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Inside this issue:Local: School: Sports:Four city alders sworn in for new term. Page 3

High school students learnabout STEM cells. Page 21

Boys track team wins another invite. Page 14

Dining Guide. . . . . . . . . . 6Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . 9 -10Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Facing loss of landto city, town looksinto incorporation

The Middleton Town Board willlook into its options for incorporationor taking steps to otherwise block Erd-man Holdings, Inc’s plans to annex 160acres from the town into the City ofMiddleton.

On Monday, the board agreed toplace hiring an attorney on its May 6meeting agenda, at the suggestion of

town attorney Tom Voss.The town and the city have a border

agreement reached in 1994 but it does-n’t explicitly cover the Erdman prop-erty, which is located just north of thePleasant View Golf Course, said townadministrator David Shaw.

The town hired attorney RichardNordeng when it signed a borderagreement with the City of Madison in2003 and he likely would be usedagain, Shaw said.

Board supervisor Timothy Roehl

urged getting legal background on thetown’s options because state law on in-corporation has changed since the townlast looked into it a few years ago.

“We need to get a clear picture ofwhat can and can’t be done,” saidRoehl, who expressed no expectationthat the possible Erdman annexationcould be halted.

The City of Middleton is consider-ing allowing a septic and well subdivi-

by KEVIN MURPHY

Times-Tribune

Storm waterutility takesthe next step

Middletonians are one stepcloser to paying a fee to the cityspecifically for maintenance ofstorm water facilities. The Middle-ton Common Council voted 6-2 lastweek to push forward with plans tocreate the new utility.

City staff and consultants arecurrently working to refine the pro-posal, and the issue will likely endup before the Middleton CommonCouncil Committee of the Wholefor further discussion on May 28.

Calling it “disgraceful” to ignorestorm water and the environmentaldamage it causes, District 7 alder-man Hans Hilbert said establishinga designated, use-specific fundingsource is the city’s “responsibility.”

District 6 alderwoman SusanWest agreed wholeheartedly.

“It’s been a long time coming,and I’m very pleased,” she saidafter the meeting. “I’m also morethan willing to admit it’s a tax, orwhatever you want to call it, butthat doesn’t change the fact that it’ssomething that needs to be paidfor.”

“We need a use-restricted, annu-ally replenished funding source,”she added.

West’s admission that the utilitymight be a “tax” came in responseto several utility critics who spokeat the meeting. Some believe a util-ity is just a thinly veiled tax that al-lows elected officials to takecitizens’ money without technicallyincreasing the levy. They suggesteda line item charge to citizens is away to shirk tough budgeting deci-

While residents voted 46-18last week to order the MiddletonTown Board to renew oppositionto a proposed power line routealong Bronner Road, the Wiscon-sin Attorney General will be con-sulted to determine residents’authority over their board.

North side residents, unhappyabout the prospects of a 345,000kilovolt transmission line routednear their homes and betweenSunset Ridge Elementary Schooland Madison Central MontessoriSchool, showed up at the town’sApril 16 Annual Meeting.

They strongly backed a resolu-tion by Sean O’Sullivan, of StoneBrook Circle, to “expend all nec-essary funds” to direct attorneyPeter Gardon to obtain state ap-proval to route the proposedBadger-Coulee line west of thetown before reaching the Cardinalsubstation along U.S. Highway14.

While residents can bring upnearly any concern at annual townmeetings, town attorney Tom Vosssaid resident-supported resolu-tions are strictly advisory, and notbinding.

“Chapter 60 [of Wisconsin statestatutes] authorizes town board ac-tions … just like the fall meetingwhere residents approve the townlevy but not how to spend it,” Vosssaid.

Residents challenged Voss’ in-

Residents’authorityover townboard calledinto question

Parent allegedlythreatened school, referenced shooting

A Madison woman is free on bailafter being jailed last week for al-legedly making threats against WestMiddleton Elementary School.

Andrea Holmes, age 31, was ar-rested by Dane County Sheriff’s Officedeputies Tuesday and appeared in courtFriday on a charge of disorderly con-duct. She was scheduled to return tocourt on Wednesday of this week for aharassment restraining order stemming

from the same incident.A correspondence sent to parents

and guardians by the school districtsaid Holmes, the parent of a child at theschool, made “serious threats” whenshe became agitated during a phoneconversation with West Middletonprincipal Todd Macklem.

Macklem told authorities Holmesmade repeated references to the massshooting that occurred at Sandy HookElementary School in Newtown,Conn.

by MATT GEIGER

Times-Tribune

by MATT GEIGER

Times-Tribune

Dane County Jail photo

Andrea Holmes.

See INCORPORATION, page 13

See VOTE, page 8See UTILITY, page 8

See HOLMES, page 13

Council flips redevelopmentPlans to redevelop Terrace Avenue

and North High Point Road wereturned on their head last week whenthe Middleton Common Councilabruptly decided to proceed with phasetwo of the project before it tacklesphase one.

by MATT GEIGER

Times-Tribune

by KEVIN MURPHY

Times-Tribune

Image contributed

The fate of phase one of the city’s redevelopment plan, pictured above,will now be decided after phase two.See FLIPPED, page 13

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The MHS communityunites inthe fightagainstcancer

Middleton High School’s inaugu-ral Relay for Life over the weekendraised $41,137 for the AmericanCancer Society, Key Club adviserAllison Warner said.

More than 300 students and 80-plus staff, parents and communitymembers participated in the firstRelay for Life sponsored by Middle-ton High School. The event began at6 p.m. on Saturday and ended 12hours later. Students spent monthsleading up to the event raisingawareness about cancer and secur-ing funds.

Clockwise from top left: KeyClub co-adviser Mandi Maurice atthe front table; the survivor lapwith Karyn Baxter, Mary Keenan,Susan Foster, Barb Roe and YvonneCampbell; District 2 Middleton al-derman Gurdip Brar; Middleton-Cross Plains Area School Boardpresident Ellen Lindgren (right)and retired counselor KathyNieber-Lathrop. Both women arealso members of the Middleton Ki-wanis Club, a major sponsor of theevent.

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Times-Tribune photos by Matt Geiger

City councilsworn in;three honoredfor service

The April 16 Middleton CommonCouncil meeting included a swearingin ceremony for those who won inthe Spring Election, as well asproclamations honoring elected off-icals and staff for past service to thecity. Clockwise from top left:

From left to right, assistant cityadministrator John Lehman admin-istered the oath of office to HowardTeal (Dist. 5), Hans Hilbert (Dist. 7),Miriam Share (Dist. 1) and JoAnnaRichard (Dist. 3).

Mayor Kurt Sonnentag bid a fondfarewell to outgoing District 1 alder-man Paul Kinne with a proclama-tion.

Sonnentag honored current Dis-trict 4 alderman Jim Wexler for his25 years on the council.

City planning director and zoningadministrator Eileen Kelley was alsohonored with a mayoral proclama-tion for 25 years of city service.

A city advisory committee is lookinginto establishing “dynamic pricing”and shedding its static green fees inorder to increase usage and profits atPleasant View Golf Course.

Currently, the city-owned course hasfixed rates for weekday and weekendplay, but charging more to play duringpeak usage hours and reducing greenfees during less popular hours intriguedthe Pleasant View Golf Course Advi-sory Committee on Monday night.

“You’re selling time and that’s theway we should look at it,” Jeremy Ca-balka, the course’s golf pro, told thecommittee.

Following the lead of Hawks Land-ing and The Meadows at Six MileCreek courses, Pleasant View could

begin posting discounted rates on itsFacebook page and emailing them toits Facebook friends.

“Six Mile does a lot of email deals… and people begin to anticipate it,”Cabalka said.

After reviewing course utilizationrates, Cabalka said 90-plus percentageusage of weekend morning tee timesindicates “we’re pricing too low,” anda drastic decline in weekend afternoonusage shows “we’re pricing too high.”

“We’re talking airline pricing, dailyrates,” grouped in certain blocks oftime, he said.

With an overall “prime time” usagerate of at least 65 percent, “we’re doingall right,” Cabalka added.

The course caters to league play onweekday evenings and this year 36leagues, averaging 20 players each,make getting an evening tee time for18 holes difficult, said Cabalka.

“Leagues are our bread and butter,”he said.

Tom Scott, a committee member,said there is no debate about the bene-fits of dynamic pricing. The question ishow to implement it, he said.

Golf Now, an online booking servicefor courses nationwide, will be askedto send representatives to the commit-tee’s May meeting to explain how toset it up, said Cabalka.

Wet, cool weather has the 2013 sea-son opening about 30 days later thanlast year and revenue from greens andrange fees and cart rental down about$130,000 from 2012, said Ted Donker,golf director.

“Last year was one of our earliestopenings, this year [April 15] was oneof our latest,” he said.

In a weather-dependent business,golfers should expect an average of210 playable days annually as definedby accommodating temperature, wind

speed and precipitation, Donker said.While last year got off to an early

start, usage probably dipped belownormal numbers during the prolongedheat and drought of July and August,he said.

This year the course is expected togenerate revenue of $1.487 millionfrom player fees and an additional$367,000 in food and beverage sales.Operating expenses are estimated at$1.541 million, leaving the 27-hole andpar 3 facility with a $312,939 operatingprofit before debt service.

Last year the course had a $350,770operating profit, also before debt serv-ice. Annual operating profits haveranged from $516,896 in 2003 to$319,331 in 2011.

But the course is saddled by debt.The city’s taxpayer-supported generalfund picks up at least part of thecourse’s debt for the purchase of theproperty and clubhouse construction.

This year debt payments are bud-geted at $772,300, leaving the coursewith an estimated deficit of $459,361,according to data supplied by the city’sfinance department.

Debt could be reduced through plansErdman Holdings has for 160 acres justnorth of the course. Those plans in-clude developing several homes onPleasant View’s property along the sev-enth and ninth holes of the WoodsCourse.

Donker said Erdman’s plans, as theyare currently being circulated,wouldn’t affect play on those holes.

“There’s one lot we’re watching onthe seventh. We could add a sand trap[near the green] to prevent balls rollinginto a yard,” he said.

Sale proceeds of the golf courseproperty Erdman has been eyeingcould be applied to the course’s debt.

The city council last week rejectedbrokered proposals to sell three acresalong Blackhawk Road, effectivelyfreezing further consideration of sell-ing off that part of the course, said JohnLehman, finance director.

In other action Monday the com-mittee announced:

- adding sales tax to food and bever-age prices sold at the clubhouse whichends absorbing the cost and effectivelyincreases prices by 5.5 percent;

- reducing the number of weekendtee times employees can use;

- establishing a beginners golf pro-gram for adults through Golf Now.


Council rejects brokers’ Blackhawk land sale proposalsThe City of Middleton’s efforts to

sell three acres of golf course land offof Blackhawk Road to help pay downdebt took another hit last week whenthe common council voted unani-mously to reject brokered land saleproposals.

The same motion instructed citystaff to pursue no further action on thesale, at least for the time being.

In an April 11 memo to the mayorand finance committee, city finance di-rector John Lehman laid out two op-tions. The first was to select one ormore of the brokered proposals submit-ted to the city in recent weeks. The sec-ond was to withdraw the sale of the

land and “wait to see … what otherland sale proposals might yield.”

The council went with the latter, anda much larger land deal on the otherside Pleasant View Golf Course ap-pears to have played a role in their de-cision.

“As the [Middleton Finance] Com-mittee knows, preliminary discussionshave occurred and continue to occur

with a potential developer of propertyadjacent to Pleasant View Golf Course,at a location other than BlackhawkRoad,” Lehman wrote in the samememo.

The proposals from brokers rangedfrom $90,000 to $1,367,250. Only oneof the rejected proposals – one for$208,469 - used a net figure includingall development costs.

Well and septic installation expensescontinue to dog the city’s plan, addingsignificantly to the costs developers seeas associated with the three acres. Thecity was unable to come to an agree-ment with the City of Madison to ex-tend the larger city’s utilities to the site.

A related issue is the regular andlong term maintenance of any well andseptic systems built on the land.

City golf course will consider ‘dynamic pricing’ options

by MATT GEIGER

Times-Tribune

by KEVIN MURPHY

Times-Tribune


Times-Tribune photos by Matt Geiger

School board sworn inFrom left to right: Ellen Lindgren, Diane Hornung and Jim Greer were sworn in for another term on the Mid-

dleton-Cross Plains Area School District Board of Education Monday night. Lindgren was unchallenged in theSpring Election, while Hornung and Greer defeated Fred Zietz and David Dahmen, respectively. Also on Monday,Lindgren was elected to another term as board of education president, Hornung was elected to another term asvice president, Bob Green won another term as board treasurer and Annette Ashley was re-elected board clerk.All officer elections Monday night were unanimous.

Susan West is electedcity council president

The Middleton Common Councilhas only one new member this year,but leadership of the city’s highest gov-erning body changed significantly lastweek.

Alderwoman Susan West (Dist. 6)was voted council president, while al-derman Hans Hilbert (Dist. 7) waselected president pro-tempore.

The council president runs meetingswhen the mayor is absent, and the pres-ident pro-tempore presides when boththe mayor and the council president areunavailable.

West replaced District 5 aldermanHoward Teal, who served as presidentfor half a decade. Teal, who voted forWest, thanked the council for “putting

up with” him during his time at thehead of the council.

Hilbert replaced District 4 aldermanJim Wexler.

Both elections were unanimous.West said after the meeting that she

believes she is the first woman everelected president of the MiddletonCommon Council.

“I’m very pleased to be the firstwoman, assuming that’s the case,” shesaid. “I think sometimes it’s good tomix up who is in charge, in order to getdifferent viewpoints.”

West said she hopes to foster in-creased discussion and debate amongcouncil members, particularly at Com-mittee of the Whole (COW) meetings.

“I think we need to discuss issuesmore,” she said. “Not that we haven’talready been talking, but I’d like to seea little more.”

by MATT GEIGER

Times-Tribune

Hilbert takes over as pro-tempore


W H A T ’ S H A P P E N I N G ?

Photo contributedMusic Man starts next week at PAC

Don’t miss the opportunity for some real family entertainment as Middleton High School presents “The MusicMan” scheduled for May 2, 3 and 4 at the Middleton Performing Arts Center, 2100 Bristol Street. All showsbegin promptly at 7:30 p.m.

Reserved seating can be purchased through www.brownpapertickets.com, for $10/Adults and $8/Seniors andStudents. Tickets will be sold at the door on performance nights beginning at 6:45 p.m. For more information,please feel free to contact the ticket information line at 829-9770.

Pictured above during a recent rehearsal: Mayor Shinn (Stephen Kolison) reprimands Tommy Djilas (SamRopa) for fancying his daughter (Megan VandeSande) as his wife Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn (Chelsea Bergman)and younger daughter (Conor Mead) look on.

Clean and Green event SaturdayClean & Green Middleton, the semi-

annual re-use and recycling eventsponsored by the City of MiddletonSustainability Committee, will be heldagain this Saturday, April 27 from 9a.m. to 1 p.m.

It will be at Nursery Drive and Dem-ing Way in the Airport Road BusinessPark.

Area residents are encouraged todrop off clothing, household goods,eyeglasses, cell phones and durablemedical equipment. They are alsourged to bring new or gently used con-struction materials, cabinets, tools,hardware, electrical, plumbing, andgeneral building supplies that can bereused, all to benefit local charities in-

cluding St. Vincent de Paul and HabitatReStore.

In addition, environmentallyfriendly recycling will be offered forCFL light bulbs, batteries, scrap metal,printer cartridges, and most electronicsat no charge.

File 13 E-Waste Solutions will alsosafely recycle TVs and computer mon-itors for $5-$20, depending upon thesize of the item. TV and computermonitor recycling is cash only, andpricing details as well as additionalevent information can be found on thecity website atwww.ci.middleton.wi.us.

Paper shredding will also be offeredfrom 9-11 a.m. only.

Bball game raised $6,800 for kidsMore than 200 players participated

in the SLAM DUMP 3-on-3 basketballtournament Saturday, April 6 at Mid-dleton High School.

Senior Joshua Bunting, junior JedMunson and sophomore Ben Hersh-berger organized this year’s event.

This was the third year SLAMDUMP was held. This year’s eventraised approximately $6,800 for Amor,Fe, y Ezperanza (AFE), an organiza-tion dedicated to providing children ofthe city dump in Tegucigalpa, Hon-duras with education, food and techni-cal skills. The title means “Love, Faithand Hope” when translated into Eng-lish.

“We had a lot of fund doing this,’’said Hershberger, who also returned toHonduras this past summer along withMunson to build a house for one of thefamilies living in the dump.

The idea for a fundraiser began inthe summer of 2010 when a group ofmiddle and high school students em-barked on a youth missions trip toHonduras. There, they witnessedan im-

poverished community inhabiting alocal landfill.

Hershberger said members of thetrip were so moved by their experiencethat they decided to develop afundraiser. They began SLAM DUMPin the spring of 2011 with all the pro-ceeds going directly to AFE to supporttheir efforts with the dump children.They raised $1,200 in 2011 and $3,600last year.

Fifty teams and had more than 75volunteers participated in this year’sevent, he said. In addition to the bas-ketball they also added a music stage,which was highly successful.

“Our boys have learned so muchfrom this event - the planning, the exe-cuting, working with adults and more -things they couldn’t learn in a class-room,’’ Hershberger said. “And yes,the boys are already talking about nextyear and have made significant con-nections with Harbor Athletic Club andKeva Sports for promotion and expan-sion.’’


Middleton’s Citywide Garage SaleDays will occur Friday, May 3 and Sat-urday, May 4.

This event, which is sponsored bythe Middleton Times-Tribune, will in-clude sales across the community.

Look in next week’s newspaper for afull listing of the sales.

To have your garage sale included inthe list, contact Abigail at 836-1601(extension 221) by tomorrow at noon.

Monday, April 89:10 a.m. – Theft of motor vehicle,

6300 block of Pheasant Ln.9:18 a.m. – Sexual assault, Middle-

ton.1:45 p.m. – Substance control,

7300 block of Donna Dr.3:47 p.m. – Burglary occurred,

2000 block of Allen Blvd.3:56 p.m. – Property damage, 7500

block of Century Ave.4:36 p.m. – Theft, 7000 block of

Donna Dr.9:27 p.m. – Information, 2500

block of Allen Blvd.

Tuesday, April 92:56 p.m. – Theft, 1300 block of

John Q Hammons Dr.9:08 p.m. – Information, 7300

block of Donna Dr.10:55 p.m. – Suspicious activity,

6600 block of Boulder Ln.

Wednesday, April 103:35 a.m. – Theft, 1300 block of

John Q Hammons Dr.5:28 a.m. – Burglary occurred,

3700 block of Parmenter St.6:00 a.m. – Property damage, 3000

block of Northbrook Dr.1:53 p.m. – Theft from auto, 8000

block of Terrace Ave.3:35 p.m. – Fraud, 7200 block of

Franklin Ave.4:14 p.m. – Theft, 1300 block of

John Q Hammons Dr.4:17 p.m. – Malicious mischief,

Maywood Ave & Park Lawn Pl.5:55 p.m. – Disturbance, 3000

block of Patty Ln.

Thursday, April 119:03 a.m. – Property damage, 2100

block of Bristol St.9:55 a.m. – Property damage, 3300

block of High Rd.10:57 p.m. – Check property, 1500

block of Parmenter St.

Friday, April 123:58 p.m. – Substance control, 7700block of Hillcrest Ave.7:30 p.m. – Trespass, 3100 block ofPleasant View Rd.9:51 p.m. – Alcohol violation, 1300block of John Q Hammons Dr.11:42 p.m. – Theft, 8300 block ofGreenway Blvd.

Saturday, April 133:30 p.m. – Theft, 1200 block of

Sweeney Dr.9:16 p.m. – Property damage, 7100

block of Fortune Dr.

Sunday, April 146:07 a.m. – Property damage, 1300

block of John Q Hammons Dr.1:16 p.m. – Property damage, 5200

block of Brindisi Ct.4:24 p.m. – Theft, 1400 block of

Shirley St.

POLICE BEATLocal volunteers nominatedfor United Way awards

The United Way Community Volun-teer Awards is a volunteer recognitionreception honoring all the great volun-teers throughout Dane County and theincredible impact they make in ourcommunity.

Nearly 600 Dane County commu-nity members will attend this warmand unique event, held over lunch onMonday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The contributions for award recipi-ents and the event are generously pre-sented by CUNA Mutual Group andsponsored by Dean Clinic, GroupHealth Cooperative of South CentralWisconsin, Physician’s Plus, and St.Mary’s Hospital.

Several individuals from the Mid-

dleton area have been nominated forCommunity Volunteer Awards thisyear. Individuals are nominated by theagency that they do their volunteerwork with.

These include WTS Paradigm, Tele-phone and Data Systems Incorporated,Evelyn Paulsen (Girl Scouts of Wis-consin – Badgerland Council), Black-hawk Church Madison Missions(Madison Area Food Pantry Gardens),Cathy Arndt (Girl Scouts of Wisconsin– Badgerland Council), Dick Reynolds(Catholic Multicultural Center),Michelle Arora (Middleton OutreachMinistry), and Paul Didier (HomeHealth United – Meals on Wheels).

Citywide garage sales approach

sions.Storm water maintenance is cur-

rently funded through property taxes.The city council has the power tospend as much, or as little, as it wisheson the problem each year. Residentspay 67 percent of the bill and commer-cial property owners pay 33 percent,according to figures provided by thecity.

A utility would significantly shiftcosts, forcing businesses to pay 59 per-cent of the bill while residents wouldpay 31 percent. Tax-exempt organiza-tions would pay about three percentinto the utility.

Even critics of a utility said there isno question storm water must be dealtwith.

“I don’t think anyone is in disagree-ment that we need to manage our waterresources,” said resident and commer-cial property owner Ron Grosse, an op-ponent of creating a storm water utility.

Grosse said the fee would amount toa seven to 10 percent increase in citytaxes on many businesses, while itwould only represent a half percent in-crease for residential taxpayers.

Van Nutt, director of the MiddletonChamber of Commerce, did not take anofficial position on the issue. He didcomment that “from a business per-spective” it would be preferable to usethe city’s general fund to pay for stormwater upkeep.

Nutt also pointed out that many ofthe city’s storm water problems were

caused by commercial developmentsthe city council encouraged throughthe use of Tax Increment Financing(TIF). Some of the same propertyowners who were coaxed by publicsubsidies to build impervious develop-ments in Middleton may be chafed bythe prospect of being charged a fee fortheir buildings and parking lots.

Those pushing for a utility pointedout that 43 percent of the local water-shed is impervious, which means pre-cipitation doesn’t soak into the groundproperly. As a result, runoff carries sed-iment and pollutants into storm sewers,pipes, and ponds that were designed toact as filters. As they become clogged,they grow less effective.

Warren Gebert, chairman of the

city’s water resource managementcommission, said the need for a utilityis “dire.” He called it the most “equi-table” way to share costs associatedwith detention ponds and other stormwater mitigation infrastructure.

Another Middleton resident, DonHammes, said the onus for current en-vironmental damage falls squarely onthe city council for not prioritizingstorm water management three yearsago, when the problem was alreadywidely acknowledged.

Hammes also said the massive Bish-ops Bay development, which brokeground last year, will have a “mon-strous” impact on the watershed.

District 2 alderman Gurdip Brarjumped at the opportunity to repeatpast criticism of the utility proposal. “Ihave asked the people in my district

and only one said yes,” Brar stated.“Everyone [else] said no.”

“I know we have storm water issues,but a utility is only one way to fundthem,” Brar added.

Alderwoman JoAnna Richard, whorepresents the Third District, said thecouncil should make the tough fiscaldecisions it was elected to make, ratherthan resorting to a new fee.

“It’s a tax,” she stated, adding that autility would “block the prioritizationthe city should be doing” during annualbudget development.

West said taking no action wouldlead to an “out of sight, out of mind”mentality and allow storm water dam-age to fester. She said the city couldface flooding, fines and “potentiallythe wrath of many watchdog groups.”


terpretation and, along with hearingthat he was the “board’s attorney,” andnot theirs, demanded a more independ-ent authority to weigh in on the issue.

Deputy clerk Sara Ludtke suggestedconsulting the Wisconsin Towns Asso-ciation regarding residents’ authorityover their board. However, it wasagreed to ask the Attorney General foran opinion on Chapter 60 after LarrySeuferer suggested it.

Attorney General opinions are notalways legally binding but are consid-ered helpful in guiding public officialsin performing their duties.

In support of O’Sullivan’s resolu-

tion, several residents questioned whythe board wouldn’t support a route thatavoids a more densely populated partof the town for one that largely passesthrough farmland and highways.

“Weren’t not only thinking aboutourselves as opposed to the rest of thetown; the alternative impacts fewerpeople,” said Greg DiMiceli, who un-successfully opposed Town Chair MiloBreunig in the Spring Election.

Breunig, who chaired the meeting,said the board has opposed both routesand it “was too early” to select one as“we haven’t finished negotiations,”with American Transmission Co.

(ATC), the proposed line’s builder.The town has limited ability to ne-

gotiate with ATC because the line willinevitably end at the West Middletonsubstation if the Wisconsin PublicService Commission (PSC) deems itnecessary, Breunig said.

O’Sullivan’s resolution also speci-fied that Gardon should work to obtainPSC approval for a power line routealong U.S. Highway 12 and report pub-lically on his progress within 45 days,with no town board sessions on thematter closed to the public.

Seuferer called Breunig’s negotia-tions “irrelevant now” and non-exis-

tent, as the board voted earlier this yearto cut off funding for Gardon’s work.

“We’re down to two routes now, sohaving a closed session for strategy issilly,” Seuferer stated.

A Pine Manor Circle resident saidthat, whether or not state statutes givesuch resolutions advisory or bindingstatus, the town board should considerthem the “will of the town.”

Shannon Smith Berger respondedmore sharply.

“I don’t think you represent us. Howwill you gain back our trust?” sheasked.

All three incumbents on the board

whose terms were up defeated theirchallengers decidedly in the April 2election, and Breunig said town resi-dents expressed their faith in the boardwhen they were at the polls.

Breunig said he was “doing what’sbest for the town overall,” and, refer-ring to the Spring Election results, saidmore people support his position thanthe numbers who showed up for the an-nual meeting.

Julie Svendsen acknowledged thatmore people voted for Breunig, “butwe’re still a group of people who wantthe line [routed west],” she said.

The City of Middleton Water Utilitywill be flushing mains and hydrantsnext week. A slight discoloration of thewater may be evident during this timeperiod.

The change in color is caused by

rust, and while it is not harmful to in-gest, homeowners are advised to drainthe ruddy water as close to its entranceto the house as possible because it canstain laundry and household fixtures.

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Don’t be alarmed by weird looking waterThe Middleton Public Lands,

Recreation, & Forestry Division willhost the 2013 National Trails DayCelebration on Saturday, May 4 at the

Pleasant View Golf Course/BikeSkills Park at 1322 Pleasant ViewRoad. There will be bird walks, bikerides, dog contests, mountain bike

demonstrations, and horse-n-wagonrides for all ages.

For more information visitwww.ci.middleton.wi.us.

City’s public lands department plans May 4 Trails Day events


Thinking of Boston

When people ask me where I grewup, I always say Boston, even thoughI didn’t.

I actually spent the first 18 years ofmy life in a small town named Ip-swich, located to the city’s north, hud-dled up against the squally graycoastline.

But most people have never heardof Ipswich, so it’s easier to just sayBoston, which was always a simpletrain ride away when I was a kid.(This should sound familiar to Mid-dletonians who tell people they are“from Madison.”)

When the bombs started detonatingon Boylston Street last week, near thefinish line of the Boston Marathon, itforced me to think about the place Ihaven’t visited in years yet still callhome whenever anybody asks.

I recall Ipswich, Boston and themany other New England communi-ties where I grew up fondly, for themost part. However, I like to think

that I remember them accurately.Whereas people who visit Boston fora weekend talk about how pretty thelush grass at Fenway Park is, thename for me always conjures upmemories of being a young boy,standing in something sticky andjostling for position as I tried to use aputrid, early 20th Century trough uri-nal alongside throngs of inebriatedadults.

It’s like memories of an ex-girl-friend or ex-wife. You remember thegood things, but also the time they gotfood poisoning after eating the wrongroast beef sandwich.

Perhaps it’s because of this that Iam increasingly uncomfortable as thetributes to Boston grow ever moresentimental, sugar coated, and roman-ticized.

When everyone starts describingBoston as a friendly city, where every-thing is peaceful, clean and patriotic,I wonder whether they’ve ever beenthere. I also wonder whether turninga real place – a place that smells of in-dustrial exhaust and sounds of con-stant yelling – into a fantasyland is afitting way to pay tribute to people

who found themselves under attack.Boston and its suburbs are commu-

nities typified by rudeness, crudeness,and muscleheads that would seem un-couth even by Cenozoic standards.Oh, and traffic that is impossible toeven describe to people who live herein Wisconsin.

It’s a region where much of thewater, addled by years of pollution,smells like raw sewerage. It’s a placewhere obscenities are used more fre-quently than smiles, and I’ve seensomeone beaten to a bloody pulp justfor predicting the Yankees would winthe World Series.

I went on to live for a time in thedeep American south, but the mostbrutal racism I’ve ever witnessed wasin New England. Likewise, it’s a placewhere I’ve seen those who are homo-sexual bullied relentlessly.

In my hometown, I once saw a littlegirl of no more than 10 years old gethit by a car at an intersection. The im-pact was so violent it sent her biketwirling into the air. The child pickedherself up, tossed her pigtails behindher back, and lifted a middle finger tothe motorist as she hopped back onher pink bike and pedaled away, kneesbleeding as she went.

As I write this, the Internet is essen-tially one big message board on whicheveryone in the world is trying to saysomething that will provide comfort.“WE ARE BOSTON” is a popularmessage, an attempt to show solidar-ity.

To that I would respond, with re-

spect, “no, you are not.”I’m not even sure I’m Boston any-

more. After all, I didn’t technicallygrow up within city limits, and Ihaven’t visited home in years.

Plus, if I’m to be totally honest, Idon’t live in New England anymorefor a reason: I prefer the slower paceof the Midwest, with its beer and itscheese and its affable, rotunddenizens.

But I know the people of Boston(and its suburbs), and when I send mycondolences, they are headed to a lo-cation of substance. They are for realpeople who are sometimes brutal,sometimes kind, and, like all of us,flawed.

I feel terrible because none of theirshortcomings make them deserving of

a terrorist attack that kills and manglespeople who’ve never authorized adrone strike or a midnight raid onsome other country.

As images of people without legsflooded Facebook, alongside perva-sive reports of firefights and peopletold by police to hide in their base-ments and stay away from the win-dows, I kept thinking about that littlegirl. The one who got knocked onback by a car, then dusted herself off,signed an obscenity to the person whohurt her, hopped back on her bike andcontinued on her way, undeterred.

By my calculations, she’s probablyin her late 20s now. She might evenhave a kid of her own. I have a feelingthey’ll pick themselves up and con-tinue on, no matter what.

by Matt Geiger, Editor

GEIGERCounter

Hold Obama accountable onAIDS promise

To the editor,

In his state of the union address ear-lier this year, President Obama de-clared that the U.S. would join with theglobal community to eradicate extremepoverty and realize “the promise of anAIDS-free generation.” In this year’sfiscal budget however, Obama cutfunding from the U.S. President’sEmergency Plan for AIDS Relief, orPEPFAR.

PEPFAR is the U.S. government’slargely successful initiative launched in2003 to help those suffering fromHIV/AIDS around the world. Backedwith strong bipartisan support, PEP-FAR has brought life-saving antiretro-viral treatment to more than 5.1 millionmen, women, and children and hassupported HIV testing and counselingfor over 46.5 million individuals.

As a result of cuts to PEPFAR, how-ever, it is estimated that 171,900 peo-ple in developing countries will loseaccess to HIV/AIDS treatment andnearly 40,000 people will die unneces-sarily this fiscal year.

These numbers are not mere budgetitems, but rather, human liveslost. What they do not even begin torepresent are the thousands of other in-dividuals, families, and communitiesthat feel the painful impact of each lifelost to HIV/AIDS.

What they also fail to enumerate areany significant savings for the U.S.government. Global health representsone quarter of one percent of the fed-

eral budget. Applying the govern-ment’s planned 5.3 percent across-the-board funding cut to global heathprograms battling HIV/AIDS wouldhave a very minimal impact on the na-tion’s deficit reduction, however itwould be overwhelmingly harmful tothousands of men, women, and chil-dren worldwide.

PEPFAR is the largest global healthcommitment by any country to combata single disease. A cut to funding nowwould set a poor example and prece-dent for others committed to theHIV/AIDS battle and would do littlefor the sustainability of global AIDSprograms.

We need to hold President Obamaand the U.S. government accountablefor their commitment to the globalHIV/AIDS effort. Voices need to beraised on behalf of the thousands ofmen, women, and children worldwidewho battle this disease in their daily re-ality and rely on the contributions ofthe United States to live, grow, and im-prove their local and global communi-ties. We are the closest we have everbeen to seeing the realization of anAIDS-free generation and now is notthe time to back away, but rather pushforward and support PEPFAR and ournation’s global health initiatives.

Rebecca Cray

Both parties guiltyof gerrymandering

To the editor,

Legislative redistricting is an impor-tant topic whose reform has long beenurged by nonpartisan Common Cause.

The latest to find religion is first-termMiddleton Rep. Dianne Hesselbein (D)in a recent Times-Tribune column. Icongratulate her.

My only regret is that her interest isrelatively new. As a county supervisor,Ms. Hesselbein was part of a commit-tee that gerrymandered Dane CountyBoard districts. That effort, which im-pacted the Middleton-Westport area,successfully eliminated or retired su-pervisors who were not part of her lib-eral bloc on the Board.

Had her interest in nonpartisan re-districting been consistent, then-super-visor Hesselbein would also havepublicly urged reform when fellow De-mocrats dominated state governmentand could have ended partisan gerry-mandering at any time.

They did not because they lookedforward to retaining their partisan ma-jorities and gerrymandering the Wis-consin legislature to their advantage.The 2010 election and the switch tototal Republican control ended thathope.

To be clear: Neither party can betrusted on the reapportionment issue.Political parties and incumbent politi-cians should not be involved in redis-tricting.

In 1983, led by Middleton’s Rep.David Travis (D), Democrats repealeda fair, nonpartisan district map drawnby a Milwaukee federal court and usedin the 1982 election. They improperlyused the state budget to enact a gerry-mander that diluted Middleton’s leg-islative influence for decades byplacing it in three different assemblyand two different senate districts.

In 2011, with their first chance inmany decades to turn the tables, Re-publicans redrew district maps to ben-efit their party, as Democrats did in the80s.

Rep. Hesselbein has reason to beconcerned because, with Waunakee,and the towns of Berry, Middleton,Springfield, Vienna, and Westport, sheis to the left of a good part of her inde-pendent-thinking district.

I commend Ms. Hesselbein’s con-version to the redistricting reformcause. Again, I only wish she haddemonstrated similar concern whenshe and fellow partisans gerryman-dered Dane County and anticipateddoing the same to the entire state.

As long as both political parties seekto roll the electoral dice in hopes ofwinning the chance to redraw legisla-tive constituencies, the party out ofpower will be, at least temporarily, aproponent of redistricting reform, asMs. Hesselbein demonstrates.

Sincerely,

Margaret S. Lewis

Those who killedgun bill shouldlose their seats

To the editor,

The Senate’s debacle on April 17 ofvoting against the watered down gunsafety bill is deplorable!

In February I visited a gun show inMiddleton, Wisconsin. What I sawwere people buying weapons of massdestruction. Yes, AR15s and AKs,along with large capacity magazines,are weapons of mass destruction. Theycan kill large amounts of people withinfive minutes, as shown at Newtown!

This is not only shameful, but it isdangerous! It scares me to rememberhow many guns went out the doors ofthat gun show. This fear is magnified

many times over because gun showsare held all over this nation and at alltimes. There are no background checksfor people buying these large guns atgun shows. This means these largeweapons can be given or sold to any-one. Anyone!

This has to be the low point of ourdemocracy. Shame on the Senatorswho made our country less safe.Shame on Senator Ron Johnson whovoted against this weak attempt to keeppeople safe. Senator Johnson and allothers who voted down this bill shouldpay the price at the next election.

Jan Bohn

Richardson responds...

To the editor,

Readers of the Times-Tribune Opin-ion page may have missed Rep. Hes-selbein’s 2/28/13 “Walker lied aboutthe Budget” column, in which shestated that her “friends” were the pub-lic union members and teachers,thereby excluding by her own defini-tion, the rest of her constituents whoare not in unions.

My 3/7/13 letter pointed out that inour Republic, we elect people who, byoath, support the Constitution of theUnited States, Wisconsin and “willfaithfully and impartially discharge theduties of said office to the best of[their] abilities. So help [them] God.”As she represents us on both the countyboard and as our state representative inAssembly District 79, and no doubtthat oath was taken sincerely, (twice)isn’t it reasonable to expect her to doso?

Calling the Governor a “liar” for

Letters to the Editor

See OPINION, page 10

It’s ComplicatedWhen people ask me why I cross-

country ski, which to date nobody ac-tually has, my ready answer is “It’scomplicated.”

The complications start with my dadwho spent a few magical winters of hisyouth living in Norway after WWII.He and the kids his age would head outto the mountains on cross-country skisas soon as there was snow and makejumps, forts, hold races, etc. These ski-clad adventures are among his fondestchildhood memories and he wanted tocreate similar experiences for my sisterand me when we were growing up.

The problem is that we grew up inWisconsin and Virginia and thereweren’t mountains or gangs of ski-cladkids to join. Cross-country skiing forus usually meant plodding along be-hind my dad overdressed and over-heated with a couple of inches of snowsticking to the bottoms of our woodenskis. We would slowly trudge up hillsand then awkwardly slide down the

other side with many wobbly wipeoutsoccurring on the descent. Getting upafter a fall on cross-country skis is kindof like a newborn baby giraffe trying tostand for the first time. It takes a fewattempts and you’re not really sure if itis a good idea.

Still every year when it snowed mydad would get that far off look in hiseye and excitedly ask, “Who wants togo skiing with me?” My sister and Iwould pretend that we didn’t hear andtry to avoid making eye contact, but Iwasn’t as quick as my sister at comingup with an exit strategy so before Iknew it I was once again scrapingsnow off of the bottoms of my skisand/or dusting myself off after a low-speed wipeout.

This continued more or less until Iwas 18 and went to Norway as an ex-change student. There I did get aglimpse of what my dad was seeing inhis far off looks. Still I preferred down-hill skiing and when I had a choice thatis what I would do.

But upon my return my dad believedI was then a card carrying member ofthe Norse cross-country ski club and Ididn’t have the heart to tell him I still

didn’t like it that much. He kept askingand because he looked hopelessly dis-appointed if he couldn’t get anyone togo skiing with him I said yes moreoften than not.

But then something happened thatchanged everything. My mom calledme up at college one day and said withconcern, “You’ve got to help me. I amreally worried about your dad. He isabout to do something really crazy andI need you to go with him to make surehe is okay.”

I said, “Sure of course, whateveryou need”, and she went on to tell memy dad had signed up for the Birke-beiner in Hayward Wisconsin. I askedher what that was and she said, “I don’tknow, but it involves cross-country ski-ing and has a Norwegian name so thereis no stopping your dad.”

The Birkebeiner (a.k.a. The Birkie)is a 35-mile cross-country ski racenamed after the Norwegian race of thesame distance. The race was started byTony Wise who brilliantly inventedways to get people to head up to north-ern Wisconsin in the dead of winter tospend money at his resort.

Our first Birkie could best be de-scribed as a boondoggle. We got a latestart on the trip up, drove through awhite out snowstorm, barely picked upour race numbers in time, struggled tofind any place still serving food, andgot lost and stuck in a snow bank in themiddle of nowhere while attempting a

U-turn. A little after midnight we dugourselves out and finally made it to theprivate house where we had reserved aroom. We knocked on the door of thethen dark house and were led to ourroom by a young girl who told us hermother was sleeping at a neighbor’shouse. Our “room” consisted of twocot-looking beds on a concrete floor inthe basement with a hanging sheet di-viding the room. We realized quicklyit was probably her and/or her stuffedanimal’s beds as they were very short(we are 6-plus feet) and full of stuffedanimals. Nonetheless my dad wasasleep and snoring loudly within min-utes. I put two stuffed animals over myears and tried to make the best of it.

But my dad’s snoring woke up a per-son who, unbeknownst to us, wassleeping on the other side of the sheet.He shook my dad awake and asked himto quit snoring, which he did but wasback at it in about five minutes. Theperson complained again, so conse-quently my dad gave me the job of hit-ting him whenever he started snoring,which he did approximately every fiveminutes or so. So I hit my dad about12 times an hour for the next five hoursuntil the person on the other side of thesheets turned the room lights on andproceeded to wax his skis. Thereturned out to be about 10 other skiersin this tiny house, which we realizedwhen we got in line for the only bath-room/shower.

We splashed some frigid water onour faces, got dressed and headed outthe door to go ski 35 miles. The racewas certainly tough. We were under-trained, undernourished, sleep de-prived, lacked the gear and specializedclothing that most had, but nonethelesswe made it to the finish line! And wewere hooked, at least my dad was, andby extensions I was as my mom wasstill worried and wanted me to keepgoing with him.

Twenty-five years later we are stilldoing Birkies together, and I have toadmit that over the years I have actu-ally grown to enjoy cross-country ski-ing and the Birkie. Signing up for theBirkie motivates you to get outside andkeep moving in the dead of winter.The best part is that you typically getat least a few magical moments eachyear where it is pretty much just youmoving gracefully (yes the giraffe doeseventually grow up) through a beauti-ful and peaceful snowy woods, andthese moments make it all worthwhile.

Where cross-country skiing and mykids are concerned I took a differentroute than my dad did with me. Wherehe had fond memories of skiing in hisyouth, my memories were at bestmixed so I didn’t push them to go outcross-country skiing with me. Theyboth seemed to enjoy downhill skiingmore so I would do that with them in-stead.

However, as they near the age whereI started skiing Birkies I am wonderingif I ultimately did them a disservice bynot dragging them up and down hillslike my dad did when my sister and Iwere young. Perhaps when they havekids I will show up at their homes andask hopefully “Who want’s to go cross-country skiing with Grandpa?” If Isound desperate enough perhaps one ofthem will join me out of pity and thechain that was broken will be mendedand continue another generation.


by John Stampen

taking a path she disagrees with andchoosing to elevate the concerns of herunion “friends” over the larger major-ity of her nonunion constituents, in myopinion, demonstrated an unacceptableuncivil tone and violates her oath of of-fice.

Elected officials take the oath tosupport the Constitution, not the Dem-ocratic, Republican or Progressive par-ties or union members and …impartially discharge the duties.

Mr. Stephen Leo’s letters supportingher behavior defined the middle classas union members in the middle classin his first letter, and attacks Capital-ism, free markets and financial dereg-ulation while claiming collectivebargaining as a “right” in his second.

To his credit, he takes ownership ofhis statement of “being a practical leftyelected official in a political climatestrewn with the detritus of threedecades of unconstrained free marketfundamentalism” made in 2009 whilea Middleton alderman.

Mr. Leo’s letter states he is notwealthy but has a few retirement ac-counts he has accumulated over hisworking life.

Good for you, Stephen! You are a re-sponsible adult taking care of your ownand your families’ financial future withthose retirement accounts. The gains(or losses) in those accounts are thebasis of being a Capitalist! You, (unionand nonunion members) are dependingon capitalism to keep financially bal-anced for the rest of your life. Yourmoney is being invested in businessesall across America and the globe,building your capital investments bycompounding interest earned or divi-dends paid, your accounts buying orselling stocks and bonds that are risingor falling. Welcome aboard!

William Richardson

OPINION continued from page 9

What can local businesses, archi-tects, engineers and students from Mid-dleton and the surrounding areas buildwith more than 1,000 cans of food?

Just about anything, as the annualCanstruction competition has proven inyears past. No matter what teams comeup with in the 2013 event, which willtake place at Keva Sports Center inMiddleton on Thursday, May 2, all ofthe food will ultimately end up on theshelves of the Middleton OutreachMinistry (MOM) Food Pantry.

The entire community is invited tojoin MOM at this free, family-friendlycompetition.

Canstruction is a competition inwhich community members come to-gether to build highly imaginativestructures out of canned goods andpackaged food. After the structures arebuilt and the winners are declared, allfood used in the structures is donatedto the food pantry.

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

Prior to the evening event, the struc-tures are judged by design profession-als and community leaders. The finalaward is decided by the community,who vote for the People’s ChoiceAward.

Trophies are awarded for use ofcolor, creativity and engineering. Dur-ing its first two years, the event raisednearly 90,000 pounds of food in total.

According to MOM, this event ismore than just a friendly competition.

“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 AlRipp, executive director of MOM. “Inour third year, we are hoping to raise40 tons of food, which would feed areafamilies who use our Food Pantry forover a month. Nearly 45 percent of thepeople we serve are children, whichmakes this fun event also vital to ourcommunity’s well-being.”

MOM has seen an increase in use ofservices in recent years. The organiza-tion is currently serving record num-bers of people and regularlydistributing over 60,000 pounds offood per month, with a total of over750,000 pounds distributed in 2012.

The pantry and mobile food pantriessaw over 14,000 visits in 2012, an in-crease of nearly 20 percent over 2011and a two-year increase in visits ofover 80 percent.

Food pantries typically struggle dur-ing the summer months. The need forfood dramatically increases becausechildren are not receiving free and re-duced lunch at school and because do-nations often decrease as a result ofsummer travel.

“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. Canstruction will include food con-

cessions, children’s activities, and freeice cream.

The event runs from 5-8 p.m., withthe award ceremony beginning at 7p.m.

Gilbert Brown, Former Green BayPacker, Super Bowl Champion andfounder of the Gilbert Brown Founda-tion, will join Canstruction as thisyear’s celebrity judge.

The Gilbert Brown Foundation’smission is to service youth in an envi-ronment that promotes structure andlife skills awareness, by introducingteam building skills and promoting di-versity in the community.

The event is presented by North-western Mutual – The Kosnick Finan-cial Group. The site is sponsored byKEVA Sports Center.

More information about the eventcan be found atcanstructionmadison.org.

MOM is a local non-profit organiza-tion that leads a community-wide effortto prevent homelessness and endhunger for our neighbors throughoutMiddleton, West Madison and CrossPlains. All programs are provided freeof charge to neighbors in need.

To learn more about MOM and itsprograms, log on to momhelps.org.


Canstruction event will help stock food pantry shelves

Photo contributed

Gilbert Brown, Former Green Bay Packer, Super Bowl Champion andfounder of the Gilbert Brown Foundation, will join Canstruction as thisyear’s celebrity judge.

Edwin F.Haack, age 93,passed away onTuesday, April2, 2013 atAgrace Hos-piceCare inFitchburg. Hewas born onNovember 15, 1919 in Fitchburg, theson of Fred and Louise (Warner)Haack.

On January 1, 1942, Edwin wasunited in marriage to June Bilse in Ger-man Valley. She preceded him in deathon July 7, 1991. He then married Mary

Valentine on August 27, 1994 at St.Bernard’s Catholic Church in Middle-ton. Edwin was a veteran of WorldWar II having proudly served his coun-try as a Staff Sergeant with the UnitedStates Army in the 127th Infantry RedArrow Division. After his discharge,he farmed on the family farm beforejoining the Mt. Horeb Police Depart-ment in 1958 and the Middleton PoliceDepartment in 1964, then retiring fromthe Middleton Parks Department.Edwin had a variety of interests includ-ing horseshoes, softball, bowling, fish-ing, and Ho-Chunk Casino but trulytreasured most the time spent with his

family. He was a founder of the Mid-dleton Baseball Commission in 1964,a member of the Wm. “Sonny” SimonVFW Post 8216 and of St. Luke’sLutheran Church, and always thoughthe was a winner of Publisher’s Clear-ing House.

Edwin is survived by his wife,Mary; his children, Stan (Pat), JoAnn(Jim) Willey, Fred (Alice), Karen(Dave) Hellenbrand, Cal (Donna),Roger (Marlene), LuAnn (Tom) White,Dale (Cathy); his step-children, Keith(Kay) Anderson, Greg (Gail) Ander-son, Antoinette Valentine; grandchil-dren, Wes (Debbie), Nancy (Mike),Ann (Kermit), Bret (Kelli), Heidi(Jeff), Randy, Rich (Tammy), Kelly(Brad), Shanna (Todd), Amanda(Ryan), Amber, Kurt (Tracy), Kim(Dean), Corey (Amy), Holly(Michael), Ryan (Julie), Bill, Joey,Ben, Becky (Gary), Jason (Stacy),

Danny (Alison), Liz (Manuel); step-grandchildren, Allen, Jeff (Susan),Scott, Jaime, Erik (Alahna), Brian, Jen-nifer, Brittany (Will); 49 great-grand-children; twogreat-great-grandchildren; a sister,Dorothy Etheridge and many nieces,nephews and other relatives andfriends. He was preceded in death byhis parents, his first wife June, a daugh-ter and son-in-law, Yvonne (Bill)Friedli, a son Edwin, two brothers,Arnold and Leo and a sister Florence.

Funeral services were held at St.Luke’s Lutheran Church, 7337 Hub-bard Ave., Middleton at 10 a.m. onMonday, April 8, 2013 with the Rev-erend Heather Lampert presiding. Bur-ial was in German Valley Cemetery,Mount Horeb. Visitation was held atGunderson West Funeral and Crema-tion Care, 7435 University Ave., Mid-dleton from 3-7 p.m. on Sunday, April

7, 2013 and also on Monday at thechurch from 9 a.m. until the time of theservice.

The family would like to extend aspecial thank you to Dr. Nemovitz,Nurse Roy, the VA Interim HealthCare, Bright Star, Wisconsin DialysisCenter, Agrace HospiceCare and thepastors of St. Luke’s. In lieu of flow-ers, memorials may be made to St.Luke’s Lutheran Church or AgraceHospiceCare, 5395 E. Cheryl Parkway,Madison, WI 53711.

“I enjoyed our wonderful 18 yearsEddie, love Mary.”

“We will miss our loving father Edvery much. We thank God for all thebeautiful years we have had with him.We love you Dad. You will be in ourthoughts and prayers always.”

Gunderson West Funeral & Crema-tion Care assisted the family.www.gundersonfh.com.


OBITUARY

Edwin F. Haack

The new plan is markedly differentthan any of the three options recom-mended by the Middleton Plan Com-mission seven says earlier.

Phase two involves rebuilding Ter-race Avenue between Parmenter Streetand North High Point Road.

The project, which would be fundedusing Tax Increment Financing andcost an estimated $2.8 million, includesnew sewer and water utilities and anew streetscape using decorativebricks to match pedestrian friendlyareas elsewhere in the downtown. Con-struction is slated to begin in 2014.

Phase one, which city councilorsmade a point of saying has not yet beenexplicitly approved, had previouslybeen the primary focus of planningwork and committee discussions.Phase one would focus on improvingthe intersection of North High PointRoad and Terrace Avenue, and couldinclude a new parking lot in the area, a

re-alignment of the intersection andpossibly public art. Work on phase onewas initially expected to begin in 2013.

But last week’s motion, which wasapproved 6-2 with aldermen HansHilbert (Dist. 7) and Howard Teal

(Dist. 5) in opposition, means the citycould easily re-appropriate the $1.5million it already borrowed for phase

one. The additional $1.3 million tofully fund phase two could also be bor-rowed using TIF.

Dane County deputies and Middle-ton-Cross Plains Area SchoolDistrict superintendent Don Johnsonmet at the school to discuss the incidentshortly after it occurred on Tuesday oflast week. After deputies contactedHolmes to investigate her statements,they decided to arrest her and chargeher with disorderly conduct. The tem-

porary restraining order was obtainedshortly after the alleged threats weremade.

In the email to parents andguardians, Johnson said there are “sig-nificant questions regarding Ms.Holmes’ ability or commitment tocarry out her threat.” The district indi-cated Holmes is in the process of mov-

ing to another state.Children at West Middleton were

kept inside during recess throughoutthe remainder of the day on which theincident occurred. However, no otherpart of the academic day was disrupted,according to Johnson and Macklem.

The temporary restraining order

granted by the Dane County CircuitCourt instructed Holmes to have nocontact with any district staff physi-cally, on the telephone or in any otherform. The order prohibits her fromcoming within 1,000 feet of West Mid-dleton or any other district facility,event or activity.

West Middleton does not currentlyhave a police liaison officer regularlystationed in the building, but DaneCounty deputies were posted at theschool upon Holmes’ release.

The district planned to hire addi-tional security after deputies left.


sion to accommodate the Erdman de-velopment, which Roehl said makes re-visiting incorporation and annexationlaw necessary.

“They’re rewriting special ordi-nances to get a well and septic neigh-borhood into the City of Middleton and

they may do it again,” Roehl said. “I don’t want to see them do it

again,” Roehl added. “As a boardmember you owe it to your con-stituents to know your options.”

Roehl said he knew of no other res-idential neighborhood in the city not

served by municipal water and sewer.Past efforts to incorporate the town

into a village have fizzled and the issueprobably remains a divisive one for acommunity that prizes its rural charac-ter.

Incorporation offers a town more

local control but also more responsibil-ities.

Incorporation last resurfaced whenthe town was writing its Comprehen-sive Plan, but the town board let a callto form a study committee end quietlyin 2011 for lack of support.

Before that, residents’ petition toseek incorporation failed to gather suf-ficient support in the 1990s.

Since then the Wisconsin Legisla-ture has made incorporation of a ruralarea adjacent to a city more difficult,said Shaw.

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Back in 2011, Middleton’s boystrack and field team was headed to theWatertown Invitational for the firsttime.

Cardinals head coach Isaac Mezerarose to give his speech on the bus rideover. And Mezera thought he’d have alittle fun with it.

“I said, ‘Guys, we are undefeated atthis meet, let’s keep it that way,’”Mezera recalled. “I was a joke. Now ithas become a tradition.”

Indeed it has.Middleton notched a third straight

title at the seven-team WatertownInvite with an impressive showingSaturday. The Cardinals finished with159 points and edged runner-upJanesville Craig (157).

“It sets a good tone for the seasonwinning our first outdoor invitation-al,” mezera said. “Hopefully we canuse it as some positive momentum insuch a rainy year.”

They should, as Middleton hadseveral top performances along theirway to the championship.

Steven Harris and AlecMeixelsperger finished first and sec-ond in the 800, while Parker Johnsonwon the pole vault (11-0).

Travis Zander had a big day, win-ning the 400 (51.95) and placing thirdin the 200 (24.15). Andy Keeler had abig day, winning the high jump (6-2),placing fifth in the long jump (18-8 ¼)and finishing seventh in the triplejump (37-9).

Middleton’s 3,200 meter relayteam of Drew Docter, Jackson Rock,Perrin Hagge and Hunter Jones wasfirst (8:35.23). The Cardinals’ 1,600meter relay team of R.J. Pertzborn,Jones, Meixelsperger and Harris wasalso first (3:31.41).

Mike Hoot was second in the 1,600

Three-peatBoys track teamwins third straightWatertown Inviteby ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune

See TRACK, page 19

Middleton’s girls soccer team hadan impressive week, winning three ofits four games. The Cardinalsimproved to 4-1 on the year.

Here’s a recap of Middleton’sweek:

• Middleton 2, Oshkosh West 1— The Cardinals scored twice in thefinal eight minutes and notched animpressive win over the WildcatsSaturday morning.

Trailing, 1-0, junior LeahPeterman beat a pair of defendersdown the right side and slotted theball to Ellen Jesse three yards off thegoal line. Jesse then tapped it into thegoal to tie the game, 1-1, in the 72ndminute.

Five minutes later, CarolineKeenan was trapped on the right sidewith few options, then sent a diago-nal cross to the weak side. BrennaShea was waiting, and headed it intothe back of the net to give Middletona 2-1 lead.

“It was a great team effort withmultiple players putting time on thefield,” Middleton coach Mary Duffysaid. “And it was a good come frombehind win.”

• Middleton 1, DePere — TheCardinals notched an impressive winSaturday afternoon against aRedbirds program that reached thestate finals in 2012.

Peterman scored just six minutesinto the game on an assist from jun-ior Caroline Keenan. Middleton

Turningheads

See SOCCER, page 20

Girls soccer teamoff to 4-1 startby ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune

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Ian Geocaris and Middleton’s boys track and field team won the Watertown Invite last Saturday.

Splitting the differenceMiddleton’s baseball team has

spent most of the spring starving forgames.

Saturday afternoon, the Cardinalshad a chance for a feast.

Unfortunately for Middleton, it leftthe dinner table still hungry.

The Cardinals toppled BeloitMemorial, 3-2, in the first of twogames played that day. In the second

game, though, Madison West toppledthe Cardinals, 3-2, in 10 innings.

Middleton is now 2-1 on the youngseason

“Our pitching has been really goodso far,” said Middleton manager TomSchmitt, whose game against MadisonLa Follette Tuesday was rained out.“Our hitting has a ways to go.”

In the Cardinals’ win over BeloitMemorial, Brian Lochner went 2-for-3. Both Jackson Keeler and ReeseFelton had doubles, as well.

Middleton scored all three of itsruns in the first inning.

With two outs, Brian Lochner sin-gled and stole second base. TannerMeinholz reached on an error and

Casey Miller followed with a run-scoring single.

Felton then clubbed a two-run dou-ble that gave Middleton a 3-1 lead andproved to be the game-winning RBI.

Meinholz threw six innings to earnthe win. Meinholz allowed six hits,one earned run, struck out three andwalked one.

Felton then pitched the seventh tonotch the save.

“Tanner pitched really well,”Schmitt said of Meinholz. “He chal-lenged hitters and really did a nicejob.”

Middleton’s pitching was solidagain versus West. But the Cardinalsleft 10 runners on base and didn’t

score after the first inning.Garrett Knutson threw a gem for

the Cardinals. He pitched the first sixinnings, struck out five, didn’t allowan earned run and gave up no walks.

But Middleton’s bats couldn’t doenough.

Meinholz had an RBI groundout inthe first inning and Miller followedwith an RBI double that same frame.But Middleton’s bats went silent andWest scored the eventual game-winnerin the 10th.

“We just couldn’t get the timelyhit,” Schmitt said. It’s been a toughspring, though. Hopefully that willcome.”

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Lydia Maier and Middleton’s girls track and field team finished second at last Saturday’s Watertown Invitational.

With the spring weather beingmore miserable than any in recentmemory, teams have had a hard timegauging just where they stand.

After last Saturday’s WatertownInvite, though, Middleton’s girlstrack and field team felt awfullygood about itself.

Neenah won the eight-team eventwith 143 points, while the Cardinalsand Janesville Craig tied for secondat 116.

“Finishing second overall was agreat morale booster,” Middletoncoach Tara Franklin said.

Rightfully so.Middleton’s distance teams led

the way.Bobbi Patrick, Darcy Dean,

Rachel Wians and Sam Valentinetook first place in the 3,200 meterrelay with a time of 10:08.46. That’scurrently the fourth best time on thestate honor roll.

Middleton’s 1,600-meter relayteam of Patrick, Emily Zeker, KaylaBauhs and Anna Garren was first in4:11.54. That’s the fifth-best time onthe state honor roll.

Bauhs won the 300 hurdles(50.74) and was also second in thetriple jump (32-10).

Jenny Mangas was second in the3,200 (12:01.98) and Rachel Wianswas third (12:03.29). Valentine wasalso third in the 400 meter run(1:04.57).

Dean was second in the 1,600(5:41.46) and Jenny Phillips wasthird in the same race (5:42.73).Phillips and Autumn Grim were alsofourth and fifth in the 800, respec-tively.

“I would say highlights would bethe distance crew in general,”Franklin said. “Conditions like thoseon Saturday are a bit easier for thedistance team since they usually aredressed for whatever the weather andare used to running in the tougherconditions. Sprinters have a moredifficult time getting warm and keep-ing warm. The times aren't usually asgood when the temps dip.”

• Middleton 92, Beloit Memorial48 — The Cardinals rolled past thePurple Knights last Tuesday.

Kayla Bauhs in the triple jump(34-6) and 300 meter hurdles (50.3);Middleton’s first place finishes

included Kaitlyn Montour in the 100meter Hurdles (17.4); Sam Valentinein the 1600 (5:33); Lydia Meier inthe discus (95-1); Autumn Grim inthe 800 (2:33.3); Celia Mayne in thelong jump (14-9); and Jenny Mangasin the 3,200 (12:07)

Middleton’s 400 meter relay teamof Maddy Matush, Emily Bergum,Abbey Webber and Loren Skibbawas first in 54.2 seconds. And theCardinals’ 1,600 meter relay team ofBobbi Patrick, Kelly Roach, DarcyDean and Anna Garren was first in4:33.7.

“It was great to get our first out-door meet in and to actually havesome decent weather,” Franklin said.“We can now begin to start puttingthe pieces of the puzzle together forhow the team will look.

“Without having any competitionsuntil this point for most of our ath-letes, it has been difficult to see whowill be earning the varsity spots forinvites, etc. We know who is healthyand what they can do, we know whois returning and how and what theyare capable of. But the biggest chal-lenge so far has been to see all ofthese new faces only at practice andnot compete. This meet was great forus in that regard.”

• Madison Memorial 65,Middleton 62 — The Cardinals satmost of their varsity athletes inpreparation for the Watertown Invite.

Still, Middleton had severalstrong performances.

The Cardinals got first place fin-ishes from Lydia Meier in the 100hurdles (17.9); Hayley Sue in the1,600 (6:13); Hanne Anderson-Smithin the 400 meter run (1:05.9); ElenaThompson in the 800 (2:34.9); KelsiKruchten in the 3,200 (13:08); KellyRoach in the high jump (4-6); andCelia Mayne in the long jump (15-7);

Middleton’s 400 meter relay teamof Maggie Garren, Heidi Neidhart,Molly Zienemann and Hailee Miltonwas first (55.8). And the Cardinals’800 meter relay team of Garren,Neidhart, Milton and Marie Lawtonwas first (2:01.7).

“I give the kids lots of credit forgetting through this one,” Franklinsaid. “First the rain, then the tempsstarted dropping, and then the 30mile per hour winds picked up. Therewas a pretty tough head wind on thefinal stretch.

“No great times due to the condi-tions, but the kids were glad to havea meet despite the weather! If any-thing, it surely helps us appreciatethe warmth and the nice days!”

On the right track

Middleton girlsfinish second atWatertown Inviteby ROB REISCHEL

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It wasn’t the most orthodox wayto win a game.

But Middleton’s girls softballteam didn’t mind.

Madison La Follette ace NicoleNewman hurled a no-hitter andstruck out 18 Middleton battersMonday afternoon. But the visitingCardinals rallied for a ninth inningrun and upended the Lancers, 1-0.

“It was a really fun game to watchand be a part of,” Middleton managerArin Oppermann said. “It was obvi-ous from the time we stepped off thebus that they were ready to playsome ball.

“At no point in the game was Iworried we wouldn't come out ahead.Between our solid defense and theenergy they brought to the field, Iknew good things were going to hap-pen. They played hard, maintainedtheir focus, and kept their energy upthroughout the entire game. I’m soproud of those girls.”

Middleton pitcher AshleyStzzormer threw a complete-gameshutout, struck out seven and pickedup the win.

“Throughout the entire game wewere solid defensively, making greatplays every time it was hit to us,”Oppermann said.

The teams were playing underinternational tie-breaker rules. Thatmeans when a regulation game endsin a tie, both teams begin each extrainning with a runner at second base.

It is not sudden death. Each teamhas an opportunity to bat everyinning and the game ends when oneteam is ahead at the end of an inning.

In the ninth, Middleton’s AllieMorgan opened the frame at secondbase. Abby Henke followed with asacrifice bunt, then La Follette’scatcher had a throwing error allow-ing Morgan to score the game’s lonerun.

“It was tough to get a hit off ofher,” Oppermann said of Newman.“So it all came down to advancingthe runner we had on second base inthe ninth.”

It also came down to theCardinals’ terrific defense.

In the fifth inning, Middleton sec-ond baseman Leah Wolff made a sen-sational, backhanded diving catch.

Taylor Mavroulis also made an out-standing play at third base in thefifth.

And in the sixth, Cardinals centerfielder Emily Pomykalski doubled aLa Follette player off of second base.

That helped make a winner out ofStormer and the Cardinals.

“There were a lot of defensivehighlights in this game, and thescorebook won't do any of them jus-tice,” Oppermann said.

• Verona 6, Middleton 3; Verona9, Middleton 4 — The Wildcatsswept a doubleheader from theCardinals last Saturday.

• On deck: Middleton was atJanesville Parker Wednesday andtravels to Janesville Craig for a dou-bleheader Thursday beginning at3:30 p.m. The Cardinals then hostBeloit Memorial Friday at 5 p.m. andare at Sun Prairie next Monday at 5p.m.


Softball Cardsnotch wild winMiddleton getsno-hit, but edgesLa Folletteby ROB REISCHEL

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Middle ton’sAshley Stormerthrew a shutoutand theCardinals defeat-ed Madison LaFollette, 1-0,Monday after-noon.


Middleton’s boys tennis team went3-1 at the Madison Memorial Invitelast Saturday.

Middleton defeated Sun Prairie, 7-0, and rolled past Madison Memorial,6-1. The Cardinals fell to Homestead,7-0, and rolled past Green Bay Preble,5-2.

All four Middleton singles playerswent 3-1 on the day.

Cardinals top singles player BenLuskin defeated KeeganMoldenhauer, 6-1, 6-0. Luskin thentoppled Madison Memorial’s AndrewLiu, 6-1, 6-0. After falling to aHomestead player, Luskin defeatedGreen Bay Preble’s Brad Maccoux,6-1, 6-0.

Joey Niesen, Middleton’s No. 2player, opened with a 6-4, 6-0 winover Sun Prairie’s Yuri Drenoske,then downed Madison Memorial’sChris Diaczun, 6-4, 7-5. Niesen fell toa Homestead player, then rolled pastGreen Bay Preble’s Hoain Thai, 6-0,6-0.

Middleton No. 3 singles playerBrain Bellisimo downed Sun Prairie’sEthan Plesh, 6-1, 6-2, in the openinground and toppled MadisonMemorial’s Connor Koval, 3-6, 6-3,6-3. After losing to a Homestead play-er, Bellissimo defeated Green BayPreble’s Spencer Guo, 6-3, 6-0.

Tyler Markel, the Cardinals’ No. 4singles player, opened with a 6-1, 6-2win over Sun Prairie’s Josh Sylla,then defeated Madison Memorial’sIsaac Treves, 6-3, 6-1. Markel lost athree-setter to a Homestead player,but came back to defeat Green BayNotre Dame’s Ryan Vandetti, 6-0, 6-0.

Middleton’s top doubles team ofEvan Stone and Griff Pyle went 2-2.

The Cardinals’ pair opened with a6-2, 4-6, 6-3 win over Sun Prairie’sTy Enger and Gowthen Karri, thendefeated Madison Memorial’sWilliam Xiang and Jamy Dennis, 6-2,4-6, 6-3. Stone and Pyle then lost toboth Homestead and Green BayPreble.

At No. 2, Middleton’s AndyWebber and Brett Andersen defeateda Sun Prairie duo, 6-1, 6-0. Webberand Anderson lost their next threematches, though.

Middleton’s No. 3 pairing of CodyMarkel and Dan Jin went 3-1 on theday.

The Cardinals’ duo opened with a6-4, 6-4, win over a Sun Prairie pair,then downed Madison Memorial’sJacob Bogost and Matt Lee, 6-4, 5-7,6-2. After the Middleton dup lost toHomestead, it defeated Green BayPreble’s Alex Paplham and JordanPlatz, 6-1, 6-1.

• Middleton 7, Janesville Parker0 — The Cardinals cruised to an easywin over the Vikings last Tuesday.

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Off and runningMiddleton’s girls lacrosse team is off to a 2-1 start. The Cardinals defeated Waunakee, 14-13, in over-

time, and also rolled past Madison La Follette, 14-2. Middleton lost to Verona, 8-7, in its season-opener.

Middleton’s boys golfers are off to a4-0 start in Big Eight Conference play.

The Cardinals won the MiddletonInvite Monday at Pleasant View.Middleton also won the JanesvilleCraig Triangular last Tuesday.

In addition, the Cardinals tied forfourth at the 22-team Sheboygan NorthInvitational held last Friday atBlackwolf Run.

At Monday’s Middleton Invite, theCardinals posted a 314 team score.Janesville Parker was a distant secondat 374 and Madison West shot a 378.

Cardinals senior Mike Wiebe wasmedalist with a 73. Middleton also

counted a 77 from Charlie Stankiewicz,an 80 from Emmett Herb 80 and an 84from Jared Baltes.

Middleton shot a 310 to win theJanesville Craig Triangular. TheCougars were second at 334 andMadison East shot a 356.

Middleton junior Josh Haunty cap-tured medalist honors with a 74. Wiebecarded a 77, Baltes shot a 79 andStankiewicz fired an 81.

Green Bay Notre Dame won theShoeboygan North Invite with a 338team score. Cedarburg (348), Kaukauna(350), Middleton (351) and West BendWest (351) rounded out the top five.

Wiebe led Middleton with an 83,while Stankiewicz shot an 87. EmmettHerb carded an 89 and Jack Mayersshot a 92.

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(4:45.19), while Middleton’s 400meter relay team of Jake Cain, JamesMoreland, Alex Leahy and ZachEaston was also second (45.51).

The Cardinals’ 800-meter relayteam of Cain, Leahy, Noah Kern andNoah Boehnen was also second(1:34.74).

Middleton’s third place finishesincluded Boehnen in the 300 hurdles(43.10); Nick Maes in the high jump(5-6); and Pertzborn in the 400 meterdash (52.80).

“It has been fun being undefeatedat that meet,” Mezera said.

• Middleton 126, Beloit Memorial18 — The Cardinals rolled past thePurple Knights last Tuesday.

James Moreland won the 100(11.5) and the 400 (53.2), while TravisZander won the 200 (22.9). NoahBoehnen, Drew Docter, R.J.Pertzborn, and Jackson Rock won the3,200 meter relay (8:37).

Steven Harris (4:49) and AlecMeixelsperger (4:50) were first andsecond in the 1,600. Mike Hoot wonthe 3,200 (10:23) and freshman DavidMarrone was second (10:44). HunterJones also won the 800 (2:03.9).

Jake Cain, Nnamdi Okoli, AlexLeahy and Simon Adam combined towin the 400-meter relay (46.2). NoahKern, Travis Zander, Noah Boehnenand Alex Leahy won the 800 meterrelay (1:35.2). And R.J. Pertzborn,Alec Meixelsperger, Steven Harrisand Zach Easton won the 1,600 meterrelay (3:36.3).

Tanner Rahman won the shot put(38-0) and was second in the discus(123-5). Josh Kampe won the discus(128-7).

“The fact we have two guys over120’ in their first meet with limitedpractice time due to conditions issomething worth getting excitedabout,” Mezera said. “We’re stillworking on getting the shot up to com-petitive distances, so we’ll have tomake up for it in the disc.”

Andy Keeler won the high jump (6-2) and long jump (18-6), while foreignexchange student Simon Adam won

the triple jump (40-8). Parker Johnsonalso won the pole vault (11-0).

• Madison Memorial 70,Middleton 57 — The Cardinals restedtheir varsity members last Thursdayand fell to the Spartans.

“It was a great opportunity to see

some of our top tier JV guys inaction,” Mezera said. “Also, someguys who are new to track got a tasteof being in the first heat.”

Kyle Beuchner, Rob Evert, PatrickHall, and Peter Friedl won the 3,200meter relay (8:50), while the 800meter relay team of Nick Bilodeau,Nick Lund, Kyle Hopp, and LarsHaskins was first (1:42.5).

Freshman Will Funk won the 400in 55.9 and Willie Myrland won the800 (2:16). Will Funk, Mike O’Shea,Kyle Hopp, and Nick Lund won the1,600 meter relay (4:01.9), and NickMaes won the high jump (5-4).

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SportscalendarThursday, April 25

2:30 p.m. — Boys freshman golf vs. Madison Memorial & Sun Prairie 4 p.m. — Girls varsity softball at Janesville Craig (DH)4 p.m. — Boys freshman tennis at Madison West Gold4:15 p.m. — Boys varsity and JV tennis vs. Madison West4:15 p.m. — Boys freshman tennis at Madison Memorial Green4:30 p.m. — Girls JV softball at Janesville Craig4:30 p.m. — Boys & girls JV track at Big 8 Conference meet (Verona)5 p.m. — Varsity baseball at Madison Memorial5 p.m. — JV baseball at Madison Memorial5 p.m. — Freshman baseball vs. Madison Memorial5 p.m. — Girls varsity lacrosse vs. Madison West (Garner Park)5 p.m. — Girls JV Red soccer vs. Madison West Blue5 p.m. — Girls freshman soccer vs. Madison West Gold5 p.m. — Girls freshman softball vs. Janesville Craig6:15 p.m. — Girls JV lacrosse vs. Madison West (Garner Park)7 p.m. — Girls varsity soccer vs. Madison West

Friday, April 26TBD — Girls varsity soccer at Burlington (Iowa) InviteTBD — Boys varsity tennis at Verona Invite8:30 a.m. — Boys varsity golf at Onalaska Invite4 p.m. — Boys and girls varsity track at Middleton Invite4:30 p.m. — Girls JV Red soccer at Appleton East4:30 p.m. — Girls JV White soccer at Madison East4:30 p.m. — Freshman softball at Beloit Memorial5 p.m. — Varsity and JV softball vs. Beloit Memorial

Saturday, April 27TBD — Girls varsity soccer at Burlington (Iowa) InviteTBD — Boys varsity tennis at Verona Invite8:30 a.m. — Boys varsity golf at Onalaska Invite9 a.m. — Boys JV tennis at Monroe Invite10 a.m. — Girls JV Red soccer at Green Bay Preble11 a.m. — Varsity and JV baseball at Watertown (DH)1 p.m. — Boys JV lacrosse at La Crosse Central1 p.m. — Girls JV Red soccer at Green Bay Notre Dame2:15 p.m. — Boys varsity lacrosse at La Crosse Central

Monday, April 298 a.m. — Boys varsity and JV golf at Wisconsin Dells Invite5 p.m. — Varsity baseball vs. Janesville Parker5 p.m. — JV baseball vs. Janesville Parker5 p.m. — Varsity softball at Sun Prairie5 p.m. — JV softball at Sun Prairie5 p.m. — Freshman softball vs. Sun Prairie

Tuesday, April 301 p.m. — Boys varsity golf Brookfield Central Invite 2:30 p.m. — Boys freshman golf at Sun Prairie Invite 4 p.m. — Boys freshman tennis at Madison Memorial White4:15 p.m. — Boys varsity and JV tennis at Verona4:30 p.m. — Freshman softball at Madison La Follette4:45 p.m. — Boys and girls varsity track vs. Madison La Follette4:45 p.m. — Boys and girls JV track vs. Madison La Follette5 p.m. — Girls varsity lacrosse at Waunakee5 p.m. — Boys varsity lacrosse at Janesville Craig5 p.m. — Girls varsity soccer at Verona5 p.m. — Girls JV Red soccer at Verona5 p.m. — Girls freshman soccer at Verona5 p.m. — Girls varsity softball vs. Madison La Follette5 p.m. — Girls JV softball vs. Madison La Follette6:15 p.m. — Girls JV lacrosse at Waunakee6:30 p.m. — Boys freshman lacrosse at Janesville Craig Blue

Wednesday, May 12:30 p.m. — Boys varsity golf at Beloit Memorial w/Verona4 p.m. — Boys freshman tennis vs. Madison West Gold (Lakeview)5 p.m. — Varsity baseball at Beloit Memorial5 p.m. — JV baseball at Beloit Memorial5 p.m. — Freshman baseball vs. Beloit Memorial

Thursday, May 22:30 p.m. — Boys freshman golf at Middleton Quad 4 p.m. — Freshman baseball vs. Janesville Parker (DH)4 p.m. — Varsity softball at Madison Memorial (DH)4 p.m. — JV softball at Madison Memorial (DH)4 p.m. — Freshman softball vs. Madison Memorial (DH)4 p.m. — Boys freshman tennis at McFarland4:15 p.m. — Boys JV White tennis vs. Sun Prairie4:30 p.m. — Boys and girls JV track at Waunakee Invite5 p.m. — Varsity baseball at Janesville Parker5 p.m. — JV baseball at Janesville Parker5 p.m. — Girls JV Red soccer at Waukesha West5 p.m. — Girls JV White soccer vs. Sun Prairie5 p.m. — Girls freshman soccer vs. Sun Prairie6 p.m. — Girls JV lacrosse vs. Madison La Follette7 p.m. — Girls varsity soccer vs. Sun Prairie7:30 p.m. — Girls varsity lacrosse vs. Madison La Follette

Times-TribuneGirls soccerApril 16Middleton 6, Janesville Parker 0Janesville Parker ……......………….. 0 0 — 0Middleton ………………...…………. 3 3 — 6

First half: Mi — Jesse (Kirkpatrick), 10:57;Douglas (Sullivan), 14:19; Kalscheur, 22:25.

Second half: Peterman (Shea), 43:17;Peterman (Sullivan), 53:41; Kalscheur(McCauley), 74:13.

Saves: JP (Harmata) 24; M (Ledin,McMahon) 0.

April 15Oregon 1, Middleton 0Oregon ………................…………. 0 0 1 — 1Middleton …………..................….. 0 0 0 — 0

Overtime: Brien (Jahn), 82:50.Saves: M (Ledin) 12; O (Peckham) 3.

Boys golfApril 22Middleton Triangular

Team scores: Middleton 314, JanesvilleParker 344, Madison West 378.

Middleton — Mike Wiebe 73, CharlieStankiewicz 77, Emmet Herb 80, Jared Baltes 84.Janesville Parker — John Milner 83, Bobby Wyss89, Jordan Manthey 92, Aaron Galvan 110.Madison West — Lake Larson 85, Luke Piper 96,Cole Larke 97, Will Welch 100.

April 19Sheboygan North Invite

Team scores: Notre Dame 338, Cedarburg348, Kaukauna 350, Middleton 351, West BendWest 351, Neenah 354, Menomonee Falls 364,Mukwonago 366, West Bend East 366, Stevens

Point 368, Bay Port 372, Oshkosh West 376,Sheboygan North 376, Pulaski 379, Plymouth381, De Pere 381, Green Bay Preble 383, GreenBay Southwest 385, Badger 423, SheboyganSouth 442, Manitowoc 443 Ashwaubenon 445.

Middleton scores: Mike Wiebe 83, CharlieStankiewicz 87, Emmett Herb 89, Jack Mayers92.

At Blackwolf Run, par 71

April 16Janesville Craig Triangular

Team scores: Middleton 310, JanesvilleCraig 334, Madison East 356

Middleton — Haunty 73, Wiebe 77, Baltes79, Stankiewicz 81. Janesville Craig — Gagg 74,Moran 84, White 86, Lipker 91. Madison East —Arneson 77, Conowall 86, Cooper 88, Mattie105.

TennisApril 20Spartan Invite ScoresRound 1:Pool A

Homestead 7, Madison Memorial 0Middleton 7, Sun Prairie 0

Pool BGreen Bay Preble 4, Kenosha Tremper 3Waunakee 6, LaCrosse Central 1

Round 2:Pool A

Homestead 7, Sun Prairie 0Middleton 6, Madison Memorial 1

Pool BWaunakee 5, Kenosha Tremper 2Green Bay Preble 4, LaCrosse Central 3

Round 3

Pool AHomestead 7, Middleton 0Madison Memorial 7, Sun Prairie 0

Pool BKenosha Tremper 3, LaCrosse Central 4Green Bay Preble 2, Waunakee 5

Round 4Homestead 7, Waunakee 0Middleton 5, Green Bay Preble 2Madison Memorial 6, LaCrosse Central 1Sun Prairie 5, Kenosha Tremper 2

April 16Middleton 7, Janesville Parker 0Singles

1 — Ben Luskin def. Herschel Brodkey 6-0,6-0

2 — Joey Niesen def. Ethan Zweifel 6-2, 6-23 — Brian Bellissimo def. Carlos Reyes 6-2,

6-04 — Tyler Markel def Jordan Peyer 6-1, 6-1

Doubles1 — Griff Pyle/Andy Webber def. Austin

McDonald/Nick Garey 6-2, 6-02 — Brett Andersen/Oscar Biggs def. Jaren

Norrell/Spencer Debroux 6-3, 6-43 — Dan Jin/Cody Markel def. Zac

Brandenburg/Daon Young 6-2, 6-2JV M-6 JP-1.

BowlingMiddleton Ladies April 9

Patti Larson 607, Luann McNally 542, CathyMatts 514, Janice Williams 451, Krista Miller450.

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Nick Lund and Middleton’s boys track and field team won theWatertown Invite for a third straight year last Saturday.


made that goal hold up and leftwith an important early-season victo-ry.

“DePere is a solid program,”Duffy said. “They have been a threatat the state tourney since I canremember. I was excited to play themto see how we would stack up andplay some good competition.”

DePere had several terrific scor-ing chances in the second half. ButMiddleton did enough to prevail.

“The girls did enough to pull outthe win,” Duffy said. “It wasn’t pret-ty in the second half, but it wasenough.”

• Middleton 6, Janesville Parker0 — Macey Kalscheur and Petermanboth scored a pair of goals, and theCardinals rolled past the Vikings lastTuesday. Grace Douglas and Jessealso scored for Middleton.

“Parker played a great off-sidestrap that was our nemesis all gamelong,” Duffy said. “They did a greatjob of playing that off-sides trap.Unfortunately for their attempt, we

would not be stopped from scoringand scoring lots.

“Parker posed a unique puzzle forus that we were able to figure outhow to break and score on. Our out-side midfielders played really welland we connected much better as ateam than the previous night.”

• Oregon 1, Middleton 0 (OT) —The Panthers scored in the 83rdminute and prevailed last Monday.

“It was obvious that it was onlyour second game and that we are stilltrying to find our lineup and whatformation works best for us,” Duffysaid. “We have a big team this yearwith talent running deep.

“Who starts, who plays where andwhen, is something that we are stillfiguring out and we think it will takea bit to settle that issue. Overall, wewere obviously disappointed withlosing, but we got a game in andagainst a good opponent and some-one we may see in the postseason.And we were able to move and playaround with our formation to see

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Liz Ihrig andMiddleton’s girlssoccer team areoff to a 4-1 start.

Middleton High School (MHS) sen-ior Hailey Wrasman recently was hon-ored as a 2013 Herb Kohl FoundationExcellence Scholarship winner.

She was recognized at a receptionluncheon hosted by former U.S. Sena-tor Herb Kohl at Monona Grove HighSchool in Monona on April 6.

“Not only was I honored to receivethe award, but also to be recognized

alongside students who have foundedcharitable organizations and helped or-phans in Kenya,’’ she said. “Being sur-rounded by such gifted andaccomplished students at the ceremonywas truly inspiring.”

Wrasman plans to attend the Univer-sity of Minnesota next year and majorin interior design and minor in archi-tecture.

The Herb Kohl Excellence Scholar-ship recognizes students who havedemonstrated academic potential, out-standing leadership, citizenship, com-

munity service, integrity and other spe-cial talents.

“Needless to say that the applicationwas lengthy and involved, however, itwas completely worth the time and ef-fort,’’ she said.

Each year the Herb Kohl Foundationawards 100 students throughout Wis-consin with $1,000 Excellence Schol-arships. Since it was established in1990, the Herb Kohl EducationalFoundation has awarded more than$8.2 million to state students, teachersand schools.

Capstone Principles of BiomedicalSciences students at Middleton HighSchool had an opportunity to traveland do some cell culture and STEMcell differentiation at Madison Collegeearlier this month.

“It was a wonderful day,” Middle-ton High School (MHS) Project Leadthe Way coordinator Terri Tessmannsaid. “We were certainly honored andhumbled to be the high school tar-geted.”

Madison College is the only two-

year college in the United States tohave a stem cell capability for theirstudents. Diana Brandner, who is onthe Project Lead the Way advisoryboard, invited MHS students to visit.

The experience was an enlighteningone for the students.

“I was extremely impressed withthe technology and professionalism ofthe lab and had an outstanding expe-rience,” Peter Hartig said.

“I would definitely do it again,”Elizabeth Zeker said.

“It was a blast. It went by way toofast,” Josh Larson said.

“It was very informative and fun,”

senior Paige Gundrum said.A number of students admitted they

were surprised the lab allowed themto be so hands-on. Most also said thebest part of the day was working withreal stem cells.

“I didn’t think we’d work with realstem cells,” Gene Sarmiento said. “Iwould high recommend that this tripbe scheduled for future classes. It’s agreat introduction to lab work.”

“It was a fund, one-of-a-kind, letyou hold $2,000 in your hands fieldtrip,” Sarah Sindberg said.


MHS science students get firsthand experience with STEM cellsby PERRY HIBNER

Middleton-Cross Plains Area School Dist.

Photo contributedThe students during their visit to Madison College.

Long list of local musiciansheaded to WSMA Music Fest

Hundreds of Middleton High Schoolmusic students performed at theWSMA Solo/Ensemble Music Festivalon Saturday, March 2 in Oregon, Wis-consin.

The MHS bands and orchestras areat their peak this spring due to all of theindividual practice hours and increasedmusicianship through the solo/ensem-ble experience.

A total of 129 MHS music events areheaded to state this Saturday includingsolos, duets, trios, quartets and largerensembles: 65 band events, 16 orches-tra events, 34 choir events & 10 pianoevents.

These MHS ensembles and studentsheaded to the state WSMA contest atUW Platteville on April 27:

Band Solos: Matt Ash, bass trom-bone; Anna Ashley, trumpet; ShelbyBacus, tuba; Ana Marie Brunner, tenorsax; Eli Bucheit, piano; JoshuaBunting, parade snare; Cierra Clay,horn; Burton Copeland, trombone &trumpet; Alex Dammann, parade snare;Cole Dennis, euphonium; Jordan Fos-ter, trumpet; Chris Frey, alto sax; EdenGirma, piano & trumpet; Alex Good-sett, alto sax; Andrea Green, flute;Michael Hoot, alto sax; Kaileigh John-son, piano; Heidi Knoche, clarinet;Connor Kooistra, trombone; KennedyKooistra, horn; Andy Lewis, trumpet;Ellis Mayne, clarinet & alto sax; KylieMueller, euphonium; Brianna Murphy,alto sax; Jody Oetzel, flute; Akash Pat-tnaik, flute; Liam Patton, concert snare;Jacob Peroutka, parade snare; KrystaQuale, alto sax; Allana Randall, flute;Naomi Smith, horn; Chance Stine, altosax; Nikhil Trivedi, clarinet; SoniaUrquidi, clarinet; Matt Wakai, alto sax;Matt Wedekind, alto sax; Anna Welton-Arndt, flute & piccolo; Laura Welton-Arndt, flute & piccolo; TeddyWilliams, xylophone; Adam Yeazel,

alto sax; Tammy Zhong, piano.Band Ensembles: Brass Quintet:

Wesley Wakai, Jack Kim, KennedyKooistra, Brett Andersen, BennyNevarez; Clarinet Duet: Nikhil Trivedi,Ivraj Seerha; Clarinet Quartet: IvrajSeerha, Heidi Knoche, Maggie Man-gas, Ashley Stahnke; Clarinet & FluteDuet: Akash Pattnaik, Nikhil Trivedi;Flute Trio: Tammy Zhong, Akash Pat-tnaik, Anna Welton-Arndt; Flute Quar-tet: Olivia Roberts, Kaleigh Johnson,Vanessa Chavez, Kimmie Holmes;Piano Duet: Kaileigh Johnson, AlyssaBoss; Sax Quartet: Alyssa Boss, DanCook, Andy Jiang, Adam Yeazel;Woodwind Trio: Akash Pattnaik,Nikhil Trivedi, Ivraj Seerha; ConcertBand’s Percussion Ensemble; BrassSextet: Burton Copeland, Jordan Fos-ter, Naomi Smith, Lon Yeary, QuinnMettel, Shelby Bacus; Clarinet & FluteDuet: Andrea Green, Annie Armstrong;Clarinet & Flute Duet: Sonia Urquidi,Yoko Kohmoto; Flute Trio: Jody Oet-zel, Samantha Kretchmar, Trevor Pow-less; Flute Quartet: Yoko Kohmoto,Andrea Green, Jamie Herb, AllanaRandall; Percussion Ensemble: LiamPatton, Jake Stampen, Joshua Bunting,Alex Dammann, Jacob Peroutka; SaxDuet: Michael Hoot, Chance Stine; SaxTrio: Krysta Quale, Taylor Parent, AnaMarie Brunner; Sax Quartet: MichaelHoot, Chance Stine, Alex Goodsett,Brianna Murphy; Trumpet Quartet:Eden Girma, Burton Copeland, JordanFoster, Taylor Mavroulis; WoodwindTrio: Andrea Green, Kate Javenkoski,Annie Armstrong; Woodwind Quintet:Yoko Kohmoto, Kate Javenkoski,Kelly Wassarman, Cierra Clay, GeneSarmiento; Wind Ensemble’s BrassChoir; Wind Ensemble’s WoodwindChoir.

Orchestra Solos: Amber Bo, piano;Nathaniel Corey, viola; Dan Jin, violin;

Anna Kim, viola & piano; GregoryPlumb, viola; Emily Schmidt, cello;Tamara Scott, violin; Brendan Shee-han, cello; Virginia Wagner, harp; Han-nah Thompson, piano; Julia Tibbetts,viola & piano; Michelle Xie, violin &piano; Stephanie Yoo, violin.

Orchestra Ensembles: Piano Trio:Julia Tibbetts, Emily Schmidt,Michelle Xie; String Quartet: MatthewKim, Asha Nandihalli, Julia Tibbetts,Christie Cheng; String Quartet: Savan-nah Albrecht, Michelle Xie, NathanielCorey, Emily Schmidt; Viola Duet:Nathaniel Corey, Julia Tibbetts; Viola& Cello Duet: Nathaniel Corey,Christie Cheng; Philomusica: A groupof approximately 20 students who vol-unteer for an after school alternativestring ensemble.

Choir Student Solos: Nick Ashley,bass & music theater; Annie Baker, alto& music theater; Chelsea Bergman,alto; Kailey Boyle, soprano & musictheater; Liza Couser, soprano & musictheater; Jennifer Dalquest, soprano;Caroline Dillon, soprano & music the-ater; Elizabeth DiTullio, music theater;Madeline Friend, music theater; EdenGirma, soprano & music theater;Anmal Gupta, tenor; Jamie Herb, alto;Amanda Huff, soprano & music the-ater; Conor Mead, soprano & musictheater; Anja Pustaver, soprano &music theater; Evan Pohlkamp, tenor;Brynn Sandy, soprano; Tucker Stam-pen, bass; Anna Welton-Arndt, so-prano; Johnathon Williamson, bass;Sarah Woody, alto.

Choral Ensembles: Duet: AnnieBaker, Danny Whozit; Duet: ChelseaBergman, Evan Pohlkamp; Quartet:Sam Ropa, Thomas Berthalon, AdamYeatzel, Richard Ramantaosoa; Quar-tet: Richard Ramantaosoa, ThomasBerthalon, Sam Ropa and Kendra Ras-sumussen.

MHS art students winprestigiousawards

by PERRY HIBNER

Middleton-Cross Plains Area School Dist.

Kohl Foundation honors Hailey Wrasman

Eleven MHS art students re-ceived 18 awards at the ScholasticArt Awards Wisconsin competi-tion earlier this year.

Seven students – Carys Abram-son, Tyler Anlauf, Meron Aydiko,Anitra Isler, Kelli Kalscheur,Tiffany Tran and Hailey Wrasman– received gold awards. Aydiko,Isler and Wrasman actually wontwo gold awards.

“It is a joy to work with somany dedicated and talented stu-dents at MHS,’’ art teacher ChrisWillman said. “One thing westress to our students is that beinga good artist is much more thanhaving a ‘gift’ or an innate skill.Every worthy intellectual en-deavor takes effort, practice andtime. I am thrilled to see that ourstudents’ efforts have receivedrecognition on a state and nationallevel.’’

Aydiko took her first digitalphotography class as a sophomore.She is now a senior and has wonsix Scholastic art and writingawards over the years.

“I didn’t think I would win anyawards at all,’’ she said. “I was soflattered and happy that I won agold key for one of the photos. …Going to the Milwaukee Art Mu-seum and being amongst hundredsof other winners was such a spe-cial experience. It wasn’t until theawards ceremony that I realizedhow privileged I was to be a partof something bigger than just anart class. Scholastic gave me thesense of how important art is to theworld around me.’’

The Gold and Silver Keyaward-winning works were dis-played at the Milwaukee Art Mu-seum from Feb. 2 to March 17.One state Gold Key award-win-ning work, a photo by Anitra Isler,received a Silver Key at the na-tional competition.

Isler has been invited to the Na-

Delegates from the MiddletonHigh School Model United Nationsclub are back in classes after spend-ing four days with more than 600students from across the Midwestdebating international affairs.

Twenty MHS students descendedon Northwestern University inEvanston, Ill., on April 11-14 to par-ticipate in the Northwestern Univer-sity Model UN conference. ModelUN conferences allow students totake on the role of internationaldiplomats for the purpose of collab-orating with others, learning aboutforeign relations, and attempting tosolve the problems of the world.

The conference was organized byNorthwestern students, and featureda variety of dynamic committees,ranging from the UN SecurityCouncil to the cabinet for formerBritish Prime Minister MargaretThatcher, set in the 1980s.

“I really enjoy learning aboutother nations and other cultures,”said Sam Ropa, another sophomoredelegate. “NUMUN provided veryextensive background guides and agood environment for delegates toeffectively represent their coun-tries.”

Apart from normal committeesession, some committees had whatare called, “midnight crises,’’ inwhich the delegates were woken upin the middle of the night to solve aproblem.

“Even though my country wasn’tdirectly affected by the crisis, thecommittee was able to pass a direc-tive to solve the problem” said soph-omore Alec Smith, a member of theOrganization of American Statesrepresenting St. Kitts and Nevis.

“The importance of compromisewas one of the things that I tookback with me. Although it was verytedious to work out the specifics, Irealized the only way to get any-thing passed was to collaborate andfocus on the most effective solutionfor everyone,” said sophomore EllenOpitz, the African Union delegatefrom Gabon. “NUMUN was defi-nitely my favorite conference. I amso coming back next year!”

MHS social studies teacher DavidPiovanetti is the adviser for theMHS Model UN Club.

Editor’s note: Nicholas Taylor isa 10th grader at Middleton High

by PERRY HIBNER

MCPASD

by NICHOLAS TAYLORMiddleton High School

Model UN delegatesattend conference

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tional Celebration Events in New YorkCity in May 2013.

The Scholastic Art and WritingAwards Program is conducted nation-ally by the Alliance for Young Artistsand Writers, Inc., and is the major com-petition for students in grades 7-12. InWisconsin, a jury of 24 artists, educa-tors and other art professionals selected254 Gold Key and 139 Silver Keyawards from 1,724 entries from aroundthe state.

The Wisconsin competition is one of75 regionals held across the country.Students from 104 schools throughoutthe state entered the competition.

THE FULL LIST OF WINNERSFROM MHS INCLUDES:

Carys Abramson: Gold Key (Draw-ing)

Tyler Anlauf: Gold Key (Film andAnimation)

Elise Armani: Two Honorable Men-tions (Mixed Media; Design)

Meron Aydiko: Gold Key and Hon-orable Mention (Photography Portfo-lio; Photography)

Rosie Brandenburg: HonorableMention (Painting)

Rachel Gunder: Honorable Mention(Drawing)

Anitra Isler: 2 Gold Keys, SilverKey, Honorable Mention (Photograph)

Kelli Kalscheur: Gold Key (Film &Animation)

Tiffany Tran: Gold Key and Honor-able Mention (Photography)

Emma Werntz: Silver Key (Draw-ing)

Hailey Wrasman: 2 Gold Keys(Digital Art).

Pictured at right is “Abby's Eyes”by Anitra Isler.

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