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Independence Day is fast approach-ing, and that means Freedom Fest: An

Ol Fashioned Picnic in the Park isright around the corner.

The celebration will take placeThursday, July 4 at Pioneer Park, lo-cated corner of W. Old Sauk and Pio-neer roads next to the Middleton TownHall.

The day will begin at 7:30 a.m. witha 5K Run/Walk.

A fire truck parade will follow at 11a.m. It will begins near Betsy Courtand end at Pioneer Park.

Food and an array of festivities atthe park will start at 11:30 a.m.

The last couple of summers wehave really enjoyed celebrating andhonoring the fourth of July by stayingnear home and keeping it simple, saidorganizer Melanie Kranz. Watchingthe kids in the bike parade, playinggames that we played as kids and meet-ing and chatting with neighbors is a funway to spend the afternoon.

Remembering why we are celebrat-ing the day is important as is to begrateful to those who serve our coun-try, she added. The sense of commu-nity, pride, family fun, safety and

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Inside this issue:Local: School: Sports:Ald. Richard joins city -nance committee. Page 4

Middleton High SchoolHonor Roll. Page 9

Baseball Cards named Big Eight. Page 14

Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Dining Guide . . . . . . . . . 11Classieds . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Its a small world

In this 21st century global village,serendipity abounds. How else to ex-plain that a handful of folks from Mid-dleton and Madison are able to directlyimpact Myanmar, a newly emergingdemocracy?

Middleton resident Dan Perreth, co-director of Wisconsin English as a Sec-ond Language Institute (WESLI),explained the connection. WhileWESLIs overseas recruiter attendedEnglish fairs in Asia last winter, heheard about a fair in Myanmar, Perreth

Times-Tribune photo by Katherine PerrethCatherine Erhard teaches writing to English language students from Myanmar.

Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger

Rattlin bonesMiddleton resident Duane Marxen plays the bones during a recent Mon-

day night bluegrass jam session at Branch Street Retreat. Turn to page 7 tolearn more about the sessions.

Freedom Fest4th of July celebration returns

Surveysays...

Many a bumper sticker has pro-claimed that democracy is not aspectator sport. In the comingweeks, people in Middleton willhave an opportunity to step up to theplate and provide their input on localgovernment.

The citys 2013 citizen satisfac-tion survey is available now atwww.surveymonkey.com/s/2013MiddletonCSS.

The Middleton Common Councilwill review the surveys results dur-ing this years budget process.

Throughout the summer resi-dents, visitors, people who work inMiddleton, business owners andproperty owners will be able to takethe survey online (or by papercopy). Paper copies will be avail-able at the Library, Senior Center,Tourism Department, City Hall, Po-lice Department and MiddletonChamber of Commerce.

The deadline for survey submit-tals online is Sunday, August25.For paper copies, they will needto be submitted no later than Friday,August 23.

See MYanMar, page 6

See FeSt, page 3

An in depth report on Middletons connection to a burgeoning democracy in Myanmar

by Katherine PerrethTimes-Tribune

MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2013

Pie, ice

creamand

smilesThe Middleton Area Historical

Society hosted its annual Pie and IceCream Social on June 19. The popu-lar event, held at Lakeview Park, in-cluded food, fun and live musiccourtesy of the New Horizons Band.

Photos by Jeff Martin/JMAR Foto-Werks

From plants to animals, and fromkids to adults, more than 20 local andglobal charities will benefit from localartists. This summers Creating ForCauses art fair, the largest yet, will takeplace Saturday in Middleton Hills andfeature the work of nearly 30 artists.

Jan Fulwiler, event organizer, cred-ited word of mouth and social mediafor doubling the number of partici-pants.

A number of artists approachedme, she said. I think people careabout helping others. Its been a hardtime since 2008 for people, and we re-alize these are not easy times for every-body.

One such artist is Chad Grob, aCross Plains native and wood turnerwho makes beautiful pens, Fulwileradded. He also creates mirrors encasedin wood design.

Another newcomer is Stella Larson,age 10, who will be selling her polymerclay figurines and wares to support the

Dane County Humane Society. Iveonly been doing this for six months. Imainly focus on objects that could beused in dollhouses, she said. Some-times I make people, figurines, inspiredby movies.

Each artist has agreed to donate apercentage of the days proceeds tohis/her non-profit of choice, and willhave information available about thecharity.

Non-profits include: Agrace Hos-pice, Badger Honor Flight, Capital K9& Mounted Patrol, Doctors WithoutBorders, Folklore Village, HorizonHigh School, Pheasant Branch Conser-vancy, Porchlight and World of ChangeLeaders, among others. Global disasterrelief agencies, charities caring for an-imals, and those serving people expe-riencing cancer, domestic abuse,eviction and mental illness will also berepresented.

Im really excited that for the firsttime well have a book signing, Ful-wiler said. I think having [KatherinePerreth, the author of this articles]book is perfect, because we want toraise awareness about different causesand [supporting mental health] is reallya wonderful cause.

A variety of art mediums will beavailable: ceramics, textiles, jewelry,cards, paintings, glassware, wood-working, baskets, and fiber arts sewnaprons and purses, and silk and knitscarves.

Fulwiler called the Middleton HillsNeighborhood Association and Mid-dleton Hills business community verysupportive. Merchants agreed to postnotices and hand out flyers, as well ashost the event, she said.

Dan Erdman, of Erdman Enter-

prises, LLC, donated sidewalk spaceoutside his building housing PrairieCafe, as did tenants Madison BirthCenter, Therapeutic Massage Center ofMiddleton, Blackbird Family Yoga,DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. andMenchies Frozen Yogurt, she said.

Creating For Causes began as a lit-tle neighborhood event with only fiveartists, Fulwiler observed. Now in itsfourth year, the event has mushroomedin size and a food drive has beenadded.

Summer is a really hard time forfood pantries because kids arent inschool, getting that school lunch pro-gram, Fulwiler explained.

There is an incentive to aid Middle-ton Outreach Ministry and The RiverFood Pantry - anyone who donatesfood items can register to win a prizefrom the artists. Name drawings willoccur every 15 minutes. To make iteasy, for quick purchase and donationCopps will be offering pre-made bagsfilled with the most needed items.

Dubbing the art fair a public infor-mation event, as well as smallfundraiser, Fulwiler noted that lastsummer just over $1500 was raised foreleven non-profits; over the span offour years the group has raised over$6,000.

Creating For Causes is a chance forartists to sell, publicize a non-profit,and collect donations to support it, sheconcluded.

Editors note: Reporter KatherinePerreth, author of Making LemonadeWith Ben: The Audacity to Cope, willbe there with her son Ben, selling andsigning books to benefit Yahara House.

THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2013 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 3

Eclectic local artists are Creating for Causes

Photo contributedCreating for Causes will take place Saturday, June 29, 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. on

the sidewalks outside Prairie Caf Plaza, 6720 Frank Lloyd Wright Ave.

patriotism makes for a meaningfulevent.

Organizer Mike Hanson saidresidents appreciate the home-town feel and community prideassociated with Freedom Fest.

This year we are changinggames around and having newerevents for families to enjoy; butwell forever have the hallowedwater-balloon toss, Hanson ex-plained. Also, with the growth ofthe event organizations have beencontacting us offering ways tohelp, which just fuels the commu-nity pride.

Donors who contributed to Free-dom Fest include General Bever-age Distributors, Twin ValleyFarms, Olson Toon Landscaping,UW Provisions, Clasens Bakeryand Kwik Trip.

We have something very spe-cial going on in the Town of Mid-dleton and it has been fun to seethe communitys pride and growthof this event, said Hanson.

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Crime lab findings leadto bank robbery arrest

Forensic evidenceled to the capture ofa local bank robber,according to a state-ment issued lastweek by the Middle-ton Police Depart-ment.

The AssociatedBank located at2420 Allen Blvd.Middleton, was robbed at approxi-mately 1:59 p.m. on June 3.

Investigators say evidence located at

the bank and sent to the WisconsinState Crime Laboratory for forensicevidence testing allowed them to iden-tify a suspect. Additional investigationwas conducted and probable cause wasdeveloped to arrest Phillip A. Kallas,19, of Madison.

Contact was made with Kallas andhis family and he turned himself intothe Middleton Police Department onJune 19.

Kallas was charged with one countof Armed Robbery and was detained inthe Dane County Jail.

Cops: Thefts from cars areon the rise in Middleton

In the past month, the City of Mid-dleton has again seen an increase in thenumber of thefts from automobiles, ac-cording to Jill Tutaj, CommunityAwareness Officer for the MiddletonPolice Department.

In all of the recent cases, the sus-pects stole from unlocked vehicles inthe middle of the night.

5 TIPS FROM THE MIDDLETON POLICE

1.) Lock your vehicle.2.) Close your garage door at night.3.) Remove all Valuables - Never

leave ANYTHING on display whenyou leave your vehicle. Even loosechange, sunglasses, CDs, cell phones,stereos, cameras, and clothing, if theycan see it they will steal it.

4.) Park Safely - When parking athome, always use your garage if youhave one, and lock both your vehicleand your garage. If you dont have agarage, try to park in a well-lit, openplace. When parking at work or yourlocal mall, park in a well-lit open place.

5.) And call the Middleton PoliceDepartment at 824-7300 if you see anysuspicious persons or activity.

Photo contributed

Richard joins city finance committee

Ald. JoAnna Richard (Dist. 3), pictured above outside city hall, joinedthe Middleton Finance Committee last week. She was nominated byMayor Kurt Sonnentag and confirmed by a 6-0 common council vote.The motion to appoint Richard came from Ald. Jim Wexler (Dist. 4), whostepped down from the finance committee recently following a clash withits other members over the chairmanship.

Pope Farm Conservancyofficially has Friends

Citizens in the Town of Middletonand beyond have united to form theFriends of Pope Farm Conservancy(FOPFC), a new non-profit organiza-tion.

The stated purpose of the FOPFC isto support the Town of Middleton inthe management of Pope Farm Conser-vancy, advance its educational oppor-tunities, preserve the balance of itswildlife habitat and historical features,

and protect its scenic landscapes andtranquility for the enjoyment of thepublic. The organization offers manyvolunteer opportunities to enhance andenjoy the conservancy.

We welcome you to join us, and be-come part of our community, said MelPope.

Citizens may visit www.popefarm-conservancy.org to learn more.

CHURCH NOTES

Rec Dept.leadingsummertrips

The Middleton Recreation Depart-ment if offering the following summertrips. Registration is open now:

Six Flags Great America: July 11

Miller Park for Brewers vs.Padres game: July 25

Lambeau Field for Green BayPackers Practice: August 1

Wrigley Field for Brewers vs.Cubs game: September 6

For complete information, pleasevisit www.ci.middleton.wi.us, call 608-821-8360 or stop by 7426 Hubbard Av-enue (Monday through Friday from 8a.m. to 4:30 p.m.).

C i t y G o v e r n m e n t

Kallas


Photo contributed

MOM gets $5,000 Lutheran grantSt. Lukes Lutheran Church submitted an application for a Lutheran Community Economic Outreach Bridge

Grant from Thrivent Financial on behalf of Middleton Outreach Ministry, and was recently awarded a $5,000grant. Pictured Monday, from left to right, are Al Ripp, executive director of MOM; Gale Hellpap, communityengagement coordinator for Thrivent Financial for Lutherans; and Senior Pastor Roger Eigenfeld, of St. LukesLutheran Church.

Photo by Michelle Larson

Barricade rises July 5Middleton Players Theatre is proud to present the southwest Wisconsin

premiere ofLes Misrables at the Middleton Performing Arts Center July 5 13. Directed by Thomas Kasdorf and Matt Starika-Jolivet,the show deliv-ers an emotional and uplifting story that is a powerful affirmation of life,love and the human spirit.Daniel ODea and Gregory Brumfield star as ad-versaries Jean Valjean and Javert in this epic and timeless tale.

Reserved seating can be purchased online at www.middletonplayers.com.Tickets will also be sold at the door on performance nights beginning at 6:45p.m.

said. Despite never having marketed inMyanmar before, and not knowingmuch about the country, the recruiterand Perreth decided at the last minuteto add the fair to the itinerary.

At the Myanmar fair, an Americanwoman responsible for organizing sixstudents to study English abroad sawthe WESLI booth, Perreth said. Shewas looking for an [English as a Sec-ond Language] ESL school and cityshe could trust; when she recognizedWESLI in Madison, she knew she hadthe right place. The woman, MindyWalker, had once been a WESLI con-versation partner.

Indeed, Walker knew Madison well she had also been involved in Wis-consin politics for over a decade, shesaid. Recently, shes been employed inMyanmar by a non-profit organizationand was charged with finding an ESLschool for six Myanmar VIPs, she said.Four are recently elected Members ofParliament, and one is an activistlawyer who represents farmers. Thelast functions as part of a security teamand staff member assisting the leaderof the National League for Democracy(NLD): pro-democracy icon, presiden-tial hopeful and Nobel Prize winnerAung San Suu Kyi. It is under herguidance that the six scholars traveledto study English at WESLI.

LEARNING ENGLISHWeve had students from over 125

countries study at WESLI in our 32years, but these are the first fromMyanmar, Perreth stated. Its anhonor and privilege to be entrustedwith these leaders.

The four men and two women feelthat learning English will aid them intheir quest to reform their country, andallow them to communicate with therest of the world.

Knowledge is power, MP MyintMyint San, 52, observed. Most of thebooks are written in English, so I needto know the English language.

Two Middleton High School gradu-ates, Catherine Erhard, 32, and JenniferPhillips, 25, are teaching five of the sixatypical students this summer. Phillips

asserted they have integrated well intoclasses despite being over twice the ageof her usual students, and having un-usual backgrounds and circumstances.They get along really well with theother younger students in class fromKorea and Saudi Arabia, Phillips said.

In her additional role as WESLIHomestay Coordinator, Erhard foundlocal families to host the six. One ofthose families was originally fromMiddleton, as well.

But it is as their writing teacher forthis segment of their English learningjourney that most thrills Erhard, shesaid. Theyre such important and in-spiring people in their country, she ex-plained. I think that people who havethe bravery to protest the way they did,peacefully under difficult conditions,are admirable. Theyre my personal he-roes.

Although their English levels areonly at the high beginner stage, Erhardexpounded, Theyre excellent writersfor their level, and are the best kind ofstudent you can have enthusiastic, ac-tively participating, one who wants tobe there and improve daily.

For one recent exercise, the studentsexplained their personal histories inwritten English.

FROM POLITICAL PRISONERS TO MEMBERS

OF PARLIAMENTMember of Parliament (MP) Min

Thu, 52, recounted his life after gradu-ating from Mandalay University in1982, returning to work in business inhis native town. In 1988, when peoplein Burma demanded democraticchanges, I became an activist. I wasimprisoned, as a political prisoner,three times: from 1989 to 1993, from2003-2004, and from 2007 to 2012. Iwas freed January 12, 2012. Less thanthree months later he was elected amember of parliament.

MP Aung Soe, 53, began as a pro-democracy activist even prior to thefounding of the NLD in 1988, he said.As an MP, he said he is now part ofthe legislative branch which drawslaws for the government. He added,In the 2012 election, 84 percent of myconstituency voted for me. He alsospent years in prison.

MP Thein Swe, 46, described hisjourney to parliament, first as a studentprotester in the 1980s. Initially heworked for the fledgling pro-democ-racy political party and also served asthe chairperson of the first Burma Stu-dent Conference in 1989, he said. Forhis 1991 protest efforts in support ofthat years Nobel Peace Prize winner,

Aung San Suu Kyi, the governmentsentenced him to ten years in prison, hesaid. But he was released in 1992 underan amnesty agreement and finished hisstudies, graduating from Yangoon Uni-versity in 1993 with a BS in mathemat-ics, he said. He continued hisinvolvement with the pro-democracymovement and, along with his activistfather, received additional lengthyprison stays over two time spans, hesaid. His last imprisonment occurredafter traveling the country with AungSan Suu Kyi, as part of her NLD secu-rity team, and participating in the 2007Saffron Revolution. He spent the nextfive years in prison, and like MP MinThu, was released in early 2012 andjust months later elected to parliament.

Since I was elected by the peoplein Burma, I am having the chance todiscuss different issues, MP TheinSwe mused. However, I have nothingto do with day to day executive powersof the Burmese government. He looksforward to Aung San Suu Kyis bid forpresidency in the 2015 elections. Ifshe is president of the country, she willhave political power and she can carryout powers of the president for the sake

of the people of Burma, he said.On June 6, longtime pro-democracy

advocate MP Aung San Suu Kyi an-nounced her intentions to run for pres-ident in 2015. She will be 70 then.

She should have been the Presidentsince 1990, when we had the first elec-tion, explained MP Myint Myint San.NLD won that election, but the resultwasnt recognized by the military gov-ernment.

Despite facing increasing domesticand international pressure, the govern-ment refused to hand over power to thewinning party. Instead, for fifteen yearsover the span of two decades, the dic-tatorship kept Aung San Suu Kyi de-tained, mostly under house arrest -without charge or trial. She experi-enced at least one assassination attemptwhile the government repeatedlysought to crush the pro-democracymovement. She was finally releasedNovember 2010 and stood for the April2012 by-elections.

On April 1, 2012 Aung San Suu Kyiand her party prevailed yet again, gain-ing 43 of the 45 parliamentary seats up

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The Burmese comprisethe vast majority of thepeoples in Myanmar, aprimarily agrarian soci-ety. But the country ispopulated with more than120 ethnic groups. Afterindependence fromBritain in 1947, and priorto 1962 when the militarydictatorship rose topower, Burma functionedas a democracy. After thecoup, the country de-clined into economic andpolitical isolation, impov-erished and without basicfreedoms. In 1989, theauthoritarian governmentofficially changed thename of the country fromBurma to Myanmar. Vari-ous countries recognizeboth names.

MYanMar continued from page 1

Times-Tribune photo by Katherine Perreth

Six students from Myanmar study English at WESLI. Pictured from left to right: Members of Parliament MinThu, Thein Swe, and Myint Myint San, NLD staff member Sitt Aung, attorney May Thu Myint, and Member ofParliament Aung Soe.

See MYanMar, page 9


BluegrassMondays

Theres a difference between ob-serving life with your head and ob-serving it with your heart. Its a goodthing for all of the musicians and au-dience members who attend the Mon-day night Bluegrass jam sessions atthe Branch Street Retreat in Middle-ton, that

Terry Ann Jacobs parents usedtheir heart.

When Terry Ann was a sixth graderin Milwaukee, she wanted to learn toplay the flute. Her teacher said thatshe didnt have musical talent, but herparents bought her a flute anyway.They had listened to their daughtersing the harmonies that she picked outfrom their Credence Clearwater al-bums and with the hymns in church.

They knew that there was music in-

side of Terry Ann.The flute was a stepping stone to

instruments more compatible with thebluegrass she grew to love whilewatching Hee Haw and listening to aFlatt and Scruggs album as a child.She took a one-credit guitar course incollege. From there, she added adobro and bass fiddle to her reper-toire.

In 2006, while living in Madison, aneighbor saw her twelve string guitarand invited her to attend a bluegrassjam. Shes been hooked ever since.

Through a series of jams that cameand went as their venues closed, TerryAnn learned to use the pick, as well asjam etiquette including how to takethe lead.

In a jam, when a musician choosesthe song to be played, he or she leadsthat song. A bit into the tune, theleader looks to the other players in thecircle to see if they are ready to play asolo or to take the lead for awhile.

In September of 2011, Terry at-tended the Southern Wisconsin Blue-grass Music Association Inc.(SWBMAI) picnic in Waunaukee.When she bemoaned the fact thatthere were no jams on the West sideof Madison, one of the attendees, afellow from one of her former jamgroups, asked her why she just didntstart one.

So, by the end of that month, Terrytook the lead in a broader sense andformed a Monday night bluegrass jamsession at the Branch Street Retreat,on the corner of Branch St. and Cen-tury Avenue in Middleton. Everyweek, anywhere from between fiveand twenty players gather to makemusic.

Some drive from as far away asNew Glarus and Reedsburg. Theyplay a variety of instruments includ-ing mandolins, guitars, dobros, fid-dles, banjos, accordians and thebones.

The bones player is MiddletonsDuane Marxen. Duane, like TerryAnn, had music coursing through hisveins at a young age. Both his fatherand his grandfather were championfiddle players. His dad also played afour-string tenor banjo. His uncleplayed guitar.

When he was six years old, throw-ing firewood with his father in thirty-degrees-below zero weather up inSaskatchewan, Canada, Duane re-marked, Hey dad, when that woodhits the pile, it sounds like music.

That night, his father carvedDuanes first set of bones. Hes beenplaying ever since.

The bones were aptly named, as thefirst version of the instruments weremade of animal ribs. Examples of theinstrument have been found in Egypt-ian Tombs that are over 3,000 yearsold.

Duanes first pair was made ofwood. He remembers staying up lateinto the night, sanding the bonessmooth and finishing them off withJohnson Wax. Once he mastered play-ing them, Duane joined his older rel-atives and helped make music at mostof the box socials, Christmas concerts,and wedding dances in his commu-nity.

Duane owns many pair of woodenbones, and a beautiful ivory set. Hebrings them to the jam session mostMondays and lets curious members ofthe audience, like me, give them a try.Both the sound and the technique ofplaying them are fascinating.

Bruce Nichols is one of the regular

banjo players at the BSR bluegrassjam and a leader in his own right. In1983 when Bill Monroe, aka the Fa-ther of Bluegrass was playing at theOrpheum Theater in Madison, Brucegot the idea that Southern Wisconsinshould have its own bluegrass play-ers group.

He walked onto Bill Monroes busand asked him to announce that heplanned to start a Southern WisconsinBluegrass Association. If anyonewanted to join him in the effort, theyshould meet him in the lobby duringthe intermission. Twenty people cameto the table and signed up on the spot.The organization has grown to overtwo hundred members. Currently,there are over thirty different jams inthe SWBMAI area.

It doesnt cost anything to take partin the BSR jam, nor to be in the audi-ence. The official starting time is 6p.m. But, players trickle in and themajority of them are jamming to-gether by 6:30 or 7 p.m.

If youre free next Mondayevening, come down to the BSR andenjoy a night of bluegrass with TerryAnn and her crew. If you have an in-strument, bring it along. Newcomersare welcome!

No matter where you live in Wiscon-sin, who you are or what you do for aliving, we now share one thing in com-mon: we will all experience the nega-tive impact of the extreme,anti-middleclass budget Republicanlegislators just passed.

The Republican budget punishesour public schools. Republicans re-moved a record $1.6 billion from ourpublic schools in the last budget, andgave $40 million more to unaccount-able private voucher schools in south-eastern Wisconsin. Now their latestbudget expands taxpayer-funded pri-vate vouchers statewide.

That means every rural and urbancommunity in the state could be sub-ject to devastating public school cutsand property tax increases. It is anenormous waste of taxpayer moneyand forces people to fund two parallelschool systems at a time when publicschools educate the vast majority of

our kids and whose students rou-tinely outperformed their voucherschool counterparts.

The Republican budget hurts peo-ple who need health care. For purelypartisan and ideological reasons, Re-publicans voted to reject federal fund-ing available under the Affordable CareAct that would insure an additional85,000 people and actually saved Wis-consin taxpayers $120 million. Theirdecision defies common sense and isharmful to farmers, small businessowners and countless others across ourstate that will have to pay more forless.

The Republican budget is bad formiddleclass taxpayers. In addition totheir logic-defying decision to refusefederal health care funding, Republi-cans voted for a tax plan that over-whelmingly benefits our wealthiestcitizens. The Republican tax plan in-creases property taxes, turns a $700million-plus surplus into a deficit ofmore than $500 million, and gives peo-ple making more than $300,000 a tax

break 10 times higher than the medianhousehold receives.

The Republican budget punishesagriculture and family farms. Agri-culture is a more than $59 billion-a-year industry in Wisconsin that createsone of every ten Wisconsin jobs. Yetprograms like the Grazing Lands Con-servation Initiative which helps be-ginning farmers and the AgriculturalDevelopment and Diversification pro-gram which has a 19-to-1 return oninvestment while creating more than700 jobs are eliminated under the Re-publican budget.

Simply put, our state is on a disas-trously wrong path to economic im-provement. Because of the lastRepublican budget, Wisconsins econ-omy already lags behind most states.We are 44th in job growth, 45th inwage growth, 49th in economic out-look, and most significantly, dead lastin short-term job growth. Despite theundisputed facts, the Republican As-sembly majority ignored the numbersand continued in establishing an ex-

treme state budget that doubles downon the failed policies of the past twoyears.

My constituents communicated theirpriorities to me during the past severalmonths, and their message is clear:they want reinvestment in our publicschools, more access to affordable,high-quality health care, a fair marketenvironment for small business ownersand family farms, and fairness for mid-dle-class taxpayers. They want a stategovernment that works for all Wiscon-sinites, not merely the wealthy.

The state budget was passed by themajority Republican Legislature, andwe will all have to deal with the result-

ing impact to our state. We cannotchange this budget nor mitigate the im-pact in the short term, but we must re-store Wisconsins economic viability inthe long term; this fight is far fromover. I will continue to meet with peo-ple in the coming weeks and months todiscuss the budget, learn from eachother and work together to build theplan that puts Wisconsin back on theright path.

Democratic Representative DianneHesselbein was elected in 2012 andrepresents western Dane County in the79th Assembly District.

Teacher takes issue with Vicki McKennas Middleton show

Letter to the editor,

After years being called unionthugs, now we are being called leftwing nut jobs. This coming from alive broadcast of radio talk show hostVicki McKenna held at Mid Town Pubon June 21. She was interviewing Sen.Grothman when thesenator stated thatMadison teachers/professors are leftwing nut jobs indoctrinating studentsin an attempt to undermine the govern-ment.

Having finished my thirty-secondyear of teaching, I was becoming usedto the moniker of union thug. Now,I have a new label to get usedto. When will the hate and divisive-ness stop? I am ashamed of what istaking place in this state. I am proudof my teaching career. No one cantake that from me.

I used to frequent the Mid TownPub but when the owner was con-fronted, he made it clear he supportedthe views from those who espousetodays name-calling and bullying.

Sincerely,Matthew Gray

Middleton

Egan defends showTo the editor,

In my life, two women have influ-enced me greatly. They taught me tostand strong in the face of intoleranceand to treat everyone fairly.

They were my grandmother and myaunt, and they were both teachers.

My great uncle taught at the Wiscon-sin School for the Deaf. He taught methat communication comes in allforms.

My voice will not be quieted, normy actions tethered in this beautifulcountry that we all share.

This is what I believe.

Joel EganOwner, Mid Town Pub

by reP. Dianne heSSelbeinGuest Column

Rep. Hesselbein op-ed on 2013-15 state budget

Letters to the Editor

ENGAGEMENT

Steve and Lisa Konkol of Middleton, are pleased to announce the engage-ment of their daughter, Emily, to Gregory Payne, son of Alan Payne and Patty(Jeff) Duerst, of Madison, WI. Emily graduated from the UW-Madison witha Bachelor of Science degree and is employed as a grants manager at the UWHospital Department of Pediatrics. Greg received a Bachelor of Science de-gree in civil engineering from the UW-Madison and is employed as a civilengineer at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation office in Waukesha.A September 2013 wedding is planned in Madison.

Konkol - Payne

for election. This time, they were al-lowed to take their rightful roles. Onlyone year ago, she traveled outside thecountry for the first time in 24 years,finally allowed to visit Norway to col-lect her 1991 Nobel Peace Prize. Laterthat year, she traveled to the U.S. to re-ceive the Congressional Gold Medal.

The six are adamant in their supportof Aung San Suu Kyis bid for the pres-idency. Attorney May Thu Myint, 28,who gives legal help to farmers andacts on their behalf in court, summedup their feelings, I believe that (AungSan Suu Kyi) will win the presidency,so we will try for this cause.

EDUCATION IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACYIn Burmese politics, unity is the

key to success, asserted MP TheinSwe. If all people, including the gov-ernment and ethnic groups, work to-gether for the best interest of thecountry, we will see progress and suc-

ceed in our nation building process.There is much to be done, according

to the six. Sitt Aung, 26, NLD officestaff member assisting Aung San SuuKyi, said he believes education is a toppriority for Myanmar. The others citeddifferent critical issues: reforming the2008 constitution, building peace, en-couraging economic development, andinstituting a legislative, executive andjudiciary government.

While here, the six are maximizingtheir learning opportunities, not onlywith the English language. In earlyJune they watched the Wisconsin StateLegislature in action as politicians de-bated the budget. The scholars also ob-served committee hearings, toured thecapitol and learned about state gover-nance. Currently, during WESLI'sweeklong mid-summer break, theyrein D.C. learning about the U.S. politi-cal system and policymaking.

I am very much interested in theUSs political system and the govern-ment that protects democratic princi-ples and basic human rights of allcitizens, said MP Thein Swe. Henoted he is especially intrigued by thebalance of power between the statesand federal government, as well as asystem that encourages the citizenry toshare rights and responsibilities.American people are very lucky, heconcluded.

AMERICAN IMPRESSIONS As for life in America, the group

feels that Madison is beautiful, quiet,peaceful and safe a place where peo-ple follow basic rules and regulations,such as traffic laws. Noting that whilelife here is expensive and a cultureshock - the food is particularly differ-ent, and expressing oneself in a foreignlanguage is difficult - the group re-mains upbeat. They said they have feltwelcomed here by open, good-hearted people and are enjoying theirstay.

Farmer and MP Aung Soe, from asmall village in the south, has been es-pecially impressed with the DaneCounty Farmers Market. I like themarket idea which allows the farmer tosell the produce without any tax, hesaid.

MP Aung Soe expressed his desirethat the American people will con-tinue supporting the causes for others,and concluded, I would like to saythank you to the American people whohelped us to come and study here.

According to Walker, trip facilitator,the program was sponsored by TheRichardson Center on Global Engage-ment. The Richardson Center hasbeen active in Myanmar, providingparliamentary trainings and people-friendly investments, she said.

MP Min Thu summed up living in aforeign country while studying Englishat age 52. I have no hard things for mehere, because compared to the life inthe prison it is an easy life for me.

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Middleton High School releases honor rollMiddleton High SchoolHonor Roll - Semester 2Honor Roll = 3.6 or Higher,* designates a 4.0

FreshmenJacob Aegerter,*Josue Arandia,Julia Armani,*Anna Ashley,Mitchell Bacon,Samantha Ballweg,*Shelby Ballweg,Pace Balster,Brian Bellissimo,Tyler Benedict,*Sallie Bestul,Joshua Biatch,Hunter Bindl,Evan Birschbach,Sophie Bliss,Seeham Bnyat,*Charles Booher,Sophie Braman,Aaron Buelo,*James Buenfil,Amanda Butler,Chloe Carrigan,Catherine Castagnet,Madeline Clark,Lauren Coons,Ellen Cottingham,*Chase Cunniff,*Nicole Cushman,Andrew Degler,*Alexander DeLaura,Elizabeth DiTullio,Timothy Dorn,Grace Douglas,Thomas Dunn,Amy Ernst,*Kelly Esenther,Alexander Fagre,*Dorsey Falk,Alexander Fisher,Joseph Foster,Claire Fralka,Kira Galang,Gabriel Garlough-Shah,Andrew Geng,*Autumn Grim,Margot Groskreutz,Aliyah Grote-Hirsch,Grace Gustafson,Heather Haack,Perrin Hagge,Kaitlin Hanrahan,Jacob Harnois,*Casey Harper,Kristin Hartung,Carlton Henry,Greta Hevesi,*Estelle Higgins,Evan Higgins,Kira Holmes,*Amanda Huff,*Jordan Hylbert,Sarah Ihrig,*Samuel Inman,Savanna Jackson,Jack Jesse,Bennett Johnson,Daniel Johnson-Schunk,Riley Kalsbeek,Elizabeth Keller,*Bryan Kim,Michael Kjentvet,Russell Kjorlie,Zoie Kloida,*Connor Kooistra,Logan Kossel,Chandler Krajco,Alex Kushner,Megan Lange,Edward Larson,*Maia Lathrop,*Thomas Lawton,Daewon Lee,

Ethan Lengfeld,Joseph Levin,*Heather Levy,Andrew Lewis,Christian Lindblom,Audrey Loomis,Cody Markel,Katherine Marshall,*Brennan Martin,Michael Mavroulis,*Celia Mayne,*Kevin McMahon,Lidiana Meinholz,Vanesa Meneses,Joshua Meyer,Danielle Millan,Hannah Miller,Michael Mondi,*Genevieve Moreau,*Brandon Munoz,*Angela Newman,Taylor Norton,Jamie Oesterle,Timothy OShea,*McKenna OSullivan,Charlotte Patterson,*Akash Pattnaik,Jadrien Paustian,*Morgan Peter,Corinne Phillips,*Madison Pincombe,*Alissa Pollard,Kyle Puchalski,Michael Quale,Travis Raffel,Surya Ramachandra,Katelyn Robson,Wesley Rock,*Ana Roden,*Samantha Roll,*Jacob Ross,Ava Schiebler,Katherine Schmidt,Michael Schmidt,Brennan Schmitt,Jacob Schmitz,Ellen Schuebel,Jordan Schulenberg,*Simrnjit Seerha,*Hannah Singer,*Kaisey Skibba,Lauren Smith,Sebastian So,Kalyn Sonday,Chandler Squires,Allison Thompson,*Hannah Thompson,*Sarah Thornton,*Victoria Trantow,*Sheyenne Tung,Samantha Valentine,John Vincent,Matthew Wakai,Abigail Webber,*Anna Welton-Arndt,Kenyon Wensing,Sarah Wexler,*Arianna White,Kyle White,Mena Williams,Theodore Williams,*Laura Wilson,Riley Wittwer,Amanda Wolfinger,Gray Woodward,*Allie Yan,Mackenzie Zander,*Emily Zeimentz,Amalia Zeinemann,*Tammy Zhong,Logan Ziegler,Jack Zocher,*Zachary Zuengler,

SophomoresTylor Adkins,Tyler Ballweg,Tyler Bambrough,

Paxton Bauer,Joseph Beltz,*Lucy Bergenthal,Emily Bergum,Farhat Bhuiyan,Emma Birkelo,Jenna Blair,Amber Bo,Bianca Bockwinkel,Lauren Boettinger,Alyssa Boss,Emily Bruhn,Eli Bucheit,Hannah Bunting,James Caldwell,Gabriela Chardon,Vanessa Chavez,Austin Collins,*Meredith Dahlk,*Katherine Davis,Henry Dean,Jornay Deaton,Cole Dennis,Hayden Denson,Joshua Dickmeyer,Alyson Dietz,*Kayleigh Dietz,Abby Digney,Hanna Docter,Samantha Dresen,*Joseph Duff,Elise Durst,Morgan Falk,Katherine Fermanich,Nicholas Friedl,Dimitris Friesen,Genevieve Fuhrman,Lindsay Gall,Anna Garren,*Margaret Garren,*Calvin Geppert,*Sydney Goeden,Natalie Grande,Jordan Grapentine,*Connor Green,*Ryan Green,Shay Haase,*Patrick Hall,*Rachel Hartig,Tessa Hellenbrand,Marlee Henige,Abigail Henke,Leah Herder,Mitchell Herl,Daniel Hernon,Christopher Hines,Timothy Hinkens,*Audrey Hinshaw,Erin Hoffman,Tyler Holley,Kimberly Holmes,Lauren Hopp,Hannah Howe,*Jacob Hunter,Shay Jens,Nadine Jessup,Brett Joers,Kaileigh Johnson,Karoline Johnson,Hayden Johnston,*Alban Jonuzi,*Nicolette Jordee,Gregory Jorgensen,Hannah Joseph,Julien Kaestner,Derek Kalvin,Lauren Kalvin,Karlee Ketelboeter,*Anna Kim,*Kyoung Heon Kim,*Evan Kivolowitz,*Heidi Knoche,Jordan Kobbervig,*Kennedy Kooistra,*Emily Krueger,Riley Kuehn,Benjamin LaMasney,Luisa Lara Santiago,

Jennifer Launder,Marie Lawton,Jacob Lepage,*Fiona Ljumani,Megan Lund,Nicholas Maes,Jennifer Mangas,*Margaret Mangas,Jacob Manser,Jon Matsumura,Ellis Mayne,Katherine McCarthy,Maxwell McConnell,Allyson McMurray,*Erin McShane,Noah Meeteer,Carley Meyers,Leah Meylor,Shannon Mousseau,Kyle Mueller,Cheris Nelson,Marissa Nelson,*Ester Nikolla,Kelsey Nonn,*Nikki Noughani,Steven Oakes,Emily Oberwetter,Michael Olsen,Shelby Olstad,*Chris Olszewski,*Ellen Opitz,Mitchell Oswald,*Devin Ott,*Marilyn Perkins,*Kennedy Peter,*Alexander Peterson,Emily Peterson,Kira Peterson,Alison Petrick,Megan Peyton,*Jennifer Phillips,Emma Piepenbrok,Garrett Piernot,Andrew Plumb,Amanda Powers,Paige Prestigiacomo,Allison Ragsdale,Amanda Ramirez,*Tia Rashke,Kendra Rasmussen,Joshua Reddemann,Jordan Redders,Grace Reif,Annika Reikersdorfer,*Stephanie Reiss,Tara Roach,Colin Roberts,Olivia Roberts,Dana Angeli Rodriguez,Samuel Ropa,*Soren Rozema,*Kyra Rubin,*Avery Sampson,Madeline Schachte,Jared Schwartz,*Tamara Scott,Jolyon Scudder,*Ivraj Seerha,Emily Seifriz,*Rachel Severson,Miranda Shanks,*Maegan Sheehan,Kaylee Simon,Rory Slattery,Jordan Smith,*Ashley Stahnke,Jack Stanton,*Max Stenklyft,Abigail Stoppleworth,Megan Sullivan,Anna Swenson,Tanner Tanyeri,*Rachel Thornton,Nikhil Trivedi,Ralph Turner,Harish Veeramani,*Jack Verstegen,Wesley Wakai,

Katelyn Waldenmaier,*Roger Waleffe,Emily Walther,Josephine Ward,Madeline Warda,*Alison Weber,Benjamin Weissburg,Daniel Wendt,Elisabeth Whritenour,Rachel Wians,Peter Williams,Jonathon Williamson,Alexander Wills,*Sarah Woody,*Michelle Xie,Amber Yaeger,Su Jin Yoo,Travis Zander,*Emily Zeker,Samantha Zimmerman,William Zocher,

Juniors*Connor Acker,*Sara Allen,Brett Andersen,Samantha Andryk,Madeline Angevine,Annie Armstrong,Emerson Ashby,Shelby Bacus,Anne Baker,*Kayla Bauhs,Bridget Bellissimo,Iffat Bhuiyan,Payton Bills,Sydney Black,Alexis Blaschke,Hadeel Bnyat,Magdalena Bobadilla Sandoval,*Christina Bouril,Isabel Braman,Rosepetra Brandenburg,Anna Bresnahan,Ashley Brooks,*Collin Buelo,Emma Callaci,Gabrielle Campagnola,Logan Clark,Sheenagh Cleary,*Elise Clussman,Burton Copeland,Emily Coyne,*Britta Crisp,Jennifer Dahlquist,Alexander Dammann,Adam Desantes,*Emily Douglas,Jonathan Dowell,Scott Fabbri,Adam Foster,*Madeline Friend,Kenny Gao,Kevin Gao,Emily Gavol,*Eden Girma,Colin Gloudemans,*Spencer Gloudemans,Eliza Gorman-Baer,*Andrea Green,*Cooper Green,Olivia Groth,Jessica Grover,*Madeline Guyette,Lilija Hagge,Jack Hagstrom,Joseph Hall,Julia Handel,Emorie Harty,Reece Harty,Abby Hudson,Elizabeth Ihrig,*Alexa Jaume,Alexander Jedrzejczak,Nathan Jessup,Josephine Johnson,*Adam Jordahl,

See hOnOrrOll, page 19


Photos by Jeff Martin/JMAR Foto-Werks

A day at the beachThe Downtown Middleton Business Association (DMBA) hosted its third

annual Downtown Beach Party & Service Appreciation Day on Saturday,June 15 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Clockwise from top left: Village GreensChad Boyer serves up a cold one, city administrator Mike Davis buckles upbefore going up on a Middleton Fire Department ladder, a view of the beachparty from above.

Accumulating base runners wasnta problem.

Getting them home was.Because of it, Middletons Home

Talent League team is now tied forfirst place in the Northern SectionsEast Division.

Middleton left 15 men on baseSunday and fell to visiting BlackEarth, 6-3. Now, Middleton and theBombers are tied atop the divisionwith 7-2 records. Ashton (5-3) sits 1 games back in third place.

We did a lot of things really well,but just couldn't get the timely hit,

Middleton manager BrandonHellenbrand said. We had runners onbase in every inning but one.

Drew Farrell started for Middletonand allowed three runs in seveninnings, Farrell struck out four anddidn't walk a batter.

Andrew Zimmerman threw thefinal two innings and allowed threeunearned runs in the ninth and tookthe loss.

Our pitching was very solid,Hellenbrand said. Farrell threw greatfor seven innings. He was alwaysaround the strike zone and kept us inthe game today.

Zimmerman did an excellent job,as well, coming on in relief. We hadone bad hop in the ninth that ended uphurting us and brought in threeunearned runs.

Middleton trailed, 2-0, in the sixthwhen A.J. Redders had a two-out dou-ble. Eric Simon followed with an RBIsingle to narrow the Bombers lead to2-1.


Middletons honor studentsSeven baseballplayers named all-Big Eightby rOb reiSChelTimes-Tribune

Middletons baseball team hadanother terrific season.

The Cardinals compiled an 18-7overall record. Middleton finished insecond place in the Big EightConference with a 13-5 mark. And theCardinals came within one game ofreaching the state tournament.

So it was no surprise thatMiddleton landed seven players on theall-Big Eight Conference team.

Senior pitcher Brian Lochner, jun-ior second baseman Luke Schafer andjunior third baseman Kasey Millerwere all named first-team all-confer-ence. Senior pitcher Reese Felton wasnamed second-team all-league, whilesenior first baseman Tanner Meinholz,senior center fielder Kenji Passini andjunior catcher Jackson Keeler were allnamed honorable-mention all-confer-ence.

Lochner compiled a 5-1 record,threw five complete games and had astellar 1.91 ERA. Opponents battedjust .230 off of Lochner and had anon-base percentage of .297.

Lochner, a captain and three-yearstarter, was also named an honorable-mention pitcher in District 5.

Brian was very consistent with hisoutings this year, Middleton managerTom Schmitt said. He is a pitch tocontact type of pitcher.

He had good mix of four pitchesand was a poised leader while on themound.A very athletic kid thathelpedhimself and the defense by fielding hisposition.Brian led by example on thefield and will truly be missed as anall-around excellent pitcher, shortstopand student/athlete.

See baSeball, page 17

See htl, page 18

Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

Drew Farrell and Middletons Home Talent League team dropped into a first place tie with Black Earth afterfalling to the Bombers Sunday.

Times-Tribunephoto by Mary

Langenfeld

MiddletonsBrian Lochnerwas namedfirst-team all-Big EightConference.

Fit to be tiedHTL team falls toBlack Earth, slipsinto first place tiewith Bombersby rOb reiSChelTimes-Tribune

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Middletons varsity basketballprogram hosted the sixth annual'Cardinal Classic' summer tourna-ment last weekend.

The star-studded event featured28 teams from all corners ofWisconsin.

Middleton finished second in itsfour-team pool, defeatingMilwaukee Vincent and Waunakeein convincing fashion before losingto Monona Grove, 45-44.

In the tournament portion onSunday, the Cardinals lost anotherclose battle to the Gold divisionchampions Lodi.

After a Saturday of pool play, sin-gle elimination tournaments were setfor Sunday.

Milwaukee Washington defeatedStoughton in the top division, theDiamond. Lodi captured the Golddivision by defeating Mount Horeb,while Janesville Parker won theSilver division and Waunakee wonthe Bronze.

It's a great experience and achance to showcase our communityand our tremendous facilities,Middleton coach Kevin Bavery said.Most schools try to take at least onesummer trip in which they will seeteams outside of their area, as well asfor their players to bond.

Many choose our tournamentbecause of its reputation as beingone of the best if not the best sum-mer high school tournament.

Middleton was in a tight gameagainst Milwaukee Vincent, butpulled away in the second half andposted a 16-point win. The Cardinalsran past Waunakee, as well.

Everyone treats summer ball intheir own way, Bavery said. Welike to play a similar running andpressing style that we use during theseason with a full court game andlots of players contributing, so wetypically take at least 10 players toall of our league games and tourna-

ments. We want to have a modicum of

success in the win/loss category,however there is a bigger picture developing chemistry, looking forleaders to emerge, using opportuni-ties at MHS to improve strength andconditioning and well as basketballskill, and so on. For this summer wehave 19 varsity candidates partici-pating in a variety of leagues andtournaments with our 'Classic' beinga good measuring stick as to ourprogress.

Players participating for the

Cardinals included seniors-to-beVance Koch, Chris Little, MaxOelerich, Derek Rogeberg, DerekRongstad, Luke Schafer and ColeZillner. Senior Nick Revord helpedout as an assistant coach while herecovers from a sprained ankle.

Cardinal juniors included HaydenDenson, Ian Hokanson and BrettJoers, while sophomore CodyMarkel also represented the Cardinalvarsity.

Middleton is coming off a year inwhich it tied for third place in theBig Eight Conference, then stunned

top-seeded Sun Prairie in a regionalfinal. The Cardinals eventually lostto Madison Memorial in the section-al semifinals, but will return theoverwhelming majority of their teamthis winter.

I'm starting to get glimpses ofwhat our team could potentially bewhen they are all pulling in the samedirection and playing with a tremen-dous amount of energy, Baverysaid. I continually hear from othercoaches how much they enjoy howhard our kids play, as well as howfun we are to watch because of our

style. When you hear that from peersyou know things are headed in agood direction.

Middleton also traveled toChampaign, Ill., recently to partici-pate in the Fighting Illini teamcamp. The Cards finished 8-4 in poolplay there.

The Cardinals play in theEdgewood College tournament atthe Edgedome this weekend and fin-ish out their summer schedule with atournament in Fort Atkinson on July20. Middleton also participates in theStoughton and Sun Prairie leagues.

Times-Tribune photos by MaryLangenfeld

Its nevertoo earlyfor hoops!

Middletons varsity basket-ball program hosted the 28-teamCardinal Classic summer tour-nament last weekend. Middletonfinished in second place in poolplay Saturday, then lost its firstgame in the Gold DivisionSunday.

Clockwide from top: Middletons Chris Little

(right) looks for room tomanuever against MononaGrove.

Derek Rongstad, a first-team all-Big Eight Conferenceplayer last season, drives to thebasket.

Derek Rogeberg fights for aloose ball.

Cardinal Classic a success againby rOb reiSChelTimes-Tribune


The Middleton Gators won theirdual first meet of the season, 595-357,against Hill Farm last Wednesday.

John Kaney, Jack Madigan,Caroline Hippen, Michael Draves,Ella Graf, Cora Mack, Archer Parkinand Rory Slattery each won twoevents for the Gators.

In the girls 8-and-under events,Ryanne Woodall took second andMadilyn Vander Sanden finished thirdin the 25-meter freestyle. Erin Gonterwon the 25-meter backstroke andBailey Flock was third. Flock alsowon the 25-meter breaststroke, whileSammi Kubsh was second and NatalieCharles finished third. EmmaChandler, Ryanne Woodall, and AnnaReihl swept the 25-meter butterfly.Kubsh and Chandler took first andsecond in the 100 meter IM, while theGators A relay team won the 100-meter medley and freestyle relay.

In the boys 8-and-under events,Ben Keith was third in the 25-meterfreestyle. Keith also won the 25-meterbreaststroke and Jack Alexander wasthird. Jack Madigan won the 25-meterbutterfly and the 100-meter IM, whilethe Gators A relay team took second inthe medley and freestyle relays.

In the girls 9-10 events, RylieBauman was third in the 50-meterfreestyle, while Ella Graf, HaileyBarrett, and Lydia Hanson swept the50-meter backstroke. Graf won the100-meter IM and Alexa Schaefer wasthird. Emma Pinder, Olivia Andrews,and Fiona Madigan swept the 50-meter breaststroke, while HaileyBarrett won the 50-meter butterfly.The Gators A relay team won thefreestyle relay, while the B relay teamwas second in the medley relay.

In the boys 9-10 events, JohnKaney won the 50-meter freestyle,while Peter Hoferle was second.Kaney also won the 50-meter back-stroke and Blaise Lin was third. NateLames and Ethan Hallick were firstand second in the 100-meter IM, whileHoferle, Nathan Shaw and Blaise Linswept the 50-meter breaststroke. NateLamers won the 50-meter butterflyand the Gators A relay teams won themedley and freestyle relays.

In the girls 11-12 events, MollyWarriner took second in the 50-meterfreestyle, while Alexis Barrett andMolly Warriner were second and third,respectively, in the 50-meter back-stroke. Cora Mack won the 100-meterIM, while Julia Carr was second. Carrand Grace Madigan were second andthird in the 50-meter breaststroke,while Cora Mack, Grace Madigan,and Alexis Barrett were first, second,and third in the 50-meter butterfly.The Gators A relay teams took secondin the freestyle and medley relays.

In the boys 11-12 events, AndrewLund, Miles Worledge, and NicDraves swept the 50-meter freestyle.Worledge and Draves were secondand third, respectively, in the 50-meterbackstroke, while Archer Parkin wonthe 100-meter IM. Andrew Lund wonthe 50-meter breaststroke, whileThomas Hosseini was third. Parkinwon the 50-meter butterfly, whileHosseini was third. The Gators Arelay teams also won the medley andfreestyle relays.

Caroline Hippen won the girls 13-14 100-meter freestyle event, whileDevon Pinder was third. CarolineHippen, Victoria Lin and MargaretMcGill swept the 100-meter back-

stroke and McGill was also second inthe 100 meter IM. Jordan Winklerwon the 100-meter breaststroke andErika Rader was second. Lin won the50-meter butterfly and Jordan Winklerwas second. The Gators A relay teamswon the medley and freestyle relays.

In the boys 13-14 events, MichaelDraves won the 100-meter freestyle,while Luke Delaney was third.Draves also won the 100-meter back-stroke and Harrison Bielski won the100 meter IM. Isaac Hanson, EvanBIrschbach, and Kane Birschbachswept the 100-meter breaststroke,while Harrison Bielski won the 50-meter butterfly and Luke Delaney wassecond. The Gators A relay teams alsowon the medley and freestyle relays.

In the girls 15-18 events, MadelineBielski won the 100-meter freestyle,while Jordan Redders and JennyMangas were second and third in the100-meter backstroke. MaggieMangas took second in the 200-meterIM, while Elinor Slater took third inthe 100-meter breaststroke. Slater alsowon the 100-meter butterfly and theGators A relay teams won the medleyand freestyle relays.

Zack Parkin won the boys 15-18100-meter freestyle, while Nick Lundwas second and Cooper Green third.Green and Hans Kunsch were secondand third, respectively, in the 100-meter backstroke, while Rory Slatterywon the 200-meter IM and James Maiwas second. Slattery also won the100- meter breaststroke and Lund wonthe 50-meter butterfly. The Gators Arelay teams also won the medley andfreestyle relays.

The Gators host Seminole andHawks Landing on Saturday.

Gators cruise pastHill Farm in opener

The WIAA Board of Controlapproved a number of coaches adviso-ry committee recommendations ineach winter sport last week.

Several of them were in basketball.Among them:

There will be a mercy rule for allvarsity basketball games during theregular season and throughout thetournament series beginning in 2013-14. A running clock will be imple-mented once the point differentialreaches 40 points at any time after theconclusion of the third quarter unless atimeout is called. Regardless, if thescore differential subsequently dipsbelow 40 points, the running clockremains in effect until the conclusionof the game.

No Division 1 school will beallowed to host a sectional semifinalor final if its team is playing in thatgame. This rule already has been inplace for the lower tournament divi-sions.

All WIAA tournament games willbe officiated with three-person crews.Previously two-man crews were usedfor the first and second rounds andthree-person crews used for theregional finals and beyond.

In other action: The state wrestling team tourna-

ment will have a different schedulenext year. The Division 1 semifinalswill be moved from 9 a.m. Saturday to7:30 p.m. Friday and will be precededby the quarterfinals at 5:30 p.m. TheDivision 2 and 3 semifinals, whichused to be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, willbe scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday. Thefinals for all three divisions will beginat 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

The state gymnastics tournamentwill run its team event Friday eveningand its individual championshipsSaturday afternoon. That is the oppo-site of how the event has been sched-uled in past years.

In hockey, the maximum gamelimit was raised to 24. Previously therewas a maximum of 20 games with theallowance of two multi-game dates.

WIAA approvesseveral changesBasketball willhave mercy rule


Schafer batted .333 and had a .433on-base percentage. Schafer scored ateam-high 28 runs, was third on theteam in hits (28) and stole 14 of 15bases.

Schafer, who played both secondbase and shortstop, batted leadoff andhad a 12-game hitting streak at onepoint during the year.

Luke is a competitor, Schmittsaid. Luke is not afraid of work toimprove his skills and the team.

He has a passion for the game andis looking forward to playing at thenext level after next year.We will leanon him to be a leader again in the 2014season as his teammates voted him asa captain.

Miller was one of Middletonsgreat surprises in 2013.

Miller batted a team-best .413, hadan on-base percentage of .500 and a.467 slugging percentage. Miller had ateam-high 24 RBI, was second in hits(31), third in doubles (two) andswiped nine of 10 bases.

Miller was also named a second-team infielder in District 5 and an all-academic player in the district.

Kasey was a very pleasant sur-prise in his development at the plate,Schmitt said. As we progressedthrough the season he got into theclean-up spot and came through manytimes with clutch hits.

Hes a gifted athletethat is blessedwith a rocket of an arm. He madeplays from behind the bag, run-throughs and off balance throws. Hisdevelopment makes me think we canlook for a much larger role next yearand give him the ability to play at thenext level if he chooses to work athisindividual skills.

Felton, who made a remarkablejump from the JV team as a junior,went 5-2 with a 2.26 ERA. Feltonstruck out 38 batters in 34 innings and

held opposing hitters to a .159 battingaverage.

Felton threw a no-hitter againstVerona and was also votedMiddletons Most Improved Player.

Reese is just scratching the sur-face of his ability to pitch as hegrows, Schmitt said. We wish wehad him for another year.

He developed as a JV player lastyear and got better as he made eachappearance this year. In his no-hitterversus Verona he gained confidence.Ithink that spilled over into his hittingas he struggled early and ended upbeing one of our hottest hitters by thetourney.

He was our designated hitter forthe last part of the season as he gotthings figured out with his approachand timing at the plate.Hes a giftedathlete and a great kid.

Meinholz batted .338 and had a.468 slugging percentage. Meinholztied for second on the team with 16RBI and was also second with six dou-bles.

Tanner matured and developedinto a vocal leader for this team,Schmitt said. That was somethingvery out of character forTanner, as hewas more comfortable being one ofthe guys and not being in the lime-light.He was our hottest hitter at theend of the year.

Keeler has already developed into

one of the better defensive catchers topass through Middleton in quite sometime. And his hitting was more thanadequate, as well.

Keeler batted .293 and had a .387slugging percentage. Keeler tied forsecond in runs scored (17), was fourthin RBI (11) and led the team in dou-bles (seven).

Jackson is good at blocking,receiving and his best skill ishis arm,Schmitt said. He works well withinfielders to pick-off runners after thepitch and shut down running games.

Hes an excellent student/athletethat we look forward to stepping into abigger leadership role for the 2014season.

Passini was Middletons most con-sistent outfielder, batting .306 with a.419 on-base percentage. He also went11-for-11 on stolen bases and was oneof the Big Eights top defensive centerfielders.

Kenji had a tremendous seasonconsidering where he left off to endhis junior year, Schmitt said. Hedeveloped into a consistent hitter andcovered a tremendous amount ofground in the outfield.

A very instinctive base runner thatalwayswas aggressive and in positionto take the next base. I was verypleased with what Kenji was able togive us this season.

All-Big Eight Conference BaseballFIRST TEAM

Pos Name School YearP Brett Yoder Sun Prairie Sr.P Sam Lund Sun Prairie Jr.P Brian Lochner Middleton Sr.C Zach Fairchild Sun Prairie Sr.C Michael Mack Madison East Sr.INF Riley Anderson Madison La Follette Jr.INF Kasey Miller Middleton Jr.INF Jarett Druding Beloit Memorial Jr.INF Luke Schafer Middleton Jr.INF Carter Brekke Sun Prairie Sr.OF Alex Brown Madison West Sr.OF Patrick Whalen Beloit Memorial Jr.OF Ryan Curran Sun Prairie Jr.OF Cullen Osmond Janesville Parker Jr.DH Aidan McNamara Madison West Sr.Util Armann Cabrera Beloit Memorial Jr.

SECOND TEAMPos Name School YearP Reese Felton Middleton Sr.P Simon Rosenblum-Larson Madison West So.C Ben Rortvedt Verona Fr.IF Daniel Karlin-Kamin Madison East Sr.IF Aidan Baggot Madison East Sr.IF Brandon Hughes Janesville Craig Sr.IF Brian Assalone Sun Prairie Sr.IF Keegan Mickey Beloit Memorial Jr.IF Fernando Espinosa Madison La Follette Sr.OF Ryen Hinze Madison East Sr.OF Wyatt Olson Janesville Craig Jr.OF Michael Marchese Sun Prairie Jr.DH Luke Lanzendorf Madison La Follette Sr.Util Justin Graham Janesville Craig Jr.

HONORABLE MENTIONBeloit Memorial Trey Caple, Sr.; Andres Oselio, So.; Jayson

Pemberton, Sr.Janesville Craig Nick Blomgren, So.; Alex Faust, Jr.; Roy Malmanger,

Sr.; Ryan Marro, Sr.Janesville Parker Zach Bailey, So.; Darin Brewster, Jr.; Tyler Brooks,

Sr. Madison East A.J. Barlow, Sr.; Donovan Tomony, Fr.Madison La Follette Mack Arnold, Sr.Madison Memorial Jared Eichorst, Sr.; Joe Ferguson, Sr.; Ben

Horman, Jr.; Riley Karns, So.; Sam Kimball, Jr. Madison West John James, Sr.; Matt Ohm, Sr.; Joe Trier, Jr.; Kai

Westring, Sr.Middleton Jackson Keeler, Jr.; Tanner Meinholz, Sr.; Kenji Passini, Sr.Sun Prairie Connor Funnell, Jr.Verona Derek Witte, Sr.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Alex Brown, OF, Madison WestCOACH OF THE YEAR: Ben Greiber, Madison WestSPECIAL MENTION: Tony Butler, Sun Prairie

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Middletons Kenji Passini (right) was named honorable-mention all-Big Eight.


After Black Earth took a 3-1 lead inthe top of the eighth, Middletonanswered with a pair in the bottom ofthe frame to pull even.

Brandon Scheidler walked to startthe inning, then Tomas Chardon sin-gled to center. Redders followed witha ground ball to third and Scheidlerslid around the tag to load the bases.

Matt Brabender then had a one-outsingle to score Scheidler. With twoouts, Kevin Dubler beat out a groundball to second base that scoredChardon and made it 3-3.

But Black Earth struck for threeunearned runs in the ninth to win it.

Black Earth seems to have ournumber so far this year, Hellenbrandsaid. They are a really good team andwe knew coming in that we weregoing to have to play our best to beatthem.

Matt Brabender led Middleton,going 2-for-3 with an RBI. Reddersand Chardon both went 2-for-5.

Myles Potuznik led Black Earth

with four hits and four RBI.I have to give Black Earth credit,

Hellenbrand said. They really playedwell. We hope that we can see themagain later on this year.

Rain song: Middletons gameagainst Richland Center was rainedout last Saturday. The game will nowbe played July 12 at Middleton HighSchool at 7:30 p.m.

On deck: Middleton hostsAshton Sunday at 2 p.m. for FanAppreciation Day. An Old TimersGame will take place at noon.

Waunakee at Cross Plains, ppd. The game was postponed due torain and no makeup date has beenannounced.

Montello at Ashton, ppd. Thegame was postponed due to rain andwill be made up on July 20.

Black Earth ................... 000 101 013 6 13 2Middleton ........................ 000 001 020 3 9 3

Pitchers (ip-h-er-bb-so) Potuznik (6-5-1-4-2), Duhr (1.1-2-2-2-0), L. Hoeschele (W;1.2-2-0-0-1); Farrell (7-11-3-0-4), Zimmerman

(L; 2-2-0-1-1).Leading hitters Black Earth Barsness

(3x5), Lobenstein (2x4), Potuznik (4x5);Middleton Ma. Brabender (2x3), Redders(2x5), Chardon (2x5).

2B Barsness, Lobenstein, Potuznik (2);Redders.

SportsbriefsDewey Stendahl Memorial Golf Outing

The first annual Dewey Stendahl Memorial Golf Outing will be June 29at Pleasant View Golf Course. The cost is $85 per golfer and all proceedsgo to the Dewey Stendahl Memorial Fund. Registration is at 2 p.m. golfbegins at 3 p.m., with dinner at 8 p.m.

In past years, there has been a Middleton High School Football AlumniGolf Outing. This year, the MHS Football Alumni Golf Outing will com-bine to help create this event.

Contact Jeremy Cabalka (608-658-5739; [email protected])or Becky (White) Halverson (608-219-7216; [email protected]) withquestions.

Golf scoresMWGA winnersFlight ALow Gross Mary Balistreri, 45Low Net Mary Balistreri, 34Play of the Day Mary Balistreri

Flight BLow Gross Phyllis Bennett, 52Low Net Kim Storch, 36Play of the Day Pat King/Kim Storch

Flight CLow Gross Myrna McNatt, 61Low Net Myrna McNatt, 38Play of the Day Myrna McNatt

Parkcrest Womens LeagueFlight A Monnie Vena, 47Flight B Marian Dombrowski, 55Flight C Jan Cibula, 55

CorrectionLeah Wolff played shortstop for Middletons girls softball team this sea-

son. In last weeks MTT, Wolff was listed as a second baseman.

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Eric Simon (3) turns a double play in Middletons 6-3 loss to Black Earth Sunday.


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