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Lifetime of learning honored Jerry Wendt inducted into Wisconsin FFA Hall of Fame SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group
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Taylor Lyons, of Stoughton, serves up mahi-mahi fish tacos from the Viking Brew Pub during the Taste of Stoughton Saturday, June 22.
Flavors of the city Taste of Stoughton features local restaurants June 22 Inside More Taste of Stoughton photos Page 18
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Stoughton Fair runs July 3-7 at Mandt Park Day Care Day, Strongman competition are new events
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The 94th annual Stoughton Fair starts July 3, with new events planned alongside some old favorites at the Mandt Park Fairgrounds. The fair runs through Sunday, July 7, with a firework finale at dusk. Over the five-day festival, attendees can participate in a scavenger hunt for young children Friday and watch
What: Stoughton Fair When: Wednesday, July 3 to Sunday, July 7 Where: Mandt Park Fairgrounds Info: stoughtonfair.com
the first ever Strongman Competition on the closing day. Staple events such as the truck and tractor pull, rodeo and carnival will fill out the rest of the schedule, and Stoughton Fair board of directors Trevor Dybevik
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hopes small improvements can help some be better than ever. “We wanted to make things exciting for people this year,” he said.
New events Stoughton Fair organizers are hoping to increase attendance Friday morning and Sunday afternoon, so they’ve added two new events. Day Care Day, Friday, July 5, runs from 9-11 a.m., is a new event for the youngsters and will give parents some time to attend other activities. Childcare providers, families, nannies and anyone
with young children are invited to the arena to do a scavenger hunt through the barns. Exhibitors from 4-H will be around to help participants and hand out stamps to children. “Our fair is all about the 4-H kids and the kids that come to the fair,” Dybevik said. “(This event) livens up the mornings and maybe those kids will bring their families back and show them what they saw.” Each participant of Day Care Day gets a ticket for soft serve ice cream from the fair commissary or an allergy sensitive option.
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The third annual Taste of Stoughton event was held Saturday, June 22. Some of the local restaurants featured included Nauti Norske, Wendigo, Deak’s Pub & Grill and Viking Brew Pub. Organizer Crystal Welsh said next year guests, can expect a beer tent.
When it comes to agriculture education in the Dairy State, Jerry Wendt is the cream of the crop. Already a legend in the Stoughton area for his tireless work with the FFA and local agriculture, his legacy was cemented June
10-13 during the 90th Wisconsin State FFA Convention with his induction into the Wisconsin FFA Hall of Fame. Wendt, a long-time educator in the Stoughton Area Wendt School District, was honored along with Bonduel educator Ken Natzke and Cuba City educator Jerry Sherwin. Their names were added
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Mike Andersen, Stoughton, has been wood carving for more than 20 years. He made the Viking outside the Stoughton Senior Center and now sells his creations during Stoughton Community Farmers’ Markets.
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Attendees gather around the Mandt Honey Works stand during Stoughton Community Farmers’ Market Saturday, June 22, on Forrest Street. You can find raw ungraded honey, lip balm and homemade firestarters at the stand.
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Krumme joins UNG Stoughton native takes over as community reporter SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group
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Energy efficient equipment at the Public Works facility earned the City of Stoughton nearly $40,000 from Focus on Energy. The Stoughton Public Works department officially moved operations to its new facility at 2439 Cty. Hwy. A on Jan. 14.
City earns $40K for energy efficiency The City of Stoughton received nearly $40,000 this month for its work to make the new public works facility energy efficient. The money was awarded by Focus on Energy during an event before the June 13 open house at the new facility. Focus on Energy is a statewide energy efficiency and renewable resources
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City in brief Recreation supervisor quits The City of Stoughton is looking for a new recreation department supervisor. Kourtni Barnes resigned, effective June 12, city Human Resources director AJ Gillingham told the Hub last week. The city began conducting interviews for the position last week, and the position is expected to be filled before the summer ends.
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Last year, 217 barge loads of debris were removed from Mendota and Monona. This year’s county budget added a new barge and a new barge mounted crane, set to be delivered this fall. Dane County Executive Joe Parisi called lake health a “top priority in Dane County.” “We are always excited to find partners who want to further these efforts,” he said in a county news release. “(This) means more clean and healthy shorelines for visitors and residents to enjoy this summer.” Crews will work to remove aquatic plants and debris on piers, stormwater outlets, and beaches from now until the end of August. For information about the program, visit the county Land & Water Resources department at lwrd.countyofdane.com/Lake-Management – Scott De Laruelle
Waste pickup Pickup on Lake Kegonsa (entire shoreline) will be around once every four weeks. To ensure timely pickup at lakefront properties, aquatic vegetation should be placed on residents’ piers by 7 a.m. Monday of the designated pickup week. Yard waste, brush or household waste are not accepted. Aquatic plants collected will be composted, and material collected that cannot be composted will be disposed of at the landfill. The pier pickup schedule for all lakes is at wred-lwrd.countyofdane.com/Aquatic-Plant-Management.
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Mackenzie Krumme has joined the staff of Unified Newspaper Group. Krumme, a Stoughton native, graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2018 with a bachelor Krumme of arts in journalism and international studies. She most recently was a reporting intern at both Madison Magazine and Madison365, where she will continue to do some freelance work. She has recorded a podcast and worked with high school students to teach journalism skills at Centro Hispano. Krumme had freelanced for Unified Newspaper Group previously, writing two cover stories for Your Family magazine and working with our Spanish-language Corre la Voz publication in Verona.
While at Madison, Krumme worked as an editor at the Badger Herald. She also previously vo l u n t e e r e d a t WO RT Radio in Madison. She lived abroad throughout her early adulthood, in Mexico, Nicaragua and Spain. Krumme is taking over for Amber Levenhagen, who had been the Stoughton community reporter since October 2016. Levenhagen has moved to a government reporting position, covering the City of Stoughton and Village of Oregon. Krumme will work with fellow community reporters Emilie Heidemann and Kimberly Wethal in their coverage of Oregon and Verona, respectively. Krumme can be reached at mackenzie. krumme@wcinet.com, Heidemann at emilie. heidemann@wcinet.com and Wethal at kimberly.wethal@wcinet.com. C o m m u n i t y n ew s f o r any of UNG’s coverage areas can be sent to assistant editor Scott Girard at communityreporter@ wcinet.com.
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Chicken, bee fees unnecessary How ridiculous that Stoughton’s City Council has now determined that a “fee” and inspections are necessary for people to keep bees and hens, something our grandparents and great-grandparents did as a matter of routine and daily life. I suppose these same brilliant city representatives would also profess to support farmers, agriculture and “sustainable living.” Yet, when a handful of residents want to develop those skills in their households to benefit and feed their families, the Council jumps in right away to tax (“fee”) and inspect, to insure that commoner residents aren’t doing things “wrong.” I’m assuming the inspector they get for coops (although my
great-grandmother’s hens slept under her porch) and hives will be expert in both bee life and hen living, rather than some city employee who just quickly studies up on the topics, or some completely unskilled politician trying somehow to protect us from ourselves. The number of farmers in this country declines every year, the average age being near 60, so it would seem beneficial to encourage people to learn to raise their own food and develop some farming skills. But not here. Certainly the problems in Washington start at the local level. Barbara Wiedenbeck Town of Dunkirk
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t was a normal Saturday spring morning at the Amundson household on Nora Street. The year was 1960, and I was a 7-year-old boy watching Huckleberry Hound when my dad excitedly interrupted to proclaim, “The band that’s on the radio, they’re practicing in the garage right down the street!” He then proceeded to hustle my brother and me to the Hanson Garage (more recently the Larry Roberts Garage) where we had a front row seat Amundson to a rehearsal by Stoughton’s very own one-hit wonders, The Fendermen. Phil Humphrey was living in Stoughton, working as a truck driver for the Omar Bread Co. and taking classes at the UW when he met Jim Sundquist of Niagra. The two quickly bonded over their mutual love of rock and roll, Fender guitars and the unusual fact that they shared the same birthday, Nov. 26, 1937. They formed a duo, dubbed themselves The Fendermen and began playing gigs at small clubs and bars throughout southern Wisconsin. Their debut gig was at the legendary Oats Bin Tavern in Edgerton in 1959 in exchange for $5 and all the beer they could drink. Their set consisted mostly of country and rockabilly standards from the era, but they couldn’t help but notice that audiences got unusually excited by their rather unhinged rendition of the old Jimmie Rogers chestnut, “Mule Skinner Blues,” technically known as “Blue Yodel No. 8.” Word of their frenetic rendition reached James Kirchstein,
the owner of the Sauk City based record label CUCA, which was known primarily for polka recordings. He saw them live at the Ideal Bar in Madison and enthusiastically agreed to record and press the tune. They tried selling the 45 (a vinyl single) on their own with little luck until a La Crosse DJ named Lindy Shannon became obsessed with the song and played it into their local top 10. It was then picked up by the Minneapolis based SOMA label, which released it nationally and propelled it into the Billboard Hot 100, where it reached No. 5 in June 1960. By the end of the summer, “Mule Skinner Blues” had sold well over 1 million copies. The song was unusual in that it featured just the two Fendermen with their guitars, no drums or bass, drenched in echo, with Humprie’s delirious whooping and yodeling about handling mules providing the narrative absurdity. Highlights included a number of deranged “Yuk Yuks” and “Ha Ha’s” and concluded with the seminal line “Cha Cha Cha!” One writer described the tune as “Jimmie Rogers meets the Ventures on a three-day bender,” and another called it a “crazed, pickled in reverb hoot-fest.” The duo remained in Stoughton during their short-lived rise to fame, and the garage on Main Street continued to be their rehearsal space as they were forced to expand to a four piece for touring purposes. The band never seemed to have any problem with legions of kids peering under the garage door to get a peek at the newly minted stars, whose song now played numerous times a day on all the local stations and the Chicago powerhouse WLS. By the summer’s end, they were touring extensively,
opening for Johnny Cash and Kitty Wells and appearing at the Grand Old Opry. A performance on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand followed, where they shared the bill with teen heartthrob Bobby Darin, who seemed a little subdued by comparison. And just like that, it was over. They released a full album, called, not surprisingly, “Mule Skinner Blues,” but lightning failed to strike twice and subsequent single releases went nowhere. They continued to play as a popular live act into 1961, when they disbanded amidst legal wranglings with their record company. Humphrey and Sundquist eventually left Stoughton and went their separate ways, both ultimately settling in Minnesota. Both dabbled in music from time to time, and in 2008 they played Mule Skinner Blues together at Madhouse Music in Green Bay for the first time in 45 years. (the video is available on YouTube). Sundquist died of cancer in 2013 and Humphrey followed in 2016 of heart failure. But “Mule Skinner Blues” lives on. To date it has sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide and is a staple on oldies radio stations everywhere. It inspired a generation of garage rockers and spawned “psychobilly,” a genre of music that includes such luminaries as The Trashmen, The Cramps and the Reverend Horton Heat. The Fendermen may have provided Stoughton with only a footnote in the history of American music, but they made a lifelong rock-n-roll fan out of one 7-year-old living around the corner on Nora Street. Bill Amundson is a Stoughton-based artist and substitute teacher.
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Tw e n t y - t w o d o w n town businesses will offer women raffle prizes, food, music and a good cause Thursday, June 27. The Ladies Night Out event, a fundraiser for Stoughton Area Resource Team (START), Seniors in Need, World of Change Leaders and HATS, is from 5:30-9 p.m. Last year the event raised more than $7,300 for three different organizations. Registration starts at 5 p.m. at Viking Brew Pub, the Nauti Norske or the Chorus Public House, where attendees can pick up their shopping map and goody bag. Receiving a stamp from each location will give attendees five chances to win more than 80 different prizes. Eighteen stops will earn three raffle tickets and 14 stops will earn one. Entry for the raffle prizes will be at Chorus Public House until 8:45 p.m. There will be food, drinks and karaoke with DJ Kimberely Newman. Prizes include a $250 teeth whitening gift card to Lifetime Dentistry, a classic manicure and pearl
If You Go What: Stoughton Ladies Night Out 2019 When: 5:30-9 p.m. Thursday, June 27 Where: Stoughton Cost: $25 per ticket Info: Christ Lutheran Church, 873-9353, or visit Stoughton Ladies Night Out Facebook page
pedicure from Autumn Pearl worth $62 and gift cards to various restaurants and shops like El Rio Grande, Next Generation and Stoughton Floral. There is childcare available at Stoughton Gymnastics from 5:15-9 p.m. Children can play games, jump on the trampoline and use gymnastic equipment for $15 for one child and $25 for two children. Dinner is included in the price. Those who can’t make it to the event can still donate to the organizations by eating at Culvers on Sunday, June 30, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. as 10 percent of the proceeds from that time will be donated. Contact Mackenzie at mackenzie.krumme@ wcinet.com.
Coffee With a Cop Saturday SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group
The Stoughton Police Department has “Ground for Arrest,” and they’re hoping to share it with the community this Saturday. The custom coffee blend will be on sale at the department’s Coffee With a Cop event at Kicks Unlimited, 1740 E. Main St., Suite B, from 9:3011 a.m. June 29. People can visit with officers, discuss local ordinances and buy the coffee for $12 per pound at the event. All proceeds from sales will go to the Paul Kraby Memorial Fund, which provides scholarships for Stoughton area students going into law enforcement. Kraby was murdered while on duty as a Stoughton officer in the 1930s. The coffee beans, which are Arabica, will also be available for purchase at the police department and at this year’s Coffee Break Festival in August. For information, search for “CityofStoughtonPD” on Facebook. FREE
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If You Go What: Coffee With a Cop When: 9:30-11 a.m. Saturday, June 29 Where: Kicks Unlimited Stoughton, 1740 E. Main St., Suite B Info: Stoughton Police Department Facebook page
If You Go What: Catfish River Music Festival When: 2:45-9 p.m. July 4-5; 1:159 p.m. July 6; Noon to 9 p.m. July 7 Where: Rotary Park, 381 E. Main St. Info: Catfishrivermusicfest.com
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The sixth annual Catfish River Music Festival will bring 17 to 20 acts to Rotary Gazebo Park beginning July 4 and running through Sunday, July 7. Opera House manager Nicki Dowland said director Bill Brehm has scheduled 17 performances and expects to add a few more to the lineup for Independence Day. The festival expanded from three days previously to four days this year because the traditional opening day, July 4, falls on a Thursday. “We decided to capitalize on the long weekend,” Dowland said. All shows are free and performed in Rotary Park, next to City Hall and the fire station. The festival is being put on by the Stoughton Opera House Friends Association and is a fundraiser for the Opera House. This year’s roster features lots of familiar names and also some new faces, particularly on the opening day when the three scheduled acts — Guy Weatherspoon, Pine Travelers and The Family Business — are all new to the festival and hail from the Madison area. Weatherspoon, known for his eccentric attire and talent as a “keytarist,” combines “imaginative and sometimes comedic lyrics with modern synthesizers” to create sounds ranging from “gentle ballads and avant-garde atmospheres to fairytale sparkles,” according to a description on the festival webpage. The Pine Travelers are a high-energy bluegrass band that regularly performs at local jam events, Dowland said, while The Family Business has been playing music ranging from blues to soul to rock ‘n’ roll since forming in 2005. Fans of Catfish River and the Opera House will recognize returning performers like Charlie Parr, The Cactus Blossoms, Fendrick and Peck, Dave Landau, Kendra Swenson and Moonhouse, who close the festival at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Friday performances The music will be followed by a fireworks display put on by the Stoughton Junior Fair on Sunday. The city is also having fireworks at dusk on July 4. While many of the performers are from the Madison area, others come
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Traditional folk guitarist and songwriter Charlie Parr returns to the festival at 5:45 p.m. Friday, July 5.
from the Twin Cities and farther away. Old-time folk guitarist and songwriter Charlie Parr hails from Duluth, Minn., and former Opera House events coordinator Christina Dollhausen brings her group from Iowa on Sunday at 1:15 p.m. Four acts are set to perform Friday, beginning with Stoughton native Madeline Fendrick and her partner, Brian Peck, at 2:45 p.m. They play original songs inspired by nature and some of the country’s most famous naturalists. After a set of jazz by Madison-based Jon Hoel Trio (4:15 p.m.), Parr returns to the stage at 5:45 p.m. He’s released 13 albums and plays more than 250 shows per year throughout the country, inspired by such folk-music icons as Spider John Koerner and Bob Dylan. Parr is a master of the 12-string guitar, national steel guitar and fretless banjo. He’s followed by Mission, a Madison-based band dedicated to playing the music of The Jerry Garcia Band.
Saturday sets The music begins Saturday at 1:15 p.m. with singer-songwriter Feathered Mason, a Nashville musician with ties to the Madison area. “His music is fantastic,” Dowland promised. “I think fans of Charlie Parr will enjoy him a lot.” Mason is followed at 4:15 p.m. by bluesman and balladeer Jack Klatt,
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Sunday’s roster of performers includes familiar names and faces, including Landau, the iowans and Kendra Swanson, among others. “Sunday is kind of like inviting all our friends back home,” Dowland said. “They’re all regulars for the festival.” The music gets started with “family friendly” folksinger Landau at noon. “It’s always a high point to have Dave Landau opening a day,” Dowland observed. “It provides a splendid place for the rest of the day because he has such good energy, and it puts the kids in a good mood.” Former Opera House events coordinator Christina Dollhausen and her cousin, Katie Fassbinder-Getz, are known as The Iowans and return to the festival for the third time. They will perform at 1:15 p.m. Sunday, playing a bluegrass-folk fusion of Dollhausen’s original songs and singing close harmonies. Next up will be Swanson, a folksinger who plays guitar, banjo and fiddle and writes songs about nature, love, loss and hope. The Madison duo Birds! Birds! Birds! follow at 4:15 p.m. with a range of amusing and eccentric original bluegrass and folk songs. Another Madison-based group, The Material Boys, will take the stage at 5:45 p.m. with their blend of blues, jazz and bluegrass. The six-piece band will be followed by longtime Madison stalwarts Moonhouse, with their brand of “folkadelic Americana.” Brehm enjoys the band so much that he’s seen them “hundreds of times,” he told the Hub last year.
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Tour of Governor’s home The senior center will host a tour of the Wisconsin Governor’s Mansion from 12:30-3:30 p.m. Thursday, June 27. The public will depart from the senior center at 12:30 p.m. The tour will begin at 1 p.m. and include historical presentation about the residence. Attendees will also have the opportunity to walk the mansion grounds to view the gardens and Lake Mendota. The trip will also include a stop at Daisy Cafe and Cupcakery, 2827 Atwood Ave., Madison, after the tour. Registration is required. For information, call 873-8585.
Crafts and games afternoon Join in on a crafts and games afternoon from 2-3 p.m. Thursday, June 27, at the library. Though the event is for ages 8-11, all are invited to make a craft and engage in summertime games. Registration is required. For information, call 873-6281.
Stoughton City Band concert As part of the Stoughton City Band concert series, the group will perform at 6:45 p.m. Thursday, June 27, outside the Nazareth Health and Rehabilitation Center, 814 Jackson St. Upcoming performances include a
Baha’i Faith
For information: Alfred Skerpan, 877-0911 or Gail and Greg Gagnon, 873-9225 us.bahai.org Stoughton study classes.
Bible Baptist Church
2095 Hwy. W, Utica 873-7077 • 423-3033 Sunday: 10 a.m. - Worship; 6 p.m. - Worship
Christ Lutheran Church
7 p.m. concert Thursday, July 11, at activities which the characters in the Arnold Larson Park Gazebo, 6002 book experience. Exchange St, McFarland and Skaalen For information, call 873-6281. Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Celebrating independence 400 N. Morris St. For information, email bethgardOn the early morning of Thursday, ner5678@gmail.com. July 4, Coldwell Banker Success and friends will place 600 American flags ‘Beauty and the Beast’ along Main Street. “We believe it’s not only a great The First Wing Family Theater will perform “Beauty and the Beast way to honor the community, but also Jr.” at 7 p.m. Friday, June 28 and Sat- make a positive impression on visiurday, June 29. tors to our area,” said Peter Sveum, There will be an additional per- the firm’s president. Sveum said residents and visitors formance on at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 30. All will take place at St. Paul’s are encouraged to take a flag for their Liberty Lutheran Church Education own during the day. Center, 3494 Oak Park Rd. Cast member Mitchel Compton of Sons of Norway meeting Oregon will be in the play. The Sons of Norway-Mandt Lodge Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for will host its April meeting at 7 p.m. seniors and $40 for families of two Wednesday, July 10 at 317 S. Page adults and three or more children. St. Children under 5 are free. Tickets Lodge member and storytellwill be available at the door or in er, Laurie Barrett will present “An advance. Evening with Ragna.” Ragna is a For information, call 764-5267. Norwegian woman who loved in Sognefjord, Norway, in about the Author visit year 1050. She will tell tales of From 10-10:45 a.m. Saturday, June home, Christianity arriving to her 20 at the library, author Linda Romb- town, a runaway bride and stories from lands explored. lom will make a visit. For information, contact Darlene The local writer will share her books, “The Adventures of Princess Arneson at arnesonfamily5@gmail. Isabella – The Leprephaun” and com or call 873-7209. “Missing Pots Mystery.” Attendees will do hands-on
Covenant Lutheran Church
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
Ezra Church
515 E. Main St., Stoughton • 834-9050 ezrachurch.com Sunday: 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
First Lutheran Church
700 Hwy. B, Stoughton 873-9353 • e-mail: office@clcstoughton.org Sunday: 9 a.m. worship, 10 a.m. coffee and fellowship
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
1844 Williams Drive, Stoughton • 873-9106 Saturday: 6 p.m. Worship Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship
9209 Fulton St., Edgerton 884-8512 • fultonchurch.org Saturday: 8 a.m. prayer breakfast Sunday: 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Worship 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.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Good Shepherd By The Lake Lutheran Church
Christian Assembly Church
825 S. Van Buren, Stoughton 877-0439 • Missionaries 957-3930 Sunday: 9 a.m. Sunday school and Primary
Cooksville Lutheran Church
11927 W. Church St., Evansville 882-4408 Pastor Karla Brekke Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship and Sunday School
1860 Hwy. 51 at Lake Kegonsa, Stoughton 873-5924 Sunday Worship: 8 and 10 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
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
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The first time I heard about the concept of “future shock,” a state of distress or disorientation due to rapid social or technological change,I was relatively young, still in high school, and I recall thinking that change isn’t that hard to deal with, and in fact can be exciting. As we age, however, there can be too much change in too short a period of time for us to adjust in a healthy way. While the young may adapt easily to their new phones or computers, many of us “old-timers”feel like every time our phone or computer is updated it is an annoyance, and we have to relearn how to do things that were simple yesterday. It doesn’t do much good to tell yourself that this is an opportunity to grow and learn something new, or that it’s helping to keep us mentally flexible. It is still annoying. One consolation is that there are always things to go back to which feel constant in this rapidly changing world, and the greatest of these is God. God, and God’s word, never changes. He is the immutable One which contains all of this change. Reading the Bible and saying our prayers is comforting, in part, because it never changes, and we realize that even if we live a hundred years, God will be there for us. – Christopher Simon
Thursday, June 27
• 9:30 a.m., Summer morning story time, library, 8736281 • 12:30 p.m., Tour of Wisconsin Governor’s residence (depart at 12:30 p.m.), senior center, 873-8585 • 2-3 p.m., Crafts and Games Afternoon (ages 8-11), library, 873-6281 • 4-5 p.m., Youth pom and dance camp (no camp July 2 and 4), Stoughton Dance Booster Club, 2364 Jackson St., stoughtondanceboosters@gmail.com • 5:30-9 p.m., Ladies Night Out, starting locations: Nauti Norskie, 324 S. Water St., Viking Brew Pub, 211 E. Main St. and Chorus Public House, 154 W. Main St., 873-9353 • 6-7:30 p.m., Gazebo Musikk, Rotary Park Gazebo, 324 S. Sixth St., facebook.com/gazebomuzikk • 6:45 p.m., Stoughton City Band concert, outside Nazareth Health and Rehabilitation Center, 814 Jackson St., bethgardner5678@gmail.com
Friday, June 28
• 9:30 a.m., Summer morning story time, library, 8736281
Saturday, June 29
• 10-10:45 a.m., Children’s author visit: Linda Romblom, library, 873-6281 • 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Stoughton Historical Museum open, 324 S. Page St., stoughtonhistoricalsociety.org
Monday, July 1
• 5:30-6:15 p.m., Gathering Table free community meal (first and third Mondays), senior center, 206-1178 • 7 p.m., Town of Dunkirk Board meeting, Town Hall, 654 Cty. Road N (first and third Mondays of each month)
Wednesday, July 3
• 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., Stoughton Fair, Mandt Park, 801 S. Fourth St., 873-7912 • 6:30-7:30 p.m., The Foundation (meets on the first Wednesday of every month), library, 873-6281
Thursday, July 4
• Library and city offices closed • 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Stoughton Fair, Mandt Park, 801 S. Fourth St., 873-7912 • Noon to 9 p.m., Catfish River Music Festival, Rotary Park located outside Stoughton Opera House, 381 E. Main St., 877-4400
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 Dementia Caregivers • 2 p.m., second Thursday, senior center, 873-8585 Crohn’s/Colitis/IBD Support Group • 5:30 p.m., third Wednesday, Stoughton Hospital, 873-7928 Grief Support Groups • 2 p.m., third Wednesday, senior center, 873-8585 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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Chase keys walk-off Stepping away to focus on family
MARK NESBITT
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Stoughton’s Owen Chase had an inner voice telling him to stay calm with the game-winning run on third base in the bottom of the seventh inning. He found himself in position to win the game after Watertown elected to walk two hitters with one out to load the bases. Chase ripped a walk-off RBI single to left field Friday, June 21, to score Derek Karlen and give the Stoughton Senior Legion baseball team a 4-3 win over Watertown at Norse Park. The Goslings opted to intentionally walk Ryan Ellingson and Ethan Yahn to set up a force out at any base. “It was a crazy situation,” Chase said. “I have never seen that happen before. I smoked it my last time up, so I was like I have to do it again because it’s the same pitcher. I just tried to stay calm and put the ball over their heads because they were playing in.” Stoughton improves to 3-1 with the win. “We just have to keep focused on ourselves, keep winning games and it will be a good summer,” Chase said. Karlen coaxed a walk off Watertown pitcher Ryan Hogquist to lead off the seventh and stole second to move into scoring position. Brady Estervig had a sacrifice bunt to move Karlen to third prior to a pair of intentional walks loaded the bases. Ryan Curry started and pitched six innings for Stoughton. He gave up three runs on eight hits. Curry struck out eight and walked two. Coach Ben Gerber said the team is playing better situational baseball this summer. “Baseball is a team game and people are stepping into new roles,” Gerber said. “Brady (Estervig) didn’t play
As a prep sports editor, I have always looked at my job like that of a historian, telling the stories of coaches and student-athletes — their successes and failures – through words and photos. The winter of 2018 my wife and I welcomed our first child i n t o o u r Jones l ive s a n d immediately our entire lives changed in an instant. Suddenly, my story changed from husband and sports editor to husband and father, but there was only so much of us to go around. While my wife and I work opposite schedules, it has been increasingly difficult to find a work-life balance in this position. That is
one of several reasons that after 15 years I’ve decided to step down as the Unified Newspaper Group sports editor effective at the end of this month. As a prep sports editor covering the communities of Oregon, Stoughton and Verona, I have made many memories and lasting friendships. But as a father of a 17-month old son, I have decided to step away from this job and focus on my family. While coaches, officials, school administrators and reporters, are all easy targets for criticism, May 5, 2019, shined a spotlight on what is truly important in my life. Although I had already made my decision prior to what started out as a beautiful Sunday, that day will
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Boys golf Photo by Mark Nesbitt
Stoughton shortstop Ryan Ellingson makes a throw to first base in the Senior Legion baseball team’s 4-3 win over Watertown on Friday at Norse Park.
Stoughton gets silver Div. 1 academic All-State team award MARK NESBITT
a heck of a whole lot in the spring. He’s becoming one of our key players in the season.” Gerber is confident with Curry on the mound. “Curry is our ace and there is no doubt about it,” he said. “He knows how to get the job done. We need guys to throw strikes and he’s the one who is consistent right now.” Chase said Curry pitched a great game. “I felt like I needed to make it up to him and the rest
of our teammates for keeping it close,” Chase said. It was a scoreless game for the first three innings before Stoughton broke through with a three-run fourth. Yahn led off with a single in the fourth to set up the scoring opportunity. Hogquist then walked Hayden Schigur and Jake Nelson lined a single to right to load the bases. Riley Carpenter drove in a run with a groundout to second base. Curry reached on an error and a run
scored to give Stoughton a 2-0 lead. He then got into a run down on the bases long enough for Nelson to score before the final out to give Stoughton a 3-0 lead. Watertown rallied with three runs in the sixth. The big blows came on RBI doubles by Hogquist and Evan Sellnow. Watertown scored the game-tying run on an error. Stoughton had eight hits. Nelson went 2-for-3 with a double.
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Golfers on the Stoughton boys team received silver medals after being recognized as second place in the Division 1 academic All-State cumulative grade-point average by the Wisconsin Golf Coaches Association. The eighth annual team academic All-State awards honor the teams with the highest cumulative GPAs when regionals begin.
S t o u g h t o n h a d f iv e players receive academic All-State: seniors Carter Hellenbrand and Thomas Apel, junior Jake Livingston and sophomores Eagan Olson and Patrick Wozniak. Students’ names are s u b m i t t e d b y G C AW coaches if they have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.25, participate in 75 percent of their team’s varsity matches, and are a sophomore, junior or senior.
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Stoughton rallies in eighth to beat Fort Atkinson JEREMY JONES Sports editor
Southeast Section Team Wins Losses Stoughton 7 1 Albion 7 1 Jefferson 5 2 Evansville 5 2 Fort Atkinson 6 3 McFarland 3 4 Utica 3 6 Waterloo 1 5 Cambridge 1 6 Lake Mills 0 8
Relief pitcher Erick Sperloen stopped the bleeding and Yonardo Herdenez did a little bit of everything Sunday, June 23, to help the Stoughton Home Talent team avoid backto-back losses for the first time since 2016. A 10-run fifth inning in which the Merchants sent 15 batters to the plate didn’t hurt either as Stoughton rallied for a 14-9 victory over Fort Atkinson at Norse Park. Stoughton improved to 7-1 with the win and moved into a first-place tie in the Southeast Section with Albion, which they host at 1 p.m. this Sunday. Fort Atkinson (6-3) dropped to third with the loss. Jefferfourth inning and he shut down runs, threw out a runner and closed son and Evansville are tied at 5-2. Trailing from the start, the Mer- the Generals in fifth through seven out the game, pitching a scoreless chants turned to Sperloen in the innings. Herdenez drove in three ninth inning.
What’s next Stoughton (7-1) hosts Albion (7-1) in a battle of firstplace Southeast Section teams 1 p.m. Sunday. The Merchants (1-3) host Cambridge (3-3) at 6 p.m. June 27 in Thursday Night League action. Despite having thrown six innings and around 90 pitches three days earlier, Sperloen said he felt, “surprisingly good for the first couple of innings.” The heat and humid helped his arm stay loose and he was locating his change-up well all game.
By the eighth inning though he said, “I was just looking to have the Fort guys get themselves out.” The Merchants’ defense was sloppy at best, committing seven errors and allowing five unearned runs, but they came up with the clutch plays late, turning a crucial 3-5-3 double play before Herdenez threw a runner out at the plate. Fort Atkinson jumped out to an 8-2 lead, scoring three runs in the first and fourth innings and one each in the second and third off Stoughton starter Ben Riffle. “Ben struggled a little bit today and we didn’t help him out defensively by any means,” Stoughton manger Dale Seffens said. “He had to throw way too many pitches and it takes a toll on you.”
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Utica bats go quiet as team drops three games last week JEREMY JONES Sports editor
The Utica Home Talent’s bats remained quiet again last week, losing all three games. Utica dipped three games under .500 in Sunday again with a 12-2 loss to Evansville on Friday, June 21 in Footville. The A’s dropped to 0-3 in the Thursday Night League with losses at Fort Atkinson and Cottage Grove. “It was a pretty rough week,” player/manager
Christian Stokstad said. “We third, two runs in the fifth and struggled to hit and we played five in the sixth. Utica scored twice in the too sloppy on defense.” seventh on a Nick Woodstock Evansville 12, two-out RBI single, but could not avoid being 10-runned. Utica 2 (7 inn.) Brock Wanninger started Utica traveled to Footville and went five innings. Aaron on Friday and fell 12-2 to Schauer threw the sixth and Evansville in seven innings. seventh. Jays pitcher Jameson LavUtica fell to 3-6 with the ery carried a perfect game loss, while Evansville moved through six innings for the into a tie with Jefferson at 5-2. win. Stoughton and Albion each Evansville started their won last weekend and sit atop offense early with two runs in the Southeast Section with the first and two in the second. identical 7-1 records. The Jays added one in the
CG 7, Utica 0 The A’s traveled to Fireman’s Park in Cottage Grove on Thursday, June 20, and lost 7-0. Cottage Grove moved into a first-place tie with Fort Atkinson following the win with identical 4-0 records. Cole Nelson got the start on the mound and pitched the complete game for Utica. The A’s did little on offense again, mustering five hits, including a double by Jake Schultz.
Merchants: Rally sets up first-place showdown Sunday Continued from page 7 Stoughton hosted Jefferson earlier in the week in Thursday Night League action. That game was tied before being called due to darkness. It will be finished next month.
Stoughton 14, Fort Atkinson 9 Fort Atkinson pitcher Owen Chady had Stoughton guessing for much of the game before he started to run out of gas in the eighth inning. “He (Chady) had three pitches and did a really good job mixing them up,” Wenzel said. “You couldn’t sit on a fastball or curveball. He did a good job keeping us off-balance but we knew if we kept our heads in it, we would start to find the gaps.” C h a d y, w h o a l l ow e d five hits, struck out eight and walked two over seven innings, hit trouble as his defense committed two errors and he hit two of the first five batters he faced in the eighth. Herdenez was the beneficiary of the second hit batter, which helped Stoughton cut Fort Atkinson’s lead to 9-5. Knowing that he might need another reliever to close out the game if Sperloen started to run out of gas, Seffens said he was worried when Herdenez got hit in the elbow. Herdenez ended up being able to continue and Stoughton kept rolling as Chris Lund smoked a two-run double to the left-center field fence to
make it 9-7 and the rout was on. Fort Atkinson’s Austin Paul came on to try and stop the bleeding only to let a run score on a wild pitch. With the infield playing back, Wenzel suicide squeezed another run across to tie the game 9-9. Dave Hanson and Sam Schretenthaler added RBI singles to give Stoughton’s its first lead of the game 11-9 with one out. A wild pitch scored another run before Hernedez singled home two for a 14-9 lead. Reliever Danny Tabaska came on to face Lund, the 15th batter of the inning, and got him to ground out to end the inning. “I think we relaxed and didn’t try to do too much in the eighth,” Wenzel said. “We know we have a good lineup and in that inning we put a lot of good swings on the ball.” Although the game ended in Stoughton’s favor, it didn’t start that way. Chady helped his cause with one out in the first inning, smoking a single to third that Wenzel was unable to corral. Left-hander Chase Davis turned on a fastball in the Generals’ next at bat to give Fort Atkinson a quick 2-0 lead. A two-out single by Dayne Sebranek and a throwing error by Stoughton shortstop Winder Fuentes pushed the Generals’ lead to 3-0. Ryan Nyhagen helped the Merchants answer with a two-out, two-run home run to right center in the bottom of
the first. Irvin Medina, who led off the inning with a walk, also scored to cut Fort’s lead to 3-2. The Generals capitalized on two more errors to score one in the second and three more in the fourth to build a six-run lead. General shortstop Ty Schieber reached base on a two-out, throwing error by Wenzel in the second and was driven home by Chady. Sebranek and former Merchant T.J. DiPrizio led off the third with back-toback walks off Riffle. They were sacrificed into scoring position by Tabaska before Sam Hartwick walked with one out to load the bases. Skyler Schmuck singled home a run before Riffle worked out of the jam with a strikeout and fly out. Davis led off the fourth with a walk, stole second and advanced to third on a fourth Stoughton error. He scored one batter later on a Drew Dunkleberger single to center. Sperloen came on at that point and nearly got Sebranek to ground into a double play but the throw was late to first base. Three of the next four batters got singles, including Schmuck, who drove in a pair of runs with his base hit past third past to extend the Generals’ lead to 8-2. Stoughton began chipping into the six-run lead in the bottom of the fourth, scoring two runs with two outs. Sam Schretenthaler singled to right to put runners on the corners. Tanner Klitzke, batting at the
“Had a little better defense but we didn’t swing the bats,” Stokstad said. Cottage Grove scored three on a couple of bloopers in the first inning. The Firemen added one in the second and three more in bottom of sixth.
Fort 13, Utica 6 Utica traveled back to Fort Atkinson for a fourth time this season on Tuesday, June 18 for a Thursday Night League make-up game and lost 13-6. Jason Hougan got the start. Max Gartzke came on in relief
in the third inning and pitched well but the A’s were already down 8-2 at that point. Fort came out swing with five runs in the first inning, but Utica got two back in the top of the second to pull within three, 5-2. The Generals kept up the pressure and outscored the A’s 8-4 over the final 4 1/2 innings. Utica is in Waterloo for a Night League game Thursday at 7:30 p.m. The A’s host Cambridge in a Sunday league game at 1 p.m.
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bottom of the lineup, singled to left to plate a run and Medina doubled to drive in two more. Fort Atkinson wasn’t done taking advantage of Stoughton mistakes just yet, though. Davis led off the eighth with a single and advanced to third on two more throwing errors. Dunkleberger promptly singled to right to push the Generals’ lead out to 9-4. It looked as if Fort Atkinson was going to extend the lead even further were it not for a couple of excellent defensive plays. DiPrizio tried to sacrifice a pair of runners into scoring position with no outs only to watch Stoughton turn a 3-53 double play. Tabaska singled one batter later but Herdenez threw out Sebranek from left field. “The defense has struggled at points this year, but it’s also saved us a bunch of runs too,” Sperloen said. “We just have to continue to be patient as pitchers and continue to do our jobs and get outs.”
Night League Stoughton hosted the Jefferson Blue Devils on Thursday, June 20. The game was tied 4-4 through eight innings prior to being postponed due to darkness. Stoughton hosts Jefferson for a Sunday league game on July 7, following which the teams will play out the rest of its Night League game.
Continued from page 7 be one that our family will never forget. It’s the day that our son was hit in the head at a Home Talent game with a line drive and transported via Med Flight to the American Family Children’s Hospital. The impact of the ball fractured our son’s skull and forced him to have an emergency craniotomy. Through that tragedy; however, there came a ray of sunshine as complete strangers, friends and family members from across the country helped our family in one way or another. The Home Talent community was amazingly supportive as teams that I had never covered held fundraisers and donated to a Go Fund Me page started by a family friend to help cover medical costs. Several coaches and parents of players I had covered over the last 15 years also showed their support. There have been more memories than I can recount over my time at UNG, from Oregon sophomore Alexis Jackson winning state titles in the 100 and 300-meter hurdles and as part of the 4x200 relay with Maddie LeBrun, Danica Keisling and Scarlet Egwuonwu. I was also fortunate enough to cover the Oregon baseball team that advanced to the state semifinals in 2004 and the boys tennis team that reached its first team
state tournament in 2014. In Stoughton, last season I was able to cover sophomore Sofia Bormett, who won the 200-yard freestyle to become the first girls state champion swimmer in program history. I’ve also been able to watch the Vikings football team develop into a top contender in the Badger South with several Division 1 recruits over the past five seasons. And I’ve got the opportunity to watch the Stoughton wrestling team continue its dominance, crowning two individual champions this season to overtake Mineral Point with the most champions all-time (51). Though I missed having the opportunity to watch NHL draftee Jack Skille play in Verona by a year, I was fortunate to witness several other first for the Wildcats. I was able to watch Beata Nelson grow from one of the most decorated swimmers in Wisconsin history to a national champion and Olympic hopeful. To this day, I still can’t hear the song Timber by Pitbull featuring Kesha without remembering standing outside the Verona boys hockey team’s locker room waiting to do interviews during their 2014 state championship. I’ll cherish my time getting to know so many wonderful coaches and student-athletes.
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City officials, McFarland State Bank staff and Stoughton Chamber of Commerce employees celebrate the public opening of city hall on Thursday, June 13.
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New City Hall location opens opportunities Opera House could expand revenue JIM FEROLIE Hub Editor
After years of wishful thinking, the city happened upon a way to get more room for both its administration and the Stoughton Opera House. In May, nearly two years after McFarland State Bank first suggested donating its old 207 S. Forrest St. property to the city, City Hall moved its offices into that building. The short trek to the 12,000-square-foot building across Main Street not only provided more room and a more accessible facility for city employees and visitors, it also made the Stoughton Opera House the sole occupant of its 118-year-old clock tower-adorned facility at 381 E. Main St. The city held an open house for City Hall and the new public works building June 13, and Mayor Tim Swadley told the Hub not only does the move give more room, it also should help everything run more smoothly than it did when city departments were on three different levels of a very old building. “It gives City Hall a location where all the departments can be on one floor,” Swadley said. “It allows us to be more efficient, to
Stoughton City Hall 207 Forrest St. 873-6677 ci.stoughton.wi.us communicate better, and most importantly, for the customers and the people that we serve, to come in and out quickly.” While the building was offered as a donation, not everyone agreed it should be accepted. More than a year after the bank’s CEO, David Loeke, wrote to former mayor Donna Olson to offer the space, the Common Council finally accepted the building in October 2018 on a contentious 7-4 vote in which dissenters worried about the cost of upkeep and unresolved environmental concerns at the site, which once was a gas station. During the six-month series of debates over accepting the building, those in the majority argued the loss of tax revenue and risk of the potential liability of cleaning up pollution some day were outweighed by the immediate space needs of administration – which didn’t even have a break room – and the likelihood of increased revenues from the Opera House,
Chris Ace, of La Crosse Sign Group, installs one of two signs outside the Stoughton City Hall on Thursday, June 20. The City Hall moved into the building in April and held its open house two weeks ago. which costs the city about $170,000 each year. The agreement to donate the property also involved the city leasing back part of it to McFarland State Bank to keep a drive-thru on
site, for $25,700 per year. Swadley told the Hub it’s already The Opera House, meanwhile, opened a small gift shop and will has started a strategic plan to deter- brainstorm more ideas at a strategic mine how best to use its new space Turn to City Hall/Page 14 and grow its offerings and revenue.
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New public works building increases department efficiency KIMBERLY WETHAL Unified Newspaper Group
Public works director Brett Hebert is glad that when he gets into work every day, he can actually get to work. He and the rest of the public works department couldn’t always do that prior to January of this year, when they moved into the new facility on County Hwy. A on the city’s southeast side. In their old facility on Fourth Street, he said, employees would spend between 30-45 minutes moving multiple pieces of equipment to access one of the potential 104 items they needed. “It’s been a big increase in our efficiency,” he said. “This has essentially allowed us to go out to the truck, do our walkarounds and go to work.” The facility, measuring at 89,000 square feet, is an $8.3 million project that was designed in 2013. It replaces the department’s former 58,000 square foot building on Fourth Street, which was built in 1930 and didn’t have the space to hold all of the equipment, Hebert said. “Before, we had about a half-million dollars worth of trucks that were parked outside,” he said. “We have a huge investment from the community that’s being made in our equipment, so it’s up to us to protect us.” The previous facility required that trucks be parked mere feet away from one another, had a leaking roof that required staff to put out buckets and one unisex bathroom, as the men’s bathroom fell into disrepair. The new facility has designated stalls for each piece of equipment, with plenty of space between rows for staff to drive in and out of the garage, as well as a training room that can easily fit the entire department.
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Public works mechanic Bryce Bronstad shows his mother Geri, right, and sister Marie Stenjem around the new public works facility during the open house on Thursday, June 13. The $8.3 million facility opened in January after six years of planning.
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Riverfront redevelopment project continues RDA selects short list of master developers, will finalize in August AMBER LEVENHAGEN Unified Newspaper Group
The riverfront redevelopment project, which includes the former Highway Trailers complex, has continued to be a hot topic over the past few years. While the city last year demolished most of the buildings on the property, which is a roughly 11-acre former industrial area along the Yahara River, bordered by East South, Seventh and South Fourth streets, the debate has continued about the fate of the remaining structure, known as the blacksmith shop. The city has been in negotiations after a business deal between the Redevelopment Authority and demolition contractor Earth Construction turned sour. As that legal debate continPhoto by Amber Levenhagen ues, the RDA has selected a short The remaining building on the Riverfront Redevelopment Area, called the blacksmith shop, partially collapsed in list of potential developers for October. The RDA is debating how to move forward. the site, with an anticipated final nearly eight months after the inci- ban on its demolition was lifted by selection date at the end of this potential development. But a significant portion of the dent, and the RDA has been with- the Common Council in February. summer. building came down after an Octo- holding a $150,000 payment on Springman emphasized the goal is Blacksmith shop rescue ber windstorm, and the RDA had the $750,000 contract. RDA chair to preserve the building, but wanted The blacksmith shop was built pushed Earth Construction to take Roger Springman told the Hub he to have other options ready. in 1910 and is the last of six responsibility for the fall, stating expects a development in the pro- Selecting a developer buildings in the Highway Trail- the contractor failed to maintain the cess later this month. In case negotiations fall through After early negotiations with ers complex. The city razed the building he was told to maintain. others last year after closing the The company felt it had satisfied its and demolition becomes the only a master developer in 2017 fell street next to them because they contract and was not going to take option, the RDA has requested a through, Springman said the were falling down, opting to keep any corrective action and walk away. bid for demolishing the building, RDA has been taking a different No solution has been found, which would be possible after a approach at finding a developer. the blacksmith shop standing for
Appleton-based Tanesay withdrew its involvement that year, citing “indecision” by the city over what it wants for that area. The main switch between the two times the RDA sought developers for that area is the amount of open communication. Springman said the RDA started pursuing a developer too early in the process, which led to miscommunication about the vision the city had for the area and how that was communicated. Earlier this year, the RDA issued a request for expressions of interest, and six developers responded. The RDA narrowed the list to three, and one has since stepped down, leaving the choice between Bear Development, out of the Milwaukee area, and Madison-based Curt Vaughn Brink, LLC. The vision outlined in the RFEI is “an urban waterfront neighborhood built around riverside green space and recreational opportunities, with varied and modern living spaces for young and old alike that enhances downtown vitality and serves as a regional destination.” The two developers planned to meet with the RDA this week to share their vision for the process and continue the conversation between the two entities. The companies will then have until roughly the end of August to share their proposals with the RDA, which will then meet and finalize a decision between the two.
Message from the Mayor
City continues to progress with riverfront, KPW future. Despite a difficult retail environment, several new shops opened or relocated in Stoughton, including Ocean Counseling, Main Event Resale, Midwest Best, Babyface Family Photography, 1833 Speakeasy, Financial Innovation and Shakers Saloon. We are actively supporting business owners by restructuring the Revolving Loan Fund, applying for grants, creating better parking opportunities, and engineering sidewalk and crosswalk improvements. The Opera House expansion and the Downtown Revitalization Committee are at their early stages of developing plans. Remodeling/additions have occurred or are completed at Edge One and Dairyland Electric in the Business Park North, Abel Contemporary Gallery and Green Road Pottery on Main Street. Completion of the Nordic Ridge Apartments is near. Durr Universal celebrated 60 years in business, and Cummins celebrated 100 years! I continue to attend numerous city, utility, advocacy trainings and seminars to engage with local, county and state representatives as well as our trade associations. Thank you to everyone for your continued support. Tim Swadley is the Mayor of Stoughton.
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The donation of the iconic McFarland State Bank building to the City of Stoughton has positioned us to operate more efficiently, which translates to better customer service. A big thank you to planning director Rodney Scheel, IT director John Montgomery and the entire staff for the excellent preparation and ongoing improvements. In addition, we are excited about the possibilities afforded for Stoughton Opera House expansion and the ability to continue to have a bank on Main Street downtown. The building across from the library was recently removed, and grass is growing. Recently, I attended the celebration ribbon-cutting for McFarland State Bank at Kettle Park West and the Lions Club pickleball courts at Mandt Park. This is the third year of the Parade of Homes at Nordic Ridge, which included the Taste of Stoughton event. Phase 1 of Kettle Park West (KPW) continues with the construction of the Kettle West Senior Living scheduled to open in the fall, the Tru Hotel by Hilton and the addition of T & T Nails. We are negotiating with the Town of Rutland to secure an expansion of Deer Point Road and Oak Opening Drive from U.S. Hwy. 51 into Kettle Park West. The new housing proposal for Phase 2 of KPW will be up for approval in the near
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rogress is the key to move Stoughton forward. I am proud of a number of great initiatives that staff and community members have accomplished in the last year. The Stoughton Redevelopment Authority (RDA) led by chair Roger Springman and vice chair Dale Reeves have led us to the point where we have three proposals from master developers Swadley for consideration of the former industrial site along the Yahara River. We expect the selection process to conclude in the fall. Soil testing and demolition of the former Public Works building is expected yet this year. Ongoing conversations with the RDA and the developer for the former Marathon gas station site will hopefully come to fruition. We are patiently waiting for results of soil testing before making decisions regarding grants for the riverfront development and the whitewater park. Parks and recreation projects that have been approved include Criddle Park and Nordic Ridge playgrounds, Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan, selection of MSA as the Mandt Park Master Plan consultant and Phase II whitewater park design and engineering.
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Work has continued at the planning level over the last few months, paving the way for the Kettle Park West residential phase that’s expected to start in the next few months after years of planning. The homes would be built on parts of the west side of the site, located adjacent to the Walmart-anchored commercial center. The vision for the residential phase has changed over the last few years, particularly the last few months, including a shift in density, plot sizes and the location of a park. The council still needs to approve development plans, and construction isn’t expected until the fall. The proposal includes sections of alley-accessed homes on both sides of Oak Opening Drive, which allows for smaller plots and more narrow side-yards, a style that shifted after the city requested developer Forward Development Group change its plans for high-density apartment buildings. The original plan included 311 multi-family residential units and 60 single-family units. At the December 2018 meeting, FDG
development manager Dennis Steinkraus said the new plans feature a reduction of about 250 multifamily units in order to fit in the single-family homes the commission said it preferred. The location of the park changed slightly, which was suggested by the Park and Recreation committee with the goal of putting it in a more optimal neighborhood location. Developers have met with the Planning Commission and Council at several meetings through the last year in an attempt to give the public a chance to share feedback about the plan, but few, often none, took advantage of the opportunity. The commission approved the final plat for the first 18 homes, which makes up what is called the “North Addition,” and the council was expected to consider this week if it would allow development to continue without requiring Oak Opening Drive to connect to Hwy. 138 at the other end of the development. The construction of Oak Opening Drive has been a significant sticking point over the last year as the council has stood firm on not allowing TIF dollars to be used toward that portion of development.
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ooking back over the last year, there are two areas I’d like to address and celebrate. One is the state of the chamber, and the other is the state of the business community. The Stoughton Chamber of Commerce is at a very exciting point in time. Some Trotter may remember that four years ago we had multiple directors in one year, due to a variety of reasons. I feel fortunate that I could take my four years of working at the chamber in a different role and bring that experience to the directorship. In the three years that I have been director, the board and staff have made many hard choices that have brought us stability in both purpose and finances. Once we realized we were no longer in crisis management, we could get to the real work of a chamber. The current board is committed to strategic planning, and the process is leading us to a new energy and clearer vision. The future of the chamber is being revitalized, with more involvement from and with our members. That was evidenced by the
large number of highly qualified candidates for our open board positions. Our strategic plan will be revealed to the membership and the public in the fall. Now, let’s look at the business community. Stoughton is able to support and retain major employers, such as Stoughton Hospital, Stoughton Trailers, Cummins, Durr Universal, Nelson Global, Stellar Services, Moyer’s and more. These companies provide good jobs to hundreds of households in Stoughton. Stoughton also supports small business professionals like accountants, realtors, insurance agents, printers and photographers. We also have more retail options than ever. Hwy. 51, both downtown and reaching out to the sides of the city, offers so much variety that there is little reason to leave town to shop. Stoughton is bringing in new businesses and allowing existing businesses to thrive. In June alone, the chamber has been invited to do ribbon cuttings at four companies who are expanding, moving to bigger locations or starting fresh in Stoughton. It is true that the downtown is seeing some shops closing. But I argue that is the nature of small retail – some will last and some
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Grants boost security focus
Growth in STEAM programs helps our students thrive
District adds cameras, active shooter drills SCOTT DE LARUELLE Unified Newspaper Group
Schools around the Stoughton Area School District are now covered by dozens more cameras than they were last year. It’s part of efforts to upgrade security in its buildings that got a significant boost last year $277,676 in grant funding from the Wisconsin Department of Justice. The vast majority of the money went to acquisition and installation of more than 200 security cameras to cover the interior of all five schools, with a small portion to outfit entryway vestibule windows with shatterproof film. The project, which has been planned for more than three years, got a boost last July from a $109,285 state safety grant to install surveillance cameras and shatter-resistant glass. Work started to install the cameras and glass later in the summer, and wrapped up in spring, along with a training session for administrators who will use the camera system. In October, the district received an additional $168,391 in grant funding from the department to pay for the camera system; the second time the district applied for and received a grant from the program. District director of technology Paul Vande Hei said this spring the project will result in “100 percent coverage of the internal footprint” of all five district schools. With the addition of the new cameras this spring, school board members amended their policies on their use earlier this year. Now, a request to see video must be
made within seven days, and no footage, unless involved in a complaint, will be kept beyond 14 days. Police will not be involved in viewing footage unless called in by the district. Except in “extraordinary circumstances” and with the written authorization of the district administrator, the surveillance equipment would not be used in areas where people have a “reasonable expectation of privacy,” such as restrooms, locker rooms, offices, classrooms or meeting rooms during instructional time, according to the policy. Also, as part of the DOJ grants, the district is required to have an annual active shooter/violence/threat drills, which at SASD is ALICE (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate) training. In November, the district completed security drills to review potential vulnerabilities in schools. Another round of drills was held in May. District buildings and grounds supervisor Luke Butz, who recently completed certification to be an ALICE trainer, called it “one of the most important pieces of our overall safety program” during a school board meeting earlier this month. “The whole premise is empowering all of our students and teachers to make their own decisions to be able to deal with a violent intruder, or any type of intruder within our buildings,” he said. Feedback on both of this year’s drills has inspired some changes, Butz said, including the type of simulated weapons used. Board member Jon Coughlin said he’s heard reservations from some staff about the use of the simulated weapons. Butz said future drills will switch from realistic-looking airsoft guns that shoot pellets to a simulated weapon that fires small Nerf balls.
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ne of our goals here at the Stoughton Area School District is to make our community a partner in our students’ learning. The growth of our STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) programming is one example of that collective commitment. Since I came to Stoughton in the fall of 2010, our district has tried to expand our STEAM opportunities to help our students develop 21st century learning skills, such as critOnsager ical thinking and problem solving and to help prepare them for life after they graduate. Employment in science, technology, engineering and math fields alone has grown 79 percent since 1990, according to the Pew Research Center. The nonprofit Education Commission of the States estimates that between 2017 and 2027, the number of jobs in those fields will grow 13 percent, compared to 9 percent for all other jobs. Preparing our students for that emerging world was a chief reason why several years ago we partnered with local businesses and foundations to create our state-of-the-art digital fabrication laboratory, or fab lab. Those partnerships have
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participation in JASON. Our elementary schools are also providing unique STEAM opportunities for our young learners. Sandhill Elementary School has secured a grant from the Alliant Energy Foundation to start a STEAM lab. The school has used that support to create a space where students can access technology and learn about topics such as engineering, robotics, computer coding and more. Earlier this spring, Kegonsa Elementary School acquired and installed a 3D printer in its own STEAM lab. This printer will help students learn how to turn an idea into a physical object through the computer-aided design (CAD) process. Fox Prairie Elementary has built a perennial partnership with the biotechnology company Promega in which several of the company’s engineers visit classrooms to teach our students about DNA extraction and the skills that are used in science. As our district develops a new strategic framework to guide our future, these kinds of partnerships are vital to our students’ success and will help us realize our vision to make our schools a hub of opportunity and innovation. Tim Onsager is the district administrator of the Stoughton Area School District.
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Blue Lotus Tattoo private studio Address: 220 S. Water St. Principal owner or leader: Rob Beyer Opening/arrival date: June 1, 2019 Number of employees: 1 (at this location) Charity connections/plans: Volunteering for Lunches for Vikings; We sponsor two single mothers with children for Christmas; Donations to the Stoughton food pantry; Extensive involvement in the LGBTQ community and the Chamber of Commerce; In 25 years we have donated over $250,000 to numerous charities and fundraisers Stoughton connection: I moved here a few years ago because I had a com-
mercial space that wasn’t being utilized. I quickly realized I love Stoughton. Stoughton is an amazingly relaxed city where you really get to know your neighbors and a lot of independent business owners, which makes it unique. The welcoming community fosters friendship. Business focus: We currently have four locations in Dane County, and in Stoughton I wanted to design a unique environment completely different from our three other studios. With over 25 years in the industry, I felt my customers rightfully deserved to experience a one on one custom tattoo service in a private, boutique studio boasting a re-
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laxed atmosphere. I am by appointment only so my sole focus is on you with no distractions or interruptions. What’s special about your business? At this location, it is not only private, but I am by appointment only so my sole focus is on you with no distractions. Your peace of mind will not be interrupted by phones ringing or other customers intruding your personal space. Simply on-on-one comprehensive attention. And, to continue with our theme of serenity, you are welcome to relax along the Yahara River in our beautiful flower garden enjoying your complimentary refreshments, snacks, aftercare and a hot steam towel.
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Address: 261 W. Main St. Principal owner or leader: Brook Johnson Opening/arrival date: Feb 2, 2019 Number of employees: 1 Charity connections/plans: Extra space will be used for a middle school robotics team. Stoughton connection: I opened Green Road Pottery on Main Street in 2006, and I have loved the vibrant downtown. I used extra retail shelf space to start carrying chocolate bars. They sold so well, I opened Yahara Chocolate, and now pottery and chocolate share my downtown space. Business focus: I sell single origin chocolate from all over the world, including Norway. Currently there are over 70 different chocolate bars to choose from. I also offer an educational chocolate tour of the world for businesses and private groups. What’s special about your business? I have the biggest selection of single origin chocolate in the Midwest outside of Chicago, and I can explain why each is amazing. I offer free samples, so a new chocolate can be tried with every visit.
Address: 100 Business Park Circle, Suite 110 Principal owner or leader: Kurt Buehring Opening/arrival date: September 2018 Number of employees: 1 Charity connections/plans: I volunteer as a home companion for Agrace Hospice, and I’m also a member of the Wisconsin Emergency Assistance Volunteer Registry (WEAVR). Stoughton connection: I have family spread around Wisconsin and Illinois and I moved to Stoughton with my wife and 2 kids last year. It’s been a true pleasure to start to get to know this community and build connections with our neighbors and the town. Business focus: I help couples improve their relationship through marriage counseling and couples therapy. I also provide compassionate counseling and psychotherapy services for individuals and families. What’s special about your business? I value my clients and their struggle to find meaning and happiness in this world. So my work with them is very individualized and caters to the unique needs that they have.
Address: 524 E. Main St. Principal owner or leader: Theresa Abel and Tim O’Neill Opening/arrival date: May 24, 2019 Number of employees: 4 Charity connections/plans: In the past we have supported Habitat for Humanity, GSAFE, Wisconsin Public Television, CERF (craft emergency relief fund), Carbone Cancer Center Stoughton connection: In 2018 Abel and O’Neill found that they needed to move their established art gallery business previously located in Paoli. It was important to find an affordable building with unique characteristics located near Madison. Stoughton’s historic downtown and easy access to Milwaukee and Chicago made it an attractive choice. Business focus: For over three decades the Abel Contemporary Gallery has been exhibiting artists with national reputations along with work of well-known local artists. The gallery exhibits fine art and fine craft side by side, featuring notable artwork in many media, hosting three concurrent exhibits every six to seven weeks and maintains an alternative exhibit space, “No.5”, for more evocative work such as installations and video art. What’s special about your business? The building, located at 524 E. Main St., was built in the late 1800’s and has a beautiful brick exterior, post and beam construction with soaring ceilings and original wood plank floors and walls. Realizing that two floors of this previous tobacco warehouse would more than accommodate the needs of the gallery, we decided that a beneficial use of the lower level would be to offer reasonably priced artist studios for rent.
Dune Gift and Home Address: 155 W. Main St. Principal owner or leader: Cire’ Rosenbaum Cross Opening/arrival date: November 2018 Number of employees: 1 Stoughton connection: Grew up in Madison, moved here for high school, loved it, and stayed. Business focus: Gifts, clean beauty and home decor What’s special about your business? We focus on handmade products and curated vintage.
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planning sessions in late June. “There’s a lot of space available,” Swadley said. “They’re talking about maybe moving some offices down so they can facilitate ticket sales easier. I’m really excited to see what comes out of the strategic planning.” Among the ideas are offering concessions, creating breakout areas for people to visit before and after the show and during intermission, where artists could sell merchandise or even creating art galleries or smaller stages. The Opera House has a growing reputation for offering an intimate experience performers appreciate, and Swadley pointed out that the new setup could enhance that. “It provides more opportunities for meet-and-greet, which is really important to the artists,” he said. The City Hall has less room for such possibilities, with most of its areas filled, but Swadley said the more modern building has already been an improvement. “It’s a little bit different, but for the most part, people seem to be happy,” he said. “It creates more of a teamwork environment, because people can see what each other are doing, see the interactions that’s going on and learn from each other.” Early in the process, bank officials suggested tearing down the building to expand the parking lot and building a smaller drive-thru retail facility adjacent to it, but several alders preferred to save the building.
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Director of IT and Media Services John Montgomery pulls a computer monitor out its box on Friday, April 26. City staff moved into McFarland State Bank’s former downtown location this week from the Opera House after the bank donated it to the city last year. “This building was designed by John Steinman in the 1960s,” Swadley explained. “There’s a lot of features that were designed back then with natural light back then that you see that was futuristic at the time.” Common Council meetings will continue to be held at the city’s public safety building. Swadley said there had been discussion about moving it to the new building, which has a large lobby area, but
he said doing so would take either extensive remodeling or moving it to the basement, which does have an elevator, and he said it would have involved a significant cost to move equipment for its public-access television station, WSTO. – Reporter Kimberly Wethal contributed to this report.
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Wendt: Longtime Stoughton teacher and FFA adviser has legacy of educating, awards Continued from page 1
Country boy Wendt grew up on a farm in Waukesha County which is still operating today that raised vegetables and traditional crops of corn, soybeans and hay. Later, Wendt and his siblings started a business also still going strong there today, selling pumpkins, gourds and squashes. He attended Kettle Moraine High School and graduating in 1978, but not before he was influenced by his agriculture teachers there, and decided to make agriculture his career. Wendt graduated from University of Wisconsin-River Falls in 1982 with a degree in agriculture education, and completed a six-month internship at the National FFA Center. He started his teaching career in Kiel, where he taught for nine years, serving as the school’s FFA adviser and upgrading the school’s ag education curriculum and facilities. Wendt was named “Wisconsin Outstanding Young Ag. Ed Teacher” in 1985, and 1986 before he and wife, Sharon decided to start a family and moved to Stoughton to be closer to relatives.
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Long-time Stoughton High School agriculture educator Jerry Wendt was honored earlier this an month with induction in the Wisconsin FFA Hall of Fame.
Wisconsin FFA Hall of Fame The Wisconsin FFA Hall of Fame was established in 1995 to provide “permanent and significant recognition to the special leaders who have impacted the State FAA Association and have set and example of service for all FFA members to follow.” A maximum of three people can be inducted each year. Stoughton times At Stoughton High School, Wendt continued his focus on ag education for the next 23 years, and his accomplishments were numerous. He served as advisor for the school’s FFA chapter as well as its alumni advisor. He helped the school add its greenhouse, aquaculture and animal facilities, plant more than 60,000 trees and distribute 200,000 seedlings, and taught rural, farm and tractor safety. He was superintendent for 26 years of the Stoughton and Dane County Fairs, and established an extensive Kiddie Barn at the Stoughton Fair (recently renamed the Wendt Agriculture Education
Building) with many education exhibits, animals stations and fun things to explore for kids. During his time at SHS, he was named a Kohl Fellowship Program outstanding teacher, won the President’s Award from the Wisconsin Association of Career and Technology Education Association, and in 2015 received a National FFA Honorary Degree and Wisconsin Distinguished Service Award. In his nomination submission for the Wisconsin FFA Hall of Fame, Wendt wrote a few words of advice: “Get involved, attempt things that put you out of your comfort Photo submitted zone, and when asked to do Retired Stoughton Area School DIstrict educator Jerry Wendt (front row, far right) was something, do it to the best of named to the Wisconsin FFA Hall of Fame earlier this month at the FFA annual conference. your ability.” Wendt retired from the district in 2015 after 23 years of teaching there, and 32 years overall.
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to a plaque to be displayed at the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection’s headquarters in Madison. Wendt taught ag education for nine years in Keil before coming to Stoughton, where he taught for 23, retiring in 2015. “During his 32 years of teaching, Wendt challenged students to do their best, to participate in activities and apply what they learned toward their future success,” a Wisconsin FFA news release stated. “Because of this attitude, he had numerous students recognized for their accomplishments and in addition he, too, was recognized at the local, state and national levels.” Stoughton FFA Alumni secretary Darlene Arneson called Wendt a “tireless worker, a man of faith, a dedicated friend, a champion of offering opportunities to students and FFA members and a loving and caring person.” “Jerry spent his teaching career balancing his job, family commitments and doing his best to meet the needs and requests of an FFA chapter, FFA Alumni and community that wanted to have a strong agriculture education program and FFA,” she wrote in an email to the Hub. “That wasn’t an easy job.” At SHS, Wendt taught landscaping, large animal management, equine science, small animal care, among a myriad of other subjects. Typically humble, he told the Hub last week he credited his numerous students, colleagues and partners for the award. “Being in the Hall of Fame is the top of the tier,” he said. “The world is a better place because of ag education and FFA and that hands-on experience, and I think the good Lord put me in a spot where I was to be part of that. “But if it wouldn’t be for all those people who put in extra hours to raise some money and help support the local ag program, I wouldn’t have been successful.”
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Amelia L. Saccaro, age 95, passed away on Monday, June 17, 2019. She was born Nov. 8, 1923, in Chicago Heights, Illinois. Amelia believed that “education is the key.” She herself was only able to graduate from eighth grade from the one room Katz Corners school in south Chicago, despite the pleas from the high school principal to her mother to allow her to continue her
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Darcy Lynn (Larsen) Williams, age 60, of Madison passed away as a result of a tragic fall outside her home Saturday, June 15, 2019. She was born on Aug. 31, 1958, in Stoughton, the daughter of Martin and Fern (Leikness) Larsen. Darcy graduated from Stoughton High School in 1976 and University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1994 with a degree in sociology. She worked for the State of Wisconsin for her entire professional career, including positions in the UW Athletic Department, University of Wisconsin, (what is now the Department of Workforce Development) and most recently at UW Hospital’s business office, retiring in 2014. Darcy loved traveling, especially to Las Vegas and other warm climates. She enjoyed reading, playing
schooling. Amelia had to go to work at 14-yearsold during the Depression to help support the family after the death of her father, and after being evicted from the farm. She was full of energy, up to any challenge, and shared her love for life, always with a smile for those who knew her. She challenged the cultural norms of the day, and married an Italian at 19 who she met on a blind date. She worked in various factories during the War, and ran a truck stop as cook, waitress, and dishwasher. She later earned a G.E.D. and took and passed as many allowable college degree credit exams through the College Level Examination Program. Her professional career ended as the only female Industrial Engineer at Aldens Corporation in Chicago. Amelia adored her grandchildren, Mikkin and Nick, cards, singing karaoke and most importantly, spending time with family, friends and especially Rick’s grandchildren, who grew up knowing her as their Nana. Darcy is survived by her significant other, Rick Petershack; sisters, Marcia (Gordon) Schmitt, Michele Ballering, Kristie (Gordon) Christy and Patricia Larsen; brother, Michael (Linda) Larsen; nieces, Melanie, Ginger, Natalie and Zoe; nephews, Joel and Martin (Sharri) Seffens and their children, Ashley (son, Myles) and Rowan; special friends, Patty and Skip Kraiss; Rick’s son, Ben Petershack (Rene Salazar); Rick’s daughter, Katy Petershack (John Oppeneer); grandchildren, Elaina and Jasper Oppeneer, and Rick’s extended family. She was preceded in death by her parents; and daughter, Elizabeth Williams. A Celebration of Darcy’s life will be held at The Eastside Club, 3735 Monona Drive, Madison, from 4-8 p.m. on Thursday, July 25, 2019. Continuing the tradition that Darcy’s daughter Liz started, in lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Online condolences may be made at gundersonfh.com. Gunderson East Funeral & Cremation Care 5203 Monona Drive 221-5420
Obituaries and shared many adventures and hilarious moments with them. She loved to send greeting cards with “a couple bucks for coffee,” calling to sing “Happy Birthday,” feeding the birds and squirrels (especially Cookie) and meeting and chatting with those who came d ow n R oy Ave n u e a n d stopped by her “little cabin” that she proudly purchased on her own. She took no medication, other than a baby aspirin everyday, and had seven teeth pulled, but would not take a Tylenol because “it messes with your mind.” Amelia answered a casting call for those who “looked Russian” and appeared in the opera “Petruska” at the Civic Opera House. She was a holdout for direct deposit, but could use Google correctly in a sentence, delighted in taking selfies with the family and was proud to have a
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passed away Saturday, June 15, 2019 at SSM Health-St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison. He was born on May 11, 1936, in Stoughton, the son of William and Mary (Balliet) Skinner. He married Shirley (Offerdahl) Skinner on April 24, 1954, in McFarland. Bill served for 35 years in the Air NationWilliam “Bill” Skinner al Guard and worked as a Senior Master Sergeant Fire Chief, earning many Wi l l i a m J . S k i n n e r awards during his time of Jr., age 83, of Stoughton service. He traveled to the
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Esther, Naomi, Asa Helvig; sister Frances Hoffman; her beloved companion, Patton; granddogs Knox and Jobin and grandcat Zekker; many nieces and nephews, and her special young friends and dear neighbors. She was preceded in death by nine siblings: Joseph, Anna, Josie, Stanley, Alice, Helen, Bernice, Phillip, Elizabeth. A time of reflection was held on Thursday June 20, 2019 at Cress Funeral Home, 206 W. Prospect St., Stoughton. A gathering was held on Thursday at the funeral home.
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Team building turned community service Stoughton Hospital Rehabilitation Team volunteers at Three Gaits MACKENZIE KRUMME Unified Newspaper Group
Earlier this month, 29 members of the Stoughton Hospital Rehabilitation Services team volunteered at an equine therapeutic rehabilitation center, for its first community-based, team building
exercise. The hospital does one or two team building exercises a year, however, this year they wanted to combine that effort with serving the community, Stoughton Hospital physical therapist Emily Devine said. On Tuesday, June 4 the team spent the afternoon at Three Gaits, which uses equine or horse activities and therapies to enhance the lives of people with disabilities, according to Three Gaits’ website. Stoughton Hospital
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Rehabilitation Services manager Liz Touchett said the team “loved the experience of volunteering together.” “It felt great to give back to the community and spend time together,” she said.
The Stoughton Hospital Rehabilitation team, comprising physical therapists, occupational therapists and more, beautified the grounds by pulling weeds, planting flowers and mulching. In addition to cleaning and organizing horse toys, they also painted new guidance signs in the arena. Previously, the guidance signs that helped direct riders where to go inside the arena were made with letters. The team sanded and repainted the signs to display shapes. “Not everyone knows what “A”
is, so we painted signs with things like stars or squares so people can say ‘go to the star,” Devine said. Devine said the staff at Three Gaits, which is mostly run by volunteers, was “wonderful.” “This organization was a perfect fit for our department (to get involved) because we have similar goals,” Devine said. For information about Three Gaits, including volunteer opportunities, visit 3gaits.org. Contact Mackenzie at mackenzie. krumme@wcinet.com.
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STOUGHTON – David A. “Dave” Shanklin, age 73, passed away on Saturday, June 8, 2019. He was born April 13, 1946 in New London, to the late Arthur and Wilma (Radloff) Shanklin. Dave married the love of his life Cynthia Jane Pruefer on October 12, 1963 at the Old Stone Church in Rockton, Illinois. He was a hard-working husband and father. He was a union carpenter before changing careers to become a small business owner of trucking companies for 33 years. Dave loved going south to the ocean, reading his Bible. He was an avid go cart racer and won many trophies, and he also raced stock cars. Dave also loved watching the Green Bay Packers and the Milwaukee Brewers. Dave is survived by his loving wife of 55 years Cynthia; 4 children David (Linda) Shanklin, Marijane (Dennis) Swenson, Todd (Tammy) Shanklin, Brent Shanklin; mother-in-law Betty Jane Pruefer, age 101; brothers-in-law Donald Pruefer Sr. and Alvin Pruefer Jr.; 16 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren and 1 on the way in December; several cousins and relatives. He is preceded in death by his parents, fatherin-law Alvin William Pruefer Sr., his brother Richard Shanklin, grandson David Curtis Shanklin, his grandparents Frank and Ethel Radloff; cousins Low-
ell “Pete” Shanklin, Jay DeGodt, Al Shanklin; aunts, uncles, several cousins and other relatives. A funeral will be held at 11:00 AM on Wed. June 12, 2019 at CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH, 700 Hwy B, Stoughton with Rev Scott Geister-Jones and Rev Paula Geister-Jones presiding. Visitation will be from 4 – 7 PM on Tue. June 11, 2019 at Cress Funeral Home, 206 W. Prospect St. Stoughton, and also from 9 AM until the time of the service at the church on Wed. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery South. A luncheon will follow the burial at the church. Dave loved the Lord, and worshiped every morning. He was a member of Christ Lutheran Church for 46 years. Thank you to the UW Carbone Cancer Center, especially Dr. Uboha, Dr. Maloney and staff, the UW Hospital, Stoughton Hospital, Agrace HospiceCare, and all Doctors for their love and compassionate care. Dave and Cindy would like to thank Pastor Paula and Pastor Scott (his buddy), Sandy Miller and Brenda Kasmar and several other relatives and friends for their love and compassion. Cress Funeral and Cremation Service 206 W Prospect St., Stoughton 608-873-9244 Please share your memories at www.CressFuneralService.com
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tended to fill space and cushion the packaged article in a shipping container. c) Consists of rigid materials shaped to hold and cushion the packaged article in a shipping container. 4) “Glass Container” means a glass bottle, jar or other packaging container used to contain a product that is the subject of a retail sale and does not include ceramic cups, dishes, oven ware, plate glass, safety and window glass, heat resistant glass such as pyrex, lead based glass such as crystal, or TV tubes. 5) “HDPE” means high density polyethylene, labeled by the SPI code # 2. 6) “LDPE” means low density polyethylene, labeled by the SPI code # 4. 7) “Magazines” means magazines and other materials printed on similar paper. 8) “Major appliance” means a residential or commercial air conditioner, clothes dryer, clothes washer, dishwasher, freezer, microwave oven, oven, refrigerator, furnace, boiler, dehumidifier, water heater or stove. 9) “Multiple-family dwelling” means a property containing 5 or more residential units, including those which are occupied seasonally. 10) “Newspaper” means a newspaper and other materials printed on newsprint. 11) “Non-residential facilities and properties” means commercial, retail, industrial, institutional and government facilities and properties. This term does not include multiple family dwellings. 12) “Office paper” means high grade printing and writing papers from offices in non-residential facilities and properties. Printed white ledger and computer printout are examples of office paper generally accepted as high grade. This term does not include industrial process waste. 13) “Other resins or multiple resins” mean plastic resins labeled by the SPI code # 7. 14) “Person” includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, local government unit, as defined in s. 66.0131(1)(a), Wis. Stats., state agency or authority or federal agency. 15) “PETE” or “PET” means polyethylene terephthalate, labeled by the SPI code # 1. 16) “Plastic container” means an individual, separate, rigid plastic bottle, can, jar or carton, except for a blister pack, that is originally used to contain a product that is the subject of a retail sale. 17) “Postconsumer waste” means solid waste other than solid waste generated in the production of goods, hazardous waste, as defined in s. 291.01(7) Wis. Stats., waste from construction and demolition of structures, scrap automobiles, or high-volume industrial waste, as defined in s. 289.01(17)., Wis. Stats. 18) “PP” means polypropylene, labeled by the SPI code # 5. 19) “PS” means polystyrene, labeled by the SPI code # 6. 20) “PVC” means polyvinyl chloride, labeled by the SPI code # 3. 21) “Recyclable materials” includes lead acid batteries; major appliances; waste oil; yard waste; aluminum containers; corrugated paper or other contain-
er board; foam polystyrene packaging; glass containers; magazines; newspaper; office paper; rigid plastic containers, including those made of PETE, HDPE, PVC, LDPE, PP, PS and other resins or multiple resins; steel containers; waste tires; and bi-metal containers. 22) “Solid waste” has the meaning specified in s. 289.01(33), Wis. Stats. 23) “Solid waste facility” has the meaning specified in s. 289.01(35), Wis. Stats. 24) “Solid waste treatment” means any method, technique or process which is designed to change the physical, chemical or biological character or composition of solid waste. “Treatment” includes incineration. 25) “Waste tire” means a tire that is no longer suitable for its original purpose because of wear, damage or defect. 26) “Yard waste” means leaves, grass clippings, yard and garden debris and brush, including clean woody vegetative material no greater than 6 inches in diameter. This term does not include stumps, roots or shrubs with intact root balls. 1.11 Separation of Recyclable Materials. Occupants of single family and 2 to 4 unit residences, multiple-family dwellings and non-residential facilities and properties shall separate the following materials from postconsumer waste: 1) Lead acid batteries 2) Major appliances 3) Waste oil 4) Yard waste 5) Aluminum containers 6) Bi-metal containers 7) Corrugated paper or other container board 8) Foam polystyrene packaging 9) Glass containers 10) Magazines 11) Newspaper 12) Office paper 13) Rigid plastics 1-7 14) Steel containers 15) Waste tires 1.12 Separation Requirements Exempted. The separation requirements of s. 1.11 do not apply to the following: 1) Occupants of single family and 2 to 4 unit residences, multiple-family dwellings and non-residential facilities and properties that send their postconsumer waste to a processing facility licensed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources that recovers the materials specified in s. 1.11 from solid waste in as pure a form as is technically feasible. 2) Solid waste which is burned as a supplement fuel at a facility if less than 30 % of the heat input to the facility is derived from the solid waste burned as supplement fuel. 3) A recyclable material specified in s. 1.1(5) through (15) for which a variance has been granted by the Department of Natural Resources under s. 287.11(2m), Wis. Stats., or s. NR 544.14, Wis. Administrative Code. 1.13 Care of Separated Recyclable Materials. To the greatest extent practicable, the recyclable materials separated in accordance with s. 1.11 shall be clean and kept free of contaminants such as food or product residue, oil or grease, or
other non-recyclable materials, including but not limited to household hazardous waste, medical waste, and agricultural chemical containers. Recyclable materials shall be stored in a manner which protects them from wind, rain, and other inclement weather conditions. 1.14 Management of Lead Acid Batteries, Major Appliances and Electronic Waste, Waste Oil, Yard Waste and Tires. Occupants of single family and 2 to 4 unit residences, multiple-family dwellings and non-residential facilities and properties shall manage lead acid batteries, major appliances, waste oil, and yard waste as follows and as additionally required by the Recycling Contractor: 1) Lead acid batteries shall be disposed of subject to advance notification and prepayment as privately agreed upon between the property owner and the Recycling Contractor for collection of these materials. 2) Major appliances and Electronic Waste shall be picked up on the next available recycling schedule large item pickup by the Recycling Contractor subject to advance notification and prepayment according to the terms of the contract. 3) Waste oil shall be disposed of subject to advance notification and prepayment as privately agreed upon between the property owner and the Recycling Contractor for collection of these materials 4) Yard waste shall be disposed of subject to advance notification and prepayment as privately agreed upon between the property owner and the Recycling Contractor for collection of these materials. 5) Waste Tires shall be picked up on the next available recycling schedule large item pickup by the Recycling Contractor subject to advance notification and prepayment according to the terms of the contract. 1.15 Preparation and Collection of Recyclable Materials. Except as otherwise directed by the Town of Pleasant Springs, occupants of single family and 2 to 4 unit residences shall do the following for the preparation and collection of the co-mingled materials specified in s. 1.15(1) through (15) considered “All-inOne” recycling and place in the Recycling Tote as provided by the Recycling Contractor: 1) Aluminum containers. 2) Bi-metal containers. 3) Corrugated paper or other container board. 4) Foam polystyrene packaging. 5) Glass containers. 6) Magazines. 7) Newspaper. 8) Office paper. 9) Rigid plastics 1-7. 10) Steel containers 1.16 Responsibilities of Owners or Designated Agents of Multiple-Family Dwellings. 1) Owners or designated agents of multiple-family dwellings shall do all of the following to recycle the materials specified in s. 1.11(5) through (15): a) Provide adequate, separate containers for the recyclable materials. b) Notify tenants in writing at the
time of renting or leasing the dwelling and at least semi-annually thereafter about the established recycling program. c) Provide for the collection of the materials separated from the solid waste by the tenants and the delivery of the materials to a recycling facility. d) Notify tenants of reasons to reduce and recycle solid waste, which materials are collected, how to prepare the materials in order to meet the processing requirements, collection methods or sites, locations and hours of operation, and a contact person or company, including a name, address and telephone number. 2) The requirements specified in 1) do not apply to the owners or designated agents of multiple-family dwellings if the postconsumer waste generated within the dwelling is treated at a processing facility licensed by the Department of Natural Resources that recovers for recycling the materials specified in s. 1.11(5) through (15) from solid waste in as pure a form as is technically feasible. 1.17 Responsibilities of Owners or Designated Agents of Non-Residential Facilities and Properties. 1) Owners or designated agents of non-residential facilities and properties shall do all of the following to recycle the materials specified in s. 1.11(5) through (15): (a) Provide adequate, separate containers for the recyclable materials. (b) Notify in writing, at least semi-annually, all users, tenants and occupants of the properties about the established recycling program. (c) Provide for the collection of the materials separated from the solid waste by the users, tenants and occupants and the delivery of the materials to a recycling facility. (d) Notify users, tenants and occupants of reasons to reduce and recycle, which materials are collected, how to prepare materials in order to meet the processing requirements, collection methods or sites, locations and hours of operation, and a contact person or company, including a name, address and telephone number. 2) The requirements specified in 1) do not apply to the owners or designated agents of non-residential facilities and properties if the postconsumer waste generated within the facility or property is treated at a processing facility licensed by the Department of Natural Resources that recovers for recycling the materials specified in s. 1.11 (5) through (15) from solid waste in as pure a form as is technically feasible. 1.18 Prohibitions on Disposal of Recyclable Materials Separated for Recycling. No person may dispose of in a solid waste disposal facility or burn in a solid waste treatment facility any of the materials specified in s. 1.11 (5) through (15) which have been separated for recycling, except waste tires may be burned with energy recovery in a solid waste treatment facility. 1.19 Enforcement. 1) For the purpose of ascertaining compliance with the provisions of this ordinance, any authorized officer, employee or representative of the Town of
Pleasant Springs may inspect recyclable materials separated for recycling, postconsumer waste intended for disposal, recycling collection sites and facilities, collection vehicles, collection areas of multiple-family dwellings and non-residential facilities and properties, and any records relating to recycling activities, which shall be kept confidential when necessary to protect proprietary information. No person may refuse access to any authorized officer, employee or authorized representative of the Town of Pleasant Springs who requests access for purposes of inspection, and who presents appropriate credentials. No person may obstruct, hamper, or interfere with such an inspection. 2) Any person who violates a provision of this ordinance may be issued a citation by any authorized officer, employee or authorized representative of the Town of Pleasant Springs or Dane County Sheriff to collect forfeitures. The issuance of a citation shall not preclude proceeding under any other ordinance or law relating to the same or any other matter. Proceeding under any other ordinance or law relating to the same or any other matter shall not preclude the issuance of a citation under this paragraph. 3) Penalties for violating this ordinance may be assessed as follows: (a) Any person who violates s. 1.18 may be required to forfeit $50 for a first violation, $200 for a second violation, and not more then $2000 for a third or subsequent violation. (b) Any person who violates a provision of this ordinance, except s. 1.18, may be required to forfeit not less than $10 or more than $1000 for each violation. 4. Effective Date: This ordinance shall become effective upon adoption and publication or posting, as provided by law, pursuant to Wis. Stat. 60.80. Adopted at a regular Town Board meeting this 18th day of June, 2019. Signed by: __________________________ David Pfeiffer, Town Chairperson Attest: __________________________ Maria Hougan, Clerk/Treasurer Date Enacted: June 18, 2019 Vote: Published: June 27, 2019 WNAXLP *** PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The City of Stoughton Landmarks Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, July 11, 2019 at 6:30 p.m., or as soon after as the matter may be heard, in the Opera House Building, Hall of Fame Room, Lower Level, 381 E. Main Street, Stoughton, Wisconsin, 53589, to consider defining the boundary for the Power Plant, 515 S. Fourth Street (aka 601 S. Fourth Street). For questions regarding this notice please contact the City Zoning Administrator at 608-646-0421 Published: June 27, 2019 WNAXLP ***
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From left, Dorothy and Sven Kroner of Oregon, enjoy themselves during the Taste of Stoughton Saturday, June 22. Next year attendees can look forward to a beer tent, according to the organizer Crystal Welsh.
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Brianna Miller, of Stoughton, left, and mother Renee Miller, of Waunakee eat during the Taste of Stoughton.
Above, Ryan Schultz of Lon’s Tailgaters flips burgers to feed the long line of guests during the Taste of Stoughton. Lon’s Tailgaters, on Main Street in Stoughton, has been open for 14 months. At right, friends gather for a picnic. Clockwise from top left, Theresa MacFarland, Ian MacFarland, Boone Ryan, 4, Willa Ryan, 2, Eleanor MacFarland, 2, and Ellison Ryan, 7 months.
Brian and Mary-Kay Engelke, of Mineral Point dance to the band Mike and Jamie McCloskey during the Taste of Stoughton Saturday, June 22. Mary-Kay offered free face painting to children during the event
Cora Schweigert, 6, of Stoughton gets her face painted during the Taste of Stoughton. This year, face painting was free for all children.
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Coach: Louis was JV girls team coach from November 2018 until May 16 coached the team from Nov. 5, 2018, until May 16, 2019, but “outside of that information, it is our practice not to comment on personnel matters,” he wrote in an email to the Hub. Channel3000 first reported the story Monday, citing reports from both the Evansville and Stoughton police departments investigating inappropriate activities with members of the team. The Evansville report recommended five counts of child enticement and five counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, but the Rock County District Attorney’s office declined to file charges, citing inadequate evidence. That report also states the district asked he not be allowed back onto its property starting March 20.
That was one day after the mother of a player called the Stoughton High School principal to report that five girls had gone to Louis’ home to smoke marijuana with him and that Louis had later contacted some of the girls to talk about topics including sexual behavior. Robinson has no criminal background, but had been investigated for sexual assault allegations by a middle-school girl from Janesville 14 years earlier while he was a middle school football coach in Evansville. No charges were filed in that case. In the March 2019 case, Stoughton police took the initial report, but Evansville PD took over the investigation because Louis’ home is in Evansville. During interviews with a Stoughton police officer, the girls said Louis invited
five of them to his home to smoke a dab pen after a team dinner March 2, according to the Channel3000 report. The next day, Louis reportedly called two of the girls to tell them about a sex dream he had about them, which the girls told police made them uncomfortable. An email from the Rock County District Attorney’s office to the Evansville police chief said “there is no usable evidence that the ‘dab’ contained THC” so the charges “cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt,” and the case is considered closed. The Stoughton report alleged he also texted one of them about a sexual innuendo she made as a joke at the team dinner that “he wanted to try that out with her and (she) should delete the text messages.” “Talk to me later when
your (sic) 18,” he texted, according to the police report. The report said Louis later texted the whole team, thanking the girls who came over for “playing just dance and hanging out and crying about boyfriends,” but the girls interviewed by police said that didn’t happen, according to the Channel3000 report. “Talk of other stuff needs to stop if you care about me! All it takes is the wrong person to hear you and life for me is over!” Louis texted, according to the report. Evansville police had investigated Louis in 2005, and in November of that year, it asked the Rock County DA to review possible charges of felony sexual assault, causing a child to view sexual activity and use of a dangerous weapon after a 14 year old girl
who frequented his home accused him of the behavior months earlier. The DA declined to press any charges in that case, police chief Scott McElroy told the Hub in an email Tuesday. At the time, Louis was a middle school football coach, according to the 86-page Evansville report from 2005, and the girl and neighborhood kids and players on that football team were at his home regularly. He indicated to police in his interview he attempted to be a guiding influence for the kids and that the girl was angry with him for kicking her out one day for being disrespectful and refusing to associate with her anymore.
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Stoughton. 1525 Felland St., Thurs. 6-27, 7am-5pm, Fri. 6-28, 7am-5pm, Sat. 6-29, 8am-noon. Electronic test equipment, components, soldering tools, misc. hardware, hand-andpower tools, legos, toys, records, decorative stained glass, misc. household items.
WE BUY Junk Cars and Trucks. We sell used parts. Monday thru Friday 8am-5:30pm. Newville Auto Salvage 279 Hwy 59 Edgerton 608-884-3114
DEER POINT STORAGE Convenient location behind Stoughton Lumber. Clean-Dry Units 24-HOUR LIGHTED ACCESS 5x10 thru 12x25 608-335-3337
OTR DRIVER needed. Pulling step deck, good pay, benefits, good home time, 3 plus years experience. Winkers Transfer LLC. 608-347-7912.
Services OFFICE CLEANING in StoughtonOregon Mon-Fri 5pm. Visit our website: www.capitalcityclean.com or call our office 608-831-8850. HOUSECLEANING SERVICES. Natural and effective cleaning solutions. Meticulous, reputable and reliable. www.detailedhousecleaningservice.com. Call Detailed Cleaning 608-361-8999. A&B ENTERPRISES Light Construction Remodeling No job too small 608-835-7791. LAWN MOWING Residential & Commercial Fully Insured. 608-873-7038 or 608-669-0025.
Pets AKC BLACK Lab puppies for sale ready for pick up 6-30, dew claws have been removed as well as first shots. Both parents are from champion bloodlines, these will be extremely smart and obedient dogs. Females $800, Males $750. Available for viewing weekdays in East Dubuque and on the weekends at Apple Canyon Lake. 815-281-0009. BORDER COLLIE Australian Shepherd mix puppies! Born 5-7-19. Vet checked, first shots, dewormed. Well socialized with kids and their parents! 2 males left, $350 each, 2 females left, $400 each. Lancaster, WI. 608-732-7056. GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPS. AKC, OFA, excellent temperament, import stock. Guaranteed.715-537-5413 MINI-GOLDENDOODLES, CAVAPOOS, Teddy Bears, MiniPoodles, Pomshi, Wheaton Terriers, $695-Over $1,000, (Lic #474872) www.SpringGreenPups.com Brenda 608-574-7931. FOR SALE: Beagle puppies, tri-colored, AKC registered, vet checked. My dogs are typically fast starters and quick learners, great hunters and companions, and field champions in the pedigree. $400-$450 each. 608437-8957.
EDGERTON. 127 County Road N. Wed, 626-Thurs, 627. 8am-8pm each day. Moving Sale. Roger and Gail Hermanson. Hermanson Pumpkin Patch. Too many items to mark! “Make an offer” sale! Come and look. You might find a treasure. 608-8848759. FITCHBURG. 2386 W. Hill Drive. Sat. 6-29, Sun. 6-30, 8am-4pm. Estate Sale. Collectibles, household items, French Provincial furniture. Fifty years of Treasures! FITCHBURG. 2747 Tami Trail. Fri. 6-28, Sat. 6-29, 9am-5pm. Rummage Sale. Children’s toys, tools, household items, men’s clothing, misc. items. MT. VERNON. 1854 N. Kollath Rd. Thurs. 6-27 9am-6pm, Fri. 6-28 9am-6pm, Sat. 6-29 9-11am. 4-Party Garage Sale. Turn off Hwy G by Oak Hill Cemetary, Follow North Kollath Rd. Watch for signs! Tools, bedroom furniture, medium size fish tank, new tupperware, adult-kids books, cookbooks, kitchen utensils, clothing, much more! No checks, Cash only.
2-BEDROOM APARTMENT in Verona, available July 1st. $950-mo. Includes: 1-car garage, on-site laundry hook-ups, fireplace, new flooring. No pets. No Smoking. 608-512-9806.
FRENCHTOWN SELF-STORAGE Only 6 miles South of Verona on Hwy PB. Variety of sizes available now. 10x10=$65-month 10x15=$75-month 10x20=$85-month 10x25=$95-month 12x30=$120-month Call 608-424-6530 or 1-888-878-4244
GREENWOOD APARTMENTS. Apartments for Seniors 55+, currently has 1 & 2 bedroom units available starting at $810 per month,includes heat, water, and sewer. 608-835-6717 Located at:139 Wolf St., Oregon, WI 53575/.
NORTH PARK STORAGE 10x10 through 10x40, plus 14x40 with 14' door for RV & Boats. Come & go as you please. 608-873-5088
OREGON 2-BEDROOM in quiet, well-kept building. Convenient location. Includes all appliances, AC, blinds, private parking, laundry, storage. $200 security deposit. Cats OK. $715month. 608-219-6677 Available July 1.
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STOUGHTON 2-BEDROOM 2 unit building on second floor. Parking for 1 car per unit in back lot. No Pets. Rent $750. Available. 608-332-6013. ROSEWOOD APARTMENTS for Seniors 55+. 1 & 2 bedroom units available starting at $810 per month. Includes heat, water and sewer. Professionally managed. Located at300 Silverado Drive, Stoughton, WI 53589. 608-877-9388
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TOWN OF OREGON. 5420 Glenway Circle. Saturday, June 29 8am-3pm. Drill press, band saw, miter box, John Deere lawn tractor with 48" mower and snowblower, extension ladders, Honda generator, electronics components and many, many tools.
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Machinery IH 856D. Been overhauled, starts easy, easy on fuel, radial tires, $8,500. 608-763-2650 before 8:00pm.
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FOR SALE: Reg. Polled Hereford Bulls, fertility and performance tested, will hold until needed. Owego Stock Farm. 608-543-3778. FOR SALE: Yearling roan shorthorn bull. Hi View Shorthorns, Inc. Doug Raisbeck. Call 608-778-7565 or 608723-7294.
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BUILDABLE VACANT LOT w-river frontage. Sells at Online Auction. 0.766 Acres w-100ft landscaped Yahara River frontage. Stoughton School District. Lower Town of Pleasant Springs taxes. Minutes to Stoughton-Madison. $50,000 starting bid, 8% buyers fee sale. www.jones auctionservice.hibid.com. Stan Jones, WRA-993. Jones Auction Service. Call for details. 920-2616820.
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Fair: New events added to boost attendance Friday morning, Sunday afternoon Continued from page 1 The fair’s first Strongman Competition will be more of a grown-up affair though there will be plenty for kids to cheer on. Starting at 11 a.m. Sunday, July 7, in the Grandstands men and women will test their strength and athleticism in the free event, organized by former Stoughton elementary school teacher and of Primal Fitness owner Jim Brooks. There are 27 competitors mostly heavyweight males ,ranging in weight above 242 pounds, Brooks said. “This contest should be a great spectacle for the every-person of Stoughton to be introduced to strength sports in a fun and safe atmosphere,” Brooks said in an email.
Old favorites The annual events that continue to draw crowds year after year are still happening, with some improvements. The truck and tractor Pull, 4 p.m. Thursday, July 4 has no slow class this year, for example, to move the event along more quickly. “We cherry picked the most popular classes,” Dybevik said. “It’s going to be the most powerful and fastest pulling tractors and trucks.” The rodeo, which draws some 1,500 visitors and is by far the most popular event, he said, is 7 p.m. grandstand Saturday, July 6. The Wisconsin-based
contractor for the rodeo, CC Bucking Bulls, has won contractor of the year for the National Professional Bull Riders multiple times, Dybevik added. “This is a show,” Dybevik said. “Barely any of the riders will get eight seconds on these bulls.” The riders come from all over the United States and even hail Brazil. Barrel racing and entertainers will also aim to keep audiences laughing throughout the night. The carnival, which has varying start times throughout the weekend, will have a new ride this year that is roughly 100 feet high, Dybevik said. Guests can purchase carnival wristbands at a discounted rate online. A megaband for $65 is valid for unlimited rides for the entire duration of the fair. Otherwise guests can purchase a single-day unlimited ride wristband for $20. Both offers expire Tuesday, July 2, at midnight. Individual tickets at the fair are $1.50 each, 20 tickets for $25 and 50 tickets for $60. Each ride costs between 2-4 tickets. Dybevik said the fair is all about the community and the kids. For their hard work, 4-H exhibitors win more than $8,000 in premiums or ribbons annually and exhibitors are not charged entry fees. Visit stoughtonfair.com for information and the full schedule. Contact Mackenzie at mackenzie.krumme@ wcinet.com. Jack Conant, left, and Kasen Sperle watch the rodeo together at the Stoughton Fair on Saturday, July 7, 2018.
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Customer Appreciation Clearance Sale Limited Quantity On-Hand
All Remaining Perennial Inventory, Baskets & Patio Pots
20 Off %
Come Early For Best Selection
Open July 3rd 9am-5pm & July 4th, 9am-1pm We will be closed for the season after July 15, 2019 July Hours: 9-6 Monday-Friday, 9-4 Saturday-Sunday We will Stop
re-open 1 er Septemb all for the F . Season
Add By for iti In-S onal t Spe ore cial s!!
In the beautiful town of Dunn, 1828 Sandhill Rd., Oregon, WI
608-835-7569
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