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A mound
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City prepares for
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Verona Press editor
Always Moore To Sew
Share N Care group makes little dresses, big difference

SAMANTHA CHRISTIAN
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This spring, the women

of the Share N Care group
started noticing bags of
colorful, hand-sewn dresses appear at Sugar River
United Methodist Church.
People had dropped off
fabric for them to stitch,
knit, crochet or quilt with
before, but not completed
items quite like this.
They had no idea who
was responsible for the
talented, generous work,
either. Sharon Billmeyer,
the groups coordinator
and co-founder, was determined to find out, so she
could thank the person and
extend an invitation to join
Share N Care.
When she asked around
the congregation if anyone had spotted the anonymous donor, the secret
sewer was revealed: Patti
Moore, a new parishioner
who has been sewing since
her grandmother taught her
when she was 5, and a quilter since 2000.
This is a daughter less mother, Moore told
the Press as she folded
and packaged the dresses
into ziplock bags. The
first (dress) that I made,
I sat there thinking if I
had a daughter, we could
Group adds
projects to stitch list
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Photo submitted (top) and Photo by Samantha Christian (above)
Top, Patti Moore, of the Share N Care group, is pictured on her

62nd birthday, July 28, with a selection of the 62 Little Dresses for
Africa she made.
Above, Moore shows off one of the dolls that Share N Care made
and put in the pockets of nearly 40 of the dresses this summer.
be sewing together. I got

really emotional, and then
I thought, OK, some mothers daughter is going to
get this lovely dress.
For the third year, the
group created clothing for
Little Dresses for Africa.
They are simple dresses
made out of pillowcases
and distributed through
orphanages, churches and
schools in various countries in crisis. The organization has collected more
than 2.5 million dresses,
and thanks to Moore and

her helpers, Verona is adding to that number, one
dress at a time.
Reflecting on her favorite
patterns, Moore said shell
be a bit sad to see her little
creations leave, yet she
knows the happy reactions
theyll receive at the other
end of their long journey.
As I sewed each one, I
gave great care to detail,
imagining a little girl wearing it, she said.
But more than just the
dresses, she also cherishes

the connections she has
made while sewing alongside her new friends.
Ive been told that Im
the story, but its really the
women (in Share N Care)
who embraced me, she said.
Moore has made her
presence known to more
than just the Share N Care
group, but also the internet,
thanks to a Facebook posting that showed her sitting
on the floor surrounded by
the dresses she made.
While the photo itself
may not seem particularly
viral-worthy on its own,
the story behind it is.
Birthday goal
Her son took the photo on
July 28, Moores birthday,
when she announced she
met her personal challenge
by making 62 of the dresses
by her 62nd birthday.
With more than 3,000
likes, 1,000 comments,
50 shares and subsequent
Turn to Dresses/Page 13
It doesnt get discussed

much at finance committee
meetings or by the Common Council, but next year
the city will undertake its
biggest municipal project
ever: widening North Nine
Mound Road and creating a new intersection with
County Hwy. PD to make it
safer and more efficient.
Fortunately for Verona
taxpayers, there wont be
any debt to worry about by
the time the Epic tax-increment financing district closes in 2016. Epic will absorb
more than half the cost of
the $12 million upgrade,
and the citys $5 million
share will be the last payment made before closing
the district.
But its still a big chunk
of change, and unlike the
bulked-up County M/PD
intersection upgrade that will
commence in 2016, before
the Nine Mound project finishes, there wont be any
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other municipalities or federal funds to share the cost.

Instead, the citys share
will come from TIF 7,
which collects Epics
immense taxes from all taxing jurisdictions to the
tune of about $7 million
per year to the TIF alone. It
will be the last expenditure
from the district, and while
the traffic planning itself
was fully public, working
out the financing up to this
point has been mostly out
of the public eye.
The commitment of the
last available TIF 7 funds
has been in the citys fiveyear capital improvement
budget, and its part of the
2015 budget that is set for
a public hearing later this
month, but it hasnt been a
source of discussion by the
Common Council.
City staff have been
working off frequent meetings with the company and
basing the citys responsibilities on a 12-year-old
agreement the city signed
with Epic when the then600-employee company
decided to move here.
Since then, Epic has
grown more than tenfold,
and so have the two major
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City of Verona
Fire department on track

for 24-hour staffing
MARK IGNATOWSKI
As construction of the
citys new $10 million fire
station progresses, plans for
increasing the city departments staffing are also
under way.
The settlement of a lawsuit between the Local 311
firefighters union and the
city includes some provisions for adjusting the
structure of the department,
and budget deliberations
this month are expected
provide some of the funding to make those changes
possible.
Verona Fire Department
The
chief Joe Giver said the

changes are in line with
what the city had hoped to
do last year when it began
a hiring process for the new
city-run department. That
process was put on hold due
to a lawsuit by the full-time
firefighters. But now the
staffing reorganization is
back on track.
Its pretty much what
we were looking at doing,
Giver told the Press.
Making changes in the
staffing structure will provide for more night-time
coverage, Giver explained.
The personnel costs are
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Norwegian reality show sparks connection

The Great Norway
Adventure seeks
new contestants
SCOTT DE LARUELLE
Angela Flatland is a pretty

big thing in Norway.
The 2006 Verona Area
High School graduate has a
lot of Norwegian heritage,
and always enjoyed traveling down to Stoughton for
the annual Syttende Mai celebration. But she had no idea
what she was in for last spring
when she traveled to Norway
for the first time as a contestant in the fourth season of
the countrys No. 1 reality TV
show, Alt for Norge (The
Great Norway Adventure).
This fall, the Emmy Awardwinning show is casting for
an upcoming sixth season,
and is hoping Dane County
might once again have a candidate or two that can show
their true Norwegian spirit.
The show follows 12 Norwegian-Americans who fly to
Norway and immerse themselves in the culture and compete in a series of adventurous and fun challenges. The
winner receives a cash prize
of $50,000 and meets Norwegian relatives they dont even
know exist.
Norwegians love to see
Americans react to typical
Norwegian things, said show
producer Thor Oreld, explaining the shows success. We
can laugh about their poor
Be a Norwegian TV star
Anyone can apply as long as they are American
with Norwegian ancestry, at least 18 years old and
have never traveled to Norway. For information,
visit oconnorcasting.tv/Norway. Many people
send in videos with their application. For tips, visit
oconnorcasting.tv/videotips. The deadline to apply
is Wednesday, Dec. 3.
VAHS graduate Angela Flatland, who made it
about six weeks in the shows fourth season, has a
bit of advice for anyone thinking about applying to
be a contestant on the show: Be yourself.
And dont worry about knowing everything there is
to know about Norway and the Norwegian language,
either, as the challenges that eliminate contestants
each week can take out even the best candidates.
The tests are basically random, so every person
has a chance to win, Flatland said. The first
person who went out in our season knew the most
Norwegian out of all of us.
adaptation to Norwegian culture and laugh at ourselves as
they point out weird customs
that we take for granted.
When we think about it, it
is kind of strange that every
Norwegian cabin has a portrait of the king and queen in
the outhouse.
A star is born
Flatlands fathers grandparents are all Norwegian,
and since her mother was
adopted and doesnt know
much about her ancestry, for
her, family means Norway.
Yet, until she signed on to
participate in the show during April and May 2013, she
had never been there.
My entire life, Ive
thought, I have have relatives there what are they

like? Flatland said.
Like her father, Flatland
could pass for an authentic
Norwegian, though when she
has returned to the country
six times since her appearance on the show last spring
shes instantly recognized
by many as a celebrity.
Its a weird feeling when
I go back after I was on TV,
she said. Having people
actually recognize you is
very strange. Typically, if
Im out a bar, when people
are drinking theyll come up
and talk to me.
Aside from a bit of a
meltdown on her Facebook page after some press
SHOP, TASTE, PLAY,

MINGLE & MORE
Submitted photo
The cast of season 4 of The Great Norwegian Adventure, the No. 1-watched reality TV show in
Norway, featured Dane County native Angela Flatland at far right. The show is now casting for its sixth
season and is looking for Stoughton area residents with Norwegian blood and interest in participating.
in Norway reported that she

was single, Flatland said
it can be difficult to get to
know Norwegians, who are
famously reserved.
Im such a social butterfly, so (the TV show) gave
an opportunity for people to
feel open and talk to me,
she said. They love watching Americans; thats why
the show is so successful.
With my extremely outgoing
personality, I was afraid they
wouldnt like me, but it seems
like they liked me just fine.
The best part of the experience, though, was getting
to meet relatives from Norway who she didnt know
existed, making a life-long
connection. Since last

spring, shes been back to
the country six times.
At the end of your episode, once youre voted out,
the host gives you this book
with all this information about
your family that lives in Norway, Flatland said. Its has
been life-changing, because
I came back to Norway with
my mom, dad and brother,
and we met them for the first
time. It was about 40 members of our family, dressed in
bunads, and they sang happy
birthday to me in Norwegian. It had all of us in tears.
Flatland said it was a bit
unusual to meet relatives she
had never seen before, but
due to the TV show, they

already knew a lot about her.
It made connecting all the
much easier, she said. Now
I feel like I have my family
there, and I consider them to
be all my family; and they
feel the same way about me.
We talk all the time.
Since that meeting, shes
been back five more times
since, with plans to keep
returning.
I can understand Norwegian now and its only been a
year (of learning), Flatland
said. Its been really awesome to be in the culture.
Hands-down, its the most lifechanging experience for every
person I met on the show.
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Dane County
The Verona Press
Fall election
Budget deliberations, vote next week Turnout lower than

Action slated for
Nov. 20
MARK IGNATOWSKI
The Dane County Board of

Supervisors is slated to take
action on the county budget
next week.
A vote on county executive Joe Parisis budget,
along with any changes
proposed by supervisors, is
expected at the boards regular meeting Nov. 20.
The countys Personnel
and Finance Committee has a
budget deliberations meeting
scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Nov.
17. Further budget deliberation meetings for the county
board are scheduled for Nov.
18 and Nov. 19, if needed.
Agendas for next weeks
meetings had not been posted as of press time Tuesday.
For information, visit countyofdane.com.
Locally, specific projects
include additional money for
road projects and recreation
improvements, including the
largest capital budget initiative for County Hwy. M.

The proposed budget
includes:
$6 million for the reconstruction of Hwy. M between
Valley View and Cross
Country roads
24-hour plowing on M
between Madison and Verona and on County Hwy. PD
between Fish Hatchery Road
and Nine Mound Road
$22,000 for a small dog
park at Badger Prairie County Park
$200,000 for generator
enhancements to the Verona
landfill
$170,000 for designing a
replacement bridge on County Hwy. PB bridge in Paoli
Countywide, the budget
includes a $4 million investment in DaneCom, investments in snowplowing operations and phosphorus reduction in lakes. Nearly half the
budget goes towards human
services programs and operations.
million levy increase to bring

the total to around $530 million for 2015. Parisi said
this increase falls within the
state-imposed limits with a
4.07 percent increase.
The county is working
with a $509 million operating budget this year. Parisi
said it would cost the county
about $3.5 million to maintain the same level of service
as this year.
Parisi said the countys
portion of a homeowners
property tax bill accounts
for about 15 percent of the
total. The projected tax
rate $3.118 will rise by
about 1 cent per $100,000
in assessed value compared
with last year, but an increase
in assessed values means
taxpayers will pay slightly
more. Actual tax rates vary
by municipality due to different assessment calculations
and special levies for libraries or public health initiatives.
The county executive has
proposed a smaller capital
Taxpayer impact
budget for 2015 $39 milParisis proposed oper- lion compared to last years
ating budget includes a $6 $44.7 million.
expected, higher than ever

Dane County turnout
was at around 73 percent,
according to unofficial
results posted on the county clerks office website.
The actual number of
ballots cast in the election
will be slightly higher once
local clerks report official
election statistics to the
Government Accountability Board in the coming
month, the board said.
Verona voters in the
city and town cast 6,862
votes in the gubernatorial
race.
Democrat Dianne Hesselbein beat Brent Renteria
for the Assembly District
79 seat, earning 62.2 percent of the vote in Dane
County. In town of Verona, Hesselbein earned 195
votes to Renterias 162.
MARK IGNATOWSKI
of the vote.
In the race for state
Attorney General, Waukesha district attorney Brad
Schimel was elected 51.6
to 45.4 over Democrat
Susan Happ. In Dane
County, however, Happ
earned 67.3 percent of
the vote compared to
Schimels 29.9 percent.
A statewide referendum
on whether to amend to the
state constitution to create
a transportation fund was
approved by voters with
nearly 80 percent of voters
statewide supporting the
referendum.
There were few surprises

in last Tuesdays relatively
local races, as historically
Democratic Dane County
voters continued similar
voting patterns.
Statewide vote totals
were the highest ever
recorded for a regular
gubernatorial election at
54.25 percent, but fell
short of turnout for the
2012 recall election where
57.8 percent of eligible
voters cast ballots, according to data from the Government Accountability
Dane County
Board. The non-partisan
Dane County voters gave
election commission said
approval to two nonbindin a news release that the
ing referendum measures.
previous record voter turnAbout 72.6 percent of Dane
out in a November guberCounty voters would like
natorial election in the last
the state Legislature to
50 years was 52.4 percent Statewide races
Local election totals raise the minimum wage
in 1962 In comparison,
turnout in the last two pres- differed from statewide to $10.10 per hour. Nearly
idential elections has aver- results for the gubernato- 81.7 percent of Dane Counrial race, where incumbent ty voters thought the govaged around 70 percent.
Republican Scott Walker ernor should accept federal
was re-elected over chal- funds to expand Badgerlenger Mary Burke.
Care.
Statewide, Walker garDane County Sheriff
nered 52.3 percent of the Dave Mahoney was reawareness for southern Wisvote, receiving 137,607 elected, along with counconsin food pantries.
more votes than Burke. In ty Clerk of Court Carlo
For community members
Dane County, however, Esqueda .
interested in contributing to
Burke carried 69.7 percent
the cause there are opportunities to donate both food
and money at local supermarkets Miller and Sons,
Hy-vee and Copps. These
businesses are all supporters of the VAHS food drive.
People in the community can donate money
at VANN.org, or write a
check out to VAHS that
the students will then use
to purchase food for the
drive, explained Megan
Wenn, a faculty adviser for
the food drive.
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The annual Verona Area

High School food drive began
yet again this year with organizers striving to meet their
goal of 25,000 pounds of
food, which would beat their
weight last year of more than
21,000 pounds donated to the
Verona Area Food Pantry.
The main goal is to
spread the word about the
cause aside from the actual
number of pounds that we
donate this year, said Casey
McClure, one of the seven
student directors for this
years food drive.
The drive runs through
the month of November and
concludes Friday, Dec. 5.
The committee creates a
list of items for each week
of the drive based on what
the food pantry says it needs
to split up. Students team up
with their second-hour classmates to collect food from
the list.
Each Friday, members of
the food drive committee
Photo by Scott Girard
A VAHS teacher attacked hunger (dressed as a wildcat) at the

Food Drive kickoff event Wednesday, Oct. 29. The event included
competitions among students and teachers and their classes showing off some costumes ahead of Halloween.
retrieve the food from the

classrooms and count it
toward not only the targeted
amount of food, but also the
amount of food each second hour class brought in.
Classes compete against each
other to collect the most food
and receive a class party as a
reward.
The entire school also
battles other high schools in
the area through the Share

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Each year the Share Your
Holidays organization works
to raise money, food and
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The Verona Press
Opinion
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Letters to the editor
Outside money doesnt belong in local elections

In reference to the Aug. 7, 2014,
article titled, Election total: $42k
raised, $35k spent It was stated that
partisan and regional interests got
involved in this election more than
any in recent history with donations
coming from the Greater Madison
Chamber of Commerce and Madison
Area Builders Association. What was
stunning was the amount given from
private interests versus partisan.
The article made reference to
campaign fliers sent to Verona citizens on behalf by A Better Dane
County. Who or what is A Better
Dane County? Their website contains minimal information but their
fliers advocated for the re-election of
Mayor Hochkammer (yet conveniently lacked express advocacy for him).
With minimal research, it is clear that
the only priority of A Better Dane
County is to influence elections to
benefit a few housing developers and
not the citizens of Verona.
Mayor Hochkammer was uncertain
about A Better Dane County when
in a March 25, 2014, article in the
Cap Times, he was quoted as saying,
I dont really know who they are
when asked about the fliers and the
intentions of that group. How plausible is that? Wouldnt you at least try
and find out who they are? As voters,
we deserve more transparency in our
candidates. We are entitled to know

who are they accepting money from,
and why.
I believe in the value added by
homegrown businesses like, Miller
and Sons, and local services such as,
the Verona Parks programs, concerts
in the park, the our public library,
walking/biking accessibility, and caring teachers in my childrens schools.
I am extremely concerned about the
continued development of suburban neighborhoods, with little to no
thought on how this will effect class
sizes, traffic patterns, and long-term
growth.
Furthermore, the continued addition of fast food restaurants to our
local menu, only serve to make Verona Anytown, USA, not Hometown,
USA.
People choose to live in Verona
because we appreciate the things
that make it feel like a family community such as good schools, locally
owned businesses, and easy access to
all areas of the community. It seems
to me that special interests donated to
candidates that are more than willing
to rubber stamp their continued shortterm investment in Verona, leaving
the community holding the long term
bag.
Mindy Mulryan
City of Verona
VASD needs to look at all options
We have been following the news

about Verona school expansion but
something doesnt add up.
About a year ago, The Verona
Press published VASD projections
for rapid enrollment growth through
the 2018-2019 school year, with a
projected total increase of 498 students, or about 10 percent, over the
next 5 years. The final 2014-2015
numbers show that the district actually lost a few students this year.
This makes us wonder if the jump
to spend close to $10 million on two
large parcels of land that might be
needed sometime in the next 25 to 30
years is premature. At the very least,

shouldnt we be questioning the basis
for the districts projections?
We realize that a few of the schools
are at or near capacity now, so something needs to be done. Our hope is
that the new Future Schools Committee is considering ALL the options for
the short-term, focusing on shifting
boundaries and adding on to the existing schools, until we have better data.
Kathleen McCormick and Jim
Powell
City of Verona
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Take a funeral attitude

everywhere you go
I
attended two funerals in the

span of one week recently.
One was for my aunt who
died at the age of 87. She had
been in declining health for several years, and her death came as
no surprise to any of her friends
or family. The other was for a
49-year-old man from the Madison area. He died suddenly of
heart failure, leaving two teenage
children and a
wife behind.
My aunts
funeral was
attended primarily by
extended family. This was
not because she
wasnt loved
Peters
and respected
in the community which she lived in for over
50 years but because most of her
friends preceded her in death.
Jims funeral on the other hand
was overflowing with people
paying their respects and grieving the loss of a friend, neighbor
and co-worker.
The one common theme
between these two funerals
(besides the obvious) was the
number of people who expressed
regret that they didnt have a
chance to tell the departed how
much they appreciated them.
It made me think about how
different our society might be if
we had a funeral attitude in our
daily dealings with the people
in our lives. I know that might
sound a little morbid, but the
point is we have the opportunity
every day to express to people
how much we care about them
and show sincere gratitude for
the impact they have in our lives.
As I wrote last time, I am in the
process of updating my iPod with
music from the 1980s. One of the
songs I recently ran across in my
CD library is The Living Years
by Mike and The Mechanics.
It is a haunting song about its
author, Genesis guitarist Mike
Rutherford, having typical generational disagreements with

his dad growing up in England.
Eventually his dad dies at a fairly
young age and Mike realizes he
never made peace with his father.
The third verse brings a tear
to my eye as I remember my
dad passing away while I was
a teenager: I wasnt there that
morning when my father passed
away. I didnt get to tell him all
the things I had to say.
So why is it that we so often
wait until someones funeral
before we say the things I had to
say about that person? The reality is that it is too late at a funeral
at least for the one who died.
My novel idea is to actually
tell people why we appreciate
them and how thankful we are
that they are in our lives while
they are alive and able to receive
it. I wonder how that kind of
encouragement from one person
to another might transform our
community.
I must admit, I struggle in this
area of being an encourager in
the living years. I tend to take
people for granted and just
assume that the things they do for
me or for others are just part of
the job of being human.
For instance, my aunt went
way above and beyond the duties
of a relative by helping me get
into college and providing countless meals, places to store stuff
and laundry services while I
studied at Valparaiso University.
I never properly thanked her. My
wife and I always talked about
taking a trip to Arizona to see her
one last time, but we never did.
Well, I am hoping to change
that. The Apostle Paul wrote a
letter to the church in Colossae that we know as the book
of Colossians in which he tells
them Be wise in the way you act
toward outsiders; make the most
of every opportunity. (Colossians 4:5).
Of course, Paul is telling this
church to be ready to proclaim
the Gospel in a winsome way

when non-believers question the
reason for their faith and hope in
Jesus. However, a good place to
start those types of conversations
is with simple words of genuine
affirmation towards someone.
After all, when we acknowledge the humanity of another
person by appreciating them, we
are doing nothing more or nothing less than acknowledging the
fact that they are fearfully and
wonderfully made in the image
of God.
So how do we start? I read a
very interesting article by Jacquelyn Smith of the Business
Insider. She states that there are
two things successful people do
at the end of every work day.
First, they review their calendar for the next day and make a
to-do list so they can hit the
ground running as soon as they
get to the office in the morning.
OK, organization I am good at
that.
Secondly, you should take the
time to say a proper goodbye to
everyone on your team. Smith
states that walking out the door
for the evening without acknowledging your co-workers can be
seen as rude and makes the team
feel disconnected from each other. Saying goodbye is a simple
and easy way to boost everyones
level of happiness and emotional
state before going home, Smith
writes.
That is my starting point.
Let me practice, goodbye or
goodnight. I think I can do it.
Seriously, lets make the
effort to say the things we want
to say to the ones we love and
to the ones who make our lives
what they are. I believe it will
brighten our world and please
the Lord who inspired Paul to
write in Romans: Be devoted to
one another in love. Honor one
another above yourselves.
Mike Peters is the pastor of
The Church in Verona.
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The Verona Press
Isthmus Brass to blow

open new VAPAS season
BILL LIVICK
Photo submitted
Nuns sing a song from The Sound of Music, which Verona

Area Childrens Theater will perform next weekend in Oregon.
Photo submitted
Isthmus Brass will perform Saturday, Nov. 22 at the Verona Area Performing Arts Center.
About the music
If you go
The classical portion of Isthmus Brass VAPAS

performance will feature three English madrigals,
a suite from composer George Frideric Handel, a
chanson from the English composer Edward Elgar,
Golliwoggs Cakewalk from Claude Debussys
Childrens Corner, and Jealousy by Danish
composer Jacob Gade.
The ensemble will stretch out a bit during the
concerts second half, beginning with George
Gershwins I Got Rhythm. Theyll follow with a
tango from Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla,
Hoagy Carmichaels Stardust, the renowned
Brazilian lament Tico-Tico, I Only Have Eyes for
You by Harry Warren and Duke Ellingtons masterpiece, Caravan.
Who: Isthmus Brass

When: 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 22
Where: Verona Area
High School Performing
Arts Center, 300 Richard
St.
Tickets: $28 ($26
seniors, $8 students)
Info: 848-2787
do this repertoire, he said.

In our five-year existence,
we have only done our nonChristmas repertoire a half
dozen times. Were really
happy to do that again and
not be known as just a
Christmas group.
An extraordinary
ensemble
Forbes made the bold
assertion that there isnt
another group like Isthmus
Brass anywhere in America, with the exception of
maybe one in Ohio.
By that, he means there
are few large brass ensembles that play both classical
and jazz repertoire.
He said whats most
exciting about Isthmus
Brass over any other real
brass group in America is
we have a unique ability to
take the trumpet players and
literally kind of switch the
section around completely.
When the group performs

classical music, Forbes
explained, trumpeter John
Aley sits on the very top
part, playing piccolo trumpet.
Hes a very gifted classical musician who plays
extremely high but very
delicate on the piccolo,
Forbes said.
Likewise, one of the
ensembles lead jazz trumpeters, Jon Schipper, a
member the Madison-based
Latin jazz group Madisalsa and the funk band Phat
Phunction, plays the fourth
trumpet part when Isthmus Brass performs classical music but goes up to
the principal spot when the
group switches to jazz.
The flugelhorn part
is the low sort of classical end of things, Forbes
explained. Then when
we get to the second half
of the program, John Aley
goes down to the flugelhorn part and John Schipper

goes up to the principal spot
and plays literally sort of a
hot big band jazz trumpet
sound.
In addition, trumpeter
Dave Cooper is regarded as
one of the top jazz trumpet
players in Madison, if not
one of the finest in the Midwest for his improvisation
skills, Forbes said. He
can play great in the classical side and he can flip it
over for the jazz side and
play amazing solos.
Forbes said not many
groups are as dynamic or
have the agility that Isthmus Brass has.
Another thing that sets
the ensemble apart is its
energy and joy, he said. The
groups 12 members relish
their time on stage together
a fact thats apparent to
audiences.
It will be a very entertaining concert, he promised. Theres a wit and
humor on stage just because
we all enjoy each others
company so much.
Get to know The Sound of

Music next weekend
The Verona Area Childrens Theater is performing Getting to Know
The Sound of Music in
Oregon later this month,
bringing their own touch
to a classic tale.
The story centers on a
nun named Maria, whose
passion for singing and
dancing has caused some
trouble in her abbey. Her
superiors, seeing her unfit
to be a nun, send her
away to be the governess
of Captain Von Trapps
seven rather troublesome
children, who she teaches
to sing.
The children come to
care for the governess fairly quickly, and all seems
well. Until the Nazis
invade Austria, forcing the
family to flee.
The cast is made up of
60 members from the theater group, ranging from
the ages of 8-14. The play
features Corinna Smith
and Virginia Morgan,
who play Maria, and Noah
Strube ,who plays Captain
Von Trapp. The cast has
been working under director Terry Dvorak since
the middle of September. Since then, they have
If you go:
What: VACT production
of Getting to Know... The
Sound of Music
When: 7 p.m. Friday.
Nov. 21; 2 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 22
Where: Oregon Area
High School Performing
Arts Center, 456 North
Perry Parkway
Info: 848-2383
learned the songs, which
were directed by Sue
Mielke, and the dances
choreographed by Alyssa
Dvorak.
The set design was created by Dick Vock and
Dee Baldock, and the costumes were designed by
Karen Clark. Ellie Heinzen
is the stage manager.
More information
The shows are scheduled

for 7 p.m. Friday Nov. 21
and 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov.
22. Reserved tickets are $8
and can be ordered online
at vact.org or by calling
848-2383.
Free Newcomers Class
Saturday, December 6, 10:30 a.m.
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Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m.
& Fridays, 8:30 a.m.
See website or call for

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classes.
www.springdaleyoga.com
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By Appointment - Call to Inquire
Many other classes

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Mike Forbes founded

Isthmus Brass in 2009 as a
way for the groups members to perform music that
they love in a collegial
ensemble.
The group is a collection
of professional musicians
from throughout southern
Wisconsin. Some members
perform full-time with symphony orchestras and others
are music professors at colleges and universities and
some have a foot in both
worlds.
We were a bunch of
brass professionals in the
area who had been doing
a lot of gigs together and
always at the leisure of
whatever service we were
doing, Forbes recalled in
an interview with the Verona Press. So I decided lets
do a brass ensemble that we
all enjoy playing in.
Forbes also had the idea
of building a performance
schedule around a significant event that all 12 members of the group could get
behind. He suggested doing
an annual benefit concert
for Porchlight Inc., a Madison-based nonprofit dedicated to ending homelessness. Since its inception,
Isthmus Brass has donated
nearly $4,000 to Porchlight
from funds raised at the
groups annual benefit performance.
We always hold these
concerts in mid-December
at First United Methodist
Church, and theyre free
concerts, Forbes said.
But before this years
benefit, Isthmus Brass will
open the Verona Area Performing Arts Series new
season with a concert of
jazz and classical music.
The 90-minute performance
on Saturday, Nov. 22
will be divided in two parts.
The first segment will feature the ensembles classic
music repertoire. After an
intermission, the group will
stir things up with some
high-powered jazz, featuring solos from trumpeters David Cooper and Don
Sipe, horn player Ricardo
Almeida, and Forbes on
tuba.
Forbes said Isthmus
Brass is eager to come to
Verona because the ensemble performs a lot of Christmas music, and this is an
opportunity to play music
thats more in line with
their interests and passions.
Were really excited to
Your dream is out there.

Go get it. Well protect it.
Four Winds
Craft & Vendor Fair

Sat., Nov. 15 9:30-3:30
(608) 497-2365
Proceeds go to Resident Entertainment Fund

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Brian M Wagner Agency
204 W. Verona Ave.

Verona, WI 53593-1101
(608) 845-8304 Bus
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Available evenings & weekends (by appt)
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Coming up
Churches
Community giving tree
Chat and Chew: senior scams
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of

Shel Silversteins The Giving Tree
by joining the library to make a difference in the community through the
power of generosity.
Through Wednesday, Nov. 26,
purchase colored leaves for $1 each,
and add your name to the giving tree.
All proceeds will help your choice of
charities, including Angels Wish, the
Friends of the Verona Public Library
and the Verona Area Needs Network.
Did you know that seniors make up

more than 50 percent of fraud victims?
At 9 a.m., Friday, Nov. 14, at the
senior center, learn about some of the
more common scams, how they work
and how to protect yourself and others
from becoming victims.
Wine tasting fundraiser

Enjoy an evening of wine tasting and
complimentary appetizers at the Holiday
Inn Express and Suites, 515 W. Verona
Ave., from 6:30-8:30 p.m., Thursday,
Nov. 13.
The fifth annual event will help the
Rotary Club of Fitchburg/Verona raise
funds to support the Casa Hogar Maria
Teresa girls orphanage in Peru.
Cheese, crackers, fruits, desserts and
an assortment of wines and beers from
the Verona Wine Cellar will be provided.
A silent auction will be held during the
event.
Tickets are sold in advance at the Verona Wine Cellar or for $20 at the door.
Food packaging event

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church,
7291 Hwy. PD, is holding a Feed My
Starving Children MobilePack event
from 3-8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 14, and 9
a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15.
Volunteers take two-hour shifts to
hand-pack meals specifically formulated for malnourished children, which
are then shipped to nearly 70 countries
around the world. The churchs goal is
to surpass 100,000 meals.
For more information or to volunteer,
contact 438-3044 or visit fmsc.org.
Sonatina festival
Rhapsody Arts Center, 1031 North
Edge Tr., will host the 14th annual Sonatina Festival on Saturday, Nov. 15.
The festival began to build awareness
of the sonatina genre, light sonatas. It also
gives students a performance opportunity
in the fall so they have a late summer and

early fall goal. It typically brings in over
100 students of all ages and their families
from around the area.
An awards ceremony and recital will
be held at 6 p.m. The top performers in
each category are awarded trophies, and
the top-ranked performer in each group is
invited to play in the recital that evening.
The recital is free and open to the public.
For more information about the winners recital, contact Rhapsody Arts Center at 848-2045.
Holiday bake sale

St. James Lutheran Church, 427 S.
Main St., will hold its annual holiday
bake sale and luncheon from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 22.
The meal will include pulled pork
sandwiches, scalloped potatoes with
ham and an array of salads, beverages
and homemade pies.
The cost is $8 for adults and $4 for
children ages 5-12. Kids under 5 are
free.
Proceeds will benefit several missions, including youth mission trips,
scholarships, Bibles for 3 year olds
and third graders, St. James Womens
Retreat and the Verona Food Pantry.
Community calendar
Thursday, November 13
10:30 a.m., Diabetes discussion

group, senior center
3-4:30 p.m., Veterans group,
senior center, 845-7471
6-8 p.m., Mike McCloskey, Paoli
Schoolhouse
7:30 p.m., VAHS Choir Concert,
VAHS PAC
Friday, November 14
9-10:30 a.m., Chat and Chew,

Senior Scams, senior center
12:30-2 p.m., Bingo, senior center
2-4:45 p.m., Movie: The King and
I, senior center
3-8 p.m., MobilePack event, Good
Shepherd Lutheran Church, 7291
Hwy. PD, 438-3044
6:30-8:30 p.m., Career Change
101, library, 263-6960
6:30-9:30 p.m., Just Merl, Grays
Tied House
7-9:30 p.m., The Emmylous, Tuvalu
7:30 p.m., True Music: Benjamin
Cartel Band ($8, $6 advance), True
Coffee Roasters
Saturday, November 15
9 a.m. to 6 p.m., MobilePack
Whats on VHAT-98
Thursday, Nov. 13
7 a.m. Breast Cancer
Lessons Learned at Senior
Center
9 a.m. Daily Exercise
10 a.m. Paoli St. Pickers
Gospel at Senior Center
3 p.m. Daily Exercise
4 p.m. Kitchen Art Pt. 3 at
Senior Center
5 p.m. A Taste of Theater
6 p.m. Salem Church
Service
7 p.m. Words of Peace
9 p.m. Chatting with the
Chamber
10 p.m. Valley View School
at Historical Society
Friday, Nov. 14
7 a.m. Kitchen Art Pt. 3 at
Senior Center
1:30 p.m. Chatting with the
Chamber
3 p.m. Volunteer
Appreciation & Halloween at
Senior Center
5 p.m. 2012 Wildcats
Football
8:30 p.m. Volunteer
Senior Center
10 p.m. Breast Cancer
Center
11 p.m. Paoli St. Pickers
Saturday, Nov. 15
8 a.m. Committee of the
event, Good Shepherd Lutheran

Church, 7291 Hwy. PD, 438-3044
6 p.m., 14th annual Sonatina
Festival, Rhapsody Arts Center,
rhapsodyarts.org
7-9:30 p.m., The Apollo Affair,
Tuvalu
7:30 p.m., True Music: Kiernan
McMullan ($8, $6 advance), True
Coffee Roasters
Sunday, November 16
12-3 p.m., Packers vs. the

Philadelphia Eagles on the big
screen, senior center
Monday, November 17
10-11:30 a.m., 2015 Travel

Opportunities presentation (RSVP),
senior center, 845-7571
4:30 p.m., Early Childhood Music,
library
4-6 p.m., Chamber Business/

Education Mixer, Grays Tied
House, 845-5777
Thursday, November 20
1-6 a.m., Alternate side parking

begins
Fireside Christmas show, (Verona
Senior Center is pick up site), $89,
424-6007
12:30 p.m., Gospel jam featuring
Paoli Street Pickers, senior center,
5:30 p.m., Books N Booze,
Whered You Go, Bernadette? by
Maria Semple, Pasquals Cantina
6-8 p.m., Mark Harrod, Paoli
Schoolhouse
7:30 p.m., VAHS Orchestra
Concert, VAHS PAC
Friday, November 21
10-11:30 a.m., Parkinsons group,

senior center
Tuesday, November 18
10:30-11:45 a.m., Caregivers sup- 11:45 a.m. to 2 p.m., Birthday/
Anniversary celebration, music by
port group, senior center
Midtown Jazz, senior center
2-3:30 p.m., Art class, senior center
2-4 p.m., Movie: Singin in the
Wednesday, November 19
Rain, senior center
12:30-2 p.m., Bingo, senior center 7-9:30 p.m., Holiday Hootenanny
Open Mic, Tuvalu
3-4:30 p.m., Verona Historical
Society, senior center
Whole (from Nov. 10)

8:30 a.m. Common Council
(from Nov. 10)
11 a.m. Volunteer
Senior Center
Football
4:30 p.m. Valley View
School at Historical Society
6 p.m. Committee of the
6:30 p.m. Common Council
(from Nov. 10)
9 p.m. Volunteer
Senior Center
Sunday, Nov. 16
7 a.m. Hindu Cultural Hour
9 a.m. Resurrection
Church
10 a.m. Salem Church
Service
Noon Committee of the
12:30 p.m. Common
Council (from Nov. 10)
3 p.m. Volunteer
Senior Center
4:30 p.m. Valley View
School at Historical Society
6:30 p.m. Common
Council (from Nov. 10)
9 p.m. Volunteer
Senior Center
Monday, Nov. 17
Senior Center
1:30 p.m. Chatting with
the Chamber
3 p.m. Volunteer
Senior Center
Football
Whole Live
9 p.m. Hindu Cultural Hour
Center
Tuesday, Nov. 18
Center
Senior Center
6 p.m. Resurrection
Church
8 p.m. Words of Peace

Chamber
Wednesday, Nov. 19
Senior Center
1:30 p.m. Chatting with
the Chamber
3 p.m. Volunteer
Appreciation & Holloween at
Senior Center
5 p.m. Commitee of the
7 p.m. Capital City Band
8 p.m. Volunteer
Appreciation & Holloween at
Senior Center
Center
Thursday, Nov. 20
Center
Senior Center
6 p.m. Salem Church
Service
Chamber
ALL SAINTS LUTHERAN

CHURCH
2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 276-7729
allsaints-madison.org
Pastor Rich Johnson
Sunday: 8:30 & 10:45 a.m.
THE CHURCH IN FITCHBURG
2833 Raritan Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 271-2811
livelifetogether.com
Sunday: 8 & 10:45 a.m.
THE CHURCH IN VERONA
Verona Business Centre
535 Half Mile Rd. #7, Verona
(608) 271-2811
livelifetogether.com
Sunday: 9 a.m.
FITCHBURG MEMORIAL UCC
5705 Lacy Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 273-1008
memorialucc.org
Pastor Phil Haslanger
Sunday: 9 a.m.
GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN
CHURCH ELCA
(608) 271-6633
Central: Raymond Road & Whitney
Way, Madison
Sunday: 8:15, 9:30 & 10:45 a.m.
West: Corner of Hwy. PD & Nine
Mound Road, Verona
Sunday: 9 & 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.
DAMASCUS ROAD CHURCH WEST
The Verona Senior Center
108 Paoli St., Verona
(608) 819-6451
info@damascusroadchurch.com,
damascusroadonline.org
Pastor Tim Dunn
Sunday: 9:30 a.m.
MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH
201 S. Main St., Verona
(608) 845-7125
MBCverona.org
Lead Pastor Jeremy Scott
Sunday: 10:15 a.m.
REDEEMER BIBLE FELLOWSHIP
130 N. Franklin St., Verona
(608)848-1836
redeemerbiblefellowship.org
Pastor Dwight R. Wise
Sunday: 10 a.m. family worship
RESURRECTION LUTHERAN
CHURCH-WELS
6705 Wesner Rd., Verona
(608) 848-4965
rlcverona.org
Pastor Nathan Strutz and Assistant
Pastor Steven Pelischek
Thursday: 6:30 p.m.
Sunday: 9 a.m.
ST. CHRISTOPHER CATHOLIC
PARISH
St. Andrew Church
301 N. Main St., Verona
St. William Church
1371 Hwy. PB, Paoli
(608) 845-6613
stchristopherverona.com
Fr. William Vernon, pastor
Saturday: 5 p.m., St. Andrew, Verona
Sunday: 7:30 a.m., St. William, Paoli
Sunday: 9 & 11 a.m., St. Andrew,
Verona
Daily Mass, Tuesday-Saturday: 8
a.m., St. Andrew, Verona
ST. JAMES EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH
427 S. Main St., Verona
(608) 845-6922
stjamesverona.org
Pastors Kurt M. Billings and Peter
Narum
Office Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday; 8 a.m.noon Wednesday
Saturday: 5 p.m.
Sunday: 8:30 & 10:45 a.m.
SALEM UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST
502 Mark Dr., Verona
(608) 845-7315
salemchurchverona.org
Rev. Dr. Mark E. Yurs, Pastor
Laura Kolden, Associate in Ministry
Sunday: 10:15 a.m.
Sunday school: 9 a.m.
Staffed Nursery: 8:45-11:15 a.m.
Fellowship Hour: 11:30 a.m.
SPRINGDALE LUTHERAN
CHURCH-ELCA
2752 Town Hall Rd. (off Hwy ID),
Mount Horeb
(608) 437-3493
springdalelutheran.org
Pastor Jeff Jacobs
Sunday: 8:45 a.m. with communion
SUGAR RIVER
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
415 W. Verona Ave., Verona
(608) 845-5855
sugar.river@sugarriverumc.org,
sugarriverumc.org
Pastor Gary Holmes
9 & 10:30 a.m. contemporary worship.
Sunday School available during worship. Refreshments and fellowship
are between services.
WEST MADISON BIBLE CHURCH
2920 Hwy. M, Verona
Sunday Praise and Worship: 9:15 a.m.
Nursery provided in morning.
Sunday school (all ages): 10:45 a.m.
Small group Bible study: 6 p.m.
ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST
Hwy. 92 & G, Mount Vernon
(608) 832-6677
Pastor Brad Brookins
Sunday: 10:15 a.m.
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single product that provides all of our nutritional needs is
surely not far away. In fact, there are already products on
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not take the simplify your life advice this far. Maybe
just adding more rice and beans to the diet would do it. It
would certainly simplify our shopping and make us healthier if we cut out the nutritionally questionable snack foods,
such as candy, chips, and soda. Most of us would be better off just drinking water and having some fruit for dessert. We dont need to be vegetarians, but cutting some
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Slight drop in taxes proposed

SCOTT GIRARD
Though plenty of money

has moved between sections of the Town of Veronas upcoming budget,
there arent many major
changes.
The proposed budget,
up for review next week,
would bring a slight drop
in the towns proposed mill
rate, from $3.79 per $1,000
of assessed value last year
to $3.76 this year. That
would be a $6 drop for the
owner of a $200,000 property.
That number is not
final, noted treasurer John
Wright, and will ultimately depend on the levy the
board approves. The maximum the town can levy is
$1,037,758.
Perhaps the most notable
change from last years
budget results from the
work of an auditor.
The 2015 budget does
a lot of financial housekeeping on what items are
accounted for under what
categories. Town administrator Amanda Arnold
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Historical society recaps school discussion
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If you go
What: Town budget public hearing
When: 7 p.m. Nov. 18
Where: Town Hall, 335
N. Nine Mound Road
said the town simply found
some better ways to budget
money.
That includes items
like fees charged for septic inspection, previously
included in the budget even
though the town would
receive the fee and then
immediately send it to Dane
County, meaning it had no
effect on the actual budget,
Arnold said.
While that accounts for
much of the shifting money,
the budget also calls for an
overall increase in spending
to $2.1 million because of
the possibility of the town
purchasing land and building a new Town Hall.
Its not exactly new,
Arnold said of the consideration to construct a new
building. Were just feeling more pressure that this
site is not working out as

well for us.
Arnold said three main
factors are creating that
pressure: the City of Veronas growth around the
town, the ability to offer better services at a site within
the towns borders and the
building itself, which would
require repairs if the town
does not build a new one.
The Town Board has met
in closed session regularly
to discuss possible sites, but
so far it has not made a purchase. So while that money
is in the budget for next
year, it might not be spent.
We cant predict our
luck for searching for
sites, Arnold said. Its
preparing us for the possibility that it could happen.
The money for that part
of the budget comes largely
from the towns reserves,
meaning it wouldnt add to
the taxes.
A vote on a potential land
purchase for a new town
hall and the public hearing on the budget will take
place Tuesday, Nov. 18, at
7 p.m. at Town Hall, 335 N.
Nine Mound Road.
Next meeting Nov. 19

The upcoming Verona Historical Societys
monthly meeting will
again offer a glimpse into
the citys interesting past.
The gathering at 3 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 19, will
feature local historian,
John Scharer, who will
give a sneak preview of
the book hes writing on
memorable Verona characters of years gone by.
At last months meeting, 52 people attended,
including a large number
of Valley View former
students were in attendance.
A brief history and reminiscences of Valley View
School were presented.
Don Stewart said that
a small log cabin close to
the Sugar River served as
the first classroom for the
area. The next school, a
one-room stone building,
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very early 1900s up the
hill at the junction of Sugar River and Valley roads,
on the corner of the Luginbuhl farm.
As one of three generations of his family
who attended there, Julian
Rhiner provided the background of Valley View
school, speaking about the
various buildings used for
the school.
The newest school built
into the hillside had several classrooms and an
ample gymnasium, closed
permanently around 198182. Now it is the residence
of Dan Luginbuhl.
Many in the audience
recalled the teachers who
presided over the classes.
As evidenced in other
school presentations, the
alumni spoke with gratitude for their good education and with an endearing
fondness for having had
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What: Verona Area
Historical Society meeting
When: 3 p.m.,
Wednesday, Nov. 19
Where: Verona Senior
Center, 108 Paoli St.
the experience.
Some sentiments shared
were: Best days of my
life! So much fun! A
good education with lessons reinforced year after
year, and The school
was the heart of the community and involved all
ages.
One woman said she
often told her children
about the wonderful experience of that one-room
school.
The group stayed and
shared their memories
well after the meeting.
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A divine
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Verona Area High School
Theatre put on a performance
of The Diviners Nov. 7-8
at the VAHS Performing Arts
Center.
Left, Goldie Short (Molly
Kempfer) talks about God
and Herbert Hoover with
C.C. Showers (Kanu Shenoi)
as Buddy Layman (Randy
Kessenich) drinks a root beer
during Verona Area High
School Theatres Friday, Nov. 7,
performance.
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Above, C.C. Showers (Kanu Shenoi) tries to get

Jennie May Layman (Makena Meyers) to imagine
theyre in Kentucky, rather than the more conservative Indiana.
Right, Jennie May Layman (Makena Meyers) catches Darlene Henshaw (Natalie Long) out late during
Verona Area High School Theatres performance of
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light snow. The senior center
held another ceremony Tuesday
afternoon to honor veterans and
widows of veterans. Far left,
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U.S. Coast Guard flag. Left, Vi
Bergum, 80, hands out flags to
veterans and attendees at the
ceremony before the flag-raising.
Right, Zoe Hanson, a Verona Area
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Volleyball
Cats advance to state

in every event, win
first sectional title
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
Verona Area/Mount Horeb

girls swimming team qualified
at least one swimmer in every
event on its way to the first Division 1 sectional title in program
history last weekend.
The Wildcats crowned five
sectional champions inside the
Beloit Memorial High School
natatorium for a total of 348
points 22 more than Big Eight
Conference rival Middleton.
All-in-all, the Wildcats will
have eight girls competing in 11
individual events plus all three
relays at this Saturdays state
meet.
Taking the past four years off
from coaching the girls team,
head coach Bill Wuerger wasnt
sure what the squad was capable
of this season.
When I took the job, I had no
idea they could be this good, he
said. Theyve worked extremely hard all season and thats what
youre seeing this week and last
week.
Already with five state championships and three state records
under her belt, junior Beata Nelson once again qualified for this
Saturdays WIAA Division 1
state meet inside the UW Natatorium in another four events.
Nelson finished more than
three seconds ahead of the field
on her way to a pool record time
of 53.99 in the 100-yard butterfly at sectionals. The defending
state champion in the event, Nelson posted the fastest state qualifying time. Arrowhead junior
Megan Doty was second with a
54.27.
Also the defending state
champion in the 100 backstroke,
Nelson posted a state-best qualifying standard of 54.08 over
Waukesha South/Mukwonago
junior Alicia Beam.
Despite having never swam
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Junior Victoria Brisack earned a first-team All-Big Eight

Conference selection this season, joining teammates
senior Samantha Kolpek and junior Kylie Schmaltz.
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Freshman Sophie Henshue dropped more than four seconds in the 200 free to finish fourth overall in 1 minute, 56.49 seconds at Saturdays WIAA Division 1 Beloit sectional meet.
the 200 medley relay at sectionals, Nelson joined sophomore Kristi Larsen and seniors
Sammy Seymour and Shelby
Rozeboom to set the tone right
out of the gate, breaking the 200
medley relay school record by a
second in the meets first event.
Neck-and-neck with Madison
Memorial throughout the race,
the Wildcats held off Memorial by five-hundredths of a second to take the sectional title in
1:46.55.
We felt we had a better
chance at state, sectionals and
conference in the 200 medley,
Nelson said. Everything is normally in the second half of the
meet for me, so it was different having something going on
in the beginning, but I love that
relay.
The relay is seeded third
entering this Saturdays state
meet. Only Arrowhead (1:44.52)
and Waukesha South/Mukwonago (1:46.03) have faster times.
Im hoping we can stick it
out with Arrowhead and see
what happens, Nelson said.

I think we still have a lot of
untapped potential.
Nelson collected her fourth
sectional title as part of the 200
free relay along with sophomore Maizie Seidl, senior
Shelby Rozeboom and Larsen.
The relay (1:35.95) enters state
seeded only behind Arrowhead
(1:35.87).
Earlier in the meet, top-seeded
Seidl shaved more than a second-and-a-half off her season
best in the 100 free to post a pool
record 52.81.
I was really surprised with
my time, she said. Im glad
that swim went the way it did,
but I kind of wondered where
that came from.
Her time tied her for the 10th
fastest seed entering state.
Despite finishing runner-up
in the 200 free (1:54.88) to Sun
Prairie sophomore Rachel Powers pool record 1:52.91, Seidls
time actually earned her a higher
seed as she enters state as the
eighth seed.
ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor
The night before, freshman

Maggie Nunn became the first
state-qualifying diver in program history for the Wildcats on
Friday, scoring 436.2 points to
win the sectional title.
Even without the teams fastest swimmer, the Wildcats 400
free relay of Seidl, Rozeboom,
Larsen and Sophie Henshue finished fifth overall with a season
best 3:36.64 Saturday to earn the
11th seed at state.
All three relays posted seasonbests.
Im excited to see what happens at state, Seidl said. It will
be interesting without Beata, but
I think it will be good for us and
push us.
Rozeboom finished runner-up
in the 50 free (24.12) to Madison
Memorial sophomore Tory Center, who posted a pool record
23.62. Rozeboom is seeded
seventh at state, while Center
earned the top seed.
Junior Julia Ver Voort shaved
Senior libero Samantha Kolpek, junior outside hitter Kylie Schmaltz and junior setter
Victoria Brisack all were named volleyball
first-team All-Big Eight Conference.
Kolpek finished with 480 digs and 41 aces,
while Schmaltz had 286 kills, 61 aces, 20 total
blocks (4 solo, 16 assisted) and 317 digs. Brisack finished with 838 assists, 161 digs, 41
total blocks (7 solo, 34 assisted), 67 aces and
125 kills.
Senior defensive specialist Morgan Schmitz
and senior outside hitter Jessica Coyne also
made the all-conference list as second teamers.
Junior middle blocker Julie Touchett rounded out the list as an honorable mention.
Schmitz finished with 78 aces and 193
digs, while Coyne collected 241 kills, 16 total
blocks (one solo, 15 assisted) and 193 digs.
Touchett picked up 42 total blocks (11 solo,
31 assisted) and 118 kills.
Sun Prairie senior middle blocker Molly
Livingston was named Player of the Year and
was joined by teammates Tierney Lindner
(senior middle blocker) and Claire Chaussee
(freshman outside hitter) on the first team.
Middleton junior outside hitter Logan Welti,
Madison Memorial junior setter Sydney
Stroud and Janesville Craig seniors McKenzie
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Girls golf
Champs get three to All-State team

ANTHONY IOZZO
This has been the year of the

Verona Area High School girls golf
team, and besides winning its first
state title and Big Eight Conference
title in school history, the Wildcats
have cemented the season with even
more awards.
Senior Jessica Reinecke, junior
Bailey Smith and junior Hanna Rebholz all made the Wisconsin Golf
Coaches Association All-State team,
and all five varsity starters, including juniors Emily Opsal and Melissa
Biesmann, were named no less than
the second-team All-Big Eight Conference squad.
Reinecke, who was named on
the first-team all-conference, made
first-team All-State for the third season. Reinecke, who signed a National Letter of Intent to play golf at the
University of Wisconsin- Madison,
all five members make the all-conference team. Conference runnerup Middleton had four selections,
including junior state individual
champion and first teamer Loren
Skibba.
Middleton senior Rachel Thornton
and sophomore Alexis Thomas were
named to the second team, while
sophomore Morgan Narowetz was
an honorable mention.
Madison Memorial senior Claire
Franken and Janesville Parker senior
Kailey McDade were the other first
teamers. Parker also had an honorable mention for sophomore Emily
OLeary.
Other honorable mentions were
Madison La Follette senior Sarah
Carmen, Janesville Craig senior
All-conference
Maggie Stewart, Sun Prairie senior
Photo by Anthony Iozzo
Juniors Melissa Biesmann and Ally Tiltrum, Madison West junior
Emily Opsal were both named sec- Kate Scholz, Madison East junior Senior Jessica Reinecke earned her third first-team All-State
Betsy Dornan and Beloit Memorial selection this season. She also earned a first-team all-Big Eight
ond-team all-conference selections
Conference selection.
No other Big Eight school had freshman Chloe Day.
was also third-team All-State her
freshman year.
Junior Bailey Smith, who joined
Reinecke on the first-team all-conference, was named to the third-team
All-State for the second straight
year.
Junior Hanna Rebholz, who was
a second-team all-conference selection, joined Reinecke and Smith as
an honorable mention All-State.
Edgewoods Tess Hackworthy
was named Player of the year, while
her teammate Caroline Lake joined
her on the first-team All-State.
Brookfield Centrals Grace Dunn,
Milwaukee Homesteads Anika Hitt
and Middletons Loren Skibba also
made first-team All-State.
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Sectionals: State is next

Continued from page 11
five seconds off her previous
best 200 individual medley
time to finish runner-up to
Janesville Craig freshman
Erin Donagan in 2:10.86.
She is seeded 11th.
Though sophomore Natalie Drapp cut nearly eight
seconds off her previous best
to finish fourth, her 2:13.21
was three-tenths off a second
off the state-qualifying time
standard. Fellow sophomore
Claire Wilson just missed the
podium at sectionals, finishing ninth in 2:18.10.
Henshue dropped more
than four seconds in the 200
free to finish fourth overall
in 1:56.49. She also qualified
for state in the 500 free, posting more than a nine second
PR to finish third in 5:12.33.
Larsen stopped the 100
breaststroke clock with more
than a two second seasonbest 1:07.8 good for fourth
place and a state qualifying
spot.
Seymour earned the last
spot on the 100 fly podium,
taking eighth place in 59.18.
her time was good enough
for earn the 22nd seed at this
weekends state tournament.
The 45th Annual Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic
Association Girls Swimming
and Diving Championships
will be held Friday and Saturday, Nov. 14-15, at the
Natatorium on the campus of
the University of Wisconsin
in Madison.
Five individual events
and all three relays feature
their champion returning to
defend titles.
Boys soccer
Nelson, the state meet

record holder in the 50 free,
100 fly and 100 back, returns
to defend her 2013 title in
the fly and seeks a third
straight championship in the
backstroke. She enters both
events with the fields top
seed times.
After finishing sevenhundredths-of-a-second shy
of becoming the first high
school swimmer in the state
to hold a national record,
Nelson is excited to go after
the 100 fly benchmark again
this Saturday.
Its definitely on my
mind, she said. I know the
girl that beat my national age
group record and she also
holds the high school record.
I have no idea whats to
come, but Im very excited.
Having finished in the top
five as a team the past two
seasons, the Wildcats are
hoping to go even higher this
year despite losing 12 seniors
following last years fourthplace finish.
I would have never
thought that was an actual
possibility, Nelson said.
Im so excited for whats to
come with this team because
the possibilities are endless.
I dont know how fast we
can go, but we have tapered
very well this year and I
think its thanks to coach
Wuerger.
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Graese, Hanson make first-team

ANTHONY IOZZO
Senior midfielder Nicolas Graese

and senior defender Kye Hanson were
both named to the first-team All-Big
Eight Conference this season.
Graese finished the season with 17
goals and five assists, including nine
goals and two assists in conference
games. Hanson had a goal and two
assists.
Senior forward Evan Bailey joined
Graese and Hanson on the all-conference list as a second teamer. Bailey finished with 16 goals and seven
assists, including six goals and two
assists in conference games.
Senior midfielder Conlin Bass,
senior defender Casey Thompson and
junior forward Robert Wagman also
made the list as honorable mentions.
Bass finished with four goals and
nine assists, while Thompson had
three goals and four assists. Wagman collected 16 goals and 10 assists,
including three goals and three assists
in conference games.
Junior forward Jose Barron (Beloit
Memorial), junior forward Frankie
Herrera (Madison West) and sophomore Braden Allen (Middleton) all
made the first-team.
Joining Graese as a first-team midfielder were senior Alex Solache
(Madison West), senior Jose Gutierrez

(Beloit Memorial) and junior Dominick Mesdjian (Madison Memorial).
Joining Hanson as a first-team
defender were seniors Teon Fountain
(Madison Memorial), Roger Waleffe
(Middleton) and Oliver Fisher (Madison West).
Senior Paul Koebke Barsic
(Madison Memorial) was a first-team

goalie.
Verona (6-3) finished fourth in the
Big Eight with 18 points. Madison
Memorial (7-0-2) won the conference
with 23 points, while Madison West
(6-0-3) was second with 21 points.
Middleton (6-2-1) was third with 19
points.
Volleyball: Six players make all-conference list

Bertagnoli (outside hitter)
and Gaby Loveland (libero) also were first teamers.
Middleton senior libero
Amber Karn, Madison
West senior libero Hope

Blackmon, Middleton
senior setter Rachel Severson, Middleton senior
outside hitter Audrey Hinshaw, Madison La Follette senior middle blocker
Merissa Barber-Smith,
Madison Memorial junior
outside hitter Asia Green,
Sun Prairie junior middle
blocker Allie Perterson
and Beloit Memorial sophomore outside hitter Eva
Laun-Smith were all second teamers.

Other honorable mentions were senior Hannah
Chandler (Madison West),
senior Laura Wendland
(Madison West) senior
Megan Lemberger (Madison Memorial), senior Kelly Austin (Madison East),
junior Megan Corcoran (Madison La Follette), junior Ali Matske
(Janesville Parker), junior
Melanie Tinker (Janesville Craig), sophomore

Kayla Daggett (Madison
La Follette) and freshman
Shannon Ryan (Janesville
Parker).
Verona finished 9-0 in
the Big Eight to win the
regular season title. The
Wildcats also claimed the
Big Eight tournament title
before falling in the sectional semifinal to Sun
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Dresses: Moore sets generous birthday goal

Patchwork of people, projects

New members
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What: Share N Care
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Where: Upper level
of Sugar River United
Methodist Church, 415 W.
Verona Ave.
When: 9-11 a.m.,
Wednesdays (except week
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Info: Church office: 8455855, Sharon Billmeyer:
845-3308, sharonbillmeyer@gmail.com
other people and share their

joys and concerns even
if they dont know how to
sew, knit or crochet.
The Little Dresses for
Africa kits, which include
everything to make the
dress except the thread,
are available for pickup
anytime the church office
is open. But thats not the
only project Share N Care
works on during the year.
Knitting and crocheting
hats, prayer shawls and lap
afghans allows the ladies to
talk more rather than being
scattered around on sewing
machines.
The group recently finished making and donating
217 hats for the Kiwanis
Verona Warm Winters
Project. The ladies have
also made hats for soldiers,
those on mission trips and
newborns in hospitals.
They also put together
flood buckets and layette
kits for the United Methodist Committee on Relief,
which often precedes the
Red Cross in disaster areas.

Flood buckets contain long
gloves and cleaning supplies initially needed during
a flood or other disaster. The
group makes receiving blankets, bibs and sweaters to get
packaged together with cloth
diapers, onesies and other
newborn necessities for the
baby layettes.
Patti Moore wants to look
into how feasible it would
be for the group to help with
Days for Girls, which helps
girls gain access to quality sustainable feminine
hygiene and awareness.
These are projects to
make washable and reusable
sanitary pads and holders
for girls, Moore said. She
explained that in some parts
of the world many girls have
nothing to wear when they
begin menstruating, and the
stains on their clothes can
lead to girls dropping out
of school for fear of harassment and harm.
Moore said that with
more people willing to join
the group, they would be
able to tackle new projects.
All are welcome regardless of faith or belief, she
said. Come and we will
find a purpose for you and a
way for you to contribute.
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approached Sharon Billmeyer and asked what she
would like have happen in
the church.
She met me for coffee and said, Were a new
church, we can do anything. And I said, Well, I
always thought that Id like
to get together with a group
of people to figure out what
gifts we have to serve God
and to pray for one another, Billmeyer said.
Share N Care became
that group.
It was not a churchinitiated group, she said.
We started as a group who
wanted to be community,
thats why we thought it
would be inviting to have
it in a coffee shop that anybody can feel comfortable
coming there.
From Retro Cafe to
Pasquals and the former
library to the former bowling alley, Share N Care
has had many homes in the
community for two hours
on Wednesday mornings.
They are glad to be in their
new location with natural
lighting and plenty of storage space.
Thereve always been
people who dont belong to
this church who have been
part of the group, Billmeyer
said. There have been as
few as two (members)
and probably as many as 11.
For the approximately
seven current members
(some of whom donate their
time from home), the Share
N Care group has been a
way for them to get to know
themselves.
Share N Care has
already received donations
of more than 70 yards of
fabric for the dresses. Since
one dress only takes about
one yard of fabric to make,
the group literally has their
work cut out for them.
A handful of people from
across the country have also
donated trims, including
ribbons, rick rack, bias tape
and lace. Another woman
even wants to make hair
bows to send along with
dresses.
The quilting network has
given back to Verona as
well. When Moore shared
the story online about the
tornado that hit Country
View Elementary School in
June, someone included 37
books along with fabric.
My friend remembered
this and collected the books to
send to the children, Moore
said. Amazing love.
She said one of the
greatest surprises so far
was when a retired UMC
clergy member from Colorado requested to be a long
distance member of Share
N Care, pledging to make
at least two dresses a month
for the group.
Some may say Moore has
created a bit of a movement
online.
Movement thats my
challenge for this year up to
my 63rd (birthday) is walking
63 minutes a day, she said.
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blog posts, the photo

has spread among quilting groups on Facebook
and beyond to help Little
Dresses for Africa gain
more exposure.
Moore started making
the dresses in April after
hearing that kits were available in the church fellowship hall if anyone wanted
to bring them home to work
on. She was eager to take
on the project and without
recognition.
On May 24, she realized
she had already made 26
dresses, but needed to focus
on making more.
I need a personal challenge to stay motivated,
Moore said.
Thats when she decided
to make another 36 dresses in the remaining two
months before her birthday.
Moore ended up exceeding
her goal weeks in advance,
so she went back and added
pockets to all of the dresses.
Inside nearly 40 of those
pockets are little yarn dolls
that the women made, after
member Vergie Vreugdenhil heard about them
through friends who are
missionaries.
Angels of Mercy, an
organization with the goal
of stopping human trafficking, came up with the handmade doll pattern to deter
predators from enticing
children to come with them.

The dolls are generally
handed out to little girls
in some of the churches in
those countries to prevent
them from being kidnapped
and sold into the sex trade.
If a predator sees a girl
with a nice dress and a doll,
he knows that someone
cares about her, and that if
he were to take her someone would come after him,
Moore said. Next year, they
hope to make enough dolls
to go with all of the dresses.
Together, she and the
group made nearly 140
dresses this summer. Once
they were completed, some
Share N Care members
made a trip in August to
Nancys Notions in Beaver Dam, a collection point
that has covered the cost of
postage to send more than
100,000 dresses wherever
in the world the need is.
With all the attention the
photo has received, two comments stick out to Moore.
One woman said, Do
you and the ladies know that
you are making some little
girls best day ever? Moore
said. Another woman said
something that will stay with
me all my life, Could you
imagine if everyone made
just one dress?
But people are not just
typing words of encouragement, they are also sending
supplies to Share N Care
or setting individual goals
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Fire: Third lieutenant will start in July

projected to increase roughly 19.5 percent over this
years costs, however, and
thats with much of it starting at midyear.
Based on the recommended 2015 budget going to a
public hearing this month,
the department would add
about $23,000 worth of
full-time wages for the new
lieutenant, along with about
$40,000 worth of paid-onpremise hours for the overnight driver/operator position. The intern program
will cost roughly $10,000
for tuition and food.
All three of those additions would start July 1,
when the station is expected
to be complete.
City of Verona taxpayers would be responsible
for roughly $965,000 of
the total $1.25 million levy.
The Town of Verona contribution would go up about
7.25 percent to a total of
$160,023.
The citys public hearing
on the budget will be held
Nov. 24, with a working
session Nov. 17. The Town
of Verona budget hearing
is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday,
Nov. 18.
Heading to 24/7
Giver said the goal of the
staffing change is to transition to a full 24/7 coverage
department by 2017.
The current department
is staffed by six full-time
members including Giver, an assistant chief, two
captains and two firefighters. The full-time staff currently work 12-hour shifts,
from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The plan calls for having
two of the existing five fulltime firefighters become
lieutenants. The other two
would be firefighters. The
firefighter positions would
remain 12-hour daytime
shifts, Giver said.
Assistant chief Melissa
Helgesen will leave the
department in December
and a full-time deputy chief
will be hired. Giver said
a timeline for hiring that
position hasnt been determined.
The budget calls for a
third lieutenant position
will be created in the middle of next year. The lawsuit settlement states that
any firefighter can apply for
the position, but the union
cant challenge the city if
someone from outside the
department is hired for this
position.
Once the station opens in
July, the department could
have the three lieutenants
on 24-hour shifts. Additional paid-on-premise driver/
operator hours in the budget
would mean that someone
would be able to drive a
truck most nights at the station.
Giver said one of the
biggest delays in response
times at night is getting a
certified driver/operator
into the station in order to
send a fire truck out.
It should greatly reduce
response times, Giver said
of adding the driver/operator overnight hours.

The department also
plans to start an intern program once the station is
built.
The department will
house two interns who will
be part of the staffing rotation once they meet training
requirements.
Giver said he gave the
citys finance committee
the option of having two
or four interns, with the
idea that they might be able
to get some second-year
interns from another department.
But the department will
likely go with two interns
because building a new station, changing to 24-hour
coverage and adding four
interns to a new program
would be a bit much,
Giver said.
Depending on how the
interns shifts are scheduled,
the department would have
two or three people in the
station 24 hours per day
starting in the second half
of 2015.
Crews would be able to
respond to non-fire calls
right away and would only
have to wait for one or two
paid-on-call volunteers to
have four people ready to
get a fire truck out the door
for fire calls, Giver said.
Fitch-Rona EMS will
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station and will be able to
respond to EMS calls as
soon as they come in, as
well.
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Nine Mound: First part of realignment scheduled for next year; intersection following in 2016
projects from that deal that
were each delayed several
years (Nine Mound and the
water tower and reservoir).
With no slowing down of
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some aspects of it still are not
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As recently as a year ago,
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provide a straight shot to what
will become a four-lane road to
County Hwy. PD. The intersection at PD will be moved in 2016
and likely will have a tunnel
for left-turn movements in the
mornings.
a tunnel underneath the intersection exclusively for leftturning traffic from PD to M,

expected to get heavy use on
weekday mornings.
The project is so far
planned to be bid in two parts,
each costing around $6 million. The first is the widening
of Nine Mound and the shifted, signalized, widened intersection with Cross Country
and Northern Lights roads,
and its expected to finish in
2015. That would clear the
way for one final TIF payment and the closure of the
TIF district, early in 2016.
The second is the new PD
intersection, the tunnel and a
widened approach stretching
as far east as Woods Road
and also west. That likely will
be in 2016 and probably will
be fully funded by Epic, built
by an Epic contractor to city
and county standards, inspected by the city and dedicated
back as a public road.
City administrator Bill
Burns told the Press he
expects that to be the case for
any future projects, as well.
If in the future, Epic continues to grow and theres a
need for additional transportation improvements, the conversation would be, This is
being generated by your additional growth and demand,
he said.
Use of TIF
But it could be argued that

the rebuild of PD is also generated by Epics additional
growth and demand.
After all, it has managed to
get 8,000 employees in and
out of its campus without that
public improvement, leading
to a natural question of how
it satisfies the but for test of
using TIF money (the development would not occur but
for the use of TIF). That puts
into question the appropriateness of the citys $5 million
commitment.
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question, Burns explained,

goes as far back as the 2002
developer agreement when
the now billion-dollar campus
was projected to be valued
at $45 million. It also bears
some relation to another key
turning point, in 2008.
The original developer
agreement lays out more than
$17 million of TIF expenditures, including a $9 million
pay-as-you-go incentive to
build a parking garage rather
than a flat asphalt lot, and an
assortment of public improvements to the farmland to
make it usable as a business
park.
Those included building
the original Northern Lights
Road, upgrading the U.S.
18-151 ramps to accommodate both directions of travel
(assisted by federal funds and
a grant) and providing utility lines. The second-most
expensive item was $1.3 million to Relocate Nine Mound
Road (South of Cross Country Road up to CTH PD, +/6500). It also planned for a
signal at Cross Country and
Nine Mound in a later phase
and included a water main
and lift station for $320,000
in the first phase and references to water improvements.
The 49-page document,
for all its clear, specific references, also features a curious declaration to pay for an
additional inducement to the
Developer to construct structured parking, but no reference to a cost other than saying an amount sufficient to
fund the structured parking.
Considering that Epic spent
about $18 million on the first
parking garage and built the
second garage twice as big,
that could have been an enormous TIF grant. And in 2008,
Epic did ask the city for $18
million to fund that garage.
The negotiation didnt last
long, however. It was recognized that the $36 million TIF
project plan which had to
be approved or amended by a
joint review board consisting
of city, county, school district
and technical college representatives did not leave that
much available. The amount
left was closer to $10 million.
Epic eventually agreed to
drop its request, and an understanding was reached that the
city would spend its remaining project plan funds on
further public improvements.
The bulk of those would be
the $4.1 million well and
underground reservoir thats
located on the Epic campus
and a contribution toward the
Nine Mound upgrade, which
has been on the five-year
Capital Improvement Budget
since 2011.
There were improvements
identified in the project plan
that the city had been contemplating all along, said Burns,
who joined the city partway
through the process, in June
2010. I think there was an
understanding that as part of
the Epic development in the
TIF district, the TIF would
be paying for infrastructure
of the roads and the water
improvements.
Working it out
Negotiations with developers are often far more formal,

laid out in pre-annexation
agreements and developer
agreements and discussed in
closed sessions with attorneys
present. But Epic and the city
go back so far and have for
so long been cooperative and
friendly that these discussions
simply evolved without the
protection of formal votes in
Photos by Jim Ferolie
Above, the new Nine Mound Road will be widened but will also
shift both intersections in order to increase safety and efficiency.
The plan as it stands includes a tunnel under County Highway PD
that would be built in 2016 to facilitate left-turn movements in the
morning.
Above, the intersection of North Nine Mound Road and County

Hwy. PD is a dangerous one, with lots of left-turns and poor visibility and bad angles. It will be moved in 2016 and likely will have a
tunnel for left-turn movements in the mornings.
favor.
Jon Hochkammer, who has
been mayor since 2006 and
was on the finance committee
before that, said the expectation of paying for Nine
Mound Road has been discussed for years and years
as part of the budget process.
Certainly there is a trust
because of the longstanding relationship we have and
because of the approach Epic
takes, which has been very
responsible, Hochkammer
said. I think the fact that conversations and negotiations
were ongoing and that there
was some flexibility makes it
a better project.
And as Epics growth
accelerated even beyond
where it had been in 2008
helped by the 2009 American
Reinvestment and Recovery Act (better known as the
stimulus bill) the Nine
Mound plan got more and
more expensive and complicated and put off as plans and
projections changed.
When Epic decided to purchase two planned residential
subdivisions on the west side
of the city a few years later,
everything came to a head.
The city and company scheduled meetings with neighbors
in 2012 about moving Northern Lights Road to accommodate a fifth campus and commissioned a traffic study to
look ahead to 8,000 employees.
The neighborhood meetings didnt go well at first,
and the traffic study was
amended to look toward
11,000 employees, but by
May 2013, it was mostly figured out: Epic needed a new
intersection at Cross Country,
a second lane from the 18-151
on-ramp, better entrances
to its parking garages a
widened Nine Mound Road,

an improved intersection at
PD and if it went far beyond
8,000 employees a second
entrance to the campuses off
PD.
From my perspective,
things really started focusing on, We have this recommendation, what is the design
going to look like? Burns
said.
Epic paid for the Northern
Lights move, the new parking
garage ramps and the highway on-ramp and got all three
mostly done that same year.
Rieder said Epics willingness to pay the entire cost of
the on-ramp in order to avoid
a three-year process associated with obtaining federal
funding and rather have it
done in time for that years
Users Group Meetings surprised the state Department of
Transportation planners.
The DOT engineers
were just shocked, he said.
Thats a very unusual situation.
All that was left was Nine
Mound, more than a dozen
years after it was originally
planned.
There had been talks about
sending it west of the Wingra
quarry, about connecting it to
Woods Road, about shifting
it in its current right-of-way.
And even now, Epic is sorting through its options for the
intersection, though Rieder
doesnt expect Epic to choose
the only other viable alternative an overpass.
So, more than a decade later, at four times the cost, the
city is finally finishing its part
of the developer agreement.
For a small community
like this to build a roughly
$12 million (project) is huge,
Rieder said. Its important
we put it in the right location.
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Legals
STATE OF WISCONSIN,
CIRCUIT COURT,
DANE COUNTY, NOTICE TO
CREDITORS (INFORMAL
ADMINISTRATION) IN THE
MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
RONALD P. FISH
Case No. 14PR782

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:
1. An application for Informal Administration was filed.
2. The decedent, with date of birth
November 18, 1956 and date of death
October 29, 2014, was domiciled in Dane
County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 201 East Harriet Street,
Verona, WI 53593.
3. All interested persons waived
notice.
4. The deadline for filing a claim
against the decedents estate is February 13, 2015.
5. A claim may be filed at the Dane
County Courthouse, Madison, Wisconsin, Room 1000.
Lisa Chandler
Probate Registrar
November 6, 2014
Atty. Marilyn A. Dreger
200 W. Verona Avenue
Verona, WI 53593
608-845-9899
Bar Number: 1001608
Published: November 13, 20 and 27, 2014
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ORDINANCE NO. 14-852

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
SECTION 10-1-26
OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF VERONA
The Common Council of the City of

Verona, Dane County, State of Wisconsin, does hereby ordain as follows:
1. That Section 10-1-26 (c) is hereby
amended to read as follows (language
added/language deleted):
Sec. 10-1-26 Parking Prohibited
During Certain Periods
(c) Parking restrictedMiscellaneous times:
(27) On the south side of Basswood
Avenue, from the eastern edge of the
intersection of Hemlock Drive, extending east for a distance of Four Hundred
Eighty Three and One-Half (483.5) feet,
during the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 8:30
a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on school
days.
All other sections shall remain as
previously adopted. This ordinance
shall become effective upon passage
and publication as required by law.
CITY OF VERONA
________________________
Jon Hochkammer, Mayor
(seal)
________________________
Kami Scofield, City Clerk
Enacted: November 11, 2014
Published: November 13, 2014
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NOTICE
The City of Verona Plan Commission will hold a Public Hearing on

Monday December 1, 2014 at 6:30 p.m.
at City Hall, 111 Lincoln Street, for the
following planning and zoning matters:
1) Conditional use permit for a
proposed Indoor Commercial Entertainment land use with drive-up window
service, known as MT Treads Bar and
Grill, to be located at 407 West Verona
Avenue.
2) Subdivision Regulations text
amendment to create Section 14-1-8 relating to the number of parcels that can
be created by a certified survey map.
Specifically, the proposed Ordinance
amendment will allow the City to approve certified survey maps creating
more than 4-parcels for lands zoned
commercial, industrial, or mixed-use.
3) Zoning Map Amendment to rezone future parcels located within the
West End development and lands on the
Erbach property located on West Verona
Avenue. The land within the West End is
currently zoned planned development
and portions will be rezoned to Public
Institutional. The lands on the Erbach
property are currently zoned Rural Agriculture and will be rezoned to Public
Institutional and Urban Commercial.
Interested persons may comment
on these planning and zoning matters
during the public hearing at the December 1st Plan Commission meeting. The
Plan Commission will make recommendations on this matter, which will then
be reviewed by the Common Council for
a final decision on Monday, December
8th.
Contact Adam Sayre, Director of
Planning and Development, at 848-9941
for more information on these items or
to receive copies of the submittals.
Kami Scofield,
City Clerk
Published: November 13 and 20, 2014
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CITY OF VERONA
MINUTES
COMMON COUNCIL
OCTOBER 27, 2014
VERONA CITY HALL
1. The meeting was called to order

by Mayor Hochkammer at 7:00 p.m.
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Roll Call: L. Diaz, E. Doyle, J.
Linder, Mac McGilvray, H. Reekie, B.
Stiner, E. Touchett and D. Yurs. Also
in attendance: City Administrator, B.
Burns; City Engineer, B. Gundlach; City
Planner, A. Sayre; and City Clerk, K.
Scofield.
4. Public Comment
Marcia Kasieta, 583 Linden Street
spoke asking the Council to support the
Resolution supporting the Verona Area
Needs Network (VANN)
Mike Sheahan, 1161 Prairie Way
Blvd spoke regarding the importance of
the VANN asking the Council to support
them as they look to relocate
Karen Fletcher, 203 Valley View
Street coordinator for the food pantry
spoke about the growing need for the
food pantry and how it has served an increasing number of people throughout
the years.
Bob Kasieta , 583 Linden Street
spoke on behalf of the need for the new
location for VANN and those people that
use the food pantry daily such as seniors and families with children.
5. Approval of Minutes: Motion by
McGilvray, seconded by Touchett to approve the minutes of the September 22,
2014, October 13, 2014 and October 15
Common Council meetings. Motion carried 8/0.
6. Mayors Business
(1) Proclamation: Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Jenny Aune and Barb Carlin spoke
on behalf of the proclamation.
(2) Update on Dane County DaneCom Budget Proposal and Ordinance
Amendment 56 Regarding Changes to

the Public Safety Communications Center Board
Mr. Burns provided an update explaining that a proposal of approximately 4.5 million in capital and $500,000 in
additional operating and maintenance
costs was included in the Dane County
budget to fix and update the DaneCom
radio system. Ordinance Amendment 56
would modify the government structure
at the Dane County centerboard which
has operational oversight over the 911
Center and Public Safety Communications. Under the Ordinance Amendment,
the 911 Center would be replaced with
a technical advisory committee that
would no longer have direct operational
control over policies and practices of
the 911 Center.
7. Administrators Report
8. Engineers Report:
9. COMMITTEE REPORTS
A. Finance Committee
(1) Discussion and Possible Action
Re: Payment of Bills. Motion by McGilvray, seconded by Doyle to approve
the payment of bills in the amount of
$1,496,430.40. Motion carried 8/0.
Re: Resolution R-14-048 Supporting the
Verona Area Needs Network. The Finance Committee postponed action on
the item indefinitely but the Committee
intends to budget $40,000 to support
VANN. Motion by McGilvray, seconded
by Linder to postpone, indefinitely action on Resolution R-14-048. Motion
carried 8/0.
B. Public Safety & Welfare Committee
Re: Ordinance No. 14-851 Amending
Section 13 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the
City of Verona Code of Ordinances, Motor Vehicles and Traffic. Motion by Yurs,
seconded by Reekie to approve Ordinance No. 14-851. Motion carried 8/0.
10. Old Business
Re: Negotiating Strategy for Boundary
Agreement Discussions with the City of
Madison and the Town of Verona
The City Council may convene in
closed session as authorized by Section 19.85 (1)(e) of the Wisconsin Statutes for the purpose of deliberating or
negotiating the purchase of public properties, the investing of public funds, or
conducting other specified public business whenever competitive or bargaining reasons require a closed session.
The Common Council may reconvene
in open session and discuss and take
action on the on the subject matter discussed in closed session.
Motion by Yurs, seconded by McGilvray to convene into closed session.
A roll call vote was taken with the following voting aye: Diaz, Doyle, Linder,
McGilvray, Reekie, Stiner, Touchett and
Yurs, there were no members voting
no. The Motion carried 8/0 and at 7:44
p.m. the Common Council convened
into closed session.
Motion by Yurs, seconded by Diaz
to reconvene into open session. The
Motion carried 8/0 and at 8:43 p.m. the
Council reconvened into open session,
no action was taken in closed session.
11. Announcements:
12. Adjournment
Motion by Linder, seconded by Yurs
to adjourn the meeting at 8:44 p.m. Motion carried 8/0.
Kami Scofield, City Clerk
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VERONA AREA
SCHOOL DISTRICT
BOARD OF EDUCATION
MEETING MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014
The Verona Area Board of Education met on Monday, September 8, 2014

in the District Administration Building.
Board President Dennis Beres called the
meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. Clerk Ken
Behnke confirmed the meeting was properly noticed.
Present: Renee Zook, John McCulley, Dennis Beres, Ken Behnke, Amy Almond and Joanne Gauthier
Absent: Derrell Connor
Audience Portion Faye Hoben attended to thank the Board for all their
time and dedication as members of the
Board.
Announcements Dean announced
that our new camera system is now fully
up and running with dual cameras and
sound. Joanne also announced that
she visited the Stephen Siller Tunnel to
Towers Foundation traveling 9/11 memorial museum at the Verona Public Library
yesterday and it was a great experience.
BOARD BUSINESS
Consider approval of minutes Motion (Gauthier) second (Zook) to approve
the minutes from the August 18, 2014 Annual Board Meeting. Motion carried (5-0).
Almond abstained.
Motion (Gauthier) second (Zook) to
approve the minutes from the August 18,
2014 regular Board Meeting. Motion carried (5-0). Almond abstained.
Consider action on resolution authorizing temporary borrowing in an
amount not to exceed $9,000,000; Issuance of Tax and Revenue anticipation
promissory notes; and participation in
the PMA levy and aid anticipation notes
program - Chris Murphy attended to
discuss with the Board the districts annual anticipation note borrowing, which
most school districts in Wisconsin do
every year because state statute back
ends the two major revenue sources in
terms of when districts receives property
tax levy and state equalization aid. Chris
reviewed with the Board the timeline for
receiving state aid.
This year there is only one resolution, which is a non-taxable note (last
year there were two because we had to
issue a taxable and non-taxable note as
a result of the energy exemption bonds
that were done earlier in the year). The
district is once again participating in the
PMA program where we combing with
Oshkosh and Chippewa Falls; doing that
lowers our cost of issuance and should
give the district a better interest rate.
Motion (McCulley) second (Gauthier) to approve the resolution authorizing
temporary borrowing in an amount not to
exceed $9,000,000; Issuance of Tax and
Revenue anticipation promissory notes;
and participation in the PMA levy and aid
anticipation notes program. Motion carried (6-0).
SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT
Report on opening week of school
Dean gave a brief update on the opening
week of school. Thus far we are off to a
good start with no major issues. Country
View staff did a great job getting ready
for students.
Dean also thanked Denny for speaking at the Back to School gathering last
week and also thanked Amy for attending. First Student donated 4 Green Bay
Packers tickets each of the last three
years that are raffled off during the
gathering. For the past 3 years the district has used this collection for the Student of Color Scholarship. The first year
$827 was collected - one scholarship was
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The Verona Press
November 13, 2014
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE FOR THE PROPOSED 2014 BUDGET

TOWN OF VERONA, 335 N. NINE MOUND RD, VERONA, WI 53593
NOVEMBER 18, 2014 AT 7:00 PM
A public hearing will be held at the town hall to recieve comments from citizens. A detailed copy of the proposed budget is available for inspection at the town hall
Monday-Friday from 8:00 am- 2:00 pm
REVENUES
Town of Verona CONDENSED 2015 Proposed Budget

2014 Budget (as ammended)
2015 Budget
Difference
Taxes
Intergovernmental Revenue
Licenses & Permits
Public Charges for Service
Interest Income
Misc. Revenue
Other Finance Sources
TOTAL REVENUES
1,050,946.00
235,901.00
28,705.00
129,913.00
3,760.00
32,199.00
232,392.00
1,713,816.00
1,043,978.00
184,582.00
38,442.00
116,049.00
2,000.00
12,255.00
705,000.00
2,102,306.00
EXPENDITURES
Capital Outlay
Gen Government
Public Safety
Public Works
Hlth-Human Services
Plan Commission/OSCP
Misc Expenditures
Transfers
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
561,256.00
373,793.00
305,933.00
406,392.00
17,892.00
700.00
47,850.00
1,713,816.00
1,066,770.00
325,733.00
352,293.00
341,567.00
10,000.00
700.00
5,243.00
2,102,306.00
Town of Verona Restricted, Designated, Committed and Undesignated Capital Funds

Bal 12/31/2013
General Fund-Undesignated
161,681.00
General Fund - Reserves
263,128.00
Restricted and Undesignated - Building funds
522,430.00
Restricted - Equipment Replacement
133,852.00
Committed-Leave Time Liability
13,030.00
Restricted-Annuitant Health
14,074.00
Assigned - Revaluation
15,034.00
Committed-Garbage Bin Replacement
10,192.00
Committed - Fire/EMS Capital Expense
134,979.00
TOTAL ALL FUNDS
1,268,400.00
Revenues
128.00
522.00
7.00
9.00
5,088.00
77.00
5,831.00
% Change
(6,968.00)
(51,319.00)
9,737.00
(13,864.00)
(1,760.00)
(19,944.00)
472,608.00
388,490.00
505,514.00
(48,060.00)
46,360.00
(64,825.00)
(7,892.00)
(42,607.00)
388,490.00
-0.66%
-21.75%
33.92%
-10.67%
-46.81%
-61.94%
203.37%
22.67%
90.07%
-12.86%
15.15%
-15.95%
-44.11%
0.00%
0.00%
-89.04%
22.67%
Expenditure
9/30/14
161,809.00
200,382.00
522,952.00
103,502.00
13,037.00
7,081.00
15,043.00
15,280.00
135,056.00
62,746.00
30,350.00
6,993.00
100,089.00
1,174,142.00
If an interpreter, materials in alternate formats or other accommodations are needed to access this meeting, please contact the Town of Verona office @ 608-845-7187 or aarnold@town.verona.wi.us. Please do so at
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awarded; the second year $1600 was collected two scholarships were awarded;
this year $3000 was collected (in about 15
minutes) and we hope to have 3-4 scholarship recipients this year.
Update on school / school district
report cards Ann Franke attended to
share with the Board information regarding the September 16th release of the
school / school district report cards. The
report cards are still unavailable to be released to the public at this time; however
Ann shared a FAQ document that may
help answer questions about the report
cards.
Update on enrollment Dean shared
with the Board several documents on
enrollment as of Friday, September 4th.
These are not the official numbers, just a
preliminary enrollment snapshot. Country View and Sugar Creek are both down
students (CV -41, SC -46); Glacier Edge
is over the projected student enrollment.
Overall the district is down 61 students
from what was projected. The official enrollment data will be unknown until the
3rd Friday count.
Update on open enrollment Dean
shared with the Board a snapshot of the
incoming and outgoing open enrollment
numbers as of September 4th. There
were 55 Board approved incoming OE
spots offered K-12th grade, 40 of which
were filled; majority of the unfilled spots
are for grades K-5th grade. The unofficial outgoing open enrollment numbers
show 69 confirmed OE students. Of
those 69 students only 5 have ever attended school in the district. Overall the
numbers are still positive, however the
lower numbers will affect the anticipated
revenue (this year approx. $550,000 vs.
$1.2 million last year).
Update in SAGE enrollment Dean
shared with the Board a snapshot as of
September 4th. For grades K-3, the SAGE
requirement is to be at or below 18:1.
Most of the classrooms that are 18:1 are
in the bilingual programs where students
are assigned (only exception is the 1-23 multiage at Glacier Edge). Dean noted
that there are some very low enrollments
this year at Sugar Creek in their monolingual K classes and at Country View.
PERSONNEL ITEMS
Consider approval of teaching contracts Motion (Gauthier) second (Behnke) to approve the teaching contracts for
Kristin Bott, Lauren Mobley, Geoffrey
Johnson, Kaila Rabideau, Lois Corning,
Jeffrey Hayward, Amanda Prathivadi and
Heather Racz. Motion carried (6-0).
Consider approval of administrative contract Motion (Behnke) second
(Gauthier) to approve the administrative
contract for Pete Christofferson. Motion
carried (6-0).
Consider approval of release from
contract - Motion (Gauthier) second
(Behnke) to approve the release of contracts for Sarah Mueller and Mallory
Long. Motion carried (6-0).
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS / MEETING
DATES
Denny reviewed the future meeting
dates. Denny noted that there was no
Board / Administrative Retreat this evening as listed on the agenda.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Building, Grounds and Transportation Renee reported that the committee has not met but will be meeting this
Wednesday, September 10th at 7:00 a.m.
Finance Committee John reported
that the committee has not met.
Personnel Committee Ken reported that the committee has not met.
ADJOURN to closed session Motion (McCulley) second (Zook) to adjourn
at 7:40 p.m. to close session under:
Section 19.85(1)(c) and (e) for: (1) Deliberating and strategizing regarding the
negotiation for possible purchase of one
or more school sites, where competitive
and bargaining reasons require closed
session. (2) Discussing negotiations with
the Verona Area Educational Association.
Roll call to vote: Behnke-Yes; BeresYes; Zook-Yes; McCulley-Yes; Gauthier
Yes; Amond-Yes. Motion carried (6-0).
ADJOURN from closed session
Motion (Behnke) second (Gauthier) to
adjourn at 8:55 p.m. from closed session.
Motion carried (6-0.).
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VERONA AREA
SCHOOL DISTRICT
BOARD OF EDUCATION
MEETING MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 22, 2014
The Verona Area Board of Education met on Monday, September 22, 2014
in the District Administration Building.
Board President Dennis Beres called the
meeting to order at 7:06 p.m. Clerk Ken
Behnke confirmed the meeting was properly noticed.

Present: John McCulley, Dennis
Beres, Ken Behnke, Derrell Connor and
Amy Almond
Absent: Renee Zook and Joanne
Gauthier
Student Recognition Students
from Badger Ridge Middle School were
recognized at the Board meeting for their
outstanding achievements. Eliot Popkewitz, Desmond (Desi) Cronn, Malik Odentunde, Delaney Dykman, Ashley Vasquez
and Armenia Jones received certificates
of recognition.
Audience Portion There was no
one present to speak to the Board.
Announcements Dean shared with
the Board that Todd Endl, (School Safety
Coordinator) and others will be hosting
a Back to School Safety Night on October 21st from 6-7:30 p.m. at VAHS PAC.
Topics that will be covered include social media safety, bullying, teen suicide
prevention, safety measures taken at the
district and information on the RAPTOR
visitation system.
BOARD BUSINESS
Consider approval of minutes Motion (McCulley) second (Behnke) to approve the minutes from the September
8, 2014 Annual Board Meeting. Motion
carried (5-0).
Consider (1) approval of negotiated
Base Wage adjustment and (2) approval
of recommended Supplemental Wage increase for employees in the Verona Area
Education Association bargaining unit
Jason Olson attended to address the
Board on the proposed tentative agreement with the VAEA on the wage settlement for 2014-2015. Asking the Board to
approve the base wage increase of 1.46%
for VAEA staff not eligible for a lane
change and also approve as a for those
eligible for lane change, fully funding the
lane change with no additional increase
to their 2013-14 base wage.
Motion (Behnke) second (McCulley)
to approve the Base Wage adjustment
and approved the recommended supplemental wage increase for employees in
the Verona Area Education Association
bargaining unit. Motion carried (5-0).
Consider Approval of the 2014-15
Wellness and Insurance Contribution
Plan Jason Olson addressed the Board
regarding the proposed changes related
to the participation in the HRA and biometric screening. We are currently in a
contract until June 2016; however the
cost at the time will increase 54% to
maintain the same wellness plan, which
is not sustainable. The district is looking
at a number of different strategies that include to better incent wellness and move
from a participatory system to a results
driven system.
The administration is asking for
Board approval to increase employee
contribution by 1% as it is believed that
it will increase thoughtful exploration of
health care choices. The 1% increase will
be used as an incentive to employees in
the same manner it was used this year for
the biometric screenings.
Motion (McCulley) second (Behnke)
to approve the 2014-15 Wellness and Insurance Contribution Plan. Motion carried (5-0).
First reading on proposed changes
to Board Policy 860 School Visitor
Rules Jason Olson again addressed
the Board on proposed changes to Board
Policy 860 School Visitor Rules. The
changes will help to expand the security
and safety focus and help us know who is
in our schools at any point in time. With
the changes, it will allow schools to verify that any individual visiting the school
is an acceptable risk to be in the schools
by verification through the national sex
offender registry. It will also give a real
time count on the number of visitors in
the schools in the event of an emergency
or evacuation. Not recommending any
changes as it relates to larger functions
such as events and plays.
As a part of the policy, it is being
asked to notify visitors that they will be
asked for photo identification upon entering the school sites and that they may
also be subject to a sex offender registry
check prior to entering the school; also
asking that individuals who do not have
photo identification provide other evidence of identity to school officials. The
proposed changes have gone through
the review by the districts legal counsel
Jon Anderson and through WASB.
This was just a first reading; no action was taken at this time.
Resolution to exceed revenue limit
on non-recurring basis (debt service payments on energy efficiency measures) Chris Murphy attended to ask the Board
to approve this resolution, which is related to the energy efficiency work that H&H
Energy Management services did last
year. The district issued 10-year notes in
the amount of $2,900,000 to finance some
of the work. State statute allows the district to exceed the revenue cap each year,
with Board approval, to pay the yearly
debt service payment on the notes. This
is the 2nd year of the 10-year note.
Motion (McCulley) second (Connor
to approve the resolution as presented
and read to the Board. Motion carried
(5-0).
Consider action on Shared service
Contract for the Dane County New Teacher Project The Dane County Teacher
Project has been a big help working with
our teachers. The district has found this
to be an extremely valuable partnership.
They provide training for our coaches,
mentor coordinators and mentors.
Motion (Connor) second (McCulley)
to approve the shared service contract
for the Dane County New Teacher project
in the amount of $6,379. Motion carried
(5-0).
SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT
Update on Enrollment Dean
shared with the Board a snapshot of the
districts enrollment as of today, September 22nd. These are not the official 3rd
Friday numbers as we wont have those
numbers for a few weeks. On the elementary level, Country View and Sugar Creek
Elementary both are below the projected
enrollment numbers; Glacier Edge is
above the projected enrollment. District
wide we are 95 students down from original projections (still anticipated to be up
from last year just not as much stay
tuned for the official count)
Dean also updated the Board on
open enrollment numbers. Outgoing
open enrollment has increased since
the last Board meeting from 69 to 82 students with the majority of those students
using the best interest of the student
as the reason given. Only 5 of the 82
students have ever attended a school in
VASD.
Update on Calendar Committee
The Calendar Committee will meet on
Monday, September 29th from 6-8 p.m. at
the district office in the Boardroom.
Update on Charter Renewals for
New Century and Core Knowledge
Dean shared with the Board that New
Century and Core Knowledge will be
bringing their contract renewal / extensions to the Board at either the 10/6 or
10/27 Board meeting.
Board / Admin retreat on October
6th Topic: Personalized Learning We
plan on having a Board/Admin retreat
on October 6th to discuss Personalized
Learning. The Board will hear from the
principals first hand on how it is going
and what their challenges are or have
been.
Update on school / district report
cards Dean reported that there will be
an update for the Board on either 10/6 or
10/27 on school / district report cards.
Set date and time for Board retreat
The Board discussed dates possible
dates for the fall retreat. One of the items
to be discussed will be setting the stage
for the Future Schools Committee. Pertrona will conduct a doodle poll to find
out the best possible date for the Board
to meet.
PERSONNEL ITEMS
Consider approval of teaching contract Motion (Behnke) second (Almond)
to approve the teaching contract for Elizabeth Dohrn. Motion carried (5-0).
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS / MEETING
DATES
Denny reviewed the future meeting
dates. Denny noted that October 6th is
the Board/Admin retreat as Dean previously discussed. The October Board
meetings are off schedule because of
financial obligations; we will resume out
1st and 3rd Monday schedule in November.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Building, Grounds and Transportation Amy Almond reported that the BG
& T committee met on September 18th at
8:15 a.m. and on September 10th at 7:00
a.m.
At the September 18th meeting, the
committee primarily discussed the selection of architects. There are 4 architects
that the committee would like to interview. There will be a rubric to judge each
architect; they will be given about 45
minutes to present to the committee their
strengths and what they can do for the
district. The committee will also narrow
down what it is that we would like them
to do. We may also have the architects
evaluate some of our existing buildings
to compare the options of renovating vs
building new.
At the September 10th meeting, the
committee discussed the playground
at the tot center. There will be some improvements made; however the cost will
be significantly lower than planned. Ken
and Brian attended to discuss the worn
out pipes at Sugar Creek, and the completion of the summer projects, which
included the tennis court renovations,
Project Lead the Way Classrooms and a

wall that was built in at Glacier Edge to
make more space.
Other projects around the district
that have been completed include an
odor in the basement ceiling tiles that
have been taken care of, floors in the old
auditorium (B Wing) have been leveled,
the flag pole at the high school has been
moved, magnetic doors have been added
at Savanna Oaks and black top/asphalt
has been added or replaced at Country
View, Central Office and the high school.
Country View softball field has some
drainage problems that will be worked
on. The committee also reviewed the
$65,000 refund from the H & H energy audit. The refund was received because of
the energy work that was done last year.
Finance Committee John reported
that the committee met tonight at 6:30.
The committee discussed the energy
exception resolution that Chris spoke
about early tonight. They also discussed
the tax revenue anticipation note (TRAN)
that went out for bid. Chris added that the
rate we received was .303, which is an excellent rate. We will close on these notes
on October 2nd.
Motion (McCulley) second (Connor) to pay the bills in the amount of
$5,095,199.49. Motion carried (5-0).
Personnel Committee Ken reported that the committee has not met.
ADJOURN to closed session Motion (McCulley) second (Connor) to adjourn at 8:17 p.m. to close session under:
Section 19.85(1)(c) and (e) for: (1) Deliberating and strategizing regarding the
negotiation for possible purchase of one
or more school sites, where competitive
and bargaining reasons require closed
session. (2) Discussing negotiations with
the Verona Area Educational Association.
Roll call to vote: Behnke-Yes; BeresYes; Connor-Yes; McCulley-Yes; Almond
Yes;. Motion carried (5-0).
Reconvene to open session at 9:20
p.m.
Consider action on one or more
agreements for the purchase of land
Motion (Gauthier) second (Connor) as
follows:
Moved, that the Vacant Land Offer to Purchase, in the form presented
for review at this meeting, stating terms
and conditions for the purchase by the
school district of approximately 45 acres
of vacant land within the West End Development in Verona, Wisconsin from The
West End L.L.C., is approved, and the
President and the School District Administrator, or either of them, is authorized to
execute and deliver such Offer on behalf
of the School District and to execute any
and all certificates, agreements and other
documents and take such other action as
may be contemplated thereunder and/or
be in furtherance of the purchase transaction provided for therein.
Motion approved (6-0)
Motion (Almond) second (Behnke)
as follows:
Moved, that the Option Agreement,
in the form presented for review at this
meeting, stating terms and conditions
for the purchase by the school district
of approximately 66 acres of vacant land
situated in Section 21 of the City of Verona from Erbach Irrevocable Trust, is
approved, and the President and the
School District Administrator, or either
of them, is authorized to execute and
deliver such Agreement on behalf of the
School District and to execute any and all
certificates, agreements and other documents and take such other action as may
be contemplated thereunder and/or be in
furtherance of the purchase transaction
provided for therein.
Motion (Gauthier) second (Behnke)
as follows:
Moved, that the Option Agreement,
in the form presented for review at this
meeting, stating terms and conditions
for the purchase by the school district
of approximately 18 acres of vacant
land situated in Section 27 of the Town
of Verona from Herfel Living Trust, is
approved, and the President and the
School District Administrator, or either
of them, is authorized to execute and
deliver such Agreement on behalf of the
School District and to execute any and all
certificates, agreements and other documents and take such other action as may
be contemplated thereunder and/or be in
furtherance of the purchase transaction
provided for therein.
ADJOURN Motion (Almond) second (Connor) to adjourn at 9:30 p.m. Motion carried (5-0).
WNAXLP
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November 13, 2014
The Verona Press
ConnectVerona.com
POLICE REPORTS
Reports from Verona Police to a call concerning a 13-yearDepartment logbooks:
old who was stuck in a baby
swing at Veterans Park. Upon
Sept. 9
arrival, friends had already
8 a.m. A woman reported extracted the juvenile.
an attempted burglary at her
apartment on North Main Sept. 14
Street sometime between
3:02 a.m. A 27-year-old
11 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. The woman living in Sun Prairie
intruder had slid her living was arrested for her first OWI
room window open about 10 offense after failing to operate
but hit a stopper and could not her vehicle in its designated
go any further.
lane. She was also cited for
improper display of registraSept. 13
tion decals, and released to a
3:51 p.m. Police responded responsible party.
Sept. 15
11:09 a.m. A man reported
a suspicious vehicle he had
observed the day before that
was parked near the intersection of Prairie Oaks and Enterprise drives that had driven off,
faster than the speed limit,
when he approached it. The
vehicle owner explained that his
daughter had been dropping off
some friends and was creeped
out when the other vehicle
started following her.
Kathryn Chew
Sept. 17
10:35 a.m. Police cited a
driver for possession of marijuana and paraphernalia at Verona
Area High School after the officer smelled the drug while conducting parking enforcement.
Sept. 20
9:32 a.m. Police assisted
Fitch-Rona EMS with an
18-month-old girl who was
stung in the face by a bee. The
father then transported her to
the Verona Fire Department.
12:07 p.m. A woman called
the police station to report
that her husband had taken
her son. While she thought
they were fleeing to Canada,
police met up with the husSept. 18
band and son at a restaurant
6:03 p.m. A woman report- in Fitchburg.
ed seeing a hit-and-run on a
vehicle on North Edge Trail. Sept. 22
The driver who fled the scene
10:20 a.m. A man requestwas found and subsequently ed police supervision while his
arrested for his third OWI wife went to her sons apartand taken to the hospital. He ment to request her sons
was released to a responsible ex-girlfriend vacate the apartparty at the hospital.
ment. The son did not want
The officer observed a glass

pipe in plain view in the drivers
side door and searched the
driver and the vehicle.
6:13 p.m. An officer noticed
a man doing a burnout in his
business parking lot, filling
the area up with smoke. Rather than being cooperative after
he had been contacted, he did
it again just prior to entering
his residence.
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602 Antiques & Collectibles

COLUMBUS ANTIQUE MALL
& CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
MUSEUM
"Wisconsin's Largest"
Enter daily 8am-4pm 78,000 SF
200 Dealers in 400 Booths. Customer
Appreciation Week
20% discount on all items $10 and
over Dec 2-8
Third floor furniture, locked cases.
Location: 239 Whitney St
Columbus, WI 53925
920-623-1992
www.columbusantiquemall.com
PER LYSNE Plate. Mildred Hanson
Plate. 2-$450. firm. Auction price certification available. NyForm Troll collection
available individually for half of retail.
608-877-8841
638 Construction & Industrial

Equipment
HUGE BLACK FRIDAY SALE
now through 11/29 WoodworkersDepot.
com. M-F
8am-6pm, Saturday, 8am-4pm. Oneida
St off 41 right @ Subway, 2965 Ramada
Way, Green Bay
800-891-9003 (wcan)
642 Crafts & Hobbies

SCRAPBOOKING-CRAFTING
supplies and holiday resale. Fitchburg
Candlewood Suites
5421 Caddis Bend
November 15-16, 10am-3pm.
Visit us at www.greenwhimsy.com
646 Fireplaces,
Furnaces/Wood, Fuel
DRY OAK and Cherry Firewood For
Sale. Contact Dave at 608-445-6423 or
Pete 608-712-3223
SEASONED SPLIT OAK, Hardwood.
Volume discount. Will deliver. 608609-1181
648 Food & Drink

ENJOY 100% guaranteed, delivered
to the door Omaha Steaks! SAVE 74%
PLUS 4 free burgers.
The Family Value Combo.
Only $39.99. Order today.
800-931-1898 Use code 49377PXR
www.OmahaSteaks.com/father72 (wcan)
666 Medical & Health Supplies

ACORN STAIRLIFTS
The affordable solution to your
stairs. Limited time $250 off your
stairlift purchase. Buy direct and
save. Please call 800-598-6714 for
free DVD and brochure. (wcan)
SAFE STEP Walk-in tub Alert for

Seniors. Bathrooms falls can be fatal.
Approved by Arthritis Foundation.
Therapeutic Jets. Less than 4 inch stepin. Wide door. Anti-slip floors. American
made. Installation included. Call 800940-3411 for $750 off. (wcan)
672 Pets
GERMAN SHORTHAIR Pointer Pups.
Also trained hunting dogs. Parents onsite Pheasant Hunting.
920-572-0189. www.rustlingmeadows.
com or wayne@rustlingmeadows.com
Rustling Meadows Facebook (wcan)
REGISTERED BORDER Collie puppies
for sale.
Working parents on farm.
Phone 608-214-2643
688 Sporting Goods

& Recreational
WE BUY Boats/RV/Pontoons/ATV's &
Motorcycles! "Cash Paid" now. American Marine & Motorsports Super Center,
Shawano 866-955-2628 www.americanmarina.com (wcan)
696 Wanted To Buy

BUYING OLD HARDANGER
Tableclothes, large size.
Mary 952-828-9544 or
612-723-8768
TOP PRICES Any Scrap Metal
Cars/Batteries/Farm Equipment
Free appliance pick up
Property clean out. Honest
Fully insured. U call/We haul.
608-444-5496
WE BUY Junk Cars and Trucks.
We sell used parts.
Monday thru Friday 8am-5:30pm.
Newville Auto Salvage, 279 Hwy 59
Edgerton, 608-884-3114
705 Rentals
BROOKLYN DUPLEX 2 bedrooms, 1
bath, C/A, one car garage. No pets.
Security deposit and references. $610+
utilities. 608-873-4902
GREENWOOD APARTMENTS
Apartments for Seniors 55+, currently
has 1 & 2 bedroom units available
starting at $725 per month, includes
heat, water, and sewer.
608-835-6717 Located at:
139 Wolf St., Oregon, WI 53575
STOUGHTON 1616 Kenilworth Ct.
Large 2-BR apts available now.
Pets welcome. Many feature new wood
laminate flooring.
$775-$825/mo. 608-831-4036
www.madtownrentals.com
STOUGHTON 232 N Page St.
Lower. No pets, no smoking. Available
now. $700+ utilities.
608-873-3432
STOUGHTON- ONE Bedroom Apartment. Newly refurbished, near hospital
and middle school. No smoking. $625/
mo utilities included Call 608-732-4737
STOUGHTON ONE Bedroom upper
small, w/deck. Utilities paid. $525. month
+ deposit. 608-873-3533
720 Apartments
OREGON-2 BDRM, 1 bath. Available
for summer/fall. Great central location.
On-site or in-unit laundry, patio, dishwasher and A/C. $720-$730/month. Call
255-7100 or www.stevebrownapts.com/
oregon
740 Houses For Rent
UNION ROAD STORAGE

10x10 - 10x15
10x20 - 12x30
24 / 7 Access
Security Lights & Cameras
Credit Cards Accepted
608-835-0082
1128 Union Road
Oregon, WI
Located on the corner of
Union Road & Lincoln Road
FITCHBURG 3BR on large lot.

Pets welcome. Attached 2-car garage.
All appliances. Rent $1350. plus some
utilities. 608-873-3636 or
608-215-5981
750 Storage Spaces For Rent

ALL SEASONS SELF STORAGE
10X10 10X15 10X20 10X30
Security Lights-24/7 access
BRAND NEW
OREGON/BROOKLYN
Credit Cards Accepted
CALL (608)444-2900
C.N.R. STORAGE
Located behind
Stoughton Garden Center
Convenient Dry Secure
Lighted with access 24/7
Bank Cards Accepted
Off North Hwy 51 on
Oak Opening Dr. behind
Stoughton Garden Center
Call: 608-509-8904
DEER POINT STORAGE
Convenient location behind
Stoughton Lumber.
Clean-Dry Units
24 HOUR LIGHTED ACCESS
5x10 thru 12x25
608-335-3337
FRENCHTOWN
SELF-STORAGE
Only 6 miles South of
Verona on Hwy PB.
Variety of sizes available now.
10x10=$50/month
10x15=$55/month
10x20=$70/month
10x25=$80/month
12x30=$105/month
Call 608-424-6530 or
1-888-878-4244
760 Mobile Homes

OREGON MOBILE Home.
High efficiency appliances, A/C, new
steel front door/storm. $10,000
By owner. 608-835-8552
801 Office Space For Rent

OFFICE SPACES FOR RENT
In Oregon facing 15th hole
on golfcourse
Free Wi-Fi, Parking and
Security System
Conference rooms available
Kitchenette-Breakroom
Autumn Woods Prof. Centre
Marty 608-835-3628
820 Misc. Investment

Property For Sale
L-7548: MARION Supper club. Seats
80 people w/15 barstools. Full line of
equipment, walk-in cooler & freezer. Low
maintenance exterior. $79,900. Nolan
Sales LLC Marion, WI 800-472-0290
www.nolansales.com (wcan)
840 Condos &

Townhouses For Sale
OREGON 460 N Main St.
2BR, 1BA house on 1/3 acre.
Detached garage, many updates.
$148,000. 608-712-3537 or
olar2@frontier.com
HAVE ANTIQUE CARS?

Need a place to store them?
25 X 60 spaces
Climate Controlled Space LLC
www.ccspacellc.com
608-575-5173
NORTH PARK STORAGE
10x10 through 10x40, plus
14x40 with 14' door for
RV & Boats.
Come & go as you please.
608-873-5088
RASCHEIN PROPERTY
STORAGE
6x10 thru 10x25
Market Street/Burr Oak Street
in Oregon
Call 608-206-2347
CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon
Friday for The Great Dane and Noon
Monday for the Verona Press unless
changed because of holiday work schedules. Call now to place your ad, 873-6671
or 835-6677.
STOUGHTON
KENSINGTON Square Condo
2BR 2BA 3 season porch
All appliances
Premier bath-jacuzzi
$172,900. Call 608-334-1784
845 Houses For Sale
The Press Operator is responsible for placing inserts, picking, trimming, inspecting and
packaging small injection molded plastic
parts. Other responsibilities may include
finishing operations at the press during
production.
WALMERS TACK SHOP

16379 W. Milbrandt Road
Evansville, WI
608-882-5725
WERE
ALL
EARS
975 Livestock
STOCK YOUR POND or Lake Now!
All varieties of Pan Fish, Game Fish and
Forage Minnows.
Aeration Systems also available.
roeselerfishfarm.com 920-696-3090
(wcan)
980 Machinery & Tools

FARM EQUIPMENT
FARMI 3pt LOGGING WINCH'S,
Valby 3pt PTO Chippers,
New 3pt Rototillers, Loader
Attachments, 3pt Attachments,
New Log Splitters.
866-638-7885
threeriversforestry.com
HESSTON NO 10 Stacker
Stored inside, good condition.
Also, 2- 3 point stack movers.
608-290-8994
Questions?
Comments?
Story Ideas?
Let us know how
were doing.
Your opinion is something
we always want to hear.
Call 845-9559 or at
connectverona.com
985 Poultry & Supplies

LAYING CHICKENS
Production Reds
7-1/2 months old.
Telephone 608-575-1759
990 Farm: Service &

Merchandise
RENT SKIDLOADERS
MINI-EXCAVATORS
TELE-HANDLER
and these attachments. Concrete breaker,
posthole auger, landscape rake, concrete
bucket, pallet forks, trencher, rock hound,
broom, teleboom, stump grinder.
By the day, week, or month.
Carter & Gruenewald Co.
4417 Hwy 92
Brooklyn, WI, 608-455-2411
SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS

& PARATRANSIT
DRIVERS
Part-time. Excellent Wages
20+ hours/wk. CDL bonus program
Paid training/testing. Signing bonus.
5501 Femrite Dr. Madison
Call Paul at 608-310-4870 or email
paulm@badgerbus.com
EOE
MOBILE HOME PARKS w/city sewer

and water. 20 sites expandable in Wood
County. $225,000. 15 sites in Shawano
County $225,000. 10 sites Rural well/
septic Adams County $125,000. Seller
will consider taking a second mortgage.
Rick 715-213-2323 (wcan)
Resident Caregivers/CNAs
Cooks
Now hiring part-time cooks & full & part-time caregivers
at our west side location. We offer competitive wages,
shift & weekend differentials, as well as health, dental &
PTO to eligible staff. Paid CBRF training provided.
download
an application:
allsaintsneighborhood.org
for more
information call:
8210 Highview Drive - Madison
608.243.8800
adno=380297-01
HVAC Manufacturer Now Hiring

3 Full-Time Machine Operators
1st shift, Monday-Friday
Material Handler
First & Second Shift
The material handler is responsible for accurately
mixing and preparing the raw materials and
moving them from the warehouse to the injection
presses as needed. The material handler also
returns excess materials to the warehouse when
production is completed.
This position requires attention to detail; working
with computers; lifting up to 55 lbs. several times
per shift; completing the job requirements with
minimal supervision and dependable attendance.
This position requires attention to detail and

dependable attendance.
Prior experience in injection plastics manufacturing is desirable but not necessary.
Please stop at our corporate office for more

information and to complete an application.
Please stop at our corporate office for more

information and to complete an application.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Equal Opportunity Employer
adno=378944-01
970 Horses
LAND AUCTION November 29 at noon.

Cty G & E, Oak Ridge Rd. Gresham.
33.8 acres of wooded land. See www.
nolansales.com for details. Nolan Sales,
LLC, Marion, WI 800-472-0290 Registered auctioneers #165 & #142
865 Mobile Homes

& Lots For Sale
ALL ADS SUBMITTED SUBJECT TO

APPROVAL BY PUBLISHER OF THIS
PAPER.
Injection Molding - Press Operator

First & Second Shifts
15.4 ACRE FARMETTE

Newer ranch home 2BR 1.75BA
4 car garage.
4 outbuildings: Quonset building,
stanchion, free stall and shed.
Running creek on property
$300,000 608-412-0908
905 Auction Sale Dates
STOUGHTON 425 LOWELL ST

Cozy, starter home. Friendly
neighborhood. Beautiful large double
lot w/many trees.
825+ sf, 2BR,1BA.
Full basement. $85,000. Contact
563-212-0109
ROSEWOOD APARTMENTS for Seniors

55+. 1 & 2 bedroom units available
starting at $695 per month. Includes
heat, water and sewer. Professionally
managed. Located at
300 Silverado Drive, Stoughton, WI
53589 608-877-9388
STOUGHTON 2BR $780.
Heat/water/sewer included.
No dogs, 1 cat ok. EHO.
608-222-1981 ext. 2 or 3
945 Farm: Land For Sale
19
adno=379555-01
576 Special Services
MEDICAL GUARDIAN Top-rated

medical alarm and 24/7 monitoring. For
a limited time, get free equipment, no
activation fees,
no commitment, 2nd waterproof alert
button for free and more.
Only $29.95 per month.
800-281-6138
The Verona Press
adno=382032-01
Operate machines to produce metal parts. Computer

knowledge required with ability to read blueprints,
routings, production tickets and tape measure. Prior
experience with metal fabrication and familiarity with
CNC and brake presses is desired, but not required.
Moderate to heavy lifting and ability to stand 8 hours/
day is essential. Must attend training on Walkie Stacker
and Lift Truck. Must be self-motivated and a team
player. Daily attendance is required. Benefits include
Health, Life & Disability Insurance, Vacation, Paid
Holidays, Pension Plan and 401-k Plan. $10.43 per hour
with increase to $11.43 after probation is completed,
then regular increases every 6 months for first 2 years.
Pre-employment drug screening and
background check required.
Mail or Email resume to:
Carnes Company
PO Box 930040, Verona, WI 53593
hr@carnes.com
adno=379177-01
PLOWING BLOWING
Residential & Commercial.
20+yrs exp. Fully insured.
608-873-7038
November 13, 2014
adno=380408-01
ConnectVerona.com
Think HOMETOWN First
We know youre busy.

Save time ~ shop close to home!
Locally owned and

operated since 1998!
November Features
Come see us and

receive $15 dollars
off any smartphone!
Chimichanga and
Margarita de Otono
VERONA
611 Hometown Circle

Across from Farm & Fleet
608-848-7600
HALF PRICE MARGARITAS
Your locally-owned grocer for over 100 years

adno=380623-01
*A new 2-yr agmt. (subject to early term. fee) required. Limit 1 per customer.
Some restrictions may apply. See store for details. Offer expires 11-30-14.
adno=372404-01
Hometown People
You Know & Trust
Save Gas Buy Local!
Your Hometown Hardware Store
Brandon Cooper, owner
Get a jump on
Holiday Decorations
We Have Energy Saving

LED Lights
H U G H E S
119 W. Verona Ave.
Tune-Ups
Radiators
Batteries
Oil Changes
adno=380628-01
Turn your To-Do list into a To-Done list!
Tires
Alignments
Brakes
Exhausts
F L O O R I N G
COMMERCIAL / RESIDENTIAL
Family Owned for 44Years!
Engine Repairs
Suspensions
Transmissions
A/C Inspections
Avenue Auto is a Full Line

Auto Repair Service Center
Mon-Fri 7:00-5:30,
Closed Saturday and Sunday
Family Owned and Operated Since 1978

407 E. Verona Avenue, Verona, WI
608.845.6403
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Residential
CommeRCial
Remodeling
tankless WateR HeateRs
WateR softeneRs
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CooperPlumbing.com
If you would like

to see your
Not Just a Pharmacy
ad in this spot,
Shop our excellent selection of gifts
contact
while we fill your prescription
Donna Larson at
Hours
845-9559 or
Crabtree & Evelyn
Products
M-F 9am-6pm
Sat 9am-1pm
Closed
Sunday
608-845-8328
503 W. Verona Ave.
Verona, WI 53593
www.avenueautoclinic.com
Family Owned HOmetOwn Business since 1983
Stop in and see us today!
We have everything you need to

get ready for winter!
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100 Cross Country Rd. 608-497-3333

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(608) 845-6478
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