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Nancy Valentyn, mother of Kenzi Valentyn, who died of complications with retinitis pigmentosa and Kearn’s-Sayre Sydrome in 2017, points out a memory from when her daughter was being silly on the picture boards used at Kenzi’s funeral. Kenzi is being honored at this year’s Cycle for Sight on Saturday, March 9, with two $4,000 research grants being named after her.

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Cycle for Sight fundraiser to honor late Verona woman KIMBERLY WETHAL Unified Newspaper Group

Kenzi Valentyn hadn’t been able to see the stars in the night sky for a long time before her family found out something was wrong with her vision. Then, as a second grader, she was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease that was part of a disorder that would

eventually claim her life. Her Verona family believes a cure for that disease is “within sight,” and they have spent the past eight years participating in a fundraiser to help research that cure. This year, the Cycle for Sight indoor biking fundraiser – held March 9 in three Madison locations, will honor Kenzi, who died at the age of 30 in March 2017, for her “struggle and perseverance against

her illnesses” by giving out two $4,000 research grants in her name, according to a news release from UW Health. Nancy Valentyn, Kenzi’s mother, said it’s important to keep the research going at the UW “in their own backyard” because researchers are closer to a cure for retinitis pigmentosa than what Dr. Dave Gamm, director of the McPherson Eye Research Institute, ever thought they’d

be in his lifetime. “We need to keep the wheels turning,” Nancy said. “Kenzi always said they probably won’t find a cure in my lifetime, but she said, hopefully they’ll find one soon.” The family has yet to miss a Cycle for Sight, even in 2017, when Kenzi died of complications from her illnesses the week of the fundraiser on

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The years-long effort to bring consistency to the Verona Area School District’s middle schools is nearing its completion. According to a timeline presented to the school board Monday, remaining changes to scheduling, class offerings and languages at the schools will be in place by the beginning of the 2020-21 school year. That’s the same time the schools’ attendance areas will shift and Badger Ridge Middle School will move into what is now the high school building. The middle school study was first discussed in 2016, after administrators

and board members expressed interest in creating a “common” middle school experience, in contrast to the many distinctions between the schools that had evolved out of years of site-based governance. One of the most significant changes so far has been the move to standards-based grades this year, which had been in place for years at Savanna Oaks Middle School but were added at BRMS. Throughout the process, teachers and administration from the two schools have spent time together reviewing their processes and curricula and discussing how to align them. While it won’t mean students at both schools read the same books in the same class, for example, the consistency will ensure they’re analyzing the literature in more similar ways,

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Commission mixed on Valley proposal JIM FEROLIE Verona Press editor

A plan to develop part of a 95-acre tract southwest of the current city limits got a mixed reaction from the Plan Commission on Monday. Commissioners and the mayor were generally in favor of the idea of putting commercial development n ex t t o t h e U . S . 1 8 - 1 5 1 bypass, homes near the Sugar River and its nearby

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wetlands and reserving space for a medical clinic near state Hwy. 69. But those who spoke up were far less comfortable with the idea of a big box store locating there. The plan also calls for a grocery store and a hotel in one section, and the initial proposal for housing was for 500 to 700 apartments, which commissioner Scott Manley pointed out was 21-27 units per acre. “How much is too much?”

he asked, saying he favored a transition to single-family homes in that area, the northwestern part of the land just north of Valley Road. That discussion prompted the developer, Kurt Welton, to ask whether city assistance, such as tax-increment financing or other grants, might be available to promote affordable housing, a term that’s commonly used by municipalities and developers around Dane County

but rarely specific or clear. Planning director Adam Sayre replied that TIF and other financial decisions are up to the Common Council, which will review the proposal next week. Welton and his company’s vice president, Paul Molinaro, previously had explained to the commission that the only deal Welton Enterprises had worked out with the

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The Verona Area School District recognized 12 student artists Monday, March 4, during its annual artist recognition ceremony. Most of the students’ art will hang in the school board meeting room for the next year, with two “superintendent’s choice” winners having their pieces hanging in superintendent Dean Gorrell’s office. The students recognized were, front row from left, Ashley Tan of Verona Area International School, Jenna Chakdhel of Glacier Edge Elementary School, Ivy Gaskell-Larson of New Century School, Madilyn Moody of Stoner Prairie Elementary School, Arianna Chi of Core Knowledge Charter school; back row from left, Alejandra Angeles of Savanna Oaks Middle School, Sapphina Roller of Verona Area High School, Anna Knueve of Verona Area High School, Laura Wang of Core Knowledge Charter School and Kylie Zenz of Verona Area High School. Not pictured are Max Abbott of Sugar Creek Elementary School and Christian Jacob-Mora of Country View Elementary School. Roller and Moody were chosen as the superintendent’s choice winners, as Gorrell explained both of their pieces reminded him of movies with his family.

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Boundary outreach meetings ahead While the committee reviewing attendance area boundary options has not made its recommendations to the school board yet, the board is already discussing public outreach meetings. Board members hope to make a decision this spring to give parents as much time as possible to adjust to the new boundaries that will go into effect for the 2020-21 school year, when the new high school opens. Superintendent Dean Gorrell told board members Monday that administrators are planning for at least two meetings, the first of which will likely be April 9, “probably in the Nakoma Heights area.” They’d want at least one other meeting – and possibly

more, he said – between the March 19 boundary committee meeting and April 24, when the committee will likely reconvene to discuss public feedback. The committee of 29 people has been meeting since October to determine a new set of boundaries that will ensure a balance of racial and socioeconomic diversity, neighborhood integrity, transportation efficiency and keeping schools within their capacity, among other things. At its last meeting, Feb. 25, it narrowed the options to four maps. It is expected to come up with three recommendations for the school board to choose from at its March 12 meeting, then make its middle school recommendations March 19. Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @ sgirard9.

Middle: Staff to meet with DPI specialist March 12 administrators hope. Of the three topic areas still up for discussion, the alignment of offerings is expected to be completed first, according to the timeline. District director of curriculum and instruction Ann Franke told the board there are not “a ton of differences” remaining at the schools, so they don’t expect a “long process.” The completion date for that component is June 30, 2019. The other two components have a completion date of Jan. 10, 2020 – just ahead of the scheduling window for middle schoolers and the choice window for parents considering a charter school. Having it done by then was important, board member Kristina Navarro Haffner said, to assure parents can make fully informed decisions. District director of equity and bilingual programming Laurie Burgos said that was a “hard stop completion date,” as any later would conflict with the scheduling process. Staff will continue work in both areas this month, with meetings already set with outside consultants to help guide the process. On March 12, staff will meet with the state Department of Public Instruction’s

VPD officers honored for saving gunshot victim’s life in January KIMBERLY WETHAL Unified Newspaper Group

world language education specialist to set parameters and find a consultant to lead the review process. The world language program has been heavily discussed this year, as the Spanish-language Two Way Immersion program is expanding to middle school next year and Chinese-language classes will be offered during the school day for the first time beyond fifth grade next year. On March 19 and 20, a district scheduling committee will meet with consultant Michael Rettig – whom Franke described as the “guru” of school scheduling. After that initial meeting, the committee will continue to discuss how to align middle school schedules throughout the year. Board members praised administrators for setting out the deadlines for such a long-term, big-picture project and said it’s a lot of work to do before a school year that is closer than it feels. “This looks great as far as clearly laid-out timeline,” said Meredith Stier Christensen. “I keep thinking 2020 seems really far away. It’ll be exciting to see what comes to pass.” Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.

Two officers from the Verona Police Department were recognized last week for saving the life of a man earlier this year. Officers Phillip Sallis and Matthew Schultz received commendations from UW Health for resuscitating a man who was seriously injured after sustaining what apparently was an accidental gunshot injury to his leg in the Blain’s Farm and Fleet parking lot on

Monday, Jan. 21. They were honored at a Common Council meeting Monday, Feb. 25, with most of the police department watching and applauding. Sallis and Schultz got the man out of his vehicle upon arrival, performing cardiocerebral resuscitation and attached a tourniquet to the man’s leg to constrict blood flow until paramedics from Fitch-Rona EMS arrived on scene. “As a result, the bleeding stopped and the patient regained consciousness,” police department chief

Bernie Coughlin said at the meeting, reading from one of the officers’ commendation certificates. “The quick and decisive actions taken by officer Schultz and officer Sallis undoubtedly saved the life of the patient, and are commendable.” Mike Lohmeier, representing UW Health’s Stop the Bleed campaign, which advocates medical training for law enforcement, agreed. “The thing that is always really inspiring to us and a m a z i n g i s w h e n l aw enforcement officers who

always are the first who are there, just how important their involvement is,” he said. Fitch-Rona EMS deputy chief Jeff Dostalek said most emergency calls his department responds to “are rather routine,” but in instances like that, first responders’ knowledge and quick action can save lives. “The training we put in really made a difference,” he said. Press editor Jim Ferolie contributed to this report.

VASD in brief High school ‘on budget’ Superintendent Dean Gorrell told the school board Monday the new high school project is “on schedule” and “on budget.” One component, however, is not. The road and intersection improvements in the area of the new high school on the City of Verona’s west side is behind, with “a lot of back and forth” between city officials and the civil engineers for the project from JSD Professional Services. “It is still in a timely fashion for the work to be done in time for the building to open,” Gorrell said. He said administrators now expect to send out a request for bids by March 25, get bids back a month later and award them in early May.

Co-op sports approved Verona Area High School will again host co-op teams for boys swimming and girls gymnastics next year. The school board approved the two co-op agreements Monday, both of which VAHS athletic director Mark Kryka said bring money into the school. With swimming, it’s helped fix the sound system and scoreboard, he said. Though swimming was a two-year agreement with Mount Horeb High School, Kryka said it could end after one year. The girls swimming co-op is approved through next year, with an expectation from the Big Eight Conference that the school would start its own program for 2020-21, Kryka said. If that were to happen, the school would also have to offer boys swimming, a memo from Kryka explained, even if it would not have enough swimmers to start a team on its own.

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The ‘everything in moderation’ trap “Everything in moderation” is a retort that really takes the winds out of our sails, an insidious way of derailing lasting changes. Moderation is a trap. Here’s how it works: I hear this or that is bad for me, I know it is. But, “moderation in everything.” It’s easy to point to someone else who does “this” or consumes “that” way more than I do, making my behavior moderate. We can always find someone else who is worse off, making all of us moderate. The food industry is skilled at playing on moderation by offering endless “healthier” substitutes. Can’t eat pizza? There’s a solution! If it’s round and flat and has a few toppings (anything can be a topping these days) then it’s a pizza! As a kid, the milk I drank was pretty much whole milk, then we got 2 percent, 1 percent and then skim. Now there’s soy milk, rice-milk, almond-milk and hemp-milk. Maybe we should just cut to the chase and have corn-milk. Do we really need any of these milk-ish drinks? Do we really need milk? We’ve been duped by the quiet evolution taking place at our grocery stores and restaurants. Designer foods and drinks now crowd the aisles and convenience stores. Many of us

have grown up on filler foods that make us ill and heavy. The change has been slow. We don’t feel it, we don’t see it. And it tastes so good and it’s so convenient. Tobacco is another industry evolving to survive, in this case, to keep nicotine in our blood, literally. They duped our parents by introducing “lite” and “menthol” cigarettes. Our parents loved these moderate cigarettes so much that they smoked more and more of them. These days, it’s vaping. Vaping is cool, isn’t it? It’s not really smoking is it? But how could it be as bad as cigarettes, right? History repeats with the help of the moderation trap. It allows us to be just a little bad: good for the industry, not for us. Illness-promoting behaviors hurt us regardless of how we paint them. Jumping without a parachute (even in moderation) is not likely to end well. Sweet drinks and processed foods have dominated our palate for the past few decades, coinciding with the obesity epidemic. The choice not to have any of these, even in moderation, is ours to make. Steve Heuer City of Verona Owner of Mind Body Plate LLC

Correction In the Feb. 28 article, “Four attendance options remain,” consultant Drew Howick’s last name was misspelled. The Press regrets the error.

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Polar vortex put exchange visit in uncharted territory T he text message came from my cousin on a particular Tuesday morning, and I wasn’t buying it. “Yo brah, is your flight canceled?” Like any typical teenage cousin, 75 percent of what they say is either accidentally false or intentionally false just to see your reaction. I knew planes could fly at minus 50 degrees, so a takeoff at minus 30 on polar vortex Wednesday shouldn’t have been an issue. Besides, we’d Dresser just dodged the previous day’s snow day, which would have been a bigger concern. But then he sent me the image from the airline’s website – CANCELED. It’s one thing to get your own flight canceled, but being responsible for 80 Costa Rican high school exchange students who were now stranded indefinitely in literally the coldest place on earth caused my heart to skip a beat. I might have even blacked out for a second. We got them all home safe and sound, but it took extreme manipulation and a lot of flexibility. It was the kind of thing where you later refer to other events as before the cancellation and after the cancellation. This exchange already had been one for the record books. With so many weather days, I was basically making a new itinerary every day. I was rolling with the punches – snow day here, cold day there – kind of like the Avengers going against Thanos. You deal with things as long as the unthinkable snap doesn’t happen... until it did. So when I got the news, I put the phone down, cleared my head

and assessed the situation. Two of my six schools had already said good-bye to their host families, as they were planning on going to the airport after concluding the day’s activities. I was an hour-and-a-half away from home, visiting a high school, and I had over half the group at museums in Milwaukee. I needed a command center ASAP, and the best I could do was pace the high school hallway and leverage my phone for every last multitasking capability it had in order keep the fire at bay. First step, get dad on the phone with airline to find out re-booking options while I figure out a place for everyone to live. That was actually the easiest task of the whole ordeal. I always tell host families that they are what makes the exchange magical, and they delivered a miracle for me. Families were more than willing to take them back, especially the ones that had just said goodbye. They had barely dried their tears of sorrow when tears of happiness would arrive with the surprise return of their exchange student. You’d never get that reaction from a Holiday Inn. I then checked in on the re-booking status. Not good at all. I needed to wait two weeks to get all 80 on the same flight. With that news, I left the high school and departed on the long, cold, windy drive back home through rural Wisconsin. By the time I got home, my pity party was over and it was time to get to work. Armed with a Thermos of coffee, I called the airline and was told there were no flights with any reasonable space for at least a week, and I got nowhere pleading my way up the chain of command. I was told I could take a fraction of a refund and rebook them on different airlines. It was too late to begin that search, and at that moment I looked my wife in the

eye and told her surely this is just a bad dream and I will wake up soon. I don’t think I slept more than 30 minutes that night, but it started getting better. I managed to sneak 15 or so out on flights the next day and slowly began working out the rest. The weather was still frigid, but the phone lines were boiling. At one point, I had a Skype call going with my trip coordinator, a cell phone connected to the airline and a borrowed second cell phone to take individual inquiries. I’d find the flight, check space/price, call my trip coordinator to see who would take those spaces, then forward all the info to the airline and persuade the Costa Rican parents to agree to the change. That last part was not as simple as it sounds. With 80 sets of parents, it was a challenge to find consensus. Some were anxious to get their children out quickly, as the weather could get even worse, and some wanted to wait longer, hoping the weather would pass. The icing on the cake was that the teacher-chaperones had to be back to start school Monday, and some even had meetings Friday. I felt like I was standing in the middle of a circle of people with them all chucking snowballs at me to get my attention. Finally, at 10:45 p.m. Sunday night, I exited the airport in Costa Rica as traveler 81 and let out such a big sigh it might have registered on the Richter scale. I initially had booked the group flight over the span of a few months and essentially redid the whole thing in 12 hours, followed by the most anxious three days of my life. Next year, I’m definitely putting my cousin on staff. Dustin Dresser is a 2004 Verona Area High School graduate living in Costa Rica.

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Scouts of America host BPNN food drive The Scouts of America Troop 349 and Cub Scouts of Pack 549 want Badger Prairie Needs Network to “be prepared” to handle food insecurity. To ensure it, the two groups will host a “Scouting for Food” food drive from 9-11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 9, at Miller and Sons Supermarket, 210 S. Main St., where scouts will hand out lists of non-perishable food and non-food items needed by BPNN to shoppers, according to an email from Jeff Jaschinski, Scouting for Food coordinator for groups. Participating in the Scouting for Food drive is one way that Scouts can fulfill their community service requirements, he wrote. “BPNN continues to see an increase in requests for food, especially at this time of the year,” he said. “A successful Scouting For Food event would help BPNN meet those requests.” The food drive started Saturday, March 2, with a door-to-door campaign with scouts placing hangers on the doors of Verona homes. Residents are encouraged

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Runners and walkers begin the race as they travel down Silent Street in front of the library during the 2018 event.

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The butterflies runners get before a race will help fund a Verona Public Library exhibit about them later this year. Registration for the annual Word on the Street 5K is now open, and all proceeds go to the Verona Public Library Endowment Fund. That fund will pay for a traveling exhibit called “On the Trail of the Monarch Butterfly,” which will run from mid-August to late September, library director Stacey Burkart wrote in an email to the

Press. The traveling exhibit will also feature numerous presenters and programs for library patrons, she said. The 5K event features a traditional 5K race and a 1/3-mile Kids’ race, both starting at the library and looping through Badger Prairie County Park. Last year, 270 people participated in the race, with 223 of those registering for the 5K and 47 competing in the Kids’ Run, raising $11,000 for the endowment fund, Burkart

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said. Registration for the 2019 5K costs $27.50 until March 22, when the price rises to $33 until race day. The kids’ race costs $12. “We would love it if Veronans – and anyone else – would come out and run in support of the library,” Burkart wrote. “It is a fun local race with a great community vibe, plus our water stop is located in front of the fire station with hydration and encouragement provided by Fitch-Rona EMS.”

What: Word on the Street 5K When: 8 a.m. Saturday, May 4 Where: Verona Public Library, 500 Silent St. Cost: $27.50 for 5K until March 22, $33 after March 22; Kids’ Run $12 Info: runsignup.com or veronapubliclibrary.org

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Irish spirit to inhabit senior center with St. Patrick’s Day party JUSTIN LOEWEN Press Correspondent

Fo r t h o s e l o o k i n g t o experience facets of Irish culture, look no further than the Verona Senior Center on March 18. Held the Monday following the popular Irish holiday, a St. Patrick’s Day party will be hosted at the senior center, 108 Paoli St. The event begins at 11:30 a.m. with lunch, followed by live music at 12:30.

The menu will consist of traditional American-style St. Patrick’s Day dishes, including corned beef and cabbage, carrots, roasted red potatoes, rye bread, mandarin oranges and a mint brownie. Live music will be performed by The Twa Dogs. The Madison-based band, led by Dale Fix and Cindy Cameron-Fix, will perform “traditional folk music of the Celtic regions,” said senior center program manager Alasa Wiest. The cost of attendance is $5. Participants must register for the event by noon on Wednesday, March 13. For more information, call 845-7471.

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how it all started. The Verona Area Historical Society March meeting features guest Mary Feldt, who along with her husband, Gary, played an instrumental role in organizing, managing and coaching Verona’s first high school hockey teams in the 1980s. For information, call 845-7471.

Is back pain or discomfort from sciatica nerves having a negative impact on your life? If so, a presentation by a Capital Physical Therapy therapist will be held from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 7, at the library. Dr. Jenna Mielke will talk about common causes of back pain and strategies that people can use to mini- Pop-up museum mize or eliminate it. The library and the Verona Rec For information, call 845-7180. department will host a pop-up museum from 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Visit with Joe Parisi March 9, at the library. Dane County Executive Joe PariThe theme of the pop-up musesi will lead a talk about the county’s um is Verona history. Attendees are initiatives with cleaning up lakes and encouraged to bring an item or a phoexploring how to finance renewable to of someone from Verona’s history. energy developments at 10:30 a.m. For information, call 845-7180. Friday, March 8, at the senior center. There will be time available at the Green Eggs and Ham end for attendees to ask questions. breakfast For information, call 845-7471. You won’t be telling Sam-I-Am High school hockey history that you don’t like Green Eggs and Verona’s high school hockey pro- Ham during the library’s Dr. Suessgram might not have turned out to be themed breakfast at 9:30 and 10:15 such a success if not for one sopho- a.m. Tuesday, March 12. The breakfast will feature green more who, back in the 1980s, asked his parents why the school didn’t eggs, ham, muffins and juice. There will also be Dr. Suess activihave a hockey team. At 10 a.m. Saturday, March 9 at the Verona Senior ties for children. Registration is required for all in Center, 108 Paoli St., people can hear

attendance. When registering, caregivers must choose between the 9:30 or 10:15 a.m. option.

Brain health presentation Joy Schmidt, a dementia care specialist with the Dane County Aging & Disability Resource Center, will give a presentation on how we can control how our brains change as we age from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 12. Schmidt will discuss how we can reduce our risk for developing dementia and how our lifestyle choices play a role in our brain health. She will also provide tips on how to live a brain-healthy lifestyle and provide resources for memory care. For information, call 845-7180.

Stop the bleed training Fitch-Rona EMS paramedics will hold a training on how to control bleeding in an emergency situation from 7-8 p.m. Thursday, March 14, at the library. The training is designed for people with little to no training who may be called on to respond to an emergency before skilled assistance arrives. The training is limited to 10 participants and registration is required. For information, call 845-7180.

Community calendar Thursday, March 7

• 4-5:30 p.m., Teen Dungeons and Dragons (grades 6-12), library, 845-7180 • 6:30-7:30 p.m., Low back and sciatica pain presentation (registration required), library, 845-7180

Friday, March 8

• 10:30 a.m., Visit with County Executive Joe Parisi, senior center, 845-7471 • 12:30 p.m., Movie Matinee: “Pride and Prejudice,” senior center, 8457471

Saturday, March 9

• 10-11 a.m., STEAM storytime: “Simple Technology: Rubber bands” (ages 4-6), library, 8457180 • 10 a.m., Verona Area Historical

Society meeting: Verona’s first hockey team, senior center, 8457471 • 1-2:30 p.m., Pop-up museum, library, 845-7180 • 6-8 p.m., TBurns performance, Paoli Schoolhouse Cafe, 6857 Paoli Road, paolischoolhouseshops.com

Monday, March 11

• 10:30 a.m., 2018 Review and 2019 Preview with senior center director Mary Hanson, senior center, 845-7471 • 1-2 p.m., Senior case management outreach with Becky Losby and Julie Larson, library, 845-7471

Tuesday, March 12

• 9:30 and 10:15 a.m., Green Eggs and Ham breakfast (registration

required), library, 845-7180 • 6:30-7:30 p.m., Living for Better Brain Health presentation, library, 845-7180

Wednesday, March 13

• 4 p.m., Minecraft club (grades 1-6, registration required), library, 845-7180 • 4:30 and 5 p.m., Tech Time with Tim (registration required), senior center, 845-7471 • 6;30-8:30 p.m., “Appy Hour,” library, 845-7180

Thursday, March 14

• 4 p.m., Anime and manga club (grades 6-12), library, 845-7180 • 7-8 p.m., Stop the Bleed training with Fitch-Rona EMS paramedics (registration required, limited to 10 participants), library, 845-7180

What’s on VHAT-98 Thursday, March 7 7 a.m. – Retro Swing Band at Senior Center 8 a.m.– Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Craig Siemsen at Senior Center 2 p.m. – Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Lifestyle Modifications at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Tony Rocker at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Salem Church Service 7 p.m. – UW Geology at Senior Center 8 p.m. – Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – Laura Ingalls Wilder at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Curtis Jones at the Historical Society Friday, March 8 7 a.m. – Lifestyle Modifications at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Laura Ingalls Wilder at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4 p.m. – Tony Rocker at Senior Center 5:30 p.m. – 2017 Wildcats Football 8:30 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Retro Swing Band at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Craig Siemsen at Senior Center Saturday, March 9 8 a.m. – Plan Commission from 03-04-19 11 a.m. – Vintage Verona

All Saints Lutheran Church 2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg (608) 276-7729 allsaints-madison.org Interim Pastor Sunday: 8:30 & 10:45 a.m.

Paoli Sunday: 9 & 11 a.m., St. Andrew, Verona Daily Mass, Tuesday-Saturday: 8 a.m., St. Andrew, Verona

Memorial UCC 5705 Lacy Rd., Fitchburg (608) 273-1008 memorialucc.org Interim Pastor Laura Crow Sunday: 9:30 a.m.

St. James Lutheran Church ELCA 427 S. Main St., Verona (608) 845-6922 stjamesverona.org Pastors Kurt M. Billings and Peter Narum Office Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday; 8 a.m.-noon Wednesday Saturday Worship: 5 p.m. Sunday Worship: 8:30 and 10:45 a.m.

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church ELCA (608) 271-6633 Madison campus: Raymond Road & Whitney Way, Madison Sunday: 8:30 & 10 a.m.. Verona campus: Corner of Hwy. PD & Nine Mound Road, Verona Sunday: 9 & 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Salem United Church of Christ 502 Mark Dr., Verona (608) 845-7315 salemchurchverona.org Rev. Dr. Mark E. Yurs, Pastor Laura Kolden, Associate in Ministry Sunday school: 9 a.m. Worship: 10:15 a.m.

Damascus Road Church – West The Verona Senior Center 108 Paoli St., Verona (608) 819-6451 info@damascusroadchurch.com, damascusroadonline.org Pastor Justin Burge Sunday: 10 a.m.

Springdale Lutheran Church ELCA 2752 Town Hall Rd. (off Hwy ID), Mount Horeb (608) 437-3493 springdalelutheran.org Pastor Jeff Jacobs Sunday: 8:45 a.m. with communion

Memorial Baptist Church 201 S. Main St., Verona (608) 845-1615 MBCverona.org Lead Pastor Jeremy Scott Sunday: 10:15 a.m.

Sugar River United Methodist Church 415 W. Verona Ave., Verona (608) 845-5855 sugar.river@sugarriverumc.org, sugarriverumc.org Pastor Gary Holmes 9 & 10:30 a.m. contemporary worship. Sunday School available during worship. Refreshments and fellowship are between services.

The Church in Fitchburg 2833 Raritan Rd., Fitchburg (608) 271-2811 livelifetogether.com Sunday: 8 & 10:45 a.m.

Redeemer Bible Fellowship 130 N. Franklin St., Verona (608) 848-1836 redeemerbiblefellowship.org Pastor Dwight R. Wise Sunday: 10 a.m. family worship Resurrection Lutheran Church – WELS 6705 Wesner Rd., Verona (608) 848-4965 rlcverona.org Pastors Nathan Strutz and Andrew Ewings, and Assistant Pastor Jordan Uhlhorn Thursday: 6:30 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. St. Christopher Catholic Parish St. Andrew Church 301 N. Main St., Verona St. William Church 1371 Hwy. PB, Paoli (608) 845-6613 stchristopherverona.com Fr. John Sasse, pastor Saturday: 5 p.m., St. Andrew, Verona Sunday: 7:30 a.m., St. William,

West Madison Bible Church 2920 Hwy. M, Verona (608) 845-9518 wmbiblechurch.org Pastor Dan Kukasky Jr. Sunday Worship: 9:15 a.m. Sunday School: 10:45 a.m. Zwingli United Church of Christ Hwy. 92 & G, Mount Vernon (608) 832-6677 Pastor Brad Brookins Sunday: 10:15 a.m. Zwingli United Church of Christ Hwy. 69 & PB, Paoli (608) 255-1278 paoliucc.com Pastor Rich Pleva Sunday: 9:30 a.m. family worship

The Lord’s Discipline Sports 1 p.m. – 2017 Wildcats Football 4:30 p.m. – Metal Detecting at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Plan Commission from 03-04-19 9 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Curtis Jones at the Historical Society 11 p.m. – Craig Siemsen at Senior Center Sunday, March 10 7 a.m. – Hindu Cultural Hour 9 a.m. – Resurrection Church 10 a.m. – Salem Church Service Noon – Plan Commission from 03-04-19 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4:30 p.m. – Curtis Jones at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Plan Commission from 03-04-19 9 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Curtis Jones at the Historical Society 11 p.m. – Craig Siemsen at Senior Center Monday, March 11 7 a.m. – Lifestyle Modifications at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Laura Ingalls Wilder at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4 p.m. – Tony Rocker at Senior Center 5 p.m. – 2017 Wildcats

Football 7 p.m. – Common Council Live 9 p.m. – Hindu Cultural Hour 10 p.m. – Retro Swing Band at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Craig Siemsen at Senior Center Tuesday, March 12 7 a.m. – Retro Swing Band at Senior Center 10 a.m.– Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Craig Siemsen at Senior Center 2 p.m.– Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Lifestyle Modifications at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Tony Rocker at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Resurrection Church 8 p.m. – UW Geology at Senior Center 9 p.m. – Laura Ingalls Wilder at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Curtis Jones at the Historical Society Wednesday, March 13 7 a.m. – Lifestyle Modifications at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Laura Ingalls Wilder at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 5 p.m. – Common Council from 03-11-19 7 p.m. – Capital City Band 8 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Retro Swing Band at Senior Center

11 p.m. – Craig Siemsen at Senior Center Thursday, March 14 7 a.m. – Retro Swing Band at Senior Center 8 a.m.– Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Craig Siemsen at Senior Center 2 p.m. – Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Lifestyle Modifications at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Tony Rocker at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Salem Church Service 7 p.m. – UW Geology at Senior Center 8 p.m. – Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – Laura Ingalls Wilder at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Curtis Jones at the Historical Society

“My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.” —Proverbs 3:11-12 NIV While many of us claim thatwe believe in God, and try to live a good and decent life, we all fall short, in our thoughts, in our words and actions, both in what we do and in what we fail to do. It is easy to fall into despair upon seeing how often we lapse and fall into sin. But the important thing is that we keep trying. Moral perfection is the brass ring that we never reach. But it is encouraging to realize that God has always chosen fallible characters to do his work. Saints are nothing more than sinners who keep striving to be holier and better than they were the day before. In our efforts to become saints, we do well to remember that God wants us to be better, but that he’s not going to reject us for our occasional failures. Loving parents chastise their mi behaving children precisely because they love them and want them to grow into happy, healthy and virtuous adults. It is the same with God. He chastises us because he knows we can be better, and that we will be happier the more closely we follow God’s law. – Christopher Simon

Support groups • AA Meeting, senior center, Thursdays at 1 p.m. • Caregivers Support Group, senior center, first and third Tuesday, 10 a.m. • Healthy Lifestyles Group meeting, senior center, second Thursday from 10:30 a.m. • Parkinson’s Group, senior center, third Friday at 10 a.m.

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‘Cats land three firstteamers on Big Eight all-conf. JEREMY JONES ​Sports editor

The Verona boys hockey team had a Big Eightbest seven all-conference honorees, including three first-teamers, when the team was announced in late February. Junior forward Mack Keryluk, senior defenseman Jake Osiecki and sophomore goaltender Kaden Grant led the Wildcats at their respective positions. The rest of the conference took notice, selecting each to the firstteam. Junior forward Cale Rufenacht and senior defenseman Kade Binger were second-team honorees and sophomores forward Walker Haessig and defenseman Nathan Jurrens were honorable mentions. The group helped the Wildcats win their third straight conference title with a 13-1 record (17-5-2 overall). Keryluk powered Verona’s offense all season, scoring 34 goals, which was sixth in the state, and setting 32, which tied for eighth in Wisconsin. He finished second to only Big Eight Player of the Year Drake Baldwin in goals (46) and points (70). Keryluk comes from a family of hockey players as both his father Ken (81-82) and brother Zac (2015-16) played for the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His sister Steph plays at St. Lawrence University and his brother Jack is playing in the Eastern Hockey League. A finalist for the Wisconsin Hockey Coaches Association’s player of the year award, Osiecki also comes from a hockey family. His father Mark, was drafted by the Calgary Flames and he is the associate head coach of the UW men’s hockey team. His grandfather was also a longtime coach at various levels from high school to college. That tutelage helped serve him well, as Osiecki made the conversion from forward to defense two years ago to help the team shore up the blueline. Osiecki finished sixth on the team with 19 points (4 goals, 15 assists). He helped set up four power-play goals. Osiecki was one of five players to earn the Davis Drewiske top defenseman award by the Wisconsin Prep Hockey Association at a banquet Saturday, March 2 in Madison. Osiecki said he’s planning

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Verona senior forward Drew Dingle reacts after a 5-0 loss to the University School on Friday in a WIAA state semifinal game at the Dane County Coliseum.

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The Verona boys hockey team has thrived scoring short-handed goals all season. In a WIAA state semifinal Friday, March 1, the script was flipped. University School of Milwaukee junior Casey Roepke caught Verona in a line shift and scored a short-handed goal that ignited a four-goal second period as the USM Wildcats defeated Verona’s

Wildcats 5-0 at the Dane County Coliseum. It was the second straight year Verona (21-6-2) lost in the state semifinal. The Wildcats had entered the state tournament giving up an average of 2.2 goals per game. “We had a little lack of urgency,” senior defenseman Jake Osiecki said. “It’s going to happen. It’s hockey. Power plays are a huge part of the game.” Verona coach Joel Marshall said

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the turning point was when USM got a short-handed goal at the start of the second period. “That short-handed goal against is almost like two goals against mentally,” Marshall said. “We kind of deflated a little bit, and they inflated and didn’t look back from that point.” University School (25-2), ranked No. 2 in the state, went on to win the state title with a 6-2 win over the Neenah co-op. Osiecki said it was disappointing

to have the Wildcats’ season ended at the state semifinal for the second straight year, but he’s one of 10 seniors who takes pride in setting a high bar for the program. “Being back here two times in a row is super-exciting,” he said. “There were a lot of upset faces. We love each other, played for each other the whole year. We gave it our all. That’s all we can ask for.”

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Happy landings at state Dohnal 25th, Veak 26th on vault in first state experience MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor

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Verona junior Hailey Dohnal finished 25th on the vault with a score of 8.515 at the WIAA Division 1 state gymnastics meet on Saturday in Wisconsin Rapids.

Hailey Dohnal and Maggie Veak got to experience the WIAA Division 1 state gymnastics meet for the first time Saturday, March 2, in Wisconsin Rapids. Dohnal, a Verona Area High School junior, finished 25th on the vault with a score of 8.517 and Veak, a sophomore at Verona, took 26th (8.3). Ve r o n a / M a d i s o n E d g ew o o d co-coach Rachael Hauser was excited Dohnal and Veak got a chance to experience the state meet. “They both stood up one of their two attempts, so that’s a success in my book,” Hauser said. Hauser said the goal for the pair of first time state qualifiers was to take in and enjoy the experience at state.

“For first-timers, this meet can be overwhelming, and we had the added stressor of being first up under the new competition format which had everyone a little frazzled behind the scenes,” Hauser said. “I think Hailey and Maggie both had a great finish to what we’ve considered a rebuilding year for the V/ME program, and I know they are driven to get back to state next year.” Dohnal said she didn’t have high expectations for herself. “I just wanted to go and do my best,” she said. “My goal was just to stand up one of my vaults.” She did that on her second attempt, a Tsukahara vault. The “tusk” vault requires Dohnal to do a roundoff onto the springboard, and then she has to do a quarter-turn onto the horse before pushing off with her hands and finishing with a backflip. It’s named after Japanese gymnast Mitsuo Tsukahara, who used it in 1972. Veak began the season doing a

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Verona ousted by Sun Prairie in regional MARK NESBITT

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Verona senior Tyler Slawek goes in for a layup over Sun Prairie’s Alex Voight in the first half of the Wildcats’ 50-38 loss to the Cardinals in a WIAA Division 1 regional semifinal on Friday.

J u n i o r g u a r d H a a ko n Anderson scored a gamehigh 13 points in the Verona boys basketball team’s WIAA Division 1 regional semifinal against Sun Prairie on Friday, March 1, but the season came to an end with a 50-38 loss. Verona finished the season 7-16 and lost to the Cardinals for the third time this season. Sun Prairie (18-6) tipped Madison Memorial 61-59 to advance to the Division 1 sectional semifinal, where it will host Racine Horlick on Thursday. Racine Horlick upset top-ranked Madison East in a regional final. The Wildcats had lost a much closer game to the Cardinals, 73-67, in their last meeting before the tournament, and Friday they got off to a strong start, staying within four points at halftime, 22-18. But in the second half, Sun Prairie picked up its defensive pressure, coach Jevin Budde, said. “That led to some turnovers and easy baskets on the other end,” he said. “We turned the ball over too much.” Sun Prairie’s Anfernee Austin scored 13 points, and senior forward Cooper

Verona senior Reagan Klawiter knocks down a jumper against Sun Prairie’s Anfernee Austin in the second half. Nelson had 10. The Cardinals limited Verona’s leading scorer, senior Ryan Van Handel, to four points. He entered the game averaging 16 points per game. “They did a great job of focusing in on him and not allowing him to get off many clean looks,” Budde said. Senior guard Tyler Slawek chipped in eight points. It was the final game for the senior trio of Regan Klawiter, Van Handel and Slawek. “The commitment that they have shown to their teammates and our program has been great,” Budde said. “All three put others above themselves and are going to do great things as they move forward in their lives.” Verona will have Anderson and junior forward Malik Odetunde back next season. Budde is looking forward to the challenge of trying to break into the top half in the Big Eight Conference. Budde wants his returning players to learn from the loss to Sun Prairie. “They need to take advantage of every opportunity that they get to compete at the high school level,” he said.

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State: Verona outshoots USM 25-18, Grant has 13 saves in state semifinal Marshall said it was “an easier pill to swallow” losing to what he felt was the top team in the state and the best Verona had seen. “It wasn’t really a bad game on our part,” Marshall said. “I think the score is maybe a little lopsided from what the pace of the game was.” Verona outshot USM 25-18. And with no score in the final minute of the first period, Verona had two golden opportunities on the power play. Sophomore forward Leo Renlund’s shot ricocheted off the post, and then junior forward Cale Rufenacht had a shot sail wide of the post with 33.8 seconds to go. Verona then started the second period on a power play but couldn’t cash in, and USM broke the game open. “You have to outwork them and get some bounces,” Marshall said. “They were kind of smelling blood that second period. Their top line took advantage of us time and time again.” USM sophomore forward Reid Woods slipped a shot in past the near post and Verona sophomore goaltender Kaden Grant to extend the lead to 2-0 at 8:30. Senior forward Robby Newton and junior forward Tyler Herzberg tacked on goals to give USM a 4-0 lead. “It becomes more and more frustration the more you miss and don’t get those bounces,” Marshall said. “It kind of snowballed, not in our favor.” Verona sophomore forward Walker Haessig had a team-high seven shots on goal, but USM junior goaltender Patrick Kelly had 25 saves. “He was on today,” Haessig said of Kelly. “My thought process was to get as many shots as possible and hope a couple or one would go in and that would change the momentum in the game.” Hasseig was excited to repeat as Big Eight Conference and sectional champions and make a run back to the state semifinals. After the game, he was already looking forward to the future and a possible third straight trip to state. “People really didn’t have expectations for us,” Haessig said of this year’s team. “As a team, we had expectations to come back to the Coly (Dane County Coliseum). It’s hard to take in because you get so close. But at the end of the day we are pretty happy with our season. We left it all on the ice and we’ll be back next year.”

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ABOVE: Verona sophomore forward Leo Renlund tries to get around University School sophomore Noah Eghbali in the second period. BELOW: Senior Mack Keryluk celebrates a short-handed goal on Thursday in a state quarterfinal against Eau Claire North.

forward Leo Renlund added two more period to tie the game 1-1. “That’s a good thing, isn’t it?” Keryluk Thursday, as Verona beat Eau Claire North asked. “It’s all energy, and it’s super-contain the WIAA state quarterfinals. What started as a penalty-riddled open- gious. It has a trigger effect for everybody.” ing seven minutes, finished as a 5-1 vicSophomore forward Walker Haessig tory that sent Verona to the semifinal. Fifth-seeded Eau Claire North took advantage of a 5-minute major in the first period but fourth-seeded Verona stormed back with five unanswered goals. “We sustained and weathered the storm,” said Marshall, whose Wildcats outshot North 34-12 after the first period. Despite the final score, the Wildcats’ offense struggled out of the gate. Verona spent much of the first half short-handed while trying to contain the Huskies’ offense and Wisconsin Hockey Coaches’ Association Player of the Year Sam Strange. A senior forward and University of Wisconsin recruit, Strange was held to one assist. Although the Huskies found the back of the net first, Verona fought back to take a 2-1 lead by the end of the first period. Keryluk, who led Verona with 42 goals Verona 5, Eau Claire North 1 and 81 points, scored his first short-handJunior forward Mack Keryluk scored a ed goal 9 minutes, 45 seconds into the first pair of short-handed goals and sophomore

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Gymnastics: Dohnal, Veak learn from state Continued from page 9 Yurchenko tuck vault. On Saturday, she changed it to a Yurchenko pike vault. The starting value is a 9.8 instead of a 9.6 for the Yurchenko tuck. “I got a good grasp of what gymnastics looks like at an elite level,” Veak said. “I didn’t have my best vault at state. I’m happy I landed one.” Hauser said she would like to see Dohnal compete with a pike vault next year. For the first time at state, gymnasts warmed up for the vault in a different gym before competing. “It was a little nerve-wracking because I was the first one, and there was a lot of good competition there,” Dohnal said. Junior Gracie Holland of Marshfield won the all-around competition with a score of 37.267, edging out last year’s champion, Alexis Woida of Middleton, who compiled a score of 37.233 for second place. Holland won the vault competition with a 9.567, and Woida was second with a vault (9.467) after taking third last year. Hartford sophomore Emily Perkowski was crowned champion in the floor exercise with a 9.4. Hauser said the team should be improved next year and will emphasize the vault over the summer. “We have big aspirations for the other three events as well,” she said. “This team has a lot of untapped potential, and I expect to see upgrades across the board from the whole team come next

pushed the lead to 2-1 with :22 left in the first period. Rarely challenged following the first period, Grant stopped seven shots in the first and third periods and faced just five in the second as Verona outshot Eau Claire North 43-20. Twenty-four of those shots came in the second period as the Wildcats opened up a 4-1 lead with a pair of goals less than six minutes apart by Renlund. The Verona sophomore’s first goal came following a hard shot by Ryan Mirwald from the right of Eau Claire goaltender Tyler Schreiter 6:42 into the second period. The Huskies kicked the puck around the top of the crease before the left-handed Renlund stepped up and wristed a rebound into the open net. Renlund’s second goal came 12:22 into the period, following a second scrum in front as he roofed a power-play goal over traffic in front to essentially ice the game with a 4-1 lead. “Part of it is luck, but every goal comes with luck,” said Renlund, who now has nine goals and 28 points on the year. “Even if you’re just in the right place at the right time, you’ve still got to bury it.” Keryluk closed out the win with a second short-handed goal, deking and going to the backhand to score against Scheither. The Huskies’ lone goal came 6:20 into the first period on the power play following a 5-minute major for checking from behind assessed to Drew Dingle. Thirty-four seconds later, forward Joey Koller and Eau Claire North were celebrating. It was Verona’s second penalty of the period.

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Verona sophomore Maggie Veak took 26th on the vault with a score of 8.3 at the WIAA Division 1 state meet Saturday in Wisconsin Rapids. November.” Veak is going out for track and field in hopes of becoming a more versatile athlete. “I will take a couple weeks off from gymnastics, but I will attend some open

gyms and workshops so I don’t lose my core skills,” she said. The Wildcat/Crusaders finished second in the Big Eight Conference in the regular season behind Sun Prairie and fourth in the conference tournament.

on playing junior hockey next year and is looking to making it to college hockey. He credits his father for his success. “He definitely pushes me and gives me advice that is super-crucial in a hockey career,” Osiecki said. Following the graduation of both goaltenders from last year’s state run, Grant was a welcome addition as a sophomore. He stepped in right away and joined Keryluk and Osiecki on the first team. Four of the sophomores’ first five starts (Madison Edgewood, Waukesha, Notre Dame and Sun Prairie) were against teams that were ranked at some point during the season. Still, he weathered the storm and went 2-0-2 during that stretch. He finished the regular season 12-5-2 in goal with a .914 save percentage and a 2.47 goals against average. Rufenacht finished second only to Keryluk in goals (18), assists (25) and points (43) for the Wildcats and

earned second-team honors. The three-sport star who also plays football and golf at Verona, he was invaluable on the power play, scoring a team-best sixth times. He tied Keryluk for the most game-winning goals (5). Binger played in 24 games and posted a teambest +/-23 as a top-tier defenseman. He proved he could score, recording five goals (3 ppg) and assisting on 17 more goals to earn second-team honors. Haessig missed three games with an injury but still finished third on the team with 17 goals, (19 assists) in 21 games and was named to the honorable mention team. Playing the majority of the season on a line with Keryluk and Rufenacht, he scored three power-play goals and set up six more. Jurrens was the third defenseman by the Wildcats to be named to the all-conference team. His numbers were nearly identical to his freshman season and he scored four times and assisted on eight more, including three power-play goals.

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Valley: Big box, density are concerns Continued from page 1 landowner, SSM/Dean Health, was an option to develop it if it “makes sense” based on the market and what Verona would allow. “We want to get feedback as to how you feel,” Welton said. “We don’t have any deals worked out with anybody.” Other potential development hurdles the commission discussed include the eventual realignment of the Valley Road-Hwy. 69 intersection (too close to the bypass) and a potential bridge over the bypass (which had been discussed in negotiations with the school district last year over the new high school construction). Email Verona Press editor Jim Ferolie at veronapress@wcinet.com.​

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Festival Foods plan advances JIM FEROLIE Verona Press editor

Plans for a 67,000-squarefoot grocery store advanced to the final step Monday, March 4, with a 4-1 vote of the commission. Mayor Luke Diaz prefaced his vote against by saying he wanted to stay consistent with previous votes, which have included a no on every Hometown Circle development and statements that he didn’t favor the landscaping and parking exemptions. But he also said he appreciated the “good-faith effort” put forth by Festival Foods. “I wish them nothing but

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success,” Diaz said. Commissioners addressed public questions about lighting and landscaping, noting both met city standards, but had little else to comment about. The store was approved more than a year ago, before the company scaled back its expansion plans. It will go for approval of its precise implementation plan Monday at the Common Council meeting. The De Pere-based grocery chain plans to break ground in the spring and open the store in the fall. Email Verona Press editor Jim Ferolie at veronapress@ wcinet.com.​

Floodplain rules updated A new city floodplain ordinance going to the Common Council is not expected to have a major impact on the small number of Verona properties in floodplains. The ordinance, recommended for approval by unanimous vote of the Plan Commission on Monday, March 4, contains dozens of changes, additions and deletions from the previous floodplain ordinance, but almost all were simply conforming to existing state and federal statutes. City planner Adam Sayre and engineering consultant Carla Fischer agreed the changes also are only relevant to around a dozen properties (with pieces of some other properties touching but not notably affected by the rules.) Among the changes are the the addition of language for a flood storage district, hydraulic and hydrological studies to analyze development and modifications to various definitions in the ordinance.

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Verona History February

50 years ago • Trustee Keith Simmons asked the Village Board to consider combining the elected clerk and treasurer positions into a full-time position. He said a fact-finding mission revealed that Milton was pleased with the result of just such a move, in which it had hired a man to perform that job for $7,000 a year and a secretary at $2.39 an hour. The board mostly agreed that having a full-time position would be good, but most trustees preferred to keep clerk and treasurer separate. • Antigo superintendent Morgan Poulette accepted a three-year contract to become the new superintendent of Verona schools. He started in his new position in March. • Gamble Stores expressed an interest in purchasing the Sharpe property at the corner of Main and Verona in order to put a supermarket, clothing store and variety store in a 19,500-square-foot building and build a 109-car parking lot. Public opinion at a meeting the following month was overwhelmingly in support, and the board approved the center in April, with a sale price of $75,000. • Residents of the town complained about taxes rising excessively over the past two years, but the board contended that it was not responsible for any part of the increase. At the time, the tax rate was about 50 percent higher based on market value than it is today. • Memorial Baptist Church began tearing down a landmark on South Main Street known as the Jake Maurer home in order to make room for expanded parking. It had previously been used for Bible School in the summer months and before that was known as the Verona Livery Barn. • The Verona School District offered a 13 percent pay raise for teachers, significantly less than the 25 percent hike that the VAEA had asked for. The teachers would later accept an amount almost exactly equal to that, with a slight variation on pay rates. • Mark Fiess shot a great horned owl with a bow and arrow a day after it attacked 13-year-old Nancy Zingg for the second time in two days. The attacks happened while she was delivering newspapers early in the morning with her older brother. • “Walk” lights were installed on the stoplights at the corner of Verona Avenue and Main Street.

40 years ago • Five years after the Village of Verona threw out its existing parking ordinance, the new city’s Common Council finally found an agreement on alternate-side parking. Opinions had varied from no restrictions to no parking whatsoever during the winter months – to facilitate snow removal – but eventually the issue was solved when enforcement terms were clarified. “This winter has graphically demonstrated the need for a parking ordinance,” Ald. Art Cresson said, referring to the 25 inches of snow that fell in December. The ordinance remains in place today. • The city unveiled plans for a 15,000-square-foot City Hall costing $596,000, slightly larger and less expensive than the one that ended up being built. Strang Partners architects said it was designed to look more like a residential complex than a “granite monument” and could use the lower-level meeting facility as a dining room that would serve 200 or more people. About 15 citizens complained – without a quorum of the council present – that the building was too large, particularly the 5,000 square feet of meeting and council space over two levels on the east side of the building. Mayor Richard Brown contended the area could be used as a “revenue generator” by renting it out to groups, but amid concerns it would be competing with private enterprises, the east wing eventually was deleted. It was finished almost two years later

at a cost of nearly $800,000. • Center Mark Franzen scored 28 points as Verona’s boys basketball team upset first-place Waunakee to up its record to 4-7 in conference play. The Indians, who led the conference in defense but were last in offense, would drop their next three games, two on the road, by a total of six points. • Temporary posts and braces were installed at Verona Middle School (the current Country View Elementary) to prevent its roof from failing. Full repairs, it was estimated, would cost $100,000. • The Verona Area School District board asked the town to “forcefully oppose” Madison’s annexation of the Dreger farm along Prairie Road. • The VASD board approved a plan to teach construction skills by having students build a house that would be owned by the district. That class was dropped at one point but is building houses again today. • Verona’s oldest resident, Clara Govier of Four Winds Manor, turned 100. • The city’s population was unofficially reported by the mayor to be 3,541.

30 years ago • A consortium of school districts from across the state visited Verona to evaluate the Verona Area School District and left impressed but concerned about the potential effect of the rapid growth that was projected. The group was particularly surprised by the team identity within the administration, considering the transition it was undergoing with a new superintendent. It found student activities and counseling offerings to be solid but offered some suggestions for improvements. • The Verona boys basketball team secured the Capitol Conference basketball title, its first such title in 26 years, with a victory over McFarland and a loss by Columbus. • Several neighborhood residents complained about the potential for noise, traffic and other negative results of a proposed dog grooming and training facility on the site of the former city public works garage. The would-be proprietor, a veterinarian, said he did not want to upset the neighborhood and would probably back off. • Waste discharges from Carnes Company caused the city to violate a state Department of Natural Resources permit, and the city and company began working together to solve the problem. City officials said it did not appear the discharges, which contained too high of a proportion of certain ingredients and too many solid wastes, were intentional. • The Plan Commission changed course and endorsed the idea of an industrial park-style development on the Backus property, a 37-acre parcel along East Verona Avenue. The commission originally had wished to attract a single, large user so as not to be in competition with its original industrial park, but with the other park sold and Park Printing needing a place to expand, the commission felt comfortable changing its plans. The property now contains Park Printing, the post office and several smaller businesses. • The Common Council met in closed session with Horizon Investments and Development to work on a partnership to redevelop a portion of South Main Street. • Bank of Verona stockholders approved a 100 percent stock dividend and issuance of 6,000 shares of stock to raise funds for an expansion. • John Berge accepted an offer to become the new principal at Verona Area Middle School. • The council approved a $10 fee for picking up large appliances.

20 years ago • Verona Area school board’s referendum to build and expand schools failed for the third time. This time the proposal was $19.4 million, and it went down by a 2,850-2,501 vote. A second referendum, to exceed the state-mandated revenue caps, was defeated by a bigger margin. Immediately the board began planning

how it could modify the referendum to appeal to more residents. • The Verona Area school board discussed how it might modify its open enrollment policies because of limited space if referenda were to continue failing. Among the concerns were the policies of giving priorities to students who had previously been in the district and allowing siblings of those students to enroll here. The initial discussion was tabled until the referendum vote. • A Plan Commission meeting considering a proposal to expand East View Heights drew a huge crowd, with many concerned about the effect such dense growth would have on the school district in light of the upcoming referendum. Others didn’t like the way the buildings did not match with existing homes. • About 50 people attended the presentation of a plan for Donald Park near Mount Vernon. A local resident’s negotiated donation to the county plus some DNR land brought the total acreage to about 500. It now comprises 775 acres. • VAHS held its first Winter Wonderland dance, and Lewie Snyder and Julie LaBelle were king and queen. • Lt. Barney Marquardt retired after just under 30 years with the Verona police force. • Verona’s boys swim team, led by Neil Osten’s 100-yard backstroke title, finished sixth at the state meet. Had it not been for a disqualification for a false start in one event, Verona would have been fourth. • Harlan and Ardys Dahlk celebrated their 50th anniversary with a family gathering.

10 years ago • The city’s Parks Commission agreed if the city were to enact a smoking ban, it should include all city parks and trails. The smoking ban enacted later in the year – including a prohibition on public outdoor patios – was mostly superseded the following year by a state law, but the parks provision stands, leaving Verona’s ban as the most stringent in the state. • Butler University announced Sarah Stremlow (nee Schuetz) would be inducted into its athletic Hall of Fame. Stremlow graduated from VAHS in 1994 with school records in scoring and rebounds and finished ninth on her Indianapolis alma mater’s scoring list. • Junior Derek Toomey broke Neil Osten’s eight-year-old school record in the 50-yard freestyle (21.49 seconds) and four-time Olympic medalist Neil Walker’s 16-year-old record (47.17) in the 100 free during the state swimming meet. He finished sixth in the 50 and fifth in the 100. Toomey would go on to compete in the NCAA Championships all four years at the University of Minnesota • Liberty Park owner David Reinke changed course from a planned retail center to a mostly industrial plan for his 240 acres on the southeast side of the city. It was looked at favorably by the city, though it took several years to come to a deal. • Verona Area High School began adding 10 minutes to its school days for the rest of the year to make up for a shortfall due to excess snow days. • Fourth-grader Josephine Baier was one of 75 fourth-graders in the nation to ace the 10-question WordMasters Challenge test at Glacier Edge Elementary School. • The Verona boys hockey team earned its first trip to the state tournament since 2003, earning its 12th straight victory by taking down top-seeded rival Edgewood – the last team it had lost to. • A bus on the way to pick up students in Madison caught fire on East Verona Avenue, less than a block from the fire station. • Superintendent Dean Gorrell spoke at a news conference for the School Finance Network, a group aiming to change the funding of public schools in the state to a model focused on growth in personal incomes.

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A security camera image shows a man jumping over a counter during the robbery of the Heartland Credit Union. The entire event took less than two minutes.

Police seek robber of credit union JIM FEROLIE Verona Press editor

Police and the FBI were still looking for suspects this week after a quick, forceful robbery of Verona’s Heartland Credit Union last Thursday. The robber, who fired a gun inside the credit union but did not hit anyone, escaped just before police arrived on the scene, police said. It was the first robbery of a financial institution in Verona since 29-year-old Marvin Baker of Verona handed a threatening note to a teller at Anchor Bank on West Verona Avenue on April 7, 2005. But in that case, Verona Police Department Lt. Dave Dresser said, it was a typical, “passive” type of robbery, much like the one reported Monday in Edgerton. Thursday’s incident was much more intimidating. “This is what you would call a takeover robbery,” Dresser said Monday. “When he entered the credit union, he went directly to the counter, he did not pause, he did not hesitate. He knew exactly where he wanted to go.” The suspect, described in a VPD release issued last week as 225-pound, 6-foot-tall, black man wearing a hooded sweatshirt, entered Heartland, 105 Enterprise Drive, at about 10:11 a.m., the release said. Dresser said he jumped over a counter, demanded money from a teller and filled his pockets with cash. There were a handful of employees in the bank and no customers, he said. On the way out, he told employees to get on the ground, then fired a shot inside the building, though not toward any people, Dresser said. “He was in and out in less than a minute-and-a-half,” he said. A witness saw the man flee north on Enterprise Drive, then jump into a tan, mid 1980s Oldsmobile driven by another black man just north of the Verona Press building. Dresser said the car then drove back south and turned onto East Verona Avenue. Ironically, because it was reported as a “robbery in progress,” police initially were concerned they might arrive too early and end up

with an armed confrontation. Some of the credit union’s employees were on the phone when the man entered the building, so it was reported instantly. Dresser said, and at least one police officer was on East Verona Avenue at the time of the incident. But apparently, police just missed the suspects. “It doesn’t get any better than you’re dispatched to an in progress call and you’re two blocks away,” he said. “We’re pretty frustrated and disappointed.” Police from various agencies, including several Dane County Sheriff ’s Office vehicles, lined Enterprise Drive within minutes and blocked off entrances to the building. They later stretched crime scene tape past the building and past the offices of a chiropractor next to the credit union while probing the area for footprints. A customer who was at the credit union less than an hour before the robbery said the bank’s money truck had just arrived and was either loading or unloading while he was there. According to last week’s release, the suspect was 25 to 30 years old and was wearing a black, hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, bright white tennis shoes and carrying a handgun. Police on Monday released a still image from the credit union’s video surveillance camera showing the man jumping over the counter, but his face is virtually invisible, covered in a hooded sweatshirt with urban graffiti-style markings. The DCSO and the FBI assisted with the investigation, and Dresser said Monday police have received “a few tips we’re following up on.” The Verona Area School District put all schools on lockdown for part of the morning, prohibiting all visitors, but it relaxed that status by noon, after it was discovered the suspect apparently had a getaway vehicle. VPD held a meeting with the FBI on Monday, and Dresser said FBI agents told him this forceful style of robbery, using “fear and intimidation,” is on the rise nationwide. “I think we’re going to see more of this (in Verona),” he said.

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Obituary Doris Davis

High School in 1946. On Jan. 12, 1952, she was united in marriage to Robert E. Davis at St. James Lutheran Church in Verona. In addition to being a mother, homemaker, and farm wife, Doris worked at Ray-O-Vac and then later at the Mt. Vernon Telephone Company (TDS) until retiring in 1993. She was a lifelong member of the St. James Lutheran Church and was active in the Women’s Circle. Doris was a talented embroiderer, especially the Hardanger style. Doris is survived by her husband Robert, children Alton (Ann) Davis, Katherine (Paul) Probst, Mark Davis, and Paul Davis, nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She is further survived by a sister, Joyce Hermanson, and sisters-in-law Ruth Davis and

Esther Sarbacker. She was preceded in death by her parents, sister Jean Hanson, brother Richard Doerfer, and a daughter-in-law Kathleen Davis. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 8, at St. James Lutheran Church, 427 S. Main St., with the Rev. Peter Narum officiating. Burial will be in the Verona Cemetery. A visitation will precede the funeral service from 9:30-11 a.m. on Friday, March 8, at the church. The Becker-Beal Funeral Home of Belleville is assisting the family. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the St. James Lutheran Church. An online memorial with guestbook is available at www.bealfuneralhomes. com.

Reports taken from log refusing to answer the door. books at the Verona Police De- When officers and firefighters partment.‌ forced their way into the upstairs residence, they found a ‌Jan. 15‌ man violating his parole con6:39 ‌p.m. A tenant in the ditions by being in the home lower unit of a housing unit of his child’s mother, whom he on the 100 block of East Rail- was not allowed contact with. road Street reported that water ‌The man was taken to jail.‌ was coming into her residence from her neighbor above, and ‌Jan. 17‌ that the upstairs neighbor was 1:31 ‌a .m. A 33-year-old

Madison man received his first OWI offense after being stopped for equipment violations on Lincoln St. Officers found him to be impaired with a BAC of 0.19, and transported him to the Dane County Jail.‌

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Doris A. Davis, age 90, of Verona, passed away on Monday, March 4, 2019, at Agrace HospiceCare, Inc. in Fitchburg. She was born on April 25, 1928, in Verona to her parents George and Katherine (Maurer) Doerfer. Doris attended the Andrew Henry School and graduated from Verona

Academic Achievements Academic Achievements run as space is available, and this list of honorees and graduates is not complete. Due to the increased number of submissions after spring and fall graduation times, there is often a backlog in the following months. Note: If you have a non-Verona address, but your child attended school in the Verona Area School District, please email ungcollege@wcinet.com for consideration.

Graduates Spring 2018 Western Governors University Fitchburg Genesis Noftle, MBA Drake University Verona Calista Tonnesen, psychology, English

UW-Whitewater Fitchburg Andrea Treviso, BA, psychology; Halie Osborne, BBA, accounting; Connor Wildeck, BBA, accounting; Brett Pophal, BBA, finance; Justin Mistretta, MS, counseling Verona Shane Magnuson, MPA, accounting; Jordan Miller, MPA, accounting; Jason Gullickson, BSE, physical education; Chase Marty, BA, media arts and game development; Dayne Legreid, MS, counseling; Victoria Kuehn, MSE, professional studies; Marina Lowe, BBA, marketing; Jenny Waisbrot, BA, psychology; Kaitlin Olson, BS, psychology; Nichole Webster, MS, applied economics; Benjamin Christensen, MBA, business administration UW-Oshkosh Verona Kylan Reilly, political science; Geoffrey Weyenberg, nursing

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‌Jan. 18‌ 10:04 ‌a.m. A woman received a citation for not having vehicle insurance after she backed into another person’s vehicle at the Kwik Trip on East Verona Avenue.‌ ‌Jan. 19‌ 12:31 ‌a.m. Police stopped a man who ran across the roadway in front of a car in the middle of a snowstorm on East Verona Avenue. The man apologized, telling the officer he was trying to get home without getting his shoes wet.‌ ‌Jan. 20‌ 10:19 ‌a.m. An anonymous caller reported seeing a driv-

er speed through stop signs and do a donut with their vehicle on Basswood Avenue. Officers made contact with the teenage driver, who told police that her vehicle had spun out after her 4-wheel drive failed and denied running stop signs.‌

No injuries were reported.‌ 2:56 ‌a .m. A city public works driver damaged a light pole on West Verona Avenue when they backed up into it while plowing snow.‌ ‌Jan. 26‌ 10:31 ‌a .m. A woman called police wondering if there was a way an officer could give her a ride to work if her car wouldn’t start during the -50 degree wind chills later in the week. The officer provided her with tips on starting her vehicle and told the woman that she should call if needed, but stated there was no guarantee they’d have an officer available to help her.‌ 3:13 ‌p.m. Police provided a woman and her daughter a ride home to Mount Horeb after her vehicle fishtailed and hit a concrete barrier on Hwy. 151 as she attempted to change lanes.‌ 8:43 ‌p .m. A 71-year-old Lake Geneva woman was arrested for her first OWI after police observed her vehicle in the ditch near County Hwy. M.‌

‌Jan. 22‌ 9:11 ‌a .m. Construction crew members working at a home in the Cathedral Heights neighborhood reported their work trailer had been broken into overnight and $2,900 of tools were stolen.‌ 5:34 ‌p.m. An officer asked a woman to move a portable basketball hoop further onto her property on the 400 block of Melody Lane because it was close enough to the road and would complicate snow removal efforts.‌ 5:42 ‌p.m. A Verona man reported his license plates had been stolen while in the City of Fitchburg. He only realized they were missing when he received a notice from the state of Illinois tollway system stating that he owed money for unpaid tolls J‌ an. 28‌ 5:37 ‌a.m. A man’s vehicle attached to his plates.‌ was badly damaged after he ‌Jan. 23‌ attempted to drive around 1:49 ‌a.m. Police helped the a snow plow truck that was fire department with a report backing up. No injuries were of smoke. The man in the res- reported and there was minidence told the officer that his imal damage to the snow roommate’s phone had “ex- plow truck.‌ ploded” and started on fire.

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‌Jan. 30‌ 7:30 ‌a.m. Three teenage boys stole a vehicle from a resident’s driveway on the 400 block of Llanos Street after the owner had left the keys inside it to warm up. A Madison resident alerted police about the stolen vehicle being driven, along with another stolen car, after seeing personal items inside the Verona resident’s vehicle get dumped out into the street.‌ ‌Jan. 31‌ 4:02 ‌a .m. A 28-year-old truck driver from Massachusetts was found to be stranded at the intersection of Hwys. M and PB when his airbrake line froze and broke. Police attempted to help the man contact truck repair services after the driver could not repair the broken line himself.‌ 9:20 ‌a.m. A Dane County Sheriff’s deputy was called in to help file a report when a woman pulled out a driveway on Westridge Parkway and struck a Verona police department squad car.‌ ‌Feb. 1‌ 4:56 ‌a.m. Police responded to two accidents on Hwy. 18-151 where vehicles were rolled over due to icy conditions within an hour. The first incident involved a woman whose vehicle hit a patch of ice and rolled over at least three times into the ditch. The woman was transported to UW Hospital after she told officers of arm pain. In the second incident 40 minutes later, a male driver lost control and rolled his vehicle when he slid into a disabled vehicle on the highway from the night earlier. The driver was uninjured and taken to Kwik Trip where he met up with his wife. The man was cited for driving too fast for conditions.‌ 9:28 ‌a.m. The Kwik Trip on Hwy. PB reported a “candy bar thief” who stole two Fast Break candy bars last week.‌ ‌Feb. 2‌ 1:12 ‌a.m. A man was arrested for his first OWI offense after police responded to a family trouble report. He was booked into jail on a 12hour hold.‌ – Kimberly Wethal

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Sight: Kenzi Valentyn honored during annual fundraiser, remembered for her giving spirit Continued from page 1 March 6, with the event only five days away. “We went through with it,” Nancy said, choking up. “We had to.” T h e Va l e n t y n f a m i ly, including Nancy, Kenzi’s father Tim and her two younger brothers Brett and Connor, has been one of the largest contributors to Cycle for Sight during its prior seven years, Gamm said in the UW Health news release. “The Valentyns are an amazing family in many ways and putting their name on this grant puts a face on the work we do,” he said. “Kenzi was such a bright light to everyPhoto submitted one fortunate enough to know Like they’ve done each year since the inaugural Cycle For Sight, Kenzi Valentyn’s family parher.” ticipated in the fundraising event in 2018.

Symptom of a genetic disorder Kenzi’s diagnosis of the genetic disorder – which leads to the breakdown of the cells in a person’s retina – came after a school nurse commented to her parents that she was having a hard time seeing the board in her second-grade classroom and might need glasses. “We took her in, and the doctor said, ‘Well, she’ll need more than glasses,’” Nancy said. The retinitis pigmentosa starts out with “night blindness,” Nancy said, limiting Kenzi’s ability to see in the dark. “We brought her home and went for a walk around her neighborhood and said,

‘Look at the stars,’” Nancy said. “She said, ‘I can’t see the stars. I haven’t been able to see the stars for a couple of years.’” There were other signs, too. Despite having made rapid advances as an infant – talking at around seven-anda-half months and walking a little more than three months later – she did almost no growing between the ages of 3 and 4, Nancy said. After she was diagnosed, it was eventually found to be coupled with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. A muscle biopsy revealed she had a genetic syndrome called Kearns-Sayre and that the retinitis pigmentosa was a symptom of the disease. As Kenzi lost her vision,

her illnesses caused her hearing to deteriorate, as well, requiring the help of hearing aids and eventually a wheelchair. Kenzi also had a pacemaker inserted for her heart and had diabetes, Nancy said. “That was all very frustrating for her,” Nancy said. “She just wanted to be like everyone else. She wanted to go to college, she wanted to have a boyfriend, all those things that a normal young adult would like to have. But her disease prevented some of that.”

A loving spirit As you walk through the front door of the Valentyn’s home just north of Cross County Road in the Town of Verona, you can see a

Christmas tree, decorated with hearts and purple strings of lights, peeking around the corner of the entryway to their living room. The tree stays up until after Cycle for Sight each year, Nancy said, and from the view of the tree, you can see Kenzi’s “angel wings” out in the garden her family planted for her in the backyard. It was at Christmas time when Kenzi’s giving spirit came out, Nancy said, to the point that one year she had to have a “stern” talking-to – that if she was going to give others presents, she had to receive them, too. “She wanted to give,” Nancy said. “That’s who she was – she was always wanting to do things for others.”

What is retinitis pigmentosa? Retinitis pigmentosa is a genetic disorder that causes the pigment inside the retinas to break down, eventually leading to blindness over years or decades, according to the National Eye Institute (NEI). It affects 1 out of every 4,000 people, and usually shows up when a person is a child, according to the NEI. The disease begins affecting the “rod” cells in a person’s retina first, making it hard to see in dark conditions, and eventually moves on to the “cone” cells. The loss of cone cells prompts people to have tunnel vision and lose the ability to see fine detail and colors, making it difficult to perform daily tasks such as driving, walking and reading. Kenzi also loved reading, despite the gradual loss of her vision, had an infectious laughter in which she would tip her head all the way back and loved to pull practical jokes, her mother said. It was in the water where Kenzi regained her independence and didn’t need the assistance of others, Nancy said. She was loving, and was loved, her mother added, noting that while she biologically had two brothers, the entire UW Badgers men’s basketball team was her family, as well, even after Brett – a walk-on who had led Verona Area High School to the state tournament – left the Badgers upon graduation in 2011. “She was invited to any

practice she wanted to come to,” Nancy said. “She was a part of the team … she even was invited after he was done playing.” Kenzi was also competitive, her mother said, particularly where the Cycle for Sight was involved. “She always wanted to know after we came home from Cycle for Sight, who was there, and did we raise the most money?” Nancy said. “That was very important for her, that we be the leading fundraiser … we want to make sure we keep Kenzi’s team in the forefront.” Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly.wethal@ wcinet.com and follow her on Twitter @kimberly_wethal.​

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New customers can qualify for a $ bonus,* and get access to our team of personal bankers who are there to help you with your banking needs. In order to qualify, you must be a new Wells Fargo customer and: • Open a new, eligible consumer checking account with a minimum deposit of $25, and within 150 days set up and receive at least 3 consecutive monthly direct deposits of $500 or more a month, and • Open a new, eligible consumer savings account with a minimum deposit of $25, and within 10 days, deposit at least $25,000 in new money, and maintain a balance of at least $25,000 for 90 days • This limited-time offer expires March 22, 2019. Visit a participating* Wells Fargo branch and talk to a banker today! Your bonus will be deposited into your new consumer checking account within 45 days after eligibility and qualifications are met. Find a branch near you: wellsfargo.com/locator *Important things to know about this offer: Checking and Savings Bonus Eligibility: Only certain consumer checking accounts, including non-interest earning checking accounts, are eligible for this offer. Teen Checking,SM GreenhouseSM accounts, and the prepaid Wells Fargo EasyPay® Card are not eligible for this offer. All consumer savings accounts are eligible for this offer, excluding Time Accounts (CDs). This is an exclusive, non-transferable offer. A valid bonus offer code will be provided to each customer while meeting with a banker. You are not eligible for this offer if: you are a current owner of a Wells Fargo consumer checking account, you are a Wells Fargo team member, or you have received a bonus for opening a Wells Fargo consumer checking account or savings account within the past 12 months. Offer is only available to customers in the following states: MN, MT, ND, SD, WI. Bonus Qualifications: To receive a $500 bonus: 1. Open a new, eligible consumer checking account with a minimum opening deposit of $25 by March 22, 2019. All account applications are subject to approval. Within 150 days of account opening, receive a cumulative monthly total of $500 in qualifying direct deposits to the checking account opened for this bonus offer for three consecutive months. During this time, your new account balance must be $1 or more. A qualifying direct deposit is the customer’s salary, pension, Social Security, or other regular monthly income, electronically deposited through the Automated Clearing House (ACH) network by your employer or an outside agency. Non-qualifying direct deposits for purposes of this offer include transfers from one account to another (for example, transfers between your own accounts, or person-to-person transfers using a transfer service such as Zelle®**), or deposits made at a branch or ATM, or through mobile deposit. AND 2. Open a new, eligible savings account with a minimum opening deposit of $25 by March 22, 2019. All account applications are subject to approval. Within 10 days of account opening, deposit at least $25,000 in new money into either the new checking or new savings account, and maintain a minimum combined balance of at least $25,000 total in your new checking and/or savings account(s) for 90 days. New money is defined as new deposits to the eligible accounts from sources outside of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., or its affiliates. Due to the new money requirement, accounts may only be opened at your local branch. Bonus Payment: We will deposit the bonus into your new checking account within 45 days after meeting all offer requirements. The new checking account must remain open in order to receive any earned bonus payments. You are responsible for any federal, state, or local taxes due on the bonus and we will report as income to the tax authorities if required by applicable law. Consult your tax advisor. Additional Important Information: Checking and savings accounts are subject to monthly service fees; please refer to the Consumer Account Fee and Information Schedule (available at www.wellsfargo.com/ online-banking/consumer-account-fees) or speak to a banker for more details. The consumer savings accounts eligible for this offer are interest-bearing accounts with variable interest rates (which vary by account). For example, Wells Fargo Way2Save® Savings pays an Annual Percentage Yield (APY) of 0.01% on all balances and requires a minimum opening deposit of $25. The APY is accurate as of December 7, 2018 and may change at any time without notice. Fees may reduce earnings. Offer expires March 22, 2019. Offer subject to change and may be discontinued at any time without notice. Minimum new money deposit requirement of at least $25,000 is for this offer only and cannot be transferred to another account to qualify for any other consumer deposit offer. If you wish to take advantage of another consumer deposit offer requiring a minimum new money deposit, you will be required to do so with another new money deposit as stated in that offer’s requirements and qualifications. Those who take advantage of this bonus offer cannot also take advantage of any New Dollar promotional interest rate offer during the same promotional period. Offer cannot be: paid without a valid U.S. Taxpayer Identification Number (W-9), combined with any other consumer deposit offer (limit one bonus per customer/account), reproduced, purchased, sold, transferred, or traded. **Zelle and the Zelle related marks are wholly owned by Early Warning Services, LLC and are used herein under license. © 2019 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. All rights reserved. Member FDIC. adno=63070