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The Middleton Swim and Dive team continues to earn
success and accolades. While the swim team often finds it-
self in the spotlight, the dive team is quietly making a
splash of its own. The JV and varsity squads recently com-
peted at Sun Prairie. The dive meet had competitors from
Middleton, Verona, James Madison Memorial, Oshkosh
West, Oshkosh North, Waukesha North/Kettle Moraine,
and Sun Prairie.
After completing 11 dives for the varsity team, senior
Cardinal Homecoming
Eleanor Mackey (middle) finished in 2nd place with 417.00
points. Her teammates senior Sarah Dahlk (above) and
Photo by Ruth Bachmeier freshman Dana Huggett (top) finished 5th (332.95 pts) and
6th (316.65 pts) respectively. The mostly freshman JV
squad also had a strong showing in the JV portion of the
meet. After dives Middleton JV squad placed 1st (A.
The Middleton-Cross Plains Cardinals celebrated Homecoming last week. See the Cards Dunn), 3rd (L. Fitzgerald), 5th (B. Ricke), 6th (S. Schreier-
Court on page 4, and see more images from the Homecoming parade on page 7. Jacobson), 11th (E. Ledin) and 14th (G Hartung).
City teams up with Dane County for $50 million road project
PAGE 2 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2017
by KEVIN MURPHY work to make sure our roads are when I realized how bad this
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safe and can effectively move wasSo, I will keep pushing
commuters and commerce, for this. This is a really big
Parisi said to a small gathering roadblock we need to clean up,
The first step toward widen-
at Town of Westport town hall. Brar said.
ing CTH M to four-lanes from
He noted that Dane County Parisis budget also includes
CTH Q to SH 113 occurred
accounted for 56 percent of all $700,000 as the county share of
with Dane Count Executive Joe
of the states job growth, and a $1 million project to resurface
Parisi announcing last week that
that reliable transportation is a Highway Q and add bike lanes
$2 million in planning funds
key component to that contin- from Oncken Rd to Meffert Rd.
have been included in the pro-
ued vitality. in the town of Westport.
posed 2018 county budget.
The $2 million study looks to Also, Parisis budget includes
The projects eventual cost is
reconfigure the intersection of $750,000, the countys largest
an estimated $50 million, which
CTH M and K to accommodate amount to date, to start develop-
would take federal funding to
more traffic and improve safety. ment of the North Mendota
complete. However, the plan-
While the planned improve- Trail. This recreational trial
ning funds should get the proj-
ment lie outside the city of Mid- aims to link Waunakee and
ect ready for a federal funding
dleton proper, Mayor Gurdip Middleton to provide a safe bi-
request within a few years,
Brar could not be more enthusi- cycle and hiking trail.
County Executive Joe Parisi
astic about the project. The town of Westport and the
said at an Oct. 3 news confer-
Photo by Kevin Murphy
Middleton Mayor Gurdip Brar (in blue) and Dane County Executive Joe Parisi shake hands Thousands of people work- county funding would construct
ence.
while talking about the Highway M project last week. ing in Middleton are using this a 1.5-mile segment of the North
A growing population - in
highway because we have Mendota Trail, crossing CTH M
part caused by rapid growth in
18,000 jobs and only 4,000 peo- and Six Mile Creek, heading
Middleton - has put 20,000 ve-
ple who live and work in Mid- into Governor Nelson State
hicles daily on CTH M, said
dleton. So, they are coming Park.The complete trail route
Parisi, and the infrastructure
from somewhere else. Also, I will connect Schumacher Farms
needs to keep pace.
was stuck myself on this road County Park in Waunakee with
As our communities and
while going to the airport and Lake Mendota County Park in
economy grow, we must to
Keeping leaves out of the street can reduce the amount of phosphorus in urban stormwater
by 80 percent.
Fall is a critical time of year the Friends of Pheasant Branch engagement pilots aimed at
to take action to protect area Conservancy have joined ef- keeping streets leaf-free helped
waters. When it rains, stormwa- forts to keep streets leaf-free in guide the new Leaf-free Streets
ter flows through leaf piles in their communities. Last fall, for Clean Waters campaign
streets creating a leaf tea that the Madison Area Municipal launched by the Madison Area
is rich in dissolved phosphorus. Stormwater Partnership Municipal Stormwater Partner-
This leaf tea travels through (MAMSWaP) partnered with ship. This campaign encourages
storm sewers makingits way to Friends of Pheasant Branch residents to remove leaves from
our lakes, rivers and streams. Conservancy and the City of the street before it rains and in-
Too much phosphorus can fuel Middleton on a neighborhood cludes handy rain alerts to let
toxic algae blooms that are leaf pilot project to encourage them know when rain is on the
harmful to people out enjoying residents to remove leaves from way. It also includes a toolkit
the water and the animals living the street in front of their home that neighborhood or other
there. before the rain. The Friends of groups can use to help spread
The good news is that by Pheasant Branch played a key the word in their communities.
working together to keep streets role in the study by educating This fall, the Friends of Pheas-
leaf-free we can have a huge residents in the pilot area on the ant Branch will be out again
impact on our waters. In the street leaf issue, recruiting pilot using the toolkit and encourag-
fall, keeping leaf litter off of participants and assisting with ing residents to remove leaves
streets before it rains can reduce observational street leaf surveys from the street.
the amount of phosphorus in used to measure leaf removal Below are some tips to con-
urban stormwater by 80 percent efforts. sider prior to rainfall:
compared to no leaf removal. The results of this pilot proj- Safely remove leaves from
Municipalities and partners like ect along with other community the streetin front of your home.
Follow City of Middleton
guidelines forleaf collectionor
recycling leaves on your prop-
e r t y
(ci.midddleton.wi.us/360/Leave
s-and-Garden-Waste.)
Sign up to receive Leaf-free
Streets Rain Alerts this fall
(Oct. 1- Nov. 30). Alerts will be
issued (via text or email) 1-2
days before a significant rain
event reminding you that its
time to remove streetleaves.
To learn more or to sign up
for Leaf-free Streets Rain
Alerts visit: www.ripple-ef-
fects.com.
A few minutes before the
storm can have Ripple Effects
on our waters all year long!
Editors note: This article
was written by Christal Camp-
bell, Madison Area Municipal
Stormwater Partnership/Dane
County Stormwater Education
Coordinator and Stefanie
Brouwer, Friends of Pheasant
Branch Conservancy.
City considers buying downtown property from T. Wall for plaza
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2017 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 3
by LESLIE AFEAWO rection to go with the plaza in common council meeting we a green space with rotating pub- The council addressed the price of the properties for the
closed session at the start of the will have an offer to propose, lic art, a mini train track in sum- proposal again after Wall downtown plaza project for
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meeting. The council voted to Attoun said. That item will be mer and ice rink in winter, brought to their attention a po- consideration by the council at
continue negotiation during the in open session. benches, a B-Cycle station, dig- tential donor and the possibility a future meeting.
The Middleton Common open session without discus- Terrence Wall, the developer ital programmable signage, and of a community fundraising ef- Since then the discussion at
Council voted last week to con- sion. behind the redevelopment of a stage with canopy. fort. Attoun has asked the coun- the council has been held only
tinue with negotiations on the Director of community de- Middleton Center, had planned Walls proposal would have a cil to reconsider the growing in closed session.
purchase of three downtown velopment Abby Attoun said to obtain the three residential cost of $1,996,940 with close to nature of downtown Middleton, Alder Mark Sullivan made
properties adjacent to Middle- after the meeting city adminis- buildings on the proposed $1.3 million going to acquisi- especially with phase one of the the motion to have the city ad-
ton Center to create a public trator Mike Davis is continuing downtown plaza location for a tion. The proposal was initially Middleton Center redevelop- ministrator continue with nego-
plaza, this comes after a previ- negotiations with the landowner mixed-use project. Due to soil rejected after the parks commit- ment project directly adjacent. tiations concerning purchase of
ous recommendation to con- and are coming close to a pro- quality Wall recommended the tee reported that the cost was At the August 1 common from T. Wall for the develop-
sider purchase in early August posed offer which will be made land be used for a public plaza not justified, stating there was council meeting Alder Howard ment of a downtown plaza. The
if a reasonable price could be public. or town square. no need for additional park Teal made a motion to have motion was passed unani-
by LESLIE AFEAWO Holiday Inn Express with 106 age of rooms in the Middleton adds to the concepts relevance, The proposal had previously since been incorporated into the
rooms to be targeted towards area. staff said. On September 12, the been conceptually approved concept.
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corporate travelers. The hotel City planning staff recom- plan commission voted to rec- contingent on the addition of Alder Mark Sullivan made
would be a limited service, the mended approval of the TIF due ommend developer-financed TIF eligible items that include the motion to approve a TIF
The Middleton Common goal being to a comfortable to the nature of the soils in this TIF assistance in the amount of the addition of a sidewalk along agreement for $645,000. The
Council voted to approve a de- place to stay, with a more full area. Without TIF assistance to $645,000 to support this proj- Murphy Drive, the addition of motion passed unanimously.
velopment agreement for service experience still being remediate the soils, a one story ect. landscaping between the
$645,000 in tax increment fi- Director of Community Devel-
the companys other building, building is likely all that could District 3 Alder Joanna smaller parking area and the
nance assistance with Cascade the Marriott. be built. The TIF assistance Richard touted the project as a opment Abby Attoun said a TIF
stormwater management area,
Development for a Holiday Inn Luke Stauffacher, CEO at would allow a multi-story win for Middleton saying. agreement contract between the
the addition of two more acces-
Express to be located on 8353 Cascade Development previ- building, raising the potential I think we talk about a lot of City of Middleton and Cascade
sible parking stalls and 10 bike
Murphy Drive. ously presented a study property value. TIF these days, but i have to say Development LLC has since
The development plan al- racks.
from the hotel company show- The locations proximity to i like this project, I think it an
by KEVIN MURPHY ski, president and Joel Kurth, At the end of the current sea- We pay the umps, find the tive duties means taking the
secretary and treasurer, have not son, Wadzinski and Kurth for- coaches, train them, do the pressure off the parents who
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been successful at recruiting mally asked the commission to background checksWe have have jobs, said Greg Lamping,
their replacements. help find someone to take over the experience to do this, he the citys recreational coordina-
The City of Middletons
I think the era of the volun- responsibility for the program. said. tor.
recreation department wants to
teer who stays forever is over, By coincidence, Town Chair The department has 11 full- This is my job, he said.
step up to the plate and admin-
Wadzinski told the town of Cynthia Richson, while recently time and two permanent part- The idea is provide a seam-
ister the West Middleton Base-
Middleton Park Commission meeting with Middleton Matt time employees but taking over less experience for kids, parents
ball and Softball program as
Monday. Amundson, Middletons direc- the baseball program may cre- and coaches, he said.
long-time volunteer leaders
Wadzinski has put in 23 tor of Public Lands, Recreation ate a need for more hours for Fees and scheduled will re-
seek the sidelines.
years as a coach, and other and Forestry, mentioned the someone, Amundson said. main the same but the biggest
The program provides struc-
roles, and has remained with the baseball programs need for ad- With the citys youth center, problem may be where to regis-
tured play and coaching for 300
program long after his son has ministrators. aquatic center and other facili- ter, he said.
children ages four through
out grown it and Wadzinski has Amundson told the commis- ties, the city is the main recre- Who buys the jerseys and
eighth grade at Pioneer Park in
moved out of town. Kurth said sion Monday that the recreation ation provider for the town with many details have yet to be
the town of Middleton.
he has served about eight years department runs youth leagues the exception of the West Mid- worked out, he said. But those
While the program usually
in the program and had not in several sports year-round, in- dleton baseball program, involved will be asked for their
The Dane County Board of bined operating and capital ex- average Madison home (valued 2018 budget to provide a safe budget. The Board has the op-
Supervisors will hold a special penditures, financed by $401.6 at approximately $269,377). and humane jail. portunity to make changes over
meeting to take public testi- million in outside revenues, ex- Some of the items of note are This is a chance for the pub- the next several weeks.
mony on the proposed 2018 isting resources and borrowing; the funding for the inmate re- lic to express their views to the County Board committees
Dane County budget $60 million in sales tax; and entry program, a study of men- County Board and influence the will complete their considera-
onWednesday, October 18th at $182.7 million in county tax tal health and crisis stabilization process, said County Board tion of amendments to the
Dolly Shiveler is turning 95 7:00 p.m. in room 201 of the levy funds. The proposed approaches, and funds to keep Chair Sharon Corrigan. Tell us budget by early November. The
on October 13. She cele- City-County Building. The budget results in an increase in Safe Haven open. In addition, what you like, and what you full Board will take up the
brated with a family dinner public is invited to testify for or property taxes of $54.74 on the there is funding included in the dont like in the proposed budget onNovember 20.
on October 7. She has 4 chil- against items in the County Ex-
dren, 8 grandchildren and 8 ecutives proposed budget. Tes-
great-grandchildren. Cards timony is also welcome on any
can be sent to 6 Whitcomb amendments to that proposal.
Circle, Apt. 6, Madison, WI, The proposed 2018 Dane
53711. County budget authorizes a
total of $650.1 million for com-
PDQ closes all five Middleton locations
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Photo contributed
SACO Foods, founded in 1973, is a leading packager and distributor of specialty consumer Join the MHS Wind Ensemble for a free and unique musical performance on Sunday, October
packaged goods and food products. Originating in Madison and operating in Middleton for 44 22 at 4 p.m. at the Middleton Performing Arts Center, 2100 Bristol Street, Middleton.
years, SACO Foods enduring commitments to quality and community show in the foods they
produce, the long-term loyalty of their employees and customers, and their stewardship of the The MHS Wind Ensemble, under the direction in Music Performance at the Catholic University
neighboring community, according to a company statement. of Doug Brown and Michael Ver Voort, is proud of America in Washington, D.C., Rove studied
SACOs 20,000 square foot expansion of its current facilities is expected to be complete by to present a matinee performance showcasing a with Lloyd Geisler. Upon graduation from
May 2018. The expansion will open up additional space for manufacturing and office space while program in the style of John Phillip Sousa. The Catholic University in 1971, Rove joined The
generating job opportunities. This will be the first time in our companys history where our en- performance will be October 22 at 4:00 pm in the Presidents Own United States Marine Band as
tire team will be on one campus, said Tom Walzer, CEO of SACO Foods. Partnering with the Middleton Performing Arts Center. a third cornetist. He was appointed principal
City of Middleton, we look forward to continuing the vision of the Sanna family for our customers This exciting program will include rousing trumpet three years into his first enlistment and
and community. marches, overtures, instrumental and vocal fea- remained in that position until his retirement, 19
SACOs existing facility, originally built in 1995, houses a warehouse and packaging facility. tures as well as many surprises. The concert will years later, in 1993. Rove served as principal
According to the company, the expansion will allow SACO Foods to grow two to three times feature cornetist Carl Rove of the United States trumpet of the White House Orchestra as well,
larger than its current operations by adding new packaging lines and warehouse space. The new Marine Band, and Justin Wilder, the Director of performing for heads of state and visiting digni-
office space will be used for administrative support for sales and operations. With the partnership Choral Studies at Middleton High School. taries. In this capacity he also worked with Frank
of Park Bank and Benford Capital this project will be an asset to Middleton as SACO anticipates Carl Rove holds a Bachelor of Music Educa- Sinatra, Beverly Sills, Bob Hope, Johnny Mathis,
significant employee expansion both in manufacturing labor and professional staff in the years tion from Shenandoah University where he stud- Harry James, Leonard Bernstein, Itzhak Perlman
to come. ied with Ed Cooper. Earning his Master of Music and many other visiting musical artists.
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church that theyve grown to problems finding ice bags or family of our church. She only water (rains) and runs the risk high shipping costs. credit, through the church, for
love. But, when Maria hit, the drinking water which has been could rescue her small dog and of falls. An exception was made, families in need.
news grew worse, not only for rationalized and, as you know, the cloth she was wearing dur- All of us had been affected in however, when it came to quilts. St. Lukes parish will con-
the church building itself, but we have a hot weather. ing the flood (hurricane). Ab- one way or in another by this The Womens Quilting Group tinue to fundraise within their
for many of its members. To send you this message, I solutely, nothing else. hurricane. In my home, we had of St. Lukes makes quilts to be church to further help the mem-
Excerpts from the letter that must go out from my home and We have other families that some damages, but arent as big sent wherever disaster relief is bers of Divino Salvador. People
arrived from Pastor Nanco after drive for about 30 minutes to didnt lose their homes, but have of other families. The devasta- needed. The decision of where outside of the church are wel-
Hurricane Maria hit give a de- one of the few communication huge and important damages on tion is huge and everywhere, to send the quilts is usually come to donate to help the hur-
tailed account of the ways that towers that are still standing up [them]. Thanks to God, all of [keeping] all of us totally un- made at a national level. ricane victims as well.
people had to cope both during on the San Juan highway to get us are alive and nobody was se- communicated and without the Ten quilts of their last batch
and in the immediate days after. some signal. verely wounded. possibility of going out of our were retained from the lot to be To make a donation or to ask
Querida familia en Wiscon- At this moment, we dont During the hurricane, we lost homes for some days because of sent directly to the sister church questions, contact, Randy
sin, know anything from the half of the roof of our temple (chapel). the roads conditions. Some in Puerto Rico. A parishioner, Riemer - Business Manager at
Thank you so much for your the families of the Divino Sal- Because of the intensity of the towns or areas didnt have any who prefers to remain anony- 608.831.6084 or
messages, prayers and support. vador Church. So far, we know rains, our temple was flooded. access to go in or out. Its sad to mous, covered the over $130 rriemer@stlukes-elca.org.
As you know ... Hurricane that we have five families that By this time, and for a very long see this beautiful island in these bill for postage. Checks, made out to St. Lukes
Maria has left severe damages lost absolutely everything time, we are going to meet in conditions. Until recently wire transfers and earmarked Hurricane
in the whole infrastructure of (houses, cars, clothes, furniture, the meeting room beside the of money had to wait because Fund can be mailed to the
Puerto Rico. A week after the other possessions). Some of temple (chapel). Pastor The spirit of gratitude, de- banks were not able to open church at 7337 Hubbard Ave,
hurricane, most of the popula- them, have family members with Carmelo mentioned [to] me the spite the hardships, is an inspi- without electricity. Food and Middleton, WI 53562.
tion doesnt have water, power, special needs and we must help asbestos problem that this roof ration to members of St. Lukes other supplies were obtained on
communication (phone, Inter- them with urgency. has, and because of that, we de- here in Middleton. Although so
net) and with very limited ac- One of the cases is Nilda cided not to use the temple many supplies are needed,
cess to basic services. For Feal. She almost drowned in the (chapel) anymore until we are money is what is needed the
instance, to get $20 dollars of flood that suffered her very poor able to manage appropriately most. Donations of cash can be
gasoline (some gas stations community. She is staying tem- this important problem. At this stretched much farther than
only allow you to get $10 dol- porarily in the home of another moment, this roof is exposed to sending supplies directly, due to
lars), I did a six hours line (from
3 AM to 9AM). You can only
pay for the services by cash, but
again, you must do a long and
extensive line to withdraw
money from some of the ATM
machines.
Im saying some because
there are limited ATMs or banks
functioning. Actually, you must
[wait in line] for almost every-
thing. If you are going to buy
groceries, medicines or, what-
ever.
In addition, you must ration
your gasoline (and your water
as well to drink, bathe, etc.) and
use your car for important
Annual Lutefisk &
needs. During the first two days Meatball Dinner
after hurricane Maria, I con-
sumed all my gasoline visiting
Barneveld Lutheran Church
families and checking out the
505 Swiss Lane, Barneveld
conditions of our church. So, I
Saturday, November 4
couldnt visit all the families.
You have difficulties finding
Family Style Serving 11-4
opened gas stations because a
Adults: $18.00 Children ages 5-12: $7.00 Under 5 free
On Sunday, October 15at 4 is required for a violinist includ- number of prizes in various formance in the US for Middle- a good turnout to show support
p.m. in the Middleton Perform- ing swara shuddham (precise competitions including the first tons own - Sanjay Suresh. and encouragement for this
ing Arts Center, Sanjay Suresh, notes), gnyanam (musicality), prize for accompaniment in the This concert will specifically amazing young local talents,
an eighth grader from Kromrey goodfingering technique and a Chicago Tyagaraja Festival focus on presenting a few com- said Narayan. Sumesh Narayan
Middle School, will accom- laya (rhythm) sense beyond his (2016) and Cleveland Tyagaraja positions of Sanjays Guru on theMrdangamis also highly
pany Carnatic (South Indian age, said Legendary Violin Aradhana. He has been learning Maestro Chitravina N Ravikiran accomplished, and is known for
Classical) Vocalist Ashwath Virtuoso Sangita Kalanidhi Dr. Western Violin from Ms. Nancy who has composed over 800 his flamboyant, yet non-intru-
Narayan in his US debut violin M. Chandrashekharan. Kurr for the past three years, compositions ranging from tra- sive style of accompanying.
accompaniment concert, along The korvais [rhythmic pat- and has also started training ditional concert and dance The event will be presided
with Sumesh Narayanan on terns] that Sanjay played for under Ms Naha Greenholz more pieces to Melharmonic cre- over by T E S Raghavan (Pres-
theMrdangam(double-headed Vachaspati and Keeravani blew recently. ations. ident of the Chicago Tyagaraja
Percussion). me away. We never practiced He plays Western violin for I will start with aVarnamof Utsavam) and Bharathanatyam
Sanjay began training in Car- that along with several other the Middleton school orchestra his inRaga Kapiand end with Guru Mrs Hema Rajagopalan
natic vocal from his mother, items, but he did it so well. It and advanced to the State for aTillanainRaga Atanathat in- (Director of Natya Dance The-
Vanitha Suresh, at age three and was a treat to watch him roll on Solo/Ensemble 2017. He has cludesgathi-bedham [variations ater - Chicago).
in violin from C N Srinivasa stage! said leading Vocalist won numerous prizes in Mathe- in gait/pulse), said Narayan. I A special highlight of the
Murthy (disciple of Legendary Sikkil C. Gurucharan whom matics, as well. will also include
Violin Maestro Lalgudi Jayara- Sanjay, accompanied. This The Vocalist event is that Sanjays Guru
a Pashuram style composition Composer-Musician & Slide
man) at age six. He has been recital by Sanjay reminded all inSaturdaysconcert, Ashwath of his in Raga Hamsadhwani,
training under Maestro Chitrav- of us of his Guru Ravikirans Narayan, is a disciple of K V Virtuoso Chitravina N Raviki-
and a beautiful composition in ran will also be present. He is
ina N Ravikiran since age nine concerts as a child artiste -said Narayanaswamy and is highly
Photo by Matt Geiger
theRaga Sama- a highly evoca- hailed as the Mozart of Indian Sanjay Suresh, an eighth
and was presented in his maiden Dr Nalli Kuppuswamy Chettiar, sought-after for his seasoned tive raga, to name a few. I will Music(Belgium Television & grader from Kromrey Middle
concert (arangetram) in a Philanthropist and Art Patron, bass voice, good diction, and
also be singing compositions Wisconsin State School, will perform at the
unique manner by hisGuruas speaking on the occasion of enthusiasm with the stamp of
ofTyagaraja(18th century com- Journal) who Gave a new Middleton-Cross Plains PAC
both solo violinist and accom- Sanjays debut concert in India. classicism (The Hindu).
poser) to commemorate his on Sunday. He performed in
Day program
south of Tumbledown Trails sition density zone where lots Cherrywood Ridge also is a recreational trail will be con-
Golf Club and will be accessi- will range in size from 21,690 cluster subdivision and will be structed.
Two residential subdivision
on Oct. 19
ble from extensions of Tumble- to 41,029 square feet. accessible by the construction The town boards votes are
totaling 64 homes on 82.3 acres
down Trail, Welcome Dr., Ox Tumbledown Farms will gen- of three new streets and exten- subject to final approval by the
received final approval recently
Trail Way and Legacy and erate $87,945 in park fees and sions of Welcome and Maas Dane County Board of Supervi-
by the Middleton Town Board.
Fallen Oak Dr. and Legacy Oak approximately one mile of drive. sors.
In separate 3-0 votes, the
Lane. Three new streets also recreational trail will be con- The subdivision is being de- The board also lowered the
board approved the Tumble-
will be constructed. structed of crushed stone or velopment by Jeff Haen Real speed limit on Koch Rd. and on
down Farms final plat for 41 On Thursday, October, 19,
The property is being devel- grass within the subdivision. Estate. Development will occur Bronner Rd. north from Sunset
lots on 50 acres, and the Cher- 2017, the Friends of Pheasant
oped by Pray Family LTD Part- Development is scheduled to in two phases beginning this fall Ridge Dr. from 45 to 30 mph.
rywood Ridge final plat for 23 Branch Conservancy will host a
nership. occur in three phases beginning and the remainder in 2019.
lots on 32.3 acres. Conservancy Day Program ti-
tled Ticks!!
REC
The program will be held
continued from page 3 from6:30-7:30 p.m.at Kromery
Middle School, 7009 Donna
Drive, Middleton, Room 510.
If the concession provider towns only recreational pro- nance and equipment replace- and other expenses were also said.
Current University of Wis-
does that, thats fine. We can gram, Park Commission Chair ment, said Wadzinski. funded but we can sort out the The commission recommend
consin-Madison PhD Student,
have a role in it if its deemed Mary Hoferle said. A legal agreement will need (amount), Kurth said. the town board consider the city
Lieutenant Ryan Larson, will
necessary, Amundson said. Having the citys recreational to be drafted to spell out respon- The city taking over the West taking over the program which
provide an overview of tick-
The town and city govern- insurance coverage would be sibilities and financial aspects Middleton baseball program is should be on the Nov. 6 town
borne diseases throughout the
ments must still approve the one of the biggest benefits, of of the program, Hoferle said. not expected to change the board agenda, said Sara Ludtke,
state of Wisconsin. His presen-
idea of the city managing the the change, she added. Initial plans call for the first Home Talent Leagues use of deputy town clerk.
tation will include an update of
The baseball program typi- $3,500 in revenue be retained facilities or the liquor license Rebecca Price, Middletons
new tick species, status of Lyme
cally generates $20,000 or more for wages paid for concession the town has for Pioneer Park. assistant recreation director,
Disease, emerging tick-borne
in revenue annually which ex- workers at Pioneer Park. Kurth felt he was leaving the said City Administrator Mike
diseases, current research ef-
ceeds expenses in most years. The first $3,500 in revenue program in good hands with the Davis has backed the takeover
forts, and preventive strate-
Profits have been plowed back typically went to concession city taking over the administra- concept, and would be consid-
gies. Lieutenant Larson is a
into field and facility mainte- workersfield maintenance tion. These guys are pros, he ered by a committee soon.
commissioned officer of the
Navy and works as an Entomol-
ogist for the Navy.
He holds both Bachelors and
Masters degrees in Entomology
from UW-Madison and has
traveled to 12 countries in his
position with the Navy and as a
researcher.RSVPs appreciated,
and inquiries welcome at:edu-
cation@pheasantbranch.org.
CHURCH NOTES
Middleton-
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Cross Plains
students
show their
Cardinal
Pride
during
Homecoming
Scenes from
last weeks
festive parade
Homecoming week took
place October 2-7. The Fall
Sports are in full swing, as are
many of the Clubs, and MHS
worked to get students in-
volved in the festivities. This
years theme was Outer-
space. Monday was Cheese-
head/WI Pride day. Tuesday
was Tropical day. Wednes-
day featured Spirit Night.
Thursday was Spacejam
day. Friday was Cardinal
and White day. The parade
took place on Wednesday
from 6-6:30 p.m.
Follow Rob
Reischel on
state, we definitely had some do with nerves. State tourna- Middleton senior Payton Hodson finished fifth individually at the WIAA Division 1 girls state golf meet.
high hopes and really hoped to ment, youre always going to
be in the top-five. But we got have some nerves. We just had
here. There are a lot of teams a little more nerves because
that would love to be here. I we had so many girls that
just have to remind the girls of
GOLF, page 13
The beat goes on
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2017 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 9
Beloit fell to 2-6. touchdown run to give the MID Huff 13 run (Culp kick)
MID Roquet 1 run (Culp kick)
Middleton closes out the Cardinals a 14-0 advantage. BM Rodriguez 78 interception
regular season Friday at It stayed that way until the MID Pabst 3 run (Culp kick)
fourth quarter when Beloit
TEAM STATISTICS
Madison East (0-8) at Breese First downs BM 5, MID 16.
Stevens Field at 7 p.m. Memorials John Rodriguez Rushing (Att.-Yds.) BM 30-42, MID
The WIAA will determine intercepted Roquet and 50-209. Passing yards BM 62, MID
131. Passes (Comp.-Att.-Int.) BM 5-
its seven-division, 224-team returned it 78 yards for a 20-0, MID 7-14-2. Fumbles-lost BM
playoff field late Friday night touchdown that pulled the 0-0, MID 2-2. Penalties-yards BM 5-
and early Saturday morning. Purple Knights within 14-7. 35, MID 3-41.
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Each 32-team division is then This isnt the same old Rushing: BM, Hereford Jr. 14-70.
split into four, eight-team sec- Beloit, Simon said of a MID, Pabst 20-130. Passing: BM, Clark
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put things in perspective. Middletons boys volleyball team had a week of highs and lows. Peters-Michaud had 10
Kettle Moraine and kills, while Lepage added 26
Germantown are ranked No. except for the win, White said. That was a painful loss, stepped up big on defense. Last week we were able to assists and Robson had 16 digs.
3 and No. 2 and we had every Germantown is big and White said. Tough loss. neutralize their outside hitter, Dylan Griffith added two aces
opportunity to beat both. We they dont have a lot of weak- Middleton rebounded well Middleton went to the White said. This day we and Vergenz had three blocks.
can still reach our goals. nesses and rolled in the fourth set. The Whitefish Bay Invite the next werent. Important match for us as
Germantown has become Sam Dettman led the Cardinals then held leads of day and upended Wauwatosa They have all the pieces of Memorial was tied for first
one of the states elite pro- Cardinals with 18 kills and two 14-13 and 15-14 in the fifth and West, 21-18, 19-21, 15-6 in its a great team, and they finally place with us headed into the
grams this decade, qualifying blocks, while Brian Vergenz deciding set, but the Warhawks first match. put it together this weekend. match, White said. I think
for state four times and reach- had 13 kills and two blocks and battled back and prevailed. Wauwatosa West played That being said, we had every they are surprising teams with
ing the state finals in 2013. Eagan Peters-Michaud had 12 Our blocking struggled scrappy defense against us and opportunity to put it away, but their athleticism and ability to
White wanted to see how his kills and two blocks. Andrew against their size, White said. made us earn every point, we just couldnt do it. I tried to play.
team would match up and Lepage had 55 assists, Thomas We had 24 blocking errors White said. Carson Blair move some people around for Was really happy with our
scheduled this rare non-confer- Robson has 33 digs and Jacob compared to only seven block played great defense and made better match-ups and it back- consistency on this night. Great
ence games between powers. Nonn had two aces. kills and 16 deflections. Youre a SportsCenter Top 10 dig to fired as we got caught in rota- balance in the offense.
Germantown used its size in After the teams split the first not going to win many matches gain us some momentum for tion errors and couldnt make On deck: The Cardinals
the middle and skill at outside two sets, they played a against top-five teams when the rest of the match. up the difference. are at Madison West Thursday
hitter to sneak out a thrilling thrilling, back-and-forth third you have more errors than kills Brookfield East then top- Middleton followed that at 6:30 p.m., then host the
19-25, 25-20, 28-26, 19-25, 17- set. Middleton had two late and touches. pled the Cardinals, 16-21, 21- with an impressive win over Middleton Invitational
Soccer Cardinals
15 win. service errors, though, that I was impressed once again 16, 15-13. One week earlier, Wetsosha Central, 21-13, 21-9. Saturday at 9 a.m.
This match was exactly opened the door for by Andrew running the show Middleton toppled the Spartans The Cardinals then met
what we were looking for Germantown to go ahead, 2-1. and our middles. Thomas during its own tournament. Kettle Moraine in the semifi-
sectional
Middleton edges
Verona for title
shot 345, well ahead of third
by ROB REISCHEL
place Waunakee (356). Oregon
Times-Tribune was fourth at 366, followed by
Madison West (380),
It was the round of golf that Stoughton (390), Sun Prairie
wouldnt end. (403) and Monona Grove
When it finally did, (404).
Middletons girls golfers were The Cardinals trailed the
an awfully happy bunch. Wildcats, 164-170, after nine
Middleton and Verona tied holes. But Verona struggled on
for first place at the WIAA the back nine, while Middleton
Division 1 Verona Sectional rallied back to force a first
held at Edelweiss Country place tie.
Club last Wednesday. Middleton senior Payton
Considering the top two teams Hodson finished second overall
advanced to the state tourna- with a 77, while sophomore
ment, the Cardinals and Kate Meier tied for fifth at 83.
Wildcats had both already Senior Grace Peterson was
secured their berths to 13th with a 92, while senior
University Ridge after regula- Haley Dunn was 15th at 93.
tion ended. Middleton earned a sixth
But they werent done yet. straight trip to state and contin-
The teams went to a playoff ued its surprising season.
hole to determine a champion There are a lot of teams out
and to help decide pairings at there that would love to be
the state tournament. playing another 36 holes,
After two playoff holes, Halverson said.We get to put
though, the teams were still another check by our season Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld
deadlocked. And with darkness goals conference champs,
fast approaching, they went to regional champs, sectional Kate Meier and Middletons girls golf team finished eighth at the state tournament.
a scorecard playoff in which champs and were going to
Middleton edged the Wildcats, state!
GOLF
175-181. The girls have been work-
It was a long day, thats for ing so hard toward this goal for n continued from page 8
sure, Middleton coach Becky the past year. I hope they are
Halverson said. Im proud of able to relax and enjoy the next have never experienced round, with rains falling on eighth. great.
these girls for battling through 36 holes. this before. And its hard to golfers throughout their back Obviously we would have Meier shot a pair of 84s,
and never giving up. prepare for that. nines. Middleton never could liked to play better, finished at 168 and tied for
Middleton and Verona both
The weather turned nasty find its groove, shot 349 and Halverson said. But the girls 23rd individually. Grace
during Tuesdays second slipped from seventh to gave it all they have and you Peterson shot 181 and fin-
cant ask for more than that. ished in a tie for 41st, while
They had fun. It just wasnt Makenzie Hodson shot a 96
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by ROB REISCHEL Middleton was third with 65 coming in sixth and completing (18:06.48), junior Vince Joswiak
points, while Sun Prairie (74) the 5,000-meter course in 17 was 15th (18:07.98) and fresh-
Times-Tribune
and Waunakee (138) rounded minutes, 36.53 seconds. man Max Foland was 23rd
out the top five. Peter Hoferle had a terrific (18:22.18).
Middletons boys and girls It was great to see the boys race and led the team in a (per- Verona won the girls race
cross country teams both fin- place third, but with resting our sonal-best) of 17:36, Finnel with 19 points, while Janesville
ished third at the Sun Prairie top-10 (runners), it was tough to said. He moved up very well Craig was second (49).
Invite last Thursday at Sheehan match up with Verona and throughout the race and is hav- Middleton was third with 79
Park. Both Middleton teams Craig, Middleton boys coach ing a wonderful sophomore points, followed by Sun Prairie
rested their regulars with the Brian Finnel said. However, we campaign. (110) and Waunakee (114).
postseason quickly approaching. went out and competed well. Sophomore Julian Engle was Freshman Amanda Tung led
Verona won the boys race Sophomore Peter Hoferle eighth (17:46.68), sophomore the Cardinals with a ninth place
with 31 points, followed by was Middletons top finisher, Tommy Richards was 13th finish, completing the 5,000-
Janesville Craig at 49. meter course in 21:38.69.
Sophomore Elizabeth Engle was
10th (21:53.83), senior Tara
DeLeo was 19th (22:45.77),
senior Leta Landucci was 20th
(22:52.39) and sophomore
Natalie McClain was 21st
(22:57.23).
On deck: Middleton will be
at the Big Eight Conference
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Country Park. The girls race Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld
begins at 9:30 a.m. and the boys
Shae Ruhly and Middletons girls cross country team are
race is at 10:05 a.m.
headed to the Big Eight Conference meet Saturday.
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