The Middleton Police Departmenthas released its annual report for theyear 2013.

The overall crime rate was down 23percent in 2013 from 2012, markingthe lowest rate of crime reported inMiddleton in more than ten years.

Residential burglaries and theftsfrom motor vehicles, which make up amajority of local crimes, were down 42percent and 21 percent, respectively.

Police attribute the reduction to co-operation from citizens after outreachefforts through the use of social media

and a “Vehicle Report Card” system.“Unfortunately, the use of Heroin

continues to plague our community,”wrote chief of police Brad Keil in thereport. “Police officers and paramedicsresponded to six overdose calls in2013.”

Two of those calls resulted in thedeath of the users.   Arrests of those re-sponsible for delivering the drug weremade after the most recent death, ac-cording to Keil.

Middleton Police continue to workwith other area law enforcement agen-cies to try to curb this epidemic, whichKeil said is responsible for many of thecrimes committed in the community.

“We worked very closely with our

School District again this past year onplanning for and responding to criticalincidents that might occur at schools orduring school related activities,” Keilwrote. “Joint training and a full scaleexercise, paid for in part with a grantthrough the Office of Justice Assis-tance, was conducted in 2013.”

The department’s goal to achieveAccreditation through the WisconsinLaw Enforcement Accreditation Group

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Times-Tribune photo by Matt GeigerFor the birds...Arctic temperatures can’t prevent hardy birders such as Chuck Hen-

rikson from enjoying the Pheasant Branch Conservancy and its assort-ment of species. Pictured above, Henrikson sets out, notebook andbinoculars in hand, to see what he could see.

Chicago-based cover band “RodTuffcurls and the Benchpress”were tapped to bring their bone-crushing three-part vocal har-monies and a contagious energy tothe stage of this year’s Bockfest,which took place Saturday at Cap-ital Brewery. At right, the band wasalready busy dancing (and enjoy-ing some locally-brewed beer) be-fore they even took the stage. To seemore images from this year’s Bock-fest, turn to page 9.

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God, gay rights andGood Neighbors...

Gay marriage is a political hot but-ton. For years, the issue has drawn ide-ological lines between politicalcandidates, families and communities. 

When Facebook users changed theirprofile pictures in March of 2013 tored-hued versions of an equality logocreated by the LGBT-advocacy groupthe Human Rights Campaign, nearly 3million internet users demonstratedtheir support for gay marriage legisla-tion passing through the SupremeCourt.

The court declined the case, leavingthe populace to return to the debate.

But here in Middleton, it’s a morenuanced issue that one might assume.It isn’t, as many national media outletshave been wont to frame it, a fight be-tween liberal atheists and conservativeChristians.

The Good Neighbor City is home toan eclectic mix of faiths, churches and

congregations, and they don’t all seeeye to eye on the issue of gay rights.

The same is true at the national

level. Amidst a flood of activism in re-cent years, members of the religiouscommunity stepped up to the fight in

Churches in Middleton weigh in on LGBT acceptance

Annual police report released

by FRANCESCA MASTRANGELO& MATT GEIGER

Times-Tribune

by MATT GEIGERTimes-Tribune

See GOD, page 4

See CRIME, page 6

Crime is way down, but heroin remains a problem

Inside this issue:Local: School: Sports:Terrace Ave. redevelopmentat center of debate. Page 3

High school releases honor roll. Page 5

Groy headed to the NFL? Page 11

Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Dining Guide. . . . . . . . . . 9Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Pastor Roger EigenfeldSt. Luke’s Lutheran Church

Christ died for us all.” “

Tough guys!

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Times-Tribune photo by Matt GeigerDreaming of springThat color above, for those Middletonians who might not remember it after the winter we’ve had, is green.

While spring really is right around the corner, Keith Klipstein, above, enjoyed seeing some thriving plant liferecently within the toasty confines of the Bruce Company on Parmenter Street.

For the second year in a row field bi-ology students from Dan Drangstveit’sand Jeff Erickson’s classes took part incollecting field data as part of a five-year DNR Buck Mortality study.

In 2006, a panel of experts in biggame population modeling recom-mended that the DNR document buckrecovery rate through a long-termmark-recapture study, thus making thisstudy a top priority. As the name sug-gests, this means capturing and taggingbucks, monitoring their activity, anddetermining the causes of buck mortal-ity, or death. Two study areas have

been established; one primarilyforested area in northwest Wisconsin,and one farmland area in east-centralWisconsin. The different study siteswere chosen to monitor differences inbuck mortality and harvest rates acrossareas with different habitat types, hunt-ing pressure, types and relative densi-ties of predators, and vehicle traffic.

Field Biology students took part inthe mark-recapture and tagging ofbucks in the northwest Wisconsinstudy site in January and in the east-central Wisconsin study site in Febru-ary.

Field biology students‘tackle’ buck mortality

Andrew Torresani, seen here restraining a young buck.

Amelia Crow and Alex Elliot fasten a collar.

Photos contributedLogan Clark, Nate Kaufman and Rebecca Prosch netting a deer that was

caught in a box trap.

Playing a hands on role in five-year DNR study

At the February 18 Middleton Com-mon Council meeting, members con-tinued an ongoing conversationsurrounding the redevelopment of Ter-race Avenue.

After the council opted to move for-ward with rebuilding Terrace Avenuebetween Parmenter Street and NorthHigh Point Road in April of last year,project engineers set to work on designconcepts for the reconstruction. Re-building this area would include under-grounding electrical utility lines, newsewer and water utilities, as well as anew solar-powered “Market Arcade”straddling the city terrace and CityBrewery property.

Last week, project consultant JeffMaloney presented draft plans for Ter-race Avenue reconstruction to thecouncil. These design concepts incor-porated various priorities the city andengineers agreed upon in preliminaryreview stages.

According to Maloney, the recon-

struction project aims to “create

stronger link between Greenway Cen-ter and downtown, replace aging infra-structure and utilities along TerraceAve., make Terrace Avenue more bicy-cle and pedestrian friendly by imple-menting traffic calming measures,increase the likelihood for redevelop-ment, and reinforce Capital Brewery asa community space.”

The project, which would be fundedusing TIF monies and cost an esti-mated $3.5 million, drew criticismfrom certain Council members.

“I have a concern about the pricetag,” voiced Gurdip Brar (Dist. 2).

As Brar went on to compare the costof the Terrace Ave. project to BranchStreet development, Mayor Sonnentagresponded to these complaints by say-ing Brar was “comparing apples andoranges.”

“You need to compare the scope ofwork and the city engineer believesthere is a different scope of work be-tween those two projects in general,”Sonnentag added.

“We are talking about underground-ing new utilities with this project whichaffects the cost,” stated Howard Teal(Dist. 5). “Don’t even think about notdoing that - it would have bad conse-quences.”

The Council went on to discuss theinclusion of either angled or parallelparking for the area in question.

Some members, such as JoAnna

Richard (Dist. 3), recommended to notuse angled parking.

“Angled parking is ripe for acci-dents,” said Richard. “You are blindcoming out of a spot.”

As city administrator Mike Davisurged the Council to make a decisionregarding the parking aspect of devel-opment at Tuesday’s meeting, mem-bers voted against angled parking infavor of parallel.

The Council then moved forwardwith approving the Terrace Ave. recon-struction and streetscaping design con-cepts in their current form.

With regards to downtown Terracebrick pavers replacement, the Councilapproved an award of a bid fromSpeedway Sand & Gravel for$794,313. This project will be paidfrom TIF #3.

Other decisions made at the February18th meeting:

- The Council approved an amend-ment to the annexation agreementwith Erdman Real Estate Holdings toextend the effective date for annexa-tion and associated approvals fromMarch 18th, 2014 to the end of thecalendar year. This will allow moretime for the annexation’s reviewprocess.

- The Council approved a motion to

move forward with participating in ajointly funded municipal salary andwage survey. The purpose of the sur-vey is to provide improved base datato all participating municipalities forDane County area comparisons.

- Chief Keil of the Middleton PoliceDepartment requested that the City

bump Captain Noel Kakuske’s salaryfrom $88,990 to $93,914. The requestwas made in light of the fact that Cap-tain Kakuske was retired, hired back asa Captain several years ago, and doesnot require continuing state pensionpayments.

The Council approved the motion.

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Terrace redevelopment plans go through plan commission

Some on city council voice concerns over redevelopment costs

The Middleton Planning Commis-sion has approved the latest plans forthe Terrance Avenue redevelopmentproject.  The project focuses on the sec-tion between High Point Road and Par-menter Street.  Plans include anupdated streetscape and a proposedpublic market space.  The projectwould also add more parking spacesand improved biking features.  

The project is headed by Vandewalle

and Associates of Madison.  The com-pany specializes in planning, design,energy systems, redevelopment, mar-keting and real estate.  It has workedwith other cities in the state and themidwest including Sturgeon Bay,Racine, Waterloo, Iowa, and Freeport,Illinois.  The project has an estimatedcost of $3.5 million.  That includes theroad and related infrastructure,streetscape, the proposed public marketcanopy and an off-street parking lot.TIF would be used for the entire $3.5million project.  

“It would replace aging infrastruc-

ture that is on Terrace Avenue,” JeffMaloney of Vandewalle points out.  “Alot of the utilities are from the 50s.”The project would also widen the road.

The wider roads would providespace for biking lanes.  The laneswould be painted and clearly markedwith ‘sharrows’.  The project wouldprovide cyclists with a generousamount of bicycle parking/lock-upracks.  Inverted U-type racks wouldrun parallel to the street and could pos-sibly have a canopies.  

“[The public market/event space]would provide a permanent location

for downtown festivals and activities,”Maloney tells the commission.  “Itcould also include the farmers marketif you want to expand upon that andcreate a market street.”

The market/event space would bedirectly across the street from theskatepark.  It would  include solar pow-ered shelters that could supply powerand lighting. 

That strip of Terrace Ave. being thehome of Capital Brewery has the busi-ness behind the project and creatingplans for a beer garden expansion.Vandewalle works to get public and

private entities to invest and plan to-gether.  

“Anytime we have a TIF public ex-penditure or improvement project wetry to leverage that for private develop-ment,” Maloney added.  “The proposedprojects reinforce Capital Brewery as acommunity gathering space and obvi-ously provide an aesthetically pleasingstreet, improve upon what is there andbuild it into the rest of the nice im-provements that are downtown.”

The plan commission endorsed theproject and recommended approval tothe common council. 

CHURCH NOTES

by CAMERON BRENTimes-Tribune

by FRANCESCA MASTRANGELO

Times-Tribune

Crash in Springfieldclaims area man’s life

A Mount Horeb man has died aftera car in which he was a passengerdrove through a stop sign and collidedwith another vehicle.

The Dane County Medical Exam-iner’s Office on Sunday reported thatDale J. Wood, 58, died from injuriessustained in a crash in the Town ofSpringfield on Friday, Feb. 21.

Dane County Sheriff’s deputies andCross Plains Police responded to thetwo-vehicle injury crash at the intersec-tion of County Highway P and CountyHighway K at approximately 7:12 p.m.

Jennifer Kirchstein, age 50, and her

passengers; Margaret McHugh, age 70,George Hove, age 75, James Kirch-stein, age 53, Payton Kirchstein, age 8,and Wood, were traveling west onCounty Highway K. According to astatement issued by the sheriff’s office,Kirchstein failed to stop at a stop signand ran into a vehicle traveling southon County Highway P. The seconddriver was Rebecca Voights, age 46.

Everyone involved in the crash sus-tained some level of injury and theywere transported to the hospital. Twopatients were transported by two sepa-

See CRASH, page 4

recent years. Large religious organiza-tions such as the United Church ofChrist, the Episcopal Church of theUnited States and the Unitarian Uni-versalists are both long-time supportersof same-sex marriage and vocal propo-nents of anti-discrimination legislation.

How a specific faith communitysees the issue is often linked to thatparticular church’s methodology whenreading and interpreting scripture.Some Christians are literalists, for ex-ample, and believe everything in thebible has a straightforward, literalmeaning that is fairly free of interpre-tive leeway.

Others see the Bible as the Word ofGod as seen through the lens of falliblehuman authors living in specific timesand places in history. They point topassages in which the Apostle Paul ap-pears to condone slavery, admonishinga slave to obey his master, or a passagein the Old Testament ordering peoplenot to wear blended fabric, and saythose texts must be understood in con-text rather than applied literally totoday’s world.

So with people of faith debating gayrights nationwide, where do Middletoncongregations stand in the battle forLGBT equality?

Middleton Community Church, lo-cated on Schewe Road, counts itselfamong the publicly-declared “open andaffirming” U.S. places of worship.

According to the congregation’swebsite, “LGBT people are welcomein MCC’s full life and ministry.” Since2008, the Middleton CommunityChurch has issued statements “in sup-port of LGBT civil rights, eliminationof institutionalized homophobia withinthe UCC, as well as HIV/AIDS educa-tion and care as it affects LGBT per-sons.”

Pastor Jim Illif said his church tookpart in an intensive, ongoing study ofscripture in the mid-2000s in order toclarify its stance on LGBT issues. In

2008, at the conclusion of that time, thechurch approved its “open and affirm-ing policy.”

“We approved it unanimously, with117 votes, and it has been a guidingprinciple ever since,” he said. “It hadzero negative impact.”

“When we talk about it, both thenand now, we explain that this is a re-flection of Jesus’ attitude,” said Illif.“He worked on the margins, with peo-ple who weren’t necessarily acceptedby all of society at the time.

Illif went on to say the issue is morecomplex than modern, humanistic lib-eralism pitted against conservativefaith communities.

“This is our challenge in our time,”he said. “To be open.”

Some other local congregations seethe issue differently. St. BernardCatholic Parish, located on ParmenterSt., adheres to what it sees as biblicaltradition when it comes to the accept-ance of gay relationships.

Rev. Msgr. Douglas Dushack notedthat although he can’t speak for thepersonal views of his parishioners, St.Bernard promotes the current Catholicposition on marriage.

“I imagine that our members areboth pro and con when it comes to thisissue, but as a congregation we followthe bible’s teachings and the church be-lieves that marriage is between a manand a woman,” said Dushack.

While St. Bernard maintains con-vention when it comes to marriage,Rev. Dushack believes the parish op-poses any form of prejudice-based dis-crimination such as bullying and hatecrimes committed against LGBT indi-viduals.

Located on High Road, GatewayCommunity Church also opposes gaymarriage. But a church leader theresaid that won’t stop the congregationfrom showing “love” for those who aregay.

“At Gateway we are committed to

simultaneously upholding the truth ofGod’s word and the love of Christ,”said Gateway pastor Paul Lundgren.“To hold up God’s truth, we cannot ingood conscience support same-sexmarriage; to hold up Christ’s love, wewill continue to love our neighbors, in-cluding those who are homosexuals, byserving, teaching, learning from, andopening our doors to all people.”

Pastor Roger Eigenfeld, of St.Luke’s Lutheran Church on HubbardAvenue, said there is little debate onthe issue within his congregation. St.Luke’s is open to all people, regardlessof sexual orientation, and while Wis-consin is not among the 17 states thatcurrently allow gay marriage, St.Luke’s would perform same-sex mar-

riage ceremonies here if that were tochange.

“All we do is follow what our de-nomination tells us,” Eigenfeld said,“and the Evangelical Lutheran Churchin America voted in, I think it was2009, on the issue. We’re open to allpeople of all stripes – Christ died for usall.”

Eigenfeld said it is sometimes “dis-appointing” to see the issue of LGBTrights characterized as one of secular-ism versus Christianity.

As Middleton congregations andresidents represent a spectrum of opin-ions when it comes to gay rights, find-ing common ground on this polarizingissue would offer new meaning tobeing a “good neighbor.”

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GOD continued from page 1

CRASH continued from page 3

rate Med Flight helicopters. Theother patients were transported byambulances supplied by CrossPlains, Middleton and WaunakeeEMS.

A forensic autopsy on Wood wascompleted Saturday at the DaneCounty Medical Examiner’s Office.Preliminary results of the autopsyconfirm that he died from injuriessustained in the traffic crash.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2014 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 5

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Alison Petrick,Jennifer Phillips,Garrett Piernot,Andrew Plumb,Amanda Powers,Amanda Ramirez,*Tia Rashke,Kendra Rasmussen,Jordan Redders,Grace Reif,Daylon Reifsteck,Colin Roberts,Dana Angeli Rodriguez,*Soren Rozema,*Kyra Rubin,Avery Sampson,Nicole Satterlund,Andrew Schenck,*Tamara Scott,*Jolyon Scudder,*Ivraj Seerha,Emily Seifriz,Rachel Severson,Miranda Shanks,Maegan Sheehan,Kaylee Simon,Jordan Smith,Bailey Spellman,Arielle Stadler,*Ashley Stahnke,Thomas Stampen,*Jack Stanton,Max Stenklyft,Abigail Stoppleworth,Megan Sullivan,Anna Swenson,Tanner Tanyeri,*Rachel Thornton,*Ralph Turner,Harish Veeramani,*Jack Verstegen,*Roger Waleffe,*Alison Weber,*Benjamin Weissburg,Daniel Wendt,Elisabeth Whritenour,*Rachel Wians,Peter Williams,*Sarah Woody,*Michelle Xie,Amber Yaeger,Su Jin Yoo,Travis Zander,*Emily Zeker,*William Zocher,

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Joseph Hall,Julia Handel,Levi Heilprin,Jamie Herb,*Sarah-amalie Hoffmann,Lauren Hopp,Abby Hudson,Elizabeth Ihrig,Alexa Jaume,Nathan Jessup,*Josephine Johnson,Adam Jordahl,Caroline Keenan,Devin Ketelboeter,*Matthew Kim,Yoko Kohmoto,*Vaughn Kottler,Emerson Kovacs,Kirstin Kravik,Madison Krigbaum,Leah LaMasney,Sari Laukkanen,Ellee Lindow,Christopher Little,*Caroline Liu,Patricia Lively,Jenna Livezey,*Benjamin Luskin,Alice Ma,James Mai,Kyle Maier,*Taylor Martin,Colin Masnica,Ethan May,John Mayers,Ariana McCallum,*Trent McKinnon,Mary Grace McMurray,Bennett Miyagawa,Maura Mullahy,*Jed Munson,Brianna Murphy,Kelsey Murphy,*Heidi Neidhart,Annie Nolden,Kirsten Oliver,Anna Ostermeier,*Emily Padrutt,Thomas Pan,Mercedes Paradis,Javier Peraita Gutierrez,Leia Peterman,Darby Raffel,*Kelly Roach,Jackson Rock,Courtney Rodgers,Derek Rogeberg,Derek Rongstad,Maya Salmon,Lucas Schafer,Breanna Schlueter,Ella Schmidt,*Hunter Schultz,Theran Semrad,Brenna Shea,*Brendan Sheehan,Amelia Sigmon,Aryn Skibba,Naomi Smith,Calvin So,Noah Stafford,*Jonathan Stewart,*Alison Stigler,Robert Stine,Emma Stodola,Hayley Sue,Hannah Sullivan,Evan Swain,Elliot Tanin,Alexander Tanke,Hailey Thompson,Julia Tibbetts,*Amy Ticknor,Rachel Trepczyk,Cody Van Haren,Devin Vandermause,Courtney VanSchoonhoven,Emma Vincent,Virginia Wagner,Lisa Wang,Kelly Wassarman,Rebecca Weaver,Alex Whitfield,*MacKenzie Wild,*Alison Wille,Meta Williams,Rachel Williams,Joseph Wilson,Christina Wolf,*Kaitlyn Wolfinger,Noah Wong,Kimberly Worden,Sarah Yang,*Patricia Zapata Blanco,Troy Zeuske,*Sabrina Zhang,Kathryn Zipsie,Alexander Zoroufy.

High School announces honor roll

(WILEAG ) will soon become a reality,Keil predicted.  Work on revising andupdating all department policies andprocedures in order to meet Accredita-tion Standards was completed in2013.  

An assessment of the departmentwas conducted by members ofWILEAG in early January of2014.  The WILEAG Board will meetin early 2014 to determine if the Mid-dleton Police Department meets the234 standards necessary to achieve ac-creditation.  

“While nothing is official, I am con-fident that our department has done thework needed to achieve accreditation,”Keil wrote. “I want to publicly thankCaptain Noel Kakuske, our accredita-tion manager, for all of his hard workover the past year and a half on this im-portant achievement.”

Citizens may follow the departmenton Facebook and Twitter and sign upfor email alerts through our website atwww.middletonpd.com.

SIGNIFICANT CRIMES IN 2013

JANUARYSexual Assault of a Child

James A. “Alex” Gillespie was ar-rested for Repeated Acts of a SexualAssault of a Child based on an investi-gation initiated in December of 2012.

Residential BurglariesHomes in the Stonefield neighbor-

hood were forcibly entered and numer-ous items of value were stolen. Casesin 2013 were likely related to an in-crease of residential burglaries in thesame neighborhood in late 2012.

Theft of Motor VehicleThe victim left his vehicle running,

unattended to warm up. The vehiclewas taken and a short time later thesuspects were involved in a retail theftand theft of a license plate at the westMadison Walmart. The same suspectsthen committed a home invasion inGrant County and took a shotgun andanother vehicle. The vehicle stolen inMiddleton was recovered in Madisonon 01/27/13 and a suspect arrested (al-though he is not believed to have takenthe vehicle originally). Raequon Allenand Ferris Robinson were charged withthe theft of the vehicle and numerousother offenses related to this crimespree.

Armed RobberyA suspect entered Subway, produced

what appeared to be a handgun and de-manded money. No arrests have beenmade in this case.

MARCHAlcohol Compliance

In March, the Middleton Police De-partment conducted another round ofalcohol compliance checks. The pur-

pose of this effort was to determine thedegree to which licensed establish-ments complied with laws relating tothe sale of alcoholic beverages to un-derage persons. The current round of35 checks yielded a compliance rate of85%.

All licensed establishments in theCity of Middleton were notified by let-ter that compliance checks would beconducted. A citizen volunteer, who iscurrently 18 years old, was used tocomplete these checks. No attemptswere made to misrepresent the volun-teers’ age or to distract the businessemployee. If requested, the volunteerprovided his actual Wisconsin photodriver’s license which clearly indicatedthat he was not of legal drinking age.The Wisconsin driver’s license wasprinted vertically, indicating they wereunder the legal drinking age at the timeof issuance, and also had the date thathe would be 21 years old clearlyprinted on the front. If questioned by abusiness employee, the volunteer ver-bally provide their actual age. The vol-unteer worked under the supervision ofpolice officers and was under continu-ous observation.

Three persons were cited for sellingalcoholic beverages to an underageperson, which could result in a $366.00fine. They may also face sanctionsfrom their employers. The City’s Alco-hol Licensing Committee reviews thecompliance check results.

The following establishments un-lawfully sold alcohol to a minor duringthis operation: PDQ ConvenienceStore, 6519 Century Avenue; T.G.I.Friday’s, 1610 Deming Way; Abuelo’sMexican Food Embassy, 2229 DemingWay.

APRILHome Invasion

Four individuals forcibly entered aresidence in the 6400 block of CenturyAvenue. The victims in this case wereuncooperative and it’s believed thishome invasion was related to drug dis-tribution or possession.

MAYDamage to Property

Over the course of several weekendsin late April and early May, suspectsthrew full cans of sodas at residencesin the Middleton Hills neighborhood.In all, 11 homes were damaged, includ-ing one that had the front picture win-

dow smashed, with an estimated dam-age of over $11,000.00. On 05/11/13,a witness observed a vehicle in theneighborhood with the occupantsthrowing cans of soda at homes andnotified the police. Officers werenearby and stopped the vehicle. Theoccupants were questioned and admit-ted involvement and that the soda wasstolen from Woodman’s. Four male ju-veniles from the Middleton area werecharged with Criminal Damage toProperty and Shoplifting.

Severe Weather EventStrong winds blew off of the lake

causing damage along the lake andthen north of Century Avenue in theOrchid Heights neighborhood. Middle-ton Police, Fire and Public Works re-sponded to at least 15 calls for service,which included downed trees, powerlines, etc. No injuries were reported.The worst damage appeared to be aresidence on Baskerville Walk.

JUNEBank Robbery

A suspect entered the bank and pre-sented the Associated Bank teller witha threatening note demanding money.

The teller complied and the suspectleft with an undisclosed amount ofmoney. No one was injured. Finger-prints left on the note, as well as inves-tigative efforts by MiddletonDetectives led to the identification andarrest of Phillip A Kallas, 30 years old,of Madison, with Armed Robbery.

Injury AccidentPolice responded to a rollover acci-

dent on Parmenter Street, north of theroundabout. The driver, Jordan Ripp,of Middleton, was cited for Unreason-able and Imprudent Speed and is beingrequired to have his license re-exam-ined.

TheftA musician playing in front of the

store left his fiddle, bow and case con-taining donations outside for a brieftime as he went in the store. The fiddle,bow and case were stolen, valued inexcess of $2,300.00. Jonathyn Torger-son, NPA, was identified and chargedwith the theft and the fiddle was recov-ered and returned to the victim.

JULYWeapons Violation

Residents reported a male marching

back and forth near the pool and vol-leyball court in the Middleton ShoresApartment Complex, carrying an as-sault rifle. Officers arrived, set up aperimeter, formed a contact team andtook the subject into custody. The rifleturned out to be a realistic looking “air-soft” rifle and the man was obviouslyundergoing a mental health crisis. Hewas taken to the VA Hospital.

AUGUSTPossession of Child PornographyTodd W. Anderson was arrested and

jailed on 12 counts of child pornogra-phy.

SEPTEMBERTheft

A complainant reported that over$35,000.00 in jewelry was taken fromher residence while she was out oftown. She reported that her elderlymother also lived in the residence andwas under constant care by aides. Mid-dleton officers and detectives searchedpawn shop data bases and learned thatone of the substitute aides had pawnednumerous items of jewelry. Lisa andRoger Johnson, of Stoughton, were ar-rested, questioned, confessed and weretaken to jail. Much of the jewelry wasrecovered, but some was melted down.

SEPTEMBERDeath Investigation

A 20 year old Middleton residentwas discovered deceased after an ap-parent Heroin overdose. Investigationresulted in the arrest and criminalcharges for Davina L. Johnson andKarley M. Lamphier.

Bomb ThreatSchool officials were notified of a

bomb threat located in a student rest-room. Due to the nature of the mes-sage, school officials made thedecision to evacuate the school. Be-

cause of the frigid temperatures and in-ability to search the school in a timelymanner, the superintendent made thedecision to cancel school for the day.The high school was searched with noresults.

BurglaryMiddleton officers responded to a

silent burglary alarm at the Verizonphone store. A responding officer ob-served a vehicle in the vicinity of thestore and noted the license plate. Uponarrival, officers discovered the businesshad been broken into by the suspectbreaking the front window. Electronicswere stolen from the store. Video wasobtained from the store’s security sys-tem. Investigation showed that severalphone stores in the Madison area werebroken into during the same time frameand video indicated the suspect was thesame as the Middleton case. On11/26/13, a phone store in Rhinelander,WI, was broken into. Responding offi-cers observed a male in the businessupon arrival and after a short footchase, he was taken into custody. Thesuspect was driving the same vehicleobserved in the vicinity of the VerizonStore in Middleton and he matched theimages from the videos in the Madisonarea phone store break-ins. SiphanhPhongsavath, from Oak Creek, wascharged with the Middleton burglaryand several others.

DECEMBERBurglaries

Four burglaries to apartments oc-curred in the early evening hours.Entry was gained through bedroomwindows and patio doors. In at leasttwo incidents, chairs were proppedagainst the front door to pre- vent orslow entry if the resident returnedwhile the suspect(s) were inside. Jew-elry, cash and electronics were stolen.

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Here comes the sun!

After months of ice, snow, andridiculous temperatures, we’re finally

seeing a glimmer of spring. Suddenly,our parkas and snow boots aren’t al-ways necessary, and the air tempera-ture suggests that we may be able tocomfortably spend more than twenty-five seconds outside. As a bus com-muter, I welcome this change in theweather with open arms. While I lovewinter, and it looks as though we’vegot a few more weeks of the season toenjoy, this year I’m ready for spring.

Next time you’re at the library, con-sider checking out a book or two, suchas those suggested below, to help cele-brate the return of longer days and sun-nier skies.

Out Came the Sun by HeatherCollins is an illustrated collection ofmore than forty familiar nurseryrhymes that, collectively, follow thecourse of a day. Young children willrecognize the daily activities, such aswaking up, washing, getting dressed,eating, playing, and going to sleep, re-flected in the book. Soft illustrationsfeature friendly stuffed animals actingout the rhymes. Classic favorites suchas “Hickory Dickory Dock” and “I’ma Little Teapot” are among the pages;children and caregivers will enjoy therhythm of the selections.

Douglas Wood’s Where the SunriseBegins poses an intriguing question:where does the sunrise begin? The an-

swer begins with one child, and thenanother child, farther away, and an-other, farther still. A variety of loca-tions are suggested as possibilities forthe origin of the sunrise, includingmountains and a lake, Africa, the Mid-dle East, and the Far East. But none ofthe suggestions are the true spot wherethe sunrise begins, as there is always aplace just beyond. In the process ofseeking the beginning of the sunrise,readers encounter intricate details aswell as large-scale depictions of theworld and complex relationships be-tween places, individuals, and objects.In the end, the answer is given: “Thesunrise begins in you.” Jewel-tonedartwork by Wendy Popp provideslovely backdrops for each page of thisinspirational picture book, perfect forelementary-aged children.

If you’re looking for a fun, brightgraphic novel, try Little Miss Sunshine:

Here Comes the Sun by MichaelDaedalus Kenny, with art by VictoriaMaderna. Little Miss Sunshine is oneof the widely recognized characters inthe Mr. Men and Little Miss series.She originally starred in a book namedafter her in 1981, when she turned Mis-eryland around with her smiles andlaughter, going so far as to rename thecity “Laughter Land.” In Little MissSunshine: Here Comes the Sun, the up-beat character wakes up to find a buson her lawn. Her reaction? Lead asinging tour through the town of Dilly-dale, of course! After the tour, LittleMiss Sunshine rides horses, throwsparties, and acts as a judge on “Dilly-dale’s Got Talent.” High energy and apositive spin on absolutely everythingwill inspire readers to look on thesunny side of life.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2014 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 7

Read AllAbout ItWhen you work at a book store, in a

shopping mall in New Jersey, there isonly one productive way to pass thetime. You flip through the inventory,searching for characters with interest-ing jobs.

Hopefully, you think to yourself asthe belligerent olfactory cacophony ofthe food court gropes your clothing,you can find a character with a moreinteresting job than this one. Then youcan go get such a job, and never againset foot in a national retail chain that,due to what I assume was a significantand costly clerical error, made the mis-taken assumption that the people ofNew Jersey have an insatiable appetitefor literature.

Nearly every job I came acrossseemed alluring by comparison.

Skimming the pages of Hemingway,I considered becoming a drunk. “Butthat’s really more of a hobby than aprofession,” I realized, placing The SunAlso Rises back on an end cap. “I need

a paycheck.”Picking up a copy of Dostoyevsky’s

Crime and Punishment, I read a bitabout the protagonist, Raskolnivok.“Well, I could be a murderer,” Ithought as I read. But if I worked in themall for much longer, that was going tohappen organically. Plus, Raskol-nikov’s fever dreams seemed like morethan I could handle.

Then I headed to the children’s sec-tion. I hoped those books would pro-vide some bright, colorful, large-fontedguidance. But they were focused solelyon four professions, and I didn’t wantto be a police officer, firefighter,teacher or crossing guard.

Visiting the children’s section wasalways an adventure, becauseteenagers liked to take lurid adult mag-azines from a rack in the front of thestore and hide them within the pages ofthe picture books for kids. Our primaryresponsibility as employees was to lo-cate and remove these magazines inorder to avoid very awkward con-frontations with angry parents.

The bookstore also had a depressing,Jim Crow-era feel to it. Books by blackauthors or about black characters wererelegated to their own section. A littlesign, titled “African American,” hung

over these shelves, giving them abizarre, 1960s Alabama water fountainquality that made all of us squirm.

It seemed like books, a medium inwhich you can’t even see the writer orthe characters, would be a perfect artform in which to escape from the trap-pings of race, but this store clearly feltdifferently.

I envisioned some executive, sittingin a boardroom somewhere, worryingabout the mixing of black and whitebooks. “It’s not like the African Amer-ican sections will be any worse than therest of the store,” he would explain tosome timorous intern. “Just separate. Imean, we have to do this or else wemight end up with a book about a whitewoman next to one about a black man.”

One of my favorite things to do,when not searching for a new job in theinventory, was watch the handful ofdaily customers. They entered and hus-tled to the “Classic Literature” section,where they would stand for a few mo-ments like a little kid sentenced to atime out. They’d stare blankly at thebooks, stealing glances at their cellphones. Then, when they thought noone was looking, they’d scramble totheir real destinations.

I think 90 percent of our sales weretrashy romance novels and their evenmore brazen counterparts, the afore-mentioned adult magazines. Andmanga, which is kind of a genuine artform but also kind of just books thatread right to left, about young, femaleprotagonists who live alongside as-sorted robots and small, fluffy, flyinganimals.

When applying for the job, I thoughtmy affection for reading was an asset.

But that’s like applying for a job at arestaurant and putting “I’m obese; it’llbe great!” on your application.

Our value as employees was judgedalmost solely based on a single statis-tic. It was called “UPT,” which standsfor “Units Per Transaction.” The ideawas simple. They couldn’t makeenough money selling one book at atime, so they encouraged workers tosell multiple novels or magazines toevery customer. The computers didn’ttake into account the nature or value ofthese items, however, so I exploited apretty glaring hole. Near the cash reg-ister sat a box of chocolates and a stackof bookmarks. They cost mere cents.

“Would you mind buying a couplechocolates and a book mark?” I askedcustomers. “We’re judged here basedon how many items we sell to eachcustomer, and it would really help meout. I have a degree in philosophy, soif I lose this job there’s a pretty goodchance I’ll remain unemployed, starveto death and stop existing. Then all myknowledge about the nature of exis-tence will become even more uselessthan it is now, which would be unfor-tunate.”

Shannon, my boss, had a mop ofshort red hair, a closet full of thick,broad-shouldered sweaters, and a pen-chant for making authoritative, spuri-ous statements about literary matters.

“Most people mispronounce‘Pulitzer,’” she’d say to a customer shehad ambushed on his way to the mag-azines. “It’s supposed to be pro-nounced, ‘Plutytzer.’”

“William Faulker,” she’d mention tosomeone by the classics, “always put aleaf of basil in his mint juleps.”

While flipping through “The Adven-tures of Sherlock Holmes,” I discov-ered a profession with promise. “That’sit,” I thought. “I’ll become a private de-tective.”

When that didn’t pan out, I appliedfor a job as a security guard. I consid-ered it a kind of glamorous, preemptivedetective work. I would be like a sleuthin the “Future Crimes Unit” of a sci-ence fiction novel.

“With a good security guard, stuffdoesn’t even get stolen in the firstplace,” I explained to myself. “Withmore good security guards around, theentire detecting industry would be-come obsolete. I’m on the cutting edgehere.”

My excitement diminished signifi-cantly when I received my uniform. Inthe brochure, the guards wore coollooking outfits that had an authoritar-ian, military appearance. But the realuniform was clearly made in a factorythat cranked out Halloween costumeseach fall.

A striking nylon affair, it had athread count in the single digits andyou could see through it if you held itup to a dim light. The tie was a clip-on,the badge was plastic, and the entireensemble was the itchy clothing equiv-alent of a movie set - just real enoughto fool people from the right angle, butall hollow and vacant if looked at in thewrong lighting.

“You know what,” I said to the boss.“You can keep it. I have to go to the li-brary and look through some morebooks. Eventually I’ll find the rightprofession.”

Imagine how you would feel if yourneighborhood was filled with the ear-splitting sound of explosions, loudstone-crushing machinery, and noisytrucks traveling to and from the newquarry that suddenly opened up nearyour home.

The scenario seems dramatic, but

because of a more than four decade oldexemption in Dane County law, theseseemingly inactive sites – a farm field,or an empty lot – can be openedwithout public notice.

These sites can also be openedwithout any regulation on what time ofday rock can be blasted away, or howmuch rock can be trucked out.

A county ordinance amendment(OA #26) is moving forward thatwould eliminate the exemption that

allows these inactive nonconformingmine sites to be activated without anymeaningful regulation or notice. Someof these sites are near neighborhoodsor precious natural resource areas.

This step will help create a levelplaying field for mining thatencourages cooperation betweenoperators, local governments, andneighbors to achieve the best possibleoutcome. Many permitted miningoperations throughout Dane County

without nonconforming status workwith stakeholders to strike this balance.

After county officials review thisproposal, Dane County’s towns willhave the final say whether it becomeslaw. Officials have less than 30 daysafter a hearing on the bill (heldTuesday, February 25th) to voice theirsupport or opposition.

Now is the time to contact TownBoard members to let them know yousupport the protections proposed for

quarries and mines. You may live near one of these

dormant mining sites, and you shouldhave a say in what your neighborhoodcould look like.

For more information on OA #26and what it could mean for you, pleasevisit:www.countyofdane.com/plandev/zoning/news.aspx.

by Matt Geiger, Editor

GEIGERCounter

Now is the time to stop unregulated miningby JOE PARISIDane County Executive

Small WorldIn 1994, my family hosted a Rotary

exchange daughter from Venezuela.She spoke very little English, knewvery little about Wisconsin and nothingabout snow and sub-zero temperatures.

Karina moved in on the first day ofDecember, one of the coldest in Wis-consin’s recorded history. The ther-mometer read around minus twenty.Wind chills took the temperature to be-tween 35 and 55 degrees below zerofor the next two days. It was a yearmuch like this one.

A month later we had a school-clos-ing blizzard that dumped a five foothigh snowdrift in front of our garage.That winter, Karina perfected her Eng-lish, built her first snowman, andlearned how to both cross country skiand to shovel.

Ten years later, I traveled to Caracas,to visit her. I knew very little Spanish,knew only a little about Venezuela andnothing about the intensity of a tropicalsun.

Even though I had less than a weekto visit her, I quickly became part ofher nuclear and extended family. Wecooked pabellon, arepas and em-panadas together.

Caracas had the largest populationof any city I had ever traveled to. I wasoverwhelmed by the disparity of thepeople living there.

Karina drove me around the city sothat I could get a better understandingof the world that she came from. Atthat time, over eighty percent of thepopulation were poor or lower middleclass. Ten percent were the mega-rich- mostly connected to the oil industry.

Karina and her family were part of atiny upper middle class that made upthe final ten percent. Her mother was areal estate agent and her father, a uni-versity professor.

One of the many scenes that hasstayed vividly in my memory is of hun-dreds of people gathered around twobroken down buses. The hoods werewide open and several heads leanedover the engines trying to ascertain theproblem.

It was early in the morning. Thethrongs of people outside of the busesnow had no way to get to work. Karinasaid that bus breakdowns were a com-mon occurrence.

Because gas was so inexpensivethere, most families, even the poor, hada car. I remember that it cost an equiv-alent of $3.49 US dollars for Karina tofill the gas tank on her Ford Fiestawhile I was there.

But, the poorest of the poor had torely on a not-so-reliable bus system.

In 2013, the poorest of the poor inVenezuela faced the highest foodprices seen in eighteen years. If you’vebeen following the news, you knowthat today they are facing so muchmore.

While it might seem like riots eruptall over the globe for many differentreasons, there is one common denomi-nator that makes these events morelikely: high global food prices.

Just over a year ago, theorists at theNew England Complex Systems Insti-tute warned that if world food pricescontinued to climb, riots around theglobe would continue to escalate.Their mathematical model predictedthe places where we’re seeing riotstoday. Venezuela, Ukraine, Bosnia,Syria and others are on the list.

Here’s a quote from an article byBrian Merchant titled The Math ThatPredicted The Revolutions Sweeping

the Globe Right Now about those pre-dictions.

“There are certainly many other fac-tors fueling mass protests, but hunger -or the desperation caused by its loom-ing specter - is often the tipping point.Sometimes, it’s clearly implicated: InVenezuela - where students have takento the streets and protests have left cit-izens dead - food prices are at a stag-gering 18 year high.”

US ethanol production takes about40 percent of the corn crop and hasbeen blamed widely for the sharp risein world food prices. It is so muchmore complicated than that.

Drought and unstable weather pat-terns also have a huge affect. Foodspeculators and resultant market trad-ing also add to the lack of food in spe-cific areas.

The Ukraine grew bumper crops lastyear, but then exported the majority ofit. Ukraine is one of the countries onthe riot list.

Blaming, without truly understand-ing just creates confusion and deterspeople from seeking and finding realsolutions.

Small things can make big impactsin altering whole ecosystems. The in-troduction in 1995 of a small band ofwolves to Yellowstone Park has led toa trophic cascade that brought backlarge tracts of vegetation and actuallychanged the course of a river.

The wolves killed a few deer whichwas not such a big thing in itself. But,because of that, the deer started avoid-ing parts of the park. Vegetation grewback in those areas, including trees likeCottonwoods, Aspen and Willows.

When this happened, birds startedmoving back in. Beavers increased be-cause they had trees to eat. Other ani-mals moved in, too.

More importantly, the trees thatgrew back along the riverbeds, helpedto stabilize the banks which meant thatmore pools and ripple sections formedwhich supported other wildlife.

The earth cannot support the worldon mono-crops like corn or soy. It’ssimilar to the Yellowstone scenario.The park could not support a diversityof life when it became out of balancedue to the over foraging of grasses bythe deer population.

Some of us are over-foraging in theworld. If more top-earners paid livingwages to their employees and paidtheir fair share of taxes, more peoplecould afford food even when prices goup.

Life cannot be sustained whenthings are out of balance.

The world is small. We aren’t justVenezuela and the United States andIndia and Portugal. We are one familyof man, dependent on systems of econ-omy and ecology that effect each other.

Turning your home into the dreamhome you have always wanted doesn’thave to be a complicated or expensiveprocess. Of course, maybe you arelooking for a complete remodel, butchances are an updated kitchen or bath,theater room or man cave, new cabi-nets, skylights, fireplace, screenedporch or revitalized back yard mightjust do the trick. The first step in mak-ing this dream come true is attendingthe Madison Area Builders Associa-tion’s Dream Home Showcase (for-merly the Home Products Show) at theAlliant Energy Center in Madison onFebruary 28-March 2, 2014.

This once-a-year event gives atten-dees the opportunity to draw on thecollective expertise of hundreds of sea-soned building professionals - all underone roof. This is the place to have yourquestions answered, often by companyowners themselves.

Even if you don’t really know whatyou want, but are still looking for thatcertain “something” to make your liv-ing space a dream space - this three-day event is a good place to find it.

With a stronger economy, and con-sumer confidence growing, more peo-ple are making the decision to invest intheir existing homes. Visitors to theDream Home Showcase will learnabout the latest trends, products andservices in the home-building industryfrom more than 150 exhibitors. Theshowcase is also the perfect place tocompare solutions and products andfind the best value for your construc-tion budget.

Middleton exhibitors include Clos-ets by Techline, Discovery Water Man-agement, Foss Contractor, MiddletonInsulation Systems, Nonn’s DesignShowplace, Not Just Kitchens, OlsonToon Landscaping, ProBuild, StarSatellite, Studio GlassWorks, TailoredLiving/PremierGarage, Weed Manlawn Care and ZDA Outdoor Creative.

“The Dream Home Showcase is agreat place for anyone who is inter-ested in home or landscaping improve-ments,” said Sara Falci, owner ofClosets by Techline. “It’s been a toughwinter! People have cabin fever andare looking forward to starting springprojects. The showcase is also a one-stop resource—you can get all yourquestions answered by knowledgeableprofessionals, all under one roof.”

“It’s also a great opportunity forhomeowners to meet the owners orrepresentatives of various companies,ask questions, get answers and evendevelop a relationship,” added ChrisFoss, owner of Foss Contractor. 

The Latest TrendsBuilding and remodeling trends are

constantly changing. Demand for sus-tainable design and building, and prod-ucts made from recycled materials,continues to be strong. “With babyboomers downsizing into smallerhomes/condos, creative storage and or-ganization needs are on the rise,” saidFalci. 

One of the hot trends in flooring,countertops and cabinets is a colorcalled “greige,” a warm grey that somepeople are calling the ‘new beige.’Granite countertops continue to be

popular, as well as quartz countertopsthat provide a very realistic marblelook (without the maintenance of mar-ble).

“For flooring,” said Kelly Lehr,manager and interior designer atNonn’s Design Showplace, “customersare installing wood or tile throughoutthe main living areas and using great-area rugs to bring in texture and popsof color. Large body tiles are still ex-tremely popular - we are seeing 12” x24” sizes for floors and walls. The clas-sic subway-tile look for kitchen back-splashes is also in high demand.”

Decorative concrete is increasing inpopularity, with many colors, designs

and textures to choose from, both foroutdoor and indoor surfaces - espe-cially driveways, sidewalks, patios,steps and pool decks.

“Acid staining is an exciting way tofinish new or existing concrete,” saidFoss. “This is not a coating or paint fin-ish. The process actually colors the ce-ment in a chemical reaction, resultingin a beautiful, durable mottling oftranslucent color that can resemblemarble for flagstone.”

Seminars and Stage PresentationsHow-to seminars going on through-

out the showcase include how to selecta builder, refacing or replacing cabi-nets, fireplace design, bath and kitchenremodels, metal roofing, color trends,energy efficiency, outdoor lighting,building a dream floor, innovative useof interior space and creative outdoorlandscaping.

For Lehr, the best part of the show-case is meeting new people -“whetherthey are repeat customers working onnew projects or people who have ideasand are looking for guidance.”

Falci agreed. “I love interacting withthe people who visit our booth andhelping them solve their storage is-sues.”

This year’s Dream Home Showcasenon-profit partner is the WisconsinWomen’s Health Foundation, whichwill receive a portion of the ticketsales. Throughout the show the foun-dation will conduct free health screen-ings, raffle off a wine refrigerator, andhost coloring contests for children.Other highlights for kids include aHome Depot building project and ac-tivities about fire prevention and safetyat the Fire Safety House.For more information about ex-

hibitors, seminar schedules and mapsand directions, visitwww.maba.org/dream-home-show-case.

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Dream Home Showcase includes many Middleton exhibitorsThe Dream Home Showcasein Madison is February 28-March 2 at the Alliant EnergyCenter. Times are Friday 2-7p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.-6 p.m.,and Sunday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

by MARK CRAWFORDFor the Times-Tribune

Photo contributed

The Madison Area Builders Association’s Dream Home Showcase (for-merly the Home Products Show) will take place at the Alliant Energy Centerin Madison on February 28-March 2.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2014 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 9

Plenty ofsmiles atSaturday’sBockfestcelebrationat CapitalBreweryTimes-Tribune photos by Matt Geiger

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When it comes to weddings, err on the side of classicWhat was I thinking? Not the ques-

tion you want to be asking yourself 10years from now when you are lookingat your wedding album. Read: Poufyhair and sleeves in my wedding photosfrom 1996. There is that fine line be-tween on-trend and trendy. Althoughas a stylist, I am all about being fashionforward, there are some occasions sucha wedding when it may be best to toneit down and err on the side of classic.Let’s talk about some wedding styletrends that will make you look back atand smile and a few you may want toavoid.

Wedding dress trendsDo: the minimalist—clean lines and

little in the way of embellishment. Youcan never go wrong with classic.

Do: the sophisticate—sleek linesand texture. Choose the texture thatmost closely matches your stylewhether it is beading, florets or ruffles.

Don’t: bridal pant suits—unless youunder no circumstance would becaught dead in a skirt or dress, you maywant to skip the pants and stick withthe traditional wedding dress

Don’t: pale pink—this color willread 2014 just as the rainbow weddingscreams 1970’s so unless pink is yourfavorite color, you may want to stick towhite or ivory.

Bridesmaid trendsIf the movie 27 Dresses is any indi-

cation of how women feel about thebridesmaid dresses they have beenforced to wear (and it is), there is a lotof wasted money and ill-will sitting inthe back of the closet. Let’s talk aboutsome dress trends a bridesmaid can getexcited about wearing on the day of thewedding…and really wear again.

Do: Dark hues—Black is making acomeback after seasons of bright col-ors and pastels. Let’s face it, black willalways be the new black. Keep the sil-houette simple or let each maid chooseher own black dress and your ladies inwaiting will thank you for assuringthey have the perfect LBD in theircloset to pull out for the next cocktailparty they attend.

Do: Short and flirty—Also knownas fit and flare. This silhouette is flat-tering for any body type and is trulytimeless. See Audrey Hepburn inBreakfast at Tiffany’s.

Do: Metallic—Metallic shoeswhether they be silver, gold, platinumor rose gold go with EVERYTHING.Once again, let each maid pick herstyle and heel height (within certain pa-rameters)

Don’t: lace—Although lace hasbeen a huge trend for several seasonsnow and you can’t get much more ro-mantic than a wedding, unless yourbridesmaid’s personal style is roman-tic, you are better off going with some-thing a bit more classic and sleek.

Groom TrendsDo: Shades of grey—ditch the tra-

ditional black tux and opt for a char-coal gray suit. It is less severe and abit more relaxed. A European cut, 2-button suit with flat front pants will notonly look modern, but is one he will beable to wear for years to come withoutappearing dated.

Do: Vest and tie—instead of the tra-ditional wedding bow tie, opt for a vestand tie for a modern, yet traditionallook.

Don’t: suspenders—although theyare having a moment right now, if youlook back at history, suspenders havebeen out more often than they havebeen in.

Groomsmen trendsDo: Not matching the groom—if

the groom is wearing a charcoal suit,put the groomsmen in suits a lightershade of gray to let the man of the hourstand out.

Do: Non-matching boutonnieres—have each of the groomsmen wear adifferent flower. Pick from the flowersin the bride’s bouquet or coordinatewith the bouquet of the bridesmaid heis escorting.

Don’t: pop of color—although thishas been a strong trend on the runwayand on the streets, if you are going todo it, carefully consider what color youchoose—80’s neon anyone?

Don’t be taken in by the latest

trends. As Coco Chanel said “fashionis fleeting, style is eternal.” If you aretrue to your style you will look back atyour wedding with fond memories andno regrets.

Lisa Barry is a fashion stylist andowner of Barry Chic.

by LISA BARRYFor the Times-Tribune

Photo contributed

According to Coco Chanel, “fashion is fleeting” but “style is eternal.”

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Their climb back to the top of theBig Eight Conference probablydoesn’t seem like a lengthy period tomost. To Middleton’s girls basketballteam, though, it felt like a lifetime.

After a brief 12-month hiatus, theCardinals reclaimed the Big EightConference title last Thursday, follow-ing a 74-64 win over Madison LaFollette. It was a position Middletonheld from 2007-12, before slipping tofourth place a year ago.

Afterwards, the Cardinals baskedin the glow of becoming league cham-pions once again, and how their short-

lived trip to the middle of the confer-ence drove everyone a little batty.

“It’s been a long time coming.”Middleton sophomore forward GraceDouglas said afterwards. “I thinkwe’ve really built it up this year, to thepoint where we know what we need todo. We have the guts to do it, there-fore, we just need to do it. We wereexpecting it, we’re ready for it.”

Middleton senior forward LizMcMahon, who was part of theCardinals’ title team two years ago,agreed.

“It’s really rewarding honestly,”McMahon said. “We’ve all beenworking pretty hard all season tryingto improve.

“I know our first game (againstOak Creek) we had more turnoversthan we did points. We’ve definitely

Queens of theconference Girls basketballteam wins Big 8by ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune

See CHAMPS, page 15

Ryan Groy always thought this waspossible.

From the days he was the biggestkid at Sunset Ridge to his time domi-nating defensive linemen while atMiddleton High School. Groy alwaysbelieved his eventual landing spot

would be in the National FootballLeague.

Now, that day is getting closer.Groy, who recently completed his

senior season at the University ofWisconsin, took his show to the NFLCombine in Indianapolis last week.There, he did all he could to showscouts he could be the latest in a longline of great UW linemen.

“I’ve loved (football) since I was infourth grade,” said Groy, a 2009 grad-uate of MHS. “It’s been my life sincethen and it’s everything it is now. Yougo to bed and wake up thinking aboutfootball and it’s never reallychanged.”

Barring a major surprise, Groy willbecome the second Middleton playerdrafted into the NFL in three seasons.Former MHS standout Nick Toon wasa fourth round pick of the NewOrleans Saints in 2012.

Former MHS star Casey Cramerwas also a seventh round draft pick ofTampa Bay in 2004.

There’s still 2 ½ months until theNFL Draft arrives, and a lot can hap-pen in that time. But most punditsbelieve that the versatile Groy will betaken somewhere in the middlerounds.

NFLDraftScout.com lists Groy asNo. 15 among the 284 guards in the

draft. The websiteDraftcountdown.com listed Groy asthe No. 13 guard in the draft.

“I feel very confident,” Groy said.“I’ve had a lot of experience. I’ve hada lot of reps and played a lot of greatplayers in college, and I think that’sreally going to help me at the nextlevel. I think it’s really going to helpmy film as far as coaches watching it.”

Groy certainly helped himself lastweekend at the NFL Combine.

Groy measured 6-foot-4 ½ and 316pounds and had an arm length of 33 ¼inches. None of those were great sur-

Groy’s NFL dream nearsFormer Middletonstandout shines atNFL Combineby ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune

See GROY, page 16

Makinga splashMHS swimmersninth at stateby ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune

A year after coming within a split-second of qualifying for state, HansKunsch had a state meet to remember.

The Middleton senior not onlyqualified for state, but made the podi-um to propel Middleton’s boys swim-ming team to a ninth-place tie at theWIAA Division 1 state boys’ swimmeet held at the University ofWisconsin Natatorium last Saturday.

“Last year I missed the cut by1/100th of a second, so pretty much asclose as you can get to going to state,”Kunsch said. “This year, I couldn’t letthat happen again so I trained as hardas I can, went to every practice, didn’tmiss one this year actually, and wasreally happy.”

Kunsch placed fifth in the 100-yardbackstroke in 53.20 seconds and wasalso part of the near record-setting 200medley relay team, which includedsenior Lars Haskins and juniors RorySlattery and Lex Peterson. The four-some placed third in the event in1:36.08, just .02 off the Middletonschool record.

“It was a blast. We got in there,”Kunsch said. “I had a great split outthe door, and by the end of the relaywe look up and we’re two tenths offand bummed. But at the same time, wewere third so you can’t be too unhap-py with that.”

Peterson agreed.“We were going into it thinking we

really wanted the record,” Petersonsaid. “We were a couple seconds off(at sectionals) and we knew we couldall swim a lot faster from last week.

See SWIMMERS, page 16

Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

Grace Douglas (25) and Middleton’s girls basketball team clinched a share of the Big Eight Conference last week.

Photo courtesy of David Stluka, UW Athletic Communications

Former Middleton High School standout Ryan Groy (79) shined at last weekend’s NFL Combine. Groy is expected to be a mid-round selection during theNFL Draft in May.

Shay Haase’s goal hasn't changed.What is different is that’s

Middleton’s standout junior wrestleris far closer to achieving his ultimateobjective.

Haase finished in first place at 152pounds during last Saturday’s WIAADivision 1 WIAA Division 1Waunakee Sectional. Haase nowadvances to the state meet, which runsThursday through Saturday at the UWKohl Center.

“My goal has been the same sincethe start of the season,” Haase said.“And that's been to be standing on thepodium on Saturday.”

Middleton senior Nathan Dresenfinished second at sectionals and alsoqualified for state. The Cardinals’other 10 sectional qualifiers failed toearn a trip to state.

“The one thing about sectionals isit’s the will and the want,” Weiler said.“It’s a lot of emotions. Emotions arerunning so high all day long, and atthe end of it all, you just hope to havea couple of kids still standing.”

Haase (25-2) will meetCedarburg’s Ryder Sigler (34-12) inthe first round at state Thursday at 3p.m. If Haase wins his first match,he’ll advance to a quarterfinal matchThursday evening.

The semifinals are Friday night andthe championship matches areSaturday evening.

A year ago, Haase qualified forstate, but lost his first round match.

“I think I got a pretty good draw,”Haase said. “I don’t know much aboutSigler, but any guy that makes it tostate can’t be overlooked. Just have totake it one match at a time.”

At sectionals, Haase opened with5-0 win over Baraboo’s CalvinHolloway. Haase then defeatedReedsburg’s Tyler Brandt, 9-5.

Then in the championship match,Haase toppled Tyler Henke of Osseo-Fairchild/Altoona/Augusta/FallCreek, 8-4.

“The feeling was outstanding,”Haase said of winning sectionals. “Mycoaches have been pushing me all year

to succeed, and I think I representedour team and our hard work well onSaturday.”

Weiler agrees, although he insistsHaase can wrestle much better than hedid at sectionals.

“That wasn’t his best. Not evenclose,” Weiler said of Haase. “If hedoes wrestle well, he can be right inthere. If he wrestles his best at state,it’s going to be a great weekend.”

Dresen (40-7) finished in secondplace at sectionals and will meetHortonville’ Nate Rynish (38-8)Thursday at 3 p.m. in his first roundmatch at state.

At sectionals, Dresen pinnedTomah’s Ben Linzmeier in 4:36 in hisfirst match. Dresen then edged DakotaSteinke of Osseo-Fairchild/Altoona/Augusta/FallCreek, 4-2 in overtime, and advancedto the championship match.

In the title match, Sauk Prairie’sBrandon Sprecher downed Dresen,12-5. That forced Dresen to wrestlefor second place, where he pinnedOnalaska’s Konrad Ernst in 1:56.

Dresen has never been to state —not even as a spectator. So this will bea thrilling experience for him and hiscoaches.

“He’s a great kid,” Weiler said ofDresen. “He wanted to go (to state)really bad. That’s where the will andthe want came together.”

Middleton’s Chris Rogers (126),Brandon Best (145), Taggart Haase(170) and Sean Benedict (heavy-weight) all finished in third place andnarrowly missed qualifying for state.

Rogers opened with a bye, then fellto Waunakee’s Bryce Statz, 8-2.Rogers stayed alive by defeating LaCrosse Central’s Jake Obert, 2-0, inthe third place match. But in the sec-ond place match, DeForest’s WyattDavidson topped Rogers, 7-0.

Best opened with a 12-1 win overReedsburg’s Trey Haugen, then fell toLa Crosse Central’s Connor Williams,8-3. Best rebounded with a 10-9 winover Baraboo’s Zachary Raymond.

But with Best and Williams slatedto meet in the second place match,Williams was awarded second due tohis earlier win over Best.

Taggart Haase pinned CameronRobbert of Onalaska in 2:48 in hisfirst match. Haase was then pinned byReedsburg’s Dalton Hahn in 5:05.

Haase rallied back and pinnedDeForest’s Nathan Kemp in 2:49 inthe third place match. But Hahn was

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Double troubleHaase, Dresenqualify for statetournamentby ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune

awarded second place due to his earli-er win over Haase.

“The true one that got away wasTaggart Haase,” Weiler said ofHaase’s loss to Hahn. “That matchwas tied and Taggart went for it andwound up getting pinned. He feelsbad.”

Benedict opened by pinningJeremy Bowers of Baraboo in 4:40.

But DeForest’s Hunter Toppel thenpinned Benedict in 2:59.

In the third place match, Benedictpinned Tomah’s Ryan Sutherland in1:17. But with Toppel and Benedictlined up to meet for second place,Toppel was awarded second due to hisearlier win.

Middleton’s six other wrestlers —Colton Best (106), Trevaun Turner

(113), Justin Swiersz (120), AdanOrtiz (132), Edgar Ortiz (138) andLon Yeary (195) — all lost their firstround matches.

“I’m not disappointed,” Weilersaid. “There were moments of great-ness from all of our guys on Saturday.We probably placed more guys thananybody else.”

News PublishingCo. photo by Jeff

Seering

Middleton’sShay Haase(left) took firstplace at 152pounds at theW a u n a k e eSectional lastSaturday.Haase will

now wrestleThursday at thestate tourna-ment at the UWKohl Center.

There’s nothing quite like ‘SeniorNight.’

It’s the end of an era. Emotions arehigh.

And victory is imperative.Middleton’s boys basketball team

made their ‘Senior Night’ a memo-rable one last Tuesday with a 61-43non-conference win over Waunakee.The Cardinals improved to 12-9 over-all, while the Warriors fell to 3-17.

With eight seniors on the team —and an entire starting lineup consistingof seniors — the night was unforget-table for Middleton.

“ ‘Senior Night’ is always specialand this is as talented and dedicatedgroup as I’ve had, as well as one of themost enjoyable to be around day inand day out,” Middleton coach KevinBavery said. “I’m happy for them tobe able to get the ‘W’ on Senior Night,but more importantly we’d like tohave them keep their final season ofCardinal Basketball alive for the nextfew weeks as we enter tournamentplay.”

There were many signs to suggestthat’s possible.

After an up and down first half,Middleton outscored Waunakee, 36-18, in the second half. Senior forwardDemond Hill led the Cardinals with 14points, while senior guard LukeSchafer added 13. Senior guard DerekRongstad had nine points, three stealsand four blocks, while senior forwardChris Little had eight points and sen-ior forward Derek Rogeberg led theCardinals with six rebounds.

Middleton certainly started slowand led just 25-23 at halftime. Schaferhad a pair of three-pointers and eightpoints in the first half, while Hilladded eight points.

“We gave up 3-on-3’s on drive andkick actions,” Bavery said. “We dis-covered their shooters didn’t needmuch of a window, something we def-initely focused on at halftime.”

Middleton’s balance was the key inthe second half. The Cardinals hadeight players score in the third quarterand they pushed their lead to 46-32.

“There are a lot of ways to get itdone, but from a coaching standpoint,if you could have your choice, youwould like to see it balanced and frommultiple players like we did in thatthird quarter,” Bavery said.

Middleton pushed its lead to morethat 20 in the fourth quarter andcruised home.

Middleton seniors honored includ-ed Schafer, Rongstad, Hill, Little,Rogeberg, Max Oelerich, Cole Zillnerand Nic Revord. Managers honoredincluded Cassie Haack, Abby Hudsonand Kelli Yelk.

“Thank you Cardinal Seniors forall of your efforts and contributions,as well as the energy and personality

you brought to practice and on gamenight each and every day,” Baverysaid.• Janesville Craig 57, Middleton

51 — The Cougars toppled theCardinals in the regular season finalefor both teams last Saturday.

Middleton finished the year 12-10overall and tied for sixth place in theBig Eight Conference at 9-9. Craigimproved to 12-10, 10-8, which wasgood for a third place tie in the confer-ence.

Middleton jumped out to 10-0 lead,but Craig pulled even by halftime, 20-20. The Cougars led, 36-33, after threequarters, then scored the first fivepoints of the fourth quarter to takecontrol.

Schafer led the Cardinals with 14points, while Oelerich added nine andRogeberg had eight. Craig seniorguard Jerry Ngobi led all scorers with21 points.

Feb. 22Janesville Craig 57, Middleton 51Middleton ………..……… 10 10 13 18 — 51Janesville Craig ….……… 5 15 16 21 — 57

MIDDLETON — Hill 7, Hokanson 6, Little2, Oelerich 9, Rogeberg 8, Rongstad 5, Schafer14. Totals: 16 12-26 51.

JANESVILLE CRAIG — Carlson 1, Green2, Maresch 2, McCann 1, Morgan 8, Murphy 16,Ngobi 21, Smith 6. Totals: 18 17-31 57.

Three-point goals: M 6 (Hokanson 2,Schafer 2, Oelerich, Rongstad); JC 4 (Murphy 3,Morgan). Total fouls —M 26, JC 19. Fouled out— Little, Schafer.

Feb. 18Middleton 61, Waunakee 43Waunakee ……………..…. 9 14 9 11 — 43Middleton …….….……… 14 11 21 15 — 61

WAUNAKEE — Block 12, Bymers 16, Helt8, Herzberg 5, Jensen 1, Miller 1. Totals: 15 7-1343.

MIDDLETON — Hill 14, Hokanson 3,Joers 2, Little 8, Oelerich 4, Rogeberg 5,Rongstad 9, Schafer 13, Zillner 3. Totals: 22 12-15 61.

Three-point goals: W 6 (Block 4, Bymers2); M 5 (Schafer 2, Hokanson, Rongstad,Zillner). Total fouls — W 13, M 13.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2014 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 13

Middleton and Madison LaFollette’s boys basketball teamsplayed a pair of nailbiters this season.

The third meeting promises to bemuch of the same — only the stakesare far greater.

The Cardinals and Lancers — whosplit their two regular season meetings— meet in a WIAA Division 1 region-al semifinal Friday at 7 p.m. inMiddleton. The Cardinals are seededthird in the regional, while the Lancersare the No. 6 seed.

The winner will advance to aregional final Saturday at 7 p.m.,which most likely will be against sec-ond-seeded Sun Prairie.

La Follette came to Middleton andwon the first meeting, 71-64, in theseason opener for both teams. TheLancers outscored the Cardinals, 28-18, in the third quarter that night.

But Middleton rebounded to win atLa Follette, 57-55, on Jan. 14.Cardinals senior Max Oelerich had 15

points and eight rebounds in the sec-ond game, and Middleton made nineof 10 free throws down the stretch toprevail.

Middleton finished the regular sea-son 12-10 overall and 9-9 in the BigEight Conference, which put it in asixth place tie with Verona.

Senior guard Derek Rongstad ledMiddleton with 15.6 points per gamein the regular season. Senior guardLuke Schafer was second in scoring at11.8 and Oelerich was third (10.1).

Middleton’s longest winning streakof the year was two games, somethingit accomplished five times. But thefact the Cardinals never won three in arow makes their postseason chancesappear dicey.

La Follette lost five of its final sixgames and finished the year 10-12overall. The Lancers were also 7-11 inthe conference, which left them ineighth place.

Junior guard Darold Thomas leadsthe Lancers in scoring at 14.4 pointsper game, while junior forward CortezMcCree is second at 11.2.

Cardinals, Lancersready for Round 3by ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune

Senior Night a successMiddleton rollspast Waunakeeby ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune

League OverallW L W L

Mad. Memorial ... 17 1 19 3Sun Prairie ........ 12 6 14 8Beloit Memorial .. 10 8 13 9Jnsville Craig ...... 10 8 12 10Madison West .... 10 8 12 10Middleton ............ 9 9 12 10Verona .................. 9 9 12 10Mad. La Follette ... 7 11 10 12Madison East ....... 4 14 6 16Jnsville Parker ..... 2 16 5 17

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Photo submitted

Middleton’s boys basketball team had a blast on Senior Night last week. From left are head coach Kevin Bavery,along with seniors Luke Schafer, Chris Little, Max Oelerich, Derek Rongstad, Derek Rogeberg, Demond Hill, NicRevord and Cole Zillner.

They had made solid gains in thepast month.

They were optimistic that a sur-prising postseason run was certainlypossible.

And for much of last Thursday’sWIAA regional final, it appearedMiddleton’s hockey team was poisedto surprise Madison West. Then, inthe blink of an eye, the Cardinals’season came to a crushing halt.

West freshman forward MickMessner scored in the second over-time and propelled the Regents to a

3-2 win. The Cardinals finished theseason 10-12-2.

Middleton dropped a pair ofgames to Madison West during theregular season, including a 5-0 deci-sion just two weeks ago. But thisgame was far more competitive.

“I think there were a couple keychanges,” Middleton interim coachSteffon Walby said. “We were able towatch video from our previous gameand then practice what we learned.The second key component is theenergy from the bench and the hugepositivity and team confidence com-ing from within.”

The Cardinals got goals fromTaylor Dickert and Nolan Kouba,while Brendan Sheehan and DaylonReifsteck had assists, and the gamewas tied, 2-2, through two periods.

Middleton goalie Zach Kasdorfwas also outstanding, and posted 29saves. But Messner’s game-winnerended the night — and a turbulentseason for the Cardinals’ program.

Not only did Middleton have amediocre season on the ice, longtimehead coaches Tony and Steve Libertwere dismissed on Jan. 17 followinga locker room incident. Walby, alongwith assistant coaches Garry Bunzand Kyle Lundey took over and didall they could to provide a bridge.

“It was a tough year and we areextremely proud of how the guyscompeted,” Walby said. “I had sever-al players thank us for stepping inand allowing it to be fun and compet-itive again. They loved coming to therink once again.”

Middleton’s hockey season cameto an abrupt end last Thursday, witha 3-2 overtime loss to Madison Westin a WIAA Regional final.

Now, Cardinals athletic directorBob Joers will turn the page to nextseason.

Steffon Walby just finished a five-week stint as Middleton’s interimhead coach. And once the hockeypostseason ends on March 8, Joerswill begin the search for theCardinals’ next head coach.

“I think it’s a really good job,”Joers said. “I’m expecting a lot ofpeople to apply.”

Tony and Steve Libert, whohelped make Middleton’s program astate power in their 21 years as co-coaches, were dismissed on Jan. 17following a locker-room incident.Walby, a former player and coach infive different minor professionalleagues, was brought into a tough sit-uation and did an admirable job.

Middleton finished the year 4-5-1with Walby in charge. The Cardinalsthen won their playoff opener beforefalling to Madison West.

Walby has said he’d like to be theCardinals’ permanent coach and will

apply for the job. “What did I/we show?” Walby

said of himself and the Cardinals’coaching staff. “First and foremostwould be accountability. Takingownership of your own actions,whether it is good or bad.

“We also brought a game of highenergy through conditioning. As welook back on what short time we hadwith these young men our third peri-od push or sustainability allowed usto work harder, smarter, and longerthan before.”

Walby and his staff certainly left apositive impression on Joers, despitethe mediocre record.

“You can tell he has a greatdemeanor and a great presence withthe kids,” Joers said of Walby. “Afterthe game (against West), I just toldhim, ‘Thank you. You got us througha hard situation.’

“He continued with where thekids were at and did a great job. Itwas all very positive.”

Joers said he’ll assemble a three-person committee to interview candi-dates. And he expects the interviewprocess to begin sometime in April.

“A couple of people I don’t evenknow have already put their nameacross,” Joers said. “So I expectthere will be substantial interest.

“The Libert’s built a strong tradi-tion and created young men that havegreat hockey reputations. We’ll lookto continue that.”

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Hockey Cards oustedMiddleton fallsto West in O.T.by ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune

Hockey opening figures toattract several candidatesWalby will makea run at the job by ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune

Sports briefsBaseball clinic

The Middleton Cardinal Baseball team will have their 22nd annualInstructional Clinic on March 24-25 from 6-8 p.m. at the Middleton HighSchool Fieldhouse.  

Registration forms can be downloaded from the MBSC website(www.mbscwi.com) or from Elementary and Middle School physical educa-tion teachers in the school district. The clinic includes  instruction fromMiddleton coaches and players.

Soccer fundraiserA fundraising effort is underway to build a pavilion for the soccer stadium

at Firefighters’ Park. The preliminary plans call for a concession stand, ticketwindow, restrooms and space to display the accomplishments of our distin-guished boys and girls soccer programs. Preliminary drawings are done and ourfundraising efforts are moving forward.

The goal is to raise $250,000 by May of 2014. One way to help is by pur-chasing an Engraved Brick to be placed in the new pavilion at Firefighters’Soccer Stadium.

For all general questions, or to purchase an engraved paver (brick), contactKen Burghy at (608) 576-3426 or kburghy@gmail.com.

Their two-year run as Big EightConference champions ended lastSaturday. But the last thingMiddleton’s gymnasts felt was disap-pointment.

That’s because the Cardinals post-ed a season-best score of 141.60 andfinished second overall. The factMadison Memorial scored a 142.65and won the league simply showedhow strong the Big Eight is in 2014.

“I was thrilled with the team score,especially considering we countedthree beam falls which totaled 1.5points,” said Middleton coach KariSteck, who will now take her team tothe Madison Memorial SectionalSaturday. “I don’t think the girls werereally focused on scores, which makesa huge difference inperformance.  They seemed calm andready to have fun.

“I think Saturday was a great ‘trialround’ for sectionals, where we hopeto beat Madison Memorial. Memorialis strong this year, but the girls knowthat they are stronger, and more con-sistent.”

Middleton had several terrific per-formances at the conference meet.

Senior Aryn Skibba scored a37.225 in the all-around competitionand finished second overall. SeniorGabby Aranda was fifth (35.575),

freshman Madeline Pflasterer-Jennerjohn was sixth (35.40) andsophomore Katherine Marshall was17th (32.70).

“Aryn Skibba and Gabby Arandaare such positive motivators and rolemodels for the girls,” Steck said. “Yousee girls like Madeline Pflasterer-Jennerjohn coming up as freshmanthat are so talented, and it’s great forher to have girls like Aryn and Gabbyto look up to.”

Skibba won the vault (9.375), wassecond on the floor (9.450), second onthe bars (9.350) and seventh on thebeam (9.050).

Aranda was fourth on the bars(8.750), seventh on the floor (8.925),eighth on the vault (8.950) and ninthon the beam (8.950).

Pflasterer-Jennerjohn was fifth onthe bars (8.725), fifth on the vault(9.10), eighth on the beam (8.975) and12th on the floor (8.60).

Marshall was 19th on the floor(8.475), 20th on the bars (7.60) and20th on the beam (8.175). Middletonalso counted a 10th place finish fromLauren Ace on the beam (8.850) and a19th place finish from Marie Lawtonon the vault (8.475).

“All of the girls work so hard, andare so positive and motivated,” Stecksaid. “I was very impressed with all ofthe girls performances, JV andVarsity. 

“I’ve said this all season, but Ithink it’s very rare to have such astrong team as Middleton. It isn’tevery day you see a team that hasdepth like ours.  There are so manystrong JV and Varsity girls … it’s

amazing.”Now, the Cardinals hope to have an

amazing day at sectionals.Madison Memorial is the favorite,

but Middleton believes it can pass theSpartans. The meet begins at 11 a.m.and the top two teams qualify forstate.

“Memorial had a nearly perfectmeet (at conference), which can behard to duplicate two weeks in a row,”Steck said. “I think that the girls were

really energized by conference and arenow even more excited to make asplash at sectionals.”

BIG EIGHT CONFERENCE MEETAt Madison Memorial

Team scores: Madison Memorial 142.65,Middleton 141.6, Madison West 134.95, SunPrairie 133.375, Verona/Edgewood 132.975,Janesville Craig 131.175, Janesville Parker130.125, Madison East/La Follette 117.725.

Individual resultsVault—1. Aryn Skibba (Mid), 9.375; 2. Abby

Millard (SP), 9.325; 3. Sam Adler (MM), 9.225.

Uneven bars—1. Caroline Smith (MM),9.45; 2. Skibba (Mid), 9/35; 3. Kayley Alioto(MM), 9.125.

Balance beam—1. Alioto (MM), 9.4; 2.Smith (MM), 9.35; 3. Brecklyn Skaleski (JP),9.325.

Floor exercise—1. Smith (MM), 9.55;Skibba (Mid), 9.45; 3. Adler (MM), 9.125; 10.Michelle Cagney (JC), 8.775.

All-around—1. Smith (MM), 37.55; 2.Skibba (Mid), 37.225; 3. Alioto (MM), 36.6.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2014 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 15

Gymnasts secondat Big Eight meetSkibba secondin all-aroundby ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune

Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

Middleton’s Gabby Aranda finished in fifth place in the all-around competition at the Big Eight meet.

taken it up a notch from there …and it just feels really good to see theimprovement. We’re playing so muchbetter from earlier in the year and it’sreally working out well.”

That’s for sure.The Cardinals improved to 16-1 in

the Big Eight and 18-3 overall.Middleton, which leads Verona by onegame in the league, can clinch an out-right title Thursday with a win overvisiting Madison Memorial.

“I’ll sit back and think about itwhen I retire,” Middleton coach JeffKind said. “It’s a nice stretch. It’s niceto get it back again.”

Middleton got it back for severalreasons.

The Cardinals forced 27 Lancersturnovers and had just 16 of their own.

La Follette — with a front lineaveraging 6-foot-2 — had the mostsize Middleton had seen all year. Still,the Cardinals forged a 40-40 tie on theglass.

And Middleton had extremely bal-anced scoring, putting five players indouble figures. Freshman guard BriaLemirande had 16 points and threesteals, while Douglas had 16 pointsand five steals. Junior center ColeJordee added 14 points and eightrebounds, McMahon had 11 pointsand 11 rebounds, and junior guardElizabeth Norregaard added 10 points.

La Follette senior forward NicoleNewman had a game-high 18 points.Senior guard Amelia Grahn added 17for the Lancers, while 6-foot-4 centerMerissa Barber-Smith had 16 pointsand 16 rebounds.

“We’re shaping up,” Douglas said.“We obviously have things to lookforward to and improve on. There’salways ways to improve, but we’reshaping up.”

The Lancers raced to a 9-2 lead justmore than 2 minutes into the game.But Middleton answered with a 9-0

run — in which McMahon, Douglas,Lemirande and Norregaard all scored— to grab an 11-9 lead.

Middleton forced eight first quarterturnovers, and behind eight pointsfrom Douglas, grabbed a 19-16 leadafter one period.

“Our press is a huge part of ourgame,” said senior guard DarbyRaffel, who provided quality minutesoff the bench. “We want to put somuch pressure on the other team thatwe force them to play faster than theywant to play.

“As a result, we force a lot ofturnovers and we want to convert theirturnovers into points for us. When weforce them to have multiple turnovers

in a row, that allows us to go on bigruns because their empty possessionsbecome our points.”

McMahon said even if theCardinals aren’t forcing turnovers, thepress produces a lot of good things.

“Even if we aren’t turning themover, not many teams are as deep asus,” McMahon said. “We’re a verydeep team, so not many people cankeep that pace.”

That seemed to be the case in thesecond quarter. The Lancers took abrief 26-25 lead early in the quarter,but Middleton answered with a 10-1burst and grabbed a 35-27 advantage.

Raffel started the run with a lay-up,then Jordee drained a 3-pointer that

bounced on the rim three times beforefalling. Senior center Anna Bunyanhad a rebound basket, then Jordee hadan old-fashioned three-point play.

Middleton led, 42-35, at halftime.And despite being at a size-disadvan-tage, the Cardinals shot a blistering17-of-30 (56.7%) from the field in thefirst half.

“I think a big part of our offense isgetting them spread out,” Douglassaid. “Then the height varies and wecan find gaps and we can find peopleto drive, we can find people to shoot.We just spread out their height, moreor less.”

Middleton scored the first sixpoints of the third quarter on basketsby Norregaard, Lemirande and Jordeeto make it 48-35. The Cardinals’ leadreached as many as 14 after a Raffelthree-pointer late in the quarter, andMiddleton carried a 59-47 advantageto the fourth.

The teams largely matched basketsfor much of the fourth quarter, beforea late Newman three-pointer trimmedMiddleton’s lead to 68-61 with 1:58

left. But the Cardinals, who shot just11-of-27 (40.7%) from the free throwline, made four of their final five.

“It’s nice to get this one,” Kindsaid. “It was a tough game and nowwe just have to take care of business inthe last one.

“I thought we played well, but weleft a lot of points out there. We playedthe pace we wanted to play, but therewere too many times we got aturnover, then gave one right back.And then we missed a bunch of shortshots where we didn’t finish and thenwe missed a lot of free throws. Sothere’s a lot we need to get better on.”

That’s certainly true. But for one night, anyhow,

Middleton was going to spend everysecond savoring its latest title.

“This is awesome,” Douglas said.“It means a lot to everybody.”

Raffel agreed.“Coach tells us to play for the name

on the front of our jersey, not the num-ber on the back,” Raffel said. “We rep-resent the Middleton program and arevery honored to do so.

“Seeing our hard work pay off isgreat. We hope that we are makingeveryone who is, or has been a part ofthe Middleton program proud. CoachKind is such an admirable coach. Hehas led so many great teams to successand I hope that we are proving to beone of those teams.”

Feb. 20Middleton 74, Madison La Follette 64Madison La Follette ...….. 16 19 12 17 — 64Middleton …….…………. 19 23 17 15 — 74

MADISON LA FOLLETTE — Me.Barber-Smith 16, Ma. Barber-Smith 13, Grady 2,Grahn 17, Lamb 8, Newman 18. Totals 23 13-2164.

MIDDLETON — Bunyan 2, Douglas 16,Jordee 14, Lemirande 16, McMahon 11,Norregaard 10, Raffel 5. Totals: 30 11-27 74.

Three-point goals: MLF 5 (Newman 4,Grahn 1); Mi 3 (Jordee, Norregaard, Raffel).Total fouls: MLF 20, Mi 18. Fouled out —Newman.

CHAMPS continued from page 11n

League OverallW L W L

Middleton .......... 16 1 18 3Verona .............. 15 2 19 2Jnsville Craig ...... 13 4 17 4Mad. La Follette .. 11 6 11 10Jnsville Parker ..... 9 8 10 11Sun Prairie .......... 8 9 8 13Mad. Memorial ..... 6 11 6 14Madison West ...... 4 13 5 15Madison East ....... 2 15 3 17Beloit Memorial .... 1 16 4 17

88BIGstandings

Middleton’s girls basketball teamreceived the No. 1 seed in its region-al at Sunday’s postseason meeting.

Middleton is 18-3 overall and 16-1 in the Big Eight Conference. TheCardinals have already clinched ashare of their seventh league cham-pionship in eight years, and can winthe conference outright when theyhost Madison Memorial Thursday.

Verona is the No. 2 seed in theregional, followed by Madison LaFollette, Sun Prairie, Oconomowoc,Madison Memorial, Madison West,Madison East and Watertown.

Middleton will open the postsea-son March 7 when it hosts a regionalsemifinal against either MadisonEast or Watertown. If the Cardinals

win there, they’ll host either SunPrairie or Oconomowoc in a regionalfinal on March 8.

The sectional semifinals areMarch 13 at Madison Memorial andthe sectional finals are March 15 inSun Prairie.

The WIAA Division 1 state tour-nament will be held March 21 and 22at the Resch Center in Green Bay.

Middleton went to five consecu-tive state tournaments between2008-’12 before failing to qualifylast season. Now, the Cardinals areready to chase a sixth trip to state inthe last seven seasons.

— by Rob Reischel

Girls hoops teamearns No. 1 seed

We all got pretty much best timesand we missed it by like two tenths ofa second, but we were really happy toget third. It was really just a great raceoverall.”

Haskins anchored the relay.“Nerves almost took me over,”

Haskins said. “But I realized I’ve beenin this situation so many times, let’smake it one last time. Let’s make it thebest.”

Madison Memorial cruised to itsfourth consecutive state title with 319points. Madison West  finished a dis-tant second for the second straight

year with 216.5 points and HartlandArrowhead took third with 194.5points.

“I don’t know what Memorial hasin their pool … they’ve got to bedoing something illegal,” jokedKunsch. “That’s three or four years ina row now, people come out ofnowhere.”

Middleton finished with 85 points,good for a ninth place tie withAppleton North/Appleton East.

“Our guys performed top-notchand couldn’t have performed any bet-ter,” said Middleton coach Luke

Lengfeld. “I’m happy with how weswam today. They swam very well,fast, quick times, and big drops.”

The finish marked Middleton’s12th top 10 finish in the last 15 sea-sons dating back to 2000, but it waseven more impressive given theCardinals had lost a number of keyseniors including Jackson Uselmanfrom last year’s team. Another topswimmer, Zack Parkin, transferred toMadison Edgewood and led theCrusaders to the Division 2 champi-onship with four victories (one indi-vidual event and three relays).

“You’ve got to be proud of the guysthat stepped up,” Kunsch said. “Wehad two returning state swimmerswho actually swam an individual(event) and two others who were onrelays last year. You’ve got to beproud of this team for getting ninth.”

Kunsch and seniors Cooper Green,James Mai and Haskins teamed up fora 10th-place finish in the 200 freestylerelay in 1:29.18. The 400 freestylerelay of Green, Haskins, Peterson andsophomore Jason Aegerter beat theirqualifying time by more than a secondand placed 12th in 3:16.88.

Individually, Peterson posted an11th-place finish in the 100 butterflyin 53.35 and was 22nd in the 500freestyle in 4:58.15; Haskins was 12th

in the 50 freestyle in 22.14; Green was14th in the 200 freestyle in 1:46.67and 23rd in the 100 backstroke in57.06; Slattery was 16th in the 100breaststroke in 1:01.32; Aegerter took17th in the 200 freestyle and 500freestyle in 1:47.07 and 4:52.70,respectively; and Will Zocher was17th in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.36).

“There were a lot of guys thatdropped times,” Lengfeld said.“Whenever you’re able to drop timewhen tapering for sectionals, then youget to state and drop more time theweek after. You can’t complain muchabout that.”

Middleton also notched a point indiving as sophomore Jack Zocherplaced 16th with a finals score of292.45.

“We scored points in diving,”Lengfeld said. “We moved up fromnot scoring in diving to scoring in div-ing today which was great.”

Overall, Lengfeld couldn’t havebeen happier with his swimmers.

“They get to the state meet and it’salready a great accomplishment,”Lengfeld said. “We drop more time orstay about the same, it doesn’t reallymatter. The guys came to perform top-notch. That’s all that matters to us.”

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prises.But Groy likely impressed NFL

scouts with his athleticism. Groy ranthe 40-yard dash in 5.10 seconds, anstrong time for a man his size.

Groy also ran the 20-yard shuttle in4.47 seconds, which tied for sixthamong all prospective offensive line-men. Groy’s 108-inch broad jump tiedfor seventh among linemen, and histhree-cone drill time of 7.40 secondswas eighth.

Groy also did a solid 26 benchpress repetitions of 225 pounds.

“It’s exciting. It really is,” Groysaid. “I’ve always dreamed of being inthe Combine and doing all the drillson T.V. and it’s a dream come true. It’sa great experience.”

Groy’s journey included threememorable years as a member ofMiddleton’s varsity team.

As a sophomore in 2006, Groy wasan honorable-mention all-Big EightConference player. The following sea-son, Groy had 87 pancake blocks, did-n’t allow a sack, and was a first-teamall-region and all-conference player.

And during Groy’s senior season of2008, he was a first-team all-stateplayer after posting 150 pancakeblocks.

After redshirting at UW in 2009,Groy started six games in the 2010and ’11 campaigns. By 2012, Groywon the Badgers’ left guard spot andalso shifted out to left tackle wheninjuries struck the line.

Last season, Groy started 13 gamesat left guard and anchored an offen-sive line that helped UW set single-season school records in total offense(480.8 yards per game), rushing yards(3,689) and average yards per rushingattempt (6.62).

“I think it’s huge,” Groy said of thesuccess of UW’s offense. “Not onlyon the offensive line, but fullbacks,even wideouts and tight ends.

“The running backs we’ve had thepast couple of years have been amaz-ing and the coaches that we’ve hadhave been tremendous, as well. So Ithink we put in a lot of time and effortand I think that really helped us out.”

Groy finished his career playing ina school record 54 games. He alsostarted 33 games at left guard, lefttackle, center and fullback.

Groy said he patterns his gameafter former Green Bay Packers leftguard Daryn Colledge. And Groy toldNFL teams his versatility would be anenormous positive.

“I feel very comfortable at guard,center,” Groy said. “I told them if needbe I can play tackle. I’m not afraid togo out there, I’m not afraid to play it.”

There’s a remarkably long line offormer UW offensive linemen thathave gone onto become terrific NFLplayers. And Groy believes he can bethe next.

“It’s a great benefit,” Groy said offormer Badgers succeeding at the nextlevel. “There’s a lot of guys that havedone well and a lot of guys that havehelped me out and tell me what toexpect.

“(Center) Travis Frederick, (tackle)Ricky Wagner, those guys were therelast year. They told me to keep calmand build up my business and do whatI can do.”

Groy has done that at every levelever since he started playing football.And that certainly didn’t change dur-ing Groy’s trip to the NFL Combine.

“Everybody’s watching as far aswhen you’re in the lobby of the hotel,whether it’s doing drills during theCombine, whether it’s during theinterviews,” Groy said. “I would justlike … a good story in the end.

“I don’t need to be a standout guy.I don’t need to be a flashy guy, but justa guy that comes across well-spokenand works hard.”

So far, so good for the formerMiddleton great.

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SWIMMERS continued from page 11n

Times-Tribune photos by Mary Langenfeld

At left, Middleton’s 200-yard medley relay team finished in third placeat state. In front (from left) are Lex Peterson and Rory Slattery. In back(from left) are Lars Haskins and Hans Kunsch.Above, Kunsch also went to the medal stand after finishing fifth in the

100-yard backstroke.

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