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SHS graduates set to pursue their dreams JUSTIN LOEWEN Hub correspondent
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The Stoughton High What: Stoughton High School School Class of 2019 Class of graduation ceremonies 2019 will When: 1-3 p.m. Sunday, be taking June 2 a variety Where: Collins Field, of paths as t h ey l e ave Stoughton High School, Sunday’s 600 Lincoln Ave. graduation Ace Info: 877-5600 ceremonies. Seniors Cat Smith, t r ave l h a l f wa y a r o u n d Max Pillath the globe for a yearlong and Coladventure in Scandinavia, lin Ace are another will begin underthree whose graduate studies in New ambitions Jersey and one more will demonstrate Pillath remain in Dane County to the diversity advance his career path in of destinathe trades. tions as they enter the A year in Norway next phases Like many graduating of their seniors, Smith will be lives. One gradu a t e w i l l Smith Turn to Graduation/Page 5
Stoughton Public Library
Ramsey takes the reins New director settles into post JUSTIN LOEWEN Hub correspondent
A couple weeks after taking over as director of the Stoughton Public Library, Jim Ramsey attended a bu s i n e s s expo at the Mandt Community Cen- Ramsey t e r, w h e r e he discovered how much his new patrons value their library. “I can’t tell you how many people came up to me and said, ‘Oh we love the library,’” he said. “They would go on to tell
me how they always bring their kids here or how they love to come and read the paper or how they come to use the internet.” On April 1, the Beloit native replaced Richard MacDonald, who retired after eight years in the role. Ramsey said he has prioritized making connections with the Stoughton community and learning as much as he can. After seven years working as the head of adult services at the Middleton Public Library, Ramsey was initially intrigued by Stoughton’s Norwegian heritage, the Opera House and the “wonderful mix of old and new” found in the library. “What attracted me to
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Photo by Kimberly Wethal
DuWayne Teigen, a paratrooper veteran who served in Europe, salutes to the crowd while riding a military tank on the parade route during the city’s Memorial Day remembrance on Monday, May 27.
Honoring the fallen Stoughton held its annual Memorial Day remembrance on the morning of Monday, May 27. The remembrance started with the parade going up East Main Street at 10 a.m., with a program held at Mandt Center at 11 a.m., where the parade ended. The parade featured American Legion and VFW veterans, a military tank, local Scout troops and both the middle and high school marching
bands. Andrew J. Wein, a Sergeant First Class with the U.S. Army Reserve, was the program’s guest speaker. He spoke about remembering and honoring the servicemembers who never got to hear the words “Welcome Home,” and how the civilian population could help support the veterans who do come home.
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Stoughton Area School District
$27,500 raised for new playground Fox Prairie equipment installed last week AMBER LEVENHAGEN Unified Newspaper Group
Mia Croyle has been a member of the Fox Prairie Working For Kids group for the last few years, as her kids, now in third and fourth grade, work their way through the elementary school. The group’s years of hard
work manifested last week as new playground equipment was installed at one of the two playgrounds at the elementary school. The Working For Kids group raised more than $27,500 for the new playground over two years through various fundraising activities, primarily the “Fox Trot” race students and staff participate in each year. Those funds contributed to the new playground equipment that the school district originally couldn’t support financially. That
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changed, however, when the district set money aside to help finance the remaining funds for the project after the group raised a significant chunk, Croyle said. The new equipment was identified as a need during the 2016-17 school year, when some of the climbing equipment fell apart and had to be taken down. That’s when conversations started with the school district about what could be done to help fix the problem. “The old playground was
so old that when things broke, that structure had to be removed entirely because we could not get replacement parts,” Croyle explained. The new equipment is fully accessible for students with different abilities, which was a goal of the group from the very beginning. “There’s a communication board for some of our kids who are nonverbal,” Croyle said. “They can
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