required mitigation meets the standards in
s. 281.36(3r), Stats. if the project impacts
wetlands.
The Department has made a tentative determination that it will issue the
permit, with conditions, for the proposed
activity.
If you would like to know more about
this project or would like to see the application and plans, please visit the Departments permit tracking website at https://
permits.dnr.wi.gov/water/SitePages/Permit%20Search.aspx and search for WPIP-SC-2016-13-X05-27T12-54-21.
Reasonable accommodation, including the provision of informational
material in an alternative format, will be
provided for qualified individuals with
disabilities upon request.
Any person may submit comments
and/or request a public informational
hearing by emailing wendy.peich@wisconsin.gov or writing to Wendy Peich,
3911 Fish Hatchery Road, Fitchburg, WI
53711 by U.S. mail. If you are submitting
general comments on the proposal, they
must be emailed or postmarked within
30 days after the date this notice is published on the Departments website. If
you are requesting a public informational hearing, the request must be emailed
or postmarked within 20 days after the
date this notice is published on the Departments website. A request for hearing
must include the docket number or applicant name and specify the issues that
the party desires to be addressed at the
informational hearing.
If no hearing is requested, the Department may issue its decision without a
hearing. If a public informational hearing
is held, comments must be postmarked
no later than 10 days following the date
on which the hearing is completed.
The final decision may be appealed
as indicated in the decision document.
Docket Number IP-SC-2016-13-01883
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
For the Secretary
Wendy Peich
Water Management Specialist
Date: June 27, 2016
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INVITATION TO BID
2016 DOWNTOWN
STREETSCAPE
PHASE 1 PROJECT
CITY OF VERONA, WI
OWNER: Notice is hereby given by

the City of Verona that it will receive bids
for streetscape improvements and park
upgrades.
PROJECT: The major work consists
of the following items:
Pavement and curb removal
General excavation, and subgrade
and base course preparation
Street lighting foundations, poles,
fixtures, and electrical work
Concrete Pavement
Concrete Paver Street Terraces
Rough and Finish plumbing for a 20
diameter memorial fountain
Concrete foundation walls and masonry planters & walls
Landscaping
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS: The
Bidding Documents are on file for review
at the office of the City Clerk, City Hall,
Verona, Wisconsin. Copies may be ob-
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tained online at QUESTCDN.com. Specifications are anticipated to be available

on and after August 4, 2016.
TIME: Sealed bids will be received
until 1:00 P.M., Wednesday, August
17, 2016, in the office of the Director of
Public Works located at 410 Investment
Court, Verona, WI 53593. At this time all
bids will be publicly opened and read
aloud.
BIDS: All bids shall be sealed in an
envelope clearly marked 2016 City of
Verona Downtown Streetscape Phase
1. The name and address of the bidder
shall be clearly identified on the outside
of the envelope. The City has the right to
increase or decrease the quantity up to
30%.
PRE-BID MEETING: No pre-bid
meeting is scheduled.
BID SECURITY: A bid bond or certified check, payable to the City of Verona, in the amount of 5% of the bid shall
accompany each bid as a guarantee that
if the bid is accepted, the bidder will execute the contract and furnish 100% performance and payment bonds within 10
days after notice of award of the contact
by the City.
BID REJECTION: The City reserves
the right to reject any and all bids, to
waive any technicality, and to accept any
bid which it deems advantageous to the
Citys best interest.
BID WITHDRAWAL: All bids shall remain subject to acceptance for a period
of 60 days after the time and date set for
the opening thereof.
Published by authority of the City of
Verona, Wisconsin
Jon H. Hochkammer
Mayor
Ellen Clark,
City Clerk
Published: July 28 and August 4, 2016
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CITY OF VERONA
MINUTES
COMMON COUNCIL
JULY 11, 2016
VERONA CITY HALL
1. Mayor Hochkammer called the

meeting to order at 7:04 p.m.
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Roll call: Alderpersons L. Diaz, J.
Linder, H. Reekie, S. Stewart, B. Stiner
and E. Touchett present. Alderpersons
Doyle and McGilvray are absent and excused. Also in attendance: Planning and
Development Director A. Sayre; Public
Works Director T. Jacobson; Parks Director D. Walker; City Engineer J. Montpas;
Attorney Vergeront; Steve Brown Development Group representatives D. Sealy,
S. Watson, and S. Fry; and City Clerk E.
Clark.
4. Public Comment:
Dan Sealy, 604 Willowbrook Trail,
Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, spoke as the Director of Development and on behalf of
the Steve Brown Development Group.
5. Approval of Minutes from the June
25, 2016 Special Common Council meeting and the June 27, 2016 Common Council meeting: Motion by Reekie, seconded
by Diaz, to approve the minutes of the
June 25th, 2016 Special Common Council meeting and the June 27, 2016 Common Council meeting. Motion carried 6-0.
6. Mayors Business:
A. Committee Appointments:
Mayor Hochkammer stated that
during the joint meeting of the City of Verona and Town of Verona regarding the
boundary agreement, each of the bodies
agreed to create a City and Town Joint
Planning Committee. The Mayor presented the following City and Town Joint
Planning Committee assignments:
Jon Hochkammer - Mayor
Jack Linder Council Member
Steve Heinzen Citizen Member
Motion by Touchett, seconded by
Stiner, to confirm Mayor Hochkammers
appointments to the City and Town Joint
Planning Committee. Motion carried 6-0.
7. Engineers Report:
* Northern Lights/N. Nine Mound
Road Construction:
Removal of old N. Nine Mound Road
and installation of storm sewer are completed. Curb and gutter on south bound
Northern Lights began on July 7th.
* Downtown Street Reconstruction
Phase I Church Avenue, S. Marietta
Street and Grove Street:
Church Avenue and Grove Street are
scheduled to be open for traffic by the
end of August.
* 2016 Street Rehabilitation Project:
Work on the project began the week
of July 4th. Submittals for work and materials have been submitted and are being
reviewed.
8. Committee Reports:
A. Plan Commission
(1) Discussion and Possible Action
Re: Resolution No. R-16-034 Approving
a Precise
Implementation Plan (PIP) to Allow
for the Construction of a 20,020 Square
Foot Building Addition at 506, 508 and
514 Commerce Parkway. Motion by
Linder, seconded by Reekie, to approve
Resolution No. R-16-034 Approving a
Precise Implementation Plan (PIP) to
allow for the construction of a 20,020
square foot building addition at 506,
508 and 514 Commerce Parkway, with
the condition that prior to the issuance
of building permits, a photometric plan
shall be approved by the Director of Planning and Development. The proposed
PIP would allow for the construction of
a building addition for Pure Sweet Honey Farm. The Plan Commission held the
required public hearing on July 6, 2016.
Motion carried 6-0.
(2) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Resolution R-16-035 Approving a Conditional Use Permit to Allow a
Group Daycare Center Land Use to be
Located at 590 Hometown Circle. Motion
by Linder, seconded by Reekie, to approve Resolution R-16-035 approving a
conditional use permit to allow a group
daycare center land use to be located
at 590 Hometown Circle. The proposed
conditional use permit would allow for
the construction of a 10,782 square foot
daycare center at 590 Hometown Circle.
The Plan Commission held the required
public hearing on July 6, 2016. Motion
carried 6-0.
Re: Resolution R-16-036 Approving an
Extraterritorial certified survey map that
Creates Three (3) Lots at 7669 CTH PD
in the Town of Verona. Motion by Linder,
seconded by Reekie, to approve Resolution R-16-036 approving an extraterritorial certified survey map that creates three
(3) lots at 7669 CTH PD in the Town of
Verona, with the condition that changes
to the CSM can be approved by the Director of Planning and Development. The
proposed extraterritorial certified survey
map will create three lots for the Town of
Verona at 7669 CTH PD. Lot 2 will contain
the future Town Hall, while Lots 1 and 3
will be sold to Epic Systems Corporation.
Motion carried 6-0.
Re: A Planned Development Concept
Plan Located South of West Verona Avenue, West of West End Circle, East of
Wall Street, and North of the West End
Apartments. Steve Brown Apartments is
requesting a planned unit development
(PUD) concept review to allow for construction of 15,000 square feet of commercial space, a 32-unit apartment building, and 10 townhouse units.
Discussion followed on the potential
road from Paoli Street to West Verona Avenue, coordination between this development project and the high school project
in that area, traffic calming, following the
original plan for the area, parking concerns, creating a walkable destination
place, getting the school district involved
in the planning for the area, the commitment of the developer to lead with retail
at this location, and general support from
council members for the project plan.
Scott Watson, CFO, spoke on behalf of
the Steve Brown Group, stating that the
development would be complimentary to
the schools plan, allowing people to live
and shop close to the school, and creating opportunity for student jobs. The
developer is committed to retail at this
location. More details will be available in
the coming months. No action was taken
on this item.
Re: Resolution R-16-037 Approving a
Certified Survey Map to Create One (1)
Lot and One (1) Outlot at 101 North Main
Street and 100 East Verona Avenue. Motion by Linder, seconded by Reekie, to
approve Resolution
R-16-037 approving a certified survey map to create one (1) lot and one (1)
outlot at 101 North Main Street and 100
East Verona Avenue. Lot 1 would be sold
to Troy Rost, and the outlot would be retained by the city for future right-of-way.
Motion carried 6-0.
B. Finance Committee
Re: Payment of Bills. Motion by Linder,
seconded by Touchett, to pay the bills in
the amount of $645,099.41. Motion carried 6-0.
C. Public Works Sewer & Water
Committee
Re: Consulting Services Agreement with
AECOM for Surveying and Construction
Documents Preparation to Implement
Specific Projects of AECOM Pedestrian and Bike Study. Motion by Touchett,
seconded by Diaz, to approve a Consulting Service Agreement with AECOM
for surveying and construction documents preparation to implement specific
projects of AECOM pedestrian and bike
study. Total estimated fees not to exceed
$95,350. Diaz stated he is happy to see
this. The more friendly we can make the
city for people who bike or walk, the better. Motion carried 6-0.
Re: Consulting Services Agreement with
AECOM for Construction Related Services for Construction of Cathedral Point
Phase 6. Motion by Linder, seconded by
Diaz, to approve a Consulting Services
Agreement with AECOM for construction related services for construction
of Cathedral Point Phase 6, contingent
upon a developers agreement being
approved. Total estimated fees not to exceed $33,600. The developer will be covering these costs once the agreement is
approved. Motion carried 6-0.
D. Park, Recreation and Forestry
Commission
Re: Contract Amendment #2 with MSA
Professional Services for Additional
Work Related to Firemans Park Master
Plan. Motion by Reekie, seconded by
Stiner, to approve Contract Amendment
#2 with MSA Professional Services for
additional work related to the Firemans
Park Master Plan. This amendment calls
for the design of a third option at an additional cost not to exceed $1,500. The
additional amount would come from the
Parks restricted fund. Motion carried 6-0.
9. Old Business
A. Discussion and Possible Action
Re: Property Tax Litigation with Walgreens and Proposed Settlement, Walgreen Company v. City of Verona, Dane
County Case No. 15-CV-1670.
Reekie, to convene in closed session as
authorized by Section 19.85(1)(g) of the
Wisconsin Statutes for the purpose of
conferring with legal counsel for the governmental body who is rendering oral or
written advice concerning strategy to be
adopted by the body with respect to litigation in which it is or is likely to become
involved. The Common Council may reconvene in open session and discuss
and take action on the subject matter
discussed in closed session. On roll call:
All Aye. The Council convened in closed
session for this item at 7:48 p.m.
CLOSED SESSION
Diaz, to reconvene in open session. Motion carried 6-0. The Common Council
reconvened in open session at 8:39 p.m.
Linder, to approve the terms of the settlement agreement presented in closed
session, and to authorize the mayor to
sign the agreement. Motion carried 6-0.
B. Discussion and Possible Action
Re: City Administrator Position. Motion
by Touchett, seconded by Reekie, to
convene in closed session as authorized
by Section 19.85(1)(c) of the Wisconsin
Statutes for the purpose of considering
employment, promotion, compensation
or performance evaluation data of any
public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises
responsibility. The Common Council may
reconvene in open session and discuss
and take action on the subject matter
discussed in closed session. On roll call:

All Aye. The Council convened in closed
session for this item at 7:49 p.m.
CLOSED SESSION
Diaz, to reconvene in open session at
8:39 p.m. No action was taken in closed
session.
10. New Business
A. Discussion and Possible Action
Re: Approval of Operator Licenses. Motion by Linder, seconded by Reekie to
approve operator licenses for T. Goers at
Hop Haus Brewing Company; K. Chaka
and N. Sgrignoli at Francois Oil; T. Foss
and K. Foss at Montes; L. Gratz at Cahoots; J. Mackie at Wisconsin Brewing
Company; K. Biechler at Toot & Kates
Wine Bar; and P. Aas at Verona Liquor.
Motion carried 6-0
11. Announcements:
A. Stiner announced that the Senior
Commission meeting scheduled for July
12, 2016 has been cancelled.
12. Adjournment:
Stewart, to adjourn at 8:43 p.m. Motion
carried 6-0.
Ellen Clark
City Clerk
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10'x10' $60 Month
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10'x20' $80 Month
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(608) 845-9700
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Case No. 16PR462

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:
1. An application for Informal Administration was filed.
2. The decedent, with date of birth
July 26, 1925 and date of death June
27, 2016, was domiciled in Dane County,
State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 313 Thompson Street, Verona,
WI 53593.
3. All interested persons waived notice.
4. The deadline for filing a claim
against the decedents estate is October
21, 2016.
5. A claim may be filed at the Dane
County Courthouse, Madison, Wisconsin, Room 1000
Lisa Chandler
Probate Registrar
July 15, 2016
James E. Harrington
1921 Manley Street
Madison, WI 53704
608-347-1454
Published: July 21, 28 and August 4, 2016
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NOTICE
ELECTORS OF THE
CITY AND TOWN OF VERONA
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STATE OF WISCONSIN,
CIRCUIT COURT,
DANE COUNTY, NOTICE TO
CREDITORS (INFORMAL
ADMINISTRATION) IN THE
MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
JEANICE W. HARRINGTON
***
ORDINANCE NO. 16-877

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
SECTION 10-1-13 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF VERONA
SECTION I
The Common Council of the City of
Verona, Dane County, Wisconsin, does
ordain that Section 10-1-13 of the Code
of Ordinances of the City of Verona is
amended as follows:
1. Section 10-1-13(b)(210) is created
to read as follows:
All vehicles proceeding in a southerly direction on Wall Street shall stop
before entering the intersection of said
street with West End Circle.
All other sections shall remain as
previously adopted.
The foregoing ordinance was duly
adopted by the Common Council of the
City of Verona at a meeting held on July
25, 2016.
CITY OF VERONA
_______________________
Jon H. Hochkammer, Mayor
_______________________
Ellen Clark, City Clerk
Adopted: July 25, 2016
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***

THE CITY OF VERONA
The Common Council of the City

of Verona, Dane County, Wisconsin, do
hereby ordain that Section 10-1-28 of the
Code of Ordinances, City of Verona, Wisconsin, is amended as follows:
1. The title of Section 10-1-28 is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 10-1-28 Large Vehicle & Trailer
Parking
2. Section 10-1-28(a)(2) is amended
to read as follows:
For the purpose of this Section, a
Type 2 vehicle means a nonmechanically
or nonelectronically powered device that
can be used to transport people or cargo,
including, but not limited to, all types of
trailers, regardless of size and/or cargo
type. Examples include, but are not limited to, a semi trailer; a trailer for a boat,
watercraft, snowmobile, ATV/UTV, or motorcycle, including when the cargo is on
the trailer; a utility trailer; a landscape
trailer; and a camper. When attached
to a Type 1 large vehicle, a Type 2 large
vehicle becomes an extension, devise or
appurtenance of the Type 1 large vehicle
and the rules governing Type 1 large vehicles apply.
25, 2016.
CITY OF VERONA
_______________________
_______________________
Enacted: July 25, 2016
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***

THE CITY OF VERONA
The Common Council of the City

of Verona, Dane County, Wisconsin, do
hereby ordain that Section 10-l-33 of the
Code of Ordinances, City of Verona, Wisconsin, is amended as follows:
1. Section 10-l-33 - Traffic and
Parking Regulations on School District
Grounds - is repealed and recreated.
The Verona Area School District reconfigured the parking lots for staff and
students, moving the main entrance to
the east side. Ordinance No. 16-879 reflects these changes, and adds clarification to the new parking lot configuration.
Included in the ordinance are Applicability, Speed Limit, Required Stops, Parking Limitations, One-Way Traffic, State
Traffic Forfeiture Laws Adopted, Miscellaneous Rules, Designation of Parking
Lots/Authorized Parking, and Parking
Enforcement Monitor Authorization.
25, 2016.
The full text of this ordinance may
be obtained by contacting the City Clerk
at 608-848-9947, or may be viewed at Verona City Hall, 111 Lincoln Street, Verona,
WI 53593.
CITY OF VERONA
_______________________
_______________________
Enacted: July 25, 2016
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Applications available at
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FAIRWAY AUTO AUCTION hiring parttime Drivers/Shop help. Apply in person:
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SKI SHOP
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We are now accepting applications for
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Chalet is a fun and friendly place to
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5252 Verona Road
Madison, WI 53711
608-273-8263
SUPER 8 VERONA
Immediate Openings!
Assistant Front Desk Supervisor (F/T)
$10-11/hour.
Front Desk Associates:
(F/T, P/T )$10/hour
Experience preferred,
but willing to train
right people.
Paid training, vacation, uniform. Free
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Apply in person:
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434 Health Care, Human

Services & Child Care
GREAT PART time opportunity. Woman
in Verona seeks help with personal cares
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(5hrs/shift) and one overnight/mth. Pay
is $11.66/awake hrs & $7.25/sleep hrs.
A driver's license and w/comfort driving
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if interested.
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436 Office Administration &

Clerical
FAIRWAY AUTO AUCTION is seeking
full-time/part-ttime office help. Apply in
person 999 Hwy A, across for Coachmans
440 Hotel, Food & Beverage

NAUTI NORSKE a new restaurant
opening in Stoughton, is hiring energetic, enthusiastic servers, bartender,
busperson and cook. Apply in person
at 324 Water St, or send an email to
kj_vike@hotmail.com with your resume/
qualications
548 Home Improvement

A&B ENTERPRISES
Light Construction Remodeling
No job too small
608-835-7791
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PAR Concrete, Inc.
Phil Mountford 516-4130 (cell)

835-5129 (office)
TOMAS PAINTING
Professional, Interior,
Exterior, Repairs.
Free Estimates. Insured.
608-873-6160
554 Landscaping, Lawn,

Tree & Garden Work
ART'S LAWNCARE: Mowing,
trimming, roto-tilling. Garden
maintenance available.608-235-4389
GARDEN MAINTENANCE & Clean-Up.
Completed Master Gardener Course.
Connie 608-235-4689.
LAWN MOWING
Residential & Commercial
Fully Insured.
608-873-7038 or 608-669-0025
SHREDDED TOPSOIL
Shredded Garden Mix
Shredded Bark
Decorative Stone
Pick-up or Delivered
Limerock Delivery
O'BRIEN TRUCKING
5995 Cty D, Oregon, WI
608-835-7255
www.obrientrucking.com
602 Antiques & Collectibles

COLUMBUS ANTIQUE MALL
& CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
MUSEUM
"Wisconsin's Largest Antique Mall"!
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
720 Apartments
GREENWOOD APARTMENTS
Apartments for Seniors 55+, currently
has 1 & 2 bedroom units available
starting at $750 per month, includes
heat, water, and sewer.
608-835-6717 Located at:
139 Wolf St., Oregon, WI 53575
OREGON- CONDO 3 bedroom, one
full and 1/2 bath. Townhouse, 2 story,
one car garage. Appliances, 1344 sq ft.
$1195 +utilities. Available 9/1/16 Evans
Properties LLC 608-839-9100
SHARE YOUR Space and Save - We
roommate match individuals in 2 bed/2
bath luxury apartments at West End
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STOUGHTON- 105 West Street, 2 bedroom, appliances, water, heat, A/C, ceiling fan, on site laundry, well kept and
maintained. Off street parking. Next to
park. On site manager. Available June
15th, 2016. $770 a month. Please call
608-238-3815 or email weststreetapartments.com with questions
STOUGHTON 1616 Kenilworth Ct.
Large 2-BR apts available now.
Pets welcome. Many feature new wood
laminate flooring.
$775-$825/mo. 608-831-4035.
www.madtownrentals.com
STOUGHTON- 2/BEDROOM small
house, North Forrest Street. Appliances.
Basement washer/dryer. Window A/C.
Deck. Off-street parking. No pets/No
smoking. Suitable for 2 people. $725/
month+ utilities. 608-225-9033 or 608873-7655.
STOUGHTON, 2 b/r apt, $770, includes
heat, water/sewer. 608-222-1981 x 3. No
dogs, 1 cat okay EHO
STOUGHTON- NEWER Duplex 3 bedroom 3 bath 2 car. Laundry room with
washer/dryer large family room, stainless
appliances extra storage $1795+utilities.
2375 sq ft Available now or 8/1/16
Evans Properties LLC 608-839-9100
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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
740 Houses For Rent

HOUSE IN COUNTRY 3BR, 1BA. $650/
month. Utilities not included. Security
deposit required. No smoking.preferred.
Albany School District Call 608-4558111
750 Storage Spaces For Rent

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

WOODWORKING TOOLS FOR
SALE:
Craftsman Router and Router table
w/vacuum and Router blades $250.
10" table saw. Cast Iron table
Craftsman brand w/vacuum and extra
blades in wall mountable storage
container. $250.
Delta 10" compound adjustable table
miter saw w/electric quick brake
(#36220 Type III) $155.
Craftsman Soldering Gun (w/case)
$10
Power Fast Brad (Nail) Gun-1" $30.
S-K Socket Set 1/4 SAE. 3/8" both
Sae & Metric (speed wrench, breaker
bar & ratchet included) $25 (in case)
Bench grinder on cast iron stand $70
Dowel set-up kit $35
Call John 608-845-1552
702 Basswood Ave.
Beautiful 4 BR, 4 BA, 2-story

home on large lot w/ mature trees
overlooking greenspace. Open floor
plan, large master suite w/vaulted
ceilings, huge bath w/ceramic tile,
whirlpool & walk-in closet. Living room/dining have cathedral ceilings.
Main floor family room with gas FP leading to 26x14 deck. Main floor
laundry, 3 car garage. Finished basement. Lots of updates incl. new
windows & patio doors, new stainless appliances, refinished hardwood
floors. MLS#1776846. $374,900
Nicole Bunbury Sjowall

608-354-2551
NSjowall@BunburyRealtors.com
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652 Garage Sales

STOUGHTON- 1601/1605 Severson
(Venevoll) 7/29-7/30, 7:00am-5:00pm.
2-Family Estate Sale. Furniture, home
decor, antiques, misc.
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
RASCHEIN PROPERTY
STORAGE
6x10 thru 10x25
Market Street/Burr Oak Street
in Oregon
Call 608-520-0240
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
801 Office Space For Rent

OFFICE SPACES FOR RENT
In Oregon facing 15th hole
on golfcourse
Free Wi-Fi, Parking and
Security System
Conference rooms available
Kitchenette-Breakroom
Autumn Woods Prof. Centre
Marty 608-835-3628
845 Houses For Sale

MOUNT HOREB LAND CONTRACT Or
Cash. 3/2 ranch-home. w/garage 608335-6008
CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS NOON
Monday FOR THE Verona Press
970 Horses
WALMERS TACK SHOP
16379 W. Milbrandt Road
Evansville, WI
608-882-5725
975 Livestock
DAIRY PARLOR Cows for Sale: 200 plus
or minus, Monroe, WI area 608-325-5515
980 Machinery & Tools

ARGYLE: FEED bins, milking parlor
equipment, barn wood. Surge double 4
parlor receiving jar, pipeline, bulk tank,
vacuum pump, freestall dividers. 3.3 to 8
ton feeder bins. 1-7,000 bushel, 1-10,000
bushel storage bins with u-shap ventilation. 1-7,000 bushel drying bin with false
floor, heater, and stirrer. Stainless steel
whey tanks. Metal and barn wood from
tearing down old buildings. Call John
608-558-9536
THEY SAY people dont read those little
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Call now to place your ad, 873-6671 or
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990 Farm: Service &

Merchandise
FRITZ PAINTING Barns, rusty roofs,
metal buildings. Free-estimate . 608221-3510
RENT SKIDLOADERS
MINI-EXCAVATORS
TELE-HANDLER
and these attachments. Concrete
breaker, posthole auger, landscape rake,
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rock hound, broom, teleboom, stump
grinder.
By the day, week, or month.
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CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon
Friday for The Great Dane and Noon
Monday for the Verona Press unless
changed because of holiday work schedules. Call now to place your ad, 873-6671
or 835-6677.
WE ARE HIRING
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688 Sporting Goods

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FOR SALE
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COMES WITH GOLF BAG, PULL
CART AND HEAD COVERS. $100
PER SET
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player)
Women's full set (left handed player)
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696 Wanted To Buy

WE BUY Junk Cars and Trucks.
We sell used parts.
Monday thru Friday 8am-5:30pm.
Newville Auto Salvage, 279 Hwy 59
Edgerton, 608-884-3114
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"Honey Do List"
No job too small
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Driveways
Floors
Patios
Sidewalks
Decorative Concrete
RECOVER PAINTING Offers carpentry,

drywall, deck restoration and all forms of
painting 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
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705 Rentals
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402 Help Wanted, General
July 28, 2016
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July 28, 2016
The Verona Press
ConnectVerona.com
Liberty: Proposed buildings would continue parks Verona, Italy theme

from the citys comprehensive plan, with a 70-unit
apartment complex sitting
atop 21,000 square feet of
commercial space surrounding an Italian-style plaza.
Along with numerous other
proposals Monday, that could
mean a long night in front of
the Plan Commission.
Liberty Parks developer calls the housing plan the
cornerstone of Liberty
Parks 240-acre development
in its submission to the city.
The developer first brought
the plaza idea to city planning director Adam Sayre a
year ago and did not get his
support, eventually withdrawing the idea while working on other developments.
Then, two months ago, landowner David Reinke pitched
the project as a major part
of a supposed $500 million
development in a Wisconsin
State Journal story. He still
doesnt have the planning
directors support.
The challenge with any
mixed use project is how
On the
agenda
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A proposed plaza at Liberty Business Park features apartments above first-floor retail shops, as seen in this rendering from
County Hwys. PB and M. The buildings would continue the developments design theme of Verona, Italy.
does it fit? What is the plan Mismatched plans

down there? Sayre told the
Reinke and his developer,
Press. You cant just drop
housing into areas that isnt Dean Slaby, have argued that
being completely thought- their development actually
is planned comprehensiveout.
ly, but putting housing there
would not match the citys
designation for that land as
industrial.
And the commission and
@
Common Council have
disagreed with the overall
vision Reinke has presented
multiple times before that
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true industrial development
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West End proposal, apartments-over-retail separated from other commercial

developments by a public
recreation area, otherwise
known as mixed use.
But the location has been a
sticking point.
On the northeast corner of
County Hwys. PB and M,
its a section of the Liberty
Park development that, years
after being initially reserved
for industrial development,
the city reluctantly accepted could contain up to 33
acres of commercial space
restaurants, shops, offices
and the like.
Originally, that spot was
pitched as the home of a couple of big box stores, and at
one point, it was identified as
the future home of a Kohls
and a Menards.
When the Great Recession ended a competition
for bringing big boxes to
Verona in 2009, Reinke
acquiesced to the citys
desire to use the area for
industrial development, and
the corner at PB and M took
a back seat to office space
elsewhere.
Housing or industry?
In the meantime, Liberty
Park still hasnt had opened
any industrial buildings of
the sort the city leaders have
hoped for, and it has continued to push for more commercial area.
This idea takes it a step
further.
Reinkes team has argued
its an extension of the large
residential neighborhood
located to its northwest and
will encourage employees
of the businesses destined
for Liberty Park possibly
including Reinkes own Liberty Parts Team to live near
where they work.
But Sayre said housing
and manufacturing do not
go well next to one another,
which means this rare large
plot thats on the states list
of promoted, industrial-ready
certified sites has less and
less opportunity to draw the
large industrial, possibly
manufacturing user the city
craves as a bookend to Epic.
The inclusion of housing
in the development raises
questions about how much
In brief
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The Plan Commission will also review two

other Liberty Park proposals Monday, with a
public hearing for a 7,000-square-foot sports
bar now named Lineage, and an initial review
for a 10,500-square-foot retail building east
of Sugar River Pizza.
Lineage is the latest restaurant to expand
into Verona from another city, following Sugar River Pizza at Liberty Park and coinciding
with Gus Diner. Like Gus Diners ownership, Lineage owners Steve and Kelly Turner
run a family restaurant in Sun Prairie (Willie
Tys eatery).
The plan calls for a mix of three venues in
one an intimate restaurant with seating
for 138 inside, a bar on the opposite side of
the building (separated from the restaurant by
the kitchen and offices), and a patio outside
the bar with room for 95. It bills itself as an
affordable eating experience with a casual
dining feel with an evening supper club experience and a local gathering place for friendly
service and fresh food at an affordable price.
The submission states it will serve specialty burgers, sandwiches, soups and specialty comfort food selections.
Gus Diner
The plan for Gus Diner has changed
only slightly since being reviewed last
month by the commission, and it, too, faces a public hearing.
Other than some concerns about the
amount of chrome (aluminum) in the
facade, commissioners were supportive of
the 2,800-square-foot plan, which mirrors
a similar diner in Sun Prairie. It would be
located next to Pizza Ranch and would
feature a traditional diner setup with a
Lineage restaurant
permit public hearing
Gus Diner permit
public hearing, site plan
Group daycare public hearing
Kettle Creek North
final plat, rezoning and
map public hearing
Pool restroom building site plan
St. James Lutheran
Church initial review
Liberty Business
Park retail building initial
review
Liberty Business
Park plaza Initial review
Release of rear yard
setback restriction for the
Badger Prairie Neighborhood
Allowing larger
homes in CR zoning
public hearing
Amendment to animal boarding public
hearing
industrial can be fit in and
where, he said.
Details of the plan are
limited, but it shows a total
of 75,000 square feet of residential space in four-story
buildings circling an amphitheater set squarely on the
corner of PB and M. It would
have about 220 parking spaces, a single access point from
Laser Street and easy access
to the bike trail system.
Jim Ferolie at veronapress@
wcinet.com.
bar next to the kitchen serving area, a salad bar and booths along the walls.
St. James addition
St. James Lutheran Church has proposed expanding its building by more than
9,000 square feet to replace its existing
1,600-square-foot preschool outbuilding.
The addition would put the preschool in
the bottom half of the addition and add a
fenced-in exterior play area. The addition
would also include a commercial kitchen,
a dining area and offices for support staff,
expand the main entryway and create a
more spacious procession into the church.
Daycare expansion
Once Upon A Time daycare is looking to
expand into a building at Vincenzo Plaza, on
the opposite corner of Kimball Lane. A public hearing seeks a permit for the program.
The plan would add 2,000 square feet
for its school-age program, providing
before- and after-school care, which
would open space for its other programs.
It also might house Pre-K (4-year-olds)
and possibly 3-year-olds in the space.
Other proposals
Kettle Creek North will return for a
final plat, a month after getting approval
for the preliminary plat. The development
will feature 174 lots just north of Country
View Elementary School.
The commission will review a pool
restroom building at Scenic Ridge Apartments.
The commission will hold a public
hearing on changes to the animal boarding
ordinance in order to allow a dog daycare
in Verona Technology Park.
The commission will hold a public hearing on allowing homes in the citys smallest
housing zoning classification to have more
square footage of living space.

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