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Lightning Strike Sets House Ablaze By Michelle Phillips

Times-Tribune
MIDDLETON–An afternoon lightning
strike set a home on fire in the town of
Middleton on Oct. 30. Middleton Fire Dis-
trict Battalion Chief Brad Subera said the
department was paged to Ellsworth Way at
around 2 p.m. for a structure fire.
Subera said the family was home at the
time, saw a flash and heard a loud noise as
the lightning hit the home. Everyone in the
home made it out safely, as did their pets.
“We could see the column of smoke
when we were on the Beltline,” Subera
said. “When we got there, there was smoke
coming from the eave and fire coming
from the roof.”
The fire caused extensive damage to
the home. “It spread through the attic
space and garage. It was mostly in the
upper floors and the garage was totally en-
gulfed,” Subera stated.
Middleton called for backup and Ve-
rona, Cross Plains and Waunakee re-
sponded. “Sauk City came to man our
station,” Subera added.
He said the fire took about an hour and
a half to control and crews began looking
for hot spots.
Subera said there were no injuries dur-
ing the incident.
Photo Middleton Fire District

Board Mum on Administrator, Deputy Treasurer Resignations

By Kevin Murphy
Times-Tribune
MIDDLETON–Town of
Middleton board supervisors
Monday accepted the resigna-
tion of long-time Town Admin-
istrator/Treasurer David Shaw
and Deputy Treasurer Patty
Keichinger.
The announcement came after
the board met in closed session
and reconvened in open session
to unanimously vote acceptance
without mentioning either ex-
employee by name, thanking or
commenting on their service to
the town.
Asked if Shaw and Keich-
inger had resigned to take jobs
elsewhere, all Town Chair Cyn-
thia Richson would say is “We
don’t comment on personnel
matters.”
Shaw and Keichinger sub-
mitted letters of resignation but
Richson said they would not be
released without an Open Re-
cords request.
Shaw was hired as town ad-
ministrator/clerk/treasurer in
2006 after serving as a board
supervisor for at least one term.
Keichinger began as a part-
time clerk more recently and
promoted to deputy treasurer
this year in an effort to split the
clerk and treasurer’s duties be-
tween two persons to provide
more checks and balances in
the administering the town’s
finances, Richson said.
The board has been evaluat-
ing Shaw’s and Keichinger’s
job performance this month.
The board meet in a special
closed session Oct. 9 to con-
fer with Shaw regarding his
employment and review his
performance evaluation. The
board met in closed session
before their regular meeting on
Oct. 15 to again consider and
“take potential action regarding
performance evaluation data”
of Shaw and Keichinger.
Afterward, there was no an-
nouncement about the future
of the two employees. The
minutes of the meetings were
approved Monday but haven’t
yet been posted to the town’s
website.
Asked last week when the
minutes would be ready, Rich-
son only said that office staff
“has been pretty busy with
early voting.’’
Efforts to contact Shaw and
Keichinger Tuesday were un-
successful.
The board voted to hire
Robin Meier as interim Town
Administrator/Treasurer. Meier,
a certified public accountant,
was hired as part-time financial
consultant by the board earlier
this year. She has convinced the
board to upgrade its account-
ing software and said Monday
that the town needs “to get its
finances in order.”
The search for a new Town
Administrator/Treasurer will
begin this week. The position
will pay between $65,000 and
$85,000 annually. Asked what
Shaw and Keichinger were
paid, Richson said an Open Re-
cords request would have to be
filed.
The town will hire a tem-
porary receptionist while it
deals with the loss of Shaw and
Keichinger.
During Monday night’s
board meeting, supervisors
made more comments than
usual about the town’s finances.
Board Supervisor Brent Ren-
teria mentioned “budget con-
straints.”
Another supervisor said the
budget will be in deficit next
year and Supervisor Rich-
ard Oberle asked and found
out that there wasn’t enough
money budgeted to hire Shaw’s
replacement without passing a
budget amendment.
The town doesn’t have finan-
cial issues, Richson said, noting
that the $7.64 million fund bal-
ances and cash reserves are suf-
ficient to pay months of bills.
“We’re making a conscious
effort this year to use cash
reserves as opposed to bor-
rowing. There won’t be major
road construction projects next
year,” she said, which, in prior
years, were financed by bor-
rowing.
The board is more fiscally
conservative now and is “trying
See Resignations, page 6

Plan Commission Reviews Proposals for City Owned Site on Parmenter St.
By Cameron Bren
Times-Tribune
MIDDLETON– Middleton
developers Jacob Klein and
Terrance Wall presented their
competing proposals to the
city’s plan commission on Oct.
23 to redevelop land parcels
on Clark St. west of the Clark
Street Community School,
purchased by the city in April.
Klein’s proposal includes af-
fordable housing units while
Wall’s would add owner-oc-
cupied townhomes or luxury
apartments.
The city first considered
purchasing the land in partner-
ship with the school district for
a new school facility, however
the district opted to pursue
expanding on-site or on land
already owned as proposed in
the referendum on the Nov. 6
ballot.
City officials continued con-
sideration of purchasing the
land to redevelop it for a better
use and entered negotiations
with the landowners. After
several months of closed ses-
sion meetings, the Middleton
Common Council approved
the purchase of the properties
at Clark and Parmenter Streets,
north of Lee St. for a total cost
of $2.63 million with a plan to
make a request for proposals
(RFP) from local developers
to redevelop the 1.97 acre site
for its best use.
Director of community de-
velopment Abby Attoun said
she reached out to numerous
local developers, but Klein
and Wall were the only ones to
take an interest and respond to
the RFP.
Plan commission member
Kurt Paulsen clarified before
the developer presentations
that the proposals were strictly
conceptual at this point.
Klein introduced his pro-
posal called Greenway Cross
which includes 106 units of
one, two and three bedrooms
with approximately 20 percent
of the units set aside for resi-
dents with disabilities or vet-
erans who require supportive
services and whose incomes
are 30 percent of the area me-
dian income (AMI). About 25
percent of the units would be
market rate without income re-
strictions and the remaining 55
percent would be reserved for
individuals and families earn-
ing no more than 60 percent of
the AMI.
Klein has focused on work-
force housing developments in
Middleton including Meadow
Ridge on Lisa Lane a 95 unit
with workforce housing units,
Oak Ridge an 83-unit senior
housing building to the west
and under construction is a 46-
unit with workforce housing
units across from the Stamm
House.
He said in 2016 his company
was listed as one of the top 50
affordable housing developers
by volume in the country.
Klein said he felt he and his
team took the proposal beyond
conceptual by providing de-
tailed financials and site plans.
Joe Porter from Common
Ground Landscape Design
and Randy Bruce from Knothe
Bruce Architects worked with
Klein on the proposal.
Porter said in his 15 years
of experience it is very rare to
have public right-of-way inte-
grated into a site plan. He said
they would take advantage of
it and make a walkable green
space with some sort of center
fixture like a sculpture. The
space would also double as a
storm water runoff system.
Bruce said the exterior
would be mostly masonry and
concrete with metal accents.
He said the architecture is a
nod to Parmenter Center across
the street. He said he thought it
would look nice to have some-
thing across the creek that
looked similar but that he was
open to making changes based
on input.
Paulsen said he liked the
layout of the site but would
like to see more landscaping
along Clark St. rather than
being entirely parking. Mayor
Brar also said he liked the
landscape design idea.
Plan Commission Wayne
Pferdehirt asked if the walk-
able green space would serve
as a storm water runoff for the
entire site plus some additional
capacity. Klein said that was
the plan and he was confident
he could make it work. Pferde-
hirt asked how what impacts
the finials of the project.
See Proposals, page 6
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Informational Meetings Planned for Farmers Affected by Proposed ATC Line

MADISON–Farmers whose American Transmission Co.,
land may be affected by the ITC Midwest and Dairyland
proposed Cardinal-Hickory Power Cooperative, have ap-
Creek power line can attend plied to the Wisconsin Public
one of three meetings sched- Service Commission to build a
uled in November, in which new substation and an electric
they will be able to talk with transmission line from Middle-
staff from the Wisconsin De- ton in Dane County to Dubuque
partment of Agriculture, Trade County, IA. Whether or not the
and Consumer Protection project will be built and the
(DATCP) who are preparing an route for the 345-kilovolt line
agricultural impact statement. will be determined by the Wis-
Holiday
consin Public Service Commis-
sion. Staff from the commission
and DNR will also be at these
meetings for questions and
comments.
Identical sessions will be
held at 2 and 6 p.m. at:
Dodgeville–Nov. 8, Dodger
Bowl Lanes-Banquet Center,
318 King St.
Middleton–Nov. 12, Madison
Marriott West-Salon A, 1313
John Q. Hammons Drive
Lancaster–Nov. 14, Grant
County Fairgrounds-Youth and
Agriculture Center Auditorium,
916 E. Elm St.
DATCP’s agricultural im-
pact statement will analyze the
economic and operations im-
pact the project may have on
individual farms, identify the
acreage lost or affected, and
convey landowner concerns.
It will recommend ways to re-
duce the impact on farms, and
it can be useful in negotiations
between landowners and the
power companies. DATCP staff
want to hear farmers’ concerns.
DATCP staff will be able to
map and review the potential
impacts to each landowner.
A DATCP questionnaire has
been mailed to agricultural
property owners who may have
three or more acres acquired
as easements for the project.
Farmers may submit their
questionnaire at these scoping
meetings, ask questions, and
submit additional comments to
DATCP. Staff will also be able
to answer questions about the
possible effects and the process
of land or easement acquisition.
Wisconsin law requires an
agricultural impact statement
for public projects where con-
demnation may be involved
and at least five acres of farm
land from one owner will be af-
fected, either through purchase
or easements.
For more information, contact
Marilyn Weiss, (608) 224-4650
or Marilyn.weiss@wisconsin.
gov.

Craft Kids Donate Piggy Banks to K9 Officer

Fair The Middleton Police De-
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donations to establish the
Fri., November 2nd Sat., November 3rd department’s first K9 Of-
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The Middleton Senior Center families to participate in
7448 Hubbard Avenue • 831-2373 the effort. Prior to trick or
treating Oct. 26, Middleton
Large variety of handmade
Alder Susan West and her
items crafted by local artisans grandchildren Avery and
Quilts, jewelry, baskets, James stopped by to do-
shawls, baby items, nate their piggy banks full
of chore earnings. Together
winter accessories, they raised $14.64 for the
table runners, photographs, program. You can donate at
holiday décor, notecards, middletonpd.com or email
potato and popcorn bags. Officer Howard Statz at
hstatz@ci.middleton.wi.us
Pictured with the boys are
Foulke, Officer David Kas-
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Fire Department Encourages Area
Residents to Test Smoke Detectors
MIDDLETON–As daylight
savings time ends on Nov. 4,
the Middleton Fire District
wants to remind residents to
make another change that could
save their lives–changing the
batteries in their smoke alarms
and carbon monoxide detectors.
Communities nationwide
witness tragic home fire deaths
each year. Non-working smoke
alarms rob residents of the pro-
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devices were designed to pro-
vide. The most commonly cited
cause of non-working smoke
alarms: worn or missing bat-
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Changing smoke alarm bat-
teries at least twice per year is
one of the simplest, most ef-
fective ways to reduce these
tragic deaths and injuries. In
fact, working smoke alarms
cut the risk of dying in a house
fire nearly in half. Additionally,
the International Association
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Dane County leaders from
business, government and the
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planning this fall. Dane County
residents can take a 10-minute
online survey to share their
views on how the region should
grow and develop.
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public and private decisions
about how the region grows.
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MICHELLE’S
since we bought it 10 years ago.
I pleaded with him to try to fix
it as I was making one of my
Opinion
to crawl through the cramped he tried to jump it, nothing, but on. He let go, they went off.
space to get out the passenger once he connected the cable to “Yep, it looks like it’s the
side door. metal, bam, it started right up. ground wire,” he said. “You

Musings
BY MICHELLE PHILLIPS
Ground Wire
As we approach next week’s
election, I am reminded of my
car’s age. It is 18 years old, and
technically old enough to vote.
Though I would like to think
that my Mazda Miata could
register, voter ID laws will pre-
vent it from choosing lawmak-
ers.
My husband, Matt, and I
have made the decision to
drive the poor, old thing into
the ground, but are committed
to keeping it running as long as
possible. Recently, it had a se-
ries of issues that needed to be
addressed that came to a grand
total of around $1,000. Much
less than buying a new car,
but at what point is it going to
nickel and dime us.
First, the brakes needed
fixed, then it was a seal on the
engine and finally a new wheel
bearing. When I picked it up
from the wheel bearing sur-
gery, I got in it and the speed-
ometer would not work. I drove
it back to my mechanic, Wes,
who has worked on the Miata
many journeys to Wisconsin
from Iowa. “I will get a ticket,
Wes, I can’t drive it like this,”
I begged.
So Wes dutifully got under
the car and called me to the pit a
couple of minutes later to show
me that the cable running from
the transmission to the speed-
ometer has frayed. Wes said
he would splice the wire, reat-
tached it and I could be on my
way. Whew, disaster averted.
All was well until a couple
of weeks ago when I went to
cover Gilda’s Run, I was hav-
ing issues with the locks that
morning, and when I got to
the event, I decided to lock it
from the inside to see if they
were going to work. That was a
mistake. I could no longer open
the driver’s side door and had
I was able to open it from the
outside with the key. “Okay,” I
thought, “I just won’t lock the
doors.” Problem solved.
Tuesday, I went out to the
county’s anaerobic digester for
the groundbreaking of a nutri-
ent concentration system on
Schneider Rd. just north of the
Middleton airport. I stopped
for gas on Parmenter and saw
a sign for slices and a soda for
$6 at Red’s so I got gas, parked
in a space and went in for some
pizza pie.
Much to my surprise when
I returned, my car would not
start. In fact, it wouldn’t do
anything. There was no power
whatsoever, not even the buzz
of the car door when the cars
are left in the ignition. I called
a tow truck to get a jump. When
He told me he thought was the
ground wire to the battery, but
to get the battery checked.
In between all of these
events, I was calling Matt who
was blindly trying to trouble
shoot the issue from Iowa.
“Check the battery,” he said. “I
doubt that’s the problem but put
a voltage meter on it.”
“Um okay, I just happen to
have a voltage meter in my
purse,” I sarcastically replied.
Once the car was jumped, I
hurried over to Interstate Bat-
tery where we had purchased
the car battery, and as soon as
I turned it off, it wouldn’t start.
The guy checked the battery
and said it had a full charge–
it was only a little over a year
old. Then when he touched the
ground wire, my light s came
should be able to get to where
you need to go. Just don’t turn
it off.”
I hopped in the driver’s seat
and went straight to the garage
where I was informed that it
would probably be a fast and
inexpensive job because “it
sounds like the ground wire.”
Huh, I think I mentioned that
on the phone.
“We won’t be able to get to
it until Wednesday or Thursday
to look at it,” the girl behind
the counter told me. So I left it
with the mechanic and set out
to walk home. Just as I reached
the door, I heard a loud clap of
thunder and it began to pour.
Well, I thought, at least it’s
only the ground wire, pulled
up my collar made the wet trek
home.

Letters
Pheasant Branch Support Appreciated
Dear Middleton Times Tribune Editor,
A storm has revealed tremendous support for Pheasant Branch.
The Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy have seen an out-
pouring of community support since damage to the Creek corridor
on August 20-21, 2018.
And we are delighted to acknowledge the financial support from
the business community for our “Give More to Restore” campaign.
The Friends have held two fundraisers in the past two weeks.
These were supported by our members, and by the business spon-
sors and foundations.
• On Oct. 12 Dan Erdman of the Prairie Café and Bakery hosted
a lively social evening with many members of Friends attending.
The ArtesianS provided the entertainment, and the city reported on
damage and progress.
• At two months after the event, the Capital Brewery and Bier Gar-
den hosted an afternoon of music and fun at the Brewery on Oct.
20. In the snow and cold it is true that some chose to drink beer,
but the brats, pretzels and apple tacos were also popular. Musical
entertainment was by The Jimmys and by the Madtown Mannish
Boys. Many thanks go to Cyndi Pisani, the event coordinator for
the Capital Brewery who encouraged business sponsors and coor-
dinated the event.
Individual donors were also generous since the storm, both on-
line and during attendance at these events.
Our hearts are warmed by the comments from members of the
Middleton community. They love and support the Conservancy and
want to see it restored. The Friends will be working closely with
the City of Middleton and Dane County to ensure that funds are
used for informed and sustainable restoration practices.
Sincerely, Lloyd Eagan, President, Friends of Pheasant Branch
Conservancy   To realize the full potential of the district, we must tackle sig-
Godlewski Would Protect Taxpayers
To the Editor:
Imagine a very large corporation, one with a $76 billion budget,
that doesn’t have a comptroller or treasurer. Well, that is what we
almost had in the State of Wisconsin. We were within a whisker
of not having a Treasurer’s office. Fortunately for the people of
Wisconsin, we voted in April of this year to keep the Office of the
Treasurer by a margin of 62 percent to 38 percent.
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Sarah Godlewski helped create the coalition that saved the posi-
tion of Treasurer, and she is now ready to be an active, engaged
State Treasurer for the taxpayers of Wisconsin. This is no small
matter. Her opponent wants to disband the office.
Sarah Godlewski has made a clear commitment to:
• Protect taxpayers by actually being the State’s chief banker to
keep track of the books
• Wisely invest the $1.2 billion in Trust Fund accounts that the
office manages
• Advocate for taxpayers by watching for fraud, abuse, and poor
funds management.
Some of Wisconsin’s biggest policy controversies such as our
poor highway conditions, the FoxConn corporate subsidy, prison
expansion, and limited public education support while expanding
voucher schools have one common theme: BIG money! In the case
of FoxConn, we are talking about a $3 billion subsidy or between
$219,000 to $587,000 per new job created.
I want a State Treasurer willing to step up and show aggressive
leadership no matter who is at the top. Sarah Godlewski is fully
committed to a reinvigorated State Treasurer position and that is
why I am voting for her. I urge you to do the same.
Ron Biendseil, Middleton
Elm Lawn Parents Voting “Yes”
Dear Editor:
As parents of Elm Lawn students, we’re writing in support of
the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District referendum on
the Nov. 6 ballot.
We believe that our district has it all: dedicated teachers, strong
academics as well as robust athletics and co-curricular programs.
These factors have made MCPASD a destination district, yet our
schools have the potential to be even stronger.
nificant challenges: soaring enrollment, aging facilities, an achieve-
ment gap, and retention of talented teachers and staff. Dealing with
these issues will require the community to invest in the future of
our schools.
To do this, we ask you to join us in voting yes–twice–on Nov.
6. Let’s build on the strong momentum the district has going and
position our already amazing district for ever greater success.
Thank you.
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Community Benefits from Education
Dear Editor:
I write solely as a community member in support of the
MCPASD referendum. I could write about the crisis our district
faces over space and aging facilities. I could write about how a suc-
cessful referendum would improve both home values and educa-
tion. I could also write about how, after passage, our communities’
mill rates would still be among the lowest in Dane County.
But those topics have already been covered well by others, so I
write to emphasize something else. We should vote “Yes” because
that is who we are. The schools in the district are not some of the
best in the state by accident. We in the district know what is impor-
tant for the future of the Middleton-Cross Plains area, the state and
the country: great, cutting-edge education for the leaders, artists,
workers and entrepreneurs of tomorrow.
The communities in the district have always looked forward,
with deserved pride over how we have made our home and our na-
tion a better place. We should again act in that tradition. The new
and improved schools on the referendum will enable our district
to take a positive step forward, not just for the kids but for us all.
Vote “yes, yes” on November 4!
Paul Kinne, Middleton
Referendum a Good Deal
Letter to the Editor:
I recently set out to try to figure out whether the proposed
MCPSD referendum to expand the Middleton High School and
add a new elementary school is a good deal for taxpayers. I address
the problem from a business professor’s point of view. What does
the data say, and what makes sense from a business standpoint?
As I describe below, the evidence suggests that this is a fiscally
responsible proposal.
No one likes paying higher taxes, but in cases like this the higher
taxes are an investment in our community. The demographic infor-
mation provided by the district clearly supports a need for more
space to accommodate Middleton and Cross Plains’ continued
growth. While growth has its challenges, you don’t have to look
far to find stories about what happens to communities
who are not growing.
The main question I had was whether $138.9 million is a good
deal. The heart of the proposal is to expand the high school to ac-
commodate 3,000 students, and to add a new elementary school
that hold 525. Two of our arch rivals (my son plays football for
Middleton), or more correctly our sister communities, Sun Prai-
rie and Verona have recently engaged in comparable projects. Sun
Prairie just completed two elementary schools at a cost of $90 mil-
lion and Verona is currently building a 2,200-student high school
for $165 million.
I compared the cost of our sister cities schools to our proposal.
The proposed elementary school is budgeted at $33.8 million. It
is targeted to hold 525 students compared to 650 at the Sun Prai-
rie schools. By just multiplying the capacity ratio of the schools
by the $45 million cost of the Sun Prairie school, the estimated
comparable Middleton school should cost $36.4 million. Based on
information from MCPSD the cost of the new elementary school
is only $33.8 million.
It is a little harder to compare a new Verona High school to ex-
panding MHS. I first estimated a new MHS with capacity for 3,000
students would cost $225 million based on the cost per student of
the new Verona school. As an alternative, I estimated the Verona
cost per student and multiplied it by the 1,000-student increase at
MHS to arrive at an estimate of $75 million. Neither comparison is
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2018 TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 5
Charles R. “Chuck” Nachreiner
MIDDLETON/SAUK CITY–Charles R. “Chuck” Nachreiner,
passed away peacefully at home on Oct. 24, 2018 after a long and
courageous battle with cancer. He was born on May 16, 1948, the
eldest son of Wallace and Ellen
Nachreiner (Brickl). He grew up
in Sauk City and graduated from
Sauk Prairie High School.
He was a veteran of the U.S.
Armed Forces and was stationed
in Germany during his time of
service. Chuck was an avid
outdoorsman who spent many
happy hours enjoying nature
and pursuing his true passion,
hunting whitetail deer. Chuck
worked for Oscar Mayer in
Madison for many years and later was employed by Springs Win-
dow Fashions in Middleton, until his retirement.
Chuck was the eldest of six children and is survived by Eileen
Campbell, his life partner for over 30 years; his loving mother,
Ellen Jerrett (Brickl); daughter, Raya Nachreiner; siblings, Sha-
ron Brickl, June (Bill) Ganser, David (Tone) Nachreiner, James
Nachreiner, and Mark (Jane) Nachreiner; nieces, Jaqui (Bob) Gan-
ser and Amelia Nachreiner; nephews, Aaron Ganser and Daniel
Nachreiner; stepchildren, Lisa (Chris McClain) Kloppedal, Deb-
bie (Doug) Neath, and Dale Campbell; five grandchildren, Tay-
lor Nachreiner, Cory (Bri) Kloppedal, Kyle Kloppedal, Kayle
Kloppedal, Tanya Neath, and Heather Neath; six great grandchil-
dren, Camron, Trevin, Caden, Robbie, Azaria, and Alainna.
He was preceded in death by his father, Wallace Nachreiner.
A burial service will be held at Sunset Memory Gardens, 7302
Mineral Point Rd. at 1 p.m. on Nov. 3, 2018 with military honors.
We want to give special thanks to Eileen’s daughters, Lisa and
Debbie. They held a very special place in Chuck’s heart and pro-
vided amazing care in the most compassionate way possible. We
also want to thank the wonderful staff of nurses from Agrace for
helping Chuck and our family through this difficult journey.
Letters
Continued from Page 4
apples to apples with expanding MHS. My best guess is that there
is a fixed cost component to any construction, and so treating all
costs as variable will overstate the cost of a new school and under-
state expanding an existing school. If we assume a fixed cost is $25
million, the cost of a 1,000 expansion would be $100 million which
is right in line with the proposed expansion of MHS 100.8 million.
As a final check, I asked the district for the estimated cost per
square foot and compared it to national averages. The estimated
cost is $225 per square. Based on costs reported in the 2015 sum-
mary of new school construction by School Planning and Manage-
ment, the median cost per square foot $250 per square foot across
all schools with elementary schools at $209 and high schools at
$266. Of course, inflation will increase expect costs in 2018 and
beyond.
All of this data suggests the proposal cost of building a new
elementary school and expanding MHS are reasonable. We are ac-
tually getting a pretty good deal in comparison to national data and
even our local peers.
Brian Mayhew, Middleton
Principal Explains Need for Renovations
Letter to the Editor:
The possibility that our influence and impact on others may
never be known is very real. Working in public service increases
this phenomenon, as spending each day with impressionable youth
in support of the greater good means that we may never truly know
our impact or influence. The pending MCPASD referendum is dif-
ferent. In fact, whether it passes or not, the legacy of the decision
will play out for generations to come.
As Middleton High School principal, I’ve been afforded a front-
row seat to what has been a lengthy and thorough planning process,
which began with a community-based Facilities Planning Commit-
OBITUARIES
Larry D. Palmer
MIDDLETON–On Oct. 14, 2018, Larry D. Palmer passed away un-
expectedly. A loving father, brother, and son. Larry was born on May
31,1958, to Anna and Delmar Palmer in Dodgeville. Growing up in
the Middleton area, Larry was a
very active member of Boy Scouts
Troop No. 140 of St. Luke’s Lu-
theran Church.
He graduated from Middleton
High School in 1976. After four-
year service in the U.S. Army, he
went on to receive a Bachelor of
Science and Master’s Degree in
Microbiology and Bacteriology
from the UW-Madison. These
degrees took him to a job at the
National Institute of Health in
Bethesda, Md. His interest in massage therapy lead him to become cer-
tified massage therapist, opening his own business. Many other profes-
sional interests lead him to pursue other careers as well.
Larry was a person who was an avid learner. He had a great love for
the outdoors, animals, and politics. He was involved in many organiza-
tions associated with these interests and spent many hours volunteering
on their behalf.
Larry leaves behind his mother, Anna Palmer; his daughter, Guini-
viere; his sister, Ravina Horner, and Chris (Clete) Schjonberg; brothers,
Jeff (Lynn) Palmer, and Brain Palmer; nieces, Shanna (Josh) Tilley, Ol-
ivia (Brian) Lamont, Grace Schjonberg, Alexia Palmer; nephew Heath
(A.J.) Horner; and aunt and uncle, Linda and Lyndon Helland. He was
preceded in death by his father, Delmar F. Palmer; uncle, Royal Palmer;
brother-in-law, Wayne Horner; and his grandparents.
Funeral services were held at First Unitarian Society, 900 University
Bay Dr., Madison, at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 22, 2018. Visitation was held at 5
p.m. until the time of the service at the church. Memorials may be made
to the Humane Society, Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy, or to
the V.A. Hospital Madison. Online condolences may be made at www.
gundersonfh.com.
There will forever be a Larry-shaped hole in our lives, but life hasn’t
ended, just changed.
tee (FPC) in the fall of 2016. I’ve been engaged in conversations
with community members, staff and students, and have attended
workshops and nearly every Board of Education meeting for the
past two years. The entire time, it has been clear that our school
board and community expect us to be fiscally responsible and also
want the best for the students we serve.
The Middleton Cross-Plains Area schools are crowded. In the
past five years alone, our district has seen a growth of 680 students.
According to projections, by the time any construction from this
referendum would be complete the high school alone would be 524
students over capacity. Crowded schools frequently mean students
often eat lunch sitting on the floor, wait to use a restroom due to
long lines and have to be incredibly patient in moving from point
“A” to point “B”.
While much of the conversation about this referendum has
focused on enrollment growth and related overcrowding in the
schools, it is also very much about addressing the way in which
modern school environments impact student learning. Teachers
have become more of a coach and facilitator. They no longer hold
the keys to information as Google has pretty much got that covered.
Instead, teachers are working to help students manage information
while processing and synthesizing their thoughts. A great learning
environment is about more than the bricks and mortar; it’s about the
general spatial design and the people inside. The facilities planning
process has helped to accelerate our work surrounding innovation
in teaching and learning. We are leveraging every opportunity to
continue to shift from compliance-based learning to that of critical
thinking and creativity. We support staff to engage learners fully,
develop individual and community identity, and ensure that every
student leave us as an empowered learner, and we are working
Wisconsin Heights 2018
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Linda (Helmke) Zander
REEDSBURG–Linda (Helmke) Zander, age 71, passed away
peacefully on Oct. 25, 2018 surrounded by family. She was born
in Wisconsin Rapids on September 29, 1947, the daughter of Otto
and Lorraine (Hansen) Helmke.
Linda graduated from Mid-
dleton High School in 1965. She
married her high school sweet-
heart Ralph Reisdorf on Nov 7,
1970. Ralph preceded Linda in
death after a tragic car accident.
Years later, she married Walter
Zander on Feb 26, 1982.
Linda was a beautiful, kind,
loving, and generous wife,
mother, daughter, sister and
friend. She had a love for danc-
ing and spending quality time with her family. Playing with her
grandchildren always put a sparkle in her eyes.
Linda is survived by her husband of 36 years, Walter of Reeds-
burg; three children, daughter Nicole (Mike) Lisle of Verona, son
Scott Reisdorf of Medford, and daughter Amanda Zander of Fort
Worth, TX; three grandchildren, Andrew and Brooke Lisle of Ve-
rona and Myla Reisdorf of Medford; siblings, sister Joan (David)
Grosse of Waunakee, brother Joel (Karen) Helmke of Waunakee,
brother Ed (Sheila) Helmke of Cross Plains and brother Gerry
Helmke of Madison; many nieces and nephews; and extended
family.
She was preceded in death by her parents and husband Ralph.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Nov 1, 2018 at St.
Luke’s Lutheran Church at 7337 Hubbard Avenue in Middleton,
WI. Visitations with family will be held on Oct. 31 from 1-4 p.m.
at Farber Funeral Home in Reedsburg and on Nov. 1 from 9 a.m.
until the time of the service at St Luke’s Lutheran Church in Mid-
dleton.
Flowers are welcome as a beautiful symbol of love and support
or memorials may be made in Linda’s memory to the Alzheimer’s
& Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin.
to change the way we design learning to be more personalized,
relevant and contextualized. Learning is becoming more socially
embedded and available anywhere and at any time.
Working toward these goals requires flexible learning environ-
ments, which speaks to how students often multi-task. A class of
students will routinely have a multitude of different things going
on at any one time. Some students could be reading while others
do project-based work independently. Still others might be working
in a small collaborative group while a teacher is working over the
shoulder of another student. This type of learning environment can
seem chaotic yet having large group instruction spaces alongside
small group breakout rooms with quality sight-lines for supervisory
purposes, make this type of learning possible. This includes ex-
tending learning opportunities to media spaces, hallways and other
open areas including cafeteria spaces. Much like the local coffee
shop, schools have become the third space in the lives of students.
They spend immense time in school and creating a space that is
inviting and where they want to be helps to further engage them in
developing a life-long appreciation for learning.
As principal, I couldn’t be prouder to represent a school, district
and community that is so vocal in their support of education and
how it contributes to a desirable quality of life. I wish to thank
you for entrusting me with the continued development of academic
excellence and leadership for which we are known. Regardless of
what the future holds, I will work to continue to create dynamic,
flexible and modern school environments where MCPASD can
continue to deliver on its promise to be inclusive, innovative and
inspiring.
Yours in education, Steve Plank, Middleton High School
Join us at our
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More Fundraising ‘Chicken Soup’ Author to Hold Book

Events Planned for Signings in Middleton, Cross Plains
Pheasant Branch
MIDDLETON–On the heels of the Capital Brewery and Prai-
rie Cafe fundraisers, two more events are set for Nov. 1 and Nov.
8 to support restoration of Pheasant Branch Conservancy (PBC).
MHS Theatre
On Nov. 1, MHS Theatre will present the one-act play Our
Place as a fundraiser for the PBC. All funds will go to the
Friends of Pheasant Branch to help with critical clean up and
restoration work. Doors will open at 7 p.m. for the gallery and
refreshments. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Middleton
Performing Arts Center. Donations for restoration will be grate-
fully accepted.
The Theatre boosters describe the relationship to our recent
storm:
On a dock on a small lake, Our Place weaves together five sepa-
rate stories of love, family and loss. Much like the Pheasant
Branch Conservancy, the dock connects a community and brings
them together in comedy and tragedy. Before the show will be
refreshments and a gallery of conservancy photos as well as
information on the impact of the flooding and how you can help.
Holiday Market Place
On Nov. 8, Cindy Ramlet of Middleton will host a Benefit
from 3-8 p.m. at a “Holiday Market Place” in her home at 7409
Voss Pky. in Middleton. Attendance is free.
Hong Gao, the owner of Taigu Restaurant has donated ap-
proximately 50 art prints to be sold at the event. The Friends’
Special “Flood Edition” 2019 Phenology Calendar will be avail-
able for purchase. The benefits will be donated to restoration of
the conservancy after the flooding. Donations for restoration
will also be accepted.
There will be snacks and holiday gift shopping at the event.
This is planned as a “girls’ night out,” but Cindy said she has
seen men brave it, too. As a fun night of shopping and relax-
ation, about 170 women typically attend. Cindy started these
events to help local businesses and artists promote their prod-
ucts, and to introduce them to the community.
DANE COUNTY–Local author Jenny Pavlovic is raising money
for WhiteOwl Sanctuary, and celebrating the release of the new
“Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Best Advice I Ever Heard” with
huge positive difference. WhiteOwl is the first animal sanctuary
on the reservation, in an area with no veterinarians. People there
who love their animals need the resources to give them proper care,
area book signings. and people who can no longer care for their animals need a safe
Pavlovic’s stories are included in several Chicken Soup for the place for them to go. WhiteOwl is working within the community
Soul books, including the new “Chicken Soup for the Soul: The to improve the lives of animals and people.”
Best Advice I Ever Heard,” “Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Dog “In Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Best Advice I Ever Heard”
Really Did That?,” “Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Empowered people share the words that changed everything for them, and how
Woman,” and “Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Wonder of Christ- their lives improved as a result. Whatever the advice - romantic,
mas.” She’ll have all of the books hand for her two upcoming parental, financial, nutritional, occupational - you’ve heard it all.
book signings, one on Nov. 10, 2018 from 2-3:30 p.m. at Com- But what’s the best advice you ever heard? The contributors to this
mon Ground in Middleton and a second at the Rosemary Garfoot book have answered that question 101 different ways.
Library in Cross Plains, Nov. 12 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Jenny Pavlovic, Ph.D.’s experience helping care for lost ani-
With book sales Pavlovic will be raising funds for WhiteOwl mals in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina raised her awareness of
Sanctuary, the first and only animal shelter on the Pine Ridge res- animals in need and even led her to write her first book, “8 State
ervation in South Dakota. Hurricane Kate,” about the rescued cattle dog she cared for and her
“My two dogs and cat were all rescued and were cared for by efforts to find her original family. She is also the author of “The Not
a rescue group or shelter until they found me. I’m grateful to the Without My Dog Resource & Record Book” and many published
people who were there to save them when they needed help. My stories. She lives in Wisconsin with dogs Chase and Cayenne and
animals are my family and mean a lot to me, so it’s important for cat, Junipurr. She loves to walk dogs, swim, kayak, garden and ride
me to help other animals in need, said Pavlovic. horses. Learn more at www.8statekate.net.
“I’m excited to be working with WhiteOwl Sanctuary on the
Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, where we can make a
Hunter Sight-in Starts Saturday
MADISON–A tradition that Law Enforcement Training use in hunting deer in Wiscon- you may use your own. Hunt-
many hunters look forward to, Center. The training center sin. ers will also be able to receive
the Dane County Sheriff’s Of- is located between Interstate Experienced instructors will information on hunting laws,
fice annual Hunter Sight-in, be- 90/94 and Waunakee at 5184 be on hand to provide assis- regulations, and gun safety.
gins Nov. 3. State Highway 19. No appoint- tance in the sighting and adjust- The program runs through
Area hunters can prepare for ment is necessary. The facility ing of firearms. There is a fee Nov. 16. For additional infor-
the yearly Wisconsin deer hunt is open to the public between of $10 for the first gun and $5 mation, contact the training
by sighting in their shotguns, the hours of 8:30 am and 3:30 for each additional gun. Hear- center staff at 608-849-2660.
rifles and pistols in a safe en- pm daily. Citizens may only ing and eye protection are man-
vironment at the Dane County bring firearms that are legal for datory and will be provided, or

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Klein pointed out that he has
developed three buildings in
the area and paid significantly
less for land acquisition for
similar parcels.
“The city paid $2.6 million
for properties that in the past I
paid less than $1 million for, so
when you start looking at what
we need for feasibility we al-
ready have a gap that requires a
TIF loan in the amount of $2.8
million,” Klein said.
Klein is proposing to offer
the city $813,170 for the land
and pay for the demolition and
environmental cleanup, esti-
mated to be $400,000 which
equates to $1,213,470. Klein
says he would sell or refinance
the building after the affordable
housing tax credits expire 15
years after opening the build-
CHURCH NOTES
St. Martin's Lutheran Church
2427 Church St. Cross Plains
Sunday Worship 9 a.m.
www.stmartinscp.org
Gateway Community Church
Pastor Paul Lundgren
3510 High Road, Middleton
ing which could be used to pay
off the remaining payment to
the city.
“We have got an idea what
it is going to cost to take the
buildings down and our gap is
our gap with the TIF,” Klein
said. “Unless you have another
source of funds there is not an-
other option here.”
Paulsen asked if the project
financing could work if all the
units were market rate. Klein
said he personally wouldn’t
take the risk with the amount
of market rate units recently
constructed or being built.
Terrence Wall of T. Wall
Enterprises included two dif-
ferent plans in his proposal.
One is multifamily apartments
with 141 units in four stories of
mixed studios, one-bedrooms,
two-bedrooms and two-bed-
rooms with dens.
The second proposal in-
cludes 113 apartment units and
17 condominium style, owner-
occupied townhomes.
“We figured out a way to
basically deliver own-occu-
pied townhomes here without
calling them condominiums,”
Wall said. “That is very im-
portant to understand because
as soon as we call them con-
dominiums then you get all the
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
rules that kick in and make it
impossible to actually develop
condominiums.”
All units included in Wall’s
proposal are market rate which
he says is needed in Middleton.
“Downtown really needs
more market rate development,
for example at Middleton Cen-
ter we are bringing in over $10
million of disposable income
with the residents that we are
bringing in, Wall said. “That
disposable income will help
support the retail, restaurants
and other businesses down-
town.”
Wall said he deliberately
left architecture blank in the
renderings to work with city
based on what design would
looks best. He added that he
would be using high quality
quiring the two adjacent prop-
erties on Lee St.
“If you’re going to do this
development you should really
consider including the proper-
ties on Clark St.,” Wall said. “It
is a one-shot deal, if you do the
development and don’t include
them you can’t go back and do
it again and it limits what can
be done on those properties in
the future.”
Wall said he was unsure a
future development could sup-
port the land acquisition for
those properties alone.
His proposal includes a
storm water retention pond
with fountain in it that could
be used for ice skating in the
winter time in the public right-
of-way portion of the site. Wall
is proposing the part of the
project be paid for by the city.
Wall said because of the
value his project would create
he would be able to pay the
city’s acquisition cost in full
on closing and would hope to
Resignations
start construction as early as
April, Wall said.
He assured plan commis-
sion members that the demand
for apartments will be strong
for the next 15 to 20 years be-
fore millennials have a chance
to move into single-family
homes.
Paulsen asked what the
price of the townhomes would
be. Wall said $350,000 to
$400,000.
Mayor Brar asked if it would
be possible to settle on a deal
from the beginning and not
come back and ask for changes
to the development agreement
as Wall has done with projects
in the past. Wall said that was
possibl,e but he would also
need to work with the city to
reduce uncertainties.
Paulsen said he was sur-
prised neither proposal in-
cluded any commercial space.
Wall said the parking ratios
required would not work at the
site.
Plan commission member
Jennifer Murray asked if there
could be live-work units in-
cluded. Wall said he has built
live-work units in other devel-
opments and would be happy
to do that in Middleton.
Attoun said Dec. 1 would
be the deadline for the city to
make a decision.
Pferdehirt said the main dis-
tinction between the proposals
was the workforce housing as-
pect. He pointed out that that
was not in the RFP and the
city should consider if that is
what’s needed in the area.
Plan commission member
Dan Ramsey said he felt no
one was ready to make a deci-
sion after just hearing the pro-
posals.
Commisioner David Reed
made a motion to refer the pro-
posals back to staff to gather
more information and bring
back to the next meeting. The
motion passed unanimously.
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Amenities could include a to live within our means,” she exception of signalizing the in- The board Monday approved
fire pit, a swimming pool and explained. Last year, the board tersection of Pioneer and Min- a base bid of $55,615 to repair
a lounge. Wall said adding all borrowed $1.2 million for vari- eral Point Roads, which Dane flood-damaged roads. Town
amenities would involve ac- ous road projects but with the County is sharing in the cost, staff is making other repairs
there won’t be any major proj- and the total cost of road repairs
7th Annual ects budgeted in 2019 due to could reach $185,000, Richson
the board adopting a dim view said.
Holiday Vendor & Craft Fair on borrowing. Hiring a new town admin-
Asked if Shaw was compat- istrator is part of reorganizing
ible with the ban on borrowing, town staff being done in re-
Saturday, November 10, 2018 • 11am-3pm
Richson returned to her “no sponse to the growth that has
Ten Pin Alley, Nesbitt Road, Fitchburg
SEVERAL NEW & RETURNING VENDORS comment” on employee mat- occurred during the past several
PARTICIPATING ters. years. Also, to get more finan-
Participating Vendors Include: The August flood also im- cial expertise and planning on
Commercial Vendors: Tupperware, Norwex, pacted the decision to forego board, Richson said.
Pampered Chef, 31 Bags, Plexus, Stella & Dot,
LuLaRoe, Revital U Coffee any major road construction “That’s something we
••• projects, and instead the board haven’t had in the past,” she
Crafters: Natasha’s Handmade Cards, Fulfi l Your Bead, will focus on repairing roads added.
Crocheted & Knitted Gifts, Santa Snacks, Handmade damaged by flooding and ad-
Jewelry, Paintings, Homemade Baked Goods Decor
dress deferred maintenance is-
...and More!! sues, Richson said.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2018 TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 7

CROSS PLAINS NEWS

Village Recognizes Kraemer for Assistance During Flood
By Rob Westerlund
Times-Tribune
CROSS PLAINS–Citizens of
the village of Cross Plains will
remember Aug. 20 as the day
of the deluge. The rain started
earlier that afternoon, and by
11 p.m. the village police and
fire departments had received
dozens of phone calls request-
ing rescues from rising flood
waters from car rooftops and
homes. The historic amount of
rain flooded streets and water-
ways throughout Cross Plains
and Black Earth.
Peter Kraemer of Mazo-
manie had driven his 5-ton
military truck to Cross Plains
to check in on his place of
business, PT Firearms, located
in Glaciers Edge Square shop-
ping center. When Cross Plains
Police Department (CPPD)
Officer Scott Kroetz saw Krae-
mer’s truck, capable of driving
in water up to six feet deep, the
officer asked him, “How would
you like to be a hero?” Kraemer
agreed to use his truck to drive
the officer to rescue people of
Cross Plains. The pair worked
together using the truck to
respond to rescue requests
throughout the night.
Directed by the Cross Plains
Fire Department by radio,
Kraemer and Officer Kroetz
were dispatched to sites di-
rectly. A woman called 911 to
request rescue, calling from the
roof of her car standing in four
feet of rushing whitecaps near
Black Earth Creek.
Kraemer and Officer Kroetz
drove over railroad tracks, lum-
ber, and other debris to make
their way to the car. The owner
was stranded on the roof of
her car, bobbing in water two
inches away from the top of
the car. They opened the door
of the truck, level with the top
of her car, and she was able to
scramble to safety directly into
the truck without being exposed
to the rapidly running currents.
The two continued through-
out the night, driving in danger-
ous, pitch black conditions to
homes conducting rescues.
Kraemer said, “It was like
driving through the ocean,” the
water having flooded out any
signs of the roads, fences, or
yards.
Joined by members of the
Cross Plains Fire Department,
they towed a City of Verona
fire truck stalled in four feet of
water, and continued to rescue
approximately 20 residents, and
one dog, stranded in threatened
homes around the village.
Some areas of Cross Plains
received a total of 15 inches
of rain on that date. While
the Wisconsin 24-hour rain-
fall record of 11.72 inches was
smashed, measurements taken
in Cross Plains were from
weather stations not controlled
for quality by the National
Weather Service, and therefore
this record is not official.
Black Earth Creek and tribu-
taries flooded their banks, in-
undating streets up to four feet
deep, causing millions in dam-
age to homes, businesses, and
public infrastructure. Flooding
made many rescues impossible
by traditional rescue vehicles
and impeded the arrival of other
vehicles from Madison Fire De-
partment water rescue.
On Oct. 16, Kroetz awarded
Kraemer a plaque which read
“Village of Cross Plains – In
recognition for going above
and beyond – Honoring Pete
Kraemer – 2018 Flood.” When
asked about this, Kraemer re-
sponded, “I was just in the right
place at the right time. If there’s
a hero here, it’s my truck!”

Rob Westerlund-Times Tribune Photo Submitted

Peter Kraemer stands in front of his five-ton truck, capable of maneuvering through six feet On Oct. 16 Cross Plains Police Officer Scott Kroetz (R) and the Village of Cross Plains
of water. Kraemer and his truck helped rescue 20 residents and one dog from flooded area recognized Peter Kraemer owner of PT Firearms for his service to the Cross Plains com-
cars and homes throughout the night of the torrential rainstorm of Aug. 20. munity during the August flood.

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Free and Open to the Community
12th Annual Polish Heritage Cross Plains Area Chamber of
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CROSS PLAINS NEWS

Mollie B to Perform at Park Elementary
By Rob Westerlund
Times-Tribune
CROSS PLAINS–Commut-
ers making their way through
Main St. in Cross Plains are
greeted daily by banners tout-
ing the coming of Mollie B to
Park Elementary on Nov. 17.
The question arises: Just who is
Molly B.? With a little research
one learns that, paraphrasing
the words of Ron Burgundy of
Anchorman, “She’s kind of a
big deal.”
One might think Mollie B
is a local gal made good, ris-
ing from humble beginnings
in Cross Plains to make it to
the big stage. She isn’t exactly
local, but you could say she
came from humble beginnings.
Mollie Busta was introduced
to polka at an early age, watch-
ing her father’s band perform.
Mollie started singing in the
band at age three and joined
in on piano when she was
eight-years-old. She became a
multi-instrumentalist, playing
several instruments and arrang-
ing music in her school bands
and choirs, as well as in her fa-
ther’s band. Mollie also served
as the student-director for her
high school band rehearsals and
concerts. It wasn’t necessar-
ily her plan to become a polka
queen, but she always worked
hard, and sometimes things just
fell into her lap.
“Polka music is my passion.”
Said Mollie, who has been per-
forming professionally since
she was 11 all over the coun-
try. She is renowned for her
performances on stage, televi-
sion, and in film. She and her
band has performed in front of
live audiences in concert halls,
Caribbean cruises, Christmas
shows, and with symphonies.
For years she hosted an hour-
long Mollie B Polka Party on
RFD-TV. Mollie also hosted
a Wisconsin Public Television
documentary taking a lively,
nostalgic look at the history of
polka in Wisconsin.
Most recently, she was in-
volved with a Clint Eastwood
film, “The Mule,” which has
a December release. Mollie
wrote and performed music for
the film, and even has a scene
in which she dances with East-
wood, “if it made it past the cut-
ting room floor.”
For the second year, Mollie
B will be performing for a fun-
draiser to benefit special needs
children at Park Elementary.
The concerts were the idea of
custodian Rod “Peanuts” Esser,
who is a big fan of polka music,
and was excited to discover
Mollie B, the Jim Busta Band,
and Squeezebox.
The children, who call him
“Mr. Peanuts,” have grown ac-
customed to hearing a Mollie B
CD played during lunch every
day at Park. Theyhave grown
to become as big fans of Mollie
B as was Mr. Peanuts The chil-
dren were thrilled when Mollie
came to their school last year
for the first time to educate the
children on polka music. This
learning experience included
hands-on fun with the dancing
and the instruments.
Mollie plays more than 12
instruments and enjoys demon-
strating to the kids how to play
all of them. Mr. Peanuts has
asked for the best demonstra-
tion of polka music; therefore,
the shows at Park Elementary
will include two bands that
Mollie is active in, the Jim
Busta Band and SqueezeBox.
There will also 12 dancers
there, ranging from four years-
old to senior citizens, to polka
for the audience and hopefully
get the audience dancing. Many
of the dancers have been in the
Mollie B Christmas Specials,
several of these shows are er-
rored nationally on RFD-TV.
SqueezeBox, along with the
dancers, perform a show just
for the kids and their parents
on Friday, and invite all to at-
tend the two fundraising perfor-
mances on Nov. 17 at 1:30 and
6:30 p.m.
“All money goes to special
needs program, every penny,”
Mollie B said.
Teaching children isn’t
something new to Mollie. She
has taught music to all levels,
age three through adult, in Min-
nesota, Wisconsin, and Ohio
schools; the University of Min-
nesota; as well as giving private
music lessons. When she’s not
on stage, screen, or teaching,
she enjoys dancing, exercising,
playing with her nieces & neph-
ews, family time and traveling.
In the future, Mollie’s sched-
uled is filled up until 2020. She
is looking forward to perform-
ing in more concerts, conduct-
ing more workshops at schools,
producing a streaming televi-
sion show on the Farm and
Ranch network, and multiple
cruises next year.
“When I was a child, nothing
brought me more joy than hear-
ing polka music,” Mollie says.
She’s working hard to spread Photo Submitted
the joy. Musician Molly B will be in Cross Plains to give three
performances on Nov. 17 at Park Elementary. Tickets are
available at MollieB.com or at the door.

Check Out Fall Programs at the Cross Plains Library

Fall Storytimes We will be reading the new and very popular “Louisiana’s Way Estate Planning 101
This week we are talking about shapes as we learn about “Colors Home,” by Kate DiCamillo. This is the story of Louisiana Ele- What’s the plan? Attorney Melinda Gustafson Gervasi will be
and Numbers and Shapes, Oh My!” Join us Tuesdays for Wig- fante who first appeared in DiCamillo’s Newbery Honor book, here to present the key elements of estate planning and probate,
glers and Gigglers (babies and toddlers), and Thursdays for Big “Raymie Nightingale.” Find more information on our website: providing resources to enable you to be a more informed con-
Kids Booktime. Both programs begin at 10 a.m. Mark your calen- www.rgpl.org. sumer and to get your plan in place. This workshop covers Pow-
dars for an intergenerational storytime at Milestone Senior Living Carpe Librum ers of Attorney, Wills, Probate, Beneficiary Forms, and basic
on Nov. 8 at 10 a.m. Join us on Oct. 25 at 6 p.m. when we will discuss “The Leavers,” Trusts. Call the library to register for this free program.
Read to a Dog Lisa Ko’s beautiful novel about borders and belonging. Contact After School Lego Club
Chase, our canine reading buddy, joins us on the third Monday, Pam at 608-798-3881 for information. It’s a brand new after school Lego club at the library. We began on
Nov. 19, of each month from 4-5:30 p.m. This is a great opportu- Morning Movie Monday and have two more activities scheduled this fall on Nov.
nity, particularly for reluctant readers to practice their skills with Join us for this sequel to the popular 2008 musical based on the 5 and Dec. 10. There will be a different theme to build on each
a happy and appreciative listener. Please call the library if you are songs of ABBA on Nov. 15 at 9:30 a.m., with coffe and treats at month. The group’s Lego creations are on display at the library,
interested in reserving a 15-minute session. Check our website for 9 a.m. Played against the backdrop of the magical Greek island so come take a look. Please let us know you’d like to come and
a story about Chase: rgpl.org/kids. of Kalokairi, you’ll want to join the celebration, sign and dance, join the club by calling the library at 608-798-3881.
Meet Author Jenny Pavlovic and discover how it all began. Starring Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Open Music Jam
Did you know our dog buddy Chase’s owner, Jenny Pavlovic, is Streep, and Cher. Rated PG-13. Run time is 115 minutes. Please Stop by the library on Thursday nights, 6-8 p.m., and join other
a published author? Come join us on Nov. 12, 6:30-7:30 p.m. for call 608-798-3881 for more information or to sign up. area musicians in a weekly music jam. All abilities welcome!
an evening with Jenny as she reads selections from her works and
leads us in a fun “Turkey Notes” activity to help us all get ready
for the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday. Bring the whole family!
1000 Books Before Kindergarten
You are your child’s first and best teacher. You can give them a
great jump-start with this program that encourages families to
CP Business Fair Nov. 8
CROSS PLAINS–Do you Ready to share what makes you Fair. p.m. Local business people will
read together. No child is too young! Stop in anytime to sign up shop local? Do you know that special? Ready to network with The Cross Plains Areas showcase their products and
and get a special keepsake record book and book bag for your our local businesses can’t sur- your fellow business people? Chamber of Commerce services that evening. Stop in
child. vive without you? Would you If you answered yes to any of (CRACC) will present our and get to know neighborhood
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progression of the disease. For older men, brisk grow healthy businesses. The
walking could be “vigorous” if they are breathing CPACC mission statement is:
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Baldwin, Vukmir Compete for US Senate
By Michelle Phillips
Times-Tribune
Editor’s note: We set out to make this a story about two very dif-
ferent women running for a US Senate seat. Sadly, a multitude of
attempts and more than a dozen emails and phone calls, with the
promise by a scheduler to get us an interview with Leah Vukmir,
failed to produce that result. Therefore, the story is an interview
with incumbent US Senator Tammy Baldwin. For views on the is-
sues of national spending and taxes, tariff effects on trade, health
care and immigration, we turned to Vukmir’s official campaign
website for her platform and used that information when it was
provided.
In a telephone interview on Oct. 17, Tammy Baldwin discussed
some of the issues facing the country, and how she, if reelected to
the US Senate, would address the problems. Leah Vukmir’s an-
swers are included from her campaign website.
Health Care
Baldwin said she would like to see parties work together to fix
the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare. She
said the fix would include, but was not limited to, preventative
care initiatives, eliminating the “age tax,” allowing children to re-
main on their parents’ insurance to the age of 26 and protecting
the clause that prevents discrimination of those with pre-existing
conditions.
“Last year the senate defeated the repeal of the Affordable Care
Act,” she said. “It’s time to realize ultimately that all Americans
can have insurance.”
Baldwin said she would also like to see some incentives for
young and healthy people to enter the ACA marketplace for insur-
ance. “We can make it more attractive by offering tax credits to
young and healthy people,” Baldwin said, and added that this could
be in the form of a gradually adjusted premium.
She added that Badger Care should be allowed as a choice or
people should be allowed to buy into Medicare.
Vukmir is in favor of the complete repeal of the ACA. She favors
replacing it with, “free-market solutions that will lower costs and
premiums.”
She also supports allowing insurance to be purchased across
ELECTION 2018
Tammy Baldwin Leah Vukmir
state lines to increase the number of options for buyers.
Vukmir would like to see state Medicaid funding provided in the
form of blocks grants. She said this will save taxpayers billions of
dollars and provide more flexibility for states to customize their
own plans.
Tariffs
Baldwin said she wants to see the president eliminate the tariffs
he has imposed on Mexico, Canada and China.
“Tariffs can be useful tools, but if you don’t have a plan or strat-
egy, you can start a trade war,” she explained.
She said the tariffs are disproportionately hurting the state of
Wisconsin and she said in talking with dairy farmers she found
that the Mexican export market, Wisconsin’s largest purchaser of
cheese, is drying up. “The cheese is piling up,” she said.
In addition to cheese, the tariffs affected other industry in the
state, including Harley-Davidson, cranberries, pork, shoes, paper
and wood. The 25 percent tariff on steel and 10 percent tariff on
aluminum also hurt manufacturing in the state.
Baldwin would like to dive in more deeply to the tariff issue and
see new agreements as well as dropping the steel and aluminum
taxes.
Immigration
Baldwin said that she is in favor of immigration reform and rec-
ognizes that the system and laws are broken and need to be fixed.
In her first year in the US Senate, 2013, an immigration reform
bill was voted upon and failed to pass. The bill included increased
border security and a pathway to citizenship for people living in
the US, including, “Dreamers.” Although the bill had bipartisan
support, it failed to pass the US House of Representatives.
She said she supports these reforms as well as a better Agricul-
ture Visa program that suits farmers’ needs. “The current Ag Visa
program doesn’t serve us very well,” she said. “Dairy farmers need
help all year round.”
Vukmir wants to “crack down” on illegal immigration. She op-
poses Wisconsin’s sanctuary cities and supports building a wall on
the US/Mexico border.
Spending & Taxes
According to Baldwin, the United Stated has not learned from
past mistakes and continues to give the vast majority of taxes
breaks to the top one percent and corporations. She said this was
the reason Democrats could not vote on President Donald Trump’s
tax cuts. “If it had helped families, it would have had our support,”
she added, and said because of this we have a $2 trillion hole in
the budget.
Much of that loss is from corporate tax revenue. She said she
wants to reexamine the cuts and that currently the wealthy are left
with no obligation to pay a fair share of the tax burden. “It can’t
just be cut spending to give tax breaks to the wealthy. We should
be closing loopholes in the tax code that enrich the already rich,”
she said.
Baldwin said she would also like to see negotiating for cheaper
drug prices, a review of property that could be sold and immigra-
tion form to increase revenue and cut expenditures.
Vukmir wants a Constitutional Amendment to balance the bud-
get and believes Congress is, “addicted to spending our money.”
In addition, she would like to see the tax code revised to elimi-
nate loopholes and deductions, saying it would lower taxes for all
Americans.
She claims small companies in the US pay some of the highest
taxes in the world and that this is a detriment to American busi-
nesses trying to compete in a global market. Again, to fix this prob-
lem, she would support a simplified tax code.

Marijuana Reform Question Asks if Drug Should Be Legal

By Michelle Phillips
Times-Tribune
Just four years ago on April
1, 2014, Dane County voters
overwhelmingly favored of
a ballot referendum question
asking if Marijuana should be
taxed and regulated in a similar
manner to alcohol in the state.
At that time, 64 percent of vot-
ers said they were wanted the
reform, so why is it back on the
ballot on Nov. 6, four and a half
years later?
Yogesh Chawla Dane County
District 6 Supervisor is the
sponsor of this year’s referen-
dum question that aims to show
support for reform as well as
solidarity with other counties
and cities offering up marijuana
reform questions to voters.
There are 16 counties and two
cities with marijuana reform
questions this year.
The hope is to change the
mind of Wisconsin’s Republi-
can legislature and Governor
Scott Walker, which have op-
posed reform to the state’s mar-
ijuana laws. Previous attempts
include medicinal and/or recre-
ational measures, but the only
one to make it through was a
CBD bill that passed in 2017
and was signed into law by Gov.
Walker in April of that year.
“Many counties across the
state have seen county boards
taking up the same question,”
Chawli said.
A 2017 bill presented by
State House Representative for
District 48, Melissa Sargent,
and calling for legalization and
regulation never made it out of
committee. Marijuana reform
has some strong opposition in
the state legislature with former
state senator Leah Vukmir fight-
ing any kind of reform at every
turn along with fellow Republi-
can senators Mary Lazich, Duey
Stroebel and Scott Fitzgerald.
Admittedly, Chawli and Sar-
gent say not much is likely
to change without leadership
change, though they both hope
the more support marijuana re-
form receives, the easier it will
be to get the bill through the
Wisconsin Legislature.
“It’s clear the majority people
of Wisconsin, of both parties,
want us to legalize marijuana,”
Sargent said, and added, “I am
encouraged by the grass roots
measures in local communities
and I hope that moves us for-
ward.”
Chawli mirrored her senti-
ment and said, “We’ve seen
tremendous momentum across
the US for marijuana reform.
In Wisconsin, we seem to be a
little bit behind.”
Madison NORML (National
Organization for the Reform
of Marijuana Laws) advocate
Shelley Kennedy said that be-
cause law cannot be passed
through public vote, support
from the legislature is neces-
sary. “One of the hurdles we
face as a state is that we have
no statewide binding referen-
dum process. Cannabis has to
be legalized legislatively. That
is why it is so important that we
elect pro legalization law mak-
ers this fall.”
Chawli and Sargent both say
that legalizing and regulating
marijuana could be an economic
boon for the state that saw a $1
billion budget deficit in 2017.
Sargent pointed out that hun-
dreds of thousands of dollars in
tax revenue have been collected
in states that have some form of
legalized marijuana, whether
medicinal, recreational or both.
Figures from the Colorado
Department of Revenue show
$1.5 billion in marijuana sales,
one third of that medicinal, in
2017. Since the state legalized
recreational marijuana in 2014,
it has taken in $500 million in
tax revenue. In turn, the state
has invested the money into in-
frastructure, education and re-
covery resources for hard drug
users.
“Legal states have benefited
in countless ways. Legaliza-
tion will help vets, the sick, the
homeless, the schools, the chil-
dren, the budget deficit, etc. It is
foolish of Wisconsin not to le-
galize cannabis,” Kennedy said.
In addition, Chawli said
current marijuana laws dispro-
portionately affect minorities,
especially African American
men. A 2013 study by the Amer-
ican Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU) called “The War on
Marijuana in Black and White”
showed that not only was there
a disparity in the number of ar-
rests of black and white men,
the majority of marijuana users
are men, but also that drug pos-
session arrests for blacks went
up between 2001 and 2010 in
spite of the fact that black and
white people use marijuana
at nearly an identical rate.
The ACLU study showed that
blacks were arrested at a rate
nearly four times higher than
their white counterparts.
Sargent said one of the con-
cerns she hears is that people
will be driving high. “Impaired
driving is a scary thing for all of
us, but we won’t see more, we
already have impaired people
driving around, including those
that are sleep deprived,” she
said.
“We are trying to get a really
accurate view of public opinion.
I would like to see the assembly
take notice and have the oppor-
tunity to work with leaders in
the legislature,” Chawli said of
the reform.
Kennedy explained that
NORML spends a lot of time
working with legislators on re-
form but added that the biggest
impact comes from constituent
letters. “The biggest thing that
we do when the legislature is in
session is personally visit law
makers and speak with them
about marijuana law reform. We
have ongoing campaigns where
we collect signed letters in favor
of marijuana legalization from
Referendum Aimed at Closing
Tax Loophole for Big Box Stores
By Michelle Phillips
Times-Tribune
An increase in lawsuits in
state using “Dark Store The-
ory” (DST) as a basis for tax re-
duction has prompted the Dane
County Board of Supervisors to
place an advisory question on
the ballot asking if the tax loop-
hole for big box stores should
be closed.
DST has been used in cases
around the country, and par-
ticularly the Midwest, with big
box stores arguing their prop-
erty assessments should reflect
the market value, rather than
value of use. Opponents say
the loss of revenue ultimately
shifts more of the tax burden to
homeowners.
Several cases have been
won in Wisconsin in recent
years, but DST is a relatively
new argument. The first case
in which DST was used and
the case won was in Detroit,
MI in 2010. Attorney Michael
Shapiro presented the argu-
ment, which ultimately resulted
in a tax reduction of 50% for
Target. Since the 2010 ruling,
cases have been popping up
like mushrooms, and many cit-
ies, including Janesville have
issues hundreds of thousands
of dollars in tax rebates to box
residents all over Wisconsin and
deliver the letters to their repre-
sentatives. We urge lawmakers
to understand that this is what
their constituents want. The
signed letters are a great visual
in bringing this point home.”
Sargent encourages people to
talk to their representatives and
to share their personal stories
stores. It has been estimated
that leaving this loophole intact
could cost the towns and cities
throughout the state hundreds
of millions of dollars and raise
residential property tax burden,
which already stands at 68 per-
cent. Menard’s has the most
cases in the works with Wal-
green’s and Walmart coming in
second and third.
Dane County District 9 Su-
pervisor Paul Nelson spon-
sored the resolution to put the
advisory question on the bal-
lot. Nelson said he first noticed
DST use in cases in Indiana and
Michigan and began to worry
about similar cases springing
up in Wisconsin. Both of those
states have since passed legis-
lation to prevent big box stores
from using similar closed prop-
erties to assess their own prop-
erty taxes.
He was concerned about the
reduction in tax base and the
shift of burden to homeowners.
As someone who has worked
in libraries most of his life, he
became concerned about library
funding. When he went to the
Marquette Library in Mar-
quette, MI to teach a workshop
he learned that the city’s library
had been impacted by a DST
case. “It led to the loss of rev-
enue, and possibly having to cut
as well. In addition, she wants
them to educate themselves on
marijuana and marijuana re-
form.
“It’s exciting to be at the front
of the conversation, but also not
easy because we are at the front
of the conversation,” Sargent
concluded.
back staff,” he recalled. “I was
aware of the rise before it was
happening here.”
Nelson said the Dane ballot
question is one of 16 similar
county ballot questions and
six cities, including the Dane
County towns of Sun Prairie
and DeForest will have similar
proposals on their ballots.
He said an example of a
county acting to stop the use
of DST is Outagamie. “Jeff
Nooyen, chair of the Outagamie
Board was a leader in passing
a resolution to allow residents
to vote on a referendum in the
election,” Nelson stated.
He included that although a
statewide referendum has bi-
partisan support, leadership has
put up roadblocks. “Our voters
have said they are opposed to
and want the state to address
this,” Nelson said, who added
that nearly everyone on the
Dane County Board signed on
to the resolution.
The hope is that through
passing resolutions and gaining
support through advisory ques-
tions around the county, the leg-
islature will take up a statewide
measure to fight the use of DST
in Wisconsin.
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Six Vie for Governor’s Seat
Phil Anderson
Libertarian Party
By Matt Geiger
Times-Tribune
Phil Anderson
Phil Anderson, the Libertar-
ian candidate for governor, says
he is running “to restore the
government of Wisconsin back
to the people of Wisconsin.”
He wants to repeal the state
income tax, which he describes
as “fuel for crony capitalism.”
He pledged to fight for local
control, “returning government
functions to the most local level
possible,” and he promised to
“grow Wisconsin from within.
“No more crony capitalism,
or the government picking win-
ners and losers with our tax dol-
lars,” Anderson said.
At the heart of his platform is
the limited role of government
in the lives of citizens.
“Government should be as
local as possible, so that it can
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Arnie Enz Tony Evers
Wisconsin Party Democratic Party
be transparent, accountable and from UW-Madison, and an
accessible,” he said. “No more M.A. in Applied Theology.
closed door deals, no more cro- “I have proposed Universal
nyism, no more playing favor- Open Enrollment to improve
ites.” our children’s education,” An-
“Wisconsin can do better derson said. “I stand for more
if the government gets off the local control and an even play-
local governments and indi- ing field for taxes and regula-
viduals backs, and out of their tions, which will improve
pockets,” Anderson added. infrastructure and our business
He is Chair of the Libertar- environment. I believe that the
ian Party of Wisconsin, and he U.S. Constitution and our state
owns a real estate brokerage. Constitution guarantee equity
Anderson is also a veteran of and access, and it’s the govern-
the U.S. Army, having served ment’s job to protect the rights
as a combat medic in a Patriot of individuals.”
Missile battalion. He runs taxi
businesses, and a transportation
Arnie Enz
non-profit. Even if he loses the election
“I do volunteer work through to one of the frontrunners, gu-
my church and my children’s bernatorial candidate Arnie Enz
school,” he added. still might come out a winner.
Anderson, who grew up in That’s because he is running
Beloit, and has been living in in the hopes of forming a new
the Madison area since 1988. type of political movement in
He has a B.S. in Geography the state.
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Margaret Turnbull
Independent Party
“I am running under the
name of the Wisconsin Party.
While I am an independent, by
designating a party on the bal-
lot, we can form and register as
a political party if I get one per-
cent of the vote,” he explained.
“The alternative is to gather
10,000 signatures.”
Enz said he wants to offer a
less divisive option on the bal-
lot.
“I decided to run after watch-
ing the 2016 election cycle,
where the divisiveness between
people and the distraction from
what I considered to be the real
underlying structural issues,
compelled me to do some-
thing rather than just talking
about how broken and corrupt
it all is,” Enz said. “The only
question was for what office. I
decided on Governor as it pro-
vides the right level of visibility
to be able to make a significant
statement about the kinds of re-
forms our election process and
government requires as well
as the transformations needed
to allow us to tackle the really
hard problem of ecological sus-
tainability.”
He said his platform, and the
goal of the Wisconsin Party, is
to “take back our government,”
“leave it better than you found
it,” and “Be kind.”
“It really isn’t any more com-
plicated than that,” he added.
“Right now, our politicians
and our government doesn’t
represent us,” he said. “Instead
it represents wealthy individu-
als, corporations, and powerful
special interest groups that give
money to buy political influence
and to control decision making.
This system is corrupt and bro-
ken. Because I have not taken
any campaign contributions, I
am not indebted to anyone but
the people of Wisconsin. Not
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Scott Walker
Republican Party
just the ones that voted for me,
but all Wisconsinites. I can do
what a clear majority of them
agree we should do and get the
money and the corruption out
of politics. We can do this by
passing the American Anti-Cor-
ruption Act, by enacting Fair
Election Map Redistricting and
by considering different types
of voting and proportional rep-
resentation systems. But this is
just a start, there are many other
reform and anti-corruption pro-
posals listed on my campaign
Web site. We need to get them
enacted into law as the first pri-
ority.”
When it comes to the “leave
it better than you found it idea,”
he stated: “We live for today
and we are burning through the
ecological and economic in-
heritance of future generations.
We are stealing from the future.
From the future of our children
and grandchildren. When are
we going to stop it? When are
we going to seek to live in bal-
ance with each other and with
the world that we all depend on
for our survival? This is the ex-
istential risk of our times, and
yet we don’t talk about it in our
public conversations. I am run-
ning to change that and to put
the issue of sustainability front
and center.”
As for being kind, Enz drew
from the wisdom of Lincoln.
“This is where is all starts,
for if we can’t transform our-
selves, and how we are with
each other, we will have no
common cause,” he said. “To
quote Abraham Lincoln, ‘We
are not enemies, but friends. We
must not be enemies. Though
passion may have strained, it
must not break our bonds of af-
fection. The mystic chords of
memory will swell when again
touched, as surely they will be,
by the better angels of our na-
ture.’”
He said government should
be “as local as possible.”
What role should govern-
ment play in the lives of Wis-
consin’s citizens?
“In general, I believe that we
should make government as
local as possible. Both the fed-
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Michael White
Wisconsin Green Party
eral government and the state
government have become too
large and powerful,” he said.
“This is not to say that I am a
libertarian and don’t believe
in government. I do, as that is
how we most commonly form
our social contract. But like
all things, when it becomes
too powerful, it becomes cor-
rupt. So we need to keep power
distributed, and close to the
people, for that is where it be-
longs. Though I’d also like to
add that I feel the same way
about corporations. They have
also become too large and
powerful. We need to break
up big corporations as well as
big government in parallel. We
need to return local control,
with the state government used
to set common policies, pro-
vide a legal framework to ad-
judicate disputes, and to define
and implement a redistribution
formula to level out economic
inequalities across geographic
areas.”
Asked in what areas the state
is thriving, he said it isn’t. In
particular, he said Wisconsin’s
current leadership seems to be
in a dangerous state of denial
about climate change.
“I don’t feel that Wisconsin
is thriving in any major area.
I say this within the context
of the very real danger to our
shared existence that is climate
change and environmental sus-
tainability,” he said. “Again, if
we don’t reform our govern-
ment so that we can transform
ourselves and our society, it is
game over. Full stop. Read the
latest IPCC report. If you don’t
believe in climate change, in-
vestigate the Stockholm Re-
silience Centre and it’s nine
planetary boundaries. We’ve
surpassed three others besides
climate change. If we don’t
change how we see ourselves
and how we live together in
this world, we won’t have a
world left. I don’t know if it is
in five years or in 50 years, but
either case it is soon. The abil-
ity of the earth to sustain life in
a healthy and sustainable man-
ner is the issue of our age. The
question is what are we going
to do about it.”
“Our government, and many
of the most influential people
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Enz, continued
in our society, do not take this
seriously enough,” he said. “I
will.”
“We have done it before with
the changes to society wrought
by the Progressive movement,
in which Wisconsin and fight-
ing Bob LaFollette were lead-
ers,” Enz continued. “And we
can do it again.”
Enz has three degrees: in
Software Engineering, in Com-
puter Science, and in Political
Science. He lives in Appleton.
“I am not a career politician,”
he said. “My background is in
software, systems, and man-
agement. I have worked as an
IT leader and strategist leading
teams, managing programs and
solving people, business and
technology problems for over
25 years. It is time to bring crit-
ical thinking skills, a root cause
analysis approach, and servant
leadership to government.”
He said Wisconsin’s current
system of government requires
“radical transformation in its
very structure.”
He said schools aren’t a mat-
ter of private versus public, but
rather of encouraging critical
thinking, Communication, co-
operation, and perhaps most
important of all, creativity. “I’d
establish a blue ribbon commis-
sion to recommend the best way
to reform our education system
here in Wisconsin,” he said.
In the arena of business
growth, he also advocated for
major shifts in thinking.
“Constant year over year
GDP growth is unsustainable.
The ecological and sustain-
ability problems that we face
call for us to implement de-
growth economic polices until
we reach a state of sustainabil-
ity where we can transition to a
steady state economic model,”
he said. “This is a difficult con-
cept for many people to accept,
but it is the only way to be-
come sustainable. Just building
windmills or other alternative
energy systems is not in itself
sufficient. We also need to cut
our consumption.”
And when it comes to equity
and access, he said that selfish
thinking and selfish political
games are “the road to ruin.”
“It is why I am not running
on just a political platform,”
Enz concluded. “It is also a call
to transform ourselves. For no
person is an island and we all
truly need each other, and the
best of what each of us have to
offer, if we are going to find the
solutions we need to transition
to a world in which we can all
live in concert with each other
and with the earth on which all
life depends.”
Tony Evers
Democrat Tony Evers is the
gubernatorial race’s frontrunner
in most (but not all) major polls
in recent months.
As Wisconsin’s current State
Superintendent of Public In-
struction, he says he is “running
for Governor because I believe
what is best for our kids is best
for our state.”
“From my time as a high
school science teacher to my
current job as Wisconsin’s State
Superintendent of Public In-
struction, I have dedicated my
life to children, education, and
investing in Wisconsin’s fu-
ture,” said Evers. “I know that
as Governor, there is so much
more I can do to help build a
stronger and brighter future for
Wisconsin.”
Evers said under incumbent
Republican Governor Scott
Walker for the last eight years,
he has struggled to recognize
the Wisconsin he loves.
“I’ve watched more than a
million voters across our state
vote to raise their own taxes be-
cause our Governor and Legis-
lature have failed to provide for
our public schools,” Evers said.
“We’ve seen our Governor turn
down resources that would pro-
vide health care to thousands of
Wisconsin citizens who don’t
have it, and openly consider
the idea of opting out of fed-
eral protections for people with
pre-existing conditions. We’ve
watched foreign corporations
get billions in taxpayer-funded
handouts and special breaks
from environmental protec-
tions, while our roads dete-
riorate, our drinking water and
air gets polluted, and our once
nationally renowned education
system falls behind.”
Evers also pledged to “end
the divisiveness that has con-
sumed our state and to reinvest
in Wisconsin’s future - to im-
prove our educational system,
our environment, our infra-
structure, our healthcare sys-
tem, and our economy.”
He said education, transpor-
tation and healthcare are the
three big issues at the center of
his platform. He said he would
increase school funding, both
for young children and the Uni-
versity of Wisconsin system.
He said he would invest more
in road maintenance and public
transportation. And he said he
would take immediate action
to accept the federal healthcare
dollars which would insure
thousands more Wisconsinites
who are struggling to find af-
fordable health insurance.
“I believe too few people
have access to affordable
health insurance and the cost of
healthcare in Wisconsin contin-
ues to be too high,” said Evers.
“Period.”
“Unfortunately, Scott Walker
has left behind so many hard-
working folks. Our failure to
address the healthcare needs of
our citizens, by refusing to ac-
cept the Medicaid expansion,
has proven to be a tremendous
detriment to our people. Our
focus on eliminating taxes for
the ultra-wealthy while nickel-
and-diming Wisconsinites with
new wheel taxes and prop-
erty taxes has hurt our middle
class,” he said. “As Governor,
I would immediately work to
accept the Medicaid expan-
sion and would propose a 10%
state income tax reduction for
all families earning less than
$150,000 per year. Our govern-
ment needs to focus once again
what makes Wisconsin great:
our hardworking citizens, not
big campaign donors and for-
eign corporations.”
Evers described the current
administration’s approach to
governance as “divide and con-
quer.”
“At the end of the day, my
vision for Wisconsin is about
our shared Wisconsin values,”
Evers said. “We cannot wait
any longer to address these
pressing issues facing our state,
and we cannot afford four more
years of the same failed leader-
ship.”
Evers says that rather than
being a career politician, he is
“an educator.”
Born and raised in Plym-
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outh, where he met his wife,
Kathy, Evers’ first job out of
college at UW-Madison was
teaching high school science in
Baraboo. Later, he was a high
school principal in Tomah. He
ran school districts in Oakfield
and Verona, and a regional edu-
cational service agency in Os-
hkosh.
“My three kids attended
public schools in communities
large and small,” he said. “No
matter where the Evers family
ended up, we were welcomed.
That culture of acceptance is
part of what makes Wisconsin
so special. We know that we
are stronger when we look out
for each other. I currently live
in Madison while serving in
my current role as State Super-
intendent.”
After earning his undergrad-
uate degree in Zoology and
Chemistry from UW-Madison,
his first job was teaching high
school biology in Baraboo. He
said being a science teacher
gave him the unique opportu-
nity to challenge students to
think critically about how sci-
ence affects our daily lives, and
how science can improve the
world.
“Science is what got us to the
moon,” he said. “As a cancer
survivor, science is what saved
my life and it’s how we know
what steps to take to prepare
our communities and protect
our people and our planet.”
“I’m not only an educa-
tor – I’m also a parent and a
grandparent, born and raised
in this state that I love. Before
becoming State Superintendent,
I was a high school principal in
Tomah, and I ran school dis-
tricts in Oakfield and Verona,”
said Evers. “I’ve also served on
more boards than I can count,
from the Council on Workforce
Investment to the Wisconsin
Technical College System
Board.”
“From playing typical ‘di-
vide and conquer’ political
games with our educators to
cutting over $800 million from
our schools, Walker has not
been a friend of public educa-
tion,” he said. “Since 2011,
over one million Wisconsinites
have voted to raise their own
property taxes because Walker
and the Republican legislature
have not adequately funded our
public schools. Many of our
rural schools have been hit the
hardest. My state budget pro-
posal fixes our broken school
funding formula, provides an
extra lift to the students who
need it, and holds the line on
property taxes statewide.”
He said fixing roads will also
be a top priority.
“Our road quality ranks 44th
in the country, some towns
and villages are returning to
gravel, and we’re borrowing
so much money that my three-
year-old grandson will still be
paying for our roads when he’s
grown up.,” Evers said. “Our
local roads have been so insuf-
ficiently funded, five counties
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and 18 cities have passed ve-
hicle fees and taxes since 2011
to help cover road maintenance
costs because the state hasn’t
done its fair share of partnering
with local governments.”
“Additionally, deteriorat-
ing roads threaten Wisconsin
farmers who transport milk for
processing and heavy farm-
ing equipment to grow and
maintain crops,” he continued.
“Walker found $4.5 billion for
Foxconn, but is spending less
and borrowing more for rural
roads. This is bad for farmers,
bad for business, and bad for
Wisconsin.”
When asked about equity and
access, Evers said that “advanc-
ing racial equity and increasing
opportunities for children, fam-
ilies and communities of color
across the state is imperative to
Wisconsin’s healthy and sus-
tainable future.”
“I believe that building upon
the strengths of these commu-
nities and the shared values of
all Wisconsinites, we can col-
lectively address the existing
disparities in poverty, unem-
ployment, incarceration rates,
graduation rates, and infant
mortality that have dispropor-
tionately impacted communi-
ties of color and in particular
the African American commu-
nity,” said Evers.
“Wisconsin is ranked among
the worst states for the well-be-
ing of black children,” he said.
“I am willing to take this issue
head on, unlike Scott Walker
who continues to ignore these
realities, while pushing puni-
tive policies that make it harder
for Wisconsin families rebuild
and grow. We have to invest
in people, not prisons, to meet
these challenges.”
Margaret Turnbull
Margaret Turnbull, the In-
dependent Party candidate for
Governor, says she is running
because she believes the state
needs “a new, fresh approach to
leadership where we create so-
lutions that benefit everyone.”
“The old ‘red verses blue’
football game model of govern-
ment is unimaginative, divisive,
and degrading to our way of life
— and whatever they claim to
believe in, these two parties re-
ally only promote the interests
of a wealthy few,” Turnbull
said. “As an Independent, the
“investors” I answer to are my
fellow Wisconsinites.  I will be
on that ballot for all the people
who are ready to walk away
from the two party system and
try something different.”
She outlined three central
components of her campaign.
They include “restoring sanity”
to the election process, promot-
ing strong schools, and protect-
ing the environment.
Turnbull is a proponent of
Ranked Choice Voting, limits
on political spending, voting by
mail, and strict rules on politi-
cal opinion polls (such as those
published by Marquette Law
School) “that are not only very
biased, they significantly influ- gets,” she said. “My work has
ence the voter base.”   been recognized globally, and
She said she would work to it requires me to know how to
promote strong public schools choose the very best people
“with programs that blend sci- who will get the work done,
ence, arts, and environmental while staying in constant com-
education — and that teach munication with our universi-
children about compassion and ties, federal government, and
inclusion.”   elected officials.”
She also pledged to “ensure Originally from West Allis,
that we have both a healthy Turnbull  grew up in Antigo.
base of industry and agricul- She now lives in Madison,
ture — while cherishing and where she collaborates with the
preserving the natural beauty of Univertsity of Wisconsin and
Wisconsin that means so much various community groups on
to us.” science and education projects.
According to Turnbull, state She said she spends nearly half
government should be limited her time working in the north-
yet purposeful. woods above Highway 29. She
“I am not a fan of govern- has a Ph.D. in Astronomy and
ment telling us what to do with Cell Biology.
every aspect of our lives or tax-   If she were governor, she
ing every single thing we try said she would end prohibition
to do,” she said. “ The purpose on cannabis.
of government is to ensure that “It has been rightfully said
we have a working infrastruc- that the worst thing about
ture - roads, clean water, fuel, marijuana is the ridiculous law
and the ability to communicate that ruins people’s lives by so
with each other through phone harshly punishing people for
and internet, to promote pub- using it,” she said. “Young
lic safety, to promote a healthy people and minorities are pe-
economy through strong pub- nalized the most for this and
lic schools, and to protect the it haunts them on their perma-
natural environment that we all nent records.  Our prisons and
depend on.” court systems are clogged with
Turnbull said the people of these silly cases, while we pay
Wisconsin have much to be the price — meanwhile other
proud of. states, instead of incarcerating
“We have a true wealth of people, have begun earning
family-owned businesses in hundreds of millions of dollars
Wisconsin that are doing ev- a year in tax revenue by legal-
erything they can to hang on izing marijuana for both me-
in spite of the ‘big box’ stores dicinal and recreational use.  In
that have moved into every Wisconsin, this revenue could
corner of our state,” she said. be used to address our opioid
“We need to protect these small crisis and treat addiction to
businesses and their freedom to drugs that are truly dangerous.”
thrive by passing strong protec- Turnbull said she would also
tions for net neutrality, getting re-examine the school funding
reliable high speed internet into formula, which is long overdue.
small towns and rural areas, “Our tax dollars need to be
investing in communities that spread equitably to inner city,
have room to grow and have suburban, and rural school dis-
already created revitalization tricts,” she said. “We also need
plans, and closing the dark to allow communities to raise
store tax loophole so that big their own school funds by set-
box stores pay their fair share ting their local property taxes
of taxes — instead of just lining at appropriate levels — rather
the pockets of a few business- than determining this for them
men while taking advantage of at the state level.  I am in favor
our infrastructure.” of a diverse set of options for
Turnbull has served in children, including online edu-
elected public office for four cation and the charter school
years on the City Council of movement.  Communities
Antigo, Wisconsin.  During that should be allowed to be cre-
time she also started a Farmers ative about finding solutions
Market which is now celebrat- that work the best for them.”
ing its 10th anniversary. She called Wisconsin roads
“I run large teams across the “a mess.” “This is a direct result
country to carry out incred- of missing a big opportunity to
ibly challenging tasks for our take pressure off our highways
nation’s space administration with a federally-funded rail
— with very diverse teams system that would’ve provided
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Turnbull, continued
tinual pattern of both parties
kicking the can down the road
for the last 10 years or more,”
she said. “On top of that, be-
cause we are so spread out,
we live in a state that has more
paved roads than any other state
in the union — and our state is
right in the middle of a freeze-
thaw zone that is very hard on
roads.”
“The reality is that reconstruct-
ing our roads is going to be
expensive and annoying, and
we all need to accept that,” she
continued. “We are going to
have to prioritize the road proj-
ects that are the most hazardous
right now.  Counties may have
to return some of their back
roads to gravel for now.  When
we repave our roads, we need
to spend the money to do it
right — with a base that can
withstand the freeze-thaw, with
wildlife underpasses to keep
deer off our highways, and
with culverts that can accom-
modate increasing flooding
events.  We cannot afford to
have major roadways washed
out every time there is another
‘1000 year’ flood.”
Scott Walker
Incumbent Republican
Governor Scott Walker is no
stranger to elections. In fact,
thanks to the fact that he suc-
cessfully fended off a recall
election aimed at him before
he had completed his first term
in office, he’s actually won his
current seat three times in eight
years.
Walker says that when he
first took office, “Wisconsin’s
future looked bleak.”
“At the time, my two boys
were younger but Tonette and I
knew that they would soon be
growing up, attending school
and eventually entering the
workforce,” Walker said. “We
wanted to make sure Wisconsin
was an attractive place for them
when they started working, so
we decided to do something
about it.”
“Today, thanks to our re-
forms, unemployment has been
at or below three percent for
eight straight months,” he con-
tinued. “There are now more
jobs available than there are
people looking for work, and
wages are rising faster than the
national average. And we’ve
been able to make historic in-
vestments in our priorities,
like K-12 education, while still
cutting taxes for hard-working
families.”
As the incumbent candidate,
Walker says a vote for him is
a vote for the policies he has
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“Wisconsin is working, but
now I want to make sure that
we keep Wisconsin working for
generations to come – I am ask-
ing for your vote because I want
to finish the job we started,” he
said. “Let’s keep Wisconsin
moving forward.”
When asked to name the
biggest issues facing the state,
Walker focused in on jobs.
“I want Wisconsin to be a
top state for millennials so we
can keep our graduates here and
attract more millennials to Wis-
consin,” he said. “With more
people in the workforce in our
state than ever before, we need
to keep and grow our talent to
move Wisconsin forward, and
help hard-working families
make ends meet.”
“To keep our graduates here,
we have plans to both connect
students with careers and re-
duce student loan debt,” he con-
tinued. “First, our plan starts by
expanding youth apprentice-
ships to students in 7th and 8th
grades to prepare them for suc-
cess. This will help ensure that
every student graduates from
high school with a career plan.
We’re also planning to expand
support for our technical col-
leges in Wisconsin – as many
of the emerging careers require
technical education.”
Walker said that in order to
help reduce student loan debt,
he is proposing a tax credit of
up to $5,000 over five years for
graduates who live and work in
Wisconsin, and will continue
the UW tuition freeze for four
more years.
“To support working fami-
lies, we’ll provide a tax credit
to ease the burden of child care
costs,” Walker added. “We’ll
also continue to lower the bur-
den on hard-working taxpay-
ers and will seek to continue
the Back-to-School Sales Tax
Holiday.”
Walker, a longtime critic of
the Affordable Care Act that
prohibits insurers from deny-
ing coverage to people with
pre-existing conditions, has
recently pledged to “ensure ac-
cess to affordable and quality
health care” despite Wisconsin
being one of the states suing to
declare the health insurance law
unconstitutional. He says there
are other ways to drive health-
care costs down.
“[O]ur plan works to cover
people with pre-existing medi-
cal conditions, continue low-
ering premiums and increase
choices, and make SeniorCare
permanent for seniors to have
access to affordable prescrip-
tion drugs,” Walker stated.
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When asked what role gov-
ernment should play in the lives
of Wisconsin’s citizens, Walker
said it should “make the tough
choices when necessary, be
accountable to taxpayers, and
work to help make life better
for hard-working families.”
“There is a legitimate role for
government to play in our lives,
but it does not have to have a
negative impact on Wiscon-
sin’s hard-working families,”
he said. “For years in Wiscon-
sin before we took office, state
government placed a massive
burden on hard-working fami-
lies with higher taxes and run-
away spending. Our leaders at
the time did not make the tough
choices that were necessary to
turn our state around.”
“Since then, we’ve pushed
for bold reforms to make gov-
ernment more accountable to
Wisconsin’s taxpayers,” he
continued. “We’ve sparked
Wisconsin’s comeback, and
we’ve made record investments
in our shared priorities as a re-
sult.”
Walker said that under his
guidance, Wisconsin is “thriv-
ing.”
“[O]ur economy is growing,
there have been more people
working this year than ever be-
fore, and unemployment hit an
all-time low,” he said. “Wages
are growing faster than the na-
tional rate, we’ve made historic
actual-dollar investments in
K-12 education, and our bipar-
tisan Health Care Stability Plan
was passed and will start lower-
ing premiums for those on the
individual market by more than
four percent next year.”
Walker said his administra-
tion has “a bold agenda to keep
Wisconsin working for genera-
tions to come.”
“To start, we want to make
sure every student graduates
from high school with a career
plan – which is why we want to
expand Youth Apprenticeship
programming to seventh and
eighth grade,” he said. “We
also want to continue reducing
the tax burden on Wisconsin’s
recent graduates, working fam-
ilies, and our seniors – which
is why we are proposing tax
credits to help you keep more
of your hard-earned take-home
pay.”
“Eight years ago, the unem-
ployment rate was 9.3 percent
and many of our graduates were
leaving the state,” Walker said.
“Eight years later, more people
are working in Wisconsin than
ever before and we’ve had
eight straight months of record
unemployment. Our reforms
helped the people of Wiscon-
sin create more jobs and higher
wages.”
Walker said that Act 10,
which dismantled teaching and
other public employee unions
in the state, has saved local
schools billions.
“Our reforms also helped us
invest more money into schools
than ever before and still reduce
property and income taxes on
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workings families and seniors,” Michael White
said Walker. “That’s because
Michael White, Wisconsin notch, although they are cur-
our reforms saved schools
Green Party candidate for gov- rently suffering.”
more than $3 billion. We turned
ernor, said Democrats and Re- “We can restore funding
a $3.6 billion budget deficit
publicans alike are “ignoring support for education,” White
into a surplus and put more into
issues that threaten the future of continued. “We need to ad-
education, worker training, in-
our children and our  society.” dress our  infrastructure - roads,
frastructure and healthcare.”
“It is time for another party, get the lead out of water.  We
who will focus on issues should stop jailing our citizens
“Now, we have a plan to con-
and solutions, instead of simply for non-violent drug crimes,
tinue to grow our workforce by
beating the other party,” White such as cannabis possession.”
keeping our graduates here and
said. White spent 20 years in the
by attracting new talent, like
White said the most impor- military,  including time as a
veterans, to our state - we are
tant issues the state faces are commander.  He has worked
the number one state in Amer-
climate change and environ- as a practicing physician for
ica for veterans benefits,” he
mental protection, healthcare 40 years.  He helped design the
said. “Our plans call for 2/3rd
costs, and getting corporate military TRICARE program,
funding for schools and lower
money out of politics. “End which provides insurance cov-
property taxes; lower health-
corporate personhood,” he said. erage for dependents and retir-
care premiums and covering
As for the role of govern- ees.
people with pre-existing con-
ment in the lives of citizens, He lives in the La Crosse
ditions; maintaining our local
White said it should “intrude area, has an MD degree, and
roads and bridges without mas-
on citizens’ lives as little as also did graduate work in Toxi-
sive gas tax increases.”
possible.”   cology.
Walker’s opponents have ac-
“Government should sup- He says as governor he
cused the current administra-
port education, environmental would work to improve roads,
tion of failing to maintain the
protection, provide essential schools and more.
state’s roads.
services - road, water and sewer “I would work with staff to
“Good roads are important
- and protect the public,” he reassess priorities for fund-
for transportation and for com-
said. “That includes police and ing,” he said. “Schools come
merce,” Walker said. “We gave
regulation of things like food first.  I would not turn away
local governments the largest
safety, pollution prevention and federal grants because of po-
increase in 20 years to maintain
cleanup, stewardship of public litical   fights.  I would work
local roads and bridges. Re-
resources.” to ensure there is a minimum
cently, I announced at both the
counties and towns association White said Wisconsin has funding present for every
conferences our plans to pro- many things going for it, and school in the state.”
vide the highest level of funding there are solutions to many of “We need a justice system
in the history of the program for the problems the state faces. that does not single out mi-
local governments to maintain “We have a diverse econ- norities,” he said. “We need to
their roads and bridges.” omy,” he said. “We have ensure that opportunities for
“Our reforms saved local cultural diversity.  We  have education or business, are uni-
school districts $3.2 billion, preserved our natural heritage versally available.”
putting more money into the for many decades.  Our uni-
classroom,” said Walker. “And versity systems have been top
in our last state budget, we
made the largest actual-dollar
investment into K-12 education
in state history – an extra $200
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each year for every student in
the state. Looking ahead, we
will fully restore the two-thirds
funding of education by the
State of Wisconsin and con-
tinue to make investments in Middleton
our schools to ensure student Wards 1-4, 9, 19 & 20
success and to build our work-
force.” Friendship Hall, St. Luke’s Lutheran
Walker, who took office at Church, 7337 Hubbard Ave.
the tale end of the U.S.’s Great Wards 5-8
recession that was caused by
the subprime mortgage crisis Dining area, St. Bernard’s Parish Center,
and subsequent collapse of the 7436 University Ave.
housing bubble, said Wisconsin Wards 14-18
is better off now than when he
first won the governorship. Gymnasium, the District Service Center,
“Before I took office, un- 7106 South Ave.
employment peaked at 9.3 Wards 10-3
percent, jobs were fleeing the
state, and we had double-digit Courtroom, Middleton Courthouse/Police
tax increases,” he said. “Now, Station, 7341 Donna Dr.
the unemployment rate has
been at or below 3 percent
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Naturally Speaking: Woodpeckers & Hornets

By Jerry Davis
One of the best early autumn foods for downy
woodpeckers, it seems, is a basketball-sized hor-
net nest after several nights of sub-30 tempera-
tures to subdue the immatures and send the adults
to dreamland.
The insects who built the nest are gone now,
but they did leave some eggs, larvae and pupa,
but all long dead from the cold.
It must be easy drilling for a woodpecker who
is used to hammering on various hardwoods to
get a bite to eat and then finding rows and rows
of cells, many filled with protein in the form of
immature insect stages. The paper-thin coverings
are surely no match for a sharp, pointed male
downy’s hammering bill.
For days the little woodpecker returned to
feed, systematically uncovering layers upon lay-
ers of freeze-dried protein.
Natural, organic food probably tastes better
than those processed suet cakes.

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Promises Flower Shop Opens on Allen Blvd.

By Cameron Bren is more than another flower shop. 2012 on Madison’s west side. She location opened on Sept. 5 and La- just run to a big box store and worth of flowers,” LaBelle says.
Times-Tribune She works with a network of local says most of her customer base has Belle says business has been great. find,” LaBelle says. “I try to find “Multiple people aren’t taking cuts
MIDDLETON–Owner of growers to cut costs for her cus- always been in Middleton so when “Our online traffic for floral de- stuff that is a little bit different and commissions along the way.”
Promises Floral and Gift Design tomers and is hosting arrangement her lease was up over the summer, livery has been phenomenal, that and especially smaller and locally LaBelle says something she
Studio, Sharyl LaBelle, says her workshops every week at the store. she decided she wanted to make is where a majority of our business sourced.” wanted differently at the new lo-
new location at 2506 Allen Blvd. LaBelle started her business in the move to Middleton. The new comes from,” she says. LaBelle says she can offer her cation was a workspace out in the
LaBelle says she also gets a lot flower arrangements at a better open where people could watch
of calls from men looking for flow- value than some other florists by her make arrangements and for
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Sports
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Middleton left wanting more

Cardinals not
happy with
second place
finish at state
BY ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune

There’s just one problem

when you’re No. 1.
There’s nowhere to go but
down.
Everybody guns for you. The
target on your back is the size
of Montana.
Middleton’s boys’ cross
country team found that out the
hard way last Saturday.
The Cardinals had a sensa-
tional performance at the WIAA
Division 1 state meet where
they finished second overall
behind champion Neenah.
Just one problem. Middleton
— the defending state cham-
pions — expected to be first
again.
So when the final scores went
up on the board at The Ridges
Golf Course in Wisconsin Rap-
ids, Middleton’s reaction was
predictable.
“The boys were pretty dev-
astated when the scoreboard
showed we placed second,”
said Middleton coach Brian
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Finnel. “Any other year, we are
On top, Middleton’s boys cross country team reacts to finishing second at state. Above, Cardinals’ junior Caleb Easton (573) finished fourth among individuals
See STATE page 22 with a team at state.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2018 TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 17
The beat goes on for swimmers
Middleton wins ninth
straight Big 8 crown
BY ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
The streak goes on.
And not even a costly penalty
can derail Middleton’s girls’
swimming and diving team.
The Cardinals rolled to a
ninth straight Big Eight Confer-
ence title last Saturday, cruising
to the championship in their
own pool.
Middleton, the two-time
WIAA Division 1 state champi-
ons, finished with 546.5 points
to easily outdistance runner-
up Sun Prairie (448). Madison
West was third at 419, while
Madison Memorial (415.5) and
Verona/Mount Horeb (297)
rounded out the top five.
“This was a very solid meet
for us and a great start for our
postseason play,” Middleton
coach Lauren Cabalka said.
Amazingly, Middleton won
despite having its 86 points
from the 500-yard freestyle
wiped away. In that event, se-
nior Makenna Licking finished
first, while senior Hannah Ae-
gerter was second. Senior Anna
Thomley was fourth, freshman
Molly Haag was fifth, sopho-
more Sarah Foley was eighth
and freshman Amanda George
was ninth.
But the Cardinals lost all of
those points, because as the
host team, Middleton failed to
provide enough placards that
count off laps for each swim-
mer in her lane (there were six
available).
Under national federation
swimming rules, any points
scored by the host team are not
counted for that event for vio-
lating the “pool, lane and equip-
ment” provisions of the rules.
National Federation rules
state that if the host school
doesn’t provide “an adequate
number of visual lap-counting
devices for each visiting swim-
mer’s lane, the host team shall
be disqualified from scoring in
the event.”
“The rules infraction was a
pretty big blow to our morale
and one that just should not
have happened,” Cabalka said.
“These girls give us everything
they have, day in and day out,
and deserved to finish their sea-
son at their very best and score
points for their team.
“When a rule penalizes ath-
letes for something they had
absolutely nothing to do with,
I have a major issue with it.
Nonetheless, a rule is a rule and
we paid the price for it. Luck-
ily, the girls were able to come
together, lift each other up and
swim their hearts out to pull out
a win.”
Middleton did exactly that.
Middleton dominated the
relays, with two first place fin-
ishes and a second.
The Cardinals’ quartet of ju-
nior Gabreila Pierobon Mays,
junior Alex Anagnostopoulos,
sophomore Ally Silvestri and
junior Berkley Smith won the
200-yard medley relay. Times-Tribune photos by Mary Langenfeld
Middleton’s 400-yard free-
Gabriela Pierobon-Mays (top) and Makenna Licking (above) helped the Cardinals win a ninth straight Big Eight Conference
style relay team of Licking, se-
title.
nior Cora Mack, Aegerter and
Pierobon Mays was first.
And the foursome of Smith,
seventh and Smith was eighth. ninth straight title. In the end, move on. We have no idea what SP, 2:11.22; 4, Keebler, M, 2:11.22. 50
sophomore Bella Chirafisi, Ae- freestyle — 1, Fiske, SP, :23.72; 2, Terry,
Silvestri was second in the we had season bests, lifetime is happening in other sectionals
gerter and Licking was second MLF, :24.62; 3, Sullivan, MW, :24.81;
100-yard breaststroke, while bests and a lot of smiles. You throughout the state, so we just 4, Berkley, M, :24.86; 5, Zuehl, V/MH,
in the 200-yard freestyle relay.
Anagnostopoulos was third, can’t ask for much more than have to swim at our best, exe- :25.32. 100 butterfly — 1, Marty, MW,
“We started incredibly strong
senior Sarah Wood was fourth that.” cute our races to perfection and :57.57; 2, Stewart, V/MH, :58.78; 3,
with a win in the medley relay,
and senior Amaya Berge was Middleton will now host a hope that it’s enough when all Mays, M, :58.83; 4, Peters, M, :59.27;
which we have struggled with 5, Nelson, SP, :59.52. 100 freestyle —
ninth. sectional Saturday at 1 p.m. of those times come out. Any-
all season,” Cabalka said. “We 1, Fiske, SP, :52.11; 2, Mack, M, :54.00;
Pierobon Mays was third The Cardinals will then take thing can happen, certainly, but 3, Sullivan, MW, :54.34; 4, DeFever,
took a risk and made a change
in the 100-yard butterfly and aim at a third straight state title I have a ton of confidence that MM, :54.37; 5, Moericke, SP, :54.83.
to the order which could have
sophomore Kaitlyn Peters was Nov. 10. these girls can get it done. If we 500 freestyle — 1, Licking, M, 5:11.22;
really thrown the girls off. They 2, Aegerter, M, 5:14.90; 3, Granetzke,
fourth. “As we head into sectionals, take 21 races to state, we’ll be
adjusted without a hitch and MW, 5:16.15; 4, Thomley, M, 5:16.63;
Pierobon Mays was third in our goals remain the same,” Ca- in a great place.” 5, Haag, M, 5:17.13. 200 freestyle relay
acted like veteran swimmers
the 100-yard backstroke, senior balka said. “Swim at our best, — 1, Sun Prairie (Moericke, Marshall,
and it paid off. I was so proud
Alexis Barrett was fifth and carry ourselves with integrity Girls swimming Anderson, Fiske), 1:38.33; 2, Middleton,
of the momentum they gave us BIG EIGHT CONFERENCE MEET
sophomore Norah Martin was and class and showcase our tal- 1:38.90; 3, Verona, 1:40.01; 4, Madison
right from the start.” At Middleton Memorial, 1:40.07; 5, Madison West,
eighth. ent in the best light possible. Team scores: Middleton 546.5; Sun
Licking and Aegerter went 1:40.32. 100 backstroke — 1, Schick,
Smith was fourth in the 50- We have eyes on us at all times Prairie 448; Madison West 419; Madison MW, :58.01; 2, Marty, MW, :58.04; 3,
1-2 in the 200-yard freestyle,
yard freestyle, while freshman and a giant target on our back Memorial 415.5; Verona/Mount Horeb Mays, M, :58.51; 4, Stewart, V, :59.15;
while Chirafisi was seventh 297; Madison La Follette 60; Beloit Me-
Ella Needham was sixth. and these girls do a darn good 5, Barrett, M, :59.67. 100 breaststroke
and senior Grace Madigan was morial 42; Janesville Craig 34; Madison — 1, Bennin, V, 1:04.01; 2, Silvestri,
“Winning on a big stage like job of staying focused on what
eighth. East 16; Janesville Parker 10. M, 1:05.01; 3, Anagnostopolous, M,
this was pretty sweet,” Cabalka matters most — us. 200 medley relay — 1, Middleton 1:06.43; 4, Wood, M, 1:08.53; 5, Bissen,
Silvestri was second in the
said. “Winning the Big Eight “We have 18 entries and (Mays, Silvestri, Anagnostopoulos, MM, 1:08.73. 400 freestyle relay — 1,
200-yard IM, senior Emily
gets harder and harder every three relay teams and our goal Smith), 1:47.85; 2, Sun Prairie, 1:48.85; Middleton A (Licking, Mack, Aegerter,
Keebler was fourth, Anagnosto- 3, Verona, 1:49.51; 4, Madison West A,
single year. is to qualify all 21 swims on to Pierobon), 3:31.59; 2, Sun Prairie,
poulos was seventh and sopho- 1:50.68; 5, Madison West B, 1:51.04. 3:37.49; 3, Middleton B, 3:37.49; 4,
“When five of the top-10 the state meet and leave no one 200 freestyle — 1, Makenna, M, 1:55.35;
more Madelyn Lawn was ninth. Madison Memorial, 3:39.43; 5, Madison
teams in the state are in your behind. That said, we can only 2, Aegerter, 1:56.90; 3, McKeon, MM, West, 3:39.43.
Mack was second in the 100-
conference, you have to swim control what we can control. 1:57.28; 4, Davis, SP, 1:57.59; 5, Nelson,
yard freestyle, freshman Abby SP, 1:57.73. 200 individual medley — 1,
at your best. Luckily, we did “Unlike other sports, it’s
Utter was sixth, Chirafisi was Bennin, V/MH, 2:05.45; 2, Silvestri, M,
and were able to secure our not about winning the meet to 2:08.56; 3, Evy, MW, 2:11.13; 4, Schulz,
PAGE 18 TIMES-TRIBUNE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2018
Clockwise, from top left, Kate Meier, Glenna Sanderson, Makenzie Hodson and Ellie Frisch all
received some form of all-Big Eight Conference honors.
Four golfers
named all-league
BY ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
It was a memorable year
for Middleton’s girls golf
program.
The Cardinals cruised
through the Big Eight
Conference’s regular season
and postseason. Middleton
won regional and sectional
titles, then finished second at
the WIAA Division 1 state
meet.
So it shouldn’t have been a
surprise that Middleton was
well-represented on the all-
Big Eight Conference team.
Junior Kate Meier was
named the conference’s
Player of the Year. Sophomore
Glenna Sanderson was named
first-team all-conference,
while freshman Ellie Frisch
and junior Makenzie Hodson
were both named second-team
all-conference.
Middleton coach Becky
Halverson was also named the
league’s Coach of the Year.
Meier earned first-team
Times-Tribune photos by Mary Langenfeld
all-conference honors for
the second straight year after
receiving second-team all-
conference honors in 2016.
Meier finished in the top-eight
at every match/tournament
she played in this season,
highlighted by a fifth-place
finish at state.
Meier’s nine-hole average
this season was 39.48, down
from 41.19 in 2017 and 43.97
in 2016.
“In her three years of high
school golf so far she has
improved almost 4 ½ strokes,”
Halverson said. “Kate is one
(player) that you can really
see that the hard work pays
off. She has had a tremendous
three years and I can›t wait to
see what she does next year.”
Sanderson averaged 42.94
and had five rounds below 40.
Sanderson won the Big Eight
Conference tournament and
finished 18th individually at
state.
“Glenna just started golfing
last year and she really turned
some heads this season,”
Halverson said. “She has a lot
of talent and I›m excited to
see her continue to grow as a
golfer.”
Hodson averaged 44.67 this
season after averaging 48.58
in 2017. Hodson also shot a
second-day 83 at state where
she made a brilliant recovery
after making a nine on the first
hole.
“Mak had a lot of
comebacks this season after
some slow starts,” Halverson
said. “I am so proud of her
for grinding it out and never
giving up.”
Frisch averaged 44.24 and
also saved her best round of
the year for the second day of
state. There, Frisch shot an 82
and chipped in for eagle on her
final hole of the year.
“Ellie had a great freshman
season and I can›t wait for
what›s to come with her in the
next three years,” Halverson
said.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2018 TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 19

Times-Tribune photos by Mary Langenfeld

Kevin Meicher, one of the top wrestlers in Middleton High School history, selected the Univer-
sity of Minnetoa last week.

Meicher chooses Minnesota Minnesota was his perfect next
Middleton home. Meicher made a verbal
commitment to the Gophers
star will last week. Athletes can sign
wrestle for their national letter of intent
beginning on Nov. 14.
Gophers “The process was definitely
a long stressful one and took
a lot of contemplation,”
BY ROB REISCHEL
Meicher said. “I had to weigh
Times-Tribune
out a lot of things such as if I
The past year has been a would start or where I would
stressful one for arguably the be giving myself the best
finest wrestler in Middleton opportunities for academics
High School history. and athletics.”
As Kevin Meicher tried Meicher has had a brilliant
sorting out his future, the career at Middleton.
state semifinals.
Meicher ’s impressive
résumé made him the target
of Division 1 programs like
Minnesota and Wisconsin,
as well as several smaller
schools. But Meicher
developed a close relationship
with Gophers assistant coach
Trevor Brandvold in recent
years.
Brandvold was an assistant
at Wisconsin for six years
alongside head coach Barry
Davis, who left after last
season. Brandvold was hired
by Minnesota, stayed in close
contact with Meicher, and was
instrumental in getting the
Middleton standout to become
a Gopher.
“He recently got the job
at Minnesota and we kept
in touch,” Meicher said of
Brandvold. “But he really
was one of the first coaches to
reach out to me, so that kind
of set the close relationship
I have with him now. After
meeting all the other coaches
and future teammates, as
well, I realized how close of a
family they were and I loved
that.”
Meicher plans to major in
business and liked the program
Minnesota has. He also
expects to compete for a spot
at either 157 or 165 pounds
right away.
Add it all help and Meicher
believed Minnesota was the
perfect place for him.
“Just all in all the
opportunities are endless in
the Twin Cities and I believe I
can use that to my advantage,”
he said. “Ultimately I felt
Minnesota was best for me.
It’s not too far away from
home and not too close, but I
believe it will provide me with
the opportunities to succeed in
the future.
“The Gophers are one of
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PAGE 20 TIMES-TRIBUNE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2018
Boys spikers
storm into
sectionals
Middleton cruises
past Waukesha North
BY ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
They are off and running.
And if Middleton’s boys
volleyball team keeps playing
like it did last Friday, a sixth
straight state tournament berth
certainly seems possible.
Middleton cruised past
Waukesha North, 25-10, 25-9,
25-10, in a regional final.
The Cardinals advanced to
a sectional semifinal against
Madison West Tuesday.
If Middleton won there, it
would meet either Madison
Memorial or Kettle Moraine
in a sectional final Thursday
at Madison Memorial at 7 p.m.
“Since the sport of boys
volleyball is growing, some
sectionals now have eight
teams,” Middleton coach Ben
White said. “Our sectional is
one of those and it›s the first
time in quite a few years we›ve
had to play in a regional match.
Waukesha North is a team that
is definitely rebuilding and it
shows as they have multiple
players on their team that are
freshmen and sophomores with
a few juniors and seniors.”
Middleton’s Eagan Peters-
Michaud and Scott Buros both
had eight kills, while Sam
Dettman had seven kills and
four aces. Matt Ballweg had
16 assists and Nick Stott had
10 assists.
Dylan Griffith had 14 digs,
while Ruben Emmerich added
three aces and Owen Engling
had two blocks.
Middleton rested junior
outside hitter Parker Van
Buren, who was out with an
injury.
“We really wanted to focus
on our middle attack this
match, as well as limit our
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“We did pretty well at both.
Sam and Owen combined
for 10 kills in 13 attempts.
That ratio is outstanding, but
we would have liked to have
worked them a little bit more.”
Ballweg also eclipsed 1,000
career assists in the win.
“He continues to run a
solid show and make good
decisions,” White said of
Ballweg. “He continues to
improve his connection with
the middles and that will be
the difference as we go down
the stretch.”
White knows things will be
much tougher from here.
First, the Cardinals had to
battle a Madison West team
they defeated in the Big Eight
Conference championship.
“They are a very solid
team,” White said of the
Regents. “We need to make
sure our energy level matches
their effort. We know we are
the team everyone wants to
knock down. We can›t let them
stick with us and have to jump
out to leads in every match.”
If Middleton advances to the
sectional finals, it would face a
red-hot Kettle Moraine team or
meet Madison Memorial in the
Spartans’ house.
“Both will provide great
challenges,” White said.
“Memorial would be hosting
us in the sectional final and
I›m sure that will be intense.
Kettle Moraine is playing like
one of the top 10 teams in state
right now, like they always do
at the end of the season. No
matter what, we have to earn
our way to state, and that›s the
way we like it.”
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Pansegrau
31st at state
even more. But Richardson said
BY ROB REISCHEL
Pansegrau missed not having
Times-Tribune
her entire team with her and
didn’t have one of her better
Lauren Pansegrau had a
races a state.
sensational freshman year for
Middleton failed to advance
Middleton’s girls’ cross country
its team to state the previous
team.
week at the Madison West
And Pansegrau capped her
Sectional.
big season with a 31st place
“Going into the meet she
finish at last Saturday’s WIAA
was ranked in the top-10 based
Division 1 state meet held at
on her times this season,”
The Ridges Golf Course in
Richardson said of Pansegrau.
Wisconsin Rapids.
“I know Lauren was really
Madison West freshman
bummed not to be able to go to
Genevieve Nashold won
state as a team and I think that
the race in 18 minutes, 10.0
really affected her.”
seconds. Pansegrau finished the
There are even better days
5,000-meter course in 19:25.6.
ahead, though, for Pansegrau.
“This girl is a talented,
That’s one thing Richardson is
hardworking young lady with
certain of.
a bright future to look forward
“After a couple weeks
to,” Middleton coach Alexa
off, she›ll start training for
Richardson said. “Thirty first
track season, which she›s
place in the whole state as a
already looking forward to,”
freshman is almost unheard
Richardson said. “Lauren has
of and I›m extremely proud of
high expectations for next cross
all Lauren accomplished this
country season. That combined
season.”
with her drive and work ethic, Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld
Pansegrau entered the meet
she›s only going to continue to
with one of the top-10 times
succeed.” Middleton’s Lauren Pansegrau finished 31st at the WIAA Division 1 girls state cross country meet.
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Middleton’s boys cross country team ran in a pack at the start of the state cross country meet in Wisconsin Rapids last Saturday.
STATE
probably stoked about second,
but this is a unique bunch who
expected to win. We had the
pieces to win, but the stars just
didn’t quite align for us.”
Middleton senior standout
Caleb Easton agreed.
“After seeing that we fin-
ished second, the guys and my-
self were very upset,” Easton
said. “Looking back to my
2015 and 2016 seasons, we
would have been very excited
with second. This year it hurt
because we knew we were ca-
pable of much more, but we did
not execute well.”
Just one year ago, Middle-
ton came to this same course
and defeated runner-up Stevens
Point by 101 points. That was
the largest victory in Division
1 history.
This time, things were much
tighter.
Neenah finished with 122
points, while runner-up Middle-
ton had 131. Germantown was
third at 162, while Madison
West (165) and Stevens Point
(169) rounded out the top five.
In most years, a second-place
finish at state would be memo-
rable. In fact, this marked the
third-best finish in school his-
tory.
But these Cardinals believed
another state title was well
within their grasp, making a
runner-up finish somewhat dis-
appointing.
“We didn’t have our best day
overall,” Finnel said. “Neenah
ran basically how we expected
them to perform. I told the guys
it would be close, probably near
15 points either way and we
ended up losing by nine.
“We knew they could get
four runners in front of our
two. We were hoping to coun-
ter that a little bit, but didn’t un-
fortunately. The next thing we
discussed was getting all seven
runners in before Neenah’s
fifth runner. We got six in, so
again we didn’t quite capitalize
there.”
Neenah senior Matthew
Meinke won the individual
title, finishing the 5,000-meter
course in 15 minutes, 33.9 sec-
onds.
Easton was the Cardinals’
top performer, finishing fourth
overall among team par-
ticipants in 15:51.9 seconds.
Easton, a Northern Arizona re-
cruit, finished eighth a year ago
and 39th as a sophomore.
But Easton wasn’t happy at
all with his showing.
“Personally I was very dis-
appointed with my individual
performance,” Easton said. “I
know that I am a lot more fit
than I displayed, and I am still
trying to put the pieces together
on what went wrong.”
The problem for Middleton
is Neenah then had three run-
ners — at No. 12, 14 and 17 —
finish before Cardinals’ junior
Egan Johnson came in at No. 21
in 16:28.4. Junior Peter Hoferle
was 26th (16:33.0), junior Zach
Leffel was 39th (16:45.0) and
junior Braedon Gilles was 41st
(16:46.6) and that group all
bested Neenah’s fifth runner.
“Honestly, when all of our
guys crossed the finish line I
wasn’t sure,” Finnel said. “I
was about 600 meters from the
finish and a lot happened in that
last bit. Talking around, Brae-
don caught quite a few guys so
I was thinking we may have it.
“Peter and Zach said they
lost some position and we
weren’t sure at that time just
how much. It was a toss-up as
to how we finished in my head.
I didn’t think another team
edged us out based on the sin-
glets running by.”
Middleton’s five runners
totaled 131, while Neenah’s
first four were at just 44. That
meant if Neenah’s No. 5 run-
ner was 88th — or worse — the
Cardinals would repeat as state
champs.
Unfortunately for Middleton,
Neenah senior Joseph Murray
came in 78th which gave the
Rockets the title.
Afterwards, the Cardinals
refused to use injuries as an
excuse. But there’s no question
they played a large part in the
outcome.
Middleton junior Roman
Ystenes, one of the Cardinals’
top runners, didn’t compete
due to an Achilles injury. And
senior Michael Madoch, who
was 10th at state last year, tried
battling through an undisclosed
injury but settled for 93rd place.
“Michael and Roman have
been battling health-related
things all season,” Finnel said.
“We all tried our best to get
them ready for today.
“Michael gave it his best ef-
fort and I’m happy he gave it
a shot. I know it’s not what he
wanted, but as a senior it was
great to see him compete one
last time. Roman obviously
didn’t run. His Achilles was
still a bother earlier in the week.
We all believed and trusted
each other that we could still
win despite some adversity.”
Most years, a second place
finish would have led to jubila-
tion and euphoria inside Mid-
dleton’s camp. But this wasn’t
an ordinary year.
“I’m proud of these boys,”
Finnel said. “It’s tough to repeat
as champs in this sport, espe-
cially when not at full strength.
I can’t think of any team in re-
cent Division 1 history, where a
team would place second with-
out two of their best not racing
or not at 100%.
“It’s a testament of this deep,
hard-working team. They bat-
tled and ran their best on that
day and that’s all I can ask of
them. Running is always a
humbling sport and days like
today make us reflect and ap-
preciate just how hard it is to
win even more. This is a char-
acter building moment and I
know we are going to thrive in
the future because of this day.”
Easton found some positives
after the Cardinals’ disappoint-
ing day.
“This year will definitely be
remembered as a year of rolling
with the punches,” Easton said.
“Not every race will be ideal,
but you have to work with your
situation that you are given.
Overall this team means the
world to me. They have shaped
me as an athlete and as a per-
son and I am very lucky to have
them.”
DIVISION 1 BOYS
Team scores: Neenah 122;
Middleton 131; Germantown
162; Madison West 165; Ste-
vens Point 169; Oconomowoc
181; Sussex Hamilton 232;
Whitefish Bay 256; Hudson
264; Green Bay Preble 272;
Photo sumitted
continued from page 16
Slinger 278; Sun Prairie 280;
Brookfield East 285; Hartland
Arrowhead 288; West Bend
West 321; De Pere 346; Eau
Claire Memorial 351; Mus-
kego 425; West Allis Hale 443;
Kenosha Indian Trail 464.
Top 20 individuals: 1, Bo-
sley, Mequon Homestead,
15:21; 2, Ellenberg, Kim-
berly, 15:30.9; 3, Meinke,
Nee, 15:33.9; 4, Devries, HA,
15:43.0; 5, Schnoor, Ger,
15:48.4; 6, Kisting, Oak Creek,
15:50; 7, Easton, Mid, 15:52; 8,
Vance, Ocon, 15:53; 9, Holmes,
Glendale Nicolet, 15:55; 10,
Bloomquist, Janesville Craig,
15:56. 11, Scherer, Oshkosh
North, 16:01; 12, Wellenstein,
Wauwatosa East, 16:05; 13,
Sodemann, South Milwaukee,
16:06; 14, Kuhlenbeck, SH,
16:06; 15, Franz, StP, 16:06;
16, Loetscher, Madison East,
16:08; 17, Hartman, Wausau
West, 16:07.2; 17, Hartman,
Wausau West, 16:08; 18, Dyer,
WFB, 16:09; 19, Nadolski,
Mukwonago, 16:09; 20, Tome,
Franklin, 16:09.
Middleton results
4, Caleb Easton 15:52; 21,
Egan Johnson 16:29; 26, Peter
Hoferle 16:33; 39, Zach Lef-
fel 16:45; 41, Braedon Gilles
16:47.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2018 TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 23

Photos submitted

Speed demons
Clockwise, from top, Middleton’s boys cross country team shows off the hardware from its second place finish at state.
Michael Madoch finished 93rd overall, while Peter Hoferle was 26th.
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NOTICE OF REFERENDUM
MIDDLETON-CROSS PLAINS AREA SCHOOL
DISTRICT
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at an election to be held in the
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District on November 6, 2018,
the following proposed Initial Resolution and Resolution
Authorizing School District Budget to Exceed Revenue Limit of the
School Board will be submitted to a vote of the people:
RESOLUTION NUMBER I
INITIAL RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING GENERAL OBLIGATION
BONDS IN AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $138,900,000
BE IT RESOLVED by the School Board of the Middleton-Cross
Plains Area School District, Dane County, Wisconsin that there
shall be issued pursuant to Chapter 67 of the Wisconsin Statutes,
general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $138,900,000
for the public purpose of paying the cost of capital improvements
of a school building and improvement program consisting of con-
struction and equipping of a new elementary school; construction
and equipping of an addition to the high school and related remod-
eling, demolition of a portion of the existing high school facility and
reconstruction of the facility; construction and equipping of a cafe-
teria addition to Park Elementary School; and remodeling of the
current Clark Street Community School for use as an early learn-
ing site for the District.
RESOLUTION NUMBER II
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDG-
ET TO EXCEED REVENUE LIMIT BY $4,800,000 FOR
RECURRING PURPOSES
BE IT RESOLVED by the School Board of the Middleton-Cross
Plains Area School District, Dane County, Wisconsin that the rev-
enues included in the School District budget be authorized to
exceed the revenue limit specified in Section 121.91, Wisconsin
Statutes, by $2,800,000 for the 2019-2020 school year and by an
additional $2,000,000 (for a total of $4,800,000) for the 2020-2021
school year and thereafter, for recurring purposes, including
staffing costs and other operational expenses associated with new
and expanded facilities, technology upgrades, safety and security
upgrades, and equipment.
The questions will appear on the ballot as follows:
QUESTION NUMBER I
“Shall the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, Dane
County, Wisconsin be authorized to issue pursuant to Chapter 67
of the Wisconsin Statutes, general obligation bonds in an amount
not to exceed $138,900,000 for the public purpose of paying the
cost of capital improvements of a school building and improvement
program consisting of construction and equipping of a new ele-
mentary school; construction and equipping of an addition to the
high school and related remodeling, demolition of a portion of the
existing high school facility and reconstruction of the facility; con-
struction and equipping of a cafeteria addition to Park Elementary
School; and remodeling of the current Clark Street Community
School for use as an early learning site for the District?”
QUESTION NUMBER II
“Shall the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, Dane
County, Wisconsin be authorized to exceed the revenue limit spec-
ified in Section 121.91, Wisconsin Statutes, by $2,800,000 for the
2019-2020 school year and by an additional $2,000,000 (for a total
of $4,800,000) for the 2020-2021 school year and thereafter, for
recurring purposes, including staffing costs and other operational
expenses associated with new and expanded facilities, technology
upgrades, safety and security upgrades, and equipment?”
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT AND EFFECT OF VOTE
The referendum election ballot will ask District electors to vote
“yes” or “no” on the referendum election questions as set forth
above.
A “yes” vote on Question Number I is a vote to approve the bor-
rowing of $138,900,000 by the Middleton-Cross Plains Area
School District through the issuance of general obligation bonds for
the purpose of paying the cost of capital improvements of a school
building and improvement program consisting of construction and
equipping of a new elementary school; construction and equipping
of an addition to the high school and related remodeling, demoli-
tion of a portion of the existing high school facility and reconstruc-
tion of the facility; construction and equipping of a cafeteria addi-
tion to Park Elementary School; and remodeling of the current
Clark Street Community School for use as an early learning site for
the District.
A “no” vote on Question Number I is a vote to deny the
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District the authority to borrow
$138,900,000 through the issuance of general obligation bonds for
the purpose of paying the cost of capital improvements of a school
building and improvement program consisting of construction and
equipping of a new elementary school; construction and equipping
of an addition to the high school and related remodeling, demoli-
tion of a portion of the existing high school facility and reconstruc-
tion of the facility; construction and equipping of a cafeteria addi-
tion to Park Elementary School; and remodeling of the current
Clark Street Community School for use as an early learning site for
the District.
In the event a majority of the electors voting on Question
Number I vote “yes”, the District will be authorized to undertake the
school building and improvement program described in Question
Number I and borrow not in excess of $138,900,000 therefor; if a
majority vote “no” on Question Number I set forth above, the
District will not be so authorized.
A “yes” vote on Question Number II is a vote to authorize the
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District budget to exceed the
revenue limit specified in Section 121.91, Wisconsin Statutes, by
$2,800,000 for the 2019-2020 school year and by an additional
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year and thereafter, for recurring purposes, including staffing costs of the question, or the elector shall touch the screen next to “no” if
and other operational expenses associated with new and expand- opposed to the question.
ed facilities, technology upgrades, safety and security upgrades, The vote should not be cast in any other manner. Not more than
and equipment. five minutes time shall be allowed inside a voting booth. Sample
A “no” vote on Question Number II is a vote to deny the ballots or other materials to assist the elector in casting his or her
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District the authority to vote may be taken into the booth and copied. The sample ballot
exceed the revenue limit specified in Section 121.91, Wisconsin shall not be shown to anyone so as to reveal how the ballot is
Statutes, by $2,800,000 for the 2019-2020 school year and by an marked.
additional $2,000,000 (for a total of $4,800,000) for the 2020-2021 If the elector spoils a paper or optical scan ballot, he or she
school year and thereafter, for recurring purposes, including shall return it to an election official who shall issue another ballot in
staffing costs and other operational expenses associated with new its place, but not more than three ballots shall be issued to any one
and expanded facilities, technology upgrades, safety and security elector. If the ballot has not been initialed by two inspectors or is
upgrades, and equipment. defective in any other way, the elector shall return it to the election
In the event a majority of the electors voting on Question official, who shall issue a proper ballot in its place.
Number II vote “yes”, the District will be authorized to exceed the The elector may spoil a touch screen ballot at the voting station
revenue limit specified in Section 121.91, Wisconsin Statutes, by before the ballot is cast.
$2,800,000 for the 2019-2020 school year and by an additional After an official paper ballot is marked, it shall be folded so the
$2,000,000 (for a total of $4,800,000) for the 2020-2021 school inside marks do not show, but so the printed endorsements and
year and thereafter, for recurring purposes, including staffing costs inspectors’ initials on the outside do show. The elector shall
and other operational expenses associated with new and expand- deposit the ballot in the ballot box, or deliver the ballot to an inspec-
ed facilities, technology upgrades, safety and security upgrades, tor for deposit, and shall leave the polling place promptly.
and equipment; if a majority vote “no” on the question set forth After an official optical scan ballot is marked, it shall be inserted
above, the District will not be so authorized. in the security sleeve so the marks do not show. The elector shall
LOCATION AND HOURS OF POLLING PLACES insert the ballot in the voting device and discard the sleeve, or
Information as to the location of the polling places is available in deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit. If a central count sys-
the District Office at 7106 South Avenue, Middleton, Wisconsin. tem is used, the elector shall insert the ballot in the ballot box and
ALL POLLING PLACES WILL BE OPEN AT 7:00 A.M. AND discard the sleeve, or deliver the ballot to an inspector for deposit.
WILL CLOSE AT 8:00 P.M. The elector shall leave the polling place promptly.
If you have any questions concerning your polling place, contact After an official touch screen ballot is cast, the elector shall leave
the municipal clerk: the polling place promptly.
Town of Berry - Brenda Kahl City of Middleton - Lorie Burns An elector may select an individual to assist in casting his or her
9046 State Road 19, Mazomanie 7426 Hubbard Ave., Middleton vote if the elector declares to the presiding official that he or she is
767-4152 821-8530 unable to read, has difficulty reading, writing or understanding
M,T,Th,F-7:30 am to 4 pm M-F-7:45 am to 4:30 pm English or that due to disability is unable to cast his or her ballot.
Wed-7:00 am to 11:-00 am The selected individual rendering assistance may not be the elec-
Town of Middleton-Lisa Pardon tor’s employer or an agent of that employer or an officer or agent
Town of Cross Plains 7555 W. Old Sauk Rd,Verona of a labor organization which represents the elector.
Nancy Meinhoz 833-5887 The following is a sample of the official ballot:
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Canvassers
At the close of voting on Election Day, pursuant to the provisions Shall the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, Dane
of Wis. Stat. § 19.84, the Election Inspectors will convene as a joint County, Wisconsin be authorized to issue pursuant to Chapter 67
meeting of the Local Board of Canvassers and the Municipal Board of the Wisconsin Statutes, general obligation bonds in an amount
of Canvassers for the purpose of conducting the local and munici- not to exceed $138,900,000 for the public purpose of paying the
pal canvasses pursuant to Wis. Stat. §§ 7.51 and 7.53(1). This cost of capital improvements of a school building and improvement
meeting will be open to the public pursuant to Wis. Stat. §§ 19.81- program consisting of construction and equipping of a new ele-
89. mentary school; construction and equipping of an addition to the
INFORMATION TO ELECTORS high school and related remodeling, demolition of a portion of the
Upon entering the polling place, an elector shall state his or her existing high school facility and reconstruction of the facility; con-
name and address, show an acceptable form of photo identification struction and equipping of a cafeteria addition to Park Elementary
and sign the poll book before being permitted to vote. If an elector School; and remodeling of the current Clark Street Community
is not registered to vote, an elector may register to vote at the School for use as an early learning site for the District?
polling place serving his or her residence, if the elector presents
proof of residence in a form specified by law. Where ballots are YES
distributed to electors, the initials of two inspectors must appear on
the ballot. Upon being permitted to vote, the elector shall retire NO
alone to a voting booth and cast his or her ballot except that an Referendum
elector who is a parent or guardian may be accompanied by the QUESTION NUMBER II
elector’s minor child or minor ward. An election official may inform
the elector of the proper manner for casting a vote, but the official Shall the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, Dane
may not in any manner advise or indicate a particular voting County, Wisconsin be authorized to exceed the revenue limit spec-
choice. ified in Section 121.91, Wisconsin Statutes, by $2,800,000 for the
On referendum questions, where paper ballots are used, the 2019-2020 school year and by an additional $2,000,000 (for a total
elector shall make a mark (X) in the square next to “yes” if in favor of $4,800,000) for the 2020-2021 school year and thereafter, for
of the question, or the elector shall make a mark (X) in the square recurring purposes, including staffing costs and other operational
next to “no” if opposed to the question. expenses associated with new and expanded facilities, technology
When using a tactile ballot marking device (Vote-PAD) to mark a upgrades, safety and security upgrades, and equipment?
paper ballot, the elector shall obtain from the inspectors, the assis-
tive device and any audio or dexterity aids if required. On referen- YES
dum questions, the elector shall fill in the oval or connect the arrow
next to “yes” if in favor of the question, or the elector shall fill in the NO
oval or connect the arrow next to “no” if opposed to the question.
On referendum questions, where optical scan voting systems Persons with questions regarding the referendum election
are used, the elector shall fill in the oval or connect the arrow next should contact George Mavroulis, District Administrator at 829-
to “yes” if in favor of the question, or the elector shall fill in the oval 9004.
or connect the arrow next to “no” if opposed to the question.
When using an electronic ballot marking device (“Automark”) to Done in the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District
mark an optical scan ballot, the elector shall touch the screen at on November 1, 2018
“yes” if in favor of the question, or the elector shall touch the screen Todd Smith,
at “no” if opposed to the question. District Clerk
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Board Agenda for August 27, 2018 -
Meeting Minutes
MIDDLETON-CROSS PLAINS AREA
SCHOOL DISTRICT
District Services Center
7106 South Avenue, Middleton,
Wisconsin
1. CALL TO ORDER REGULAR BOE MEET-
ING AT 7:00 P.M.
The regular board meeting of the Middleton-
Cross Plains Area School District Board of
Education was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by
President Bob Green.
Present: President Bob Green, Vice President
Annette Ashley, Clerk Todd Smith, Treasurer
Linda Yu (left at 7:05), and Board Members: Kelly
Kalscheur, Kurt Karbusicky, and Paul
Kinne
Not Present: Board Members Anne Bauer and
Sean Hyland
Others Present: Superintendent George
Mavroulis, Assistant Superintendent Sherri Cyra,
Director of Business Services Lori Ames, Athletics
and Activities Personnel Bob Joers, Dan Lynam,
and Ben White and two MHS students, and
Student Services Administrators Barb Buffington
and Cindy Malcheski.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
MOVED by Kinne SECONDED by Kalscheur to
approve the Regular Minutes of August 13, 2018
and the amended Minutes of January 8, 2018.
Motion carried unanimously, 7-0.
3. COMMUNICATIONS
a. Citizen Comments - None
b. Correspondence/Board Communication
Linda Yu resigned her position as board mem-
ber as of tonight. She thanked everyone for mak-
ing her time on the board enjoyable. Paul Kinne,
Kelly Kalscheur and Todd Smith all attended
freshman orientation at MHS. Annette Ashley wel-
comed the new teachers on their first day of orien-
tation and Todd Smith attended the new teacher
luncheon. Bob Green and George Mavroulis
attended the Good Neighborfest Breakfast.
c. Legislative - None
4. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
a. Upcoming Events and Updates
George Mavroulis spoke briefly on the replace-
ment process for Linda’s board position. Lori
Ames gave an update on how the recent flooding
affected district properties. Sherri Cyra reported
that Clubhouse for Kids and Primrose house dis-
trict 4K programs and have been displaced by the
flooding. George stated that everyday we hear
about staff and families that have been affected.
Multi-Agency Resource Centers were available
on Friday and Saturday to help flood victims in the
area. The district had staff at those sessions. The
all staff Welcome Back is Wednesday at 10:15 at
the PAC. George reviewed the several referen-
dum items and map that were added to the
board’s folders.
5. CONSENT AGENDA
MOVED by Karbusicky SECONDED by Smith
to approve the following items on the consent
agenda: 5.a.1. Approval of Bills Payable, 5.b.1
Approval of Resignations, and 5.b.3. Approval of
Staff Appointments (addendum). Motion carried
unanimously, 6-0.
a. Administrative/Business Services
i. Approval of Bills Payable
The check list totaling $1,091,599.51 was
approved under consent agenda. (Exhibit A)
ii. Approval of Treasurer’s Report
There was no Treasurer’s Report to approve.
b. Employee Services - Certified Staff
i. Approval of Resignations
The board approved under consent agenda the
following resignations:
Heidi Becker, 4th Grade Teacher
at Northside Elementary effective October 1,
2018.
Emma Buchholz, Temporary 7th Grade
Teacher at Glacier Creek
Deanna Lambert, Temporary English Teacher
at MHS
Scott Morison, temporary contract 2nd and
4th Grade Teacher at Park and Sauk Trail
Markie Hornung, Temporary 2nd and 4th Grade
Teacher at Park and West Middleton
Steven Stack, temporary contract 2nd and
4th Grade Teacher at Park and Sauk Trail
ii. Approval of Leaves of Absence
TOWN OF CROSS PLAINS
LOCATION AND HOURS OF POLLING PLACE
Notice is hereby given of a Fall General Election for residents
of the Town of Cross Plains. Said Election will be held on
Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at the Community Center, 3734
County Road P, Cross Plains. The polls will be open at 7:00 a.m.
and will close at 8:00 p.m. They are accessible to all. If you have
questions concerning the polling place contact the Town Clerk,
Nancy Meinholz at 798-0189 or tcpclerk@tds.net.
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There were no leaves of absence to approve.
iii. Approval of Staff Appointments
The board approved under consent agenda the
following staff appointments:
Emma Buchholz, to a 1.0 FTE temporary con-
tract 7th Grade Teacher at Glacier Creek
Kori Clemens, to a 1.0 FTE regular contract
1st Grade Teacher at Sunset Ridge
Alayna Gallegos, to a 0.50 FTE temporary con-
tract School Social Worker at Elm Lawn
Heather Jones, to a 1.0 FTE temporary con-
tract French Teacher at Kromrey
Jennifer Landretti, to a 1.0 FTE regular contract
Kindergarten Teacher at Elm Lawn
Steven Stack, to a 1.0 FTE temporary contract
2nd and 4th Grade Teacher at Park and Sauk Trail
from August 28, 2018 to March 22, 2019.
McKell White, to a 0.50 FTE regular contract
4K Teacher at Elm Lawn for the 2018-2019 school
year.
Lucy Zimmerman, to a 0.83 FTE regular con-
tract Art Teacher at Northside for the 2018-2019
school year.
iv. Approval of Retirements
There were no retirements to approve.
c. District Consent Items
6. ITEMS FOR INFORMATION/DISCUSSION
a. Co-Curricular Report
Bob Joers along with two students presented
information on the athletics and activities at MHS.
Bob reviewed some of the achievements, the cul-
ture of MHS co-curriculars such as volunteering
around the community, the updated athletic code,
change in coaching and the continued work with
student behavior, and participation information.
The students shared their experiences in co-cur-
riculars. Dan Lynam and Ben White spoke on their
experience and ideas for the activities portion of
co-curriculars. Several board members asked
questions.
Mary Kern and Eric Engel prepared participa-
tion data and shared efforts for increased partici-
pation. They thanked the board for the extended
day bus so more students are able to participate.
The middle schools are working on equitable par-
ticipation amongst all grade levels, stated that the
participation number of students of color is
increasing, and the student and family engage-
ment positions are helping. Some of the struggles
they face when trying to involve all students is
they are competing with club sports in the area
and middle school students’ interests are always
changing.
b. Seclusion and Restraint Report
Barb Buffington and Cindy Malcheski present-
ed information on the use of seclusion and
restaint used in our schools last year. This is a
state law requirement. We offer NVCI training for
staff on physical restraints and de-escalting situa-
tions. The philosophy is to provide care and safe-
ty for all students. The board asked several ques-
tions.
c. Enrollment Update
Sherri Cyra reviewed the enrollment data that
was in the packet. The district is over projection
and has added approximately 234 students this
year. Sherri stated that a new report will be added
to the Third Friday information. Administration has
added a sections at Northside, Sunset Ridge, and
Elm Lawn.
d. Review District Strategy Map and Board
Goals
George Mavroulis started off the discussion
with a review of the District Strategy Map for
2016-2021. Administration is continuing work on
goals and receiving more data which shows
movement towards the success indicators.. The
next part of the agenda included discussion on
changes to board goals and what updates should
be considered. Input was given by board mem-
bers. Todd Smith will work on several revisions to
be reviewed at the next board meeting.
7. ITEMS FOR ACTION
There were no Items for Action.
8. NEXT MEETING DATES AND ADJOURN-
MENT
MOVED by Karbusicky SECONDED by Ashley
to adjourn the regular meeting at 9:08 p.m. Motion
carried unanimously, 6-0.
a. Future Meeting Dates
b. Potential Board Agenda Items
The board stated that they will add one item to
the September 24 board agenda - Interview and
selction process of board candidates.
Cheryl Janssen, Board Secretary
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Nancy Meinholz, Clerk
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Board Agenda for October 8, 2018 -
Meeting Minutes
MIDDLETON-CROSS PLAINS AREA
SCHOOL DISTRICT
District Services Center
7106 South Avenue, Middleton,
Wisconsin
1. CALL TO ORDER REGULAR BOE MEET-
ING AT 7:00 P.M.
The regular board meeting of the Middleton-
Cross Plains Area School District Board of
Education was called to order at 7:04 p.m. by
President Bob Green.
Present: President Bob Green, Vice President
Annette Ashley, Clerk Todd Smith, and Board
Members: Anne Bauer, Bob Hesselbein, Kurt
Karbusicky
Not Present: Board Members Sean Hyland,
Kelly Kalscheur and Paul Kinne
Others Present: Superintendent George
Mavroulis, Director of Business Services Lori
Ames, Director of Curriculum/Assessment/4K
MaryBeth Paulisse, Director of Secondary
Education Laura Love, Director of Elementary
Education Rainey Briggs, Assistant Director of
Student Services Cindy Malcheski, and Director of
Communications Perry Hibner
2. OATH OF OFFICE - SEATING OF NEW
BOARD MEMBER
Bob Hesselbein was appointed to fill the board
vacancy at the September 24 Board Meeting. Bob
was officially sworn in as an Area IV Board
Member.
3. RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING EDU-
CATORS - UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
George Mavroulis and the board recognized
Steve Kurr, Aaron Stutz, and Mike VerVoort for
being selected as a University of Chicago’s
Outstanding Educator. They were nominated for
this award by MHS graduates who are now attend-
ing the University of Chicago. George stated the
greatest honor as an educator is being recognized
by your students.
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
MOVED by Karbusicky SECONDED by Ashley
to approve the Regular Minutes of September 24,
2018. Motion carried unanimously, 6-0.
5. COMMUNICATIONS
a. Citizen Comments - None
b. Correspondence/Board Communication
Kurt Karbusicky attended the referendum ses-
sions at West Middleton and Park. Annette Ashley
stated that the MHS marching band has been in
two competitions this year. Todd Smith attended
several referendum presentations and thanked the
district staff for their hard work and time. Bob
Green also attended several referendum sessions.
Anne Bauer shared that this week is Trunk or Treat
at Sunset Ridge.
c. Legislative - None
6. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
a. Upcoming Events and Updates
George Mavroulis publicly recognized the board
as part of the Public School Board Recognition
week. George read the proclamation from WASB.
He stated that the first board visit will occur on
Friday at MHS. Four board members said they will
attend. There are approximately 10 referendum
presentations scheduled for this week.
b. Referendum Update - None
7. CONSENT AGENDA
MOVED by Bauer SECONDED by Karbusicky
to approve the following item on the consent agen-
da: 7.a.1. Approval of Bills Payable, 7.a.2.
Approval of Treasurer’s Report, 7.c.1. Approval of
Foreign Travel-Portugal and Spain, and 7.c.2.
Approve 66.03 Agreement for School to Career
Program. Motion carried unanimously, 6-0.
a. Administrative/Business Services
i. Approval of Bills Payable
The check list totaling $2,022,829.97 was sub-
mitted and reviewed by the Board Treasurer.
(Exhibit A)
ii. Approval of Treasurer’s Report
The Treasurer’s Report was approved under
consent agenda. (Exhibit B).
b. Employee Services - Certified Staff
i. Approval of Resignations
There were no resignations to approve.
ii. Approval of Leaves of Absence
There were no leaves of absence to approve.
iii. Approval of Staff Appointments
There were no staff appointments to approve.
iv. Approval of Retirements
There were no retirements to approve.
c. District Consent Items
i. Approval of Foreign Travel -
Portugal/Spain
The board approved under consent agenda the
foreign travel to Portugal and Spain.
ii. Approve 66.03 Agreement for School to
Career Program
The board approved under consent agenda the
66.03 Agreement for the School to Career
Program. (Exhibit C)
8. ITEMS FOR INFORMATION/DISCUSSION
a. MTSS Report
Administrators MaryBeth Paulisse, Laura Love,
Rainey Briggs and Cindy Malcheski presented the
Framework for the district’s MTSS process. The
administrative team is recommending a change to
the mission, vision and guiding beliefs that the dis-
trict is currently using. These proposed changes
were reviewed by Laura Love. MaryBeth moved
on to explain the MTSS framework model for our
district and the different teams/pieces that make
up the process. Rainey reviewed what the schools
will be reporting to the board throughout the year
and how it connects to our district strategy map.
Cindy Malcheski completed the report by sharing
the supports that have been put in place and the
next steps in the process. The board asked ques-
tions throughout the presentation. (Exhibit C)
b. Report on Third Friday Enrollment
George Mavroulis updated the board on the
Official Third Friday enrollment data. Lori Ames
presented information on the head count for
school finance and budget purposes. Our district is
the fastest growing district in Dane County the last
four years.
c. Board Role on Education Foundation
George began the discussion by explaining that
the Education Foundation bylaws do not state that
school board members have to be a Foundation
member. The board member would be a commu-
nication loop. There are a lot of responsibilities of
the Foundation board members but the main pur-
pose is to keep the board informed. Perry Hibner
joined the conversation. The Foundation would
like board input but are not asking to put more on
their plates. It would be more of a board liaison
position. After continued discussion, Bob stated
that if anyone is interested, they should let Perry
Hibner know.
9. ITEMS FOR ACTION
a. Board Role on Education Foundation
There was no action taken.
b. Appoint New Board Treasurer
MOVED by Karbusicky SECONDED by
Hesselbein to appoint Anne Bauer as Board
Treasurer. Motion carried unanimously, 6-0.
10. NEXT MEETING DATES AND ADJOURN-
MENT
MOVED by Karbusicky SECONDED by Ashley
to adjourn the regular meeting at 8:20 p.m. Motion
carried unanimously, 6-0.
a. Future Meeting Dates
b. Potential Board Agenda Items
Cheryl Janssen, Board Secretary
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during the winter and outdoor
furniture during the summer. If
you have some downhill skiing
experience, enjoy winter sports
and like working with people
this might be the opportunity
you’ve been looking for. Chalet
is a fun and friendly place to
work with local owners who
have great appreciation for em-
ployees and customers. All po-
sitions can be year round or
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POSITIONS. NO WEEKENDS. Where friendly, advanced dental
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CURRENTLY TAKING
APPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT
• Orthodontics
• General Family Dentistry
• Teeth Whitening
• Crowns & Bridges
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• Implants
Insurance Benefits

Assisted Living
seasonal depending on the per- Are Running Out,
son, with flexible shifts ranging
from 15 – 40 hours per week. Use It Or Lose It.
Chalet has been serving Madis- Prairie du Sac Black Earth Spring Green Girlie’s Manor an assisted living
on skiers for the past 35 1250 Prairie St. 1209 Mills St. 240 W. Jefferson St. facility for elderly is seeking a part time position
years.We offer a generous
base salary with commissions, FREELANCE 643-8505 767-3604 588-2122 from Monday through Friday available at both of

SPORTS www.villagefamilydental.com
bonuses, employee discounts our facilities for activities and light housekeeping.
and free skiing at local hills. To
join our team please stop by We are also looking for full time caregivers.
our newly remodeled store and
apply in person. Pay range: $12
- $16 per hour. Chalet Ski &
WRITERS PART & FULL TIME POSITIONS AVAILABLE:
Must be reliable & responsible.
Good pay & benefits.
Patio 5252 Verona Road
Madison, WI 53711. 608-273-
8263 info@chaletski.com
WANTED Sales and Cashiering Applicants should have a stable job history
and references. Experience is preferred but will train.
To cover high school Yard/Shipping/Receiving
WISCONSIN STATE sports for our local Must have excellent people skills and be detail 608-437-2778 or 608-798-1086
JOURNAL CARRIER newspapers.
oriented. Retail experience preferred not
The Wisconsin State Journal required. Flexible schedule and benefits
Assorted schools in available. Additional $3.00 per hour for
is looking for carriers to
deliver in the
Dane County. weekend hours. Apply in person at: CITY OF MIDDLETON
Verona, Fitchburg,
Menards LOCATION AND HOURS OF POLLING PLACE
Madison & Middleton Areas. Contact Sports Editor 430 Commerce Dr
Madison, WI 53719 At the General Election to be held on November 6, 2018, in the
Must be available early A.M.s,
Rob Reischel at City of Middleton, the following polling place locations will be
7 days a week & robreischel@gmail. used for the wards indicated:
Location Wards
have a dependable vehicle. com
VILLAGE OF CROSS PLAINS St Luke’s Lutheran Church,
$500 Bonus for new carrier LOCATION AND HOURS OF POLLING PLACE 7337 Hubbard Avenue 1-4, 9, 19, 20
to stay on route for 6 mos.
St Bernard’s Parish Center,
For more information call NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a General Election will be
7436 University Avenue 5-8
Dale at 608-575-9164 held on November 6, 2018 in the Village of Cross Plains. The fol-
lowing Polling Place will be used for this election:
Middleton Police Station,
7341 Donna Drive 10-13
TOWN OF CROSS PLAINS Cross Plains-Berry Fire District
PLAN COMMISSION AGENDA Fire Station
Middleton School District Service
1501 Bourbon Road
Monday, November 5, 2018 @ 8:00 pm Cross Plains, WI 53528
Center, 7106 South Avenue 14-18
at the Community Center,
3734 County Road P in Pine Bluff All Polling Places will open at 7:00 am and will close at
ALL POLLING PLACES WILL OPEN AT 7:00 A.M. AND
8:00 pm.
WILL CLOSE AT 8:00 P.M.
1. Call to order.
2. Approve the minutes of the June meeting. If you have any questions concerning your polling place, con-
If you have any questions concerning your polling place, con-
3. Public Comment. tact the Municipal Clerk:
tact the municipal clerk.
4. Discussion/Action: Dan and Sandy Petersen will
appear a second time to request a CUP and discuss Caitlin Stene
Lorie J. Burns
plans for their property located at 3888 Birch Trail. Village Administrator/Clerk
7426 Hubbard Avenue
5. Discussion/Action: The Commission will discuss the 608-821-8350
Chapter 10, Dane County zoning revisions for the Town 2417 Brewery Road (PO Box 97)
7:45 am – 4:30 pm M-F
of Cross Plains. Cross Plains, WI 53528
6. Discussion: The Commission will discuss how TDR Office Hours – Monday thru Friday, 7:30 am to 4:00 pm
All polling places are accessible to elderly and disabled
original and bonus entitlements apply to conservation voters.
subdivisions. (608) 798-3241 x 105
cstene@cross-plains.wi.us
Notice of Meeting of the Local Board of Canvassers
Note1: A majority of the Town Board may be present. No votes At the close of voting on Election Day, pursuant to the provi-
or other action will be taken by the Town Board at this meeting. The Polling Place is accessible to the elderly and disabled vot-
sions of Wis. Stat. § 19.84, the Election Inspectors at each
Note 2: Papers and information on the agenda topics above ers. Please contact the Municipal Clerk above with any other
polling place will convene as the Local Canvassing Board for the
may be found on the Internet at http://www.plan- questions regarding accessibility.
purpose of conducting the local canvass pursuant to Wis. Stat. §
commissionTCP.com. 7.51. This meeting will be open to the public pursuant to Wis.
Caitlin Stene
Stat. §§ 19.81-89.
Submitted on October 25, 2018, by Mary Scott, Secretary for Village Administrator/Clerk
the TCP Plan Commission/Deputy Clerk
Publish: 11/1/18 WNAXLP Publish: 11/1/18 WNALXP
Publish: 11/1/18 WNAXLP
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1126 Mills Street, Black Earth
humanresources@dairyfoodusa.com • www.dairyfoodusa.com
Equal Opportunity Employer. Application forms available at our front desk.

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FINISH CARPENTERS - 5+ years of experience; Excellent ability to
Holtz Farms Trucking, LLC is a family owned Prepare final subcontracts for all trades. read & interpret construction plans; Ability to install casework, doors,
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