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VOL. 124, NO.
Davis gives
State of the
City address
Speech focuses
on development,
use of TIF
by CAMERON BREN
Times-Tribune
City administrator Mike

Davis touted the citys accomplishments over the last year at
the State of the City address last
week. Davis filled in for Mayor
Kurt Sonnentag, who for a second year couldnt speak at the
Chamber of Commerce sponsored event.
Player okay
after freak
injury on
the court
See ADDRESS, page 2
MCO returns next week

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016
by MATT GEIGER
Times-Tribune
The Middleton Community Orchestra continues to

wow music fans young and
old. And while the groups
core is made up of a diverse
array of Middletonians, the
quality of the featured guests
continues to impress as well.
On Wednesday, Feb. 24,
the Middleton Community
Orchestra will present its
Winter Concert featuring cellist Andrew Briggs in a performance of the Dvorak Cello
Concerto.
Also on the program are
two works by Mendelssohn.
The first is the Hebrides
Overture. The second is Symphony No. 3, the Scottish
symphony.
The concert will take place
at 7:30 p.m. at the Middleton
Performing Arts Center, 2100
Bristol St. General admission

is $10. All students are admitted free of charge.
Briggs performs on an international scale, giving
recitals in his native Colorado
to concerts in Italy and the
UK. His travels have taken
him to a growing list of prestigious music festivals, including the International
Holland Music Sessions
(NL), the Abbey Fontfroide
Masterclasses (FR), and as a
Fellow of the Aspen Music
Festival (US). Recently moving to Madison from New
York City, Andrew has performed in venues such as
Alice Tully Hall (NY), the
Guggenheim Museum, and
Macky Auditorium (CO).
His 2015-2016 season includes both solo and chamber
engagements. Recent recitals
include solo programs at the
See MCO, page 5
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Time to
tailgate
Join the team and help
support the Middleton
High School Cardinals on
Saturday, February 20
from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at
KEVA Sports Center.
Tickets are $50 per person (must be 21) and are
available at middletonboosterclub.com.
Funds raised will help
support MHSs successful Strength and Conditioning Program, Team
Jerseys,
Scholarship
Fund for Low-income
Athletes and much more.
Photo contributed
Cellist Andrew Briggs will join the MCO Wednesday.
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Sunday was supposed to be a

day of fun for the 34 youth basketball teams that converged on
Middleton High School.
Instead, an event that was
both bizarre and frightening put
a scare into many.
During the annual Bluebirds
girls basketball tournament, an
eighth grader from Wisconsin
Heights suffered one of the
See INJURY, page 7
Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger
A delicious cultural education
Local youth celebrated the Chinese New Year, and got in touch with their roots, February 7 at Taigu restaurant on Elmwood Avenue. Hong Gao, Taigus
owner, is a longtime Middleton resident and a native of northern China. She taught the kids, who are part of a group called Taigu Tales, how to make authentic dumplings from scratch. Above, Lia Tweten, Ella Mueller and Hope Marshall roll out the dough. Find out more about how adoptive families are
connecting to China on page 8.
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MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE
ADDRESS
continued from page 1
Davis covered a long list of

all the happenings and developments with the city - ranging
from tax rates to the parks department in front of an audience of a couple hundred
residents and business owners.
Davis noted the unique case
in Middleton where the total
number of jobs are about equal
to the population. He explained
that about 17,000 people come
in to work each day and less
than 2,000 people live and work
in Middleton. Thats a migration in of about 9,000 in and
8,000 out each day, he said.
He said that the municipal tax
rate is one of the lowest in Dane
County along with Verona and
Waunukee.
An important element that
makes Middleton so successful
is its employers, according to
Davis.
The great strength of our
community is the employment
and the employers, Davis
stated.
The biopharmaceutical company PPD is the largest employer in the city with more
than 650 employees. Davis explained that they are currently
expanding and are expected to
have 1,000 employees by the
end of the year.
Davis said there is another attribute that makes Middleton a
great community.
A great deal of the success
of Middleton and the area is our
collaboration between the
chamber of commerce, the
school district and the city as
well as our many great service
organizations, he said. We
have such a strong backbone of
cooperation and collaboration
working together and its unlike
any Ive seen in any community
in Wisconsin or around the
country.
Davis touched on the ongoing Bishops Bay residential development. He said the city is
anticipating about 2,500 housing units will be built there over
the next 15 to 20 years and
about a tenth is done to date.
He noted about 1,600 homes
will be multi-family.
Davis said Bishops Bay is a
great example of the city utilizing our lands for the maximum return for residents and
tax payers.
Davis then got into recent
and planned developments.
Middleton Center is a
planned complete tear down
and rebuild of the Old Middleton Center to construct seven
mixed-use buildings with 205
residential units, 62,000 square

feet of commercial and office
space, and 540 parking stalls
with a significant portion underground. A $41 million expected
value and $7.7 million TIF investment are expected as part of
the project.
Parmenter Circle phase two,
will be near the recently constructed Parmenter Circle
Apartments, featuring the
largest solar array of any multifamily in the state, Davis said.
A $7 million expected value and
$1.9 million TIF investment are
part of that project.
Tribecca Apartments will
feature 75 market-rate apartments with the possibility for
conversion of 9,500 square feet
to retail in the future. That project includes a $7 million expected value and $340,000 TIF
investment.
Aspen Commons, currently
under construction, will feature
82 market rate apartments. That
comes with a $12 million expected value and $1.8 million
TIF investment.
Meadow Ridge Apartments,
not yet under construction, will
feature 95 apartment units; 19
market-rate and 76 workforce
housing for people at 60 percent
of the are median income or
below. The project was approved for WHEDA tax credits

and will create $6.3 million expected value with a $2.1 million
TIF investment.
Primrose School will offer
preschool, 4K, and after school
care for parents in the heart of
the citys commercial district.
School district superintendent
Don Johnson worked with
Primrose so that it would not
conflict with school district and
draw out students and funding
from the public district, Davis
said.
Market West Apartments
been conceptually approved and
will be coming through planning over the next few months,
Davis explained. Ten percent of
the units will be available at a
lower rate for people below 60
percent of the area median income. Another $32 million in
expected value is estimated
with a $7.8 million dollar TIF
request approved conceptually.
Davis pointed to improvements made by the citys public
safety departments.
The police department have
embraced and tackled the challenge of looking at how we can
make our community more equitable and to promote the diversity that we have, Davis
Last weeks article about the

City of Middletons youth center incorrectly stated that the
centers budget was being
moved into the General Fund.
That is incorrect. On February
2, 2016 the Middleton Common
Council approved moving the
Middleton Youth Center budget
and associated financial transactions from the General Fund
into a new, dedicated, separate
from the General Fund, distinct,
what is called a Special Revenue Fund.
According to city finance director John Lehman, the important distinction is that the
General Fund contains revenue
or funding from dozens and

dozens of different sources,
with dozens and dozens of purposes or goals for that revenue.
In comparison a Special Revenue Fund, such as the new
Fund 214, Middleton Youth
Center, will only contain revenue from sources having a single common goal; namely the
operation and furtherance of the
Middleton Youth Center.
The distinction of a Special
Revenue Fund compared to the
General Fund is of key importance. Namely fiscal accountability or transparency so that the
revenue remitters, such as
donors
and
contributors,
namely civic groups, regular

citizens, Dane County governmental agencies and the Middleton Cross Plains Area School
District and others pledged
monies for the Middleton Youth
Center will in fact only be spent
for Middleton Youth Center
purposes and goals.
Finally, at the end of the year,
left over unspent money in a
Special Revenue Fund is still
pledged for a specific purpose;
namely in Fund 214, the Middleton Youth Center. Yearend
unspent monies cannot unknowingly be spent for nonMiddleton
Youth
Center
purposes.
Times-Tribune photo by Cameron Bren
For the second year in a row, city administrator Mike Davis, rather than Mayor Kurt Sonnentag, gave the annual State of the City Address. The speech is hosted
by the Middleton Chamber of Commerce.
C ORRECTION
explained. They have looked

at law enforcement techniques
and strategies as well as training
for the community.
He noted the library was
voted the best area library of the
year by the South Central Library System of Wisconsin.
Were very proud of it,
theyve added a media maker
lab, giving us a creative outlet
for the youth of the community,
theyve expanded their outreach
programs, he added. Its
quite outstanding what theyve
been able to do.
He said the senior center is
one of only 120 senior centers
nationally and state accredited
of about 14,000 nationwide.
He reminded attendees the
Middleton trolley is free and
goes to various sites of Middleton, and noted that there are
nearly 1,000 hotel rooms, both
great for tourism and visitors.
Pleasant View Golf Course
was a best of Madison silver
winner and best of the burbs
golf winner, Davis said. This
year the golf course plans to expand the patio.
The public lands department
has been a finalist the last three
years over thousands of departments for a population under
30,000, and they plan to do better next year, Davis said.
He also noted the growth of

the youth center. He said it is
expanding and growing and
needs more space. He said the
city plans to do some fundraising this year to increase funding
for the successful program.
Our planning department is
also tops, he said. We
amended our TIF district to
move $70 millions of value
back to the other taxing jurisdictions. Weve done amendments totaling $340 million
over last ten years.
The total value of TID #3 is
$680 million minus the $340
million that has been returned,
he said. The planning department has also developed workforce housing policy that was
adopted by the common council.
A great deal of our strength
is through our financial management,
Davis
stated.
Weve been able to maintain a
Aa1 bond rating which is one of
the best in the state for our
size.
The city has also expanded
fiber network to connect city
hall, the high school and police
department, the Heritage Senior
Center will be the location of a
newly added fourth polling
place, and the new operations
center has a recycling center
which helped the city receive a

DNR recycling excellence
award, Davis went on.
He also pointed out the citys
successful water conservation
efforts including $100 rebate for
low flow toilets and free audits
for businesses.
Davis said over the last two
years the city has engaged the
International City Management
Associations Professional Fellows Program.
We have been able to develop an exchange not only for
folks coming to our country to
learn about democracy and
local government but also a
means by which we can travel
and visit and learn about their
countries better, he said.
Two years ago it was East
Timor and from Malaysia and
Singapore in the fall. The program is paid for by state department and has no up front cost to
the city.
Davis concluded by noting
Middleton
became
Dane
Countys first dementia friendly
city. He said a number of businesses participated and received
the training and designation as
dementia friendly. The training
is still available for businesses
interested by contacting the
chamber of commerce.
PAGE 3
Board debates impact of voucher expansion

Board members also discuss controversial bathroom bill
by CAMERON BREN
Times-Tribune
The Middleton-Cross Plains

Area School District Board of
Education last week discussed
the effects the states voucher
program has had on the district
and what proposed changes
could mean.
The number of students enrolling in in private schools
with vouchers is not significant,
but board members and administration worry it could increase
over time as the program expands.
The voucher expansion
passed in the biennial budget is
paid for similarly to the states
open enrollment program; the
tax money allotted by the state
follows a student from the public district to the private voucher
school.
MCPASD receives about
$10,000 per student, more than
$7,000 comes from the state
and the rest from local property
taxes and the federal government. Under the state voucher
program private schools receive
$7,200 for students in 4K
through middle school and
$7,800 for high schoolers from
the state. The cost of the
voucher is deducted from the
state funding allotted to the district where the students live.
Board member Ellen Lindgren says the trouble is roughly
75 percent of the students receiving vouchers were in private schools already before the
program was implemented.
The district that is sending
the student to a voucher school
is getting some money, but the
vouchers are also being paid for
out of the state fund, which isnt

completely true because 75 percent of the kids werent getting
any money except from their
parents, Lindgren said.
Superintendent Don Johnson
says so far only three students
in the district have qualified for
vouchers and enrolled in private
schools. He explained that the
legislation is written so that the
program starts at one percent of
the total number of students in
the district and increases by one
percentage point each year until
it hits 10 percent in the tenth
year, the cap in then lifted entirely.
So the voucher system really serves to fund private
schools for students who are already attending private schools
now and not students who are
trapped in a public school that
are escaping to a private
school, Johnson said.

Johnson said that he worries
over time that if the program is
expanded and more students enroll it will result in exponential
losses in funding.
As the program grows, obviously every year there will be
more and more voucher students to be pulling dollars not
only from local coffers, but
from state coffers, Johnson explained. That rolling average
even though it will improve
with group one will continue to
increase every year for ten years
until the cap comes off completely.
Johnson said there is also an
amendment to a bill that could
be passed before the end of the
legislative session that could
create further uncertainty in
funding.
Currently school districts

levy property tax based on the
number who attend local public
plus the number of students
who live locally but use a
The amendment
voucher.
would cut out the second part of
the equation so that districts
could not levy taxes for students
who do not attend public
schools. The state Legislative
Services Bureau estimates in
the first year alone, 142 school
districts across the state could
jointly lose just over $14 million.
Progressively that number
continues to increase, Johnson
explained. It could be greater
because weve only received
data on year one. The way it is
set up now it will eventually remove that cap and be unlimited.
Another concern in the legislature the board discussed is a

bill that would require transgender students to use the bathroom
that matches their physical
anatomy. While board members and administration acknowledged it was not likely to
pass they said they would have
no idea how to enforce it.
How will it be implemented
and who is going to police the
bathrooms, Lindgren said.
Johnson also noted a ruling
from the seventh circuit federal
court that would contradict the
bill if it were to become law.
If the seventh circuit says
one thing and then the state
passes something that is contradictory, I dont know where we
are going to go with that,
Johnson said.
Examining the role of testing in Middleton-Cross Plains

by CAMERON BREN
Times-Tribune
The Middleton-Cross Plains

Area School Board was presented with the 2014-15 state
test achievement data results
that were recently released by
the Wisconsin Department of
Public Instruction and discussed
the usefulness of the data and its
role in decision making.
Director of curriculum and
assessment MaryBeth Paulisse
presented the data and recent
changes in state testing requirements. She explained that elementary and middle school
students took the Badger Exam
in the spring of 2015, while
high school students took the
Aspire or ACT last spring. She
said the district hasnt received
data on comparable results from

other districts but the Wisconsin
State Journal reported last
month that MCPASD students
were at or near the top in Dane
County.
Paulisse explained to the
board that the district doesnt
use test data to make program
decisions, but rather reviews it
for a broader understanding.
For us as a district, we use
this data to look at big picture
programmatically, she said.
These data sets dont inform
our instruction day to day in the
classroom just because the type
of assessment it is and the time
we get the data, parents get the
results, teachers see the results,
its a snapshot of one point of the
students performance in time,
so we dont ever make full program decisions on these, its a
slice of our pie, it helps inform

some things but it really isnt
driving any full decisions.
Paulisse pointed out that it
was the first time all of the
exams were delivered online.
She for the most part students
liked online testing more than
paper and pencil and are used to
doing the exams on a computer.
Board vice president Diane
Hornung asked if an online test
could be a barrier to students
not used to testing that way, but
Paulisse said so much testing is
done online now in classrooms
that it wouldnt likely be an
issue.
Paulisse noted that while students were above the state aver-
age in all areas and grades,

achievement gaps remain across
all exams and English Language Learners were also near
or below the state averages.
We still have our achievement gaps, even though we are
higher than the state, our gaps
paralleled that of the state as
well, Paulisse said Consistently across all of our exams
we had our Asian and white students outperforming our Latino
and black students.
Superintendent
Deputy
George Mavroulis noted a concern for some districts is parents
opting their students out of taking the exams. The state requires districts to test 95 percent
of students, but allows parental

consent to opt their child out.
He said nearly 25 percent of
eighth-graders at Kromrey have
opted out. He said it was for
different reasons like medical
conditions, or a philosophical
disagreement with the number
of assessments or families pressuring each other.
Superintendent Don Johnson
said the district has ratcheted
back on other testing, such as
MAP, that is used to develop
curriculum. He says though it
more valuable for teachers they
are worried that students are
getting burnt out taking too
many assessments and they
have no control of the state
tests.
I think one thing we have
run in to is students and parents
basically take the tests less seriously, Johnson said. If we
test too much they are less willing to give a full effort.
Board president Bob Green
asked if administration and staff
were more focused on teaching
to the test versus aligning curriculum to newer standards.
We do not teach to the test,
Mavroulis responded bluntly.
Weve always believed in

high-quality instruction and test
scores will take care of themselves.
Paulisse read a memo from
the DPI that basically advised
teachers not to buy study materials for a specific test.
Board member Linda Yu
asked if the district could
change the timing of the tests,
but Paulisse said theyve already done what they could.
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Fire breaks out at local

assisted living facility
On Saturday, Feb. 13 at approximately 3:40 a.m., Dane

County Sheriffs Deputies,
along with Waunakee Fire/EMS
and Madison Fire/EMS, responded to a structure fire at
Sylvan Crossing Assisted Living located at 5475 Westshire
Circle in the Town of Westport.
The fire was contained to one
room, but the building was
evacuated until the smoke could
be ventilated from the structure.

The preliminary investigation
determined the cause may be related to a tenant smoking in the
room and starting a mattress on
fire. No damage estimate at this
time and no injuries were reported.
Two tenants were transported
by EMS as a precaution for
smoke inhalation.
Junior Nationals are

headed to Middleton
Event at Middleton High School
Optimists honor OSullivan
Photo contributed
Last week the Middleton Optimist Club honored an impressive student: McKenna OSullivan. She was introduced by her
Spanish teacher, Kristine Nordeng, who was effusive in her praise for McKenna, especially with regard to the quantity and quality
of volunteer hours recorded.
McKenna will likely attend Lawrence University in Appleton, and then pursue a medical degree. She was inspired to follow a
medical career in part because of the amazing work of the doctors who saved the life of her grandfather.
In the photo is Ms. Nordeng, McKenna, her mother (Kim Gonzales) and Dr. Brad Hartjes. McKennas father, Sean OSullivan,
arrived after the photo was taken.
Adaptive Sports USA, the

Madison Area Sports Commission and the Middleton Tourism
Commission are pleased to announce the Junior Nationals are
coming the Good Neighbor City
in 2016.
More than 300 athletes between the ages of six and 22
will compete in events such as
Track & Field, Swimming,
Archery, Powerlifting Table
Tennis, and Air Guns. New for
2016, a Paratriathlon competition will take place. The competition will be held on the
campus of Middleton High
School.
We are excited to host this
important competition. The organizations long history of creating
Olympic-style
competition for young people of
all abilities is commendable.
We are delighted to welcome
this special event to Madison. It
will be an honor to host these
young athletes, their family,
friends and supporters, said

Deb Archer, president and CEO
of the Madison Area Sports
Commission and Greater Madison Convention & Visitors Bureau.
The mission of Adaptive
Sports USA is to educate the
community regarding the sports
abilities and potential for student-athletes with disabilities,
including scholarship opportunities past high school. More
and More high school age student-athletes are now competing with their peers.
Many are being awarded academic/athletic scholarships to
major universities across the
country, including the University of Illinois, Penn State, Missouri, Auburn, Arizona and
others. We find ourselves at
place in terms of integration of
student-athletes with disabilities
that young women were at 50
years ago with Title IX.
Ethics symposium will tackle affirmative

action, transgender bathrooms and more
Photo contributed
Go-Getters donate to homeless shelter
Ashton Go-Getters 4-H club baked and decorated over 300 cupcakes and donated all of them to the Salvation Army homeless
shelter in Madison. The kids watched a decorating demonstration and then set their skills they learned to work. The kids hoped
to brighten somebodys day with a pretty decorated cupcake.
Special Olympians
compete at State
Winter Games
The Middleton Area Special Olympics (MASO) had
three athletes compete in Wausau for the State Winter
Games for cross-country skiing competition on January
23. From left to right: Coach Mike MacLean, Brad
MacLean (Gold medal for 100M, Bronze medal for
50M), Molly Carpenter (Silver medals in 50M and
100M), LaurenHopp(Silver medals in 50M and 100M)
and Coach Jane MacLean. This is the first year MASO
athletes competed at the State Winter Games.
Photo contributed
More than 200 juniors from

20 area high schools will participate
in
the
Rotary Club of Madisons annual Ethics Symposium at
Monona
Terrace
on
Friday, Feb. 19.
The program is free to participants and totally underwritten
by a $17,000 grant from the Rotary Club of Madison.
At the Symposium, students
will meet in small groups to discuss
three
ethical
dilemmas: Ethics and Friendship: Stranded at a Party
Ethics and Community Issues:
Affirmative Action Proposal
Ethics and School issues:

Transgender Locker Rooms.
The dilemmas are structured
so there are no right or wrong
answers,
which
teaches both ethical thinking
and civil discourse as students
exchange reasons for their differing views. The dilemmas
can be found on pages 9, 10
and 11 of the attached program
booklet, along with the Rotarys
process
for
thinking ethically.
Middleton High School has
10 students registered for the
event. In all, 225 students from
20 schools will take part.
PAGE 5
Skiers, boarders finish

the season strong...
Middleton Drama presents William ShakespearesA Winters Tale this Thursday,Friday, andSaturdayat7 p.m.in the PAC.
The show runsFeb. 18-20 and tickets may be purchased online in advance (mhswi.booktix.com/) or at the door. Tickets are $5
for students/seniors and $7 for adults.
Directed by James Wagoner and involving a cast and crew of over forty Middleton High School students,The Winters Taletells
the story of the quick and brutal decent of the king of Sicily, Leontes, and the awful consequences of his madness.He becomes
convinced that his wife is caring the child of his best friend Polixenes, king of Bohemia.Imprisoned and put on trial, the queen
Hermione collapses win Leon tease refuses to except the divine confirmation of her innocence from the oracle of Delphi. Her child
is abandoned to die on the coast of Bohemia. However, when she is found and raised by a shepherd, it seems redemption may be
possible.The second half of the play begins16 years laterwith the elements of a fairytale, including: the long-lost princess, a
Prince Charming in disguise, the Unfair Father, the magical restoration of a Beautiful Lady, the humble and penitent King and
the Happily-ever-after finale.
Middleton High School had

strong representation at the
Wisconsin State High School
Ski and Snowboard Championships in La Crosse February
13-15 following sweeping wins
at the WHSARA Conference
championship races February 8
at Tyrol Basin.
Boarders Max Lawrence,
Alec Johnson, Sam Anderson,
Campbell Esbeck, John Jones,
Charlie Angevine and Edwin
Stajkovic will be racing at State
representing the MHS Boys
team. Boys ski team members
competing at State are Jack
Ronnie, Max Westhoff, Zach
Whritenour, Austin Krantz, Eric
Andersen, Alec Riddle and
Nick Ronnie. All-conference
honors were earned by Jack
Ronnie, Nick Ronnie, Zach
Whritenour, Max Westhoff and
Austin Krantz.
In addition, the MHS ski
teams were awarded the WHSARA Presidents Award for
outstanding participation and
sportsmanship and senior Zach
Whritenour was a winner of a
Sportsmanship Award as nominated by the conference
coaches.
Im so pleased that the Conference acknowledged the qualities that Zach has displayed all
the cello orchestra at the Masterclasses of the Abbey Fontfroide with cellist Lluis Claret
as soloist. He was also selected
as a public master class performer at the International Holland Music Sessions with Paul
Katz of the New England Conservatory.
Briggs graduated from the
University of Colorado at Boulder, completing his undergraduate
degree
in
cello
performance as the College of
Musics Outstanding Graduate.
Studying with Professor Judith

Glyde, he won the Honors
Competition, leading to performances of the Dvok Cello
Concerto with the CU Symphony and the Longmont Symphony. He attended The
Juilliard School as a Master of
Music degree student of
Richard Aaron, and studying
chamber music with members
of the Juilliard Quartet, the
Beaux Arts Trio, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln
Center. Andrew is now a Uni-
Photo contributed
A Winters Tale starts tonight
MCO
Remonstranse Kerke in Alkmaar, Netherlands; the Abbey

Fontfroide
in
Narbonne,
France; Morphy Hall at the University of Wisconsin, Madison;
and on the Sunday Recital Series at West Middleton Lutheran
Church in Wisconsin. He is also
a part of UW-Madisons Hunt
Quartet, a graduate string quartet that will give a recital in
early March.
A dedicated performer of all
eras of music, Briggs plays
music from Baroque to contemporary, Studying Baroque cello
with Phoebe Carrai at the Juilliard School, Andrew most recently performed with the
Madison Bach Musicians and as
a continuo cellist for UW-Madisons opera production of
Mozarts Le Nozze di Figaro.
Andrew also enjoys playing
music of contemporary composers, most recently playing
with New Muse Ensemble and
Domaine Musicale of Madison,
Wisconsin. At Juilliard, he performed chamber music works
of contemporary composers in
the FOCUS! Contemporary
MIPD will offer

Coffee with a Cop
starting March 12
Have you ever wanted to
have coffee with a cop? Do you
have questions, want to share
concerns or just meet some of
the officers working your
neighborhood? Well, now is
your chance!
OnSaturday, March 12 at9
a.m., officers from the Middleton Police Department will
come together with community
members in an informal, neutral
space to discuss community issues, build relationships and
drink coffee.
Coffee with a Cop provides a
unique opportunity for community members to ask questions
and learn more about the departments work in Middleton
neighborhoods. The majority of
contacts law enforcement has
with the public occur during

emergencies or emotionally
charged situations. Those are
not always the most effective
times for relationship building
and some community members
may feel officers are unapproachable on the street. Coffee
with a Cop helps break down
those barriers and allows for a
relaxed, one-on-one interaction.
Police hope to see you
at Scotts Pastry at 6637 University Avenue in Middleton
starting at 9:00 amonSaturday,
March 12, to work with us to
advance the practice of community policing through improving
relationships between police officers and community members
one cup at a time.
Music Festival, ChamberFest,

and with Axiom Ensemble.
Past season highlights include performances with the
Juilliard Chamber Orchestra as
a principal cellist, Carnegie Hall
concerts with the New York
String Orchestra Seminar,
chamber music performances
with Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra principal cellist Gregor
Horsch, and as solo cellist for
UW-Madisons production of
Brittens opera Albert Herring.
This past summer, Briggs led
The beer and the bard
Madison
Shakespeare
Company will perform for the
first time in Middleton when
An Evenings Affair 2: Shakespeares Betrayals holds its
opening night at Capital
Brewery onThursday, February 18. An Evenings Affair 2
is a collection of 10 scenes
from nine Shakespeare plays
dealing with treason, betrayal,
heartbreak and unbridled malice.
You dont need to have
seen or read a full production
of any of these plays to decide

who youre rooting for, to feel
the loss and tragedy when the
good guys sometimes lose,
and to know that some people
are too dangerous to let out of
your sight for even a moment, says producer Jason
Compton. Were bringing
some of the worlds all-time
baddies so close you can almost touch them. Its a very
exciting way to experience a
classic play.
year as a team captain, said

Coach Ray Riddle. Not only is
he fast, but hes helpful when it
comes to race and practice support.
The Girls ski team showed
continual improvement at Conference finishing one point from
5th, resulting in All-Conference
honors and an individual invitation to State for Olivia Krigbaum. Conference also marked
the first time that sophomore
skier Erika Rader scored in the
top fifteen points.
For Girls, boarders Paige
Wirth, Megan Chandler, Abigail
Drake, Hannah Laufenberg,
Sam Williams and Kaden Metel
will be racing at State following
a strong showing at Conference
in which Paige Wirth placed
3rd, Megan Chandler 4th and
Abigail Drake 9th with Wirth
and Chandler being named AllConference.
It was a super fun day of
racing, said Coach Darrin
Kolka.
Skiers will be racing in three
events at in Lacrosse: slalom,
giant slalom and super giant
slalom.The Boys team is looking to better their 8th place finish
last year at State. Boarders will
compete in boarder cross, giant
slalom and slalom.
versity Fellow and Hunt Quartet

project assistant at the University of Wisconsin, completing
his Doctoral studies as a student
of Uri Vardi. His final project
will focus on Piattis 12
Caprices, developing body-integrative exercises to incorporate in the study of these
virtuosic pieces.
The Middleton Community
Orchestra continues to grow,
and to draw rave reviews. Come
see (and hear) what all the fuss
is about on Wednesday evening.
Teams needed for sixth annual Canstruction competition

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Middleton Outreach Ministry

(MOM) is calling for local
teams to build structures of cans
and packaged food at the 6th Annual Canstruction Madison, a
community competition to end
hunger taking place on Monday,
April 18th at West Towne Mall.
Canstruction
Madison
brings local businesses, architects, engineers, students and
community members together
to build imaginative structures
out of canned goods and packaged food. The building blocks
from the structures are donated
to the MOM Food Pantry, one
of the largest pantries in Dane
County.
Following another
year of record Food Pantry use,
with MOM distributing 1.3 million pounds of food to people in
need throughout West Madison,
Middleton and Cross Plains ,
MOM is encouraging groups
and businesses to have a blast
while Ending Hunger in the
Community. The theme for
Canstruction Madison 2016 is
sCANning the Galaxy.

The Canstruction Madison
build day will take place on
Monday, April 18 from 6am to
9pm, throughout West Towne
Mall. Following the build, mall
goers and event attendees will
vote for their favorite canned
goods structure from Tuesday,
April 19 to Sunday, April 24
through Facebook and Instagram, or in-person at West
Towne Mall. The Peoples
Choice prize, as well as various awards, will be distributed
at the Award Ceremony on
April 26 in the mall Food Court.
Canstruction not only
brings friends and colleagues
together to give back while
team building, it is an opportunity for the community to see
how the competition works to
benefit those in need. Each can
is food for families and another
step towards ending hunger,
says Al Ripp, MOM Executive
Director. Our hope is that this
event draws awareness to the
need, but also to the many people and businesses who are caring for their fellow human
being. We also want people to
know that helping can be a lot
of fun!
Madison
Canstruction
competitions have raised over
160 tons of food over the past
four years. Fifteen teams participated in the event in 2015. In
addition to those who generously donated to the teams efforts,
companies
both
sponsored the event and donated in-kind goods to make the
event a success.
It is because of the dedication of our sponsors, the team
members and those who attend
Canstruction each year, that
this event is possible. We hope
to see everyone again at this
years Canstruction Madison
competition! says Elaine
Bogen MOM Event Manager.
For more details about the
event,
visit
www.canstruction.org.
by AL RIPP
Good Bye, Cheri

At the beginning of February,
Cheri Farha who has been the
Distribution Center Manager
for the past seven years, decided
to leave MOM to work with her
husband at the UPS Stores that
they own.
Cheri has been such an important part of MOM and she
will be greatly missed by all
that have worked with her. Her
passion for the people we serve
and the individuals she worked
with along with her creativity
and innovation to help MOM
become one of the best in the
area will be her legacy.
We cant thank Cheri enough
for all she has done here at
MOM. We know she will continue to be active in the community, supporting people and
issues for which she is passionate.
teer at MOM through the food

pantry and in the Food Pantry
Gardens since the summer of
2015 and has a passion for
growing access to local, nutritious foods for all citizens.
Says Shirley, I am he is
eager to create momentum behind local, nutritious foods,
building strong minds, bodies
and belonging!
Shirley grew up in West
Allis, WI and attended UW
Whitewater. After college, she
was a special needs teacher in
Houston, TX. Missing both her
family and the spectacular four
seasons, Shirley returned to WI
in 1996. She raised her family
in the West Bend, WI area and
both taught and volunteered
readily.
For family reasons, she made
a shift in her career to the Food
Industry, and there found a
place to direct not only her
management and education
skills, but also her passion.
Shirley moved to the Madison
area last year and immediately
became involved with MOM,
finding digging in the Food
Pantry gardens a genuine way
to connect with her new community.
Were thankful to have such
Event Details:
6th Annual Canstruction

Madison
Calling All Superheroes to Help End
Hunger at West Towne
Mall.
Monday, April 18th
6am-9pm (Build);
Tuesday, April 19
Sunday, April 24: Public Viewing and Voting
during Mall Hours;
Sunday, April 26,
6:30pm: Award Ceremony.
Canstructionmadison.org
Meet the newest MOM staff members

Middleton Outreach Ministry
In 2015, MOM continued on

a path of growth, both in the
amount of services and food
that were provided for people in
our community, and in exploring opportunities for collaborations and making the services
we provide even more meaningful for those who come to use
seeking help and hope. Over
1.3 million pounds of food was
distributed through MOMs
food programs, and over 500
families are still in their homes,
thanks to case management and
stable housing programs designed to bridge financial gaps
and provide care and hope.
Our Capital Campaign to
eliminate a long-term mortgage
and allow us to redirect those
funds to help more people with
more services, continued
throughout the year, now only
$300,000 away from the final
goal.
Now into 2016, were already planning for summer, and
embracing changes and new opportunities.
Welcome, Shirley!
We are excited to introduce
the
community to
Shirley Nennig, our new
Distribution
Center Manager! Shirley has been a volun-
compassionate
and
a
talented person join our staff.
Welcome,
Shirley!
Welcome, Patricia!
MOM is also excited to announce the arrival of Patricia
Eldred, Resource Development
Manager. Youll find Patricia
out in the community, talking
with people who are interested
in supporting MOM, and helping identify new ways to raise
resources so that MOM can
continue to meet the need of
those who come to us looking
for help and hope.
There is no doubt in my mind
that MOM will continue to be a
leader in the community in preventing homelessness and ending hunger for the families we
serve. You are a huge part in
helping us make that happen
and we look forward to continuing our work!
MOM is a local non-profit

organization that leads a community-wide effort to prevent
homelessness and end hunger.
All programs are provided free
of charge to neighbors in need.
Canstruction
Madison
2016 is generously presented by
Godfrey & Kahn.
Upcoming workshop on
women and retirement
On Thursday, March 3 at 6
p.m., former UW instructor
Laurie Ellis-McLeod will
give a presentation on
Women & Retirement at the
Middleton Public Library.
Laurie will examine how
previous generations of
women thought about money
across their lifespan this has
shifted significantly over the
last several decades. This
presentation is designed to
address financial planning issues specific to women, but
registration is open to all and
spouses are encouraged to at-
tend. Laurie Ellis-McLeod is

a financial adviser who specializes in estate planning,
long-term investment strategies, and planning for longterm care. She is a former
instructor at UW-Madison
and holds a Ph.D. in Human
Development from the University of Delaware. This is
an educational presentation;
no financial products will be
advertised or sold.
To register, visit midlibrary.org/events or email
info@midlibrary.org.
Learn about local owls

The next Friends of the
Pheasant Branch Conservancy will be Owls of
Pheasant Branch Conservancy on Thursday, February 18 from 7:00 8:00 p.m.
at Middleton Glen Retirement
Community,
6720 Century Avenue, Middleton.
The presenter will be
Mike McDowell. This event
is free.
RSVPs are appreciated

but not required, to education@pheasantbranch.org.
McDowell will share photographs and audio recordings of owls that are sure to
raise your feathers in adoration for these amazing creatures.
Bring your curiosity,
questions and respect for
these special birds.
T HOUGHTS
ON A
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P UBLIC S CHOOL E DUCATION
Learning Latin and welcoming the 1960s

by TOM VANDERVEST
Guest Column
A new decade the 1960s arrived, and along with it a great

leap for educational facilities in
the Luxemburg School District.
I entered a brand new high
school, the first class that would
go a full four years in the wonderful space. But the most important advancement was the
expansion of the curriculum.
From the two room Duvall

Graded to a high school offering science labs, woodworking,
agriculture courses and a library
large enough to hold the entire
Big Room of Duvall Graded.
One hundred and seven of us,
the majority sons and daughters
of dairy farmers, owed a lot to
those families who enthusiastically supported their public
school facilities with their tax
dollars. It was a very exciting
time, the fall of 1960, a presidential year and to add to the

enthusiasm in our community, a
Catholic candidate.
My freshman year was the
first time I would be in classes
with students who were not
Catholic. Mom and Dad were
Kennedy supporters and I was
so excited about the election I
decided to run for freshman
class president. However a very
popular, attractive, blond from
the Village of Luxemburg easily

defeated me. I learned a lot
about talking to people but
more about listening to what
they were saying.
I was class president for the
next three years. When our class
entered as the largest class ever,
10 percent of Luxemburgs
graduating classes were going
on to college. The majority of
the students were able to find
jobs and begin very fulfilling
U P A GAINST
THE
lives right out of high school.

The business courses were excellent as were the woodworking and agriculture classes.
After my freshman year I
chose a path that emphasized
science, mathematics and foreign language - Latin. It was the
only foreign language offered
because an English teacher, Mr.
Schimmels, had studied Latin
and convinced the administration that some students would
WALL
take it. We had one year of Latin

I followed by a year of Latin II.
It sure helped me know the
meaning of all those Latin
prayers I rattled off as an alter
boy.
Bonus dies noti, Didymus
Good day friends,
Thomas
Millennials, ObamaCare and the Electoral College

by TERRENCE WALL
Guest Column
Attention millennials: Your

grandfathers, uncles and fathers
fought for your freedom, for
this great nation of ours, so do
yourself a favor - dont screw it
up!
Your present freedom didnt
come easily or without cost.
Sure, its easy for your to criticize your parents when they
cant perform a simple iphone
task, but remember, my generation invented the computer and
we invented the internet; you
simply use it. (What have you
invented, other than maybe an
app that doesnt produce any
revenue, but gets 500 likes?)
Its also easy to think youre
so smart when everything has

been provided to you and many
of you dont have to support
yourself or pay taxes (or file a
tax return) or be responsible for
anyone but yourself (including
yourself). As soon as you are
no longer a dependent on your
parents tax return, then you can
start giving us your opinions.
Dont ever forget that Americans like my uncle Herb (featured in the Band of Brothers)
was thrust onto the front lines of
the war to free Europe from
Hitler. Dumped out of a plane
into the freezing cold of winter
on frozen ground of France and
Belgium in the Battle of the
Bulge, where all his fellow soldiers were shot dead when one
of them lit up a cigarette. Like
so many of your fathers and un-
cles, he fought for you - for

your freedom to speak out, for
your right to practice your religion, for your right to redress
your government without being
threatened. All youve done so
far is enjoy the fruits of his
labor.
Ask yourself - do you have
the courage to fight as your
forefathers did? Could you
stand up and be counted - and
sign the Declaration of Independence against the most powerful government in the world at
the time - effectively signing
your own death warrant?
Would you have the guts to put
not just your wealth on the line,
but your very life - and that of
your familys?
The entire history of this
country has been about the fight
against fascism, communism,
socialism - the fight against big
government, against a government bent on putting itself before the people. If you want big
government, you have many
choices. You can go to Europe,
China or many other places, but
if you want a nation where peo-
INJURY
most unique injuries youll ever

see.
The 14-year-old fell and slid
to the floor under a basket inside the MHS Field House. One
of the floorboards broke, and
the splinters from the board
pushed into the girls stomach
region.
When the girl tried to get up,
she couldnt.
She told the ref that there
was a piece of wood stuck to
her, said Perry Hibner, the
Community Relations/Education Foundation Specialist
forthe Middleton-Cross Plains
Area School District and the
tournaments organizer. That is
the strangest thing Ive ever had
happen in any sporting event
Ive seen. I think its an unexplainable phenomenon.
According to Hibner, the
splinters went in between a
ple come first, theres only one

place; America. So when it
comes time to vote, consider
your options; big government or
smaller government?
And speaking of big government, the results from the insurance industry on ObamaCare
are in. As I predicted when the
law was passed, its bankrupting
insurance companies, which
will later allow the government
the excuse to step in and run the
entire health care industry - this
from the same people that bring
the disreputable Veterans Administration healthcare. The
Wall Street Journal reported that
insurance companies around the
country are incurring massive
losses. Stunningly, insurance
companies are paying out more
to ObamaCare enrollees than
those companies collected in
total premiums from all their
other customers, leading to
massive losses.
Right here in Wisconsin, Humana, headquartered in greater
Green Bay, incurred $176 million in losses. Now the company is being sold to Aetna, and
quarter and half inch, and were
3-4 inches wide.
The good news is the girl is
all right today.
The accident happened at approximately 2:30 p.m., Hibner
immediately called 911, and
emergency crews were on the
scene in about five minutes. The
girl was brought to American
Family Childrens Hospital,
where she spent Sunday night,
Hibner said exploratory surgery was performed, checking
for injuries to her internal organs. None were found, and the
girl went home Monday.
Wisconsin Heights game
against Milton was cancelled.
The rest of the tournament that
included teams from grades 3-8
finished up, though.
I think youre more likely to
win the Powerball or get impaled by a unicorn during a
you guessed it, as soon as its

sold no doubt Wisconsin will
lose thousands of jobs as consolidation occurs. Thank you
Obama. 70% of insurers lost
money on ObamaCare plans.
How many other insurance
companies will be forced out of
business or forced to merge,
laying off middle class Americans? Dems lament the loss of
middle class jobs, but their big
government approach is the
cause.
I hear more and more calls
questioning the need for the
electoral college. Why should
Iowa and New Hampshire get to
vote first? Why not the big
states like California and New
York? Our founding fathers
were genius in their design of
our Presidential elections. They
knew that a few states would
eventually have large urban
cities that would dominate the
elections unless a balancing
mechanism was put in place,
which is the electoral college.
The college is designed to
force the candidates to visit all
50 states, especially the small
game than by a floorboard,

Middleton boys basketball
coach Kevin Bavery said. Im
just glad shes all right.
The court was installed in
2001 and hasnt had any problems until Sunday. Every other
year, the court gets a new coat
of wax, something that last happened in 2015.
For now, the broken floorboard has been glued and taped.
Two garbage cans are positioned nearby to mark the spot.
Hibner believes the floor will
be fixed sometime this week,
and floor experts could come
next week to examine the situation.
Theres nothing I can equate
it to, said Hibner, a longtime
basketball official in the area
and Middletons girls softball
coach. It was just a total freak
thing.
states that might otherwise be

ignored.
People need to think of the
this not as who is first, but a
process; think of Iowa, New
Hampshire, then South Carolina
and Nevada combined as a
cross sampling of America.
You have the midwest, the
northeast, the south and then the
west, as well as a good sampling of all the different cultures
and peoples of the U.S.
If there was no electoral college, the candidates would
focus solely on the large urban
centers and completely ignore
the vast majority of the states,
and how fair would that be?
Once again the long-term
wisdom of the founding fathers
continues to amaze me.
Up Against the Wall is a

monthly column written by Terrence Wall and reflects his
views and opinions, not necessarily those of the Middleton
Times-Tribune. Reponses and
rebuttals are encouraged, and
can
be
sent
to
mgeiger@newspubinc.com,
B IRTHDAY
Acker turns 90
Mary Ellen Acker will celebrate her 90th birthday with an

open house for family and
friends on Sunday, February 21,
2016 at Rexs Innkeeper in
Waunakee from 1-5 p.m. Well
wishes only, no gifts please.
PAGE 8
Local kids get in

touch with their
Chinese roots
Top (from left) Hong Gao receives flowers and a heartfelt

thank you from Grace Natoli and Lili McGuffey on behalf
of Taigu Tales, a group of adoptive families that meets on a
regular basis and has formed a kind of extended family in
the greater Middleton area. Above and at right, Zoe Blevins
hand stuffs authentic dumplings (with a little guidance)
then gets a taste of her work a few minutes later.
Times-Tribune photos by Matt Geiger
Get the facts

about Voter ID
before you
head to the
polls on April 5
Voters must take proper ID to

the polling place every time
they vote, including the Spring
Election and Presidential Preference Vote (Presidential Primary) on April 5.
This means all voters must
have one of the following IDs
when going to the polls: a drivers license with a photograph,
a passport with a photograph, a
military ID with a photograph
or a Department of Transportation (DOT) photograph ID.
If voters dont posses any of
these IDs, they can be obtained
from the DOT. A certified birth
certificate is needed. The government will help with any
charges.
For voting purposes, a
drivers license, state issued ID
card, DOT-issued ID card or
driver license without a photograph issued under the religious
exemption, military ID card issued by a U.S. uniformed service or U.S. passport can be
unexpired or expired after the
date of the most recent general
election - currently, the November 4, 2014, election.
These following photograph
IDs are also acceptable for voting purposes, but must be unexpired:
a
certificate
of
naturalization that was issued
not earlier than two years before
the date of an election at which
it is presented, a driving receipt
issued by Wisconsin DOT
(valid for 45 days), an identifi-
cation card receipt issued by

Wisconsin DOT (valid for 45
days), an identification card issued by a federally recognized
Indian tribe in Wisconsin, a
photograph identification card
issued by a Wisconsin accredited university, college or technical college that contains date
of issuance, signature of student, and an expiration date no
later than two years after date of
issuance. Also, the university,
college or technical college ID
must be accompanied by a separate document that proves enrollment, or citation or notice of
intent to revoke or suspend a
Wisconsin DOT-issued driver
license that is dated within 60
days of the date of the election.
It is important to note that the
address on the ID doesnt have
to be current and the name on
the name ID doesnt need to be
an exact match for the name in
the poll book.
To get a free ID card, contact
the DOT. There are many documents that can be used but most
people will be fine with a certified birth certificate, a Social
Security card and a utility bill or
cell phone bill. Some records,
like a certified birth certificate,
satisfy more than one category.
For ID information, the DOT
can be reached online at
http://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/d
mv/license-drvs/how-toapply/id-card.aspx or call (608)
266-2325.
CHURCH NOTES
PAGE 9
Human rights take center stage

Four full days of speakers, outreach and more are on the schedule for Human Rights Week
From February 22 through

26, Middleton High School will
be hosting an array of speakers
and presenters for the 7th annual Human Rights Week in the
Middleton Performing Arts
Center.
Sessions will run for 40 minutes with some key speakers
being highlighted with 90
minute talks. Student groups
that are presenting include
MHS Girls Learn, SAGE, and
Global Outreach.
Noted guests include Rick
Barton who is a former United
States diplomat. Barton was appointed Deputy High Commissioner of the United Nations
Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in
Geneva, Switzerland in 1999.
He left that post in 2001 and became the Frederick Schultz Professor at Princetons Woodrow
Wilson School. From 2002 to
2009 Barton was Co-Director of
the Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project at the Center for
Strategic and International
Studies (CSIS).
Barton attained the rank of
ambassador in 2009, when
President Obama named him
the U.S. Representative to the
Economic and Social Council
of
the
United
Nations
(ECOSOC), working on development, peacebuilding, climate

change, and human rights with
Ambassador Susan Rice. He
was selected by Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton to serve as
the first Assistant Secretary of
the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO)
and he was confirmed by the
U.S. Senate on March 2012.
Bartons work at the UN and
CSO led to a 2013 Distinguished Honor Award from the
Department of State. He will be
speaking on conflicts in the
Middle East and the Syrian
Refugee crisis on Friday the
26th from 10:00-11:25.
Another featured guest is Dr.
Jonathan Patz, John P. Holton
Chair in Health and the Environment and Director of the
UW-Madison Global Health Institute. For 15 years, Dr. Patz
was a lead author for the United
Nations
Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) - the organization that
shared the 2007 Nobel Peace
Prize with Al Gore, one of his
several distinctions. Dr. Patz
will be the opening speaker for
the week, speaking on Climate
Change and its impact on
Human Rights from 8:30 to

9:50 on Monday, February 22.
The annual Fair Trade sale
will accompany the speakers on
Friday, Feb. 26 from 10 a.m. to
3 p.m. in the lobby of the PAC.
Products labeled fair trade denote production under fair wage
and good working conditions.
Vendors include SERRV, UWVillage Health Project, Madison-Rafah
City
Project,
Kidlinks, Heart of the Sky Fair
Trade, Jinja Jewelry (Hope Institute of Uganda)
Four Corners of the World,
Just Coffee, Terra Experience,
Wisconsin Without Borders and
DOERS Wisconsin.
The sessions are free and
open to the public. The event is
coordinated by MHS social
studies teacher Tim Davis along
with a nine-member organizing
committee: Liz HaberlandErvin, Akash Pattnaik, Arria
Alton, Sophie Boorstein, Ellen
Bresnick, Megha Chalke, Simi
Seerha, Sophia Grande, and
Peter Opitz. Human Rights
Week is made possible because
of the generous support of the
MCPASD Global Initiatives
Mini-Grant Fund.
by PERRY HIBNER
Green is very quickly becoming a favorite color in the District.

West Middleton learned last
week it was one of two public
schools nominated by State Superintendent Tony Evers to be
recognized by the U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbons Schools program.
I believe strongly that the
District is a leader in energy
conservation and green practices, West Middleton principal Todd Macklem said. West
Middleton is fortunate to continue that tradition bay having a
strong energy conservation

record, active recycling program,
and
last
year
introducedfoodwaste composting. Our head custodian, Nick
Smith, and Advanced Learning
Specialist Diane Boles have
been instrumental in this
process.
It is the fourth time since the
award was established in 2012
that the District has been recognized. MHS was selected in
2012 and Park was selected in
2014 as Green Ribbon School
award winners. The District was
named a Green Ribbon District
award winner in 2015.
We are thrilled that West
Middleton has been nominated, Superintendent Don
Johnson said. We have always

been committed to being a
green and healthy district. It
takes a huge committment from
staff, students and families to
make that happen but we believe it is very important.
The other school nominated
this year is Glen Hills Middle
School in the Glendale-River
Halls Schools District. In addition, Granton Area School District was nominated for a
District Sustainability Award.
Our Green Ribbon nominees are working to reduce the
costs of running their schools
through comprehensive environmental and sustainability
planning, Evers said in a statement. They are improving
their recycling efforts to reduce

waste, reducing energy consumption, working on healthy
and wellness initiatives for their
students and staff members, and
are ensuring that students understand and can address the
major environmental and sustainability challenges we all
face.
The U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbons Schools
program recognizes schools,
districts and higher education
institutions that reduce schools
environmental impact and
costs, improve the health and
wellness of students and staff
members, and provide effective
environmental and sustainabil-
ity education.
Wisconsin has had 15
schools and two Districts honored since 2012. MiddletonCross Plains Area is the only
district in the state to have multiple honorees in that time.
Overall, there have been 248
schools and 37 school districts
recognized nationally for their
sustainability efforts.
Wisconsins Green Ribbon
application is long and one of
the most comprehensive in the
nation, one reason why no nominee from the state has been denied the national award, said
Deb Weitzel, a retired MHS science teacher whom the District
hired as a consultant in 2015 to
help with sustainability efforts.

To complete such an arduous task involves tapping into
the expertise of a great many individuals both at the school and
district levels. The cooperation
across the District has been
awesome and the sustainability
efforts remarkable.
Each of the nominees will receive Green & Healthy Schools
Wisconsin Sugar Maple certification and be recognized nationally
through
Project
Learning
Trees
Green
Schools program.
The U.S. Department of Education will announce the honorees on Friday, April 22.
Representatives from Genesee Community Charter School

in Rochester, N.Y. visited Park
Elementary and Kromrey Middle School on Tuesday, Jan. 19
to learn more about best practices in sustainability.
The school, which is open to
students
in
kindergarten
through sixth grade, plans to
apply for the Green Ribbon
Award from the U.S. Department of Education. In a nationwide search for sustainable
districts to visit and gather
ideas, four sites Boston,
Portland, Washington, D.C. and
Middleton were located to
send teams of teachers and students.

Fourth-graders at Park hosted
seven sixth-grade students and
two teachers from GCCS to
demonstrate the work Park students and staff do in order to
maintain their Green Ribbon
statu, which was achieved in
2014. Park fourth-graders and
principal Monica Schommer
presented and answered questions on a number of topics including the schools long-time
efforts in energy conservation,
recycling, health and wellness,
and outdoor education.
Park students revealed their
commitment to outdoor education while presenting about

their community partnership
with the Ice Age Trail Alliance
in Cross Plains. Since the fall of
2014, Park fourth-graders have
partnered with the Ice Age Trail
Alliance in their Saunters program, which is an opportunity
for students throughout the state
that is geared toward helping
students foster a healthy
lifestyle while also paralleling
the elementary school curriculum.
Other programs Park students highlighted were their
whole school seed stomps
held in the spring, third-grade

work with a rain garden, opportunities presented by the school
forest, and the after-school GO
Club, which focuses on fitness.
The GCCS then traveled to
Kromreyl to tour the school and
meet with Brian Miles and
members of the student council,
who are working on their own
Green Ribbon application.
While Park is 51 years old,
the school performs well and
has an energy star rating above
90. Kromrey was rebulit and
completed in August 2015 and
offers the latest in green technology such as geothermal heat-
ing and cooling and solar panels

for hot water heating.
This contrast was very interesting to the group who thought
an old school couldnt be labeled green, said Deb Weitzel,
a retired MHS science teacher
who was hired by the District
last year in a consulting role.
The final pillar in the Green
Ribbon application is environmental education so the GCCS
sixth-graders were introduced
to the Pheasant Branch Conservancy and the educational field
trips provided to District students, Weitzel said.
Rochester gets water from a

reservoir so the visitors were
not familiar with sandstone
aquifers. After a hands-on activity with water soaking into
sandstone to demonstrate the
storage ability of aquifers, the
group hiked to the springs at the
Conservancy. The springs always have a wow factor for
visitors, Weitzel said, and the
sixth-graders were no exception. Even with air temperatures
hovering around 12 degrees,
gloves came off and hands were
placed in boils to get the full
experience, she said.
Monday, February 22:

UW-Madison Global Health Institute:
Jonathan Patz, 8:30 to 9:50 am
Volunteer work in Haiti: Elizabeth Pritts,
10:05 to 10:40 am
Agricultural Peace Corps work in Nicaragua:
Micah Kloppenburg, 10:50 to 11:25 am
Safety for Syrians: MHS student representatives, 11:30 to 12:05 pm
Sexuality and Gender Equality: MHS SAGE,
12:05 to 12:40 pm
Conflict Minerals in Democratic Republic of
Congo: Ellen Bresnick, 12:45 to 1:20 pm
Combat Blindness International: Lee Southwell, 1:30 to 2:05 pm
Life in a refugee camp and coming to the
U.S.: Abdullah Younes, 2:20 to 2:55 pm
Student Involvement in Global Development:
Catherine Haberland, 3:05 to 3:40 pm
Tuesday, February 23:

Womens Advocacy in South Asia: Christine
Garlough, 8:30 to 9:05 am
European Response to Migration: Csand Sikls, 9:15 to 9:50 am
Microfinancing in the developing world: Tom
Eggert, 10:05 to 10:40 pm
MTV Rebel Music: Native Americans , 10:5011:25
Romanian orphans: MHS Global Outreach,
11:30 to 12:05 pm
Romanian orphans: MHS Global Outreach,
12:05 to 12:40 pm
Womens Rights Across the Globe: Sarah
McKinnon, 12:45 to 1:20 pm

Holocaust experiences: Renata Laxova, 1:30
to 2:05 pm
Thursday, February 25:

MTV Rebel Music: Venezuela 8:30 to 9:05
am
Life in Palestine: Alex Mory, 9:15 to 9:50 am
Village Health Project: Dr. James Ntambi,
10:05 to 10:40 am
Global Standards for Gender Equality: HeForShe Campaign, 10:50-11:25
Girls access to education: MHS Girls Learn
International, 11:30 to 12:05 pm
Girls access to education: MHS Girls Learn
International, 11:30 to 12:05 pm
Fond Blanc Orphanage in Haiti: Tia Bunz,
12:45 to 1:20 pm
Partners in Health: Laura Block, 1:30 to 2:05
pm
Friday, February 26:
SERRV (Fair Trade Org): 8:30 to 9:05 am
Non-Profit Education Systems: Kathryn Lunney, 9:15 to 9:50 am
Experiences as an International Diplomat:
Rick Barton, 10:05 to 11:25 am
Islam in America: Iffat Bhuiyan, 12:45 to 1:20
pm
Syrian Refugee Crisis: Lindsay Palmer, 1:30
to 2:05 pm
UW Study Abroad Program, 2:20 to 2:25 pm
LGBTQA Youth Theater Skit: Proud Theatre,
3:05 to 3:40 pm
West Middleton nominated for Green Ribbon

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Middleton downs Memorial
Cardinals sweep Spartans

for first time in 15 years
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
The 18 players that make up

Middletons boys basketball
team gathered together for a
Come-to-Jesus Moment last
Friday afternoon.
Differences were discussed.
Issues were addressed. This
players only meeting had one
overriding goal: to reverse the
Cardinals recent slide.
We just got together and
focused on the areas we had
gotten too relaxed in, said
junior forward Tyree Eady.
We were winning all those
games at the start, and now we
started losing. Our mistakes
were more noticeable now. We
had to get it fixed.
Mission accomplished.
In a showdown for first
place in the Big Eight
Conference, Middleton went to
league
power
Madison
Memorial and stunned the
Spartans, 77-63, last Saturday.
Cardinals junior point guard
Storm Murphy scored a gamehigh 26 points, while Eady
added 25.
Middleton, which began the
year 14-0 but had lost three of
four since, improved to 15-3
overall and stayed tied atop the
league with Sun Prairie at 123. The Cardinals also swept the
Spartans for the first time since
the 2000-01 season.
Memorial, which has won
at least a share of 12 straight
conference titles, slipped to
12-6, 11-4 and into third place
in the league. Spartans junior
center Chris Knight had 18
points and eight rebounds,
while junior guard Billy
Wilson added 17 points.
This is really special,
Murphy said. No matter
whos on Memorial, theyre
always a great team. Theyre

coached well, and they just
have that chip on their shoulder from being such a great
team all these years. So thats
huge for us.
Middleton played with
greater urgency than it had in
some time.
The Cardinals raced to
leads of 17-6 and 34-17 and
were in control throughout.
Just
48
hours
earlier,
Middleton fell into a 20-4 hole
at Sun Prairie and never recovered.
We had to recapture the
fun and take all the pressure
off of these guys, Middleton
coach Kevin Bavery said.
Whether thats pressure from
school, pressure from wellmeaning parents that want you
to do well, whether its pressure from social media. All
that stuff.
We just had to wrap a bubble around the team and not
listen to any of the noise. We
told them, Lets just do what
we do, do it together and do it
at a really high level.
The Cardinals did that from
start to finish in arguably their
most meaningful win of
Baverys 10-year tenure.
Amazingly,
Middleton
made its first seven shots and
raced to a 17-6 lead just 5:09
into the game and forced
Spartans coach Steve Collins
to call a quick timeout.
Murphy had seven points in
the early burst, Eady had five,
while junior guard Myron
Ashford drained a three-pointer and sophomore forward
Brogan Brunker added two.
That was huge, Murphy
said. To start strong, Id say
were decent at maintaining
leads. But thats huge for us
because coming back is so
Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld
C.J. Fermanich (right) and Middletons boys basketball team toppled Madison Memorial last Saturday.
much harder.
Memorial began making a
dent in Middletons lead and
clawed back within 22-16 with
6 minutes left in the first half.
But the Cardinals smacked the
Spartans with a 12-1 burst and
grabbed a 34-17 lead.
Eady started the fun with a
rebound basket, then senior
guard Brady Thomas scored a
fast break basket. Murphy
drilled two free throws and a
deep
three-pointer,
then
Ashford drained a three-ball
that gave the Cardinals a 17point advantage.
That run helped Middleton
grab a 37-25 halftime lead. The
Cardinals shot a blistering

51.8% from the floor in the
first half (14-of-27) and made
a scintillating 63.6% of their
three-pointers (7-of-11).
Murphy had 14 of his points
in the first half, while Eady
had seven and Ashford added
six.
Weve had a pattern on not
trusting our teammates during
our little losing streak,
Bavery said. I thought that
was a lot better (Saturday). I
thought it helped us get off to a
fast start and get a lead. But
you knew a team like
See MEMORIAL, page 14
MHS swimmers
psyched for state
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
They are peaking at the perfect time.

They are lowering their
times and setting personal
bests.
Now, Middletons boys
swimming and diving team
believe big things await at the
WIAA Division 1 state meet
Saturday
at
the
UW
Natatorium.
The Cardinals finished third

at last Saturdays WIAA
Division 1 Middleton Sectional
and seem ready for big things at
state. The state diving competition begins at 10 a.m. and the
swimming starts at 3 p.m.
Middleton was seventh at
state last year, and believes a
much better finish is quite possible this time around.
Im optimistic that we can
hit further down into that third
or fourth range if we swim to
our capabilities, Middleton
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coach Sam Niesen said. This is

going to be a fast state meet
with more than a few records
being broken, so Ill be doing
everything I can to prepare
them this week.
The Cardinals were certainly
prepared at last Saturdays
WIAA Middleton Sectional.
Madison Memorial won the
sectional with 398 points.
Madison
West
(336.5),
Middleton
(286),
See SWIMMERS, page 16
Erick Grelle and Middletons boys swimming and diving team have high hopes at Saturdays
state meet.
Hockey Cards win outright Big 8 title

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by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Middleton hockey coach

Steffon Walby is a parent
whos always preached the
value of sharing.
In the sports world, though,
those rules are tossed out the
window.
Middleton had a share of the
Big Eight Conference title
wrapped up when it hosted
Verona last Thursday. The
Wildcats could have earned a
piece of the crown by upsetting
the Cardinals, but Middleton
wasnt in the mood to share.
The Cardinals overcame an
early 1-0 deficit and rolled past
the Wildcats, 4-1. Middleton
finished Big Eight play 12-2,
while Verona slipped to 10-4.
Of course your Mom and
Dad always tell you to share
and play nice in the sandbox,
Walby said. However, this one
we didnt want to share. We
wanted to go ahead and win it
outright, which is kind of cool
and extra motivation.
The Cardinals won the
league title for a second
straight year, which was one of
their goals from the moment
the season began in November.
It meant a lot, said
Middleton senior defenseman
Davis Bunz. It was awesome
to come out strong and really
make a statement of what kind
of team we are and what we are
capable of accomplishing.
Verona actually struck first
with a goal just 25 seconds into
the game. But Middleton
evened things up 26 seconds
later when Nolan Kouba scored
an even strength goal on assists
from Colin Butler and Justin
Engelkes.
Butler notched a power play
goal at 4:01 of the second peri-
Justin Engelkes and Middletons hockey team clinched the outright Big Eight Conference title last Thursday.
od that was the eventual gamewinner. Jake Livesy and

Engelkes assisted on the play.
Casey
Harper
gave
Middleton a 3-1 lead at 15:58
of the second period on assists
by Engelkes and Livesy.
Middleton then put things
away on an even strength goal
by Bunz at 14:30 of the third
period.
Of course were really
excited to have won it two

years in a row, Walby said.
This is one of their goals and
they achieved it, so we can
check the box on that. It goes to
show you how much time and
effort they put into the off-season, as well, to become successful.
Middleton also rolled past
Brookfield, 7-0, in a non-conference game last Saturday.
tral site.
Verona, which defeated
Middleton last Tuesday, is the
No. 1 seed in the sectional. The
Wildcats are followed by
Middleton, Janesville Craig,
Watertown,
Sun
Prairie,
Kenosha Tremper, Parker,
Muskego, Badger, Madison
East, Kenosha Indian Trail,
Oconomowoc, Madison La
Follette, Madison Memorial,
Madison West,
Kenosha
Bradford and Beloit Memorial.
Middleton will be bidding
for 10th overall trip to state and
its ninth since 2001.
Once again it looks like a
Big Eight tournament to get to
Green Bay, Middleton coach
Jeff Kind said of the Cardinals
path to return to state.
Watertown, Muskego and
Kenosha Tremper may be able
to make a dent on that, but
Tremper is the only one in our
half of the bracket.
So it looks like West,
Parker or East, and probably
Craig to get another shot at
Verona barring surprises.
Middleton, which opens the
tournament against Madison
West, toppled the Regents, 5642, last Friday.
Alyssa Lemirande led the
Cardinals with 15 points, while
Alexis Thomas added 12
points.
Middleton led, 26-20, at
halftime and kept the Regents
at bay in the second half. Kind
admitted, though, it was more
of a grind-it-out game than he
hoped for.
Our West game was a little
blas after the Verona game,
Kind said. We werent real
sharp at the start, but did
enough good things to keep on
top of them.
They played inspired and
showed much improvement
from their first game. I think
we played hard and were getting close to being very effective against the zone defenses
weve been seeing consistently.
Tough road ahead
MHS girls
basketball
team receives
No. 2 seed
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
The path is daunting, like it

is every year.
But that hasnt stopped
Middletons girls basketball
team before. And the Cardinals
will be hoping for similar success this time around.
Middleton received the No.
2 seed in the WIAA Division 1
Janesville Craig Sectional.
The Cardinals host 15thseeded Madison West Feb. 26
in a regional semifinal at 7 p.m.
If Middleton advances there, it
would host either seventhseeded Janesville Parker or
10th-seeded Madison East in a
regional final on Feb. 27.
The sectional semifinals are
March 3 and the sectional
finals are March 5. The sectional final will be held in
Janesville Craig, as long as the
Cougars arent in the game. If
Craig is a sectional finalist, the
game will be moved to a neu-
Middleton 56, Madison West 42

Middleton ......................... 26 30 56
Madison West .................. 20 22 42
MIDDLETON Flottmeyer 2 0-0
4, B. Lemirande 3 0-0 7, A. Lemirande 7
0-0 15, C. Lemirande 2 0-0 6, Staples 2
1-4 6, Thomas 4 2-6 12, White 2 2-2 6.
Totals 22 5-14 56.
MADISON WEST Bruce 1 0-0
2, Carlson 3 2-3 8, Darvin 1 2-2 4,
Hettebach 1 0-0 2, Manke 2 0-0 6,
McGilligan 2 3-4 8, Monette 5 1-2 12.
Totals 15 8-13 42.
3-point goals MID 7 (Lemirande
1, Lemirande 1, Lemirande 2, Staples 1,
Thomas 2), MW 4 (Manke 2,
McGilligan 1, Monette 1).
Total foulsMID 18, MW 14.
The Cardinals finished the regular season with a 21-3 record

and set a school record for
wins.
Bunz had two goals against
Brookfield,
while
Ross
Johnson added two, as well.
Butler, Michael Wolfinger and
Preston Lewis also added
goals.
The Cardinals will now turn
their attention to the postsea-
son.
Middleton, the No. 1 seed in
its sectional, had a first round
bye. The Cardinals will host
either eighth-seeded Monona
Grove or ninth-seeded Oregon
in a regional final Friday at 8
p.m. at Capitol Ice Arena.
If Middleton wins Friday, it
would host a sectional semifinal on Tuesday, Feb. 23. The
sectional finals are Saturday,
Feb. 27 at Sun Prairie Ice

Arena at 7 p.m.
I feel very confident about
how our team has been performing lately and how we all
have been buying into the same
system, Bunz said. Weve
really come together as one and
I think this was the perfect time
to do it.
Hannah Flottmeyer and Middletons girls basketball team earned the No. 2 seed in their sectional.
Nine wrestlers advance to sectionals

by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Kevin Meicher had himself

a memorable day last Saturday.
Now, Meicher and his
remaining teammates will try
making this Saturday one they
never forget.
Meicher,
a
freshman
wrestler at Middleton High
School, captured first place at
126 pounds at the WIAA
Division
1
Middleton
Regional. Meicher and eight of
his teammates advanced
through regionals and into the
Waunakee Sectional Saturday.
The top four finishers at
regionals move on to sectionals. Only the top two finishers
at sectionals, though, advance
to the state meet, which will be
held Feb. 25-27.
In addition to Meicher,
Middletons sectional qualifiers include second place finishers Chris Rogers (132), Max
Mayhew (152) and Gavin
Adler (195), third place finishers Joseph Hoffman (113), and
fourth place finishers Colton
Best (120), Caleb Cymbalak
(160), Eman Kitchen (170) and
Matt Davey (220).
Overall, Middleton was
fourth at the sectional.
Sauk Prairie won the meet
with 258.0 points, while
Madison La Follette was second (206.5). Waunakee was
third at 202.0, followed by
Middleton (190.0), Portage
(82.0), Madison East (67.0),
Madison West (66.0) and
Madison Memorial (52.0).
Meicher received a first
round bye, then pinned Liam
Labansky
of
Madison
LaFollette in 3:20. In the title
match, Meicher defeated
Waunakees Zachary Marek, 92.
Rogers also opened with a
first round bye, then pinned
Portages Dylan Casey in 48
seconds in the semifinals.
Aaron Hankins then defeated
Rogers, 6-3, in the first place
match.
Mayhew pinned Portages
Mason Ericksen in 45 seconds
in the quarterfinals, then
pinned Waunakees Brody
Joseph in 1:30 in the semifinals.
Sauk Prairies Eddie Smith
then defeated Mayhew, 12-2, in
the championship match.
Adler also finished second
for the Cardinals.
Adler received a first round
bye, then edged Madison La
Follettes Pierre Ruffin, 2-1.
Sauk Prairies Logan Moore
defeated Adler, 6-1, in the
championship match. But in
the second place match, Adler
pinned Josh Monson of
Madison Memorial in 3:55.
Middleton regional
Team scores: Sauk Prairie 258
(team sectional qualifier); Madison La
Follette 206.5; Waunakee 202;
Middleton 190; Portage 82; Madison
East 67; Madison West 66; Madison
Memorial 52.
Middleton results
106 - Jesus Quechol Ramirez (109) placed 5th and scored 9.00 team
points.
Quarterfinal
Ty
Miller
(Waunakee) 20-11 won by fall over
Jesus Quechol Ramirez (Middleton) 109 (Fall 0:43).
Cons. Semi - Jesus Quechol
Ramirez (Middleton) 10-9 received a
bye () (Bye).
5th Place Match - Jesus Quechol
Ramirez (Middleton) 10-9 won by fall
over Matthew Straka (Portage) 6-16
(Fall 1:41).
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4th Place Match - Guillermo

Tellez-Giron (Madison Memorial) 12-6
won by decision over Jesus Quechol
Ramirez (Middleton) 10-9 (Dec 5-1)
113 - Joseph Hoffman (29-15)

placed 3rd and scored 16.00 team
points.
Quarterfinal - Joseph Hoffman
(Middleton) 29-15 received a bye.
Semifinal - Joseph Hoffman
(Middleton) 29-15 won by major decision over Nathan Poches (Portage) 2415 (MD 8-0).
1st Place Match - Dylan Herbrand
(Sauk Prairie) 31-14 won by fall over
Joseph Hoffman (Middleton) 29-15
(Fall 3:53).
2nd Place Match - Robert Cooper
(Madison West) 28-14 won by major
decision over Joseph Hoffman
(Middleton) 29-15 (MD 11-0).
120 - Colton Best (17-13) placed

4th and scored 13.00 team points.
Quarterfinal - Colton Best
(Middleton) 17-13 won by fall over
David Robinson (Madison East) 2-4
(Fall 0:19).
Semifinal - Dylan Golke (Portage)
27-12 won by major decision over
Colton Best (Middleton) 17-13 (MD 91).
3rd Place Match - Nick Zech (Sauk
Prairie) 14-19 won by decision over
Colton Best (Middleton) 17-13 (Dec 62).
4th Place Match - Colton Best
Harrison Webster (Waunakee) 4-9 (Fall
1:45).
126 - Kevin Meicher (36-3) placed

1st and scored 24.00 team points.
Quarterfinal - Kevin Meicher
Semifinal - Kevin Meicher
(Middleton) 36-3 won by fall over Liam
Labansky (Madison LaFollette) 21-19
(Fall 3:20).
1st Place Match - Kevin Meicher
(Middleton) 36-3 won by decision over
Zachary Marek (Waunakee) 29-15 (Dec
9-2).
132 - Chris Rogers (31-6) placed
2nd and scored 20.00 team points.
Quarterfinal - Chris Rogers
(Middleton) 31-6 received a bye ()
(Bye).
Chris
Rogers
Semifinal
Dylan Casey (Portage) 20-17 (Fall
0:48).
1st Place Match - Aaron Hankins
(Sauk Prairie) 32-7 won by decision
over Chris Rogers (Middleton) 31-6
(Dec 6-3).
2nd Place Match - Chris Rogers
(Middleton) 31-6 won by rule over
Dylan Casey (Portage) 20-17 (RULE).
138 - Hossam Said (10-18) placed

Quarterfinal - Jackson Ellis
(Waunakee) 13-17 won by fall over
Hossam Said (Middleton) 10-18 (Fall
3:22).
Cons. Semi - Hossam Said
5th Place Match - Hossam Said
Everett Andersen (Madison Memorial)
2-15 (Fall 1:15).
4th Place Match - Drew
Christensen (Madison West) 23-21 won
by fall over Hossam Said (Middleton)
10-18 (Fall 3:09).
145 - Devin Jackson (10-8) placed

Quarterfinal - Connor Jones
(Madison Memorial) 12-18 won by fall
over Devin Jackson (Middleton) 10-8
(Fall 3:52).
Cons. Semi - Devin Jackson
(Bye).
5th Place Match - Devin Jackson
Samuel Bleich (Portage) 3-10 (Fall
3:23).
4th Place Match - Connor Jones
(Madison Memorial) 12-18 won by rule
over Devin Jackson (Middleton) 10-8
(RULE).
152 - Max Mayhew (26-10) placed

Quarterfinal - Max Mayhew
Mason Ericksen (Portage) 4-20 (Fall
0:45).
Semifinal
Max
Mayhew
Brody Joseph (Waunakee) 6-7 (Fall
1:30).
1st Place Match - Eddie Smith
(Sauk Prairie) 39-4 won by major decision over Max Mayhew (Middleton) 2610 (MD 12-2).
2nd Place Match - Max Mayhew
(Middleton) 26-10 won by rule over
Brody Joseph (Waunakee) 6-7 (RULE).
160 - Caleb Cymbalak (26-12)
placed 4th and scored 12.00 team points.
Quarterfinal - Caleb Cymbalak
Times-Tribune photos by Mary Langenfeld
Max Mayhew (top) was one of nine Middleton wrestlers that advanced to sectionals for head coach Kent Weiler (above) last
week.
David Maravilla (Madison West) 7-4

(Fall 0:47).
Semifinal
Luke
Hooker
(Waunakee) 26-19 won by major decision over Caleb Cymbalak (Middleton)
26-12 (MD 15-3).
3rd Place Match - Luke Vils (Sauk
Prairie) 16-11 won by decision over
Caleb Cymbalak (Middleton) 26-12
(Dec 7-2).
4th Place Match - Caleb Cymbalak
(Middleton) 26-12 won by major decision over Cohl Routson (Portage) 9-24
(MD 13-1).
170 - Eman Kitchen (10-9) placed

Quarterfinal - Eman Kitchen
Dawson Gmeinder (Portage) 11-19 (Fall
1:51).
Semifinal - Austin Powell (Sauk
Prairie) 41-2 won by fall over Eman
Kitchen (Middleton) 10-9 (Fall 1:11).
3rd Place Match - Joseph Stupar
(Madison LaFollette) 24-12 won by

decision
over
Eman
Kitchen
(Middleton) 10-9 (Dec 5-4).
4th Place Match - Eman Kitchen
Kendall Sytsma (Madison Memorial) 66 (Fall 3:03).
182 - Ortez Lockett (8-15) placed

Quarterfinal - Pierson White
(Portage) 12-21 won by decision over
Ortez Lockett (Middleton) 8-15 (Dec 83).
Cons. Semi - Ortez Lockett
5th Place Match - Ortez Lockett
(Bye).
4th Place Match - Pierson White
(Portage) 12-21 won by rule over Ortez
Lockett (Middleton) 8-15 (RULE).
195 - Gavin Adler (22-8) placed
Quarterfinal - Gavin Adler

Semifinal
Gavin
Adler
(Middleton) 22-8 won in tie breaker - 1
over Pierre Ruffin (Madison LaFollette)
8-13 (TB-1 2-1).
1st Place Match - Logan Moore
over Gavin Adler (Middleton) 22-8 (Dec
6-1).
2nd Place Match - Gavin Adler
(Middleton) 22-8 won by fall over Josh
Monson (Madison Memorial) 7-7 (Fall
3:55).
220 - Matt Davey (19-18) placed
Quarterfinal - Matt Davey
Cole Holtan (Portage) 6-23 (Fall 2:15).
Semifinal - Francisco Garcia
(Madison LaFollette) 16-14 won by fall
over Matt Davey (Middleton) 19-18
(Fall 2:27).
3rd Place Match - Vincent Walsh

over Matt Davey (Middleton) 19-18
(Dec 9-3).
4th Place Match - Matt Davey
(Middleton) 19-18 won by decision over
Alex Okelue (Madison West) 8-24 (Dec
3-2).
285 - Irving Perez (14-16) placed

Quarterfinal - Bradley Sandiford
(Madison LaFollette) 10-9 won by fall
over Irving Perez (Middleton) 14-16
(Fall 3:41).
Cons. Semi - Irving Perez
(Bye).
5th Place Match - Irving Perez
Clayton Kapel (Portage) 4-12 (Fall
3:29).
4th Place Match - Bradley
Sandiford (Madison LaFollette) 10-9
won by rule over Irving Perez
(Middleton) 14-16 (RULE)
Sun Prairie topples Middleton

PAGE 14
by DENNIS SEMRAU
For the Times-Tribune
SUN PRAIRIE Junior

forward Jack Smith was
stunned at what he saw when
host Sun Prairie sank six consecutive 3-pointers and jumped
out to an early 18-point lead
over Middleton on Thursday
night.
But Smith expected the visiting Cardinals to take it in stride.
Its just one of those
things, Smith said. Youve
just got to play through it.
Much to its chagrin, though,
Middleton couldnt. Sun Prairie
rode the early scoring spree and
posted a 64-53 victory over No.
4 Middleton in a critical Big
Eight Conference game.
Sun Prairies win plus
Madison Memorials loss to
Madison West created a
three-way tie atop the conference.
Every team is giving us
their best, Smith said. Youve
just got to expect them to come
out and shoot like that. They
were excited to play us, so thats
the way weve got to play.
Sun Prairie (14-4 overall, 11-
n MEMORIAL
Memorial would make a

run.
The Spartans did exactly
that.
The dynamic Eady got the
Cardinals off to a fast start to
begin the second half. Eady
drilled a three-pointer on
Middletons first possession of
the half, then converted a traditional three-point play as the
Cardinals lead grew to 43-25.
Middletons
advantage
reached 48-29 its largest
lead of the night with 12
minutes left. But Memorial
had an answer.
The Spartans extended their
1-3-1 defense, trapped the ball
high and gave the Cardinals
fits
in
the
halfcourt.
Memorials terrific defense
helped it go on a 14-2 burst
and pull within 50-43 with
7:22 left.
Theyre a great team,
Murphy said. We knew it
wouldn't be easy.
It wasnt, but the Cardinals
weathered the storm thanks
in large part to both Eady and
Murphy.
After a timeout, Eady
attacked the baseline and
scored to push Middletons
lead to 55-46. One possession
later, Eady drove to the basket
again, scored was fouled and
made the free throw as
Middletons lead hit 58-48
with 2:29 remaining.
Big time players make big
time players, Bavery said of
Eady. We needed something
like that and Tyrees a guy who
3 Big Eight) was without senior

forward and leading scorer Rod
Johnson (14 ppg). Johnson
missed his second straight game
with a high ankle sprain suffered in a loss at Madison
Memorial on Jan. 30.
But senior guard Sam Kerr
finished with a game-high 22
points, including four free
throws in the final 70 seconds.
Sun Prairie senior guard D.J.
Jones scored 11 points in the
opening six minutes to deal
Middleton (15-3, 11-3) its third
loss in four games.
Maybe it was the first loss,
maybe its just an old (Duke
coach) Mike Krzyewski term he
called slippage. Thats what
this team is fighting through
right now, Middleton coach
Kevin Bavery said. When
youre 14-0, you dont notice
things. Coaches notice things,
but players dont want to
believe it.
But its hard to stay humble,
its hard to stay hungry when
youre 16, 17, 18 years old.
Youve got to keep it in perspective. Yes, we were 14-0, but
were really not playing anywhere close to where we need to
can make those plays.

Murphy agreed.
Tyree is just a crazy smart,
athletic,
skilled
player,
Murphy said. He can do it all
and he can be unstoppable at
times.
Memorial pulled as close as
six points down the stretch.
But Murphy made 12-of-14
free throws in the final 2:11
including four straight after a
technical foul on Collins
and the Cardinals pulled away.
We definitely needed a
night like this, Eady said. All
of us needed this. We were 1-3
in our last (four) games and we
needed a big push like this to
show we still are one of the
best teams.
Bavery agreed.
Our big message was, if
you love the game, the game
will love you back, he said.
There were some magical
moments out there. We shared
the ball and played our (tails)
off. And you know what, having fun is beating Memorial.
Feb. 13
Middleton 77, Madison Memorial 63
Middleton . 37 40 77
Madison Memorial .. 25 38 63
MIDDLETON Ashford 2 0-0 6,
Brunker 1 4-6 6, Eady 9 4-4 25,
Fermanich 1 0-0 3, Markel 1 0-0 2,
Murphy 5 14-16 26, Raffel 1 0-1 2, Ripp
1 2-2 5, Thomas 1 0-0 2. Totals 22 24-29
77.
MADISON MEMORIAL
Caropreso 3 3-9 9, Ferguson 2 5-6 9,
Goodwan 0 0-1 0, Knecht 2 4-6 10,
Knight 8 2-3 18, Wilson 5 5-6 17. Totals
20 19-30 63.
3-point goals MID 9 (Ashford 2,
Eady 3, Fermanich 1, Murphy 2, Ripp
1), MM 4 (Knecht 2, Wilson 2). Total
foulsMID 20, MM 16.
play.
Jones opened the game with
a free-throw line jumper for Sun
Prairie before Smith scored off
an offensive rebound for fourthranked Middleton in the opening minute.
Junior guard Sean Suchomel
then gave Sun Prairie the lead
for good with a three-pointer
that ignited a 20-2 run. When
the blitz ended, Sun Prairie held
a 22-4 lead with 11:46 to play in
the first half.
Any team would think it
was easier when you see the
other teams best player sitting
out, Middleton junior guard
Storm Murphy said. But that
can be scary, because anyone
can come out like Jones and hit
some shots. He came out and
was the X-factor. Theres
always going to be someone
who steps out like that when
their best players out.
Jones drained three consecutive three-pointers before Kerr
followed with back-to-back
three-balls to highlight the
opening surge and set the tone
for the game.
Usually when a team hits
six threes, part of its them, but
you have a lot to do with it,

Bavery said. Whether we
trapped and rotated late,
whether we didnt recognize
shooters, whether we got pinned
coming off screens and got
there late.
Sun Prairie coach Jeff Boos
was happy to see his team get
off to a fast start after Middleton
did the same thing in its 69-61
victory on Dec. 17.
Anytime you get that kind
of energy going its phenomenal, Boos said. It was one of
those nights where they go in.
You can have another night
where they dont.
Jones scored 11 of his 17
points and Kerr added 10 in the
first half to give Sun Prairie a
34-25 lead at the break.
I told the guys, I wanted
him to play so bad because
youve got to get it out of your
minds right now theyre not the
same team, Bavery said of
Johnsons absence. Theyre a
better team. Usually teams are
better when their leading scorer
is out of the game.
Meanwhile,
Middletons
three leading scorers Tyree
Eady, Murphy and C.J.
Fermanich entered the game

averaging a combined 52
points. That trio was held to just
10 points in the opening frame,
though.
Fermanich finished with a
team-high 15, while Eady had
14 points and Murphy finished
with seven. Sophomore forward
Brogan Brunker came off the
bench to chip in with 10 points,
including eight in the first half.
High school basketball has
always seemed to be ignited by
the offense. That just engaged
our defense to play even harder, Boos said after holding
Middleton to 17 points under its
season scoring average. I
thought we did a pretty good job
for a while of containing them
and making them take tough
shots and not giving them
everything they want.
Jones made a pair of free
throws midway through the second half to push Sun Prairies
lead to 49-33, before Middleton
used a late rally to trim its
deficit to seven points in the
final minute.
I felt like our best ball was
from the 10-minute mark to the
4-minute mark of the second
half when we actually played

hard, Murphy said. We
attacked the rim and drew
fouls.
Kerr, though, converted two
free throws and Jones sank a
layup at the buzzer to cap the
scoring.
We were able to sustain the
lead and not allow them to get
back into it, Boos said. I
thought it was real important to
get into halftime with the lead
near double digits. I knew
theyre capable and they can
come at you. They have enough
firepower to make threes and
get on a roll.
Middleton ......................... 25 28 53
Sun Prairie ....................... 34 30 64
MIDDLETON Jack Smith 2 0-0
4, Storm Murphy 2 2-2 7, Tyree Eady 4
4-5 14, C.J. Fermanich 5 2-2 15, Cody
Markel 0 0-1 0, Brogan Brunker 2 5-6
10, Kevin Ripp 1 0-0 3, Brady Thomas
0 0-1 0. Totals 16 13-17 53.
SUN PRAIRIE Sean Suchomel
2 0-0 5, Sam Kerr 6 8-11 22, Ben Hauser
2 0-2 4, D.J. Jones 6 2-2 17, Deshawn
Black 2 3-4 7, Nate Verstegen 1 0-0 2,
Marlon Ruffin 3 1-2 7. Totals 22 14-21
64.
Three-point goals S 6 (Jones 3,
Kerr 2, Suchomel 1), M 8 (Brunker 1,
Eady 2, Fermanich 3, Murphy 1, Ripp
1). Total fouls S 20, M 21.
PORTS
PAGE 15
RIEFS
Baseball, softball registration
Online registration for the 2016 summer baseball and softball programs through the Middleton Baseball/Softball
Commission is open. To register, go to www.mbscwi.com.
Good Hops fundraiser
The Middleton Baseball and Softball Commission will hold

its "Good Hops" beer and wine tasting fundraiser on March 12
from 5-9 p.m. at the Holiday Inn West. Proceeds will help build
an indoor facility for youth teams to utilize during the
inclement weather times of the year.
Tickets can be purchased online at https://mbscwi.sportngin.com/register/form/502674272 or purchasing them from a
MBSC member.
Cost is $45 per person. Admission includes beer and wine
tasting from a variety of breweries and wineries, hors doeuvres, live music, a silent auction and a 50/50 raffle. A cash bar
will also be available. More information can be found at
www.mbscwi.com/goodhops.
Baseball clinic
The Middleton baseball team will hold its 24th annual spring
break clinic March 21-22 from 9-11 a.m. at the high school
field house. Cost is $50.
The camp is for kids in grades 2-8. Instruction will be given
by the Cardinals coaches and players.
Each camper will get a T-shirt and a baseball lunch on the
second day of the clinic. Registration forms are available at
local school physical education teachers and at
www.mbscwi.com.
Champs
Photo courtesy of Tom Brandt
MHS gymnasts
fit to be tied
The Madison Metro Lynx girls hockey team finished the regular season as Badger Conference champions. Middleton
is in a co-op with Madison Memorial, Madison West, Madison Edgewood, Verona, Dodgeville and Mount Horeb.
The Lynx earned the top seed in their sectional with a record of 14-6-4. The Lynx play in the WIAA regional playoffs
on Friday at 8 p.m. at the Madison Ice Arena.
Shown here is Middleton sophomore goalie Sydney McKersie, who has a 5-3-1 record with three shutouts.
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Its a rarity in the sport of

gymnastics one Middleton
coach Kari Steck had never
experience first hand.
The timing of it all made
for great drama.
The girls gymnastics teams
from Middleton and Sun
Prairie met with the Big Eight
Conference dual meet title on
the line last Thursday. The
two Big Eight powers then
battled to a 135.450-135.450
tie.
First time in 20-plus years
that this has happened, Steck
said.
Middleton outscored Sun

Prairie on the bars, 33.3032.350, and on the beam,
33.125-32.30. On the flip
side, Sun Prairie outscored
Middleton, 35.225-34.250 on
the vault and 35.575-34.775
on the floor exercise.
It added up to an extremely
unlikely tie and co-conference
champions.
Sun Prairie has a very
strong team with a lot of talent, Steck said. We weren't
certain we would beat them.
We have lost to them a few
times, and beat them recently
a few times.
Ties are so rare in gymnastics, especially when you
have individual scores going
out into the thousandths. It

was a memorable conference
tie, and very special for both
Cardinal teams.
Middleton junior Madeline
Pflasterer-Jennerjohn won the
uneven bars with a 9.0, while
Ellen Cottingham was second
(8.275). Chloe Young was
fourth (8.20) and Eleanor
Mackey was eighth (7.825).
Katherine Marshall won
the beam (8.425) and
Pflasterer-Jennerjohn
was
third (8.30). Young finished
fourth (8.250) and Jordan
Baggot was sixth (8.150).
Pflasterer-Jennerjohn was
first on the vault (9.225),
while Young was sixth (8.40),
Mackey was seventh (8.325)
and Marshall was eighth

(8.30).
Pflasterer-Jennerjohn won
the floor exercise (9.20),
Marshall was sixth (8.575),
Baggot was seventh (8.525)
and Cottingham was eighth
(8.475).
The two teams meet again
at Saturdays Big Eight
Conference meet at Madison
Memorial starting at 10:15
a.m.
We're anticipating a close
race at conference, as well,
Steck said. But the girls have
been working hard and are
determined to do their best.
PAGE 16
n SWIMMERS
Verona/Mount Horeb (217)

and
Sauk
Prairie/Lodi/Wisconsin Heights
(210) rounded out the top five.
Middleton sent nine of its 15
individual swimmers to state,
along with all three relays.
Overall, we had a fantastic
sectional meet, Niesen said.
We had 100% season-best
times for the tapered swimmers.
Sophomore Michael Draves
won the 200-yard freestyle
(1:43.34) and junior Luke
Delaney was seventh (1:47.68).
Draves is now seeded third at
state, while Delaney is seeded
19th.
Draves also won the 500yard freestyle (4:40.32) and is
seeded second in that event at
state.
Senior Jacob Aegerter finished first in the 200-yard IM
(1:56.40), while junior Isaac
Hanson was 10th (2:05.83).
Aegerter is now seeded third at
state.
Aegerter was also fifth in the
100-yard butterfly (52.51),
while Delaney was sixth
(53.04) and Hanson was seventh (54.36). Aegerter is seeded
eighth at state, while Delaney
was 14th and Hanson is seeded
24th.
Senior Ethan Lengfeld was
fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke and is seeded 18th at
state. Junior Erick Grelle was
10th in the 100-yard backstroke
and is seeded 21st.
Middletons
400-yard
freestyle relay team of
Aegerter,
junior
Max
Hollfelder, Grelle and Draves

was fourth at sectionals and is
seeded sixth at state.
The Cardinals 200-yard
freestyle relay team of
Aegerter, Hollfelder, senior
Dean Zillner and Draves was
fifth at sectionals and is seeded
16th at state.
Middletons 200-yard medley relay team of Grelle,
Lengfeld, Hanson and Zillner
was sixth at sectionals. That
quartet is now seeded 14th at
state
senior
Jack
Cardinals
Zocher finished second in
Fridays diving competition.
Junior Noah Krantz was fourth
and freshman Nicholas Draves
was fifth.
Now, its off to state where
hopes are sky high for these
Cardinals.
The huge time drops we
had really highlight how hard
my boys work during the season, Niesen said. Once they
start getting some rest practices,
they feel great and it really
shows at the championship
meets.
Boys swimming
DIVISION 1
State qualifiers
Middleton sectional
Team scores: Madison Memorial 398,

Madison West 336.5, Middleton 286,
Verona/Mount Horeb 217, Sauk Prairie co-op
210, Sun Prairie 119.5, Waunakee 147,
Oregon/Belleville 130, Beloit Memorial 86,
Janesville Craig 80, Janesville Parker 72,
Madison East 30, Madison La Follette 16.
200 medley relay: 1, Madison Memorial
(Temprano, Sanchez, Gebhart, Patton,
Jensen, Chen, Wowk), 1:37.30. 2, Sauk
Prairie co-op, 1:38.19. 3, Verona/Mount
Horeb, 1:38.60. 4, Oregon/Belleville,
1:38.81. 5, Madison West, 1:39.30. 6,
Middleton, 1:39.75. 7, Waunakee, 1:42.38.
200 freestyle: 1, Draves, Mid, 1:43.34. 2,
Horton, MM, 1:43.48. 3, Patterson, MM,
1:44.86. 4, Miller, MM, 1:45.22. 5, Weng,
MW, 1:45.52. 6, Duffy, W, 1:47.67. 7,
Delaney, Mid,, 1:47.68. 8, Sato, MW,
1:48.20.
200 individual medley: 1, Aegerter,
Mid, 1:56.40. 2, Madonia, W, 1:56.46. 3,
Temprano, MM, 1:58.07. 4, Sanchez, MM,
1:58.20. 5, Sachtjen, SaP, 1:59.51. 6, Jekel,
MW, 1:59.96. 7, Chen, MM, 2:01.90.
50 freestyle: 1, Hetue, SuP, 21.72. 2,
Meara, MW, 21.74. 3 (tie), Thiry, SuP, and
Weaver, MW, 21.77. 5, Patton, MM, 22.18. 6,
Jensen, MM, 22.34. 7, Perry, JP, 22.36.
100 butterfly: 1, Weaver, MW, 50.43. 2,
Gebhart, MM, 51.58. 3, Wowk, MM, 51.63.
4, Frey, SaP, 52.34. 5, Aegerter, Mid, 52.51.
6, Delaney, Mid, 53.04. 7, Hanson, Mid,
54.36.
100 freestyle: 1, Meara, MW, 47.77. 2,
Patterson, MM, 47.90. 3, Thiry, SuP, 48.16. 4,
Horton, MM, 48.26. 5, Larsen, OB, 48.55. 6,
Angaran, VMH, 48.88. 7, Perry, JP, 49.22. 8,
Sato, MW, 49.38.
500 freestyle: 1, Draves, Mid, 4:40.32. 2,
Duffy, W, 4:45.89. 3, Weng, MW, 4:47.61. 4,
Miller, MM, 4:50.95. 5, Guentherman, SaP,
4:53.41. 6, Wellnitz, VMH, 4:55.29. 7,
Sebastian, VMH, 4:59.00.
200 freestyle relay: 1, Madison
Memorial (Patterson, Patton, Horton,
Sanchez, Jensen), 1:27.23. 2, Madison West,
1:27.65. 3, Sun Prairie, 1:28.13. 4,
Verona/Mount Horeb, 1:29.42. 5, Middleton,
1:30.61. 6, Oregon/Belleville, 1:30.74. 7,
Sauk Prairie, 1:30.86.
100 backstroke: 1, Temprano, MM,
52.59. 2, Wowk, MM, 52.88. 3, Madonia, W,
53.69. 4, Angaran, VMH, 53.95. 5, Jekel,
MW, 53.95. 6, Sachtjen, SaP, 54.28. 7, Chen,
MM, 54.39. 8, Vesely, VMH, 55.11.
100 breastroke: 1, Hetue, SuP, 59.49. 2,
Miller, MW, 1:00.38. 3, Rule, OB, 1:00.67. 4,
Sanchez, MM, 1:01.47. 5, Lengfeld, Mid,
1:02.21. 6, Hoppe, VMH, 1:02.45. 7, Doerre,
SaP, 1:02.61.
400 freestyle relay: 1, Madison
Memorial (Horton, Wowk, Temprano,
Patterson, Miller, Patton, Gebhart), 3:11.51.
2, Madison West, 3:12.21. 3, Sun Prairie,
3:15.72. 4, Middleton, 3:17.03. 5,
Verona/Mount Horeb, 3:17.79. 6, Sauk
Prairie co-op, 3:18.36. 7, Waunakee, 3:22.40.
8, Beloit Memorial, 3:24.37.
Michael Draves (top) and Isaac Hanson (above) are two of the Middleton swimmers headed to the state meet on Saturday.
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VOL. 124, NO.

City administrator Mike

See ADDRESS, page 2

MCO returns next week

The Middleton Community Orchestra continues to

Bristol St. General admission

SINGLE COPY PRICE: $1.25

Cellist Andrew Briggs will join the MCO Wednesday.

Sunday was supposed to be a

Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger

A delicious cultural education

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016

continued from page 1

Davis covered a long list of

residential units, 62,000 square

below. The project was approved for WHEDA tax credits

Last weeks article about the

or funding from dozens and

namely civic groups, regular

Times-Tribune photo by Cameron Bren

explained. They have looked

He also noted the growth of

which helped the city receive a

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Board debates impact of voucher expansion

The Middleton-Cross Plains

out of the state fund, which isnt

school, Johnson said.

Currently school districts

Another concern in the legislature the board discussed is a

Examining the role of testing in Middleton-Cross Plains

The Middleton-Cross Plains

data on comparable results from

slice of our pie, it helps inform

age in all areas and grades,

of students, but allows parental

Weve always believed in

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Fire breaks out at local

On Saturday, Feb. 13 at approximately 3:40 a.m., Dane

be ventilated from the structure.

Junior Nationals are

Optimists honor OSullivan

Adaptive Sports USA, the

friends and supporters, said

Ethics symposium will tackle affirmative

Go-Getters donate to homeless shelter

More than 200 juniors from

Ethics and School issues:

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Skiers, boarders finish

Middleton High School had

Studying with Professor Judith

A Winters Tale starts tonight

Remonstranse Kerke in Alkmaar, Netherlands; the Abbey

MIPD will offer

with the public occur during

Music Festival, ChamberFest,

The beer and the bard

of any of these plays to decide

year as a team captain, said

versity Fellow and Hunt Quartet

Teams needed for sixth annual Canstruction competition

Middleton Outreach Ministry