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Small-group visioning session yields common groundMark IgnatowskI

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There was some consensusMonday night as more than 50people gathered at the VeronaSenior Center to come up with avision for Veronas downtown.

Four groups of a dozen or sopeople met in small groups to dis-cuss their ideas for what Veronasdowntown should look like in thenext 25 years. While there wasntagreement on everything, somebig-picture items (like spots that areripe for redevelopment) and smaller

items (like sidewalk width and set-backs) drew similar responses frommost group members.

Mondays meeting was thesecond part of a process that isintended to eventually resultin a new plan for Veronasexpanded downtown, including

architecture, land use and trans-portation. It starts with feedbackfrom residents and included anonline survey designed by MSAProfessional Services that drewabout 250 responses.

The city and MSA had startedout the study this spring trying

to determine what traffic patternsmight be best for the city. Theydeveloped three alternatives animproved stoplight, a roundaboutand a pair of one-way streets.

During that study, however

Downtown plan

Police chiefBernieCoughlin helpsa child andfather pick outa free teddybear duringthe NationalNight OutAgainst Crimein 2008.

The annualevent is astaple of thedepartmentsoutreachefforts, consid-ered a way tointroduce kidsto law enforce-ment in a waythats notintimidating ornegative.

Photo byJim Ferolie

No slowing downAfter 10 years as police chief, things in Verona are as busy as everJIM FerolIe

Verona Press editor

There are lots of ways anew boss can to get to knowhis employees.

Verona police chief Ber-nie Coughlins approachwas about as unusual as itgets.

It was his eighth day onthe job, just over 10 yearsago, and the former Brook-field lieutenant got a shock-ing introduction to thesleepy, orderly little citythat hadnt had a murderin more than a century. Aformer resident had drivenhere in disguise from hisnew home in Dubuqueand shot his ex-wifes new

boyfriend before turningthe gun on himself.

It was the kind of incidentthat brings out a police-mans core personality, andit was literally the first timetwo of the 14 officers inCoughlins new departmenthad seen their new chief.

Thats how I met them,it was out at the call,Coughlin deadpanned in aninterview with the VeronaPress last week in his trade-mark baritone monotone. Iwas like, Oh! and intro-duced myself.

When Coughlin accepted

the job of taking the depart-

ment to the next level,and increasing its level ofprofessionalism, as Policeand Fire Commission presi-dent Delora Newton put itlast week, he had no ideahow much hed be throwninto the fire.

His first year, there weretwo separate murder cases one of which would bechronicled on televisionsForensic Files and an80-pound marijuana bust.

A decade later, Coughlinis still here and things stillhavent slowed down.

There have been bankrobberies, infant deaths,

Whatever

it takesLiving donor reflects on

kidney transplant journeyVIctorIa VlIsIdes

Unifed Newspaper Group

Terry Dvorak has visit-ed California a few times,but her kidney, well, itresides there.

T hrough a rough ly6-month long process,Dvorak was found to be

a match to donate a kid-ney to a Californian man,whose mother called hertheir angel in a letter ofgratitude.

Bu t t ry ca l l ing the11-year Verona residentanything other than awoman with one fewerkidney, and shell brushoff the praise.

I really, truly feel likeit wasnt that big of adeal, she said of donat-ing a kidney. Sometimes,I have to remember that Ionly have one.

As a living donor, she isstill recovering from her

surgery last November,but that hasnt stoppedher from forming a teamto raise donor awarenessat last weekends Capi-tal City 5KR u n / W a l k in Madison.T h e r a c ealso allowedhe r to ge tb a c k t o(somewhat)competitiverunning, thes p o r t s h eloves.

Though Dvorak didntbecome a donor to drawattention to herself, she

hopes others realize it isnt

as scary as it might seem especially for someonewho is healthy.

DonatingLiving organ donation

was always in the back ofD v o r a k sm i n d , b u tw h e n s h eheard on thenews abouta Fox Valleyarea motherin need of akidney, shevolunteeredto be tested

as a transplant match insummer 2012.

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Photo submitted

Verona resident Terry Dvorak,right, helped StephanieHenderson, of Kimberly find aKidney through being a livingdonor in November 2012.

Turn to Donor/Page 16

Turn to Downtown/Page 13

Turn to Coughlin/Page 11

(Former Lt.) Harry Barger used to laugh.

Id say, Once we get caught up here and hed chuckle. Hed say,

Ive been there. Chief, were not

going to get t here.

Bernie Coughlin, police chie

I really, truly feel

like it wasnt that

big of a deal.

Terry Dvorak,about donating a

kidney to a stranger

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Making a community connectionMemorial Baptist Church held its second Verona Summer Fun Night, a community-oriented event on July 29 at Harriet Park. The venueincluded free food for attendants, a bouncy house and face painting for kids with the Verona Police Department made an appearance andgave kids a chance to sit in the cop car and explore the interior. The last Verona Summer Fun Night will be held Aug. 12 at the churchslocation on 201 S. Main St. and will have more activities for the community.

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Stoner Prairie gets new principalseth JoVaag

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Stoner Prairie ElementarySchool has a new principal.

Mike Pisani will take overthe job Aug. 8, succeedingChris Olson, who resignedin June after five years at theFitchburg elementary schoolto take a job in Baraboo.

P i s a n i ,35, has beenprincipal atE lm L awnElementarySchool in the

Middle ton-Cross PlainsSchool Dis-trict for thepast six years. Before that,he was an elementary schoolprincipal for two years inJohnson Creek and previous-ly taught grades 1, 3 and 4 inSun Prairie.

Pisani spoke briefly Mon-day to the Verona Area schoolboard and said he wasntlooking to leaving Middletonbut felt the Stoner Prairie jobwas too good to pass up.

Pisani said the diverse pop-ulation at Stoner Prairie wasa big reason he wanted towork here. Last year, abouta quarter of Elm Lawns538 students were minori-ties, compared to 40 percentof the 420 students at StonerPrairie, according to the stateDepartment of Instruction.The percentage of students

from low-income families ishigher at Stoner Prairie, too,at 30 percent compared to 17at Elm Lawn.

Pisani bested 122 candi-dates for the job, includingroughly 45 who had previousadministrative experience,superintendent Dean Gorrellsaid. His hiring was formally

approved by the school boardMonday.

The other finalist wasBrian Babbitt, principal ofBanting Elementary Schoolin Waukesha, a dual-lan-guage school that groupsnative Spanish- and English-speakers together in bilingualclasses.

Born and raised in Hur-ley, Pisani earned his bach-elors degree in educationfrom Edgewood College anda masters from CardinalStritch. He lives in Wauna-kee with his wife and two

children who will turn 5 and3 years old this fall.Pisanis salary has not

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Epics second food service building yet to get a traditional, unique Epic name would feature a lot of glass, much like the companysfirst, the Campus 1 building named Cassiopeia.

City of Verona

East Verona developments,

Epic cafeteria go to commissionJIM FerolIe

Verona Press editor

A plan for a restaurant-anchored strip mall in frontof Farm and Fleet is backin a different form, and itsnot the only proposal thePlan Commission will seenext week for a large build-ing on East Verona Avenue.

Its not even the only res-taurant on Mondays packeddraft agenda, as Epic is plan-ning its own humongousfood-service building thatwould sit between Campus2 and the yet-to-be designedCampus 4.

East Verona AvenueWhatever restaurant or

restaurants would occupyOutlot 1 in on HometownCircle and thats yet tobe determined they likelywont be as large as the pre-vious plan for that spot, aCountry Kitchen-anchoreddeve lopment tha t wasscrapped last month beforeit could go in front of thecommission.

That was an issue withf i n a n c i n g , c i t y p l a n -

ning director Adam Sayreexplained Monday. Thist i m e , t h e d e v e l o p e r s

appear to be keeping theiroptions open, with a drive-through on one end of an8,200-square-foot buildingthat can be built out in avariety of sizes.

A submittal from thedeveloper shows construc-tion would start in Septem-ber, with an intended open-ing next spring.

One potential tenant isOrange Leaf Yogurt, whichl is ts tha t address , 600Hometown Circle, undera coming soon heading

on its website. However,another planned develop-ment along East VeronaAvenue going to the com-mission next week curi-ously features a buildingthat happens to be markedOrange Leaf on its plan,along with another buildingmarked as Organic Farm-er.

That plan, for the entires ix-acre plot formerlyowned by the county at 710E. Verona Ave., also fea-tures a hotel and yet anotherpossible drive-through res-taurant. But Sayre said allof those items are part of a

master plan that was onlydrawn up after he requestedthe designers do so. The

only set piece on the plot isa 12,800-square foot officebuilding designated forAgSource, which currentlyoccupies an office on Enter-prise Drive.

That plan would replacean approved, but appar-ently dead proposal to builda start-up restaurant calledMurphys HometownHideaway next to the biketrail.

Epic buildingEpics s t i l l unnamed

64,000-square-foot, two-story food-service buildinghas been long-expected andwas even suggested in itsoriginal plans for Campus2. It would ease the load onthe overburdened Cassiope-ia building, which has beenserving several thousandmeals each day.

Because of the crowds atthe cafeteria and the loadplaced on the lunch crew,Epic has had to set multipleshifts for its employees,which goes against its tradi-tional culture of encourag-ing people to work at theirown pace.

The new building is about50 percent larger than Cas-siopeia and has space for

300 people inside, as wellas an outdoor patio. A con-cept plan for the area showsit northeast of Campus 2and southeast of Campus4, which is showing fivebuildings named Library,Fortress, Classroom, Obser-vatory and Great Hall.

A rendering for the build-ing shows extensive glassin the design, including in athree-story-tall clock tower.

Other itemsOther items the commis-

sion is set to consider are ayear-old plan for a VeronaArea Needs Network build-out of a small part of theSt. Vincent de Paul thriftstore on West Verona Ave-nue; a public hearing for a5,720-square-foot officebuilding next to GraysTied House off WhalenRoad; and an update onplans to turn the Brownfarm on the southeast sideof the city into rural hous-ing within the city.

Local woman challengescap on malpractice damagesseth JoVaag

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A V e r o n a w o m a nawarded a $1 . 8 mi l -lion award from a Dane

County jury last month ischallenging a 1979 statelaw capping malpracticedamages for Universityof Wisconsin doctors at$250,000, according to arecent report in the Wis-consin State Journal.

Terri Fiez, who runsDes igne r s Showcas eon East Verona Avenueand lives in the Town ofVerona, isb e l i e v e dto be thefirst personmounting acha l l engeto the dam-

ages cap ,the pape rsaid.

Her hus-band, Robert Fiez. diedJan. 16, 2010. He went toUW Hospitals emergencyroom eight days earliercomplaining of chest painand shortness of breath,according to the lawsuitcited by the paper. An ERdoctor suspected heart dis-ease or a clot in the lungand he was admitted to thehospital.

Medical tes ts ruledout evidence of coronaryartery disease or heartfailure, and Fiez was dis-charged Jan. 12 by car-diologist Dr. JonathanKeevi l without be ingtested for blood clots inthe lung, according to thelawsuit cited by the paper.After his death, an autopsyfound the cause to be clotsin the lung.

The jury said Keevilsnegligence was a causeof death; Keevil and aUW Health spokesper-son declined the papersrequests for comment.

The $250,000 cap forUW doctors and otherstate workers is designedto protect taxpayers andthe s ta te government ,the paper reported, while

for most other doctorsin Wisconsin, the cap onnon-economic damages is$750,000, and economicdamages arent capped.

Reached by phone Mon-day, Terri Fiez directedcomments to her lawyer,Eric Farnsworth, a Madi-son attorney for DeWitt,Ross and Stevens.

Farnsworth noted that,a ccoun t ing fo r in f l a -tion, the $250,000 cap setin 1979 amounts to justunder $78,000 in 2013. Bycontrast, if the amount hadincreased to keep up withinflation, it would now be

$804,000.The states approach tocapping damages for stateentities is outdated andpretty egregious, Farn-sworth said, as it createsa double standard becausedoctors at comparable,privately-owned hospi-tals can be sued for muchmore. The cap also under-cuts juries abilities toaward what they feel areappropriate damages, hesaid.

It seems a little oddthat (UW) phys ic iansshould be singled out asbeing a lmost immunefrom responsibility, he

said.Robert Fiez grew up in

New Glarus, served in theU.S. Army in Vietnamand had worked at CUNAMutual for 25 years beforehis death, according to hisobituary.

A motion hearing is setfor Aug. 27, according toonline court records.

Editors note: Fiezs sonMichael is an intern withUnified Newspaper Group.

Fiez

Woman faces

felony OWIA 59-year-old Town of

Verona woman faces afifth OWI charge, a felo-ny, according to a Veronapolice release.

According to pol ice ,around 1:30 p.m. Friday,July 26, an officer spotted

the woman, Joy E. Himsel,slumped over the steeringwheel of a vehicle that wasstopped in the parking lot ofa local business.

A search warrant wasobtained, and a sample ofHimsels blood was col-lected. The state lab willanalyze the sample. Shewas booked into the DaneCounty Jail.

Himsel has four priorconvictions for OWI inWisconsin and has two oth-er OWI arrests pending inDane County Circuit Court.Those cases occurred inMarch and earlier in July.

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When I was still learn-ing my way aroundcommunity news in

Macomb, Ill. having previouslyspent most of my career in sports

journalism I attended part of acurious process the communityundertook, called a charrette.

Derived from a French word fora little cart architecture profes-sors would use to collect draw-ings from students, it referred toan intensiveprocess of plan-ning a portionof a communitybasically fromscratch. In thatcase, it was along commer-cial corridorentering thatWestern Illinoiscollege town of20,000 people that had becomerun-down and was badly in needof redevelopment.

It was a more expansive, andyet more compressed version ofwhat Verona has been workingon for the past few months withour downtown. Mondays two-hour Visioning Session at thesenior center armed with 250responses to an online survey andabout 50 participants was theclosest thing weve had yet to thatprocess, and it provided a glim-mer of hope that we can producesomething almost as relevant.

Much remains to be seen, how-ever.

The idea behind Macombscharrette was difficult for peopleto grasp at first. But as the dedi-cated group got settled into theirweekend, they began to see more

and more how they could applytheir feelings and impressions toeffect change in an area.

As people compared workin smaller groups and plannerspresented results, they could seean ideal, yet realistic vision ofwhat West Jackson Street couldbe, rather than a patchwork ofreplacement buildings.

Nearly eight years later, thatroad still has an ugly scrapyardand a rotted-out shell of a grocerystore among its many problems,but it also has a direction. About25 properties have been rezonedfrom industrial to commercial,city administrator Dean Torresontold me this week, and an aban-

doned house has been torn down

and replaced by a sculpture andpark that serves as a gateway forpeople coming off the new High-way 336.

It will be decades before theroad meets the potential those 150community members saw, but itwas an invaluable source of feed-

back for city planners. And some-day, I have to think, people therewill look back on it as an impor-tant part of their citys growth, asMadisonians think of John Nolenand his contribution to that cityscherished New Urbanism.

That might be too much to askof Veronas downtown planning,but theres no reason we cantaspire to the same goals.

Something must be done tomake Veronas rapidly increasingsize match its downtown, whichis struggling to accommodate thetwo highways that form its center.The piecemeal approach is nogood, and previous master planshave run into just enough resis-

tance to fall apart.What could make this timedifferent is the increased citizenparticipation.

Some say the process has beenbackward. I dont want to specu-late, but it is nearly impossibleto capture the average Veronansattention on something like plan-ning and development withoutmentioning the words round-about or big box.

I was surprised to see 50 peopleparticipating Monday, but Impretty sure that number wouldhave been lower had the transpor-tation talk including the contro-versial split one-ways idea notpreceded the visioning session.

That has clearly been the

upside.The downside is that until this

week, seemingly radical ideashave been shouted down the sameway the city-town consolidationwas five years ago. Put simply,the reasons in favor of reroutingtraffic downtown remain unclearwhile the reasons against are obvi-ous.

Thats where the charrette andMondays charrette-like visioningprocess can be a big help.

As the City of Fitchburg learnedthree years ago while planning forwhat it now calls Uptown, the pro-cess helps give a shape to what formost is an intangible feeling aboutwhat they think their community

is and should be. It takes thoughts,

words and images and puts themon paper, kind of like a policesketch artist putting together awanted poster from an eyewitnessdescription of the bad guy.

Then its easier to figure outwhat steps need to be taken.Heavy traffic, local traffic, no

traffic? New zoning codes? Park-ing garages? Apartments overretail?

Im not saying Verona needs topony up $150,000 like Fitchburgdid to bring in PlaceMakers andredesign its zoning code or that itshould try to squeeze 16 hours ofeffort over two days from its vol-unteers like Macomb did. But I dohave a few concerns.

One is that the overall processfeels rushed.

It has taken time to buildmomentum for the idea, and thecity is fortunate the recent electiongot so many alders out and talkingto people about downtown right inthe midst of the process.

Yes, a true charrette refers to aproject that pushes the deadline those French architecture studentswould actually jump on the cartto finish sketching out their plans but its still supposed to takeseveral months of preparation andmonths more of follow-up. And Istill think there is more momen-tum out there.

Secondly, the structure hasntbeen clear enough.

The charrettes were publicizedmonths in advance, with the entireprocess laid out in detail fromthe start. Once my reporters got agrasp of exactly what they wereabout and were able to explain it,citizens knew exactly what wasgoing to happen and when.

Here, the scheduling has beenjust a few weeks out. I heardabout the online survey whichtook me an hour to complete only 12 days before it closed andgot three weeks notice for Mon-day nights session.

The city and its planners need totake their time and take advantageof the public interest in this project.And since its probably the onlytime this will be attempted here,they can use all the help from you,the public, that they can get.

Jim Ferolie is the editor ofthe Verona Press and Unified

Newspaper group. He has been acity resident and covered Verona

since 2006.

Heres your chance tore-create downtown

Ferolie

From the editors desk

Police rePortInformation from Verona police log

books:

May 189:10 p.m. Police cited a 26 year-

old male driver on the corner ofNorth Main Street and Llanos Streetfor speeding and having marijuanaand drug paraphernalia on him.

May 195:09 p.m. A 47 year-old woman

complained that a local man hadinjured her cat. The incident, occur-ring on the 400 block of South Jef-ferson Street, started when the66-year-old man found the cat onhis property. The cat allegedly dugits claws into the man, causing himto bleed and get blood on the cat,making the owners question whetherthe cat had been mishandled. Policeverbally warned the cat owners foranimal at large.

May 225:08 a.m. Police arrested two

men, 25 and 29, for drunken drivingafter their car crashed into a tree onthe 100 block of Harmony Drive. Thedriver had a package of white pow-der, and police booked him on a felo-ny charge for possession of cocaine.The passenger, whose birthday hadbeen the night before, violated a no-drink probation and also had a debitcard that didnt belong to him.

May 234:48 p.m. Police confronted

three youths who were stackingpicnic tables to get onto the shelterat Harmony Hills Park. One youthwas already atop the shelter whenpolice arrived. Officers explained thesafety and damage to public propertyconcerns of climbing on park shel-ters and had the youths replace the

tables.8:10 p.m. A 39-year-old woman

called police about a squirrel stuckon top of a backstop at Homan field.The woman claimed the squirrel had

been there for at least three hours,but police explained that there waslittle they could do because of thesquirrels location and all the peoplepresent.

May 2411:34 p.m. Police arrested a 24

year-old woman for her third OWI on

U.S. 18-151. She had been stoppedfor speeding.

May 257:13 a.m. A single-car crash on

the 2800 block of Cross CountryCircle caught the attention of police,who arrested the 20-year-old driverfor his first OWI.

May 279:11 a.m. Police spoke with a man

believed to be directing gruntingsounds toward children on RangeTrail. The anonymous complainantwanted the mans welfare checked.The man was actually a juvenile,and he was allegedly singing to hismusic.

5:12 p.m. A 76-year-old wom-an allegedly was involved in twohit-and-run crashes in downtownVerona (at Millers and Walgreens).Victims from both crashed describedthe vehicle and the woman, whomPolice stopped near the scene of thecrashes shortly afterwards. Policearrested the woman for her thirdOWI.

May 3011:52 p.m. Police responded to

a complaint of a suspicious vehiclewith two occupants parked on the500 block of Harvest Lane. Policemade contact and received permis-sion for a search, which yielded drugparaphernalia. The 23 year-old maledriver received citations for having

drug paraphernalia, a defective regis-tration lamp, and operating a vehiclewhile suspended.

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On Aug. 10, the family isce lebra t ingthe 5th annu-a l M a m aG o o s eM e m o r i a lRun/Walk.

T h e e v e n thas alreadyraised morethan $7,000for the PaulP. Carbone Comprehen-sive Cancer Center at theUniversity of WisconsinHospital, where Giesfeldtreceived much of her treat-ment during a seven-yearbattle with sarcoma, a rareand aggressive form of can-cer.

The community supporthas been great, said MattGiesfeldt, her 29-year-oldson.

His mom, who went byPeggy, worked nearly adecade in Verona schoolsas a secretary before shewas diagnosed in 2001 withsarcoma. She died in Janu-ary 2009 at the age of 52.

Matt Giesfeldt graduatedfrom Verona Area HighSchool in 2002, where, asa cross-country runner, heand his brother, Joseph,were nicknamed Goose,

a play on their last name.Their mom, a fixture attheir meets and regular vol-unteer for local sports, wasdubbed Mama Goose.

The first Mama Gooserun drew about 175 par-t ic ipants . That numberdropped to as low as 70 orso but surged last year toabout 170, said Matt, whoearned his law degree fromUW-Madison in 2012 andnow is an attorney at the

Law Center for Childrenand Families in Madison.

For the third straightyear, the race will be heldat Veterans Park, starting at9 a.m.

Prizes to top finishersin age- and gender-based

divisions will earn a smallceramic star with the raceslogo.

Last week, Matt said thisyears race drew 17 corpo-rate sponsors who chippedin between $100 and $2,500a piece, the most businesseshave donated in the eventsshort history. Those spon-sorships more than coveredthe cost to put on the race,meaning every dollar fromentry fees will go straight tothe Carbone Center.

Matt credited his wife,Kari, for helping him keep

the race going by marketingit and helping with the web-site, mamagooserun.com.

He hopes to continue therace for years to come.

We intend to keep itgoing and keep it up as longas we still want to, he said.

Matt recently gave anoth-er tribute to his mom, whenhe and his wife named their2-month-old daughter OrlaMargaret.

If you goWhat: Fifth annual Mama

Goose Memorial Run/Walk

When: 9 a.m. Saturday,Aug. 10

Where: Veterans Park

Why: Proceeds fromthe race go to the Paul P.Carbone ComprehensiveCancer Center at UWHospital.

How much: $25. Onlineregistration ends Aug. 8.Day-of-race registration

opens at 7 a.m.Info: mamagooserun.comPeggy Giesfeldt

Verona Fest returns

to help hockey rinkSeth Jovaag

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A two-day party thisweekend will double as a

way for local residents tosupport Veronas 19-year-old hockey rink.

The 4th annual VeronaFest includes live music,hockey tournaments, asilent auction, a 5-kilome-ter run and other eventsbased at the Eagles NestIce Arena, 451 E. VeronaAve.

P r o c e e d s f r o m t h eannual event have helpedoffset a laundry list ofmaintenance repairs forthe hockey rink, which isused year-round by hock-ey players and ice skaters,said Joel Marshall, execu-

tive director of the rinkand coach of the VeronaArea High School hockeyteam.

These are definitelyfunds we need to keepthings in order, Marshallsaid.

The fest begins at 5 p.m.Friday and runs all daySaturday. It features livemusic at 8 p.m. on Fridayand Saturday nights in theoutdoor beer tent, locatedbetween the arena and theVerona Fire station. Mid-Life Crisis will performFriday night and Lube willplay Saturday night.

The fest also includesa game zone, featur-ing dunk tanks, inflatablebouncy houses and hockeyskills games, both Fridaynight and all day Saturday,with tickets costing $1 pergame.

Standard fair food, suchas brats, chicken sand-wiches, hot dogs and Cul-vers frozen custard, willalso be sold throughoutthe event.

A 3-on-3 hockey tourna-ment inside the arena runsall day Saturday. Satur-days events also includea TDS TV Verona FestRun/Walk that features a

5-kilometer run/walk at 9a.m. at the arena, follow-ing a 1-mile fun run forkids that starts at 8:30 a.m.Registration for the 5K is

$25 and the fun run is $10.Another highlight is a

free open skate partyFriday from 8:30-10:30p.m., and a silent auctionand raffle that will run Fri-day night and all day Sat-urday.

T he r ink hos t s theSouthwest Eagles YouthH o c k e y A s s o c i a t i o n ,which includes about 200youth hockey players; theIce Spirits, a league forgirls ages 8-14; the DaneCounty Learn to Skateprogram and the VAHShockey team. It draws anestimated 300,000 visitsannually from spectatorsand participants, organiz-ers say.

The festival is hostedby Ice, Inc. the volunteergroup that oversees thenon-profit facilitys opera-tions.

The Olympic-sized rinkhas seating for 900 peo-ple, a heated mezzanine,a half-dozen locker roomsand a pro shop and con-cession area. Volunteersraised about $500,000 in1994 to build the $1.5 mil-lion facility.

In recent years, somebig-ticket expenses putthe rink in dire straights,so volunteers launchedthe first Nest Fest in 2010.Marshall said the rinkneeded about $75,000 thisspring alone to repair theice floor and dehumidifi-cation system and for oth-er small fixes.

Weve got well over$150,000 (in repairs) com-ing up in the next twoyears, too, he said.

If you goWhat: 4th annual

Verona Fest

When: Aug. 2-3Where: Eagles Nest

Ice Arena

Why: Proceeds benefityouth hockey organiza-tions and the ice rink

More info: veronafest.org

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Free kids movieEnjoy a free showing of the the PG-

rated movie Wreck-it Ralph at 1:30p.m. Thursday, Aug. 1, in the Com-munity Room at the Verona PublicLibrary.

Live musicCome enjoy a BOOMing event to

beat the heat in August.Boom events are geared especially

for the Baby Boomer generation, butall are welcome to attend.

This month features a performanceby Larry Byrd who plays a wonderfulmix of 60s 70s to present music thatwill keep your feet tapping.

From the Beatles to the Bodeans,Wilcox to Waits, alternative folk tomodern country, Larry can do it all.

The show starts at 6 p.m., Aug. 1, atthe Verona Senior Center.

The Secret GardenIn this two-person stage production

of Frances Hodgson Burnetts, TheSecret Garden, a young orphan girl,Mary Lennox, comes to live with her

uncle in the English countryside.Through her curiosity and deter-mination, Mary finds a garden filledwith memories that has been lockedfor years, Her youth and enthusiasmbreathe life into each character shemeets, bringing love back into the

family. No registration.The show is best for audiences ages

5 and up and takes place from 11 a.m.- noon Monday, Aug. 5, at the VeronaPublic Library.

National Night OutThe 30th Annual National Night Out

Against Crime will be held from 5-9p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6, at HometownFestival Park.

As part of this years event, there willonce again be the free Kidcare PhotoID booth. The purpose of the KidcarePhoto ID is to provide parents with acurrent, standardized, high quality pho-tograph of their child.

This years event will also includethe UW Med Flight helicopter, Fitchro-na EMS, the Verona Fire Department,and a police K-9 demonstration.

Entertainment will consist of music,face painting, a rock climbing wall,inflatable bouncers, and a dunk tank.

As always, there will be free hotdogs, roasted pork sandwiches, roastedsweet corn, beverages, and ice cream,for all in attendance. Every child willhave the opportunity to win a prize

from our free prize drawing.

Lunch N LearnLearn the importance of making

nutritious food choices with Kelly Berg,registered dietitian at Hybrid Fitness, in

the Lunch N Learn program series.From high fructose corn syrup to

artificial sweeteners, find out what arethe best and worst sugars to use in theprogram Sweet Tooth from noon to 1p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7, at the library.

Learn why we get addicted to sugarand how to turn that addiction around.A healthy lunch will also be provided.

Beach BashThe annual Verona Beach Bash at

Firemans Park will be held from 4-7p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7.

There will be beach games, free foodand drink, prizes and beach music froma live DJ.

The cost is $1 for youth residents and$2 for resident adults. Non-residentscan attend for twice the price.

Seed collectionHelp collect seeds from 9 a.m.-noon

Thursday, Aug 8, at Badger PrairieCounty Park Shelter #1.

Seeds will be used to help prairie res-toration projects.

Volunteers should wear long pants,long sleeve shirt and a hat, and bring

pruning shears, gloves and water.Please contact Wayne Pauly at 575-

0396 or pauly@countyofdane.com ifyou plan on attending, have any ques-tions or need directions.

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Wednesday, July 315 p.m. Common Council from 7-22-137 p.m. - Capital City Band8 p.m. Brain Health at Senior Center10 p.m. Traffic Info at Senior Center11 p.m. Kat Trio at Senior Center

Thursday, August 17 a.m. Traffic Info at Senior Center9 a.m. - Daily Exercise10 a.m. - Kat Trio at Senior Center

3 p.m. - Daily Exercise4 p.m. Cooking Safety at Senior Center6 p.m. - Salem Church Service7 p.m. - Words of Peace8 p.m. - Daily Exercise9 p.m. Chatting with the Chamber10 p.m. Dairyland at Historical Society

Friday, August 27 a.m. Cooking Safety at Senior Center1:30 p.m. - Chatting with the Chamber3 p.m. - Brain Health at Senior Center5 p.m. - 2011 Wildcats Football8:30 p.m. - Brain Health at Senior Center10 p.m. - Traffic Info at Senior Center11 p.m. Kat Trio at Senior Center

Saturday, August 38 a.m. Common Council from 7-22-1311 a.m. - Brain Health at Senior Center

1 p.m. - 2011 Wildcats Football4:30 p.m. Dairyland at Historical Society6 p.m. Common Council from 7-22-139 p.m. - Brain Health at Senior Center10 p.m. - Dairyland at Historical Society11 p.m. - Kat Trio at Senior Center

Sunday, August 47 a.m. - Hindu Cultural Hour9 a.m. Resurrection Church10 a.m. - Salem Church Service

Noon - Common Council from 7-22-133 p.m. - Brain Health at Senior Center4:30 p.m. - Dairyland at Historical Society6 p.m. Common Council from 7-22-139 p.m. - Brain Health at Senior Center10 p.m. Dairyland at Historical Society11 p.m. - Kat Trio at Senior Center

Monday, August 57 a.m. Cooking Safety at Senior Center1:30 p.m. - Chatting with the Chamber3 p.m. - Brain Health at Senior Center5 p.m. - 2011 Wildcats Football6:30 p.m. Plan Commission Live9 p.m. - Hindu Cultural Hour10 p.m. Traffic Info at Senior Center11 p.m. Kat Trio at Senior Center

Tuesday, August 67 a.m. Traffic Info at Senior Center

9 a.m. - Daily Exercise10 a.m. - Kat Trio at Senior Center3 p.m. - Daily Exercise4 p.m. Cooking Safety at Senior Center6 p.m. - Resurrection Church8 p.m. - Words of Peace9 p.m. - Chatting with the Chamber10 p.m. - Dairyland at Historical Society

Wednesday, August 77 a.m. Cooking Safety at Senior Center

1:30 p.m. - Chatting with the Chamber3 p.m. Brain Health at Senior Center5 p.m. Plan Commission from 8-05-137 p.m. - Capital City Band8 p.m. Brain Health at Senior Center10 p.m. - Traffic Info at Senior Center11 p.m. Kat Trio at Senior Center

Thursday, August 87 a.m. Traffic Info at Senior Center9 a.m. - Daily Exercise10 a.m. Kat Trio at Senior Center3 p.m. - Daily Exercise4 p.m. Cooking Safety at Senior Center6 p.m. - Salem Church Service8 p.m. - Daily Exercise9 p.m. Chatting with the Chamber10 p.m. Dairyland at Historical Society

Whats on VHAT-98

Thursday, Aug. 1 1:30 p.m., Free kids movie: Wreck-it Ralph,Verona Public Library 6 p.m., Live music, Verona Senior Center 6 p.m., Concert in the park, Harriet Park

Friday, Aug. 2 Verona Fest, Eagles Nest Ice Arena, veronafest.org

Saturday, Aug. 3 Verona Fest, Eagles Nest Ice Arena, veronafest.org

Monday, Aug. 5 11 a.m. - noon, The Secret Garden, Verona PublicLibrary

Tuesday, Aug. 6 3-7 p.m., Verona Farmers Market, HometownJunction, veronafarmersmarket.com 5-9 p.m., National Night Out, Hometown FestivalPark

Wednesday, Aug. 7 Noon-1 p.m., Lunch N Learn, Verona Public Library,845-7180 4-7 p.m., Beach Bash, Firemans Park

Thursday, Aug. 8 9 a.m. - noon, seed collection, Badger Prairie Park,575-0396

Saturday, Aug. 10 9-11 a.m., Listening session with Ald. Heather

Reekie, Verona Senior Center 10 a.m. 5 p.m., Art in the Mill Park, 6890 Paoli Rd.,lovelydaysinpaoli.com

Monday, Aug. 12 9 a.m. 5 p.m., Stuff the bus school supply collec-tion starts, Verona Chiropractic, 845-6067 11:30 a.m., Book discussion, library, 845-7180 6:30 p.m., Finance committee, City Center

7 p.m., Common Council, City Center

Tuesday, Aug. 13 2:30-4 p.m., Girl Effect sewing workshop, library,845-7180 3-7 p.m., Verona Farmers Market, HometownJunction, veronafarmersmarket.com 7-9 p.m., Listening session with Ald. Heather Reekie,Verona Senior Center

Wednesday, Aug. 14 6-8:45 p.m., Teen film showing: Half the Sky,library, 845-7180

Thursday, Aug. 15 9 a.m. - noon, seed collection, Cross Country Road,575-0396

Friday, Aug. 16 7 p.m., Key note address by Joshua Farley,

Ecological Economist Peace, Justice & Sustainability,the Foundations for a New Economy, VAHSPerformning Arts Center

Is Water a Basic Human Right?

Kofi Annan, the former Secretary General of the United Nationsput the issue concisely: Access to safe water is a fundamentalhuman need and therefore a basic human right. In the UnitedStates and in most of the developed world we take water for

granted. We turn on the faucet and out pours clean water, butin much of the developing world this is not the case. According

to the World Health Organization, over 2 billion people gainedaccess to clean water between 1990 and 2010, but roughly 11%of the global population (783 million people) still lacks access toclean water, and since we cannot live for more than a few dayswithout water, this remains a pressing issue. Three-thousand

children die each day from diarrheal illness, largely a result of nothaving clean water. So what can we do about it? We can start bydonating to organizations which help in this regard. Water.org isa charity which works to bring clean water to these communitiesstruggling with clean water issues. We should consider buying

one of their water bottles, which might save us money on bottledwater while supporting a good cause.

Christopher Simon via Metro News Service

Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but who-ever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the

water I give them will become in them a spring of water wellingup to eternal life.

John 4:13-14

ChurchesALL SAINTS LUTHERANCHURCH2951 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, WI53711(608) 271-2811livelifetogether.com

Sunday 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 LUTHERANCHURCH ELCA(608) 271-6633Central: Raymond Road & WhitneyWaySUNDAY8:15, 9:30 & 10:45 a.m. WorshipWest: Corner of Hwy. PD & NineMound Road, VeronaSUNDAY9 & 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Worship

LIVING HOPE CHURCHAt the Verona Senior Center108 Paoli St. (608) 347-3827livinghopeverona.com, info@living-hopeverona.comSUNDAY10 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 LUTHERANCHURCH

Wisconsin Synod, 6705 WesnerRoad, Verona(608) 848-4965 rlcverona.orgPastor Nathan Strutz and AssistantPastor: Timothy RosenowTHURSDAY6:30 p.m. WorshipSUNDAY9 a.m. Worship Service

ST. CHRISTOPHER CATHOLICPARISH301 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 8a.m., St. Andrew, Verona

ST. JAMES EVANGELICALLUTHERAN CHURCH427 S. Main Street, Verona

(608) 845-6922www.stjamesverona.orgPastors Kurt M. Billings and PeterNarumService5 p.m., Saturday9 a.m., Sunday

SALEM UNITED CHURCH OFCHRIST502 Mark Dr., Verona, WIPhone: (608) 845-7315Rev. Dr. Mark E. Yurs, PastorLaura Kolden, Associate in Ministrywww.salemchurchverona.org9 a.m. Worship ServiceStaffed nursery from 8:45 a.m. -10:15 a.m.10:15 a.m. Fellowship Hour

SPRINGDALE LUTHERANCHURCH-ELCA2752 Town Hall Road (off CountyID)(608) 437-3493springdalelutheran.org

Pastor: Jeff JacobsSUNDAY8:45 a.m. Communion Worship

SUGAR RIVERUNITED METHODIST CHURCH130 N. Franklin St., Verona(608) 845-5855sugar.river@sugarriverumc.org,sugarriverumc.orgPastor: Gary HolmesSUNDAY9:00 & 10:30Contemporary worship with chil-drens Sunday school.Refreshments and fellowship arebetween 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 OFCHRIST Located at Hwy. 92 & Ct.Road G, Mount Vernon(608) 832-6677 for informationPastor: Brad BrookinsSUNDAY10:15 a.m. Worship

ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OFCHRIST At Hwy. 69 and PB, Paoli(608) 845-5641Rev. Sara ThiessenSUNDAY9:30 a.m. Family Worship

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Above left, Laura Williams waits for her showmanship class with her horse Simon. Above right, AvaWildenborg proudly displays her rainbow cupcakes during the Food Revue before the fair. Below,Molly Jennerman, Aidan Combs, Henry Jennerman and Jamie Hogan have their chickens placed.

Tessa Bethke with her guinea pig named EJ and Hope Fechner with her guinea pig are all smiles at thecavy show. Tessa won the grand championship in her class and Hope received the reserve champion. Hope Fechner and her horse Cherokee compete in line driving.

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Anna Putney of the Springdale 4-H club waters her tropical gardenthat took first place during judging.

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Tackling the gridironNearly 300 incoming fourth graders through freshman participated in last weeks annualVerona Youth Football camp from Monday through Thursday. Campers enjoyed beautifulweather in the 70s and low 80s throughout the week.

Instruction at the camp was given by the Verona Area High School coaching staff andmore than 70 Wildcat players.

Players entering fourth through eighth grade head off to join their respective youth footballteams shortly after the camp, while incoming freshman began their first high school prac-tices in early August.

Verona Area High School player Adam Stiner (orange hat) talks to campers during abreak on Thursday.

Incoming eighth-grader Drew Palmer makes a touchdown catch over a defender during a game on Thursday.

Veronas Alex Jones was one of 26 Wildcat sophomore football players helping out with the four day camp, alongwith the entire VAHS football staff.

Sam Lynch gets around the edge on a touchdown run during a game between incomingsixth and seventh graders.

Verona football player Isaiah yancey (left) draws up a playfor fourth and fifth graders during Thursdays camp.

Photos by Jeremy Jones

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Cougars lights out in GermantownThe 16U Verona Cougars softball team participated in the Germantown Summer Night LightsTournament July 20-21.

The Cougars went undefeated during bracket play, including beating the B Pool one seed, WhitnallRage, 4-0, and ultimately winning the tournament championship over the B Pool two seed, FondyFusion Black, 4-3.

Pictured with their first place trophies (front, from left) are: Shannon Whitmus, Ashlynn Timmerman,Renee Gavigan and Kori Keyes; (middle) Shea Kalscheur, Emily Opsal, Allison Armstrong, BrookeVarian, Heather Rudnicki and coach Mike Opsal; (back) coach Kelly Keyes, Nicole Neitzel, Kira Opsaland Sara Endres; (not pictured) Natasha Horsfall.

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Sting(ing) the competitionThe Verona Sting went undefeated to win the Waterloo tournament at Firemans Park on July 13-14.

Team members (front, from left) are: Cael Pertzborn, Finley Deischer, Soren Blasiole, Jordan Frankeand Riley Peterson; (middle) Mason Armstrong, Gavin Farrell, Gavin Holmes, Kaden Kittleson, MichaelComber; (coaches) Tyler Peterson and Chris Armstrong; (not pictured) Mason Sherry and Marc Sherry.

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Fuzzy flying to district championshipsThe U18i JTT tennis team Lets Get Fuzzy took first place at the Midwest District Championshipsheld at Nielsen Tennis Stadium on July 26-27.

The team will be traveling to the Midwest sectionals in Indianapolis on Aug. 2-4 to represent theWisconsin District.

Pictured (front, from left) are: Marissa Wilson (Verona), Kaela Amundson (Verona); (back) KellySpielman (Madison Memorial), Ashley Griffin (Verona), Colin Hogendorn (Middleton), Jonah Carre(Madison West), Alfonso Gunaratnam (Madison West) and Johnny Yan (Verona). The team alsoreceived the Sportsmanship Award at the event.

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15U team wins Reedsburg inviteThe Verona 15U team played in the 25th annual Reedsburg 88 Team Invitational last weekend (July26-28). During pool play on Saturday, the team took on Green Bay and Portage and won 10-0 and11-1, respectively.

On Sunday, they faced Middleton in the semi-final game and shut them out 5-0. In the championshipgame against DC Everest, they won with a score of 6-4.

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Cavaliers win four games in four daysVerona got out the broom last week,

sweeping four games in four days to lock upthe Western Section.

We had explosive hitting, good pitchingand nearly flawless defense throughout theweek, manager Dale Burgenske said.

The Cavaliers three-game stretch of Sun-day games kicked off Friday in Blanchard-ville as Verona made up its June 23 gamewith a 16-3 win over the Bullets.

Zach Spencer had four hits and four RBIs,including two doubles and a triple to helpVerona lockup the top-seed in the WesternSection.

The Cavaliers scored 13 runs in the firsttwo innings, including 10 in the second aloneen route to the blowout.

Ben Wallace got the start, tossing twoinnings before giving way to Cole Kroncke,who picked up his second of two wins onthe week. Nick Krohn threw the final threeinnings of relief.

Verona 10, Monroe 5

The Cavaliers most exciting game of theweek came on Saturday when Verona trav-eled to Monroe for another make-up game.

Leading 6-0 through seven innings, Spen-cer made things interesting, being chargedwith five runs in the eighth. Danny Kosscame on to stop the bleeding and closeout the

win, while Justin Scanlon and Spencer eachroped RBI doubles in the top of the ninth togive the Cavaliers some breathing room.

Wallace smoked a bases-clearing doublein the second inning and drove in another runin the ninth to finish with a game-high four

RBIs.Verona 19, Ridgeway 0 (5)

Justin Scanlon and Spencer each drove inthree runs Sunday as host Verona posted 19runs in two innings for a 19-0 shut-out victoryover Ridgeway in five innings. Its the ninth-consecutive season in which the top-seededCavaliers have locked up a first-round bye.

Kroncke picked up the win, tossing a com-plete-game three hitter. He struck out five anddidnt walk a batter.

Night League

Verona kicked off the stretch in a CentralNight League game at Ashton last Thursday,rolling 16-3 in five innings.

AJ Stoffels and Koss each drove in threeruns apiece, while Matt Gust went the dis-tance to pick up the win on the mound.

Stoughton sits atop the standings at 9-1,while Middleton and Verona are tied at 8-2.

The Cavaliers host Utica at 7 p.m. Thurs-day.

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complex, the paperworkload has steadily grown,too.

The pace has not let up,he said.Its a far cry from 15 or

20 years ago, when offi-cers would take scheduledbreaks at the truck stop,evidence was stored nextto some lockers in a hall-way and the departmentwas stocked with old-timerswho had seen Verona growup from a truly small town.Coughlin has had to acceptthat his job, and that of hisentire command staff, isalways on the fly, always

playing catch-up. (F orm er L t . ) Har ryBarger used to laugh. Idsay, Once we get caughtup here and hed chuck-le, Coughlin said, recall-ing when he would dreamof spending more time outin the community, gettingto know people as he didas a former patrolman inOregon. Hed say, Ivebeen there. Chief, were notgoing to get there.

Taking on a new worldCoughlin and the VPD

were still reeling from theApril 2003 murder-suicidewhen he got his first realtest, just eight weeks later.

That was when a Tai-wanese college studentkilled three acquaintancesover a gambling debt ina small apartment wherethey frequently gathered onSouth Main Street. It wasa case that didnt just taxthe departments modestresources; it briefly broughtnational attention and infa-my to Verona.

Because several otherlocal law enforcementagencies and even the FBIgot involved, work on thecase had to be done at thesheriffs office in down-

town Madison , whichwas the only place withenough room for everyone.That meant all evidence,surveillance materials andother files had to be taken10 miles away.

If you try to find a sil-ver lining, it was I was ina better position to make aproper assessment of staffand preparedness, Cough-lin said. The obvious defi-ciency there was the currentfacility.

That frustration beganto pay off within a coupleyears, when Coughlin tooka leading role in plan-

ning two-thirds of the newVerona City Center, whichopened in 2008.

In addition to havingmuch more room to grow it still has empty offices the new building camewith a garage and bookingarea, holding cells, state-of-the-art evidence collectionfacilities, an armory and atraining room that now has

smart boards. And Cough-lin made sure it had a spe-cial area just for major cas-es, where several visitingofficers could settle in for adays work as needed.

That was a huge help in2009, when Verona policecaught a pair of bank rob-bers here, and in 2010,when several departmentsand even the FBI helpedVerona catch a burglaryring that hit five downtownbusinesses.

Thats where you couldstart to feel the immediatebenefits, Coughlin said.

Lt. Dave Dresser, who

worked part-time for thedepartment for severalyears before becoming fulltime in 2001, said Coughlinhas prioritized having thebest tools available.

That has meant lobbyingcity leaders to ensure squadcars dont get too old andhaving everyone use thesame type of gun, but it alsomeans embracing technolo-gy and new ideas, like radarspeed signs, Tasers, Inter-net-equipped squad carsand the now controversiallicense plate-recognitionsystem.

His main focus is justto give us good equip-ment, good facilities, goodstaffing, and I think hesachieved that, Dressersaid.

Family atmosphereCoughlin also strives

to keep a respectful, pro-fessional, yet family-typeatmosphere, both within thedepartment and through itsinteractions with the com-munity.

But he insists the creditfor keeping up with thosegoals falls mainly on hav-ing quality staff, several ofwhom have been around atleast as long as he has.

While advances in tech-nology have improved effi-ciency, increases in emails,texts and smartphones, aswell as the sheer volume ofcalls up 50 percent since2008, to more than 12,000 could curtail face-to-faceinteractions between offi-cers and citizens.

On one hand, improve-ments in mobile data com-puters have allowed offi-cers to spend more time inthe field, even while filingreports. But at the sametime, theyre often busi-er and have less time forsocializing.

That socializing can havea big impact, even if itsjust a couple of minutes. I f

a citizen has had positiveinteractions with police,whether its a child get-ting a free baseball card forwearing a bike helmet or anadult receiving a friendlywave, that person is morelikely to feel comfortableapproaching the policewhen theres a problem,Coughlin said.

Its a big part of whatwe do, he said. The phi-losophy is establishingthe necessary relationshipsin advance that will allowyou to problem-solve.

This is especially true ofthe school resource officerstationed at Verona AreaHigh School, which Cough-lin said is the busiestofficer on the staff. It takes

just the right personality todo that job, he said, add-ing that current SRO AaronTruscott and former SRORyan Adkins have beenexemplary.

Establishing those rela-

tionships can be particularlychallenging to supervisors(sergeants and lieutenants),who have found themselvessaddled with extra adminis-trative work in recent years.

Coughlin said he oftenfinds himself stuck in hisoffice dealing with hisstacks of paperwork (some

of which are as high asfive feet tall), and since he

doesnt live in Verona, hefinds it necessary to go outof his way to get to knowpeople on a more casualbasis.

Never one to draw atten-tion to himself, Coughlinis nonetheless a fixture atthe citys Common Councilmeetings, simply observ-ing, as well as at the annualNational Night Out AgainstCrime, the Hometown Daysparade and other majorevents. He also saves someof his phone calls for hiscommute from his homein Waukesha County andalways spends his lunchtime out of the office.

One of the commitmentsI made from day one, andI do religiously, is I eatout every day of the week(for) lunch, he said. I pur-posely try to eat at differ-ent locations so Im at leastseen in public and havethe opportunity to have

conversations with ownersand employees there.

No end in sightThough the c i ty has

s tead i ly inc reased thed e p a r t m e n t s s t a f f i n glevel its 50 percenthigher than 10 years ago,at 21 full-time sworn offi-cers Coughlin has neverseen the department fullystaffed.

Thats because recruit-ing and training an officercan often take a full year.All it takes is one early exitto muck up the entire plan.And if there are severalvacancies, as has been thecase this year, the depart-

ment cant even attemptto fill them all, as train-ing more than two peoplewould limit the availabilityof other officers.

At the same time, theneed to process paper-w o r k h a s e x p a n d e d .When Coughlin arrived,the department had one

full-time office person,Jane Knudsen, who alsohandled municipal court.Now the court has its ownstaff and the police depart-ment has three clericalworkers.

Some residents mightques t ion such s taff ing

increases, but Coughlinsaid thats what it takesfor the kind of immediateresponse people dont getin bigger cities.

Its what our residentsexpect, he said.

For the most part, hesaid, the department hasmaintained that level ofservice, whether its check-ing into potentially hurtwild animals, sending anofficer to look at a bur-glary or having an officerstand by to ensure decorumwhile an ex moves out of ahouse.

The only regular assis-

tance Verona has droppedover the years, he said, hasbeen helping people lockedout of vehicles (exceptunder emergency circum-stances).

More importantly, thechief takes what he calls ano-nonsense approach tocrime and disorder. Thatgoes hand in hand withthe well-known brokenwindows theory, whichpostulates that even smallcrimes, left alone, willgrow into bigger problems.

And in recent years, asVerona has grown closerto Madison and vice-versa,thats become even moreimportant.

While the communityhas changed a lot sinceCoughlins shocking intro-duction to Verona, theresone thing he hopes willstay the same.

That first day on the job,before the retirements ofseveral longtime officers,before the Verona FireDepartment had full-timefirefighters, before Epicwas here, Coughlin wentout to survey the scene.Before long, fire and EMSpersonnel began helpingout while streets super-intendent Greg Denner

pulled up in a truck fullof barricades, all withoutbeing asked.

That made a las t ingimpression.

I was surprised by theamount of positive rela-tions among departmentsin the city, he said. Itsnot that way every place.

Coughlin: Chief puts high priority on quality facilities, equipment for police departmentContinued from page 1

Photo by Jim Ferolie

Verona police chief Bernie Coughlin has learned to accept that hes stuck behind a desk more oftenthan hed like to be. But community outreach is still a priority for his department.

His main focus is just to give us good

equipment, good facilities, good staffing,

and I think hes achieved that.

Lt. Dave Dresser

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Werner Schorr

Werner P. Schorr, age84, died on Sunday, July21.

He was born on March1, 1929 to Mori tz andMarta (Zbinden) Schorrin Cambria, Wis., and wasraised with his 2 brothers

and 2 sisters in Madison.He attended West High,

jo ine d the ar my at ag e17 serving in post WWIIKorea. After the Army heattended Madison Busi-ness College on the GI Billwhere he learned the skillsneeded to manage his manysmall businesses over theyears including CustomFencing, and StraightlineStriping. He worked atClean Tow-el Service asa route driv-e r b e f o r e

jo in in g th eMadison Fire Department.

Over his years with theFire Department he roseto Division Chief. Duringhis tenure he helped imple-ment the change from anall male force to includ-ing women firefighters. Heretired in 1986.

His hard work set anexam ple fo r h i s fam -ily, instilling a strong workethic and entrepreneurialspirit (starting when he hadthem collecting worms atnight to sell, shoveling andplowing snow, or holding achalk line for striping).

Werner met the love ofhis live Joanie Kalten-berg in 1950 at a weddingdance in Waunakee. Heenticed her with charm, andhis convertible (whichshe later learned was reallyhis brother Carls). Theymarried in January 1951and together they had 6children and raised theirfamily in Madison.

Family was most impor-tant to Werner. He wasalways loving, a good pro-vider, and coach. Alwaysthere to help, counsel andsupport (from jumping acar, fixing something, orgiving advice). Joan andhe felt they were so fortu-nate to have a close family

who shared and enjoyed somuch together from fam-ily ski trips, camping trips,and family dinners.

S por t s and com pe t i -tion were his passion. Asa teenager he began ski

jumpin g and became th eNational Junior JumpingChampion at age 16. Hewas one of the foundingmembers of BlackhawkSki Club. His love of ski-ing he shared with his fam-ily and years of wonderfulfamily ski trips followed.

Werner was a fierce com-petitor even competing inthe Nastar Nationals at age78 in Steamboat, Colo.,along with his son Randy,and grandson Luke. Hiscompetitive spirit contin-ued even into family soc-cer and kickball games. Hewas passionate about golf,

and enjoyed hunting andfishing with the grandkids.

He loved being withand meeting new people.He embraced everyonewith his humor and caringnature.

Werner is survived bythe love of his life, wifeand soulmate of 62 years Joan, his children DebbiBembenek (Curt), RandySchorr (Kristie), WendyRagotzkie(Pete) and DougSchorr (Jo-Anne OBrien);grandchildren Travis Bem-benek (Tamanna), SaraBembenek (Johel Saborio),Whitney Bembenek, CaseySchorr, Cole Schorr, Aus-tin Ragotzie (Jackie) , ErinRagotzkie, Meghan Schorrand Luke Schorr. Greatgrandchildren Emma, Oli-ver and Taylor. His broth-er Carl Schorr, and sisterRosie McMahan (Francis).

He was p receded indeath by his children Pauland Rick. His parents Mar-ta and Moritz. His brotherAl and sister Helen Ritter.

Werner, Dad, Grampa,great grampa- we love youalways. Well miss yourhugs.

A Celebration of Wer-ners Life was held at 6p.m. on Friday, July 26, at

Cress Funeral Home, 3610Speedway Road, Madison.A visitation was held from3p.m. until the time of ser-vice at 6 p.m., with a lightbuffet following the ser-vice at Cress. Please shareyour memories at www.cressfuneralservice.com

In lieu of flowers dona-tions may be made to theMichael J. Fox Founda-tion, the Crohns and Coli-tis Foundation of America,or the Arthritis Foundation.

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Stop!Action!

As part of a program atVerona Public Library lastmonth, youth received anintroduction into the pro-cess of stop-motion ani-mation from Jason Love.

Each contributor tookhome a mini-film projectcaptured on a DVD.

Left, a librarian helps afew participants learn theropes.

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CONSTRuCTIONCITy OF VERONA,

WISCONSINOWNER: Te Cit of Verona, Wis-

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constrction of approximatel 2,180lin. Feet (centerline lengt) of 12-incdiameter and 1,440 lin. Feet of 8-incdiameter sanitar sewer, 2,840 lin. Feet(centerline lengt) of 12-inc diameterdctile iron water main, inclding 80 lin.feet to be installed b trencless con-strction metods, and 240 lin. Feet of8-inc diameter dctile iron water main,approximatel 2,300 lin. Feet (centerlinelengt) of 12-inc to 36-inc diameterstorm sewer, approximatel 4,160 lin.Feet of concrete crb and gtter, ap-proximatel 12,000 sqare feet of con-crete sidewal, approximatel 10,900sqare ards of aspaltic concrete pav-ing and crsed aggregate base corse,landscaping, erosion control, trafcmaintenance, and all apprtenant worto constrct approximatel 1,400 linearfeet of streets and sanitar sewer andwater extensions witin te Cit of Ve-rona, Dane Cont, Wisconsin.

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sall be reqired to pa not less tan teprevailing wage rates on te Project asestablised b te State of Wisconsin,Department of Worforce Development.Copies of these wage rates are on le inthe ofce of the City Clerk and incorpo-rated in te Contract Docments.

BID SECuRITy: Bid Secrit in teamont of not less tan 5% or more tan10% of te Bid sall accompan eacBid in accordance wit te Instrctionsto Bidders.

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Pblised b atorit of te Cit ofVerona, Wisconsin.

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TOWN OF VERONAREGuLAR TOWNBOARD MEETING

TuESDAy, AuGuST 6, 20136:30 P.M.

TOWN hALL,335 N. NINE MOuND ROAD

VERONA, WI 53593-10351. Call To Order/Approval of Agenda2. Pblic CommentTis section of te meeting pro-

vides te opportnit for comment frompersons in attendance on items tat areeiter listed below or is a matter overwic tis governing bod as jrisdic-tion. Comments on matters not listed ontis agenda cold be placed on a ftreboard meeting agenda.

3. Discssion and action re: Roadhal Permit for Epic

4. ReportsA. Plan Commission:Discssion and Action on Land use

Application #1 dated Jl 10, 2013 forpropert located at 7291 CTh PD sbmit-ted b Brent Campbell Pastor for GoodSepard Lteran Crc. Te prposeof te land se cange is to allow for:te rezoning of 13.2 acres from Rh3(Rral homes) to A2 (Agricltral) and aConditional use Permit to allow for teconstrction of a colmbarim, a walllike structure for the nal resting placeof cremated remains.

Discssion and Action on Land useApplication #2 dated Jl 17, 2013 forpropert located at 2782 Wite Cross-ing Road sbmitted b Jon D. Gentr,agent for Stace Bean, ber of tepropert. Te prpose of te land secange is to allow for: a rezoning of19.9 acres from A-1EX (Exclsive Agri-cltre) to A2 (Agricltre) and a Con-ditional use Permit to allow for orse

riding and boarding stables.B. Pblic Wors:Discssion and action re: awarding

of contract for annal road maintenanceDiscssion and action re: pdates

to te drivewa ordinanceC. EMS:D. Fire:E. Open Space and Pars:

F. Town Cair:Discssion and possible action re:

additional commission appointmentsG. Spervisors:h. Cler/Treasrer:I. Planner/Administrator:5. Discssion and approval of pa-

ment of bills for mont of Jl6. Review of Bilding Permits, In-

spection Reports, Road hal Permits,and Rigt-of-Wa Permits

7. Discssion and approval of min-tes of Jl meeting

8. Adjorn

Board agendas are pblised in teTowns ofcial newspaper The VeronaPress (Legal section) and are postedat te Town hall and te Towns blletinboard at Miller & Sons Grocer 108 N.Main St. If an agenda is amended afterpublication the ofcial sites for notice ofthe nal version are the Verona PublicLibrar blletin board, Town hall andMillers.

If anone aving a qalifing dis-ability as dened by the American withDisabilities Act, needs an interpreter,materials in alternate formats or oteraccommodations to access tese meet-ings, please contact te Town of VeronaCler @ 608-845-7187 or aarnold@town.verona.wi.s. Please do so at least 48ors prior to te meeting so tat properarrangements can be made.

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Towns ofcial newspaper The Verona

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During that study, however which drew significant neg-ative feedback and concernsabout moving too quickly many residents wanted toknow what the overall planfor the area was before they

weighed in on what type ofroads were needed.

The format for Mondaysmeeting gave residents twohours to have their voicesheard in a different way fromthe previous, more typicalpublic meetings. Severalpeople surveyed after themeeting Monday thought thesmall groups were a goodway to build consensus andshare different opinions.

Verona attorney ChadKemp said the small groupswere informative, whereaslarger group discussions havea tendency to get heated.

You can bounce ideas

off each other (in the smallergroups), Kemp said. Thenyou can build consensus.

Survey resultsThe online and paper sur-

vey, conducted July 10-24,asked a series of open-endedand specific questions aboutcurrent downtown use, itsadvantages and challengesand what future improve-ments might make the down-town more accessible andusable.

The take-home message,as MSA planners framed it, isthat people see the downtownas an area that serves as a cen-ter of the community, withshops, restaurants and oppor-tunities for social interaction.

The survey drew 254responses both online andthrough hard-copy surveys.Nearly 90 percent of respon-dents were Verona residents

and about 15 percent livedwithin the study area. About45 percent were under the

age of 55.Not surprisingly, the survey

revealed that current users ofthe downtown visit the area togo to Miller and Sons Super-market, eat at restaurants andcafes and do non-groceryshopping. The biggest con-cerns raised were that the areais congested, poorly definedand lacks enough variety forvisitors. Users liked the con-venience and friendly servicefound there.

Survey respondents offeredsome specific suggestionsto improve the area, suchas restructuring and remov-ing parking, adding pedes-

trian and bike facilities andimproving the streetscaping.Also high on the list werebigger-picture items, likereducing traffic congestion,improving the areas iden-tity and aesthetics and addingmore shops and restaurants.

Small groupsSome of those survey

responses were echoed Mon-day night during the vision-ing session.

The people who attendedcomprised a broad mix ofyounger and older, businessowners, longtime and morerecent residents, alders andchamber members.

The biggest concern notedby most groups was that thedowntown develop a unifiedlook and feel. For example,there shouldnt be a new parkbench and terrace on one sideof the street and a shoddy-looking building across thestreet.

There also was a generalconsensus that Veronas

downtown extends three orfour blocks each way fromthe Four Corners intersectionof Verona Avenue and

Main Street. Within thatarea, residents would liketo see 6-foot sidewalks, a

mixture of hardscape andgreen terraces, building set-backs of at least five feet from

the sidewalk and buildings nomore than two stories tall.

Residents were agreeableto removing some on-streetparking, as long as off-streetspots were available andwell-marked for businessesin the area. Everyone seemedto agree the city should dowhatever it takes to keepMillers downtown if thatbusiness needs to expand.

As for traffic congestion,most groups seemed to thinkhaving restricted parkingduring peak hours and hav-ing well-timed traffic lightswould help reduce wait times.

What is downtown?With some debate, the lim-

its of the downtown corearea were defined as:

Near East or West Har-riet Street along North MainStreet

At Paoli Street on South

Main Street At Lincoln Street on East

Verona Avenue

Near Legion Street onWest Verona Avenue

Outside those limits wasconsidered more of a gate-way area, particularly alongVerona Avenue.

Residents were more opento three-story buildings inthese outlying areas. Forexample, the proposed three-story Fairfield Inn and Suitesdrew no objections from onesmall group discussion WestVerona Avenue.

In general, the groupswanted to preserve some ofthe more historic-lookingspaces and buildings, butwere open to redevelopment

opportunities in other spots.There were concerns aboutopening up too much spacefor redevelopment becauseit might leave some parts ofthe downtown looking moredistressed while other partsthrive.

Next stepsResidents will have one

more chance to share theirthoughts in a similar formatlater this fall.

Planners from MSA intendto review the survey results,small-group notes and com-ments from the meeting tohelp form a draft plan for thedowntown area. The resultswill be shared with the cityssteering committee, then pre-sented at a public meeting.

After that, MSA will com-bine the feedback from thosemeetings with what theyveheard about the traffic study.Those results will go into adraft master plan that will bereviewed by the public in latefall before being considered

by the Plan Commission andCommon Council later thisyear.

Verona Press editor JimFerolie contributed to thisstory.

Downtown: Participants want wider sidewalks, are OK with removing some parkingContinued from page 1

Photos by Jim Ferolie

Residents meet in small groups to discuss their vision for the citys downtown Monday. The smallgroups served as a way for planners to hear feedback about different aspects of the downtown, includ-ing the potential for redevelopment and traffic changes.

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