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Thursday, June 23, 2016 Vol. 52, No. 5 Verona, WI Hometown USA ConnectVerona.com $1

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Verona Press

Its happeningKATE NEWTON

Unified Newspaper Group

As the Verona Area CommunityTheater moves into the final phase ofits building campaign, to call the orga-nizations leaders excited might bean understatement more dramatic thanVACTs onstage productions.

The projects general contractor,1848 Construction, Inc., will beginconstruction on the new facility,located on Lincoln Street behind the

fire station, on July 6, Terry Dvorak,president of VACTs board of direc-tors, wrote in an email to the Press.

The project has an estimated com-pletion date of late January a datethat cant come fast enough as VACT,which formed in 1992, moves into aseason of sold-out summer camps and

holds auditions for its fall production.As the rapid growth of participa-tion in VACTs plays and programs

began to indicate about five years agothat it would soon outgrow its currentbuilding, a 5,000-square-foot con-verted barn on Bruce Street, the orga-nizations board of directors beganconsidering a potential expansion.Potential soon escalated into crit-ical, as spatial constraints escalateddue to growing casts and a demandfor additional childrens program-ming.

So, just nine years after raising$100,000 toward that first building,

the organization launched its Follow

Construction on rehearsal, performance facility begins July 6

Photo by Kate Morton

Ellie Gerndt and Elizabeth Engle join fellow Verona Area Community Theater performers in singing Its Possible, the themesong of the organizations fundraising campaign for its new building. Construction will officially begin on the new rehearsaland performance facility, located on Lincoln Street behind the fire station, on July 6.

On the Web

To donate to Verona Area Community Theatersnew facility, visit:

vact.org/donate-now

A word with: Le Jordan

Looking to build on new energy at chamberSCOTT GIRARD


Le Jordan and her fami-ly had spent plenty of timein Verona over the past twodecades.

My kids learned to skatehere, she told the Press onMonday.

But in herf i rs t sevenm o n t h s a sthe VeronaArea Cham-ber of Com-merce execu-tive director,t h e r e w a ss t i l l s o m e

room for surprises.I didnt even realize

when I came to this job howmuch there was in Verona,Jordan said. Just the depthof the businesses and thenumber of neighborhoodsand the different types of

Jordan

Inside

Jordan already

planning for next

Hometown Days

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24/7 almost

KATE NEWTON


With the June hiring ofa third full-time firefight-er, the Verona Fire Depart-ments new 24-hour dutyc r e w c a nrespond to

overnightemergen-c ies morepromptlythan eve rbefore.

Thatlong-soughtmilestonecomes witha slight catch every third24-hour shift lacks thefourth person needed tostaff a full crew overnightuntil additional internsstart later this summer.But implementing 24-hourservice the majority ofthe week still marks thenear-fulfillment of a goalyears in the making, fire

chief Joe Giver told thePress.

Its been a little bit ofa process to get here, butthats how we designedit to be, he said. I thinkweve made great stridesin the department here inthe last five years.

Those five years havebeen filled with signifi-cant changes within thedepartment. It convertedfrom an all-volunteer to acity department in 2013,

restructured its staff andbegan promoting lieuten-ants to 24-hour shifts inlate 2014 and expanded itsintern and paid-on-prem-ise programs to add morepart-time positions. Itsmost dramatic transitionwas moving into its new,$10 million station lastJuly.

Before this station,we didnt have a place tohouse anyone 24 hoursa day, Giver said. Sothe new station has reallyfacilitated us being ableto expand our servicesand improve our response

New shifts begin

with hiring of third

firefighter

German

Verona Area School District

Board renews contract for

black-parent consultant

SCOTT GIRARD


Lilada Gees work in theVerona Area School Dis-trict last year was a tre-mendous gift.

Thats how superinten-dent Dean Gorrell put itMonday night at a schoolboard meet ing, whereboard members unani-mously voted to renewGees contract with thedistrict to serve as a con-sultant for black families,especially helping younggirls.

Gee told the school board

before the approval that

he r work ,whichinclud-ed helpingt h e d i s -

trict retainand recruitminoritys t a f f a n dholding sup-port groupsfor girls, was really pow-erful.

Theres some majorbehavior issues and disci-pline issues around blackgirls, Gee said. Many ofthem have gone throughtrauma, sexual trauma,trauma in the home sothe thought of school endsup being the second, third,not even on their list ofthings.

Aims to help

behavior issues for

black girls

Verona Fire DepartmentVerona Area Community Theater

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City: Old, cut-down trees will be replacedJACKSON DANBECK

Verona Press correspondent

Question: According

to a survey the city of Vero-na conducted, residentsdesired, among other sug-gestions, more greenery liketrees in their communities.The city later bought landnear Sows Ear at the cornerof Franklin Street and ParkLane to build a parking lotto serve the community, butin doing so, six large treeswere chopped down.

Why didnt Verona savemore trees when it startedbuilding the parking lot?

Answer:The city didntsave what they deemed tobe old trees nearing deathbecause it was a matter of

time until they would haveto be cut down, and someof those trees were invasiveNorway Maples that chokegrowth of the native wood-lands, according to DaveWalker, director of Veronasdepartment of Parks andUrban Forestry.

While the city cut downsix trees, it intends to plant12 new trees throughout aneight-foot-wide island thatdivides the new parking lot.

The idea is to obvi-ously replant more thanwhat we took out of there.Theyre not going to be thesame size from the get-go,but given time, theyll be

magnificent, Walker said.

Youre going to have shadeand better trees down therewith more longevity thanwhat we have.

Because of the largeamount of seeds NorwayMaples produce and theirhabit of escaping culti-vation, they have spreadswiftly across cities innorthern parts of the Unit-ed States, according to theWisconsin Department ofNatural Resources. Oncethe maples grow largeenough, the shade their can-opies produce blocks lightfor native trees. The DNRhas recommended that Nor-way Maples not be planteddue to their invasiveness.

The plan to create theparking lot at the corner ofFranklin Street and Park

Lane originated in 2014,when the city decided thatresidents needed additionalparking in the downtownarea, according to AdamSayre, direc tor of Veronasdepartment of Planning andDevelopment.

Since then, the c i tybought two proper t ieswhere the parking lot wasplanned to be built, andtore down the houses whichwere there. Constructionbegan about a month anda half ago, Sayre said, andis due to be complete inabout two weeks. The lotwill accommodate around

40 cars for residents and

Photo courtesy Google

A Google image from 2011 shows several trees on the corner of Park Lane and Franklin Street, before the city purchased thelot and the one adjacent for parking.

Photo by Jackson Danbeck

The city tore down all six trees surrounding the parking lot being constructed on Park Lane, but it plans to plant more.

Kids build structures at STEM TuesdaysKids gathered at the Verona Public Library on Tuesday, June 14, for STEM Tuesdays.

Activities included building with marshmallows and toothpicks to learn about what makesstructures stable.

Photos by Kate Morton

Above, Isabella Moreau, 8, left, and Eshaan Soin, 9, work together on a structure. Above right, Claire Gibbons, 9, left, and Annika Curran, 8, right, worktogether using marshmallows and toothpicks.

On the web

See more photos from the June 14STEM Tuesday at the library:

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Answer to Orlando isin love, not judgmentA

s I was driving to churchwith my wife last Sun-day morning, some old

Buffalo Springfield song lyricspopped into my head:

Theres something happeninghere. What it is aint exactly clear.Theres a man with a gun overthere, telling me I got to beware.I think its time we stop, children,whats that sound? Everybody lookwhats going down.

Of course,that was theday we were allshocked by thehorrific newsout of Orlando.

And whileI realize thatFor What ItsWorth is from1966 and speaksabout issuesregarding civil rights and free-dom of assembly, it can easily beapplied to the wanton violence weare experiencing in our time.

As songwriter Stephen Stills sug-

gested, its important that we takea step back from our emotionalresponses to this massacre of inno-cent lives and think hard about howwe respond to it.

The timing of the murders inOrlando coincided with what istypically a time for celebration inthe Verona area. It was high schoolgraduation weekend, and I hadthe privilege of attending severalparties that marked a major mile-stone in the lives of seniors who areabout to move into adulthood, be itcollege, the military or a career inthe workforce.

The gatherings at parks andhomes Friday and Saturday wereupbeat and full of hope for the

future.Then Sunday came and themood shifted. Although we tried tomake the best of it, the conversa-tions were a bit more somber andthe future seemed more tenuous.

One person commented that this

sort of rampage could happen any-where. The loss of a sense of safetyand security was palpable.

I tried to put on a brave face,recalling the advice of Air Forcechaplain Anthony Pantilz: Thechaplain is supposed to be the onethat is unbroken. When soldiers seea chaplain is broken, they feel itsokay for them to be broken, too.

Yes, chaplains and pastors arenot immune from the same feelingof vulnerability and despair whenconfronted with senseless violence,whether it occurs in a gay nightclubin Florida or a prayer service at aSouth Carolina church.

As I was struggling to reconcilemy own sense of fear and angerover the events of Sunday morningwith my call to bring comfort tothe anxious in the name of God, afriend of mine made a statementthat made me refocus my energyinto something positive.

We lack love in our churchestoday, he said. We have lost ourcommitment to Jesus.

I didnt get a chance to flesh

those statements out with him aswe started to mingle with others atthe graduation party, but Im prettysure he sensed we spend too muchtime talking about Jesus in ourchurch services without the com-munity involvement that displaysHis love for all people.

I started to ponder what a dif-ference it would make if all Jesusfollowers simply put the GreatCommandment into action on adaily basis. Jesus said, Love theLord your God with all your heartan with all your mind, and loveyour neighbor as yourself. (Mat-thew 22:37-39)

Im not suggesting all acts of ter-ror and hate will go away if Chris-

tians were to rededicate themselvesto loving God in the true sense ofits meaning and caring for their fel-low human beings with unexpectedacts of kindness. But it would be ahuge start.

Instead of living in fear and

looking over our shoulder when-ever someone that looks or actsdifferent from us passes by, wewould actually get to know themand see them for who they are.Their hopes and dreams, their fearsand disappointments.

So out of another senseless kill-ing spree in the name of a derangedideology and pure hatred, I ampraying that the Lord will give methe courage to love others as Jesusdoes. To redouble my efforts toreach outside of the walls of mychurch and serve my community.

What we dont need is misguidedpastors like Roger Jimenez in Sac-ramento, California, who said hewas upset that more people didntdie at the Pulse club in Orlandobecause of their sexual orientation.God help us!

Those kinds of views have noplace in a church (or anywhere)that professes to be proclaimersof the Gospel. They simply giveChristianity a black eye and rein-force the perception that Christiansare hatemongers. Nothing could be

further from the truth, and we needto make that clear in our words anddeeds.

If we continue to fuel the fire ofhatred by isolating ourselves fromothers and try to justify the evil actsof others for our own ideologicalpurposes, the tragic result will beakin to the bridge lyrics in the songI had in my head:

Paranoia strikes deep. Into yourlife if will creep. It starts whenyoure always afraid. You step outof line, the man come and take youaway.

May it not be so. Engage in yourcommunity and get to know thepeople for who they are. Seek firstto understand before passing judg-

ment and allow the love of Jesus toguide your words and actions.You might be surprised to dis-

cover how much we have in com-mon.

Mike Peters is pastor of TheChurch in Verona.

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Correction

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Coming up

Community calendar

ChurchesAll Saints Lutheran Church

2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg(608) 276-7729allsaints-madison.orgPastor Rich JohnsonSunday: 8:30 & 10:45 a.m.

The Church in Fitchburg2833 Raritan Rd., Fitchburg(608) 271-2811livelifetogether.comSunday: 8 & 10:45 a.m.

The Church in VeronaVerona Business Center535 Half Mile Rd. #7, Verona(608) 271-2811livelifetogether.comSunday: 9 a.m.

Fitchburg Memorial UCC5705 Lacy Rd., Fitchburg(608) 273-1008memorialucc.orgPastor Phil HaslangerSunday: 9:30 a.m.

Good Shephard Lutheran ChurchECLA

(608) 271-6633Central: Raymond Road & WhitneyWay, MadisonSunday: 8:15, 9:30 & 10:45 a.m.West: Corner of Hwy. PD & NineMound Road, VeronaSunday: 9 & 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Damascus Road Church WestThe Verona Senior Center108 Paoli St., Verona(608) [email protected],damascusroadonline.orgPastor Justin BurgeSunday: 10 a.m.

Memorial Baptist Church201 S. Main St., Verona(608) 845-7125MBCverona.orgLead Pastor Jeremy ScottSunday: 10:15 a.m.

Redeemer Bible Fellowship130 N. Franklin St., Verona(608) 848-1836redeemerbiblefellowship.orgPastor Dwight R. WiseSunday: 10 a.m. family worship

Resurrection Lutheran Church WELS

6705 Wesner Rd., Verona(608) 848-4965rlcverona.orgPastor Nathan Strutz and AssistantPastor Eric MelsoThursday: 6:30 p.m.Sunday: 9 a.m.

St. Christopher Catholic ParishSt. Andrew Church301 N. Main St., VeronaSt. William Church1371 Hwy. PB, Paoli

(608) 845-6613stchristopherverona.comFr. William Vernon, pastorSaturday: 5 p.m., St. Andrew, VeronaSunday: 7:30 a.m., St. William, PaoliSunday: 9 & 11 a.m., St. Andrew,VeronaDaily Mass, Tuesday-Saturday: 8a.m., St . Andrew, Verona

St. James Evangelical LutheranChurch

427 S. Main St., Verona

(608) 845-6922stjamesverona.orgPastors Kurt M. Billings and PeterNarumOffice Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday,Tuesday, Thursday, Friday; 8 a.m.-noon WednesdaySaturday Worship: 5 p.m.Sunday Worship: 9 a.m.

Salem United Church of Christ502 Mark Dr., Verona(608) 845-7315salemchurchverona.orgRev. Dr. Mark E. Yurs, PastorLaura Kolden, Associate in MinistrySunday Worship: 9 a.m.Fellowship Hour: 10:15 a.m.

Springdale Lutheran ChurchECLA

2752 Town Hall Rd. (off Hwy ID),Mount Horeb(608) 437-3493springdalelutheran.orgPastor Jeff JacobsSunday: 8:45 a.m. with communion

Sugar River United MethodistChurch

415 W. Verona Ave., Verona(608) [email protected],sugarriverumc.orgPastor Gary Holmes9 & 10:30 a.m. contemporaryworship.Sunday School available during wor-ship. Refreshments and fellowship arebetween services.

West Madison Bible Church2920 Hwy. M, VeronaSunday Praise and Worship: 9:15 a.m.Nursery provided in morning.Sunday school (all ages): 10:45 a.m.Small group Bible study: 6 p.m.

Zwingli United Church of Christ

Hwy. 92 & G, Mount Vernon(608) 832-6677Pastor Brad BrookinsSunday: 10:15 a.m.

Zwingli United Church of ChristHwy. 69 & PB, Paoli(608) 845-5641Rev. Sara ThiessenSunday: 9:30 a.m. family worship

Whats on VHAT-98

Support groups AA Meeting, senior cen-ter, Thursdays at 1 p.m.

Caregivers SupportGroup, senior center, firstand third Tuesday, 10:30a.m.

Healthy LifestylesGroup meeting, seniorcenter, second Thursdayfrom 10:30 a.m.

Parkinsons Group,senior center, thirdFriday at 10 a.m.

Thursday, June 23

7 a.m. Hometown DaysParade8 a.m. Zumba Gold9 a.m. Daily Exercise10 a.m. Bonnie and Bill

Stevens at Senior Center2 p.m. Zumba Gold3 p.m. Daily Exercise4 p.m. Greg Anderson at

Senior Center5 p.m. Crossing Cultures at

Senior Center6 p.m. Salem Church Service7 p.m. Tom Waselchuk at

Senior Center8 p.m. Daily Exercise9 p.m. Hometown Days

Fireworks10 p.m. Sondy Pope at

Historical Society

Friday, June 247 a.m. Greg Anderson at

Senior Center1 p.m. Hometown Days

Fireworks3 p.m. Lincoln Elementary

Choir at Senior Center4 p.m. Crossing Cultures5 p.m. 2014 Wildcats

Football8:30 p.m. Hometown Days

Fireworks10 p.m. Hometown Days

Parade11 p.m. Bonnie and Bill

Stevens at Senior CenterSaturday, June 258 a.m. Common Council

from June 1311 a.m. Lincoln Elementary

Choir at Senior Center

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Historical Society6 p.m. Common Council

from June 139 p.m. Lincoln Elementary

Choir at Senior Center10 p.m. Sondy Pope at

Historical Society11 p.m. Bonnie and Bill

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from June 137 p.m. Capital City Band8 p.m. Lincoln Elementary

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Historical Society

VRBC fundraiser

The Verona Road Business Coalitionwill hold a fundraiser from 6-9 p.m.Friday, June 24 at Wisconsin BrewingCompany, 1079 American Way.

Purchase a cold beverage and foodwhile listening to live entertainmentfrom The Red Hot Horn Dawgs.

For information, visit veronaroad.info.

Ice Age Trail programVisit the senior center for a program

on hiking the Ice Age Trail at 10 a.m.Monday, June 27.

Pat Witkowski, the second womanto solo hike the entire trail, will discusshow prehistoric glaciation shaped Wis-consin and the development of trail.

For information, call 845-7471.

Quilt trunk show

View a wide variety of art quilts at theStudio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) ArtQuilt Trunk Show from 7-8 p.m. Mon-day, June 27 at the library.

The show is presented by local quilterand Wisconsin and Illinois representa-tive for SAQA, Pat Kroth, who will beon hand to answer questions. The trunkcontains 51 small 7x10 inch quilts, madeby quilt artists from around the world.

The quilts use a wide variety of styles,techniques and fibers.

For information, call 845-7180.

Voter registration drive

The City of Verona will be partici-pating in a state-wide voter registrationdrive from 3-7 p.m. Tuesday, June 28.

Special Registration Deputies will beat City Hall, Miller and Sons grocery

store and the Verona Public Library toassist those who want to register to votebefore Election Day. All voters mustprovide proof of residence during reg-istration; valid forms of proof of resi-dence must include your current nameand address and can be a valid Wiscon-sin driver license or ID card, utility bill,bank statement, property tax bill or pay-check, as well as other verifiable docu-ments. Deputies will have registrationforms available at all locations; they arealso available online at gab.wi.gov.

For information, contact the cityclerks office at 845-6495.

Job Connect

Enhance your employability at a freeWorkSmart Network Job Connect drop-

in session from 10 a.m. to noon Wednes-day, June 29 at the library.Those looking for a new career or

changing careers can receive assistancewith resume writing, interview practice,

job search assistance and more. If youhave a resume, bring it with you or sendit to yourself in an email for access.

The WorkSmart Network is admin-istered by the Workforce DevelopmentBoard of South Central Wisconsin. Aux-iliary aids are available upon request.

For information, visit worksmartnet-

work.org.

Stop motion

Make short films using the StopMotion app during a class from 4-6p.m. Wednesday, June 29 at the library.

Frank G. Caruso, a Wisconsin film-maker, will instruct the class as part ofthe Teen Book Trailer Contest endingin October. Participants will use tablets;some will be provided, but feel free tobring your own. This class is open toages 12-18; registration is required.

For information or to register, call845-7180.

Magic show

Visit the library for two showings ofNicky Fynns Comedy Magic at 1 and

3:30 p.m. Thursday, June 30.The show is free and open to all ages.For information, call 845-7180.

Thursday, June 23 4-5:30 p.m., Anime Club (grades6-12), library, 845-7180 7:30 p.m., Verona Area CommunityTheater presents Mary Poppins($15 general admission, $10 chil-dren/students/seniors; purchase atvact.org), VAHS Performing ArtsCenter, 300 Richard St.

Friday, June 24 12:30 p.m., Ice Cream Social,senior center, 845-7471

6-9 p.m., Verona Road BusinessCoalition fundraiser with Red HotHorn Dawgs Band performance,Wisconsin Brewing Company, 1079American Way, veronaroad.info 7:30 p.m., VACT presents MaryPoppins ($15 general admission,$10 children/students/seniors; pur-chase at vact.org), VAHS PerformingArts Center, 300 Richard St.

Saturday, June 25 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Prairie Kitchenfree community meal, BPNN, bpnn.org

7:30 p.m., Verona Area CommunityTheater presents Mary Poppins($15 general admission, $10 chil-dren/students/seniors; purchase atvact.org), VAHS Performing ArtsCenter, 300 Richard St.

Monday, June 27 10 a.m., Hiking the Ice Age Trailprogram, senior center, 845-7471 1-3 p.m., Open Art Studio (ages3-10), library, 845-7180 4-8 p.m., Maker Monday (ages

11-18) library, 845-7180 7-8 p.m., SAQA Art Quilt TrunkShow, library, 845-7180

Tuesday, June 28 1:30-2 p.m., STEM Tuesdays (ages8-10), library, 845-7180 2-8 p.m., Crafty Tuesdays (ages11-18), library, 845-7180 3-7 p.m., Voter Registration Drive,City Hall, Miller and Sons and theVerona Public Library, 845-6495 2:30-3 p.m., STEM Tuesdays (ages5-7), library, 845-7180 4 p.m., Open video gaming, library,

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Breaking Promises

An important theme which runs through theBible is the inability of humankind, both individ-ually and collectively, to keep our promises. TheIsraelites are chastised again and again for stub-bornly pursuing their own selfish interests andbreaking the covenant they had with God. God

continues to forgive them, and in the New Testa-ment when Peter asks Jesus how many times heshould forgive his neighbor, Jesus tells him thathe should forgive him not just seven times, but

seventy-seven times, reflecting the divine patiencefor human weakness. We are all prone to breakingour promises and to sinning against God and ourfellow man, and should be comforted by His ever-lasting mercy. Our sinning will someday come toan end, but His mercy and forgiveness will last

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A refreshing, familiar space

SCOTT GIRARD


Finding a space for a newbusiness can be a challeng-ing and important decision.

For Holly Siegenthaler,the choice was simple: staywhere she was.

Siegenthaler, who beganworking at Aveda Salonright out of beauty schoolin 2010, opened her ownAdore Salon in January inthe Kimball Lane space thathoused her former employ-er.

When my boss decid-ed she wanted to relocate,I kind of thought about myclients and their needs, shesaid. I decided that itdprobably be the best choiceto stay here to keep my cli-ents happy.

Its been quite a transitionfor her in the months since.

Its always tough tomake that big leap, because

you go from kind of justworking a job to thenhaving all of the responsi-bility actually put on you,she said.

Siegenthaler worked a lotof jobs without advancementopportunities after graduat-ing high school, and even-tually decided she neededsomething more stable, withtwo kids and a husband.

But that didnt mean shewas going to be unhappy, soshe turned to a career thatshe had always thought alittle bit about, since cuttingher friends hair in highschool.

I needed to do some-thing, but something that Iliked, she said.

So far, thats worked wellfor the New Glarus resi-dent.

I never have bad dayswhen I come to work, shesaid.

The full-service salonoffers haircuts for men,women and children; styl-ing, including a bridalupdo; coloring; manicuresand pedicures; and waxing.

Siegenthaler, whose cli-entele includes an almosteven mix of men andwomen, said she strives tokeep her salon friendly for

all, from the atmosphere tothe product line.

It feels like a place any-body can come, she said ofthe space.

That product line, aswell, offers her plenty ofeducational opportunities,which is key. The other

side of that is being able toput those learning experi-ences into practice with herclients, which she said hap-pens often, especially withnew color lines.

Your clients dont justget stuck in the rut of hav-ing the same old, same oldevery time they come, she

explained.The familiarity is more

welcome with the loca-tion her clients are comingto, though she repaintedand got new fixtures whenchanging it from Aveda toAdore.

The clients are used towhere everythings placed,

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Brewing togetherHop Haus and Wisconsin Brewing Company employeesjoined forces Friday, June 14, to work on a collaborationbeer. The beer, which will for sure be available by the Vero-na Ice Arenas Hometown Brewdown festival in mid-July,is a single-malt, single-hop double IPA, with 9 percent ABVand 90 IBUs. Hop Haus owner Phil Hoechst said he talkedto WBC owners before even opening Hop Haus, and thatrelationship continued into this partnership.

Local woman honored as Pro

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The law firm of Horn andJohnsen SC has announcedthat one of its partners,Dera Johnsen-Tracy ofVerona, received the 2016Pro Bono Attorney of theYear award for her service.She was recognized at theState Bar Annual Meeting

and Conference held June16 in Green Bay.

According to a newsrelease from the law firm,several factors are takeninto consideration whendetermining who wil lreceive the annual award:dedication to deliveringlegal services to the under-privileged, contributing tothe development of meth-ods for providing low-costlegal services and partic-ipating in an activity that

satisfies an unmet legalneed. He or she must alsohave handled at least onepro bono case, worked onlegislation to provide legalservices to the poor and/ormade an outstanding effortto understand this segmentof the audience.

At Horn and Johnsen,Johnsen-Tracy works inestate planning, probate

and guardianship. She wasselected by the State Barof Wisconsin as the recip-ient based on her demon-strated commitment toproviding legal servicesthrough the WisconsinWills for Heroes program,a free service for firstresponders, and for herassistance in developing afree basic estate planningclinic for seniors and vet-erans of limited means.

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Badger Prairie Needs Network

Food pantry sees summer

changes for volunteers, mealsSAMANTHA CHRISTIAN


The last day of school isoften bittersweet for teach-ers. They look forwardto summer vacation, buttheyll also miss their stu-dents, peers and projects.

Its a similar feeling forDoug and Martha Maxwell,who stepped down June9 from the volunteer foodpantry coordinator inter-im role theyve jointly heldsince Badger Prairie NeedsNetwork opened its newbuilding last August. The75-year-old couple wantsto take their first summer

off together to enjoy fami-ly, outdoors and other hob-bies while they are in goodhealth.

BPNN saw a change in itsvolunteer coordinator roleas well. David Beach, whoowns Orange Leaf, tookover for Roxi OBrien onJune 1. He said hes lookingforward to implementing

new software that he hopeswill make signing up forroles and scheduling shiftsmore user-friendly for vol-unteers.

Food distribution will

also shift slightly over thesummer. Families withschool-aged children willreceive a few more foodi t e m s t omake up forlunches thath a d b e e nprovided bythe school onweekdays.

Mean-whi le , thePrairie Kitch-e n M e a l s(which servefood from Epic and havebeen held free of charge foranyone in the communityeach Saturday since Febru-ary) will drop to every otherSaturday over the summer.

The schedule will be reeval-uated in fall.

BPNN board presidentBob Kasieta said the boardis in the middle of strate-gic planning, which couldchange the organizationalstructure of the nonprofit.

Since BPNN is current-ly entirely volunteer-run,those involved with the

food pantry ident i f iedcross-training a core groupof resource volunteers asa top priority over the nextcouple of months espe-cially to avoid burnout inthe Maxwells absence.

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Maxed outSAMANTHA CHRISTIAN


In a lull at the end ofThursdays food pantry shift,Doug Maxwell exchangedhugs with two volunteers atthe registration desk. Theythanked him and his wife,Martha, for bringing a pos-itive and inspiring pres-ence to Badger Prairie NeedsNetwork.

Its a great group of vol-unteers you get attached(to them), Maxwell toldthe Press on June 9. Wecouldnt have done it without

their support.The Maxwells, now 75,had each been volunteeringabout 40 hours every weekas interim food pantry coor-dinators since BPNN openedits new building last August.They took a two-week vaca-tion on an African safari withtheir grandkids in February,

and delegating tasks to othersopened them up to the ideaof taking a step back.

You get tired, Maxwellsaid. Its good to have freetime.

About a month ago theymade the decision to stepdown, and over the last fewweeks theyve been training

a few key people to do justabout anything, includ-ing data entry, monthlyreports, organizing produceand ordering food. Theseresource people will be thebackbone of the food pan-try until a new coordinatoris chosen or BPNN decideson a new organizational

structure.While the Maxwells intend

to volunteer about once aweek starting this fall, theywant to accomplish quitea few goals this summer,including kayaking the SugarRiver and spending time intheir flower garden.

Martha will also play cel-lo in Mary Poppins and ina quartet for weddings, andDoug wants to hike the IceAge Trail in Dane Countyand plan a natural resourc-es camp at Heartland FarmSanctuary with his grand-daughter.

Doug is also involvedwith numerous projects withthe Town of Verona, but theretired UW-Madison plantpathology professor stillplans to travel out west for atomato genetics conference.

Martha and I are lookingforward to more flex timethis summer as we have nev-er had a summer off in our52 years of marriage, DougMaxwell said in an email tothe Press.Contact Samantha Christian

at [email protected].

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Town of Verona residents Martha and Doug Maxwell, both75, are stepping down as the volunteer food pantry coordi-nators for Badger Prairie Needs Network.

Maxwells step down from interim pantry coordinator position

County to recycle clean wood

SCOTT DE LARUELLE


Flooded with c leanwood waste due to theadvance of the EmeraldAsh Borer, Dane Countyplans to begin recyclingthe materials at the coun-ty landfill starting nextmonth.

Dane County Execu-tive Joe Parisi announcedthe decision Monday,noting that local privateand public facilities havebecome overwhelmed andhave stopped taking woodwaste. Clean wood can berecycled to turn into land-

scaping mulch or evenalternative fuel.This is a common

sense solution and weare uniquely able to recy-cle wood waste he said.Opening up the recy-cling facility to processclean wood will help localmunicipalities, business-es and residents in DaneCounty with a need noother entity is filling.

Once the program startsas planned in late July, thecounty will charge $40/tonfor wood waste and willwork with the operatorsof its new Construction

and Demolition RecyclingFacility to include woodrecycling. According to apress release from Parisioffice, quality logs will bemade into urban lumber,so it can be used for floor-ing, furniture or art, andthe rest will likely be recy-

cled for mulch or biomassfuel.

The Emerald Ash Bor-er is a tiny beetle that haskilled millions of ash treesin North America.

According to the county,more than two million ashtrees in Dane County willdie in the next 10 years asa result of the beetle.

There are more than 1.7million ash trees outsideof the city of Madisonand have no other optionfor recycling. Dane Coun-ty was the first Wisconsincounty to develop a com-prehensive plan to battle

the emerald ash borer.A n o r d i n a n c e w a sintroduced last week atthe Dane County Boardto create a tipping feefor the purpose of cleanwood waste recycling. Itwill need board approvalbefore Dane County canimplement the new cleanwood recycling program.If approved, this newwood recycling programcould start as soon as July18.Email Unified Newspaper

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Swimming

Nelson,Toomey

set sights

on RioJEREMY JONES

Sports editor

Former Verona Area HighSchool swimmers BeataNelson and Derek Toom-ey will both be taking part

in the 2016 U.S. Olym-pic swimming Trials June26-July 3 in Omaha, Neb.

Nelson, a 12-time statechampion while at Veronaand UW-Madison recruit,qualified for the Trials inthe 50- and 100-meter free-style, 100 butterfly, 100 and200 backstroke and the 200IM.

She will be competingagainst the likes of 12-timeOlympic medalists NatalieCoughlin, four-time goldmedalists Missy Franklinand gold medalist DanaVollmer.

N e l s o n s t o p s e e d -

time comes in the 100 flywhere her 59.68 is goodfor 28th. Vollmer leads thefield entering Trials with a56.94. Nelson has the 37thfastest time in the 100 back(1:01.66), while Cough-lin (59.05) and Franklin(59.38) lead the way.

The 100 free should havea lot of Wisconsin interestas former Madison Eastand UW-Madison swim-mers Ivy Martin and AjaVan Hout have the 18th and35th fastest times, whileCedarburg and Stanfordrecruit Katie Drabot (20th)and Nelson (67th) add to astellar field.

Martin has the third-fast-est time in the 50 free aswell, while Nelson sits backin 188th. Nelson is 102th inthe 200 back and 121st inthe 200 IM.

Toomey, who medaledfour times at the 2010WIAA Division 1 statemeet, before going on toswim at the University ofMinnesota, has qualified inthe 50 and 100 freestyles.

Three-time Olympic goldmedalist Nathan Adrian,who holds the Americanrecord in the long course50 free, is the top seed inthe 50 free (21.37), while

Toomey is 16th (22.36).Adrian also has the fast-est time in the 100 (48.0),while 22-time Olympicmedalists, Michael Phelpsis second in 48.45. Toomeyhas the 29th fastest time in49.58.

The top two in each eventmake the U.S. Olympicteam. The top six are takenin the 100 and 200 freestyle the top two get to swimthat event individually andon the relay places third-sixth only get to swim therelay.

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Three Cats earn first-team honorsANTHONY IOZZO

Assistant sports editor

Senior midfielder Emily Krogman, juniorforward Kate Melin and sophomore defend-er Anna Heinzen all earned first-team All-BigEight Conference honors.

Emily Krogman finished with 15 goals andsix assists, while Melin led the team with 19goals and 10 assists.

Heinzen had two assists and helped theWildcat defense hold Big Eight opponents tosix goals as Verona went 8-0-1 and won theconference crown.

Sophomore forward Chandler Bainbridge,sophomore defender Megan Krogman andsophomore goalie Rachel Nelson all earnedsecond-team honors.

Bainbridge had 11 goals and 10 assists,while Nelson finished with 113 saves, allowing33 goals.

Senior midfielder Bella Genova and seniordefenders Shelly Wing and Makenna McGil-vray all earned honorable mentions.

Genova finished with two goals and anassist, while Wing collected two goals andfive assists. McGilvray had two goals and fourassists.

File photo byAnthony Iozzo

At left, sophomore defender Anna Heinzen looks to pass in the sectional semifinals; (at right) senior midfielder Emily Krogman (left) battles for a header inthe sectional semifinals. Both Heinzen and Krogman, along with junior forward Kate Melin (below) were named to the first-team All-Big Eight Conference.

Mueller, Opsal and Trilling cap

careers at D1 WBCA All-Star gameANTHONY IOZZO


Verona Area High School graduatesGrace Mueller, Kira Opsal and Chey-enne Trilling all capped their high schoolcareers Friday with another win together,

this time for the Wisconsin BasketballCoaches Association Division 1 NorthAll-Star team.

The trio helped the North defeat theSouth 73-55 at JustAgame Fieldhouse inWisconsin Dells.

File photo byAnthony IozzoVeronas (from left) Cheyenne Trilling, Kira Opsal and Grace Mueller pictured taking thecourt during the WIAA Division 1 state semifinals in March all participated in the WBCADivision 1 All-Star game Friday at JustAgame Fieldhouse in the Wisconsin Dells. All threegirls helped the North team defeat the South 73-55.

Girls basketball

Schmitz scores 12 points as

WBCA D1 North All-Starstop the SouthANTHONY IOZZO


V e r o n a A r e a H i g hSchool graduate ColeSchmitz closed his highschool career in SaturdaysWisconsin Basketbal l

Coaches Association Divi-sion 1 All-Star game atJustAgame Fieldhouse inWisconsin Dells.

S chm i tz s cored 12points on 5-for-13 shoot-i n g , i n c l u d i n g t w o

File photo byAnthony Iozzo

Veronas Cole Schmitz pictured driving to the basket ina game against Janesville Craig in January scored 12points Saturday to help the WBCA Division 1 North All-Stars defeat the South 85-84 at JustAgame Fieldhouse in

the Wisconsin Dells.

Boys basketball

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Rortvedt, Knueppel earn All-State honorsANTHONY IOZZO


Verona Area High School gradu-ates Ben Rortvedt (first-team) andKeaton Knueppel (second-team) bothearned All-State honors this past sea-son.

Rortvedt, who was drafted in thesecond round by the MinnesotaTwins in the MLB first-year draft,

earned his second All-State nod.Knueppel, who will pitch for Gonza-ga University next spring, earned his

first spot on the team.As a catcher, Rortvedt finishedwith 184 putouts and 27 assists in216 chances (.977 fielding percent-age). He also threw out six of 24 basestealers in 142 2/3 innings behind theplate.

At the pla te , Rortvedt was

32-for-72 (.444) with eight doubles,four triples, 12 RBIs and 22 runsscored.

Knueppel finished 6-3 with a 1.02ERA, allowing nine earned runs on33 hits in 61 2/3 innings. He struckout 106 and walked 16.

At the plate, Knueppel was 22-for-69 (.319 average) with three dou-bles, a triple, eight RBIs and 19 runsscored.

Hockey

Schmaltz signs

with BlackhawksJEREMY JONES

Sports editor

The Chicago Blackhawkssigned 2014 first-round pickand Verona nativeNick Schmaltz to athree-year contract,the team announcedon Sunday.

Schmaltz , whowas taken with the20th overall pickin the 2014 NHLDraft, had 11 goalsand 35 assists in 37games as a forward with theUniversity of North Dako-ta this season, helping the

Fighting Sioux win theirfirst NCAA title since 2000.

Schmaltz was named tothe 2015 NCHC All-Rook-ie Team and also had eight

po in t s in s evengames with TeamUSA at the 2016World Junior Cham-pionship.

B e f o r e N o r t hDakota, Schmaltzplayed with GreenBay of the Unit-ed States HockeyLeague. He is the

younger brother of JordanSchmaltz, a prospect of theSt. Louis Blues.

Boys golf

Kaegi to play golf

in AustraliaV e r o n a A r e a H i g h

School sophomore Gar-hett Kaegi will be playinggolf in Australia from June24-July 5.

He received a letter inOctober that invited himto compete with the Cen-tral Conference golf team

in the Down Under GolfTournament.

Kaegi who is one oftwo Wisconsin students

invited leaves June 24and will compete in twotournaments on the GoldCoast of Australia.

He will also compete forTeam USA against TeamAustralia for the DownUnder Cup.

After the tournaments,

Kaegi will be stoppingoff in Hawaii for a friend-ly round of golf and somesight-seeing.

File photo by Anthony Iozzo

Junior Garhett Kaegi pictured talking with VAHS headcoach Jon Rebholz at the state tournament will be compet-ing in golf tournaments in Australia from June 24-July 5 forCentral Conference and Team USA.

Schmaltz

File photos by Anthony Iozzo

Catcher Ben Rortvedt, who is now playing in the Gulf Coast League after beingdrafted in the second round by the Minnesota Twins, was named first-team All-State.

Pitcher Keaton Knueppel picturedmaking a play in the sectional final was named to the second-team All-State.

Track and field

Herkert jumps into national spotlightJEREMY JONES

Sports editor

Jack Herkert went upagainst some of the top

high jumpers in the nationat the New Balance Nation-als in North Carolina on

Sunday and nearly clearedthe competition.

Herkert cleared 6-4,6-6 and 6-8 all on his firstattempt before making a

new personal best 6-10 1/4to take fifth place and earn

NBN All-American status.Of the 24 competitors,

12 were state champs and

eight more were state run-ners-up.

Home Talent League

Cavs win two on 10-run rule, improve to 5-2 overallANTHONY IOZZO


The Verona Home Talent team onlyneeded 14 innings to defeat Shullsburg/Benton and Muscoda Saturday and Sun-day, improving to 5-2 in the WesternSection.

Verona 12,

Shullsburg/Benton 1 (7 inns)

Zach Spencer did it on the moundand at the plate Saturday. He 2-for-4

with a home run and three RBIs, and healso got the win with six strong innings,allowing a run on five hits. Spencerstruck out five and walked two.

Mike Jordahl (2-for-4) added a homerun and three RBIs, and Mitch Flora(2-for-4) also picked up three RBIs.

Klayton Brandt had a double, andDanny Koss pitched a scoreless inning,striking out one.

Verona 12, Muscoda 2 (7 inns.)

Like Spencer on Saturday, JustinScanlon was a hero at the plate and the

mound in Sundays 12-2 win over Mus-coda in seven innings.

Scanlon allowed two runs on six hitsin six innings, striking out eight andwalking three. He also finished 4-for-5at the plate with two doubles.

Alex Olson (2-for-2, double) andJordahl (3-for-3) also had multiple hits.Eli Leonard added a double.

John Moynihan allowed a hit, struckout two and walked two in a scorelessinning.

Verona travels to Oregon at 1 p.m.Sunday.

Mueller scored 10 points and col-lected six rebounds. She will beplaying basketball for the NCAA

Division I University of Wisconsin.

Opsal added 11 points and fiverebounds. She will be playing forNCAA Division II Winona State(Minn.) University.

Neenahs Nicole Marquardt led

the North with 12 points, while

Appleton Wests Sarah Wisemancollected 11.

Bay Ports Brooke Harris andMarshfields McKayla Scheuer eachadded eight points.

All-Stars:VAHS seniors win one more timeContinued from page 9

3-pointers, as the Northedged the South 85-84.

Stevens Points SamHauser led the North with

21 points, while MadisonEasts Deang Deang col-lected 16 points.

Superiors Brandon Myerand Sheboygan NorthsDavis Larson added 12 and

nine points, respectively.

Schmitz:Senior caps high

school career in Wisconsin

DellsContinued from page 9

Center Omaha is sold out.More than 200,000 tick-ets were sold, eclipsing themore than 167,000 sold in

2012 and 160,000-plus in2008.

The trials will be shownexclusively across NBCnetworks and mobile plat-forms. Prelims will be live

daily at 11 a.m. EasternTime on the NBC Sportsapp.

NBC Sports will lives tream the 2016 U.S .Olympic Swimming Trials

beginning on June 26 andcontinuing through July 3.NBCs comprehensive livestreaming from the Trialswill include all of the pre-lims and finals sessions.

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A Jolly HolidayVerona Area Community Theater had a Jolly Holiday with three performancesof Mary Poppins over the weekend. The show, based on the childrens book byP.L. Travers and the 1964 Disney adaptation, featured a cast of about 80 adultsand children. VACT will perform the show at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 23, Fri-day, June 24, and Saturday, June 25.

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Jane (Elise Benz) and Michael Banks (Owen Sehgal) sing aspart of Lets Hope She Will Stay, as they, Mary Poppinsand their mother Winifred hope Poppins stays as the familysnanny.


Winifred Banks (Angie Campbell) gives her husband, GeorgeBanks (Karl Scheidegger), a kiss on the cheek as he contin-

ues his work into the evening.

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Special ed assistant Matt Volkman didnt justget the water dumped on him, as the bucketwas left on his head as well.

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Ice for teachersCountry View Elementary School teachers got

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The district will pay Gee$400 per 8-hour day or $50

an hour up to 100 days ofservice, a price Gorrellcalled a bargain for thework she does.

According to the agree-ment, Gee will serve as alink between black parentsand district staff, supportteachers and administratorsin improving engagementwith the black community,provide a supportive groupenvironment that is cultur-ally affirming for blackgirls K-12, lead profession-al development and serve asan adviser to the superin-tendent and school board onequity.

Gee said her work onstaff recruitment had alsobeen successful, and Gor-rell added that she createda tremendous pipeline tothe University of Wiscon-sin-Madison to help withrecruiting staff.

The word of Verona isspreading across campuswith potential teachers ofcolor which is a very excit-ing thing, Gee said.

Next year, Gee said shehopes to continue to makeblack students feel moreinvolved in the school com-munity, looking at barri-ers to extracurriculars andsports and diversifying the

curriculum.T he more k ids a re

involved in extracurricularactivities, the more investedthey feel in their education-al experience, Gee said.When youve done it acertain way and youve hada certain climate or certainpopulation of people youwork with, theres certainthings you just dont seecan be a barrier to someoneelse.

Shell also continue to

reach out to parents andwork with them to ensuretheir students get whatsneeded, she said, mention-ing that sometimes she cansay the same thing a princi-pal does, but a black parentwill be more open to hear-ing it from her.

Its hard sometimes toimagine what its like towalk into a school building and never see anyonewho looks like you, shesaid. Both for students andfor parents.


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in 2015-16 school year

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Board wants time on transgender policy

SCOTT GIRARDUnified Newspaper Group

The Verona Area SchoolBoards first discussion of adraft policy for transgenderstudents brought plenty ofquestions Monday night.

Those included howquickly to move on creatinga policy given conflictinglegal guidance, creating atransition plan for transgen-der students and whom thedistrict should allow to makethe final decision when aparent and student disagreeon the students gender.

A lawyer is expected tocome to the boards nextmeeting, July 18, to helpanswer some of those ques-tions.

Mondays meeting fea-tured the boards first offi-cial reading of the proposedpolicies, which were creat-ed by an ad hoc committeein the fall and reviewed bylawyers. The policy wouldallow students in most cas-es to use the bathroom andlocker room of the genderthey identify with, whilealso providing accommo-dations for any student who

requests more privacy.The issue of bathroom

and locker room access andidentification for studentswho identify as somethingother than their biological

gender has become a con-troversial issue across thestate and country in recentmonths.

Most recently, the fed-eral Department of Justiceissued guidance to schooldistricts that they shouldallow transgender studentsto use the bathrooms of thegender they identify with,among other policies. Thatsame week, though, Wiscon-sin joined 11 other states insuing the government overthose guidelines.

That leaves districts likeVerona in an awkward posi-tion, with potential for alawsuit no matter what theydo, as a lawyer specializingin the topic explained twoweeks ago at a board retreaton the topic.

Most of the board mem-bers said there is a need forsome sort of policy to helpstaff and administratorsanswer students and familieswho ask what theyre doing.

I dont want us to havea policy that is a target tolawsuits and stuff, but I alsorealize that any time youtake a stand there, youreautomatically in those

crosshairs, said board pres-ident Dennis Beres. This isa real situation to people andour staff, and we all needsome degree of guidanceabout how to deal with these

situations.Board member TomDuerst, though, felt chang-es proposed to bullying andharassment policies wereenough, and the district didnot need a separate policyfor transgender students.

My biggest concern onthis one in particular, its thegeneral population of thestudents, Duerst explained.It seems like were discrim-inating against them.

Beyond deciding whatbathrooms students coulduse, the proposed poli-cy covers a wide range ofpotential conflicts related tostudents, including how toidentify them in documents,athletics and privacy.

One aspect not addressedin the current draft, though,is a specific transition planfor students, something mul-tiple board members askedMonday night be added.

I would like to see a for-malized planning aspectput into this so everybodyknows how to get from pointA to point B, said MeredithSteir Christensen. If we domove forward, I would liketo see more meat to a pro-cess.

Superintendent DeanGorrell said he understood

that concern and agreedthat everyone, especially atdifferent school sites, needsto be on the same page.

Weve got multiplesites, weve got a histo-ry of site-based decision,Gorrell said. On an issuelike this, that creates a tre-mendous amount of expo-sure for the district for a

lawsuit.Board member Amy

Almond, who served on thecommittee that generatedthe policy, shared concernsabout the communitys

understanding of the topic,as someone who realizedvery quickly theres a lot Ididnt know.

I dont want this to tearour community apart,Almond said. Along withthat comes a lot of educationabout what it is, about whatit means.

Board member RussellKing echoed what oth-ers, besides Duerst, hadexpressed: The district needssome sort of policy.

(This is an) enormousstep on that long arc towardsocial justice that this coun-try is making, King said.Thats not going backdespite the political noisethats being made now.

Beres agreed, but he alsopointed to the difficulty oftaking something that issuch an individualized issueand creating a policy in anabstract way.

When someones there infront of them and they knowthe child and they knowthe parents and they knowthis isnt such a big deal,he said. Its when youvegot to create something thatanticipates every single pos-sibility here. Thats whatgets daunting to me.

The board is expected to

revisit the policy, and have anattorney to answer questions,at its next meeting, thoughits unclear when action willbe taken on the proposal.

I dont think were in thatbig of a hurry, Beres said.


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Members ask to add

transition plans forstudents

Verona Area School District

Board approves

preliminary budgetSCOTT GIRARD


The Verona Area SchoolBoard approved a prelimi-nary $63.7 million budgetMonday night.

The budget is expectedto bring the mill rate down1 cent, from $11.99 per$1,000 of property value to$11.98. That consistency hasbeen a focus of the districtas it tries to avoid big dropsfollowed by small rises.

I t s a 1 . 63 pe rcen tincrease over 2015-16s

$62.7 million.The approval is only

preliminary because the

district cannot finalize itsbudget until enrollmentnumbers are determined inthe fall, but its fiscal yearbegins July 1.

The board will hold itsbudget hearing and annu-al meeting on Aug. 15, andpass the final budget at theend of October.


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New group takes over drivers ed

SCOTT GIRARD


The Mad Area DrivingSchool will begin offeringdrivers education at VeronaArea High School this fall.

The company will replaceCESA 2, which had provid-ed classroom and behind-the-wheel instruction at

VAHS for about 13 years.Two emails to parents inJune outlined the change,stating that students signedup for summer classes atVAHS or through the Wis-consin Virtual Academy

would get a refund of $250for the behind-the-wheelphase, which will have tobe completed elsewhere.

CESA 2 will also refundthose already signed up forclasses during the 2016-17school year, so that moneycan be put toward a classwith Mad Area DrivingSchool. Mad Area DrivingSchool charges $400 for apackage deal of classroominstruction and behind-the-wheel lessons.

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businesses that are here.Thats been one of the

most enjoyable parts of thejob, she said, as she gets toknow the community better business and otherwise.

A former consultant to

small- to medium-sizedorganizations who had beenhired to succeed longtimeexecutive director Karl Cur-tis in November, Jordancalled her time here so fara whirlwind, but now thather first Hometown Days isout of the way, shes got bigplans for the coming year.

Im looking forward tobeing able to start planningthe events that Ive alreadydone now, getting into a bitof a schedule and a routine,she said. Instead of plan-ning something one-at-a-time, going through and say-ing, OK here are the datesfor the year. Were going toplan these, were going toget everything set up, weregoing to be ahead of thegame.

The Press spoke with Jor-dan in her office on a rangeof topics:

Verona Press: How hasthe job gone so far?

Le Jordan: Fast. Its gonereally fast. There are daysthat I have to remind myselfIve only been here a littleover six months. There havebeen so many things thathave just been bang, bang,bang, bang. But its excitingand Ive met so many won-derful people. Everybodys

been very supportive, andthey like giving me ideas,which I absolutely love. Ifyouve got ideas, great, ifyouve got criticism, great.Its the only way the Cham-bers going to get better andgrow.

VP: Are you learningthings beyond the businesscommunity?

LJ: Absolutely. I sit in oncertain meetings and theytalk about the neighborhooddevelopments and whats

going to happen possiblywith a school referendum.So Im learning about all thedifferent aspects and what

makes Verona great and whypeople would want to notonly do business here, butcome here and live.

VP: How do you thinkthe downtown discussionsfit into making Verona adestination?

LJ: As towns begin togrow, you have to make sureyou maintain your down-town, the Main Street areasand make sure youre put-ting in businesses that willdraw people to them.

But you also have to ...embrace the other areas inyour community and makesure as youre developing

those youre bringing in thebest there is to offer so thatpeople do want to come andthat you have several differ-ent places they can go visit.

VP: Whats the nec-essary balance betweennational and regionalchains versus local busi-nesses?

LJ: That is the key, itsbalance. But what peopledont realize is places likePizza Ranch and placeslike that are locally owned.

Theyre franchises.So even though theyre

more of a corporate, moreof a brand name, theyre also

locally owned. That is direct-ly supporting the community.

For a community to actu-ally thrive, it has to have amix of both. You have tohave that quaint, local feel,

but you also have to havesomething for those peoplewho arent as daring.

My kids werent necessar-

ily picky eaters, but boy, Ihave a lot of friends who hadpicky eaters. Unless theywent to a fast food chainrestaurant that had chickenfingers or something, there

was going to be a majormeltdown.

VP: How has the cham-ber changed since youvebeen here?

LJ: Theres been a littlebit of energy coming backinto it.

I think that it kind of got

into a pattern and that now,with any new thing, peoplethink that theyll see whatchanges there are. Wevehad more people coming tomeetings now. Our atten-dance is going up at differ-ent events. Its just seeingwhats new.

VP: Are there any spe-cific areas you hope to con-tinue to transition?

LJ: Chamber participa-tion is huge for me. We havewell over 300 members, andwe definitely need to getmore participation from ourchamber members.

Let them know that thechamber is good for them.That it will help their busi-ness in the long run, itsgood networking.

And really plan on tryingto promote the daylightsout of Verona and let people

know what a treasure is rightin a lot of peoples backyard.

VP: What can you doto facilitate that involve-ment?

LJ: Being out there, get-ting in front of everyone.I introduce myself every-where I go. What normal-

ly happens, if its in a sur-rounding community orsomething, people go, Ohyoure from Verona and webegin to talk about Verona.People know that its grow-ing. They dont really knowhow its growing, but itopens up that conversation.

I think its just a matter ofbeing out there and lettingpeople know youre there.Its publicity.

Ill be on peoples door-steps or trying to get in frontof them in this next year. Ivebeen a little bit busy to dothat, but especially next yearfor Hometown Days. Peopleare going to get tired of hear-ing about Hometown Days.


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Jordan:Director looks for more participation from members moving forwardContinued from page 1

Hometown Days: AccomplishedLe Jordan felt her first Hometown

Days went well, but the new VeronaArea Chamber of Commerce executivedirector knows theres places to improve.

Atop her list is finding activities for

seniors and under-21 music-lovers.I think were missing out on certaindemographics that were not bringingin, Jordan told the Press on Monday.

She first began thinking about senioractivities while watching her parents sitaround after getting refreshments andrealized that there wasnt a lot for themto do.

She mentioned bringing back bingo asa possibility for a few hours on Saturdayor Sunday afternoon.

For those who are not old enough toenter the beer tent, Jordan is worried

theyre missing out on the music expe-rience, so shes talked with the policeand parks departments to see if theresa way we can configure an area for thatgroup to enjoy the music while ensuring

they would not have access to alcohol.Jordan, who began at the chamber inNovember, said the chamber is readyto start planning next year already,and she got pages of notes on waysto improve. That includes logistics likethe number of port-a-potties and findingways to make money on Thursday nightand attract more people on Sunday after-noon.

Definitely a learning year and itllbe nice to have a year to plan rather thansix months, she said.

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Cemetery association

being put to rest

SAMANTHA CHRISTIAN


After 95 years, the VeronaCemetery Association hascome to rest.

The City of Verona intendsto take over cemetery oper-ations as soon as the stateapproves the transfer.

While waiting for thatlegal technicality, park andurban forestry director DaveWalker (who has also beena VCA trustee) is alreadytransitioning the city into that

role with help from formerVCA caretakers Mike Goetzand Art Cresson.

The fate of VCA becameuncertain last spring whenCresson retired after 16years as secretary/treasurer,and no one else on the boardexpressed interest in theposition. When Goetz thena Plan Commission memberand chair of the Park Com-mission heard about thepotential for the group dis-banding and becoming city-run, he raised his hand tokeep it going.

Goetz wanted to stay inthat position long-term soVCA would be alive and

active for many years, butthis spring he decided itwould be best to step downdue to personal reasons including moving to Madi-son.

Life threw a curve intothe mix, and as a result Imnot in the position to do whatI intended to do, unfortunate-ly, Goetz told the Press. Ireally liked and enjoyed it.

The idea of disbandingand turning things over to thecity was discussed at VCAsspring cleanup meeting inApril, and those in atten-dance unanimously agreedthat was the way to go, he

said.We were back to whereit was last year, had I not

shown any interest, Goetzsaid.

He wont be cutting offties abruptly, though. In theinterim Goetz intends to keepchecking VCAs email andwill answer any questions

Walker or the city has aboutfinances and responsibili-ties. His impression is thecity will likely run the cem-etery as much as status quoas possible, which includescontracting out lawn mowingservices.

The cemetery will be in avery good position with Dave(Walker) at the helm there,Goetz said. Hell pick upthe ball and run with it.

Walker said once he getsall of VCAs financial andoperational records andtransfers the funds to the cityhe will reach out to VCAmembers to see if they are

interested in forming a cem-etery board.That will be a city

responsibility, and there willbe an advisory board with thebudget, just like every oth-er city department, Walkersaid.

He said the CommonCouncil would make fundingdecisions for the cemetery,but the advisory board wouldlikely meet quarterly on howto work within that budgetand also set cemetery fees.

The cemeterys assets andinvestments, including feesfor burial, monuments andlots, pay for the mowingand maintenance and upkeep

of the cemetery so itshouldnt be a cost to the tax-payer to operate the cemeteryin the near future, Walkersaid.

The city attorney advisedWalker to wait until July 1 tosubmit the application sincethats when those mattersare switching hands fromthe Wisconsin Departmentof Financial Institutions tothe state Cemetery Board.The states decision will beannounced within 60 days ofthat date.Contact Samantha Christian

at [email protected].

times, and be of greaterassistance to the communi-ty when they need us.

New full-time firefighter/inspector Kevin Germanhas actually worked withthe department for sev-en years as a paid-on-callmember, and began hisnew role June 7. His hir-ing allowed the departmentto transition its two oth-

er full-time firefighters to24-hour shifts.

Each fire call requires acrew of at least four fire-fighters, including a qual-ified driver a standardGiver said was difficult tomeet when the departmentrelied on paid-on-call fire-fighters and part-time staff,who often had to travelto the station from theirhomes in order to respondto nighttime emergencies.Because of that, the depart-ments daytime responsetime of about 4 minutes

would often jump all theway up to nine minutesbetween 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.,Giver said.

But with the full-timefirefighters trained to serveas drivers and workingon-site throughout the day,a crew of four consisting ofa full-time lieutenant, driv-er, part-time firefighter andintern can now respondright away to eveningcalls without delay when

fully staffed. Once threenew interns are hired andtrained likely by late Julyif theyre attending Mad-ison Area Technical Col-leges fire academy, Giversaid the department canimplement full 24/7 ser-vice and strive to meet afive-minute response timeto every incoming call.

Every call for servicewill be answered immedi-ately with people in quar-ters, instead of waitingfive minutes for the paidon-call to get to the station,

get dressed, get on thetruck and get out, he add-ed.

The initial goal when thedepartment was createdwas go to 24/7 in 2017, butGiver requested fundingfor an additional firefighterwhen the citys 2016 bud-get ended up having moremoney available for staff-ing than expected.

German, whose grandfa-ther once served as Vero-

nas volunteer fire depart-ment chief, said the movehas been a long time com-ing.

The staffing was some-thing weve been talkingabout since I was hired in2009. Its taken some timeto get there, but with any-thing, it comes with costs,he said. We have dramati-cally better response timesthan we did, so its all stepsin the right direction.

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