When authorities began tracking aMexican national suspected of killing19-year-old Antonio Perez, they didn’tknow the suspect’s whereabouts.

In fact, they weren’t even sure if thesuspect, a Middleton High School stu-dent, was a teenager or a man in hisearly 20s. The person they sought alsowent by three names: Ivan Mateo-Lozenzo, Alberto Ramirez and ArainGutierrez.

The two-and-a-half year investiga-tion that followed culminated Decem-ber 28 in the arrest of the individualnow known as Arain Gutierrez. He wascaptured in Cancun, Mexico.

His real age is yet to be verified, ac-cording to authorities.

Gutierrez was awaiting extraditionas of this newspaper’s press time, butthe incident long ago prompted localschool officials to reexamine how theyverify the identities of their pupils. (A

A teacher, union past president andlongtime critic of current school dis-trict leadership has filed to run for aseat on the Middleton-Cross PlainsArea School District (MCPASD)Board of Education.

Some in the district, as well as an at-torney for the Wisconsin Associationof School Boards, said David Dahmen,if sworn in, could be in violation of

multiple laws andcodes that are onthe books to pre-vent conflicts of in-terest.

Dahmen, wholast year accusedthe school board oftreating its teachers like “adversariesand villains,” said he plans to retire inJune and would therefore be able toserve. (The next school board term willbegin in April.) He said the superin-

tendent and current board members arehoping to keep Dahmen, whose MEAunion has multiple legal grievancesagainst the district, from gaining a po-sition of power.

In total, five people filed to run forthree seats on the MCPASD Board ofEducation. Nomination papers andDeclaration of Candidacy had to beturned in by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan.2.

In Area I, incumbent Jim Greer,

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Inside this issue:Local: School: Sports:City charging more for EMSand sewer. Page 3

MHS Debate Team wins big. Page 21

Girls basketball team looksto heat up. Page 14

Dining Guide. . . . . . . . . . 6Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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by Matt GeiGerTimes-Tribune

See SCHOOL BOarD, page 11

See GUtierreZ, page 8

MCPASD School Board racecontested in more ways than one

Former MHS student arrested inCancun for 2010 Madison slaying

WASB says teacher on BOE could violate criminal statute

U.S. Marshals PhotoThis wanted poster listed two names: Ivan Mateo-Lozenzo and Arain

Gutierrez.

Kinne to step down, Share to runA new person will join the Middle-

ton Common Council this year. Last week’s filing deadline revealed

that District 1 alderman Paul Kinnewill not seek a third two-year term.Miriam Share, 7781 Elmwood Ave.,filed to run for Kinne’s seat.

Assuming no successful write-in

candidate emerges, Share will sitacross the table from District 4 alder-man Jim Wexler, the man againstwhom she launched an unsuccessfulcampaign in 2010.

Incumbents JoAnna Richard (Dis-trict 3, 1720 Mayflower Dr.), HowardTeal (District 5, 7134 Companion Ln.),and Hans Hilbert (District 7, 3209Cedar Trail) will all be unopposed on

Booster Club MardiGras tickets go onsale February 1

Planners are already hard at workgetting ready for Mardi Gras 2013,the Cardinal Booster Club’s biggestannual fundraiser for local student-athletes. 

The event, held at the Marriott,will take place Saturday, March 9from 8 p.m. to midnight. Tickets are$50 and will be available Feb. 1.

Dahmen

Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger

Blood drive brings inmore than 59 pints

More than 59 donation pints of blood were collected during a RedCross sponsored Blood Drive at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church on Dec.31. “I was very happy to see so many donors at this drive, both re-turning donors and new people alike,” said coordinator Julie Houg.“This drive was almost double in size to our recent drives, andcouldn’t have succeeded without our volunteers and food donors. I’mhoping many of those who attended this one will donate with usagain.” The next date is Tuesday, March 19, from 1-5 p.m.

Pictured above, Shawn Stauske managed to simultaneously giveblood and show his support for the Badgers on the eve of the RoseBowl.

See CitY COUNCiL, page 8

by Matt GeiGerTimes-Tribune

File photo by Matt Geiger

Share stumping in 2010.

All three incumbents on the Mid-dleton Town Board will face chal-lengers on the April ballot.

Greg DiMiceli, a former plan com-mission member, will oppose incum-bent Milo Breunig for town chair.Cynthia Richson, a current plan com-mission member, will oppose incum-bent Tim Roehl for Seat 1. Troy Altonwill oppose incumbent Bill Kolar forSeat 2.

Richson is an attorney who wasworked for the Wisconsin InvestmentBoard, in the insurance industry, andhas served on the Plan Commissionfor more than two years. She said shewas inspired to run after the townboard renewed a conditional-use per-mit for the Madison Central Montes-sori School in 2011.

“It was a very controversial deci-sion - more than 200 people signedpetitions opposing it,” said Richson.

The school’s location along AirportRoad at Ellington Way added moretraffic to the residential area and it haddrainage issues that distressed Rich-son. However, it was the board’s “lackof regard” for the residents’ concernsthat made her run, she said.

“There are more suitable places inthe town for the school and that’swhen I started thinking that there aredecisions being made that impact thequality of life in the town I want tocontinue to live in,” she said.

Richson said she chose to opposeRoehl, a real estate agent, because“he’s never seen a development hedidn’t like,” whereas she favors“smart growth.”

Because Roehl rents instead ofowns a residence, he “lacks skin in thegame,” said Richson.

Roehl counters that he has ownedproperty in the town but currently hasa lease agreement.  He called it “ashame” that Richson would suggestthat anyone who rents not owns is a“lesser member of the town.”

Roehl defended his support of theMCMS saying it renewed a condi-tional-use permit a previous board hadapproved. Also, the town faced somecostly lawsuits from the school andproperty owner if the board denied theschool its permits, he said.

Roehl is seeking re-election to thisthird term on the board after servingfour years on the plan commission andchairing the town’s comprehensiveplan commission. If Richson iselected along with DiMiceli, no boardmember would be living south of US14, except Bill Kolar he said.

“The Airport Road corridor wouldbe well represented but if they getwhat they’re after [Middleton] willhave the same kind of cluster repre-sentation the board experienced backin the late 70s and early 80s. Peoplethat have talked to me are alarmed bythis,” Roehl said.

Roehl unsuccessfully sought tocurb spending on engineering services

by ending the long-term contract withVierbicher Associates and hiring astaff engineer. Roehl notes that thetown has spent $500,000 on un-reim-bursed “miscellaneous” engineeringservices since 2007.

How much the town should spendto influence construction of a powerline to be propped this year was alsoon board candidates’ minds.

Town chairman Milo Breunig saidthe “jury was still out” on the amount,but added that he realizes the town haslimited influence before the Wiscon-sin Public Service Commission (PSC)on the line American TransmissionCo. (ATC) is calling the Badger-Coulee project.

“We don’t want this line here, butunless the [Cardinal] substation goesaway, which it won’t, we’ll be im-pacted by any future power line; it’simpossible to get away from that,” hesaid. “We may be able to influence theresults but it’s likely it will be like theRockdale line [which is currentlyunder construction] - we’ll have smallvictories.”

The town’s best bet is to get ATCand the PSC to view the impact on thetown from the  four proposed powerlines that would terminate at the Car-dinal substation, said Breunig, whichis unique to the state.

Kolar doubts the town can preventATC from building the 345-kilovoltline along its preferred route that fol-lows Vosen, Koch and Bronner roads,then continues south across AiriportRoad to the Cardinal substation.

“I’m a fiscal conservative with apragmatic perspective and it doesn’tmake sense to spend significant town

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Monday, December 3110:20 a.m. – Substance control,

7300 block of Donna Dr.12:31 p.m. – Fraud, 2000 block of

Branch St.12:49 p.m. – Fraud, 1900 block of

Branch St.1:55 p.m. – Fraud, 6200 block of

Century Ave.4:32 p.m. – Fraud, 1600 block of

John Q Hammons Dr.

Tuesday, January 19:24 a.m. – Theft, 1900 block of

Branch St.1:50 p.m. – Animal bite, 8500 block

of Greenway Blvd.2:40 p.m. – Sexual assault, 6400

block of University Ave.5:29 p.m. – Domestic disturbance,

1200 block of Sweeney Dr.7:28 p.m. – Theft retail, 6800 block

of Century Ave.7:39 p.m. – Weapon violation, 5300

block of South Ridge Way.

Wednesday, January 21:25 p.m. – Trespass, 6200 block of

University Ave.

Thursday, January 38:22 a.m. – Property damage, 2000

block of Lakeview Ave.11:34 a.m. – Theft, 3500 block of

Salerno Ct.3:36 p.m. – Theft, 2100 block of

Bristol St.4:17 p.m. – Theft retail, 6800 block

of Century Ave.8:43 p.m. – Animal bite, 1300 block

of Boundary Rd.

Friday, January 412:45 a.m. – Fraud, 2200 block of

Deming Way.9:43 a.m. – Fraud, 2000 block of

Allen Blvd.5:44 p.m. – Theft, 2100 block of

Bristol St.5:58 p.m. – Trespass, 6200 block of

University Ave.8:41 p.m. – Burglary occurred, 1100

block of Boundary Rd.11:27 p.m. – Check person, 1900

block of Branch St.11:32 p.m. – Domestic disturbance,

1300 block of John Q Hammons Dr.

Saturday, January 52:44 a.m. – Substance control, 6600

block of Century Ave.12:59 p.m. – Theft, 7200 block of

Spring Hill Dr.1:42 p.m. – Fire, 2500 block of

Pleasant View Rd.5:33 p.m. – Theft of motor vehicle,

2100 block of Allen Blvd.5:51 p.m. – Hazmat incident, 8500

block of Greenway Blvd.6:12 p.m. – Check property, 1500

block of Windfield Way.

Sunday, January 61:32 a.m. – Trespass, 2000 block of

Allen Blvd.9:23 p.m. – Burglary occurred, 6500

block of Cooper Ave.

POLICE BEATCandidates line up to challenge incumbent Town Board Supervisorsby KeviN MUrpHYTimes-Tribune

No leftturn ontoLee St.? No luck

Due to reports of traffic conges-tion on Parmenter Street near theroundabout in the morning, thecity last month briefly tried chang-ing the traffic laws at one spot nearMiddleton High School. That 10-day trial didn’t go well, accordingto police, so things are back to thestatus quo for the time being.

Starting December 12 and end-ing December 21, there were noleft turns allowed onto Lee Streetfor southbound Parmenter Streettraffic on weekdays from 7:45-8:15 a.m. A suggested alternateroute was to go one block furthersouth before turning left.

There were electronic messageboards and cones set up to informdrivers.

Capt. Chuck Foulke didn’tmince words when asked if thetrial change had the desired effect.“[I]t didn’t work,” he said. “[It]actually made things worse.”

Foulke said authorities will go“back to the drawing board” andattempt to find a better solution.

Want to attendPolice Academy?

The Middleton Police Department iscurrently accepting applications for itsCitizens’ Academy, according to com-munity awareness officer Jill Tutaj.Classes will start April 3.

The 10-week course offers citizensan opportunity to learn more about theMiddleton Police Department by par-

See tOWN BOarD, page 8 See aCaDeMY, page 22

The arrival of the New Year usheredin fee and rate increases for most localcitizens. Higher sanitary sewer ratesand EMS fees, which went into effectJanuary 1, were approved by the Mid-dleton Common Council in December.

The Common Council first changedits general ordinances to include higherrates for most sewer customers. Formany, the rates are up between five andeight percent.

Quarterly service charges are de-pendent on meter size. Those with a5/8” meter saw charges rise from$18.51 to $19.55, with similar in-creases for sizes all the way up to 6”,for which the rate went from $336.53to $355.39. Those with meters that are8, 10 or 12 inches will see their quar-terly service charges remain flat.

The sanitary sewer volume charge(per 100 gallons) increased from$0.218 to $0.237 for all customers.

The council also revised the Emer-gency Medical Services fee schedule.Director of the Middleton EmergencyMedical Services Steve Wunsch in hisbudget proposal last year concludedthat accelerating costs for salaries, ben-efits, fuel, and other services requiredan increase in the amount charged tothose who are treated by local para-medics.

The patient care base rate for transitwent from $1,050 in 2012 to $1,110 in2013. The fee per mile grew from$18.50 to $19. The amount for on-scene assessment and care, withouttransport, rose from $350 to $365.

The amount for disposable medicalsupplies and drugs remained flat, withthe city charging the cost plus 50 per-cent.

District 2 alderman Gurdip Brar wasthe only council member to opposeboth the sewer and EMS increases.

Brar contended the changes will beonerous for those already struggling topay their bills.

Others on the council said the EMSfees are linked directly to the cost ofproviding service, and the sewer in-creases are essentially, though not tech-nically, mandated by the MadisonMetropolitan Sewerage District(MMSD).

“This is five times the rate of infla-tion,” Brar said of some of the sewerrate increases.

District 3 alderwoman JoAnnaRichard said she understood Brar’strepidation over the hikes, but sheadded that the city, as a customer ofMMSD, has little power to controlsewer rates. “It’s a utility that’s charg-ing us, that we have to pay,” she said.

Shawn Stauske, the City of Middle-ton’s director of public works, said thecity’s sewer utility rates are technicallyseparate from the Madison Metropoli-tan Sewerage District (MMSD) deci-sion to raise charges, but the two arelinked.

“Middleton is a customer ofMMSD,” said Stauske. “Like anybody,they establish a budget based on theircosts to build and maintain sewer inter-ceptors, pump stations and the treat-ment plant.”

“Their 2013 budget required in-creased customer charges,” Stauskecontinued.

Had the city not passed on to its cit-izens MMSD’s higher charges, Mid-dleton would likely have had to pay theSewerage District out of its levy, whichalso ultimately comes out of the pock-ets of taxpayers.

District 7 alderman Hans Hilbertsaid the fact that fees and taxes are thecity’s two primary funding sourcesmade Brar’s opposition hypocritical in

THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2013 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 3

CHURCH NOTES

Top Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger/Photo at left contributed

Stonefield gets Little LibraryThe Stonefield Neighborhood has a new hub for booklovers. A

group of residents, led by Robin Sweet and with aid from MayorKurt Sonnentag (both pictured above) and former District 3 al-derman Jon DiPiazza, dug the post hole for a Little Free Librarybefore the ground froze. The library is now fully installed at 6502Woodgate Road, near the corner of Woodgate and Clovernook.Little Free Libraries, in which people take and drop off sharedbooks in quirky little buildings, are popping up across the com-munity.

“At the [Stonefield Neighborhood Association]  meeting lastApril some neighbors brought up the idea of a give-one-get-onebox for books in the neighborhood,” Sweet explained. She re-searched the idea and learned that such libraries are part of agrowing trend.

“The box is mounted on a post and is placed in a well-traveledarea,” Sweet explained. “People leave books or magazines thatthey’ve read and are looking to pass along. They also pick upbooks, too. The benefits include encouraging literacy, keepingthings ‘green’ by passing books along to more readers, a sense ofcommunity for the neighborhood, and quite a bit of personal sav-ings for neighbors that use it.”

Citizens will paymore for sewer, EMSby Matt GeiGerTimes-Tribune

See FeeS, page 22

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IINN BBUSINESSUSINESSThriving ETC considering Mazomanie facility

A spokesperson at Electronic The-atre Controls (ETC), Inc. has con-firmed the Middleton-based companyis considering opening a manufactur-ing facility in Mazomanie.

Mazomanie officials, meanwhile,have high hopes the deal will gothrough and bring more jobs to thearea. Mazomanie village presidentLowell “Buzz” Holcomb stated, “Welook forward to working with them. Ithink it’d be a great plus for us.”

The company, which designs and

manufactures lighting products andsystems, has made an offer on what iscommonly known as the “Sunny In-dustries Building,” a source withinETC confirmed Thursday. The sourceindicated the offer has been accepted.The source added, however, “we havea lot more due diligence to do.”

“It’s a good likelihood,” the un-named spokesperson said with respectto a possible purchase, but she empha-sized the deal was not yet done.

“We are evaluating that building forpotential expansion,” she confirmed.

The 348,000-square-foot buildingwas constructed as a printing facility in

1994, boasting a “state-of-the-art”computerized press. The firm was a re-gional printer of the magazine TVGuide. After about 14 years, however,that business folded its Mazomanie op-eration.

After Sunny Industries left thepremises, another printing company,Synergy, took up residence there. Afterabout a year-and-a-half, however, Syn-ergy also ceased its Mazomanie opera-tions. That was in June 2009. Sincethen, the building has been used in partby a construction firm, and for storage.

The ETC source said if the dealgoes through, the Mazomanie location

will be used primarily as a manufactur-ing facility. The ETC facility in Mid-dleton, which is currently underexpansion, employs about 650 peoplewith another 50 or so working in of-fices around the world. The headquar-ters, the source said, would remain inMiddleton.

ETC is in the midst of a 94,000square foot expansion in Middletonthat is expected to create an additional100 jobs. The City of Middleton hasagreed to assist with the Middleton ex-pansion, okaying a $750,000 tax incre-mental financing (TIF) loan.

“The soils around their current

building perimeter require intensivework to meet the county stormwater re-quirements enacted in 2007, four yearsafter ETC opened on the current site,”City of Middleton administrator MikeDavis explained.

Adam Coyle, who manages theMazomanie building, offered no com-ment when contacted this week aboutthe rumored sale.

Holcomb, however, stated, “Itwould be great, and I hope they bringlots of employees with them. It wouldhelp our local economy. Hopefullysome people would be interested in set-tling in the village.”

Times-Tribune photo by Matt GeigerNeil’s celebratesThe Middleton Chamber of Commerce joined Neil’s Liquor at 2415 Allen Blvd.  for a ribbon cutting ceremony

last month. Pictured at the ceremony, from left to right: Karin Henning, Van Nut, Natalie O’Connell, DannyO’Connell, Mary O’Connell, Bill O’Connell, Todd Kacynski and Melissa  Simon.

Nelson Worel isFavorite Nurse

Meriter congratulates nurse JaneNelson Worel on being named one ofMadison’s Favorite Nurses by MadisonMagazine and WISC-TV.

“We could not be prouder to workwith someone like Jane,” said  Dr. PamWetzel, Assistant Vice President andSenior Medical Director of MeriterMedical Group.  “She truly cares abouteach patient who comes through thedoor and absolutely deserves thishonor.”

Nelson Worel, an internal medicine

nurse practitioner for Meriter MedicalGroup who works primarily in theMeriter Middleton Clinic, has a specialinterest in preventative heart health,serving on the board of the Preventa-tive Cardiovascular Nursing Associa-tion and leading Meriter’s Women’sHeartCare program, a comprehensiveprogram designed for women to helpdetermine risk and prevent heart dis-ease through individualized patientplans.

Monsanto donates to FFAMonsanto Company’s site in

Middleton has made a donation tothe Wisconsin FFA Foundation thatwill benefit more than 19,000 Wis-consin FFA student membersacross the state, according to apress release issued by the recipi-ent.

Monsanto Company’s donationof $1,000 to the 2012-13 campaignwill help support the State Con-vention Partner program. Theirlong-standing contributions havebenefited thousands of FFA (for-merly the “Future Farmers ofAmerica”) student members over

the past 16 years.“Thanks to support from Mon-

santo Company, FFA members areable to prepare for successful ca-reers in the science, business andtechnological aspects of the agri-culture, food and natural resourcesindustry,” said Amy Bonamie, theFFA’s donor relations manager.“They take what they learn in theclassroom and combine it withhands-on experience and leader-ship skills. As FFA members, theirfuture careers in agriculture, food

by JOHN DONaLDSON

News Publishing Co.

See MONSaNtO, page 22

Representative-elect Dianne Hessel-bein (D-Middleton), who was sworn inMonday, announced recently that As-sembly Democratic Leader Peter Barca(D-Kenosha) selected her to serve onfive committees for the 2013-2014 leg-islative session.

Those committees are Colleges andUniversities, Education, Veterans,Tourism, and Natural Resources andSporting Heritage.

“As a county board supervisor andschool board member, Dianne has al-ways fought for better public schoolsand higher education,” Barca said.“Married to a Wisconsin NationalGuard veteran and active in veteranorganizations, she understands theveterans’ issues within our state. Herbackground and hard work will be a

tremendousasset to hercommitteesand serveher con-stituentsvery well.”

Hessel-bein saidshe is“deeplyhonored”by the ap-point-ments.

She has served three terms on theDane County Board of Supervisors. Aprevious chairwoman of the board’sbudget committee, she currently servesas the board’s representative on the

Monona Terrace Convention and Com-munity Center Board. She also servedon the Middleton-Cross Plains AreaSchool Board from 2005 to 2008.

Middleton Outreach Ministry(MOM) has announced the third an-nual Canstruction Competition, anevent in which teams build works of artout of non-perishable food items, do-nating all the building materials to thelocal food pantry at the end of the day.

MOM will host its CanstructionCompetition on Thursday, May 2 atKEVA Sports Center in Middleton.

“Each can is more than just a build-ing block; each can is food for a familyand another step towards endinghunger in our community,” said KathyHansen, executive director of MOM.

After the structures are built and thewinners are declared, all food used inthe structures is donated to the MOMFood Pantry.

Teams plan their structures weeks inadvance, and then come together on theday of the event to build their displays.

The structures are judged by designprofessionals and community leaders.The final award is decided by the com-munity, which votes for the People’s

Choice Award. Trophies are awardedfor use of color, creativity and engi-neering.

During the first two years, the eventraised nearly 90,000 pounds of food intotal.

Middleton Outreach Ministry hasseen an increase in use of services.MOM, which works to prevent home-lessness and end hunger in the WestMadison and Middleton areas, is serv-ing record numbers of people and reg-ularly distributing more than 60,000pounds of food per month.

Food pantries also struggle duringthe summer months. The need for fooddramatically increases because chil-dren are not receiving free and reducedlunch at school and because donationsoften decrease as a result of summertravel.

“We selected May for our Canstruc-tion Competition because it will allowus to build up a food reserve going intothe summer,” said Cheri Farha, distri-bution center manager for MOM.

MOM is currently registering teamsfor the third Canstruction event. Allteams will attend a kick-off TeamMeeting in January or February.Teams can range from church, schoolor business groups to teams of friends.

Event sponsors are also needed. Besides viewing and voting for fa-

vorite structures, there will be foodconcessions and children’s activities.The event is presented by Northwest-ern Mutual – The Kosnick FinancialGroup. The site is sponsored by KEVASports Center.

More information about the event orabout registering as a team or sponsorcan be found atcanstructionmadison.org.

File photo by Matt Geiger

At right, a scene from last year’sCanstruction event.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2013 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 5

Teams can now register for 3rd Canstruction Competition

Hesselbein picked for 5 committees

Hesselbein

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W H a t ’ S H a p p e N i N G ?

What flies 50 miles per hour andlands effortlessly on a snowy hillside?Ski jumpers coming off of BlackhawkSki Club’s 60 meter jump during the66th annual tournament on Sunday,Jan. 13. The tournament starts at noon and

will include 50 ski jumpers fromBlackhawk and other Midwestern skijumping clubs. Competitions will beheld on the 5,15, 30 and 60 meter skijumps.Last year four of Blackhawk’s ath-

letes qualified and participated in theJunior National competition held inPark City, Utah. Three of Blackhawk’sski jumpers have represented theUnited States at the Olympics includ-ing: Dave Norby 1968, Bill Bakke1968, and Kurt Stein 1992 and 1994. Blackhawk Ski Club is a not-for-

profit organization founded in 1947 bya group of ski jumpers. Blackhawk SkiClub has a 60-acre training facilitybuilt by the generosity of volunteersand the community to teach youngpeople outdoor sports including: crosscountry skiing, alpine skiing, ski jump-ing, biathlon (cross country ski racing

and target shooting), Nordic combined(ski jumping and cross country ski rac-ing) and mountain biking. Each wintermore than 400 young people are en-rolled and active in Blackhawk ski pro-grams. Additionally, Blackhawk, hostsan eight-week after school cross coun-try ski program for disadvantagedyouth. The ski jumping tournament is open

to the public and there is no charge toattend. Concessions will be sold. Blackhawk Ski Club is located on

Blackhawk Road beyond PleasantView Golf Course in the Town of Mid-dleton. More info and weather updates can

be found online at www.blackhawks-kiclub.org.

Country Breakfast concert set for Feb. 3The Middleton High School Choral

Boosters invite the community to at-tend the 19th Annual Country Break-fast on Sunday, Feb. 3 from 9:30 a.m.to 2 p.m. at the Middleton High SchoolStudent Center located at 2100 BristolStreet. 

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 forseniors and children 10 and under, andcan be purchased at the door on the dayof the event. 

The breakfast includes all you-can-eat pancakes plus ham, eggs, fresh or-anges and beverages.  As you eat youcan also enjoy the showcase of talentall day long from all the MHS choirsand individual solos and ensembles. 

There will also be a silent auctionfeaturing sports memorabilia, hand-crafted items, jewelry, restaurant pack-ages, event tickets and more.  All fundsgenerated will be used to provide guestconductors and clinicians, solo and en-semble accompanists, music and sup-

plies, field trips and scholarship assis-tance to students throughout the year.  

Sponsors so far for this year’s eventinclude Pohlkamp & Associates andTom and Mary Beth Haunty (printsponsors); Sofra/Villa Dolce, Hunting-ton Learning Center, Sprecher’s Restu-rant & Pub, Willy Street Co-op,Modern TV & Electronics Service,Inga & Woody Hagge, State Bank ofCross Plains, and James Lord, DDS(event sponsors);  and the Ashley,Boyle and Pohlkamp Families (familysponsors).

Contact Amy Sandy at 831-0116 foradditional information.

Annual Blackhawk Ski Club tournament Sunday

Photo contributed

Last year’s County Breakfast.

Photo contributed

Blackhawk Ski Club will hold its66th annual ski jumping tournamenton Sunday, starting at noon.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2013 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 7

Photo contributedVFW Post 8216Auxiliary collectsfor Toys for Tots

The Auxiliary to VFW Post 8216 at its December meeting collected donations for the U.S Marine Corps Re-serve Toys for Tots Program. Pictured from left to right: Sharon Esser, Jeanne Topel, Melanie Kleinheinz, Di-anne Hesselbein, Sandy Shiveler, Marta Bechtol, Elaine Walstad and Dolly Shiveler.

Upcoming Programs for Adults atthe Middleton Public Library

Eliminate Paper Clutter and Get Organized with Jill AnnisWednesday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m.

Overcome with piles of paper? Letprofessional organizer Jill Annis showyou how to get rid of your paper clut-ter, eliminate waste, and create a sys-tem for keeping track of all your paperfiles. Jill is the proprietor of SimplyOrganized, and has been helping peo-ple in the Madison area organize theirlives since 2002.

UW History Professor FlorenciaMallon reads from her novel‘Beyond the Ties of Blood’Thursday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m.

In the political aftermath of the 1973Chilean coup, Eugenia Aldunate is im-prisoned and tortured. Her lover,Manuel, is savagely killed, one of thecountless “disappeared” that wouldhaunt Chile’s collective memory fordecades. She escapes into exile andbuilds a quiet life for herself as a jour-nalist and professor, but the scars onher arms do not allow her to bury her

past. Each night she aches for herhomeland while fighting to suppressthe horrific nightmares that still plagueher.

Nearly twenty years after her exile,Eugenia is called back to Chile to tes-tify in Manuel’s case and help seek jus-tice for the others who disappeared. Arare living witness to these “camps,”Eugenia must come to grips with thelegacy of violence and traumas left byPinochet’s dictatorship and find truthand solace in the stories of those sheleft behind.

Florencia Mallon was raised in San-tiago, Chile and educated at Harvardand Yale. She is the Julieta KirkwoodProfessor of History at the Universityof Wisconsin – Madison, and the au-thor of dozens of articles and books on19th and 20th century Latin AmericanHistory. This is her first novel.

What’s it Worth? An Antique Appraisal Event

Saturday, Feb. 23, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Back by popular demand! AppraiserMark Moran returns to the MiddletonPublic Library to appraise a selectnumber of antiques and artifacts. Reg-istration is required in order to have anitem appraised. Certain items, includ-ing firearms and other weapons, areprohibited. Whether or not you arehaving an item appraised, everyone iswelcome to come and enjoy the fun!Light refreshments will be served.

Registration will open at 9 a.m. onWednesday, Jan. 16. Participants mustcontact the library directly in order toreserve a spot. Limit one item perhousehold, please.

For more information or to registerfor these events, emailmid@scls.lib.wi.us or call the refer-ence desk at 608-827-7403.

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law enforcement agent familiar withthe case said extradition of Gutierrezcould take as long as a year.)

It was a joint investigation by U.S.Marshals, Madison Police and theDane County District Attorney’s Officethat led to Gutierrez’s arrest. He ischarged with the April 28, 2010, shoot-ing death of Perez in the Webcraftersparking lot on Fordem Avenue in theCity of Madison. Investigators believethe killing was gang related.

According to a joint statement is-sued by the U.S. Marshals Office andMadison Police, their investigationafter the shooting resulted in the imme-diate arrest of three suspects.   ButGutierrez and Billy Wenner-Say wereable to initially elude arrest and flee theMadison area.  

Investigators said they believed bothabsconded to their home countries -Gutierrez to Mexico and Wenner-Sayto Guatemala.

In the years that followed, Marshalsin Madison and San Diego, along withMadison Police, continued tracking thesuspects.

Their joint press release indicatedthat within the last six months, theyverified Gutierrez was in Cancun. TheDane County District Attorney’s Office

provided the necessary legal supportfor Gutierrez’s international arrest war-rant.

Investigators narrowed the informa-tion to a specific address in Cancun andclosed in.  

On December 28, at 9:30 p.m. Can-cun time, Mexican authorities arrestedthe former Middleton High School stu-dent.

Long before authorities locatedGutierrez, they were faced with thequandary of trying to find a man whodid not provide a home address whenhe transferred into the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District.

The school district knew him asArain Gutierrez, but he was “known byseveral other” aliases, according to anincident report released by the Madi-son Police Department shortly after theshooting. The same report indicated hisage was 21 – not 18 as it was on filewith Middleton High School.

The suspect was spotted in the PortArthur, Texas area after fleeing DaneCounty.  Some authorities believed heand at least one other suspect quicklycrossed the border into Mexico, ac-cording to a spokesperson for the Texastelevision news station KFDM.

The suspect was a known gang

member and was already in a Wiscon-sin law enforcement database, underthe name of Gutierrez, prior to thePerez’s murder.

“Who’s to say any of those names isthe right name,” said Joel DeSpain,public information officer for theMadison Police Department, in 2010.DeSpain went on to say the nameGutierrez appeared on the criminalcomplaint filed by police here in thewake of the shooting.

Michelle Larson, who at the timewas a public relations specialist for theMiddleton-Cross Plains Area SchoolDistrict, confirmed the suspect knownto many in the community as ArainGutierrez was enrolled at MiddletonHigh School in 2010.

Larson said at the time, there werefour documents students enrolling inthe district were required to provide,depending on the grade they hoped toenter. Most students were forced tocomplete an enrollment form and pro-vide proof of residency. If they had at-tended school in Wisconsin previously,they had to be in the state’s database.

Kindergarteners enrolling in the dis-trict were asked to provide proof ofage, but those enrolling at higher gradelevels were not required to do so.

Yet there existed loopholes, includ-ing the fact that the district may notturn away students claiming to behomeless. (A source in the district in-dicated Gutierrez fell into that cate-gory.)

Larson said Middleton High Schoolprincipal Denise Herrmann made mul-tiple announcements to students in

2010, explaining as much as possibleabout heightened security at the schoolwhile officers began their search forGutierrez. Law enforcement also hadan increased presence at the school di-rectly after the shooting.

Superintendent Don Johnson in2010 spoke to the Middleton-CrossPlains Area School Board about thematter, saying the district planned toreview all of its enrollment policies andpractices.

Johnson said the district’s guidelineswere “comparable” to those in otherdistricts. He added that administratorswould look into the possibility ofadding more stringent regulations.

“It’s a highly unusual case…but ifwe can in any way scrutinize at ahigher level we would do that,” John-son told the school board.

He added, “It’s certainly important.”Also in 2010, DeSpain said there

were “some pretty sophisticated” fakeidentification documents on the marketfor willing buyers attempting to masktheir true identities.

Last week, Kathy Spahn, the Mid-dleton-Cross Plains Area School Dis-trict’s open enrollment coordinator andregistrar, said several aspects of enroll-ment have changed since Gutierrezwas a student here.

“Since 2010, we require verificationof age and name,” Spahn said. “Wehave to make three attempts [to obtain]this verification through birth certifi-cate, passport, drivers license, state ID,or court document, and if [the] familyis not able to provide the informationwe involve the school’s social workers

to help them acquire a birth certifi-cate,” she said in an email.

Spahn said the district does notdelay enrollment for students in grades1-12 if they cannot provide proof ofage. However, the district is required tofollow up to confirm ages.

All incoming four-year-old kinder-garten and traditional kindergarten stu-dents must provide proof of age beforethey are able to enroll, she added.

“We have also have [ramped] upverification of residency,” Spahn said.“All address changes require proof ofresidency.”

Cheryl Janssen, administrative assis-tant to the Middleton-Cross PlainsArea superintendent, indicated lastweek there remain some legal limita-tions on what steps the district cantake. According to Janssen, the districtmay not ask prospective students ifthey are illegal aliens.

Madison Police said after Gutier-rez’s arrest that it took inter-agencycollaboration to identify and eventuallynab the many-monikered suspect.

“This type of senseless gang vio-lence will not be tolerated in the Cityof Madison, and for more than 2-1/2years the Madison Police Departmenthas been working diligently and coop-eratively with the U.S. Marshals Serv-ice, and the Dane County DistrictAttorney, to make sure this fugitive didnot escape justice,” reads investigators’joint statement issued following the ar-rest. “This case demonstrates, again,the strong relationship that exists be-tween the MPD and U.S. Marshals.”

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the ballot. Kinne, an attorney, has garnered a

reputation for avoiding grandstanding– opting to speak sparingly butthoughtfully during meetings. He fre-quently called upon his legal knowl-edge when the council deliberated onissues of a litigious nature. When thecouncil voted on particularly importantor controversial issues, Kinne tendedto read from prepared statements, de-liberately laying out the rationale be-hind his decision to vote yay or nay.

“It has been a tremendous honor to

represent District 1 on the CommonCouncil these past four years,” Kinnewrote in letter to editor which appearsin its entirely on this week’s opinionpage. “This city has so much to beproud of. During my time, we weath-ered the worst economic crisis sincethe Great Depression. When othercities were declaring bankruptcy, Mid-dleton kept one of the highest bond rat-ings possible. While every citydepartment cut spending, our library,trails and Senior Center won accoladesfrom outside groups. And even though

we raised taxes, Middleton still enjoysone of the lowest mill rates around fora city of its size.”

Kinne acknowledged that politicianssaying they are stepping down to spendmore time with family is a cliché, buthe added that it this case the chestnutrings true.

“If I ran again, and won, I wouldhave three kids in school, with two ofthem in middle school, before my termended,” he wrote. “I just did not havethe time for everything. But I wish tothank the citizens of my district, the

city employees with whom I worked,and my fellow elected officials for avery rewarding four years. I leaveknowing the city is in good hands.”

Share said she decided to run afterlearning of Kinne’s decision to filenon-candidacy papers.

“I met with Paul first,” she said.“When I heard he wasn’t running Icontacted him. We talked, and he ex-plained that he has young kids andwants to spend time with them. For meit’s different. I have two dogs; I havetime to do this.”

“This is a natural extension of myinvolvement in the community,” Sharecontinued. “I’ve been on the [city’s]sustainability committee for sometime, and I’m also on the arts commit-tee, so like I said, this seemed like anatural extension of that desire toserve.”

“Paul Kinne has some big shoes tofill,” she concluded. “He has repre-sented his constituents, and right nowI’m in the process of meeting thoseconstituents and asking them about theissues that are important to them.”

resources to fight ATC,” he said. “ThePSC makes the decisions and they fol-low statutes which mandate theychoose existing corridors, which isATC’s preferred route.”

“[ATC’s] alternative route has theline coming into the town from thewest…but I can’t see how the PSCwould choose that over the preferredroute because it would be more expen-sive to build and require them to buy

more land,” Kolar added.Kolar’s opponent, Troy Alton, an

oral surgeon, said many of the townboard’s strategy discussions regardingATC power lines have occurred inclosed session, preventing citizenslike him from knowing about theissue.

Alton said he understands how con-struction of high voltage power linewill change the landscape of the town

and he wants to the town to exercisewhatever options are available to min-imize the impact.

Alton’s main reason for running isto reverse prohibitions against dogs inthe Pope Farm and Goth conservan-cies.

Owner of a cockapoo named “Tan-ner,” Alton says there are a lot of dogowners in the town that want to accessthe conservancies with their leashed

dogs.“Maybe there’s a compromise there

that would benefit everyone,” he said.Alton has been a town resident

since 1997. He is married to MarmarMiar, a dentist, and they live on Sum-merfield Drive with their 14-year-olddaughter.

Alton said his candidacy occurredbecause Eric Beissman decided not tooppose Kolar. Beissman filed a decla-

ration of candidacy in December butsubsequently decided that he couldn’tspare enough time from his businessto run and serve this year, his wife,Nicole said.

DiMiceli didn’t return a phone callseeking comment on his candidacy.

There will be no February primaryfor the board elections. The generalelection is set for April 2.

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Four area volunteers rehabhomes hit by Sandy

Our Disaster Response Team is“called” to NYC in the wake of Super-storm Sandy. After 16 hours of non-

stop driving and conversation, we four- Bill Taylor, Lee Wanak, MarkCooper and myself - arrive on thesouthern tip of Staten Island. We arenot alone. Bethel United MethodistChurch, founded in 1822 and built in1862, generously hosts and sheltersdozens of us.

We sleep in the fellowship hall;many more sleep upstairs in the sanc-tuary, belfry, and pulpit area. We sharethree single toilets on site; the oneshared shower, in the pastor’s parson-

age, is a block away. On our own formeals, 30+ volunteers forage in thechurch kitchen, but our foursome setsaside Mark to prep and cook meals(eggs & sausage every morning, meat& cheese sandwiches for lunch,spaghetti or stew at night).

Most other volunteer groups hailfrom nearby, a three-hour drive fromNY, NJ, CT or PA. An 11-membergroup come from Earlham College(IN), including students from Braziland Ecuador. Our combined workforceconsists of men & women, straight &gay, college students & retired guys,skilled & unskilled laborers, believers& agnostics.

Believers include Methodists,Quakers, Southern Baptists, Presbyte-rians, Catholics, and whatever we fourare from High Point Church. Our first

morning, during worship, we sing,“I’ve got love like an ocean.” Theirony is not lost on this ocean-floodedcommunity. Some will wonder, Whereis God’s love in all this chaos anddeath? Others sense God’s love fromthe many who freely serve them in thismission.

Disaster response teams are notalone in this building. We make roomfor Alcoholics Anonymous groups, al-most daily; they want privacy, ofcourse. To cope with Sandy, people

drink; likewise, AA attendance is up. Pastor Matt prays us out each day

from our make-shift base camp; an-other agency provides deconstructionand mud-out equipment on site.Nonetheless, I feel underequipped andoverwhelmed by devastated beach-front properties and the hurting fami-lies we care for. I pray for divineappointments and chaplain opportuni-ties this week.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2013 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 9

Thanks toBurns for ajob well done

To the editor,

We in Middleton are very fortunateto have a city clerk who has the cre-ativity and organizational skill tomodify some of the voting proce-dures to make it easier for city resi-dents to vote. Lorie Burns spent theentire weekend before the presiden-tial election working with a smallgroup of volunteers to organize theabsentee and early voter envelopes insuch a way that the processing ofthese votes on election day did not in-terfere with the on site voters.

This creative process helped to

keep the lines at the polls more rea-sonable for the voting public.

The process initiated by Ms. Burnsfor Election Day registration alsohelped to facilitate registering andvoting for residents who were regis-tering for the first time or re register-ing. Not only did this make thevoting process easier for the public,but it also made it easier and more ef-ficient for the poll workers. Pollworkers knew how to implementthese procedures because they had at-tended training sessions conductedby our city clerk.

Recently Ms. Burns sat down withthe Middleton Action Team to dis-cuss the voting process includingelection day registration, certificationof the Special Registration Deputyand hours for early voting. The Mid-dleton Action Team was very appre-ciative for opportunity to discussthese issues with the person who has

done such an exceptional job servingthe voting residents of our city. Ms.Lorie Burns we commend you for ajob well done!

Tom and Sandi Vandervest Chief Inspectors for

St. Bernard’s polling place/Middleton Action Team

Kinne, leaving council,says thanks

To the editor,

It has been a tremendous honor torepresent District 1 on the Common

Council these past four years. Thiscity has so much to be proud of.

During my time, we weathered theworst economic crisis since the GreatDepression. When other cities weredeclaring bankruptcy, Middleton keptone of the highest bond ratings pos-sible. While every city departmentcut spending, our library, trails andSenior Center won accolades fromoutside groups. And even though weraised taxes, Middleton still enjoysone of the lowest mill rates aroundfor a city of its size.

We accomplished this because welive up to our reputation as a friendly,hardworking city. People want tolive here and businesses want to growhere. Middleton is blessed with afantastic crew of public workers whokept their chins up though these yearsof crisis: we would not have made itthrough without them. My col-leagues on council and the mayor

also deserve credit. They are a smart,dedicated bunch with a tough job.But the most credit goes to the peopleand businesses of Middleton. Theirperseverance and optimism are thebedrock of our community. This cityis thriving instead of just survivingbecause of their positive attitude andlove of community.

If I ran again (and won), I wouldhave three kids in school, with two ofthem in middle school, before myterm ended. I just did not have thetime for everything. But I wish tothank the citizens of my district, thecity employees with whom I worked,and my fellow elected officials for avery rewarding four years. I leaveknowing the city is in good hands.

Ald. Paul KinneCity of Middleton

Letters to the Editor

by Dietrich Gruen

Photo contributed

Pictured from left to right: Dietrich Gruen, Mark Cooper, Lee Wanak and Bill Taylor.

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Allen, Aaron A, 27, Middleton, WI53562, 01/19/2012, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $88.80

Anastasi, Sam N, 37, Madison, WI53713, 01/15/2012, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $88.80

Anderson, Dylan John, 21, Middle-ton, WI 53562, 01/17/2012, Operatingvehicle without insurance, $114.00

Anderson, Dylan John, 21, Middle-ton, WI 53562, 01/17/2012, Motor ve-hicle liability insurance required,$10.00

Bates, Gordan, 55, Middleton, WI53562, 01/26/2012, Motor vehicle lia-bility insurance required, $10.00

Bates, Laquida J, 26, Madison, WI53717, 01/13/2012, Motor vehicle lia-bility insurance required, $10.00

Becker, Michael John, 18, Verona,WI 53593, 01/20/2012, ObstructingTraffic, $88.80

Bernards, Katie J, 18, Deforest, WI53532, 08/04/2011, Procure-Sell-GiveAlcoholic Beverages, $177.00

Bernards, Katie J, 18, Deforest, WI53532, 08/04/2011, Procure-Sell-GiveAlcoholic Beverages, $177.00

Birrenkott, Russell R, 47, Middle-ton, WI 53562, 01/16/2012, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $114.00

Blumingburg, Sedrix Marcel, 18,Windsor, WI 53598, 06/11/2011, Op-erating with a detectable amount of arestr., $731.00

Blumingburg, Sedrix Marcel, 18,Windsor, WI 53598, 06/11/2011, Pos-session of Controlled Substance,$88.80

Bricco, Michael S, 22, SpringGreen, WI 53588, 01/05/2012, Exceed-ing Zones and Posted Limits, $88.80

Brooks, Bruce A, 44, Middleton, WI53562, 01/04/2012, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $114.00

Brown, Deavista R, 37, Waunakee,WI 53597, 01/22/2012, Seatbelt Re-quired Oper/Pass, $10.00

Brown, Matthew A, 34, Middleton,WI 53562, 01/18/2012, Operating ve-hicle without insurance, $114.00

Brown, Matthew A, 34, Middleton,WI 53562, 01/18/2012, Motor vehicleliability insurance required, $10.00

Brylski, Merissa A, 18, Middleton,WI 53562, 07/17/2011, Interferencewith Sign or Signal, $88.80

Bustos, Jorge M, 30, Madison, WI53719, 01/21/2012, Operating vehiclewithout insurance, $114.00

Bustos, Jorge M, 30, Madison, WI53719, 01/21/2012, Seatbelt RequiredOper/Pass, $10.00

Calkins, Christine L, 43, Madison,WI 53705, 01/21/2012, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $88.80

Calkins, Christine L, 43, Madison,WI 53705, 01/21/2012, Motor vehicleliability insurance required, $10.00

Campion, Michelle A, 39, Baraboo,WI 53913, 01/10/2012, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $88.80

Carpenter, Krista R, 23, RichlandCenter, WI 53581, 01/09/2012,Method of Giving Signals, $88.80

Carpenter, Krista R, 23, RichlandCenter, WI 53581, 01/09/2012, Motorvehicle liability insurance required,$10.00

Carranza, Anselmo, 47, Middleton,WI 53562, 01/24/2012, Operating w/oa Valid Driver’s License, $114.00

Carranza, Anselmo, 47, Middleton,WI 53562, 01/24/2012, Operating ve-hicle without insurance, $114.00

Centeno Fajardo, Douglas A, 28,Waunakee, WI 53597, 01/09/2012, Op-erating w/o a Valid Driver’s License,$114.00

Centeno Fajardo, Douglas A, 28,Waunakee, WI 53597, 01/09/2012, Op-erating vehicle without insurance,$114.00

Centeno Fajardo, Douglas A, 28,Waunakee, WI 53597, 01/09/2012,Ownr’s liability fail to stop after acci-dent, $681.00

Chen, Harriet L, 46, Madison, WI

53705, 01/30/2012, Method of GivingSignals, $88.80

Cheney, Nina Jean, 56, MountHoreb, WI 53572, 01/23/2012, Failureto Obey Sign/Signal, $88.80

Cheng, Chia Chuan, 36, Verona, WI53593, 01/14/2012, FTS/ImproperStop at Stop Sign, $88.80

Choi, Hee Seung, 31, Middleton, WI53562, 01/22/2012, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $88.80

Cooley, Richelle L, 20, Middleton,WI 53562, 01/25/2012, Underage Con-sume/Possess Alcoholic Beverages,$177.00

Cooley, Richelle L, 20, Middleton,WI 53562, 01/25/2012, Procure-Sell-Give Alcoholic Beverages, $366.00

Cushing Leubner, Saryn A, 33,Madison, WI 53704, 01/19/2012, Ex-ceeding Zones and Posted Limits,$88.80

Cushing Leubner, Saryn A, 33,Madison, WI 53704, 01/19/2012,Motor vehicle liability insurance re-quired, $0.00

Downs, Chad Michael, 19, Madison,WI 53717, 01/25/2012, Underage Con-sume/Possess Alcoholic Beverages,$177.00

Downs, Chad Michael, 19, Madison,WI 53717, 01/26/2012, Possession ofControlled Substance, $271.50

Downs, Chad Michael, 19, Madison,WI 53717, 01/26/2012, Resisting orObstructing Officer, $429.00

Downs, Chad Michael, 19, Madison,WI 53717, 01/26/2012, DisorderlyConduct, $240.00

Dresen, Ashley R, 25, Madison, WI53717, 01/11/2012, Motor vehicle lia-bility insurance required, $10.00

Dubocq, Zachary Ryan, 24, Madi-son, WI 53719, 01/14/2012, FYRwhile Making Left Turn, $88.80

Ebert, Joel D, 33, Mc Farland, WI53558, 01/09/2012, Motor vehicle lia-bility insurance required, $10.00

Eichelkraut, David A, 32, Middle-ton, WI 53562, 01/27/2012, Obstruct-ing Traffic, $88.80

Eichelkraut, David A, 32, Middle-ton, WI 53562, 01/27/2012, VehicleRegistration Revoked/Suspended/Can-cel, $0.00

Ekstrom, Emily S, 37, Madison, WI53705, 01/19/2012, FTS/ImproperStop at Stop Sign, $88.80

Fischer, Andrew J, 24, Prairie DuSac, WI 53578, 01/15/2012, Speeding55 MPH Zone, $88.80

Fish, Ellen M, 49, Middleton, WI53562, 01/23/2012, Traffic ControlSignal Violation red, $88.00

Fuller, Rebecca A, 21, Madison, WI53711, 01/01/2012, Viol of child safetyrestraint requirements, $88.80

Garcia, Kassandra, 17, Madison,WI, 01/13/2012, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $114.00

Gencheff, Maggie Elizabeth, 20,Madison, WI 53704, 01/01/2012, Pos-session of Drug Paraphernalia, $177.00

Gencheff, Maggie Elizabeth, 20,Madison, WI 53704, 01/01/2012, Pos-session of Controlled Substance,$271.50

Goebel, Karen P, 71, Madison, WI53705, 01/15/2012, FTS/ImproperStop at Stop Sign, $88.80

Gonzalez, Pedro Omar, 19, Water-loo, WI 53594, 01/14/2012, Violationof Traffic Signal Yellow, $88.80

Gonzalez, Pedro Omar, 19, Water-loo, WI 53594, 01/14/2012, Operatingvehicle without insurance, $114.00

Gorvego, Bemis F, 21, Middleton,WI 53562, 01/26/2012, Non Registra-tion, $88.80

Gorvego, Bemis F, 21, Middleton,WI 53562, 01/26/2012, Vehicle Regis-tration Revoked/Suspended/Cancel,$88.80

Gorvego, Bemis F, 21, Middleton,WI 53562, 01/26/2012, Motor vehicleliability insurance required, $10.00

Gorvego, Bemis F, 21, Middleton,WI 53562, 01/26/2012, Operating ve-

hicle without insurance, $114.00Grassman, Kelly A, 31, Muscoda,

WI 53573, 01/12/2012, Auto Follow-ing Too Closely, $114.00

Grove, Matthew William, 20, Madi-son, WI 53711, 01/11/2012, Operatingvehicle without insurance, $114.00

Grove, Matthew William, 20, Madi-son, WI 53711, 01/11/2012, Operatingwhile Suspended, $114.00

Hassett, Steven E, 57, Madison, WI53711, 01/13/2012, Failure to KeepVehicle Under Control, $126.00

Henes, David W, 38, Madison, WI53704, 01/07/2012, Operating vehiclewithout insurance, $114.00

Jarrett, Tyler C, 19, Mc Farland, WI53558, 01/25/2012, Underage Con-sume/Possess Alcoholic Beverages,$177.00

Jennings, Kathleen M, 51, Middle-ton, WI 53562, 01/12/2012, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $114.00

Jochim, Ryley Anton, 20, Madison,WI 53704, 01/10/2012, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $88.80

Johnson Jr, Craig Deon, 21, Madi-son, WI 53713, 01/04/2012, Operatingwhile Suspended, $114.00

Johnson, Christina M, 22, Middle-ton, WI 53562, 01/21/2012, Non Reg-istration, $88.00

Kalscheur, Dale R, 40, Middleton,WI 53562, 01/16/2012, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $88.80

Kiefer, Zackary T, 26, Middleton,WI 53562, 01/08/2012, Possession ofControlled Substance, $132.90

Killian, David Michael, 20, LakeLinden, MI 49945, 01/12/2012, Driv-ing Too Fast for Conditions, $126.60

Kinzer, Kristin S, 21, Beloit, WI53511, 01/19/2012, Speeding 55 MPHZone, $88.80

Kosirog, Frank J, 27, Madison, WI53704, 01/21/2012, Speeding 55 MPHZone, $88.80

Kosirog, Frank J, 27, Madison, WI53704, 01/21/2012, Motor vehicle lia-bility insurance required, $10.00

Kotvis, Lawrence Joseph, 29,Wausau, WI 54401, 12/31/2011, Pos-session of Drug Paraphernalia, $177.00

Krull, Tammy J, 46, Sun Prairie, WI53590, 01/09/2012, Operating vehiclewithout insurance, $114.00

Krull, Tammy J, 46, Sun Prairie, WI53590, 01/09/2012, Non Registration,$88.80

Lee, Yeng, 24, Holmen, WI 54636,01/14/2012, Motor vehicle liability in-surance required, $10.00

Lee, Yeng, 24, Holmen, WI 54636,01/14/2012, FTS/Improper Stop atStop Sign, $88.80

Lewis, Kenneth Wayne, 48, Madi-son, WI 53726, 01/09/2012, Motor ve-hicle liability insurance required,$10.00

Lewis, Kenneth Wayne, 48, Madi-son, WI 53726, 01/04/2012, Non Reg-istration, $88.80

Lewis, Kenneth Wayne, 48, Madi-son, WI 53726, 01/04/2012, Motor ve-hicle liability insurance required,$10.00

Lindsey, Adam L, 30, Wonewoc, WI53968, 01/11/2012, Method of GivingSignals, $88.80

Lust, Keaara Spring, 28, Madison,WI 53711, 01/10/2012, Operatingwhile Suspended, $114.00

Lust, Keaara Spring, 28, Madison,WI 53711, 01/10/2012, Operating ve-hicle without insurance, $114.00

Lust, Keaara Spring, 28, Madison,WI 53711, 01/10/2012, Motor vehicleliability insurance required, $10.00

Lynch, Chase P, 19, Middleton, WI53562, 10/26/2011, Absolute SobrietyLaw, $200.00

Lynch, Chase P, 19, Middleton, WI53562, 10/26/2011, Minor Trans Intox-icant In Motor Vehicle, $177.00

Mack, Rebecca M, 22, Middleton,WI 53562, 01/07/2012, Operatingwhile Suspended, $114.00

Magaurn, Tim W, 44, Oregon, WI

53575, 01/06/2012, FTS/ImproperStop at Stop Sign, $88.80

Malecki, John F, 45, Madison, WI53717, 12/17/2011, Vehicle Registra-tion Revoked/Suspended/Cancel,$0.00

Mansfield, Danielle M, 28, Middle-ton, WI 53562, 12/04/2011, DisorderlyConduct, $240.00

Marineau, Lindsay Marie, 20, Mid-dleton, WI 53562, 01/25/2012, Under-age Consume/Possess AlcoholicBeverages, $177.00

941.00, Marshal, 21, 01/04/2012,Middleton, Criminal Damage Property,Destini A, $1

Mccaulley, Clayton R, 29, Madison,WI 53719, 01/17/2012, ObstructingTraffic, $126.60

Melcher, Sue A, 63, Appleton, WI54913, 01/28/2012, Non Registration,$0.00

Miller, Chad Allen, 18, Madison, WI53711, 01/15/2012, Operating whileSuspended, $114.00

Miller, Chad Allen, 18, Madison, WI53711, 01/15/2012, Vehicle Registra-tion Revoked/Suspended/Cancel,$88.80

Moore, Jacob R, 26, Middleton, WI53562, 01/26/2012, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $114.00

Moore, Jacob R, 26, Middleton, WI53562, 01/26/2012, Operating whileSuspended, $114.00

Moralesalvarez, Antonio, 49, Madi-son, WI 53704, 01/12/2012, Operatingwhile Suspended, $114.00

Nelson, Dennis L, 68, Middleton,WI 53562, 01/08/2012, Non Registra-tion, $0.00

Nilsson, Michelle Nicole, 35, Madi-son, WI 53704, 01/14/2012, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $88.80

Norris, Michelle R, 37, Middleton,WI 53562, 01/06/2012, Passing at In-tersection, $114.00

O Connell, Daniel J, 59, Madison,WI 53719, 01/11/2012, Speeding 55MPH Zone, $88.80

Oliversen, Leslie L, 27, Waunakee,WI 53597, 01/15/2012, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $114.00

Olson, Catherine I, 39, Middleton,WI 53562, 01/27/2012, FTS/ImproperStop at Stop Sign, $88.80

Osborne, Randi N, 28, Brooklyn, WI53521, 01/14/2012, Motor vehicle lia-bility insurance required, $10.00

Osborne, Randi N, 28, Brooklyn, WI53521, 01/14/2012, Speeding 55 MPHZone, $88.80

Panina, Anastasija, 21, Middleton,WI 53562, 01/31/2012, Snow and IceRemoval, $114.00

Perez, Osvaldo, 32, Middleton, WI53562, 01/25/2012, Traffic ControlSignal Violation red, $88.80

Phillips, Tanner M, 30, Middleton,WI 53562, 12/29/2011, Method ofGiving Signals, $88.80

Potnuru, Gopikrishna, 40, Middle-ton, WI 53562, 01/04/2012, ImproperLeft Turn, $88.80

Powers, Anna M, 45, Baraboo, WI53913, 11/03/2011, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $88.80

Prieve, Regena M, 62, Middleton,WI 53562, 01/12/2012, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $114.00

Prindle, Andrew H, 24, Middleton,WI 53562, 01/13/2012, FTS/ImproperStop at Stop Sign, $88.80

Puckett, Amanda R, 29, Middleton,WI 53562, 12/21/2011, Operating ve-hicle without insurance, $114.00

Puckett, Amanda R, 29, Middleton,WI 53562, 12/21/2011, Non Registra-tion, $88.80

Rake, Tessa M, 32, Beaver Dam, WI53916, 01/19/2012, Non Registration,$88.80

Ramos Santarosa, Jorge V, 28,Madison, WI 53704, 01/21/2012, Ridein Vehicle without seatbelt, $10.00

Ramos Santarosa, Jorge V, 28,Madison, WI 53704, 01/21/2012, Un-lawful Use of ID Card- Reproduces,

$177.00Ripp, Spencer D, 18, Cross Plains,

WI 53528, 01/13/2012, Speeding 55MPH Zone, $114.00

Roloff, Kathryn A, 60, Middleton,WI 53562, 01/06/2012, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $139.20

Ryan, Jenny A, 43, Lodi, WI 53555,01/18/2012, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Salis, Nicole A, 23, Madison, WI53713, 01/22/2012, Motor vehicle lia-bility insurance required, $10.00

Sasinowski, Rachel A, 18, Windsor,WI 53598, 08/05/2011, Procure-Sell-Give Alcoholic Beverages, $177.00

Sasinowski, Rachel A, 18, Windsor,WI 53598, 08/04/2011, ProhibitedNoise Disturbance, $177.00

Scholz, Carla C, 46, Madison, WI53719, 01/04/2012, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $88.80

Schulz, Jacquelyn O, 27, Madison,WI 53719, 01/04/2012, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $114.00

Schuster, Stacy L, 24, Sun Prairie,WI 53590, 01/25/2012, Presence onpremises after hours, $114.00

Semenas, Jeff J, 35, Middleton, WI53562, 01/16/2012, Operating vehiclewithout insurance, $114.00

Semenas, Jeff J, 35, Middleton, WI53562, 01/16/2012, Motor vehicle lia-bility insurance required, $10.00

Seymour, Scott J, 49, Verona, WI53593, 01/07/2012, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $88.80

Sharpe, Tammy R, 36, Middleton,WI 53562, 12/04/2011, Operating ve-hicle without insurance, $0.00

Shekey, Scott G, 34, Middleton, WI53562, 01/18/2012, Dog/Cat Not RunAt Large, $101.40

Skarbek, Krzysztof Christopher, 58,Middleton, WI 53562, 01/21/2012, Ex-ceeding Zones and Posted Limits,$114.00

Soward, David A, 47, Neillsville,WI 54456, 01/12/2012, ObstructingTraffic, $88.80

Stofiel, Jeffrey Michael, 40, Wauna-kee, WI 53597, 10/20/2011, Method ofGiving Signals, $88.80

Storkson, Josh A, 27, Madison, WI53711, 01/01/2012, Disorderly Con-duct, $240.00

Stretch, Christen M, 25, Galena, IL61036, 01/09/2012, Disorderly Con-duct, $240.00

Sullivan, Jennifer M, 42, CrossPlains, WI 53528, 01/22/2012, Methodof Giving Signals, $88.80

Thousand, Thomas H, 58, Dane, WI53529, 01/05/2012, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $88.80

Travis, David S, 50, Madison, WI53704, 01/09/2012, Non Registration,$88.80

Travis, David S, 50, Madison, WI53704, 01/09/2012, Motor vehicle lia-bility insurance required, $10.00

Tremaine, Annette E, 45, Middleton,WI 53562, 01/11/2012, Non Registra-tion, $0.00

Tyre, Scott P, 49, Middleton, WI53562, 01/13/2012, Traffic ControlSignal Violation red, $88.80

Wehrmann, Jeremy R, 25, Middle-ton, WI 53562, 01/25/2012, Resistingor Obstructing Officer, $429.00

Wilson, Darius Antoine, 27, Madi-son, WI 53704, 01/12/2012, OperatingWhile Intoxicated, $781.00

Wilson, Darius Antoine, 27, Madi-son, WI 53704, 01/12/2012, OperatingWith/PAC .08-.099, $0.00

Wright, Helen E, 33, Fitchburg, WI53711, 01/05/2012, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $88.80

Wright, Helen E, 33, Fitchburg, WI53711, 01/05/2012, Operating vehiclewithout insurance, $114.00

Zwettler, Casey L, 32, Waunakee,WI 53597=, 01/05/2012, FYR toPedestrian/Bicyclist/EPAMD at Con-troll, $76.20.

In Court (finding date: 2/16/12)

5228 Scenic Ridge Trail, Middleton, iscurrently slated to run against Dahmen,who lives at 5621 Dahmen Dr., Wau-nakee.

Greer is on the tail end of his firstterm on the board. Dahmen is a teacherat Glacier Creek Middle School andvice president of the MEA teachersunion – a fact that some legal expertssay could prevent him from sitting onthe nine-person school board. Greerwas unopposed when he first took theseat in 2010.

In Area III, incumbent and boardvice president Diane Hornung, 7719Greenwood Road, Verona, will runagainst Fred Zietz, 7734 Welcome Dr.,Verona. Zietz challenged Hornung forthe same seat in 2010 and garnered 34percent percent of the vote.

In Area IV, incumbent and boardpresident Ellen Lindgren will again rununopposed.

Each year, three seats on the nine-member school board are up for elec-tion. Citizens residing in those areasare eligible to run. The spring electionwill be held Tuesday, April 2.

Area 1Greer vs. Dahmen

Greer said the school board hasworked effectively to address impor-tant issues during his initial term – not-ing accomplishments like passing asuccessful building referendum withwidespread public support and improv-ing school safety and security.

“I think it’s been a good three yearsin many ways,” Greer said. “We’ve ad-dressed some important issues; not justovercrowding but school security aswell.”

“I’ve always taken the long view,”Greer continued. “I went into this ‘eyeswide open’ and my goal has alwaysbeen to do what’s best for the kids.”

Superintendent Don Johnson saidthere are legitimate legal questions sur-rounding whether or not Dahmen couldbe a voting member of the schoolboard without violating state statutes.Citing the Government AccountabilityBoard’s guidelines, Greer also ques-tioned whether Dahmen could be cer-tified as a candidate.

Annette Ashley, clerk of the MC-PASD School Board, on Tuesday con-firmed that Greer had filed a challengeto Dahmen’s nomination paperwork.The challenge was based on the factthat Dahmen turned in photocopies ofthe signatures required to run for of-fice, rather than originals.

Chapter 4 of the Government Ac-countability Board’s administrativerules, which are based on state statuteand carry the weight of law, are refer-enced in Greer’s challenge and state:“Nomination papers, recall petitions,and … campaign finance reports …may not be filed with the filing officerby facsimile process. Nomination pa-pers and recall petitions shall not beconsidered filed with the filing officeruntil the signed original of each nomi-nation paper and each recall petition isreceived in the offices of the filing of-ficer.”

Dahmen has until 5 p.m. today to re-spond to Greer’s challenge, after whichAshley, as clerk, will rule.

Dahmen said the school district did-n’t inform him that he was required toprovide original signatures until afterhe declared his candidacy. He calledGreer’s challenge a “cowardly act.”

“It was not communicated to me atthe time I filed my papers that originalswere required, and as soon as I was in-formed of that intention, which was thenext day, I took in my originals,” Dah-men said. “There was no deceit, no bla-

tant violation, there was simply an hon-est attempt to comply with the law,given my understanding, and my re-liance on the advice of the district’s fil-ing officer.”

Greer pointed out that such chal-lenges occur often in governmentraces, ensuring that nomination papersare in order.

Dahmen on Monday went on to saymany of the questions about the valid-ity of his candidacy are politically mo-tived.

“One has to wonder why the super-intendent’s office has anything what-ever to do with this process,” Dahmenwrote in an email to the MiddletonTimes-Tribune. “He’s obviously biasedagainst teachers, he’s obviously got afinancial interest in maintaining hisboard, and his office is passing alonginformation to his candidate about thepropriety of my nomination papers.”

“It’s incestuous, and if there’s a se-rious problem here, it’s not with pho-tocopy integrity,” Dahmen said.

Having taught in the district for 30years, Dahmen said serving on the

school board would be a natural exten-sion of his desire to help students.

“I’ve been in public service my en-tire adult life,” he said. “Whether it hasbeen helping kids understand basic sci-ence, or helping teachers in their pro-fessional lives, I have been doing whatI could to help people in ways I knowhow to help.”

“The board seems like that might besome place where I might do thesame,” he added. “I’m not unfamiliarwith how the board works, and it couldbe a place where I could make a differ-ence.”

But Dahmen said it is “pretty clear”district leadership doesn’t want him onthe board.

Barry Forbes is associate executivedirector and staff counsel for the Wis-

consin Association of School Boards(WASB). He said last week there isvery little ambiguity in the laws andcodes of conduct that prevent currentemployees from sitting on the electedgovernment boards that oversee theirjobs.

Forbes, who has worked as an attor-ney for WASB since 1983, said there isnothing to prevent Dahmen from run-ning. There are, however, at least threerules in place that could prevent himfrom being a voting member of theMCPASD Board of Education, accord-ing to Forbes.

Forbes said the criminal conflict ofinterest statute (WI Stat. 946.13), thecode of ethics for government officials(WI Stat. 19.59) and the common lawdoctrine of incompatibility of offices orpositions all contain prohibitions in-tended to keep elected officials fromoverseeing themselves as employees.

“Past attorneys general have issuedvery clear opinions,” said Forbes. “Ifan employees is a board member, theemployee is supervising the personwho supervises him.”

Forbes said there would be no legalviolation until is and when Dahmenwould be sworn into office. Should hewin on April 2, that would occur on thefourth Monday in April.

“I’ve made the following suggestionto employees who want to run for of-fice,” he said, “resign before that time,or [don’t run].”

Forbes said conflict of interest reg-ulations often prevent board membersfrom voting on certain issues. For in-stance, longtime MCPASD Board ofEducation member Tim Statz recusedhimself from votes on contract itemsthat would have impacted food serviceworkers, because that department em-ployed his wife.

In fact, the attorney general has

ruled that sitting school board mem-bers may not work as substitute teach-ers, even for a single day, according toForbes.

Forbes said if Dahmen were to re-main a teacher while sitting on theboard of education, a wide range ofpeople – including law enforcementagencies, board members and ordinarycitizens of the district - could file com-plaints against him.

Dahmen doesn’t agree with Forbes’interpretation of the laws. He went onto say WASB “is not an organizationthat values diversity with regard to ed-ucational policy decision making.”

“[T]heir threats are, of course,ridiculous,” Dahmen continued. “WereI elected I would be an employee for amatter of weeks, during which theprobability of me voting on anythingaffecting me is negligible. Their pre-sumption is one of a lack of integrity,which they know something about.”

Dahmen said he is still researchingthe legal nuances of his bid for office.

The school board is scheduled tovote on Dahmen’s retirement at Mon-day’s regularly scheduled meeting.

“I think it makes perfect sense that aretired district employee shouldn’t voteon things like health insurance for for-mer employees,” Dahmen said. “Butthere are all kinds of things that I couldvote on. School boards affectteacher[s] a lot, and I think a teacherkind of understands the animal in aunique way.”

The MEA and the MCPASD havespent a good deal of time in court in re-cent years. Both sides have racked upsizeable legal bills while fighting overthe district’s firing of Glacier CreekMiddle School teacher Andrew Harrisfor viewing nude images on his workcomputer. (The district in August ap-pealed a circuit court ruling against theMCPASD in the case.) The MEA alsohas a pending grievance regarding thehandling of a teacher placed on a dis-trict performance improvement plan.

“I think many board members are in-telligent, rational people,” Dahmensaid. “But I don’t think they are neces-sarily non-partisan. I would like tobring a new perspective to the board.”

“They don’t generally err on the sideof teachers,” he continued. “I think therelationship between the district andthe MEA has steadily declined eversince Don Johnson took over as super-intendent and … I think a teacher’scredibility on the board could help re-pair some of those relations.”

Area 3Hornung vs. Zietz

In Area III, voters will get a rematchof a lopsided 2010 race.

“I am seeking re-election because Ioffer a moderate, well-reasoned voiceto the board,” said Hornung, the in-cumbent. She earned 66 percent of thevote the last time Zietz challengedher.  “I have been fiscally responsibleand a taxpayer advocate while at thesame time supporting public education,exceptional programming, as well asour staff.”

“I have worked hard for these last 12years to maintain the quality of educa-tion in our district that our communityhas come to know and expect,” sheadded.

Zietz said he is challenging Hornungto change a “wasteful” culture createdby district leadership that “celebrate[s]mediocrity.”

“MCPASD says they do well,” Zietzcontinued. “They do average. The nextgeneration can be great and we shouldlead the way.”

“The time wasted in schools isamazing,” said Zietz. He pledged to“bail” from the school board after sixyears, if elected.

“Why would people keep running ifthey don’t have kids in school?” Zietzasked.

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David DahmenSchool Board Candidate

It’s incestuous,and if there’s aproblem here, it’snot with photo-copy integrity.”

“Barry Forbes

WASB Legal Counsel

I’ve made thefollowing sug-gestion to em-ployees whowant to run foroffice: resign be-fore then [ordon’t run].”

“Fred Zietz

School Board Candidate

The school [dis-trict] celebratesmediocrity.”

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Boy Scout Troop 140 had busy DecemberBoy Scout Troop 140, sponsored

by St. Luke’s Church, had a verysuccessful “Service to Others” forthe month of December. Part ofthe Scout Oath states: “To helpother people at all times.”

Troop 140 was helpful to othersby being involved in many oppor-tunities. These service opportuni-

ties include:Boy Scouts teaching 38 Webelo

Scouts the necessary skills forthem to achieve their Aquanautbadge.

Ringing bells at local businessesfor the Salvation Army to collectfunds for the needy.

Making food donations of over

400 pounds to Middleton OutreachMinistry.

Sponsoring 3 area families, to-taling 10 individuals, for the Shar-ing Christmas program sponsoredby MOM. Scouts raised over $450to share Christmas with others inneed.

Helping the Roadhome program

by moving in and out materials andequipment at St. Luke’s Church.Roadhome is a program to helppeople that are homeless. Formore information about the Road-home program, go to:http://trhome.org

On December 24 and 25, Troop140 used their bus to help trans-

port homeless people from the Sal-vation Army Center to spend anight in area hotels.

Set up over 144 luminary can-dles for St. Luke’s Church for theChristmas Eve service.

For more information aboutTroop 140, visitwww.bsatroop140.com.

The Dane County Sheriff ’s De-partment on Monday asked forhelp from Town of Middleton resi-dents, according to Sara Ludtke,the town’s Deputy Clerk/PublicWorks Coordinator. A few hourslater, the City of Middleton’sCommunity Awareness Officer, JillTutaj, issued a press release aboutthe same problem in that commu-nity.

“On the north side of town,specifically along Meadow ValleyRoad and parts of Airport Road,people - they believe it’s morethan one person - have been goingthrough mailboxes, taking mail,opening mail, throwing mail intosnow banks, etc.,” Ludke saidMonday. “Try to retrieve your mailshortly after it’s delivered.”

“If you notice that your mail hasbeen open or realize that you aremissing mail and there is no one inthe area, please contact DeputyGarrett Page at 575-5964 (duringday-time hours) or Deputy MikeMohr at 220-0356 (during eveninghours),” she added.

Ludke said to immediately re-port any suspicious activity inprogress by dialing 9-1-1.  

Tutaj said the Middleton PoliceDepartment has received severalreports of theft of mail from mail-boxes. The theft of mail from resi-dential mailboxes is an increasingproblem, according to police, andcriminals use the mail as a meansto obtain identity information andsteal checks and other items ofvalue.

Tutaj offered the following tipsto help minimize the problem:

Do not leave outgoing mail in anunlocked mailbox.

Deposit mail in a blue collectionbox or inside a local post office.Don’t leave mail in a collectionbox that is full.

Make sure your home mailbox isin good condition. Mail that is ex-posed can be damaged by badweather and is visible to thieves.

Promptly pick up your incomingmail after it is delivered

Promptly contact the senders ifyou do not receive credit cards,checks, or other valuable mail.

Notify the post office and mail-ers if you change your address.When going on vacation, have thepost office hold your mail or have

a trusted friend or neighbor pickup your mail after delivery.

Be observant of activities onyour street, including those nearyour letter carrier, the postal vehi-cle, residential mailboxes, and col-lection boxes.

If you see suspicious persons oractivity, call 911 while the sus-pects are still present.

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Splitting the difference

There’s a lot of time before the BigEight Conference girls basketball racewill be decided.

But Middleton knows it’s probablyout of mulligans. If the Cardinals hopeto win a seventh straight league title,it’s time to get rolling.

“We definitely need to get on aroll,” senior guard Natalie Staplessaid. “We need to keep working hardand get a little more consistent.”

The Cardinals took a big step inthat direction last Thursday.

Middleton used a 13-0 run early,never trailed again, and toppled visit-ing Sun Prairie, 48-39.

Middleton improved to 6-4 overall

and is tied for third place in the BigEight at 4-2. Sun Prairie is 5-4 overalland 4-3 in the conference.

Janesville Parker (9-1, 7-0) contin-ues to lead the league.

“I don’t know if we’re in positionright now to worry about getting on aroll,” Middleton coach Jeff Kind said.“I’m more worried about Madison LaFollette (Friday). It’d be nice, butwe’re still not consistent enough totalk about that kind of stuff.”

Perhaps. But the Cardinals aremaking strides toward becoming thetype of team Kind envisions.

Sun Prairie’s McKayla Yentz, aMarquette recruit, entered the game asone of the state’s top players. ButMiddleton made the 6-foot-1 Yentzlook rather ordinary.

Yentz shot just 4-of-20 from thefloor and finished with 10 points.Middleton rotated defenders on Yentz,but junior forward Liz McMahon didmost of the heavy lifting.

“She’s really good … and it took

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A little time off to work on his shotmight have been just what DerekRongstad needed.

The 6-foot-5 junior point guardmade a triumphant return to theMiddleton lineup last Friday nightwith a game-high 26 points.Unfortunately, Rongstad’s perform-ance wasn’t enough as the Middletonboys basketball team dropped a hard-fought, 73-69, Big Eight Conferencedecision to Madison La Follette.

Rongstad was originally expectedto be out at least four to six weeksafter breaking a bone in his left handin a game against Verona on Dec. 13.However, doctors told Rongstad therewas little risk of re-injuring the hand ifhe returned early. Rongstad respondedby making 7 of his 12 three-pointattempts against the Lancers.

Since Rongstad injured his lefthand, and not his shooting hand, hewas still able to practice shooting one-handed while he was out.

“I was out three weeks with a bro-ken hand, but I think it helped me,”Rongstad said of the time off. “I hadsome things wrong with my shot, Iwas thumbing the ball a little bit toomuch.

“I was able to shoot with my caston so I was able to get practice on myshots at practice where everyone else

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Jeff Kind’s Middleton’s girls basketball team is currently tied for third place in the Big Eight Conference.

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Max Oelerich and Middleton’s boys basketball team split a pair of games last weekend.

Guile, resiliency, strength.Middleton showed all of the above

last Saturday afternoon during animpressive 45-34 win over AppletonEast.

Less than 24 hours earlier, theCardinals had dropped a disappointinggame to visiting Madison La Follette.But Middleton rebounded in impres-sive fashion.

The Cardinals improved to 5-6 onthe year and snapped a four-game los-ing streak.

“After a tough close loss to a qual-ity La Follette team, to come back andbeat a solid squad in Appleton Eastwas very impressive,” Middletoncoach Kevin Bavery said. “I'm reallyproud of how our guys responded,especially less than 24 hours later.”

Middleton, which made a school-record 13 three-point shots against LaFollette, stayed red-hot and drainedseven against East.

Derek Rongstad, Kade Schultz andDerek Rogeberg all made three-point-ers in the first quarter as the Cardinalsraced to a 13-11 lead. Demond Hilland Chris Little both knocked down

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As Middleton’s hockey team skid-ded last month, Cardinals co-coachSteve Libert felt chemistry and cama-raderie were bigger issues than talent.

So Libert was giddy his team hitthe road last weekend.

“Playing back to back games on theroad may have helped build some trustamongst the players,” Libert said. “Wehave lacked the ability to trust eachother to do their job, and as a result,we often have players trying to do toomuch.

“But you fail at your own responsi-bilities as soon as you try to do some-one else’s job. Everybody got to spendmore time with each other on the busand story time seemed to go well.”

That it did.First, the Cardinals toppled

Onalaska, 3-2, in overtime Friday.Middleton senior Jake Bunz got thegame-winner 1:12 into the extra ses-sion.

The Cardinals then routed BeloitMemorial, 8-3, last Saturday. Bunzstayed red hot with the first four-goalnight of his Middleton career.

The Cardinals snapped a three-game losing streak, improved to 8-3overall and  are 5-2 in the Big EightConference.

Middleton gave up an early goal atOnalaska. But Ryan Dohmeier evenedthings, 1-1, at 10:38 when he stuffedhome a loose puck in front of the net.

“It was the type of goal that weneed, but we have not been going tothe net,” Libert said. “So they havebeen lacking and it has been quitenoticeable.”

After a scoreless second period,Middleton’s Nico Campbell scored arebound goal just 1:36 into the thirdperiod to give the Cardinals a 2-1 lead.

But less than six minutes later,Middleton gave up a power play goal

that tied things, 2-2.Onalaska had a great chance to win

it early in the overtime, but Middletongoalie Max McConnell (22 saves) hada key stop. Bunz broke out the otherway, fired a low angle shot on goal,and snuck it past the goalie for thegame-winner.

“It was an exciting game and prettywell played,” Libert said. “They did anice job of moving the puck quicklyand trying to get behind our defense.They were also quick on the puck put-ting pressure on our defense.”

Middleton was awfully good thefollowing night, too, during its rout ofBeloit Memorial.

The Purple Knights struck first,scoring a power play goal just 4:27into the contest. But Middletonanswered with five straight goals bythe midway point of the second periodand took control.

Bunz had two of those goals, whileKevin Woilfinger, Danny Klagos andChase Dickert all had goals, as well.

Beloit answered with two straightgoals to close within 5-3 heading to

the third period. But the Cardinalsblistered the Purple Knights with threegoals in the final period and pulledaway.

Bunz scored the first two goals ofthe third period to highlight his mon-ster night. Then Jordan Carey scoredon an assist from Bunz.

“We bounced back in the third withthe next three goals,” Libert said. “Wehad some goals that were scored rightat the net, which was nice to seebecause we have been working hard atthis in practices over the holidays.  

“Overall we have been makingsome good strides, but our specialteams lack effectiveness, and if we canturn that around, along with taking alittle more pride in our play withoutthe puck, it will make us a dangerousteam.”

• On deck: Middleton was at SunPrairie Tuesday at 7 p.m. TheCardinals are then at MadisonMemorial Friday at 8 p.m.

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Jake Bunz (right) and Davis Bunz (left) celebrated Middleton’s two wins last weekend.

Middleton’s boys swimming teamwon a triangular with Verona andBeloit Memorial last Friday.

Middleton swept the meet, defeat-ing Beloit 140-30 and knocking offVerona/Mount Horeb, 105-65.Verona/Mount Horeb defeated Beloit,117-53.

“The guys swam really well com-ing out of  winter break training,”Middleton coach Luke Lengfeld said.“We didn’t have a meet over break, sothe guys were glad to get back to someracing since winter break.”

Middleton’s Jackson Uselman wonthe 200 yard freestyle in 1:47.38.Teammates Nick Lund (1:49.11) andCooper Green (1:59.21) were secondand fourth, respectively.

Uselman also won the 100 yardfreestyle in 48:50. Jack McGovernwas third in that race (50.49) and LarsHaskins was fifth (52.04).

Lund won the 100 yard fly (57.08),while teammates Lex Peterson (57.23)

and Jacob Aegerter (58.88) were sec-ond and fourth, respectively.

Zack Parkin was first in the 500yard free (4:56.58), while Petersonwas third (5:12.93) and JoshReddemann was fourth (5:15.44).

In the 200 yard IM, Nick Calderonwas second (2:07.57), while JamesMai was third (2:13.49) and Aegerterwas fifth (2:14.85).

Middleton’s 200 yard free relayteam of Uselman, Lund, McGovernand Parkin was first in 1:30.42. TheCardinals’ quartet of Lucas Arajo,Aegerter, Green and Calderon wasthird (1:36.66).

Middleton’s 400 yard free relayteam of Uselman, Lund, McGovernand Parkin was also first in 3:15.58.The foursome of Mai, Peterson,Reddemann and Haskins was fourth(3:33.82).

In the 50 yard freestyle, Parkin wassecond (22.17), Haskins was third(23.44) and McGovern was fourth(23.48).

Green was second in the 100 yardbackstroke (57.80), while HansKunsch was third (1:00.18) and

Calderon was fourth (1:01.58).Rory Slattery was second in the

100 yard breaststroke (1:08.02), whileWill Zocher was third (1:09.47) andEthan Lengfeld was fifth (1:11.00).

Middleton’s 200-yard medley relayteam of Green, Slattery, Peterson andHaskins was second (1:44.34).

“Training over break went well, theguys worked hard and are now getting

ready to make that final push beforechampionship season,” Lengfeldsaid. “The guys looked good … evenif the times didn’t show that.”

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Cooper Green and Middleton’s boys swimmers won the Beloit Memorial Triangular last Friday.

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Kari Steck sets the bar awfullyhigh for Middleton’s girls gymnas-tics team.

So when the Cardinals exceededSteck’s expectations last Saturday,you know good things happened.

Middleton went to the MountHoreb Invite and put on a show. TheCardinals posted a 138.250 teamscore to easily outdistance runner-upMadison Edgewood (133.50) at the13-team event.

Middleton junior Aryn Skibbacaptured the individual title with aremarkable performance. Skibbanotched a 137.325 score to edge

Madison Memorial’s Caroline Smith(36.925) for the all-around crown.

“The girls performed far beyondmy expectations,” Steck said. “Thiswas our first invitational of the year,and they really made a statement andset the bar for the conference.”

Skibba gave a memorable per-formance in winning the all-aroundtitle.

Skibba posted a 9.70 on the bal-ance beam, the highest score of theday. Skibba was also second on thevault (9.35), third on the floor(9.275) and third on the uneven bars(9.0).

Middleton senior Bianca Bakkaralso had a terrific day and finishedfourth in the all-around with a scoreof 35.425. Bakkar was second on theuneven bars (9.10), fifth on the bal-ance beam (8.90), sixth on the vault(8.825) and ninth on the floor (8.60).

Lucy Bergenthal also had a bigday, scoring a 34.225 on the all-

around and placing sixth. Bergenthalwas sixth on the bars (8.45), seventhon the vault (8.725), seventh on thefloor (8.675) and ninth on the beam(8.375).

“Our three all around girls —Aryn, Bianca Bakkar and LucyBergenthal — each improved theirall-around totals by at least twopoints from the last meet,” Stecksaid. “All of the girls have beenworking so hard at practice, and itshowed in each of their scores.”

Katherine Marshall scored a 7.925on the vault, a 7.925 on the floor anda 7.55 on the beam. Dana Flickingerhad an 8.30 on the beam and an 8.05on the floor, while Lauren Ace had a7.45 on the vault and a 7.0 on the

uneven bars.Among the highlights was

Middleton’s performance on thebeam.

Steck tells her team that if they allstick their beam routines withoutfalling, she’ll buy ice cream. OnMonday, Steck paid up.

“I am so incredibly proud of thegirls for accomplishing this hugegoal this early in the season at ourfirst invitational,” she said.

In all, it was a great day for theCardinals.

“It was a good preview for thegirls of what our conference lookslike, and also a confidence boost forthe girls,” Steck said. “I have such amodest, hard working group of girls,

and they always go into meets withthe attitude of just wanting to dotheir best and have fun.”

They certainly achieved that atMount Horeb.

• On deck: Middleton is atJanesville Parker Thursday at 6 p.m.,then travels to the Madison EastInvitational Saturday at 10 a.m.

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Double troubleMiddleton’s Aryn Skibba (left) won the all-around championship at last

Saturday’s Mount Horeb Invite.Above, Lucy Bergenthal — and the rest of the Cardinals — stayed

upright their entire balance beam performances. Their reward was icecream at Monday’s practice.

Middleton’s wrestling team hasbeen looking for a signature win allseason.

Last Saturday, the Cardinals gotexactly that.

Middleton went to the BarabooThunderbird Classic and won theseven-team tournament.

The Cardinals finished with 208.0points and edged runner-up Baraboo(194.5). Tomah (181.0), Grafton(115.0) and Adams-Friendship(106.5) rounded out the top five.

Middleton had four first place fin-ishers. Those came from Jake Cain at138 pounds, Shay Haase (160),Taggart Haase (170) and SeanBenedict (285).

Cain notched four pins, won onematch by forfeit and improved to 29-1 on the year. Cain’s toughest matchcame against Baraboo’s WilliamPierce, but he pinned theThunderbirds wrestler in 5:27.

Shay Haase went 5-0 on the day,including two pins.

Haase opened by pinning BenSciortino of Hamilton in 1:54. Haasethen won a 16-2 decision overBaraboo’s Calvin Holloway andnotched a 16-1 win over NickTheisen of Adams-Friendship. Haasethen posted a 19-3 win over BenLinzmeier of Tomah and he pinnedJohnson Creek’s Garret Gross in3:28.

Taggart Haase also had a big dayon his way to a title at 170.

Haase opened with a 10-1 winover Baraboo’s Riley Fichter, then hepinned his next four opponents.Haase pinned Rylan Burrows ofAdams-Friendship in 1:03, MikeLiebham of Hamilton in 2:50, JoshPeardot of Tomah in 3:07 and KyleKemmerling of Johnson Creek in5:43.

Benedict also had a sensationalday in the heavyweight division,notching four pins. Benedict pinnedRyan Sutherland of Tomah in 1:45,Jeremy Bowers of Baraboo in 2:16,Colt Morris of Grafton in 15 secondsand Rodney Griffin of Adams-Friendship in 1:10.

Middleton also got second placefinishes from Brett Cain at 113,

Justin Swiersz at 120 and GrantLaurent at 152.

Cain opened with a pin ofHamilton’s Trevor Wittman in 3:15,then he notched a 21-8 win overBaraboo’s Sam Cobb. After receiv-ing a bye, Cain pinned Tomah’sKatan Moser in 3:24. But in his finalmatch, Cain was pinned by ColeClark of Adams-Friendship.

Swiersz defeated Grafton’s LiamPfleger, 6-0, in his first match, butwas then pinned by Trevor McManusof Adams-Friendship in 3:27.Swiersz followed that by pinningChristian Avalos of Johnson Creek in5:34, topping Brett Neverman ofHamilton, 6-5, and losing to PatrickBroe of Baraboo, 12-1.

Laurent began his day by pinningCole Morley of Adams-Friendship in2:40, then he defeated Baraboo’sAndrew Thompson, 10-3. In Round3, Laurent toppled Grafton’s BillyDepies, 7-5, then he pinnedHamilton’s Tyler August in 1:30. Inhis fifth match, though, Laurent waspinned by Jacob DuBord of Tomahin 1:23.

Middleton also got third place fin-ishes from Jacob Laurent at 145,Nathan Dresen (182) and Wyatt Cory(195).

The Cardinals also got fourthplace showings from Shane Bishop(126) and Mike O’Shea (132).

• On deck: Middleton was at SunPrairie Tuesday, then hosts LodiSaturday at 7 p.m.

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Middleton senior Jake Cain won a championship at 138 pounds at last Saturday’s Baraboo Invite.

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all five of us to slow her down,”McMahon said. “I was giving up fouror five inches, so I just had to workreally hard.”

Middleton’s defense was terrific allnight. Sun Prairie shot just 15-of-60from the floor (25.0%) and was 4-of-15 from three-point land (26.7%).

“I thought the defense was reallysolid,” Kind said. “We gave up toomany second shots, but otherwiseplayed really well.”

Middleton also was extremely bal-anced offensively, which made ittough for Sun Prairie to focus itsefforts in one place.

Staples sprained her left ankle thenight before the game and wasn’texpected to play. But Staples testedthe ankle during warm-ups, felt OK,then led all scorers with 15 points.

“I was on crutches all day and in aboot,” Staples said afterwards. “Butduring warm-ups I felt all right. It did-n’t affect me that much.”

McMahon had nine points andeight rebounds, while sophomoreguard Jenna Blair came off the benchand pumped in nine points on 3-of-4shooting. Sophomore forward ColeJordee added seven points and ninerebounds.

“It was a big win,” McMahon said.“There’s a big difference betweenbeing 3-3 and 4-2 (in the league). Weneeded this one.”

Middleton trailed Sun Prairie, 7-6,with 2:49 left in the first quarter. ButMiddleton went on a 13-0 run over thenext 4 minutes to take a 19-7 lead and

never trailed again.McMahon started the fun with a

lay-up, then Blair scored three straightpoints to make it 11-7. Jordee madetwo free throws and Staples scoredinside to put Middleton ahead, 15-7, atthe end of the first quarter.

At the start of the second quarter,McMahon scored inside and DarcyDean had a lay-up to make it 19-7 andforce Sun Prairie to call a timeout.

“That was a really good stretch forus,” Kind said. “We kind of took con-trol there.”

Middleton’s lead fluctuatedbetween eight and 11 the rest of thehalf and Middleton took a 27-18 edgeto the locker room.

Middleton held Sun Prairie to 7-of-31 shooting in the first half (22.6%).Middleton, on the other hand, shot 11-of-27 (40.1%) and got seven pointsfrom both Staples and Jordee.

“I thought we had really goodintensity,” Staples said. “Everyoneknew how big this game was.”

McMahon scored four quick pointsto open the third quarter and Blairknocked down a three-pointer asMiddleton stretched its lead to 34-21.Sun Prairie pulled within nine pointslate in the period, but Middleton helda 40-29 edge after three.

Amazingly, Middleton didn’t makea field goal in the fourth quarter.Instead, Sun Prairie began to foul atthe 3-minute mark and Middleton shot8-of-15 from the line in the fourth.

Middleton’s lead grew to 46-32with 1:48 left following a McMahon

free throw. But Middleton turned theball over on four of its final five pos-sessions and almost let Sun Prairieback in the game.

“Down the stretch, we’ve just gotto be more confident with the ball,”Kind said. “We’ll be fine, but that’sdefinitely an area we need somework.”

The Cardinals are also trying towork their way back up the leaguestandings, but know it won’t be easy.

Parker has yet to lose in the league,while second place Madison LaFollette (6-1, 7-3) comes to townFriday at 7:30 p.m.

Middleton and Verona are tied forthird with 4-2 conference marks, andthe Cardinals know it’s time to get hot.

“We’re definitely hoping to gethot,” McMahon said. “That’d benice.”

Jan. 3Middleton 48, Sun Prairie 39Sun Prairie ……....……….. 7 11 11 10 — 39Middleton …..……….....…. 15 12 13 8 — 48

SUN PRAIRIE – Jenna Conom 2-11 0-0 6,Kestra Peterson 1-2 0-0 3, Jenna Dammen 4-8 0-0 8, Nicole Hoffmann 1-8 1-2 3, McKayla Yentz4-20 2-3 10, Bailey Huser 2-5 4-4 6, AprilHommerding 1-5 0-0 3, Kamry Gipson 0-1 0-0 0.Totals 15-60 5-7 39.

MIDDLETON – Darcy Dean 1-6 2-4 4, LizMcMahon 3-5 3-5 9, Shannon McCauley 1-3 2-44, Natalie Staples 5-13 2-3 15, Cole Jordee 2-7 2-2 7, Anna Bunyan 0-2 0-0 0, Jenna Blair 3-4 2-49, Darby Raffel 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 15-42 13-22.

3-point goals – Mid 5 (Staples 3, Jordee,Blair), SP 4 (Conom 2, Peterson, Hommerding).Total fouls – M 11, SP 20.

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SportscalendarThursday, Jan. 10

5 p.m. — Boys JV swimming at Madison Memorial Invitational5:45 p.m. — Boys sophomore basketball at Madison Memorial5:45 p.m. — Boys freshman Red basketball vs. Madison Memorial Green 5:45 p.m. — Boys freshman White basketball vs. Madison Memorial White6 p.m. — Varsity gymnastics vs. Janesville Parker7:30 p.m. — Boys varsity basketball at Madison Memorial7:30 p.m. — Girls varsity hockey at Baraboo

Friday, Jan. 115 p.m. — Boys varsity diving at Nicolet5:30 p.m. — Boys varsity swimming at Middleton Triangular w/Janesville Craig and Chippewa Falls5:45 p.m. — Girls JV basketball vs. Madison La Follette5:45 p.m. — Girls freshman White basketball vs. Madison La Follette7 p.m. — Girls freshman Red basketball at Waunakee7:30 p.m. — Girls varsity basketball vs. Madison La Follette8 p.m. — Boys varsity hockey vs. Madison Memorial

Saturday, Jan. 127 a.m. — Boys varsity diving invitational at MHS8:30 p.m. — JV wrestling at Middleton Invite10 a.m. — Varsity gymnastics at Madison East Invitational11 a.m. — Boys JV swimming at Middleton Invite11 a.m. — Boys varsity swimming at Middleton Invite11 a.m. — Boys freshman White basketball vs. Beloit Memorial Purple12:45 p.m. — Boys JV basketball vs. Beloit Memorial2:30 p.m. — Boys varsity basketball vs. Beloit Memorial3:30 p.m. — Girls varsity hockey vs. Arrowhead6 p.m. — Boys JV hockey vs. Waunakee at DeForest

Monday, Jan. 146:15 p.m. — Boys JV basketball vs. Stoughton

Tuesday, Jan. 155:15 p.m. — Boys freshman Red basketball vs. Sun Prairie Red

Thursday, Jan. 175:15 p.m. — Girls freshman Red basketball at Mad. Memorial Green5:45 p.m. — Girls sophomore basketball at Madison Memorial6 p.m. — Girls varsity gymnastics vs. Madison East/La Follette6:30 p.m. — JV wrestling at Beloit Memorial7 p.m. — Varsity wrestling at Madison Memorial7:30 p.m. — Girls varsity basketball at Madison Memorial

Friday, Jan. 185:30 p.m. — Boys JV swimming at Sun Prairie w/Madison East5:30 p.m. — Boys Varsity swimming at Sun Prairie w/Madison East5:45 p.m. — Boys sophomore basketball at Janesville Parker5:45 p.m. — Boys freshman White basketball at Janesville Parker6 p.m. — Boys JV hockey vs. Monona Grove7:30 p.m. — Boys varsity basketball at Janesville Parker8 p.m. — Boys varsity hockey vs. Monona Grover at Hartmeyer8 p.m. — Girls varsity hockey vs. Rock County FuryArena

Saturday, Jan. 19TBD — Boys varsity diving at West Bend Invitational8 a.m. — Varsity wrestling at Madison West Invite9 a.m. — Varsity gymnastics at Southwestern Invitational10 a.m. — Boys JV basketball at Oregon10 a.m. — Boys freshman Red basketball at Oregon3:30 p.m. — Boys JV hockey at Janesville3:30 p.m. — Girls JV hockey vs. Ozaukee at Madison Ice Arena5 p.m. — Girls varsity hockey at Onalaska5:30 p.m. — Boys varsity hockey at Janesville5:45 p.m. — Girls sophomore basketball vs. Beloit Memorial5:45 p.m. — Girls freshman White basketball vs. Beloit Memorial7:30 p.m. — Girls varsity basketball vs. Beloit Memorial

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had to work on passing and theplays. So I was able to get my shotback a little.”

Rongstad’s return was spoiled byLa Follette’s Trevon Ampe, whorepeatedly burned the Cardinals insideand scored 26 points. WheneverMiddleton challenged, the Lancersturned to the 6-6 Ampe.

“One of our Achilles’ heels hasbeen matching up on a really skilledbig man,” Cardinals coach KevinBavery said. “There are a lot of goodbig men in the league, but he’s themost talented big man we’ve seen.”

Ampe made 6-of-8 field goals and14-of-17 free throws, which was a sur-prise given that he struggled from theline against Middleton last season.

“Last year he could not make a freethrow on us,” said Rongstad of Ampe.

With their fourth consecutive loss,the Cardinals dropped to 4-4 in theBig Eight and 4-6 overall. La Folletteimproved to 4-4 and 4-7.

After a closely contested first halfin which neither team led by morethan three points, the Lancers tooktheir biggest lead at 52-44 on a pair offree throws by Ampe with just over sixminutes remaining in the third quarter.Middleton closed within 52-51 onconsecutive three-pointers byRongstad, and eventually tied it at 54on a layup by Demond Hill to start thefourth quarter.

Jay Brunner responded with athree-pointer which ignited a 7-0 runby the Lancers.

“We had it going the way we want-ed and got it to a tie game,” saidBavery. “Then we do something out ofcharacter. We went down threebecause we went out of our defensivediscipline.”

The Cardinals trailed 68-60 after athree-pointer by Tanner Trickle with3:39 remaining, but rallied again.

Rongstad swished a three-pointerand Kade Shultz made a pair of freethrows to trim the deficit to 68-65.After a La Follette timeout,Middleton’s Luke Schaefer stole theball away from Nugel Drury at half-court and beat Drury for a layup.

After a free throw by Ampe made it69-67 with 1:26 remaining, Hill’sthree-point attempt hit off the front ofthe rim. Consecutive baskets by the

Lancers’ Maurice Ewing put the gameaway.

Rongstad said it was difficult toconstantly be playing from behind, asMiddleton was in the second half.

“That always makes it a lot moretough because when you’re ahead youcan just sit back in your half courtman-to-man and work the ball onoffense,” said Rongstad. “Whenyou’re always playing from behind,especially in such a high scoringgame, then it’s just a track meet. Wehope to run, but we don’t want to runquite as much as we did tonight.”

The teams went back and forthearly in the contest.

Middleton took a 16-12 lead on athree-pointer by Schultz late in thefirst quarter, but the Lancers closedwith a 6-0 run. The Cardinals regainedthe lead at 19-18 on a three-pointer bySchaefer to start a wild second quar-ter. 

Playing at a torrid pace, the teamstraded baskets throughout as the leadchanged hands 12 times. Middletontook its last lead at 39-37 on a pair offree throws by Kenji Passini with 1:09remaining. The Lancers closed with a7-2 run to take a 44-41 lead at the half.The teams combined for 51 points inthe quarter.

Middleton finished with 13 three-pointers on 31 attempts. Rongstad hadseven threes, while Shultz and MaxOelerich had two apiece and Passiniand Schaefer each had one.

In addition to Rongstad, IanHolkanson and Andre Torresani alsoreturned to the lineup for Middleton.

Jan 4Madison La Follette 73, Middleton 69La Follette ……..……….. 18 26 10 19 — 73Middleton ………….....…. 16 25 11 17 — 69

LA FOLLETTE – Trevon Ampe 6-8 14-1726, Nugel Drury 6-14 0-0 12, Maurice Ewing 4-8 2-2 11, Jay Brunner 3-6 0-0 7, Darold Thomas2-5 1-2 5, Tanner Trickle 1-2 0-0 3, DerrickBenton 3-4 1-3 7, Cortez McCree 0-2 0-0 0,Keahn Dunn 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 25-49 20-26 73.

MIDDLETON – Kenji Passini 1-4 2-2 5,Max Oelerich 4-5 0-0 10, Derek Rongstad 8-183-4 26, Luke Schafer 2-9 0-0 5, Derek Rogeberg1-1 0-0 2, Kade Schultz 3-5 2-2 10, Chris Little0-0 0-0 0, Ian Hokanson 1-2 0-0 2, Tyler Markel0-2 0-0 0, Andrew Torresani 0-0 0-0 0, DemondHill 1-5 4-6 6, Max Waelti 1-2 1-2 3. Totals 22-53 12-16 69.

3-point goals – LAF 2 (Ewing, Brunner). M13 (Rongstad 7, Schulz 2, Oelerich 2, Passini,Schafer). Total fouls – LAF 21, M 17.

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three-balls in the second quarterand the Cardinals surged to a 25-19halftime lead.

Luke Schafer and Schultz drainedthree-pointers in the third quarter andMiddleton pushed its lead to 35-24through three quarters. East tried torally in the fourth quarter, but theCardinals were too much from the freethrow line.

Middleton finished the game 10-of-12 from the charity stripe (83.3%).And after making 12-of-16 from theline against La Follette, Middletonmade 22-of-28 free throws over theweekend (78.6%).

Schultz led the Cardinals with 12points, while Schafer had eight andHill added eight.

“It was nice to see us shoot the ballwell two nights in a row, both from thefield and from the free throw line,”

Bavery said. “Hopefully that contin-ues as it was an early season Achillesheel for us. We have good shootersand our practice reps are increasing aswe have less of a need to work basicschemes at this juncture of the sea-son.”

• On deck: Middleton was atJanesville Craig Tuesday, then travelsto Madison Memorial Thursday at7:30 p.m.

The Cardinals then host BeloitMemorial Saturday at 2:30 p.m. Thatgame had originally been scheduledfor 7:30 p.m., but was moved so itwon’t conflict with the Green BayPackers’ NFC divisional playoff gamewith San Francisco.

Middleton’s freshmen will nowplay at 11 a.m. and the sophomoreswill play at 12:45 p.m. All games arein the varsity gym.

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Hall of Famer!Former Middleton soccer coach Ken Burghy was recently inducted into the Madison Area Soccer Hall of

Fame.Burghy was Middleton’s boys coach for 29 years and retired at the end of the 2012 season. In that time,

Burghy posted a 515-139-49 overall record. He led the Cardinals to 12 state tournaments, 18 conferencechampionships, won a state title in 2004 and was the state runner-up in 2000.

Burghy also coached Middleton’s girls program for 21 years and stepped down at the end of the 2010 cam-paign. Burghy went 224-118-40 with the girls team and led the Cardinals to the 2006 state championship.

“I’ve just got to look back and realize how lucky and great this has been,” Burghy said after his final game“It’s been great.”

An optional fundraiser by someeighth-graders in Jonathan Daugherty’sSpanish classes resulted in some valu-able lessons recently.

The 30 students who participated fortwo weeks in November and Decemberraised approximately $2,700. Themoney was used to continue sponsor-ship of two children - Liz Paula inColombia and Camila Andrea in Chile- through Children International.

“It’s great to see students engage inthe curriculum and relate to storiesabout children their age – not only thegirls we are sponsoring but also storiesfrom Equal Exchange about Spanish-speaking children who benefit fromparents earning fair-trade wages,’’Daugherty said. “It’s also pretty cool toreceive letters in Spanish that we canread together as a class.’’

Glacier Creek students on Thursdayreceived a letter from the Children In-ternational about what the girls re-ceived for Christmas. One receivedpajamas while the other received a pairof shoes and sandals.

Daugherty said most of the moneyis used to provide the girls with thehealth care and educational servicesover the next 14 months. That includesregular checkups, dental care, nutritionscreenings and medication. It also in-cludes clothing, uniforms, shoes andbackpacks, school fees, tutoring, edu-cational materials and supplies.

After reading the letter, Daugherty

then had his sixth-period students sharehow they felt about helping the girlsout.

“I feel happy that they got what theydid and happy that we did what we did,but I feel bad that we have so muchmore than they do,’’ Marissa Masnicasaid.

“We take things for granted. Wedon’t think about the fact there are peo-ple who don’t have some pretty basicthings,’’ Fiona Lynch said.

Daugherty’s students thought thelessons they learned were well worththe time.

“I decided to participate, because Ilove to help or volunteer with kids. Itinspires me,’’ said Tyler Geldmacher,who finished as the top seller. “To beable to help the girls … makes me feelbetter.’’

“The best part is knowing that as aclass we  made a difference and thatthey will get a lot of things that theyneed,’’ Kalli Acker said. “I’ve alsolearned to think about others and not totake things for granted because we areall so fortunate.’’

“I’ve learned about the kids’ life, butI’ve also been able to improve mySpanish while helping someone inneed,’’ said Jessica Wang, who finishedfourth in sales and participated in theprogram for the second straight year.

“I thought my parents might like tobuy some chocolate, but I also thoughtabout those kids and that it was impor-tant to help them out,” said Josh Kuhn,who was the No. 2 seller overall with$180.

“I’m glad I did it,’’ said Campbell

Esbeck, who also participated in theprogram last year.

“It makes me feel good to help themout,’’ said Jahnavi Gali, who also did itlast year.

This was the second year Daughertyhas offered the optional program. Lastyear 62 students raised approximately

$2,500.The fundraiser was through Equal

Exchange, a fair-trade co-operativestarted in 1986 that supports farmers inLatin American countries and aroundthe world. Equal Exchange sells coffee,tea, chocolate, bananas and almonds.Schools keep 40 percent of what they

sell in fundraisers.Children International provides as-

sistance to children and families inpoverty. It has been around for morethan 75 years and helps more than340,000 children in 11 countries.

Photo contributedSkilled debaters head to National Tournament

The Middleton High School debate team on Saturday qualified for the National Debate Tournament. It isthe most prestigious tournament in the country, and only a few select teams from each state are invited toattend.

Juniors Adam Jordahl and Caroline Liu earned one of two Public Forum-style debate spots for southernWisconsin, along with a team from Brookfield East High School. The qualifying competition took place atMadison Memorial. Other Middleton-Cross Plains students who competed included the teams of MadelineFriend and Claire Rossmiller, Mitchell Reller and Casey Hutchison, and Justin Essert and Hitesh Sarabu.

On Friday, January 25 the MiddletonHigh School 6 O’clock and 7 O’clockJazz Ensembles, along with jazz en-sembles from Madison East HighSchool and Madison West High Schoolwill present their 2013 annual JazzCabaret.

For these talented student musi-cians, the Cabaret provides an oppor-tunity to showcase their musicianshipwith the exhilarating experience of per-forming for an audience in a traditionaljazz club atmosphere. For the audienceit is an evening of dinner and dance inthe classic jazz tradition: great music,great food, dancing and ... a lot of fun!

This year’s Jazz Cabaret will be heldat the new Union South in Varsity Hall,1308 W. Dayton Street, Madison.Doors open at 6 p.m.; dinner and per-formances begin at 6:30 p.m.

Advanced dinner reservations arerequired. Tickets cost $27.50 for adultsand $15 for children and must be pur-chased and paid in full by Thursday,January 17.

Tickets will be available for pick-upthe evening of Jazz Cabaret from 5:15-6:30 p.m. only.

For more information or to obtain aticket reservation form please contactDeb Jordahl, Jazz Cabaret Chairpersonat 5909 Sandhill Drive, Middleton, WI53562, 827-0947djordahl@charter.net.

Glacier Creek students sponsor children in Chileby perrY HiBNerMiddleton-Cross Plains Area School Dist.

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Students raised money for Liz Paula in Colombia and Camila Andrea, through Children International.

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On Friday, January 25 the Mid-dleton High School 6 O’clock and 7O’clock Jazz Ensembles will presenttheir annual Jazz Cabaret.

The success of the Tavern League ofWisconsin’s SafeRide Program contin-ues to grow, according to a recent state-ment issued by the organization. Forthe one-year period ending June 30,2012 ridership increased 10 percentover the previous year. The SafeRideprogram offers free rides home to pa-trons at participating Tavern League ofWisconsin (TLW) establishments.

Last year the SafeRide Program pro-vided nearly 75,000 free rides to im-paired patrons.

The TLW SafeRide Program beganin 1985 and has received both state andfederal funding since 1999. The pro-gram has received national recognitionfrom the National Conference of May-ors for its effort to reduce alcohol re-

lated crashes and fatalities and is thelargest SafeRide home program in thecountry.

The TLW works with the state De-partment of Transportation to adminis-ter the program, which provides freetransportation home from a participat-ing TLW Member establishment to

those who request it.In addition to funding from local

TLW members the SafeRide Programreceives state funding through a sur-charge on all OWI convictions in Wis-consin. Last year, the 55 local leaguesparticipating in the SafeRide Programprovided the rides home at a cost of

nearly $830,000. For more information on SafeRide

please go to www.tlw.org and click onthe SafeRide link.

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taking in hands-on classes similar tothose taken by real police officers.  Thecourse will be presented by officers ofthe Middleton Police Department.

Students in the Middleton PoliceDepartment Citizens’ Academy will re-

ceive training in the areas of TrafficLaw Enforcement, Crime Scene Inves-tigation, Defensive and Arrest Tactics,Emergency Vehicle Operation, Emer-gency Medical Response, Firearms,Fire Department Response, Police-

School Liaison and other Basic PoliceProcedures.

The class will meet every Wednes-day evening from 6 to 9 p.m., startingApril 3 and ending June 5.

Anyone interested in the Citizen’s

Academy may download an applica-tion at www.MiddletonPD.com or bycontacting Tutaj at 824-7323 oremailing jtutaj@ci.middleton.wi.us.  

All applications should be turned in

by February 4. The Middleton PoliceDepartment Citizens’ Academy is opento anyone who lives or works in theCity of Middleton. Class size is lim-ited.  

light of the District 2 alderman’s earlier criticism of the city’s tax increases.Hilbert told Brar, who spoke against the mill rate increase contained in the2013 budget and, as noted above, voted against sewer and EMS increasesfor the same year, to come up with a viable funding source rather than“just” voting nay.

and natural resources will be a partof some of the biggest issues ourworld faces.”

The Wisconsin FFA Foundationunites individuals, organizationsand companies who share a com-mon interest in the advancement ofagriculture and community leader-

ship through FFA. They are in-volved in proficiency awards, ca-reer development events, state FFAdegrees, sectional leadershipworkshops, scholarships, chapterawards, agri-science fair, stateFFA convention programs, andstate officer support.

The Wisconsin FFA Foundationis a 501(c)(3) organization.

Monsanto Company is a globalprovider of technology-based andagricultural products that improvefarm productivity.

The affected area where we’reworking had about 500 families, ofwhich maybe 40% have moved backin, now seven weeks after Sandy hit.Many homes are tagged “red”—con-demned. Seven houses on one streetwere swept off their foundations, onewhose upper half floated a half-mileinland, another blocking the street. Werehab only the “yellow” houses, mov-ing them to “green” status, fit for re-occupation. One displaced family Italk with will have their first home-cooked meal on Christmas Eve. That’srare, as most will wait until Februaryor later.

It will take waves of volunteers andan occupying workforce severalmonths to undo what Sandy did in afew nightmarish hours. As residentsstruggle to resume their lives, tensions

rise and police are ubiquitous. We getan earful over a lunch hosted by the“Occupy” movement, relocating itsoperations here to be more useful, sup-porting the hardest hit of “the 99%”.

Unlike those in New Orleans, post-Katrina, the houses we gut out in NYChave been cleared of flood-soaked fur-niture and wind-strewn debris by othercrews, so our job is simply to knockout drywall, cabinets, flooring, andstrip the house bare, down to the studsand joists. I am beat up and sore allover, after using pry bars to wrenchfloor boards away from 2-inch nails.My back strains to pull up four layersof wood, all nailed together beneathtwo layers asbestos-laden linoleum.When we’re done, yet another follow-up group will power wash and spray“Shockwave” disinfectant to kill mold

and other toxic contaminates. “Rapidrepair” electricians under FEMA alsowork in tandem with us.

Clearing out moldy stuff requires usto wear masks and gloves; goggles areoptional. Also hard hats, if we workabove our heads, in tight spots orbelow deck—as I do. Since our four-some also dons protective Tyvek suits,we’re dubbed the “Ghostbusters.”

I am both eager and apprehensive toextend hope to these devastated fami-lies. We learn of two who rode out thestorm in their attic. Sadly, one attic-dweller had to bear with the screamsof a desperate neighbor who thendrowned. One survivor rode on theroof as it floated half-mile away. Onewoman we help—on the phone withher daughter during Sandy—reportedneck-deep water just as her phone

went dead (she survived). Anotherhomeowner we helped carried out twodrowning neighbors on his back. Talkabout heroes!

A fourth homeowner seems re-trau-matized in telling us, “God took it all.I have nothing left, not even my faith.”Upon seeing we are nonjudgmentaland unfazed by that admission, sheopens up considerably about being asingle mom of three girls under 10.She welcomes our prayers, even myChristmas card, given so we can keepin touch. When Supervisor Scott (acontractor/carpenter from Blooming-ton, MN) calls her that night, she ex-tols our work, our conversation andprayers.

For dedicating six months of his lifemission to liaison with distressedhomeowners and coordinate several

crews spread across the city, Scott is asaint!

Besides heroes and saints, we findgrateful survivors. One “thank-you”sign, placed on a garage nearby, saysit all: “Thank you so much! We appre-ciate all your help. Not only to thegovernment and the governor of StatenIsland, but also to everyone who ishelping the refugees and survivorsclean, repair, demolish, and rebuild ourhomes. Special thanks to the volun-teers, army, police, sanitation work-ers—we give you are highest honorand appreciation. God bless America.”

It was a week of hard work, madeeasier by such gratitude.

Editor: More content and picturescan be seen at Dietrich’s blog,www.thegruengroup.weebly.com.

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