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Honoring the

fallen: Scenes

from a special

MemorialDay ceremony

-See page 9

VOL. 124, NO. 22 THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016 SINGLE COPY PRICE: $1.25

www.MiddletonTimes.com

Photo contributed

Spirit of IndiaThe first annual “Spirit of India” festival will feature world class musicians from two In-

dian traditions of classical music. It will also benefit the Friends of the Middleton Public Li-brary. Read more about this Saturday, June 11 concert on page 5.

Power of

the sun

The Madison Gas and Elec-tric Shared Solar pilot project is

now open for participation. The500 kW solar array will be lo-

cated on the Middleton Opera-tions Center building at 4330

Parmenter Street (the locationof the Middleton Recycling

Center).The project can supply power

for about 250 homes. Electricityfrom this system will be avail-

able to MGE electric customerswho join the Shared Solar pro-

gram.Using more renewable en-

ergy is important for our envi-ronment. Shared Solar can help

us get there. Sign up now for“Shared Solar.”

Find our more atwww.mge.com/sharedsolar.

City Council approves

additional TIF projects

The Middleton City Council

has approved a conceptual de-veloper financed tax increment

financing (TIF) agreement for$1,311,738 for a warehouse

and headquarters for Laser Ex-press and a final TIF agree-

ment for $653,562 inassistance for a 16-unit apart-

ment building on ParmenterStreet.

Laser Express is a provider

of equipment, parts, acces-

sories, and supplies to re-sellers, distributors, and

service organizations in theimaging industry. They spe-

cialize in laser printers andlaser printer parts remanufac-

turing and distribution.Laser Express wants to

move their Madison operationto Middleton. They also have

operations in Waunakee andPlano, Texas. The company

employs 49 people in Madisonwith annual wages totaling

$2.3 million and says the Mid-

dleton location would have 47

employees and plans to ex-pand.

The new Laser Express sitewould include one 16,560- and

two 60,000-square-foot build-ings built in three phases. The

first two phases would be the60,000 square foot warehouse

buildings and the third phaseswould be the 16,560 square

foot office building with un-derground parking.

The $1,311,738 TIF request

Solar panels coming

to roof of Middleton

Police Department

In an effort to increase the

city’s use of renewable energythe common council has ap-

proved an agreement withMadison Gas & Electric

(MG&E) to put solar panels onthe roof of the police station that

will generate enough electricityto cover about 25 percent of the

buildings annual energy use.

The city will also put solar pan-els on the roof of the municipal

operations building to providesolar energy to residents.

In the agreement for the po-lice station the city is signing a

25-year lease on the solar pan-els, which will be owned by

MG&E.MG&E projects spending

Decision on water

tower delayed...

After extensively studyingthree sites for Madison Water

Utility’s proposed Blackhawkwater tower, support for a fourth

site emerged at a MWU Boardmeeting last week, pushing a

decision on the tower’s locationinto June.

MWU wants to build a 175-foot-tall tower somewhere

within the 17 acres it owns atthe southeast corner of Old

Sauk and Pioneer roads. But,exactly where got more compli-

cated when staff proposed afourth site further north and east

of the three sites it has beenconsidering for months.

Friends of Pope Farm Con-servancy members and David

Shaw, town of Middleton ad-ministrator, both spoke in favor

of site number two, which is lo-cated the furthest southeast

from the intersection. There, atower there would be less intru-

sive on the view to the south-

west which thousands of peoplephotograph when the acres of sunflowers bloom in the conser-

  nergy pilot begins

by CAMERON BREN

Times-Tribune

by CAMERON BREN

Times-Tribune

by KEVING MURPHY

Times-Tribune

See TIF, page 8

See SOLAR, page 8

See TOWER, page 8

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Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger

Cops and Copp’s will ‘Stuff the Squad’ to feed the hungry

Feeding America has partnered with Copp’s grocery store in Middleton and the MiddletonPolice Department to host a local food drive with all donations going to the Middleton Out-reach Ministry (MOM) Food Pantry. The event will kick off on June 4 and end June 11 atCopp’s Middleton. On June 11 at 2 p.m. donations will be stuffed into police vehicles andthe MOM Food Rescue Truck and transported to MOM at 3502 Parmenter St. in Middleton.McGruff the Crime Dog is expected to attend the June 11 event.

“The ‘Stuff the Squad’ idea originated in Milwaukee and we are so happy to bring it toour area,” said officer Kim Wood, of the Middleton Police Department. “For us, ‘Stuff theSquad’ is more than just donated food - we hope to build relationships within our community, make those we already have even stronger, and be able to give back to those who need ourhelp. Our goal is to stuff the squad and receive donations equal to the weight of a police SUV, which is approximately 4,000 pounds! We are looking forward to the opportunity to teamup with Copps Food Center of Middleton and MOM and look forward to many more events

in the future.”Copp’s is located at 6800 Century Ave, Middleton, WI 53562. The store will provide freecoffee and donuts on June 11 from 11-2 p.m. Those who attend will have the opportunity tomeet local law enforcement officers, buy a $5 or $10 prepared grocery bag or customize yourown from our Top 10 List at momhelps.org.

Items that are most needed at the food pantry include: Rice or pasta, Cake or BrownieMixes, Cooking Oil, Size five and size six diapers, spices, nuts, Laundry Detergent, Cannedravioli/spaghetti, sugar, oats or oatmeal.

A celebration of bikes at

Elm Lawn Elementary

In celebration of National

Bike to Work Month, Elm LawnElementary held its second an-

nual Bike to School Day andAfter School Bike Rodeo on

May 18.Approximately one third of 

Elm Lawn students, many withfamily members along for the

ride, pedaled their way toschool that morning, filling the

school’s four bicycle racks pastcapacity. It was a cheerful col-

lection as many discovered theenergizing effects of their morn-

ing bicycle commute.Mother nature was in full

support and provided perfecttemps and bountiful sunshine

later that afternoon for the ElmLawn PTO sponsored After

School Bike Rodeo.Attendance numbered in the

area of 125 students for the twohour bike rodeo event. Students

and their families participated inactivities that helped them learn

more about the specific needs of young cyclists and the skills

they need to be safer while outon their bikes. Zac Barns, an

ambassador with the WisconsinBicycle Federation, was one of 

many volunteers on hand tohelp instruct students and speak

with parents/guardians aboutthe Share and Be Aware pro-

gram, a statewide campaign tomake walking and biking safer

by educating all road users.Students also had their bike

gear checked over for proper fitand condition. The helmet

check station was run by volun-teers from our very own Mid-

dleton Fire District whocarefully inspected and adjusted

the fit many helmets. Volunteerbicycle mechanics from Dream-

Bikes were also on site to checkover students bikes and make

any necessary adjustments as

needed. DreamBikes is a localMadison bicycle shop and non-profit organization that works

with local youth organizationsand employs teens from the area

to work in their store. Dream-Bikes accepts donated bikes of 

any make, size and condition,that are then refurbished by

their employees and sold in

their stores. Find out moreabout their mission at dream-bikes.org, or visit their bikeshop at 4245 W. Beltline High-

way, Madison.To top off the event, Culver’s

of Middleton stopped by withtheir friend Scoopie for a visit

with students and their families.As an event sponsor, Culver’s

of Middleton provided fundingand in-kind items for the raffle

held at the end of the bikerodeo. Middleton Cycle also

donated items for the raffle withthe bicycle bells being the raffle

item of choice among the stu-dents. Much needed helmet do-

nations were provided by theKohl’s Safety Center located at

the UW Children’s Hospital.Thank you to all our sponsors

and bike rodeo volunteers. Es-

pecially the the Elm Lawnschool staff, parent helpers andthe high school student that

stepped up and lent a hand. Thesuccess of this event couldn’t

not have happened withoutyou.

Find out more at wisconsin-

bikefed.org.

by AMY LYNN DUNN

For the Times-Tribune

Photos contributed

Bicycle check by DreamBikes volunteer Josh Barrett helps Elm Lawn student Celton Dunn.

Helmet check by MFD volunteers Jonathon Maasch and Paul Towne.

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Chief Jus-tice Patience

Roggensacklast week no-

tified James

C. Wenzler of Arena of hisappointment

to the Board of Governors for

the State Bar.Readers of 

the  Middleton Times-Tribune

will likely remember Wenzler

for his entertaining but unsuc-cessful bids for a city council

seat here.The Board of Governors

manages and directs the affairsand activities of the State Bar of 

Wisconsin. The board includesthree non-lawyers appointed by

the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Although it was created bythe Supreme Court, the StateBar is not a state agency.

Wenzler’s term begins July 1,and is for two years.

“Jim will serve the board

with the same dedication anddevotion as he has in his other

roles serving the citizens of theState of Wisconsin,” Chief Jus-

tice Roggensack said.

 THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 3

ELLIS, ETTA LOUISE –E. Louise Ellis, “Weezy”, 75,

of Spring Green died suddenly

on May 17, 2016. She was bornin Texas on March 20, 1941 to

Louie A. Schuster and HenriettaSchuster. She graduated from

North Texas State in 1962.Louise had worked at News

Publishing, Inc. in Black Earthsince June of 2000. She made

many friends the past 16 years

she was employed there. She

was an avid gardener and lovedthe outdoors. Her gift of com-

passion, love and concern forothers made everyone around

her better off. She met her hus-band Larry in Florida and they

were married May 5, 1980.Survivors include her daugh-

ter Page Alisa Baker, her hus-band Larry S. Ellis,

brother-in-law James Frank,

nephew James Frank Jr., other

numerous relatives, and hermany friends.

She was preceded in death byher parents, her sister Mary

Schuster Frank; and many in-laws. Per Weezy’s, wishes a

private service was held. Thefamily requests that memorials

be made to Habitat for Human-ity in Louise’s memory.

OOBITUARYBITUARY

Public health officials: Zika virus confirmed in Dane County

Public Health Madison andDane County (PHMDC) has re-

ceived notification that a Zikavirus infection has been con-

firmed in a woman residing inDane County.

The patient, who is not preg-nant, acquired the infection

while traveling in Colombiawhere Zika infected mosquitoes

are present.“Travelers are highly encour-

aged to follow prevention rec-ommendations that can be

found at www.cdc.gov to avoidbecoming infected with Zika

virus. PHMDC has been advis-

ing healthcare providers tomonitor patients who have been

traveling for possible Zikasymptoms, and we will con-

tinue to monitor the local mos-quito population,” said Janel

Heinrich, director of PHMDC.Zika virus is transmitted to

persons primarily through thebite of an infected mosquito, but

can also be transmitted throughblood transfusions and sexual

activity. Cases of Zika that havebeen reported in the United

States have occurred mostlyamong travelers to countries

where there is active and ongo-

ing spread of the disease, whichis primarily in Central and

South America, Mexico and theCaribbean. There have been no

locally-acquired cases of Zikavirus infection in Wisconsin or

in the continental United States.Symptoms occur in 1 in 5

persons infected with Zika virusand include fever, conjunctivi-

tis, rash, and/or joint pain. Theillness is typically mild and re-

solves within one week. How-ever, Zika infection in pregnant

women is associated with con-genital microcephaly and fetal

losses. Guillain-Barre syn-

drome has also been linked inpatients after suspected Zika in-

fection.PHMDC advises individuals

with symptoms to see a health-care provider if they have vis-

ited an area where Zika virus ispresent or had sexual contact

with a person who traveled toan area with Zika virus. In ad-

dition, the CDC currently rec-ommends that all women who

are pregnant or trying to be-come pregnant postpone travel

to areas where the Zika virus ispresent or consult their doctor

before traveling. Pregnant

women who have traveled to anarea with the Zika virus should

talk to their doctors about test-ing for Zika virus.

During mosquito season inDane County, approximately

late May through September,PHMDC routinely monitors

adult and larvae mosquitoes.“In over ten years of moni-

toring, we have not found thespecies of mosquitoes identified

as Zika carriers in our commu-nity,” says John Hausbeck,

PHMDC Environmental HealthSupervisor. “We will continue

to monitor this upcoming sea-

son for these specific mosqui-toes, in addition to other species

that transmit diseases such asWest Nile Virus.”

At this time, there is no spe-cific medication available to

treat Zika virus and there is nota vaccine. The best way to

avoid Zika virus is to avoidmosquito bites and to avoid un-

protected sexual contact with aperson who has Zika virus.

For more informationabout Zika virus and mos-quito monitoringsee www.publichealthmdc.com or www.cdc.gov/zika

According to UW-Madisonprofessor of entomology Susan

Paskewitz, “We found the num-ber of deer ticks increased sig-

nificantly last year in Madisonand we are finding them in

wooded areas in urban parksacross the state.”

We may be used to thinkingthat protecting ourselves from

and checking for tick bites isonly necessary when we’ve

been in the woods or on hikes.However, it is now advised that

we should increase these ef-forts. Paskewitz advises, “Be-

cause these ticks carry Lymedisease and other pathogens,

people should take care to dotick checks whenever they have

been out in woods, even in theirown backyards. They should

also use repellents and wear

clothing that will reduce expo-sure to these pests.”

A bite from an infected deertick can lead to Lyme disease,

which garners the most atten-tion. However, just as Lyme dis-

ease is on the rise in Wisconsin,so are other diseases infected

deer ticks spread, such asanaplasmosis, babesiosis, ehrli-

chiosis and spotted fever rick-ettsial diseases.

According to the CDC, un-treated Lyme disease can pro-

duce a wide range of symptoms,depending on the stage of infec-

tion. These include fever, rash,facial paralysis, and arthritis.

Symptoms of the other diseasesspread by deer ticks are very

similar and all may occur any-where from 3 to 30 days after a

bite. When treated with the ap-

propriate antibiotics in the earlystage of symptoms, one usually

recovers rapidly and com-pletely.

Preventing tick bites is thebest defense against these dis-

eases. Avoid wooded andbrushy areas with high grass,

and walk in the center of trailsif hiking. Use repellents con-

taining 20 to 30 percent DEETon both exposed skin and cloth-

ing, carefully following productinstructions. You can also use

products that contain perme-thrin on clothing. As soon as

possible after coming indoors,bathe or shower, conducting a

full-body tick check using amirror. It’s important to note

that ticks can be as small as apoppy seed. Adult ticks are

about the size of a sesame seed.

Tumble clothing you’ve wornoutdoors on high heat in a dryer

as well, to kill any ticks you’vemissed.

Unfortunately, dogs are verysusceptible to tick bites and the

diseases they cause, and ticksmight be hard to notice on them.

As with humans, prevention isthe best defense. Use a tick pre-

ventive product on your dogand check it daily for ticks.

For more information abouttick-borne infections,

see www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/tic

kborne/index.htm

For more information of ticksand how to prevent tick bites,

see cdc.gov/ticks/index.html

For more information about

keeping your pets tick free,see cdc.gov/ticks/avoid/on_pets.html.

Lyme disease is only one of many dangers

Jim Wenzler named to State

Bar s Board of Governors

Wenzler

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A day at the Mendota County

Park beach just got better ascounty officials last week un-

veiled a filter system that cleansthe lake water and prevents

beach erosion.The $80,000 system encir-

cles the swimming area at thebeach on CTH M, draws out

lake water, filters it throughsand at 100 gallons per minute

and returns the filtered water tothe lake.

“The system is sized to filterall the water within the swim-

ming area every 24 hours,” saidJohn Reimer, a Dane County

storm water engineer, who de-signed the system.

The “Clean Beach Corridor”pilot program aims to reduce

the muck and bacteria that re-sults in beach closures when the

weather warms in summer, saidDane County executive Joe

Parisi who with other county of-ficials announced the project.

“Dane County is leading the

charge to clean up our lakes andinvests millions every year to-

wards this important effort.There is no quick fix or

overnight solution to allow fam-ilies to enjoy our beautiful

lakes,” he said in prepared re-marks.

Before the boom and sus-pended curtail was installed in

the swimming area and thehouse for the filter system was

built, the county removed rockfrom the lakeshore that was pro-

tecting the shore from waveerosion but preventing swim-

mers and waders from easilyentering the water.

Seeing the rock come out andthen the filter system installed

has already brought out swim-mers, said Michael Gerner, a

park neighbor, who also chairsthe Clean Lakes Alliance.

“This park and beach is anexample of what we can do

when we put our minds to it,”he said.

A polyester reinforced PVCcurtain is suspended from the

floating boom and forms a con-tainment area that will be the

primary swimming area at thepark. While a breeze whipped

up waves on the open lake, thewater inside the boom was

calmer and did not seem to lapat the sand and gravel at the

shore“Now we have a beach

where there wasn’t one beforeand it opens up one of the great-

est assets of our community toeveryone. Also, you don’t have

to pay to go to the beach withyour kids,” Parisi said.

Brady Musson, of the Townof Westport, said his son, Louis,

3, would go to the beach everyday and Musson now finds it a

better place for Louis to play.“It’s the greatest beach for

him. It’s close, the water shouldbe cleaner this summer; he

loves it,” Musson said.Parisi said the county must

do more than take care of onebeach at a time. It needs to at-

tack the source of pollution inorder to clean up the area’s

lakes. The county is spending$10 million this year toward

that goal. One effort will installa system this summer to manure

digesters in the town of Spring-

field that will entirely eliminatephosphorous from the byprod-

ucts, including cow bedding,the digesters produce.

If the process works there itwill be installed at digesters

near Waunakee, Parisi said.“We want to help farmers cut

down phospohorous from run

off. We don’t want to wait 10 to20 years in order to use the

beaches,” Parisi said.Phosphorous promotes

growth of algae of which sometypes can be toxic to living

things. It also robs the lakes of oxygen, increases fish mortality

and smells.

The filter system now operat-ing at Mendota County Park is

similar to one the city of Madi-son has been used at Bernie’s

Beach on Monona Bay. Thecounty’s system is being piloted

in anticipation of being used atother county parks, Parisi said.

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Local lake gets cleaner thanks to county filter

by KEVING MURPHY

Times-Tribune

Photo by Kevin Murphy

Brad Musson, of the Town of Westport, and his son, Louis, three, enjoy the new beach atMendota County Park just after county officials announced the “Clean Beach Corridor” initia-tive.

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The first annual “Spirit of India” festival will feature

world class musicians from twoIndian traditions of Classical

music – Hindustani (North In-dian) and Carnatic (South In-

dian).The festival is a joint

fundraiser for the Friends of theMiddleton Public Library,

YWCA of Dane County andCombat Blindness.

The evening will showcaseUstad Shahid Parvez – India’s

foremost Sitar artiste, and Lal-gudi GJR Krishnan – India’s

finest Violin Virtuoso, accom-panied by Shubhjyoti Guha on

the Tabla, and Patri SatishKumar on the Mrdangam.

The grand concert will beginat 6 p.m. in the Waunakee Per-

forming Arts Center, and will bepreceded by featured artistes

and performers from differentparts of the country, throughout

the day.

“Hindustani and Carnaticmusic are ancient art forms that

are several thousand years old.Learning and performing Car-

natic music is a great way forsecond generation of Indians to

connect with their rich Indianheritage,” says Naveen Aditya,

one of the main organizers,whose musically gifted eight

year old son, Sanchit, learnsHindustani music.

“These festivals enable us tocarry forward the age old Guru-Shishya Parampara [the oraltradition of passing on knowl-

edge from the teacher to the dis-ciple],” says Jai Sovani-Garud,

director of Naad Foundation,Milwaukee, and one of the core

committee members.The festival is sponsored by

Dane Arts, India Music Society- Milwaukee, Arohana School

of Music, Naad Foundation,businesses like India House, Taj

Indian Restaurant, and individ-

ual sponsors from the Indian

community.“Besides bringing two di-

verse Indian art forms togetherfor a good cause, the festival is

a great way to bring peoplefrom different parts of the coun-

try together. Also, there are veryfew festivals in the country that

give Hindustani students an op-portunity to perform, and we

decided to create one! We planon making this an annual event

going forward”, says VanithaSuresh, co-organizer of the fes-

tival, and director of ArohanaSchool of Music & the Melhar-

mony Foundation, a non-profitbased in Middleton.

 THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 5

Indian concert will benefit

Friends of the Library

Photo contributed

 Almost Summer Concert!On June 2, at 7:30 pm, the MHS Symphony Orchestra proudly presents their annual Almost

Summer Concert. On the program will be the Holst St. Paul’s Suite, the Bach BrandenburgConcerto No.4 with guest soloists Barb Roberts and Nathan Giglierano, Puccini’s Nessun Dormawith a return performance by acclaimed tenor Heath Rush, and the glorious “Organ” SymphonyNo.3 by Camille Saint-Saens, featuring organist Alex Ford. Also during the evening will be or-chestra awards, senior recognition, and a post-concert reception. The concert is free and the pub-lic is encouraged to attend.

Kids Fishing Day June 18th. The Middleton Op-

timist Club is inviting kids and accompanying

adults to a fun day of fishing. Conveniently on Fa-

ther’s Day Weekend! The event will be from 9am

to 2pm at Lakeview Park in Middleton. Free fi sh-

ing poles provided to the first 150 youth. Lunch

and beverages will be served. Big Fish, Little Fish

and Casting Contests.

There will be plenty of bait and fishing instruc-

tions to go around.

Kids Fishing Day

Tickets (including deli-

cious Indian food) start at  $15, and go all the way up to

 $150. They are available at:

on.spingo.com/e/spirit_of_i ndia.

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The Wisconsin GovernmentAccountability Board has asked

the Legislature to release$250,000 in funds for a

statewide TV, radio and onlinecampaign to educate voters

about the voter photo ID law.“We need to remind voters to

bring their IDs to the pollingplace before the Partisan Pri-

mary in August and the Presi-dential Election in November,”

said Kevin Kennedy, Wiscon-sin’s chief election official.

“We also need to let peopleknow how they can get a free

state ID for voting, even if theydon’t have their birth certifi-

cate.”“The campaign’s message is

that most people already havethe ID they need to vote,”

Kennedy said. “If they don’thave one, they can get a free ID

for voting at the DMV, even if they don’t have some docu-

ments like a birth certificate.”The campaign is designed to

raise awareness and encouragethe public to go to a website

(BringIt.Wisconsin.gov) or call866-WIS-VOTE (866-868-

3974) to learn more about whatIDs are acceptable and how

they can get a free ID if theyneed one for voting. The cam-

paign’s TV and radio ads, shortvideos and printable brochures

are available on the website.The videos are also available on

the YouTube and Vimeo web-sites.

The “Bring It to the Ballot”multimedia ad campaign needs

funding to get on the air and on-line, said Kennedy, director and

general counsel of the G.A.B.TV and radio ads were distrib-

uted to Wisconsin stations torun as unpaid public service an-

nouncements in February. Theagency has no funding for the

campaign because the voterphoto ID law was on hold in the

courts at the time the current fis-cal year budget was submitted

in September of 2014. The U.S.Supreme Court cleared the law

in March 2015, but the Legisla-ture did not add photo ID cam-

paign funding before passingthe budget in July of 2015.

State law permits agencies torequest supplemental funding

from the Legislature for unbud-geted expenses. (§ 13.101(4),

Wis. Stat.) The G.A.B.’s fund-ing request was submitted

late Tuesday to the Joint Com-mittee on Finance, which has

not yet scheduled its quarterlymeeting. “If the committee acts

expeditiously, the new Wiscon-sin Elections Commission

should be able to educate votersearly enough to make sure they

have the ID they need to vote,”Kennedy said.

The funding request includestwo alternative media plans de-

signed to inform Wisconsin vot-ers – especially those who are

less likely to have an acceptablephoto ID. The campaign would

begin in July and run throughthe November election, but is

intended to reach voters in the

summer months before the air-waves and online ad spaces fill

up with political ads in the fall.The G.A.B. is proposing that

final details of the campaignwould be approved by the new

Wisconsin Elections Commis-sion, which takes over for the

G.A.B. on June 30.

PAGE 6 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016

Nearly 1,600 students atMiddleton High School learned

on Wednesday of last weekabout the dangers of smart-

phone activities while drivingand had the chance to experi-

ence the hazards firsthand whentwo distracted driving simula-

tors visited the school.Middleton High School

teamed up with AT&T, AAAand the Wisconsin State Patrol

as part of the It Can Wait ® cam-paign to remind students that

smartphone activity should waituntil after driving. Teens were

also encouraged to sign apledge to keep their eyes on the

road and not on their phones.“In today’s mobile world,

many drivers are texting, emailand even video chatting on their

phones when they should be fo-cusing on the very important

task of driving,” said principal

Stephen Plank. “We want tohelp keep our students at Mid-

dleton High School safe by ed-ucating them on the dangers of 

smartphone activities behindthe wheel. We’re happy to

bring the It Can Wait messageto school to draw awareness to

this serious issue.”The AT&T virtual reality

driving simulator is visitingMiddleton High School as part

of AT&T’s nationwide tour toraise awareness about the dan-

gers of distracted driving. Thesimulator gives students the

chance to virtually experiencewhat happens when you text

and drive.The effort is part of 

AT&T’s  It Can Wait ® cam-paign, which has expanded

from a focus on texting whiledriving to include other smart-

phone activities now common

behind the wheel.“When we launched the  It 

Can Wait campaign five yearsago, our message was simple –

no text is worth a life,” saidScott T. VanderSanden, presi-

dent of AT&T Wisconsin. “Thesame applies to other smart-

phone activities. We are urgingdrivers, especially teens, to keep

their eyes on the road and noton their phones.”

During two assemblies, stu-dents heard from speakers about

the dangers of distracted driv-ing, watched a video

called “The Last Text” aboutlives altered by someone’s deci-

sion to text and drive, and expe-rienced AAA’s distracted

driving simulator.The event was part of a series

of high schoolassemblies AT&T, AAA and the

Wisconsin State Patrol are hold-

ing this school year to drivehome the dangers of distracted

driving and encourage studentsto take the pledge.

New research from AT&Tshows seven in 10 people en-

gage in smartphone activitieswhile driving. Texting and

emailing are still the mostprevalent, but four in 10 drivers

also tap into social media. Over25 percent are on Facebook, 1

in 7 are on Twitter, almost threein 10 surf the net, and surpris-

ingly, one in 10 video chat.“Advancements in technol-

ogy have led to new distractionsthat drivers need to understand

and beware of,” said State Rep-resentative Dianne Hesselbein

(D-Middleton). “Not only is itdangerous to text and drive, it is

also dangerous to Snapchat,scroll through Facebook or take

videos while driving. We hope

students will take the pledge tofocus on the road instead of 

their phones.”In December Wisconsin

marked the five-year anniver-sary of its ban on texting while

driving.“If you text while driving,

your hands are not on the steer-ing wheel, your eyes are not on

the road, and your attention isnot on the traffic and road con-

ditions around you,” said Wis-consin State Patrol

superintendent Stephen Fitzger-ald. “Texting while driving

will, without a doubt, increaseyour risk of causing a crash or

failing to avoid one. You areputting yourself, your passen-

gers, and everyone else on theroad in grave danger.”

AT&T first launched the  It Can Wait ® campaign in 2010 to

educate the public about the

dangers of texting while driving

and encourage people to takethe pledge to not text and drive

at www.ItCanWait.com.The campaign has now ex-

panded and turned into a na-tional social movement with

support from organizations allover the country, including the

Wisconsin State Patrol andAAA. Since 2010, AT&T,

AAA and the State Patrol havepartnered together to hold

events in 99 cities throughoutWisconsin, reaching over

40,000 high school stu-dents.

A lesson that could save livesStudents at Middleton High School Urged to Take Pledge to Keep Eyes on the Road, Not on Their Phones

Photos contributed

Students at Middleton High School learned last week about the dangers of distracted driving during an “It Can Wait” event at the high school hosted by AT&T, AAA and the Wisconsin StatePatrol. Students also had the chance to try out the AT&T virtual reality driving simulator and experience the impact smartphone activity has on their driving.

CHURCH NOTES

Government Accountability Board wants funds for photo ID education

Members of the Middleton

Area Historical Society Pie andIce Cream Committee are look-

ing forward to the famous Pieand Ice Cream Social sponsored

by your Middleton Area Histor-ical Society.

The big event will be heldon Wednesday, June 15 at Lake-

view Park in Middleton, starting

at 5 p.m.As usual, they will have a

wide variety of pies and other

baked goods, topped with icecream, and, for your listening

pleasure, the New HorizonsBand will again be playing your

favorite songs startingaround 6:30 p.m.

If you are a baker and wouldlike to contribute your delicious

pies, cakes or cookies to the So-cial we would love to have your

donation. If possible, theywould like to have these arrive

between 3 and 4 p.m. so that piecutters and servers can get them

to the table in time.

Pie and IceCream Social

The It Can Wait cam- paign has inspired over 8

million pledges not to text and drive across the coun-

try.Visit www.ItCanWait.co

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Allie, Matthew A, 26, FYR toPedestrian/Bicyclist/EPAMD atUncontro, 08/06/2015, $250.00 ,540 Plaza Dr # 104, Madison,WI 53719

Alt, Jeffrey C, 28, Vehicle

Registration Revoked/Sus-pended/Cancel, 07/26/2015,$98.80 , 6325 Pheasant Ln #38,Middleton, WI 53562

Ammerman, Kathy M, 49,Method of Giving Signals,08/05/2015, $98.80 , 4221 Bar-nett St, Madison, WI 53704

Banker, Cheryl R, 62, Methodof Giving Signals, 08/06/2015,$124.00 , 118 Oak St, Madison,WI 53704

Barrett, Stephen C, 32, NonRegistration, 08/13/2015,$98.80 , 128 S Park St # 1,Richland Center, WI 53581

Bellissimo, Bianca M, 21, Ex-ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-its, 08/15/2015, $98.80 , 7850Big Timber Trl, Middleton, WI53562

Benish, Patrick M, 29, Ex-ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-its, 08/08/2015, $98.80 , 6735Frank Lloyd Wright Ave, Middle-ton, WI 53562

Bernal Fernandez, CarmenS, 53, Display UnauthorizedRegistration Plates/Tags,08/04/2015, $98.80 , 3416 Val-ley Ridge Rd Apt 5, Middleton,WI 53562

Berry, Brianne L, 36, NonRegistration, 08/04/2015,$98.80 , 8607 Airport Rd, Mid-dleton, WI 53562

Beyer, Mckenzie K, 20, Ex-ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-its, 08/02/2015, $98.80 , 3725Marigold Cir, Middleton, WI53562

Blaisdell, Randall D, 52, Traf-fic Control Signal Violation red,08/13/2015, $98.80 , 502 LonePine Way, Verona, WI 53593

Bode, Patricia A, 52, Exceed-ing Zones and Posted Limits,08/10/2015, $98.80 , 601 West-wynd Ct, Mazomanie, WI 53560

Briguglio, Kathryn M, 28,Method of Giving Signals,08/06/2015, $124.00 , 4514Hammersley Rd # 3, Madison,WI 53711

Brooks, Christiane C, 44,Auto Following Too Closely,08/05/2015, $124.00 , 4476Rocky Dell Rd, Cross Plains, WI53528

Brown, Isaac C, 25, Operat-ing while Suspended,08/15/2015, $124.00 , 5815

Raymond Rd #3, Madison, WI53711Brown, Isaac C, 25, Display

Unauthorized RegistrationPlates/Tags, 08/15/2015,$161.80 , 5815 Raymond Rd #3,Madison, WI 53711

Bruch, Jason J, 40, Exceed-ing Zones and Posted Limits,08/06/2015, $98.80 , 1138 12ThSt, Baraboo, WI 53913

Brunner, Amanda Jo, 26, Op-erating while Suspended,08/16/2015, $124.00 , 2530 Val-ley St, Cross Plains, WI 53528

Brunner, Amanda Jo, 26, Op-erating vehicle without insur-ance, 08/16/2015, $124.00 ,2530 Valley St, Cross Plains, WI53528

Burgos Cruz, Edwin, 38, Ex-

ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-its, 08/01/2015, $124.00 , 3407Roma Ln # 4, Middleton, WI53562

Burns, Amy C, 41, InattentiveDriving, 08/06/2015, $111.40 ,800 Pine St, Arena, WI 53503

Cady, Patrick H., 26, TrafficControl Signal Violation red,08/13/2015, $98.80 , 5256 Brin-disi Court, #2, Cottage Grove,WI 53527

Calabrese, Robert E, 60,Method of Giving Signals,08/06/2015, $124.00 , 884 Nor-man Dr, Stoughton, WI 53589

Casey, Kelly M, 37, Non Reg-istration, 08/11/2015, $38.00 ,5316 Westport Rd # 105, Madi-son, WI 53704

Cerrato, Amber J, 40, Non

Registration, 08/10/2015,$98.80 , 7220 Elmwood Ave,Middleton, WI 53562

Chen, Chia H, 33, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits,08/07/2015, $98.80 , 1708

Suwannee Circle, Waunakee,WI 53597Christensen, Ole L, 74, Ex-

ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-its, 08/10/2015, $124.00 , 360W Washington Ave # P103,Madison, WI 53703

Clyce, Blake M, 18, Exceed-ing Zones and Posted Limits,07/23/2015, $124.00 , 455Fargo Trl, Middleton, WI 53562

Coughlin Jr, Timothy P, 26,FYR toPedestrian/Bicyclist/EPAMD atUncontro, 08/06/2015, $0.00 ,34 Marquette St, Madison, WI53704

Cruickshanks, Donald A, 62,Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, 07/30/2015, $98.80 ,1115 Garfield St, Madison, WI

53711Danforth, Ruth M, 55,

Method of Giving Signals,08/10/2015, $98.80 , 336 5ThSt, Prairie Du Sac, WI 53578

Darlington, Joshua C, 45,Non Registration, 08/17/2015,$98.80 , 3126 Creekview Dr., #9,Middleton, WI 53562

De Lira, Karina, 37, Operat-ing w/o a Valid Driver’s License,08/12/2015, $124.00 , 2060Allen Blvd # 23, Middleton, WI53562

Doyle, Trevor W, 24, Exceed-ing Zones and Posted Limits,08/11/2015, $124.00 , 2823Grandview Blvd, Madison, WI53713

Drotning, Dawn M, 59,Method of Giving Signals,08/06/2015, $124.00 , 7315Donna Dr, Middleton, WI 53562

Dunn, Erica J, 28, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits,08/13/2015, $149.20 , 2600 N.Hampton Ct. Apt 7A, Chicago, IL60614

Eljerary, Tawfig A, 39, DisplayUnauthorized RegistrationPlates/Tags, 08/03/2015,$161.80 , 2114 Allen Blvd #23,Middleton, WI 53562

Emerich, David L, 41, Ex-ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-its, 08/04/2015, $124.00 , 501 NRidge Dr, Waunakee, WI 53597

Erickson, Scott D, 34, FYR toPedestrian/Bicyclist/EPAMD atUncontro, 08/06/2015, $250.00 ,845 Walter Run, Waunakee, WI

53597Evenson, Katie L, 36, Methodof Giving Signals, 08/06/2015,$124.00 , 6709 Mader Dr # 109,Madison, WI 53719

Fabian, Eleanor C, 26, Ex-ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-its, 08/07/2015, $149.20 , 1935S. Wabash, #511, Chicago, IL60616

Fehrman, Ashlee J, 32, Motorvehicle liability insurance re-quired, 08/03/2015, $10.00 ,1149 Stonewood Xing, SunPrairie, WI 53590

Fernandez, Marijose, 23, Ve-hicle Registration Revoked/Sus-pended/Cancel, 07/19/2015,$38.00 , 14 N Lincoln Ridge DrApt 625, Madison, WI 53719

Fernandez, Marijose, 23, Op-

erating while Suspended,07/19/2015, $38.00 , 14 N Lin-coln Ridge Dr Apt 625, Madison,WI 53719

Fetzer, Tara J, 30, InattentiveDriving, 08/13/2015, $111.40 ,5317 Century Ave # 2, Middle-ton, WI 53562

Files, Audrey R, 29, Operat-ing vehicle without insurance,08/04/2015, $124.00 , 1319Glacier Hill Dr, Madison, WI53704

Fountain, Latonya B, 41,FYR toPedestrian/Bicyclist/EPAMD atUncontro, 08/06/2015, $250.00 ,104 Deer Valley Rd # 2, Madi-son, WI 53713

Frank, Lottie N, 67, Auto Fol-

lowing Too Closely, 07/29/2015,

$98.80 , 3586 Bishops Way,Middleton, WI 53562

Freitag, Thomas J, 47, NonRegistration, 08/15/2015, $0.00 ,7103 Caneel Trl, Middleton, WI53562

Freitag, Thomas J, 47, Ex-ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-its, 08/15/2015, $124.00 , 7103Caneel Trl, Middleton, WI 53562

Fuson, Douglas F, 71, Ex-ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-its, 08/03/2015, $98.80 , 7781Elmwood Ave # 306, Middleton,WI 53562

Fuss, Cari L, 44, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits,08/18/2015, $98.80 , 6210 Win-nequah Rd, Monona, WI 53716

Garcia, Andres, 30, Exceed-ing Zones and Posted Limits,08/11/2015, $124.00 , 1241 Vel-vet Leaf Dr, Madison, WI 53719

Garton, Jessina J, 30, Ex-ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-its, 08/13/2015, $124.00 , 3611Napoli Ln #2, Middleton, WI

53562Garvens, Bonnie S, 27, FYR

from Yield Sign, 08/13/2015,$98.80 , 926 High St # 2, Madi-son, WI 53715

Gertgen, Jeffrey L, 57, NonRegistration, 08/07/2015,$98.80 , 613 Polk St, Sauk City,WI 53583

Gjermundson Jr, GeorgeW, 62, Non Registration,08/07/2015, $98.80 , 107 Ski Ct,Madison, WI 53713

Godfrey, Keith B, 45, Operat-ing while Suspended,08/15/2015, $124.00 , 5205 Re-gent St, Madison, WI 53705

Goyal, Tapan, 25, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits,08/09/2015, $98.80 , 266 Junc-tion Rd # 20, Madison, WI53717

Granville, Kathryn J, 32, Traf-fic Control Signal Violation red,07/31/2015, $98.80 , 1114 NHigh Point Rd # 209, Madison,WI 53717

Harrington, Jackson B, 18,Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, 08/02/2015, $98.80 ,5210 Whitcomb Dr, Madison,WI 53711

Harrolle, Charlie M, 32, RetailTheft/ Shoplifting, 07/10/2015,$187.00 , 1022 Jana Ln, Madi-son, WI 53704

Hayes, Prince A, 36, Operat-ing after revocation, 08/08/2015,$124.00 , 422 Junction Rd,Madison, WI 53717

Heiss, Mark R, 55, Non Reg-

istration, 08/15/2015, $98.80 ,4337 Wakefield St, Madison, WI53711

Hillestad, Randy L, 34, Seat-belt Required Oper/Pass,08/08/2015, $10.00 , 4804 Win-nequah Rd, Monona, WI 53716

Hoff, Brady J, 22, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits,07/31/2015, $98.80 , 115 PineMeadows Ct, Cross Plains, WI53528

Hoffman, David F, 22, Disor-derly Conduct, 07/25/2015,$124.00 , 77 S Oakbridge Ct #106, Madison, WI 53717

Holmes, Brian V, 36, VehicleRegistration Revoked/Sus-pended/Cancel, 08/06/2015,$98.80 , 7136 E Pass, Madison,WI 53719

Holt, Christopher K, 21, Vehi-cle Registration Revoked/Sus-pended/Cancel, 08/04/2015,$98.80 , 517 1/2 W Doty St,Madison, WI 53703

Holt, Christopher K, 21,Motor vehicle liability insurancerequired, 08/04/2015, $10.00 ,517 1/2 W Doty St, Madison, WI53703

Horner, Jessica C, 45, Ob-st ruct ion /Encroachments,08/10/2015, $25.00 , 2018Coolidge Ct, Middleton, WI53562

Huemmer, Alima, 18, Under-age Consume/Possess Alco-holic Beverages, 08/17/2015,$187.00 , 6788 Valiant Dr,Windsor, WI 53598

Hurd, Kevin M, 59, Non Reg-

istration, 08/12/2015, $98.80 ,6330 Elmwood Ave, Middleton,WI 53562

Jaeger, Matthew S, 30, Vehi-cle Registration Revoked/Sus-pended/Cancel, 08/14/2015,$98.80 , 13 Ironwood Cir, Madi-son, WI 53716

Jett, Sharda J, 26, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits,08/05/2015, $124.00 , 5743Russett Rd # 2A, Madison, WI53711

Johnson, Labreya M, 21, Ex-

ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-its, 08/04/2015, $149.20 , 5862Woodland Dr, Waunakee, WI53597

Juris, Kellie A, 23, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits,08/04/2015, $98.80 , 2217 Eu-lalia St, Cross Plains, WI 53528

Karls, Robert C, 45, Methodof Giving Signals, 08/06/2015,$124.00 , 4102 Council Crst,Madison, WI 53711

Kidd, Gregory A, 51, Exceed-ing Zones and Posted Limits,08/05/2015, $98.80 , 4414 JayDr, Madison, WI 53704

Kim, Newrhee, 40, Exceed-ing Zones and Posted Limits,08/17/2015, $98.80 , 3774 Swo-boda Rd, Verona, WI 53593

Knox, Andrew R, 39, VehicleRegistration Revoked/Sus-pended/Cancel, 08/04/2015,$98.80 , 382 E Haseltine St # 1,Richland Center, WI 53581

Kokotailo, Patricia K, 58,FTS/Improper Stop at Stop Sign,08/13/2015, $98.80 , 6417Shenandoah Way, Madison, WI53705

Koran, Keshena C, 35, Vehi-cle Registration Revoked/Sus-pended/Cancel, 08/06/2015,$98.80 , 3032 Springfield Rd,Cross Plains, WI 53528

Koran, Keshena C, 35, Oper-ating w/o a Valid Driver’s Li-cense, 08/06/2015, $124.00 ,3032 Springfield Rd, CrossPlains, WI 53528

Kraus, Jennifer M, 39, Ex-

ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-its, 08/13/2015, $124.00 , 1305Manchester W, Waunakee, WI53597

Krueger, Heidi S, 47, HR Un-attended Vehicle, 07/13/2015,$187.00 , 11 Gina Ct, Madison,WI 53704

Lamberson, Thomas W, 61,Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, 08/08/2015, $98.80 ,1204 Enterprise Dr, Verona, WI53593

Lambert, J David, 54, Oper-ating while Suspended,07/30/2015, $38.00 , 1114Temkin Ave, Madison, WI 53705

Lambert, J David, 54, NonRegistration, 07/30/2015,$38.00 , 1114 Temkin Ave,Madison, WI 53705

Lambert, J David, 54, Ex-ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-its, 07/30/2015, $124.00 , 1114Temkin Ave, Madison, WI 53705

Lanham, Amy M, 46, Brakes-None-Defective, 07/29/2015,$124.00 , 4858 ChampionsRun, Middleton, WI 53562

Lapp, Jason K, 39, Non Reg-istration, 08/07/2015, $98.80 ,3506 Parmenter St # 7, Middle-ton, WI 53562

Laufenberg, Nicole E, 42, Ex-ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-its, 08/04/2015, $98.80 , 7196Hickory Run, Waunakee, WI53597

Lewis, Cassandra R, 24, Ve-hicle Registration Revoked/Sus-pended/Cancel, 08/06/2015,

$98.80 , 1426 Lucy Ln, Madi-son, WI 53711Litscher, John W, 37, FYR to

Pedestrian/Bicyclist/EPAMD atUncontro, 08/06/2015, $250.00 ,4233 Redtail Pass, Middleton,WI 53562

Lofthouse, Max G, 18, Disor-derly Conduct, 07/25/2015,$250.00 , 7216 Franklin Ave,Middleton, WI 53562

Marquez, Chloe L, 29, Vehi-cle Registration Revoked/Sus-pended/Cancel, 08/13/2015,$0.00 , 5690 Norfolk Dr # 2,Fitchburg, WI 53719

Marquez, Chloe L, 29, Oper-ating while Suspended,08/13/2015, $0.00 , 5690 Nor-folk Dr # 2, Fitchburg, WI 53719

Martinez Montes, Abraham

D, 30, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, 08/04/2015,$149.20 , 1319 Loreen Dr,Madison, WI 53711

Martinez Montes, AbrahamD, 30, Operating while Sus-pended, 08/04/2015, $124.00 ,1319 Loreen Dr, Madison, WI53711

Mason, Shandra C, 29, Op-erating w/o a Valid Driver’s Li-cense, 08/06/2015, $124.00 ,3301 Leopold Way Apt 107,Fitchburg, WI 53713

Matsko, Kimberly A, 36, Ex-ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-its, 08/10/2015, $98.80 , 813Silver Sage Trl, Middleton, WI53562

Meier, Leslie J, 34, Operatingwhile Suspended, 08/06/2015,$124.00 , 6621 Hubbard Ave,Middleton, WI 53562

Meyers, David M, 40, Methodof Giving Signals, 08/06/2015,$124.00 , 1602 Blue Ridge Trl,Waunakee, WI 53597

Mickelson, Joshua A, 19, Ex-ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-its, 08/12/2015, $98.80 , 800Sunnybrook Dr, De Forest, WI53532

Miller, Angela M, 32, Methodof Giving Signals, 08/06/2015,$124.00 , 770 N Albany St,Spring Green, WI 53588

Miller, Joseph D, 39, Exceed-ing Zones and Posted Limits,08/07/2015, $98.80 , 2039 Con-tinental Ln, Cross Plains, WI53528

Mills, Kimberly J, 25, FTS/Im-proper Stop at Stop Sign,08/04/2015, $98.80 , 2 SFairoaks Ave # 4, Madison, WI53714

Mirabedini, Ali R, 50, NonRegistration, 08/09/2015,$38.00 , 4922 Laub Ln, Madi-son, WI 53711

Moen, Zachary C, 20, NonRegistration, 08/17/2015,$98.80 , W11097 Deer Run Dr,Lodi, WI 53555

Montes, Camillo, 25, Operat-

ing after revocation, 08/18/2015,$124.00 , 2050 Allen Bld 4, Mid-dleton, WI 53562

Morales Ochoa, Delfino, 23,Operating w/o a Valid Driver’s Li-cense, 07/23/2015, $124.00 ,6335 Pheasant Ln # 99, Middle-ton, WI 53562

Morrissey, Charles F, 22, Ex-ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-its, 08/09/2015, $98.80 , 4723Sheboygan Ave # 312, Madison,WI 53705

Morrow, Charles P, 44, NonRegistration, 08/07/2015,$98.80 , 5205 Teaberry Ln,Fitchburg, WI 53711

Mottier, Jeffrey A, 53, Disor-derly Conduct, 07/30/2015,$124.00 , 5322 Milwaukee St,Madison, WI 53714

Muellner, Jessica B, 46, Ex-ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-its, 08/09/2015, $124.00 , 903Garfield Ave, Belvidere, IL61008

Muschitz, Thomas L, 44, Ex-ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-its, 08/04/2015, $98.80 , 4804County Highway 78, BlackEarth, WI 53515

Niesen, Jacob E, 29, UnsafeLane Deviation, 08/01/2015,$98.80 , 7073 County Road P,Dane, WI 53529

Niesen, Jacob E, 29, Operat-ing Left of Center Line,08/01/2015, $136.60 , 7073County Road P, Dane, WI53529

Northrop, Regan K, 22, Ex-

ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-its, 08/14/2015, $124.00 , 4471Daisy Patch Rd, Fish Creek, WI54212

Obodo, Austin C, 50, Operat-ing w/o a Valid Driver’s License,08/13/2015, $124.00 , 3710Packers Ave Apt 201, Madison,WI 53704

Obodo, Austin C, 50, Ex-ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-its, 08/13/2015, $124.00 , 3710Packers Ave Apt 201, Madison,WI 53704

Ordonez Gonzalez, KarenM, 19, Operating while Sus-pended, 08/07/2015, $124.00 ,2437 Parker Pl, Madison, WI53713

Palm, Laurie A, 36, Exceed-ing Zones and Posted Limits,

07/26/2015, $98.80 , 1322 RedBrick Ln, Sun Prairie, WI 53590

Patterson, Candice N, 28,Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, 08/17/2015, $98.80 ,6301 Maywood Ave, Middleton,WI 53562

Pendl, Kristina R, 20, Methodof Giving Signals, 06/08/2015,$124.00 , 6319 Pheasant Ln Apt9, Middleton, WI 53562

Peng, Jielong, 24, Method ofGiving Signals, 08/16/2015,$98.80 , 4849 Sheboygan Ave

Apt 308, Madison, WI 53705Peronto, Carl O, 56, Exceed-

ing Zones and Posted Limits,08/14/2015, $149.20 , 2795 Aly-dar Way, Cottage Grove, WI53527

Printen, John A, 52, Exceed-ing Zones and Posted Limits,08/12/2015, $98.80 , 4912Carya Rd, Black Earth, WI53515

Putnam, Bryan R, 19,Method of Giving Signals,08/06/2015, $124.00 , 380Burning Wood Way, Oregon, WI53575

Ramsett, Abbigail M, 24, Dis-orderly Conduct, 08/09/2015,$250.00 , 2222 Holiday Pt, Mc-farland, WI 53558

Ray, Michael J, 23, Exceed-ing Zones and Posted Limits,08/13/2015, $98.80 , 1910Hawks Ridge Dr # 132, Verona,WI 53593

Rector, Teresa L, 57, NonRegistration, 08/06/2015,$38.00 , 801 Moorland Rd,Madison, WI 53713

Reible, Kevin M, 30, Exceed-ing Zones and Posted Limits,08/13/2015, $98.80 , 6255 LodiSpringfield Rd, Waunakee, WI53597

Richmond, Odis T, 33, Oper-ating after revocation,08/07/2015, $124.00 , 3072Cimarron Trl # 8, Madison, WI53719

Rickman, Maureen D, 52, Ex-ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-

its, 07/03/2015, $124.00 , 5053Lake Mendota Dr, Madison, WI53705

Robison, Travell A, 23, Ex-ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-its, 07/23/2015, $98.80 , 1933Wyoming Ave Apt 1, Sun Prairie,WI 53590

Robles, Ellen L, 54, Methodof Giving Signals, 08/12/2015,$111.40 , 5117 Tokay Blvd,Madison, WI 53711

Sabol, Shaun T, 49, Exceed-ing Zones and Posted Limits,08/01/2015, $98.80 , 7833Black River Rd, Verona, WI53593

Saddoris, Alicia M, 27, Un-safe Lane Deviation,07/30/2015, $98.80 , 3310 Pack-ers Ave, #401, Madison, WI

53704Salinas, Tito R, 56, FYR to

Pedestrian/Bicyclist/EPAMD atUncontro, 08/06/2015, $250.00 ,2409 Amherst Rd, Middleton,WI 53562

Sanabria, Sharon, 41, NonRegistration, 08/12/2015,$98.80 , 806 Gary St, Madison,WI 53716

Sass, Eric K, 18, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits,07/11/2015, $218.50 , 3211Canterbury Ln, Janesville, WI53546

Schield, Jeffrey M, 28, Ex-ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-its, 07/23/2015, $98.80 , 5814Sandhill Dr, Middleton, WI53562

Schott, Tyler R, 27, VehicleRegistration Revoked/Sus-pended/Cancel, 08/08/2015,$98.80 , 6245 MiddletonSprings Dr, Middleton, WI53562

Schultz, Tara B, 31, FYR toPedestrian/Bicyclist/EPAMD atUncontro, 08/06/2015, $250.00 ,7146 Belle Fontaine Blvd, Mid-dleton, WI 53562

Schumacher, Heather D, 27,Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, 07/17/2015, $98.80 ,15650 Agatewood Rd NE, Bain-bridge Island, WA 98110

Seligman, Alyssa Marie, 27,Obstructing Traffic, 08/05/2015,$98.80 , 8966 Sunstone Lane,

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vancy in July and August.“Pope Farm Conservancy is a

real jewel for the town and thetown has put a lot of money into

it. Site number two is the leastimpactful. No one likes a water

tower but I prefer it to an ATCpower line,” Shaw told the

board.Carol Schiller, who owns

about 15 acres just south of theutility property, asked that the

tower be constructed furthernorth of her property line which

is closer to Old Sauk Rd. thanthe FPFC wanted.

“That’s the location desig-

nated in the 2002 ElderberryNeighborhood plan. I object to

site two…It would impact methe most,” she said.

The four sites under consid-eration are spaced along a ridge

that runs east-west across themiddle of the property the util-

ity has owned since 2000. Sitesthree and four are 120 feet fur-

ther north of Schiller’s propertyline than sites one and two.

MWU Project Engineer PeteHolmgren favored site three,

which is the closest to the inter-section. Sixteen people who re-

sponded in an online survey

favored Site 1, which is furthestsouth of Old Sauk Rd. and clos-

est to Pioneer Rd.Utility Board member Lau-

ren Cnare recommended withconditions, site four, the spot

furthest east of the intersectionand furthest north of Schiller’s

property. However, she backedoff when it was learned that the

site could impact the view fromthe Blackhawk neighborhood

and those residents had not beencontacted.

The board eliminated sites

one and two and then askedthose in attendance for their

final comments.Mel Pope, of the Friends of 

Pope Farm Conservancy, saidhe wanted time to check if Site

#4 would interfere with theview from the conservancy to

the southwest.“Maybe it could be moved a

little east some,” he told theboard.

Shaw said moving the sitefurther east “would be as [a lo-

cation] good as any.”

Schiller still wanted “a site asfar north as possible.”

The board agreed to havestaff meet with FPFC for their

input on site number four andschedule a public meeting on a

tower location at the June 28meeting.

The board did chose the com-posite design for the tower. The

tower would be built on 40-foot-wide and about a 100-foot-

tall concrete pedestal, topped bya 75-foot-wide steel tank with a

million-gallon capacity.The composite is less expen-

sive to build and maintain thana spheroid or hydropillar de-

signs, said Holmgren.The board also decided two-

tone color scheme in which thellower half of the tank would be

painted a dark blue and theupper half a light blue.

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about $230,000 purchasing and

installing the solar panels. Thecity will pay the utility $12,579

annually to lease the panels andhave an option to buy after five

years.MG&E officials says it is a

great option for the city because

under their ownership they willfund the project upfront and getthe greatest tax credits and pass

those savings on to the city.MG&E estimates the tax credits

to be about $177,100 between

federal and state credits, as wellas rebates.

MG&E points out that it alsodiverts the city from having to

get involved or be liable for theproject construction.

The solar panels will not re-

duce the amount the city spendson their utility bill. The rate willbe roughly the same as being on

the grid since MG&E will beselling it to the city.

The solar panels on the roof 

of the municipal operations cen-ter will be available to residen-

tial electric customers.Those who want to opt in

must pay a one-time participa-tion fee of $47.25 per solar

blocks(1 block = 250 watts or

0.25 kW). Subscribers will paya fixed solar rate of $0.12 perkWh plus reduced transmission

charge ($0.008/kWh) for 25years. MG&E estimates sub-

scribers would see a reduced

bills in 10 years and payback in17 years. Customers can also

exit at any time.

The 500 kW solar array on

the roof of the municipal oper-

ations center will cost MG&E

about $945,000 and generate

648,240 kWh per year.

Spencer Schumacher, chair

of the sustainability committee,

said he supports the solar en-

ergy partnership project at the

Middleton Police Department

and also at the Municipal Oper-

ations Center.

“If this project goes through

we will have over 25 percent of 

the city’s use of electricity for

the police station covered bysolar power,” Schumacher said.

“The goal which the city signed

off on was that 25 percent of our

power would be renewable en-

ergy by 2025. This would take

one building and knock it off.”

The council unanimously ap-

proved the MG&E solar proj-

ects proposal including a solar

energy services agreement,

solar rooftop lease at the policestation and the municipal oper-

ations center subject to the city

attorney’s final approval.

is to assist with what the city

claims are “extraordinary” costsincluding lead contamination in

the soil, bedrock removal,stormwater detention installa-

tion, retaining walls and energyefficiency measures.

Alds. Hans Hilbert and Gur-dip Brar said they were not

comfortable approving

$400,000 in TIF for the lead re-mediation because it is adjacentto an old shooting range.

Ald. Howard Teal said they

will have to move a lot of dirt to

get buildings in and the lead re-mediation would be extensive.

Brar asked city attorneyLarry Bechler why the former

owner wasn’t required to do theremediation before selling the

property. Bechler said it was aprivate deal so he couldn’t

know for sure but guessed that

there was at least a minimalamount of remediation alreadydone.

Bechler also noted that the

gun range was actually on adja-

cent property and lead bulletsspilled over on to that property.

City administrator MikeDavis noted that the property

was purchased by developerTerrence Wall many years ago

and was later transferred toVanta. He said it has been sit-

ting vacant for many years now

so it would be a good candidatefor a TIF project.

The motion to approve the

concept of a TIF agreement

passed with Brar and council

president Susan West opposed.The common council also ap-

proved a developer financedTIF agreement for $653,562 to

assist Mazur Realty with theCardinal Row Apartments proj-

ect, a 16 unit multi-familybuilding with a mixture of one,

two and three bedroom units

and 25 underground parkingstalls. Two of the units will bereserved for tenants earning up

to or below 80 percent of the

adjusted area median income

with rent levels adjusted ac-cordingly.

The TIF assistance was ap-

proved for “extraordinary”

costs incurred by the developer

including underground parking,

demolishing the existing build-

ing and reserving two units of 

workforce housing for 15 years.The TIF agreement says the

developer must reserve at least

one three bedroom unit for

workforce housing. A single

tenant that is a full time student

or multiple tenants with more

than one full time student are

not eligible for the unit. It may

be occupied by a tenants earn-

ing up to or below 80 percent of 

the adjusted area median in-

come.

The TIF agreement withMazur Realty for Cardinal Row

Apartments passed unani-

mously.

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tentive Driving, 08/12/2015,$111.40 , 3304 Hedden Road,Apt. #1, Middleton, WI 53562

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Spencer, Katherine R, 26,Inattentive Driving, 08/07/2015,$111.40 , 811 Rock Spring Road,Napervil le, IL 60565

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Middleton Chamber of

Commerce welcomes

Maven Hair Studio

Photo b y Lisa DuChateau

Maven Hair Studio and the Middleton Chamber of Commerce celebrated a ribbon cuttingMay 11 (at right). Maven is a cozy salon with a high level of expertise and experience. They spe-cialize in hair, makeup and nails. Visit them in their beautiful space at 6661 University Ave, Suite107.

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One last hurdle for track stars

Follow RobReischel onTwitter at@robreischel

Photo courtesy of Christopher Hujanen

Middleton’s Gus Newcomb (2), Jack Radar (3) and Perrin Hagge (1) all qualified for state in the 3,200-meter run.

 Middleton’s

boys have title

aspirations

by ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune

Valentine, 

Smith power 

 MHS girlsby ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune

See BOYS, page 16 See GIRLS, page 16

There are times CoryChristnovich sits back, takes

in the beauty, and thanks hislucky stars.

Christnovich, Middleton’s

first-year girls track and fieldcoach, has two of the state’selite athletes in seniors Lauren

Smith and Sam Valentine. Andthat duo will lead the

Cardinals at the WIAADivision 1 state meet Friday

and Saturday at UW-LaCrosse.

Valentine won the 800- and1,600-meter runs at the

Holmen Sectional lastThursday and anchored

Middleton’s first place 1,600-meter relay team.

Smith won the 100-meterhurdles and anchored

Middleton’s first place 800-

meter relay team.The Cardinals, who fin-

They spend more time

together than most married

couples.

Their relationship has

grown from strictly competi-

tors to close friends.

And now, in the biggest

events of their season, Perrin

Hagge and Gus Newcomb

will be in the unique position

of battling each other while

trying to elevate their team to

greatness.

Hagge, a senior at

Middleton High School, and

Newcomb, a junior, are two of 

the state’s elite distance run-

ners.

They’ll go head-to-head in

the 1,600- and 3,200-meter

runs at the WIAA Division 1

state meet Friday and

Saturday at UW-La Crosse.And if both can achieve big

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Andy Bernard, the insecure,

quirky salesman from “TheOffice” once said, “I wish there

was a way to know you’re inthe good old days before

you’ve actually left them.”Emmet Herb, Joey Levin

and Brady Thomas — threesenior standouts for

Middleton’s boys golf team —seem wise beyond their years

and fully understand this prem-ise.

Sitting at a table overlook-ing beautiful Pleasant View

Golf Course last week, the triofondly recalls golfing together

as juniors, nearly a decade ago.They all agree that when one

has a girl problem, it becomes ateam effort to solve the puzzle.

And they good-naturedlyneedle Herb for having one of 

the state’s most passionate andproud mothers in Annie.

“Four years with these guys.I mean, for me, that’s been

awesome,” Levin said. “I’m

 just trying to take in everymoment because every

moment could be our last.”And perhaps their best.

This threesome has alreadymade their mark on Middleton

history. The one thing that’seluded them, though, is a

WIAA Division 1 state cham-pionship.

That could be coming in thenext week, though.

Middleton was the favoriteto win Wednesday’s Onalaska

Sectional. If the Cardinalscould emerge from there,

they’d earn a third straight tripto the state meet, which will be

held Monday and Tuesday atUniversity Ridge Golf Course.

Middleton is ranked No. 2in the latest state poll. And if 

the Cardinals can get back toUniversity Ridge, they’ll cer-

tainly be among the favorites tocapture the crown.

“I think I’ve wanted to win astate championship since about

the fourth or fifth grade,” Herbsaid. “It’s pretty important to

all of us.”

When this trio has set their

mind to something on the golf 

course, they’ve usuallyachieved it.

Middleton traditionally hasone of the strongest programs

in the state, which means fresh-men rarely play varsity. But

Thomas, Herb and Levin allbroke through from day one,

marking the first time the

Cardinals ever had three fresh-

men make their top five.

Middleton failed to makethe state tournament in that

2013 season, in part because itwas playing in the state’s

toughest sectional. But theCardinals have been a force the

last three seasons.In 2014, Middleton finished

fourth at state, just nine shots

behind Division 1 champion

Homestead. Last year, the

Cardinals settled for fifth atstate.

While many programswould have loved such results,

it wasn’t what Levin, Herb,Thomas and the rest of the

Cardinals wanted.“We just could never get in

a groove at state last year,”

Thomas said. “If we can make

it back, hopefully we’ll be a lit-

tle more relaxed.”The Cardinals have played

like a relaxed group this sea-son. In fact, Herb jokes how an

opposing player recently toldhim he’d love to play for MHS

because the team appeared tobe having so much fun.

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Wonder

Years MHS’ Thomas, Levin and Herbhave special bond on, off courseby ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune

See GOLFERS, page 17

Photo courtesy of Annie Herb

From left, Middleton golfers Emmet Herb, Brady Thomas and Joey Levin are hoping to close their high school careers in style.

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Kopp drew a leadoff walk in

the bottom of the second inningbefore Kramer retired the next

three batters.That set the stage for a near-

ly flawless five-inning stretchwhere both teams found it diffi-

cult to muster a scoring oppor-tunity.

Middleton picked up itsgame on defense, with right-

fielder Sara Wettstein making adiving catch in shallow right-

center field to end the fourth

inning. Ballweg also came upwith a hard hit ball to first baseto end the fifth.

“The start wasn’t the best,but the ending was a lot better,”

Kopp said. “We cleaned up ouract. We have to remember that

going into the future. We werecoming on. We just have to

keep working hard.”Kramer limited Middleton

to just two hits and three baserunners over the final five

innings. Kopp also gave up a

two-out single in the third andretired the final 13 batters she

faced.The Cardinals’ best scoring

opportunity came in the bottomof the fifth inning, when lead-

off hitter Ashley Bindl reachedbase on a throwing error, was

sacrificed to second by BaileyKalscheur and moved to third

on an infield out.However, Central shortstop

Megan Kappauf atoned for her

earlier miscue when she snaredBanke’s line drive for the thirdout.

Jessica Parente singled withone out in the seventh before

Kramer retired the final twobatters to end Middleton’s sea-

son.“She’s a good pitcher. It was

hard to hit off of her,” Ballwegsaid of Kramer, who pitched to

contact and finished with onewalk and two strikeouts. “After

that start, we shut them down.

We played strong defense. Weplayed like I knew we could.

We just weren’t able to get thebats going.”

While the Cardinals weren’table to overcome the disastrous

start, Hibner was pleased withtheir ability to bounce back and

battle the rest of the way.“That could have been a 15-

run game,” Hibner said. “Thefact is this isn’t basketball. This

isn’t football. We reminded

them there is no clock up there.We had 21 outs to work withwhen we were down 3-0. We

had 18 outs to work with whenwe were down 7-0.

“Our big thing was let’s playclean for one inning. Now let’s

play clean for another inningand hopefully it will carry over

to the bats. It didn’t today, butyou hope going forward next

year it does. A lot of kids got alot of experience this year. We

expect to be good every year,not just this year.”

Central .................. 340 000 0 — 7 6 0Middleton …......... 000 000 0 — 0 4 5

Pitchers — (ip-h-er-bb-so) —

Kramer (W, 7-4-0-1-2). Kopp (L, 7-6-0-2-2).

Leading hitters — La CrosseCentral — Peterson (2x4).

Middleton center fielder

Rachel Everson wasn’t toohappy to see the Cardinals’

softball season come to a bitterend last Thursday.

But the combination of aporous Cardinals’ defense early

in the game and an opponentout for some redemption

proved too much to overcome.Fifth-seeded La Crosse

Central took advantage of fiveMiddleton errors and cruised to

a 7-0 victory over the fourth-seeded Cardinals in a WIAA

Division 1 regional final atFirefighter’s Park.

“It didn’t help that we gave

Down and out

Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

Bailey Kalscheur and Middleton’s girls softball team lost in the regional finals last Thursday.

Softball Cards

ousted in

regional final by DENNIS SEMRAU

Times-Tribune

it to them a little bit,” Everson

said. “I wish it could have beencloser of a game to show our

fight.“But the bottom line is

(Central) played well. They hitthe ball well. Their pitcher

came out strong. We put it outthere, but we might have been a

little too nervous to start with.”Middleton (16-9) won the

teams’ first meeting, 12-1, onApril 30, when the Red Raiders

were missing three regulars,including injured starting

pitcher Leah Kramer.However, Kramer was back

in the circle this time and madeher presence felt. Kramer limit-

ed Middleton to just four hitsand retired 15 of the last 17 bat-

ters she faced.“We told the kids it was

going to be a different team,”La Crosse Central manager

Kevin Colborn said. “We want-ed to come out and put pressure

on them early and let themknow it was going to be a dif-

ferent game and our girls reallydid that well.”

The Red Raiders tookadvantage of a walk and back-

to-back infield errors to putfive of their first six batters on

base in the top of the firstinning.

Leah Peterson and CaitlynRaatz made Middleton pay for

its early miscues when theydelivered back-to-back run-

scoring singles to stake Central(14-12) to a 3-0 lead before the

Cardinals came to bat.“Maybe we got in our

heads. Maybe we were playingback on our heels,” Middleton

starting pitcher MakenzieKopp said. “We weren’t attack-

ing the ball.“We made some errors and

then let one turn into two andthree. We should have gotten

on top of it right away, but wedidn’t.”

Cardinals’ leadoff hitter

Lauren Banke promptly greet-

ed Kramer with a single to leftfield in the bottom of the first

to provide a brief spark.La Crosse Central catcher

Emily Hayden then pickedBanke off first base on a sacri-

fice attempt for the first of sev-eral stellar defensive plays for

the Red Raiders.Hanna Fisher followed with

a single to left, but Kramerretired Everson on a fly ball to

right field and induced ShelbyBallweg to ground out to third

base to stymie the Cardinals.“I was really happy with our

defense,” Colborn said. “Theymade great plays the whole

game and Leah located the ballreally well.”

Central padded its lead inthe top of the second inning,

taking advantage of threeinfield errors to score four

more unearned runs and grab a7-0 lead.

Ballweg said the Cardinalswere down, but certainly not

out despite the depressing start.“Most of those should have

been routine plays,” Ballwegsaid. “It had to have been

nerves because I know in anyother game we would have

made those plays easily.”Middleton manager Perry

Hibner said despite the earliernon-conference victory over

Central, the Cardinals didn’ttake the Red Raiders lightly.

“There is a lot of pressurewhen you know you have to be

clean (on defense) against apitcher the caliber of Leah

(Kramer),” Hibner said.“We tried to almost be too

perfect. Sometimes you’ve gotto say, ‘Okay, you made a mis-

take, let’s just get the next outand not worry trying to turn a

triple play.’ Not that we weretrying to do that, but they put

some pressure on us. We didn’trespond as well as we should

have.”

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Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

Claire Staples (right) and Middleton’s girls softball team begins postseason play Thursday.

Girls soccer team

receives No. 2 seed

Middleton’s girls soccerteam finished in second place

in the Big Eight Conferencethis season.

The Cardinals will have tobetter that to make a run to the

WIAA Division 1 state tourna-ment.

The Cardinals received theNo. 2 seed in their half of the

sectional. Seven of the eightteams on Middleton’s half of 

the sectional are from the BigEight.

The Cardinals open with aregional semifinal against sev-

enth-seeded Beloit

Memorial/Turner Thursday at 7p.m. at Firefighters Stadium. If Middleton wins there, it would

host either third-seededMadison West or sixth-seeded

Janesville Craig in a regionalfinal Saturday.

The sectional semifinals areJune 9 and the sectionals finals

are June 11.“We had a tough schedule

this year to help prepare for

quality teams that we will seein the postseason and hopefully

during state,” Middleton coachMary Duffy said. “Our defense,

which was young and not asconfident in their overall abili-

ty, has gelled as of late,anchored by Grace Douglas.

“Grace has helped instillconfidence with her calm

demeanor and with her leader-ship on and off the field. And in

years past, where we struggledwith more offense, we have

some really dangerous options,and lots of them, with players

and with possible formationsthat will cause opponents diffi-

culty.”Middleton defeated Beloit,

7-0, on May 17. Duffy is hop-ing for more of the same

Thursday night.“Beloit will have some

tough players that caused ussome tough battles the first

time we played them on theirhome field,” Duffy said.

“However, their field was nar-row and didn’t allow our more

potent formation of three for-

wards up top room to breathe.

“Beloit also has a goalie thatmade some awesome saves and

read the play really well. Shewill keep them in the game and

we hope to bombard them withlots of offense that isn’t as

straight on like it was previous-ly.”

If the Cardinals win there, adate with Madison West likely

awaits. Middleton defeated theRegents, 1-0, on May 12.

Top-seeded Verona wouldbe the likely opponent in a

regional final. Kettle Moraineis the No. 1 seed on the oppo-

site side of the sectional.“It will come down to grit

and hard work from here onout,” Duffy said. “And if we

can say at the end of the gamethat we put every ounce of 

effort and heart and passioninto our moments on the field,

then we will have nothing tohang our head for. I hope that

many of those moments willresult in goals, goals and more

goals.”

by ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune

Middleton’s boys tennisteam won the Oconomowoc

Sectional last Wednesday andearned a trip to the WIAA

Division 1 state team meet June10-11.

The Cardinals also had six

players and four flights qualifyfor the WIAA individual statemeet, which will be held June 2-

4 at Nielsen Tennis Stadium.The Cardinals had first place

finishes in six of the sevenflights at the 14-team sectional.

Middleton finished with 53points to easily outdistance run-

ner-up Hartland Arrowhead(37).

The Cardinals will meetDePere at team state in a quar-

terfinal match on June 10 at5:30 p.m. at Nielsen Tennis

Staium. The state semifinals andfinals are June 11.

At sectionals, Middleton fin-

ished first at the top three sin-gles flights and all three doubles

flights.Cardinals junior Xavier

Sanga finished first at No. 1 sin-gles, defeating Waunakee’s

James Paradisin, 6-1, 6-1.Sanga (18-5) is seeded seventh

at state. Sanga has a first roundbye, then plays Thursday at 4:30

p.m.Middleton freshman Ryan

Gold won the sectional title atNo. 2 singles, defeating

Madison East’s Tucker Skaar, 6-0, 6-3. Gold (19-3) now meets

Arrowhead freshman NoahEbel (18-9) in a first round

match at state Thursday at noon.Middleton senior Brian

Bellissimo defeated Tim Petersof Slinger, 6-1, 6-1 for the No. 3

singles title. Bellissimo didn’tearn a special qualifier to state,

though.In doubles play, Middleton’s

top team of Dan Jin and CodyMarkel defeated Johnny

Zannoti and Mitch Pralle of 

Hartland Arrowhead, 6-3, 6-3,at sectionals. Jin and Markel (9-

1) are seeded seventh at state,have a first round bye, then play

their first match Friday at 10:15a.m.

Middleton’s No. 2 doublesteam of Rafael Sanga and

Mason Pyle defeated SunPrairie’s Henry Blair and Taran

Katta at sectionals. Sanga andPyle (13-3) now meet Wausau

West’s Ben Reich and BenNichols (21-3) in a first round

match Thursday at 1:30 p.m.And Middleton’s No. 3 team

of Colin Hogedorn and SamDettman defeated Ethan Wen

and Hayden Frentzel of Hartland Arrowhead, 6-3, 6-2.

Hogendorn and Dettman did notreceive special qualifying status

for state, though.

Oconomowoc sectionalTeam scores: Middleton 53,

Hartland Arrowhead 37, Sun Prairie 21,

Waunakee 18, Sussex Hamilton 16,

Madison East 16, West Bend East 13,

Slinger 12, Oconomowoc 12, West Bend

West 11, Watertown 6, Baraboo 2,

Beaver Dam 2, Hartford Union 2.

Automatic state qualifiers:Middleton 4, Sun Prairie 2, Hartland

Arrowhead 2, West Bend West 1,

Waunakee 1.

SinglesNo.1: Championship – X. Sanga,

Mid, def. Paradisin, Wau, 6-1, 6-1. Third

place – Schutter, SP, def. Pietila, HA, 6-

4, 4-6, 10-2.

No. 2: Championship – Gold, Mid,def. Skaar, ME, 6-0, 6-3. Third place –

N. Ebel, HA, def. Janny, O, 7-5, 6-1.No. 3: Championship – Bellissimo,

Mid, def. Peters, Sli, 6-1, 6-1. Third

place – L. Ebel, HA, def. Bennett-

Feinblatt, ME, 7-5, 6-3.

No. 4: Championship – Moore, SH,def. Strecher, HA, 7-5, 6-2. Third place

 – Dai, Mid, def. Krasnowski, Wau, 6-2,

1-6, 6-2.

DoublesNo. 1: Championship – Jin/Markel,

Mid, def. Zannoti/Pralle, HA, 6-3, 6-3.

Third place – Czisny/Johnson, WBW,

def. Olson/Schimelpfenig, SP, 6-3, 5-7,

6-3.

No. 2: Championship – R.Sanga/Pyle, Mid, def. Blair/Katta, SP, 6-1, 6-1. Third place – Williams/Hipp,

HA, def. Dye/Miller, O, 6-1, 6-0.

No. 3: Championship –Hogendorn/Dettman, Mid, def.

Wen/Frentzel, HA, 6-3, 6-2. Third place

 – Albiero/ Lemler, WBE, def.Summers/Lietz, Wau, 6-4, 6-2.

Tennis Cards earn state berthsby ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune

There was no Big EightConference title. No champi-onship to claim.

Now, Middleton’s baseballteam will try reversing course soits postseason turns out morefavorable.

The Cardinals dropped theirfinal two Big Eight games of theseason last week, missing out onany chance to win a league title.

Middleton fell to BeloitMemorial, 8-2, last Tuesday.The Cardinals also lost toJanesville Craig, 9-1, lastThursday.

Middleton did bounce backwith a 2-0 win over Sheboygan

South and a 3-2 win over

Ashwaubenon last Saturday.The Cardinals finished the

regular season 17-5 overall and13-5 in the league, which wasgood for third place.

Here’s a recap of theCardinals’ week:

• Beloit Memorial 8, Middleton 2 — The Cardinalswould have kept their confer-ence title dreams alive with awin. Instead, the Purple Knightspulled an upset.

Beloit’s Miguel Betancourtnotched the complete game win.Betancourt struck out eight,walked one and allowed eighthits.

Adam Nutting lasted just 42/3 innings for the Cardinals andsuffered the loss.

Drew Finley Haag and Alec

Morrison both had two hits tolead the Cardinals’ offense.

• Janesville Craig 9, Middleton 1 — The defendingWIAA Division 1 state champi-on Cougars toppled the hostCardinals last Thursday.

Craig banged out 13 hits andscored seven runs in just threeinnings off losing pitcher AlecMorrison.

Craig scored in each of thefirst five innings and cruised toan easy win.

• Middleton 2, SheboyganSouth 0 — Drew Finley Haagpitched a complete-gameshutout as the Cardinals snappeda two-game losing streak lastSaturday. Finley Haag struck outeight and allowed just five hits.

Middleton scored an

unearned run in the first inning.The Cardinals added a run in thesixth when Alec Morrison sin-gled and later scored on a basehit by Ivan Monreal.

• Middleton 3, Ashwaubenon 2 — AdamNutting allowed two runs andtwo hits in six innings of work toearn the win.

• On deck: Middleton is theNo. 1 seed in its half of the sec-tional and had a first round bye.The Cardinals’ first game isThursday, when they’ll hosteither eighth-seeded Holmen orninth-seeded Baraboo at 5 p.m.

The sectional semifinals andfinals are Tuesday, June 7 inSauk Prairie.

Rough end for baseball Cardsby ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune

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 THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 15

They say baseball is a youngman’s game.

Don’t tell that to Jeff Schafer.The 51-year-old Schafer and

the Middleton 29ers beat the vis-iting Black Earth Bombers, 12-

1, in a battle of unbeaten HomeTalent League teams played at

beautiful Sorenson Field inMiddleton on Monday. The

game was stopped after seveninnings due to the 10-run mercy

rule.The Memorial Day crowd

was delighted by a gem of agame thrown by Schafer.

Schafer threw a completegame, six-hitter, and faced little

trouble the entire way. He struck

out four and walked just one on95 pitches.

Schafer escaped jams in thefifth and sixth innings behind

double plays turned by hisstrong defense.

“When you got guys thatmake the plays, it’s so much eas-

ier to pitch,” Schafer said. “Ourdefense is so good.”

Middleton manager BrandonHellenbrand was very pleased

with the performance of hisstarting pitcher.

“Schafer is a veteran guy forus,” Hellenbrand said. “He’s

going to throw strikes and keepus in the game.”

Middleton’s offense was

clicking on all cylinders yetagain.

The 29ers were able to forcemany deep counts and put plenty

of runners on base againstBombers’ starting pitcher Miles

Potuznik, who allowed eightearned runs in just four innings.

Andrew Zimmerman went 3-for-3 with four RBI and two

runs scored to lead Middleton’soffense.

“Potuznik is a good pitcherand we were patient at the plate,

so a lot of our at-bats got late inthe count and we forced him to

bring it to us,” Zimmerman said.“We had a lot of base runners

every inning.”Black Earth came in outscor-

ing