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Inside this issue:Local: School: Sports:Town Board candidates’ Q and A starts on Page 3

Glacier Creek honor roll released. Page 10

New soccer coach named. Page 12

Dining Guide . . . . . . . . 6 - 7Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . 9 -11Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . 23

IN BRIEF

Fun withfalcons

A falconer will visit the GoodNeighbor City this evening. “Fal-conry – A Relationship with Birdsof Prey and What it Can Teach Us”will take place from 6:30 to 7:30p.m. at Clark Street CommunitySchool, 2429 Clark Street. SpeakerDavid Zilker, Director of the Wis-consin Falconers Association-Southwest Region, will lead thisFriends of Pheasant Branch event.

This is a family friendly event.Zilker will be accompanied by hisred-tailed hawk, “Miss Genoa.”

RSVPs are appreciated andshould be sent to Colleen at 608-767-2394 or [email protected].

City to openArts Center

The Hubbard Art Center will of-ficially open its doors with a grandopening today from 4-8 p.m. Mid-dleton Recreation and the Middle-ton Senior Center will offeractivities at the center, for all ages,starting in April. Those who attendthe grand opening will have achance to meet the instructors, reg-ister for programs, and enjoy horsd’oeuvres. Local artists will havetheir original artwork on display.

Bike Clubhosts party

The Capital Brewery Bike Clubwants new people to come alongfor its scenic rides on Tuesday andThursday evenings. As part of thepopular organization’s push to fur-ther expand participation, the clubwill host a membership party onSunday, March 24 from 2-5 p.m.

The party will include free clin-ics and an opportunity to becomemembers for free. Appetizers andbeverages will be available. Theevent will take place in the CapitalBrewery Beer Garden, 7734 Ter-race Avenue.

Charges allege violentpimp worked out ofMiddleton headquarters

A man called “Slim” ran a small butlucrative prostitution ring out of a Mid-dleton apartment in late 2011 and early2012, using heroin addiction, frequentbeatings and a handgun named “Lu-cille” to control those around him, ac-cording to court documents.

Criminal complaints filed in DaneCounty Circuit Court late last monthallege Alvin “Slim” Siller oversaw oneprostitute’s every move, only allowingher to eat once per day, usually off ofthe dollar menu at McDonald’s. Hestands accused of beating the womanso severely on one occasion that hebroke her dentures.

Siller faces an array of charges, in-cluding Human Tracking,Pandering/Pimping, Battery, Strangu-lation, Negligent Handling of aWeapon, Possession of a Firearm by aFelon, and Child Enticement. He facesmultiple counts of several offenses.

Police believe Siller usedmadison.backpage.com, an online clas-sified advertising site, to attract busi-ness. He allegedly kept all the moneygenerated by the sex trade, payingwomen in drugs, food and clothing.

Authorities claim Siller recruited onewoman out of ARC House, a state cer-tified Alcohol and Other Drug AbuseResidential Treatment facility for fe-male convicts, coaxing her to beginusing heroin again, then increasing thedosage he gave to her over time so shewould become sick if she went intowithdrawal.

Siller took up residency at a localapartment on Brindisi Court – showingup with an air mattress - allegedlywithout explicit permission from theperson in whose name the apartmentwas leased. He ran a prostitution busi-

ness out of that apartment, on multipleoccasions prompting those present toflee off of the unit’s balcony when hebecame agitated.

One prostitute working for Siller al-legedly made $1,000 per day, while an-other made $300. Other women werelinked to Siller’s phone numberthrough backpage.com, as well.

The prostitutes worked primarily outof Super 8 Hotel and Staybridge Hotelin Madison, and Fairfield Inn in Mid-dleton. Police allege Siller ran thephones, made appointments, and tookwomen to and from meetings withclients.

Sources told detectives Siller carrieda “golf ball sized” bag of heroin withhim, replenishing his supply everythree days. He paid for the listings onbackpage.com – which included pho-tos of the women - using disposablecredit cards from Wal-Mart.

One woman told police she was al-ways high when working for Siller, andthat he would regularly threaten towithhold heroin to make here “dopesick” if she declined to work. Oneprostitute told police “you would sellyour soul” to make the excruciatingsymptoms of heroin withdrawal go

Alvin “Slim” Siller

by MATT GEIGER

Times-Tribune

3 sold alcohol to underageperson workingwith MIPD

‘Zero’ patrols lead to holiday drug bust

The Middleton Police Depart-ment conducted another round ofalcohol compliance checks thismonth. The purpose was to deter-mine the degree to which licensedestablishments complied with lawsrelating to the sale of alcoholicbeverages to underage persons, ac-cording to police.

The 35 checks yielded a compli-ance rate of 85 percent, Capt.Chuck Foulke announced lastweek. All licensed establishmentsin the City of Middleton were no-tified beforehand, by letter, thatcompliance checks would takeplace.

A citizen volunteer, who is cur-rently 18 years old, was used tocomplete the checks. No attemptswere made to misrepresent the vol-unteers’ age. If requested, the vol-unteer provided his actualWisconsin photo driver’s license.

If questioned by a business em-ployee, the volunteer verbally pro-vide his actual age.

The volunteer worked under thesupervision of police officers andwas under continuous observation.

Three persons were cited forselling alcoholic beverages to anunderage person, which could re-sult in a $366 fine. They may alsoface sanctions from their employ-ers. The city’s alcohol licensingcommittee is expected to reviewthe compliance check results.

The following establishmentsunlawfully sold alcohol to theminor: PDQ Convenience Store,6519 Century Avenue; T.G.I. Fri-day’s, 1610 Deming Way;Abuelo’s Mexican Food Embassy,2229 Deming Way.

In an effort to help the State of Wis-consin achieve zero preventable deathsunder its “ZERO IN WISCONSIN”campaign, police officers in the GoodNeighbor City took to the streets in fullforce and gave extra attention to trafficsafety and enforcement over the SaintPatrick’s Day Weekend; a weekendcommonly associated with drinking al-cohol and subsequent impaired drivers

and alcohol-relatedcrashes.

Officers mademore than 50 trafficstops, one of whichresulted in the felonydrug arrests of twomen: Denneil L. Ack-lin, 33, of Sun Prairie, was jailed ontentative charges of possession of co-

caine with intent todeliver & possessionof marijuana with in-tent to deliver; An-thony J. Hall, 29, ofMiddleton, was jailedon tentative charge ofpossession of mari-juana with intent to deliver.

See SILLER, page 8

AcklinHall

Election tensions spill overat town board meeting...

A contentious election season be-came even more heated as Town ofMiddleton board supervisors struggledto elect someone to chair Mondaynight’s meeting in the absence of chair-man Milo Breunig. The board is cur-rently split into two camps, as somesupervisors are running for re-election

and others have endorsed their chal-lengers.

By custom, the supervisor with themost seniority, currently RichardOberle, heads the meeting when thetown chair cannot.

However, board supervisor TimRoehl noticed some other towns don’tfollow that practice, and last week heasked town administrator David Shawif the town had an ordinance address-

ing the practice. Shaw said by ordi-nance, the administrator presides overthe meeting until a chair is elected.

Board supervisor Paul Connell nom-inated Oberle to chair Monday night’smeeting – a motion Oberle secondedwhen neither Board Supervisor BillKolar nor Roehl would.

When Oberle asked what was theproblem with his running the meeting,

by KEVIN MURPHY

Times-Tribune

See BOARD, page 4

The City of Middleton Plan Com-mission last week discussed new con-struction projects and deliberated aboutthe future of existing buildings.

Commissioners reviewed a conceptdesign for plans to expand MiddletonGlen Retirement Community(MGRC): a project that would increaseassisted-living services at the facility.Mark Kruser, owner of Kruser Archi-tecture, indicated the proposedchanges are driven by older residentsseeking to stay after utilizing the facil-ity’s independent living services.

The presentation sparked a numberof questions related to the overall scopeof the project.

When Commissioner Cindy Zellersinquired about the number of residentsthat could be accommodated in theproposed addition, the Kruser re-sponded by indicating that “statisticallyspeaking, they should be able to keepup with demand.”

When it was brought to the commis-sion’s attention that MGRC plans toadd approximately six to eight morestaff members in the expansion, theconversation then moved to staffing.Being that this change would affectparking demand, among other factors,commissioners weighed in with theirconcerns.

Commissioner Duane Barmorestated that he feels this staffing changeis a “major modification to the existingSIP (Specific Implementation Plan)and there should be a neighborhoodmeeting in addition to a public hear-ing.” The rest of the commissionagreed, and motioned to mandate Bar-more’s suggested meeting and publichearing.

WHAT TO DO WITH OLD MOM BUILDING?

The commission also discussed thefuture of the old Middleton OutreachMinistry (MOM) office building. Lo-cated at 7432 Hubbard Avenue, the

MOM building is currently owned bythe city. Commissioners shared a dif-ference of opinions concerning thecity’s future uses of the MOM site.Some felt that the city should retainownership of the building and exploreredevelopment options, while otherssupported the building being razed.

Commissioner Hans Hilbert stated,“the site is important to future redevel-

opment of the area.” He said it wouldbe “good to evaluate future uses and re-development while accommodatingsome of the short term costs of keepingthe building.”

While Zellers also felt that the cityshould retain building ownership,Mayor Kurt Sonnentag disagreed,adding, “I would like to see the build-ing torn down.”

Although no action was taken onthis matter, the Commission decided toplace the issue on the next agenda forfurther consideration.

In other plan commission action onthe night of March 12:

-The Future Urban DevelopmentArea (FUDA) Study, a research anddata analysis effort seeking to provideinformation on environmental re-sources and urban development scenar-

ios with natural resource and agricul-tural preservation areas, was acceptedby the Commission.

- Design review approval wasgranted for the American TransmissionCompany (ATC) Building addition atMadison Gas & Electric (MG&E) Sub-station, 6971 Century Ave. (PC 2359)

-Approval for the revised extraterri-torial certified survey map regardingZiegler/GL Dairy Biogas, 7153Schneider Road, Town of Springfield(PC 2350)

- Sign Design Review approval wasgranted for Dogtopia at 3231 Laura Ln.(PC 1359).

-Wetland delineation of TiedemanPond was accepted and acknowledged.

-A public hearing was set to con-sider a conditional use permit requestfor Kromrey Middle School additionand renovation, 7009 Donna Dr. (PC2298).

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AAPRILPRIL 2 E2 ELECTIONLECTION - T- TOWNOWN BBOARDOARD

Incumbents Breunig, Roehl and Kolar arechallenged by DiMiceli, Richson and Alton

Town Chair: Milo Breunig (incumbent) vs. Greg DiMiceliMilo Breunig Greg DiMiceli

Name: Milo Bre-unig

Age: 68

Family: Married toPhyllis, 46 years,daughters Michele andKris, son-in-law LanceNolden, grandchildren Kiley, Michael, Erin andAnnie

Town resident for: 37 years

Education: Sauk City High School, class of1963

Occupation: Retired. Owner and operatorof K&M Concrete on Old Sauk Road for 36years prior to retirement.

Prior public experience: 1996-1997 PlanCommission member; 1997-1998 Plan Com-mission chair; 1998-2002 Town Board member;2002-2013 Town Chair; 2009-2013 Town Rep-resentative to the Fire Commission; Past Presi-dent, Cardinal Booster Club; Member,Middleton Optimist Service Club, 30+ years;Town of Middleton Freedom Fest Volunteersince its inception; Past Member of the DaneCounty Towns Association Executive Commit-tee; Member Army National Guard, 1963-1969.

Key Issues: My issues are always how toprovide the best services to the town at the leastcost; to balance the budget; to maintain citizens’access to the Town Board through website andpublic posting of agenda items and through cit-izen input at our meetings (apparently the newword for this is “transparency” in government.We’ve had it. We’ll keep it.) Issues change ona constant basis and have to be dealt with in atimely and consistent manner. My goal is to

make the best decision for the town as a wholeon each issue brought before the board by its cit-izens.

What makes you the better candidate forthis office?

My 36-year-long experience of running abusiness in the private sector: looking for andplanning the work to be done; supervising thejobs and the employees and meeting a budgetand a payroll; the importance of figuring outwhat you can do, what it will cost to do it, andthen making sure it happens like you said itwould and at the cost you said it would be…allof this has certainly helped me understand thebudgeting process, the construction and costsof public projects, and the importance of beingaccurate and honest with the people you workfor and with.

I think my experiences with the town, livingand working here for 37 years, participating inthe government of the town for the last 17years, gives me a heads up on my opponent whohas had very little involvement in the town. Ihave worked with many town residents on awide range of issues, and through these experi-ences I hope I have gained some perspective onwhat makes the town of Middleton special andwhat will keep it that way.

What would you like to accomplish duringthe 2013-15 term on the board?

1. Keep the town fiscally sound while con-tinuing to pay down the debt incurred for the firestations, road improvements, and the purchaseof the 15 acres of land adjacent to Pioneer Park;and to maintain our excellent Standard andPoor’s bond rating of AA+ which allows us topay down the principal of the debt faster be-cause of the low interest rate that AA+ rating

Name: Greg DiM-iceli

Age: 54

Family: Married 20years to Jeannine. Threechildren ages 15, 14,and 12.

Town resident: Town homeowner since 1998

Education: BS degree in Public Administra-tion

Occupation: Senior analyst for the state ofWisconsin

Prior public experience: While attendingcollege (and after) I served for five years on theWhitewater City Council. I currently serve aspresident of our neighborhood homeowner’s as-sociation.

Key Issues: No response


As a candidate I bring a set of fresh ideas, afresh vision and experienced leadership.

I appreciate my political opponent’s manyyears of involvement in town government; how-ever, I am absolutely convinced the town mustmove past the old guard that has governed thetown to the exclusion of valuable input. Weneed spirited board members who value thevoices and input of every taxpaying homeownerin the community.

In addition to being a homeowner, my wifeand I have owned and run a business for the past13 years. We have three children currently inthe Middleton Cross-Plains school district and I

have actively been involved in our communityas a soccer coach over the past 10 years.

Finally, it may sound corny, but I am gen-uinely excited and committed to the idea of serv-ice in representing the needs and concerns ofevery homeowner and taxpayer across this town.

What would you like to accomplish duringthe 2013-15 term on the board?

I will immediately begin working to reroutethe high voltage American Transmission Co.power lines. It is unsettling that the current townchairman did not exercise leadership and takesteps to prevent this potential calamity at thetime the Cardinal Substation was being consid-ered. Homeowners, school children, and everytown property owner may now pay a very heavyprice due to this lack of leadership and foresight.I will do everything reasonably possible to notlet the town of Middleton become the crossroadsfor ATC transmission lines.

I will take specific steps to pay off the town’sdebt and to lower property taxes. Families arestruggling to keep pace with property taxes andthe recent confusing property revaluation fre-quently made things worse. With the schoolconstruction referendum costs ahead I am veryconcerned that many homeowners are going tostruggle even more with their property tax bills.I am going to take steps to protect town propertytaxpayers, including working with state legisla-tors to develop workable property tax reductionsolutions.

I will also begin looking into ways of ensur-ing the town of Middleton is not vulnerable toannexation from surrounding cities. I want thetown to remain the town in 50 years. Withoutthis leadership I am concerned our town couldremain a target for serial piecemeal annexation.

Of significant importance to me, is establish-ing regular town listening sessions apart from

See BREUNIG, page 22 See DIMICELI, page 22


Town Board (Seat 1): Cynthia Richson vs. Tim Roehl (incumbent)Cynthia Richson Tim Roehl

Name: Cynthia Rich-son

Age: No response

Family: Married

Town resident for:over 18 years.

Education: B.A., Master of Business Admin-istration, and Juris Doctorate (Law) with Honorsdegrees, and continuing legal education courses.UW-Madison graduate.

Occupation: Attorney, co-director of univer-sity-based center for corporate and securitieslaw.

Previous public experience: Attorney andformer Director of Corporate Governance for theState of Wisconsin Investment Board, as well asmore than twenty years of combined profes-

sional experience that includes working withbusiness, boards, and government entities. I alsoserved on the Public Company AccountingOversight Board advisory group for the auditregulator of publicly-traded companies and reg-istered audit firms.

Key Issues: Auditor independence and accu-rate financial statements for the public to rely onand use are very important issues.


I am better qualified by education and experi-ence to deal with the significant board gover-nance, regulatory and financial issues facing ourcommunity. As a Town of Middleton home-owner and taxpayer, and a two-term member ofthe Town of Middleton Plan Commission, Ivalue having input from my fellow citizens andneighbors on issues that affect us. It helps me

Name: Tim Roehl

Age: 48

Family: Married tomy wonderful wife for21-years Amy, son Dou-glas, Amber (wife),Jackson (1st grandchild),daughter Nicole and son Grant


Education: Attended UW Whitewater

Occupation: Realtor, consultant, negotiator

Prior public experience: Jaycees, OptimistClub, Past President of Westside Exchange Clubfor the Prevention of Child Abuse, Town ofMiddleton Board Supervisor (4 years), Town of

Middleton Plan Commission (5 years), Town ofMiddleton Comprehensive PlanCommittee/Chair (2 years).

Key Issue(s): American Transmission Com-pany (ATC) projects building a 345 KV trans-mission lines in the town of Middleton.


My experience. I have lowered taxes, en-hanced parks, expanded trails, and will continueto make the town of Middleton the best place tolive in Dane County. I have a great deal ofknowledge in the areas of land issues. I havespent countless hours away from my familykeeping the town at the forefront of issues in thecounty, state and surrounding towns. I can easilyexplain what is going on in the areas of waterquality, storm water management, CARPC

See RICHSON, page 21See ROEHL, page 21

Kolar said he wanted it run accordingto the ordinance and wouldn’t vote forOberle for reasons he didn’t specify.

Connell’s motion ended locked in a2-2 tie vote, and Roehl nominatedShaw to run the meeting. Then town at-torney Tom Voss said the job should bedone by a board member, and Kolarmoved that Connell and Roehl act asco-chairs, which wasn’t seconded.

Oberle nominated Connell, and aftera pause long enough for the audienceto wonder if the meeting would everstart, Roehl seconded the motion.

The supervisors approved the mo-tion 3-1 with Kolar dissenting.

Connell later said the board lookssilly when their political differencesget in the way of doing the town’s busi-ness. “That this happened in the midstof one of the most contested and un-pleasant elections the town has experi-enced is…,” Connell started to say,leaving the end of his sentence unsaid.

Breunig, Roehl and Kolar, threeboard incumbents, are being chal-lenged on the April 2 ballot by GregDiMiceli, Cynthia Richson and TroyAlton, respectively, with an unusualamount of campaigning – much of itnegative - on all sides.

Connell has endorsed DiMiceli.Oberle has endorsed both DiMiceli andRichson.

“As a supervisor you have an obli-gation to set aside how you feel aboutthe person sitting next to you and voteyour conscience and what’s in thetown’s best interest. You may not haveendorsed them but you can’t let that af-fect how you vote,” Connell said.

In other action the board:- approved a $600 study to obtain

baseline noise levels at the electricalsubstation along US 14, site of the re-cently electrified West Middleton,-Rockdale power line;

-heard a presentation on a manuredigester located about one mile northof the town, in the town of Springfieldthat is expected to produce $2 millionin electrical sales and reduce phospho-rous in the watershed when it becomesoperational by year’s end.

BOARDcontinued from page 1


CHURCH NOTES

Town Board (Seat 2): Bill Kolar (incumbent) vs. Troy AltonBill Kolar Troy Alton

Name: Bill KolarAge: 61

Family: Wife, Linda, son Max,an attorney in Michigan anddaughter Holly, a graduate studentat USC.


Education: UW-Madison graduate in Business andCivil Engineering

Occupation: Project Manager for a large commercialgeneral contractor

Prior public experience: Town of Middleton BoardSupervisor (5 years), Town of Middleton Plan Commission(13 years), Town of Middleton Comprehensive Plan Com-mittee (1 year).

Key Issues: American Transmission Company projectsto build a 345 KV transmission line in the town of Mid-dleton. Please see my blog at www.billkolar.blogspot.comfor my position on this and other important town issues.

What makes you the better candidate for this office?My candidacy is based on experience and knowledge of

town ordinances, operations, policies and precedentsgained from my participation in hundreds of board, planand parks meetings. I have made my positions clear ontown issues and town residents are familiar with my deci-sions from my past town board actions. My opponent hasattended a handful of town meetings and left all of thembefore the meeting ended. He clearly wants to change cur-rent town policy on allowing dogs on town-owned land;however, his stance on other major town issues is un-known. The town, its finances, its operations and its futureare bright. Don’t trust the town’s future to an unknown andinexperienced quantity.

What would you like to accomplish during the 2013-15 term on the board?

The Town of Middleton is on the right track. We providewell-maintained roads, great parks and conservancies,quality residential neighborhoods and an efficient govern-ment at a low town tax rate. Improvement can be made re-garding our communication with our residents. Too oftenwe hear people say at board meetings that they were unin-formed about a particular town issue. Improving town

Name:Troy Alton

Age: 45

F a m i l y :wife, Marmar;d a u g h t e r ,Arria, 14; dog,Tanner, 8,Cockapoo.

Town resident for: 16 years (Cher-rywood and Pheasant Point)

Education: College, Dental School,and Oral surgery training at the Univer-sity of Minnesota

Occupation: Oral Maxillofacial sur-geon

Prior Public experience: None

Key Issues: Dog walking in parks,ATC power lines, town budget.

What makes you the better candi-date for this office?

I believe there should be term limitsfor public office. People who are in of-fice for too long they can become enti-tled, inefficient, and an extension ofspecial interests. This can not only hap-pen at the national level but also thelevel of a Town board. A new person inoffice will provide new energy andkeep things efficient.

What would you like to accom-plish during the 2013-15 term on theboard?

See KOLAR, page 6

See ALTON, page 6


I would like to improve the access ofresidents walking their dogs to thetown’s parks and trails thus promotinghealthy activities. Currently there is al-

most no place residents can walk theirdogs other than subjecting them to therisks of walking in the streets.

What areas of the next townbudget would you like to see re-duced, and what areas would youlike to see increased?

Based on the board’s difficultiesbalancing the budget over the lastfew years, I think there needs to befresh sets of eyes on the current

spending and consider reduction ofnonessential spending.

communications with our residents isone aspect of town government inwhich we can make improvements.


The 2013 Town Budget includes$50,000.00 for ATC legal costs. I willwork to reduce our actual cost in 2013for ATC legal work. Town debt is being

reduced every year and I will continueto be fiscally responsible on incurringany more town debt bonding. Currenttown spending does not need to be in-

creased. I will work to keep town fi-nances healthy and prevent large spikesin town property taxes.

KOLAR continued from page 5

ALTON continued from page 5

Monday, March 49:02 a.m. – Sexual conduct, 7700

block of Elmwood Ave.12:15 p.m. – Property damage, 8500

block of Greenway Blvd.3:47 p.m. – Alcohol violation, 6500

block of Century Ave.4:23 p.m. – Fraud, 6200 block of

Maywood Ave.5:03 p.m. – Alcohol violation, 1600

block of Deming Way.6:02 p.m. – Sexual assault, 1900

block of Parmenter St.

Tuesday, March 57:34 p.m. – Fraud, 2000 block of

Branch St.

Wednesday, March 610:06 a.m. – Alcohol violation, 7300

block of Donna Dr.

Thursday, March 712:56 a.m. – Domestic disturbance,

3400 block of Valley Ridge Rd.6:01 a.m. – Domestic disturbance,

Middleton.7:51 a.m. – Property damage, 5300

block of Century Ave.2:37 p.m. – Theft, 8300 block of

Murphy Dr.2:49 p.m. – Fraud, 5300 block of In-

digo Way.5:01 p.m. – Theft, 5300 block of

Mathews Rd.7:06 p.m. – Death investigation,

1300 block of John Q Hammons.

Friday, March 812:05 a.m. – Domestic disturbance,

7300 block of University Ave.12:49 a.m. – Battery, 1900 block of

Branch St.4:24 a.m. – Property damage, 1300

block of John Q Hammons.2:47 p.m. – Burglary occurred, 5100

block of Churchill Ln.6:18 p.m. – Substance control, 3600

block of Napoli Ln.

Saturday, March 93:36 a.m. – Theft, 8300 block of

Greenway Blvd.8:33 p.m. – Theft retail, 6800 block

of Century Ave.

Sunday, March 1011:44 a.m. – Trespass, 6800 block of

Forest Glade Ct.2:00 p.m. – Property damage, 2200

block of Deming Way.3:27 p.m. – Accident w/ injuries,

3300 block of Parmenter St.

Monday, March 1111:30 a.m. – Trespass, 7400 block of

North Ave.1:53 p.m. – Fraud, 2000 block of

Allen Blvd.2:32 p.m. – Theft, 5600 block of

Highland Way.2:59 p.m. – Theft, 1200 block of

Sweeney Dr.4:29 p.m. – Alcohol violation, 2200

block of Deming Way.

Tuesday, March 1210:59 a.m. – Animal bite, 1300

block of Deming Way.12:40 p.m. – Theft, 2100 block of

Bristol St.3:50 p.m. – Property damage, 1800

block of Middleton St.4:07 p.m. – Sexual conduct, 5100

block of Churchill Ln.

Wednesday, March 137:06 a.m. – Domestic disturbance,

5700 block of Highland Way.11:09 a.m. – Animal bite, 1300

block of Deming Way.11:40 a.m. – Substance control,

6500 block of University Ave.12:37 p.m. – Substance control,

2400 block of Clark St2:01 p.m. – Theft, 7100 block of

Police Beat

See POLICE, page 8


In Likea Lion

This year, the old saying has cer-tainly rung true; March is off to a lion-ish start! Let’s hope the snowstormsand icy conditions are replaced bylamb-like sunshine and warmth by theend of the month. As March pro-gresses, check out a book or two

about lions or lambs! Leo the Late Bloomer is a beloved

picture book by Robert Kraus, with il-lustrations by Jose Aruego. Leo is ayoung tiger who doesn’t seem to doanything right. He doesn’t read orwrite, he doesn’t speak, and he can’tdraw. Leo’s father is concerned andwants to know what’s wrong withLeo. Ever patient and understanding,Leo’s mother explains that their cubis simply a late bloomer, and thatLeo’s skills will develop in their owntime. Of course, his mother is right,and Leo joyfully blooms. Readers ofall ages will find encouragement and

compassion in this story. Bold, ex-pressive illustrations lend themselveswell to the text. Children will find alot to love in Leo’s story!

Mem Fox’s gentle picture book,Where is the Green Sheep?, is perfectfor one-on-one sharing with a youngchild. Readers are introduced to allkinds of sheep through simple textand charming illustrations. We meetsheep of different colors, sheep thatare scared, brave, up high, and downlow, but each time, the narrator asks:“Where is the green sheep?” After alot of looking (and a lot of giggling atthe silly sheep!), we finally find thegreen sheep, providing a satisfyingending to the story. This is a favoritein my toddler storytimes!Lions at Lunchtime is part of the

wildly popular Magic Tree House se-ries by Mary Pope Osborne. In eachbook in this series, siblings Jack andAnnie visit their tree house, a portalthrough which they travel to a varietyof different time periods and geo-graphic locations. Each adventurous

story does double duty as a fun, high-action fiction book and an informa-tive, fact-filled volume. In Lions atLunchtime, Jack and Annie travel tothe plains of Africa, where they en-counter wildebeests, a Masai warrior,and—most notably—a pride of lions!

Bettina Wegenast’s Big Bad Sheepis a sly, humorous chapter book ac-count of what happens after the bigbad wolf dies. Of course, the wolf’sdeparture is cause for celebration inthe pig community, but the party hasbarely started when Karl, a sheep, de-cides that he should apply to be the re-placement for the wolf. No soonerthan he has shimmied into the wolf’sskin, Karl begins to change, becomingmore and more wolf-like than anyonethought possible. Short chapters andcrafty references that older childrenwill appreciate keep the pages turn-ing. This book provides excellentjumping-off points for discussion offriendship, self-acceptance, and thedesire to be something other than wetruly are.

by Amanda StruckmeyerMiddleton Public Library

The Middleton-Cross Plains AreaSchool Board on Monday night ap-proved a letter to state lawmakers, lay-ing out detailed and extensive concernsabout Governor Scott Walker’s re-cently unveiled 2013-15 biennialbudget proposal.

The letter, which was drafted byschool board president Ellen Lindgren,superintendent Don Johnson and Mid-dleton Education Association presidentChris Bauman, was approved unani-

mously by the board. It takes issue with Walker’s push for

increased funding for school voucherswhile dollars for public schools remainflat. The letter calls for a state fundingincrease of at least $235 per pupil thisbiennium.

The message also advocates forwhat Bauman, Johnson and Lindgrencalled “critical funding principles” inthe state budget. Chief among them arerevenue limit increases that are tied tothe Consumer Price Index, and stateaid increases that are aligned with risesin the revenue limit.

“Wisconsin public school districtsexperienced a 5.5 percent funding de-crease in the 2011-13 biennial budget,”they wrote. “Adjustments in our dis-tricts were made to cope with the re-ductions and to preserve services tostudents. School districts now requireincreased funding this biennium toavoid reducing student services, oppor-tunities and programming, which willdiminish quality of the Wisconsin ed-ucational system.”

“Our funding levels have beenfrozen, but as we all know costs haveincreased,” they added.

The letter said voucher/choiceschools have not been proven to in-crease student achievement, and thatthey lag behind Milwaukee PublicSchools in 8 of 9 categories, citing datafrom the Department of Public Instruc-tion, the Public Policy Form ResearchBrief (February 2013), the WisconsinLegislative Fiscal Bureau, and the Uni-versity of Arkansas School ChoiceDemonstration Project.

“In the current proposed budget,guaranteed aid to voucher/choice stu-dents goes up 9 percent while fundingfor public school students remains

frozen,” they wrote. “All issues sur-rounding voucher/choice schoolsshould be considered as policy legisla-tion and afforded the opportunity forpublic hearings separate from the bien-nial budget.”

The letter urges the state to put inplace increased accountability forvoucher programs, asking that they berequired to hire licensed teachers andaccept all students, regardless of demo-graphics or educational needs.

According to the letter, a publicallyelected board should governvoucher/choice programs.

MCPASD weighs in onvouchers, school fundingby MATT GEIGER

Times-Tribune

The Middleton Action Team is spon-soring an Open Mic Night at Crafts-man Table and Tap on Thursday,March 28 from 6-8 p.m. This is thefirst of what group members hope willbe a monthly occurrence.

The first event will host music byPat Stone and Rebecca Alwin. Thepurpose of the meeting is for people tocome, mingle, and share their thoughtsand concerns about the community, thestate and the nation. Participants willhave up to three minutes to rant, rave,read poetry or just share thoughts. Nextweek’s special guest will be State Sen-ator Jon Erpenbach (D-Middleton).

There will be some refreshmentsserved and the opportunity to orderfrom the menu and the bar. The groupwill meet upstairs at the 6712 FrankLloyd Wright Avenue establishment.

MAT hostsopen mic

away.One woman told police Siller forced

her to work when she was sufferingfrom a painful outbreak of herpes.

Siller also allegedly smoked mari-juana with the 12-year-old daughter ofone of his prostitutes.

Police raided the apartment on Feb.

2 of 2012. They failed to locate Silleron that day, but they did find and con-fiscate his Llama model .45-calibersemi-automatic pistol. Law enforce-

ment soon caught up with Siller, takinghim into custody three days later.

Police say one of Siller’s acquain-tances assumed the role of pimp after

the Middleton man was arrested.Men and women who came into

contact with Siller, who stands 6’2”and weighs around 210 pounds, de-scribed him as a terrifying figure. Onewoman who worked for Siller – awoman Siller allegedly strangled untilshe passed out on one occasion -warned police: “There’s no life behindthose eyes when he gets mad.”


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Fortune Dr.7:40 p.m. – Domestic disturbance,

7500 block of Rohlich Ct.10:54 p.m. – Substance control,

7300 block of Donna Dr.

Thursday, March 1412:16 p.m. – Assist citizen/ motorist,

3500 Valley Ridge Rd.4:04 p.m. – Malicious mischief,

2900 block of Patty Ln.

Friday, March 159:57 a.m. – Assist citizen/ motorist,

2500 block of Allen Blvd.2:03 p.m. – Fraud, 1200 block of

Falcon Ct.

Saturday, March 168:18 a.m. – Property damage, 2200

block of Deming Way.10:36 a.m. – Property damage, 2000

block of Lakeview Ave.1:09 p.m. – Information, 3500 block

of Roma Ln.

Sunday, March 1712:20 p.m. – Accident, 2400 block

of Allen Blvd.3:00 p.m. – Fraud, 1200 block of

Devonshire Ct.3:14 p.m. – Fraud, 5200 block of

Brindisi Ct.

POLICEcontinued from page 6

March 7’s page 1 article incorrectlystated that the Cardinal Booster ClubMardi Gras raised $110,00 last year.That figure is actually the total amountraised by the club for the entire year.The Times-Tribune regrets the error.

Correction: MardiGras figure was wrong


Oberle endorsesRichson, DiMiceli

To the editor,

I endorse Greg DiMiceli and Cyn-thia Richson because of their integrityand intelligence.

Many people feel their voices havebeen ignored by the current TownBoard. Greg and Cynthia are independ-ent thinkers who have witnessed boardfailures and stepped up with a desire topromote positive changes.

Both own property here and payTown taxes.

We love our community with ourrural lifestyle. If we wanted to live ina city, look to the east. We chose tolive in this community for its specialcharacteristics. Greg and Cynthia willprotect this.

While Milo Breunig has earned myrespect, he has become increasinglyless effective and has made too manymistakes, particularly by ignoring thevoices of taxpayers. I hoped Milowould retire from politics on a positivenote, but I strongly believe the time hasnow come for fresh leadership.

I believe Mr. Breunig is still cateringto a few original early residents andsome large landowners, but the townhas changed; we have nearly 6,000 tax-paying residents now and most want ahigh quality of life without the unde-sirable aspects of city life. The Townhas changed; Milo has not.

Under Milo’s leadership, nearly$100,000 was spent for engineeringstudies associated with a north-southroad that would have been along theHideaway superfund landfill site. Thiswas a road many residents opposed;however the money was spent – need-lessly.

Milo Breunig, Tim Roehl and BillKolar are now unwilling to investmoney to protect our Town against oneof the most critical issues facing us –the proposed construction of multipleATC 345kv transmission lines crossingour Town.

Tim Roehl, in my opinion, is a real-estate salesman willing to say anythingto make a sale without always havingthe facts straight. For me, Tim’s actionsoften appear to be more about promot-ing the next sale.

I would have stayed out of the frayhad I not seen Milo’s, Tim’s, and Bill’scampaign signs grouped together.

Why does Milo tightly bundle histwo other fellow supervisors in hiscampaign? Why are these three super-visors closely linked together?

To me this demonstrates that wehave a set of three with the same mind– a voting block. It does not appear thatwe have three independent thinking su-pervisors but rather we have a block ofsupervisors with a common voting pat-tern and a common motive. Not good.

We need supervisors who are inde-pendent thinkers.

Sincerely,Richard Oberle,

Middleton Town Board

Challengers likeChicken Little

To the editor,

Chicken Little is visiting the Townof Middleton election this spring, pro-claiming his old adage “the sky isfalling.”

First, we have board candidate Rich-son claiming “the Town of Middleton’s

expected fire district expense for newequipment in 2014 is projected to beclose to 1 million dollars,” when in factthe number is closer to $300,000 andthe Town has been contributing to adesignated reserve fund for years to ad-dress that expenditure. I don’t thinkshe will retract this fallacy.

You see, it would not look like “thesky is falling.”

Then we have Town Chair candidateDiMiceli, who claims “the sky isfalling” because the Town is in a “fi-nancial mess.” He claims “we spendalmost $900,000 in interest pay-ments!” Unfortunately, Mr. DiMicelidoes not know the difference betweeninterest ($217,291) and total debt serv-ice ($891,669). I don’t think it is agood idea for someone with this basiclack of knowledge to be tinkering withthe Town’s financial affairs.

It would not take long to destroy theTown’s AA+ bond rating. If he over-states the interest by over $680,000 canyou imagine how much he would bewilling to pay in principal? Mr. DiM-iceli, I know you want to be electedand you need “the sky to fall,” but por-traying total debt service as interest isa stretch - even for Chicken Little.

Finally, we have a board candidatewho has a “bone to pick” with the cur-rent board of supervisors. His cam-paign is centered around the mostcritical of issues - it is not fire protec-tion, it is not public safety, it is not tax-ation, (drum roll please) it is thatCandidate Alton cannot walk his dog,Tanner, in the Town’s two nature con-servancies!

Well Chicken Little, I think youshould move on to another municipal-ity with another campaign, and helptheir candidates proclaim your “sky isfalling” message. You see, in the Townof Middleton we have it prettygood. Our taxes for Town expendi-tures are low by comparison, our serv-ices are excellent, and we haveachieved a AA+ bond rating from Stan-dard and Poor’s. Let’s re-elect thethree incumbents who made this possi-ble.

Re-elect Milo Bruenig, Bill Kolar,and Tim Roehl on April 2nd.

Sincerely,Lance Nolden

Keep canines outof conservancies

Letter to the editor,

Our family has lived here since 2002and enjoyed dog walking and visitingthe parks and conservancies.

Please note:1.) New on-leash paths are plenti-

ful. The residents of subdivisions withtrails should simply present proposedareas and simple rules to the park com-mission. The town board usually fol-lows commission recommendations.

2.) New off-leash parks(s) should bedeveloped. Dog lovers are often themost frequent visitors to parks and ourgovernment representatives shouldwork in a pro-active, fiscally responsi-ble, and expeditious manner to opennew areas(s).

3.) Conservancies are conservan-cies. They are crucial to better under-stand our heritage and futureenvironment. If dogs were allowed thenatural areas and wildlife would de-crease in just a few months, and thecurrent landscape could be unrecogniz-able within several years. More impor-tantly, nature walking, educationalevents, and celebrations such as the an-nual 4th of July/Rhythm and Blues

gathering (which reinforces our civilliberties and our right to have open dis-cussions such as this) would diminish.

Sincerely,James W. Byyrd

Current boardearned support


The Town of Middleton was given atremendous gift when Royce Gothgave land to the town for a conser-vancy. My husband and I are nearbyneighbors of Goth Conservancy andhave enjoyed many peaceful walksthere in all seasons.

We have enjoyed watching the de-velopment of the conservancy, andhave appreciated the efforts of the parkcommission to create the trails, removenon-native species, and maintain thearea where people can immerse them-selves in a beautiful naturalsetting. Goth Conservancy is a gift forwhich we should be continuouslygrateful, and one we should use in themanner in which Royce Goth in-tended. I find it unimaginable that wewould not honor the wishes of thegiver of this gift.

I read with interest the ideas of MaeGoth Hartwig, sister of Royce Goth, inher letter to the editor a few weeksago. She would like to increase the useof Goth Conservancy by sharing someof the history of the land and adding in-terpretive signage. There has beensome effort to represent those of uswho support protecting the conser-vancy as wanting to keep Goth Conser-vancy as our “private park.” This istown land. The Goth family (andthose of us who know and enjoy theconservancy) would like nothing morethan to have more people enjoy it.

Dogs are not allowed in Goth Con-servancy. The needs and the natureof dogs are incompatible with main-taining the wildlife and native speciesin the conservancy. Allowing dogs inthe conservancy has been tried. Itwould be unfair to paint all dog ownerswith the same brush, however, therewere enough dog owners whose dogswere off leash, and enough dogs whowere not cleaned up after, that the ef-fect on the wildlife in the conservancywas very detrimental. We should payattention to history, and not repeat thismistake. Support the parks commis-sion in their efforts to educate ourneighbors where they can currentlywalk their dogs, and to seek other areasfor this purpose. Please also supportour current Town Board, who havebeen vigilant in maintaining Goth Con-servancy as a conservancy.

Thank you to the Goth family fortheir marvelous gift to us. Take a walkin Goth Conservancy and you too mayfeel as grateful for it as I do.

Beth Dailey

Town board is‘under assault’

To the editor,

The Middleton Town Board is cur-rently under assault by two of the can-didates in the April 2, election, CynthiaRichson and Greg DiMiceli. Theycome to the table with personal agen-das.

Mr. DiMiceli is still upset with theMontessori School built near his home,and Mrs. Richson is livid that ATC haschosen its second route through its ex-

isting corridor just a short distancefrom her house. With help from currenttown board supervisor Richard Oberle,they intend to win a quorum on theboard. Three votes takes it.

The goal is to use hundreds of thou-sands of tax dollars to fight ATC tochange the route. Three votes takes itto spend it and they want to spend it.

The Problem is this: ATC neverloses. They’ve won 772 times with thelast win against the DNR. The City ofMadison couldn’t even stop ATC fromusing the Beltline, and Richson andDiMiceli want to fight them? Do youwant that type of reckless spending ofyour tax money on a fool’s fight?

Town of Middleton residents arebeing fed an enormous amount of mis-information by both of these candi-dates.

Their claims: 1.) The Town had a chance to stop

ATC: Use your common sense. No-body can stop ATC, especially a littleTown Board.

2.) The board was “bought off”: Doyou really believe that?

3.) The Town is in a Financial Mess:if either of them had attended theBudget Report at the last meeting, likeme, they’d know that’s an outright lie.They didn’t attend because they mis-stated the facts. We have an AA+ rat-ing. That’s called exceptional for asmall town.

4.) Supervisor Tim Roehl doesn’tcare about children getting Leukemia:Now that’s just outrageous, smarmyand despicable.

We live in a beautiful small ruralTown, 25 minutes from the Capitol.Our roads are good, subdivisions wellplanned, needs met in all seasons.We’ve got it pretty good here. MiloBreunig, Bill Kolar and Tim Roehlhave all made sure of that and richlydeserve to be re-elected. They stand agood chance of being de-railed by allthe disinformation being spread by twochallengers, Richson and DiMiceli.Our three board members running forre-election have not thrown one hand-ful of mud. Re-elect Breunig, Kolarand Roehl. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.Poor English but good common sense.

Gregg Hinkley

Dogs would degrade land


We are Naturalists that have workedwith students in our conservancies, andhave serious concerns regarding re-in-troducing dogs into the Town of Mid-dleton Conservancies.

We have led MCPASD FourthGrade students, 60 to 120 at a time, intheir field trips to the Pope Farm Con-servancy the last few years. The Con-servancy is a wonderful place to learnabout local history and science, and wehave a dedicated group of educatorsthat work with our children. The Townof Middleton does an excellent job ofsupporting the facilities for fieldtrips aswell as other visitors. Next time youare out take a look at the various edu-cational signage, outdoor seating, bath-room facilities, picnic area anddrinking fountain.

Re-introducing dogs to the Conser-vancies will not only degrade the qual-ity of the land for wildlife, but willincrease the amount of work needed toclean the park of dog waste. We’ve hadexperiences with dogs off-leash inother outdoor areas, and dogs that areoff-leash are not only a threat to wildlife but are of concern for human inter-

actions as well. Even friendly dogs getagitated, and we would hate to haveanything happen to a student while ona school field trip.

It’s surprising that this has becomean election issue. The Town of Middle-ton Board, as well as the Park Commis-sion, has been very proactive seekingdog walking options for residents.

Sincerely,Stephanie Williams and Mary Hoholik

Honor wishes ofPope and Goth


I have had the pleasure of living inthe Town of Middleton for 32 years.My property is adjacent to the PopeFarm Conservacy. The woodland por-tion of the property that is adjacent tothe conservacy was purchased from ArtPope with the understanding that itwould not be developed and would re-main a nature area for wildlife andplants.

Mr. Pope provided the land that isnow the Pope Farm Conservacy to theTown of Middleton and desired that itremain a nature area.

Mr. Royce Goth similarly desiredthat land he gifted to the Town of Mid-dleton would remain a nature area.

Dogs have not been allowed in thePope Farm Conservacy and the GothConservacy since 2006. The absence ofdogs in the conservacy areas has set thestage for the comeback of some grass-land breeding birds whose numbershad been dwindling over the past manyyears because of lack of habitat andlack of appropriate breeding condi-tions. Reintroducing dogs to the con-servancies will wreak havoc on afragile environment. The Town of Mid-dleton Board members have been re-sponsive to citizen input on the dogissue. Historically when dogs were al-lowed in the Pope Farm Conservacy,the rules of keeping dogs on leash andrequired poop scooping were not fol-lowed by enough dog owners so as tobe noticeable.

The Town of Middleton Board isseeking additional areas for dog walk-ing and play. In the interest of wildlifeconservation, educational activities andthe serenity of nature, dogs should notbe allowed in the two conservancies.

Three Town of Middleton Boardmembers are being challenged in theApril 2013 election including MiloBreunig, Bill Kolar and Tim Roehl. Ifeel that the Town of Middleton Boardhas done a good job with the budget,has held taxes down and has providedsuperior town services to its residentsin a timely manner. I support the re-election of Milo Breunig, Bill Kolarand Tim Roehl. They are our best betto achieve the Town of Middleton’s2030 vision.

Diana Kruse

Troy Alton ‘doesn’t get it’

To the Editor,

As a former Chair of the Parks Com-mission for the Town of Middleton Ifelt compelled to respond to a recentstatement made by Mr. Troy Alton inthe March 11 draft Parks Commissionmeeting minutes. Mr. Alton, who isrunning in this election on his “right-

Letters to the Editor

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to-walk-his-dog-anywhere” platform,stated that “It is more important toallow dogs in Town conservancies thanit is to work to protect the habitat ofbirds.” Mr. Alton is of course entitledto his opinion, but it appears that hejust doesn’t get it.

Mr. Alton, this issue is not aboutdogs, it is about people. People do notwant to meet your dog in the conser-vancies, nor should they have to worryabout their personal safety. Peoplewant to walk and see the wildlife (yes,some of us prefer birds) and the glori-ous sunsets. Finally, parents do notwant their children harassed by dogsoff leash, which is inevitable as Townhistory has proven. My special needsson was traumatized by two dogs offleash at one of our conservancies and Iwill not soon forget it.

In that regard, I can recall an alarm-ing statistic: when asked if their dogwould ever bite, 50% of respondentssaid NO, 20% said YES, and the re-maining 30% said that they weren’tsure. Every jogger/bicyclist on ourroads and trails already knows aboutthis 50:50 chance of a dog bite, so whydoesn’t Mr. Alton?

There are many opportunities fordog walking, and there can be manymore if people would simply workwith the Town, but dogs should not bereintroduced into our conservanciesbecause of what people are doing there.There are larger issues than this in theTown, and I urge all of our residents tovote this election to maintain the statusof our conservancies as protected habi-tats for the enjoyment of our children,our Naturalists, and our senior citizens.I will be voting to re-elect Bill Kolarfor Town Board on April 2 since he ap-parently does get it!

Sincerely,Dr. Dan McLain

Town of Middleton Park Commission Chair (retired)

Is Town Hallbacking board?

To the editor,

What’s going on in the Town ofMiddleton?

A phone call from the Town Hall in-formed me the sign, embedded in thesnow bank in my front yard, supportingGreg DiMiceli for Town Chair, was tooclose to the road. The sign was movedinward on my cul-de-sac lot. Anothertown resident was told her sign forCynthia Richson, candidate for Super-visor 1, was also too close to the road.Do all the signs in the township meetthe required setback requirement? Wecertainly have more important issues toaddress.

More ATC high voltage transmis-sion lines are proposed to cross theTown of Middleton. Interest in fundingfor expert legal counsel, to protect theinterest of town residents regarding theATC lines, seems to have waned - legalcounsel is now on a standby only basis.Some town officials suggested weform and self-fund a citizen committeeto address the potential negative impactof the ATC lines in the town.

A few years ago, the town board au-thorized borings to be drilled in theHighway 14 EPA Super Fund landfillto consider the feasibility of a north-south road through the landfill. Theborings cost approximately $100,000of town taxpayer money. A road wasnot constructed.

Given that the town has received aone-time payment of $279,000 fromATC, town officials previously paidapproximately $100,000 for landfillborings, surely the town residentsshould be entitled to town involvementto ensure the best possible outcome inthe ATC matter!

Why is the town borrowing funds?

Very valuable town owned property onMineral Point Road could be sold tomeet town needs or reduce propertytaxes. Why are we sitting on the land?Who will benefit?

A property tax relief citizen commit-tee is being formed to pursue plans in-cluding State Senator Jon Erpenbach’sproposal to take school taxes off yourproperty tax bill. His proposal, modi-fying the sales tax law, would exemptthe essentials - food, clothing, shelter,health and agriculture. His proposalwould retain the current 5.5 percentrate and generate sufficient income tofund good schools while removing theschool taxes from your property taxbill. Educational funding is very im-portant and gives children their future.Real estate taxes have risen to a levelthat threatens the ability of some home-owners, young and seniors alike, to re-main in their homes.

Do we need term limits? This issueshould be on the agenda of a townboard meeting.

The time for positive change is now!I will cast my votes for Greg DiM-

iceli and Cynthia Richson.

Carrol A. Schiller

Town debt is a valid concern

To the editor,

Kevin Mahaney and Mike Stoetzelproudly advertised their coordinatedefforts to solicit votes, while wearingtheir political hats, for three townboard members now collectively vyingfor votes. While they may quibbleabout the precise nature of town debt,the fact remains that any amount ofmoney the town is legally obligated topay, nearly $900,000 in town debt serv-ice, requires taxpayer dollars that arenot available to pay for current servicesfor years into the future. Debt is a le-gitimate citizen concern.

Public officers owe an undividedloyalty to the public whom they serve.I can’t say this ethics mandate for localpublic officials has been mentioned ata town board or finance committeemeeting in recent memory. Both Ma-haney and Stoetzel, who were ap-pointed by board chair Breunig to thetown’s finance committee, were wear-ing political hats when they recentlygave citizens a rosy new version of“the facts.”

Regarding the town’s external audi-tors, auditors should be free in fact andappearance from impairments to inde-pendence and objectivity. Mahaneytries to publicly tout the external audi-tor’s independence. However, the ex-ternal auditor’s independence hasalready been impaired by the townboard. The town’s auditor is beingasked to also perform certain townmanagement functions. Bottom line,the external auditor is being asked toaudit their own work.

The recent misinformation from thefinance committee concerning townfire district expenses created confu-sion. The fire chief publicly acknowl-edged at the March 4 town boardmeeting that the anticipated fire districtexpense number of over $900,000 wasinitially amortized incorrectly. Weneed better internal financial controls.

Finally, some legal facts about TIFlaw related to the efforts of the boardto create TIF districts. TIF fundingwould require sacrificing some amountof tax revenue for years into the futureat a time when reserves are alreadybeing used to balance the books. Townboard member Tim Roehl, a realtor thatdoes not own property in the town, ispushing for the creation of risky TIFdistricts.

Contrary to Stoetzle’s public procla-mations, even the best laid TIF planscan fall short of aspirational goals. Ifthis happens, it will impact taxpayers.

If projected revenues turn out to belower than expected, a deficit occurs.If the TIF districts cannot meet their fi-nancial obligations within a specifiedtimeframe, town taxpayers would beimmediately on the hook for the repay-ment of potentially millions of dollarsin upaid town TIF expenses.

Please join me on April 2 to vote forCynthia Richson and Greg DiMiceli.

Larry Seuferer

Town currentlyin good hands


As a former Board Member of theTown of Middleton, I am concernedand dismayed at the current fallaciesand innuendos that have been issued bythe challengers in the current cam-paign.

We have challengers who have ad-vertised false numbers pulled out ofthin air, and claim the Town is in direfinancial straits. Nothing could be fur-ther from the truth. The Town hasachieved an AA+ Bond Rating fromStandard and Poor’s! We have beenprovided with outstanding services,and overall, the town’s portion of yourproperty taxes has continued to godown over the last four years.

These challengers also claim that theTown Board should have somehowoverturned the ruling of the PublicService Commission to allow ATC toexpand the substation on their ownland. One thing that I have learnedabout Town of Middleton residents isthey are highly intelligent and will seeright thru this fairy tale. The currentissue about the 345kV line going thruthe North portion of the township isthat two of these challengers (also fromthe north part of town) want to spendhundreds of thousands of your tax-payer dollars on attorney fees to payfor a futile attempt to influence thePublic Service Commission to movethe proposed route from their backyard

into the backyards of other town resi-dents.

The current town board has said“NO” to this approach. They do notwant to pick one resident over another,and spend your tax dollars on an un-winnable case in an unwinnable situa-tion. They want a strategic approach tothis problem and an achievable solu-tion that is best for all the residents.

Finally, we have the third challengerwho has a one-issue platform of lettingdogs back into ourconservancies. When dogs were al-lowed in Goth and Pope Conservan-cies, the disastrous results were welldocumented. Currently the town islooking for additional appropriate areasfor dog walking and a dog exercisearea. Letting dogs back into our Con-servancies is an instant replay we don’twant to see.

Please join me in voting for MiloBreunig, Bill Kolar, and Tim Roehl onApril 2. Let’s keep the Town of Mid-dleton a great place to live!

Sincerely,Gary Whitney

Town on firm fiscal footing

To the editor,

I attended the March 4 meeting ofthe Middleton Town Board. Two itemson the agenda were pertinent to the fi-nances of the Town and addressed thesubstantial errors made by two newcandidates for the Town Board, GregDiMiceli and Cynthia Richson.

DiMiceli recently distributed pam-phlets saying the Town was in a “fiscalmess” and had interest payments in2013 of $900,000. The Chair of theTown Finance Committee appeared be-fore the Board to give a pre-audit re-port on the Town’s finances at the endof 2012. He indicated the interest pay-ment was actually $217,290.56, withanticipated surplus of $400,000. Thesurplus funds would be used to replen-

ish the reserve fund, and the Town hadvery little debt in relation to its equal-ized value of just under a billion dol-lars. Further, the bonds issued by theTown of Middleton have received ahigh bond rating of AA+ by Standardand Poors.

Ms. Richson alleged in a letter tothis newspaper that the Town’s fi-nances were in dangerous shape andthere would be a $1,000,000 cost to theTown in 2014 for fire equipment. FireChief Harris presented the Fire Districtbudget and reviewed upcoming capitaloutlays. When questioned if the$1,000,000 alleged cost was accurate,he replied it was not. Because the FireCommission and the Town Board havebeen setting aside funds annually forcapital outlays, the actual 2014 cost tothe Town for fire equipment will be ap-proximately $72,000 as in previousyears.

Unfortunately, neither DiMiceli norRichson attended the Town Boardmeeting where they might have learnedsomething about the Town’s financesand the budget. The third new candi-date, Troy Alton, whose only campaignissue is wanting to walk his dog in theconservancies, was at the meeting butleft well before it was over, missingdiscussions which would have famil-iarized him with the more essentialworkings of the Town.

What is frightful is not the TownBudget, but the thought that these threenew candidates might be making ourfinancial decisions next year if they areelected.

Thank you to our current Boardmembers, Chair Milo Breunig, BillKolar, and Tim Roehl for their basiccommon sense, and for all the time andeffort they have spent keeping ourtown of Middleton on firm financialfooting over the years they have servedon the Board. They have my vote.

Sincerely,

Mike Simon


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Renters pay taxes too

To the editor:

It appears that the Middleton TownBoard election this year is a heatedcontest.

This morning I was hot under thecollar myself when I read the campaignliterature for Cynthia Richson. Myhusband and I own our own home hereand a second house that we rent out.Ms. Richson states: “I live in the Townand have paid property taxes in theTown for 18 years. My opponent, TimRoehl, does not own any property inthe Town and will not be significantlyaffected by any property tax in-creases.”

Ms. Richson is a lawyer. For alawyer to imply that home ownershipand paying property taxes should beconsidered as a factor for holding gov-ernment office is beyond belief. Thatis an un-American concept. Should wejust elect the people who have thelargest property tax bills? Rent pay-ments include a portion that goes topay property tax. Any person whorents in the Town of Middleton shouldbe insulted by Ms. Richson’s cam-paign.

Whether renters or home owners, weare all affected by the environment inwhich we live. We also have equal ac-cess at the polls. I also think the TownBoard decision to stop fighting ATC iscorrect.

Diana Haverberg

Summit PassHomeownersback challengers

To the editor,

Do you want new ATC high-volt-age lines being built near where yourchildren live, learn and play throughoutthe Town of Middleton? This is thelikely scenario if Breunig, Roehl andKolar are elected again.

ATC’s intent is to have four longdistance high voltage power lines con-necting from all directions at the Car-dinal substation on Highway 14. Thismeans you could have a high voltagepower line running right through yourneighborhood in the years ahead, evenif you don’t see one now.

When ATC first wanted to buy landto build a new high-voltage capacitysubstation in the Madison area, therewere several possibilities including theNorth Madison substation and the Mid-dleton Cardinal substation. TownBoards surrounding the North Madisonsubstation took decisive action to stopATC, but the Town of Middleton Boardwelcomed them. In exchange for a pay-ment of $279,011, the Board made anirrevocable commitment to ATC withall its resulting negative ramifica-tions. The new Town of MiddletonCardinal substation opened in 2012.All four proposed power lines are sup-posed to connect through OUR town.

The Board’s decision was short-sighted, lacked public input and trans-parency, and indicates completedisregard by the town board for thehealth, safety and welfare of its citi-zens. The ATC lines will decreaseproperty values, even prevent somehomeowners from selling their prop-erty, with a subsequent increase intaxes as Town revenues fall in responseto lost property values. (Search “Val-uation Guidelines for Properties withElectric Transmission Lines”) More-over, there is a strong and growingbody of evidence of the negative ef-fects of high voltage power lines onhuman health. (Search “Setting Pru-dent Public Health Policy for Electro-magnetic Field Exposures”)

All three incumbents seeking re-election tell voters that nothing furthercan be done. This is not true becauseother communities, such as the Townof Berry nearby, have successfully keptATC power lines out. With the rightleadership – Greg DiMiceli for TownChair, Cynthia Richson for Seat 1, andTroy Alton for Seat 2, - we can too orat the very least force significant mod-ifications from ATC. The time to act isnow so make your vote count on April2. This election will impact all of us.

Steve Munoz,Summit Pass Homeowners

Association Board Members

DiMiceli, Richsonthe right choice

To the editor,

We have been homeowners in theTown of Middleton for 28 years. Overthe years there has not been very muchturnover on the Town Board with in-cumbents being automatically re-elected because no one runs againstthem.

We are glad to see that Town home-owners Greg DiMiceli and CynthiaRichson have stepped-up to challengeincumbents who have been in officelong enough. We need more qualified

people to step-up and run for local of-fice. Town homeowners deserve avoice on the Town Board. We will bevoting for Mr. DiMiceli and Ms. Rich-son and encourage others to do so aswell on April 2.

Kevin & Catherine Snitchler

Walker is playingwith fire...

In September on 2012, the Walkeradministration tried (unsuccessfully) toremove GFCI’s and tamper proof re-ceptacles from the electrical code. Nowthe Senate and Assembly have voted(nearly along party lines) to roll backthe electrical license law (2007 Wis-consin Act 63) which was signed byGovernor Jim Doyle on March 5, 2008.It appears that electrical safety is notimportant to the current administration.In my opinion, Wisconsin has beendelinquent in the matter of electrical li-censing for quite some time. Forty-twostates and the District of Columbia cur-rently have mandatory statewide li-censing programs for electrical

contractors and electricians. Wisconsinhas long been considered progressivein the forum of public safety- includingbeing the first state in the United Statesto adopt a statewide commercial build-ing code almost one hundred years ago.My bigger fear is that this may only bethe tip of the iceberg and mandatory li-censing may be repealed altogether,under the guise of being “bad for busi-ness.” I hope this is not the case, as Ido not know how improving the safetyof our citizens, tourists, and Wiscon-sin’s workforce, as well as protectingproperty- by ensuring that people in-stalling electrical wiring, devices, andequipment are properly trained and li-censed is in any way, shape, or form-negative. Delaying or repealing thislaw would only be a detriment to thesame and is most certainly in direct op-position to our great State motto - “For-ward.”

Joe JamesonVice President, WI Chapter IAEI

Electrical Inspector, City of Middleton


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Ben Kollasch is — and always hasbeen — deeply invested inMiddleton’s boys soccer program.

Kollasch watched his four olderbrothers play at Middleton in the1980s. Kollasch later became an MHSstandout himself, and helped lead theCardinals to the state tournament in1993 and ’94.

And Kollasch has coached in theMiddleton program since 1996.

So it’s safe to say that Middletongot one of its own recently, whenKollasch was named the new coach atMHS. Kollasch replaces Ken Burghy,who was Middleton’s head coach thepast 29 years, but retired following the2012 season.

“It probably means more to methan it would to any other person inthe world,” Kollasch said of takingover the Cardinals’ program. “I lookedup to MHS soccer players as heroeswhile growing up.

“I was part of a great team whileplaying at MHS and I have knownmost of the athletes that have everplayed Middleton soccer. To be able tocontinue that tradition has been adream of mine and I hope to give backeverything it has given me.”

Burghy was vacationing whennews of Kollasch’s hiring broke. Butthe former MHS coach was so giddy,his excitement could be heard all theway back in Middleton.

“Ben has always been a student ofthe game and an outstanding liaisonbetween the players and myself,”Burghy said. “The players respect himand he is a wonderful role model.

“He is far more analytical and emo-tionally consistent than I everwas. Ben is always on an even keel.

The nextchapter

Kollasch namedMiddleton’s newboys soccer coach

See KOLLASCH, page 15

by ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune

The time is now

Since they entered his programback in the spring of 2010, IsaacMezera knew this could be a specialseason.

Now, that young core of stand-outs has grown up. And Mezera,Middleton’s boys track and fieldcoach, is giddy about what awaitsthis spring.

“I’ve been waiting for this groupto be seniors for three years,”Mezera said. “I knew it might be ourbest shot at a conference title.”

Middleton is coming off animpressive season in which it won aregional title and was runner-up atsectionals. Currently, there are about125 athletes on the team, which is upabout 15 from last spring.

“The early outlook is we shouldbe a better team than we were lastyear, which is saying something,”Mezera said.

Middleton’s top athletes figure tobe senior Steven Harris and juniorErnest Winters.

Harris is a standout middle dis-tance runner and a key member ofMiddleton’s 1,600- and 3,200-meterrelay. Harris was ninth at state lastyear in the 800 meter run and his

goals will be even higher this year.“Our expectation for Steven is a

podium at state,” Mezera said. “Hehas worked quite hard in the offsea-son.”

Winters is one of the area’s bettersprinters and will be a key memberof Middleton’s relay teams. A yearago, Winters missed qualifying forstate by 0.01 in the 100-meter dash.This year, Winters wants to makesure there’s no such disappointment.

“He’s one of the fastest sprintersin the conference,” Mezera said ofWinters. “Our expectation is a stateberth and a spot on the relays. LikeSteven, Ernest worked incrediblyhard in the offseason to make ourhopes of winning conference cometrue.”

Senior Noah Boehnen is a stand-out in the 300 hurdles and a keymember of Middleton 1,600 meterrelay team. This year, he’ll also runthe 200, 800 and be part of the3,200-meter relay team.

“Noah has been a beast for us inthe 300 hurdles all three of his previ-ous year on the team,” Mezera said.“I have no doubt this will continuethis season. We’re going to experi-ment with other events becauseNoah is so versatile.”

Junior Andy Keeler is a standoutin the long jump, triple jump andhigh jump. Keeler went out for trackfor the first time a year ago, andreached sectionals in the high jump.

“I expect Andy to jump back inwhere he left off,” Mezera said. “Welost some strong jumpers to gradua-tion, so Andy will have some large

Middleton’s boystrack and fieldteam expecting a big seasonby ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune

See BOYS TRACK, page 14 See GIRLS TRACK, page 13

Highhopes

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Ernest Winters and Middleton’s boys track and field team is expecting abig season.

Girls track & fieldteam aiming highby ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune

There aren’t as many returnees asTara Franklin is used to having.

But that doesn’t mean expectationswill be lowered one bit for Middleton’sgirls track and field team this spring.

The Cardinals opened their seasonlast Saturday at the WhitewaterInvitational. And while Middleton maynot have the proven veterans of pastyears, the program is always bustlingwith talent.

That means another year of highhopes for Franklin and her team.

“I think we have a very goodchance of being top three in the confer-ence again,” Franklin said. “Where itwill play out is how some of our newerathletes help us to fill in the gaps.”

Middleton has a terrific group ofreturning distance runners. TheCardinals, meanwhile, are still lookingfor some answers in the field events.

Middleton’s distance runnersshould be a strength. The list of keyreturnees includes Darcy Dean,Delaney Foster, Jenny Mangas, JennyPhillips, Bobbi Patrick, Hayley Sue,Elena Thompson, Rachel Wians andMeta Williams. Several of these run-ners helped Middleton’s girls crosscountry team finish fourth at state last

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Ben Kollasch (right) will replace Ken Burghy (left) as Middleton’s boys soccer coach.

fall.“These girls have worked hard in

the offseason and are ready to continuetheir momentum from the cross coun-try season, as well as their success lasttrack season,” Franklin said. “Theyhave their expectations set high — asdoes the coaching staff! From the 800on up, as well as the 4x800, we shouldbe rock solid in the distance events.”

Other key returnees include KaylaBauhs (triple jump, 400, 1,600), EmilyBergum (sprints/jumps), Payton Bills(hurdles), Maddy Matush (sprints),Lydia Meier (shot/disc, 100 Hurdles),Kaitlyn Montour (hurdles), MayganNeisius (long jump, sprints), KellyRoach (high jump, triple jump) andEmily Zeker (sprints).

Other returnees looking to step upinclude Jayde Babler (pole vault andsprints), Melia Leighty (jumps andsprints), Audrey Hinshaw, AnnaGarren, Maggie Garren, Alyson Dietz,Lindsey Heidel, Marie Lawton, ErinMcShane, Ally Deitz and JohannaFunk.

“These girls have shown gains fromlast year and should also contribute atthe varsity level,” Franklin said.

Middleton has several newcomersthat Franklin is excited about.

That group includes HanneAnderson-Smith (sprints), Kiara Cruz(throws), Cierra Clay (throws),Autumn Grim (distance) and CeliaMayne (sprints). Others like JordynHellenbrand, Kaisey Skibba, LorenSkibba, Lauren Smith, Abbey Webber,Amanda Vranak and Molly Zeinemennwill all contribute.

Franklin just isn’t sure where. “I have to say at this point without

being out on the track at all, we areunclear what these girls will be doingspecifically,” Franklin said. “But weknow they appear to be very promis-ing.”

Sun Prairie and Verona appear to bestrong and should challenge for theBig Eight Conference title. MadisonLa Follette and Madison Memorialwill both be solid, too.

But Franklin’s Cardinals are alwaysin the title mix — and this year figuresto be more of the same.

“It will be interesting to see with thelate start of getting outdoors how theentire season plays out for our confer-ence,” Franklin said. “Some schoolshave more indoor facility space thanothers, so that may be a key factor inthe final outcome.”


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Kaitlyn Montour is one of the key returnees for Middleton’s girls track and field team this season.

expectations. I know he’s up for it.”Junior Blake Clyce will contribute

in the long jump, and the 400- and800-meter relays. A year ago, Clycewas part of Middleton’s state qualify-ing 400-meter relay team.

Sophomore Travis Zander was partof Middleton’s 1,600-meter relay teamthat went to state a year ago. This year,he’ll anchor that unit and compete inthe 200- and 800-meter runs.

Senior Jake Cain, who was also onMiddleton’s state qualifying 400-meter relay team, is also back. Thisyear, Cain will also add the long jumpto his repertoire.

“The expectation is that he’ll be aleader of the team both literally, as thefirst leg of the sprint relays, and off thetrack,” Mezera said of Cain.

Seniors Hunter Jones and AlexMeixelsperger were both part of theschool record-setting 3,200-meterrelay team that reached the state meetlast year. The duo will have highhopes again this spring.

Juniors Hans Kunsch (hurdles,1,600-meter relay) and JamesMoreland (sprints and relays) willboth be counted on for big things.

Distance runners Mike Hoot, MikeO’Shea and Gregory Plumb are allseniors and will play a large role in theCardinals’ success in those events.

“Expect fast times from them,”Mezera said.

Seniors Kevin Karwoski and Josh

Kampe and junior Tanner Rahmanwill lead Middleton in the shot anddiscus.

Senior Ian Geocaris (hurdles), jun-ior R.J. Pertzborn (400), sophomoreZach Easton (400), junior ParkerJohnson (pole vault), junior NoahKern (sprints) and sophomore Nnamdi

Okoli (sprints) are all returnees thatshould factor into the Cardinals’ equa-tion.

Newcomers like seniors NickLund, Mitchell Reis and Josh Coyne,junior Alex Klubertanz and freshmanPerrin Hagge could also factor in.

Janesville Craig is the early

favorite to win the league. But Verona,Madison La Follette, Janesville Parkerand Middleton all appear extremelyformidable, as well.

“For some reason we have a toughtime at conference each year,” saidMezera, whose team was fourth atconference last year. “Our goal is tofinish in the top three, but we’re goingto go out and train every day to giveourselves the opportunity to win it thisyear.”

Mezera certainly has a good feelingabout this group.

At an early season practice, Harrisgot in front of the team and gave animpassioned speech.

“He said, ‘I wish I could have mysoccer season back and work just a lit-tle bit harder. Maybe if I did, wewouldn’t have lost the last game (asectional final),’ ” Mezera said. “Hewent on and I started looking aroundthe room at the guys.

“I was thinking about Cain’s thirdplace at state (in wrestling), our crosscountry boys finish at sectionals(third), football’s end of the season,etc. I think the guys are dedicated tousing those memories as motivationfor their last season of their highschool career.”

And possibly a banner year forMiddleton’s boys track and field pro-gram.


Middleton’s boys track and fieldteam opened the season with a banglast Saturday.

The Cardinals finished fourth at the23-team Whitewater Invitational.Middleton’s girls finished 12th among25 teams.

Oconomowoc won the boys titlewith 54 points, while Arrowhead (51),Jones College Prep (36), Middleton(33) and Brookfield East (32) roundedout the top five.

Gary-Grove won the girls title with65.5 points, while Middleton tied for12th with 13 points.

Middleton’s Steven Harris finishedsecond in the 800 meter dash with atime of 1:59.98. Travis Zandernotched a third place finish in the 400meter dash with a time of 53.77 sec-onds.

Andy Keeler was third in the highjump (6-2) and Adam Simon was thirdin the triple jump (42-0).

Middleton’s 3,200 meter relayteam was fifth (8:40.77) and its 800meter relay team was sixth (1:37.41).

On the girls’ side, Middleton’s1,600 meter relay team was fourth(4:20.59) and its 3,200 meter relayteam was fifth (10:34.12).

Kayla Bauhs was sixth in the triplejump (34-3) and Delaney Foster waseighth in the 800 meter run (2:32.23).

MHS boysfourth atWhitewater

BOYS TRACK continued from page 12n

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Middleton senior Noah Boehnen has been a standout in the 300 meter hur-dles for three years.


He will do a wonderful job.”Amazingly, there was a Kollasch in

Middleton’s program for 14 consecu-tive seasons. Kollasch, himself,helped the program explode withback-to-back trips to state in the1990s. During Kollasch’s senior sea-son in 1994, Middleton went 24-1-3,was ranked No. 1 in Wisconsin andNo. 13 nationally.

The Cardinals have been a stateforce ever since. And for the mostpart, Kollasch has been a key memberof the ride.

Kollasch has been a freshman orJV coach every season except twosince 1996. So good luck findingsomeone who knew the program bet-ter than Kollasch.

“It is an honor to take charge of thisparticular program and I feel that wecan boast the best soccer program inthe state here in Middleton,” Kollaschsaid. “Last year we fielded more than120 athletes in the fall season and Ihave not heard of any other programin the state that has done the same.

“I am lucky to take over a programthat has incredibly talented athletesand I am lucky that I can claim a partof the tradition that these athletes willcontinue to create each year out of

their own sweat and hard work.”Twelve people applied for the

opening and four were brought in forinterviews. Two of the final four hadhead coaching experience.

The candidates went through alengthy interview conducted by athlet-ic director Bob Joers, two members ofthe girls soccer coaching staff, andboys basketball coach Kevin Bavery— who was included to gain an out-side perspective. At the end of the day,Kollasch won out.

“Great pick for us,” Joers said.“He’s been in the program for endlessyears. Ken Burghy thought that he’dbe a great candidate for it.

“(Ben’s) soccer knowledge, hisdemeanor and organizational skillswill keep us at the level and move us

forward. We’re off and running withthe next chapter.”

Burghy, who was a major propo-nent of Kollasch, agreed with Joers.

“The student-athletes, the program,and the sport will benefit from havingBen as the head of MiddletonCardinals soccer,” Burghy said. “Icouldn’t be happier for everyoneinvolved.”

While Burghy clearly thinks highlyof protégé, Kollasch has an even high-er opinion of his former boss.

“Ken has been a mentor for me foryears,” Kollasch said. “He taught memore than I can say and I am evergrateful for his patience, trust and gen-erosity over the years.

“Ken left me with some importantnuggets of wisdom that he was

uniquely qualified to give. That socceris about much more than technique,X’s and O’s, wins and losses. It isabout people, their lives, what makesthen great and how I can help themfind their greatness.

“He taught me that (former NotreDame coach) Knute Rockne is stillrelevant and that inspiration is a pre-cursor to motivation. He was a foot-ball guy from his youth, and when hecombined that with his soccer coach-ing, he could not only conjure upgiants on the MHS soccer field likethey were legends of the gridiron, buthe also gave me a rooted perspectiveof the importance of high school ath-letics in general for our teenagers.”

Kollasch understands he has enor-mous shoes to fill.

Burghy posted an overall record of515-139-49. Burghy led the Cardinalsto 12 state tournaments, 18 conferencechampionships, won a state title in2004 and was the state runner-up in2000.

So Kollasch doesn’t plan to fiddletoo much with what’s been anextremely successful formula.

“Ken obviously made a successfulprogram that had staying power,”Kollasch said. “I don’t plan on making

many changes that anyone outside theprogram would see.

“Part of the strength of this pro-gram that is often overlooked is thehuge participation numbers we haveevery year and the parent organizationthat has allowed for us to operate asuccessful program with so many ath-letes participating. I see the parentorganization as having contributed inmany ways to our sustained success.”

With any change, though, comesminor tinkering. And Kollasch has afew ideas of how to build on theremarkable success Burghy enjoyed.

“I think in terms of changes on thescale of tweaks here, nudges there,”Kollasch said. “But I do think we haveroom to improve both the level of playand the experience as a whole for alllevels of our program.

“I would like to unify the programfrom top-to-bottom more than it hasbeen so that all our talented coachesare all reinforcing the same messages,the same strategies, and the samemethods as the rest. That kind of uni-fied program can jump-start teams andallow athletes to learn more quicklyand spend more time enjoying thegame.”

KOLLASCH continued from page 12n

— Ben Kollasch on Ken Burghy

Ken has been a mentor forme for years. He taught memore than I can say.”“


Varsity baseballApril 2 vs. Beloit Memorial 5 p.m.April 4 vs. Janesville Parker 5 p.m.April 9 at Madison East 5 p.m.April 11 vs. Madison West 5 p.m.April 13 at Verona 4 p.m.April 16 vs. Sun Prairie 5 p.m.April 18 at Janesville Craig 5 p.m.April 23 vs. Madison La Follette 5 p.m.April 25 at Madison Memorial 5 p.m.April 27 at Watertown (DH) 11 a.m.May 1 at Beloit Memorial 5 p.m.May 2 at Janesville Parker 5 p.m.May 4 vs. Madison East 11 a.m.May 4 vs. Ashwaubenon 1:30 p.m.May 7 at Madison West 5 p.m.May 9 vs. Verona 5 p.m.May 11 at Marshfield (DH) 10 a.m.May 14 at Sun Prairie 5 p.m.May 16 vs. Janesville Craig 5 p.m.May 21 at Madison La Follette 5 p.m.May 23 vs. Madison Memorial 5 p.m.May 25 Middleton Invitational 10 a.m.

JV baseballApril 2 vs. Beloit Memorial 5 p.m.April 4 vs. Janesville Parker 5 p.m.April 9 at Madison East 5 p.m.April 11 vs. Madison West 5 p.m.April 13 at Verona 4 p.m.April 16 vs. Sun Prairie 5 p.m.April 18 at Janesville Craig 5 p.m.April 23 vs. Madison La Follette 5 p.m.April 25 at Madison Memorial 5 p.m.April 27 at Watertown (DH) 11 a.m.May 1 at Beloit Memorial 5 p.m.

May 2 at Janesville Parker 5 p.m.May 4 vs. Madison East 11 a.m.May 4 vs. Ashwaubenon 1:30 p.m.May 7 at Madison West 5 p.m.May 9 vs. Verona 5 p.m.May 11 at Marshfield (DH) 10 a.m.May 14 at Sun Prairie 5 p.m.May 16 vs. Janesville Craig 5 p.m.May 21 at Madison La Follette 5 p.m.May 23 vs. Madison Memorial 5 p.m.May 25 Middleton Invitational 10 a.m.

Freshman baseballApril 2 at Beloit Memorial 5 p.m.April 4 at Janesville Parker 5 p.m.April 9 vs. Madison East 5 p.m.April 11 at Madison West 5 p.m.April 13 vs. Verona 2 p.m.April 16 vs. Sun Prairie 5 p.m.April 18 at Janesville Craig 5 p.m.April 23 vs. Madison La Follette 5 p.m.April 25 at Madison Memorial 5 p.m.April 27 at Watertown (DH) 11 a.m.May 1 at Beloit Memorial 5 p.m.May 2 at Janesville Parker 5 p.m.May 4 vs. Madison East 11 a.m.May 4 vs. Ashwaubenon 1:30 p.m.May 7 at Madison West 5 p.m.May 9 vs. Verona 5 p.m.May 11 at Marshfield (DH) 10 a.m.May 14 at Sun Prairie 5 p.m.May 16 vs. Janesville Craig 5 p.m.May 21 at Madison La Follette 5 p.m.May 23 vs. Madison Memorial 5 p.m.May 25 Middleton Invitational 10 a.m.

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Girls varsity soccerApril 11 at Beloit Memorial 7 p.m.April 13 at Waukesha West Quad 10 a.m.April 15 vs. Oregon 7 p.m.April 16 vs. Janesville Parker 7 p.m.April 18 at Madison East 7 p.m.April 19 Middleton Invite 5 p.m.April 20 Middleton Invite 9 a.m.April 25 vs. Madison West 7 p.m.April 26 at Burlington (Iowa) Invite TBDApril 27 at Burlington (Iowa) Invite TBDApril 30 at Verona 5 p.m.May 2 vs. Sun Prairie 7 p.m.May 6 at Waunakee 7 p.m.May 9 at Janesville Craig 7 p.m.May 10 Brookfield East Invite 4:30 p.m.May 11 Brookfield East Invite 9 a.m.May 14 vs. Madison La Follette 7 p.m.May 16 at Madison Memorial 7 p.m.May 18 at DSHA Quad 1 p.m.

Girls JV soccerApril 5 White vs. Madison Edgewood 5 p.m.April 8 White vs. Madison Memorial 5 p.m.April 8 Red vs. Madison East 6 p.m.April 9 Red vs. Waunakee 7 p.m.April 11 White at Beloit Memorial 5 p.m.April 13 Red vs. Catholic Memorial NoonApril 15 Red vs. Oregon 5 p.m.April 15 White vs. Madison West Blue 5 p.m.April 16 White vs. Janesville Parker 5 p.m.April 18 White vs. Madison East 5 p.m.April 19 Middleton Invite 5 p.m.April 20 Middleton Invite 9 a.m.April 23 Red vs. Waunakee 5 p.m.April 25 vs. Madison West Blue 5 p.m.April 26 White vs. Madison East 4:30 p.m.April 26 Red vs. Appleton East 4:30 p.m.April 27 Red at Green Bay Preble 10 a.m.April 27 Red at Green Bay Notre Dame 4:30 p.m.April 30 Red at Verona 5 p.m.May 2 Red vs. Sun Prairie 5 p.m.May 2 White at Waukesha West 5 p.m.May 4 White at West Bend West 9 a.m.May 7 Red vs. Madison Memorial 5 p.m.May 7 White vs. Madison West Gold 5 p.m.May 9 White at Janesville Craig 5 p.m.May 14 White vs. Madison La Follette 5 p.m.May 14 Red vs. Madison West Gold 5 p.m.May 16 Red vs. Madison Memorial 5 p.m.May 17 White at Madison Memorial 5 p.m.May 17 Red vs. Catholic Memorial 6 p.m.May 18 White vs. Verona 10 a.m.May 18 Red vs. DSHA 11 a.m.May 21 White at Oregon 5 p.m.

Girls freshman soccerApril 8 at Madison Memorial 5 p.m.April 9 at Waunakee 5 p.m.April 11 at Beloit Memorial 5 p.m.April 16 vs. Janesville Parker 5 p.m.April 18 at Madison East 5 p.m.April 19 at Madison West Blue 5 p.m.April 23 vs. Waunakee 5 p.m.April 25 vs. Madison West 5 p.m.

April 30 at Verona 5 p.m.May 2 vs. Sun Prairie 5 p.m.May 4 Middleton Invite 10 a.m.May 7 vs. Madison Memorial 5 p.m.May 9 at Janesville Craig 5 p.m.May 14 vs. Madison La Follette 5 p.m.May 16 at Madison Memorial 5 p.m.May 18 at Verona 10 a.m.May 20 vs. Madison West Gold 5 p.m.May 21 at Oregon 5 p.m.

Boys varsity golfApril 8 at Madison La Follette Triangular (Yahara) 2:30 p.m.April 10 at Sheboygan North (Blackhawk) 9 a.m.April 12 at Wisconsin Dells Invite (Christmas Mountain) TBDApril 13 at Wisconsin Dells Invite (Trappers Turn) TBDApril 15 at Madison Edgewood Invite (Maple Bluff) NoonApril 16 at Janesville Craig Triangular (Glen Erin) 2:30 p.m.April 22 at Middleton Triangular (Pleasant View) 2:30 p.m.April 26 at Onalaska Invite (La Crosse CC) 8:30 a.m.April 27 at Sparta Invite (Sparta GC) 8:30 a.m.April 30 at Brookfield Central Invite (Bristlecone Pines) 1 p.m.May 1 at Beloit Memorial Triangular (Krueger) 2:30 p.m.May 6 at Sun Prairie 2:30 p.m.May 8 at Morgan Stanley Invite (Hawks Landing) 12:30 p.m.May 9 at Morgan Stanley Invite (Hawks Landing) 8:30 a.m.May 16 Big Eight Conference Meet (Evansville GC) 8 a.m.

Boys JV golfApril 8 at Sauk Prairie Invite (Lake Wisconsin) NoonApril 11 vs. Janesville Craig (Pleasant View) 2:30 p.m.April 12 at Wisconsin Dells Invite (Chula Vista) TBDApril 22 at Middleton Triangular (Pleasant View) 2:30 p.m.May 3 at Baraboo Invite (Baraboo CC) 11 a.m.May 6 at Baraboo Invite (Devil’s Head) NoonMay 8 at Verona Invite (Edelweiss) 10 a.m.May 16 Big Eight Conference Meet (Evansville GC) 8 a.m.

Boys varsity track and fieldMarch 30 at Madison West Invite (UW Shell) 4:30 p.m.April 6 at Whitewater Invite (Kachel Fieldhouse) TBDApril 9 vs. Madison Memorial 4:45 p.m.April 16 at Beloit Memorial 4:45 p.m.April 19 at Watertown Invite 4:15 p.m.April 23 at Janesville Craig 4:45 p.m.April 26 at Middleton Invite 4 p.m.April 30 vs. Madison La Follette 4:45 p.m.May 3 at Arrowhead Invite 4:15 p.m.May 7 at Verona Triangular 4:30 p.m.May 10 at Monona Grove Invite 4 p.m.May 14 at Big Eight Conference Meet (Lussier Stadium) 1:30 p.m.

Boys JV track and fieldApril 9 vs. Madison Memorial 4:45 p.m.April 11 Big Eight Conference Meet (Mansfield) 4:30 p.m.April 16 at Beloit Memorial 4:45 p.m.April 23 at Janesville Craig 4:45 p.m.April 30 vs. Madison La Follette 4:45 p.m.May 2 at Waunakee Invite 4:30 p.m.May 7 at Verona Triangular 4:30 p.m.May 15 at Janesville Invite (Monterey) 4:30 p.m.



Girls varsity track and fieldApril 6 at Whitewater Invite (Kachel Fieldhouse) TBDApril 9 vs. Madison Memorial 4:45 p.m.April 16 at Beloit Memorial 4:45 p.m.April 19 at Watertown Invite 4:15 p.m.April 23 at Janesville Craig 4:45 p.m.April 26 at Middleton Invite 4 p.m.April 30 vs. Madison La Follette 4:45 p.m.May 3 at Arrowhead Invite 4:15 p.m.May 7 at Verona Triangular 4:30 p.m.May 11 at Monona Grove Invite 10 a.m.May 14 at Big Eight Conference Meet (Lussier Stadium) 1:30 p.m.

Girls JV track and fieldApril 9 vs. Madison Memorial 4:45 p.m.April 11 Big Eight Conference Meet (Mansfield) 4:30 p.m.April 16 at Beloit Memorial 4:45 p.m.April 23 at Janesville Craig 4:45 p.m.April 30 vs. Madison La Follette 4:45 p.m.May 2 at Waunakee Invite 4:30 p.m.May 7 at Verona Triangular 4:30 p.m.May 16 at Beloit Memorial Invite 4:30 p.m.

Boys varsity tennisApril 9 at Beloit Memorial 4:15 p.m.April 12 at University School of Milwaukee Invite 2 p.m.April 13 at University School of Milwaukee Invite 8 a.m.April 16 vs. Janesville Parker 4:15 p.m.April 19 at Madison Memorial Invite 4:30 p.m.April 20 at Madison Memorial Invite 9 a.m.April 23 at Madison East 4:15 p.m.April 25 vs. Madison West 4:15 p.m.April 26 at Verona Invite 4:30 p.m.April 27 at Verona Invite 9 a.m.April 30 at Verona 4:15 p.m.May 3 at Nicolet Invite 1 p.m.May 4 at Nicolet Invite 8:30 a.m.May 7 at Janesville Craig 4:15 p.m.May 9 vs. Madison La Follette 4:15 p.m.May 10 at Monona Grove Invite 4 p.m.May 16 at Big Eight Conference Meet (Nielsen) 8 a.m.

Boys JV tennisApril 9 at Beloit Memorial 4:15 p.m.April 16 vs. Janesville Parker 4:15 p.m.April 20 at Sheboygan North Invite 8:30 a.m.April 23 at Madison East 4:15 p.m.April 25 vs. Madison West 4:15 p.m.April 27 at Monroe Invite 9 a.m.April 30 at Verona 4:15 p.m.May 2 vs. Sun Prairie 4:15 p.m.May 7 at Janesville Craig 4:15 p.m.May 9 vs. Madison La Follette 4:15 p.m.May 11 at Big Eight Conference Meet (Sun Prairie) 8 a.m.May 13 at Madison Memorial 4:15 p.m.

Boys freshman tennisApril 15 vs. Madison East 4 p.m.April 18 vs. McFarland 4 p.m.April 22 vs. Madison Memorial Green 4 p.m.April 25 at Madison West Gold 4 p.m.April 29 vs. Madison La Follette 4 p.m.

April 30 at Madison Memorial White 4 p.m.May 1 vs. Madison West Gold 4 p.m.May 2 at McFarland 4 p.m.May 6 at Madison Memorial White 4 p.m.May 9 at Madison La Follette 4 p.m.May 11 at City Meet (Quann Park) 8 a.m.

Girls varsity softballApril 2 at Madison La Follette 4:30 p.m.April 4 vs. Madison Memorial 5 p.m.April 5 at Sun Prairie 5 p.m.April 9 vs. Beloit Memorial 5 p.m.April 11 at Janesville Parker 4:30 p.m.April 12 vs. Janesville Craig 5 p.m.April 16 at Madison East 4:30 p.m.April 18 at Madison West 5 p.m.April 20 vs. Verona (DH) 10 a.m.April 23 vs. Sun Prairie 5 p.m.April 25 at Janesville Craig 4:30 p.m.April 30 vs. Madison La Follette 5 p.m.May 2 at Madison Memorial 5 p.m.May 7 at Beloit Memorial 4:30 p.m.May 9 vs. Janesville Parker 5 p.m.May 14 vs. Madison East 5 p.m.May 16 vs. Madison West 5 p.m.

Girls JV softballApril 2 at Madison La Follette 4:30 p.m.April 4 vs. Madison Memorial 5 p.m.April 5 at Sun Prairie 5 p.m.April 9 vs. Beloit Memorial 5 p.m.April 11 at Janesville Parker 4:30 p.m.April 12 vs. Janesville Craig 5 p.m.April 16 at Madison East 4:30 p.m.April 18 at Madison West 5 p.m.April 20 vs. Verona (DH) 10 a.m.April 23 vs. Sun Prairie 5 p.m.April 25 at Janesville Craig 4:30 p.m.April 30 vs. Madison La Follette 5 p.m.May 2 at Madison Memorial 5 p.m.May 7 at Beloit Memorial 4:30 p.m.May 9 vs. Janesville Parker 5 p.m.May 11 at Waunakee (DH) 9 a.m.May 14 vs. Madison East 5 p.m.May 16 vs. Madison West 5 p.m.

Girls freshman softballApril 2 vs. Madison La Follette 5 p.m.April 4 at Madison Memorial 5 p.m.April 5 vs. Sun Prairie 5 p.m.April 9 at Beloit Memorial 4:30 p.m.April 11 vs. Janesville Parker 5 p.m.April 12 at Janesville Craig 4:30 p.m.April 16 at Madison East 5 p.m.April 20 at Verona (DH) 10 a.m.April 23 at Sun Prairie 5 p.m.April 25 vs. Janesville Craig 5 p.m.April 30 at Madison La Follette 4:30 p.m.May 2 vs. Madison Memorial 5 p.m.May 4 at Hartford 9:30 a.m.May 7 vs. Beloit Memorial 5 p.m.May 9 at Janesville Parker 4:30 p.m.May 14 at Madison Memorial 5 p.m.May 18 at Middleton Quad 10 a.m.


The next destination for five Desti-Nation Imagination teams from theMiddleton-Cross Plains Area SchoolDistrict is the state meet.

Four elementary teams and one mid-dle school team placed first or secondat the regional tournament on Saturday,March 2 in Cambria to advance to thestate meet on April 13 at UW-Stevens

Point.The members of each team were:Park: Ian Bohachek, Jenna Green-

heck, Michael Gustafson, Mykal Jonesand Kayla Stoecker. The team is man-aged by parent Marty Gustafson.

Sunset Ridge: Alex Button, ArberJonuzi, Calvin Slinde, Edwin Zhang,Julia Zhang, Sam Svendsen. The teamis managed by parent Derren Slinde.

Glacier Creek: Nic Draves, NickChiaverini, Nareg Megan, SamRoquitte, Leo Rossmiller, Tyler Tran

and Michael Chiaverini (fourth-graderat Sunset Ridge). The team is managedby parent Marty Chiaverini.

Elm Lawn: Molly Warholic (on aseparate team) Chloe Boehnen, AnnikaHallquist, Nolen Meland and JackWestbrook. The team is managed byMHS student Elise Armani andLeeanne Hallquist is the parent contact.

Northside: Lily Baird, MilesBoswell, Nicholas Ferderer, SarahHealy, Owen Mosely, Serena Ravaland Addy Spence. The team is man-aged by parents Barbara Oswald andCorinne Neil.

The Park team, “Park School PizzaGuys,” won first place in the StructuralBuilding Challenge. They designed astructure using only bamboo, duct tape,cardboard, glue and a plastic bag thatwas capable of holding 425 pounds.They also performed an original skitabout their design, and got the highesttournament score in the instant build-ing challenge. For their efforts, theteam also won a special “RenaissanceAward” for outstanding engineering,design and performance, given to onlyone team at the entire competition.

The Northside team, “Idea Ma-chine,” also took first place. Their proj-ect was called “Project Outreach: Realto Reel.” The children had to identifya community need, address that needand then make a movie about theirproject and hold a mock news confer-ence at the tournament, Oswald said.They chose to help end violence byspreading the Hands Pledge to thecommunity. The Hands Pledge is asimple pledge designed to end abuseand violence. More than 400 peoplehave taken the pledge so far, Oswaldsaid.

The Elm Lawn team, “Instant LightBulbs” took second place in theChange in Realitee category, whileMolly Warholic was a member of the“Wacky Weirdos” team that took sec-

ond place in the Twist-O-Rama chal-lenge and also won the Da VinciAward. The other members of the teamall attend High Point Christian School.The Elm Lawn team, “Moon Drag-ons,” took third place for the In Dis-guise category. Their skit was called“Candyland in Crisis.”

The Sunset Ridge team, “DI Aces,”

earned first place for the Fine Arts InDisguise Team Challenge. The teamhad to present a story about a characterwho uses a disguise. The name of theirstory was, “The Lost Treasure of Psy.”The team created three backdrops for

The top two spots in the sixth-gradedivision of the MCPASD 5-6 MathMeet on Thursday, March 7 had a dis-tinctly family appeal.

Fraternal twins Erik and LauraStewart, who are both sixth-graders atGlacier Creek, tied for first, althoughErik won the tiebreaker.

“What a wonderfully unique situa-tion - as well as proof that there reallyis something special between twins,’’said math meet coordinator AmyWeber, an advanced learning specialistat West Middleton and fifth-gradeteacher at Northside.

Erik and Laura both agreed math istheir favorite subject. Both have beenin accelerated math since third grade atWest Middleton and now at Glacier.They have been measuring things,playing number games, and using stop-watches around the house for a numberof years, said their mother, Kathy.

Both thought they were good atmath, although Erik added a caveat.

“It depends on what you mean bygood,’’ he said. “My 17-year-oldbrother is still a lot better.’’

The twins and Kathy admitted it was

a blessing that they tied for first place.“I was pleased for them when they

tied,’’ said Kathy, who works in thehealth industry and specializes in pre-venting premature deliveries. “There isan inherent competition between thetwo of them so school activities likethis are not always my favorite.’’

“I was happy because it would pre-vent some arguments at home,’’ Laurasaid.

“I was happy because I knew weboth deserved it, and before we learnedabout the tiebreaker we thought I gotthe gold medal because my namecomes first alphabetically,’’ Erik said.“Laura wanted her name to be Abby.’’

They also admitted there was somegood-natured ribbing at home afterErik won the tiebreaker.

“We are twins so I am used to it,’’Laura said. “He was born first, youknow.’’

“I am grateful that Laura andErik are articulate, engaged, sociallywell-adjusted kids,’’ Kathysaid. “The fact that they like and dowell in school is a bonus.’’

Erik and Laura were two of 24 mathstudents honored at the 5-6 meet. Themath meet for seventh- and eighth-graders was held on Friday and another24 students were honored. In all, 120

students participated in each meet,which involved finding solutions toproblems that focused on mathematicalcomputations, mathematical reasoning,problem-solving and mental math. Thetop 12 in each age group advanced tothe regional meet in April, along withthe top students from Sun Prairie andVerona.

Weber gave a big thank you to TimSchlicht, Ben Judd and Steve Schulen-berg for their work getting the DACgym ready. There were 30 parents whohelped proctor or score the meet eachday. In addition, 12 teachers — CarrieMurphy, Bill Luebke, Marilyn Shar-row, Mark Getz and Tanya Acker-Thuesen Erin Bares, MarleneFeinstein, Brian Stubbe, Sara Thomp-son, Karen Sage, Matt Hayden andSonja Hungness — helped makeeverything run smoothly, Weber said.

“This meet could not take placewithout the assistance of so many peo-ple,’’ she said.

5th grade winners1st place: William Zhang. 2nd place:

Maylynn Hu. 3rd place: Julia Zhou. 4thplace: Tommy Kriewaldt. 5th place:Anna Paulsen. 6th place: Rithika Nu-rani. 7th place: Zachary Leffel. 8thplace: Anaka Srinivas. 9th place: Alex

Hovind. 10th place: Apurupa Balla-mudi. 11th place: Sean Isari. 12thplace: Cheryl Lim. 13th place (1st al-ternate): Ashton Johnson. 14th place(2nd alternate): Ethan Stafford.

6th grade winners1st place: Erik Stewart. 2nd place:

Laura Stewart. 3rd place: MichelleChi. 4th place: Ben Scher. 5th place:Megan Andrews. 6th place: ConnorHellenbrand. 7th place: Jason Yang.8th place: Leah Huggett. 9th place:Max Newcomer. 10th place: NateBurkard. 11th place: Stephanie Huang.12th place: Alton Yan. 13th place (1stalternate): Brianna Foth. 14th place(2nd alternate): Zac Bender.

5-6 first-place team: TommyKriewaldt, Ashley Biwott, WilliamZhang, Moniek Smink, Jordan Cheng,Megan Andrews, Braeden Bertz, NinaKuhn. 5-6 second-place team: NavnitVenkatesh, Hernan Carranza, ZacharyLeffel, Maylynn Hu, Brianna Foth,Sam Spellman, Ryan Gold, HannahWensing.

7th grade winners1st place: Alex Warholic. 2nd place:

Grace Chen. 3rd place: Noah Pollard.4th place: Jacob Helmuth. 5th place:

Owen Lamson. 6th place: Athena Ol-szewski. 7th place: Calvin Guse. 8thplace: Blake Gallay. 9th place: EthanWildes. 10th place: Olivia Shoemaker.11th place: Nitin Somasundaran. 12thplace: Ryan Handowski. 13th place(1st alternate): Alex Schmidt. 14thplace (2nd alternate): Balaji Veera-mani.

8th grade winners1st place: Evan Joyce. 2nd place:

Isaac Galang. 3rd place: Michael Xie.4th place: Brendon Martin. 5th place:Jahnavi Gali. 6th place: Erick Grelle.7th place: Eric Neidhart. 8th place:Allen Chang. 9th place: Kirby Heck.10th place: Jacob Rozum. 11th place:Lew Blank. 12th place: JacksonGrimm. 13th place (1st alternate):Emily Satterlund. 14th place (2nd al-ternate): Ryan Dunk

7-8 first-place team: Sam Mikel-sons, Tyler Tran, Eliot Waddell, RyanHandowski, Samantha Reid, EvanJoyce, Allen Chang, Ben Lewis. 7-8second-place team: Rachel Woody,Jimmy Frusciante, Nitin Somasun-daran, Calvin Guse, Jahnavi Gali, CJFermanich, Daniel Ledin, AnothonyMcCann.


Photo contributed

Optimists give toBlack Student Union

The Middleton Optimist Club recently gave the Middleton HighSchool Black Student Union a check for $500. The money will help payfor a spring break trip to Atlanta, where students plan to visit severalblack colleges, along with several historical sites. Club President JoeMorgan handing the check over to the union.

Pictured from left to right are Antonio Hoye, Percy Brown, Joe Mor-gan, Kayla Taylor and Mekayla Buckner.

Five local teams headed to state DI contest

Twins take top two spots in Math Meetby PERRY HIBNER

Middleton-Cross Plains Area School Dist.

by PERRY HIBNER

Middleton-Cross Plains Area School Dist.

See DI, page 20

their story as well as a soundtrack thatincluded their own recorded pianomusic and sound effects, Slinde said.

The Glacier Creek team, “SafetyThird” took first place in the middle

school In Disguise division. Teamswere tasked with developing a per-formance that had to involve telling astory without any talking, writing, orother means of verbal or written com-

munication. They were also required tohave at least one character wear a dis-guise and subsequently change identityduring the performance. Safety Thirddeveloped a superhero vs. super-villaintype of story and set it up and deliveredthe performance in less than the six-minute time limit.

Destination ImagiNation, Inc. is anon-profit organization that provideseducational programs for students tolearn and experience creativity, team-work and problem-solving. More than125,000 students in the United Statesand 30 other countries participate an-nually in DI. Last year a team fromPark Elementary advanced to the DIGlobal Finals in Knoxville, Tenn.


DI continued from page 19

WEST POINTCadet Logan Matheny, son of John

and Julie Leitner of Middleton, hasbeen named to the Dean’s List for theFall Semester - August through De-cember at the U.S. Military Academy.

To earn this distinction, a cadet mustmaintain a 3.0 average in all courses.

Matheny graduated from MiddletonHigh School in 2011 and will be com-missioned a second lieutenant in the

U.S. Army upon graduation at WestPoint.

OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY

Lauren L. Matheny, daughter ofJohn and Julie Leitner of Middletonand a 2011 Middleton High Schoolgraduate, was recently named to thePresident’s Honor Role at OklahomaCity University for the third consecu-

tive semester. In order to earn the Pres-ident’s Honor Role distinction a stu-dent must maintain a 3.9 average in allcourses.

Oklahoma City University is a coed-ucational, urban private university lo-cated in Oklahoma City, in the Uptowndistrict. The university is affiliated withthe United Methodist Church and of-fers degrees in the liberal arts, fine arts,sciences and business.

ON CAMPUS

make more informed decisions andprovide better representation of thepeople who live here. Having previ-ously worked my way through college,business, and law school, I fully under-stand the value of hard-earned taxpayermoney. I will fight for low propertytaxes so people can afford to stay intheir homes while supporting goodschools, something our community isknown for and that attracts people tomove to the Town.


My priorities range from the com-plex to the more ministerial:

1) Town homeowners deserve moretransparency, uniformity, and fairnessin the Town property assessmentprocess. I am committed to opening upthe outside assessors’ “black box” cus-tomized software to bring greater trans-parency, objectivity, and fairness to theTown property tax assessment process

while still respecting people’s right toprivacy in their own homes.

2) Proactively work to keep fournew proposed high-voltage ATC elec-tric lines from being built as close as300 feet from homes, schools, and chil-dren in the Town. I will work to pre-vent reduced property and home resalevalues, and to protect children andadults from the negative health risksassociated with 345 KV electric lines,like the link to childhood leukemia.My opponent voted to support buildingfour new 345 kV power lines close tohomes, schools, and children and thatwill literally divide the Town.

3) Work to preserve the quality oflife in the Town with respect to safedrinking water. ATC should not be per-mitted to disturb the Refuse HideawayLandfill contamination in the Highway14 area in the Town. Drilling holes inthis environmentally sensitive area toinstall large steel high-voltage 345 kVpoles could threaten the safety of ourdrinking water.

4) Work diligently to improve TownBoard governance, transparency, andaccountability. For example, producemore informative meeting agendas andminutes, made available on a timelybasis, to encourage public participationand better documentation of Board ac-tions.


Town government is fundamentallydifferent from for-profit business enter-prises in several important ways. It hasa different purpose, a different processof generating revenues, taxpayers, andbudgetary obligations. These differ-ences require separate accounting andfinancial reporting standards in orderto provide information to meet theneeds of taxpayers to assess govern-ment accountability.

The Town Board has decided not todedicate Town resources to provide forsufficient internal control over thepreparation of its financial statements,which results in more than a remotelikelihood that a material misstatementof the Town’s financial statements will

not be prevented or detected by theTown’s internal controls.

An effective system of internal con-trol is important because it pertains tothe effectiveness and efficiency of theTown’s operations, including opera-tional and financial performance goals,safeguarding assets against loss, andencompasses reliability, timeliness, andtransparency. When a major defi-ciency exists, the Town Board cannotdetermine the extent to which opera-tions are managed effectively and effi-ciently.

The external auditor has identifiedcertain deficiencies in the Town’s in-ternal controls that the auditor consid-ers to be a “significant deficiency”important enough to merit attention bythose charged with governance, refer-ring to the Town Board. The TownBoard has made the decision to rely onthe outside auditor to assist in thepreparation of the Town’s financialstatements. This is a managementfunction. The Town Board’s decisionhas impaired the independence of theTown’s external auditor. In essence,the external audit firm is being askedto audit its’ own work. Addressingthese shortcomings will be one of my

top priorities.With respect to the budget itself, we

need to exercise better control andmanagement of the Town’s use of out-side consultants. For example, be-tween 2007 and 2011 expenses for oneconsulting firm have ranged from alow of $365,000 per year to a high of$547,000 per year.

As a Town Board Supervisor, I willwork diligently to improve TownBoard governance, transparency, andaccountability. The citizens of theTown of Middleton deserve to have aqualified, informed Town homeownervoice on their governing body.


(Capitol Area Regional Planning Com-mission) , the FUDA (Future UrbanDevelopment Area) process, alterna-tive energy, along with many other as-pects that can and do effect the town. Iwas instrumental in forming the Fi-nance Committee and have been a bigpart in the Town’s AA+ bond rating byStandard and Poor’s.

My positions on issues have beenclear. My opponent is running a mis-guided and immature campaign of fearand ridicule. As a father I need to be a

role model to my children and teachthem that serving the community is anoble thing to do and that scorn and de-rision is unacceptable.


As outlined in the Town Boardmeeting on Monday, March 4, it wasmade crystal clear to all that attendedthat the town is on solid financialground. It was also clear, during an

outstanding presentation by Fire ChiefAaron Harris, that our fire fund is solidand not under funded in any way inwhich my opponent has alleged. I willcontinue to enhance public safety, be achampion of the parks and trails andstreamline town operations. In short,maintain and exceed the solid footingthat the town is on today by keepingthe current board.

What areas of the next townbudget would you like to see re-

duced, and what areas would youlike to see increased?

I do not feel that the town needs tospend $50,000.00 for ATC legal costs.I will continue to work towards reduc-ing these costs. I will also call for theFinance Committee to outline ways ofreducing our reliance on outside serv-ices specifically in the area of engi-neering.

As for increases, I did not get someitems into the 2013 Budget that Iwanted. Some of these were eight

solar powered speed radar posts. Youhave probably seen these in Verona andFitchburg. My plan is to put them onour arterial roads; Airport, Old Sauk,Pioneer, Mound View and would lookto citizens to name other locations.Our debt is being reduced every year.One of our notes also obtains revenuewith the lease of Fire Station No. 2. Iwill continue to show strong fiscal re-sponsibility. Our spending does notneed to be increased.

ROEHL continued from page 4

RICHSON continued from page 4

MIDDLETON-CROSS PLAINSAREA SCHOOL DISTRICTRegular Board of Education

Meeting Minutes of February 25, 2013

1. CALL TO ORDER REGULARBOE MEETING at 7:00 p.m. The regular meeting of the Middle-

ton-Cross Plains Area School DistrictBoard of Education was called to orderat 7:00 p.m. by President Ellen Lind-gren.Present: President Ellen Lindgren,

Vice President Diane Hornung, ClerkAnnette Ashley, Treasurer Bob Green,and Board Members Anne Bauer, JimGreer, Leeanne Hallquist, Bob Hessel-bein, and Terry MetzgerNot Present: NoneOthers Present: Superintendent Don

Johnson, Assistant SuperintendentGeorge Mavroulis, Assistant Superin-tendent Tom Wohlleber, Architect MattWolfert, Principal Steve Soeteber, andPrincipal Tim Keeler2. RECOGNITION - National Merit

Finalists & Wisconsin Chamber Orches-tra Competition Winner Principal Denise Herrmann intro-

duced the National Merit Finalists fromMHS. Rebecca Jin was also recognizedfor her qualifying performance at theWisconsin Chamber Orchestra Compe-tition.3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MOVED by Green SECONDED

by Hallquist to approve the Regular andClosed Minutes of February 11, 2013.Motion carried unanimously, 9-0.4. COMMUNICATIONS 1. Correspondence/Board Communi-

cation Bob Green and Anne Bauer attended

the Booster Club meeting at MHS priorto the regular board meeting. EllenLindgren sent out a draft letter to theboard regarding the state budget andthe implications for districts in the state.Annette Ashley was one of the boardmembers who attended the Beyond Di-versity workshop in Verona last weekand shared information from the work-shop. Ellen announced that the MHSBlack Student Union is hosting a BlackHistory Program and dinner on Febru-ary 28.2. Citizen Comments: Nonea. Public Hearing Regarding Petition

to Alter School District Boundaries Pam McSherry and Roger Bowden

were present to discuss the detachmentpetition for the Springfield Highlands

property. The request is for a ten lotsubdivision that is in Middleton-CrossPlains Area School District to be de-tached and moved to the WaunakeeCommunity School District.5. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT 1. Upcoming Events and Updates Don stated that the Kromrey Open

House just finished prior to this meetingwhich presented preliminary plans andphasing of the projects to communitymembers and parents. Twenty studentsfrom MHS went to Washington D.C. forModel UN Conference. Don introducedthe new MHS Associate Principal LisaJondle.6. CONSENT AGENDA MOVED

by Hallquist SECONDED by Hesselbeinto approve the following items for con-sent agenda: 6.1.a. Approval of BillsPayable, 6.1.b. Approval of Treasurer’sReport, 6.2.b. Approval of Leaves of Ab-sence (addendum), and 6.2.c. Approvalof Staff Appointments (addendum). Mo-tion carried unanimously, 9-0.1. Administrative/Business Services a. Approval of Bills Payable Computer check numbers 226749

through 226989 totaling $1,022,587,60were reviewed by the Board Treasurerand approved under consent agenda.(Exhibit A)b. Approval of Treasurer’s Report The January 2013 Treasurer’s Re-

port was reviewed by the Board Treas-urer and approved under consentagenda. (Exhibit B)2. Employee Services a. Approval of Resignations There are no resignations to approve

at this time.b. Approval of Leaves of Absence The board approved under consent

agenda the following leaves of ab-sence: Dayla Stapleton, KindergartenTeacher at Sunset Ridge Joseph Spo-lar, Chemistry Teacher at MHS SusanGuderyon, Bilingual Teacher at Kromreyc. Approval of Staff Appointments The board approved under consent

agenda the following staff appoint-ments: Lisa Jondle, to a 1.0 FTE regularcontract Associate Principal at MHS

Yang Yee Lor, to a 0.60 FTE temporarycontract English Teacher at MHS Bar-bara Westbrook, to a 0.40 FTE tempo-rary contract English Teacher at MHSd. Approval of Retirements There are no retirements to approve

at this time.e. Approval of Lay Offs There are no lay offs to approve at

this time.3. District Consent Items 7. ITEMS FOR INFORMATION/DIS-

CUSSION 1. Teacher Recognition/Program

Recognition Plan Board members discussed recogniz-

ing teachers and innovative programs inthe district. The board would like to seeprogramming that is occurring in thebuildings. The board discussed whetherto go ahead with this, how often itshould be scheduled, and how muchtime should be set aside for these itemson the board agendas. 2. Update on Building Plans at Krom-

rey and Glacier Creek Matt Wolfert from Bray Associates

presented the most up to date site plansfor Kromrey and answered questionsfrom the board. Matt Wolfert then pre-sented information on the changes andadditions to Glacier Creek. The boardasked several questions about the proj-ects. Principal Steve Soeteber and Prin-cipal Tim Keeler also shared informationon the projects.3. Safety and Security Tom Wohlleber distributed informa-

tion on safety/security priorities and cur-rent initiatives and discussed them withthe board.8. ITEMS FOR ACTION 1. Disallowance of Claim Tom Wohlleber explained the claim

request and the reason for disallowingthe claim. MOVED by Greer SEC-ONDED by Hesselbein to disallow theNotice of Injury and Notice of Claim.Motion carried unanimously, 9-0.2. Approval of Budget Changes MOVED by Greer SECONDED by

Green to approve the budget changesas presented. Motion carried unani-

mously, 9-0 on a roll call vote.3. Resolution to Issue Order Altering

School District Boundary Lines OROrder of Denial for Detachment fromMiddleton-Cross Plains Area SchoolDistrict and Attached to WaunakeeCommunity School District Don shared information regarding

the conversation with the WaunakeeCommunity School District swappingland for the detachment request. Tomsummarized the detachment requestprocess for the board. MOVED byGreer, SECONDED by Hallquist to takeno action on the proposed detachmentpetition. Motion carried unanimously, 9-0.9. CONVENE IN POSSIBLE

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

Hallquist to move into closed session todiscuss MEA contract and negotiations,MESA negotiations planning, and to re-ceive an update on the status of an ar-bitration. Motion carried unanimously,9-0 on a roll call vote.1. MEA Contract and Negotiations

Discussion 2. MESA Negotiations Planning 3. Arbitration Update 10. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SES-

SION 11. ITEM FOR ACTION 1. Ratify MEA Teacher’s Contract for

2013-2014 MOVED by Green SECONDED by

Bauer to ratify the 2013-2014 MEA con-tract. Motion carried unanimously, 9-0.12. NEXT MEETING DATES AND

ADJOURNMENT The regular board meeting adjourned

at 10:16 p.m.

Cheryl Janssen, Board SecretaryApproved by Board President

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town board meetings to obtain theinput of every resident of our town.

I really do believe that together wecan do better.


First, my vision for the Town ofMiddleton is to protect the rural char-acter of our town. When many of usmoved here we came here because wefell in love with the rural nature of the

area. For many, the town represents aquiet place away from surroundingcommercialization. I want to protectthis sanctity because I believe it addsvalue to our lives and it sets our townapart from neighboring cities.

In light of this vision, I will begin bylooking at all town expenses to ensurethat they match the needs and goals ofthe town. For example, between theyears 2007 and 2011 the town spent$300,000 to $547,000 per year on asingle consultant. While not as highlast year, nonetheless, I will exploreways to reduce this cost. One way to

reduce town consulting expenses is toinvestigate whether hiring an in-houseengineer might make financial andpractical sense. Other areas I will con-sider are whether there are some serv-ices that can be performed on a morecost effective contractual basis, such aslawn and park mowing.

Recently I heard from a local resi-dent who is an engineer that the messychip sealing of our roads is inefficientand wasteful. I want to explore otherroad maintenance alternatives.

I will also take steps to minimize ourcurrent town debt and I will establish

internal financial controls that, accord-ing to a 2012 independent financialaudit, is lacking in our town.

On the expenditure side, I will beginworking with neighboring towns andcommunities to help ensure our towndoes not become the crossroads forATC high voltage lines. Working co-operatively with other communitiescosts nothing and is the very least wecan do to provide leadership to protectall property owners in our town and toprotect our school children at the localelementary school.

Further, I will look at the Seybold

road area to see if we can enhance busi-nesses in this area without pursuing theproposed financially risky and specu-lative tax incremental finance (TIF)district. Thoughtfully improving thisarea can lead to increasing our tax basewhich is good for all homeowners.

We all know there are thousands ofways to spend taxpayer money. I willthen measure each expenditure againstmy mission of protecting property val-ues, keeping property taxes low, andenhancing the quality of life for everyresident in the town of Middleton.

brings us. 2. Maintain the high standard of

services that we have at the least costpossible. I believe that Public Safetyis the most important job of govern-ment. I want to make sure we continueto support our volunteer Fire Fighters,the EMS and the Sheriff’s Deputies

who serve our town; to plow ourstreets clean in the winter and repairthem as necessary in the summer; toget rid of our garbage in a reliable con-sistent manner.

3. Continue to negotiate with Amer-ican Transmission Co. on the locationof power lines to minimize the impact

of those lines on the town and to nego-tiate with them on issues we have achance of changing as we did on theRockdale-West Middleton line. In thisway we will avoid incurring huge en-gineering and legal fees for the town indemanding things we have no chanceof changing.

4. Work with the county and the cityof Madison to locate a dog exercisearea in or near the town of Middletonfor our dogs and their people.

What areas of the next townbudget would you like to see re-

duced, and what areas would youlike to see increased?

I want to continue to reduce the debtincurred for capital expenditures. AndI want to limit our expenses to main-taining our services at the current leveland do not favor adding new serviceswhich would increase the expenses.

DIMICELI continued from page 3

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