Hilbert Announces Mayoral Candidacy: Catching Up

Hilbert announces
mayoral candidacy
VOL. 124, NO. 49
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2016
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Mayor Sonnentag confirms he does not plan to seek another term

by MATT GEIGER
Times-Tribune
Hans Hilbert, the City of

Middletons District 7 alderman
for the past decade, is planning
a run for mayor in the spring
election.
Kurt Sonnentag, who has
served as the Good Neighbor
Citys mayor since 2007, confirmed that he will not seek reelection. Sonnentag also said he
plans to support Hilberts bid
for the seat.
Hilbert, whose involvement

in city politics is long and varied, has earned a reputation as a
freethinker who has spearheaded environmental initiatives. While not the most
verbose member of the city
council, Hilbert has never shied
away from speaking his mind,
even when he is in the minority.
Hilbert has also proven to be
one of the few council members
whose vote is often hard to predict ahead of time.
Hilbert said his platform will
focus on environmental protec-
tion, including in
t h e
Pheasant
Branch
Conservancy;
stabilizing the
tax base
Hilbert
to allow
residents
to age in place without the fear
of sudden tax increases or decreases in property value; and
promoting growth that builds
into the
community to
k e e p
Middleton desirable as a
place to
live and
work for
Sonnentag
future generations.
Hilbert is currently serving
his 10th year representing District 7 on the Middleton City
Council.
He is the council representative on the Middleton Planning
Commission. Hilbert also chairs
both the Tourism Commission
and the Pedestrian, Bicycle, and
Transportation Committee.
He serves as a member on the
Water Resource Management
Committee, License and Ordinance Committee, Pleasant
View Golf Course Advisory
Committee and is the president
pro tempore of the City Council.
Hilbert is employed by Dane

County where, as assistant zoning administrator, he works primarily on shoreland, floodplain,
and wetland zoning issues in the
rural areas.
Hilbert was born and raised
in District 7 and attended Middleton-Cross Plains Area
schools. He went on to attend
the University of Wisconsin at
Stevens Point, where he earned
a bachelors of science degree in
land use planning from the College of Natural Resources.
Towns
election
recount
complete
by KEVIN MURPHY
Times-Tribune
Recounting ballots for the

presidential election in the
Town of Middleton took a few
hours last week and resulted in
no material changes in the vote
RECOUNT, page 5
Catching up
Times-Tribune photo by Jeff Martin

Photo contributed
Becky Meyer Pourchot began writing in Middleton, where she covered local news for the
Middleton Times-Tribune and penned her first book. Then she headed to Florida. Find out
where her stories have taken her since leaving the Good Neighbor City behind on page 4.
Oh, deer!
One of Santas reindeer visited Middleton Sunday afternoon, meeting with local families at the Bruce Company on
Parmenter Street. See more on page 9.
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MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE
Stormin Gorman comes to Middleton

Brewers icon will visit the National Mustard Museum this Saturday
Six different Milwaukee

Brewer sluggers have led the
league in home runs but only one
has done it twice. Stormin Gorman Thomas is the man and he
will be at the National Mustard
Museum this Saturday, December
10, from noon to 3 p.m., talking
baseball, signing jars of his
Stormin Sauce, and introducing
the Mustard Museums Take Me
Out to the Ball Game gift box.
Gorman makes his home in
Wisconsin but his South Carolina
roots have inspired his new
Stormin Sauce, a mustard-based
BBQ sauce that makes pulled
pork, ribs, chicken, bratwursts,
and all meats taste like World Series champions. Its the best
sauce youve ever tasted, says
Gorman, and no one better argue
with me. Gorman may have put
on a few pounds since his playing
days but he still looks like he can
belt a few out of the park.
The Mustard Museums Take
Me Out to the Ball Game gift
box features a bottle each of
Stormin Sauce, Clevelands
Bertman Ball Park Mustard,
Chicago Hot Dog Sauce, a Mustard-Museum-created Gorman

Thomas Long Ball Mustard,
and a genuine Rawlings baseball
signed by Gorman. Fans around
the country have already been ordering this unique gift set.
Mustard Museum Curator
Barry Levenson is thrilled to
combine his two great passions
mustard and baseball. I began
collecting mustards when the Red
Sox lost the 1986 World Series
and Gorman is a total joy. He is
the most down to earth guy youd
ever want to meet and he knows
his baseball weve already
spent hours reminiscing over the
lore of Americas pastime.
In Gormans honor, the Museum will serve free hot dogs
(while supplies last) during his
visit. However, ketchup is not allowed on the dogs while Gorman
is on the premises. Or at any other
time.
The Mustard Museum is open

daily from 10 to 5 and until 7 on
Thursdays through December 22.
Gorman Thomas, who twice led the big leagues in home runs, will be in Middleton this Saturday.
File photo by Matt Geiger
Will opt out go before voters in April?

by KEVIN MUPRHY
Times-Tribune
Town of Middleton board supervisors approved amendments to the comprehensive

plan Monday after a discussion
on what has become a controversial issue: opting out of
county zoning.
The board wants to put the
opt out question before the voters at towns annual meeting in
April. Removing references to
Dane County and county zoning
in the towns comprehensive
plan are a necessary step in the

process but some residents remain leery about it.
Asked in a public hearing
why the town should opt out
and purpose would it serve,
Town Chair Bill Kolar said the
county would no longer have
the final say on zoning decisions instead, the town would
have that role.
The town would assume similar powers in zoning matters
enjoyed by cities and villages,
said Board Supervisor Tim
Roehl.
If you live in a platted subdivision, like most residents,

you wouldnt be affected.
Larger landowners would,
Board Supervisor Tim Roehl
said
Those subdividing their property would not have to get approval from the town and the
county, a process that adds time
and expense to housing prices,
said Board Supervisor Paull
Connell.
Were not doing this for the
developers. All this [county approval] work adds to home-
owner cost, he said.

Roehl agreed, adding that required county zoning approval
contributes to land costs in the
town which currently are at
$180,000 to $200,000 for a residential lot.
Resident Steve Ziegler
wanted to know what opting out
would cost the town taxpayers.
Kolar said the anticipated additional cost was minimal, as
zoning fee revenue would be
paid to a firm to oversee zoning
applications and enforce the
zoning code.
General Engineering Services, of Portage, has submitted

a draft contract to the Dane
County Towns Association to
perform the work for 85 percent
of the fees. The other 15 percent
would remain in the town,
Kolar said.
The town currently sends
about $50,000 annually in zoning fees to the county and
spends another $50,000 on administration and enforcement.
The town would probably
continue to use county zoning
for GIS data and uniform street
addressing, Kolar said.
Ziegler wanted to know if the
board had sources of information on opting out other than the
Dane County Towns Association.
Kolar responded that Dane
County zoning officials have
also provided information and

there is no impartial information source involved in the opt
out process.
Surrounding towns of Cross
Plains and Springdale are not
pursuing opt out currently while
Westport and Verona are, said
Roehl.
The board has not taken an
official position on opting out,
said Kolar, but members of the
board have expressed anticounty sentiments in the past.
Dane County is currently
rewriting its decades-old zoning
ordinance but what changes are
enacted may not be friendly to
towns, Roehl claimed.
Deb Nelsons question about
why the effective date of the
comprehensive plan amendments would be Dec. 5 when
the opt out vote would not occur
until April, sparked a half hour
of discussion on the role the
board and residents play in the
process.
At one point Town Attorney
Tom Voss said the opt out discussion has gone far beyond the
purpose of the public hearing
which is the amendments to the
comprehensive plan.
The board finally settled on a
motion that allows the amendments to become effective after
the acceptance and completion
of the town opting out of county
zoning.
After the meeting, Nelson
said there is a lot of work to be
done to prepare the board and
residents for a vote on opting
vote in April.
There is still a long ways to
go for the board and I hope they
can get the information out [to
the residents] because it still
seems over their heads, she
said.
Opt out information will be
included in the towns newsletter and a notice in tax bills this
month on where to access documents related to opt out, said
Deputy Clerk Sara Ludtke.
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Holiday musical
at the library
Garcia is Rising Star student
Photo contributed
On November 30, the Middleton Optimist Club recognized Middleton High School Rising Star, senior Pedro Garcia. Garcia
was introduced by Karen Perez-Wilson, a Bi-Lingual Para-Educator serving Middleton High School (MHS) and Kromrey Middle
School. She noted that Garcia carries positive energy and finds good in everything and everyone he encounters. He plays soccer
for MHS and is a leader in the Latinos Unidos organization at the school. He hopes to pursue studies at MATC and UW-Madison
leading to a career in family counseling.
Garcia is joined in the above photo by MHS teacher and Latino Family Liaison Karen Rice, Karen Perez-Wilson, his father
(Santiago), his mother (Martina) and Optimist representative Dr. Brad Hartjes.
CHURCH NOTES
Musical Theater of Madison

will present a special holiday
performance of the musical
Striking 12 at the Middleton
Public Library on Wednesday,
December 14, at 6:30 p.m.
Inspired by Hans Christian
Andersens short story The
Little Match Girl, Striking 12
was originally written and performed by the New York-based
trio GrooveLily, and opened
off-Broadway in 2006. The
musical tells the story of a
grumpy, over-worked man on
New Years Eve alongside that
of Andersens Match Girl, a
poor young girl struggling to
keep warm while selling
matches on a street corner. Performers include: Erin McConnell (piano), Desmond
(drums),
Jason
Hawkins
MacPherson (guitar), and Julia
McConahay (violin.) The performance will take place in the
Archer Room on the librarys
lower level. For more information and to hear musical selections from show, visit
mtmadison.com/striking-12.
Registration is appreciated
for this event: online at the librarys events calendar at midlibrary.org/events or by email at
info@midlibrary.org.
This performance is made
possible by the generosity of
The Friends of the Middleton
Public Library as well as Beyond the Page, an endowment
that funds humanities programs
at libraries across Dane County.
Enjoying the ride

PAGE 4
Author Pourchot embraces wild and crazy life

by MATT GEIGER
Times-Tribune
If you dont love it, youre

doing it wrong. Thats how
Becky Meyer Pourchot feels
about writing, and it is a joyous,
open approach embedded deep
within her distinctive and personal voice as an author.
Many local readers likely remember Pourchot, a longtime
Middleton resident and contributor to the Middleton Times-Tribune, for her humorous
perspectives on everything from
restaurants to ghost stories in
the Good Neighbor City.
When she left for Florida in
2011, Pourchots career as an
author was just beginning to
take off. Now, after self publishing her seventh book, Oz
Sucks, she takes a moment to
reflect on her local roots, her
narrative use of humor, and her
passion for a good story.
Middleton Times-Tribune:
Can you paint a little image of
how and when you fell in love
with books and writing?
Becky Meyer Pourchot: Before I started writing, I worked

as a preschool teacher. In my
class Id have maybe a group of
20 little kids sitting around me
at circle time - all of them squirrely and wild.Nothing can be
more intimidating than a group
of crazy two-year-olds before
naptime. So, to tame them, Id
read them stories.Interestingly
I found the more fun I had
telling the stories, the more fun
theyd have listening and the
more engaged they would be.It
was a great little feedback loop,
me hamming up withWhere the
Wild Things Arewith all these
kids eyes on me, wanting
more.I love it and so did they.
So, I got really good at dramatic
story telling. Honestly I think
thats all I do when I write. Im
just playing the pied piper for a
pack of wild two year olds.
For the readers who arent already familiar with your work,
please talk a bit about your
writing.How did you find and
hone your voice as an author?
Pourchot: My first book was

a collection of humorous poems
that I wrote when my twins
were babies. Id sit on the
couch with them and watch the
Martha Stewart show and
dream of doing all these crazy
cooking and crafting projects.Meanwhile in reality I was
so busy with the kids, I was
lucky if I could cook a frozen
pizza without burning it.
So for fun - and a bit of therapy - I wrote a book confessing
to Martha Stewart all of my
homemaking foibles. About
three years ago I self-published
it under the title Forgive Me
Martha.
I was raised in an environment where humor - especially
self-deprecating humor - was

used all the time.So, writing
humorously came very natural
to me.My second book,I Look
Better in Binary, also pokes fun
at my far-from-perfect life,
however this time I focused on
my quirky childhood growing
up in Madison as a Jewish kid
with OCD.
In 2011 I moved to Flagler
Beach, Florida. When I read
some excerpts from Binary to
my sons seventhgrade class, I
saw how eager the kids were for
stories that speak to their difficult experiences as adolescents. So, on the drive home
from the school I plotted out an
entire book and within a month
had written the first draft
ofFood for a Hungry Ghost, a
humorous story about a shy
teenager who in the midst of
trying to fit into her new town
befriends a teenage ghost.Although its about ghosts it has
the same playful tone as my
other two books. I self-published the book and it became
popular in my area of Florida,
so I proceeded to develop it into
a series. You can find out about
the series at www.HungryGhostBooks.com.
My other novel is a paranormal thriller for adults. Open
Souls takes place in St. Augustine, Florida, not far from my
Flagler Beach, where I live.In
this story, Olivia, a sexually repressed cupcake baker finds a
magical box that contains a
dark, captured soul.When the
box is opened, much like in the
Pandora story, it releases an
inner demon that causes
Olivias life and the lives of
those around her to fall
apart. Its the darkest of my
books, but even so theres a
tinge of playfulness in it as well.
In all my books, I maintain a
simplistic, playful voice very
close to how I speak. Im a huge
Pixar fan and of course love the
Wizard of Oz. I love reading
folk tales as well. To me, it
doesnt take a lot of words or
complexities to speak to the
truths of our heat.Well written,
children stories seem to have a
knack for going right for the
good stuff.My hope is that my
readers feel as if Im right there
with them as they read, like Im
there sitting beside them, maybe
over a cup of tea or glass of
wine, telling them the story out
loud.
Tell us a bit about your latest
book:
Pourchot: My latest book is

called Oz Sucks. Its about a single woman named Jayne who
gets blown to Oz in a Florida
hurricane. She lands on a
Munchkins roof, inadvertently
destroying it, and is thus forced
to get a job in a cruddy little gift
shop in the Emerald City to pay
for the damages. As she gets
drawn into Ozs seedy underbelly, Jayne finds herself seduced by a handsome con artist
named Nick who promises he
To purchase Pourchots books and find out more about her you can go towww.beckypourchot.com. She also hosts a blog called
The Transparent Author (www.TheTransparentAuthor.com) where she looks at life through a writers lens. For a year she hosted
a YouTube Channel called Thats SO Bizarre, where she interviewed people who had paranormal experiences. Visit www.tsbshow.com to view episodes.
Photos contributed
can get her home.
So how many books have you
written now?
Pourchot: Ive written seven

books, plus I co-wrote one with
friend and fellow author Tim
Baker about our experiences
riding motorcycles in Daytona
Beach, Florida. As a charity
fundraiser I also published an
anthology of short stories by
local Florida writers.
How has your writing changed
or evolved over the years? Are
you still improving as an author?
Pourchot: I am seeing that

over time I have been shedding
away all the notions of what
writing should be and I just
write. I worry less and less
about what others think, or what
will sell.I just write what excites me.And as it turns out,
thats what people want to
hear. Life is wonderful that
way.Ultimately I find readers
want truth. The closer you
speak to your truth, the more
they are drawn to what you
have to say.
Any advice for young writers
who look up to you?
Pourchot: You know how

Yoda says, Do or do not
there is no try? In my mind,
thats it.You cant try to be a
writer. Dont spend a lot of time
talking
about
it. Just
write.Write for you.Use your
words to tap into who you are.

Yes, learn the skills to write
well, absolutely, but dont
worry about the technicalities
too much, that will come in time
- more importantly focus on
telling your stories.These can
be your own stories, someone
elses or fictional ones that
speak truth to you. Write because you love it.If you dont
love it, youre doing it wrong.
Did your time as a journalist
shape the way you write books?
Pourchot: Absolutely.Even
though I didnt know it at the
time, each article that I wrote
was practice for the books I
would write. This wasnt just
practice on a technical level, but
at the same time my confidence
as a writer greatly improved.
Over the years the words came
more easily.
What was your move from Wisconsin to Florida like? How
has your time there perhaps
changed the way you view Midwestern life?
Pourchot: I live in a small

beach town that is on the edge
of a massive ocean.I wake up
in the morning each day, walk
two blocks and stick my toes in
the Atlantic and watch the sunrise. Theres something about
standing on a beach under that
bright sun that kind of strips
you clean. Some of it is age,
Im sure, but I think the move to
Florida, being near the water,
being introduced to a diverse
new group of friends helped me

to find myself, not just as a
writer but as a person.
Thats not to say the Midwest
wasnt magnificent.I miss the
change of seasons, that feeling
of my skin tightening in the
cold air, the greenness of the
summers, but I think the change
in environment was just what I
needed to take a huge leap in
my life.
Talk about the way you use
humor for narrative impact:
Pourchot: On the whole, I

think we all take life way too
seriously.Some days I find myself getting so hung up on
something, worrying about
things that I have no control

over. Thats when I stop, take a
breath and get some perspective. When you step back and
let all your expectations go, life
doesnt seem so bad.
As a kid I had really bad anxiety.I got hung up on the negative a lot.Even to this day I can
get stuck on something and
have trouble letting it go.I use
humor in my writing as a tool
for myself to release all the stuff
I take so seriously. My hope,
when I write is that on some
level, I remind my readers that
even in the midst of lifes
tragedy, were all okay. Were
all here. Were all doing this
thing called life. We might as
well sit back and enjoy this
wild, crazy ride.
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Sauk Trail awarded

Jazz Society Grant
John Becker (right), music instructor at the Sauk Trail Elementary School, receiving a grant
check from Craig Mason at a November 20 concert.
Photo contributed
Hubbard Avenue
Diner donates TV
the to senior center
Photo contributed
Hubbard Avenue Diner & Bakery has generously donated a new, 49-inch LG HD television to the Middleton Senior Center.
John Finkler, a friend of the Senior Center, mentioned to Monty Schiro, owner of the
diner, that the Middleton Senior Center still had an old tube television. A few days later
Monty and general manager Jos Garcia showed up at the Senior Center, measuring tape
in hand. The new TV was delivered a few days later.
The seniors are enjoying this new and easier to use television. Rosella Byrnes was enjoying the television when Jos delivered the plaque pictured above. The plaque reads
From Hubbard Avenue Diner & Bakery, your friends across the street.
This is a further example of Middleton being the Good Neighbor City, said Laura
Langer, program coordinator at the senior center.
Pictured above are Rosella Byrnes (left) and Jos Garcia (right).
The Middleton Senior Center is located at 7448 Hubbard Avenue, in Middleton.
RECOUNT
continued
from page 1
totals, deputy clerk Sara Ludtke told the town board Monday night.
Dane County selected the town to lead off the recount, called by
Green Party candidate Jill Stein, who wanted the election, won by
Republican candidate Donald Trump, process monitored.
Dane County Clerk Scott McDonald chose to recount by hand
instead of by machine, which Ludtke said takes less time.
Counting by hand goes a lot faster with our paper ballots, she
said. Our [town] recount took about two hours.
Tabulation by machine is slowed when ballots are irregularly
marked, while humans can determine voter intent from those same
ballots quicker, she said.
Recounting the ballots cast in the countys municipalities, except
Madison, was expected to be completed the middle of this week,
Ludtke said. Six counties had completed their recounts as of Monday. The states deadline is Dec. 12.
Ludtke, selected as a tabulator for the county recount, said she is
working largely nights and weekends on the effort because, its
something I care about deeply, she said.
The town will seek reimbursement from the county for Ludtkes
time away from her regular duties.
Stein sought a recount in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania
after allegations about the integrity of the election.
The town cast 2,311 votes for the Democratic ticket of Hillary
Clinton and Tim Kaine, and 1,469 votes for the Republican
Trump/Mike Pence ticket in the initially tally. Stein and her running
mate, Ajamu Baraka, received 30 votes in the initial tally.
In November, the Madison

Jazz Society awarded grants totaling $5,150 from its School
Grant Fund to music programs
in thirteen Wisconsin schools.
The grants are funding jazz centered programs designed to help
students learn about and perform jazz.
In announcing the awards,
MJS President Linda Marty
Schmitz stated, We are very
proud that the money awarded
this year and since the program
began in 1989 brings the total
amount of scholarships and
grants awarded by our all-volunteer group to over $113,000.
We are pleased that these grants
will assist students from all over
Wisconsin now and in years to
come. We are thrilled to see
that many schools throughout
the state are working to provide
opportunities for their students
to learn about Americas original art form jazz.
Middletons Sauk Trail Elementary School, John Becker,
director, was awarded $250 to
underwrite the Making Jazz
Music Childs Play program.
Other grants were awarded to
Belleville
High
School
(Stephanie Meier, Director)
$350 to purchase jazz charts for

their annual Jazz In the Park
program; Beloit Memorial High
School (Chris Behrens, director) $475 to underwrite the
Jeff Hamilton Clinical Master
Class/Performance; DeForest
Area High School (Brandon
Bautz, director) $475 to underwrite student participation in
the UW-Stevens Point Jazz Festival; Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau
High School (Brenda Gauchel,
director) $375 to underwrite
the costs of the second annual
Red Add 1 Madison Jazz Society Grant Awards Hawk Jazz
Festival that the G-E-T Jazz
Band will sponsor for smaller
schools in their area; Jefferson
Middle School (Rob Cunningham, director) $200 to purchase charts for the schools
jazz library; Jefferson High
School
(Kathy
TuinstraSchereck, director) $500 to
purchase vocal jazz charts; Juda
Schools (Greg Smith, director)
$500 to help purchase a mixing console to replace one that
is broken; Menomonie High
School (Jacob Karkula, direc-
tor) $475 to underwrite cost

of clinicians and guest artists for
a jazz clinic for the jazz band
students; Oshkosh Merrill Middle School (Charles Bauer, director) $125 to purchase
charts for jazz ensemble library;
Oshkosh: Webster Stanley Middle School (Brad Curran, director) $475 to underwrite
Jazz-O-Rama during Jazz Appreciation Month; Sun Prairie:
Prairie View Middle School
(Ann Sederquist, director)
$450
to
underwrite
a
drum/rhythm section instructor
and Wisconsin Dells High
School (Matthew Roble, director) $450 to help refurbish
jazz band instruments.
More information on the
school grant program and the
Society can be found at
www.madisonjazz.com.
Formed in 1984, the Madison
Jazz Society is a non-profit, all
volunteer organization formed
to encourage the performance
of and education about jazz.
MJS will sponsor its 29th annual
Capital City Jazz Fest in April
2017.
PAGE 6
MCPASD gets great grades

Majority of local schools exceed expectations on latest report cards
For the third time, more than half

of all Middleton-Cross Plains Area
School District schools rated significantly exceeded expectations on the
School Report Cards, which were issued recently by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction after
a one-year absence.
Five MCPASD schools Elm
Lawn, Northside and Sunset Ridge
elementary schools along with Glacier Creek and Kromrey middle
schools and Middleton were in the
highest category, while Sauk Trail
and West Middleton elementary
schools and Middleton High School
exceeded expectations, which is the
second-highest category.
There were 329 schools out of
more than 2,100 rated in the state
that significantly exceeded expectations. Another 624 exceeded expectations.
Park Elementary School in Cross
Plains met expectations and was
within two points of the exceeding
expectations category. The school
had been in the top two categories in
prior years, but received a lower
score in closing achievement gaps
because there was a change for how
students were placed in subgroups
due to differences in sample sizes.
Therefore, only three years worth of
data was available for the subgroup
of students. Most state schools have

five years worth of data. The small
number of data points used for Park
Elementary, as well as the test variability between WKCE, Badger, and
Forward Exams resulted in a lower
trend for the subgroup of students
and affected the overall report card
rating.
Park principal Monica Schommer
said she was pleased with her
schools scores in student achievement (90.0) and on-track and postsecondary readiness (92.5). The
school has been identified as a high
growth school for math, and received
a 50.0/50.0 score for growth in math.
Clark Street Community School,
a charter school for students in
grades 9-12, and the 21st Century
eSchool for online students were not
rated because they are new, too small
or lack sufficient assessment data to
receive an overall accountability rating.
School Report Cards werent released in 2014-15. The 2015-16 report cards underwent major changes
that were part of Wisconsin Act 55,
the 2015-17 state budget. Those
changes include variable weighting
to address the impacts of poverty on
student achievement, a new model
for meaning student growth based on
value-added methodology that was
developed by UW-Madison, and the

legislative requirement to change
from the Badger Exam to the Forward Exam.
There were only 16 schools out of
more than 110 that received report
cards in Dane County that significantly exceeded expectations.
In 2013 and 14, MCPASD was
also the only district in Dane County
with more than 50 percent of its
schools significantly exceeding expectations on the report cards.
When you work hard to ensure
that an inclusive, innovative and inspiring learning environment exists,
and you have students engaged and
committed to their own learning, the
test scores will take care of themselves, Superintendent George
Mavroulis said.This is a tribute to
the great work of our staff, our students and our supportive families.
We are all in this together.
It is the fourth time that DPI has
issued school report cards. DPI also
gave school districts an overall rating
for the third time. MCPASD exceeded expectations with a score of
81.8, which is a 1.2 point increase
from 2014.
Sunset Ridge (93.8) was the thirdhighest rated elementary school in
Dane County, while Northside (92.2)
was fourth. Glacier Creek (87.9) and
Kromrey (87.2) were the highest

rated middle schools in Dane
County, while MHS (80.7) was the
second-highest rated high school.
While we continue our work to
ensure that all students achieve success in the Middleton-Cross Plains
Area SchoolDistrict, we are proud
of our students and their achievement, Assistant Superintendent
Sherri Cyra said.The report card results reflect the hard work and dedication of our staff, students, and
families.
Because report cards rely on multiple years of data, the 2015-16 report cards are based on one year of
Badger and Forward exams for
grades 3-8 and the ACT Plus Writing
as well as Dynamic Learning Maps
assessments in grades 3-8 and 11th
grade. The third year of data came
from the Wisconsin Knowledge and
Concepts Exam and Wisconsin Alternate Assessment for Students with
Disabilities.
All MCPASD school report cards
can be found on the district website.
All state public school report cards
can be found on the DPI website.
DPI officials cautioned against
comparing the latest report card to
those of previous years because of
major changes in the way scores
were calculated.
Six of the nine MCPASD schools improved

their scores from 2014:
The DPIs School Report Cards measure
school performance. Each public school
earned a score from 0 to 100 that is called
an accountability index score. The accountability index is based on the schools performance in four priority areas:
Student achievement in reading and mathematics on state assessments
Student growth, measured by year-to-year
improvements in achievement
Closing gaps in performance between specific student groups (comparing English language learners, low-income students, students
with disabilities, and members of racial or ethnic group with their peers)
On-track to graduation/postsecondary
readiness, using reliable predictors of high
school graduation and postsecondary success
Schools can be placed in one of five categories, from Significantly Exceeds Expectations to Fails to Meet Expectations, based on
their score. The five levels of rating are:
Significantly Exceeds Expectations: 83-100
Exceeds Expectations: 73-82.9
Meets Expectations: 63-72.9
Meets Few Expectations: 53-62.9
Fails to Meet Expectations: 0-52.9
The 0 to 100 accountability index score is
not a percent correct measurement, and is
not similar to a score a child might earn on a
test in school.
Endowment awards latest round of grants

Cancer support, schools and food pantry all win funding
The Middleton Endowment

Committee (ME) awarded
grants to Gildas Club, Glacier
Creek Middle School, Middleton High School, Middleton
Outreach Ministry and the 21st
Century eSchool as part of its
2016 fall cycle.
The grants were announced
at the Middleton Chamber of
Commerces monthly Get Moving Middleton breakfast meeting at the Hilton Garden Inn on
Thursday, Dec. 1. All five organizations were awarded the
full amount that they requested.
It is the second time in Middleton Endowments history that
every grant awarded was for the
full amount.
Gildas Club, a cancer support group with more than
2,800 members, was awarded

$1,000 to double the number of
Grief and Loss support groups
it offers each month. The Griefbusters program will also include a six-week curriculum to
meet the needs of children who
have lost a parent or grandparent to cancer. Both groups are
facilitated by a mental health
professional and are offered at
no cost.
Glacier Creek, a middle
school for students in grades 58 in the Middleton-Cross Plains
Area School District, received
$720 to purchase eight breakout boxes. The boxes promote
problem-solving, team development and time management
skills all while students are
learning content in a fun and en-
gaging atmosphere. The boxes

will be used in fifth grade although there are plans to use
them across all grade levels.
The grant was written by counselor Stacy Eslick.
Middleton High School,
which has nearly 2,100 students
and is part of MCPASD, was
awarded $700 to purchase two
stand-up desks for students to
use in physics classrooms. The
grant was written by physics
teacher Angie Humphrey.
MOM, which provides food,
clothing, housing assistance,
emergency financial assistance
and special services for seniors
free of charge, received $750 to
pay for supplies for a utility
room and purchase additional
shelving at their facility. The
projects will be completed by

prospective Eagle Scouts from
two area Boy Scout troops.
The 21st Century eSchool, an
online school for MCPASD students, was awarded $900 to
purchase supplies to build a bird
blind by the Confluence Pond
site. The idea has already been
approved by the City of Middleton. The design was developed
and the blind will be built by
students in grades 4-7 who have
called themselves the Elmpact
Team.
We were thrilled once again
with the quality of grants we reviewed this cycle, ME chair
Dan Loichinger said. It is so
rewarding to be able to fund so
many quality projects. ME continues to make a difference in
the community. I encourage

everyone to participate in our
annual appeal as we work to
grow our endowment fund.
Your contributions will help us
make a greater impact and provide more and larger grants to
deserving organizations.
Since 2009, ME has awarded
more than $45,000 in grants to
more than 40 organizations.
The ME Advisory Committee considers grant applications
twice each year, and the next
deadline is April 30. MCE typically awards grants in the $250
to $1,000 range. The committee
will likely award more than
$4,000 in the spring.
ME is dedicated to enhancing
the quality of life in the Middleton area for present and future
generations. Application materials for grant requests can be

found at www.madisoncommunityfoundation.org/middleton.
ME is an affiliate fund of
Madison Community Foundation. Since its inception in 2009,
ME has raised more than
$150,000 for its endowment
fund. ME was formally known
as the Middleton Community
Endowment until 2015. The organizations motto is Good
Neighbors
Doing
Good
Works.
Besides Loichinger, other
members of the advisory committee include vice chair-secretary Curtis Fuszard, Nicole
Broyles, Dan Chart, Perry Hibner, Adrianne Machina, Josh
Marron and Cathy Riddle.
Ahn, Warholic win big at international percussive convention

Twelve Middleton High
School students attended
the Percussive Arts Society
International Convention
(PASIC) held in Indianapolis, Indiana November 912.
PASIC is billed as the
worlds premier drum and
percussion festival.
Now in its 55th year, the
Percussive Arts Society
(PAS) is a non-profit,
music-service organization
whose mission is to promote percussion education,
research, performance and
appreciation throughout
the world. Their vision is to
be the global leader in percussion and drumming by
providing unparalleled and

interactive resources and
experiences in percussion
education, performance,
and research.
Students from Middleton High School competed
in multiple solo divisions
as well as chamber ensembles. MHS students performed well and many
placed in their competitions.
Melissa Ahn took first
place in the Solo Timpani
Division while Ben Fagre
and Simi Seerha tied for
second place. In the Solo
Multi-Percussion Division,
Alex Warholic placed first
and Adam Goren placed
second.
Four MHS students
placed on Solo Marimba
including Adam Goren,
fourth place, Anton Tung,
eighth place, Sam Jaeger,
11th place and Haiwen Dai,
12th place. On Solo Snare
Drum, Alex Warholic
placed sixth and Luke
Zoroufy place ninth.
The MHS Chamber Percussion Ensemble placed
fourth in the Concert
Chamber Percussion Ensemble Division. This ensemble included Adam
Goren, Alex Warholic,
Sam Jaeger, Simi Seerha,
Anton Tung, Will Muller
and Luke Zoroufy.
Twelve Middleton High School students attended the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) held in Indianapolis, Indiana November 9-12.
PAGE 7
Winter concerts come to the PAC

The MHS band kicks off its new season with
their Winter Band Concerts on Wednesday, December 14 and Thursday, December 15. Both
concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. and will be held in the
Middleton High School Performing Arts Center.
On Wednesday evening, the Cardinal Bands

and Concert Band Block 1 will be performing.
Highlights include Tichelis Simple Gifts and
Alfred Reeds epic Russian Christmas Music, a
secular work based on Russian hymns.
Thursdays concert will feature the Concert

Band Block 2, Wind Ensemble, and Honors Wind
Ensemble. This program includes classic works
for band by Grainger and Persichetti, along with
the MHS Percussion Ensembles performance of
Catching Shadows by Ivan Trevino a performance that earned them 4th place at the Percussive Arts Society International Competition last
month.
Receptions will follow both concerts.
The public is invited to come see these free and excellent musical performances right here in downtown Middleton, Wednesday and Thursday, December 14 and 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Middleton
PAC, 2100 Bristol Street.
Photo contributed
American
Legion Post
will hold
Christmas
party in
Cross
Plains
Members, Auxiliary members, and SAL members of
American Legion Post 245
Cross Plains, Middleton will be
getting together to celebrate the
Christmas season at their Post
on Thursday, Dec. 15, starting
at 5:30 pm. This is a potluck affair with the Legion providing
the meat for sandwiches and
beverages.
The members are inviting
any area active duty personnel
who are home and their significant others to join them in the
festivities. The spouses and parents of any active duty person
who is currently deployed or
who is not home are invited as
well.
Post 245 is located at 2217
American Legion Dr. in Cross
Plains.
A few tips to help create a delicious Christmas feast

PAGE 8
by LINDA SCHWANKE
News Publishing Co.
Christmas is just a few weeks

away, which means its not too
early to start planning your holiday meal. Depending on who
you have invited and what they
insist on having for dinner, a
traditional dinner featuring roast
turkey with dressing, mashed
potatoes and gravy, lots of veggies, rolls, and pie is going to be
a winner. While there is certainly a lot of work involved in
hosting the holiday meal, preparation and keeping food safety a
priority makes the labor easier
and guests satisfied.
First things first: grocery
shopping. The rule of thumb for
the size of a turkey to buy is to
allow one pound per person.
However, I always allow a little
more than that so there are
plenty of leftovers. Keep in
mind that the larger the turkey,
the longer it will take to thaw
and cook but dont let that stop
you from buying a nice big gobbler and having plenty to go
around.
Make sure your grocery list
includes all the extras like potatoes, bread crumbs or a good
loaf of French bread, squash,
sweet potatoes, green beans and
those onion-ring things you use
to make green bean casserole,
rolls, the ingredients to make
pie and whipped topping or
even just buy a pie. Dont forget
to get something for everyone.
Planning what to do when
can smooth out preparation.
Turkey takes the longest, both
in thawing and baking. A lot of
things can be made ahead of
time like pies and cookies. Potatoes can be peeled and put in
the refrigerator in cold salt
water for a day or two. Making
everything from scratch is fun
but more work. Easy can be
good, too, so cut corners where
you need to and dont feel bad
if you dont make everything
yourself. Buy a pie or use
canned cranberries. Asking
guests to bring something also
lightens the load. Dont be
afraid to try everything from
scratch, though. While most
family legends have it that a
Christmas dinner is a really difficult meal to make, its really
not. Its just that our mothers
and grandmothers wanted us to
appreciate everything they did
for us. Guilt trips about how
they slaved away in a hot
kitchen seemed to work as well
as anything else in most families to get hard won acclaim.
Most turkeys are purchased
frozen, although many stores
now carry fresh turkeys. Fresh
is wonderful but must be purchased very close to the day you
are going to serve it to make
sure it is actually fresh. No one
wants food poisoning, especially this time of year. There
are three safe ways to thaw a
turkey, according to the United
States Department of Agriculture: in the refrigerator, in cold
water or in the microwave.
For refrigerator thawing,
place the turkey in a pan and
allow about 24 hours for each
five pounds of turkey. Once
thawed, it can sit safely in the
refrigerator for a day or two.
For cold water thawing, make
sure the turkey is in a leak-proof
bag and submerge it in cold,
never hot or warm, water, allowing 30 minutes per pound to
thaw. Change the cold water

every 30 minutes or so. For microwave thawing, place the
turkey in a microwave safe dish
and follow the microwave manufacturers directions on thawing. Plan to cook the turkey as
soon as it is thawed to prevent
bacteria from growing.
The day before your meal, go
out to dinner so you have a clear
kitchen to work in. Before your
dinner on the town, you can
bake pies and peel potatoes. The
rule of thumb on potatoes is one
large potato per person but peel
extra because there never seem
to be enough potatoes and you
can always make potato fritters
with leftovers. If possible, iron
the linens and set the table
ahead of time, too. Set out serving dishes and utensils, get out
the tools youll need to make
the meal and dont forget to
have a nice bottle or two of
wine chilled.
The easiest way to make a
pumpkin pie, if you didnt get
enough on Thanksgiving, is to
get a can of pureed pumpkin
and follow the directions on the
can. If, however, you want to be
a purist, you can do it the hard
way. A few days ahead of when
youre going to eat,take two or
three small-ish pumpkins.
Scrub the pumpkin(s) with a
vegetable brush. With a large
carving knife, chop off the top
(stem portion) of the pumpkin.
Then split the pumpkin down
the middle and carve lengthwise
into pieces, removing the innards with a large spoon or
scoop. (The seeds make a wonderful treat so be sure to save
them in a separate bowl to roast
later.) Place the pieces on a baking sheet and bake in a 350 degree oven four about 40
minutes, or until tender. After
the pieces have cooled, peel off
the skin and run the pieces
through a food processor.
Make one pie crust by mixing two cups of flour with twothird of a cup of some kind of
shortening. (Tradition calls for
lard and it tastes great but has a
lot of fat. Butter is fine but I like
butter-flavored Crisco.) Using a
pastry cutter, cut the butter into
the flour and sprinkle in a teaspoon of salt. Add cold water
(maybe a half cup) a little at
time, mixing as you go, until the
dough is formed. Roll the crust
out on a floured surface, place
in a deep pie pan.
Mix one and a half cups of
the pumpkin (reserve the rest in
a tightly sealed container in the
refrigerator) with cup sugar,
teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon ginger,
teaspoon each of nutmeg and
cloves. Slowly add three beaten
eggs, 1 cup of milk and one can
of evaporated milk. Pour the
mix into the pie crust and bake
for about 60 minutes in a 375
degree oven. The pie is done
when a knife inserted in the
middle comes out clean. Refrigerate until served.
There are many ways to cook
a turkey besides roasting.
Turkey can be grilled, smoked,
deep fried, microwaved, cooked
in an electric roaster or a slow
cooker or even in a pressure
cooker. Oven roasting remains
my favorite. A fully thawed, unstuffed turkey is prepped by taking any giblets or gravy packets
out of the cavity and rinsing it
in cold water. Place the unstuffed turkey in a traditional
roasting pan or on a flat wire
There are many ways to cook a turkey besides roasting. Turkey can be grilled, smoked, deep fried, microwaved, cooked in an
electric roaster or a slow cooker or even in a pressure cooker.
Photo contributed
rack in a large pan. Tuck the

wing tips under the should of
the bird or trim them off, then
roast in a 325 degree oven for
about 20 minutes per pound if it
is frozen, thawed or 15 minutes
per pound for fresh. Add five to
10 minutes of cooking time per
pound for a loosely stuffed
turkey. Cover the turkey with
the lid of the roasting pan or foil
for either the first hour and a
half or after it is browned. The
turkey is done with it reaches an
internal temperature of 165 degrees. Check it by sticking a
meat thermometer in the thickest part of the thigh. Take it out
of the oven and let it rest for 20
minutes or so when its finished.
While the turkey is cooking,
prepare dressing or, if you prefer, make stuffing before you
roast the turkey. There are lots
of possibilities for dressing and
stuffing. Many people like the
heat and serve kind. Buying a
package of bread cubes and following the directions works
well. If baking the turkey
stuffed, stuff it before putting it
in the oven and dont pack the
stuffing in tightly.
To make dressing it from
scratch, try slicing up a nice loaf
of French bread and baking the
buttered slices until they are just
getting crisp. Chop the slices
into cubes, seasoned with whatever takes your fancy: sage,
rosemary, basil, parsley, youname-it. Saut one large
chopped onion and three or four
chopped stalks of celery in butter or olive oil. When tender,
mix with the bread cubes, one
egg, one can of chicken broth
and some freshly ground
parmesan cheese. A lot of people like oysters, giblets, mushrooms, raisins, sausage or
nearly anything in their dressing. Dressing should bake for
30 minutes at 350 degrees.
Dont forget to butter or grease
the pan you make it in.
After the dressing is done,
put the potatoes in a large pot.
Dont get them going until you
estimate that the turkey is about
30 to 45 minutes off, then bring
them to a boil. Theyre done
when they are fork tender. Pour
the water into a measuring cup
to use with the gravy, the add a

stick or so of butter, enough
milk to make them creamy, and
set them on the back of the
stove to keep warm until everything else is ready.
If youre interested in adding
calories (and flavor!) plan to
make homemade whipped
cream between the time the potatoes and vegetables are cooking but before you make the
gravy. In a sturdy bowl, mix 1
cup whipping cream, 1 teaspoon of vanilla and a tablespoon of powdered sugar with a
mixer until its light and fluffy.
Put in the refrigerator and top
the pie with it right before you
serve it.
Bake or cook your vegetables
after the potatoes are going.
Steamed broccoli and cauliflower, green bean casserole,
corn on the cob, you name it.
The list of potential vegetables
is endless.
The biggest issue with making a meal like this is that everything is going to be done all at
once and require your last
minute attention. Once the
turkey and potatoes are done,

everything else should be close
to being ready so do the gravy
before the veggies are soggy.
Pour the turkey drippings into a
large, deep frying pan. Add the
potato water until you have as
much gravy as you think youll
need and bring it to a simmer. In
another cup, add two tablespoons of corn starch to about a
half cup or so of cold water and
stir until the starch is dissolved.
Add to the drippings, stirring
constantly. Once the gravy
thickens, turn the heat down and
stir occasionally while you set
the turkey on a platter and transfer all the food into serving
dishes and onto the table. Set
the gravy on the table last.
After the meal, its tempting
to sit down and watch football,
take a nap or play with the kids
toys. Before you do, be sure to
pack up the leftovers into air
tight containers and refrigerate
them. Turkey especially can go
bad fast. As soon as everything
is safely put away, sit down and
relax.
PAGE 9
Snow, reindeer make for perfect holiday event
Top to bottom: Long lines of families waited for their turn to pose with one of Santas reindeer
at the Bruce Company in Middleton on Sunday afternoon. An official Reindeer Games photographer snaps a picture of a family as they sit on hay bales beside the reindeer. Young Declan
Killeen Toomey from Verona poses with his family members next to the reindeer and the reindeer
handler. Rather than pulling a sleigh, this deer actually got a ride to the event.
Photos by Jeff Martin
PAGE 10
Mark Pocan re-elected

First Vice Chair of the
Progressive Caucus
WASHINGTON, D.C. Last

week, U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan
(WI-02) was re-elected as the
First ViceChair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus
(CPC). In addition to serving on
the CPC Executive Committee,

the First Vice Chair will work
hand-in-hand with the CoChairs on all aspects of the Caucus.
I am honored to be re-
elected by my Progressive Caucus colleagues for this leadership position,said Pocan, who
resides in rural Mount Horeb
when not in Washington.Progressive values have informed
my work here in Congress and
I look forward to continue
strengthening the CPCs message and advancing our policy
priorities. The start of the next
Congress will undoubtedly
present new challenges, but I
will fight harder than ever to ensure progressives have a seat at
the table so we can help work-
ing families get ahead.

In the 114th Congress, Rep.
Pocan also served as the First
Vice Chair. Over the past two
years in the position, Rep.
Pocan has acted as a liaison between outside groups and the
Caucus through meet-and-greet
breakfasts and represented the
CPC in rallies and events across
the nation. Additionally, he organized the FY 17 CPC Peoples Budget, which garnered
more outside group support
than any previous CPC budget.
Rep. Mark Pocan
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Making
a splash
Middleton swimmers have high

hopes, start season in style
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Danny Lynam has high

hopes, big goals.
And by the looks of it,
Middletons first-year boys
swimming and diving coach
could see those lofty expectations come to fruition.
The Cardinals went to the
14-team Nicolet Invite last
Saturday and finished first
among a gifted field.
Middleton finished with 450
points, easily outdistancing
Verona-Mount
runner-up
Horeb (246).
Our win at Nicolet has
helped to show the depth we

have on the team this year,
Lynam said. Almost all of
the guys placed top-16, with a
number of younger guys stepping up to fill some weaknesses we have had in the line-up
in the past.
Middleton had several terrific performances at Nicolet.
The Cardinals won the
400-yard medley relay, the
200-yard freestyle relay and
the 500-yard freestyle relay.
Middletons Archer Parkin
and Erick Grelle were first
and second, respectively, in
the 50-yard backstroke, while
Splitting the difference

SWIMMING, page 16
Michael Draves and Middletons boys swimming team finished first at the Nicolet Invite last Saturday.
Middleton
gets best of
Sun Prairie
Boys basketball
team upended
by Spartans
by ROB REISCHEL
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Storm Murphy stood in a

nearly empty locker room last
Thursday and put his Wofford
College shirt on backwards. On
this night, Middletons senior
point guard didnt feel like the
best representative for Terriers
basketball
That wasnt me, Murphy
said.
A few feet away, senior forward Tyree Eady sat for 15
minutes with his head down.
Finally, Middleton assistant
coach Jerry Raffel gave the
Cardinals standout forward a
pep talk and the two headed to
the bus.
The
calendar
read
December, but this was March
basketball. And Middleton took
its 56-53 setback against host
Madison Memorial as hard as it
would a sectional final.
I was more hyped for this
than any game in a long time,
said Murphy, who will play at
Wofford next season. This is a
tough one.
The Cardinals and Spartans
WIN, page 15
File photo
Times-Tribune
Tyree Eady (left) and Middletons boys basketball team split a pair of games last week.
Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld
Kevin Bavery was surprised by the style.

He was also thrilled with
the result.
Middletons boys basketball team rebounded from a
tough loss to Madison
Memorial and toppled visiting
Sun Prairie, 58-41, last
Saturday.
Middleton improved to 2-1
overall and 1-1 in the Big
Eight
Conference.
Sun
Prairie, which shared the
league title with Middleton
and Madison Memorial last
season, fell to 2-1, 1-1.
It wasn't what we envisioned,
which
was
a
shootout, Bavery said. It
was a grinder and I have a
feeling there will be a lot of
those in the Big Eight this season.
Senior forward Tyree Eady
led Middleton with 23 points
and four rebounds. Senior
point guard Storm Murphy
added 16 points and three
assists.
MEMORIAL, page 15
PORTS
PAGE 13
RIEFS
Baseball, softball registration
Online registration for the 2017 summer

ball programs through Middleton
Commission is open. To register
www.mbscwi.com.
The website contains information about
schedules for upcoming events and camps.
Bowling
baseball and softBaseball/Softball

please go to
the programs and
Middleton Ladies League

Nov. 29: Theresa Meisel 547, Deirdre Vanko 499, Lyn
Passini 496, Mary Lindquist 488, Chery Theis 486.
Nov. 22: Lyn Passini 523, Bonnie Coy 517, Sara Gudel 500,
Cindy Hall 497.
Nov. 15: Theresa Meisel 585, Deirdre Vanko 544, Verelene
Morris 511, Mary Moody 498, Lyn Passini 498.
Nov. 8: Cathy Matts 533, Theresa Meisel 532, Frayne Born
509, Patti Larson 499.
Nov. 1: Theresa Meisel 537, Verelene Morris 444, Krista
Miller 437, Chery Theis 436.
Taking care of business

Alexis Thomas and Middletons girls basketball team rolled past Madison West last Friday.
Girls basketball
team rolls past
Madison West
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
The meat of the schedule is

coming.
For
now,
though,
Middletons girls basketball
team is doing exactly what
coach Jeff Kind could have
hoped: devour inferior foes.
Middleton rolled past
Madison West, 84-44, last
Friday and improved to 3-0
overall and in the Big Eight
Conference. Cardinals junior
Claire Staples led the way with
11 points, while senior forwards Carlee Lemirande and
Alexis Thomas, and freshman
Karina Bursac all added 10
points.
This was the first team who
tried to zone us and we werent
always smooth with our zone
attack, but we did some good
things, Kind said. Overall,
our pressure was pretty good.
Middleton imposed its will
early on the Regents and
jumped to a 19-5 lead. The
Cardinals stretched their
advantage to 42-20 by halftime
and were never challenged in
the second half.
Middleton
forced
35
turnovers and knocked down
nine
three-pointers.
The
Cardinals also had 12 different
players score and they
outscored West at the free
throw line, 13-0.
We had a chance to mix up
our rotations more than we did
in the first two games, Kind
said. Statistically, it was our
best shooting night to date.
Our nine threes came from

seven different players. So,
early in the season, a lot of positives, but still areas we need to
improve.
The schedule will get much
tougher before the holidays.
Middleton is at Janesville
Craig Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
The Cougars defeated the
Cardinals in a WIAA Division
1 sectional semifinal last year,
and Middleton undoubtedly
will be looking for some payback.
Middleton hosts perennial
power Janesville Parker Dec.
16, then hosts defending state
champion Verona on Dec. 20.
As we get into games with
Craig, Parker and Verona were
going to encounter tougher
zones and better ball-handling
teams, Kind said. Well have
to shore up our own ball-handling and keep from having
lapses on our press recovery

and half court defense.
I expect our shooting and
shot selection will improve as
we develop more experience
with some of our rotations. And
we will figure out the intensity
level we have to bring every
possession.
Dec. 2
Middleton 42 42 84
Madison West 20 24 44
MIDDLETON Anderson 2 0-0
5, Bursac 4 2-3 10, C.Dunn 2 1-2 5,
Flottmeyer 1 0-0 2, C. Lemirande 4 1-1
10, A. Lemirande 2 3-4 8, B. Lemirande
2 2-2 7, Staples 4 0-2 11, Tanin 1 0-0 3,
Thomas 5 0-2 10, White 3 2-2 8,
Schauer 1 2-2 5. Totals 31 13-20 84.
MADISON WEST Carr 7 0-2
14, Conner 1 0-1 2, Darvin 5 0-0 10,
Hettenbach 1 0-0 2, Manke 2 0-0 4,
Monette 5 0-0 12. Totals 21 0-3 44.
3-point goals Mid 9 (Anderson
1, Lemirande 3, Lemirande 1,
Lemirande 1, Staples 3, Tanin 1,
Schauer 1), MW 2 (Monette 2). Total
fouls Mid 9, MW 16.
Wrestlers
11th at
Watertown
PAGE 14
Meicher wins
title at 138
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Middletons wrestling team

opened the season with an
11th place finish at the 16team Watertown Scramble last
Saturday.
Warren (Ill.) won the team
title with 552.0 points.
Middleton finished with
209.0.
Cardinals
sophomore
Kevin Meicher finished first
at 138 pounds. Joseph
Hoffman added a third place
finish at 132, while Caleb
Cymbalak was fourth at 182
and Matt Davey was fourth at
heavyweight.
Meicher received a first
round bye, then pinned
Veronas Nathan Feller in 37
seconds. Meicher defeated
Kendell Bell of Warren, 7-0,
then
pinned
Beloit
Memorials Tyler Curtis-
Dupuis in 3:23.
Meicher then won a major
decision over Logan Schmitz
of Mineral Point, 11-0.
Hoffman began with a pin
of Veronas Zakh Kalifatidi in
3:58, then defeated Ryan
Cavil of Westosha Central,
11-2. Hoffman lost his next
two matches, then defeated
Stevie Kraus of Badger, 1211.
Cymbalak began with a 7-0
win over Whitewaters Tyler
Sheffield, then edged New
Londons Remington Steele,
4-2 to advance to the championship bracket. Cymbalak lost
his next three matches,
though, and settled for fourth.
Davey received a first
round bye, then pinned
Clintons Jenson Herrera in
3:10. Davey also reached the
championship bracket, but
lost his next matches and took
fourth.
On deck: Middleton was
at Madison West Wednesday,
then travels to Verona
Thursday at 7 p.m.
Dylan Carrington and Middletons wrestlers began their season last week.
Middleton Boys Lacrosse Varsity Head Coach Matt Bock was named the 2016
Coach of the Year for the Madison Area Lacrosse Association's Red Division.
Middleton Boys Lacrosse Assistant Varsity Coach Karl Wahlgren was named the 2016
Assistant Coach of the Year for the Madison Area Lacrosse Association's Red Division.
The Varsity Boys Lacrosse team went 14-4 and ended the season ranked #6 in the
State.
n WIN
PAGE 15
continued from page 12
Alan Roden and Middletons boys basketball team fell to Madison Memorial last Thursday.
n MEMORIAL
know each other as well as

any two teams in the state.
The schools are separated
by 2.8 miles. Many of the athletes have competed against
each other for more than a
decade.
The two teams shared the
Big Eight Conference title with
Sun Prairie last season. And
with both the Cardinals and
Spartans bringing back their
starting lineups and extremely
experienced teams, it led to a
terrific early-season contest.
That was a March game,
Madison Memorial coach
Steve Collins said. That might
have been the best first game
Ive seen in this gym. Usually
first games are sloppy, theres
turnovers. These were two really good basketball teams and
veteran teams.
Memorials biggest lead
was five points. Middletons
was three.
And this nailbiter wasnt
decided until Murphys 28footer at the horn bounced off
the back rim.
We had some chances to

win it down the stretch,
Middleton coach Kevin Bavery
said. But it just never felt like
we were going to get it.
It was just one of those
nights where it never felt like
you were going to get it. Its all
about how the balls moving,
how youre blocking out, all
those things. You either get a
really good feeling or a bad
one. I never had a good feeling
in this one.
One reason for that is
Memorials defense was sublime while Middletons
offense was stagnant.
Collins mixed and matched
five different defenses that
gave the Cardinals fits.
Middletons ball movement
also wasnt good enough and
the Cardinals shot just 19-of-57
from the floor (33.3%).
Murphy led the Cardinals
with 15 points, but hit just 5-of16 field goals (31.3%). Eady, a
North Dakota State recruit, had
a rough night himself hitting
just 3-of-13 shots (23.1%) and
finishing with nine points.

With the Cardinals terrific
tandem struggling, senior wing
Myron Ashford Jr. picked up
the slack, scoring all 11 of his
points in the second half and
drilling three three-pointers.
Junior forward Davis Roquet
also made a pair of three-pointers and had eight points.
To me we didnt move the
ball enough, Bavery said.
Were just not moving it early
on here. A real frustration Im
having early in the year is Im
seeing a different team on the
floor than the one we practice
with. Were just not getting that
thing moving the way we need
to.
Part of it is trusting. Its
different seeing the game as a
player on the floor than as
coaches. But weve just got to
trust it, because, like I said,
were seeing a different team
on the floor than the one in
practice. Its like our mind is
racing too fast.
Murphy agreed on some
levels.
I just think our heads are
above ourselves right now,
Murphy said. Our heads are
too high. I think this will be
really great for us. This is a
blessing in disguise.
I know that no one can stop
me unless I take myself out of
the game. I know no one can
guard me. I know no one can
guard Tyree. We just lost to

ourselves tonight.
Memorial, which has a front
line that averages 6-foot-7, did
plenty to stymie the Cardinals,
as well.
The Spartans held the
Cardinals to 9-of-32 shooting
in the first half (28.1%) and
took a 25-24 halftime lead.
Murphy had nine points at the
break, while Roquet hit a pair
of three-pointers and had six
points.
Memorial standout center
Chris Knight a Dartmouth
recruit picked up his third
foul with 14:37 left and went to
the bench. Middleton quickly
answered with a 5-0 run and
took its first lead of the night at
32-29 after a three-point play
by Murphy.
But Knight returned and
scored six of his game-high 16
points during a 10-2 run that
gave the Spartans a 39-34 lead
with 7:14 left.
Hes a really good player,
Collins said of Knight. Hes
one of the best players around
and I think we have a lot of
good guys to go around him.
(Knight) is such a team guy and
hes so about us. Sometimes I
have to get on him more to take
over.
Middleton wouldnt go
away, though.
Ashford Jr. drilled a pair of
three-pointers in a 95-second

window and pulled the
Cardinals within 42-40 with
4:36 left.
Were always working
with catch and shoot, so Im
always ready, Ashford Jr. said.
Coach always says if Storm
and Tyree arent feeling it,
someone has to step up. I guess
I tried to step up for us.
Knight answered with five
points as Memorial extended
its advantage to 51-46 with one
minute left. But Murphy
attacked Knight and drew a
fifth foul on the Spartans
standout with 38.6 seconds left.
That gave the Cardinals
brief glimmer of hope, and
layups by senior forward Jack
Smith and Eady pulled
Middleton within 54-53 with
9.5 seconds left.
Memorial senior guard Billy
Wilson drained two free throws
with 7.3 seconds left to give the
Spartans a three-point lead.
Murphy got a good look and
his shot appeared dead-on.
But
like
many
of
Middletons shots on this night,
it simply wasnt in the cards.
I thought it was down,
Murphy said. I started smiling.
But it wasnt just that shot.
I felt like I had a pretty bad
game. It wasnt pretty. We just
need to worry about us and
were just not there yet.
Ashford Jr. agreed.
I feel like if we shared the
ball a little bit more it would
have been different, he said.
On defense, we just have to
talk. But I think well be all
right. It just hurts right now.
Dec. 1
Middleton ..... 24 29 53
Madison Memorial ...... 25 31 56
MIDDLETON Ashford 4 0-0 11,
Eady 3 3-3 9, Fermanich 1 0-0 2,
Jackson 1 0-0 2, Murphy 5 5-7 15,
Roquet 2 2-2 8, Smith 3 0-0 6. Totals 19
10-12 53.
MADISON MEMORIAL
Bennett 1 3-4 5, Brown 3 0-0 6, M.
Caropreso 5 0-1 10, Ferguson 3 5-6 11,
Knecht 2-4 2, Knight 3 10-14 16,
Wilson 1 4-6 6. Totals 16 24-35 56.
3-point goals MM 0, Mi 5
(Ashford 3, Roquet 2). Total fouls
MM 13, Mi 26.
Senior
guard
C.J.
Fermanich had six points and
eight rebounds, while junior
wing Davis Roquet had six
points. Senior wing Myron
Ashford Jr., added four
rebounds and junior guard
Alan Roden had three steals.
Junior guard Marlon Ruffin
led Sun Prairie with 14 points.
Middleton held Sun Prairie
to 33% shooting from the field
and forced 22 turnovers.
Middleton also outrebounded
Sun Prairie, 36-30.
Middleton has held opponents to an average of 50.3
points per game in its first
three contests.
Don't let the final score
fool you, it was a tough win,
Bavery said. We're definitely
behind where I expected us to
be offensively, but maybe a
bit ahead defensively. We'd
like to think any team we hold
under 60 should be a win for
us.
Roquet had five early
points as Middleton started
strong. Eady had 10 first half
points, but Sun Prairie hung
tough and Middletons lead
was just 23-20 at the break.
Eady had a big second half,
as well, scoring 13 points in
the second stanza, highlighted
by a resounding breakaway
dunk that helped put the game
away in the final minutes.
Fermanich also went 6-of-6
from the free throw line down
the stretch and Murphy was 3for-3.
Our overall movement
was better, but our timing is
not there yet and we aren't
making the simple plays,
Bavery said. Making one
more pass sometimes, one less
pass another, always making
the easy pass, and making the
right play in the moment are
themes we have to focus on.
In addition, Bavery highlighted the play of Ashford Jr.
and Roden for playing hungry.
Those two rose to the
occasion, Bavery said. Alan
simply makes plays because
hes willing to stick his nose
into places not everyone is
willing to do yet. We will
get everyone there as its the
only way this team can reach
it's potential.
On deck: Middleton traveled to Madison West
Tuesday, then is at Janesville
Craig Friday at 7:30 p.m. Both
games should provide great
motivation for the Cardinals.
West defeated Middleton in
a regional final last year.
Craig won at Middleton in the
regular season finale, preventing the Cardinals from capturing sole possession of the Big
Eight.
There are no easy nights
this year in the Big Eight,
Bavery said.
Dec. 3
Middleton 58, Sun Prairie 41
Sun Prairie ... 20 21 41
Middleton ..... 23 35 58
SUN PRAIRIE Jansen 0-2,
Ruffin 6 1-3 14, Schaefer 1 0-1 2,
Schroeder 1 0-0 2, Strey 5 1-3 12,
Suchomel 1-2 1, White 1 4-6 7, Schaefer
1 0-0 2. Totals 14 8-18 41.
MIDDLETON Ashford 1 0-0 3,
Eady 6 10-13 23, Fermanich 6-6 6,
Murphy 5 6-7 17, Roquet 2 1-2 6, Smith
1-2 1, Roden 1 0-2 2. Totals 15 24-32
58.
3-point goals MID 4 (Ashford 1,
Eady 1, Murphy 1, Roquet 1), SUN 2
(Ruffin 1, Strey 1, White 1). Total fouls
MID 23, SUN 27.
n SWIMMING
PAGE 16
Blake Zillner was fifth.

Nathan Kim was second in the
200-yard IM, while Luke
Delaney was fourth and
Andrew Martin was seventh.
Nate Lamers was fourth in
the 50-yard freestyle, while
Kim was fifth in the 100-yard
IM and Sam Young was
eighth. Parkin was also fourth
in the 100-yard freestyle and
Lamers was seventh.
Michael Draves and Isaac
Hanson were sixth and seventh, respectively, in the 50yard butterfly. Young, Andrew
Lund and Jack Mondi were
fifth, sixth and seventh in the
50-yard breaststroke, while
Martin was also seventh in the
200-yard freestyle.
It was a sprint invite, so
all the distances were shorter, Lynam said. We had a lot
of fun getting a chance to
show off some of the speed
we have been working on the
past few weeks.
Lynam has a lengthy swimming background.
Lynam swam at Verona
High School and UW-Stevens
Point. He later spent a year as
a volunteer assistant coach for
the Pointers, then coached
Mount Horeb in the TriCounty League and Seminole
in the All-City League.
Lynam was an assistant
coach at Madison West for
two years, assisted at
Middleton last season and
took over the program from
Sam Niesen this year.
Since I have retired in the
water I have kept my passion
for swimming alive on the
deck, Lynam said. I love
working with high school athletes because they are typically just starting to grow, get
stronger, and find unexpected
speed. Middleton has a history
of a strong swimming program and I look forward to
continuing that tradition.
Lynam inherits a gifted
group that will be looking to
improve on last years seventh
place finish at state.

Draves finished second at
state last year in the 500-yard
freestyle and was seventh in
the
200-yard
freestyle.
Delaney was 15th in the 100yard butterfly and 17th in the
200-yard freestyle.
Michael joined us midseason last year and had a difficult time with the transition to
our training program, Lynam
said. Starting the season with
us this year sets up the expectation that he will do very well
in the middle distance and distance events at state.
Luke Delaney has always
been useful as multi-event
swimmer, able to fill any gaps
in the line-up as needed. Some
new talent in the freshman
class should allow us to keep
him focused on his strength
the butterfly and make an
even bigger impact this year.
Young has impressed early
on in the 100 breaststroke,
while Lund is much stronger
and should excel in the
freestyle events and the butterfly. Martin is expected to
make an impact in the 200 and
500 freestyles, while Kim has
impressed in the 200 IM, the
500 freestyle and the 400
freestyle relay and Lamers has
shined as a sprint freestyler.
Lynam knows the Big
Eight Conference is as good
as ever. The postseason will
also be filled with potential
potholes.
But Lynam also knows his
Cardinals have the ability to
do some big things.
I want the guys to be consciously challenging their
stroke and feel for the water in
order to better improve it, he
said. I want to get away from
the mindset that more work is
better and focus more on the
quality of the work we are
putting in. If we can do this I
hope that we can move up
from seventh at the state meet
last year to fifth this year.
File photos
Erick
Grelle
(top),
Isaac
Hanson (left) and
Middletons boys
swimming and
diving team have
high hopes this
season.
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Hockey Cardinals split a pair

PAGE 20
Middletons hockey team

split a pair of games last week.
The Cardinals defeated visiting Green Bay Notre Dame,
2-1, last Friday. Middleton then
dropped a 6-2 decision to host
Stevens Point last Saturday.
Middleton is now 2-1 on the
young season.
In the Cardinals win over
Notre Dame, Justin Engelkes
scored a shorthanded goal just
1:12 into the game on an assist

by Ross Johnson.
It stayed that way until early
in the third period, when Notre
Dame got the equalizer just 32
seconds into the period.
But with just 1:07 left in the
game,
Middletons
Troy
Reifsteck scored a power play
goal that was the game-winner.
Zach Heidel and Connor Julius
both assisted on the play,
The Cardinals then fell to

Stevens Point the following
night.
The Pointers jumped to a 20 lead before Middletons
Hunter Kowalski notched an
even strength goal late in the
first period to make it 2-1.
Bryce Schuster and Engelkes
assisted on the goal.
Stevens Point struck for two
quick goals, though, in the sec-
ond period and pushed its lead

to 4-1. Heidel answered with a
power play goal late in the period for Middleton that pulled
the Cardinals within 4-2.
But the Pointers put
Middleton away in the third
period.
On deck: Middleton hosted Madison Memorial Tuesday,
then is at Verona Friday at 7
p.m.
Zach Heidel (left) and Middletons hockey team split a pair of

games last week.

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