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Board brings back committees Holding all meetings with the full group was ‘worth a try,’ Zach says SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group

The Oregon school board is returning to a traditional committee structure to help members better understand issues they’ll vote on. After going without traditional committees in favor of a “committee of the whole” model since last April, board members voted unanimously Monday night to have president Steve Zach appoint chairs

for the reinstated policy and visioning committees. It will meet in a committee of the whole format – a Zach less formal meeting of the entire board – as necessary. The board moved to the committee of the whole structure, what was typically called “retreats,” to reduce the number of meetings and time spent bringing board members up to speed on committee discussions they weren’t a part of. With the committee of the

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Oregon Middle School hosted its annual Madrigal Dinner on Friday and Saturday, where hundreds of community members attended.

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Hundreds attend OMS Madrigal Dinner five-course meal served by OMS seventh- and eighth-graders. Dinner guests enjoyed songs and entertainment from undreds of community the royal court, court jester and members gathered at the king and queen. Oregon Middle School Email Emilie Heidemann at this last weekend for the annual emilie.heidemann@wcinet.com Madrigal Dinner. or follow her on Twitter at @ The show features a HeidemannEmilie. EMILIE HEIDEMANN Unified Newspaper Group

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Board OK’s Highlands of Netherwood Park plans

Bonnie Haugen, former senior center Adult Day Program activity coordinator, retired on Jan. 31. Haugen performs as Snow White in the 2018 Oregon Area Senior Center annual play, of the many things she did for senior center patrons during her 27 years employed there.

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Bonnie Haugen retires from senior center after 27 years

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The park at the new Highlands of Netherwood subdivision will include a multi-use athletic field, paved multi-use path, playground, shade structure and a pavilion. The project, which is expected to

be located at the southwest corner of Peterson Trail and West Netherwood Road. The Highlands of Netherwood subdivision is a 74-acre development with 125 single-family homes, 14 townhomes and 25 single-family detached condominium units. It’s located between County Highway CC and West Netherwood Road to the west of Bergamont Boulevard. Neighborhood plans feature a coving concept with curved roads

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After 27 years of coordinating activities for the Oregon Area Senior Center Adult Day program, Bonnie Haugen retired as of Jan. 31.

To celebrate, senior center staff will hold a retirement party for Haugen from 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 219 Park St. Haugen told the Observer she plans to still volunteer at the senior center from time to time, and even engage in its many activities – from the exercise classes to informational meetings.

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The Madrigal Dinner court makes a toast while singing a tune about wassail, a beverage of hot cider.

Will Dutcher, a part of the Madrigal Dinner, court, writes a message with a quill.

Claire Johnson, OMS student, joins the Madigral Dinner court in singing a song.

The Madrigal Dinner court entertains the audience.

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The jester, played by Kyra Landay, reads from the rules of etiquitte for the Madrigal Dinner.

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Adding value beyond the classroom State-wide primary SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group

Challenging students to create positive change in the world is as much the role of educators as making sure they achieve academically. That’s the goal behind the National Geographic Educator Certification, a professional development program for educators “committed to inspiring the next generation of explorers, conservationists, and changemakers.” Two of those educators are Oregon High School teachers Angela Schmidt and Kyle Oksiuta, who completed the latest course in the fall. “These educators are part of a powerful movement to make the world a better place by empowering students to be informed decis i o n - m a ke r s e q u i p p e d t o s o l ve meaningful challenges in their communities and beyond,” the organization’s website states. “Don’t just teach students about the world — teach them how to change it.” The course had three phases — workshop and planning, classroom implementation and reflection, and finally a capstone project that should tell the story of your students’ learning in a visual and creative way,” according to the

National Geographic syllabus. Schmidt said she got interested in the certification while taking a course in the summer though the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction on inquiry-based learning that included immersion activities built from the National Geographic Educators explorer mindset. The instructors shared their experiences with becoming National Geographic certified, as well as their capstone projects. “Within their projects you could clearly see the students themselves becoming engaged,” Schmidt wrote the Observer in an email. “They were using maps, making connections between the human and natural world, taking action within their own communities and becoming stewards of the land. “After that, I was sold on becoming certified myself.” For her capstone project, Schmidt developed a theme “Are Wisconsin Freshwater’s Healthy” for her freshwater ecology course. She then had students use the geo-inquiry process to look up a Wisconsin freshwater related issue, contact a community expert, and take action about their topic by presenting their story. “(It was) basically walking us through their discovery process,” Schmidt said. One of the educators assigned to evaluate Schmidt’s capstone project, Michael McLaughlin, head of the Austin Preparatory School in Reading Mass., wrote that her storytelling techniques were amazing.

“It got me hooked from your intro and kept me engaged throughout the rest of the capstone,” he wrote her in an email, noting that he recommended it for inclusion in a catalog of the top submissions. “Your exemplary work was evident throughout and really made your capstone stand out for its originality and impact.” Oksiuta, an AP psychology teacher and avid international traveler, heard about the program through a teacher he met in Greece last summer. “I started investigating and it seemed like a great fit to try to combine my passion for travel and cultural experiences with the content I teach,” he wrote the Observer in an email. Oksiuta said the experience “really helped me to find ways to revitalize my curriculum with examples and approaches that I hadn’t considered before.” “I found the certification program to be completely rewarding,” he wrote. Oregon High School principal Jim Pliner said both educators view the certification process as an opportunity to create classes that have a “value beyond school.” “Their application materials and projects intend to create students that are critical thinkers and stewards for the world they’re inheriting,” Pliner wrote in an email to the Observer. Email Unified Newspaper Group reporter Scott De Laruelle at scott. delaruelle@wcinet.com.

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Oregon Soccer Club can use alternate parks during Jaycee West construction Oregon Soccer Club will get to use several village parks for its spring and fall 2020 seasons Monday, Feb. 10, while Jaycee Park West undergoes construction. Vi l l a g e t r u s t e e s approved the club to use North Champion, Stone Ridge, High Meadows,

Bergamont, Rustic Vineyards and Windcrest parks. A village memo from Elise Cruz, village zoning and planning administrator, states the club would use North Champion two week nights for practices and two weekend days for games, Stone Ridge for three week night practices, Bergamont for three week night practices, Rustic Vineyard for two to four

week night practices and two weekend day games and Windcrest for three week night practices. Oregon Soccer Club already uses High Meadow s f o r p r a c t i c e s a n d games five to seven days a week on one field. The memo requested the use of both fields at the same time as needed and two weekend days for games on one field only.

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email in November 2019. space, new playground Construction is planned to equipment and increased begin this spring and finish parking. On Monday, Feb. 10, by spring 2021. Wastewater treatment The Oregon Village Board Jaycee Park improvements approved a developer agreement that includes taxpay- sponsorship The Village Board is er funding to move the $7 The village on Feb. 10 moving forward with facilmillion Rosewood Avenue entered into a sponsorship ity upgrades for the Wasteapartment project forward. agreement for $20,000 with water Treatment Plant. O r e g o n A p a r t m e n t s , Horizon Develop Build Trustees voted unaniLLC, will get $464,000 in Manage to support the Jay- mously Monday, Feb. 3, to tax-increment financing to cee Park West renovation. maintain and upgrade the cover 5.4% of the total cost The renovations include treatment plant over time. of the development. four baseball and softball This came after the board The 56-unit apartment fields, two full size play- undertook a facilities planproject at 124 Rosewood ing fields, improved drain- ning evaluation to deterAve. will be three stories, age on fields, 12 pickleball mine the cost effectiveness public works director Jeff courts, a building for con- of various treatment options Rau told the Observer in an cessions, restrooms, storage

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It takes a community to build a new much-needed library

ver since I was young, I’ve always been an independent spirit. My parents can attest to my desire to do things myself without their assistance. When faced with a challenge, I would just work harder and longer until I could reach my goal or solve the problem. While I like to think of this as a strength, I must admit that it has a corresponding weakness. I am terrible at asking for help. As director of the Oregon Public Library, I’d like to think I have those strengths by doing everything I can to advance efforts to build a much-needed new Oregon Public Library. However, building a new library is not a one-person job or even a task that can be completed by architects and contractors alone. It takes a community to build a library. And I am asking for your help. The library is engaged in a capital campaign to raise $4 million for the new Oregon Public Library. This will augment the Village of Oregon commitment of $6 million toward the estimated total project cost of $10 million. The success of that fundraising will affect the size and features of the new library. Over $1 million has already been raised during the quiet phase of the campaign. It is the amazing generosity and support of our community that has made this possible. Many passionate volunteers have also contributed to this effort by serving on various boards and committees working with our staff to make this vision possible. Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, officially marks the beginning of the public phase of the campaign. February is National Library Lover’s month and is a fitting time to kick off the public phase of our campaign, which is designed to engage

our community members in making the new Oregon Public Library possible. We invite you to support this project, which will shape our Endres Way community into the future. Your help is needed to build the kind of library our community wants and deserves. People of all ages are excited about the possibilities a new library will bring to better serve their unique needs. It will provide a place to engage, grow and learn. The new library will provide places to meet and read, places to play and discover. While our current library has a big heart, the services offered are limited by the constraints of our space – one that’s much smaller than in many communities of our size. These constraints prove challenging when trying to serve the diverse needs of library users. Our community is rapidly growing, and the library needs to grow with it. The vision for the new Oregon library is not the biggest or fanciest, but one that will be able to best serve our community’s needs into the future. With the capital campaign planned to continue through June, the time is now to make a difference. If you have already made a gift in support of the new library, I thank you. If you haven’t had the chance to be part of this important community project, I hope you will consider making a gift to help make it happen. Each gift is meaningful and will help further the goal of making a new library possible. In celebration of his 10th birthday, one young man recently took the money he

received for gifts and donated it to help build the new library. His family generously matched his gift. He made a difference, and so can you. The new library Oregon builds will serve our community for generations to come. It will demonstrate that Oregon values community and show that opportunities for education and lifelong learning are important. Building a new library will help to ensure access to information, technology, and resources for all – regardless of their age or financial means. The new Oregon Public Library will be your library. So let’s all join together in making it the best library we can. If you support this important work, please consider making a financial gift that is personally meaningful to you. Gifts can be made now or can be spread over installments up to three years. Naming opportunities are also available. Visit oregonpubliclibrary.org/ new-library for information on the capital campaign and the vision for a new library. You can also visit the library or contact me if you have questions or want to learn more. Contributions to the capital campaign will directly impact what is possible in the new library. The funds raised by June 2020 will be instrumental in determining the size of the footprint and amenities the new space will have. As the saying goes, “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” Please join us in making lives better in our community. Help build a new library for Oregon. It takes a community, and we need your help. Jennifer Endres Way is the director of the Oregon Public Library.

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Bob Lindmeier leads climate Village of Oregon Creating more community change discussion Feb. 23 Inaugural diversity, Documentary, discussion at St. John’s Lutheran Church MACKENZIE KRUMME Unified Newspaper Group

Village of Oregon resident and WKOW 27 Chief Meteorologist Bob Lindmeier will host a climate change discussion at St. John’s Lutheran Church next weekend. He will lead a discussion after a viewing of the film, “Paris to Pittsburgh,” set to start at noon, Sunday, Feb. 23, at the church, 625 E. Netherwood St. The documentary’s title Lindmeier references when President Donald Trump announced the United States would pull out of the Paris Climate Accord, an agreement of nearly 200 nations pledging to cut greenhouse emissions, in June 2017. “I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris,” Trump said as he announced the departure from the agreement months after his inauguration. Lindmeier said although the documentary starts with a political message, its overall theme is apolitical. The narrative focuses on transformation and inspiration, looking at the efforts of people who are battling the effects of climate change in their backyards. For instance, the documentary outlines renewable energy initiatives in Puerto Rico that were implemented after Hurricane Maria hit the island in 2017, including solar energy. “What people will take out of it is inspiration, because it is easy to get down and depressed about what is happening when they hear about all the climate catastrophe,” Lindmeier said.

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If You Go What: Paris to Pittsburgh movie and discussion When: Noon, Sunday, Feb. 23 Where: St. John’s Lutheran Church, 625 E. Netherwood St. Info: Call the church at 291-4311 Although Oregon area residents can see the impacts of climate change happening locally, such as the flooding of the Rotary Bike Trail, and the increase in size of Lake Barney, he said, there are also inspirational things happening in Oregon. “Our school district is one of the most progressive in the entire country in taking advantage of renewable energy,” he said. “There are solar installations that are on Brooklyn Elementary, Oregon Middle School and the high school. “The new elementary school is going to be a net zero school so it won’t draw any electricity from the outside,” Lindmeier added. But climate change is real, Lindmeier said, and it does not just affect the arctic and the polar bears; but we are experiencing it here. Lindmeier, who has given presentations on climate change around Wisconsin, said he expects the discussion to be a mixture of the documentary, general questions on what is climate change and the science behind it. The event is open to the public, and families are encouraged to bring their children. Pizza and refreshments will be provided. For information, call the church at 2914311. Contact Mackenzie Krumme at mackenzie. krumme@wcinet.com.

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Village of Oregon officials think underrepresented people deserve a better voice. Making space for those voices is the goal of the inaugural Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Board meeting, set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, at Oregon Village Hall, 117 Spring St. The initial role of the board is to shed light on how minorities feel living and working in Oregon, as not all have had the same experiences, Village of Oregon Board trustees concurred at a Jan. 6 village board meeting. Village president Jeanne Carpenter brought the idea forward to the village board, and trustees unanimously voted to pass it, lauding Carpenter’s efforts to help people feel more welcome in Oregon. According to a Facebook post by advisory board leader and Oregon resident Alice Pearson Egan to the Oregon Allies page, all are welcome to attend. Egan said the board is looking to hear perspectives from anyone who is a person

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Firefly open mic night

The Firefly Coffeehouse and Artisan Cheese will host an open mic 6-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, at 114 N. Main St., The public is invited to perform for roughly 15 minute sessions to a community audience. The performances vary from guitar, spoken word, singing, solos and ensembles. Mics and speakers are provided. For information contact the coffeehouse at 835-6238.

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For ages 13-59 the cost is $8; for ages 4-12 and ages 60 plus the cost is $6 and 3 years of age and younger is free. Money raised from this event goes to veterans in the Brooklyn-Oregon area and towards various high school scholarships. Dinner will include spaghetti with meatballs,salad, bread lemonade and coffee. There will also be a bake sale. For information, call the legion at 835-5924.

Medicare 101

There will be a Medicare 101 class at the Firefly Coffeehouse and Artisan Cheese from 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 114 N. Main St. This seminar will focus on the four parts of Medicare, including: Making the most of your rights; options and entitlements Parts A, B, C and D; how to enroll in Medicare; what Medicare does and doesn’t cover and Medicare Veteran’s spaghetti dinner Supplement insurance options. The Brooklyn-Oregon American For information call 354-3869. Legion is hosting a spaghetti dinner 4-7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, in the Safety at Home Brooklyn Community Building at 102 A presentation for seniors on how N. Rutland Ave. to be safe at home is set for 10:45 a.m. Ziggy’s BBQ Smokehouse and Ice Cream Parlor will host a bluegrass and country jams session at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at 135 S. Main St. The SoundBillies, a local bluegrass band, are set to perform. For information, call Ziggy’s at 291-0915.

Friday, Feb. 21, at the senior center. Presenter Jenny Totzke of Aspire Generation Liberty will teach basic tips on what seniors can do to keep themselves safe while living at home. This presentation will cover seasonal and year-round safety tips which can help keep people from unnecessary visits to the Emergency Room, according to an event description. Totzke will talk about simple changes seniors can make, which may help them remain safely in your home for a longer period of time. This is meant to be an open discussion where there is opportunity to ask questions. For information, contact the senior center are 835-5801.

Red Cross blood drive

An American Red Cross blood drive for the is set to take place at 7-11 a.m. Saturday, March 7, at St. John’s Lutheran Church at 625 E. Netherwood Dr. To schedule an appointment or for more information, call 1-800-REDCROSS or visit redcrossblood.org, and use sponsor code Oregon.

Community calendar Thursday, Feb. 13

• 4-7 p.m., Food distribution and collection, Oregon Area Food Pantry, 107 N. Alpine Pkwy., oregonfoodpantry@hotmail. com • 5 p.m., Dinner and a book, Prairie View Elementary, 300 Soden Dr., 835-4097 • 5 p.m., Last day to request absentee by mail • 6:30 p.m., 7th grade orchestra concert, Oregon Middle School, 601 Pleasant Oak Dr., 835-4800

kallen@oregonlibrary.org. • 6-8 p.m., Open Mic Music Night, Firefly Coffeehouse and Artisan Cheese conference room, 114 N. Main St., 835-6238

Saturday, Feb. 15

• Noon to 3 p.m., Pup adoption, Docere Wellness, 125 N. Main St., 291-0269 • 4-6 p.m., Dive in Movie (“Moana”), Oregon Community Pool, 123 E. Grove St., 835-4091 • 4-7 p.m., Brooklyn Oregon American Legion Friday, Feb. 14 spaghetti dinner ($8, $6), • 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., Love 102 Rutland Ave., wileyour Library, Firefly Cofgion160.com feehouse and Artisan • 6 p.m., SoundBillies Cheese, 114 N. Main St., performance, Ziggy’s 835-3118 Barbeque Smokehouse & • 10:45 a.m., Valentine’s Ice Cream Parlor, 135 S. Day songs with Bruce Main St., 835-3697 Edwin, senior center, 835- • 6:30 p.m., Card party, 5801 senior center, 835-5801 • 6 p.m., Preschool open Sunday, Feb. 16 gym, Netherwood Knoll • 5 p.m., Ballroom DancElementary School,

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

Thursday, Feb. 13 WOW: Chamber of Commerce Meeting (Jan. 16) ORE: OHS Girls Basketball vs Fort Atkinson (Feb. 7) AIRS Friday, Feb. 14 WOW: Senior Center Presentation: Respecting Asia w/ Lou Kindschi (Jan. 22) ORE: Madrigal Dinner (Feb. 8) Saturday, Feb. 15 WOW: Movie: The Apartment (1960) ORE: OHS Band Concert (May 30) Sunday, Feb. 16 WOW: Holy Mother of Consolation Church Service ORE: Boys Hockey vs Monona Grove (Jan. 28)

Monday, Feb. 17 WOW: Chamber of Commerce Awards (Jan. 25) ORE: Oregon School Board Meeting (Feb. 10) Tuesday, Feb. 18 WOW: VIllage Board Meeting (Feb. 10) ORE: LIVE: OHS Boys Basketball vs Monroe Wednesday, Feb. 19 WOW: Senior Center Presentation: Helen Keller (Sept. 19) ORE: RCI 5th and 6th Grade Band Concert (Jan. 21) Thursday, Feb. 20 WOW: LIVE: Village Board Meeting ORE: OHS Boys Basketball vs Milwaukee Madison (Jan. 17)

ing ($10), Brooklyn Community Building, 102 N. Rutland Ave., 455-4201

Monday, Feb. 17

• 1 p.m., Teen Volunteer Days, library, 835-3656

Tuesday, Feb. 18

• 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., Election Day Spring Primary Voting • 9-11 a.m., Food distribution and collection, Oregon Area Food Pantry, 107 N. Alpine Parkway, oregonfoodpantry@hotmail.com • 6 p.m., PVE Orchestra concert, Prairie View Elementary, 300 Soden Dr., 835-4097

Wednesday, Feb. 19

• 1-3 p.m., Open House for Bonnie, senior center, 835-5801 • 4 p.m., Medicare 101, Firefly Coffeehouse and Artisan Cheese conference room, 114 N. Main St., 354-3869

• 7 p.m., Anderson Park Friends board meeting, Oregon Town Hall, 1138 Union Road, andersonparkfriends.org

Thursday, Feb. 20

• 5 p.m., Dinner and a book, Prairie View Elementary, 300 Soden Dr., 835-4097 • 6-7:30 p.m., “So you want to write” presentation, library, 835-3656 • 6:30 p.m., Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Board, Oregon Village Hall, 117 Sprint St., 5753937

Friday, Feb. 21

• 10:45 a.m., Safety at Home, senior center, 8355801 • Noon, Birthday lunch reservations due, senior center, 835-5801 • 6 p.m., Orchestra concert, Brooklyn Elementary School, 204 Division St., 835-4500

Senior center Monday, Feb. 17 Sloppy Joe on Whole Wheat Bun Kidney Bean Salad Mixed Vegetable Pears MO — Chickpea Joe NCS — SF Cookies Tuesday, Feb. 18 Lemon Baked Fish Baked Potato Fruit Cup MO – Tomato and Cheese Sandwich NCS — SF Cookies Wednesday, Feb. 19 Meat Sauce over Spaghetti Noodles Wax Beans MO – Marinara Sauce over Spaghetti Noodles NCS – SF Jell-O Thursday, Feb. 20 My Meal, My Way Lunch at Ziggy’s Smokehouse and Ice Cream Parlor! Drop in between 11:30 AM and 12:45 PM Friday, Feb. 21 Italian Sausage on White Bun Oven Roasted Potatoes Stewed Tomatoes Banana MO – Veggie Dog NCS – SF Pudding SO — Chicken Cranberry Bacon Bleu Salad

Monday, Feb. 17 9:00 CLUB 10:30 StrongWomen 1:00 Weight Loss Support 1:30 Bridge Tuesday, Feb. 18 8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced 9:30 Ride to Food Pantry 9:45 Zumba Gold 10:45 Parkinson’s Exercise 11:30 Silver Threads 12:30 Sheepshead Wednesday, Feb. 19 9:00 CLUB 10:30 Dominoes 12:15 Shopping at Pick-N-Save 1:00 Euchre Thursday, Feb. 20 8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced 9:00 Pool Players 9:00 Rubber Stamping 9:45 Zumba Gold 10:30 StrongWomen 12:30 Mahjongg 1:00 Card Party 1:00 Stepping On 5:00 StrongWomen Friday, Feb. 21 9:00 CLUB 9:00 Gentle Yoga 9:30 Blood Pressure 10:45 Balance Class 10:45 Safety at Home 11:45 Shopping at Bill’s

All Saints Lutheran Church 2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg (608) 276-7729 Interim pastor SUNDAY 8:30 a.m. classic service 10:45 a.m. new song service Brooklyn Lutheran Church 101 Second Street, Brooklyn (608) 455-3852 Pastor Rebecca Ninke SUNDAY 9 a.m. Holy Communion 10 a.m. Fellowship Community of Life Lutheran Church PO Box 233, Oregon (608) 286-3121, office@ communityoflife.us Pastor Jim McCoid SUNDAY 8:45 a.m. Education Hour, 10 a.m. Worship at 1111 S. Perry Parkway, Oregon Brooklyn Community United Methodist Church 201 Church Street, Brooklyn (608) 455-3344 Pastor George Kaminski SUNDAY 9 a.m. Worship (Nov.-April) 10:30 a.m. Worship (May-Oct.)

Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church 143 Washington Street, Oregon (608) 835-3554 Pastor Jeffrey Hendrix SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Worship Holy Communion 2nd & last Sundays First Presbyterian Church 408 N. Bergamont Blvd. (north of CC), Oregon, WI (608) 835-3082 - fpcoregonwi. org Pastor Kathleen Owens SUNDAY 10 a.m. Service 10:15 a.m. Sunday School 11 a.m. Fellowship 11:15 a.m. Adult Education Memorial UCC 5705 Lacy Road, Fitchburg (608) 273-1008, memorialucc. org Pastor Kristin Gorton SUNDAY 8:15 and 10 a.m.

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church ECLA

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

752 E. Netherwood, Oregon David Bartosik, Lead Pastor (608) 835-7972, www.hbclife.com SUNDAY 8:30 a.m. worship at the Hillcrest Campus and 10:15 a.m. worship with Children’s ministries, birth – 4th grade Holy Mother of Consolation Catholic Church

651 N. Main Street, Oregon Pastor: Fr. Gary Wankerl (608) 835-5763 holymotherchurch.weconnect.com SATURDAY: 5 p.m. Worship SUNDAY: 8 and 10:15 a.m. Worship People’s United Methodist Church 103 North Alpine Parkway, Oregon Pastor Jason Mahnke

(608) 835-3755, www.peoplesumc.org

Communion is the 1st & 3rd weekend SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Worship and Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. Worship St. John’s Lutheran Church

625 E. Netherwood, Oregon Pastor Paul Markquart (Lead) (608) 291-4311 SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship SUNDAY - 8, 10:30 a.m. Worship Vineyard Community Church

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

Zwingli United Church of Christ – Paoli

At the intersection of Hwy. 69 & PB Pastor Rich Pleva paoliucc.com, (608) 225-1278 SUNDAY - 9:30 a.m. Family worship

Support groups • Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, First Presbyterian Church, every Monday and Friday at 7 p.m. • Relationship & Divorce Support Group, State Bank of Cross Plains, every other Monday at 6:30 p.m. • Navigating Life Elder Support Group, People’s United Methodist Church, 103 N. Alpine Pkwy., every first Monday at 7 p.m.

A Vale of Tears The world has often been described as a vale of tears, a place of profound and often pointless suffering. Many of the psalms are drenched in those tears, and even the usually hopeful Saint Paul describes creation as “groaning as in the pains of childbirth.”(Romans 8:22 NIV)The Buddha concurred,saying that life is essentially suffering, and philosophers throughout the ages have tended to agree, some even going so far as to suggest that it would be better to have never been born. The philosopher who composed Ecclesiastes says “And I declared that the dead,who had already died, are happier than the living,who are still alive. But better than both is the one who has never been born,who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.”(Ecclesiastes 4:2-3 NIV) It would be foolish to deny that the world is rife with suffering, and yet perhaps all this pessimism says more about the philosophers and psalmists than it does about the world. Life is surely also a source of great pleasure and indescribable beauty, and many of us find meaning in life precisely to the extent that we help to relieve the suffering of ourselves and others. We shouldn’t deny the pain and suffering inherent in the world, but we shouldn’t fall prey to the delusion that it is all there is to PVSN the world. – Christopher Simon

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Oregon sophomore Blake Pankratz swims his leg of the 200-yard freestyle relay at the Badger South Conference Meet on Saturday, Feb. 8, in Monona. The Panthers finished fifth in the event with a time of 1:40.70.

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Oregon sophomore David Stevenson swims the breaststroke leg during the 200-yard medley relay at the Badger South Conference Meet on Saturday, Feb. 8, in Monona. The Panthers finished fourth in the event (1:51.52) and third in the team standings with 315 points.

Stevenson captures conference title ADAM FEINER Sports editor

Sophomore David Stevenson won the 100-yard breaststroke, pacing Oregon to a third-place fi n i s h a t t h e B a d g e r S o u t h Conference Meet on Saturday, Feb. 8, at Monona Grove High School. The Panthers racked up 315

points. Edgewood, ranked second in Division 2 in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association, won the team title with 469 points. The host Silver Eagles took second with 400 points. S t eve n s o n t u r n e d i n a t o p time of 1:04.81 in the breaststroke, almost three seconds better than Watertown’s Nathan

Williams. He also helped all three of the Panthers’ relay teams finish in the top five. Stevenson, senior Blake Anderson, junior Connor Braatz and freshman Mason Ko n o p a c k i s t a r t e d t h e m e e t with a fourth-place finish in the 200 medley relay (1:51.52). Anderson, Braatz, Stevenson and sophomore Blake Pankratz

finished the meet fourth in the 400 freestyle relay (3:38.65). Stevenson, Pankratz, Konopacki and junior Ronaldo Lopez-Vega took fifth in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:40.70. Pankratz also finished fourth in the 500 free (5:26.77) and sixth in the 200 free (2:02.70). Anderson placed fourth in

the 100 butterfly (57.64) and eighth in the 100 backstroke (1:02.66). Braatz took fifth in the 200 individual medley (2:19.92). Konopacki placed seventh in the 50 free (24.99) and ninth in the 100 back (1:03.53). Freshman Oliver Wiedemann led the Panthers in the 100 free (21st, 1:00.07).

Boys wrestling

Niday takes second at conference tournament ADAM FEINER Sports editor

Seth Niday has been one of several wrestlers spearheading Oregon’s youth movement this season, proving every week he could compete with some of the best 152-pounders in the conference and state. The freshman paced the Panthers with a runner-up finish at 152 in the Badger Conference Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 8, at Watertown High School. “This proves that the hard work pays off,” Niday said. “I do the extra work outside of practice and compete with different clubs at national tournaments. It really boosts my confidence to know I can compete with the best.” Niday pinned Baraboo’s Frankie Van Houten in 1:53 and Reedsburg’s Jacob Schnickert in 3:28 and won a 17-2 technical fall over Watertown’s Kolten Blome to reach the championship round. He then lost a 7-3 decision to Monona Grove/McFarland’s Zachary Gunderson. “I thought Seth wrestled masterfully, even in the championship match,” Oregon coach Ned Lease said. “He didn’t make any big mistakes. We look forward to seeing Gunderson again.” The Panthers finished 11th out of 15 teams with 108 points.

Stoughton won its sixth consecutive conference title and 41st overall with 326 points. Brandon Liddle (126) went 3-2 and Nate Hall (195) went 2-2, as each finished fourth. Liddle won a 15-4 major decision over Reedsburg’s Caylee Fry and beat Monroe’s Brady Schuh 5-2 to start his day, then bounced back from a loss to defending 106-pound state champion Nicolar Rivera of Stoughton with an 8-2 win over M o n o n a G r ove / M c Fa r l a n d ’s Cole Weaver. He lost to Waunakee’s Nick Schweitzer 9-4 in the third-place match. Hall beat Monroe’s Deion Hargrove 5-2 and Baraboo’s Ben Florencio 7-3 after losing his first match to Waunakee’s Jack Schweitzer. He lost to Sauk Prairie’s Nolan Vils 7-2 in the third-place bout. Cooper King (160) beat teammate John Ruth for the spot at conference and ended up fifth with a 2-2 record. King pinned Watertown’s Brain Kronquist in 3:49 after losing in the first round and beat Baraboo’s Noah Langeberg 9-4 in the fifth-place match. Karl Brooks (170) also placed fifth with a 2-2 record. He started his day by pinning Reedsburg’s Charlie Walker in 5:54 and pinned Walker at the 2:16 mark of

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Oregon freshman Seth Niday (top) tries to turn Monona Grove/McFarland’s Zachary Gunderson in the 152-pound championship match at the Badger Conference Tournament. Niday finished second. the fifth-place match. Owen Heiser (145) took seventh despite a 3-2 record. He started his day with a pin of Monroe’s Dakota Wickstrum in 1:09. After two losses, Heiser won a 17-2 technical fall over Fort Atkinson’s Vincent Healy and pinned Watertown’s Kasey Logan at the 2:22 mark of the

seventh-place match. Ryan Payne (106), Ramiro Ramos (113), Dakota Brown (120) and Tyler Wald (182) lost both of their matches. Thomas Lyon (132) lost all three of his matches. Michael Schliem, who would have been seeded second at 138, was out with the flu.

The Panthers begin the postseason Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Division 1 Sun Prairie Regional. Competition is slated to start at 9:30 a.m. “We have to be a little more disciplined with our decision-making,” Lease said. “Sometimes, we need to roll the dice. I still don’t think we’ve seen our best yet.”

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Oregon demolishes Fort, survives Stoughton MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor

Oregon won two games last week to extend its winning streak to six straight, pushing the Panthers to the brink of winning at least a share of the Badger South Conference championship. The Panthers had five players reach double figures in an 89-48 home rout of Fort Atkinson on Friday, Feb. 7. Oregon hung on for a 60-51 road win over rival Stoughton three days earlier. O r eg o n ( 1 5 - 4 , 1 1 - 1 B a d ger South) is 11-1 in its last 12 games, with the only loss coming to Beaver Dam (ranked second in the Division 2 Associated Press state poll). Oregon can clinch at least a share of the conference title with a road win over Watertown on Thursday, Feb, 13. “Everyone wants to come out and beat Oregon,” senior Liz Uhl said. “We know that going in. We try not to take any team lightly. We go in with the mindset that anyone can beat us if we let them.”

Oregon 89, Fort Atkinson 48

Senior Kaitlyn Schrimpf scored a game-high 22 points and added six assists and five rebounds as the Panthers cruised past the Blackhawks. The Panthers raced out to a 44-22 lead at the half. Uhl added 18 points and hit four 3-pointers. Junior Jaelyn Nedelcoff chipped in 14 points and was 5-for-5 from the free-throw line. Junior Emily Statz pitched in 11 points and a team-high seven boards. Senior Izzie Peterson also had 11 points.

Oregon 60, Stoughton 51

When it mattered most, the Panthers made clutch free throws and forced turnovers off its press to pull out a win over the Vikings. Stoughton sophomore Mya Davidson made a layup to cut the Panthers’ lead to 57-51 with

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Oregon senior Izzie Peterson (right) looks to drive by Stoughton sophomore Ava Loftus on Tuesday, Feb. 4, in Stoughton. Peterson scored eight points in the Panthers’ 60-51 win. 32 seconds left, but the Panthers made 3 of 4 free throws in the final 30 seconds to seal the victory. Oregon shot 63.3% (19-for30) from the charity stripe. “Obviously we didn’t shoot it well and went 0-for-10 shooting 3s in the first half,” Oregon coach Adam Wamsley said. “It was a gritty win. I watched our game from last time and even though it was a 23-point game, we knew they actually played a lot better than the score. It’s a tough environment to come into, but I’m

proud of how the girls handled the pressure.” In the first meeting, the Panthers used a zone look on the press. “We knew it probably wouldn’t work because they actually break the press really well, so we decided to go with a man-to-man press,” Wamsley said. “We made the plays when we had to.” Stoughton sophomore guard Ava Loftus scored a career-high 27 points and knocked down three 3-pointers, helping rally the

Vikings from an 11-point deficit against the conference-leading Panthers. “She’s a good young player,” Wamsley said. “We knew we would have to put a lot of effort into stopping her. They got by us initially and they got some backdoor cuts on us as we tried to help. It’s tough to guard if you can’t stop the dribbler. I give Ava a lot of credit for making plays.” Uhl scored a team-high 20 points for Oregon. “I feel like if we would have

made more shots, it wouldn’t have been as close of a game,” Uhl said. “We were really struggling from the outside and at the freethrow line. Our defense helped us transition into our offense.” The Vikings committed 18 turnovers, but twice cut the Panthers’ lead to four in the second half. Senior Delaney Seidel made a layup to slice the Panthers’ lead to 37-33 with 14:48 left in the second half. Moments later, Loftus drove the baseline for a layup to cut the Vikings’ deficit to 39-35. Peterson converted a threepoint play to extend the Panthers’ lead to 52-41 with 7:34 to go. Loftus answered with a threepoint play and a layup with 1:53 left to cut the Panthers’ lead to 54-49. That was the closest Stoughton came down the stretch, as Peterson answered with a layup with 1:08 left to push the lead to seven. The Panthers jumped out to a 16-5 lead, as Uhl and junior Megan Bloyer combined for 14 points during the spurt. The Vikings rallied behind two of their sophomores. Loftus hit a 3 and a layup, and Davidson scored down low to cut the Panthers’ lead to 23-18 with 2:45 left in the first half. Uhl scored 14 points before halftime to help Oregon take a 32-25 lead at the break. Schrimpf and Nedelcoff each added nine points. Peterson pitched in eight. Bloyer had seven points and six rebounds (four offensive). Junior Carliegh Roberts also had seven points. Stoughton coach Brad Pickett said at times the Vikings initially did what they had to do on defense to force missed shots, but didn’t finish it off with rebounds at key moments. “If we clean that up (turnovers) and we gave up some costly rebounds at key times,” he said. “Timley rebounds hurt us.”

Girls hockey

Icebergs to face Hilltoppers again in postseason ADAM FEINER Sports editor

The Icebergs girls hockey co-op will have a chance to avenge a loss last week to Onalaska in the Division 1 postseason. The sixth-seeded Icebergs (4-15-2, 3-6-1 Badger Conference) will play the third-seeded regional hosts in the Division 1 regional finals Thursday, Feb. 20, at the Onalaska Omni Center. Puck drop is scheduled for 5 p.m. The winner will play either the Cap City Cougars or the Badger Lightning in the Sun Prairie Sectional semifinals.

Onalaska 4, Icebergs 1

Stoughton junior forward Sydney Schipper scored with 12:05 left in the second period off an assist from Deerfield junior defenseman Hailie Hefel to give the Icebergs a 1-0 lead, but the Hilltoppers rallied with four goals in the third at Mandt Community Center in Stoughton. The Icebergs were outshot 46-16 and went 0-for-3 on the power play. Stoughton junior goaltender Abby Seybold made 42 saves in the loss.

Stoughton senior Taylor Nisius skates with the puck during the second period against Beaver Dam on Friday, Feb. 7. The Icebergs won by the same score Jan. 6 at Mandt Community Center, and like the first meeting, Beaver Dam junior goalIcebergs 3, Beaver Dam 0 The Icebergs completed a regular-season tender Abby Okon faced constant pressure sweep of Golden Beavers in a Badger Con- throughout. “We’ve been working on cycling, and we ference road game Friday, Feb. 7, at Beaput that into action,” Icebergs coach Zoe ver Dam Family Center Ice Arena. Kurth said. “We worked it off the boards

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Oregon junior Izzy Newton (16) centers the puck during the second period against Beaver Dam on Friday, Feb. 7, at Beaver Dam Family Center Ice Arena. The Icebergs won 3-0 to complete a regular-season sweep of the Golden Beavers. well and kept moving instead of standing around and watching.” The Icebergs outshot the Beavers 91-10, as Okon made 88 saves. Stoughton freshman goaltender Aven Gruner had 10 saves in the shutout. Monona Grove junior forward Hannah Weber won the opening faceoff, skated through the Golden Beavers defense and scored 10 seconds into the game. Schipper

scored a little more than three minutes later off an assist from Oregon junior forward Izzy Newton The Icebergs converted on their first of three power plays with 5:43 left in the second period, as Newton tipped a shot from the point by McFarland senior forward Aeryn Olson past Okon. Beaver Dam finished 0-for-3 on the power play.

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Rubber match set for Panthers, Spartans MARK NESBITT

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Oregon entered its second showdown with Edgewood looking to build momentum heading into the upcoming Division 2 postseason. The Panthers (10-11-1, 7-4 Badger South Conference) had won five of their last seven games after a 2-1 loss to Edgewood earlier this season, but couldn’t keep pace in an 8-2 road loss to the Crusaders on Friday, Feb. 7. Oregon bounced back from a 7-5 road loss to Waupun on Saturday, Feb. 8, with a 2-1 road win over Milton on Monday, Feb. 10. The Panthers earned the 5 seed in the Division 2 Saint Mary’s Springs Sectional and will play at fourth-seeded McFarland on Thursday, Feb. 20. The Panthers split two games with the Spartans this season, losing 5-2 on the road Dec. 13 and winning 4-2 at home Jan. 16.

Oregon 2, Milton 1 T h e Pa n t h e r s s c o r e d t w o third-period goals in a Badger South road win over the Red Hawks at Mandt Community Center in Stoughton. Oregon’s Kyle Rohrer tie it at 1 with 13:27 left off assists from Joe Roemer and Adam Franken. Colton Eyers scored the game winner on the power play off an assist from Nick Brien with 10:42 remaining. Milton’s Luke Hessenauer scored with 1:25 left in the first period off an assist from Gannon Kilgora. The Panthers outshot the Red Hawks 33-16, went 1-for-6 on the power play and killed all three penalties. Oregon goaltender Carter Grandburg stopped eight of nine shots and Colton Dailey stopped all seven shots he faced.

Waupun 7, Oregon 5

The Panthers finished 4-for-4 on the power play, but lost a nonconference game that featured three ties and three lead changes. Oregon rallied from a 3-1 deficit at the end of the first period. Roemer scored the Panthers’ lone first-period goal on the power play off assists from Franken and Laszlo Orosz at the 7:30 mark. Orosz scored on the power play off assists from Eyers and

Franken 53 seconds into the second period. Franken tied it at 3 off a pass from Orosz at the 5:08 mark. The Warriors’ Jarrett Bucholz scored 12 seconds later. Rohrer tied it at 4 off assists from Franken and Roemer with 2:36 left in the second. Bucholz completed his hat trick late in the period to give the Warriors a 5-4 lead. Rohrer scored on the power play off assists from Franken and Roemer to tie it at 5 with 6:06 left in the third period. Waupun’s Malachi Bucholz scored two goals in a four-minute span late in the third to seal the victory for the Warriors. The Warriors outshot the Panthers 42-31, as Dailey made 35 saves.

Edgewood 8, Oregon 2

The Crusaders entered having already clinched the Badger South title and flexed their muscles against the Panthers at LaBahn Arena in Madison. J.J. Wiebusch and Parker Murn each scored two goals and Payton Smith dished out four assists for Edgewood. The Panthers got off to a rocky start in the first period, as the Crusaders scored the first eight goals of the game. “We just turned one mistake into 12,” Oregon coach Larry Clemens said. “We would make a mistake and then we wouldn’t cover for ourselves. “Everything they were putting on net was funneling in and we just couldn’t get one to fall.” The Panthers outshot the Crusaders 33-32, but had a hard time getting the puck past Edgewood goaltender Zach Walker, who made 10 saves in the first period, 12 in the second and nine in the third. “We just have to compete and trust each other,” Clemens said. “How you handle adversity is defining. If we can stick together, stay together, work together and put this behind us, we will be OK. If we let this linger on and be a factor, we will struggle.” The Panthers scored both of their goals in the final 2:30 from Orosz and Parker Schmidt. Franken had two assists. “It’s good at the end to get a little reward,” Clemens said. “We had opportunities to second to

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Oregon junior Adam Franken (left) takes a shot against Edgewood junior goaltender Zach Walker on Friday, Feb. 7, at LaBahn Arena in Madison. Franken had two assists in the Panthers’ 8-2 loss. tie it up before they were able to pull away even more. It was good for them to get on the board even though they weren’t really excited about it.” The Crusaders jumped out to an early lead with two goals in the first period. Drew Lenz scored off an assist from Smith 4:15 into the game. Cooper Fink scored with 4:36 left before the first intermission off assists from Wiebusch and Geoffrey Rossow. Murn beat Dailey glove-side 5:29 into the second period. Wiebusch scored with 26 seconds left before the second intermission to make it 4-0. Edgewood’s Cody Menzel scored 46 seconds into the third period off an assist from junior Nathan Walker. Murn scored his second goal 13 seconds later off a pass from Smith. Wiebusch scored his second goal on the power play with 7:43 left, and Aidan Lenz scored nine seconds later. Dailey finished with 23 saves for the Panthers. “You will have games like that,” Clemens said. “He (Dailey) Oregon senior Parker Schmidt (2) is congratulated after scoring a goal in has been a rock for us. I’m not the third period against Edgewood on Friday, Feb. 7, at LaBahn Arena in going to put any stock in it.” Madison.

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Registration open for rugby club teams ADAM FEINER Sports editor

The Oregon Rugby Club is accepting player registrations for Oregon and surrounding area players, including those from Stoughton. The club offers rugby for boys

and girls in high school and middle school. The boys and girls high school seasons run from March 1 to June 6. Practices will be held Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Oregon Middle School. The boys and girls middle school seasons run from April 1 to June 6.

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Rachel Brickner, senior center director, told the Observer that Haugen will be greatly missed. Brickner said Haugen has been committed to the program and been an advocate for the 8-10 members. The program serves 16 seniors at full capacity. “Adult Day Programs offer a safe, supportive and stimulating environment for people who are at risk for social isolation, as well as a respite opportunity for their caregivers,” she said. “(Haugen) has seen the value in that over the years, and has helped hundreds of people in the Oregon area … training a lot of coworkers and volunteers.” Haugen influenced the expansion of a program that not only connects seniors through bingo and board games, Brickner said, but through conversations and stories about life. Through Haugen, the program gained more physical activities to keep the seniors moving and more opportunities for socialization, she said. Haugen started with the senior center when it was still located in Village Hall on 117 Spring St., Haugen said. Brickner said she found Haugen to be a positive person that she was lucky to work with for almost a decade. “She has the ability to project a calm presence, even when the situation is a difficult one, which is really important when working in the Adult Day Program,” she said. “She has an upbeat attitude and has always been willing to

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Geri Hamilton, Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra conductor and Oregon High School graduate, will hold a free performance from 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Holy Mother of Consolation Church, 651 N. Main St. The performance will last roughly 40 minutes, and afterward, there will Hamilton be a reception with food. Hamilton will perform on the violin,

If You Go What: Geri Hamilton recital When: 6-8 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 22 Where: Holy Mother of Consolation Church, 651 N. Main St. Info: 835-5763 and Tom Waegl will play the piano. Donations will benefit the Cadenza Award Scholarship for graduating seniors who have participated in the Music Ministry. Hamilton, who has been a violinist with the Madison Symphony Orchestra since 2003, said audiences can expect fun and flashy pieces along with romantic, classic,

contemporary and even tango. “There is a little bit of everything for everybody,” she said. “And it entices people to get out of the house and hear some great violin music.” WYSO has been conducting youth orchestra groups in Wisconsin since 1966. Hamilton joined in the spring of 2016, according to her online bio. She started as the conductor of the Opus One ensemble and is now the conductor of the Sinfonietta Orchestra. Before that, she taught beginners orchestra at the middle and high school level in Waunakee, Stoughton and Oregon. For information, contact the church at 835-5763. Contact Mackenzie Krumme at mackenzie.krumme@wcinet.com.

Snappy Shot Each month, the Oregon Wisconsin Photography Group holds a meeting for all interested local photographers, no matter the skill level. Topics for the meetings include “Finding Your Niche in Photography”, “Mirrorless Cameras” and a popular “Photographic

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Feedback” segment. The group, which has around 60 members, has photo-taking excursions and focus groups, as well. For information, visit the website at oregonwisconsinphotographygroup.com Contact Mackenzie Krumme at mackenzie. krumme@wcinet.com.

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Writing workshop with local author set for Feb. 20 Wisconsin based author Julie Tallard Johnson will teach a writing class at the library. Participants can attend the “So you want to write, the world into word” workshop from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, 256 Brook St. The class will focus on how details can ignite the readers imagination. Tallard Johnson has published 11 books, and in 2017 became an adjunct lecturer at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, according to her website.

“I help you tap into your deepest resources to both experience yourself as a writer and to get your message on the page in a meaningful way,” she wrote on her website. Two other writing workshops are scheduled at the Oregon Public Library. “The art of being a writer” is set for 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 5 and “Memoir Writing” is set for 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 2. For information, Kara at 835-6268 or kripley@oregonlibrary.org. -Mackenzie Krumme

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whole structure, the board met before regularly scheduled meetings to have those preliminary discussions as a group. Zach said the experiment was a “good idea” worth a try, but didn’t turn out quite as effective in practice as in theory. “I was hoping it would work because of the administrative convenience, but I don’t think we’ve gotten as much work done as we probably should have,” he said, suggesting rotating the vision and policy committee meetings to be held before Monday night board meetings. “I’m in favor of going back to the old structure, as we’ve got some visioning stuff that really could use some shepherding from the board and guidance with Dr. (Leslie) Bergstrom coming on (as new superintendent in July) and helping to facilitate that.” Krista Flanagan said another advantage of the committee structure is giving

more board members chances to be in leadership positions, noting that long-time members Courtney Odorico and Barb Feeney will leave the board in April. “It’s going to be a relatively inexperienced board, and committees give you an opportunity to be in a leadership position and to help look to the future of what the board should be doing and learning policy,” she said. “The policy committee is a really important job, because you really learn about the management of a school district through board policy and board governance.” Flanagan said the committee of the whole format didn’t always allow for proper discussion. “We’ve been looking at the clock, because we want to get into a board meeting and get rolling,” she said.” These things are weighty subjects, and we need time for deliberation outside the board meeting night … that allows us research, both staff and board members.”

Feeney said she was “torn” on the matter because of the value in avoiding “having important discussions at the committee level that then have to be replicated again with the full board. She suggested that on big issues, the entire board be in on the discussion from the beginning. Tim LeBrun said he missed having the committee meetings – quipping that while he “never thought (he) would vote for more meetings,” – because they allowed members to “get together as often as we need to and coordinate a few less schedules to have those meetings happen.” “We’re a little more agile having those smaller groups of people do the research and have the conversations, and come back here to make recommendations and have that group be able to answer questions,” he said. “I think it works better.” Email Unified Newspaper Group reporter Scott De Laruelle at scott.delaruelle@ wcinet.com.

If You Go What: Bonnie Haugen’s retirement party When: 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19 Where: Oregon Area Senior Center, 219 Park St. Info: 835-5801 try out new ideas, which is a great trait to have.” Having originally gone to school to be a beautician, Haugen said she didn’t originally envision helping seniors, but an 11-year stint at an area nursing home doing hair inspired her to make the career change. “I always thought of taking care of seniors as taking care of my family,” Haugen said. “I quit doing (hair) and took off a year and this job came up … it was time for a change.” Haugen said one of her favorite moments include giving a blind man a sense of freedom despite his limitations, and convincing a woman who was reluctant to come, but found recovery easier because of the services. Now a few weeks into her retirement, Haugen said she plans to be more family-oriented, do more crafts and make some plans for travels. “I’m thinking I might like to do a train ride up in Canada,” she said. “I’ve n eve r b e e n t o E u r o p e either.” Email Emilie Heidemann at emilie.heidemann@ wcinet.com or follow her on Twitter at @HeidemannEmilie.

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Ricky Lynn Erway Ricky Lynn Erway, 62, an Oregon native and recent resident of Prescott, Arizona, died from injuries suffered in a fall in New Orleans on January 25, 2020. Ricky was born on Christmas Eve, 1957, in Madison, the youngest of three daughters of Norm and Willie Erway. She grew up in Oregon, graduating in 1976 from Oregon Senior High School, where she had competed in track and ski racing. Ricky attended University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, majoring in English and Education. After a stint in Colorado as a ski bum and high school librarian, she returned to Wisconsin and earned a Masters of Library Science degree from UW-Madison in 1985. Following grad school, she accepted a position with the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, where she remained for 10 years, eventually serving as Associate Coordinator of American Memory, an initiative aimed at significantly increasing public access to the special collections of the Library of Congress. During her time at LC, Ricky had the opportunity to present the concepts and results of the program to such luminaries as the Queen of England and then-Vice President Al Gore. In 1995, Ricky moved to

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the Bay Area of California where she spent the rest of her career. She served as Digital Resources Manager at RLG, a consortium of research libraries working cooperatively to preserve and provide access to their culturally rich collections. When RLG merged with the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) in 2006, Ricky became a senior program officer in OCLC Research, where she continued her work until her retirement in 2015. She is regarded in library circles as a “digital pioneer” and she impacted librarians around the world with her ideas and writings. While in California, Ricky met Ted Brooks, who became her husband in 2014. Following her retirement, Ricky and Ted sold all their stuff and took off on an RV journey across the US, ultimately visiting 37 states in their quest to find a new home. They ended up in Prescott, Arizona, where

Ricky directed her creative energy towards volunteering at the Archives of the Sharlot Hall Museum. She also wrote and published articles about Prescott’s past in the Daily Courier’s “Days Past”. And she and Ted continued traveling, with a concentration on their new home state and the general Southwest. Ricky had hundreds of friends and fans all over the country. With a sharp wit, a wry sense of humor and a laugh that lit up the room, a love for life, for games, for traveling and especially for her family and friends, Ricky was loved by all who knew her. Ricky was preceded in death by her parents and her brother-in-law Baxter Burton. She is survived by her husband, Ted Brooks; stepdaughter Molly Brooks of Brooklyn, New York; sisters Kim Erway Birck (William) of Missoula, Montana and Tracy Erway Burton of Madison; niece Korrigan (Kate) Burton of Chicago, and her dog Abbey. There will be no public celebration of life, but those who knew and loved her are encouraged to share some memories and raise a toast in her honor. Memorial donations may be sent to the Sharlot Hall Museum at 415 W. Gurley Street, Prescott, AZ, 86301, https://www.sharlothallmuseum.org or to the Oregon Public Library.

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Netherwood: Project includes multi use athletic field and playground Continued from page 1 throughout and cul-de sacs. T h e d e v e l o p e r, F o r w a r d Development Group, agreed in August to pay more than $52,000 to dedicate less than the 10.7 acres in parkland that would normally be required. Walkways will be placed on all sides of the park, the memo states. A wide crosswalk would be placed near the southern end of the parking lot, in addition to one added across Peterson Trail at an intersection with North Bergamont Boulevard. The athletic field will feature soccer goals with a spacious field to accommodate various other sports. “This will be the nicest field we have in the village,” Jeff Rau, public works director, said at the Village Board meeting.

The design proposal for Highlands of Netherwood Park includes a playground with muted, Earthy tones. The slides, swings and merry go round are a charcoal green color, which would match with other park amenities.

The playground at the park would feature equipment on a bed of wooden shavings, according to the rendering. There would be swings, both for infants and older children, as well as equipment to climb with three slides and a merrygo-round for people to spin on. The slides, swings and merry-go-round all depict a charcoal green color, according to the rendering. The pavilion will be 10 feet tall with a pitched roof, with a covered area of about 1,400 square feet with the indoor space. The colors would be muted earth tones to match the playground equipment, the memo states. Email Emilie Heidemann at emilie.heidemann@wcinet.com or follow her on Twitter at @ HeidemannEmilie. Rendering courtesy of Village of Oregon

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