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Into the big time Carpenter eyes large targets: workforce housing, business park ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group
To Jeanne Carpenter, Oregon isn’t a small town anymore. And the incoming village president says it’s time to stop governing it like one. “You ever hear the quote, ‘When you’re hunting elephants, Carpenter don’t get distracted chasing rabbits?’” Carpenter asked. She’s excited to focus on bigger projects, like workforce housing and establishing a new business park, rather than “rabbits” like the beekeeping ordinance, which has been buzzing
around for at least a year. “For the love of God, write it and pass it,” Carpenter told the Observer. “Give me the elephant; let’s go.” That’s not to disparage urban beekeepers, she said – she thinks they’re great. Her point is the village doesn’t have an hour to discuss something it’s already decided. “That’s part of governing like we’re a small town,” she said. “I’m not messing around with that anymore.” Her No. 1 priority is increasing the business tax base by establishing the long-planned southeast business park on the east side of U.S. Hwy. 14. Even if it means everything else has to take a back seat “for a year or two,” Carpenter is convinced the Village of Oregon needs to make room for business to achieve fiscal balance. The Alpine Business Park is nearly full, and Carpenter said the village has had to turn away some businesses
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Dunn Town Chair Ed Minihan discusses the benefits of letting cows graze on a property just down the street from Town Hall that the town preserved through a conservation easement late last year. The town continued its decades-long preservation efforts in March with the acquisition of development rights to a combined 80 acres on the north side of Highway B between Mahoney and Keenan Roads.
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OHS racial incident draws scrutiny OSD educator contracts approved EMILIE HEIDEMANN
Ben Kollenbroich, Town of Dunn development. On March 29, it added a small part planning and land conservation of that plan, ensuring a combined director, said two 40-acre parcels, The Town of Dunn is “knocking 80-acres of farmland won’t be devel- located on the north side of Highway on the door” of permanently pro- oped with help from conservation tecting 4,000 acres of land from nonprofit Groundswell Conservancy. Turn to Conservation /Page 8 Unified Newspaper Group
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Oregon School District officials are remaining mostly silent about an alleged incident at Oregon High School last month that prompted social media
complaints about student racism. The incident involved an OHS health class baby mannequin used to teach students about child care, though there is disagreement over what exactly happened. Superintendent Brian Busler said Tuesday district officials are “limited on what we can share because its a discipline matter,”
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Zach re-elected board president; Pankratz new VP SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group
With the 2018-19 school year winding down, the Oregon school board looked to the future Monday night, electing officers and approving contracts for teachers and
administrators for the 2019-20 school year. The contracts included a 2.44 percent raise, which represents the state’s Consumer Price Index, district Zach superintendent Brian Busler wrote in an email to the Observer.
The board, which was minus Tim LeBrun, Barb Feeney and Courtney Odorico, unanimously approved contracts for teachers, nonrepresented staff and administrators. Troy Pankratz initially intended to recuse himself from the vote, as his wife, Kelly is an educator in the district, but to have a quorum for a vote, her contract was removed, to be voted on at the board’s next meeting.
Also Monday, board member Steve Zach was reelected as president after Pankratz nominated him. It’s a position he’s held since 2016, when he defeated then-member Charles Uphoff in a 4-3 vote. Zach was re-elected to another three-year term last year, and he said then did not intend to serve as president for that entire
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From right, Coral Goplin of Oregon helps Miles, 6, write about what he uses a library for. The activity was part of a community input open house held by OPN Architects at Village Hall on April 8.
Maya Trunzo, 9, of Oregon uses a green sticker to vote for a design she likes during an interior aesthetic preference exercise. The activity was part of a community input open house held by OPN Architects at Village Hall on April 8.
Dreaming up a new public library JUSTIN LOEWEN Observer correspondent
The Oregon Public Library will soon have a new place to call home, and it’s seeking the community’s guidance to help shape it. OPN Architects is directing the “visioning” stage for the new library, which will be located at 249 N. Main St., just north of downtown. The company facilitated an open house on April 8 in Village Hall to gather ideas, the first such forum open to the public. After a brief presentation on long-term trends in library design, OPN principal Wes Reynolds and senior interior designer Mindy Sorg invited attendees to participate in various exercises. “We want to hear from all of you tonight,” Sorg said. Initially around 30 people showed up, and a steady stream of residents filtered in throughout the evening.
new library site, discussed issues it has had with water runoff, and used the blocks to design a building with that issue in mind. There were also dot exercises, where residents could express their aesthetic preferences for various exterior, interior and landscaping designs. With rows of design concepts printed on large sheets of paper suspended from the walls, guests placed green stickers on their preferred choices and red stickers on unfavored designs. Children and adults alike meticulously browsed the gallery of designs, taking their time with each concept before choosing to relinquish a sticker. Sheets of drawing paper hung from a wall, prompting residents to complete the sentences “The new Oregon Public Library will exceed my expectations if...” and “This project will fail if…”, and to answer “If Wes Reynolds, far right, along with community members, discusses the layout of a new public library building. The activity the Oregon Public Library was part of a community input open house held by OPN Architects at Village Hall on April 8. had a hashtag, what would it be?” Guests who wanted to Two tables featured block a printed map of the con- provide further feedback O n e e x e r c i s e a s k e d including that of a student, could do so with the “share guests to write responses a college researcher, a mod- exercises, where guests struction area. Oregon residents Rae your thoughts” forms proto queries like “I go to the ern caregiver, a retired cit- c o u l d ex p e r i m e n t w i t h library to…” with answers izen and a fifth written as building design concepts Vogeler and Mike Wum- vided to attendees. by arranging blocks over schal, who live close to the from different perspectives, themselves.
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Clerk Peggy Haag, left, administers the oath of office to, from left, Cory Horton, Randy Glysch and Jenna Jacobson on April 16, 2019.
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Clerk Peggy Haag, left, administers the oath of office to new Village President Jeanne Carpenter April 16, 2019.
Carpenter sworn in as Oregon village president ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group
Jeanne Carpenter was sworn in as Oregon Village President, and three alders took their oaths of office at the April 16 Village Board reorganizational meeting. It was the first meeting
former Village President Steve Staton hasn’t presided over since 2007, and Carpenter said she expected it to be a “pretty seamless” transition. “I’m looking forward to working with you,” Carpenter said. “We’ve all worked together for a while, and I think it’s going to be more
of the same.” She then welcomed new Trustee Cory Horton to the board. Horton, a former Fitchburg public works director, and incumbents Randy Glysch and Jenna Jacobson all won seats in the April 2 election. They effectively ran unopposed, as three names were on the
ballot for three seats. In a slight change, Carpenter asked board members to wait to be recognized before speaking at a meeting, rather than just talking. She said this parliamentary procedure is something she does whenever she chairs meetings and it promotes equity
Contracts: Zach considering committee of the whole format Continued from page 1 period. “I think it’s wise we look at a rotating president at some time,” he said. Pankratz was elected vice-president, succeeding Courtney Odorico. Tim Le Brun was elected treasurer, succeeding Barb Feeney, and Krista Flanagan was re-elected as clerk. All votes were unanimous. After the election of officers, Zach floated an idea about replacing the board’s two committees – policy and visioning – with a committee of
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Village paying employee claim The Village Board will pay a village employee $3,000 to settle a discrimination claim, village administrator Mike Gracz announced at the April 16 board meeting. Gracz said the settlement would be made available to the Observer later the following week. He said this does not mean the village admits guilt, but the insurance company and village attorney recommend signing the agreement to settle the issue.
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t happened again recently. A business person here in Oregon called me to ask something about the residents who live at the Oregon Area Senior Center. He was surprised when I explained the senior center does not have residents and that no one lives here. Sometimes it is the parent of a student who calls wanting to know if their child can volunteer here. When I explain that might be challenging because we are basically open during the same hours that school is in session, the Brickner reply is generally something along the lines of, “But what about after school and on weekends? Don’t people live there all the time?” I then refer the person to our fine local assisted living facilities and our local nursing home, all of which have residents living there 24/7. Every time I have that conversation, I realize that we have not yet succeeded in our goal to educate the community about what the senior center is and what role it plays in the community. Rather than being a place that has senior residents, we are doing our best to keep seniors residing in their own homes for as long as possible. Helping seniors stay safe, active, healthy and happy in their homes is no small task. It requires the senior center to offer older adults a wide variety of services and supports. None of them involve moving into the senior center. However, some of them literally do involve moving while at the center. A major reason seniors end up leaving their own homes is because they become physically unable to manage at home any longer. They literally become too frail to be safe alone. One of the behaviors that can delay or prevent that physical decline is to engage in regular physical exercise. That is why the senior center often resembles an athletic facility. Zumba Gold, StrongWomen,
Silver Sneakers, Balance Class, Gentle Yoga and Parkinson’s Exercise classes are all taught here at various times each week, and generally are very wellattended. Exercise is one of the key components of keeping bodies strong, but exercise alone is not enough. Good nutrition is also vital to helping seniors stay healthy. That is why the center has a meal program. If seniors lived here, we could feed everyone in our dining room. As it is, we feed some people here, and about twice as many in their homes. Our home delivery program includes three separate routes each weekday, which means 15 volunteers each week are taking meals to seniors where they live, ensuring they receive good nutrition. Even so, the senior center can only provide one meal a day, five days each week. Obviously people need a lot more food than that, which means trips to the grocery store to purchase food for the other 16 meals and snacks each week. Not every senior can safely drive to the store, which is why there is a van that can pick up seniors at their homes twice a week to take them there and back. One day the van goes to Bill’s. On a different day the van goes to Pick-n’-Save in Stoughton. If someone can’t safely drive to the store, odds are that driving to medical appointments is out, too. In order to stay healthy, people need to be able to see their medical care providers. The senior center is blessed to have a small army of volunteers, and many of them donate their time to take seniors to medical appointments. Increasingly, research shows another vital component to staying healthy is staying socially connected. Put bluntly, loneliness kills. If people lived here, we would encourage them to come out of their rooms. Staff would be caring for them. They would see other people every day. Social connections can be a lot more challenging for older adults living in the community, who can
become truly isolated. This poses a challenge that the senior center responds to in multiple ways. Most obviously it offers a variety of social opportunities – card games, pool, greeting card stampers, veteran’s gathering etc. These work well for people who are reasonably social by nature and are motivated to get out. We also try to encourage social connections in settings that are less purely social, such as exercise classes. People may start coming to exercise class because they want to do the right thing for their bodies, but we hope they keep coming back, at least in part, because of the connections they have made with the other class participants. The Adult Day Program here at the center, or C.L.U.B. as it is called by the participants, is specifically aimed at reducing social isolation for a segment of the population most at risk. The C.L.U.B. is used by older adults who are otherwise not easily or regularly able to get out of their homes and among other people. Many of the participants have challenges of one sort or another, and the three mornings a week that the C.L.U.B. is open gives them a chance to get out and have fun with other people while their caregivers get a break and can devote some time and energy to their own needs. Programs such as the C.L.U.B. keep people living at home longer. I am thankful for the residential care facilities the Oregon area offers to older adults who find they cannot continue living safely at home. I am also aware that over 93 percent of older adults do not live in residential care facilities and generally do not want to live anywhere but home. The Oregon Area Senior Center is all about helping seniors realize that goal of not living here – or anywhere else that isn’t their own home. No, we don’t have “residents” at the senior center; instead, we have an entire community of seniors to help support. Rachel Brickner is the director of the Oregon Area Senior Center.
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Oregon artist Ann Kleckner will feature her glass pieces at Spring into Fine Arts.
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If You Go What: Spring into Fine Arts When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 27 Where: Madison Masonic Center, 301 Wisconsin Ave. Info: springintofinearts@ 14southartists.com
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said she normally helps out by taking tickets – which are exchanged for a dip – and the food is donated by residents and the recreation department, which also provides drinks like water and lemonade. If you’re interested in helping out, or want more information, email Stacey at recreation@brooklynwi. gov or call 455-4201. Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@ wcinet.com.
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talented cast of dedicated fourth-graders that have w o r k e d r e a l l y, r e a l l y hard,” NKE music teacher Amanda Reichhold told the Observer, who is co-director of the play. She added that the musical will be “fun for the whole family.” Reichold also said that she couldn’t have done the play without the help of Megan Wiemann, a music teacher from Rome Corners Intermediate School, who volunteered to help as co-director. Admission is free. For more information, call Amanda Reichhold at 8354119 or email aereichhold@oregonsd.net.
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A rabbit who’s late, a disappearing cat and The Mad Hatter await Alice in Netherwood Knoll Elementary’s fourth grade production of “Alice the Musical.” The show, a version of Lewis Carroll’s novel “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 26, at the Oregon High School Performing Arts Center, 456 N. Perry Pkwy. The story follows character Alice (Maisey Shaw) as she stumbles upon a strange world where size is relative and animals speak. A journey ensues and along the way, she crosses paths with peculiar characters including the White Rabbit (Sera Lisowski), the Caterpillar (Brady Bartlett), Mad Hatter (Maya Engwall), Cheshire Cat (Autumn Olmsted) and the Queen (Laila Miles). “ We h a v e a r e a l l y
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The April 27 14 South Artists, Inc. Spring into Fine Arts will feature pieces from six Oregon artists. Oregon artist and 14 South Artists, Inc. chair of fine arts Jillian Cori Lippert said she and 42 other artists will showcase their art from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Madison Masonic Center. Residents Allison Epp, who will feature jewelry pieces; Ann Kleckner, glass; Cori Lippert, three-dimensional “mixed media;” Rob Igl, metal sculptures; Steve Wagner, watercolor paintings, and Carolyn Dargevics, pottery, will be present. All are current or former members of 14 South Artists, Inc., Cori Lippert said. The one-day event, benefiting Three Gaits, Inc. Therapeutic Horsemanship Center, 3741 Hwy 138, Stoughton, will feature 43 “highly skilled” artists in a “variety of mediums,” according to a 14 South Artists, Inc. news release. The public is invited to the free event to view and purchase the pieces. “Any art fair will always strive to have a diverse set of mediums to appeal to a number of different people,” Cori Lippert told the Observer. Attendees are encouraged to donate to the Three Gaits, Inc. Donations will be accepted at the door. The organization provides equine-assisted therapies to “enhance the lives of people with physical, emotional and intellectual challenges,” the release states. Ten gift certificates will be drawn randomly throughout the event, according to the release. The certificate will entitle the winner to a $25 discount toward the purchase of art that day or at future 14 South events. The release states free parking will be available at
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Clean up days Local litterbugs beware, because the Oregon Area Wellness Coalition is asking for help in cleaning up Oregon and Brooklyn parks throughout the month of April. Groups who would like to sign up are encouraged to pick a park to clean up for a weekday or weekend. Once they choose a park, they are also encouraged to bring trash bags, rakes and any needed hand protection. The coalition encourages group members who have a truck to use it to haul leaves to the Oregon compost area on North Perry Parkway. If working in Brooklyn, the compost site will be located off Church Street. Each park will need all garbage picked up and put in bags, and all leaves, sticks and debris raked and picked up to take to the designated compost area. There are still slots available for groups to pick a park. The list can be found at signupgenius.com/ go/20f0a49aea922a20-community3. Fo r i n f o r m a t i o n , e m a i l D e b Bossingham at dab@oregonsd.net or call at 835-4086.
April 27, the public is encouraged to bring old medications they would like to properly dispose of to the Oregon Police Department building, 383 Park St. Those who would like to dispose of their medications are instructed to bring prescription and over the counter medications, ointments, patches, nonaerosol sprays, inhalers, creams, vitals and pet medications. Illegal drugs, bio-hazardous materials, mercury thermometers and household hazardous waste are not permitted. For more information, visit the Village of Oregon Police Department Facebook page.
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Maggie Mae and the Heartland Country Band will present its fourth annual Country Concert to raise funds for local veterans at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 27 at the Oregon High School Performing Arts Center, 456 N. Perry Pkwy. The concert is sponsored by the Oregon-Brooklyn American Legion Post 160 and the Brooklyn Area Veterans Memorial, with proceeds used for providing assistance to area veterans programs and the memorial. Tickets are $25 for lower level and Drug take back day $20 for upper level when purchased in From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, advance, and $30 at the door.
For more information, call 516-5401; for tickets call 455-5049.
Arbor Day potluck The 2019 Arbor Day Celebration will be held from 4-6 p.m. Saturday, April 27 at the Dunn Town Hall, 4156 County Road B. Mary Gross will receive the Stewardship Award for serving as the Parks Commission staff liaison for 20 acres. Gae Bergmann will present and discuss monarch butterfly habitats and conservation. There will be a potluck dinner after the presentation with brats, hot dogs, plates, napkins, eating utensils and beverages. There will also be free trees and door prizes. Attendees are encouraged to bring a dish to pass and all town residents are invited. For information, call Ben at 838-1081.
RCI Band concert The Rome Corners Intermediate School fifth- and sixth-grade bands will perform from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 30. The public is invited to attend the performance at the Oregon High School Performing Arts Center, 456 N. Perry Pkwy.
Community calendar Thursday, April 25
• 1 p.m., “Protect Yourself from Medicare Fraud” class, senior center, 835-5801 • 4-7 p.m., Food distribution and collection, Oregon Area Food Pantry, 107 N. Alpine Parkway, oregonfoodpantry@hotmail.com • 6 p.m., “Web Tools for Great Reads” class, library, 835-3656 • 6 p.m., Orchestra concert, Brooklyn Elementary School, 204 Division St., 835-4500 • 6:30-8 p.m., Bookmobile at the gazebo, 100 Hotel St., Brooklyn, dcls.info
Friday, April 26
Oregon Police Department, 383 Park St., 835-3111 • 1-2:30 p.m., “Introduction to Homebrewing” class, library, 8353656 • 1-3:30 p.m., Veterans annual concert featuring Maggie Mae, Oregon High School Performing Arts Center, 456 N. Perry Pkwy., Dannie: 455-5049 • 4-6 p.m.., 2019 Arbor Day celebration and potluck, Dunn Town Hall, 4156 County Road B, Ben: 838-1081 • 6-10 p.m., Oregon Preschool’s third annual trivia night (tickets are $20 per person), Headquarters Bar and Restaurant, 101 Concord St., oregonpreschool.com
• 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Family storytime and Stay and Play, library, Monday, April 29 835-3656 • 6 p.m., Country Heat class, • 7 p.m., Netherwood Knoll EleBrooklyn Community Building, 102 mentary School musical, Oregon N. Rutland Ave., 455-4201 High School Performing Arts Center, 456 N. Perry Pkwy., 835-4300 Tuesday, April 30 • 9-11 a.m., Food distribution and Saturday, April 27 collection, Oregon Area Food Pan• 10-2 p.m., “Drug Take Back Day,” try, 107 N. Alpine Parkway, oregon-
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, April 25 WOW: Village of Oregon Special Organizational Meeting (April 16) ORE: Oregon School Board Meeting (April 22) Friday, April 26 WOW: Oregon Senior Center presents: Welcome to Medicare (April 13) ORE: 2019 OHS Fine Arts Week: Drama Club (April 10) Saturday, April 27 WOW: Chamber of Commerce Meeting: (April 18) ORE: Panther Girls Varsity Soccer vs Burlington –LIVE 11:50am
Monday, April 29 WOW: Village Board Meeting (April 15) ORE: 2019 OHS Fine Arts Week: Four Seasons Theatre (April 11) Tuesday, April 30 WOW: Oregon Library presents: Fraud & Identity Theft (April 18) ORE: Panther Girls Varsity Soccer vs Watertown –LIVE – 6:50pm Wednesday, May 1 WOW: Oregon Senior Center Presents: Sutter Brothers Music (April 16) ORE: 2019 OHS Fine Arts Week: Silence of the Hams (April 12)
Thursday, May 2 WOW: Maggie Mae Sunday, April 28 Fundraiser @ PAC (April WOW: St. John’s 27 Lutheran Church Service ORE: 2019 OHS Fine ORE: 2019 OHS Fine Arts Week: Redefined - a Arts Week: Noteworthy capella concert (April 12) (April 11)
foodpantry@hotmail.com • 10-10:30 a.m., Teetering toddler storytime, library, 836-3656 • 11 a.m., Bouncing babies storytime, library, 835-3656 • 6-7 p.m., “Everything You Need to Know About Your Credit Score” class, library, 835-3656 • 6-8 p.m., Rome Corners Intermediate band concert (fifth-grade 6 p.m.; sixth-grade 7 p.m.), Oregon High School Performing Arts Center, 456 N. Perry Pkwy., 835-4300
Wednesday, May 1
• 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Family storytime and Stay and Play, library, 835-3656 • 10 a.m., Virtual reality headset fun, senior center, 835-5801 • 5:30-7 p.m.., Little Angels Early Learning Center 20th anniversary celebration, Little Angels Early Learning Center, 103 N. Alpine Pkwy., 835-1945 • 6-7 p.m., Yoga, Brooklyn Community Building, 102 N. Rutland Ave., 455-4201
Senior center Monday, April 29 BBQ Chicken Breast Baked Sweet Potato Whole Wheat Bread Tropical Fruit Chocolate Cake MO – Diced BBQ Veggie Chicken NCS – SF Pudding Tuesday, April 30 Tuna Salad Sandwich Tomato, Cucumber and Onion Salad, Chickpea Salad Pears, Applesauce Bar MO – Egg Salad NCS – Spiced Apples Wednesday, May 1 Enchilada Casserole Cauliflower Confetti Corn with Black Beans Mandarin Oranges Frosted Churro Cake MO – Bean/Cheese Burrito NCS – SF Cookie Pkt Thursday, May 2 My Meal, My Way Lunch at Ziggy’s Smokehouse and Ice Cream Parlor! Friday, May 3 Chicken Strips with BBQ Sauce Green Beans, Pea Salad NAS – Steamed Peas Dinner Roll, Fruit Cup Butterscotch Swirl Ice Cream MO – Egg Salad NCS – SF Ice Cream SO - Cottage Cheese Platter *Contains Pork
Monday, April 29 10:30 StrongWomen 10:30 Dominoes 1:00 RSVP Sewing 1:00 Weight Loss Support 1:30 Bridge 1:45 Balance Class Tuesday, April 30 9:30 Wii Bowling 9:45 Zumba Gold 12:30 Sheepshead 12:30 Shopping at Pick-N-Save 5:30 StrongWomen Wednesday, May 1 10:00 Shopping at Target - Junction Rd. 10:00 Virtual Reality Headset Fun 10:30 Book Club 12:45 Silver Sneakers 1:00 Euchre Thursday, May 2 8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced 9:00 Pool Players 9:30 Memory Café at State Bank 9:45 Zumba Gold 10:30 StrongWomen 12:30 Shopping at Bill’s 1:00 Cribbage Friday, May 3 9:00 Gentle Yoga at State Bank 9:30 Blood Pressure 10:45 Balance Class at State Bank 10:45 Silent Movie 12:45 Silver Sneakers
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 Graham Blaikie, Interim 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.
Constancy in a Rapidly Changing World Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” Hebrews 13:8 NIV The first time I heard about the concept of “future shock,” a state of distress or disorientation due to rapid social or technological change,I was relatively young, still in high school, and I recall thinking that change isn’t that hard to deal with, and in fact can be exciting. As we age, however, there can be too much change in too short a period of time for us to adjust in a healthy way. While the young may adapt easily to their new phones or computers, many of us “old-timers”feel like every time our phone or computer is updated it is an annoyance, and we have to relearn how to do things that were simple yesterday. It doesn’t do much good to tell yourself that this is an opportunity to grow and learn something new, or that it’s helping to keep us mentally flexible. It is still annoying. One consolation is that there are always things to go back to which feel constant in this rapidly changing world, and the greatest of these is God. God, and God’s word, never changes. He is the immutable One which contains all of this change. Reading the Bible and saying our prayers is comforting, in part, because it never changes, and we realize that even if we live a hundred years, God will be there for us. –Christopher Simon
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Down Home Cookhouse serves up homemade cuisine, community feel in Brooklyn EMILIE HEIDEMANN
Golf Course in Avalon. He was employed at the golf course after leaving food distributor R. E. Golden Produce for a few months in February 2017. Jacob said the distributor “called him back” in September 2017, and he’s been there since – he works there during the day and operates his restaurant at night, so days for him last from 4:30 a.m. until 8 p.m. But having two jobs has provided some benefit, as he “handpicks” a lot of the fresh ingredients the restaurant uses from the R. E. Golden Produce warehouse. Jacob said he also takes trips a few times a week to Chicago to a produce market there.
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Down Home Cookhouse co-owner Jacob Goldsberry said the restaurant serves “good food without the attitude.” One moment Goldsberry prepared the Friday evening sauces in the restaurant’s kitchen, likely to be paired with the night’s servings of fried fish. The next minute, he put a fish frying and hissing in a cast iron pan into the oven after flipping it a few times. Hands are available to help him, but Goldsberry told the Observer he cooks a lot of the dishes. “I tried to take American classics and make them my way, the traditional way, but present it nicer and put my twist on it,” Jacob told the Observer. And it’s been that way since Down Home Cookhouse, 233 Douglas Dr., Brooklyn, opened in early December last year. The Evansville resident opened the establishment with the help of wife Jo Ellen Goldsberry and other family members. Jo Ellen did some of the graphic design work and helps clean the restaurant with their three children. He’s also hired on additional wait-staff since opening. The newest staff member started around three weeks ago, Jacob said. He has a dishwasher and a staff member to aid him in the kitchen as well. Jacob has wanted to open a restaurant since he was a little kid. Now, he has 20 years of cooking
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Jacob Goldsberry sprinkles some spices on a fish that’s frying in the pan for a to-go order. experience under his belt – with a distinct southern hospitality twist he wanted to bring to the restaurant, since his father’s side of the family has roots in Arkansas. Some customers have likely caught onto that twist. Brooklyn residents Steve and Emilie Schultz were seated by a table closest to the checkout counter. They both commented on the customer service and the casual atmosphere – and of course, the food. “The prices cannot be beat,” Steve told the Observer. “Everything I’ve had has been super good.” “We’ve never had a bad meal
here,” Emilie added. “We come here a few times a week.”
Madison to Brooklyn Jacob said he started his career working for Firefly, a Food Fight restaurant on University Avenue in Madison, first as a dishwasher and working his way up to sous chef within seven months. He then worked as a chef at Madison’s Johnny Delmonico’s Steakhouse on Pinckney Street, Maple Bluff Country Club, Eno Vino in Madison’s west side, Louisianne’s and independent living facility The Jefferson in Middleton, Stoughton Country Club and Prairie Woods
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Down Home Cookhouse 233 Douglas Dr., Brooklyn 455-5121 Tuesday-Saturday: 4-8 p.m. Sunday and Monday: Closed which are made from scratch in-house, he said. One example is Jacob’s brownie sundae — a brownie with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce over the top. The bread to go along with each meal is made from scratch as well, he said. If Jacob encounters an ingredient he wouldn’t feed to his three children, it will not touch the tables of Down Home Cookhouse customers, he said. The cook said Down Home Cookhouse is a place Brooklyn community members and visitors can come taste freshly prepared and homemade cuisine in a casual and community-oriented environment. Jacob said he wants it to be like their home away from home. “It doesn’t matter who you are, you’re more than welcome to come in here,” he said.
In a small hallway enclosure just before the kitchen, a window looking into Jacob’s domain had a counter featuring orders ready to be taken to tables. Waitresses were taking steaming in-house and to-go from the counter orders to customers. They started pouring in at 4 p.m., when the restaurant opens its doors for the night Tuesday through Saturday. Aside from the seasonal fish options, the Down Home Cookhouse menu features a diversity of choices like beef Stroganoff served over egg noodles, Panko crusted pork chops, the Cookhouse one-third pound black Email Emilie Heidemann at Angus burger and the berry emilie.heidemann@wcinet.com or almond salad. follow her on Twitter at The restaurant also serves alco@HeidemannEmilie. holic beverages and desserts,
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Conservation : Encouraging ‘profitable’ farming is part of town’s long-term plan Continued from page 1 B between Mohoney and Keenan Roads, will continue to be purposed as grazing dairy farmland. “It’s basically right in the center of the town and adds to the (surrounding) corridor of already protected land (there),” Kollenbroich told the Observer. Another combined 184 acres is being negotiated, Kollenbroich said. Town of Dunn chair Ed Minihan told the Observer that’s the Town of Dunn’s long-term plan – to encourage and ensure farming will continue to be profitable there. “We have an abundance of natural areas and we have a lot of good farmland,” Minihan said. “Why not encourage that as a growth direction?” The town has worked with many entities like Groundswell Conservancy in the more than 40 years since Minihan joined the Town Board and began to lead its preservation efforts. Their role, he said, is to assist with monitoring the land and enforcing that it stays protected. “Groundswell is a great partner,” Minihan said. Prior to its conservation era, around 1979, Minihan said, the town implemented what he called a “tight” land use plan, preventing Map courtesy of Groundswell Conservancy landowners from splitting their property more than A map displays the combined 80-acre property, and surrounding properties, protected with the help of Groundswell Conservancy via conservation easeonce per 35 acres in rural ment. The 80-acre property, a grazing dairy farm, is located on the north side of Highway B between Mahoney and Keenan Roads.
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areas. But while zoning land is temporary, Minihan said, easements – which leave the land in the hands of the owner but give the town a claim to prevent future subdivisions – are permanent. Farmers can continue to farm, and landowners retain many of their rights – they can use, sell and pass the land onto their heirs or can restore it to how it was before it was developed, as long as they don’t develop it, Minihan explained. T h e To w n o f D u n n secured its first conservation easement around 1996 or 1997, Minihan said, and as of 2019, the town’s rural preservation program has helped it tally 38 conservation easements through what it calls the purchase of development rights, or PDR. Every easement is treated like a land purchase, with electors from the community voting at the town’s annual meeting – or a special meeting if needed – on whether the town should move forward at each deal. “That keeps the program really accountable,” said Town of Dunn clerk, treasurer and business manager
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“The (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources) has money (it has given), but they’ve gotten away from funding conservation that doesn’t have public access,” Kollenbroich said. With that, Minihan said the town has done it’s share of educating its approximate 5,252 – as of 2017 – residents about its PDR, natural resources, the environment and farming in general. The town newsletter, which comes out every spring and fall, includes updates about new conservation easements and regulations, environmental happenings in the town and Dane County and the aforementioned topics. The town also sends out informational letters to owners of larger patches of land to see if they are interested in entering into a conservation easement, as the PDR program is voluntary. “It’s amazing what happens when you educate the public,” Minihan said. Email Emilie Heidemann at emilie.heidemann@wcinet. com or follow her on Twitter at @HeidemannEmilie.
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Cathy Hasslinger. Hasslinger said near the beginning of the program’s establishment, Dunn issued a $2.2 million bond to finance the PDR on the basis of a half-cent increase in taxes per $1,000 of property value. In 2018, the Town pooled $370,140 as revenue from properties in the PDR, Hasslinger said. The yearly revenue from property taxes alone have Dunn on track to pay off the $2.2 million debt by 2020, as it’s down to $65,000, she said. Minihan said he was shocked that’s all that was left, then added after all the debt is paid, the PDR will be “entirely self-sustaining.” He said conservation easements work to compensate landowners for not selling their lots to developers. And though the town relies a lot on its PDR program funds to protect land, Kollenbroich said, it’s typically covered around half of the easement funding. The rest has come from federal grants, with the county sometimes contributing and some projects fully funded by the town.
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Panthers claw back to beat Viking with five HRs JEREMY JONES Sports editor
The Oregon softball team was 0-for-6 with five strikeouts in the first inning of Badger South games last week against Watertown and Stoughton. Although Oregon lost 9-2 to Watertown on Tuesday, April 16, the Panthers rallied for a conference win at Stoughton two days later. “We didn’t hit the ball well to start (against Stoughton), which was reminiscent of early in the year,” coach Scott Mirkes said. “But as the game went along, I think it slowed down and we got dialed in.” Oregon (5-4 overall, 4-4 conference) was unable to complete a sweep of Monona Grove, falling Tuesday, April 23, at home to the Silver Eagles. The Panthers beat the Silver Eagles 10-3 in Cottage Grove back on March 28 in the season opener.
Name: Megan Bloyer Grade: Junior Sport: Softball Position: Right fielder Highlight: Bloyer had two home runs and drove in four runs Thursday in a 7-4 comeback victory over Stoughton.
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Oregon 7, Stoughton 4
Centerfielder Sam Mikkelson is mobbed at home plate Thursday following her solo home run that put Oregon The Panthers rallied from a ahead of Stoughton for good. The Panthers rallied to beat the Vikings 7-4. four-run deficit for 7-4 conferwindy day and with a short fence “We’re a good team at com- home runs and four RBIs. ence win over Stoughton on “I wasn’t pleased with my first in left, both balls got out.” Thursday with the help of five ing back,” right fielder Megan Bloyer said. “We don’t give up two at-bats (hitting into a firstCenterfielder Sam Mikkelhome runs. Comebacks are nothing new as long as there is a glimmer of inning double play and striking son hit a one-out, solo home out),” Bloyer said. “I was just run to push the Panthers ahead for Oregon, which had a walk-off hope.” Bloyer provided some of that looking for something in the win against Milton earlier in the hope, going 2-for-4 with a pair of zone to hit hard. It was a cold, week — Monday, April 15. Turn to Softball/Page 11
Honorable mentions: Pat McCormick (baseball), went 3-for-5 with three RBIs on Thursday in a 17-6 win over Watertown. Sam Schroeder (boys golf) shot an 11-over-par 81 at a conference meet hosted by Edgewood on Tuesday at Nakoma Golf Club. Avary Fanning (girls soccer) scored three goals Thursday to lead the Panthers to a 13-0 win over Monroe. Zak Roskos (boys tennis) won 6-1, 7-5 Monday as Oregon beat nonconference McFarland 5-2.
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Panthers rally by rival Goslings in seventh inning MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor
The Oregon baseball team rallied from a two-run deficit against Watertown on Thursday, April 18, and exploded for a 13-run seventh inning to pull off a comeback win over the Goslings. The Panthers (4-7 overall, 2-4 Badger South) couldn’t build on their offensive breakout and lost to Monona Grove on Tuesday, April 23, at Fireman’s Park.
Tuesday at Washington Park. The Goslings led 4-2 after two innings. Oregon rallied with a two-run top of the fifth inning to Oregon hosts Monona Grove tie it 5-5. The Goslings regained at 5 p.m. on Thursday. the lead with a run in the bottom of the fifth to take a 5-4 lead. The Panthers sealed the victory with a 13-run seventh. Oregon 17, Watertown 6 Senior Pat McCormick finSophomore Spencer Buskag- ished 3-for-5 and had three RBIs. er went 3-for-3 with two RBIs Senior Jack Haufle had two to lead the Panthers to a come- hits and senior Noah Brindley back 17-6 win over Watertown on Turn to Baseball/Page 11
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Badger South Team Milton Edgewood Monona Grove Fort Atkinson Oregon Watertown Monroe Stoughton
Wins Losses 5 1 5 1 4 2 3 3 2 4 2 4 1 4 1 5
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Oregon blasts Monroe as shut out streak continues MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor
A season of streaks continued for the Oregon girls soccer team in a 13-0 bashing of Monroe on Thursday, April 18, at Huntoon Field. Junior forward Avary Fanning scored three goals to lead the Panthers to a fourth-straight victory and fourth-straight shutout. Oregon (4-0 overall, 2-0 Badger South) has outscored opponents 33-0 and is averaging 3.25 goals per game this season.
“We want to make sure we are continuing to take the next step to achieve the goals we want to achieve,” coach Nelson Brownell said. Brownell said those goals include winning a seventh-straight conference championship and making a return trip to state. On Thursday, the Panthers had 10 different goal scorers as they erupted for 11 first-half goals. Oregon scored four goals in the first eight minutes. “In a game like that we have to work on finishing,” Brownell said.
“We definitely saw an improvement on that. We definitely came out a lot stronger than we did against Stoughton.” Sophomore midfielder Jenna Bennett scored on an assist from junior forward Kaitlyn Schrimpf at 2 minutes, 44 seconds. Bennett scored a second goal about 30 seconds later on a pass from Fanning. Fanning scored off an assist by Hannah Rohrer at 5:18 to give the Panthers a 3-0 lead. Senior defender
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Badger South Team Oregon Edgewood Monona Grove Milton Fort Atkinson Watertown Stoughton Monroe
Wins Losses 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2
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Oregon smashes rivals Monroe, Fort Atkinson JEREMY JONES
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Oregon 7, Monroe 0 Seniors Sean Bychowski and Henry Wiedemann rolled 6-0, 6-2 at No. 1 singles and 6-1, 6-2 at No. 4 singles Thursday as Oregon blanked Monroe 7-0. F e l l ow s e n i o r s Z a c h Roskos and Ben Hessler cruised 6-0, 6-0 at Nos. 2 and 3 singles and seniors Zach Bennett and Owen Johnson added a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 2 doubles. Senior Sean Benet and freshman Brandon Thorne and freshman Nate Ellingson and junior Christian Branson rolled 6-1, 6-0 at Nos. 1 and 3 doubles.
Oregon 5, McFarland 2 McFarland left the Badger South five years ago but you would have never known it on Monday. The Panthers won the dual 5-2 but not without the matches’ share of drama. From the threat of weather to jawing through the fence with spectators — Monday night featured a little bit of everything.
Oregon travels to Ahuska Park in Monona on Thursday to face Monona Grove at 4:15 p.m. ‘We’re hoping to keep this rolling into next week and the rest of the season.’ - coach Scott Krueger Wi t h r a i n f o r e c a s t e d throughout the day, sprinkles dotted the courts late but Oregon was able to get in all seven varsity flights. The Panthers won three of five flights on the singles side with Roskos, Hessler and Wiedemann earning wins at Nos. 2-4 singles. Roskos cruised through the first set but things got testy in the second set when he and Jack Newman lost track of the score. Vocally frustrated, Roskos subsequently exchanged words with a McFarland teammate watching the match and dropped two games. Roskos composed himself and closed out his match 6-1, 7-5. Hessler added a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 3 singles and Wiedemann cruised 6-0, 6-1 at the bottom of the lineup. Bychowski dropped a close match at No. 1 singles to junior Carter Johnson 7-5. 7-5. Oregon also cruised at Nos. 2 and 3 doubles. Bennett and Johnson rolled 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2 doubles and Branson and Ellingson added a 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 3 doubles. Benet and Thorne left everything they had on the court but fell short 6-4, 0-6, 4-6 at No. 1 doubles. Not feeling well all day,
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Senior Zak Roskos returns a shot against McFarland’s Jack Newman at No. 2 singles. Roskos won the match 6-1, 7-5 to help Oregon beat nonconference McFarland 5-2. Benet got sick during the third set and briefly left the court before returning.
Oregon 7, Fort Atkinson 0 Roskos, Hessler and Wiedemann blanked their opponents 6-0, 6-0 at Nos. 2-4 singles Tuesday as Oregon cruised to a 7-0 victory in Fort Atkinson. Johnson and Bennett added a 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2 doubles as well. B y c h ow s k i w o n 6 - 4 , 6-1 atop the singles lineup. Benet and Thorne (No. 1 doubles) and Branson and Ellingson (No. 3 doubles) battled through tough match to prevail 6-3, 7-5 and 7-5, 6-3, respectively. Senior Henry Wiedemann tracks down a shot at No. 4 singles Monday against McFarland’s Justin Roberts. Wiedemann won the match 6-0, 6-1.
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Panthers finish third in Badger South meet at Nakoma Golf Club MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor
Oregon senior John Klus shot a 12-over-par 82 Thursday, April 18, to tie for seventh place at the Watertown Invitational. Klus helped the Panthers finish fourth in the 16-team invite at the Watertown Country Club. In a Badger South regular season meet at the Nakoma Golf Club on Tuesday,
April 23, the Panthers took third behind two-time defending WIAA Division 2 state champion Madison Edgewood (325) and second-place Monona Grove (340).
Edgewood Senior Sam Schroeder shot an 11-over-par 81 in a Badger South Conference mini meet. Coach Sara Mess said the conditions were difficult
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with a wet course. The Panthers shot a 351 to finish third. “When it’s this wet, it’s mentally fatiguing, and it definitely started to show on the back nine,” Mess said. “Getting out to the range later this week will hopefully help us work out some of the kinks.” Schroeder birdied No. 9. He only had 28 putts on his 18 holes. Putting was a big part of his game, Mess said. Klus carded an 83 and junior Colton Eyers finished with an 88. Klus birdied No. 6. Both junior Kapalcyznski and Gavin Rieder carded 94s.
Watertown Invite Oregon had two of the top 15 golfers Thursday and finished fourth at the Watertown Invitational. Klus shot a team-best 82 to tie Monona Grove’s Jacob Fredrickson for seventh. Schroeder carded an 85 to tie Monona Grove’s Sam Gronski for 15th. Kapalcyznski shot an 88 and Eyers finished with a 91. Monona Grove clipped Marquette for the team title by two strokes, 331-333. Hamilton finished third (340) ahead of fourth-place Oregon (346).
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The Oregon boys tennis team brought out the brooms twice last week, sweeping Monroe and Fort Atkinson in a pair of Badger South dual meet. The Panthers didn’t drop more than three games at any flight Thursday, April 18, in a 7-0 blowout at Monroe. Tuesday, April 23, was more of the same at Fort Atkinson. In between, Oregon won a nonconference dual Mond a y, A p r i l 2 2 , a g a i n s t McFarland. “Everyone played really well this week and we were able to do some nice things,” co-head coach Scott Krueger said. “We’re hoping to keep this rolling into next week and the rest of the season.”
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Softball: Panthers rally to bury Vikings Continued from page 9
U10 players pose for a photograph with Meghan Skrepenski. Submitted photos
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Oregon Youth Softball’s U10 and U12 competitive tournament teams recently participated in self-esteem, confidence and team building bootcamps as part of their pre-season preparations. The sessions were presented by Meghan Skrepenski of Raising Strong girls Bootcamps.
U12 players pose for a photograph following the Raising Strong girls bootcamp.
Baseball: Alvord hits third home run Continued from page 11 knocked in two runs. Senior pitcher Zach Tower went 4 2/3 innings and didn’t allow an earned run. He struck out two and walked one. Senior Cameron Carpenter tossed two innings in relief and gave up one earned run.
Monona Grove 3, Oregon 2 Senior Kevin Alvord hit a two-run home run to
left field, but the Panthers couldn’t maintain the lead and lost to Monona Grove 3-2 in Cottage Grove. “We seem to come up with big hits every game and Kevin had the big hit today,” coach Jake Soule said. The Silver Eagles limited the Panthers to five hits and six baserunners in the game. “We have to find a way to string more hits together and find a way to get
more guys on base,” Soule said. The Silver Eagles scored three runs in the fifth. Buskager pitched five innings and gave up two earned runs, struck out six and walked one. Carpenter tossed one shutout inning in relief and struck out one.
5-4 in the sixth inning. It was a lead Oregon would never relinquish as Bloyer cracked a second two-run home run after Stoughton committed its fifth error. The host Vikings jumped out to a 4-0 lead, scoring a pair of runs in each of the first two innings before Oregon junior pitcher Kenadee Nelson settled in. Nelson went the distance in the circle, allowing four runs on five hits. She struck out 10. Her counterpart, Kailey Hammersly, was 1-for-3 at the plate with a 2-run sinPhoto by Jeremy Jones gle in the first inning for Catcher Erin Newton is met at home plate after her fourth Stoughton. Shortstop Mad- inning solo home run. dy Brickson (1-for-4) singled home a run in the second and center fielder Lela Brashi, who was 2-for-4, Team Wins Losses doubled home another for Monroe 6 0 the Vikings. Edgewood 4 1 Oregon began chipping away at the lead with a Watertown 4 1 solo home run by catcher Oregon 4 3 Erin Newton in the fourth Fort Atkinson 3 3 inning. Bloyer’s first home run Milton 3 5 in the fifth inning appeared Monona Grove 1 5 to be a three-run shot that would have tied the game Stoughton 0 7 but Stoughton appealed, saying one of the Oregon baserunners missed home ‘We didn’t hit the ball well to start (against plate and was awarded an Stoughton), which was reminiscent of out. early in the year. But as the game went It didn’t make it though, as first baseman Sadie along, I think it slowed down and we got Gaberell cracked a solo dialed in.’ home run two batters later. Hammersly allowed sev- coach Scott Mirkes en runs on seven hits. She struck out three. the team’s first meeting, Monona Grove 7, had seven Ks in a complete-game Tuesday. She Oregon 4 up eight hits and Oregon travels to gave Oregon fell behind 4-0 walked one. Fort Atkinson at 5 p.m. in the top inning and spend Oregon committed three the rest of the Tuesday’s Thursday. errors in the loss. home game playing catchup Janie Remus allowed against Monona Grove. four runs on 11 hits and The visiting Silver Eagles struck out one over seven iced the win with three runs h i t s a n d d r ove i n t wo innings. Emma Uschan and over the final three inning to runs to lead Oregon at the Paige Hanson each plated plate. Nelson, who struck a pair of runs for the Silver take the contest 7-4. Gaberell had four base out a personal-best 17 in Eagles.
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Kevin Alvord celebrates his two-run home run in the second innning with teammates Tuesday at Fireman’s Park in Cottage Grove. Oregon lost the Badger South game 3-2 to Monona Grove.
Girls soccer: 10 players score Continued from page 9 Sydney McKee scored on an assist by senior defender Emma Halverson. Sophomore midfielder Aidan Hampton and Schrimpf added goals in a six-minute stretch to give the Panthers a 6-0 lead. Fanning had her second goal on a pass from junior defender Lauren Denu at 24:15. About four minutes later, Fanning scored on an assist by Ella Hughes to extend the lead to 8-0. The Panthers also got
What’s next Oregon travels to Fort Atkinson at 7 p.m. on Thursday. first-half goals from Hughes, senior defender Randey Lewis and junior forward Ellen Legler to take an 11-0 lead at the half. Oregon had two goals in the second half from senior midfielder Katie Eisele and Denu.
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Terence M. Joyce, 79, passed away on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at St. Mary’s Hospital.
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Wanda K. Adams, 54, Oregon, passed away on Friday, April 19, 2019. She was born Nov. 14, 1964, in Madison, the daughter of Robert and Jean (Tholo) Heim. Wanda lived in the Madison area her entire life. She married the love of her life, Craig Adams, on Nov. 7, 1992. Wanda was an extremely caring person and put everyone before herself. S h e e n j oy e d s n e a k i n g new potted plants into the house and seeing if her husband noticed the new addition. Wanda had a passion for caring for animals. She enjoyed spending time with family and friends surrounded by laughter and smiles.
A mass of Christian burial will be held at Holy Mother of Consolation Catholic Church, 651 N. Main St., Oregon at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 26, 2019. Burial will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church from 9 a.m. until the time of the service. Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com. Gunderson Oregon Funeral & Cremation Care 1150 Park Street 608-835-3515 Wanda is survived by her husband, Craig; four sons, Kevin (Brianna), Bradley (Colleen), Jeremy and Austin; two grandkids, Destiny and Owen; sisters, Annie (Kane) McGraw, Kathy Salverson and twin sister, Wendy (Raul) Trevino; brother, Joe Heim; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Steve; sister, Mabel; and brother-in-law, Don Salverson. Special thanks to the staff at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. Their support truly made a difference during this difficult time. A Celebration of Life will be held at Gunderson Oregon Funeral and Cremation Care, 1150 Park Street, Oregon, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 27, 2019, with a luncheon to follow in the Gunderson Café. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 9 a.m. until the time of the service on Saturday. Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com. Gunderson Oregon Funeral & Cremation Care 1150 Park Street (608) 835-3515
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100 years ago (1919) • A. M. Anderson, who has been the local agent of the American Express Company for many years, has resigned. The office of the company has been moved to the depot where C. R. Fisher will act as agent. • A tax on ice cream! The following article appeared in The Oregon Observer: “Patrons of ice cream parlors should note that a new law passed by Congress in 1918 goes into effect May 1st, 1919, which provides that a tax of one cent for each ten cents or fraction thereof the amount paid to any person conducting an ice cream parlor, soda fountain, or other similar place of business, must be paid by the consumer and must be collected by the vender and remitted each month to the internal revenue collector. This means that a one cent tax must be paid on each ten cent purchase.” • Norbert E. Francis was kicked on both legs by schoolboys last Monday night at the school play. He is under the care of a physician and is still in a “dangerous condition.” • Wednesday night at the movies featured “Zeppelin’s Last Raid.” It was described as a rare treat that everyone should see. Admission is at the low regular price of 25-cents. • Homer Ellis, Emil Matson, Erwin Gallagher, Erford Turner, Jay Bossingham, Halvor Reindahl, Harry Matson and Arthur Alling have recently purchased a new Avery thrashing machine for use on their farms. • The Oregon Electric Co. advertised the new electric iron. The ad explained the advantages of having this new appliance: “This (the electric iron) does away with a roaring fire in the kitchen. You stay cool; walking from stove to board and back again is done away with the G. E. Iron. One iron does all the work; you need not leave the ironing boards. The control of heat is at your fingertips.” • Herbert Golden and family and Otto Hanson and family have moved into the Guysup house on Main Street. • In the spring elections, R. D. Ozburn defeated Andrew Madsen for village president, 87-67. • Rev. R. A. Barnes, district superintendent of the Methodist Church, and Dr. George E. Hunt, with delegates from the Presbyterian Church, spoke to a mass meeting of the two congregations concerning the possible union of the two churches. The meeting ended with a motion, made and carried, that the official boards of the two churches act as a committee to outline definite plans for federation including all the
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50 years ago (1969) • Village President F. E. (“Steve”) Madsen signed a proclamation declaring April 5th thru the 12th as “Safety Week.” It was sponsored by the local Woman’s Club. Planning for the event were club president Mrs. Rex T. Duter and event chairperson Mrs. Earl Gransee. The focus was on school-age children. Included were a safety poster contest, bicycle checks and various films on safety issues, etc. Winners of the poster contest were Wendy Kennan, Theresa Barger and Donna Robson. About 90 village bike riders had their bikes safety checked. • Marvin Ringen, Surge Milking Machine sales and service representative, advertised the latest advances in milking machines and offered an introductory price on the new equipment. • OHS has a newly chartered chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America. The officers of the new chapter were, Mary Neath, president; Nancy Stone, secretary; Wanda Soule, treasurer; Lorene Stichter, vice-president; Dawn Grinnel, reporter, and Mrs. Dorothy Roehl, advisor. • The Village of Oregon Board appointed committee heads for the coming year. The chairpersons of the committees were Jack Statz, license and health; Kenneth Robert, street and village hall; Marvin Jensen, finance, Earl Lawson, zoning; Jay Bossingham, fire and police; Earl Lawson; cemetery and relief; Marvin Jensen, water and sewer; Earl Lawson, personnel; and Robert Weckerly, swimming pool. • Ken and Donna Dary announced that they have opened for the season their A&W Root Beer stand. The business was located near the present-day Walgeens and Bank of Cross Plains. • The Annual Firemen’s Dance was held at fire station, featuring Sammy Eggum and his Dairyland Jubilee Band. • The Oregon Chamber Booster Band entertained at the Dane County Coliseum prior to the bowling events at the ABC National Tourney. Members of the band were Tom Brown, Lloyd Jacobson, Bernard Freitag, Arnold Blahnik, Ron Erfurth, Bob Burns, Norm Champion, Howie Wilkes, and Orrill Ferguson. It was estimated that nearly 40 bowling teams from the Oregon/Stoughton area participated in the event. • The newly opened men’s clothing store, The Squire, offered men’s suits for $79.95 for one week only. The special of the week were boys’ all-cotton crew T-shirts for 99
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cents each. • Lee Henriksen is the new meat department manager at Paul’s Supermarket. Others on the staff include Marvin Jensen in charge of the grocery department and Rich Mandervile, in charge of the fresh produce. • Area State Jaycee Junior Bowlers came home with wins, giving them The Total Traveling Trophy for the coming year. The bowlers were Randy Kjellstrom, Jim Swinehart, Sue Flecthall, and Terrri Nyhus. • Nancy Stoneman is selected as “Miss Oregon 1969.”
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Carpenter: Priority is sustainable, smart growth Incident: District can’t share any details that were interested in relocating here because there was nowhere to put them. “We have to spread and share the tax base,” Carpenter said. “I’ve lived here for 20 years; my taxes keep going up.” Another concern is making sure there’s housing for the employees of those future businesses. Carpenter’s employees at Firefly Coffeehouse and Artisan Cheese can’t afford to live in the village, she said, and she’s worried what effect that will have on Oregon’s identity. She sees Oregon becoming a rich suburb of Madison, which she says threatens the diversity of voices that make up a thriving town. One strategy Carpenter is eager to pursue is to work with developers who know how to take advantage of tax credits available for those who devote a percentage of the housing units for workforce housing. C a r p e n t e r s a i d s h e ’s pushed for that for years, and it’s gone nowhere. But now that she’s village president, she’s able to control the conversation.
Finding her place Carpenter describes her leadership style using a tattered business card she carries around in her wallet. “Stop talking,” it reads. “The very first thing I do is listen. When you’re talking, you’re not learning anything,” she explained. “When I do talk, I try to make it collaborative.” Though not exactly verbose at meetings now, Carpenter said she plans to talk even less as village president. She envisions that role as “sort of like the closer.” She worked for years as a journalist, covering city and county governments in Idaho and more recently as an editor for an agricultural publication. She said she’s sat in a lot of board meetings and government meetings and has found the best leaders are the ones who, after making sure the right people have offered input, figure out a motion and move the meeting forward. The biggest learning curve when she joined government in 2013, particularly on the Plan Commission, was “learning all the lingo,” she said, like CSM, CIP, CUP, etc. (That’s certified survey map, capital improvement plan and conditional use permit). So Carpenter would write down every word she didn’t know, and fellow Automotive FOR SALE: 1996 Ford Mustang, V6, 5 speed. 608-475-0101.
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commissioner Scott Meier would tutor her after meetings. She grew into her role there and as the only woman on the board, and as one who isn’t in the field of building or designing buildings, offered a perspective she said was missing otherwise. “They’re worried about straps and fasteners… (and) often I’m saying things like, ‘This building’s really ugly,” Carpenter explained. She offered that feedback on the Jefferson Crossing building downtown, which started out “really boring,” but ended up with a tower on the end and the utility lines buried at Carpenter’s suggestion. She has appointed herself to the Plan Commission once again, and said that’s where “a lot of the big decisions happen.”
Development goals At a Chamber of Commerce forum before being elected president, Carpenter sat on the stage at Headquarters Bar and Grill with the three other candidates for office and fielded questions about priorities and vision. Naturally, the crowd of local businesspeople asked about the southeast business park. That’s why she got in the race, Carpenter told them. “It’s really hard to tell a business, ‘Sorry, we have nowhere for you to go,’” she said. Village administrator Mike Gracz said there’s about 10 acres left in the Alpine Business Park, and in Carpenter’s opinion, the village has spent too much time trying to expand that park rather than establish a new one. “We knew four years ago they didn’t want to sell” more land to the village to expand the business park, Carpenter told the Observer. That’s when the priority should have shifted to expanding across Hwy. 14, she said. That proposition is costly, as it would require bringing municipal services like water, sewer and stormwater across the highway. Gracz said it has long been in the village’s future plans and almost happened a decade ago before disastrous flooding took the funding and staff time necessary to dedicate to that project. Now that the village has chosen a full-time planner, whose appointment is contingent on an ongoing background check, Carpenter’s hope is that person will “hit the ground running” to start planning to get the business park up and going. She said she’s not sure FULL-TIME BINDERY Operator and Press Assistant positions available on 1st or 2nd shift. We are looking for hard-working, mechanical individuals to join our team. Responsibilities include: run and maintain a variety of production equipment such as die press, cutter, folder, stitcher, etc. Previous bindery and/or sheet-fed press experience helpful but not required if you are a mechanically minded problem solver who likes to learn. Compensation based on experience plus shift differential and a full benefit package. American Printing Company is an award winning, full service printing and communication company located in Madison near Hwy. 14 and the Beltline. To submit an application go to: www.americanprintingco.comconnectcareers.
if that’s the priority of her fellow board members, but she’s going to keep “hammering” away at it until the project is underway.
Other priorities When her two-year term is up, Carpenter said she hopes the village is on the path to building its first apartment building with affordable housing units, that the business park is under construction and that the new library is almost done. She envisions an “environmentally sustainable” library that fits in with its neighborhood, envisioning pitched roofs, lots of natural light and a “woodsy” feel. “We can’t put a big glass box there,” she said. The village has several expensive projects coming up, including constructing a library and possibly a new senior center and Village Hall, two big road construction projects and establishing the southeast business park. Carpenter said the borrowing doesn’t worry her, as the village’s debt level is about 33 percent of its equalized value, lower than its goal of 40 percent. She said it’s a priority to maintain the city’s credit rating, even if that means projects take longer. Some things, she said, the village should get done expediently, and for those projects, she can take lessons she learned from Epic, where she was working when she moved here in 1998. But she also knows some things need to take time, something she learned while traveling to dairy farms as an employee of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. As the “pitch person” on a four-person team trying to convince a cheesemaker to switch to artisanal cheese production, she learned from her colleagues to spend the first 10 or 15 minutes of each visit making small talk with the farmer. “I very quickly learned the way to get things done … is to build relationships with the people you’re dealing with,” Carpenter recalled. Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@ wcinet.com.
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Continued from page 1 citing state and federal privacy laws. “We can’t share any specifics on the incident, although, I can share that we address each and every student-related matter in accordance with the student handbook,” he said. “It is common for social media information to be inaccurate.” The Observer was made aware of the matter March 25 when its Twitter account was tagged in a tweet responding to a message from former student Taylor King (@_taylorkiing) about an alleged incident at OHS that read, “I know I graduated but 3 boys at OHS hung an African American health baby in the boys bathroom, they got suspended for 3 DAYS.... Twitter please do your thing.”
Later that day, another tweet was posted in response, “You don’t know the whole story so keep your opinion to yourself. It was 1 person, they served a week suspension and ticket. (Five) other people got suspended for doing absolutely nothing but we served it because we know we messed up about not doing anything.” Another tweet from that day read, “Definitely not something that makes me proud to be an alum @PanthersOHS. Blatant hatred and racism definitely deserve a harsher punishment than a mere 3 day suspension.” On April 3, a tweet from OHS student Andrew Pasnecker read, “Actually it wasn’t in the bathroom. I did it and am ashamed of it. It doesn’t define me and I’m putting it my past. I wasn’t
trying to be malicious but that doesn’t excuse my actions. I wouldn’t consider myself racist. One drink doesn’t make someone an alcoholic.” Busler said OHS principal Jim Pliner and OHS athletic director Mike Carr “conducted an investigation, and they met with all the students and staff that were involved.” “When something comes to their attention, they investigate it thoroughly and swiftly,” he said. “If there’s a student-related discipline associated with an incident, we take care of it right away.” Email Unified Newspaper Group reporter Scott De Laruelle at scott.delaruelle@wcinet.com.
Send it in! We like to send reporters to shoot photos, but we can’t be everywhere. And we know you all have cameras. So if you have a photo of an event or just a slice of life you think the community might be interested in, send it to us and we’ll use it if we can. Please include contact information, what’s happening in the photo and the names of people pictured. You can submit it on our website at ConnectOregonWI.com, email to editor Jim Ferolie at ungeditor@wcinet.com or drop off a electronic media at our office at 156 N. Main St. Questions? Call 835-6677.
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Legals TOWN OF OREGON OFFICIAL NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR TOWN OF OREGON ROADS PULVERIZING AND REPAVING Notice is hereby given by the Town of Oregon, Dane County, Wisconsin, that it will receive sealed bids for pulverizing and asphaltic repaving of several Town roads. Bids should be submitted to the office of the Town of Oregon, located at 1138 Union Rd, Oregon, Wisconsin 53575 by 8:45 a.m. on Friday, May 3, 2019. Bids will be publicly opened and read at the Town Board meeting Friday, May 3, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. Discussion and decision will be voted on by the Town Board on Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. Bids are being requested as described below. To provide pulverizing and asphaltic repaving for the following roads. 1. Crestwood Dr (Judd Rd to end including cul-de-sac – 1,000’ x 22’) 2. Ahwahnee Court (Ravenoaks Rd to ending including cul-de-sac, East and West – 835’ x 20’) 3. Sayles Trail (Purcell Rd to town line – 1,610’ to 21’) The Town wishes to have this work completed during the 2019 work session, meaning done prior to October 15, 2019. Please contact the Clerk for the complete bid proposal packet. The clerk can be reached at darnold@town.oregon. wi.us. Denise Arnold, Clerk 1138 Union Rd. Oregon, WI 53575 608-835-3200 Published: April 18 and 25, 2019 WNAXLP *** TOWN OF OREGON ADVERTISEMENT FOR SEALCOATING BIDS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town of Oregon is seeking bids for 2019 sealcoating of several Town roads as identified below. Bids should be submitted to the office of the Town of Oregon, located at 1138 Union Rd, Oregon, Wisconsin 53575 by 8:45 a.m. on Friday, May 3, 2019. Bids will be publicly opened and read at the Town Board meeting Friday, May 3, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. Discussion and decision will be voted on by the Town Board on Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. 1. Project Description The Town may choose to do only the highest priority roads, depending on cost and budget considerations. Bidders may wish to arrange a road inspection trip with the Town’s patrolmen to better understand individual project needs and to prepare a more accurate quote. The possible candidates for 2019 seal coating are: 1. Tyler St – 600’ x 23’- GSB-88 2. Coolidge St – 680’ x 24’ – GSB-88
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4. Harding St – 2,130’ x 24’ – GSB-88 5. Netherwood Rd – 9,500’ x 27’ – Single Seal 6. Fish Hatchery Rd – 5,360’ x 24’ – Scrub Seal 7. Union Rd – 8,131’ x 23’ – Scrub Seal 2. Scheduling The Town wishes to have this work completed during the 2019 work session, meaning done prior to October 15, 2019. Please contact the Clerk for the complete bid proposal packet. The clerk can be reached at darnold@town.oregon. wi.us. Denise Arnold, Clerk 1138 Union Rd. Oregon, WI 53575 608-835-3200 Published: April 18 and 25, 2019 WNAXLP *** NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND SPECIFIC IMLEMENTATION PLAN FOR HIGHLANDS OF NETHERWOOD, LOT 41 HWY CC (JEFFERSON STREET) VILLAGE OF OREGON PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Planning Commission of the Village of Oregon will hold a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 2, 2019 in the Board Room of the Oregon Village Hall, 117 Spring Street, Oregon, Wisconsin, to consider the approval of the General Development Plan and Specific Implementation Plan submitted by Highlands of Netherwood, LLC for the development of condominium units on Lot 41(currently zoned SR-6) in the Highlands of Netherwood Subdivision, which is located between West Netherwood Road and County Highway CC, west of Oregon Parks Neighborhood Subdivision. Improvements to be made to the property described as follows: Highlands of Netherwood, Lot 41 County HWY CC, Village of Oregon, Dane County Parcel No. 165-0509-034-0410-1 A copy of the General Development Plan and Specific Implementation Plan is on file at the office of the Village Clerk. Office hours of the Clerk are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Subsequent to the hearing, the Commission intends to deliberate and act upon the request. Any person who has a qualifying disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act that requires the meeting or materials at the meeting to be in an accessible location or format must contact the Village Clerk at (608) 835-3118, 117 Spring Street, Oregon, Wisconsin, at least twenty-four hours prior to the commencement of the meeting so that any necessary arrangements can be made to accommodate each request Peggy S.K. Haag Village Clerk
Published: April 18 and 25, 2019 WNAXLP *** NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF OREGON Notice is hereby given that Suzanne Cowan, agent for Paulie’s Grill and Café LLC has filed an application for a Class “B” Fermented Malt Beverage with the Village Clerk for the Village of Oregon for the property at 100 N Perry Parkway, d/b/a Paulie’s Grill and Café, Oregon, Wisconsin. The Village Board will discuss and consider this application at their Village Board meeting on May 6, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. This notice is given pursuant to Section 125.04(3)(g), W.S. & Village Ordinance 16-17 100 N Perry Parkway, Village of Oregon, Dane County Parcel No. 165-0509-121-1021-1 Peggy Haag, Village Clerk Published: April 25, 2019 WNAXLP *** NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 131 W. RICHARDS ROAD VILLAGE OF OREGON PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Planning Commission of the Village of Oregon will hold a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 2, 2019 in the Board Room of the Oregon Village Hall, 117 Spring Street, Oregon, Wisconsin, to consider the approval of the General Development Plan submitted by Victor Dorn Corporation – Dorn Plaza Mixeduse Redevelopment, Property Owner, of the property described as follows (Please note this is the re-submittal of the 2016 GDP which had expired.): 131 W. Richards Road, Village of Oregon, Dane County Parcel No. 165-0509-012-4013-5 A copy of the General Development Plan is on file at the office of the Village Clerk. Office hours of the Clerk are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Subsequent to the hearing, the Commission intends to deliberate and act upon the request. Any person who has a qualifying disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act that requires the meeting or materials at the meeting to be in an accessible location or format must contact the Village Clerk at (608) 835-3118, 117 Spring Street, Oregon, Wisconsin, at least twenty-four hours prior to the commencement of the meeting so that any necessary arrangements can be made to accommodate each request Peggy S.K. Haag Village Clerk Published: April 18 and 25, 2019 WNAXLP ***
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WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATE. Were looking for an experienced Associate for our warehouse facility in Verona, Wisconsin. The Associate will process orders by pulling materials, packing boxes, placing orders in the proper area, and complete additional tasks assigned by the Warehouse Supervisor. 2-5 years of warehouse experience preferred; ability to operate a forklift, hand truck, pallet jack, and other equipment is a plus. Salary
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Services OFFICE CLEANING in StoughtonOregon Mon-Fri 5pm. Visit our website: www.capitalcityclean.com or call our office: 608-831-8850.
CHERYL’S CLEANING SERVICES Stoughton, Oregon, Edgerton. 608322-9554. A&B ENTERPRISES Light Construction Remodeling No job too small 608-835-7791.
RECOVER PAINTING offers carpentry, drywall and all forms of painting. A portion of every job is donated to cancer research. Free estimates, fully insured. 608-270-0440. RIGHT HAND MAN SERVICES Lawn mowing, trimming & spring clean up, etc. 18 years experience. 608-2084942. LAWN MOWING Residential & Commercial Fully Insured. 608-873-7038 or 608-669-0025
Antiques BUYING US Gold & Silver Coins and Collectibles. Call 608-988-6406 Rick Miles Coin.
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Miscellaneous FIREDISC 36" RING Outdoor Cooker/ Grill brand new in box. Red in color, uses propane. $350 value, asking $250. (608) 239-2314
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DIRECTIONS: East of Stoughton 1½ miles on Hwy 51 to Pleasant Hill Road, North 1½ miles to Skaalen Road, East to 1st Farm. Watch for George Auction Signs. NOTE: Farm for Sale. We will be selling in 2 sale rings, please bring a bidding partner. Partial listing, for complete listing and photos log onto www.georgeauction.com LUNCH: On Grounds. LUNCH: On Grounds. TRACTORS: 2014 Kubota M9960 2Spd. Power Shift, 24 Forward & Reverse, MFWD, Ultragrand Cab Air & Heat, 1544hrs., SN-51665 w/Kubota LA1353 Loader, w/7’ Bucket; 2004 Kubota L5030 MFWD Hydrostatic, Roll Bar, 3pt., SN-33184, 1903hrs. w/ Kubota LA853 Loader, w/72” Quick Attach Bucket; 2002 JD 4310 Compact, Hydrostatic, 3pt. 1500hrs., SN-LV4310H130536, w/ JD 430 Loader w/62” Bucket. COMBINE & HEADS: JD 6600 Side Hill Diesel, 3898hrs; JD 444 4 Row Corn Head; JD 213 Grain Head. CATERPILLAR: Cat 955L w/7' Bucket. 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OTHER MACHINERY: Farmhand 817 Mixer Mill; Gehl 72 Stalk Chopper; Woods 3pt. 720 BB 6’ Mower; Howse 3pt. 6’ Mower; (2) Flow Ez 300bu. Gravity Boxes w/EZ Trail Gears; (2) J&M 250 Gravity Boxes w/Gears; (3) 165bu. Gravity Boxes w/Gears; 9’x19’ Flat Rack w/Gear; JD 40’ Model 300 Elevator; King Kutter 3pt. 6’ Box Blade w/Scafire Teeth; King Kutter 3pt. 6’ Blade; King Kutter Model FM-72-Y 3pt. 6’ Finishing Mower; Feterl Rotary Screen Grain Cleaner; 3pt. 40bu. Fertilizer/Seed Spreader; Drag Sections; 20’ 4” Auger. DUMP TRUCKS: 1992 IH Navistar 2554 4x2 w/10’ Box (206,209); 1993 Ford 8000 10’ Box. PICKUP TRUCK & TRAIL BLAZER: 1996 Dodge Ram 2500 Sport V-8 Ext. Cab 4WD (186,600miles); 2005 Chevrolet Trail Blazer LT 4WD 4 Dr. TRAILERS: 2005 Featherlite STL 8’6”x24’ Model 5595 Gooseneck Flat Bed, Dove Tail w/Ramps; 16’ Livestock Trailer (rough); 12’ Trailer w/Ramp Gate. QUICK ATTACH ATTACHMENTS: 6 Tine Double Grapple; 2 Bale Spears. JD GATOR: JD 4x2 w/Electric Dump Box. 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ANNUAL EASTVIEW Heights-Military Ridge neighborhood garage sales. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 25, 26 and 27. Neighborhood is located at the intersection of Old PB and Whalen Road in Verona. Follow the signs to find your new treasures. Many homeowners participating.
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DAIRY CATTLE AUCTION TAH LIVESTOCK WINSLOW, IL FRIDAY, APRIL 26TH, 2019 CATTLE SELLING AT 1:00 PM CONSIGNMENTS SO FAR: 10 HOLSTEIN PARLOR FREESTALL COWS WITH RECORDS. 8 HOLSTEIN SPRINGING HEIFERS BRED 7-8 MONTHS. PENDING: 40 HEIFERS BRED 2-8 MONTHS. NICE QUALITY. BE SURE TO CHECK OUR WEBSITE, WWW.TAHLIVESTOCK. COM, FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND MORE EARLY CONSIGNMENTS CLOSER TO SALE DAY. BE SURE TO CALL IN YOUR CONSIGNMENTS SO WE CAN ADVERTISE THEM FOR YOU. CONTACT TERRY HOLM AT BARN 815-367-5581 OR CELL 815291-5604. HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL SALE DAY!! THANKS TO ALL OUR LOYAL CONSIGNORS AND BUYERS FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR 30TH YEAR IN BUSINESS!! WE LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING YOU FOR ALL YOUR DAIRY NEEDS IN 2019!!! AUCTIONEER HANK HOLM IL LICENSE #441.002367
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PUREBRED GOLDEN Retriever puppies, 2 females, 5 males, both parents registered, first shots, available after April 12, $550 each. After all pups are sold all customers names will be put in a box. Two names will be chosen for a $200 refund each. Moses Renno, 607 Mitchell Hollow Rd. Platteville, WI. 53818. No Sunday sales.
STOUGHTON. TIRED of the To-DoList? Consider this no maintenance, 2 bedroom, 2 bath top floor condo in a SECURITY BUILDING with underground parking. All appliances including washer & dryer. $900. 608-695-2565. ROSEWOOD APARTMENTS for Seniors 55+. 1 & 2 bedroom units available starting at $810 per month. Includes heat, water and sewer. Professionally managed. Located at 300 Silverado Drive, Stoughton, WI 53589. 608-877-9388
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FOR SALE: Reg. Polled Hereford Bulls, fertility and performance tested, will hold until needed. Owego Stock Farm. 608-543-3778. FOR SALE: Registered 4 year old red Angus bull. 608-574-2160.
DEER POINT STORAGE Convenient location behind Stoughton Lumber. Clean-Dry Units 24-HOUR LIGHTED ACCESS 5x10 thru 12x25 608-335-3337
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Horses SUMMER HORSE Boarding. $65 per head. Arena, Round Pen, Trails. 608558-0874.
Machinery FOR SALE: IH 900 six row planter, dry fertilizer, older John Deere 18 ft. disc, 15 ft. harrow. 608-574-2782.
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1350 S. Fish Hatchery Rd., Oregon, WI www.countryviewvets.com
(Summer position, Part-time)
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Part-time help needed in an office of a local senior apartment community. Duties include responding to inquiries, showing apartments, meeting with residents, processing applications and collecting rent. Experience working in an office, basic computer skills and customer service preferred. If interested, please contact Kristina at 608-222-1981 ext. 2 or email directly to kristina@bmcmadison.com.
The Oregon Public Library is accepting applications for a part-time Library Page Position for Summer 2019. The position averages up to 16 hours per week, including daytime, evening and Saturday hours. Anticipated start date is June 17th, 2019. Salary is $10.27 per hour. Candidates must be 16 years or older. Minimal requirements for this position include the ability to perform alphanumeric sorting accurately and efficiently, perform moderately heavy physical work, and learn and use the library computer system. Ideal candidates will have a flexible schedule and some library experience. Additional qualifications and requirements can be found in the job description. Job description and application are available at the Oregon Public Library, 256 Brook St., Oregon, WI 53575, on the library website at www.oregonpubliclibrary.org, and on the Village website at www.vil.oregon.wi.us. For full consideration return application and complete the brief written exam, available at the library (please allow 15 min.), by 5:00 PM on Monday, May 6th, 2019. AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
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We are seeking a dynamic, energetic sports journalist who can lead the evolution of our sports coverage to match modern readers’ needs. It will take someone who knows how to produce and coach good writing and photography and will enjoy getting to know people in four different suburban communities. There is some room to tailor the job to fit your particular strengths, but it will involve some of everything – reporting, designing pages, community outreach, social media, planning and organization, as well as supervising and collaborating with our assistant sports editor. If you have a missing piece in your resume, don’t worry, we’re all about teaching, with top-notch mentoring on every aspect of the newspaper operation. Our newspapers cover five high schools, so the ability to manage your time wisely, make community contacts to secure submitted information and learn quickly is essential. Much of the work is evenings and weekends. Unified Newspaper Group prints three award-winning hyperlocal weekly news publications in Stoughton, Oregon and Verona and one monthly newspaper in Fitchburg, along with a quarterly regional magazine, and we have a culture and a staff structure you won’t find anywhere else. Constant learning and collaboration is our focus, from our interns to our editors, and good people stick around. We look for real journalists who like telling stories through words, photos and design. Experience with photography, InDesign and managing websites and social media is important, but none are as important as being able to own our coverage, adapt it to our readers’ needs and defend it to parents and grandparents who are highly invested in their kids. Photo equipment and a laptop are provided. We stay on top of technology here. The job is salaried, with health, dental, vision and paid vacations. The company is part of Woodward Community Media, a division of Woodward Communications Inc., an employee-owned company based in Dubuque, Iowa. Apply online by May 15, 2019 and include a cover letter, your best reporting work and any design or photography samples you have.
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To learn more about this opportunity, submit your application and resume today at www.wcinet.com/careers Woodward Communications, Inc., is an Equal Opportunity Employer. WCI maintains a tobacco-free campus.
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Unified Newspaper Group is looking to fill our sports editor position for the first time in more than 15 years.
Office Space For Rent OFFICE SPACES FOR RENT In Oregon facing 15th hole on golf course Free Wi-Fi, Parking and Security System Conference rooms available Kitchenette-Breakroom Autumn Woods Prof. Centre Marty 608-835-3628
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NEW FACTORY Built Homes 3 BR, 2 BA put on your foundation. $59,980 HORKHEIMER HOMES Hazelton, IA. 800-632-5985.
Benefits for full-time employees include health insurance, retirement, paid personal days, paid holidays, C.E. Opportunity, and animal care benefits.
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Seeking someone: ☑ Respectful ☑ Upbeat ☑ Willing to Learn
NORTH PARK STORAGE 10x10 through 10x40, plus 14x40 with 14' door for RV & Boats. Come & go as you please. 608-873-5088
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Directions from Stoughton: Take 138 toward Oregon. Go past Eugster’s Farm Market, one mile and turn right on Sunrise Rd. Go one more mile then turn left on Town Line Rd. Continue on to Sand Hill Rd. (approximately one mile) and turn right. Directions from Fitchburg: Take Fish Hatchery Road south to Netherwood Road. Turn left and go through Oregon past Walgreen’s to a left on Sand Hill Road. Directions from Verona: Take Cty. M to Fish Hatchery Rd. Turn right and go to Netherwood Road. Turn left at Netherwood Rd. through Oregon past Walgreen’s to a left on Sand Hill Rd.
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