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A new public works building isunder construction in the City of Mid-dleton.

“After over three years of hard workby the city staff and elected officialsand many obstacles to find a suitablesite for the city’s Municipal OperationsCenter, we finally have started con-struction of the facility in an ideal lo-cation for long-term city operations,”said city of Middleton administratorand director of public developmentMike Davis.

Davis specifically thanked ald. HansHilbert for suggesting the Departmentof Transportation’s park and ride loca-tion, which will be the new facility’shome when it is completed next year.

“The cost was very reasonable[$522,000] for the 6.6 acres of land,and the site is centrally-located forgood access to all parts of the city,”said Davis. “The city has made a long-term investment in its public safety fa-cilities, including the MunicipalOperations Center, and because ofthose investments, the city is well-sit-uated for managing its operations overthe next 50 years. I believe the citizensof Middleton are well-served by these

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How will last week’sAct 10 ruling impactteachers in MCPASD?

Last week the Wisconsin SupremeCourt ruled Act 10 constitutional,which means the 2011 law introducedby Governor Scott Walker is entirelyupheld.

This part of the 2011 Budget Repair

Bill prohibits most public employeesfrom collective bargaining for any-thing other than base wages. In theState Supreme Court case the consti-tutionality of the law was challengedby Madison Teachers, Inc., a publicsector union.

In September 2012, Dane CountyCircuit Judge Juan Colas ruled in theunion’s favor. The state appealed theruling to the high court shortly after

City’s new public worksbuilding moves forward

Middleton gets more ‘dementia friendly’

In partnership with the Alzheimer’s& Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin(ADAW), Middleton businesses are

leading the way to a dementia friendlyDane County.

At 9 a.m. on Thursday, August 7ADAW will recognize Walgreens, theState Bank of Cross Plains, Ace Hard-ware of Middleton Springs, Fitzger-ald’s Restaurant, and Willy Street

Co-op as Middleton’s first dementiafriendly businesses with a ceremonialribbon cutting in front of Walgreens atBranch Street and University Ave.

Each business has met the criteriawith 50 percent or more of their em-

Times-Tribune photo by Matt GeigerYellow journalismSaturday was National Mustard Day, and that means downtown Middleton was transformed into a

quirkier, yellower, more festive version of its usual self. Among the many Mustard Day activities was bowling,which gave Elias Matiash an opportunity to show off his skills (above). For more Mustard Day coverage,turn to page 13.

Bauman, Green weighin on what it meansby CAMERON BREN

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by JOE FIESS

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See WORKS, page 10 See DEMENTIA, page 7

See ACT 10, page 8

Inside this issue:Local: Voting: Sports:A new event to help MOMfight homelessness. Page 3

All you need to know fornext week’s election. Page 5

Middleton rolls in playoffopener. Page 17

Dining Guide . . . . . . . . 6 - 7Geiger Counter . . . . . . . . 9Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Times-Tribune photo by Matt GeigerA legal dispute over the city’s bidding process temporarily delayed con-

struction of a new Municipal Operations Center, but a judge’s ruling soonwork to begin.

Alzheimer’s & Dementia Alliance recognizes first dementia friendly businesses in Middleton

The extension of a City of Madisonsanitary sewer main in part of PioneerRoad this fall will not create access tosewer service in the Town of Middle-ton any time soon, the Middleton TownBoard learned recently.

Instead, it will open about 1,000 feetof Pioneer Road 850 south from the in-tersection of Tumbledown Trail to justnorth of Fallen Oak Drive. The roadwill be cut to the depth of 25 feet inplaces to accommodate the LowerBadger Mill Creek Interceptor Project,said Mark Moder, a City of Madisonengineer.

The project’s start hinges on com-pletion of the widening of South PointRd. by October, said Moder. If that oc-curs then sewer installment will beginin Pioneer Rd. but it will remain pass-

able, he said.“We have to keep [Pioneer] open be-

cause there are dead end streets leadingto it,” Moder said after addressing thetown board.

If South Point Rd. is not completedby October then sewer project will bedelayed until next spring, he said.

The Lower Badger Mill Creek proj-ect serves development east of PioneerRd. but is sized to serve an additional6,000 population or, 2,322 developedand undeveloped acres mainly west ofthe Pioneer Rd.

“There’s nothing prohibiting that …but it would take a new agreement [be-tween the town and city to connect tothe new sewer],” he said.

The city has not committed in writ-ing to allowing areas of the town toconnect to the new sewer line andModer said he did not have the author-ity to do that. However, Moder saidthat connecting properties in the townto the new sewer is “a possibility” andthe city would not require annexationin exchange for a sewer hookup. In-stead, the town would have to create asanitary district.

Creating a sanitary district is a statu-tory process that would take time, saidTown Attorney Tom Voss.

“We’re nowhere near that,” he said.The impact fees of connecting to a

city sewer “would be substantial,” saidModer.

About $20,000 to $22,000 per acrefor the Lower Badger Mill Creek Inter-ceptor Project. The MetropolitanMadison Sewer District has the right tooperate the sewer and could if it con-siders the demand sufficient, saidModer. However, the lift stationsMMSD would have to add to serve thearea would probably make their con-nection fees higher than the city’s, he

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City sewer won’t soonconnect to Middletonby KEvIN MuRphy

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Battle of the Badges to honor RickertThe third annual Battle of the Badges charity softball game will take place Saturday at Firefighters Memorial

Park, 3201 Pleasant View Rd. in the City of Middleton. This year’s game will honor Blake Rickert, who wasdiagnosed with Burkitt Leukemia in January of this year.

A coin toss held on Thursday of last week (pictured above) determined that the Middleton Police Departmentwill be the home team in its clash with the Middleton Fire Department.

The first pitch is scheduled for 11 a.m. A 5K run will take place prior to the game, starting at 9:30 a.m.For more information visit www.battleofthebadgesmiddleton.com.

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Chorus Line starts Friday at the Middleton PACMiddleton Players Theatre continues its 2014 season with Broadway’s singular sensation, A Chorus Line from

August 8 – 16. The show celebrates those unsung heroes of the American musical theatre—the chorus dancers. Thesevaliant, over-dedicated, underpaid, highly trained gypsies will dance and sing their way into your hearts and soulsas they tell their achingly poignant and ambitious stories of the dancer’s life, making A Chorus Line a powerfulmetaphor for human aspiration.

A Chorus Line will be presented at the Middleton Performing Arts Center at 2100 Bristol St., Middleton. Re-served tickets are $25/adults and $20/seniors and can be purchased online at www.middletonplayers.com or at thedoor 60 minutes before each performance. For best seating online ticket purchases are strongly recommended. AChorus Line contains mature themes and strong language.

Overnight event will raise fundsto help prevent homelessness

Join Middleton Outreach Ministry(MOM) and sleep under the stars onSaturday, September 13, 2014 at theKEVA Sports Center Outdoor Field forthe first annual MOM’s Sleep-Out,dedicated to preventing homelessnessin the West Madison, Middleton andCross Plains communities.

“Nearly a quarter of the children inour service area live in poverty, and areat risk of becoming homeless,” said AlRipp, executive director of MOM.“Our mission is to prevent individualsand families from losing their housing.We want to help people remain in theirhomes.”

Through MOM’s Stable HousingPrograms, case managers providehousing counseling and financial men-

toring to prevent eviction and assist inmaintaining long-term stable housing.Aid for rent, security deposits, utilities,and other critical needs can make allthe difference in a crisis. MOM servedover 430 different families with eitherutility or housing assistance in 2013,partnering with other local organiza-tions to do everything possible to pre-vent people from becoming homeless,a problem that is even more difficultand expensive to resolve.

This fun evening will include sports,games, dinner, a ‘drive-in’ movie the-atre, and more, ending with pitching atent or box and sleeping overnight.

All ages are welcome at this fun

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BradSchneiderMeet Brad Schneider, veteran Music

Instructor of Middleton High School.Brad – or “Mr. Schneider” as he iswidely known – has been teachingband at Middleton for the past 28years.

A Minnesota native, Brad was bornin Minneapolis, and raised in the westsuburb of Wayzata. He grew up aswhat he described to be “the classic

middle child” with three brothers anda sister. Brad attended a high schoolthat in hindsight reminds him a lot ofMHS, before studying Music Educa-tion at Luther College in Decorah,Iowa. Brad knew he wanted to be amusic instructor in high school, andmade up his mind to pursue that careerpath when he was in 10th grade.

Altogether, Brad has taught for 37years. After graduating from LutherCollege, he taught for four years inIowa, and then five years in Mani-towoc, Wisconsin. While teaching inManitowoc, Brad began taking courseseach summer at the University of Wis-consin-Madison working towards his

Masters Degree in Music Education. In1986, midway through his coursework,Brad began working at MHS.

One of Brad’s biggest goals throughhis work at MHS is helping studentsunderstand the bigger picture of how

music can affect their lives. “Musicstudy requires complete coordinationof analytical, physical and emotionalskills and that is unique,” he says.While interacting with students is thefocal point of teaching, Brad is alsocommitted to forming good relation-ships with their parents: “We havesome great parents involved in ourBand and Orchestra Parent Associationand I think forming partnerships andcoordinating efforts with parents hasallowed us to do some wonderfulthings for the students.”

Schneider is currently planning andpreparing for the upcoming band, or-chestra, choir, and drama student tripto London, where the band will be per-forming in the New Year’s Day Parade.

Brad and his wife, Leyla Sanyer,have been married for the past 27 yearsand have two children. The entire fam-ily is very musical, as Leyla is the Or-chestra Director at Oregon HighSchool, son Berk is a freelance musi-cian in Houston, Texas, and daughterKajsa is a senior at Lawrence College

studying Music Education. The familyresides in Verona, since it is thehalfway point between MHS and Ore-gon High School.

Although not a Middleton resident,Brad thinks very highly of Middleton,believing it is a very progressive citywith a forward-thinking administra-tion. “The school district has a reallysupportive administration that wantsthe best for all students, and recognizesthat part of that is having a quality fac-ulty and support staff.”

When he’s not teaching, Brad enjoysrock climbing, particularly at Devil’sLake, pheasant hunting with his dog,Couper, and playing golf in a league atPleasant View Golf Course. He canoften be found dining at Middletonrestaurants, with Vin Santo being oneof his favorites.

Stay tuned to meet more of yourGood Neighbors! In the meantime, ifyou would like to nominate someone asa Good Neighbor, please email me [email protected].

Photo contributedBrad and his wife, Leyla Sanyer,

have been married for the past 27years and have two children.

Harvest Festreturns

Growing Food and Sustainability’s third an-nual Harvest Festival will take place Saturday,August 16, from 4-7 p.m. at Clark Street Commu-nity School.

Those who attend will be celebrating a seasonof growing healthy food in the community andraising funds to send college-age leaders to a na-tional training on sustainable community organ-izing.

There will be games, live music, face painting,and a spaghetti dinner with pesto and tomatosauce made fresh from the garden.

For more information visit the Growing Foodand Sustainability Facebook page or send anemail [email protected].

At right, volunteers harvest kale that will beused to make pesto for the event.

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Retired sher-iff’s deputy N.Pete Endres, ofWaunakee, willchallenge incum-bent DaneCounty SheriffDave Mahoneyin the Tuesday,Aug. 12 Primary.

Endres retiredfrom the DaneCounty Sheriff’sOffice in January of 2013 and is a part-ner at Endres and Endl Security andLegal Process LLC with another re-tired sheriff’s deputy, Todd Endl.

Endres retired a couple of yearsearly because he “didn’t like the waythings were going,” he stated.

“A fire started deep inside me, and Idecided that it was time to try and fixthe morale issues in the department,”he said. “If you take care of your em-ployees, they will, in return, take careof you.”

“People are upset about severalthings in the department whether it’svacation time or staff shortages, but Icannot speak for everyone,” he said. “Ido know that we [have] got to make adifference and a change for the better.”

One change Endres is not for isbuilding a new jail.

Endres opposes the legislation for anew jail saying, “instead of building anew jail, we need to be fiscally respon-sible with tax dollars, and the currentjail can be remodeled or added onto tofix its issues. I plan on being fiscallyresponsible with the taxpayers’ dollarsby running an efficient and cost-effec-tive department.”

Other changes Endres envisions forthe sheriff’s office involve the way that

it is managed. “I am going to be available 24/7 to

be someplace that people can vent to aswe are there for the people,” he said.

Before retiring, Endres worked in al-most all the different sections of lawenforcement, so he “knows the terri-tory well,” he stated. “I was in law en-forcement just short of 30 years andwas a security officer at the Universityof Wisconsin for four years. I bring alot of experience in all different areasto the position.”

Endres promises to be a workingsheriff who is willing to “work along-side the people in every department tostay in touch with everyone in the de-partment,” he said. “I think that the po-sition calls for a person to knoweverything that is going on in the de-partment as the head law officer of thatcounty.”

While Endres does “not want tomuddy the waters, changes need to bemade, and issues need to be resolved,”he said. “I think it speaks volumes thatpeople are coming up to me and askingme to run for Sheriff.”

Through social media, Endreswishes “to have a good and strongworking relationship with the differentunions whose members comprise thesheriff’s office and to have a good andhealthy working relationship with ourlocal city and town police; it is imper-ative to be a team player as everyonebenefits.” Additionally, he says a sher-iff should “not accept anything thatgains access to the Office of the Sher-iff. It is not for sale; the citizens ofDane County own it.”

When Endres isn’t busy running hisbusiness, he spends time with his chil-dren.

“I’m busy all the time, but I try tospend as much time with my family aspossible, including my two grown chil-

Running forre-election iscurrent DaneCounty SheriffDave Mahoneywho was origi-nally elected in2006 and wonre-election in2010 with 71percent of theoverall vote. Hischallenger in theAug. 12 Primary will be retired sher-iff’s deputy Pete Endres, who workedwith Mahoney in the past.

“During the past eight years, I thinkthat I have done a good job as sheriff,”Mahoney explained. “I have beensmart on crime, and I’ve led the officein a cost-effective and efficient manner.However, there still are many issuesthat the Dane County Sheriff’s Officeneeds to address.”

“The issues include disproportionateracial disparity, jail diversion, the opi-ate epidemic, and many other things,”Mahoney said. “One way to save mil-lions of dollars is by keeping low leveloffenders out of jail by using a moni-toring system. This would save onhousing costs and keep them out of thejail system.”

Another problem that Mahoney re-ally think needs to be addressed is theopiate problem in the county as “it justleads to other more powerful addic-tions such as cocaine and heroin.”

“To address this epidemic, we needa multifaceted collaboration to work atmany levels including the medicalcommunity, the sheriff’s office, cities,and more,” he said. “Also, we need toeducate people about its harmfulness.We’ll solve the opiate problem through

education, not incarceration includingincreasing overdose tests and early in-tervention.”

Mahoney is supportive of getting anew county jail since “the old one isfalling apart and was built in 1953,” hesaid. “The jail population is very high;we need to keep people out of there ifpossible, but this has become more dif-ficult as the Mendota Mental HealthInstitute has closed.”

“People who should be going to amental health facility just on the eastside of Madison are being housed injail which is inadequate for their needsespecially considering people with se-rious health and mental issues arebeing housed in solitary confinementwhich is a punishment and is not forpeople with health issues,” Mahoneycontinued. “Special housing needsneed to be addressed. It has the possi-bility of becoming a human rightsproblem.”

Another problem that needs to beovercome in relation to special housingis that the closest mental health facilityis in Oshkosh, he said.

“Officers taking people all the wayto Oshkosh takes much longer thangoing to Mendota Mental Health Insti-tute, and doing this takes officers offpatrol,” stated Mahoney. “If there’sonly one officer on patrol at that time,there is a serious problem with publicsafety.”

Additionally, there is a current struc-ture problem with the current jail, Ma-honey said.

“If there’s a safety hazard in the jail,it takes three minutes to move the pris-oners. A new jail could solve thisissue,” Mahoney said.

Other concerns that need to be ad-dressed according to Mahoney includetraffic enforcement and public safety.


Primary Election - Dane County SheriffIncumbent Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney trounced his opponent the last time around, but new challenger Peter Endres says he has a shot in the Democratic Primary on Tuesday, August 12. The winner next week will have no opponent on the general election ballot in November.

After eight years as sheriff, Dave Mahoneywants another term

Challenger Pete Endressays he wants to fixDCSO’s ‘morale issues’

Mahoney Endres

by JANELLE MAThEWS

Times-Tribuneby JANELLE MAThEWS

Times-Tribune

See ENDRES, page 10See MAhONEy, page 10

What everyvoter needsto know forTuesday’sPrimaryThe Government Accountability

Board has released its list of the top10 things Wisconsin voters shouldknow for the Partisan Primary onTuesday, August 12:

The number one thing votersshould know is that they must bringan acceptable proof of residencedocument if they plan to register atthe polling place on Election Day,including updating their name oraddress.

“Election Day registration en-sures that everyone who is qualifiedto vote will get to vote,” said KevinKennedy, director and generalcounsel of the G.A.B. “However,you will need to bring a proof ofresidence document with you if youwant to register on Election Day.”

To register on Election Day, Wis-consin voters must provide proof ofresidence, which includes a currentutility bill, lease, university ID cardor other official document showingthe voter’s name and current ad-dress.

Before Election Day, you musthave lived at your current addressfor at least 28 days to be eligible tovote, but the proof of residencedocument does not need to be 28days old. Voters who have a cur-rent, valid Wisconsin driver licenseor Wisconsin state ID card will berequired to use their license or IDnumber to complete the registrationform. Otherwise, they may use thelast four digits of their Social Secu-rity number.

You can also register to vote be-fore Election Day. Registration inyour municipal clerk’s office takesplace until 5:00 p.m. on the Fridaybefore the election (August 8,2014). Remember, you will stillneed to bring your proof of resi-dence document to register.

Voters who may not be surewhether their registration is currentcan check their status with theirmunicipal clerk, or on the state’s

See vOTING, page 12


MHS grad Pohorskifeatured in ‘Gypsy’

Middleton High School graduate Justine Pohorski is in the cast of “Gypsy”this summer for the Oregon Straw Hat Players.

Pohorski plays one of the Toreadorables, part of a song-and-dance act fora traveling vaudeville troupe. “Gypsy” is an award-winning musical that tellsthe story of Gypsy Rose Lee, who grew up a shy wallflower but became oneof burleque’s greatest stars in the 1930s under the prodding of her relentlessstage mother Rose.

“Gypsy” opens for six performance on Aug. 9 at the Oregon School DistrictPerforming Arts Center, 456 N. Perry Parkway in Oregon.

Further information and tickets are available online atwww.oshponline.org or at the door.

Tickets are $17, $15 for seniors 65-over and youth high-school or younger.

Local instructors take part in Summer Dance WorkshopsFaculty members from Kehl School

of Dance in Greater Madison, Verona,Fitchburg, Middleton and Waunakeehave just returned from the 2014 Sum-mer Dance Workshops, a nationallyrecognized annual event where danceprofessionals hone their teaching tech-nique, educational theory and personaldance development.

Sponsored by the Chicago NationalAssociation of Dance Masters(CNADM), the workshops took placeJuly 14-21 and featured four days of in-tensive classes focused on teaching tap,jazz, ballet, contemporary, hip-hop andmore to children.

Jo Jean Kehl Janus, (retired) Jo AnnUhalt Janus, Wendy Winder and Ash-ley Sarnosky were among the facultymembers from Kehl’s who traveled toSchaumburg, IL, for the workshop

along with participating students in theBallet Forum program. Wendy Winderreceived her MDE, ‘Masters of DanceEducation’, which requires rigorousmembership exams, written Thesis andadherance to the association’s strictstandards and code of ethics.

The Chicago National Associationof Dance Masters (CNADM) is a non-profit educational association whosepurpose is to serve the needs of dance

educators. Since 1912, CNADM hasprovided continuing education work-shop classes for dance teachers andtheir students throughout the U.S. Tolearn more, visit www.cnadm.com.

Kehl director, Jennifer Janus Hilt-brand, conducted two summer danceopportunities for Kehl Dance Teams toperform at Disneyland (Orlando) in2013 and 2014.

said.Moder said the Lower Badger

Mill Creek sewer is a three phaseproject. Phase 1 extended thesewer from Mid Town Rd. north toValley View in 2012.

The Pioneer Rd. phase shouldbegin in September and be com-pleted by December 1.

Driveways along Pioneer Rd.will be closed if they need to be re-graded to match the new roadbedbut the contractor will give resi-dents three days’ notice, accordingto the city’s engineering depart-ment.

ployees completing the dementiafriendly training and are now lookinginto environmental changes that wouldaid customers with dementia or mem-ory challenges. Both Ace Hardwareand the State Bank of Cross Plainshave close to 100 percent trained staffand Walgreens is interested in addingdirectional arrows to the flooring anddisplaying a store map.

“I can’t imagine any reason why abusiness would not want to become de-mentia-friendly. The staff training timewas minimal and the trainers were veryaccommodating when it came to work-ing around our schedules,” said JeffSupple, Trust Officer, State Bank ofCross Plains. “We received positivefeedback from our employees not onlyon how this would help them with theirday-to-day work responsibilities butalso on the benefit of being more in-formed as it pertains to dealing withfamily members struggling with de-mentia.”

One in eight people over age 65have some form of dementia and themajority are living in the community.By training businesses on how to best

serve customers with dementia andraising awareness, ADAW and theMiddleton community aim to increasethe independence and quality of life forits residents, keeping the person withdementia and their family active andinvolved.

Middleton resident Ginny Nelson,whose husband has dementia, is thank-ful for the effort.

“When we are out and he asks thesame question three times, I love itwhen the staff just answer the questionas if it was the first time,” Nelson said.

If your business or community is in-terested in becoming dementiafriendly, contact ADAW at 608-232-3400.

The mission of the Alzheimer’s &Dementia Alliance of Wisconsin is tosupport individuals, families, and pro-fessionals impacted by Alzheimer’sdisease and other dementias throughinformation, education, consultation,and advocacy; and to promote the ad-vancement of scientific research to bet-ter diagnose, treat and ultimatelyeliminate Alzheimer’s disease.

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Photo contributedCelebrating ‘fan culture’ at the library

The Middleton Public Library hosted LibCon, a celebration of fan culture, on July 23. It was, as this picture fromthe event makes pretty clear, a ton of fun for attendees.

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event. Families, youth groups, andbusiness groups are all encouraged toregister. Teams and individuals are in-vited to raise funds through an onlinesystem.

“We have a fun list of incentives andawards for individuals and teams.While we know that raising funds toprevent homelessness is important tothe community, we also wanted to addan extra layer of fun and friendly com-petition!” said Elaine Bogen, specialevents manager for MOM. “Peoplewho would like to join us withoutfundraising are welcome as well sim-ply by making a donation to coverevent costs.”

The event is drawing great commu-nity business support, and is gener-

ously sponsored by KEVA Sports Cen-ter, First Business Bank, Willy StreetCo-Op, and Abuelos.

For more information on how to reg-ister or otherwise support the event, goto momsleepout.org.

Middleton Outreach Ministry MOMis a local non-profit organization thatleads a community-wide effort to pre-vent homelessness and end hunger byproviding food, clothing, housing as-sistance, emergency financial assis-tance, seasonal help such as schoolsupplies, and special services for sen-iors. MOM hosts the largest FoodPantry in Dane County that serves alocalized service area.

Photo by Michael Knapstein

Sunflowersare nearlyin fullbloom...

Mel Pope ex-pects the sunflow-ers at Pope FarmConservancy in theTown of Middletonto be in full bloomby the end of thisweek.

Colas’ ruling, leaving school districtsand their respective teachers’ unionsin legal limbo.

Depending on which way the courtruled, the authority and recognition ofa teachers’ union would be changed.In the case of Middleton EducationAssociation (MEA), the union did notfile for annual recertification requiredby Act 10 and is now no longer recog-nized by the state as a legal represen-tative for teachers. MEA could file tocertify for 2015-16. but would still beable to bargain strictly for base wages.

Before last week’s ruling it waswidely speculated Act 10 would beupheld by the court, not only becausefive of the seven justices tend to voteconservative, but also because legalprecedent was leaning toward uphold-ing the law.

Prior to the Dane County Circuitruling a federal appeals court had al-ready upheld Act 10 after a constitu-tionality challenge. Additionally, theWisconsin Institute for Law and Lib-erty, a conservative leaning public in-terest law firm based in Milwaukee,sued the Kenosha School District fornegotiating with a teachers’ union.The lawsuit was pending the SupremeCourt opinion, but the case discour-aged other districts from entering intounion negotiations.

Neither MEA president Chris Bau-man nor Middleton-Cross Plains AreaSchool District Board of Educationpresident Bob Green say they weresurprised by the ruling. However,while the law was pending, the schooldistrict was operating in a quasi-post-Act 10 world, though the union re-fused to cooperate or communicate onwhat that meant.

Essentially, what it means forteachers is that working conditionsand agreements will be laid out in anemployee handbook rather than nego-tiated by union representatives and theschool board. The school districtasked MEA to appoint members to ahandbook committee. The union de-

clined to participate until about aweek before the Supreme Court opin-ion.

August 6 is the first handbook com-mittee meeting. It will be recordedand available to watch on the schooldistrict’s Youtube channel. MEA willhave three representatives on the com-mittee, but the school board will havethe ultimate say on what goes in thehandbook and the level of influencethe union will have.

“The MEA will have representa-tives on the committee,” said Bauman.“It is certainly our hope and intentionto have our voices heard and to partic-ipate in meaningful discussions so thatwe can continue to advocate for ourmembers. We want to maintain andprotect the working conditions that wehave fought for over the past 30 plusyears to the best of our ability.”

Bauman retired from the district butwill remain union president for at leastanother year. She cannot serve on thecommittee because the district has re-quired members be employees only.

Green says the handbook commit-tee will not dissolve after the initialhandbook is finished. The panel in-stead will become a vehicle forteacher input, he said.

“There is a process and there is avoice for employees,” Green asserts.“Not the same voice they had before,but there is a voice.”

Green points out a few more thingsthat will not be the same. The schoolboard will have full authority overemployee termination, for instance.The exact process is to be determinedand will be based on the handbookcommittee’s recommendations.

The district will revise teachertransfer rights. This means the schoolprincipal and board will choose trans-fer hires rather than the union’smethod of seniority.

The board will get to shop for em-ployee health insurance, which couldpotentially save the district money.Also, teachers won’t be paying union

dues as long as MEA is not certified. Possibly the most notable change is

teachers will be able to bargain as in-dividuals and won’t be limited by therestrictions placed on unions underAct 10. Any particular teacher can de-mand a raise in salary or benefits.Green says he is especially concernedabout high demand teachers like thosecertified in special education, mathand science and bilingual education.These teachers are more likely to beoffered jobs elsewhere at higher levelsof pay.

Green notes that all teacher salariesare public information and a few se-lect groups getting substantial raisesmay lower morale and cause riftsamong teachers. With collective bar-gaining, all teachers are paid equally,under a free market setting higher de-mand positions will call for higherpay.

Bauman disagrees that individualbargaining will break the solidarity ofMCPASD teachers. She says teacherswho don’t join MEA will not have acollective voice and therefore haveless of a voice or none at all.

“I believe that MEA will continueto be the voice for the majority of theteachers in the district,” Bauman ex-plains. “What will be different is thatif teachers do not join MEA, we willnot be representing them. That is dif-ferent than when we had a collectivebargaining agreement where we rep-resented all of the teachers regardlessof whether or not they chose to joinMEA.

“That being said, I do believe thatthe majority of the teachers in MC-PASD will be MEA members, Bau-man adds. “We certainly believe thatis it better to speak with a collectivevoice than individually.”

Now that Act 10 appears to be theofficial law of the land, it seems theboard and the union will have to relyon each other more than ever. Theunion must depend on the board toallow teacher involvement, as the

elected officials are no longer legallyobligated to do so. Meanwhile, theboard needs a liaison for its more than400 employees.

“I would rather negotiate with a fewpeople than almost 500 individuals,”says Green. This would be challeng-ing and take far more time and re-sources than the board currentlyallocates.

Act 10 is now bringing the unionand school board together after yearsof polarization, says Green.

“MEA has taken a big step inagreeing to sit on the handbook com-mittee,” Green adds. “We are verypleased with their decision.”

“I am pleased to hear that the board

of education will continue to recog-nize MEA as representing teachers,”added Bauman. “Even if the stateviews us differently.”

Bauman said the fight now lies inchanging the landscape of the stategovernment, “This brings a conclu-sion to a hard-fought battle for publicemployees right to collective bargain-ing. Now we must focus on upcomingelections and work for changes tooccur in our state government.”

Green says for now he is workingwith what he has and focusing onwhat he can do to keep employee re-lations positive and morale high.


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The SerpentOne blistering afternoon in northern

Florida, a ruggedly handsome collegestudent was sitting cross-legged on acrispy baseball field. He was reading abook written by a Trappist monknamed Thomas Merton.

The volume was on the subject ofcontemplative theology. While this stu-dent – I should reiterate that he was ex-tremely good looking - was reading,hundreds of fire ants were quietly scal-ing his body, grappling over leg hairsand getting into position. Then, all atthe exact same moment, they stung.

The young man – it was me, as youprobably guessed – had the followingtrain of thought as he read the words onthe page:

“Faith comes by hearing, says St.Paul, but by hearing what? The cries ofsnake-handlers? And yet the…. what… in … the … aahhh!!!”

I shoved the book in my pocket,jumped in my car and drove home atspeeds so fast I got there five minutesearlier than I had departed.

By the time I got out of the vehicle,I had swollen to twice my original sizeand looked – this is somewhat depress-ing to point out – a lot like I do now, adecade and many cheese curds later.My legs were gargantuan. The skinwas pulled so tight it developed a bul-bous sheen not unlike that on a per-ilously over-inflated balloon.

Deranged thoughts started appearingin the forefront of my brain as moretoxins than usual – or at least ones mymetabolism was less familiar with -

coursed through my bloodstream.I dashed past my roommate, who

was still sound asleep since it was only2 p.m., and into the living room, whereI reclined on the couch and began men-tally preparing myself for the likeli-hood I was about to explode. Deathafter blowing up didn’t seem like muchof a logical jump, so I briefly tookstock of my life, which unfortunatelyled me to spend several precious sec-onds wondering why I had never seenall the Star Wars movies.

Luckily, I awoke a few hours later.As evidenced by the searing pain I wasexperiencing, I was still alive.

Nature was being mean to me, but Ireflected on the fact that our relation-ship had experienced its ups anddowns.

As a high school student in NewEngland, I once traveled to WaldenPond – the wooded site where the tran-scendentalist Henry David Thoreaulived while penning “Walden.” Whilestrolling through the forest, I encoun-tered an area where about five inchesof water had washed out a tiny portionof the rustic trail.

To my surprise, a group of touristsin front of me were standing there in a

state of extreme agitation. They werescratching their heads and crinklingtheir brows as if their wagon train hadjust reached the edge of the MissouriRiver or perhaps a member of theirparty had dropped dead from dysen-tery. After a lengthy and animated de-bate filled with a lot of jerky shouldermovement, they decided the only op-tion was to go back and inform some-one at the greeters’ station that the trailwas impassable.

One of them was going to suggestputting up some warning tape aroundthe puddle to keep people from (I’mnot exactly sure here) drowning ormaybe ruining their shoes.

Their excursion in shambles, thetourists headed back to their hotelrooms were they could watch televi-sion programs about the outdoors with-out the risk of getting wet.

I, on the other hand, took off myshoes, walked through the puddle, andhad Walden Pond all to myself. I feltjust like Thoreau without the weirdneck-beard.

A few years later I worked at a horsefarm, where I spent all my time muck-ing out stalls and explaining why I wasperpetually late to work.

“Because 5 a.m. is an unreasonabletime to expect someone to wake up,”was my most frequent answer.

While I was feeding the horses oneday, a snake skittered out from under-neath a row of grain bins.

“Pick it up,” said Jason, a coworkerwho had dark black dreadlocks, ascraggly bluish beard, and the perpet-ual desire to convert all friends to veg-etarianism. “That type of snake doesn’teven have fangs or venom.”

A few moments later, as I reacheddown to move the animal, it occurredto me that my friend was not, in fact, aprofessional herpetologist.

Once the snake had lodged its fangsfirmly into the soft flesh between mythumb and forefinger, I tried every pos-sible tactic to get it off. But crying likea small child, running around in circles,sweating profusely and yelling profanethreats at my coworkers all provedcompletely ineffective.

After what seemed like several days,the snake eventually grew bored andlet go.

But my coworkers were still rollingon the ground, laughing at the cries ofa snake handler.

Hinahara‘dismayed’by profile ofMonsanto

I was dismayed to read MattGeiger’s article on Monsanto in theJuly 21, 2014 issue. It completely ig-nored the serious questions underlyinggenetically modified organisms(GMO), food intended for human con-sumption in this case.

It cites how Monsanto’s CTO,Robert Fraley, won the coveted WorldFood Prize (WFP) last year. But didyou know that this prize is viewed bymany as tarnished and notcoveted? WFP appears to have a de-cidedly big business bias based on thecredentials of their current chairman:

“John Ruan III serves as Chairmanof the World Food Prize Foundation,Chairman of Ruan TransportationManagement Systems and Chairmanof the US Chamber of Commerce. Heis also a member of the U.S. Cham-ber’s Executive Committee.”

It was pointed out that Monsanto issurrounded in a cloud of controversy:

“But outside the vortex of vitriol andrhetoric that surrounds this company,there is one indisputable fact: Mon-santo is a scientific research and devel-opment entity that has been at theforefront of a fundamental change inhow crops like corn, cotton and soy aregrown.”

Incredibly, not once does the articlequestion whether such fundamentalchanges are actually healthy for peopleor the environment.

Monsanto’s key GMO achievementsappear to be crops that exhibit“Roundup Ready” herbicide and otherdrought, pest and disease resistance.

Presumably this leads to greater pro-duction, but at what price?

Is there a diminished quality in theend product? Residual herbicides thatare subsequently ingested? And what isthe environmental impact of planting“hundreds of millions of acres” ofRoundup Ready seeds worldwide

when it only makes sense to do this ifyou also apply Roundup herbicide (notsurprisingly manufactured by Mon-santo) to those same hundreds of mil-lions of acres?

It has been widely reported thatMonsanto generates exorbitant profitseach year globally from “renewal”seed harvests, which are crops plantedusing seed from the previous year’sharvest.

The practice of using renewal seedsdates back to ancient times, but Mon-santo seeks to collect massive royaltiesand put an end to the practice. Why?

Because Monsanto owns the verypatent to the genetically modified seed,and is charging the farmers not only forthe original crops, but the later harvestsas well.

We all know Monsanto is a big localemployer, but we also deserve to knowboth sides of this story.

Doug HinaharaMiddleton

Editor’s note: Mr. Hinahara writesthat last week’s article “completely ig-nored the serious questions underlyinggenetically modified organisms(GMO), food intended for human con-sumption in this case.”A more careful reading of the story

in question will reveal the following. Itappeared near the top of the article, onthe front page of the newspaper: “To critics of Monsanto and the ge-

netically modified (GMO) crops it de-velops, the company is amoney-grubbing force for evil, poison-ing the food supply and stomping onsmall farmers and environmentalistswho get in its way.”What Mr. Hinahara presumably

wished to see was an opinion piece thatweighed in on the ethical implicationsof what the local Monsanto campus isdoing. Opinions have a place in thisnewspaper, but it is here, on the opin-ion page. Our article last week enlightened

many in the community about the re-search being done at a local company.It did not say whether that company isgood or bad, and it did not endorse orcondemn that research.Lastly, this newspaper’s managing

editor, who personally happens to be

an organic food-eating, backyardchicken-raising, compost-making, dan-delion-loving, frequently barefooted in-dividual, takes a certain pride incriticism such as that in Mr. Hina-hara’s letter. He believes it means he isgenerally succeeding in keeping hispersonal opinions out of this publica-tion’s news coverage.

City’s oppositionto rate hikeis ironic

Letter to the Editor,Ironic is the only word to describe

the concern of the common council inre to MG&E restructuring of prices.

No one seemed concerned over lastyears school tax hike, the 10.6% millrate hike or updated property assess-ments. These all affect the fixed/lowincome Middleton residents negatively.

Let an outsider like MG&E want apiece of the pie and suddenly the pow-ers that be remember those of us onfixed incomes.

I addressed this very issue, in thisvery column last fall. To consider pro-rating not eliminating school taxes forfixed income residents. Did you listen?Every tax increased.

A big Kudos to one man who con-sistently asks the cost to taxpayers andhas constantly voted against costly pro-posals. Thank you Gurdip Brar. I wishyou were my alderman.

Joan McDermott

Why isRenteriarunning?

Thank you for your news article onthe State Assembly race in the 79thDistrict between Democratic incum-

bent Dianne Hesselbein and Republi-can challenger Brent Renteria.

I read the article several times.Based on what he said, I still am notsure why Renteria wants to representthe 79th District. He talked about cut-ting “wasteful spending,” “shift schoolfunding” and “house homeless veter-ans” without giving any specifics onwhat he wants to do about each ofthese issues or how citizens in our areawould be helped. For example, whatdoes Renteria consider wasteful spend-ing? Would his shift in school fundingmean more or less money for the Mid-dleton-Cross Plains SchoolDistrict? How would he help homelessveterans? Jobs? Housing?

Renteria also doesn’t like the “hugenumber of regulations” for businesses.Which regulations? He didn’t (orcouldn’t) mention one specificstate regulation that he wants to reviseor eliminate.

Renteria’s “to-do” list is also surpris-ing because he is a Republican candi-date and enthusiastic supporter ofGovernor Walker. The RepublicanGovernor and legislative Republicanshave been in full control of state gov-ernment for over 3-1/2 years. Theyhave had two legislative sessions and,more importantly, two state budgets toaddress his concerns. More thanenough time and certainly more thanenough votes in the Senate and the As-sembly to pass their legislation.

Interestingly, Renteria says very lit-tle about the 79th Assembly District.He doesn’t talk about specific commu-nities/businesses he has visited in theDistrict or neighborhoods where he hasknocked on doors and listened to vot-ers - both of which Dianne Hesselbeinhas often done during the last twoyears.

Speaking in nice sounding but oth-erwise empty generalities and usingprepared talking points that couldapply to any Assembly District justaren’t good enough for a candidate. Orat least they shouldn’t be.

The 79th District would be far betterserved to give a second term in the As-sembly to Dianne Hesselbein. She hasearned re-election!

John FinklerMiddleton

HesselbeinendorsesMahoney

On Tuesday, August 12 I urge votersto join with me in re-electing DaneCounty Sheriff Dave Mahoney.

Sheriff Mahoney is an outstandinglaw enforcement professional, whoserecognized leadership has helped elim-inate overcrowding in the Dane CountyJail while saving taxpayers millions ofdollars. He continually seeks smarterand more effective ways to fight crime,employing treatment and diversionprograms that hold offenders account-able, yet turn lives around and make ussafer by reducing recidivism. In thislow-profile election, your vote mattersa very great deal: remember to go tothe polls or vote early, in person, atyour municipal clerk’s office.

Please join me in re-electing SheriffDave Mahoney.

Sincerely,State Representative

Dianne HesselbeinD-Middleton

by Matt Geiger

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investments for the community’s con-tinuing success.”

The public works building will belocated at 4330 Parmenter Street, nearthe Beltline Highway.

The target date for the completion ofconstruction and fully operationalphase is March 1, 2015.

The cost for the building of thestructure and the land to build it upon,is estimated to be approximately $13million. It is being paid for through thegeneral fund, utility fund, and an esti-mated $650,000 tax increment financ-ing or (TIF) fund.

Earlier this year, there were seriousquestions about whether or not theproject would move forward asplanned. The Associated General Con-tractors of Wisconsin, Inc. in Marchobtained a temporary restraining orderin Dane County Circuit Court barringthe City of Middleton from proceedingwith the construction of its new PublicWorks Facility and outbuildings.

Judge Rhonda L. Lanford issued theorder after concluding that the City ofMiddleton may have improperlyawarded the public contract for theconstruction of the new Public WorksFacility to Newcomb Construction,Inc. of Madison.

On December 12, 2013, the City ofMiddleton issued a public notice that itwas accepting bids for the constructionof the new Public Works Facility andOutbuildings, which has an estimatedcost of over $9 million. Nine differentcontractors submitted bids for the Proj-ect, including six contractors who aremembers of the Associated GeneralContractors of

The Associated General Contractorsof Wisconsin argued to Lanford thatthe City of Middleton had violated its

own ordinances and Wisconsin law byawarding the contract to NewcombConstruction.

The Associated General Contractorsis sought to the have the City of Mid-dleton rebid the Project and/or awardthe contract for construction to the low-est responsible.

But on May 5, Judge Peter Andersondenied Associated General Contrac-tors’ motion for a preliminary injunc-tion and lifted the temporaryrestraining order.

“We are free to get back to work,”Davis wrote in an email to city leaderson the day the decision was made pub-lic.

According the engineering techni-cian managing the project, Rich Wei-hert, the new public works buildingwill be large enough to accommodateall of the city’s utility vehicles, whichwill add length to the vehicles usability,

as they will not be exposed to the ele-ments.

Amenities included in the buildingwill be a permanent recycling center,where Middleton residents can bringtheir recyclables.

“We’re hoping to have it open juston Saturdays,” Weihert said. “We havehigh values on recycling and protectingthe environment.”

According to city engineer ShawnStruske, staffing for the drop-off willbe proposed in the 2015 operatingbudget.

Other amenities will include the uti-lization of “dead space” above the of-fices and workshops in the building.According to Weihert, those spaceswill be utilized “by making a mezza-nine for storage of materials that areused in daily operations.”

“There is a second mezzanine abovethe parts room and vehicle mainte-nance area for the same purpose,” hesaid. “There will also be a wash bay,this will help in keeping the moistureconfined to a smaller space and im-prove efficiency. The biggest compo-nent is the vehicle storage area and theefficiencies involved with havingwider drive isles and maneuveringroom.”

The city voted to leave its currentpublic works headquarters, located atthe corner of Laura Lane and CenturyAvenue, in order to make way for amedical campus being planned byMeriter Hospital.

At a joint meeting in early 2011, theMiddleton Common Council and theMiddleton Plan Commission eachgranted conceptual approval to thescope of the project and Meriter HealthServices’ request for $9 million in pub-lic assistance. The development agree-ment depicts five phases ofdevelopment, each with a different cityobligation. The initial phase would in-clude $6.8 million from the city.

While the development was origi-nally slated to begin in 2014, it waslater pushed into at least 2015.


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North Central Group employeesgive Habitat for Humanity a hand

North Central Group took a day out of its 1600 Aspen Commons of-fice in Middleton to help three families move closer to homeownershipby partnering with Habitat for Humanity of Dane County. Starting at8:15 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 1, the 24 North Central Group volunteersworked on three Sun Prairie homes. During their six hours on the con-struction site, the volunteers worked side-by-side with a future Habitatfor Humanity homeowner.

"Thank you North Central Group for allowing your employees to vol-unteer a total of 144 hours at a Habitat for Humanity work site. You arehelping us move much closer to completing these Sun Prairie homes.What a tremendous donation of your staff time," said Valerie Johnson,Habitat CEO. "Thank you for helping make Dane County an even betterplace to live."

Habitat for Humanity of Dane County provides simple, decent, af-fordable housing for families who might not otherwise become home-owners. Eligible families pay monthly mortgage payments on a 0%interest loan, and contribute from 325 to 375 hours of sweat equity inthe building of their homes. Learn more by calling 255-1549 or visitwww.habitatdane.org.

“Traffic issues are at a 14-year high,and we need to target drunk and ag-gressive driving,” Mahoney explained.“Public safety is my main concern, andmy vision is to create a Dane Countycommunity guided by the core valuesof the sheriff’s office including in-tegrity, respect, professional excel-lence, courage, and leadership.Everything is built upon partnerships,and following our core values, we onlyhire people of high integrity and cred-ibility. We do what is right all the

time.”Mahoney has “over 35 years of ex-

emplary service and has served in otherpositions of leadership and been inpublic service for many years,” he said.“I have saved the county millions ofdollars, increased the cost-effective-ness of the department. I am a sheriffwho follows the guidelines, rules, andregulations.”

Mahoney was an emergency med-ical technician (EMT) in Middletonfrom 1977 to 1985; became a Dane

County Deputy Sheriff in 1980; andwas promoted to detective in 1985along with being a City of Middletonpolice dispatcher from 1978 to 1979.He was also a police officer in the Vil-lage of Cross Plains from 1979 to1980.

“We need a sheriff who knows thejob and has done the job. I’ve workedvery hard to earn the respect of resi-dents of this county,” Mahoney added.

dren.My wife was killed in a car accident

in 2005, and we’re still getting overthat to this day,” he explained.

“I’m asking people to trust me and

know that I am working for them 200percent. It really means a lot to mewhen deputies are supporting me andputting my signs in their yard,” Endresstated. “I’m looking to make a dent in

my small part of the world, and I’mleaving it up to the people to decidewhether they want me or not. This isour chance to make a change.”

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Photo contributedThis architectural rendering shows what the completed public works head-

quarters, or Municipal Operations Center, will look like.


Education Foundation kicks off big campaignThe MCPASD Education Founda-

tion officially kicked off its Bricks toBuild a Strong Foundation campaignon Friday, Aug. 1.

Approximately 800 spaces are avail-able at both Glacier Creek and Krom-rey middle schools for inscribed bricksnear the main entrances of each build-ing, Education Foundation executivedirector Perry Hibner said. Bricks areavailable in three sizes and cost $100,$200 or $400. Bricks will be availableuntil Oct. 15 or when all are sold. Thepaving is expected to be completed inearly November.

“This is a wonderful fundraisingproject for our Foundation, allowingindividuals and businesses to showtheir support of students in our Districtin a very tangible way,” FoundationBoard Chair Courtney Ward-Reichardsaid. “The funds raised will be used toprovide further inspiring experiences tokids throughout our schools.”

Money raised will be used to con-tinue to provide inspiring experiencesfor District students and staff, Hibnersaid. The Foundation has alreadyraised nearly $140,000 for its endow-ment fund and handed out more than$12,000 in teacher grants since 2013.Another grant cycle will be held in the

fall. There are 800 spaces available and

the bricks take up one, two or fourspaces depending on the size, Hibnersaid. The Foundation has a Brick Cam-paign Counter on the District, GlacierCreek and Kromrey websites that willbe updated a couple of times each

week, he said.An order form is available on the

District website’s Community An-nouncement page or by e-mailing Hib-ner at [email protected]. Ifyou would like more information orhave additional questions, please callHibner at 608-829-9014.

Volunteers will be available to an-swer questions and take orders at Infor-mation Days at all 10 schools inmid-August. Sample bricks will also beavailable, Hibner said.

Photo contributedApproximately 800 spaces are available at both Glacier Creek and Kromrey middle schools for inscribed bricks near the main entrances of each build-

ing.

Tri 4 Schools celebrates four years in Middleton, $100K donatedAnnounces new partnership withMiddleton Sports & Fitness

After starting out with a triathlon inMiddleton just four years ago, Tri 4Schools’ events have donated over$100,000 for local schools to boosttheir health and wellness programing.Tri 4 Schools donates 100 percent ofregistration fees for their kids’triathlons and youth muds runs back tothe school of each participant.

In 2014 alone, $24,000 has been do-nated as a result of two sell-out events.

“It has always been the goal of Tri 4Schools to encourage kids to live ahealthy and active lifestyle. For manykids today, gym classes and other well-ness programing at school is their onlyexposure to physical activity,” said Tri4 Schools executive director KatieHensel. “To reach $100,000 donatedback to local schools for increasedhealth and wellness programming isastounding. I’m looking forward toseeing what we can accomplish withthe next $100,000.”

Tri 4 Schools is able to continue do-nating to local schools thanks to theirgenerous team of sponsors. MiddletonSports & Fitness has joined with Tri 4Schools to be the presenting sponsor ofthe Middleton Kids Triathlon on Au-gust 16. Middleton Sports & Fitnesshas been serving the local communityfor over 30 years with everything fromswimming equipment to hockey gear.

“Seeing the impact Tri 4 Schools hashad in Middleton and the rest of Dane

County inspired us to reach out to findhow we could join them in the fightagainst childhood obesity,” said ownerRick Hong. “We believe in Tri 4Schools’ mission and look forward to

continuing to partner with them in thefuture in whatever way we can.”

Registration for the Middleton KidsTriathlon presented by MiddletonSports & Fitness is now open at

www.tri4schools.org, with an expectedsell-out of 500 athletes. In order to en-sure a safe event for all the kids, Tri 4Schools relies on a dedicated team ofvolunteers and is always looking for

more people who want to help in thefight against childhood obesity. To vol-unteer, go to www.tri4schools.org/get-involved/volunteer.

Photo contributed

Registration for the Middleton Kids Triathlon presented by Middleton Sports & Fitness is now open at www.tri4schools.org.

School district to hold open house at Kromrey Middle SchoolIf you have driven by Kromrey Mid-

dle School over the past year and won-dered what would be the result of all ofthe construction, now is your opportu-nity to find out.

The Middleton-Cross Plains AreaSchool District will hold an open house

at Kromrey on Wednesday, Aug. 13.District officials will offer tours of thecompleted areas of the remodeled andnew areas at 5 and 6 p.m. The tourswill begin just inside the new main en-trance to the school.

The tour will include a look at the

two-story, fifth-grade wing, a walk-through of the administrative areas anda stop in the new cafeteria and stagearea. Officials from Bray Architects,the firm that designed the building, andJ.H. Findorff & Son, which has han-dled the construction, will also be on

hand.The District will also hold tours at

Glacier Creek Middle School in CrossPlains on Tuesday, Aug. 12 at 5 and 6p.m.

“We really hope a lot of communitymembers will take advantage of this

opportunity,’’ District CommunicationsDirector Perry Hibner said. “We wanteveryone to feel good about our up-graded facilities and to learn moreabout how their tax dollars from thehighly successful 2012 referendum arebeing spent.’’


MyVote Wisconsin website(https://myvote.wi.gov).

Number two on the list is that vot-ers may only vote for candidates of oneparty in the partisan primary.

Some voters think that they can votefor any candidate in a primary election,but this has not been the case since1905, when Wisconsin went to a sys-tem of partisan primaries. “Unlike theNovember General Election, the Parti-san Primary in August is for voters tonominate who they would like to moveon to the November election,” saidKennedy. “But the law says voters canonly participate in one party’s pri-mary.”

Number three is that voters do nothave to show a photo ID to receive aprimary ballot on August 12.

Even though the WisconsinSupreme Court recently ruled that thestate’s Voter Photo ID Law is constitu-tional, there is a separate federal courtorder blocking it. Any Wisconsin elec-tion official who requests a photo IDfrom a voter in order to receive a ballotwould violate that federal court order.

Wisconsin’s Attorney General hasannounced that he plans to seek rein-statement of Voter Photo ID in a fed-eral appeals court, but such a reversalis extremely unlikely for the August 12Partisan Primary, Kennedy said.

“If the federal court order blockingthe Voter Photo ID Law is overturnedbefore the November 4 General Elec-tion, the G.A.B. will notify the publicand local election officials,” Kennedysaid.

The remainder of the Top 10 thingsvoters should know are:

4. You can still vote by absenteeballot. All registered, eligible voterscan receive an absentee ballot by mailor in their municipal clerk’s office.You may vote an absentee ballot inyour clerk’s office between the thirdMonday and the last Friday before anelection (July 21 - August 8, 2014).Hours vary by municipality. Contactyour municipal clerk for the times andlocation of absentee voting. Pleasenote that due to a recent legislativechange you may no longer vote an ab-sentee ballot in the clerk’s office onweekends.

You can also request a ballot bymail. All requests must be received byyour municipal clerk no later than 5:00p.m. on the Thursday before the elec-tion (August 7, 2014). To find yourmunicipal clerk’s contact informationand an absentee ballot request formplease visit https://myvote.wi.gov .

5. Absentee ballots must be post-marked by Election Day: If you hadan absentee ballot mailed to you, itmust be postmarked by Election Dayand must be received in your municipalclerk’s office by 4 p.m. the Friday afterthe election (August 15, 2014).

6. What to do about problems atthe polling place. “If you see voterfraud, voter intimidation, electioneer-ing or misconduct by election officials,your first point of contact should be thechief election inspector at the pollingplace,” said Kennedy. “The chief in-spector is the lead poll worker and canusually resolve most polling place is-sues. But if that doesn’t work, you cancontact your municipal clerk’s office orlocal law enforcement.”

Complaints or issues that are not re-solved to the voter’s satisfaction shouldbe reported to the G.A.B. Voters can goonline and report problemsat http://gab.wi.gov/complaints or theycan call 1-866-VOTE-WIS.

7. Election observers must followthe rules: Election observers are wel-come at every polling place, but theymust obey the instructions of the chiefelection inspector, and may not interactwith voters. Observers who disobeywill be asked to leave, and may not ob-serve at other polling places on Elec-tion Day. Rules for election observersare available at the polling place and onthe G.A.B.website: http://gab.wi.gov/publica-tions/rules/gab004

8. Leave political items at home:Voters are asked not to wear politicalclothing or paraphernalia to the pollingplace on Election Day. The chief elec-tion inspector may ask voters to leavethe polling place if they are judged tobe electioneering or creating a distur-bance.

9. Don’t take a picture of yourballot: Some voters want to share pic-tures of their ballot with friends onFacebook, Twitter, Instagram,Snapchat, or other photo sharing apps.But under Wisconsin law it is illegal toshow your marked ballot to anotherperson, which is what you would bedoing if you took a picture and sharedit online.

10. Consider becoming a pollworker: Many Wisconsin cities, vil-lages and towns need more civic-minded people to help out on ElectionDay. When you go to vote, take a lookaround see if it is something you wouldlike to do. Many places offer split shiftsif you can’t work the entire day. Con-tact your local municipal clerk’s officefor more information.

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Scenes from National MustardDay in downtown Middleton

Batman (AKA Tanner Goldbeck) goes fishing for mustard.

Elisa Dabruzzi, Becky Mallory and Danielle Walter take a selfie in frontof the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.

Times-Tribune photos by Matt GeigerPaul Eickhoff watches a soap bubble gently float away at one of an array

of activity stations during the Mustard Day celebration.

Eire Riley smiles in delight when she sees her newly painted face on hermother’s camera.




Brandon Scheidler knew that itdidn’t matter that Middleton had lostonly one game all season when itopened defense of its Home TalentLeague championship on Sunday.

The 29ers’ center fielder under-stood what happens if you let anunderdog hang around long enoughto believe it can beat you.

Scheidler blasted a solo home inthe third inning to help rally top-seeded Middleton to a 13-2 victoryover eighth-seeded Mazomanie in anHTL Northern Section quarterfinalplayoff amateur baseball game.

“We came out a little flat onoffense and just needed a little some-thing to get the crowd cheering andget the guys up,” said Scheidler, wholaunched his fifth home run of theseason to erase an early 1-0Mazomanie lead. “After that every-

body came back to normal and start-ed hitting line drives and getting runsin.”

Middleton (16-1), which extendedits winning streak to 15 games, willhost sixth-seeded Cross Plains (11-6)in a Northern Section semifinal gameon Sunday at 1p.m. Cross Plainsupset third-seeded Black Earth 7-6 inits quarterfinal game.

“We talked about no matter who itis we’ve got to be ready,” Middletonmanager Brandon Hellenbrand said.“We have to come out from the startand not give them three or fourinnings to hang around. We have togo after it from the top of the firstinning and be ready to go.”

Middleton defeated Mazomanie,11-3, in its season-opener on May 4.But it was the Mustangs (6-11), whostruck first on Quintin Zander’s RBIsingle in the first inning.

However, Mazomanie eventuallystranded 13 base runners and wasunable to push another run acrossuntil it strung four singles together inthe eighth inning capped by CaleHandel’s run-scoring hit to left field.

“We had 12 singles, no extra


Middleton rolls in playoff openerDefending HTLchamps routMazomanieby DENNIS SEMRAu

Special to the Times-Tribune

Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

Drew Farrell was the winning pitcher for Middleton’s HTL team Sunday.

Follow RobReischel onTwitter at@robreischel

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Varsity footballAug. 22 vs. Janesville Parker 7 p.m.Aug. 29 at Verona 7 p.m.Sept. 5 vs. Madison East 7 p.m.Sept. 12 vs. Madison La Follette 7 p.m.Sept. 19 at Sun Prairie 7 p.m.Sept. 26 at Madison Memorial 7 p.m.Oct. 2 at Madison West 7 p.m.Oct. 10 vs. Beloit Memorial 7 p.m.Oct. 17 vs. Janesville Craig 7 p.m.

JV footballAug. 21 at Janesville Parker 5 p.m.Aug. 28 vs. Verona 4:30 p.m.Sept. 4 at Madison East 4:30 p.m.Sept. 11 at Madison La Follette 4:30 p.m.Sept. 18 vs. Sun Prairie 4:30 p.m.Sept. 27 vs. Madison Memorial 9 a.m.Oct. 3 vs. Madison West 4 p.m.Oct. 9 at Beloit Memorial 4:30 p.m.Oct. 16 at Janesville Craig 4:30 p.m.

Freshman Red footballAug. 21 vs. Janesville Parker Green 4:30 p.m.Aug. 28 at Verona Orange 5 p.m.Sept. 4 vs. Madison East 4:30 p.m.Sept. 11 vs. Madison La Follette Red 4:30 p.m.Sept. 18 at Sun Prairie Red 4:30 p.m.Sept. 27 at Madison Memorial Green 9 a.m.Oct. 2 at Madison West Blue 4 p.m.Oct. 9 vs. Beloit Memorial 4:30 p.m.Oct. 16 vs. Janesville Craig Blue 4:30 p.m.

Freshman White footballAug. 21 vs. Janesville Parker Gold 4:30 p.m.Aug. 28 at Verona White 5 p.m.Sept. 11 vs. Madison La Follette Gray 4:30 p.m.Sept. 18 at Sun Prairie White 4:30 p.m.Sept. 27 at Madison Memorial White 9 a.m.Oct. 2 at Madison West Gold 4 p.m.Oct. 16 vs. Janesville Craig White 4:30 p.m.

Girls varsity golfAug. 15 at Madison Edgewood Invite (Yahara) 9 a.m.Aug. 18 at Brookfield Central/Homestead Invite (Mee-kwon), 9 a.m.Aug. 19 at Brookfield Central/Homestead Invite (Wanaki), 2:30 p.m.Aug. 25 at Waunakee Invite 8:30 a.m.Aug. 28 at Madison Memorial Triangular (Odana) 10 a.m.Sept. 3 at Morgan Stanley Invite (University Ridge) 1:30 p.m.Sept. 4 at Madison West Invite (Odana) 2:30 p.m.Sept. 6 at Middleton Invite (Pleasant View) 11:30 a.m.Sept. 8 at Madison East Invite (Maple Bluff) NoonSept. 10 at Middleton Triangular (Pleasant View) 2 p.m.Sept. 13 at Janesville Parker Invite (Blackhawk) 7:30 a.m.Sept. 17 at Beloit Memorial Triangular (Krueger) 2:30 p.m.Sept. 22 at Green Bay Notre Dame Invite (Thornberry Creek), 9 a.m.Sept. 24 at Big Eight Conference Meet (Evansville GC) 9 a.m.

Girls JV golfAug. 15 at Madison Edgewood Invite (Yahara) 9 a.m.Aug. 20 at Middleton Invite 8 a.m.Aug. 21 vs. Janesville Parker (Pleasant View) 9 a.m.Aug. 25 at Sun Prairie Invite 9 a.m.Aug. 28 at Madison Memorial Triangular (Odana) 10 a.m.Aug. 29 at Janesville Craig Triangular (Odana) 2:30 p.m.Sept. 4 at Madison West Invite (Odana) 2:30 p.m.Sept. 6 at Middleton Invite (Pleasant View) 11:30 a.m.Sept. 8 at Middleton Invite (Pleasant View) 4 p.m.Sept. 10 at Middleton Triangular (Pleasant View) 2 p.m.Sept. 15 at Janesville Parker Invite (Blackhawk) 2:30 p.m.Sept. 17 at Beloit Memorial Triangular (Krueger) 2:30 p.m.Sept. 22 at Sun Prairie Scramble (Sun Prairie CC) 2:30 p.m.Sept. 24 at Big Eight Conference Meet (Evansville GC) 9 a.m.

Boys varsity cross countrySept. 6 at Verona Invitational 9 a.m.Sept. 16 Grade Level Challenge at Lake Farm County Park, 4 p.m.Sept. 27 Midwest Invitational at Blackhawk Golf Course (Janesville), 9 a.m.Sept. 30 at 5-Team Challenge at Blackhawk Golf Course (Janesville), 5 p.m.Oct. 4 at Stoughton Invitational 9 a.m.Oct. 11 at Sun Prairie Invitational (Sheehan Park) 10 a.m.Oct. 18 at Big Eight Conference Meet at Beloit Memorial (Leeson Park), 9:30 a.m.

Girls varsity cross countrySept. 6 at Verona Invitational 9 a.m.Sept. 16 Grade Level Challenge at Lake Farm County Park, 4 p.m.Sept. 27 Midwest Invitational at Blackhawk Golf Course (Janesville), 9 a.m.Sept. 30 at 5-Team Challenge at Blackhawk Golf Course (Janesville), 5 p.m.Oct. 4 at Stoughton Invitational 9 a.m.Oct. 11 at Sun Prairie Invitational (Sheehan Park) 10:30 a.m.Oct. 18 at Big Eight Conference Meet at Beloit Memorial (Leeson Park), 9:30 a.m.

Boys JV cross countrySept. 16 Grade Level Challenge at Lake Farm County Park, 4 p.m.Sept. 27 Midwest Invitational at Blackhawk Golf Course (Janesville), 9 a.m.Sept. 30 at 5-Team Challenge at Blackhawk Golf Course (Janesville), 5 p.m.Oct. 18 at Big Eight Conference Meet at Beloit Memorial (Leeson Park), 9:30 a.m.

Girls JV cross countrySept. 16 Grade Level Challenge at Lake Farm County Park, 4 p.m.Sept. 27 Midwest Invitational at Blackhawk Golf Course (Janesville), 9 a.m.Sept. 30 at 5-Team Challenge at Blackhawk Golf Course (Janesville), 5 p.m.Oct. 18 at Big Eight Conference Meet at Beloit Memorial (Leeson Park), 9:30 a.m.

Boys varsity volleyballSept. 9 vs. Madison West 6:30 p.m.Sept. 11 at Beloit Memorial 6:30 p.m.Sept. 13 at Racine Park Invite 9 a.m.Sept. 16 at Madison La Follette 6:30 p.m.Sept. 20 at Wauwatosa East Invite 9 a.m.Sept. 23 vs. Madison Memorial 6:30 p.m.Sept. 30 at Fort Atkinson 6:30 p.m.Oct. 4 at Middleton Invite 9 a.m.Oct. 6 at Madison East 6:30 p.m.Oct. 11 at Whitefish Bay Invite 8:30 a.m.Oct. 14 vs. Beloit Memorial 6:30 p.m.Oct. 16 vs. Madison La Follette 6:30 p.m.Oct. 18 at Middleton Invite 9 a.m.Oct. 21 at Madison Memorial 6:30 p.m.Oct. 23 vs. Fort Atkinson 6:30 p.m.

Boys JV volleyballSept. 9 vs. Madison West 5 p.m.Sept. 11 at Beloit Memorial 5 p.m.Sept. 16 at Madison La Follette 5 p.m.Sept. 20 at Burlington Invite 9 a.m.Sept. 23 vs. Madison Memorial 5 p.m.Sept. 27 at Muskego Invite 8:30 a.m.Sept. 30 at Fort Atkinson 5 p.m.Oct. 6 at Madison East 5 p.m.Oct. 11 at UW-Oshkosh Invite TBDOct. 14 vs. Beloit Memorial 5 p.m.Oct. 16 vs. Madison La Follette 5 p.m.Oct. 18 at Middleton Invite 9 a.m.Oct. 21 at Madison Memorial 5 p.m.Oct. 23 vs. Fort Atkinson 5 p.m.

Boys freshman volleyballSept. 9 vs. Madison West 5 p.m.Sept. 11 at Beloit Memorial 5 p.m.Sept. 16 at Madison La Follette 5 p.m.Sept. 20 at Marquette Invite 9 a.m.Sept. 23 vs. Madison Memorial 5 p.m.Sept. 30 at Fort Atkinson 5 p.m.Oct. 6 at Madison East 5 p.m.Oct. 11 at UW-Oshkosh Invite TBDOct. 14 vs. Beloit Memorial 5 p.m.Oct. 16 vs. Madison La Follette 5 p.m.Oct. 21 at Madison Memorial 5 p.m.Oct. 23 vs. Fort Atkinson 5 p.m.

Girls varsity volleyballAug. 28 at Oconomowoc Invite 1 p.m.Aug. 30 at Wisconsin Rapids Invite 9 a.m.Sept. 4 vs. Janesville Parker 6:30 p.m.Sept. 9 at Verona 6:30 p.m.Sept. 11 vs. Madison East 6:30 p.m.Sept. 13 at Appleton West Invite 9 a.m.Sept. 16 vs. Madison La Follette 6:30 p.m.Sept. 18 at Sun Prairie 6:30 p.m.Sept. 20 at Middleton Invite 8 a.m.Sept. 23 at Madison Memorial 6:30 p.m.Sept. 30 at Madison West 6:30 p.m.Oct. 2 vs. Beloit Memorial 6:30 p.m.Oct. 4 at Menomonee Falls Invite 9 a.m.Oct. 7 vs. Janesville Craig 6:30 p.m.Oct. 18 at Big Eight Conference Meet (Verona) 8 a.m.

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Girls JV volleyballSept. 4 vs. Janesville Parker 5 p.m.Sept. 9 at Verona 5 p.m.Sept. 11 vs. Madison East 5 p.m.Sept. 16 vs. Madison La Follette 5 p.m.Sept. 18 at Sun Prairie 5 p.m.Sept. 23 at Madison Memorial 5 p.m.Sept. 27 at New Berlin West Invite 8 a.m.Sept. 30 at Madison West 5 p.m.Oct. 2 vs. Beloit Memorial 5 p.m.Oct. 7 vs. Janesville Craig 5 p.m.Oct. 9 at Middleton Triangular 4:30 p.m.Oct. 14 at Sun Prairie Triangular 5:45 p.m.Oct. 16 at Beloit Memorial Triangular 4:30 p.m.

Girls freshman Red volleyballSept. 4 vs. Janesville Parker 5 p.m.Sept. 9 at Verona Orange 5 p.m.Sept. 11 vs. Madison East Purple 5 p.m.Sept. 13 at Lodi Tournament 9 a.m.Sept. 16 vs. Madison La Follette Red 5 p.m.Sept. 18 at Sun Prairie Red 5 p.m.Sept. 23 at Madison Memorial Green 5 p.m.Sept. 29 at Lodi Quadrangular 5 p.m.Sept. 30 at Madison West Blue 5 p.m.Oct. 2 vs. Beloit Memorial Purple 5 p.m.Oct. 7 vs. Janesville Craig 5 p.m.Oct. 9 at Middleton Triangular 4:30 p.m.Oct. 14 at Sun Prairie Triangular 5:45 p.m.Oct. 16 at Beloit Memorial Triangular 4:30 p.m.

Girls freshman White volleyballSept. 9 at Verona White 5 p.m.Sept. 11 vs. Madison East Gold 5 p.m.Sept. 13 at Lodi Tournament 9 a.m.Sept. 16 vs. Madison La Follette Gray 5 p.m.Sept. 18 at Sun Prairie White 6:30 p.m.Sept. 23 at Madison Memorial White 5 p.m.Sept. 30 at Madison West Gold 6:15 p.m.Oct. 2 vs. Beloit Memorial White 5 p.m.Oct. 9 at Middleton Triangular 4:30 p.m.Oct. 14 at Sun Prairie Triangular 5:45 p.m.Oct. 16 at Beloit Memorial Triangular 4:30 p.m.

Girls varsity tennisAug. 16 at Hartford Invite 8:30 a.m.Aug. 19 vs. Janesville Parker 4 p.m.Aug. 22 at Madison Memorial Invite TBDAug. 23 at Madison Memorial Invite TBDAug. 25 at Eau Claire Memorial Invite TBDAug. 26 at Eau Claire Memorial Invite TBDAug. 28 at Verona 4 p.m.Sept. 2 vs. Madison East 4 p.m.Sept. 4 vs. Madison La Follette 4 p.m.Sept. 9 at Sun Prairie 4 p.m.Sept. 11 at Madison Memorial 4 p.m.Sept. 12 at Nicolet Invite 1 p.m.Sept. 13 at Nicolet Invite 1 p.m.Sept. 16 at Madison West 4 p.m.Sept. 18 vs. Beloit Memorial 4 p.m.Sept. 23 vs. Janesville Craig 4 p.m.Sept. 30 at Big Eight Conference Meet (Nielsen) 3:30 p.m.Oct. 1 at Big Eight Conference Meet (Nielsen) 9:15 a.m.

Girls JV tennisAug. 19 vs. Janesville Parker 4 p.m.Aug. 20 at Monroe Invite 9 a.m.Aug. 22 at Madison Edgewood Invite (Quann Park) TBDAug. 23 at Madison Edgewood Invite (Quann Park) TBDAug. 25 at DeForest Invite 8:30 a.m.Aug. 28 at Verona 4 p.m.Sept. 2 vs. Madison East 4 p.m.Sept. 4 vs. Madison La Follette 4 p.m.Sept. 9 at Sun Prairie 4 p.m.Sept. 11 at Madison Memorial 4 p.m.Sept. 16 at Madison West 4 p.m.Sept. 18 vs. Beloit Memorial 4 p.m.Sept. 23 vs. Janesville Craig 4 p.m.Sept. 27 at Big Eight Conference Meet (Middleton) 8 a.m.

Girls freshman White tennisAug. 26 at Madison La Follette 4:15 p.m.Aug. 28 vs. Madison Edgewood 4:15 p.m.Sept. 2 vs. Madison Memorial White 4:15 p.m.Sept. 4 at Madison La Follette 4:15 p.m.Sept. 11 vs. Madison La Follette 4:15 p.m.Sept. 16 vs. Madison West 4:15 p.m.Sept. 18 vs. Madison East 4:15 p.m.Sept. 27 City Meet at Middleton High School 9 a.m.

Girls varsity swimmingAug. 29 at Verona 5 p.m.Sept. 5 vs. Madison East 5 p.m.

Sept. 12 vs. Madison La Follette 5 p.m.Sept. 13 at Brookfield East Invite 9 a.m.Sept. 19 at Sun Prairie 5 p.m.Sept. 20 at Waukesha South Invite 12:45 p.m.Sept. 23 at Madison Memorial 5 p.m.Oct. 3 at Madison West 5 p.m.Oct. 4 at Middleton Invite 10 a.m.Oct. 10 vs. Beloit Memorial 5 p.m.Oct. 11 at Homestead Invite 9 a.m.Oct. 17 vs. Janesville Craig 5 p.m.Oct. 21 vs. Janesville Parker 5 p.m.Nov. 1 Big Eight Conference Meet at Middleton 1 p.m.

Girls JV swimmingAug. 29 at Verona 5 p.m.Sept. 5 vs. Madison East 5 p.m.Sept. 12 vs. Madison La Follette 5 p.m.Sept. 19 at Sun Prairie 5 p.m.Sept. 20 at Sun Prairie Invite 1 p.m.Sept. 23 at Madison Memorial 5 p.m.Oct. 3 at Madison West 5 p.m.Oct. 4 at Middleton Invite 10 a.m.Oct. 10 vs. Beloit Memorial 5 p.m.Oct. 14 at Madison La Follette Invite 5 p.m.Oct. 17 vs. Janesville Craig 5 p.m.Oct. 21 vs. Janesville Parker 5 p.m.Oct. 25 at Sun Prairie Invite 2 p.m.

Boys varsity soccerAug. 21 vs. Mount Horeb 7 p.m.Aug. 28 vs. Janesville Parker 7 p.m.Aug. 29 at Middleton Quad 5 p.m.Aug. 30 at Middleton Quad 10 a.m.Sept. 2 at Verona 7 p.m.Sept. 5 at Kettle Moraine Quad TBDSept. 6 at Kettle Moraine Quad TBDSept. 9 vs. Madison East 7 p.m.Sept. 11 vs. Madison La Follette 7 p.m.Sept. 16 at Sun Prairie 7 p.m.Sept. 18 at Madison Memorial 7 p.m.Sept. 19 at Muskego Invite 7 p.m.Sept. 20 at Muskego Invite 10 a.m.Sept. 23 at Madison West 7 p.m.Sept. 25 at Sauk Prairie 7 p.m.Sept. 30 vs. Beloit Memorial 7 p.m.Oct. 7 vs. Janesville Craig 6:30 p.m.Oct. 10 at Brookfield East 4:30 p.m.

Boys JV Red soccerAug. 21 vs. Mount Horeb 5 p.m.Sept. 2 vs. Madison West Gold 5 p.m.Sept. 5 vs. Nicolet 5 p.m.Sept. 12 vs. Madison West Blue 5 p.m.Sept. 16 at Sun Prairie 5 p.m.Sept. 19 vs. Madison West Gold 5 p.m.Sept. 30 vs. Beloit Memorial 5 p.m.Oct. 7 vs. Janesville Craig 4:30 p.m.Oct. 9 at Madison Memorial 4:30 p.m.

Boys JV White soccerAug. 26 vs. Madison West Blue 5 p.m.Aug. 28 vs. Janesville Parker 5 p.m.Sept. 2 at Verona 5 p.m.Sept. 4 vs. Verona 5 p.m.Sept. 8 vs. Madison West Gold 5 p.m.Sept. 11 vs. Madison La Follette 5 p.m.Sept. 15 vs. Madison West Gold 5 p.m.Sept. 19 vs. Madison West at Muskego 5 p.m.Sept. 20 at Muskego Invite 10 a.m.Sept. 30 vs. Madison West Blue 5 p.m.Oct. 7 at Madison West Blue 4:30 p.m.Oct. 9 at Madison Memorial 4:30 p.m.

Boys freshman Red soccerAug. 21 vs. Mount Horeb 5 p.m.Sept. 2 at Verona 5 p.m.Sept. 11 vs. Madison La Follette 5 p.m.Sept. 12 vs. Madison West Blue 5 p.m.Sept. 23 vs. Madison West Gold 5 p.m.Sept. 30 vs. Beloit Memorial 5 p.m.Oct. 3 vs. Madison Memorial 5 p.m.Oct. 7 vs. Madison West Gold 4:30 p.m.Oct. 11 at Waunakee Invite 9 p.m.

Boys freshman White soccerAug. 23 vs. Brookfield East 10 a.m.Aug. 28 vs. Janesville Parker 5 p.m.Sept. 2 vs. Madison West Blue 5 p.m.Sept. 4 vs. Verona 5 p.m.Sept. 9 vs. Madison East 5 p.m.Sept. 15 vs. Madison West Gold 5 p.m.Sept. 16 at Sun Prairie 5 p.m.Sept. 30 vs. Madison West 5 p.m.Oct. 7 vs. Janesville Craig 4:30 p.m.Oct. 9 at Waunakee Tournament 9 a.m.

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The Middleton Gators finishedthe 2014 season by finishing third atthe Madison All City Swim Meet lastweek. Shorewood won the title,while Ridgewood was second.

Nearly 2,000 swimmers gatheredat Nakoma Country Club from July31 through Aug. 2 for one of thelargest outdoor swim meets in thecountry.

In the girls’ 8-and-under events,Lauryn Brown finished first in the25-yard freestyle, while ClaireRothering finished second in the 25-yard breaststroke. In the 25-yardbackstroke, Claire Meudt placed18th.

Lauren Lamson was sixth in the25-yard butterfly, while Maja Cicerowas 10th in the 100-yard individualmedley. The ‘A’ relay teams placedfirst in the freestyle relay and fourthin the medley relay.

Matthew Golden took fifth in the100-yard I.M. in the boys’ 8-and-under division. In the 25-yard butter-fly, A.J. Charles placed 10th, whileTheo Wolf swam to a 17th-place fin-ish in the 25-yard freestyle. Wolf wasalso a competitor in the 25-yardbackstroke, where he came in ninth.The ‘A’ relay teams took fourth inthe freestyle relay and fifth in themedley relay.

In the girls’ 9-10 division, EllaGraf won the 50-yard freestyle withan outstanding time of 27.72 sec-onds, topping the Nakoma poolrecord of 27.95 that she set earlier inthe season. Graf also won the 100-meter IM with a time of 1:10.07, top-ping the old pool record set in 2000(1:10.08). Molly Haag took fourth inthe 50-yard butterfly, while HaileyBarrett took sixth in the 50-yardbackstroke. The girls’ 9-10 ‘A’ teamplaced second in the medley relayand the ‘B’ team was 12th in thefreestyle relay.

The 9-10 boys thrived in theirevents, as well. Blaise Lin placed intwo events: the 50-yard butterflywhere he was fifth and the 50-yardbreaststroke where he was sixth.Jack Madigan also placed twice, fin-

ishing sixth in the 50-yard freestyleand ninth in the 100-yard IM. BenKeith was 14th in the 50-yard back-stroke. The ‘A’ relay teams tookninth in the freestyle relay and 10thin the medley relay.

In the girls’ 11-12 events, GraceMadigan finished second in the 50-yard freestyle and seventh in the100-meter IM. Ani Graf finishedfourth in the 50-yard breaststrokeand sixth place in the 50-yard back-stroke. Maeve Gonter was sixth inthe 50-yard butterfly, while the Gator‘A’ teams finished fourth in the med-ley relay and fifth in the freestylerelay.

Archer Parkin won the 50-yardbackstroke in the boys’ 11-12 divi-sion. Nate Lamers tied for first placein the 50-yard butterfly with animpressive time of 29.30 seconds.Lamers also took second in the 100-yard IM. Thomas Hosseini was 10thin the 50-yard breaststroke, whileBen Collier finished 13th in the 50-yard freestyle. The ‘A’ relay teamstook first and second in the freestyleand medley relays.

In the girls’ 13-14 events,Caroline Hippen swam an admirable54.34-second in the 100-yardfreestyle and placed second. Hippenalso took second in the 100-yardbackstroke with a time of 1:03.07seconds.

Morgan Pincombe was third in the100-yard breaststroke. In the 100-yard IM, Cora Mack took third,while Jordan Winkler placed ninth inthe 50-yard butterfly.

The ‘A’ relay teams blasted for-mer Nakoma pool records in both themedley and freestyle relay. The med-ley relay was won by the Gator ‘A’team with a time of 1:58.02, whichtook a bite out of the 2011 Seminolepool record of 2:00.04. The ‘A’ teamin the freestyle relay was also firstwith a time of 1:43.86, crushing the1:45.41 pool record set in 1985.

In the boys’ 13-14 division, KaneBirschback placed in two events: the100-yard IM where he finishedeighth, and the 100-yard freestyle

where he took ninth. Noah Williamsplaced 17th in the 50-yard butterfly.

Victoria Lin and PaigePrestigiacomo placed twice in thewomen’s 15-19 division. Lin won the100-yard backstroke, and was secondin the 100-yard butterfly. PaigePrestigiacomo finished seventh inthe 100-yard freestyle, and eighth inthe 200-yard IM.

Madeleine Mack placed ninth inthe 100-yard breaststroke. In themedley relay, the ‘A’ team placedfourth with a time of 1:55.18. Alongwith four other relay teams at themeet, the Gators’ time beat theNakoma Pool record of 1:55.39 setby a Ridgewood relay team in 1978.In the freestyle relay, the ‘A’ teamfinished with a time of 1:44.30, andalong with seven other relay teamsparticipating, shattered the poolrecord of 1:46.10 set by Nakoma in2009.

In the men’s 15-19 events, ZackParkin won the 200-yard IM with atime of 1:54.05, and smashed boththe former all city record of 1:54.49set by Ridgewood’s Michael Drivesin 2009, and the pool record of1:59.62 set in 2014. Parkin also wonthe 100-yard butterfly, clearing hisown 2014 Nakoma Pool record of51.79 seconds with a time of 50.15seconds.

In the 100-yard backstroke, HansKunsch tied for second place with asizzling time of 54.82 seconds. LarsHaskins took fourth in the 100-yardfreestyle, while Rory Slattery tookseventh in the 100-yard breaststroke.Slattery, along with three otherswimmers in the race, toppled thepool record of 1:02.61 set by AndrewLindstrom of Shorewood earlier thisseason.

In the medley relay, the ‘A’ teamplaced third with a time of 1:39.68,and along with three other relayteams competing, defeated the 1985pool record of 1:42.54 set by aParkcrest swimmer. The freestylerelay ‘A’ team took third in the lastevent of the 2014 All City competi-tion.


Gators finish third atAll-City swim meet


The Middleton Gators diving teamrolled past Nakoma, 67-31, in theirfinal dual meet of the season on July25.

Top finishers in each category arebelow:

Girls 10-and-under Girls1. Lauren Fitzgerald, MI,

119.252. Alana Martin, MI, 102.703. Ella Ryan, MI, 101.10

Boys 10-and-under1. Johnny Anderson, NK,

113.752. David Anderson, NK, 93.253. Jaxon Vandenbrook, NK,

58.55

Girls 11-12 1. Emily Anderson, NK, 129.402. McKenna Genyk, MI, 126.603. Liv Seymour, NK, 120.35

Boys 11-121. Dylan Marr, MI, 163.802. Alex Starr, MI, 122.35

Girls 13-141. Alannah Soderholm, MI,

109.052. Alexis Barrett, MI, 99.30

Boys 13-141. Nic Draves, MI, 164.152. Cullen Christensen, MI,

161.103. Nick Bergmann, NK, 144.50

Girls 15-181. Ginger Lindgard, NK,

239.702. Kayley Alioto, MI, 215.253. Nicolette Krantz, MI, 152.20

Boys 15-181. Noah Krantz, MI, 183.952. Edwin Stajkovic, MI 118.50

Middletondivers endyear in style

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A great night!Former Middleton High School standouts Hayden Acker (left) and Elliot Tanin (right) recently took part

in the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association All-Star Game. The two are shown here with MHS head coachTim Simon.

Tanin received recognition as the top fundraiser for the South Large team. Tanin raised more than $8,200for Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.

Tanin was also among the top-eight fundraisers. Those players were invited as VIP’s to attend the GreenBay Packers’ practice on July 28.

Acker, an offensive lineman, will play this fall for Southwest Minnesota State University. Tanin, a line-backer, will play at Macalester College (Minn.).


Sports briefsSoccer tryouts

Middleton’s boys soccer team will hold tryouts from Aug. 11-15. Theschedule is as follows:

Sophomore-SeniorsAug. 11: 8-10 a.m. and 4-5:30 p.m. (afternoon session for varsity try-

out) Aug. 12: 8-11:30 a.m. Aug. 13: 8-10 a.m. and 4-5:30 p.m. (afternoon session for varsity try-

out)Aug. 14: 8-11:30 a.m. Aug. 15: 8-10 a.m.FreshmenAug. 11: 10-11:30 a.m. Aug. 12-15: 4-5:30 p.m.

Hagstrom honoredFormer Middleton High School standout Eric Hagstrom was named

the Most Improved Player for UW-Eau Claire’s men’s golf team.Golfing in eight rounds at five different events, Hagstrom averaged 77.4strokes per round. Hagstrom finished in the top 10 at three tournaments,and had one top-five finish.

Hagstrom was a two-time letterwinner in basketball and a three-timeletterwinner in golf at Middleton. Hagstrom also helped the Cardinalswin the 2011 WIAA Division 1 state title.

Golf scoresParkcrest Women’s Golf LeagueFlight A — Monnie Vena, 46Flight B — Marlene Jaskaniec and Audrey Chase, 54Flight C — Mary Walker, 60

MWGAJuly 23Flight ALow Gross — Star Pfiffner, 48Low Net — Star Pfiffner, 34Play of the Day — Sandi Murphy

Flight BLow Gross — Mary VerVoort, 51Low Net — Ruth Domack, 34Play of the Day — Mary VerVoort

Flight C Low Gross — Connie Brachman and Mary Cassidy, 65Low Net — Lois Habermann and Mary Cassidy, 39Play of the Day — Mary Cassidy

The annual Middleton HighSchool Soccer Alumni Game willtake place on Aug. 16 at 10 a.m., atthe MHS Soccer Stadium.

The festivities will continue onAug. 17 from 1-4 p.m. at the CapitalBrewery with an MHS SoccerReunion and Pavilion Fundraiser.There will be food, drink, a silentauction, and music from The EvanRiley Band,www.evanrileymusic.com.

All proceeds will go towards thebuilding of a pavilion at the MHSSoccer Stadium, which will house a

trophy case, concessions, ticketbooth and restrooms.

Officials anticipate a need to raiseapproximately $250,000 for the proj-ect. To date, they’ve raised roughly20% of that total.

One way to contribute is by pur-chasing an engraved brick to beplaced in the New Pavilion atFirefighters’ Soccer Stadium.

There are three sizes available atcorresponding levels of donation.The first size is a 4x8 inch brick thataccommodates three lines of textwith a maximum of 12 characters per

line. That brick costs $125.The second size is an 8x8 inch

brick that accommodates six lineswith a maximum of 12 characters perline. That brick costs $250.

The third size is a 16x16 inchbrick that accommodates eight lineswith a maximum of 24 characters perline. That brick costs $500.

If you have questions about thisprocess or the Pavilion project pleasecontact Ken Burghy at (608) 576-3426 or Beth Hagstrom at (608) 335-0629. Burghy can also be reached [email protected].

Dates set for soccerfundraiser, alumni game

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Nicholas Bilodeau (left) and Middleton’s boys soccer team will have an alumni game on Aug. 16. That game is partof a weekend filled with festivities to help raise money for a new soccer pavilion at the MHS Soccer Stadium.


Cross Plains pulled off a minorupset Sunday. Now it will aim for amajor upset this Sunday.

The Businessmen edged host BlackEarth, 7-6, in the first round of theHome Talent League playoffs. CrossPlains, the No. 6 seed in the postsea-son, now travels to top-seededMiddleton Sunday at 1 p.m.

In the Businessmen’s win overBlack Earth, Drew Meinholz had twohits, including a solo home run.Jeremy Lochner, Ken Allen andJordan Lueck all had two hits, as well.

Cross Plains ................... 030 220 000 — 7 11 3Black Earth ................... 201 102 000 — 6 12 2

Pitchers — (ip-h-er-bb-so) — Haack (W; 9-12-3-2-6); Potuznik (L; 5-10-5-1-2), Duhr (2-1-0-1-0), Hoeschele (2-0-0-1-1).

Leading hitters — Cross Plains — J.Lochner (2x5), Meinholz (2x4), Allen (2x5),Lueck (2x4); Black Earth — B. Barsness (3x4),Bakkum (2x5).

HR — Meinholz. 3B — Bakkum. 2B —Pulvermacher; B. Barsness.

• Ashton 5, Cazenovia 3 — Fifth-seeded Ashton edged fourth-seededCazenovia. Ashton now travels to sec-ond-seeded Sauk Prairie Sunday.

Kevin Peternell threw six inningsstrong innings and earned the win.Shane Adler led the Ashton offensewith three hits.

Ashton ............................ 011 200 010 — 5 11 2Cazenovia ...................... 003 000 000 — 3 10 4

Pitchers — (ip-h-er-bb-so) — Peternell (L;6-6-2-3-2), Maier (3-4-0-2-1); Overlein (6-11-2-3-3), Kowalke (3-0-0-3-2).

Leading hitters — Ashton — S. Adler (3x5),Novinski (2x4), Peternell (2x4); Cazenovia —Daniels (2x3), Duren (2x4), Erntstmeyer (2x4).

3B — Kowalke. 2B — Duren, Gavin, Statz,Fish.

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bases. We hit the ball wellenough,” Mazomanie manager DanO’Connell said. “We had the oppor-tunity to score early and we didn’tget across the plate. It just wasn’t ourday.”

Middleton shortstop Cole Cooksaid starting pitcher Drew Farrellhad a lot to do with the Mustangs’frustration on offense.

“A couple of those hits that gotthrough weren’t hit the hardest. Butit means a lot as a pitcher when youhave enough moxie to come backand really bear down and get thoseguys stranded,” Cook said. “That’s abig component because who knowsif they scratch two or three more(runs) across and then we’re reallyplaying from behind and really play-ing tight.

“It all goes back to Drew and hismental toughness. We have all theconfidence in the world in him that ifanybody gets on first and secondwith nobody out, he is able to comeback and close the door on theinning.”

Mazomanie left-hander CarterHoward stymied Middleton untilScheidler’s home run on a 3-1 fast-ball tied the score at 1-1 in the bot-tom of the third inning.

“I was a little ahead of one beforeand it went foul, so I stayed back andwas able to drive it out,” Scheidlersaid. “When you hit it to right-centeras a right-handed hitter you have tobe hitting them pretty good. I wasrunning hard and the crowd startedcheering, so I figured it went overthe fence.”

Middleton took the lead for goodin the fourth without a base hit.Mazomanie center fielder JackDoyle and third baseman ChrisAnderson committed back-to-backerrors with two outs, Luke Schaferthen drew a walk and Howard hitScott Brabender with a pitch to forcehome a run and give the 29ers a 2-1lead.

“He was throwing any pitch inany count, so as a hitter you have tobe expecting more than a fastball,”Middleton catcher Kevin Dubler saidof Howard. “So it keeps you on yourtoes.

“He was effectively wild. He wasaround the plate, but he wasn’talways throwing strikes so really hadto be alert and get a pitch that youcould hit. We were a little bit tooaggressive in the beginning andmade some adjustments.”

Farrell scattered 12 hits andwalked two in eight innings of work,but he was able to keep Mazomanieat bay behind another stellar defen-sive effort from the 29ers.

“They were an aggressive team. Ithink they knew coming in thatFarrell was going to be right aroundthe zone and they were going to beswinging freely,” Hellenbrand said.“They swung at a lot of first pitcheswhich was surprising, but was work-ing for them.”

Farrell said that forced him tochange his approach.

“I found out after the first inningthat they were swinging at every-thing, so we mixed in some off-speed(pitches) early and got them toground out and keep my pitch countdown,” Farrell said.

Third baseman A.J. Redders madea leaping grab of Doyle’s scorchingliner to open the top of the fifth.After Andrew Page singled to left,Farrell then struck out QuintinZander and Dubler threw out Pageattempting to steal second for aninning-ending double play.

“I wasn’t nervous or tight, but youcould tell we weren’t quite as peppy

right off the bat,” Farrell said. “Idon’t know what the reasoning was,but we made the adjustment after(Scheidler) sparked us with thathome run. It was a whole differentattitude in here.

“We’re not used to being down 1-0 in the first inning. It was definitelydifferent. Once we evened it up andstarted scoring it was like the flood-gates were open.”

Howard, who pitched the titlegame to lead Wisconsin Heights tothe WIAA Division 3 state champi-onship in June, was on a pitch countand left after four innings afterthrowing 77 pitches.

Middleton then batted around inthe fifth inning to break open thegame.

Zander hit Eric Simon with apitch to open the fifth and Dublerfollowed with an RBI triple into theright-field corner. Josh Hinson thendelivered an RBI single to left togive Middleton a 4-1 lead.

“We just stuck to our game planand everything started clicking forus,” Dubler said.

Cook added a two-run double tochase Zander and Schafer promptlygreeted reliever Chris Anderson withan RBI triple. Simon ended the out-burst with a sacrifice fly for a 9-1lead.

“For some reason today every-body was wound a little tight,” Cooksaid of Middleton’s slow start. “ForBrandon (Scheidler) to get us on theboard with that home run calmed usdown a little bit and then we wereable to play our game.”

Middleton took advantage of twomore Mazomanie errors to add threeruns in the sixth inning. Schafer sin-gled in a run and Scheidler drove inanother with a fielder’s choice toincrease the lead to 12-1.

The 29ers capped the scoring inthe eighth inning when Simon drew abases-loaded walk to force home arun.

“We just played a real good cluband can’t have any mistakes,”O’Connell said. “We had one badinning where they scored seven runs.We couldn’t stop the bleeding. Wegave them too many chances to getup to the plate and that’s an excellentclub.”

Middleton finished with five extrabase hits, but Hellenbrand said it wasScheidler’s home run that providedthe spark to get the 29ers rolling.

“I knew it would just take a littletime. But we’re a team that swings itand we swing it hard,” Hellenbrandsaid. “We had some extra base hitsand things just started to happen.”

All-Stars: Middleton outfielderBrandon Scheidler and pitcher CoryHatch have been selected to play inthe Home Talent League All-StarGame on Friday at the Duck Pond atWarner Park at 7 p.m.

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Pitching (IP-H-ER-BB-K): Mazomanie —Carter Howard (L, 4-2-1-3-0), Quintin Zander (0-3-5-1-0), Chris Anderson (4-6-1-3-4). Middleton— Drew Farrell (W, 8-12-2-2-3), A.J. Redders(1-0-0-1-0).

Leading hitters: Mazomanie — MitchHoward (3x4), Quintin Zander (2x4), AndrewPage (2x5). Middleton — Luke Schafer (3x4),Josh Hinson (2x5).

2B – Josh Hinson, Cole Cook. 3B – KevinDubler, Luke Schafer. HR – Brandon Scheidler.

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PLAYOFFSSunday’s Semifinals

No. 6 Cross Plains at No. 1Middleton, 1 p.m.

No. 5 Ashton at No. 2 SaukPrairie, 1 p.m.


Josh Hinson and Middleton’s Home Talent League team rolled past Mazomanie Sunday.


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