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Sam Bugni, a fourth-grader, Verona, opens his arms to create the proper window as he takes a handoff from coach Pat Klipstine Aug. 7 in football practice on the field by Saint Andrew Catholic Church in Verona. For the first time, Wildcat youth football is eliminating tackle football for fourth-graders this year. Fourth-grade players will play full-padded flag football due to concussion concerns and in an effort to boost participation.

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The Verona Wildcat youth football program is beginning a restructuring that will raise the age that tackle football begins. Part of the reason is participation has declined by about 50 percent in Verona the past eight years,

explained Mark Mancilla, president of Verona youth football. Part of that, he told the Press, has been driven by safety concerns, as concussions have dominated the national dialogue at every level of football. “That is not uncommon for programs around the area,” he said. “We

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New tourism coordinator gets ‘a better view’ Graber looks to find Verona’s ‘niche’ KIMBERLY WETHAL Unified Newspaper Group

Verona resident JoEllen Graber is getting a “better view” of the city from her office at 120 W. Verona Ave. A s t h e Ve r o n a A r e a Chamber of Commerce’s new tourism coordinator, the actual view outside her

window is of downtown, bu t s h e ’s also gotten a d i ff e r e n t look at the city she and her family h av e l iv e d in for almost five years by Graber promoting it. “I think it gives you a better view of what there is to offer in the city,” she said. “Some of the things that might be your favorite The

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thing to do, tourists may not know about. So it’s a great way to push different things that are here.” Graber was hired as the Verona Area Chamber of Commerce’s first tourism coordinator at the end of June. The role will have her coming up with and recruiting new events to the city, working with other municipalities’ chambers, marketing events and encouraging people to visit

Verona. “We’re very excited,” Le Jordan, the chamber’s executive director, said. “It’s been a long time coming for Verona. We’re looking forward to all of the progress that it’s going to produce.” The tourism coordinator position was created by the chamber after city statutes were changed to establish a tourism commission, hiring

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Town has held 60 meetings, spent two years on plan KIMBERLY WETHAL Unified Newspaper Group

Next week, the Town of Verona’s Plan Commission will review a 20-year comprehensive plan Town Chair Mark Geller said he’s “proud of.” The plan, which will define land uses in the town for the next two decades, is a result of a two-and-a-half

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year process that included over 60 public meetings and splitting the town into eight different sections to get public input from residents about what was going to be happening “in their own backyard,” Geller said. “Just the planning and the open public meetings that we’ve had, as we’ve molded this current plan, that’s what I’m the most proud of,” he said. “Frankly, it’s the work of our town planner, our residents and the volunteers that make up

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The City of Fitchburg could be considering a change in its joint medical service with Verona now that a $30,000 study has been brought back to its Common Council. Since 1977, Fitch-Rona EMS has been a combined district of the cities of Fitchburg and Verona and the Town of Verona. Each municipality has three voting members, and the commission has some autonomy, but budgetary and other major decisions need the approval of each municipality. Fitchburg, with the highest population and use

of the service by far, has expressed some concerns about the efficiency of its operation, much like the City of Verona did a decade ago about fire service. In that case, the city eventually withdrew from the joint fire district it had at one point shared with the towns of Verona and Springdale and created its own department, which it now contracts out to the Town of Verona. That’s one of the six options considered by the report, produced by GWB Professional Services and Elsass Executive Enterprises and dated August 2018. That option, listed as C, also appears to have the most potential benefits, according to a chart in the report, with “high” sustainability of staff and services, “high” improvement in incident and administrative

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VAHS senior competes in Distinguished Young Women program KIMBERLY WETHAL Unified Newspaper Group

Verona Area High School senior Ragini Bora wasn’t sure what she was getting into when she went to Milwaukee last week for the Distinguished Young Women competition. “I didn’t really know what to expect,” Bora told the Press. “It’s been really fruitful. I’ve gotten a lot of different life skills from it.” Bora, one of six high schoolaged girls to compete in the Distinguished Young Women competition on Saturday, Aug. 11, at the South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center, was the only representative from Dane County to participate in what she initially thought was a pageant. The Distinguished Young Women program combines college scholarship awards with different life skills, including scholastics, interview skills, fitness, self-expression through poise and public speaking and talent. Each participant is ranked based only on their attributes, rather than against one another, and scholarship prizes are given out for the winners in each category. In April, she participated in the “At-large” regional competition, open to contestants who do not live in a county where a local program exists, to advance to the state competition. Bora won two $50 scholarships for coming in first place in the interview and scholastic categories, which she earned with her 4.0 GPA and multiple Advanced Placement classes, and performed a classic Indian dance called Kathak, choreographed by her

guru Natalia Hildner, for the talent portion of the competition. Bora is also involved with multiple science-based service organizations, volunteering with St. Mary’s Hospital, Agrace Hospice and the Alzheimer’s Association, and having founded the Red Cross Club at VAHS. She plans on majoring in pre-med in college. In the week leading up to the competition, Bora and her peers spent the week practicing their fitness routines, public speaking skills and talents, along with going to volunteer with different entities in the Milwaukee area like the Boys and Girls Club and Feeding America, where they presented their “Be Your Best Self” campaign. “When I went into it, I was expecting just rehearsals and getting down all the formations every day,” she said. “It was so much more … it was really exciting to work with those kids. We talked to them about what it means to them to be studious and what they think it means to be ambitious. I think that talking to these kids at a young age is really important because it cements those ideas and helps them grow and to know all of those things are important in their life.” One of Bora’s peers, Amy Keane, of Waukesha County, will advance on to the national competition in Mobile, Ala. in 2019. Bora said that during the week leading up the competition, it didn’t feel like one, as the six of them were all cheering one another on. “The girls didn’t feel like they were my competition, they were

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Verona Area High School senior Ragini Bora holds the certificates for the two preliminary scholarships she won for her performance with her academics and the interview portion of the Distinguished Young Women competition on Saturday, Aug. 11. my friends,” she said. “I felt like when we left, we were sisters.” Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly.wethal@wcinet.com and follow her on Twitter @kimberly_wethal.​ Right, Verona Area High School senior Ragini Bora performs a classical Indian dance called Kathak during the talent portion of the Distinguished Young Women competition on Saturday, Aug. 11.

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The City of Verona finally got the housing study it has been waiting all year for, but its Plan Commission expressed multiple reservations Monday, Aug. 6, about what should be done with it. In addition to errors and problems with sourcing cited by District 2 Ald. Sarah Gaskell, who called it “not ready for council,” other commissioners questioned the purpose of the study, which examined housing types and values and population demographics. Fo r t u n a t e l y, t h ey a g r e e d , t h e 22-page study was done for free by the Capital Area Regional Planning Commission. The decision to employ CARPC in the study, made during the budget process last November, short-circuited an attempt by Gaskell

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still being considered. Commissioner Scott Manley asked about the creation of three “town islands” – land entirely surrounded by the city – but planning director Adam Sayre noted that was a feature of the 2016 boundary agreement between the city and town and said they won’t create problems with serving the properties, such as plowing or utilities.

called it “interesting” and questioned whether a new study would provide anything that wasn’t here. He said that people seeking “diverse” or “affordable” housing should recognize Verona has “a lot of different price points” already. “It’s unrealistic to think a legislative body is going to dictate pricing,” he said. Gaskell lobbied for a new study, however, questioning the CARPC study’s use of such online sourcing as Zillow.com, uncited facts and its readability, saying it ought to be easier for an average person to grasp and trust the points it makes. She asked if CARPC could “do a little more work for us,” though no official decisions were made.

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on Hometown Circle Credit unions advance Union but recommended approval The Plan Commission sent two plans for credit unions on opposite ends of Verona Avenue to the Common Council for review Monday, Aug. 6. Both got unanimous recommendations for the Aug. 16 council meeting despite some concerns. Commissioners ques tioned the use of a monument sign at the UW Credit

if it were no taller than the existing Dairy Queen sign (both are eight feet). They also questioned parking and bicycle traffic at the Summit site, the former Michael’s Frozen Custard and Treads, noting that school dropoffs in the morning at New Century will likely use the lot.

establish goals Resource allocation, boundary planning among likely categories SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group

The Verona Area school board is working on how it stays “accountable” to voters. The board began work on publicly setting its goals for the next year – the first time in years it has done so – at a Tuesday, July 31, meeting with consultant Mary Fertakis, who also helped develop the strategic plan approved earlier this summer. Both Roberts and Stier Christensen stressed the board’s goals would be separate from the district’s performance goals overall. Instead, they will focus on how the board operates. Board president Noah Roberts told the Press the board hopes to approve the goals by the end of

September, as it is still figuring out how to structure and time them. While the group did not determine what its goals are or even finalize the areas it will focus on last month, Roberts said it would likely cover four categories suggested by Fertakis: construction of the new high school, attendance-area boundaries, strategic plan support and monitoring and equitable resource allocation. “So the community can hold us accountable for what we’re doing,” Roberts said. Board vice president Meredith Stier Christensen told the Press the longterm efforts of the board, such as the strategic plan and this goal-setting, have been a “great full-board effort.” “I feel like our board is operating at a really great level,” Stier Christensen said. Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.

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The commission unanimously recommended an annexation request of 199 acres near County Hwys. PD and M, part of the North Neighborhood. The commission and council have reviewed one concept plan for the area, with winding streets and a long, narrow “park” space along the middle, though it’s unclear whether that plan is

to spend $30,000 on a private consultant. Commissioner Patrick Lytle took note of some “tools” it suggested the city use, such as “granny flats,” or self-contained apartments on the same property as a single-family home, often used to house an elderly family member, and the Community Residential zoning the city has debated in recent months. He said the city needs to determine what “success” looks like before it comes up with ways to create it or measure it. “I would love to see better engagement (with the public in a strategic planning process),” he said. “I wouldn’t recommend spending a ton of money on a housing study until we know what we’re going to do with it and what level of commitment we have.” Commissioner Scott Manley

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For the third week in a row, County Hwy. M will be closed for at least a portion of the weekend. The highway will be closed from McKee Road (County

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Conservation club continues to serve On behalf of the Deer Creek Sport and Conservation Club, I want to correct some misinformation. Deer Creek operates a facility South of Mount Horeb off of Hwy. U, which includes a shooting range and a clubhouse. The clubhouse is used for club meetings as well as by groups such as the Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, the Friends of Donald Park, 4-H, FFA and even the Department of Natural Resources. We teach hunter’s safety courses and other educational events which are open to the public. We also permit the clubhouse to be used for fundraising events, memorial services and even an occasional wedding reception. In July, we received notice from Dane County Zoning advising us that use of the clubhouse for activities other than membership meetings and instructional courses was interpreted to be inconsistent with our RE-1 zoning. We immediately ceased all events and notified all groups who had scheduled events with us. We have had very constructive dialogue with Dane County Zoning and the Town of Primrose regarding this matter. The county has confirmed for us that all of the club’s currently-scheduled activities may proceed as planned while we work toward obtaining the clarification and approvals necessary for us to engage in our full range of club activities over the long term. This includes scheduled events as well as regularly

occurring club activities. In short, the club is not closed, and it is not “being shut down by Dane County.” We have educated thousands of kids through our Hunter Educations Program, we have improved more than 22 miles of trout stream bank, we have donated hundreds of man-hours and thousands of dollars to conservation efforts, and we’ve created a meeting place for other natural resource groups to meet. We intend to continue doing each of these tasks. How can you help? First, consider joining the club, or attending some of our fundraising events. You can find more information by searching for our Facebook page, or going to deercreeksportsconservation. com. You are welcome to call me, or any other board member for information. Second, when you see us on the agenda for a town or county public meeting, please attend to offer your support. Finally, if you hear someone spreading misinformation about who we are, what we do, or what is happening, please correct them. We consider hunting and shooting sports, land and water conservation efforts and outdoor education to be critically important, and we have every intention of continuing to support those objectives. Ray Gilden Deer Creek Sports and Conservation Club president

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Wild ‘glamping’ trip brings rainforest back to life W e were on a rural gravel road going through the rainforest when my aunt and cousin heard the dinosaur roar and the trees shake. “Dustin, Dustin! Can you stop and go back?” I slowly pulled to the side of the road and we began to crane our necks up toward the rainforest canopy to see what was going on. It turned out we had stumbled upon a pack of howler monkeys that really do sound like a T-rex. At first, I didn’t even Dresser want to get out of the car, as it was just another pack of monkeys in the trees, but my aunt had only seen monkeys in the wild a handful of times. Thanks to her literally starting a conversation with them, we learned there was more than one pack, they were much closer to us than we thought and they had babies! I had to concede I had rarely encountered wildlife this far out from civilization. It was so far out, it felt like we were on another planet – or that I was in Jurassic Park, expecting a dinosaur at any moment. We never did see any dinosaurs, of course, but I still have a new favorite Jurassic Park moment, courtesy of my aunt. She showed me new ways to experience the rainforest, only a couple of months after I wrote a column about how it no longer excited me. Because she and my cousin were visiting me on vacation, we had decided to find some of the most isolated and pristine

beaches in Costa Rica, and that meant pushing the envelope. We took a ferry from the former port town of Puntarenas to the tip of the secluded Nicoya peninsula and hopped on a windy, two-lane road going into the mountains. Aside from a few small towns or “bumps in the road,” as my dad would say, all we saw along that road were vast expanses of farmland, national reserves and the occasional breathtaking view of the ocean. Eventually, the road ended and we came to the property. I call it that because we had rented a house, but it was nothing like what I expected. The jungle was amazingly manicured, and the “houses” lacked doors and windows. This place had it all, minus the doors and windows. There were pools, gardens, a pool table, a private beach, and of course, plenty of bat droppings. There was a waterfall a five-minute walk from the property on yet another secluded beach that we would have visited more if we didn’t already have our own private beach to enjoy. I was informed this kind of vacationing was called “glamping.” It’s something I would never have chosen had I known what it was. But my aunt fears no risk. She brought me a hammock with a built-in mosquito net so I could sleep on the balcony overlooking the sea. The first night was incredible, as a thunderstorm ended up putting us to sleep. I had envisioned myself dozing off to a podcast, but nature was too intense not to take it all in. One night, we drove to a nearby beach and were truly amazed. We hadn’t realized while

walking along the tide line in the darkness, that we were right at the bottom of a cliff. Then we started to hear waves coming from the shore and turned to see the sound was actually reflecting off the cliff we’d been walking along the base of. The water reaches the cliff during high tide, so this was really a treat, to see the underside of the sea and the caves and creatures that live there. On our way back, it started to rain a bit, and when we arrived, the jungle was alive and well. The sounds of the crickets, frogs, and the combination of the tap-tap of the water falling through the canopy made it jungle-spooky. It was just quiet enough for one errant sound to provoke sheer fear and… thankfully, no dinosaur sightings. But I had to get out of the car to open the gate, and at that moment I could have sworn I was in the movie. I can’t get out of my head how wild that trip was. Next weekend, I’m traveling to the beach again and I am disappointed already knowing my lodging has doors and windows. It will be a relaxing, fun time, I’m sure, but it will quickly blur into all the other typical trips I’ve done to the beach. This one will stay with me, and the stories will probably get better over time. However, unlike that one time I caught a humongous fish with my uncle at the boundary waters, I have video proof of my aunt talking to monkeys.

Dustin Dresser is a 2004 Verona Area High School graduate living in Costa Rica.

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Correction In the Aug. 9, 2018 edition of the Verona Press, Old PB is referred to as Hwy. PB. Hwy. PB ends at the Hwys. 18 and 151 bypass, where the beginning of Old PB begins. The Press regrets the error.

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Library to host Annual budget meeting Aug. 20 memory screenings Verona Area School District

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The Verona Area School District will bring its budget to electors for review Monday, Aug. 20. Its state-mandated annual budget hearing begins at 6 p.m., including a presentation of the proposed 201819 budget. The meeting will also feature a discussion of curriculum, instruction and assessment initiatives and votes from any district residents present on three resolutions: school board salaries, adopting the tax levy and approving the sale of

as predicted before the 2017 high school referendum. While electors will vote on the tax levy Monday, the budget will not be What: Verona Area School District final until October, after attendance annual meeting numbers are determined in late SepWhen: 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 20 tember to determine state aid. Superintendent Dean Gorrell and Where: District administration director of curriculum and instrucbuilding, 700 N. Main St. tion Ann Franke will present on the Info: verona.k12.wi.us initiatives in that department during the meeting. The regular school board meeting will follow, scheduled to begin at district equipment. Business manager consultant 7 p.m. For information or the see the Chris Murphy will go over the preliminary 2018-19 budget, which agenda, visit verona.k12.wi.us. includes a 3 percent rise in the levy from the 2017-18 budget. The Contact Scott Girard at ungreportmill rate is proposed to remain at er@wcinet.com and follow him on $12.77 per $1,000 of property value, Twitter @sgirard9.

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The Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) will conduct memory screenings at the Verona Public Library on Wednesday, Aug. 22. Held from 1:30-3:30 p.m., the 20-minute screenings will provide people a baseline for where their memory capabilities are at – and maybe even some piece of mind, Joy Schmidt, dementia care specialist for the ADRC, said. “I think it’s helpful to get a baseline to kind of find out where you’re at if you’re beginning to notice some changes,” she told the Press Monday. “We know that memory is unique to every person … we all have different things that we’re good at remembering.” Oftentimes, Schmidt said, they find that people’s memory capabilities are just fine, but can use the screening results as a snapshot in time to compare future test results against. It allows staff to take notice when significant decline in memory capability occurs, Schmidt said. The screening will also provide information about

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Utility seeks 41 percent water rate hike KEVIN MURPHY

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The Verona Water Utility is seeking a 41 percent increase in rates, the first comprehensive increase sought in eight years, according to an application filed last month with the Public Service Commission. If approved as submitted, a typical household would pay about $18.70 more per quarter for 4,000 gallons of water, which, is now about $46, Theran Jacobson, director of public works, told the Press. The requested rates, if approved as submitted, would boost Verona’s water rates from second-lowest among comparable Dane County communities to roughly mid-range, Jacobson said. Residential water customers using 16,000 gallons annually would pay $259 in Verona. The same amount of water costs $315 in Fitchburg, $286 in Cottage Grove, $242 in DeForest, $229 in Monona, and $162 in Madison, which has a 30 percent requested rate hike pending before the PSC. The other communities have all had rate increases in the past year to 18 months, Jacobson said. Last year, the utility received a 3 percent rate increase, which the PSC authorizes for keep pace

City Rate Madison now $162 Verona now $184 Monona $229 DeForest $242 Cottage Grove $286 Fitchburg $315 Madison request $210 Verona request $259 with inflation. However, during the past several years, growth and infrastructure investment, have eaten away at the utility’s net income. The utility projects a $28,283 deficit this year after estimated total revenues of $2.016 million and expenses of $2.044 million, according to a rate application filed July 31. However, the utility will not be operating in the red, as total expenses include $564,326 in depreciation costs, a non-cash item the PSC wants utilities to account for with an eye toward replacing infrastructure over time. With all expenses tabulated, the utility’s rate of return on the value of its infrastructure, authorized at 6.5 percent in the 2010 rate case, fell to 1.15 percent last year and is projecting negative this year, according to the application.

The utility is seeking a 5 percent rate of return in the application. Several of the capital improvements the utility has added in recent years have been funded by tax-increment-financing districts (TIDs) and not by ratepayers, said Jacobson, including a $2.5 million well being installed on the city’s southeast side in TID 6. Despite the TIF-funded projects and a slackening rate of water consumption by existing customers, Jacobson said, the cost to pump, treat and distribute water is going up as a result of increases in population and commercial growth. O p e r a t i n g ex p e n s e s , minus depreciation and payments in lieu of taxes, were $596,278 in 2014 but have grown to an estimated $682,500 this year. The increase is largely driven by maintenance costs, employee benefits and pensions

and administrative salaries, according to the application. The utility has tightened its distribution system in recent years, cutting the amount of annual water loss from system leaks from a historic 17 percent to 8 percent. That reduced the amount of unbilled water and lost revenue and meets the PSC benchmark figure of 15 percent, according to a 2015 study of the water system. PSC staff will review the utility’s application, recommend an amount of revenue, probably based on the 5 percent of rate it has been authorizing for public water utilities and set a date for public hearings to be held simultaneously in Verona and Madison before setting new water rates. “That process will take several months, but there should be new rates in place by the second quarter (of 2019),” Jacobson said. Verona’s Public Works and Finance committees have discussed using the 3 percent simplified rate increase more frequently to avoid significant rate increases that occur during comprehensive rate cases, Jacobson said. The PSC allows a utility to file a 3 percent annual rate increase for five years consecutively before it must file a comprehensive rate case, as Verona has pending now, Jacobson said.

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The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are a little less than two years out, but the Verona Public Library is already gearing up with different workshops and demonstrations of Japanese culture. An upcoming workshop, Japanese bookbinding, filled its 16 spots quickly, and that turnout has left the library likely hosting future traditional bookbinding workshops and other Japanese culture-based events in 2018 and 2019 leading up to the Olympic Games, like origami, librarian Mark Cullen said told the Press Monday. “(The class) filled up really quickly, I think we’re going to have to do this one again,” he said. “I think with the Tokyo Olympics coming around, there’s going to be a lot of interest in that.” Cullen was an English teacher in Japan for a year 25 years ago and has had a “lifelong interest” in Japanese “everything” since. He could have spent 20 years there and would still be learning about the “complex” culture, he said. He’ll be the one teaching

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memory clinics, how to maintain brain health and local resources in and around Verona, like the senior center and its Club 108 memory care group, the library and the ADRC. Participants are asked to register for their screening time slot by calling the library at 845-7180 or the ADRC at 240-7400. If the screening times fill up, Schmidt said people can come to the ADRC, 2865 N Sherman Ave., during business hours from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday to receive memory screenings. Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly. wethal@wcinet.com and follow her on Twitter @ kimberly_wethal.​

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the bookbinding workshop on Monday, Aug. 20, involving two different stitching techniques, including four-hole and a decorative tortoise shell binding. “Japanese bookbinding is so simple, and it’s been around for so long,” he said. “When I was there, I witnessed in a bookstore the very same technique that I’m going to be teaching. So it still continues, even into the modern era … people are going to walk away with something they could potentially use for a lifetime.” The workshop will also look at what books mean to people in the digital era, Cullen said. He believes they still hold a “valid” role in society. “There’s been a real shift to the digital realm, and I think people still appreciate the tactile,” he said. “When you look at an artist book, one that’s been handcrafted, and every little nuance is thoughtout, it’s an experience … it’s a feast for the eyes and the mind.” Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly. wethal@wcinet.com and follow her on Twitter @ kimberly_wethal.​

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Coming up Shakespeare performance The Fair Verona Shakespeare Company will present a sampling of scenes and sonnets from 6:307:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 16, at the library. The company is made up of high school students and has been performing since 2014. For information, call 845-7180.

Birthday lunch Seniors with birthdays or anniversaries in August will be celebrated Friday, Aug. 17 at the senior center. A musician will perform at 12:30 p.m. The menu will include seafood pasta salad, cucumber salad, peaches, croissants and cake. The lunch is free for those who have August birthdays or anniversaries. For information, call 845-7471.

Blood drive The Red Cross will host a blood drive from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 18, at Sugar River United Methodist Church, 415 W. Verona Ave. For information, visit redcross.org.

Board game night The library is hosting a game night from 6-8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 20, at

Churches Hop Haus Brewing, 231 S. Main St. page on Facebook or by emailing Librarians will be at the event to info@rhapsodyarts.org. teach people to play games. AttendFor more information, visit rhapsoees are welcome to bring their own dyarts.org. board games to the event. Weight loss approaches For information, call 845-7180. Hy-Vee registered dietician and ADHD workshop for parents nutritionist Kara Hoerr will teach Parents who have children with about different approaches to weight recent diagnoses of ADHD, ASD or loss and weight management during SPD can learn how to help their chil- a seminar from 6:30-7:30 p.m., dren grow and learn from 6:30-7:30 Wednesday, Aug. 22, at the library. p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, at the library. Hoerr will discuss the aspects of Dr. Jill Mork will teach parents different diets and provide tips on about how to deal with a diagnosed how to eat more mindfully, rather child’s struggles like sleepless nights than let your surroundings or emoand trouble focusing, and teach par- tions determine your eating habits. ents how to maximize the number of For more information, call 845“good days” children have. 7180. Free childcare will be provided. Registration is encouraged by not Over 90 birthday lunch required. The senior center will host a birthFor information, call 845-7180. day celebration lunch for anyone over the age of 90 from 11:15 a.m. to 1:30 Music creativity class p.m. Friday, Aug. 24. Pianist and Rhapsody alumnus Lunch will begin at 11:30 a.m., and Alyssa Smith will teach piano impro- live music by singer and songwritvisation in a two-hour class from er Rich Baumann will start at 12:30 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, at p.m. Rhapsody Arts Center, 1031 N. Edge The lunch will be free for anyone Trail. over the age of 90. For guests under The class is recommended for peo- the age of 90, the lunch will $5. ple ages 12 and older. Reserve your For more information, call 845spot in the class by visiting the event 7471.

Community calendar Thursday, Aug. 16

• 10-11:30 a.m., Tween Escape Experience: The Marauder’s Map and The Forbidden Forest (ages 8-11, registration required), library, 845-7180 • 1-2:30 p.m., Teen Escape Experience: The Marauder’s Map and The Forbidden Forest (ages 12-18, registration required), library, 8457180 • 4-5:30 p.m., Anime and manga club (grades 6-12), library, 8457180 • 6:30-7:30 p.m., Monthly support group for parents of middle and high schoolers, library, 845-7180 • 6:3-7:30 p.m., Fair Verona Shakespeare Company performance, library, 845-7180 • 7 p.m., Common Council, City Center, 111 Lincoln St., 845-6495

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• 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., August birthday and anniversary lunch (RSVP by Aug. 13), senior center, 845-7471 • 6-9 p.m., Live Music in the Backyard, Wisconsin Brewing Company, 1079 American Way, 848-1079

Saturday, Aug. 18

• 8 a.m. to noon, Red Cross blood drive, Sugar River United Methodist Church, 415 W. Verona Ave., redcross.org • 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., Badger Prairie Needs Network Community Meal, Badger Prairie Needs Network, 1200 E. Verona Ave., bpnn.org

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• 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., PaulPalooza, The Hop Garden, 6818 Canal St., Paoli, paulnatzke.com

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• 6-8 p.m., Library board game night at The Hop Haus, 231 S. Main St., 845-7180

Tuesday, Aug. 21

• 10 and 11 a.m., Tween Escape Experience: Caught in the code (registration required), library, 8457180 • 3-6:30 p.m., Verona Public Library Book Bike at Verona Artists and Farmers Market, Hometown Junction Park, 101 W. Railroad St., 8457180 • 6:30-7:30 p.m., ADHD and sensory workshop for parents (registration encouraged), library, 845-7180 Wednesday, Aug. 22 • 1:30-3:30 p.m., Memory screening (registration required), library, 845-7180

What’s on VHAT-98 Thursday, Aug. 16 7 a.m. – Community Drug Issues at Senior Center 8 a.m. – Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Jesse Walker at Senior Center 2 p.m. – Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Coping with Dementia at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Jim Heitzal at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Salem Church Service 7 p.m. – Common Council Live 8 p.m. – Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – Meet Drea, K9 Officer at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Gordon School at the Historical Society Friday, Aug. 17 7 a.m. – Coping with Dementia at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Meet Drea, K9 Officer at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4 p.m. – Jim Heitzal at Senior Center 5:30 p.m. – 2016 Wildcats Football 8:30 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Community Drug Issues at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Jesse Walker at Senior Center Saturday, Aug. 18 8 a.m. – Common Council from 8-16-18 11 a.m. – Vintage Verona

Sports 1 p.m. – 2016 Wildcats Football 4:30 p.m. – Gordon School at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Common Council from 8-16-18 9 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Gordon School at the Historical Society 11 p.m. – Jesse Walker at Senior Center Sunday, Aug. 19 7 a.m. – Hindu Cultural Hour 9 a.m. – Resurrection Church 10 a.m. – Salem Church Service Noon – Common Council from 8-16-18 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4:30 p.m. – Gordon School at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Common Council from 8-16-18 9 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Gordon School at the Historical Society 11 p.m. – Jesse Walker at Senior Center Monday, Aug. 20 7 a.m. – Coping with Dementia at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Meet Drea, K9 Officer at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4 p.m. – Jim Heitzal at Senior Center 5 p.m. – 2016 Wildcats

Football 9 p.m. – Hindu Cultural Hour 10 p.m. – Community Drug Issues at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Jesse Walker at Senior Center Tuesday, Aug. 21 7 a.m. – Community Drug Issues at Senior Center 10 a.m. – Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Jesse Walker at Senior Center 2 p.m. – Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Coping with Dementia at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Jim Heitzal at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Resurrection Church 8 p.m. – Ethical Wills at Senior Center 9 p.m. – Meet Drea, K9 Officer at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Gordon School at the Historical Society Wednesday, Aug. 22 7 a.m. – Coping with Dementia at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Meet Drea, K9 Officer at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 5 p.m. – Common Council from 8-16-18 7 p.m. – Capital City Band 8 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Community Drug Issues at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Jesse Walker at

Senior Center Thursday, Aug. 23 7 a.m. – Community Drug Issues at Senior Center 8 a.m. – Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Jesse Walker at Senior Center 2 p.m. – Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Coping with Dementia at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Jim Heitzal at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Salem Church Service 7 p.m. – Ethical Wills at Senior Center 8 p.m. – Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – Meet Drea, K9 Officer at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Gordon School at the Historical Society

All Saints Lutheran Church 2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg (608) 276-7729 allsaints-madison.org Interim Pastor Sunday: 8:30 & 10:45 a.m. The Church in Fitchburg 2833 Raritan Rd., Fitchburg (608) 271-2811 livelifetogether.com Sunday: 8 & 10:45 a.m. Memorial UCC 5705 Lacy Rd., Fitchburg (608) 273-1008 memorialucc.org Interim Pastor Laura Crow Sunday: 9:30 a.m.

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

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: 9 a.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 Worship: 9 a.m. Fellowship Hour: 10:15 a.m.

Good Shephard Lutheran Church ELCA (608) 271-6633 Madison: Raymond Road & Whitney Way, Madison Sunday: 8:30 & 10 a.m.. Verona: Corner of Hwy. PD & Nine Mound Road, Verona Sunday: 9 & 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.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. Memorial Baptist Church 201 S. Main St., Verona (608) 845-7125 MBCverona.org Lead Pastor Jeremy Scott Sunday: 10:15 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,

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 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. West Madison Bible Church 2920 Hwy. M, Verona (608) 845-9518 www.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

Don’t be a slave to money “In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” – Acts 20:35 NIV The pastor Andy Stanley has defined generosity as the “premeditated, calculated, designated emancipation of personal financial assets.” Many of us think that we are being generous when we spontaneously give because our heartstrings are pulled or our conscience nags us. But Stanley’s point is that we should think about and therefore have a premeditated, calculated plan to give our money to people or organizations that will do the most good with those resources. Pastor Stanley also points out that this planned generosity has the virtue of freeing us from our money, or as he puts it, “Freeing your money frees you from your money.” There is indeed something liberating in knowing that we are going to give it all away. Mother Teresa often spoke in a similar way about the freedom of poverty. Having only the clothes on their back frees them to devote their lives to the spiritual and material needs of others. We can be preoccupied, tied down, and virtually enslaved, by our wealth and possessions. Whether you have much or little to give, reflect on how you can do the most good and have a plan to emancipate your assets. – 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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Plan: Commission is expected to vote on the comprehensive plan at its Aug. 23 meeting Continued from page 1 the planning commission, so when I see the amount of hours of hard work, it makes me proud that our residents are that committed to the town.” The Plan Commission is scheduled to vote on Aug. 23 whether to adopt that plan, and if approved, there will be a formal 30-day public comment period. On Oct. 2, the plan will advance to the Town Board, where there will an opportunity for public comment before a vote for adoption. The plan addresses what will likely impact the town in the next two decades: a decline in family farms, an increase in population throughout the county, the need to keep up with quality public services like EMS and fire, the importance of maintaining town roads mainly used by nonresidents and preserving the rural nature of the town. Anything that might be a budget need, it’s in there, commission chair Doug Maxwell said. While the plan is for 20 years, state law requires the town revisit it after a decade and allows for it to be amended once a year. The town first created a comprehensive plan in 2008, meeting a state-mandated deadline of Jan. 1, 2010. By the end of 2018, the new plan will have gone to the county for approval and potential inclusion in its comprehensive plan. “Things are happening so fast in this area that it’s really difficult to plan for 20 years,” Maxwell said. “So what might happen next that you haven’t anticipated might have a big impact on land use.”

How to comment Town residents can comment on the comprehensive plan by emailing town planner/administrator Amanda Arnold at aarnold@town.verona. wi.us. because farms add to the rural character, but that’s something that we can’t control.” Geller said while residents want to preserve farmland, many town residents are getting older and might not have the ability to retain their land. “They don’t have family legacy that’s stepping into the existing land,” he said. “Some of the major landholders are just getting older or had family agriculture and now don’t have children that are coming up and want to inherit the farm.” Residents also expressed concerns with traffic increases if the town were to add more housing developments.

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The future land use map details what parcels will be used for in the next 20 years.

input through a series of almost 60 meetings. They started by holding one meeting a month in each of the eight regions. “We had really good a t t e n d a n c e ,” M a x w e l l Residents: Stay rural said. “We had somewhere Once the town was split between 20 and 40 people into eight different regions, for area meetings.” After those initial planners collected public

meetings, a draft land use map was created and presented through additional public meetings and mailed to residents along with their tax bills in January. For residents who live in a “farmland preservation area” based on the current map, they were given an option as to whether they

wanted to keep that classification under the new plan or not. One thing residents were adamant about, Maxwell said, was preserving the rural nature of the town. “They want to preserve the vistas that we have,” he said. “In some ways, they’d like to preserve farms,

Growth projections suggest the town will see 15-20 homes built annually, Maxwell said. To prepare for roughly 300 homes over the next two decades, the plan identifies 600 plots in four different areas that can be developed. “ T h e y w o n ’t a l l g e t developed,” he said. The potential home development would happen in a “conservation subdivision,” Maxwell said, which the town established about a decade ago. They provide minimal visual impact on the landscape as people are driving through the town or even as they sit in their

houses, he said. Planners did so by taking into consideration the topography of the land in the town and proximity to major highways for easy access, along with the location of the Verona Area School District’s new high school being built on the west side of the city near U.S. Hwy. 18-151. The town is also limited in its development by the extraterritorial jurisdiction of surrounding municipalities. A boundary agreement with the City of Verona sets stringent limits in certain areas of town but is permissive in others, depending on how likely and how soon it might consider annexing those areas. There won’t be any development in the areas by the Upper Sugar River Watershed, for example. “We’ll keep the rural atmosphere, which is mainly vistas,” Maxwell said. “The others will be situated back from the road, and it will be very difficult to see what’s taking place back there.” There’s also a section of the town on the western side near U.S. Hwy. 18-151 that’s marked for a potential commercial development in the draft plan, Maxwell said, and the town plans to work with landowners to finish up segments of the Ice Age Trail. “I think it’s important to keep the town plan a little bit more on our front burner, just look at trends,” he said. “You can’t predict when economic downturns come, as well as growth spurts. That’s the challenge of developing a plan.” Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly. wethal@wcinet.com and follow her on Twitter @ kimberly_wethal.​

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Shortstop Justin Scanlon and Stephen Lund propelled the Verona Home Talent team to within one game of a return trip to the Final Four on Sunday. Scanlon went 3-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBIs and Lund was 3-for-4 with two RBIs as the Cavaliers defeated Pine Bluff-Mount Horeb 7-3 in a Western Sectional semifinal game. Verona (14-2 regular season, 2-0 playoffs) will host rival West Middleton (11-5, 2-0) at 1 p.m. Sunday in the Western Section championship game. The winner will advance to the round-robin Final Four. The Cavaliers have won the Home Talent title five times, with the most recent coming in 2015. “This is what we set out to do, make it to the Western Section (finals),” Scanlon said. “We thought we would see West Middleton and that is exactly where we want to be – at our home park. Verona split two games with West Middleton this season. The Cavaliers lost to Middleton 4-1 the second game of the season on the road and beat them 3-0 at Stampfl Field June 24. “They have one of their pitchers back, and he has had some success against us. We will have to be locked in and come ready to play.” The Cavaliers took a 2-1 lead in the first inning and continued to pour it on, pounding out 14 hits and getting the lead off man on four times. “We have been swinging the ball well, and we just struck with the approach,” Scanlon said. We came through when we really needed to bear down.”

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Verona’s Jacob Slonim steals second base in the sixth inning of the Cavaliers’ 7-3 win over Pine Bluff-Mount Horeb Sunday in a Western Section semifinal game. Verona broke the game open with a two-run seventh and a two-run eighth. Scanlon doubled leading off the seventh. Center fielder Derek Burgenske then ripped an RBI double down the right-field line to give the Cavaliers a 4-1 lead. Luke Yapp knocked in a run on a groundout to extend the lead to 5-2. “We had hits when we needed them,” Verona manager David

Lund said. “We pitched well, and I thought we played good defense.” The Cavaliers also turned several dazzling defensive plays, including Burgenske’s diving catch in center field to rob Ben Jennings of a hit and a 5-4-3 double play in the eighth inning to preserve a three-run lead. It didn’t take the Cavaliers long to answer after falling

behind 1-0 in the first inning. Scanlon singled to center in the bottom of the first, and Lund delivered a game-tying RBI double to left to score Scanlon. Third baseman John Moynihan then came through with a twoout RBI single to left to give the Cavaliers a 2-1 lead they wouldn’t relinquish. “It’s usually not the way we want to start,” Scanlon said of

trailing early. “But we have confidence that our pitchers — Jason (Erxleben) and Nelly (Kyle Nelson) are not going to give up a bunch of runs.” Mount Horeb-Pine Bluff ’s Pete Hefty had an RBI single in the sixth cut Verona’s lead to 3-2. Tucker Teskey singled leading

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Verona opens New core has same goal: state season at Parker MARK NESBITT

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Football fans will get the first glimpse of the Verona football team Friday as the Wildcats kick off the season at Janesville Parker at Monterey Stadium. It will be the first chance for fans to see Verona senior linebacker Dylan Bourne, who is ranked at the position as one of the top in the state, and racked up 105 tackles last year. The Wildcats will have a chance to display their speed and quickness in the pistol, Wing-T offense. This may be one of the last two times Verona plays Parker. Under the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association’s football-only realignment proposal, Parker and Janesville Craig, could be moved to the Badger

Conference in 2020. Ve r o n a k n o c k e d o f f Janesville Parker 21-0 last season and the Vikings finished 1-9 struggling with a young team. Parker coach Clayton Kreger is entering his fourth year at the helm and he’s posted a 9-20 mark. The Vikings will be led by several juniors on defense, including Toby Garvoille, who had 51 tackles last year and and Jakob Barlass ,who had 52 tackles. O n o ff e n s e , Pa r ke r ’s C a s e y Va n d e r l i n , w h o rushed for 118 yards last year, looks to take over at running back. The Vikings return starting wide receivers Tremar Curry and Brady Lippens. Verona junior quarterback Adam Bekx will make his first start.

After a banner year capped by a WIAA Division 1 state tournament berth last season, the Verona girls golf team aims to develop another core that could return to University Ridge. While this year’s team isn’t as experienced or as battle-tested as last year’s, the Wildcats will look to the only returning starter, junior Caitlyn Ott, who tied for 61st at state and was an honorable mention Big Eight All-Conference selection last year, to lead the way. “She (Ott) has good leadership qualities and she has developed her game well the last couple years,” third-year Verona coach Jon Rebholz said. Rebholz guided the Wildcats to an eighth-place finish at the state tournament last year and second in the Big Eight Conference with an 8-1 record. But Ott, will be vying to become the top players in the conference, he said, along with Middleton’s Kate Meier, Janesville Parker Sophie Dooman and Ashlyn Burdick and Madison West’s Lillian Knetter. He expects good competition for the other four varsity spots.

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Verona girls golf letterwinners this year (from left) are: Nicole Thomas, Caitlyn Ott, Celia Donny and Andrea Schleeper. “I expect us to have a little better depth this year, but maybe not as low of scores at the top of the lineup as we’ve had,” Rebholz said. “I expect us to remain competitive, and I expect a new set of girls to step up in leadership roles.” One of the players expected to take on more of a leadership role is senior

Nicole Thomas. Other contenders for the top five spots include junior Andrea Schleeper, senior Celia Donny, senior Meredith Voss and junior Alli Albert. “Nicole Thomas is putting some time into junior tournaments this summer and

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Catlyn Ott won medalist honors in a triangular Monday with Madison West and Sun Prairie at the Edelweiss Golf Course. Ott shot a 12-over-par 84 to edge Madison West’s Lillian Knetter for first place by one stroke. The Regents shot a 373 to win the triangular, four strokes ahead of Verona (377). Nicole Thomas carded a 97 and Andrea Schleeper finished with a 97. Celia Donny shot a 104 to round out the top four for the Wildcats.

Edgewood invite Verona finished 10th at the Madison Edgewood invitational Friday at Yahara Hills Golf Course with a 366. The 20-team invite featured seven of the top eight teams from the WIAA

Division 1 state meet last year. The Wildcats were led by Schleeper who shot a 9-over-par 81. Ott carded an 89 followed by Thomas who finished with a 92. Donny rounded out the top four for the Wildcats with a 94.

Verona invitational The Wildcats took third out of nine teams at the season-opening Verona invitational on Thursday at the Edelweiss Golf Course in New Glarus. Schleeper shot a 14-overpar 86 to lead the Wildcats, which finished with a 378 as a team. Verona was 20 strokes behind runner-up Madison West. Ali Albert finished with a 95 and Thomas had a 99. Ott opened the season with a 100 to round out the top four.

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conference title in 2014. Middleton is favored to has taken on a leadership role repeat as the Big Eight Conference champion, he said. already,” Rebholz said. Ve r o n a l a s t w o n a

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The Verona girls tennis team returns a veteran lineup, but it will need to improve at every flight to better last season’s record. The Wildcats once again finished in the upper half of the conference at the Big Eight tournament in 2017, going 5-4 in Big Eight duals (13-11 overall) and placed behind Madison West, Middleton and Madison Memorial at the conference tournament. Verona returns all three of its top singles players, including two-time state qualifier Meredith Conley atop the lineup. Conley went 23-7 last year, losing her first-round match at conference but playing her way back to a consolation championship. She finished second at sectionals before her season ended with a first-round loss to Big Eight rival Lats Sysouvanh at state. The title of the conference’s top singles player is up for grabs this season, however, with the graduation of Sun Prairie’s Sysouvanh, who won the past two titles. Allison Blessing (9-17) played at No. 2 singles last year for Verona but expects to be succeeded by junior Mary Saley

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Returning letterwinners for the Verona girls tennis team (front, from left) are: Mary Saley, Angie Sutter, Claire Johnson and Sydney Breitbach; (back) Meghan Samz, Eve Parker, Allison Blessing, Meredith Conley and Kasie Keyes.

(13-14). Blessing will move to doubles. and fifth at conference at No. 4 singles. Saley finished fourth at conference as a She expects to take over at No. 3 singles No. 3 singles player last year. Junior Meghan Samz finished 13-14 Turn to Wildcats/Page 11

Cats go 4-0 on road to open season The Verona girls tennis team opened the season on the road last week, going 3-0 at the La Crosse Central Invitational before shutting out Janesville Parker on Tuesday. The Wildcats Swept La Crosse Logan 7-0 and defeated La Crosse Aquinas and La Crosse Central 6-1 on Saturday. Junior Meredith Conley lost just one game in La Crosse, while Mary Saley and freshman Elsa Queoff also went undefeated at La Crosse, while the Wildcats swept all three doubles. Verona capped off the first week of matches with a win over Janesville Parker to start the Big Eight season.

Verona 7, La Crosse Logan 0

Samz and Queoff added 6-1, 6-1 and 6-0, 6-3 wins at Nos. 3 and 4 singles. Saley dropped a tiebreaker to lose the Wildcats’ lone match 4-6, 6-3, 10-4. Breitbach and Keyes and Parker and Sutter secured the match 6-2, 6-4 and 6-3, 6-0 wins.

Verona 6, La Crosse Central 1 Saley and Verona’s No. 2 doubles teams of Parker and Sutter had the most competitive matches in a 6-1 dual meet win against La Crosse Central. Saley cruised through her first set but needed to outlast Elise Howard 6-1, 7-6 (7) at No. 2 singles. Parker and Sutter’s match started out slow but ended strong as they regrouped to win 7-5, 6-3 at No. 2 doubles. Conley capped the invite with a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 1 singles and Queoff added a 6-3, 6-1 win at No. 4 singles. Breitbach and Keyes added a 6-3, 6-1 win at No. 1 doubles and Blessing and Johnson helped out with a 6-2, 6-1 win.

Queoff fought through Verona’s toughest match of the day against La Crosse Logan, earning a 7-5, 6-2 win that completed a 7-0 sweep of the Rangers. Meghan Samz and Saley won 6-0, 6-0 at Nos. 3 and 2 singles. Allison Blessing and Claire Johnson matched the score at No. 3 Verona 6, Janesville Parker 1 doubles. Conley won 6-1, 6-0 atop the singles lineup, The Wildcats swept all four singles matches while Verona’s No. 1 doubles team of Sydney and won at Nos. 2 and 3 doubles Tuesday for a Breitbach and Kasie Keyes and the No. 2 dou- 6-1 win at Janesville Parker. bles team of Angie Sutter and Eve Parker each Saley swept her No. 2 singles match 6-0, matched the score. 6-0. Conley won 6-0, 6-2 at No. 1 singles. and Samz added a 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 3 singles. Verona 6, La Crosse Aquinas 1 Queoff 6-4, 6-4. Blessing and Johnson fought back from a Parker and Sutter and Blessing and Johnson rough second set to win a 6-0, 4-6, 10-5 tie- cruised 6-1, 6-1 at Nos. 2 and 3 doubles. breaker at No. 3 doubles. The win helped VeroBreitbach and Keyes dropped the lost na secure a 6-1 win over La Crosse Aquinas. match, falling 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2) in three sets at Conley rolled 6-1, 6-0 at No. 1 singles. No. 1 doubles.

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Tackle: Youth football to focus on tackling fundamentals Continued from page 1 tackle at fourth grade to eighth grade to flag.” Beginning this fall, there will be no tackle football for fourth-graders. Next year, it will be eliminated at the fifth-grade level. Instead, fourth and fifth-graders will play flag football through the Verona recreation department. Starting in 2020, sixth-graders will play a hybrid version of flag and tackle football, said Verona Area High School football coach Dave Richardson, who works with the local youth football teams. Richardson said he believes that hybrid version will be the first of its kind in the area, as it will be tailored for sixth-graders to learn the proper fundamentals of tackling. “We are kind of a trend setter,” Richardson said. As a result, he said it will bridge the gap between learning the fundamentals of tackling and the science behind when it’s the right time to start contact football. “Everywhere we see it happening because parents are making a decision,” Richardson said of the decline in youth football programs. “Research has shown us it’s probably better to wait a little longer before you go to contact with the concussion issue.” Richardson is hoping those changes help produce more players better equipped to continue football at the high school level. “I think it will increase our numbers and we will have more kids interested in playing football maybe a little later in their middle school years,” he said.

Decline in numbers Richardson has seen the participation numbers in youth football drop off in his near two decades as a head coach in Verona. He said the youth football program in the past would have about 50 players per class and could field

three or four teams at each level. Now, Verona youth football teams have two teams per grade level, he said. This year there are 165 participants in the youth football program fourth grade through eighth grade, which is a decline from 205 last year and 189 in 2016. The highest participation in youth football the past eight years was 326 participants in 2010, Mancilla said. Hesaid safety is only one of the reasons. There’s also increased popularity of other youth sports and the movement by more teenagers to focus on sports specialization in the from of year-round AAU basketball and traveling baseball teams, Mancilla said. “Youth sports is really booming in Verona, and there are several other opportunities for other sports,” he said. “Football is one of the only sports that doesn’t really have a year-round program as the logistics of the sport (field size for example), do not lend itself well to cold-weather participation.” Richardson said increasing participation and keeping players safe are both important to maintaining a successful high school football program. “It’s tough in the Big Eight to only have 25 or 30 seniors and compete with a senior-heavy conference,” he said. “Our goal is to have 50 freshmen out for football every year. If we get that, we feel like we can compete each year.” That, he said, ends up translating to about 40 seniors because of normal attrition. Richardson sees another benefit to the high school programs in the switch to more flag football. “I think that will help keep kids interested in football because now they can play a game where it’s flag football and they can play any position,” he said. In tackle football, he explained, height and weight matters. “Some of these kids are skillful and in that weight class of linemen

and they are not able to play receiver, running back or defensive back, so they have to question whether they want to play tackle football,” he said. “Now, we are taking that out of the equation.”

The hybrid model When the hybrid program begins, there will be two youth football paths for children. The first option is flag football fourth grade through eighth grade and the second option would be flag football through fifth grade, then a transitional hybrid flag-tackle football program in sixth grade and tackle football in seventh and eighth grade. “I don’t want anyone to feel like they have to start to playing tackle football in fourth grade in order to play tackle football in ninth grade,” Richardson said. “That is not true at all. Some of our best football players didn’t start playing tackle football until eighth or ninth grade.” Richardson said the hybrid sixthgrade football program in 2020 will be focused on teaching players the proper way to hit and tackle. Games will still be played in a flag football style, with offensive lineman using hand shield blocking pads to thwart off defensive pass rushers. The fundamentals of learning how to tackle with a player’s head up will be teaching points during practice. Players will learn how to block and tackle in full pads in practice, but not in full-speed game situations, he said. “What we are saying is we are doing it the right way and we are going to transition up to a grade level where they can handle it (tackling) a little bit better and research has shown us that seventh and eighth grade years they are better to start that tackle progression and that is when we will start it. “Now the community knows we are going to take care of these kids, keep them interested in football whether it’s flag or tackle, but they don’t have to bother with tackle until ninth grade if they don’t want to.”

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Neitzel named to honor roll Nicole Neitzel was named to the 2017-18 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Neitzel Athletic Conference Honor Roll. Neitzel is a sophomore on the softball team majoring in accounting. T h e Wa r h a w k s ’ 1 1 women’s teams had 197 honorees, while 149 student-athletes from the nine men’s teams garnered Scholastic Honor

Roll accolades. The Honor Roll is part of the “WIAC Scholar-Athlete Recognition Program.” In addition to the 346 individual awards, U W- W h i t e w a t e r w a s named an All-Academic institution as student-athletes earned a GPA equal to, or greater than, the collective GPA of the overall student body. To be eligible for the list, student-athletes must have carried a 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Nearly 50 percent of the WIAC’s 5,038 student-athletes achieved Honor Roll status.

Verona taking steps to protect youth players across or you bite the ball,” he said. “We incorporated a roll tackle since 2005. We got ahead of the curve. We knew this was coming. We saw the Seattle Seahawks go to this and we mimicked it and it was heads-up football.” Richardson said Verona has had very few issues with concussions. Even at the youth level, Mark Mancilla, president of Verona youth football, said there has been just one concussion the past two years. “That is a really good track record,”

Mancilla said. Several injuries that have occurred at the high school level the past few years were a result of players falling to the ground or whiplash-like in nature, Richardson said. “Generally, when they happen it’s not because there is a helmet-to-helmet hit it’s because their head hits the ground,” he said. All of Verona’s practice fields have been irrigated to soften falls, Richardson said.

Wildcats: Girls poised to once aagin battle in Big 8 action last season and expects to figure into the doubles lineup somewhere. Freshmen Elsa Queoff and Sam Breitthis season. Senior Eve Parker (7-14) played No. 1 bach are newcomers who will battle for doubles the past two years with Meghan varsity playing time this season. Anderson, who chose to not return. The Conference race duo played to a fourth-place finish at conMadison West defended its conference ference last year. The Wildcats also return half of their tournament crown last year by claiming No. 2 doubles team, as Claire and Kayla the No. 1 doubles and No. 4 singles titles. Johnson finished fifth at No. 2 doubles. The Regents added two runner-up spots and three third-place finishes to hold off Claire returns this season. Juniors Kasie Keyes and Sydney Bre- Middleton, Madison Memorial and Sun itbach clicked right away last season and Prairie. Madison West, Middleton and Madiplayed their way to a team-best thirdplace finish at conference as a No. 3 dou- son Memorial are all talented and should bles teams. Each girl is back this season compete for the Big Eight Conference title, while Verona hopes to be right after going 20-8 last year. Senior Angie Sutter was 4-2 in varsity behind. Continued from page 10

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Javon Presley broke four records for the Badger Ridge eighth-grade boys track team last summer. Presley broke the 100- and, 200-meter dash records in 11.2 and 24.1, respectively. He also broke the long jump (19-0) and was part of the record-breaking 4x100 relay.

Madison West has a new coach in Ryan Reischel and returns a talented team led by twins Abby and Maddi Bremel. Abby won the No. 1 doubles title last year and third at No. 2 singles. Middleton’s strength is expected to be its doubles lineup, as Jessica Pientka and Noor Rajpal and Jada Thomas and Anjleen Kaur all return after winning the No. 2 and 3 double titles at conference last year. Madison Memorial should have another solid singles lineup after winning titles at Nos. 2 and 3 singles behind the play of Grace Olson and Julia Zhou, who both return this season. Verona should be in the mix in the upperhalf.

HTL: West Middleton up next in Western section finals commanding 7-2 lead. on two hits. He struck out two, Erxleben pitched six innings and walked one and hit one. Pine Bluff-Mount Horeb’s Ryan off the eighth and scored on Scan- gave up two runs on four hits, while striking out four and walking two. Vogel went 3-for-4. lon’s RBI double. Lund tacked on Nelson tossed three innings in an RBI single to give the Cavaliers a relief and surrendered just one run Continued from page 9

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Administrators in Verona are taking more steps to protect football players from concussions. Verona Area High School football coach Dave Richardson said the new high school that will open in 2020 will feature field turf and have a concussion pad underneath. Richardson has instituted a heads-up tackling technique at the high school level. “When many of us were taught to play football we had to get our head

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Tourism: Position was created by the Chamber, is funded through Verona hotel room taxes Continued from page 1 Graber to complement the board. The chamber manages the money raised from hotel room taxes – collected based on room reservations – which will fund her role. Graber started her career as an event planner, she s a i d , p r ev i o u s l y wo r king for Special Olympics

Wi s c o n s i n , Vi t e n s e G o l f l a n d , H + H S u rg i cal Technologies, Harley Davidson and the Wisconsin Lottery. Through those jobs, she worked with a lot of “DMO’s” – destination marketing organizations – so when she took a job at the Mount Horeb Area Chamber of Commerce,

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‘Heads in beds’ In addition to bringing events to Verona, she’s also hoping to get visitors to stay, instead of just play. Epic Systems brings a lot of “heads into beds” in Verona hotels during the weeknights, Graber said, but the hotels don’t see as many weekend visits as they’d like.

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“The money’s there, it’s just finding exactly what our niche is for travel,” she said. One of the niches Graber has noticed is Verona’s ability to host sporting events in its parks and at private sports facilities. She plans to work closely with the Madison Area Sports Commission and Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce to bring some of those sporting events to Verona, or at least get Verona hotels and businesses listed on event sites as potential venues for people to stay at while they’re in the area. Vi s i t o r s w i l l s p e n d around twice as much money in a community when they have a hotel key, she said, rather than coming for a day trip. “It’s just bringing more people into Verona, but really, at the end of the day, what we’re looking for is heads in beds and getting people to spend the night,” she said. “An overnight stay really benefits more people

than the hoteliers.”

Finding their niche Whatever events Graber helps bring to Verona, she wants them to fit the vibe of the city. Part of her job will be to recruit events that will bring in outsiders, but still feel like a community event for people who live here, she said. “We’d like to add a couple of larger events that would be self-sustaining and would grow over the years,” she said. “Just really finding out through the process of Requests for Proposals what’s a good fit for us, and what’s not.” The demands of visitors are changing, too, Graber said. The days where daytrippers want to come to a new community just to spend money and shop are being replaced by the desire to have actual experiences, she said. “We really need to figure out what experiences you can have in Verona that you

‌June 27‌ 9:53 ‌a.m. A woman reported that an iPhone charger and two hunting knives were stolen from husband’s vehicle earlier in the week when it was parked in their driveway on the 700 block of Diana Drive.‌ 3:10 ‌p.m. A woman came to the police station to report suspicious activity with a person she was trying to close a real estate deal with. The woman reported that a couple was trying to purchase a home, of which the man was in the military and stationed in Russia. She started receiving suspicious text messages from the “Amsterdam government” claiming they had the man in their custody for smuggling gold and that she needed to pay off the man’s ‌ fine.‌

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9:13 ‌p.m. Police attempted to catch a small poodle that had run out into traffic on the 400 block of Verona Avenue. The dog ran away from police and could not be caught.‌ 10:28 ‌p.m. A man was arrested for drug paraphernalia after the vehicle he was riding in was pulled over at the cor‌June 30‌ ner of Verona Avenue and Main Street 2:14 ‌a .m. A 47-year-old Madison for not being registered.‌ woman was issued her first operating while intoxicated citation after being ‌July 2‌ 12 ‌a.m.: A man flagged down police stopped at the corner of Main Street and Verona Avenue for a defective headlight. to inform them of a blue Mustang veShe was also cited for having open in- hicle he thought was impersonating an toxicants in her vehicle. Three hours lat- officer as the driver kept flashing blue er, she received her second OWI offense and red strobe lights when it came up to at the corner of Verona Avenue and En- intersections.‌ terprise Drive after operating the vehicle 7:43 ‌p.m. A man reported his neighagain. She was taken to the public safe- bor for placing a “For Sale” sign on his ty building on a 12-hour hold.‌ property on the 300 block of South Main ‌ Street. The neighbor told police that he was trying to sell his business and that ‌July 1‌ he would move the sign onto the foot10:13 ‌a.m. A woman reported her wide strip of land owned by the condowhite Volkswagen Jetta had been stolen minium complex. Police suggested that from the underground parking structure the two men get a land survey done to at her condominium on the 100 block determine where the property line is.‌ of Meadowside Drive between midnight ‌– Compiled by Kimberly Wethal and 9 ‌a.m. that morning.‌

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can’t have anywhere else,” Graber said. “That’s what I’m trying to identify and figure out what our niche in the market is.” And even if those experiences aren’t necessarily in Verona – there are plenty of surrounding communities that provide a range of experiences for visitors, Graber said – it’s about selling Verona as a central “hub” for visitors to stay so they can experience all those things while working with other tourism entities to bring people to Wisconsin. “Visitors don’t see city lines,” she said. “They don’t know if they’re going from Madison to Verona, or Verona to Middleton … they don’t know when they’re exiting one city and entering another one, really.”

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Verona History July

50 years ago • The Village Board voted to join numerous other Dane County municipalities to form a separate health department from Madison’s. The group of municipalities felt that Madison was attempting to put a larger-than-appropriate share of its costs on the others. • The Village Board discussed where to place the library, considering renting a south-side building or building a new one on the village-owned property by St. Andrew’s. • Conservative school board candidates Burr Weiland and Richard Doerfer defeated incumbents Russell Marquardt and Larry Monthey by wide margins. Observers noted that a strong rural, retired voting presence came to the polls. • The Village Board approved a trial program with City Disposal to pick up and haul garbage in the village at a cost of $1,200 a month for 600 residential and 30 commercial stops. • Harrington Chevrolet moved into its new building on West Verona Avenue. The dealership was sold in 1978 to John Erickson and closed earlier this year. • More than 300 youngsters licensed their bicycles at the Verona Police Department. • Verona’s population had grown by 50 percent in eight years, according to preliminary results of the county’s “census by mail,” from 1,741 in 1960 to 2,212. That number was up 200 percent since 1950. • Newly elected American Legion officers were Norm Sies, commander, Floyd LaMere, first vice commander, Harold Johnson, second vice commander, Herbert Zurbuchen, adjutant, Donald Meyer, sergeant-at-arms, and Al Frazier, service officer.

40 years ago • The Common Council’s vote

to award a cable TV franchise to a Mount Vernon Telephone Co. affiliate created a huge stir that lasted into the following year. Its 5-3 vote ended up being turned down on a mayoral veto after a perusal of the bid showed a high number of exceptions to the current ordinance. The council had the option to override the veto with six votes but declined to do so, with at least one council member opining that parent company TDS might try to change its services “like that” after the franchise was awarded. The city spent the majority of the year attempting to recraft its rules for cable franchises, while District Attorney Jim Doyle investigated a revelation that Ald. George Little was inappropriately flown in a TDS private plane from Appleton to Madison. Little admitted to the trip but said he didn’t believe he did anything wrong, since it didn’t change his vote. • The July 4 celebration, now held in June and known as Hometown USA Days, was all but rained out, with deluges marring the festival from beginning to end. • The city decided to contact Dane County about purchasing 5-10 acres east or south of the fire station for possibly building a new City Hall and moving its offices out of the Carnes campus. • The Verona Veterinary Clinic opened a 24-hour emergency service operation, becoming one of four Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Hospitals, with the other three in Madison and Monroe.

Verona, that it was an important project they wanted to see decided soon, and that delays have been frustrating because of the uncertainty of the location. The Common Council also passed a resolution favoring the project. • Town residents told the Town Board they wanted to see transmission lines to the new substation to be built underground. The board did not pass an ordinance requiring that because it would have been all-encompassing. • The Town Board gave approval for hooking up cable in the town. It was to be available in about two months. • EMS treasurer William Noftle resigned amid a Fitchburg police investigation of possible mishandling of funds. A subsequent audit revealed as much as $19,000 was missing and listed 38 checks made payable to Noftle or “cash” during the 18 months he was treasurer. • The Verona school board discussed the possibility of adding soccer as a fall alternative sport, but there were questions about how much interest it might have and whether VAHS could find enough competition. • Five local dancers from the West Side Performing Arts Dance Studio joined the studio’s traveling troupe on a trip to Denmark and the Soviet Union.

20 years ago

• The town began land-use planning after an attempt by Sup. Manfred Enburg to develop a neighborhood plan on the southwest side of town failed. 30 years ago • After months of debate, the • A public hearing on the Verona Area school board passed 18-151 bypass around Verona was a policy on choice that many held at the Holiday Inn off I-90. people characterized as imposResidents told the Transportaing a quota system on charter tion Projects Commission, which schools. Core Knowledge, in included Rep. Joe Wieneke of particular, had been criticized

Spotlight: 20 years ago

• Epic got media and politicians buzzing with its announcement that it would “try to work only with vendors that do not support” Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce. The move was a result of WMC’s involvement in a Wisconsin Supreme Court campaign many people found duplicitous. • Chemical company SAFC-Pharma brought plans for a 45,000-square-foot manufacturing facility to Verona. It would open two years later, in the Verona Technology Park. • Tim Bubon left New Century School after 10 years in that position. • Michael Kruse left his position as associate principal to become principal of Stoughton High School, where he remains today. • St. Andrew Parish in Verona merged with St. William Parish in Paoli to create the new St. Christopher Parish. • City clerk JoAnn Wainwright retired after just under 30 years with the city. • Local-access cable channels VHAT and VCAT prepared to 10 years ago move to digital channels in the • The Verona Area School dis900s as a result of new state legtrict approved paying a consultant islation. to study the possibility of creating • With gas at $4 per gallon, the a multi-district Global Academy city created a law authorizing that would train high schoolers “neighborhood electric vehicles.” on job skills and help them earn It was designed to allow the postsecondary credits. Verona Senior Center to buy an The idea was discussed serielectric car for small trips, which ously for months but eventually it later did with the help of its fizzled out. Friends organization. • A 10-hour standoff at the • Meriter opened a clinic just home of a local man ended in outside Verona on County Hwy. several felony and misdemeanor PD. charges for the resident, Michael • Core Knowledge Charter R. Fogarty, 46. School planted a rain garden near Fogarty had fled a traffic stop its parking lot to capture runoff. and gotten in a scuffle with his wife after she tried to stop him – Jim Ferolie from arming himself with guns in the home, police said.

and scrutinized for its relatively homogeneous ethnic makeup, and administrators were concerned about running afoul of federal guidelines. • An anonymous tip helped police nab a burglar who had stolen a purse with several credit cards from a home and attempted to use them at area businesses. The burglar, a 17-year-old Verona resident, had apparently removed a screen and entered through a kitchen window while residents were sleeping. • Verona Area High School graduate Sherry Severson joined the Verona Police Department. The 26-year-old had previously worked with the county before going to the police academy. • South Main Street opened to traffic after replacing the “confusing” interchange at Paoli Street. • Former Mayor Art Cresson announced he would run for the 79th Assembly District as a Democrat. Cresson had first been in alder in 1978. • Lonnie Selje stepped down as executive director of the chamber of commerce after three years.

Spotlight: 40 years ago

School board passes choice policy After months of debate, editing and arguing over minute details, the Verona area school board unanimously passed its policy on choice and charter schools last Monday. The vote was taken after very little discussion, all the major points having already been made. The board’s two primary critics of the policy, Rob Cramer and Greg Tracy, both made the point that passing the policy might be the prudent, if not the proper thing to do. “We’ve spent an extreme amount of time on this issue, Tracy said after noting he had favored 90 percent of the policy. Cramer said he also supported only 90 percent of the policy but noted, “we need to move past this controversy … (by) having the board take ownership (of the policy) and hopefully being accountable.” The 10 percent the two board members did not like was the portion relating to demographics. The new policy dictates that the populations within choice programs and charter schools should reflect as closely as possible their attendance draw. This means that if half of a charter

school’s students normally would have attended a given site, half the student body should resemble the racial, ethnic and educational-need makeup of that site. “The quota it establishes gives me great pause,” Cramer said when speaking of the policy. Quota, perhaps one of the hottest political buzzwords, was a term thrown about during the audience participation portion of the meeting, as well. Fitchburg resident and Core Knowledge parent Mary Kay Zimbrick said a legal opinion the district had obtained “tries to justify the quota system you call a choice policy.” Prior to the vote, superintendent bob Gilpatrick reviewed the legal opinions made during the audience participation portion of the agenda. Noting that “there are those in this charter who would like to be more independent than their contract says,” Gilpatrick pointed out that the charter schools are “instruments of the Board of Education” and therefore subject to board decisions. He stated that if the policy ran contrary to the rules of the United State Department

of Education, as had been asserted by policy opponents, it could possibly result in the loss of federal funds, but it would not be grounds for a legal suit. After the meeting, Core Knowledge parent and leader Kelli Kreienkamp expressed disappointment with the outcome of the vote but said the Core Knowledge Charter School has no plans to challenge the decision at this time. She followed up on points made during the meeting that the policy would be very difficult to implement. “We tried to illustrate how difficult this will be to apply on a general basis,” she said. The policy “could end up tying their own hands as well as others.” How successful the school board will be in enforcing the letter of their new policy remains to be seen. In a related item, the board unanimously passed a resolution allowing fifth- and sixthgrade classes at Core knowledge to expand for the 19992000 school year. This will be allowed “if the rules relative to enrollment relating to the district’s choice and charter policy are willingly adhered to.”

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Obituary

Nona B. Hagen

Nona B. Hagen, a wonderful woman aged 100, of Waupaca, was called home on Wednesday, August 8, 2018. She was born in Verona, on July 5, 1918, to the late George and Mabel (Beard) Way. Nona was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, where she had been active in Bethel Circle. She was a veteran of WWII, serving in the Women’s Army Corp. Nona had been a member of the Hospital Auxiliary, the American Legion Auxiliary and the Gray Ladies at the Wisconsin Veterans Home. Nona enjoyed making crafts of all kinds, playing cards and Scrabble. She was a kind and loving woman, who was generous with her time and talents. She was the beloved mother of Dale (Audrey) Hagen, of Verona, Phillip Hagen, Howard Hagen, Susan Hagen-Wesche and Julie (Patrick) Hagen-Coenen, of Waupaca, Marilee (special friend Jerry McKeever) Hagen of Weyauwega; grandchildren: Tim (Mary Lou) Hagen, Amy Hagen, Jackilee Severin, Michael (Samantha) Hagen, Evan (Andrea) Hagen, Steve

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(Brianna) Hagen, Valerie (Lance) Gabrielson, Seth (Danielle) Hanson, Claire Hanson, Travis Wesche, G r a c e ( J o h n Wa g n e r ) Wesche, Sam (Stephanie Roehrig) Coenen and Eli Coenen, 17 great-grandchildren; sisters Georgia Post of Mount Horeb and Gloria (Philip) Craker of Reedsburg; sister-in-law Audrey Way of Mount Horeb and other relatives and friends. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Arthur Hagen, daughter Linda Hagen, daughter-inlaw Linda Hagen, brother Noel Way, sister Florence Rudd, grandsons Nebadon Wesche and Todd Hagen and great-grandson, Alexander Severin. The funeral service will be at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, August 13, 2018, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 206 E. Badger St., Waupaca. The visitation will be at the church from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service. Burial will be in Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in King. In lieu of flowers, memorials are appreciated to the American Legion or Trinity Lutheran Church. The Maple Crest Funeral Home of Waupaca is assisting the family with arrangements.

EMS: Fitchburg takeover of dept. ‘not acceptable’ to Diaz Continued from page 1

Legals *** NOTICE The City of Verona Plan Commission will hold a Public Hearing on September 4, 2018 at City Hall, 111 Lincoln Street, at 6:30 PM for the following planning and zoning matter: 1) General development plan (GDP) amendment for a planned unit development (PUD), known as Sugar Creek Commons, located at 501 West Verona Avenue, 503 West Verona Avenue, 507 West Verona Avenue, 513 West Verona Avenue, 100 Legion Street, and 501-522 Topp Avenue that would allow for the construction of 284-apartment units, and 26,000 square feet of commercial space. Interested persons may comment on this planning and zoning matter during the public hearing at the September 4th Plan Commission meeting. The Plan Commission will make recommendations for this matter, which will then be reviewed by the Common Council for a final decision on Monday, September 10th. Contact Adam Sayre, Director of Planning and Development, at 608-8489941 for more information on this item or to receive copies of the submittal. Ellen Clark, City Clerk Published: August 16 and 23, 2018 WNAXLP ***

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coordination and “moderate” potential for cost savings and increased revenues. Contracting for service from Fitchburg, however, is “not acceptable,” Verona Mayor Luke Diaz told the Press in an email Monday. Diaz is a former memb e r o f t h e Gonzalez Fitch-Rona EMS Commission. “EMS is too critical of a service to outsource without Verona hav- Diaz ing direct input into the governing body,” he wrote. “I get that Fitchburg is looking at ways t o r e d u c e Myrland cost and get more control, but ultimately I have to do what’s best for Verona residents.” A discussion on the study was set on Fitchburg’s Common Council meeting Tuesday, Aug. 14. Diaz said

Verona’s council will discuss it Aug. 27. Fitchburg Mayor Jason Gonzalez said Tuesday morning he was “still evaluating” what’s in the report and had not read the entire study “thoroughly” yet, as he expected the presentation Tuesday to help focus on the highlights. He added that he planned to “open the floor” to the public and any interested department members at Tuesday night’s meeting after the presentation to ask questions of the consultant. Fitchburg commissioned the study Nov. 14 after Ald. Julia Arata-Fratta (Dist. 2) proposed looking into combining its fire and EMS departments in a structure called fire-based EMS, which cross-trains firefighters. That idea came with strong opposition in a memo from the longtime outgoing EMS chief, Brian Myrland, who said there is “no evidence of concern in either department,” but Fitchburg fire chief Joe Pulvermacher supported looking for ways to “identify efficiencies.” The study considered four possible ways to make that happen – forming its own fire/ems department (Option B), assuming all EMS responsibilities and contracting out (Option C),

forming separate fire and EMS departments from the city and town of Verona (Option D); and consolidating fire and EMS departments with Verona (Option E). Each showed “moderate” cost savings, “low” reductions in response times and “high” or “moderate-high” improvements in coordination; the main differences were in increased revenues and sustainability of staff and services over 10-25 years. Options B, D and E all showed “moderate” sustainability of staff and services. Options C and E showed “moderate” potential for increased revenues, while D was “low” and B was “low-moderate.” The study also considered specific issues that would affect the feasibility of each, including political factors and the existing agreement, which requires a one-year advance notice of withdrawal, which would then happen at the end of that year. Option A, keeping the status quo, would also involve Fitchburg proposing “favorable amendments” to that agreement, including changing the commission structure to give more power to the cities. The sixth option, expanding Fitchburg’s advanced life support services,

showed little to no improvement in all but one category, increased revenues. Diaz said he would “be open to looking” at options on the list other than C “as long as Verona has a say in our EMS coverage, they result in high quality care at a reasonable price, and in the event of further consolidation, they don’t result in unfair job losses.” Among the reasons cited for the study are the coming third ambulance for Fitch-Rona EMS, which was originally planned for 2018 but had to be pushed back to 2019 because of Fitchburg’s budget and transitional state of the fire stations. That operating expense – at least $300,000 in the first year – would ​be added to an already-tight budget the Fitchburg council has had difficulty with in recent years. Fitchburg is also in the m i d s t o f bu i l d i n g n ew facilities for its fire department to better serve a large urban and rural area that will expand significantly by 2022, when the Town of Madison is added to its territory. Email Verona Press editor Jim Ferolie at veronapress@wcinet.com.​

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