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Mayoral candidates present two very different visions for the citys future
by MATT GEIGER
Times-Tribune
Mayoral candidates Gurdip
Brar and Hans Hilbert were
fairly cordial in the second of
two debates leading up to the
April 4 election, while they both
went to great lengths to accen-
tuate the things they believe
make them unique.
The second debate, which
was hosted by the Middleton
High School Current Events
Club and the Middleton Times-
Tribune, took place at the Mid-
dleton Performing Arts Center
on March 15, one week after
Hilbert and Brar faced each
other in the Middleton Reviews
town hall forum at the Village
Green bar and grill.
Perhaps the most striking
area where Brar and Hilbert di-
verged was on the legacy of
outgoing Mayor Kurt Sonnen-
tag.
DEBATE, page 8

Richson, Oberle launch

Mayoral candidates Gurdip Brar (left) and Hans Hilbert (right) during their debate at the
Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger

Middleton Performing Arts Center last week.

write-in campaigns for

Middleton Town Board
They will challenge Kolar and Roehl
by KEVIN MURPHY ber since 2010, is running on unig as town chair after winning
the April 4 ballot against Town election in 2013 election.
Times-Tribune
Chair Bill Kolar. Richard Richson lost to Roehl in the
Oberle, an information technol- April 2013 election.
A Town of Middleton Plan

Commission member and a for-
mer town board supervisor reg-
istered last week as write-in
candidates for town chair and
town board, respectively.
Cynthia Richson, an attorney
and a Plan Commission mem-
ogy specialist with CUNA Mu-
tual Group, is opposing Tim
Roehl, who has been Seat 1
board supervisor since 2009.
Oberle had served 12 years
on the board before Gary Whit-
ney defeated him by 31 votes in
2014.
Kolar, a project manager for
Beautiful Middleton!
Richsons and Oberles
names will not appear on the
April 4 ballot but votes cast for
them will be counted as they are
registered candidates with the
town, according to a recent
change in state law. Are you feeling weighed down by the toxic sludge that passes for news these days? Internet
Both write-in candidacies are trolls, political bickering, violence and environmental calamity? While its important to be
fueled by legislation introduced aware of the worlds many woes, and to try to help solve them, its also good to take a mo-

Mindfulness in local schools

Kraemer Bros., LLC, was this month to take away resi- ment to appreciate the fact that you live in a beautiful community. The image above, as well
elected as a board supervisor in dents right to vote on opting as ve more on page 12, all captured by award-winning photographer and Middleton
2008 and succeeded Milo Bre- resident Michael Knapstein, prove that the Good Neighbor City is brimming with splendor.
ELECTION, page 4

by ALEX CRAMER
Times-Tribune
At the Feb. 27 meeting of the
Middleton School Board, Park
Elementary Principal Monica
Schommer touted the success of
More classrooms this year
are practicing mindfulness and
mindful minutes, Schommer
said, and many students know
what it means to be mindful.
Initially introduced in two
schools during the 2015-2016
grader was even asked to lead
the mindful minute a brief
exercise designed to refocus at-
tention at the beginning of a
recent staff meeting.
Increased mindfulness in
schools, Schommer pointed out,
working memory capacity.
To show how the program is
helping students in and out of
school, Schommer read a few
testimonials from fourth
graders. A student named Finley
says mindfulness is about

City leaf collection begins soon

the districts mindfulness pro- academic year, the program has has benefits like higher atten- thinking more and learning
gram in its first year of system- proven popular among students dance and retention, and yields better. I use it at home, Fin-
wide implementation. and teachers. In fact, one fourth significant improvements in
MIND, page 13

Bulk leaf collection will
begin on or about April 3
(weather permitting) and will
continue throughout the month.
Leaves must be windrowed
along the terrace, but not placed
in the street or gutter. Do not
pile leaves around trees, posts
or mailboxes.
Leaves in bags or containers
will not be collected, and leaves
mixed with brush will not be
collected. Leaves and brush
must be kept in separate piles.
Please reference the Leaf and
Garden Waste Collection Policy
on the city website at www.city-
ofmiddleton.us for additional
information.
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Good Neighbor lends a hand!
A Restoring Hope Transplant House family from Abrams Wisconsin was due to be dis-
charged from UW Hospital recently, but they were having car related issues with a couple of
tires and found themselves unable to go anywhere.
RHTH friend and supporter, Al Watrud, from the Middleton Lions Club came out, took
off both tires, brought them in to be repaired, drove them back here to RHTH, put them back
on the vehicle, pointed them in the direction of Abrams with a smile on his face and didnt
charge them a cent.
Monologues come to Middleton
Forward Theater Company
will present a collection of
monologues at the Middleton
Public Library on Wednesday,
April 19th, at 6:30 PM in the
Librarys lower-level Archer
Room. Entitled Soul Food,
the monologues celebrate our
unique connection to the food
we eat, and include work by
playwrights from across the
country, including three by
Madison-area playwrights:
Beer is Food by Sam White;
The Family Feast by Derek
Aimonetto; and Door #1 by
Lori Matthews. Michael
Herold, founding member of
Forward Theater, will close
the show with the crowd-fa-
vorite, Hot Nuts by Califor-
nia playwright Kimberly
Megna Yarnall.
This special performance is
made possible by the Beyond
the Page endowment, a fund
MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE
Photo contributed
established in 2013 with a
matching grant from the Na-
tional Endowment for the Hu-
manities to fund humanities
programs at Dane County
public libraries.
More information is avail-
able at
www.beyondthepage.info.
For more information and
to register online, visit the li-
brarys events calendar at
midlibrary.org.
Middleton resident Natalie Trumm will perform
world premieres of New York composers vocal
works at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge
Middleton resident Natalie
Trumm will perform world pre-
mieres of New York composers
vocal works at the Longy
School of Music in Cambridge,
MA on Thursday April 6th,
2017, and again at the Morgan
Library in New York City on
Tuesday, April 13th 2017.
Trumm received her BM in
Vocal Performance from UW-
Stevens Point where she studied
with Professor Susan Bender.
Now at Bard College Conserva-
tory Graduate Vocal Arts Pro-
gram (MM Vocal Performance
18), she works with artistic di-
rector Dawn Upshaw and her
voice teacher Edith Bers (Juil-
liard).
Premieres
The two concerts will feature
contemporary selections by
some of the most exciting and
promising composers of our
time. Trumm will give the New
York premiere of Void for so-
prano, piano (Bethany Petron-
iro) and viola (Rosemary Nelis).
The composer, Nina C. Young
(b. 1984), is the winner of the
2015-16 Rome Prize in Musical
Composition, along with a
Koussevitzky Commission
from the Library of Congress
and honors from The Interna-
tional Alliance for Women in
Music. Youngs recent commis-
sions include a bassoon pocket
concerto for Brad Balliett and
the Metropolis Ensemble,
Agnosco Veteris for Robert
Spano and the Aspen Philhar-
monic Orchestra, and is collab-
orating with vocal bassist
Andrew Munn and the Nouveau
Classical Project on an evening-
length, interdisciplinary cantata
titled Making Tellus: Sketches
of a Cosmogram for the Anthro-
pocene a work for voices,
mixed chamber ensemble, sus-
tainable fashion, and interactive
media that addresses the current
socio-political conversation sur-
rounding human intervention
and the Earths rapidly chang-
ing geology. Young is an Assis-
tant Professor in the
Department of Arts at Rensse-
laer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Natalie Trumm attended
Photo contributed
Middleton High School,
where she was apart of the
Chamber Singers, Broadway
Bound and participated in
district and state Solo Ensem-
ble.
and serves as Co-Artistic Direc-
tor of NY-based new music sin-
fonietta Ensemble chapp.
About Natalie Trumm
Trumm attended Middleton
High School (12), where she
was apart of the Chamber
Singers, Broadway Bound and
participated in district and state
Solo Ensemble.
This season Trumm joined
conductor James Bagwell and
Bards TN ensemble as Cune-
gonde in a semi-staged produc-
tion of Leonard Bernsteins
Candide. She performed several
leading roles at the American
Gothic Performing Arts Festival
in Ottumwa, Iowa, including ti-
tles roles in two works by John
Davies: the Mother in Little
Reds Most Unusual Day (the
operatic retelling of Little Red
Riding Hood) and Despina in
The Three Little Pigs; and the
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2017
role of Marian Paroo in Mered-
ith Wilsons classic The Music
Man. While earning her Bache-
lor of Music in Vocal Perform-
ance from the University of
Wisconsin, Trumm sang the
Queen of the Night (Die Za-
uberflte), Dido (Dido and Ae-
neas) Laetitia (The Old Maid
and the Thief) among others;
and also participated in master-
classes with Marcia Porter,
Bradley Moore, and Stephen F.
Austin. Her awards include first
place winner at the National As-
sociation of Teachers of Singing
(NATS) Competition in Wis-
consin (2012, 2015), and semi-
finalist in the Classical Singer
Competition (2016).
About the Program
The Graduate Vocal Arts Pro-
gram is a unique master of
music program in vocal arts.
Conceived, designed and led by
renowned American soprano
Dawn Upshaw, the program
was created to prepare the
young singer to meet the special
challenges of pursuing a profes-
sional life in music in the 21st
century. This two-year master
of music degree balances a re-
spect for established repertory
and expressive techniques with
the flexibility and curiosity
needed to keep abreast of evolv-
ing musical ideas. Students
work on art song, chamber
music, new music and operatic
repertoire throughout the
coursework of the program. Op-
eratic repertoire is studied and
performed throughout the cur-
riculum and, in alternate years,
in a fully staged production at
the Richard B. Fisher Center for
the Performing Arts. The pro-
gram also includes a strong
practical component with semi-
nars and classes on career skills
led by some of the leading fig-
ures in arts management and ad-
ministration.
 Obituary
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2017
Carol Ann Jensen
Carol Ann Jensen joined her
husband, Gwaynne, and family
members in heaven on Tuesday
March 14, 2017. Our own spe-
cial angel now watches over us
and guides our path. Carol was
born December 19, 1938 in Du-
luth, Minnesota as the ninth
child to Edna and Adolph Erick-
son. She would eventually gain
10 more siblings in this amaz-
ing Erickson family. She grad-
uated from Proctor High
School, where she was a cheer-
leader and went on to college at
Is Restorative Justice a better way to resolve disputes?
St. Scholastica.
She married Gwaynne Jensen
from Walnut Grove, MN in
Approach derived from Native American culture offers an alternative to the traditional criminal justice system
The Middleton Public Li-
brary will host a presentation on
Tuesday, April 11th, entitled
Restorative Justice: Join the
Movement. Ron Johnson, Co-
ordinator of Dane Countys
Community Restorative Court,
will discuss the basic tenets of
restorative justice and its appli-
cation as it relates to resolving
How women transform the food system
disputes in communities and be-
tween individuals.
Soil Sisters Celebrates Women in Agriculture
The Middleton Public Li-
brary will host a special event
on Thursday, April 6th, entitled
Soil Sisters: How Women
Transform Our Food System.
An open house celebrating
the historic roots and inspiring
Prairie Chase returns for third year
stories of women in sustainable
agriculture will begin at 6:00
Now in its third year, the
Prairie Chase 5K/10K Run
& 5K Walk will start and finish
in Orchid Heights Park, Mid-
dleton, WI.
This event is held as a
fundraiser for the Friends of
Pheasant Branch Conservancy,
an environmental non-profit
based in Middleton that is con-
cerned with restoring, protect-
ing and promoting the Pheasant
Branch Conservancy and its
watershed for all to enjoy.
The event has two running
February
1961. She
completed
her studies
at the Uni-
versity of
Wi s c o n -
sin, Mil-
waukee
where she
received her undergraduate and
masters in education. She
taught second grade and junior-
primary in White Fish Bay, then
in the Middleton-Cross Plains
School districts for 29
years. Together, Carol and
Gwaynne (GE) had two sons,
Jeffrey and Michael. As a fam-
ily they spent many summers
He will talk about the ethical
implications of restorative jus-
tice, and contrast the traditional
criminal justice system with the
restorative approach, an ap-
proach derived from Native
American Culture.
Interest in restorative justice
and community restorative
courts has grown in recent years
as community leaders have
sought a way to keep youthful
PM in the Librarys lower-level
Archer Room. Over a dozen
local women farmers will be on
hand to offer samples of their
products and share valuable
farm and gardening tips. At
7:00 PM, Lisa Kivirist, author
of the 2016 book Soil Sisters: A
Toolkit for Women Farmers,
competitions that will follow a
beautiful, wide crushed lime-
stone path that circles the Con-
servancy. The 5K walk will go
through the prairie fields in and
around Fredericks Hill and will
showcase the efforts of the
Friends restoration work over
the last 22 years.
After the race, refreshments
will be served and there will be
live music. In addition, awards
will be given to the top men and
women for the 5K and 10K run
events and a raffle of some great
gifts will be offered as well.
Also, this year there will be a
short kids run just before the
main event. It will be a short
race around a soccer field near
the shelter where the event be-
MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE
running
r a c e s ,
camping,
backpack-
ing, climb-
ing and
fishing all
over the
c o u n t r y.
Carol kept
right up with her boys in every
way. She was an avid runner,
completing several marathons
and a 50-mile ultra-run. In their
retirement between San Diego
and Frisco, Colorado, they
hiked mountains with Carol
summiting at least 39 of Col-
orados 14,000 foot peaks and
dozens of others.
offenders out of the criminal
justice system and reduce racial
disparities. Dane Countys first
Community Restorative Court
was established in 2014 on
Madisons south side with the
stated mission to repair harm,
reduce risk, and rebuild com-
munity. in February of this
year, the County received a
$50,000 grant from the John D.
and Catherine T. MacArthur
will give a presentation on the
importance of women to local,
sustainable agriculture. Lisa
leads the Rural Womens proj-
ect, a venture of the Midwest
Organic and Sustainable Educa-
tion Service (MOSES). She is
also the author of the 2015 book
Homemade for Sale: How to set
gins and ends. Children of all
ages are encouraged to join as
part of the family entry.
Right now the fees are
$42.50 for a family (which in-
She spent the last two and a
half years in Appleton residing
at the Touchmark retirement
community to allow for contin-
uous care along with daily visits
from her son Michael and his
wife Karen and their girls. Our
family would like to thank
Touchmark for their loving care
of our mother over the past two
plus years and to AseraCare
hospice for their compassionate
care in her final days.
She is survived by her fam-
ily: son, Jeffrey and his wife,
Celia from Palm City FL, and
their four children; Steve,
Danny, Jenny and Joey; her son,
Michael and his wife, Karen
and their three daughters; Jill,
Foundation to expand the pro-
gram and gain access to na-
tional experts on criminal
justice reform.
Ron Johnson is a former mid-
dle school teacher and principal.
For 15 years, he directed the
City of Milwaukees youth gang
diversion program. Later, he
coordinated Marquette Univer-
sitys Safe Streets Restorative
Justice program. He is the co-
up and market a food business
from your home kitchen. She
and her family run Inn
Serendipity Bed & Breakfast in
Browntown, WI.
Register online and find more
information about local farmers
scheduled to attend at midli-
brary.org/events.
cludes two t-shirts), $27.50 for
an individual and $12.50 for a
student.
Please register by going to
www.prairiechase.com.
Robin and Ann, all from Apple-
ton. She is also survived by her
siblings: Grace Peterson, Ruth
Mason, Bonnie Grandell, Jan
Gnotta, Vera Lois Erickson,
Judy Johnson, Jackie (Dick)
Biron, Nita (Pat) Daun, Tom
(Marge) Erickson, David
(Sherry) Erickson, Arlene
Thygeson, Ardy (Carl) Sjodin,
Connie (Roger) Grumdahl and
Cyndee Erickson; plus sister-in-
law, Jill (Bob) Williams and
many, many nieces and
nephews.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, Gwaynne; his par-
ents Alvina and Marvin Jensen,
her parents, Edna and Adoph
Erickson; her brother, Bob Er-
founder of Project Ujima (at
Wisconsin Childrens Hospital
in MKE) and the founder of the
Jaha Workshops Father & Son
Retreat.
This event is part of a series
created by the Waunakee Public
Library called Punishing the
Poor: Criminalizing Poverty
that will examine the relation-
ship between poverty and incar-
ceration. The series is made
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ickson; her sisters, June (Earl)
Klang, Pat (Joe) Nelson; Arnita
Erickson, and her sister-in-law,
Gloria Proctor.
The service for Carol was
held on Saturday, March 18,
2017 at 11:30 AM at the WICH-
MANN FUNERAL HOME. A
time of visitation will be heldon
Saturdayfrom10:00 AMuntil
the time of the service at the fu-
neral home. Interment will be
in the Evergreen Memorial
Park in Colorado.
Online condolences may be
expressed at www.wichmann-
fargo.com.
possible by a grant from the Be-
yond the Page Foundation. For
a full list of events in this series
at other Dane County libraries,
visit http://bit.ly/2kUqO8o. The
presentation will begin at 7:00
PM in the librarys lower-level
Archer Room.
Those interested may register
online at midlibrary.org/events
or by email at info@midli-
brary.org
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M IDDLETON H IGH S CHOOL

committee continues to make progress
Y OUTH A PPRENTICE S POTLIGHT
Group was formed in 2016 to get info and explore options
Middleton High School is proud to partner with the Dane County Consortium to offer Youth
Apprenticeship opportunities to our students. Apprenticeships are available in Biotechnology, The Facilities Planning Com- months. Mavroulis and the school
Information Technology, Health Care, Manufacturing, Pharmacy, Finance, Marketing, Construc- mittee, which held its first meet- The District hired Eppstein board have charged the FPC to
tion, Engineering, Architecture and Hospitality and Tourism. The student benefits by receiving ing in September 2016 and Uhen Architects to help with the keep those goals in mind when
school credit, a workplace mentor, industry experience, and pay. It allows a student to explore a plans to meet until early 2018, facilities planning process in considering options.
career up close and be better prepared for next steps after high school. continues to gather information February and is currently ac- This board has put no limi-
and explore possible options to cepting requests for proposal tations on you, Mavroulis told
Student: John Virnig recommend to the Board of Ed- from construction firms. The the FPC in September. You
Parents: Joe and Kathy Virnig ucation. District plans to interview final- should dream big.
Area of Apprenticeship: Media / IT The school board decided in ists in April. After the FPC narrows down
Place of Employment: Middleton High August 2016 to convene an FPC The District adopted three its options, the District plans to
School made up of community mem- goals in 2016 under Mavroulis, survey community members in
bers. More than 60 District res- who took over as superintend- early 2018. The FPC is hoping
Goals after high school: idents expressed interest in ent on July 1, 2016: to make recommendations to
I plan to go to Madison College to pursue an serving on the committee and 1. Plan for growth: Ensure the school board in the spring of
Associates degree in Electrical Engineering more than 20 were selected. facilities and resources meet the 2018.
Technician and return for a certificate in Film The FPC has met monthly needs of all students and staff. We want to make sure we
Making. and toured Middleton High 2. Improve student engage- engage our community through-
School, both middle schools ment and well-being in order out this process, communica-
What do you do at your place of appren- 2000 February. and three of the six elementary to improve student achieve- tions director Perry Hibner
ticeship? The Youth Apprenticeship Program has given schools during that time. Co- ment: Ensure an inclusive, in- said.
In my position I work in the high school me a chance to explore a field that I believe will chairs Luke Francois and Bob novative, inspiring, culturally Voters approved two referen-
Media Department making and editing videos. be a part of my future. It has allowed me to ex- Hesselbein along with Superin- and linguistically responsive dum questions in November
I also go around to different district schools and pand my knowledge and confirm my love for tendent George Mavroulis have and supportive learning envi- 2012 worth nearly $60 million.
film for events they have going on. I have the field. From navigating intense interviews provided monthly updates to the ronment for all students. In- Most of Kromrey Middle
worked at Sauk Trail, MHS, and Elm Lawn. I to learning more about the lab and research school board. crease student commitment to School was rebuilt, while a new
have made many different films highlighting a process I have been provided with an amazing The FPC spent its first few and enthusiasm for innovative wing was added at Glacier
lot the wonderful activities that take place in our opportunity to preview my future. months learning about enroll- learning; foster talent develop- Creek Middle School in Cross
schools. ment projections, capacity for ment and create a sense of hope Plains along with adding class-
For information about the Youth Appren- every school and what facilities for the future. rooms and other space. The Dis-
How does having an industry mentor ben- ticeship Programs at Middleton High School and need renovation. The com- 3. Enhance adult engage- trict also moved fifth-graders
efit your experience? contact Sheila Hibner at mittee spent two meetings ment and well-being: Ensure into both middle schools to re-
Having a person that works in the industry shibner@mcpasd.k12.wi.us or Cherie Hellen- brainstorming possible options an inclusive, innovative, inspir- lieve overcrowding at the ele-
helps me understand what I am doing and how brand at and the District plans to provide ing and supportive working and mentary level.
to make it better. Eventually they lead me in a chellenbrand2@mcpasd.k12.wi.us. Appren- more information about curricu- adult learning environment There are more than 6,700 K-
direction that makes the video the best I can ticeships are available in health care, infor- lum needs and 21st century through meaningful collabora- 12 students in District schools
produce. For a good representation of this, go mation technology, biotechnology, STEM learning at upcoming meetings. tion. Engage families. Take care in 2016-17. When the referen-
to YouTube and look up our Gallery 2000 careers, manufacturing, finance, hospitality The FPC and Board of Educa- of ourselves, our students, and dum passed, there were a little
videos, Gallery 2000 September and Gallery and tourism, and construction. tion are also planning multiple each other. more than 6,000 K-12 students.
joint meetings in the coming

ELECTION continued from page 1

out of county zoning and allow-
ing just the town board to de-
cide.
Opting out is a separate
issue. This (candidacy) is about
taking away the legal right to
vote on an important matter,
Richson said Tuesday.
The legislation, AB109, re-
ceived a hearing on March 8 be-
fore the Assembly Local
Government Committee.
Roehls testimony made it clear
that he and Kolar favored mak-
ing residents vote on opting out
only advisory, Richson said.
Under state law adopted last
year, towns could not opt out of
Dane County controlled zoning
without an affirmative vote by
residents. The Middleton town
board supervisors have taken all
the steps necessary to opt out
with only the residents sched-
uled for April 18 annual town
meeting remaining.
Opt out proponents are get-
ting some push back from resi-
dents which is why they want to
take away their vote, Richson
said.
I know Kolar has been on
(Dane County Towns Associa-
tion) opt out working group,
with (towns association attor-
ney Mark) Hazelbaker and
(Town of Berry Town Chair An-
thony) Varda, and none of that
is transparent. Theyve been
holding meetings at town hall
andthose meetings have not
been posted, Richson said.
At the March 1 Plan Com-
mission meeting, Richson voted
to recommend to the town
board that the town not opt out
of county zoning at this time.
The motion was approved 5-2.
Its premature, she said of
the move.
The town chair is a leader of
the town and Kolar has given up
his leadership to Roehl who is
driving the town to opt out, and
encouraging forming tax incre-
mental finance districts, Rich-
son said.
Kolar will not publically say
how hell vote on opting out or
if he favors making residents
vote on opting out advisory.
Im undecided, he said on
AB 109.
Kolar did say he is the candi-
date for town chair with the
most experience in town gov-
ernment and that the town is in
great shape financially, and
has improved under his leader-
ship.
We take care of our roads,
our parks. We have develop-
ment and planning and Ive had
a hand in that since the mid-90s.
The town gets very few com-
plaints and Im proud of that,
he said.
Richson agreed that the town
is well managed today but its
future under town-controlled
zoning represents a great
change in its direction.
I believe in representative
government but right now the
town board represents special
interests, not the taxpayers,
Richson said.
Roehl, who is a Realtor and
registered lobbyist for the Dane
County Towns Association,
bristles at any hint that he has a
conflict of interest.
He notes that his experience
as a Realtor informs him on
land development issues and
makes decisions to benefit the
town, not himself.
Opting out of country zoning
will save the towns taxpayers
money as the town will keep 15
percent of the zoning fees de-
velopers now pay directly to the
county.
Roehl said the towns fi-
nances are gotten in better
shape due to his involvement on
the town board including saving
$5,400 annually by buying in-
stead of leasing a car for the
sheriffs deputy the town con-
tracts for patrol services.
I think that was the only
compliment I ever got from
Richard (Oberle). He said, nice
catch, Tim, said Roehl.
Town property taxes have not
gone up during his time on the
board, Roehl said, and you
cant do better on taxes or pub-
lic safety than me.
Richard is a noer. He never
brings good ideas to the table.
He was defeated in his last cam-
paign by Gary Whitney who a
much better supervisor than
Richard ever was, Roehl said.
Residents prompted Oberle
to run for the board before and
after he testified last week
against AB 109, he said.
Many of the supervisors
who testified in favor of AB 109
said if residents dont like what
they do, vote them out of office.
Well, Im giving them what
they asked for, he said.
Oberle said he was the most
environmentally mindful mem-
ber when he served on the town
board or plan commission and
would continue to ask the hard
questions others wont.
Opt out is being pushed
against by people she doesnt
trust to act in the towns best in-
terests and if elected to the town
board he will remain an advo-
cate for the towns semi-rural
charter through zoning deci-
sions made by the town or the
county, he said.
Im a big advocate for clus-
tered subdivisions in the town,
as they originally were pro-
posed. Those like the Stone
Brook neighborhood where I
live. If more development
comes, thats what Id love to
see happen again, he said.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2017 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 5

MHS trumpet ensemble conducted by Halie Brown - Students in the ensemble (not in order pictured) include: Kei Kohmoto,
Jacob Rozum, Abby Burns, Kian Djamali, Julia Fonder, Kyra Ginsberg, Katy Jurgella, Ben Petersen, Thorne Powers, Max Pres-
tigiacomo, Rachel Roberson, Alexis Stahnke, Jaimie Williamson. State bound string quartet L to R: Michael Xie, Balaji Veera-
mani, Emma Neumann, Mary Hsu.

Hundreds of Middleton High
School music students per-
formed at the WSMA Solo/En-
semble Music Festival on
Saturday, March 4th in Middle-
ton. Congratulations to all of the
Middleton High School per-
formers for their hard work, in-
dividual music learning and
performance! The MHS bands
and orchestras are at their peak
now due to all of the individual
practice hours and increased
musicianship through the
solo/ensemble experience.
Steve Kurr, MHS Orchestra
Teacher, said about the student
participation in solo/ensembles,
Working on solos and ensem-
bles teaches a whole different
set of skills from large orchestra
rehearsal.Students work on in-
dependent musicianship skills,
they become more individually
responsible, and they simply
spend more time with their in-
struments in the weeks leading
up to this festival.February is
the month of greatest musical
growth in our music class-
rooms.
175 MHS music events are
headed to the state WSMA con-
test at UW Platteville on April
29: 112 band events, 28 orches-
tra events, 16 choral events and
Kian Djamali, trumpet
Sawm Djamali, alto sax
Jonathan Downs, tenor sax
Ben Fagre, marimba, timpani
Ben Foster, alto sax
Amber Fuerbringer, tenor sax
Isaac Galang, baritone
Kyra Ginsberg, trumpet
Maeve Gonter, flute
Adam Goren, marimba, tim-
pani
Jordan Gundrum, flute
Kirby Heck, alto trombone,
trombone
Connor Hellenbrand, alto sax
Nick Hinz, marimba
Molly Hoferle, clarinet
Taylor Huber, trumpet
Sam Jaeger, marimba, parade
drum
Emily Keebler, alto sax
Saemee Kim, clarinet
Kei Kohmoto, trumpet
Emma Kostecki, flute
Grace Madigan, flute
Cami Malak, flute, piccolo
Abby Mangas, flute, piccolo
Andrew McGinley, horn
Kaden Mettel, concert snare
drum
Declan Mulkerin, horn
Clara Nemr, tenor sax
Anna Nordhaus, flute
Hanna Noughani, oboe
Peter Opitz, marimba
Britney Paul, flute
Anton Tung, marimba
Jenna Wagner, marimba
Alex Warholic , parade
drum, timpani
Susanna Zheng, clarinet
Band Ensembles:
Alto sax trio: Ben Foster, An-
drew Stine, Andrew Kruck
Brass quintet: Kei Kohmoto,
Katy Jurgella, Declan Mulkerin,
Kirby Heck, Isaac Galang
Clarinet Choir 1
Clarinet Choir 2
Clarinet duet: Susanna
Zheng, Saemee Kim
Clarinet trio: Andrew Allen,
Susanna Zheng, Saemee Kim
Double Reed Ensemble
Flute Choir A
Flute Choir B
Flute Choir C
Flute duet: Emma Kostecki,
Cami Malak
Flute duet: Maggie Carey,
Grace Madigan
Flute duet: Madeline Pope,
Morgan Pincombe
Flute duet: Lena Lonetree-
Miller, Katie Stigler
Flute trio: Madeline Pope,
Anna Nordhaus, Morgan Pin-
combe
Flute/Oboe duet: Grace
Madigan, Hanna Noughani
Horn quartet: Jack Rader,
Trumpet trio: Kian Djamali,
Thorne Powers Jaimie
Williamson
Wind quintet: Hanna
Noughani, Kirby Heck, Declan
Mulkerin, Anna Nordhaus,
Henry Cryns
Woodwind Ensemble
Orchestra Solos:
Sergio Aviles, violin
Mia Chapman, violin
Joseph Choi, cello State bound horn quartet: Declan Mulkerin, Megan An-
Meghna Datta, violin drews, Jack Rader, Andrew McGinley.
Jahnavi Gali, viola
Reshma Gali, violin
Calvin Guse, viola
Mary Hsu, violin
Cha Mee Kim, viola
Leta Landucci, violin, viola
Eric Lee, violin
Rachael Lee, violin
Sam Miller, cello
Emma Neumann, cello
Bria Peterson, viola
Maureen Sheehan, viola
Ellie Taylor, violin
Stuart Wodzro, violin
Michael Xie, viola
Kirstin Yu, violin
Orchestra Ensembles:
Violin duet: Leta Landucci,
Kirstin Yu
Violin duet: Ellie Taylor,
Rachael Lee Ruth Thompson, piano solo.
Photos contributed

19 piano events. Congratula-
tions to all students, parents,
teachers and coaches who
helped make this possible! The
following students have quali-
fied for the state solo/ensemble
contest.
Band Solos:
Melissa Ahn, timpani
Andrew Allen, clarinet
Max Balasubramaniam, tim-
pani
Kai Batley, alto sax
Bryson Bauer, trombone
Sophia Bote, marimba
Aaron Brenton, bassoon
Chris Burandt, tenor sax
Charlotte Buck, tuba
Lucy Croasdale, tenor sax
Nenry Cryns, clarinet
Haiwen Dai, concert snare
drum, marimba
Nickolas DeOliveira, alto sax
Ben Petersen, trumpet
Morgan Pincombe, flute
Madeline Pope, flute
Thorne Powers, trumpet
Max Prestigiacomo, trumpet
Logan Prichard, baritone
Jack Rader, horn
Caleb Randall, alto sax
Amanda Roesch, alto sax
Griffin Rose, alto sax
Jacob Rozum, trumpet
Emma Schweber, clarinet
Simi Seerha, timpani
Titus Smith, bass trombone
Alexis Stahnke, trumpet
Brendan Steele, marimba,
multi-percussion
Rachel Steiner, clarinet
Bauer Stetzenbach, tuba
Erik Stewart, marimba
Katie Stigler, flute
Andrew Stine, alto sax
Colten Stoppleworth, tuba
Jack Tibbetts, marimba
Declan Mulkerin, Megan An-
drews, Andrew McGinley
Misc. trio: Amona Saleh,
Luke Jurgella, Max Prestigia-
como
Percussion duet: Sam Jaeger,
Luke Zoroufy
Percussion duet: Adam
Goren, Luke Zoroufy
Percussion ensemble: Ellip-
sis
Percussion ensemble: Cardi-
nal Percussion
Percussion ensemble: PASIC
Ensemble
Percussion ensemble: Per-
cussion Class
Saxophone Choir
Trumpet ensemble
Trumpet quartet: Ben Pe-
tersen, Rachel Roberson, Jon
Roll, Alexis Stahnke
Trumpet trio: Jacob Rozum,
Kei Kohmoto, Katy Jurgella
Viola duet: Michael Xie, Jah-
navi Gali
String quartet: Meghna
Datta, Rachael Lee, Maureen
Sheehan, Marcus Knoke
String quartet: Stuart
Wodzro, Frank Thornton, Nitin
Somasundaram, Joseph Choi
String quartet: Mary Hsu,
Balaji Veeramani, Michael Xie,
Emma Neumann
String quintet: Ellie Taylor,
Reshma Gali, Calvin Guse, Jah-
navi Gali, Sam Miller
Piano Solos:
Andrew Allen, jazz piano,
piano
Max Balasubramaniam, jazz
piano
Chloe Cole, piano
Sarah Gralnek, piano
Calvin Guse, piano
Maylynn Hu, piano
Jessica Kim, piano
Max Newcomer, piano
Anna Paulsen, piano
Abigail Thompson, piano
Ruth Thompson, piano
Nathan Trinkl, piano
Anton Tung, piano
Zoe Ystenes, piano
Kirstin Yu, piano
William Zhang, piano
Piano Duets:
Calvin Guse and Nathan
Trinkl
Hanna Noughani and Eli
Shlimovitz
Choral Solos:
Katy Briggs, music theater
Chloe Cole, music theater
Nick Duernberger, bass
Elizabeth Engle, soprano
Seamus Fleischman, tenor
Isabel Garlough-Shah, so-
prano
Sarah Gralnek, soprano
Robert McPherson, bass
Kylie Peters, music theater
James Rasmussen, tenor
Lydia Shaw, alto
Abigail Thompson, soprano
Ruth Thompson, soprano,
music theater
Choral Ensembles:
SSA trio: Kiley Spahn,
Mariah Hanson, Elanor Cho-
miak
Bristol Street a cappella
group

Science Olympians have

another great showing
The MHS Science Olympiad team had a great showing at the
Slinger High School Science Olympiad Invitationalon Saturday,
the fourth. 18 teams from all over the state competed and we
placed 7th as a team. Jon-Luke Hash and Jay Jang placed in 4th
in material science. Michelle Chi and Asha Jain placed placed 4th
in anatomy and physiology, and Jay Jang and Milissa Ahn placed
2nd in rocks and minerals.
The group picture includes: (back row) Jon-Luke Hash, Ethan
Koertje, Jay Jang, Annie Ma, myself, Michelle Chi; (front row)
Sean Zhang, Melissa Ahn, Asha Jain, and Max Balasubramaniam.
PAGE 6
GEIGER
Counter
Thank
by Matt Geiger
the gods
I still worship the old gods, in
a way.
That is why, when people ask
me about my ancestry, I might
say the names of my grand-
mothers or grandfathers, but
what I am all really thinking is,
Im descended from wise Odin
and mighty Thor.
Whether we are Lutherans,
Catholics, atheists or devout ag-
nostics, our old deities are often
The difference between peace and not war
still part of our lives. I happen
to have some Norwegian blood
meandering through my veins.
by BARTLETT DURAND
Guest Column
Im grow-
ing con-
cerned with
false defini-
tions. And
Im not talk-
ing about
alternative
facts or any
of that nonsense, but about how
a complex concept is often de-
fined as the opposite of a simple
concept.
For example, Ive heard that
someone is healthy when they
are not sick. My sense of
healthy goes far beyond ill-
ness. In fact, you can be sick
with a winter cold, for example
and still be healthy. By the
same token, you can be quite
unhealthy, yet be free of illness
or be masking symptoms
through drugs.
Then theres happy. Are
you happy? Or are you not
sad. Does that count? By the
same token, does happy have
to be ebullient, jumping for joy,
skippety-do-la-la-la happy all
the time? [I think that would be
Get the facts on zoning opt out
called nuts, but I digress]. For
me, happy is a general sense
of warm contentment, able to
face obstacles and events with a
To the editor,
As you may have heard, the Town has the opportunity to withdraw from Dane County Zoning. The Town Electors will have an op-
portunity to vote on this question at the Annual Meeting,7:00 PM, April 18, 2017, at the Town Hall.
As there has been a lot of discussion and many questions regarding this question, the Town will host an informational meeting onMarch
25, at10:00 AM at the Town Hall. At the meeting, will be representatives from both the Dane County Zoning Office and the Dane County
Towns Association. They will be present to answer your questions.
MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE
spring, they cherished and pre-
served their heritage, which was
forever immune to whatever
changes would occur in the
places they left behind for the
New World. And while they had
converted to Christianity by
then, the old gods had not yet
completely faded from view.
People think that gods want
to be worshiped. What they re-
When people voyage to a
new land, where they plant ally need is caretakers. Some-
grains, raise livestock, and build one to tell and retell their tales;
a new life together, they tend to to keep them alive and brim-
flash freeze their native culture ming with all the fury and
and bring it with them. Such beauty that are in their natures.
was the case with the Scandina- And our old gods could have no
vians who first left the manic, better caretaker than Neil
Gaiman, whose new book,
epic landscapes of Norway and
Norse Mythology, doesnt
made their way to the relatively
just keep them alive; it simulta-
docile, rolling wilderness of
neously elevates them and
Wisconsin, bringing with them
brings them down to earth in a
the genetic coding that would
way I, personally, have never
one day produce me, the guy ro-
seen before.
tund guy who cant spell any-
Gaiman is one of the most fa-
ones name correctly in your
mous authors in the world. For
local newspaper. When they set
the first 35 years of my life, I al-
sail, they brought with them a
ways thought of him as a comic
version of Scandinavian culture
that was locked in time, like a book writer, a title that, for me,
ranks only marginally below
portable time capsule. Here,
saint or superhero. Then, when
along with their crops and their
our daughter was born, I discov-
cattle and their human off-
generally positive attitude. for each other. You feel free to
Ok, last one. What is walk down the street, to talk
peace? Is it not at war? I with strangers, and to interact
saw a recent national budget with those you see without fear.
proposed that would dramati- Walls are NOT the answer.
cally increase defense spending As soon as you put up a wall,
the weapons of war and the whether it is a gated community
soldiers to shoot them while or a border wall, you have cre-
there is a simultaneous cutting ated an immediate us/them con-
of the State Department. The flict. The dynamic creates a lack
demand was to Make America of trust you dont trust any-
SAFE. But does that bring one from outside the wall,
peace? whether youre leaving the se-
I think of it this way. In your curity of your safe zone or
own home, are you safe if they come into your space.
you put up ten foot walls, top But what happens when you
them with barbed wired, keep have a fortress-like neighbor?
an angry guard dog to prowl in- Mistrust, concern, wariness. So
side the fence, and have multi- their guardedness becomes a
ple loaded guns in your house? self-fulfilling prophecy. My
Well, I guess you are safe neighborhood peace is dis-
from an armed assault on your turbed. Everyone loses.
homestead, but are you ever The same psychology must
able to leave your house? What apply to international relations.
happens when you walk (or Walls, otherness, guarded be-
more likely drive) outside your havior, armed vigilance all cre-
fortress? Do you have to remain ate a sense of un-welcomeness,
armed at all times, with armor of the potential for violence,
plating and bodyguards around mistrust, threat to safety. If that
you? What is required to keep country is suddenly armed, Id
you safe in the wider world? better match their weaponry be-
And where, in this scenario, is cause they have the potential to
there any sense of peace? harm me. Walls, weapons, espi-
In my view, peace is when onage, and saber-rattling (aka
you are in a community where bullying) become the norm.
you know your neighbors, and Diplomacy is supposed to ease
have established a baseline of the tension inherent between
understanding and have respect nations and the interaction of
ered that Gaiman is also a pro-
lific author of childrens books.
(His tender, refreshingly sincere
Blueberry Girl actually
brought me to tears when I first
read it to my swaddled infant
daughter.) He has also written a
variety of popular novels that,
like so many good books, tend
to defy categorization.
Now Gaiman has turned his
considerable talent to our old
gods. To the diverse pantheon
that some of us like to consider
our extended family.
Published by W.W. Norton &
Company, Norse Mythology
will significantly change our re-
lationship with them, because
for all our adoration, most of us
simply know about the Norse
gods. A reading of Gaimans
new book allows us to get
toknow them in a new and far
more human way. The begin-
ning to the chapter entitled The
Mead of Poets, which is about
halfway through the book,
could easily have served as an
introduction to this entire work.
Do you wonder where poetry
comes from? Where we get the
songs we sing and the tales we
armed forces. But building up
the military while cutting the
diplomatic corps is a double
whammy, cutting off communi-
cation and establishing the ele-
ments for a feedback loop
leading to war. It is not a means
to build peace.
But heres where Im con-
fused and conflicted. At one of
the local middle schools, I re-
cently observed two incidents
of violence/threatening behav-
ior. In one, a larger boy was
pounding on a smaller boy.
They were separated by parents
and sent separate ways, but it
created an instant electricity in
the building as the other kids
talked about what they had
seen, and began watching over
their shoulders.
The second incident was
more subtle. A group of boys
was walking down a crowded
hallway in a phalanx point
person with his allies forming a
V behind him. They took up
most of the hallway, and walked
with a deliberate, menacing
Im a tough guy/dont mess
with me attitude. The kids in
the hall flowed to the side as the
boys passed then carried on. But
for that moment, and through-
out the walk, there was no
peace. It instilled a sense of trib-
alism in the school, where the
Danny Aerts
tell? Do you ever ask yourself
how it is that some people can
dream great, wise, beautiful
dreams and pass those dreams
on as poetry to the world, to be
sung and retold as long as the
sun rises and sets, as long as the
moon will wax and wane?
This wonderful book holds
the answer to this and much,
much more. You will learn that
when you look up at the clouds
by day, you are seeing Ymirs
brains, and who knows what
thoughts they are thinking, even
now. You will learn that Loki
makes the world more interest-
ing but less safe, which is a
wonderful piece of praise and
damnation to sit side by side,
without even a comma to sepa-
rate them.
You will read tales that are
grim, and those that are majes-
tic. You will also laugh, in all
likelihood, when you find the
gods romantically entangled
with various animals and giants,
or when they pass wind midway
through battle.
Ive always been fascinated
by these old stories. But they
were, I thought, more like an-
toughest are dominant.
Before you read on, please
close your eyes and think about
those two situations. How
would you have responded?
How would you have felt?
What would you have done?
Now think about our middle
schoolers facing the same situ-
ation. Are they equipped to
shake it off, or does it set up a
pattern of aggression/avoid-
ance? So how DO you respond
to the situation? Do you stand
up to these aggressors and
punch them in the mouth? Do
you isolate them and force
them, through shunning or ex-
pulsion, from being part of
normal society? And how
about the kids themselves?
Whats going on in THEIR lives
that makes them act this way?
Are we, as a society and school
system, willing to isolate and
jettison our troubled or vio-
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2017
cient monoliths than modern
tales. They were like immense,
immovable mountains. Beauti-
ful to look at, but not much
more. In Norse Mythology,
Gaiman breathes life into the
mountain. Under his care, the
old granite gods rise up, shake
off their age, feast, engage in
various hijinks, die, come back
to life, and seem utterly alive,
flawed and divine, all at the
same time. Some have com-
pared Gaiman to Loki, the trick-
ster, but here he is far more like
Idunn, who returns time and
time again to feed the gods the
apples of immortality, restoring
their youth, their beauty, and
their power.
Its no small trick, bringing
our ancestors back to life. And
it is a wonderful gift for those of
us who feel inexorably linked to
them. Its the type of thing for
which one might even thank the
gods.
Find and share this story on-
line at geigerbooks.com.
lent students? And if we insist
on integration, HOW to we
work with them in a way that
brings them into line with soci-
etal norms of behavior, and
HOW to we keep the other kids
feeling safe? Where do we find
peace?
I obviously dont have the
answers. But I do know that
peace is not not-war, and the
creation of peace is an active,
daily effort to calm our own
spirit, to open up our hearts to
others, and to increase under-
standing between us all. It takes
work, and forgiveness, and
diminution of ego. And yes, it
takes a certain baseline of per-
sonal safety. How we balance
this all to create a better world
starts with being aware of the
question, then working together
to build a community built on
communication, respect and
trust.
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2017
Being A Woman
with Breast Cancer
On a December day in 1992,
when thermometer readings
dropped to 30 below and the
windchill made things feel 20
degrees colder, an 18 year old
exchange student from
Venezuela, named Karina,
moved into our home to spend
the rest of the school year with
us. She had never seen snow,
nor experienced arctic blasts
like this one, that kept all but
the hardiest of Wisconsinites in-
doors.
She met the weather chal-
lenge with the same determina-
tion that she met the language
barrier, learning to cross coun-
try ski, play baseball and live a
Kromrey nominated for Green Ribbon Schools award
continent away from home -
with curiosity, grace, kindness
and candidness, and underneath
Kromrey has been selected
for a number of awards since its
rebuild was completed in 2015.
The middle school was nomi-
nated for a national honor last
month.
Kromrey learned on Feb.
7that it was one of two public
schools nominated by State Su-
perintendent Tony Evers to be
recognized by the U.S. Depart-
ment of Education Green Rib-
bons Schools program.
Kromrey is a leader in re-
ducing environmental impact,
improving health and wellness,
and providing effective envi-
ronmental and sustainability ed-
ucation the three pillars of
the Green Ribbon program,
Communications Director Perry
Hibner said. When the school
was rebuilt, we wanted to make
sure it was a great place to learn
it all, a very positive nature.
Except for the occasional let-
ter or phone call, we didnt
communicate much between
1995 and 2004 when she went
back to Venezuela to continue
her education at the University
in Caracas, and then to work.
It was a dream of her
mothers that Karina should
pursue a career in front of the
camera. She was a beautiful
young woman. It was her own
dream to be behind one, making
films. Both womens dreams
came true in the years that fol-
lowed Karinas time in Wiscon-
sin.
In 2004, I travelled to
Venezuela to reconnect with
this wonderful young woman
who had shared our home and
become another daughter. Little
did I know that our family had
been host to a celebrity.
and a building that would stand
the test of time. We believe it
is.
It is the fifth time since the
award was established in 2012
that the District has been recog-
nized. MHS (2012), Park
(2014) and West Middleton
(2016) have been previously se-
lected as Green Ribbon School
award winners. The District was
named a Green Ribbon District
award winner in 2015. MC-
PASD is one of only two dis-
tricts in the United States to
have the district and at least one
school receive Green Ribbon
awards.
You cant get nominated if
you dont take the time to apply
but you wont be selected if you
arent making these things a pri-
ority in your schools, Hibner
said. We can only nominate
MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE
For five years Karina was the
South American image for Max
Factor. Her face was on bill-
boards, shopping bags and mag-
azine ads all over the continent.
She was the star of a soap opera
called La Munica, (Little Doll)
which ran for one year, the stan-
dard of that industry for our
southern neighbors. And, she
starred in many television com-
mercials for Pepsi and other big
name companies.
She learned a lot through
these experiences and met the
challenges head on. Finally,
Karina left the world in front of
the camera, applying the knowl-
edge that she gained to work as
a filmmaker.
Now Karina is bringing her
positive, generous, determined
nature to meet the greatest chal-
lenge of her lifetime, breast can-
cer. So that others may benefit
one school a year, but we take
pride in the efforts of all of our
schools. face.
The other school nominated
this year is Houlton Elementary
School in the Hudson School
District. In addition, Washburn
School District was nominated
for a District Sustainability
Award.
Our Green Ribbon nomi-
nees are working to reduce the
costs of running their schools
through comprehensive envi-
ronmental and sustainability
planning, Evers said in a state-
ment. They are improving
their recycling efforts to reduce
waste, reducing energy con-
sumption, working on healthy
and wellness initiatives for their
students and staff members, and
are ensuring that students un-
derstand and can address the
from her knowledge and expe-
rience, Karina has started a blog
titled Liberate Mariposa (But-
terfly liberated). Her last entry,
posted on March 8, Interna-
by Karina Orozco
Being a woman ... What
does it mean?
Giving and bringing life to
the world is one of the most
important characteristics of
women. Their role is unique,
essential and necessary for
human existence.
Chest, breast, teat ... any of
these terms is associated with
the maternal food that nour-
ishes each baby at birth.
But the breasts also have a
very strong feminine symbolic
load in many societies. Their
appearance can generate at-
traction or rejection.
They are an important part
of the set of tools that women
possess to feel attractive.
When a woman is diag-
nosed with breast cancer, she
immediately feels terrified that
one of the attributes that make
major environmental and sus-
tainability challenges we all
Schools Wisconsin Sugar
The U.S. Department of Ed-
ucation Green Ribbons Schools
program recognizes schools,
districts and higher education
institutions that reduce schools
environmental impact and
costs, improve the health and
wellness of students and staff
members, and provide effective
environmental and sustainabil-
ity education.
Wisconsin has had 15
schools, one private school and
four Districts honored since
2012. MCPASD is the only dis-
trict in the state to have multiple
honorees in that time.
Wisconsins Green Ribbon
application is long and one of
the most comprehensive in the
nation, one reason why no nom-
inee from the state has been de-
nied the national award, said
Deb Weitzel, a retired MHS sci-
ence teacher whom the District
hired as a consultant in 2015 to
help with sustainability efforts.
To complete such an arduous
task involves tapping into the
expertise of a great many indi-
viduals both at the school and
district levels. The cooperation
across the District has been
awesome and the sustainability
efforts remarkable.
tional Womans Day, is particu-
larly insightful and inspiring.
I asked her if I could share it
with the readers of the Middle-
ton Times. She was honored to
her a woman is threatened.
Losing breasts, losing hair
as a result of treatments, los-
ing the possibility of being a
mother, losing the ability to
enjoy sexual stimuli ... these
are hard, painful, difficult to
assimilate and handle losses.
Breast cancer can become
an attack on what is culturally
understood as being a woman.
Cancer and its after effects
can change our anatomy and
affect our coquetry. They can
inject fears and insecurities.
They can even steal our self-
esteem.
But, being a woman tran-
scends social paradigms and
aesthetic canons. Being a
woman comes in our blood,
our mind, our spirit, our DNA.
To honor the word
woman it takes a lot of sur-
render, courage, sensitivity, in-
telligence and, above all, love.
Each of the state nominees
will receive Green & Healthy
dents and families to make that
Maple certification and be rec-
ognized nationally through
Project Learning Trees Green
Schools program and the Na-
tional Wildlife Federations
Eco-Schools USA program.
The U.S. Department of Ed-
ucation will announce the hon-
orees onApril 24.
We are thrilled that Krom-
rey has been nominated, Su-
perintendent George Mavroulis
said. We have always been
committed to being a green and
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be asked and hopes that her re-
flection will be helpful. After
all, thats why she started writ-
ing in the first place.
Beyond not having a breast,
beyond being unable to have
children, beyond not being
able to show my long hair ...
beyond all the changes that
have occurred in my body
from cancer, I feel more
woman than ever.
Cancer has given me more
than it has taken away - self-
confidence, self-knowledge,
spiritual growth, awareness of
being alive, new friendships,
new dreams and projects ...
Being a woman is a chal-
lenge, it is a responsibility and
a commitment to humanity.
That essence does not change
any disease.
Let us celebrate the oppor-
tunity to demonstrate our
valuable contribution to the
construction of a world based
on respect, dignity and love.
Happy day woman!
healthy district. It takes a huge
commitment from staff, stu-
happen but we believe it is very
important.
Kromrey was awarded En-
ergy Star Certification (2016,
score of 91) and U.S. Middle
School Design Project of the
Year 2016. The school also re-
ceived the Wisconsin Technol-
ogy Education Association
Middle School Program of the
Year in 2015 and was named
Best Place to Work by Madison
Magazine in its annual rankings
that same year.
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DEBATE continued from page 1

A key difference...
One area where Brar and Hilbert diverged was on the legacy
of outgoing Mayor Kurt Sonnentag.
Brar said he supported, and was an instrumental part in,
many of Sonnentags initiatives, citing the sustainability com-
mittee and work to protect and enhance local ponds. But Brar
also ran against Sonnentag for mayor in 2009, and has not
been shy about voicing his concerns about government spend-
ing and other issues.
Hilbert, on the other hand, said he is part of Sonnentags
succession plan.
One thing is for certain, said Hilbert. On April 4 we are
going to lose an amazing mayor. Hilbert said he sat down with
Sonnentag about a year ago to discuss the possibility of launch-
ing his campaign when Sonnentag gives up his seat this spring,
after a decade in Middletons highest office. This is Kurts
chance to pass the baton, Hilbert said.
Brar countered Hilbert by stating: Its not the mayor who
will select the next mayor its the citizens.
Im running for mayor because people want me to, Brar
added. He said he admires Sonnentag, calling him a great
guy, but Brar also said the city needs change and a new
vision going forward.
Hilbert disagreed. I dont see the need for a new direction,
he stated.
A coin flip by Middleton High School Current Events Club advisor Molly Meck (center) decided who would speak first in last
Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger

Brar said he supported, and Hilbert disagreed. I dont

was an instrumental part in,
many of Sonnentags initiatives,
citing the sustainability com-
mittee and work to protect and
enhance local ponds. But Brar
also ran against Sonnentag for
mayor in 2009, and has not
been shy about voicing his con-
cerns about government spend-
ing and a host of other issues.
Hilbert, on the other hand,
said he is part of Sonnentags
succession plan.
One thing is for certain,
said Hilbert. On April 4 we are
going to lose an amazing
mayor. Hilbert said he sat
down with Sonnentag about a
year ago to discuss the possibil-
ity of launching his campaign
when Sonnentag announced he
would not seek another term
this spring after a decade in
Middletons highest office.
This is Kurts chance to pass
the baton, Hilbert said.
Brar countered Hilbert by
stating: Its not the mayor who
will select the next mayor,
its the citizens.
Im running for mayor be-
cause people want me to, Brar
added. He said he admires Son-
nentag, calling him a great
guy, but Brar also said the city
needs change and a new vi-
sion going forward.
see the need for a new direc-
tion, he stated
In the first forum one week
earlier, Hilbert came out with a
fairly aggressive tone, airing
years of disagreement among
members of the council. But last
week, both candidates were
more subdued.
Yet their core differences,
and their disagreements about
several key issues, remained.
Hilbert was battling two op-
ponents: Brar and a severe flu
that made him visibly queasy
throughout much of the debate.
He took every opportunity to re-
mind voters that he is the home-
town candidate. He grew up in
Middleton, went to local public
schools, and chose to stay in the
community he loves, where he
has now served on the city
council for a decade, he said.
He told several stories about
specific personal interactions
with residents, and, in a subtler
manner than one week earlier,
again suggested that Brar is
more of a campaigner than an
effective planner or executive.
Brar, who was just getting
over an illness himself, grew up
on a farm in India and told the
crowd that he was the first in his
family to go to school. He made
his way to the United States,
weeks mayoral debate at the Middleton Performing Arts Center.
where he earned his Pd.D. in
genetic science, and has called
Middleton home for longer than
Hilbert has been alive (34
years). Brar, who has served on
the council for nine years, took
every opportunity to remind
voters that he is a scientist who
can combine analytic thought
with a passion for serving cit-
izens in the Good Neighbor
City.
They answered questions
covering topics ranging from
road repair to the opioid epi-
demic, from Jesus Lunches to out his childhood bedroom win-
the legacy of Sonnentag.
While the newspaper origi-
nally proposed the forum, local
students and their advisor,
Molly Meck, did the heavy lift-
ing. As a result of their meticu-
lous planning, the event, which
was attended by an estimated
120 people ranging from
teenagers to senior citizens, ran
incredibly smoothly. The Mid-
dleton Performing Arts Center,
with its impressive sound sys-
tem and vast seating, allowed
everyone to see and hear the
candidates. At the even, stu-
dents reminded their 18-year-
old classmates to vote.
In their opening statements, housing in the city, noting that
the candidates each talked about
their core strengths.
This is our home, said Brar
of the Good Neighbor City. He
spoke of the great education
his children received here and
said he has delivered results
for his constituents during his
time as a city alderman. He said
he is running to serve the com-
munity I love and because of
his passion is to serve people.
Hilbert said he had the priv-
ilege of growing up in Middle-
ton, fondly recalling looking
dow at the Pheasant Branch
Conservancy. He spoke of his
time at Middleton High School
and said he knows how to pro-
tect natural resources amidst the
pressures of development.
Opening statements segued
into the first question, with the
candidates detailing the past ex-
periences they think make them
well suited for office.
Brar listed analytic skills,
planning skills and the afore-
mentioned passion to serve.
He said his background as a sci-
entist would serve him well as
mayor, and he said he would
support affordable, workforce
Hilbert voted against a develop-
ment that included affordable
units at least in one case.
Hilbert said he has proven he
is able and willing to listen
and provide solutions while
supporting vital city services
such as police, fire and EMS.
He said he worked hard to
create the citys storm water
utility and helped take the
tourism fund out of debt. Most
of all, Ive worked as a team-
mate, he stated. Hilbert said he
shows up to council meetings
to work, and that he stays for
their duration. He stated
strongly that he voted against
the housing units in question for
reasons unrelated to affordable
housing.
The next question pivoted to
the issue of climate change, and
whether the candidates support
a carbon tax in the city.
Hilbert said climate change is
irrefutable and that it has an im-
pact on the health of people and
the economy. He added that he
supports carbon trading and re-
ducing the citys carbon foot-
print.
Global warming is real, and
there is consensus among scien-
tists, agreed Brar. But he
pointed out that Middleton is
not the source of any power
producers and said the best so-
lution is a combination of gov-
ernment solutions, such as solar
panels, and personal accounta-
bility by all people.
On the issue if affordable
housing, the two candidates
began to verbally spar, albeit
with visible control.
[A lack of] affordable hous-
ing is a problem in Dane
County and in Middleton, Brar
stated. He said the city needs af-
fordable apartments and afford-
able single-family homes. He
suggested the use of Tax Incre-
ment Financing (TIF) coupled
with state funding to encourage
affordability. He also suggested
holding a brainstorming ses-
sion to come up with further
solutions.
We have jobs in the City of
Middleton that dont pay a high
enough wage to live in the com-
munity, said Hilbert. But living
and working in the same com-
munity have been shown to
have an array of benefits, he
said. Hilbert pointed out that he
sat down with city administrator
Mike Davis eight years ago to
express his concerns that Mid-
dleton was becoming a gated
community due to its afflu-
ence. As a result, the city rolled
out multiple programs, includ-
ing a down payment assistance
fund. However, those proved to
be short lived, which Hilbert
said was due to outside eco-
nomic factors.
Hilbert said city leaders still
have a plan to continue bringing
more housing diversity to the
community. We dont need to
sit around and brainstorm, he
stated. We need to implement
the plan.
Brainstorming is a never a
bad thing, replied Brar.
Go look at the city plan,
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CHURCH NOTES
Hearing from both sides
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2017
by MATT GEIGER
Times-Tribune
Youve likely heard plenty in
the last few weeks (and over the
better part of the last decade, if
your read the local newspaper)
from the two men currently run-
ning for mayor of Middleton.
After all, both Gurdip Brar and
Hans Hilbert have been promi-
nent in city politics for quite
some time. They also faced
each other in two mayoral de-
bates, as well as answering a va-
riety of questions that appeared
in this paper during the early
days of the mayoral race.
But what about everyone
else? What about the people
who support them? What do
they have to say?
Those who support the candi-
dates are passionate about who
should be the next mayor. They
recently made their cases for the
person they think should soon
takeover the communitys high-
est elected office. Detailed here
are the cases made by people on
both sides.
Middleton resident Suzanne
Scott said the April 4 election
will give citizens an opportunity
DEBATE
we do not need to start the
process over again, Hilbert re-
sponded.
Both candidates, when asked
how they plan to work with the
local school district, praised
Middleton-Cross Plains schools
and vowed to continue working
in collaboration with the dis-
trict.
Next, the debate turned to the
current wave of opioid-related
crime and death that is a prob-
lem in the United States, in
Dane County and here in Mid-
dleton.
Brar admitted not knowing
much about the problem until
recently. He said his research
showed there were 22 over-
doses documented in Middleton
last year, as well as two con-
firmed deaths. Brar advocated
for enforcement relating to
sellers, and counseling for
users.
Hilbert went into further de-
tail, referencing Wisconsins
culture that revolves around
drinking and alcohol and talk-
ing about a young woman who
was not a bad person but be-
came involved in drugs and
prostitution. We need to work
with people who are broken,
he stated.
These people dont need to
to re-assess Middletons direc-
tion and priorities.
Our community is being re-
developed before our eyes,
Scott said. What was a pleas-
ant downtown of small shops
and wonderful eateries is being
converted into a sprawling
apartment haven.
Our already difficult park-
ing situation is about to get dra-
matically worse, our downtown
skyline now lies in the shadow
of over-towering apartment
buildings, and yet our roads are
still falling apart, she contin-
ued. Yes, we have Dane
Countys lowest tax rate - un-
fortunately offset by pot-hole
blown tires and bent tire rims.
We need to get control of our
priorities.
Scott went on to say that Brar
would bring reason and ration-
ale to our community if elected
mayor.
He has shown a commit-
ment to caring for and acting in
the best interests of our commu-
nity, she concluded. He can
bring that same care and con-
cern to all of Middleton.
Hans Hilbert has gained en-
dorsements from every other
be put in jail; they need to be
helped back into society,
Hilbert added.
After a brief break, the candi-
dates were asked how they plan
to work within the budget cap
and increase city revenues.
Brar said the city has not ad-
equately taken advantage of the
Wisconsin Department of Rev-
enues Expenditure Restraint
Program. He also said the coun-
cil, which increased taxes sig-
nificantly for several years in a
row until a recent decrease, has
gone to the limit with spend-
ing too often.
Hilbert said Brars criticism
of the Expenditure Restraint
Program lacked foresight, be-
cause the city was able to bring
in new Tax Increment Financ-
ing revenue that offset the
money that would have come
from the Department of Rev-
enue. He said as a result, the
city can get back even more
next year.
The candidates also spoke
about one of the most contro-
versial topics to come to Mid-
dleton in years: Jesus Lunches.
The lunches, which are organ-
ized by religious parents and
held at Firemans Park, have
been hailed by supporters as a
return to traditional values. council] didnt handle it very
MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE
member of the city council (ex-
cept Brar, of course). He also
has the support of outgoing
mayor Kurt Sonnentag, who is
not seeking re-election follow-
ing a decade in office.
It has been my honor to
serve the city in various capaci-
ties since 1998 and, for the last
10 years, as mayor, said Son-
nentag in a written statement
provided to the Times-Tribune.
I am proud of the accomplish-
ments during my tenure and
leave office secure in the
knowledge that Middleton has a
very bright future. I want to
thank you for the trust and con-
fidence you have shown me. It
is greatly appreciated.
The thought of who would
be my successor has weighed
heavily on my mind, Sonnen-
tag continued. Who can be
trusted to carry on the years of
success our city has enjoyed.
We need a mayor who pos-
sesses intelligence, creativity,
persuasiveness and sincerity
and also possesses the ability to
solve problems and gain the re-
spect of council members.
Without respect, the ability to
build a consensus is practically
Others say they are a breeding
ground for hatred and intoler-
ance of students who are LGBT,
Muslim or atheist. Organizers
say more than 500 students reg-
ularly attend the popular but di-
visive events.
According to Middleton city
administrator Mike Davis sev-
eral months ago, [t]he matter
of the legal right to assemble at
Firemens Park has been set-
tled. In other words, the events
will be allowed to continue.
Brar said there are two issues
to grapple with. The events take
place on a city-owned park that
is directly adjacent to Middle-
ton High School. He said the
citys attorney advised the city work with police to avoid bias,
council that the events may con-
tinue based on the organizers
first amendment rights. But
there is also a question of
whether they are actively dis-
rupting the lives and work of
students and teachers in the
school. A joint task force has
been formed to examine the
issue, and Brar pointed out that
he is a member of that commit-
tee. The basic problem, ac-
cording to Brar, is one of
communications. the issue. Growing up in India,
Hilbert took a different
stance. In hindsight, [the city
and to mostly-white Middleton,
impossible.
Sonnentag also called Hilbert
the clear choice to be his suc-
cessor.
He has the traits mentioned
above and more, Sonnentag
said. His ten years on council
have given him the experience
and expertise needed to lead
Middleton into the future. Fur-
thermore, he has the respect and
endorsement of city council
members past and present.
He said Hilbert is the best
choice to keep Middleton on a
path to success.
Middleton residents Ken and
Joan Worden both threw their
support behind Brar.
We have been both im-
pressed and grateful for his past
community service, the Wor-
dens said. He has done a mar-
velous job of promoting
municipal growth while keep-
ing a watchful eye on its effect
on the budget, which should be
of great concern to all of us. He
brings a broad base of expertise
to this position. His 30 years of
community service to Middle-
ton is exceptional and relevant
for the position as out mayor.
Gurdip is not afraid to delve
well I think we let down our
community, Hilbert said.
The parents who put this on
should have known better or
worked out a solution, said
Hilbert, rather than putting our
lawyers in a room. Hilbert said
there is no question: Jesus
Lunches have caused problems
in the school and in the commu-
nity. He also accused Brar of
having a knee-jerk reaction to to address some of his critics.
the problem when the council
first met to discuss it.
The candidates were also
asked how they plan to promote
respect and equality for minori-
ties in the city.
Hilbert said city leaders must
and should work to promote di-
versity on the police force and
at city hall. Were heard a lot
in the news about bullies and
bullying, and those things need
to stop because they are beneath
Middleton, Hilbert stated.
We need to move away from
this fear that people from some-
where else are going to hurt us,
Hilbert said.
Brar pointed out that he is in
a unique position to understand
Brar was in the majority. When
he came to the United States,
into contentious issues and
work on solutions that are
amenable to all taxpayers.
His past willingness to listen
to our concerns and suggestions
and act on them has been most
appreciated and respected,
they continued. He takes his
responsibility to represent his
constituents very seriously and
conscientiously, but all the
while in a very friendly ap-
proachable manner. Residents
of Middleton will be hard
pressed to find a more qualified
candidate.
They said they have great
confidence in the qualifications
Gurdip Brar brings to the table.
JoAnna Richard currently
represents the citys 3rd District
on the Middleton Common
Council. She, like the other
council members, went on the
record to endorse Hilbert.
Hans has demonstrated the
type of coalition building skills
to best lead Middleton for our
future and is greatly appreciated
for those of us that serve with
him on the City Council, said
Richard.
Despite being one of the
youngest members on the coun-
he was in the minority. I have
been on both sides of this, Brar
said. He encouraged everyone
to get involved in the commu-
nity and interact with those who
might seem different. Middle-
ton is changing, he added.
In their closing statements,
Hilbert reiterated his lifelong re-
lationship with Middleton,
while Brar took the opportunity
Hilbert pledged to respect
and protect natural resources,
and to work to keep Middleton
a wonderful place to live. I will
work really hard as mayor to
protect natural resources and in-
crease the tax base, he said.
While Brar has proven to be
wildly popular in his own alder-
manic district nigh unbeat-
able, it would appear he is
PAGE 9
cil, Hans is also one of the most
experienced, she continued.
He has successfully led several
committees, most notably and
most recently, he has chaired
the citys Plan Commission,
helping the city maintain its bal-
ance between economic devel-
opment and environmental
preservation. With his leader-
ship, we continue to outpace our
neighbors in job creation while
balancing the quality of life as-
pects provided by ample open
space and recreation opportuni-
ties.
Richard went on to call
Hilberts knowledge of city or-
dinances unparalleled on the
council and said his colleagues
often appreciate his thoughtful
perspective for structuring and
adjusting city laws.
Over the last six years, we
havent always agreed on all the
issues but there has not been
one time that I have not re-
spected his position or his mo-
tivation, Richard said. Hans is
a fierce defender of our water
quality, conservation spaces,
and ensuring that our city work-
ers are respected and appreci-
ated for their public service.
continued from page 8
also facing an opponent in
Hilbert who has now earned the
official endorsements of every
member of the city council who
is not running for mayor, along
with the endorsement of the
outgoing mayor. Brar said the
accusation that he does not
work well with others on the
council is a myth.
There is the perception I
dont work as well with the oth-
ers, but 90 percent of the time
the council [votes unani-
mously], Brar said. When he
does vote against the majority,
it is because he is doing so in
accordance with his con-
stituents wishes, he added.
Lets make Middleton an
even better place, Brar con-
cluded.
Another strong showing for DECA
PAGE 10
21 DECA members recently
competed at the State Career
Development Conference in
Lake Geneva. Students per-
formed role plays that resemble
scenarios they would encounter
if they worked in business or
marketing. Students also took a
multiple choice test based on re-
lated instructional areas.
Students earn medals based
on their performance on the role
plays and written exam.
The students did great this
year, said Robert Hutchison,
advisor. To see Megan take
first place in both of her events
was pretty amazing. Fiona also
did a great job placing in both
of her events (2nd and 5th). Its
clear the students prepared and
were ready for the competition.
This years conference was one
of the most successful in terms
of the number of first and sec-
ond place finishers , said
Hutchison.
Series Champions:
Megan Borgmeyer 1st place
Automotive Services Marketing
and 1st place Financial Consult-
ing
Katy Briggs 1st place
Restaurant Marketing
Ethan Wildes 1st place Per-
sonal Financial Literacy
Fiona Lynch 2nd place Food
Marketing and 5th place in Ad-
vertising Campaign
Nitin Somasundaram 2nd
place Business Finance
Sam Smith 4th place Auto-
motive Services Marketing
James Griswold 5th place in
Advertising Campaign
MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE
Chloe Cole and Natalie Cho
6th place Hospitality Market-
ing Team
Honorable Mention:
Lily Baird Principles of
Hospitality
Jahnavi Gali Personal Fi-
nancial Literacy
Reshma Gali Financial
Consulting
Phyo Kyaw and James Nolan
Buying and Merchandising
Team
Phyo Kyaw Professional
Selling
Trevaun Turner Apparel
and Accessories
Jahnavi Gali took 8th place
for the Economics test and
Casey McKean was in the top
15. Over 400 students took the
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2017
test. Both Jahnavi and Casey
did a great job on the exam,
said Hutchison.
Medal winners were:
Lily Baird, Megan
Borgmeyer, Katy Briggs, Na-
talie Cho, Chloe Cole, Jahnavi
Gali, Reshma Gali, James Gris-
wold, Nathan Hibner, Phyo
Kyaw, Fiona Lynch, Casey
McKean, James Nolan, Sam
Smith, Nitin Somasundaram,
Trevaun Turner, and Ethan
Wildes
Chloe Cole started the open-
ing session Tuesday night by
singing the National Anthem.
11 students will be compet-
Megan Borgmeyer took 1st place in both her events at State.
ing at the International Career
Development Conference in
Anaheim, CA in April.
21 DECA members competed at the State Career Develop-
Photos contributed
ment Conference.
 Sunset Ridge Elementary School hires
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2017
Maria Dyslin as its new principal
Maria Dyslin, who has been
in the Madison Metropolitan
School District since 1997, has
been selected as the new princi-
pal at Sunset Ridge Elementary
School.
Maria will bring a wealth of
knowledge and a real passion
for serving all students to Sun-
set Ridge, Assistant Superin-
tendent Sherri Cyra said.
She met briefly with the
Board of Education, which ap-
proved the appointment, on
Monday, March 6. Sunset Ridge
staff was told late last week.
I am thrilled to join the Mid-
dleton-Cross Plains Area
School District, she told the
Board. I couldnt imagine
doing anything else. I love
being with children. I put them
before everything else. Im very
excited about the work to
come.
MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 11
For the past three years, Dys- ership team meeting that same it was Dyslins idea. Were The District interviewed 14
lin has served as a fourth-grade week and attend staff profes- thrilled to have her join our candidates for the position and
teacher at Glendale Elementary. sional developmenton Friday. team. brought back three for final in-
Before that, she served as a It allows us to get a head Her first day isJuly 1. She terviews.
school-wide facilitator, which is start, Superintendent George replaces Todd Mann, who is re-
similar to an assistant principal, Mavroulis said, noting to laughs tiring after 15 years.
for one year and as an instruc-
tional resource teacher (instruc-
tional coach) for seven years at
the school.
She has taught multiple ele-
mentary grades in Madison. She
has led Words Their Way train-
ing in MCPASD and teaches
reading classes for Concordia
University.
Dyslin has bachelors and
masters degrees from UW-
Madison. She is also fluent in
Spanish.
Dyslin plans to spend two
days at the school in April dur-
ing Madison Metropolitans
spring break. She also will at-
tend the Districts monthly lead-
PAGE 12 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2017

Scenes of splendor in your backyard

Photos by Michael Knapstein

It might sound trite, but in Middleton, beauty really is all around you. Here are just a few ex-
amples.
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2017
MIND
ley wrote, when I get mad at
my sister. I go to my room, lie
on my bed, and have a mindful
minute. Sophia, another
fourth-grader, said that using
the technique helps her focus
after recess or when shes feel-
ing spacey.
Schommer made sure to
point out that the program ben-
efits students and faculty alike.
Our Om Yeah team is moving throughout the day on
strong.We have them start
staff meetings and stuff like
that. The mindfulness program
has fostered a collegial atmos-
phere among the faculty, some
of whom participate in a run-
ning club or as part of a budding
cadre of yogis.
In fact, the Om Yeah Yoga
Movement has focussed on
teachers since its inception.
Betsy Delzer is a former Mid-
dleton-Cross Plains art teacher
who has extensive yoga training
and has taught yoga to educa-
tors since 2012. To help with
her own training, Delzer asked
Northside Principal Roz Craney
if she could teach yoga to her
colleagues at the school.
Meanwhile, Delzer kept
wondering what she could do to
address the teacher burnout epi-
demic. In addition to turnover,
which was high across the pro-
fession, there was the less visi-
ble problem of teachers living
in a state of chronic mental de-
pletion, just going through the
motions day after day.
In the summer of 2014, after
reading A More Beautiful Ques-
tion by Warren Berger, Delzer
thought mindfulness might pro-
vide a path forward: What if
our teachers were...happier?
she wondered. Delzer thought
teachers could benefit from an
increased focus on self-care and
contemplative practices that
might prevent them from just
have more patience, maintain
autopilot. It was just an effort to
take care of me and my
friends.
Delzer began to introduce
mindful practices such as grat-
itude/reflection, meditation in
addition to her yoga classes and
the Om Yeah Yoga Movement
was born. Principal Craney of-
fered vital early support,
allow[ing] our team of volun-
teer leaders time at Professional
Development and staff meet-
ings to offer these optional prac-
tices.
Offering mindful practices
for educators, Om Yeah pro-
gramming has been used in
schools in the Twin Cities,
Wauwautosa and Waunaukee.
Om Yeah is in its second year at
two schools in the Middleton-
Cross Plains School District and
is in its first year of implemen-
tation system-wide.
Small groups of leaders at
each school in the district share
responsibility for providing the
mindfulness curriculum. Delzer
says there are between 9-12
MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 13
continued from page 1
yoga classes happening weekly One principal in Milwaukee other and respond to one an- dents at even C-rated schools
(thanks to Bliss Flow Yoga in- is convinced [Om Yeah] has others needs. would rather keep their kids at
structors) and multiple locations been integral to our ability to Park Principal Schommers local schools and improve them
offer drop-in meditations and nearly eliminate the achieve- report was met with support from within.
writing prompts to help foster ment gaps between all cate- from many members of the People are choosing com-
the practice of noticing and gories of learners in our board. Superintendent George munity, Mavroulis said, laud-
gratitude. school. The principal goes on: Mavroulis seemed particularly ing the mindfulness programs
The goal of the program is to Behavioral referrals have sig- enthusiastic about the develop- success in bringing people to-
offer these moments of respite nificantly decreased, [and] now ments. In a recent trip to Ari- gether.
and rejuvenation during the the children and adults in our zona, where schools are given
workweek to help teachers school truly listen to one an- an A-F rating, parents of stu-
focus and offer a reset technique
when they feel themselves be-
coming overwhelmed or frus-
trated. My focus has always
been, first and foremost, lets
reach the teachers, help them
thrive, help them feel better in
their lives and the feedback
loop will be immediate to our
students and that has kind of
proven to be the case.
According to the first end-of-
year surveys from the Middle-
ton-Cross Plains schools,
mindfulness has been a hit. All
survey respondents reported
using tools with students
often or some of the time,
and that the program has deep-
ened understanding of mindful
practices and made a positive
impact on their personal lives
and/or the community.
Additionally, 95 percent of
respondents are pausing regu-
larly to reset, take a breath and
refocus, with a plurality report-
ing they do so daily. Promotion
of this type of self-care is one of
the programs core goals.
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Middletons
boys track team
hopes to shine
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune

Joe Lines debut season was

one to remember.
Now, Middletons boys
track and field coach hopes the
encore is just as exciting.
The Cardinals won their
fourth straight Big Eight
Conference title last year.
Middleton followed that up
with a second place finish at
the WIAA Division 1 state
meet, the best finish in school
history.
As a new season begins, the
Cardinals have a bevy of goals.
Among them is to capture a
fifth straight conference title
and shine at state once again.
The Big Eight is very
strong with Verona, (Madison)
La Follette, and Madison
Memorial, said Middleton
coach Joe Line, whose team
begins its season April 1 at the
Madison West Relays. These
teams always have very talent-
ed squads and their coaches put
them in the right positions.
We expect to win the Big
Eight Conference meet and

Swinging
hold off all these great
teams. We also are looking to Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

BOYS TRACK, page 18 Jack Toennies and Middletons boys track and field team have high hopes for the 2017 season.

for the top

MHS girls Prairie. But you dont win

softball team
games on paper.
Middleton found that out the

has high hopes

by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Perry Hibner looks up and
down his Middleton softball
roster and loves what he sees.
There are two experienced
pitchers returning to anchor the
Cardinals staff.
There are five returnees that
earned some form of all-Big
Eight Conference honors in
2016. And the newcomers are
bursting with potential.
But Hibner fully under-
stands that no matter how good
things look now, nothing is
promised over the next three
months.
On paper, we have a really
good returning nucleus, said
Hibner, whose team begins its
season April 3 against Sun
hard way a year ago.
The Cardinals went 15-9
overall and finished fourth in
the Big Eight Conference at 11-
7. Middleton defeated each of
the three teams that finished
above it in the league, but also
lost to several teams that fin-
ished below it.
Had the Cardinals held
serve against some of the teams
in the bottom half of the con-
ference, they might have been
able to make a run at the league
title.
We beat everybody above
us, so we had the ability,
Hibner said. But we cant lose
to the teams in the bottom half
of the conference. We just cant
do that if we want to make a
run at the top.
The Cardinals should have
the firepower to make a run this Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld
spring.
Rachel Everson and Middletons girls softball team hope to compete for a Big Eight Conference
SOFTBALL, page 19 title this spring.
Girls track team thinking big
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2017
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Cory Christnovich isnt shy.
Middletons girls track and
field coach knows the Big
Eight Conference is loaded
once again. Christnovich
understands teams like Sun
Prairie and Madison Memorial
bring back talented, experi-
enced rosters.
But Christnovich fully
expects his Cardinals to be the
Big Eights best outfit for a sec-
ond straight season.
I fully expect to compete
for the conference title again
and to keep it for a second
straight year, Christnovich
said.
Middleton did exactly that
last season in Christnovichs
first year taking over for long-
time coach Tara Franklin. The
Cardinals won the Big Eight
Conference meet, finished first
at regionals, second at section-
als and fifth at state.
Sam Valentine, who fin-
ished second at state in both the
800- and 1,600-meter runs, has
graduated and leaves big shoes
to fill. Lauren Smith, who was
second at state in the 100-meter
hurdles and anchored
Middletons 800-meter relay
team, will also be extremely
tough to replace.
But the Cardinals do have a
talented roster for Christnovich
to work with.
Senior Madeline Ace (400,
800), senior Alyssa Lemirande
(400, 800), junior Juliana
Castillo (200, 400) and sopho-
more Hadley Braaten (200,
400) lead the middle distance
MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 15
group.
Juniors Charlotte Sue, Iris
Ohlrogge and Natalie Asmus,
seniors Maya Gibson, Molly
Hoferle and Morgan Eder and
sophomore Elizabeth
Pansegrau headline the dis-
tance runners.
Juniors Maddie Callahan
and Clara Cownie will compete
in sprints and jumps, while sen-
ior Courtney Florin will spe-
cialize in hurdles and jumps.
Junior Ellie Grosspietch and
sophomore Mackenzie Krueger
will be a sprinters, senior Betsy
Hathaway will compete in the
pole vault and sprints, while
sophomore Claire Lorman is a
triple jumper.
Junior Jennifer McGinnis
will specialize in sprints and
the triple jump, while junior
Marie Mayers will compete in
the 300 hurdles and 400-meter
dash. Senior Madeline
Pflasterer-Jennerjohn will
compete in the pole vault,
sprints and jumps, sophomore
Lily Welti will specialize in
sprints and jumps, and sopho-
more Tai Pritts will compete in
sprints and throws.
Middletons throwers
include seniors Jahnavi Gali
and Maya Huebsch and junior
Reshma Gali. Senior Rachel
Zander will compete in both
sprints and throws, while and
junior Grace Peterson is a high
jumper. Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld
We have a lot of great ath-
Charlotte Sue is one of the top returnees for Middletons girls track and field team this spring
letes trying to earn the few var-
sity spots, Christnovich said.
These ladies love to put in
hard, but that the hard work their abilities and it showed at Emma Hoffman, Kayla Holmes, LynnKruchten, Mackenzie
hard work and love to keep will pay off in the end. They the meets, Christnovich said. Maya Huebsch, Paola Lara Krueger, Claire Lorman, Abby
improving themselves day in never shy away from the chal- You could see the confidence, Santiago, Alyssa Lemirande, Mangas, Mallory May, Susannah
and day out at practice. Allison Libert, Maria Ohlrogge, Murdoch, Qeren Ndoyi, Elizabeth
lenge put in front of them. readiness, and determination in
They know that practice is Every day it is hard for me their eyes, how they held them-
Madeline Pflasterer-Jennerjohn, Pansegrau, Tai Pritts, Laura Rice,
Anitha Quintin, Venkatesh Renu, Alexis Stahnke, Anna Thomley,
to figure out who is having selves, and how they prepared Rachel Steiner, Clara Lily Welti, Megan Zimmerman,
more fun at practice and who is for their events. MarieWilliams, Rachel Zander Anna Zimmerman
enjoying it more the coach- They then put that into Juniors: Natalie Asmus, Freshmen: Mara Allen,
es or the athletes. Everyone is action when they competed and Maddie Callahan, Juliana Castillo, Charlotte Buck, Julia Compton,
smiling, energetic, happy, and were performing personal bests Charlotte Sue, Clara Cownie, Sophia De Oliveira, Ada
putting in their best effort to try time-in and time-out at meets. Autumn Delaney, Payton Dower, Demetrios, Kennedy Denoble,
Katiya Fosdick, Reshma Gali, Georgia Elliott, Elizabeth Engle,
to make Middleton girls track It was so much fun to watch
Bailey Gresch, Ellie Grosspietch, Elizabeth Folsom, Shreya
and field the best that it can and to be there cheering them Leta Landucci, Marie Mayers, Godishala, Katie Hesselbein, Lexi
be. on, helping them reach their Jennifer McGinnis, Megan Hillebrand, Maddie Hoffmann,
Middletons girls improved goals. Meinholz, Iris Ohlrogge, Molly Ryleigh Iverson, Julie Jones,
by leaps and bounds a year ago. Parkin, Margaret Patterson, Grace Maggie Kane, Emma Kostecki,
And by the end of the year, the MIDDLETON GIRLS Peterson, Kayla Underwood, Jenny Lee, Katelyn Maas, Lili
Cardinals fielded one of the top TRACK AND Sophomores: Elora Becker, McGuffey, Skylar Mihal, Nicole
outfits in the state. FIELD ROSTER Kailey Best, Abigail Bliss, Hadley Parkinson, Anna Paulsen, Jena
Braaten, Stacia Flock, Hannah Peterson, Delijah Randle,
Christnovich is optimistic Seniors: Madeline Ace, Andrea
Flottmeyer, Keller Frinzi, Amber Andreyona Scott, Sitori Tanin, Jada
the same will hold true this Aranda Sanchez, Andrea Aranda
Grim, Quinn Harris, Julia Hartig, Thomas, Maggie Zopf.
spring. Sanchez, Laly Cadenillas, Morgan
Eder, Courtney Florin, Jahnavi Olivia Hartig, Kelly Hathaway,
Our ladies at the end of last Noell Jellison, Emily Keebler,
Gali, Maya Gibson, Lauren Hartig,
season were so confident in Betsy Hathaway, Molly Hoferle, Anna Keebler, Shae-
 All-Big Eight Conference
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2017 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 16

Girls Basketball
First Team
Name School Grade Ht.
Alex Luehring Verona Sr. 6-2
Erin Howard Madison East Jr. 6-1
Jayda Jansen Sun Prairie Jr. 5-9
Bria Lemirande Middleton Sr. 5-8
Julia Hartwig Janesville Parker Soph. 6-2

Second Team
Name School Grade Ht.
Justice Filip Madison East Jr. 5-7
Leilani Kapinus Madison Memorial Fr. 5-10
Alyssa Blair Sun Prairie Sr. 5-11
Alyssa Lemirande Middleton Sr. 5-8
Alexis Thomas Middleton Sr. 5-9

Third Team
Name School Grade Ht.
Hannah Halverson Janesville Craig Sr. 5-6
Aniah Willams Beloit Memorial Jr. 5-8
Riley Larson Madison East Sr. 5-8
Kalea Kruser Madison East Sr. 5-10
Chandler Bainbridge Verona Jr. 5-9

Honorable Mention
Name School Grade Ht.
Ali Carlson Janesville Craig Sr. 5-9
Sisi Mitchell Verona Sr. 5-4
Nyenhial Riak Madison La Follette Fr. 6-0
Giselle Monette Madison West Sr. 5-11

Middleton trio
Player of the Year: Alex Luehring, Verona
Coach of the Year: James Adams, Madison East and John Olson, Sun Prairie

earns honors
by ROB REISCHEL Middleton senior forward
Times-Tribune
Alexis Thomas and senior
guard Alyssa Lemirande were
They had another memo- both named second-team all-
rable season. Big Eight Conference.
And in the end, Bria Lemirande led the
Middletons girls basketball Cardinals in scoring (15.7),
team was justly rewarded. rebounding (7.5), assists (4.0)
Cardinals senior point and steals (4.1) this season.
guard Bria Lemirande was Bria Lemirande also made a
named first-team all-state by team-best 41 three-pointers
the Wisconsin Basketball and shot 46.3% from the field.
Coaches Association. Bria Lemirande finished as
Lemirande was also named Middletons second all-time
first-team all-Big Eight leading scorer with 1,223
Conference. points. She also collected
more that 500 career
rebounds, had more than 350
career assists and 250 career
steals.
I am usually pretty
reserved about singling out
individual accomplishments,
but Brias career warrants
some special consideration,
Middleton coach Jeff Kind
said. An amazing career!
Alyssa Lemirande finished
second on the team in scoring
(12.8), second in assists (2.0),
tied for second in rebounds
(3.5) and third in steals (1.8).
Alyssa Lemirande also shot
49.0% from the field, 67.3%
from the free throw line and
tied for second in three-point
field goals (24).
Thomas was third on the
team in scoring (9.1), second
in steals (1.9) and fourth in
three-point field goals (21)
WBCA ALL-STATE TEAM
DIVISION 1
First team
Grace Beyer, soph.,
Mukwonago*; Erin Howard,
jr., Madison East; Jayda
Jansen, jr., Sun Prairie; Bria
Lemirande, sr., Middleton;
Sydney Levy, jr., Appleton
North; Alex Luehring, sr.,
Verona; Chloe Marotta, jr.,
Homestead; Lizzie Miller, sr.,
De Pere; Sydnee Roby, soph.,
Milwaukee King*; Kenzie
Schmitz, sr., Germantown.
Honorable mention
Kari Brekke, jr., Appleton
North; Caroline Busch, sr.,
Brookfield Central; Ema
Fehrenbach, sr., Marshfield;
Grace Gilmore, sr., Arrowhead;
Abby Guidinger, sr., Kettle
Moraine; Lexi Hanley, sr.,
Chippewa Falls; Caitlyn
Harper, jr., Arrowhead; Maddie
Re, sr., Bay Port.
Times-Tribune photos by Mary Langenfeld

Bria Lemirande (top) was named first-team all-state and first-team all-Big Eight
Conference. Alexis Thomas (middle) and Alyssa Lemirande (above) were both named second-
team all-Big Eight.
PAGE 17 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2017

Platteville-bound
Photo submitted

Middletons Clare Day (center) recently signed a letter of intent to play golf at the University of Wisconsin-
Platteville. Day is shown here with parents Dan and Jamie Day.

Next stop: Lakeland

Photo submitted

Middletons Ben Miller (center) signed a letter of intent to play volleyball at Lakeland University. Miller is shown
here with parents Dave and Shelia Miller.
PAGE 18
n BOYS TRACK
score at state and the main
goal is to get as many there as
we can and see how many
points we can put up.
Middleton must replace
standout Perrin Hagge, who
scored 23 of the Cardinals 41
points at state. But Middleton
has several individuals that
seem poised for big years.
Senior Gus Newcomb was
third at state in the 1,600 and
fourth in the 3,200.
Jack Rader, now a junior,
also finished seventh at state in
the 3,200-meter run last year.
Ryan Madoch is another top
returning distance runner.
Tre Turner, who qualified
for state in the 800-meter relay,
is a senior who will run the 100
and 200, and also compete in
relays and the long jump.
Triple jumper Jackson Grimm
went to sectionals last year and
is looking to make a run at
state.
Middleton also has a core
group of returning sprinters
that includes Anthony Gaitlin,
Austin Delaney, James Pabst
and Dion Huff. Max Elliot will
lead the Cardinals throwing
group, while Louis Hinshaw
and Matt Lieferman will lead
Middletons pole vaulters. In
addition, Jack Tonnies figures
to be Middletons main hurdler.
For having such a success-
ful year we have a lot of ath-
letes coming back that had suc-
cess last year, Line said.
There are a handful of new-
comers that should contribute,
as well. That group will be led
by sophomore Caleb Easton
(1,600), senior Preston Lewis
(400) and sophomore Eagan
Peters-Michaud (long jump,
high jump, 400).
Middletons greatest
strengths appear to be in the
distance groups and sprint
teams. But with 130 athletes in
the program, the Cardinals
should be solid in most areas.
I think we have a lot of
depth on this team and should
contend in all areas, Line said.
Overall, Line expects this to
be another memorable year.
I am really excited about
this team, Line said.We have
tremendous leadership to an
extent I have not seen in 11
yearsof coaching.
The athletes are putting in
the work even with the weather
not cooperating. This should be
an exciting season.
MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2017
continued from page 14
MIDDLETON BOYS
TRACK AND
FIELD ROSTER
Seniors: Myron Ashford,
Harrison Bielski, Trystin
Benson, Matthew Cushman,
Austin Delaney, Greg Driscoll,
Max Elliott, Anthony Gatlin,
Austin Granderson, Jackson
Grimm, Alec Hanson, Ben
Harris, Louis Hinshaw, Gavin
Katovich, Eman Kitchen, Roman
Kryshak, Daniel Ledin, Matthew
Leiferman, Preston Lewis, Joe
Ludwig, Ryan Madoch, Brendon
Martin, Seamus McWilliams,
Gus Newcomb, Quinn Pierstorff,
Noah Roberson, Cole Sampson,
Avhinav Sarabu, Jack Toennies,
Trevaun Turner, Sammy Zopf.
Juniors: Kane Birscbach,
Tristan Carroll, Dion Huff, Sam
Jaeger, Moubarak Jeje, Koby
Koistinen, Jake Lamers, Richard
Liu, Daniel MacLean, James
Pabst, Cole Parrell, Nick Pliner,
Jack Rader, Caleb Randall, Nick
Rawling, Aaron Richardson,
Alex Schmidt, John Stenklyft,
Kevin Sun, Eliot Waddell, Jack
Weiler.
Sophomores: Jay Ahe, Salaar
Akbar, Sean Bertalot, Jordan
Brooks, Ian Casper, Caleb
Easton, Ben Eisner, Logan Frey,
Sam Gessler, Will Hoferle,
Kevin Houck, Vince Joswiak,
Dylan Kalscheur, Tyler
Kalscheur, Josh Lahaie, Matthew
Lorfeld, Michael Madoch, Aidan
McEllistrem, Aidan Mills, Max
Newcomer, Gage OMara-Jones,
Ben Petersen, Eagan Peters-
Michaud, Logan Prichard,
Cameron Regan, Cooper Skubal,
Sam Spellman, Brady Statz,
Frank Thornton, David
Whittingham, Jack Wilson,
Stuart Wodzro, Elliot Zanon,
Times-Tribune photos
Jason Zhou, Jakob Zweber.
by Mary Langenfeld
Freshmen: Oliver Braaten, Gus Newcomb
August Braaten, Jadin Brown, (top) and Trevaun
Nick Castillo, Ian Davis, Daniel Turner (left) are
DeJarlias, Ryan Donndelinger, two of the top
Johnathan Downs, Julian Engle, returnees for
Braedon Gilles, Hunter Grimm,
Middletons boys
Stephon Harrison, Max Helmke,
track and field
Jerry Huff, Alec Inman, Egan
team this year.
Johnson, Joseph Kean, Will
Kovall, Jungwon Lee, Zach
Leffel, Jackson LeRoy, Julio
Lima-Sanchez, Ethan Lin, Ben
Litchfield, Calvin Lopez-srem,
Seth Luetscher, Zach Mayhew,
Gabriel Medina, Jack Ohly, Dabe
Okoli, Henry Patterson, Jacob
Lavelski, Rollie Schlieckau,
Alex Schuster, Stephen Shi,
Thomas Silver, Owen Szot,
Jacob Vogt, Casey Waddell,
Caleb Wickre, Roman Ystenes,
Daniel Zens.
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2017 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 19

MIDDLETON GIRLS
SOFTBALL ROSTER
Name Year Pos.
Katrina Anderson 12 OF
Lauren Banke 11 SS
Ashley Bindl 10 3B
Brianna Buss 11 C
Hannah Edington 11 C
Rachel Everson 12 OF
Hanna Fisher 12 OF
Haley Franzen 11 OF
Makenzie Kopp 12 P
Jessi Nonn 12 OF
Jessica Parente 11 1B
Rachel Roberts 10 SS
Sophie Schafer 11 2B
Molly Trehey 12 3B
Sara Wettstein 12 OF Times-Tribune photos by Mary Langenfeld

Head coach: Perry Hibner Katrina Anderson (top) and Hanna Fisher (above) are two key
returnees for Middletons girls softball team this spring.

n SOFTBALL continued from page 14

Senior Makenzie Kopp will
anchor the pitching staff and
figures to be one of the top
players in the conference.
A year ago, Kopp received
first-team all-conference hon-
ors as a utility player. Kopp led
the Cardinals with 30 RBI, was
third on the team with a .409
batting average, and tied for
second in home runs with two.
Kopp also went 11-4 on the
mound, had a 3.41 ERA, struck
out 66 batters, walked 32 and
notched two saves. Therefore,
she was also named honorable-
mention all-conference as a
pitcher.
She always throws the ball
hard, Hibner said of Kopp.
But the big thing were look-
ing for from her is more move-
ment.
Shes certainly made a step
up. Shes worked hard on her
game and you can see the
improvement. She should have
a great year.
Junior Lauren Banke is a
solid No. 2 pitcher who also
will be the Cardinals starting
shortstop.
Last season, Banke batted
.366 with one home run, 16
RBI and 20 runs scored and
was named honorable-mention
all-conference. Banke also
went 5-4 on the mound, had
two saves and a 4.55 ERA.
Shes an incredible athlete,
by far our quickest player,
Hibner said of Banke. The
nice part is she shrinks the
infield. And then shes a nice
complement to Kopp because
they have very different
styles.
Junior Jessica Parente was a
second-team all-league player
as a catcher last year when she
was second on the team with a
.432 batting average. Parente
also tied for second with two
home runs, was third on the
team in RBI (25) and second in
OPS (1.152).
This year, Parente will move
to first base.
Shell play that position in
college, Hibner said of
Parente moving to first base.
Shes a really strong fielder
and shes looking really good
at the plate, too. The ball just
sounds different when it comes
off her bat.
Senior left fielder Hanna
Fisher was a second-team all-
conference player last year
after batting .384 with two
home runs and 21 RBI. Fisher
was also third on the team in
runs scored (26).
Fisher was primarily a des-
ignated player last year due to
some arm issues. This year,
Hibner is hoping Fisher will be
his starting left fielder.
Shes too good of an ath-
lete and outfielder for us not to
have her in the outfield,
Hibner said.
Senior center fielder Rachel
Everson is hoping to make her
final year a big one, too.
Everson, who will play col-
legiately at Indiana University-
Purdue University Fort Wayne,
was a first-team all-conference
player as a sophomore.
As a junior last season,
Everson was named honorable-
mention all-league after batting
.386 and leading the Cardinals
with 30 runs scored. Everson
also finished second on the
team with 10 doubles and had a
team-high 12 walks.
While Eversons numbers
were impressive in 2016,
Hibner believes shell be even
better in 2017.
Shes looking to have huge returning talent and depth are
bounce back year, Hibner
said. She set the bar so high
after her first two years, that
while last year was an average
year for Rachel Everson, its a
great year for most people. So I
think shes anxious to get back
in it.
The rest of Middletons line-
up will feature newcomers
ready to make their mark.
Junior Hannah Edington is
the frontrunner at catcher,
while junior Brianna Buss is
vying playing time there, as
well. Senior Katrina Anderson
and junior Sophie Schafer are
competing for the second base
job. Sophomore Rachel
Roberts is also in the mix at
second and will likely play
shortstop when Banke pitches.
Sophomore Ashley Bindl
moves from second base last
year to third base this season.
Senior Sara Wettstein will like-
ly play right field, while senior
Jessi Nonn and junior Haley
Franzen will be the top outfield
reserves.
Middletons combination of
certainly enviable. And while
that guarantees the Cardinals
nothing, it beats the alternative.
At the end of the day, we
have a talented, experienced
roster, Hibner said. And Id
much rather have that than try
to break in a whole new team.
PAGE 20
MHS girls lacrosse
Eleanor Mackey (left) and Abby Drake (right) hope to lead Middletons girls lacrosse team to a big season this spring.
team ready to roll
Middletons girls lacrosse
team has its sights set on a trip
to the state tournament this
year.
The defending Madison
Area Lacrosse Association
Conference champions have 12
returning varsity players.
Senior attacker Abby Drake,
who was voted a high school
All-American in 2016, leads
the way.
Also returning are senior
goalie Mia Acker and junior
midfielder Eleanor Mackey,
who were both all-conference
players last season. Mackey
was also named the confer-
ences co-Player of the Year
and was named to Team
Wisconsin, an elite team of the
states best lacrosse players.
Last season, Middleton
reached the state semifinals,
where it fell to three time
defending state champions
Hartland Arrowhead.
Middleton finished the year
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ranked No. 4 in the state and
hope to better that mark this
season.
The eight other returning
varsity members include Allie
Ballweg, Lexi Basel, Julia
Carr, Tara DeLeo, Julia
Fermanich, Margaret Rogers,
Carmen Schremp and Emma
Waldinger. Newcomers to the
varsity roster are Allie
Ballweg, Lauren Drake,
Keegan Ducke, Taylor Ducke,
Kristin DeLeo, Raina Hess,
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2017
Photos submitted
Becca Lorfeld, Jordyn
Sarbacker, Aliza Shoemaker-
Allen and Kayla Wiegand.
New to the varsity program
are Sophia Bot, Kyra Keenan,
Nina Porras, Emma Rozum and
Lilia Scheid.
Middleton, which is
coached by Anne Gravel and
Steph Spencer, began its sea-
son Tuesday against Oregon.

THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2017
Good Hops
returns
The Middleton Baseball
and Softball Commission
will hold its third annual
Good Hops beer and wine
tasting event on April 8 from
5-9 p.m. at the Holiday Inn
Hotel and SuitesMadison
West.
Tickets are $45 per person
purchased in advance or at
the door. Tickets include craft
beer and wine tasting from a
variety of area breweries and
wineries, hors doeuvres,
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music, silent auction and raf-
fles. A cash bar will also be
available.
Tickets may be purchased
online at
www.mbscwi.com/goodhops.
The MBSC is also looking
for sponsors for the event,
along with silent auction and
raffle items.
Event sponsors and those
with silent auction or raffle
items may also sign up at the
above website, or alternative-
ly contact a Commission
member listed on the web-
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RIEFS
site. Born 531, Patti Larson 521,
Proceeds from the beer Cindy Hall 500.
and wine tasting event will be
used to fund MBSC youth March 14
baseball and softball pro- Lyn Passini 557, Theresa
grams. Event proceeds will Meisel 543, Paula Brunner
also help to pay for financing 493, Sara Gudel 491.
of the new indoor practice
facility that the MBSC has
built at Firefighters
Memorial Park.
Bowling scores
Middleton Ladies
March 7
Lyn Passini 613, Frayne
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