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1963 was a busy year in the UnitedStates. Within the span of 12 months,Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “IHave A Dream” speech, John F.Kennedy was assassinated, Iron Manmade his debut in Marvel Comics, andBeatlemania took off.

It’s also the year Middleton, whichhad already been a community formore than a century, officially becamea city. It happened on Tuesday, April 9at 3 p.m., according to that week’sMiddleton Times-Tribune. City clerkAugust Dahlk and new Mayor A.M.McDermid, D.V.M, looked on as Wis-consin Secretary of State Robert C.Zimmerman signed the documentchanging Middleton from a village toa city.

McDermid had won election asMiddleton’s first mayor one week ear-lier, receiving a minority vote of 680out of 1,636 total votes cast for the of-fice. His nearest opponent, Bruce Ben-nett, earned 565 votes. Leonard Bruceand Ben Denson came in third andfourth, respectively.

McDermid was an incumbent candi-date, of sorts, because he was alreadyMiddleton’s chief executive when itwas a village.

In the same election, all villagetrustees won re-election, and weregiven the new title of aldermen.

There will be events throughout2013 to commemorate the city’s birth-day. The official kickoff is Tuesday,April 9.

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SpRING 2013eLeCTION ReSuLTS

Inside:Local: School: Sports:Did town board membersbreak state law? Page 3

Local student’s perfectACT score. Page 22

Uncertainty curoundsgolf season. 4

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Incumbents wallop challengers

Sitting local candidates defeatedtheir challengers across the boardin Tuesday’s election.

In the Town of Middleton, ChairMilo Breunig, Seat 1 SupervisorTim Roehl and Seat 2 SupervisorBill Kolar all overcame spiritedchallengers and walked away withdecisive victories. None of thechallengers - Greg DiMiceli, Cyn-thia Richson and Troy Alton, re-spectively - crossed the 40 percentthreshold.

In their race for a seat on theMiddleton-Cross Plains AreaSchool Board, incumbent DianeHornung trounced Fred Zietz forthe second time in a row. TeacherDavid Dahmen’s write-in campaignwas little threat to the candidacy ofsitting school board member JimGreer in Area 1.

Town ChairMilo Breunig (I): 66%Greg DiMiceli: 34%

Town Supervisor 1Tim Roehl (I): 62%Cynthia Richson: 38%

Town Supervisor 2Bill Kolar (I): 70%Troy Alton: 30%

Area 1 School Board Jim Greer (I): 93%David Dahmen (write-in): 7%

Area 3 School BoardDiane Hornung (I): 73%Fred Zietz: 27%

Middleton celebrates50 years of city status

Times-Tribune photo

City clerk August Dahlk and new Mayor A.M. McDermid looked on in 1963 as Wisconsin Secretary of StateRobert C. Zimmerman signed the document changing Middleton from a village to a city. This image appeared onthe front page of the Middleton Times-Tribune. There will be a public celebration of the city’s birthday on Tuesdayfrom 5:30-7 p.m. at Fire Station No. 1, 7600 University Ave.

by MATT GeIGeR

Times-Tribune

See BIRTHDAY, page 25

Your city inyour words

The Middleton Senior Center teamedup with the Middleton Times-Tribune tohold an essay contest celebrating thecity’s 50th birthday. In one of the essays,Brian Root tells the tale of how a pet alli-gator, pictured at right, ended up loose inMiddleton. The winning four essay en-tries, including Root’s, are featured onpage 21.

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Two rescued from icy lakeAt 7:53 a.m. Sunday, members of the Middleton Fire Department (MIFD) were dispatched for an ice rescue

response on Lake Mendota. Two ice fisherman that had fallen through the ice on their ATV. The MIFD, MiddletonEMS, Middleton Police Department and the Madison Fire Department’s SCUBA Team were all called to thescene. The MIFD’s new ice rescue boat was deployed and both fisherman were retrieved and brought safely toshore. The patients were examined by the Middleton medics and were released without needing to be transportedto the hospital.

The Middleton Fire Department and Madison Fire Department Ice Rescue Teams were able to rig the sub-merged ATV and safely bring it to shore. Middleton Fire Chief Aaron Harris said the incident serves as an ex-ample of how much ice conditions have deteriorated and how dangerous venturing out onto the lakes can be atthis time of the year.

Oberle suspects fellowboard members brokeopen meetings law

Town of Middleton Board Supervi-sor Richard Oberle alleged that TownChair Milo Breunig and supervisorsBill Kolar and Tim Roehl may have vi-olated state open meetings law by tak-ing out a group advertisement in theMarch 28 Times-Tribune.

Oberle contends that the ad copymay show the three board incumbentsdiscussed town business and “met” toapprove it before it was published withtheir consent.

Oberle said Monday that he hasasked the Wisconsin Towns Associa-tion to look into his allegation.

“The three are collaborating on is-sues not properly noticed,” said Oberle.“That shows me they’re talking to eachother outside of town meetings.”

The more than half-page re-election

ad discusses previous board positionsregarding expansion of the Cardinalsubstation along Highway 14, and elec-tric transmission lines in existence orbeing proposed. It also attempts to re-fute the incumbents’ challengers’ alle-gations about power line andsubstation siting decisions and pay-ments made to municipalities.

Breunig and Roehl were quick todispute Oberle’s allegations.

“It’s no violation…because wenever met together,” said Roehl.

The ad was composed through cam-paign “intermediaries” and the candi-dates signed off on it individuallywithout consulting each other, Roehlsaid.

In a separate phone interview, Bre-unig echoed Roehl’s remarks, saying,“The three of us never met.”

by KevIN MuRpHY

Times-Tribune

See OpeN MeeTINGS, page 8

The City of Middleton invites its cit-izens to a meeting of the Plan Commis-sion on April 9 at 7 p.m. at MiddletonCity Hall, 7426 Hubbard Avenue,where parking and redevelopmentprojects will be discussed.

At 7:05 there will be a DowntownParking Needs Assessment PublicComment Session. The DowntownParking Ramp Study was conducted inresponse to a petition submitted by theDowntown Middleton Business Asso-

ciation requesting that the city build adowntown parking ramp. The city thenhired Walker Parking Consultants, anationally-recognized expert in park-ing studies and the largest parking con-sulting firm in the United States, to

make recommendations regarding theneed for a parking ramp based on acomprehensive analysis of current landuses and parking supply, projected fu-ture land uses and future parkingneeds, and the impact to businesses inthe study area.

The draft study suggested there is noimmediate shortage of parking, butmany space are currently underutilizedon the downtown area.

The purpose of next week’s meetingis to take public comments on the re-sults of the study. Written commentswill also be accepted and presented tothe Plan Commission that evening ifthey are submitted by noon on Tues-day, April 9 to [email protected].

There will also be a public informa-tional meeting on the Downtown Park-ing Needs Assessment at theCommittee of the Whole meeting onTuesday, May 28 at 5:30 p.m.

Also at Tuesday’s Plan Commissionmeeting, commissioners will discussTerrace Avenue and North High PointRoad redevelopment alternatives andpossibly make their recommendationto the Common Council

The meeting will include the thirdpublic informational meeting on theproject, which would realign the Ter-race Avenue and High Point Road in-tersection, realign a portion of HighPoint Road, and reconstruct TerraceAvenue from just west of High PointRoad to just east of Parmenter Street.

The purpose of the meeting is toprovide updated information about theproject.

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Kromrey, new condos move forwardThe Middleton Plan Commission

last week discussed the logistics of newconstruction projects, including aschool project approved by referendumlast year, and condo units in the Mid-dleton Hills neighborhood.

Commission Okays Kromrey Conditional Use Permit

Commissioners considered plans re-garding creating new additions toKromrey Middle School, located at7009 Donna Drive. Comprising ap-proximately 237,000 square feet oftotal new building space, the proposedproject would include a three-story ac-ademic wing for grades 6-8, a two-

story addition for the 5th grade portion,and a new three-court gymnasium forthe school.

Matt Wolfert, of Bray Architects,presented a design for these improve-ments to Kromrey, indicating that histeam is shooting to have students beginmoving into the new space by 2014.

After the presentation, commission-ers raised questions regarding trafficflow and bicycle safety. When askedby Commissioner Derek Hungnesshow the new design “plans to separatebus traffic from cars and pedestrians,”the architects assured members there isenough room on Donna Drive to ac-commodate all forms of transportation.

Wolfert stated, “the toughest part issafe vehicle and bus movement,” butteachers and paraprofessionals willhelp facilitate effective traffic flow.

Commissioner Leif Hubbardbrought up an additional safety issueby inquiring “how this project will fa-cilitate bicycle access.” While Wolfertnoted the architects “still need to workthrough the details,” he maintained thata principle traffic concern of this proj-ect is mixing bike and pedestrian traf-fic.

Hungness acknowledged that the ar-chitects were taking all steps possibleto ensure optimal traffic safety, yet alsoencouraged them to seek “any more in-novative traffic control measures theycan think of.”

Although the commission motionedto grant the project a Conditional UsePermit, the approval was contingentupon the architects’ consideration ofstaff comments on the adoption of a re-vised zoning map, a provision of addi-

tional bicycle parking facilities, andapproval of an exception to the city’sstreet access control policy.

Middleton Hills Condo Plan Gets Green Light

Commissioners also heard fromSteve Schulfer, of Schulfer Architects,regarding the construction of a three-unit condominium at Middleton Hills(3209-3215 Glacier Ridge Rd.). A pre-liminary design for the addition waspresented to the commission a fewmonths ago. At the March 26 meeting,Schulfer Architects sought approval foran updated version of the design inorder to move forward with their build-ing plans.

After assistant city planner MarkOpitz noted that “the building was at-tractive and of high quality,” Commis-

sioner Duane Barmore motioned, withunanimous support, for approval of theSchulfer’s current design review.

Other decisions made by the PlanCommission on March 26 were:

- Approval of the Specific Implemen-tation Plan for Affiliated ConstructionServices, 3119 Deming Way.

- Design Review Approval for Har-tung and Lemon Hangars, 8256 and8260 Airport Rd. (PC 2342b, 2342c)

- Recommendation that Tax Incre-mental Financing (TID 5) be used fora traffic signal warrant analysis atAllen Blvd. and Maywood Ave.

Tuesday at City Hall is the next opportunity toweigh in on city parking, redevelopment plans

by FRANCeSCA MASTRANGeLO

Times-Tribune


Spring tradition thrives in winter weather

Times-Tribune photos by Matt Geiger

Hundreds of local children tookpart in Easter egg hunts Saturday inMiddleton, despite plenty of snow onthe ground. At 10 a.m., families gath-ered at Fireman’s Park for theDowntown Middleton Business As-sociation’s hunt (top photos). Atnoon, Knights of Columbus Council4549 hosted their own egg hunt atLakeview Park (bottom photos).

A Middleton attorney with a historyof taking high-profile cases and a ro-mantic interest in some female clients,has been publically reprimanded by theWisconsin Supreme Court on twocounts of professional misconduct.

The Office of Lawyer Regulation(OLR) began investigating Victor M.Arellano, of Arellano & Phebus, S.C,after four female former clients filedgrievances against him includingclaims of improper sexual relationswith them. One relationship with aclient resulted in Arellano fathering achild, according to the opinion issued.

The OLR filed a complaint with thestate court system in 2011, alleging 14counts of misconduct between 1991and 2007, and sought revocation ofArellano’s license. Arellano contested

the alleged violations and within a year12 allegations were dismissed eitherfor exceeding the statue of limitations,acknowledging they couldn’t beproven, or, a witness recanted or failedto appear for a hearing.

However, the state’s high court con-cluded Arellano, 63, violated attorneyconduct regulations by lying that hedidn’t contact Marilyn Figueroa in2000 seeking to represent her in hersexual harassment lawsuit againstthen-Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist.The OLR also alleged Arellano had asexual relationship with his client,which Arellano strongly disputed.

The Supreme Court agreed with anexaminer’s recommendation that theOLR hadn’t proven Figueroa’s rela-tionship allegation. The finding al-lowed the court to decrease by 75percent the $41,000 cost the OLR re-quested for their investigation of Arel-lano.

Instead, the state’s high court or-dered Arellano to pay $10,240 towardthe investigation’s cost.

The second misconduct violation thestate Supreme Court found involvedArellano giving false and misleadinginformation to the OLR, which was in-vestigating an allegation into the natureof Arellano’s representation of anotherfemale client.

The woman, identified in the opin-ion as N.S.M., hired Arellano in 1996to represent her in a divorce. Theyquickly began a relationship, which in-volved their living together for severalyears, before it ended acrimoniously in2005.

N.S.M. alleged that Arellano de-famed and disparaged her in phonecalls and emails to her family, corre-spondence to her employer and re-ported to the sheriff’s department thatshe had committed forgery in order toharm her in a child custody dispute

from her marriage.Arellano alleged that N.S.M. took a

large sum of money from him. N.S.M.ultimately pleaded no contest to for-gery and issuing a worthless check.

While allegations were later dis-missed, the state Supreme Court foundthat Arellano had been untruthful dur-ing the investigation of N.S.M.’sclaims.

Arellano lists employment, personalinjury and criminal defense law amongthe types of law he has practiced inWisconsin since 1985. He received aprivate reprimand previously from the

court.By deadline Arellano hadn’t re-

turned a reporter’s call for comment onthe reprimand.

Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamsonand Justice Michael Gableman did notparticipate in the decision.


Man gets 21 months for embezzlingA Middleton man who embezzled

$147,000 from his former employerwas sentenced last week in federalcourt to 21 months in prison. He wasalso ordered to repay the company’sloss and is subject to deportation.

Beginning in 2002, Erick Torrez, 36,sold cookware and air and water filtra-tion systems through in-home demon-strations for Madison-based Hy Cite

Corp. Torrez’s position gave him some

oversight responsibilities to reconcileother demonstrators’ sales accounts,said Assistant U.S. Attorney PeterJarosz.

Between April 2006 and July 2009,Torrez diverted $147,224 from Hy Citeto his Park Bank account, according tocourt documents.

Torrez, 2411 Amherst Rd., used anumber of methods to divert companyfunds to his bank account including:initiated wire transfers from Hy Cite’s

accounts to his; deposited checks heasked Hy Cite issue on unearnedsales; made himself payee on stolenmoney orders and created bogus salesdocuments to conceal the theft.

Torrez’s fraud was discovered dur-ing a company audit, said Jarosz.

He pleaded guilty to bank fraud inJanuary.

Born in Bolivia, Torrez came to theU.S. more than 30 years ago and neverbecame a citizen. His three-year-oldson was diagnosed with a rare autisticcondition last year.

Torrez’s attorney, Christopher VanWagner, asked District Judge BarbaraCrabb to sentence his client to one dayin prison and five years on supervisedrelease to allow Torrez to contest hisdeportation to Bolivia and have achance to continue to see his son.

Immigration and Customs Enforce-ment puts a detainer on Torrez if sen-tenced to a year or more in prison, VanWagner wrote the court. After servinghis sentence Torrez will face automaticand permanent deportation to a country

where he has no family or friends.However, Crabb imposed a sentence

within the advisory 21-27 monthguideline range noting that the amountTorrez stole, the length the crime con-tinued and his abuse of a position oftrust warranted more time than VanWagner requested.

If not deported Crabb placed Torrezon five years supervised release, or-dered him to repay Hy Cite $147,224and report to prison on April 29.

Middleton attorney is reprimanded

by KevIN MuRpHY

Times-Tribune

by KevIN MuRpHY

Times-Tribune


Redefined to play library“Redefined,” UW-Madison’s co-ed a capella vocal group, will perform at

the Middleton Public Library on Thursday, April 11 at 7 p.m. The perform-ance will take place in the Archer Room on the library’s lower level. Rede-fined has performed all over the Madison area and the Midwest, and evenappeared on an episode of NBC’s Dateline. For more information about thegroup, visit their website at www.redefinedacappella.com. For more infor-mation or to register for this special performance, email [email protected] call 608-827-7403.

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The ad was based on the board’s re-cent discussion not to incur more legalexpense at this time on the proposedBadger-Coulee power line terminatingat the Cardinal substation, said Bre-unig.

Breunig also said the ad was writtenby the candidates’ respective campaign“helpers” and not the candidates.

“This is not a ‘walking quorum.’I’ve always been very aware of whatthat is, and not just during the electionperiod. We’re not discussing townbusiness,” Breunig said referring toRoehl, Kolar and himself.

Kolar declined to comment.A compliance guide to the state’s

Open Meeting law prepared by the

Wisconsin Attorney General’s office,defines a walking quorum as a series ofgatherings among members of a gov-ernmental body who agree “tacticallyor explicitly, to act uniformly in suffi-cient number to reach a quorum.”

The guide also states the WisconsinSupreme Court also has defined that ameeting occurs whenever members of

a governmental body convene to en-gage in governmental business and thenumber of members present is suffi-cient to determine the body’s course ofaction.

Oberle anticipated the incumbentswould say that others wrote the ad forthem, but he added that it’s hard to be-lieve their claims that they didn’t work

together on it.“I’m sure they’re going to try and

weasel out of it, but the appearance isthey collaborated. Everyone endorsedthe ad they all had to discuss what wasgoing in it,” he said.

Oberle said his next step will dependon what the WTA tells him about theincident.


Helmuth had ‘the DNA of a hero’James Helmuth, the 10-year-old boy

who inspired local first responders toplay in a charity softball game lastyear, lost his battle with cancer onMarch 23. He was surrounded by hisparents, Lisa and Jeff, and his brother,Jack.

Helmuth was honored during thefirst annual “Battle of the Badges”charity softball game in the summer of2012. A statement posted on the MIPDwebsite said Middleton Police, Fireand EMS Departments will continue tohold the softball game each summer tobenefit local charities, such as theBadger Childhood Cancer Network.

Helmuth loved to watch and playbasketball and football and lovedkarate and swimming. He had manyfriends, including a special place in hisheart for Bella, Buddy, and Sparkle -the family dog and two cats.

Services will take place Saturday,April 6 at 11 a.m. at St. Luke’s Church,7337 Hubbard Avenue in Middleton.

Chaplain Sam Thomas, of the Mid-dleton Fire District, said Helmuth was

loved, active, accepted and included. “Children are a part of their imme-

diate family and also the family of thecommunity around them,” Thomassaid. “This community has a responsi-bility to unconditionally welcome, ac-cept, love, and care for James, hisfamily, and children battling throughthese awful situations.”

Thomas went on to say Helmuth andchildren like him are “fighters andsometimes survivors, but always he-roes.” “They look up to us, firemen andpolicemen and they see us as role mod-els,” he stated. “They have it back-wards; we look up to them.”

Thomas said Helmuth’s courageshowed he had “the DNA of a hero.”

The family would like anyone whowants to, but especially children, towear their favorite sports jersey to theservice to honor James’ insatiable loveof sports trivia, teams and player stats.After the service on Saturday, therewill be a light luncheon/sharing time atthe church where there will be videos,pictures, visiting and sharing of stories.Following this, the family inviteseveryone to Elm Lawn Elementary fora game or two of pick-up basketball.

File photo by Matt Geiger

The late James Helmuth, seen here at bat in the first ever Battle of the Badges in 2012.

by MATT GeIGeR

Times-Tribune

OpeN MeeTINGS continued from page 3

Hesselbeinfighting formiddle class

To the editor,

It does not surprise me that DianeHesselbein’s forthright defense ofcollective bargaining rights for publicemployees would provoke howls ofwounded outrage from the likes of BillRichardson, a partisan activist who, asa quick Google search reveals, hasserved as a “media coordinator” for thelocal Republican Party, an outfit notknown for measured or balancedspeech.

Economics 101 teaches us thatspending and income are bound to-gether in our consumer driven econ-omy - your spending is my income,and vice-versa. Unfortunately, since2011 Wisconsin has been the subject ofan ongoing experiment in austerity thatowes more to the enthusiasms of TeaParty ideologues than to soundeconomics.

Act 10 reduced our family’s house-hold income between three and fourhundred dollars a month. We adaptedby spending less. Among other things,we cancelled our longtime familymembership to Harbor Athletic Cluband put off indefinitely the purchase ofa Chevy Cruze from Ballweg Chevro-let, opting to make do with our existinghigh-mileage vehicle. Multiplyingour family’s belt-tightening by severaltens of thousands, Act 10 took morethan $700 million out of localeconomies all over Wisconsin1.

Predictably, Wisconsin’s economyhas slowed. In 2011, Wisconsinlagged behind 37 other states in privatesector job growth2. Last DecemberForbes magazine ranked Wisconsinnear the bottom for business climate,with job growth projected to be secondworst in the US through 20163. Andas Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton

pointed out last January in his state ofthe state address, while Scott Walkerlikes to boast about Wisconsin being“open for business”, its economic per-formance lags far, far behind those ofits neighbors.4

Indeed, when Republican shills as-sert that Scott Walker’s policies are“working”, thoughtful people could beforgiven for asking in the face of suchsuccess what failure might look like.

I applaud Assemblywoman DianneHesselbein’s willingness to state inclear and plain English just how badGovernor Walker and his Republicanmajorities in the Senate, Assembly, andSupreme Court have been for those ofus who are obliged to live on what weearn in our paychecks.

Dianne has earned our support withher tireless dedication to the residentsof her district, her positive approach toproblem solving, and her demonstratedwillingness to fight for middle classAmericans. I am proud to have herrepresent me in the Wisconsin StateAssembly.

Stephen Leo1http://www.wisconsinsfuture.org; 2http://www.jsonline.com;3http://www.forbes.com;4 http://www.minnpost.com.

Boat accessarticle got it wrong

To the editor,

In reply to your article titled “ShouldCity limit boat landing Access?”, itseemed a bit one-sided and mislead-ing. Sources quoted in the article sug-gest that the opposition to the proposedLake Street parking initiative, comesfrom those “wealthy enough toown lakefront property.” However, the

primary two affected properties are as-sessed below the median range andclearly aren’t wealthy nor classified as“lake front property owners” as the ar-ticle alluded to.

Originally I was very sympathetic tothe fishing group, as I own an ATV andpreviously a sailboat. When I first dis-covered the proposed restrictions, Iwas very concerned about my accessfor my own ATV and my need for a 24window to rig my sailboat. However, Ialso was very concerned about thepeace and quiet for a neighbor who’sbedroom is only a few feet from thisroad.

This followed city council meetingswith a large number of fishermen whochallenged the truthfulness of the com-plaints. However, these problems andthe complaints have been substantiatedfrom owners on both sides of the streetever since Middleton expanded thelaunch into a boat slip facility almost20 years ago.

After one of these meetings Ichanged my mind about my need for24-hour access to the ramp. My posi-tion change resulted because I now un-derstood what issues those living onthe street were dealing with.

I’m now willing to give up my rightto 24 hour access so that my neighborswould have more peace and quiet, withless noise and fewer disturbances be-tween midnight and 6 a.m. Aren’t weall entitled to that?

The proposed parking permit re-quirement for overnight parking to ac-commodate both sides was thenproposed. Such an overnight streetparking permit should encourage betterbehavior, with the threat of losing onespermit if one doesn’t honor rules cur-rently in place. Such a permitting sys-tem would allow all fishermen theopportunity to use the landing at anytime, 24 hours a day.

My other concern is that we are oneof the few free launches on the lake andwe’ve become a magnet to those wish-ing to avoid the Madison boat launch-ing fees. This explains why peoplecome here at 3 a.m., when there is a

more appropriate launch only a fewblocks down the street.

It was then suggested that we matchthe Madison fees taking away that in-centive. This launch at Marshall Parkis more sheltered, allowing for saferlaunching. It is also has a better buffer,better parking and with no nearby res-idence to disturb at 3 a.m. However,this matching fee idea was rejected andisn’t being considered.

The current proposal as I understandit does one better as it provides 24 houraccess with a no-charge “free” permitfor overnight parking.

Clearly this isn’t taking away any-one right to launch a boat or park a carovernight. It only does that which pro-motes Middleton’s “good neighbor”slogan. It’s a fair compromise thatshould address the reasonable concernsof both sides.

Sincerely,Tom Yost

Lock-in wasa success

To the editor,

The Lock-In Committee at GlacierCreek Middle School would like tothank the parents, staff, administrationand area businesses for their wonderfulsupport and help with the Lock-In onFriday, March 8.

We had approximately 560 studentsjoining in activities such as basketball,chess, bingo, limbo, ping pong, carni-val games, movies, open gym and awonderful talent show. To end theevening, there was a DJ - dance.

We went through 118 pizzas, 70pounds of apples, 18 pounds of cheesecurds, 48 pounds of grapes, 720 cook-ies, 10 pounds of carrot sticks, 530ounces of Nachos cheese sauce, 18ounces of chips, four cases of popcorn,many, many gallons of ice cream, andendless orange drink!! We had the help

of approximately 175-plus volunteersthat created a fun and safe environmentfor the kids.

We would like to say thank you tothe Lions Club for their monetary con-tribution as well as the many wonder-ful volunteers they sent over to helpthat evening. There were also manybusinesses and families that either do-nated food, gift cards or prizes.

We would like to thank and recog-nize the following donors: Keva, Mid-dleton Sports and Fitness, SimplySwimming, Tyrol Basin, Fleet FeetMadison, Main Street Lanes, Milios,The Chocolate Shoppe, Engelkes In-surance, Top Promotions, Rush Wis-consin Soccer, Starbucks, DairyQueen, Papa Murphy’s, Maurices,Pizza Hut, Z104 FM, World of Variety,Clasen’s Bakery, Target, Walgreens ofCross Plains, Woodmans, Piggly Wig-gly, Cross Plains True Value, TCBY,Orange Leaf, Madtown Twister,Badger Gymnastics, McDonalds ofMiddleton, Arena Cheese, P.F. Changs,Which Wich, The Colbert Family, TheBaggot Family, The Dalik Family, TheFlad Family, The Groth Family, TheKopp Family, The Mills Family, TheBuechner Family, The Byington Fam-ily, The Madoch Family, The ZanderFamily, The Meinholz Family, TheDavid and Jennifer Lewis Family, TheRagsdale Family, The Habhab Family,The Liegel Family, Diane Head, ThePerez Family, The Tuite Family, TheDelaney Family, The Griswold Family,The Hodson Family, The Basel Family,The Judd Family, The Ducke Family,The Dunn Family, The Mitch andShannon Lewis Family, The BiessmanFamily, The Livelli Family.

A special thanks to The State Bankof Cross Plains, Contrail Aviations, andthe Cross Plains Optimist for their verygenerous monetary donations.

The Lock-In was a huge success andwe want to thank you all for your con-tinued support in this event.

Glacier Creek Middle School

2013 Lock-In Committee


OpinionLetters to the Editor

La BelleLiberty

When I traveled to France to house-sit last September, I bought a one wayticket, not sure of the exact date that Iwould be able to fly back. I knew Iwould come home in spring, but whatI hadn’t envisioned was that I’d makethe trip on the water, instead of over it.

My paternal grandparents crossedthe Atlantic as young teens around1890. I was only three years old when,first, Albertina and then Frank Biechlerpassed away.

They died before I grew into myquestions. How did it feel to be in themiddle of the Atlantic? What did theysee and experience in New York and onthe way to Wisconsin? What weretheir thoughts when they saw theStatue of Liberty?

It became my turn to live thosequestions - and the answers.

While the Queen Mary II, witheverything from theater performances

to cooking classes, is a far cry from theships that my ancestors traveled on, thereal draw for me was not the ship’samenities. What was in my mind andheart was the Statue of Liberty. Whatwould it be like to experience a transat-lantic crossing and be welcomed byher?

My mother’s name was LaBelleLiberty. Her maternal ancestors wereFrench, and pre-statue arrivals toAmerica. I have always loved hername and what it stood for, “the beau-tiful woman liberty.”

The statue, given to us by theFrench, was gifted just after the civilwar. The French historian, Édouard deLaboulaye, had the idea of giving astatue that represented liberty, as a giftto the U.S for our nation’s 100th birth-day. Mainly, it was meant to celebrateour government which was radicallydifferent than other nation’s at the time.

In his own country Laboulaye sawthe decline of liberties under the rule ofNapoleon III. Until about 1861,Napoleon III’s regime exhibited au-thoritarian characteristics, using presscensorship to prevent the spread of op-

position, manipulating elections, anddepriving the Parliament of the right tofree debate or any real power.

The American Civil War was a testto what Laboulaye considered our “po-litical experiment.” Because weemerged as one nation with the aboli-tion of slavery, we proved, to him, thatthe “liberty for all” experiment hadtaken root and was worth striving for.America’s two-party system has cre-ated another American, but not-so-civil, war, dividing our country intocamps and distracting us from the realissues of maintaining our constitutionalrights and protecting the civil libertiesfor all that inspired the world. Thenews of our politics does not becomeus and it dims Lady Liberty’s light.

Today, as I write this, I am not justthinking of The Statue of Liberty as anational monument. Rather, I imagineher looking at us, each of us individu-ally. She’s looking right through ourpolitical masks . . . her raised torchboth an example and invitation to shinea light on the ways we think, speak,and act - to evaluate truthfully, how ourOWN behavior either supports or de-tracts from the maintenance of libertyand justice for all.

The statue, like all she embodies, isa complicated structure. It is made ofmany parts that each, in their diverseways, contribute to the strength andbeauty of the whole. The integrity ofher structure needs constant attention

if we are to maintain the beautiful giftand collaborative work that she both isand represents.

Auguste Bartholdi engineered andoversaw the physical work of creatingthe statue that his friend, Laboulaye en-visioned in his mind. Similarly, it is upto each of us to continue creating andmaintaining the integrity of the dreamthat our country’s forefathers imaginedand fought for.“Its realization is sure to be a large

labor.” Auguste’s statement applies asmuch to the building of the statue as tothe maintenance of its physical andsymbolic integrity.

At 6:30 a.m. on May 4, 2012 theQueen Mary 2 pulled into the NewYork Harbor, cutting through a fog sodense, that we couldn’t see the Ver-razanno-Narrows bridge until we werealmost right under it. My daughter, Hi-

lary, and I had been standing at theship’s rail since 4:30 a.m. to see thestatue.

We were very cold, very wet andvery tired. Still we stood there, waitingwith passengers from all over theworld to see this symbol of America -the embodiment of freedom. Our eyesstrained in her direction. All we couldsee was a small patch of light, soshrouded in fog that the statue itselfwas not visible. I felt so disappointed.And yet, it was the perfect metaphor.

After a warm breakfast, my daughterand I returned to the ship’s deck. Thefog had lifted and the Statue of Libertywas there, a distant profile now. Butshe was there, as she had been for mygrandparents, inspiring us all to standfirm, despite the weather, in upholdingcivil liberties and justice for all.

All Mannerof Things

by Deb Biechler


Volunteers are needed for Clean &Green Middleton, Saturday, April 27.Organizers need volunteers who canwork from either 8:45 to 11 a.m. orfrom 10:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Many opportunities are available,

including: directing traffic, sorting bat-teries and small items, helping unloadvehicles, and more. Clean & Green isMiddleton’s largest reuse and recyclingevent.

Send an email to Angie Carey at ac-

[email protected] for additional infor-mation. As an added incentive for vol-unteers, Willy Street Co-Op West hasoffered to provide sandwiches andwraps, salad, and dessert to all volun-teers.

Water once again takes center stageat tonight’s Middleton Green Thursday.The event will begin at 7 p.m. at WillyWest Co-Op.

Ken Bradbury will talk about ongo-ing research on Dane County’s ground-water, including the development of anew groundwater flow model for thecounty, the detection of viruses in somedeep wells, and new insights into the

county’s underground plumbing. Bring questions on how these new

discoveries might impact the Middle-ton water supply, the health of Pheas-ant Branch and Lake Mendota, andmore. Ken received his Ph.D in Geol-ogy from the UW-Madison in 1982,and is a research hydrogeologist/pro-fessor with the Wisconsin Geologicaland Natural History Survey, University

of Wisconsin-Extension. He serves asProgram Leader of water and environ-mental programs for the Survey.

Green Thursdays are sponsored bythe City of Middleton SustainabilityCommittee and Willy West. Free re-freshments are provided.

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

The Middleton High School ChoralProgram and Drama Department arepleased to present “The Music Man,”scheduled for performances May 2, 3and 4 at the Middleton Performing ArtsCenter, 2100 Bristol Street. All showswill begin promptly at 7:30 p.m.

Reserved seating for the show canbe purchased through www.brownpa-pertickets.com, beginning April 1, for$10/Adults and $8/Seniors and Stu-dents. Tickets will also be available atthe door on performance nights begin-ning at 6:45 p.m.

In this popular classic taking placeat the turn of the century, a con man’splot to defraud the citizens of RiverCity, Iowa, is foiled when he falls inlove! Professor Harold Hill arrives intown on a train intending to convinceparents that he can teach their not-so-

musically inclined children to play in-struments and form a band. His plan isto take orders for uniforms and instru-ments, and once the money is in hishands, to skip town and move on to thenext unsuspecting town. What he did-n’t anticipate was meeting MarianParoo, the prim and proper town librar-ian and piano teacher—the only trainedmusician in town. The plot thickenswhen Marian the Librarian seesthrough him, but whose heart begins tosoften when she sees the kindness andencouragement Professor Hill shows toher younger brother who speaks with alisp, and consequently, avoids speak-ing. The rest, shall we say, is history,as this 1957 Broadway hit comes to lifewith singing and dancing to such well-known tunes as “Seventy-Six Trom-bones,” “Gary, Indiana,” “The Wells

Fargo Wagon,” and “’Till There WasYou,” along with the Barbershop Quar-tet favorites “Goodnight Ladies,” and“Lida Rose.”

In 1958, this Broadway spectacularwon five Tony Awards, including BestMusical.

The upcoming production will fea-ture Evan Pohlkamp playing ProfessorHarold Hill, Liza Couser playing Mar-ian the Librarian and approximately 45other high school students. The all-school musical is a joint effort underthe leadership of Mr. Tom Mielke,Choral Program Director, and Ms.Kendra Dando, Drama Department Di-rector.

For more information, please feelfree to contact the ticket informationline at 829-9770.

Photo contributedRoll out the barrels

Saturday’s presentation at Middleton City Hall should come as a wel-come, educational treat after being cooped up all winter. The MiddletonHistorical Society invites the public to come learn about the cooperagetrade in a free presentation in the City Council Chambers at 1 p.m. GaryHess will talk about his grandfather’s venture in barrel making. Thebusiness, which closed in 1966, was the last cooperage factory in Americathat manufactured white oak beer kegs for the breweries.

“Making $ense of Your PersonalBudget” will take place Wednesday,April 10 at 6 p.m. in the MiddletonPublic Library’s Archer Room.

Learn the difference between needsand wants while prioritizing yourmoney. Learn the importance of creat-ing an emergency savings account,how to budget and save as well as

clean up your credit. Budgets are forevery person and are critical to help putyour financial plan into action. Pre-sented by the Wisconsin Women’sBusiness Initiative Corporation.

For more information or to registerfor this program, contact the WWBICdirectly at 257-5450 or register onlineat wwbic.com.

Money sense

Recycling volunteers are sought

Green Thursday focus is water

Music Man comes to PAC in May

Six local athletes from BlackhawkSki Club qualified to participate in theSki Jumping Junior Nationals held in

Minneapolis Feb. 28-March 2.The athletes included three sets of

siblings: Alissa Pollard, freshman atMiddleton High School; Noah Pollard,7th grader at Kromrey Middle School;Tryg Gessner, sophomore at LaFolletteHigh School; Finn Gessner, 8th graderat Sennett Middle School; Joe Hoff-mann, sophomore at James MadisonMemorial; and Elyse Hoffmann, juniorat James Madison Memorial.

In the individual ski jumping cate-gory Alissa placed 5th, Finn 13th, Joe15th, Tryg 26th and Noah 30th in thenation. Elyse opted to not attend JuniorNationals and instead attended a tour-nament in Germany.

Three of Blackhawk’s ski jumpershave represented the United States atthe Olympics, including: Dave Norby1968, Bill Bakke 1968, and Kurt Stein1992 and 1994.

Blackhawk Ski Club is a not-for-

profit organization founded in 1947 bya group of ski jumpers. Blackhawk SkiClub has a 60-acre training facilitybuilt by the generosity of volunteersand the community to teach youngpeople outdoor sports including: crosscountry skiing, alpine skiing, ski jump-ing, biathlon (cross country ski racingand target shooting), Nordic combined(ski jumping and cross country ski rac-ing) and mountain biking. Each wintermore than 400 young people are en-rolled and active in Blackhawk ski pro-grams. Additionally, Blackhawk, hostsan eight-week after school cross coun-try ski program for disadvantagedyouth.

Blackhawk Ski Club is located inthe Town of Middleton.

More info about ski jumping can befound at www.blackhawkskiclub.organd www.skijumpingusa.com.


Monday, March 2510:00 a.m. – Fraud, 5700 block of

Highland Way.11:39 a.m. – Burglary occurred,

2600 block of Branch St.1:20 p.m. – Property damage, 1900

block of Branch St.11:26 p.m. – Domestic disturbance,

1900 block of Branch St

Tuesday, March 2611:49 a.m. – Property damage, 6900

block of Harmony Way.1:52 p.m. – Burglary occurred, 3500

block of Salerno Ct.

Wednesday, March 271:54 a.m. – Fight, 1900 block of

Branch St.3:33 p.m. – Fraud, 6800 block of

Erdman Blvd.3:52 p.m. – Fraud, 3000 block of

Waconia Ln.

Thursday, March 2810:03 p.m. – Assist Madison Police,

2000 block of Allen Blvd.11:40 p.m. – Domestic disturbance,

5900 block of Century Ave.

Friday, March 297:58 a.m. – Property damage, 5200

block of County Highway Q.8:50 a.m. – Domestic disturbance,

3500 block of Roma Ln.2:56 p.m. – Theft, 6800 block of

Century Ave.

Saturday, March 301:11 a.m. – Fight, 1900 block of Au-

rora St.10:19 a.m. – Property damage, 7500

block of E Hampstead Ct.10:56 a.m. – Domestic disturbance,

7300 block of Mockingbird Ln.3:51 p.m. – Fraud, 6600 block of

Boulder Ln.

Sunday, March 312:46 pm. –Theft bike, 3200 block of

Creek View Dr.5:15 p.m. – Theft from auto, 7400

block of University Ave.8:47 p.m. – Domestic disturbances.

Monday, April 14:19 a.m. – Burglary occurred, 8600

block of Greenway Blvd.

Photo contributedKiwanis gives to RelayThe Middleton Kiwanis Club recently donated $500 to the Middleton High School Relay for Life. The Mid-

dleton High School Key Club is organizing the Relay on April 20 and 21 from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. at BreitenbachStadium. For additional information, go to relayforlife.org/middletonhs.

Six Blackhawk skiers went to Junior Nationals

Police Beat

CHURCH NOTES

Photo contributed

The local athletes who took part in Junior Nationals.


Satellite Beach, Florida-Dean Zent-ner, 70, passed away on March 27,2013, after a long illness.

Dean earned a BS Degree in AppliedMath & Engineering Physics, and aMasters Degree in Computer Science,at the University of Wisconsin. Heworked on the Apollo Space Programand many other Defense projects. Hewas a member of Mensa.

He is survived by his wife of 47years, Sally; his son David; daughterTheresa; granddaughter Skylar, and 4brothers and sisters.

A memorial service will be held atAscension Lutheran Church, IndianHarbour Beach, Florida, on April 13,2013, at 11 a.m.

Anyone wishing to share a memory,send the family a message or place amemorial donation is asked to pleasevisit Dean’s guestbook at www.beach-funeralhome.com.

Dean Zentner

In February, Don and Veronica Harrop Celebrated 74 years of marriage. They are truly two terrific people whoenjoy spending time with family, enjoy life and each other. They still both play a great game of euchre.

ANNIVERSARY OBITUARY

Don and Veronica Harrop

The No. 1 goal is pretty simple.And if it happens, the rest will like-

ly take care of themselves.“Score, score and score some

more,” Middleton’s girls soccer coachMary Duffy said.

The Cardinals begin their seasonApril 11 at Beloit Memorial. AndMiddleton’s top focus will be devel-oping a more consistent offense than ithad a year ago.

Middleton went 11-9-4 last seasonand reached the sectional finals beforefalling to Madison West. Just thinkwhat those Cardinals could have donewith a dependable offense.

Middleton averaged 2.0 goals pergame. But the Cardinals were shutouton eight occasions and had one goal ineight more games.

So in 16 of the Cardinals’ 24 games(66.7%) they had one goal or fewer.

Middleton, which finished secondto Verona in the Big Eight Conference

last year, took some hits in graduation.But the Cardinals return a solid nucle-us and should contend again for theleague’s top spot.

Middleton has the good fortune ofbringing back goalie Meghan Ledin. AUniversity of Wisconsin recruit, Ledinwas a second-team all-Big Eight picklast year and seems poised for a bigsenior season.

“Ledin will be a big difference inour competitive games and a calmingand controlling factor in not so com-petitive games,” Duffy said. “I havealways said that as long as you have acompetitive goalie, anything will bepossible during the season.

“Ledin has found her voice thisyear. From her first season as a fresh-man, shy and quiet, she has reallycome into her own. She knows whatshe wants, knows how to get it andcan communicate that with thegirls. She will not only keep us com-petitive in games, but in practice.

“She is a player that demands110% at all times without alienatingthe girls. She can motivate the girls tothe next level, which is where herhead is.”


Searching for some answers

Tom Cabalka was flying across theMidwest Sunday afternoon.

And as Middleton’s boys golfcoach saw snow from his airplanewindow, he had one thought.

“What is that stuff?” said Cabalka,who had spent the previous threemonths in Arizona. “I knew what Iwas coming back to, but I was alsohoping I didn’t see that down there.”

Fat chance.Golfers everywhere are getting a

painfully late start this spring. And forMiddleton, that’s doubly bothersome.

Not only are the Cardinalsextremely anxious to get rolling.Middleton also has 60% of its lineupto replace and was hoping for a properamount of time to figure things out.

The Cardinals’ first match of theyear is scheduled for Monday. But theodds of that happening are similar tocashing in that Powerball ticket you’reholding.

“It’s not great timing,” Cabalkasaid of the rotten spring. “We’ve gotmore questions than we ever had.”

At Middleton, though, there arealways answers. It just might takeCabalka & Co. a little longer to findthem this spring.

The Cardinals do have two terrificstarting points in senior Mike Wiebeand junior Josh Haunty.

Middleton golfersbattling weatherand uncertaintyby ROB ReISCHeL

Times-Tribune

See GOLFeRS, page 16

Game on!Girls soccer teamhoping for big yearby ROB ReISCHeL

Times-Tribune

See SOCCeR, page 18

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Mike Wiebe, a first-team all-Big Eight Conference player last season, figures to be Middleton’s top golfer this spring.

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Meghan Ledin, a University of Wisconsin recruit, hopes to lead Middleton’s girls soccer team to big things thisspring.

Follow RobReischel onTwitter at@robreischel

There are still some questionmarks.

A few balls in the air (pardon thepun).

But when things settle, this muchis certain: Middleton should haveone of the state’s top boys tennisteams again.

The Cardinals are scheduled toopen the season Tuesday at BeloitMemorial. And Middleton will haveits third coach in as many years, asDeke Bradley takes over the pro-gram.

But despite the repeated turnover,the Cardinals should again be aforce.

“I’ve yet to discuss our teamsgoals with the kids,” said Bradley,who also coaches Middleton’s girlsteam. “But if it were only up to me, Iwould say win our conference andqualify for team state would definite-ly be goals on the list.”

Those certainly seem realistic.Middleton has won its sectional

and reached the state tournamentfour straight years and five of the lastsix. The Cardinals have also won theBig Eight Conference four consecu-tive seasons and seven of the lasteight.

With seven varsity players backfrom last year’s conference champsand state qualifying team, it shouldbe much of the same in Middleton.

“Experience is always a positivething for a team,” Bradley said. “Itmeans the kids have been throughlots of different situations and arecapable of handling those situations.

“It’s also great from a team chem-istry standpoint. The kids will knoweach other well and hopefully all getalong well once the season gets start-ed. As a new coach, it’s helpful tohave so many returning players thatalready know what to expect from afull varsity season.”

Bradley led Middleton’s girlsteam to the state tournament last fall.And when Bubba Schultz’s crazyschedule prevented him from return-ing as the boys coach, Bradley pur-sued that job, as well.

The lousy weather and last week’sspring break has prevented Bradleyfrom getting a good look at everyoneon the roster. But there are some def-inite constants.

Juniors Ben Luskin and Joey

Niesen, along with senior TylerMarkel all played singles last yearand figure to once again anchor thatgroup.

Luskin played No. 2 singles lastseason and went 19-7. Niesen playedat No. 3 and Markel was No. 4 —and both went unbeaten in confer-ence play.

“The No. 1 singles position willmost likely be a battle between BenLuskin and Joey Niesen,” Bradleysaid. “I know both have played lotsof tennis throughout the winter andeven played with and against eachother many times. I know both kidswill be great wherever they end up,but it is still something that needs tobe determined.

“The rest of the singles lineup


Looking to make a racketMHS’ boys tennisteam aims to be astate power againby ROB ReISCHeL

Times-Tribune

See TeNNIS, page 19

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Middleton junior Ben Luskin and the Cardinals have high hopes this spring.


Wiebe was a first-team all-BigEight Conference selection last year.Wiebe finished third at the Big EightConference meet, shot 73 during aconference triangular, and was 10thindividually at the star-studded SVAChampionships at Bristlecone Pinesand 10th at the Morgan Stanley SmithBarney Shootout.

“He’s a true gym rat of the golfcourse,” Cabalka said of Wiebe.“He’ll be knocking on the door, wait-ing for the gates to open. He reallyloves the game and works very hard atthe game. With his work ethic, he cantake it to the next level. I’m excited tohave Mike back.”

Cabalka is just as excited to seeHaunty, who broke into the lineupmidway through last season and wasone of the Cardinals’ most consistentperformers down the stretch. Hauntyfollowed that up by winning theMiddleton City championship lastsummer.

“Josh really came along last yearand became very consistent,” Cabalkasaid. “He’s a kid that’s very conscien-tious and serious about golf. It’s not afluke why he became more consistentas the season went along. I think wehave two terrific starting points.”

From there, the challenge becomesfilling in the blanks And Cabalkaknows that could be a work inprogress.

Juniors Jared Baltes and JackHagstrom were high-end JV playersthat could crack the varsity lineup.Juniors Charlie Stankiewicz and Jack

Mayers, along with seniors TylerEndres and Drew Docter will all get alook, too.

Freshmen Brady Thomas andEmmett Herb lead a gifted class andcould both help immediately.

“There’s probably, hopefully somesurprises,” said Cabalka, who guidedMiddleton to the state title in 2011. “Icould have some kids show up thatweren’t in the game plan, but havebeen out there the past three months atVitense.”

That’s often been the case atMiddleton.

The Cardinals’ program is deep andtalented. And even in apparentrebuilding years, Middleton simplyreloads.

“Based on our history and knowingwe always find kids that have that fireand desire to be a Middleton golfer,I’m optimistic,” Cabalka said.

Last year’s Cardinals were one ofthe state’s elite outfits, but were vic-timized by geography. Middleton wonits fourth straight Big EightConference title and captured theMadison West Regional.

But Middleton finished in a tie forsecond at the Onalaska Sectional, thenlost a playoff to the host Hilltoppers.That sectional included six of thestate’s top 10 teams.

Holmen, which won the sectional,went on to finish second at state, whileOnalaska was fourth.

Middleton will face an equallydaunting road this year.

Madison Memorial and Verona will

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be prime competitors for the Big Eighttitle. Both of those schools, along withHolmen and Onalaska, then figure tobe formidable foes on the way to state.

But betting against Middleton isborderline foolish.

The Cardinals have won four statechampionships since 1997 and havemissed the state tournament just fourtimes in that stretch.

While weather and new faces havecreated some uncertainty, Cabalka is

sure of one thing.“We’ll be competitive and in the

mix,” he said. “We’ve always gotgreat kids here. I don’t expect any-thing different.”

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M i d d l e t o njunior JoshHaunty and theCardinals arehoping to getout on thecourse soon.

Middleton’s boys track and fieldteam finished 13th among 21 teams atSaturday’s Madison West Relays.

Stevens Point won the event with64 points, while Arrowhead (61),Mukwonago (56), Kimberly (51) andOconomowoc (47) rounded out thetop five. Middleton finished with21.50 points.

The Cardinals were missing someathletes due to spring break, and coachIsaac Mezera admitted that hurt histeam.

“The competition at this meet isextremely strong,” Mezera said. “Sojust finishing in the top half is a goodthing.”

Middleton senior Steven Harriswas third in the 1,600 meter run(4:33.53), while Mike Hoot was sixth

in the 800 meter run (2:05.03).“Steven ran only his second 1,600

of his track career,” Mezera said. “Hebasically took a ride with the pack forseven laps and kicked on the last one.

“Mike Hoot ran a strong 800despite being in no man's land. He wasdisciplined to our race strategy and itpaid off in points for the team.”

Middleton junior Ernest Winterswas seventh in the 55 meter dash(6.75) and sophomore Nnamdi Okoliwas eighth (24.26) in the 200 meterdash.

“It has been a long time since we'vehad a guy in the finals of the 55,”Mezera said. “Ernest showed greatimprovement in his starts from lastseason.

“Nnamdi Okoli showed his talentby sneaking an eighth place in the200. I know that's a race he wants toexcel in this season. He's only a soph-omore, so that's good for the team inthe years to come.”

Middleton’s 1,600 meter relayteam of Winters, Travis Zander, R.J.Pertzborn and Harris was third(3:32.90).

“Our 4x400 excelled at the meet,”Mezera said. “It was the first time that

Steven and Ernest teamed up for arelay and it ended well. This 4x4 cango places this season.”

Middleton’s 800 meter relay teamof Jake Cain, James Moreland, NoahKern and Noah Boehnen was seventhin 1:37.07

“We have a deep team that can usea variety of guys and still get results,”Mezera said.

And Middleton’s 3,200-meter relayteam of Alex Meixelsperger, JacksonRock, Perrin Hagge, and ZachShoemaker-Allen finished seventh in8:38.41.

“Our 4x800 proved that we don'tneed to just use the state guys fromlast year in order to finish well,”Mezera said.


Boys track team 13th at Madison West Relays

by ROB ReISCHeL

Times-Tribune

Sports briefsBluebirds to hold spring skills camp

The Middleton Bluebirds basketball program will hold a skills camp onfour consecutive Sundays starting April 14 for children in first througheighth grade.

There will be four separate sessions for grades 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 and 7-8.The cost is $25.

For more information or to get a form, please contact program directorPerry Hibner at 828-9891 or [email protected].

ShorthandedCardinals givesolid showing


Middleton also returns junior for-ward Brenna Shea, senior midfielderRyleigh Wolff and senior defendersBridget Arnold and Carly Kirkpatrick.All four were named honorable-men-tion all-conference last season.

“They all have worked hard in theoffseason,” Duffy said of the quartet.“For the seniors, Wolff, Arnold andKirkpatrick, I am excited to see theirleadership on and off the field.

“Shea will be a great workhorse,hunting down balls for goals andpushing players to be their best whenthey put on their cleats.”

Duffy admits the rest of the lineupis a work in progress. But there are alot of parts to choose from.

Sophomore Megan Sullivan willhave a larger role in the midfield.Juniors Leia Peterman and Ellen Jessewill attempt to give the offense aboost.

Senior Shannon McCauley, a first-year player, has impressed early. Andjunior Caroline Keenan will have a bigrole in the midfield.

After that, 11 newcomers will hopeto make a difference.

“This is one of the first seasonswhere anything can happen,” Duffysaid. “I am excited to see who willstep up and take control.

“Every year, we always have a cou-ple of stars to carry us through, play-

ers that can play competitively at aDivision 1 top school. However, thisyear is a bit different.

“We still have players that can andwill play D1 college ball. However,they had taken a back seat to others inthe past few years, so I am hopingthey step up and take control of howthey would like to shape this team thisyear.

“Some might deem that uncertaintyas a weakness, but it will be ourstrength. Every girl wants to maketheir spot not only on this team, but onthe field. It will be a competitive yearagainst other teams, but also withinour own team. We have some talentednewbies that want playing time andthat will make our practices competi-tive.”

Duffy believes Madison West,which reached the state tournamentlast year, will be a force in the league.Madison Memorial also returns a deepand gifted team.

But Duffy doesn’t think her squadwill take a backseat to anyone in theleague.

“Many teams in our own confer-ence will be tough challenges,” shesaid. “However we expect to be rightthere in the hunt for a Big EightConference title.

“A title would be a great accom-plishment, but we want to peak

towards the end of the season so thatwe can go to state.”

Middleton hasn’t been to statesince its run of three straight appear-ances from 2005-’07. And while that’salways the goal, Duffy has some otherobjectives, as well.

“More importantly, play to ourpotential,” she said. “That gives us thebest opportunity to go to state.

“This year will be about taking theopportunities presented to the girls.My hope is that every girl takes everyopportunity given to them and thoseopportunities they need to take forthemselves and turns it into gold.”

MIDDLETON GIRLSSOCCER ROSTER

Seniors: Meghan Ledin, CassidiGoll, Joclyn Tiedt, Carly Kirkpatrick,Shannon McCauley, Ryleigh Wolff,Bridget Arnold.

Juniors: Liz McMahon, LeahCarey, Alexa Jaume, SamanthaAndryk, Caroline Keenan, KaitlynWolfinger, Ellen Jesse, Brenna Shea,Kimberly Worden, Brianna Murphy,Liz Ihrig, Leia Peterman.

Sophomores: Macey Kalscheur,Lia Passini, Megan Sullivan, MaddySchachte, Emily Krueger.

Freshman: Grace Douglas.

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Middleton Ryleigh Wolff was named honorable-mention all-Big EightConference last season.


looks pretty solid. There are acouple returning players, as well as acouple freshmen, that could end upfilling those spots. Either way, it willbe a strength for us.”

The doubles teams should also bea strength.

Seniors Griff Pyle and DylanEstey, who played No. 2 last year,are back. That duo went 7-2 in theBig Eight Conference last season.

Juniors Evan Stone and AndyWebber, who played No. 3 last year,are also back.

“We have lots of returning dou-bles players, but we’ve yet to deter-mine exactly what the doubles teamswill be,” Bradley said. “I’ve onlyseen a couple of the kids play thusfar, and the kids I’ve talked to seemto think we’ll have more that enoughcapable players to fill all those spots.It’s just a matter of determining theexact teams.”

Bradley also mentioned freshmenBrian Bellissimo and Dan Jin asplayers that could crack the lineupand contribute immediately.

“Both are very technically solidand you can see that they’ve investedmany hours of practice in the offsea-son. I think making varsity is thegoal for both of them.”

Middleton will have plenty ofgoals itself, none bigger than a returnto the state tournament. And basedon recent history, it wouldn’t be wiseto bet against the Cardinals.

“That’s a streak that the kids arevery proud of,” Bradley said.“They’re willing to do what it takesto keep that streak alive and I am too.We’ll be practicing hard and playinga tough schedule during the regularseason to get ready for subsectionalsand sectionals.”

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Griff Pyle will be one of the key returnees for Middleton’s boys tennis team this spring.

Editor’s Note: The following is anexcerpt from “The Ultimate SuperBowl Book” written by Bob McGinnof the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Anyone interested in a signedcopy can contact McGinn [email protected].

Super Bowl XLVGreen Bay Packers 31,Pittsburgh Steelers 25February 6, 2011Cowboys Stadium, Arlington,Texas

Standing against Aaron Rodgers inSuper Bowl XLV were the PittsburghSteelers, the NFL’s best all-arounddefense in 2010. For two weeks, Hallof Fame defensive coordinator DickLeBeau and his superb staff of assis-tant coaches plotted ways to confuseand unnerve Rodgers, who hadentered his third season as BrettFavre’s successor for the Green BayPackers without a playoff victory onhis resume.

In winning eight of their previousnine games, the Steelers’ patented 3-4 defense had limited opposing quar-terbacks to a combined passer ratingof just 60.9. It didn’t take long forPackers coach Mike McCarthy toconclude that Rodgers would need tobe better than that. Realizing thatrunning extensively againstPittsburgh’s base personnel would bedifficult, McCarthy insisted that theoffense would live and die withRodgers and the passing game. “Wewere going to put the ball in Aaron’shands and put it on his shoulders,”McCarthy said. “We knew he wouldproduce.”

When historians reflect on the45th Super Bowl, they will rememberthe ice storm that froze Dallas and thestructural snafus at Cowboys

Stadium that left hundreds of seat-less fans furious. When it came to thegame itself, the performance ofRodgers in the Packers’ 31–25 victo-ry should only grow in luster.

“Aaron did some great things inthis game as far as winning one-on-one battles with his eyes,” McCarthysaid several months later. “And hehad some drops. It may have been theall-time greatest quarterback per-formance in the history of the SuperBowl. I’m just telling you, as a quar-terback guy, he played extremelywell.”

Rodgers posted a rating of 111.5,passing for 304 yards and threetouchdowns in the MVP effort. Thefive passes that his wide receivers

dropped had a combined total of 87yards at the drop point. Given the factthat Jordy Nelson dropped whatprobably would have been a 51-yardtouchdown in the first quarter, JamesJones dropped what probably wouldhave been a 75-yard touchdown inthe third quarter, and Nelson droppedwhat might have been a 40-yard TDin the fourth quarter, Rodgers’yardage total would have shatteredthe Super Bowl record of 414 set byKurt Warner.

“Rodgers was outstanding,” saidKevin Colbert, the Steelers’ directorof football operations. “He had threepin-point passes where our coveragewas pretty good, and he put it whereit needed to be. He made specialthrows. When you make specialthrows in a special game, and youwin the Super Bowl, you cement yourplace as an elite quarterback, whichwe felt he was.”

LeBeau rushed five or more on 59

percent of Rodgers’ dropbacks, andRodgers was knocked down 11 times,including three sacks. But Rodgersrefused to buckle, secured the ballwhen under siege, and never evencame close to throwing an intercep-tion.

The Packers went down as one ofthe most richly deserving champi-onship teams of the Super Bowl era.After an injury-free training camp,the youthful Packers were a popularpick to win it all. Then the regularseason started, and good playersbegan to go down. Running backRyan Grant in Week 1. LinebackerNick Barnett, safety Morgan Burnett,and tackle Mark Tauscher in Week 4.Tight end Jermichael Finley anddefensive end Mike Neal in Week 5.All were lost for the year.

In the Super Bowl, the Packerslost wide receiver Donald Driverearly in the second quarter with anankle injury and all-pro cornerbackCharles Woodson late in the secondquarter with a broken collarbone,leaving them without 8 of their 22preferred starters. One play beforeWoodson’s departure, rookie nickelback Sam Shields suffered a shoulderseparation. “That’s the way it was thewhole year,” defensive coordinatorDom Capers said. “Nobody usedinjuries as an excuse. Guys wentdown, we put in guys and expectedthem to make plays.”

The Packers were 8–6 before theymassacred the New York Giants inthe finest game played by aMcCarthy-coached team and thenheld off Chicago in Week 17. The10–6 finish enabled Green Bay toedge Tampa Bay and the Giantsbased on the fourth tiebreaker,strength of victory, and qualify forthe playoffs as the No. 6 seed.Ultimately, the Packers joined theSteelers of 2005 as the only titleteams to win three straight roadgames in the playoffs.

“They were on a roll very similarto what we were in Super Bowl 40coming in as a wild card,” Steelersoffensive coordinator Bruce Arianssaid. “They had a rash of injuries likewe had, but both those teams had aresolve to get there and beat goodteams along the way. I thought theguys might have been a little tooamped up for this one.”

At the Steelers’ subdued post-

game dinner, clusters of players triedto make sense of a subpar showingwhen a third Super Bowl victory insix years would have warranted thelabel “second dynasty” in Pittsburgh.Nothing was more costly than their3–0 deficit in turnover differential.

At the Packers’ team meeting thenight before the Super Bowl,McCarthy stunned some of his play-ers by having representatives on handto take their ring sizes. It wasn’t anact of braggadocio since the playerswould be receiving NFC champi-onship rings even if they were to losethe next day, although rookie line-backer Frank Zombo referred to thegambit as “a little awkward andweird, actually.” Safety CharlesWoodson labeled it as a “vote of con-fidence” by McCarthy.

Camaraderie, of course, only goesso far. Given their onslaught ofinjuries, the worst to hit the Packerssince 1979, the championshipbecame the ultimate triumph forMcCarthy and general manager TedThompson. Then there was AaronRodgers. In his superlative, turnover-free performance against a formida-ble defense, only 2 or 3 of his 15incomplete passes could be attributedto mis-reads or mis-throws. Rodgerscompleted his third season as a starterranked No. 1 all-time in post-seasonpasser rating (112.6) and regular-sea-son passer rating (98.4). Rodgers hadstepped from under the shadow ofBrett Favre forever.

Just two other Super Bowl cham-pions had lost as many games as thePackers. Those six defeats, however,were by a total of 20 points.Furthermore, the Packers nevertrailed by more than seven points inany of their 20 games.

“To say we lost six games, that’sfine,” said McCarthy, the son of aPittsburgh firefighter and tavernowner. “We had a lot of transition andchallenge. We played good footballfrom start to finish. I kept tellingthem to believe that our performancewas as good as anybody in theleague.

“I think it’s premature to evenanswer if we were a great team. Ithink we had a great year. In 2010,we achieved greatness, and we were aspecial team.”


Packers’ win was the Ultimate

Each arduous step became ever soslightly harder than the last. All I couldhear was the crunch of the snow be-neath my feet, and the deafening windrushing by my head. About to start mysmall trek up the snow-covered hill, Ispotted a sign to my left. The sign itselfwas unreadable, covered with snowand dented from previous vandalisms;however, I knew as well as the localneighborhood kids what the sign readunderneath: “NO SLEDDING DOWNTHIS HILL.”

The thought brought a smile to myface, not out of mischievousness, but

more so out of a pride in my freedomto be able to do as I please. After theshort, yet painstaking climb with mysled, I reached the top. Setting downthe sled, I readied to speed down thehill before something caught my eye.A man was walking his dog a fewstreets down. Suddenly, I realized thatI could see at least a mile out from thetop of this hill. I had never seen myneighborhood from this view; hence Ipaused to take in everything. Thebuildings, roads, cars, and houses: theyall fit together to create one large intri-cate clockwork while the air carriedwhiffs of burning pine and hot choco-late from nearby homes.

That’s the first moment it occurredto me: we’re just one whole human

community here. It’s here that peoplewalk their dogs, or drive to work, orgenuinely say hello to one anotherwhile out running a minute errand. Itwas quite wondrous how so many peo-ple could come and live together in rel-ative harmony. For the first time, Iwasn’t looking at a city. I was lookingat an entirely different being, a beingmade up of cars, buildings, and hu-mans.

Looking down at my snowy, mitten-covered hands, I acknowledged I toowas a part of this community. I smiledas I gazed out, beaming with pride inthe community that I could call myvery own. I had been raised here sinceI was born, and could remember all ofthe vivid memories I shared with this

town, whether eating fattening funnelcakes at the Good Neighbor Fest, ex-ploring a slightly-worn path deepwithin the Pheasant Branch Conser-vancy, or spending hot summer days atthe Middleton Outdoor Pool. I thoughtof sitting down and sharing cheesecurds with my family at the local Cul-ver’s. I remembered playing tennisagainst my father at Lakeview Parkeven though we both knew I was prob-ably going to win.

But the most important memory Iheld was sitting on the rocks at theedge of the water at Lake Mendotawith my grandfather. He never spokevery much English, and we didn’tspeak much sitting on those rocks. Wewould stare out over the water and per-

haps throw in sticks and stones to bet-ter judge its grandeur. While we didn’tnecessarily say much to each other dur-ing those moments, they will stay withme forever. One day I’ll go back to thatspot and throw a few more sticks andstones into the water, except this timeeverything will seem slightly smallerbecause I’ve grown so much bigger.

The falling snow bit my face andbrought me back to reality. Lookingdown the hill, I hunched down on mysled. I saw the sign once more. A widegrin came across my face as I sarcasti-cally thought to myself, “Oh, what ashame. It appears I can’t read that sign.Oh well, I’m sure it doesn’t say any-thing important.”


Special Feature:City Birthday Essays

Alligator in Pheasant Branch CreekMiddleton has been named one of

Money magazine’s “Best Places toLive.” You’ll get no argument fromthose of us lucky enough to grow uphere in the 1950s and ‘60s. The settingfor many of our idyllic memories is aplace called “the creek.” (Today it isknown as the Pheasant Branch Conser-vancy. Back then, it was simply “thecreek.”)

To an outsider, it was a mundanepatch of woods. To us, it was as exoticas the Amazon, teeming with raccoons,snakes, lizards, turtles, and, in the sum-mer of 1969, an alligator.

In the 1950s it wasn’t illegal to ownan alligator; and, of course, it wouldnever have occurred to us to ask. So,when my brothers and I brought threeof them home, it attracted only passinginterest in our Sak’s Woods neighbor-hood. We bought the foot-long reptilesat the pet store on Elmwood Avenue,

and promptly named them Winston,Marlboro and Sir Walter; such was theimpact of big-tobacco advertising onthe minds of pre-teen boys with limitedimaginations.

Life in Sak’s Woods was good foralligators and boys, and we all thrived.By the summer of 1969, the alligatorswere almost six feet long and had nastydispositions. By contrast, my brothersand I never reached six feet, but bymost accounts we were less anti-socialthan the alligators.

Young boys inevitably grow up andleave home, and so it is with alligators.In July of 1969, Marlboro went miss-ing. He apparently scaled a four-footfence, and when last seen he was slip-ping effortlessly into nearby PheasantBranch Creek.

Which empties into Lake Mendota.Impromptu search parties of neigh-

borhood kids sprang up, all with strictinstructions to not attempt capture. In-deed, Marlboro was spotted numeroustimes and the legend of an alligator pa-trolling the banks of Pheasant Branch

Creek was born. But, inevitably, thereported sightings dwindled, and even-tually stopped altogether. It was com-monly assumed that Marlboro had metan untimely end, and the creek wasonce more safe for human recreation.That’s when we received the phonecall.

The most opaque portion of this ad-mittedly improbable tale are the events

surrounding the phone call. The truthcan be an elusive phantom. What fol-lows is the most plausible version.

A woman was sunbathing on herMiddleton Beach Road pier. As she layface down, looking between the planksof the pier, a North American alligatorglided directly beneath her. Her firstreaction was to call my father, Al Root,who was well known to harbor danger-

ous reptiles. He arrived moments later,wearing only his horned-rimmedglasses and baggy swim trunks. Withthe panache of a circus performer, Aldove into Lake Mendota.

In an unlikely sequence of events, Almanaged to catch the alligator andwrestle it to the spectator-lined shoreof Marshal Park Lagoon. The eventwas reported on by Madison radio sta-tions.

An alligator on the loose in PheasantBranch Creek was unnerving to some,and the disturbance to Middleton’s col-lective psyche led to one unalterableconclusion: the alligators had to go.On an August day in 1969, a Dodgestation wagon headed north on High-way 12. In the back were three alliga-tors, bound for a new home at ChuckNadle’s Reptile Farm in the BarabooHills. Eventually, the alligators wererelocated to an alligator farm inFlorida. The general consensus wasthat Florida was a more appropriatehome for the reptiles than the PheasantBranch Creek. Perhaps.

by BRIAN ROOT

Essay Contest Winner

by IvRAJ SeeRHA


We asked Middletonians to tell us their stories about the Good Neighbor City. Here are the winning essays:

Thoughts on a Middleton snow day

Photo contributed

Pictured above is Al Root, a Middletonian and part time gator wrangler.

A little episode, and a tip of the hatAs a 40-year resident of the Town of

Middleton, I am often in the City ofMiddleton or passing through it. I’msure a lot of newcomers are not aware

of many changes that have occurred asthe city has grown.

For one thing, there is a lot moretraffic in a growing and bustling com-munity, especially along the UniversityAvenue corridor.

I’m remembering the past, whenParmenter Street at University Avenue

was a four way stop sign intersection.Traffic lights now control that spot.

One day I was driving on Parmenter,coming to the stop sign on the corner.Across the way, a Middleton Police caralso came to a stop, facing me. I hadthe right of way and was about to pull

forward, but a car coming on Univer-sity Avenue did not seem to be slowingdown. I hesitated, then watched thatcar zoom through the intersection. IfI had pulled out, I would have beenhit.

The police officer saw everything.

He tipped his hat to me, then turned onhis siren and took out after the otherdriver. I did not mind waiting for himto go first. I had a smile on my faceand no dents in my car!

That is just a little episode in theGood Neighbor City.

by DIANA HAveRBeRG


Dear Middleton, my hometown....I was born Joyce Ann Miller, on

June 28, 1935. I still live in Middletonand was born in a large home behindthe Stamm House at home. My momand Grandma Miller delivered me be-cause Dr. Allen said she cried wolf toomany times and wouldn’t come.

We moved to 1647 Mitchell St.,Middleton, which is 6326 ElmwoodAve. today. It was a pop stand and mydad built a bedroom and living room.My family lived there until 2001, when

my mom, Elsie Miller, passed away.We had a huge garden, and my brothersand I peddled them out early in thesummers mornings. Gerald and I were7-8 and Wayne was 3. We had a wagonwhere Wayne and all our veggies weresold. We went down near Lake Men-dota and all over. We loved it and ourmoney went for food and our needs.We swam at Mendota (Sandy beach).We would of course walk there.

Gerald and I fished and hunted forour food. It was very sad for me be-cause I loved animals and cried a lotfor them. We picked berries in the

woods and mom made a lot of jellyfrom apples and choke cherries.

My uncle, Joe Miller, made CastleRock Motel by hand.

We saw many Indian mounds in thewoods and many large rocks with In-dian symbols. Mr. Darlington acrossthe highway was a movie producer. Wehad droves of turtles crossing our high-way. It was amazing.

I went to Middleton Grade School.We enjoyed Mr. Edward G. Kromery.He was my teacher and principal. Agreat man. He would tell us Halloweenstories and jump and scare us.

We’d go down to the middle of Mid-dleton and watch a movie every weekin the summer. We celebrated Hal-loween and it was so much fun. I re-cited “Old Ironsides” and got a box ofpowder. My teachers always had merecite ‘cuz I had a real clear voice.

At Christmas the fire departmentgave out bags of candy – what fun.

During the Second World War wehad air raid drills and everyone had toget their lights off. It was scary. Mydad and two brothers were in the army.My dad was with Gerald Patton and

went in when he was 40.We had big carnivals in the middle

of the street. On Memorial Day the girlscouts, me included, would make ourown wreaths and put them on thegraves.

We also picked milkweeds, whichwere put in gunnysacks and someonewould pick them up. These were usedto make parachutes in the army.

There were tunnels under my uncle’sterritory that some believed had beenpart of the Underground Railroad.

by JOYCe A. RAISBeCK


“A Little Taste of Italy,” an an-nual dinner and music event, fea-tures non-stop music performancesby Middleton High School bands,orchestras and jazz bands. TheSpring Supper and Silent Auctionwill be held Saturday, April 13from 4:30 to 8 p.m. in the Middle-ton High School Student Center.

Ticket order forms can be ob-tained on the MHS Orchestra web-site at www.mcp-orch.org. Thedeadline for ordering tickets isThursday, April 11.

The menu features your choiceof meat lasagna, vegetarianlasagna or spaghetti. The chil-dren’s meal is spaghetti. All mealsinclude salad, dinner roll, bever-age and a large dessert selection.Prices are $13 for adults, $6 forchildren (under 12) and $10 forseniors (65+). The dinner includesitems from Gino’s Italian Deli,Brennan’s Market, Olive Garden,Starbucks and Pizza Hut.

Walk-in diners can also be ac-commodated ($15 per adult, otherprices as listed above) however or-

ganizers ask that you pre-orderyour tickets to facilitate eventplanning. Please call ShirleyStephan at 608-831-1842 for moreinformation.

The silent auction will featurenumerous items and gift cards in-cluding a bi-plane ride, a portraitsession, gift cards to area restau-rants, a one night stay at ChulaVista Resort, a sailboat ride andpicnic, a ride to school on a firetruck and many more.

Proceeds from the Spring Sup-per and Silent Auction are used tosupport and enhance band and or-chestra programs throughout theyear.

For more information contact:Shirley Stephan, MHS Band andOrchestra Parent AssociationSpring Supper Registration Chair,at 608-831-1842 or [email protected].


MHS musicians offer Taste of Italy

Photo contributed

Jazz Ensemble during a recent rehearsal.

Evan Swain, son of John and JennySwain and a Junior at Middleton HighSchool, earned a top composite scoreof 36 on a recent ACT test. Nationally,while the actual number of studentsearning a composite score of 36 variesfrom year to year, less than one-tenthof one percent of students who take theACT earn this top score.

Among test takers in the high schoolgraduating class of 2012, only 781 ofmore than 1.66 million students earned

a composite score of 36.The ACT consists of tests in English,

mathematics, reading and science.Each test is scored on a scale of 1-36,and a student’s composite score is theaverage of the four test scores. Somestudents also take ACT’s optional Writ-ing Test, but the score for that test is re-ported separately and is not includedwithin the ACT composite score.

In a letter recognizing this excep-tional achievement, ACT CEO Jon

Whitmore said, “While test scores arejust one of the many criteria that mostcolleges consider when making admis-sion decisions, your exceptional ACTcomposite score should prove helpfulas you pursue your education and ca-reer goals.”

ACT test scores are accepted by allmajor U.S. colleges, and exceptionalscores of 36 provide colleges with ev-idence of student readiness for the ac-ademic rigors that lie ahead.

Evan Swain earns perfect ACT score

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$88.80Backes, Chris C, 26, Madison, WI

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Bochniak, Lori J, 54, Waunakee, WI53597, 03/31/2012, Exceeding Zones

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Breunig, Tara L, 33, Black Earth,WI 53515, 03/07/2012, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $88.80

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Cook, Robert J, 50, Fitchburg, WI53711, 03/17/2012, Speeding 55 MPHZone, $88.00

Cortez, Amber K, 23, Middleton,WI 53562, 03/20/2012, DisorderlyConduct, $240.00

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Gialamas, Thomas G, 36, Middle-ton, WI 53562, 02/11/2012, VehicleRegistration Revoked/Suspended/Can-cel, $88.80

Gialamas, Thomas G, 36, Middle-ton, WI 53562, 02/11/2012, Operatingwhile Suspended, $114.00

Gialamas, Thomas G, 36, Middle-ton, WI 53562, 02/11/2012, Motor ve-hicle liability insurance required,$10.00

Gibson, Karlene M, 42, Middleton,WI 53562, 03/28/2012, Traffic ControlSignal Violation red, $88.00

Gilliland, Laura Machelle, 48, Mid-dleton, WI 53562, 03/11/2012, NonRegistration, $88.80

Goff, Jared A, 25, Middleton, WI53562, 03/18/2012, Traffic ControlSignal Violation red, $88.80

Goff, Jared A, 25, Middleton, WI53562, 03/18/2012, Motor vehicle lia-bility insurance required, $10.00

Goff, Jared A, 25, Middleton, WI53562, 03/29/2012, Traffic ControlSignal Violation red, $88.80

Goff, Jared A, 25, Middleton, WI53562, 03/29/2012, Motor vehicle lia-bility insurance required, $10.00

Gold, Suzanne E, 58, Middleton,


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MIDDLETON-CROSS PLAINS AREASCHOOL DISTRICT

Regular Board of Education Meeting Minutes of

March 11, 2013

1. CALL TO ORDER REGULARBOE MEETING AT 6:30 P.M. The regular meeting of the Middle-

ton-Cross Plains Area School DistrictBoard of Education was called to orderat 6:34 p.m. by Clerk Annette Ashley.Present: Clerk Annette Ashley, Treas-

urer Bob Green, and Board MembersAnne Bauer, Jim Greer, Leeanne Hal-lquist, Bob Hesselbein and Terry Met-zgerNot Present: President Ellen Lind-

gren and Vice President Diane Hornung(listened via conference phone) OthersPresent: Superintendent Don Johnson,Assistant Superintendent GeorgeMavroulis, Assistant SuperintendentTom Wohlleber, Jeff Seely from Ehlers,School Nutrition Services ManagerSusan Peterman, and Continuous Im-provement Specialist MaryBethPaulisse.2. CONVENE IN POSSIBLE

CLOSED SESSION UNDER S.S.19.85(1)(f)(g) MOVED by Greer SECONDED by

Green to move into closed session todiscuss a personnel matter with legalcounsel. Motion carried unanimously, 7-0 on a roll call vote.Conferring with Legal Counsel on a

Personnel Matter 3. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SES-

SION 4. RECOGNITION - MHS BOYS

STATE SWIM TEAM PARTICIPANTSAND REGIONAL AND STATESPELLING BEE COMPETITORS Luke Lengfeld, coach of the boys

swim team, introduced and recognized

the boys who participated in the stateswim meet. Amy Weber introduced thestudents who participated in the re-gional and state spelling bee. The boardrecognized all the students and athletesfor their tremendous efforts.5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MOVED by Bauer SECONDED

by Greer to approve the Regular andClosed Minutes of February 25, 2013.Motion carried unanimously, 7-0.6. COMMUNICATIONS a. Correspondence/Board Communi-

cation Bob Hesselbein attended a meeting

on March 4 regarding security in the dis-trict. Bob feels the district is ahead ofother school districts and can’t wait tosee us move forward. Bob Greenshared that he received some calls re-garding lack of transportation to testingat the Alliant Energy Center for MHSstudents.b. Citizen Comments Nonei. Public HearingDon Johnson gave a brief explana-

tion for the reason the district is request-ing a waiver. We are proposing that wehave three fewer instructional days butmeet the requirements for minutes of in-struction. This time is for citizens of theschool district to speak regarding thewaiver request. No citizens were pres-ent to speak regarding this matter.7. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT Upcoming Events and Updates The Board has authorized the admin-

istration to work with employee groupson the new employee handbooks. Allemployee groups are invited to takepart in the process. Don also shared in-formation on a new busing plan for nextyear and the possible expansion of theelementary day. The Village of CrossPlains will review the conditional useagreement with the district at the March25, 2013 village board meeting. Snowmake up days/times were presented.Don shared that we had some floodingat the District Administrative Centertoday.8. CONSENT AGENDA MOVED by Greer SECONDED

by Hallquist to approve the following

items for consent agenda: 8.1.a. Ap-proval of Bills Payable, 8.2.a. Approvalof Resignation (addendum), 8.2.b. Ap-proval of Leave of Absence (adden-dum), 10.3 Adoption of the 2013-2014School Calendar, and 10.4 Endorse-ment of the Waiver Request to DPI. Mo-tion carried unanimously, 7-0.a. Administrative/Business Servicesi. Approval of Bills PayableComputer check numbers 226990

through 227172 totaling $798,300.46were reviewed by the Board Treasurerand approved under consent agenda.(Exhibit A)ii. Approval of Treasurer’s ReportThere is no Treasurer’s Report to ap-

prove at this time. b. Employee Services i. Approval of ResignationsThe board approved under consent

agenda the following resignation:Kate Arnold, Social Studies teacher

at MHS effective at the end of the 2012-2013 school year.ii. Approval of Leaves of AbsenceThe board approved under consent

agenda the following leave of absence:Julie Isenhower, Chemistry Teacher

at MHSiii. Approval of Staff AppointmentsThere are no staff appointments to

approve at this time.iv. Approval of RetirementsThere are no retirements to approve

at this time.v. Approval of Lay OffsThere are no lay offs to approve at

this time.c. District Consent Items 9. ITEMS FOR INFORMATION/DIS-

CUSSION a. School Nutrition Services Update School Nutritional Services Manager

Susan Peterman reviewed the schoolnutrition services update with the boardand highlighted the great things that arehappening in school nutrition at the

buildings. She shared information onthe Lunch Express online payment sys-tem and answered questions from theboard.b. Questions on Achievement Gap

Data Supplement MaryBeth Paulisse was present

to share data and answered questionsfrom the board. The board requestedthis information at the last meeting onthe achievement gap data. The boardhad discussion on the expansion of thedata review and programs to help closethe achievement gap. Administrationdiscussed the data being regularly re-viewed by the School ImprovementTeams and the Educational Servicesteam.10. ITEMS FOR ACTION a. Board Resolution Regarding the

Proposed State Budget The board reviewed the three exam-

ples of a possible letter to send to theWisconsin State Assembly and StateSenate regarding the proposed Statebudget. Jim Greer explained his versionof the proposed resolution. MOVED byGreen SECONDED by Metzger to con-sider the letter drafted by Jim Greer asthe resolution from the MCPASD schoolboard. Motion carried 5-2, with Hessel-bein and Hallquist opposed. After somecontinued discussion it was MOVED byGreen, SECONDED by Ashley to re-consider the motion and revisit this item

at the March 18 board meeting. Motioncarried unanimously, 7-0.b. Resolution Awarding the Sale of

$59,860,000 General Obligation SchoolBuilding Bonds, 2013A Jeff Seely from Ehlers was present to

share information about the buildingbonds bids. This item was also coveredin detail during the Finance Committeemeeting. MOVED by Green SEC-ONDED by Greer to approve the Reso-lution Awarding the Sale of $59,860,000General Obligation School BuildingBonds, 2013A. Motion carried unani-mously, 7-0 on a roll call vote. (ExhibitB)c. Adoption of the 2013-2014 School

Calendar The board approved under consent

agenda the 2013-2014 School Calen-dar. (Exhibit C)d. Endorsement of the Waiver Re-

quest to DPIThe board approved under consent

agenda the endorsement of the waiverrequest to DPI.11. NEXT MEETING DATES AND

ADJOURNMENT The regular board meeting adjourned

at 8:48 p.m.

Cheryl Janssen, Board SecretaryApproved by Board President

Publish: 4/4/13 WNAXLP


SSCHOOLCHOOLBBOARDOARD

PPROCEEDINGSROCEEDINGS

WI 53562, 03/23/2012, Seatbelt Re-quired Oper/Pass, $10.00

Gonzalez, Efren, 42, Madison,WI 53719, 03/16/2012, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $88.80

Grady, Tyler Shaquille, 19,Prairie Du Chien, WI 53821,03/11/2012, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $139.20

Grady, Tyler Shaquille, 19,Prairie Du Chien, WI 53821,03/11/2012, Operating vehicle with-out insurance, $114.00

Graham, Mary Jean, 53, Middle-ton, WI 53562, 03/12/2012, Exceed-ing Zones and Posted Limits,$114.00

Groshek, Brian J, 41, Madison,WI 53704, 03/23/2012, Operatingvehicle without insurance, $114.00

Groth, Miles R, 23, Middleton,

WI 53562, 03/24/2012, DisplayFalse Registration Plates, $88.80

Groth, Miles R, 23, Middleton,WI 53562, 03/24/2012, Operatingvehicle without insurance, $88.80

Groth, Miles R, 23, Middleton,WI 53562, 03/24/2012, Vehicle Reg-istration Revoked/Suspended/Can-cel, $88.80

Guerrero, Sergio, 19, Madison,WI 53704, 03/27/2012, Traffic Con-trol Signal Violation red, $88.80

Guerrero, Sergio, 19, Madison,WI 53704, 03/27/2012, Operatingvehicle without insurance, $114.00

Guerrero, Sergio, 19, Madison,WI 53704, 03/27/2012, Operatingwhile Suspended, $114.00

Here are some of the upcomingbirthday events:

Nimble Fingers Craft Sale

Middleton Senior Center(7448 Hubbard Avenue)

April 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.Come peruse a variety of handmade

items for sale and take a tour of theMiddleton Senior Center.

Middleton 50th Anniversary Community Celebration

Middleton Fire Department (7600 University Avenue)April 9 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

In honor of 50 years of cityhood,Middleton is hosting a community cel-

ebration on its golden anniversary. Allare invited to enjoy a slice of cake andthe smooth sounds of the MadisonBrass Band.

New Exhibit in The Museum at the Depot

(1811 Parmenter Street)April 9 from 5 to 7 p.m.

A collection of local history, broughttogether by the Middleton Area Histor-ical Society, will be on display startingon the first day of the celebration.

Kids Book Club Celebrates Middleton’s 50thMiddleton Public Library(7425 Hubbard Avenue)

April 18 from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m.

Celebrate the City of Middleton’s50th Anniversary with favorite booksfrom the 1960s. The book club willalso engage in fun activities, watch ashort film, and eat some cake. All agesare welcome. Stop the Main LevelHelp Desk or call 608-827-7402 tosign up.

‘Tween’ Cupcake Decorating PartyMiddleton Public Library (7425 Hubbard Avenue)

April 23 at 2 p.m.Join the library to decorate cupcakes

in honor of the city’s birthday. (This isan early release day in the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District.)This event is for ages 8-12. Please reg-ister by April 20. Sign up at the MainLevel Help Desk or by calling 608-827-7402.

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