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Kettle Park West
Phase 2
plan seeks
$11M in TIF
Proposed financial
assistance to be
funded two ways
TIF projects
BILL LIVICK
Unified Newspaper Group
Photo by Amber Levenhagen
Second grade students at Fox Prairie Elementary School embrace themselves as they sing United We Sing at the All
School Sing concert on Dec. 20.
Singing loud for all to hear

Students at Fox Prairie Elementary
School gathered for an All School
Sing concert on Dec. 20. The auditorium, full of seated and standing
parents, was also full of music as
students sang songs such as Africa
by Toto, Just Cant Wait to be King
by Elton John and Here Comes the
Sun by George Harrison.
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everyone including audience mem- Elementary School All School Sing event:
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On the web
Kettle Park Wests developer has requested more

than $11 million in tax-increment financing from the
city for projects it wants to
do in the second phase of
the 140-acre development.
Members of the Common Council met Monday
night as a committee to discuss the TIF request, which
some alders have already
expressed they will not support.
After presentations by
the city finance director and
the citys financial consultant, the committee went
into a closed session to discuss the terms of a possible
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On-site infrastructure
Build Jackson Street/
Hwy. 51 intersection
Build Hwys. 51/138 intersection
Extend Jackson Street
Build Oak Opening Drive
Install regional stormwater pond
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Off-site infrastructure
Improve Oak Opening
Drive, Deer Point Drive in
Rutland
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City of Stoughton
Poverty a growing problem in SASD Fur auction expansion

Discussion held on
Homeless
SCOTT DE LARUELLE
As the numbers of
Stoughton Area School
District students considered economically disadvantaged continues to
rise doubling in the past
decade school officials
are looking for ways to
help.
The district held a discussion Monday night on
poverty in the schools, and
what the community can
do about it, prior to the regular board meeting. About
50 people attended, including some board members,
students at
SASD*
Courier Hub
eligible for free or reduced

lunch prices.
In Stoughton, a four-person family would qualify for reduced lunches
with an annual household
income of $44,955 or less;
or free lunches with an
annual household income
of $31,590.
Incitti said because
those numbers are typically underrepresented for a
variety of reasons, the actual numbers are likely even
higher.
For a student to be identified and show up on this
graph, we have to know
about them, and know they
are living in this situation,
she said. Sometimes,
Turn to Poverty/Page 13
will get $3M in TIF

Free land for
110,000-square-foot
NAFA building
BILL LIVICK
The Common Council

last week agreed to sell
10.5 acres of city-owned
land in Business Park North
to North American Fur
Auction and give the company a grant to pay for the
property.
NAFA plans to construct
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building on the land in Tax
Increment Finance District
6, and the council approved
a TIF grant of $377,000 for
the company. It has four
years to do so.
The council also authorized the city to borrow up
to $5 million to construct
improvements in the business park, both for NAFA
and future projects.
Upgrades include an eastwest road extending from
Williams Drive to Progress
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community solutions
administrators, teachers,
parents and students, to
see presentations by several SASD staff members,
including social workers
Teresa Hermanson and
Julie Incitti. They watched
Year
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several instructional videos
2012-13
59
on students dealing with
poverty and its effects,
2013-14
58
looked at recent data on
2014-15
60
poverty in the district and
2015-16
63
beyond and began the discussion about identifying
2016-17
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problems and possible
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solutions.
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Stoughton Courier Hub
150 Christmases
First Lutheran Church wraps up milestone year

SCOTT DE LARUELLE
If You Go
This years holiday services

at First Lutheran Church
in Stoughton will mark the
churchs 150th Christmas
season, a remarkable accomplishment for a church that
has changed names three
times but has had just nine
senior pastors.
On Oct. 6, 1866, just a year
after the conclusion of the
Civil War and assassination of
President Abraham Lincoln,
a group of Lutherans from
Stoughton and the surrounding area met in the basement
of the Universalist Church to
form the first Lutheran church
in the city: the Evangelical
Lutheran Church of Stoughton. Originally, the congregation celebrated worship in
Norwegian, as many of the
early pastors and members
either recently emigrated or
had strong connections to
Norway minutes were taken under the heading, I Jesu
Navn (In Jesus name).
Monthly services were
conducted the first year at
the Congregational Church
in Stoughton before the First
Evangelical Lutheran Church
was constructed on the southwest corner of East Jefferson
and Sixth streets, on land
donated by Stoughton founder Luke Stoughton.
The white, wooden building was 40 feet long, 30 feet
wide and 18 feet high, built
for $2,800. As the church
grew, 23 members from
Cooksville decided to fund
a new church in the village
in 1891. In 1892, the church
changed its name to the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran
Church, and the following
year, the entire building was
moved one block over to
the corner of Sixth and East
South streets to be used as
part of an apartment building.
What: First Lutheran

Church Christmas Eve/
Day worship services
When: 3, 4:30, 6:30
and 10 p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 24, and 9:30 a.m.
Sunday, Dec. 25
Where: First Lutheran
Church, 310 E. Washington St.
Info: 873-7761
Seasonal
services
Photo by Scott De Laruelle
First Lutheran Church of Stoughton is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. The church, which has moved location
since its founding due to a fire, was originally named The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Stoughton.
On the Web
Watch a montage of First Lutheran
Churchs history:
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watch?v=JrORcruZeNk
On May 3 of that year,
the cornerstone for the new
church was laid: a large,
beige brick building that cost
$16,000. In 1920, the name
was changed once again to
its current rendition, First
Lutheran Church.
From the ashes

The church on the corner of Sixth and East South
stood until Sunday, Oct. 22,
1944, when a devastating fire
caused by an organ electrical
malfunction forced the church
to relocate and rebuild.
According to the churchs

150th anniversary booklet,
around 200 members of the
church stood and watched
in tears as the steeple came
crashing down in the midst of
the blaze.
Current senior pastor Bill
Lehman related a story thats
become lore now within our
tradition.
There was also a bunch
of coal in the area where
it (the organ) was stored,
and according to the rumor,
(the fire) simmered for days
because of all that coal, and
eventually melted the bricks,
he explained. There was
almost literally nothing left
except an old altar and some
communion ware.
After the fire, services
were held at the Badger Theater, with communion services offered at Our Saviors
Lutheran Church. On Oct. 26,

1944, church members voted
to build a new church between
Fourth and Fifth streets on E.
Washington Street.
On Nov. 7, 1948, the new
building was dedicated, and
featured 58 ornate stained
glass windows designed by
Karl Friedlmaier of Munich,
Germany. Lehman said
because of their value and
originality, their insurance
replacement value for the
windows is well into the millions of dollars.
In 1964, an education
wing was added to the north
side of the church at a cost
of $110,000, and in 1987, a
parking lot was added. Two
years later, a variety of renovation projects were completed, including creation of new
offices, ramps and stairways,
maintenance and adding a
paved parking lot.

Lehman, who started at the
church in 1999, is joined by
associate pastor Sara Peterson Ehrets who became the
churchs first female pastor in
2004 and visitation pastors
Dick Halom and John Shep.
Lehman chuckled on Monday as he looked at photos
of the eight previous pastors, noting that compared
to those with 30-plus years
experience like Martin Hegge
(1903-36) and more recently,
Amos Stolen (1937-68), hes
still a bit of a rookie. Hes
moving up the list, though,
slowly but surely.
Ive been here into my
17th year, so Im now in
fourth place, he said.
Email Unified Newspaper
Group reporter Scott De
Laruelle at scott.delaruelle@
wcinet.com.
The church is celebrating its 150th Christmas

season with a variety
of worship services. On
Christmas Eve, Saturday, Dec. 24, there are
four services. The 3 p.m.
service includes musical
performances by First
Kids and Faith Alive, the
4:30 p.m. service features performances by the
Youth Choir and Faith Alive,
the 6:30 p.m. service is
a candlelight service with
special music and a Communion, while the 10 p.m.
service is also a candlelight
service, with Alleluia Bells,
FLC Senior Choir and
Communion.
The Christmas Day
worship service begins at
9:30 a.m., Sunday, Dec.
25. For information, visit
flcstoughton.com.
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December 22, 2016
City of Stoughton
Pig wrestling ban up for

council vote Dec. 27
The ordinance
BILL LIVICK
Last summer, an annual pig-wrestling event at Stoughton Junior Fair

was the subject of heated debate in
the community. It was canceled amid
the Common Councils unanimous
condemnation of the activity.
Though the fair had already stated
it did not plan to bring the event back
in 2017, it appears likely such activities will no longer be legal in Stoughton. The council held a first reading of
an ordinance to ban it within the city
Tuesday, Dec. 13. And though there
was no discussion among alders, the
council is expected to adopt the ordinance at its next meeting, Dec. 27.
The grandstand event was called off
two weeks before it was scheduled to
occur July 1 at the fair, when the Fair
Board accepted an offer by the council to pay the organization $6,000 if it
agreed to cancel the wrestling.
It would have been the seventh
consecutive year the fair had held
the event, which fair board representatives said was a top money-maker
for the organization, bringing in an
estimated $6,000 annually. That was
Pig wrestling is prohibited. For

purposes of this section, pig wrestling means any contest, game, or
other like activity, in which a pig,
greased, oiled or otherwise, is released and wherein the object is the
capture of the pig.
the basis for the amount the council
offered to pay to cancel it.
The event had drawn the attention
of animal-rights activists since 2010,
and this year the debate was louder
than ever, drawing more than 9,000
signatures to an online petition and
extensive discussion on social media.
Ald. Michael Engelberger (D-2)
led the councils action against pig
wrestling. He wrote a letter to the Fair
Board in June promising to outlaw the
event in Stoughton, saying it didnt
put the city in a good light because
it was perceived by many as abusive
to the animals.
At the councils last meeting in
June, 23 people spoke about the
event: ten were in favor and 13 were
opposed, many of them non-residents.
The Fair Board announced in a

news release June 16 it would accept
the citys offer and cancel the event.
We expect to lose a lot more in
revenue than the $6,000 donation
from the city, the fairs statement
said. This will not only hurt the
thousands of people in Stoughton that
look forward to this event each year,
but also the agricultural community in
our area as a whole.
But Mayor Donna Olson spoke in
support of the councils decision.
It provides a peaceful environment
for the fair, Olson said in June of
canceling the event, which involved
teams of people placing a pig on a
barrel but not in the barrel, as some
other pig wrestling events do. (The
fair has) always been a great event for
Stoughton for 91 years.
Olson told the Hub in June she had
received a call from a resident asking
about using $6,000 in city tax money
to stop pig wrestling.
The answer is its a council decision, Olson said, noting that the
Council voted 9-0 to approve the onetime donation. Its good to have resolution to this so that our businesses
can feel comfortable as well as those
visiting the fair.
Contact Bill Livick at bill.livick@
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Deal sets 2020 repair for U.S. 51

BILL LIVICK
City officials and state

highway officials have
reached an agreement to
repair pavement on U.S.
Hwy. 51 between Page Street
and Hoel Avenue.
The section of roadway,
known locally as Main Street,
is on the states schedule for
In brief
Council expands
chickens rule
Group daycares, schools
and churches would be
allowed to keep up to four
hens if the Common Council amends an ordinance
governing the keeping of
chickens at its next meeting, Dec. 27.
The loosening of the rule
is in response to a request
from the operator of a daycare operation on Chalet
Drive who said she sees the
birds as a way to connect
children with nature. The
ordinance allows four hens
to be kept on residentially
zoned property with a single family, duplex or twin
home residential unit.
Park name approved

The Common Council on
Dec. 13 approved a name for
a park at the Nordic Ridge
development. On an 11-1
vote, the council gave the
OK to name it Nordic Ridge
Park on Peterson Farm.
Ald. Mike Engelberger
(D-2) said a better name
would be Peterson Farm
Park, but the Parks and
repair in 2020. Last week

the Common Council unanimously approved an agreement that calls for the city
to reimburse the state for 25
percent of the design engineering cost $52,500 to
repair the street.
The road has an asphalt
surface that has numerous cracks. The concrete
base has also deteriorated,
planning director Rodney
Scheel told the council, and
will need some structural
improvements. He said the
improvements should last for

10 to 15 years.
The work involves removing the existing asphalt and
putting down a new layer,
as well as shoring up the
concrete base. The project
will also include replacing
sidewalk curb ramps, where
needed.
The scheduled timing for
the improvement is contingent on the availability of
state and federal funding.
Ald. Dennis Kittleson
(D-1) asked what would
happen if the state doesnt

have the money to do the
work in 2020.
Scheel said its not likely the state would delay the
project, but if it does, the
citys investment would still
be worthwhile because the
street needs to be repaired,
and the design engineering
will have to be done regardless of when the work takes
place.
Contact Bill Livick at bill.
livick@wcinet.com
Most Wisconsinites know

winter is certainly a season
when bad weather can hit, be
it blizzards or sub-zero cold
snaps. To keep everyone on
the same page when it comes
to delaying or canceling
school or school events, the
Stoughton Area School District issued a news release
this month on the process.
Many people and factors
are involved when it comes
to evaluating whether to
delay or cancel school, said
district superintendent Tim
Onsager, who noted the process starts as early as 4a.m.
when hell confer with district transportation coordinator Rob Riley about daily
weather conditions, using
local and national weather
information.
They contact county
and municipal road crews
to assess road conditions
during transport times, and
a driver is assigned to travel a rural route to determine
the roads safety. Onsager
said buses are considered to
be able to operate safely if
plows are able to have snow
removed from the majority
of bus routes, and there is no
concern for high winds or a
rate of snowfall that would
prohibit keeping the roads
clear.
Few vehicles are safer
than buses in winter driving
conditions, he said. If it is
determined we cannot safely
transport children to school,
or cannot safely transport
children home from school,
then schools will be delayed,

dismissed early or closed.
Onsager said the districts
intention is to make a final
decision on delaying or closing school by 6:30a.m., and
will use its emergency notification system and local news
outlets to spread the word.
Weather factors
During cold weather generating a wind chill warning
(-35 degrees, sustained),
schools will close for the day
or delay starting if the warning will be lifted mid-morning. He said district officials
will also consider closing
schools during a wind chill
advisory (-25 degrees).
When it comes to dismissing school early due to
weather, Onsager said that
decision depends on additional criteria, including
a requirement that the district notify the public by
approximately 11a.m. in
order to provide reasonable
notice to parents.
Literally hundreds of
young children have no one
at home in the afternoon to
accommodate an early dismissal (so) their safety from
early dismissal to the point
at which parental supervision is available is considered, he said.
Onsager said parents
who have sincere concern
for the safety of their child
can keep them home or pick
them up from school early.
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Recreation Committee
wanted to keep the subdivision name in the park
title, explained Ald. Regina
Hirsch (D-3).
Ald. Sid Boersma (D-1)
suggested Nordic Ridge
Peterson Park would work.
Hirsch said the committee
also discussed that name
but decided on Nordic
Ridge Park on Peterson
Farm because it maintains
the family farm heritage
in the official name. She

said the park would have a
plaque explaining the history of the land its on.
Mayor Donna Olson said
the committee recognized
the park would probably be
called Peterson Farm Park
informally, and that its formal name would be used
only on official documents.
The council majority voted
to approve the name, with
Boersma voting against.
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December 22, 2016
Opinion
Letters to the editor
Courier Hub should fact-check letters

Last week, the Stoughton
Courier Hub featured a cover
story describing Stoughtons
declining school enrollment
and the importance of
attracting young professionals
to our city. Ironically, the
same issue included a letter to
the editor quoting statistics
from a fake news blog.
I think it is safe to say
that any reasonably wellinformed parents evaluating
our city as a place to raise
and educate their children
were not impressed by this.
The Courier Hub plays
an important role in the
perceptions that people form
of our community. I believe
letters to the editor conveying
observations and opinions
of the local residents help to
demonstrate that the people
of Stoughton are caring and
contributing citizens.
I wouldnt want to see
letters censored for stating
any particular opinion;
however, I dont think it is
too much to ask that these
letters are truthful. It would
only take a few minutes of
fact-checking, but it would go

a long way toward improving
our communitys stature.
Todd Hubing,
City of Stoughton
Editors note:
While it is not the policy
of Unified Newspaper Group
t o t h o ro ugh l y f a c t c h e c k
ever y letter for misleading
statements (particularly when
they address topics of a nonlocal nature, where we do
not have extensive expertise),
Hu bi ng is i n d eed cor rect
that a letter to the editor
submitted by Tim Carter in the
Dec. 15 issue of the Courier
Hub contained inaccurate
statements about how many
counties Hillary Clinton and
Donald Trump purportedly
won in the November
presidential election.
Carters letter spreads a
falsehood that appears to have
originated with a Breitbart
News story. Clinton won at
least 487 counties according
to Factcheck.org.
Thank you for supporting choirs

The SHS Choir Boosters would like to thank all of the
parents, students, community members and merchants who
helped make the Breakfast with Santa on Dec. 4, as well as the
Madrigal Dinners Dec. 10-12, great successes.
Each year the SHS Choirs put on these events and bring joy
to so many. We are so fortunate to have a great choir program
at Stoughton High School. Choir director Ryan Casey is such
an asset to the school district, and we are lucky to have him
lead our students. Thank you to all!
Beth Bauer,
SHS Choir Boosters
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previously and fractured his hip.
It was gratifying to talk with
him about how his therapist,
Jeanne, has worked with him to
help him gain
strength and
confidence.
If you have
a relative or
friend that
has fallen,
resulting in
the need for
increased care
Stenbroten
in their home,
or you have
experienced a fall yourself, you
are not alone. Each year, more
than 1.6 million adults visit the
emergency department for fallrelated injuries, and more than
one in three people 65 or older
fall each year.
The risk of falling and the
consequences rise as people
age. Fractures caused by falls
contribute to the number-one
cause of hospital admissions for
trauma, along with the inability
for the person to return to
their own home. Falls not only
impact quality of life for the
older adult, but also are costly
to our healthcare system.
Most people are not in tune
with the risks associated with
falling in our homes. And
simple changes can go a long
way in preventing falls. Thats
why its important to speak with
a healthcare provider any time
there is a fall, even if there is no
injury.
For one thing, they are wellinformed about home safety
and fall prevention. They can
help make changes that allow
Make sure you have adequate lighting.

Use nightlights in bathrooms and hallways.
Always have a working flashlight near your bed.
Install grab bars in the bathroom and shower area, and always
use them.
Install handrails on both sides of steps.
Remove anything that could cause you to fall.
Arrange your furniture so you have adequate room to walk.
Secure all carpet to floor and stairs.
Use non-slip mats or strips on any slippery floors.
Clean up spills immediately.
Rearrange items you use frequently so you dont have to reach
for them.
Wear non-skid shoes at all times.
Use common sense and listen to your body.
Dont try activities that can increase your fall risk if youre not
feeling well.
Dont carry anything on the stairs.
people to live independently

in their homes, along with
providing therapy to address
any weakness, gait or balance
issues.
In addition, falls can be a
symptom of a medical problem.
A review of medications can
help prevent falls. The physician
might also suggest an eye exam.
Another possible result could
be having an occupational
therapist, physical therapist or
registered nurse visit the home,
as 60 percent of falls happen at
home.
When I spoke with Lloyd, he
shared with me some tips his
physical therapist has taught
him to avoid falls, such as
ensuring adequate lighting,

making sure all areas of the
house are easy and safe to walk
through.
He is so thankful for the
direction and support we
provided, and he was eager to
share that Jeanne is working
with him to use a cane instead
of the walker, a goal he is
motivated to reach.
So if you or someone you love
is at risk of falling, remember
that falls are preventable and
doctors can help.
Julie Stenbroten is the Home
Health Manager at Stoughton
Hospital.
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December 22, 2016
BILL LIVICK
Plans for a new hotel and

senior housing facility in the
Kettle Park West development passed the final stage
last week.
On a 10-2 vote, Tuesday,
Dec. 13, the Common Council approved Forward Development Groups plan to
build a four-story, 93-room
Tru by Hilton hotel with a
10,700-square-foot conference center on the north side
of Jackson Street, as well as
a 100-unit senior housing
facility on a lot next to the
hotel.
The council also approved
the developers plan to
extend Jackson Street by 140
feet west of where it presently ends.
Work on the hotel is

expected to begin in March,
FDG development manager Dennis Steinkraus told
the council, and should take
about a year to complete.
Kathleen Tass Johnson
(D-2) and Dennis Kittleson
(D-1) voted against all three
items. They had previously
opposed the entire development because they felt it is
not supported by a majority
of city residents.
The city has committed more than $5 million in
tax-increment financing to
build public improvements
leading to the KPW commercial center, but the developer said the hotel and senior
housing facility will be built
without the citys TIF.
The hotel would have a
205-stall parking lot on the
north side of the building
and is planned to have two
entrances off Jackson Street
and two stormwater ponds,
one with a walking path
around it.
The conference center

would have capacity for up
to 300 people and be next to
a large courtyard, featuring
a 170-seat amphitheater and
small stage. The center will
feature a nano wall design
that allows glass walls to
open entirely to an adjacent
patio with space for 180 people. A planner described the
patio as iconic and a centerpiece of the hotel and conference center development.
The senior facility will be
a combination of apartments
and assisted-living units,
Steinkraus said. He added
the company planning the
facility has until the end of
the month to sign agreements
and would present building
plans in the spring.
The council approved a
preliminary plat for the projects in the summer and the
final plat last week, with little
discussion.
Council president Tim
Swadley told Steinkraus hes
concerned about the type of
housing that will be developed in KPW. He said a

senior housing facility would
elevate property values while
doing little or nothing to add
to school district enrollment
numbers.
The type of senior housing there really matters, he
said. That information is
going to be valuable for me
in deciding how to vote.
Swadley said schools
needs young families with
children to move to Stoughton, and hed be reluctant to
vote for development that
has a negative effect on the
school district.
Steinkraus responded that
plans for KPWs second
phase include the development of single-family lots
that would draw families to
the city, but the hotel and
senior living facility would
have to come first.
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development agreement
with Forward Development
Group relating to KPW
Phase 2.
Council president Tim
Swadley told the Hub on
Tuesday the council will ask
its financial adviser, Springsted Inc., for a cost proposal
to verify the numbers provided by the developer.
Springsted vice president
Mikaela Huot said her companys review of the TIF
application supports the
developer request for assistance.
FDG says in its TIF application that at full buildout,
KPW will add more than $94
million to the city of Stoughton and Stoughton Area
School District tax base and
generate annual tax revenues
of more than $2 million.
Huot said Springsted
would need to more closely
scrutinize and vet the financial figures the developer
presented in its TIF application before the company
could make a final judgment
on the request.
FDGs TIF request is
divided into projects within
the KPW plat boundary and
those outside the plat.
The city committed almost
$5 million in TIF for the first
phase of development the
35-acre commercial center thats anchored by the
Wal-Mart Supercenter. Most
of that went to infrastructure, including intersection
improvements.
Wal-Mart to hire 85 associates for

new store:
The TIF application for
Phase 2 seeks $5.4 million in
assistance for on-site projects
and $5.7 million for off-site
work.
FDG has proposed whats
known as a pay-as-you-go
TIF for the on-site projects,
which means the developer would pay the upfront
costs of construction within
the plat and be reimbursed
through new taxes generated
by the increased value in the
TIF district.
For the off-site work, the
developer is seeking more
traditional TIF paid upfront
by the district. That would
include improvements to the
U.S. Hwy. 51/Roby Road
intersection and other roads
outside the plat, but within
one-half mile of the TIF district boundary, as limited by
state law.
Its really projects that
the city has requested and
required, and arent really to
the benefit of the development but the community as a
whole, finance director Laurie Sullivan told the Hub.
The council plans to meet
in January to continue discussing the TIF application.
TIF justification
City leaders have repeatedly called for more housing,
and KPWs developer has
used the promise of the housing component as an enticement to support the development.
FDG development manager Dennis Steinkraus told
the Hub that Phase 2 includes
about 300 residential units.
Plans call for about 50 single-family residential lots,
four large apartment buildings
and 25-30 duplexes, he said,
as well as the development of
a parcel for an office building.
While the housing provides
the perceived value for the
city, much of the justification
for the TIF is in the expense
involved in developing the
area, which has complicated terrain, including environmentally sensitive kettle
ponds, and some difficulties
with road access points.
Among the projects are
grading and construction of
a large neighborhood park,
expansion of a stormwater
management system and the
preservation of natural habitat areas. The development
plan also calls for upgrading the U.S. 51/Roby Road
intersection and building a
collector street inside the
development, Oak Opening
Drive, and connecting it to
Hwy. 138.
In May, and again in
August, alders told FDG
it would have to connect
Oak Opening Drive to the
highway before the council
would authorize the developer to begin work in Phase
2. That requirement was part
of initial development plans
known as a preliminary plat.
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In May, the council authorized FDG to begin working

on a hotel and a senior living
facility on the north side of
Jackson Street in Phase 2, but
said it would not allow other
work to start in the second
phase until the DOT approves
a highway connection with
Oak Opening Drive.
Last week, FDG attorney
Dan OCallaghan asked the
council to allow a right-in/
right-out access point on
Oak Opening to the highway,
acknowledging that in the
future the intersection would
be more fully developed with
traffic signals or a roundabout.
He said a traffic impact
analysis doesnt warrant a
full intersection now.
Weve had conversations
with the DOT, and this is the
plan they say may work,
OCallaghan said.
Ald. Tom Majewski called
the developers request premature because the council
hasnt approved the request
for the TIF, which would pay
for the work.
The council voted Monday to postpone a resolution
approving the configuration
for the connection to the
highway.
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1525 N. Van Buren Street
Stoughton, WI 53589
Christmas Season Worship Times
Holy Communion is offered at each service

Christmas Eve
Candlelight at each service

4:00pm Family Worship
7:00pm 10:00pm
Christmas Day
9:00am (only)
New Years Eve
5:30pm
New Years Day
9:00am (only)
Merry Christmas!
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Christmas Worship Times

Saturday, Christmas Eve
4:00 p.m.
A Childrens Christmas Eve with

Youth Choirs, Joseph, Mary, Baby Jesus,
Angels and Shepherds
Communion with Candle Lighting
6:00 p.m.
A Christmas Eve with Cancel Choir

Communion and Candle Lighting
11:00 p.m.
A Christmas Eve with Special Music

Communion and Candle Lighting

9:00 a.m.
Fellowship & coffee following worship

No Sunday School
New Years Day Service

9:00 a.m.
Fellowship & coffee following worship

No Sunday School
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Community calendar
Recycle old cell phones and

other used electronics at the senior
center and Hanson Electronics, 2384
Jackson St.
Recycling these materials helps
keep harmful chemicals out of
landfills, and 90 percent of proceeds
benefit the senior center.
For information, call 873-8585.
Food budgeting
I s bu d g e t i n g f o r f o o d t i g h t ?
Fo o d S h a r e Wi s c o n s i n , a f o o d
assistance program for individuals
with low or no income, may be able
to help.
Working people or those receiving
S o c i a l S e c u r i t y, S S I , S S D I o r
Unemployment may be eligible for
the program if their monthly income
is less than $1,862 for one person;
$2,522 for two people; $3,182 for
three people; or $3,842 for four
people.
To make an appointment for free
application assistance, call the
FoodShare Helpline at 1-877-3663635.
Walking program
Join an indoor walking program
during the winter months that meets color theory, the class will work on
from 5-7 p.m. Monday through more involved projects.
Friday through March 23 at River
Bluff Middle School, 235 N. Forrest
Music program
St.
For information, contact the
People of all ages can participate
senior center at 873-8585.
in an interactive Through the Ages:
Music Makers workshop from
Christmas show
10-11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 30, at the
Watch Elvis impersonator Alan senior center.
Music Together teacher Eliza
G r ave e n p e r f o r m a C h r i s t m a s
Gospel Show at 1 p.m. Thursday, Ty k s i n s k i w i l l l e a d a c t iv i t i e s
centered around chants, songs and
Dec. 22, at the senior center.
Graveen will perform Christmas movements that are engaging for a
and Gospel tunes, including Blue range of ability levels.
Christmas, Silent Night, His
Hand in Mine and more.
Mandt Lodge julebukking
Sons of Norway- Mandt Lodge
Watercolor class
will go julebukking Tuesday, Dec.
Those interested in advancing 27.
They will meet at the lodge at
their watercolor painting skills can
attend a class starting Tuesday, Jan. 5:30 to get organized and will head
3 and repeating weekly through Jan. out to sing to members and others.
24 at the senior center.
Any non-members interested in
The class starts at 7:30 p.m. and joining this evening of song and
has a $50 registration deadline socializing are welcome to do so.
o f D e c . 3 0 . T h e i n t e r m e d i a t e There also will be a social event
watercolor class is designed for planned afterwards.
For information, contact
s t u d e n t s w h o h av e h a d s o m e
ex p e r i e n c e w i t h wa t e r c o l o r o r Darlene Arneson at 873-7209 or
have taken the introductory course. arnesonfamily5@gmail.com.
Designed to advance basic skills and
Bahai Faith
Cooksville Lutheran Church
Alfred Skerpan, 877-0911

or Gail and Greg Gagnon, 873-9225
us.bahai.org Stoughton study classes.
11927 W. Church St., Evansville

882-4408 Pastor Karla Brekke
Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship and Sunday
School
2200 Lincoln Ave. lakevc.org

Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship
Covenant Lutheran Church
616 Albion Rd., Edgerton

561-7450 albionsdb@gmail.com
Worship Saturday 11- Sabbath School 10
Meal follows service on first Sabbath
2095 Hwy. W, Utica

873-7077 423-3033
Sunday: 10 a.m. - Worship; 6 p.m. Worship
Christ Lutheran Church

700 Hwy. B, Stoughton
873-9353 e-mail: office@
clcstoughton.org
Sunday Worship: 8 and 10:30 a.m.
Traditional Worship. 9:10 a.m.
Family Express, followed by Sunday
School
Christ the King Community

Church
401 W. Main St. 877-0303
christthekingcc.org Sunday: 10 a.m.
- Worship
Christian Assembly Church

1844 Williams Drive, Stoughton
873-9106
Saturday: 6 p.m. worship; Sunday: 10
a.m. worship
1525 N. Van Buren St. 873-7494

covluth@chorus.net covluth.org
Saturday: 5:30 p.m. Worship
Sunday: 9 and 10:30 a.m. Worship, 9:30
a.m. Sunday School
Ezra Church
515 E. Main St., Stoughton 834-9050
ezrachurch.com Sunday: 10 a.m.
First Lutheran Church

310 E. Washington, Stoughton
873-7761 flcstoughton.com
Sunday: 8:30 & 10 a.m. worship
Fulton Church
9209 Fulton St., Edgerton
884-8512 fultonchurch.org
Sunday: 8 and 10:30 a.m. Worship
Coffee Fellowship: 9 a.m.
Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.
Varsity (High Schoolers): 12-3 p.m.
AWANA (age 2-middle school): 3-5 p.m.
Good Shepherd By The Lake

The Church of Jesus Christ
Lutheran Church
of Latter-day Saints
1860 Hwy. 51 at Lake Kegonsa, Stoughton
825 S. Van Buren, Stoughton
877-0439 Missionaries 957-3930
Sunday: 9 a.m. Sunday school and
Primary
873-5924
Sunday Worship: 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Education Hour for all ages: 9:15 a.m.
873-4590
www.gundersonfh.com
221 Kings Lynn Rd.

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(608) 873-8888
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Friday, December 30
10-11 a.m., Through the Ages: Music Makers workshop with Eliza Tyksinski, senior center, 873-8585
Saturday, December 31
New Years Eve: Library closed
Sunday, January 1
New Years Day: Library closed

Library closed
Monday, January 2
Tuesday, January 3
7:30 p.m., Intermediate watercolor class begins ($50;

register by Dec. 30), senior center, 873-8585
Wednesday, January 4
1 p.m., Local music by Elaine and Ron Vesterdahl,

senior center, 873-8585
6:30 p.m., The Foundation Scifi Book Group, library,
873-6281
Sunday, January 8
Tuesday, January 10
323 N. Van Buren St. 873-7633

Weekday Mass: Nazareth House
and St. Anns Church
Weekend Mass: Saturday - 5:15 p.m.;
Sunday - 8 and 10:30 a.m.
12-4 p.m., Healing touch sessions, senior center,

873-8585
Wednesday, January 11
3 p.m., Travelogue: Imperial Cities of Europe, senior

center, 873-8585
1 p.m., Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with
Michael Hecht, Stoughton Opera House, 381 E. Main
St., purchase tickets at stoughtonoperahouse.com
United Methodist of
Stoughton
525 Lincoln Avenue, Stoughton

stoughtonmethodist.org
Sunday: 8 a.m. - Short Service;
10 a.m. - Full Worship
Thursday, January 12
2 p.m., Concerned and Caring: Am I a Caregiver?

program, senior center, 873-8585
3 p.m., More about Facebook program, senior center, 873-8585
6:30-7:30 p.m., Thursdays With Murder, library, 8736281
West Koshkonong Lutheran

Church
1911 Koshkonong, Stoughton
Sunday: 10:30 a.m. - Worship
Friday, January 13
9:30 p.m., Coffee with the Mayor, senior center, 8738585
Western Koshkonong
Lutheran Church
2633 Church St., Cottage Grove

Sunday: 9:30 a.m. worship
11 a.m. Bible study
Support groups

10:00 am
(Come comfy!! Christmas casual service!)
New Years Day Service

10:00 am
Stoughton United Methodist Church

525 Lincoln Ave, Stoughton
608-873-3273 www.stoughtonumc10.org
Christmas EvE
CandlElight sErviCE
7:00 PM
2200 Lincoln Ave., Stoughton

www.lakevc.org
Wednesday, December 28
3 p.m., Travelogue program: Antarctica, senior center,

873-8585
2-3:30 p.m., Yoga Sundays (ages 16 and up), library,

873-6281
St. Ann Catholic Church
LakeView
Church
Tuesday, December 27
10-11 a.m., Photographers group meeting, senior

center, 873-8585
Friday, January 6
Corner of Williams Dr. & Cty. B,

873-6517 Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Worship;
6 p.m. Evening Service
All the days of the oppressed are wretched, but the

cheerful heart has a continual feast.
Proverbs 15:15 NIV
Sunday, December 25
Christmas Day: Library closed
1 p.m., Friday Movie: Florence Foster Jenkins,

7:30 p.m., Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands,
Stoughton Opera House, 381 E. Main St., purchase
tickets at stoughtonoperahouse.com
Stoughton Baptist Church
The advice to smile more is ancient wisdom. Proverbs

17:22 tells us that A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. And even more
to the point, we are told in Proverbs 15:13 that a happy
heart makes the face cheerful. But it also works in the
other direction: a happy face gladdens the heart. Where
the body goes, the mind will follow, and it turns out that
the mind can be easily tricked into being happy (or sad)
simply by making the face corresponding to the desired
emotion. Smile long enough and youll start to feel
happy; frown and youll soon be feeling quite down. The
mind follows the body as much as the body follows the
mind. When the body plays a role convincingly, the mind
believes it. Dance and exercise work similarly, but smiling
is something we can do throughout the day, and it has
the added benefit of spreading to those around us. We all
know how refreshing it can be to see children laughing
and playing. Most adults have somehow lost that playful
gusto for life, but we can regain it just a bit by simply
smiling and laughing more often.
Christopher Simon, Metro News Service
Christmas Eve: Library closed
Thursday, January 5
Seventh Day Baptist

Church of Albion
Smile More
Thursday, December 22
1 p.m., The Elvis Christmas Gospel Show with Alan

Graveen, senior center, 873-8585
1-5 p.m., Personal Essentials Pantry, 343 E. Main St.,

pepstoughton.org
3:15-4 p.m., Chess Club, library, 873-6281
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Bible Baptist Church
LakeView Church
Diabetic Support Group

6 p.m., second Monday,
Stoughton Hospital, 6286500
Low Vision Support

1-2:30 p.m., third Thursday, senior center, 8738585
Dementia Caregivers
2 p.m., second Thursday,
Parkinsons Group
1:30-2:30 p.m., fourth
Wednesday, senior center,
873-8585
Crohns/Colitis/IBD
Support Group
5:30 p.m., third Wednesday, Stoughton Hospital,
873-7928
Grief Support Groups
2 p.m., third Wednesday,
Multiple Sclerosis Group

10-11:30 a.m., second
Tuesday, senior center,
873-8585
Older Adult Alcoholics
Anonymous
2 p.m., Tuesdays, senior
center, 246-7606 ext. 1182
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December 22, 2016
Hiatus for holiday

fund group
SCOTT DE LARUELLE
The Stoughton Holiday

Fund Committee is taking
a time-out to better reassess
how it can help needy families in the community.
Committee member Tina
Strandlie told the Hub Monday that recent changes in
regulations in storing food, as
well a decrease in both monetary donations and people
applying for help through the
program have forced a pause
in the program. She said
members of the all-volunteer
group, which was created in
1982, will meet with Stoughton Mayor Donna Olson
and other city officials next
month to revisit how we
can help the people in most
need.
At the groups highest
point, Strandlie said the
group was bringing in around
$13,000 a year in donations.
She said in 2012, when she
joined the group, it was helping 869 people in 277 households. This year, those numbers dropped to 297 people in
140 households, for reasons
she said shes not entirely
sure of, though she has some
ideas.
When we started in 1982,
there werent two food pantries, she said.
Some regulations have also
changed. Strandlie said the
group has had to store food
for several months, which
is not practical anymore.
Another reason is the Second Harvest Food Bank that
works with the committee
now requires groups to have
their own non-profit designation, which the committee
does not.
People that applied for
assistance this year received a
gift card to purchase food.
Email Unified Newspaper
Group reporter Scott De
Laruelle at scott.delaruelle@
wcinet.com.
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Decking the halls

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Courier Hub
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Boys swimming
Player of the
week
From Dec. 13-20
Name: Brandon Klein

Grade: Senior
Sport: Wrestling
Highlights: Finished 5-0 to win firstplace at 138 pounds Saturday in the
Badger State Invitational, including
a 3-1 win over Division 2 top-ranked
Viroqua junior Ryan Hannah
photo by Joe Koshollek
Jacob Foldy fist bumps DeForests Noah McKay following the 50-yard freestyle Tuesday at Stoughton High School. Foldy took fifth place and
McKay won the event. The Vikings dropped the Badger Conference crossover meet 110-59.
Leading by example
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
Head coach Katie Talmadge

said juniors Ian Bormett and
Chase Millam werent voted
captains for this seasons Stoughton boys swimming team for the
reason you might thing.
They werent voted captains because they are the fastest swimmers on our team, she
said. They were voted captains
because the team though they
were the two guys that could lead
us the best.
While each has continued to
grow as leaders in and away from
the pool, Bormett and Millam
continued to score points Tuesday by winning a couple of individual wins in a Badger Conference crossover against DeForest.
They were also joined by Luke
McLaury and Connor Clark
also help Stoughton win the
400-meter freestyle relay.
The Vikings fell 110-59 against
the Norskies, however..
Bormett touched out the field
in the 100-yard backstroke in 1

minute, 4.18 seconds and Millam added the 200 free title in
1:56.08.
Millam, Bormett, McLaury
and Clark closed out the meet,
winning the 400 relay in 3:41.98
seconds.
Jet Matteson had four PRs for
the Vikings, while Jacob Turner
had two individual best times and
Clark had a lifetime drop of two
seconds on his leg of the 400 free
relay.
Watertown Inv. (cancelled)

Close to 10 inches of snow fell
over the weekend and forced the
cancellation of the Watertown
Invitational on Saturday.
Head coach Katie Talmadge
said she hasnt heard anything
yet about the status of possibly
making up the meet, but added,
I imagine it would be hard to
coordinate eight teams to meet up
again.
As a result, the meet is very
unlikely to be made up.
Wrestling
Seven wrestlers win titles at shortened Badger State

ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor
Championship matches
It wasnt the tournament everyone was

106: Hunter Lewis (Stoughton) pinned Tommy Larson (East Troy) in 3:28
expecting Saturday as two snowstorms hit
113 (round-robin): Cody Holmes (Two Rivers) defeated Briar Hass (Neenah) 3-0 in round 2
last weekend to force the Stoughton High
120: Joey Bianchi (Two Rivers) pinned Brandon Beauchamp (Neenah) in 3:17
School wrestling-hosted Badger State Invitational to be shortened.
126 (round-robin): Gavin Model (Stoughton) defeated Julian Donnelly (Neenah) 10-9 in
Of the 30 other teams originally schedround 1
uled to make it, only nine other teams
132 (round-robin): Kaleb Louis (Stoughton) defeated Aidan Medora (St. Johns Northwestjoined Stoughton. That also cut into the
ern Military Academy) 8-6 in sudden-victory overtime in round 5
difficulty of the tournament, with several
138 (round-robin): Brandon Klein (Stoughton) defeated Ryan Hannah (Viroqua) 3-1 in round
ranked wrestlers missing from the field.
5
There were still some tough matches, but
the second-ranked Vikings ended up with
145: Garrett Model (Stoughton) pinned Boone Schmitz (Mineral Point) in 55 seconds
seven champions and a first-place finish
152: Landon Wiswall (Hickman) won a 10-2 major decision over Cade Spilde (Stoughton)
with 265.5 points.
160: Tyler Dow (Stoughton) defeated Jeremiah Kent (Hickman) 2-1
We are pleased with some of those big
matches, winning the close ones and being
170: Tyler Hannah (Viroqua)won a 23-11 major decision over Riley Workman (Mineral Point)
able to put ourselves on the board early so
182: Beau Yineman (Neenah) pinned Jude Barrett (Hickman) in 3:14
we can make things happen and get to the
195: Chris Storandt (East Troy) defeated Gavin Miller (Stoughton) 8-2
top of the podium, co-head coach Dan
Spilde said.
220: Shae Ruelle (Two Rivers) pinned Nathan Normann (Viroqua) in 1:09
Seniors Garrett Model (145), Kaleb
HW (round-robin): Aodan Marshall (Stoughton) defeated Sam Skornicka (Two Rivers) by
Louis (132), Brandon Klein (138), juniors
injury default in round 3
Tyler Dow (160), Aodan Marshall (heavyweight), sophomore Hunter Lewis (106)
and freshman Gavin Model (126) all won
finishes, and sophomores Freeman DetweiKlein needed to defeat Division 2
their brackets.
Junior Gavin Miller (195) and sophomore ler (120) and Dante Steinmetz (113) added
Turn to Wrestling/Page 11
Cade Spilde (152) both took runner-up third-place finishes.
Honorable mentions: Gavin Model

(wrestling) finished 4-0 to win
his first Badger State invite title
Saturday at 126 pounds; Tyler Dow
(wrestling) defeated Missouri Class
AA second-ranked Jeremiah Kent
2-1 to win a title at 160 pounds
at the Badger State invite; Kendra
Halverson (girls basketball) scored
18 points and added six rebounds
in a 51-50 loss at Monroe Thursday;
McKenzie Nisius (girls hockey) had
41 saves for the Icebergs in a 10-0
loss against the defending conference champion Madison Metro Lynx
on Thursday; Justin Gibbons (boys
hockey) scored a hat trick and added
an assist in an 8-5 win over Monroe;
Chase Millam (boys swimming)
won the 200-yard freestyle in 1
minute, 59.53 seconds on Dec. 13 at
Madison Edgewood. He also added a
second-place finish in his other individual event the 500 free and
helped a pair of Viking relays take
second.
Mother Nature
shuts down all
but wrestling
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
S t o u g h t o n wa s o n e t h e o n l y
local high schools to hold an event
last week during a snowstorm that
dropped close to 10 inches of snow
around some parts of southern Wisconsin.
While boys and girls hockey,
boys and girls basketball and boys
swimming were all postponed the
Vikings still hosted their annual
Badger State wrestling tournament
Saturday at the Alliant Energy Center.
It had a different set of teams from
what had been scheduled, however.
Stoughton athletic director Mel
Dow said of the 30 teams originally
slated, only nine came to Madison.
Turn to Snow/Page 11
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December 22, 2016
Girls basketball
Vikes edged by
Cheesemakers
ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor
The Stoughton High

School girls basketball
team started off strong at
Monroe Thursday, but the
sixth-ranked Vikings lost a
six-point lead at halftime
to fall 51-50 to the seventh-ranked Cheesemakers.
Head coach Brad Pickett
was unavilable for comment by the Courier Hubs
Tuesday deadline.
The Vikings are now
5-2 overall (2-1 Badger
South). Monroe moves
to 6-1 (4-0 conference).
Senior Kendra Halverson
finished with 18 points
and six rebounds, and
Boys hockey
senior Marissa Robson

collected 12 points and
nine rebounds. Junior
Cassidy Bach added nine
points.
Monroe sophomore
Sydney Hilliard, who is
being recruited by Division I colleges like Wisconsin, Marquette, Dakota
State and the University of
Wisconsin Green Bay,
led the Cheesemakers with
17 points and 10 rebounds.
Junior Sydney Mathiason added 14 points.
Stoughton travels to the
Janesville Craig Optomist
Tournament Tuesday, Dec.
27, and Thursday, Dec. 29.
On Tuesday, the Vikings
take on Kenosha Tremper
at 2:45 p.m.
Badger South schedule

Date
Nov. 22
Dec. 2
Dec. 15
Jan. 5
Jan. 10
Jan. 13
Jan. 20
Jan. 28
Jan. 31
Feb. 3
Feb. 9
Feb. 16
Opponent
Oregon
Monona Grove
at Monroe
at Edgewood
Milton
at Fort Atkinson
at Monona Grove
Edgewood
Monroe
at Milton
Fort Atkinson
at Oregon
Time/Result
W 63-59
W 57-50
L 51-50
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
photo by Joe Koshollek
Stoughtons goalie Carter Hellenbrand rushes out of the net to block the breakaway shot of DeForest 5Logan Wright in the
first period on Tuesday. The Vikings lost the game 3-1.
Early deficit sinks Vikings at home

JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
Stoughton boys hockey found itself

trying to dig out of a three-goal deficit
at home on Tuesday.
The visiting DeForest Norskies
stung the Vikings for a power-play
goal in the second period and then
added two more in the third en route
to a 3-1 Badger Conference crossover
win inside the Mandt Community
Center.
Stoughton (2-4-0 overall, 1-1-0
Badger South) saw Austin Sieling
score its lone goal on the power with
three minutes remaining in the game.
DeForest improved to 5-2-0 with the
win.
Carter Hellenbrand had 39 saves
for the Vikings, including 28 over the
final two periods.
Andrew George stopped eight periods in the first period for DeForest,
but never faced that many again over

the final 34 minutes.
Stoughton, Kettle Mor. (ppd.)

Inclement weather and unsafe travel
forced the postponement of Fridays
sectional rival game against the Kettle
Moraine co-op.
While no make-up date has been
announced, Stoughton head coach
Kris Rosholt said that the game would
be made up at some point this season.
Girls hockey
Boys basketball
Stoughton doubles up Icebergs blanked against defending conference champions

Baraboo in second half
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
Nathan Krueger added

eight points.
Stoughton finished
8-for-12 from the freethrow line and hit 38
field goals, including nine
3-pointers
Justus Neuman led
Baraboo with 19 points,
picking up three 3-pointers and going 6-for-6 at
the charity stripe.
Mason Peterson and
Spencer Klemm each added 10 points.
The Vikings (6-0 overall, 3-0 Badger South Conference) travel to non-conference Dodgeville at
7:30 p.m. Thursday.
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The fifth-ranked Stoughton boys basketball team

hosted Baraboo Tuesday
in a Badger Conference
crossover, pulling away in
the second half for a 73-46
win.
The Vikings led by five
at halftime but ended up
outscoring Baraboo 43-21
in the second half.
Junior Max Fernholz led
Stoughton with 17 points,
hitting three 3-pointers,
and senior Darvell Peeples
drained four 3-pointers for
14 points.
Junior Jordan DiBennedetto added 10 points
on 4-for-6 shooting at
the free-throw line, and
The host Stoughton Icebergs girls hockey co-op

continued to show signs
of improvement Thursday
but could not match up to
the defending conference
champion Madison Metro Lynx in a 10-0 Badger
Conference loss.
We have seen extreme
improvement out of the
entire team. The improvement is coming in their
skills and not on the scoreboard, head coach Matt
Gallagher said. The girls
are continuing to work hard
in practice and are giving
their most in games.
Stoughton (0-8-0 overall, 0-4-0 Badger) trailed
by two midway through
the first period before the
teams fourth penalty finally caught up to it.
S o p h i a M o c c e r o wa s
a s s e s s e d a t wo - m i n u t e
minor for elbowing, which
the Icebergs nearly killed
before Edgewood forward
the period and added four

more goals in the second.
Madison Edgewood
senior forward Julia Dragoo was responsible for
three points in that span,
scoring on the power play
in the first period before
adding a goal and an assist
in the second.
The Metro Lynx had 15
players record at least one
point in the game.
Nisius saw 51 saves and
stopped 41. Metro Lynx
g o a l t e n d e r E r i n We b b
faced six shot to earn her
second shutout of the season,
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Whats next
The Icebergs travel to
the Howard G. Mullett
Ice Center on Friday for
a 7 p.m. nonconference
game against Arrowhead
(3-5-0).
The Hodag Holiday
tournament is Dec. 2830, with the host Rhinelander Northern Edge
(0-4-0), the Beaver Dam
(0-8-0), Medford Area
(0-4-0), Lakeland (2-30) and Marinette co-ops.
December 22, 2016
Wrestling: Vikes remain

undefeated in duals
top-ranked Viroqua junior
Ryan Hannah to win his
title. Klein edged Hannah
3-1 to finish 5-0 in the
tournament.
Photo by Jeremy Jones
Stoughton junior goaltender McKenzie Nisius stopped 41 of 51 shots on goal Thursday as the Icebergs lost 10-0 to the
defending Badger Conference champion Madison Metro Lynx.
Icebergs: Girls looking for the first win of the season

Madison (3-1-3, 2-0-2) sits atop
the conference with the Sun Prairie
(2-1-3, 2-0-1) and Beloit (5-1-1, 2-11) co-ops trailing close behind.
The biggest areas for our girls to
improve is going to be positioning.

We have concentrated a lot on getting
basic skills better, and will continue
to do so, but we are incorporating
more positioning work in practice,
Gallagher said. We are beginning
to take the next step as a program to
more complex work in practice and
games.
Stoughton, Brookfield (ppd.)

Saturdays non-conference game at
the Brookfield Glacier co-op will be
postponed due to a winter storm front
that dropped close to 10 inches of snow
around southern Wisconsin.
Gallagher said both schools are working to find a date to reschedule the game.
Snow: Postponements lead to rescheduling headaches

Of the teams that competed, most were already
here staying at the onsite
hotel, Dow said.
If we could travel safely to the venue, we would
host, Dow said the school
decided.
It worked out for the
teams that traveled Friday,
especially David H. Hickman, which made the drive
up from Columbia, Mo., or
for those teams that waited
until Saturday morning to
decide.
Dow said the snow was
not bad Saturday, as much
of it had stopped Friday
night. Snow started again
as the event was wrapping

up.
Travel in winter elements is hard to judge; its
not just the team travel, it
is also the others on the
roads, he said. We were
happy all of our teams are
safe and can play another
day.
The process of rescheduling the remaining games
can be a long one, with
many phone calls, emails
and personal conversations, Dow said. But he
hopes to have it done by
the end of the week.
We have to make sure
that it fits in all of the
schedules (both schools,
both coaches, facilities,
etc.), he said.
What seems like an easy
fix of picking a date, can
be a real problem when
there are overbooked facilities or other problems.
My overall guiding
principle is not to put
either team in a disadvantage over something
Mother Nature caused,
Dow said. Being that we
are at the winter break,
schedules get events more
difficult to fit in.
Any event needing gym
time is a challenge to
reschedule.
Of the eight games
affected, the Watertown
boys swimming invita tional will be the most
Holiday deadlines
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T h e Vi k i n g s , w h i c h
are now ranked No. 40
nationally, traveled to
Division 2 eighth-ranked
River Valley Tuesday for
a non-conference dual
and picked up a 44-18
win.
Nathan Rein (106),
Lewis (113), Detweiler
(120), Jenny (126), Klein
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pinfall in 3:28, but his

semifinals match was the
bigger win.
Lewis, who went 3-0 in
the tournament, pinned
Division 2 sixth-ranked
Viroqua freshman Josh
Frye in 1:18.
Gavin Model finished 4-0 to win his title,
including a fourth-round
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3 second-ranked Mineral Point senior Boone
Schmitz. Model pinned
him in 55 seconds.
Garrett Model was 2-0
with a bye.
Dow also went up
against a ranked opponent
in his first-place match.
H e e d g e d H i c k m a n s
(Mo.) Jeremiah Kent 2-1.
Kent is second-ranked at
160 in Class AA in Missouri.
Dow finished 3-0 with
a bye in the tournament.
Louis needed a sudden
victory over Division 3
sixth-ranked St. Johns
Northwestern Military
Academy freshman Aidan
Medora. Louis picked up
a takedown in overtime to
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Louis was 5-0 in the
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senior Sam Skornicka. He
ended up 3-0 on the day.
Lewis won his firstplace match over East
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Poverty: Economically NAFA: Common Council approves financing for new building
and 230 seasonal jobs.
Johnson (D-2) said she
disadvantaged rising Continued from page 1
City attorney Matt Dregne would vote against the borContinued from page 1
families move in with a friend or neighbor if they were evicted because they
dont have the ability to pay rent, and we
just dont know about that. And they dont
know they should contact us.
Compared to a few other districts
DeForest, McFarland, Monona Grove,
Oregon and Waunakee Stoughton has
by far the largest percentage of economically disadvantaged students; and SASD
and McFarland are the only districts in that
group in which the number of economically disadvantaged students are rising, not
falling, according to the district.
Hermanson said poverty has a definite
negative effect on student learning. She
said by age four, children from poor households hear 32 million fewer spoken words
than their peers, because parents in poverty
often lack the time and energy for anything
more than simple, goal-oriented demands.
Living in the day-to-day insecurities
of life in poverty interweaves with these
functions, she said. Regular exposures
to stresses in childhood can inhibit early development of neural connections
leaving children with academic and behavioral problems. A lot of times, they are not
able to access their parents, if the parents
are working, so they dont have that quality
time.
Incitti said for some children, chronic
stressors related to poverty can result in
trauma.
Children living in poor conditions
are more likely to suffer traumatic incidents, they also struggle with daily stressors, including food or housing insecurity,
overcrowding or overworked or underemployed, stressed-out parents, she said.
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Lane and infrastructure such

as water, sewer and electric
lines and a regional stormwater
pond. The cost for those projects is estimated at about $3
million, city officials said.
The city might find other
projects in the business park
that it wants to finance, finance
d i r e c t o r L a u r i e S u l l iva n
explained of the discrepancy.
The council approved the
sale and development agreement Tuesday, Dec. 13, on a
9-2-1 vote, with Alds. Kathleen Tass Johnson and Regina
Hirsch voting against and Ald.
Dennis Kittleson abstaining.
With the resolution to borrow up to $5 million for the
business park improvements,
Hirsch joined the majority,
Johnson voted against and Kittleson again abstained.
Sullivan told the Hub the
council authorized the borrowing now, even though it could
wait until 2020, because its
tied to the development agreement with NAFA.
We had to make sure that
the city is able to borrow the
money, she said. The resolution is for a higher amount than
we actually intend to spend at
this time so that we dont have
to go back and do an authorizing resolution again. The bond
counsel said make it for more
than you think youre going to
spend.
Mayor Donna Olson also
noted that costs for the
improvements could change
between now and when the city
borrows the money.
Agreement
terms
City obligations
Convey 10.5 acres in Business Park North to North
American Fur Auctions
Provide $377,000 TIF
grant
Construct road and other
off-site infrastructure
Construct storm sewer and
stormwater pond
NAFA obligations
Build on-site infrastructure
Build 110,000-squarefoot building by Dec. 31,
2020
Guarantee property will
meet assessed value targets,
including approximately $5
million by 2021
According to the development agreement, NAFA must
have the new building substantially completed by Dec.
31, 2020.
The agreement also calls for
the city to design and construct
a stormwater pond and storm
sewer by the end of 2017 at
an estimated cost of $400,000.
The city will borrow the money.
Officials said the new infrastructure and NAFA facility
would help expand the citys
tax base and create 35 full-time
explained that the development agreement includes an

unsecured guarantee that the
assessed value of the NAFA
building would hit certain targets between now and 2021
in order to generate enough
increment to pay for both the
public improvements and the
cost of the land.
We dont have collateral or
a letter of credit from the company, he said.
He noted there is some
risk in the case of some catastrophic event that NAFA
wouldnt be able to cover the
citys investment. But the infrastructure projects are public
improvements that would benefit the city regardless, he said.
TIF concerns
E ve n a m o n g t h o s e w h o
supported the project, there
was some disagreement over
whether the TIF was an appropriate expense.
Ald. Sid Boersma (D-1)
asked whether the city could
afford it, noting the council is
considering a Forward Development Group request of about
$11 million in TIF assistance
for Kettle Park West.
Sullivan said by law, the city
is allowed to have TIF value at
12 percent of its total equalized
value. Currently, Stoughton is
at 3.86 percent of its total TIF
value allowed, she said.
She added that the citys
total debt limit is 5 percent of
its equalized value, and said
the city is close to 50 percent
of that.
rowing because I think were

taking on debt that we cant
afford.
Ald. Mike Engelberger (D-2)
said he would support the TIF
for NAFA and also the development agreement. But he questioned the way the city negotiates TIF with developers.
The city asks the developer
what do you need, and thats
what comes to the council, he
charged. I see no negotiating.
Mayor Olson, Sullivan and
Dregne all disagreed, saying
the city follows its TIF policy,
presents the council with the
proposed terms of agreements
and asks whether the council wants the city to negotiate based on those parameters
before it drafts and signs TIF
and development agreements.
Sullivan said she and other
negotiators were very adamant about the value that we
need in this TIF district, and
that the development agreement with NAFA guarantees
$500,000 per acre of value
once its new building is in the
ground.
They need to pay city taxes based on that amount, she
said.
Ald. Scott Truehl (D-4)
defended the development
agreement and the TIF. He
called the projects the TIF will
support a new road and infrastructure such as a regional
stormwater pond the ultimate in public improvements.
Contact Bill Livick at
bill.livick@wcinet.com
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Obituary
Todd H. Spangler, PhD,

56, of Cazenovia, New
York, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Dec.
14, 2016.
Born Dec. 7, 1960, in
Stoughton to Edward and
Beverli Spangler, Todd
also lived in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, Los Angeles
and resided in Central
New York since 1987.
Todd attended Stoughton High School, UW-La
Crosse and graduated
from the UW-Madison.
Todd obtained his PhD
from the California
School of Professional
Psychology in Los Angeles and dedicated his life
to helping others with
mental health issues.
He became a Certified
Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Syracuse,
working for the Admissions and Crisis Unit at
Hutchings Psychiatric
Center. Todd counseled
for the Rescue Mission, many local nursing
Photo submitted
Petty Officer 2nd Class Ariana Friedrichs, left, a Stoughton native, watches Petty Officer 2nd Class Timothy Murphy perform
maintenance on a MK15 close-in weapons system on the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87).
Freidrichs in Greece with U.S. Navy

Stoughton native Petty Officer 2nd Class Ariana Friedrichs Souda Bay, Greece in October, conducting naval operations
is deployed with the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S.
(DDG 87) as part of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group.
national security interests in Europe.
According a U.S. Navy news release, the Mason was in
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STATE OF WISCONSIN,
CIRCUIT COURT,
DANE COUNTY, NOTICE
SETTING TIME TO HEAR
APPLICATION AND
DEADLINE FOR FILING
CLAIMS (INFORMAL
ADMINISTRATION) IN THE
MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF KAREN MILLARD,
DECEASED
Case No. 16PR764

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:
1. An application for Informal Administration was filed.
2. The decedent, with date of birth
May 27, 1943 and date of death November
14, 2016, was domiciled in Dane County,
State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 1301 Hyland Drive, Stoughton,
WI 53589.
3. The application will be heard at
the Dane County Courthouse, Madison,
Wisconsin, Room 1005, before the presiding Probate Registrar, on January 5,
2017 at 8:00 a.m.
You do not need to appear unless
you object. The application may be granted if there is no objection.
4. The deadline for filing a claim
against the decedents estate is March
17, 2017.
5. A claim may be filed at the Dane
County Courthouse, Madison, Wisconsin, Room 1000.
6. This publication is notice to any
persons whose names or addresses are
unknown.
If you require reasonable accommodations due to a disability to participate
in the court process, please call 608266-4311 at least 10 working days prior
to the scheduled court date. Please note
that the court does not provide transportation.
Lisa Chandler
Probate Registrar
December 6, 2016
Kelly Maier
4206 Heffernan Drive
Madison, WI 53704
608-347-4483
Published: December 15, 22 and 29, 2016
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***
CITY OF STOUGHTON
NOTICE TO ELECTORS
RELATING TO BOND ISSUE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on

December 13, 2016, at a meeting of the
Common Council of the City of Stoughton, the following resolution was adopted and recorded pursuant to Section
67.05(1), Wisconsin Statutes:
INITIAL RESOLUTION AUTHORIZ-
ING GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS

IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$5,000,000 FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN TAX INCREMENTAL
DISTRICT NO. 6
BE IT RESOLVED by the Common
Council of the City of Stoughton, Dane
County, Wisconsin, that there shall be
issued, pursuant to Chapter 67, Wisconsin Statutes, general obligation bonds in
an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 for
the public purpose of providing financial
assistance to community development
projects under Section 66.1105, Wisconsin Statutes, by paying project costs of
the Citys Tax Incremental District No. 6.
The Wisconsin Statutes (s. 67.05(7)
(b)) provide that the initial resolution
need not be submitted to the electors
unless within 30 days after adoption of
the initial resolution a petition is filed in
the City Clerks office requesting a referendum. This petition must be signed by
electors numbering at least 10% of the
votes cast for governor in the City at the
last general election.
City of Stoughton
Lana Kropf
City Clerk
Published December 22, 2016
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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.
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non-Stoughton address,
but your child attended
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Jamie Peck, M.S.E., special education; Ryan Moore,
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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
***
Fall 2016 grads
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The City of Stoughton Planning

Commission will hold a Public Hearing on
Monday, January 9, 2017 at 6:00 oclock
p.m., or as soon after as the matter may
be heard, in the Council Chambers, Public Safety Building, 321 S. Fourth Street,
Second Floor, Stoughton, Wisconsin,
53589, to consider a proposed amendment to the approved Specific Implementation Plan for Kwik Trip, Lot 6, Kettle
Park West, 1359 US Highway 51, Stoughton, WI. The parcel is described in Dane
County records as follows:
Parcel Number: 281/0510-014-98802, LOT 6 CSM 14058 CS94/159&1658/26/2015 F/K/A PRT OF LOTS 1, 2 &
3 CSM 3435 CS13/279&281-2/27/80 &
ALSO F/K/A PRT OF LOT 1 CSM 9632
CS55/194&197 F/K/A LOTS 1 & 3 CSM
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*These property descriptions are for
tax purposes and may be abbreviated.
For questions regarding this notice
or to view the plans contact Michael Stacey, Zoning Administrator at 608-646-0421.
The plans will also be available online at
www.cityofstoughton.com/planning See
Kwik Trip SIP Amendment.
Michael P Stacey
Zoning Administrator
Published: December 22 and 29, 2016
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Kendall, M.B.A., organizational development emphasis
We want to thank the entire Stoughton

community for your fantastic support
during the 2016 fund raising effort for
the Stoughton Area Veterans Memorial
Park. Although we have not yet reached
our 1 million dollar goal, there is light at
the end of the tunnel.Thank you again
to all who contributed.
Please join us for the

dedication in mid-June, 2017.
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Memorial Park Steering Committee.
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Todd Spangler
homes and with the NYS

Disability Office. He
also had several private
practices before accepting the position of Dir.
of Counseling Services
at Cazenovia College for
18 years. Todd enjoyed
fishing and beekeeping
on his lovely 70 acre
farm in Madison County,
NY.
He was preceded in
d e a t h b y h i s f a t h e r,
Edward A. Spangler, and
a sister, Debra Spangler.
Todd is survived by his
wife, Donna Spangler of
Cazenovia; their children,
Benjamin, Delanie and
Nathan; his mother, Beverli Spangler of Stoughton; three brothers,
Scott (Lynn) Spangler of
Stoughton, Lonn Spangler of Monroe and Robb
(Grace) Spangler of Albany, Wis., as well as several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours are from
4-7p.m., Tuesday, Dec.
20, at Michael E. Brown
Funeral Services, 2333
Fenner Rd., Cazenovia.
Private services will be
held at a later date. Cont r i bu t i o n s i n m e m o r y
of Dr. Spangler may be
made to Syracuse Rescue
Mission.
To leave a message of
sympathy for the Spangler family, please visit
www.michaelebrownfuneralservices.com.
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Todd H. Spangler
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434 Health Care, Human

Services & Child Care
FT/NOC ARE you a caring and compassionate person? Do you thrive while
helping others? Belleville 16 bed assisted
living is seeking a full-time caregiver.
Must be able to work independently and
coordinate work flow. Cooking and baking
skills a must. Please call Andy 608-2907347 or Judy 608-290-7346
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.
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
request an application, please visit our
website at www.ucpdane.org or contact
Shannon at 608-273-3318 or shannonmolepske@upcdane.org. AA/EOE
449 Driver, Shipping &

Warehousing
DRIVERS & Owner Ops CDLA Guaranteed Salary + Mileage. Percentage
Pay for Owners. $2500 Sign On. Annual
Bonuses. Exceptional Hiring Packages
855-902-7681
TRUCK DRIVER/MERCHANDISER:
Looking for a person to drive and stock
our products on shelves in the grocery
stores we deliver to. Grocery store experience helpful. 35-40 hours per week.
M-F with few Saturdays's during holiday
weeks. No CDL required. Call or email
Darrell at L&L Foods 608-514-4148 or
dmoen@landfoods.com
548 Home Improvement

A&B ENTERPRISES
Light Construction Remodeling
No job too small
608-835-7791
HALLINAN-PAINTING
WALLPAPERING
**Great-Winter-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
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
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642 Crafts & Hobbies

ROAST YOUR Own Coffee Beans!
Find out how easy and economical
outdoor home roasting can
be. Contact Sue 608-834-9645
9:00am- 6:00pm. Leave message
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
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.
DRY OAK and Cherry Firewood For Sale.

Contact Dave at 608-445-6423 or Pete
608-712-3223
FIREWOOD STORED INSIDE
dry oak, cherry, maple
free delivery to Stoughton area $110.00
Face, $300 cord
608-873-3199 OR 608-445-8591, leave
message
SEASONED SPLIT OAK,
Hardwood. Volume discount. Will deliver.
608-609-1181
664 Lawn & Garden

3 YR OLD CUB CADET W/50 INCH
MOWER DECK. Comes with additional
attachments of snow blade, MTD 2 stage
snow blower, tire chains, new belt, scraper blade, shoes(new last season). $1385
Call Pat at 608-835-5816
SNOWBLOWER 5HP, 22" MTD two
stage snow-blower for sale. New drive
belt and cable, new auger belt and cable,.
Starts easy, runs and throws snow great!
Big enough to blow through deep and
heavy snow, easy to handle. 5 forward
and 2 reverse speeds. All ready to go for
the winter! $275 OBO. Call or text Jeff at
608-575-5984
680 Seasonal Articles

3 YR OLD CUB CADET W/50 INCH
MOWER DECK. Comes with additional
attachments of snow blade, MTD 2 stage
snow blower, tire chains, new belt, scraper blade, shoes(new last season). $1385
Call Pat at 608-835-5816
688 Sporting Goods

& Recreational
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
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
705 Rentals
GREENWOOD APARTMENTS
Apartments for Seniors 55+, currently
has 1 & 2 bedroom units available
starting at $775 per month, includes
heat, water, and sewer.
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139 Wolf St., Oregon, WI 53575
OREGON 2-Bedroom in quiet, well-kept
building. Convenient location. Includes all
appliances, A/C, blinds, private parking,
laundry, storage. $200 security deposit.
Cats OK. $690/month. 608-219-6677
STOUGHTON 1616 Kenilworth Ct.
Large 2-BR apts available now.
Pets welcome. Many feature new wood
laminate flooring.
$775-$825/mo. 608-831-4035.
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ROSEWOOD APARTMENTS for Seniors
55+. 1 & 2 bedroom units available
starting at $775 per month. Includes
heat, water and sewer. Professionally
managed. Located at
300 Silverado Drive, Stoughton, WI
53589 608-877-9388
750 Storage Spaces For Rent

ALL SEASONS SELF STORAGE
10X10 10X15 10X20 10X30
Security Lights-24/7 access
BRAND NEW
OREGON/BROOKLYN
Credit Cards Accepted
CALL (608)444-2900
C.N.R. STORAGE
Located behind
Stoughton Garden Center
Convenient Dry Secure
Lighted with access 24/7
Bank Cards Accepted
Off North Hwy 51 on
Oak Opening Dr. behind
Stoughton Garden Center
Call: 608-509-8904
DEER POINT STORAGE
Convenient location behind
Stoughton Lumber.
Clean-Dry Units
24 HOUR LIGHTED ACCESS
5x10 thru 12x25
608-335-3337
FRENCHTOWN
SELF-STORAGE
Only 6 miles South of
Verona on Hwy PB.
Variety of sizes available now.
10x10=$60/month
10x15=$70/month
10x20=$80/month
10x25=$90/month
12x30=$115/month
Call 608-424-6530 or
1-888-878-4244
NORTH PARK STORAGE
10x10 through 10x40, plus
14x40 with 14' door for
RV & Boats.
Come & go as you please.
608-873-5088
OREGON SELF-STORAGE
10x10 through 10x25
month to month lease
Call Karen Everson at
608-835-7031 or
Veronica Matt at 608-291-0316
RASCHEIN PROPERTY
STORAGE
6x10 thru 10x25
Market Street/Burr Oak Street
in Oregon
Call 608-520-0240
CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS NOON
Monday FOR THE Stoughton Courier Hub
801 Office Space For Rent
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
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
975 Livestock
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL DAIRY CATTLE
AUCTION TAH LIVESTOCK WINSLOW,
IL FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23RD, 2016
1:00 PM EARLY CONSIGNMENTS SO
FAR INCLUDE:1 REGISTERED JERSEY HEIFER FRESH 50 DAYS AND
1 JERSEY 3 YR OLD COW FRESH
100 DAYS, TOP KIND. 1 GROUP STANCHION BROKE COWS INCLUDING
15 RECENTLY FRESH,5 MILKING
AND BRED BACK, 2 DRY COWS DUE
WITHIN 30 DAYS. 4 OF THESE ARE
RED AND WHITE HOLSTEINS. BALANCE BLACK AND WHITE, A FEW ARE
REGISTERED. ALSO 20 TO 25 FRESH
HOLSTEIN HEIFERS. FRESH FROM 2
WEEKS TO 45 DAYS, UP AND ROLLING. TOP KIND, A FEW ARE REGISTERED NOTE! THE ABOVE GROUPS
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YOUNG COWS DUE IN SPRING. 4
REGISTERED HOLSTEIN HEIFERS
DUE IN JUNE WITH SEXED SEMEN.
ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING OUR
SALES, PLEASE CALL TERRY AT 815367-5581 BARN OR 815-291-5604 CELL.
HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AT OUR LAST
SALE FOR 2016. HAVE A BLESSED
AND MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY
NEW YEAR! THANKS FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR 27TH
YEAR IN BUSINESS! WE APPRECIATE
ALL OF OUR LOYAL CONSIGNORS
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Insurance, MEP Engineers, Adore
Salon, Citgo, Caffee' Depot. Tommaso
Office Bldg. tenants
-Single office in shared Suite
-3 office Suite
-5 office Suite, reception/waiting room,
conference room, private shower
-Individual office possibilities
Call Tom at 575-9700 to discuss terms
and possible rent concessions
Metro Real Estate
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CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon
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The Village of Brooklyn is seeking a Full Time Public Works
employee with employment beginning in 2017. This is an entry
level position. A valid Wisconsin Drivers License is a requirement
and have, or the ability to obtain a Commercial Class B license with
airbrake endorsement within 30 days of employment. A complete job
description and application are available at www.brooklynwi.gov in
the Employment section under the Community tab or pick one up at
Village Hall, 210 Commercial Street, Brooklyn, WI, 53521 Monday
through Thursday.
Wage starts at $15.00 per hour for a 40-hour work week. Additional
raises as certain requirements are met, and a competitive benefits
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Questions can be addressed by contacting Public Works at
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Thursday, December 22, 2016 Vol. 135, No. 22 Stoughton, WI ConnectStoughton.com $1

Stoughton Area School District

Kettle Park West

Photo by Amber Levenhagen

Singing loud for all to hear

The performance began with all

Kettle Park Wests developer has requested more

Poverty a growing problem in SASD Fur auction expansion

eligible for free or reduced

will get $3M in TIF

The Common Council

December 22, 2016

Stoughton Courier Hub

First Lutheran Church wraps up milestone year

Unified Newspaper Group

This years holiday services

What: First Lutheran

From the ashes

According to the churchs

Lutheran Church. On Oct. 26,

paved parking lot.

The church is celebrating its 150th Christmas

VFW Badger Post 328, Inc.

New Years Eve Celebration

Menu Choices Are:

The Pizzeria with American Pride

Thank a Vet for their service

We will be CLOSED 12/24, 12/25 & 12/26

Open New Years Eve until 2am and

How many dinners you need

2125 McComb Rd., Suite 110

How many passengers need a ride

Wishing everyone a Happy Holiday and a

1520 Vernon Street, Stoughton

Leave your name, address & phone number

If you need a ride or if you want a

Over 40 to Choose From!

with any Regular Priced Pizza

Cannot be used with any other offers. Expires 3.15.17

Veterans Road, Stoughton, WI

2125 McComb Rd., Suite 110

Call for reservations: 608-873-9042

Without reservations all items may not be available

All Are Welcome!

Music by 35 South starting at 8:00pm

December 22, 2016

Pig wrestling ban up for

Last summer, an annual pig-wrestling event at Stoughton Junior Fair

Pig wrestling is prohibited. For

The Fair Board announced in a

Deal sets 2020 repair for U.S. 51

City officials and state

Park name approved

repair in 2020. Last week

improvements should last for

happen if the state doesnt

Most Wisconsinites know

then schools will be delayed,

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