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The average $300,000 home will seeschool taxes go up $61 after the Mid-

dleton-Cross Plains Area School Dis-trict (MCPASD) Board of Education

approved the 2013-14 budget and cer-tified the tax levy on Monday night.

According to a statement issued bythe district, the tax mill rate increased

1.92 percent from a year ago. Thatworks out to a mill rate of $11.12 per

$1,000 of residential assessed value.The districts preliminary budget

projected a mill rate increase of 7.7percent.

This is great news for District tax-

payers, MCPASD community rela-tions specialist Perry Hibner said. Ina year where we passed a sorely

needed $60 million referendum to ad-dress overcrowding in our elementary

schools and facility issues at Kromrey

Middle School to keep the tax impactthis low is phenomenal.

Hibner pointed out that the tax im-pact will be different for homeowners

depending on where they live. Eightmunicipalities make up the school dis-

trict.There were a number of factors that

helped reduce the projected mill rate.The district conservatively estimated a

0 percent increase in equalized valua-tion, while that number came in at a 1.5

percent increase. In addition, the dis-trict received $2.3 million more in state

general aid than projected due to Gov.

Walkers tax relief package.The total tax levy for the district is

$61,087,793, an increase of 3.4 percent

from a year ago.

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Our world is off, said Bartlett Durand, who recently opened the Conscious Carnivore, a locally-sourcedbutcher shop in the Shorewood Shopping Center. Systems have gotten too complex. We dont understand theworld. We dont feel like we have any control of ourselves in the world ... I am there trying to cut through thatand get right to the heart of the matter.

The ethical butcher

The demand for local and organic

foods is growing wildly across thecountry.

Though genetically modified(GMO) crops and factory farming

hold a majority of the market share,the organic market continues to see

growth. Recent scandals like the

horse meat mix-up in Europe and themysterious Monsanto wheat cropsprouting up in Oregon have people

asking questions about reliance on

what some people worry is cheap,low-quality, untraceable foods.

In some ways, Madison and Mid-dleton are on the forefront of this

new economy. The success of storeslike Willy Street Co-op and the area

having one of the highest rates offarmers markets per capita show that

locals are committed to natural andsustainable foods sources.

Middletonian Bartlett Durand isthe farmer and entrepreneur behind

Conscious Carnivore, a new ethical,locally sourced and organic butcher

shop.The shop is located in the Shore-

wood Shopping Center on UniversityAvenue in Near West Madison. Du-

rand claims his business is the first of

its kind.What makes Conscious Carnivore

so unique is that it handles the entireproduction process. That includes

raising cattle, slaughtering and pro-cessing, and preparing cuts at the

new store.Bartlett is able to do this because

he is also the owner of Otter CreekOrganics, where the animals are

raised, and Black Earth Meats, wherethe animals are processed.

Both businesses are located inBlack Earth, which is about a 15

minute drive from downtown Mid-dleton.

Durand says the vertical integra-

by CAMERON BREN

Times-Tribune

How Middleton resident

Bartlett Durand is like

Morpheus in The Matrix

Crucible

comes tothe PAC

The Middleton High School

Drama Club will present ArthurMillers The Crucible November 7-9at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing ArtsCenter, 2100 Bristol St. Tickets maybe purchased at the door. At left areAdam De Santes and Annie Baker inthe roles of John and Elizabeth Proc-tor.

Photo contributed

Budget approved at Monday

board of education meeting

Town taxbills flat

The proposed 2014 Town of Middle-

ton budget residents are scheduled toconsider Tuesday evening increases

revenue by 6.3 percent, cuts spendingby 5.13 percent and holds the tax levy

to a 1 percent increase.The towns portion of your tax bill

will not go up unless its a new houseor youve improved your property,

said town administrator David Shaw.Town board supervisors also made

an effort to not draw as heavily on cashreserves after using $550,000 from re-serve funds to balance the 2013 budget.

Next years total revenues are bud-geted at $2.962 million, compared to

this years revenues which are on paceto top $2.923 million and up from the

$2.786 million projected in the 2013budget.

The projected revenue increase isbased on more construction activity,

which is expected to boost incomefrom charges for services, and more

by KEVIN MURPHY

Times-Tribune

Vote on town budget set for Tuesday

See BUTCHER, page 25

See TOWN BUDGET, page 11

Inside this issue:Local: Business: Sports:

Teaming up to fight

against hunger. Page 3Plus-size clothing store

opens in Middleton. Page 5Football cards

fall. Page 14

Dining . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6- 7

Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . 26


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Having

a field

dayThe Middleton Public Lands De-partment sponsored the fifth annualForestry Field Day on Saturday, No-vember 2 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. atJohn C. Bock Community Forest.

Forestry field day is a free publicevent featuring demonstrations ofhorse logging, tree trimming (top),wood milling (bottom right) and freehorse-drawn wagon rides (bottomleft). The demonstrations high-lighted how foresters select, harvest,and process trees in a responsible,environmentally sustainable man-ner.

The horse logging demonstration

featured the Percheron team of JohnAdametz and A to Z Percherons.Logs were skidded to an on-sitesawmill operated by Dave Arnold ofCityWood Treecycling LLC. Ma-zomanie-based Rod Anding and histeam of Suffolk Punch draft horsesoffered the free wagon rides. DaneCounty Parks Forester Adam Alvesprovided an instructional demon-stration on proper tree felling tech-niques.

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Officials recently confirmed the

Black Earth Creek has been invaded by

an invasive snail species that competes

with trout food sources, effectively re-

ducing the trout populations food sup-

ply.

Wisconsin Department of Natural

Resources (WDNR) aquatic invasive

species coordinator Bob Wakeman said

last week that scientists are unsure as

to how the New Zealand mud snail will

acclimate itself to the southern Wiscon-

sin environment. In any case, however,

the news is not good.

This is a significant and disappoint-

ing find in Wisconsin, said Wakeman.

Until the Wisconsin discovery, in

North America, the snail had been de-

tected exclusively in streams in the

western United States, especially in

Colorado. The snails found in 2012

were the first to be detected in an in-

land Midwestern stream.

We discovered them in a sample,

said Wakeman. Weve got folks that

go around and grab samples; in this

case, it happened to be aquatic insects.

In so doing, he was kicking up the sub-

strate and then he sent it in.

The sample went to a laboratory at

the University of Wisconsin at Stevens

Point for analysis. Thats when the

presence of snails was discovered. The

sample was actually taken in 2012, but

the discovery was actually made sev-

eral weeks ago. Because there are only

a few clones of the asexual snails,

the scientists were able to determine

It appears a proposal to strip local

municipalities of much of their regula-tory power with respect to proposed

frac sand mines has been put on thelegislatures back-burner. At least one

local official, however, thinks it will becoming back, albeit in a different form.

Town of Berry chairman Tony Vardasaid last week that State Senator Tom

Tiffany made a political mistake by in-troducing Senate Bill 349 the week be-

fore the Wisconsin Towns Associationwas to hold its convention in Madison.

Many local officials in rural areasare Republicans, said Varda, and are

seen by many Republican legislators as

a natural constituency.

When it comes to taking away localcontrol on issues like mining, however,

that constituency can quickly becomenon-partisan. Varda said the towns as-

sociation got commitments from anumber of Republican senators to op-

pose the measure in its current form.The Republicans control the Senate

and the Assembly as well as the Gov-ernors Office, but in this case, the

partys unity fell apart.It is on the backburner because

Tiffany doesnt currently have thevotes to pass it in its original form,

said Varda. I understand from somecapital insiders Tiffany had eight Re-

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2013 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 3

City celebrates intersection improvementsCity leaders gathered at the intersection of Deming Way and University Avenue Monday, October 28 at 5 p.m. to

celebrate completion of an overhaul that included the addition of turn lanes, upgraded traffic signals and the com-pletion of a key link in the City of Middletons path network.

John Livesey, seen here helping Mayor Kurt Sonnentag cut the ribbon, developer of the Discovery Springs businesspark, believes the improvements are beneficial for Costco and the many other businesses located on the north sideof University Avenue. There was a bottleneck here, and Im very pleased that the city stepped up to help find a so-lution, said Livesey. Were fortunate we have a city that is forward-thinking.

The projects completion coincides with the opening of Spectrum Brands new headquarters along Deming Wayabout half a mile north of the intersection.

The city used Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) to fund its $210,000 share of constructions costs, while WisDOTpaid for the upgraded traffic signals. In the next couple of years, the state plans to install gates at the Deming Wayrailroad crossing.

Teaming up to combat

Thanksgiving hungerThis Thanksgiving, putting together

a family meal will be difficult for many

Middleton residents.The City of Middleton and Pellitteri

Waste Systems are partnering to help

those in need with the ThanksGIVINGBack program. They will be collectingnon-perishable food items at City Hall

to donate to the Middleton OutreachMinistry (MOM) Food Pantry.

Please visit the front lobby of CityHall, 7426 Hubbard Avenue, Nov. 4-

26, from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Mon-day-Friday, to drop off donations of

non-perishable food items, or call Pel-litteri Waste Systems at 608-257-4285

for directions to drop off items at their

office.Last year alone, the MOM Food

Pantry distributed 376 tons of food tofamilies in need. The top needed items

this year are canned fruit, canned soup

(not tomato), boxed meals, spaghettisauce, cooking oil, sugar, flour, mealsin a can (like chili, ravioli, etc.), and ce-

real.Please, no home prepared food, open

containers, glass containers or expiredfood.

For additional information, pleasecontact Mike Davis, City Administra-

tor/Director of Community Develop-ment, at 608-821-8350 or

[email protected].

A political mistake?

Invasive species found

in Black Earth Creek

by JOHN DONALDSON

News Publishing Co.

by JOHN DONALDSON

News Publishing Co.

See MINING, page 11

See INVADER, page 23

Photo by Lisa DuChateau


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Monday, October 21 8:25 a.m. - Weapon violation, 2100

block of Bristol St. 12:34 p.m. - Battery, 3400 block of

Marino Ct. 12:55 p.m. - Fraud, 2800 block of

Parmenter St. 2:40 p.m. - Theft, 1600 block of

Deming Way. 6:47 p.m. - Property damage, 3500

block of Salerno Ct.Tuesday, October 22

8:35 a.m. - Malicious mischief, Par-menter St & Donna Dr.

1:22 p.m. - Property damage, 2000block of Parmenter St.

9:25 p.m. - Theft, 6700 block ofUniversity Ave.

Wednesday, October 23 7:24 a.m. - Fraud, 3700 block of Par-

menter St. 1:18 p.m. - Property damage, 7500

block of Hubbard Ave.Thursday, October 24

5:36 p.m. - Burglary, 5100 block ofBrindisi Ct.

7:50 p.m. - Theft, 6700 block ofUniversity Ave.

Friday, October 25 9:16 a.m. - Fraud, 5400 block of

Mathews Rd. 3:56 p.m. - Theft, 7600 block of

Voss Pkwy. 5:28 p.m. - Fraud, 2300 block of

Parmenter St. 6:59 p.m. - Property Check, 7400

block of North Ave. 7:10 p.m. - Alcohol violation, 2100

block of Bristol St. 8:57 p.m. - Alcohol violation, 2100

block of Bristol St.Saturday, October 26

1:57 a.m. - Fire, Nursery Dr. &Deming Way.

12:56 p.m. - Theft, 6300 block of

University Ave.Sunday, October 27


Greenway Blvd. 7:54 p.m. - Domestic disturbance,

6300 block of Lakeview Blvd.

Monday, October 28 7:59 a.m. - Theft, 2400 block of

Allen Blvd.

9:26 a.m. - Theft, 2400 block ofAllen Blvd.

2:01 p.m. - Weapon Violation, 2400block of Clark St.

Tuesday, October 29 12:23 p.m. - Property damage, 1200

block of Deming Way. 6:57 p.m. - Domestic disturbance,

3700 block of Parmenter St. 7:27 p.m. - Domestic disturbance,

5300 block of Mathews Rd. 11:33 p.m. - Domestic disturbance,

5300 block of Mathews Rd.

Wednesday, October 30

12:20 a.m. - Domestic disturbance,

700 block of Pirate Island Rd.

Thursday, October 31

3:57 p.m. - Fraud, 6300 block of

Stonefield Rd.

4:05 p.m. - Domestic disturbance,

2600 block of Middleton Beach Rd.

4:53 p.m. - Accident, 8300 block of

Greenway Blvd.

Friday, November 1

8:40 a.m. - Property damage, 3600

block of Glenn Ln. 11:16 a.m. - Property damage, 6900

block of Donna Dr.

1:30 p.m. - Property damage, 3200

block of Deming Way.


block of Greenway Blvd.


2100 block of Allen Blvd.

5:38 p.m. - Accident, Century Ave.

& High Rd.


2000 block of Allen Blvd.

Saturday, November 2

11:57 a.m. - Theft, 1600 block of

Deming Way.

Sunday, November 3

1:24 p.m. - Theft, Middleton Beach

Rd. & Mendota Ave. 3:25 p.m. - Domestic disturbance,

6300 block of Lakeview Blvd.


1300 block of John Q Hammons Dr.


Deming Way.


block of Parmenter St.

POLICE BEAT Police calls down in September

OPERATIONS DIVISION

In August, Middleton Officers han-

dled 1,688 calls for service. 714 were

field initiated and 974 were dispatched.

They issued 438 citations and 99 writ-

ten warnings, made two criminal ar-

rests and investigated 45 accidents.In September, Middleton Officers

handled 1,584 calls for service. 609

were field initiated and 975 were dis-

patched. They issued 415 citations and

74 written warnings, made 11 criminal

arrests and investigated 37 accidents.

Significant Events in September:

09/05/13, 3:00 PM, Bath and Body

Works, 1600 block of Deming Way,

Retail Theft - Over $300.00 in product

was taken from the store.

09/09/13, Badgerland Chemical and

Supply, 8500 block of University

Green, Theft - Suspect entered busi-

ness during business hours and took

$500.00 in $100.00 bills.

09/16/13, 3800 block of SignatureDrive, Theft - Complainant reported

that over $35,000.00 in jewelry was

taken from her residence while she was

out of town. She reported that her eld-

erly mother also lived in the residence

and was under constant care by aides.

Middleton officers and detectives

searched pawn shop data bases and

learned that one of the substitute aides

had pawned numerous items of jew-

elry. Lisa and Roger Johnson, of

Stoughton, were arrested, questioned,

confessed and were taken to jail. Much

of the jewelry was recovered, but some

had been melted down.

09/21/13, 1400 block of N. West-

field Road, Burglary - A home was en-

tered while the resident was out oftown and money taken. Entry was

made through an unlocked door. A sim-

ilar burglary occurred during the same

time period to an occupied residence in

nearby Madison.

09/24/13, 6700 block of Sandstone

Circle, Burglary - Items were taken

from vehicles in an open garage.

09/28/13, PF Changs, Theft from

Vehicle - A car window was smashed

out and electronics and several thou-

sand dollars of jewelry was taken.

TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENTThe month of September had 34 re-

portable accidents of which six were inparking lots or on private property.

This compares to last years 31 ofwhich seven were on private property.

During the month of September, Of-ficer Wood, the designated motorcycle

officer, made 52 traffic stops, issuing49 citations and 14 warnings, of which

17 citations and four warnings were forSpeeding and 11 citations were for

Seatbelt Violations. The departmentwill not have that patrol again until

next spring.Approximately 18 hours were spent

on directed traffic patrols in September.Sixty-nine enforcement actions were

taken: 40 citations and one warning forSpeeding, 13 Insurance citations, six

citations for Operating After Suspen-sion, five citations and one warning for

Registration violations, three Seatbeltcitations, and two citations for Failure

to Stop for Stop Sign. Roads targetedwere Greenway Blvd, Hwy 12, Hwy

Q, North Gammon Road, ParmenterStreet and Pheasant Branch Road.

The department performed trafficcontrol duties for the Skirt Chaser Run

(formerly the Suzie Favor- HamiltonRun) on September 28th.

INVESTIGATIVE UNIT REPORTBeing a victim of any crime is very

frustrating, demoralizing and in some

cases a very traumatic experience.Feeling helpless as an unknown subject

has taken something which didnt be-long to them and taken without permis-

sion can be a very stressful time formany victims. As humans, we have a

tendency to want to believe everyone

is trustworthy and as honest as we are;unfortunately in any society this isntalways the case. All you need to do is

listen or watch the daily news to seethat we live in a society where vio-

lence, thefts and the addiction to con-trolled substances are a major part of

culture; regrettably this trend isntlikely to change anytime soon.

Did you know that one of the moredisturbing crimes, and one which the

Middleton Police Department has seenan increase of over the past year, has a

national clearance rate of only 14 per-

cent? This crime of burglary can be avery traumatic event for many victims

as the home is one place where most ofus feel safe the majority of the time.

Many victims report when a criminalhas been in their residence and has

gone through their personal belong-ings, that they feel there has been a

major invasion in their lives and totheir families. In some cases, victims

indicate they never feel safe in theirhome again.

To lower the possibility of being avictim of a burglary, the following tips

are recommended: Lock all doors, win-dows and garage doors, keep valuables

away from windows or doors; havelights or other electronics on a timer

when you are away, making it appearas though the residence is occupied;

have outdoor lighting on a motion sen-sor to activate during the hours of dark-

ness; when traveling or away fromyour residence, arrange for a neighbor

or relative to retrieve your newspapersor mail, to mow your lawn or shovel

your driveway; have deadbolts on alldoors as they are the most effective

locking mechanism; place a dowel orother secure device in the track of any

sliding glass door to prevent the slidingdoor from being easily opened.

If you are a victim of a burglary donot enter your residence or touch any-

thing. Await the arrival of the PoliceDepartment for your safety and for the

collection of evidence. Provide the Po-lice Department with pictures, serial

numbers or any other pertinent infor-mation which would be helpful in lo-

cating any stolen items.

$10,000 GRANT WON

The Middleton Police Departmentwas recently notified that the Wiscon-sin Department of Transportation has

offered it a $10,000 grant for overtimereimbursement for the coming year to

target drunk driving. In addition to theregular monthly officer patrols, there

will be two periods of high visibilityenforcement where we will have three

additional officers on patrol at the sametime for a total of 11 shifts.

Thieves who stole $35,000 in jewelry from Middleton home caught

See POLICE, page 23


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Photo by Lisa DuChateau

Chamber welcomes Z.Bella BoutiqueZ.Bella Boutique in downtown Middleton hosted a Grand Opening celebration party that began Thursday, Oc-

tober 24, and continued through Saturday. There was a ribbon cutting ceremony with the Middleton Chamber ofCommerce at 4:30 p.m. Z.Bella Boutique is owned and operated by a mother/daughter team, Marvel Felton and

Zoe Schuler, pictured above as they cut the ribbon at the new plus-size clothing boutique. The store is located inCayuga Court just off University Avenue and the Beltline.

Photo contributed

ACI celebrates $1 million expansionAutomation Components Inc. celebrated its new production and calibration lab at 2315 Parview Road in Mid-

dleton. The 14,100-square-foot facility was a $1 million project to expand space for final manufacturing and cali-bration of the high-end environmental sensors the company makes for heating and air conditioning systems. Fromleft: Jeff Zwettler (Senior VP-Relationship Manager, State Bank of Cross Plains), Mike Davis (Middleton City Ad-ministrator), Van Nutt (Executive Director, Middleton Chamber of Commerce), Troy Schwenn (President, Automa-

tion Components, Inc.), Kurt Sonnentag (Mayor of Middleton), Jim Tubbs (President and CEO, State Bank of CrossPlains).

A new type of

lender in town

Personal Finance Company offersMiddleton unique option for personal

loans.If you want to purchase something

like new appliances or furniture, but donot have the cash available, you might

seek a personal loan. These loans canessentially be used for any cash

needed. This includes credit card pay-off, education, home improvement,

medical costs, business needs, andother purchases.

Personal loan amounts generallyrange from $500 to $50,000 and the

amount available often depends onyour credit score. When getting this

type of loan one has a few options.These include making arrangements or

contracts with friends or family, banksor credit unions, online peer-to-peer

lenders, and payday or title loanstores.

When seeking a personal loan it isimportant to know what your choices

are. These options all have their prosand cons.

It may be safest to address friends or

family if you need cash fast. However,not everybody knows someone whohas enough money they are able to

lend. You must also consider your re-lationship with this person and decide

whether this could cause stress or ten-sion if problems arose. Banks and

credit unions are a good choice butoften require a good credit score. If

you have bad credit or lack of credit itis unlikely these places will have any-

thing to offer you. Online peer-to-peerlenders like Prosper or Lending Club

can have competitive loan amounts andinterest rates, but again that will de-

pend on your credit score.For those with a bad credit history,

payday and title loan stores are a work-able means. A payday loan simply is

you writing a check for the amount youneed plus a fee to the lender. The

lender holds the check for a shortagreed upon term before cashing it. If

you dont have the funds by the time ofwithdraw, often you get another term

with another fee. A title loan allowsborrowers to use a car or house as col-

lateral. This can offer a significantfunds in a short time with little ap-

proval. The downside to title and pay-day loans are high interest rates. The

rate may not seem too bad as a onetime fee, but if youre unable to make

the full payment by the end of the termthe rate keeps increasing. If it takes

you awhile to repay the loan you maypay double or more than you bor-

rowed.Personal Finance Company offers

personal loans but is a little differentfrom other lenders. The company

makes loans on an installment basis.The installments range from 6 to 42

IINN BBUSINESSUSINESS

Photo contributed

Todd Schneeman, above, manages Middletons Personal Finance Com-pany.

by CAMERON BREN

Times-Tribune

See LENDER, page 25


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Learn how toThrive With Less

This months free Middleton Green

Thursday event features the documen-tary Thrive With Less.

The film, which will be shown onNovember 7 at 7 p.m. at Willy West

Co-Op, follows six college students

and their project to turn their con-sumerist lifestyles on their heads. Justin time for the holiday season, Thrive

With Less asks the question When didwe decide that more is better but better

is never enough?

This free screening is sponsored by

the City of Middleton SustainabilityCommittee and The Natural Step

Monona with support from WillyStreet Co-op, Madison Gas & Electric

and Richard and Judy Fritz. Free re-freshments are provided.

Willy West is located at 6825 Uni-versity Ave in Middleton.

Art show will

celebrate trees

A Celebration of Trees, an art

show, will take place Friday, Nov. 22-Sunday, Nov. 24 at Hubbard Art Cen-

ter, 7448 Hubbard Ave, Middleton.Hours are Friday from 4 to 9 p.m., Sat-

urday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sun-day from noon until 7 p.m.

This no fee, juried art show is opento all artists, all media, and the format

must be tree related. All art must be

dropped off at the Hubbard Art Center

on Sunday, Nov. 17 between 5 and 7p.m. or Monday, Nov. 18 from 6-8 p.m.

Entrance Forms are available at theMiddleton Rec Dept. or online at

www.ci.middleton.wi.us.For more information call Pat at

235-1121.

Black FridayBoot CampJust in time for the biggest shopping

day of the year, blogger and coupon

clipper extraordinaire Dannelle Gaywill be at the Middleton Public Library

on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 10 a.m. topresent her Black Friday Boot Camp.

Dannelle will show participants how tofind all the deals on Black Friday,

make a shopping plan of attack, andscore tons of killer deals to cover birth-

days and gift occasions for the rest ofthe year. She will also talk about how

to think outside the box when itcomes to grocery store and drugstore

deals, too!

Dannelle Gay is an expert on findingsavings and stretching your householdbudget. She is a frequesnt guest on

NBC 15, WISC TV 3, and WisconsinPublic Radio. Check out her blog at

operation40k.com for coupons,recipes, and tips for stretching your

budget. For more information or toregister for this program, email the li-

brary at [email protected] or call608-827-7403.

Library Friendshost book sale

Friends of the Middleton Public Li-

brary will hold their annual holidaybook sale on November 9, 11 a.m. - 3

p.m., in the lower level of the library7425 Hubbard Avenue. The sale offers

many gift options for readers.The Friends also begin their 2014

membership drive with this sale. Cur-rent 2013 memberships or member-

ships purchased for 2014 allow

entrance to the sale early from 10 - 11

a.m.Book sales are primary fundraiser

for the Friends of the Library. Pro-ceeds from all sales benefit library pro-

grams.

Learn how to

make felt animalsFelties Club, for grades 5-12, willmeet Tuesdays, November 5-Decem-

ber 3, from 3:30-4:45 p.m. The clubmeets at Hubbard Art Center, 7448

Hubbard Avenue, and is hosted byMiddleton Public Library staff.

Learn to make adorable little felt an-imals! They will have a variety of pat-

terns and colors to choose from. Theyrecommend attending at least twice to

learn the basics and create a felt friend.No registration is needed. All materials

are provided.

Quaker Steak to

honor veteransOn Monday, Nov. 11, MiddletonsQuaker Steak & Lube honors Amer-

icas veterans with a free meal to cele-brate Veterans Day.

Any veteran with a military ID orhonorable discharge papers is eligible

for this event. Quaker Steak & Lubewill cover the tab (not including alco-

hol) up to $12.99.From Normandy and The Battle of

Midway to Kosovo, Tora Bora and Fal-lujah, these brave souls have honorably

served their country, said Mike Hi-nesh, operating partner of Middletons

Quaker Steak & Lube. As a restau-rant, this is just one of the ways we can

honor their contributions to our coun-try.

The original Quaker Steak & Lubewas founded in 1974 and built in an

abandoned gas station in Sharon, Penn-sylvania as a cook-your-own steak

restaurant. Today, The Lube has wonover 100 national and international

awards for their wings and 21 different

wing sauces, as well as serving award

winning ribs. The Lube features uniquedcor items including Race Cars sus-

pended from the ceilings, Motorcycles,Corvettes and Gas Station Memora-

bilia decorating the walls.

Snowmobile class

in Black EarthA snowmobile safety class will beheld in early December in Black Earth.

The class will start on Dec. 2 at 6p.m. and continue Dec. 5 and 9 (6:30

p.m. both nights,) with testing on thefinal night.

Students must make all classes.The first night students must have a

parent at class the first half hour to signup. Students must have DNR ID num-

bers to take the class. These can be ob-tained online or at any sales counter

that sells hunting licenses.The cost to take the class is $ 10.

This can be paid in cash or by check toBob Sagmoen.

The class will be held at the Black

Earth Fire Station at 711 Blue MoundsSt. Persons wanting to sign up for theclass should contact Bob Sagmoen at

798-3023.

Speedway cluboffers course

The Speedway Snowmobile Club isoffering a DNR-certified snowmobile

safety course on Monday, Nov. 4 andMonday, Nov. 11.

Anyone born after Jan. 1, 1985 mustcomplete a Department of Natural Re-

sources course before operating asnowmobile. The course instructors

will seek to outline the basic principlesof safe and responsible snowmobile

operation. Anyone 12 or older who isinterested can contact Karen Cox at

220-9486. The classes will be from 6-9 p.m. and will be held at Kalscheur

Hall in Pine Bluff, 3734 CTH P.

Bauer wins firstThe 27th Annual Jewelry Design

Competition for the Wisconsin Jewel-ers Association was held recently at its

annual convention in Madison.The pieces were judged on Quality

& Craftsmanship; Degree of Difficulty;Design & Originality; and Practicality

& Wearability. Bauer Jewelry Designs,

located in Middleton, was awardedfirst place in the Wisconsin JewelersAssociation designs competition in

mens jewelry. Jake Bauer created ahandmade, hand engraved gents ring

with bead set diamonds. The piece willbe sent to New York to be judged at a

national level.

Crucible openstonight at PAC

Middleton High School Drama Clubwill present Arthur Millers The Cru-

cible November 7-9 at 7:30 p.m. in thePerforming Arts Center, 2100 Bristol

St. Tickets may be purchased at the

door: $5 for students and seniors and$7 for adults.

This Tony-Award winning play in-

vites the audience to Salem, Massachu-setts in 1692 as the fear of witchcraft is

being spread throughout the area. Aspanic builds and more people are ac-

cused, neighbors and friends turn oneach other, faith is shaken, and lives are

ended. Millers theatrical version ofhistorical events, a thinly-veiled alle-

gory paralleling McCarthyism of the1950s, raises questions about margin-

alization of the other as fear takesover.

With a cast of 22, Middletons pro-duction has involved over 100 high

school students as set builders andpainters, costumers, lighting and sound

designers and operators, stage man-agers, ushers, and actors. Come sup-

port the arts and see one of Americasmost well-known and frequently-pro-

duced shows.For more information visit

www.middletondrama.org.

W H A T S H A P P E N I N G


7/28


Cardinal band joins forces with National Guard

The MHS ninth-grade Cardinal

Band and the Madison-based Wis-consin National Guards 132nd

Army Band will join forces for aperformance this Sunday, Nov. 10

at the Performing Arts Center.The concert begins at 2 p.m. and

is free. MHS band director BradSchneider explained that tax-sup-

ported military bands by law haveto give free concerts. No seats will

be reserved.One of the members of the

132nd Army Band is the mother ofMHS band students and contacted

the district about a possible per-formance, Schneider added. Ser-

geant First Class and unitadministrator Robert Brent Wells

said the unit will be drilling on thatweekend and are going to be in

Madison, so a concert made sense.The performance will last 90

minutes. Ninth-graders will play a

couple of selections and the ArmyBand will play after that, Wellssaid.

The 132nd Army Band is com-prised of nearly 50 part-time mu-

sician soldiers. None of the currentband members went to MCPASD

schools, although a female saxo-phone player resides in Middleton,

Wells said. Typically, the band

meets one weekend per month andgives a two-week performance

tour around Wisconsin.Members of the band range in

age from late teens to late 50s.Many of them are professional

musicians or music educators,while others are in other profes-

sions. Some joined the band whilein high school or college, while

others are former active dutymembers of Army bands, Wells

said.In addition to marching in pa-

rades and performing military cer-emonies, the Wisconsin National

Guards 132nd Army Band hasmany other musical ensembles

that perform for all types of eventsand audiences, both military and

civilian. These ensembles includea concert wind ensemble, a jazz

band and combo, brass quintets, a

saxophone ensemble, a woodwindquintet, a rock band, and a countryband.

Wells said he plays in the coun-try band, jazz ensemble and even

the jazz combo, besides participat-ing in parades and concerts.

Its a very tight-knit group, hesaid. We love what we do.

MHS musicians, Army Band will play Sunday afternoon at the Performing Arts Center

Photo contributed

Sundays concert begins at 2 p.m. and is free and open to the public. MHS band director Brad Schneider explained thattax-supported military bands by law have to give free concerts.


8/28


No surprises in ATCs latest application

Middleton town chairman Milo Bre-

unig saw no real surprises in the 148-

page application American

Transmission Co. (ATC) recently filed

with the Wisconsin Public Service

Commission that would route another

high-voltage power line through the

town.

Instead, the application detailed

ATCs case for its preferred route for

the proposed 345-kilovolt line. ATC

continues to prefer routing the line

south along Voesen, Koch and Bronner

roads, to Airport Rd. then south to the

Cardinal substation along US 14. It of-

fered an alternative route that would

extend west from the Town of Spring-

field into the Town of Cross Plains then

east along USH 14 to the substation.

ATC says the preferred route be-

tween a substation in the town of Vi-

enna to the Cardinal substation follows

existing distribution lines and costs

slightly less to build than the alterna-

tive route.Called the Badger Coulee project,

the power line is being proposed by

ATC and Xcel Energy to stretch be-

tween substations near La Crosse and

Madison. Here, it would link to the re-

cently completed West Middleton-

Rockdale power line.

Badger Coulee would cost an esti-

mated $514 million to $550 million to

build, according to ATC.

The project allows the power com-

panies to import electricity generated

at wind farms in the Minnesota and the

Dakotas east to Wisconsin and other

markets. An increased power supply

means lower cost power to consumers,

ATC says.

The power line also eliminates the

need for an estimated $160 million in

voltage upgrade projects in westernWisconsin, ATC states.

Those living along the preferred

route have been intensely opposed to

the project they see would lower their

property values and expose them to

harmful radiation from electro-mag-

netic fields. They were joined by others

at an April town meeting and voted to

order the town board to retain an attor-

ney and fight to route the line west of

the town.

Advised by the Wisconsin Towns

Association, the board declined to act

on the request, stating that residents

lacked authority to specify the action

The board had previously hired at-

torney Peter Gardon who mapped a

strategy to oppose the Badger Coulee

project arguing that it made the town

the target of power lines to be builtfrom the east, north, west and south.

ATC has since dropped plans for the

line entering the town from the south

and Gardon had said property values,

health affects and other arguments

would likely fail to convince the PSC

to reject Badger Coulee.

The board has been largely silent on

the power line issue ever since al-

though has urged residents to tell the

PSC their concerns about the project.

The board put $60,000 for legal ex-

penses in the 2014 town budget to be

presented to residents on Nov. 12.

However, that is a typical amount the

board annually allocates and does not

include any funds specifically to con-

test Badger Coulee, Town Administra-

tor David Shaw said.

Breunig said the board has no setstrategy on the power line case now be-

fore the PSC. He acknowledges that it

has been a hot topic, and probably al-

ways will.

Its hard to determine a course

when the issue pits one resident against

another, he said.

ATC anticipates the PSC will issue

a decision on the power line in 2015

and if authorized construction would

begin in 2016 and the line would be in

service in 2018.

by KEVIN MURPHY

Times-Tribune

Springfield board looks at Schneider Road Business Center

The Springfield Town Board metTuesday, Oct. 15 for its second meeting

of the month, discussing the ongoingdriveway saga and turning its sights to

focus on new buildings going up in thetownship.

The board reviewed twopresentations regarding the planned

Schneider Road Business Center, bothfrom owner Jim Wills. Wills presented

materials and coloring to be used onbuildings in the center, and detailed

some of the schedule for theconstruction that will be happening

next year. Included in the BusinessCenter will be an Encore Construction

building, and plans for that buildingwere also presented in detail to the

board. The board had no graveconcerns regarding the project, but did

inform the Wills of the need for avariance for any large signs on the

premises.The boards long battle for

regulation on concrete driveways wasdiscussed again. Board supervisor Jim

Pulvermacher informed the board herecently met with a representative of

MSA Professional Services to discussrevamping town guidelines regarding

concrete driveways, and that heexpects very clear notations will be on

the new guidelines.The board reiterated the need for a

variance if a homeowner wishes to useanything beyond asphalt in their

driveway.They need come to the board first,

repeated Supervisor Pulvermacher, inperson.

Supervisor Dan Dresen updated theboard on the work-day that occurred at

Kingsly Cemetery in Springfield. Thecemetery was put in the care of the

town after its previous ownersabandoned the property, and the board

organized a clean-up day on thegrounds before the onset of winter.

It went very well, commentedDresen, though he added some

additional work might be needed. Theboard has entertained the notion in the

past of making the cemetery activeagain in the future.

Springfields town road patrolman,Mark Grosse, was present at the

meeting for the first time sincesummer, after numerous excused

absences pertaining to his health.He reported to the board that he

hopes to be fully recovered and back towork soon.

by MIKE DREW

Times-Tribune


9/28


A Matter of

PerspectiveIts four oclock in the morning. I

wish that I was sleeping. Two thingsthat I read about in the news during the

last few weeks were niggling at mymind and nudged me awake.

The first article was about theSinging Grannies who were detained

at the Capitol on Thursday, October 24.Madison area Singing Grannies are

part of an international movement ofwomen who sing out for peace, the en-

vironment and economic & social jus-tice. They are committed to participate

only in non-violent protests.After singing on October 24, one of

the Grannies, Andrea Musher went to

the office of Rep. Dianne Hesselbein.

After speaking with her, Musher left touse a bathroom near the office.

According to the report in the Isth-mus, one female and six male Capitol

Police officers entered the bathroom,told her to put her hands behind her

back, slammed her against the sink,handcuffed and searched her.

Musher said that she was never toldshe was being arrested or read her

rights. The article quoted Musher tosay, What they kept telling me was,

You match the description of a womanin a blue puffy coat who was carrying

a gun.

Musher was wearing a blue coat.However, it was not a puffy one.

A second Granny, Mary Alexi, aged

71 was detained the same day. Her coatwas puffy but was purple, not blue. She

was wearing the hallmark Singing

Granny apron on top of it. Four officerssearched her for weapons.

Both women admitted to feeling ter-rified by the way that they were

treated.What puzzles me about these inci-

dents, is that since the State of Wiscon-sin passed the concealed weapons law,

why would anyone be forcefullysearched in the Capitol, where guns are

permitted in most areas?The Singing Grannies bravely call

attention to the explicit United StatesConstitutional Right to gather for

peaceful protest against government.That amendment was one of the many

checks and balances created by the USarchitects of democracy to keep our

government honest and its citizensconnected to its essence of We the

people.From Governor Scott Walkers per-

spective, these women are a nuisance.From where I stand, these women are

champions of our constitutional rightsas both Wisconsin and United States

citizens.

Scott Walker may have copyrighted

the word Unintimidated as the titleof his new book, but he doesnt own

the word. The Singing Grannies andSolidarity Singers continue their

protests, unintimidated despite the in-timidating tactics of detention and

search, like the ones on October 24.The second article that stirred my

mind in the wee hours of the morningwas regarding the recent US surveil-

lance of Chancellor Merkels phone inGermany.

Even though the incidences of theGrannies and phone-tapping are not re-

lated, I felt they were connected. Iwasnt able to put my finger on why

before, but in the quiet before dawn,the connection has dawnedon me.

Fighting terrorism and fightingcrime should never become an excuse

to behave badly.Something is very wrong when

fighting crime becomes crime itself.Justifying errors or a means to an end

is not justice.And, there is a big difference be-

tween creating suspicion and truly feel-

ing that an individual or a nation is be-

having suspiciously and warranting in-vestigation.

Protection and surveillance hastaken on a life of its own. While spying

and illegal detentions have been goingon throughout history, the Patriot Act,

enacted after 911, has created a newmindset of suspicion and coercion in

the name of anti-terror.Yes, there has to be a way to stop

terrorists. Yes, we want to preventcrime from happening in the first place.

But, these things must be done with-out giving license to people of power

from abusing that power to intimidatecitizens and nations for their own

agenda or their own increase of power.Our constitutional rights are non-

partisan. The perspective of the rightsis inclusive. The rights, themselves, in-

vite us all to work together to upholdtheir integrity as measures to ensure

liberty, security and justice for our-selves as individuals and for our col-

lective status as a nation amongnations.

County executive

Parisi is investingin our lakes

Letter to the Editor:

When it comes to the little things,skipping a rock along Lake Mendotas

shore or canoeing through the gentlewaves of Lake Kegonsa reminds us

how precious our water is. I am ecstaticto see this same feeling reflected in

Dane County Executive Joe Parisis2014 budget.

Anyone who has been along thelakes in the Yahara system is aware of

the thick, nasty algae blooms that havetaken over the lakes. These blooms are

due to the excess phosphorous thatcome from agricultural runoff follow-

ing a few heavy rainfalls. To securelong-term preservation and upkeep of

our quality of water, Parisi has laid out

a few initiatives in the 2014 budgetplan.

Parisis initiatives to handle manurestorage, a new water treatment system

for the Town of Springfield, and reme-diation of phosphorous-heavy land will

affect our communities in an extremelypositive way. We need to productively

manage our agricultural waste, and it isexemplary to see the County Execu-

tives support of our resources duringan environmentally tough time.

We need community involvementand support from local leaders to en-

sure these necessary plans go through.Protecting our crisp, clean lakes will

keep Dane County a beautiful place towake up and walk through every day.

Remembering the precious little things,please support this proposed budget.

Jan Szmanda

Madison

Middleton

residents blessedby Taylors gift

Dear editor,

I want to say thank you to LucilleTaylor and her generous donation for

the city to build a new park. Her gen-erosity is simply amazing, and the city

of Middleton is truly blessed to haveher.

As an active mother of four, I loveand use all the parks, trails and green

space that Middleton has to offer. Myfamily and I appreciate her generosity,

which will make Middleton a beautifulplace to live.

Mary Haynes

Middleton

Districts decisionto appeal AndyHarris ruling isdisappointing,not surprising

I note with disappointment but noreal surprise that the Middleton-Cross

Plains Area School District will be

pressing its case with the StateSupreme Court to terminate an em-

ployee for viewing pornography on hiswork computer.

They seem to feel that right wingAct 10 political ideology will trump

legal principles and precedent thatcaused their case to fail at three lower

levels of judicial review, and theyrewilling to double down on their bet

with my taxpayer dollars to explorethat probably long-shot possibility. If

this action had any kind of palpableand substantive connection to improv-

ing student performance and staffmorale and or taxpayer dollar value in

the M-CP District, I could probably getbehind it, but if anything, it looks like

it will run counter to all of those objec-tives.

Its the unfortunate confluence of themost superficial and banal in lefty lib-

eral political correctness and socialconservative bluenose morality, com-

ing together in the classic idiom of afools errand. I guess mainly because

of the seemingly wrong-headed intran-sigence of the school district, this thing

will have to play out to its inevitableand needlessly expensive end, which if

precedent trumps ideology will be an-other defeat for the district and its tax-

payers.If this sorry incident does go down

to its final, and I believe deserved de-feat in the court system, I think School

Superintendent Don Johnson andSchool Board President Ellen Lindgren

should be prepared to do the decent

thing and tender their resignations.They clearly will have demonstrated

themselves unsuited to continue in thepositions they presently hold.

Mike Pfrang,

Town of Cross Plains

Letters to the Editor

The Long andShort of It

I first fell in love with short stories

in high school, when I discovered anddevoured a copy of The Best American

Short Stories, an anthology that is pub-lished each year containing outstand-

ing short fiction stories written inNorth America during the past year.

Writers of this form do something spe-

cial: they convey a sharp burst of thehuman experience in just a few pages.They allow us to feel connected to

characters, places, and things in a verybrief time, within a limited word count.

Readers begin short stories as outsidersand strangers to what lies within the

pages, but by the time they finish, per-haps just half an hour later, they are in-

timately familiar. Short story writerAlice Munro was recently awarded the

Nobel Literature Prize, which has

spurred many readers to check out herworks as well as collections of short

stories by other authors. Visit the li-brary to find Alice Munros writing, or

choose any of these great collections ofshort stories:

Budding readers will enjoy MaryAnn Hobermans You Read to Me, Ill

Read to You: Very Short Stories to

Read Together. Part poetry and part

short story, each of the twelve entriesin this book provides an opportunity

for two people to read aloud. The sto-ries are written in a format that encour-

ages reading by two voices: textappears in two distinct colors, indicat-

ing which person should read eachpart, and sometimes in a third color, in-

dicating that both people should readin unison. Rhythm, rhyme, and sur-

prising plot twists make this book a de-light, and Hobermans choice of fairly

simple vocabulary invites even timid

readers. If you and the young reader inyour life enjoy this book, look for oth-

ers in the series, including Very ShortMother Goose Tales to Read Together

and Very Short Scary Stories to ReadTogether.

Tween and teen sports enthusiastswill hit a home run with collections

such as Sports Shorts by JosephBruchac and seven other authors. Any

reader who has participated in athleticswill relate to the stories in this book, as

characters navigate team dynamics,hard work, wardrobe malfunction, vic-

tory, defeat, and more. Eight stories,most with a somewhat autobiographi-

cal leaning, will keep readers turningthe pages. Many grown-ups who

sneak a peek at these stories will feel atwinge of melancholy, remembering

their younger days on sports teams.For more sports-themed short stories,

tryAthletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher,

which works well for teen readerslooking for some sophisticated content

including homophobia, racism, andsexism.

Many tween and teen readers lovethe Guys Read series, edited by Jon

Scieszka. While written with a maleaudience in mind, these collections,

each formed around a genre such asscience fiction, humor, and thrillers,

appeal to a wide range of readers.Look for familiar authors in the lists of

contributors; youll find Rick Riordan,Tom Angleberger, Kate DiCamillo, and

Ray Bradbury! The Guys Readbooksare an excellent introduction to short

stories. Next thing you know, yourtween will be asking to check out The

Best American Short Stories 2013, ed-ited by Elizabeth Strout!

CHURCH NOTES


10/28

Edward Heinrich Hoch passed awaySunday October 27, 2013. Edwardwas born in Kirkwood, Missouri on

July 6, 1921 to Edward J. & Ida(Weiss) Hoch. While Ed was still a

boy, his family moved to Gray Sum-

mit, Missouri, where their farms prox-imity to Route 66 sparked his lifelongfascination with the historic American

highway.He graduated from Washington

High School in May of 1938. In 1944he joined the army as a GI, fighting in

the Pacific Theater (Philippines &Japan.) of WWII and earning a Bronze

Star for his service. Upon his honor-able discharge in 1946, he enrolled in

the University of Missouri, graduatingin 1949 with a degree in Agriculture.

While attending Mizzou, he was amember of Alpha Gamma Sigma Agri-

cultural Fraternity and spent time trav-eling around the United States as a

Master Fitter preparing cattle for na-tional shows. After working for a year

as a County Extension Agent in Mis-souri, Ed was offered a position as a

Herdsman/Researcher by Dr. EdwardHauser of the University of Wisconsin-

Madisons Department of Ag & LifeSciences. His work in Beef Research &

Physiologymost notably with theTwin Projecttook Edward around the

United States. He met his future wife,Virginia, at a dance in Madison; they

married in 1953. In Eds later years atthe University, he supervised graduate

students as they completed their PhDfieldwork and was a Short Course In-

structor. After retiring in 1986, Ed pur-sued gardening (quite successfully, if

his bountiful strawberry crop and ten-foot tall tomato plants were any indi-

cator), cooking and baking, quilting,traveling with his wife Virginia, and

teaching his two grandchildren how togrow their own food and cook it to

boot. He was an active member ofFaith Lutheran Church In Mor-

risonville, Wisconsin and, in lateryears, a member of Lake Edge UCC. A

proud veteran, he was a member of the

Wm.Sonny Simon Post 8216 in Mid-dleton,Wisconsin (where he was

known for many years as Chef Ed)

as well as a member of Cross PlainsAmerican Legion Post 245.

Edward is survived by his daughters

Kathryn Hoch (Alan Strohschein) andLinda (Don) Brumm; grandchildren

Alex (Cassandra) Brumm andFrancesca Brumm; sister Nelda Hoe-

mann of Kirkwood, Missouri; brother in law Henry Kerber; sisters - in -

law Claudine Kerber, Margaret Kerber,& Barbara Kerber; and numerous

nieces & nephews, great nieces andnephews and great- great nieces and

nephews. Edward is also fondly re-membered by countless former gradu-

ate students in all corners of the globe.He was preceded in death by his wife

Virginia; parents; sisters Irma & Ar-

line; brothers-in-law Norvin Kamp-schroeder, Ivo Hoemann, ClintonBrandt, & Robert Kerber; sisters-in-

law Vi Kampschroeder & Mary KerberCalhoun; and nephews Karl Kamp-

schroeder & Dennis Brandt.Visitation was held on Monday, No-

vember 4, 2013 at the Cress Center,6021 University Avenue in Madison

from 4 until 7pm. Services were heldthe morning of Tuesday, November 5th

at 10:00 am at the First GermanLutheran Church, 4315 Pleasant View

Road, Middleton.

The family requests memorials be

made to the following: VFW National

Home for Children, Lake Edge UCC

Memorial Fund, and Agrace Hospice.

The Family would like to extend itssincere appreciation to the following:

Sebring Assisted Care for their many

years of kindness, care, and support;

Sharon Huggins and Supportive Elder

Services; Lake Edge UCC Home Com-

munion Team; Dr. Ken Felz and his

wonderful staff; members of the Wm.

Sonny Simon Post 8216 for their

regular visits; and Agrace Hospice for

their guidance and support over the

past few months.


OOBITUARYBITUARY

Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger

Pritts, Hungness earn scholarshipsKicks Unlimited Middleton recently awarded $500 each toward the college funds of students Taina Pritts and

Daniel Hungness. Pictured above with Pritts and Hungness is Mathiam Mbow, a 4th Degree Black Belt in ITF Tra-ditional TaeKwon-Do, 3rd Degree Black Belt in American TaeKwon-Do, AFAA Certified Personal Fitness Trainer,and owner of Kicks Unlimited.

Edward Heinrich Hoch


11/28

state aid.Meanwhile, total expenditures are

projected to decrease from $2.985 mil-lion budgeted in 2013 to $2.832 mil-

lion in 2014. This years actualexpenditures are expected to only

reach $2.673 million.Spending decreases are budgeted in

general government and public workscategories.

Shaw said the governments generalbudget was decreased by the $37,000

cut from the town assessors contract.Last years contract was increased to

cover the expense of the first town-wide property re-evaluation in 20

years. That work has been completed.Also, budgeted legal expenses were

dropped from $100,000 in 2013 to a$60,000 next year. The board decided

not to allocate funds specifically to in-tervene in the Public Service Commis-

sions consideration of a proposal tobuild another high-voltage power line

into the town.The 2014 budget includes funds for

a 3 percent increase for town employeewages, the same percentage as 2013.

Individual pay levels are subsequentlydetermined by the town board.

Public works spending, typically thetowns largest expenditure category, is

budgeted in 2014 at $1.306 million,

down from $1.407 million budgetedlast year. Public works spending this

year is on pace to finish at $1.220 mil-lion.

Public safety expenses increase inthe 2014 budget to $809,727, which is

up from $797,731 budgeted this yearand the projected actual expense of

$782,792 by the end of 2013.The increase is due largely to addi-

tional fire district costs next year, saidShaw.

Parks spending, on pace to finish2013 at $168,290, was budgeted at

$180,333 in 2013 and is budgeted next

year at $184,428.Residents will vote on the towns

total levy, which the board proposed at$2.834 million up $29,563 from 2013.

The increased levy amount equalsthe net value of construction in the

town, said Shaw.Residents also vote on the 2014

highway maintenance and improve-ment expenditures which is proposed

at $1.071 million, down from $1.084million this year, Shaw said.

The voting follows a public hearingon the town budget, which begins at 7

p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12 at town hall.The total property tax bill, mailed by

Dane County next month will also in-clude levies from the Middleton-Cross

Plains School District, Madison Tech-nical College and the county, all which

may have varying levels of tax in-creases or decreases that will affect the

total tax amount.


Throughout the month of August,two local Menchies Frozen Yogurt

stores participated in a fundraiser toraise money for the Muscular Dystro-

phy Association (MDA). MenchiesMiddleton Hills and Menchies West

Towne Mall completed a successfulprogram that too place this summer

from August 1st to September 3rd.Owned by Jennifer Hassrick, this was

the Middleton Hills locations first time

participating in the Make a Muscle forMDA program. The store raised $464

and, combined, the two Madison areastores were able to raise almost $1,000

for MDA.The fundraiser was part of an an-

nual national effort by over 300Menchies locations throughout the

country to aide MDA in their work tofind treatments and cures for children

and adults affected by muscular dystro-

phy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS) and other neuromuscular dis-

eases. The money raised at the Madi-son area locations will help families

served by MDA in 19 countiesthroughout Southwestern Wisconsin.

The theme for this years campaignwas superheroes, so Menchies encour-

aged customers to suit up and usetheir power to make a difference.

Guests could purchase and sign a mo-

bile for $1, or an amount of theirchoosing, that then went on display

throughout the store. As a thank youfor donating, guests also received a 15

percent coupon off their next visit toMenchies.

MDA is the nonprofit health agencydedicated to curing muscular dystro-

phy, ALS and related diseases by fund-ing worldwide research. The

Association also provides comprehen-

sive health care and support services,advocacy and education.

In addition to funding some 300 re-search projects worldwide, MDA

maintains a national network of 200medical clinics; facilitates hundreds of

support groups for families affected byneuromuscular diseases; and provides

local summer camp opportunities forthousands of youngsters living with

progressive muscle diseases.

publican senators tell him no way

when he tried to force the bill throughcommittee.

According to Varda, a major concernof local officials is the abuse local

roads would suffer from mine opera-tions, which require lots of heavy

equipment. Tiffanys bill in its currentform would essentially exempt the

mining firms from any liability with re-spect to town roads, many of which are

not constructed to withstand a steadybarrage of dump trucks.

Environmental concerns about airand water quality are also evident. In

Vardas view, however, it was not op-position from environmentalists that

prompted Tiffany to take the bill off the

table with a promise to rework it andbring it back, probably sometime in

2014.Im sure he would have been

largely unfazed by the environmentalopposition, Varda speculated.

According to Varda, who helped cre-ate a Town of Berry ordinance govern-

ing sand mines after some Berryresidents were approached about a pos-

sible mining operating in late 2011,the opposition of a large number of

town chairs and boards in his district islikely what led to the rethink. The idea

a mine could simply wear out a townroad and the town could not do any-

thing about it did not sit well.

Many Wisconsin sand deposits con-tain sand that is ideal for use in frack-

ing operations in other states.Hydraulic fracturing is a means of re-

leasing natural gas by drilling horizon-tal shafts and then injecting a mixture

of sand, water and chemicals to blastopen shale rock to access gas deposits.

The fracking industry considers Wis-consins sand ideal for this process be-

cause it is nearly pure quartz, and itsgrains are well-rounded, extremely

hard, and of uniform size.Berry based its ordinance on one

adopted by the Town of Cooks Valleyin Chippewa County. The Cooks Val-

ley law was challenged and eventually

made its the way to the WisconsinSupreme Court, where it was upheld.

The ordinance required mining firms toapply for a town permit, and gave the

town authority to regulate operationswithin its borders with respect to air

and water quality as well as road use.Tiffanys bill as proposed would

have essentially nullified local ordi-nances, including Berrys. The Berry

board plans to consider a resolution op-posing SB 349 at its November meet-

ing.

As unpalatable as the Senate bill

may be in Vardas view, however, he

says there is something to be said for

uniform state standards regarding air

and water pollution from sand mines.

The DNR (Department of Natural

Resources) is not really doing anything

in regard to air pollution and respond-

ing only to the most outrageous water

pollution problem, said the chairman.

Towns are not really in a good posi-

tion to monitor and police such things.

That is why our ordinance provides foroutside consultants for the town, paid

for by the mine. That is a clumsy, ex-

pensive and time-consuming way of

dealing with the problem.

Menchies donates to muscular dystrophy fight

TOWN BUDGET continued from page 1

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Drawing Classes (Ages 6-12)

11/26-1/14

Elementary learners are at the cru-

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Young Rembrandts Cartoon

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11/26-1/14

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14/28

OCONOMOWOC Everythingwas set up for a night Middletonsfootball team would never forget.

The Cardinals were playing theirbest ball of the year. They were

healthy and had a sense of belief.And perhaps most importantly,

Oconomowoc standout quarterbackCanton Larson was sidelined for the

teams WIAA Division 1 Level 2 play-off game last Friday.

So after Middleton exited with a27-24 loss to the Racoons, many of

the Cardinals were admittedly stunnedat what had just transpired.

If you would have told meTuesday or Wednesday they werent

going to have (Larson), I would havethought it might be an easier game,

Middleton senior wideout Derek

Rongstad said.Middleton finished the year 8-3,

while Oconomowoc improved to 11-0and reached the third round of the

playoffs for the first time since 1987.Like Rongstad, senior right tackle

Hayden Acker was stunned the yearended when it did.

We werent looking past them atall, Acker said. But we were looking

forward to the next game.It wasnt meant to be, though.

Thanks to heavy rains the previous36 hours, the playing surface at

Oconomowoc High School resembleda pig pen more than a football field.

And that made it tough for either sideto maintain a level of consistency.

I don't think Ive ever played on afield that bad, Rongstad said.

Middleton outgainedOconomowoc, 380-314, thanks in

large part to a huge passing night fromKasey Miller. The senior quarterback

threw for 342 yards and three touch-downs including two long strikes to

Rachel Wians could very well bethe poster girl for Middletons girls

cross country team this fall.From day one, the Cardinals

preached development, improvementand peaking when it mattered most.

And no one exemplified thatmantra more than Wians.

At last Saturdays WIAA Division1 state meet at The Ridges Golf

Course in Wisconsin Rapids, Wiansgave a memorable performance.

Wians finished 22nd overall and14th among individuals that were

there with their team and propelledMiddleton to a fourth place team fin-

ish for the second straight year.I was super proud with my race,

said Wians, a junior. I knew that I hadto get out fast and maintain if I wanted

to achieve my goal of an overall (per-sonal record).

Knowing it was my last race ofthe season I didnt want to have any

regrets or what ifs. So I left it all outthere on the course.

Arrowhead won its third straighttitle, finishing with 84 points.

Whitefish Bay and Neenah tied forsecond at 122, while Middleton (138)

and Brookfield Central (154) roundedout the top five at the 20-team event.

I think the field this year wasstronger than last year, Middleton co-

coach Isaac Mezera said. Last yearwe went in with nothing to lose and

surprised ourselves. This year wewent in with expectations, predictions,

pressure and we kept our composure.We finished only 16 points out of

a three-way tie for second place and17 points out of sole possession of

second place. Considering how strongNeenah and Whitefish Bay are, this is

quite a testament to the talent, workethic, and race strategy of our team.

Having raced in the meet beforehelped the girls make pushes at key

times. All of the girls got out reallyhard as we expected them to. What

was really impressive was how wellthey held on, even pushing the pace on

occasion.Middleton had several record set-

ting performances during its memo-rable showing.

Sophomore Sam Valentine was theCardinals top performer, finishing

13th overall and 10th in the team scor-ing. Valentine completed the 4,000-

meter course in 14:54.70.She improved by one second off

of sectionals, Mezera said ofValentine. But finishing 13th overall

is such an impressive feat. She went


Running down their dreams

Stopped intheir tracks

Girls cross

country team

fourth at stateby ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune

See FOOTBALL, page 20

See XC, page 21

Season ends for

football Cards

in Oconomowocby ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune

Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

Middletons offense led by quarterback Kasey Miller (left) and running back Charles Braxton could neverget rolling in its playoff loss to Oconomowoc last Friday.

Photo submitted

Middletons girls cross country team raced to a fourth place finish at state last Saturday. From left are Bobbi Patrick, Rachel Wians, Jenny Mangas, JennyLaunder, Delaney Foster, Sam Valentine and Jenny Phillips.

Follow RobReischel onTwitter at@robreischel


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The 2013 boys cross country sea-

son had been over for less than 24hours.

And Middleton standout freshmanGus Newcomb already had a message

for the rest of the state.The best teams in the state had

better take note of us for next sea-son, Newcomb said. Because our

guns will be loaded come next fall.That was apparent the way the

Cardinals finished off this season.Middleton surprised many by sim-

ply qualifying for last SaturdaysWIAA Division 1 state meet held at

The Ridges Golf Course inWisconsin Rapids. The Cardinals

then gave a solid performance andfinished 15th at the 20-team event.

Stevens Point won the title with 83points, while Madison West (124),

Eau Claire Memorial (126), LaCrosse Logan (156) and Madison La

Follette (159) rounded out the topfive.

Middleton finished with 381points.

The boys ended on a high note,Middleton co-coach Cindy Bremser

said. Their ability to pull it alltogether to qualify for state was a tes-

tament to their belief that if they con-tinued to work hard, good things

would happen.They were so excited to train for

one more week and have the opportu-nity to compete at their highest

level. Going into state they knewthey had nothing to lose, but only a

chance to gain some invaluable expe-rience.

And the Cardinals certainly gainedthat.

Newcomb, like many of his team-mates, was impressed the moment he

arrived.My first impression as I stepped

off the bus was that this is the realdeal, Newcomb said. Everything

from seeing teams warming up inmatching warm-ups to the number of

spectators. There was an energy inthe air for sure.

And the Cardinals certainly had anenergy of their own.

Newcomb finished 45th overall and 24th among individuals that were

participating with their teams fin-ishing the 5,000-meter course in 16

minutes, 46.47 seconds. Newcombadmittedly thought he would finish

higher, but was thrilled with thememorable freshman season he just

completed.My race did not go at all how I

had planned it, but thats racing, hesaid. I was told all season that the

first mile is almost all out fast andthats not at all how it shaped up.

The first 400 was the mostimportant as far as getting out. When

800 rolled around we were alreadysettled and there was not any room to

move up unless you wanted to getphysical, which is usually not the

right option.If you were up front at this point

you were pretty much there until theend if you could hold it. I was

extremely surprised about how wewalked through a mile and a half

before it started to heat up. Oncethings started to get moving it got

strung out and I knew it was now ornever to move up, but everyone else

knew it, so it wasnt much easier.Middleton junior Andrew Plumb

was 67th in the team scoring(17:19.02) and sophomore David

Marrone was 77th (17:23.24).Sophomore Christian Lindblom was

100th (17:37.71) and junior HaydenJohnston was 113th (17:51.17).

The top five finishers wereunderclassman and this experience

will only make them more hungry tocontinue to train at a high level so

they can return next year, Bremsersaid. It will be very helpful for

them with this race under their belt.Everyone was very impressive

for their first appearance at the statemeet competing with the top athletes.

It was a fitting end to a great season.That it was.

Most expected Middleton to be amid-level team, at best, due to a ros-

ter packed with youth and inexperi-ence.

But the Cardinals had a terrificregular season, won a tiebreaker at

sectionals that sent them to state, thenhad a strong day at the state meet.

Now, anything seems possiblecome 2014.

I will never forget this season,Newcomb said. Ill always remem-

ber the moment we found out wewere in for the state championships.

Each guy set team as well as individ-ual goals at the start of the season,

and I can honestly say we accom-plished each one, including my own.

WIAA STATE GIRLS CROSS COUNTRYCHAMPIONSHIPS

DIVISION 1Team scores 1, Stevens Point 83; 2,

Madison West 124; 3, Eau Claire Memorial 126;

4, La Crosse Logan 156; 5, Madison La Follette

159; 6, West Bend West 168; 7, Port Washington

183; 8, Green Bay Preble 211; 9, Kimberly 218;

10, Oshkosh West 253.

11, Milw. Marquette 281; 12, Arrowhead299; 13, Muskego 346; 14, Lake Geneva Badger

362; 15, Middleton 381; 16, Brookfield East 401;

17, Kenosha Bradford 428; 18, Germantown 485;

19, Kenosha Temper 486; 20, D.C. Everest.

Top individuals 1, Olin Hacker, MW,

15:46.19; 2, Ryan Nameth, Verona, 15:51.84; 3,Taylor Floydmews, Wauwatosa West, 15:55.86;

4, Trent Powell, River Falls, 15:58.13; 5, Alec

Miller, WBW, 16:04.98; 6, Tanner Daines,

Appleton North, 16:07.69; 7, Will Simons, ARR,

16:09.67; 8, Tim Cote, ECM, 16:10.31; 9, Daniel

LaLuzerne, GBP, 16:10.32; 10, Scott Seymour,KB, 16:12.70.

11, Aric Miller, WBW, 16:14.38; 12, Evan

Hatton, SP, 16:16.82; 13, Mitch Kwapick, MUS,

16:18.63; 14, Tannor Wagner, Ashwaubenon,

16:19.20; 15, Derek Cruz, SP, 16:20.91.

Middleton results 45, Gus Newcomb,16:46. 67, Andrew Plumb, 17:19.02; 77, David

Marrone, 17:23.24; 100, Christian Lindblom,

17:37.71; 113, Hayden Johnston 17:51.17.


The futures

so bright

Boys cross country team shinesat state, looks forward to 2014by ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune

Photo submitted

Middletons boys cross country team finished 15th at state. From left are David Marrone, Christian Lindblom,Andrew Plumb, Willie Myrland, Hayden Johnston, Gus Newcomb and Will Edmundson.


16/28

The first set slipped away whenthey lost the last five points. The sec-

ond set was a confluence of errors hitting, service, and mental miscues.

By the time Amber Karn and herMiddleton girls volleyball teammates

caught their breath last Saturday, theywere staring at the very real possibility

Sun Prairie would sweep theCardinals out of their own gym a

giant reality check for a team that hadspent the previous day-and-a-half

actively recruiting their classmates tocome out and cheer them on to a state

tournament berth.After we lost those first two

games, said Karn, a junior outsidehitter, we got together and said, This

is our house. Lets not have anyregrets walking off this floor.

Middleton fulfilled that promise toitself, even as it fell just short of its

ultimate goal the programs firsttrip to state since 2009. Thats why

pride, not sadness, predominated inthe wake of a 25-22, 25-19, 21-25, 22-

25, 15-12 loss to their Big EightConference archrivals in an electric

WIAA Division 1 sectional final.Middleton seized control of the

third set with a 6-0 run in large part onsetter Breanna Schlueters serve, ral-

lied from an eight-point deficit mid-way through the fourth set thanks to

Karns dominating, seven-point serv-ice run and battled to a 12-all tie in the

fifth set. Sun Prairie senior AnnaBrereton closed out the match,

though, with a pair of unreturnableserves.

Im sure there were a number offans who left, thinking it was going to

be 3-0. So at least we made a match ofit, said Middleton coach Franco

Marcos, whose team gave him a mem-orable 57th birthday present two days

earlier with a sectional semifinal vic-tory at Waunakee. Id like to see it

(end) on the other side, but its welldeserved. They definitely were the

better team tonight.Senior outside hitter Mane

Bobadilla, Middletons lone consistentforce offensively, finished with 21

kills. Senior libero Leia Peterman gen-erated 26 digs against a balanced Sun

Prairie attack led by 6-foot-3 juniormiddle hitter Molly Livingston (18

kills), while Schlueter added 24 assistsand senior right-side hitter Arissa

Milton led the way with four blocks.What separates us is that we were

down two games and we came back asa team. We werent fighting, we were

encouraging each other, Petermansaid. These girls are amazing. Its sad

to know its over, but Im so proud ofthis team.

Given the teams familiarity witheach other Middleton (33-15) had

won two of the first three meetings,but Sun Prairie (43-5) won the regu-

lar-season conference meeting in fivesets and carried the sectionals top

seed both figured on another barn-burner.

I have a ton of respect forMiddleton, Sun Prairie coach T.J.

Rantala said. We knew it would be abattle, and thats why I told my team

to focus on one point at a time, nomatter what the score was.

The first set lived up to that billing,with nine ties and seven lead changes.

Middleton claimed a 22-20 edge on a

Sun Prairie net violation, but didnt

score again.Middleton wasted a great dig by

sophomore Logan Welti on its serveon the next point, putting Sun Prairie

in its most desired rotation, withLivingston and senior outside hitter

Emily Chaussee up front. Seniordefensive specialist Kaitlyn Schmidt

served out the set, with Chausseesandwiching a tip and a kill down the

left side around a blast fromLivingston to take a 24-22 lead, and

Schmidt forcing a receiving error onthe final point.

We made a lot of unforced errors,and unforced errors against a good

team will kill you, Marcos said. Wedidnt take care of the ball well in the


Tough pill

to swallowGirls spikers fallin sectional finalsby ADAM MERTZ

For the Times-Tribune

See SPIKERS, page 22

Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

Middletons girls volleyball team suffered a tough, five-set loss to Sun Prairie in Saturdays sectional final.


17/28

WAUNAKEE The pattern waseerily familiar. And dj vu was the

last thing Middletons girls volley-

ball team wanted Thursday night.

Twelve months ago, the Cardinals

went to Waunakee for a WIAA

Division 1 sectional semifinal. That

night, the host Warriors won Games

1, 4 and 5 and ended Middletons

season with a 3-2 win.

On Halloween night, Middleton

was back in the exact same gym at

the exact same point in the playoffs

a sectional semifinal. And amaz-

ingly, the first four games followed

an identical pattern as the 2012

match did.

We said in the locker room

before the fifth game, This can not

be like last year, Cardinals sopho-

more outside hitter Logan Welti said.

We all remember that really well

and we tried to flush it out of our

heads.

They did although there were

plenty of harried moments.

Waunakee jumped to a 9-5 lead in

the decisive fifth game. But

Middleton rallied back and notched a

stunning 15-13 win and advanced to

Saturdays sectional final against

Sun Prairie at MHS at 7 p.m.

Middleton finished with a 20-25,

25-18, 25-18, 17-25, 15-13 victory

over the Warriors that it will remem-

ber for a long time.

This is amazing, Middleton sen-

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