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The Middleton Town Board Mon-day ordered the drafting of projectedcosts and revenues to develop 15 acresof open space south of town hall it callsPioneer Lands.

Board supervisor Bill Kolar said thefinancial information is the last pieceof the puzzle, before putting the landsale question before town residentsmostly likely at the April 8 annualmeeting.

The board asked town engineer RodZubella to complete the developmentpro forma by the March 3 board meet-ing so it would meet the advance notice

requirements to hold the election at theannual meeting.

Development plans include 10 resi-dential lots located along a cul-de-sacthat would be an extension of LewisRoad north from Sauk Prairie Estates.Also, construction of an 80-stall park-ing lot, a 130-by-40-foot salt/equip-ment storage shed, and two lots, usageto be designated later; all which wouldbe accessed from Pioneer Rd.

The board first reviewed a recom-mendation from the park commissionthat opposed residential developmenton Pioneer Lands. Instead, at its Feb.10 meeting the commission only sup-ported constructing the parking lot and

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Inside this issue: Local: School: Sports:Famers co-op is 85 and stillgoing strong. Page 2

Glacier Creek Honor Rollstudents named. Page 5

MHS swimmersaim high. Page 9

Entertainment . . . . . . . . . 6Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Classieds . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Peoplepets savedafter afire breaksout at localapartmentSix people rescued bythe Middleton FireDepartment after aSunday blaze started ona stove and spread;

Photo contributed

Three guest artists to

share the MCO stageThe Middleton Community Orchestra's Winter Concert will take placeWednesday, Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m. at the Middleton Performing Arts Center, 2100 Bristol St. Tickets are $10 and are available at the door and at WillySt. Co-op West. Students may attend for free and can get tickets at the dooron the night of the show. The concert will feature three guest artists: guestconductor Kevin McMahon, violinist Eleanor Bartsch and violist DannyKim, pictured above. The program includes Mozart: Sinfonia concertantefor Violin, Viola and Orchestra, Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, andBrahms: Symphony No. 2.

Debate over Harris, MEA union continues

More than a dozen parents and resi-dents expressed concerns regardingKromrey science teacher Andrew Har-ris reinstatement and the state of nego-tiations between the district and itsteachers at the latest Middleton-CrossPlains Area School District boardmeeting.

Harris was fired four years ago after

the district learned he had received andopened nude pictures and inappropriate

jokes on his school email account. Theincident sparked a broader investiga-tion into the use of teacher email ac-counts, and the district found Harriswas not alone: in the end, more than 40teachers were subject to disciplinary ornon-disciplinary measures.

The most severe punitive actiontaken against any of the other teachers

Town of Middletonopposes increasedmining oversight

Imagine a long-slumbering mine, lo-cated on the edge of a residentialneighborhood or nature conservancy,roaring to life one day without any re-view or recourse for those affected by

the operations noise, dust and traffic.That could happen in dozens of sites

across Dane County, according to pro-ponents of a zoning law change thatwould require dormant mines to obtaina permit before re-opening.

The county is on the verge of ap-proving an ordinance amendment thatwould bolster control over local min-ing sites. According to a county plan-ning document, those mines areessentially unregulated right now.

But the fate of the amendment,which has broad support from both thecounty board and county executive JoeParisi, will ultimately be up to localtowns, which have the power to decide

Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger

Thats sweetFriday was Valentines Day, which meant stores selling chocolates

or flowers were packed. Chocolaterie Stam, located on Deming Wayin Greenway Station, sold both, helping keep countless Middletoni-ans relationships happy. Pictured above, chocolate concierge Kath-leen Dzimek prepares a special collection of sweets for customers.

Should inactive miningsites have to get aconditional use permitto operate again?The county executivethinks so, but towns aredivided on the issue...by MATT GEIGER

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by CAMERON BREN

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by MATT GEIGER

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See MINING, page 17

See SCHOOL BOARD, page 18

See PIONEER, page 4

See FIRE, page 8

The C ity of Mid dleton has been th esite of two serio us fires in l ess th an aweek.

The firs t, an apartment f ire, b rokeout at 1 234 Sweene y Dri ve in the Ci tyof Middle ton e arly Sunda y, cau singlocal fi refighters to rescu e six peopl e,seven cats and two dogs. F our o f thehumans were rescu ed fro m balconie s,while the o ther tw o were rem oved frominside t he burning a partm ent building .

One fire fighte r was sent t o the hos-pital fo r precaution ary m easures aft er being bitte n by a cat.

Some families we re dis placed by th e

blaze, and a team of Red Cr oss vo lun-teer dis aster respon ders m et with the mfollowing the fir e.

Red Cross spok e to a family mem - Pioneer developmentslowly inches forwardby KEVIN MURPHY

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Firefighters also had to put out a second fire, this time on Jonquil Court early Wednes- day morning


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In 1928 a group of farmers got to-gether to establish the MiddletonFarmers Co-op. Today, 85 years later,the operation is going strong while thenumber of cooperatives throughout thestate dwindles.

Around the time the MiddletonFarmers Co-op was established, thistype of business model was catchingon in the state. Having a vested inter-est in a supplier appealed to the farm-ing communities of Wisconsin.

Co-op is a little different businessphilosophy, says David Rischmueller,who has been the general manger at theMiddleton Farmers Co-op for over 20years. Whatever money the companymakes at the end of the year, thatmoney goes back to the patrons in theform of a patronage.

The more a member purchases froma co-op the more return they will see intheir patronage. The specific calcula-tion varies among individual co-ops,but the general mission is to share prof-its with member-customers.

We dont take that money and putit in the bank. Rischmueller goes on,We take that and turn around and re-fund patrons based on their pur-chases. In the case of the MiddletonFarmers Co-op, In the last while wehave been [at] a three to five percentrebate.

Joining a co-op may not seem like a

way to get a quick rebate on ones pur-chases; its not meant to be. The termsmay vary here also, but typically amember will receive their patronagepayout annually. The payout howeveris not all in cash. The member will geta large percentage of the payout in pa-tron equity.

We pay 40 percent back in cash,Rischmueller explains, and the other60 percent is in your name as patronequity. A member can get the equityin a couple different ways.

Either in the form of an estate pay-ment, if an individual passes away, orright now we are 11 years back in re-gards to paying that out.

To see the full benefits of joining aco-op one must make more of a longterm commitment. This is great forpeople who reside in a community forgreat lengths of their lives and want fu-ture security to come from establish-ments they helped sustain.

A co-op also differs from other busi-ness in respect to management. Theboard of directors are elected by the pa-trons. I have a board of directors of five farmers, Rischmueller details, Imeet with them on a monthly basis andwe review the financials, we talk about

purchases of assets and retirement of equity. The board members are all pa-trons and not employees so to avoidany conflict of interest.

They basically set policy on wherethey see the co-op going; the visionthat they have in regards to: Whatshould we build next? What should wedo next? Or what should we do differ-

ently? Rischmueller elaborates,They ultimately set policy, then it isup us the employees to act on that di-rection.

Despite, or perhaps because of, thedemocratic nature and community ori-ented business model of the co-op, thelast couple decades have seen fewerand fewer across the state. While theremay seem to be a recent resurgence of the co-op model, overall the numbershave drastically decreased.

Twenty years ago there were ap-

proximately 300 [farmer] co-ops in thestate of Wisconsin, the general man-ager rues, by the end of this year be-tween mergers and consolidating theyanticipate that we may be down toabout 50 co-ops.

Other local farmers co-ops haventnecessarily gone out of business, butrather have been absorbed by otherlarger co-ops. Through mergers andconsolidations now you are looking atthe mega co-ops. Rischmueller in-forms this has been the case wi th othernearby farmer co-ops, Premier,United, and Landmark Co-op are thethree large co-ops in our area.

How has Middleton Farmers Co-opremained independent? Development

in Middleton has completely changedthe scene since the co-ops first days in1928. Rischmueller recalls, We werein down town Middleton on railroadproperty... right around 83 the city ob-tained all that land and we had to relo-cate. The business now sits on theedge of the city on Pleasant ViewRoad.

The foreman contends, while heloses farmers he hopes to gain residen-tial costumers, It is kind of a doubleedged sword... Our true business cli-

mate is farmer patrons, well you knowwhat our trade territory is li ke... At thesame time then we have a bigger con-sumer base to draw off of.

Another factor that can help keepany business thriving is what

Rischmueller describes as Some trueloyalty in our costumer base. They be-lieve in what we are doing... and in theend we are patron owned. The peoplethat have equity in this company arebasically who own this company.

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BB USINESSUSINESS

Local co-op still thriving after 85 yearsby CAMERON BREN

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Times-Tribune photos by Matt Geiger

Leo Ripp, above, has worked at the Middleton Farmers Co-op since hewas a teenager.

Middleton Farmers Co-op is one of the most diverse businesses in Mid-dleton. It offers everything from light bulbs to chicken feed thats mixed onsite.

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Yale. Harvard. UW-Madison. TheMiddleton High School (MHS) gradu-ating class of 2013 has students fur-thering their learning at each of thesevenerable institutions. Although, in the

case of the first two, only one studenteach, while in the latter, many more.According to MHS school counselor

Jessica Pellegrino, the trend for moreMiddleton graduates to attend UW-Madison has been on the rise. Yet,word on the street continues to be thatits nearly impossible to get in.

Yes, [UW-Madison] is competitive,but the idea that you need a 3.9 [GPA]or higher and a 30-plus ACT is the newUW myth, Pellegrino stated. Thatsnot reality.

The reality is that more studentswith 3.6 and 3.7 GPAs are being admit-ted directly rather than being wait-listed, she said. According to Naviance,a national software provider that com-piles collegial statistics for partneringhigh schools, the UW-Madison aver-age for admissions is 3.6 GPA and 28ACT.

Since 2007, MHS counselors havebeen tracking student college applica-tions, acceptance, and actual atten-dance. The statistics show a gradualincrease in all three for UW-Madison,but the attendance numbers arent en-tirely accurate, Pellegrino said.

Our numbers are self-reported,Pellegrino explained. Students are notrequired to inform MHS of their post-high school plans or if those planschange. In fact, some waitlisted stu-dents dont find out until after gradua-tion whether or not they will beadmitted to UW-Madison. Even with-out hard numbers, Pellegrino is confi-dent that those admissions haveincreased, she said.

Pellegrino attributes the rise to vari-ous factors, but in her opinion the mostsignificant is the lack of class ranking.In 2007 MHS discontinued the practiceof publishing that figure. Noting thatcompetition is strong at MHS, Pelle-grino said, One A minus bumped stu-dents out of the top 10 percent [of theirclass]. UW-Madisons admissionsprofile reveals class rank as 85th-96thpercentile, she said.

What weve seen is that once wedropped ranking, more of our studentsgot in, she stated. Pellegrino concedesUW-Madison may argue with that, but

she has heard the same has happenedwith other Wisconsin high schools, and

that more schools are dispensing withranking, she said.

Along with Madison high schoolsMemorial and West, Middleton is oneof the top feeder schools for UW-Madison, she said. Pellegrino suggeststhat another reason for the increase inadmissions could be leniency causedby the historical success of our stu-dents.

Pellegrino related that during junioryear college counseling conferences,held in annually in the spring, parentsare often surprised to learn the realityof UW-Madison admissions. Pelle-grino uses those opportunities to dis-seminate information and dispel themyth.

A general perception is that a 3.6would never get into Madison, shesaid. Decades ago, it used to be,everybody can get in, and the pendu-lum has swung now to nobody getsin.

Pellegrino credits the MHS Englishdepartment with preparing studentsspecifically for UW-Madison admis-

sion. In some classes, the UW applica-tion statement prompt is used as part of a class assignment, she said. However,students are allowed to substitute othercollege application prompts if theywish.

How cool is that? Pellegrino said.You leave class with a polishedessay.

Pellegrino joins one class each se-mester to explain actual UW-Madisonadmission numbers. Middleton aver-ages 3.8 [GPA] and a 29 ACT, shesaid, but weve got kids with lowerGPAs and lower ACTs that got in, evendirectly.

According to Pellegrino, even stu-dents below a 3.6 GPA and a 26 ACTcould be between a waitlist and directadmit depending on the difficulty of classes taken at MHS.

Ive got to give UW-Madisoncredit, Pellegrino noted. With 40-50,000 applications, they do look at theclasses each student has taken. Pelle-grino explained that the level of rigoris taken into account, such as AP and

honor courses, as well as the numberof years in core classes.

UW-Madison has been very clearfor a long time that the fourth year of math has to happen, she said. AndAP Stats is not considered math (atUW), even though select schools, suchas Harvard and Yale recognize it assuch. The reason, she said, is that theUW has a separate statistics depart-ment, not under the umbrella of math-ematics.

In addition to taking difficult coreclasses, extracurricular activities areimportant, Pellegrino said. Leadershiproles and involvement are taken intoaccount, but the number of activitiesshouldnt be the focus.

What we have heard is not many,but consistent, she said. Qualityover quantity. Consistency of commit-ment is key, whether in music, theatre,sports or clubs, she said. And paidwork counts, too.

For some kids, committing toworking outside of school has to hap-pen, she noted.

Pellegrino stresses that senior yearmatters. What weve heard fromevery school is that its your year be-fore college that counts, time to step upand say, Ive got to be ready for the fol-lowing year. Taking rigorous coursessenior year leads to higher retentionand typically translates into strongergeneral education the next year, shesaid.

But Pellegrino knows senior year isfor fun, too. If a student wants to takea photography course, or senior re-lease, do it, but make sure the rest of the schedule looks pretty rigorous.

MHS counseling staff always en-courages students to apply early, shesaid. The rolling admissions process iscurrently underway, and November 1is the first deadline for early applica-tion to UW-Madison. Most of thosestudents will know by the end of Janu-ary, and some well before WinterBreak, she said. The next deadline isFebruary 1, with April notification.Any waitlisted students for either dead-line will begin to hear in late spring and

early summer, she said.After students have heard theyvebeen admitted to Madison, Pellegrinosaid she has the privilege of contribut-ing to a lot of hard discussions in heroffice. Money is a frequently broachedtopic, Pellegrino said, as parents andstudents weigh value, pros/cons, andhidden costs students may not have ontheir radar screens, such as travel.

One year at Notre Dame is$62,000. La Crosse costs that in total.Chapel Hill is tough to get into, with80 percent by law coming from instate[North Carolina] and $40,000 peryear, Pellegrino said. Thats twoyears at Madison.

For those students pursuing highereducation, not all opt for a four-yearuniversity. Pellegrino cited MadisonCollege as an economical route tohigher education, for students notready to commit to a four-year experi-ence, as well as for those who wish totake advantage of the Madison Col-lege/UW-Madison transfer program.

Yet, Pellegrino stated the majority of Middleton grads consistently attend ei-ther UW system schools or Minnesota.

Shes bullish on UW-Madison.UW-Madison is a phenomenalschool, Pellegrino concluded. Itshere in our backyard, theres a plethoraof opportunity, and its more afford-able.

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by KATHERINE P ERRETH

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Increasing number of MHS grads head to UW-Madison

Times-Tribune photos by Katherine Perreth

UW-Madison is a phenomenal school, MHS school counselor Jessica Pellegrino says. Its here in our backyard, theres a plethora of opportunity, and its more affordable .


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storage shed, and leaving the remain-der of the tract for future town needs

Park commission chair MaryHoferle, said the construction costscould be funded by the future sale of the Eastwood property which is locatedalong Elderberry at Schewe roads.

On Monday, town chair Milo Bre-unig said the Eastwood property

should not sold piecemeal but as awhole and timed when interest matureson the 78-acre tract.

The plan commission opposed at itsFeb. 5 meeting any commercial use forthe two lots fronting Pioneer Road. Itadvised the town board to get more in-

formation on costs to develop PioneerLands as proposed or just the parking

lot and storage shed.The board agreed it would no longer

label the two lots for potential commer-cial use but instead as government orother use acceptable to Dane Countyand the city of Madison, per the agree-ment between the municipalities.

The board heard from Joel Kurth onMonday, who cautioned against rush-ing the land sale election because heclaimed too many residents are un-aware of the project the board has been

discussing regularly for the past sixmonths.

Kurth also said the board shouldtake a broader look at how to maximizeits investment in Pioneer Lands beyonddeveloping it. There is value in retain-ing the land for future town needs and

that should be included in the calcula-tion, he said.The town paid $1.5 million to pur-

chase the 15-acre property in 2006.Greg Herrington told the board that

the wetlands delineated around PioneerLands should reflect the standing waterhe has observed in some places duringApril and May. Also, the back side of Fire Station #2, which is adjacent to Pi-oneer Lands, would need improving asit would be in view of houses built to

the west, he said.Pioneer Lands has it backers on thetown board. Although board supervisorBill Kolar said it is up to the voters, hesaid there is no reason to hold the landfor future park use as the town alreadyhas an abundance of park land.

Breunig said the town currently has2,900 square feet of open space forevery town resident.

Just to throw a park in there be-cause we have room for it isnt properplanning, he said.


I overheard agroup of engagedlocal communitymembers recently,

discussing how tobest help MOMsFood Pantry. Itsan amazing thing tosee the goodness of people, trying to de-termine how tomake a real difference in a neighborslife.

With so many different messages onwhat a Food Pantry needs most, itmight be helpful to take a step back andexplain some basic MOM food pantryoperations. Staffed almost 100 per-cent by dedicated volunteers, peopleare working in the Food Pantry nearlyevery day of the week, during openhours as well as off. Trucks are un-loaded, donations are sorted, and in-ventory is kept. Orders are made tonon-profit food providers such as Sec-ond Harvest Food Bank and Commu-nity Action Coalition, whose truckscome to the Food Pantry several daysa week. In their trucks is fresh producethat couldnt be sold at a store, as wellas pallets of essential items and ex-tras (think delicious Kettle Chips orfrozen pizzas).

Donations are accepted. Volunteersclean, maintain records, enter data, andmake copies, in addition to helpingFood Pantry guests make food selec-tions. Food is weighed before it goesout the door and to the home of some-one who struggles with hunger. FoodRescue volunteers travel nearly daily

to area grocery stores who generouslydonate nearly expiring but still goodfood or excess that they want to go toa good home.

These regular operations are theheart of MOMs food programs, but

several additional programs offer morehelp and opportunities. During thesummer, volunteers coordinate and op-erate the Food Pantry Gardens whichnot only provides the freshest of pro-duce for the Pantry shelves, but alsoteach volunteers and clients alike howto grow and care for a variety of fresh

produce like tomatoes, squash, peppersand peas. Mobile Food Pantries bringfood to two apartment complexes inthe area, where people who have chal-lenges with mobility live. The MOMtruck, filled with food, is a beacon of hope to those who otherwise lack op-tions for staying food secure. Volun-teers fill the truck three times a monthand create a mini-food pantry on loca-tion, helping guests choose food, andeven bringing it up to their apartmentsas needed.

During a single day, approximately200 grocery bags of food head out thedoor to food insecure people living onnearby streets in your community. 43percent of the people who eat this food

are children. MOM has seen an in-crease in use of services, distributingmore than 800,000 pounds (or 400tons) of food in 2013, enough to fill 20semi-trucks. This is up nearly 7 percentfrom 2012.

So what kinds of donations to MOMmost help meet the need? Should youdonate food or make a fi nancial dona-tion? What actually helps the most?

The answer is that both of thosetypes of help are needed equally, andwe couldnt operate the pantry most ef-ficiently without one or the other.

You may have heard from other areaorganizations that you can buy morewith a financial donation than an indi-vidual can purchase directly from astore. It is true MOM pays a mini-mal service-fee per pound to purchasefood from regionalized Food Banks(which isnt a food pantry itself, but in-stead a food distribution non-profit).Food Banks are tremendous resourcesto area Food Pantries, providing large

quantities of food that wouldnt oftencome as donations, such as pallets of bananas, potatoes, rice or cases of ce-

real and canned goods. Financial do-nations are needed to pay for FoodBank purchases and other bulk deals,and a dollar goes a very long way.Money is also needed to help pay a va-riety of operating cost including main-taining buildings and equipment that

are required to run a food pantry alongwith minimal staff costs to oversee dayto day operations.

Then why do we need people to runfood drives and bring us food? Pur-chased food only makes up about half of what we need to keep the shelvesstocked. Items that we want to keep onour shelves to allow for an adequateand healthful selection of food are not

consistently available from Food Banksources. Cereal, chips, and bananas goa long way, but nutritious staples suchas peanut butter, canned fruit, and evenflour and oil are also needed by peoplewho fight hunger. Individual donationsand food from Drives offer shoppers anamazing variety of foods, so that peo-

ple can choose items that their familywill enjoy and that their children willhappily eat.

How can your food donations go thefarthest? MOM publishes a top ten liston our website that is updated monthly.It takes into account what we know wecant purchase from the Food Bank orotherwise hasnt come in from recentdonations, as well as considering whatis most popular with shoppers. Buy-ing items off this list is a great way tomake a huge impact. We also encour-age people to start a Food Buyers Clubwhere people go in together to pur-chase the items that are most neededand can be purchased in bulk and thendelivered to the Food Pantry.

So, does it really matter if you buyan extra jar of peanut butter and can of soup and drop it off at MOM or in abarrel at a local food drive? Ab-solutely! Every single can of vegeta-bles or box of macaroni and cheese thatcomes through the door at MOM feedssomeone. Without each can, each box,and each jar, a child has a little less toeat, or a senior feels a little less hope-ful.

One CAN make a difference.Whether its through buying an extracan of food at the grocery store thisweek, dropping your change in a Do-nation Jar or organizing a Canstruc-tion Madison team, its a communityeffort that ends hunger. For more in-formation on how you can get involvedin a small or large way, join us atmomhelps.org, or on social media ontwitter, instagram, or facebook. To-gether, we CAN make a difference inthis community!

by AL RIPP

Middleton Outreach Ministry

Food or money: Which does pantry need most?

Ripp

Start a Food Buyers Club, a unique and highly-effective way to addresshunger in our community. The concept is easily adapted for your group (suchas book clubs, scout troops, church groups, & businesses) regardless of for-mality, size or dollar commitment.

Here is how the model works:1. 8-12 people agree to donate a standard amount per month. A per person

donation of $25/month can quickly add up to a sizeable food donation, butsmaller or larger amounts are also effective!

2. The funds are pooled and used to purchase items in highest demand forthe MOM Food Pantry. An up-to-date most needed list is available atmomhelps.org. Club leaders may also contact the MOM Food Pantry man-ager to determine what is in short supply but have a high demand. Perishableitems such as butter, cheese, and yogurt are also among some of the mostappreciated items.

3. Club leaders can work with local grocery stores to secure case priceson items and/or take advantage of sales. Purchasing items at low-cost gro-cery stores is also a good option.

4. Club Leaders can determine how best to gather funds from participants.Some groups may want to collect funds prior to shopping. For other groups,the Club leader could place the order or make the purchases and then inform

club members of the exact amount they owe each month.5. The Club leader delivers the items to the MOM pantry once/month.

Those making the delivery can receive a tour of the Pantry, if interested.There are many ways this could be adapted to your group. For example,

a group of families may rotate the monthly Club Leader so each family takesturn making the purchases with their children and making the delivery to theMOM Pantry. This model can work with any number of members and anymonthly donation decided upon within the club. Join the Club!

Learn more about the Pig Club of Gateway Church at momhelps.org.Together with Piggly Wiggly in Cross Plains, they have been successfullyimplementing this model since 2007!

For more information on how you can get started, contact Cheri Farha,826-3407, or [email protected].

There is power in numbers...

How to start a food buyers club

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6 th Grade Recognition AwardsThe sixth grade teachers at Glacier CreekMiddle School use Standards Based Grad-ing. The sixth grade recognition awards aredetermined by excellence in academicsand/or excellence in habits of learning. Thefollowing students have demonstrated profi-ciency or advancement in all academicareas and/or proficiency or advancementwith their habits of learning. An asterisk (*)denotes students who have demonstratedproficiency or advancement in both cate-gories.

Acker, Lauren RAhuja, Aniket *Anagnostopoulos, Alexandra AAnderson, Julia GBaco, Laura I

Bauerle, Megan J *Biwott, Ashley JBodenstein, Cheyanne MBoehnen, Elizabeth MBursac, KarinaButler, Graham DCarlson, Cian RCoffini, Alexander J *Davis, Ross IDe Oliveira, Sophia C *Deptula, Cole M *Ehrhardt, Noah S *Fargen, Jacob DFolsom, Elizabeth MFritz, Amber LFrusciante, Brian AGattenby, Tanner JGehrke Kallstromer, Alicia NGehrke Kallstromer, Emelie SGilles, Braedon DGraf, Katelyn CGrimm, Hunter E

Hanson, Kaitlyn GHellenbrand, Amanda LHellenbrand, Jordan JHelt, Sydney LHillebrand, Lexi MHodson, Makenzie L *Hoferle, Peter JHoffmann, Madelyn RHolland Jr., Stephen DHovind, Alexander JHuber, Carson JHuff, Tyler WHylbert, Julia LIsaacs, Sam GJackson, Joelle NJafari, Amirali *Jasinski, Micheline PJens, Bryn EJohnson, Ashton S *Johnson, Brandon IJohnson, Paxton JJones, Cecelia M

Joslyn, Katherine MKalscheur, Blake SKjentvet, Jack CKnight, Kaitlin MKriewaldt, Thomas MKurth, Anna LLarsen, Samuel RLawrence, Madelyn RLeRoy, Jackson TLindblom, Cecilie VLivelli, Victoria MMaas, Katelyn MMacLean, Brad MMalcheski, Madelyn HMallannagari, Sai Likhith RMcGill, Megan CMcLain, Natalie AMichaels, Allison L *Orza Param HPao-Huang, Yao-Tian PParthasarathy, ShrutiPatterson, Katherine A

Pertzborn-Jensen, David JPhaneuf, Ashlyn KPientka, Jessica LReed, Ashton EReed, Payton MRevord, Nathaniel JRoach, Logan MRoesch, Amanda ARogers, Ella RRudolph, Samuel PSchlieckau, Roland JSchwartz, Megan JSiver, Megan ASommers, Grace CSoni, Abhav *Srinivas, AnakaSteiner, Lauren ESteinmetz, Grace ETanin, Sitori I *Teff, Drew MThomas, Jada KTischer, Ashleigh M

Van Gilder, Hayden RWesterlund, Julian RWhritenour, Ryan MWilson, Tyler GWuebben, Jacob WYstenes, Roman E

7th Grade Honor Roll* denotes 4.0

Aegerter, Hannah S *Albert, Ava HAllen, Andrew R *Ballweg, Allison RBarbian, Jennifer JBarrett, Alexis L *Bavishi, Sophia MBender, Zakary JBertz, Braeden N

Bliss, Lydia S *Bogner, Alexandra LBookstaff, Isaac RBoras, Jenna RBote, Sophia M *Bruhn, Jamison WBurkard, Nathaniel JByington, Taylor LCarr, Julia MCarrington, Dylan M *Casper, Ian TChafe, Andrew SChandler, Megan EChrisler, Ashley MDatta, Meghna *DiMiceli, Sarah NDjamali, Sawm G *Drake, Lauren MDraves, Nicolas D *Ducke, Keegan NDunn, Charlotte R *Engelien, Madeline F *

Ernst, Hannah Y *Fagre, Benjamin AFaust, Colette E *Fermanich, Julia MFrinzi, Keller L *Garver, Cole AGattenby, Tayla J *Gaxha, Gino LGessler, Samuel R *Gold, Ryan D *Graham, Megan EHanson, Jessica THellenbrand, Connor CHinz, Emma MHoferle, William JHolewinski, Cooper W *Hornung, Kelsey CHorst, Lauren NHoughton, Allison K *Hunt, James RHuntington, Madison LJagoe, Abigail M

Jensen, Lauren KJoswiak, Vincent HKalsbeek, Colin N *Kalscheur, Tyler *Keebler, Anna M *Keebler, Emily S *Keenan, Kyra R *Keith, Moira R *Knoke, Elizabeth NKostas, GeorgiosKruchten, Shae-Lynn RKuhn, Nina-Soleil C *Kurr, Veronica LLaBoda, Grace F *Laufenberg, Hannah E *Leach, Hannah KLeonard, Avery ELepage, Matthew TLewis, Caroline E

Livelli, Olivia VLund, Andrew FMack, Cora RMaier, Eric M *Martin, Andrew J *Martin, Sophia L *May, Mallory M *McEllistrem, Aidan P *McIntyre, Jacob TMcLain, Daniel WMeicher, Kevin FMetzger, Catherine KNeuser, Kyle R *Newman, Noah T *Olson, Paige E *Owens, Caitlynn R *Pansegrau, Elizabeth LPierantozzi, Alexander J *Roenneburg, Owen L

Rogers, Margaret F *Roll, Jon HRough, Taylor R *Sabol, Karina R *Sanchez Guevara, Joanelle DSchlicht, Kyra A *Schollmeyer, Allison MSchwartz, David R *Sisk, Simon PSpahn, Courtney NStewart, Erik RStewart, Laura E *Sullivan, Sean PThomley, Anna L *Thompson, Emma RThompson, Jack ATonnesen, Brittany A *Waldsmith, David OWensing, Hannah K *Woldt, Samantha CWood, Sarah K *Yang, Jason C *

Zander, Victoria A *Zuengler, Hannah G *

7th Grade Honorable MentionBallweg, Austin SBallweg, Connor JBerg, Raiden AClose, Samuel AColon, Michelle LCulver, Mitchel ADubas, Apsara RGrelle, Kevin WHidrogo-Romero, MirnaKowalski, Hailey ALicking, Makenna MLincecum, Erin TMadoch, Michael WMolina, Eric RMondi, Jack CNewman, Ellie LNilles, Jaiden L

Rawling, Gillian SRoberson, Rachel IRoberts, Rachael CStahnke, Alexis C

8th Grade Honor Roll* denotes 4.0

Anglin, Miram E *Aumann, Olivia LBakken, Mackenzie C *Basel, Alexis A *Blair, Carson HBrandle, Kaitlyn VBuss, Brianna L *Chiaverini, Nicholas MCole, Felicity BCowling, Kyle M

Czosek, Grace ADahlk, Sarah KDalrymple, Tucker J *De Oliveira, Nickolas CDelaney, Autumn MDeMartino, Sydney D *Djamali, Kian S *Draves, Michael L *Dresen, Jacob ADuecker, Emily A *Dunn, Haley REssert, Holly K *Flad, Ashley LFriedle, Sydney M *Frusciante, James P *Fuerbringer, Amber L *Gali, ReshmaGiroux, Mitchell BGoth, Jackson R

Griffin, Lauren EGrosspiets ch, Elizabeth A *Gundrum, Jordan R *Haberland-Ervi n, Caroline L *Habhab, Dominic AHartung, Galyn RHartung, Grace FHelmuth, Jacob THippen, Caroline J *Hodson, Payton E *Holahan, Ashley M *Huang, Hao-Yu S *Huber, Rachel S *Hurd, Lauren C *Jones, John MJonuzi, Gentiana B *Karls Niehaus, Aubrey L *Kaufman, Broderick AKing, Samuel J *Kulie, Kathryn ALamson, Owen M *Landucci, Leta M *

Larson, Alyssa FLaufenberg, Emma CLeMonds, Raymond J *Lewis, Ryan DMatsumura, Claire A *McCue, Nicole R *Megan, Nareg A *Meinholz, Alyssa RMichaels, Nicholas A *Mikelsons, Samuel I *Mohammed, AnazMoreau, Camille *

Munoz, Marissa C *Neumann, Emma K *Parente, Jessica R *Patterson, Margaret M *Paul Rajamanickam, Britney S *Peterson, Bria C *Pinder, Devon KPugliese, Ann L *Pytel, Nicole ARagsdale, Cole A *Rawling, Nicholas JReed, Morgan G *Roquitte, Samuel CRossmiller, Leo RSarbacker, Jordyn JSchoonveld, Erika JSheehan, Maureen D *Sohail, Umer MSprecher, Brock C

Staples, Claire K *Sutter, Kyla JTanin, Taviahna M *Tews, Jonathan WTibbetts, Jack ETrinkl, Nathan R *Turski, Jennifer SVandenburgt, Casey RVandermause, Drake JWahlgren, Allison MWeiler, Jack JWempner, Casey N *White, Halle N *Wildes, Ethan RWills, Aaron MWilson, Jack KWinkler, Jordan JWoody, Rachel E *Zeimentz, Julia A *Zingg, Luke D

8th Grade Honorable MentionDiamond-Tumbush, Anna VNeidigh, Hannah EOSullivan, Keegan CStenklyft, John WTran, Tyler TTrepczyk, Jacob A


Glacier Creek Middle School announces honors list


6/20


Photo contributed

Merchant of Venicestarts tonight at PAC

Middleton High School will present William Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (Feb. 20-22) at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $5 for students/seniors and$7 for adults and may be purchased at the door. This lesser-produced Shakespearean comedy challenges itsaudience to look at those marginalized in our society; to question the norms that teach hatred, whether overtor subtle; and to consider the concepts of justice and mercy. Though written over 400 years ago, MiddletonDramas production of The Merchant of Venice is set in the 1930s, adding an interesting layer to the complicated

relationships of Shakespeares characters. More than seventy MHS students have been involved in this pro-duction, from building sets to hanging lights to analyzing characters. Come support the local arts scene by at-tending the show this weekend.

Above, Brighid Burkhalter (right, playing Portia) and Samuel Ropa (left, playing Bassanio).

Teen library eventsTeen Events in March & April at

the Middleton Public Library: RockBands & Divergent

Are you a fan of t he Divergent bookseries? The Library will be holding aDivergent program for teens on March

20, 7-8 pm. Take the test to see whichfaction you should belong to, then goon missions with your new factionmembers that involves trades and co-operation with the other factions.

Fans of John and Hank Green are in-vited to stop by the library on Wednes-day, March 12, 4-5 pm for aNerdfighters program! Whether youlove John Greens books or just wantto see some of their hilarious videos,teens are invited to share the quirkyamusement.

Teen bookworms might also enjoyour monthly Books and Browniesbook discussion group. On Wednesday,April 9, 4-5 pm, join the library for adiscussion of The Maze Runner , abouta boy who wakes up in a box with nomemories. A group of boys say they ar-

rived the same way and think that themaze beyond their compound holds thekey to unlocking the mystery. Copiesof the book and Kindles with down-loaded titles available at the Help Deskas supply allows.

On Thursday, April 24, 6-8 pm, allages are invited to come hear localTeen Bands CTRL, Ukulele Wednes-day and The Shindigs in the lower levelArcher Rooms. No cover fee. Pleaseexcuse any noise that may leak into thelibrary this evening.

Dont forget about the monthlyTeen Advisory Committee (TAC)meetings! Our next meetings will beMonday, March 10, 4-5 pm and Mon-day, April 7, 4-5 pm. TAC counts asvolunteer hours and suggests and plansteen programs as well as recommend-ing changes and purchases for the Teensection of the library. The librarywould love to hear your opinions!

Questions or comments on any of the Librarys Teen programs? Pleasecontact Rebecca at 608-827-7402.

Share your artistic flairCommunity Canvases is a way of

inviting you to share your artistic flairand show your community support inthe first annual Middleton CommunityArt Project!

All ages and all abilities are wel-come to:

Purchase a canvas at the MiddletonPublic Library

Create an original work on the 6 X6 canvas

Return completed canvases to theLibrary by June 14

See the community mosaic createdfrom the 200 canvases in the StairwellGallery at the Middleton Public Li-brary

Bid on the canvases at the SilentAuction in the fall and help supportpublic art in Middleton

Brochure and Participation Agree-ment Form are available at www.midli-brary.org/canvases.

Community Canvases is presentedby Middleton Public Arts Committee,Hubbard Art Center and MiddletonPublic Library.


7/20


Stranger Danger

I learned at a young age that break-ing and entering in the dead of night isfine, as long as the person doing it iswearing a cheerful red hat.

Santa Claus is exhibit A, but so is alittle, Scandinavian creature called theTomten, about whom my parentsread me bedtime stories.

This small, bearded, anachronisti-cally tanned man crept though a snow-hushed farm at night, meddling in theaffairs of beasts and humans. He fed abowl of porridge to a fox on the edgeof the woods, filling the predatorsbelly so it wouldnt slaughter anychickens. He tiptoed into the barn,making sure the cows were snug andsecure. He whispered to the horsesabout summertime clover, and he piledextra straw in the dogs house.

In one illustration, the little man,having sneaked into the house, stood at

the foot of a bed, gazing thoughtfullyat the adult humans who slumberedthere.

My parents told the story as if theTomten, who wore a long, white beardand a peaked red cap, was some kindof hero. He was one of those littlestrangers who exist somewhere be-tween deity and man, superstition andmyth.

The whole thing stood in stark con-trast to the constant, harangue-like

message I received from most adults.They were constantly warning of stranger danger and checking everyhour, on the hour, to make sure I hadntinteracted with anyone new or interest-ing.

Its really an odd message to send toyoung people this idea that everyonethey dont yet know means to do themharm and today I suspect its respon-sible for a hefty portion of our wars.

With that in mind, I think its glori-ous that something as simple as a redcap can transform a stranger from a ter-rifying nocturnal intruder into a wel-comed guest.

You must never speak to strangers ,

teachers and friends parents told me,and any food you are offered likelycontains poison. Every day, on the wayhome from school, I was under the im-

pression there was a 50/50 chance Iwould be stolen by some derangedadult driving a van.

Home offered welcome respite fromthis propaganda. The gravel roads,dense forests and vast fields felt safe.And all the animals seemed genuinelyunconcerned for my safety, whichmade it easier to relax and play.

And at home, we welcomedstrangers .

We even put out cookies and milkfor Santa, who broke into our home an-nually. And every winter morningwhen I saw the chickens were stillclucking and the cows were still con-tentedly chewing their cud, I knew tosilently thank the little Tomten who Ifigured had played a role in keepingthem that way.

In the 300-year-old farmhousewhere we lived, creaks and groanswere commonplace. When I had sleep-overs at friends houses, they shriekedand cringed in horror at unknownnoises. Back home, we just smiled andfigured it was some mythological crea-ture, tip-toing through the dining roomor across the roof. The woods, I imag-ined while tucked snuggly into bed atnight, peering out the ice-frosted win-dow to the murky tree line, were alivewith strange little people who may ormay not jimmy the lock or climbthrough an open window on any given

night.There is so much in the world. So

much information, so many peoplewho look and act differently. So much

food, so much drink. Even today, beingafraid of any of it seems like such awaste of energy.

Our culture encourages people to beafraid, yet many of the things we feardont even really exist. People stare,transfixed, to their television screenswhile newscasters work them into alather over exaggerated dangers . Inmost cases, the threats are no more realthan Santa or the Tomten, yet adults in-sist on believing in them.

I was reminded of this one recentsummer when I was hanging out in mybackyard. I was wearing a large,golden straw hat, and I was harvestingdandelion roots to make tea. Helpingout, in their own little way, were ahandful of chickens and my dog. Thiswas when I lived on Main Street, anda young boy who was walking pastwith his mother came trotting over, in-trigued by our little gathering. I wasabout to give him a hearty hellowhen a bellow shot out from behindhim.

STRANGER DANGER !STRANGER DANGER ! his motherscreeched as she pounced on her sonand grabbed him roughly by the arm.

Id like to reiterate that I was in theprocess of making my own dandeliontea, an activity that practically screamspacifism.

That man, she said, glaring over at

me and dragging the child away,might want to hurt you.

I felt bad for the little guy, consider-ing the fact that his mom was actively

correcting friendly, inquisitive behav-ior.

As they stomped away, it occurredto me that I was partially to blame,however. Taking off my yellow, strawhat and pinching the brim with mygreen- and yellow-stained fingers, I re-alized it was the wrong color.

I should start wearing more redhats, I thought. Then people wont beso scared.

I thought back to a page in the bookmy parents read to me when I was akid. The Tomten slinks into the roomof two small children and stands,watching them sleep, for a long time. Iactually believed he sometimes visited

my room when I was sleeping backthen, and somehow, despite so muchpropaganda to the contrary, the littlestranger gave me comfort.

He was a reminder that the world isvery large, and very full of things wedont fully understand. And his helpkeeping us and the animals safe duringlong, cold winters was a reminder thatno one can succeed alone, and we canall benefit from a little help from timeto time.

The alternative is to shut ourselvesin and watch cable news, growingmore and more afraid of one another.

Which would you prefer?

by Matt Geiger, Editor

G EIGERCounter

Water,water

everywhere?Id like to introduce you to the LIttle

Plover River. Its a river sourced fromfreshwater springs in Central Wiscon-sin. The Little Plover flows into theWisconsin River. It was a class A troutstream. I hope you noticed the word,was .

The Little Plover never ran dry, evenin drought years. That is, until in the1970s, when the effects of high capac-ity wells, put in to irrigate the areasmany potato farms, took its toll on thelocal groundwater. By 2006, the LittlePlover ran at less than half of its formerlevel.

The unlimited amounts of waterbeing pulled off by high capacity wells

has put the Little Plover River onAmericas top ten endangered riverslist.

Thats not the only body of water inthat area that is suffering. Several of the lakes in Waushara County havebeen affected by high capacity wells,too. Property value has plummeted be-cause docks no longer reach into water.

A high capacity well is one that hasa pump capacity of over 100,000 gal-lons per day.

When the wells in Central Wiscon-sin were permitted, there were veryfew requests for that level of ground-water use in our state.

Now, because of frac-sand miningand the growth of mega-dairies in Wis-

consin, there are over 150 new appli-cations for high capacity wells. Use of water by the potato industry is scantcompared to the draws by these new-comers to Wisconsin.

It didnt take many years before thedraw on the Little Plover Riversgroundwater caused its demise. Those

irrigation systems are nothing com-pared to the amounts of water that frac-sand mining uses.

Frac-sand mining uses between450,000 and 2 MILLION gallons perday. Yes folks, you read that right!

Instead of learning from the LittlePlover and Lakes in Waushara County,Republican Senator Neal Kedzie spon-sored Senate Bill 302. Its a horriblebill that will deplete our water in un-fathomable quantities.

As if that is not bad enough, the billprohibits the DNR from consideringthe cumulative impacts of multiplewater users when making decisionsabout our water supplies. As the Wis-consin League of Conservation Votersputs it, the bill is death for Wiscon-sins water by 1,000 straws.

Last week I met more people fromMiddleton. We were all attending Wis-consin League of Conservation Voters(WLCV) Lobby Day at Monona Ter-race. After learning even more aboutthe issues, we headed to the Capitol t o-gether to talk with our representatives,or their proxies, to urge them to opposethis bad groundwater bill.

We all need water. 70% of all Wis-consin drinking water comes fromgroundwater.

Small farms cannot compete withhigh capacity well-users.

We all need to pay attention to this

devastating bill, and to its companion,Senate Bill 349. It comes to us fromSenator Tom Tiffany, the same authorof the open-pit mining bill. Senate bill349 takes away all authority from localcommunities to monitor polluters andto hold them accountable. WLCV saysit well.

Citizens rely on their local authori-ties to be the first line of defense inprotecting their air and water. This isespecially true at a time when thestates enforcement of public healthand natural resource laws has declineddramatically. In recent years, enforce-ment actions against illegal polluters

have dropped 55%, from an average of 516 notices per year to just 233 at thestate level.

Extreme political positions and pos-turing keep people, both voters andelected officials from hearing the truthand listening, really listening to eachother. Expert geologists, groundwaterspecialists, other scientists and the peo-ple who have lived, first hand, with theloss of water from unregulated usewent unheeded by the authors of thetwo bills that Ive written about in thisarticle.

Groundwater is not governed by ar-bitrary lines drawn between counties orother municipalities. It is non-partisan.

I am so proud of Dale Schultz whowas the key-note speaker at WLCVslobby day. He is an exceptional Repub-lican, who went against the pressure of his party to vote for the natural re-sources that Wisconsin citizens havethe privilege to be stewards of.

When Governor Walker said, earlyin his first term that, Wisconsin isopen for business, we had no idea thatour precious water resources would befor sale.

If thats not bad enough, a Capitolinsider told the folks from Middleton,that closed-door meetings were beingheld to continue efforts that would endthe 127-year-old ruling that no morethan 640 acres of land could be held by

foreign interests.China was named as the main coun-

try that is knocking at Wisconsinsdoor. Whether they are wanting themineral rights or our precious farmlandwas uncertain.

Selling our land and its resources isa bad idea no matter what. It is espe-cially bad when you look at Chinashorrific environmental record.

Think through the effects of the billsthat I mentioned on their own. Com-bine them with the knowledge thatGovernor Walker and others followinghis agenda are still looking for waysto sell Wisconsin land to foreigners.

What will it be like to live here if local communities are short of water?What will it be like if our air and waterquality is compromised and we haveno ability to hold polluters account-able?

Between sessions at ConservationLobby Day, I took a stroll to stretch mylegs. On the other side of the wall fromthe room my next session was to be in,there was a meeting of the GovernorsConference on Economic Develop-ment.

There doesnt need to be a wall be-tween conservation and economic de-velopment. We can work together,with safeguards for the land, water andair that support us all.

Wisconsin needs you to spread theword about these bills. Let the Gover-nor know how you feel about our pre-cious resources. Read more about them

at WLCVs website.There is a window in the church that

I used to attend when I lived in Clin-tonville. It simply read, She hath donewhat she could.

We all need to do what we can forWisconsin, before its too late.

All Manner of Things

by Deb Biechler

Dear editor & Ms. Biechler:

Thank you for publishing yourthoughtful Opinion piece in theFeb. 13 issue. I totally concurthat obtaining factual, balancedinformation through the media isbecoming increasingly difficult,when MONEY so influenceswhat is conveyed to the public.

It is reassuring that the Middle-ton Times-Tribune values indi-

viduals enough to afford a forum,and this article, to remind all of us that we can and must make adifference as individuals. I hopeif readers missed it, they will goback and find it. It is a very goodread.

Erica ChristmanMadison

Biechler was right

about the media

Letter to the Editor


8/20

Monday, Feb. 31:08 p.m. Theft, 6900 block of

Century Ave.3:30 p.m. Uniform control sub-

stance, follow-up, 1300 block of JohnQ Hammons Dr.

3:50 p.m. Domestic disturbance,1700 block of Aurora St.

3:59 p.m. Domestic disturbance,assist citizen/motorist, 7300 block of Elmwood Ave.

6:28 p.m. Domestic disturbance,follow-up, 3400 block of Roma Ln.

Tuesday, Feb. 411:44 a.m. Theft, 7600 block of

Elmwood Ave.11:46 a.m. Fraud, 6600 block of

Columbus Dr.5:21 p.m. Domestic disturbance,

3400 block of Roma Ln.

Wednesday, Feb. 58:31 p.m. Fire, 5300 block of

Mathews Rd.

Thursday, Feb. 68:41 a.m. Accident w/injuries,

University Ave. & Deming Way10:27 a.m. Fraud, 2100 block of

Pleasant View Rd.

Friday, Feb. 79:45 a.m. Damage to property,

8300 block of Greenway Blvd.11:32 a.m. Theft, 2100 block of

Bristol St.1:18 p.m. Damage to property,

2000 block of Allen Blvd.2:58 a.m. Accident w/injuries,

6000 block of Century Ave.Saturday, Feb. 88:54 a.m. Damage to property,

8300 block of Greenway Blvd.11:24 a.m. Damage to property,

1300 block of John Q Hammons Dr.8:04 p.m. Damage to property,

4800 block of Parmenter St.

Sunday, Feb. 98:20 a.m. Theft, 2600 block of

Pleasant View Rd.5:27 p.m. Theft, 3600 block of

Napoli Ln.

Monday, Feb. 102:27 a.m. Domestic disturbance,

6200 block of Maywood Ave.


ber from each apartment to address theneeds of the families. Sunday morn-ing, Red Cross provided immediateemergency assistance in the form of food, clothing, and emergency lodging,for two families. Red Cross planned toprovide additional assistance to theother units as needed.

According to battalion chief BradSubera, the fire, which started whengrease ignited on top of a st ove in oneof the units, severely damaged at leastone unit, as well as a hallway.

The fire caused an estimated

$100,000 in damage.This is a good time to remind peo-ple not to leave your food unattendedwhile its cooking, said Subera.

Subera said cluttered exits and pas-sageways also hampered rescue efforts,reminding citizens to keep such areasclear, and to check their smoke detec-tors.

Lessons learned [included the]

need for smoke detectors and fire ex-tinguishers, [that] apartments shouldclear their hallways of clutter so rescueattempts arent hindered and firefightersafety, how dangerous grease fires canbe, and how families should have es-cape plans in place, including havingtheir balcony cleared of snow so theycan get out, agreed fire chief AaronHarris.

The second fire occured early onWednesday of this week on the 5300block of Jonquil Court. The blazestarted as a car fire in the garage and

spread to the house, according to Mid-dleton Police.Harris said the garage was totally

engulfed in flames when firefightersarrived, and the home experienced heatand smoke damage. There were no se-rious injuries and an estimate of thedamage was not available at press time.

Photo contributed

Anonymous artist beautifiesParmenter St. roundaboutThe Middleton Arts Committee is currently trying to raise money for the installation of a sculpture in the Par-

menter Street roundabout. In the meantime, an unknown artist took action. Though temporary, the art was in-stalled at no cost, observed arts committee member Rob Conhaim. City employee Abby Attoun took this pictureafter the city forester, Mark Wegner, hoisted her up in the municipal bucket truck he uses for tree pruning.

FIRE continued from page 1

PP OLICEOLICE BB EATEAT

Photo contributedMiddleton firefighters at the scene of a fire on Jonquil Court early

Wednesday.


9/20

For two straight years, Middletonsboys swimming has gone to theWIAA Division 1 state swimmingmeet and left with a fourth place fin-ish.

When the Cardinals head back tothe UW-Natatorium Saturday, theyexpect no slippage whatsoever.

Middleton suffered some heavylosses after last season. But theCardinals have turned in another ter-

rific year, and expect another strongshowing at state.

The state diving competitionbegins at 10 a.m. and the swimming

championships start at 3 p.m.Our team goal would definitely be

top four at state, Cardinals juniorRory Slattery said. Weve done it thelast two years and I know we can do itagain.

Middleton senior Lars Haskinsagreed.

For our team, weve been fourthfor the past two years and we wouldlove to make it three years in a row,Haskins said. Everyones excited andfocused for this Saturday. It should be


Showing some real toughness

After a disappointing blowout lossto Verona, there were some big ques-tions surrounding the Middleton boysbasketball team.

Queries about things such as heartand toughness.

Well, any such questions should beput to rest after Middleton, playingwith a chip on its shoulder, put togeth-er perhaps its finest all-around effortof the season en route to a 54-33 BigEight Conference victory over sec-ond-place Sun Prairie last Saturdaynight.

Coach (Kevin) Bavery throughthe week was talking about how peo-ple outside the team were questioningour heart and I think we took offenseto that, said senior forward MaxOelerich. We played with great inten-sity the whole game.

Thats basically the only thing

(Bavery) wrote on the board at thebeginning of the game was heart andcircled it and thats the key to thewhole game. We really played with alot of heart.

Middleton improved to 11-9 over-all and moved into a fourth-place tiewith Janesville Craig in the Big EightConference at 9-8. Sun Prairie (13-8,11-6) remained in second place.

The performance came just twodays after a 67-50 loss to Verona,Middletons largest deficit in a lossthis season.

Obviously the Verona game wassuch a negative game, the energy, thevibe, it wasnt pleasant in the locker

Boys basketball teams rolls past Sun Prairieby GREGG HAMMILL

For the Times-Tribune

Loss to Veronaleft Middletondazed, confused by ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune

VERONA Time is windingdown quickly.

Head coach Kevin Bavery is beg-ging, screaming and pleading for con-sistency. Yet its nowhere to be found.

And last Thursday night, thoseinside Middletons boys basketballprogram were wondering if it couldstill be discovered at this extremelylate date.

The Cardinals had their most disap-pointing effort of the season in a 67-50loss at Verona. Afterwards, Middletonsenior standout Derek Rongstadpiggy-backed Baverys plea, insistingtime is precious, and the Cardinalsbad habit of occasional off nights mustend immediately.

Some guys get it, and some guysmight not, Rongstad said when askedabout Middletons apparent lack of urgency. I love this game more thananything and its painful. Every loss

hurts, and as we get later in the seasonit starts hurting more and more toknow how close it is to being over.

These are my friends since likeKindergarten. Its never going to belike this again. Some guys get it, but alot of guys need to get it through theirheads. Were almost out of time here.

Bavery, one of t he more mild-man-nered and pleasant coaches youll evermeet, was just as blunt.

If you cant go out there with atremendous passion and energy, andyoure going to get after each otherand youre going to whine to officialsand youre not going to embrace thiswhole thing, then turn your jersey in

See BOYS BB, page 16 See VERONA, page 16

BOYS STATE SWIMMING AND DIVING MEET

Middletonsaiming highSwimmers gun

for big showingby ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune

See SWIMMERS, page 15

Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

Chris Little and Middletons boys basketball team routed Sun Prairie last Saturday night.


Rory Slattery and Middletons boys swimming team will compete at the state meet Saturday.

Follow RobReischel onTwitter at@robreischel


10/20

Bring on Madison West.

Again.Middletons hockey team rolled

past DeForest, 11-0, in a WIAAregional semifinal Tuesday night. TheCardinals will now meet MadisonWest in a regional final Thursday atMadison Ice Arena at 8 p.m.

The Regents won both gamesagainst the Cardinals this season,including a 5-0 contest last Thursday.West also edged Middleton, 3-2, onJan. 4.

If Middleton upends West this time,it would advance to the sectional semi-finals on Feb. 25 against eitherMadison Edgewood or Waunakee.

Overall if are going to heat up forplayoffs we have to stay out of the box,

come together as a team, and reallycome out and not be afraid to succeedand just play hockey, Middleton inter-im coach Steffon Walby said.

The Cardinals certainly did thosethings against DeForest.

Senior forward Jordan Carey andsophomore forward Griffin Gusselboth had two goals for the Cardinals.Middleton finished with a remarkable78 shots on goal.

Goalie Zach Kasdorf posted ashutout, but needed to make just foursaves.

Middleton now hopes its thirdmeeting with West is a charm.

Last weeks game certainly wasntenjoyable for Middleton, as theRegents scored single goals in the firstand second periods, then added threemore goals in the third.

Middleton finished the regular sea-son 10-11-2 and in fourth place in theBig Eight Conference at 7-5-2.

There really wasnt any one thingthat went wrong with the team andWest, Walby said. We got to intoearly penalty trouble and it wore ourteam down substantially.

Now, Middleton will hope for areversal of fortune Thursday night.

Feb. 13Madison West 5, Middleton 0Middleton .... 0 0 0 0Madison West ..... 1 1 3 5

First period: MW Walker (Pretto, Balas),

13:51.Second period: MW Paskus, 13:46.Third period: MW Walker (Balas), 2:23;

Lentz (Epping, Messner), 9:01; Messner (Paskus,Lentz), 16:17.

Saves: Mi (Wuesthofen) 29; MW (Joswiak)

20.Penalties: Mi 5-10, MW 8-16.

Feb. 18WIAA regional semifinalsMadison West 5, Middleton 0DeForest .............. 0 0 0 0Middleton ...... 4 4 3 11

First period: Mi Gussel (Graf, Bunz),10:18; Sheehan (Hylbert), 12:21; Miller(Sheehan), 12:45; Carey, 14:47.

Second period: Mi Graf (Gussel, Rock);Kottler (Graf), 10:45; Harper, 10:51; Carey(Dickert), 10:57.

Third period: Mi Gussel (Duff,Karwoski), 5:18; Hylbert (Kouba, Karwoski),8:34; Dohmeier (Sheehan), 11:58.

Saves: Mi (Kasdorf) 4; D (Suchomel) 67.


Hockey Cards winplayoff openerby ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune


Taylor Dickert and Middletons hockey team won their playoff opener Tuesday night.


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Call them the Dynamic Dozen.

Or perhaps the Terrific Twelve.Oh yeah, and also call them sec-

tional participants.Middletons wrestlers enjoyed a

terrific day at their own regionalSaturday. The Cardinals finished sec-ond as a team and sent 12 of their 14entries onto Saturdays WaunakeeSectional, which begins at 10 a.m.

Im happy with that, Middletoncoach Kent Weiler said of qualifying12 individuals for sectionals. Everyyear we seem to get a few morethrough.

Last year we had 10 and nowwere at 12. That makes us happy.

Sauk Prairie won the meet with248.5 points, while Middleton was

second at 197.0. DeForest was third(180.0), followed by Waunakee(176.5), Madison West (115.0),Madison East (64.0) and MadisonMemorial (3.0).

The top four finishers at regionalsadvanced to sectionals. Only the toptwo finishers at sectionals move on tothe state tournament, while runs fromFeb. 27-March 1.

Middletons Shay Haase (152pounds) and Taggart Haase (170) bothwon regional championships. JustinSwiersz (120), Adan Ortiz (132),Brandon Best (145) and NathanDresen (160) all finished in secondplace.

Colton Best (106), Chris Rogers(126), Edgar Ortiz (138) and SeanBenedict (heavyweight) all finished inthird place, while Trevaun Turner(113) and Lon Yeary (195) notchedfourth place finishes.

Shay Haase received a first roundbye, then pinned Waunakees ConnorReefe in 1:28 in the semifinals. In thetitle match, Shay Haase pinnedDeForests Jared Endres in 1:37.

Pin-pin. You cant complain about

that, Weiler said.Taggart Haase also received a first

round bye, then pinned Sauk PrairiesChris Chrisler in 1:59 in the semifi-nals. In the title match, Taggart Haasepinned DeForests Nathan Kemp in 56seconds.

Definitely a good day for him,Weiler said. When Taggart is on, hestough to be beat.

Swiersz also received a bye in thequarterfinals, then pinned DeForestsGreg Dubois in 3:42. In the champi-onship match, though, Sauk PrairiesEddie Smith pinned Swiersz in 1:33.

Adan Ortiz also received a quarter-final bye, then lost to DeForests WillGahnz, 8-3. Adan Ortiz battled back,though, and defeated Madison WestsMalcolm Clark, 6-2, in the third placematch. Then in the fight for second,Adan Ortiz defeated Sauk PrairiesJuan Elizondo, 3-1.

Best received a bye, then defeatedDeForests Alex Schodin, 5-2. SaukPrairies Austin Powell then pinnedBest in 3:06 in the title match.

Dresen received a bye, then pinnedMadison Wests Michael Jones in 1:41in the semifinals. Dresen lost to SaukPrairies Brandon Sprecher, 15-4, inthe title match. But Dresen bounced

back and pinned Waunakees AlecPutnam in 1:24 in the second placematch.

Now, its on to sectionals where theintensity and the stakes will be off thecharts.

We are excited, Weiler said.Theyre excited. They know theyhave unfinished business.


Onward and upward Middleton sends12 wrestlers intosectionalsby ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune


Shay Haase (top) won the 152-pound championship at the Middleton Regional last Saturday.


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It had been 50 days since Jeff Kind and Middletons girls basket-ball team felt this way.

And after the Cardinals droppedtheir first game in more than sevenweeks a 63-61 setback atJanesville Craig last Friday Kindwas certain of one thing.

This is not a good feeling, hesaid.

The good news for Middleton is

that it can still reach all of its goalsthis season.

The Cardinals fell to 17-3 overalland 15-1 in the Big EightConference. Middleton leads sec-ond-place Verona (18-2, 14-2) byone game and can clinch at least ashare of the conference title with ahome win Thursday against MadisonLa Follette.

Middleton which has won sixof the last seven league titles canalso still capture an outright confer-ence title by winning its final twogames. And Kind who heads tohis postseason seeding meetingSunday is still in the drivers seatfor the No. 1 seed in his regional.

I think were still fine on all of that stuff, said Kind, whose teamhad won 11 games in a row. But thebiggest thing is well find out howwe respond to a loss.

Middletons last loss was toOshkosh Lourdes on Dec. 26. Butthe Cougars (15-4, 12-4) played aspirited game from start to finish.

Craig led, 42-28, after a red-hotshooting first half. The Cougars stillmaintained a 53-43 edge heading tothe fourth quarter.

And after Middleton took the leadthree different times in the final twominutes, Craig answered. TheCougars Delaney Schoenenbergerscored the eventual game-winningbasket on a rebound basket with fiveseconds left.

Middletons final play resulted ina turnover and the Cougars escaped.

Freshman guard Alexis Thomasled Middleton with 11 points, whilesenior forward Liz McMahon added10. Sophomore forward GraceDouglas and junior post Cole Jordeeboth scored nine points, while fresh-man guard Bria Lemirande had eight.

Craigs Alison Hughes had 23points and Schoenenberger scored19.

I dont think we played a badgame, Kind said. Weve certainlyhad better games. I just didnt thinkwe closed it out after we finally tookthe lead.

Getting the lead certainly wasnteasy.

As Craig built its large halftimeadvantage, Kind contemplated tak-ing off Middletons vaunted fullcourt press because the Cardinalswere giving up too many easy bas-kets. But Kind also knew the presscould pay dividends later by wearingthe Cougars out.

The press was like a doubleedged sword, Kind said. The gamewas going the pace we wanted, butthey were shooting lights-out.

Craig eventually cooled off andmissed its first 10 shots of the fourth

quarter. That helped the Cardinals

grab a 57-55 lead with two minutesleft.

I knew Middleton was going tomake a run at some point, Craigcoach Kerry Storbakken told theJanesville Gazette. They didntcome in here undefeated in our con-ference for no reason. Theyre toogood of a team. But give our girlscredit. They hung tough.

Both teams did just that during athrilling final two minutes.

The Cardinals last lead came at61-60 following a McMahon tip-inin the closing seconds. ButSchoenenberger answered with herown rebound basket and a 62-61Cougars advantage.

Kind tried drawing up a final playfor McMahon. But the pass wasintercepted and the Cougars pre-vailed.

Craig finished the game 20-of-24from the free throw line, whileMiddleton was just 16-of-31.

Hopefully theres things welllearn from this, Kind said. Wellfind out.

On deck: Middleton hostsMadison La Follette Thursday at7:30 p.m. The Cardinals then con-clude the regular season Feb. 27 witha 7:30 p.m. home game againstMadison Memorial.

Janesville Craig 63, Middleton 61Middleton .. 13 15 15 18 61Janesville Craig .... 17 25 11 10 63

MIDDLETON Lemirande 2-4-8;McMahon 5-0-10; Douglas 2-5-9; Jordee 3-3-9;Thomas 4-3-11; Raffel 1-0-2; Bunyan 3-0-6;Bergum, 0-1-1; Blair 2-0-5. Totals: 22 16-31 61.

JANESVILLE CRAIG Hughes 7-8-23;Slatter 3-3-9; Calkins 0-2-2; Schoenenberger 7-4-19; Foster 2-3-7; Pierson 1-0-3. Totals: 20 20-2463.

Three-point goals Middleton 1 (Blair),

Craig 3 (Pierson, Hughes, Schoenenberger).Total fouls Middleton 21, Craig 20. Fouledout Slatter.


Craig upendsMHS girls

League OverallW L W L

Middleton ... .. .. .. . 15 1 17 3Verona .............. 14 2 18 2Jnsville Craig ... .. . 12 4 15 4Mad. La Follette . . 11 5 11 9Jnsville Parker ..... 9 7 10 10Sun Prairie . .. .. .. .. . 7 9 7 13Mad. Memorial ..... 5 11 5 13Madison West ...... 4 12 5 14Madison East ....... 2 14 3 16Beloit Memorial .... 1 15 4 16

88B IGstandingsCardinals suffer

first Big 8 lossby ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune


Emily Bergum and Middletons girls basketball team suffered their first Big Eight Conference loss of the season atJanesville Craig last Saturday.

Wissports.netDivision 1 poll

1. Kimberly 19-02. Sheboygan North 19-03. Oak Creek 18-24. Superior 18-25. Arrowhead 18-26. Middleton 17-37. Verona 18-28. Chippewa Falls 16-39. DSHA 15-410. D.C. Everest 18-2


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Keenan headed to UICMiddleton High School senior Caroline Keenan will attend the

University of Illinois at Chicago to play Division 1 soccer next fall.Keenan is a three-year letterwinner for the Cardinals. Keenan

helped Middleton reach the WIAA Division 1 state tournament lastseason.

Shown with Keenan are her father, Colm, and mother Mary.

Photo submitted

Peterman will play for IUPUILeia Peterman, a senior at Middleton High School, will play

Division 1 soccer next season at Indiana University-PurdueUniversity Indianapolis. Peterman received both athletic and aca-demic scholarships and plans to major in Biology.

Peterman was a first-team all-Big Eight Conference midfielderlast season and helped the Cardinals reach the WIAA Division 1 statetournament. Peterman is shown here with her father, Craig, andmother Meg.

Their time to shine?Gymnasts aiminghigh at Big 8 meet by ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune


Katherine Marshall and Middletons girls gymnastics team will aim for aBig Eight Conference title on Saturday.

Its been an up and down campaignfor Middletons girls gymnastics team.A season filled with enough injuries

to rival the Green Bay Packers.But with the postseason here, the

Cardinals are returning to full health.And now, Middleton plans to make itsmove.

The Cardinals will be at the BigEight Conference meet Saturday. Theevent begins at 10 a.m. at MadisonMemorial.

Middleton has won the last twoconference championships, and hasevery intention of making it a three-peat.

I think our conference has beenmuch more competitive than we haveseen in previous years, Middletonthird-year coach Kari Steck said. ButI think that (we) thrive off of that com-petitiveness. It helps push the girls towork harder, learn new skills, andmake their routines more difficult.

The Big Eight has been muchimproved this season, and theCardinals will certainly be challengedat the conference meet.

Host Madison Memorial won thedual meet championship at 7-0, whileMiddleton finished second at 6-1.Several other schools have the poten-tial to get in the title chase, as well.

Middleton finished the dual meetportion of its season on a high lastThursday, with a 136-131 win overSun Prairie. Middleton wasnt at its

best, but was good enough to prevail.Many falls were counted onbeam, Steck said.

Middleton knows it will have tocrank it up a notch to topple MadisonMemorial and the rest of its Big Eightfoes Saturday. But Steck knows herteam is certainly capable.

With a full and healthy roster, Ithink we have the potential to win con-ference, but the girls need to hit theirroutines to make it happen, she said.They have all been working so hard,and have added many new skills intotheir routines. So it will be exciting forthem to compete on Saturday.


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Foster will be a BadgerMiddleton High School senior Delaney Foster has committed to

run both cross country and track and field at the University of Wisconsin.

Foster is a four-year letter winner in both sports at MHS and hasearned first team all-Big Eight Conference honors the past threeyears in cross country. Foster has also helped her cross country teamplace fourth at state the past two years.

Foster along with her mother, Susan, and father, David is

shown here signing her national letter of intent.

Middleton LadiesFeb. 11

Jeanne Schrenk 556, Mary Moody506, Paula Brunner 490, Lyn Passini 467,Shelly Grinnell 466, Kristie Stapleton459.

Feb. 4Patti Larson 608, Theresa Meisel 587,

Jeanne Schrenk 559, Frayne Born 532,Cindy Hall 522, Janie Lange 521,Rosemary Lange 521, Mary Moody 516,Bonnie Coy 515, Janice Williams 495,

Jane Resudek 488, Shelly Grinnell 464,Verelene Morris 464, Lyn Passini 458.

Jan. 28Terri Scheel 583, Jane Resudek 566,

Chery Theis 505, Sandy Statz 503, JanieLange 503, Sharon Koski 498, KristieStapleton 495, Bonnie Coy 494, Cindy

Norman 478, Melissa Carlson 465,Verelene Morris 454, Cindy Hall 453.

Sunday NeighborsFeb. 9

Kelly Capener 794 (247-279-268),Paul Hughes 660 (202-245-213), JimSalzman 654 (238-215-201), Greg Fritz647 (237-238), Gus Schlieckau 579 (201-216), Kari Capener 566 (201), MartyMeinholz 559 (210), Dennis Masaki 550(205), Steve Holznagel 547 (200), MarkMisenheimer 546 (214), Mike Kezer 543,

Jim Campbell 540 (210), Tony Ziegler519, Vana Smith-Steffen 511, Jeff Ballweg 490 (211), Cheryl Hitchins 490,Linda Schenk 486 (201), Cindy Hall 486,Elaine Ziegler 486, Sharon Kezer 473,Mavis Severson 471, Janet Meinholz 459,Dee Lunda 457.

B O W L I N G

S P O R T S B R I E F SBaseball clinic

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

Registration forms can be down-loaded from the MBSC website(www.mbscwi.com) or fromElementary and Middle School physi-cal education teachers in the school dis-trict. The clinic includes instructionfrom Middleton coaches and players.

Ski and snowboard resultsThe Middleton High School Ski and

Snowboard teams completed the 2014season with an impressive list of accomplishments and accolades.

At the conference championships atTryol Basin, the Cardinals boys ski andsnowboard teams each finished first,while the girls snowboard team finishedsecond and the girls ski team finishedthird.

All four teams sent athletes to theState High School Alpine Ski &Snowboard Championships inLaCrosse.

Athletes placing in the top 10 at theconference races included Jack Ronnie,Roger Waleffe, and Mitchell Oswald(boys ski), Clare Grimm and OliviaKrigbaum (girls ski), Scott Fabbri,Maxwell Lawrence and Sam Anderson(boys board) and Maggie Acker (girlsboard).

Several Middleton boys skiers werenamed to the All Conference Team,including Jack Ronnie, Roger Waleffe,Brett Anderson and Mitchell Oswald.

Cardinal Skier Zach Whritenour wasnamed boys Most Improved skier.

Soccer fundraiserA fundraising effort is underway to

build a pavilion for the soccer stadiumat Firefighters Park. The preliminaryplans call for a concession stand, ticketwindow, restrooms and space to displaythe 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 byMay of 2014. One way to help is bypurchasing an Engraved Brick to beplaced in the new pavilion atFirefighters Soccer Stadium.

There are three sizes available at cor-responding levels of donation. The firstis an 4x8 inch brick that accommodatesthree lines of text with a maximum of 12 characters per line. That costs $125.

The second size is an 8x8 inch brickthat accommodates six lines with amaximum of 12 characters per line.That costs $250.

The third size is a 16x16 inch brickthat accommodates eight lines with amaximum of 24 characters per line.That costs $500.

For all general questions, or to pur-chase an engraved paver (brick), con-tact Ken Burghy at (608) 576-3426 [email protected].

Baseball camp inMcFarlandMcFarland High School is hosting asix-week baseball camp starting Feb.22. McFarland head coach John Feldnerwill direct the program in conjunctionwith U.S. Baseball Academy.

Classes are available for players ingrades 1-12 and are limited to six play-ers per coach. Sessions are offered inadvanced hitting, pitching, catching,fielding and base running. Proceedsfrom the program benefit amateur base-ball in McFarland. Space is limited.

Registration is now under way. Formore information, visitwww.USBaseballAcademy.com, or calltoll-free 866-622-4487.


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great!The Cardinals had another terrific

performance at last SaturdaysMiddleton Sectional. The Cardinalsfinished third at arguably the stateselite sectional.

Madison Memorial won the sec-tional with 421 points, while MadisonWest (353.5), Middleton (327),Verona/Mount Horeb (251) and SunPrairie (195.5) rounded out the topfive.

Middleton had 10 individualentries earn trips to state, as well as allthree relay teams and diver JackZocher.

The sectional went well,Middleton coach Luke Lengfeld said.Every guy on the team had besttimes. Several of our swimmers justmissed state, as well, by one or twospots.

Middletons 200 yard medley relayteam of senior Hans Kunsch, Slattery,

junior Lex Peterson and Haskins wasthird at sectionals and is now seededthird at state.

The Cardinals 200 yard freestylerelay team of senior Cooper Green,senior James Mai, Kunsch andHaskins was third at sectionals(1:29.18) and is seeded eighth at state.

And Middletons 400 yard freestylerelay team of Green, Mai, Petersonand sophomore Jacob Aegerter wasfifth at sectionals (3:18.22) and isseeded 12th at state.

Last year we finished in fourthplace at state and this year the pollshave been putting us at eighth place,Green said But I really believe wehave the swimmers to be a top-fiveteam at state.

Kunsch is seeded third in the 100yard backstroke after placing third atsectionals (53.31). Green is seeded

17th in that same event after takingfifth at sectionals (55.73).

Green is also seeded 10th in the200 yard freestyle (1:46.66) after fin-ishing second at sectionals. Aegerter isseeded 19th in the 200 yard freestyle(1:48.07) after placing seventh at sec-tionals.

My biggest goal this season is toget on the podium at state, Greensaid. As of now I am seeded best inthe 200 free, but in the 100 back-stroke, 200 free relay and 400 freerelay there is a high possibility forimprovement.

Haskins is seeded seventh in the 50yard freestyle (21.96) after placingsecond at sectionals.

Id like to make the top six on thepodium for the 50 and have our relays,especially our medley relays, havevery high finishes, Haskins said.

Peterson is seeded 12th in the 100yard butterfly after finishing fourth atsectionals (53.46).

Slattery was third at sectionals inthe 100 yard breaststroke and is nowseeded 13th at state (1:01.27).

My individual goal at state is todrop about another second in my 100breast, Slattery said. That wouldgive me the Middleton team record,which I have been trying to get sincethe start of this season.

Aegerter is seeded 14th in the 500yard freestyle after finishing fifth atsectionals (4:52.84). Peterson is seed-ed 21st in that same event after plac-ing seventh at sectionals (4:57.42).

We want to see a few team recordsfall, especially the medley relay, 100backstroke, and 100 breaststroke,Slattery said. My teammates andmyself are very close, and with theatmosphere of state, I know well getthem.

SWIMMERS continued from page 9


Hans Kunsch and Middletons boys swimming team have high hopes at Saturdays state meet.


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room afterwards, it wasnt pleasantin practice yesterday and we ques-tioned some things with these guys,Bavery said. I had a couple guyscome to me outside of practice andsay, Hey coach what can I do? This isso important to me.

If youre going to talk about howsomebody responds to a poor per-formance this would be the way youwould certainly draw it up. I could telltheir pride was really hurt, peoplewere really questioning their tough-ness, their heart, all that after ourgame against Verona.

I dont care what age you are orhow long youve been doing things,when that happens, it hurts. Whenyour pride (is hurt) you better take itpersonal and our guys did.

Freshman guard C.J. Fermanichliked the way the Cardinals bouncedback.

It felt really good how we did itbecause of what happened to us atVerona on Thursday and it was prettymuch the reverse outcome of that,

Fermanich said. We played greatdefense at the beginning and every-body was scoring and we were a well-oiled machine on offense.

Sun Prairie played withoutMarquette recruit Nick Noskowiak,who suffered a concussion in its gameagainst Madison Memorial two daysearlier.

Going into the game we knew(Noskowiak) was questionable,Oelerich said. Coach reminded usthat theyre a great team either way.

If hes playing, great, and if hesnot playing, great. If he would havebeen playing, obviously hes a greatplayer and I feel like that might havechanged how they played, but other-

wise it didnt really change how weapproached the game.So dominant was Middleton that

the game was basically over by half-time. Senior Luke Schafer opened thegame with a three-pointer and seniorDerek Rongstad added a layup and

three-pointer before Sun Prairiescored its first basket. Middletonclosed the quarter with a 7-0 run andled 15-2.

Just 48 hours earlier, Middletontrailed Verona, 15-1, late in the firstquarter.

After Sun Prairie closed to within17-6 in the second quarter, Fermanichdrilled a 3-pointer, senior DemondHill scored underneath off a length-of-the-court pass from Rongstad andSchafer nailed another 3-pointer just

before the buzzer as Middleton led 25-6 at halftime.We just came out hungry, said

Rongstad, who paced Middleton witha game-high 16 points.

Defensively, Middleton limitedSun Prairie to 3-for-15 shooting (20percent) in the half and forced 12turnovers.

We were really flying at shots, fly-ing around on defense, Fermanichsaid. Everybody was helping andtalking. We just worked together and itworked out.

Added Rongstad: We wanted tochallenge shots and limit second-shotopportunities. Seven shots and eightshots in a quarter is definitely mini-mizing their attempts and just makingsure not everyone is getting an easy,uncontested shot.

Rongstad, a UW-Milwaukeerecruit, scored six points as Middletonled 38-18 after three quarters and theteam converted 11-of-16 free throws

down the stretch to put the gameaway.

Oelerich pulled down eightrebounds, including seven in the firsthalf, to help Middleton to a 36-22rebounding edge.

I took pride in (rebounding)because, the first game we playedagainst Sun Prairie, (Shane) Waldenand (JT) Ruffin killed us on the offen-sive boards, Oelerich said. DerekRogeberg and I definitely took it as achallenge this coming game that we

need to keep them off the glass and getas many rebounds as possible.Before the game, Bavery gave his

team the green light to press SunPrairie and the strategy worked.

It just energizes us, Bavery said.That was a key to let these guysknow before the game that we believein you, were going to get after them,were going to get into our double-fistpress, and mix in a couple other press-es. We turned them over a coupletimes, but it sped them up and it got usplaying with a lot of energy in thehalf-court as well.

With the victory over Sun Prairie,the Cardinals have now beaten fourconference teams they had previouslylost to the first time around this sea-son. The others are Madison LaFollette, Beloit Memorial andMadison West.

Middleton, which has yet to winthree consecutive games this season,is hoping the victory over Sun Prairie

leads to an extended winning streakand carries over into the postseason.

We wont be able to tell if weveturned that corner until a couple moregames, but I truly believe the energy isthat much higher, said Rongstad.Hopefully, with the playoffs so close,we can turn the corner now.

Added Fermanich: Were going toremember what this one feels like andcarry this one out through the rest of the season.

February 15Middleton 54, Sun Prairie 33Sun Prairie .................. 2 4 12 15 33

Middleton ......... 15 10 13 16 54SUN PRAIRIE Malik Robinson 2-5 1-4 5,

Michael Marchese 0-2 0-0 0, Sam Kerr 0-3 0-0 0,Shane Waldon 3-7 3-5 9, JT Ruffin 4-8 1-3 9,Nate Verstegen 0-0 0-0 0, Nate Oehrlein 1-2 1-13, Holden Buie 2-4 1-1 5, Hill 0-2 0-0 0, NoahDiaz 1-2 0-1 2, Connor Stanek 0-0 0-0 0. Totals13-35 7-15 33.

MIDDLETON Derek Rongstad 5-10 5-616, Luke Schafer 2-6 2-2 8, Derek Rogeberg 1-20-0 2, Max Oelerich 1-4 0-0 2, Chris Little 2-2 2-

3 6, Ian Hokanson 0-1 0-0 0, CJ Fermanich 1-2 0-0 3, Brett Joers 1-1 2-2 4, Demond Hill 3-5 1-2 7,Cole Zillner 1-2 0-0 3, Jordan Smith 0-0 0-0 0,Tyler Ballweg 0-1 1-2 1, Nick Revord 0-0 0-0 0,Andrew Gardner 0-0 2-4 2. Totals 17-36 15-2153.

3-point goals SP 0. M 4 (Schaefer 2,Fermanich, Zillner). Total fouls SP 16, M 19.Fouled out Marchese.


Middletons boys basketball teamreceived the No. 3 seed in its region-al. The Cardinals (11-9 overall, 9-8in the Big Eight) will open the post-season Feb. 28 when they host sixth-seeded Madison La Follette (10-11,7-10) in a regional semifinal.

Madison Memorial (18-3, 16-1),which clinched its 11th straight BigEight Conference title, is the region-als No. 1 seed. Sun Prairie (13-8,11-6) is the No. 2 seed, followed by

Middleton, Madison West (10-10, 8-8), Verona (11-10, 8-9), Madison LaFollette, Oconomowoc (8-12, 5-8 inthe Little Ten), Madison East (6-15,4-13) and Watertown (6-14, 4-9Little Ten).

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