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As the 361 Stoner Prairie Elementary School students filed into the step room on a recent Tuesday, Tammy Thompson Kapp stood at the front, singing and clapping along to Bruno Mars’ “Count on Me”: “You can count on me like one two three I’ll be there And I know when I need it I can count on you like four three two You’ll be there ‘Cause that’s what friends are supposed to do, oh yeah” The school’s new principal was at her second “community gathering” event of the year, and the song to her symbolizes what she’s trying to build at Verona Area School District’s lowest-enrollment attendance area elementary school. Most recently a principal
in the Madison Metropolitan School District, Thompson Kapp took over here July 1, succeeding Mike Pisani, who l e f t f o r a Thompson Kapp job in Lodi after five years in Verona. Pisani’s tenure ended with him facing criticism from some staff and parents, including some of the lowest marks on the perception survey taken in the spring among the district’s schools. That left Thompson Kapp coming into a challenging situation when she took over. But she said the community has been supportive so far. “This is a strong school c o m m u n i t y a l r e a d y,” Thompson Kapp said. “I’m just trying to bring it together in a more unified way that really highlights the importance of taking care of ourselves first, so that we can be our best version of ourself for others.” Thompson Kapp taught fifth and sixth grade in the West Allis-West Milwaukee
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Troy Rost saws off a piece of a new column going on the front door of the Matts house, one of the final remaining pieces of restoration work two years after buying the estimated 170-year-old building from the City of Verona. descendants are “thrilled” by the restoration work done on a place that’s taken on a new meaning in recent years. “That house on the corner is a
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A few years ago, the Matts House was on the verge of becoming just another memory. The home was once a shining example of mid-19th-century progress in a new community in a new state, but by the beginning of the 21st century, decades of disrepair had reduced it to seemingly little more than a place to build something better. And when the City of Verona purchased it in 2015 after years of trying, that was exactly the idea. But that’s when people and a place converged, and the aging-yet-historic building was restored and saved – at least for another generation – to begin a new chapter in a new Verona. After years of sitting in disrepair, the building at 101 N. Main St. was officially rechristened Saturday, Oct. 13, with a grand opening and ribbon cutting at the Purple Goose clothing, accessories and gift shop. The second floor will eventually feature yoga, meditation and other health-related practices, the same sort of business incubator Purple Goose owner Halley Jones had for years at the business’ former location three blocks to the west. It took a city to save a building – property owners who agreed to sell, city officials who provided time for a plan to emerge, preservation-minded citizens who came up with ideas and a restoration expert who turned vision into reality. Once the city decided to restore it, it took a year to hand over the keys to Troy Rost, and it took Rost two years of mostly his own labor to get the building back to where it started – an opulent curiosity in the heart of Verona’s downtown. Rost faced many challenges, like rebuilding the main floor, which was several inches higher in back than in the front. But in other places, all the hard work came together with a seeming natural ease, such as with the second floor, where he removed an old attic to create 16 foot-high, wood-paneled ceilings for what will be the yoga and meditation area. “I think that would be a really pleasant space,” he said. Verona Area Historical Society president Jesse Charles, who helped lead efforts to save the building, said society members and Matts family
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Opportunity 34 raises $13,000 A basketball tournament honoring late Verona Area High School graduate Will Kellerman raised $13,000 Saturday. The inaugural Opportunity 34 3 v 3 Tournament was held at the Sports Enhancement Academy in the Verona Athletic Center, with 40 teams and 150 players from as young as fourth-grade up to 50 years old participate. Ke l l e r m a n d i e d l a s t November in a car crash at the age of 21. He played basketball at VAHS and then in college at Milwaukee Area Technical College. Saturday’s event also brought out 350 spectators and 65 volunteers, and 118 pairs of shoes were collected that will be donated to the Boys and Girls Club. The $13,000 raised will go into the Opportunity 34 fund, which will provide scholarships to VAHS graduates and contributed $40,000 earlier this year to the Milwaukee Area Technical College Foundation to help support students there.
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Proposed power line would serve Epic
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KEVIN MURPHY Press correspondent
A proposed electrical substation and mostly underground power line would help meet Epic Systems’ growing demand for power in coming years. American Transmission Co. wants to meet that demand and is seeking state approval for a $21 million project that constructs and upgrades area facilities, according to an application filed Monday with the Public Service Commission. Called the Northern Lights Interconnection Project, ATC plans to construct an electrical substation on a former stone quarry owned by the City of Verona south of County Hwy. PD. ATC would obtain an easement from the city to access to the site and build the Northern Lights substation and power line. Epic would pay the cost of site preparation and storm water management and compensate the city for easement. According to the application, the new Northern Lights substation would be connected by about 2.25 miles of largely underground 138 kilovolt transmission line to the existing Cross Country substation at Hwys. M and PD. Epic requested that the new line be undergrounded and would pay the additional cost of undergrounding the line compared to an overhead configuration, said ATC spokesperson Kaya Freiman. The new 138kV line would cross Hwy. M overhead then be undergrounded to the new Northern Lights substation, according to the application. Epic projects their energy demand
to surpass 22 megawatts by 2022 and grow to 30 MW by 2028. Epic is currently served by a 24.9-kilovolt distribution line that runs 2.6 miles from the Cross Country substation. Due to this load growth, ATC determined that the transmission solution that connected Epic from the Cross Country to Pleasant View line was the best value among all the alternatives. An Epic spokesperson said “the possible addition of future buildings on the Epic site” may exceed maximum feeder capacity from Alliant Energy, requiring a higher capacity power line to the property. Spokesperson Meghan Roh could not specify when Epic’s electrical needs would increase, saying that “depends upon future potential expansion of the campus.” The PSC has six months to review and take public comment on the project. ATC anticipates project approval to allow construction to begin in November 2019 and the line go into service in June 2021.
Proposed routes, costs ATC has proposed two line routes to connect the substations, and both are located in the Town of Verona about one half-mile north of residential neighborhoods. ATC’s preferred route extends underground west of M along PD for one mile. Then it turns south near the Woods Road intersection and follows the western edge of the Denner property about .2 miles. The line emerges above ground within the Northern Lights substation property. AT C ’s a l t e r n a t ive r o u t e a l s o extends underground west from M about one mile then turns south for about .2 miles. At the northern edge of the Midthun property, the alternate route turns west about .9 miles, ending at the Northern Lights substation.
Approximately 2.25 miles of new optic communications line would be installed on existing power poles and extend from the Cross Country substation to the Pleasant View substation in the Town of Middleton. Undergrounding much of the 2.25 mile new power line would cost an estimated $14.26 million for the preferred route and $14.43 million for the alternate route. Construction cost estimates for Northern Lights substation are $4.06 million. Upgrades to the Pleasant View and Cross Country substations are estimated at $196,000 and $212,000. Adding a new line between the Cross Country and Pleasant View substations is estimated at $1.533 million. The total estimated cost for the preferred route is $21.23 million and $21.36 million for the alternate route. AT C s a y s i t s p r e f e r r e d r o u t e shares more existing right of way and impacts less new right of way in agricultural and undeveloped lands identified for new development than the alternate route. Right of way widths vary between 20 and 115 feet depending upon location. Two residences would be within 25 feet of the preferred route, but ATC assumes the residences will be cleared in the PD expansion project, before the power line undergrounding begins. Ten houses are within 300 feet of the undergrounded preferred route. No residences are within 300 feet of the underground alternative route. ATC mailed letters and maps to potentially impacted landowners along the preferred and alternate routes and invited them to meet with ATC. Those that communicated with ATC favored undergrounding the line and the proposed preferred route, ATC reported.
Awe recognized by RSVP with lifetime achievement award Verona volunteer contributed 4,000 hours AMBER LEVENHAGEN Unified Newspaper Group
A Verona resident will be recognized for her community service at the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) awards
luncheon on Thursday in Cottage Grove. Helen Awe will be given the RSVP lifetime achievement award volunteering more Awe than 4,000 hours as a Group Project volunteer with the Verona Hometown Helpers, a knitting, crocheting and sewing
group who meet monthly at the Verona Senior Center. She taught herself how to knit when she was young by reading a book, a news release from RSVP said. “She cherishes the social aspect of the knitting group and enjoys making Packer and Badger colored children’s mittens best,” the release said. Awe is among 34 volunteers from 12 Dane County communities who
will receive RSVP service awards. RSVP has been matching senior volunteers, ages 50 and older, with opportunities to serve for over 45 years. For information about volunteering, call 238-7787 or visit rsvpdane. org. Contact Amber Levenhagen at amber.levenhagen@ wcinet.com.
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Fight at VAHS ends lunch early Thursday 13 officers respond after ‘several’ incidents SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group
A fight in the Verona Area High School cafeteria last week ended lunch early and was followed by “several other fights” in other areas of the school. A window was broken in the cafeteria during the initial fight, Verona Police D e p a r t m e n t L t . D av e Dresser said in an email, and “numerous students” were sent home by high school staff during the investigation. Five VPD officers and eight Dane County Sheriff ’s deputies were involved in the response, Dresser said, which included both the cafeteria and tennis court areas. He added there were “no reported injuries.” The Verona Area School District told parents in an email home that day that there was a “classroom hold” put in place to
avoid any “threat to other students outside of the group.” “Several staff members also intervened to de-escalate the situation,” the letter home stated. The fight broke out a r o u n d 1 2 : 3 0 p . m . , a t which point students were asked to move to their fifth-hour class. That class normally starts closer to 1 p.m. The letter from the district also said students involved “met with high school administration and (their) parents were contacted” as they were sent home. “ T h e i nve s t i g a t i o n will continue, and the students involved will receive appropriate cons e q u e n c e s ,” t h e l e t t e r stated. “School safety for our staff and students will always be a priority as we keep families informed.” The full police report on the incident was not available to the Press by its deadline. Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.
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Don’t support ALEC candidate It is assumed that the legislation being created on the state level happens organically, in a process designed to benefit the legislators’ constituents. In most cases, nothing could be further from the truth. Readers should understand who is behind the regressive laws being introduced and advanced by states with Republican majorities, like Wisconsin. Republican senators and assembly members may occupy the offices in our state capitol, however other entities are calling the shots. The most influential organization, which guides these corporate surrogates, is an organization whose acronym is ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. Heavy corporate hitters such as the Koch Brothers, Philip Morris and Exxon Mobil pony up millions to fund the creation of sample legislation shopped out to willing legislators. The corporate-friendly bills move from statehouse to statehouse and look remarkably identical. The similarity is not surprising, as the laws are created from a single source, ALEC. Imagine the outrage our founding fathers would hold for such an arranged marriage of state and corporate
collusion. Make no mistake, ALEC has an agenda, and it has done a remarkable job of advancing it. They have created and pushed laws to restrict voting rights, deregulate environmental protection, sabotage the Affordable Care Act and they have pushed for ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws and worked to privatize what was public. One shining example of an ALEC cheerleader is running for U.S. Senate against Tammy Baldwin. Leah Vukmir remains a mainstay in ALEC and served as ALEC’s National Spokeswoman in 2016. During her tenure as a state senator, she advanced at least 24 pieces of legislation drawn directly from ALEC. She has been compensated for her allegiance with donations of $40,000 of traceable campaign funding from ALEC or the group’s corporate sponsors. Vukmir’s legislative tryst with ALEC is troubling. I am working for and supporting the reelection of Tammy Baldwin, a known fighter for Wisconsin citizens. Join me. Tim White Town of Springdale
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A year of drama that didn’t need to happen
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his month’s agreement between the school district and a nearby landowner went swimmingly if you don’t count the year of unnecessary drama that led up to it. The school district gets its warm-water community pool everyone will benefit from and an artificial turf soccer field, both of which bring revenue opportunities. The city gets the second access point it needed to ensure traffic flow and safety. Ferolie The Swiggum family gets to keep its excavating business in the industrial park, where it’s been for decades. Win-win-win. But the absurd uncertainty of the past year surrounding this deal, which ends up as a small sacrifice from each of the three parties, could have been avoided easily with better communication, better planning and even more importantly, a more open process. There’s no point in pointing fingers, but suffice it to say, there is no part of this that could not have been figured out before voters passed the most expensive school construction referendum in the history of the state in April 2017. Not a single position or situation related to this entire matter has changed materially since another referendum two years earlier allowed the district to purchase the land it is being built on. In fact, the biggest change is that more money became available – about $11 million from the closure of the Epic tax-increment financing district last year. That gave the school district flexibility to add amenities to the school that some officials apparently were hesitant
to put into the construction referendum for fear they would appear frivolous. I’m not sure where things started to go awry, but you can go at least two years back, when a closed session of the City of Verona Common Council discussed the concept of trading land that contains two school buildings to help fund a road from the school to Paoli Street. What seemed like a brilliant idea at the time became folly when city administrator Jeff Mikorski relayed the point of the discussion to superintendent Dean Gorrell, who then brought it to the board as gospel: $5 million for the buildings, and that’ll pay for the road. Done deal. Never mind that only two members of that eight-person Common Council are still on that body. Move past the fact that neither the $5 million guess at the value of the land nor the complete shot in the dark that the road would cost about that much were based in any sort of reality. What both men, with decades of experience in their field, should have known was that a deal’s not a deal until everyone knows what they’re getting. If you put an offer on a house and you find it has busted plumbing or a cracked foundation, the deal is off. In this case, everyone’s assumptions were way, way off – about $3 million for the land and $12 million for the road – and it seems nobody bothered to check them out until the referendum passed with fixed numbers. Four months after voters approved $182 million for construction, district officials discussed their plans with city officials, who told them the exit to Paoli Street would be much too close to the highway offramp, risking all sorts of traffic tie-ups and accidents. And three months after that, an appraisal showed the school land wasn’t
worth nearly as much as the off-thecuff suggestion made a year earlier. Why both of those things couldn’t have been figured out before the referendum – or at least discussed publicly – I can’t begin to understand. Once the referendum passes, the district is locked in to that number no matter what. But if more than 60 percent of voters were willing to overwhelmingly approve $182 million for a new school, it’s hard to imagine they wouldn’t have approved $185 million or $190 million to make sure it was safer and had better traffic control. After all the time education reporter Scott Girard and I have put into following these negotiations, the only explanation that makes sense to us is that the secrecy surrounding this deal – between two public bodies representing mostly the same people – was its downfall. Now, the city has to accept an inferior traffic pattern, with people driving along a partially residential road and an industrial park to access the eastern entrance of the school, rather than getting right off the highway. The school district had to push its deadlines and find construction cost savings elsewhere in the school itself. And S&E Enterprises will have to wait out busy school traffic anytime it wants to move equipment from one end of its property to the other. It works, but it could have and should have worked better. Toward the end of this process, city officials stopped discussing the topic in closed sessions, and the last school district discussion on this topic was held openly, as well. Had both done that from the start, things might have gone very differently. We can only hope it’s a sign of things to come. Jim Ferolie has been the editor of the Verona Press since 2006.
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‘Restorative court’ presentation Oct. 25 SCOTT GIRARD Unified Newspaper Group
A countywide initiative focused on helping young offenders stay out of the judicial system is spreading to Verona. The Dane County Community Restorative Court, which began four years ago, has been working its way around four “quadrants” in the county, explained program coordinator Ron Johnson, and Verona is the last one to connect with. That connection will begin Thursday, Oct. 25, with a presentation and question and answer session at the Verona Public Library beginning at 6 p.m. “We’re in an expansion mode to make sure that this program is offered to every (area) in Dane County,” Johnson told the Press. “I want to give community members an opportunity to weigh in, get information, to see what this program is all about.” The event, which Johnson estimated will last an hour, will include presentations from a social worker, a victim who has been through the program, possibly a Verona Police Department officer and a volunteer “peacemaker.” “We’re always, always looking to recruit new peacemakers,” Johnson said. “The peacemakers … are the backbone of the system.” Those peacemakers help bring the “community” aspect into the “restorative circles” the program uses after an offense, usually something like disorderly conduct, theft, battery, criminal damage to property or obstruction, Johnson said. The circles, much like those used in Verona Area schools in recent years, include the offender, the victim, Johnson and some peacemakers. As
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a group, they come up with a “repair harm agreement,” which outlines what the offender must do to make up for the damage they’ve caused. “We talk about the offender’s life. We talk about the pain or the loss that the victim experienced,” Johnson explained. “The victim gets an upfront seat in terms of what’s going on and how the offender is going to be held accountable for what happened.” Referrals for the program come from the district attorney’s office or police departments, Johnson said. Of the 300 or so cases worked on in the first four years, Johnson said 91.1 percent have completed the requirements outlined in the agreement, leading their charges and fines to be dropped. “That circle represents community,” he said. “It’s community that helps to solve and resolve these sort of issues and repair the harm done in the community by the crime.” The program is for offenders between the ages of 17 and 25, which Johnson said is an age group with people who “make mistakes, do hairbrained things.” “That age group is because all the brain science suggests the human brain isn’t fully developed until after 25,” he said. “Our program is designed to help people who have made mistakes correct their ways so they don’t continue down that slippery slope.”
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The Verona Area school board will hold an “open house” listening session Tuesday, Oct. 23. Board members began holding listening sessions last year, with a goal of having one community outreach-focused event each month. Sometimes that was about a specific topic, like the new high school design, and other times it was more general, like Tuesday’s event is planned to be. The event will run from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Boys and Girls Club in Fitchburg, 4619 Jenewein Road. “We want to be as accessible as we can as representatives of the Verona Area and provide people with a forum where they can discuss with their elected officials what’s going on
Survivors and C0-Survivors,” there from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20. Schunk battled with breast cancer in 2012 and 2013. The book started as a blog she wrote while undergoing treatment as a way of keeping her siblings updated with the progress of the disease. While Schunk shut down the blog after receiving primary treatment, she told the Press in an email that through the process of
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to meet with their Board members.” Board members and district staff will be on hand for individual questions and discussions. What: Verona Area school board Roberts said last year after the first listening session outreach meeting in June that the meetWhen: 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. ing was a “more personal” setting, 23 which allowed people to ask “in-depth questions and follow-up questions.” Where: Boys and Girls Club, 4619 While regular board meetings have time Jenewein Road, Fitchburg blocked out for public input, the board Info: verona.k12.wi.us does not discuss the issues brought up immediately or engage in a conversation with the speaker. “A lot of the time, people just wanted to come and be heard,” Roberts said in the district, ask questions, or pro- last year. “It’s beneficial for us to gather vide any feedback,” board president feedback.” Noah Roberts wrote in an email to the Press. “We’ve been rotating locations to Contact Scott Girard at ungreportensure that everyone in the Verona Area er@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9. has the chance to conveniently stop in
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writing the blog, she found answers for herself on how to care for her body and soul through the process of having cancer. For more information, email Schunk at ritaschunk@mhtc.net. Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly. wethal@wcinet.com and follow her on Twitter @ kimberly_wethal.
If You Go What: “Surviving the Pink Ribbon: Body and Soul Guide for Breast Cancer Survivors and Co-Survivors” book release When: Noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20 Where: The Sow’s Ear, 125 S. Main St. Info: Email Rita Schunk at ritaschunk@mhtc.net
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Mount Horeb author Rita Offerdahl Schunk will be releasing her new book about surviving breast cancer at a place that has a special meaning to her. Her late husband, John Offerdahl, used to practice law at 125 S. Main S t . , w h e r e T h e S ow ’s Ear has since taken over occupancy. She’ll be celebrating the release of her book, “Surviving the Pink Ribbon: Body and Soul Guide for Breast Cancer
The Dane County Community Restorative Court will hold four trainings for new “peacemakers” next month. The group will meet at Centro Hispano, 810 W. Badger Road, Madison, from 5-8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, Nov. 6 and 13, and Thursdays, Nov. 8 and 15. Those who go through the training will be able to participate in “circles” that last 60 to 90 minutes and have flexible timing. The peacemakers help determine the “repair harm agreement” for an offender along with the victim of whatever crime was committed. Completion of the agreement allows the charges against the offender to be dropped. For information or to sign up for the training, contact Stephanie Marino at marino@countyofdane.com or 4424031. 17th Annual 2018
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Verona Area school board member Russell King (center) talks with school district residents at the school board’s first “listening session” in June 2017 at the Fitchburg Public Library. Board members will hold another listening session this month, Oct. 23, at the Boys and Girls Club.
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Registration is required. To register, call the ADRC at 240Find out all there is to know about 7400. the history of the Verona Public Library during a joint event with the Medicare changes Friends of the Verona Public Library Jesse Grutz, owner of Retirement and Verona Area Historical Society Classroom, will lead a presentation at the library at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct about changes made to the Medicare 20. The session will feature stories, laws from 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. photos and memories detailing the 23, at the library. library’s journey from a cart of donatAttendees are encouraged to ask ed books in a bank vault to today’s questions about the healthcare law award-winning facility. For informa- during the presentation. tion, visit veronahistory.com For information, call 845-7180.
Care during cancer
Dr. Jenna Mielke, of Capitol Physical Therapy, will lead a presentation on restoring your health during or following a cancer diagnosis from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22, at the library. She will speak on how using physical therapy can help people return to pain-free, active lifestyles for cancer patients or survivors. For information, call 845-7180.
Memory screenings Specialists from the Aging and Disability Resource Center will conduct memory screenings from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, at the library.
Wars storytime from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, at the library. Children are encouraged to dress up in Star Wars costume for an hour of stories, songs and crafts. For information, call 845-7180.
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Miller and Mike, former clowns with Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey entertainment companies, will hold a comedy show from 10:3011:15 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, at the library. The show is appropriate for chilMeet a former governor dren of all ages and no registration is Former Gov. Martin Scheiber will required. For information, call 845-7180. present about his book “My Two Elaines: Learning, Coping and Surviving as an Alzheimer’s Caregiver” VACB concert at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, at The Verona Area Concert Band is the senior center. performing a variety of music during Scheiber’s wife was diagnosed a concert from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Thurswith Alzheimer’s, so he wrote the day, Oct. 25, at the Verona Area Perbook about his experiences as an Alz- forming Arts Center, 300 Richard St. heimer’s caregiver to help eliminate The band will perform music from the learning curve he underwent with the musical “Les Miserables,” “A caring for her. Movement for Rosa,” “An American Elegy” and “Finale from Symphony For information, call 845-7471. No. 5.” Star Wars storytime For more information, visit vacbAll ages are invited to a Star music.org.
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• 10-11 a.m., Computer Questions Plus…, senior center, 845-7471
Wednesday, Oct. 24
• 12:30 p.m., Meet former Wisconsin Gov. Martin Schreiber, senior Saturday, Oct. 20 • 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Prairie Kitch- center, 845-7471 • 6:30-7:30 p.m., Star Wars storyen free community meal, BPNN, time and jedi academy (all ages), bpnn.org • 1:30-3 p.m., Read to a dog (ages library, 845-7180 5 and up, registration required), Thursday, Oct. 25 library, 845-7180 • 10:30-11:15 a.m., Miller and Mike comedy show, library, 845-7180 Monday, Oct. 22 • 4-5:30 p.m., Teen gaming, library, • 6:30-7:30 p.m., Restoring Your 845-7180 Physical Self Throughout Cancer care presentation, library, 845-7180 • 7:30-8:30 p.m., Verona Area Concert Band performance, Verona Tuesday, Oct. 23 Area Performing Arts Center, 300 • 1:30-3:30 p.m., Memory screenRichard St., vacbmusic.org ing (registration required), library, Friday, Oct. 26 845-7180 • 9:30 a.m., Costume dance party • 6:30-8 p.m., Getting to Know Medicare presentation, library, 845- (ages 0-3), library, 845-7180
• 10:30 a.m., Costume dance party (ages 4-8), library, 845-7180 • 10:30-11:15 a.m., Rendever virtual reality tours (registration required), senior center, 845-7471 • 12:30 p.m., “Red Dog” movie showing, senior center, 845-7471 • 3:30-5:30 p.m., Teen Escape Room: Vampires and zombies (ages 11-18, registration required for 30-minute time slots), 845-7180
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• 12:30 p.m., Halloween party, senior center, 845-7471 • 2-4 p.m., “Ghostbusters” movie showing, senior center, 845-7471 • 6:30-8:30 p.m., Introduction to Microsoft Excel (registration required), library, 845-7180
What’s on VHAT-98 Thursday, Oct. 18 7 a.m. – Asthma at Senior Center 8 a.m. – Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Happy Hour Trio at Senior Center 2 p.m. – Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Brain Basics at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Rich Baumann at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Salem Church Service 7 p.m. – Homecoming and Cold Prevention at Senior Center 8 p.m. – Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – Bone Health at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Local Fossils at the Historical Society Friday, Oct. 19 7 a.m. – Brain Basics at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Bone Health at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Verona Sports 4 p.m. – Rich Baumann at Senior Center 5:30 p.m. – 2016 Wildcats Football 8:30 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Asthma at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Happy Hour Trio at Senior Center Saturday, Oct. 20 8 a.m. – Committee of the Whole from 10-15-18 11 a.m. – Vintage Verona
Sports 1 p.m. – 2016 Wildcats Football 4:30 p.m. – Local Fossils at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Committee of the Whole from 10-15-18 9 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Local Fossils at the Historical Society 11 p.m. – Happy Hour Trio at Senior Center Sunday, Oct. 21 7 a.m. – Hindu Cultural Hour 9 a.m. – Resurrection Church 10 a.m. – Salem Church Service Noon – Committee of the Whole from 10-15-18 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4:30 p.m. – Local Fossils at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Committee of the Whole from 10-15-18 9 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Local Fossils at the Historical Society 11 p.m. – Happy Hour Trio at Senior Center Monday, Oct. 22 7 a.m. – Brain Basics at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Bone Health at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4 p.m. – Rich Baumann at Senior Center 5 p.m. – 2016 Wildcats
Football 7 p.m. – Common Council Live 9 p.m. – Hindu Cultural Hour 10 p.m. – Asthma at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Happy Hour Trio at Senior Center Tuesday, Oct. 23 7 a.m. – Asthma at Senior Center 10 a.m. – Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Happy Hour Trio at Senior Center 2 p.m. – Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Brain Basics at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Rich Baumann at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Resurrection Church 8 p.m. – Homecoming and Cold Prevention at Senior Center 9 p.m. – Bone Health at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Local Fossils at the Historical Society Wednesday, Oct. 24 7 a.m. – Brain Basics at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Bone Health at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 5 p.m. – Common Council from 10-22-18 7 p.m. – Capital City Band 8 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports
10 p.m. – Asthma at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Happy Hour Trio at Senior Center Thursday, Oct. 25 7 a.m. – Asthma at Senior Center 8 a.m. – Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Happy Hour Trio at Senior Center 2 p.m. – Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Brain Basics at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Rich Baumann at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Salem Church Service 7 p.m. – Homecoming and Cold Prevention at Senior Center 8 p.m. – Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – Bone Health at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Local Fossils 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.
Paoli Sunday: 9 & 11 a.m., St. Andrew, Verona Daily Mass, Tuesday-Saturday: 8 a.m., St. Andrew, Verona
Memorial UCC 5705 Lacy Rd., Fitchburg (608) 273-1008 memorialucc.org Interim Pastor Laura Crow Sunday: 9:30 a.m.
St. James Lutheran Church ELCA 427 S. Main St., Verona (608) 845-6922 stjamesverona.org Pastors Kurt M. Billings and Peter Narum Office Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday; 8 a.m.-noon Wednesday Saturday Worship: 5 p.m. Sunday Worship: 8:30 and 10:45 a.m.
Good 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.
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.
Damascus Road Church – West The Verona Senior Center 108 Paoli St., Verona (608) 819-6451 info@damascusroadchurch.com, damascusroadonline.org Pastor Justin Burge Sunday: 10 a.m.
Springdale Lutheran Church ELCA 2752 Town Hall Rd. (off Hwy ID), Mount Horeb (608) 437-3493 springdalelutheran.org Pastor Jeff Jacobs Sunday: 8:45 a.m. with communion
Memorial Baptist Church 201 S. Main St., Verona (608) 845-7125 MBCverona.org Lead Pastor Jeremy Scott Sunday: 10:15 a.m.
Sugar River United Methodist Church 415 W. Verona Ave., Verona (608) 845-5855 sugar.river@sugarriverumc.org, sugarriverumc.org Pastor Gary Holmes 9 & 10:30 a.m. contemporary worship. Sunday School available during worship. Refreshments and fellowship are between services.
The Church in Fitchburg 2833 Raritan Rd., Fitchburg (608) 271-2811 livelifetogether.com Sunday: 8 & 10:45 a.m.
Redeemer Bible Fellowship 130 N. Franklin St., Verona (608) 848-1836 redeemerbiblefellowship.org Pastor Dwight R. Wise Sunday: 10 a.m. family worship Resurrection Lutheran Church – WELS 6705 Wesner Rd., Verona (608) 848-4965 rlcverona.org Pastors Nathan Strutz and Andrew Ewings, and Assistant Pastor Jordan Uhlhorn Thursday: 6:30 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. St. Christopher Catholic Parish St. Andrew Church 301 N. Main St., Verona St. William Church 1371 Hwy. PB, Paoli (608) 845-6613 stchristopherverona.com Fr. John Sasse, pastor Saturday: 5 p.m., St. Andrew, Verona Sunday: 7:30 a.m., St. William,
West Madison Bible Church 2920 Hwy. M, Verona (608) 845-9518 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 1338 Hwy. PB, Paoli (608) 845-5641 paoliucc.com Pastor Rich Pleva Sunday: 9:30 a.m. family worship, 10 a.m. Sunday School
A Vale of Tears “Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies. Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.” – Psalm 34:12-14 NIV The world has often been described as a vale of tears, a place of profound and often pointless suffering. Many of the psalms are drenched in those tears, and even the usually hopeful Saint Paul describes creation as “groaning as in the pains of childbirth.”(Romans 8:22 NIV)The Buddha concurred,saying that life is essentially suffering, and philosophers throughout the ages have tended to agree, some even going so far as to suggest that it would be better to have never been born. The philosopher who composed Ecclesiastes says “And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living,who are still alive. It would be foolish to deny that the world is rife with suffering, and yet perhaps all this pessimism says more about the philosophers and psalmists than it does about the world. Life is surely also a source of great pleasure and indescribable beauty, and many of us find meaning in life precisely to the extent that we help to relieve the suffering of ourselves and others. We shouldn’t deny the pain and suffering inherent in the world, but we shouldn’t fall prey to the delusion that it is all there is to the world. – 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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Matts House has storied history Verona itself was in its infancy when the house was built around 1850, blended in the newly popular Italianate and Greek revival styles by Josiah Matts, one of the early settlers who helped found the town. Its bricks came from a kiln on a farm south of Half-Mile Road, and as the first brick home in Verona, it was a bit of a tourist attraction, according to the Matts House’s 1989 National Register application, which called it “one of the few remaining residential historic properties with significant integrity from the 19th century.” It’s been remodeled for at least a second time in its long history under an agreement between the City of Verona and a Town of Verona restoration specialist, who bought it from the city in 2016 for $1 under the stipulation that it be kept in its location and restored to its original majesty. The city had purchased the property less than two years earlier and nearly destroyed it before locals rallied support for keeping it. Part of their argument was the home’s historic value and the city’s failure to save others in recent decades. For around 40 years, local histories indicate, the house served as the community’s Post Office, as Matts was the postmaster general. After it was passed down to his son, William, a Civil War veteran, it’s been converted for a variety of commercial purposes, including an apartment building, a flower shop and a tutoring business. Part of the lot it sits on was used as a car dealership and before that,
a gas station, before road expansion made such uses untenable. After sitting vacant for several years, overgrown with weeds and piled up with junk from the car dealership, the house was nudged back in the spotlight a bit in the fall of 1992 when an expansion of the Verona Avenue/Main Street intersection removed an old Sinclair gas station, effectively placing the Matts House on the corner of the two streets and increasing its visibility. The city had offered $75,000 for the property, which was refused by owners Bob Fahey and Jim Schmitt, who were asking $110,000. There it stayed another three years, until it was renovated when Fahey’s wife, Jody, started House of Flowers, necessitating a complete overhaul of the building’s interior from a residential to retail space, including removing some vintage kitchen cabinets. “It was a house,” Bob Fahey told the Press then. “We gutted everything.” The couple sold the business in the early 2000s, and after that moved and Norland Learning Center came and went, they decided to try once more to sell the property. It was assessed at more than $300,000 and in a prime location, but the property had one critical problem – any redevelopment would require reducing the size of the property because of future road right-of-way. “(That) killed every deal we had,” Fahey said. – Scott De Laruelle
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Building was almost destroyed Any hopes to save the Matts House for a restoration seemed remote in August 2015. The city had purchased the property five months earlier for $150,000, seeking right-of-way for a future road expansion. There had been considerable debate on the purchase, with some alders insisting restoration of the house be a condition. But that summer, a study performed by two firms connected with the construction of Epic estimated it could cost $1 million to rehabilitate the building. Around the same time, several alders and Community and Economic Development Authority members toured the home and concluded the city had no business keeping the building as-is. After discussion at the Common Council, it seemed clear alders disagreed with spending that kind of money to save a historic structure. Things began to change when a handful of local residents pleaded with the council to rethink those plans, led by Jesse Charles, a longtime Epic employee who grew up in the Verona Area School District. Looking to gain support to save the building, he created websites and flyers while researching the house’s history through document searches and conversations. Josiah Matts’ great-great-great granddaughter, Sally Matts Healy, also publicly urged the city to consider preserving the building. The group gathered a $50,000 donation from a
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The Matts house on the corner of Main Street and East Verona Avenue now houses the The Purple Goose after it was announced the shop would move there earlier this year. former Verona resident and business owner while the council agreed to make minimal repairs and at least postpone the building’s destruction. The following spring, local historic building rehabilitator Troy Rost persuaded the historical society and city to let him lead a restoration effort on a for-profit basis, given his experience with the Stamm House and other local projects. The idea was to save as much of its historic properties and materials as possible while shoring it up for future retail use. As the $1 official cost to transfer the property to Rost might suggest, eventually getting a return of something
useful for the city – a downtown fixture to be proud of – was key for city officials. “For me, it’s very important what the intended use is when it’s going to be fixed,” said then-Mayor Jon Hochkammer in 2015.
Lessons learned There used to be two other houses of historic significance in the same area of the Matts House, but they haven’t survived the ages. Matts family descendants have said their house had a “twin” across the street known as the “Meyers House,” though it was altered substantially over the years and looked much different when it was razed in 2004 to
make room for the Walgreens and Main Street turn lane. Another “lost” house was the Sharpe House, demolished in the late 1980s to make room for a Hardee’s, which went out of business years before it, too, was demolished. In 2014, during council deliberations on the Matts House, former Mayor John Volker said he regretted his vote supporting the rezoning of the site in 1987 that soon led to the razing of the Sharpe House in return for a short-lived fast food restaurant. “I’m sad to say I did,” Volker admitted. – Scott De Laruelle
Matts: 150-plus-year-old house had settling issues, uneven flooring before restoration Continued from page 1 reminder that people do see value in keeping some of these physical links to the past and can find creative ways to keep them relevant and sustained,” he wrote in an email to the Press.
Digging up the past The painstaking process of restoring the historic structure started in earnest in the fall of 2016, shortly after Rost bought the building for $1. The city had spent $5,000 a year earlier to help it survive the winter, and Rost took another pass at it before the winter of 2016, sealing it and removing what couldn’t be saved or fixed. That included rotting wooden window frames that caused bricks to degrade and fall out. That, in turn, caused settling issues, particularly where a 100-year-old coal chute shrank and expanded every season, jostling bricks out of place and causing a whole corner of the building to sag, and where window lintels had been buried underground and had begun to rot. And as Rost dug deeper into the building, he uncovered years of work, like going backward through the pages of a book. By fall 2017, he’d exposed all the brick on the inside, finding multiple textures of plaster and “no way to blend them together.” Instead, he sanded them down to provide a similar look to the outside. “Otherwise, the outside would be impressive and the inside would be drywall, and people would say, ‘Why doesn’t the inside and outside come from the same period?’” he said. “That was a big decision, but I think it was worth it.”
The renovated upstairs of the Matts House on the corner of Main Street and Verona Avenue. Rost hoped he’d find some usable original hardwood floors, but among a few “different generations,” the oldest probably dates to the 1920 or ‘30s – pine upstairs and maple downstairs – and was full of rot caused in part by holes cut over the years. “We couldn’t use that,” he said. “There was a kitchen in the back and bathrooms, all those floors were rotten, literally.” Another problem was building expansion that caused structural issues, like the rafter beam unhooking from the central beam, which Rost had to fix, as well as replacing the subfloor and jacking up the support posts “to get everything where it was safe and relatively level.” “It’s stable for the long term, and considering how old the building is, it looks good,” he said.
about how difficult it might be. Once he knew the building would be structurally sound, it was then a matter of using his imagination to give an old space a new look. He rebuilt the main floor using maple, though it was tricky, as the front and back weren’t level, and he couldn’t raise one side to make it even unless he also got rid of the door frame, which matches up to the window frames. Rost also had to match 23 separate window frames. “There were four or five different trim styles throughout the house, inspired by several of the more elaborate predecessors,” he wrote on his Facebook page on the restoration. He was able to keep the ornately carved stairs, but had to rebuild the frame that was holding them up. He also decided to take out a secOld becomes new ond-floor attic, leaving the 16-foot Rost said it was a relief to get past ceiling exposed in that room.. “That’ll be a nice space,” Rost those early, structural “scary parts” of the restoration – the unknowns said. “It’ll be fun for people to see
the structure, and portions of the old beams.” Jones said once she saw the work Rost was doing on the upstairs last fall, she decided she “needed to be in that building.” Now that it’s finally done, she’s looking forward to doing business in one of Verona’s most historic houses. “Everything has a story and I love that,” she said. “I’ve always wanted to be in the downtown area, but there never were any cool spaces. We have collaborated with so many amazing people to make this happen. It is truly a community effort.” The restoration project could be a swan song for Rost, who has said knee problems make the gritty work difficult. He’s looking forward to people visiting the Matts House to see all the changes made, and how historic preservation can be done right. “I would like it to have gone faster, but I do think we’re building a better building for the long run,” he
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said. “I think it’s going to be a really pretty addition to that corner.” For Charles, the project that depended on so many for success could not have happened without Rost. At one point, Charles envisioned leading the project himself, gathering supporters such as Mike Hankard, who had rebuilt a home on East Verona Avenue, where he and his wife run separate businesses, and working to get contractors and donors. But he said it was a relief to hand it off to an expert. “We’re thankful that Troy came into the story when he did – the right person at the right time and place,” Charles wrote. “He and his team have put in an immense amount of work … making it a modern showplace while being respectful of its significance.” Email Unified Newspaper Group reporter Scott De Laruelle at scott.delaruelle@wcinet.com.
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Kapp: New Stoner Prairie principal focuses on social, emotional learning to improve behavior Continued from page 1
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Stoner Prairie Elementary School principal Tammy Thompson Kapp reads flash cards with Olivia Gallimore on a recent Tuesday morning. The class invited Thompson Kapp to come watch them read with a large note left on her door.
School District for 13 years before taking a central office position there for three years. When her husband moved to Madison for work, she became a national consultant at the high school level for three years before taking a job on the Madison Metropolitan School District’s professional development team. Two years later, she took over at Lapham Elementary School. She spent seven years as principal at Lapham before leaving this year. Lapham is a K-2 school, and Thompson Kapp told the Press shortly after she was hired in April that she was excited about moving to a full K-5 experience. She found out about the Stoner Prairie opening
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‘It just seems like this is a community that really values its schools.’ – Tammy Thompson Kapp, Stoner Prairie principal through a few friends and f o r m e r c owo r ke r s , a n d marveled at how many unknown connections she had to the school, like that her husband was a former co-worker of one of the school’s counselors. “There’s all these signs of, ‘Yes, Tammy, this is where you need to be,’” she said. It still felt a little odd for her being in a new building in July after having grown comfortable with her routine at Lapham. It’s all been up since then, she said. “It just seems like this is a community that really values its schools,” she said.
Early start Thompson Kapp’s contract started July 1, but shortly after she was hired in April, she began spending some time at the school to develop relationships. That early work is paying off now, she said, as it “really gave me a strong sense of what was needed.” “Many of the team were r e a d y f o r n ew l e a d e rship,” she said of what she learned. She’s been able to direct that toward relationship-building within the staff early on. That included a slideshow of summer activities on their first day back together at the end of the summer to show their commonalities as well as getting together every late start Monday morning to discuss their ongoing initiatives. “I’ve really tried to be very transparent about what we’re doing and why we’re doing it,” she said. “We don’t have time to waste.”
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Time is of the essence for Thompson Kapp because of what was expressed to her as one of the most significant concerns parents and staff had: handling student behavior. She hopes to help improve that through social-emotional learning, something that has been an emphasis in the district in recent years. Thompson
Kapp said it is an “ongoing process” and not a “magic fix-it.” “Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we lived in a world where there were never any issues or problems?” she said. “But there’s gonna be. So what we have to do is learn how to have the right strategies and tools to work through those challenges.” The school’s “greatness patrol,” fifth-graders who lead various initiatives m o d e l i n g g o o d b e h av ior, will get started soon, Thompson Kapp said. She’s excited to watch them and the rest of the older students be role models for the younger students, particularly since she didn’t get to work with grades 3-5 at her last job. She’s hoping that the perception survey data in the spring, which she said “will be really important” to her, will show the effectiveness of the school’s work. “I’m really excited to see how the time and effort that we’re putting in now” pays off, she said, “that everyone, whether it’s students, families, staff, really feels a strong sense of belonging here.”
‘Pride and joy’ O n e o t h e r n ew p a r t of Stoner Prairie this year is the school song, which music teacher Amy Schiefelbein suggested to Thompson Kapp. The song, to the tune of “On Wisconsin,” calls Stoner Prairie “Fitchburg’s Pride and Joy.” “That’s what I want Stoner Prairie to be,” Thompson Kapp said. “I want this to be a place that is truly a place where we feel pride and joy in who we are.” She’s felt that pride since starting, which she said feels like a “much longer” time than she’s actually been at the school and has begun to “feel like home.” “This is where I’m meant to be,” she said. Contact Scott Girard at ungreporter@wcinet.com and follow him on Twitter @sgirard9.
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Meredith Conley had hoped to feel a little better entering last weekend’s WIAA Division 1 individual state tennis tournament. The Verona junior had been battling a cold for the previous week, and it was triggering her asthma, as well. But Conley never quit, and she managed to win her first match in three attempts at the state tournament during the opening round Thursday, Oct. 11, against La Crosse Logan junior Enya Szymanski. At times, Conley said, it was a little hard to breathe inside Nielsen Tennis Stadium. But she was strong enough to cruise to a 6-2, 6-1 win over Szymanski, who was a special qualifier. “It’s really exciting to win my first match today and move on, since I lost in the first round the last two years,” Conley said. “I’m just having fun now.” Conley (24-5) lost her second match 6-3, 7-6 (2) to Eau Claire Memorial senior Sierra Auleta (315). Had she won, it would have set up a third showdown this season with her friend, fourth-seeded Madison Memorial junior Grace Olson. “Honestly, I never really thought about the rematch with Grace,” Conley said. “It would have been really exciting making it to the round of 16, but I was just taking it match by match.” The 13th seed, Conley said she was really excited entering the tournament knowing that she would not have to face a seeded player in the first round, like she had done the previous two seasons. Although she was a seeded player for the first time, Conley said she didn’t feel any added
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Junior Meredith Conley entered the WIAA Division 1 individual state tennis tournament last week as the 13th seed. She won a round for the first time but fell in the round of 32.
pressure to play better in her first match. “I wasn’t feeling nervous about that,” she said. “Honestly, I was really excited to have a seed.” Against Auleta (29-4), who was the ninth seed at state last season but unseeded this year, Conley fell behind 3-0 in the first set before breaking her serve and holding to pull back to 3-2. It was as close as Conley got. Conley bounced back
in the second set and took a 4-2 lead. She later had a chance to close out the set, up 5-4 after Auleta double-faulted, but Auleta broke her serve. The match eventually went to a 10-point tiebreaker which Conley lost 10-2. Auleta went on to fall 6-3, 6-2 to Olson in the third round. Conley opened the season winning 16 straight matches and entered the state tournament 23-4,
Singles Championship: Bojana Pozder, Racine Case def. Logan White, Divine Savior Holy Angels 6-2, 6-0; third place: Natalie Yang, Homestead def. Jordan Schifano, Divine Savior Holy Angels 6-1, 0-6, 6-3; fifth place: Sabrina Tang, Stevens Point Area Senior High, def. Lauren Landstrom New Berlin Eisenhower 6-0, 6-0 Doubles Championship: Annabelle Crowley/ Emma Koppa Nicolet def. Karsen Dettman/ Maddie Clark, Middleton 6-3, 6-2; third place: Allyson Verbauwhede/Kendra Peterson, Manitowoc Lincoln def. Elena Deslongchamps/Katie Kavanagh, Whitefish Bay 7-5, 6-2; fifth place: Grace Crowley/Sasha Shapsis, Homestead def. Bridget Brown/ Kate Wade, Homestead by injury default
having lost to Olson and eighth-seeded sophomore Maddie Bremel twice each during the season. The Wildcats return all four of their singles players next year but graduate their Nos. 2 (Eve Parker and Angie Sutter) and 3 doubles (Claire Johnson and Allison Blessing) teams.
the four seed, received a fi r s t - r o u n d b y e a n d cruised to the round of eight, where she fell 6-0, 6-4 to fifth-seeded junior Natalie Yang of Homestead. Playing for fifth place, Olson dropped a second match to senior Sabrina Tang of Stevens Point Area Senior High 6-2, 6-2. Tang defeated Other local scores junior Lauren Landstrom M a d i s o n M e m o r i - of New Berlin Eisenhower al junior Grace Olson, Turn to State/Page 13
Date: Oct. 10-16 Name: Meredith Conley Sport: Girls tennis Grade: Junior Highlight: Conley won a round at the WIAA Division 1 individual state tennis tournament last week, defeating La Crosse Logan junior Enya Szymanski 6-2, 6-1 inside Nielsen Tennis Stadium. She lost her second match in a tiebreaker 6-3, 7-6 (2) against Eau Claire Memorial’s Sierra Auleta. Conley entered the tournament as the 13th seed. Honorable mentions: Jason Ford (boys xc) ran a season-best time of 16 minutes, 38.6 seconds on a very wet Lake Farm County Park course Saturday to finish 17th at the Big Eight Conference meet. Anna Knueve (girls xc) ran a season-best 20:31.2 to lead the Verona girls cross country team with a 31st-place finish Saturday at the Big Eight Conference meet. Adam Bekx (football) completed 15 of 25 passes for 174 yards for two touchdowns and also ran for a score in the Wildcats’ 47-0 win over Madison East on Friday. Jack Knight (boys soccer) had one goal and one assist Thursday in Verona’s 2-0 win over Sun Prairie. Josie McCartney (girls swimming) had a hand in winning three events Thursday to help the Verona Area/Mount Horeb girls swimming team roll to a 129-37 win over Madison East. Sophie Alexander (volleyball) had 15 kills in Verona’s three-set win over Janesville Craig in a pool match in Big Eight Conference tournament. She also played a pivotal role in the Wildcats’ beating the Cougars in a third-place match.
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Wildcats finish third at conference Verona blasts Madison East MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor
The Verona volleyball team entered the Big Eight Conference tournament Saturday seeking a conference championship. The Wildcats went 5-1 and took third place, but coach Kelly Annen said she was proud of her team for going unbeaten in pool play. “Our confidence was tested during the match against
Middleton, but we bounced back in the game against Janesville Craig to take third,” she said. Verona (31-5) went 4-0 in pool play, knocking off Madison West, Janesville Parker, Madison East and Janesville Craig. In a semifinal match, Middleton clipped Verona in two sets. The Wildcats bounced back to top the Cougars for the second time in the tournament.
“I think overall we played well and we are really proud of how we did today even though we wished we could have played Sun Prairie again,” junior middle blocker Maddy Kelley said. “I still think we are proud and we still have room to grow.”
25-20 win over the Cougars. Junior Jordan Armstrong had four straight service points and two aces to help the Wildcats build an 11-4 lead in the first game they wouldn’t relinquish. “After our loss to Middleton, we discussed how to find opportunities to bounce Verona 2, Craig 0 back,” Annen said. “Starting Senior outside hitter this week with the WIAA Sophie Alexander and the tournament, we need to be Wildcats dominated play at the net and rolled to a 25-17, Turn to Volleyball/Page 12
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The Verona football team displayed its wealth of offensive weapons Friday, rolling to a 47-0 homecoming win over Madison East. Six different players had touchdowns in the rout of the Purgolders. Junior quarterback Adam Bekx completed 15 of 25 passes for 174 yards for two touchdowns and
also ran for a score. “ We have so many playmakers that if one thing is not working we can give another guy a ball and we won’t miss a beat,” Bekx said. “We were rolling tonight.” Junior running back Keegan Lindell rushed for 130 yards on 12 carries and had two touchdowns. “It was really nice because
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Sophomore Anna Knueve returned to lead the Verona girls cross country team at the Big Eight Conference meet last weekend following a three-week absence. Knueve finished 31st on a Saturday morning in the late 40s on very wet Lake Farm County Park in a lifetime-best 20 minutes, 31.2 seconds. “I was really surprised with my time because of the conditions and the time I had to miss,” Knueve said. Fo l l ow i n g t h e r a c e , Knueve, who suffers from anemia and has been also been dealing with a stress fracture in her right shin, sat inside the Verona tent
Verona returns to Lake Farm County Park at 11:45 a.m. for the Madison Memorial sectional meet.
with her head in her hands. Anemia is a condition that develops when your blood lacks enough healthy red blood cells or hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a main part of red blood cells and binds oxygen. If you have too few or abnormal red blood cells, or your hemoglobin is abnormal or low, the cells in your
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Jason Ford gets out ahead of the field Saturday at the Big Eight Conference race. Ford posted a season-best 6 minutes, 38.55 seconds to finish 17th on a very wet Lake Farm Park County Park course.
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Senior Jason Ford just missed earning second-team all-conference honors Saturday at the Big Eight Championship race at Lake Farm County Park. Ford crossed the 5K finish line with a three-second personal-best time of 16 minutes, 38.55 seconds – good for 17th place at a loaded meet. “It’s difficult to make it on the all-conference team, we have such a tough conference, if not the toughest in the state with Middleton and West being two of the top three teams in the state,” Ford said. Madison West is ranked first on the Wisconsin Cross
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Country Coaches Association Division 1 state poll. Defending state champion Middleton has rarely run together so far this season, and is ranked third as a result. The Big Eight has even more talent as Sun Prairie is ranked 13th, Madison La Follette is 14th and Janesville Craig is 19th. The Wildcats finished seventh out of 10 teams with 148 points. Verona freshman Aidan Manning, junior Mulu Johnson and senior J.J. Gumieny all had season-bests but the team’s third runner, Nathan Neitzel had an off race and didn’t count toward the final varsity total. “There were five ranked teams ahead of us and we were definitely as good or better than three of them,” coach Randy Marks said. “Now we turn our attention to sectionals and try to go out on a positive note with no tumbles.” Defending state champion Middleton won the meet with 35 points led by the first- and second-place finishes of Caleb Easton (15:49.47) and Roman Ystenes (16:00.97). All five varsity scorers finished in the top 15, earning all-conference honors. Madison West finished second with 59 points and Sun Prairie was a distant third with 104 on a very wet course. “Surprisingly, we didn’t have to run through too many puddles,” Ford said. “The course was a little soft, but most of the time I was just focused on the race.” Ve r o n a j u n i o r L u k a DiMaggio looked a bit rusty having not run in 16 days, finishing 26th in 17:03.4. Manning and Johnson each turned in personal-best times. Manning finished 28th in 17:11.9 and Johnson finished 31st in 17:16.2. Junior Brad Tuomi was the Wildcats’ final varsity scorer, finishing 46th in 17:49.42. Gumieny and junior Nathan Neitzel also competed but did not count
Big Eight championship First team: 1. Caleb Easton, Middleton, 15:49.47; 2. Roman Ystenes, Middleton, 16:00.97; 3. Bryan Bloomquist, Craig, 16:08.95; 4. Ash Francis, Sun Prairie, 16:11.55; 5. Max Loetscher, East, 16:16.12; 6. Zachary Leffel, Middleton, 16:22.65; 7. Julia Gary, West, 16:23.1; 8. Chris Wolfe, La Follette, 16:25.5 Second team: 9. Ryan Reed, West, 16:27.98; 10. Erik Nuenninghoff, West, 16:28.33; 11. Michael Madoch, Middleton, 16:28.68; 12. Luke Treiber, West, 16:29.26; 13. Aaron Leverson, Craig 16:32.94; 14. Adam Tess, Sun Prairie, 16:33.13; 15. Braedon Gilles, Middleton, 16:35.23 Team scores 1. Middleton, 35; 2. Madison West, 59; 3. Sun Prairie, 104; 4. Madison La Follette, 132; 5. Madison East, 134; 6. Janesville Craig, 139; 7. Verona Area, 148; 8. Madison Memorial, 171; 9. Janesville Parker, 269; 10. Beloit Memorial, 299
What’s next Verona travels back to Lake Farm County Park at 11 a.m. Saturday for the WIAA Division 1 Madison West sectional meet.
toward the final varsity score. Gumieny had a season-best 17:54.4 but Neitzel was almost two seconds slower than his PR. The Lake Farm course was altered due to the wet muddy conditions, but it still left standing water and hazardous conditions around the course. “I don’t think they had a back-up option,” Marks said. “The first turn was particularly bad as it was on asphalt surrounded by a muddy quagmire.” Neitzel slipped in the mud but caught himself and then was tripped accidentally by a Middleton runner and went all the way down and was run over by over half the field. He had multiple puncture wounds and abrasions, and
by the time he got up, the field had left him behind. “So instead of having one of our top guys in the mix, he ended up as our last runner,” Marks said.
Sectionals Verona returns to Lake Farm County Park at 11 a.m. Saturday for the Madison West sectional race. In addition to Middleton and Madison West, the sectional also includes 14th-ranked Monona Grove. The top two teams and the top five individuals not on a state qualifying team advance to the WIAA Division 1 state meet Oct. 27 in Wisconsin Dells. “If Middleton and West are the qualifying teams, none of their runners will count towards the individual qualifiers,” Marks said. “That means Jason (Ford) will need to be among the next five best guys to go to state.” If the course dries and solidifies, Marks said the entire team could have some more PR’s to brag about, if everyone is on their A game, the Wildcats could even upset MG for third.
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Verona: Girls finish seventh at conference body will not get enough oxygen. One of the symptoms of anemia is fatigue. “I’ve been dealing with some low iron, so I get some really bad headaches after I race,” she said. “It was cold today, but I missed it. I haven’t been able to race for awhile, so it was really fun.” Knueve said she was almost tripped at the start, but the toughest conference race in the state only motivated her all the more. “Every time a girl passed I would try to stay with them, and that helped me go faster,” she said. Junior Abby Wampfler finished right on Knueve’s tail, placing 33rd in 20:38.4 as Verona finished seventh out of the 10 teams competing with 186 points. “Five of the six teams ahead of us are ranked in the top 15 in the state, so certainly this conference is by far the best in the state,” coach Dave Nelson said. Janesville Parker was the only unranked teams to finish ahead of the Wildcats. The two-time defending state champion and topranked Sun Prairie Cardinals won the meet with 35 points, finishing second, fourth, fifth eighth and 16th. M a d i s o n We s t f r e s h man Genieve Nasholed continued to light up the competition, winning the Big Eight title in 18:16. Her Regent team finished second with 58 points and Janesville Craig was third with 76. Ve r o n a s e n i o r L u c y Waschbusch finished 39th as the Wildcats’ third runner, covering the 5K course in 20:51.3. Freshmen Payette Neess
Big 8 All-Conference First team: 1. Genevieve Nashold, West, 18:16; 2. Kate Kopotic, Sun Prairie, 18:40.7; 3. Lauren Pasegrau, 18:49.2; 4. Maddie Thompson, Sun Prairie, 18:50; 5. Hannah Ray, Sun Prairie, 19:12.9; 6. Kristina Rohrer, West, 19:20.5; 7. Andi Bowman, West, 19:21.8; 8. Autumn Dushack, Sun Prairie, 19:21.9 Second team: 9. Madalyn Arrowood, Craig, 19:37.3; 10. Cecily Greblo, West, 19:42.6; 11. Clare Hulick, Craig, 19:53.7; 12. Gabri Gaines, Memoria, 19:54.2; 13. Ellie Lorenz, Craig, 19:56.2; 14. Brooke Graesslin, Parker, 19:57.5; 15. Erin Gonter, Middleton, 20:02.7 Team scores 1. Sun Prairie, 35; 2. Madison West, 58; 3. Janesville Craig, 76; 4. Madison Memorial, 102; 5. Middleton, 116; 6. Janesville Parker, 176; 7. Verona Area, 186; 8. Madison La Follette, 195; 9. Madison East, 248 and Emma Petta crossed the finish line 19 seconds apart in 41st and 42nd place. Neess placed 41st in 21:06.7 and Petta was 42nd in 21:25.3. Fellow freshman Kaya Ujikawa competed but did not count toward the final varsity score. “We had some freshmen step in and run really well. “We had some solid times, but we’re going to need to improve from this week to next, to make some noise at sectionals.” Verona was down a couple of runners with Leah Remiker, Jamie Hogan and Lucy Bakken not running. Nelson said he wasn’t sure how many of the three would be back at sectionals.
Sectionals Verona returns to what it hopes will be a drier Lake Farm County Park at 11:45 a.m. Saturday for the WIAA Division 1 Madison
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West sectional. The top two teams and the top five individuals not on a state qualifying team advance to the state cross country meet Oct. 27 in Wisconsin Rapids. “ C e r t a i n l y, M a d i s o n West and Middleton are the teams to beat,” Nelson said. “Memorial is very strong and Monona Grove, who we don’t really see too much, they’re strong as well.” West is ranked third on the Wisconsin Cross Country Association’s Division 1 state poll and Middleton is sixth. Madison Memorial and Monona Grove come in at 15th and 16th, respectively. “It’s going to take an extraordinary effort,” Nelson said. “I think we have maybe three or four girls that are capable of it. “Looking at their fitness, it’s there. It’s just a matter of putting it together next Saturday.”
What’s next The Wildcats travel to Middleton High School at 1 p.m. Saurrday, Oct. 27 for the Big Eight Conference meet. “We wanted to mix it up a little bit,” Wuerger said. “This wasn’t as high level of competition as some of our earlier dual meets.” Several of the seniors went season-best times. To have that internal motivation that they want to do well in their last home meet was good to see, Wuerger said. Kenzie Zuehl won the 200 IM (2:32.87) and junior Sam Malecki took second (2:38.65) followed by Klabough (2:42.29).
Gnewuch finished first in the 50 free (29.16) and senior Molly McCormick took first in the 100 fly in a season-best 1:13.60. Seidl finished second in the 50 free (30.11) and senior Laura Semmann placed third (32.0). In the fly, junior Kieran McGilvray took second (1:16.95) and sophomore Calina Ackerman was third (1:18.54). Senior Avery Updegrove won the 100 back (1:09.97) and Bennin finished first in the 100 breaststroke (1:15.77). Blas added a second-place finish in the 100 back (1:16.98) and Beggs placed third in the same event (1:17.08). Bennin said many of the swimmers are tired at this time of the season. “It’s good practice and good to keep working on it to get prepared for the bigger meets,” Bennin said.
Loaded field for Big 8 conference Three of the Division 1 top 10 teams in the Wisconsin Swim Coaches Association poll are teams from the Big Eight Conference. The defending state champion Middleton Cardinals are ranked atop the Wisconsin Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association’s Division 1 state poll. Sun Prairie is ranked fourth and fifthranked Madison West. “I think it’s really cool we live in such a swim-positive community,” Bennin said. Coming together for conference, sectionals and state, Bennin said there is a lot of camaraderie among swimmers. Bennin swam with Madison West’s Katrina
Marty, an Arizona State recruit and Middleton’s Ally Silvestri at the Madison Aquatic Club in the offseason. “We all roomed together at junior nationals,” Bennin said. “We are all good friends.” The Wildcats will be back in action for the conference meet Oct. 27 in Middleton. Middleton, the two-time defending WIAA Division 1 state champion, is looking to win a fourth straight conference title. “I think our team is really pulling together this year and
working hard,” Bennin said. “I think it will pay off.” For the 16 days after the final dual meet against the Purgolders and before the Big Eight Conference meet, the Wildcats will be tapering and training. “Most of them have now started the taper process so they are not doing morning practices any more,” coach Bill Wuerger said. “That is what we expect of them once they have the taper they start going faster. Hopefully, that gives them confidence when they get to the conference meet.”
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Verona Area/Mount Horeb senior Molly McCormick won the 100-meter butterfly Thursday in a dual meet against Madison East with a time of 1 minute, 13.60 seconds.
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Junior Josie McCartney had a hand in winning three events Thursday to help the Verona Area/Mount Horeb girls swimming team roll to a 129-37 Big Eight Conference dual meet win over Madison East. The dual meet was Senior Night and many of the seniors shined for the Wildcats. M c C a r t n ey wo n t h e 200-meter freestyle with a time of 2 minutes, 19.17 seconds. She teamed with senior Ireland McMahan, senior Gabby Gnewuch and senior Grace Bennin to finish first in the 200 medley relay (2:14.75). To end the meet, McCartney teamed with freshman Maia Blas, freshman Allison Beggs and junior Cleo Seidl to take first in the 400 free relay (4:22.62). The Wildcats won nine of the 11 events and swept the top three spots in the 200 individual medley, 50 free, 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke, 200 free and 400 free relays to cruise to the victory. “It was really special,” Bennin said. “I didn’t think I would get emotional. After our little pep talk from coach Bill (Wuerger) in the locker room, I was a little tearyeyed. It was just a special time. I will carry it with me.” Verona Area/Mount Horeb will begin a conference tapering and training plan this week. The Wildcats will not swim again until the conference meet Oct. 27 in Middleton.
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Wildcats roll by Wilmot Union MARK NESBITT Assistant sports editor
Even after Verona had locked up the Big Eight Conference championship with a tie against Madison East last week, the Wildcats played like it was a must-win game in a 2-0 victory over Sun Prairie on Thursday. The Wildcats (13-2-3, ranked seventh in the Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Associaition Division 1 state poll, closed the regular season Saturday with a 2-1 loss to nonconference Arrowhead. Verona opened the postseason Tuesday, blanking 16th-seed Janesville Parker. They will play Oconomowoc 7 p.m. Saturday at Reddarn Park. “I think there is a very good chance that we will be meeting Kettle Moraine in that sectional finals and fighting for that state semi,” coach Chris Handrick said. “I think we have the potential.” The conference title marked the first for Verona since they joined the Big Eight. It marked the Wildcats’ 11th shutout this year. “I think we have progressed together, worked together well, connected and always played smart in the back,” Lynch said. Junior midfielder Jack Knight was excited to be a part of the Wildcats’ conference championship team after finishing second to Madison East last year. “It’s a great feeling, especially since we were so close last year,” Knight said. “Just winning it this year makes it a whole lot better.” Moving on in the postseason, Knight remains confident the Wildcats will capitalize on their scoring chances. “We don’t need to do anything different,” he said. “I think we just need to put our focus into playing our game because our game tends to get things done. Just really playing our style because we like to pin the ball around and possess the ball. If we can do that ourselves and
be strong together, I think we can go far in the tournament.” Lynch looks forward to a long tournament run. “I just hope we progress through the playoffs and always keep the mindset that we need to come and play our best game.”
Verona 12, Parker 0 Verona hosted Janesville Parker in the WIAA Divsiion 1 regional semifinals on Tuesday and won 12-0. Sophomore forward Jonathan Gamez and Popkewitz each had two goals and two assists to power the Wildcats.
Arrowhead 2, Verona 1 The Wildcats closed out the regular season Saturday with a 2-1 loss to Arrowhead. Junior midfielder Alex Sarabia scored a goal on an assist by junior midfielder Jack Prout in the 68th minute to give the Wildcats a 1-0 lead. A r r o w h e a d ’s N i c k Libesch had a game-tying goal in the 76th minute to tie the game 1-1. Teammate Noah Klockow scored the game-winning goal in the 83rd minute. Despite the loss, Verona outshot Arrowhead 18-3. Junior goalkeeper George Ohm had one save.
Verona 2, Sun Prairie 0 Knight had one goal and one assist to lead Verona to a 2-0 win over Sun Prairie. Knight scored after the Cardinals’ center back line player made a pass to the goalkeeper. Knight cashed in on the squandered touch by the Cardinals’ keeper and scored at 14:49. The defensive breakdown led to Knight’s goal. “I really was surprised,” Knight said of the Cardinals’ decision to make two passes back to the keeper. “I was ready for it because we had high pressure on their defense. I was just there to capitalize on their mistake.”
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able to rebuild and regain focus if presented with similar challenges, or it could mean the end to our season. We moved past the previous loss and were able to elevate our level of play, communication and team energy.”
Third-seeded Verona hosts 14th-seeded Madison West in a WIAA Division 1 regional match at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
Middleton 2, Verona 0 Senior outside hitter Amelia Walton had six k i l l s , bu t t h e Wi l d c a t s couldn’t maintain their momentum from pool play and lost a semifinal match to the Cardinals 25-22, 25-16. “Middleton has a very strong block and defense,” Annen said. “We struggled to adjust and adapt given these challenges. Going forward, we are going to see teams in the postseason that put up a solid block. “We will continue to practice how to overcome these challenges so that we don’t lose confidence and can work around to find opportunities.” Annen credited the Cardinals for aggressive serving that took the Wildcats out of system. “Our attackers struggled to put the ball away on offense,” Annen said. “Our court communication and team energy was lower and our confidence weakened, leading to inconsistencies on offense and defense.” Junior outside hitter M e g a n To u c h e t t c a m e through with five kills and three blocks. Kelley also posted three blocks. Junior libero Amelia Hust had a team-high 10 digs and junior setter Jordan Armstrong dished out nine assists. Senior setter Emma Frahm added eight assists.
Craig with a 26-24, 24-26, 15-12 victory. The Wildcats rallied from six-point deficits in both the first and second sets. Walton posted nine kills and three blocks and Kelley had a team-best six blocks. Hust had a team-high 16 digs and Frahm dished out 14 assists. Armstrong had Photo by Mark Nesbitt 10 digs and two aces. Senior outside hitter Sophie Alexander spikes a ball in a Annen said the commuthird-place match against Janesville Craig Saturday in the Big nication was high and the Eight Conference tournament. The Wildcats finished in third team identified the oppoplace, going 5-1. nent’s strengths and adjust“I think we started out power Verona to a 25-18, ed the strategy to allow the day really strong,” Kel- 25-22 win over Janesville m o r e o p p o r t u n i t i e s o n offense. ley said. “We were pretty Parker. consistent. In the MiddleArmstrong had a team- Regionals ton game we kind of shut high 10 assists and two Third-seeded Verona will down. They had a really a c e s . H u s t d e l ive r e d a big block and the middle team-best eight digs and host 14th-seeded Madison was closing. It caused our freshman Claudia Bobb West in a WIAA Division 1 hitters to hit it out and for had six digs. Alexander regional quarterfinal match them to tip it. on Thursday. The Wildcats added four kills. have beaten the Regents Verona 2, Mad. West 0 Verona 2, East 0 three times this season. Senior outside hitters Kelley had a big match Annen is not looking past Lindsey Hollar and Walton coming through with 10 Madison West. “We will use our knowleach had four kills to lead kills and two blocks to carthe Wildcats to a 25-12, ry the Wildcats to a 25-15, edge of the offense and 25-12 win over Madison 25-14 win over Madison defense to capitalize on West to start pool play. opportunities,” Annen said. East. Hust posted six digs and Frahm dished out a team- “Most importantly, I expect notched three aces. Senior high nine assists and Hust the team to prepare and outside hitter Nikki Phelps registered seven digs. Both make every day a great day, added six digs and Rae junior defensive specialist whether it is practice or a had two blocks. Armstrong Rachel Karnosky and Arm- game.” dished out eight assists and strong had two aces. Sun Prairie is the top Frahm had six assists. seed in the sectional. There Verona 2, Craig 1 is a chance that if Verona Verona 2, Parker 0 Alexander had a team- makes a run, they could Rae delivered five kills high 15 kills to help the face the Cardinals in a secand posted three blocks to Wildcats escape Janesville tional final.
Verona volleyball trusts in Hust Since fifth grade, Verona junior Amelia Hust has earned the trust of her teammates while wear- Hust ing a different colored jersey as a libero. Hust is in her third year starting at that defensive specialist position for the Wildcats girls volleyball team, and she has become a force at digging balls and controlling spikes from opposing team’s hitters. It’s not a glamorous position that register powerful kills or thunderous blocks, but rather stays in the back row. When she enters the ga m e , t h e s u b s t i t u t i o n doesn’t count against the team’s total. It’s a responsibility Hust FREE
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reading the ball.” Hust displays a quiet confidence on and off the court. Maddy Kelley, a Verona teammate who also plays with Hust in the summer and winter at Capital Volleyball Academy in Madison, said Hust leads by example and lets her play speak for itself. “She’s super sweet, but she’s kind of quiet on and off the court,” Kelley said. “On the court she has this beast mode mentality kind of where she lets it all go. She doesn’t talk much. She will just stick her hand up and everyone knows she is there. She doesn’t have to use her voice. People will just know she’s there.” Annen, who has coached volleyball for more than two decades, knows what it takes to be a successful libero. She looks for a confident player who is quick, an accurate passer and isn’t afraid of a floor burn to play libero. Annen points to Hust’s anticipation, determination, accurate passing and powerful serving as trademarks for the Wildcats. “She is not afraid to dive for a ball and break a nail in the process,” Annen said. “Her strength, speed, and agility allow her to cover and get to balls anywhere on the court.” Kelley said Hust doesn’t
hesitate to dive on the floor to get balls. “She has so many bruises,” Kelley said. “She’s really good at reading the hitters and picking up tips.” Annen said Hust sets the tone for the Wildcats with her defensive abilities. “She is effective and efficient at passing any type of ball to our setter,” Annen said. “It could be an attack from the best hitter in the state or a slow-paced free ball, Amelia will put the ball exactly where it needs to be.” Hust also plays softball and does some volunteering work through Memorial United Church of Christ in Fitchburg. She hopes to continue playing volleyball in college, like her sister, Paige but has just started looking. Annen said Hust reminds her of Kylie Schmaltz, a 2016 Verona alumnus now playing volleyball at the University of Kentucky. As a freshman, Hust had some of the strongest ball control of a defensive player regardless of her age, Annen said. “Amelia has only gotten better since her freshman year and has the determination and focus to never let a ball hit the ground,” she said.
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Football: Wildcats earn No. 4 seed for playoffs Continued from page 9 our O-line was the reason why,” Lindell said. “One of our coaches likes to use the word ‘burst.’ Every time I see a big hole I just try to burst and run as fast as I can because I know my guys are doing a good job maintaining their blocks so it makes my job easier.” Verona (7-2) enters the WIAA Division 1 playoffs having won four straight games and has scored 40 points or more in three games during that stretch. The Wildcats received a fourth seed and will host fifth-seeded Hartland Arrowhead (6-3) in a Level 1 playoff game at 7 p.m. Friday. Against Madison East, the Wildcats capped a seven-play, 62-yard drive in the first quarter with sophomore Jackson Acker rumbling for a 36-yard touchdown run 3 minutes into the game. Acker rushed for 85 yards on seven carries and one touchdown. Bekx then hooked up with junior Haakon Anderson on a 35-yard TD pass with 50.1 seconds left in the first quarter to give the Wildcats a 14-0 lead. Junior defensive lineman Adam Vandervest had a sack of Madison East quarterback on a fourth-and-goal play from the Wildcats’ 4-yard line. The seven-yard loss on Vandervest’s sack was the third turnover on downs for the Purgolders. The Wildcats’ offense responded with a 12-play, 89-yard drive, culminating with an 8-yard Bekx touchdown pass to junior wide receiver Aubrey Dawkins, who was playing in his first
What’s next Verona (7-2) hosts Hartland Arrowhead (63) in a Level 1 playoff game at 7 p.m. on Friday. “Every time I see a big hole I just try to burst and run as fast as I can because I know my guys are doing a good job maintaining their blocks so it makes my job easier.” running back Keegan Lindell
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Junior defensive lineman Adam Vandervest sacks Madison East quarterback J.J. Edison Friday in the Wildcats’ 47-0 win. game in six weeks after recovering from a broken collarbone. Dawkins finished with three receptions for 24 yards and one touchdown. “It really helps having Aubrey back,” Bekx said. “He’s a playmaker. We missed him while he was gone. Having him back in the swing of things, he will be full-go next week.” After senior wide receiver Tyler Slawek caught four touchdowns in a win over Beloit Memorial last week, he was the target of the
Purgolders’ defense. Slawek had five catches for 56 yards and Anderson had three receptions for 78 yards and one touchdown. “Tyler is a player, and they (East) put their best guy on him,” coach Dave Richardson said. “Aubrey coming back was helpful and a big plus. I think he’s getting his legs underneath him. “I think next week we will feature him a little bit more. We get Shay (Watson), Aubrey back and Haakon (Anderson) of course and you better have four or five
good guys. We will find one of them.” Senior defensive lineman Ben Vandervest helped thwart another Purgolders’ drive in the second quarter by recovering a fumble by Madison East junior running back Devion Clay after he caught a short pass. The Wildcats capitalized on the short field. Six plays later, Bekx scored on a 1-yard sneak to extend Verona’s lead to 26-0 at the half. Lindell ripped off a 24-yard TD run about midway through the third quarter. The Wildcats later had an 11-play, 89-yard drive that spanned from the third quarter into the fourth, capped off by Lindell’s 16-yard TD run. Sophomore running back Graham Stier bolted 56 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.
Wildcats to host Arrowhead in playoff opener T h e Ve r o n a f o o t b a l l team’s potential path to Camp Randall Stadium for the WIAA Division 1 state championship game became a lot clearer last week. Verona (7-2) will host Hartland Arrowhead (6-3) in a Level 1 playoff game at 7 p.m. Friday and is in the same eightteam grouping as conference rivals Sun Prairie, Middleton and Madison Memorial. The WIAA released the playoff brackets, pairings and seeds Saturday. Each team was placed into eight-team groupings, and coaches met to seed the teams. If will be a tough road for fourth-seeded Veron a i f t h ey d o m a k e a run to Camp Randall. If the Wildcats get past fifth-seeded Arrowhead, a Level 2 playoff game against top-ranked and No. 1 seeded Fond du Lac (9-0) or eighth-seeded Madison La Follette (4-5) awaits. Fond du Lac ended four-time defending champion Kimberly’s 70-game winning streak in the season opener. Third-seeded Sun Prairie (8-1) hosts sixth-seeded Middleton (6-3) and second-seeded Madison Memorial (8-1) hosts seventh-seeded Sussex Hamilton (5-4) on the bottom half of the bracket.
Junior quarterback Adam Bekx is confident the Wildcats can make a run. “I think we are playing the best football we have all year these past three weeks,” Bekx said. “It’s when you want to get hot, right when playoffs start. I feel like this team can go all the way.” Much of his confidence comes from the way the offense is playing now. “ We a r e a s p e c i a l offense, especially when we work like we did as a unit,” Bekx said after Verona’s 47-0 win over Madison East. “You have to leave it all on the field, because when you lose you are done.” Last season, the Wildc a t s l o s t a fi r s t - r o u n d p l a y o ff g a m e t o Ke t tle Moraine 28-19. This year’s opponent, Arrowhead, finished third in the Classic Eight Conference behind champion Muskego (9-0) and Catholic Memorial (8-1). On offense, Arrowhead is led by dual-threat quarterback Nic Wohlfiel, who has racked up 1,395 total yards and 16 touchdowns in six games. He is completing 64.6 percent of his passes for 748 yards with nine touchdowns and has rushed for 647 yards and seven touchdowns. Wo h l fi e l r u s h e d f o r 136 yards and three
touchdowns to lift the Warhawks to a 35-28 win over Waukesha North in the regular-season finale last week. The top target for the Warhawks is Jacob Schleicher, who has 31 receptions for 374 yards with six touchdowns. The top rusher for the Warhawks is Josh Nielsen, who has run for 866 yards and six touchdowns. The last time Verona played Arrowhead in the 2016 playoffs, the Wildcats clipped the Warhawks 21-17. T h e Wi l d c a t s e n t e r the game with one of the more balanced offenses, averaging 209.1 rushing yards, 173.7 passing yards and 35.4 points per game. Bekx has been one of the most accurate passers in the Big Eight Conference, completing 65.2 percent of his passes this season for 1,563 yards with 13 touchdowns and two interceptions. Junior H-back/running back Haakon Anderson has been the team’s top playmaker, with 38 receptions for 502 yards with three touchdowns and 475 rushing yards and 12 TDs. Senior Tyler Slawek has 23 catches for 273 yards and four touchdowns. Junior Aubrey Dawkins has 13 receptions for 194 yards and three touchdowns after missing six
games because of a broken collarbone. Verona has three running backs looking to eclipse 500 rushing yards. Junior Keegan Lindell leads the way with a team-high 653 rushing yards with nine touchdowns. Sophomore running back Jackson Acker (482 yards, seven touchdowns) has proven to be a dependable playmaker in the backfield. “Our running backs are pretty good,” coach Dave Richardson said. “You can’t just key on one or the other.” The top playmakers on defense for the Wildcats are senior linebacker Dylan Bourne, who has a team-high 128 tackles, eight tackles for loss and two sacks, linebacker Jake Coshun (76 tackles, 1.5 sacks), junior linebacker Jeremy Grim (66 tackles, 1.5 sacks), Cale Rufenacht (60 tackles, one interception) and junior defensive lineman Ben Vandervest (46 tackles, two sacks). The Wildcats also hope to get sophomore defensive back Cam McCorkle back from a kidney injury. “We are just hoping to stay healthy and get ready for the playoffs healthy,” Richardson said. “We are still missing too many tackles.”
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Junior midfielder Eliot Popkewitz takes a shot on goal Thursday in the Wilcdats’ 2-0 Big Eight win against Sun Prairie. The win helped Verona win the conference for the first time since joining the Big Eight in 2008.
Soccer: Gamez leads Cats Continued from page 12 Junior forward Gannon Simonett had a goal on an assist from Knight at 23:28 to extend the Wildcats’ lead to two goals. Ohm had one save for the Wildcats. Despite the fact that Verona had already clinched the conference title, Handrick wanted to see the Wildcats keep their momentum heading into the tournament. “They knew it was part of our identity that we needed this win,” Handrick said. “We
What’s next Verona hosts Oconomowoc in the second-round of the WIAA Division 1 playoffs at 7 p..m. Saturday. didn’t want anything less. We were also fighting to keep those shutouts up and this is the 11th one.”
State: Singles players all return Continued from page 9 6-0, 6-0 to finish fifth. Sisters Maddie and Abby Bremel of Madison West each won a round at state. Maddie earned the eighthseed at the tournament and won matches against Muskego and Kettle Moraine before dropping a three-set match 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 to Tang in the round of 16. Abby beat Annabelle Alberts of Lake Geneva Badger 7-5, 6-3 in the first round but fell 6-4, 6-2 to Landstrom in the second round. Madison Memorial junior Julia Zhou defeated Pewaukee junior Kasey Schlicht 6-1, 6-0 to set up a second-round match against her teammate (Olson), which she lost 6-3, 6-2. Middleton senior Maddie Clark and sophomore Karsen Dettman (26-2) were the only local doubles team to earn a seed at state, drawing the top position at state. The Cardinals’ doubles team advanced
all the way to the championship match, which they lost 6-3. 6-2 to second-seeded Annabelle Crowley and Emma Koppa of Nicolet 6-3, 6-2. Middleton teammates Jessica Pientka and Noor Rajpal won a round at state against DSHA but lost 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 to Erin Brzovar and Maddie Toboyek of Muskego. Madison West seniors Spencer Harrison and Katie Goetz defeated Divine Savior Holy Angels’ Sophie Stangl and Julia Colon in the first round but fell 6-1, 6-2 to Crowley and Koppa in the second. Sun Prairie’s Lauren Bruemmer and Kaia Feldman lost their first match 6-4, 5-7, (10) to Franklin. Madison West junior Camille Vadas and sophomore Sophie Knigge and Watertown seniors Jenna Koepp and Katie Schleicher each won a round. Madison Memorial seniors Anna Hubbard and Devika Kamath lost their first match.
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Verona Area High School football players smile and laugh as they ride down Main Street during the Homecoming parade.
Homecoming 2018 Kids lined the edge of Main Street waiting for candy from those in the Homecoming parade Friday, Oct. 12.
Verona Area High School celebrated Homecoming throughout last week, culminating in Saturday night’s dance, which nearly 1,300 students attended. The week included dress-up days and Friday’s parade and football game, which the team won over Madison East.
At left, Verona Area International School’s Homecoming parade delegration included this dragon, controlled by a few students. At right, members of Verona Youth Soccer hand out candy while walking down Main Street for the Homecoming parade Friday, Oct. 12.
Legals STATE OF WISCONSIN, CIRCUIT COURT, DANE COUNTY, DOMICILIARY LETTERS (INFORMAL ADMINISTRATION) IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DOROTHY ANN MARTY Case No. 2018PR745 To: Patricia A. Ehly 6370 DeMarco Trail Verona, WI 53593 The decedent, with date of birth July 14, 1929 and date of death September 24, 2018, was domiciled in Dane County, State of Wisconsin. You are granted domiciliary letters with general powers and duties of a personal representative. You are authorized to administer the estate as required by law. Electronically signed by Danell Behrens Deputy Probate Registrar October 8, 2018 Atty. Marilyn A. Dreger 200 W. Verona Avenue Verona, WI 53593 (608) 845-9899 Bar Number: 1001608 Published: October 18, 25 and November 1, 2018 WNAXLP *** ORDINANCE NO. 18-924 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLES 7 AND 13 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF VERONA, WISCONSIN RELATING TO THE LICENSING OF CHICKENS AND TO THE KEEPING AND RAISING OF CHICKENS The Common Council of the City of Verona, Dane County, Wisconsin, do ordain that Title 7 and Title 13 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Verona, Wisconsin are amended. These amendments allow for the keeping of chickens, and address licensing and regulation of the keeping of chickens in the City of Verona. The full text of this ordinance may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk at 608-845-6495, or may be viewed at Verona City Hall, 111 Lincoln Street, Verona, WI 53593. The foregoing ordinance was duly adopted by the Common Council of the City of Verona at a meeting held on October 8, 2018. CITY OF VERONA __________________________________ Luke Diaz, Mayor ATTEST: __________________________________ Ellen Clark, City Clerk Enacted: October 8, 2018 Published: October 18, 2018 WNAXLP *** NOTICE ELECTORS OF THE CITY AND TOWN OF VERONA Notice is hereby given that the Public Test of the Automatic Tabulating and Electronic Voting Equipment to be used for the November 6, 2018 General Elec-
tion in the City of Verona and Town of Verona will be conducted on Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at the respective municipal buildings. The City of Verona and Town of Verona will conduct their tests at 10:30 AM. This test is open to the general public. Ellen Clark, Clerk City of Verona 111 Lincoln Street Verona, WI 53593 608-845-6495
At left, a Fitch-Rona EMS paramedic tosses candy to kids lining Main Street for the Friday, Oct. 12, Homecoming parade.
John Wright, Clerk Town of Verona 7669 County Highway PD Verona, WI 53593 608-845-7187 Published: Thursday, October 18, 2018 WNAXLP *** NOTICE The City of Verona Plan Commission will hold Public Hearings on November 7, 2018 at City Hall, 111 Lincoln Street, at 6:30 PM for the following planning and zoning matters: 1) Zoning map amendment to rezone 505/507 Bruce Street from Urban Industrial (UI) to Suburban Industrial (SI). 2) Conditional use permit for an indoor commercial entertainment land use to allow for a coffee café and beer bar to be located at 505/507 Bruce Street. 3) Precise implementation plan (PIP) 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, and 100 Legion Street that would allow for the construction of 143-apartment units and 26,000 square feet of commercial space. 4) Zoning text amendment to amend Section 13-1-299 relating to Fencing Standards that would allow six (6) foot tall board-on-board fences for properties that have two (2) street frontages (double frontage). Interested persons may comment on these planning and zoning matters during the public hearings at the November 7th Plan Commission meeting. The Plan Commission will make recommendations for these matters, which will then be reviewed by the Common Council for final decisions on Monday, November 12th. Contact Adam Sayre, Director of Planning and Development, at 608-8489941 for more information on these items or to receive copies of the submittals. Maps showing the location of the affected properties may be viewed at City Hall or may be obtained once the applicable copying fee has been paid to the City. Ellen Clark, City Clerk Published: October 18 and 25, 2018 WNAXLP ***
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RENT SKIDLOADERS MINIEXCAVATORS TELE-HANDLER and these attachments. Concrete breaker, posthole auger, landscape rake, concrete bucket, pallet forks, trencher, rock hound, broom, teleboom, stump grinder. By the day, week, or month. Carter and Gruenewald Co. 4417 Hwy 92 Brooklyn, WI, 608-455-2411 WANTED: Milk house equipment, pipeline washer and receiver jar; also 1500 gallon bulk tank. 608-348-4838.
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WANTED OFF-STREET parking for 85' long semi. Plug-in would be a plus. Looking for parking in Verona, Mt. Horeb or Barneveld areas. Contact Scooter at 512-900-0725.
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GREENWOOD APARTMENTS. Apartments for Seniors 55+, currently has 1 and 2 bedroom units available starting at $795 per month, includes heat, water, and sewer. 608-835-6717 Located at: 139 Wolf St., Oregon, WI 53575 OREGON: UPDATED 2-BR upper flat, appliances, washerdryer, garage. No smoking, No pets. $825mo. 608-8457309 VERONA 2 Bedroom Apartment $855. Available Now and Nov 1 Small 24 unit building. Includes heat, hot water, water and sewer, off-street parking, fully carpeted, dishwasher and coin operated laundry and storage in basement. Convenient to Madison's west side. Call KC at 608575-4344 to view your new home. CLASSIFIEDS, 873-6671 or 835-6677. It pays to read the fine print.
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POLICE OFFICER
The Verona Police Commission is accepting applications for Patrol Officer. The 2018 salary range is $51,064.78 to $71,998.72, depending on qualifications. If you are a police officer who is looking for a “lateral transfer” opportunity, preference may be given to candidates who are certified and/or have experience. Application deadline is November 12, 2018, at 4:30 p.m. Apply by visiting https:// www.governmentjobs.com/careers/veronawi. Questions can be directed to Business Office Manager Nilles at 608-845-0924. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
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PHYSICAL THERAPY
HEATING/COOLING
Comprehensive Therapy Services 1049 N. Edge Trail • Prairie Oaks (608) 845-2100 • Verona, WI 53593 • www.stellarrehab.com
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There are multiple reasons that a person might experience back pain, yet the end result typically is a combination of muscle and soft tissue tension, joint-related inflammation, poor postural alignment and nerve impingement. Physical Therapy is commonly one of the first prescriptions that a physician will order to treat back pain. Medications and pain relievers can be helpful to reduce symptoms, yet rarely correct the main issue that Susan Armstrong, MPT is causing pain. Physical Therapy is at least, if not more, effective at reducing pain than even the strongest, most addictive group of pain medications – opioids. As opioid abuse Physical Therapist is becoming a local and national epidemic, health care practitioners are looking for safe and effective, alternate options for pain relief. #ChoosePT is a program promoted by the American Physical Therapy Association to increase awareness of effective options for treatment of chronic pain conditions. If you have chronic pain and are looking for natural options for pain relief, contact Stellar Rehab at 608-845-2100 for more information.
DENTIST
CHIROPRACTOR
Q. I get pain in my jaw when I eat and it sometimes makes a clicking noise. Is there anything a chiropractor can do to help? A. Yes, and with great success. You are exhibiting two of the most common symptoms of Temporomandibular Joint Disorder (TMD). Other common symptoms include: headaches, dizziness, limited ability to open the mouth, and a jaw that gets “stuck.” Some of the common causes include: injuries to the head, neck or face from an accident or whiplash injury, stress, and clenching Jill Unwin, Lee Unwin, of the teeth. In our office, we utilize Chiropractic Adjustments, Massage, and DC, CCEP BCMT, CSCS Rehabilitation Exercises to treat TMD. Chiropractic treatment may involve adjusting the joint between the jaw and the skull (TMJ). This relieves pressure on the disc in that joint and allows the jaw to open and close properly, which reduces pain and restores normal function. With specific adjustments to the spine and TMJ, chiropractic treatment restores proper nervous system control of involved muscles and ligaments. Massage treatment to the affected muscles will reduce adhesions, trigger points, and tension which are all factors that can be contributing to your symptoms. Lastly, we prescribe specific exercise that works to strengthen and balance the muscles of the head and neck. We find this 3-tiered approach to be most successful.
102 N. Franklin Street • Verona, WI 53593 (608) 848-1800 • unwinchiropractic.com
Q. Do you grind your teeth? A. Although teeth grinding/clenching can be caused by other things, it is most commonly
associated with stress and anxiety and often occurs during sleep. It can also be attributed to an uneven bite, missing teeth or as a side effect of back and neck pains. Grinding, much like snoring, can be difficult to identify. People may not know that it’s occurring because they don’t realize the signs or symptoms. Your dentist can help diagnose teeth clenching/grinding by looking for signs of teeth wear, notching of enamel at the gum-line, teeth chips or fracture lines and sometimes muscle pains, teeth sensitivities or headaches. Untreated clenching/grinding can lead to a variety of problems ranging from worn Dr. James Sands, DDS teeth, broken teeth, loose teeth and bone loss to jaw pains, headaches or TMJ disorders. Teeth loss can and does occur from clenching/grinding. A dentist can evaluate your teeth and review types of mouth guards/night guards that can be worn to counter the forces and wear on the teeth, jaws and muscles. The dentist can also review diet or habit factors that can reduce the damage. If you suspect that you or a partner grinds/clenches their teeth, contact Associated Dentists in Verona for an evaluation.
1010 North Edge Trail • Verona, WI • (608) 848-4000 (corner of Hwy. M and Cross Country Rd.)
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ATTORNEY
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Q. How can I pay my medical bills? A. You were the unfortunate victim of a motor vehicle accident and sustained injuries. You may have bills for
Q. My 4-year-old wants to have a playdate with a preschool classmate. Is that a good idea at age 4?
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Playdates can be fun and a great way for a child to feel more secure and connected with friends. Every case is different though. Ask yourself a few questions like, “How well do we know the family? Where would the playdate take place? Would I stay with my child? Does my child have any medical conditions that the host family should be aware of? Does my child want to do this? How long would the playdate last? Is there transportation involved? Am I willing to host a future playdate? Once you have considered all the above you will be better able to make a wellinformed decision.
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the ambulance, emergency hospital and physician care, nurses, physical therapy, x-rays and more. If you have health insurance, either the health provider marks this as a third-party liability claim and doesn’t submit your bills to your health insurance, or you have a high health insurance deductible. It is best to be prepared for a situation like this before it occurs. Look into having medical payments coverage as part of your auto insurance policy. Medical payments coverage with help cover co-pays, deductibles and other accident-related medical expenses not covered by health insurance. When you are injured in a motor vehicle accident, and you are not at-fault, you have a claim for personal injury damages against the at-fault party. This may be resolved pre-suit, or you may have to file a lawsuit to obtain a fair compensation verdict. Bodily injury damages are usually based on (but not Attorney limited to) your injuries, the permanency of them, your pain and suffering and loss of your enjoyment of life, lost Gail Groy wages and loss of earning capacity. The at-fault party is not going to pay your bills until a settlement is reached and a settlement may not cover all of your medical bills. Again, it is important to be prepared well in advance. Underinsured or uninsured motorist coverage in your auto insurance policy can help cover your expenses in the event that the at-fault party has little or no insurance. Underinsured motorist can raise the insurance limits for the accident up to your amount of coverage so long as it is greater than the limits of the at-fault party. Find a personal injury lawyer that can represent you and carefully negotiate those damages. The lawyer will know how to present your claim to obtain fair compensation. If those damages cannot be agreed, then the lawyer can discuss with you putting your claim into a lawsuit and help you navigate handling some of the outstanding balance by working with you and providers in the meantime.
2 E. Mifflin St., Ste. 200, Madison WI 53703 • 608.260.2485 ggroy@axley.com • www.axley.com
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SENIOR CARE
Q. Why Choose Care At Home? A. Home healthcare is a wonderful choice for any loving family member who is in the process of
searching for a provider to assist with the health, safety and personal well being of an elderly loved one. When searching for a permanent residence for a senior, there is no better choice than where the elderly loved-one is most comfortable: their own home. There are many qualities that make home healthcare a much better choice than that of a retirement or nursing home. Stephen Rudolph FACHE, CSA
Home healthcare allows the senior to stay in the comfort and stress free environment of their home. With Comfort Keepers®, our caregivers ask the senior “Would you like to help me cook dinner? Where are you recipe books? What’s your favorite meal?” The senior is able to be part of their own care, which helps them feel involved and useful as well as develop a bond with their care taker.
Call Comfort Keepers today to learn more about our home healthcare services and to schedule your free in-home assessment!
INVESTMENTS
Q. When should I see a Financial Professional? A. It can be challenging to achieve your financial objectives – here are some times you
should seek some help. You might want to work with a financial professional when you land your first professional job – one that offers benefits and a retirement plan. A financial advisor can help you get the most out of your 401(k) or similar account. Once you get married, you may want to consult with a financial advisor on how you and your new spouse can successfully combine your investment portfolios. And when you have children, a financial professional can help you set up an education-savings plan. At retirement, you’ll need to know how much you can afford to withdraw from your retirement accounts each year. A financial advisor can look at your situation, evaluate Brendon Diers, AAMS® all relevant factors and recommend a withdrawal rate appropriate for your needs. Financial Advisor Consider reaching out for the help you need, when you need it. By doing so, you could make your life easier as you move toward your financial goals. This article was written by Edward Jones for the use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor. 161 Horizon Dr., Suite 107a • Verona, WI 53593 (608) 845-2533 • Member SIPC brendon.diers@edwardjones.com • www.edwardjones.com
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Q. Should I wait until Spring to sell my house? A. It’s true that the real estate business slows down in the fall and winter in
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Wisconsin and that the bulk of sales happen during the Spring and Summer months. However, that doesn’t mean that homes don’t sell during the Fall and Winter. Buyers who are shopping for homes during these seasons tend to be very serious buyers. They are buyers who need to buy a house and will buy a house. Buyers in this season aren’t just browsing. Also, it’s typical that inventory drops off through the Winter months because some sellers pull their house off the Keith & Kinsey Schulz market until Spring. This means you, as a seller, could have less competition this time of year. Lastly, interest rates are on the rise and are projected to rise Real Estate Team throughout the next year. Higher interest rates will make your home more expensive to a buyer obtaining financing. Depending on your situation, your needs, and your house - selling your home during the Fall or Winter may be a great option.
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that owners have their equipment inspected annually by a qualified HVAC technician. In fact, “proper maintenance” may be a condition of the equipment’s warranty. The single most important maintenance a home owner can do on their own, is to change or clean the air filter regularly. A clean system uses less energy, has fewer breakdowns, doesn’t harbor mold and smells, and will help extend the life of the equipment. Most HVAC contractors offer maintenance agreements to assist you and remind you when your system is due for a checkup. For further information on this or other HVAC questions, contact Dave at OK Heating and Air Conditioning.
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Q. How often should I have my furnace and air conditioner maintained? A. All manufacturers of heating and air conditioning equipment recommend
Q. Can Physical Therapy help with relieving my back pain? A. Absolutely! Back pain affects millions of people every year in the United States.