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‘At the critical stage’ SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group
If the Nov. 6 referendums to build a new elementary school in the fast-growing northern part of the Oregon School District fail, it won’t be long before the district asks once again. Facing an expected surge of students into the district in the next decade, there is really no other option, district superintendent Brian Busler told the Observer last week, saying in terms of increasing population, the district is “clearly at the critical stage.” “Because of the overcrowding that currently exists in our schools, by 2020 we will be overcrowded at all the elementary schools as well as Rome Corners,” he said. “They’re simply out of classroom space, and we need to do something to address that
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OSD referendum The Observer is examining the upcoming referendum from a variety of angles: Oct. 4: Referendum seeks to build new K-6 school Oct. 11: Why is a new school needed in Fitchburg? Oct. 18: What would it provide; changes to the district This week: What would happen if it fails? Nov. 1: What is on the ballot lack of classroom space for the kids.” Without funds to open a new K-6 elementary school in Fitchburg for the 202021 school year the district would be forced to plan for a new referendum in the long term (probably 2020),
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Oregon Focus highlights progress in the village over the past year
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Ethan Garvoille, 3, center, of Oregon watches the bean bag he tossed fly toward the cornhole board with his sister, Lydia, 4, left, and mom looking on. Both Garvoille children received candy for their throws in the game.
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Triple the treats Hundreds of families attended the Hillcrest Bible Church Triple Treat Festival Sunday, Oct. 21, at Oregon High School. The annual event features carnival games, crafts, food, photo booths and – perhaps most importantly – plenty of candy. The event encourages kids and families to dress up in their Halloween costumes to take part, and included a costume contest at the end.
Taxes would go up about $106 on an average home if the Village Board adopts the preliminary 2019 budget after a Nov. 12 public hearing. That budget includes money that will pay a full year’s salary to the police officer hired earlier this year, a 2.5 percent cost-ofliving adjustment for nonunion staff and money for the village’s first full-time planner. Those costs, plus increased debt service to ready the village for large borrowing projects to come, would lead to an increase that’s significantly more than what village administrator Mike Gracz has tried to keep tax increases to in years past. In 2017, taxes went up about $76 from 2016. B u t ke e p i n g t h e m a t that level was “going to be tough” this year, Gracz said, both because of what’s needed this year and what’s
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OCRN agrees to assist 3 new community projects Housing coalition, library fundraising and Jaycee Park upgrade are next up
funds for a new food pantry and youth center in Oregon since it was initially established in 2015. Now the nonprofit organization has announced plans to assist three other projects in the village — all at the BILL LIVICK same time. OCRN will help the Oregon HousUnified Newspaper Group ing Coalition in its efforts to eduThe Oregon Community Resource cate the community and advocate Network has successfully raised for more housing options in Oregon,
especially affordable, workforce housing. The resource network will also help with fundraising for a new public library after a feasibility study is completed, and it will assist with fundraising, event planning and act as a “neutral facilitator” among various user groups for improvements
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ConnectOregonWi. com Left, Rylee Anderson skips rope during the Prairie View Elementary Moveathon.
Below, from left, Jack Peotter, Layla Van Fossen and Vinny Berning work together to move a hula hoop around the circle without letting go of one another’s hands during the Prairie View Elementary Moveathon.
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From left, Cora O’Connell and Cohen Gehin switch between the cow and cat yoga poses during the Prairie View Elementary Moveathon on Friday, Oct. 19.
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Church gets payment plan FPC owed $148K, gets 30-year, no interest extension ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group
More than a dozen supporters of First Presbyterian Church came to the Village Board meeting Monday night to ask for a reprieve from a $148,000 bill that was set to come due as early as next year. While the board didn’t waive the fee entirely, it offered the church a 30-year extension with no interest, which would work out to payments of just under $5,000 a year. Tom Mielke, chairperson of the church’s property committee, wrote that what the church owes from its 2010 annexation agreement with the village exceeds its $114,000 annual operating budget by more than $30,000. “If you’re a developer, you can pass those costs to those who develop the lots or customers who use your business,” Mielke said at the meeting. “We fundraise every year to fund our operations. ...Tackling the number as it is now, it would be an incredible
hardship.” Originally, the costs were set to come due 10 years after the original annexation, in 2020, but they kicked in a year early when property to the west of the church was annexed into the village for development. The fees are part of an annexation agreement the church had signed with the village in 2010 to cover its share of road and bike trail improvements when it moved into its present location at 408 N. Bergamont Blvd. In 2010, the board decided to lower the fee by $50,000 from $198,000 in light of extensive work the church had done to improve the stormwater runoff situation for the neighborhood. Mielke said the church had paid more than $300,000 to build retention ponds to be able to move into the facility in the first place. “We want to be good neighbors; we want to do our part,” Mielke said. Two factors influenced the board’s decision while it deliberated the matter in closed session, village attorney Matt Dregne said: the public purpose doctrine and maintaining consistency under the law. The public purpose doctrine prevents the village from spending public money on
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something that isn’t a public good, which it would be doing if it were to forgive the debt. And because the village requires every developer who comes in to pay the same fees, exempting one entity “could create legal issues for us,” Dregne said. So the board decided to extend the payments long enough to give the church a chance to pay the money back. The deal hasn’t been drafted and questions such as what would happen if the church missed a payment and when the payments would start have yet to be answered. Dregne said the village would want a standard security interest included in any agreement to protect the village if the church were to sell the property. Mielke said he would take it back to his church, which is soon to celebrate its 175th anniversary, and he would respond at the next Village Board meeting. “We’re Presbyterians; we do everything by committee,” one of the supporters joked. “So do we,” board president Steve Staton said with a laugh. Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@wcinet. com.
The Oregon Police Department is joining with four other municipalities in starting a crowd control unit that could be called on when situations arise that would require specially trained officers, such as demonstrations or marches. The crowd control unit is similar to ones in the City of Madison and Dane County, chief Brian Uhl told the Village Board on Monday. The City of Stoughton applied for the grant and the consortium’s other partners are Verona, McFarland and Monona. Each municipality is required to provide two officers, though Oregon will be providing three. The grant pays for the special training and equipment the officers will use, which includes shields, helmets, batons and padding, the chief said.
Yard waste site open The new yard waste and brush drop-off site just south of the wastewater treatment plant on North Perry Parkway opened last week, replacing the temporary site that had been used while work was being done to connect Perry Parkway. Public works director Jeff Rau asked residents to be mindful of others and be sure to drop their brush on the gravel and not on the asphalt. No trash is accepted at the site, 91 N. Perry Pkwy., and it is only for village residents. Contractors and non-residents may be fined for using it. Acceptable yard waste includes leaves, thatched grass (except fresh clippings) roots, flowers and plant stalks, which may not be mixed with feces of any kind.
ADA parking stalls The village is adding four ADA-accessible parking stalls in a downtown parking lot, including two wheelchair-van accessible spots. The five northernmost parking spots in the Triangle Parking Lot – the ones adjacent to Torhorst Insurance and close to the traffic lights – will be converted into four ADA-accessible spots with ramps and enough room to accommodate people who use wheelchair vans. They idea came out of recent discussions about downtown parking problems, public works director Jeff Rau said.
Jefferson Street lot closure The parking lot between South Main Street businesses and the Jefferson Crossing apartment complex will be closed on Thursday, Oct. 25, and Friday, Oct. 26, to allow public works staff to paint lines for parking spaces.
Evansville man receives sixth OWI in Rutland
OSD gets another safety grant
An Evansville man was arrested for sixth-offense operating while intoxicated on Saturday, Oct. 20, in the Town of Rutland. According to a news release from the Dane County Sheriff ’s Office, 33-year-old Kendell Copus was stopped after a deputy witnessed his vehicle going 17 mph faster than the speed limit. Copus was arrested on a
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Hanrahan ordered breathalyzer tests as a condition of his bond, according to online court records. His next appearance will be on Nov. 12. Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly.wethal@wcinet.com and follow her on Twitter @kimberly_wethal.
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The Oregon School District is in line for more funding for safety measures in its schools. Earlier this month, the Wisconsin Department of Justice announced the district will receive $222,932 in grant funding from the department; it’s the second time the district has applied for and received a grant from the program. District business manager Andy Weiland wrote in an email to the Observer that the funding will be used on a “variety of safety enhancements,” including communication systems, additional door locks, first
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The tax rate for residents in the Oregon School District will drop next year, regardless of the outcome of a pair of Nov. 6 referendums totaling $44.9 million. It will be the third straight
OSD mill rates Year Rate (per $1,000 of assessed value) 2010-11 $11.73 2011-12 $11.99 2012-13 $12.20 2013-14 $12.31 2014-15 $11.65 2015-16 $21.11 2016-17 $11.73 2017-18 $11.56 2018-19 (if referendum passes) $11.38 2018-19 (if referendum fails) $10.68
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Last year’s rate was $11.56. Residents of different municipalities will see varying decreases at the individual property tax level, however, depending on the amount of new construction and market value of properties within each municipality. Board president Steve Zach said with the referendum approaching, it’s important for district residents to know their tax is going down, even if the referendum is approved. “That’s a key note of significance for people to consider,” he said. “When people consider whether to support the referendum, the economic stability of this district is a fact they should take into consideration, because we’ve been very prudent with our money.”
District business manager Andy Weiland said the budget is based on the referendum not being approved. If it is approved, he said, the district would make budget adjustments at the end of the school year. “We do typically make budget adjustments every year, so we would probably make those in June,” he said. Email Unified Newspaper Group reporter Scott De Laruelle at scott. delaruelle@wcinet.com.
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felony charge after allegedly failing a field sobriety test and transported to the Dane County Jail. Copus was driving without a driver’s license, as it had been revoked after his previous five convictions for driving while intoxicated, according to the release. Copus had his initial appearance in court on Tuesday. Judge William
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Referendum not affordable for all What is the cumulative tax burden from the last four referenda since 2014 including this year? People have written how they are in favor of the referendum because they moved to Oregon for the schools. Perhaps their household income is $100,000 or more and paying a total of $600-1000 more per year in taxes since 2014 will not break their budget. I know students who are thriving in Oregon’s special education programs but are lower to middle income. I would hate to see them move because they can no longer afford to live in the community. I would hate to see our senior citizens who have lived here for
decades have to move because they cannot afford the extra taxes to pay for Fitchburg’s new school. Oregon plans to build a new library and senior center. Our home and auto insurance will most likely increase to pay for statewide flooding whether we were personally affected by flooding or not. Can we afford this and the referendum? Not if we want to continue to be an economically diverse community. If you want Oregon to become solely an upper class neighborhood, then vote yes for the referendum. Rachel Angel Village of Oregon
Vote for Evers for Governor on Nov. 6 Imagine, if you will, the Packers make a crucial run on third down and clearly get the first down by a solid two yards, only to watch in dismay as the referee places the ball two yards shy of the first down marker. You’d cry, “Foul!” Then, imagine attending a track meet and watching the officials place your child five yards behind the rest of the runners to start the 100-yard dash. Unfair, right? The idea of fairness goes back to the founding of this country, with the principle of one man, one vote. The State of Wisconsin abandoned that principle when the Republican legislature gerrymandered new assembly districts after the 2010 census and, in spite of 200,000 more votes cast for Democrats than Republicans, Democrats lost Assembly seats in
the 2012 election and Republicans gained a 60-39 advantage in an election that Barack Obama won. When the referees are dishonest, the contest loses all relevance. The 2020 census will happen on the next governor’s watch and districts will be redrawn once again. The citizens of Wisconsin deserve honest redistricting. Tony Evers states that he “will support nonpartisan, independent redistricting. The legislative maps would be drawn by an independent commission who are not affiliated with any political party, lobbying group, labor union or other entities with a vested interest in drawing voting boundaries.” Vote for fairness. Vote for Tony Evers for Governor. Richard Bechen Village of Brooklyn
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Projected growth necessitates increasing space for learning
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n January 2017, the Oregon School Board established the Student Population and Growth Task Force to study growth in our community. The task force’s work indicated that the greater Oregon community is on the cusp of significant growth in the coming years. We are projected to grow by an additional 2,000 students by the year 2030. Although we expected to see a growth trend, similar to most communities in Dane County, the magnitude of our growth was a surprise. As school Busler superintendent, I have spent a considerable amount of time talking with parents, community members, school staff, students and school board members about our community growth. As we have approached Nov. 6, some common questions have prompted productive discussions within our community. The most common were how we decided to deal with the growth and what the district’s plan is, not just for this referendum but for years beyond it; what challenges these projections present now; and what would happen if the referendum were to fail. The simple answer to these questions is we are planning for our schools through 2030, but if the referendum fails, we will be out of space, which will have financial and educational costs to our children. The work of our community-based task force was instrumental in understanding the growth projections and developing facility expansion options. It worked with an urban and regional planning firm, MD Roffers, a Madison-based expert in student population growth to identify the projections. After months of analyzing data, the Oregon School Board sought
community feedback in April and May 2018 during more than a dozen focus group sessions. Feedback from parents and community members was very clear, with three main themes: • Plan for today and tomorrow • Allow for flexibility with the plan over time • Preserve our district values – in particular, similar high-quality education across schools and maintain our current class sizes. These important community priorities were the basis of the plan design the school board approved in a two-phased plan. The Nov. 6 referendum is the first phase and calls for $44.9 million to construct and $2.1 million in annual maintenance for a new kindergarten through sixth grade elementary school near the Lacy Road interchange. This is in the northern part of the district, which is the fastest growing area in the community. Building a school in the fastest growing area creates another neighborhood elementary school and reduces the cost of student transportation. It also follows a time-honored guideline of building schools close to where students live. The cost will be slightly less than our previous projections. After receiving new information on the district’s total tax base, it is almost 4 percent higher than the information in the printed referendum brochures. It will cost approximately $56 per $100,000 of property value, rather than the $65 that was estimated when the referendum newsletter was printed. The second phase is to build a new middle school around 2022 or 2024, with the timing based on future enrollment growth. At the conclusion of these two phases, the Oregon School District will have enough classrooms to meet the projected enrollment needs through the year 2030. If the referendum does not pass, we simply will not have enough classrooms for our students.
The increases in student enrollment would result in overcrowding in four of our six schools. Our three elementary schools (Brooklyn, Netherwood Knoll and Prairie View) and Rome Corners Intermediate School would be overcrowded by the Fall of 2020. The overcrowded classroom conditions would continue with each school year that follows, and that creates challenges for our district. Typically, running out of classroom space causes school districts to increase class sizes, to use non-classroom spaces (such as hallways) for learning and to rent mobile classrooms to be placed outside our existing schools. These options are temporary and come with both financial costs and impacts to our student learning environment. Of course, it is our hope we don’t have to implement any temporary facility solutions and will have the necessary learning space for our children. As a parent of Oregon School District graduates, I know firsthand the quality education our students receive. This quality continues because we have remained steadfast to our five values. These are the values that our community came together to create – they are the values that members in our focus groups urged us to retain. Ensuring that our children have space for learning that is free from overcrowding is a path to preserving these values for generations to come. It continues to be a privilege to serve our community and be part of a strong community that is positive and supportive of its public schools and staff. I know this support is unique, and we do not take it for granted. We welcome your questions about the Nov. 6 referendum and future plans in the Oregon School District. Dr. Brian Busler is the superintendent of the Oregon School District.
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diligent listening and responsive actions to the public and private sector needs. The range of accomplishments are also due to his ability to connect with a variety of individuals and take the synergy of people of all ages, men and women, diversity and public to private sector workers. The multifaceted skills that Don applies has been demonstrated consistently and genuinely especially in working with both parties in finding a common ground. Mr. Vruwink is the right choice now and beyond because he will continue to engage, listen and also finalize the work that is necessary to be accomplished. Jon Nedelcoff Oregon community member, Oregon teacher
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The Library Board is seeking out architects to submit preliminary designs of what the new library might look like. At its meeting on Oct. 18, trustees approved sending out a formal request for proposals that will include floor plan options, renderings, cost estimates and a timeline for work.
“This is a big opportunity for Oregon,” Way said. “We want to be thoughtful and responsible as we move forward with the planning process.” The Library Board will have to work with the Village Board to agree to a contract with an architect. The work will be paid for by library impact fees. These plans won’t be final or detailed enough to be used to build the library. Once the board is satisfied it
knows how much its budget will be and what the possibilities are for the building, it will contract with another architect to create final plans to bid the project. The scope of the project will be determined by a fundraising study due back in mid-November and a capital campaign expected to take about 18 months. Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@ wcinet.com.
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District test numbers top state averages Annual ‘Forward Exam’ tests students in grades 3-10 SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group
O r eg o n s t u d e n t s a r e doing better than their counterparts in schools across Wisconsin, according to results from testing last year’s classes. Statewide results held steady on Wisconsin Student Assessment System exams taken last school year, with some “promising gains in mathematics achievement across most grade levels,” according to a Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction news release Oct. 2. The exams c o m p r i s e t h e Fo r wa r d Exam given in grades 3-8, ACT Plus Writing given at grade 11, and Dynamic Learning Maps, given to students with significant cognitive disabilities. Oregon School District students averaged higher scores than the state average in all grades and
subjects of the Forward Exam. The state tracks the percentages of students who rate in the top two of four grading categories — advanced and proficient — and more OSD students scored in those categories than the state average in English/language arts (52.2 to 41.4), math (56.4 to 42.1) and science (58.5 to 43.3). District director of curriculum and instruction Leslie Bergstrom said Forward assessment results are compared to the results from other assessments to examine each student’s growth, and are used to examine curriculum for “areas of potential strength and weakness.” While teachers don’t spend a lot of time preparing students for the Forward exam, she said the district does “work on creating an assessment schedule that allows students the opportunity to do their best.” “We believe that students participating in high-quality learning experiences is the best
Achievement gaps remain Statewide data disaggregated by racial and ethnic groups, English proficiency as well as disability and economic status showed achievement gaps for both public and private choice schools. Wisconsin’s plan to meet requirements of federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act, includes a goal of cut‑ ting achievement gaps in half over the next six years. According to the news release, to help meet this goal, the DPI 2019‑21 state budget proposal includes “targeted provisions to lift student achievement.” preparation,” she wrote the Observer in an email. Overall, 455,291 public and private choice school students took WSAS ex a m s i n 2 0 1 7 - 1 8 , a n increase of 2,265 students from the prior year. Their results are a “foundational
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of the instruction they receive in those classes because research shows that students perform better with smaller class sizes. Because of the larger class sizes, extra supervision is needed during recess times, which takes away time for teachers to prepare learning activities. Even though we haven’t reached the capacity yet, educators and students are feeling the challenges of overcrowded schools. While administrators have found ways to still offer quality education despite these increases in incoming class size, this will become more challenging for future classes as class numbers grow — leading to more students in classes due to a lack of space. I am concerned that if district voters do not approve this referendum, our students will not have the space to grow and learn. I know several people in OSD spent a lot of time over the past few years studying student enrollment projections and created a thoughtful, long-range plan to make sure OSD can meet the needs of its current and future students. I hope OSD residents will join me in supporting this referendum to ensure a bright future for OSD students.
The board will ask for public input once it has hired the architect to put together these plans, library director Jennifer Endres Way told the Observer in an email. Proposals are due in early December. Way pointed to the Verona and DeForest public libraries as “great examples” that are similar to what the village is aiming for. Both have opulent, prairie-style designs, with high ceilings and lots of windows.
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When my husband and I began looking for houses in the Madison area, our search led us to Oregon, where we knew our children could attend high-quality public schools. We have lived in Oregon for 14 years. As our three children work their way through the district, we could not be happier with the quality of education they receive from the educators in this district. Two of our children are in two of the bigger classes currently in the district, and so far they have been lucky that staff at their schools have found classroom spaces to add extra sections for their main classes. However, for their art, physical education, world language and music classes, students in two sections were split up to rotate with one other teacher’s section. So, instead of the art, PE, world language or music teacher having just one section of 22 students, the teacher now has 27-30 students in each section. We are beginning to see how those larger classes are impacted by available space. Even if the district could hire additional staff to reduce the class sizes, the space needed to teach those courses and house the materials needed for those classes would not exist. This impacts the quality
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Letters to the editor I would like to take a moment to acknowledge the continuance for the right choice representing the state’s 43rd Assembly Seat. Don Vruwink has served his constituents through the upcoming and ongoing needs our state faces. In working with Don and seeing how he works with students, parents, community members and business investors, he always puts what’s best for the community first. Don’s ability to connect, engage, listen and apply on what is needed has also been easily evident through all his accomplishments including being named to the Dairy Board, appointed to the public school trust fund, and introduced over 10 bills in his first term. These accomplishments are a result of his
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Salem Witch Trials program
Maintaining bone strength
Learn about the Salem Witch Trials at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25 at the Oregon Area Senior Center. Jessica Michna, recipient of the Presidential Service Center’s Distinguished Service Award, will reenact Goode Rebeka’s account of the event, when innocent residents of Salem, Massachusetts, were tried and many executed in perhaps the most infamous chapter in early American history. Call 835-5801 for information.
Join Sue Richards at the Oregon Area Senior Center at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31 to learn about how to keep your bones healthy and strong. Richards will present information and also do bone density screenings for all participants who are interested. Lunch will be served afterwards. Call 835-5801 by noon on Friday, October 26, to reserve your meal.
Stop the bleed training The Oregon Area Fire/EMS District teaches residents techniques on how to stop bleeding. which can save lives, at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30 at the Fire/EMS station. With mass casualty incidents occurring all over the country and with hunting season starting, this knowledge could be useful when you least expect it. The free class will last 45 minutes to one hour No pre-registration is required. For more information, call 8355587.
Candlelight hike, bonfire The fourth annual Anderson Park Friends candlelight hike and bonfire will be held at the park from 5-9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3. The friends group is partnering with the Oregon Area Wellness Coalition to host the event, which drew over 300 people last year. The park is located at 914 Union Road, a mile south of the village. Park trails will be lit with over 200 tiki-torches and luminaries, and there will be a bonfire by the gravel parking lot. For information, call 835-3580.
The evolution of the helmet
will discuss the evolution of steel helmets at 1 p.m. Sunday. Nov. 4 at the senior center. Woodworth will use authentic helmets from his personal collection during the presentation to demonstrate the various designs employed by different countries to reduce casualties among their service personnel, beginning with their inception during World War I through their use during World War II. For information, call 835-5801.
Mr. Rogers film A film about the career of Fred Rogers will be shown at the senior center at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6. For over 30 years, Rogers, an unassuming minister, puppeteer, writer and producer, was beamed daily into homes across America. In his beloved television program, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Rogers and his cast of puppets and friends spoke directly to young children about some of life’s weightiest issues, in a simple, direct fashion. For more information, call 8355801.
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Community calendar Thursday, Oct. 25
• 10-11:30 a.m., Pumpkin decorating for kids, library, 835-3656 • 2 p.m., Salem witch trials, senior center, 835-5801 • 6-7 p.m., Pumpkin decorating for adults, library, 835-3656 • 6:30-8 p.m., Bookmobile at the gazebo, 100 Hotel St., Brooklyn, dcls.info
Friday, Oct. 26
• 10-10:30 a.m., Everybody storytime, library, 835-3656 • 10:30-11:30 a.m., Stay and play, library, 835-3656 • 12-5 p.m., Harry Potter escape room, library, 835-3656 • 1-2 p.m., Get fit, senior center, 835-5801
Saturday, Oct. 27
• 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Holy Mother Catholic Church craft fair, 651 N. Main St., 835-5763 • 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Oregon Area Fire/EMS craft fair, Oregon Middle
School,835-3697
Monday, Oct. 29
•10:30-11:30 a.m, StrongWomen, senior center, 835-5801 • 12:45-1:45, Get fit with Gudie, senior center, 835-5801
Tuesday, Oct. 30
• 9:30 a.m., Bingo, senior center, 835-5801 • 10-10:30 a.m., Teetering toddlers storytime, library, 835-3656 • 11-11:30 a.m.., Bouncing babies storytime, library, 835-3656 • 2-6 p.m., Farmers market, Dorn Hardware, 131 W. Richards Road, 873-9943 • 6-8 p.m., sixth grade orchestra concert, RCI, 1111 S. Perry Pkwy., 835-4700 • 6:30-8:30 p.m., Stop the bleed training, Fire/EMS department, 835-5587
Wednesday, Oct. 31
• 10-10:30 a.m., Everybody storytime, library, 835-3656
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, Oct. 25 WOW: Village Board Meeting (10/22) ORE: OHS Panther Soccer WIAA Sectional vs Monona Grove – LIVE – 5:50pm
Monday, Oct. 29 WOW: Village Board Meeting (10/22) ORE: School Board Meeting (10/22) Tuesday, Oct. 30 WOW: “The Salem Witch Trials” Reenacted by Jessica Michna @ Senior Center (10/25) ORE: Panther Soccer WIAA Sectional vs Monona Grove (10/25)
Friday, Oct. 26 WOW: Berry Abrahms: Yogi Berra Program (9/21) ORE: Oregon Panther Football WIAA Sectionals vs La Crosse Central (10/19) Wednesday, Oct. 31 WOW: Oregon School Saturday, Oct. 27 Referendum Public WOW: Pheasants in Forum #3 (10/15) Wisconsin: Dan Small ORE: OHS Orchestra presentation Performance (10/22) ORE: OHS Orchestra Performance (10/22) Thursday, Nov. 1 WOW: Full-on Fall Sunday, Oct. 28 Flavors: Cooking with WOW: Community Mike Tomaloff: Monona of Life Lutheran Church Community Television Service ORE: OMS Orchestra ORE: OHS Panther Performance (10/18) Volleyball WIAA Sectional (10/25)
• 10:30 a.m., Great beginnings book club, library, 835-3656 • 10:30-11:30 a.m., Stay and play, library, 835-3656 • 10:45 a.m., Bone health presentation, senior center, 835-5801 • 4:30-7:30 p.m., Village of Brooklyn trick or treat, 455-4201 • 5-8 p.m, Village of Oregon trick or treat, 835-3118 • 6-7 p.m, Yoga, Brooklyn Community Building, brooklynwi.go
Thursday, Nov. 1
• 9 a.m., Pool players, senior center, 835-5801 • 6-8 p.m., fifth grade orchestra concert, RCI, 1111 S. Perry Pkwy, 835-4700 • 6:30-8 p.m., Bookmobile at the gazebo, 100 Hotel St., Brooklyn, dcls.info
Friday, Nov. 2
• 6-8 p.m., Oregon Area Progressives open mike, Firefly Coffeehouse, 469-4843
Senior center Monday, Oct. 29 Pizza Burger (Beef Patty, White Cheese Slice, Marinara, Bun) Navy Bean Salad Marinated Cucumbers, Banana Chocolate Chip Cookie VO – Garden Burger NCS – SF Cookie Tuesday, Oct. 30 Ham and Potato Casserole California Blend, Fruit Cup Multi-grain Bread Chocolate Cream Pie VO – Soy and Potato Casserole NCS – SF Pudding Wednesday, Oct. 31 Enchilada Casserole Corn Tossed Greens with Tomatoes French Dressing Strawberry Cheesecake Brownies VO – Bean Burrito NCS – SF Jell-O Thursday, Nov. 1 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, Nov. 2 Tuna Salad on whole wheat bread Tomato Bean Soup, Pears Apple Sauce Bar MO – Egg Salad Sandwich NCS – SF Cookie Packet SO - Beef Taco Salad *Contains Pork
Monday, Oct. 29 9:00 CLUB 10:30 StrongWomen, Dominoes 12:45 Get Fit 1:00 RSVP Sewing 1:30 Bridge 3:30 Weight Loss Suppor Tuesday, Oct. 30 8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced 9:30 Wii Bowling 9:45 Zumba Gold 10:30 Parkinson’s Exercise 12:30 Sheepshead 12:30 Shopping at Pick-N-Save 5:30 StrongWomen Wednesday, Oct. 31 9:00 CLUB 10:45 “Bone Up” on your Skeleton 12:45 Get Fit 1:00 Euchre 4:00 Protecting You andYour PC Thursday, Nov. 1 8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced 9:00 Pool Players 9:45 Zumba Gold 10:30 StrongWomen 12:30 Shopping at Bill’s Friday, Nov. 2 9:00 CLUB 9:00 Gentle Yoga 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 Eric Vander Ploeg, Lead Pastor (608) 835-7972, www.hbclife.com SUNDAY 8:30 a.m. worship at the Hillcrest Campus and 10:15 a.m. worship with Children’s ministries, birth – 4th grade Holy Mother of Consolation Catholic Church
651 N. Main Street, Oregon Pastor: Fr. Gary Wankerl (608) 835-5763 holymotherchurch.weconnect.com SATURDAY: 5 p.m. Worship SUNDAY: 8 and 10:15 a.m. Worship People’s United Methodist Church 103 North Alpine Parkway, Oregon Pastor Jason Mahnke
(608) 835-3755, www.peoplesumc.org
Communion is the 1st & 3rd weekend SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Worship and Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. Worship St. John’s Lutheran Church
625 E. Netherwood, Oregon Pastor Paul Markquart (Lead) (608) 291-4311 SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship SUNDAY - 8, 10:30 a.m. Worship Vineyard Community Church
Oregon Community Bank & Trust, 105 S. Alpine Parkway, Oregon Bob Groth, Pastor (608) 513-3435, welcometovineyard.com SUNDAY - 10 a.m. Worship
Zwingli United Church of Christ – Paoli
At the intersection of Hwy. 69 & PB Pastor Rich Pleva paoliucc.com, (608) 225-1278 SUNDAY - 9:30 a.m. Family worship
Support groups • Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, First Presbyterian Church, every Monday and Friday at 7 p.m. • Relationship & Divorce Support Group, State Bank of Cross Plains, every other Monday at 6:30 p.m. • Navigating Life Elder Support Group, People’s United Methodist Church, 103 N. Alpine Pkwy., every first Monday at 7 p.m.
Who is your neighbor? “But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him.” – Luke 10:33-34 NIV Jesus tells the story of the good Samaritan in the context of being asked by an “expert in the law”what he must do to inherit eternal life. Jesus throws the question back onto the man, asking him “What is written in the law?”to which the man replies“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and,Love your neighbor as yourself.”(Luke 10:27 NIV) After telling the man that he has answered correctly, this expert then asks,“And who is my neighbor?” The well-known story of the good Samaritan follows,where a priest and a Levite both ignore a man who has been beaten,robbed, and left for dead on the side of the road, but who is then helped by the Samaritan. Perhaps the moral of this story is not simply that we should be willing to help a stranger in need (who is after all, our neighbor), but more importantly that we shouldn’t be in such a hurry Slow down and take time to notice the needs of those around you. – Christopher Simon
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Budget: Public hearing is Nov. 12 at Village Hall; proposed mill rate would rise 11 cents Continued from page 1 coming up. “When you look at our budget in the next five years, we’re talking about doing a new library, two new municipal buildings and three big road projects,” Gracz pointed out at a recent Village Board meeting. Tax bills will be sent out in mid-December, and the village’s share of the total would increase to $1,578 on an average home, which t a ke s i n t o a c c o u n t t h e $14,000 increase in average home value in the village, from $275,000 to over $289,000. That’s a nearly $32,000 jump in home values from 2016. If adopted, the total levy would be $6,174,517, up $445,645, or 7.8 percent, from last year’s $5,728,872. One of the major determinants of how much revenue the village can raise from its tax levy is the amount of new construction that has been done. Oregon’s continued growth – at or above average in the county for the past few years – has given village leaders some flexibility. That net new construction allowed an increase in the levy of $133,000. The village also benefited from having $53,000 left over from closing a tax-increment financing district, an increase of $17,000 in state highway aids to $446,913, and $31,252 in state expenditure restraint funds. But the levy is increasing
Mill rates* Year Rate Avg. home Avg. taxes 2019 $5.46 $289,205 $1,578 2018 $5.35 $275,000 $1,472 2017 $5.33 $262,000 $1,397 2016 $5.42 $257,300 $1,345 2015 $5.52 $243,600 $1,207 2014 $5.48 $217,000 $1,189 2013 $5.64 $206,900 $1,167 *per $1,000 of value
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more than $445,000, and the difference is due to increases in debt service, including from the purchase of the Waterfall Motel and covering deficits in two tax-increment financing districts. The village has committed to borrowing $6 million for the library, so the village had to prepare for large debt service payments to come. “We had to start adjusting the levy so whenever we have to borrow the $6 million (for the library), we’re going to feather that in so there isn’t a huge spike in taxes,” he said.
Mill rate Change $5.54 +1.1% $5.52 +.4% $5.46 -1.1% $5.43 -.1.6% $5.38 -.9% $5.35 -.6% $5.46 +1.9%
Borrowing such large amounts can force municipalities to re-prioritize their major projects to avoid adding too much debt at the same time. The village uses a five-year capital improvement plan, or CIP, to plan its future borrowing. “Washington Street and South Main Street is still high on our radar here, but it’s been pushed down a few years as we’ve had to reorganize stuff in our CIP,” public works director Jeff Rau said at a Village Board meeting this fall. The village is still planning extensive roadwork in the coming year, with a
2019 road improvement projects $49,000 North Perry Parkway: Nygaard Street to wastewater treatment plant $52,000 Kennedy Drive: Nygaard Street to North Perry Parkway $60,000 Nygaard Street: North Oak Street to North Perry Parkway $44,000 East Richards Road: Merri Hill Drive to North Main Street $80,000 Robinson Road: South Perry Parkway to Thomson Lane $15,000 Clover Lane: Cledell Street to Robinson Road
State Highway Aids 2019: $446,913* 2018: $429,208 2017: $373,223 2016: $414,693 2015: $460,770 2014: $442,863 2013: $415,973 *preliminary
If You Go What: Village of Oregon budget public hearing When: 5 p.m. Nov. 12 Where: Village Hall, 117 Spring St. Info: 835-3118
plan to borrow $700,000 in earlier this year will cause 2019 for improvements at an increase in the 2019 budPark and Janesville Streets. get, as only half the roughly $90,000 cost of the position Funding personnel was attributed to the 2018 Most village spending budget. Other notable increases comes from personnel, and one of the bigger increases would include the village’s to this year’s proposed bud- share of the Fire/EMS budget comes from a 2.5 percent get, $19,405; the full impact cost-of-living adjustment for of a 2018 market wage non-union employees, esti- adjustment, estimated at $26,000; and legal costs to mated at $60,000. Another increase is about update the municipal code, at $25,000 to convert consul- $28,500. Though the Oregon Area tant fees being paid for planning into a planner position, Senior Center will get an which will come in around additional $16,000 from tran$108,000 for the total sal- sitioning to different boundary and benefit package. aries for its coverage area, And a police officer hired director Rachel Brickner has
not requested additional staff hours to deal with the reorganization, Gracz said.
Other income, expenses The biggest road project in 2019 is planned for the intersection of Park Street and Janesville Street, with an estimated cost of $700,000. The engineering for the project would be paid for by borrowing done in 2016. Other big items for 2019 include two squad cars, at a cost of $40,000 each, a $240,000 street sweeper that was partially borrowed for last year and $65,000 for a new public works pickup truck and mower. The village’s debt service will be going up from purchasing the former Waterfall Motel property and operating expenses incurred by tax increment financing districts. Those districts are expected to be able to pay for these debts in coming years when they begin to generate revenue. Another increased expense came from the village learning it had been underpaying for renting utility poles, Gracz said. After getting an audit from Alliant Energy, the village’s payment will increase by $28,000 in 2019 to $127,000. Investment income has been increased because of to the village’s new banking arrangement, to $60,000 in 2019 from $15,000 in 2018. Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@ wcinet.com.
Referendum: At least 2,000 additional students expected by 2030, according to consultant figuring out how to handle the enrollment increase. He said a likely first step would be increased class sizes for the 2019-20 school year, followed by using “non-classroom spaces” such as hallways or previous storage areas that would meet building codes for classroom learning, or renting out mobile classrooms. Busler said while “schools are quite thrifty at using every available space we have for students and their learning,” the solutions would all have a financial and educational-related cost. “We’d continue to incur costs until a long-term solution is approved, spending or investing money in those temporary solutions that we never really recoup,” he said. “We also know that the cost of construction will likely continue to increase.” Overcrowded classrooms would be a detriment to both students and teachers, as well, Busler said. “It’s not beneficial for kids’ learning, and we want our classrooms to be the
OSD K-4 enrollment — actual/projected School Jan. 2017 Projected 2020-21 Projected 2030-31 Change 2017-30 Building capacity Brooklyn 487 483 498 +11 456-544 Netherwood 541 576 773 +232 500-596 Prairie View 473 576 773 +300 440-524 K-4 total 1,501 1,635 2,044 +543 1,396-1,664 Rome Corners 574 744 914 +340 576-672 OMS 563 728 908 +345 699-843 OHS 1,117 1,336 1,812 +695 1,441-1,710 Source — projected enrollment by OSD development consultant Mark Roffers right size so we can provide the best learning environment for our young people,” he said. “I’ve seen the stress of overcrowding before and it impacts our teachers and all of our schools staff that works with kids. “There’s no simple solution – more children in a classroom makes the classroom learning even that more challenging.” Email Unified Newspaper Group reporter Scott De Laruelle at scott.delaruelle@wcinet.com.
Even more than 2,000? The task force that worked with area planner Mark Roffers on population estimates projected at least 2,000 additional students coming into the district by 2030, but that number could even be higher. District superintendent Brian Busler pointed out enrollment is already “projecting a bit ahead of where we thought we would be.” “Even if it’s (only) 1,500 students, we still need two new schools,” he said. “Our hope is that the growth isn’t 2,500 students in the next 10 years, and that’s why the board – I think very appropriately so – broke this referendum in two phases, so we could address our immediate need, which is K-6 space and then a few years down the road, we can take a look at out 6-7-8 space.”
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November 28, 6-8 pm Sheraton Madison Hotel, 706 John Nolen Drive
Although problems with incontinence, bladder or bowel control and pelvic organ prolapse are common, they are not inevitable! Join us to learn how you can prevent or control symptoms. Register at uwhealth.org/breakfree or by calling (608) 417-4206
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and start short-term measures, such as increasing class sizes, using non-classroom spaces for teaching and renting mobile classrooms to deal with the anticipated influx of additional students. It’s a worst-case scenario Busler and district officials are hoping they won’t have to respond to. If so, the school board is prepared to move quickly if it needs to establish “Plan B and C,” Busler said. “That’s going to involve going back to the community again and asking for another referendum,” he said. If the referendums fail, Busler said, there is no timeline yet for when a second attempt would be made. “We want to get through the first referendum and then reflect on where things are at,” he said. “But one thing that’s clear is we will eventually be back as a school district with a referendum, because we are simply out of space.” But the reaction will begin “the day after,” Busler said,
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Maria’s Pizza for sale after 40 years Sicily native Indelicato made a life in Oregon
Maria’s Pizza Location: 134 S. Main St., Oregon Telephone: 835-5455 Hours: 4-10 p.m. Sunday and Tuesday-Thursday; 4-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday
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It’s one of Oregon’s downtown institutions, and after 40 years of what can only be characterized as remarkable consistency, Maria’s Pizza could be on the verge of change. John Indelicato, who was born in Sicily and moved to Rockford at age 19, opened the small restaurant on South Main Street in 1978 and has decided it’s time to sell the business and retire. He’s listed the business, building and property, along with a parking lot next to his 134 S. Main St. location, for $945,000. He says someone can buy it all, or just the business for a negotiated price, and he’d help in the kitchen for a few weeks during the transition. The 69-year-old Indelicato said he’ll feel like a wealthy man when it sells, and feels he’s earned every penny. “I worked hard for it,” Indelicato said matter-of-factly. “There were no weekends for almost 40 years. We only took Mondays and the holidays off. Otherwise, I was here every day.” Indelicato has operated Maria’s with his wife and three daughters, two of whom continue to work at the restaurant. And when he had some hours away from the business, he used them maintaining rental properties he owns in the village. He’s decided to retire because after suffering a debilitating illness last year that caused him to close the restaurant for more than two months, Indelicato said it’s time to slow down. “I don’t want to repeat what I had
“We were working,” he recalled. “We weren’t starving, but we knew there was more opportunity here.” The family had relatives in Rockford, and Indelicato worked at a Chrysler auto plant in Belvidere, Ill., for almost eight years. At the same time, he took side jobs at a pizzeria and a small Italian grocery store. “I was busy,” he said. About seven years after arriving in Rockford, Indelicato married his wife, a woman from the same town in Sicily. Not long after getting married, Indelicato said, he “thought it was time to go on my own” and the couple began looking for a place to make a home. They happened to drive through Oregon and spotted a vacant building on South Main Street that was for sale. “There was no pizza place here, so we thought it was a good spot,” he recalled. “The town was a lot smaller at the time, maybe 2,500. “I don’t regret it, I’ll tell you that,” Indelicato added. “I love it. It’s a nice little town, and I’ve got lots of friends now.” Photo by Bill Livick
After operating Maria’s Pizza in downtown Oregon for 40 years, John Indelicato has decided to sell the business and retire.
before,” he said. “I want to enjoy 1969 with his parents, a brother and a sister. He said the family, the time I have left.” which lived on a farm with vineWelcome to America yards, left Sicily for “a better life” Indelicato moved to the U.S. in in America.
Starting a restaurant A man of few words, Indelicato said he and his family “started from the bottom up” in establishing Maria’s Pizza, which is not named after anyone in particular. He and his wife came up with a simple menu built around their most popular items, spaghetti and lasagna.
Indelicato said he does almost all the cooking at Maria’s. Each day for the past 40 years, he’s made pizza dough, pizza sauce and spaghetti sauce. He typically prepares those things in the morning and goes home around the lunch hour before returning to prepare the kitchen and dining room for a 4 p.m. opening. “Then my wife and my daughters help at night,” he said. “My daughter comes over and helps during the day, too, but most of it comes out of my hands. “The food menu is pretty much how I started,” Indelicato added. “I say if it’s not broke, no fix, you know? If you put more stuff on the menu, then you need a bigger kitchen and more help.” Other than remodeling the dining room about 10 years ago, Maria’s has changed very little in the four decades it’s been open, he said.
A life in Oregon The Indelicatos and their three daughters – Josie, Agese and Alexandra – have liked living here because of Oregon’s small-town nature and friendliness, John said. He’s loved living in a place where he’s “met a lot of nice people” and “you don’t have to rush anywhere.” “It’s quiet, it’s an easy place to live, and everything’s right here,” he observed. “You don’t have to go very far for what you need. I guess I got so used to a small town. I like it very much.” He added Maria’s has turned out to be more popular and successful than he could have imagined when it began. “We made it successful,” he said. “Everybody kept coming back, so we must have done something right.” Contact Bill Livick at bill.livick@ wcinet.com
5 Oregon businesses among ‘Best’ nominees Voting for the Best of Madison contest ends on Halloween, and five Oregon businesses are in the running to be named to the list. Firefly Coffeehouse and Artisan Cheese, 114 N. Main St., has been nominated as the best coffee shop, and two of its downtown
neighbors also got the nod: Charlie’s on Main, 113 S. Main St., in the best bar for cocktails category, and Chocolate Caper, 105 S. Main St., for its chocolate. Rounding out the five are Oregon Frozen Yogurt, or OFroYo, at 856 Janesville St., in the ice cream, custard,
or gelato category, and The Legend at Bergamont, 699 Bergamont Blvd., as the best area golf course. Voters may choose their favorite in a number of categories by visiting channel3000.com/madison-magazine/best-of-madison. Voting ends Oct. 31.
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Hotel looking for employees from high-school aged to retirees. Linda McIsaac was there to tell people about new offerings from Lindinhof, her daughter’s business that teaches horsemanship. Chamber of Commerce executive director Judy Knutson said she was glad the event went well. “And as always, the Firefly treated us like gold,” Knutson said. Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@ wcinet.com.
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Sleet greeted spectators and competitors prior to Saturday’s WIAA Division 1 Kettle Moraine sectional girls cross country meet. While the snowstorm that hit Madison missed Hartland, balmy temperatures and wind stuck around. Oregon senior Lauren Beauchaine did her best to tune out the conditions on a rolling Naga-Waukee County Park 5K course to earn her first trip to the state meet Saturday, Oct. 27, in Wisconsin Rapids. “I’ve heard it’s a pretty tough course,” Beauchaine said. “I don’t know what my goals are quite yet. I’m just happy I get the privilege to race there.” At sectionals, Oct. 20, Beauchaine finished eighth (third as an individual not on the state qualifying team Sun Prairie and Janesville Craig teams), with her second-fastest time, 20 minutes, 3 seconds. “I tried to put all of that aside because I knew what I came here to do, and what I’ve been wanting to do since freshman year,” Beauchaine said. “I wanted to give my all because it was my last shot. It feels great.” Having raced the course earlier this season, Beauchaine said she had failed to take advantage of the downhills on the course previously. “I also tried to stay really sharp on
Name: Erin Flanagan Grade: Senior Sport: Volleyball Position: Setter Highlight: Flanagan racked up 76 assists in leading Oregon to a five-set win over Janesville Parker in a WIAA Division 2 regional semifinal on Thursday. She then had 28 assists, 16 digs and three aces in the sweep over Union Grove in a regional final.
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Senior Lauren Beauchaine finished eighth Saturday at the WIAA Division 1 Kettle Moraine sectional meet in 20 minutes, 3 seconds. Her time was good enough to earn the third of five individual state qualifying spots. It was her first time qualifying for the state meet. the turns in the forest and just keep moving up,” she said. Coach Doug Debroux said Beauchaine achieved her goal not because of the work she’s done this season but rather what she’s done
throughout high school. program and getting better for the “It happened due to her complete last four years.” dedication and enormous amount Beauchaine said just being able to of hard work,” he said. “It’s hard to race on the Oregon team the last four explain how much work she’s put in. She’s been committed to this Turn to Sectionals/Page 11
Honorable mentions: Lauren Beauchaine (girls xc) finished sixth Saturday at the Kettle Moraine sectional meet in 20 minutes, 03 seconds and qualified for her first WIAA Division 1 sectional meet. Turner Sieren (boys xc) ran a season-best 18:34.2 to finish 48th Saturday on a balmy day at the Kettle Moraine sectional. Damien Johnson (football) rushed for 81 yards in a 26-23 loss to La Crosse Central. Collin Bjerke (soccer) had one goal and an assist to lead Oregon to a 3-0 win over Milton in a WIAA Division 2 regional championship game.
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The Oregon volleyball team’s postseason run is mirroring the way the Panthers started the season - on an impressive run. The Panthers swept third-seeded Union Grove in a WIAA Division 1 regional championship. It marks the Panthers’ first regional title since 2013 under former head coach Kirstin Kluck. It was amazing to see them come together as a team and play really great volleyball,” coach Katie Heitz said. “They have a lot to be proud of.” To reach the regional final, the Panthers had to survive a five-set test against Janesville Parker Thursday in a regional semifinal. After a slow start against Janesville Parker, the Panthers set the tone early against Union Grove. “We were much looser coming out
What’s next Oregon will host Westosha Central in a WIAA Division 1 sectional semifinal at 7 p.m. on Thursday.
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Junior Abigail Schroeder tries to put a kill away Thursday against Janesville Parker’s Tina Shelton.
against Union Grove and just came Sixth-seeded Oregon (28-9) out ready to play,” Heitz said. advances to host second-seeded
Westosha Central (33-10) Thursday in a Division 1 sectional semifinal. “This was a date that I circled on my calendar back at the beginning of the season when we started looking at the schedule,” Heitz said of the sectional semifinal. “I knew that this team had great potential from the beginning. It was just a matter of putting it all together.” Westosha Central finished second in the Southern Lakes Conference
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team the Panthers would face this season. “Their quarterback was the real deal and did some Sixth-seeded Central lived up to the billing, nice things. I think once they got their offense outscoring the host Panthers by two touchdowns going, we had a hard time stopping it.” Central quarterback Johnny Davis completed 20 Before Oregon’s WIAA Division 2 Level 1 in the second half Friday, Oct 19, to defeat football game, coach Dan Kissling said La Crosse third-seeded Oregon 26-23. “They were really talented,” Kissling said. Central could be the most talented skill-position Turn to Football/Page 11
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Junior midfielder Collin Bjerke had one goal and an assist Saturday to lead the Oregon boys soccer team to a 3-0 win over Milton in a WIAA Division 2 regional championship game. It’s the second time this season the top-seeded Panthers beat the eighth-seeded Red Hawks. Oregon (17-2-1), ranked second in the Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association state poll, advances to host Badger South Conference rival Monona Grove in a sectional semifinal at 6 p.m. Thursday. “The goal is to get to state and win it this year,” Bjerke said. “It feels great.” The Panthers, the defending Division 2 state runner-up, have posted 14 shutouts this year. Their defensive scoreless streak of 1,043 minutes, 59 seconds earlier this season was a string of 11 straight shutouts and set a state record. The previous record was 947 minutes, according to the Wisconsin State Soccer Coaches Association. Coach Chris Mitchell wants
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Soccer: Panthers roll into sectional Continued from page 9 his players to keep state in mind as they look to clear each hurdle in their path. “We keep our eye on the prize,” Mitchell said. “The boys are doing a good job of taking it a game at a time although our goal is well down the road.”
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Turner Sieren leads teammate Raul Ramos to the finish line Saturday at the WIAA Division 1 Kettle Moraine sectional. Sieren finished 48th in 18 minutes, 34.2 seconds.
Panthers finish 10th at sectionals in Hartland JEREMY JONES
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Oregon boys cross country coach Erik Haakenson said the goal of freshman Yordanos Zelinski has always been to go to state. Zelinski fell short of that goal Saturday at a balmy WIAA Division 1 Kettle Moraine sectional meet at Naga-Waukee County Park in Hartland. Zelinski finished a teambest 36th but fell well short of the fifth and final individual state qualifying time of 17 minutes, 8 seconds posted by Madison La Follette sophomore Christian
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Jaeger. The Oregon freshman, who had posted a season-best 17:04.9 at the Midwest Invitational in late September, covered Saturday’s 5K course in 18 minutes, 1 second for 36th.
Zelinski missed a week of practice with a chest cold leading up to the Badger South Conference race two weeks ago. “We took the chance to put Yordanos up there in the top position where he started the first mile,” Haakenson said. “That endurance side of maybe being sick could have affected him.” Freshman Turner Sieren finished the season as Oregon’s third runner with a rare season-best Saturday. Sieren crossed the finish line 48th in 18:34.2.
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Bjerke put the Panthers on the board Saturday, punching in a goal on a penalty kick to the bottom of the far post in the seventh minute. It stayed that way for the first half with the Panthers clinging to a 1-0 lead. “Milton played a heck of a game,” Mitchell said. “They took some of our weapons away.” The Red Hawks knew one of Oregon’s biggest assets was it’s pace of play. “Sometimes when they lost possession they were getting 10 guys behind the ball,” Mitchell said. “That took away from their opportunity to counter-attack. “They were looking to play for a tie and potentially go into overtime and PKs to go into a shootout.” Senior midfielder Colin McCombs scored in the 55th minute to extend the Panthers’ lead to 2-0. The Panthers outshot the Red Hawks 14-1. Oregon also had a big edge in scoring off set plays, outshooting the Red Hawks on corner kicks 7-0. “I think in the second half we relaxed and found a way to find the back of the net,” Bjerke said. “We overcame the weather, the cheap play and the refs. We always find a way to get through whatever the game throws at us.” Senior forward Madison Conduah added an
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Oregon senior Zach Bennett looks to make a pass in the second half of the Panthers’ 3-0 win over Milton on Saturday in a WIAA Division 2 regional final.
What’s next Oregon will host Monona Grove in a WIAA Division 2 sectional semifinal at 6 p.m. on Thursday. insurance goal on an assist by Bjerke at 84:12. “I felt like we were just a lot more creative off the ball in the second half,” Mitchell said. “Too many guys were standing off the ball in the first half. “We say, if you are not an option in that space get out of it and find some new space. We did a lot better job with that, which created a lot more opportunities to score.”
Sectional semifinal O r eg o n h o s t s M o n o na Grove in the sectional semifinal 7 p.m. Thursday.
The Panthers knocked off Monona Grove 2-1 in a Badger South game Sept. 16. The Silver Eagles beat the Panthers in the regular season to win the conference last year. Oregon returned the favo r, b e a t i n g M o n o n a Grove during the postseason. This year, the Silver Eagles are looking to reverse roles. The Panthers are the top seed and are expecting a physical game against Monona Grove. “The first time we played MG we won, but didn’t necessarily feel great about our effort,” Mitchell said. “It was a good win because they won conference last year. We feel like it’s a good opportunity for us to play a good team in MG again.”
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The Oregon/Belleville girls swimming team travels back to Stoughton at 1 p.m. Saturday for the Badger South Conference swimming meet. Defending WIAA Division 2 Madison Edgewood and McFarland, ranked Nos. 1 and 2, are favored to contend for the title. “We’re looking to continue the great swimming we’ve been doing the past two weeks leading to this,” Oregon coach Michael Keleny said. “The girls are ready to swim fast.”
The Panthers placed sixth at the conference meet last year, and sixth overall in the conference during the season. Oregon/Belleville’s 200-yard medley relay of Claudia Schwartz, Mattea Thomason, Zoe Rule and Brooke White is hoping to place, as is the team’s 200 free relay of Halle Bush, White, Rule and Schwartz. Individuals with a shot to place are Schwartz in the 200 and 500 free, Rule in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke, Victoria Helvig in the 100 backstroke, Thomason in the 100 breaststroke and Bush in the 200 free.
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of 32 passes for 244 yards and a touchdown and threw two interceptions. He also rushed for 47 yards, including the game-winning 11-yard touchdown with 4:48 remaining in the fourth quarter. “We got some film on Central, and they had four or five ballgames where they did the same thing, marching down the field in the closing seconds,” Kissling said. In the end, he said, it all came down to who had the last possession. Nolan Look’s fourth-quarter interception sealed the Panthers’ fate as Central was able to run the final 3 minutes off the clock. “They brought a lot of pressure, and Nolan didn’t have a lot of time,” Kissling said. “Nolan turned and threw it. Keion (Szudy) was there but was just underthrown.” Look completed 15 of 26 passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns, and Kissling defended his quarterback’s body of work this season. “You can’t look at that one play,” he said. “Nolan’s done what he needed to do all season. It was just not the right call at the right time, and they capitalized.” La Crosse Central (8-2) advanced to face second-seeded Monona Grove (100) in the Level 2 game at 7 p.m. Friday. Oregon led by 10 entering halftime. Look helped Oregon find the end zone first, connecting with Mason Grender for a 6-yard touchdown pass with 6:49 remaining in the first quarter. Steven Cross answered three minutes later with an 8-yard touchdown rush. Look had a 1-yard rushing touchdown early in the second quarter. Oregon extended its lead to 17-7 with a 38-yard field by Haufle with 38 remaining before halftime. Cross added a 3-yard touchdown run, and Davis found Jordan Davis from
years has been “an incredible experience.” “Just to have my last year finish this strong, on the best team ever, it’s an indescribable feeling,” she said. Sophomore Clara Hughes crossed the finish line as the Panthers’ second runner, taking 33rd place in 21:17.7. Fourteen seconds separated Oregon’s No. 3-5 runners. Junior Zoe Frank reached the finish line in 21:42.8 to 41st place. Senior Julie Bull followed 10 seconds later in 21:52.9, taking 45th place. Freshman Grace Riedl was Oregon’s final varsity scorer, finishing 47th in 21:56.4. Sophomore Julia Hutchinson and junior Bryanna Salazar also competed on varsity but did not count toward the final varsity score. Oregon finished sixth with 171 points. Two-time defending state champion and second-ranked Sun Prairie scored 28 points, led by the 1-2-3 finish of Kate Kopotic, Maddie Thompson and Hannah Ray. Janesville Craig, ranked sixth in the Wisconsin Cross Country Coaches Associations’ Division 1 state poll, finished second with 64 points. Badger South runner-up Stoughton was third with 94 points.
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Junior running back Mason Grender bolts past linebacker Andrew Teff in the first quarter of Friday’s game against La Crosse Central. The Red Raiders would go on to beat the Panthers 26-23 in the WIAA Division 2 Level 1 game. 6-yards out to put the Red Raiders ahead 19-17. The Panthers rallied to take their third lead of the game as Look and Grender hooked up for a 4-yard touchdown strike after a Haufle interception. Oregon lost its starting safety and their second-leading rusher Dylan DiMaggio, who Kissling believed blew his knee out in the first half. “It all comes down to who is healthiest at the end of the season,” Kissling said. Damien Johnson rushed 11 times for a team-high 81 yards. Oregon finished the regular season 7-2 overall and 6-1 to finish second in the Badger South. In the process, the Panthers earned their first home playoff game in 10 years. “At the beginning of the year, the goal was to be conference champions,” Kissling said. “When you talked to
other people, we were rarely listed. It was Watertown, Stoughton and MG, obviously. “I was really proud of these guys for the way they came out and played this season. They overcame all the critiques.” The Panthers graduate 21 seniors, including linebacker John Klus, Look, DiMaggio and Szudy. “It’s huge losing those guys, especially John and Dylan,” Kissling said. “They’ve really worked hard to play at the next level.” Klus was a four-year starter at inside linebacker. “You don’t have guys like that coming through here like that,” Kissling said. “It’s a talented group, that we’re going to miss but we’ve still got a lot of talent coming back. It’s going to suck for a couple days.”
Oregon: Panthers place ninth at sectional Continued from page 10 Sophomore Raul Ramos, freshmen Deaken Bush and Brenden Dieter all posted their third best times of the season. Ramos was 49th in 18:34.4, Bush finished 56th in 18:45.6 and Dieter finished as the final varsity scorer in 19:22.1 — good for 67th. “Our goal was pair up and push each other throughout the race, and trails, because you can’t see anyone sometimes,” Haakenson said. “When you have someone to run with, you can run faster.” Senior Collin Braatz and junior Alex Manderkar were the only upperclassmen competing for the Panthers but
State qualifiers Team state qualifiers Oconomowoc 2, 5, 8, 11, 12 = 38 points Sun Prairie 3, 6, 14, 16, 17 = 56 points Individual state qualifiers 1. Bryan Bloomquist, Janesville Craig 2. Aaron Leverson, Janesville Craig 3. Chris Wolfe, Madison La Follette 4. Nick Hellrood, Madison La Follette 5. Christian Jaeger, Madison La Follette did not count toward the final score. “Our upperclassmen really did a great job,” Ramos said. “We did a great job bonding together and I think next
year, we’ll be able to help the next freshman class just the same.” For the first time all season, Oregon had everyone run under 20 minutes and
finished 10th out of the 12 teams competing with 256 points. Fifth-ranked Oconomowoc placed all five varsity scorers in the top 12 to win the meet with 38 points. Tenthranked Sun Prairie leaped over 15th-ranked Madison La Follette and Janesville Craig to earn the second state-team bid with 56 points. The Lancers finished third with a 68 and the Cougars were fourth with an 86. Ramos said competing against three of the top 20 teams in the state only motivated him that much more for next season. “One day that could be us. One day, that will be us,” he said.
State At the state meet, Beauchaine will represent Oregon by herself, but she won’t be alone. “Everyone on our tournament team wants to train with Lauren next week,” Debroux said. “They love
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State qualifiers Team state Sun Prairie 1, 2, 3, 9, 13 = 28 points Janesville Craig 5, 7, 12, 18, 22 = 64 points Individual state qualifiers 1. Jenna Lovejoy, Fort Atkinson 2. Margaret Ross, Stoughton 3. Lauren Beauchaine, Oregon 4. Brooke Graesslin, Janesville Parker 5. Ava Craven, Kettle Moraine spending time together. Forgetting about the running, that’s just a cool thing to watch as a teacher, dad and as their coach.” Beauchaine said she expects it to be a “weird” feeling standing alone on the starting line by herself next week. “Just because I love my team so much,” she said. “They’ve been with my every step of the way, pushing me and encouraging me.”
Cards seek third title Sun Prairie won the Division 1 girls team title for the second year in a row last season, scoring a five-runner total of 57. Peyton Sippy of Janesville Craig was the individual champion. She covered the 5-kilometer course in 18:01.56. Each of the top six teams and nine of the top-10 teams at last year’s state meet have qualified in the Division 1 field this year. Sun Prairie is attempting to win three in a row with
their top four runners returning from the 2017 title team. Muskego finished runner-up last year and return six runners, including two in the top four. There are six returning runners in Division 1 that finished within the top 10 in 2017. Sophomore Kate Sperka of Muskego is the top returning individual finisher from last year’s championships. She was runner-up in her first state appearance.
Volleyball: Oregon slips past Union Grove in finals blocks and Flanagan and Wriedt added three each. Heitz said the Panthers served really well and prevented Union Grove from running an efficient offense.
Continued from page 9 behind Burlington. “I know that they have a rich tradition of volleyball in their community and are a perennial powerhouse in their conference,” Heitz said. I’m excited to see what our team can do.”
Oregon 3, Union Grove 2 Senior outside hitter Bekken Pearson delivered 10 kills and contributed 13 digs to help the Panthers roll to a 26-24, 25-19, 25-15 win over Union Grove in the regional title match. Senior outside hitter Nicole Cochems added nine kills. Senior setter Erin Flanagan
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Senior Leah Rogers celebrates a kill Thursday in a 3-2 win over Janesville Parker. dished out 28 assists, had 16 digs and notched three aces. “Defensively we stuck to our game plan and defended much better,” Heitz said. “Our blocking stepped up, and our
defense was able to keep the ball in play so Erin Flanagan was able to set up our hitters and use our whole front row.” Senior middle blocker Sydona Roberts posted four
Oregon pulled out a nail-biting five-set win over 11th-seeded Janesville Parker Thursday in a WIAA Division 1 regional semifinal. Cochems contributed 13 kills and six blocks to lead the host Panthers to a 23-25, 25-22, 25-13, 21-25, 15-5 victory. Senior outside hitter Leah Rogers registered 12 kills and 27 digs. Flanagan racked up 48 assists and three aces. Roberts and Wriedt each added five blocks.
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April Seekins, 7, of Oregon watches a hula hoop fly toward a trio of scarecrows, eventually bouncing off the front one. Seekins still received a piece of candy for her efforts.
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Rachel Adams, 5, of Oregon tosses a bag toward a row of buckets, narrowly missing the second one. She was dressed as Wonder Woman for the Hillcrest Bible Church’s Triple Treat Festival Sunday, Oct. 21, at Oregon High School.
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Legals NOTICE TO TOWN OF OREGON RESIDENTS PUBLIC TEST OF ELECTRONIC VOTING EQUIPMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a PUBLIC TEST of the automatic tabulating equipment will be held on Tuesday, October 30 at 10:00 a.m. at the Oregon Town Hall located at 1138 Union Road. This equipment will be used at the General Election to be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. This public test is open to the general public and includes a demonstration of the DS200 and AutoMark electronic voting systems. Denise R. Arnold Town of Oregon Clerk Posted: September 12, 2018 Published: October 25, 2018 WNAXLP
owner for a Group Development (under Section 17.220 of the Zoning Ordinance) for the First Presbyterian Church facility located at 408 N. Bergamont Blvd. to enable the use of the activity rooms, narthex, and worship space for music and art education programming and performances by the not-for-profit Academy of Sound. 408 N Bergamont Blvd. Parcel No. 165-0509-023-8660-1 A copy of the conditional use permit application and supporting documentation is available 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: October 25, 2018 WNAXLP
*** NOTICE TO RESIDENTS VILLAGE OF OREGON PUBLIC TEST OF ELECTRONIC VOTING EQUIPMENT Notice is hereby given that the public test of the automatic tabulating equipment will be held on Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. at the Village Hall located at 117 Spring Street. This equipment will be used at the General Election to be held on November 6, 2018. The Village’s DS200 and AutoMark electronic voting systems will be tested at that time. The public test is open to the general public. Peggy Haag, Village Clerk Village of Oregon Posted: October 19, 2018 Published: October 25, 2018 WNAXLP
*** NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AMENDING SECTION 3.11 OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATING TO LIBRARY IMPACT FEES PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Village Board of the Village of Oregon and Library Board of the Village of Oregon will hold a public hearing at 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November19, 2018 in the Board Room of the Oregon Village Hall, 117 Spring Street, Oregon, Wisconsin, for the purpose of receiving comments on a proposed ordinance amending Section 3.11 of the Village Code relating to library impact fees. A copy of the Library Needs Assessment is on file at the office of the Village Clerk for review. Office hours of the Clerk are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Subsequent to the hearing, the Village Board intends to deliberate and act
*** NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT VILLAGE OF OREGON PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Village Planning Commission of the Village of Oregon will hold a public hearing on Thursday, November 15, 2018, at 6:30 p.m., in the Board Room of the Oregon Village Hall, 117 Spring Street, Oregon, Wisconsin to discuss and consider approval for a conditional use permit application submitted on behalf of First Presbyterian Church of Oregon WI, property
upon the proposed ordinance. 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: October 25, 2018 WNAXLP *** ORDINANCE NO. 18-16 VILLAGE OF OREGON AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR AMENDMENT OF SECTION 1.34 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE VILLAGE OF OREGON, DANE COUNTY, WISCONSIN RECITALS A. The Oregon Public Library Board (Board) exists by virtue of Chapter 43 of the Wisconsin Statutes, and exercises power consistent with that statute. B. Section 1.34 of the Code of Ordinances for the Village of Oregon further defines the rights and responsibilities of the Board. C. The Boards Bylaws were amended on October 10, 2018 to reflect a new quorum requirement. D. Section 1.34 of the Code of Ordinances must be amended to remain consistent with the Boards Bylaws. NOW, THEREFORE, the Village Board of the Village of Oregon, Dane County, Wisconsin, does ordain as follows: ORDINANCE 1. Amendment. Section 1.34 (2) of the Code of Ordinances for the Village of Oregon shall hereafter read: QUORUM. A quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting shall consist of a majority of the currently serving members of the board. 2. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect upon passage and publication pursuant to law. The above ordinance was duly adopted by a two thirds (2/3) majority vote
of the elected members of the Village Board of the Village of Oregon at a regular meeting held on October 22, 2018. APPROVED: By: _____________________________ Steven L. Staton, Village President ATTEST: By: _____________________________ Peggy S. K. Haag, Village Clerk 1st READING: October 22, 2018 2nd READING: October 22, 2018 APPROVED: October 22, 2018 PUBLISHED: October 25, 2018 WNAXLP *** MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF THE OREGON SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 The regular meeting of the School Board of the Oregon School District was called to order by President Steve Zach at 6:30 PM in the OSD Innovation Center at the Oregon High School in the Village of Oregon, Dane County, Wisconsin. Upon roll call, the following Board members were present: Ms. Barb Feeney, Ms. Courtney Odorico, Mr. Troy Pankratz, Mr. Dan Krause and Mr. Steve Zach. The following Board members were absent: Ms. Krista Flanagan and Mr. Tim LeBrun. Administrators present: Dr. Brian Busler, Mr. Andy Weiland, Dr. Leslie Bergstrom, Ms. Jina Jonen, Mr. Brad Ashmore, Ms. Dawn Goltz, Mr. Jim Pliner, Ms. Cindy Olander, Ms. Kerri Modjeski, Ms. Candace Weidensee, Ms. Erika Mundinger, Ms. Jackie Amlong, Mr. Jon Tanner, Mr. Chris Kluck, Mr. Mike Carr, Mr. Jason Zurawik, Ms. Shannon Anderson and Ms. Katie Heitz. The following members of the public were present: Nate Johnson and Ms. Ana Bizjak. Proof in the form of a certificate by the Oregon Observer of communications and public notice given to the public and the Oregon Observer and a certificate of posting as required by Section 19.84 Wisconsin Statutes as to the holding of this meeting was presented by Mr. Zach. Ms. Feeney moved and Ms. Odorico seconded the motion to proceed with the meeting according to the agenda as posted. Motion passed by unanimous voice vote 5-0.
VILLAGE OF BROOKLYN 2019 PROPOSED BUDGETS The Village Board for the Village of Brooklyn will conduct a public hearing for the proposed 2019 Budgets on November 12, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. at the Village Hall, 210 Commercial St. 2019 Budgets are summarized below. Complete budgets can be viewed at the Village Clerk's Office, 210 Commercial St, Brooklyn, WI during regular hours, Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-5 p.m.
General Fund Debt Service Fund Mt Hope Cemetery Capital Projects TID#2
$ $ $ $ $
596,281 191,698 8,104 47,106
PROPOSED LEVY 2018 Levy Levy Increase Percent Increase Proposed Mill Rate
$ $ $
843,190 786,929 56,261 7.14944% 9.53
2019
General Fund
2018
2018
Proposed 2019
BUDGET
Est. Year End
BUDGET
%
Taxes
$
605,699
$
605,699
$
595,694
Other Taxes
$
57,700
$
57,132
$
57,700
Intergovernmental Revenues
$
241,977
$
293,277
$
252,598
Licenses & Permits
$
27,970
$
32,179
$
28,565
Fines, Forfeitures, & Penalties
$
2,000
$
2,000
$
1,500
Public Charges for Services
$
97,010
$
92,125
$
99,810
Investment & Misc. Income
$
20,541
$
60,635
$
General Fund Revenues
$
1,052,897
$
1,143,047
$
General Government
$
195,277
$
205,441
$
198,313
Public Safety
$
474,211
$
504,262
$
473,242
Public Works
$
308,136
$
286,049
$
306,679
Leisure Activities
$
66,672
$
61,755
$
Beginning Fund Balance
$
765,231
Est Revenues
$
1,143,047
Est Expenditures
$
1,099,621
Est Ending Fund Balance
$
808,657
20,750
66,333
Development Expenses
$
8,600
$
42,114
$
$
1,052,896
$
1,099,621
$
$
124,321
$
124,321
$
191,698
Special Assessments and Interest Incom $
12,050
121
$
4,675
$
8,744 -
1,056,617 0.35%
Debt Service Fund
Debt Service Fund
Loan Proceeds
$
35,364
$
43,044
$
Debt Service Fund Revenues
$
159,806
$
172,040
$
200,442 25.43%
Debt Repayment
$
159,806
$
166,478
$
200,442
Debt Service Expenditures
$
159,806
$
166,478
$
200,442 25.43%
Taxes
$
8,033
$
8,033
$
Public Charges for Services
$
3,746
$
1,312
$
Cemetery Fund Revenues
$
11,779
$
9,345
$
Contracted Services
$
5,500
$
5,500
$
2018
Beginning Fund Balance
$
14,439
Est Revenues
$
172,040
Est Expenditures
$
166,478
Est Ending Fund Balance
$
20,001
Cemetery Fund
Cemetery Fund
Supplies & Expenses
$
6,279
$
4,578
$
Cemetery Fund Expenditures
$
11,779
$
10,078
$
Taxes
$
-
$
-
$
Intergovernmental Revenues
$
-
$
-
-
8,104 2,746 10,850 -7.89% 6,500
Beginning Fund Balance
2018 $ $
9,345
$
10,078
Est Ending Fund Balance
$
24,169
4,350
Capital Project Fund
$
-
-
$
2018
Beginning Fund Balance
$
Est Revenue
$
635,000 635,000
$
635,000
-
Est Expenditures
$
Capital Project Fund Revenues
$
-
$
635,000
$
-
Est Ending Fund Balance
$
Misc
$
-
$
21,354
$
-
Debt issuance costs
$
-
$
20,495
$
-
-
Squad vehicle
$
-
$
$
-
Street projects
$
-
$
593,151
$
-
Capital Project Expenditures
$
-
$
635,000
$
-
$
-
$
-
$
-
Beginning Fund Balance
$
Special Revenue Fund Restitution
24,902
Est Revenues Est Expenditures
10,850 -7.89%
Capital Project Fund
Capital Project Loan/Refi
2018
1,056,617 0.35%
General Fund Expenditures
Taxes
General Fund
Change
Special Revenue Fund
-
-
2018 52,534
Interest Earned
$
400
$
521
$
400
Est Revenues
$
Recreation Committee-Fund Raisers
$
3,500
$
2,000
$
3,500
Est Expenditures
$
1,754
Special Revenue Fund Revenues
$
3,900
$
2,521
$
3,900 0.00%
Est Ending Fund Balance
$
53,301
-
$
-
$
-
Recreation Committee Expenses
$
1,000
$
1,754
$
1,000
Special Revenue Fund Expenses
$
1,000
$
1,754
$
1,000 0.00%
$ $ $ $
1,336 1,336 720 720
$ $ $ $
1,336 1,336 743 743
$ $ $ $
8,500 8,500 536.23% 885 885 536.23%
$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
48,292 50,000 7,572 105,864 720 1,000 1,000 50,000 48,292 101,012
$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
48,292 7,572 55,864 870 15,000 5,732 173,456 48,282 243,340
$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
4 47,106 76,231 20,500 143,841 35.87% 735 15,000 1,000 80,000 47,106 143,841 42.40%
Donations
TIF#1 Fund TIF Increment/exempt computers TIF#1 Total Revenues
Expense TIF #1 Total Expenses
TIF#2 Fund TIF Revenue Taxes Levied Loan Proceeds Revenue from other sources Tax Increment TIF#2 Total Revenues Audit Engineering/Planning General Expenses
Business Park Marke�ng Outlay Debt - Principal & Interest TIF #2 Total Expenses
$
2018 Budget
WATER UTILITY
2019 Proposed Budget
2018 Est Year End
TIF #1 Beginning Fund Balance
2,521
2018 $
(18,204)
Est Revenues
$
1,336
Est Expenditures
$
743
Est Ending Fund Balance
$
TIF #2
(17,611)
2018
Beginning Fund Balance
$
Est Revenue
$
(198,119) 55,864
Est Expenditures
$
243,340
Est Ending Fund Balance
$
(385,595)
2019 Proposed Budget
2018 Est Year End
2018
Budget
SEWER UTILITY
Public Charges
$
287,724
$
271,543
$
290,109
Public Charges
$
482,225
$
441,927
$
Misc Revenue
$
14,100
$
15,410
$
18,670
Misc. Revenue
$
47,300
$
37,113
$
-
$
-
$
611,305 53,500
Water Utility Revenues
$
301,824
$
286,953
$
308,779 2.30%
Loan
$
Expenses
$
292,947
$
289,586
$
301,884
Sewer Utility Revenues
$
529,525
$
479,040
$
664,805 25.55%
Debt Service
$
68,580
$
57,543
$
60,398
Expenses
$
465,196
$
303,417
$
480,293
Water Utility Expenses
$
361,527
$
347,129
$
Debt Service
$
287,103
$
289,505
$
299,076
Sewer Utility Expenses
$
752,299
$
592,922
$
779,369 3.60%
DEBT
General Obliga�on Water Bond Sewer Bonds TID #2 Loan
$ $ $ $
Posted: October 19, 2018 Published: October 25, 2018 WNAXLP
Balance 12/31/2018 1,743,555 470,542 2,749,990 57,925
2019 Prin Payment $ 148,213 $ 48,257 $ 227,459 $ 46,215
Balance $ $ $ $
362,282 0.21%
12/31/2019 1,595,342 422,285 2,522,531 11,710
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A. CONSENT CALENDAR: Mr. Krause moved and Mr. Pankratz seconded the motion to approve the following items on the on the Consent Calendar. 1. Approval of Minutes - None 2. Approve payments in the amount of $4,009,951,74 3. Treasurer’s Reports ending June 30, 2018 and July 31, 2018 4. Staff Resignations/Retirements None 5. Staffing Assignments - None 6. Field Trip Requests - None 7. Acceptance of Donations: * Oregon Athletic Boosters, $10,000 for JC Park * Women of St. John’s, $300 for school supplies and clothing for students of the Oregon School District. The motion passed by unanimous voice vote. B. COMMUNICATION FROM PUBLIC: None C. INFORMATION ITEMS: 1. OEA Report - None 2. Student Report - None D. ACTION ITEMS: 1. September 24, 2018 Annual Meeting Agenda: Ms. Feeney moved and Ms. Odorico seconded the motion to approve the September 24, 2018 Annual Meeting Agenda as presented. The motion passed by unanimous voice vote. 2. Preliminary Budget 2018-2019: Mr. Krause moved and Ms. Odorico seconded the motion to approve the 2018-2019 preliminary budget as presented. In a roll call vote, the following members voted yes: Mr. Krause, Ms. Odorico, Ms. Feeney, Mr. Pankratz, and Mr. Zach. Motion passed 5-0. Mr. Pankratz excused himself at 7:14 PM 3. Educator Compensation A: Oregon Education Association Collective Bargaining Agreement 201718: Mr. Krause moved and Ms. Odorico seconded the motion to approve the 2017-18 Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Oregon Education Association. In a roll call vote, the following members voted yes: Mr. Krause, Ms. Odorico, Ms. Feeney, and Mr. Zach. Mr. Pankratz abstained. Motion passed 4-0. B: Supplemental Compensation for Educators 2017-18: Mr. Krause moved and Ms. Feeney seconded the motion to approve the $1000 stipend as supplemental compensation for qualifying educators for the 2017-18 school year. In a roll call vote, the following members voted yes: Mr. Krause, Ms. Feeney, Ms. Odorico and Mr. Zach. Mr. Pankratz abstained. Motion passed 4-0. C: Oregon Education Association Collective Bargaining Agreement 201819: Ms. Feeney moved and Ms. Odorico seconded the motion to approve the 2018-19 Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Oregon Education Association. In a roll call vote, the following members voted yes: Ms. Feeney, Ms. Odorico, Mr. Krause and Mr. Zach. Mr. Pankratz abstained. Motion passed 4-0. D: Supplemental Compensation for Educators 2018-19: Mr. Krause moved and Ms. Feeney seconded the motion to approve the $1000 stipend along with an additional $850 stipend or a $1000 employer contribution into the educator’s 403(b) account as supplemental compensation for qualifying educators for the 2018-19 school year. In a roll call vote, the following members voted yes: Mr. Krause, Ms. Feeney, Ms. Odorico and Mr. Zach. Mr. Pankratz abstained. Motion passed 4-0. Mr. Pankratz rejoined the meeting at 7:26 PM. E. DISCUSSION ITEMS: 1. Committee Reports: a. Policy: none b. Vision Steering: Committee Chair Odorico stated that the Committee met on August 21st and heard from the Youth Sports & Athletics Task Force. The Task Force is ready to present its recommendations to the Board of Education. 2. Report on Professional Development Pathways: Dr. Bergstrom updated the Board on the Professional Learning Pathways for the 2018-19 school year. F. INFORMATION ITEMS: 1. 2018 Referendum Informational Update: Ms. Mundinger provided an update on the referendum communications. 2. Superintendent’s Report a. Opening of School: Dr. Busler updated the Board on the successful start of the 2018-19 school year. G. CLOSING: 1. Future Agenda: Future Agenda was discussed. 2. Check Out: Board members had an opportunity to give updates. H. EXECUTIVE SESSION: At 8:25 PM, Ms. Odorico moved and Mr. Pankratz seconded the motion to go into executive session. In a roll call vote, the following members voted yes: Ms. Odorico, Mr. Pankratz, Ms. Feeney, Mr. Krause and Mr. Zach. Motion passed 5-0. 1. Land Acquisition related to November Referendum: Discussion held. H. ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Krause moved and Ms. Odorico seconded the motion to adjourn the meeting. Motion passed by unanimous voice vote. Meeting adjourned at 9:22 p.m. Krista Flanagan, Clerk Oregon School District Published: October 25, 2018 WNAXLP *** MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF THE OREGON SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD ON OCTOBER 8, 2018 The regular meeting of the School Board of the Oregon School District was called to order by President Steve Zach at 6:30 PM in the OSD Innovation Center at the Oregon High School in the Village of Oregon, Dane County, Wisconsin. Upon roll call, the following Board members were present: Ms. Barb Feeney, Ms. Courtney Odorico, Ms. Krista Flanagan, Mr. Troy Pankratz, Mr. Dan Krause, Mr. Tim LeBrun and Mr. Steve Zach. The following Board members were absent: none. Administrators present: Dr. Brian Busler, Mr. Andy Weiland, Dr. Leslie Bergstrom, Ms. Candace Weidensee, Mr. Jon Tanner, Ms. Jina Jonen, Ms. Erika Mundinger, Mr. Jim Pliner, Mr. Mike Carr, Mrs. Shannon Anderson, Ms. Kerri Modjeski, Ms. Dawn Goltz, Ms. Kim Griffin, Mr. Brad Ashmore, Ms. Anna Seidenstricker and Ms. Katie Heitz. Proof in the form of a certificate by the Oregon Observer of communications and public notice given to the public and the Oregon Observer and a certificate of posting as required by Section 19.84 Wisconsin Statutes as to the holding of this meeting was presented by Mr. Zach. Ms. Flanagan moved and Ms. Odorico seconded the motion to proceed with the meeting according to the agenda as posted. Motion passed by unanimous voice vote 7-0. A. CONSENT CALENDAR: Mr. Krause moved and Ms. Feeney seconded the motion to approve the following items on the on the Consent Calendar. 1. Approve minutes of the August 20th meeting.;
2. Approval of Payments in the amount of $2,412,104.37 3. Treasurer’s Report ending August 31, 2018. 4. Staff Resignations/Retirements: None 5. Staffing Assignments: None 6. Field Trip Requests * FFA - Iceland Agriculture Trip: August 13 -August 20, 2019 * FFA National Convention - Indianapolis, IN: October 24 - October 27, 2018 * University of Chicago United Nations Conference - Chicago, IL: February 7 - February 10, 2019 * Concordia Language Villages Spanish Immersion Weekend - Bemidji, MN: February 21 - February 24, 2019 * FFA Leadership Conference - Stevens Point, WI: November 9 - November 10, 2018 7. Acceptance of Donations: * Oregon Youth Football - $3000 for OHS football * Oregon Athletic Boosters - $1,120 for Boys Soccer bags In a unanimous voice vote, the motion passed 7-0 with Mr. Krause abstaining from approving the August 20, 2018 minutes. B. COMMUNICATION FROM PUBLIC: None C. INFORMATION ITEMS: 1. OEA Report - None 2. Student Report - Ms. Lehmann reported on the successful Homecoming activities and a recent speaker that visited OHS. D. ACTION ITEMS: 1. Youth Sports & Athletics Task Force Report: Ms. Odorico moved and Mr. Krause seconded the motion to receive the report from the Youth Sports & Athletics Task Force. In a unanimous voice vote, the motion passed 7-0. * On behalf of the Vision Steering Committee, Ms. Odorico moved to authorize a subgroup of the Youth Sports & Athletics Task Force along with a member of the Vision Steering Committee to work with an outside firm to survey both students and parents (4K-12) about participation and non-participation in sports in order to better understand access, equity and opportunities or lack thereof, to benchmark participation numbers and to determine goals for the future. In a unanimous voice vote, the motion passed 7-0. * On behalf of the Vision Steering Committee, Ms. Odorico moved to authorize Mr. Carr to form a consortium among OSD Athletics personnel and youth sports organizations leadership to collaborate and develop best practices, shared beliefs and information processes in the areas of coach preparation and training, communication to families and concept of age-appropriate development/ seasons with the expectation that the school board would receive a progress report from the consortium by the end of the school year. In a unanimous voice vote, the motion passed 7-0. * On behalf of the Vision Steering Committee, Ms. Odorico moved to approve the creation of a Parent Advisory Council by a subgroup of the Task Force that is charged with developing tools and mechanisms to help parents become better educated in their role as a “sport parent” with the purpose of positively fostering their child’s development, ensuring that sports experiences are centered in learning and to help grow the strongest sports culture for our kids. The Parent Advisory Council will report to the Vision Steering Committee in March and to the full Board of Education by end of school year. In a unanimous voice vote, the motion passed 7-0. 2. Contract 66.0301 School to Career Program - 2018-2019: Mr. LeBrun moved and Mr. Krause seconded the motion to approve the 66.0301 School to Career Program contract for 2018-2019. In a roll call vote, the following members voted yes: Mr. LeBrun, Mr. Krause, Ms. Feeney, Ms. Odorico, Ms. Flanagan, Mr. Pankratz and Mr. Zach. Motion passed 7-0. 3. 2019-2020 School Calendar: Mr. Krause moved and Mr. Pankratz seconded the motion to approve the 2019-2020 School Calendar as presented by Ms. Jonen. In a roll call vote, the following members voted yes: Mr. Krause, Mr. Pankratz, Ms. Feeney, Ms. Odorico, Ms. Flanagan, Mr. LeBrun and Mr. Zach. Motion passed 7-0. 4. From Policy: 436 Student Policy on Alcohol and/or Other Drugs: On behalf of the Policy Committee, Ms. Flanagan moved to approve the addition to policy 436 as presented, which read that the District, on a random basis, may also employ the use of drug detection canines on Oregon High School and Oregon Middle School buildings, grounds and parking lots. Discussion was held. In a roll call vote, the following members voted yes: Ms. Flanagan, Ms. Odorico, Mr. Pankratz and Mr. Lebrun. The following members voted no: Ms. Feeney, Mr. Krause and Mr. Zach. Motion passed 4-3. E. DISCUSSION ITEMS: 1. Committee Reports: a. Policy: Ms. Flanagan reported that the next Policy meeting will be October 30th. b. Vision Steering: Nothing to report F. INFORMATION ITEMS: 1. 2018 Referendum Informational Update: Ms. Mundinger presented an update on the Referendum Informational Plan. 2. Superintendent’s Report: Dr. Busler reported that the Village of Oregon is putting in a sidewalk near RCI which will help improve safety for our students. He also noted that RCI is in the process of sending students to Camp Gray and that he plans to attend a half day this year. Dr. Busler reported that the District’s enrollment numbers are up 47 students from the 2017-18 school year. It was noted that we are very busy with referendum presentations in the coming weeks. Dr. Busler thanked Nate Johnson and Laura Stoller for another productive monthly meeting with the OEA leadership. He reported that the Brooklyn PTO held an event to recognize the donors for the recent addition to the Brooklyn Elementary playground equipment. Dr. Busler also thanked Ms. Lehmann for helping to create the videos for the referendum social media campaign. G. CLOSING: 1. Future Agenda: The Agenda for the October 22, 2018 meeting was discussed. 2. Check Out: Board members had an opportunity for brief reports. H. ADJOURNMENT: Mr. LeBrun moved and Mr. Krause seconded the motion to adjourn the meeting. Motion passed by unanimous voice vote 7-0. Meeting adjourned at 8:26 p.m. Krista Flanagan, Clerk Oregon School District Published: October 25, 2018 WNAXLP ***
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VILLAGE OF OREGON 2019 BUDGET DOCUMENT AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 65.90(3) PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the public hearing for the 2019 annual budget for the Village of Oregon will be held at 5:00 p.m. on November 12, 2018 [at least 15 days after publication], in the Village Board Room, 117 Spring Street, Lower Level, Oregon, Wisconsin. The detailed budget is available for public inspection at Village Hall, 117 Spring Street, Oregon, Wisconsin, Monday through Friday, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. 1. Budgeted revenue estimates and expenditures appropriations for the year 2019 for the Village of Oregon are hereby adopted per the summary below as set forth in the budget document:
2019 Budget Summary 2018 2019 Projected Dept Head Proposed
2019 Adopted
2018 Admin Proposed
Percent Change
2017 Actual
2018 Budget
45,833 768,419 169,956 134,252 72,335 158,875 101,781 295,745 1,747,196
42,800 787,689 236,395 92,300 55,099 161,711 77,273 322,825 1,776,092
43,046 506,011 152,446 76,168 67,618 153,717 101,839 486,702 1,587,547
43,047 799,705 193,110 97,557 76,477 169,711 126,232 569,917 2,075,756
41,994 817,290 215,600 86,000 136,745 172,982 123,873 305,304 1,899,788
41,994 834,203 215,600 95,000 139,745 174,451 123,873 304,804 1,929,670
41,994 834,203 215,600 95,000 139,745 174,451 123,873 304,804 1,929,670
-1.88% 5.91% -8.80% 2.93% 153.63% 7.88% 60.31% -5.58% 8.65%
952,393 2,732,585 747,380 226,757 545,130
998,870 3,025,714 855,416 269,872 536,133
669,712 2,550,433 612,313 175,969 372,018
985,029 3,279,001 856,231 261,423 527,943
1,018,129 3,198,804 879,003 270,402 546,235
1,063,649 3,209,514 881,889 270,683 549,344
1,059,149 3,209,514 881,889 270,683 553,844
6.49% 6.07% 3.09% .30% 2.46%
44,565 0 0 165,744 5,414,554
33,300 0 0 8,344 5,727,649
35,416 0 0 0 4,415,862
44,000 0 0 68,844 6,022,471
100,536 0 0 4,000 6,017,109
100,536 0 0 4,000 6,079,615
100,536 0 0 4,000 6,079,615
201.91% 0.00% 0.0% -52.06% 6.15%
Revenues over Expenditures
-3,667,358
-3,951,557
-2,828,314
-3,946,715
-4,117,321
-4,149,945
-4,149,945
5.02%
General Fund Property Taxes
3,753,185
3,951,557
3,951,810
3,951,810
4,117,321
4,149,945
4,149,945
5.02%
85,827
0
1,123,496
5,095
0
0
0
Beginning Fund Balance
2,467,005
2,552,832
2,552,832
2,552,832
2,557,927
2,557,927
2,557,927
Ending Fund Balance
2,552,832
2,552,832
3,676,328
2,557,927
2,557,927
2,557,927
2,557,927
General Fund Revenues Taxes other than property Intergovernmental Revenue Licenses & Permits Fines, Forfeits & Penalties Public Charges Intergovernmental Charges Miscellaneous Revenue Other Financing Sources Expenditures General Government Public Safety Public Works Health & Human Services Culture and Recreation Conservation and Development Capital Outlay Debt Service Other Financing Sources
Net increase (decrease) in fund balance
2018 9 Month Actual
Expenditures
Revenues over (under) Expenditures
6,079,615 25,000 532,075 855,265 117,500 15 520 0 2 7,650 476,400 100,000 8,300 0 390,244 12,537 42,300 2,000 40 8,090 76,263 1,239,071 63,044 300 3,950 1,083,207 400 592,450 301,000 1,308,000 34,113 0 0 0 0 900 80
6,079,615 0 125,000 855,265 154,800 0 0 0 100 12,139 476,400 100,000 5,000 0 400,308 14,375 34,591 0 408,090 76,263 1,239,071 63,044 10,000 56,000 1,095,000 0 577,726 300,000 1,800,000 40,094 0 0 45,821 0 0 0
0 25,000 407,075 0 (37,300) 15 520 0 (98) (4,489) 0 0 3,300 0 (10,064) (1,838) 7,709 2,000 0 0 0 1 (9,700) (52,050) (11,793) 400 14,724 1,000 (492,000) (5,981) 0 0 (45,821) 0 900 80
2,557,927 75,207 512,037 60,466 112,216 1,922 65,104 (67) 627 37,268 11,348 7,463 33,725 241,940 95,075 (55,710) 138,497 485,950 10,773 151,556 311,991 (13) 51,369 263,116 2,829,662 59,638 679,794 8,179 442,730 25,486 (38,514) (304,261) 223,467 (72,601) 68,470 10,945
2,557,927 100,207 919,112 60,466 74,916 1,937 65,624 (67) 529 32,779 11,348 7,463 37,025 241,940 85,011 (57,548) 146,206 487,950 10,773 151,556 311,991 (12) 41,669 211,066 2,817,869 60,038 694,518 9,179 (49,270) 19,505 (38,514) (304,261) 177,646 (72,601) 69,370 11,025
13,760,291
13,968,702
(208,410)
9,102,782
8,894,372
Proprietary Funds Water Utility Sewer Utilit y
1,197,679 1,567,325
1,055,965 1,579,091
141,714 (11,766)
5,528,378 12,918,468
5,670,092 12,906,702
Total Proprietary Funds
2,765,004
2,635,056
129,948
18,446,846
18,576,793
16,525,295
16,603,758
(78,462)
27,549,628
27,471,166
Governmental and Trust Funds General Fund Sick Leave Fund Library Fund Library Operating Fund Cable TV Franchise CDA S e n i o r C e n t e r D o n at i o n s F u n d Preserve the Water Tower Herman Cemetery Trust Police Special Revenue Fund Refuse and Recycling Pickup Room Tax Revenue Canine Fund TIF #2 Special Revenue Fund TIF #3 Special Revenue Fund TIF #4 Special Revenue Fund TIF #5 Fund Work Force Housing 2008 Borrowing Debt Service 2010 TIF #2 Borrowing Post 2005 Debt Issues 2016 Borrowing Debt Service TIF #4 Developers Storm Water Fee Park Fund Street Improvement Cemetery Land Purchase Equipment Capital Fund Oregon Bike Trails Playing Fields Development South East Business Park TIF #3 – Downtown Area Capital Projects Fund DNR Grant Fund TIF #4 Capital Projects Civic Campus Plan Projects Cemetery Perpetual Care Library Wackman Trust Total Government and Trust Funds
Revenues
Beginning Fund Balance
Ending Fund Balance
Village Tax Levy General Fund Sick Leave Fund Library Operating Fund TID #5 2008 Debt Issues 2011 Debt Issues TID #4 Debt Service Fund Total Tax Levy Estimated assessed value Estimated mill rate (per $1,000) Total indebtedness as of 12/31/18 General Obligation Debt Water/Sewer Debt
2018 9 Month Actual
2018 Projected
2019 Dept Head Proposed
Richard “Dick” A. Geiger, age 86, of Brooklyn, passed away on Monday, Oct. 15, 2018 at his home. He was born on April 19, 1932, in Verona, the son of Henry and Rose (Andrea) Geiger. Dick was a Korean War vet. He loved to ride horses and go camping. He also loved working on his hobby farm. He enjoyed going to coffee with his coffee friends, before his stroke in 2012. After his stroke, he struggled with health issues for a year, but was able to be at home up to his death.
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KENNETH & ROBERTA WEST ESTATES 296 PARK STREET OREGON, WI 53575 SUNDAY OCTOBER 28TH 10:00 AM DIRECTIONS: Southeast corner of Oregon, East of Kwik Trip 1bk. On Janesville St. to Park St., North. Watch for George Auction Signs. LUNCH: On grounds.
2019 Admin Proposed
2017 Actual
2018 Budget
3,753,185 66,492 551,600 0 231,076 773,589 0
3,951,557 30,920 572,041 0 226,258 948,096 0
3,951,810 30,920 572,041 0 226,258 948,096 0
3,951,810 30,920 572,041 0 226,258 948,096 0
4,117,321 25,000 585,992 20,000 235,047 1,111,174 46,099
4,149,945 25,000 587,252 20,000 235,047 1,111,174 46,099
4,149,945 25,000 587,252 20,000 235,047 1,111,174 46,099
5.02% -19.51% 2.66% 0.00% 3.88% 17.20% 0.00%
5,375,942
5,728,872
5,729,125
5,729,125
6,140,633
6,174,517
6,174,517
7.78%
990,210,400
1,069,921,300
1,069,921,300
1,069,921,300
1,135,237,770
1,135,237,770
1,135,237,770
6.10%
5.4291
5.3545
5.3547
5.4091
5.4390
5.4390
1.58%
2019 Adopted
Percent Change
13,915,000 2,575,000
Debt Limit (5% of Equalized value) is $57,749,210. At the end of 2018 the village is at 28.55% of the available debt limit. 2. The Property Tax Levy required to finance the 2019 budget is: $6,174,517. The Tax Rate to be established at: $5.4390 per assessed $1,000 of property value. Peggy Haag, Village Clerk Published: October 25, 2018 WNAXLP
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Richard Geiger
He was very active outside mowing his lawn, pruning his trees and shrubs. He would also drive his tractor around and brush hog, move dirt and grade his driveway. He loved to watch reruns of Hee Haw, Gunsmoke, M.A.S.H. and RFD, especially the Tractor Addition. Dick is survived by his children, Connie (Gary) We s t p h a l , R o n G e i g e r, Rick (Sue) Geiger and Debi (Darcy) Kuhn; and four grandchildren, Matthew Wineke, Samantha Geiger, Jimmy Geiger and Damian Geiger. He was preceded in death by his wife, Inga (Beth); parents; two brothers, Donald Henry and Marvin Ewald; and two sisters, Esther Rose and Pearl Elizabeth. A Celebration of Richard’s Life was already held. Memorials may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project and to ASPCA. Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com.
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Total All Funds
Richard “Dick” A. Geiger
ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES: Dinner Bell; (12) Milk Cans; (6) Milk Strainers; Cream Separator; Milk Stir; Wood Wagon Wheel; Daisy BB Gun; Oak Stack Bookcase; Metal Implement Seat; Sleds; Radio Flyer Coaster Wagon; Galvanized Tubs & Pails; WWII Shell; Bowman’s Dairy Foods Clock; Glass Front Cabinet; Pine Table; Miller & Davis Voting Curtain; Horse Clock; Custard Jar & Glasses Oregon WI; Octagon Lamp Table; Side-by-Side Oak Secretary; Treadle Sewing Machine; Wicker Planter; Wrenches; Planes; Garden Cultivator; Hay & Corn Knives; Horse Hames, Shoes & Collars; Wash Boards; Fire Extinguishers; (4) Lanterns; Saws; Farm Tractor Signs; Collector Farm Plate; 50 State Quarter Collection; Cobalt, Depression, Carnival & Fenton Glass; Paper Wt.; Spoon Collection; Salt & Pepper Collection Inc. ’53 WI State Fair, Horses, Cows, Pigs & Chickens. LAWN TRACTORS: JD 326 23hp w/48'' Deck; Ariens S16H w/60'' Deck. TOOLS & GARAGE ITEMS: Homelite Super 2 Chain Saw; Socket Sets; Wrenches; Craftsman Tool Box; Bench Grinder; Battery Charger; Werner Step Ladder; Alum. Step Ladders; Log Chains; Craftsman 4.0/22 Lawn Mower; Work Bench w/Vise; Stanley Tool Box on Wheels; B&D Circular Saw; Motorized Weed Eater; Hand Tools; Pipe Wrenches. OUTSIDE ITEMS: Iron Bench; Weathervane; Holstein Cow; Concrete Children & Dutch Boy & Girl; Wishing Well; Wind Mill; Gazing Balls; Metal Tables; Wind Chimes; Plastic Lighted Santa’s; Wood Bridge; Wheel Barrow; 2 Wheel Cart. HOUSEHOLD: Dynex Flat Screen TV; Kenmore Elite Model 41002.610 Front Load Combo Washer & Dryer; Bedroom Set; Recliners; GWTW Lamp; Pull-out Dining Table w/Folding Chairs; Magnus Electric Cord Organ; Dirt Devil Vacuum; China Cabinet; Philco Record Player; Coaster Wagon. REG. WI AUCTIONEERS: Dean George #486 (cell 608-7515703), Kale George #2811 (office 608-882-6123), 11211 North Union Road, Evansville, WI 53536. TERMS: 5% Buyers Fee. Check or Cash. 4% courtesy charge for purchases using credit card. All sales final. All announcements made day of sale take precedence over printed material. Not responsible for accidents or losses. For complete listing and photos log onto www.georgeauction.com
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FAIRWAY AUTO AUCTION hiring part-time Drivers. Apply in person: 999 Highway A, across from Coachmans. FULL-TIME experienced Commercial Truck Sales person at Wisconsin’s #1 New Ram Dealership. MUST have truck knowledge and sales experience. Great benefits and pay. Email your resume to brad@ubersox.net. Apply online at ubersox.netemployment. HELP WANTED: Full time experienced person on dairy and beef farm, 6 days a week, some milkings, 3 bedroom house available, driver’s license and references required. Platteville, 608-732-5052. LOOKING FOR Class A CDL ton truck driver. Must have good driving record and references. Paid weekly. Call 608-523-4712. SKI SHOP SALES & SERVICE We are now accepting applications for part time and full-time sales positions in our ski department during the winter and outdoor furniture during the summer. If you have some downhill skiing experience, enjoy winter sports and like working with people this might be the opportunity youve been looking for. Chalet is a fun and friendly place to work with local owners who have great appreciation for employees and customers. All positions can be year-round or seasonal depending on the person, with flexible shifts ranging from 15-40 hours per week. Chalet has been serving Madison skiers for the past 35 years. We offer a generous base salary with commissions, bonuses, employee discounts and free skiing at local hills. To join our team please stop by our newly remodeled store and apply in person. Pay range: $12-$16 per hour. Chalet Ski & Patio 5252 Verona Road Madison, WI 53711 608-273-8263 info@chaletski.com
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snow plowing Residential & Commercial Fully Insured. 608-8737038 or 608-669-0025.
0690 Wanted WANTED OFF-STREET parking for 85' long semi. Plug-in would be a plus. Looking for parking in Verona, Mt. Horeb or Barneveld areas. Contact Scooter at 512-900-0725.
Baker for hire: For any occasion. Will deliver. Joy 608-712-6286.
WE BUY Junk Cars and Trucks.We sell used parts. Monday thru Friday 8am-5:30pm. Newville Auto Salvage, 279 Hwy 59 Edgerton, 608-884-3114
0601 Miscellaneous
0705 Rentals
SAVAGE MODEL 16, 270 Win. Short Mag. with Vortex 4-12 variable scope. Asking $550. 608-437-8957 .
BROOKLYN-OREGON. 3-bedroom ranch, one bath, two-car garage, AC, $1,100 plus utilities, security deposit $1,200, credit check, references. No smoking. Small cat or dog under 25 lbs., $25 per month. Available Dec. 1st. Call for more information 608835-7428.
DRY OAK and Cherry Firewood For Sale. Contact Dave at 608-445-6423 or Pete 608-712-3223. SEASONED SPLIT OAK, Hardwood. Volume discount. Will deliver. 608609-1181
0672 Pets FOR SALE: Beagle puppies, AKC registered, tri-colors and lemon and white, sire and dam, outstanding hunters/companions, trial champions in the pedigree, vet checked, $400-$450 each. Also two very good 5 year old male Beagles. $700 each. 608-437-8957. FOR SALE: Miniature Australian Shepherd puppies, shots and wormed. $375. David Fisher, 9316 Kussmaul Rd, Mt Hope, WI 53816. LABRADOODLE OR Goldendoodle? WHY? When you CAN have a 100% nonshed, smart, beautiful, sweet, lovable Whoodle or Moyen Poodle. 2 Minis left! The best dog you will ever own! Rust, Brown & Creme colors. Come check us out! LOTS of Free training tips! www. SpringGreenPups.com Lic#469088 Dusty 920-210-7441. TEDDY BEARS, 2-Maltipoos, Cavapoos, 2-Cavachons, 1-Morkie $695-$995 Lic# 469088, LOTS of Free training tips! www.SpringGreenPups. com, Brenda 608-574-7931. BLACK AND tan German Shepherd puppies, nice markings, great pets, shots and dewormed, ready by November 14. Reserve yours now! $350 each. Henry Fisher, 12236 Parkview Rd, Lancaster, WI. 53813. FARM RAISED, 4 month old purebred Golden Retriever puppies,very playful, great with kids, wormed and booster shots up to date, top notch, ready to go, no papers, $700 each. 30280 Mitchell Hollow Rd. Platteville. GOLDEN RETRIEVER and Black Lab puppies, AKC, shots, dewormed, dew claws removed, microchipped and vet checked. 608-574-6204.
OREGON: UPDATED 2-BR upper flat, appliances, washerdryer, garage. No smoking, No pets. $825mo. 608845-7309 VERONA 2 Bedroom Apartment $855. Available Now and Nov 1 Small 24 unit building. Includes heat, hot water, water & sewer, off-street parking, fully carpeted, dishwasher and coin operated laundry and storage in basement. Convenient to Madison’s west side. Call KC at 608-575-4344 to view your new home. ROSEWOOD APARTMENTS for Seniors 55+. 1 & 2 bedroom units available starting at $795 per month. Includes heat, water and sewer. Professionally managed. Located at300 Silverado Drive, Stoughton, WI 53589 608-877-9388 CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon Friday for The Great Dane and Noon Monday for the Oregon Observer unless changed because of holiday work schedules. Call now to place your ad, 873-6671 or 835-6677.
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C.N.R. STORAGE Located behind Stoughton Garden Center Convenient Dry Secure Lighted with access 24/7 Bank Cards Accepted Off North Hwy 51 on Oak Opening Dr. behind Stoughton Garden Center Call: 608-509-8904 DEER POINT STORAGE Convenient location behind Stoughton Lumber. Clean-Dry Units 24 HOUR LIGHTED ACCESS 5x10 thru 12x25 608-335-3337 FRENCHTOWN SELF-STORAGE Only 6 miles South of Verona on Hwy PB. Variety of sizes available now. 10x10=$60month 10x15=$70month 10x20=$80month 10x25=$90month 12x30=$115month Call 608-424-6530 or 1-888-878-4244 NORTH PARK STORAGE 10x10 through 10x40, plus 14x40 with 14' door for RV & Boats. Come & go as you please. 608-873-5088 OREGON SELF-STORAGE 10x10 through 10x25 month to month lease Call Karen Everson at 608-835-7031 or Veronica Matt at 608-291-0316 RASCHEIN PROPERTY STORAGE 6x10 thru 10x25 Market Street/Burr Oak Street in Oregon Call 608-520-0240 UNION ROAD STORAGE 10x10 - 10x15 10x20 - 12x30 24/7 Access Security Lights & Cameras Credit Cards Accepted 608-835-0082 1128 Union Road Oregon, WI Located on the corner of Union Road & Lincoln Road
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WANTED: BLACK Hided feeder calves and yearlings for the PAPA Alliance Annual Sales to be held at the Bloomington Livestock Exchange in Bloomington, WI on November 2, December 7 and January 4. Red Angus are also welcome. For info call Greg May at 608-574-0719 or BLE 608-994-2020.
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OCRN: Group plans to work on all three community projects at the same time Continued from page 1 at Jaycee Park West, said OCRN board member and village trustee Randy Glysch. He said representatives from groups involved with the three projects have asked OCRN for its help. “We decided to do three projects because they all deserve support and are great projects,” Glysch told the Observer. “Some will require more work than others, but they’ve started things already and there’s some infrastructure in place. We’re coming in as partners.” The resource network evolved out of discussions between two longtime food pantry volunteers and Village Trustee Jeff Boudreau a few years ago. The pantry had outgrown its home on Union Road and was looking for another space in the village. When the search for a new location wasn’t making progress, volunteers Linda Fuller and Julie Krzystof reached out to other organizations around the county and learned that groups existed with the sole purpose of supporting food pantries. They became aware of a program in Sun Prairie and discovered that Boudreau was involved in the fundraising arm of the food pantry there, so they met with him and the idea of a resource network grew out of those discussions. Glysch got involved later, following his work in restoring the downtown water tower and pump house, which is now the Oregon Welcome Center. He said local fundraising will be a big part of what OCRN does for the library and Jaycee Park, while the
housing coalition may need help in securing grants and tax credits as incentives for developers of workforce housing. “OCRN is a nonprofit, and our involvement can give developers extra points when they’re applying for grants,” he explained. “There are developers who we’ve talked to that are interested in building workforce housing.” Glysch said OCRN’s natural role is to be an “umbrella organization” for other nonprofits in the community. “While being in the midst of construction of the youth center, we felt it was important to determine what was next for OCRN,” he explained. “We want to keep the momentum of success going. All three of the projects felt that OCRN had a proven track record of success, and partnering with us will help their projects be successful.”
Oregon Housing Coalition The housing coalition came together in March and includes members and volunteers from local churches, the business community, the school district and village government. “Our goal is to educate and a d vo c a t e f o r m o r e h o u s i n g options in Oregon,” said organizer Karin Victorson. She and other coalition members were hearing stories about new teachers in the school district who can’t afford to live in Oregon, and senior citizens who struggle to stay in their homes because of rising housing costs, preventing people from being able to afford other basic needs such as food, medicine, clothes and transportation.
‘There’s a lot of different ways that we can partner with the federal government, as well as local nonprofits and organizations that are doing some creative things to develop more housing. That’s kind of where OCRN comes in.’ – Karin Victorson, Oregon Housing Coalition After hearing such anecdotes, “we thought we’d get together and try to do something about it,” Victorson said. “We know what we’re hearing but we also need some data to back that up.” She said the housing coalition reached out to Dane County for data about the shortage of workforce housing and recently received information that it’s starting to compile and discuss. “There’s a lot of different ways that we can partner with the federal government, as well as local nonprofits and organizations that are doing some creative things to develop more housing,” Victorson told the Observer. “That’s kind of where OCRN comes in.” She said Glysch has been attending housing coalition meetings and noted that OCRN has a good reputation and “that name recognition to help us educate and advocate for more housing options.” “Our visions and missions really line up, which is that basically we want people who live in Oregon to be able to stay and work and thrive in Oregon,” Victorson added. “We’re hearing that people are having to leave because they can’t afford it.”
supporters will have to raise in order to build a new facility on North Main Street. Glysch, who sits on the committee that’s working with a consultant conducting a feasibility study to help determine the amount, said the committee is “waiting for the study to tell us how much is needed and how much is realistic.” The Village Board has committed to borrow $6 million, and the Library Board anticipates needing to raise between $4 million and $6 million to build a 35,000-squarefoot library at 249 N. Main St. “If it’s going to happen, it’ll be through fundraising,” Glysch said. “OCRN will help with that, and also help bring awareness to the community in terms of all that the library has to offer village residents. “I’m amazed at the number of people who don’t know everything the library does,” he added. “Lots of people think it’s just for kids.” Last month the Library Board and Village Board agreed to complete the fundraising campaign before establishing a final project budget. Officials had planned to begin construction next year in anticipation of opening in A new library 2020-21, but the project could be It’s unclear how much library delayed due to the cost.
The feasibility study is expected to be completed by mid-November. The village purchased the site of the former People’s United Methodist Church on North Main Street for the new library, at a cost of $890,000.
Jaycee Park West Glysch said in addition to raising money to renovate Jaycee Park West with new playing fields, parking lots, pedestrian bridges and walking paths, OCRN will “help with some of the facilitation between all the user groups and bring some consensus and overall purpose of the project.” Work on the park will begin when the groups that would use the facility raise $650,000, according to an initial agreement between the organizations and the village. The village would then borrow $1 million for the first phase of the $3.7 million project. A fundraising committee established for the project recently reduced its goal for the first phase to $500,000. Phase one would involve grading and preparing the site with utilities and parking. Along with four ball diamonds, eight soccer fields and pickleball courts, the 25-acre park would have a new concessions plaza and lighting. Glysch explained there are “politics” involved with the user groups, and “people see us as a neutral party, so may be able to work out some differences. “We’re not coming in with a special interest or agenda,” he added. “We just want to help.” Contact Bill Livick at bill.livick@ wcinet.com
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Youth Center gets started Fundraising effort brings in $1 million for new building project BILL LIVICK Unified Newspaper Group
A new Oregon Youth Center is under construction at 110 N. Oak St., funded almost entirely by donations. The Oregon Community Resource Network raised about $1 million over the past year for the project, and work at the site is finally beginning to make progress, contractor Dan Bertler told the Observer this month. Bertler, owner of Supreme Structures and a member of the OCRN board of directors, has volunteered his company’s time and labor for the project. He said complications delayed the start of building at the site until the second week in October, and he hopes to have the new 5,800-square-foot youth center ready for kids to use in February. Workers have begun prepping the soil and putting in footings and a foundation, Bertler said. A groundbreaking ceremony for the project that OCRN and the village held in late June was premature because of legal and physical issues that arose. That included needing the village attorney to draft a new land lease for the property, create a certified survey
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The new Oregon Youth Center building will be constructed in a lot adjacent to the current Youth Center building on North Oak Street. A groundbreakTurn to OYC/Page 6 ing for the new site was held in late June, but delays in approvals halted construction until this month.
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The Oregon Area Food Pantry, which in November 2017 began operating in a new building on Alpine Parkway, added more hours and days to its monthly distribution schedule this year. The pantry had traditionally been open the last Thursday of the month for four hours in the afternoon but its board of directors added morning hours in April, and in October the board decided to begin distributing food to residents in the Oregon Area School District on Tuesdays through the end of 2018. Board members said they would like to continue the Tuesday hours next year but haven’t yet made a decision.
Board chair Tom Kirchdoerfer told the Observer the additional hours combined “represent a 300 percent increase of our distribution hours in just six months. We have also seen a steady increase in guests since moving into our new facility 10 months ago, rising from approximately 100 families per month to approximately 130.” The Oregon Community Resource Network stepped forward last year to assist with fundraising for a new food pantry and raised about $750,000, helped by an “angel investor” who pledged to fill the fundraising gap if the community were to contribute $300,000. The new, 4,200-squarefoot facility was built on land owned by the People’s
United Methodist Church, which agreed to lease the property to OCRN and the food pantry for 25 years. Oregon-based building contractor Supreme Structures, which donated its time and labor, broke ground on the project in April 2017 and completed it by early November. Through the rest of the year, the pantry is open 9–11 a.m. and 3–7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. It’s open the second Saturday of each month, 10-11 a.m., to accept food donations. Donations can also be made at several churches, the Oregon Public Library and the Oregon Area Senior Center. Contact Bill Livick at bill. livick@wcinet.com
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Sleep Inn hotel near end of long road Developer expects to open ‘around end of the year’ BILL LIVICK Unified Newspaper Group
The developer of a new 66-room Sleep Inn and Suites Hotel on South Park Street plans to have the building, which has been under construction since April, open by “around the end of the year.” Adam Coyle, managing member of Oregon Hotel LLC, said the project “took a little longer than anticipated” because of a rainy weather and a busy construction season. Initially he had hoped to open the hotel by the end of October, but at the time the Oregon Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated a groundbreaking for the project in mid-May, Coyle said it wouldn’t be ready until the end of the year. “The subcontractors were so busy with all the construction going on,” Coyle told the Observer last week. “We weren’t the only one on their schedules, but it’s coming together real well and we’re already taking future reservations.” The $4.5 million, three-story hotel is being built at 1120 S. Park St., the corner of Park and Rosewood Avenue near the U.S. Hwy. 14/State Hwy. 138 interchange. It’s being constructed on a 1.5-acre site and will feature an indoor/ outdoor whirlpool, or hot
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The new hotel on the village’s southeast side is taking shape as crews work on the front entrance on Oct. 18. tub, connected to an indoor swimming pool, over 500 feet of meeting and birthday event space and a 24-hour business center and fitness center. Coyle touted those
amenities as something special and said he’s “excited” about the hotel’s impending opening. “It looks nice, and with the pool and outdoor hot tub and patio, it gives people
something to enjoy on a cold winter day,” he said. “I hope it gives people something to talk about and a reason to come back.” Village officials have long sought a modern hotel
to provide rooms for visitors and promote economic development. A room tax generated from the hotel would help fund tourism-promotion in the village. Village president Steve
Staton said the hotel will “have a significant impact on the ability of things like the ice arena and the soccer association to host events.” People attending those events will be able to stay in town, which will “drive economic development as people use our restaurants and other businesses,” he predicted. The hotel will be managed by Verona-based S&L Hospitality, which hired Oregon native Paul Harms to manage its day-to-day operations. Harms has extensive hotel management experience. He said a hotel here “is long overdue” given the number of local businesses, wedding venues and nearby sports complexes that host tournaments throughout the year. Harms said he’s “looking to hire about 25 people” when the hotel opens. The developer will receive $800,000 in village tax increment financing for the project. The assistance has been structured as a “pay-asyou-go TIF,” which means a portion of the property taxes the hotel pays each year will be reimbursed until the financial assistance is met. The arrangement precludes a financial risk for the village. Contact Bill Livick at bill. livick@wcinet.com
Message from the chamber
The Oregon Area Chamber of Commerce would like to thank the community and all our businesses for their loyal support. The Chamber is working with our new and Knutson existing business members to make the Oregon area a great place to live, work and play. We have had a great summer participating in many exciting new projects throughout the community, and more are yet to come. This year, we have welcomed 30 new chamber members. We are actively building new and strengthening existing relationships with our businesses to help improve economic growth in Oregon. Together with our businesses, we have celebrated many groundbreakings and ribbon cuttings. Groundbreakings are a way to highlight new businesses allowing for the creation of new jobs within the community. There were three this summer. In April, Omni Technologies broke ground on the west side of Oregon. Omni Technologies provides life safety and security systems, and we are excited to have their business in the
community. The hotel broke ground in May with a great turnout in support of the exciting new addition to the Oregon community. Sleep Inn and Suites is anticipating opening its doors in December and will bring more economic business to the community. The Youth Center ground breaking took place in June, and it will also be a great asset to our children in the community. There were four ribbon cuttings this summer. Ribbon cuttings create awareness and allow businesses to introduce themselves to the community. Jefferson Crossing Apartments had their ribbon cutting in August, showing off the impressive 61-unit bu i l d i n g , f e a t u r i n g 6 0 underground parking stalls and many great amenities. All units are already occupied by residents. This shows there is a great need for housing in the community. In September, we celebrated the Perry Parkway connection, which creates an additional route to the high school, helping to alleviate downtown congestion. Cornerstone Family Chiropractic celebrated their new location in Fitchburg, which will offer new techniques to chiropractic care.
And Ryan Gerharz – State Farm opened a new office on the north side of Oregon located in the shopping center around the corner from Bill’s Food Center next to Mark’s Barber. Oregon Summer Fest was a great success. We were able to offer free admission to live entertainment which increased crowds. We had many praises on the run including great organization and beautiful scenery. Thanks to all our volunteers, who made this event flow smoothly. Small Business Saturday is Nov. 25. The Oregon Chamber will be sending out a small business mailer to Oregon residents filled with special deals from local businesses encouraging the community to shop local and support small businesses. Dec. 7 is our Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at Waterman Park. Join us for the tree lighting, sing Christmas carols, watch Santa arrive on the firetruck and walk over to Oregon Area Fire and EMS station for a chili dinner with Santa. All donations will be used for the funding of the Jaycee Park West renovation project. This is a great community event that brings everyone together.
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Jefferson Crossing adds downtown housing BILL LIVICK Unified Newspaper Group
The Jefferson Crossing apartment complex in downtown Oregon held an open house in late August, but leases for the 61-unit building had all been signed early July, the developers said. Brett Riemen and Brian Spanos began construction of the three-story building in May 2017 on a 1.3-acre parcel located between the Jefferson Street parking lot and the railroad viaduct. Riemen told the Observer the complex filled up about six months earlier than anticipated due to its downtown location and the lack of new apartments in the village over the past decade. “There was pent-up demand,” he said. “And it’s just a great and a very visible location. It’s so easy for people to walk to downtown restaurants and businesses.” The complex has an underground parking stall for each of its 61 units, along with 29 surface stalls in the parking lot the developers completed building in September. But improvements to the adjacent Jefferson Street parking lot won’t be completed this year because bids to install underground lighting and new electrical service to South Main Street businesses had to be rejected, Oregon public works director Jeff Rau said last summer. He planned rebid the work in
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The Jefferson Crossing apartment building saw its first tenants move in this summer. November for the 2019 construction season. Riemen said parking in the area has turned out to be one of the biggest issues to work out with village officials and businesses.
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The Village of Oregon had another quiet year on the housing front, and it might not improve next year. The village approved 30 single-family housing permits through August, the most recent numbers village administrator Mike Gracz provided to the Observer. Last year, the village had approved 26 through that same timespan, and ended the year with 32. The village’s recent peak in housing starts was 73 in 2015. It dropped to 56 in 2016. Gracz told the Observer in an email Bergamont had the most home starts this
New home starts Year New permits 2010 20 2011 22 2012 26 2013 58 2014 48 2015 73 2016 56 2017 35 2018 30 year, and he predicted the Highlands of Netherwood could have the most next year. “But we will most
likely be close to that number again in 2019,” Gracz wrote. While no duplex or multifamily permits were issued as of August, the 61-unit Jefferson Crossing downtown apartment building opened in the middle of the year. Last year, it seemed the village was headed in for a big year in 2018, with additions in the Oregon Parks and Merri-Hill neighborhoods expected. Gracz said there was “nothing specific” that held those up, attributing the year to “normal housing trends.” Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.
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Library turns focus to fundraising After hiring new director, village, library boards come to terms for new building ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group
A new library building is estimated to cost $10 million to $12 million. needs – Busch resigned as director, citing “hostility” in her dealings with the board. The cost estimates haven’t changed, but new director Jennifer Endres Way has been working on fundraising since being hired in May. She told the Observer she expects the fundraising campaign to take about 18 months and said the fundraising consultant
North meets South Village unites Perry Parkway, connecting OHS to Janesville St. ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group
Drivers hoping to avoid downtown Oregon on their way through town now have another option, after the village connected North and South Perry parkways. That’s a project village leaders said has been decades in the making. The road was an obvious logistical choice, but a challenging one, as it had to span the Badfish Creek and because 70 percent of the project is in wetlands. That meant extensive permitting from the state Department of Natural Resources as well as the added task of diverting the creek while crews laid a culvert, public works director Jeff Rau explained. “There’s a reason this road has taken 30 years to build,” Rau said. The $1.2 million connection opened Sept. 10. Village leaders expect students traveling to and from the high school to make heavy use of the road and have said the intersection between Perry Parkway and Janesville Street may be the future home of traffic signals. The high school sits about a mile north of that intersection, which Trustee Amanda Peterson said is becoming dangerous, especially for pedestrians. She questioned village staff at a recent Village Board meeting about possible steps the village could take to manage traffic.
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Perry Parkway bends its way north toward the high school and past the waste water treatment plant as Al Kuehl walks along the newly paved sidewalks on the day the road opened to traffic, Monday, Sept. 10. Installing traffic signals could take a while, as Janesville Street is a county road, administrator Mike Gracz said, and the county typically does not do such work without having a study done. Gracz went on to say the village hasn’t heard anything from the county about doing such a study in 2019. In the meantime, board president Steve Staton directed staff to place a sign in the middle of the street reminding motorists of the presence of a crosswalk. While managing traffic from the new connection has presented challenges to the board, getting the project completed was a massive challenge itself. At the ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sept. 10, public works director Jeff Rau said the village originally called off funding the project 25 years ago because environmental costs associated with working in a wetland kept rising. The project was delayed again after flooding in 2007, and bids for the current version went out five years ago
under former public works director Mark Below. There were also logistical challenges to building a road spanning the Badfish Creek. The water had to be rerouted while crews laid a perfectly flat bed for the creek’s new home: a 230-foot tunnel of concrete that’s 12 feet across and six feet high. The culvert came in 27 sections, each one weighing more than 39,000 pounds which had to be individually lifted into place. Meanwhile, Rau said, contractors had to deal with unprecedented rains and unexpectedly poor soil conditions this spring. “Ruekert and Mielke did a great job,” Rau said. The connection completes a sort of ring road around the village, something Gracz said the village had been planning for years and hopes will ease congestion at the busy downtown intersection.
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A busy year of planning and building infrastructure The past year has been a busy and productive time for the Oregon Village Board. The focus has been on infrastructure updates, economic development, and the civic campus plan. The Village Board continues to work closely with the Oregon Area Chamber Staton of Commerce and its director, Judy Knutson, on economic development. I am pleased to say the chamber and the village work well together and that the community benefits as a result. The Village Board supports the chamber’s community guide with a financial contribution and also budgets for economic
development projects. There have been several attempts to bring a hotel to Oregon over the last 12 years. The most recent proposal for a hotel came before the Plan Commission and Village Board in 2017. This proposal was solid financially and was approved for construction, which began this spring. In spite of the rain, the project has proceeded and is now an enclosed three-story building on the southeast side of town. The Sleep Inn Hotel will open by the end of the year and will be a significant enhancement for our community. The civic campus plan, which focuses on downtown redevelopment, continues to
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A tumultuous year of planning for a new Oregon Public Library has ended with a continued commitment from the Village Board to borrow $6 million for a new library and a formal agreement between the Library and Village Board on which body pays for and controls various aspects of the building and the building process. Things took a setback in January when library director Nikki Busch abruptly resigned, but the new director has already spearheaded the beginnings of a fundraising campaign. The results of that campaign will determine the size, design and timing of the new building, originally estimated to cost around $10 million to $12 million. Village and Library Board leaders had planned for the building to be constructed in 2019 and open in 2020 or 2021. Those dates might be optimistic, as the fundraising campaign is expected to take 18 months. The Village Board and Library Board have split the $20,000 cost of a fundraising consultant, who will be tasked with determining a feasible goal. That feasibility study will determine the scope of the project, but also incorporate public input on the design and features of the building. Shortly after the Village Board decided to limit its borrowing to $6 million – far less than a space-needs study had indicated would be necessary for the growing village’s
was key in her hiring. In the meantime, Way has said it’s important to “get an architect involved again to get those assumptions current and in today’s dollars.” The initial plans won’t be detailed enough to go out to bid, but can be used to create a vision for and get people excited about the project, Way said. It could also be used to flesh out donation opportunities, she said, like identifying spaces in the library that might be naming opportunities, for example. In 2015, a space-needs study determined a 35,000-square-foot library would accomodate the village’s growth by 2030. That would be about three times the size of the existing library, built in 1995. The location has been essentially set since 2016: The boards have agreed that the library will go on the site of the former Methodist Church at 249 N. Main St. the village bought in 2016 for $890,000. The library is considered to be the first part of an effort to create a new civic campus to accommodate the village’s recent and projected growth. The next step is likely to be a senior center, which is expected to need twice the space it has now, and the Village Hall is also part of the planning process. Meanwhile, programming at the library has continued uninterrupted, with storytimes and frequent special activities like magic shows and escape rooms for kids with youth services librarian Kelly Allen and Wendy Borden. Kara Ripley was hired in March as the adult services and outreach librarian, and has brought programming for teens and adults like learning how to code, trivia nights and advice sessions for jobseekers.
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The path to referendum Jaycee Park West fundraising begins Task force recommendations led to project for new schools SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group
This past year saw steady progress toward the Oregon School District’s decision to go to referendum Nov. 6 to fund a new elementary school in Fitchburg. A task force gave a critical recommendation in February after meeting frequently throughout 2017 to make recommendations to the board in three areas: population projections, how those projections would affect current building and grade configurations and where and when additional buildings would be needed. The Student Growth and Population Task Force findings included the projection that district enrollment will rise from current levels of around 4,000 to more than 6,000 by 2030. To cope with this expected student surge, it presented the board with five options, all of which called for construction of at least two schools, including at least one new elementary and middle school, with a variety of modifications to existing school grade configurations. In March, the board started holding lengthy work sessions to discuss the task force’s findings and to plan timing for a possible referendum to have at least one new school in place by fall 2020. During the next two months, the district held a dozen focus groups to hear directly from community members, and by the end of May, the board whittled the list to two plans, that essentially differed in whether an elementary or middle school would be built first. Ultimately, the board approved a plan to build a K-6 elementary school off the Lacy
Road interchange in Fitchburg by fall 2020 to accommodate expected growth there, with a middle school to follow (likely off the Hwy. 14/MM interchange) as soon as 2024. That, however, would be left to a future referendum. The board also set the referendum date for Nov. 6 to take advantage of expected higher turnout during this fall’s gubernatorial race. At the time, Busler said public feedback would continue to “help shape the final plan,” and with the date set, district officials put together a communication engagement plan, holding three community “open house” meetings for district officials to talk about plans and answer questions from the public. Busler said if the referendums to build the two schools are successful, it will set off a chain reaction to even out enrollment at schools that would add a fifth-grade to the three current elementary schools (Brooklyn, Netherwood Knoll and Prairie View), drop the sixth-graders from the Fitchburg elementary school, switch Rome Corners Intermediate from a 5-6 to K-5 school and add sixth-graders to Oregon Middle School. The task force was commissioned by the school board in February 2017, and it studied population growth projections around the wide-ranging district, which reaches from Brooklyn north to nearly the Beltline. The 10-member group included district administrators, teachers, school board members and residents from Fitchburg, Oregon and Brooklyn, as well as urban and regional planner Mark Roffers as consultant. “I don’t think it’s if new facilities are required, I think it’s a question of when are new facilities required and what would those new facilities look like,” Busler said then. “That’s the part that’s next up for the task force to look at.”
OYC: Set to open in February Continued from page 2 map and then shepherd the plans through the village’s permitting and approval process. Bertler had planned to construct the new building, move the youth center into it and then take down the building that’s being replaced. But now he and the rest of the OCRN board of directors hope to find a temporary home for kids to use as a youth center until Supreme Structures completes the new youth center and demolishes the old one. That would allow Bertler to mobilize his construction crew just once at the site. He said building the center and returning later to take down the old building would be costly and take more time. To c o m p l i c a t e t h e
situation, Supreme Structures took soil borings in July and discovered conditions that required extra steps to prepare the ground for construction. It also caused Bertler to develop new building plans, and the cost of construction increased. Soil borings revealed soft ground composed largely of peat, which forced Bertler to redesign some of the building footings and structure and come up with some different ways of building it, he said. Bertler and OCRN chair Randy Glysch said the organization has reached out to donors for more funding and got good results. “We have been very fortunate that we have a community of individuals who have stepped up to offset some of
A plan to create new recreational fields at Jaycee Park West includes selling naming rights for as much as $300,000 over 25 years. The Oregon Village Board approved a phased plan in April that starts with a $1.5 million plan to add four new ball fields over the next year. The approval of a naming rights policy in October gave a nonprofit committee overseeing the fundraising the green light to begin securing donations. Organizers – including private stakeholder groups, like sports organizations that use the fields – will sell commemorative bricks and will also be able to sell naming rights to amenities as small as walking path posts and as big as the park itself. Their goal is to raise $500,000 for this first phase. Organizer Judy Knutson said the hope is for the project to break ground in the spring. The village has been working with the Rettler Corp. for several years to plan the park. The original design included four ball fields and eight soccer fields, along with two new parking lots, walking paths, three new pedestrian bridges and a “concessions plaza” on 25.3 acres, but it was modified in August to include pickleball courts. The project is estimated to cost about $4 million
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A new concept plan, approved by the Village Board earlier this year, includes a dozen pickleball courts, which can be seen at top right. and will be split into three phases. The first phase includes two 220-foot Little League baseball fields, two 210-by-360 feet soccer fields, a temporary soccer field, a 77-stall parking lot and a new pedestrian bridge. Other work involves grading and preparing the site with utilities. The grading work is of particular importance after this spring’s flooding issues. At a recent Village Board meeting, representatives from a local soccer club pointed out the number of fields that are currently home to standing water, including those immediately adjacent to the skate park. In August, the board
changed the concept plan of the park to include a dozen pickleball courts in the northeast corner of the park, replacing a youth soccer field. The new courts would be built in Phase 3 of the plan and would add $337,000 to that phase’s price tag, according to documents from the meeting. Fundraisers would net over $1 million if they’re able to sell every sponsorship opportunity they’re offering, ranging from 8-inch by 6-inch commemorative bricks for $150 to naming rights to one of the fields for 25 years for $50,000, to renaming the park for 25 years for $300,000.
Staton: Hotel, library, downtown projects the additional costs in the past few weeks,” Glysch told the Observer. He said they also have some “leads” on a temporary home for the youth center while the old building is being demolished and the new one is going up. The new center will have an indoor play area with a pool table and air hockey, a half-court basketball area, a comfortable seating area, a computer lab/conference room and a “warming kitchen.” Architects call the design “the barn look” because of its high ceiling and relatively open floor plan. “It’s going to be so much better than anything they’ve ever had,” Bertler said. Contact Bill Livick at bill. livick@wcinet.com
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Continued from page 5 be a focus for the board. This plan focuses on the library, senior center, village hall, and youth center. The planning process for the new library is proceeding and a memorandum of understanding has been completed, which defined the roles of the Library Board and Village Board. The Library Board hired Jennifer Way as the new director this summer. She brings experience with a new library facility to the process and has provided productive leadership and a consensus-building approach to the development of the agreement between the library and village. The Library Board has hired a firm to do a fund-raising feasibility study, which is currently underway. The $6 million allocated by the Village Board will be enhanced by the fund-raising efforts, and the library will be constructed on the site of the former Methodist church on Main Street. The next focus of the civic campus plan will be the Oregon Area Senior Center. Initial discussions have centered on a new center on the site of the current senior center and library. Conceptually, the building would be privately owned and would have a senior center on the first floor (space to be rented by the village), and the top two floors would be senior housing. These plans are very preliminary and will be finalized over the next three or four years. The Oregon Youth Center was accepted by the Oregon Community Resource Network as their second project
after the construction of the food pantry in 2017. OCRN quickly raised the necessary funds, and a new youth center is being built on Oak Street on the same location as the current youth center. This new facility will greatly enhance the experience of youth as they attend the programs of the center. This project is a tribute to the generosity of our community and its commitment to our youth. Infrastructure improvements involve chip and seal on five village streets and new blacktop on Rutland-Dunn Road. The signature project has been the construction of North Perry Parkway form the ice arena to Park Street. This spur provides convenient access to Oregon High School and its athletic fields. This project also involved moving the compost site, which is now just south of the former site. Another part of infrastructure development is public parks. The Village recently held a ribbon cutting for the Elving Kjellstrom Park on the Northwest side of town on Braun Road. The Kjellstrom family, in honor of Elving, donated the land for the park and also made a financial contribution for the park. The pavilion offers a very nice spot for cyclists to take a break from their ride. Construction started last year on Jefferson Crossing apartments in downtown Oregon. It was projected that full occupancy would take several months but all 61 units were rented by mid-July! This is a tribute to the design and quality of the building,
as well as the attraction Oregon has as a place to live. I would be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge the years of service of Darlene Groenier as a Village Board trustee and citizen who was dedicated to our village. Darlene fought a courageous battle with cancer but succumbed this spring. Thank you to her for her many efforts in making the village a better place. Randy Glysch has been appointed to fill the remainder of Darlene’s term. One disappointment this summer has been the flooded condition of the Oregon Rotary Bike Trail. The water north of the trail has risen to unprecedented levels and portions of the trail are under as much as twenty inches of water. The Village has begun researching possible solutions so it can be reopened next summer. Several people have told me that they appreciate how nice the flowerpots downtown look. Gary and Donna Disch, Lynne Johnson, Marty Berman and Eileen Durkin volunteer their time to care for these downtown enhancements. A sincere thank you to them. I would also like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to our village employees for the fine job they do in serving our residents and taking care of our infrastructure. Thanks also to our department heads for their expertise and leadership. It has been a pleasure to continue to serve our residents in 2018. I appreciate your support and input. Steve Staton is the president of the Oregon Village Board.
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The proposed splash pad saw some concrete progress this summer, with the school district in July constructing the pump house that will move water through the attraction as well as improving locker rooms at the pool. In early fall, organizers of the project received a $650,000 estimate for construction costs for the pad from KSW Construction, a crucial step in getting fundraising going in earnest, aquatics director Deb Bossingham told the Observer. Oregon-Brooklyn Optimist Club secretary Margaret Straub said while the cost estimate from the contractors was around what they were expecting, that doesn’t mean it wasn’t surprising. “I just don’t understand why splash pads cost so much,” Straub said in a phone call with exasperated good humor in her voice. “It’s cement and there’s piping underneath — what’s so complicated?” The Optimist Club is partnering with the pool to build the splash pad, which would be a free summertime attraction for kids and families looking to cool off and have a central place to hang out near downtown Oregon. Straub and Bossingham are set to meet in the coming weeks to establish a game plan for the fundraising effort, which will include solicitation for in-kind donations, like l a n d s c a p i n g wo r k , a n d applying for grants. They’re still hoping to break ground this spring, though Straub said they’re “nowhere close” to reaching their $650,000 goal. Still, Bossingham has expressed hope large donors will step up when it’s clear what the goal is and what it would take to get there. And the village recently passed a naming-rights policy that might open the door for sponsorship opportunities. Several large projects have been undertaken in the last few years fueled by local philanthropy, including the new youth center and food pantry. There’s also the $4 million — $6 million gap in funding for the proposed new library that is expected to see a major fundraising push. Straub hopes that if organizers are successful in breaking ground on the splash pad this spring, the community will realize the project is happening and the donations might start rolling in. “I think the community would really be behind us,” Straub said. “It would be really great for the community.” Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@ wcinet.com.
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Soleil Wellness & Day Spa Address: 130 N. Main Street, Oregon, WI 53575 Principal owners: Linda Pollock and Megan Malkasian Opening/arrival date: Nov. 1, 2017 Number of employees: 11 Charity connections/plans: We provide numerous donations to area schools, non-profit groups and fundraisers throughout the year. Oregon connection: Two existing businesses merged (Tan Lines Optional/Soleil Massage & Bodywork and The Skin Care Studio) to form Soleil Wellness & Day Spa. Our goal is to provide wellness and spa services for all, including canines. Business focus: Our focus is on providing holistic wellness services for all. We provide a full array of spa services including massage and bodywork, tanning, red light skin renewal therapy, full aesthetic skin care services, eyelash extensions, and medical microdermabrasion. Our services are for people (young and old) and pets. What’s special about your business? We’ve recently added new holistic services and products because our belief is that the body is able to heal itself many times with a more holistic approach, pharmaceuticals are often not the best choice. We offer a variety of organic products including CBD Hemp and essential oils that assist our clients in their healing journey.
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Chamber: Year filled with lots of groundbreakings, construction Continued from page 3 We have been working hard to improve the functionality of the Oregon area community these past months. The Village of Oregon has purchased the land and old motel on Park Street on the southeast side of Oregon. The motel is scheduled to be demolished the middle of November. Oregon Area Fire and EMS along with other local fire departments will use this opportunity to train the staff on proper techniques of fire safety. Once the building is gone, the land could be used for future business development. Another great way of i m p r ov i n g t h e O r eg o n community is by improving our. The Jaycee Park West renovation project is actively raising funds to improve the quality and functionality of the park. The plan offers four baseball/softball fields and four full-size playing fields with proper drainage for baseball, softball, soccer, lacrosse and rugby. There will be 12 new pickleball courts, additional parking lots, a concession building with restrooms, updated walking paths, new playground equipment and so much more. Our goal is to provide the opportunity to
participate in recreational sports and activities without traveling outside the Oregon community. That will focus on improving youth sports participation, bringing business into Oregon and creating a facility to promote fitness and wellness for all. There are many ways to help with the Jaycee Park West project. We are offering sponsorships for naming rights on fields, bleachers, dugouts, park names, pickleball courts and more. There are engraved brick pavers for the walking paths and Jaycee Sports Park apparel, which many can be purchased at oregonsportspark.org. The Oregon Chamber partnered with the Oregon Area Wellness Coalition and won two awards as a Healthy Community Designation Silver for the Village of Oregon. This new program recognizes and encourages local efforts to improve overall community health and well-being. Oregon is one of 31 communities to be recognized and one of only 14 communities to receive recognition at the Silver level. And the Wisconsin Active Community Designation shows the Oregon community is continuously working to provide health and wellness to all.
Oregon has tremendous opportunities for responsible economic growth that balances our desire to maintain Oregon’s hometown feel while broadening our economic base. A strong economic future for our community will include growth of existing businesses and the welcoming new ones. These businesses will increase the tax base as well as employment in our community and are a welcome addition to the Village’s business community.
The Oregon Area Chamber of Commerce greatly values our existing membership and business community. Most of our time and resources are devoted to advocating and promoting our members. However, the Chamber’s mission is also to promote economic development and bring new commerce to our local community. New commerce provides for a healthy, growing, local economy. If you would like to learn more about what is
happening in Oregon or sign up for the Oregon Chamber weekly email, please visit our website at oregonwi.com. To offer professional services to cut down on the costs of the Jaycee Park project or inquire about naming rights, please contact me at 835-3697. Judy Knutson is the executive director of the Oregon Area Chamber of Commerce.
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