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The vehicle-storage area houses the Public Works department’s 104 vehicles. The new facility opened Jan. 14.
‘Fantastic’ new facility $8.3M public works building opened Jan. 14 ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group
The differences between the new Stoughton public works facility and the old one are both big and small. But mostly big. The new facility, 2439 Cty. Hwy. A, officially opened for business Monday, Jan. 14, and the most obvious difference is that the former building on Fourth Street could easily fit inside the Hebert new one. There’s room for all 104 vehicles in the public works fleet, as well as a mechanics’ area to service all of the Photo by Alexander Cramer city’s vehicles, from squad cars to zero-turn mowers. There’s a towering The Stoughton Public Works department officially moved operations to its new facility at 2439 Cty. Hwy. A on Jan. 14. It’s large enough to easily fit the previous Turn to Works/Page 8 Fourth Street location inside.
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structure of language and laying the groundwork for his many years as a journalist,” according to his obituary. A 1972 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a
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Sarah Kemp was so happy to be the bearer of some good news, she couldn’t help but smile and laugh. The researcher with the U n ive r s i t y o f Wi s c o n sin-Madison Applied Population Laboratory has been a familiar face in the district boardroom over the past decade or so. Unfortunately, it’s usually with the task of telling Stoughton Area School District officials their student populations – and thus, their budgets – were declining. For more than a decade, the district has worked with the laboratory to get longterm projections on student enrollment, area population, housing and a variety of demographic information. Every few years, the lab updates the study and Kemp presents the findings.
Things were a bit different Monday night. While the story of decreased enrollment remained the same, her first presentation in nearly two years was also mixed with encouraging news and recent trends – suggesting that the district’s chronic enrollment decline could finally be turning around. Increases in the number of young, school-aged children and construction o f s i n g l e - fa m i l y h o u s ing have altered the latest 10-year projections to the point where the study suggests the SHS class of 2029 might only be a dozen or so students smaller than the one graduating this June. “This (projection) is a very important component to determine enrollment as we look forward, (and) your kindergarten is showing an increase,” Kemp said “I’m so glad to come in and say I have some good news.” Another factor is the increase in construction of single-family homes in the
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Norse Park ice skating rink soon to be open ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group
With the weather finally feeling wintry, Stoughton parks staff have been working on getting the Norse Park skating rink up and running for the season. And for the first time, parks maintenance supervisor Pat Groom is using a plastic liner as the base of the rink, rather than packed-down snow. This allows the ice to form more quickly and evenly than in years past. “Last year was three weeks of prep for two weeks of skating,” Groom said on Jan. 17 as he took a break from working on the ice at 630 Kriedeman Dr. to answer questions from the Hub. The year before
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last was great, Groom said, with six inches of snow that could be packed down to make a natural base layer. But last year, without m u c h s n ow, s p r e a d i n g water on frozen ground led to uneven ice and long freezing times, as the water
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The warming shelter at Norse Park is in the background while the ice skating rink awaits a few more layers of ice before skating can begin for the winter. pulled moisture from the ground, Groom explained. While it’s a bit smaller than in years past, at roughly 100 feet by 80 feet, the rink is still sizable at about half the size of a high school hockey rink, and the addition of the liner means skating won’t be quite as reliant on the weather in the
future. Still, “you can’t just fill it up with water and walk away,” Groom said. That would create “shelf ice,” with water in between layers of ice that would be liable to collapse and have uneven patches. Groom adds layers a few inches of water at a time
using a two-inch fire hose running from the park’s warming shelter. But before the rink is ready, parks staff have asked everyone to stay off it to allow the ice to form perfectly. The project cost about $1,500, Groom said, and was an “end-of-year” Parks Department purchase last
year. Check the department’s facebook page at facebook. com/StoughtonRec to find out when the rink will officially open. Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@ wcinet.com.
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New chair highlights 2019 caucus results Over 50 attendees pack Town Hall ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group
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Goodland Park Road property sells Brings boatrestoration business to Dunn ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group
To borrow an old saying, if the two happiest days in a sailor’s life are the day she buys a boat and the day she sells it, Jan. 15 saw double happiness, for the Town of Dunn when it offloaded a parcel of land to a local business owner. The deal could bring a boat restoration business to 4423 Goodland Park Road as early as this summer, after the Town Board unanimously voted to sell the land
at a special town meeting. The property, which the town has been planning to sell for years, is adjacent to Lake Waubesa and near Christy’s Landing, where many of Michael Moran’s projects have been featured in boat shows, town clerk Cathy Hasslinger told the Hub in an email. M o r a n ’s c o m p a n y, Wa u b e s a B o a t Wo r k s , LLC, purchased the land for the town’s asking price, $69,900, and it plans to complete construction on a one-story building by July 2019. The building would be 40 feet by 56 feet and take up less than 15 percent of the lot, according to application documents. Plans for the
building feature two garagestyle doors and seven windows tucked into a tan-andbrown exterior. Waubesa Boat Works aims for “boat-show quality results” when restoring antique wooden boats and watercraft, according to the application. Hasslinger wrote that the few who attended the meeting supported the sale, including the potential next-door neighbor. The parcel came into the town’s possession after Dane County seized it for back taxes in 2007, Hasslinger wrote. It had contained a gas station in the 1970s, and the county transferred it to the town rather than deal with possible
contamination issues, Hasslinger wrote. The state Department of Natural Resources has investigated the site for potential contaminants, and it issued a closure letter in 2011 that it required additional testing if any construction is done. The engineer who completed that testing and submitted it to the DNR found no contamination remaining after the site sat unused for several years, Hasslinger said, adding that the town expects to receive a new closure letter this week. D u n n ’s 2 0 1 9 bu d g e t includes $60,000 in proceeds from the sale. Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@ wcinet.com.
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Teaching life-saving skills State CPR grant closing, but programs will continue More than 6,000 students in Wisconsin are trained in hands-only CPR through the program “CPR in Schools,” which equips Wisconsin schools with materials to train middle and high school students. That includes students at Stoughton High School and River Bluff Middle School. While the program’s grant funding from the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment is coming to a close, thousands of students will continue to be trained each year, according to a news release from the American Heart Association.
The program began in 2016 to ensure Wisconsin schools offer ongoing, high-quality CPR training for its students. According to the news release, when a cardiac arrest victim collapses, a victim’s chance of survival can double or even triple if a bystander begins CPR before first responders arrive. Since its start, the program has reached 332 Wisconsin schools, training at least one teacher in every school, and has trained 6,191 Wisconsin students. The project was led by the Cooperative Educational Service Agency (CESA) 7 and the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. The Wisconsin EMS Association (WEMSA) assisted
with providing experienced trainers for these sessions, and the American Heart Association created the CPR in Schools kits which are provided to schools. “Empowering teachers and students to be lifesavers in their own communities is a priceless skill and we are proud to partner on this statewide effort,” said Jeff Dickert, CESA 7 Administrator. “Even though this grant is ending, this critical training will continue on through the partnerships that Wisconsin schools have built with their local community partners.”
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The Town of Rutland will very likely have a new chair after April’s election. Peter Loughrin’s name will be the only one on the ballot for Town Chairman in Rutland’s April election after he was nominated at the Jan. 15 town caucus. Loughrin The current chairman, Mark Porter, was nominated at the caucus but declined the opportunity, he told the Hub in an email. Town Hall was “bursting at the seams” Tuesday night, supervisor Deana Zentner told the Hub, with more than 50 residents crowded into the meeting space, with some having to stand in the equipment storage area. Residents stood to nominate candidates for several open positions in April’s election: chair, supervisor, clerk, treasurer and constable, the latter with two openings. Two of those elections will be contested, with incumbent Dave Grueneberg and Dave Krueger seeking the supervisor position and incumbents Shawn Hillestad and Nels Wethal vying with Steve Williams for two constable positions. Bob Postel was also nominated for the supervisor position, but Grueneberg and Krueger were the top-two vote-getters in a paper ballot vote.
Incumbent clerk Dawn George and treasurer Kim Sime faced no challengers. Loughrin, an accountant who served on the town’s budget committee each of the last four years, ran unsuccessfully for supervisor last year in a crowded field. He has stressed the importance of citizen engagement when grappling with big issues, like building the next Town Hall. Rutland is still recovering from the politically contentious process of a failed referendum for a new Town Hall in 2014, and Loughrin has commented about the importance of a dialogue to determine the town’s attitude to things like debt levels. “The Town Board is supposed to represent all of the residents,” he wrote in an email after being nominated. “The board has the obligation and the responsibility to seek out the residents for ideas, thoughts, feedback, listing of problems and suggestions for solutions. … The board will no longer act in the isolation of a four-person governing body.” Porter was elected chair in 2015 and had served on the planning commission prior to that. In an email to the Hub, he said the town is in good financial shape and its roads are being replaced and maintained on a “realistic life basis.” He said has “confidence” the town’s representatives will tackle outstanding issues, like upgrading Town Hall, updating the comprehensive plan, replacing the website and improving internet service. Porter said he will continue to stay involved in town issues.
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SHS Quiz Bowl team heads to nationals for ninth straight year Considering the difficulty of the questions facing the Stoughton High School Quiz Bowl team, having a few months to prepare will certainly come in handy. While the competition isn’t until May, the team of students qualified earlier this month for the 2019 High School National Quiz Bowl Championship Tournament, held May 24-26 in Atlanta. Collin Ace, JP Fisher, Ava Cook and Luke Soderbloom will represent the school in the ninth consecutive year at least one SHS team has qualified for the competition. Quiz bowl is “a
fast-paced buzzer competition in which teams of four players compete to answer questions that cover academic subjects like literature and science as well as the broader world of popular culture and current events,” according to the National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC, website. Students have to answer questions such as: “The unusual molar teeth of leopard seals enable this behavior, which, in sponges, relies on cells called choanocytes. A siphon allows bivalves such as clams and oysters to perform
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naqt.com/hsnct this behavior. Lamellae in the flamingo beak allow the birds to perform this behavior to consume brine shrimp. Baleen whales feed on krill via. “For 10 points – what behavior in which an animal captures food floating in water?” (Filter feeding, according to the National Academic
Quiz Tournaments). Cook, a junior, said information students learn in their high school Advanced Placement (AP) World History, Chemistry and Physics classes prove helpful when it comes to fielding questions some of the tough questions. “There are a lot of (things) from the classroom that are still applicable,” Cook said. She said team members are aware of the streak and “kind of expect to qualify” for the tournament every year, despite the challenges. – Derek Spellman contributed to this story
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Taxes should not support blacksmith shop Why is the city using our taxes to pay for insurance for a building that has outlived its purpose and is failing to the elements, and isn’t even owned by the city? The old blacksmith shop is a liability and should be immediately razed to finish what time and weather started. The only insurance that should be held on that building is liability, and that
should be short term until the soonest possible time this building can be razed. If the RDA desires to keep this building then let them raise the funds to maintain and insure it. Our taxes should not be used for this endeavor. Colby Smith City of Stoughton
Corrections
In the Jan. 17 edition of the Hub, “City picks next SU director” incorrectly stated which candidates were interviewed for the job. Adrian Stocks declined to interview for the position of utilities director. Last week’s Hub incorrectly stated the results of the Jan. 8 Pleasant Springs caucus. All incumbents were re-nominated for election April 2, when they will run unopposed on the ballot: Town Chairperson David Pfeiffer, Supervisor No. 1 Doug Larsson and Supervisor No. 2 Eric Olson. The Hub regrets the errors.
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Public-sector jobs are real jobs held by real people A s I write this, we are nearly a month into a “partial shutdown” of the Federal government. This is the 21st time the federal government has temporarily closed since 1976. Especially in recent years, there have been several such occasions where laying off government workers has been a cudgel used in policy disputes. I strongly suspect one of the reasons our leaders are willing to take this step so frequently is because many Dirks people do not see public sector jobs as “real” jobs. This time around, 800,000 federal employees have been holding jobs that are no longer funded, and about half are still required to show up for work – without pay. When the shutdown was first announced, the response was largely a collective shrug of the shoulders. The stock markets dipped for a day or two, but then bounced back. If this had happened with private-sector jobs, the reaction would be far different. Imagine for a moment that just before Christmas, Epic Systems, Target, United Airlines, Facebook, American Family Insurance, Pick ‘n Save and General Motors had announced that all their employees were indefinitely furloughed. There would be hair-on-fire panic. Markets would tumble. Yet according to online sources, all those companies have fewer American employees combined
than the number of federal workers directly affected by the stand-off in Washington. There is a commonly-held belief that jobs in the private sector are “real” jobs because they are in the “real” world, that government service is make-work. It isn’t a very far leap from that opinion to the idea that those of us who work for the public should be content with whatever working conditions or compensation governmental leaders are willing to give us. During my 25 years as a state employee, I have frequently encountered this prejudice. I’ve been told that I’m “feeding at the public trough.” More times than I can count, I have heard a criminal defendant tell a judge that he wanted to fire his court-appointed public defender because he wanted “real lawyer,” not one paid by the state. When I complained to a friend that as a result of Act 10 I had suffered an overnight cut in takehome pay of nearly 10 percent, her response was that I should just be glad I had a job. As a prosecutor in the Rock County District Attorney’s Office, I have about 50 cases right now where I am prosecuting someone for child abuse or sexual assault of a child. I have about 100 pending cases involving domestic violence. Trying to hold accountable the people who have done those things feels like a pretty real-world job to me. During my time on the Stoughton Area school board, I also encountered this prejudice in reference to the school district’s employees. I often heard people complain that teachers “only work part-time,” so they should be content with low pay. I know from having lived with
a teacher that while they might get summers off, when school is in session 60-80 hours weeks are not at all uncommon for our educators. We entrust our teachers to help us with the most important thing most of us do in our lives: raising our kids. Isn’t that “real world”? Public employees are entrusted with some of the most important work people do in our society. The Food and Drug Administration inspects our food before we buy it to make sure it won’t make us sick or kill us. The National Highway Safety and Traffic Administration inspects our roads and bridges to make sure they are safe to drive on. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration monitors the weather so we know if a severe snow storm, hurricane or tornado is headed our way. The Coast Guard patrols the oceans around the United States to keep drugs from being smuggled into our country. It seems to me that this sort of work is at least as “real-world” as being a flight attendant, check-out clerk, claims adjuster or office manager. Bear in mind, too, that most of us in the public sector are paid significantly less than our private sector counterparts. We expect those who make policy decisions at all levels will disagree from time to time. That’s how democracy works. But policy-makers should treat those who perform the vital work done by the government with the respect they deserve. If they did, throwing people out of work over policy disputes would not even occur to them. Scott Dirks is a Stoughton resident.
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First story time of new year Jan. 28 Library programs pick up next week AMBER LEVENHAGEN Unified Newspaper Group
The Stoughton Public Library has dozens of programs designed for people of all ages, with regular programming for youngsters set to return next week. The baby morning story time, evening story time and morning story times will kick off for 2019 starting at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 28. The story times feature songs and sometimes dancing activities geared toward ages 0-5. The baby story times are for kids up to age 2. Older siblings are welcome at all of the story time activities. The baby story times are Mondays at 9:30 a.m.; morning story times are at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays; preschool evening story times are at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays (pajamas encouraged); and library play dates are 10 a.m. the second Saturday of every month. There will be no events Feb. 4 or 28. The story times feature a different theme each week, ranging from birds, robots and machines to colors and bugs and flowers. The library website, stoughton publiclibrary.org, has a complete list of themes. The sessions, including the Tuesday evening story time, are fairly identical within the same week, according to the website. Skaalen Nursing Home program coordinator Michael Hecht is a featured guest Thursday, Feb. 14, offering a Valentine’s daythemed activity. Kids can stick foam stickers on cut-out hearts and take their creations homes to hang on the wall. The other story times that week will feature Valentine’s Day heart necklace crafts. Registration is not required for any events. If the Stoughton Area School District schools are
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Programs continue dementia-friendly initiative Coalition introduces music program, ongoing training
Clement Boehm, 2, raises his hand to answer a question during story time in February 2018.
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The Stoughton Dementia Friendly Coalition, established in June 2016, hit a few milestones in 2018 and will reach for new goals in 2019. SDFC trained 32 businesses, organizations, churches and service groups, as well as city employees, law enforcement and first responders, to align with the Dementia Friendly standards. Heather Kleinbrook, RN and manager of inpatient geriatric psychiatry at Stoughton Hospital and a chair of the Dementia Friendly committee, said the coalition is “really excited” about reaching all of those groups. In addition to the dementia-friendly training, the coalition has reached out to the community in several ways. This has included quarterly community educational sessions at Stoughton Hospital, and other outreach programs associated with community activities and programs. This has included supporting the Dane County Alzheimer’s Walk, maintaining a Dementia Friendly Stoughton Coalition Facebook page, participation in the Stoughton Business Expo and sharing information about other community resources directly with people with dementia and their caregivers during appointments. Looking ahead to 2019 specifically, a new music and memory therapy program will be introduced with support from the Stoughton Public Library. “So many people with dementia still live at home and because of
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is looking to continue the education. “With roughly 7,000 people in Dane County living with dementia, those individuals and their care partners may already be your customers, your members, your friends and your neighbors,” a handout from the coalition explains. The goal of the training is to teach businesses and entities’ employees and members how to better serve those with memory needs, and encourage them to remain active members of the community. Some of those tips the training provides include how to approach a person with memory needs, the importance of remaining calm and patient during interactions and regularly reminding them of their whereabouts to reduce confusion. “We then give a certificate with a purple angel sticker to put in the window so people with dementia can feel safe and comfortable patronizing that business,” she said. Kleinbrook said they ask that at least 50 percent of the employees get trained and the training lasts about half an hour. “When you see people struggling with dementia and their care partners struggling to find resources, it’s a no-brainer to try to get involved and help them as much as you can,” Kleinbrook said. To sign up for the free training, people are asked to contact Kleinbrook at Stoughton Hospital, 873-2316 or kleinbrook@ stohosp.com. Information and updates can also be found on the Facebook page, “Stoughton Dementia Friendly Community.”
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the stigma associated, they kind of shut down,” Kleinbrook said. “So we talk about a community where people can get out and engage with people as well as businesses.”
Music and memory A new music and memory program will not only offer a new way to support people living with memory loss, but also provide ways to connect with different organizations around Stoughton. The program will create playlists that would be added to iPods and can help revive memories for people suffering from memory loss. “This basically enables people with both dementia or other cognitive challenges to reconnect with the world through triggered memory,” Kleinbrook said. She said she hopes to get high school or middle school students involved so they can work with families to help make playlists. She said getting kids involved can be a “great intergenerational experience,” especially when considering how young people are seeing memory loss more and more with their grandparents and sometimes even their parents. “It’s amazing to watch people come alive when they have their personal music,” Kleinbrook said. “We hope to get this program going in the community so people can go to the library and get help to utilize this in their own homes.” She said that the first stages of the program, such as training, are ongoing in February, and she hoped the program would be rolled out by early summer “at the very latest.”
Cafe: Get-togethers are more social gatherings than support groups, safe space for conversation Coalition introduced the memory cafe at the Stoughton Public Library, and already the program is set for an upgrade. Heather Kleinbrook, RN and manager of inpatient geriatric psychiatry at Stoughton Hospital, is a chair of the Dementia Friendly committee. The memory cafe is relocating to Stoughton Hospital because it’ll be easier for participants to access – there were limitations at the library, she said. “We’re thankful for what (the library) had to offer,” Kleinbrook said. “We were challenged with space in the basement, and it was harder for parking and to navigate through the building.” The memory cafe will now be held in the Bryant Health Education Center in the basement at the hospital, at 900 Ridge St. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 5. A memory cafe is a social gathering for people with Alzheimer’s and dementia. It was introduced in Stoughton in 2017, with the first meeting in May of that year, and is one of 16 groups in the Dane County area.
How to participate There’s no need to register for the cafe, but there are some requirements for those who are able to participate. To ensure safety for all participants, the group is not suitable for people with dementia to attend alone if they have specific care needs such as problems with incontinence, mobility issues that require aid, high levels of anxiety, disorientation or a history of wandering. For information about future meetings or more about the Memory Cafe, call the Stoughton Senior Center at 873-8585. At the cafe, participants share conversation in a relaxed atmosphere that can include music, art or other forms of activity. “It’s not a support group, it’s more of a relaxing, social gathering for people with memory impairments and their care partner,” Kleinbrook explained. The meetings have a variety of programming to get people active and engaged during the events. Topics include Rosemaling demonstrations, virtual reality headsets with ice cream sundaes, drum circles and pizza making. Kleinbrook said usually around six to eight people with memory impairment
attend the meetings, accompanied by their caregivers. While the memory cafe has been a success in the community, Kleinbrook said it’s just one of the educational efforts the SDFC has rolled out over the last few years. “We want to be able to provide quality community education for people who are around the dementia topic, so we can continue to run a successful memory cafe,” she said.
How it started The Stoughton Dementia Friendly Coalition was established in June 2016, and planning the Memory Cafe started in early 2017.
A f ew y e a r s e a r l i e r, at the end of 2015, she said, Stoughton Hospital was looking to become a Dementia Friendly Hospital, which requires employees to undergo training about how to best treat and interact with patients who have Alzheimer’s. Once the accreditation was earned, the effort was rolled out in the community to encourage businesses and other organizations to become dementia friendly. Because of the recognized need for support f o r S t o u g h t o n ’s a g i n g
community, SDFC thought the groups would provide a safe and inclusive space for those with memory loss. The cafe started through a partnership with the Alzheimer’s and Dementia Alliance, Alzheimer’s Association and the Dane County Aging and Disability Resource Center. They have been held the first Tuesday of each month. The first meeting was an introductory conversation, as the dozen attendees – some alone and some with caregivers – talked about their interests and goals for
the group overall. That conversation helped guide the meetings as they have continued over the subsequent several months. “Essentially, the whole reason why we’re a coalition anyways is because we want to achieve a higher understanding and public awareness about dementia,” Kleinbrook said. Contact Amber Levenhagen at amber.levenhagen@ wcinet.com.
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Community calendar
Coffee with the Reporters
Voter registration
Courier Hub reporters Amber Levenhagen and Alexander Cramer will hold the next Coffee With a Reporter from 10-11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 25, at Wildwood Cafe, 218 S. Forrest St. Coffee With a Reporter is when Hub reporters spend some time at various establishments and put up a sign asking for community members to come chat about anything pertaining to Stoughton. If you have suggestions for times and locations, please email amber.levenhagen@wcinet.com.
The League of Women Voters of Dane County will hold a voter registration event at the library from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26. Volunteers will provide voting information and assist citizens with registration. Voters who have a current Wisconsin drivers license or ID can register online at myvote.wi.gov. Library computers can be used for registration. Citizens without a Wisconsin ID or FOL annual meeting license can register on paper but need The Friends of the Library will hold proof of address, and the address in the their annual meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, library system can serve as proof. Feb. 12, at the Fire Station training For information, call 873-6281. room, 401 E. Main St. At the meeting, the Friends VolunCommunity meal teer of the Year award will be presentVisit First Lutheran Church, 310 E. ed, as will a check with the money Washington St., for the free monthly generated from various fundraisers in “Our Daily Bread” meal from 4-6 p.m. the past year to the library director. Sunday, Jan. 27. Visitors are welcome to attend. The meal will be served at 4:30 p.m. For information, visit stoughton and includes chicken pot pie stew, library.org/friends. fresh homemade biscuits, assorted salads, bars, cookies and ice cream, cof- Acupuncture class fee and milk. No carry-out meals are Visit Stoughton Hospital, 900 Ridge available; for transportation to dinner, St., for a acupuncture presentation call 234-2110 by noon Jan. 27. Rides starting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. are provided free of charge within the 13. Stoughton Area School District. Mary Thayer, a licensed acupuncturThis month’s meal is sponsored by ist at Pivotal Point Acupuncture, will St. Ann’s Catholic Church. discuss how acupuncture works and For information, call 873-7761. what its benefits are. To register, visit stoughtonhospital. Money safety class com and click on “classes and events.” Stoughton Hospital, 900 Ridge St., For information, contact Sonja at will host a class about money safety for 873-2356. senior citizens at 4 p.m. Wednesday,
Caregiver support class Learn tools for caregivers during a series at Stoughton Hospital, 900 Ridge St., held from 1-3:30 p.m. Thursdays, Jan. 24 through March 7. No class will be held Feb. 14. The cost is $25 and includes snacks and a book. The class is sponsored by the senior center, Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging and Stoughton Hospital. The goal of the class is to reduce stress, guilt, anger and depression, manage time and solve problems, master caregiving techniques and be a part of the decision making, communicate effectively and find community resources. For information and to register, call Hollee Camacho at the senior center at 873-8585.
Baha’i Faith
Covenant Lutheran Church
For information: Alfred Skerpan, 877-0911 or Gail and Greg Gagnon, 873-9225 us.bahai.org Stoughton study classes.
1525 N. Van Buren St., Stoughton • 873-7494 covlutheran@gmail.com • covluth.org Saturday: 5:30 p.m. Worship Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship, 10:30 a.m. Fellowship
Bible Baptist Church
Ezra Church
2095 Hwy. W, Utica 873-7077 • 423-3033 Sunday: 10 a.m. - Worship; 6 p.m. - Worship
515 E. Main St., Stoughton • 834-9050 ezrachurch.com Sunday: 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Christ Lutheran Church
First Lutheran Church
700 Hwy. B, Stoughton 873-9353 • e-mail: office@clcstoughton.org Sunday: 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Worship, 9:10 a.m. Family Express and Sunday School
310 E. Washington, Stoughton 873-7761 • flcstoughton.com Sunday: 8:30 and 10 a.m. Worship
Christ the King Community Church
Fulton Church
401 W. Main St., Stoughton • 877-0303 christthekingcc.org Sunday: 10 a.m. - Worship
Christian Assembly Church
1844 Williams Drive, Stoughton • 873-9106 Saturday: 6 p.m. Worship Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
825 S. Van Buren, Stoughton 877-0439 • Missionaries 957-3930 Sunday: 9 a.m. Sunday school and Primary
Cooksville Lutheran Church
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9209 Fulton St., Edgerton 884-8512 • fultonchurch.org Sunday: 8 and 10:30 a.m. Worship Services Coffee Fellowship: 9:10 a.m. Sunday School: 9:30-10:30 a.m. Varsity (High Schoolers): 12-3 p.m. AWANA (age 2-middle school): 3-5 p.m.
Good Shepherd By The Lake Lutheran Church
1860 Hwy. 51 at Lake Kegonsa, Stoughton 873-5924 Sunday Worship: 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Education hour for all ages: 9:15 a.m. Adult Bible Study: 9:15-9:45 a.m.
LakeView Church
2200 Lincoln Ave., Stoughton 873-9838 • lakevc.org Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship
Jan. 30. Kim Lewis, with Old National Bank, will cover how to detect, prevent and report the financial exploitation of senior citizens. The class will be held in the Bryant Health Education Center at the hospital. To register, visit stoughtonhospital. com and click on “classes and events.” For information, contact Sonja at 873-2356.
Seventh Day Baptist Church of Albion
616 Albion Rd., Edgerton 561-7450 • albionsdb@gmail.com forministry.com/USWISDBGCASD1 Worship Saturday 11- Sabbath School 10
Stoughton Baptist Church
Corner of Williams Dr. & Cty. B, Stoughton 873-6517 Sunday: 10:30 a.m., 6 p.m. Worship
St. Ann Catholic Church
323 N. Van Buren St., Stoughton 873-6448 • 873-7633 Weekday Mass: Nazareth House and St. Ann’s Church Weekend Mass: Saturday - 5:15 p.m.; Sunday - 8 and 10:30 a.m.
United Methodist of Stoughton 525 Lincoln Avenue, Stoughton stoughtonmethodist.org Stoughtonumc@Wisconsinumc.org Sunday: 8 a.m.; 10 a.m. - Full Worship
United Pentecostal Church of Stoughton
1501 E. Main St., Stoughton • 608-205-6444 Pastor Rich Thomas • rthomas@cgcmadison.org Sunday Worship: 10 a.m., Thursday Bible Study: 7 p.m.
West Koshkonong Lutheran Church 1911 Koshkonong, Stoughton Sunday: 10:30 a.m. - Worship
Western Koshkonong Lutheran Church 2633 Church St., Cottage Grove Sunday: 9:30 a.m. worship 11 a.m. Bible study
Thursday, January 24
• 1-3:30 p.m., Caregiver support series starts (registration required, $25), Stoughotn Hospital, 900 Ridge St., 873-8585 • 6:30 p.m., Community supported agriculture presentation with Sustainable Stoughton, Fire station training room, 401 E. Main St., sustainablestoughton.org
Friday, January 25
• 10-11 a.m., Coffee with the Reporters, Wildwood Cafe, 218 S. Forrest St., amber.levenhagen@wcinet. com
Saturday, January 26
• 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Voter registration, library, 873-6281 • 1-2 p.m., Norwegian National Costume- A Living Tradition program, 277 W. Main St., 873-7567
Sunday, January 27
• 2 p.m., Yoga Sundays at the library, library, 873-6281 • 4-6 p.m., Community meal, First Lutheran Church, 310 E. Washington St., 873-7761
Monday, January 28
• 9:30 a.m., Baby morning story time, library, 8736281
Tuesday, January 29
• 6:30 p.m., Evening story time, library, 873-6281
Wednesday, January 30
• 9:30 am., Morning story time, library, 873-6281 • 1-2 p.m., Music by John Solis, senior center, 8738585 • 4 p.m., Money safety class, Stoughton Hospital, 900 Ridge St., 873-2356 • 6:30 p.m., Evening story time, library, 873-6281
Thursday, January 31
• 9:30 a.m., Morning story time, library, 873-6281 • 3:30 p.m., Teens paint (grades 6 and up), library, 873-6281
Friday, February 1
• 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Appetite for the Arts discussion and lunch (reservation required), senior center, 873-8585 • 1 p.m., First Friday Movie: The Last Word, senior center, 873-8585
Saturday, February 2
• 9:15-11:15 a.m., Stoughton Area Dems and Progressives meetup, library, stoughtondems.org
Food pantries City of Stoughton Food Pantry The City of Stoughton Food Pantry, 520 S. Fourth St., is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday. It will also be open from 4-6 p.m. Thursday evenings and the first Saturday of the month from 9-11 a.m.
SUMC Food Pantry The Stoughton United Methodist Church Food Pantry, 525 Lincoln Ave., is open from 9-11 a.m. Tuesday and Wednesdays. It will also be open from 5-7 p.m. Tuesdays.
Personal Essentials Pantry The Personal Essentials Pantry (PEP), 343 E. Main St., is open from 1-5 p.m. on the first and third Thursdays of each Month. The pantry will be closed on holidays and if SASD is closed due to weather.
Support groups Diabetic Support Group • 6 p.m., second Monday, Stoughton Hospital, 873-2356
Emptying the Dishwasher “Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.” – Colossians 3:12 NIV
Dementia Caregivers • 2 p.m., second Thursday, senior center, 873-8585
I recently had houseguests who stayed with me for several weeks. It was a blessing to share my house with these good friends who I have known and loved for many years, but our different habits of loading and unloading the dishwasher became a source of real annoyance. It wasn’t that they were leaving dishes in the sink, but that they had the habit of turning the dishwasher off before they left the house, so I couldn’t always tell whether the dishes had been done or not. Eventually we had to talk about it and figure out a way to keep all of us happy. Loading and unloading the dishwasher is one of those ordinary acts of kindness and consideration that goes a long way towards keeping our relations smooth and friendly. These are the kinds of things that considerate people do as a part of their everyday life. Never underestimate the importance of these minor things like loading and unloading the dishwasher. What else in your everyday life has the potential to irritate those around you? Christian love is sometimes seen in the smallest details, such as whether you hang up your coat when you come inside, or whether you replace the roll of toilet paper. – Christopher Simon
Grief Support Groups • 2 p.m., third Wednesday, senior center, 873-8585
Crohn’s/Colitis/IBD Support Group • 5:30 p.m., third Wednesday, Stoughton Hospital, 873-7928
Low Vision Support • 1-2:30 p.m., third Thursday, senior center, 873-8585 Parkinson’s Group • 1:30-2:30 p.m., fourth Wednesday, senior center, 873-8585 Multiple Sclerosis Group • 10-11:30 a.m., second Tuesday, senior center, 873-8585
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‘Fox Day’ at FPE helps ill furry friend Unified Newspaper Group
When students at Fox Prairie Elementary School heard a sick fox was admitted to the Dane County Humane Society earlier this month – they took it personally, of course. Looking to help, the school’s fourth- and fifthgrade student council members decided to have a special day Friday, Jan. 11, called “Fox Day,” to raise money for the fox and other animals at the humane society. Through either a $1 suggested donation (then they got to wear a hat in school all day), or making beaded foxes to sell for $1 to hang on backpacks, keychains or lanyards, students raised $1,400. “Once word spread that we would be selling these on Friday, it became very clear that we needed to make a lot!” Fox Prairie fourth grade teacher Kari Reiser emailed the Hub. “It was incredible to hear stories from the students about bringing in money from their piggy banks, wanting to use money that was a gift for a special occasion and see how many students wanted to donate an extra dollar or two to help the fox.” A group of fourth- and fifth-graders worked on them during recess, making 450 to sell Friday, and taking orders for over 100 more. “I had about 25-30 students in my classroom every recess all week long,” she said. “The teamwork, kindness and support I saw throughout the week was amazing. Students were teaching other students how to make the foxes, helping each other with the tricky second ear, and sharing words of encouragement
and support.” The combined fundraiser total was $900, with an administrative assistant at the school later adding another $500 in matching funds from the students’ donations. During “Fox Day,” students were encouraged to wear Fox Prairie or fox-related clothing. The Fox Prairie mascot visited the students during lunch. “It was incredible to see the students come together in such a positive way to support a great cause,” Reiser said. “The atmosphere around Fox Prairie on Friday was so positive and exciting.” Email Unified Newspaper Group reporter Scott De Laruelle at scott.delaruelle@wcinet.com.
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The Fox Prairie mascot got into the act on “Fox Day,” held last Friday at the school. Students raised $900 to help animals at the Dane County Humane Society.
Fox Prairie Elementary School fourth- and fifth-graders created hundreds of beaded foxes like this to raise money for a sick fox recently admitted to the Dane County Humane Society.
Fox Prairie students sold beaded foxes for $1 during a fundraiser on Jan. 11. More than a dozen students spent time during their recess breaks last week to make hundreds of the trinkets, which many students like to hang on keychains or backpacks.
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Musical duo Fendrick & Peck put on a two-hour performance at Stoughton’s Sons of Norway Mandt Lodge on Jan. 18. The indie folk group returned to perform in their home state as part of the “Roving on a Winter’s Night” tour. With snow falling outside, Madeline Fendrick and Brian Peck sang, played guitars and mandolins while performing many
of their original songs, including one written by Fendrick’s grandfather. Guests helped themselves to coffee, apple cider and cookies. Monetary donations in support of Fendrick & Peck were left at the door. — Justin Loewen
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The vehicle-storage area houses the departments’ 104 vehicles. There had been numerous accidents moving vehicles around the previous, cramped facility, director Brett Hebert said.
Works: New facility has focus on efficiency, available space for possible future growth Continued from page 1 wash bay to accommodate the largest vehicles and six lift towers that allow service technicians to hoist the largest fire truck. The 89,000-square-foot facility was tested with its first snowstorm last week, and public works director Brett Hebert told the Hub the new building “worked great.” “Instead of shuffling equipment around to get our snow equipment out of the garage, we simply pulled the trucks out of their dedicated stalls and went to work,” he said. This compared to the “numerous accidents” at the previous facility when moving vehicles around the cramped space, Hebert said, which used all of its 58,000 square feet. But the smaller things, or the ones that don’t have any size at all, might be just as important. There’s a focus on efficiency,
with some improvements paid for with a Focus on Energy grant. Each light turns on when it senses movement and shuts off automatically. Giant garage-style doors close in 15 seconds, keeping in heat or cool air, depending on the season. A rooftop solar-energy system will provide 90 percent of the facility’s energy usage, feeding excess production back into the grid, Herbert said. The project isn’t finished, and the old building is still in use as a salt-storage shed until the city receives its next shipment in April or May. Because of a November freeze that shut down asphalt plants, several areas still need another layer of asphalt, including the interior of the salt shed. There’s also landscaping work to be done in the spring and a “punch list” of projects to be completed – like wiring for some overhead lights – that Hebert said is coming along well.
Overall, Hebert said the new facility is “fantastic.” “It’s a culmination of a lot of time and effort and planning,” he said. “It’s starting to feel like home.”
Built for the long haul The city started working with architects Angus Young Associates in 2013, the same firm that built a slightly-larger $11.5-million facility in Middleton that opened in 2015. Hebert said city officials learned a lot from that project, adding 10,000-squarefeet of mezzanine space by moving a wall “that had to be built anyway” to the edge of the building’s footprint. This project came with a hefty price tag, roughly $8.3 million, and some at the time questioned whether the city could afford it. But if the project had been put on hold, Hebert said, production costs would’ve only increased.
And this building is here for the long haul, with room for the department to grow. “It’s an 80-100 year facility,” Hebert told the Hub. “Who knows what you’ll need in 30 years?” The Fourth Street facility it replaces dates back to 1930 and before. Council President Tom Majewski said in 2017 one part of the former facility, which is a conglomeration of several buildings, “was a car dealership from 1911.” The old facility had bathrooms out of a horror movie, Hebert has said, with a leaky roof and poor ventilation. “ We ’v e h a d e x - m i l i t a r y employees that have served in third-world countries that say they haven’t seen facilities this bad,” Hebert wrote in 2016.
‘Pride in where you work’ Public works has 13 full-time
employees, and that number swells to 23 in the summertime. The new facility has changing rooms with showers and dedicated lockers for full-time employees, along with lockers in the bay to change into heavy gear. There’s also a training room that fits the whole staff for briefings, rather than having to cram into another facility. Each vehicle has its place, including the fleet’s oldest, a grader from the 1970s, and there’s ample space for the department to grow. Plus there’s no need for the overflowing buckets to catch leaks from the roof. Parks maintenance supervisor Patrick Groom has an office next to Hebert’s, and he summed up his opinion about the new digs succinctly. “It’s nice to have pride where you work,” Groom told the Hub. Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@wcinet.com.
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The massive new wash bay (public works director Brett Hebert for scale) can accommodate the city’s largest vehicles.
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The city’s patrol trucks have designated spaces and are easily maneuvered in the facility, lessening the chance of accidents.
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Hebert looks at a floorplan for the “City Garage” from 1938. He plans to have several old maps and documents he’s found framed to hang in the walls of the new facility, which he hopes will last 80-100 years.
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The oldest of the city’s 140 vehicles is this grader from the 1970s.
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The new training room can accomodate the entire public works staff.
A squad vehicle being serviced at the new public works facility.
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Jeremy Jones, sports editor
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Boys basketball
Challenge heart-stopper
Stoughton coughs up 10-point lead in second half MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor
Finding ways to close out close games has become a growing concern for Stoughton boys basketball coach Nolan Weber. Stoughton built a 10-point lead in the second half, but couldn’t slam the door on Reedsburg in a 61-58 Badger Challenge loss Saturday, Jan. 19, at Waunakee High School. It dropped the Vikings to 7-7 overall after losing the third-place crossover Challenge game. Teams from the Badger North went 5-1 against the South in the Challenge, which pairs the team at each spot in the standings against each other. Stoughton (5-2 in the Badger South) has lost five straight games and has seen two 10-point leads slip away during that time – in losses to Monona Grove Jan. 10 and Reedsburg. “We haven’t been able to put our foot on the throat and put a team away,” Weber said. “Reedsburg junior Will Fuhrmann converted a three-point play to give the Beavers a 56-53 lead with 1 minute, 11 seconds to go. The Beavers made 7 of 8 free throws in the final 30 seconds to preserve the lead. The Vikings had one final chance to force overtime, but Reedsburg junior Danny Kast had a steal to seal the victory. “They got an offensive
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Stoughton sophomore Cael McGee goes up for a layup against Reedsburg’s Carter Daniels in the Vikings’ 61-58 loss to the Beavers Saturday in a Badger Challenge game in Waunakee.
Wisconsin-Madison football recruit, scored a gamehigh 21 points and had 11 rebounds. Nelson scored 10 points in the first half and helped the Vikings take a 34-28 lead at the break. The Vikings outrebounded the Beavers 38-30. However, in the second h a l f R e e d s bu rg o u t r e bounded Stoughton by one. Weber said Reedsburg “ o u t wo r ke d u s o n t h e glass” and the Vikings failed to block out. “It wasn’t one big one that hurt us,” he said. “It was five or six they got in the second half. We have to use our size advantage because we are not going to be as quick as a lot of teams. “We were not as tough as we needed to be, and we didn’t make any shots from the perimeter in the second half, and that was a huge factor,” Weber said. Nelson, who had seven offensive boards, agreed with Weber. “It’s just mental toughness overall,” Nelson said. Sophomore Cael McGee slashed to the basket for two layups to give the Vi k i n g s a 4 7 - 3 7 l e a d with 12:09 left in the second half, but Reedsburg answered with an 8-0 run during a stretch where the Vikings had four turnovers in five possessions. “We came out of the half pretty strong in the second half,” Nelson said. “We just couldn’t tie it together. We just have to do a better job of finishing it. I guess it just shows if we fix those one or two things we will have something special
Player of the Week From Jan. 16-22
Name: Jack Nelson Grade: Senior Sport: Boys basketball Position: Center Highlight: Nelson scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in a 61-58 loss to Reedsburg in a Badger Challenge game Saturday, Jan. 19 in Waunakee. Honorable mentions: Kyianna Baker (girls basketball) scored a team-high 13 points in a 50-46 loss to Monona Grove on Friday, Jan. 18. Drew Anderson (boys basketball) scored 10 points in Saturday’s loss to Reedsburg in the Badger Challenge at Waunakee High School. Hailie Hefel (girls hockey) scored two goals and assisted on two more Thursday, Jan. 17, as the Icebergs beat the Badger Lightning. Ethan Peterson (wrestling) defeated Monona Grove/McFarland’s Evan Rettkowski by a 5-4 decision Friday, Jan. 18, as part of a 61-15 Badger South Conference win.
rebound and hit a 3, and off,” Weber said. junior center Jack Nelthat kind of switched us S t o u g h t o n 6 - f o o t - 7 s o n , a U n i v e r s i t y o f Turn to Boys b-ball/Page 12
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Stoughton had a rough week this month, losing to three of the top four ranked teams in Division 2. On Friday, Jan. 17, the Vikings narrowly lost a B a d g e r S o u t h C o n f e rence showdown to Monona Grove, ranked fourth in the WisSports.net Division 2 Coaches’ poll. That knocked the Vikings out of a first-place tie in the Badger South Conference. Stoughton is now tied with Watertown for second in the conference. The next day, Stoughton lost to second-ranked New Berlin Eisenhower. The previous weekend, top-ranked and two-time WIAA Division 2 state champion Beaver Dam had rolled by the Vikings in the Badger Challenge. The Stoughton girls
What’s next Stoughton will host Milton at 7:15 p.m. on Friday.
basketball team’s game at Madison Edgewood was postponed on Tuesday. A rescheduled date was not announced before press time. Coach Brad Pickett said the tough back-to-back games were intentionally scheduled that way. “We wanted to simulate a regional final with back-toback games Friday and Saturday,” he said. Stoughton is 1-5 against teams ranked in the top 10 in the state and still has a matchup Jan. 29 against Mukwonago, which is the
top-ranked team in Division 1. “I think it makes us better,” Pickett said of the tough stretch on the schedule. “That’s the message we are trying to send.”
Monona Grove 50, Stoughton 46 The Vikings switched between a 2-3 zone and man-to-man defenses in an effort to slow down Monona Grove senior McKenna Warnock and the Silver Eagles, but they couldn’t hold on to a three-point halftime lead. The Silver Eagles outscored the Vikings 33-26 in the second half, winning the first-place conference clash Friday in Stoughton. Warnock, a University of Iowa recruit, scored a
game-high 24 points in a 50-46 win over the Vikings. Stoughton senior forward Kyianna Baker scored 10 of her team-high 13 points in the first half to help the Vikings take a 20-17 lead. Senior guard Peighton Trieloff added 11 points for the Vikings. Monona Grove junior guard Jenny Gorton hit two 3-pointers to finish with six points. “Their other kids stepped up and hit shots,” Pickett said. “If they continue to do that, with Warnock’s ability, they will be a dangerous team.”
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Stoughton kept it close Alex Ashworth tries to steal the ball Saturday during the first half against New Berlin Eisenhower. Stoughton lost the game Turn to Girls b-ball/Page 12 72-46.
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Weather forces Tuesday cancellation in Oregon
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The Icebergs girls hockey co-op led both games last week but were only able to close out one victory against the Badger Lightning on Thursday, Jan. 17. The girls were unable to keep pace with the nonconference Northland Pines Eagles on Saturday, Jan. 19 in Eagle River. The Icebergs (7-12-0 overall, 3-6-0 Badger Conference) host the Madison Metro Lynx (5-10-2, 3-3-1) at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1 inside the Mandt Community Center. The Metro Lynx won the previous meeting 2-1 on Dec. 22 at Madison Ice Arena. “We just need to get some pucks to the net this time around,” Icebergs coach Matt Gallagher said. “We forced a lot of bad shots last time around and did not get many to the net. We just need to be aggressive with our forecheck in the offensive zone and smooth in transition from the defensive zone to our offensive zone.”
What’s next The Icebergs host the Madison Metro Lynx at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1 at the Mandt Community Center. Icebergs 10, Lightning 4 Sophomore defensemen Hailie Hefel and Sophia Moccero each scored a pair of goals Thursday as the Icebergs defeated the Badger Lightning 10-4 in a Badger Conference game. They were two of eight goal scorers for the Icebergs. “We were able to get a lot of kids ice time,” coach Matt Gallagher said. “We had some kids get their first points of the season. They played pretty well.” The game was nearly out of reach by the end of the first period as Hefel scored twice 33 seconds apart to help the Icebergs a 6-0 lead inside Poppy Waterman Ice
Arena. Sophomore forwards Hannah Weber, Sydney Schipper and Izzy Newton and junior forward Paige Nelson also scored in the first period. Badger Lightning forwards Kaylee Engel and Lizzie Patton each scored early in the second period to cut the Icebergs’ lead to 6-2, but it was as close as things would get. Junior forwards Brynn Weaver and Areyn Olson added second-period goals. Moccero scored both of her goals in the first 12 minutes of the third period, adding an even-strength goal at 6:41 and a short-hander at 11:49. Junior goaltender Cora Zimmerman turned away 25 of 29 shots on goal, while Nathalie Buss stopped 21 for the Badger Lightning.
Northland Pines 4, Icebergs 2 Olson scored 3:52 into the third-period to draw the Icebergs even with the host Northland Pines Eagles on Saturday, Jan. 19, inside the Eagle River Sports Arena. The visitors, who led the
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game with a late first-period goal, were unable to retake the lead and fell 4-2. Freshman forward Grace Wittkopf capped a power-play with a goal at 7:10 and an even-strength goal six minutes later to secure the win for Northland Pines. “We took a penalty and could not refocus to make another comeback,” Gallagher said. “We were unable to focus ourselves on the things we needed to win the game.” Newton scored 14:55 into the first period before Northland Pines senior forward Cally Coopman and Wittkopf scored six minutes apart in the first eight-and-a-half minutes of the second period. Northland Pines finished 2-for-3 on the power play and the Icebergs were 0-for-4. Iceberg sophomore goaltender Abby Seybold stopped 20 of 24 shots on goal.
Icebergs, Brookfield (ppd.) The Icebergs games Friday, Jan. 18, at The Ponds of Brookfield Ice Arena against the Glacier was postponed due to inclement weather.
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Weather forced the cancellation of all Badger South Conference games Stoughton travels to Tuesday, including the Hartmeyer Ice Arena Stoughton boys hockey game at Oregon. at 7 p.m. Thursday to The last game to pull the play Monona Grove. plug ahead of a snowstorm expected to dump upwards of seven inches of snow came shortly before 1 p.m. Community Center. Tuesday. No makeup date had The Vikings lost their p r ev i o u s ga m e t o t h e been announced as of conference rival 4-2 on Tuesday night. Dec. 18 inside the Mandt
Badger South Team Edgewood Oregon McFarland Stoughton Monona Grove Monroe Milton
Wins Losses Ties Points 7 1 0 14 6 2 0 12 5 3 0 10 4 3 0 8 4 4 0 8 1 6 0 2 0 8 0 0
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Stoughton boys swimStoughton hosts the ming team was ready to host DeForest in a Badger Con- Badger South Conferference crossover meet Tues- ence meet at 1 p.m. Satday at the Oregon Communi- urday, Feb. 2. ty Pool. But Mother Nature had other ideas, as a snowstorm forced the dual meet to be canceled. The Crusaders are ranked state polls. The meet will be made up atop the Wisconsin Interscholastic Swim Coaches at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24 in Association’s Division 2 Stoughton.
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Stoughton junior Brandt Spilde looks to gain an advantage on a tieup with Fort Atkinson senior Louis Jones in a 170-pound match earlier this season. Spilde defeated Jones 5-3 in sudden death. The Vikings beat the Blackhawks 80-0.
Peterson wins as Vikings topple MG/McFarland Freshman Ethan Peterson earned a 5-4 decision over Monona Grove/ McFarland freshman Evan Rettkowski at 106 pounds on Friday, Jan. 18, as the Stoughton wrestling team earned a convincing win. Rudy Detweiler had the fastest match of the Badger South dual meet, pinning Sam Tisue in 20 seconds at 182 as the Vikings rolled 61-15. Brooks Empey added a fall in :41 against Connor Fraiser at 195. Ethan Devore (132) recorded a fall in 1:47 and Gavin Model added a pin in 1:50 at 152.
What’s next Stoughton hosts Milton at 5:30 p.m. Friday in the final Badger South dual meet of the season.
Freshman Nicolar Rivera, ranked No. 1 nationally, earned a 16-1 tech fall over Cole Weaver at 113. Trenton Dow added a 15-0 tech fall over Ignaci Gatica at 120. Freeman Detweiler (126), Hunter Lewis (138), Cade Spilde (160) and Drew Pasold (220) all
received forfeits. Stoughton lost by fall at 145 and 285 and decisions at 170.
Vikings from traveling to a Saturday invitational. Despite the efforts of road crews overnight following Friday’s snowstorm, Whitnall Invitational Stoughton decided against For the second time this traveling to the Whitnall season,. weather kept the Invitational on Saturday.
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Stoughton senior Ashley Nelson puts up a shot in traffic Saturday against nonconference New Berlin Eisenhower. Stoughton lost the game 72-46.
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Stoughton senior Trenten Conklin works for a shot against Reedsburg on Saturday.
Boys b-ball: Nelson nets double-double Continued from page 10 here.” Reedsburg shot 15-for19 from the line and got 18 points from junior Carter Daniels. Zack Bestor and Max Tully added 12 points apiece for the Beavers. Junior guard Adam Hobson added 13 points and senior guard Drew Anderson pitched in 10 points. McGee added nine points. Weber was encouraged by the inside scoring and rebounding of Nelson who has battled foul trouble in other games this season. “There is not a lot of teams that can match up with him one-on-one,” Weber said. “The hope is he can dominate the game if they play him one-onone or we are able to take advantage of teams trying to double team, trap and do some different things. If he can stay out of foul trouble, he can be a really effective player for us.”
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Stoughton freshman Luke Fernholz drives past Reedsburg’s Will Fuhrmann against the press Saturday in the Vikings’ 61-58 loss to the Warriors in a Badger Challenge game in Waunakee.
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early but got blown out in Team Wins Losses the second half in a nonMonona Grove 7 1 conference home loss New Berlin Eisenhower 72-46 on Stoughton 6 2 Saturday. Watertown 6 2 T h e Vi k i n g s t r a i l e d Eisenhower 29-24 at the Monroe 5 3 half but were outscored Oregon 4 4 43-22 in the second half. “I thought we came out Milton 3 5 and competed (in the first Edgewood 1 7 half),” Pickett said. “We struggled making shots in Fort Atkinson 0 8 the second half, and we didn’t defend as well.” Trieloff scored a team- Sproul each chipped in six. Madison Edgewood schedhigh eight points. Senior The Vikings made eight uled for Tuesday was postguard Emma Kissling add- 3-pointers, led by Ash- poned. A makeup date was ed seven points. Seniors worth, who hit two. announced before the CouAlex Ashworth and Brynn The Stoughton game at rier Hub went to press.
ABOVE: Delaney Seidel 15) battles for a loose ball Saturday against New Berlin Eisenhower seniors Payton Fuerstenberg (13) and Julia Hintz (4). RIGHT: Stoughton junior Riley Royston (24) defends against New Berlin Eisenhower sophomore Kylie Lemberger.
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Stephen Patterson Ehle died on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. Born on Jan. 16, 1949, Steve was the third child of Claire Olin and Rose Patterson Ehle of Evansville. He leaves behind his son, Jonathan Prentice Ehle of Madison; brother, John (Rosemary) of Mequon; s i s t e r K a t h l e e n ( Pa u l ) Campbell of Minneapolis; former wife and good friend, Jennifer Eager Ehle; and girlfriend, Karbet Sawtelle; as well as his Patterson aunts, Elvina, Nancy Jo, and Lois; and numerous Patterson and Ehle cousins. Rose Ehle died in 1975 and Claire Ehle died in 2010. Steve spent nearly all of his growing up years in Evansville, where, as a little boy, he enjoyed sitting on Great Grandpa Patterson’s lap with his siblings being read countless books, thereby learning
the structure of language and laying the groundwork for his many years as a journalist. Steve loved his Evansville class, was friends from an early age with both girls and boys and remained friends with classmates for the rest of his life. In high school he excelled in sports, lettering each year in baseball and also playing basketball and participating in track and field. He played baseball for the University of Wisconsin-Madison during his freshman year and later played semi-pro baseball for 11 years, pitching a no-hitter in the 1970s. Steve was the only player to be elected to the Home Talent All-Star Team five times. After graduating from UW-Madison in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Radio/ TV Journalism, Steve held positions as editor/reporter/photographer for the National Farmer’s Organization’s Guidelight, at Varco-Pruden, at Leader Printing (his parents’ business), and as area correspondent f o r M a d i s o n ’s C a p i t a l Times. Steve and Jennifer Eager married on Dec. 27, 1975, and initially lived and worked in the San Antonio area and in Portland, Ind., where Steve was City Editor of the Commercial Review. In 1979 Steve and Jennifer moved to Cooksville, where they lovingly renovated and expanded the John Cook residence.
Between 1979 and 1986, while Steve was Editor of the Stoughton Courier-Hub, it received 26 awards from the Wisconsin Newspaper Association. From 1986 to 2009 Steve was Editor of the trade publication Wood Digest. While interviewing and photographing business owners and leaders for Wood Digest, S t eve f o r m e d l a s t i n g friendships all over the U.S. and enjoyed traveling for business to eight European countries, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Steve’s last position before freelancing was as Wisconsin Coordinator for WoodLINKS Wisconsin (2003-2010) and actively supported the successor organization, Woodworking Career Alliance, as well. Steve was passionate about ensuring that the woodworking industry would be supplied with qualified workers going forward and was involved with programs to promote vocational and technical education in secondary and post-secondary schools. S t ev e h a d n u m e r o u s interests. For all of his adult life he did photography both professionally and personally. As a proud father he created sensitive portraits of Jonathan that showed his love for and fascination with his little son. American history was a life-long interest and the histories of Evansville and Cooksville a special focus.
He loved movies of all kinds and knew movie history, actors, and dialogue by heart. Coin collecting was a boyhood interest that persisted his entire life. In his last days Steve especially enjoyed reminiscing about travel experiences. Steve’s volunteer work was very important to him and included the Historic Cooksville Trust, the Stoughton Area Resource Team, Cooksville Lutheran Church, and ZorShrine in Madison. Steve was accepted into the Scottish Rite of Free Masonry and attained the 32nd Degree. He was a member of Waucoma Masonic Lodge 90, which met in Cooksville. Steve was funny, kind, smart, generous, and loving. He loved dogs and birds, enjoyed cooking, and even more, loved t o m a ke p e o p l e l a u g h . Until very near the end he was planning his next dinner party, a trip to Nova Scotia with Karbet and the next movie to see with Jonathan. A donation in Steve’s memory could be made to Cooksville Lutheran Church, Stoughton Area Resource Team, or Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. A memorial service will be held at Cooksville Lutheran Church, 11927 W. Church St., Cooksville, at 4 p.m on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. Online condolences may be made at gundersonfh.com.
Thanks to his friend Bary, g r a n d c h i l d r e n a n d wa s at Gunderson Stoughton Donald “Don” Kenneth he met Bonnie Knoche on always willing to lend a Funeral and Cremation Haugen a blind date and they later hand to friends and neigh- Care, 1358 Hwy 51 North
Donald Kenneth Haugen Donald Kenneth “Don” Haugen, 75, Oregon, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 16 at Agrace HospiceCare. He was born on June 21, 1943, in Chicago, Ill., the son of Kenneth and Eilleen (Neimi) Haugen. Don graduated from East High School in Madison.
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married on July 31, 1965. Don served in the U.S. Navy from 1961 to 1966. He started an excavating business with his brother, Dennis. In 1971 he branched off with his own excavating company, Haugen Excavating. He also farmed tobacco with his family for many years. Don was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Oregon Masonic Lodge F & AM No. 151, Madison Scottish Rite Bodies, Oregon Order of Eastern Star No. 49, and many other Masonic organizations. Donald enjoyed traveling with Bonnie and his family. His favorite place to visit was wherever Bonnie wanted to go. He enjoyed spending time with his
bors. Donald is survived by his wife, Bonnie; son, Kenneth Haugen; daughters, Yvonne (Louis) Holtz and DeAnn Porter; brothers, Dennis (Sandy) Haugen and David (Susan) Haugen; grandchildren, Zachary, Samantha, and William; great-grandchildren, Kyiler and Alillie; mother-in-law, Emily Knoche; sister-in-law, Karen (Jay) Stampen; brother-in-law, Randy (Lisa) Knoche; and many cousins, and nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 625 East Netherwood St., Oregon, at 11 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 21, 2019, with the Rev. Paul Markquart presiding. Visitation will be held
at Jackson St., Stoughton from 4-7 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 20, where the McFarl a n d A m e r i c a n L eg i o n Post No. 534 and Oregon-Brooklyn VFW Post No.10272 will pass and review at 6 p.m., followed by a Masonic and Eastern Star Service. Visitation will also take place at the church from 10 a.m. until the time of the service on Monday. Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com
be heard, at the Public Safety Building, Second Floor, 321 S. Fourth Street, Stoughton, Wisconsin, 53589, to consider a proposed ordinance amendment to Section 78-205(10) of the City of Stoughton Municipal Code of Ordinances. This proposed amendment is to repeal the section related to the allowable number of land uses per building within the City of Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin. For questions regarding this notice please contact Michael Stacey, Zoning Administrator at 608-646-0421 Michael Stacey Zoning Administrator Published January 24 and 31, 2019 WNAXLP
paving for the following roads: Old Stage Road (east of N. Union Rd. to Lake Kegonsa Rd.– 6864’ x 22’ Lake Kegonsa Rd. (Old Stage Rd. to Old Stone Rd. – 4275’ x 22’ The Town wishes to have this work completed during the 2019 road work season, meaning done prior to September 1. 2019. Please contact the Clerk for the complete bid proposal packet. The clerk can be reached at clerk@town.rutland. wi.us. Dawn George, Clerk 4177 Old Stage Rd. Brooklyn WI 53521 608-455-3925 Published: January 24 and 31, 2019 WNAXLP
The attached map shows the roads proposed to be seal coated (chip sealed). The Town may choose to do only the highest priority roads, depending on cost and budget considerations. Bidders may wish to arrange a road inspection trip with the Town‘s patrolmen to better understand individual project needs and to prepare a more accurate quote. Lead Patrolman Nels Wethal may be reached at 608 577-5691. The possible candidates for 2019 seal coating are: 1. Windmill Rd. – 5438’ x 20’ 2. Starr School Rd. (N. of Hwy 138) 5125’ x 20’ 3. Starr School Rd. (all) 15259.2’ x 22’ 4. Danks Rd. 2550’ x 22’ 2. Scheduling The Town wishes to have this work completed during the 2019 road work season, meaning done prior to September 1. 2019. Please contact the Clerk for the complete bid proposal packet. The clerk can be reached at clerk@town.rutland. wi.us. Dawn George, Clerk 4177 Old Stage Rd. Brooklyn WI 53521 608-455-3925 Published: January 24 and 31, 2019 WNAXLP
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M i c h a e l T. “ M a x ” Kapfer (The Dean of the College of Rock & Roll K n ow l e d g e ) , a g e 7 3 , passed away on Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, at Nazareth Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born on Nov. 29, 1945, in Neillsville, the son of Lee “Happy” and Elsie (Shultz) Kapfer. Max graduated from Neillsville High School with the class of 1964. He was united in marriage to Judy Gault on Jan. 24, 1971. Max worked for many years in purchasing and sales at Nelson Industries in Stoughton, retiring in 2006. His grandchildren were his pride and joy and he cherished every memory of time spent with them. Max enjoyed time with family and friends and loved life! He was a talented painter and musician. In retirement, Max enjoyed playing music every Monday with the OK Band… ”they’re not that great, just OK” playing with Ted
ry Trieloff and Brett Peterson. Together, they entertained the senior residents in Stoughton and in the surrounding communities. Max is survived by his wife, Judy; son, Josh (Jen) Kapfer; daughter, Amanda (Bjorn) Stanton; grandchildren, Violet Kapfer and Viggo and Solveig Stanton; brother, Bill Kapfer; sister-in-law, Anita Kapfer; and brother-in-law, Randy (Bonnie) Gault. He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Bob (Mary Ellen), Dick and Lloyd Kapfer; and two sisters-in-law, Betty and Josephine Kapfer. A celebration of life was held at Christ Lutheran Church, 700 Cty. Hwy. B, Stoughton, at 4 p.m., Monday Jan. 21, 2019, with the Rev. Paula Geister-Jones presiding. Visitation was held at the church from 2 p.m. until the time of the service on Monday. Memorials may be made to Christ Lutheran Church or Agrace HospiceCare. The family would like to thank Home Health United, the Nazareth House and Agrace HospiceCare for the care and love given to Max. Online condolences may be made at gundersonfh.com. Gunderson Stoughton Funeral & Cremation Care 1358 Hwy. 51 North at Jackson St. (608) 873-4590
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Legals CITY OF STOUGHTONNOTICE OF ALDERMANIC VACANCY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE CITY OF STOUGHTON, IN DANE COUNTY, WISCONSIN, THAT: Applications will be accepted from qualified individuals living within the City of Stoughton Aldermanic District 4 for appointment to a vacant seat on the Common Council. The appointment term will cover a period from the date of appointment until a special election can be held in April 2020. The seat will be up for election in April 2020 to serve until April 2021. If interested in being appointed, please submit your resume and an aldermanic appointment questionnaire to the City Clerk’s Office or hlicht@ci.stoughton.wi.us by 4:30 pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2019. The questionnaire is available on the City’s website or by request in the Office of the City Clerk, 381 E. Main Street. Candidates will be interviewed at a regular meeting of the Common Council on February 12, 2019. It is anticipated that the appointed candidate will be seated and sworn into office at the selected meeting. If you have questions, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (608)8736677. Published: January 17 and 24, 2019 WNAXLP *** NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of Stoughton Plan Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, February 11, 2019 at 6:00 o’clock p.m., or as soon after as the matter may
*** TOWN OF RUTLAND OFFICIAL NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR TOWN OF RUTLAND ROADS PULVERIZING AND PAVING Notice is hereby given by the Town of Rutland, Dane County, Wisconsin, that it will receive sealed bids for pulverizing and for asphaltic concrete paving of several Town roads. Bids should be submitted to Town Clerk Dawn George at 4177 Old Stage Rd., Brooklyn, WI 53521 by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, February 4, 2019. Bids will be publicly opened on February 5, 2019 at the Board meeting which will be held at 6:30 pm the Town Hall located at 785 Center Rd. It is anticipated that the Bids will not be awarded until the Board meeting on March 5, 2019. Bids are being requested as described below. To provide pulverizing and asphaltic
*** TOWN OF RUTLAND ADVERTISEMENT FOR SEALCOATING (CHIP SEALING) BIDS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town of Rutland is seeking bids for 2019 sealcoating (chip sealing) of several Town roads as identified below. All bids shall be marked “Seal Coating Quote”, and submitted to the Town Clerk, whose offices are located at 4177 Old Stage Road, Brooklyn, WI 53521 up to and including 5:00 p.m. on February 4, 2019. Bids will be opened on February 5, 2019 at the town hall which is located at 785 Center Rd. Contracts will be reviewed and action to award the contract will be considered on March 5, 2015. The Town of Rutland Board reserves the right to reject any/or all bids and to select the lowest responsible bidder. 1. Project Description
*** PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The City of Stoughton Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday February 11, 2019 at 6:00 o’clock p.m., or as soon after as the matter may be heard, in the Council Chambers, Public Safety Building, 321
S. Fourth Street, Second Floor, Stoughton, Wisconsin, 53589, to consider a proposed rezoning of the following parcel of land located at 117 Ashberry Lane, Stoughton, WI, owned by Urso Bros LLC. The property described below is requested to be rezoned from SR-4 Single Family Residential to TR-6 Two-Family Residential. The property is currently more fully described below: Parcel number: 281/0511-044-4744-8 Legal Description: EASTWOOD ESTATES LOT 14 This property description is for tax purposes. It may be abbreviated. For the complete legal description please refer to the deed. Additional information including a location map can be found at: http:// stoughtoncitydocs.com/planning-commission/ For questions related to this notice contact Michael Stacey at 608-646-0421. Michael Stacey Zoning Administrator Published January 24 and 31, 2019 WNAXLP *** PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The City of Stoughton Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, February 11, 2019 at 6:00 o’clock p.m., or as soon after as the matter may be heard, in the Council Chambers, Public Safety Building, 321 South Fourth Street, Second Floor, Stoughton, Wisconsin, 53589, to consider a proposed Conditional Use Permit Application by Elijah Pitney, for Vehicle Repair and Outdoor Display (automobile sales) uses including requirements related
to a Group Development (two or more non-residential uses in one building) at 1005 N. Page Street, Stoughton, Wisconsin. The property at 1005 N. Page Street is owned by Robert Nelson, and is more fully described as follows: Parcel Number: 281/0511-052-99112, LOT 1 CSM 4032 CS17/22&23 R4080/66&67-12/22/82 DESCR AS SEC 5-5-11 PRT SE1/4NW1/4 (34,373 SQ FT) For questions regarding this notice please contact Michael Stacey, Zoning Administrator at 608-646-0421. Additional information including a location map can be found at: http:// stoughtoncitydocs.com/planning-commission/ Michael P Stacey Zoning Administrator Published January 24 and 31, 2019 WNAXLP *** NOTICE OF ON-LINE STORAGE AUCTION Kestrel Self-Storage, 305 Industrial Circle #21, Stoughton, WI 53589, will hold an online storage auction beginning Jan 26th, 2019 at 12:00pm. Containing dresser, entertainment stand, clothes and other miscellaneous items. Brian Field of Stoughton, WI. Call (608) 827-4549 for additional details. Published: January 24 and 31, 2019 WNAXLP ***
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There is also some good news in the numbers from a seven-year trend on birthrates around the district, which Kemp said is still declining (more in the towns than in the city), “but not as dramatically as the longterm trend.” “It’s kind of been bounding up and down the last seven years,” she said. She said population in the city has “grown slightly” in the past two years, with surrounding townships keeping “steady.” Some of the demographics numbers are mixed, with a decrease in residents between 10-19 but increases in the 0-9 and 65 and older categories.
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area, with a corresponding decrease in multi-family According to this year’s UW Applied Population construction. Laboratory study, since the 2009-10 school year, the “Families with children tend to purchase sinStoughton Area School District student enrollment has gle homes rather than declined 12.7 percent; from 3,364 to 2,928. multi-family homes,” she said. The largest percentage enrollment decline is among According to “baseline” 6-8 grades at River Bluff (16.5 percent), followed by projections that Kemp said grades K-5 at Fox Prairie, Kegonsa and Sandhill elehas proven the most accumentaries (12.3) and grades 9-12 at Stoughton High rate type of projection, the School (10.7). district would go from 2,904 students this fall to 2,634 in fall 2028. However, the percent of its 4K-12 student “kindergarten trend” propopulation, from 3,364 to jection – weighted more heavily toward recent kin- Find out more about the University 2,928. Kemp said the study models predict continued dergarten enrollment trends of Wisconsin Applied Population decrease, though at a lesser – projects a much smaller Laboratory at rate of 4-10 percent within decrease, from an estimated apl.wisc.edu five years, which she said is 2,916 students this fall to a “good window” for accu2,901 in fall 2028. The study brought several seeking more families with rate projections. “The further out you go, other bits of positive news school-aged children. In the past 10 years, the the less reliable the projecfor a district desperately district has lost nearly 13 tions are,” she said.
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POLICE REPORTS The Stoughton Police Department logged 1,834 incidents for December. Cases of interest for the month were; one intoxicated driver arrest, four intoxicated persons, three drug incidents, one burglary, fifteen thefts, five frauds, 10 domestic disturbances, 16 disturbances, 16 disorderly conducts, 21 traffic crashes, 42 EMS assists, 16 alarms, 34r juvenile incidents, 44 911 calls, four warrant arrests, two threats, 12 animal complaints and officers responded to 36 suspicious activity calls. Officers also logged 28 check persons, 22 check properties, 71 assist cases, 28 criminal charges, 12 ordinance violations and 26 traffic arrests from 52 traffic stops. The following were identified as significant cases:
lishment on Kings Lynn Road. The suspect was transported to the detoxification unit and while there struck the officer in the face. The officer received a minor injury. Officers cited and released a 33-year-old man for loitering/prowling following an incident where the suspect was reportedly trying to enter parked vehicles on Fifth Street. The suspect had been captured on home video at a residence where he tried to enter a vehicle.
December 1 Officers referred charges on a 29-year-old man for impede breathing, battery, bailjumping and disorderly conduct following a domestic disturbance. The suspect is still at largeand likely left the state.
December 4 Officers arrested a 33-yearold man on an outstanding warrant for a probation violation following a request of the probation agent.
December 2 Officers arrested a 57-yearold man for battery to a law enforcement officerfollowing a disturbance at a local estab-
December 3 Officers arrested a 66-yearold man on an outstanding warrant and a traffic violation following a traffic stop on Jackson Street.
December 7 Officers referred a 14-yearold girl to juvenile court for battery and disorderly conduct following an incident of a fight in the school. The juvenile was released to a guardian.
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December 8 Officers arrested a 34-yearold woman for resisting/ obstructing an officer and a 45-year-old man on a probation hold following a check welfare on an intoxicated person with children. During the incident, the 34-year-old woman resisted the officers and was taken into custody. The children were turned over to a responsible adult. Officers arrested a 22-yearold man for disorderly conduct and resisting/obstructing an officer following a domestic disturbance on Mandt Parkway. Officers arrested a 21-yearold man for battery following domestic disturbance on Greig Trail.
December 19 Officers arrested a 24-yearold man on an outstanding warrant on US Hwy. 51 after the officerobserved the subject, whom he knew had a warrant. December 20 Officers arrested a 32-yearold man for false imprisonment, battery, resisting/ obstructing an officer and disorderly conduct following a domestic disturbance.
December 25 Officers arrested a 55-yearold man for battery and disorderly conduct following a domestic disturbance on Main Street. Officers arrested a 25-yearDecember 9 old man for disorderly conOfficers arrested a 27-year- duct following a domestic old man for substantial battery, disturbance. disorderly conduct, andbail jumping following a domestic December 28 disturbance on Page Street. Officers arrested a 41-yearold man for battery and disorDecember 10 derly conduct following adoOfficers arrested a 36-year- mestic disturbance on Felland old man on Silverado Drive on Street. an outstanding warrant. December 29 December 12 Officers arrested a 45-yearOfficers arrested a 41-year- old woman for disorderly conold woman for disorderly duct following a domestic conduct following a domesdisturbance on Nygaard tic disturbance on Madison Street. Street.
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H. Richard Mullen, beloved father, grandfather and great grandfather, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Jan. 14, 2019, at his daughter’s home in Stoughton, after a long battle with prostate cancer. Richard was born on March 7, 1937, on the family farm in Bloomer. He was the only child of the late Herbert J. and Hildegarde J. (Ludvigson) Mullen. He spent his childhood on Green Heights farm in Bloomer and continued his love for farming and tractors his entire lifetime. In 1953, Richard and his parents moved to Stoughton. He graduated from Stoughton High School with the Class of 1955. He was a charter member on the first Stoughton Wrestling team, and also a member of the SHS band. Richard furthered his education at Luther College in Decorah Iowa, where he also continued with the band, during his college years. On June 2 1961, Richard married Diane Kristine Olson, and together they have two children Mari and Mark. Richard proudly served his country in the United States Naval Reserves. He was also a master mason and a Zor Shriner. Richard had a very strong work ethic; He was very proud of where he has been employed; including Rein, Schultz and Dahl, Country Boy Dairy, Uniroyal and Greig Machine. In 1976 he started working at Oscar Mayer, as a machinist and welder, until his retirement in March 2008, at the age of 71.
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He filled his retirement years with playing his saxophone and clarinet; being a member of the Stoughton City Band for 27 years, a member of the Oregon City Band, Zor Shriner’s Band and the Retro Swing Band. Richard also really enjoyed his Farmall tractors, and always looked forward to participating in the annual fall Thresheree in Edgerton. When he turned 17, he bought his first Harley Davidson motorcycle, and his love for motorcycles continued throughout his entire life. Richard was a wonderful, simple, kind hearted man, who was always willing to help anyone. He was a member of First Lutheran Church, and enjoyed being on the usher team for many years. Nothing made Richard more proud than his family. He is survived by his two children, Mari (David Aaberg) Mullen of Stoughton, and Mark (Carrie) Mullen, of Janesville. His beloved grandchildren, Staci (Dr. Adam) Amundson, of Rochester MN, Captain Daniel (Kait) Timler of New Windsor, New York, and Grant, Luke and Max Mullen, of Janesville. He is also survived by his four special great grandchildren; William, Theodore and Sophie Amundson, and Atlas Timler. He was preceded in death by his parents, Herbert J. and Hildegarde J. Mullen, and his grandparents, Rasmus and Sophie Mullen, and Nels and Anna Ludvigson. A very special thank you to everyone from Agrace Hospice Care for being such a special family to us during these past few months; especially Shari, Elena and Heather. A funeral was held at 11 a.m. on Monday January 21, 2019 at First Lutheran Church, 310 E. Washington St., with Rev. Dick Halom presiding. Burial will be at Roselawn Memorial Park. Visitation was held from 2-5 p.m. Sunday Jan. 20, 2019, at Cress Funeral Home, 206 W. Prospect St. Stoughton, and from 10 a.m.. until the time of the funeral on Monday at the church.
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It was cold outside, but the Yahara River Co-op was hot and hopping Jan. 5 during the monthly Hootenanny.
Having a hoot at the Hootenanny people to the new neighborhood grocery store. She said many original members still sing and play with the group, though “it has grown quite a bit.” “Last count, we have had over 60 musicians play with the Hoot at one time or another,” she wrote in an email to the Hub. The Hootenanny meets first Saturdays from 10 am to noon in the store front of the Yahara River Grocery from January through November, although Beebe said “in the warmer months we may be on the sidewalk.” “Our mission is to encourage everyone to share music together,” she said.
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together again years later, with offices across the hall from each other at a trade magazine company in Fort Atkinson. “I got to see Steve every day for probably four or five years,” Lawrence said. “He was very well-respected there; a leader in his industry for many years.” Kelsey Wollin Dunn said she remembers Ehle as a “very special person” she first met when the Cooksville Lutheran Church was putting together a memory book in celebration of its 125th anniversary. As church secretary, she was assigned to work with him on the publication and said “his reputation preceded him.” “I sure knew who he was, and I sharpened my pencils and looked forward to working with him, to learn about writing and reporting and how to tell a good story,” she wrote the Hub in an email. “His devotion to Cooksville appeared unlimited to me. I don’t think he ever said ‘no’ if anyone asked for his help.” Wollin Dunn said she’ll also remember her friend’s sense of humor, and his sense of dedication. “Every time he came to the church to help out with the book or to drop off donations, he would make a funny remark of one kind or another, ‘So, are the church services still on Sundays?’” she said. “He was very devoted to helping in any way he could … the secretary’s desk in the church office was Steve’s father’s that he donated. You can bet I think about that every time I sit down. “Even if he wasn’t often physically in the pews with us, he was always with us and always will be.”
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The Yahara River Grocery Co-op was the place to be Saturday, Jan. 5, for the monthly Yahara River Hootenanny. The events are scheduled the first Saturday of every month, with people invited to come play a variety of instruments: guitars, mandolins, ukuleles, drums, banjos, fiddles, steels, bass fiddles and voices. Organizer Emily Beebe said the song-sharing group, which has been meeting for around a decade, plays “all types of acoustic music and is open to all musicians of all ages and abilities,” with lyrics and/or sheet music often available. The group was first organized during the early days of the co-op by some members as a way to attract
degree in radio/TV journalism, he held a variety of jobs, including editor, reporter and photographer for the National Farmer’s Organization’s Guidel i g h t , a r e a Ehle correspondent for Madison’s Capital Times and city editor of the Commercial Review in Portland, Ind., before moving to Cooksville in 1979 to work as editor of the Courier Hub. Between 1979 and 1986, while he was editor, the newspaper received 26 Wisconsin Newspaper awards From 1986 to 2009 , Ehle edited the trade publication Wood Digest and was Wisconsin coordinator for WoodLINKS Wisconsin from 2003-2010. Since 2017, Ehle was a member of the Courier Hub editorial board. Jim Danky of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication met Ehle when Ehle was editing the Hub and Danky was the newspapers and periodicals librarian at the Wisconsin Historical Society. He said the two bonded on their shared love of history and “spent a lot time talking shop whenever we’d see each other.” Danky said he particularly appreciated how Ehle passed on his love for Cooksville, including it in “innumerable stories” and even dressing up and impersonating Mark Twain for community events. In one Twain-esque tale that Danky calls the “zenith of interesting things Steve did while he was at the paper,” Ehle coordinated the “Great Cooksville Baby Weigh-in,” a curious-sounding event circa 1982 that requires a bit of explanation.
“The Cooksville store is different now, but in those days it had a little bit of everything,” he said. “Our families each had boys, and when we’d come over, we’d bring our babies down to the store and put them up in the vegetable scale and weigh them.” It was typical of the tales Ehle himself enjoyed. “He liked a good story, and he had enough room to tell those good stories and he was very attentive to Stoughton and did a good job,” Danky said. “He must have been good enough to his colleagues, because they kept at it.” Former Stoughton alder Paul Lawrence worked for Ehle when he joined the newspaper in the spring of 1985, writing sports and features, and would get to know him well. Lawrence said what impressed him most about Ehle was he was an “extraordinarily good writer; a clear writer,” “He got to the heart of a story always very quickly and clearly, and he had the ability to be a critical thinker without being hypercritical; he always kept his humanity,” Lawrence told the Hub last week. “I learned quite a bit from Steve in that respect, and on top of that, he was a good friend, with a very warm personality. He made it fun to come to work.” At the time, the Hub was located in a converted gas station at the corner of Main and Page streets (the current Livsreise parking lot), and for several years, it was Ehle and Lawrence covering a variety of news, sports and features around the area. “He was very well thoughtof here,” Lawrence said. “Steve taught me it was OK for a newspaper guy to be involved in community and to give back, and he certainly did in spades over the years.” The two actually worked
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Gary Wille’s Auto & Tire Center, Inc. 870 Main St., Oregon,WI (608) 835-7339 www.willeauto.com Mon.-Fri. 7 am-5 pm, Sat. & Sun.-Closed
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Based on purchase at regular menu price. Please no substitutions. Not valid with any other offer. Value 1/200 cent. Limit 1 coupon per person per visit. Valid only at Culver’s® of Stoughton. Expires 2/28/19