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From left, teacher Cassondra Lee works with fifth graders Nevyn Emmanuelli and Piper Forrest Johnson on writing a script for school-wide announcements during the Junior Equity Team meeting on Friday, Dec. 13, at Sugar Creek Elementary School.
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Fifth grader Keren Chavez Santiago was inspired by a friend to make Sugar Creek a better place. When that friend got into an argument with another student, Santiago helped
calm her down, she said. That experience, and the desire to help reduce bullying, was what prompted her to join Sugar Creek’s Junior Equity Team. Teacher Cassondra Lee started JET in 2015 when she was in her second year on the staff and was leading the school’s Equity Team. “My idea was that JET would be an extension of the work I was doing with other teachers and getting the kid feedback,” she said. From left, Keren Chavez Santiago, Elivia Kerkenbush and Tenley Sathoff work on English and Spanish versions of Turn to Equity/Page 14 their announcment script.
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Two decades of site-based governance at the Verona Area School District’s two middle school have resulted in two different sets of syllabi, class descriptions, schedules and facility and equipment offerings. Administrators have found the
syllabi and class descriptions relatively easy to merge during the ongoing middle school alignment process, which is an ongoing effort to ensure equity among students at the different schools. The schedules and facility offerings, however, have proven to be far more complicated to rectify between the sites, principals told the school board Monday night, Dec. 16. A proposed unified schedule detailed at a board committee meeting Dec. 6 drew scorn from teachers and parents, prompting administrators to rethink the entire concept. Some parents complained the The
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schedule would cut elective programming like art and music, and teachers worried the plan would dilute their individual connections with students. The two sites will be structurally different after Badger Ridge and Core Knowledge’s move to the current high school building next fall, particularly given the access BRMS will have to amenities such as a pool and track field. Principals also pointed out that the sites have different equipment for their encore classes that don’t translate to the other building.
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It’s been ten-and-a-half years since Verona resident and doctor Linda Farley died in June 2009. A long-time family medicine practitioner, she had arranged for her remains to be donated to science; however, they were not accepted, leaving her family scrambling for another option. “Mom did not have a Plan B,” Shedd Farley, Linda’s son, said. Shedd is the director of the Linda and Gene Farley Center for Peace, Justice and Sustainability, which Linda’s death formalized. The Center runs out of the Farley’s wooded home, built in the countryside near Verona in the Town of Springdale. Shedd said he wasn’t always into some of the “hippie things” his parents were into growing up, so he
didn’t expect to leave Denver after 38 years, where he worked as a contractor and homebuilder, to become director of the Center. In 2011, the Center became licensed and certified to provide natural burials, meaning the bodies are not embalmed and are rarely buried in a casket. Twenty-five acres out of the 43-acre property was zoned for the cemetery, renamed the Natural Path Sanctuary. It was the first “green” cemetery in Dane County and is one of only around 70 nationwide, Shedd said. He runs the Center off revenue from cemetery. The center is operated as a nonprofit, while the cemetery is separately incorporated and funded. When Linda’s husband Gene died in November 2013, he was also given a green burial. However, to the dismay of his children, he could not be buried next to Linda, due to complications with how the cemetery had been zoned. While not feeling good about it, the children had no choice but to bury him a few hundred feet away from her.
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Hundreds attend reindeer event at BRMS
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Alex Atterbury (in orange) takes an early lead in the Jingle Bell Run over his former coach Joe Hagen (in red) and teammates from his time at Madison East High School.
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A new location for the Verona Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual live reindeer event did not deter excitement by hundreds of attendees, nor did temperatures in the low 20s. This was the first year the event was held at Badger Ridge Middle School instead of at the library. The chamber opted for the move in order to provide more parking, in addition to the waiting line being able to be mostly inside. The reindeer are raised and cared for by Reindeer Games, a farm in Erin. Ben Hofmeister, a Reindeer Games
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Runners start the Arthritis Foundation’s Jingle Bell Run Saturday, Dec. 14, at Verona Area High School. Alex Atterbury (center) took off in the lead and was the first to finish the run.
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New Century School and Core Knowledge Charter School will call Verona Area School District home for the next five years. Both of the schools had their contracts with the district renewed until 2025 at the school board meeting Monday night, Dec. 16, after a brief discussion among board members over the contract specifications. The board unanimously approved contracts for both CKCS, a K-8 school, and NCS, a K-5 school, with no changes to the language of either contract. The board didn’t take issue with the content of the contracts at its previous meeting, Dec. 9, where
A substantial threat is one thought to have “serious intent” and have detailed plans and means. can be chalked up to anger or frustration that is easily resolved, while a substantial threat is one thought to have “serious intent” and have detailed plans and means. T h a t ’s w h e n l aw enforcement and district security are brought into the conversation, and staff then turn to MOSAIC, an online violence prediction tool that again ranks the severity of the threat. From there, safety plans are implemented – one for the targeted person or people, and another for the person making the threats. Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly.wethal@wcinet.com
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representatives from each school gave presentations on both of the schools and initiatives central to its educational philosophies. New Century was one of the first charters in the state, opening two years after state legislation authored them, in 1995, and Core Knowledge opened a year later. Each has markedly different teaching styles, but both are public, with enrollment that is capped by the district. Both charters, along with the district’s third elementary charter, Verona Area International School, are parent-run and share facilities and classes with neighborhood schools. Each must renew its charter every five years. Some previous charter renewals have been more
complicated. NCS changed its charter in each of the previous two processes, converting to an environmentally focused curriculum in 2009, then beginning a transition to STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) in 2014. W h e n VA I S r e n ew e d its contract in late 2016, it did so amid concerns it might not be able to sustain its enrollment because of its particular structure, in which kids learn Chinese in a dual-immersion setting. And when the charter high school, the Exploration Academy, took a three-year renewal, it did so with the expectation that it would eventually be shut down and its programming would be absorbed into the high school’s options.
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When it comes to threats made toward a school or a student, all Verona Area School District sites now have a threat assessment protocol. That protocol is intended to determine whether there’s imminent danger or a threat is actually someone blowing off steam. The school board approved threat assessment protocol guidelines and policies at its meeting Monday night with little discussion. The threat assessment protocol had been introduced in September and was created in partnership with the cities of Verona and Fitchburg police departments. The threat assessment protocol is one of several security measures the district has introduced in the last year. It was partly prompted by the February 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman High School in Parkland, Florida, and an incident within VASD a few days later when a student threatened to “shoot up the school.” The Parkland shooting also spurred the district to change its design for the high school to reduce the amount of glass throughout the building. Three fights at Verona Area High School in May of this year also prompted the district to revise the district’s visitor policies and make changes to high school security to create a limited open campus lunch. The threat assessment protocol involves
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having staff use a screener to determine the severity of the threat and implement safety plans for both the targets of violence and the person threatening to perpetrate it. It starts by gathering information, whether it’s from students, staff or parents in person, through social media or the district’s new tip line. If death or serious injury are considered immediately imminent, calling law enforcement is the first step, Corey Saffold, district school security coordinator, told the board in September. Criteria for ranking the severity of the threat includes its potential impact, how it would be carried out, the viability it would happen, what prior threats had been made by the specific person and how that person has behaved. The threat is then categorized as either a transient or a substantive threat. A transient threat is one that
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here are three things I confess this Christmas. One, I don’t know whether Jesus was born Dec. 25. Two, I don’t know many facts about the life of Jesus. Three, I believe I know enough about him to look to him for hope and light for life. Nobody knows whether Jesus was born on the day we celebrate as Christmas . How and why we began celebrating it on that date is anybody’s guess. The historical record seems to show that it took Christian theology at least 300 years to designate the 25th as the red-letter day. Back in the year 386, one of the greatest of the early preachers in Christianity, Chrysostom, said Dec. 25 is “the mother of all festivals” and a date to inspire awe and reverence. If so, it was a 300 year gestation period, for Christians prior to the 300s do not seemed to have looked upon Dec. 25 as the mother of much of anything remarkable. Christians in Egypt and Syria, just ahead of Chrysostom’s time, put the emphasis Jan. 6. One writer describes houses festooned with garland on that day and children speaking only happy words full of cheer. While I can recount some of the theories about how and why Dec. 25 came to be associated with Christmas, in the end, I do not know. The luster of its glory isn’t in the day itself. My second confession is that I do not know much about the life of Jesus. Neither does anyone else. The amount of material to which historians have access is scant at best. Enough of it comes from unbiased sources so we can know he did exist, but beyond that, outside of the material in the New Testament, there is not
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much that can be said about him as a matter of history. There have been various scholarly “quests for the historical Yurs Jesus,” as they have been called. They have been attempted by such notables as Albert Schweitzer in an earlier day and John Dominic Crossan and Marcus Borg in our own. The late Jaroslav Pelikan, who taught Christian history at Yale University, discounted the product of many of these quests when he observed that each age and each culture seems to see Jesus not necessarily as he was but in its own image. Part of the problem is that even the New Testament is scant in this regard. Take the matter of Christmas alone. The Gospel According to Mark is quite content to leave out any reference whatsoever to the birth of Jesus. He says nothing of manger, swaddling clothes, Christmas angels, shepherds or stars. He opens his testimony not with the baby of Bethlehem but with the fully grown man of Nazareth. The letters of Paul likewise show scant interest in the birth of Jesus. He, too, leaves out the stuff of our Christmas pageants and nativity scenes, though, in his Letter to the Galatians, he does refer to the birth of Jesus as happening in the fullness of time. Only the Gospels According to Matthew and Luke relate the scenes of Jesus’ birth, and there are differences between their two tellings. Significantly, neither one makes any reference later on
to the miracles they describe in their earliest chapters. The primary interest of the New Testament is not on a daily record of the life of Jesus but on giving an account of the meaning of his life, testifying to his death and resurrection and offering a summary of his essential teachings. This brings me to my third confession. My belief that I know enough to look to Jesus for hope and light doesn’t quite bypass what historians have access to, but it emphasizes what faith can apprehend. It doesn’t penetrate any mystery, but it pauses in wonder and admiration that move into worship and, albeit imperfectly, become translated into life. I find him to be a personal strength. From growing up in a single-parent household from the time I was 3 to now walking with people as a pastor for nearly 40 years, I have found him to be near and faithful and just and true, worth celebrating at Christmas and always. In terms of public affairs, I find myself in agreement with Jim Wallis, Christian theologian, activist, and founder and editor of Sojourners magazine. Speaking over the radio the other day and in response to question about the current political situation in America, Wallis said “we need a fresh introduction to Jesus.” He meant by that that we would be much helped if we became reacquainted with the teachings and principles of Jesus when it comes to concern for the poor, care for our neighbors, and working for justice. I make the same confession, and invite you to do the same. The Rev. Dr. Mark E. Yurs is pastor at Salem United Church of Christ in Verona.
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Madison’s Girls Rock Camp Farley Center holiday fundraiser set for Dec. 20 gathering set for Dec. 21 Kerosene Kites is a music duo offering Americana musical stylings, composed of Madison-based songwriters Beth Kille and Erik Kjelland. Their performance, set for 7-9 p.m. Friday Dec. 20 at Tuvalu Coffeehouse, will raise funds for Madison’s Girls Rock Camp. There’s a $10 suggested donation. Girls Rock Camp is a one week day camp in July for girls ages 8-18 which began in 2010. Approximately 140 campers of all skill levels learn guitar, drums, keyboards, violin, bass and vocals. The campers then form a band, write a song and perform their original piece at the end of the week for friends and family. In addition to musical programming, the camp also provides opportunities for the campers to do artistic projects such as shirt design, hip hop dance classes and self-esteem workshops. Girls Rock Camp does not turn any camper away based on inability to pay and provides financial aid. During the Kerosene Kites show, the pair will be performing a holiday-inspired show of original and cover songs.
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What: Girls Rock Camp Fundraiser When: 7-9 p.m., Friday, Dec. 20 Where: Tuvalu Coffeehouse, 300 S. Main St. Info: 845-6800 Kille and Kjelland began co-writing music in the fall of 2013. Their shared experiences of life on the road became their common lyrical bond and a basis for their holiday-themed “North Star Sessions” debut album released in December 2014, awarded unique album of the year at the Madison Area Music Awards. In December 2016, Kerosene Kites released “Under Cover Holiday” an album of re-imagined classic holiday songs. Attendees can expect to hear songs from both these albums. For information, visit Tuvalu Coffeehouse and Gallery on Facebook. Neal Patten, Verona Community Reporter, can be contacted at neal.patten@wcinet. com.
A Verona citizen committee has been formed to make sure as many people complete the 2020 U.S. Census as possible. The Complete Count committee, as it will be known, will be charged with reaching out to populations that might otherwise have difficulties accessing forms and turning in their census data, such as those in assisted living facilities. The Common Council approved the formation of the committee at its Monday, Dec. 16, meeting. The data from the U.S. Census is critical to the city because it will determine the level of federal funding it can receive. City administrator Adam Sayre told the council the U.S. Census Bureau is encouraging people to complete their forms online this year and the Complete Count committee will be part of this push. However, paper forms will still be available, and committee members will be
Monday’s session. “We had a good discussion and negotiations are o n g o i n g ,” M a y o r L u ke Diaz announced. Elections Inspectors The council approved the appointment of 103 elections inspectors for terms lasting from 2020 to 2021. The inspectors are responsible for being present at polling sites, registering voters, issuing ballots, monitoring voting equipment, and explaining ballots to voters, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission website. Wisconsin will hold four elections next year, as it is a presidential election year and will have primaries in February (local offices) and August (state offices). The inspectors are required to be trained and certified through the state The Dane County Republican Party specifically nominated two inspectors, Mayor Luke Diaz said at the council meeting. The Democratic party did not make any nominations. Renee Hickman can be contacted at renee.hickman@wcinet.com.
The Town of Verona will have a new administrator next year. Amanda Arnold, who is the town planner as well as its administrator, will be leaving her post at the end of January after seven years. She’ll be working as a senior land use planner for JSD Professional Services, a civil engineering, land use and planning company that has a regional office on Horizon Drive in Verona, as well as others around the state and in Chicago and Idaho. Arnold has never worked in the private sector before, she told the Press Monday, but it’s something she’s always been interested in.
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“I want to try something new,” she said. “It seemed like an interesting opportunity … as much as I like the Town of Verona, it was just a chance to do something new and different.” Arnold told the Press she plans to stay in her role until the end of January to help with getting through tax season. Property taxes are due Jan. 31. Arnold started with the town in May 2012 after working as a planner for the City of Minneapolis. At the time Arnold was hired, she had never worked with a township government, but she has since learned about rural planning and aspects of government she hadn’t been exposed to before, she said. The job opening can be found on the town’s website at town.verona. wi.us, with a link on the homepage that includes the job description. Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly.wethal@wcinet.com and follow her on Twitter @kimberly_wethal.
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Coming up The Aloha food truck is set to Senior center New Year Holiday label making serve Hawaiian cuisine including workshop celebration pork dishes and coconut rice from Learn how to make holiday mail- 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The senior center will be ringing in ing labels on your computer during the new year early, starting with servFor information, visit nplusonecaa Computer Questions Plus meeting, fe.com. ing AJ’s Pizza at 11:30 a.m. Monday, from 10-11 a.m., Friday Dec. 20 at Dec. 30. The cost to attend is $5. Stuffed animal sleepover the senior center. The Retro Swing Band, an 18 piece For information, call 845-7471. Kids can drop off their favorite ensemble senior recreation band, is stuffed animal at the children’s desk set to play songs from the 30s, 40s Holiday market in the library at 9 a.m. Thursday, Shop for the holidays at this mar- Dec. 26, to send it on a fun, over- and 50s beginning at 12:30 p.m. For information, call 845-7471. ket of local makers and artisans, night adventure. 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, at Families can pick up the stuffed Blanket forts at library n+1 coffee, 507 Bruce St. animal any time the next day and Families are invited to come set Shops include: Strider Northwoods watch a slideshow of all of the stuffed up a fort, enjoy walking s’mores and Mercantile, InkLush, Frank + Cedar, animals’ adventures at 1:30 p.m. on spend an evening of reading togethM.E. Woodturning, Kois Ceramics, Friday, Dec. 27. er in the children’s area 6:30-8 p.m. Pointelle Design, In Bloom, Hygge For information, call 845-7180. Monday, Dec. 30, at the library. Jewelry Lab, Made With Love By Some sheets and clips will be Katie L, Ann Diller Crochet, Sew Snow crafts provided. Families are welcome to She Did, Half Pint Naturals and Children ages 3-10 are invited to an CoCo Bo’s Design. open art studio from 10-11:30 a.m. bring their own sheets or blankets for building a fort. Creations for sale will include cof- Thursday, Dec. 26, at the library. For information, call 845-7180. fees, teas, soaps, candles, lotions, Different arts and crafts projects Contact Neal Patten, Verona oils, handcrafted raw goods, fiber related to snow will encourage kids Community Reporter at knit accessories, sewn pouches, hair to get creative. For information, call 845-7180. accessories and tree ornaments. neal.patten@wcinet.com.
Community calendar Thursday, Dec. 19
• 10-11 a.m., Parkinson’s group, senior center, 845-7471 • 4-5:30 p.m., Anime and manga club, library, 845-7180 • 6-10 p.m., Gift wrapping for a donation, American Legion Post 385, 207 Legion St, 845-6538
Friday, Dec. 20
• 10-11 a.m., How to make holiday mailing labels on a computer, senior center, 845-7471 • 12:30-1:30 p.m., Live music: Robert J singer/songwriter, senior center, 8457471 • 4-5:30 p.m., NERF games for adults, library, 845-7180 • 7-9 p.m., Live music: The Artesians, Fisher King Winery, 1105 Laser St., 497-1056 • 7-9 p.m., Madison Girls Rock Camp fundraiser with live music by Kerosene Kites ($10), Tuvalu Coffeehouse, 300 S. Main St., 845-6800 • 8-11 p.m., Live music: Mark Croft Band, Riley Tavern, 8205 Klevenville Riley Road, 845-9150
Saturday, Dec. 21
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market with local makers, n plus 1 coffee and beer, 507 Bruce St., nplusonecafe.com • 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., Last community meal of 2019, Badger Prairie Needs Network, 848-2499 • 1-3 p.m, Farley Center holiday gathering, Linda & Gene Farley Center for Peace Justice and Sustainability, 2299 Spring Rose Road., 845-8724 • 8-11 p.m., Live music: Nic Solo, Riley Tavern, 8205 Klevenville Riley Road, 845-9150
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• 3-6 p.m., Live music: Bryce and Dayton acoustic duo, Riley Tavern, 8205 Klevenville Riley Road, 845-9150
Thursday, Dec. 26
Story 4”, library, 845-7180 • 7-9 p.m., Live music: Jeanne Marshall Bindley, Fisher King Winery, 1105 Laser St., 497-1056 • 8-11 p.m., Live music: The Blues Party, Riley Tavern, 8205 Klevenville Riley Road, 845-9150
Saturday, Dec. 28 • 8-11:30 p.m., Live music: Adam Bartels Band, Riley Tavern, 8205 Klevenville Riley Road, 845-9150 • 7-9 p.m., Live music: Kirsten Grace and Joseph Michael jazz, Fisher King Winery, 1105 Laser St., 497-1056
Sunday, Dec. 29 • 3-6 p.m., Live music: Dave Shaub’s Music Adventure, Riley Tavern, 8205 Klevenville Riley Road, 845-9150
• 9 a.m., Stuffed animal sleepover, library, 845-7180 Monday, Dec. 30 • 10-11:30 a.m., Open art studio: snow • 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., New Year (ages 3-10), library, 845-7180 • 4-5:30 p.m., Teen gaming night (ages Celebration with the Retro Swing Band ($5), senior center, 845-7471 12-18), library, 845-7180 • 6:30-8 p.m., Blanket fort night for Friday, Dec. 27 families, library, 845-7180 • 12:30 p.m., Movie screening: “It’s A Tuesday, Dec. 31 Wonderful Life”, senior center, 8457471 • 11 a.m. to noon, Noon Year’s Eve • 1:30-3:15 p.m., Movie screening: “Toy Party, library, 845-7180
Churches All Saints Lutheran Church 2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg (608) 276-7729 allsaints-madison.org Pastor Kristin Woelk Sunday: 8:30 & 10:45 a.m. The Church in Fitchburg 2833 Raritan Rd., Fitchburg (608) 271-2811 livelifetogether.com Sunday: 8 & 10:45 a.m. Memorial UCC 5705 Lacy Rd., Fitchburg (608) 273-1008 memorialucc.org Interim Pastor Laura Crow Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Good Shephard Lutheran Church ELCA (608) 271-6633 Madison: Raymond Road & Whitney Way, Madison Sunday: 8:30 & 10 a.m.. Verona: Corner of Hwy. PD & Nine Mound Road, Verona Sunday: 9 & 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m. Damascus Road Church – West The Verona Senior Center 108 Paoli St., Verona (608) 819-6451 info@damascusroadchurch.com, damascusroadonline.org Pastor Justin Burge Sunday: 10 a.m. Memorial Baptist Church 201 S. Main St., Verona (608) 845-7125 MBCverona.org Lead Pastor Jeremy Scott Sunday: 10:15 a.m. Redeemer Bible Fellowship 130 N. Franklin St., Verona (608) 845-1615 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 Seth Krueger 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,
Paoli Sunday: 9 & 11 a.m., St. Andrew, Verona Daily Mass, Tuesday-Saturday: 8 a.m., St. Andrew, Verona
St. James Lutheran Church ELCA 427 S. Main St., Verona (608) 845-6922 stjamesverona.org Pastors Kurt M. Billings and Peter Narum Office Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday; 8 a.m.-noon Wednesday Saturday Worship: 5 p.m. Sunday Worship: 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. Salem United Church of Christ 502 Mark Dr., Verona (608) 845-7315 salemchurchverona.org Rev. Dr. Mark E. Yurs, Pastor Sunday school for all ages: 9 a.m. Worship: 10:15 a.m. Fellowship: 11:30 a.m. Springdale Lutheran Church ELCA 2752 Town Hall Rd. (off Hwy ID), Mount Horeb (608) 437-3493 springdalelutheran.org Revs. Loren and Linda Schumacher Sunday: 8:45 a.m. with communion Sugar River United Methodist Church 415 W. Verona Ave., Verona (608) 845-5855 sugar.river@sugarriverumc.org, sugarriverumc.org Pastor Gary Holmes 9 & 10:30 a.m. contemporary worship. Sunday School available during worship. Refreshments and fellowship are between services. West Madison Bible Church 2920 Hwy. M, Verona (608) 845-9518 www.wmbiblechurch.org Pastor Dan Kukasky Jr. Sunday Worship: 9:15 a.m. Sunday School: 10:45 a.m. Zwingli United Church of Christ Hwy. 92 & G, Mount Vernon (608) 832-6677 Pastor Brad Brookins Sunday: 10:15 a.m. Zwingli United Church of Christ Hwy. 69 & PB, Paoli (608) 255-1278 paoliucc.com Pastor Rich Pleva Sunday: 9:30 a.m. family worship
What’s on VHAT-98 Saturday, Dec. 21 8 a.m. – Common Council from 12–16–19 11 a.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 1 p.m. – 2018 Wildcats Football 4:30 p.m. – Farmhouse Tour/Farm Toys at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Common Council from 12–16–19 9 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Farmhouse Tour/ Farm Toys at the Historical Society 11 p.m. – Eleanor Maher at Senior Center Sunday, Dec. 22 7 a.m. – Hindu Cultural Hour 9 a.m. – Resurrection Church 10 a.m. – Salem Church Service Noon – Common Council from 12–16–19 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4:30 p.m. – Farmhouse Tour/Farm Toys at the Historical Society 6 p.m. – Common Council from 12–16–19 9 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Farmhouse Tour/ Farm Toys at the Historical Society 11 p.m. – Eleanor Maher at
Senior Center Monday, Dec. 23 7 a.m. – Diversity at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Bird Brothers at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4 p.m. – Shoulder Pain at Senior Center 5 p.m. – 2018 Wildcats Football 9 p.m. – Hindu Cultural Hour 10 p.m. – Ron, Rosie & Rodger at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Eleanor Maher at Senior Center Tuesday, Dec. 24 7 a.m. – Ron, Rosie & Rodger at Senior Center 10 a.m.– Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Eleanor Maher at Senior Center 2 p.m.– Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Diversity at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Shoulder Pain at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Resurrection Church 8 p.m. – Knee Pain at Senior Center 9 p.m. – Bird Brothers at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Farmhouse Tour/ Farm Toys at the Historical Society
Wednesday, Dec. 25 7 a.m. – Diversity at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Bird Brothers at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 5 p.m. – Common Council from 12–16–19 7 p.m. – Capital City Band 8 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Ron, Rosie & Rodger at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Eleanor Maher at Senior Center Thursday, Dec. 26 7 a.m. – Ron, Rosie & Rodger at Senior Center 8 a.m.– Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Eleanor Maher at Senior Center 2 p.m. – Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Diversity at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Shoulder Pain at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Salem Church Service 7 p.m. – Knee Pain at Senior Center 8 p.m. – Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – Bird Brothers at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Farmhouse Tour/ Farm Toys at the Historical Society
Most of the World Is Invisible Physics provides a wealth of examples which illustrate that we see but a tiny fraction of the universe. Visible light is a tiny fraction of the electromagnetic spectrum, and whereas our galaxy (the Milky Way) was believed by scientists less than a hundred years ago to be the only galaxy, it is now known that there are at least 100 billion galaxies besides our own, each galaxy containing some 100 billion stars. The universe is quite large, it is expanding, and it is expanding at an accelerating rate. And consider that the entire universe, some 14 billion years ago, was confined to an area smaller than an atom. There are so many ways in which what we see and experience is just the tip of the iceberg that we would do well to be humble. Overconfidence can be dangerous in the realms of both knowledge and action. The psychologists Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman have done seminal work exploring cognitive biases (the ways in which our thinking leads us to make faulty judgments or errors). One of these biases is the “availability heuristic,”which leads us to favor data and facts that are ready to hand. We give prominence to recent events and are biased towards what we know, when in fact what we don’t know can be very important to the issue or judgement we are making. Be humble in the face of what you do not know. –Christopher Simon
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Thursday, Dec. 19 7 a.m. – Ron, Rosie & Rodger at Senior Center 8 a.m.– Zumba Gold 9 a.m. – Daily Exercise 10 a.m. – Eleanor Maher at Senior Center 2 p.m. – Zumba Gold 3 p.m. – Daily Exercise 4 p.m. – Diversity at Senior Center 5 p.m. – Shoulder Pain at Senior Center 6 p.m. – Salem Church Service 7 p.m. – Knee Pain at Senior Center 8 p.m. – Daily Exercise 9 p.m. – Bird Brothers at Senior Center 10 p.m. – Farmhouse Tour/ Farm Toys at the Historical Society Friday, Dec. 20 7 a.m. – Diversity at Senior Center 1 p.m. – Bird Brothers at Senior Center 3 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 4 p.m. – Shoulder Pain at Senior Center 5 p.m. – 2018 Wildcats Football 9 p.m. – Vintage Verona Sports 10 p.m. – Ron, Rosie & Rodger at Senior Center 11 p.m. – Eleanor Maher at Senior Center
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Alignment:: Process complicated by decades of self-governance at sites Continued from page 1 Administrators shelved the schedule plan after the Dec. 6 meeting, after all three middle school principals at Badger Ridge, Core Knowledge and Savanna Oaks stated they didn’t believe the new schedule was ideal, but rather believed it was required for middle school alignment. District director of bilingual programs and instructional equity Laurie Burgos told the board that bringing the schedules closer together, especially where the number of minutes spent in core and encore classes are concerned, will still be “central to the conversation” with the continued work to align the middle schools. One of the scheduling options the administration is exploring is creating flexibility with the core classes by having two of them scheduled backto-back. Teachers would have the ability to use more time for one class at the expense of another’s minutes that day without affecting the rest of the schedule. Burgos said this would help address the needs of BRMS Two-Way Immersion students and find a way to optimize science and social studies classes, which are taught in Spanish. SOMS does not host a Two-Way Immersion program for students, Burgos explained, and using the SOMS schedule of having science and social studies be every other day would cut the amount of Spanish language education in half. “It’s not as easy as saying, ‘Let’s just move,’ but allowing our teachers to have those core periods back-toback, we hope that leads to some more integration and some more creativity in the schedule,” she said.
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Workarounds for the different facilities and equipment at each site might include offering after school courses where all middle school students could have access to both schools after the school day, regardless of what site they’re enrolled at, Savanna Oaks principal Sandy Eskrich said. “The two sites are different, and they will perhaps be even more structurally different over time,” she said. “We don’t want to not take advantage of some resources that we have on a campus … we want to intentionally think about how we provide an experience for all of our middle school kids that allows them to use all the resources the district has.” Administrators had planned to update the CIA committee at its Dec. 19 meeting but decided Monday’s update to the board would suffice, superintendent Dean Gorrell told the board. The plan to align the schedules for Badger Ridge and Savanna Oaks middle schools and Core Knowledge Charter School’s grades 6-8 is one result of a middle school study requested by the school board in 2015 as part of an effort to create more equity in student experiences leading to high school. Originally, administrators had hoped to accomplish a full alignment by the time the new high school opens in fall 2020, as several schools will be moving into different facilities at that time. That would mean setting schedules by January 2020. But after the Dec. 6 CIA meeting, school board members encouraged administrators to take more time getting the schedules aligned if needed. Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly.wethal@wcinet.com and follow her on Twitter @kimberly_wethal.
Green burials can either be conducted in a biodegradable shroud made from wool, cotton, silk, hemp, or burlap, or in a simple raw wood casket, for which Shedd charges a $100 additional fee to discourage their usage. There are no embalming fluids nor other toxic chemicals involved, Shedd said, unlike traditional burial methods. They are also less energy-intensive than cremation. Natural burials are performed at three feet deep instead of six, because the microbial layer of soil which helps disintegrate the remains exists only up to three feet under the surface. Traditional burials require a lot of energy, Shedd added, and emit chemicals. Caskets and embalming fluids are both environmentally unfriendly, he said, as caskets are made from between 200 to 400 pounds of steel and wood and fluids leak and contaminate the groundwater. Shedd said as of November, the cemetery had sold around 460 plots and buried 165 people, estimating the grounds are around 10% full. While the 25 acres were originally planned for 7420 plots, due to trees and other obstructions, which Shedd declines to remove, he expects there will be a total of 2,000 plots. There’s only one font option for headstones at Natural Path Sanctuary, Shedd said. That’s because the cemetery only allows “headstones
cut by nature:” Native Wisconsin limestone rocks on the property engraved with handcarved epitaphs. Shedd often receives questions about possible preclusions or disqualifiers to being buried at the cemetery. People inquire if they have to remove metal body parts or pacemakers to be buried, which they don’t. Others worry that they cannot be buried there after r e c e iv i n g c h e m o t h e r a py, which is not the case, Shedd said. Family members are encouraged to be a part of the burial process by digging the grave and lowering the body and hosting ceremonies and receptions at the Center’s building. “We encourage families to participate in the burial in as many ways as possible,” Shedd said.
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Another sixteen of the 43 acres of the property is a collaborative educational farm catered towards immigrant and beginning farmers. Immigrants from Colombia, Mexico, Russia, Tibet, Thailand, China and Canada are trained in organic land use. This includes a beekeeping incubator program, which has grown from three beekeepers in its first year to 12 this year. Shedd said the purpose isn’t to profit off the bees or to get honey, but to help propagate the species and pollinate the nature preserve. The center has provided
volunteer opportunities to University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Morgridge Center for Public Service Badger Volunteers and the Department of Corrections’ Grow Academy programs, including harvesting fruits and vegetables, making cider and juice and digging graves. The service-based usage for the remaining acres of the land is something Linda and Gene would have liked as an homage to their activist and volunteerism lifestyle. From running an outpatient clinic on a Northeastern Arizona Navajo Reservation to training nurses in Jamaica, the Farleys spent much of their lives providing education and advocacy in under-served communities. Linda campaigned for a single-payer universal health care system to churches and unions. Her work in that area led to her being nominated by then-Rep. Tammy Baldwin for the National Library of Medicine’s “Local Legends” honor, which celebrates the contributions of female physicians throughout America. Gene was a professor at the UW- School of Medicine, and served as chair of the Department of Family Medicine for a decade. “I want to carry on the same types of things dad and mom did with their lives, doing things for our environment and community,” Shedd said. Contact Neal Patten, Verona Community Reporter at neal. patten@wcinet.com.
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Wildcats hold off Cardinals ADAM FEINER Sports editor
Verona dug itself too big of a halftime hole to climb out at home against Janesville Craig on Saturday, Dec. 14, resulting in a 67-63 loss. The Wildcats were coming off their first win of the season, a 59-56 road victory over Middleton on Thursday, Dec. 12.
Janesville Craig 67, Verona 63
The Wildcats (1-2, 1-2 Big Eight Conference) were paced by Haakon Anderson, who finished with team highs in points (16) and rebounds (9). Verona’s Kolson Roddick added 15 points and five assists. Jacob Kisting scored eight points, while Adam Bekx chipped in seven points, six rebounds and three assists. Bennett Sherry also had seven points. Craig’s Angelo Rizzo recorded game highs in points (27), rebounds (12) and steals (4). Caleb Scoville added 19 points and seven rebounds.
Verona 59, Middleton 56
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Verona junior Jacob Kisting (left) guards Middleton’s Cole Deptula during the second half Thursday, Dec. 12, in Middleton. Kisting scored eight points, including the game-winning layup, in the Wildcats’ 59-56 win.
No play defined the Wildcats’ win quite like Anderson’s putback off his own miss in the second half. Blood rushed from Anderson’s head after he caught an inadvertent elbow on the play, and he left for the emergency room to get the wound stitched up. The Wildcats survived a furious comeback by the Cardinals down the stretch without one of their best players. “He’s our captain and leader,” Kisting said of Anderson. “He keeps us grounded every single day in practice. He’s probably the toughest guy I’ve ever met.” Middleton chipped away at a double-digit deficit by ramping up its defense and going 10-for-15 from the free-throw line in the final 10:54. Verona turned the ball over on six straight possessions during the Cardinals’ surge. Anderson knocked down a contested
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Verona perched atop Big Eight standings after routs ADAM FEINER Sports editor
Verona remained undefeated in Big Eight Conference play with an 8-2 road win over Middleton on Saturday, Dec. 14. The Wildcats were coming off a 9-0 road win over Madison Memorial on Tuesday, Dec. 10.
Verona 8, Middleton 2
Both teams came into the game undefeated in Big Eight play, but the Wildcats fired on all cylinders offensively at Capitol Ice Arena in Middleton. Seven different players scored for Verona (6-1, 4-0 Big Eight), which went 3-for-5 on the power play. The Wildcats outshot the Cardinals 61-16 and killed off four penalties. “We’ve struggled on the power play to start the season, so we put a little effort in and it’s starting to click as far as personnel and where we want the puck to go,” Verona coach Joel Marshall said. “We ran some set plays, and Middleton allowed us to execute them.” Verona’s Ryan Ritter opened the scoring with 10:24 left in the first period off assists from Cale Rufenacht and Nathan Jurrens. Rufenacht scored on the power play a little more than two minutes later, with assists from Conrad Moline and Keegan Lindell. “We really moved the puck well,” Ritter said. “They covered the middle a lot, so we were able to move it out wide and get shots on the net.”
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Verona’s Conrad Moline (right) controls the puck in the offensive zone against Middleton’s Noah Ehrhardt during the second period Turn to Hockey/Page 12 Saturday, Dec. 14, at Capitol Ice Arena in Middleton. The Wildcats won 8-2.
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Verona’s Cael Wozniak (right) works to pin Middleton’s Hernan Carranza during their 145-pound match Friday, Dec. 13, in Middleton. Wozniak pinned Carranza in 2:20.
Hanson continues dominant start with second title ADAM FEINER Sports editor
Verona heavyweight Jay Hanson and 106-pounder Blake Herburger won their respective weight classes at the Whitewater Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 14. The Wildcats dropped a pair of Big Eight Conference road duals in the same week, falling to Middleton 53-30 on Friday, Dec. 13, and Janesville Craig 56-16 on Tuesday, Dec. 10.
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Verona finished fourth out of 12 teams with 149 points, as five of the Wildcats’ 12 wrestlers placed in the top three. Hanson improved to 12-1 with 10 pins on the season with his dominant performance. He pinned Whitewater’s Zach Porter in 1:50, Kenosha Bradford’s Venicio Vasquez in 3:49, Rockford Auburn (IL)’s Kolangi Roundtree in 42 seconds and Palmyra-Eagle’s Bryce Stephan in 1:12. He won a 9-1 major decision against Janesville Craig’s Braeden Hopkins in the championship match. Herburger won a 10-3 decision over Whitewater’s CJ Tomomitsu and pinned Bradford’s Santino Pignotti-Wojtak in 1:29 to win his weight class. Cael Wozniak improved his record to 11-2 with 10 pins, as he finished second with a 4-1 mark at 145 pounds. He pinned Clinton’s Ben Jacobs in 1:25, Craig’s Aidan Romack in 5:37, Auburn’s Jaw’Hed Wainwright in 2:21 and Racine Park’s Dartrell Joshua in 3:19. Bradford’s Cole Ramos pinned Wozniak in the first period of the championship match. Ben Grandau (126) finished second at 126 with a 3-2 record. He lost a 9-0 major decision to Beloit Turner’s Justin Teague in the championship match. Grandau bounced back from an 11-8 loss to Bradford’s Nick Mendoza with a 9-4 win over Waukesha North’s Paul Selberg and pins of Palmyra-Eagle’s Luke Hausser (0:59) and Racine Park’s Justin Bailey-Prescott (4:47). Eric Blum (152) finished third with a 3-2 record. He was one of three to make the championship round after pinning Palmyra-Eagle’s Fletcher Ballman in 42 seconds, Big Foot’s Julian Klein in 1:24 and Auburn’s Brandon Ferguson in 1:34. Whitewater’s David Cushman and Craig’s Sebastian Getchell pinned Blum in the first period. Caden Page (170) finished fifth with a 3-2 record, while Adam Murphy (220) placed fifth with a 2-3 mark. Page won his last three matches after being pinned in
his first two bouts. He pinned Clinton’s Kameron Christiansen in 1:31, beat Whitewater’s Martin Gonzalez 7-2 and pinned Whitewater’s Denver Isbell in 54 seconds in the fifth-place match. Murphy won his last two matches after being pinned in the first three. He pinned Clinton’s Lance Kutz in 1:47 and Clinton’s Cameron Boggess in 3:34 in the fifth-place match. Logan Neuroth (138) and Achilles Mendes (182) finished sixth with 2-3 records. Neuroth (138) lost 14-9 to Whitewater’s Marcus DePorter, then pinned Park’s Freddy Vital in 1:10. He bounced back from a first-period pin by Bradford’s Abel Castillo to pin Turner’s Nate Pozzani in 4:44. Clinton’s Rylan Maly pinned Neuroth in the first period of their fifth-place match. Mendes pinned Kenosha Bradford’s Eli Douglas in 5:59 and won by injury default against Big Foot’s Sam Flom after being pinned in his first two bouts. He was pinned in the first period by Craig’s Grant Mullen in their fifthplace match. Spencer Lokken (160) pinned Palmyra-Eagle’s Kenneth Schulz in 38 seconds, but lost four other matches to finish eighth. Jacob Munson (132) and Garrett Heitke (285) were pinned in all four of their matches. Craig won the team title with 231 points.
Middleton 53, Verona 30
The Wildcats won five of the nine contested matches, but fell to 1-2 in Big Eight duals after forfeiting five weight classes. Page pinned Will Grosspietch in 35 seconds at 170 pounds. Hanson (285) pinned Keda Seals in 1:35. Wozniak (145) pinned Hernan Carranza in 2:20, and Murphy (220) pinned Adham Elshaboury in 3:58. Grandau (126) pinned Walker Hargrove in 4:43. Herburger (106), Neuroth (138), Blum (152) and Lokken (160) lost via pin. Verona forfeited at 113, 120, 132, 182 and 195.
Janesville Craig 56, Verona 15
Wozniak pinned Romack in 3:13 at 145 pounds, and Hanson won a 10-5 decision over Hopkins at 285. Herburger (106) received a forfeit victory. Grandau lost a 9-7 decision to Juan Armas at 120. Blum (152) lost via technical fall. Austin Conrad (126), Neuroth (138), Page (170), Mendes (182) and Murphy (220) lost via pin. Both teams forfeited at 113. Verona forfeited at 132, 160 and 195.
Playing against a 2-3 zone for the first time this season led to a rocky shooting performance for Verona against Big Eight Conference rival Madison West. The Wildcats instead relied on its pressure defense for a 48-28 win over the Regents on Friday, Dec. 13, in Verona. The Wildcats shot 28% from the field (14-for50), but used their press at times to create scoring opportunities in transition. “It’s that old adage, ‘You would rather win ugly than lose pretty,’” Verona coach Angie Murphy said. “It was an adjustment.” Verona freshman guard Megan Murphy knocked down four 3-pointers for a team-high 12 points, and senior Rayna Briggs had 10 points and four steals. Junior Katie Pederson added six points and six rebounds. Senior Rachel Witthuhn and junior Morgan Grignon each chipped in five points. The Wildcats (3-3, 3-2 Big Eight) held the Regents scoreless for more than 13
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Verona junior Katie Pederson (right) scores and is fouled by Madison West freshman Mallory Hanson (32) in the Wildcats’ 48-28 win on Friday, Dec. 13. minutes in the second half. Verona outscored Madison West 18-6 in the second half, and the Regents finished with 18 turnovers. “We had to create tempo,” Angie Murphy said. “This is a team we needed to speed up.” The Regents (0-5, 0-4) packed the lane with its 2-3 zone and stayed close in the first half. Megan Murphy hit a 3 to give the Wildcats an 11-8 lead, but West junior Dana Zidani answered with a 3 to tie it. Verona responded with
Girls hockey
Metro Lynx fall in marquee matchup with Cougars ADAM FEINER Sports editor
Penalties and a stout Cap City Cougars defense led to the Madison Metro Lynx’s first loss of the season. The Lynx fell behind in the second period and couldn’t overcome a twogoal deficit in a 3-1 loss to the Cougars on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at Sun Prairie Ice Arena. Grace Bonnell scored just 2:54 into the third period off assists from Rachel Mirwald and Kaya Byce to bring the Metro Lynx to within a goal. However, four of the Lynx’s eight penalties came in the third, as they registered just four shots in the period. Mary Goss scored an empty-netter with 34
seconds left in the game, assisted by Zephryn Jager, to salt the victory for Cap City, which stayed atop the Badger Conference with the victory. T h e M e t r o Ly n x dropped to 4-1 overall and 2-1 in the conference. They finished 0-for-5 on the power play, as Cam McKersie made 28 saves. Cap City broke a scoreless tie 54 seconds into the second period, as Olivia Thompson scored on the power play off assists from Amanda Bauer and Mackenzie Rosin. Lauren Bliefernicht scored on the power play with 33 seconds left in the second, with assists from Rosin and Goss. The Cougars outshot the Lynx 31-21. Cap City goaltender Lexi Holman made 20 saves.
a 9-0 run. Pederson scored all six of her points during the spurt, four of them coming on a pair of putbacks. “ I t ’s r e a l l y a t e a m effort,” Pederson said. “We all worked together to box out. My teammates helped me out a little bit there. They opened up the lane so I could go get the rebound and put it back up.” “Katie Pederson just doesn’t take any plays off,” Angie Murphy added. “I have always said if we had a whole team that worked
as hard as a kid like that, w e wo u l d b e i n g r e a t shape.” The Regents battled back before Grignon drilled a 3 to give the Wildcats a 30-22 lead at halftime. The Wildcats shot 27% (9-for-33) in the first half. “We were not moving the ball the way we wanted to in the first half,” Pederson said. “We were just missing a lot of stuff in our offense. In the second half, we started moving the ball quicker and getting those open looks.” Angie Murphy said most of the outside shots her team took in the first half were contested. “Sometimes we could have got an extra pass in there, and I think we did a good job of getting the extra pass in the second half,” she said. “In the second half, we got some inside-out touches that were missing in the first half.” Megan Murphy hit two 3s in the early stages of the second half. Briggs then knocked a shot down beyond the arc to push the lead to 41-22 with 7:26 left.
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VA/MH takes second in Fort, splits double dual MARK NESBITT
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Sophomore Oscar Best had a hand in winning two events at Fort Atkinson’s Blackhawk Invite on Saturday, Dec. 14, propelling Verona Area/ Mount Horeb to a runner-up finish in the team standings. The Wildcats were coming off a double dual split against Janesville Craig and Middleton on Friday, Dec. 13, at Janesville Craig High School. The Wildcats knocked off the host Cougars 128-36 and lost to Middleton 113-57.
The meet posed a challenge with five of the top-10 ranked teams in both Division 1 and 2. VA/MH, ranked fourth in Division 1 in the first Wisconsin Swim Coaches Association poll, placed second with 357 points. Sun Prairie, ranked No. 1 in Division 1, won the team title with 499.5 points. Edgewood, ranked fifth in Division 2, took third with 231 points. Sauk Prairie/Wisconsin Heights (No. 1 in D2) and Monona Grove (No. 3 in D2) also competed. Best won the 100-yard butterfly in 51.92 seconds. Best, Luke
Bennin, Nathan Rozeboom and Max McCartney won the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:40.39. Best also took third in the 50 freestyle (21.95). Conner Arneson finished second in the 500 free (4:56.74) and third in the 200 free (1:49.56). “Oscar Best beat some tough competition in the 100 fly, and Connor Arneson had a solid 500 free,” VA/MH coach Bill Wuerger said. The Wildcats’ 400 free relay team of Best, Arneson, McCartney and Ben Wellnitz placed third in the 400 free relay with a time of
Division 1, won nine of 11 events to sweep the double dual. Best won the 50-yard freestyle (21.83) and 100 free (49.06). Arneson tied Middleton’s Forrest Peterson for first in the 200 free (1:49.02). Kyle Hoppe swam lifetime bests in the 100 breaststroke (second, 1:02.32) and the 100 fly (third, 54.60). Bennin turned in lifetime-bests in the 100 breaststroke (secVA/MH 128, ond, 1:02.32) and 200 IM (third, Janesville Craig 36 2:06.58). Middleton 113, VA/MH 57 Rozeboom posted a lifetime-best The Cardinals, ranked third in in the 500 free (second, 5:08.16). 3:26.88. Wellnitz also took third in the 500 free (5:10.39), and Rozeboom placed fourth in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.19). Arneson, Rozeboom, Wellnitz and Gabe Piscitelli finished fourth in the 200 free relay (1:35.24). Avery Blas took fifth in the 200 individual medley (2:08.43), and McCartney placed sixth in the 100 free (51.60).
Boys hoops: Wildcats receive multiple contributions in first victory a 3 and Anderson converted a three-point play in the first minute of the second half to push the lead to double digits (29-18). McCorkle knocked down back-to-back 3s to increase the lead to 37-22 with 13:42 left. Anderson paced the Wildcats with 13 points.
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Verona sophomore Jonah Anderson (right) drives to the basket in transition as Middleton’s Henry Patterson defends during the second half Thursday, Dec. 12, in Middleton. The Wildcats won 59-56. threat on that play.” Bekx split a pair of free throws with 9 seconds left, and Logan Schultz’s potential game-tying 3 from the top of the key clanged off the back iron as time expired. Middleton came up empty on its last three possessions. Verona’s players, on the other hand, showered Singleton with water when he entered the locker room postgame.
“I never actually thought that would happen to me,” Singleton said. “You see it in movies, but those guys were ready to dump it on me once I got in there. That was awesome.” Roddick started the game with a 3, and Anderson made a pull-up jumper and a pair of free throws to give Verona an early 7-2 lead. The Cardinals used an 8-1 run to take its only lead of the game, as the Wildcats
Hockey: Verona offense starts to hit its stride in a 2-on-1 situation. the Wildcats’ final goal of the Kaden Grant finished with game with 6:09 left. The Wildcats scored just 14 saves for Verona, while Lindell and Haessig scored 1:16 into the second period. Hogan made 53 saves. two goals apiece. Middleton goaltender Noah Lindell opened the scoring Hogan made a sprawling save Verona 9, Madison in the second just 2:32 into on a shot by Rufenacht, but Memorial 0 the period, and scored at the Ritter scored on a rebound. Moline and Anthony Hein- 8:34 mark of the third. Haessig Jurrens ripped a slap shot richs each had two goals and scored at the 9:18 mark of the past Hogan on the power play two assists in the Wildcats’ second and on the power play exactly five minutes later, with rout of the Spartans at Madi- at the 6:32 mark of the third. assists from Parker Ploc and son Ice Arena. Yeager scored 50 seconds Walker Haessig. Moline scored an even- later after Lindell’s goal in the Moline flipped a shot into strength goal at the 8:36 mark second period. the top right corner of the net of the first period, and scored Cordray dished out four with 7:15 left in the second, a short-handed goal with 4:09 assists for Verona, which outand Josh Ostling ripped a wris- left in the first. shot Memorial 41-8. Troy ter top shelf on the power play Heinrichs scored Vero- Tollefson collected two assists. a little more than five minutes na’s fourth goal of the second Rufenacht, Jurrens, Osting, later off a pass from Jurrens. period at the 11:53 mark, and Ritter and Leo Renlund each Middleton’s Brian Frusciante scored with 10:09 left in the third period off a pass from FREE Garrett Ballweg. Stock Book New • Used • Surplus The Wildcats responded with 5:10 left. Haessig tried MULTI-METAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER for the wraparound, but the Pipe - Plate - Channel - Angle - Tube - Rebar - Bar Grating, Expanded Metal Sheet - Lintels - B-Decking - Pipe Bollards - Decorative Iron Parts loose puck found its way to I & H Beams $3 & up per foot Reece Cordray, who easily STAINLESS STEEL & ALUMINUM pushed the puck into the wideopen net. Frusciante scored 21 ROUGH SAWN LUMBER & BUILDING SUPPLIES seconds later on a breakaway. STEEL ROOFING & SIDING Verona capped the scoring FABRICATION • CRANE SERVICE • STEEL PROCESSING with 2:07 left, as Drew Yeager 414 3rd Street, Palmyra • 262-495-4453 • www.PalSteel.com adno=129176 scored off a pass from Jurrens Continued from page 10
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jumper with 8:52 left to stop a five-minute scoring drought. The Wildcats preserved their lead by going 11-for-16 from the charity stripe in the final 7:18. Verona coach Eddie Singleton was encouraged by the way his team bounced back from a season-opening loss to Janesville Parker. “We learned a lot from that first game,” Singleton said. “It was a challenge in one way, but in another way it was a gift because we were able to improve on all of our mistakes. I challenge the guys to get better and punch the clock every game.” Middleton’s Cole Deptula drilled a 3-pointer to tie the at 56 with 58 seconds left. Kisting answered back with a strong drive for a layup to put Verona ahead with 30 seconds remaining. “I had Kolson Roddick in the corner, and he attracts a lot of attention as a 3-point shooter,” Kisting said. “He held his guy in the corner, and that gave me a wideopen lane to the basket. That’s all a credit to him because he’s an amazing shooter. He was the real
McCorkle added 10 points, and Kisting and Roddick helped with eight apiece. Jonah Anderson and Bekx had six and five points, respectively. Deptula scored 19 of his game-high 25 points in the second half. Parker Van Buren chipped in nine points for Middleton.
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Verona History October 50 years ago
• Chamber of Commerce president (and Verona Press editor-publisher) Henry Schroeder called for the village and town to consolidate and become a united city to prevent the incursion of sprawl. He pointed out that Madison’s west side is now “less than two miles away from Verona and for the first time can be seen coming over the hill on Prairie View Road.” A few weeks later, the City of Madison annexed a portion of the town just south of Raymond Road without notifying the Verona school district, and school board president Kenneth Zingg echoed Schroeder’s call for consolidation. • Village President Ole Week recommended that the village begin looking into becoming a city. • The Village Board raised taxes almost 50%, from 4.15 mills to 6.32 mills. Among the reasons cited was the need for an addition to the fire station and a place for the Village Board to hold its meetings. • The county announced plans to relocate a 400-foot tower that had been on the City-County Building to land east of County Hwy. PB in Verona. County supervisors explained that high-rise buildings had been blocking communications for police, and the new location would solve that problem. • Bids for the construction of Verona Middle School came in at $350,000, about 30 percent lower than anticipated. • The Town of Verona completed the construction of sewer lines in the Hillside Heights-Wendellwood-Nesbitt Road area, a joint project with Fitchburg.
40 years ago
• Residents packed Town Hall to complain about a proposed extension of the Wingra quarry near Hillside
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• Madison and Verona worked on plans to create permanent green space between the cities by the following summer. At that point, the two cities were separated by a little more than a mile. • The football team ended a promising season with a first-round loss to Platteville in the Division 3 state playoffs. • The girls cross country team finished second at state in Class B. Its “black pack” of five runners all finished File photo within eight seconds of one another. The boys and girls cross country teams each earned trips to the state • The Verona Area Chamber of meet. The girls, front, from left, are: Shari Exo, Amy Sanborn; back: Commerce held a Hospitality Days Darlene Maurer, Kathy Niederberger, Liz Teigen and Becky Beachley. celebration that included clowns, kids’ The boys, front: Dave Pankonin, Dave Markwardt, Jeff VandeZande, Bill activities and downtown Christmas Niederberger; Back: Jon Klahr, John Exo, Bill Klahr, Chuck LaMere. lights to introduce shoppers to the committee recommended the con- Christmas season. Heights. They said noise and vibration from struction of a new, 900-student middle 20 years ago the blasting was already causing prob- school and conversion of the exist• The Verona school board continued lems. ing middle school into an elementary to wrangle with setting the new school • A group of neighbors petitioned school. boundaries as it planned for school to stop the conditional use permit of The Year 2000 Facilities Planning expansion the following year. Pasquali, an industrial firm that was Subcommittee issued a report more Standing-room-only crowds located on the 100 block of Paoli Street. than 100 pages long on the plan, which expressed concerns about kids being The neighbors claimed the noise and became the basis for a referendum the bused between Verona and Fitchburg dust at the former bus barn was reduc- following year. and the potential splitting of neighboring their property value. It also recommended closing the hoods and Core Knowledge Charter The council got involved and helped fourth-grade and kindergarten buildthe two sides work on an agreement ings, adding playground equipment to School and socioeconomic factors, that would minimize the effects of the converted school and separating the among other things. • The Verona Area High School loading and unloading of vehicles and elementary and middle schools with girls swim team sent 16 people to state forklifts. fencing. The plan was expected to cost • Red tape continued to delay the almost $10 million and cost the owner despite competing in Division I for the installation of cable television in Vero- of the average home ($70,000) about first time. Swimmers advanced in all but one na. $100. event and took the team to a fourthThis time it was a legal objection Citizens immediately began a peti- place finish at state. filed by a competing cable company tion drive to force the referendum • The Common Council voted and was expected to delay it an extra because of a recent change in state law. against allowing a Stop and Go convefour or five months, even though the • The Common Council annexed nience store to be put at Military Ridge lines were ready to go. • The Verona High School band won the Niglis property north of the high Drive and Whalen Road after a large first place in Class A in the holiday school. At the same time, the Verona crowd attended the Plan Commission parade in Madison. The prize included Area School District was making offers meeting the previous week to express $1,000 cash, which would be used to to purchase the land for new buildings. its objections. “We will continue the negotiation or Several years later, a BP gas station help fund a trip to Florida the following condemnation process,” superintendent was erected in the same area. spring. Tony Evers said before the city annexed • Samantha Picha, a 1997 VAHS 30 years ago it. “It doesn’t matter if it’s annexed or graduate, was crowned Miss Wisconsin • A Verona Area School District not.” USA.
• The Verona Area School District was one of 46 districts statewide to be named “Best of Class” by Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce for spending less per pupil than the state average but performing higher than average on 13 criteria. • Fitchburg debated breaking off EMS service from Fitch-Rona, but it did not happen. • Dr. William Gengler of the Animal Hospital of Verona was named Veterinarian of the Year by the Wisconsin Veterinary Technician Association.
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• The school board heard proposals for two charter schools. One, a Chinese immersion idea, would eventually become Verona Area International School, and the other was a transformation of New Century School into a “green” charter, focused on the environment. Both were eventually accepted. • Well-known retired barber Ernie Johnson turned 100. The State Bank of Cross Plains held a social event for Johnson, who had been living in Verona since the 1930s, and Johnson stood up and shook hands with every visitor. • Dane County unveiled a proposal to upgrade the 340-acre Badger Prairie County Park. The plan, most of which has been implemented, included new roads, signage, a rebuilt dog park, a new shelter and playground and a bicycle-pedestrian underpass below East Verona Avenue. • The Verona Area High School orchestra played part of a symphony written by senior Trent Prall, “Inspiration Symphony,” during its fall performance. • The teacher’s union argued in favor of providing domestic partner benefits, as had already been done in six Madison area districts. • Freshman swimmer Emily Tiedemann finished 10th in the 100-yard backstroke at the state meet.
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Unbiased experts give golf course, gravel pit opinions D.H. HARVILLE Verona Press correspondent
At the end of the hour and a half meeting, Floyd LaMere stood up and said he hadn’t heard one thing he hadn’t heard before. Everyone laughed. It’s true the information was not new, but the organizers of the meeting were making an attempt to lend it credibility. Besides, not everyone has attended every other meeting on the topic, although most of the major players were there. Last Thursday, Nov. 11, the
Legals NOTICE The City of Verona Plan Commission will hold Public Hearings on Monday January 6, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, 111 Lincoln Street, for the following planning and zoning matters: 1) Conditional Use Permit amendment to the Epic Systems Corporation “Group Development” to allow for the construction of two (2) office buildings on Campus 5 located at 1979 Milky Way. 2) Conditional use permit for a proposed in-vehicle sales or service land use to construct a drive-through to be located at 150 West End Circle. Interested persons may comment on these planning and zoning matters during the public hearings at the January 6th Plan Commission meeting. The Plan Commission will make recommendations on these matters, which will then be reviewed by the Common Council for a final decision on Monday, January 13th. For more information on this request, please check the City’s website. For copies of the application, please contact Katherine Holt, Community Development Specialist at 608-845-0909 or Katherine.Holt@ci.verona.wi.us. Ellen Clark, City Clerk Published: December 19 and 26, 2019 WNAXLP ***
Upper Sugar River Initiative brought together a panel of expects to talk about the environmental impacts of two controversial proposals in the Town of Verona – one, the gravel pit on the Curtis and Deb Herfel property at the corner of Riverside Road and Hwy. 69, the other a golf course and upscale housing development on the Bruce nursery property further south on Hwy. 69. The goal of the meeting was to air the facts about environmental impacts without hearing them from consultants hired by the interested parties themselves, pro or con.
Ken Bradbury, a hydrogeologist from the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey who fielded many questions, said he did not think the Herfel gravel pit would have much impact on the groundwater, an issue of great concern to many of the area’s residents. Bradbury also said the pit would not have much effect on septic systems. He recommended that folks who fear the water table will shift enough to create problems should keep careful records of their situations to prove later how the pit has affected their water quality, septic systems and basements.
Dave Mickelson from the UW-Madison geology department noted that some deposits in the lower Sugar River basin are of high quality and that the aggregate is needed for projects in the public interest, such as buildings and roads. He noted that the economic trade-offs of using a natural resource close by versus trucking in needed materials from far away. However, he took no stand on the wisdom of either choice. The panel included John Norwell from Dane County highways department, who said it is easy to estimate traffic impacts and his department works with
ORDINANCE NO. 19-954 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 15 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF VERONA, WISCONSIN, RELATING TO THE CITY’S ELECTRICAL BUILDING CODE The Common Council of the City of Verona, Dane County, Wisconsin, do hereby ordain as follows: 1. That Sections 15-1-5(a), 15-1-5(b) (2), 15-1-5(b)(3), and 15-4-4(7) are hereby repealed. 2. That Section 15-1-5(b)(1) is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec.15-1-5 – Electrical Permits. (a) Electrical Inspections (1) See SPS 316 3. That Section 15-4-4 is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 15-4-4 – Minimum Standards for Basic Equipment, Ventilation, and Heating CITY OF VERONA _____________________________ Luke Diaz, Mayor _____________________________ Ellen Clark, City Clerk Date Enacted: December 16, 2019 Published: December 19, 2019 WNAXLP
Gaskell, Kemp, Kohl, Posey, Reekie and Touchett were present. Also present: City Administrator Sayre, AECOM Engineer Billmeyer and City Clerk Clark. Alderperson Jerney was absent and excused. 4. Public Comment: None 5. Approval of the minutes from the November 11, 2019 Common Council meeting. Motion by Reekie, seconded by Touchett, to approve the minutes of the November 11, 2019 Common Council meeting. Motion carried 7-0. 6. Mayor’s Business: None 7. Announcements: 8. Administrator’s Report: A. Clerk Clark provided an overview of the City’s updated Election Day Contingency Plan. 9. Engineer’s Report: 10. Committee Reports A. Finance Committee (1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Payment of bills. Motion by Kemp, seconded by Cronin, to pay the bills in the amount of $918,991.12. (2) Discussion and Possible Action Re: PUBLIC HEARING on the 2020 City of Verona budget. Motion by Kemp, seconded by Posey, to open the public hearing at 7:14 p.m. Motion carried 7-0. Mayor Diaz called for public comment, there being none. Motion by Touchett, seconded by Kemp, to close the public hearing at 7:14 p.m. Motion carried 7-0. (3) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Resolution No. R-19-054 approving the 2020 City of Verona budget. Motion by Kemp, seconded by Cronin, to approve Resolution No. R-19-054 approving the 2020 City of Verona budget. Motion carried 7-0. (4) Discussion and Possible Action
Re: Resolution No. R-19-055 approving the levy of property taxes for City purposes. Motion by Kemp, seconded by Posey, to approve Resolution No. R-19-055 approving the levy of property taxes for City purposes. Kemp explained that the total 2020 levy is $13,949,140, which results in a decrease of 2.23% in the City portion of the 2019 tax bill. Motion carried 7-0. B. Personnel Committee (1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Amendments to City Administrative Policy #4 – Personnel Policy, regarding uniforms and equipment. Motion by Gaskell, seconded by Kohl, to approve the amendments to City Administrative Policy #4 – Personnel Policy, regarding uniforms and equipment. Motion carried 7-0. 11. New Business A. Discussion and Possible Action Re: An Intergovernmental Agreement to continue a Police-School Liaison Officer (PSLO) program. Motion by Touchett, seconded by Kemp, to approve an Intergovernmental Agreement to continue a Police-School Liaison Officer (PSLO) program. Motion carried 7-0. B. Discussion and Possible Action Re: Approval of operator licenses. Motion by Touchett, seconded by Kemp, to approve operator licenses as presented by the City Clerk. Motion carried 7-0. 12. Adjournment: Motion by Touchett, seconded by Kemp, to adjourn at 7:22 p.m. Motion carried 7-0. Ellen Clark, City Clerk Published: December 19, 2019 WNAXLP
*** CITY OF VERONA MINUTES COMMON COUNCIL November 18, 2019 Verona City Hall 1. Mayor Diaz called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Roll call: Alderpersons Cronin,
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developers to upgrade and widen roads which experience an increase in traffic. Questions from the audience touched on how long the gravel pit would be in operation. It’s a big deposit and would be in operation for a couple decades, but the pit could ultimately be reclaimed as a pond or lake. Lawrence Hellenbrand wondered about the sludge resulting from washing the gravel. The panel of experts knew there would be sludge but could not address what Payne and Dolan, the proposed gravel pit operators,
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Equity: Students identify issues and empower one another Continued from page 1 “After we no longer had the equity team, I just decided to keep going with it. I just really liked working with kids and having them identify issues and empower them.” The JET group looks throughout the school to see where students and staff can do better to increase success and belonging for all students. Projects are different every year, Lee said, but common themes show up between every class of fifth grade students. Recurring topics include friendships and bullying, Lee said. The meetings, which are held once a month, have become a space where students can talk freely about problems they’re seeing or dealing with, Lee added. “From all those feelings, we get to, ‘OK, now what?’” she said. This month, students were working on creating morning announcements in
both English and Spanish to broadcast to the entire school about kindness and reducing bullying. Other years, Lee said students have made bulletin boards and planned activities celebrating Black History Month in February and Women’s History Month in March. JET is one of several student leadership teams at Sugar Creek known as CHAMPS. CHAMPS groups, which stands for CHAMPS Have And Model Positive Skills, provide fifth graders with an activity centered around volunteering or leadership. Other CHAMPS groups include a student newspaper, Little Librarians, Safety Patrol Ambassadors, Playground Perfectionists and Improv Drama Group that have between six to eight students in them. The CHAMPS options are run by fifth grade teachers and other staff in the building who have the availability to dedicate time to the groups. Fifth grader Elivia Kerkenbush said
she joined the group because she enjoys helping people and feels good about herself while doing it. “If they’re dealing with a friend problem, this could help them stand up for themselves,” she said. “If they don’t know this (information), they could just get bullied for the rest of the year and think that’s OK.” Because JET tends to be a smaller group of students, Lee said, students easily bond together over shared experiences and the drive to improve the school. Lee enjoys watching the students become allies for one another, she added. “They connect with each other really well, even if they’re not in the same class,” she said. “Watching them grow, and watching with their leadership skills blossom out of it, is really cool to see.” Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly.wethal@wcinet.com and follow her on Twitter @kimberly_wethal.
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Center, teacher Cassondra Lee and fifth grader Elivia Kerkenbush discuss the announcement script the students are working on during the Junior Equity Team meeting on Friday, Dec. 13, at Sugar Creek Elementary School.
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Sugar Creek tallies 3,000 ‘good calls home’ KIMBERLY WETHAL Unified Newspaper Group
A call home from your child’s elementary school isn’t something you’d usually save on your voicemail to play for family members. But at least one of 3,000 calls that Sugar Creek staff have made over the past eight years congratulating a student’s family about their good behavior was saved, principal Todd Brunner said. Brunner told the Press last week the school reached 3,000 “Good News calls home” earlier this month. School staff started conducting the phone calls in
2011, as a part of the school’s Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) approach. PBIS uses “re-teaching” as a method of behavior management rather than punishment, and Sugar Creek has been a PBIS school since 2008. The phone calls consist of staff telling parents when their children make good choices during the school day, Brunner said, such as exemplifying the school’s principles of being kind, respectful, responsible and being a problem solver. One student was recognized for “being super kind and helpful, always (having) a smile on his face,” Brunner said as he flipped through recent Good
News call forms. Another got a good news call for being “a leader everywhere he goes,” and another example he pointed out got a positive call for “helping another student play a board game.” “That makes the child feel great, because they got that acknowledgement,” he said. “The teacher feels great, and then the parents or guardians feel fantastic because they got a personal contact and compliment from the school principal about their child.” Email reporter Kimberly Wethal at kimberly.wethal@wcinet.com and follow From right, fifth graders Piper Forrest Johnson and Nevyn her on Twitter @kimberly_wethal. Emmanuelli work on their announcement scripts.
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a new language? These are worthy objectives, but this year, why not add some financial resolutions? For starters, promise yourself that you will increase your contributions to your 401(k) or other employer-sponsored retirement plan. Here’s another resolution: If you get a bonus or tax refund next year, use it to help fund your IRA or to fill a gap in another investment account. Also, tell yourself that you will not overreact to market downturns by selling off investments that may still have strong prospects and are still appropriate for your needs. And here’s one final item for your list: Start building an emergency fund containing several months’ worth of living expenses, with the money kept in a liquid, low-risk account. Without this fund, Brendon Diers, AAMS® you may be forced to cash out long-term investments to pay for things such as a new furnace or Financial Advisor a major car repair. It will take some effort but following these resolutions could help you move closer to your financial goals in 2020 – and beyond. 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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that. Depression (major depressive disorder or clinical depression) is, by definition, a medical illness characterized by a chronic sense of sadness and loss of interest in activities. Depression can often dictate the way in which you feel, think, and act – and if not treated, it can lead to everything from alcohol and drug abuse to attempted suicide. It’s estimated that 350 million people worldwide suffer from depression. More than two million adults 65 years of age and older are faced with depression of some kind. Signs of depression are easy to overlook in older adults, as they’re often mistaken for other signs of aging. Studies show that when depressed, seniors may not clearly display typical signs of sadness such as crying. Instead, they tend to withdraw from the people they care about and the things they once loved to do. Signs to watch for: Irritability, withdraw, decrease in cognitive ability, increased pain and digestive problems. If you recognize any of these signs in your senior loved one, talk to him or her about what he or she is feeling. Although you may receive some resistance initially, it’s important to let him or her know that you’re there to help. From there, it’s vital that you inform his or her primary health care provider or mental health expert to have symptoms assessed professionally.
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REAL ESTATE
Q. Should I Keep Renting Until the Real Estate Market Calms Down? A. If you expect a major life change, such as getting married, moving to a different city, etc. in the next 2-3 years it probably makes a lot of sense to keep renting so you have flexibility in the future. However, if you plan to stay in the same area for the foreseeable future you probably want to consider buying. The median home price in Dane County is currently $296,500. With 5% down, your mortgage payment, taxes, insurance, and PMI would be around $2,000/month. You might be thinking, I could rent a similar house for $1800-$1,900 per month and not have the maintenance, so I’m saving money. What you are forgetting is every time you make a mortgage payment over $400/ Keith & Kinsey Schulz month, in the early months, goes to principal and turns into equity. By year 10 over $600/month Real Estate Team turns into equity and you’d have more than $75,000 in equity assuming you made only minimum payments and the value of your house never changed. If home values increase by the historically average of 4% per year, you’d have over $215,000 in equity. Of course, there is risk the housing market dips, but even if you had bought at the previous peak (2007) and held for 10 years you’d be ahead. I think it’s clear, if you are in it for the long haul, no matter what part of the market cycle you buy in, you’ll be better off in the end as a homeowner rather than a renter.
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ATTORNEY
INVESTMENTS
Q. Is it time for some New Year’s financial resolutions? A. Do you make New Year’s resolutions, such as going to the gym more often or learning
Brendon Diers, AAMS®, Financial Advisor
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CHIROPRACTOR
Q. Why Should I have a Will and/or Trust? A. Short Answer: Your Will, your way.
Having a Will is one of the most important things you can do for yourself and your family. It allows you to determine how your probate estate is distributed. If you die without a Will there is no guarantee that your wishes will be carried out. Through estate planning documents you are able to designate who you wish to care for your minor children. If you die with probate assets over the amount of $50,000.00, your estate will to be probated and the process is likely to be Terese M. Hansen more time consuming without a Will. Family members may argue over who should manage your Attorney-At-Law estate and how your assets should be divided. People wishing to leave something to a charity, or exclude specific family members are able to designate their wishes in a Will, whereas distributions directed by law fail to take individual wishes into account. By naming a trusted individual as your Personal Representative in your Will, you decide who manages and distributes your assets after your death. Even if you have a Will, it is important to periodically review and update your document as your life evolves.
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Julianne Peterson
Q. What should I keep in mind when trying to purchase a business? A. There is a lot that goes into purchasing a business. The first thing you should do is learn the profitability of that business to see if it is something that will support your investment, as your goal is to invest into something that will give you a long-term return. Then ask yourself, “Am I able to assume the seller’s lease?”. If you are not able to assume the lease, financing the building would need to be considered. The issue we always run into with business purchases is lack of collateral. It’s good for the client to have funds saved for the purchase or look to seller financing. There is quite a bit of important information that will need to be gathered in which I can help guide you in the right direction.
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