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Getting results Progress report positive on teacher compensation referendum SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group
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Tyler Brellenthin attempts to get an out in the second inning Saturday as the 11U Panthers take on Oconomowoc at Kiser Field 2 in July. Recommendations from a Youth Sports and Athletics Task Force are expected to be taken up by the Oregon School Board this fall.
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While there are changes in academics every year, the Oregon School District will take a big-picture view of its sports and athletics programs for all its students in 201819. The Youth Sports and Athletics Task Force, established earlier this year, has been examining potential changes to programming from pre-K to grade 12 to provide more equity and opportunities for students. The district is looking for other ways to create a more equitable environment for students as the 2018-19 school year starts Tuesday. It’s providing anti-bias and equity training to staff and it’s also continuing efforts to make the schools more “green and healthy.” For the first time, all schools will have raised garden beds for students to help grow everything from flowers to vegetables destined for cafeteria buffets. There will also be a focus on the future, as the district prepares to go to referendum this fall on funding a new elementary school in Fitchburg, a rapidly growing section of the district. Administrators and school board members are already out,
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Five things to watch 1. Youth Sports and Athletics Task Force 2. Focus on equity 3. Green and Healthy initiatives continue 4. School referendum outreach 5. New playground at Brooklyn Elementary meeting with community members about the need for a new school, and the unprecedented growth that will grow the district’s student population from around 4,000 currently to around 6,000 by 2030. And for the kids of Brooklyn, they’ll get to enjoy playing on new equipment for the first time in decades, as the playground got an extreme makeover during the summer, with parents and volunteers pitching in to remove outdated equipment and install new ones. Here is more detail on the Observer’s choices for five things to watch this year in OSD:
“For family purposes, I felt like I needed to go, even though I was very excited about my opportunity in Brooklyn,” she said. But, like a typical teacher, Zweig said she “needed numbers to help drive the decision, and the compensation plan – funded by voters two years ago – was an obvious place to start.” In the end, she said the plan helped her decide. “(The) starting salary at the highest I have seen in other districts,” she said. “With Oregon’s compensation plan, my salary would always be greater than the other, but the longer I stay in Oregon the greater that discrepancy is and that is where I see the greatest return.” That’s not an uncommon situation, district officials said when asked about the
If not for the new teacher compensation package, new Brooklyn Elementary School second-grade teacher Kristy Zweig would likely be preparing her classroom for the year in an entirely different district. She had just accepted an offer from the Oregon School District when she received another from a nearby school district she “had (her) heart set on,” she wrote the Observer in an email. A new mom to a 10-month-old daughter, she also noted her commute Turn to Referendum/Page 10 would be shorter there.
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See photos of the new teachers at every Oregon School District school for the 2018-19 school year Page 2 1. Youth Sports and Athletics Task Force Making sports and athletics in the district more equitable and more accessible will be a major push this year. By the end of next month, the district is expected to review and possibly adopt the recommendations of the Youth Sports and Athletics Task Force, which began studying the purposes, shared values and expectations for youth sports (pre-K through grade 6) and athletic programs (grades 7-12) in early 2017, as well as desired outcomes, cooperative opportunities and equity for all
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Consultant: Library fundraising is ‘philanthropy’ He predicts success before doing $20k feasibility study BILL LIVICK Unified Newspaper Group
A consultant hired to conduct a fundraising-feasibility study for the construction of a new public library told the Oregon Village Board on Monday it should consider the effort “a philanthropy endeavor.” Jim Radford, president of Baker Street Consulting Group, said his company’s part in the project – planning a capital campaign and establishing a fundraising goal – would be a
three-month process. “ We ’l l r e c o m m e n d a timetable and a budget,” he said. H e s a i d t h e s t u d y ’s $19,800 cost would be an investment that would pay off over time, but added that “not all studies result in a recommendation to move forward.” Radford predicted that such an effort in Oregon would be successful, based on what he’s learned about the village’s planning process. During a joint meeting of the Village Board and O r eg o n P u b l i c L i b r a r y Board of Directors, Radford talked about successful
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OSD welcomes new teachers The Oregon School District welcomed 45 new teachers to the district during orientation sessions on Aug. 23. They are already getting to know each other, their buildings, and getting ready for the new school year to start on Tuesday.
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Roe Parker was “heartbroken” when he found out the Anderson Farm County Park garage had been broken into and thousands of dollars’ worth of equipment had been taken. In the weeks since the early August incident, the
to replace the brush mower that was taken from the garage, “the largest single item” stolen. The Friends group will also be the beneficiary of the Re/Max Fall Festival later this year, with a goal of raising $1,000 at the event to replace the other equipment, which included a utility trailer, a leaf blower and a weed torch wand kit. “We’ve been quite an active group the last couple years, and we rely on our different pieces of
equipment,” he said. Parker said in the time since the large equipment was taken, volunteers have been working on smaller projects like installing three gardens in the park – two rain gardens and one pollinator garden. “These are manual things,” Parker said. “Not all the things that we prefer.” Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.
Library Board looks for 3 percent increase BILL LIVICK Unified Newspaper Group
Oregon Public Library director Jennifer Way has submitted a preliminary 2019 budget request that calls for a slight increase in village funding. She is initially seeking a 3.39 percent increase, from this year’s figure of $771,963 to $798,109. The majority of the increase would go to three positions, including the director’s (though not for a raise).
“My starting wage is a little higher than what was budgeted,” she noted. The increase would also provide more funding for books and other materials. Way noted there will be an acrossthe-board wage increase for all village employees, and her budget would match that wage rate increase. She deferred an additional step-plan wage increase for library employees that began last year. Vi l l a g e a d m i n i s t r a t o r M i k e Gracz said the Library Board’s
recommended budget “continues to prepare the village for building and opening the new library in 2020/2021.” He said the Village Board would review budget requests for all village departments, including the library, in October after the village has received its final net new construction amount from the Wisconsin Department of Revenue. Contact Bill Livick at bill.livick@ wcinet.com
Library: Consultant plans 30-plus interviews, focus groups fundraising campaigns his company has helped with in the past – most recently for the public library in Janesville – and said such efforts leave “footprints in a community that last a long time.” “I don’t see this as a fundraising project,” Radford explained. “It’s a philanthropy endeavor based upon relationships.” Along with establishing a realistic financial goal, a successful capital campaign will provide public input on the building design and what should go in it, he added. Radford said 90 percent of the campaigns his company has conducted “either reached or exceeded” their goal. “The ones that didn’t, it was because they didn’t think they could,” he added. “It’s about attitude.” Village and library officials anticipate building a 35,000-square-foot library at 249 N. Main St. in 2020 or 2021. It would be about three times the size of the existing library, built in 1995, and has a preliminary cost estimate of between $10 million and $12 million. Last December, the Village Board voted to plan to borrow $6 million for the project, with additional funding coming from donations raised during a capital campaign. The $6 million figure disappointed members of the Library Board, who had hoped the village would contribute closer to $8 million.
Library director Jennifer Way told the Observer Tuesday the capital campaign would be conducted over about 18 months. She’s not sure when it would begin, she said, and groundbreaking for the project would begin in 2020 or the following year.
Testing the waters Radford, who owns and operates Baker Street Consulting Group with members of his family in Stevens Point, said his team would conduct 30 to 35 personal interviews, along with three or four small group discussion sessions, to determine the public’s level of engagement with the project. He said a feasibility study would determine “the most realistic and attainable dollar goal” for a capital campaign and when it should be conducted. He would form a “study committee,” develop a vision statement, analyze community responses, produce a detailed written report and present it to the Library Board and Village Board in the fall. Radford said the fundraising campaign would create a “lasting footprint” here and it’s important to leave a positive impression with the community because there will be other fundraising efforts to follow, including an upcoming school referendum. “You want to have something that people can look back on and say, ‘That was a great campaign,’” he said.
Potential pitfalls Trustees Jeff Boudreau and Jerry Bollig asked Radford several questions about how to avoid leaving the “wrong footprint” in the wake of the capital campaign. After Radford didn’t directly answer the questions, director Way gave an example of how such a campaign can go wrong. She noted she participated in a similar fundraising effort in Prairie du Sac, where she worked as library director for 14 years before taking the job here in July. In 2012 when the new Ruth Culver Library opened, she said, “we hired the wrong people” to run the fundraising. “It took a long time to repair a relationship with a major donor right after they talked to our consultant,” Way recalled. Radford said Way’s anecdote points to the importance of developing public-private partnerships that are sustainable, noting that a larger library will have increased operating costs. He said a good campaign can lead to more donations than expected and also the
potential for further financial support. He said the No. 1 complaint he’s heard from potential contributors is when they have the impression that “you just want their money.” “Philanthropy should be a joyous thing,” he said. “It’s all about relationships.” Bollig said the question he’d heard most from Oregon residents is, “Why does the village need a consultant to conduct a fundraising campaign?” Radford said it doesn’t. “ B u t i f y o u wa n t t o ensure success and the long-term impact of your new library, it’s a good investment,” he said. Way added it’s the best way to get a fundraising number that’s “realistic” and attainable. Radford said the village “has a good chance for a successful capital campaign” and added that although the village has established an amount it plans to borrow for the project, “it may have to change.” “There are no guarantees in life,” he observed. Contact Bill Livick at bill. livick@wcinet.com
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With all the good food to eat, people might need to break out the hula hoops or do “The Twist” for a few hours to work off the calories. And that would fit right in with a 1950s-60s-themed community potluck picnic fundraiser the Oregon Area Historical Society is hosting at Kiser Park on Sept. 9. Lunch will be served at 1 p.m., with live music by the Time Travelers from 1:30-3:30 p.m. There will be a silent auction, with items donated by local businesses to bid on, including a wine and chocolate basket from The Chocolate Caper, picnic sets from Oregon Pharmacy, gift cards to most Oregon restaurant and a pizza oven from Wisco. Plates, utensils, napkins and coffee and bottled water will be provided, though people are invited to bring a dish to pass. Some of the dishes that will be served at the picnic will be from a new cookbook the historical society has put together, which will be for sale at the picnic. JoAnn Swenson and Dixie Brown of the Oregon Area Historical Society will introduce their “Taste of Oregon” cookbook, a combination of the recipes from the 1988 “Old Settlers’ Cookbook,”
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plus newer recipes from members and friends. The book is available to purchase as a fundraiser for the group. Brown said OAHS members found the book at the museum while looking through some items. “We decided it would be a good idea to reproduce that, but in doing so, we’re asking for some new recipes to be added to it,” she told the Observer on Monday. “So it will be a twopart cookbook; the Old Settlers’ Cookbook recipes in there and some new ones.” Email Unified Newspaper Group reporter Scott De Laruelle at scott.delaruelle@wcinet.com.
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If we don’t act, we’ll keep getting ‘growth’ from climate change
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t might sound callous to say it right now, but this is exactly the right time to ask whether the record-breaking rainfall and flooding that inundated western Dane County last week have anything to do with the theory of human-caused climate change. That’s right – it’s a theory: the future hasn’t happened yet. There are plenty of other theories about climate change we’ve heard repeated from deniers and skeptics many times in the past. Each of them says in one way or Noelder another that we should not change what we have been doing. But if there is any chance that the horrible flooding in Dane County last week has anything to do with climate change, we need to act. Because otherwise, the Rush Limbaughs and Ron Johnsons and Scott Walkers and Donald Trumps of the world would have us watch and do nothing. Here are some of their most popular theories about climate change: • What’s happening really isn’t all that bad • This one bad thing all by itself couldn’t possibly be part of a larger pattern • Bad stuff like this is always happening, but it has nothing to
do with people • It isn’t possible people could have caused any of the bad stuff • There isn’t anything people can do about it now even if people did cause any of it • Human ingenuity has always solved problems, so surely it will this time, too • Trying to do something about climate change would hurt the economy more than carrying on with business as usual That last one is what’s really callous. Their absolute confidence in it is the grand-daddy of them all. In other words, if economic growth is what we’re looking for, then “natural” disasters like 15 inches of rain in Black Earth are just the ticket. Consider all the mandatory business activity that comes with it: roads that need to be reconstructed, bridges that need to be rebuilt, homes and businesses that need to be repaired and a vast assortment of commercial inventory, appliances, furniture and other household possessions that must be thrown away and replaced. There’s no need to waste money on advertising; all this stuff will happen without it. It gets better. No doubt some people and firms will move to higher ground, meaning land speculators, developers and construction crews will profit from new growth that otherwise would not take place. But it’s not the kind of economic boost that any sane person would want.
Praying for the victims and hoping for the best is all well and good, but adults don’t leave planning for the worst to the Boy Scouts. If there is any chance that we could reduce the risks of worse things happening, if there is anything we can do to make things less bad for our children, we have work to do. It starts by reaching out to Gov. Scott Walker and telling him it is high time for him and other Wisconsin leaders to take the risks of climate change seriously. Then mail copies of your letter to your state Senator and state Assembly representative. Next, persuade two other people to write a letter and copy their state officials. Then, persuade those two people to persuade two others. Write your letter by hand and mail it in a hand-addressed envelope. Hand-written letters have a much greater impact than typed or photocopied letters – and far, far more than online petitions. Face-to-face persuasion is best, but phone calls are good, too. Ask for promises. If you are uncomfortable with pushing, remember this: our state and national capitols are filled with lobbyists who do not hesitate to push. Extraordinary times require that we step out of our comfort zones. Let’s flood the Capitol with enough letters to turn the tide. Hans Noeldner is a Village of Oregon resident.
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POLICE REPORTS Reports taken from elec- to the neighbors, who felt the tronic log books provided by issue had been addressed. the Oregon Police Department. 11:39 p.m. A woman was arrested for her first-offense July 16 operating while intoxicated 7:11 p.m. An employee at and refused to take a breaththe Gorman Company report- alyzer test. ed she and another employee had received a scam email July 26 and sent information about 3:15 p.m. A juvenile re$1,000 worth of gift cards to ported their bicycle stolen the scammer. The account from the high school bewas posing as the CEO of the tween 7:45 a.m. and 12:30 company. The two employees p.m. The bike was unsecured were reporting the fraud to when it was taken. their credit card companies. July 28 July 17 8:35 p.m. The owner of 6:44 a.m. A Snapchat argu- Little Buddy’s Popcorn Shop ment turned into threats, with reported a man had come the victim reporting another in a few months earlier and man had threatened to come swindled an employee into and beat him up, or kicking in giving him extra money back his door and hurting his girl- after a canceled transaction. friend. The victim wanted the The man came back again incident documented in case July 28, and got upset when anything happened. a different employee did not give more money back. PoJuly 18 lice asked the shop owner to 12:14 p.m. A suspect call immediately the next time drove off without paying for the man entered the store. more than $25 worth of gas from Stop-n-Go. The driver July 31 was the same suspect from 5:04 p.m. A woman rean earlier gas drive-off, as the ported her 11-year-old son car and suspect description and his friends were threatmatched. ened while sitting on a bench downtown in front of Pizza July 19 Pit, as four people in a car 4:39 p.m. Two men were driving by yelled at them, us“extremely apologetic” to ing the N-word and telling the police after they were found kids they would catch them if to have taken steel from the little league donation bin outside of the Oregon Ice Arena. They had taken it for a project one of the men was working on, and did not know it was a donation bin. The scrap metal was returned.
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scheduled,” Andraska told the Observer in an email. The Oregon Community Closet’s shoe distribution event is the first hosted in the community room space at the food pantry, said LaVoy, an OAFP board member, marketing chair and volunteer coordinator. The purpose of the meeting space, LaVoy said, is to provide an area for food pantry activities and programs that can also be used by nonprofit organizations, community and neighborhood groups.
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available for anyone, from 3-7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, at the Oregon Area Food Pantry. Shoes are being collected by Community Closet members until the date of distribution. Gently used shoes can be dropped off at 394, 404, 468, 473 Riviera Street, as well as 1032 Fincastle Street. It’s the first event for the Oregon Community Closet, a group that partners with the community to share donations and provide new and gently used clothing and household goods to those in need. “We are so excited that the Oregon Community Closet is hitting the ground running and our first community event is
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July 24 8:07 p.m. A man was arrested for violating conditions of his bond after police responded to a verbal argument between him and his girlfriend. An officer allegedly smelled alcohol on the man’s breath, and the man registered a .226 on a preliminary breath test after admitting to drinking, which was a violation of his bond conditions.
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Learn food preservation Make the most of Wisconsin’s growing season by learning food preservation techniques, including freezing and pickling, from 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30, at the library. Cynthia DiCamelli will lead the class, which will repeat on the following week from 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6. DiCamelli will teach attendees how to can tomatoes and make salsa and spaghetti sauces. For information, email Kara Ripley at kripley@oregonlibrary.org.
Book club The Great Beginnings Book Club will meet at the library at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 5. The book to be discussed is “A Spool of Blue Thread” by Anne Tyler. The club will meet again Oct. 3 to discuss “In the Unlikely Event” by Judy Blume. It is encouraged to bring a library card to the book club to check out next month’s book during each meeting. The club meets the first Wednesday of every month. For information, contact
bookclub@oregonlibrary.org.
conversation and local representatives. OAP open mic For information, visit oreTwo agriculture advocates will gonareaprogressives.org. lead the next Oregon Area Progressives open mic night from 6-8 p.m. Job seekers program Friday, Sept. 7, at Firefly CoffeeAdults and older teens can visit the house and Artisan Cheeses, 114 N. library from 6-8 p.m. Monday, Sept. Main St. 10, for a job hunt program. Kara O’Connor, the government Carrie Braxton from the Dane relations director for Farmers Union, County Office for Equity and Incluand Jim Goodman, a board member sion will present advice for those of both the Midwest Environmental seeking jobs. The presentation will Advocates and Family Farm Defenders last an hour and thirty minutes with and the board president of the National time at the end for questions. Family Farm Coalition, will speak on For information, contact Kara Riphow trade policies created by President ley at kripley@oregonlibrary.org. Donald Trump’s administration are Drawing for kids impacting the community. The Oregon Area Progressives host The library will host a drawing open mic events on the first Friday of class from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Tuesday, each month. Sept. 11. For information, visit oreThe class is part of Tinker Tuesgonareaprogressives.org. day, the library’s monthly afterschool STEAM program. It’s designed for OAP open house ages 5-11. Visit the new Oregon Area ProTina Mancusi will demonstrate gressives office, 784 North Main basic drawing tips and techniques. St., for an open house from 4-6 p.m. Registration is required and can be Sunday, Sept. 9. done online by visiting oregonpubliThere will be food, refreshments, clibrary.org or by calling 835-3656.
Community calendar Thursday, Aug. 30
• 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., Brooklyn • 9 a.m., Jefferson Crossing ribbon Truck and Tractor Pull, Brooklyn cutting, 134 Jefferson St., oregonwi. Legion Park, 205 S. First St., oregonwi.com com • 6:30 p.m., Card party hosted by • 9-11 a.m. and 3-7 p.m., Oregon Oregon Area Historical Society, $3 Area Food Pantry distribution and collection day, 107 N. Alpine Pkwy., includes light dinner, senior center, 835-5801 obfp.org • 6-7 p.m., Summer in a jar series: Sunday, Sept. 2 Lesson on canning, freezing and • 8-11 a.m., Pancake breakfast at pickling, library, kripley@oregonliBrooklyn Truck and Tractor Pull, brary.org Brooklyn Legion Park, 205 S. First • 6:30-8 p.m., Bookmobile at the St., Brooklyn, oregonwi.com gazebo, 100 Hotel St., Brooklyn, • 8 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., Brooklyn dcls.info Truck and Tractor Pull, Brooklyn Legion Park, 205 S. First St., oreFriday, Aug. 31 gonwi.com • 6 p.m., VFW Steak Fry, Brooklyn Truck and Tractor Pull, BrookMonday, Sept. 3 lyn Legion Park, 205 S. First St., Labor Day olar2@frontier.com Library closed • 6 p.m., Brooklyn Truck and Tractor Senior center closed Pull, Brooklyn Legion Park, 205 S. First St., Brooklyn, oregonwi.com Tuesday, Sept. 4 • 1 p.m., Movie matinee: “Book Saturday, Sept. 1 Club,” senior center, 835-5801 • 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Brooklyn recre• 2-6 p.m., Farmers market, Dorn ation craft fair, BKE, 204 Division Hardware, 131 W. Richards Road, St., brooklynwi.gov 873-9943
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, Aug 30 WOW: Sounds of Summer: Universal Sound (OCA Archive) ORE: Oregon Panther Boys Soccer vs. Monona Grove LIVE 6:50 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 3 WOW: Village Board Meeting LIVE 5 p.m. ORE: RCI Orchestra Concert (2/27/18)
Tuesday, Sept. 4 WOW: Oregon Friday, Aug 31 Chamber of Commerce WOW: Oregon (8/23) Chamber of Commerce ORE: OMS Orchestra (8/23) (2/13/18) ORE: School Board Meeting (8/20) Wednesday, Sept. 5 WOW: Promega Art Saturday, Sept. 1 Show (Fitchburg Cable WOW: Historical TV) Society Anniversary ORE: Distant Cuzins (2017) Band @ Headquarters ORE: Oregon Panther (7/21/17) Football vs. DeForest (8/17) Thursday, Sept. 6 WOW: Village Board Sunday, Sept. 2 Meeting (9/3) WOW: First ORE: OHS Radio Play Presbyterian Church (12/27/17) Service ORE: BKE Play: Wizard of Oz (3/2/18)
Wednesday, Sept. 5
• 10:30 a.m., Great Beginnings book club, “A Spool of Blue Thread” by Anne Tyler, senior center, bookclub@oregonlibrary.org
Thursday, Sept. 6
• 6-7 p.m., Summer in a jar: canning tomatoes, library, kripley@ oregonlibrary.org
Friday, Sept. 7
• 6-8 p.m., Oregon Area Progressives open mic, Firefly Coffeehouse, 114 N. Main, oregonareaprogressives.org
Sunday, Sept. 8
• 8-10:30 a.m., Anderson Farm County Park work day, 914 Union Road, andersonparkfriends.org
Saturday, Sept. 9
• 1-4 p.m., OAHS picnic in the park, (cookbook release, potluck), Kiser Park Shelter, 245 Brook St., oregonwi.com • 4-6 p.m., Oregon Area Progressives election headquarters grand opening tailgate party, 784 N. Main St.,
Senior center Monday, Sept. 3 Closed for Labor Day Tuesday, Sept. 4 Pizza Burger Navy Bean Salad Marinated Cucumbers Banana Chocolate Chip Cookie VO – Veggie Burger NCS – SF Cookie Packet Wednesday, Sept. 5 Ham and Potato Casserole California Blend Veggies Fruit Cup Multi-Grain Bread Frosted Confetti Cake VO – Baked Potato with Cheese and Soy Crumble NCS – SF Pudding Cup Thursday, Sept. 6 My Meal, My Way Lunch at Ziggy’s Smokehouse and Ice Cream Parlor! Drop in between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7 Spinach/Bacon/Cheese Quiche Fresh Tomato Wedges Orange Juice Iced Cinnamon Roll Vanilla Yogurt with Strawberry Topping SO - Pulled Pork Santa Fe Salad VO – Vegetarian Quiche NCS – SF Pudding *Contains Pork
Monday, Sept. 3 Closed for Labor Day Tuesday, Sept. 4 8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced 9:30 Wii Bowling 9:45 Zumba Gold 12:30 Sheepshead 12:30 Shopping at Pick ‘n Save 1:00 Movie: “Book Club” 5:30 StrongWomen Wednesday, Sept. 5 Morning: Foot Care 9:00 CLUB 9:00 Wednesday Walk 10:00 Shopping in Madison 10:30 Book Club 12:45 Get Fit 1:00 Euchre Thursday, Sept. 6 Morning: Chair Massage 8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced 9:00 Pool Players 9:45 Zumba Gold 10:30 StrongWomen 12:30 Shopping at Bill’s 1:00 Cribbage Friday, Sept. 7 Morning: Veterans Assistance by appointment 9:00 CLUB 9:30 Blood Pressure 12:45 Get Fit
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 9 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 - 9 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.
Don’t be a slave to money “In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” – Acts 20:35 NIV The pastor Andy Stanley has defined generosity as the “premeditated, calculated, designated emancipation of personal financial assets.” Many of us think that we are being generous when we spontaneously give because our heartstrings are pulled or our conscience nags us. But Stanley’s point is that we should think about and therefore have a premeditated, calculated plan to give our money to people or organizations that will do the most good with those resources. Pastor Stanley also points out that this planned generosity has the virtue of freeing us from our money, or as he puts it, “Freeing your money frees you from your money.” There is indeed something liberating in knowing that we are going to give it all away. Mother Teresa often spoke in a similar way about the freedom of poverty. Having only the clothes on their back frees them to devote their lives to the spiritual and material needs of others. We can be preoccupied, tied down, and virtually enslaved, by our wealth and possessions. Whether you have much or little to give, reflect on how you can do the most good and have a plan to emancipate your assets. – Christopher Simon
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Name: Isabelle Krier Grade: Senior Sport: Girls tennis
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Oregon senior Sydona Roberts looks to spike the ball between two Madison Edgewood blockers Thursday in the Panthers’ four-set win over the Crusaders.
Off to a roaring start
Panthers win Belleville invite, beat Edgewood MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor
The Oregon volleyball team has started the season on a roll, winning six straight macthes. The Panthers had a four-set season-opening win over Madison Edgewood on Thursday and then won five matches Saturday to capture the championship at the Wilmot Union invitational. One year after going 2-5 in the Badger South Conference, the Panthers have high expectations following the hot start. “We wanted to come out and set
the tone for the season,” coach Katie Heitz said after winning the opener against Edgewood. “We have set the bar pretty high right now.”
Belleville tournament Senior Erin Wriedt dominated at the net Saturday to lead the Panthers to the Belleville tournament title against the host Wildcats. Wriedt racked up a team-high 28 kills and six blocks in the tournament to power Oregon to a 5-0 finish, which helped the team claim the title. The Panthers opened the tournament with their sixth straight win, knocking off Belleville 25-10, 25-22. Heitz said the goal was to try some different lineups to get some juniors experience. Oregon cruised to a 25-12, 25-14
win over Palmyra-Eagle and rolled to a 25-14, 25-10 victory over Princeton/ Green Lake in pool play. Oregon then knocked off Poynette 25-13, 25-19. The Panthers topped Fennimore 25-12, 25-13 in the semifinals. Senior Emily Konop posted a teamhigh 35 digs and 15 aces in the five matches. Senior Bekkan Pearson had 23 kills and 27 digs, while senior Erin Flanagan had 65 assists and 10 aces in the tournament.
Panthers 3, Edgewood 1 One of Oregon’s two Badger South Conference wins last season came against Madison Edgewood.The Panthers continued to have the Crusaders’ number again on Thursday, winning the match 3-1.
Wriedt had 11 kills to lead the Panthers to a four-set win over the Crusaders in the season opener, 25-22, 22-25, 25-16, 25-15. “It’s a really good start to the season,” Wriedt said. “I think it’s important because it sets the tone and we can keep all of the momentum going the rest of the season.” The Panthers had no problems building momentum in the first set jumping out to a 13-7 lead. Despite five service errors in the first set, Oregon got the hot serving and strong net play to withstand a rally by the Crusaders. Edgewood bounced back to win the second set. Edgewood’s Anna Mueller had five straight service points that
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OHS athletics
Rain wipes out all Tuesday night sports MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor
The threat of severe thunderstorms and continued flooding across southern Wisconsin on Tuesday wiped out the entire Oregon High School sports slate. Oregon athletic director Mike Carr was busy postponing games and matches for boys soccer, girls tennis, volleyball and girls swimming.
Carr said weather models from the National Weather Service, forecasted an estimated 2 1/2 to 3 inches of rain Tuesday night. The Oregon volleyball team was scheduled to play at Wisconsin Dells. It’s rare an indoor sport like volleyball or swimming gets postponed, but it does happen. “The reason why we postponed the volleyball match is because there is excessive flooding in Mauston close
to the Dells,” Carr said. “The Interstate is closed near the Dells and we didn’t want our athletes on the road.” Carr said weather models from the National Weather Service called for lighting most of Tuesday night. That remains a threat for swimmers. Carr wanted to take a proactive approach to protect athletes and fans. “Even with a swim meet, if there is lightning outside the pool, we have to pull all of the athletes out of the pool
and clear the pool,” he said. Carr said after each sign of lightning, meet officials would be required to wait 30 minutes before starting again. Carr said both swim teams agreed they didn’t want to start the meet and have to stop every 30 minutes for lightning. “We still might not get the meet in and it would be a long night,” he said. “If the meet had not been postponed.”
Highlights: Krier won her No. 1 singles match 6-0, 5-7, 6-2 Wednesday to help Oregon beat McFarland 5-2 in a nonconference dual meet. Honorable mentions: Nolan Look (football) completed 6 of 16 passes for 130 yards and two touchdowns in a 41-30 loss at Mount Horeb/Barneveld. Yordanos Zelinksi (boys xc) took 33rd place Saturday at the Glenn Herold Invitational in 19:12.5. Lauren Beauchaine (girls xc) finished 12th Friday at the Appleton West Terror invite with a time of 20:53.19. Brook White (girls swimming) finished fourth in the 500- and 50-yard freestyles Saturday at the Norski Invitational in DeForest. Alyssa Schmidt (girls golf) shot a 6-over-par 42 to lead the Panthers to a dual win over Watertown. Carter Hendrickson (boys soccer) scored the only goal for Oregon in a 5-1 loss to Sun Prairie. Erin Wriedt (volleyball) had 28 kills and six blocks to help the Panthers win the Belleville tournament.
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Oregon beats McFarland JEREMY JONES Sports editor
Oregon girls tennis won three of four singles flights and two of three doubles flights Aug. 22 to lock up a 5-2 win over McFarland. Anna Donovan and Rachell Depuydt cruised 6-3, 6-1 and 6-3, 6-1 at Nos. 3 and 4 singles. The Panthers lost two of three matches that went to a third set, with only No. 1 singles player Isabelle Krier earning a 6-0, 5-7, 6-2 win. The Panthers’ No. 2 doubles team of Ashley Johnson and Sophia Choles added a 6-2, 6-2 win, and the No. 3 doubles team of Joanie Sommers and Jordan Streiff added a 6-4, 6-0 victory.
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Panthers unable to derail Vikings’ offense JEREMY JONES
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Just when it looked like the Oregon football team had stopped one facet of the Mount Horeb/Barneveld offense, the Panthers got burned by another. Oregon gave up 626 yards of offense to the Vikings on a dreary Friday evening in a 41-30 Badger Conference crossover road loss. Although, Oregon held senior running back Malik Winston in check for much of the game, Mount Horeb/ Barneveld showed plenty of depth at the skill positions, ringing up 366 rushing yards and 260 receiving yards. “We gambled on a couple of defenses and left a few things open and they found our weaknesses,” coach Dan Kissling said. “Obviously, you’ve got to stop Winston first, but they made some adjustments at halftime. They’re a physical team, and they just took it to us in the second half.” Mount Horeb/Barneveld quarterback Ethan Post completed 14 of 22 passes for 260 yards and fourth touchdowns and ran for 50 yards. Wide receiver Caden Lee caught five balls for 141 yards, including an 80-yard touchdown before halftime and an 18-yard strike midway through the fourth quarter. Winston finished with 170
Oregon travaels to Monona Grove High School at 7 p.m. Friday to open the Badger South season. The Panthers trailed by as many as 18 points following a 22-yard strike from Post to Denu late in the third quarter. Oregon tried to rally behind junior quarterback Nolan Look, who completed 6 of 16 passes for 130 yards and two touchdowns in the second half. Look hit Jack Haufle for a 20-yard touchdown late in the second quarter and found Mason Grender on a 31-yard touchdown pass with :36 remaining in the third quarter, but the host Vikings always had an answer. Senior running back Keion Szudy had an 80-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter and Dylan DiMaggio had a 3-yard plunge in the final minute. Szudy finished the game with 200 yards rushing on 19 carries, while Defensive back Jack Haufle (24) upend Mount Horeb/Barneveld wide receiver Charlie Fish in the first half. Oregon lost the DiMaggio had 92 yards on 15 Badger Conference crossover game 41-30. rushes. Carter Erickson had two yards and a pair of touch- three touchdowns against the Haufle booted a 36-yard field 1-yard touchdown runs to catches for 53 yards to lead downs. The total was half of Panthers. goal on the Panthers’ opening Winston and one-play bomb the receivers. last season when Winston Oregon (1-1) took its lone possession. to Lee and trailed 22-10 with went off for 343 yards and lead of the game as Jack The Panthers gave up 6- and :36 remaining before halftime.
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Beauchaine finishes sixth Oregon splits two games in quad JEREMY JONES
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second goal to give the Panthers a 3-0 lead at 21:58. Zach Bennett scored a goal on a pass from Bjerke to extend the lead Oregon hosts McFarland at to 4-0. Conduah picked up the hat 7 p.m. Thursday. trick scoring his third goal at 44:37 to give the Panthers a 5-0 lead at the half. Senior Girish Russell scored a goal on a pass from Conduah to give the It was a learning experience for us.” Panthers a 5-0 lead at 49:59. Senior Carter Hendrickson scored “It was a phenomenal result,” the lone goal for the Panthers at Mitchell said. “Pewaukee is usually a 75:12. state-ranked team in Division 2.”
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The Oregon boys soccer team, ranked fifth in the Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association Division 2 state poll, went 1-1 in two games in a quad last week and was rained out of another.
Sun Prairie 5, Oregon 1 As a former Sun Prairie soccer coach, Oregon coach Chris Mitchell warned his new team about the scoring ability of Sun Prairie’s Kyle Hagemran. The team’s plans to defend the Butler recruit never quite came together, however, as Hagerman scored four goals in the first half and the Cardinals, ranked No. 6 in Division 1, handed Oregon a 5-1 loss. It was Oregon’s first loss of the season and it came in the second game of the team’s quad. “The result Saturday was very much a letdown,” Mitchell said. ‘We had a plan for how we were going to defend and play him (Hagerman). “We were just too slow and didn’t have the same energy we had Friday.
Oregon 6, Pewaukee 2
Senior Madison Conduah scored three goals to lead the Panthers to a win Friday over the No. 8-ranked Division 2 team in Pewaukee in the first day of the quad. “I think the first game we played on Friday against Pewaukee is one of the best soccer games I have ever watched in my 15 years I have coached for an opener,” Mitchell said. Senior Colin Bjerke opened the scoring with a goal on an assist by Hendrickson at 6:31. Less than 2 minutes later, Conduah scored his first goal unassisted. He added a
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Oregon, Mount Horeb (ppd.) The Panthers’ showdown Tuesday at Mount Horeb, which is ranked No. 5 in Division 3, was postponed. A reschedule date and time had not been set before the Oregon Observer went to press. Mitchell said the game against the Vikings, the Division 3 defending state champion, will be a big game because Mount Horeb is a perennial state contender. The Panthers, which finished as the Division 2 state runner-up last year, lost to the Vikings 1-0 last season. It will be another early test for the Panthers similar to Sun Prairie.
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Oregon competes at the Verona Invitatioanl at 9 a.m. Saturday. Wausau around the middle of the season. Instead, Oregon will run at the Madison West Invitational at Lake Farm Park, site of the conference meet Oct. 12 hosted by Madison Edgewood. The Panthers will also c o m p e t e i n t h e Ke t t l e Moraine Laser Relays Homecoming weekend (Sept. 22) at Naga-Waukee County Park in Hartland. Beauchaine covered
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Rain brings Oregon to standstill MARK NESBITT
went to press on Tuesday. Oregon will face a big test after Labor Day with a The aftermath of the dual against Madison Edgethunderstroms washed out wood. one match for the Oregon girls golf team last week. The Oregon team’s showdown with Stoughton on Friday at Foxboro Golf Oregon travels to the Club was postponed due to Yahara Golf Course to wet conditions. play against Madison A makeup date for the Edgewood at 3:30 p.m. Panthers’ match against Tuesday, Sept. 4. the Vikings had not been announced as the Observer Assistant sports editor
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Senior Lauren Beauchaine led the Oregon girls cross country team to sixth-place out of the 15 teams Friday at the Appleton West Terror Invitational. It was the Panthers’ first time competing in the meet. Moving the Badger South Conference meet from Saturday up to Friday this season had a domino effect on the Panthers’ schedule. With conference moving up, coach Doug Debroux said he wanted to get in at least one race on a Friday this season, adding the Terror invite. The changes to the schedule didn’t stop there for the Panthers, who dropped out of the Smiley Invitational in
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Underclassmen lead the way at Glenn Herold Invitational Panthers finish sixth JEREMY JONES Sports editor
T h e y o u t h m ove m e n t of the Oregon boys cross country team was on full display Saturday at the Glenn Herold Invitational in Watertown. F iv e u n d e r c l a s s m e n , including four freshmen, led the Panthers, who finished seventh out of 17 teams with a score of 223. “Considering four freshmen, a sophomore, a junior and a senior are on varsity, we placed well as a team,” coach Erik Haakenson said. “It’s early in the season, but we look to become more competitive with Stoughton in the conference.”
What’s next Oregon travels to Verona Area High School at 9 a.m. for the Verona Invitational. T h e Vi k i n g s fi n i s h e d fourth with a score of 158. Madison West placed all five varsity scorers in the top 15 to win the meet with 30 points. “While we placed above three teams in our sectional (Kettle Moraine, Fort Atkinson and Milton), Stoughton remained in front of us Saturday,” H a a ke n s o n s a i d . “ T h i s
young team has their goals set high for future races.” Haakenson said he wasn’t surprised being led by so many underclassmen so quickly to start the season in Watertown. “The top five had been training throughout the summer together and often,” he said. “Those guys all train train exceptionally well together.” F r e s h m a n Yo r d a n o s Zelinski paced Oregon in his first varsity race, finishing 33rd with a time of 19 minutes, 12.5 seconds. “Yordanos is a talented young man who loves to word hard,” Haakenson said. “We look forward t o s e e i n g h i m i m p r ove his times throughout the
season, as well as edge closer to the front of the pack.” Tw e n t y - f iv e s e c o n d s separated fellow freshmen Raul Ramos, Turner Sieren and Deaken Bush. Ramos finished 43rd as the team’s second runner in 19:28.5. Sieren was 55th in 19:46.1 and Bush was 61st in 19:53.5. Sophomore Brenden Dieter finished 77th as the team’s fifth and final varsity scorer in 20:12.7. M a d i s o n We s t s e n i o r Erik Nuenninghoff bested teammate Ryan Reed by 10 seconds to cross the finish line first in 17:23.6. Big Eight rival Verona (70) and Catholic Memorial (157) rounded out the top three.
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Oregon girls swimming team finished fifth out of the six teams competing Saturday at the Norski Invitational in DeForest with 28 points. McFarland won with 86 points, while the host Norskis (66) and Sauk Prairie (58) rounded out the top three. All three teams finished in the top 11 at the WIAA Division 2 state meet last year. “It was an eye-opening experience for some of the swimmers seeing competition that is this fast this early in the season,” coach Michael Keleny said. “It was a good learning experience for them, and they are looking to come out strong from the meet and continue the season.” Freshmen Brook White, Claudia Schwartz and sophomores Mattea Thomason and Victoria Helvig finished fourth in the fastest heat of the 200-yard IM, 500 freestyle and the 100-yard backstroke and backstroke, respectively. White posted a time of 5 minutes, 57.11 seconds for fourth place in the 500 free. She also added a fifthplace finish in the 50 free (27.41). Grace Sphatt of Fond du Lac won the 500 free (5:30.01), and McFarland’s Alex Moderski won the 50 free (23.51). Schwartz touched the wall fourth in the fastest division of the 200 IM, stopping the clock at 2:26.04. DeForest’s Haley Willis won the 200 IM in 2:13.89. Helvig took fourth with
What’s next Oregon travels to the Stoughton Relays at 6 p.m. Aug. 30. a time of 1:06.83 in the 100 back and Thomason matched the finish in the breast with a with a time of 1:15.53. Helvig added a fifth-place finish in the 200 free (2:14.3). Mara Freeman of McFarland won the 100 back in 58.36 and Ella Weaver posted a 1:10.88 to win the 100 breast. Camryn Hargraves of DeForest won the 200 free in 2:01.3. Sophomore Zoe Rule added a fifth-place finish in the 100 butterfly (1:10.85). Rule, Thomason, Schwartz and White added a fourth-place finish as a 200 free relay in 2:00.97, while McFarland (1:50.97) once again posted a top time. Schwartz, Rule, White and Thomason finished fifth in the 200 free relay competition with a 1:51.21. McFarland turned in a meet-best 1:45.74 to win the event.
included two aces to help the Crusaders build a 24-19 lead they wouldn’t relinquish. “We let the second set slip away a little bit and we turned around in Game 3 and put the hammer down,” Heitz said. “I challenged the girls to move past Game 2, get it out of your head. Let’s start it over, and they just completely shut it down.” In the third set, Oregon rushed out to an 18-9 lead and rolled. The Panthers dominated the net with Wriedt, Pearson and senior Sydona Roberts. Konop got on a hot serving streak in the fourth set, scoring seven straight points and notching an ace to help the Panthers again build an 11-5 lead. Flanagan collected 19 assists and Konop had 12 digs. Nicole Cochems had a teambest four blocks and four aces.
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Rain and flooding across southern Wisconsin forced the cancellation of Tuesday’s non conference game at Wisconsin Dells. Photo by Mark Nesbitt No make-up date had been announced Oregon senior Emily Karls celebrates winning a point Thursday against Madison as the Observer went to press on Tuesday. Edgewood in the third set.
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Girls XC: Smart group wrking on race-planning strategies the rolling 5K course at Winagamie Golf Course, which looped around twice, in 20 minutes, 53.19 seconds for 12th place. “Lauren had another great race, getting out strong and moving up to the top 12,” Debroux said. “I hate to say it, but sometimes you kind of take what she does for granted.” Sophomores Clara Hughes (21.59.35) and Julia Hutchinson (22:11.58) finished 30th and 33rd, and junior Zoe Frank was 38th in 22:32.69. “Clara, Julia and Zoe worked really well together for the first two miles,” Debroux said. “Clara and Julia then really put it down over the last 1,000 meters.” Senior Julie Bull, who Debroux said was on
crutches all of last summer, has returned to health this season and was the Panthers’ fifth and final varsity scorer, placing 48th in 22:50.98. Junior Bryanna Salazar and junior Eden Meidl also competed on varsity but did not count toward the varsity score. Madison Memorial placed four in the top 20 and its final runner in 47th place to score a meet-best 98 points. Appleton North (121) and Kimberly (136) rounded out the top three. Kaukauna sophomore Anna Fauske won the race in 19:21.4. Early in the season, Debroux said the focus is for the girls to work on running together and moving the pack up. Each girl on the team fills out a race planning sheet ahead of each race and then discusses it with the coaching
staff. “ We t a l k m o r e a b o u t strategies as the season goes,” Debroux said. “This is such a varsity group, they’re really smart. They learn how to race during the distance track season and then carry that over into cross country.” Four of Oregon’s top seven JV runners Saturday were freshmen, including Grace Reidl who finished 10th in 23:13.45. Her
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Oregon’s Badger South Conference dual meet Tuesday against Milton was postponed as 2 1/2 to 3 inches of rain was expected to fall between the two communities. The meet was tentatively rescheduled for Thursday, Sept. 6.
What’s next Oregon travels to Rock River Park to face Fort Atkinson at 4:15 p.m. Thursday.
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Obituary Richard Outhouse Richard W. “Richie” Outhouse, passed away on Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg, surrounded by his family. Richie was born on May 27, 1946, to Perry and Lucille (Schlender) Outhouse. Richie is survived by his siblings, Ron (Linda) Outhouse, Helen Niebuhr, Orrin (Karen) Outhouse, Perry (Lynne) Outhouse, Jayne (Dave) Wick, Joyce (Tom Long) Outhouse and Sharon (Lee) Christensen; sister-in-law, Caryle Outhouse; as well as many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; and brother, Larry. In keeping with Richie’s wishes, private family services will be held. The family gives their heartfelt thanks to the staff at REM House in Reedsburg, for the wonderful life and loving care given to Richie. Also our sincere thanks to Agrace HospiceCare, for their expert guidance and support given to us all. Online condolences may be made at www. gundersonfh.com. Gunderson East Funeral & Cremation Care 1150 Park St. 835-3515
Legals STATE OF WISCONSIN VILLAGE OF BROOKLYN DANE/ GREEN COUNTY PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Village of Brooklyn Planning & Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on September 19, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. at the Village Hall (Village Hall located at 210 Commercial St, Brooklyn, WI). The Village Hall is handicap accessible. The purpose of the public hearing is to allow all interested parties to be heard concerning a proposed conditional use on lands hereby described as follows: Lot 46, Parcel 051031241263 (215 N. Kerch Street). Property owned by Dean Martinson. The application is for a garage addition of 20’x30’ (600 square feet) for a total garage area of 1,200 square feet on the Single Family – Medium Density (R-SM) subject property as described above. Garage additions that exceed 900 square feet are to be reviewed/considered as a Conditional Use per Zoning Ordinance 117-890 (c)(7). Any interested person may inspect the application, submittal documents and other pertinent information with the conditional use permit request at the Village Hall or by contacting the Village Clerk at the above address, by telephone at (608) 455-4201 or by email at clerk@brooklynwi.gov. Written comments on the application should be submitted before the public hearing date to the Village Clerk. All written comments will be forwarded to the Village of Brooklyn Planning & Zoning Commission and/or Village Board. All interested parties will be given the opportunity to be heard. VILLAGE OF BROOKLYN By: Linda Kuhlman, Village Clerk-Treasurer Posted: August 27, 2018 Published on: August 30 and September 6, 2018 WNAXLP
Referendum: Retention plan included salary increases, development Continued from page 1 result of the $1.5 million recurring referendum approved in fall 2016. The early report card on the teacher compensation plan, they said, is that the plan has been instrumental in achieving their main goal, of retaining and recruiting the best educators. Two years ago, Oregon was the lone Dane County school district lacking a post-Act-10 teacher compensation plan and was in danger of falling behind its competitors and jeopardizing a good reputation. With competition for teachers increasing, OSD officials decided they needed their own teacher compensation plan out there – and a good one. In early 2013, they formed a committee of district administrators, staff and board members to begin that process. In the wake of Act 10, which essentially ended the former method of collective bargaining, there was some catch-up to do in a changed marketplace of increased teacher mobility and fewer candidates. So they developed a plan that created tiers based upon years of experience, in which educators are required to complete a pre-approved professional development program that advances their teaching. To progress through the plan, they must complete a learning sequence and receive a proficient performance assessment from their building administrator. District superintendent Brian Busler said the referendum’s success offered the financial support to implement a plan that “allows us to provide a competitive salary and retain and attract highly qualified teachers.” He said it came along at the “perfect time,” with the state experiencing a teacher shortage. “Without the referendum, we would struggle to compete for new teaching candidates and retain the quality teachers that we have come to know as the standard (here),” he wrote the Observer in an email. “We are grateful for the support of Oregon residents to make teacher retention and recruitment a priority.
How the compensation plan works The OSD Educator Compensation Plan creates tiers based upon years of experience (1-5, 6-10, 11+, Lead Educator), service in a building or district leadership roles and completion of professional development programs. In each tier, educators are required to develop and complete a pre-approved professional development sequence/program that advances their teaching. To progress through the plan, educators must successfully complete a learning sequence and receive a proficient performance assessment from their building administrator. Educators assessed as not being at a proficient level are placed on a performance improvement plan and ineligible for a compensation increase. An educator placed on a performance improvement plan who does not satisfactorily complete that plan is subject to nonrenewal, according to the district website.
Johnson had been among a group of teachers with five to 10 years’ experience making the district minimum salary in the two years before the plan passed, despite receiving “multiple” cold calls from other districts asking him to interview. “With a growing teacher shortage in Wisconsin, science teachers like myself are increasingly valuable,” he wrote the Observer in an email. He said he considered leaving for his “financial future” but decided to first see whether the referendum would pass. “In the end, I’m overjoyed that I can spend the rest of my teaching career in Oregon secure in the knowledge that there is a predictable financial path forward for all educators,” he wrote. The new plan also helped keep people around who commute from other districts, like speech-language pathologist Caitlin Katzman, who said she was previously keeping her “ears open for positions closer to home.” “The teacher compensation plan has made it possible for me to stay in Oregon due to the competitive wage, which balances the commute,” she wrote the Observer in an email. But retaining takes more than money, Busler said. So the district added professional development days to give educators new opportunities. Retention counts “Ongoing professional developIt’s been just as instrumental for ment is critical to making the classretention as is has for recruiting. room experience the best it can OHS science teacher Nathan be for our students,” he said. “(It)
assists us to provide the best teacher in every classroom.” That helps keep people around like OHS building trades teacher Chris Prahl, who spent some professional development time participating in a STEM workshop last month. He said the new compensation plan has been “instrumental in helping retain and attract new talented staff,” even more so for specialized disciplines such as technology and engineering, where there are a lack of candidates and competition is high. “It’s a very competitive workforce for teachers, and this plan has resulted in the Oregon School District being able to attract teachers when they have multiple offers,” he wrote the Observer in an email.
Changing market District in-house counsel/director of human resources Jina Jonen said the compensation has so far been working as expected, helping the district keep pace with an “especially competitive” Dane County market and a “teacher shortage” in the state. “(It’s) made a tremendous difference in our ability to attract and retain the best teachers for our students,” she wrote the Observer in an email. “To do that, we needed to be more competitive in the marketplace. One teacher told me it would take her 10 years in her current district to earn what she would here.” When she explained the plan in August 2016, Jonen told board
Referendum Approved by a comfortable 7,876-4,326 margin, the recurring referendum allowed the district to exceed the district’s state-imposed levy limit by $1.5 million each year in perpetuity (about $76 on a $200,000 home; a flat amount with the same annual tax impact).
Teacher compensation committee School board Steve Zach Charles Uphoff Oregon Education Association Colleen Christenson Dave Ebert Jon Fishwild Colleen Schell Administrators Leslie Bergstrom Jina Jonen Andy Weiland members that four years earlier (when Act 10’s legality was still in limbo), not one teacher asked to negotiate their starting salary, but that year “every single one did.” And now, she told the Observer, “Teachers now call me to find out the salary before they even apply for the job,” she said. Jonen said the district had been at around 95 percent acceptance for teachers offered positions, but since the teacher compensation referendum passed in November 2016, it’s risen to 99 percent even though “almost all candidates have multiple offers.” Email Unified Newspaper Group reporter Scott De Laruelle at scott. delaruelle@wcinet.com.
Referendum helped spread out structure to keep veteran salaries competitive According to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, in 2015, Oregon ranked 16th out of 19 in average teacher compensation for Dane County and Badger Conference districts (not including Edgewood). To help attract new teachers out of college, Oregon tended to offer relatively high salaries, which caused a “compression” of salary structure, as they were making nearly as much as veteran educators with nearly a decade of experience.
District officials initially intended the new teacher compensation plan be included with the $54.6 million capital projects referendums in November 2014, but ultimately decided it wasn’t ready at the time. They considered placing a $2.9 millionper-year teacher compensation plan on the ballot the following spring, but opted to wait for the expected larger turnout for the presidential election in November 2016, and take more time to explain the need to the public.
At the time, Busler called the plan “a clear path for professional development and accountability” and a “critical” step for the district because of the “rate of change in education and the educational environment.” “We’re going to be hiring 40 to 50 (new teachers a year) well into the future, and we also know our great teachers are being recruited by other districts,” Busler said in August 2016.
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Things to watch: Brooklyn, Prairie View will continue healthy initiatives this year Continued from page 1 students. The task force will recommend three steps be taken this year: a district survey of students and parents about participation; working with youth sports groups to improve coach training, communication and age-appropriate development; and creating an advisory council to help parents become better educated and ensure sports experiences are centered in learning. Task force member Krista Flanagan the Task Force reviewed national research, studied participation data and hosted a summit with more than 90 community members. All of it, she said, was to “ensure youth sports and athletic programs are built upon a foundation of learning and our sports culture is a strong and positive one.”
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Oregon School District superintendent Brian Busler talks to Oregon Chamber of Commerce members on Aug. 23 as part of the district’s efforts to inform the public and answer questions about the Nov. 6 referendum to fund a new elementary school in Fitchburg. in a diverse world.”
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2. Green and Healthy initiatives A year after racking up more state and national honors for “green and healthy” initiatives in district schools, OSD is looking for an encore in 201819. Prairie View Elementary administrative intern Anna Seidenstricker, who as a second-grade teacher at Brooklyn Elementary last year helped the school win its award, said there will be several new changes for this school year. All schools will use garden beds, which students and families already have been “working in the gardens and harvesting throughout the summer.” All the elementary schools also now have planted forests to maintain, planted earlier this year, with the help of OMS students. Seidenstricker said this year, the district will continue to “focus on teaching students about sustainable practices, promoting healthy lifestyles with our district wellness plan, and provide movement opportunities throughout the day.” And of course, Brooklyn Elementary and Oregon Middle School staff will get a chance to enjoy the fruits of their labor, having been named 2018 U.S.
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Brooklyn Bavery goes down the new slide at Brooklyn Elementary School earlier this month. The new-look playground was installed earlier this summer, with the help of many local volunteers. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools. Next month, officials from both schools will travel to Washington, D.C. to be recognized for their achievements and receive their awards. They were two of only three schools from Wisconsin honored for “reducing environmental impact and cost; improving the health and wellness of schools, students and staff; and providing effective environmental and sustainability education.”
3. Focus on equity Creating an equitable educational environment is one of the OSD’s five core values and is central to its mission. To support that, last year,
the district started an equity initiative, providing staff with educational opportunities to expand their knowledge and resources to help that mission. Now, all staff “engage in learning related to educational equity during inservices that take place in the school year,” district director of curriculum and learning Leslie Bergstrom wrote in an email to the Observer, but many chose to take advantage of more in-depth sessions led by the Institutes of Critical Consciousness. To prepare for this coming school year, she said 30 of those participants came back this summer for two more days of learning, and several dozen educators worked
on anti-bias standards from Teaching Tolerance. She said the next steps for the district this year include participating in a Dane County Superintendents consortium on equity, and the “continuation of our own learning related to creating equitable environments, as well as creating opportunities to listen to and partner with our students and families who may feel marginalized in the school system.” “We strive to be a school district in which all students reach their full potential in both the academic and social/ emotional realms,” Bergstrom wrote. “A significant part of our mission is also to prepare all OSD students to lead and contribute positively
For the third time in just over four years, OSD officials are in the midst of a public information campaign to get the word out about a referendum. This time, it’s for funding for a new K-6 elementary school in Fitchburg, where the northern part of the district is growing rapidly. To help get the word out about growth and future needs, and to answer questions before the Nov. 6 referendum vote, the district has set up three 90-minute community meetings for people to talk with district officials. They all will be held at Rome Corners Intermediate School and are 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6 and 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15. Last week, district superintendent Brian Busler told a full room at the Oregon Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon at Headquarters the district – “already overcrowded” at its three elementary schools and its intermediate school – has a “tidal wave of students coming” in the next decade, and that the challenge for the district is to “maintain the quality of classes.” “If there’s one thing I want you to take away from this presentation, it’s this – there are 2,000 students coming to the Oregon School District in the next 12 years,” he
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said. “That is a challenge for us (but) it’s also a wonderful opportunity. But we need to be ready when those children come.” Busler said district officials hope to release the site of the proposed school later this month. A district task force said a new middle school will likely have to be built by 2024 to prevent overcrowding at that level, which Busler said will be addressed in a future referendum, possibly around 2020.
5. New playground at Brooklyn Elementary Brooklyn Elementary School will have a new look this school year – at least on the outside. A few years after significant renovations to the inside of the school, volunteers worked with employees from Lee Recreation earlier this summer to install a new playground outside. When school is in session, around 500 students use the playground, with many returning after hours to play, as well, OSD communications director Erika Mundinger, a Brooklyn resident, told the Observer earlier this year. “The playground and the school are kind of a center of the community, so it’s not just for the school,” she said. “There’s usually someone playing on the playground.” Even though school is not yet in session, kids have already been enjoying the new equipment, which in some cases replaced outdated, decades-old equipment. BKE principal Kerri Modjeski said the new-look playground is “amazing,” has gotten plenty of use since it opened last month. “The kids love the new equipment, especially the spider web,” she wrote the Observer in an email. “It has been fun to see neighborhood kids visit. It has also become a destination point for families to stop by in the evening. “When giving new families tours of our building, I always save the playground until the end as kids could spend hours there climbing, playing, and having fun.” Email Unified Newspaper Group reporter Scott De Laruelle at scott.delaruelle@wcinet.com.