Thursday, August 27, 2015

Vol. 131, No. 8

Oregon, WI

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Handbook
discussion
continues
OEA pleased with recent relations
with board, district
SCOTT DE LARUELLE
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With little on the agenda, the Oregon School

Board still managed to do some important
work on teacher relations Monday night.
Around two dozen board members, district
officials and members of the Oregon Education Association talked for an hour-anda-half about employee handbook issues in a
meeting OEA president Tracey Leider said
was fruitful.
The OEA is encouraged by the increasingly open dialogue with administration and
the school board, she wrote in an email to

Turn to Handbook/Page 16
Photos by Scott De Laruelle

Work continues Monday on the front of Oregon Middle School, which will have a new, more secure entrance completed by the end of the calendar
year. Its one of several ongoing or recently completed construction projects that were part of last years $55 million referendum.

Safety First

JACOB BIELANSKI
Unified Newspaper Group

Changes at several buildings emphasize improving security, traffic

SCOTT DE LARUELLE

Inside

Unified Newspaper Group

When Oregon School District officials sent out questionnaires and held a series
of focus groups in the community a few years ago to find
out district residents priorities, safety was at the top of
the list.
Since last November, when
voters passed a $55 million
referendum, the district has
been following through on
those wishes with a series of
building projects at several
schools to increase security at
entrances.
After holding four focus
group sessions with district
residents in fall 2013, district
consultant Joe Donovan said
safety was the predominant
theme in all of them.
It was the single-most
important facet of the districts vision statements, he
told school board members in
November 2013.

Pages 11-12
PVE and NKE

Earlier this year, district

superintendent Brian Busler
said the designs, based on
staff and community requests
and feedback, follow the No.
1 guiding principle from the
referendum process ensure
safe and inspiring learning
environments.

The big changes this year

will be at Prairie View and
Netherwood Knoll elementary schools, Oregon Middle
School and Brooklyn Elementary School, with pending
changes expected at Oregon
High School beginning next
April.

Former Oregon police chief Douglas Pettit

succumbed to gastric cancer in his home Aug.
20. He was 61 and had led the department for
29 years before
retiring last
September.
He was a
Read
great man and
a natural leader
Pettits
of men, wrote
obituary
Dennis Geske,
who claimed
to have served Page 13
under Pettit
for 30 years, in
a message through the funeral home. I will
miss him dearly.
In addition to his role as police chief, Pettit also served in various leadership roles
in his nearly 40 years with the department,

Inside

Meet the new

principals at
OHS and NKE

Workers apply finishing touches Monday afternoon at an outdoor classroom/amphitheater adjoining the new student drop-off/pick-up area
between Prairie View and Netherwood Knoll elementary schools.

Cancer claims former

police chiefs life

While there will be no

changes to the Netherwood
Knoll entrance, Prairie
Views remodeled entrance
now has much better visual
sight lines with the entryway
and approach to the front
doors for visitors, said district business manager Andy
Weiland. The office area has
been changed, and student
bathrooms relocated.
Once buzzed in, visitors
enter directly into the office

Turn to Safety/Page 7

Turn to Pettit/Page 16

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Oregon Observer

OWI patrol set for Saturday

Officers from several
agencies will watch
roads
JACOB BIELANSKI
Unified Newspaper Group

Photos by Samantha Christian (above) and Jacob Bielanski (below)

The intersection at Janesville and Wolfe streets in Oregon opened ahead of schedule with functioning stoplights on Thursday, Aug. 20.
Below, new lines are shown painted onto the roads Monday, Aug. 24, at the newly redone intersection

Wolfe Street intersection

opens ahead of schedule
Intersection at Janesville Street now open
Construction crews completed the second phase of
road work early at the intersection of Wolfe and Janesville Streets. The intersection opened, with working
stoplights, on Thursday, Aug. 20.
Workers previously estimated the work would not be
completed until later this month, causing drivers to use
alternate routes. Crews had also painted lines by Monday.
Work to repair and improve the intersection began in
July. The $133,000 project was a joint effort between
the Village of Oregon and Dane County, with some
engineering help from the City of Madison.
Samantha Christian and Mark Ignatowski

Village of Oregon

The Oregon Police Department will have a little extra

help patrolling for potential
drunken drivers Saturday.
For the third time in just
over a year, the Capital Area
OWI Task Force will put
additional officers from several jurisdictions on Oregon
roads from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.
as part of a high visibility
enforcement of OWI laws.
Police will post large signs
and keep a close eye on high
traffic areas, particularly
around the Oregon stretch of
Hwy. 14 as well as the main
stretches of Janesville and
Jefferson Streets. Sgt. Matt
Wagner of the Oregon Police
Department, who is leading
the effort, warned that the
effort will be village-wide.
Our main thing is education, Wagner said. The
high visibility, seeing us out
there, being involved were
not out there to write tickets
obviously were going to
do the OWI enforcement, but
we just kind of want to warn
people positive things,
thanking them for wearing
their seatbelt, thanking them
for not drinking and driving.
This will be the second
such event conducted by
the OPD this year. Wagner
told the Observer that the
previous enforcement night

OWI patrol
What: Capital Area OWI
Task Force patrol
When: 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Saturday
Where: High-traffic areas
throughout the village
resulted in 87 stops, 72 of
which resulted in warnings.
Among the 15 citations written were one OWI.
When the grant originally
began, police departments
from each participating
group would commit one
unit to helping member communities conduct their own
patrol nights. The task force,
however, has grown to such
that the 10-14 additional
police units are now generally split between two communities. Just as was the case
in April, Saturdays patrol
will be split between Oregon
and Stoughton.
The task force program is
the brainchild of DeForest
Lt. Dan Furseth, who started
high-visibility patrols there in
2009 and won his first grant
to expand the program to other communities in 2012 after
finding it reduced drunkendriving arrests throughout
the year. The grant covers
overtime expenses and has
also paid for the deployment
of signs.
The task force comprises
several municipal police
departments, as well as the
Wisconsin State Patrol, the
Capitol Police and University
of Wisconsin.

Board swears in new chief

JACOB BIELANSKI
Unified Newspaper Group

After Monday nights

board meeting, the Oregon
Police Department is no longer led by an interim leader.
Accompanied by
much of the
OPD force
and his family, Brian Uhl
(pronounced
Yule), 45,
w a s s w o r n Uhl
in by Village
President
Steve Staton as the departments official chief of
police. Uhl replaces interim
chief Dale Burke, whose last
day was Aug. 26, two days
after the swearing in.
Uhl previously served
as the second-in-command
of the Whitewater Police
Department since 2007.
He said he hopes to get the
department accredited by the
Wisconsin Law Enforcement
Accreditation Group, an
organization to which Uhl is
a manager and assessor.
The new chief told the
Observer last week he grew
up in an Iowa town similarly-sized to Oregon, and that
he felt the community was
a fit for his wife and three
children.

Rau

director, Jeffrey Rau.

Rau has
been hired to
replace Mark
Below, who
announced
four months
ago he would
retire in Sep-

tember.
Rau is an Oregon resident
who moved back to the area
from Idaho roughly ten years
ago. He was previously an
engineer with Strand Associates in Madison.

OSD stormwater plans

The Oregon School District presented the board with

an agreement to help pay for
costs of a stormwater project.
OSD business manager
Andy Weiland spoke to the
board briefly about the project that, in addition to school
funding, would ask for the Village to borrow money towards
the project costs. The project
would re-route stormwater
drains on the west end of the
high school.
Weiland said that the
schools end of the project
has already begun, with student this year being offered
two types of parking passes in
anticipation of the lost parking and heavy traffic diversion
that will result. Students opting for a $30 parking pass only
receive a guaranteed spot until
March, while students with
a $50 pass have a year-long
parking spot guarantee.
Lasts nights meeting only
formally received a draft of
New public works
the agreement. A decision on
whether to accept it would not
director
Also present at the meet- be made until the next board
ing was a new public works meeting.

Santner to retire
A brief
mention at
the meeting
was made
about the
retirement of
Oregon Public Library
Santner
director
Susan Santner. Santner replaced Vicki
Cothroll in January 2009.
Santner said her retirement
is effective Jan. 6. Board
trustee Darlene Granier made
a point to thank Santner
for her service and said she
would be missed.
Among other projects,
Santner oversaw the 2011
year-long centennial celebration of the library.

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Interim police chief Dale
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on the new speed limit for
Cty. Hwy. CC heading
towards Bergamont, saying
the 35 mile-per-hour limit
was approved, but that the
countys timeline for implementing the new signs was
unclear.
Burke said he had hoped
the new limits would be
in place by the start of the
school year, but wasnt certain if that would now happen.
Once the signs are in
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be a roughly two week education period where red
flags would be affixed to the
signs to draw attention to the
change, and citations might
not be issued for exceeding
the new speed limit.

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Letters to the editor

Oregon needs its spirit lifted

The news has been more disturbing than usual lately and so
it came to my heart that I would
write a letter to the editor in the
hopes of lifting the spirits of the
community of Oregon.
We all have the need to be
loved, and from that need, the
ability to love.
From our ability to love we have
compassion, and from that compassion the ability to empathize.

So let us love one another as we

love ourselves and recognize that
we are all beautifully broken. It
is through our brokenness that we
come together to create the beautiful portrait that is the Oregon
community.
Jeff Boudreau
Village of Oregon

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forced to play the role of butler,

whether they like it or not.
That is a lot of pressure for a
dog unless he has been taught
how to behave under that circumstance.
Some (under-socialized) dogs
are fearful meeting new people
and require the help of a qualified professional. Of all places,
a dog may feel safest in his own
home, and when someone who
enters the home makes the dog
feel anxious or afraid, he may
tell you so with the only language a dog knows: body language.
Fortunately, my next step was
to ensure that Jake never interacted with the boy again, so I put
him in another location when the
family visited in future. Management is always an option, and in
spite of my ignorance, I made a
good choice.
Unfortunately for Jake, at the
time of the original visit I did not
understand his body language
and so he had to speak more
clearly in a way that I could
recognize. Fear-based behaviors
can be resolved through proper
use of desensitizing and counterconditioning by a qualified
force-free professional.
It is important to resolve fearbased behaviors because most
dog bites involve frightened
dogs. When the fear is resolved,
the threatening behavior goes
away.
Years later, when we adopted
Buddha and Gandhi, I understood how to work with them
and taught them what to do when
they heard a knock at the door.
They were rewarded for going

to a particular spot several feet

away where they sat down and
waited until I released them.
If they got up when the door
opened, we asked our visitor to
step outside and shut the door.
Then we put our dog(s) back in
position and tried again.
Through trial and error, our
dogs learned the only way to
greet a visitor was to sit quietly
and wait. They were not waiting
for the door to open or for the
visitor to enter; they waited for
us to release them on cue, and
we only did so if they were calm.
Jake was an old dog by then,
but he participated in this new
game, and I finally gave him the
support he needed all along. It
took the stress out of meeting
people in our home and gave me
the opportunity to reward them
for calm behavior.
If your dog is not a calm greeter, consider retiring him from his
butler position and give him a
low-stress job, like sitting down
at a distance. If he cannot handle
that, you can put him in another
location until your guests are
settled or consult with a forcefree trainer to help you work out
a solution.
Your dog and your guests will
thank you for it.
Daniel H. Antolec, CPT-A,
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member of, Force-Free Trainers
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to Animals and a board member
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Sportsmans club to host

annual pig roast fundraiser

Village of Brooklyn

Banquet will honor

late member Aug. 29

File photos

Brooklyns annual Labor Day Truck and Tractor Pull will be held Sept. 4-6 at Legion Park.

Truck and tractor pull Sept. 4-6

The Village of Brooklyn
will have its annual Labor
Day Truck and Tractor Pull
Sept. 4-6.
The event, held at Brooklyns Legion Park, will
begin Friday at 6 p.m. with
the Community Antique
Tractor Pullers and music
in the beer tent from Boom
Bang Twang beginning at 8
p.m.
Saturday pulls begin at
10 a.m. with different tractor and truck classes. At
1 p.m., the pro and super
farm divisions will go followed by the mini rods.
Music will begin in the beer
tent at 7:30 p.m. with Virginia Liquor Company.
Sunday, Brooklyn Community Bank will sponsor a
pancake breakfast from 8 to
11 a.m. Pulls will start at 10

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If you go
What: Labor Day Truck
and Tractor Pull
Where: Brooklyn Legion
Park
When: 6 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 4; 10 a.m. Saturday,
Sept. 5; 10 a.m. Sunday,
Sept. 6
Info: oregonsnoblazers.
com/Tractor_Pull.html
Spectators watch the different
classes of pulls.

a.m. with more tractor and

For more information
truck classes followed by o n t h e e v e n t , v i s i t
the South Central Tractor o r e g o n s n o b l a z e r s . c o m /
Pull classes.
Tractor_Pull.html.
Sunday music will be
provided by SuperTuesday
Scott Girard
beginning at 7 p.m. in the
beer tent.

The Oregon Sportmans

Club will honor longtime
member and local businessman Stu Cameron at
its annual fall banquet this
weekend.
The banquet will feature a pig roast and raffles, along with a special
memorial ceremony and
flag and monument dedication for Cameron, who
died in May. The event,
w h i c h
marks the
club's 45th
anniversary
this year,
will be held
from 4:309:30 p.m.
S a t u r d a y , Cameron
Aug. 29, at
1726 Sand
Hill Road.
Cameron was a member
of the club for more than
20 years and the director of the trap shooting
league. To honor him, the
club raised funds to build
a memorial, which will
feature an engraved stone
with a photo etching of
Cameron, a color-stamped
concrete patio, a bench and
a 23-foot-tall flagpole.
Club secretary John
Krull said the local VFW
will be at the banquet to
raise the American flag

If you go
What: Oregon
Sportsmans Club fall
banquet
When: 4:30-9:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 29
Where: 1726 Sand Hill
Road, Oregon
Cost: $15 adults, $7.50
ages 12 and under
Info:
oregonsportsmans.com
there for the first time. The
flag, which was donated
by Camerons son-inlaw, Timothy Sikes, had
been flown in service over
Afghanistan. There will
be a small ceremony with
a speech from the clubs
president, Steve DOrazio,
followed by a shotgun
salute from members of
the trap league.
Stu was a true ambassador of our local (sportsmen) and made everyone
feel welcome when using
our facilities, Krull said
in an email to the Observer.
The banquet will also
feature raffles and a meal,
served from 4:30-7 p.m.
The meal will include
roasted pork sandwiches,
baked chicken, baked potato with sides and dessert.
The cost is $15 for adults
and $12 for kids 12 and

under. Beer and wine are

$2 and soda and water are
$1.
Dinner tickets are available at the clubhouse or
can be purchased the night
of the banquet. The dinner
ticket automatically enters
the buyer for a special
raffle prize. Raffle tickets
may also be purchased for
$10 each or $20 for three.
The grand prize is a $2,000
shopping spree at Max
Creek Outdoors or $1,200
cash.
The community pig roast
and raffle is the clubs biggest fundraising opportunity of the year, with more
than 400 people attending
last years event. Funds
raised support annual
operations as well as
planned enhancements to
the facilities and grounds.
Recent improvements have
expanded the clubs appeal
by adding a large outdoor
patio and landscaping with
several new picnic tables
(which was completed in
July 2012), new sporting
clay throwers and a stable
of new 3-D targets. The
recent improvements are
meant to make the clubhouse, archery center and
trap range more handicapped accessible.
For information, visit
oregonsportsmans.com or
call DOrazio at 575-0789.
Samantha Christian

DO YOU HAVE A THREE YEAR OLD?

Oregon School District Child Development Days
Wednesday, September 9, 2015 3:00-7:00
Thursday, September 10, 2015 3:00-7:00
Friday, September 11, 2015 9:00-3:00
St. Johns Lutheran Church
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Who should come to Child Development Days?

Any Oregon resident child who turned:
Age 3 by September 1, 2015.
or

Age 4 or 5 by September 1, 2015 and is

NOT enrolled in the districts 4K nor K programs.
If your child has been previously screened by the school district, you do not need to make an
appointment for a screening unless there are family concerns or a rescreen has been requested.
If your child is currently attending the districts 4K Ready for Learning program at one of our partnering sites
or is in kindergarten during the 2015-2016 school year, you do not need to make an appointment for a
screening. Your child had the opportunity or was already screened as part of these programs.

Reservations are highly encouraged!

Please contact Carol in the district office at 835-4091

or mpw@oregonsd.net to schedule a screening appointment!
Please allow 90 minutes for your visit.there is no cost to participate!

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Parent/Guardians(s) will complete Ages and Stages questionnaires prior

to the screening and discuss results with district specialists.
Children will have the opportunity to participate in fun activities while
their readiness, gross/fine motor and speech/language skills are screened.
Results will be shared with families.

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Churches

Coming up
Be a computer buddy
The senior center is teaming up
again with a class at Brooklyn Elementary School for the Computer
Buddies program. Seniors will be
paired with a student or two as email
pen pals.
During the school year, seniors and
students email back and forth about
once per week and get to know each
other. At the end of the semester,
there will be a party so everyone can
meet.
To volunteer and get to know the
children in the area, email astone@
vil.oregon.wi.us or call 835-5801.

Senior center music

The senior center will host a recital with Jeanne Felix and her piano
students at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 28.
Joining the students will be C.L.U.B.
members playing the chimes.
Later that day at 1 p.m., enjoy the
musical talents of cousins Janet Stone,
soprano, and Joe Meland, pianist, as
they perform a program of music by

American composers. Songs include

old standards, musical numbers and
classical pieces.
Stone is a graduate of Oregon High
School and majored in vocal performance at Coe College in Iowa.
She is currently music administrator
and staff singer at Trinity Episcopal
Church in Boston, Mass.
Meland recently graduated from the
University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) with a degree in music composition. This past spring, he was one of
nine students (out of 700 worldwide)
to win a BMI Award for Young Composers. An accomplished pianist, he
started taking lessons at 3 years old
and has continued learning ever since.
For information, call 835-5801.

Cooking for 1 or 2
Join a Dane County UW Extension
nutrition educator at 9 a.m. Friday,
Aug. 28, for some tips to make small,
healthy meals at home. Enjoy a sample of our tasty ambrosia salad.
For information, call 835-5801.

Line dancing lessons

The senior center will hold beginning line dancing classes at 10 a.m.
Thursdays from Sept. 10 through
Dec. 17.
Have fun learning to line dance to
your favorite country hits, plus chacha and samba. Instructor Pat Anderson will introduce you to simple
moves that is so much fun, it doesnt
feel like exercise.
The cost is $4 for per class or $40
for all 11 lessons. To sign up, call
835-5801.

eBooks for tablets

The library will hold a free class,
Library eBooks for your Tablet,
from 3-4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, in
the Sue Ames Room.
Learn how to check out free library
eBooks and audiobooks for your tablet, smartphone or eReader. Bring
your fully charged device, library
card and email address (and Apple ID
if applicable).
For information, call 835-3656.

Community calendar
Thursday, August 27

11:30 a.m., Chamber Lunch and

Learn: New sign ordinance (RSVP),
State Bank of Cross Plains, judy@
oregonwi.com
3-7 p.m., Oregon/Brooklyn Food
Pantry distribution, 1092 Union
Road

Friday, August 28

9 a.m., Nutrition Education:

Cooking for 1 or 2, senior center
11 a.m., Piano and Chimes
Recital, senior center
1 p.m., Singer Janet Stone and
pianist Joe Meland, senior center

Saturday, August 29

10 a.m., Rotary Bike Trail ribbon

cutting, Netherwood and Cusick
streets
4:30-9:30 p.m., Oregon
Sporstmans Club fall banquet
($15), 1726 Sand Hill Road,
oregonsportsmans.com

Sunday, August 30

7 a.m., Oregon Athletic Booster

Club Golf Scramble (register by
Aug. 10), Foxboro Golf Course,
835-0102

Tuesday, September 1

1 p.m., Tuesday Movie: Black or

White, senior center

Wednesday, September 2

10:30 a.m., Great Beginnings

Book Club: Strength in What
Remains by Tracy Kidder, senior
center, 835-6268

Village of Oregon Cable Access TV channels:

WOW #983 & ORE #984
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Website: ocamedia.com Facebook: ocamediawi
New programs daily at 1 p.m.
and repeats at 4, 7 and 10 p.m. and 1, 4, 7 and 10 a.m.

Friday, Aug. 28
WOW: Movie: The
Apartment (1960)
ORE: Movie: Space
Adventures (1955)
7 p.m.LIVEOHS
Boys Varsity Football vs.
Portage (streamed @
ocamedia.com)
Saturday, Aug. 29
WOW: Byrd Bros. &
Acad. Of Sound students
Concert-in-the-Park (of
Aug. 25)
ORE: Oregon Chamber
of Commerce Meeting (of
Aug. 27)
Sunday, Aug. 30
WOW: Deer Park
Tibetan Buddhist Center
Tour
ORE: Beauty and the
Beast NKE Musical (of
April 24)

Wednesday, September 9

9-11 a.m., Rubber Stamping

Cards with Katie ($10), senior center, 835-5801

Thursday, September 10

12:30 p.m., Diabetic Support

Group pot luck meeting, senior
Thursday, September 3
center, 835-5801
6:30 p.m., Oregon-Brooklyn
Optimists Club meeting, State Bank 1-2:30 p.m., How to Grow Great
Garlic ($5), senior center
of Cross Plains, 744 N. Main St.,
843-3362
3-4 p.m., Library eBooks for your
Tablet, library, 835-3656
Friday, September 4
6 p.m., Divestments Presentation
6 p.m., Brooklyn Labor Day
by Dan Krause, senior center, 835Truck and Tractor Pull, Brooklyn
5801
Legion Park, facebook.com/
brooklynlaborday
Monday, September 14
10 a.m., Health Talk: Feeling
Saturday, September 5
Stressed, senior center, 835-5801
10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., Brooklyn
3:30-4:30 p.m., Monday Funday:
Labor Day Truck and Tractor Pull,
LEGO, library, 835-3656
Brooklyn Legion Park, facebook.
6-8 p.m., Strategies for SSI and
com/brooklynlaborday
Retirement Income (register),
6:30 p.m., Saturday Card Party
library, 835-3656
($3), senior center
6:30 p.m., Village of Brooklyn
Sunday, September 6
Board meeting, Village Hall
8 a.m. to 11 p.m., Brooklyn
7 p.m., Town of Dunn Plan
Labor Day Truck and Tractor Pull,
Commission meeting, Town Hall

Community cable listings

Thursday, Aug. 27
WOW: 1-Oregon Village
Board Meeting (of Aug.
24) 2-String Quartet @
Oregon Senior Center (of
Aug. 25)
ORE: Oregon School
Board Meeting (of Aug.
24)

Brooklyn Legion Park, facebook.

com/brooklynlaborday

Monday, Aug. 31
WOW: Piano &
Chimes @ Oregon
Senior Center (of Aug.
28)
ORE: NKE & BKE
Chorus Concert (of April
30)
Tuesday, Sept. 1
WOW: Capitol City
Band Concert (of June
25)
ORE: OHS Boys
Varsity Football vs.
Portage (of Aug. 28)
Wednesday, Sept. 2
WOW: Janet Stone
& Joe Meland Music @
Oregon Senior Center (of
Aug. 28)
ORE: Star Spangled
Celebration @ NKE (of
May 8)
Thursday, Sept. 3
WOW: U.S. Army
News Show
ORE: OHS Boys
Varsity Soccer vs.
Baraboo (of Sept. 1)

Senior center
Monday, Aug. 31
Chicken Macaroni Salad
Three Bean Salad
Fresh Orange
Whole Wheat Roll
Lemon Dessert
VO-Pasta Salad with
Cheese
Tuesday, Sept. 1
*Brat on a Bun
Sauerkraut
Chunky Applesauce
Cookie
VO-Veggie Dogs
Wednesday, Sept. 2
Turkey Roast
Mashed Potato and Gravy
Buttered California Blend
Peach Slices
Whole Wheat Bread
Cake
VO-Veggie Lasagna
Thursday, Sept. 3
Chicken Kiev
Baby Red Potatoes Green
Bean Cassarole
Tropical Fruit Salad Dinner
Roll with Butter
Chocolate Cream Pie
VO-Green
Bean
Soy
Casserole
SO-Chef Salad
Friday, Sept. 4
Hamburger on Bun
Buttered Corn
Pear Slices
Ice Cream Cup
VO-Veggie Patty
*Contains Pork

Monday, Aug. 31
9 a.m., CLUB
9 a.m., Wii Bowling
10 a.m., Dominoes
1 p.m., Get Fit
1 p.m., RSVP Sewing
1:30 p.m., Bridge
4 p.m., Weight Loss Support
Tuesday, Sept. 1
8:30 a.m., Zumba Gold
9 a.m., ST Board Meeting
12:30 p.m., Sheepshead
12:30 p.m., Stoughton Shopping
1 p.m., Movie: Black and White
Wednesday, Sept. 2
AMFoot Care
9 a.m., CLUB
9 a.m., Wellness Walk
10 a.m., Shopping in Madison
10:30 a.m., Book Club
1 p.m., Get Fit
1 p.m., Euchre
3 p.m., 1/1 Computer Help
Thursday, Sept. 3
8:30 a.m., Zumba Gold
9 a.m., Pool Players
10:30 a.m., Wii Bowl Game Day
12:30 p.m., Shopping at Bills
1 p.m., Cribbage
Friday, Sept. 4
9 a.m., CLUB
9 a.m., Nutrition Talk
9:30 a.m., Blood Pressure

ALL SAINTS LUTHERAN CHURCH

2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 276-7729
Pastor Rich Johnson
SUNDAY
8:30 a.m. classic service
10:45 a.m. new song service
BROOKLYN LUTHERAN CHURCH
101 Second Street, Brooklyn
(608) 455-3852
Pastor Rebecca Ninke
SUNDAY
9 a.m. Holy Communion
10 a.m. Fellowship
COMMUNITY OF LIFE LUTHERAN
CHURCH
PO Box 233, Oregon
(608) 286-3121
office@communityoflife.us
Pastor Jim McCoid
SUNDAY
10 a.m. Worship at 1111 S. Perry
Parkway, Oregon
COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH
201 Church Street, Brooklyn
(608) 455-3344
Pastor Aaron Alfred
SUNDAY
9:30 a.m. Worship
FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN
CHURCH
143 Washington Street, Oregon
(608) 835-3554
Pastor Karl Hermanson
SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Worship
Holy Communion 2nd & last
Sundays
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
408 N. Bergamont Blvd. (north of CC)
Oregon, WI
(608) 835-3082 - fpcoregonwi.org
Pastor Bob Vetter
SUNDAY
10 a.m. Blended Worship
11 a.m. Coffee Bar/Fellowship
11:15 a.m. All-ages activity
FITCHBURG MEMORIAL UCC
5705 Lacy Road, Fitchburg
(608) 273-1008
www.memorialucc.org
Pastor: Phil Haslanger
Associate Pastor Twink JanMcMahon
SUNDAY
8:15 and 10 a.m. Worship
GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN
CHURCH ELCA

Central Campus: Raymond Road and

Whitney Way
SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY - 8:15, 9:30 and10:45
a.m. Worship West Campus: Corner
of Hwy. PD and Nine Mound Road,
Verona
SUNDAY - 9 &10:15 a.m., 6 p.m.
Worship (608) 271-6633
HILLCREST BIBLE CHURCH
752 E. Netherwood, Oregon
Eric Vander Ploeg, Lead Pastor
(608) 835-7972
www.hbclife.com
SUNDAY
9:30 a.m. worship service at Oregon
High School PAC
Childrens ministries, birth - Pre-K
HOLY MOTHER OF CONSOLATION
CATHOLIC CHURCH
651 N. Main Street, Oregon
Pastor: Fr. Gary Wankerl
(608) 835-5763
holymotherchurch.weconnect.com
SATURDAY: 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY: 8 and 10:15 a.m. Worship
PEOPLES UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH
103 North Alpine Parkway, Oregon
Pastor Jason Mahnke
(608)835-3755
www.peoplesumc.org
Communion is the 1st & 3rd
weekend
SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Worship and
Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. Worship
ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN CHURCH
625 E. Netherwood, Oregon
Pastor Paul Markquart and Pastor
Emily Tveite
(608) 835-3154
SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY - 8 and 10:30 a.m. Worship
9:15-10:15 a.m. Education Hour
VINEYARD COMMUNITY CHURCH
Oregon Community Bank & Trust, 105 S.
Alpine Parkway, Oregon - Bob Groth,
Pastor
(608) 513-3435 welcometovineyard.
com
SUNDAY - 10 a.m. Worship
ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST - Paoli
At the Intersection of Hwy. 69 & PB
Rev. Sara Thiessen
(608) 845-5641
SUNDAY 9:30 a.m. Family Worship

Support groups
Alcoholics Anonymous
meeting, First
Presbyterian Church,
every Monday and
Friday at 7 p.m.
Caregiver Support
Group, Oregon Area
Senior Center, third
Monday of each month
at 9 a.m.
Diabetes Support
Group, Oregon Senior
Center, 320 Fair St.,
882-0407, second
Thursday of each month
at 1:30 p.m.
Parents Supporting
Parents, LakeView

Church, Stoughton, third

Tuesday of every month
from 6:30-8 p.m.
Relationship & Divorce
Support Group, State
Bank of Cross Plains,
every other Monday at
6:30 p.m.
Veterans Group,
Oregon Area Senior
Center, every second
Wednesday at 9 a.m.
Weight-Loss Support
Group, Oregon Area
Senior Center, every
Monday at 3:30 p.m.

Are Your Goals SMART?

Having meaningful goals is an important part of a
happy, fulfilled life. We should always have some worthy
goals to work towards, both in the short-run and the longrun. If your goals are worth having, it helps to think about
them systematically, and there is a nice acronym from
the discipline of project management that can help in that
regard. The acronym SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic (or Relevant), and Timely.
Specific goals are better than vague ones; I want to give
$10.00 to charity each week is better than just saying you
want to be more giving. Goals that can be measured are
easier to keep track of; better to keep a log of those weekly charitable contributions than to just guess at how much
youve given. The goal should be both achievable and realistic. Dont try to give $100.00 out of every paycheck to
charity if you earn $300.00 a week. And finally, your goals
should be timely. That is, you should put a timeframe on
your goals and it can also help if your short- and mediumterm goals support your long-term goals. For instance,
if one of your long-term goals is to leave a large sum of
money to a favorite charity, then it will help to have shortterm saving goals which support that. God wants us to be
happy, and one of the ways in which we can fulfill Gods
plan is to make our goals align with His.
Christopher Simon, Metro News Service
The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste
leads to poverty.
Proverbs 21:5

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Safety: School entrances will receive security upgrades

Continued from page 1
as compared in the past
into a hallway next to the
office, he said.
Both the neighboring
schools will be affected by
the big change to the student drop-off and pick-up
area between them, which
previously caused some
traffic and safety issues.
The parking lot that serves
the two buildings has been
redesigned, and a new traffic pattern will funnel vehicles to a longer curb side
drop-off area.
The space between the
two buildings also has a
new plaza and outdoor
classroom that will connect
the two schools.

Brooklyn Elementary
Construction is expected
to continue through August
2016 at Brooklyn Elementary, which Weiland said will
have a temporary setup for
part of this year. The main
impetus for the changes is to
create a more secure entrance
and separate the areas where
parents and buses drop off
and pick up students.
A staff member will be
located outside the main
entrance once the school
day begins, he explained.
Visitors will be under cover but not in a full vestibule,
and theyll be admitted/
buzzed into the staff-supervised hallway and checked
in by the staff member stationed there. Once the office

Stuff the
Bus

is completed, visitors will

enter into a controlled vestibule like the other schools
before being buzzed or
admitted into the office.
Weiland said the office/
cafeteria addition will be
ready sometime next spring.

The Oregon/Brooklyn
Lions Club held its
annual Stuff the Bus
event at the Walgreens
parking lot on Aug. 8.
People from the community dropped off
school supplies that
filled 14 large boxes,
which will help students
in the school district.
Left, Azoya and Jerszi
Koker pose with the
Lions Club mascot at
the event.

Oregon Middle School

While there is significant
construction going on in
front of the building, nothing will change in terms
of access until the office is
completed toward the end
of the calendar year, said
Weiland.
Visitors will enter with
the same process as last
year, he said.
Once the office is completed, it will have higher
security.
Visitors will enter a
secure vestibule and be
admitted into the office
before they enter the school.
The new area will include
two offices, two reception/
secretary work areas and a
health/nurse room.

Photo submitted

Come Join The Fun!

Oregon High School

While it will not be ready
until the start of the 201718 school year, Oregon
High School will get a new
main entrance/office area to
improve security. Weiland
said visitors to the school
will then enter at the south
office/PE addition.
The secure vestibule
Photo by Scott De Laruelle
there will be the same as Extensive work is underway at Brooklyn Elementary School, which
the other buildings, he will have a new, more secure entrance by the end of next summer.
said.

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Budget listening session set for Sept. 1

Dane County Executive
Joe Parisi will host listening
sessions next week to allow
residents to provide their
input for his 2016 budget
proposal.
Two sessions will be held
one in Fitchburg and one
in Sun Prairie. The Fitchburg session takes place from
5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.
1, at the Fitchburg Public
Library, 5530 Lacy Road.
The Sun Prairie meeting will
be held Sept. 2.
Dane Countys budget
is more than $500 million
annually with 30 departments and 2,100 county
employees. More than half
of the budget goes to human
services departments. County departments are working

If you go
What: Dane County budget listening session
When: 5:30 7 p.m.
Sept. 1, 2015
Where: Fitchburg Public
Library, 5530 Lacy Road,
Fitchburg
Info: countyofdane.com/
exec
on submitting their budget
requests to Parisi for his
review.
Dane County is a great
place to work, live and raise
a family, Parisi said in a
news release. At the county we are working hard to

ensure we strengthen county

services while pursuing new
goals and innovations, while
being extremely mindful of
the bottom line for taxpayers.
Through our partnerships we
are doing more than we ever
could alone to strengthen
our workforce development
and agriculture economies,
address racial disparities,
help families in need and
clean up our lakes.
In coming weeks, the
county executive will review
these proposals and feedback
from the public to complete
his 2016 budget proposal for
introduction to the County
Board by Oct. 1.
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Football

Breaking free against Sauk

JEREMY JONES
Sports editor

While the Oregon football team

had a pretty solid backfield last
season, head coach Dan Kissling
expected senior running back
Lucas Mathews to add a different
dimension this season.
Mathews cut the ball upfield
and finished several punishing
runs Friday evening as he topped
the century mark and accounted
for three of the Panthers four
touchdowns in a 31-3 shellacking
of Sauk Prairie in a Badger Conference crossover game.
We had guys like BJ (Buckner) last year that make guys
miss, Kissling said. Lucas is a
kid that can do both. He can punish and fitness the defense a little
bit.
Oregon, which scored on three
of its first four drives of the game,
was a Mathews fumble away
from a shutout.
I didnt let that fumble get me
down, and was able to turn it into
something possible, Mathews
said. I thought about that fumble the whole time they were on
offense. After that I put it behind
me.
Oregon senior quarterback
Trent Ricker helped Mathews
put the fumble and ensuing Sauk
Prairie field behind him on the
Panthers very next drive.
Ricker, who hit on 7-of-10
passes for 102 yards and threw a
pair of touchdown passes, including a 28-yard connection over
the middle to Mathews as time
expired in the first half.
Though Mathews initially bobbled the pass, he quickly cut it up
field, stiff-armed a defender and
ran away from another to score.
Wide receiver Alex Duff threw
a block to help break the play,
which was a dagger to the Eagles.
It felt great to be able to

Photo by Jeremy Jones

Senior receiver Sam Mueller breaks away from the Sauk Prairie defense in the third quarter Friday evening. Mueller caught an 8-yard touchdown pass against the
Eagles to help the Panthers roll 31-3 in a Badger Conference crossover game.

redeem myself like that right

before halftime, Mathews said.
The Panthers ended the night
coming away with points on five
of seven drives, including an
8-yard strike from Ricker to Sam
Mueller.
Senior Matt Yates added 129
yards rushing on 18 attempts.

I feel like our offensive line is

very solid and we should be able
to move the ball against pretty
much any defense, Mathews
said.
Sauk Prairies Ben Humbracht
led all receivers with 50 yards on
two receptions from Josh Holler
(3-for-10, 52 yards).

Running back Austin Powell

accounted for 139 of the Eagles
199 total yards on 25 carries.
Oregon hosts another Badger
North cellar dweller in Portage
at 7 p.m. Friday before opening
Badger South action Sept. 4 at
home against defending conference champion Monona Grove.

Weve got to do a better job

of tackling, Kissling said. If we
play a team like MG the way we
did tonight, it wouldnt be good.
Even though Portage may not
be a powerhouse, they are better
than they were last year. We just
have to focus on what we do best,
and not worry about anyone else.

Boys soccer

Panthers poised for another

conference, state title run
ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor

Photo by Anthony Iozzo

The 2015 Oregon High School boys soccer returning letterwinners (front, from left) are: Jared Hann, Calvin Schneider, Drew
Christofferson and Dylan Ziomek; (back) AJ Breitbach, Kierik Seeliger, Kjetil Odden, Zach Hanson and Zach Stone; (not pictured) David Heim and Matt Reisdorf.

Hann (three goals, two assists),

Heim (three goals, one assist),
Christofferson (one assist), Seeliger
(one assist) and Schneider all return
at the midfielder position.
Hanson (eight goals), Stone (five
goals, one assist) and Odden (one
assist) anchor the defense, and
Reisdorf (six saves and no goals
allowed in seven games) will take
over at goalie.
The Panthers will have to make
up for the losses of graduates
Mitch Morhoff (11 goals, four
assists, first-team forward), Nick
Steidemann (nine goals, six assists,
second-team), Colin Hughes (five
goals, 14 assists, first-team), Chris
McGuine (three goals, four assists,
second-team), Zach Rampetstreiter,
Spencer Pearson (first-team) and
Dan Dombrowski (first-team, 60
saves and four goals allowed in 20
games).

The Oregon High School boys

soccer team not only looks to win
its fifth straight Badger South title
in 2015, but also looks to make
state for the fourth straight season.
The Panthers, which won a
WIAA Division 2 state title in
2013, starts the season ranked No.
1 in the Wisconsin High School
Soccer Coaches Association poll
returning seniors AJ Breitbach
(honorable mention forward/midfielder), Kjetil Odden (defender),
Zach Hanson (first-team defender),
Zach Stone (honorable mention
defender), Jared Hann (midfielder),
Drew Christofferson (midfielder/
defender), Dylan Ziomek (honorable mention forward/midfielder),
David Heim (midfielder) and Matt
Reisdorf (goalie) and juniors Kierik
Seeliger (midfielder) and Calvin
Conference preview
Schneider (midfielder).
Oregon looks to be the favorite
Ziomek (six goals, three assists)
and Brietbach (three goals, four
assists) return at forward, while
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Girls swimming

Race results
Ty Majeski of Seymour, Wisconsin,
won the Howie Lettow Memorial 50
tonight for the Super Late Triple Crown
Challenge at Madison. Jeremy Miller
of Rockford, Ill., was crowned the 2015
Triple Crown Challenge Champion

based on points for the three race series.

Chester Ace of Oregon and Tommy Pecaro of Markesan, each won a 25-lap feature
for the American Ethanol Super Trucks.
Nick Schmidt of Watertown, won the
Bandits feature with Jim Ronspiez of Sun
Prairie, taking the checkered flag in the
6Shooter division.

Volleyball

Photo by Jeremy Jones

Returning letterwinners for the Oregon girls swimming team (from left) are: Carolyn Christofferson,
Logan Fahey, Hannah Rau, Amber Cody and Willow Kugel; (not pictured) Claire Candell, Quincey
Newton and Makayla Kapalczynski.

Kugel sets sights on WIAA state meet

JEREMY JONES
Sports editor

Sprinter Willow Kugel

reached the podium of
the Badger South Conference girls swimming meet
four times last year, finishing second and third in the
200- and 50-yard freestyles,
while helping Oregons 200
medley relay take fourth.
The Panthers 4x200 medley went on to take sixth at
the states toughest sectional meet, but just missed the
state cut.
Now back for her senior
season, Kugel has her sites
set on reaching the WIAA
Division 1 state swimming
meet either as an individual
or as part of a relay.
Willow is a strong athlete that has great potential this season, said firstyear head coach Elizabeth
Schneider, who takes over
for Karissa Kruszewski this
season.
Also looking to build on
a solid season a year ago is
sophomore Carolyn Christofferson, who made the
podium in the 100 backstroke (fifth) and 50 free
(seventh) as a freshman.
Carolyn is another
strong athlete on this team,
Schneider said. Her dedication to swimming and the
team is apparent at every
practice.
Christofferson joined
Kugel, Claire Candell and
Hannah Rau to take fourth
on the 200 free relay at
conference last year. The

quartet supplied the Panthers with their only other

top 10 finish at sectionals,
taking ninth.
Rau (distance) will lead
this seasons team in and
out of the pool, according to
Schneider.
Hannah is also one of the
hardest workers I know and
Im hopeful for a great season ahead, Schneider said.
Now a junior, Candell
is a strong competitor who
Schneider said doesnt go
down without a fight.
Her mentality when racing and at practice will push
her through to have a great
season.
Senior Logan Fahey
enters this season ready to
compete and will be vital in
the breaststroke.
Junior Makayla Kapalczynski meanwhile, is a
tough athlete mentally and
physically and is willing to
take on any challenges in
practice and meets, Schneider said.
Quincey Newton is a
well-rounded athlete and
student, along with fellow
senior Amber Cody
In all, the Panthers lost
just two letterwinners from
last year in Abby Schmidt
(graduation) and Katie
Reisdorf, who opted to play
tennis this fall.
The girls we have for
this season are dedicated, strong and willing to
push themselves through
any obstacles to obtain
their goals, Schneider
said. Although we have a

smaller team and smaller

lower class, our juniors and
seniors are experienced and
have set the expectations to
be a successful, competitive
team.
Oregon hopes to find success by following the example of its upperclassmen and
encouraging others to challenge themselves.
This season will be
challenging because of the
lower number of girls, but
I believe that the talent and
hard working mentality
these girls posses will carry
us through the season and
make the team stronger.
Defending champion Madison Edgewood,
McFarland and Monona
Grove all figure into the
mix atop the Badger South
standings.
All of these teams have
strong programs and a variety of talented athletes,
Schneider said.

Panthers bring back seven

players from last season
ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor

The Oregon High School volleyball team

brings back seven players in 2015 but loses
a first-team all-conference selection in Riley
Rosemeyer and an honorable mention in
Kena Hinker.
Despite the loss of Rosemeyer (229 kills,
24 aces, 69 digs, 17 solo blocks, 54 assisted
blocks) and Hinker (139 kills, 20 aces, 30
digs, 10 solo blocks, 41 assisted blocks), the
Panthers return plenty of experienced talent in
2015.
Seniors Lexi Doering, Amanda Sagen and
Samantha Girard, juniors Cailyn Schmidt,
Liz Andriacchi and Abbie Schofield and
sophomore Alyssa Milski are all back to help
the Panthers improve this season.
Sagen will be the starting setter, while
Schofield will also get time as the setter.
Doering will be a libero/outside hitter, and
Schmidt is listed as the right-side hitter. Milski will be an outside hitter/middle blocker,
and Girard will be a right-side/outside hitter.
Some key newcomers are senior Cassidy Nikolai, juniors Kendyl Ainsworth and
Emmie Wiedeman, sophomore Amber Zahn
and freshman Emily Konop.
Head coach Katie Heitz, an Oregon High
School alumna, was named the new head

Christofferson, Fahey,
Rau and Kugel helped the
Panthers open the season
Saturday with a top three
finish at the Norski Invitational in DeForest.
The quartet finished third
in the 200 medley relay with
a time of 2 minutes, 00.9
seconds. Kugel went on to
add the teams only other
top three finish, taking third
in the 200 IM (2:29.47).
Oregon finished fifth
overall out of the six teams
competing.

Oregon officially gets season underway

Lewandowski added a victory in the 3 singles bracket.
Oregon also picked up a No.
A week removed from 2 doubles win from Arianna
lightning forcing the cancel- Nasserjah and Jess Bartelt.
ation of its first meet, Oregon girls tennis saw plenty Baraboo triangular
Koopman and Lewanof action last week, taking
part in a quad, triangular dowski went undefeated
and Badger Conference Monday at the Baraboo triangular, earning wins over
crossover dual.
the host Thunderbirds and
McFarland Quad
Portage.
The duo knocked off
The Panthers opened the
season amidst 30-plus mph Baraboo 5-7, 6-2, (10-7)
wind gusts last Wednesday and Portage 6-2, 6-1.
Nasserjah and Bartelt,
at the McFarland Quad.
Despite the conditions, Isabella Krier and Julia
however, Oregon played to Gerhards, Sophie Choles
a runner-up finish in its first and Paige Baillies and Kalli
invite of the season, win- Choles and Madeline Bjerke
ning three titles en route to added victories as Oregon
swept Portage.
21 points.
The host Spartans won
the tournament with 23 Oregon 5, Baraboo 2
The Panthers knocked off
points.
Leah Koopman took the the visiting Baraboo ThunNo. 1 singles flight for derbirds 5-2 on Tuesday.
Bridget Corcoran cruised
the Panthers, while Renee
Sports editor

Conference outlook
Madison Edgewood won the Badger South
Conference last season, and the Crusaders
look to remain at the top with three of six allconference selections back.
Sophomore Kendra Lee (first-team selection) is back at outside hitter, while senior
Sarah McGinnis (second-team) is back at setter. Junior Hannah Schwenn (second-team)
also returns at the setter position.
Gone from last season are first-team selections Andrea Wright and Rachael Roseboom
and honorable mention Karlie Brown.
Fort Atkinson was second in the conference last season and return three of five
all-conference selections, Senior Julia Hanson (first-team selection) and junior Katie
Frohmader (second-team selection) both
return. Sophomore Sarah Pfeifer (honorable

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to a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 4

singles, while Lewandowski took her No. 3 singles
match 6-3, 6-1.
Koopman rounded out the
singles match with a 7-5,
6-3 win at No. 1 singles.
Choles and Bjerke held
on atop the doubles side,
adding a 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory.
Hayley and Sydney
Copus capped a 6-4, 4-6,
6-4 three-set victory at No.
3 doubles.
Nasserjah and Bartelt
fell 6-4, 1-6, 1-6 at No. 2
doubles, while Gerhards
dropped her No. 2 singles
match 6-2, 6-0.
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Girls golf

Panthers fall at Stoughton in conference opener

ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor

The Oregon High School

girls golf team opened
the Badger South Conference dual season Tuesday against Stoughton at
Coachmans Golf Resort
where and the fifth-ranked
Panthers were edged by
three strokes, 184-187.
Senior Jenny Johnson
led Oregon with a 37, and
junior Taylor McCorkle
followed with a 39.
Freshmen
Andi
McCorkle and Sydney
McKee finished the scoring with a 55 and a 56,
respectively.
Stoughton was led by

junior Kelsey Taebel and

freshman Brenna Viken,
who both shot 44s.
Emma Crowley (47) and
Haven Polich (49) finished
the scoring for Stoughton.
Oregon traveled to
Portage Country Club
Wednesday for the Portage
invite but results didnt
meet the Observers Tuesday deadline.
The Panthers travel to
Maple Bluff Country Club
at noon Monday for an
invitational.

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Oregon traveled to
the Meadows of Sixmile
Creek Golf Course Monday and finished fifth with

a 388.
Taylor McCorkle was
fourth overall with an 81,
while Johnson finished
eighth with an 87.
Senior Olivia Davis was
third on the team with a
105, and McKee finished
the scoring with a 115.
Middletons Loren Skibba won the meet with a
76, while Veronas Bailey
Smith (78) and Monona
Groves Mikayla Hauck
(80) took second and third,
respectively.
Middleton won the
invite with a 344, followed
by Verona (347) and Hartland Arrowhead (351).
Monona Grove took
fourth with a 385.

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River duck and goose zones.
Changes in 2015 as a result of NRB
approval include:
Opening day shooting hours will
now begin one-half hour before sunrise
Mississippi River Zone will open a
week later, with a shorter split and an
increase in daily bag limit for canvasbacks (from one bird to two).
In 2015, duck hunting season structure
is as follows:
Northern Zone - Sept. 26 to Nov. 24;
Southern Zone - Oct. 3 to Oct. 11
and Oct. 17. to Dec. 6
Mississippi River Zone - Oct. 3 to
Oct. 9 and Oct. 17 to Dec. 8.
In 2015, season structure for Canada
goose hunting is as follows:
Early September Canada goose season - Sept. 1-15, with a daily bag limit
of five geese;
Northern Exterior Zone - Sept. 16 to
Dec. 16, with a daily bag limit of two
geese;
Southern Exterior Zone - Sept. 16 to
Oct. 11 and Oct. 17 to Dec. 21 , with a
daily bag limit of two geese;
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to Oct. 9 and Oct. 17 to Jan. 9, with a

daily bag limit of two geese;

Horicon Zone period 1 - Sept. 16
to Nov. 1, with a daily bag limit of two
geese and total season harvest limit of
12 geese
Horicon Zone period 2 - Nov. 2 to
Dec. 16, with a daily bag limit of two
geese and total season harvest limit of
12 geese.
The early migratory bird hunting seasons, including early Canada goose,
mourning dove and early teal, were
approved at the June natural resources
board meeting and will begin Sept. 1.
Hunters will not be required to purchase any additional licenses or permits
for the early teal hunt in addition to
those required for hunting ducks in the
regular waterfowl season.
The 2015 youth waterfowl hunt will
be held Sept. 19-20.
The daily bag limit statewide will be
six ducks, including no more than:
four mallards, of which only one
may be a hen;
one black duck;
two canvasback;
three wood ducks;
two pintails;
three scaup; and
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Photo by Anthony Iozzo

The 2015 Oregon High School volleyball returning letterwinners (front, from left) are: Cailyn Schmidt,
Lexi Doering and Amanda Sagen; (back) Sam Girard, Liz Andriacchi, Abbie Schofield and Alyssa Milski.

Volleyball: Season starts Thursday

Continued from page 9
mention) also is back.
Gone from last season are Kylie Frohmader
(first-team) and Kenzie Leith (honorable mention).
In the middle of the pack last season was
Milton and Monona Grove. Milton returns
senior honorable mention Kate Quade but
loses first-team selection Rachel Butterfield,
second-team selection Samantha Soddy and
honorable mention Corrina Robles.
Monona Grove returns junior Kylie Meinholz (second-team) and loses Sam Kinsler
(second-team), Natallie Mikalsen (honorable

mention) and Jordan Gerlach (honorable mention).

Stoughton was near the bottom of the conference last season but looks to improve this
season, led by senior second-team selection
Hannah Hobson.
Oregon hosts Monona Grove on Thursday,
Sept. 17, Fort Atkinson on Thursday, Sept. 24,
and Stoughton on Thursday, Oct. 1.
The Panthers travel to Milton on Thursday,
Aug, 27, to Madison Edgewood on Thursday,
Sept. 10, and to Monroe on Thursday, Oct. 8.
All conference duals are at 7 p.m.
The Badger South tournament is at 9 a.m.
Saturday, Oct. 10, at Monona Grove.

Soccer: Conference opener on Sept. 15

Continued from page 8
in the Badger South, but there will be some
challenges.
Milton finished tied for second with Madison Edgewood last season, and the Red Hawks
return first-team junior forward Scott Biancofiori, senior honorable mention forward Jake
Anderson, junior honorable mention midfielder Matt Sheehan and junior second-team
defender Mitch Roberts.
The Red Hawks lose first-team midfielder
Trevor Mays, second-team midfielder Logan
Cassidy, and first-team defender Nolan Shea.
Edgewood lost all six of its all-conference
selections from last year first-team midfielder William OBrien, first-team defender Ted

McKee, second-team forward Landry Ndahayo, second-team goalie Jack LHeureux and
honorable mention midfielders Henry Vennard
and Paul Bellissimo.
Stoughton, which took third in the conference at 2-2-2, brings back senior second-team
defender Noah Doll, while Monona Grove,
which took last in the conference, returns
senior second-team midfielder Jack Weissburg
and senior second-team defender Evan Bauer.
Oregon hosts Milton on Friday, Sept. 18,
Monroe on Friday, Oct. 2, and Fort Atkinson on Tuesday, Oct. 6. The Panthers travel
to Monona Grove on Tuesday, Sept. 15, to
Stoughton on Tuesday, Sept. 22, and to Madison Edgewood on Tuesday, Oct. 13. All conference games are at 7 p.m.

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Former OMS principal returns to Oregon School District to lead high school
SCOTT DE LARUELLE

Its a fantastic
job, its a great
community, I realize
how fortunate I am.

Unified Newspaper Group

When you walk into Jim

Pliners office, the first
thing you see is students.
Dozens and dozens of
them.
Theyre not there physically, of course there
wouldnt be space but
theyre on a seemingly endless stream of photos neatly
tacked to poster board on
the wall; silent but poignant
reminders of why he got
into education in the first
place. Some have moved on
to careers, one hes delivered the eulogy at their
funeral, but they all have a
special meaning to him.
The principal of Oregon
Middle School from 201013, Pliner is back in the
Oregon School District, this
time as leader of Oregon
High School, fulfilling a
long-time dream. That hes
gotten the opportunity in
such a familiar place is just
icing on the cake for the
Madison native.

Jim Pliner,
OHS principal

Eye on the ball

Photo by Scott De Laruelle

New Oregon High School principal Jim Pliner relaxes last week in his office, surrounded by dozens
of photos of his former students. A Madison native who has a daughter in the district and a son who
graduated from OHS in June, Pliner served as principal at Oregon Middle School from 2010-13.

Oregon woman hurt in crash

A 21-year-old Oregon
woman was hospitalized
Saturday after a crash on
Hwy. 14 near Hill Road in
the Town of Rutland.
According to a news
release from the Dane
County Sheriffs Office,
deputies were called to the
two-vehicle crash around
5:51 a.m. Saturday, Aug.
22.
Alcohol is believed to be
a factor in the crash that
caused the woman to leave
the eastbound lane of Hwy.
14 and crash into a westbound pickup truck driven
by a Beloit man.
The 21-year-old driver
was taken to UW Hospital
by Med Flight with serious
and possibly life threatening injuries, police said.

The driver of the pickup

was taken to the hospital
with serious but not life
threatening injuries.
A passenger in the pickup
truck also received minor
injuries.
Everyone was wearing a seat belt and air bags
deployed in each vehicle,
police said.
The highway was closed
for several hours while
sheriff deputies, state
patrol, and Oregon police,
fire, and EMS responded to
the crash.
Names were not released
by the DCSO, and the crash
remains under investigation.
Mark Ignatowski

At the high school, he

was also athletic director, dean of students and
baseball coach. In fact, it
was through coaching that
he made a connection that
would later bring him to
Oregon.
I had met (OSD superintendent Brian) Busler
through a class he taught at
Edgewood (College), and
I was coaching youth basketball at Oregon Middle
School a couple months
after the class had finished,
and his kid was on the other
team, Pliner said. Afterward, I talked with Brian
and said, This is a beautiful school, and he indicated he believed there was
going to be an opening.
There was, and Pliner
decided to apply after some
soul-searching.
Ive always been a community-based guy, he said.

I lived in my community
for 20 years (but) felt it was
just a great opportunity. I
knew a little about Oregon
as a school district, I knew
this is a strong and supportive community and this
would be a great place for
me to continue to grow and
serve kids. So we moved
the family out my kids
enjoyed a great experience
at Oregon schools, though
they had to suffer with me
at the middle school.

Moving on
At OMS, Pliner said he
helped the school move
toward standard-based
grading and helping institutionalize the Positive
Behavior Interventions and
Supports behavior system.
After three years, though,
he said he felt an itch to
get involved in high school
administration, and with the

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youth wrestling program,

and it dawned on him that
he really enjoyed working
with kids.
I felt a lot of satisfaction and felt that in terms of
quality of life, you want to
have something thats consistent with your value system, Pliner said
By his sophomore year
at UW, he decided education was the path to follow.
After graduating in December 1989, he was hired in
spring semester at Oaklawn Academy, a boarding
school in Edgerton for kids
from Latin America, before
he moved on to teach in
the Madison Metropolitan
School District.
Pliner spent the next two
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Aside from education,

Pliners passion in life is
baseball, which hes been
coaching for two decades.
He served as the head baseball coach at Madison La
Follette High School for 15
years, and coached his sons
from Little League all the
way up.
Its been something that
Ive always enjoyed, he
said. I think of all the good
mentorship I had for coaches and teachers, you try to
give back and have a little
fun.
In fact, baseball and
sports helped lead Pliner on
his path toward Oregon. It
started when he was a playground supervisor as a high
school student at Madison
East, and one of his first
jobs, working with area
youth in the summers with
Madison School Community Recreations parks and
recreation program. When
he graduated to attend the
University of WisconsinMadison, he knew he
wanted to be in some form
of service to others, but
thought it might be in physical therapy. At the same
time, though, he was coaching baseball and running a

opportunity not available

at the time in Oregon, he
headed back to La Follette
to serve as assistant principal. Though his time back
at the school was brief,
Pliner said it served him
well.
I got to serve with some
really good friends and colleagues I have a bunch of
respect for, and had some
wonderful growth opportunities, he said. Over
the last few years, I had a
chance to sit on some really
inner-circle cross-functional teams, had the opportunity to travel to New
York City to see schools
that were doing some very
innovative things around
personalized pathways, and
spent a lot of time looking
at leadership through the
lens of preparing myself
to lead at the high school
level.
It was a great growth
experience, and I wouldnt
change it for anything.
Now back in Oregon to
lead the high school, Pliner isnt coming in blind,
either, having worked with
many of the students when
he was at OMS.
Its kind of nice, because
I have three of those classes
at the high school were with
me in the middle school, so
I came in knowing a good
deal of them, he said.
Pliner said his main
focus in this new school
year is to build a strong,

collaborative community
that supports both adult and
student learning.
We get better when
we work together and we
focus on student learning,
he said. Thats why were
here.
Pliner was hired in May,
toward the end of the 201415 school year, taking over
for interim principal Jason
Wilhelm. Wilhelm was in
turn filling in for former
OHS principal Kelly Meyers, who resigned in February after being arrested for
drunken driving three times
in December 2014. Pliner
said the timing gave him a
bit of a head start on getting prepared for this school
year, which is good, as hes
one of around 20 new staff
members at the high school
this year.
I had the opportunity to
meet and work with staff,
and we talked about what
we want for our kids when
they leave us, and what it
is we hope our graduates
look like, Pliner said. We
spent a lot of time this summer with the (OHS) leadership team. Its a fantastic
job, its a great community,
I realize how fortunate I
am.
Im looking forward to
folks showing up teachers and students so we can
get that started.
Pliner, who has a son
who graduated from OHS
this spring and a daughter who is a junior at OHS
this year, said he wants for
everyone elses kids what I
would want for my own.
Thats something that
will be a theme that sticks
w i t h m e , l i k e t h e p i ctures on the wall, he said.
Were here to serve kids
in our community and build
relationships.

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New NKE leader Kluck has degrees in finance, education

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thats an easy one.
The new Netherwood
Knoll Elementary School
principal, who started out
by working for several
years in the banking industry, is looking forward to
continuing his successful
second career in education
in Oregon. Hes taking over
for Dan Rikli, who was
shifted this summer to an
associate principal position
at Oregon High School.
The Stevens Point native
graduated from UW-Madison with a finance degree,
which he put to use for
around five years in Milwaukee, where his wife
was teaching fourth grade.
Before long, though, he
began to feel that education,
not business, was where his
heart was at.
I found that to be a much
more engaging, rewarding,
mission-driven life, Kluck
said. (But) it took awhile
to convince myself to go
back to school.
He thought hed prefer
working at the elementary
school setting, like his wife,
but ended up teaching math
to seventh-grade students in
Franklin--and loved it.
Buoyed by his experience, Kluck decided to
go all-in with a career in
education, earning a masters degree in educational
administration at UWMadison, which led him to
an associate principal position at Arrowhead High

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New Netherwood Knoll Elementary School principal Chris Kluck is looking forward to working on personalized learning, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) and other initiatives with
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New degree in hand,

after five years, Kluck soon
got the itch to become a
principal, but at an elementary school level. He would

receive that opportunity,

spending the last 10 years
at the Waukesha School
System. This included four
years leading the Waukesha STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and
Math) academy, a school
board-chartered school that
was a leader in personalized learning. Personalized learning has recently
become an emphasis for the
Oregon School District.
He said that recent experience has greatly shaped
his beliefs in understanding what we have to do for
kids in the classroom. He
said he sees similarities
between the innovations

being integrated into the

Oregon and the Waukesha
schools curriculums.
I dont believe you have
to be a charter school ... to
be innovative, and I dont
believe you have to have a
STEM label to be innovative and do engaging things
for students, Kluck said.

business degree, and over

the years my wife and I
have thought, wouldnt it
be fun to live in the Madison area? he said. It just
felt like the right time and
saw this (opening) and it
seemed like it could be the
right fit and a good, attractive spot to be in.

Learning philosophy

New beginning

Kluck said even for kids

as young as kindergartners,
hands-on, learning-based
experiences are critical.
He said all student need to
develop thinking skills
such as collaboration, critical thinking, communication
and problem-solving and
not just math or science.
Everything in the real
world operates in a problem-solving model, so students have to be operating
in the same kind of experience, he said. Thats
important, and you have to
start early to scaffold them
so they can become more
and more independent.
When it comes to working with teachers at the
school, Kluck said he wants
to help support them to take
risks, and put kids in collaborative learning experiences.
What I want is that we
build a structure and a system that allows students to
move when theyre ready
to move, he said. Were
going to allow you to move
as youre ready, and were
obviously going to intervene with ... more support
when someones not keeping up with what would be
the expected or typical pace
of progress. But youre also
not going to hold anybody
back, either. Hopefully,
teachers see it as an opportunity and not a threat as a
way of doing something
youve been comfortable
with.
Kluck said two things
attracted him to the Oregon
School District its philosophy and the area. He
and wife have a son who is
a sophomore at UW-Madison.
I lived here when I
was a student, getting my

While Netherwood has

been a bit of a mess in the
past few months due to construction, Kluck said things
are quickly getting back to
shape, and hes excited to
begin his new journey on
Sept. 1 when students arrive.
To prepare, he invited teachers to meet with him over
the summer, to get to know
each other a bit better.
Its a very dedicated
staff who truly walk the talk
of being there for kids, he
said. I believe in the teachers weve hired and the
people are returning will
support them to be ready
for students - its usually
the operations things you
worry about theres a
new parking lot so theres a
new flow of cars What is
it going to be like? Will it
work? The nerves go away
when the day has started,
the bell has rung, and student are in classes and the
professionals doing their
stuff.
Kluck said he believes in
a collaborative environment
for staff as well as students.
Its my role to help support and make sure the
resources are there and
were coming together as
a staff and to travel a common mission and vision and
belief in what were trying
to do for kids, he said.
As for the energetic
young children who will
soon be walking hopefully the halls of Netherwood Knoll, Kluck said he
wants them to keep their
excitement about learning.
We want them to have
ownership for their learning and know where theyre
at instead of just robots
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Obituaries
Vern Arzt

Vern Arzt

Vern Francis Arzt,

age 71, passed away on
Wednesday, Aug. 19,
2015. He was born on
March 4, 1944, the first of
two sons born to Francis
and Winnie Arzt.
Verns family moved
quite often as his dad
worked for various farmers
at many locations including: Hillsboro, LaFarge,
Lime Ridge, Wonewoc,
White Pigeon and Sauk
City; Cromwell and Fort
Wayne, Ind. As a result,
Vern never attended the
same school for two years
in a row. When he was 15
years old, he worked detasseling corn for $.25 an hour
and saved enough money
to buy himself a new bike.
Vern was drafted into
the U.S. Army on Sept.
7, 1965, and served two
years, which included the
Vietnam War. After the
army, Vern farmed with
his dad and brother. He

married Sharon Barto on

March 15, 1975, and they
had three daughters, Prudy,
Teresa and Val. Sharon
passed away from cancer
on July 4, 1989.
Vern then met Judy Dent
through an ad in the Shopper Stopper. Things did
work out even though Vern
didnt think they would.
The family was known
as The
B r a d y
Bunch
especially
at the Capital Hill.
They purchased their home
in Oregon in 1991 and
Vern and Judy were married Aug. 7, 1993.
After farming, he worked
for McFarlane Implement for a short time and
then became Road Patrolman for the next 10 years.
He also had his own little
workshop in his barn where
he repaired machinery for
many neighbors. After selling his home in Sauk and
moving to Oregon, Vern
worked a short time for a
landscaping firm and then
started his own business,
Arzt Repair Service, which
he truly enjoyed.
He loved to hunt, fish
and took pride in fixing
and making things work.
Vern had a gift to gab
and his famous saying
was Slow down for the
straight away and go like
hell on the curves.
Vern is survived by
his wife, Judy; children,
Prudy Albis, Teresa Arzt,

Val (Matt) Lang, Steve

(Meghan) Owens, Jeff
(Sue) Owens, Dan (Holly)
Dent, David (Jess) Dent
and Traci (Jeff) Segerstrom; 18 grandchildren,
David, Steve, Chris,
Marisa, Sofia, Alex, Allison, Leah, Caitlynn, Rhyann, McKenzie, Macayla,
Gavin, Hunter, Myles,
Maksim, Morgan and
Aurora; brother, Gail Arzt;
sisters-in-law, Dorothy
(Jim) Wahner, Barbara
Nelson and Sharon Knapp;
brothers-in-law, Jerry
Brown, Joe (Sally) Brown
and Jimmy (Betsy) Brown;
and many other friends and
relatives.
He was preceded in
death by his parents, Francis and Winnie Arzt; father
and mother-in-law, Herman and Inez Brown;
brother-in-law, Jim Knapp;
grandson, Nicholas Femrite; sisters-in-law, Anna
Maerz and Betty Reed; and
nephews, Jason McGuigan,
Scott Owen and Brad
Knapp.
Funeral services were
held Gunderson Oregon
Funeral Home, 1150 Park
St., Oregon, on Saturday,
Aug. 22.
Online condolences may
be made at gundersonfh.
com.
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Funeral & Cremation
Care
1150 Park Street
835-3515

Douglas H. Pettit

Douglas Pettit

Douglas H. Pettit, age

61, of Oregon, passed away
Aug. 20, 2015, after a twoyear battle with gastric cancer. He was born the son of
Donald and Lillian (Puckett) Pettit of Boscobel.
Doug was a 39-year
member of the Oregon
Police Department, serving as Police Chief for
close to 30 years. As Chief,
Doug held many leadership
positions within the International Chiefs of Police
Association and Wisconsin
Chiefs of Police Association, including serving as
president and vice president of the WCPA. He was
devoted to improving the

Village of Oregon and the

State of Wisconsin through
his work in developing the
capabilities of the Oregon
Police Department, community policing and legislation to reduce gun violence.
Dougs passions included military living history
where he forged valued and
enduring friendships. He
was a member of groups
portraying
the American Civil
War, World
War II and
Vietnam eras. He acted in
leadership positions both
on and off of the field while
with the 2nd Wisconsin
Infantry Historical Group.
His efforts were instrumental in the growth and success of one of the areas
largest Civil War reenacting groups.
Doug loved playing and
watching sports throughout
his life. He tried to never
miss watching his favorite teams play or a favorite
driver race. Nothing was
maybe more important in
his life than his grandchildren. Calvin and Hazel
became the essence of his
life. They had the ability
to change his grey days to
sunny and his frowns to

smiles.
Doug is survived by his
wife, Marilyn (Morel);
his sons, Brian (Molly)
and Evan (TJ); his cherished grandchildren, Calvin and Hazel; his siblings,
Dennis (Michelle) Pettit,
David Pettit, Derry Pettit,
Dixie Hackett and Daniel
(Lori) Post; parents-in-law,
Charles and Theresa Morel;
brother and sisters-in-law,
Steven (Betty) Morel,
Michael (Diane) Morel,
Cindy (Mike) Schultz; and
many nieces and nephews.
Doug was preceded in
death by his parents; his
stepfather, Clifford Post;
his sister, Dianne Salmon;
his sister-in-law, Jayne
Libansky; and brother-inlaw, Todd Hackett.
As per Dougs wishes, no
services will be held. In lieu
of flowers, memorials may
be made to the American
Cancer Society.
Online condolences may
be made at gundersonfh.
com.
Gunderson Oregon
Funeral & Cremation
Care
1150 Park Street
835-3515

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Legals
mental body specifically referred to in the
meeting notice. Requests from persons
with disabilities who need assistance
to participate in this meeting or hearing
should be made to the Clerks office at
835-3200 with 48 hours notice.
Posted: August 24, 2015
Published: August 27, 2015
WNAXLP
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PUBLIC HEARING
ADOPTING CODE OF
ORDINANCES
VILLAGE OF BROOKLYN

A Public Hearing will be held by the

Village of Brooklyn Board, Green and
Dane Counties, WI, on Monday, September 14, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. at the Village
Hall, 210 Commercial St, Brooklyn WI. as
follows:
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND
ENACTING THE VILLAGE OF BROOKLYN CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN
ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN;
PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE
MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE;
AND PROVIDING WHEN SUCH CODE
AND THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE :
Section 1. The Code entitled The
Village of Brooklyn Code of Ordinances,
published by Municipal Code Corporation, consisting of chapters 1 through
117, each inclusive, is adopted.
Section 2. All ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on or

before July 13, 2015, and not included in

the Code or recognized and continued in
force by reference therein, are repealed.
Section 3. The repeal provided for in
section 2 hereof shall not be construed to
revive any ordinance or part thereof that
has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance that is repealed by this ordinance.
Section 4. Unless another penalty is
expressly provided, every person convicted of a violation of any provision of
the Code or any ordinance, rule or regulation adopted or issued in pursuance
thereof shall be punished as follows:
Except where a penalty is provided
elsewhere in this Code, any person who
shall violate any of the provisions of this
Code or a village ordinance shall upon
conviction of such violation, be subject
to a penalty, which shall be as follows.
(a ) First offense. A person violating
an ordinance or Code provision for the
first time shall be subject to a forfeiture
of not less than $25.00 nor more than
$250.00 together with the costs of prosecution for each offense.
(b) Second and subsequent offenses. Any person violating an ordinance or
Code provision for a second or subsequent time shall be subject to a forfeiture
of not less than $50.00 nor more than
$500.00 for each violation, together with
the costs of prosecution, except if the
penalty expressly provided for a first violation of the ordinance exceeds $500.00,
then that larger penalty shall be applicable to second and subsequent violations.
Each act of violation and each day
upon which any such violation shall
continue or occur shall constitute a
separate offense. The penalty provided
by this section, unless another pen-

alty is expressly provided, shall apply

to the amendment of any Code section,
whether or not such penalty is reenacted
in the amendatory ordinance. In addition
to the penalty prescribed above, the Village may pursue other remedies such as
abatement of nuisances, injunctive relief
and revocation of licenses or permits.
Section 5. Additions or amendments
to the Code when passed in such form as
to indicate the intention of the Village to
make the same a part of the Code shall be
deemed to be incorporated in the Code,
so that reference to the Code includes
the additions and amendments.
Section 6. Ordinances adopted after
July 13, 2015, that amend or refer to or-

dinances that have been codified in the

Code shall be construed as if they amend
or refer to like provisions of the Code.
Section 7. This ordinance shall become effective Sept 15, 2015 upon adoption.
Carol A Strause, MMC, WCMC
Village Clerk-Treas.
Posted: August 17, 2015
Published: August 27 and
September 3, 2015
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2. Roll Call.
3. Reading and Approval of minutes
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4. Financial Report and Acceptance.
5. Public Comments.
a. Martin Verhagen, cable complaint
b. 949 Johnson Ave., driveway complaint
6. Eagle Scout Presentation.
7. Discussion and possible Action
re: the Anderson Farm Park progress.
8. Communication and Action of the
Dane County Board Bollig.
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14. Discussion and possible Action

re: Router and wireless access point replacement.

15. Assessors Report and Recommendation Blomstrom.
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17. Constables Report Wackett.
18. Plan Commission Report and
Recommendation Wiedenbeck.
19. Public Works and TORC Report
Ace.
20. Discussion and possible Action
re: Potential Impacts of the states 201516 Budget Bill.
21. Discussion and possible Action
re: Senior Center Van Kampen.
22. Discussion and possible Action
re: Review of Town Ordinances.
23. Discussion and possible Action
re: Employee Performance ProcessRoot.
24. Board Communications/ Future
Agenda Items.
25. Approval of payment vouchers
Arnold.
26. Clerks Report Arnold.
27. Adjournment.
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New 7-12 teachers

The Oregon School Districts new grades 7-12 educators for the 2015-16 school year are, front row, from left: Missi Hahn, Tina Halverson, Ally Hrkac, Mackenzie Fischer, Dan Steen, Lesley DeVries, Jane
Tanner, Kerri Ritsche, Katie Poch and Patti Paul; back row, from left: Teresa Nicholas, Andrea Anderson, Brian Bothwell, Kyle Loshaw, Michelle Kaebisch, Lindsay Wells, Melissa Benvenuto, Bonnie Burton and
Jim Pliner.

New K-6 teachers

The Oregon School Districts new K-6 educators for the 2015-16 school year are, front row, from left: Kelly Kluck, Rachel Daily, Abby Embry, Chris Beirne, Lesley DeVries, Mary Hermes, Kay Gustrowsky,
Anna Kolden, Molly Pauosto, Sarah Kirsop, Sarah Hughes and Elizabeth Fuller; back row, from left: Kathy Ruhde, Luci Collins, Brittany Cox, Geri Hamilton, Lynn Daguanno, Caitlyn Hiveley, Kris Onsager, Emily
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sign on bonus. Huge weekly pay, great
home time, co. excellent benefits. O/P's.
78% of line haul Plate Program+100%
FS. CDL-A 18 mo's exp. Local/regional/
OTR. Tom, 855-395-7502 x6855
DRIVERS NEEDED for growing
company; new trucks arriving.
Solo avg. 2500-3500 mpw
Team avg. 5000-6500 mpw
100% no touch freight
Repeat customers
Great pay pkg. w/bonus
Health/Dental/ Vision/HSA
401k/vacation/holiday pay
1 yr. Class A exp preferred
1-888-545-9351, ext. 13
www.doublejtransport.com (wcan)

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548 Home Improvement

A&B ENTERPRISES
Light Construction Remodeling
No job too small
608-835-7791
ALL THINGS BASEMENTY!
Basement Systems Inc. Call us for all
your basement needs! Waterproofing.
Finishing. Structural repairs. Humidity
and mold control. Free Estimates! Call
800-991-1602 (wcan)
DECK STAINING, Painting, Power
Washing: Homes, sheds, ect. Free Estimates. Green-Gro-Design 608-669-7879
DOUG'S HANDYMAN SERVICE
"Honey Do List"
Gutter cleaning and covers
No job too small
608-845-8110
HALLINAN-PAINTING
WALLPAPERING
**Great-Summer-Rates**
35 + Years Professional
Interior/Exterior
Free-Estimates
References/Insured
Arthur Hallinan
608-455-3377
RECOVER PAINTING offers all carpentry, drywall, deck restoration and all
forms of painting. Recover urges you
to join in the fight against cancer, as a
portion of every job is donated to cancer
research. Free estimates, fully insured,
over 20 years of experience. Call 608270-0440.
TOMAS PAINTING
Professional, Interior,
Exterior, Repairs.
Free Estimates. Insured.
608-873-6160
TOMAS PAINTING
Professional, Interior,
Exterior, Repairs.
Free Estimates. Insured.
608-873-6160

554 Landscaping, Lawn,

Tree & Garden Work
ARTS LAWNCARE- Mowing,
trimming, roto tilling, Garden
maintenance available.608-235-4389
MAJESTYK TREE CARE
Providing all services for 25 years.
608-222-5674
SHREDDED TOPSOIL
Shredded Garden Mix
Shredded Bark
Decorative Stone
Pick-up or Delivered
Limerock Delivery
Ag Lime Spreading
O'BRIEN TRUCKING
5995 Cty D, Oregon, WI
608-835-7255
www.obrientrucking.com

560 Professional Services

FINANCIAL VIDEOS (86) provided by
Donald Lipske, LUTCF, CLTC www.LipskeFinancialServices.com

564 Roofing
RESIDENTIAL ROOFING. 13 years
experience. Fully insured.
608-228-5282.

576 Special Services

DETECTIVE SERVICES: Missing
Persons/Vehicles, People Locator,
Homicide, Arson, etc. Joy's Private
Detective Agency, 608-712-6286 or
www.joysprivatedetectiveagency.com.

586 TV, VCR &

Electronics Repair
DISH NETWORK. Get more for less!
Starting at $19.99/mo (for 12 mos.).
PLUS Bundle & Save (fast internet for
$15 more/month) Call now 800-374-3940
(wcan)

602 Antiques & Collectibles

COLUMBUS ANTIQUE MALL
& CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
MUSEUM
"Wisconsin's Largest Antique Mall"
Enter daily 8am-4pm 78,000 SF
200 Dealers in 400 Booths
Third floor furniture, locked cases
Location: 239 Whitney St
Columbus, WI 53925
920-623-1992
www.columbusantiquemall.com

606 Articles For Sale

SWITCH&SAVE EVENT from DirecTV!
Packages starting at $19.99/mo. Free
3-months of HBO, Starz, Showtime &
Cinemax. Free Genie HD/DVR Upgrades!
2015 NFL Sunday Ticket included with
select Packages. New Customers Only.
IV Support Holdings LLC- An authorized
DirecTV Dealer. Some exclusions apply.
Call for details 800-918-1046 (wcan)

696 Wanted To Buy

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

650 Furniture
PLYMOUTH FURNITURE New Mattress
Sets from $99. All sizes in stock! 40
styles! PlymouthFurnitureWI.com 2133
Eastern Ave, Plymouth, WI 920-8926006. Open 7 days a week. (wcan)

705 Rentals
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

652 Garage Sales

1274 RACETRACK Road, Stoughton.
Mens/Ladies clothes. Double-glider.
Rocker. Pictures. Junior brand-name
clothes, etc. 8/29-30 9am-4pm.
HUGE SALE! ALL PROCEEDS GOING
TO THE V FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH! 5-piece queen bedroom set, large oak desk, furniture,
mosaic garden stones, baseball/football trading cards, antique washboards,
pictures, girls' clothing (newborn-18
months), books, homemade body balm,
AND MUCH MORE! 2756 Alice Circle,
Stoughton. 8am-2pm 8/29.
MOVING SALE! 1212 Lincoln Avenue,
Stoughton. 8/27-28 8am-5pm. 3-place
snowmobile trailer, screen tent, gun cabinet, recliner, duck decoys, miscellaneous
hardware/tools, assorted clothing.
ORPHANAGE BENEFIT
GARAGE SALE
www.nanashouse.org
HIGH-END (contemporary glasstop
dining set, Lane cedar chest, silver
serving pieces, Wedgewood); HOME
DECOR (drapes, bedding sets, sports
bedroom, lamps, artwork, accent
tables); HOME IMPROVEMENT
(32" marble vanity top, flush mount
light fixures, 2-wall cabinets);
CHRISTMAS (large tree, lights,
ornaments, decorations); BOOKS
(vintage, classics, contemporary,
how-to); ADULT clothing, shoes;
CHILDREN (highchair, stroller,
toys, shoes); FURNITURE
(refinished, reupholstered, updated);
HOUSEHOLD, HOMEMADE JAMS,
AND MORE. All clean/new/very
good condition. 1001 KEENAN LN.,
STOUGHTON. 8/27 5-7pm,
8/28 9am-7pm, 8/29 9am-5pm.

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- 2/BEDROOM, small
house, North Forrest Street. Appliances.
Basement washer/dryer. Window A/C.
Deck. Off-street parking. No pets. Suitable for 2 people. $715/month+ utilities/
security deposit. 608-225-9033 or 608873-7655.
VERONA 2 bdrm, heat incl, lease, no
pets, available now. $695/mo. 608-8456591

720 Apartments
OREGON 2BR 1BA apartments
available. On-site or in unit laundry,
patio, D/W, A/C. Off street parking,
garages available to rent.
From $740/mo. Details at
608-255-7100 or
www.stevebrownapts.com/oregon
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

750 Storage Spaces For Rent

666 Medical & Health Supplies

ALL SEASONS SELF STORAGE

10X10 10X15 10X20 10X30
Security Lights-24/7 access
BRAND NEW
OREGON/BROOKLYN
Credit Cards Accepted
CALL (608)444-2900

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.
Bathroom falls can be fatal. Approved by
Arthritis Foundation. Therapeutic Jets.
Less than 4 inch step-in. Wide door.
Anti-slip floors. American made. Installation included. Call 800-940-3411 for
$750 off. (wcan)

672 Pets
GOT AN older car, boat or RV?
Do the humane thing. Donate it to the
Humane Society. Call 800-990-7816
(wcan)

676 Plants & Flowers

3'-12' EVERGREEN & Shade Trees.
Pick Up or Delivery! Planting available!
Detlor Tree Farms
715-335-4444 (wcan)

688 Sporting Goods

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

DEER POINT STORAGE

Convenient location behind
Stoughton Lumber.
Clean-Dry Units
24 HOUR LIGHTED ACCESS
5x10 thru 12x25
608-335-3337

830 Resort Property For Sale

FRENCHTOWN
SELF-STORAGE
Only 6 miles South of
Verona on Hwy PB.
Variety of sizes available now.
10x10=$60/month
10x15=$70/month
10x20=$80/month
10x25=$90/month
12x30=$115/month
Call 608-424-6530 or
1-888-878-4244

970 Horses

CRANDON WI: For sale by owner:

40 acres wooded high land. Excellent
hunting & buildable. $69,900. More land
available. Financing available. 715-4782085 (wcan)
CENTRAL WI Horse Sale. Clark County
Fairgrounds. Sept 16-19. Horses, tack
& equipment. Neillsville, WI. www.centralwihorsesale.net, 715-238-8088. R.
Reinbeck #594 (wcan)
HORSE TRAILER for sale. 2008 Hawk
trailer w/dressing room/tack, excellent
shape, trailer used 4X since purchased.
$7,000. 608-935-2313.

WALMERS TACK SHOP

16379 W. Milbrandt Road
Evansville, WI
608-882-5725

980 Machinery & Tools

FOR SALE: 8' steel sheep-feeder, $90.
Wool shears, $45. 3 Rabbit hutches,
$5-each. 3-point log-splitter, $140. 2
steel gates $90-each. 40 5-ft steel fence
posts, $2-each. 608-333-5798.

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
THEY SAY people dont read those little
ads, but YOU read this one, didnt you?
Call now to place your ad, 873-6671 or
835-6677.

NORTH PARK STORAGE

10x10 through 10x40, plus
14x40 with 14' door for
RV & Boats.
Come & go as you please.
608-873-5088
OREGON SELF-STORAGE
10x10 through 10x25
month to month lease
Call Karen Everson at
608-835-7031 or
Veronica Matt at 608-291-0316
RASCHEIN PROPERTY
STORAGE
6x10 thru 10x25
Market Street/Burr Oak Street
in Oregon
Call 608-206-2347

VILLAGE OF BROOKLYN DEPUTY

CLERK-TREASURER EMPLOYMENT
ANNOUNCEMENT

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
DANE COUNTYS MARKETPLACE.
The Oregon Observer Classifieds. Call
873-6671 or 835-6677.

Manager Wanted!
Sienna Crest is currently seeking a

Manager

to oversee its 24-bed CBRF in Oregon.

Manager is responsible for the day-to-day oversight and operations, including but not limited to, resident assessments
and care planning, providing family support, marketing and
community relations, and staff hiring and management.
Candidate must have a proven track record in the management of a State licensed CBRF or similar health care environment and experience with staff supervision. Benefits include
generous bonus potential, health insurance, and other voluntary benefits. Compensation based on industry standards
and experience.
If interested, please submit a cover letter and rsum to
Libbie Reese, H.R. Manager,
at PO Box 45, Oregon, WI 53575,
or lreese@siennacrest.com.

THEY SAY people dont read those little

ads, but YOU read this one, didnt you?
Call now to place your ad, 873-6671 or
835-6677.

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QUALITY CHILDCARE available by loving provider w/ 30+ years experience.

Healthy meals/snacks, small group, lots
of fun/educational activities. Reasonable
rates. For more information, call 608873-1926 or 608-719-9686

BEST BEEF Jerky in the USA!

$10 off the Original Beef Jerky Sampler.
FREE shipping. Great Gift Idea! Call
Bulk Beef Jerky.
800-224-8852 (wcan)

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

Oregon Observer

Equal Opportunity Employer

SUMMARY: The Village of Brooklyn, located in Dane and Green Counties, is seeking to fill the position of Deputy Clerk-Treasurer. This position
is full-time and responsible for performing a variety of administrative
and clerical duties in a small office setting. Under the direction of the
Village Clerk/Treasurer, the deputy responsibilities include utility
billing, payroll and assists with elections, accounts payable, cash
receipts and disbursements, meeting packets and minutes, website
management, tax collections, licensing, newsletters, and other duties
of government. This position will serve as a backup for the Village
Clerk/Treasurer as needed.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Completion of high school (or G.E.D.), supplemented by college/
technical courses, practices or equivalent combination of related
education, training or work experience which provides thorough
knowledge of accounting methods and the required knowledge, skills
and ability to perform the duties of this position. Individual must be
detail oriented, demonstrate core administrative skills and have a
working knowledge of office practices, the ability to keep clear and
concise records, and to interpret and apply ordinances, rules, and
regulations. Experience in Workhorse Accounting Software is
considered a plus. Good customer relations is essential.
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:
Wages are based on qualifications and experience. The Village of
Brooklyn offers a benefit package including participation in the
Wisconsin Retirement System, health insurance, life insurance, shortterm disability, holidays and vacation. Pre-employment drug screening
is required.
TO APPLY: Send letter of interest, resume, and application by mail to
be received no later than Sept. 11, 2015 at 4:30pm to:
Village of Brooklyn, P.O. Box 189
210 Commercial St., Brooklyn, WI 53521
Or by email: clerk@brooklynwi.gov
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Application and complete job
description are posted to the Villages website at www.brooklynwi.gov
under the employment tab. For further information, contact Village
Clerk/Treasurer Carol Strause, Phone: (608) 455-4201, Fax: (608) 4551385.
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Call:
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Apply in Person: 5501 Femrite Drive Madison, WI

NOW HIRING

Permanent Part-time and Full-time First Shift

Positions - Monday thru Friday. Must be 18 or older.
Machine Operator

Responsible individual to set up and operate machines to produce metal parts. Ability to read blueprints, routings,
production tickets and tape measure. Prior experience with metal fabrication and familiarity w/CNC and brake presses
is desired but not required. Moderate to heavy lifting, ability to stand 8 hrs/day and daily attendance required. $11.43/
hr until probationary period is completed, then regular increases every 6 months in the first 2 years of employment.

Assembler B

Cooks
Resident Caregivers/CNAs

Ability to read routings, production tickets and tape measure. Moderate to heavy lifting, ability to stand 8 hrs/
day and daily attendance required. Must be a self-motivated team player. $11.43/hr until after probationary
period is completed, then regular increases every 6 months in the first two years of employment.

Now hiring cooks & caregivers for a variety of shifts at our

lovely west side location. We offer competitive wages, shift
& weekend differentials, as well as health, dental & PTO to
eligible staff. Paid CBRF training provided.

Operate power saw and read tape measure. Able to read, write, understand shippers and UPS shipping.
Heavy lifting and daily attendance required. $11.70/hr until probationary period is completed, then
regular increases every 6 months in the first 2 years of employment.

Shipping Clerk (2)

to download
an application:

allsaintsneighborhood.org

8210 Highview Drive - Madison

to request an
application:

608.243.8800

All positions require training on fork truck and walkie stacker. Benefits include: Health insurance, life
insurance, disability insurance, vacation, paid holidays, pension plan and 401k plan.
Pre-employment drug screening and background check required.

Mail or Email resum to:

Carnes Company P.O. Box 930040, Verona, WI 53593
hr@carnes.com

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508 Child Care & Nurseries

648 Food & Drink

DIRECTV'S BIG DEAL special. Only

$19.99 per month. Free premium channels HBO, Starz, Cinemax and Showtime
for 3 months & FREE receiver upgrade!
NFL 2014 Season included. Call now!
800-320-2429 (wcan)

801 Office Space For Rent

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

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OFFICE CLEANING in Stoughton

Mon-Fri 4 hours/night. Visit our website:
www.capitalcityclean.com or call our
office: 608-831-8850

SEASONED SPLIT OAK,

Hardwood. Volume discount. Will
deliver. 608-609-1181

692 Electronics

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452 General

646 Fireplaces,
Furnaces/Wood, Fuel

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TRUCK DRIVER - Merchandiser need to

deliver to grocery stores. Grocery store
experience helpful. No CDL needed but a
good driving record is a must. Call Darrell
@ L&LFoods 608-514-4148.

August 27, 2015

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Handbook: Incoming kindergarten classes nearly full
Continued from page 1
the Observer Tuesday. We
believe the school board
heard our concerns about just
cause for termination so we
can continue to refine a process that is fair to all parties,
and all parties hope is never
needed.
A point of discussion
Monday was the administrations request to reinstate a
two-year probationary period
for new employees.
It is very fair to ask to
ensure that if a termination
is pursued, the employee in
question has a firm understanding of the administrations evidence and the
time to prepare a reasonable
defense before the school
board makes a decision on
termination, Leider wrote.
We hope that the revised
employee handbook policy
reflects the spirit of the conversation.
School board president
Dan Krause said hes very
happy with our progress with
improving relations with the
OEA.
I think were really on the
same page and working more
as a team or as partners than
a couple years ago, he said.
Krause said hed like to
conduct similar meetings with
the OEA probably every
quarter to keep discussions
and relations moving forward
in a positive way.
Theyve got a certain
number of concerns, but they
dont want to overload us all
at once, so maybe next time
well talk insurance contracts

We believe the school board heard our

concerns about just cause for termination
so we can continue to refine a process that
is fair to all parties, and all parties hope is
never needed.
Tracey Leider,
OEA president
we kind of let them dictate the agenda for these
things, Krause said.
Board member Gwen Maitzen, a former district teacher, also lauded the cooperation at the meeting, and
recent dealings between district officials and the OEA.
Its a new tradition thats
going to be started, and I think
thats excellent, she told the
Observer Tuesday. (The
meeting) was well-done. I
think the OEA brought to the
table some good ideas and we
listened and we will consider
them and I think the handbook is going to be a collaborative process, as it always
should have been.
Leider said the OEA
would like to discuss class
size, teacher prep time, personalized learning initiatives
and release time for teachers
in future meetings with the
school board. She said during the OEAs recent summer work surrounding health
insurance options, the group
has been very satisfied that
the district is eager to seek
its ideas and guidance that
will lead to a decision that is
fiscally sound and providing
the best insurance options for

all stakeholders.
The visioning conference
reinforced our ideals to work
toward our common goals
as a district, Leider wrote.
The OEA looks forward to
continual engagement with
the community at large, OSD
administration, and school
board on many topics over
the course of this upcoming
school year.

Growing district
District administrator Brian Busler said this
years kindergarten enrollment is close to 300 students, up from the 240-270
range the past few years.
He said the district added
one kindergarten position
already for the new school
year, and if there is a significant increase in kindergarten enrollment in the
next few days, the district
might need to add another
to keep class sizes down.
Our kindergarten classes
are full or near full for next
school year, Busler wrote
in an email to the Observer
Tuesday.

Staffing changes
The board approved five

new hires in the district at

Monday nights meeting
new kindergarten and second-grade teaching positions
due to growing enrollment,
and three others to fill vacancies left from retirements or
resignations.
Kathryn Ruhde, 1.0 fulltime second-grade position at
Netherwood Knoll Elementary School. According to a
short biography in Mondays
packet, she has more than
20 years experience teaching elementary school, and
comes from the Holcomb
School District.
Caitlyn Cox, 1.0 fulltime position for the PBIS
(Positive Behavior Intervention and Support) position at
Oregon Middle School. She
had previously been a FACE
(Family and Consumer Education) teacher at OMS.
Abigail Embry, 1.0 fulltime fourth-grade position at
NKE. Her biography states
she had been an elementary
school teacher in Iowa.
Lynn Daguanno, 1.0 fulltime special education interim position at Rome Corners
Intermediate School. Her
bio said she has a degree in
special education from Western Illinois University and
has been a special education
paraprofessional in the district for the past five years.
Lucia Collins, 1.0 fulltime reading/specials teacher
at NKE. Her bio said she has
14 years experience teaching elementary students,
including remedial reading
teaching and has been a substitute teacher in the district.

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Pettit: Served as president

of police chiefs group
Continued from page 1
including a stint as president of the Wisconsin
Police Chiefs Association.
He led a charge in 2012 on
the groups behalf to reduce
the effects of gun violence
by expanding background
checks to private gun sales.
His service in this area
was lauded in a proclamation
made by Rep. Chris Taylor
(D-76), which Pettits widow
read to the Observer on Monday. Pettit was also a key part
of establishing the Wisconsin
Police Leadership Foundation in 1994, according to the
proclamation.
Until his retirement, his
29 years as the departments
chief was the longest among
any in the state. But his
career had a sudden, ignominious finish.
He took medical leave
in May 2014 for what his
widow, Marilyn, said was to
undergo further surgeries to
treat stage 4 gastric cancer.
At the same time, the village
announced he was under
investigation by both the
village and the state Department of Justice for irregularities over the past several
years, some of which eventually led to felony charges.
Marilyn Pettit told the
Observer on Monday that
Pettit retired shortly after
doctors told him he had
one to two years to live.
Tuesday, she said, was the
two-year anniversary of his
diagnosis.

Its been extremely difficult, Marilyn said.

Village president Steve
Staton, who has served as
Village president since 2007,
declined to comment on Pettits passing prior to Monday nights board meeting.
Last year, after the villages
investigation concluded, he
said Pettit betrayed the
Village Boards trust.
The investigation, which
started after the village
learned of the states probe,
determined Pettit had allowed
and participated in unauthorized off-duty security work
at a local sports club that was
handled in cash and using
police uniforms. It also said
he hid reports of violations
involving the sports club
from the board.
Pettit maintained his innocence after the investigation,
as well as the state charges
that later stemmed from it,
calling the effort one-sided
and speculative.
According to his obituary, Pettit was also a lover
of military history, including
the World War II, Vietnam
War and Civil War eras. He
is described as being instrumental in the development
of one of the regions largest Civil War reenactment
groups.
The former chief requested no service be conducted
for his passing, a move his
widow said was done for
his familys sake.
For my sake, she added.

presents our 7th Annual

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Expo 9am-Noon Lunch & Entertainment to follow

Stoughton Wellness and Athletic Center
2300 US Highway 51-138 Stoughton, WI

Does your business serve the senior community? Booth reservations now being accepted.

2015 Senior Expo Sponsors

Skaalen
Retirement
Services

Current 2015 Senior Expo Exhibitors

Catholic Charities Adult Day Center, Champion Windows & Sun Rooms of Madison, Dane County SOS Senior Council, Greenspire Apartments, Miracle Ear,
Rosewood Apartments, Sienna Crest, Stoughton Hospital, WPS Health Insurance and Zounds Hearing.

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