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National Night Out moves to Kiser Park Annual community event Aug. 7 ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group
Oregon’s annual National Night Out celebration will return from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7, but is moving to a new location after outgrowing its old spot on Spring Street. This year, the event will be at Kiser Firemen’s Park, 245 Brook St., near where the food vendors and carnival rides were during Summer Fest. Oregon Police Department Sgt. Luke Kass told the Observer the goal of the event is to build a sense of community and
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Ben Erdmann, 7, casts a spell that will hopefully turn the rope rigid that Magic Morgan is holding while Liliana (not shown) looks on from beside the curtain at Prairie View Elementary School.
Making magic
ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group
Magic Morgan and Liliana brought their magic show to Prairie View Elementary school, where around 50 kids and families witnessed miracles like a bird materializing out of thin air and one of their own being cut in half.
Owners of the Little Magic Theatre in Lake Geneva, Matt Morgan and Liliana have performed around the world and actually met at one of Matt’s shows in Russia. Morgan is deaf and is the president of both the United States Deaf Magicians’ Society and World Deaf Musicians. Liliana now teaches Russian Sign
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Growth the focus of five-year plan SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group
With a major increase in student population on the way, growth is a major focus of Oregon School District planning. So when the district approved its latest “Five-Year” plan earlier this spring, it’s no surprise that managing growth was a main topic. The plan is essentially an enrollment and revenue forecast, as in Wisconsin, public school district enrollment is the main determinant of state funding, and determines 94 percent of
Enrollment projection The district projects in 2020-21, K-12 resident enrollment will be 4,443 students and by the 2025-26 school year will reach 5,171 students. the OSD’s general fund budget. District business manager Andy Weiland said it provides an outlook for the fiscal situation the district will be working in for the foreseeable future and is updated by him and administrative staff to adapt to changing conditions, such
as state budget fluctuations. The plan includes two d i ff e r e n t s c e n a r i o s f o r growth in the 2018-19 school year; 10 percent and 15 percent, along with the associated state funding. It also sets enrollment projections for all district schools in the next five years, giving
school officials an opportunity to plan for new buildings, or to shift students as needed. Weiland said the fall referendum was not included in t h i s y e a r ’s Weiland five-year planning process, which was completed earlier this year. “The detail work is done on a year-to-year basis as the individual school year
What: National Night Out When: 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7 Where: Kiser Firemen’s Park, 245 Brook St. Info: 835-3111 or lkass@vil.oregon.wi.us good working partnerships between citizens and the village’s police and fire departments through positive exchanges with the people behind the badges. “It’s an event to bring the community together for positive experiences
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Language. A sign language interpreter, Jon Thomm, voiced the show, but kids had no trouble understanding the illusions and expressive movements of the performers.
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Amendment would add rules for fires, grilling Aimed at eliminating outdoor burning of debris, yard waste
could come with some new regulations soon. The Village Board is expected to consider amendments to its outdoor burning ordinance at its SCOTT GIRARD Monday, Aug. 6, meeting, which begins at 5 p.m. at Unified Newspaper Group Village Hall. The changes, which Grilling outside or sitting around a campfire Turn to Burning/Page 16 in the Village of Oregon
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