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Brielle Waltz, 4, paints leaves on her tree at the Stoughton Public Library’s preschool painting event Friday, Sept. 21.
Painting with preschoolers The library hosted its final preschool painting party last week. For several weeks over the summer, children and their guardians were invited to attend painting activities with various themes – the final party, held last Friday, had the kids painting trees with fall leaves. Most of the activities were booked full, with dozens attending each class. For more information about library programs, visit stoughtonpubliclibrary.org.
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$500k grant aimed at site cleanup ALEXANDER CRAMER Unified Newspaper Group
The City of Stoughton received a $500,000 idle sites grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation for the riverfront redevelopment area last Thursday. The money will help pay for demolition of the Highway Trailers building, construction of riverfront trails, restoring the riverbank and cleaning up the site after years spent in heavy industry. These grants are for sites that have “so many issues, the communities can’t overcome them” without help, Tricia Braun, chief operating officer of WEDC said. Braun said they try to address the issues that make these projects cost-prohibitive, such as
paying to demolish unused buildings or clearing the site to return it to a “blank slate.” “We recognize how hard putting together redevelopment work is,” she said. “The proximity to the river and downtown has so much potential.” Redevelopment Authority chair Roger Springman shared his enthusiasm for the project’s potential, detailing his long-range vision for the project – about $40 million to 50 million in assessed value and home to 200-300 people. It would include biking and walking trails that connect to Stoughton’s trail system within blocks of downtown and in view of a proposed whitewater rapids park. Springman thanked past members of the Common Council and RDA, including former chairs Peter Sveum and Scott Truehl, for the project’s momentum. The current makeup of the authority is markedly different from when the body was started
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in 2007, and even from 18 months ago – only Ald. Regina Hirsch has remained. “Projects and grants don’t just happen,” Springman said. “They happen because people work together.” The city had pledged to match the WEDC grant with $1.5 million of its own, RDA consultant Gary Becker said, and the $2 million project will help clean up the site, fund construction of a riverwalk trail and a pedestrian bridge from the downtown site to Mandt Park and enable the city to complete environmental assessments on the site and restore the riverbank. Included in that number was approximately $700,000 to demolish the Highway Trailers complex. The council authorized Becker to apply for the grant in April. His application combined the MillFab site and the Highway Trailer site for a total of
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• Similar slow growth as past years • $300K compensation plan high priority • Several depts. to request more staff firefighters to bring about 24/7 service, an additional police officer and clerical position in the police department and part-time positions in the planning and HR departments. The city also has been operating without an economic development director. “Once again, we certainly don’t have the resources to fund those positions,” Swadley told the Hub last week. “We wanted to let the council and community know we have additional needs.” With growth continuing at about the same modest pace it has the past few years – 1.6 percent net new construction – the city has limited options for funding new initiatives. One way to overcome such limitations is by moving money between accounts or pushing back projects. Another way is taking on more debt for capital expenses, like vehicles, equipment and road work. But both tactics have drawbacks and, if done frequently enough, can have long-term effects on the city’s bond rating, which affects its ability to take on inexpensive debt. Over the next few weeks, finance director Jamin Friedl and Swadley plan to meet with
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If not for an ill-timed phone call that pulled an alder away from a key vote last November, the police department would not have gotten an extra patrol officer this year. That and a 2.25 percent across-the-board wage increase were the major new expenditures in the 2018 budget, with the officer’s salary being paid from an unexpected increase in state transportation aids, rather than growth in the city’s tax base. T h e 2 0 1 9 bu d g e t i s l i ke l y t o b e s i m i l a r l y squeezed, with plenty of requests and not many options to fill them. One priority that has gotten support from firstyear Mayor Tim Swadley is a nearly $300,000 employee compensation plan that would “rightsize” existing salaries for city employees and then raise them by 3 percent. But even the mayor has expressed doubt the budget can accommodate the entire plan without drastic cuts elsewhere. “At this point, we don’t k n ow w h e t h e r t h e r e ’s g o i n g t o b e a ny – o r enough – money to address the (compensation plan) requests,” Swadley said. “Realistically, I don’t see us making a lot of progress on that in 2019.” As alders will begin debating where to put the city’s money next Thursday, Oct. 4, they’ll be asked about several other department requests, such as adding four full-time
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Grant: City matches $1.5 million in funding Continued from page 1 8.2 acres. The entire redevelopment site now covers 10 acres. When the council debated borrowing for the demolition project in April, some members wanted to wait until they received this grant to proceed. Now, the state will help defray some of those costs. Since 2014, WEDC has put $15 million into 21 projects around the state.
Notable “alumni” include the Ironworks Hotel project in Beloit and a downtown revitalization project in Waterloo. WEDC was created in 2 0 1 1 w h e n G ov. S c o t t Walker reorganized the state’s Department of Commerce. It was designed to be a “fluid, quick and nimble” organization that can help communities in need, Braun said. The idle sites grant is a complement to “brownfield
grants” that pay to clean up sites where there is no known “causer” or the causer cannot pay to fix it, explained Jason Scott, regional and downtown development director for WEDC. Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@ wcinet.com.
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A Stoughton man has been charged with first-degree reckless endangering safety after a stabbing incident last week left one man in the hospital. Jeffrey O’Neill, 35, was arrested Wednesday, Sept. 19, after police responded to a report of a stabbing, according to a news release from the Stoughton Police Department. O’Neill was charged with first
degree reckless endangering safety, a class F felony, battery with use of a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct with use of a dangerous weapon, both misdemeanors, according to court records filed Sept. 21. He was being held at the Dane County Jail on a $500 signature bond per case as of Tuesday, Sept. 25. Around 5 p.m. on Sept. 19, officers responded to a home on East Street and found a 43-year-old man with multiple stab wounds. O’Neill had fled but was found on the 900 block
of South Fourth Street, the news release said. The 43-year-old man was transported to a Madison hospital and was reported to be in stable condition last week. He pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor charges, according to the court records. A plea had not yet been entered for the felony charge. The investigation is ongoing. Contact Amber Levenhagen at amber. levenhagen@wcinet.com.
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Water rates go up 12 percent After PSC approval, it’s still ‘well-below’ average, city says Water bills will be going up this fall by 12 percent, with the revenue being used for replacing and maintaining the system’s infrastructure. The current rate is $26.88 a month per 5,000 gallons of water, and it is rising to $30.18, beginning
with October water usage. The first bills that reflect the change will go out around Nov. 9. Even with this increase, the cost of water in the city is “well-below” the state average, finance director Jamin Friedl said. According to application materials, Stoughton Water Utility sought the increase because its “income has fallen below adequate levels to continue routine replacement of old water
mains and lead services.” The water utility has been replacing water mains at a cost of $800,000 to $1 million annually in recent years, Friedl told the Hub in February, doing the work while streets are reconstructed. Wa t e r m a i n r e p l a c e ment work came to around $ 3 5 0 , 0 0 0 i n 2 0 1 8 , bu t Friedl said he expected the main replacement schedule to be up to roughly $800,000 in 2019 and
around $1 million in 2020, as the city resumes the pace of street reconstruction. The rate increase is slightly less than the 13 percent increase ($3.49 per 5,000 gallons) the utility had requested from the Wisconsin Public Service Commission in February. The utility last raised rates in 2016, when they went up 12 percent.
POLICE REPORTS The Stoughton Police Department logged 2,482 incidents for August. Cases of interest for the month were; 11 intoxicated driver arrests, seven intoxicated persons, five drug incidents, 21 thefts, six frauds, 12 domestic disturbances, 22 disturbances, 5 disorderly conducts, 15 traffic crashes, 47 EMS assists, 11 alarms, 10 juvenile incidents, 50 911 calls, two warrant arrests, five threats, 32 animal complaints and 41 suspicious activity calls officers responded to. Officers also logged 44 check persons, 47 check property, 99 assist cases, 29 criminal cases, six ordinance violations and 99 traffic arrests from a total of 188 traffic stops. The following were identified as significant cases: Aug. 1
Officers arrested a 58-year-old man for operating a motor vehiwoman for operating a motor vehicle cle while intoxicated – first ofwhile impaired – first offense, pos- f e n s e a f t e r a t r a f f i c c o m p l a i n t . session of drug paraphernalia and a Officers arrested a 31-year-old man traffic violation after a traffic stop. for battery, suffocation/strangulation, disorderly conduct and criminal damAug. 7 age to property after a domestic disOfficers arrested a 49-year-old man turbance. for battery and disorderly conduct after a disturbance at a local establish- Aug. 23 ment. Officers arrested a 22-year-old man Aug. 8 for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated – second offense, carryOfficers arrested a 30-year-old man ing a concealed weapon, possession for battery, disorderly conduct and of a firearm while intoxicated, misobstructing an officer after a disturdemeanor bail jumping and a traffic bance. violation after a traffic stop. The man Aug. 10 was also arrested for multiple outOfficers arrested a 25-year-old standing warrants through another woman for disorderly conduct after a county.
domestic disturbance. Officers arrested a 45-year-old Aug. 15 woman on an outstanding warrant afOfficers arrested a 22-year-old man ter a traffic stop. for battery and disorderly conduct afAug. 2 ter a domestic disturbance. Officers arrested a 31-year-old Aug. 17 woman for operating a motor vehicle Officers arrested a 25-year-old man while impaired – first offense after a for operating a motor vehicle while traffic stop. intoxicated with a passenger under 16 Officers arrested three 16-year-old – third offense, possession of drug males for damage to property and in paraphernalia, resist officer by failing park after hours after a damage to to stop/fleeing, operate left of center, property complaint at a local park. unsafe lane deviation and violation Officers arrested a 32-year-old man of license restrictions after a traffic on charges of disorderly conduct complaint. A 15-year-old girl was also while armed, felony bail jumping and cited for underage drinking. misdemeanor bail jumping after a do- Aug. 18 mestic disturbance. Officers arrested an 18-year-old Officers arrested a 57-year-old man man for operating a motor vehicle operating a motor vehicle while im- while impaired – first offense after a paired – first offense after a traffic disturbance. Also, a 19-year-old man crash. was cited for carrying a concealed weapon and a 17-year-old boy was Aug. 5 cited for disorderly conduct in the Officers arrested a 56-year-old man same incident. for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated –first offense after a traf- Aug. 19 fic stop. Officers arrested an 18-year-old
Officers arrested a 36-year-old woman for operating a motor vehicle while Intoxicated – sixth offense, open Intoxicants and a traffic violation after a traffic crash. Aug. 24
Officer arrested a 39-year-old man for several traffic violations and a probation hold after a traffic stop. Aug. 26 Officers arrested a 35-year-old man for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated – fourth offense, felony bail jumping and a traffic violation after a traffic stop.
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Board seeks lake experts’ advice Group will make policy recommendation by March 31 Looking to find answers about continued flooding in the Yahara Lakes watershed, the Dane County Board approved a resolution last week to convene a group of experts to evaluate the situation and make policy recommendations by March 31. Those recommendations could include petitioning the state Department of Natural Resources to allow lower lake levels in the near-term and consider longer-term changes, according to a county news release last week. County Board Chair Sharon Corrigan said the resolution will “set things in motion so we can make policy recommendations in the spring after receiving input from a variety of sources.” “Given the disastrous flooding we’ve experienced this summer, it’s obviously time to take a look at lake levels,” she said in the news release. The resolution calls for the Land and Water Resources Department to prepare background material for the Lakes and
Officers arrested a 17-year-old boy for on an outstanding warrant after a suspicious person complaint. Officers arrested a 17-year-old boy for criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct after a domestic disturbance at a residence.
Watershed Commission and the Environment Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee by immediately convening a technical work group that includes representatives from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and other experts. The group would evaluate conditions, model various scenarios that include predicted climate changes, identify short- and longterm recommendations to improve resiliency for future flooding events and make other recommendations to change the permitted target range for lake levels. The county is responsible for maintaining water levels for the four major lakes in Dane County: Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, Lake Waubesa and Lake Kegonsa, mainly through operation of the Tenney Park Dam. But any permanent changes in lakes levels must be approved by the DNR. The current target range of keeping Lake Mendota water levels at 849.6 feet above sea level was set in 1979. County officials have initially estimated damage from this summer’s flooding along the lakes in excess of $78 million for residents and over $37 million to businesses, with only 2 percent of those damages insured.
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Minimum wage needs to be raised The entire premise of a minimum wage, when it was introduced, was to create a minimum standard of living to protect the overall health and well-being of employees. Essentially, a single wage earner should be able to support a family and living expenses, regardless of the full time job. However, we find ourselves living in a society where we scoff at the idea that a drivethrough worker or a cashier does not deserve the luxury of a home, family, or on an even smaller scale, pay rent. As a society, we need to re-evaluate what exactly is considered a “minimum standard of living.” We need to raise the minimum wage, and perhaps realize that a minimum wage and a living wage are not the same thing. Change, however, comes with reluctance from the people it doesn’t affect, because it is a change from the norm. That doesn’t take away from the problem. We, as a society, need to create a new system that benefits all
workers. By raising the minimum wage, we can provide stability and consistency for employees, and eventually benefit Social Security with the increase of payroll tax revenue. Raising the minimum wage would also benefit businesses because workers would stay with them longer, as there would be no need to search for better-paying work. That would help with reducing businesses’ turnover, hiring and their training costs. Government programs would also benefit as the wage increases because of less reliance. In hindsight, if the minimum, livable wage breaks the system that is set up, the system deserves to be broken. When voting please take into consideration the platforms supported by the candidates up for election this fall and voting for those that would support legislation to make a change. Your vote does count – break the system. Anna Schiferl City of Stoughton
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He might hold your horse, but he won’t hold his tongue
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s a kid, I was so crazy about horses that I’d do anything to be around them, even if it was just holding the lead rope attached to their halters to help them stand still for the farrier. To be honest, that can be as boring as watching denim fade. But that is what a good farrier can do – bring out the honesty in just about anything. To that point, ours wasn’t just good, he was excellent. What he was really good at was telling the truth. Not everybody likes to hear the truth, but Wollin-Dunn farriers generally can’t help themselves to speak anything but. I had no way to know whether our farrier was skilled at all aspects of his craft. Farriers (also known as blacksmiths, plovers or horseshoers) have for centuries shod the hardworking horses of the world, and although I had glimpsed an anvil in the back of our man’s truck, I only saw one in use if it was being dropped on a cartoon character on Saturday morning television. Our horses did not work, and therefore they did not wear shoes. They only needed their hooves trimmed several times per year because, as our farrier rightfully pointed out, they were all just barefoot “hay-burners.” That irked my mother, to hear it implied that her entire herd was woefully underemployed, but our trimmer wasn’t much for false compliments. I could always ascertain mom’s feeling toward him by what she
called him. She might have greeted him in the driveway with a friendly smile and his Christian name, but after as few as two sentences and a chuckle had slipped out from under that man’s mustache, it could end up being strictly last-name the whole rest of the visit, on account of his honesty. Whether you ask or not, they can give you their take on just about anything: how to kill the weeds in your pasture, why you should get some pigs and how many barn cats is too many. From your fencing to the make of your pickup truck, a farrier will very likely give you his opinion. Horseshoers also happen to often have the most inside information of anybody, including bartenders and mailmen, because they get to regularly spend quite a bit of time at farms. Most of that time is spent bent over with a hoof between their knees, but when they stand up they notice everything. They notice things like who just got a new tractor, who has “wacky tobacky” growing behind their chicken coop and whose truck they saw leaving So-andSo’s farm when Mr. So-and-So was out of town at a big auction. Farriers are excellent sources of information, not only because of what they notice, but also because of what they hear. It is basically impossible to spend an appreciable amount of time with someone in total silence, therefore most horse owners chatter away about anything and everything. I was no exception. I would stand there, my pony on the other end of the rope in my hand, and talk my fool head off to that farrier’s butt.
I’m not sure farriers even try to get all that gossip – people just give it to them even if they don’t want it, and they are often just as happy to pass it along. Kind of like garden zucchini in August. Perhaps horse people are born inherently hypnotized to spill their guts at the sight of the Wrangler emblem on a back pocket. Our trimmer knew my favorite classes in school, which boy I thought maybe liked me and how many blue ribbons I got at the fair. I would describe to him a goat story I wrote, inform him on what I’d had for breakfast, and once I told him all about a picture I had drawn of my pony. I don’t think he cared at all about my diet or my schooling, but he liked horses, so when he said he suspected that my drawing was pretty good, I didn’t hesitate to toss him the lead rope and sprint to the house. Breathless and excited, I rushed back into the barn, waving my masterpiece in his face. He stood there, still holding my pony, glanced at the portrait, then looked directly at me. The unexpected opinion that tumbled out of that honest mouth of his was that I probably ought to either let my mother cut my bangs instead of doing it myself or not have them at all. I grew my hair out that very year. The kind of honesty you get from farriers sometimes irks people. But it is still a good practice to consider a truthful observation. Kelsey Wollin-Dunn is a Town of Rutland resident.
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The 2018 Stoughton High School homecoming court is, front row, from left: Kyianna Baker, Natalie Kratz, Emma Kissling, Alexandria Ashworth, Sydney Collins, Abby Gibson and Hannah Wirag; back row, from left: Freeman Detweiler, Jack Gardner, Dwight Walker, Trenten Conklin, David Tessier, Luke Geister-Jones , Matthew Gille and Cade Spilde; not pictured: Megan Adams.
SHS homecoming this week It’s homecoming week at Stoughton High School, with plenty of fun activities planned during the week’s theme of “Secret Garden.” Homecoming events Friday start with the parade, which steps off from the school’s
Lincoln Avenue parking lot at 4:15 p.m. and will end in the Devonshire parking lot, where a tailgate will take place immediately after the parade. Following that is the homecoming football game at 7 p.m. Friday night against
Watertown, with the homecoming dance starting at 8 p.m. Saturday night. The 2018 Stoughton High School homecoming court is Kyianna Baker, Natalie Kratz, Emma Kissling, Alexandria Ashworth, Sydney Collins, Abby Gibson and
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take him under his wing. “I was his only student, but a year later he had 12 students, we had so much fun doing it that he was convinced to take on more people,” Rorvig said. “He had a great knowledge and a real passion for carving that was being wasted because nobody else was learning how to do it, so when I came along he was able to share that and it blossomed from there.”
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Don Rorvig demonstrated some carving techniques at his table for Saga Artisan, custom designed wood art. Rorvig has won awards for his work, including a ribbon for National Exhibition of Folk Art in the Norwegian Tradition. but then you get to try it a 250-year-old Lutheran Log Church where his again.” great-grandmother was bapHow it started tized. “The entire inside of the Rorvig was inspired to take up the craft while liv- church had been carved, ing in Oslo, Norway as a some of it was painted, and I was enthralled by how student when he was 20. While there, he visited anybody could do this,” he
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Rorvig is a regular at the annual Syttende Mai festivals, with his artwork having been showcased several times. He said he hopes to eventually be able to create
enough interest to generate an event dedicated to Acanthus carving, similar to the Rosemaling exhibits that are popular every year. They’re not quite there yet, though, as most of his students are still becoming familiar with the trade. “This is my contribution to Syttende Mai, trying to get enough people interested in the art form to keep it going long after I’m here,” he said. Those interested in taking the class or learning more information about Acanthus can contact Rorvig at 2353521 or email ragnar8@ mailbag.com. Contact Amber Levenhagen at amber.levenhagen@ wcinet.com.
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Don Rorvig has a history of carving, having spent the last 30 years perfecting his craft. The Stoughton resident specializes in Acanthus carving, a Norwegian technique he compares to rosemaling. “If you know rosemaling, it’s basically a derivative of Acanthus, except it is originally carved in wood,” he explained. He’s been teaching classes at the Sons of Norway-Mandt Lodge for the last three years, with classes starting again last week. They’re held every Tuesday evening through the spring, from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Lodge, 317 S. Page St. Rorvig’s classes are $10 a person. “I try to make the classes as hands-on as possible,” Rorvig said. “I try to let the students do it themselves, I show them how to do it and they have to try it. Sometimes you make a mistake,
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Coffee With a Reporter Courier Hub reporters Amber Levenhagen and Alexander Cramer will hold the next Coffee With a Reporter from 10-11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at Wildwood Cafe, 218 S. Forrest St. Coffee With a Reporter is when Hub reporters spend some time at various establishments and put up a sign asking for community members to come chat about anything pertaining to Stoughton. If you have suggestions for times and locations, please email amber.levenhagen@wcinet.com.
No carry-out meals are available; for transportation to dinner, call 873-3895 by noon Feb. 25. Rides are provided free of charge within the Stoughton Area School District. This month’s meal is sponsored by Christ Lutheran Church. For information, call 873-7761.
Our Faith Stories
St. Ann’s Parish will continue its “Our Faith Stories” series with a discussion led by Scott Wilker and Kathy Smiley at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30, in St. Ann’s Church’s Healy Hall, 323 N. Van Buren St. Stoughton dems open house Each month, the parish asks parishioThe Stoughton Area Dems and Pro- ners to share how they see God working gressives will host a grand opening for in their lives. their new campaign office in Kegonsa For information, call 873-7633. Plaza, 135 W. Main St., Suite 209, from Music Appreciation Series 1-3 p.,. Saturday, Sept. 29. Wisconsin State Representative Gary The Music Appreciation Series conHebl will be at the grand opening. Reg- tinues at 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, at the ular office hours will be from 10 a.m. Stoughton Opera House, 381 E. Main to 2 p.m. Saturdays and 4-7 p.m. Mon- St., featuring Women Composers of the days, Wednesdays and Fridays. Romantic Period. For information, visit danedems.org/ Soh Yun Altimam will perform on volunteer. violin and Jeannie Wu will play the piano. The Music Appreciation Series is Community meal supported by the Stoughton Area Senior Visit First Lutheran Church, 310 E. Center with a grant from the Bryant Washington St., for the free monthly Foundation and donations. “Our Daily Bread” meal from 4-6 p.m. For information, call 873-8585. Sunday, Sept. 30. The meal will be served at 4:30 p.m. Memory cafe and includes hamburgers, brats, chips, The next memory cafe will be held potato salad, fruit salad, baked beans, from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, brownies, ice cream, milk and coffee. Baha’i Faith
Covenant Lutheran Church
For information: Alfred Skerpan, 877-0911 or Gail and Greg Gagnon, 873-9225 us.bahai.org Stoughton study classes.
1525 N. Van Buren St., Stoughton • 873-7494 covlutheran@gmail.com • covluth.org Saturday: 5:30 p.m. Worship Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship, 10:30 a.m. Fellowship
Bible Baptist Church
2095 Hwy. W, Utica 873-7077 • 423-3033 Sunday: 10 a.m. - Worship; 6 p.m. - Worship
Christ Lutheran Church
700 Hwy. B, Stoughton 873-9353 • e-mail: office@clcstoughton.org Sunday: 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Worship, 9:10 a.m. Family Express and Sunday School
Christ the King Community Church
Christian Assembly Church
1844 Williams Drive, Stoughton • 873-9106 Saturday: 6 p.m. Worship Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
310 E. Washington, Stoughton 873-7761 • flcstoughton.com Sunday: 8:30 and 10 a.m. Worship 9209 Fulton St., Edgerton 884-8512 • fultonchurch.org Sunday: 8 and 10:30 a.m. Worship Services Coffee Fellowship: 9:10 a.m. Sunday School: 9:30-10:30 a.m. Varsity (High Schoolers): 12-3 p.m. AWANA (age 2-middle school): 3-5 p.m.
Good Shepherd By The Lake Lutheran Church
1860 Hwy. 51 at Lake Kegonsa, Stoughton 873-5924 Sunday Worship: 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Education hour for all ages: 9:15 a.m. Adult Bible Study: 9:15-9:45 a.m.
825 S. Van Buren, Stoughton 877-0439 • Missionaries 957-3930 Sunday: 9 a.m. Sunday school and Primary
11927 W. Church St., Evansville 882-4408 Pastor Karla Brekke Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship and Sunday School
LakeView Church
2200 Lincoln Ave., Stoughton 873-9838 • lakevc.org Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship
Living with diabetes Stoughton Hospital will offer a sixweek workshop about healthy living with diabetes starting Tuesday, Oct. 2, through Nov. 6. Classes will be held from 2-4:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the hospital, 900 Ridge St. The series is $20 per person and includes a book, instructions and snacks. To register, call Sonja at 873-2356.
Shoulder pain relief Learn about the causes of shoulder pain and relief options during a program at Stoughton Hospital, 900 Ridge St., starting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4. Dr. Ashish M. Rawal, a Stoughton Hospital orthopedic surgeon, will discuss the causes of the pain and both surgical and non-surgical relief options. Rawal is board certified in both orthopedic surgery and sports medicine. He specializes in shoulder surgery and finding the right option to relieve pain and getting his patients back to their active lives. For information, call the Stoughton Hospital OrthoTeam Clinic at 2313410.
Seventh Day Baptist Church of Albion
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Stoughton Baptist Church
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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.
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Friday, September 28
• Library closed for staff inservice • 10-11 a.m., Coffee With a Reporter, Wildwood Cafe, 218 S. Forrest St., amber.levenhagen@wcinet.com • 7-10 p.m. SHS Homecoming football game, SHS Collins Field, 600 Lincoln Ave., 877-5600
Saturday, September 29
• 1-3 p.m., Stoughton Area Dems and Progressives office open house, 135 W. Main St. Suite 209, stoughtondems.org. • 2-3 p.m., Scandinavian music program with Arna Rennan, Livsreise, 277 W. Main St., 873-7567 • 7 p.m., Arna Rennan performance ($10), Chorus Public House, 154 W. Main St., 846-3647
Sunday, September 30
• 4-6 p.m., Community meal, First Lutheran Church, 310 E. Washington St., 873-7761 • 6:30 p.m., Our Faith Stories, St. Ann Parish, 323 N. Van Buren St., 873-7633
Monday, October 1
• 3-4 p.m., Women Composers of the Romantic Period program, Stoughton Opera House, 381 E. Main St., 873-8585 • 6:30 p.m., Baby story time, library, 873-6281
Tuesday, October 2
• 9:30 a.m., Memory cafe, library, 873-8585 • 11 a.m., Commission on Aging, senior center, 8738585 • 2-4:30 p.m., Healthy Living with Diabetes class ($20 a person for book, registration required), Stoughton Hospital, 900 Ridge St., 873-2356 • 6:30 p.m., Evening story time, library, 873-6281
Wednesday, October 3
• 9:30 a.m., Morning story time, library, 873-6281 • 10:30 a.m., Morning story time, library, 873-6281 • 6:30 p.m., The Foundation book club meeting, library, 873-6281
Thursday, October 4
• 9:30-10:30 a.m., Qigong class (repeats every Thursday), senior center, 873-8585 • 1-5 p.m., Personal Essentials Pantry, 343 E. Main St., pepstoughton.org • 5:30 p.m., Shoulder pain relief class, Stoughton Hospital, 900 Ridge St., 231-3410 • 6:30 p.m., Craft Club, library, 873-6281
Friday, October 5
• 9:30 a.m., Morning story time, library, 873-6281 • 10:30 a.m., Morning story time, library, 873-6281
Saturday, October 6
• 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Skaalen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center craft fair, Skaalen, 400 N. Morris St., 873-5651 • 10 a.m. to noon, Manufacturing Day, Zalk Josephs, 400 Industrial Circle, mfgday.com • 1 p.m., Children’s cooking series (ages 5-9, registration required), library, 873-6281
525 Lincoln Avenue, Stoughton stoughtonmethodist.org Stoughtonumc@Wisconsinumc.org Sunday: 8 a.m. - Short Service; 10 a.m. - Full Worship
• 1 p.m., Children’s cooking series (ages 5-9, registration required), library, 873-6281
West Koshkonong Lutheran Church
• 1-6 p.m.,Red Cross blood drive, Covenant Lutheran Church, 1525 Van Buren St., redcrossblood.org
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
Seeking Refuge “When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your nativeborn. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.” – Leviticus 19:33-34 NIV
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First Lutheran Church
Fulton Church
401 W. Main St., Stoughton • 877-0303 christthekingcc.org Sunday: 10 a.m. - Worship
Cooksville Lutheran Church
Ezra Church
515 E. Main St., Stoughton • 834-9050 ezrachurch.com Sunday: 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
at the library. This month’s topic is the Stoughton Police Department’s K9 unit. A memory cafe is a social gathering for individuals with memory loss to meet in a relaxed environment and share common interests. For information, call 873-8585.
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, there were more than 22 million refugees in 2016, the highest number on record. 2017 may turn out to be even worse: according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center, some 12 million people fled from violence and almost 19 million were displaced by catastrophic weather events or natural disasters in 2017 but managed to stay in their own countries. How should decent people respond to these unfortunate people seeking refuge? As individuals, there are limits to what we can do, but shouldn’t a civilized society try to help them? As a large and wealthy country, we can and probably should do more to help the relatively small number of refugees at our borders, whereas the huge number of refugees coming from the Mid-East and from Africa present an overwhelming problem in Europe. Despite what politicians and demagogues may say about this issue, the Bible is clear on this issue. There are numerous passages that tell us to care for and show kindness to the refugee or foreigner: Leviticus 19:9-10 and 19:33-34, Deuteronomy 10:18-19, Exodus 23:9 and Malachi 3:5 are just a few of many verses that tell us to help the foreigner and the poor and not to oppress them, reminding us that we were all once foreigners ourselves. – Christopher Simon
Sunday, October 7
Monday, October 8
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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Girls golf
Vikings bring home gold
Player of the Week From Sept. 19-26
Stoughton captures Badger South title MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor
Wi t h f a n s d a n g l i n g their feet on the wall at the 18th green at the Legend of Bergamont, junior Myranda Kotlowski and the Viking golf team were primed for a photo finish. Kotlowski shot an 8-over par 80 to tie for second place as Stoughton clipped Milton 346349 for the Badger Conference tournament title. As a result, the Vikings leapfrogged Madison Edgewood for the Badger South championship. “It feels really good,” Kotlowski said. “Our goal was to come in here, try our best, and it worked out.” It was the first conference title since 2013 for Stoughton, which received honorable mention in the Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin state rankings. The Vikings had to outduel Milton, ranked eighth, and fifth-ranked Edgewood. Coach Stephen Stokes said he didn’t track or estimate scores during the tournament because he wasn’t sure the Vikings would be in the mix for the conference championship and he didn’t want that to sidetrack him from coaching. “I didn’t think we had a shot,” he said. “I couldn’t be more proud of them to finish like this at a key time.” The Vikings (5-1 Badger South) avenged a dualmeet loss to Edgewood by one stroke two weeks ago at Coachman’s. The Crusaders shot a 353 to take third in the conference tournament, just ahead of fourth-place Oregon (356). Milton’s Claudia Seeman earned medalist honors with a 4-over-par 76. Stoughton sophomore Caylie Kotlowski carded an 81 to tie for fourth. “We wanted to come back and beat them here, and we did,” Caylie Kotlowski said. “Since last
Name: Myranda Kotlowski Grade: Junior Sport: Girls golf Highlight: Kotlowski shot an 8-over-par 80 on Monday to help Stoughton win the Badger Conference tournament and the Badger South Conference championship.
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Stoughton senior Renee Anderson chips onto the green on No. 5 Monday at the Legend of Bergamont in the Badger Conference tournament. The Vikings won the conference tournament and the Badger South for just the second time in program history. Stoughton previously won the title in 2013. year, everyone has practiced more and gotten better, and we have all improved.” Senior Bre Viken shot an 84 to finish seventh, and senior Renee Anderson carded a 101. “They battled all the w a y t h r o u g h ,” S t o k e s said. “They kept up with our mantra all year – next shot, next hole. Not everyone had their best round. It’s a testament to their hard work. They worked hard, and they deserve it.” Caylie Kotlowski had two birdies including No. 17. On No. 17, she had to focus despite another cup (hole) being near her 12-foot putt, but she said it didn’t make her nervous. “It broke a lot of different ways,” Caylie said. “I was set on one line, and I hit it and it went right in the center.” Myranda Kotlowski had pars on Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 on the front nine. “I was hitting fairways,”
Badger South meadlists Top 10 1. Claudia Seeman, Milton 76 2. Myranda Kotlowski, Stoughton 80 2. Taylor Hakala, Milton 80 4. Caylie Kotlowski, Stoughton 81 4. Ally Payne, Oregon 81 6. Caitlyn Hegenbarth, Madison Edgewood 82 7. Bre Viken, Stoughton, 84 8. Sydney McKee, Oregon, 86 8. Klarissa O’Rielly-Dye, Monona Grove 86 10. Grace Welch, Madison Edgewood, 87 Myranda Kotlowski said. “My goal was to hit fairways, hit greens in regulation and putt in regulation.” Consistency is something Stokes has come to expect from Myranda Kotlowski.
“She was just steady,” he said. “That is how she has been all year. She had a flew blips on the screen early on in the year. She doesn’t get too high or too low. She just keeps battling through and competing.”
Stoughton senior Bre Viken sinks a putt on No. 5 Monday in the Badger Conference tournament at the Legend of Bergamont in Oregon. Viken shot an 84.
Honorable mentions: Lydia Brekken and Karlie Halverson (girls tennis) finished fourth at the Badger Conference tournament at No. 1 doubles last weekend. Dwight Walker (football) rushed for a game-high 156 yards on 21 carries and one rushing touchdown. Christian Smith (boys xc) had a personal-best 17:21.5 to finish 101st on Saturday at the Midwest Invitational. Grace Jenny (girls xc) had a season best 20:07.1 to finish 52nd Saturday at the Midwest Invitational. Megan Adams (volleyball), a senior setter, dished out 29 assists and added one block in a three-set loss to Madison Edgewood on Thursday. Myrana Kotlowski (girls golf) shot an 8-over-par 80 on Monday to help Stoughton win the Badger Conference tournament and the Badger South Conference championship. Savy Borroughs (girls swimming) won the 100 breaststroke in a personal-best 1:19.81, and was also part of the Vikings’ fist-place 400 free relay of Ava Schigur, Sophia Thompson and Evelyn Schaefer (4:01.47). Nolan Mayer (boys soccer) had 12 saves in a 5-0 loss to Badger South rival Oregon.
Girls tennis
One doubles finishes fourth at conference tournament JEREMY JONES Sports editor
Senior Lydia Brekken and junior Karlie Halverson earned a big win over Monona Grove atop the doubles lineup for Stoughton last weekend as they finished fourth at the Badger Conference girls
tennis tournament. Stoughton got wins from all three doubles flights and claimed one round at No. 2 singles at Nielsen Tennis Stadium. The Vikings finished eighth out of the 15 teams competing and fifth out of the eight teams in the Badger South, with 10 points in the
tournament. They had three conference and three Badger crossover wins. Stoughton hosts the WIAA Division 1 subsectional meet on Monday, Oct. 1 at 9 a.m. at the high school, and the Lake Geneva Badger sectional meet is at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.
At conference, DeForest swept the titles at No. 2-4 singles and added the No. 3 doubles match, as well, to score a tournament-best 40 points. Watertown won the top two doubles flights and finished second at No. 3 doubles and No. 3 singles to score a Badger South-best 36 points.
Brekken and Halverson cruised 6-2, 6-1 over Reedsburg seniors Molly McBride and Emma Lichte at No. 1 doubles and then survived a second-set scare 6-0, 7-5 against fourth-seeded Monona Grove seniors Peyton Blang and Kailey DeVault to reach Day 2. Stoughton had split
with MG during the regular season. The Stoughton doubles team lost 6-1, 6-1 to top-seed and eventual champions Jenna Koepp and Katie Schleicher of Watertown on Saturday morning.
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Stoughton drops Badger South clash to Oregon MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor
The Stoughton boys soccer team lost its first Badger South Conference game Tuesday at Collins Field, 5-0, to Oregon in a firstplace showdown. The Vikings (7-1-3 oerall, 2-1-1 conference) entered the game unbetaen in the conference. The visiting Panthers were 10-2-0, 3-0-0. Oregon senior forward Madison Conduah scored two goals to lead the Panthers’ attack on Tuesday. “When you play against a good team like that, you learn about possession and grit,” Stoughton coach Michael McIntosh said. “They have a lot of depth and talented players. We are disappointed we lost, but we are not devestated.” Oregon scored two goals in the first nine minutes to jump out to a first-half lead. Oregon senior forward Zach Bennett had a goal off a cross at 6:56. Conduah scored his first goal on a pass from senior senior midfielder Colin McCombs at 8:42 to give the Panthers a 2-0 lead. “They came out oragnized with a plan and put a lot of guys inisde the box, which I expected they may,” Oregon coach Chris Micthell said of the Vikings. “Those first 10 minutes of the game were really important because we didn’t want them to start feeling even more and more organized. “I felt like a quick strike for us was really important and we got two of them.” Stoughton junior defender Colin Holtan left the game in the first half with an undisclosed injury and didn’t return. T h e Vi k i n g s h a d t o shift some players around
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Stoughton senior goalkeeper Nolan Meyer looks to make a diving save in the first half of the Vikings’ 5-0 loss to Oregon Tuesday at Collins Field.
Badger South
What’s next Stoughton travels to Cottage Grove to play Monona Grove at 5 p.m. on Thursday. “We are disappointed we lost, but we are not devestated,”
Team Oregon Stoughton Monona Grove Milton Madison Edgewood Fort Atkinson Watertown Monroe
Wins Losses Ties 4 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 3 0
coach Michael McIntosh said. McIntosh said. “We all win and lose together.” moving senior midfielder Senior midfielder MatDavid Tessier to a defender thew Gille played some right back, as did a couple position. “There are no excuses,” of younger players getting their first varisty action. “We have to get better from this game and we will tomorrow,” McIntosh said. McCombs then scored on a cross from senior Zac Schultz at 37:08 to extend the Panthers’ lead to 3-0. Junior Aaron Kluck scored on a rebound after j u n i o r m i d fi e l d e r C o l lin Bjerke’s shot went off Stoughton senior goalkeeper Nolan Meyer’s hands at
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71:58. Conduah capped the scoring with a goal in the 74th minute. The Panthers outshot the Vikings 17-2. Meyer had 12 saves for the Vikings. “Nolan was fantastic,” McIntosh said. “He wants to be a college keeper and he is ready to do that.” Stoughton will play at Monona Grove on Thursday. The winner will get a leg up on second place in the conference. The SIlver Eagles are the defending Badger South Conference champions, but already lost to the Panthers earlier this season. Stoughton senior forward Patrick Regan drives to the net in the second half of the Vikings’ 5-0 loss to the Panthers.
Girls cross country
Ross runs to top-20 finish at Midwest invitational
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Senior Margaret Ross ran to a top-20 finish for the Stoughton girls cross country team Saturday at the Midwest Invitational. Ross traversed the 5K c o u r s e a t B l a c k H aw k Golf Clug in Janesvile in 19 minutes, 30.6 seconds, good for 17th out of 267 runners. T h e Vi k i n g s fi n i s h e d 16th out of 41 teams with
What’s next Stoughton hosts its annual invitational at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. 4 2 4 p o i n t s . Tw o - t i m e defending state champion Sun Prairie won the meet with 73 points. Hinsdale Central finished second with an 81 and Madison West took third with a 141.
Junior Grace Jenny had a season-best 20:07.1 to finish 52nd. Fellow junior Molly Olstad crossed the fi n i s h l i n e o n e s e c o n d ahead of freshman teammate Hannah Lawrence in 20:53.5. They finished 108th and 109th. Sophomore Gina Owen was the Vikings’ final varsity score, placing 141st in 21:20.8. Senior Anna Wozniak also competed but did not count toward the varsity score.
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Vikings drop battle of Hwy. 138 rivals to Oregon JEREMY JONES Sports editor
Three of four first half drives ended without points Friday as the Stoughton football team lost a Badger South rivalry game 35-10 at Oregon. The lost dropped the Vikings to 5-1 overall and 3-1 in the Badger South. They host Watertown (5-1, 4-0) for homecoming at 7 p.m. Friday and then finish out the regular season Oct. 5 at Monona Grove (6-0, 4-0) and Oct. 12 at home against Fort Atkinson (0-6 0-4). A win in any of the final three games would make Stoughton playoff-eligible for the third consecutive season. “We’re locked in on beating Watertown now,” coach Dan Prahl said. “We can’t get caught up, looking past Watertown. Oregon raced out to a 21-0 lead in the first half Friday on a pair of 10-yard touchdown runs by Panthers running back Keion Szudy and a 5-yard touchdown run on a naked bootleg by quarterback Nolan Look. “We can’t take a couple series to get used to the speed and physicality of the game,” Prahl said of his alma mater. “Oregon came out, punched us in the mouth and scored on that first drive. “They’re good at what they do, and when you get behind a team that likes to control the ball, it feeds right into their strategy.”
What’s next Stoughton (5-1 overall, 3-1 Badger South) hosts Watertown (5-1, 4-0) for homecoming at 7 p.m. Friday.
Stoughton fumbled, threw an interception and made a field goal in four first-half possessions. “We’ve been preaching about turnovers all season,” Prahl said. “We keep hurting ourselves at the wrong time. We’re going to punch in a touchdown, and it’s a turnover.” The Vikings cut the deficit to 21-10 early in the second half after Cade Spilde hit a 34-yard field goal as time expired before halftime and Stoughton received the second-half kickoff. The Vikings drove 79 yards on 10 plays before senior running back Dwight Walker found some daylight and ran 11 yards into the end zone. Walker rushed for a game-high 156 yards on 21 carries. But Oregon followed with a 21-yard touchdown run by Look on a designed run toward the sideline called a waggle keep. Look ran for 62 yards and completed 4 of 9 passes for 65 yards. One of them was a 5-yard touchdown pass to Mason Grender in the fourth
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Drew Pasold (1) and Kadin Milbauer (2) hit Oregon quarterback Nolan Look out of bounds in the second quarter Friday. They were flagged for a late hit and the host Panthers later went up 14-0. Stoughton lost the Badger South game 35-10. quarter. Dylan DiMaggio had 79 yards rushing on 16 attempts for Oregon, and Szudy added another 80 yards on 17 carries as the Panthers gashed Stoughton for 270 yards on 46 carries and kept the Stoughton offense off the field. Vi k i n g s q u a r t e r b a c k Adam Hobson rushed for 122 yards on 17 carries but completed just 9 of 26 passes for 68 yards an
interception. Drew Anderson caught four balls for 38 yards. “From watching film on them, we knew they were aggressive defensively,” Oregon coach Dan Kissling said. “They remind me a lot of how Monona Grove plays. I think they thought we were a 3-2 team and they were undefeated. “I think they were maybe already looking ahead a little bit.”
Badger South Team Wins Losses Monona Grove 4 0 Watertown 4 0 Oregon 3 1 Stoughton 3 1 Edgewood 1 3 Milton 1 3 Fort Atkinson 0 4 Monroe 0 4
Girls swimming
Stoughton focused on conference, another postseason run Sports editor
Stoughton 110, Watertown 60
The Stoughton girls swimming team split a pair of dual meets last week, beat Watertown in a Badger South Conference dual and falling short of nonconference Edgerton. Coach Katie Talmadge said despite the outcome, the Vikings are continuing to focus on the big picture just four weeks from the conference swimming meet in Stoughton.
The Vikings traveled to Riverside Middle School in Watertown on Tuesday and defeated the Goslings 110-60. Foreign exchange studen Leire Begona helped the Vikings’s sweep the top three spots in the 100-yard freestyle in 59.77 seconds. She also won the 200 IM in 2:39.16. Sydney Schipper led a 1-2 finish in the 100 backstroke (1:08.46), and was also part
Schaefer led a pair of 1-2 finishes of her own, first winning the 200 free in 2:11.05, and leading the way in the Stoughton hosts Madi500 free with a time of son Edgewood in a Bad5:52.63. ger South Conference Savy Borroughs, Sophia dual meet 6 p.m. TuesThompson, Schigur and day, Oct. 2. Schaefer led a 1-2 finish in the 400 free relay (4:06.12). Thompson was also the of the victorious 200 free first Viking to touch the wall relay with Evelyn Schaefer, in the 100 butterfly where her Ava Schigur and Begona 1:04.24 was just enough to holdoff Schigur. (1:39). The Vikings 200 medley
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Boys cross country JEREMY JONES Sports editor
Senior Parker Flint led the way for the Stoughton boys cross country team, finishing 88th in 17 minutes, 14.6 seconds Saturday at the Midwest Invitational. Sophomore Christian Smith had a personal-best 17:21.5 to finish 101st at the Black Hawk Golf Club. Freshman Colton Hansen finished 132nd out of 278 runners in 17:40.6. Sophomore Alexander Wicks was 135th in 17:44. Junior Jack Albert finished 149th as the team’s final varsity scorer in 17:55.2.
What’s next The Vikings host the annual Stoughton Invitational at 9 a.m. Saturday at the high school.
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relay of Morgan McGee, Schigur, Borroughs and Begona opened the night with a meet-best 2:04.78 as Stoughton swept the relays.
Edgerton 90, Stoughton 80 Talmadge said a small squad of 23 swimmers represented Stoughton well in a 90-80 nonconference loss Thursday in Edgerton. The Vikings had 40 best times. E m m a H l ava c e k wa s
selected as swimmer of the meet by her coaches and the team captains. She swam her first 200 and in her seven week long swimmer career. “ We ’r e a l l p r o u d o f Emma’s work ethic, positive attitude and grit,” Talmadge said. Borroughs won the 100 breaststroke in a personal-best 1:19.81, and was also part of the Vikings’ fist-place 400 free relay of Schigur, Thompson and Schaefer (4:01.47).
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Contact News Tracker for a FREE one-month trial! Juniors Tyler Kalagian and Gavin Model each ran on varsity, but did not c o u n t t owa r d t h e fi n a l team score. Stoughton finished 19th out of 42 teams with 605 points. Madison West won
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Stoughton beaten by Edgewood in four sets MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor
The Stoughton volleyball team struggled putting the ball away to close out points in a Badger South dual match Thursday against Madison Edgewood. The Vikings dropped the conference match to the Crusaders 25-16, 25-17, 23-25, 25-23. With the loss, Stoughton drops to 11-10 overall (1-4 conference). Coach Jillian Bauer said the Vikings had a 55 percent hitting percentage with 32 kills as a team and 26 hitting errors. “The difference in this match was Edgewood was able to put the ball away effectively and we really struggled,” she said. Sophomore outside hitter Kat Eugster had a team-high 10 kills. Senior setter Megan Adams dished out 29 assists and added one block, while senior libero Hannah Wirag notched 12
Continued from page 7 “Losing to the top seed was not unexpected, but I don’t think we played our best tennis,” coach Amy Kahl said. “We have to believe that being aggressive and getting to the net is the way we win matches. It took them a while to believe, and then it was too late.” Brekken and Halverson still had a shot at a third-place finish but dropped a close first set to Monroe juniors Grace Tostrud and Jensen Christensen and were unable to overtake them in the second set, falling 7-5, 6-1. Stoughton’s No. 2 doubles team of junior Katie Zacharia and sophomore Annika Goetz earned a sixth seed and won their opening round 6-1 6-0 over Baraboo. They were unable to pull off an upset of third-seeded Watertown sophomores Sydney Linskens and Abby Marr in the second round, dropping a tough three-setter 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. Linskens and Marr went on to beat top-seeded Madison Edgewood 7-6 (1), 6-3 in the championship. Stoughton had beaten Linskens and Marr 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (3) during the regular season. “I knew it could go either way, with Watertown only having the one loss to us this season,” Kahl said. “I felt like we had our chances.” The Vikings received their highest seed at No. 3 doubles but were unable to sneak out a second-set win over fifth-seeded Waunakee. Juniors Taylor Nisius and Morgan Schellin drew a four seed and cruised
What’s next Stoughton travels to play at Monona Grove at 7 p.m. on Thursday. digs. Aspen Alexander had three aces and middle blocker Riley Royston added one block. Bauer liked the way Royston performed as a middle blocker against the Crusaders. “Riley had some really great touches on the block for us which helped slow down Edgewood’s attack a little bit,” she said. The Vikings notched six aces as a team and had six service errors. “Edgewood served tough and didn’t make many errors,” Bauer said. “They found open spots on the court and played smart volleyball.”
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1s: Deang, ME, def. C. Fuchs, D, 1-6, 7-5, 6-4. Third place: Munz, MG, def. Nelson, BD, 6-0, 6-4. 2s: S. Fuchs, D, def. Lindwall, MG, 6-0, 6-1. Third place: Hess, SP, def. Mack, SP, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1. 3s: Miller, D, def. Clark, WAT, 6-1, 6-1. Third place: Lee, MG, def. Merckx 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 4s: Williams, D, def. Dziedzic 6-4, 7-5. Third place: McDonald, ME, def. Werning, WAT, 7-5, 6-0. 1d: Koepp/Schleicher, WAT, def. Ballweg/Breininger 6-0, 6-2. Third place: Tostrud/Christensen MON def. Brekken/Halverson, S, 7-5, 6-1. 2d: Linskens/Marr, WAT, def. Smith/Dunn, ME, 7-6 (1), 6-3. Third place: Choles/Johnson def. Austria-Kemble/Chaimson, W, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. 3d: Tisch/Barske, D, def. Baneck/Bowman, WAT, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. Third place: Greenheck/Kastelitz, SP, def. Larsen/Endres 6-4, 6-3.
Stoughton hosts the WIAA Division 1 subsectional meet at 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1.
past Fort Atkinson 6-1, 6-1 before coming up short 7-6 (3), 6-2 against Waunakee’s Allie Larsen and Eliza Endres. “Taylor and Morgan had beaten both teams they played Friday earlier in the season, so I felt that they had a really good shot at making the second day,” Kahl said. “We had a really good first set against Waunakee and just struggled getting balls in play in the second set.” Senior Madison Schaefer earned a seventh seed for the tournament and rolled 6-0, 6-2 over Fort Atkinson sophomore Olivia Granec in the first round at No. 2 singles. Schaefer fell in the second round to
eventual runner-up junior Jewl Lindwall of Monona Grove. Although Kahl said the Vikings played some of their best singles matches of the year, Stoughton did not win another singles match. “Our singles had tough draws up and down the lineup,” Kahl said. “We’re heading the right direction going into subsectionals.” Senior Kayla Rippe fell 6-0, 6-3 to Oregon’s Isabelle Krier at No. 1 singles. Junior Savanna Strutzel lost 6-2, 6-2 to fourth-seeded sophomore Morgan Merckx in the opening round at No. 3 singles. Sophomore Paige Bellefeuille was blanked 6-0, 6-0 in the
first round by junior Jordan O’Connor of Sauk Prairie.
Subsectionals While Kahl said it’s nice to not be in the Madison Memorial subsectional, which features the fifth-ranked Spartans, sixth-ranked Middleton, 11th-ranked Madison West and 13th-ranked Verona – it could actually be a detriment to her No. 1 doubles team. “It may help us at other spots, but there are so many strong No. 1 doubles teams in our subsectional, we’ll probably end up being the No. 4 seed,” she said. “Head to head in the other sub, we beat Memorial and beat Verona.” The Vikings have also lost to subsectional rivals Oconomowoc, Watertown and Sun Prairie. A four seed would most likely pit the Vikings against Monona Grove for the fourth time this season. Number 1 singles and No. 1 doubles teams need to win one match to advance to sectionals. Everyone else plays twice. “Having wins over Verona and Madison Memorial, really helps them, because there is a really good chance those teams will make it to state,” Kahl said. “The problem is, if
Boys xc: Stoughton two weeks away from conference (58) was second and Green a time of 14:51.6. Bay Preble took third with The Vikings host the a 186. annual Stoughton Invitathe meet with a team-best Homestead senior Drew tional at 9 a.m. Saturday. 145 points. Oconomowoc Bosley won the meet with It’s the only home meet Continued from page 9
of the season for Stoughton, and features several of the area’s top-ranked Division 1 teams.
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Legals NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The City of Stoughton Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, October 8, 2018 at 6:00 o’clock p.m., or as soon after as the matter may be heard, at the Public Safety Building, Second Floor, 321 S. Fourth Street, Stoughton, Wisconsin, 53589, to consider an amendment to Chapter 78 of the City of Stoughton Municipal Code of Ordinances, Dane County, Wisconsin. The proposed ordinance amendments are to repeal and recreate section 78517, Downtown Design Overlay Zoning District and to repeal section 78-913 also related to the Downtown Design Overlay Zoning District. A copy of the proposed amendment can be found at: http://stoughtoncitydocs.com/planning-commission For questions regarding this notice please contact Michael Stacey, Zoning Administrator at 608-646-0421. Michael Stacey Zoning Administrator Published: September 20 and 27, 2018 WNAXLP *** BOARD OF EDUCATION STOUGHTON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 1. Regular Board Meeting Opening A. Call Meeting to Order-A regular meeting of the Stoughton Area School
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District Board of Education was called to order at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2018 by President Francis Sullivan. President Sullivan explained the participation of a board member via teleconference call (Policy 110-Board Member Use of Telecommunication) and gave verbal notice to citizens that Jill Patterson, Board Member, would be participating by teleconference. B. Roll Call - Present: Kathleen Hoppe, Francis Sullivan, Joe Freye, Yolibeth FitzGibbon, Jon Coughlin, Steve Jackson, Tim Bubon, and Jill Patterson (via teleconference). Excused: Allison Sorg C. Public Comment-Linda Schaefer, 405 N Page St., Parent Action Network (PAN) information. D. Legislative Update-Tim Bubon provided WASB legislation information and asked that board members contact him with any legislative questions. 2. District Administrator Report-Dr. Onsager reported a smooth start to the new school year. 3. Consent Agenda-Move to approve the August 20, 2018 Regular Board Meeting Minutes; approve the August 15 - September 18, 2018 check register as presented; We would like to say thank you to the following individuals and groups and move approval of their donations to the District - $153.00 from Friends of Mackenzie Environmental Center for Fox Prairie 5th Grade field trip costs; $25.00 from Helen & Kent Karberg for the Margaret
Larson Memorial Scholarship (in Memory of LeRoy Jacobson; $25.00 from Helen & Kent Karberg for the Margaret Larson Memorial Scholarship (in Memory of Mary Kay Rutlin; Scholar Athlete T-Shirts from Deanne Eccles-Rotar valued at $1,500.00; Band Flute Case from Beth Weiner valued at $39.99; School Supplies for Students in the District from Home Savings Bank valued at $150.00; School Supplies for Students in the District from Vogel Brothers Building Co. valued at $1,854.14; School Supplies for Students in the District from the Stoughton Lions & Lioness - Stuff the Bus Event valued at $6,550; Books disbursed to all K-8 Summer Excel Reading Class Students from the UPS Store (Toys for Tots Literacy Program) valued at $500.00; New Teacher Welcome Bags (filled with donations from various business & organizations) from the Stoughton Chamber of Commerce of undetermined value; and related cash donation budget adjustments for $203.00; move approval of a permanent professional educator contract for Bradley Pickett and Douglas Scicero for the 2018-2018 school year. 4. Discussion A. Committee Reports-Updates from the Policy, ERC, & AD HOC Committees were provided. B. River Bluff Building Presentation-Trish Gates, RB Principal, and Bob Johnson, RB Assistant Principal, provided information highlighting some of the work taking place at River Bluff Middle
School, including enhancements to the Positive Behavior Interventions (PBIS) program, the “Off & Away from Bell to Bell” program and opportunities offered for students through electives and extracurricular activities. C. Seclusion & Restraint Presentation - Keli Melcher, Director of Students Services, provided the annual Seclusion & Restraint information to the Board. She also included information about Compassionate Schools. D. Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) - Keli Melcher, Director of Student Services, provided a district overview of PBIS which is the framework for teaching classroom and school-wide behavioral expectations. She also outlined each building’s PBIS focus for the 18-19 school year. 5. Meeting Closing A. Future Meetings/Events -Regular Board Meetings: September 17 & October 8; Finance Committee Meeting: September 17; Facilities Committee Meeting: October 9; Board Retreat: TBD; Staff Appreciation Tailgate: September 14 B. Adjournment-A motion was made by Freye, seconded by Hoppe, and carried unanimously to adjourn at 9:14 pm. __________________________________ Yolibeth FitzGibbon, Clerk Published: September 27, 2018 WNAXLP
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Budget: Additional staffing requests include police, fire departments, economic director Continued from page 1 department heads to hash o u t e a c h d e p a r t m e n t ’s needs and where they stand in the budget process. And they are still waiting to hear from the state for final numbers on such revenue items as transportation aid, expenditure restraint shared funds and net new construction to determine exactly how much money the city will have to work with over last year’s budget. On Tuesday, Sept. 25, public works director Brett Hebert delivered a presentation on the biggest road projects to the Common Council, to show alders and the public what other projects are competing against.
Requested additions Staffing requests tend to be the bulk of requests that will be funded immediately by the tax levy. The council must find room for salaries year-overyear without borrowing for them, making additions tricky when the levy increases only incrementally. That was the source of the debate over adding another police officer last year – that it was funded in part from a source that couldn’t be counted on in the future. T h i s y e a r, s eve r a l
Net new construction 2012: .35 percent 2013: .45 percent 2014: .82 percent 2015: 1.11 percent 2016: 1.94 percent 2017: 1.75 percent 2018: 1.59 percent departments have requested additional staffing, though in some cases, as fire chief Scott Wegner put it, it’s “just so they understand what they’re turning down.” The fire department has been requesting additional staffing for “years and years,” Wegner said, and this year he’s submitting requests for a few different configurations, involving multiple fulltime staff additions, to bring the department up to 24/7 coverage. Police chief Greg Leck said he has requested additional staffing “every year,” and this year he’s asked for one additional officer and a part-time clerk, at an estimated $85,000 and $25,000, respectively. The city has been without an economic development director since last April when Tammy LaBorde stepped
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down from a role that was combined with the finance director, but it’s not a position the mayor thinks can be filled in the current budget climate. Instead, he’s been working with the personnel committee to draft a job description he will try to fulfill by delegation until money can be freed up to find someone permanent. The mayor also said he’d like to fund a community survey that would cost about $15,000 to provide feedback about community services, something he said he’d fight for while campaigning. And he said he’d like to resurrect a street preventive maintenance program and increase funding for sidewalk maintenance, though that would be done with recurring borrowing. But Swadley’s stated priority is the compensation package, which would bring the city’s employees in line with median wages in their industry and, in conjunction with last year’s 2.25 percent boost, eliminate a 5 percent salary gap that was determined by an outside consultant in 2015. Human resources director Amy Jo Gillingham encouraged alders to consider it earlier this month in committee meeting. “If we hire additional staff instead of rightsizing, what’s
the message we’re sending?” more than 5 percent of their she asked. equalized value, and Stoughton’s policy caps it at 4 perTight squeeze cent. The city’s debt is proGiven the relatively small jected to be 3.32 percent of amount the city can raise tax- this value in 2019, 3.70 in es – approximately enough 2020 and 3.73 in 2021. In 2018, the city borrowed for one full-time employee plus benefits and a 1 percent $8.4 million to pay for a new cost-of-living adjustment – public works building on the new priorities would have to city’s southeast side, and it’s be funded by cutting else- planning millions more in the next few years. where. As a result, most of any Since 2011, municipalities have been prevented by state increase residents will see on statute from raising taxes their tax bills will go toward more than the net value of paying off debt, the mayor new construction plus certain said. debt-service related costs. That number is expected to Changing the process be about $113,000 this year The department heads which is in line with previ- will present their proposals ous years. In 2017, the city at three budget meetings in raised its levy by $123,000 October, followed by a budand in 2016 that number was get summary meeting Nov. 1. $133,000. The hope is to get the budget The policy has left cities approved by Nov. 13. “hamstrung,” as Friedl put it, With a new mayor, a new and Stoughton has struggled finance director and severwith this more than many al new alders, the process is Dane County communities. likely to be slightly different At 1.59 percent above last from years past. Instead of year’s numbers, the city is rolling over budgets yearstill below the county’s aver- to-year with a 2-3 percent age of 2.6 percent. cost-of-living adjustment, That has encouraged cities Friedl has been working to borrow, as the increased with departments to report debt service can be added to their “actuals” in what he the levy, he explained. calls a more common-sense However, Stoughton is approach. nearing its debt limit. “If your budget is off in the The state limits munici- beginning … and you kept palities from taking on debt rolling those numbers over
with a bit of inflation, you’re just continuing to budget the incorrect amount,” he explained. The mayor has also asked department heads to submit additional staffing requests to HR, even if the city won’t realistically be able to fund the positions. “We’re not going to be able to include all that in the budget,” Swadley said. “What we want to do is get that out there and if there is an opportunity we can address it.” The first budget meeting will be Thursday, Oct. 4, with presentations about the Capital Improvement Plan, utilities, information technology, human resources and recreation. The second meeting, Thursday, Oct. 18, will focus on police, fire, EMS, the Opera House and library. The third will be Thursday, Oct. 25, with presentations from planning, streets, stormwater, the senior center, clerk and finance. On Thursday, Nov. 1, there will be an overall budget summary. A part of the purpose of these discussions is for the taxpayers can see how the process works, Swadley said. “We want people to know where their money is going,” he said. Contact Alexander Cramer at alexander.cramer@ wcinet.com.
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in assessed value. That means if your Assessed, equalized value home is worth $200,000 and the mill Under state legislation passed in rate is $10, the amount you would pay Assessed value is the value of a 2011, municipal budgets are allowed in property taxes is $2,000 annually. property based on its municipality’s for the most part to increase only by annual assessments. the amount their overall value grows. Capital, operating budgets State law requires municipalities This percentage is called net new The operating budget is the vast to ensure on a regular basis they are construction, and it’s published by majority of most municipalities’ as close as possible to market value – the state Department of Revenue each annual budgets. It’s the year-after- meaning you pay based on what your year in August. year spending on personnel, utilities, house would sell for – but because of There are exceptions – keeping up debt payments and other repeating constant fluctuations in the market with increases in debt payments is the costs. and because full reassessments each biggest, a policy that actually encourCapital budgets are generally one- year are unrealistic, that number is ages borrowing. time costs, such as new or replace- not always accurate. Because each municipality’s assessment vehicles, buildings, equipment Levy, mill rate and road, utility and park projects. ments are reworked on different timeThe tax levy is the total amount They are mostly planned years out but lines (some reassess a portion of the city annually, others reassess all every a municipality extracts in property approved annually. taxes. This amount cannot increase, Some budget items can be con- few years), the state uses a comparregardless of property value, unless sidered either, such as annual road ative system called equalized valthe city grows, has increased debt maintenance and new vehicles. In an ue. This is necessary because many obligations or can carry over a portion attempt to reduce fluctuations in cap- school districts, for example, levy of either or both of those factors from ital costs, many cities adopt rolling property taxes across multiple munica previous year. equipment funds, converting these ipalities. The mill rate is the tax percent- capital costs essentially to operating age, expressed as a cost per $1,000 costs.
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