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New dogpark willopen soon

Christmas is coming early for Mid-dleton’s thousands of dog lovers.

Canines, and their human compan-ions, will soon have a new place tofrolic, play fetch or just go for aleisurely stroll on the city’s west side.All without the looming specter of get-ting a citation for not being affixed toa leash.

The new L-shaped dog park – whichhas no official name at this point but isbeing called “Quisling Dog Park” - iswedged between the city’s airport andbaseball fields to the west. MiddletonPublic Lands Manager Penni Kleinsaid she expects the park, just off ofAirport Road, to be open before Christ-mas.

Chuck Nahn said he and other doglovers had been calling for a new parkwest of Parmenter Street to accommo-date dog park users in that part of thecity and in the Town of Middleton,which has very few places where dogs– even leashed ones – are permitted.

An already established 20-acre dogpark off of Highway Q has long been apopular facility, but it exists in the hin-terlands between the Good NeighborCity and Waunakee and isn’t even tech-nically within city limits.

Nahn and two other dog advocates -Rob Conhaim and Dolores Kester –generated a petition to the City of Mid-dleton asking for a new dog park on theother side of the community. The peti-

Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger

Reindeer gamesHundreds of jubilant children visited The Bruce Company Sunday to meet Santa’s reindeer. Pictured above, Eva and Lilly Scalisi had their picture

taken with Cupid and one of Santa’s elves. The Bruce Company held the event in conjunction with the Downtown Middleton Business Association’sFirst Annual Holiday Open House.

A passionate life cut shortFred Statz’s parents and siblings say

his passion for football was contagious,and they all caught the bug.

In fact, Statz’s enthusiasm infectedall of his football families, his imme-diate family as well as the teams heplayed on. People who have playedfootball, or been around people whohave played football, know that “team”is a code word for “family.”

Maybe that’s why after Statz waskilled in a tragic automobile accidentin Minnesota Nov. 12, more than halfof the people who came to the church

wore their footballjerseys. These hon-orary pallbearerscame to bidfarewell to theirformer player, theirformer teammate,and their formercoach.

At the time of his death, FriedrichJoseph Statz was 25, but in that shorttime, he had touched many lives on thegridiron.

“The funeral was incredible,” saidStatz’s father, Bill Statz. “It was reallysomething.”

“It was standing-room-only,” added

his mother, Kathy Statz.The outpouring of love from those

Statz touched on and off the gridiron,said his family, was overwhelming.Their dining room overflows withmemorabilia sent them by the footballprograms Statz was associated with.

There are pictures, jerseys, signedfootballs and helmets, and much more.The Packers sent a football signed bythe players and coaches, and a signedphoto of quarterback Aaron Rodgers.The Middleton Cardinals, the team thathelped Statz develop into a college re-cruit, sent a helmet signed by all theplayers and coaches.

Inside this issue:Local: School: Sports:City changes website contact info policy. Page 2

Glacier Creek’s latest honor roll. Page 19

Boys basketball team routsWest. Page 13

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Survey of MCP residentsThe Middleton-Cross Plains Area

School District wants to hear from itscitizens.

The district will conduct a post-referendum survey starting Friday.The survey is open to adults over theage of 18 who reside in the schooldistrict. The survey will be available

until Dec. 24. Those eleigible can access the sur-

vey by visiting the district website’smain page (www.mcpasd.k12.wi.us).A link to the survey is on the left-hand side, just below the referendumlogo.

by MATT GEIGER

Times-Tribune

See PARK, page 5

See STATZ, page 8

See SURVEY, page 2

I love football, I play football, Ilive football. Life is too short andtoo valuable to take seriously ortake for granted.

I like to treat every moment as areward, not a gift, because inorder to get anything in life youhave to earn it through hard workand discipline, that makes life allthe sweeter. Work hard so you canplay harder.

Fred Statz, as quoted in the program for his Nov. 17 funeral at

St. Martin’s Catholic Church

Will provide west sideoption for dog owners

Statz