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Learning – their way

Photos by Scott Girard

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A typical day for a Verona high schooler consists of seven 50-minute periods, the same subjects at the same times each day.

But at the Verona Area School Dis-trict’s charter high school, the Exploration Academy, a Monday morning might be spent on math, Tuesday in a seminar group class and Wednesday morning doing some research into human evolution.

It’s up to each student.“The conversation centers around the

individual student and their learning. ‘What can we do to engage you? … What are you passionate about? … How can we grow you as a learner?’” said Mike Mur-phy, EA’s principal and an assistant prin-cipal at Verona Area High School. “It becomes more of a conversation about learning, which is what it should be about, and less of a conversation about compli-ance.”

And while it’s not 100 percent free reign, the 60 students going through the first year of the Exploration Academy charter high school are pretty close.

Verona’s first charter high school opened last fall after the district approved its charter application in January 2013. The school allows for a more student-led approach, with students choosing their own projects and controlling much of their own schedules.

So far, staff and students say it’s a suc-cess, though it has not come without some growing pains.

In addition to an adjustment to a rever-sal of the traditional teacher-to-student teaching style, there was also the matter of learning how to use a form of feedback that

doesn’t include traditional letter grades. “It’s not as simple as ‘I’m just moving

to a different school and I’m going to pick up right where I left off,’” adviser Chad Welty said. “It takes awhile to learn the project process, and we still have kids that started at the beginning of the year that are still trying to figure it out. But I’ve seen throughout the year, over time, where it just kind of clicks.”

Welty is one of three advisers at the school this year. The three split the 60

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City of Verona

Common council changes – without a fightJim FerolieVerona Press editor

Verona has a new council president, a new Plan Commis-sion representative and two new committee chairs, and for once, everyone agreed on the changes.

L a s t w e e k ’ s s h o r t ,

matter-of-fact Common Coun-cil organizational meeting was a stark contrast to the mess of a year ago. The unresolved Plan Commission issue at the 2013 organizational meeting and the continued argument over it two weeks later was so acrimoni-ous, it inspired one alder to step

down, creating an even worse conflict over the next several weeks, as alders and the mayor split over whom to appoint for the newly open council seat and how the decision should be made.

But this year, major changes went without a hitch.

Long-serving Municipal Judge Bill Weigel set the tone Tuesday night by reminding the council that being an elected official is public service, not power.

“Governance is for the peo-ple,” he admonished. “It’s not about imposing your will.”

Students get to decorate their own cubicle areas at the Exploration Academy, housed in the Verona Area High School’s K-Wing. Far right, adviser Kelly Jeffery helps Saoirse Keely-Zinkel with a project.

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Charter high school gets

good marks from students in debut year

Kids photos galore!

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Hello, BirdieVerona Area Community Theatre presented “Bye Bye Birdie,” a musical comedy, laced with sweet songs and a colorfully put together set. The opening show was April 17 at the Verona Area High School Performing Arts Center.

“Bye Bye Birdie” is based on one news story in American pop culture when Elvis Presley was drafted into the Army. What ensues is an entertaining musical about Rock ‘N’ Roll and the generational divide between teens and their parents.

The musical starts out set in New York with a scene between Alex Roller and Bella Newman who performed “An English Teacher.”

Next up was a group song and dance by the chorus called “The Telephone Hour,” which included (from left) Jacob Busher, Logan Arneson, Sam Schultz, Aimee Kujak, Ellie Heinzen, Rylie Butzbaugh-Patrick and Liz Chen. The performance was highlighted by a nerdy character played by Randy Kessenich who kept failing at attempts to ask girls out over the phone.

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Egg funBrody Dunn, 3, grabs an egg hidden on a book-shelf at the egg hunt at the Verona Area Public Library April 17. Children searched inside, above and around the book-shelves to find their treats.

At right, Colton Scott, 1, and his mother Melissa open an egg to see what treat is inside.

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Children from Tanya’s Day Care went to Four Winds Manor and Lodge for an Easter Egg hunt on Wednesday, April 16. Four Winds residents helped staff in hiding the plastic eggs. Amber Hayes, who is an activity assistant at Four Winds and a costume design major, made her bunny outfit for the event.

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Derrell Connor had told friends for years he never wanted to get involved in politics.

B u t a f t e r d e c i d i n g against running for the school board a year ago despite pleas from friends, he felt this year was the time if there ever was one.

With three children in the district, he has a per-sonal stake in its future as well.

Connor said he looks forward to “working col-laboratively” to ensure all students in the district have success and high achievement.

He specifically men-tioned the achievement gap, or differences along racial or socio-economic lines on test scores and something Verona school officials have worked for years to close, and bully-ing as issues he’s heard about from parents.

“I just plan on having fun and being an advocate for our students, for our teachers and for our tax-payers,” Connor said.

He said he will spend his first year in office listening to parents and teachers and getting to better understand all of the schools around the district, which he had a chance to tour about a month ago.

Connor works as a ben-efits adviser for Hemb Insurance Group in Madi-son, and has lived in the Verona area for just over seven years.

H i s o l d e s t c h i l d , Jacob, is a sixth-grader at Savanna Oaks Middle School, while his other

two children, Jasmine and Jackson, attend Glacier Edge Elementary School.

Jacob was recently fea-tured in the Verona Press for winning a regional Emmy for his time as a host on “Into the Out-doors.”

Connor was sworn in at the April 21 board meet-ing but won’t officially take his seat until April 28.

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Verona students take 5th at science competitionStudents from Verona

Area High School took fifth place in the state Science Olympiad contest held ear-lier this month.

High school teams from throughout Wisconsin gath-ered for the Wisconsin Sci-ence Olympiad competition held on Saturday, April 5, on the UW-Stout Campus.

Two teams from Verona Area High School qualified and were among the teams competing.

Their preparation for the state competition began in September and they

competed at an invitational meet and a regional compe-tition leading up to the state tournament.

The first team placed fifth this year out of the 44 qualifying teams at the meet and the second team placed fifth among the 16 exhibition teams.

The team members com-peting at the state competi-tion included the follow-ing: seniors Aylise Gros-senbacher-McGlamery , Becky Schu l t z , J acob F a u b l e , J o h n n y Y a n , Jules Cruz, Karen Wong,

Kelli Krueger, Molly Jenne-rman; sophomores Brooke Felsheim, Claire Evensen, Ian Birschbach, Katie Fan, Natalie Schad; and fresh-men Alankrit Shatadal, Claire Wilson, Jacob Well-nitz, James Wellnitz and Noa Seward.

The tournament is an aca-demic competition with 28 events spread among Sci-ence, Technology, Engi-neering, and Math (STEM) categories.

Among the 28 events and 60 teams, the Verona Area High School teams placed

first in Disease Detectives; second in Water Quality, Designer Genes, and Inva-sives; third and seventh in Write It Do It; third in Dynamic Planet; fourth and 10th in Astronomy, fourth in Chemistry Lab and Code Busters; fifth in Geo-Logic Mapping; seventh in Rocks & Minerals, Materials Sci-ence, and Sustainability; eighth in Technical Prob-lem Solving; and 10th in Experimental Design, Radio Lab, and Compound Machines.

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The team members competing at the state competition are seniors Aylise Grossenbacher-McGlamery, Becky Schultz, Jacob Fauble, Johnny Yan, Jules Cruz, Karen Wong, Kelli Krueger, Molly Jennerman; sophomores Brooke Felsheim, Claire Evensen, Ian Birschbach, Katie Fan, Natalie Schad; and freshmen Alankrit Shatadal, Claire Wilson, Jacob Wellnitz, James Wellnitz and Noa Seward.

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Connor joins school board

Derrell Connor

Age: 45Family: Wife, Laura;

Children, Jacob, Jasmine and Jackson

Origin-ally From: Phila-delphia

Lived in area since: 7 ½ years

Education: Attended San Francisco State

Occupation: Benefits Adviser at Hemb Insurance Group

Political experience: None

Other notable affili-ations: Served as Big Brother, Urban League Board of Directors, sits on advisory council for Madison School District, been a coach, served on Minority Business Advisory Council, helps out with reading at SOMS, hosts a weekly radio show in Madison and Milwaukee

VAHS senior Haack chosen Fairest of FairKimberly WethalVerona Press correspondent

Verona Area High School senior Hannah Haack was voted as the 2014 Dane County Fairest of the Fair on April 6.

That means she will be serving as the youth ambas-sador for the Dane County Fair, as well as making sev-eral appearances at civic groups, community gather-ings and local schools as a way of promoting the fair through her personal story of being a youth exhibitor.

“Being the Dane County Fairest of the Fair gives me many opportunities that I would never be able to do, from helping at the Break-fast on the Farm to visiting the Governor’s Mansion for the annual Easter egg hunt,” said Haack, who plans to attend UW-Platteville to study agricultural engineer-ing.

One of the most impor-tant parts of the job is

public speaking. Haack, a member of the

Paoli 4-H Fireballs club,

has served as president, vice president, secretary and reporter for the club, as well as holding leadership positions in her FFA Chap-ter.

She credits the skills required for the job of Fairest of the Fair she has learned to her participation in community service.

Haack has served at the Henry Vi las Zoo, UW Hospital and Hyland Park Assisted Living. She is also a member of the VAHS Student Council and the Multicultural Leadership Council.

“I am extremely com-fortable speaking in public, which is much needed to be the Fairest of the Fair as they are always working with others and speaking in front of large groups of people,” she said.

Haack is excited to use those skills that she has

learned as a way to bet-ter serve the position and the 4-H exhibitors in Dane County.

“I am most looking for-ward to being a larger part of my communi ty and working with all types of people , promoting and educating about the Dane County Fair,” she said.

The Fairest of the Fair designation went to another Verona student in 2011, as well, when Macy Sarbacker was chosen. Sarbacker was on the committee that chose Haack.

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Hannah Haack has been voted Dane County Fairest of the Fair for 2014.

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Graduation comes with a diploma in tough lessonsIn 16 short days, I’ll be a col-

lege graduate.With my final month right

around the corner, I’m facing a whirlwind of emotions. I came to Iowa State University with no friends, no way to turn back around and go home and no idea what I was doing.

In 16 days, I’m going to leave behind some of my absolute best friends, the experience of a life-time and a city that I’ve grown to love.

I walked into my dorm room a frizzy-haired, scared, unsure girl. As I prepare to walk across the stage at Hilton Coliseum, I can honestly tell you I’ve changed in more ways than I’ve ever thought possible.

We all go through life-chang-ing experiences, whether it’s graduating from college, getting married, losing a parent or decid-ing to have kids.

A lot has happened in my life in the past three years. But by far the most life-changing experi-ence for me has been figuring my life out as a college student.

From the second I walked into my dorm room freshman year, I had to figure things out. I had a random roommate, a small room and a heavy heart as I said good-bye to my family.

Then there was that time freshman year when I decided it would be a good idea to try out for the women’s rugby team. Being a petite 5-foot-1, that didn’t go over well. It took a good week for me to be able to walk normally.

The next thing I had to figure out was the issue of centipedes.

Until I moved to college, I could count on my Dad, brother or sisters to kill any sort of bug that wandered my way. But col-lege was a new story. My room-mate and I eventually got a sys-tem down where we’d take turns killing bugs. Let’s just say this involved a lot of screaming in panic, waking up during the night and newfound fear of centipedes.

Friendship was my next tough lesson.

At the beginning of freshman year, I met a great group of girls. I thought I was set. I learned pretty quickly that not all the friends you make are friends that you want to keep. Girls, even college-aged girls, can be really mean. And in college, there’s

no guidance counselor or recess teacher to help you talk it out.

Apartment living was the next challenge to figure out. I spent most of my life grocery shopping with my Mom for our family of seven. I quickly had to learn how to shop for myself, how to split up apartment tasks and how to set up a bell-system on our door so that our neighbors couldn’t sneak in.

The next thing I had to figure out was budgeting my money. As tempting as it is to blow your whole paycheck on new clothes or a case of beer, I’ve had to learn to keep the other important things in mind, like food and toi-let paper.

Life-changing experiences often come with the need to figure things out. As a college student, I think I’ve done a pretty good job of figuring my life out on my own. I’ve changed, I’ve learned, I’ve grown and I’ve learned what doesn’t work.

I’m not scared anymore, and for the record, I’m not frizzy-haired either.

Macy Sarbacker is a 2011 Verona Area High School gradu-ate.

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Community Voices

Letters to the editor

Walker fills war chest on trip out westOn March 29, many Badger fans

traveled to Anaheim, as Bucky took on the favored Arizona bas-ketball team, hoping to advance to the Elite Eight.

One Wisconsinite who did not attend the historic game was Scott Walker. He was 300 miles North East in Las Vegas, his allegiance was to money, as he sought the backing of a prospective client, Sheldon Adelson. And why not? This billionaire donated $250,000 to Walkers recall election cam-paign. Adelson’s fan base also included other presidential hope-fuls. Chris Christie, John Kasich, and Jeb Bush threw their political dice at Adelson’s casino that day.

Who is Sheldon Adelson, and why should we care? In the pres-ent day political environment, where money equals speech, wealthy donors have the ability to dominate elections. Sheldon Adel-son is one of the wealthiest. His wealth of $36.6 billion, built on the casino business, allows him to bankroll his anointed candidates. He has a list of priorities, and in the 2012 election cycle donated $94 million to Republican candi-dates, with estimates of another $56 million in dark money. In the upcoming election, he promises to

“spend that much and more.”Sheldon Adelson achieved his

fortune through gambling. He is happy to place large wagers on politics. His expected payoffs are purchased political influence for his causes including attacks on democracy in the work place, he has bankrolled those who attack collective bargaining. He is a strong proponent of the Iraq war and of continued occupa-tion. Adelson has also mused that America should use nuclear force on Iran. For obvious personal gain, he seeks to outlaw online gambling.

America, with the Supreme Court rulings of Citizens United vs FEC, and more recently McCutch-eon vs FEC, has declared that money equals speech. The more money one has, the more politi-cal speech and influence one can obtain. It is a system where the few aristocrats smother the hopes and aspirations of the many, an oligarchy. It is a system that poli-ticians like Scott Walker revel in. It is a system which, for the sake of our democracy, must change!

Tim WhiteTown of Springdale

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Special rules apply during election season or other times of high let-ter volume, and the editorial staff reserves the right not to print any letter, including those with libelous or obscene content. We can accept multiple submissions from local authors, but other letters will take pri-ority over submissions from recently printed authors. Please keep sub-missions under 400 words.

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Pet profiles

Feature your pet in the paperAfter a huge success in

its inaugural year, pet pro-files in the Verona Press are back!

We are again asking resi-dents to share the cuteness of their pet with the rest of our readers.

Send in a “pet profile” for our annual Pets spe-cial section to showcase your cuddly kitty, pretty puppy or beautiful birdy. But really, all pets, big and small, furry or scaly, are welcomed for the section. The bigger the variety, the better.

We know our readers are proud of their pets, so we want to help the rest of the community get to know them. The profile is

a couple of questions about the pet and what makes it special. We also ask that you send in a photo (or two!) of your pet. Profiles with photos will take prior-ity in the paper. Go to Con-nectVerona.com and click “Submit a newspaper item” at the top of the page. In the dropdown menu, you’ll see “Pet profile,” click that and fill out the form. You can fill out the form, upload a photo and send it to us. Please submit by May 1.

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Camp Kesem holds annual fundraiserKimberly WethalPress Correspondent

It can be hard to under-stand what the child of a cancer patient has gone through.

But one Verona resident who volunteers with Camp Kesem, a summer camp that provides support to chil-dren throughout the country knows exactly what to do to help kids through difficult times in their lives.

2012 Verona Area High School graduate McKen-zie Hensen is a member of the UW-Madison Execu-tive Board and the Make the Magic Coordinator for the chapter of Camp Kes-em. Hensen, whose camp nickname is Noodles, got involved with the camp program for the first time during her freshman year in college and is one of many people from Verona involved with Camp Kesem, including students, residents from around the community and campers.

Inspired by a friend whose family has made Camp Kes-em their passion, Hensen has made personal connec-tions with campers through their stories.

“One of my favori te memories at camp was the luminaire bag ceremony we had one night after a camp-fire,” Hensen said. “It was a beautiful ceremony where I got to personally connect with one camper and hear his story and how much can-cer has hurt him. Offering my support and a hug was all I could give him but this seemed to be exactly what he needed.”

Hensen also enjoys see-ing how much the campers get into the camp activities.

In one, for example, she got to watch t h e w h o l e c a m p g e t excited about h a v i n g a police officer make a guest appearance to investigate where their camp mascot had disap-peared to – which she found both “funny and interest-ing.”

Other activities at the summer camp that campers participate in include camp-fires, singing songs, playing games and an Empower-ment Ceremony, an activity that allows campers to share why they’re at the camp and connect with other campers and camp staff. Spring and fall reunions allow the sup-port campers receive to con-tinue throughout the year.

Hensen is not only prepar-ing for her second year vol-unteering with the camp, but is also heading up the UW-Madison chapter’s annual Make the Magic fundraising event on April 26.

Make the Magic is the main fundraiser that allows the chapter to send camp-ers to camp for free to get the support from others that understand what they’re going through. In addition

to waiving the $500 fee per camper, funds from the event also go toward spring and fall reunions for camp-ers with camp staff. The chapter will be sending over 106 kids to the camp in 2014.

The tickets, which can no longer be purchased for this year’s event, include a three-course dinner and live entertainment from a music group from the UW-Mad-ison campus. Those who attend also have the option to participate in a silent auc-tion that includes items such as restaurant gift cards, sky-diving passes and Disney tickets and will have the chance to talk to camp staff about their past experiences with camp.

For information and to learn how to donate, visit campkesem.org/uwmadison.

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Camp Kesem is a summer camp that provides support to children who are going through difficult times in their lives.

Library hosts congressional art competitionArtists from around the

second Congressional dis-trict have had their art on display at the Verona Pub-lic Library since Monday as part of a district-wide competition.

T h e c o m p e t i t i o n i s hosted by U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and other congressmen and women around the country.

The grand prize winner will have his or her artwork on display in the Capitol in Washington, D.C. for an

entire year, receive a trip to Washington for a reception with other winners and to see their work on display.

O t h e r w i n n e r s w i l l have their art displayed in Pocan’s office in Washing-ton and Wisconsin.

The art is on display through Thursday, April 24 , wi th the winners announced at a reception from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Five residents of the dis-trict will serve on the judg-ing panel.

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Artwork on display at the Verona Public Library is part of the second Congressional District art com-petition. A reception is planned for April 24.


Drawing meaning from VeronaCountry View Elementary fifth-graders Cassie Kniess and Elena Rudnitzky join teacher Ruth Manning in drawing what Verona means to them. The girls were drawing the school they attended along with Savanna Oaks Middle School, which they will both attend next year. The event was part of a series exploring what Verona means to different generations.


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Thursday, April 24• 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., movies at the senior center, “Hunger Games: Catching Fire”• 6:30-8 p.m., awards show for high school Congressional Art Campaign, VPL• 7-8 p.m., Attorney Melinda Gustafson Gervasi will be at the library to discuss her book,” Middle Class Philanthropist: How Anyone Can Leave a Legacy.”

Friday, April 25• 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Verona Area Active Adults brat sale, senior center, 845-7471• 7:30-9:30 p.m., Open Mic With Jim White, Tuvalu Coffeehouse

Saturday, April 26• 7-9:30 p.m., “Old Cool,” Tuvalu Coffeehouse

Monday, April 28• 7 p.m., Common Council, City Center

Friday, May 2• (Through May 29) VASD artwork exhibition, VPL

Saturday, May 3• 2:30-3:30 p.m., Meet Heartland Farm Sanctuary ani-mals, VPL

Monday, May 5• 6:30 p.m., Plan Commission, City Center• 7 p.m., Verona Area School District, administration building

Tuesday, May 6• 6:30 p.m., Town Board, Town Hall• 7-8 p.m., “Resilience: Surefire Strategies for Happiness,” VPL

Monday, May 12• 11:30 a.m., “The Book Thief” book discussion, VPL• 7 p.m., Common Council, City Center

Give Your Life Completely to God

It is a commonplace in conversion narratives for people to say that they wanted to hold back something in their life

from God, some small area of their life that they refused to give up to God. Many have said that they refused to com-pletely give their lives to God for fear that they would be

missing out on some worldly pleasure. People contemplat-ing religious vows know that they will be giving up having a family, acquiring wealth, and perhaps also their indepen-dence. But this holding on to our old lifestyle, including all the trappings of both material and social wealth only pro-

longs the bondage. Ironically, we are only truly free when we completely give our lives over to God, holding nothing back. Give your life completely to God and you will find complete

joy. If you are holding back something from God, some area of your life that you refuse to let go of, then you are still in shackles and really are missing out on the complete experi-

ence of living for God.–Christopher Simon via Metro News Service

So give yourselves completely to God. Stand against the devil, and the devil will run from you. Come near to God,

and God will come near to you. You sinners, clean sin out of your lives. You who are trying to follow God and the world

at the same time, make your thinking pure.James 4:7-8

ChurchesALL SAINTS LUTHERAN CHURCH2951 Chapel Valley Road, Fitchburg(608) 276-7729allsaints-madison.orgPastor Rich Johnson8:30 and 10:45 a.m. worship times

THE CHURCH IN FITCHBURG2833 Raritan Road, Fitchburg, WI 53711(608) 271-2811livelifetogether.comSunday Worship: 8 and 10:45 a.m.

THE CHURCH IN VERONAVerona Business Centre535 Half Mile Rd. #7, Verona.(608) 271-2811livelifetogether.comSunday Worship: 9 a.m.

FITCHBURG MEMORIAL UCC5705 Lacy Road, Fitchburg(608) 273-1008 • memorialucc.orgPhil Haslanger

GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH ELCA(608) 271-6633Central: Raymond Road & Whitney WaySUNDAY8:15, 9:30 & 10:45 a.m. WorshipWest: Corner of Hwy. PD & Nine Mound Road, VeronaSUNDAY9 & 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship

LIVING HOPE CHURCHAt the Verona Senior Center108 Paoli St. • (608) 347-3827livinghopeverona.com, [email protected] a.m. Worship

MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH201 S. Main, Verona(608) 845-7125MBCverona.orgLead pastor: Jeremy ScottSUNDAY10:15 a.m. Worship

REDEEMER BIBLE FELLOWSHIP102 N. Franklin Ave., VeronaPastor Dwight R. Wise(608) 848-1836 www.redeemerbible-fellowship.orgSUNDAY10 a.m. Family Worship Service

RESURRECTION LUTHERAN CHURCHWisconsin Synod, 6705 Wesner Road, Verona(608) 848-4965 • rlcverona.orgPastor Nathan Strutz and Assistant Pastor: Jacob HaagTHURSDAY 6:30 p.m. WorshipSUNDAY9 a.m. Worship Service

ST. CHRISTOPHER CATHOLIC PARISH301 N. Main St., Verona(608) 845-6613

Stchristopherverona.comFr. William Vernon, pastorSATURDAY 5 p.m. Sunday Vigil, St. Andrew, VeronaSUNDAY 7:30 a.m., St. William, Paoli9 and 11 a.m., St. Andrew, VeronaDaily Mass: Tuesday-Saturday at 8 a.m., St. Andrew, Verona

ST. JAMES EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH427 S. Main Street, Verona(608) 845-6922www.stjamesverona.orgPastors Kurt M. Billings and Peter NarumServices 5 p.m., Saturday, 8:30 and 10:45 a.m., Sunday - office hours 8-4 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 8 a.m. to noon Wednesday

SALEM UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST502 Mark Dr., Verona, WIPhone: (608) 845-7315Rev. Dr. Mark E. Yurs, PastorLaura Kolden, Associate in Ministrywww.salemchurchverona.org9 a.m. Sunday School - 10:15 a.m. worship service - Staffed nursery from 8:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Fellowship Hour

SPRINGDALE LUTHERAN CHURCH-ELCA2752 Town Hall Road (off County ID)(608) 437-3493springdalelutheran.orgPastor: Jeff JacobsSUNDAY8:45 a.m. Communion Worship

SUGAR RIVER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH130 N. Franklin St., Verona(608) [email protected], sugarriverumc.orgPastor: Gary HolmesSUNDAY9:00 & 10:30 Contemporary worship with chil-dren’s Sunday school.Refreshments and fellowship are between services.

WEST MADISON BIBLE CHURCH2920 Hwy. M, Verona, WI 53593Sunday (nursery provided in a.m.)9:15 a.m. - Praise and worship10:45 - Sunday School (all ages)6 p.m. - Small group Bible study

ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST – Located at Hwy. 92 & Ct. Road G, Mount Vernon(608) 832-6677 for informationPastor: Brad Brookins

SUNDAY10:15 a.m. WorshipZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST – At Hwy. 69 and PB, Paoli(608) 845-5641Rev. Sara ThiessenSUNDAY 9:30 a.m. Family Worship

Thursday, April 247 a.m. – United Way 211 at Senior

Center9 a.m. - Daily Exercise10 a.m. - Greg Matysik at Senior Center3 p.m. - Daily Exercise4 p.m. – Four Winds Presentation at

Senior Center5 p.m. – A Taste of Theater6 p.m. - Salem Church Service7 p.m. - Words of Peace8 p.m. - Daily Exercise9 p.m. – Chatting with the Chamber 10 p.m. – Maple Grove School at

Historical Society

Friday, April 257 a.m. – Four Winds Presentation at

Senior Center1:30 p.m. - Chatting with the Chamber 3 p.m. – Emergency Preparedness at

Senior Center 3:30 p.m. - Into the Future of the Penokee

Hills4 p.m. – A Taste of Theater5 p.m. - 2012 Wildcats Football 8:30 p.m. - Emergency Preparedness at

Senior Center9 p.m. - Into the Future of the Penokee

Hills10 p.m. - United Way 211 at Senior

Center11 p.m. – Greg Matysik at Senior Center

Saturday, April 268 a.m. – Common Council from 4-14-1411 a.m. - Emergency Preparedness at

Senior Center 11:30 p.m. - Into the Future of the

Penokee Hills1 p.m. - 2012 Wildcats Football 4:30 p.m. – Maple Grove School at

Historical Society 6 p.m. – Common Council from 4-14-14

9 p.m. - Emergency Preparedness at Senior Center

9:30 p.m. - Into the Future of the Penokee Hills

10 p.m. - Maple Grove School at Historical Society

11 p.m. - Greg Matysik at Senior Center

Sunday, April 277 a.m. - Hindu Cultural Hour 9 a.m. – Resurrection Church 10 a.m. - Salem Church ServiceNoon - Common Council from 4-14-143 p.m. - Emergency Preparedness at

Senior Center3:30 p.m. - Into the Future of the Penokee

Hills4:30 p.m. - Maple Grove School at

Historical Society6 p.m. – Common Council from 4-14-149 p.m. - Emergency Preparedness at


Hills10 p.m. – Maple Grove School at

Historical Society11 p.m. - Greg Matysik at Senior Center

Monday, April 287 a.m. – Four Winds Presentation at

Senior Center1:30 p.m. - Chatting with the Chamber 3 p.m. - Emergency Preparedness at


Hills 4 p.m. – A Taste of Theater5 p.m. - 2012 Wildcats Football7 p.m. – Common Council Live9 p.m. - Hindu Cultural Hour10 p.m. – United Way 211 at Senior


Tuesday, April 297 a.m. – United Way 211 at Senior

Center9 a.m. - Daily Exercise10 a.m. - Greg Matysik at Senior Center3 p.m. - Daily Exercise4 p.m. – Four Winds Presentation at

Senior Center5 p.m. – A Taste of Theater6 p.m. - Resurrection Church8 p.m. - Words of Peace9 p.m. - Chatting with the Chamber 10 p.m. - Maple Grove School at

Historical Society

Wednesday, April 307 a.m. – Four Winds Presentation at

Senior Center1:30 p.m. - Chatting with the Chamber 3 p.m. – Emergency Preparedness at


Hills6 p.m. – Common Council from 4-14-147 p.m. - Capital City Band8 p.m. – Emergency Preparedness at

Senior Center8:30 p.m. – Into the Future of the

Penokee Hills10 p.m. - United Way 211 at Senior


Thursday, May 17 a.m. – United Way 211 at Senior

Center9 a.m. - Daily Exercise10 a.m. – Greg Matysik at Senior Center3 p.m. - Daily Exercise4 p.m. – Four Winds Presentation at

Senior Center6 p.m. - Salem Church Service8 p.m. - Daily Exercise9 p.m. – Chatting with the Chamber

What’s on VHAT-98

Pam VanKampen presentationThe senior center welcomes Pam

VanKampen from the Greater Wis-consin Agency on Aging Resources for a presentation on laughter and joy and the aging process at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24.

‘If You Want to be a Reader’Sugar Creek Elementary School

students will film a music video to the tune of “If You Want to be a Badger” to encourage good reading habits. Bucky and other specials guests will even stop by.

Members of the community are welcome to come read with the stu-dents, but should contact teacher Kyle Walsh at [email protected] or 845-4798. The filming will be Fri-day, April 25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Arbor Day "Tree City USA" Recognition

Verona City Parks and Urban

Forestry Department Director David Walk will again recognize Verona's investment in the trees that help make the City so beautiful.

He will be joined by members of his crew to talk about the importance of trees in our area parks 12:15 p.m. Friday, April 25.

Piano recitalFive area pianists will present their

Senior Performance Recital on Fri-day, April 25, at 7:30 p.m. at Rhap-sody Arts Center, 1031 North Edge Trail, in Verona. A reception honor-ing the students will follow the recit-al. The event is free and the public is welcome.

Please call 848-2045 or email [email protected] for more information.

Drug Take-Back dayThe Verona Police Department is

partnering with the Drug Enforce-ment Agency (DEA) to host its 2nd

National Prescription Drug Take-Back Initiative from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 26. at the Verona Police Department.

Brat saleThe senior center is hosting a brat

sale from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, April 25. A plate of brats is $5.

Computer collection driveGoodwill is holding a free computer

collection drive from noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 27, at the donation center at 4530 Verona Road. Good-will accepts working and nonwork-ing computers and just about anything that can be attached to a computer.

Donors are asked to back up any needed information, label broken equipment and include a license key with any donated software.

Donated equipment is sold to the public or an environmentally con-scious recycler. For more informa-tion, call 246-3140.


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Country View concertsCountry View Elementary School held its music concerts the last two Thursdays. Each grade level performed for almost an hour. The second set of performances was originally scheduled for Friday, April 11, but had to be moved back because the school’s music teacher was sick. Students sang, danced and played musical instruments as part of the performances.

Above, third-grader Jack Yoder plays his role as the fox in one of the performances. Right, first-grader Brady Patten plays a xylophone.

Above, a group of first-grade students performs a dance as their teacher claps along. Below, the students raise their arms at the end of a song.


GE students plant trees for Earth DayGlacier Edge Elemen-

tary School students from Kayleen DeWerd’s class celebrated Earth Day on Tuesday by planting a tree at Once Upon A Time day-care just down the street on Whalen Road.

DeWerd’s third-grade classes have been making monthly visits to the day-care for six years, reading with the preschoolers and mentoring them in math and writing skills.

“My third graders are learning about being a men-tor and good role model for their little buddy,” DeWerd explained in an email to the Verona Press. “Additional-ly, they are learning to give back to the community and discovering the joy of vol-unteering.”

Tuesday’s planting was a culmination of a project that included writing “per-suasive” letters to the Vero-na Optimists so they could buy two red maple saplings – one for the daycare and one for Glacier Edge – and plant them. The class also made a presentation to the Optimists, who agreed to donate $114 to the cause.

After planting both trees,

the students went on a “gar-bage walk,” picking up trash that had collected over

the long winter.

– Jim Ferolie

Photos by Jim Ferolie

Glacier Edge third-graders hold their noses as teacher Kayleen DeWerd opens a container of compost before they plant a tree at Once Upon A Time daycare. Also looking on are Optimist members Bob Bovy and Ann Gleisner (left), as well as fellow GE teacher Katie Nicewander.

Students cover the tree roots with dirt.

Verona college notesAcademic honors:

Iowa StateVerona

Taylor Rae Disch, dean’s list; Jessica Sarah Florac, dean’s list; Kari A. Mattison, dean’s list; Curtis Coffre Scheuerman, dean’s list

Luther CollegeVerona

Lindsey Pielage, dean’s list

University of New Hampshire

VeronaMadeline Grandin, dean’s

list high honors

Lewis UniversityVerona

Lauren O’Brien, dean’s list

Town of Verona

County official to answer rezoning questionsScott GirardUnified Newspaper Group

The Town of Verona Plan Commission will hear from a Dane County official about the county rezoning process at its April meeting Thursday.

Brian Standing from the Dane County Planning and Development department will visit the plan commis-sion to give an overview of blanket rezoning, a process the county has undertaken in recent years in response to a change in state law.

The changes relate to who can take a Farmland Agricul-tural tax credit from the state.

“For a lot of people, it’s not going to mean a very big change,” town plan-ner/administrator Amanda Arnold said.

Standing told the Verona Press the blanket rezoning is the final step in the county’s attempt to getting in line with state law, and the state gave

the county a Dec. 31 deadline to clean up its zoning map.

The changes are “really an administrative cleanup,” Standing said, and will affect properties that are current-ly used for agriculture but zoned for development in the future. That includes much of the area Northeast of the Sugar River in the Town of Verona, he said.

Standing said he has already heard from a dozen or so Veronans with ques-tions or clarifications, and the county is working with everyone to ensure the rezon-ing is accurate and has little to no effect on how people currently use their land.

He said Thursday would offer an opportunity for any-one with questions for him about the rezoning or the plan commission about the town’s plans to ask them.

Anyone whose property is affected should have received a letter in the mail

about the change.The meeting will be at 7

p.m., Thursday, April 24 at Verona Town Hall.

If you goWhat: Town of Verona

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‘Exciting things coming together’Teaching milestone, new lights make spring show a big one for Ballet U


Charmaine Ristow began teaching ballet her senior year in high school and hasn’t stopped since.

That was 1964, making this upcoming year her 50th of teaching the dance style, and her ninth in Verona. To celebrate, the students at Ballet U, housed in the Verona Athletic Complex, will perform a shortened version of the same ballet she did as a senior in high school, “Coppelia.”

To top it off, they’ll per-form it in a space that feels much more like a stage than it had in years past, at their own studio.

Ristow and business part-ner Stephanie Tollefson made the decision to install stage lighting in the prac-tice studio, which had dou-bled as a performance stu-dio for the group’s shows, aside from the Verona Youth Ballet’s annual Nut-cracker show at the Verona Area Performing Arts Cen-ter.

Previously, the shows were performed under the studio’s fluorescent lights, which didn’t give the true “performance” feeling. The new lights instead trans-form the studio from prac-tice to a stage-like atmo-sphere with the flip of a few switches.

The new l ights have offered inspiration for Ris-tow’s choreography, as

well.“When you do it in a

theater setting … it was a whole different experience for me,” Ristow said. “The ideas came flowing quite a bit more easily.”

I t wil l a lso give the chance for the studio’s younges t dancers , the 3-year-olds, a chance to feel like true performers on stage when they do a dem-onstration for parents later in the spring.

“They will actually be able to have the stage light-ing experience, whereas before the little ones didn’t get that,” Ristow said.

And that feel will also offer an opportunity to serve the larger performing community around Vero-na and the entire Madison area.

Tollefson and Ristow said the studio would be open to outside groups looking for a performance space to use theirs, whether it’s for a full audience or just a piece or two for close

friends and family.“We would love to see it

used,” Ristow said.That’s something Ristow

has experience with as well, having run a co-op studio in Madison that brought together different groups of dancers in 1986.

Although Ristow has that experience, it’s now Tollef-son’s final decision as to how the studio is used, as Ristow officially sold the business to her late last year.

“Nothing’s changed,” Tollefson quickly said, and Ristow agreed, as the two still discuss every deci-sion that’s made just like they have since Ristow told Tollefson she needed help on the business side if she was going to move to the VAC.

“I won’t do it unless you’re with me,” Ristow said she told Tollefson.

The spring shows will be May 15 and 17, though both of the shows on the 17th have already sold out. The performance on the 15th will be at 7 p.m.

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milestone along with the new lights, it’s sure to be a memorable spring show for the pair that has been in business together for four years.

“Exciting things (are) coming together,” Tollef-son said.

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The new lights at the Ballet U studio give the room a “perfor-mance” feel compared to the fluorescent lights that normally light it during practice times. Until this year, the studio had to perform under those same fluo-rescent lights. Left, the control board for the lights, which can change colors to create different atmospheres.

Charmaine Ristow, left, and business partner Stephanie Tollefson have been in business together at Ballet U since it moved to the Verona Athletic Center in 2010. Ristow officially sold the business to Tollefson late last year, though they still work together to make decisions for the company, and Ristow still teaches at the studio.


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Four Winds changes leadershipFollowing the retirement

of long-time Four Winds Manor C.E.O. Pat Arthur, the long-term care business has made some leadership changes.

Arthur, who had served as CEO and part-owner for almost 40 years, retired March 31.

The company’s admin-istrator, Lynn Howard, has taken over as CEO and shareholder. Howard will continue as administrator for the company. She began working for Four Winds

Manor, a privately owner skilled nursing facility on South Jefferson Street, in 2003.

Staff held a small recep-tion for Arthur in early April, the company’s activ-ities director Shirley Duerst told the Press.

“We all wish Pat a very happy retirement and look forward to many years of continued success under the current management team and leadership of Lynn,” Duerst said.

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Edelweiss earns world cheese awardsEdelweiss Creamery took home several awards at the

most recent cheese competition in March. Bruce Workman, owner of Edelweiss Creamery in Mon-

ticello, and with his wife Kathy, of the Edelweiss authen-tic store in Verona, won three best of class and one third place at the World Cheese Championship in March, at the Monona Terrace in Madison.

Edelweiss earned awards in the following categories:• Havarti with Dill, Best of Class• Havarti with Dill, Third Award• Smoked Gouda, Best of Class• Havarti with Jalapeno Pepper, Best of ClassThe company, which opened a store in downtown Vero-

na in 2012, has many awards in both national and interna-tional events.

Stellar Rehabilitation celebrates 10 yearsStellar Rehabilitation celebrated its 10th anniversary ear-

lier this year.The business growth has been strong and steady over the

past decade with a staff of 15 treating patients with physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy needs.

Stellar’s partnerships with multiple assisted living and senior housing facilities, as well as with Recover Health Homecare permit patients to be seen in a variety of settings across Dane, Green, Sauk, and Jefferson counties, with future expansion into Rock county.

Stellar’s main outpatient facility in Verona has also been remodeled to accommodate the expansion, as well as a web-site update to stellarrehab.com.

Deep Space construction receives awardH. Krueger & Associates, Interior Designers Incorpo-

rated, was honored March 20, at the annual ASID Design Award Gala in Milwaukee. They won the award for the Epic campus – Deep Space Auditorium (office/corporate category – 100,000 square feet or over). H. Krueger & Associates is celebrating 45 years in business as a family-owned and operated interior design firm located in Middle-ton specializing in residential and commercial interiors.

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Sugar Creek showsStudents at Sugar Creek Elementary School put their art skills on display Thursday, April 3, as part of the school’s annual art show. Last year, the show involved hands-on proj-ects students worked out dur-ing the show, while this year’s was more of a display of what the students had worked on throughout the year. Students also showed off their scientific and writing skills Friday, April 11 at the school’s annual science and author fairs.

Above, Eden Anderson and Adalade Voss show off their book projects. Anderson wrote and took pic-tures of her book about bird eggs, while Voss wrote and illustrated a book on volcanoes.

Below, Owen Orkowski looks at portraits on display April 3.

Above, Adam Rindfleisch and son Eli work on a classroom project about magnets and electricity.

Below, a student pours dish soap into his ready-to-explode volcano experiment at the April 11 science fair.

Above, Katelyn Premo poses for a picture in front of her art piece.

Below, Marleigh Ace explains her project on elephant toothpaste to the judges.

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Ray signs on with NIU HuskiesJeremy JonesSports Editor

Verona Area High School coach Todd Anderson wasn’t about to stand in front of his Wildcats varsity softball team and make the same old cliché speech last week.

Instead, Anderson talked to players about developing athletic talents and even quoted former University of Oregon track and field standout out Steve Prefon-taine before VAHS senior Emma Ray officially signed her National Letter of Intent to pitch at Divi-sion I Northern Illinois Univer-sity this fall.

“Athletic director Mark Kryka told me all I had to do was stand up here and just tell you who was signing their letter and where they were going. He doesn’t know me very well does he,” Anderson opened to a chuckle from his team.

“‘To give anything less than your best , is to sacrifice the gift,’” Anderson said referencing a famous Prefontaine quote.

“As a player, I think the theme tha t winds i t s way th rough Emma’s softball career is the con-stant hard work and effort Emma puts into her play,” Anderson said. “Although she is a talented athlete, she has worked very hard, in good weather and bad.”

Whether healthy, sore or in pain; with or without coaches; Anderson saw his ace in the base-ball batting cage on Cross Coun-try Road with no one else around, perfecting her swing.

“She asks for more work , more swings, more pitches, more ground balls all the time,” Ander-son continued.

While Ray said playing Divi-sion I softball was the plan since middle school, she acknowledged the path to get to last Wednes-day’s signing was anything but easy.

“It’s awesome and just boosts my confidence a lot,” she said. “It gives me that mentality to go after every hitter and never back down.”

Beginning her playing career at the age of 8 behind the plate, she acknowledged, “I was really bad when I was little.”

She eventually moved out from

behind the plate and fell in love with pitching around the age of 10. At that age she was regular-ly striking out players four years older than herself.

Looking as if she could have done without all the attention last week, Ray was quick to point out all the help she has gotten along the way, like that from former VAHS and Winona State pitching standout Chelsey Ewing, who has been her pitching coach the past five years.

“Chelsey has already tried to push the mental game with me as well as the fundamentals,” Ray said. “She’s instilled in me to always believe I am the best when I am on the mound.”

Eventually going on to play club softball for head coach Rog-er Schliewe and the Wisconsin Bandits drove Ray to aim high.

Ray said from what she’s been told she’ll be expected to step in right away and contribute for the Huskies, who finished runner-up in the Mid-American Conference last year.

“Going into college I need to continue to focus on hitting my spots and getting ahead in the count and finishing batters off with less pitchers,” she said.

Still, there is plenty Ray would like to accomplish before this spring and her final season with her Wildcat teammates is over.

Ray p layed and p rac t i ced through quite a bit of back pain last year, a season which ended following a 12-1 sectional final loss to Sun Prairie. Following the 2013 season Ray and the Wild-cats didn’t expect to be reunited again as Ray was planning to move to Tennessee.

It’s funny how things turn out sometimes, however.

“The whole Tennessee thing didn’t really make me happy once we actually got there,” she said.

Though Ray played for a club team in North Carolina for about a month last summer, she contin-ued to be unhappy.

“I felt I needed to be here for my senior year to finish things where we left off,” she said.

“Going off on the 10-run rule last year at sectionals just wasn’t a good way to go out.”

With Ray back in the circle for her senior season, Anderson and the Wildcats are hoping this is the season Verona returns to the state tournament for the first time since 2010.

So far this season Ray has gone in the distance in all five Verona wins, allowing 15 runs (seven earned) on 20 hits over 31 innings, while walking eight and striking out 38.

While Madison La Follet te (’11) and Sun Prairie (‘12, ‘13) have represented the Big Eight over the past three seasons, Ray and the Wildcats have only advanced to the sectional finals once over the past three years.

“As a team we definitely feel we have some unfinished busi-ness left,” Ray said referring to getting Verona back to state and the Goodman Diamond. “I am hoping to hold the state champi-onship trophy this year with my team.”

Boys golf

Jeremy JonesSports editor

A one-run game through 5 1/2 innings, Verona’s Shan-non Whitmus needed only one swing of her bat to seal Sun Prairie’s fate Thursday eve-ning.

Whitmus pumped her first and smiled widely as she rounded the bases following her first varsity home run that powered Verona to a 9-4 Big Eight Conference win over the rival Cardinals.

Having flown out and sin-gled in her two previous at bats Whitmus knew what coming when she dug in against Cardi-nal pitcher Miranda Reuter in the home half of the sixth.

“I knew I was going to get a

fastball,” said Whitmus, who turned on the ball and blasted a two-run blast that highlight-ed the victory. “I got the right pitch, drove through it and it felt great.”

Though Sun Prairie gradu-ated six of nine starters from a year ago and already had two conference losses entering the game, the Wildcats knew they couldn’t look past their rivals.

“We try to play a certain way regardless of who we are play-ing,” VAHS head coach Todd Anderson said. “We do have a rivalry, but in some ways that rivalry is with some kids who already graduated.

“Having said that we knew Sun Prairie had a bad game last night, so we knew they were going to be hungry tonight.”

Verona scored all but four runs with two outs, plating a runner in every inning except the fifth.

Bea Kealy got things started in the bottom of the first, dou-bling home Renee Gavigan who was running for senior Emma Ray, who reached base on an error.

The Cardinals answered right back in the top of the second when Janelle Carlson followed Payton Herwig’s ground-rule double with a two-bagger of her own.

Verona extended its lead to two runs with an RBI ground out from Alyssa Erdman in the second and Whitmus’ single to right in the third.

The Wildcats saw Sun Prai-rie answer once again in the top

of the fourth as clean-up hitter Cheyenne Holmes led off the inning. The ensuing sacrifice bunt gave the Cardinals a sec-ond baserunner as no one was covering first for Verona.

Even when the Wildcats were in position they struggled to make an out in the fourth.

Herwig hit a ball to third where Kealy fielded it cleanly and alertly dove back to the bag to tag Holmes only to drop the ball on the tag.

A pair of RBI ground outs helped the Cardinals not the score at 3-all.

Three straight singles by Verona in the fourth helped the Wildcats retake the lead when Kealy singled with two outs to

Whitmus powers Cats past Sun Prairie

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Senior Shannon Whitmus belted a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning last Thursday. Verona defeated the visiting Sun Prairie Cardinals 9-4 in the Big Eight Conference game.

Photo by Jeremy Jones

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Photo by Jeremy Jones

Verona Area High School senior Emma Ray (center) signed her National Letter of Intent to play softball at Northern Illinois University in front of family and teammates last Wednesday.

Cats tied for 13th at Junior PGAAnthony IozzoAssistant sports editor

Birdies and pars were scarce for the Verona Area High School boys golf team Monday at Maple Bluff Country Club in the Wisconsin Junior PGA High School Rewards Invi-tational.

The Wildcats finished tied for 13th with a 357 and watched as Big Eight Conference rivals Middle-ton and Madison Memo-rial flourished. Middleton finished first (305), while Memorial was fifth (332).

Seve ra l o the r t eams Verona will see in its sec-tional finished ahead of it or tied, as well. Fort Atkinson was sixth (335); Monroe was ninth (349); Oregon was 10th (353); and Monona Grove tied Verona.

The Wildcats did finish ahead of Stoughton (360).

Head coach Jon Rebholz said he thought seniors John Tackett and Riley Schmitz were press ing too much, trying to do too much to make up for some of the inexperience the rest of the team has.

Tackett finished with an 86, while Schmitz shot an 88. Junior Joey McCor-mick followed with an 89, and senior John Stevens finished the scoring with a 94.

Ca tho l ic Memor ia l ’ s Dylan Allen (72) won the invitational, followed by Lodi’s Adam Miller (73) and Midd le ton ’ s Jo sh Haunty (74).

Fort Atkinson’s Nate Gilbert (75) was fourth,

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Sports shortsVAGSA hosts Youth Night May 1

The Verona Area Girls Softball Asso-ciation (VAGSA) in conjunction with the Verona Area High School Wildcat soft-ball teams will host VAGSA Youth Night on Thursday, May 1, at 5 p.m.

Youth softball players of the commu-nity are invited to come and show their support by wearing their VAGSA softball or Verona school apparel as the Wildcats host Janesville Parker. Signs to cheer on your favorite softball team are encour-aged.

Both groups will be collecting food for the Verona Food Pantry at the game as well.

Bring a non-perishable donation to the game. Youth softball players will receive a free Culver’s one-scoop coupon (while supplies last). The rain date will be the following Thursday, May 8.

Reddan frisbee clinicUW Health is teaming with local pro-

fessional Ultimate players from the Mad-ison Radicals to answer the two most

important questions you should be asking going into the season:

How can I properly train to reduce my injury risk? And what can I do to improve my performance on the field?

Those answers will come on Thurs-day May 1, from 6-8:30 p.m. at Reddan Fields with a free seminar.

The event will kick off with members of the UW Health Sports Medicine team discussing proper warm-ups, common injuries and preventive exercises.

The staff will lead participants through common cutting/jumping/landing errors, and how you can change your form to both optimize performance as well as minimize your injury risk.

The Madison Radicals will also take to the field to show you drills and skills that you can use to take your team’s game to the next level.

The Radicals are Madison’s profes-sional Ultimate team, and will be kicking off the defense of their Midwest Confer-ence crown. This is your chance to learn from the best players in town.

Unusual VAHS baseball fundraiser returnsMaybe you’ve seen the

signs around Verona adver-tising a mattress sale, and wondered how that works. It is arguably Verona’s most unusual fundraiser.

For the last two years, the Verona Area High School baseball team has hosted the one-day mat-tress sale, turning a local gym into a mattress show-room.

The fundraiser goes from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, April 26. Mattresses pur-chased for donation will be delivered at a later date.

“No, you don’t have to drive away with a mat-tress on the roof of your car,” Verona Area High School basebal l coach Brad D’Orazio said. “Peo-ple have a lot of questions about the sale.”

The unusual event is the club’s largest fundraiser and helps pay for equip-ment, field improvements, a recent ly cons t ruc ted indoor hitting facility and this year, a new score-board for the baseball field at Badger Ridge Middle School where the freshmen team plays home games.

The team works with CFS Wisconsin, a company that sells brand new, name brand mattresses, includ-ing Simmons, as a fund-raising tool. Pillow top, orthopedic and memory foam mattresses in all siz-es from King to Twin are available. CFS Wisconsin also offers free layaway, and the option to have your bed delivered at a later date

if you are not ready for it now (college bed, remodel-ing, lake house, etc.).

You can also have an old mattress taken away at the time of delivery.

This year’s sale includes a new option for those not looking to replace a mat-tress. A special reduced rate will be available for mattresses purchased as a donation to Joining Forces for Families, a local agen-cy that helps support the success of children, youth

and fami l ies a t home, school and in the commu-nity. One aspect of that program involves working with families transitioning from homelessness into permanent housing.

“ T h e r e i s n o a r e a resource that gives beds or real mattresses to fami-lies,” said Lisa Hemau-er, who runs the Verona office. “We can certainly find Verona area families who could really use these mattresses.”

“A lot of people are th inking about replac-ing at least one mattress,” D’Orazio said. “If you’re in the market for a new mattress, we hope you’ll come and check out our one day sale and support Verona baseball.”

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Verona gets edged twiceAnthony IozzoAssistant sports editor

The Verona Area High School baseball team dropped two one-run games last week, a 7-6 loss at Middleton on Tues-day and a 6-5 loss to Madison Memorial last Saturday.

The Wildcats did pick up a win Thurs-day at Madison La Follette, 5-4, and are now 2-3 overall, 2-3 in the Big Eight Conference.

Verona hosts Janesville Parker at 5 p.m. Thursday during Breast Cancer Awareness night, and it hosts Milton at 5 p.m. Friday.

The Wildcats finish the week against Madison East at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 29, at Warner Park.

Verona 5, Madison La Follette 4Sophomore pitcher Keaton Knueppel

led the way on the mound last Thursday in Verona’s win over Madison La Fol-lette.

Knueppel pitched five innings and allowed two runs on five hits. He struck out six and walked three.

Senior pitcher John Moynihan came into the game in relief and allowed two runs on three hits. He walked one and struck out two.

The Wildcats scored all five of their runs in the second inning. Moynihan and sophomore Jason Frahm each had RBIs.

Madison Memorial 6, Verona 5The defense was not a strong point at

the end of the game last Saturday against the Spartans.

Madison Memorial scored four runs in

the top of the seventh to erase a three-run deficit with all four runs scored on errors.

Senior Mitch Flora (2-for-2, two RBIs), senior Jeffrey Reinholtz (2-for-4, RBI), sophomore Ben Rortvedt (2-for-3) and junior Connor Volker (2-for-3) were the leading hitters for the Wildcats.

Junior Jake Toman took the loss. Toman allowed four unearned runs on three hits. He walked two.

Senior Ryan Pynnonen started. Pyn-nonen went six innings and allowed an earned run on seven hits. He struck out six and walked one.

Adam Bihun picked up the win for Memorial, going seven innings and allowing four earned runs on nine hits. He walked four and struck out two.

Middleton 7, Verona 6The late innings hurt Verona again

Tuesday at Middleton as the Cardinals tied the game in the fifth and went ahead in the sixth.

Verona scored five times in the third to take a four-run lead at the time.

Flora (2-for-4) and senior Troy Granick (2-for-4) were the leading hit-ters for Verona. Granick added two RBIs

Junior Tekoa Whitehead took the loss. Whitehead allowed two earned runs on five hits in 2 1/3 innings. He walked one.

Senior Jake Armstrong started the game and allowed three earned runs on five hits in 3 2/3 innings. He walked four.

Matt Ash picked up the win for Middleton. He went 4 2/3 innings and allowed no runs on two hits. He struck out three and walked two.

Cats go 3-0 to win Manitowoc inviteJeremy JonesSports editor

Verona Area High School boys tennis followed up its opening weekend third-place finish by winning the six-team Manty Invite on Saturday.

The Wildcats upended Sheboygan North, 6-1, West De Pere, 5-2, and Osh-kosh West, 4-3.

Head coach Rick Engen said senior Philip Rudnitzky highlighted the meet, overcoming a first set loss and being down 4-1 in the second set to win his No. 1 singles match over Oshkosh West’s Justin Xie.

Another highlight was the play of Alex Pletta at No. 2 singles. Pletta beat Harry Dykima from West De Pere, the freshman brother of Jack Dykima who was a seeded player at state last year, 6-3, 6-2.

Verona travels hosts Janesville Parker at 4 p.m. on Thursday before heading to the Madison East Invitational on Friday at Saturday.

The Wildcats return to Big Eight Con-ference action Tuesday, April 29, on the road against Madison La Follette. The first serve is set for 4 p.m.

Sun Prairie 4, Verona 3The Wildcats won all three of their

Big Eight Conference doubles matches Tuesday in Sun Prairie behind Jackson Hutchcroft and Jun Yan at No. 1 dou-bles, Mitch Kealy and Matt Blessing at 2 dubs and Christian Gross and Trent Pederson at 3 doubles.

No scores were available as the Press went to print Tuesday evening.

Verona couldn’t find a win on the sin-gles side, falling 4-3.

Rudnitzky fell 6-1, 6-4 at 1 singles, while Pletta lost 6-2, 6-3 at 2.

“Sun Prairie has a very talented sin-gles line up this year,” Engen said.

Verona 7, Beloit Memorial 0Last Thursday the Wildcats traveled

to Beloit Memorial. No results were available as the Press went to print.


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Cats runs wild against EastJeremy JonesSports editor

Neither the Verona Area High School boys and girls track and field teams had any diffi-culty racking up points Tuesday.

BoysThe Verona boys swept seven events on its

way to a 122-14 shellacking of Madison East, which had nearly 60 percent of its lineup out as ineligible.

The Wildcats were without sprinter Cam-eron Tindall, who was out sick, but it did little to affect the outcome.

Senior Matt Ziegler shocked the Verona coaching staff by posting a 23.3 to win the open 200. Carson Parks added the 100 title in 11.4, while Case Baio (54.9) and Ryan Nameth (2:02) chipped in by claiming the 400 and 800, respectively.

Ben Feller posted a 4:37.8 to take the mile on a windy night, while Luke Waschbusch ran to victory in the 3,200 (10:24.7).

Senior Steven Queoff, who won the high jump despite having an off-night, later moved onto the VAHS all-time list with a leap of 20-3 1/2 in the long jump.

Senior Adam Stiner won the shot put with his second best heave of 45-1 1/2, while Adam Watzke secured the discus with a dis-tance of 129-6.

Steven Hartnett matched a lifetime best 15.4 to take the 110 hurdles. He also added the 300s in 42.7.

Having already set the VAHS freshman high jump record earlier this season, Jack Herkert nearly did the same thing in the pole vault. Though he officially cleared 10-6 to win the competition, Herkert attempted what would have been a freshman record height of 11 feet.

Verona’s all-freshman 4x100 relay team of Austin Schwartz, Will Haessig, Josh Madalin-ski and Nick Lawinger once again tasted vic-tory, posting a time of 49 seconds.

Andrew Husbands, Alex Anderson, Nameth and Feller finished off the night by claiming the 4x400.

Neither team entered a 4x200 or 4x800 relay.

GirlsVerona’s girls team swept everything from

the 100 through the one mile en route to a 127-13 victory. The Wildcats, however, didn’t enter anyone in the two mile, giving the Pur-golders eight of their 13 points.

Kylie Schmaltz took both the 100 (12.8) and 400 (1:02.9), while Ogi Ifediora (27.7), Grace Mueller (2:47.5) and Kayleigh Hanni-fan (6:22) added the 200, 800 and 1,600, respectively.

Europa Christoffel posted a 17.8 to win the 100 hurdles, while Aylise Grossenbacher-McGlamery added the 300s in 53.3.

Freshmen Kristi Larsen and Sie’anna Mitchell both played key roles in the team’s 4x100 and 4x400 relay wins. They joined Shannon Kerrigan and Lexy Richardson to take the 4x1 in 52.4 seconds before capping the blowout with a 4:25.9 in the 4x400 with Grossenbacher-McGlamery and Asia Christ-offel (4:25.9).

Verona’s all-underclassmen 4x200 relay quartet of Mandy Michuda, Ellie Heinzen, Autumn Gilliard and Kirsten Queoff started things out, winning in 2:02.4.

Fellow senior Yuki Matsushima took both the shot put (31-1 1/2) and discus (97-6) titles.

Lauren Samz (14-10) took the long jump and senior Karen Wong (31-9) added the tri-ple jump. Kailey Olson (4-10) won the high jump, and Lexy Alt cleared 7-6 to take the pole vault as Madison East finished with zero points in the field events.

Verona will get a much better test against Waukesha West and Oak Creek at the Janes-ville Parker Invitational on Saturday.

The Wildcats and Parker will then square off head-to-head next Tuesday in Janesville at their conference dual meet.

Wildcats remain undefeated at JanesvilleThe Verona Area High School boys

lacrosse team traveled to Janesville to take on Craig/Parker last Thursday and pulled out a 15-4 win.

The victory put Verona at 3-0 overall, 2-0 in the MALA conference.

Senior Jack Cioci was on fire on offense collecting nine goals and two assists, while Senior Kenny Keyes, who signed a National Letter of Intent to play lacrosse at Division II college Wheel-ing (W.V.) Jesuit Wednesday, added two goals. Senior Alex Kramer also had two

goals. Sophomore Joshua Novotny had a goal

and an assist, while freshman Jake Keyes added a goal.

Junior Trey Kazda led with four assists, while junior Jake Taylor and freshman Will Cioci each collected one assist.

Senior Sam Becker had five saves, while sophomore Alex Jones came off the bench and had one save.

Verona travels to Conor Field in Mid-dleton at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 29.

push the hosts ahead for good 5-3.As Sun Prairie had done so many times

recently the Cardinals fought back with a few timely hits.

Herwig set the table for Sun Prairie with a leadoff double off the middle of the center-field fence. Sliding late into the bag, Herwig severally injured her leg and was later taken away from the field in the Fitch-Rona ambu-lance.

Following the delay Ray struck out her sixth hitter and got Reuter to ground out before Kaylon Fellers singled in a run to pull Sun Prairie to within a run at 5-4.

“For me, the umpire asked Emma if she wanted an extra pitch or two after that,” Anderson said. “I was kind of hoping she would, but she didn’t and got us out of the inning. It worked out.”

Ray helped her cause in the bottom of the sixth, doubling home Heather Rudnicki. Two batters later it was pinch hitter Brianna Hudz-inski that setup up Whitmus’ home run, belt-ing a full-count single off the center-fielder fence.

“Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile, right?” Anderson joked. “Kori

(Keyes) was struggling a little bit at the plate and Bri hasn’t seen a lot of varsity pitching yet, but she’s seen their pitchers on JV, so it seemed like a good bet.

“I don’t think there’s anything harder in this game than coming off the bench and expected to hit and delivering.”

Whitmus (3-for-4), Neitzel (3-for-3), Rud-nicki (2-for-4) and Kealy (2-for-4) all collect-ed multiple hits in the win.

Verona 7, Janesville Craig 0First baseman Bailey Buisker (3-for-4)

connected on a pair of two-run home runs Tuesday as the Wildcats cruised to a 7-0 vic-tory over Janesville Craig.

Buisker struck first in the first inning to give Verona a 2-0 lead at the Janesville Youth Sports Complex. Up 4-0 through the first inning, Buisker’s second home run capped the game in the sixth inning.

Ray went the distance in the circle. She struck out 11 and walked one, while allowing two hits.

The Wildcats travel back to Janesville on Friday for a make-up date against Parker at 4:30 p.m. Verona then faces Beloit Turner on the road at 5 p.m. Monday, April 28, before returning to conference action at home against Middleton the following day.

Softball: Verona remains undefeatedContinued from page 11


Verona shuts out Beloit Memorial last weekSenior forward Felicia

Retrum, junior midfielder Erica Higgins, sophomore

forward Emily Roark and sophomore midf ie lder Emily Krogman all had a

goal and an assist for the Verona Area High School gir ls soccer team las t

Thursday in a 5-0 win at Beloit Memorial.

The Wi ldca t s (3 -1 overall, 1-0 Big Eight Conference) scored all five goals in the second half.

J u n i o r m i d f i e l d e r Teeghan Tvedt added a goal, while freshman defender Kate Melin col-lected an assist.

Senior goalie Madison Westfall had three saves for Verona.

F r e s h m a n M e g h a n McCarthy had 10 saves for the Purple Knights.

The Wildcats contin-ue the season at 5 p.m. Thursday against Janes-ville Craig at Reddan Soccer Park.

They then host Divine Savior Holy Angels at 7 p.m. Friday at Reddan.

Verona finishes the week at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 29, at Sun Prairie.

Verona stays busy with a game at Madison La Follette at 7 p.m. Thurs-day, May 1, and travel-ing to UW-Eau Claire for an invite May 2-3.

Lady Wildcats win again

The Verona Area High School girls lacrosse team recorded its second-straight conference victory with a 12-6 win over conference rival Middleton Thursday night.

Maddy Jeddeloh (2 goals, 2 assists) and Jenna Butler (3 goals, 1 assist) led the team with 4 points each, along with teammates Julia Butler (3 goals), Jessica Eversoll (2 goals), Sam-my Seymour (1 goal) and Amanda Best (1 goal).

Defense was led by goalie Rachel Romens (0.67 save percentage), Jenna Butler (4 caused turnovers), Elena Herman and Katelin Jaggi (2 caused turnovers each).

The undefeated varsity team travels to Oregon (1-0) at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 24, and Waunakee (1-2) at 5 p.m. Tuesday,

April 29.The junior varsity girls

remain unbeaten (2-0) after

defeating Middleton 16-2 Thursday evening. The JV offense was led by Cassidy

Hagen (3 goals, 2 assists), Sophie Buit (4 goals) , Makena Meyers (3 goals),

Rachel Kennedy (2 goals), Nadia Bamks (2 goals), and Laura Hoejgaard and Sigal

Felber (1 goal and 1 assist each). They face Oregon Thursday, April 24.

and Oregon’s Car-son Torhorst, Madi-s o n M e m o r i a l ’ s Kellen Rice, and Eau Claire Memo-rial’s Sawyer Weiss al l t ied for f i f th (76).

Verona contin-ues the season at 9 a.m. Saturday in the Waunakee invi te at the Meadows of Sixmile Creek Golf Course and trav-els to Janesvi l le Country Club a t 2:30 p.m. to take on Craig and Parker in Big Eight triple dual.

Mad. La Follette triple dual

T h e W i l d c a t s traveled to Yahara Golf Course Tues-day to take on Mad-ison La Follette and Middleton.

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Senior John Tackett attempts a putt on the 18th green Monday in the Wisconsin Junior PGA High School Rewards Invitational at Maple Bluff Country Club.

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s tudents in to advisory groups and work wi th each student one-on-one to ensure they are on track with their chosen projects and learning goals. The school also has one special education teacher and part-time math and science spe-cialists.

All of them work as a team to ensure their students meet the standards they need to graduate.

Same standardsWhile the students get to

design their own projects, part of that design includes demonstrating a set of stan-dards that all high school students across the state must meet to graduate.

“It just helps me get a lot more work done, and it’s less stress on me,” said EA student Max Driftmier. “I’m able to do more things that I want now. I’m just learn-ing more because I like what I’m learning.”

The students work with their advisers, who help determine what standards a project meets. For example, ninth-grader Anthony Arnn recently spent time on a project about music artists to meet standards in writing, art, music and analysis.

The advisers meet with each student for around a h a l f - h o u r every week to check in on what proj-ects they’re working on and how each is going.

W h e n a s t u d e n t i s done with a project , he or she pres-ents to the adviser, who gives the stu-dent feedback on a scale of “basic” to “exceeding,” rath-er than the letter grades from A-F. The adviser can offer advice on how to enhance the project, and a student has the option to go back and improve it.

“They talk to you about what you need to fix, and you get to fix it,” said junior Fabi Valdes. “You don’t get a grade on it, you don’t feel bad.”

The structure also doesn’t necessarily cut out tradition-al classes entirely. Students can take up to two classes at VAHS each semester.

The school includes semi-nar groups when multiple students are interested in the same subject, such as the “coffee klatch,” a group that meets and shares their writ-ing projects.

Murphy said the student

freedom changes not only the learning the students are doing, but can also improve their happiness and interest in school in general.

“Not only do they feel better, are they happier, are they more interested in being in school, but on top of that…they feel that they’re actually working harder and we’re doing more work than in the tradi-tional classroom,” Murphy said. “This experience isn’t about the amount of work you do, it’s about is learning really taking place?”

Student feedbackMost of the students say

they have enjoyed the new structure so far, and found it has increased their motiva-tion to go to school.

“I’m excited every day to come, because you get to pick your schedule and stuff,” sophomore Savannah Stampfli said.

And her excitement is echoed by what the advisers and principals have seen and heard in general.

“I think that overall , everyone’s school experi-ence is better than it was in a traditional school,” said adviser Sheila Stenseth. “We may have had one or two students who expressed, ‘I think traditional may be a bit better,’ but one or two students out of 60, that’s not

bad.“That was a

pleasant sur-prise, because w h e n y o u change things so drastically, y o u d o n ’ t k n o w h o w the students are going to adjust to it, and whether it’ll be what t h e y e n v i -sioned, but it

seems to be.”The school had students

fill out a survey at the begin-ning of the year and again in January, and the results back up the anecdotal observa-tions from Stenseth and the other advisers.

Among the most notable numbers were student happi-ness, with 98 percent of stu-dents responding “true” to the phrase “I am happier as a student at EA than in my previous educational expe-rience,” and how much stu-dents learn, with 86 percent responding “true” to “In EA, I complete more work/learn-ing than when I was in the traditional classroom.”

Some students came from previous low grades in the traditional setting, while others were high-achieving but showed low engagement levels, Murphy said.

Neither of those questions was part of the September survey, though some that were show how the students have grown throughout the year.

The percentage of stu-dents who felt they “often stop trying when work gets hard” dropped from 50 to 29.

And the biggest endorse-ment might just be the 36 applicants the school received for its 20 open spots in the 2014-15 school year, as it grows to 80 total students.

A big transitionComing up with proj-

ects on their own, control-ling their own schedule and adjusting to not getting an “A-F” grade did not happen with the flip of a switch for everyone.

After all, most students had spent the previous eight to 10 years in a traditional classroom setting.

“It’s a little strange,” stu-dent Chris Almond said of the feedback system. “I’m still trying to get used to it. I was in the regular school system pretty much my entire life, so a little hard adjusting, but once you get the hang of it, it gets pretty easy.”

And according to the sur-vey data, plenty of students felt similarly about the school’s overall model, as the percentage who knew “what I should be doing and learning at EA” jumped from 61 in September to 98 in January.

For ninth-grader Caleb Haag, the transition was challenging because of the structure at the private schools he had previously attended.

“We did things I did not want to do, so I didn’t know what to expect when I came here,” Haag said. “But I’ve gotten into the swing of things and it’s very, very rewarding.”

The school has a l so brought opportunities some students would not have had in a traditional class-room. There’s a student of Stenseth’s, for example, who taught himself calcu-lus 3 and another who is working on a college-level marine biology course.

“That’s not something he would’ve had an oppor-tunity to do,” she said “So having those opportunities for students is fabulous. As educators, we are learning so much about how impor-tant pacing is to a student’s motivation and the learning environment.”

That hasn’t been the only learning for the advisers, either, as they also had to adjust from traditional edu-cation backgrounds to the new system along with their students.

“I’m so used to, in a tra-ditional classroom, being like ‘OK, you need to get back to work, back to work, what should you be doing

right now?’” said adviser Kelly Jeffery, who is new to the school this spring. “Whereas here that pressure needs to be pulled back on them because we’re trying to make students that are more independent and need to learn for themselves how not to procrastinate and use their time wisely.”

But the advisers have learned more than just a different model of educa-tion, Stenseth said. She said she’s been amazed by the “diversity of topics” her students have interest in, and has enjoyed learn-ing about subjects from rebuilding a desktop com-puter to music history from the 1950s to the ’90s.

“I’ve never learned so much in so many differ-ent areas in less than a year as I have in this school by learning from my students because of all of their inter-ests,” Stenseth said.

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Jekar Smith works on a project in his cubicle, surrounded by other students doing the same, sometimes in groups or partners.

‘I’m able to do more things that I want now. I’m

just learning more because I like what

I’m learning.’

Max Driftmier, EA student


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Verona History January

40 years ago• Verona and Belleville fire-

fighters fought to stop a fire at the Paoli home of George Little Jr., but the home was destroyed. Little moved in with his broth-er while the family rebuilt the house, and his mother reported that “many, many people offered furniture, clothing and money.”

• Ray Pulda took over as fire chief for Keith Miller, who had served for 23 years in that posi-tion before retiring. Pulda’s term as chief would be part of a more than 50-year career as a volun-teer with the department.

He was also serving at the time as president of the Verona Fire Commission.

• The Dane County Board approved plans for a landfill at the site of the Hospital and Home, now known as Badger Prairie Health Care Center.

The plan, brought about by a shortage of landfill sites in the county, had been contro-versial all along and drew angry responses from residents and Town Board members ever since it was first brought up a year earlier. One petition against it drew 700 signatures.

The landfill was built anyway, opening in 1976, and has since been covered. Atop it now sits an aeromodeling field.

• The Town Board asked Dane County to change the name of either Hwy. PD or PB, cit-ing confusion. Despite support from the county’s traffic police department, the Verona Fire Department and the power util-ity, the names remain the same.

• A new Parents’ Advisory Council for federally sponsored special education students began holding screenings and workshops to determine what students could use help from the Title I program.

The program was part of a decentralizing of special educa-tion. Previously, special edu-cation students were sent to county schools to learn together, but new state guidelines recom-mended mixing them in with other students.

• The town and village boards began meeting to discuss pur-chasing county land for a joint municipal building on Lincoln Street.

The collaboration resulted in the building of the fire sta-tion, but the idea of a combined space for police, fire, adminis-tration and senior and youth facilities never came to fruition. The town eventually built its own public works garage and office on Nine Mound Road while the village kept leasing office space at Carnes until 1980, when the 2-year-old city built City Hall.

• A 19-year-old Verona woman was arrested as part of a massive drug raid and charged with selling hashish to under-cover sheriff’s deputies.

30 years ago• The Common Council began

discussing a study to revitalize the downtown area.

The four-phase plan, which would be devised by Ehlers and Associates, would start by deter-mining tax impact of a downtown tax-increment financing district on the school district and would cost nothing. The next two plans would draw up maps, get public input and file state forms for $10,000, and the fourth would implement them.

• The school board began looking into adding a work-study program after the local vocational education coordina-tor reported that the high youth unemployment at the time was

the result of both the economy and “high school graduates lack-ing job entry skills.”

Verona High School’s prin-cipal, Lloyd Hornbacher said seven of 10 Verona graduates have gone on to trade school or college over the previous five years and that high school cur-ricula needed to accommodate that shift.

• The Verona Friends For Life joined in a 650-person rally around Capitol Square despite subzero temperatures and high winds to protest the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide.

• Eight people ran for five seats on the Verona Common Council while Ald. Leo Dunn and real estate broker Thomas Moore faced off for the open mayor’s post being vacated by Bill Pechan.

20 years ago• Former cross country star

and sports ambassador Bill Niederberger Jr. died at the age of 28 after falling asleep at the wheel driving home from Minneapolis on Interstate 90/94.

Niederberger had led his team to the state championship in 1982 and came within inches of an individual title that year. He later established the Hometown USA Days run, was president of the Wisconsin Track Club and organized the annual mile race around Capitol Square.

Schneider’s girlfriend also died in the accident.

• Many town residents became upset to learn that their home assessments rose 20 percent over the previous year. The town hadn’t done a reassessment in eight years. Even though that in itself would not raise residents’ taxes, the town at the same time increased its levy by 18 percent to cover the cost of fixing roads.

• Construction of new homes dropped sharply over the previ-ous year, mainly due to a planned slowdown because of limitations with the municipal sewerage treatment. The city would get hooked up to the metropolitan sewerage district in 1995.

• A space needs committee recommended building a fourth elementary school in Verona to accommodate steady growth. The district’s three elementary schools were already 160 stu-dents over capacity and were expected to get an increase of 200 or more students over the next couple of years.

The recommendation came over several other options, including remodeling, using portable classrooms or starting year-round school.

• Utility employees began installing eight light poles designed to illuminate Stampfl Field for night baseball games.

Wisconsin Power and Light employee Dale Burgenske, now the longtime manager of the city’s Home Talent League team, was among the workers. Funding for the $69.500 project came from $4,000 annual pay-ments by the Verona Athletic Commission from the sales of concessions and increased user fees.

• Verona graduate Casey FitzRandolph just missed qualifying for the Olympics in speedskating, placing fifth in the men’s 500-meter skate. The then 18-year-old had a bright future, though, eventually win-ning Olympic gold in 2002.

• The Verona Area Chamber of Commerce erected a new “Welcome to Verona” sign on the corner of County M and Cross Country Road, bringing the total to four.

All have since been replaced by more elaborate signs that were donated by Verona Community Betterment.

• Verona fifth-graders scored at the 95th percentile on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, which super-intendent Bob Gilpatrick reported was consistent with the past 10 years of taking the test. Students scored highest in math (97th percentile).

Stoner Prairie principal Bill Conzemius disputed the value of those numbers, however, saying the test was more geared toward identifying remedial students.

• A Nashotah man was cited for watching television while driving through Verona on U.S. 18-151.

10 years ago• Meng-Jen “Mark” Wu plead-

ed not guilty to the murders of three roommates on South Main Street several months earlier.

The Taiwanese University of Wisconsin-Madison student was being held on $30 million bail in anticipation of a 2005 trial that would never happen, as Wu would hang himself in jail just before it was set to begin. Prosecutors claimed Wu had killed at least one of the men in connection with gambling debts in a case that drew national attention and the work of the FBI.

• A controversial proposed gravel pit along State Hwy. 69 lost an appeal, sending it back to the Dane County Zoning and Natural Resources committee and continuing its long limbo.

The pit, which Payne and Dolan and the Herfel family of Verona had sought approval for since 1998, did eventually open and remains in operation.

• The city approved final plans for a 57,500-square-foot sports facility called the MAC Sports Center on Prairie Heights Drive. After going into bankruptcy, it was sold and renamed the Verona Athletic Center.

• Outspoken former village president, alder and school board member Burr Weiland died at 80.

• Eleven architectural firms responded to the city’s request for bids for the new library. The winner would eventually be Dimension IV. It opened in 2006.

• After more than a year of changes, the city approved plans for a public plaza at Hometown Junction, featuring a veterans’ memorial, shelter and small park.

• District 1 voters got a pri-mary race between Jack Linder, Mac McGilvray and Clair Runger for the seat of outgoing Ald. Bill Weigel, who would step down to become municipal judge for at least a decade.

• The city and Verona Area Community Theater agreed on a 30-year lease for land in the Bruce Street industrial park. The theater group built its new the-ater later that year but is now looking for a place to build a larger home.

• Several current and former Post Office employees gathered to celebrate the retirement of Ken Behnke. Behnke had been present at a similar gathering 33 years earlier, to celebrate the retirement of postmaster Boyd Gentz.

• Army Reservist Eric Hochkammer, the son of current mayor Jon Hochkammer, was deployed to Iraq.

• The Verona Fire Department began using its new all-terrain vehicle.

• Stellar Rehabilitation opened its outpatient therapy center in Prairie Oaks.

– Jim Ferolie

Police RePoRtInformation taken from the

Verona police log books:

March 612:19 p.m. A student at

VAHS threw his lunch tray and ran out of the commons area after becoming upset with one of the staff mem-bers during lunch period. The student was later located in the greenhouse.

4:05 p.m. A 57-year-old woman reported that a male and a female engaged in sexual activity in the park-ing lot next to the Veteran’s Park shelter on Thursdays at 2 p.m. every week after park-ing their vehicles there.

March 711:55 a.m. Police

responded to a request for help from EMS after a female had two of her fingertips

amputated by a machine on the 500 block of Nine Mound Road and assisted by wrap-ping the fingers to control the bleeding.

3:59 p.m. Two high school-age brothers report-ed that a window had been broken on their car during the school day, and that the vehicle had been fine when they had arrived at school earlier that day.

7:18 p.m. A 33-year-old man reported receiving harassing phone calls from his 26-year-old ex-girlfriend over two horses that the man owned. The girlfriend had also called his mother requesting that he sign over ownership of the horses to her and that she had contact-ed the facility where he keeps his horses along with the ani-mals’ vet, despite not having talked to her for 3-4 years after their break-up. The man claimed that she had no legal right to the horses.

March 912:11 a.m. Two juveniles

were seen walking along County Hwy. PB after cur-few. When confronted, the two said that they were walk-ing to Kwik Trip, and smelled of intoxicants. Both juveniles admitted to drinking alcohol and were cited for underage drinking.

March 128:36 p.m. A 39-year-old

man on the 100 block of Prairie Heights Drive report-ed his juvenile daughter not responding to his phone calls. The mother of the girl was contacted, and it was dis-covered that the girl was safe and that the mother had the daughter’s phone number changed without informing the father.

March 139:34 a.m. A 62-year-old

man on the 300 block of Lla-nos Street reported getting

a phone call from someone named “Eric Foster” at the IRS who claimed that he owed $25,000. The man said that the caller had an accent and threatened to deport him if he did not send money.

1:54 p.m. A 45-year-old woman reported her neigh-bor’s cat from the 700 block of Hemlock Drive coming to her door and scratching on it, along with howling. She stated that the cat was an orange tabby with one cloudy eye. The owner of the cat admitted to letting his cat out sometimes and said that there are cats in the neigh-borhood that also come to his home every night.

March 144:06 p.m. Police assisted

EMS with loading a 17-year-old male patient on the 400 block of Goldenrod Circle who reported having pain in his abdomen and left testicle.

11:41 a.m. A 29-year-old man reported a homeless man at the Super 8 threat-ening people with a knife. Upon arrival, the man turned away from the squad car and reached for his waist-band with both hands. The homeless man was ordered to put both hands in the air at gunpoint and was then handcuffed.

5:21 p.m. A 28-year-old man reported a strong smell of alcohol on his children’s mother during a child cus-tody exchange in the Farm and Fleet parking lot. The 35-year-old woman was located in the Super 8 Motel parking lot and arrested for her fifth OWI. She also received a citation for Oper-ating after Revocation and was booked into the Dane County Jail.

-Kimberly Wethal

LegalsADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

SUNSET DRIVE CHIP SEAL REBIDTOWN OF VERONADANE COUNTY, WI

The Town of Verona will receive sealed bids at the Town Hall, located at 335 N. Nine Mound Road, Verona, WI 53593 for the construction of Sunset Drive Chip Seal until May 2, 2014 at 10:00 AM. All bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at that time.

The work for which bids are asked includes Sunset Drive Grading and Chip Seal (approx. 4,600 L.F.) within the Town of Verona.

The BIDDING DOCUMENTS may be examined at the offices of MSA Pro-fessional Services, Inc., Madison, Wis-consin; the Town of Verona; Wisconsin. Planholders list will be updated interac-tively on our web address at http://www.msa-ps.com under Bidding.

Copies of the BIDDING DOCUMENTS are available at www.questcdn.com. You may download the digital plan docu-ments for $20 by inputting Quest eBid-Doc #3234448 on the website’s Project Search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or [email protected] for assistance in free membership registration, downloading, and working with the digital project information.

No proposal will be accepted unless accompanied by a certified check or bid bond equal to at least 5% of the amount bid, payable to the OWNER as a guaran-tee that, if the bid is accepted, the bidder will execute and file the proper contract and bond within 15 days after the award of the contract. The certified check or bid bond will be returned to the bidder as soon as the contract is signed, and if after 15 days the bidder shall fail to do so, the certified check or bid bond shall be forfeited to the OWNER as liquidated damages.

No bidder may withdraw his bid within 60 days after the actual date of the opening thereof.

OWNER reserves the right to waive any informalities or to reject any or all bids.

Published by the authority of the Town of Verona.

CONSULTING ENGINEER:MSA Professional Services, Inc.

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Published: April 17 and 24, 2014WNAXLP

* * *NOTICE

The City of Verona Plan Commis-sion will hold Public Hearings on Monday May 5, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, 111 Lincoln Street, for the following planning and zoning matters:

1) Conditional Use Permit to allow for the construction of a 60-foot tall flag-pole for the Wisconsin Brewing Company to be located at 1079 American Way.

2) Conditional Use Permit for a pro-posed Indoor Commercial Entertainment land use, known as Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt, to be located at 611 Hometown Circle, Suite #2.

3) Conditional Use Permit amend-ment to the Epic Systems Corporation “Group Development” to allow for the construction of an underground parking structure to be located at 1979 Milky Way.

4) Zoning Map Amendment at 509 Bruce Street to rezone the property from the current “Urban Commercial” zoning to the proposed “Urban Industrial” zon-ing district.

5) Conditional Use Permit to allow an Outdoor Storage land use to be lo-cated at 509 Bruce Street.

Interested persons may comment on these planning and zoning matters during the public hearings at the May 5th Plan Commission meeting. The Plan Commission will make recommendations for these matters, which will then be re-viewed by the Common Council for final decisions on Monday, May 12th.

Contact Adam Sayre, Director of Planning and Development, at 848-9941 for more information on these items or to receive copies of the submittals.

Kami Scofield,City Clerk

Published: April 17 and 24, 2014WNAXLP

* * *LEGAL NOTICE

Please take notice that on Monday, April 14, 2014 the City of Verona Common Council voted to approve Resolution R-14-012 Approving an Amendment to the 2014 City of Verona Budget to Fund a Compensation Survey and Classification Study with Springsted Incorporated. The Compensation Survey and Classification Study is a multijurisdictional study with five neighboring communities participat-ing in the study. The study will cost an amount not to exceed $14,875.

Kami Scofield, City ClerkPublished: April 24, 2014WNAXLP

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453 VoluNteer WaNtedYOUTH AROUND the world and right here in Dane County will be addressing critical issues through service to others during Global Youth Service Days! Vol-unteer projects will take place on April 22, Earth Day and continue on April 25-27. Last year over 2000 youth par-ticipated and we hope to have over 2200 participate this year. Madison English as a Second Language School is seeking volunteers to design and present classes in their areas of expertise to international students to help improve their English. Volunteers may also choose to do one-on-one tutoring. United Way 2-1-1 is seeking volunteers to become Informa-tion and Referral Specialists. If you are looking for an opportunity to learn more about community resources and would like to assist people in finding ways to get and give help, United Way 2-1-1 may be the place for you! Our volunteers staff our telephone lines, answering ques-tions about resources available in the service area. Call the volunteer center at 608-246-4380 or visit www.volunteery-ourtime.org for more information or to learn about other volunteer opportunities.

508 child care & NurseriesSMALL INHOME Daycare- Stoughton Has an opening for one school age child. Call Maria at 877-1196

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It started with Ald. Mac McGilvray (Dist. 1), who had frequently found him-self at odds with the five new alders last year.

He declined to run for council president after four years in the spot, and Ald. Elizabeth Doyle (Dist . 1) took his place with no debate.

“Rather than start the year with a split, I’d just as soon remove myself,” McGilvray said of the second-year alder who worked with him on the Public Works committee the past year. “I can support Mrs. Doyle. I think it’s good to have somebody new come along and start training for the position.”

Ald. Dale Yurs continued the graciousness by nominat-ing fellow Dist. 2 Ald. Jack Linder for the Plan Commis-sion representative spot he had held for the past year, the one that had created such a stir last year.

Linder, who had served as an alder from 2006-2008, has been a citizen member of the commission ever since (and two years prior), stepping down early in his second term.

“In the same vein as Mr. McGilvray, I had the privi-lege of sitting next to Mr. Linder for the past year on the commission,” Yurs said. “Stability on the Plan Com-mission and someone who’s really invested in it, as Mr. Linder has been for a number of years, I think he should stay.”

Mayor Jon Hochkammer appointed Scott Manley to fill Linder’s citizen spot on the commission, essentially reversing the same trade the two had made in 2008.

Linder this year ran unop-posed for the council spot

Manley had filled for the past six years, and Linder’s exit from the council in 2008 essentially led to Manley’s exit from the commission that year, as Linder took the commission seat he vacated.

Hochkammer, who this April survived a spirited challenge at his position, got no argument from the committee appointments he made, which he said was based on consideration of alders’ preferences, skills and the “least amount of dis-ruption possible.”

Several changes were prompted by turnover, such as Public Safety and Welfare losing both Manley and Bare. However, the Public Works committee changed signifi-cantly, with Ald. Heather Reekie giving way to the per-son she had defeated in Dist. 4 last year, incoming Ald. Evan Touchett, and McGil-vray giving up the chair posi-tion to Touchett.

Reekie and Touchett will work together on Public Safety, joining second-year holdover Yurs as chair. Yurs takes Manley’s spot on the committee in charge of the new fire station, Linder take’s Manley’s spot on Finance, and Reekie takes Bare’s seat on Personnel.

Earlier in the meeting, Hochkammer had made a point about “effective meet-ings” and explaining why he believes they should be for-mal and respectful. Though that mostly was the case last year, there had been some high-profile disagreements that devolved into personal attacks.

“We are doing the peo-ple’s work,” he said. “When (the formality and respect) doesn’t happen, it can eas-ily get out of hand.”

council: Doyle is new council presidentContinued from page 1

Committees Council President:

Elizabeth Doyle

Council Representative to Plan Commission: Jack Linder

Citizen Representative to Plan Commission: Scott Manley

Finance CommitteeMcGilvray (Chair)DoyleLinder

Public Works CommitteeTouchett (Chair)DiazMcGilvray

Public Safety & Welfare Committee

Yurs (Chair)ReekieTouchett

Personnel CommitteeDoyle (Chair)ReekieYurs

Senior CommitteeStiner (Chair)DiazMcGilvray

Ad Hoc Public Safety Committee

McGilvrayReekieYurs

Community Development Authority:

Jack LinderEthics Board:Dale Yurs

Fitch-Rona EMS Commission

Dale Yurs

Library BoardBrad Stiner

Park CommissionReekie & Stiner


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We fix it no matter where you bought it from!

800-624-0719 (wcan) MY COMPUTER WORKS - Computer Problems? Viruses, Spyware, Email, Printer Issues, Bad Internet Connec-tions - FIX IT NOW! Professional, US based technicians. $25 off service. Call for immediate help. 888-885-7944 (wcan) ONE CALL DOES IT ALL! Fast and Reliable Handyman Services. Call Ser-viceLive and get referred to a pro today. Call 800-604-2193 (wcan)

576 sPecial serVicesBANKRUPTCY- STOUGHTON and sur-rounding area. Merry Law Offices. 608-205-0621. No charge for initial consulta-tion. “We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code.”

580 taxes & BookkeePiNGBOOKKEEPING SERVICE

For your small business. Joy 608-712-6286

[email protected]

586 tV, Vcr & electroNics rePair

BUNDLE & SAVE! DirecTV, Internet & Phone from $69.99/mo. Free 3-months of HBO, Starz, Showtime & Cinemax. Free Genie 4-room Upgrade. Lock in 2 year savings. Call 800-918-1046 (wcan) DIRECTV 2 Year Savings Event. Over 140 channels only $29.99 a month. Only Directv gives you 2 years of savings and a FREE Genie upgrade! Call 800-320-2429 (wcan) DISH TV RETAILER. Starting at $19.99/

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601 householdNEW MATTRESS SETS from $89.

All sizes in stock! 9 styles. www.PlymouthFurnitureWI.com

2133 Eastern Ave. Plymouth, WI Open 7 days a week (wcan)

OAKWOOD VILLAGE Resale Shop Sale

Saturday, April 26, 9am-3pm 6203 Mineral Point Rd, Madison

see photos on craigslist

604 aPPliaNcesFOR SALE 30” GE Stove

Self cleaning. $300. 608-424-0141

606 articles For salePROM DRESS SALE! Hundreds of dresses. Save $50 to 50% OFF. Edith’s Fond du Lac & Princess Prom, Fox Rover Mall, Appleton. www.ediths.com (wcan)

618 BuildiNG suPPlies: tools & Fixtures

FOR KNOW-HOW, Deals, Great Tools & Supplies! WoodworkersDepot.com,, M-F 8-6, Saturday 8-4. Oneida St. off Hwy 41, right @ Subway. 2965 Ramada Way. Breen Bay 800-891-9003 (wcan)

638 coNstructioN & iNdustrial equiPmeNtFARMI 3PT Logging Winch’s,

Valby 3pt PTO Chippers, New 3pt Rototillers, Loader Attachments and 3pt Attachments, New Log Splitters. www.

threeriversforestry.com (866) 638-7885 (wcan)

648 Food & driNkENJOY 100%GUARANTEED, delivered to the door Omaha Steaks! SAVE 74% plus 4 FREE burgers - The Family Value Combo - ONLY $39.99. ORDER today. 800-831-1898 Use Code 49381GVT or www.OmahaSteaks.com/sp25 (wcan) SHARI’S BERRIES: ORDER mouthwa-tering gifts! 100% satisfaction guaran-teed. Fresh-dipped berries from $19.99 + plus s/h. Save 20% on qualifying gifts over $29! Call 800-975-3296 or visit www.berries.com/happy (wcan)

650 FurNiture1960’S MATCHING 3-piece Maple bed-room set. Very good condition. 608-253-4073ANTIQUE DESK: Special features include: Burl Wood drawer fronts with Ebonized wood drop pulls, pull out desk top, carved wood embellish-ments & cylinder roll top. Measures: 41.5Wx25”Dx42”H. $1000. 608-835-9421 CHINA HUTCH: Excellent condition 58”Wx40”Dx80”H Constructed w/select hardwood Oak finish. Lighted, glass shelves w/mirror, 2 pieces. $1500. 608-835-0421

652 GaraGe salesBROOKLYN 104 Stacie Ct. April 24-25, 7am-5pm. April 26, 7am-3pm. Girls, boys, young men, adult clothes, DSI, games, lego sets, toys, movies, house-hold items, bike carrier, planer, screen tent, air compressor, smoker, more. BROOKLYN 107 Lincoln, Apr 24-27, 8-5pm. Garden sculptures, Antiques, Collectibles, Furniture, Gemstones, Marbles, Buttons, Colored Glass, China, Jewelry, Toys, Books, Tools, Household, Prints, Lamps, LP Records BROOKLYN 349 Juniper St. Thurs-Saturday, 8am-4pm. Multi-family. Mens, womens, infants clothing & equipment, Christian & secular books, holiday decor, crafts, quilting fabric, household items, filing cabinet, bookcase, Thirty-One prod-ucts for cash & carry, more.

BROOKLYN HUGE TWO FAMILY GARAGE SALE! 235 Easy St.

April 24-26, Thurs-Sat. 8am-7pm. BROOKLYN MOVING SALE! April 24-25, 7:30am-6pm. 3pc solid oak curio cabinet, some electronics, records/CD’s, games, household items.

FITCHBURG 2364 S. Syene Rd. Thurs-Friday, April 24-25, 8-5pm Huge multi-family. see craigslist.

HUGE DOWN Sizing Sale. 3205 Old Stage Rd. April 24, 25, 26. 8am-6pm. STOUGHTON- 978 Hwy N.4/24 4-7, 4/25 8-5, 4/26 8-1. House and garden items, clothes, books, dryer, 2 Bridgestone 16” tires, weight bench & wieghts, etc.VERONA EASTVIEW Heights/Military Ridge, Annual Neighborhood Sale. Thursday, Friday, Saturday. April 24-26. Old Cty PB to Whalen Rd or Forest View Dr. Watch for signs.

664 laWN & GardeN3’-12’ EVERGREEN and Shade Trees. Pick Up or Delivery! Planting available.

Detlor Tree Farms 715-335-4444 (wcan)

666 medical & health suPPliesMEDICAL GUARDIAN Top-rated medi-cal alarm and 24/7 monitoring. For a limited time, get free equipment, no acti-vation fees, no commitment, a 2nd water-proof alert button for free and more. Only $29.95 per month. 800-281-6138 SAFE STEP WALK-IN TUB Alert for Seniors. Bathrooms falls can be fatal. Approved by Arthritis Foundation. Thera-peutic Jets. Less than 4 inch step-in. Wide door. Anti-slip floors. American made. Installation included. Call 888-960-4522 for $750. off (wcan)

668 musical iNstrumeNtsAMP: LINE 6 Spider IV 75 watt guitar amp. Tons of built in effects, tuner, and recording options. Like new, rarely used, less than 2 years old. Asking $250 OBO. call 608-575-5984GUITAR: FENDER American made Standard Stratocaster guitar. Tobacco burst finish, mint condition. Includes tremelo bar, straplocks, and custom fit-ted Fender hard-shell case. Asking $950 OBO. Call 608-575-5984

672 PetsSASSY CAT Free to good home! 8 yr old inside, shorthair tabby with white fur collar and paws. 608-669-2243

676 PlaNts & FloWersPROFLOWERS SEND Bouquets for Any occasion. Birthday, Anniversary or Just Because! Take 20% off your order over $29 or more. Flowers from $19.99 plus s/h. Go to www.Proflowers.com/ActNow or call 800-315-9042 (wcan)

688 sPortiNG Goods & recreatioNal

WE BUY Boats/RV/Pontoons/ATV’s & Motorcycles! “Cash Paid” now. Ameri-can Marine & Motorsports Super Center, Shawano 866-955-2628 www.american-marina.com (wcan)

696 WaNted to BuyTOP PRICES Any Scrap Metal Cars/Batteries/Farm Equipment

Free appliance pick up Property clean out. Honest

Fully insured. U call/We haul. 608-444-5496

WANTED TO BUY Furniture or Mattress store, new or used store inventory. Will pay cash. Call 608-317-6895. Ask for Bob. (wcan)

WE BUY Junk Cars and Trucks. We sell used parts.

Monday thru Friday 8am-5:30pm. Newville Auto Salvage, 279 Hwy 59

Edgerton, 608-884-3114.WILL BUY Standing Timber/Wooded 40 acres or more. Northern WI or Upper MI. Highest prices paid. Close in 30 days. Send to: PO Box 544, Rhinelander, WI 54501 (wcan)

705 reNtals2 BEDROOM Townhouse apartment w/full basement on Racetrack Rd-Stough-ton $775/mo includes utilities. No Pets. Security deposit and references are required. Available Now for an approved applicant. Call 608-241-6609DANE COUNTY’S MARKETPLAE. The Verona Press Classifieds. Call 845-9559, 873-6671 or 835-6677.

BROOKLYN DUPLEX 2 Bedroom, no-smoking, A/C, appliances, newer floor-ing, large yard, quiet neighborhood, $695/month plus utilities. 608-558-7017 .GREENWOOD APARTMENTS Apart-ments for Seniors 55+, currently has 1 & 2 Bedroom Units available starting at $695 per month, includes heat, water, and sewer. 608-835-6717 Located at 139 Wolf St., Oregon, WI 53575 OREGON 1-BEDROOM Apartment. 2-Car garage. $650/month. No pets. Jane 608-271-7071OREGON 2-Bedroom in quiet well kept building. Convenient location. Includes all appliances, A/C, blinds, private park-ing, laundry and storage. $200 Security deposit. Cats OK. $665/month. 608-219-6677

STOUGHTON 211 E Main, 490sqft efficiency, appliances/utilities included.

A/C, parking, decks. $550/mo. Available 5/1.

608-271-0101. www.hoserealty.comSTOUGHTON- 517 E Jefferson 2 bed-room, Upper. $720 Utilities included Call 608-455-7100. STOUGHTON/KENILWORTH- QUIET 2-bedroom, balcony, water. Private Owner. No Pets. $750/mo. Available June 1st 608-212-0829

720 aPartmeNtsOREGON-2 BDRM, 1 bath. Available for spring/summer. Great central loca-tion. On-site or in-unit laundry, patio, dishwasher and A/C. $720-$730/month. Call 255-7100 or www.stevebrownapts.com/oregon ROSEWOOD APARTMENTS for Seniors 55+, has 1 & 2 bedroom units available starting at $695 per month. Includes heat, water and sewer. Professionally managed. 608-877-9388 Located at 300 Silverado Drive, Stoughton, WI 53589

740 houses For reNtSTOUGHTON-3BDRM, 1.5 Bath, large kitchen, spacious dining room, living room. 3 season porch, all appliances included, 1 car detached garage. Very nice quiet neighborhood. $1195 w/$500 security deposit. Call 608-286-5282

750 storaGe sPaces For reNt

ALL SEASONS SELF STORAGE 10X10 10X15 10X20 10X30 Security Lights-24/7 access

BRAND NEW OREGON/BROOKLYN Credit Cards Accepted CALL (608)444-2900

C.N.R. STORAGE Located behind

Stoughton Garden Center Convenient Dry Secure Lighted with access 24/7 Bank Cards Accepted

Off North Hwy 51 on Oak Opening Dr. behind

Stoughton Garden Center Call: 608-509-8904

DEER POINT STORAGE Convenient location behind

Stoughton Lumber. Clean-Dry Units

24 HOUR LIGHTED ACCESS 5x10 thru 12x25 608-335-3337

FRENCHTOWN SELF-STORAGE

Only 6 miles South of Verona on Hwy PB.

Variety of sizes available now. 10x10=$50/month 10x15=$55/month 10x20=$70/month 10x25=$80/month

12x30=$105/month Call 608-424-6530 or

1-888-878-4244

NORTH PARK STORAGE 10x10 through 10x40, plus

14x40 with 14' door for RV & Boats.

Come & go as you please. 608-873-5088

RASCHEIN PROPERTY STORAGE

6x10 thru 10x25 Market Street/Burr Oak Street

in Oregon Call 608-206-2347


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Downsizing?Consider an Exceptional Apartment:

• Excellent location (Westside off Hwy PD) • Very spacious 1 bedrooms and 2 bedrooms • All with in-unit washer/dryer, underground parking • Some with: central air, fireplace, jet tubs • Larger square footage than typical apartments • Long-term lease available with locked-in rates

Nantucket Apartment Homes3141 Stratton Way, Madison 53719

Open 7 days a week608-848-3070 • nantucketapartments.net

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• Driveways• Floors• Patios• Sidewalks• Decorative Concrete

Phil Mountford 516-4130 (cell) 835-5129 (office)

Al Mittelstaedt 845-6960 UN

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PAR Concrete, Inc.

INVEST IN MT. HOREB

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Call Dave for all your Real Estate needs!Dave Nelson

(608) 848-4008 or(608) 235-0806

[email protected]

Ask me about your “Hometown Discount” when you list your property with us.We need listings!

1 Owner 4 unit, excellent condition.

4 large, 2 bdrm. apts. approx. 1000 sq.ft., garages, elec. heat. Smoke free/pet free

building. Laundry, long term tenants. $325,900

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For information call 845-9559 or 873-6671.

ANTIQUES17th ANNUAL MADISON , WI ANTIQUE SHOW. May 3-4. Alliant Energy Center. Sat. 9-6, Sun 1-4. $6.00/$5.00 with ad. Madisonantiquesshow.com. $1.00 appraisals-Smalls only. Scavenger Hunt! (CNOW)

HELP WANTED- MANAGERIALRIVER COUNTRY COOPERATIVE of South St. Paul, MN, is seeking a qualified CEO/General Manager. This is a successful retail / bulk energy, grain, agronomy and feed cooperative with sales of $140 million with multiple retail locations. Financial and personal management experience is required. Email: [email protected] or fax (888-653-5527) resume to: Larry Fuller, 5213 Shoal Drive, Bismarck ND 58503. (CNOW)

HELP WANTED- TRUCK DRIVERPICKUPUP TRUCKS NEEDED NOW! Move RV trailers from Indiana and delivery all over the USA and CANADA. Many trips headed WEST! Go to: horizontransport.com (CNOW)

Hiring One Ton and 3/4 Ton Pickup trucks to deliver RV’s. 10¢/mile Sign-On Bonus, 4 Terminals & 8 Backhaul Locations. Call 866-764-1601 or www.foremosttransport.com (CNOW)Knight Refrigerated CDL-A Truck Drivers Needed. Get Paid Daily or Weekly. Consistent Miles. Pay Incentive & Benefits! Become a Knight of the Road. EOE. 855-876-6079. (CNOW)$1000 SIGN ON BONUS! Looking for Lease purchase, O/Operators and O/Operator-drivers to pull our trailer or yours. We offer excellent revenue, miles, FCFS dispatch, weekly settlements, direct deposit, home time. Call Recruiting for incentive info @ 800/845-5838 (CNOW)

MISCELLANEOUSThis classified spot for sale! Advertise your product or recruit an applicant in over 179 Wisconsin newspapers! Only $300/week. Call this paper or 800-227-7636 www.cnaads.com (CNOW)

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10x10 - 10x15 10x20 - 12x30 24 / 7 Access

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Oregon, WI Located on the corner of

Union Road & Lincoln Road


770 resort ProPerty For reNtLOG CABINS FOR RENT:

Forest Co. ATV Trail, Lake Access, Dock. $350/week 715-674-7752

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801 oFFice sPace For reNtSTOUGHTON 307 S Forrest Retail or Office Space. 400 sq ft. $299/month utili-ties included. 608-271-0101STOUGHTON 316 S Gjertson St. Office/Retail space. 1200 sq ft. $850/month, utilities included. Will build to suit. Private customer parking. 608-843-9125

VERONA- OFFICE/WAREHOUSE 1000 Sq Ft.$500 +Utilities.

608-575-2211 or 608-845-2052

CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon Friday for The Great Dane and Noon Monday for the Verona Press unless changed because of holiday work sched-ules. Call now to place your ad, 845-9559, 873-6671 or 835-6677.

820 misc. iNVestmeNt ProPerty For sale

ABSOLUTE AUCTION - 80acres QDM Hunting Land west of Elderon in Mara-thon Co. Numerous food plots & per-manent deer stands. Nolan Sales LLC, Marion, WI 800-472-0290 Wi Lic Auc-tioneers #165 & #142. www.nolansales.com (wcan)

840 coNdos & toWNhouses For sale

6924 TOTTENHAM Rd Madison Beautiful 2 bdrm, 1.5 bath condo w/2 car

garage, fireplace, convenient to West Towne & Epic, $139,900 OPEN Sunday

1-4 (or by appt) 608-273-2515

870 resideNtial lots

OREGON BERGAMONT Lot 442 with full exposure

Gated. By owner. Make offer! 608-212-2283

965 hay, straW & PastureGRASSY HORSE Hay. Small squares

$4.50/ea. Alfalfa mix. Big squares. Delivery available.

608-669-7879

970 horsesPONIES W/SADDLES three six years old and one older. Partially broke. Also Davis 20 inch corn roller/cracker $300. 815-742-1914

WALMERS TACK SHOP 16379 W. Milbrandt Road

Evansville, WI 608-882-5725

975 liVestockREGISTERED BLACK ANGUS.

Yearling bulls. Semen tested, docile, great EPD’s. Also wrapped hay bales.

2nd/3rd crop. 608-655-3370

980 machiNery & toolsANTIQUE FARMALL Cub tractor with cultivator (runs) 1996 INTERNATIONAL EAGLE semi-tractor (190,000 miles on out-of frame rebuild), great condition, like new tires, 608-877-7790THE Verona Press CLASSIFIEDS, the best place to buy or sell. Call 845-9559, 873-6671 or 835-6677.

990 Farm: serVice & merchaNdise

RENT SKIDLOADERS MINI-EXCAVATORS

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 & Gruenewald Co.

4417 Hwy 92 Brooklyn, WI, 608-455-2411

995 Farm: Wanted to Buy

BUYING STANDING WALNUT Prices are High - Great time to Sell!

608-513-8678

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Specialized Light Assembly, full or part-timeThe work requires energetic people that can work on their feet for periods of 4-6 hours, must have excellent eye/hand coordination and hand/finger dexterity. Work requires assembling parts either individually or as part of a team at the rate of 200 – 300 per hour. Work shifts are 4 - 8 hours/day, Monday – Friday, between the hours of 5 a.m. and 9 p.m.

Production Positions, Plastic Molding, full-timeThis work requires operating plastic molding machines in a high tech facility. Prior experience in plastic manufacturing is required. Should be mechanically inclined in order to help maintain the equipment as necessary. Must have shift flexibility. EOE

Apply in person M-F, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Minitube of America, 419 Venture Ct., Verona,

845-1502, or email your resumé to [email protected].

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Service Technician. Will train the right

person. Must have clean driving record. Knowledge of plumbing helpful.

Job entails: Drain cleaning, residential to municipal work, televising service lines & more. To apply stop by our Mcfarland location or send resumé to 4808 Ivywood Trl., Mcfarland, WI 53558

608-256-5189

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Sienna Meadows Memory Care

989 Park Street Oregon, WI 608.835.0000

Attn: Chris Kiesz, RN

Sienna Crest & Sienna Meadows-Oregon has immediate job opportunities

to join their compassionate Care Specialist Team.

We offer competitive wages designed to attract and retain quality staff.

Go to www.siennacrest.com To Print An Application

TODAY! Return your completed application to:

Various Shifts Available!

E.O.E

Attention All Caregivers!

Sienna Crest Assisted Living

981 Park St Oregon, WI 608.835.7781

Attn: Lois Gilbert, LPN

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Award/Trophy BuilderFull-time start immediately. Seeking

individual with experience in computer engraving and trophy assembly.

Call for appointment 835-5791 or 276-6050

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****DRIVERS****OVER THE ROAD

Flatbed Tractor- Trailer Driver needed for a delivery Private Fleet Operation based in Janesville, WI for North American Pipe Company. Work week is Monday through Friday.

*Rate of Pay: $.4100 per mile single$16.40 per hour * Health Insurance with Family Coverage, Dental, Life Insurance, Vision, Disability Insurance

*401K Pension Program *Paid Holidays & Vacation

Drivers must be over 24 years old, have a minimum of 2 years flatbed tractor- trailer experience and meet all DOT requirements. Email resumé to [email protected] or call CPC Logistics at 800- 914- 3755.

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** DRIVERS **FULL TIME DRIVERS NEEDED FOR REGIONAL WORK

$750 GUARANTEE WKLY

Tractor-trailer drivers needed for the Walgreen’s Private Fleet Operation based in Windsor, WI. Drivers make hand deliveries to Walgreen’s stores within a regional area (WI, IL, IA, MN, ND, SD). Workweek is Tues ~ Sat. All drivers must be willing & able to unload freight.*Earn $21.90/hour (OT after 8 hours) or $0.4650/mile*�Full�Benefit�Pkg�includes�Life,�Dental,�Disability,�&�Health

Insurance with Prescription Card*401k�Pension�Program�with�Company�Contribution��*Paid�Holidays�&�Vacation*Home�every�day�except�for�occasional�layoverDrivers�must�be�over�24�years��old,�have�a�min�of�18�months�T/T�exp�or�6�months�T/T�exp�WITH�a�certificate� from�an�accredited driving school and meet all DOT requirements.

Send resume to: [email protected]

or call CPC Logistics at 1-800-914-3755

OUTSIDE ADVERTISINGSALES CONSULTANT

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Competitive compensation, employee stock option ownership, 401(k), paid vacations, holidays, insurance and continuing education assistance.

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