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The Middleton Plan Commissionvoted last week to deny a rezoning re-quest from Steve Brown Apartmentsthat was needed for a proposed 95-unit

apartment building on the northwestcorner of Blackhawk and PleasantView Roads. The decision came afterwhat Mayor Kurt Sonnentag said wasthe largest turnout hes ever seen at apublic hearing for a rezoning request.

In a tightly packed city hall, 15 res-idents spoke in opposition to the re-quest, 19 people registered opposed butdid not speak, while five people regis-tered in support but did not speak.Speakers included David Shaw, Townof Middleton Administrator who spokeon behalf of the town in opposition,and newly elected district 1 alder

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Fighting fire with fireHow firefighters use prescribed burns - and maybe drones - to do their jobby KEVIN MURPHYTimes-Tribune

by CAMERON BRENTimes-Tribune

by CAMERON BRENTimes-Tribune

Hiring the fire department to startfires is the opposite of what you thinkthey are supposed to do.

However, the Middleton Fire Dis-trict starts dozens of grass fires everyyear to restore prairies, prevent the out-break of wild land fire and raise moneyto purchase equipment.

The donations MFD accepts fromhomeowner associations and propertyowners to burn off dead grass thisspring will go toward buying an aerialdrone. Middleton Ford has also do-nated $1,000 toward drone acquisition.

Fire Chief Aaron Harris did notknow of another area fire departmentthat uses drones which can provide abirds-eye view of grass and structurefires and on search and rescue mis-sions.

We could have used it on a [miss-ing person] search a few months ago,Harris said. We found her but the guys

Shutting down Steve Brown?Photo contributed

Middleton firefighters oversaw a prescribed prairie burn in the Town of Middleton over the weekend.

Plan commission voted to deny apartment developments zoning request

Times-Tribune photo by Cameron BrenResidents packed city hall last week to weigh in on the Steve Brown Apartments proposal.

School boardfinds savingsamidst cuts

The Middleton-Cross Plains AreaSchool District has learned of largerthan expected savings in an actuarialstudy on the districts other post-em-ployment benefits or OPEB. The num-bers are not yet finalized but an initialestimate reveals approximately$400,000 in savings in the first year.

Paulsplace

The Times-Tribunes seriesprofiling local eateries contin-ues this week with a look atPauls Neighborhood Bar, lo-cated at 2401 Parmenter St.Owner Paul Hass, at right witha hot, gravy-slathered turkeysandwich, opened the estab-lishment 17 years ago. Find outmore on page 11.

See FIRE, page 12

See BROWN, page 12

See SAVINGS page 9Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger

Canstruction Madison structures arecurrently on display at West TowneMall. Community members are in-vited to attend and vote for their fa-vorite of the 15 structures at the5th Annual Canstruction Madisonevent which takes place fromApril 20- April 26.

Hosted by Middleton Outreach Min-istry, the competition calls on teams toend hunger by building structures ofcanned goods and packaged food. Allfood is donated to the MOM FoodPantry, serving Madison, Middletonand Cross Plains.

This years theme is Calling All Su-perheroes to Help End Hunger andfeatures many superhero themed struc-tures. Many Middleton school groupsand businesses are participating in this

years event.Audiences will vote for their fa-

vorite canned goods structure fromTuesday, April 21st to Sunday, April26ththrough Facebook and Instagram,or in-person. The Peoples Choiceprize, as well as various awards, willbe distributed at the Award CeremonyonApril 26 at 6:30in the mall FoodCourt, featuring emcee Amy Carlson,NBC15. The public is invited to at-tend!

The community is invited to pur-chase a Can of Hope to help com-plete a Superhero Phone Boothstructure which is being built in themall center court. For every $10 do-nation, a donors name will be featuredon the label of a SuperheroCan. Thanks to a generous donor, thefirst $5,000 in donations will bematched! Cans can be purchased on-line atcanstructionmadison.orgor at

the MOM office at 3502 Parmenter St.in Middleton. The deadline for pur-chase isSaturday, April 25th, at9pm.

Middleton Outreach MinistryCanstruction competitions have raisedmore than 140 tons of food over thepast four years.

To view more detailsvisit:www.canstruction.org. Canstruc-tion Madison 2015 is generously pre-sented by Godfrey & Kahn.

Middleton Outreach Ministry pre-vents homelessness and end hunger inthe West Madison, Middleton andCross Plains areas, distributing over amillion pounds of food in 2014 throughMOMs progressive food programs.The Clothing Center provided nearly100,000 pounds of clothing, freeing upneeded financial resources for rent,medical expenses, and other necessaryexpenses.MOMs Eviction Preventionprogram also prevented over 500households by providing small EvictionIntervention and Utility grants, com-bined with case management and acaring ear, helping families maintainthe stability of a home.To learn moreabout the programs and people helpedby MOM, log on tomomhelps.org.

Early this year, Middleton Commu-nity Bank marked 20 years of serviceto Middleton and the surrounding com-munities. The Middleton CommunityBank has branches in Cross Plains,Belleville, Brooklyn, and Sauk Prairiealong with its main branch on Par-menter Street in Middleton.

To celebrate this milestone, the Mid-dleton Community Bank will be givingback to the communities they servemore than they already do. In 2013alone, employees of the MiddletonCommunity Bank and its branches do-nated over 5,000 hours of their time toover 80 different organizations.

Additionally, the bank will be abacker for the Middleton CommunityVeterans Tribute in Lakeview Park.

We remain committed to servingthe communities that we represent andto be the best community bank that wecan which means providing the bestservice possible, said Josh Marron,senior vice president of business bank-ing. This is what our founders be-lieved in 20 years ago and is still trueto this day.

The Middleton Community Bankwas founded by a group of local busi-nessmen who decided with mergersand everything else going on that it wastime for Middleton to have a true com-munity bank again, explained CarolMaki, executive vice president of retailbanking and an original member ofMiddleton Community Bank. Thesemen are now on our Board of Direc-tors.

Members ofthe MiddletonC o m m u n i t yBank Board ofDirectors in-clude John F.M c C l u r e ,Charles F.M a u l b e t s c h ,Ronald M.Grosse, DavidE. Fahey, C.A. Thieme, Ronald F.Krantz, Timothy O. Carey, and Peter J.Gunderson.

One honorable achievement that theMiddleton Community Bank is veryproud of is its five-star superior rat-ing from Bauer Financial Inc. The bankhas received this rating since 2012, andit is the highest rating given by BauerFinancial indicating that MiddletonCommunity Bank is one of the safestfinancial institutions in the market.

A big change over the years for Mid-dleton Community Bank was branch-ing out to new locations.

The Belleville branch was originallyopened in 2008 in a local shoppingcenter on the north side, but when theopportunity presented itself, the bankwas moved to Main Street in Bellevilleand has been there ever since.

That same year in 2008, a branchwas opened in Brooklyn as well withthat office being expanded twice tomeet the communitys needs.

Three years later in 2011, the SaukPrairie Community Bank was openedin Sauk City, and in 2013, the CrossPlains Community Bank opened itsdoors.

We were looking for communities

that we felt had room for growth incommunity banking and staff that hadinterest in these communities, Marronstated.

We found like-minded communitybankers, and then we built banksaround them, Maki elaborated. Usu-ally its the other way around, but wewanted our employees to be investedin these communities.

By doing so, the banks have reallygiven back and been involved in theircommunities. Weve gotten behindthe Chamber of Commerce in each

community, and we support the com-munity with any needs they might haveby being an overall, full financial or-ganization. Community is in our name,and we try to support our local commu-nity, Marron said. We have the samedrive as our original founders did 20years ago to provide the best servicepossible.

Moreover, technology throughoutthe years has really changed the waybanking is done. Technology-wise wehave been trying to keep up with whatpeoples needs are and to help educate

our customers as well with all thechanges to make their banking success-ful, Maki stated. We want to help ourcustomers the best that we can.

For the future, the bank is hoping foranother 20 years in business and tocontinually be there for people and togive back locally as much as possible.According to Marron, the customersare what make you.

For more information about Middle-ton Community Bank and its branches,visit www.middletonbank.com.

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IINN BBUSINESSUSINESSMiddleton Community Bank celebrates 20 years

Photos contributedCarol Maki (above left) has been with Middleton Community Bank since day one. Above, the Middleton

branch.

Maki

by JANELLE MATHEWSTimes-Tribune

Annual fundraiser includes giant works of art made using cans of foodCanstruction will put food on local tables

Event Details:

Now through Sun-day, April 26:PublicViewing and Votingduring Mall Hours(10-9 Monday-Satur-day, 11-6 Sunday)

Sunday, April 26,6:30pm: Award Cere-mony with emceeAmy Carlson, NBC15,in the Food Court

Team Walgreens at this years Canstruction event. Photo contributed.

In April of 2014, the first ever 8Miles for Water event happened righthere in Middleton.

Started by Mara and Craig Wytten-bach when they saw a video of Sabina,a woman in Kenya who walked 8 totalmiles every day to get dirty water forher family.

Family, friends and communitymembers rallied around the event andthe impact made by those participatingwas amazing. Seventy-four partici-pants experienced life in someoneelses shoes. They did not imaginewhat it was like to walk this far fordirty water, they experienced it, and re-alized many life lessons in the process.These participants and hundreds ofdonors raised over $33,000, and as aresult two wells were drilled in Kita-gasa and Butimba, Uganda, benefiting729 people who no longer have to walkdaily for dirty water and contaminatedwater.

Nearly 800,000,000 people survivebecause someone in their householdwalks miles for unclean water at leastdaily. Thousands die daily because thewater is unsafe. Every aspect of life work, education, family is restrictedby this reality. With 3 children underthe age of 6 ourselves, we can notimagine not being able to provide basicnecessities for our children, Craigsaid.

The 8 Miles for Water event wantsto be part of the solution by helpingothers to understand what it takes formillions of people to access water inthe developing world. Participants canchoice to carry empty 5-gallon contain-ers two miles to a stream, fill them withwater, and walk backtwice.

You can never fully understandwhat someone else goes through, but ifyou can come close, thered be a biggerimpact, stated Craig.

All are welcome to the event. Manyparticipants carry up to 70 pounds ofwater, many walk along with no water,many come for 5-10 minutes to checkout what is going on.

At next event (onMay 2)the push isto get more people involved.

Organizers will have a representa-tive from and/or information from sev-eral local organizations: MiddletonOutreach Ministry (MOM), BadgerHonor Flight, 6:8 of Sauk Prairie, andBadger Childhood Cancer Network.

8 Miles for Water is a local 501c(3),based right here in Middleton, workingwith World Vision to be part of the so-lution. We started this because of ourlove for Jesus and we want to be a partof the solution to this problem. Nomatter what your beliefs are, helpingthose in need and helping those who donot have access to clean water is ab-solutely the right thing to do, saidMara.

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Momentum offers floral and design

What do you get when you combinerustic charm with a bit of bling?

Momentum! The new Middletonfloral and home decor shop, which of-fers full service design for home andbusiness owners, is the brainchild ofTiffany Esser.

The name Momentum had more todo with my own personal growth as Iwas looking to do a career change,Esser said. It was about creating thatenergy.

The shop is the first retail experiencefor the owner, who had taught interior

design at Madison College for over 20years. According to Kim Meinholz,who manages the shop for Esser, herboss inspired several businesses in thatrole. Everyone we know that hasopened a shop has, at one point, been astudent of Tiffanys, Meinholz said.

Esser said Momentum has an em-phasis in three different areas, the shop,her interior design service and the flo-ral department.

The shop portion of the businessfeatures some unique furniture anddecorative accent pieces, that oftencombine old country charm with mod-ern sparkle. One item is a vintage fliptop desk which has been updated withchalk paint.

Its a way to repurpose what youhave, Esser said. There are also barndoors from Essers husbands familyfarm used to display cork purses andseveral different types of candles.

Randy Wieland, who Esser de-scribes as a florist extraordinaire,brings his talent toMomentum.Wieland is no stranger tofloral design. I grew up in the busi-ness, more or less, my whole life, hesaid. That experience allows him to ex-pand his creativity.

We like mixing luxury with the rus-tic, Esser said. Our florals inspirethat. He does a lot of organic thingsmixed with glamour. Theres a reallush appeal.

Other employees include design as-sistant Emily Juno and intern SpringThompson. Esser said all of the Mo-mentum employees are very close

knit. They have received a lot of fam-ily support, too.

My husband has been a huge helpand my kids, she said. Its become afamily affair. My 12-year-old sonpushes a broom around and my 16-year-old helps in the shop.

Esser said she wanted to start a busi-ness after working with Hart DeNoblebuilders of Middleton on Parade ofHome entries. I did a parade homeand that helped launch the design ele-ment, she said. It was time to dosomething new and floral and interiordesign are a good marriage.

Esser said she decided to open herbusiness at 1821 Parmenter Street inMiddleton because of the sense ofcommunity in the area. It was allabout the downtown boutique atmos-phere that is being developed here,she said. We wanted to be part of that.

The businesses here have been so phe-nomenal.

Their recent ad in an area weddingplanner and guide is resulting inbooked weddings and special eventsand they hope to continue to build theirbusiness through networking. To findout more about the business and toorder floral arrangements, log ontomo-mentumfloralanddecor.com.

Esser said future plans for the busi-ness may include adding more furni-ture pieces and, possibly, anotherlocation on the east side of Madison.But, for now, Esser and the rest of theMomentum staff are working on mak-ing this shop a success. Weve had toovercome some things [such as acooler breaking down at a busy time]and weve done it with a lot of humor,she said.

Walk for Water returns to help those in developing countries

by RHONDA SIEBECKERTimes-Tribune

Tiffany Esser owns Momentum of Middleton, a floral and home dcorshop.

Times-Tribune photos by Rhonda SiebeckerRandy Wieland is the florist extraordinaire at Momentum.

Photo contributedThe next 8 Miles for Water Event isMay 2at LIFTraining Athletic and Fitness Club in Middleton. Registration

begins at 8 a.m. To register or for more information please see the 8 Miles for Waterwebsite:www.8milesforwater.org.

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Kiwanis fundraiser at CulversJoin the Middleton Kiwanis Tuesday, April 28from4 to 8 p.m.as Culvers in Middleton helps raise money

for the the busy service club. Culvers will donate a percentage of sales to help Middleton Kiwanis supportits local youth programs including Kromreys Builders Club CANstruction project, Middleton High SchoolKey Club, Best Buddies, Student Voice Union and Black Student Union, Clark Street Community School,Middleton Outreach Ministry, Middleton Clean & Green and many important community enrichment activ-ities. Enjoy a delicious meal, benefit a great cause and feel great by helping them help Middleton.

If you would like more information about the Middleton Kiwanis Club, to be our guest at one of our meet-ings, or membership information, please call Kathy Nieber-Lathrop at608-831-8288.

Middleton Lions host golffundraiser at Bishops Bay

The Middleton Lions Clubs AnnualGolf Outing will be held Monday, June1 at the beautiful Bishops Bay Coun-try Club located on Highway M inMiddleton. Many past sponsors andfoursomes will return but the Lionshope to make the event even more in-clusive and bring awareness to theMiddleton community of the opportu-nity to participate in the event, thelargest of the Lions many communityfundraisers.

Returning major sponsors includeAll Comfort Services, Inc., TDS Tele-com, and the State Bank of CrossPlains. Various other sponsorships areavailable including Event, Cart, Din-ner, Beverage, and Hole sponsorships.Each sponsorship requires a $1,000contribution and includes golf and cartsfor a foursome. There are a few smallersponsorships available that do not in-clude golf, but are still good opportu-nities for local businesses andindividuals to show their support forthe numerous community projects con-ducted annually by the MiddletonLions.

The current Middleton Lions Club isa 60-member organization, proudlyrecognized as one of the youngestmember-age service groups in Wiscon-sin. The group sponsors numerous

fund-raising activities for local groupsand activities including free or low-cost eye exams and glasses, eyeglassrecycling, leader dogs for the blind,Braille translations and libraries, Dia-betes and Eye Research, MiddletonsMOM, and the Middleton BaseballCommission, in addition to numerousscouting and scholarship gifts. Thegroups current signature project isMiddletons Restoring Hope Trans-plant House, located on the corner ofParmenter Street and Terrace Avenue.RHTHs expansion plans are supportedby over 500 Wisconsin Lions clubs.

The June 1 Bishops Bay golf pack-age includes 18-holes of golf plus cart,plus raffle ticket, a lunch to start offand a fabulous sit-down dinner insidethe beautiful clubhouse. The day alsofeatures numerous prize holes. Thecost of this opportunity to play andenjoy the many fun activities and ex-cellent meals is a reasonably-priced$150. Registration starts as early as 11a.m. with a shot-gun start scheduled at12:30 p.m.

Teams and singles are welcome.For information on both golfing and

sponsorship opportunities, contactTodd Passini, Harbor Athletic ClubGeneral Manager, at (608) 831-6500 [email protected].

Villa Dolce, on the northwest cornerof Parmenter and Hubbard Streets,serves up great food and gelato. But,in 1927 the building was home to theBurmeister-Kruse Department Store.

That year, thanks to donations fromthe Middleton Progressive WomensClub, and shelf-space provided by thedepartment store, Middleton had itsfirst lending library.

Since its humble beginnings, the li-brary has known many homes. Theneed to expand has always been con-nected to many factors, including thegrowth of the community and its needs,increased collections and expansion ofservices.

The Middleton Times-Tribune re-cently interviewed the librarys direc-tor, Pamela Westby, to find out aboutthe current building feasibility studyand the citizen input that was gatheredearlier this year to determine the li-brarys future.

Middleton Times-Tribune: Whathas been the catalyst for this project?

Pamela Westby: Capital improve-ments for the library have been on theagenda of the library board for theseven years that Ive worked here. But,the economy took a dive and it wentoff the priority list. Now, there arepressing maintenance projects andcommunity needs that should be ad-dressed.

In addition, the role of public li-braries is changing. So, its those twothings that have made the library proj-ect a higher priority.

For example, when the library wasrenovated in 2004, the story time roomwas built for small intimate groupswhich was what we had at the time.But, it was so successful that wequickly outgrew the space.

Since the renovation, circulation hasincreased greatly, too. I calculated av-erage daily usage for February of 2015,which is not even the librarys busiestmonth.

The average for a single day in Feb-ruary showed patrons borrowed 3,458items from our collection, and 652items, collected here, from otherLINKcat libraries.

The Middleton Library currently has18,555 registered users. That numberwill increase with the Bishop Bay de-velopment and several very large apart-ment buildings being erected in thecity.

Already, in terms of circulation,were the second busiest library of the53 library members in the South Cen-tral LIbrary system.

MTT: What are some of the main-tenance issues?

Westby: There are several largeproblems. The roof leaks in the youthservices and AV areas. The leaks havedestroyed a computer and many mate-rials in our collection.

Every time it rains or snows hard atnight, I wonder what I will find when Icome into work in the morning.

Weve attempted to fix the problem,rubberizing, re-shingling and replacingboards. But the roof is 25 years oldand flat in parts. It continues to leak.

The heating and cooling system wascobbled together during the last build-ing addition. It is not efficient. The li-brary board put out a request for bidsto address the problem.


Q & AQ & ACity has second busiest library in south central system

Photo contributedThe Middleton Public Library has come a long way since its founding in

1927.

by DEB BIECHLERTimes-Tribune

See LIBRARY, page 12


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Pippin at PACMiddleton High School presents Pippin, the award-winning musical by Stephen Schwartz and Robert O.

Hirson April 30-May 2 in the Middleton Performing Arts Center (PAC). Tickets are available online atwww.middletondrama.org/ticketsor may be reserved by calling608-829-9770. The show begins at7:30with doorsopening at7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students/seniors. With over one hundred students participatingin this production, Middleton Drama is excited to bring this story to the stage.

The magic begins as the audience is welcomed to the show and promised intrigue, humor, romance, battles, anda grand finale to rival all others. The ensemble cast sets the stage for the story of young prince Pippin who is on ajourney to find passion and live an extraordinary life. He seeks his place through experimenting with violent battle,physical pleasure, and political power, but is ultimately left unfulfilled. Life changes when he meets a widow, Cather-ine, and her young son. As Pippin falls into a routine he finds himself again in conflict: should he choose the dazzlingspectacular or find contentment in the ordinary?

Stingrays swim teamopen to all residents

Want to be part of a 40+ year CrossPlains tradition? Looking for a way tostay fit and active in the summer?

The Cross Plains Stingrays swimteam is open to all Middleton-CrossPlains Area School District residentswith waivers available for non-districtfamilies. The Cross Plains Stingrays isa recreational summer program thatpromotes a love of swimming and asense of community for all youth.From Memorial Day through the endof July the team offers competitive op-

portunities that challenge individualsand encourage growth. Weekly themesand fun days encourage team buildingand team spirit with a focus on goodsportsmanship. Please check out theteam website (http://www.cross-plainsstingrays.com) to learn more anduse the Contact Us link to ask ques-tions. Online registration is currentlyopen.

Scholarships will be considered forfamilies with demonstrated need whowish to participate.

Lunch to raise funds for transplant housePatients in Wisconsin Friends of

Restoring Hope Transplant House(RHTH) are hosting a spaghetti lunchfundraiser Sunday, April 26.

This event will benefit RHTH and

the hundreds of transplant familiesfrom all parts of Wisconsin and beyondwho call Restoring Hope TransplantHouse their home away from home be-fore, during and after their organ orbone marrow transplant at nearby Uni-versity of Wisconsin Hospital.

The menu includes: Spaghetti andmeatballs, salad, French bread anddessert. Carry outs are also available.Tickets are available at the door or at:

Harbor Athletic Club - 2529 AllenBlvd, Middleton Terrys Westgate Bar-bers - 130 Westgate Mall, MadisonRestoring Hope Transplant House 7457 Terrace Ave, Middleton 9am-6pm(backdoor entrance).

We are so fortunate to see the mir-acles of transplantation on a daily basisthrough the journeys of our visitingfamilies, said Restoring Hope directorCindy Herbst. In their time of greatestneed, events like these allow us to con-tinue providing each visiting familywith the calming and compassionategift of home while they are in theMadison area in search of a secondchance at life.

As a non-profit, our ability to keepthose doors open depends entirely onthe generosity of our supporters andcommunity-minded events like this,she continued. We hope to see youthere; your presence makes a differ-ence!

Restoring Hope Transplant Househas thus far hosted guests from all partsof Wisconsin and 22 different states, acredit to the world-class transplant pro-gram located just 5 miles away at theUniversity of Wisconsin Hospital.

Spaghetti LunchFundraiser Sunday, April26th, 2015 From 11:30 am 3 pm St. Francis XavierCatholic Church 2947Thinnes Street Cross Plains,WI 53528 $10.00 per person,adult $7.00 per child under10.


When a regulator is a friendGovernor Scott Walkers state

budget can be baffling. It breaks thingsthat arent broken. It eliminates pro-grams that fund themselves or actuallybring in money. It removes regulationthat is welcomed and wanted by thoseregulated.

A perfect example of all three is theproposal to eliminate the states nearly60-year-old Educational ApprovalBoard.

The EAB began its life in 1947 as awatchdog for veterans, a function itstill performs for the private-sectorschools. (The Department of VeteransAffairs oversees public institutions.) Atthe end of World War II, veterans camestreaming back to Wisconsin to attendcolleges, universities, technicalschools, and training schools using thenew financial benefits provided by theG.I. Bill. States were required to estab-lish agencies to protect the veterans in-

terests, to keep them from being ex-ploited by fake colleges and fly-by-night schools.

The EABs mission was expanded in1957 when wise heads in the Legisla-ture thought it would be a good thingto include all state residents. Today itgives annual fitness checkups to nearly174 for-profit institutions and 78 out-of-state nonprofit schools, with a totalenrollment of 60,000. They range fromlarge universities like Globe, the Uni-versity of Phoenix and DeVry to spe-cialized schools like the Sun PrairieDiesel Truck Driving School.

Governor Walker is proposes, in thename of deregulation, to eliminate theEAB and scrub all of the standards forschools that have been written intostate law.

Most if not all of the regulatedschools consider this a mistake. Theyhave come to see this board as a friend.The annual EAB stamp of approvalgives them legitimacy and credibility.It is a badge of quality that builds con-sumer confidence.

Theyre also frank to say they dontwant to work in an unregulated jungle.Jerry Klabacka, president of the DieselTruck Driving School, says in a letterto legislators, EAB assures that allschools provide a similar level of pro-gramming and the same level of ac-countability. This means that we donthave to lower our standards to competewith schools that cost less and providelittle or no actual training. This defi-nitely affects our ability to business inWisconsin.

Entrepreneurs who want to start anew school also find a friend in theEAB, which walks them through all thesteps to build a bona fide educationalfacility, complete with a catalog, qual-ity programs, a sound set of operatingpolicies, consumer protection guaran-tees, bonded solicitors, and qualifiedinstructors.

Last year, the EAB showed its worthas an emergency safety net when theFlorida owners of Anthem College inBrookfield abruptly closed their doors,leaving 198 students stranded. The

EAB worked quickly and collabora-tively with Milwaukee Career Collegeto ensure that the students in certainprograms were given the opportunityto finish their educational programsand graduate, said Milwaukee CareerCollege President Jack Takahashi in aletter to legislators urging them to re-ject Walkers proposal. Other Anthemstudents got refunds or their loans for-given, thanks to the EAB stepping upto negotiate with lenders on their be-half.

The scrapping of the EAB will leaveWisconsin in chaos as the only statewithout legal standards or agency ex-perience to oversee the fast-growingfor-profit educational sector. Issuessuch as educational quality, programofferings, student treatment and re-funds will no longer be addressed bythe state, warns Board Chair DonaldG. Madelung in a letter to the co-chairsof Joint Finance. (Mr. Madelung, bythe way, was president of Herzing Uni-versity for 20 years and then the direc-tor of the private Madison Media

Institute.)Though this deregulation it is billed

as reform, it will not save the statemoney. On the contrary, it will cost$105,500 a year. The EAB is self-funded through a fee paid by the regu-lated institutions. Ten percent of thismoney, by law, must be directed to thestates general fund. A sum like$105,500 isnt a lot, but when yourefacing a deficit every dollar shouldcount for the hard-working taxpayer -shouldnt it?

We hope that cool heads will prevailwhen the Joint Finance Committeetakes up the elimination of the Educa-tional Approval Board and that thismisbegotten proposal will simply andquietly go away.

Rep. Dianne Hesselbein (D-Middle-ton) is the ranking member of the As-sembly Committee on Veterans andMilitary Affairs and is a member of theAssembly Committee on Colleges andUniversities.

Heres how to helphistoric FirstLutheran Church

Dear friends,

We are writing to the communityregarding the historic First LutheranChurch. Some of you are descendentsof the founding or early churchfamilies. Some of you have beenmarried or had a child baptized at thechurch. Some of you have stood ingrief as loved ones were laid to rest inthe cemetery. Others are neighbors andfriends who cherish local history orpassersby who appreciate the simplebeauty of this little white church on thehill.

We need your financial support forbadly needed maintenance andstructural repairs to the church. Thesteeple is leaking and the old stonefoundation is crumbling. The weathervane at the apex needs repair. Thelightening protection system is nolonger sufficient. New gutters need tobe installed. Two chimneys needrepair or removal to stop leakage on theinterior. This work is urgent. The costis estimated at $57,000. Also needingattention is interior ceiling damagecaused by water leakage. Outside,rotting wood siding should be replacedand the entire building repainted.

You may not know that in the 1980sbefore the building was restored andadded to the National Register ofHistoric Places it was in danger ofbeing burned to the ground. At thattime the community came together,restored the church and saved it fromdemolition. Since then volunteers havebeen stewards of the property. Thereare no paid employees. Income comesonly from building rental for weddings,sales of cemetery plots and some good-will donations. The site has beenself-sustaining since 1987 but now weneed your help to address repairs thatcannot be delayed much longer.

Be assured work will be prioritized

based on the need for preservation andthe resources available.

In 1866 thirty-one Germanimmigrant families, some of the firstsettlers to the area, agreed to pay $82per family to replace the first logchurch down the hill and build whatbecame known as the big whitechurch. Next year this landmark willmark 150 years standing silent witnessto moments of great joy and deepsorrow. Today, often referred to as thelittle white church, there is no churchcongregation. We are all nowguardians for this historic place.

We hope you will feel called to helppreserve the legacy left by early farmfamilies whose faith, determinationand hard work have contributed to thecommunity we share today. Donationsof any amount will advance this effort.

Tax deductible donations can bemade with checks payable to FirstLutheran Church, c/o State Bank ofCross Plains, 8301 University Ave,Middleton, WI 53562

Questions to: Alice Drake([email protected]) telephone: (608)827-8728 OR donate through ourwebsite:historicfirstlutheranmiddleton.org.

Sincerely, Alice Drake

Now is your turnto serve the city

Letter to the editor,

To the citizens of Middleton.You may have noticed the recent ads inthis paper for committee members forvarious cityboards, commissions andcommittees.

What have you done aboutit? Until recently I have served on avariety of city bodies for a number ofyears. I have quit those positions for anumber of reasons, more personaltravel as a result of retirement is onlyone reason. One of the primary goalsof my departure is my strong belief that

younger people must getinvolved in the process of guiding thecity in its growth and direction.

While I am very pleased with the ac-cumulated accomplishments of the cityover the last three decades, and morethan a little proud to have had a verysmall role in some of them, I havecome to realize that you, the youngercitizens of the community, are going tohave to live with the results far longerthan I am.

Its time for you to be involved withthat process, for yourself, foryour children. So again I say, what willyou do about it? All it takes inmost cases is an interest and a desire.Step up to the plate, my innings areover, yours are just beginning.

Duane Barmore

Dont ride bikeson burned prairies

Dear Middleton residents and Con-servancy visitors,

This spring, some bicyclists areheading off across the prairies ofPheasant Branch Conservancy, takingadvantage of the openness of the re-cently-burned area. This is a seriousthreat to the restored prairies. Bikingcross-country or over grassy trailserodes vegetation and cuts grooves inthe soil. With heavy rains, the groovesturn into gullies. Bicycle tires bring inseed from invasives in other Conser-vancy areas mostly garlic mustardand dames rocket. One single garlicmustard plant can produce 500 or moreplants the next season.

We need everyones help to keep thebicycles out of the prairie and off ofthe grassy footpaths.

The multipurpose limestone trailwas specifically designed for bicycletraffic. Its wide, to safely accommo-date cyclists as well as runners and

walkers. Volunteers regularly monitorthis trail andremove new invasives before theyseed. Bike racks are provided so peoplecan secure their bikes and walk to thespecial sights like the top of thehill or the springs. Signs clearly statethe rule no biking off of the limestonetrail. Please help with this education ef-fort to keep the prairieflourishing.

Sincerely,Janet Kane

Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy

Restoration & Management Committee

Think what GirlScouts can do

Dear editor,

This is what a girl can do: In fiveshort weeks, together with her Badger-land Girl Scout sisters, she can sell 1.5million boxes of Girl Scout cookies!The Girl Scout Cookie Program is animportant activity because it providestroops and girls the opportunity to un-dertake service projects, go to camp, totravel and embark on so many excitingadventures available to Girl Scouts.This is what a community can do: Youand your neighbors purchased 1.5 mil-lion boxes of Girl Scout cookies thisyear. Thank you for supporting thisprogram that gives girls both the finan-cial ability to widen her horizons alongwith many practical skills shell applyin her day-to-day life. When youbought your Thin Mints from a GirlScout, you helped her learn the pro-grams five essential skills: decisionmaking, goal setting, interpersonalcommunications, money managementand business ethics.

I think youll agree those are quali-ties we want our youth to possess asthey grow into tomorrows leaders.This is what a volunteer can do: In Feb-ruary and March, adult volunteers

helped 7,143 Girl Scouts sell 1.5 mil-lion boxes of cookies. Badgerland GirlScout volunteers ordered cookies,scheduled booth sales, tracked the dol-lars and performed all the tasks neces-sary to make sure the cookie businessoperated smoothly at the troop level.And, somewhere in between, the vol-unteers made sure their Girl Scoutswere having fun and achieving theirgoals while participating in this mosticonic of American girl programs. TheCookie Program could not happenwithout the amazing volunteers andGirl Scout families who invest so muchtime and energy to ensure its success.Thank you Girl Scout volunteers formodeling for your girls exactly whatleadership looks like!

This is what we can all accomplishwhen we work together with a singularmission: To build girls of courage, con-fidence and character who make theworld a better place. Thank you forhelping Girl Scouts achieve.

Marci Henderson CEO Girl Scoutsof Wisconsin Badgerland Council

LLETTERSETTERS TOTO THETHE EEDITORDITOR

CHURCH NOTES

by REP. DIANNE HESSELBEINGuest Column


1st QUARTER 2014-2015 KROMREY MIDDLE SCHOOL

6TH Grade Honor Roll(3.600-4.000)Bold denotes 4.0

Adler, Zachary Ahmad, Zamaan Allee, Alyson Allison, McKennaAnstaett, Henry Arrington, Felicity Ashley, Alexander Barmore, Zoe Bertalot, Genevieve Bishop, Sylvie Blumer, Thomas Borden, Noah Braun, Mitchell Brenton, Michael Bresnick, Jaren Bunz, Victoria Burns, Eleanor Carranza, Kelly Cermak, Ivan Chau, Trevor Chetty, Harit Chirafisi, Isabella Cho, Jeremy Clark, Ava Cliff, Lauren Cluney, Qynlan Colbert, Lynnea Cole, Aidan Collins, Elena Coyne, Anna Culp, Jenna Cushman, Emma Dahmen, Beau Daniel, Devin Dovenbarger, William Drane, Robert Dunn, Ayla Eggert, Samuel Evans, Abigail Ezman, Jaxson Feltz, Alexander Fischer, Alayna Fischer, Halle Fleischman, Jude Flottmeyer, Isaac Foley, Sarah Fox, Lila Gaab, Molly Garber, Mena Genyk, Elyse Gibson, Emma Gibson, Guyan Gold, Nathan Griffith, Nora Gruett, Henrik Guevara, Charlie Guse, Jonah Gussel, Chandler Hallquist, Annika Halterman, Lauren Hanna, Bailey Hass, Samantha Haynes, Madigan Hellenbrand, Kayley Hensen, Bryce Hiorns, Celia Hodgman, Quinn Holman, Madeline Huang, Yale Huggett, Dana Hujanen, Caroline Hursh, Ella B Jiang, David Joseph, Ezra Kaplan, Amber Kasel, Kaden Kim, Geneghee Koeshall, Karleigha Kruck, Madeline Kubsh, Genevieve

Landretti, Jordann Larson, Eden Ledin, Emily Lent, Hope Leys, Charles Liegel, Jaden Liu, Janna Lund, Gabie Mackey, Philip Mael, Jessica Mangano, Francesca Marrione, Alexander Martin-Rivera, Mary Matthews Lund, Marli McDonald, Brielle Meyer, Madeline Mintz, Anna Moriarty, Aidan Nair, Namita Namsey, Tenzin Neisius, Lesley Noll, Austin Parker Needham, Keenan Parker, Sydney Pasch, Brooke Pattnaik, Akshita Pavlik, Michael Perez Wilson, America Peters-Michaud, Sophia Pincombe, Tyler Pliner, Erin Rajpal, Noor Ralphe, Gabrielle Ratsimihah, Rija Raymond, Alyanna Recob, Mollie Ricke, Isabella Riter, Henry Rosenblatt, Yael Ruhly, Sean Ryan, Rachel Sanderson, Glenna Schink, Elizabeth Schoenenberger, McKenna Schultz, Jessica Secor, Jack Shipley, Riley Simmons, Taylor Singh, Jasmine Smith, Nolan Snortum Haney, Torii Spalitta, Heidi Spevacek, Alexia Stajkovic, Sheldon Staresinic, Ian Starr, Alexander Steele, Nikolaas Stein, Cameron Stettner, Nathan Stricker, Sydney Szczepanski, Madison Tankersley, Erin Taylor, Sophie Tenley, Ethan Teschner, Rhiannon Thompson, Mia Tung, Amanda Tung, Ashley Underkofler, Elle Voiss, Lauren Wagner, Kaleb Wagner, Vivian Walkington, Avery Warren, Padraig Warriner, Analise Westbrook, Jack Whittingham, Luke Wiltzius, Gwenyth Wincek, Althea Witkovsky, Aidan Worden, Griffin Wubben, Ella Xiao, Madison Yard, Rachel Yu, Nicole Zhu, Amanda Zopf, Vincent Zumbrunnen, Abigail

Honorable Mention(3.400-3.599)

Andrews, Olivia Baltes, Jack Bast, Victoria Boehnen, Chloe Del Moral, Miguel Eid, William Fitzgerald, Lauren Foelker, Ava Foland, Max Gallay, Amaya Glinberg, Talia Hewuse, Treyden Johnson, Amanda Kinney, Dominick Krenke, Brett LaScala, Lauren Lewandowski, Vivian Meyer, Jackson Murdoch, Preston Niece, James Peterson, Dylan Prejean, Joseph Reichard, Rachel Salgado, Destiny Schiff, Carly Schmudlach, Wayne-Tyler Schwetz, Kaitlin Teodorescu, Christopher Viscarra, Annaliese

7th Grade Honor Roll(3.600-4.000)Bold Denotes 4.0

Allawi, RaadAllen, Mara Baird, Lily Balasubramaniam, Max Balster, ChloeBecker, Maya Berryman, Hunter Boorstein, Aaron Boswell, Miles Braaten, Oliver Browning, MaryAnn Buck, Charlotte Butler, Gabriella Carpenter, Wesley Carranza, Hernan Castillo, Nicolas Chang, Annie Chen, James Collier, Benjamin Collin, Erica Collu, Barbara Compton, Julia Connell, Madeline Cownie, James Craker, Clay Dean, Oscar Demitrios, Ada Dietz, Gavin Donndelinger, Ryan Dorn, Juliette Elliott, Georgia Engle, Elizabeth Engle, Julian Engler, Samuel Espinoza, Isabella Fattouh, Tarek Feldt, Adam Florin, Emily Fortney, Lauren Foster, Benjamin Francois, Kennedy Frisch, Carson Frye, Katherine Fussell, Gianna Garamendi, Bridget Gerkey, Emmett Giles, Payton Goldrosen, Hannah Gonter, Maeve

Grant, Tianbra Hafeman, Lauren Hanson, Adam Hauser, Saskia Healy, Sarah Hellenbrand, Annika Hodgman, Casey Hu, Maylynn Huang, Christine Humphries, Sarah Hutter, Grace Inman, Alec Irwin, Indy Joers, Mattie Johnson, Egan Jones, Julie Kaur, Anjleen Kean, Joseph Kern, Adam Kessenich, John Kim, Nathan Kinne, Natasha Klug, Claire Knight, Amber Knupp, Colton Kortbein, Jonathan Kostecki, Emma Kruck, Andrew Lamers, Nathan Larson, Ava Lavallee, Raymond Lee, Jung Won Leffel, Zachary Lehmann, Drake Lim, Cheryl Lima Sanchez, Julio Lobaugh, Nicholas Lohrei, Zoe London, Shayla Ludtke, Megan Ludwig, Delaney Maasch, Aimee Mackey, Amelia Matejka, Kathryn Maves, Logan Mayhew, Zachary McDonough, Maxwell McGrath, Caitlin McGuffey, Lili McLeod, Aidan Meister, Samantha Meland, Nolen Mitchell, Elizabeth Mormino, Madison Mosley, Owen Moyer, Callie Newcomer, Anja Nisbet, William Nurani, Rithika Ohly, John R Opland, Avery Patel, Shankhil Patton, Sophia Paulsen, Anna Pflasterer-Jennerjohn, Isaiah Pierobon Mays, Gabriela Raval, Serena Reisinger, Julia Richards, Thomas Roach, Gabriella Roden, Elena Roquet, Kendall Rosen, Elizabeth Ross, Emily Roush, Isaac Rozum, Emma Sacchetti, Elena Salyapongse, Zoe Sanchez Cortes, Cecilia Schuster, Alexander Schuster, Emma Scudder, Paul Shi, Stephen Shulfer, Bailey Smink, Moniek Smith, Berkley Smith, Sydney Spence, Addison

Stefanek, Cindy Stine, Richard Ulfig, Emily Vander Sanden, Lauren Vinje, Kara Vogt, Isaac Vogt, Jacob Voss, Nicole Waddell, Casey Walsh, Zachary Walther, Kevin Warren, Quinlan Weigert, Clare Zahed, Bjaka Zeker, Sarah Zhang, William Zopf, Magdelena


Adkins, Tyrell Bills, Conner Buchholz, Anna Burch, Harley Conklin Little, Raleigh Elliott, Brady Ferderer, Nicholas Grosenick, Ashley Miller, Mallory Nutini, Caleb OConnor, Caitlin Orum, Solomon Pankow, Klaus Passini, Maya Roberts, Calvin Simonson, Mason Smith, Emmett Stevens Williams, Desiree Sullivan, Keara Tuttle, Peter Wu, ZhuoRan

8th Grade Honor Roll(3.600-4.000)Bold Denotes 4.0Adams, Hazel Aguilar, Sammy Akbar, Salaar Alcorta, Elena Andrews, Megan Ashe, Alexis Babler, Jazmyn Ballweg, Kyle Batchenkova, Anna Batley, Kai Becker, Elora Berge, Amaya Bergenthal, Robert Bertalot, Sean Bindl, Ashley Bowers, Erin Braaten, Hadley Brenton, Aaron Brunel-Hamel, Maia Burns, Abigail Buxton, Isaac Callahan, Danielle Carey, Bryce Carey, Margaret Cheng, Jordan Chi, Meixi Choi, Jin Seop Culp, Joseph Cunningham, Gabrielle Dagitz, Isabel Dahler, Lauren Davey, Megan Druzba, Madison Dunk, Brandon Eggert, John Eichelberger, Melanie Fait, Kyle Farquhar, Tianna Fischer, Erin

Kromrey lists honors and honorable mention students

See HONORS, page 9

Flock, Stacia Foth, Brianna Fullerton, Leigha Garlough-Shah, Isabel Germann, Megan Gralnek, Sarah Griffith, Dylan Griffith, Thomas Gundlach, Kyia Hathaway, Kelly Hellenbrand, Casey Hendricks, Lauren Hickman, Morgan Hiorns, Charles Hoffman, Joseph Hogendorn, Tristan Huang, Stephanie Huggett, Leah Jason, Liam Jensen, Katie Joseph, Benjamin Jurgella, Luke Kim, Jessica Kim, Mia

Kim, Sae Mee Kirch-Whitmore, Rachel Kohlhoff, Kylee Krenke, Grace Kryshak, Joseph Kushner, Rachel Larson, Olivia Lastine, Kristen Laurent, Maria Lee, Eric Lewandowski, Aidan Libert, Elizabeth Lohrei, Mason Lomas, Joshua Long, Cassidy Madigan, Grace Mahal, Madeline Mangas, Abigail Martin, Danielle Meyer, Chloe Miller, Samuel Monroe, Terra Mueller, Chase Murdoch, Susannah Nemr, Clara Newcomb, Gretchen Newcomer, Max Noughani, Hanna Pelcastre, Litzy Peters-Michaud, Eagan

Petersen, Benjamin Postle, Teresa Prestigiacomo, Maxwell Prichard, Logan Pritts, Taina Raisleger, Emily Ramirez, Alexa Ramirez, Josie Regan, Cameron Ronnie, Nicholas Saleh, Amena Scher, Benjamin Schremp, Carmen Schroeder, Ella Schuster, Bryce Shulla, Michael Smith, Connor Speth, Adriana Stousland, G A Struck, Alexander Sullivan, Andrew Swanson, Andrew Tian, Yating Trinrud, Raina Wagner, Jenna Wagner, Madelinn Warriner, Amalia Weber, Gabrielle Whittingham, David Wiegand, Kayla

Williams, Noah Wodzro, Stuart Yan, Alton Zabrowski, Zeke Zambrano, Angel Zheng, Susanna Zillner, Blake Zimmerman, Megan Zocher, McKenzie Zopf, Isabella Zweber, Jakob


Braun, Harrison DeGroot, Diana DeLeo, Kristen Drane, Owens Funch, Searra Lorman, Claire Oelerich, Lars Parkin, Archer Peterson, Maxwell Quechol Ramirez, Jesus Rocero, Isaiah Kyle Shoemaker-Allen, Aliza Spellman, Samuel Teodorescu, Alexander

Thomas, Chandon Whitford, Josiah Wirkus, Wyatt


The districts fiscal services man-ager, Lori Ames, explained to the boardthat because of a change the boardmade last year in OPEB, the districtnow provides a defined contributionrather than a defined benefit.

Board President Bob Green said itwas great news because it would bemore than a one time savings. Hepointed out that the district would con-tinue to see the savings year afteryear.

The news of the OPEB savings

comes alongside recent news of insur-ance savings. Unlike the OPEB sav-ings, savings on insurance may be aone time occasion, but could still be asubstantial help in the districts budget.

The district originally budgeted$800,000 for an expected ten percentincrease in health insurance next year.After several years without doing so,the district decided to put out a requestfor bids.

After reviewing the bids, districtstaff realized there was $300,000 in

savings from what was budgeted evenif all employee plans stay the same.About 70 percent of district employeesare currently under Unity and 30 per-cent under Dean. Dean is offering norate increase for 2015-16 and a rate capfor the two years after that. Unity of-fered a 9 percent increase and didntoffer any rate cap.

The savings come at a time when thedistrict along with districts throughoutthe state are looking at potential cutsfrom the state. The savings will help

offset the cuts and offer more flexibil-ity in the districts budget.

Under the proposed state budgetthere would be no increase in generalaid in 2016 and a $108 million increasein 2017, with no increase in revenuelimits. The proposed budget also callsfor eliminating a special categorical aidpayment in 2016 amounting to $127million but restoring it the next year atan increase of $142 million.

Green noted that many school dis-

tricts are looking to their fund balanceto cover the funding gap in the statebudget. He expressed how pleased hewas to discover the combined savings.

Right now most other districts arelooking to cover that funding gap withtheir fund balance, Green stated. Weare at least able to cover some portionof it with savings and insurance whichI think is a much more financially pru-dent way of covering those costs andnot reducing services.

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Pauls Neighborhood Bar is a greatplace to stop with friends and co-work-ers to enjoy some delicious food at rea-sonable prices, says theestablishments namesake and owner,Paul Haas. We love our sports hereand you can watch your favorite gameson one of our 16 TVs, two of which arealways on live horse racing fromacross the country.

By the time Pauls NeighborhoodBar came to Middleton 17 years ago,Haas was already a seasoned restaurantand bar owner, having purchased

Speedway, an establishment on Min-eral Point Road, from his parents in1985. He said setting up a bar in Mid-dleton made perfect sense.

I have lived here all my life andwent to school in Middleton, saidHaas. I knew it was a great commu-nity to be a part of and it is a fast grow-ing one as well.

Pauls is a popular stop for the bluecollar crowd, which make it bustle dur-ing the mid-day lunch hour.

We serve breakfast seven days aweek including prime rib and countryfried steak everySunday, said Haas.We serve homemade hot lunch spe-cialsMondaythroughFriday,a classiccomfort food style lunch. All-you-can-

eat fish fry everyFriday4:30-9:00 p.m.[And] our sandwich menu is availableeveryday untilmidnight.

Haas went on to say Pauls home-made lunch specials, which are served

in under 10 minutes, and its $2 beersare two things that make the business,which is located at 2401 Parmenter St., unique.

His favorite item on the menu?

Easily the hot beef sandwich duringour daily lunch specials, Haas says,And my favorite item on the dailymenu is our appetizer, the jalapeocheese curds.


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by MATT GEIGERTimes-Tribune

Eat while you watch the ponies

Times-Tribune photos by Matt GeigerThe hot lunch specials at Pauls Neighborhood Bar are prepared in less

than 10 minutes.


said a drone would have been useful.Acquiring a drone is another exam-

ple of what Harris likes to say typifiesthe volunteer department as one of themost technologically advanced, around.

Instead of waiting for others, wereleading the way, said Harris while su-pervising a proscribed burn Saturdayon Cardinal Point Trl.

Downwind from where the burnwould begin, a six-wheeled, all-terrainvehicle was laying down a fire-resis-tant path of water from hose connectedto an ultra-high pressure system. MFDhas been using ultra high pressure tac-tics for several years, which suppressesfires better than a conventional meth-ods, said Harris.

Ninety percent of water used at afire is wasted, when its applied froman 800 pounds per square inch conven-tional hose, he said. Ultra high pressuredelivers water at up to 1,500 psi anddue to the thermal dynamics of fightingfires absorbs more heat because of thesmaller sized water droplets.

Using less water is a big advantageto a fire company that has to bring it tothe rural fires it fights. Water deliveredthrough UHP system will last manytimes longer than its convention coun-terpart.

UHP also creates a safer working en-vironment for firefighters, too, saidHarris, and less water used on structurefires means less structure damage.

Insurance adjustors (inspecting a

house fire) ask us wheres all thewater?, said Harris. Most of thatwater ends up in the basementWatercan do as much damage to a buildingas the fire can.

MFD is one of the few area depart-ments to use UHP and will participatein a training exercise the Bureau of Al-cohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explo-sives will conduct near Chicago inJune to test UHPs effectiveness on firesuppression, impact on fire scene in-vestigation and firefighter safety.

In previous years, donations fromthe proscribed burns have paid to outfita brush firetruck and the ATV. The vol-unteers also donate money to acquireequipment they will use at fires.

They want the best equipment with

them. They know what it is and wantto use it, Harris said.

Whether to equip the drone with athermal imaging camera or conven-tional video will be determined after at-tending a fire chiefs convention thisweek in Indianapolis, IN., said Harris,who would like to have the drone intime for training exercises in June.

Priced at $1,200 to $1,500 apiece,Harris is considering buying twodrones this year.

Some of the volunteers have experi-ence with drones which should speedup training for how they will be usedat a fire scene, he said.

At a structure fire, I dont expectthey will be buzzing around that much,but (it) will give us on the ground a

good view from 200 to 300 feet up,something we havent had before,Harris said.

This years proscribed burn seasonwas a few weeks longer than typicaldue to the lack of snow and relativelydry weather to date. That allowed MFDto conduct several more burns thannormal, Harris said.

While private firms also conductproscribed burns, MFD takes on thereally big ones, where the equipmentand training is definitely needed, hesaid.

Once open areas green up therestoo much moisture in it to properlyburn and that probably will occur thisweek, Harris said.

Kathy Olson also spoke in opposition.Members of the Blackhawk Neighbor-hood Home Owners Association testi-fied and said they had at least 200signatures gathered for a petition op-posing the rezoning request.

Since Steve Brown Apartmentsmade their initial proposal, neighborshave been raising concerns about thedensity. During the public hearingcomments were made on how the den-sity would adversely affect traffic,roadway safety, property values, andneighboring views.

Many of the public comments alsofocused on the results of a traffic im-pact analysis that was done by the

citys consultant and financed by thedeveloper. In the traffic impact analy-sis the intersection of Pleasant Viewand Blackhawk received a negativegrade of F for level of service. It wasnoted that the development would notconstitute a substantial increase of traf-fic but that it would worsen alreadypoor conditions.

Steve Brown Apartments managerJake Seeley argued that the density wascomparable to nearby apartments andthat a higher density in that corridor iswhat Middleton wants and needs.

We initially proposed a three storyand a four story building and the feed-back suggested that that was too big,

Seeley said. So we eliminated a storyfrom a portion of the western buildingthat most visually interacts with neigh-boring single family homes and re-duced the initially proposed 106 unitsby more than ten percent to 95 whichis a significant reduction and the lowestcount possible in order to deliver thetype of product that we develop.

Alder Hans Hilbert made a motionto recommend Council approval of thegeneral implementation plan (GIP)contingent on the City of Middletonand the City of Madison entering intoan agreement for intersection improve-ments and the financing of those im-provements within one year. If an

agreement is not reached within oneyear, the city would reconsider theGIP. Another condition of approval issite specific design review for thebuilding placement, setbacks, screen-ing, and integration of the design withthe site.

Hilbert said it was hard to make thatmotion after the testimony in the publichearing but explained that his motionwould put a mechanism in place to ad-dress the already poor road conditions.

Alder Jim Wexler made a substitutemotion to deny the rezoning request al-together.

What we have got here, to me, is tome very clear, you have got the entire

neighborhood, youve got representa-tives from the City of Madison and theTown of Middleton, youve got theschool district weighing in on this andnobody is saying this is ready to go,Wexler said. Its interesting when thedevelopers say they heard your feed-back, I wonder what feedback theyveheard, because this hasnt changedmuch.

Wexler said he has been very openminded throughout the process butfeels that approving anything furtherwould be irresponsible.

The vote on the substitute motionwas 4-2, with Hilbert and Hubbard vot-ing against.

Only one bid came in to re-engineerthe system. That shows the magnitudeof the problem.

Many of the library spaces are nothandicapped accessible. The teen areacannot be maneuvered by a wheel-chair. There are arm-range issues, par-ticularly at the service desk.

City funds have been budgeted toaddress the back entry difficulties thatmostly affect staff. 100 percent of thefunds were allocated for this projectwhich is great.

MTT: You gathered input from citi-zens in Public Listening Sessions inJanuary and early February. Werethere recurring themes or surprisesfrom the people who attended?

Westby: We gathered over 300 re-sponses on-line and over 150 peopleattended the meetings, generating over700 unique requests.

Not only are libraries providing pro-grams and circulation, theyre engag-ing the community in public discourse,in technology uses and in innovation.

So when we were doing the surveys,recurring themes that came up weremore spaces for programming andtechnology, technology upgrades andoptions and more classes in technol-ogy.

For example, we can hold classes orworkshops for our 3D printer or for ed-iting on laptops and then we have toput those things in storage until thereis another session because we donthave room in the lab.

Because of the cement floors, we arevery limited with where technologycan be placed in our building. It all re-lates to outlets.

New libraries are being built with

space under the floor so that outlets canbe rearranged as libraries shift theirspaces to respond to technologicalneeds, expanding collections and pro-gramming.

The current buildings infrastructurecould work well for some businesses,but it is no longer an appropriate spacefor the library.

Sustainability was another big prior-ity to citizens. There are many optionsto investigate that would allow the li-brary to fill much of its own need forelectrical power.

MTT: At a listening session in Jan-uary, a woman at my table was con-cerned that some citizens might not beable to afford another tax increase.Will taxes be the only funding of what-ever project is decided on?

Westby: The city is very consciousof raising taxes. Depending on what isdecided, tax dollars could pay for partof the project. But, we would also seekindividual and corporate donations.

The Friends of the Middleton Li-brary is a 501 3C organization whichmeans that it can apply for grants.Grants would be pursued heavily formany aspects of the project.

Already the Friends group supportsthe library programming with dona-tions of $30,000 - $40,000 every year.

City funds would be responsible forany increase of staffing and, of course,the maintenance of the building.

We need to remember that theBishops Bay development will sub-stantially increase Middletons taxbase.

MTT: Is there anything else thatyoud like to say about the project?

Westby: Whatever project wechoose will align with the librarysmission statement which is to make apositive difference in the quality oflife.

[We do this by] offering a safe andwelcoming environment in an aesthet-ically pleasing and conveniently organ-ized facility.

[By] supplying free and open accessto knowledge and information, and thediversity of ideas to all, while protect-ing the privacy of library patrons.

[By] meeting the informational, ed-ucational, and recreational needs of thecommunity through information col-lections, resources, programming andoutreach.

And [by] providing highly compe-tent library staff members to assist,guide, and instruct the public in the useof library resources and informationgathering.

The library provides complimentaryprogramming in partnership with othercommunity organizations. For in-stance, the citys sustainability com-mittee didnt have a way to completetheir mission of seed distribution. So,the library is filling that gap by provid-ing a seed library.

We keep our fingers on the pulse ofthe community to see how we can sup-port those endeavors.

Its a very exciting time in the life oflibraries everywhere. We are at thecusp of transformation from beingmainly a storehouse for books andaudio visual material to something newand exciting that engages people of allages.

The books wont disappear. Thereneeds to be room for the books, along-side the ever-changing media, technol-

ogy and programming options that willbest serve our citizens.

We support many, many studentswho do not have computers and otherresources for research in their ownhomes. Many students meet their tu-tors at the library to work on gainingthe skills and knowledge that they needto succeed.

We work to keep up with what theschools are teaching. That was the im-petus behind the acquisition of the 3Dprinter.

Its about so much more than creat-ing a toy. It gives students an opportu-nity to practice the math, science and

engineering skills that are called for intodays real world of manufacturing.

The humanities activities that wepresent speak and give back to theheart of our humanness, that part thatmakes us good citizens and goodneighbors. It is presented in ways thatrecognize, respect and celebrate our di-versity.

For more information about the li-brary or to join the friends group, goto the librarys website: www.midli-brary.orgbrochures about the friendsgroup are available at the front desk.

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VERONA There were count-less opportunities.

One chance after another tochange the one-sided nature of thisrivalry.

So when it was over, and hostVerona had toppled Middleton, 5-1,in a girls softball game last Friday,Cardinals head coach CherieHellenbrand was understandablyfrustrated.

They have a reputation as theteam to beat and theyve earnedthat, Hellenbrand said of theWildcats. But we had chances to

win this game. We just need moreconfidence.

By winning this early Big EightConference showdown, the Wildcatsimproved to 5-0 in the league, 6-0overall and moved into sole posses-sion of first place in the league.Middleton fell to 5-2 overall and 4-1in the league.

The game was tied, 1-1, in thebottom of the seventh whenMiddleton starter Lauren Bankeloaded the bases with nobody out.Hellenbrand went to her bullpen, butVerona freshman Emma Kleinsekdrove Makenzie Kopps first pitchover the fence in center field for awalk-off home run.

While the loss was a tough one toswallow, it couldnt completelydamper whats been a terrific start tothe season for Middleton.

I think our start has been awe-

It took a tad longer than theywould have liked.

But Middletons baseball teamseems to be finding its groove.

After a rough start to the season,the Cardinals won two of threegames last week including animpressive 14-5 rout of three-timedefending state champion SunPrairie last Saturday.

Middleton is now 3-5 overall and2-3 in the Big Eight Conference.

We had a good week of base-ball, Middleton manager TomSchmitt said. Thats the first timeweve won in Sun Prairie since theybuilt their new stadium (in 2011).

Middletons win over Sun Prairiewas arguably its best victory in sev-eral seasons. Sun Prairie, ranked No.4 in the state, was 7-1 overall and 4-0 in the Big Eight.

Middleton used a six-run thirdinning, though, to grab a big earlylead and never looked back.

Nolan Kouba had a huge day atthe plate, going 3-for-3 with a dou-ble, four runs scored and two RBI.Ivan Monreal went 3-for-4 with adouble and three runs scored.

Drew Finley-Haag was 2-for-5with two RBI and Joe Ludwig was 2-for-4 with two RBI.

Liam Belleveau also had two RBIas Middleton pounded out 12 hits.

We hit it well, up and down thelineup, Schmitt said.

Alec Morrison had a solid day onthe mound against Sun Prairies ter-rific lineup. Morrison went the dis-tance and allowed three earned runs.Morrison also struck out six andwalked three.

Just consistency, Schmitt saidof the key to Morrisons success.Alex found strike zone, mixed threepitches and located them. He didntget behind many hitters and thatssomething hes done at times thisseason.

Leading 1-0 in the third,Middleton broke things open with a


Baseball team has big week,including win at Sun Prairie

Finding a groove

by ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune

Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

Alec Morrison picked up two wins for Middletons baseball team last week.See BASEBALL, page 20

Makinggains

Softball team fallsto Verona, but offto terrific start


Morgan Schmitt and Middletons girls softball team are 5-2 overall and 4-1 in the Big Eight Conference.


See SOFTBALL, page 17

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Middletons boys track and fieldteam has been the gold standard insidethe Big Eight Conference the last twoyears.

But the Cardinals discovered lastTuesday theyll have to take things upa notch to stay atop the league.

At the Madison East Triangular lastTuesday, the Cardinals defeated thePurgolders, 115.5-30.5. ButMiddleton also fell to Verona, 81-65.

The Cardinals then rolled pastMadison Memorial, 89-57, andJanesville Craig, 89.5-5, at theMiddleton Triangular last Thursday.

The dual meets dont counttowards the conference champion,Middleton coach Isaac Mezerasaid. All the glory goes to whoeverwins the conference meet, so Im con-fident well fare better against Veronawhen it counts.However, it seems thatthey might be our closest competitionfor the conference title this year.

Middleton did have several out-standing performances at the two tri-angulars.

At Madison East, Middletons3,200-meter relay team of John Jones,Sam Jaeger, Nick Lynch and EricLengfeld was first (9:23.9). The 800-

meter relay team of Alex Wood,Griffin Gussel, Zach Easton andTravis Zander was also first (1:34.0).

The 400-meter relay team of AustinDelaney, Nnamdi Okoli, TrevaunTurner and and Easton was first(44.8). And Middletons 1,600-meterrelay team of Easton, Will Funk,

Gussel and Jordan Futch was first.Our relays will again be one of

our teams strengths, Mezera said.Futch also won the 400 (51.4) and

Zander won the 800 (2:04.8). SeanBenedict won the shot put (45-6 )and Noah Meeteer won the pole vault(13-6).

Middletons second place finishescame from Okoli in the 100 (11.1),Cole Conklin-Little in the 800(2:05.4) and David Marrone in the3,200(10:32).

Middletons third place showingsincluded Wood in the 100 (11.2), RyanMadoch in the 1600 (4:44.7), Eddie

Larson in the 400 (56.5), MatthewWakai in the 300 hurdles (46.8),Matthew Leiferman in the 800(2:07.4) and Turner in the 200 (23.5).

At the Middleton Triangular, PerrinHagge won the 1,600 (4:19.2) andZander won the 400 (51.9).

Travis and Will Funk had a goodfight down the home stretch, Mezerasaid. That gives us three guys under52 the first week of the outdoor sea-son.

Futch won the 800 (1:59.5) andOkoli won the 200 (22.5).

Nnamdi showed why hes a topsprinter in the state with that sort oftime, Mezera said.

Zach Shoemaker-Allen won the3,200 (9:48) and Meeteer won thepole vault (13-0).

Middletons 1,600-meter relayteam of Wood, Futch, Hagge, andZander was first (3:28.1). And theCardinals 800-meter relay team ofTurner, Easton, Gussel and Okoli wasfirst(1:32.1).

Middletons second place finishescame from Benedict in the shot put(44-0), Balster in the triple jump (38-9), Brett Joers in the 110 hurdles(15.9), Hayden Johnston in the 1600(4:47.5), Funk in the 400 (51.9), GusNewcomb in the 800 (2:00.01) andJack Rader in the 3,200 (9.55).

Middletons 400-meter relay teamof Calvin Geppert, Noah Roberson,Jack Stanton, and Anthony Gatlin wasalso second (47.5).

Middletons third place finishesincluded Nick Maes in the triplejump (38-9) and Them Gjikdhima inthe pole vault (10-0).

Clearly, we have a lot to be excit-ed about, Mezera said.

The outdoor season has arrived forMiddletons girls track and field team.

And the Cardinals seem ready for amemorable six-week run.

Middleton rolled at the MadisonEast Triangular last Tuesday. TheCardinals cruised past Verona, 92-54,and toppled the Purgolders, 115-31.

Middleton also won its own trian-gular last Thursday, besting JanesvilleCraig, 130-16, and topping MadisonMemorial, 89-57.

Overall, we are off to a great startto the outdoor season, Middletoncoach Tara Franklin said. Our indoormeets were limited in entries, but theydefinitely got us heading in the rightdirection.

Middleton had several terrificshowings at the Madison EastTriangular.

The 3,200-meter relay team ofVictoria Trantow, Milena Martin,Katie Schmidt and Emma Larson wasfirst (10:58). Lauren Smith won the100-meter hurdles (16.8) and Sara

Gaab was second (16.9).Middleton swept the 1,600 as

Jenny Mangas was first (5:47),Autumn Grimwas second (5:55) andJordyn Hellenbrandwas third (6:12).

Middletons 800-meter relay teamof Lauren Smith, Emily Zeker, AbbeyWebber and Anna Garren wasfirst (1:52). Hanna Docter won the400 (1:00.9) and Bobbi Patrick wonthe 800 (2:22).

The 400-meter relay team of HaileeMilton, Hanne Andersen-Smith,Olivia Roberts, Kayleigh Dietz wasfirst (52.6). Madeline Ace won the300-meter hurdles (53.8) and Gaabwas second (54.2).

Iris Ohlrogge won the 3,200(12:45), Maya Gibson was second(13:02) and Mallory Rongstad wasthird (13:16). Middletons 1,600-meter relay team of Audrey Hinshaw,Hanne Andersen-Smith, Dietz andPatrickwas first (4:13).

Kiara Cruz was first in the shot put(33-8 ) and the discus (94-2). AndEmily Bergum was second in the longjump (15-0 ).

The Cardinals also rolled pastJanesville Craig and MadisonMemorial at the Middleton Triangular.

The 3,200-meter relay teamof Zeker, Hellenbrand, Larson andMargaret Patterson was first in 10:53.

Lauren Smith won the 100-meterhurdles (15:53), while Patrick won the400-meter dash (1:00.7), HanneAndersen-Smith was second (1:02.9)and Hinshaw was third (1:04.3).

400-meter relay team of Bergum,Webber, Liz Boettinger and LaurenSmith was first (51.9). AlyssaLemirande won the 800-meter run(2:27.7) and Jenny Phillips was sec-ond (2:27.8).

Docter won the 200-meter dash(26.6), while the Cardinals swept the3,200-meter run. Kallie Stafford wasfirst in the 3,200 (12:51.8), Gibsonwas second (12:57.6) and AnnaWelton was third (13:12.5).

Middletons 1,600-meter relay

team of Rachel Wians, Zeker, Webberand Garren was first in 4:16.1.Bergum won the long jump (15- 9 ),Maygan Neisius was second (14-9)and Docter was third (14-7).

The areas of strength are definite-ly our sprints and relays, and lots ofyoung talent in the distance events aswell, Franklin said. We have ourveteran runners seniors BobbiPatrick, Hanna Docter, Rachel Wians,Jenny Phillips, Emily Bergum, EmilyZeker, Olivia Roberts and Jenny

Mangas that are already showing whatamazing grit they have.

We round out the veteran return-ers with some very talented juniorsthat are also contributing and extreme-ly motivated Hailee Milton, CeliaMayne, Hanne Andersen-Smith, SaraGaab, Kiara Cruz and Lauren Smith.

The team is deep with talent. Ithink it is starting out to be a verypromising season for the girls. Thereare lots of exciting things to come inthe next six weeks.


Figuring out where they stand

Startingout strong

Girls track andfield team opens4-0 in conferencedual meet season


Middletons Lauren Smith won the 100-meter hurdles during the Middleton Triangular and the Madison EastTriangular last week.



Boys track andfield team startsstrong, but alsofalls to Verona


Griffin Gussel helped Middletons 800-meter relay team finish first at the Madison East Triangular.

Mary Duffy is no different than therest of the soccer world.

Shes a competitor, a fighter. Andsettling for a tie isnt something Duffyis typically thrilled with.

But Duffy Middletons girlssoccer coach was all right with a tielast Friday night.

Middleton traveled to KettleMoraine, the No. 3 team in the state,and battled the Lasers to a 1-1 tie.Considering the Cardinals are a rela-tively inexperienced team working inseveral new pieces, Duffy left highlyencouraged by the result.

Of course, like every competitiveplayer, I want to win, Duffy said.However, the results we wanted tosee werent just the W. I wanted tosee how the girls would stand upagainst a tough opponent.

Middleton, which is now 3-0-1 onthe young season, stood up extremelywell.

The Cardinals took a 1-0 lead in the36th minute on a goal from MadyWarda. Middleton then did a terrificjob keeping the mighty Lasers off the

board for most of the game.Kettle Moraine had a breakaway

opportunity late in the first half. ButMiddleton keeper Belle Gallegosmade a terrific save and the Cardinalstook a 1-0 lead to intermission.

It was a huge confidence boosterand allowed us to surge at the end ofthe half, Duffy said.

Kettle Moraine surged at the startof the second half. But Middletononce again held firm and kept theLasers off the scoreboard.

Once again, the girls provedresilient, withstood their attack and wesurged again, Duffy said.

Finally in the 82nd minute, KettleMoraine broke through and notched atying goal. And while Middletonwould have loved to exit with a win,there were a huge number of positivesin the tie.

Gallegos had a terrific game andshowed that the Cardinals should be ingood hands in goal this season.

Gallegos came up big multipletimes in the game, Duffy said.Notonly on the breakaway save, butnumerous times in the air, on crossesand shot blocking.

Junior defender Grace Douglas hada big game, as did center midfielderEmma Geppert. Left midfielderKimmie Holmes, and outside mid-fielders Nora Edelen and Warda alsohad impressive games.

Center midfielder Kalli Acker did anice job slowing Kettle Morainesattackers. And forward KristenReikersdorfer and Megan Sullivanhad strong showings.

A tie is a tie, but it gave us morepotential and possibilities for ourupcoming matches, Duffy said. Ibelieve this game gave us somethingthey also needed confidence.

As long as we leave no ifs onthe field, communicate and work

together, the outcomes, the results, theconfidence will continue to grow.

Middleton also rolled pastJanesville Parker, 11-1, last Thursday.

Sullivan and Reikersdorfer both

had two goals and one assist. KimmieHolmes had the game-winning goal.

It was a good week, Duffysaid. I was impressed with Parkerand the fight they gave us.They weremore organized and quick than theyhave been in years.

On deck: Middleton was atVerona Tuesday, then hosts MadisonEast Thursday at 7:30 p.m. TheCardinals are also at Oregon Mondayat 7 p.m.


Making astatement


Macey Kalscheur and Middletons girls soccer team are 3-0-1 this season.

Girls soccer teamearns tie at No. 3Kettle Moraineby ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune

Middletons boys golf team had anawfully exciting 24-hour stretch thisweek.

First, the Cardinals were rankedNo. 1 in the first Golf CoachesAssociation of Wisconsin (GCAW)poll of the season.

Middleton then played to that loftystandard and won the 22-team WPGAInvitational Monday afternoon atMaple Bluff Country Club.

On a wet and rainy day, theCardinals shot 325 as a team andedged Madison Edgewood (326) byone shot. Monroe was third at 327,while Stoughton (339) and WaukeshaCatholic Memorial (340) rounded outthe top five.

Junior Emmet Herb led Middletonwith an 8-over-par 79. That was good

was a fourth place finish individually.Cardinals juniors Brady Thomas

and Joey Levin both shot 80s, whichtied for seventh individually. HenryTaylor also shot an 86, which tied for31st.

Middletons win at the WPGAcame on the heels of the firststatewide poll of the year.

Middleton was ranked No. 1, fol-lowed by Hartland Arrowhead, EauClaire North, Waukesha CatholicMemorial, Milwaukee Marquette,Madison Edgewood, Green BayNotre Dame, Onalaska, McFarlandand Homestead.

On deck: Middleton was at theMadison East Triangular Tuesday,then was at the Sheboygan InviteWednesday at the Whistling StraitsIrish Course in Kohler.

Middleton is at the WaunakeeInvitational Saturday at the Meadowsof Six Mile Creek at 10 a.m. TheCardinals are then at the Madison LaFollette Triangular at Yahara HillsMonday at 2 p.m.

Middletons boys tennis teambegan its season with a 7-0 win overJanesville Parker last Thursday.

The Cardinals then lost all three oftheir matches at the NeenahQuadrangular last Saturday.

During Middletons win overParker, sophomore Xavier Sangarolled to a 6-0, 6-0, win at No. 1 sin-

gles, while junior Brian Bellissimoposted a 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 2. At No.3 singles, freshman Haiwen Dainotched a 6-0, 6-0 win, and ColinHogendorn rolled to a 6-0, 6-0 win atNo. 4.

In doubles, junior Dan Jin and sen-ior Harish Veeramani posted a 6-2, 6-4 win at No. 1. Junior Cody Markeland freshman Rafael Sanga rolled to a6-2, 6-0 win at No. 2. And at No. 3,sophomore Mason Pyle and seniorTyler Ballweg notched a 6-0, 6-1 win.

At the Neenah Quad, Middletonsbest performance came in a 5-2 loss toNicolet. There, Sanga notched a 6-3,

6-3 win at No. 1 singles, while the No.3 doubles team of Colin Hogendornand Jacob Scher earned a hard fought6-4, 2-6, 7-5 win.

Middleton also lost to host Neenah,6-1. Sanga posted the Cardinals onlywin at No. 1 singles, where he rolledto a 6-3, 6-4 victory.

Middleton also fell to MilwaukeeMarquette, 7-0.

On deck: Middleton was atVerona Tuesday, then hosts MadisonEast Thursday at 4 p.m. The Cardinalsare then at the Madison MemorialInvite Friday beginning at 4 p.m. andSaturday starting at 9 a.m.


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Lacrosse scoresMiddletons boys lacrosse

team won a pair of games lastweek.

The Cardinals defeatedMadison West, 9-3, last Thursday.Middleton also toppledMarquette, 7-6, in double over-time last Saturday.

This week, Middleton hostsSun Prairie Friday at 7 p.m., thenis at Mukwonago Saturday at 1p.m.

Good sportsMiddletons girls basketball

team received honorable mentionhonors for sportsmanship, ethicsand integrity from the WIAASportsmanship Committee.

Tennis Cardinals take some lumpsby ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune

Middleton goes 0-3at Neenah Quad

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Emmet Herb and Middletons boys golf team won the WPGA InviteMonday.

Look whos No. 1Boys golfers playto lofty rankingby ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune


some, senior shortstop KatieFermanich said. Weve done a greatjob stringing together hits and play-ing good softball. This was a toughending, but Im proud of our per-formance so far.

With good reason.Middleton had won its first four

league games and served notice thatit might challenge the Wildcats forconference supremacy this spring.

But Middleton which hasntdefeated Verona in the regular seasonsince the Wildcats joined the leaguein 2009 still had one test to pass.Besting mighty Verona.

The Cardinals seemed to have theWildcats on the ropes several timesthroughout this thriller, but couldnttake advantage of their chances.

We still need to find a way to getpast Verona, Fermanich said.Theyve kind of had our number.

Friday was almost that day.Middleton took a 1-0 lead in the

top of the third inning when ShelbyBallweg singled, moved to second ona Morgan Schmitt sacrifice fly, andlater scored on consecutive wildpitches.

Banke, the Cardinals marvelousfreshman, escaped trouble in the sec-ond inning and carried a shutout tothe fourth inning. But Verona short-stop Kori Keyes blasted a long homerun in the fourth to tie the game, 1-1.

Banke was great, Hellenbrandsaid. A pitch here or there Im sureshed like to have back, but she wasreally good.

Middleton had its share ofchances to get to Verona junior pitch-er Alyssa Erdman.

In the fourth, senior catcherAmber Karn doubled and reachedthird with just one out. But Karn wasthrown out after a ground ball tothird base.

Right fielder Abby Henke alsoreached third base that same inning,but was stranded.

Third baseman BiancaBockwinkel reached second basewith two outs in the sixth, butMiddleton couldnt get a key hit to

drive her home.And in the seventh, Morgan

Schmitt drew a two-out walk andFermanich followed with a single.But center fielder Rachel Eversonflew out to deep center, endinganother Middleton rally.

Banke seemed to tire in the sev-enth and Verona took advantage.Then the Wildcats threw the knock-out punch against Kopp.

Theres a lot to be happy about,Hellenbrand said. Weve playedreally solid and were hitting the ballgood.

Well get another chance at(Verona) in a couple weeks. Well beready.

Middleton also notched wins overSun Prairie and Madison Memoriallast week. Heres a recap of thosegames:

Middleton 11, Sun Prairie 5 Middleton jumped to an 11-1 leadthrough 4 innings last Thursdayand held on.

Abby Henke went 2-for-4 withfour RBI, while Rachel Everson was2-for-5 with two RBI. BiancaBockwinkel had two RBI, whileKatie Fermanich also had two hits.

Sun Prairie always has strongathletes that have the ability to hitthe ball and this year is no different,Hellenbrand said. Their first twohitters are freshmen and they lookedlike seasoned veterans. What madethe difference was the timely hitswith runners on base.

Middleton freshman LaurenBanke allowed just two earned runs.Banke gave up five hits and struckout three in going the distance.

Lauren Banke pitched verywell, Hellenbrand said. It was niceto see her pull though even when fac-

ing excellent hitters.Middleton raced to a 3-0 lead

after the first inning when Henke hada bases clearing double.

The Cardinals led, 4-1, in the topof the third when Henke belted ahome run. Jessica Parente reached onan error, then Banke and ShelbyBallweg walked to load the bases.

Morgan Schmitt reached on anerror that scored Parente, Fermanichhad an RBI single that scored Banke,and Eversons fielders choice platedBallweg.

Middleton added three more inthe fifth when Bockwinkels doublescored both Schmitt and Fermanich.Amber Karns RBI single then platedBockwinkel.

Middleton 11, MadisonMemorial 4 Makenzie Kopp did-nt allow an earned run in seveninnings as Middleton rolled past thehost Spartans last Tuesday.

Kopp did a nice job on themound, Hellenbrand said.She wasconsistent throughout the game.

Parente had a

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