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The

Village of Oregon

Budget would
hike average
tax by $104
Village Board
begins 2017 budget
meetings
BILL LIVICK
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Photo by Scott Girard

While the fire trucks are always an exciting feature of the homecoming parade, some kids needed to cover their ears to
brace themselves for the sirens and horn.

Oregon High Schools Homecoming week culminated with the annual dance, and its Midnight in Paris
theme, on Saturday, Sept. 24.
Before that, the whole community
got involved in the celebration with
the parade Friday afternoon through

downtown and the football game Friday night.

Students celebrated throughout the
week with dress-up days, with Orange
and Black Day on Friday to help show
off their school spirit for the Homecoming pep rally and parade.

Inside
See more Homecoming
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photos
Page 2

Oregon School District

Referendum promotion begins with emails

Newsletters,
community meetings
on the way next
month
SCOTT DE LARUELLE
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With an important teacher compensation referendum less than six weeks

away, Oregon School District officials are gearing up

to make sure their message

is heard loud and clear by
district residents.
An informational email
on the teacher compensation referendum will go out
this week to around 5,000
district families, superintendent Brian Busler
reported at Mondays annual district meeting. He said
district referendum consultant Joe Donovan is working to develop a newsletter on the referendum that

scheduled, including two in

October. The district plans
to send a reminder mailer
a week before the Nov. 8
OSD tax rate
vote.
We want to be sure that
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Page 12 accurate information, he
said.
Noting that the district
will be sent out to district has been studying teacher compensation for more
homes in mid-October.
Busler said communi- than four years, Busler
ty meetings on the referendum are also being Turn to Referendum/Page 12

Inside

What: 2017 budget

meetings
When: 5:30p.m. Monday, Oct. 3
5:30p.m. Monday, Oct.
10
5:30p.m. Monday, Oct.
17
Where: Village Board
meeting room, Village
Hall, 117 Spring St.
More info: 835-3118

Village of Oregon homeowners can expect a larger-than-usual increase in

property taxes if the Village
Board adopts administrator Mike Graczs proposed
2017 budget.
A look at the preliminary
budget, which the Village
Board will discuss during
three meetings in October, shows a $104 increase average-value home.
The average assessed
in the village portion of a
homeowners property tax home value is increasbill on an average-value ing 8.44 percent, from
home. The previous budget
Turn to Budget/Page 3
had a $35 increase for an

Oregon Village Board

denies liquor license
Staton cites
applicants
untrustworthy
character
SCOTT DE LARUELLE
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Stating plainly that Patrick

Machovec isnt the kind of
guy the village can trust with
a liquor license, the Village
Board unanimously denied
his application at a special
meeting Monday.
The decision could eliminate Machovec from a
two-person competition to get
a liquor license for the former
Alpine Liquors location (905
N. Main St.) after owner Ted
Wallace closed the store this
summer when he could not
renew his sellers permit. The

other applicant, Mahendran

Namasivayam, who owns
liquor stores in Lodi, Sauk
City and Madison, had previously appeared in front of the
board to present his application, with no apparent issues
or controversy.
Monday marked the
boards fourth meeting to
consider the matter, and
president Steve Staton stated
his case in opposition to the
request, and the board followed in lockstep. The brief
meeting, which lasted less
than 15 minutes, was not
open to comments, questions
or presentation.
Board members addressed
three questions:
Should Machovec be
approved as the designated
agent for Monumental Enterprises, LLC?
Is he a habitual criminal

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Meier during the schools pep rally before the parade Friday.

Photos by Scott Girard

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Oregon resident elected to Purple Heart organization

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Seeking to use an innate

passion for helping veterans and their families, Jason
Johns is about to pick up
some serious frequent flier
miles.
The Oregon resident was
elected last month to a top
post in the national veterans organization, Military
Order of the Purple Heart.
An Iraq War veteran and Purple Heart recipient, Johns is
the first post9/11 combat
wounded
veteran to
assume a top
national leadership position in a veterans service
organization Johns
according to
a news release from MOTC.
Johns, elected National
Senior Vice Commander at
the orders 84th annual convention Aug. 19 in Norfolk,
Va., told the Observer in an
email last week the distinction wasnt something he
takes lightly.
I will continue to bust my
hump to be the best leader I

can within the organization,

he said.
Johns, who served in the
Wisconsin Army National Guard and U.S. Army
Reserves from 1994-04, was
wounded in October 2003
while in Iraq. He had volunteered for active duty after an
honorable discharge the previous year.
He was honorably discharged a second time in
2004 and moved to Oregon
in 2005. In August 2011,
Johns was appointed deputy secretary of Wisconsin Department of Veterans
Affairs by Gov. Scott Walker.
Johns resigned the following
July to help care for this family after his wife, Carin, had
a rare pregnancy condition
and gave birth to their son,
William at only 24 weeks
old.
Since 2014, Johns has
been the MOTC National
Judge Advocate.
In his new role, Johns will
help oversee activities of the
50,000-member organizations chapters throughout the
country, including fundraising and outreach on what
the Purple Heart is and what
our organization does. He
said MOPH is also politically

Wounded in Iraq
Johns was with the Platteville-based 229th Army National
Guard at a highway checkpoint outside Samara, Iraq on an
October morning in 2003. The unit, attached to the Army
4th Infantry Division, controlled the area by daylight, he
said, but had to retreat at night because of their small size.
While that decision was made to protect them, it also made
them predictable and vulnerable, as they were that morning, as Johns described to the Observer in 2011:
We rolled in there one morning, and the enemy had come
in during the night and planted a couple land mines, he
said. I was in the lead vehicle and just missed it.
And then the vehicle behind me hit it.
The driver with a foot all blown up had to be medivaced
out, and the percussion of the blast knocking Johns out
cold, giving him a traumatic brain injury.
It blew out my hearing in my left ear; practically blew out
my eardrum, he said.
active, noting a goal to pursue our legislative agenda in
Congress to assure our fellow
veterans continue to receive
the benefits and assistance
they have earned.
One of the largest roles, he
said, is to assist Purple Heart
recipients and other veterans
by providing camaraderie
to help the transition from
military to civilian life. That
can mean anything from
financial assistance to helping

pursue medical claims with

veterans hospitals. Noting a
transit phase in the leadership in veterans service organizations, Johns said he sees it
his duty to follow those who
served before him.
It is important that guys
from my generation step up
to take the torch from those
honorable men and women
who came before us and honor them by carrying on our
noble cause, he said.

Liquor: Staton prefers no liquor license at that location

Continued from page 1
offender, making Monumental Enterprises, LLC unqualified to hold a liquor license?
Should the application be
granted?
With no discussion, the
board voted unanimously
no on all three.

Unfit to serve
On the first question, Staton
said Monumental Enterprises
has not designated an agent
thats satisfactory to the village as required by Wisconsin
law. Explaining his reasons,
he said, its clear that Patrick
Machovec does not have an
honest and trustworthy character, citing his application
that wrongly states he has not
been convicted of any offense.
The truth is that he was
convicted of three counts of
criminal damage to property,
Staton said. I find his claim
that he didnt understand he
was convicted of these crimes
to be not credible. I believe he
intentionally lied to the village on the application, and
has continued to be untruthful
to the village.
If the story is true, and he
didnt know or understand he
had been convicted of three
counts of criminal damage
to property, I would find him
unfit to serve as a satisfactory
agent for that reason alone.
Station also said Machovec instructed employees to
lie about products they dont
like in the handbook he provided to them. Staton also

activity, he said. Its not

clear to me that his convictions for criminal damage to
property were substantially
related to operating a liquor
store.
To the third question, Staton said he recommended
denial of the liquor license
application by Monumental
Enterprises because they did
not provide a satisfactory
agent to the village.
This makes the applicant
unqualified to receive the
license, he said. The applicant has not demonstrated or
adopted a policy related to
responsible alcohol sales and
service that meets requirements of (village law).

Whats next?
Monumental Enterprises can still submit another person to serve as the
designated agent, Staton
told the Observer on Tuesday.
Staton said he expects
another group headed by
Mahendran Namasivayams to come back to the
board seeking the liquor
license, noting that the
police did a recent background check on him and
found nothing.

Too much alcohol?

said he understands Machovec was not truthful to the

board about his cooperation
with Madison police about
a recent Mifflin Street block
party.
I understand that he was
not necessarily required to
cooperate with the police
department in Madison, but
he is required to be truthful
with the board; I dont believe
he has, Staton said.
To the second, Staton said
his no motion, declining
to assert habitual criminality,
was based on advice from the
village attorney.
Wisconsin law does not
allow us to consider a conviction record except where
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Monday to decide on granting the liquor license after
Machovecs attorney, Charles
Giesen, spoke for an hour in
support of his clients application. Giesen tried to refute
statements given to the board
at an earlier meeting by Oregon police chief Brian Uhl,
who recommended the board
deny Machovecs application.
Uhl said Machovec provided false information on his
application, as did his store
manager, Stacy Listol. In a
memo to board members,
Uhl wrote that Machovec has
a history of habitual criminality as it relates to stalking
women and the solicitation
of prostitution and sex acts.
At the Sept. 19 meeting,
Giesen refuted Uhls allegations, calling them slanderous.
(Machovec) has worked
hard and honestly his entire
life, Giesen said.

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Village of Oregon

Planning Commission to
consider Bergamont sign, map
SCOTT GIRARD
Unified Newspaper Group

An Oct. 6 Planning Commission meeting that was

expected to include a conceptual discussion of a new
hotel as of two weeks ago
has a much lighter agenda
after the developer pulled
out of that plan last week.
The village has been
working to bring in a hotel
for years, and that conceptual discussion would likely have brought plenty of
enthusiasm from village
officials. But after hotel
manager Eric Lund who
had reached a preliminary agreement to build an
52-room hotel in July with
financial help from the village backed out last week,
the draft agenda explains
a conceptual discussion is
pending a new agreement.
Other items include three
plans for the Bergamont,

with a public hearing on a

proposed neighborhood sign
at the corner of County Hwy.
CC and Bergamont Boulevard. The commission is
also expected to make a recommendation to the Village
Board on the final plat, a
map showing land divisions,
and specific implementation
plan, which outlines specifics like material use and
landscaping, for Legend
Hills at Bergamont.
The commission will also
make a recommendation on
the SIP for an expansion to
the Oregon Manor Campus.
The commission voted in
favor of the General Development Plan, which outlines
the general idea of a proposal, for the project earlier this
year.
The commission will meet
at 6:30p.m. Oct. 6 at Village
Hall.
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Budget: $82K for new officer

Continued from page 1
$243,600 this year to
$257,300 in 2017, according to numbers provided by
the village.
Even with no new general fund levy in 2017, taxes would still go up about
$37 because were using
the increase on a persons
house, Gracz said.
His proposed budget calls for a $278,000
increase in the general fund
tax levy, from $5.1 million
to $5.6 million a nearly
9 percent gain. Last year,
the general fund levy went
up about $79,000.
Gracz told the Observer some big-ticket items
are driving next years
budget, including the addition of a full-time police
officer position that would
add $82,000 to the general fund. The village also
plans to allocate about
$20,000 more next year
to the Oregon Area Senior
Center, which anticipates
the Village of Brooklyn withdrawing from a
multi-municipality funding arrangement.
Right off the top, thats
$100,000 added to the

levy, Gracz explained.

Other new potential costs
include fully funding a
front-office position in Village Hall and an increase in
the villages legal budget.
Gracz told the Observer
his proposal represents a
balanced budget. He said
he would present a second
scenario to the Village
Board that would include
potential budget cuts.
Were still working on
those, he said, but they
have the potential to reduce
the levy.
Well show them the
first scenario, and then if
they wanted to make these
budget cuts, this is what
would happen, he added.
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Staton went on to say he

doesnt believe the village
should grant another liquor
license at that location, citing
the proximity of two other
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in recent years to rewrite
more restrictive liquor laws in
the village.
I believe the approval of
any application for Class A
liquor licenses at this location is bad policy, he said,
noting that he had previously voted against a license for
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Community Voices

Rotary part of a great

Oregon volunteer tradition

s a child, I spent every

waking minute of my
time outside of school
volunteering.
It wasnt because a teacher or
parent had guilt tripped me into
it. I did it because it brought
certainty of pleasure and clarity
when agony and gloom clouded
my life. Volunteering gave me
the power to escape the bullying
by schoolmates and confidence
to stand up for
myself from
emotionally
abusive adults.
Today, I am
proud of the
work Ive have
accomplished,
not by going
to college or
Snethen
getting a great
job in this
wonderful community, but by
giving back to someone in need
of a hand up. Thats the result of
volunteering, and volunteering is
my passion because it changed
my life.
This passion is the reason I
joined the Oregon Rotary Club
(ORC) four years ago after discovering their story. ORC is one
of the many nonprofit clubs and
organizations in the area that is
providing quality projects back
into our great community and
internationally.
In the coming months, I plan
to provide you with a look into
Oregons local non-profit organizations and volunteers that
are doing great work behind the
scenes of our community. As the
ORC president for 2016-2017, I
want to start with the great work

our group does.

For me, being a volunteer has
always provided me an outlet for
frustration and a real-life view
of human beings that were in
need of help. I spent countless
hours volunteering for food
pantries, highway pickups, soup
kitchens, blood drives, visiting
senior citizens, 5k run fundraisers, craft projects, donating
clothes, cooking food, creating
websites, making calls and
downright begging for funds for
both national and local nonprofit
organizations.
The ORC allows members to
come up with their own way to
volunteer and give back to the
community on both a community and international level.
One great example of this is
how our past president, Jeanne
Carpenter, spent her time with
Rotary. Carpenter joined Rotary
to serve the local community
and to contribute to projects
around the globe through Rotary
International.
Using her wealth of knowledge in the cheese-making
industry, Jeanne created the
ORC Cheese and Wine fundraiser four years ago to raise funds
for the club. This fundraiser is
one of the largest for the ORC,
with funds going to help with
various local projects such as
the ORC Bike Trail and college
scholarships for Oregon High
School seniors.
I love helping with fun projects that raise money for Oregon
Rotary and then giving that
money away to do more good in
the Oregon community, she told
me. Its a win-win.

Another event ORC established started last fall.

This family-friendly fundraiser sold homegrown pumpkins donated by Gary Gorman
of Gorman and Company to
attendees. Kid-friendly activities
included pumpkin decorating,
a bounce house, balloon artist,
face painting and various eats.
ORC hosted about 150 kids
for the event, and this years
event, on Sunday, Oct. 2, on the
Red Brick School lawn, will
include the ORC selling pork,
hamburgers and hot dogs to raise
additional funds for the club.
The funds raised through these
local events help on a global level, and that has seen tremendous
success.
In February 1985, Rotary
International made a bold move
by announcing that they were
going to end polio around the
world. With contributions from
over 1.2 million members in
nearly every country around
the world, poliovirus is near the
end of its existence. ORC contributes a yearly donation to the
PolioPlus program from their
fundraising efforts.
ORC is one of the many clubs
and nonprofit organizations that
are part of a great tradition of
volunteering in Oregon, and its
making its mark on the world
through volunteering. Though
our community may seem small,
we have a lot to offer when it
comes to a helping hand up in
the world.
Rachel Snethen is the president of Oregon Rotary Club.

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St. Johns Smorgasbord is Oct. 6

Bring out the lefse: St.
Johns Lutheran Church will
host its 61st annual Smorgasbord next week.
Volunteers will serve two
meals during the event, with
lunch running from 11a.m.
to 1:30p.m. and dinner from
4-7p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, at
the church, which is located
at 625 E. Netherwood St.
The meal features turkey
and meatballs with all the
trimmings, and carry-out
meals will be available until
6:30p.m. Tickets are $12 for
adults, $5 for children ages
6-12 and $3 for kids under 6.
About 1,000 sheets of
lefse are made for the smorgasbord, and are available
during the meal in addition
to being sold in separate
packages. Both church members and non-members get
together to prepare the lefse
over five sessions, with about
15-18 volunteers helping at
each one.
Vo l u n t e e r s a n d f o o d
items are still needed. For
information, call 835-3154
or visit stjohnsoregonwis.
org.
Kate Newton

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.

Spring 2016 honors

Upper Iowa University
Oregon
Erin Gilbertson, deans list
Brooklyn
Michelle Deegan, deans list
Bethel University
Oregon
Kyle Webber, deans list
Photo submitted

Bev Nehls, who has helped with Smorgasbord preparations for years, rolls out a lefse.

If You Go
What: St. Johns 61st annual Smorgasbord
When: Thursday, Oct. 6 (Lunch from
11a.m. to 1:30p.m.; dinner from

4-7p.m.)
Where: St. Johns Lutheran Church, 625
E. Netherwood St.
Info: 835-3154

Oregon Observer

Seton Hall University

Oregon
Michael Wanta, deans list

Abigail Stein, deans list

UW-Green Bay
Oregon
Megan Brugger, semester
high honors
Wisconsin
Lutheran
College
Oregon
Austin Busler, deans list
UW-Platteville
Oregon
Jaclyn Boley, deans list;
Nicholas Jaeckels, deans
list; Ethan Karls, deans list;
Evan Klimke, deans list;
Alan Pflaum, deans list
Brooklyn
Caylan Laundrie, deans list

University of St. Thomas

Oregon
Mackenzie K. Torpy, deans
list
St. Olaf College
Brooklyn
Oregon
Sophia Musacchio, deans Chad A. Helland, deans list
list
Drake University
Oregon
UW-Eau Claire
Ryan Skotzke, deans list
Brooklyn

Oregon area residents featured at annual Quilt Expo

Lorraine Fredericksons quilt Dorothys Hands.

categories were judged on
visual impact and stitching technique, with awards
for best of show and first,
second and third place.
Accepted entries came
from 31 states and two foreign countries.
Frederickson, of Oregon,
had two machine quilted wall quilts accepted,

Photo submitted

Stitchers Garden and

Dorothys Hands. She
started taking sewing
classes five years ago and

quilting classes four years

ago.
The first, entered in Category 7, took her eight to
10 hours each month for
15 months to complete
the blocks. The second,
entered in Category 10,
was made from fabrics that
filled her friends suitcase.
Her mother, Dorothy,
(and grandmother Theckla) had cut pieces to make
a quilt, but passed away
before finishing, Frederickson wrote in an email
to the Observer. I used the
5-inch squares that Dorothy hand cut and sewed
(391 squares) into yo-yos.
Mason, of Brooklyn,
entered Dresdens Gone
Wild in Category 7.
I put my two favorite
things together, Dresden
plates and yo-yos, to create a one-of-a-kind wall
quilt using the batiks Id
been collecting for several

On the Web

Eureka in Category 3.
She said she was motivated
to complete the challenge
For information about the quilt
by the precise piecing that
expo, visit:
made it a work of art.
quiltexpo.com
The beautiful quilting
was done by a dear friend;
her creative magic was the
enhancing touch to make
years, she wrote in a news this quilt a true Eureka, she wrote in a news
release.
N e h l s , o f O r e g o n , release.
entered her machine quilt Samantha Christian
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Three Oregon area residents created quilts that

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12th annual
Quilt Expo
from Sept.
8-10. They
are Lorraine
Frederickson, Mary
Mason and
Bev Nehls.
Julie Jen- Frederickson
kins, of Oregon, was
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PRIMROSE LUTHERAN
CHURCH
8770 RIDGE DR. BELLEVILLE, WI

(608) 832-4435

ANNUAL FALL SUPPER

Saturday, October 8

625 E. Netherwood, Oregon

OctOber 2nd

at the Red Brick School

200 N. Main Street, Oregon, WI
11 - 3 p.m.
A family-friendly event with
free admission for all!
A huge thank you to our sponsors for
making the event possible:

Gorman & Company, Inc.

Wisconsin Cheese Originals
Oregon Community Bank
LSM Chiropractic
Bucky's Rentals

Serving From 3:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

Lunch: 11:00 am-1:30 pm

Dinner: 4:00 pm-7:00 pm
Carry-outs until 6:30 pm

FEATURINg:

Ham, Veal Balls, Mashed Potatoes

& Gravy, Corn, Cranberry Relish, Lefse,
Rolls, Cheese, Norwegian Baked
Goodies, Pie & Beverage.

Adults: $12.00
Children 6-12: $5.00
Under 6: $3.00
Carry-Outs: $13.00

EVERYONE WELCOME!
ADULTS - $12 CHILDREN (6-10) - $5
CHILDREN 5 & UNDER - FREE
CARRYOUTS $12

$500 will go to Jessica Putlands Seminary Journey.

Supper seed money
provided by Thrivent Financial Action Team.

Oregon Youth Center

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Coming up

Churches

Community ed/rec classes

Trivia night

The Oregon School District will offer

several community education and recreation classes during the fall.
Adults can take a Lights, Camera,
Action photography class and learn
the functions of their digital camera,
as well as photography principles and
how to use Windows Movie Maker. The
class will run from 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays, Oct. 12 through Nov. 2 at Oregon
High School. The class is taught by
Mike Derrick and costs $34.
Bricks4Kidz staff will lead a Lego
Kids Night Out class for kids 6-11
from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15,
at Rome Corners Intermediate School.
Dinner and a movie are included with
the $25 fee.
Build vocabulary during an adult
Conversational Spanish class from
6:30-8 p.m. Thursdays, Oct. 20 through
Nov. 17 at Rome Corners Intermediate
School. The class is taught by Futura
Language professionals and costs $125.
Kids ages 6-11 will build models
of all kinds of creatures, explore how
the human body stays cool and much
more during the Lego Life Science
class from 3-4 p.m. Tuesdays, Oct. 25
through Nov. 29 at Netherwood Knoll
Elementary School. The class costs
$69.
For information or to register for
the above classes, visit oregonsd.org/
community or call 835-4097.

Friends of the Oregon Library will

host a Trivia Night fundraiser from 7-10
p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, at Firefly Coffeehouse, 114 N. Main St. Teams compete
in four rounds and should be limited to
10 people due to space constraints. Registration is required and starts on Oct. 1
at the library. The cost is $15 per person,
cash or check payable to Friends of Ore- Wii bowling
gon Public Library.
Participate in a Wii bowling league
For information, email orelib@ with other Dane County senior cenoregonlibrary.org or call 835-3656.
ters by joining a league by Oct. 6.
Each week a team will play at the OreRotary fall fest
gon Area Senior Center; scores will then
The Oregon Rotary Club will hold its be sent to the league scorekeeper who
fall festival from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sun- rates the team against the other senior
day, Oct. 2, on the lawn of the Gorman centers. At the end of the season (16
Building, 200 N. Main St.
weeks), participants will attend a banActivities include free pumpkin quet and meet the other teams. Begindecorating for kids, a balloon sculptor, ners are welcome.
face painting, games and more. Pork,
For information or to register, call
hamburgers and hot dogs will be 835-5801 by Oct. 6.
available, and all proceeds support the
clubs community projects. The event Volunteer appreciation
is rain or shine. For information, visit
The senior center will host a volunteer
oregonrotary.org.
appreciation celebration at 12:45 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 6.
OSHP auditions
The Monkey Business Institute ImproThe Oregon Straw Hat Players will visation Actors will perform, followed
host auditions for their December pro- by hors doeuvres, beverages, makeduction of The Best Christmas Pageant your-own banana splits and social time.
Ever at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, and 6:30 All volunteers are welcome regardless of
p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, at the Prairie View time commitment.
Elementary School Little Theatre, 300
For information or to register, call
Soden Dr.
835-5801.

Auditioners only need to attend one of

the two sessions, and can download the
audition pieces at oshponline.org. Select
one to prepare (it does not need to be
memorized). Arrive early to fill out an
audition form, and bring your calendar
so you can list days you are unavailable.
Rehearsals will begin Sunday, Oct. 23.
For information, visit oshponline.org.

Community calendar
Thursday, September 29

3-7 p.m., Oregon/Brooklyn Food

Pantry distribution, 1092 Union
Road
5-7 p.m., Book Fair, Netherwood
Knoll Elementary School, 276
Soden Drive, 835-4100
6-7:30 p.m., iPad Academy II
class (registration required), library,
835-3656

Friday, September 30

10 a.m., Everybody Storytime

(ages 0-6), library, 835-3656
2 p.m., Free beginner yoga class
(registration required), Hamm Chiropractic, 971 Janesville St., 835-2225

Saturday, October 1

10-10:30 a.m., Dads and Donuts

(recommended for ages 6 and
under), library, 835-3656

Sunday, October 2

11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Oregon Rotary

Club Fall Festival, Gorman Building

lawn, 200 N. Main St., oregonrotary.

org
1 p.m., Oregon Fights Cancer
Human Ribbon Project photoshoot,
Perry Parkway Hill (by the Oregon
Ice Arena)
4 p.m., Auditions for the Oregon
Straw Hat Players The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Prairie View
Elementary School Little Theatre,
300 Soden Dr., oshponline.org

Monday, October 3

3:30-4:30 p.m., Maker Mondays:

Meet the Maker Kits (grades K-4),
library, 835-3656
6:30 p.m., Auditions for the
OSHPs The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, PVE Little Theatre, 300
Soden Dr., oshponline.org

Tuesday, October 4

10 a.m., Teetering Toddlers Storytime (ages 1-3), library, 835-3656

11 a.m., Bouncing Babies Storytime (ages 0-12 months), library,

Community cable listings

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

Thursday, Sept. 29
WOW:
Summer
Concert:
Oregon
Community Band (of July
5)
ORE: Oregon School
Board Annual Meeting (of
Sept. 26)

Monday, Oct. 3
WOW: 11 Bravo
Vietnam
ORE: OHS Varsity
Soccer vs. Baraboo (of
Sept. 29)

Tuesday, Oct. 4
WOW: Yeah LIVEFriday, Sept. 30
Music show
WOW: Village Board
ORE: OHS Varsity
Joint Meeting w/ Towns Football vs. Monroe (of
(of Sept. 28)
Sept. 29)
ORE: A Conversation
w/ The International Wednesday, Oct. 5
Space Station
WOW:
Odyssey:
Ancient Ruins and
Saturday, Oct. 1
Monuments
WOW: The Folklorist
ORE: OHS Varsity
from NEWTV
Volleyball vs. Milton (of
ORE: Yellow Springs Sept. 29)
Kids Playhouse
Thursday, Oct. 6
Sunday, Oct. 2
WOW: 2016 Election
WOW: Faith Evangelical @ Risk: Stealing America
Church Service
Vote by Vote
ORE: OHS Varsity
ORE: Why Do Kids Love
Soccer vs. Eau Claire
School?
Memorial (of Oct. 1)

835-3656
2-6 p.m., Oregon Farmers Market,
Dorn True Value Hardware parking
lot, 131 W. Richards Road
6-7:30 p.m., Create Oregon! (ages
12 to adult; registration required),
library, 835-3656

Wednesday, October 5

10 a.m., Everybody Storytime

(ages 0-6), library, 835-3656
10:30 a.m., Great Beginnings Book
Club, senior center, 835-6268
3-5 p.m., Computer Class: Introducing Windows 10 ($20), senior
center, 835-5801

Thursday, October 6

St. Johns 61st annual Smorgasbord (lunch 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,

dinner 4-7 p.m.; $12 adults, $5 kids
6-12, $3 kids under 6), St. Johns
Lutheran Church, 625 E. Netherwood St., 835-3154
12:45 p.m., Volunteer Appreciation
Celebration, senior center, 835-5801

Senior center
Monday, October 3
Sloppy Joe on Bun
Buttered Broccoli Flowerets
Coleslaw, Fruit Cup
Ice Cream
VO: Soy BBQ
Tuesday, October 4
Turkey Roast, Mashed
Potatoes with Gravy
Buttered Carrots
Diced Peaches, W.W. Bread
Cookie
VO: Veggie Lasagna
Wednesday, October 5
Stuffed Green Pepper Soup
w/ Crackers
Turkey and Cheese on Rye
Fresh Fruit, Frosted Cake
VO: Meat-Free Soup, Cheese
Sandwich
SO: Garden Salad
Thursday, October 6
My Meal, My Way Lunch
at Ziggys Smokehouse
and Ice Cream Parlor (drop
in between 11:30-1)
Friday, October 7
Baked Fish, Rice Pilaf
Buttered California Blend
Mandarin Oranges
Whole Wheat Bread
Jell-O w/ Topping
VO: Rice Pilaf with Soy

*Contains Pork

Monday, October 3
9:00 CLUB
10:00 Dominoes
10:30 StrongWomen
1:00 Get Fit, 1:30 Bridge
3:30 Weight Loss Support
Tuesday, October 4
8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced
9:00 ST Board Meeting
9:45 Zumba Gold
12:30 Sheepshead
12:30 Stoughton Shopping
1:00 Movie
5:30 StrongWomen
Wednesday, October 5
AMFoot Care
9:00 CLUB, Wellness Walk
10:00 Shopping in Madison
10:30 Book Club
1:00 Euchre, Get Fit
3:00 1-on-1 Computer Help
5:30 Aging Mastery
Thursday, October 6
8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced
9:00 Pool Players
9:45 Zumba Gold
10:30 StrongWomen
12:30 Shopping at Bills
12:45 Volunteer Appreciation
1:00 Cribbage
5:30 StrongWomen
Friday, October 7
9:00 CLUB, 9:30 Blood Pressure
9:45 Gentle Yoga
11:00 Chair Yoga
1:00 Get Fit, Dominoes

All Saints Lutheran Church

2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg

(608) 276-7729
Pastor Rich Johnson
SUNDAY
8:30 a.m. classic service
10:45 a.m. new song service

Brooklyn Lutheran Church

101 Second Street, Brooklyn

(608) 455-3852
Pastor Rebecca Ninke
SUNDAY
9 a.m. Holy Communion
10 a.m. Fellowship

Community of Life Lutheran

Church

PO Box 233, Oregon

(608) 286-3121, office@
communityoflife.us
Pastor Jim McCoid
SUNDAY
10 a.m. Worship at 1111 S. Perry
Parkway, Oregon

Community United Methodist

Church

201 Church Street, Brooklyn

(608) 455-3344
Pastor George Kaminski
SUNDAY
10:30 a.m. Worship

Faith Evangelical Lutheran

Church

143 Washington Street, Oregon

(608) 835-3554
Pastor Karl Hermanson
SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Worship
Holy Communion 2nd & last Sundays

First Presbyterian Church

408 N. Bergamont Blvd. (north of CC)

Oregon, WI
(608) 835-3082 - fpcoregonwi.org
Pastor Kathleen Owens
SUNDAY
10 a.m. Service
10:15 a.m. Sunday School
11 a.m. Fellowship
11:15 a.m. Adult Education

Fitchburg Memorial UCC

5705 Lacy Road, Fitchburg

(608) 273-1008, www.memorialucc.org
Pastor: Phil Haslanger
Associate Pastor Twink Jan-McMahon
SUNDAY
9:30 a.m. Worship

Good Shepherd Lutheran

Church ECLA

Central Campus: Raymond Road

and Whitney Way

SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY - 8:15, 9:30 and10:45
a.m. Worship West Campus: Corner
of Hwy. PD and Nine Mound Road,
Verona
SUNDAY - 9 &10:15 a.m., 6 p.m.
Worship (608) 271-6633

Hillcrest Bible Church

752 E. Netherwood, Oregon

Eric Vander Ploeg, Lead Pastor
(608) 835-7972, www.hbclife.com
SUNDAY
8:30 a.m. worship at the Hillcrest
Campus and 10:15 a.m. worship
with Childrens ministries, birth
4th grade

Holy Mother of Consolation

Catholic Church

651 N. Main Street, Oregon

Pastor: Fr. Gary Wankerl
(608) 835-5763
holymotherchurch.weconnect.com
SATURDAY: 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY: 8 and 10:15 a.m. Worship

Peoples United Methodist

Church

103 North Alpine Parkway, Oregon

Pastor Jason Mahnke
(608)835-3755, www.peoplesumc.
org
Communion is the 1st & 3rd
weekend
SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Worship and
Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. Worship

St. Johns Lutheran Church

625 E. Netherwood, Oregon

Pastor Paul Markquart (Lead Pastor)
(608) 835-3154
SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY - 8 and 10:30 a.m.
Worship
9:15-10:15 a.m. Education Hour

Vineyard Community Church

Oregon Community Bank & Trust,

105 S. Alpine Parkway, Oregon Bob Groth, Pastor
(608) 513-3435,
welcometovineyard.com
SUNDAY - 10 a.m. Worship

Zwingli United Church of

Christ Paoli

At the Intersection of Hwy. 69 & PB

Rev. Sara Thiessen
(608) 845-5641
SUNDAY 9:30 a.m. Family Worship

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

Relationship & Divorce

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

Wonder is the Beginning of Wisdom

Plato and Aristotle both claimed that philosophy (i.e.,
the love of wisdom) begins in wonder. We can wonder
about the world around us (for instance, the starry sky
above us) and we can also wonder about our inner selves
(for instance, the moral law within us), and we often have
occasion to wonder about both of these aspects of our
world. Does the moral law within us come ultimately from
the starry heavens above us, via God? On a more mundane
level, it is cause for wonder that some people are naturally
curious and filled with wonder all the time, while others
dont seem to be curious about anything. Most of us,
however, fall somewhere in the middle, our wonder waxing
and waning like our other moods. If wonder is a mood, like
being happy or sad, then perhaps it can be cultivated, just
as our other moods can. A good way to cultivate wonder
is to spend some time being silent. Having the television
or radio on all the time is one way to ignore ourselves;
its hard to hear our inner voice if there is constant noise.
A related way in which we drown our sense of wonder is
by shunning solitude. Always being with others is a way
to avoid truly being with ourselves and with the physical
world. Silence and solitude are true friends of wonder.
Christopher Simon, Metro News Service
For the voice of God does not speak amid the din and
bustle of the world, nor is it heard in any public gathering.
Rather secret counsel seeks to be heard also in secret. And
so because of this, happiness will be given to us if we
listen to God in solitude. St. Bernard

Jeremy Jones, sports editor

845-9559 x226 ungsportseditor@wcinet.com

Anthony Iozzo, assistant sports editor

845-9559 x237 sportsreporter@wcinet.com
Fax: 845-9550

Girls tennis

Sports

Thursday, September 29, 2016

Success at conference

The Oregon
Observer
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Player of the
Week

Panthers advance four of seven

flights to quarterfinals
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor

Four of seven flights advanced for the

Oregon girls tennis team Friday at the
Badger Conference tournament inside
Nielsen Tennis Stadium.
The Panthers picked up wins from Julia
Gerhards atop the singles lineup, as well
as victories from Lisa Dombrowski at No.
3 singles and Rachel Depuydt who had to
step in for an injured Mary Sanford at No.
4 singles.
The sixth seed at No. 1 singles, Gerhards
had to withstand an impressive effort from
Monona Groves McKenna Doherty 3-6,
7-6 (7-2), 11-9. The win advanced Gerhards to face third-seeded Emma Sango of
Madison Edgewood in the quarterfinals.
Sango had to retire from the championship match last season due to a back injury, but she caught fire with a 6-0, 6-1 win
over Gerhards on her way to her first conference championship.
Dombrowski cruised through her first
game 6-1, 6-0 at No. 3 singles and looked
good, winning the first set of her quarterfinal match against second-seeded Reece
Hooker of Waunakee before falling 3-6,
6-2, 6-2.
Depuydt was in a tough spot, but was
still able to pick up a win, defeating Skye
Allen of Monroe 2-6, 6-4, 10-7. She lost
6-0, 6-0 to conference runner-up Julia
Hess of Edgewood in the quarterfinals.
Kailey and Addie OBrien supplied the
Panthers lone doubles win, prevailing 6-3,
Photo by Jeremy Jones
3-6, 10-5 against Baraboo at No. 3 doubles Lisa Dombrowski cruised through her first game 6-1, 6-0 at No. 3 singles and looked good,
before falling 6-3, 6-2 to Ashley Fischer winning the first set of her quarterfinal match against second-seeded Reece Hooker of
Turn to Tennis/Page 8 Waunakee before falling 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Boys soccer

JEREMY JONES

Assistant sports editor

Freshman Collin Bjerke continues to

show up in big moments for the Oregon
High School boys soccer team this season, and Tuesdays effort was no different.
Bjerke scored the game-tying goal,
and then added an assist on senior Alex
Verhagens game-winner in a 2-1 win
over Badger South rival Milton.
He is a huge piece to what we can
do on the field, head coach Kevin May
said. A lot of times, we go through him
to set things up.
Verhagens goal came in the 85th
minute. Bjerkes equalizer was in the
66th minute.
Junior Shane Sullivan finished with
two saves.
The win moves Oregon to 6-3 overall
(3-0 Badger South). Milton falls to 5-5-4
(2-1-1).
Oregon hosts non-conference Baraboo at 7p.m. Thursday and non-conference Eau Claire Memorial at noon
Saturday.
The Panthers then host Badger South
rival Monroe at 7p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4.
We are definitely making some positive strides, May said. Tonight was
a huge step forward for us because we
were able to go down a goal, regroup
at halftime and come back composed
against a very physical and high-pressure Milton team.

Name: Matt Pearson

Grade: Senior
Sport: Soccer
Highlights: Two goals in a 4-1 win
over Monona Grove on Sept. 20.
Honorable mentions: Ben Prew
(boys soccer) five saves in part of
the 4-1 win against Monona Grove;
Liz Andriacchi (volleyball) finished
with 13 kills and 11 digs against
Stoughton; Lisa Dombrowski, Julia
Gerhards, and Rachel Depuydt
(girls tennis) all made the quarterfinals as singles players at conference; Kailey and Addie OBrien
(girls tennis) made the quarterfinals
at No. 3 doubles at conference
Anthony Iozzo and Jeremy Jones

Boys cross country

Bjerke, Verhagen Panthers post six out of

lead Panthers past a possible seven PRs
the Red Hawks
ANTHONY IOZZO

From Sept. 20-27

Sports editor

Six of a possible seven members

of the Oregon boys cross country
posted personal best Saturday at the
nearly 275-runner Midwest Invitational.
Senior Joshua Klahn lead the way
for the Panthers, posting a personal
record time of 17 minutes, 9.5 seconds for 73rd place at Blackhawk
Golf Course.
Fellow senior Hudson Kugel
crossed the finish line as the teams
second fastest runner in personal record 17:13.8 good for 78th
place as Oregon finished 23rd out
of the 40 schools competing with a
team score of 587.
The Midwest invitational is
always a competitive race, and this
year was no exception, Haakenson
said. With 16 ranked boys teams in
the state present at the meet, I felt
our 23rd place was competitive.
Seniors Sam Hakes (17:39.2) and
Ben Lokuta (17:59.5) also PRed,
taking 120th and 153rd place,
respectively.
Senior Nathan Buchert was the
only Panther to not clock a PR,
finishing 163rd in 18:18.2 as the
teams fifth runner.
We were happy to see Nathan
back in the line up after taking
some recovery time, head coach
Erik Haakenson said. Our top three
consisting of Josh, Hudson and Sam

have learned to work well together

to get out and remain competitive
throughout the race.
Neither junior Connor Brickley or
sophomore Hogan Schulz counted
toward Oregons final team score,
but each PRed.
Fourth-ranked Arrowheads top
runner didnt reach the finish line
until taking 15th place, but it was
still enough to finish 78 points
ahead of 18th-ranked Neenah as the
Warhawks placed all five varsity
scores in the top 36 spots.
Top-ranked Middleton took third
with a score of 196, while seventh-ranked Monona Grove placed
fourth with a 204.
Defending state champion Finn
Gessner of 16th-ranked Madison
La Follette posted a personal best
15:30.5 for top honors, while fellow
Big Eight rival Gus Newcomb of
Middleton crossed the 5k finish line
in second once again with a time of
15:23.7.
The Panthers JV team took 20th
place out of 32 schools.
This was a difficult week of
training for the guys in addition
to being homecoming week, I was
proud of our 20 runners on the team
who set a new personal best among
a competitive field, especially the
varsity runners who continue to
Photo by Brian Vasey
chase down the top runners in the
Senior Hudson Kugel has a personal best time of 17 minconference, Haakenson said.
Oregon travels to the Stoughton utes, 13 seconds Saturday Midwest Invitational in Janesville.
Kugel finished 78th and Oregon took 23rd as a team.
Invitational at 9a.m. Saturday.

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Girls cross country

Girls swimming

Panthers finish at middle of

talented Midwest invitational
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor

Freshman Zoe Frank

finished 85th overall Saturday out of a field of
more than 250 runners
for the Oregon girls cross
country team at the Midwest Invitational.
Frank covered the 5k
Blackhawk Golf Course
in a personal-best 20 minutes, 51.1 seconds to pace
the Panthers, who finished
20th out of 40 teams with
a team score of 610.
Top-ranked Sun Prairie bested third-ranked
Arrowhead by more than
25 points, taking top honors with a combined score
of 61. Seventeenth-ranked
Neenah
(186),
1 2 t h - r a n ke d K i m b e r l y
(192) and 14th-ranked
Madison Memorial (211)
finished well behind both
Sun Prairie and Arrowhead.
Nineteenth-ranked
Stoughton finished 11th
overall out of 40 schools
with a 328 nine points
behind 13th-ranked Madison West which rounded
out the top 10.
U n r a n ke d J a n e s v i l l e
Craig, 16th-ranked Middleton, unranked Oconomowoc, Wisconsin Dells,
ranked third in Division
2, finished sixth through
ninth.
Wisconsin Dells freshman Lauren Behin led
Arrowhead senior Megan
Olshanski to the finish
line in 18:14.2. Olshanski
finished just off the pace
in 18:25.9. It was a PR for
both girls.
Sophomore Kaity
K l i m i n s k i fi n i s h e d a s
O r eg o n s s e c o n d r u n ner in 102nd place with
a time of 21:08.1, while

Photo by Jeremy Jones

Oregon freshman Jenna Dobrinsky swam to a second-place finish in the 200-meter freestyle
Tuesday against McFarland with a time of 2 minutes, 21.68 seconds. The Panthers lost the
dual meet 120-49.

Oregon splashes to third

JEREMY JONES

and later joined senior Ania Grzelewska, OMalley and Dobrinsky for second
place in the 200 free relay (1:58.38).
Oregons JV team also fell 67-27.
Freshman Mary OMalley was the lone
Panther to taste victory for the Oregon Plymouth Invitational
girls swimming team Tuesday at home
Oregon won four events Saturday, takagainst a Division 2 McFarland squad
ranked second on the Wisconsin Inter- ing third place Saturday at the eight-team
scholastic Swim Coaches Association Plymouth Invitational.
The host Plymouth Panthers won the
poll.
OMalley posted a meet-best time of 2 meet with 522 points well ahead of secminutes, 35.37 seconds to best Spartan ond place Pulaski, which recorded 423.5.
senior Emma Linaberry (2:37.49) in the Oregon rounded out the top three schools
200-meter IM. McFarland showed plen- with 366.5 points.
O r eg o n s 2 0 0 - m e d l ey r e l a y t e a m
ty of depth, winning the 10 other varsity
of senior Grace Przybyl, OMalley,
events for the 120-49 victory.
Panther freshman Jenna Dobrinsky Grzelewska and Dobrinsky brought home
took second in the 200 freestyle (2:21.68) the gold in 2:01.9.
Dobrinsky went on to added the 200
and the 400 free (4:42.88) behind McFarfree in 2:02.44 and the 500 free in
land senior Marissa Wolff.
Junior Carolyn Christofferson added a 5:33.01. She then joined senior Makayla
second-place finish in the 50 free (29.64)
Sports editor

Photo by Brian Vasey

Kaity Kliminski placed 102nd overall in 21 minutes, 08 seconds Saturday as Oregons second runner at the Midwest
Invitational. The Panthers finished 20th overall.
fellow sophomore Lauren
Beauchaine took 121st in
a season-best 21:24.7.
Freshman Sarah Adams
just missed breaking 21
minutes but managed to
break her previous best
time, taking 153rd place
in 21:01.4.
Ana Verhagen kept the
personal bests coming, as
the freshman placed 156th
overall in 22:07.1 as Oregons final varsity scorer.

I am very proud of
how the girls are training working together and that they have
a bring-it-on attitude
when it comes to racing, head coach Doug
Debroux said. The five
girls that raced varsity
(Zoe, Kaity, Lauren, Sarah and Ana) epitomized
that attitude at Midwest,
and our girls that raced

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Girls golf

Conference meet postponed to Oct. 6; sectionals

set for Tuesday at Blackhawk Country Club

Turn to Girls CC/Page 9

ANTHONY IOZZO

Tennis: Subsectionals start Friday

Continued from page 7
and Paige Halverson in the quarterfinals.
Kalli and Sophia Choles lost 6-2, 6-1
against Sauk Prairie in the first round,
while Katie Reisdorf and Ashley Johnson fell 6-4, 6-3 against DeForest and
Isabelle Krier bowed out following a
hard fought 7-5, 2-6, 10-7 loss to Abby
Williams of DeForest.
Overall, I was pleased with how
the girls played. There were definitely
quite a few positives to take away, head
coach Costin Fink said. In three of the
first-round matches after dropping the

The Badger Conference

meet will be played after
sectionals this season after
heavy rain and lightning
forced organizers to move
the event from Sept. 21 to
Oct. 6.
Oregon will be in the final
group in the meet at The
Oaks Golf Course after a 4-1
record in Badger South duals
this season. Milton was 5-0.

first set, the girls all made great adjustments to turn the match around and take
the second to force a match tie break.
The Panthers, who entered the tournament sixth (out of seven teams) in
the Badger South, stayed ahead of Fort
Atkinson and tied Monroe for fifth
place.
Oregon returns to action at 10a.m.
Friday, Sept. 30 for the Verona subsectional back inside Nielsen Tennis Stadium.
As for subsectionals Friday, I do
expect to have Mary back, Fink said.
The girls also know what they need to
do in order to advance to sectionals.

Oregon after the Observe r s Tu e s d a y d e a d l i n e .

Look for results in next
What: WIAA D1 sectionweeks paper.
als
Sectionals begin at 9a.m.
Tu e s d a y a t B l a c k h aw k
When: 9a.m. Tuesday,
Country Club in Madison.
Oct. 4
The top two teams and top
Where: Blackhawk Counthree individuals advance
try Club in Madison
to the WIAA Division 1
state meet Oct. 10-11 at
the University of WisconRegionals were Wednes- sin-Madisons University
day at The Legend at Ber- Ridge Golf Course.
gamont Golf Course in

If You Go

Assistant sports editor

Oregon regional averages

Team
Beaver Dam
Oregon
Sun Prairie
Stoughton
Monona Grove
McFarland
Madison East

Score Nines total

2393
13
3379
18
3570
19
3620
19
2912
15
inc
inc
inc
inc

Average
184.08
187.72
187.89
190.53
194.13
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Team
Middleton
Verona
Waunakee
Madison West
Reedsburg
Portage

Score Nines total

4208
26
4679
25
3754
20
3696
19
4248
20
3692
17

Average
161.85
187.16
187.70
194.53
212.40
217.18

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Volleyball

Panthers push Vikings but cant

take a set in 3-0 loss
ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor

Photo by Jeremy Jones

Senior defensive back Cullen Gahagan steps in front of Milton wide receiver Mark Bowditch for a first quarter interception
Friday. Oregon got a field goal as a result of the play, but lost the Badger South game 44-10.

Conference schedule

Football

Panthers fall to 0-6 on the season

JEREMY JONES
Sports editor

Oregon was coming off one of its

most complete games of the season and had the crowd behind it for
Homecoming, but when things started to turn Friday, they did so quickly.
The visiting Milton Red Hawks
built a three-touchdown lead at halftime as Oregon fell 44-10 inside Panther Stadium.
Coming off a five-point loss at
Monona Grove the week before
made the blowout that much more
confusing.
I was really surprised, Panthers head coach Dan Kissling said.
Besides the Baraboo game weve
been getting better every week,
minus a few glitches, which young
teams will have.
I thought after last week we were
turning the corner. I know there was
Homecoming distractions and all
that, but there was more than that
tonight.
The Panthers turned the ball over
six times (three interceptions and
three fumbles) stalling the offense
and deflating the team.
Milton running back Billy Pitzner
carried the ball 13 times for 64 yards
and three touchdowns in the blowout
before the Red Hawks pushed the
lead to 44-3 on a 41-yard touchdown
pass from quarterback Isaac Phillips
to Connor Schoppe.
Jaxon Soddy had two interceptions in the second half for Milton,

Badger South
Team W-L
Monroe 3-0
Monona Grove
3-1
Stoughton 2-1
Fort Atkinson
2-1
Milton 1-2
Edgewood 1-3
Oregon 0-4
including a 15-yard interception
return for a touchdown late in the
third quarter.
We had a good week of practice,
but we werent ready, Kissling said.
Everything that could go wrong
tonight went wrong. Thats my fault.
An interception by Milton defensive back Payden Belk set up the Red
Hawks first-and-goal on the Oregon
1-yard line. Pitzner punched in it two
plays later.
Oregon senior defensive back
Gahagans interception set up the
Panthers only points of the first half,
giving the home team the ball firstand-goal on the Milton 8-yard line.
Senior Logan Meier then connected
on a 21-yard field goal.
Senior running back Kash Murray
scored the Panthers lone touchdown
on a 24-yard run in the fourth quarter.
S t eve n M o r ave c c o m p l e t e d 3
of 11 passes for 17 yards and two

Despite pushing its rival,

the Oregon High School
volleyball team couldnt win
a set in a 3-0 (25-23, 23-18,
25-21) loss at Stoughton
Thursday.
The Panthers fell to 0-5 in
the Badger South with one
match left before the conference tournament Oct. 8.
Senior Liz Andriacchi
picked up 13 kills and 11
digs to lead Oregon. Junior
Alyssa Milski added 12 kills
and an ace.
Sophomore Erin Flanagan
collected 28 assists and an
ace, and sophomore Emily
Konop had 15 digs and an
ace. Lexi Karls also helped

out with 11 digs and an ace,

and Jenna Igl finished with
two blocks.
Stoughton senior Rachel
Hedman led the attack with
20 kills and two aces. She
also added 13 digs and a
block. Vikings sophomore
Megan Adams finished with
12 assists, five digs and two
aces, and sophomore Hannah
Wirag had eight digs and two
aces.
Stoughton senior Lydia
Schultz added two blocks,
and junior Tessa Berry collected 11 digs.
The Panthers host Milton
at 7p.m. Thursday in the
conference regular season
finale before traveling to the
Reedsburg invite at 9a.m.
Saturday.

interceptions before being replaced

by junior Cedric Girard.
Oregon had chance to take its first
lead on a fourth-and-goal screen pass
early in the second quarter, only to
see junior linebacker Brett Wannebo
drop a sure pick six.
Instead, Panther turnovers led to
17 easy points by the Red Hawks in
the first half.
The Oregon offense sputtered and
eventually had a punt from its own
3-yard line blocked by Kyle Hanauska and recovered by Tommy Swenson on the 20 that led to a 24-yard
field goal by Coleman Moore.
Miltons lead ballooned to three
touchdowns as the Red Hawks
Pitzner scored from 1 yard out and
then Mark Bowditch recovered
an Oregon fumble on the ensuing
drive to set up Milton on the Oregon 12-yard line. That led to a third
Pitzner touchdown run in the first
half this time coming from 3 yards.
Milton improved to 2-4 overall and
1-2 in the Badger South, while Oregon fell to 0-6 overall and 0-4 in conference.
These guys have been pretty resilient, Kissling said. Well come
back and take care of it, but it doesnt
get any easier for us.
The Panthers travel to first-place
Monroe (6-0, 3-0) at 7p.m. Friday
before hosting Reedsburg (3-3, 3-1)
in a Badger Conference crossover
and second place Stoughton (4-2,
2-1) in the regular-season finale.

Date
Opponent Time/Result
8-25
Monona Grove
L 0-3
9-1
at Madison Edgewood
L 2-3
9-8
at Monroe
L 2-3
9-15
Fort Atkinson
L 1-3
9-22
at Stoughton
L 0-3
9-29
Milton
7p.m.
10-8
Conference at Monroe
8a.m.

Girls CC: Chocolate City

invite awaits Oregon girls
Continued from page 8
junior varsity fed off of
that and really raced with
all their hearts.
The team is coming
together nicely and we
are all looking forward to
peaking in October.
The Panthers JV team
placed 12th out of 26
teams.

Oregon travels to Burlington at 9a.m. Saturday

for the Chocolate City
Invitational.
It is another great
opportunity to race
against some of the best
teams in the state, including No. 2 ranked in Divis i o n I ( D iv i n e S av i o r
Holy Angels), Debroux
said.

Sports Shorts
The team sits at No. 6, up
Johnson leads Ripon
one spot from a week ago.
College to No. 6 ranking
The Red Hawks are
Former Oregon High
School soccer player Morgan Johnson is a senior at
Ripon College where for the
third consecutive week, the
Redhawks have moved up
in the NCAA Division-III
North Region Rankings.

one of just 10 teams that

remains unbeaten this season. Their nine-game winning streak is tied for second in all of D-III, while
their 9-0-0 record is the best
start to a season in program
history.

Swim: Oregon will see many of its sectional rivals on Saturday

Continued from page 8
Kapalczynski, OMalley
and Grzelewska to post a
runner-up finish to Elkhart
Lake/Kiel (1:46.29) on the
200 free relay with a time of
1:48.88.
OMalley also finished

runner-up in the 100 breaststroke, touching the wall

1.28 seconds behind Sturgeon Bay/Sevastopol senior
Katie Kaminski (1:12.29) in
1:13.57.
Oregon returns to the pool
at 10 a.m. Saturday for the
Middleton Invitational.

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Duane G. Wendt

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he was able to spend with

his family and two furry
shadows, Charlie and Murphy.
Dewey is survived by his
daughters, Jennifer Wendt
and Nicole Wendt; parents, Wilfred and Dorothy;
sisters, Charlotte (Robert)
Wendt and Sandy (Bill)
Wendt; brother, Scott (Sue)
Wendt; nephews, Luke and
Josh; niece, Sammie; significant other, Raynel Klonsinski and her children, Jeremy, Melissa and Madison;
and friend and mother of his
daughters, Debbie Flynn.
Funeral services were
held Saturday, Sept. 24, at

Gunderson Oregon Funeral

Home. In lieu of flowers, the
family requests donations be
gifted in Deweys name to
UW Carbone Cancer Center,
Race for Research Team
Dewey. The family would
like to extend a special thank
you to the nurses and staff at
the UW Hospital unit B6/6
and the staff of TLC. Online
condolences may be made at
www.gundersonfh.com.

ments: none;
5. Staffing Assignments:
Maren Davis, .25 FTE Interim
Speech & Language Teacher at PVE;
Katy Ruotti, .20 FTE Interim Music
Teacher at NKE;
Shirlanie Heydenrych - .20 Interim
Art Teacher at NKE;
Christina Griffis .20 Interim Physical Education Teacher at NKE;
Jennifer Wokasch, .20 Interim
World Language Teacher at NKE;
Sandra Van Tassel, 1.0 FTE Interim
Special Education Teacher at OHS;
Abbie Pabon, 1.0 FTE Interim Special Education Teacher at PVE;
6. Field Trip Requests - none;
7. Acceptance of Donations:
Splash Pad donation of $500 from
the Oregon-Brooklyn Optimist Club;
Back to school supplies valued at
$2,500 from Vogel Brothers;
Monona Wal-Mart and Oregon/
Brooklyn/McFarland VFW (Calving Gilbertson) school supplies valued at $1,000;
4th Annual Stuff the Bus coordinated by the Oregon/Brooklyn Optimist
Club/Peter Pike - school supplies valued
at $5,400;
Oregon Community National Bank
donated $500 towards purchase of back
packs for students in need;
Holy Mother of Consolation/Ann
Reisdorfer school supply drive;
In a roll call vote the following members voted yes: Mr. Ramin, Ms. Maitzen,
Ms. Feeney, Mr. Uphoff, Ms. Flanagan,
Mr. Krause (except for minutes which
he abstained from voting due to being
absent at that meeting); and Mr. Zach.
Motion passed 7-0 with 1 abstention to
the minutes.
B. COMMUNICATION FROM PUBLIC:
1. Public - Ms. Nina LeBrun, former
student rep for Board, thanked the Board
for the opportunity to be a student rep.
a. Oregon Ice Center Liquor License
Request:: Mr. Shaun Peterson, agent for
liquor license at Oregon Ice Arena, asked
the Board to reconsider the vote not
supporting an Oregon Ice Arena liquor
license approval by the Village of Oregon
Board.
C. INFORMATION ITEMS:
1. OEA Report - Mr. Nathan Johnson
spoke on behalf of the OEA in support
of the Educator Compensation Plan that
the Board will be voting on later in the
meeting.
2. Student Report - None
D. ACTION ITEMS:
1. Annual Meeting Agenda: Mr. Uphoff moved and Ms. Maitzen seconded
the motion to approve the annual meeting agenda. In a roll call vote, the following board members voted yes: Mr.
Uphoff, Ms. Maitzen, Ms. Feeney, Ms.
Flanagan, Mr. Ramin, Mr. Krause and Mr.
Zach. Motion passed 7-0.
2. Authorization to budget not to
exceed $1,900,000 from fund balance for
the operating School District Budget in
accordance with Board Policy 611.04: Mr.
Uphoff moved and Ms. Maitzen seconded
the motion to authorize the use of up to
$1,900,000 in unreserved fund balance. In
a roll call vote, the following board members voted yes: Mr. Uphoff, Ms. Maitzen,
Ms. Feeney, Ms. Flanagan, Mr. Ramin, Mr.
Krause and Mr. Zach. Motion passed 7-0.
3. Authorization to use fund balance
to refund the other post-employment
benefit obligation in order to help fund
Educational Staff Compensation in accordance with Board Policy 611.04; Mr.
Uphoff moved and Ms. Feeney seconded
the motion to authorize the use of fund
balance to pay WRS unfunded liability
bond payments beginning in the 2017-18
fiscal year and through the 2022-23 fiscal
year in order to help fund Educational

Staff Compensation in accordance with

Board policy 611.04. In a roll call vote,
the following members voted yes: Mr.
Uphoff, Ms. Feeney, Ms. Flanagan, Mr.
Ramin, Mr. Krause, Ms. Maitzen and Mr.
Zach. Motion approved 7-0.
4. Resolution Authorizing the School
District Budget to Exceed Revenue Limit
by $1,500,000 for Recurring Purposes:
Mr. Uphoff moved and Mr. Ramin seconded the motion that the School Board of
the Oregon School District, Dane, Rock
and Green Counties, Wisconsin that the
revenues included in the School District
budget for the 2016-2017 school year and
thereafter be authorized to exceed the
revenue limit specified in Section 121.91,
Wisconsin Statues, by $1,500,000 a year,
for recurring purposes consisting of paying employee compensation for teachers
and other educational staff. In a roll call
vote, the following members voted yes:
Mr. Uphoff, Mr. Ramin, Ms. Feeney, Ms.
Flanagan, Mr. Krause, Ms. Maitzen and
Mr. Zach. Motion passed 7-0.
5. Resolution Providing for a Referendum Election on the Question of the
Approval of a Resolution Authorizing the
School District Budget to Exceed Revenue Limit by $1,500,000 for Recurring
Purposes: Mr. Uphoff moved and Ms.
Maitzen seconded the motion to approve
Resolution providing for a referendum
election on the question of the approval
of a resolution authorizing the school
district budget to exceed revenue limit
by $1,500,000 for recurring purposes. In
a roll call vote, the following members
voted yes: Mr. Uphoff, Ms. Maitzen, Ms.
Feeney, Ms. Flanagan, Mr. Ramin, Mr.
Krause and Mr. Zach. Motion passed 7-0.
6. Possible Action on Oregon Ice
Arena Liquor License Request before
the Village of Oregon: Ms. Feeney moved
and Ms. Flanagan seconded the motion
to delete from the August 10, 2015 Board
vote language is preferred that no alcohol is served at the Ice Arena and retain
the language The Board shares the following concerns that it does not want its
students exposed to alcohol or alcohol
related signage during the school day or
at District sponsored events. The Board
is concerned that its students do not witness the delivery or removal of alcohol
during the school day or see remnants of
alcohol use. In a roll call vote, the following members voted yes: Ms. Feeney
and Ms. Flanagan. The following members voted no: Mr. Uphoff, Mr. Ramin, Mr.
Krause, Ms. Maitzen and Mr. Zach. Motion
failed 2-5.
E. DISCUSSION ITEMS:
1. Committee Reports:
a. Policy: Ms. Feeney reported that
the Policy Committee will not meet until
November due to the work ahead with
information sessions regarding the educator compensation plan.
b. Vision Steering: Mr. Ramin reported that at the last meeting, the committee reviewed the executive summary of
the visioning paper. Building leadership
teams will be providing feedback on
the paper and the final version will be
presented for approval at the Sept. 12th
Board meeting.
F. INFORMATION ITEMS:
1. Opening 2016-2017 School Year
Information: Dr. Busler reported that today was the first day of new teachers in
service and there were 40 in attendance.
All staff orientation is Monday and Tuesday of next week. First day of school is
Thursday, September 1st.
2. Next Steps 2016-17 Budget: Mr.
Weiland gave a brief overview of the next
steps for preparation of the 2016-17 budget.
3. Superintendents Report: Dr. Busler will work on calendar for information
sharing sessions for the November refer-

endum.
G. CLOSING:
1. Future Agenda was discussed.
2. Check Out
H. ADJOURNMENT:
Mr. Uphoff moved and Mr. Krause
seconded the motion to adjourn the
meeting. Motion passed by unanimous
voice vote. Meeting adjourned at 8:23
p.m.
Krista Flanagan, Clerk
Oregon School District
Published: September 29, 2016
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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR

MEETING OF THE SCHOOL
BOARD OF THE OREGON
SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD ON
AUGUST 22, 2016

The regular meeting of the School

Board of the Oregon School District was
called to order by the President at 6:30
PM in the Rome Corners Intermediate
School in the Village of Oregon, Dane
County, Wisconsin. Upon roll call, the following board members were present: Ms.
Barbara Feeney, Mr. Charles Uphoff, Ms.
Gwen Maitzen, Mr. Jeff Ramin, Mr. Steve
Zach, Ms. Krista Flanagan and Mr. Dan
Krause, The following board members
were absent: none. Administrators present: Dr. Brian Busler, Mr. Andy Weiland,
Mrs. Candace Weidensee, Mr. Dan Rikli,
Mrs. Shannon Anderson, Dr. Leslie Bergstrom, Mr. Jon Tanner, Ms. Jina Jonen,
Mr. Michael Carr, Ms. Tori Whitish, Ms.
Kerri Modjeski, Mr. Jim Pliner, Mr. Jason Zurawik, Mr. Josh Iverson, Mr. Chris
Kluck, Ms. Cyndi Olander and Ms. Jayne
Wick.
Proof in the form of a certificate by
the Oregon Observer of communications
and public notice given to the public and
the Oregon Observer and a certificate of
posting as required by Section 19.84 Wisconsin Statutes as to the holding of this
meeting was presented by Mr. Zach.
Mr. Uphoff moved and Mr. Krause
seconded the motion to proceed with the
meeting according to the agenda as posted. Motion approved 7-0.
A. CONSENT CALENDAR:
M. Ramin moved and Ms. Maitzen
seconded the motion to approve the following items on the Consent Calendar.
1. Approve minutes of the August 8,
2016 meeting
2. Approve payments in the amount
of $285,715.09,
3. Treasurers Report ending June
30, 2016;
4. Staffing Resignations/Retire-

150 Places To Go
HERMANSON PUMPKIN-PATCH,
LLC. FREE ADMISSION. Pumpkins,
squash, gourds, strawmaze,
wagonride, small animals to view.
Opening 9/17-Halloween. Closed
Wednesdays. Open daily 9am-5pm,
weekends 9am-6pm. 127 County
Road N, Edgerton. 608-751-9334.
www.hermansonpumpkinpatch.webs.com.
Directions: Go 8 miles southeast on
Cty Rd N toward Edgerton.

402 Help Wanted, General

COOK & Dishwasher Full or Part time.
Pay based on experience. Apply at Koffee Kup 355 E. Main St, Stoughton
CLASSIFIEDS, 873-6671 or 835-6677. It
pays to read the fine print.

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ANTIQUES
Chippewa Falls Antique Show at Northern Wisconsin State
Fairgrounds. 9-5 Friday, September 30. 9-4 Saturday, October
1. Admission $5. Food Available. Free Parking. Professional
Dealers. (CNOW)

HELP WANTED- SALES

Customized Newspaper Advertising, the sales affiliate of the
Wisconsin Newspaper Association, is seeking an Outside
Account Executive. Located in Madison Wisconsin-Represent
newspapers across Wisconsin selling advertising solutions in
print and digital. Work with base accounts+ responsible for new
AUCTION
Lakefront Real Estate in Luck, WI- Live & Online Auction Friday, business. Cover letter/resume: sfett@cnaads.com (CNOW)
October 14th @ 6PM. For full listing & to bid, visit us @ www.
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STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP
MANAGEMENT AND
CIRCULATION

Publication title: The Oregon Observer. Publication number: 411-300.

Date of Filing: 9/30/2016
Issue Frequency: Weekly. Number
of issues published annually: 52. Annual
subscription price: $37.00 in Dane/Rock
counties; $45.00 elsewhere.
Complete mailing address of known
office of publication: 125 N. Main Street,
Oregon, Dane County, WI 53575-1430.
Contact Person: Lee Borkowski, (608)
845-9559.
Complete mailing address of headquarters or general business offices of
the publishers: 133 Enterprise Drive, P.O.
Box 930427, Verona, Dane County, WI
53593-0427.
Name of publisher: Leeanne Borkowski, 133 Enterprise Drive, P.O. Box
930427, Verona, Dane County, WI 535930427.
Name of Editor: Jim Ferolie, 133 Enterprise Drive, P.O. Box 930427, Verona,
Dane County, WI 53593-0427.
Managing Editor: Jim Ferolie, 133
Enterprise Drive, P.O. Box 930427, Verona, Dane County, WI 53593-0427.
Name of Owners: Woodward Communications, Inc.; Woodward Communications, Inc. ESOP Trust; F. Robert Woodward Trust 3; Thomas N. Woodward;
801 Bluff St., P.O. Box 688, Dubuque, IA
52004-0688.
Known Bondholders, Mortgagees,
and Other Security Holders Owning
or Holding 1 Percent or More of Total
Amount of Bonds, Mortgages, or Other
Securities.
Full Name/Complete Mailing Address: Dubuque Bank and Trust, 1398
Central Avenue, Dubuque, IA 52001.
Publication title: The Oregon Observer
Issue date for circulation data below: 9/22/2016
Total number of copies (Net press
run): Average number of copies each issue during preceding 12 months: 1,929.
Number copies of single issue published
nearest to filing date: 1,908. Paid Circulation (By Mail and outside the Mail) Mailed
Outside-County
Paid
Subscriptions
Stated on PS Form 3541 (Include paid
distribution above nominal rate, advertisers proof and exchange copies) during
preceding 12 months: 104; nearest to
filing date: 100. Mailed In-County Paid
Subscriptions Stated on PS Form 3541
(Include paid distribution above nominal
rate, advertisers proof and exchange
copies) during preceding 12 months:
1,400; nearest to filing date: 1,394. Paid
Distribution Outside the Mails Including
Sales Through Dealers and Carriers,
Street Vendors, Counter Sales, and Other
Paid Distribution Outside USPS during
preceding 12 months: 340; nearest to filing date: 330. Paid Distribution by Other
Classes of Mail Through the USPS (e.g.
First-Class Mail) during preceding 12
months: 0; nearest to filing date: 0. Total

DISHWASHER, COOK,
WAITRESS, & DELI STAFF
WANTED.
Applications available at
Sugar & Spice Eatery.
317 Nora St. Stoughton.
DRIVERS
HELPER/WAREHOUSE.
Looking for a person to help our driver
stock our products on shelves in the
grocery stores we deliver to, Grocery
store experience helpful. 35-40 hours
er week, M-F with few Saturday's during
holiday weeks. Call or e-mail Darrell at
L & L Foods 608-514-4148 or dmoen@
landfoods.com
FULL-TIME HEAVY Duty truck mechanic needed for local trucking company.
Willing to consider part-time with flexible days/hours. Knowledge of hydraulics helpful. Class A CDL. Call Klassy
Trucking, Inc. for more information .
608-938-4411.

PAR Concrete, Inc.

Driveways
Floors
Patios
Sidewalks
Decorative Concrete
Phil Mountford 516-4130 (cell)
835-5129 (office)

Paid Distribution: 1,844; nearest to filing

date: 1,824.
Free or Nominal Rate Distribution
(By Mail and Outside the Mail) Free or
Nominal Rate Outside-County Copies included on PS Form 3541 during preceding 12 months: 0; nearest to filing date:
0. Free or Nominal Rate Inside-County
Copies included on PS Form 3541 during
preceding 12 months: 0; nearest to filing
date: 0. Free or Nominal Rate Copies
Mailed at Other Classes Through the
USPS (e.g. First-Class Mail) during preceding 12 months: 0; nearest to filing
date: 0. Free or Nominal Rate Distribution Outside the Mail (Carriers or other
means) during preceding 12 months:
0; nearest to filing date: 0. Total Free or
Nominal Rate Distribution during preceding 12 months: 0; nearest to filing date: 0.
Total Distribution during preceding
12 months: 1,844; nearest to filing date:
1,824.
Copies not distributed during preceding 12 months: 85; nearest to filing
date: 84.
Total average during preceding 12
months: 1,929; nearest to filing date:
1,908. Percent Paid during preceding 12
months: 95.6%; nearest to filing date:
95.6%.
Publication of Statement of Ownership: If the publication is a general publication, publication of this statement is
required. Will be printed in the 9/29/16
issue of this publication.
(signed) Leeanne Borkowski, General Manager
9/23/2016
I certify that all information furnished on this form is true and complete.
I understand that anyone who furnishes
false or misleading information on this
form or who omits material or information requested on the form may be subject to criminal sanctions (including fines
and imprisonment) and/or civil sanctions
(including civil penalties).
Published: September 29, 2016
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AGENDA
OREGON TOWN BOARD
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2016
@ 6:30 P.M.
OREGON TOWN HALL
1138 UNION ROAD,
OREGON, WI 53575

6:30 p.m. Board Meeting

1. Call Town Board meeting to order.
2. Roll Call.
3. Approval of minutes from previous meeting.
4. Public Comments.
5. Discussion and Possible Approval
of Recommendation from Plan Commission.
a. Land Division and Rezone Request. Petition # DCPREZ-2016-10968;
Parcel # 0509-142-8800-0 & 0509-1428526-0; west of 5207 Lincoln Rd., Oregon, WI 53575. The request is to transfer
the building site location. No additional
building sites requested. Petitioner is
Paulson & Associates LLC, 135 W. Hlum
St., Deforest, WI 53532. Owners are Steve
Ganser, 6225 Stony Hill Dr., Oregon, WI
53575 & Roger Parsons, 5207 Lincoln
Rd., Oregon, WI 53575.
6. Communication and Action of the
Dane County Board Bollig.
7. Discussion and possible Approval
re: Brooklyn Fire EMS contract.
8. Fire & EMS Report (Oregon/Van
Kampen, Belleville/Clark, Brooklyn/Wiedenbeck).
9. Park Committee Report and Action Root.

HELP WANTED- Dishwashers- Parttime Friday nights, some Saturdays

& some holidays. Starts at $9.00/hr.
Also need a Janitor- Weekends, some
weekend flexibility. 4-5/hrs per day.
Apply within, VFW, 200 Veterans Rd.,
Stoughton. 608-873-9042
NOW HIRING: RHD plumbing, Inc. is
looking to enhance their growing team.
the following positions are available:
Project Coordinator Assistant, Estimator/
Service Assistant, & general Laborers.
All positions are Full time, Hourly Benefits include: Health Insurance, Dental
Insurance, 401K, Vacation pay. Wage
based on experience. How to Apply:
Apply in person at RHD Plumbing, Inc. or
find our posting on Indeed. RHD Plumbing, Inc. is an EEO/AA Participant.
STUDENT HELP Wanted:Sundays
8:30am -2:30pm. Starts now-Xmas.
Lawn, leaf racking, various house & yard
projects. Must have car & able lift to 40
lbs. $12.50 per hour. Email kristine@
kegonsa.com or text 608-335-8334
TAXI DRIVERS. Must be friendly, reliable, have clean driving record. Must be
at least 23-years-old. 608-873-7233

Dave Johnson

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

10. Assessors Report and Recommendation Blomstrom.

11. Building Inspection Services Report Arnold.
12. Constables Report Wackett.
13. Anderson Farm Park Report.
14. Plan Commission Report and
Recommendation - Wiedenbeck.
15. Discussion and possible Action
re: Creating a Conservation Subdivision
Ordinance.
16. Discussion and possible Action
re: Traffic Study for potential conservation subdivision.
17. Discussion and possible Action
re: Letter from Van Kampen to support
and remain with Dane County Zoning
from Wisconsin Act 178.
18. Public Works and TORC Report
Ace.
19. Discussion and possible Action
re: Purchase of Emergency Radios.
20. Discussion and possible Action
re: TORC employee.
21. Discussion and possible Action
re: Update on Towns budget.
22. Discussion and possible Action
re: Senior Center Van Kampen.
23. Discussion and possible Action
re: Oregon Senior Center funding.
24. Set dates for Employee Salary
Review, Budget Work Session and Budget Hearing.
25. Board Communications/ Future
Agenda Items.
26. Approval of payment vouchers
Arnold.
27. Clerks Report Arnold.
28. Adjournment.
Note: Agendas are subject to
amendment after publication. Check the
official posting locations (Town Hall,
Town of Oregon Recycling Center and
Oregon Village Hall) including the Town
website at www.town.oregon.wi.us. It is
possible that members of and possibly
a quorum of members of other governmental bodies of the town may be in attendance at any of the meetings to gather
information; however, no action will be
taken by any governmental body at said
meeting other than the governmental
body specifically referred to in the meeting notice. Requests from persons with
disabilities who need assistance to participate in this meeting or hearing should
be made to the Clerks office at 835-3200
with 48 hours notice.
Posted: September 27, 2016
Published: September 29, 2016
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

VILLAGE OF OREGON

Notice is hereby given that Scott

Zeitler, agent for Scout Enterprise LLC,
has filed an application for a Class B Intoxicating Liquor License with the Village
Clerk for the Village of Oregon for the
property at 101 S. Main St., d/b/a Holstein
Kitchen, Oregon, Wisconsin. The Village
Board will discuss and consider this application at their Special Village Board
meeting onOctober 10, 2016 at 5:30 p.m.
This notice is given pursuant to
Section 125.04(3)(g), W.S. & Village Ordinance 16-17
101 South Main Street, Village of Oregon, Dane County
Parcel No. 165-0509-122-3266-9
Note: Establishment is currently
licensed as a Class B Fermented Malt
Beverage & Class C Wine.
Peggy Haag, Village Clerk
Published: September 29, 2016
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434 Health Care, Human

Services & Child Care
GREAT PART time opportunity. Woman
in Verona seeks help with personal cares
and chores. Two weekend days/mth
(5hrs/shift) and one overnight/mth. Pay
is $11.66/awake hrs & $7.25/sleep hrs.
A driver's license and w/comfort driving
a van a must! Please call 608-347-4348
if interested.
MOTHER'S HELPER Needed.
Seeking person to assist with
housework, laundry, childcare. 3
hours daily, 5 days/week. Wage
determined on experience. Call Ed
608-220-0447
UNITED CEREBRAL Palsy of Dane
County is looking for experienced, confident care providers. We support a wide
variety of children and adults with developmental disabilities throughout Dane
County. Part-time positions available
immediately! For more information, or to
request an application, please visit our
website at www.ucpdane.org or contact
Shannon at shannonmolepske@ucpdane.org or (608) 273-3318. AA/EOE

449 Driver, Shipping

& Warehousing

B & R PUMPING
SERVICE LLC
adno=454249-01

Case No. 16PR598

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:
1. An application for Informal Administration was filed.
2. The decedent, with date of birth
November 19, 1931 and date of death
August 15, 2016, was domiciled in Dane
County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 416 Burning Wood Way,
Oregon, WI 53575.
3. All interested persons waived notice.
4. The deadline for filing a claim
against the decedents estate is December 23, 2016.
5. A claim may be filed at the Dane
County Courthouse, 215 S. Hamilton
Street, Madison, Wisconsin, Room 1000
Lisa Chandler
Probate Registrar
September 13, 2016
Beth L. Cox
165 Netherwood Road
Oregon, WI 53575
(608) 835-2233
Bar Number: 1028192
Published: September 22, 29 and
October 6, 2016
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adno=455980-01

STATE OF WISCONSIN,
CIRCUIT COURT,
DANE COUNTY, NOTICE TO
CREDITORS (INFORMAL
ADMINISTRATION) IN THE
MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
JAMES NEIL DENTON, DATE
OF DEATH AUGUST 15, 2016

DRIVERS: CO. CDL-A Guaranteed

Salary+ mileage. $2500 sign On+401K
Quarterly & Annual Bonuses. Excellent
Benefits Package 805-902-7681
CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS NOON
Monday FOR THE Oregon Observer

HALLINAN-PAINTING
WALLPAPERING
**Great-Fall-Rates**
35 + Years Professional
European-Craftsmanship
Free-Estimates
References/Insured
Arthur Hallinan
608-455-3377
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
experience. Call 608-270-0440.
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.
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
SNOW REMOVAL
Residential & Commercial
Fully Insured.
608-873-7038 or 608-669-0025

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

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

646 Fireplaces,
Furnaces/Wood, Fuel
DRY OAK and Cherry Firewood For
Sale. Contact Dave at 608-445-6423 or
Pete 608-712-3223
SEASONED SPLIT OAK,
Hardwood. Volume discount. Will
deliver. 608-609-1181

FOR SALE
1 SET OF MEN'S AND 1 SET OF
WOMEN'S GOLF CLUBS. EACH
COMES WITH GOLF BAG, PULL
CART AND HEAD COVERS. $100
PER SET
Men's full set (for tall right handed
player)
Women's full set (left handed player)
Contact: 608-845-1552

720 Apartments
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

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

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

705 Rentals
GREENWOOD APARTMENTS
Apartments for Seniors 55+, currently
has 1 & 2 bedroom units available
starting at $750 per month, includes
heat, water, and sewer.
608-835-6717 Located at:
139 Wolf St., Oregon, WI 53575

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

STOUGHTON- 108 West Street, 2 bedroom, appliances, water, A/C heat, ceiling fan, on site laundry,well kept and
maintained. Off street parking. Next to
park. On site manager. Available September 1st, 2016. $770 a month. Please
call 608-238-3815 or email weststreetapartments@yahoo.com with questions

DEER POINT STORAGE

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

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 b/r apt, $770, includes
heat, water/sewer. 608-222-1981, x3. No
dogs, 1 cat ok. EHO

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

STOUGHTON 3-BEDROOM lower level

of two-flat, near downtown, River Bluff
School. Newly renovated. Central air.
W/D, water included. No pets, no smoking $895/month +security deposit. 608873-7655 or 608-225-9033.
CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon
Monday for the Oregon Observer unless
changed because of holiday work schedules. Call now to place your ad, 873-6671
or 835-6677.

CLASSIFIEDS, 873-6671 or 835-6677. It

pays to read the fine print.

Part-Time Courier

STOUGHTON- 317 Johnson CT 10/1

9am-3pm. Craft Sale. Woodworking,
Flowers, Crocheting, Ceramic Painted
and Unpainted, Jewelery
STOUGHTON- 701 Pleasant View
Dr. Multi Family 9/29 1pm-6pm, 9/30
8am-5pm, 10/1 9am-?
STOUGHTON- 708 Patterson St 9/30
9-5, 10/1 8-3. Large sale with furniture,
glassware, holiday decorations, collectibles, and much more
CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS NOON
Monday FOR THE Oregon Observer

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

970 Horses
WALMERS TACK SHOP
16379 W. Milbrandt Road
Evansville, WI
608-882-5725

WE ARE HIRING
YOU can make a DIFFERENCE here
2016-2017 School Year
Part-time positions implementing project-based learning while
building relationships with families and children in grades K-5.
Varying schedules Mon.-Fri., earning $10-12.50 per hour with no nights,
weekends or holidays
Program locations: Stoughton, McFarland, Madison, Middleton,
Mt. Horeb & Waunakee

Apply online at
www.wisconsinyouthcompany.org/employment |

Comfort Keepers in Madison

Seeking caregivers to provide care
to seniors in their homes.
Need valid DL and dependable vehicle.
FT & PT positions available.
Flexible scheduling.

Call 608-442-1898

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,
concrete bucket, pallet forks, trencher,
rock hound, broom, teleboom, stump
grinder.
By the day, week, or month.
Carter & Gruenewald Co.
4417 Hwy 92
Brooklyn, WI, 608-455-2411

A small town, Five Star Skilled Nursing

Facility is seeking WI licensed CNAs. If
youre looking for a position where youll
be appreciated and where your input
matters, come and join our growing team.

CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon

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

Apply at:
www.oregonmanor.biz or
call Deb at (608) 835-3535.
EOE

DNA Genetics has an immediate opening for a parttime courier. This job entails making deliveries to
pork producers within a 250 mile radius. Vehicle
is provided. Schedule and start times will vary,
averaging 20 hours per week and rotating between
Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays with evening
hours. Candidates must have a clean driving record,
and be comfortable with night driving and seasonal
road conditions.
Apply online at
www.DNASwineGenetics.com/Careers
Or contact
Natalie Hornung (402) 563-9644 ext. 312,
email nhornung@DNASwineGenetics.com
for more information.
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EOE

Route Coordinator (part-time)

Employee-Owned.
Forward Thinking.
Community Focused.

Regional Digital Sales Specialist

The Regional Digital Sales Specialist is the expert and champion for all TH Media and
Woodward Community Media (WCM) digital products. This would include but not be
limited to website advertising, native advertising, email sponsorships, live streaming and
video services. An emphasis is placed on meeting and achieving digital sales goals and
initiatives through prospecting for new business, making individual sales calls, assisting
advertising sales representatives on four-legged sales calls and selling digital and
publishing products throughout the publishing division.

FITCHBURG-LACY HEIGHTS 5888 Persimmon Dr.Take Hwy PD (Mckee

Rd)
to south on Osmundsen Rd right on Jasmine, right on Persimmon. Thursday-Saturday, Sept 29-Oct 1, 7:30am-4:30pm.
HUGE MULTI-FAMILY SALE! Hundreds
of quality items too numerous to mention.
See our Craigslist ad under Garage
Sales.

STOUGHTON- 1000 Keenan Ln. 9/299/30 8am-5pm. Sofa, 2-chairs, record

player, records, books. Many more
items.

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

THEY SAY people dont read those little

ads, but YOU read this one, didnt you?
Call now to place your ad, 873-6671 or
835-6677.

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September 29, 2016

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Oregon Observer

Oregon School District

School tax rate

drops for 2016-17
Board approves mill
rate; final budget
vote is next month
SCOTT DE LARUELLE
Unified Newspaper Group

From left, Casen, 2, Kendall, 6, and Giles Berg, 4, of Deerfield, enjoy some ice cream from the 4-H food truck while
waiting for the tractor pulls to begin.

The clear sky and big crowd Sunday morning are reflected in
a hubcap on the Lets Dance tractor.

Brooklyn Labor Day festival

The Village of Brooklyns
annual Labor Day Truck and
Tractor Pull had Legion Park
filled on a beautiful Sunday See more photos from the Brooklyn
morning and into the after- truck and tractor pull:
noon for the final day of comConnectOregonWI.com
petition. The three-day festival, sponsored by the Brooklyn Sno-Hornets, Oregon
Sno-Blazers and Oregon Community Bank, included truck
and tractor pulls along with music Saturday and Sunday nights
A tractor in the 5,500 Altered Farm division raises its front
and concessions from area community groups.
Photos by Scott Girard wheels off the ground toward the end of its pull.

On the Web

As Oregon School District officials put together the

final pieces for the 2016-17
budget year, one got electors
approval Monday night.
At a sparsely attended
budget hearing and annual
meeting, electors voted unanimously to approve a slight
drop in the mill rate and levy
from last year.
The 2016-17 levy will be
$23,687,980, down more than
2 percent from this years levy
of $24.3 million. The mill
rate of $12.04 per $1,000 of
assessed property value is
down 7 cents from last years
rate of $12.11.
At that rate, the owner of
a $200,000 home would pay
$2,408 in school taxes, down
around $14 from last year.
The rate assumes the passage of the Nov. 8 teacher

compensation referendum,
district superintendent Brian
Busler told the Observer in an
email.
Approval of the budget by
the school board is due by
Oct. 24.
While the tax rate is now
set, district business manager
Andy Weiland said Monday
night that some of the budget
information will change in the
next month though not by a
significant amount as several estimates become known,
including a final student headcount, equalized value numbers and state aid. He said
revenue projections for the
2016-17 school year included assumptions of no base
per-student increase in the
state budget, and a 4.5 percent increase in the districts
equalized value. District
superintendent Brian Busler
said student enrollment is
projected to increase by 51
students this year.
Email Unified Newspaper
Group reporter Scott
De Laruelle at scott.
delaruelle@wcinet.com.

Proposed budget
Year
2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
School levy (million)
$23.1
$24.3
$23.7
Percent increase
1.55
4.87
-2.35
Equalized value (billions)
$1.9
$2
$2
Percent growth
4.39
3.73
4.5
Mill rate
11.98
12.11
12.04

In brief
Committee salary changes
Though there will be a change in how members are paid for
committee work, annual salaries for the seven school board
positions will remain the same for the 2016-17 school year.
They will remain $1,350 for board president; $1,000 for
vice-president, clerk and treasurer and $900 for non-officer
board members. Committee work had been paid annually
at $500 per committee, but after resident Doug Kornetzkes
budget neutral motion, voters at Monday nights annual
meeting approved a change that salaries for all committee
work would be divided evenly among all board members and
added to their base salary.
This new approach is consistent with the attendance at
board committee meetings and does not cost taxpayers additional money, district superintendent Brian Busler said in an
email to the Observer Tuesday.

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Volunteers from Peoples United Methodist

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said early versions of the

plan brought back comments
from the community that the
tax impact was too high and
teacher accountability needed
to be increased.
Weve (addressed) both of
those with the Nov. 8 plan,
he said.
Busler said the districts
push for the referendum
can be boiled down to two
themes: Putting the very best
teacher in every classroom
in every school in the district, and helping avoid problems stemming from what
he called a looming teacher
shortage. In an email to the
Observer Tuesday, he noted a
30 percent decrease in college
student enrollments in state
teacher education programs.
There is a looming teacher shortage that is going to hit
our district, just as it will hit

Teacher compensation referendum

information:

oregonsd.org/referendum
all districts across the state,
he said. Were trying to prepare for that so we dont have
a crisis situation on our hands
in a couple of years.
In an email to the Observer
on Tuesday, Busler said a successful referendum is critically important to providing the best teacher in every
classroom in the district.
This supports the research
that the classroom teacher is the key determinant in
improving student achievement, he said.
Email Unified Newspaper
Group reporter Scott
De Laruelle at scott.
delaruelle@wcinet.com.