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Coming to America

Council approves workforce housing strategy

Middleton researcher sues for sex discrimination

Fleeing unrest in Ukraine to farm the Wisconsin soilby MATT GEIGER

Times-Tribune

See TERRA, page 9

A Ukrainian family is forginga new life in America’s heart-land, working the land togetherand embracing a vibrant, or-ganic farming philosophy.

Roksolana Viter enjoyed lifein her native Ukraine. Living inKyiv, the fifth largest city in Eu-rope, she worked as an archi-tect, creating modern designsand assuming that was what shewould do for the rest of her life.

Then, in 2014 Russia madeseveral incursions into Ukrain-ian territory, breaking the 1994Budapest Memorandum andthrowing the region into a stateof unrest, political turmoil andin some places, violence.

“I thought, the boys in myfamily could die,” recalls Viter,her two-year-old daughter,Olga, munching on a crisp, rubyred sweet pepper in the latesummer humidity of a green-house at Terra Growers onCounty Highway K. Her eight-year-old son, Roman, is in classat Northside Elementary. Butwhen not at school, he andOlga, along with Roksolana andher mother, Svetlana, spendtheir days working the Wiscon-sin soil.

“When Russia started aggres-sion against my country I made[a] decision for all family thatlife is [the] most importantthing in [the] world,” Viter ex-

The Middleton Common Council lastweek unanimously approved a work-force housing strategy that will put a

focus on creating affordable housing op-tions in all new developments.   Businessowners and residents spoke to the coun-cil in support of the workforce housingstrategy during the council’s public com-ment period.  Business owners said they

had a hard time finding employeeswhom live in Middleton, while residentssaid they or their family could not findhousing they could afford.  

A report created by Middleton’sWorkforce Housing Task Force that

makes recommendations on strategies topromote affordable housing in the citywas presented to various city committeesin recent months.  After working throughthe committees and making minor

University of Wisconsin MedicalSchool researcher Nian-Qing Shi, ofMiddleton, advanced rapidly and wonnational grants and promotions. But herpay still lags behind less experienced andaccomplished male co-workers, accord-

ing to a lawsuit filed in federal court.The wage discrimination suit filed last

week alleged:Shi began as an Assistant Research

Scientist in 2003 at a $44,000 annualsalary. She was promoted to AssociateScientist in 2008 after receiving a na-tional research grant as a principal inves-

City leaders want affordable housing in all new developmentsby CAMERON BRENTimes-Tribune

by KEVIN MURPHY

Times-Tribune

Lawsuit alleges Nian-Qing Shi makes less than male counterparts at UW Medical School

See HOUSING, page 4

See DISCRIMINATION, page 8

Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger

Roksolana Viter picks ripe red, black, orange, yellow and green peppers in the greenhouse at Terra Growers on County Highway K.

Shi’s salary is less than three male senior scientists including:-John Kyle, works under Shi’s supervisor, has less than three years on

the job, and made $94,869 in 2014 despite not being a Lead PrincipalInvestigator or receiving independent research grants;

Sivan Vadakkadath Meethal, made $62,004 in 2014 with less than oneyear on the job and is not a Lead Principal Investigator;

Shyhmin Huang, made $67,660 in 2014 after less than two years onthe job and is not a Lead Principal Investigator.

Governor Scott Walker hasannounced $594,125 in fundingto design and construct a SnowRemoval Equipment (SRE)storage building at MiddletonMunicipal Airport – MoreyField. paula Groom, airport de-velopment engineer with theWisconsin Department ofTransportation (WisDOT),

noted that the building isneeded to safely store and pre-serve snow removal and mow-ing equipment at the airport. 

The project should be com-pleted by November 2015.

Middleton Municipal Airport– Morey Field is one of 98 fa-cilities included in the Wiscon-sin State Airport System plan,

which makes it eligible for stateand federal funding. Airport im-provement projects are admin-istered through WisDOT’sBureau of Aeronautics.

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Photo contributed“Communities that read together are stronger!” is the idea behind an initiative launched by

the Middleton Police Department, City Administration and the Middleton Public Library. 

Read Together Middleton is a collaborationwith UW-Madison’s Go Big Read selection, “JustMercy” by Bryan Stevenson, and the City of Mid-dleton.  The program encourages communitymembers to read the book and reflect on thethemes of racism, justice and equity.

To foster participation, Middleton police De-partment distributed books to every staff member,City Administrator Mike Davis made books avail-able for all city officials, and multiple copies areavailable for the public to checkout at Middleton’slibrary. 

The Senior Center and Middleton public Li-brary are hosting community discussions duringthe month of October, and on October 12th theMiddleton police Department and the Middletonpublic Library are hosting a panel discussion

aimed at racial disparities in the criminal justicesystem.  panelists include Dave Mahoney (DaneCounty Sheriff), Dr. Ruben Anthony (UrbanLeague of Greater Madison CEO), JosannReynolds (Dane County Judge), percy Brown(Director of Equity, Middleton Cross plains AreaSchool District), a Middleton High School Stu-dent Voice Union member, and Chuck Foulke(Middleton Chief of police).

Last winter, the Middleton public Libraryhosted its first community-wide read with thebeloved classic “To Kill a Mockingbird,” whichprovided a literary backdrop for this year’s UW-Madison’s Go Big Read selection “Just Mercy.”print copies of the book and eBooks are availablethrough the Middleton public Library: call 827-7403 or visit online at www.midllibrary.org.

Big Read

Scott Walker approves airport funding

WHEDA awards $850,000 forlow-income housing in Middleton

The Wisconsin Housing andEconomic Development Au-thority (WHEDA) has an-nounced that a Middletonproject won Low-Income Hous-ing Tax Credits (LIHTCs) aspart of its High Impact projectReserve program.  

WHEDA  Chief Operating

Officer Brian Schimming madethe announcement on Thursdaymorning last week that MeadowRidge Middleton will receive atax credit award totaling$850,000.

Middleton mayor Kurt Son-nentag said he was “verypleased to learn of WHEDA’s

support for Middleton’sMeadow Ridge Development.”He also commended WHEDA“for their expeditious reviewand approval.”

“WHEDA’s tax credit alloca-tion complements the city’slong-term goals to foster major

See WHEDA, page 4

Funding BreakdownState: $16,667City of Middleton:$277,458Federal Aviation Administration:$300,000 

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 3

Having a blast at Bonfire Bash

Walking together to end Lupus

Community breaks theGuinness World Recordfor Most People MakingS’mores Simultaneouslyat the Bonfire Bash

Community members brokethe Guinness World Record  for“Most people Making S’moresSimultaneously” at the Bonfirebash on Saturday, Sept. 5, abenefit to prevent Homeless-ness through MOM, with 407people participating.  

Amy Carlson, NBC15 andBucky Badger led the count-down and attempt.  

The record was last at-tempted by Colorado State Uni-versity in April of this past yearwith 404 participants.  Their re-

sults have yet to be submittedand verified with Guinness.    

The evening capped off witha viewing of the Badger gameon a 24ft screen, and includedkids activities, a bounce housefrom Fun play Inflatables, andorganized and supervised sportsactivities.  Dinner and Choco-late Shoppe Ice Cream were in-cluded, and beverages andadditional food will be availableall evening long, including atKEVA’s Sand Bar.  

“While the event goal was tobreak the record, our real goal isto raise funds to prevent home-lessness in our community,”says Al Ripp, MOM’s executivedirector.  “Approximately 25%of the kids in MOM’s servicearea live in poverty and are at

risk of becoming homeless.  In2014, MOM gave out $110,000in housing program assistance.We hope that area communitymembers will view this as anopportunity to have a lot of fun

on Labor Day weekend, andalso make a significant differ-ence for their neighbors.”

Middleton Outreach Ministryprevents homelessness and endhunger in the West Madison,

Middleton and Cross plainsareas, distributing over a mil-lion pounds of food in 2014through MOM’s progressivefood programs.  The ClothingCenter provided nearly 100,000pounds of clothing, freeing upneeded financial resources forrent, medical expenses, andother necessaryexpenses.      MOM’s Evictionprevention program also pre-vented over 500 households byproviding small Eviction Inter-vention and Utility grants, com-bined with case managementand a caring ear, helping fami-lies maintain the stability of ahome. 

This year’s event was gener-ously presented by NewcombConstruction.

Cleary Building Corp. is aproud sponsor of the Walk toEnd Lupus Now event, whichwill be held at Fireman’s parkin Middleton on Saturday, Sept.12.

As part of the sponsorship,Cleary recently donated to theLupus Foundation of America –Wisconsin Chapter on behalf ofCleary employee pat Saunders.Saunders will be participatingin the Walk to End Lupus Nowevent on Saturday.

You can find Saunders’ per-sonal fundraising page atwww.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/patriciaMaherSaunders/madis-onwalk2015 to make a dona-tion.

The non-competitive one-mile or three-mile walk starts atFireman’s park in Middleton

and continues through thepheasant Branch Conservancytrail system. The walk is fol-lowed by a light snack and en-tertainment.

Walk to End Lupus Now willbe held at Fireman’s park inMiddleton on Saturday, Sept.12. An estimated 28,000 Wis-consin residents have Systemiclupus erythematosus (SLE), anautoimmune disease in whichthe body’s immune system mis-takenly attacks healthy tissue. Itcan affect the skin, joints, kid-neys, brain, and other organs.

The underlying cause of au-toimmune diseases is not fullyknown. SLE is much morecommon in women than men. Itmay occur at any age, but ap-pears most often in people be-tween the ages of 10 and 50. Photo contributed

Cleary Building Corp. is a debt free, family-owned company that has been in business since 1978. Cleary recently donated tothe Lupus Foundation of America on behalf of Cleary employee Pat Saunders.

The Bonfire Bash raised money to Prevent Homelessnessthrough MOM.

Event Saturday at Fireman’s Park

MOM is a local non-profit organization thatleads a community-wide ef-fort to prevent homelessnessand end hunger for ourneighbors throughout Mid-dleton, West Madison andCross Plains.  Throughbusiness partners, affiliatedchurches, area schools,community service clubs,and numerous individuals,they provide food, clothing,housing assistance, emer-gency financial assistance,and special services for sen-iors.  All programs are pro-vided free of charge toneighbors in need.

About MOM

changes the recommendedstrategies were sent to the com-mon council for a vote. 

Middleton is fairly unique inthat it is a net exporter of about8,000 jobs, meaning about8,000 more people work inMiddleton than live in Middle-ton.  Assistant director of com-

munity development Abby At-toun says this is mostly becausethese people can’t afford to livein Middleton.  

Van Nutt, executive directorof Middleton’s Chamber ofCommerce, said he could com-ment on how many employeesof Middleton’s businesses live

in Middleton.“The answer is a very small

percentage,” Nutt stated.“There [are] going to be de-mands on talent acquisitiondown the road and we are justbeginning to feel it now, so any-thing we can do to create moreaccommodations for workforcehousing will be well receivedby the business community.”

Mike Byrne of Willy StreetCo-op West stated that out ofthe 116 people they employ,only six live in Middleton.  Hesaid he would like to see moreaffordable options so that hisemployees could live closer to

their work.Kris Koenig is the owner of

Natura Clean.  She said herbusiness is ready to grow butcan’t keep enough staff due tothe long commutes they arehaving to make. 

“I could grow huge right nowbut I am having trouble findingpeople, I’ve never found any-one who lives in Middleton towork for me,” Koenig said.“They are living in Marshall,and Marshfield and Northsideof Madison and Fitchburg.They start working for me butthen realize how long of a driveit is and it is not worth it for

them, they are leaving just be-cause of the drive.”

Residents Kurt paulsen andElizabeth Klatt also spoke infavor of the strategy.  

Alder Hans Hilbert said theworkforce housing strategy wasabout finding the right balance.

“This is not about creatingwhat some call low incomehousing or housing for the poor,it is the exact opposite, it’sabout making sure we have abalance of employers and resi-dents that can all work togethertowards common goals,”Hilbert stated.  “It is not some-thing that should have to try re-ally hard to achieve as long aswe are upfront about it andmake it aware to land ownersand developers that it is a goalof this community and everyproject we are going to approveneeds to have that as some sortof objective to achieve.”

In the plan commission alderHilbert asked for the strategy toput more obligation on develop-ers to develop workforce hous-ing as they should have a vestedinterest in the community.  Re-visions were made with the

feedback so that the strategy bestrengthened to acknowledgethat developers play a role inproviding workforce housingand it shouldn’t solely fall onthe city to provide incentives.

Alder JoAnna Richard saidthe lack of affordable housing inMiddleton has affected her per-sonally.

“This brings it home to me, Ihave two sons who are adultsand they are struggling to findaffordable housing,” Richardsaid.  “They grew up here andthis is a community they loveand it is hard for them to findhousing, so that is really whatwe are looking at is the nextgeneration.  The people thathave grown up here that want tolive here that love this commu-nity, we want them to continueto love it but we want them tofind a place as well.”

Alder Gurdip Brar said hesupported the workforce hous-ing strategy but hopes Middle-ton can learn from the problemsnearby communities have runinto while implementing similarstrategies. 

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Council OK’s $2 million PPD TIFThe Middleton Common Council

has approved the concept review for $2million in tax incremental financing(TIF) to assist pharmaceutical productDevelopment (ppD) in a nearly $29million expansion that they say willbring at least 227 new jobs to the area. 

ppD is an internationally contractedresearch organization that works withindustries including pharmaceutical,biotechnology, medical device, aca-demic, and government.  The companyhas offices in 46 countries and morethan 13,500 employees worldwide.  

ppD has been operating in Middle-ton for over 20 years and currently em-

ploys about 800 professional employ-ees with an average salary of $75,000.Middleton employees are primarilyscientific professionals who provideanalytical services for all phases of thedrug development process.

Vanta Commercial properties ownsthe building that ppD leases and wantsto expand.  Randy Guenther, CEO andCFO of Vanta says in his analysis thatthe $2 million in TIF would be paidback in just over six years.  He con-tributes the increment to two factorsthat would increase the value.  Onebeing an increased assed value of thespace, and the second being the valueof lab equipment that would be in-stalled.

Middleton Chamber of Commerceexecutive director Van Nutt pointed out

to the council the increment that wouldbe created in payroll and likely putback into the local economy.   

“Randy Guenther shared the payrollnumbers in the projections, and whenyou think about TIF think about tax in-cremental payrolls,” Nutt said.  “Thenumbers he represented are about $15million per year and over the life ofthat lease thats about $180 million dol-lars payable.  That’s incremental pay-roll within the community, that can doa lot for local businesses.” 

The $2 million TIF request ppD isasking for is essentially to create addi-tional parking for new employees.Vanta says they would need to demol-ish two existing income producingbuildings adjacent to provide parkingstalls.  The process would involve

moving an MG&E generator and trans-former and building an extensive re-taining wall.  

Additionally Vanta say they wouldneed to acquire the Greenway Centerparking ramp, owned by the city, at acost of more than $1 million. Theywould also need to build a pedestrianbridge at an estimated cost of $75,000.

Alder Gurdip Brar asked why thecity could not just keep the parkingramp and allow ppD employees to useit instead of selling it.

City Administrator Mike Davis saidto Brar that when city entered into theagreement with Greenway Station in2002 to building the garage they neverplanned to get into the business ofowning and maintaining parking ramps

long term.  The agreement made wasthe developer would pay to maintainand manage it till 2020 then could buyit for $1 after they contributed a quarterof the debt service as well as pay backthe TIF.  The $1,000,000 will pay offthe city’s remaining bond obligations.

Alder Hans Hilbert said he wasamazed to see such projects come for-ward.

“$2 million in six years repaymentfrom TIF,” Hilbert emphasized.  “Itsamazing we even have these projectscome forward and throw on top of that227 new jobs, we would be foolish tonot accept this request.”

The common council voted unani-mously in favor of the concept reviewof the TIF request.  

MMIDDLETONIDDLETON CCOMMONOMMON CCOUNCILOUNCIL

by CAMERON BRENTimes-Tribune

Drug company says $29 million expansion will create 227 local jobs

HOUSING continued from page 1

WHEDA continued from page 2

employment centers and jobgrowth and locate affordablehousing options near to our em-ployment center where job op-portunities are plentiful for newand existing residents,” saidSonnentag. “This past Tuesday,the Common Council adopted anew Workforce Housing Strat-egy, and that strategy reflectsand expands upon the City’sgoals contained in our Tax In-crement District (TID) #5 andparmenter Corridor Neighbor-hood plans, both of which iden-tify workforce housing in theCity as a key component in the

City’s broader economic devel-opment strategy.”

Sonnentag said he believesthe Meadow Ridge will be a“catalyst” to spur the redevelop-ment of the properties betweenits location and the futureMeriter Ambulatory Care Cen-ter on Laura Lane, which weexpect to be constructed fullyby the end of 2018 and have upto 200 jobs nearby.

The Middleton CommonCouncil has approved$2,100,000 in tax increment fi-nancing for Meadow Ridge.The city is also waiving

$59,830 in impact fees for theproject.

The High Impact project Re-serve was created in 2013by WHEDA in order to fund aparticularly impactful LIHTCproject.  The winning projectsare selected in a “SpecialRound” of tax credits held laterthan the normal round of LI-HTCs announced annually inthe spring.  The HIpR conceptis to award LIHTCs to a projectthat has strong economic devel-opment or redevelopment at-tributes, has significantcommunity support, and/or has

a tangible impact on job cre-ation, job retention or job train-ing.

Meadow Ridge Middleton isone of two projects receiving atax credit award as partof WHEDA’s High Impact Re-serve program.  The multifam-ily project is being developedby JT Klein, Inc. and will offer95 units of workforce housingto help support ongoing job cre-ation in the heart of a major em-ployment center. 

“In sum, the Meadow Ridgedevelopment dovetails with theCity’s goals of creating a mix of

market rate and workforcehousing units in an area of theCity strategically located to ac-commodate local employers’workers,” said Sonnentag.“This project is a key compo-nent in the City meeting thegoals it has set forth for redevel-opment projects identified inour plans. Our financial com-mitment is a strong statementfor how important this project isfor the City. We are confidentthat Meadow Ridge will be agreat new home for workersnearby, will stimulate privateinvestment and ultimately will

foster new/emerging and smallbusinesses by creating a sus-tainable live/work neighbor-hood.”WHEDA was created in 1972

by the Wisconsin Legislature toprovide low‐cost financing forhousing, small business andagricultural development. It hasfinanced more than 77,000 af-fordable rental units, helpedmore than 118,000 families pur-chase their first homes andmade more than 29,000 smallbusiness and agricultural loanguarantees.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 5

The Middleton Action Teamis kicking off its series of com-munity forums by sponsoring

State Senator Jon Erpenbach(D-Middleton) on  Tuesday,Sept. 15 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the

Kromrey Middle School Cafe-torium.

The new Kromrey Middle

School is located at 7009 DonnaDrive.

Erpenbach will address the

topics, “Fall Legislative Actionand Budget Review.”

After Erpenbach’s presenta-

tion the attendees will have theopportunity to ask the state sen-ator questions.

St. Luke’s Lutheran Church Men’s Ministrywill feature Otto puls, UW Men’s basketball of-ficial scorekeeper and assistant equipment man-ager, as its featured speaker on Thursday, October1.

puls will speak about his experiences with theBadger Basketball team as they made their wayto the 2015 Championship game. puls will also

share other stories from his 52 year career.A pulled pork dinner will be served at 6:00pm,

and puls will speak at 7:00pm. Cost is $10.00 andyou must register in advance. Contact RandyRiemer, 831-6084 with any questions.

St. Luke’s is located at 7337 Hubbard Avenue,Middleton, WI.

On Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 7p.m. the Middleton public Li-brary will host a special per-formance of Carnatic music, thetraditional classical music ofsouthern India dating back morethan 2,500 years.

Vocalist Vanitha Suresh will

perform examples of Carnaticmusic and discuss the historicaland cultural significance of theartform while accompanied byNanjundamurthy Venkatasubbuon the Mrdangam (double-headed percussion), and SanjaySuresh on the violin. Light re-

freshments will be provided bySwagat Indian Restaurant.

Vanitha Suresh is a musician,teacher, and promoter specializ-ing in Carnatic music. Shefounded the Arohana School ofMusic, an affiliate of IFCM-USA (International Foundation

of Carnatic Music) and she wasthe first Indian Carnatic Musi-cian to receive the WisconsinArts Board apprenticeship grantfor the years 2013, 2014 and2015. She lives and teaches inMiddleton.

The performance will take

place in the Archer Room on thelibrary’s lower level. Registra-tion for this event is appreci-ated. please visit the library’sevents calendar atmidlibrary.org/events, emailinfo@midlibrary.org, or call608-827-7403.

A labyrinth, a rainbow,feathers and wood-carvingsare just some of the piecesone can see from 13 artistswho have created art instal-lations on the Farley Centergrounds this summer.

Each artist used only nat-ural materials that could de-compose back into the earth.Many used materials theyfound right on the site ofFarley Center’s NaturalSanctuary green burialgrounds.

Middleton resident andartist Bobbette Rose gath-ered and organized the in-stallation of work.

This is the second year shehas invited artists to createsite-specific work in the

woods (the first exhibitionwas in 2013). She alsoworked with the Farley Cen-ter and the Witness Tree ArtCollective to develop a se-ries of community conversa-tions in 2014 that used art asa way to enter a discussionon environmental issues.

“This exhibition is espe-cially interesting because theartists responded to the envi-ronment in such a wide vari-ety of ways” says Rose.

Katherine Steichen Ros-ing created a water installa-tion that is part of her“Ripples” series begunshortly after 9/11. ChristineOlson performed a move-ment piece on site in Augustwhile Marina Kelly made a

video documentation. Thevideo will be viewed at theArtist Reception. BetsyDelzer and CynthiaReynolds’ laid out an inter-active piece that invites vis-itors to move through acontemplative pathwaybased on labyrinth traditions.

Everyone is invited to theArtist Reception on Satur-day, September 12 at theFarley Center from 3-5:30p.m.

The artists will be on handto talk about their work andwhat it means to work in col-laboration with nature. Re-freshments and a beautifulplace to hang out as we talkabout art are also included.

Erpenbach will speak at MAT forum

Classical Indian music at the library

Artist Bobette Rose featured at Farley Center

This performanceis made possible bythe Friends of theMiddleton Public Li-brary.

Otto Puls to speak at St. Luke’s

Middleton resident Bob-bette Rose, above, an artistand supporter of the Far-ley Center, gathered andorganized the installationof natural work. At right isone of her environmentalpieces.

On Sunday at 5:15 a.m. emergency personnel responded to Forest Harbor Apartments at 2060Allen Blvd. for a fire in one of the units.

Some tenants in the two-story building were displaced as a result. No one was injured. Red Cross is on scene offering assistance. 

Fire displaces residents

Artist Talk & Reception will take place Saturday, Sept. 12 from 3-5:30 p.m. at Farley Center for Peace, Justice & Sustainability, 2299 Spring Rose Rd.

In supportof an Irannuclear deal

Dear editor,In his column on September

3, Terrence Wall is critical of theIran nuclear agreement. Hestates that Israel is adamantlyopposed to this deal. However,Israeli opinion on this agree-ment is divided. An advertise-ment placed by No Nukes forIran project, a 501©(4) group,in the New York Times on Sep-tember 3 cites credible, in-formed Israelis as approving ofthe agreement. For example,Brig. Gen (Ret.) Shlomo Brom,Former director of IDF Strate-

gic planning Division states,“The agreement is good for Is-rael and its national Security. Itblocks Iran’s pathways to a nu-clear weapon for a longer pe-riod of time than any otheravailable option and commitsIran to permanently renouncingnuclear weapons under IAEAinspections.”

Additionally, ChuckFreilich, Former Israeli DeputyNational Security adviser isquoted as follows: “For at leastthe next decade, Israel will nothave to live under the threat ofa nuclear Iran and will not facethe danger of annihilation. ForIsrael, that is a major achieve-ment.” Others quoted whosupport the agreement includeMaj. Gen. (Ret.) Amos Yadlin,Former IDF Chief of DefenseIntelligence; Admiral (Ret.)

Ami Ayalon, Former Head ofthe Shin Bet; and Brig. Gen(Ret.) Uzi Eilam, Former Direc-tor General of the IsraeliAtomic Energy Commission.

Mr. Wall also asserts thatSaudi Arabia is adamantly op-posed to the agreement. How-ever, a news account ofSeptember 5 [New YorkTimes], captioned “After WhiteHouse Visit, Saudi Backs IranDeal,” byline peter Baker, de-scribes a friendly visit to theWhite House by King Salmanearlier in the week. Mr. Bakerreports that a joint statement bypresident Obama and KingSalman says that the king sup-ported the agreement withIran”. After the meeting of thepresident and King, the Saudiforeign minister stated, “We be-lieve this agreement will con-tribute to security and stabilityin the region by preventing Iranfrom acquiring a nuclear capa-bility.”

I don’t mean to suggest thatMr. Wall’s view of the agree-ment is necessarily incorrect. I

do suggest that given the above-indicated support for the agree-ment, perhaps it should beviewed in shades of gray, ratherthan in black-and-white.

Lawrence J. LandwehrMiddleton

Books makeMiddleton abetter place

To the editor,At Country Inn & Suites By

Carlson, Country Inn & Suites -Middleton, we lovereading.

Since 2001, our unique ReadIt & Return Lending LibrarySMoffers books forguests to borrow; if they don’tfinish it during their stay, theyare welcome to take the bookand return it on their next visitat another location.

We also love responsible

business practices, because webelieve that inmanaging our business this way,we build trust and practice agreater definition of hospitality.

This September, these two el-ements - the love of reading andthe love ofresponsible business practices -are joining together for the firstCountry Inns & Suites BookDrive.

We’ve partnered with non-profit literacy organizationRead Indeed to makethis book drive possible. ReadIndeed is the vision of MariaKeller, a book-loving 15-year-old who wants to make theworld a better place—one bookat a time. Maria has collectedand distributed over 1.5 millionbooks to needy children since2009, when she started the or-ganization at the age of 8.

We are proud to partner withRead Indeed, and to spotlightthe issue of illiteracy. We askthat you join us in making ourcommunity a better place bydonating books at 2212 Deming

Way, Middleton, WI 53562.  We are looking for

new and gently used books forbabies to teens.

The book drive will runfrom  now through Tuesday,September 22.

To learn more about Read In-deed, pleasevisit readindeed.org. For moreinformation on our hotel,visit  countryinns.com/wimid-dle.

Thank you,Rob Wartella

General ManagerCountry Inn & Suites

By Carlson,  Country Inn & Suites

Middleton

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Adkins, Tony G,  50, Operat-ing While Intoxicated,10/11/2014, $811.00, 9 RaskinCircle, Madison, WI 53719

Aehl, Roxanne R,   46, Ex-ceeding Zones and posted Lim-its, 10/09/2014, $98.80, 500Monroe St, Sauk City, WI53583

Armstrong, Will S,  25, NonRegistration, 10/21/2014,$98.80, 2912 patty Lane, Apt.#2, Middleton, WI 53562

Armstrong, Will S,   25,Motor vehicle liability insur-ance required, 10/21/2014,$10.00, 2912 patty Lane, Apt.#2, Middleton, WI 53562

Beson-Crone, Roberta,   64,FYR Uncontrolled “T” Inter-section, 10/06/2014, $98.80,1125 Waban Hl, Madison, WI53711

Blondell, Steven M,   56,FTS/Improper Stop at StopSign, 10/18/2014, $98.80, 406Bryce Canyon Cir, Madison,WI 53705

Brown, Daniel J,  24, VehicleRegistration Revoked/Sus-pended/Cancel, 10/12/2014,$98.80, 301 prairie Grass Trail,De Forest, WI 53532 3056

Brown, Daniel J,  24, Operat-ing while Suspended,10/12/2014, $124.00, 301prairie Grass Trail, De Forest,WI 53532 3056

Buchholz, Margaret M,  54,Dog/Cat Not Run At Large,10/10/2014, $92.50, 2021 Bris-tol St, Middleton, WI 53562

Cardenas, Domingo R,  59,possession of Controlled Sub-stance, 10/05/2014, $124.00,6604 Elmwood Ave Apt 110

Middleton, WI 53562, Car-denas, Domingo R,  59, posses-sion of Drug paraphernalia,10/05/2014, $124.00, 6604Elmwood Ave Apt 110

Middleton, WI 53562, Chen,Xinli,  42, Exceeding Zones andposted Limits, 10/25/2014,$98.80, 8957 Sunstone Ln,Middleton, WI 53562

Collins, Kimberly R,   34,FYR while Making Left Turn,10/22/2014, $98.80, 118 Cres-cent St, Mazomanie, WI 53560

Collins, Kimberly R,  34, Op-erating vehicle without insur-ance, 10/22/2014, $124.00, 118Crescent St, Mazomanie, WI53560

Creason, Clyde W,  66, FYRfrom Yield Sign, 10/14/2014,$98.80, 7570 E Speedway Blvd# 253, Tuscon, AZ 85710

Curry, Christopher D,   36,Failure of Owner to TransferTitle, 10/16/2014, $98.80, 205Swanton Rd # 6, Madison, WI53714

Curry, Christopher D,   36,Operating while Suspended,10/16/2014, $124.00, 205Swanton Rd # 6, Madison, WI53714

Curry, Christopher D,   36,Operating vehicle without in-surance, 10/16/2014, $124.00,205 Swanton Rd # 6, Madison,WI 53714

Curtin, Nicholas James,  18,Battery, 10/17/2014, $313.00,618 Enterprise Dr, Verona, WI53593

Derr, Shaun C,  36, Operatingwhile Suspended, 10/06/2014,$98.80, 908 E Main St,Stoughton, WI 53589

Derr, Shaun C,  36, Operatingvehicle without insurance,10/06/2014, $98.80, 908 EMain St, Stoughton, WI 53589

Drake, Rodney L,  53, FYRto Workers on Highway,10/19/2014, $250.00, 194 Val-ley Dr, Lodi, WI 53555

Drake, Rodney L,  53, Oper-ating While Intoxicated,10/19/2014, $861.00, 194 Val-ley Dr, Lodi, WI 53555

Drake, Rodney L,  53, Oper-ating With/pAC .08-.099,10/19/2014, $0.00, 194 ValleyDr, Lodi, WI 53555

Driscoll, paderic C,   25,FTS/Improper Stop at StopSign, 10/20/2014, $98.80, 2133Center Ave, Madison, WI53704

Egli, Eric M,  26, ExceedingZones and posted Limits,10/26/2014, $149.20, 101 El-liott Ln # 103, Oregon, WI53575

Farris, Nicole K,   31, NonRegistration, 10/17/2014,

$98.80, 705 Cricket Ln # 2,Middleton, WI 53562

Fillback, Katherine R,   30,Motor vehicle liability insur-ance required, 10/12/2014,$10.00, 615 N Union St,Dodgeville, WI 53533

Fritche, Christopher T,   27,Motor vehicle liability insur-ance required, 10/19/2014,$10.00, 5404 Mathews Rd#210, Middleton, WI 53562

Galloway, TuvardeLewis,   30, Operating whileSuspended, 10/18/2014,$124.00, 6725 Reston HeightsDr # 3, Madison, WI 53718

Garcia, Glenda B,  21, Oper-ating vehicle without insurance,10/09/2014, $124.00, 4 CoronaCt, Madison, WI 53719

Garrison, Michael J,   46,Motor vehicle liability insur-ance required, 10/23/2014,$10.00, 400 E Silver Spring Dr,Milwaukee, WI 53217

Gifford, Rebecca C,  23, Ex-ceeding Zones and posted Lim-its, 10/18/2014, $124.00, 22Lamplighter Way, Madison, WI53714

Godoy Medina, Fer-nando,   24, Operating vehiclewithout insurance, 10/17/2014,$124.00, 7071 Watts Rd, Madi-son, WI 53719

Gonzalez Valdez, AlexisI,   18, Inattentive Driving,10/07/2014, $111.40, 2637Amherst Rd # 6, Middleton, WI53562

Gonzalez Valdez, AlexisI,  18, Operating vehicle with-out insurance, 10/07/2014,$124.00, 2637 Amherst Rd # 6,Middleton, WI 53562

Gonzalez Valdez, AlexisI,   18, Operating while Sus-pended, 10/07/2014, $124.00,2637 Amherst Rd # 6, Middle-ton, WI 53562

Graf, Thomas R,   43, NonRegistration, 10/07/2014,$98.80, 6377 Century Ave # 2,Middleton, WI 53562

Hardyman, Margaret A,  58,Auto Following Too Closely,10/15/2014, $124.00, 3820Constitution Dr, Middleton, WI53562

Howells, Muriel J,  65, NonRegistration, 10/14/2014,$0.00, 5406 Heather Rd, Mid-dleton, WI 53562

Jackson, Christian W,   20,Motor vehicle liability insur-ance required, 10/05/2014,$10.00, 2315 Thor Ave, Racine,WI 53405

Jackson, Christian W,   20,Vehicle RegistrationRevoked/Suspended/Cancel,10/05/2014, $0.00, 2315 ThorAve, Racine, WI 53405

Jacobus, Breslyn D,  25, Ve-hicle RegistrationRevoked/Suspended/Cancel,10/09/2014, $0.00, 6707 Cen-tury Ave, Middleton, WI 53562

Johnson, Jeffrey A,  36, Op-erating While Intoxicated,10/18/2014, $811.00, 119 For-ton St, Stoughton, WI 53589

Johnson, Jeffrey A,  36, Ex-ceeding Zones and posted Lim-its, 10/18/2014, $124.00, 119Forton St, Stoughton, WI53589

Johnson, Jeffrey A,  36, Op-erating With/pAC .08-.099,10/18/2014, $0.00, 119 FortonSt, Stoughton, WI 53589

Johnson, patience R,   22,Oper M/V by permitee w/o in-structor, 10/06/2014, $124.00,1710 Fisher St, Madison, WI53713

Johnson, patience R,   22,Non Registration, 10/06/2014,$98.80, 1710 Fisher St, Madi-son, WI 53713

Johnson, William A,   51,Inattentive Driving,10/21/2014, $111.40, 1206Sweeney Dr # 8, Middleton, WI53562

Kalscheur-Cushman, Dianep,  41, Operating With/pAC .08-.099, 10/03/2014, $0.00, 7018Donna Dr, Middleton, WI53562

Kalscheur-Cushman, Dianep,  41, Operating While Intoxi-cated, 10/03/2014, $861.00,7018 Donna Dr, Middleton, WI53562

Kane, Larry David,   65,Dog/Cat Not Run At Large,10/21/2014, $111.40, 6924North Ave, Middleton, WI53562

Kaye, Karen L,   45, Disor-derly Conduct, 06/29/2014,$124.00, 7109 University Ave,Middleton, WI 53562

Khan, Imran A,   25, NonRegistration, 10/11/2014,$98.80, 6 Essex Ct, Madison,WI 53713

Kiefer, Hope H,   50, NonRegistration, 10/18/2014,$0.00, 2717 Stevens St, Madi-son, WI 53705

Klubertanz, Jason C,   43,Motor vehicle liability insur-ance required, 10/27/2014,$10.00, 7421 Terrace Ave # 3,Middleton, WI 53562

Kruchten, Jeffrey C,   49,H&R property Adjacent/Hwy,10/09/2014, $187.00, 7685Grosse Rd, Cross plains, WI53528

Kruchten, Jeffrey C,  49, Ob-structing Traffic, 10/09/2014,$98.80, 7685 Grosse Rd, Crossplains, WI 53528

Lamberty, Loree A,   58,Motor vehicle liability insur-ance required, 10/12/2014,$10.00, 208 patrick Ave, Wau-nakee, WI 53597

Lendey, Dawa N,  29, Motorvehicle liability insurance re-quired, 10/14/2014, $10.00,8422 Red Granite Rd, Madi-son, WI 53719

Lor, Sara M,  31, Non Regis-tration, 10/07/2014, $98.80,3517 portage Rd, Madison, WI53704

Lor, Sara M,  31, Motor ve-hicle liability insurance re-quired, 10/07/2014, $10.00,3517 portage Rd, Madison, WI53704

Luedtke, Christopher,   26,FTS/Improper Stop at StopSign, 10/12/2014, $98.80, 1126N. High point Rd., Apt. #104,Madison, WI 53717 2222

Luedtke, Christopher,   26,Operating while Suspended,10/12/2014, $124.00, 1126 N.High point Rd., Apt. #104,Madison, WI 53717 2222

Matkowski, Melissa A,  32,Motor vehicle liability insur-ance required, 10/23/2014,$10.00, po Box 6242, Monona,WI 53716

Melnick, David M,  48, Ex-ceeding Zones and posted Lim-its, 09/20/2014, $124.00, 2228Hillington Grn, Madison, WI53726

Meyer, Ryan J,   38, FYRfrom parked position,10/17/2014, $98.80, 1042Tamarack Way, Verona, WI53593

Moths, Michael D,   28,Method of Giving Signals,10/08/2014, $98.80, 5405 Cen-

tury Ave # 202, Middleton, WI53562

Myers, Mandy M,  19, FYRwhile Making Left Turn,10/15/2014, $98.80, 2904 pattyLn, Middleton, WI 53562

Myers, Mandy M,  19, Oper-ator Fail/Have passenger/Seat-belted, 10/15/2014, $10.00,2904 patty Ln, Middleton, WI53562

Myers, Mandy M,  19, Motorvehicle liability insurance re-quired, 10/15/2014, $10.00,2904 patty Ln, Middleton, WI53562

Newby, Tylor W,  21, TruckFollowing Too Closely,10/10/2014, $124.00, E12950Highway 33, Baraboo, WI53913

Nzegwu, Louis I,   61, Ex-ceeding Zones and posted Lim-its, 10/25/2014, $98.80, 1821Waterbend Dr, Verona, WI53593

Ommodt, Sara L,  25, Inat-tentive Driving, 10/22/2014,$111.40, 7218 Arctic Fox Dr,Madison, WI 53719

palumbi Mattioli, TinaG,  45, Motor vehicle liabilityinsurance required, 10/16/2014,$10.00, 36 S Gardens Way,Fitchburg, WI 53711

patel, Shruti N,  41, Inatten-tive Driving, 10/12/2014,$111.40, 5168 Nannyberry Dr,Fitchburg, WI 53711

peterson, Karen S,  55, Ex-ceeding Zones and posted Lim-its, 10/07/2014, $98.80, 2239Keyes Ave, Madison, WI53711

pleasant, Morris Ben-laria,  29, Resisting or Obstruct-ing Officer, 10/12/2014,$439.00, 1705 Carver St,Madison, WI 53713

Quisling, John H,  74, Motorvehicle liability insurance re-quired, 10/08/2014, $10.00,9008 Farview Rd, Mazomanie,WI 53560

Raya-Mendiola, Jose D,  29,Operating while Suspended,10/10/2014, $124.00, 5408Aster Ct, Middleton, WI 53562

Raya-Mendiola, Jose D,  29,Operating vehicle without in-surance, 10/10/2014, $0.00,5408 Aster Ct, Middleton, WI53562

Reuter, Anthony B,  47, pro-hibited Noise Disturbance,10/21/2014, $98.80, 2006 par-menter St Apt 1, Middleton, WI53562

Sanchez, Joseph A,  26, Ex-ceeding Zones and posted Lim-its, 10/18/2014, $98.80, 3750parmenter St # 217, Middleton,WI 53562

Sanchez, Joseph A,  26, NonRegistration, 10/18/2014,$98.80, 3750 parmenter St #217, Middleton, WI 53562

Sanchez, Joseph A,  26, Op-erating vehicle without insur-ance, 10/18/2014, $124.00,3750 parmenter St # 217, Mid-dleton, WI 53562

Sanchez, Rene R,  46, Oper-ating w/o a Valid Driver’s Li-cense, 10/23/2014, $124.00,3401 Marino Ct # 2, Middle-ton, WI 53562

Sanchez, Rene R,  46, Oper-ating vehicle without insurance,10/23/2014, $124.00, 3401Marino Ct # 2, Middleton, WI53562

Sazama, Jerrell Robert,  27,FTS/Improper Stop at StopSign, 10/05/2014, $98.80, 5364Rocky Hill Road, Middleton,WI 53562

Sazama, Jerrell Robert,  27,Motor vehicle liability insur-ance required, 10/05/2014,$10.00, 5364 Rocky Hill Road,Middleton, WI 53562

Schallenberger Archer, JennaB,   23, Exceeding Zones andposted Limits, 09/20/2014,$98.80, 1939 Bryant Avenue 5,Apt. #32, Minneapolis, MN55403 3158

Schoos, Nicholas E,  72, Fail-ure to Keep Vehicle Under Con-trol, 10/14/2014, $136.60,N89W17552 St Thomas Dr,Menomonee Falls, WI 53051

Schultz, Meredith M,   33,Exceeding Zones and postedLimits, 10/21/2014, $98.80,3711 Deerpath Rd, Middleton,WI 53562

Schumacher, Cynthia A,  75,FTS/Improper Stop at StopSign, 10/21/2014, $98.80, 5118Spring Ct, Madison, WI 53705

Schwoegler, Adam M,   33,Motor vehicle liability insur-ance required, 10/08/2014,$10.00, 6752 St Road 113,Waunakee, WI 53597

Shrestha, Mahesh R,   53,FTS/Improper Stop at StopSign, 10/14/2014, $98.80, 5059Marathon Dr, Madison, WI53705

Sprout, William L JR,   83,Obstructing Traffic,10/12/2014, $98.80, 5740 En-chanted View Ln, Waunakee,WI 53597

Stadele, Tracy A,   33, Ex-ceeding Zones and posted Lim-its, 10/05/2014, $98.80, 326 EMonroe St, Spring Green, WI53588

Stauffer, Susan A,  43, AutoFollowing Too Closely,09/11/2014, $98.80, 7401Longmeadow Rd, Madison, WI53717

Strosahl, Katrina V,  37, NonRegistration, 10/22/2014,$98.80, 908 Ridgewood Way,Madison, WI 53713

Vogel, Caleb T,  18, Exceed-ing Zones and posted Limits,10/04/2014, $124.00, 2513Mole Ave, Janesville, WI53548

Vogel, Caleb T,  18, Operat-ing w/o a Valid Driver’s Li-cense, 10/04/2014, $124.00,2513 Mole Ave, Janesville, WI53548

Welsh, Diane E,  54, Failureto Stop For Flashing Red Sig-nal, 10/11/2014, $98.80, 4 GolfCourse Rd, Madison, WI53704

Wilkinson, Lyle B,  32, Fail-ure to Obtain Vehicle Title,10/17/2014, $98.80, 601 MainSt, Avoca, WI 53506

Wilkinson, Lyle B,  32, Op-erating vehicle without insur-ance, 10/17/2014, $124.00, 601Main St, Avoca, WI 53506

Wilkinson, Lyle B,   32,Motor vehicle liability insur-ance required, 10/17/2014,$10.00, 601 Main St, Avoca,WI 53506

Zepeda, Jaime,  38, Non Reg-istration, 10/11/2014, $98.80,1929 Northport Dr # 3, Madi-son, WI 53704

Zickert, Tyler J,  23, Motorvehicle liability insurance re-quired, 10/13/2014, $10.00,1009 Lorraine Dr, Madison, WI53705

Zurbuchen, Aaron J,   39,Motor vehicle liability insur-ance required, 10/11/2014,$10.00, 3910 Rieder Rd Apt 3,Madison, WI 53704.

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tigator. She was promoted toSenior Scientist in July 2010after winning another federalgrant as a principal investigator.

For the past five years Shihas been a Senior Scientist inthe Division of CardiovascularMedicine and a principal Inves-tigator in the Cellular and Mo-lecular Arrhythmia Researchprogram. She has been theLead principal Investigator onthree national-level researchgrants and industrial contracts.

Her current annual salary is$62,004.

The UW Medical School

paid the male employees morethan Shi despite working undersimilar conditions in positionsthat required equal skill, effortand responsibility.

Shi’s attorney, Caitlin Mad-den, said employers can justifypaying different employeeswith comparable skills and ex-perience different pay rates butnot based on sex.

The three examples consti-tute a pattern of wage discrimi-nation by the UW whichviolated the Equal pay Act byfailing to take reasonable stepsto eliminate unequal pay based

on gender basis in the work-place.

“Here, (Shi) is a senior sci-entist and has the same qualifi-cations as others who are paidsignificantly more,” said Mad-den, who declined to commentfurther on her client’s work sit-uation.

The suit names only the UWBoard of Regents as defen-dants. Board spokesman AlexHummel, citing UW Systempolicy, said there would be nocomment on the suit’s allega-tions as it involves pending lit-igation,

The suit seeks unspecificcompensatory and punitivedamages for lost wages due tounlawful employment practicesand for emotional pain, suffer-ing, inconvenience and humili-ation in amounts to bedetermined at trial.

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DISCRIMINATION continued from page 1

Linda Abbott will present“The Joy of Life Story Writing”at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17,at the Middleton public Library,7425 Hubbard Avenue. 

“Our stories are one of themost precious gifts we can giveto our loved ones,” Abbottsaid.  “But many people don’tknow how to get started.”

Abbott, founder of NeverForget Legacies & Tributes,will share tips, tools and re-sources to help people captureand preserve their memoriesand life stories.  The presenta-tion is a terrific opportunity forpeople of all ages to learn howto preserve their loved ones’stories.

participants will learn how tocreate timelines to organizetheir memories, and how to usememory sparks to recall moreof the past.  They’ll also learnabout the many benefits of lifestory writing.    “Many people

find that the journey of remi-niscing is a joyful experience,”Abbott said.  “Sharing our sto-ries connects us more deeply toour children and grandchil-dren.”

Older adults sometimes don’trealize how cherished theirmemories and stories will be tofuture generations.      “peoplewho grew up when having a carwas a luxury, who went toschool in one-room countryschools or fought in World WarII possess snapshots of the pastthat are a gift to the next gener-ation,” Abbott said.  “Life storywriting also is a great way topass on our values, wisdom andfaith traditions.”

Experts in the field of geron-tology believe that life storywriting helps individuals feeltheir life had meaning and pur-pose, enhances personal growthand allows others to get to knowus better. 

The public is welcome to at-tend.  You can register onlineat www.midlibrary.org/events or call 608-827-7403. 

For more information, con-tact Abbott at 608-826-6215 oremail her at abbott@neverfor-getlegacies.com.

Linda Abbott is the founderof  Never Forget Legacies &Tributes, which helps individu-als and families capture andpreserve their memories andstories in heirloom-qualitylegacy books.   An award-win-ning journalist, public relationsconsultant and writer, she re-cently published her debutnovel, Ten Days InParadise.  She is a member ofthe Association of PersonalHistorians, the Middleton AreaHistorical Society and the Mid-dleton Chamber of Commerce. 

Ever thought aboutwriting your life story?

File photoLinda Abbott will present “The Joy of Life Story Writing” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17 at

the Middleton Public Library.

Middleton studentshad best ACT scorein all of Dane County

Middleton High School,Clark Street Community Schooland 21st Century eSchool stu-dents who took the ACT collegeentrance exam in 2014-15 hadthe best composite averageamong Dane County districtsand Big Eight Conferenceschools.

This marks the fifth straightyear that the composite scorefor MCpASD students was at25.2 or higher.

The district’s compositescore is the fifth-highest aver-age in the state among all dis-tricts falling just behindMequon-Thiensville with 25.9,Whitefish Bay with 25.8,Cedarburg with 25.5 and Elm-brook with 25.5. MCpASD stu-dents at took the ACT.

The state average compositescore was 22.2 out of 36 for asecond year. Wisconsin andIowa tied for second behindMinnesota with 22.7.  The na-tional average is 21.

Of the 548 seniors at MHSlast year, 416 took the ACT, anincrease of 24 students over theyear before and the most thedistrict has had take the exam inthe past five years.

About 73 percent of Wiscon-sin public and private highschool seniors took the ACTlast year.  Compared nationally,about 59 percent of seniors tookthe ACT with an average scoreof 21 for a second year.

Last March the state imple-mented a requirement that alleligible students in every dis-trict take the ACT, making the2015-16 participation rates ex-pected to be close to 100 per-cent.

More than 90 percent of Mid-dleton-Cross plains Area stu-dents showed preparedness forcollege level English, comparedto the state average of 74 per-cent.  77 percent are ready forcollege level mathematics,compared to 52 percent of statestudents.  About 70 percent arecollege-ready for science com-pared to the state average of 49

percent, 72 percent are college-ready for the social sciencescompared to the state average of53 percent, and 60 percent arecollege-ready in all four areascompared to the state average of35 percent.

More great news for the dis-trict, enrollment is close to dou-ble what was projected forbudgeting, resulting in an unex-pected increase in state fund-ing.  Each new student providesthe district with about $10,000in state funding.

“Overall, as of tonight, at thekindergarten through 12th gradelevels, not counting 4k, we areup 205 students,” Assistant Su-perintendent for EducationalServices George Mavroulissaid.

Mavroulis noted that an aver-age of 50 to 55 students leavethe district with out reporting todistrict administration, but headds that even if that holds truethe district will still be up about150 to 160 students which isstill double what the districtprojected.

by CAMERON BRENTimes-Tribune

The Cross plains Lions Club was an integral partner in the MOM Back to School program this year.The caption on the Back to School program photo in last week’s paper listed the Middleton LionsClub.  MOM thanks pete Cerniglia and the generous work of the Cross plains Lions for their commu-nity-wide collection that made it possible for MOM to serve over 1,000 students this past year.

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plains.Viter, who had friends, including El-

liott Long, living in Wisconsin, saw theMiddleton area as a safe haven.

“We started our new life here with[the] main idea … that we have to carefor us, have to care for others and theworld generally,” she says. “And thebest way … to show that respect forlife is to start grow[ing] food. We arewhat we eat. That is what we believe.”

While Viter was trained in architec-ture and comfortable amidst the bustleof modern urban life, she says agricul-ture is an important part of her her-itage. It is, she says, “in our blood.”

“Ukraine is [a] very old county,” shesays. “About 2,000 years of farming.Very rich soil and lots of experience inour blood.”

When Viter and her family fled tothe United States, they noticed some-thing familiar about Wisconsin, despitebeing more than 5,000 miles from theirhomeland.

“[The] most funny thing about ourmove to here [is] that my mom, Svet-lana, found that soil, weather, and evenweeds [are] absolutely the same here,”she says. “We are on the other side ofworld and keep doing what [we] usedto do.”

Like her daughter, Svetlana is ahighly skilled professional. But despitebeing an immunologist in Ukraine, shealso had experience working the land

with her parents. It is a set of skills shepassed along to her daughter at an earlyage. Roksolana, or “Lana” to many ofher American friends, says some of herearliest memories involve harvestingfood to store for the cold wintermonths.

While she speaks English withgusto, Lana also exudes a gregariousenthusiasm – for her family, for theland, for the food they produce, and forthe customers who eat it – that tran-scends any language barriers.

They are farming land owned byLong, who, while he is part of nearlyeverything Terra Growers does, deferscredit to the close-knit family thatspends its days converting silos intoroot cellars, pulling weeds and harvest-ing homegrown sorghum and corn fortheir flock of chickens.

Together, they run Terra Growers,growing fresh, organic vegetables – in-cluding green peppers, rotund pump-kins, onions, peas, garlic and more -and tending to the aforementioned freerange, organic, “happy chickens.”

Taking a short break, their faces andhands streaked with soil untouched byharmful chemicals, they gather arounda small kitchen table for loose leafgreen tea and a rustic, moist fruit cakeSvetlana has just pulled from the oven.

“There really seems to be somethinghappening on our farm, some kind ofshared vision that keeps us motivated

and we really hope it lasts, because ifwe can keep the same kind of energywe had this year, we will really do wellin the coming years,” says Long.Long went on to say the young chil-

dren who pluck fresh fruits and vegeta-bles from the ground serve as a dailyinspiration to farm the land in a respon-sible way.“We starting by growing our own

fruit and vegetables, became mesmer-ize by the quality and taste of fresh or-ganic food, not to mention the peace ofmind of knowing our food is non-toxic,” says Long. Eventually, he con-tinues, they began to “fantasize abouta much larger production and, whoknows, maybe even the possibility ofturning a profit someday.”

Eventually, they were ready to growmore food than they could eat. Theywere already feeding their families,and the next step was to feed others aswell.

But growing food isn’t easy, espe-cially for those who choose to farm inthe old ways. The weather rarely coop-erates, customers can be fickle, andswearing off pesticides and herbicides,

while it is at the core of Terra Growers’philosophy, does mean more work.

“Elliott is a big dreamer,” says Viter.“Our same goal is to save the planet for[the] next generation.”

“We [are] trying to restore old tradi-tions and grow food without any chem-icals,” she continues. “Our main ruleon our farm - nothing besides water!”

“We have lots of veggies, [an] or-chard with fruits and berries, nut trees,chickens, bees,” she says. “We are inlove with our farm and with what weare doing.”

She says the work can be grueling,but the end result is worth the toil.

“When [you] see one-pound toma-toes or 2,000 plants of peppers, or5,000 garlic plants on your field and re-alize that [you] never used chemicalsto have this success, it gives you en-ergy to do even more,” she adds.

Long says the days are full. “Caf-feinate, hydrate, motivate, think aboutour long term plans for five minutes,then immediately forget about themand start panicking about all the shortterm emergencies that change day byday: watering, feeding, planting, culti-vating, harvesting, cooking,” he says ofthe average day at Terra Growers. “Wehave clear daily chores but they alwaysseems to be taking a backseat to what-ever Mother Nature throws our way.”

Last year, Terra Growers began at-tending the Greenway Station Farmers

Market in Middleton. This year, thefarm is increasingly its presence. At thefarm’s tent, Viter’s enthusiasm is pal-pable. “Everyone responds really well to

our message, which Lana delivers sowell,” says Long. “She is a naturalspokesperson and very informative.”

It feels, he says, “like we have ar-rived.”And while it would mean increased

competition, Long says he hopes to seemore small, local growers sellingfruits, vegetables and meats in thegreater Middleton community.

“I am always surprised to hear thatmany of the organic or simply smallgrowers like us are from places faraway, and many of them drive up to anhour to bring their produce to market,”Long says. “We are right next to Mid-dleton and just a couple of miles fromthe Greenway Station Market. Despitethe fact that it might mean more com-petition I would really like to see morenear-urban small growers.”

“In fact,” he concludes. “We dreamof an entire region in the north Middle-ton area that could be a mecca for localgrowers.”

Editor’s note: While many westernreaders are used to seeing this Ukrain-ian city spelled “Kiev,” most EasternEuropeans, including Viter, spell it“Kyiv.”

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Olga takes a bite of a red pepper that was still on the plant a few seconds earlier.Times-Tribune photos by Matt Geiger

Terra Growers produces a rainbow of tomatoes.

Roksolana walks the farm with her daughter, Olga.Roksolana Viter with her mother, Svetlana, at the Greenway Station Farmers Market. The market takes place every Thursdayfrom 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Terra Growers is located at 6496 County Highway K

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More than 100 mentors, 90 kids take part in United Way Day of Caring

Photos contributed“I think we really make a

difference in the lives of chil-dren from Madison UrbanMinistry who have incarcer-ated parents as well as thosefrom the Troy Garden neigh-borhood - even if it was forjust three hours,” said city ad-ministrator Mike Davis, pic-tured above during lunch.“Special thanks to employeesfrom the Library, Police, Fire,EMS and Planning Depart-ments who participated. Wehad over 100 mentors fromthe community, includinglocal businesses and MOM,and about 90 children partic-ipating.”

Davis called the annualevent “an appropriate start-ing place for Good NeighborFest because it is all aboutbeing good neighbors.”

The annual United Way Day of Caring took place at LakeviewPark on Friday, Aug. 28. Kids ate lunch then headed out intothe park to enjoy fishing, the splash pad, storytime, sports andtime learning about local public safety officials.

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Middleton rolls past EastEfficient. Systematic.

Methodical. And in the end, remarkably

successful.This was the story of

Middleton’s offense during anextremely impressive 42-21victory over host Madison Eastlast Friday night. TheCardinals’ No. 1 offense scoredtouchdowns on all six of theirdrives in a workmanlike man-ner.

Middleton had just threeplays of more than 20 yards allnight. Instead, the Cardinalswere meticulous in both thedetails and in their executionand slowly dismantled an over-matched East squad.

Middleton improved to 3-0overall and in the Big EightConference, while East fell to2-1. The Cardinals now travelto Madison La Follette (3-0)Friday at 7 p.m. in a matchupof the last two undefeatedteams in the Big Eight.

“We’ll take that,” Middletoncoach Tim Simon said whentold his No. 1 offense was 6-for-6 finding the endzone. “Itwas out best effort of the year.”

Indeed.Cardinals senior quarter-

back Brennan Schmitt was

extremely sharp, completing14-of-17 passes for 158 yardsand three touchdowns. Schmittconnected on his final six pass-es and 11-of-12 at one stretch.

Senior running back CamMaly had three touchdownruns of his own. Maly carried34 times for 160 yards (4.70average) and wore down theEast defense.

Middleton’s No. 1 offensewas also an amazing 11-for-11on third down conversions,including 8-of-8 in the firsthalf.

“That was really fun,” Malysaid. “It’s just an awesomefeeling when you get going likethat.

“We made it a goal on thesideline sometime in the sec-ond half to score every time wehad the ball. That was prettyawesome.”

Middleton’s proficientoffense affected the game intwo ways.

Not only did the Cardinalslight up the scoreboard, theykept East’s high-poweredattack on the sideline.Middleton held the ball 16minutes, 43 seconds in the firsthalf and 24:24 through threequarters when the game waslargely decided.

The only downfall to the Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

Middleton’s Mitch Andrews (5) and Caleb Cymbalak (52) corral Madison East’s Amadou Daff (24) last Friday.

Cardinals’ No. 1 offensescores on every possession

See FOOTBALL, page 19

by ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune

Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

Life in the fast laneCharlotte Sue and Middleton’s cross country teams kicked off their seasons last

Saturday at the Verona Invite. Please see story on page 14.

One — then done

FORT ATKINSON —Tanner Meinholz found him-self in a familiar position on ahot and steamy Sunday  after-noon.

For the second time inthree games, the Ashton leftfielder strode to the plate withthe game on the line and anopportunity to keep the A’shopes of defending theirHome Talent League champi-onship alive.

Meinholz hit a sacrifice flyto score Derek prochaskafrom third base in the top ofthe 10th  inning to lift Ashtonto a thrilling 4-3 victory overFort Atkinson in the secondround of the HTL champi-onship amateur baseball seriesat Jones Field.

“When it’s this hot, you’re

starting to run out of steam.But it’s the same for bothteams and you just had topower through it,” Meinholzsaid of the 90-degree, game-time temperature. “We knew itwas going to be tough. Butwe’re there and we know westill have business to take careof, one more (win) to get.”

Ashton (15-6), whichextended its winning streak toeight games including back-to-back road victories in thechampionship series, will hostVerona to try to secure thetitle on Sunday.

“We’re 2-0 going in. It’swhere we wanted it to be,”Ashton manager Dave Adlersaid.

prochaska snapped a 0-for-8 slump in the championshipseries with a booming doubleto center field with one out inthe top of the 10th  inning toignite the winning rally.

“That late in the game, youjust want to get base runnerson,” said prochaska, Ashton’scleanup hitter, who blasted acurve ball on a 1-1 offering

from Fort Atkinson relieverDan Dean. “I got a goodenough pitch to hit, drove it tothe gap.”

Kasey Miller then drew awalk and Josh Adler singled toleft to load the bases and setthe stage for Meinholz todeliver the game-winner.

“I told him, ‘You know youcan do it. You’ve been in thissituation before,’ ” Ashtonstarting pitcher Kevinpeternell said of Meinholz.“He got his bat on the ball andgot it out there far enough forDerek to score from third.”

Miller’s two-run single inthe top of the ninth gaveAshton a 5-3 win overMiddleton in the NorthernSection title game on Aug. 23.But while he was unable toduplicate his previous game-winner, Meinholz knew whathe had to do.

“It was the same approach(as Middleton),” Meinholzsaid. “You just try to get theball to the outfield deepenough, try to find a hole inthe infield. You just do what-

Ashton’s HTLteam one winfrom titleby DENNIS SEMRAUSpecial to the Times-Tribune

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It wasn’t the start theyhoped for.

But there were severalthings for Middleton’s boyssoccer team to build upon.

The Cardinals dropped twoof their first three games lastweek.

Middleton defeated MountHoreb, 2-0, in its season openerlast Thursday. But theCardinals then fell to Neenah,5-3, and to HartlandArrowhead, 4-1, at theArrowhead Quad last weekend.

“I don't like Middletonteams to give up nine goals intwo games,” Middleton coachBen Kollasch said. “We playedwell at times and showed howquickly we can score. It wasreally hot for these days and wecan’t use that as an excuse forgiving up that many goals.Some very good things cameout of this weekend.”

plenty of good came out ofMiddleton’s win over MountHoreb.

Sophomore forward DrakeVandermause scored a pair ofsecond half goals and theCardinals pulled away from thegritty, gutty Vikings.

“Middleton is always a dif-ficult match-up for us,” MountHoreb coach Mark Newmansaid. “They defeated us, 5-0,last season. We had ourchances … but our inability tofinish our best chances doomedus.

“Middleton had the better ofpossession, particularly in thefirst half. We were able tomount counter-attacks that

were dangerous.”The Cardinals then strug-

gled — particularly on defense— at the Arrowhead Quad.

In Middleton’s loss toNeenah, Vandermause scored apair of goals on assists from

Bradan Allen and MaxLawrence. Allen also scored onan assist from ZachWhritenour.

In the Cardinals’ loss toArrowhead, Allen scored on anassist from Derek Waleffe. But

the defensive shortcomingswere too much to overcome.

“Our new defensive systemhas some kinks we haveworked out and we are ready tofully implement it,” Kollaschsaid. “Some of the goals came

from learning the new systemand needing to get on the samepage as a team. We are ready tomove on and shut out goodteams with the new systemnow.”

There were plenty of posi-

tives.Vandermause scored four

goals in the first two games andshowed the ability to be a “go-to” player.

“He says he has neverplayed forward before,”Kollasch said. “I don't know ifI believe him, but if it’s true,other teams have been missingout.”

Allen, a returning all-stateplayer, also has two goals andtwo assists in his first threegames.

“Bradan Allen is still readyto be electric on offense,”Kollasch said. “He is asfocused on scoring as ever.”

While Kollasch would haveliked his team to start faster, hedid see some things Middletoncan build on.

“We have a young team andsome of the question marks arebeing solved already,”Kollasch said. “These firstthree games have shown ussolutions to some of the conun-drums we faced in terms ofwhere players fit in our systemthis year.

“How players respond in agame is a critical factor thatcan't be measured in practice.We have some of the informa-tion now to start locking instarters and spots on the field,so we can get down to develop-ing chemistry and combina-tions based on that.”

• On deck: Middleton wasat Janesville parker Tuesday,then hosts Verona Thursday at7 p.m. The Cardinals then trav-el to the Kettle Moraine QuadFriday and Saturday.

Middleton’s girls tennisteam sits atop the Big Eight

Conference following twomore wins last week.

The Cardinals rolled pastMadison La Follette, 7-0, lastTuesday. Middleton alsodefeated Sun prairie, 4-3, lastThursday.

Cardinals freshmanMichelle Chi rolled to a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 1 singles againstthe Lancers, while sophomoreKai Heineman notched a 6-1,

6-0 win at No. 2. JuniorElizabeth Boettinger rolled to a6-0, 6-0 win at No. 3 singles,while junior Ally Hujanenposted a 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 4.

In doubles play, seniorsKaisey Skibba and AbbeyWebber rolled to a 6-2, 6-1 winat No. 1, while freshmanMaddie Clark and seniorLauren Coons posted a 6-0, 6-1win at No. 2. Senior AmandaHuff and junior Jessica Wangalso notched a 6-1, 6-1 win atNo. 3 doubles.

In Middleton’s win over Sunprairie, it notched wins at allthree doubles flights andHujanen posted a 6-4, 6-2 winat No. 4 singles.

In doubles play, Skibba andWebber rolled to a 6-0, 6-1 winat No. 1, while Coons andClark posted a 6-1, 6-2 win atNo. 2. And at No. 3, Huff andWang cruised to a 6-2, 6-0 win.

• On deck: Middleton host-ed Madison Memorial Tuesday,then is at Madison WestThursday at 4 p.m. TheCardinals then travel to theNicolet Invite Friday andSaturday.

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Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

Elizabeth Boettinger and Middleton’s girls tennis team are in first place in the Big Eight.

Tennis Cardinalslead Big Eightby ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune

Middleton topsLa Follette,Sun Prairie

Uneven start for soccer Cardinalsby ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune

Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

Middleton’s Max Raisleger (20) battles Mount Horeb’s Steven Abalos for a loose ball during the Cardinals’ win last week.

There will be no rebuild-ing.

Without question, this willbe a year of reloading forMiddleton’s girls cross coun-try team.

The Cardinals proved thatat last Saturday’s VeronaInvitational, finishing secondamong 26 teams.

Sun prairie won the meetwith 93 points, whileMiddleton was second (111).Madison Memorial (122),Madison West (123) and LaCrosse Aquinas (240) roundedout the top five.

Middleton’s boys finishedfourth among 25 teams.

“Finishing second atVerona sets a positive tone forthe season,” Middleton co-coach Isaac Mezera said.“With the depth and workethic this team has, we'll shootto move the whole pack for-ward week by week. If thathappens, we could be lookingat turning some heads comeconference and sectionaltime.”

Cardinals senior SamValentine was second overall,finishing the 4,000-meter racein 19 minutes, 19 seconds.

“Sam Valentine ran astrong, gutsy race to finishsecond and break up Sunprairie's dominant three-some,” Mezera said. “I don'tthink Sam is happy only to beamong their top three. Shewants to be in front of them.”

Sophomore Charlotte Suewas 11th (20:45), seniorMilena Martin was 30th(21:40), senior Autumn Grimwas 33rd (21:48) and sopho-more Iris Ohlrogge was 35th(21:51).

“Charlotte will be key forus this season,” Mezera said.“She showed tremendous willpower out on the course.

“Milena Martin ran astrong race, especially thefinal mile. Milena dug deep

within herself and passedquite a few girls in the last800 meters.”

Madison La Follette wonthe boys race with 49 points.Madison Memorial (90),Madison West (94),Middleton (112) and Verona(164) rounded out the top five.

“We knew going in that theBig Eight was loaded andteams would be battlingthroughout the season,”

Middleton co-coach CindyBremser said. “This certainlywas the case at the VeronaInvitational, where the topfour teams were from thisconference.

“It was an exciting race towatch, but the Middleton boyswere hoping to finish higherthan fourth. The good news isthat it is early in the seasonand we had some outstandingperformances.”

Cardinals junior GusNewcomb was second overall,finishing the 5,000-meter racein an even 16 minutes, 11 sec-onds behind Lancers juniorFinn Gessner (15:49).Sophomore Jack Rader wasfifth (16:36), senior ColeConklin-Little was 29th(17:31), freshman CalebEaston was 35th (17:34) andjunior Ryan Madoch was 41st(17:45).

“Two athletes in the top-5is exceptional positioning,”Bremser said. “Gus Newcombran the fastest race of hiscareer, improving by 46 sec-onds from last year.

“Jack Rader was the topsophomore in the meet, plac-ing fifth and improving by 42seconds. Jack is fearless run-ning with the top pack ofboys.”

While the Cardinals would

have liked to place higher,Bremser was encouraged withwhat she saw.

“I feel this first race lets usknow that we have our workcut out for us, but that wehave the potential and talentto keep improving to be wherewe want to be at the end of theseason,” she said.

• On deck: Middleton is atthe Spring Green InvitationalSaturday at 8:30 a.m.

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Middleton’s off and runningGirls second,boys fourth atVerona Inviteby ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune

Times-Tribune photos by Mary Langenfeld

Middleton’s Sam Valentine (left) and Gus Newcomb (above)both finished in second place in their respective races at theVerona Invite last Saturday.

Middleton’s boys volleyballteam began its season with 25-12, 25-15, 25-19 win overMadison La Follette lastThursday.

Senior outside hitter KevinMcMahon led the Cardinalswith nine kills, while seniorsetter Matt Caamal had 18assists. Senior outside hitterJacob Ross had four aces, sen-ior Kyle Bradley-Bartleson hadfour digs and the trio of BlakeSprecher, Cole Spitler andCaamal all had two blocks.

“The gym was pretty hotand we got sluggish as thenight rolled on,” Middletoncoach Ben White said. “But wetook care of business.”

Middleton raced to leads of8-0 and 10-1 in the first gameand rolled to an easy win.Sprecher was terrific serving,while Spitler and McMahonhad big games, as well.

“We started out fast inGames 1 and 2 and got a lot ofplayers playing time,” Whitesaid.  

Middleton fell behind inGame 2, 3-0. The Cardinalsthen rolled off eight straightpoints and cruised to an easywin.

McMahon led the Cardinalswith all nine of his kills on just13 attempts in the first two

games.“I can not say enough about

the start of the season by KevinMcMahon,” White said. “Hewill be a force on the out-side.   We just know we needsomeone to complement him.”

In Game 3, juniors NickZeineman and Louis Hinshawhad big efforts as the Cardinalsrolled.

“Both took good advantageof the opportunities theyreceived,” White said.

• On deck: Middleton is atthe 30-team Racine InviteSaturday beginning at 8:30a.m.

“It was a little disappointingthat most of the top-10 teams in

state got into a different tourna-ment that we were left out of,so it will be up to us to takecare of business,” White said.“We set a goal to get rolling bythe end of September, so plenty

of people will still get anopportunity to prove them-selves on the court. Hoping fora long day.”

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Boys spikers start strongMiddleton rollspast La Follettein openerby ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune

File photo

Franco Marcos and Middleton’s girls volleyball team finished in third place at last Saturday’sMukwonago Invite.

There is work to be done.Lots of it.But Middleton’s girls vol-

leyball team has also shownmany signs of promise to beginits season.

The Cardinals won their BigEight Conference opener overJanesville parker last Tuesday.Middleton then finished thirdat the Mukwonago Invite lastSaturday.

“We are still trying to getour offense on track,”Middleton coach FrancoMarcos said. “The start of theseason is going the way I envi-sioned it. The timing betweenour hitters and setters is notquite there yet.”

The Cardinals had animpressive showing againstparker, rolling to a 25-20, 25-10, 25-13 win.

Lily Welti had seven kills,five digs and two aces, whileMimi McMurray had 11 assistsand two aces. Logan Welti

added 10 kills, five digs andtwo aces, Elizabeth Keller had19 assists and Meghan Bayerhad eight kills and three blocks.

“We started out a little slow,but increased the tempo andpulled away from them,”Marcos said. “It was a goodwin to open the Big Eight sea-son.”

Middleton then headed tothe Mukwonago Invite, whereit reached the gold bracket andeventually settled for thirdplace.

The Cardinals opened with a25-15, 25-18 loss toOconomowoc. Lily Welti hadsix kills, Keller had 13 assistsand Meghan Bayer had twoblocks.

Middleton then defeatedMenomonee Falls, 14-25, 25-16, 15-11. Lily Welti had eightkills, while Logan Welti had 10kills and two aces.

The Cardinals followed thatwith a 25-18, 25-20 win overWaukesha North. Lily Weltihad seven kills, whileMcMurray had nine assists.Maddie Dagitz had eightassists, Logan Welti had sixkills, and both MollyZeinemann and Bayer hadthree blocks.

Middleton advanced to thegold bracket, where host

Mukwonago toppled theCardinals, 25-16, 25-18. LilyWelti had nine kills, LoganWelti had five kills andMcMurray added 12 assists.

Middleton then toppledHowards Grove, 25-20, 23-25,15-9 in the third place match.Lily Welti had 10 kills, whileboth Logan Welti and Bayerhad five kills. McMurray alsohad 25 assists and three aces.

“It was a great final matchto get everyone in,” Marcossaid.

Overall, Marcos believes histeam is headed in the rightdirection.

“The big worries are ourunforced errors,” Marcos said.“We are committing way toomany hitting errors, but theseerrors are easily corrected asthe season goes on.

“We want the girls to remainaggressive, yet continue todevelop alternate shots out ofsystem situations. So the wor-ries are temporary. We playedsome top teams and we havesome quality wins. We justneed to keep improving andstay healthy.”

• On deck: Middleton host-ed Verona Tuesday, then is atMadison East Thursday at 6:30p.m.

Girls spikers thirdat MukwonagoMiddleton alsotopples Parkerin Big 8 openerby ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune

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MHS swimmers dunk Purgoldersby ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune

Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

Middleton’s Elise Hokanson won the 100-yard butterfly during a dual meet against Madison East last Friday.

Middleton’s girls swim-ming team improved to 2-0 inthe Big Eight Conference witha 137-31 rout of Madison Eastlast Friday.

“This was our first awaymeet of the season, which canalways be difficult to preparefor,” Cardinals coach LaurenCabalka said. “Swimming at apool that is not familiar canbring additional challenges —different blocks, differentwalls and a crowd that isn’tyour own.  I thought the girlsset some good goals for thismeet and remained focused allweek leading up to the meet.”

Middleton’s quartet ofsophomore Caroline Hippen,freshman Emily Keebler, jun-ior Tryn peterson and fresh-man Cora Mack won the 200-yard medley relay in 1:55.65.

The foursome of Mack,sophomore Chiara pierobon-Mays, peterson and freshmanHannah Aegerter won the200-yard freestyle (1:42.38).And the quartet of seniorSamantha Roll, pierobon-Mays, Hippen and Aegerterwon the 400-yard freestylerelay (3:43.09).

Cardinals freshman MolyWarriner (2:04.44) and seniorVictoria Lin (2:05.74) fin-ished first and second, respec-tively, in the 200-yardfreestyle.

In the 200-yard IM,Aegerter (2:16.21), pierobon-Mays (2:19.64) and peterson(2:29.59) went 1-2-3. The trioof junior Elise Hokanson(1:07.19), freshman AlexisBarrett (1:08.62) and juniorAnna Bauerle (1:09.94) hadthe top three finishes in the100-yard butterfly.

pierobon-Mays (57.02) and

junior Margaret McGill werefirst and second in the 100-yard freestyle. In the 500-yardfreestyle, Hippen (5:26.73),senior Emma Karbusicky(5:54.77) and freshman AnnaThomley (5:58.62) went 1-2-3.

Sophomore Nicole McCue(1:05.75), freshman EmilyKeebler (1:06.56) andKarbusicky (1:06.94) had the

top three finishes in the 100-yard backstroke. The trio ofMack (1:14.26), freshmanAmaya Berge (1:17.15) andjunior Morgan pincombe went1-2-3 in the 100-yard breast-stroke, while Roll also wonthe 50-yard freestyle (25.52).

“Despite a very hot weekof weather and probably somefeeling of exhaustion, the girlsperformed extremely well,”

Cabalka said. “It was veryimpressive to go into East andwin every event.  Regardlessof the match up, this is a verydifficult feat to accomplish. 

“The girls stuck to whatthey know, and in the end,came out with a solid win. Iwas very proud of the overallteam effort and the adjustmentto the first time away from ourhome pool. If we can continue

to approach all of our meetswith poise, confidence and(stay) committed to our goals,I think we will continue tomeet and exceed expecta-tions.”

• On deck: Middleton is atMadison La Follette Friday at5 p.m. The Cardinals are thenat the Brookfield East InviteSaturday at 1 p.m.

both runners moved up onTravis Hartmann’s sacrifice.

Shane Adler relievedpeternell, but LucasSmithyman singled to centerto score Crandall. Koepkethen followed with a groundball to second base to plateDean.

“We never die. We just stayfocused and keep moving for-ward and have fun with it,”Fort Atkinson manager TimGarant said. “That’s whatwe’ve got to do.”

However, Gowan reachedbase on an error to open theeighth inning and later scoredon an infield error to pullAshton into a 3-3 tie.

“When they got the lead,we battled right back,” DaveAdler said. “We got the one

back to tie it and felt themomentum shift back ourway.”

Meanwhile, Shane Adlerallowed just three base run-ners over the final threeinnings to pick up the victory.

“The main thing I had to dowas throw strikes,” said Adler,who finished with five strike-outs. “In the 10th, the firstthing I did was walk the lead-off batter (Koepke) and I’mlike, ‘All right, here we go.’ ”

Koepke though, wasthrown out at second on a sac-rifice attempt by BryanWallace, who reached on thefielder’s choice. Tyler Sextonfollowed with a single to left.

But Adler induced SamHartwick to ground into aforce play at third and struckout Nick Raether on a 0-2slider to end the game.

“That last batter you couldtell with the look on his facethat Shane wanted it,” saidAshton catcher KevinDrunasky, who turned in ayeoman’s effort behind the

plate in the heat as did hiscounterpart Bryan Wallace forFort Atkinson.

“He threw mainly two-seamers again, but that lastpitch really dropped off thetable. It was a perfect 0-2pitch off the plate. I don’tthink (Raether) really had achance to touch it at all.”

Shane Adler said Drunaskyplayed a major role in the A’svictory.

“Kevin was awesome backthere,” Adler said. “You haveto give him so much credit.He comes here knowing he’sonly going to catch. He’s gotthe toughest job of anyonehere.

“When it’s this hot and he’sworking so hard and then I’mthrowing balls in the dirt andstuff like that, he’s gettingdown and blocking every-thing. He’s the ultimate teamplayer. I’m thankful he playsfor us.”

Ashton ……... 001 010 010 1 — 4  9 1Fort ................. 001 000 200 0 – 3  6 2

Pitching (IP-H-ER-BB-K): Ashton– peternell (6.1-4-3-2-3), S. Adler (W,3.2-2-0-1-5). Fort Atkinson – Koepke(6.1-6-2-1-3). Dean (L, 3.2-3-1-2-2).

Leading hitters: Ashton – S. Adler(2x4), peternell (2x5). Fort Atkinson –Smithyman (2x5), Sexton (2x5).

2B – peternell, S. Adler, prochaska.

enough, try to find a hole inthe infield. You just do what-ever it takes to get the run in.

“I didn’t think it was goingto fall in. I was just hoping itwas going to be deep enoughto score the run.”

Ashton grabbed a 1-0 leadin the top of the third inningwhen peternell doubled to leftfield, moved to third on AaronGowan’s fly ball to right andscored on Shane Adler’s dou-ble to deep left-center field.

Fort Atkinson (14-6) coun-tered with a run in its half ofthe frame on Chris Koepke’sRBI single to right field.

But Ashton regained thelead in the fifth when Gowansingled to left with two outs,moved to third on ShaneAdler’s single to center andscored on a double-stealattempt.

The Generals had used apair of late rallies to pull outvictories in their previous twogames and again receivedsome clutch hitting to take a3-2 lead in the seventh inning.

Josh Crandall led off with awalk, Dean singled to left and

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Sports

briefsRecruiting presentation

Jack Renkens of Recruiting Realities will discuss be atMiddleton High School Sept. 16. His presentation will takeplace in the pAC at 7 p.m.

Renkens will explore the myths and realities of collegerecruiting and help student-athletes explore answers abouttheir future.

Golf scoresParkcrestSept. 1

Flight A: Monnie Vena, 48Flight B: Bonnie Snyder, 55Flight C: Carolyn Coffey, 64

Aug. 25 At Pleasant View

Flight A: Ann Athas, 49Flight B: Marlene Jaskaniec, 57Flight C: Carolyn Coffey, 63

Middleton Women’s Golf AssociationSept. 2Flight A

Low Gross: Kathy Reed, 43Low Net: Kathy Reed, 34play of the Day: Alice Mann, 15

Flight BLow Gross: Sandy Murphy, Barb Werner and Sally

Weidemann, 54Low Net: Barb Werner, 34play of the Day: Sally Weidemann, 21

Flight CLow Gross: Sylvia Heiser, 52Low Net: Sylvia Heiser, 28play of the Day: Connie Brachman, 22

Aug. 26Flight A

Low Gross: Cindy Klein, 42Low Net: Cindy Klein, 28play of the Day: Cindy Klein

Flight BLow Gross: Lisa Armstrong, 47Low Net: Lisa Armstrong and Sandi Murphy, tie, 29play of the Day: Sandi Murphy

Flight CLow Gross: Wendy Johnson, 54Low Net: Wendy Johnson, 32play of the Day: Obie Oberst, Nancy Trachte, and Connie

Brachman.

HTL continued from page 11n

Tanner MeinholzAshton left fielder

We’re there and we know we still have business totake care of.”“

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night was a pair of kneeinjuries suffered by senior line-backer Travis Raffel and juniordefensive end Nate Helbach.The severity of each wasn’tknown immediately after thegame.

“We knew how good East’soffense is and they run a lot ofplays and score a lot of points,”Schmitt said. “Our plan was torun some clock and in someways, our best defense was anefficient offense.”

Middleton’s defense wasawfully impressive itself.

The purgolders are prepfootball’s version of ChipKelly’s philadelphia Eagles.East plays up-tempo, doesn’tlet you substitute and trieswearing out its foes.

The purgolders played with-out standout quarterbackRuben Arndt. But there wasn’tmuch of a dropoff to impres-sive backup Keonte Schad (6-3, 230), a physically imposingplayed who can beat teamswith his arm and legs.

“It was a little bit like OhioState,” Simon said. “Therereally was no dropoff.”

Middleton sacked Schad sixtimes, though, and held thepurgolders to 122 first halfyards. By late in the third quar-ter, East had scored on just oneof its five possessions andtrailed, 35-7.

The purgolders racked up

some yards in the fourth quar-ter against many MHSreserves. By that time, though,the damage had been done.

“We wanted to take awaytheir running game first,”Middleton senior standout line-backer Garrett Graf said. “Ithought we did a pretty goodjob of that. That makes things alot easier.”

Middleton’s offensive domi-nation made life easier foreveryone.

In the first half alone, theCardinals had touchdowndrives of 63, 77 and 74 yardsand scored on all three of theirpossessions.

On Middleton’s openingdrive, it marched 63 yards in 14plays and Maly capped themarch with a 3-yard touch-down run. Cardinals fullbackNoah Helbach, running backHunter Ziegler and centerWilliam Braxton all made keyblocks on the touchdown run.

Middleton went a perfect 5-for-5 on third downs during thedrive, which took 6:57 off theclock and gave the Cardinals a7-0 lead.

Middleton’s second posses-sion was equally impressive, asit covered 77 yards in 12 playsand took 5:27 off the clock.Schmitt found senior wideoutSam Lauenstein in the back leftcorner of the endzone for a 17-yard TD to give the Cardinals a

14-0 lead.Maly ran for 27 yards on the

drive, Noah Helbach rumbledfor 12 yards on a critical third-and-6, and the offense convert-ed both of its third downs.

“We really challenged theoffense to move the chains,”Simon said. “East’s offense isreally potent, so to keep themon the sidelines was big.”

After East pulled within 14-7 late in the first half, theCardinals answered back. Thistime, Schmitt and Baconhooked up for an 8-yard touch-down to cap an eight-play, 64-yard march.

Schmitt was terrific on thedrive, completing 4-of-5 passesfor 38 yards. And his touch-down pass to Bacon — whichcame on an inside slant route— came with just 28 secondsleft in the half.

“Brennan’s getting a lot bet-ter,” Maly said of Schmitt.“From the first week comparedto now, he’s getting betterevery day.”

Middleton continued to pileit on in the second half.

The Cardinals took theopening kickoff and marched80 yards in 12 plays, eating upanother 5:19 in the process.Maly was a beast with 65 yardson 10 carries, including a 21-yard burst in which he brokethree tackles and a 3-yard TDto finish the drive.

The offensive line of (fromleft) Kamon Ennis, Ka’JuanRedus, Braxton, JakeHollfelder and Seth Craker wassublime throughout the night.

“Cam did a great job, and sodid the whole offensive line,”Schmitt said. “We really want-ed to pound the ball at them,and we were able to do it.”

Middleton surged ahead,35-7, with 2:47 left in the thirdquarter when Schmitt and sen-ior tight end/defensive endCody Markel hooked up on a12-yard touchdown. Schmitt

ran a gorgeous play-actionpass, Markel found a soft spotdown the seam, then made adiving catch of Schmitt’s toss.

East added two fourth quar-ter scored against many ofMiddleton’s reserves. AndMaly notched his third touch-down of the night.

But this game had beendecided long before that.

“I definitely think we’re onour way up,” Graf said. “I’mcertainly expecting us to con-tinue getting better and there’sno signs that we’re stepping

back.“I think a lot of the younger

guys are getting better the morethey play. And I think thewhole team is just going tokeep getting better.”

East found that out the hardway Friday.

“It was the best we’veplayed so far,” Simon said.“Hopefully we’ll keep improv-ing. Right now, though, I’mjust really happy how weplayed.”

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Middleton quarterback Brennan Schmitt was razor sharp against Madison East last Friday.

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