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Inside this issue:Local: Education: Sports:

Art show wll rase funds for

food pantry. Page 4

Parents wegh n on teacher

porn case. Page 3

Grls Tenns

ranked no. 1. Page 12

4-H Club News . . . . . . . . 7

Opnon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Classfieds . . . . . . . . . . . 19

VOL. 121, NO. 38 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2013 SINGLE COPY PRICE: $1.25

www.MiddletonTimes.com

Citycouncil

approves land

annexation

The Mddleton Common Councl

held a specal meetng on Wednesday,

Sept. 11, votng to proceed wth an an-

nexaton that s key to movng forward

wth the 164-acre Pleasant Vew Rdge

subdvson development.

Whle the councl voted 6-2 n favor

of brngng the land, located n theneghborng Town of Mddleton, nto

the cty, crtcs of the project used the

opportunty to reterate concerns about

the projects envronmental mpact.

Ald. Hans Hlbert (Dst. 7) sad he

hadnt seen any scentfc evdence that

Will the townboard dabble indevelopment?

The Mddleton Town Board as de-velopers?

On Monday, the board dscussedturnng nearly 15 acres of raw land tbought several years ago west andsouth of Fre Staton No. 2 on PoneerRoad nto a resdental subdvson.

Several years ago, the board took

See annEX, ge 8

Photo contributed

Kiley inLiving ArtArtistic worlds will merge Saturday and Sunday when Middleton native Erin

Kiley, above, and the rest of Madison Contemporary Vision Dance performLiving Artfor their fall concert at Madisons Overture Center. Turn to page10 for the full story.

Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger

Never forgetMembers of the Middleton Fire Department last week took part in theirannual ceremony to honor the first responders who perished in the Sept. 11,2001 terror attacks. Pictured above, a mangled hunk of steel that was takenfrom the wreckage of the Twin Towers was on display in front of MiddletonFire Station No. 1 on University Avenue during the ceremony.

See tOWn BOarD, ge 5

Landscape archtect, countless

award-wnner, professor, author, v-

sonary, nnovator and Sports Illus-

tratedperson-of-note: these are just

a few of the hats Phl Lews has

worn, and stll does.

For over half a century hes been

a force n Wsconsn, and across the

planet, for envronmental protecton

and stewardshp.

As a kd, you want to see your

dad n Sports Illustrated Dad dd

that n 1967, qupped Lews son,

Andy, hmself a former member of

Environmental icon

by KathErInE pErrEth

Times-Tribune

by Matt GEIGEr

Times-Tribune

by KEvIn Murphy

Times-Tribune

Times-Tribune photo by Katherine Perreth

The Lewis Nine Springs E-way was named last week in honor of long-time Middletonians Phil (above) and Libby Lewis.

See LEWIS, ge 6

Phil Lewis

believes Wisconsin

can once again

become a leader

in environmental

stewardship

IN THIS ISSUE:

Look inside this edition for

New Age Ag, a special

publication dedicated

entirely to CSA farms and

other innovative types of

modern agriculture.

Power linemeeting...Amercan Transmsson Com-

pany (ATC) has added a possblenew segment to ts Route B as an

alternatve to ts preferred RouteA for the proposed the Badger-

Coulee transmsson lne.The new segment s drawn south

of Arport Road and north of DaneCountys Black Earth Creek Natu-

ral Resource Area - SunnysdeUnt, the former Sunnysde Seed

Farm property.ATC wll hold an nformal com-

munty meetng wth an openhouse-type format at the Town Hall

on Monday, September 23 from 5-7 p.m. for Town of Mddleton res-

dents to dscuss the Badger-Couleelne n general and ths new alter-

natve segment as well.


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The Dane County Board of Superv-

sors at ts regular meetng on Thursdayof last week unanmously approved a

cvl servce ordnance and employeehandbook codfyng benefts, salares

and terms of employment wth allcounty employees. Supporters say the

deal effectvely ensures workers thelevel of pay, benefts, workplace safety

standards and grevance proceduresthey currently enjoy, even though Ws-

consn Act 10 has ended the countysablty to collectvely bargan on such

matters n the future.Ths groundbreakng agreement

works around obstacles put n place byAct 10 and mantans the respectful re-

latonshp between our employees andmanagement that has been a hallmark

of Dane County for many years, sadsupervsor Sharon Corrgan (Dst. 26),

who represents Mddleton. We recog-

nze that employees who have a vocen the workplace are nstrumental to

achevng hgh-qualty, cost-effectveservces.

The county s the frst local unt ofgovernment n Wsconsn to do so

snce Act 10 passed n 2011.Supervsor Jerome Bollg (Dst. 31)

recalled hs 36 years as a county em-ployee n explanng hs reasons for

sponsorng the resoluton approvngthe employee handbook. i was always

treated farly as a County employee,he sad. There was always a far ex-

change at the barganng table. Evenwth Act 10 n place, Dane County re-

mans commtted to treatng ts work-ers farly.

Other supervsors echoed that sent-ment.

You do not need collectve bargan-

ng rghts to respect employees, sadcounty board vce char Carousel

Bayrd.Youre not just employees n Dane

County, sad supervsor Nck Zwefel(Dst. 3), addressng the nearly 100

unon members attendng the meetngn support of the resoluton adoptng

the employee handbook. Youre thefabrc of every communty n ths

county.Many county employees spoke n

favor of the measure, many expressnggrattude to the county board.

Unlke state leaders, you clearlyvalue the back and forth that only hap-

pens when workers have a real voce,sad Bran Standng, steward of AF-

SCME Local 1871.We beleve Dane County wll be a

better place because you are takng

proactve acton, sad AFSCME Local720 Presdent Shannon Maer.

Earler Thursday, county executveJoe Pars thanked the county board for

takng up the measure.The county s commtted to contn-

ung the long hstory of respectful com-muncaton and partnershp weve had

wth our employees, he sad. Wehonor and apprecate the hard work

and commtment that our workforcegves to Dane County and ts resdents

every day.The newly adopted employee hand-

book s avalable onlne at the DaneCounty Employee Relatons Dvson

webste.The county board also approved a

resoluton urgng UW Hosptals andClncs not to end collectve barganng

for ts employees, as t plans to do at

the end of 2014.Bruce Noble, who had hs cancer

treated at UW Hosptal earler thsyear, spoke n favor of the resoluton,

notng that health care workers whoarent able to negotate collectvely

may be forced to work long hours forlower wages.

i want medcal professonals whoare fresh when they work, he sad.

UW Hosptal and Clnc workers arenot chopped lver. i trusted them wth

my lfe. i want them to be members ofa team that decdes what good health-

care s.He s alve because he had excel-

lent medcal care at UW Hosptal andClncs, sad Nobles wfe, Amy. We

went through hell and the staff of UWHosptal went there wth us. Ther

work condtons were hs treatmentcondtons.

The resoluton wll be delvered toleaders of UW Hosptal and Clncs n

the comng weeks.

The Cty of Mddleton Plan Com-msson on August 27 dscussed ord-

nances related to conservatonsubdvsons. The two proposed meas-

ures were ntended to mplement pro-cedures for approvng subdvsons and

create new zonng standards.if passed, the ordnances would en-

able conservaton subdvson develop-ments, such as the much-debate

Pleasant Vew Rdge, to more effec-tvely accommodate water and sewer

systems as well as revse permtted

uses, resdental accessory develop-ment and occupances, and dmen-

sonal specfcatons.

As the measures were n draft form,commssoners focused on the mostpressng concerns they beleve these

ordnances should address.Cty plannng drector Eleen Kelley

noted that septc s the bggest ssueat hand. Whle plan commssoner

Duane Barmore added, governance sone of the bg questons i have.

Followng dscusson, the comms-son decded to refer these proposed or-

dnances to the Water Resources

Management Commsson, the Publc

Works Commttee and the Parks,Recreaton and Forestry Commsson.

Addtonally, the commsson re-

quested that an outlne of the proposedchanges be provded at the next meet-ng.

The commsson also revewed amnor modfcaton request for the on-

gong Bshops Bay Development.Sue and Judy Poehlman, of Tmber-

Lane Bulders, asked that a small var-ance to the 35 percent lmt of

mpervous surface allowed on Lot 14(5042 Augusta Drve) n Bshops Bay.

As the area n queston s the frst

phases smallest Manor lot, t s desg-

nated less space than many of the Vl-lage Lots neghborng t.

The Poehlmans ndcated, every-

thng has been done to mnmze thefootprnt. The drveway cannot be anysmaller, the sdewalk cannot be any

smaller, there s only a small two-cargarage, and the house s only 175

square feet more than the mnmum re-qurement. We are requestng a [var-

ance] to exceed the mnmumrequrement by 17 square feet, and to

exceed the rear setback by approx-mately 24 square feet.

Due to the modest sze of the lot and

other consderatons, the commsson

voted to approve the changes.

Other decisions made by the Plan

Commission on August 27:- A resoluton clarfyng that land

for prvately-mantaned stormwater

management facltes wll not be ac-cepted as part of the communty park

n the Communty of Bshops Bayneghborhood was approved.

- Approval of an SiP modfcatonto add a dumpster enclosure and sgns

on the north and east elevatons atPlaza 14, 8301 Murphy Drve.

PAGE 2 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

PPLANLAN CCOMMiSSiONOMMiSSiON

DDANEANE CCOUNTYOUNTY

Commissioners review subdivision ordinances

County board passes landmark labor resolution

by FrancESca MaStranGELO

Times-Tribune


3/20

The Mddleton-Cross Plans Area

School Dstrct Board of Educaton last

week heard ctzens urge the board to

appeal the Andrew Harrs case to the

Wsconsn Supreme Court.

Board topcs of dscusson at the

Sept. 9 meetng ncluded a closed-door

sesson to revew legal matters pertan-

ng to MEA arbtraton regardng Har-

rs. The board then voted 8-0 to appeal

the case to the hgh court.

Also at the meetng, the board heard

a report on the openng day of the new

school year, an update on a bus acc-

dent that occurred n the dstrct, and

the latest dstrct enrollment fgures.

CITIZENS ENCOURAGE

SCHOOL BOARD

TO CONTINUEARBITRATION APPEAL

Seven ctzens spoke at the meetng

and all urged the board to contnue to

appeal the case regardng the frng of

teacher Andrew Harrs.

Harrs was a scence teacher at Gla-

cer Creek Mddle School n Cross

Plans. He was placed on admnstra-

tve leave n December 2009 after the

dstrct learned he receved, vewed,

and on a number of occasons showed

fellow teachers more than 20 e-mals

contanng nude photos and other adult

content. Both sdes agree no students

were exposed to the mages. Harrs wasplaced on unpad leave a month later

and was formally dsmssed by the

board of educaton on May 3, 2010.

The accusatons aganst Harrs and

hs subsequent frng came shortlyafter a letter n whch he was crtcal of

the dstrcts treatment of teachers dur-

ng the collectve barganng process

was leaked and prnted n theMiddle-

ton Times-Tribune.

The Mddleton Educaton Assoca-

ton, the unon representng teachers n

the dstrct, fled a grevance challeng-

ng whether there was just cause for the

dscplne mposed by the dstrct. An

ndependent arbtrators decson re-

duced Harrs termnaton to a 15-day

suspenson, and ordered the dstrct to

pay hm back wages and return hm to

the classroom.

The arbtrator ruled the evdence

showed the dstrct chose to dscplne

Harrs, the unon vce presdent, moreharshly than other teachers who had

also vewed napproprate content on

ther computers.

The dstrct appealed the case, and

Dane County Crcut Court Judge C.

Wllam Foust upheld the arbtrators

decson. Fousts decson was then ap-

pealed to the three-person Dstrct iV

Court of Appeals, whch upheld the cr-

cut court decson, agan rulng the ev-

dence showed the dstrct was gulty

of dsparate treatment of ts employees.

The dstrct, whch has spent more

than $500,000 n legal fees appealng

ths case, decded at ts Sept. 9 meetng

to spend an estmated $75,000 more to

appeal the Court of Appeals decson to

the State Supreme Court.The Times-Tribune reported last

week that the unon early on n the

process offered to settle wth the ds-

trct as part of a deal n whch Harrs

would walk away from hs job wth aletter of recommendaton and $21,000.

The dstrct has acknowledged the offer

was made and refused. Dstrct off-

cals ndcated they thought t would be

unethcal to gve Harrs the recommen-

daton. Harrs remans on admnstra-

tve leave and s beng pad half-pay

and benefts.

Jennfer LeMere, who has a chld n

the dstrct, urged the school board to

contnue the appeals process. LeMere

revewed the case materals pror to the

meetng and sad, The materals were

far worse than i ever would have mag-

ned and i am very dsturbed that

anyone lookng at all that cant see that

t s a safety ssue for chldren to put a

man lke that back n a classroom.You cant st at a computer and

look and vew women n a demeanng

way and not easly jump to the conclu-

son that he s lookng at grls that are

developed lke women it s horren-

dous to thnk that any man or woman

could be put back n a school settng

and chldren could be exposed to that,

she contnued.

i know ts money but we are all

taxpayers and we have to stand up for

what s rght, LeMere concluded.

Angel Grmm spoke about the m-

pact of ths case on property values,

and asked the queston, Would you

encourage your daughter, etc. to go ask

Mr. Harrs for help? if the answer s no,

then you know the rght thng s to pro-

ceed [wth the appeal].

Holly Van Glder encouraged thecommunty to get behnd the appeal.

its very obvous that the legal n-

dvduals are gong at ths wth a great

deal of bas, Van Glder sad. Ths s

a precedent-settng case. We all have

to get onboard.

Van Glder also encouraged the

school board to pray about what they

should do and encouraged them to ap-

peal to the hghest authorty, whch she

sad s God.

SUCCESSFUL

SCHOOL OPENINGSuperntendent Don Johnson re-

ported on the openng week of school

by sharng the good news that there

was no news and that nearly everythngwent smoothly.

Johnson noted some dfferences n

ths years frst day of school and sad

that all of the schools except the hgh

school had a full frst day, unlke other

years. They were able to do ths be-

cause of successful orentaton meet-

ngs that happened before school

started.

He dd say the hgh school contn-

ued to let ncomng freshmen exper-

ence the mornng wthout the presence

of upperclassmen, who started n the

afternoon. The absence of upperclass-

men n the mornng helps the freshmen

famlarze themselves wth the school

and ther schedules and to fnd school

staff members to answer ther ques-

tons.Johnson noted that the Gateway to

College program started August 22 and

that to date there had been perfect at-

tendance among those 16 to 20-year-

olds who were workng to complete the

credts they need to graduate.

Johnson also shared a story about

the arrval of the dstrcts new Chnese

language teacher. Johnson sad that

the dstrct conducted an nternatonal

search for a teacher and selected a

teacher who was resdng n Chna.

There were a number of vsas that

needed to be completed, whch delayed

the arrval of the teacher untl after

school started, but Johnson noted the

students followed the teachers move-

ments and were very excted that theteacher was arrvng from Chna.

SCHOOL BUS TRIAL

RUN ACCIDENT AIDSREAL SCHOOL BUS

ACCIDENT RESPONSE

Last month assstant superntendent

Marvouls shared the lessons learned

from the dstrcts bus accdent tranng

exercse, and ths month those lessons

were put nto acton when a dstrct

school bus was nvolved n a real acc-

dent. The accdent resulted n no n-

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2013 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 3

SSCHOOLCHOOL BBOARDOARD

Citizens urged school board to appealby JOhn StaMpEn

Times-Tribune

See BOarD, ge 5


4/20


CCHARiTYHARiTY

Art Show and Auction will benefit MOMFood Concepts, inc. (FCi) wll hold

ts 6th Annual FCi Art Show and Auc-

ton to beneft MOM (Mddleton Out-reach Mnstry) on Thursday, Sept. 26from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at 2551 Parmenter

St., Mddleton.Ths years event wll showcase and

aucton more than 200 peces of art.Avalable wll be pantngs, photogra-

phy, ceramcs, jewelry, glass and more.Each year FCi selects a Featured

Artst to showcase the event and pres-

ent hs or her work.

Ths year the featured artst s MkeBass, who specalzes n block styleprnts wth local themes such as a se-

res of Madson area lake prnts wthhstorcal text and graphc mages as

well as a colorful seres of farmersmarket posters wth excellent use of ty-

pography. Hs work can be vewed atZp-Dang.com.

Another artst who donated a large

collecton of more than ffty of her

orgnal pantngs s Carol Roso.Rosos work ncludes Wsconsn andArzona landscape watercolors and

acrylcs.The evenng wll also feature lght

hors d oeuvres, beverages, and muscby the Huotar Brothers Band featurng

orgnal musc, acoustc sounds andvocal beats.

Admsson s free, and reservatons

are requested by callng 608-830-5000

or vstng fcartshow.com.All proceeds from the show go d-

rectly to MOM.

FCi started ths event as a means tosupport both the arts and cvc aware-

ness of famles n need through the ef-forts of Mddleton Outreach Mnstry

(MOM).

For more than 30 years, MOM has

led a communty-wde effort to prevent

homelessness and end hunger n WestMadson, Mddleton and Cross Plans- a servce area that totals more than

60,000 people.MOM helps those who need them

most by provdng basc needs nclud-ng food, clothng, housng and emer-

gency funds, help for senors andseasonal programs.

SSCOUTiNGCOUTiNG NNEWSEWS

Another successful year for Boy Scout Troop 140Boy Scout Troop 140, sponsored bySt. Lukes Lutheran Church, had verysuccessful summer campng trps and

other outngs.in June, 16 Scouts went campng n

Door County. Scouts went water sk-ng, tubng, swmmng, golfng and

went to a drve-n move.in July, 14 Scouts traveled to the

Black Hlls of South Dakota. The

scouts vsted Mount Rushmore, hkedaround Custer State Park, hked up to

Harney Peak and swam n SylvanLake.

in July, 60 Scouts attended summercamp at Camp Tesomas Scout Camp

Photo contributed

Boy Scout Troop 140, seen here on a trip duing the summer of 2013, meets on Monday evenings from 7-8 pm atSt. Lukes Church on Hubbard Avenue in downtown Middleton.

See ScOutS, ge 6


5/20

On Monday at approxmately 10:21

p.m., Dane County Sherffs Offce

deputes, along wth Cty of Madson

Fre/Rescue and Waunakee Fre/Res-

cue unts, responded to the ntersectonof County Hghway M and Wllow

Road n the Townshp of Westport, for

a two vehcle njury crash.

The prelmnary nvestgaton nd-

cated a westbound 1992 Toyota pckup

truck faled to yeld the rght-of-way

whle makng a left turn off of CountyHghway M onto Wllow Road, strk-

ng a 2007 Chevrolet Aveo, whch had

been eastbound on County Hghway

M.

The at fault drver, sole occupant, of

the Toyota, was dentfed as Darren D.

Burgette, 25, of Madson. Burgette was

arrested for causng njury by operatng

a motor vehcle whle ntoxcated.

He wll also be cted for falure to

yeld rght-of-way, nattentve drvng,

operatng after suspenson, falure, and

for havng no nsurance, accordng to a

statement ssued by the sherffs offce.

Burgette was admtted to the UW Hos-

ptal wth serous, but non-lfe threat-

enng njures.

The drver of the Chevrolet Aveo,Chance D. Pagel, 26, of Madson, was

admtted to UW Hosptal wth serous

but non-lfe threatenng njures. Hs

passenger, Elessandra C. Hamre-

Tamayo, 22, of Mddleton, was also

admtted to the UW Hosptal wth se-

rous but non-lfe threatenng njures.

Both were wearng seatbelts. Arbags

were deployed.

At press tme the crash remaned

under nvestgaton by the Dane

County Sherffs Offce.

Donald J. Gabryshak, 48, of Neenah,

was arrested n Mddleton on Septem-ber 11 for Operatng Under the influ-

ence of Controlled Substance-7thOffense, a felony.

An offcer on patrol was approached

by Gabryshak, who asked for drec-tons to go north, accordng to astatement ssued by the Mddleton Po-

lce Department. The offcer notcedthat Gabryshaks eyes were bloodshot

and hs speech was slurred.

G a b r y s h a k

drove away beforethe offcer was able

to nvestgate fur-ther. As the offcer

began to follow

hm, Gabryshakthen stopped n themddle of the road

for no apparentreason, accordng

to the offcer.

Polce stopped Gabryshak, who

faled feld sobrety tests and sad hehad not been drnkng alcohol or takng

any drugs. He sad he had only takenproten powder, pan medcaton and

wasnt sure what other medcaton he

may have taken.Gabryshak was arrested for 7th of-

fense operatng under the nfluence of

a controlled substance and was takento the Dane County Jal.


Sheriffs office says intoxicateddriver injured Middleton woman

Man asks cops for directions, then getsarrested for driving under the influence

Gabryshak

proceeds from the sale of some of thePope Farm property to the Mddleton-Cross Plans School Dstrct and pur-chased the 15 acres south of townhall.

Wthn a few years, Fre StatonNo. 2 was bult on the tracts north-east corner and leased to the Mddle-ton Fre Dstrct.

Now, wth the housng market n

recovery, the board consdered a con-cept plan for an eght- or-nne-lot sub-dvson t s callng Poneer Lands tcould package and sell to a developer.

The concept plan also ncludes an80-stall parkng lot to ease a parkngshortage at Poneer Park durng thebaseball season.

The board favored puttng theparkng lot west of the fre staton andscreenng t behnd trees from the restof the subdvson. Two ball damondswould be wthn a short walk from theparkng lot. The lot would be ac-cessed from ts own entrance off Po-neer Road.

A plan drafted by Verbcher Asso-cates has a cul-de-sac extendng

north from Sauk Prare Estates ac-cessng seven lots. Two lots would beserved by a jont drveway from Po-neer Road.

Only board supervsor RchardOberle opposed the dea.

Youre developers, Oberle toldfellow board members. Welcome tothe new Town of Mddleton Board,thats what i see here.

Oberle based hs opposton on the

board purchasng the tract for park-land, not for a fre staton or other fu-ture development.

When the fre staton came alongi was blndsded by that, he sad.

Town attorney Tom Voss agreedthat buldng a fre staton wasnt onthe table when land was beng pur-chased from Carol Schller but thatsnot relevant now.

Supervsor Tm Roehl, who s alsoa real estate agent, sad a developerwould fnd the property attractve es-pecally f the town pre-approved lotsghts, storm water ssues and otherpre-development matters.

Board supervsor Bll Kolarwanted to maxmze the towns returnon the property.

i want more lots there. Two moreat $100,000 each, he sad.

The tract s wthn a transtonalcluster zonng area, so lots could av-erage as lttle as 20,000 square feet,Kolar sad.

Roehl admtted that the prce of a32,750-square-foot lot probably was-nt much less than a 43,000-square-

foot lot so, Kolar asked town engneerRod Zubella f he could ft a few morelots from the parcel.

Just how many lots end up there re-mans to be seen, but the board askedZubella to modfy the concept planand present t at a future meetng.

tOWn BOarD continued from page 1

jures but dd requre a replacement bus

to be sent to the accdent ste.

The communcaton plan that was

developed prevously worked well, ac-

cordng to school dstrct offcals, and

the affected parents were nformed rap-

dly wth several meetng the bus by

the tme t reached the school.

SEPTEMBER SCHOOL

ENROLLMENT UPDATE

Marvouls shared the latest dstrctenrollment fgures, showng enroll-

ment was up 140 students over last

year, as of last week. The board had

conservatvely estmated for plannng

purposes that the dstrct would be up

75 students.

BOarDcontinued from page 3


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the Mddleton Cty Councl.

At that tme, SI publshed an n-

depth artcle featurng Lews enttled,

How To Stop The Pllage of Amer-

ca. it explaned Wsconsns forward-

thnkng statewde recreatonal

plannng effort, Lews sad.

Professor Lews, 88, would love to

see popular magaznes once agan

tackle and hghlght envronmentalconcerns. After all, hes gven hs lfe

to ths pont for the good of the planet,

gatherng envronmental data, sftng,

wnnowng, thnkng, advsng and act-

ng. He contnues to do so to ths day,

nearly sx decades after hs noteworthy

career began n illnos.

Fortunately for Wsconsn, he came

here by way of the Unversty of ill-

nos and Harvard. Afflated wth the

Unversty of Wsconsn for more than

30 years, hs journey of mpact began

on the Captol Square.

On hs frst day at work n the cap-

tol n 1963, he met wth Governor Gay-

lord Nelson, founder of Earth Day.

Nelson charged Lews wth the daunt-

ng task of takng a statewde nventoryof the natural and cultural resources n

Wsconsns 72 countes - wth a vew

to advsng legslators whch parcels of

land the state should buy.

Because of a one-cent sales tax on

cgarettes, the state had $50 mllon n

ts coffer slated for land acquston.

The all-encompassng project was en-

ttled the Statewde Recreaton Plan,

and measured what was mportant to

the publc, Lews explaned.

i sad, if im gong to do a study

of the whole state, i need a war room,

Lews remembered. Captol staff found

hm just the spot a lttle two-story

nner vault. After rppng out the rusty

flng cabnets that hadnt been

opened snce the 1800s, Lews and hsteam moved n. A spral starcase

snaked up nearly to the governors of-

fce, Lews sad. Every day, as maps

depctng the panstakng nventory of

Wsconsn went up on the wall, legs-

lators could see the state unfold before

ther eyes, and hear Lews explanaton

of the project.

That was the best way to nform the

decson-makers, Lews stated.

Lews and hs team dentfed 220

man-made and natural resources,

everythng from trees, to schools, to

bakeres, whatever the people cher-

shed, he sad. inspred by Boy Scout

mert badges, they then created and as-

sgned an con to each type of resource,

plottng the state. A pattern emerged.

Nnety percent fell nto water, wet-

land and steep topography systems, hesad. So f you protect those, you can

see where the dversty n the state s

located bascally n water corrdors,

lke Pheasant Branch Creek, he ex-

planed.

From ths pattern came the concept

of e-corrdors, or E-Ways usable

green space - whch Lews calls lfe

support systems. The E represents:

educaton, envronment, esthetcs,

ecology and exercse.

Hs next step was to create an exam-

ple of an E-Way n the backyard of the

UW-Madson and Wsconsns cap-

tal, he sad. A grant n 1969 from the

Natonal Endowment for the Arts

launched the development of the Nne

Sprngs E-Way, a large tract of landpartally n the Dane County Parks sys-

tem, he sad. it was the worlds frst.

Ths parcel of envronmentally sens-

tve land, lke other envronmental cor-

rdors, allows for controlled

recreatonal use.

LEWIS NINE

SPRINGS E-WAYThe rony of hs fathers current res-

dence s not lost on Andy Lews. He

lves less than a block away from the

Pheasant Branch Conservancy, and a

few blocks from the Mddleton Hlls

street that bears hs name: Phl Lews

Way.

The son feels last weeks renamngof the worlds frst E-Way befts hs fa-

ther much more than a stretch of as-

phalt, he sad.

in the early evenng of September

12, the publc celebrated the dedcaton

of Madsons notable E-Way to be

known as the Lews Nne Sprngs E-

Way. The ttle recognzes the work of

ts vsonary creator as well as hs wfe,

Elzabeth (Lbby), who served for 26

years on the Dane County Parks Com-

msson.

in addton to the exctement of the

Lews Nne Sprngs E-Way dedcaton,

both Lews men are thrlled wth a

matchng challenge grant to provde an

endowment supportng educaton, n-

terpretaton, and volunteersm wthn

the Dane County Parks, Andy Lews

sad.if the Dane County parks can rase

$100,000, the Madson Communty

Foundaton wll provde a $50,000

grant, he sad. The famly s contrbut-

ng funds from a memoral to Lbby

and another $10,000 from a trust.

WISCONSINS ROLE IN THEPLANETS FUTURE

Lookng at an aeral map of the

Unted States at nght, Lews ponted

out the glowng glut of lghts east of

the Msssspp Rver, revealng ntense

urbanzaton.

Ths pattern wll double n the next

20 years. if t does, thats twce as

many cars, twce as many buldngs,

twce as many roads, and the earth justwont stand for that over tme, he ar-

gued. We must get an dea of what

people chersh and gude that wth

cultural and natural resource har-

mony.

To that end, hes stll workng.

Lews envsons full recreatonal use of

Wsconsns ralway corrdor between

Madson, Mlwaukee and Prare du

Chen, a practcally empty ralway

system that tes together much of

Southern Wsconsns outstandng and

beautful dversty.

Notng the economc mpact of

toursm dollars as well as the envron-

mental beneft, Lews propounded

somethng Calforna and New York

have already done: create state ralwayparks.

Postve economc mpact and env-

ronmental protecton can go hand-n-

hand locally and regonally, he sad,

ctng another concept he calls Crcle

Cty. Ths s the area populated by 17

mllon clustered n ctes from illnos,

Wsconsn, Mnnesota and iowa, he

sad.

Rght through the center s the ral-

way, he stated. Can t be utlzed to

move people? Can toursm dollars add

a new ndustry? How can we access

ths area wthout destroyng t? By put-

tng people on a tran, rather than thou-

sands of cars beng pumped nto these

areas.

As for hs start n the captol so

many years ago, Lews readly credts

Nelson for hs foresght to protect Ws-

consns natural resources.There are pockets of people dong

creatve thngs, but we need another

Gaylord Nelson who understands the

requrements for a sustanable future,

Lews nssted. He feels the urgency of

examnng the planets sustanablty,

and passonately argues for Wsconsn

to take the lead, yet agan.

its cryng for us to dust the dust

off; weve got to make the publc

aware that Wsconsn n the past has

taken the leadershp for sustanable fu-

tures, he sad. Weve got to look at

the envronment and understand t.

He beleves Wsconsn can do t.

if we look at what weve already

done thats good and correct, and con-

tnue to support ways of protectng andenhancng [what we have], i thnk

theres stll hope, Lews sad, addng,

its essental that we do t.

EDUCATOR

Lews bemoans the trflng amount

of resources gven to educatng the

publc for explanng the motvaton

and mportance of Wsconsns land

purchases, nsstng younger genera-

tons and legslators are both n need of

educaton.

You must communcate [land pur-

chase] value to the publc, nform peo-

ple on how to protect and enhance

them, or else you mght as well have

not done those studes n the frst

place, Lews sad, notng, Madsonand Mddleton have done an excep-

tonal job at dong so.

The Pheasant Branch Conservancy

s another example of a Dane County

envronmental corrdor. Although

Lews aded Mddletons dentfcaton

and preservaton of natural resources,

he takes no credt for the Pheasant

Branch Conservancy.

Although he spent much tme n the

classroom teachng unversty students,

he also traveled throughout the state

practcally applyng hs concept of Re-

gonal Desgn. Ctes such as Boscobel,

Muscoda, Sprng Green and Belot

beneftted from hs expertse n the

feld. Lews understands the lmted

budgets of governments, and that theycant preserve everythng. Hs gudng

prncpals have helped numerous com-

muntes decde what s crucal.

Awash wth a lfetme of awards for

hs envronmental and cvc work,

Lews cted three standouts: the na-

tons hghest award n landscape arch-

tecture, the Jens Jensen professorshp,

and the Wsconsn idea Award.

The Wsconsn idea eptomzes the

practcal extenson of unversty re-search deas and resources, he sad.

Lews s pleased that hs concept of re-

gonal desgn was recognzed when t

was frst proposed, and that t s an n-

tegral part of currculum even on a

global scale.

Former nternatonal students have

taken back home knowledge gleaned

from Lews, and hes heard of regonal

desgn projects n countres such as

Tawan, Poland and England, he sad.

in addton, unverstes and plannng

departments across the Unted States

recognze hs creaton, e-corrdors, as

an ntegral part of currculum and

urban plannng.

Lews, author ofTomorrow By De-

sign, has lectured at the Whte Houseand all over the world. Hs Wsconsn

vson from the 1960s has truly been

globally sgnfcant.

For ths, the just-turned-88-year-old

s clearly proud and delghted, ex-

clamng wth a small fst pump and

gusto, On, Wsconsn!


LEWIS continued from page 1

near Rhnelander. Scouts earned morethan 150 mert badges and rank ad-

vancements. Scouts went swmmng,salng, canoeng, rock clmbng, rfle

shootng and ATV rdng for actvtes.Also ths summer, four Scouts com-

pleted ther Eagle Scout Servce Proj-ect. More than 800 man hours were

used to complete these projects.Projects nclude: Rebuldng a fence

at indan Lake Park n Cross Plans;Buldng 2 sets of stars at the Bock

Communty Garden;Buldng a pcncshelter at Goth Park; Buldng 11 brd

watchng statons n the PheasantBranch Conservancy.

if you are nterested n jonng BoyScout Troop 140, please vst

www.bsatroop140.com. The troopmeets on Monday evenngs from 7-8

pm at St. Lukes Church on HubbardAvenue n Mddleton.

ScOutScontinued from page 4


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4-H C4-H CLUBSLUBS

Ashton Go-Getters shine at county fairMembers of the Ashton Go-Getters

4-H Club had an mpressve showngat ths years Dane County Far.

Danel Roudebush won three Cham-pon Awards n Shootng Sports;

Danny Roudebush won a Mert Awardn Shootng Sports; Bella Zopf won a

Champon Award n Shootng Sports;Bella Zopf won a State Far Award n

Woodworkng; Bella Zopf won a Mert

Award n Youth Leadershp and Self

Determnaton; Nate Wltzus won aReserve Champon Award n Shootng

Sports; Luke Laufenberg won a Re-serve Champon Award n Shootng

Sports; Kevn Spahn won a ReserveChampon Award n Explorng; Court-

ney Spahn won a Mert Award nHome Envronment; Courtney Spahn

won a State Far Award n Home Env-

ronment; Courtney Spahn won a State

Far Award n Famly and Chld Devel-opment; Laura Wlson won a State Far

Award n Cultural Arts; Marah Hansonwon a State Far Award n Woodwork-

ng; Emma Laufenberg won a Cham-pon Award n Short Har Cats; Emma

Laufenberg won a Reserve ChamponAward n Best of Show Cats; Ncole

Rngdahl won a Champon Award n

Long Har Cats; Ncole Rngdahl won

a Champon Award n Best of ShowCats; Lndsey Hellenbrand won a

Junor Champon Calf; JasmneMller won a Champon Award n

Goats; Jasmne Mller won fourReserve Champon Awards n

Goats; Kayla Roudebush won aChampon Award n Goats; Kayla

Roudebush won a Reserve Cham-

pon Award n Goats; Kayla

Roudebush won a 2 ReserveChampon Award n Shootng

Sports; Megan Moll won a StateFar Award n Sewng; Megan Moll

won a Champon Award n Me-chancal Scence; Rachel Hellen-

brand won a Champon Award nPhotography.

Courtney Spahn Kevin Spahn Laura Wilson

Kayla Roudebush, Lauren Henningfield, Jasmine Miller,Lindsey Hellenbrand, Rachel Hellenbrand,

Taylor Henningfield, Elizabeth Wissbaumand Hannah Statz

Emma Laufenberg and Nicole Ringdahl Jasmine Miller, and Kayla Roudebush

Rachel Hellenbrand Megan Moll Lindsey Hellenbrand


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would mtgate hs concerns that the

subdvsons septc systems could

harm the Black Earth Creek and the

hydrc sols around t. He also sad the

promse of addtonal tax revenue s not

enough to push forward wth a project

stuated on prstne rural land.

it would be much easer f we made

our land use decsons based on f-

nances, he sad, addng that develop-ments mpact on the ecosystem must

also be taken nto account.

Everythng we do s gong to have

an effect [on the areas water qualty],

he sad.

Ald. Mram Share (Dst. 1) ponted

to a growng chorus of concerned ct-

zens when votng aganst the project.

Ctng letters from consttuents as

well as the envronmental watchdog

groups CRANES and Serra Club,

Share sad septc tanks are not nno-

cent household applances. Studes

have show that resdental homeowners

dspose of toxc chemcals, ncludng

varous household cleaners and po-

sons, at an alarmng rate, she pontedout.

The actual falure rate of septc sys-

tems, as opposed to urban sewage se-

tups, was a pont of dspute.

But several alders who voted for the

annexaton sad ther poston s not

necessarly a stalwart endorsement of

the development as a whole, whch

would stll requre an array of cty ap-

provals n order to break ground.

We are smply annexng the prop-

erty you cant just close the door,

sad ald. Gurdp Brar (Dst. 2). He sad

the councl would carefully consder

the projects envronmental conse-

quences before consderng a fnal

stamp of legslatve approval. Thatswhat we wll address as we go for-

ward, he sad.

Mayor Kurt Sonnentag, who later

ponted out he fly fshes the Black

Earth Creek, agreed. Nothng s ap-

proved at ths pont, he stated. Not a

thng.

Ald. Jm Wexler (Dst. 4) sad the

mplcaton cty leaders mght ap-

prove leaky septc systems was n-

correct. How many tmes do we have

to say the cty would not accept that,

and the county would not accept that.

Wexler, who n the sprng expressed

enthusasm for the development, ret-

erated hs support. Wexler sad he has

the utmost trust n landowner and de-veloper, Erdman Holdngs, inc.

We have pretty strngent water

qualty standards here n the cty, sad

cty plannng drector Eleen Kelley.

[The] water resources [commsson],

plan commsson and [cty] councl

may all say we need to go further, that

nstead of just [causng] no harm we

mght need to actually mprove the

water qualty.

The homework hasnt been done,

Share countered. [Ctzens] want ths

nformaton brought forward sooner

rather than later.

Thats not unusual, answered Son-

nentag.

The developer wants to transform

land between U.S. Hghway 14 and

Pleasant Vew Golf Course, as well as

a slce of the golf course tself, nto anassortment of resdental neghbor-

hoods stuated around a workng farm.

At full buld-out the Pleasant Vew

Rdge subdvson would nclude 104

unts and generate an estmated

$190,000 annually n new tax revenue

for the Cty of Mddleton. Fgures

showng the exact cost of the ncreased

demand on cty servces are not yet

avalable.


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The Mddleton-Cross Plans Area

School Dstrct was the only dstrct nDane County wth more than 50 per-

cent of ts schools sgnfcantly exceed-ng expectatons on the School Report

Cards that were ssued Tuesday by the

Wsconsn Department of Publc in-structon for every publc school n thestate.

Fve MCPASD schools Elm Lawn,Sunset Rdge and West Mddleton ele-

mentary schools, Kromrey Mddle

School and Mddleton Hgh School were n the hghest category, whle

Northsde, Park, Sauk Tral elementaryschools and Glacer Creek Mddle ex-

ceeded expectatons.

For the frst tme, DPi also gaveschool dstrcts an overall ratng. MC-PASD exceeded expectatons wth a

score of 80.1. Of the 16 school dstrctsn Dane County, the only one wth a

hgher dstrct score than MCPASDs

was Waunakee wth an 81.6.The results are a trbute to our ded-

cated teachers, prncpals and supportstaff, our ncredble students and ther

supportve famles, Assstant Super-

ntendent for Educatonal ServcesGeorge Mavrouls sad. it s truly acollaboratve effort.

Only 17 schools n Dane Countywere rated to have sgnfcantly ex-

ceeded expectatons. Fve of the nearly

50 schools n the Madson Metropol-tan School Dstrct receved that ds-

tncton. The only other Dane Countyschool dstrct besdes MCPASD and

Madson Metropoltan to have more

than one school n the top category wasSun Prare wth two out of 11 schoolsrated.

MCPASD was the only dstrct nthe 10-team Bg Eght Conference to

have all of ts schools n the top two

categores for the second year n a row.The only Dane County school dstrcts

to have all of ther schools n the toptwo categores were MCPASD (9

schools rated), Waunakee (6), Oregon

(6), Monona Grove (5), Mount Horeb(4), Cambrdge (3) and Deerfeld (3).

Ths s the second year the Wscon-

sn DPi has released School ReportCards.

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The school boardhas receved qute a

few questons arsngfrom statements made

recently about the on-gong pornography

case n the school ds-trct. The bass for all

the decsons theboard has made re-

gardng the dsmssal of Andrew Harrshave been profoundly smple. We want

what s best for our students and ouremployees. We want a safe and nurtur-

ng school envronment. We want edu-cators who are good role models.

Why did the school board fire Mr.Harris?

The school board made our decsonto termnate Mr. Harrs after vewng

of the mages and vdeos that were onhs computer. it was uncomfortable but

legally requred of us to see them. Af-terward there was no hestaton n de-

cdng on hs termnaton. Nooneparent, staff, and communty

memberwho has taken the tme to dothe same has come back to us and sad

that we overreacted and made a ms-take. Busness people n our dstrct

have confrmed that anyone vewngpornography on company computers,

on company tme, would be termnatedand walked to the door wth no appeal

allowed.

Why didnt all of the teachers in-volved get fired?

What Harrs vewed s clearly hard-core pornography and s n a league of

ts own compared wth a much lowerlevel of materal that other teachers ac-

cessed. The Dstrct nvestgated everystaff member n the dstrct. The others

who were reprmanded kept or sharedoff-color jokes and pctures that were

napproprate but not pornographc.

Our nvestgaton covered 18months, but Harrs admts vewng

pornography over a nne-year peroddurng the nstructonal day. The Md-

dleton Educaton Assocaton leader-shp and ther attorney dont agree that

ths s suffcent enough offense to betermnated from a job n whch he s re-

sponsble for the safety and care of ourchldren.

Why didnt the school board settlefor $17,000 to $21,000 as Harris at-torney contends?

When the unon leadershp and ther

lawyer came to us offerng a deal tohave Mr. Harrs leave quetly, t was

contngent on us gvng hm a good let-ter of reference and never referrng to

the reason why he was dsmssed. in-deed, they wanted a secret agreement

bndng the dstrct to keep ths quet.The board saw what had happened n

other dstrcts when ths occurred n thepast, and could not ethcally or n good

conscence do ths. Most mportantly,we are subject to open records laws,

and by enterng ths secret agreement,

we could be volatng those laws.

Why did the school board disagreewith the arbitrators decision?

The arbtrator gave more weght to

the dsparate treatment argument thanto the behavors that caused Harrs ter-

mnaton, and decreased hs punsh-ment to a suspenson. The school board

beleves that Harrs behavor, nclud-ng vewng pornography n the class-

room as well as organzng a shunnngto alenate the teacher who reported hs

behavor, justfed hs termnaton. Andyet the arbtrator herself gave dsparate

punshments, gvng Harrs the longestsuspenson, defyng her own logc.

The school board remans commt-

ted to the belef that pornography doesnot belong n our schools. The teachers

unon apparently does now as well, asmmedate dsmssal for such actons

was agreed to n ther current contract.

How can the school board con-

tinue to spend so much on this case?

We beleve spendng the funds tokeep someone who vews pornography

n the classroom out of the teachngprofesson s justfable and necessary.

Consentng to the appeals court rulngs not wthout cost we would be

forced to pay Mr. Harrs back pay(about $360,000). And Harrs would

have to be returned as a scence teachern one of our mddle schools, a fact that

s not lost on parents. Would you want

Harrs n the classroom teachng yourchld or grandchld? As our supern-

tendent Don Johnson stated, Thesafety of our students s prceless.

If Mr. Harris behavior was sobad, why hasnt DPI revoked his li-cense?

We contnue to beleve that the

statute that allows the Department ofPublc instructon to revoke a teachng

lcense for mmoral behavor allowsthem to revoke Harrs lcense. Our

dstrct worked to codfy n state statutethat mmoral behavor nclude vew-

ng pornography on school tme. Thslegslaton had bpartsan support, was

passed unanmously n our fractouslegslature, and sgned mmedately by

the governor.

We are very dsapponted that theDPi has not acted on ths case, and be-

leve they are shrkng ther respons-blty. We are stll watng for DPi to

make a decson on Mr. Harrs. Wth orwthout that clarfcaton of law, we

cant understand how they thnkpornography n schools s acceptable,

and that Harrs should have a lcense toteach.

Our dstrct has outstandng teach-

ers, and due largely to ther efforts weare recognzed as one of the best n the

state. Our communty has hgh expec-tatons of our educators, and wll not

tolerate pornography n our schools.The school board smply doesnt be-

leve there should be any justfcaton

or loophole forcng us to keep a teacherwho vews pornography n the class-

room. All ths seems lke commonsense, and what s best for our students.

The school board has the support ofour parents, who also want what s best

for ther chldren. Publc opnon andpolcy are on our sde, and we hope

that the Supreme Court recognzes ths.

Editors note: Ellen Lindgren is

president of the Middleton-Cross

Plains Area Board of Education.


School board stands by decisionby ELLEn LInDGrEn

Guest Column

Lindgren

CHURCH NOTES


10/20


Artstc worlds wll merge Saturday,Sept. 21 and Sunday, Sept. 22 when

Madson Contemporary Vson DanceperformsLiving Artfor ts fall concert

at Madsons Overture Center.Living Art s an orgnal perform-

ance by local choreographers anddancers who were nspred by the art-

work of Georga OKeeffe, Edgar

Degas, Salvador Dal and GustavKlmt. its a show for lovers of vsualart and dance of all ages that spotlghts

nnovatve movement, vbrant cos-tumes, props and sklled physcalty.

Madson Contemporary VsonDance s a Madson based dance group

made up of 20-plus local dancers.Company member Ern Kley grew up

n Mddleton and went on to study onscholarshp at Pont Park Unversty,

where she receved a BA n dance.After graduaton she danced profes-

sonally wth The Walt Dsney Com-pany and Royal Carbbean.

i started takng dance lessons fromShannon Gallagher at age 11 then went

on to jon Madson Ballet where i per-

formed nMid Summer Nights Dreamand The Nutcracker for sx years,Kley sad. i was also on the Mddle-

ton Hgh School Dance Team for thefour years i went to school there.

After hgh school, Kley receved adance scholarshp to Pont Park Un-

versty, where she double majored ndance and publc relatons.

Hands down the bggest reason forany sort of success ive had n my lfe

s due to my amazng parents, shesad. They have been ncredbly sup-

portve from the very frst tme istepped on stage and just knowng they

beleve n me has made all the dffer-ence.

Tckets are $14 for students and sen-

ors and $16 for adults and are on salenow at the Overture Center Box Offceand onlne at overturecenter.com.

For more nformaton about thedance company or Living Art, go to

mcvdance.com or contact Sara Rohs at608-774-7272 or by emal at

[email protected]. For more nfor-maton on Ern Kley, contact her 608-

215-7540 or by emal [email protected].

Kiley will dance at Overture

Erin Kiley

OBITUARY

Phylls MaeOlson, 79,

passed awayunexpectedly

at her home nLas Vegas,

NV on Sun-day, Septem-

ber 8, 2013.Phylls was

born n Monroe, Mi, on September28, 1933, to George and Mare

Maass and was rased on the famlyfarm. She followed n her mothers

footsteps and embarked on a teach-ng career. As a scence teacher, n

Mchgan and Wsconsn she wasloved and respected by many of her

students and colleagues.Phylls ended up makng roots n

Wsconsn and lvng a major portonof her lfe n Mddleton, Wi after

comng wth her dear frend, Betty,

to a true Wsconsn weddng. Ths swhere she met her future husband,

Marvn Olson, wth whom shecourted for some tme before agree-

ng to marry hm and move.Marvn and Phylls spent many

happy years together sharng love,lfe and famly. When Marvn passed

away n 1990, Phylls needed tomove to the next chapter of her lfe

and moved out to Las Vegas, NV.Here she enjoyed frends, bngo, vs-

ts from famly and her cats, frstBunny and then Angel.

Phylls s survved by her son anddaughter n law, Robert and Corrne

(Cooke) Olson, Lena, Wi; twograndchldren, Roy Olson, Gard-

nervlle, NV; Russ (Charty) Olson,De Pere, Wi; one great granddaugh-

ter, Alex Olson, Gardnervlle, NV;her cousns, Roy and Betty Ooley,

Newport, Mi; John Green, Monroe,

Mi; many specal frends ncludngAngel, her frend and companon.

Phylls was preceded n death byher husband, Marvn Olson; parents,

George and Mare Maass; closecousn, Ernest Ooley; close frend,

Carolyn Organ; her canne compan-ons, Candy and Boy Boy, and felne

companon, Bunny.Famly and frends wll gather to

remember and celebrate her lfe onwhat would have been her 80th

brthday, September 28, 2013 from1:00 to 3:00pm at Palm Mortuary n

Las Vegas, NV, 1600 South JonesBoulevard. Commttal servces wll

take place n Wsconsn at a tme anddate to be determned.

The Olson famly would lke toextend grattude to Lnda Olson, who

has been a very good frend and al-ways wllng to help Phylls.

Phyllis Mae Olson

The next Mddleton Acton TeamOpen Mc Nght wll take place Thurs-

day Sept. 26 at Craftsman Table & Tap,6712 Frank Lloyd Wrght Ave. Mddle-

ton Hlls, from 6-8 p.m.

Guest presenter and Dane CountySupervsor Sharon Corrgan (Mddle-

ton), who chars countys personnel &fnance commttee, wll present a look

at Dane Countys publc nvestments.

The evenng ends wth people whohave sgned up to rant, rave, recte po-

etry, sng, perform musc or comedy.Feel free to brng a food tem for

Mddleton Out Reach Mnstry.

Corrigan to speak at Open Mic Night


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its already been a season packedwth a world of exctement.

Bg wns. Huge shots. Terrfcmemores.

And now Mddletons grls tennsteam has ths: theyre the No. 1 team

n the state.The Cardnals vaulted to the top of

the polls last week. And a buzz mme-

dately swept through the program.Beng voted No. 1 n the state s

really exctng for us because we real-ze that we are gettng notced, sad

Mddleton No. 1 sngles playerBrdget Bellssmo. Although ths s

great, my team and i know that we areNo. 1 only on paper.

We all are on the same page, that we stll need to prove that we

belong n that spot. We have to keepworkng hard lke we always have,

and i really beleve ths team s gong

to come through and prove we can getto that level rankng n the state.

Cardnals sophomore Kasey

Skbba, who plays No. 2 sngles,agreed.

My team and i were really exctedto fnd out that we are ranked No. 1 n

the state, Skbba sad. However, anyteam can play really good at any tme,

and therefore no matter what rank ateam s, any team can be beat. That s

what keeps us from beng overconf-dent.

We know that we are gong tohave to play tough teams and tough

players that are gong to requre us to

work hard for the rest of the season fwe hope to have a successful run at the

state tournament.

Mddleton coach Deke Bradleywas also excted about the No. 1 rank-

ng. And Bradley wasnt concernedthat overconfdence could creep nto

hs team.The grls were pretty excted,

Bradley sad. But we talked someabout how t means we need to work

even harder to stay there. We have tocontnue to mprove at practce so that

we can mantan our level of play andkeep wnnng.

Overconfdence shouldnt be a

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See tEnnIS, ge 17

What asplash

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MHS swinners

win Brookfield

East Invitational

The target was large.

The response was even larger.Mddletons grls swmmng team

went to the star-studded Brookfeld

East invte last Saturday wth a gant

bulls-eye on ts collectve back. The

Cardnals then responded n a huge

way.

Mddleton captured ts ffth ttle

n sx years at ths hghly-compet-

tve event. The Cardnals fnshed

wth 515 ponts and rolled past run-

ner-up Verona/Mount Horeb (438).

Brookfeld Central (317), Brookfeld

East (289) and Sun Prare (288)

rounded out the top fve at the eght-

team nvte.

Ths has been a great meet for

us, Mddleton coach LaurenCabalka sad. We knew we had a

target on our backs gong nto ths

meet, especally snce Verona was

there.

The grls had a really tough week

n the pool and we dd not gve them

much rest gong nto our frst nvte

of the year. i really wanted to see

what the grls could do when ther

bodes were tred and sore. They

totally came through and put forth

ther best performances of the sea-

son.

Mddleton had a strng of terrfc

performances. But the Cardnals

relays were partcularly outstandng.

See SWIMMErS, ge 18

Middleton rollspast Purgolders

in the short term, the play meant

very lttle.

in the long term, t could meaneverythng.

Mddletons football team led

Madson East, 35-0, on Thursday agame the Cardnals would go on to

wn, 37-6.Early n the thrd quarter, wth the

Cardnals drvng deep n East terrto-ry, runnng back George Monreal

coughed up the ball at the Purgolders8-yard lne.

East safety Tyrone Watsonemerged from a ple wth the ball, and

took off n the opposte drecton.Many Mddleton players ntally

stood flat-footed, thnkng the playwas over.

But not Luke Schafer.

Watson had at least a 10-yard head

start on Schafer and many otherCardnals. But Schafer never qut on

the play and eventually draggedWatson down at the Mddleton 1-yard

lne.Schafer and the rest of the

Cardnals werent born whenBuffalos Don Beebe ran down

Dallas Leon Lett and strpped the ballfrom the mammoth defensve tackle n

Super Bowl XXVii. But there weremany parallels between Beebes nsp-

ratonal play n 1993 and the guttnessSchafer dsplayed.

East eventually started back on tsown 43-yard lne due to a clppng

penalty on Watsons run andwound up puntng.

But Schafer ddnt know there wasa flag down as he chased Watson.

And t was that type of hustle play

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Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

Baylie Gold and Middletons girls tennis team climbed to No. 1 in the state polls last week.


Derek Rongstad and Middletons football team rolled past Madison East last Thursday.

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Mddleton and Verona.Verona and Mddleton.

its become one of the top rvalres n all sports n Dane County. And

the grls golf programs are no dfferent.Last week, the Cardnals and

Wldcats went head-to-head three tmesn a seres of thrllng events.

The hghlght for Mddleton camedurng a trangular Thursday at

Tumbledown. The Cardnals shot a bls-terng 324 and ran away from the

Wldcats (347).The wn propelled Mddleton to 6-0

n the Bg Eght Conference, whleVerona fell to 5-1.

Our man focus for the week wasour conference trangular aganst

Verona and Madson West atTumbledown, Cardnals coach Becky

Halverson sad. i was extremely happywth our play at Tumbledown. Our att-

tudes were postve for the entre roundand t showed n our scores.

it sure dd.Sophomore Loren Skbba had a ter-

rfc day, shootng a 33 on the front nneon her way to a 74. Senor Hunter

Schultz contnued her terrfc seasonand fred a 79. Senor Megge Acker

carded an 84, whle senor SheenaghCleary shot an 87.

Ths was a huge confdence boost-er, Halverson sad. We knew we

could beat them, but hadnt been able tosnce the Waunakee invte on August

26th. Our postve atttudes and focus atpractce were key components to our

wn.The rest of the Cardnals week was

sold, as well. But Mddleton couldntcapture any champonshps.

The Cardnals fnshed thrd at theMadson Edgewood Crusade Fore A

Cure last Monday. Madson Edgewoodwon the event wth a 343 team score,

whle Verona (351) was second. TheCardnals were thrd at 355, whle

Madson Memoral (356) and GreenBay Notre Dame (359) rounded out the

top fve.Skbba led the Cardnals wth an 84

and Schultz shot an 85. Cleary carded

an 87 and Wassarman shot a 98.

We defntely ddnt have our bestshowng at the tournament, Halverson

sad. That course tends to eat us up.its a much tougher course than we

are used to playng. The farways aretght and the greens are fast. We just

werent able to adjust lke we shouldhave.

Stll, the event was a ht.The Cardnals rased $388 for the

Susan G. Komen Foundaton for breastcancer awareness.

Ths s an awesome event that weplay n each year, Halverson sad.

Mddleton also competed at theJanesvlle Parker invte last Saturday

and fnshed second to Verona.The Wldcats won the event wth a

315, but the Cardnals were thrlled tofre a season-low 316. Madson

Edgewood (323), Stoughton (338) andJanesvlle Parker (339) rounded out the

top fve.Skbba shot a 76 and Cleary carded

a 78. Both Schultz and Acker shot 81sand Wassarman fred an 82.

Ths was our best showng of theyear, Halverson sad. it was frustrat-

ng to lose, but our scores wereabsolutely outstandng. Havng to

throw out an 82 s somethng we haveonly dreamed of.

i know they are all thnkng of thatthree-putt that should have been a two-

putt or that bunker shot that turned ntotwo bunker shots, but im sure Verona

could thnk of those too. Our grlsshould be so proud of the way that they

played. i know that i am.i cant say enough about ths group

of grls. They have some amazng abl-ty, and to see them all shoot 82, or

lower, s a great accomplshment. On deck: Mddleton s at Pleasant

Vew Wednesday and Thursday for tsfnal two Bg Eght Conference match-

es. The Cardnals face MadsonMemoral and Belot Memoral on

Wednesday, and Janesvlle Crag onThursday.

Those wll be great for gettng usready for regonals, whch are also at

Pleasant Vew on Oct. 2nd, Halversonsad.

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Mddletons grls cross countryteam fnshed second at the star-stud-

ded Rver Valley invte last Saturday.Sun Prare won the event wth 66

ponts, whle Mddleton was second at71. Dodgevlle-Mneral Pont (85),

Dubuque (118) and Mount Horeb(145) rounded out the top fve.

We had another successful out-ng, Mddleton co-coach Cndy

Bremser sad. Every grl that compet-ed ran a faster tme than the prevous

week.Mddletons boys fnshed fourth

among 16 teams.Madson La Follette won the boys

race wth 62 ponts, whle Dubuque(74), Freedom (105), Mddleton (105)

and Mount Horeb (134) rounded outthe top fve.

We put all seven varsty runnersunder 18 (mnutes), whch was one of

our season goals, Mddleton co-coach isaac Mezera sad. its tme to

set some new goals. i guess t ddnttake long for ths group to surprse.

On the grls sde, Cardnals sopho-more Sam Valentne led the way wth

a sxth place fnsh. Valentne com-pleted the 4,000-meter course n 15

mnutes, 16 seconds, a 46-secondmprovement from the Verona invte.

Sam ran a very even paced racefnshng wth a very strong last 800

meters, Bremser sad.Rachel Wans was eghth n 15:24

and Delaney Foster was 13th n 15:38.Bobb Patrck was 21st n 15:53 and

Jenny Launder was 23rd n 15:57.Havng all fve scorers under 16

mnutes s a great place to be ths early

n the season, Bremser sad.

Mddletons other two varsty run-ners also had terrfc days. Autumn

Grm was 24th (16:00) and JennyPhllps was 28th (16:04).

The Sun Prare grls ran a veryaggressve race, Bremser sad. Ths

s a good tme of the year to see thedepth and talent that Sun Prare ds-

played.On the boys sde, Mddleton fresh-

man Gus Newcomb was ffth ndvd-ually, completng the 5,000-meter

course n 16:25.Gus duked t out wth a fellow

frosh from La Follette and was able topull away from hm n the last 400

meters, Mezera sad.Andrew Plumb was 18th n 17:06,

whle Davd Marrone was 19th(17:07), Hayden Johnston was 20th

(17:09) and Ryan Madoch was 43rd(17:50).

Cndy and i are extremely proudof Andrew, Davd, and Hayden,

Mezera sad. They went out aggres-svely and were able to keep the pedal

down throughout the race.Ryan Madoch slowly and metcu-

lously worked hs was up through thefeld from mle one to the end,

Mezera sad. He set a huge P.R., fn-shng n 17:50. Just to break 18 (mn-

utes) as a freshman s mpressve.ideally hell learn to get out a lttle

faster and stll be able to work up.

Ryan has so much potental. He justneeds more race experence.

JV: Mddletons grls won the JVrace for a second straght week.

Jenny Mangas won the race n16:07, Kayla Bauhs was second

(16:26), Morgan Eder was fourth(16:37), Hayley Sue was ffth (16:46)

and Allana Randall was eghth(17:03).

Mddletons boys JV team fnshedsecond out of 21 teams. Senor captan

Kyle Beuchner fnshed sxth and

newcomer Andrew Coller was 10th.it was a great day for our pro-

gram, Mezera sad. To fnsh frst,second, second and fourth n a large

and compettve feld s a testament to

the work ethc of all our guys andgrls. We had a tough week of practce

n the heat, and the Cardnals earnedther PRs ths week.


Life in the

fast laneMiddleton runners

shine at River

Valley Invitational

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Jenny Launder and Middletons girls cross country team finished second at the River Valley Invite last Saturday.


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it was a harsh realty. But t wasalso one that could help Mddletons

boys volleyball team n the comngweeks.

Mddleton went to the star-studdedRacne invte last Saturday, struggled

early and wound up n the consolatonbracket.

Overall we learned a lot thsweek, Mddleton coach Ben Whte

sad. We learned we need to workharder, play wth a lttle ntensty and

value the ball.That last one s the bg one. The

fnal four teams at the Racne invtewere all the teams that kept the ball n

play, not the bggest htters. A valu-able lesson.

Mddleton opened wth a 21-7, 12-21 splt aganst Kaukauna, the No. 3

team n the state.in the frst game, the Cardnals had

nne klls on 11 attempts, three acesand zero passng errors. in the second

game, Mddleton had four klls andnne httng errors.

The theme of the day wasunforced errors, Whte sad. When

we keep the ball n play we can com-pete wth anyone because our defense

s so good. Thats somethng i amgong to have to really sell to the boys

n the next couple of weeks.Mddleton then fell to New Berln,

21-17, 23-22. The Cardnals led, 20-

17, n the second game, but couldnthold on.

Mddleton fnshed the match wth14 klls and 15 errors, fve blocks

aganst fve blockng errors, and threeaces to four servng errors.

Alex Klubertanz played extremelywell n defeat, fnshng wth fve klls

n 11 attempts and 1.5 blocks.Both teams played at an extremely

hgh level and t was fun to watch theboys play at that level, Whte sad.

We had our chances to wn Game 2 but we played tmdly and ddnt

fnsh.Germantown, ranked No. 4 n the

state, then routed Mddleton, 21-15,21-8.

The wheels felt lke they started tocome off aganst Germantown,

Whte sad. They are bg, but ourdefense should be better than thers

and truthfully t wasnt. A lot of men-tal errors n ths match.

Alex (Klubertanz) and Noah Kernhad some bg blocks, but our passng

let us down and the guys quckly gotdown on themselves. We are stll look-

ng for that leader to rally the troopson the court.

That loss sent Mddleton to theconsolaton bracket, where all match-

es were just one game to 25 ponts.The Cardnals opened wth a 25-18

wn over Mukwonago.We played a lttle better for

extended perods of tme, Whte sad.

i thought most of the day our setters,

Connor Zmmck and RobbeDrachenberg, dd an excellent job

spreadng out the offense and runnngthe show. For the most part they dd

great gettng everyone nvolved.After a two-hour wat, the

Cardnals defeated Racne St.Cathernes 27-26, n a thrller. Noah

Wong had three klls and a block,whle Coln Gloudemans and James

Caldwell shned n the back row.it was tght throughout but the

guys found a way to wn, Whte sad.Mddleton then dropped ts fnal

match to Frankln, 25-22. JamesCaldwell led the Cardnals wth nne

dgs.Andy Keeler led Mddleton wth 15

klls on the day, whle Klubertanz had14 klls and 4.5 blocks. Zmmck had

12 klls, eght aces and 35 asssts, andJason Arora had 11 klls.

Gloudemans had three aces and 16dgs, whle Drachenberg had 33

asssts. Caldwell added 26 dgs andNoah Kern had 4.5 blocks.

Heres what we learned: we havea long way to go f we want to be con-

sdered one of the top teams n state,Whte sad. Our pool was rough as

we faced the No. 3, 4 and 7 teams nstate headed nto the tournament.

We knew wed have to play welland be on top of our game. Truthfully

i had no dea what to expect. What iddnt expect was how hgh our hghs

were and how low our lows were.

Mddleton also began ts Bg Eght

Conference season wth a par of wns.The Cardnals rolled past Fort

Atknson, 25-19, 25-19, 25-19 lastTuesday. Keeler had seven klls and

two aces, whle Arora had sx klls.Gloudemans added 12 dgs and two

aces, whle Zmmck had 15 assstsand Drachenberg had 13 asssts and

nne dgs.Fort s good, Whte sad. The

conference s much better than n theyears past. We are gong to get tested

nght n and nght out and the guyslearned that lesson ths week.

Fort s bg and plays greatdefense. Honestly the dfference n the

match was the amount of mssedserves Fort had. Every tme they were

about to steal back the momentum,they would mss a serve. We tred a

couple of dfferent lneups and got alot of people some playng tme. Ths

early n the season, im stll tryng tofgure out where the peces ft.

Mddleton also defeated MadsonMemoral 25-13, 25-17, 24-26, 25-17

last Thursday.Drachenberg had 23 asssts and

two aces, whle Zmmck had 17asssts and two aces. Keeler had nne

klls, 10 dgs and two aces, whle Kernhad eght klls. Gloudemans added

seven dgs, and Arora had four blocks.Ths was not a pretty match,

Whte sad. Memoral was mssng acouple of players and was very nex-

perenced. However they had two

mddles that could ht and we made

them look pretty good at tmes.We just have a tendency rght now

to play sloppy. We have to clean thatup.

On deck: Mddleton hostedBelot Memoral Tuesday nght, then

s at the Wauwatosa East invteSaturday begnnng at 9 a.m.


Mddletons grls volleyball team

fnshed n fourth place at the hghly-

compettve Appleton West invte

last Saturday.

The Cardnals went 3-2 overall,

gong a perfect 3-0 n pool play, then

losng a par of playoff matches.We started out the tournament

strong, but were not able to mantan

the same level of play, Mddleton

coach Franco Marcos sad.

The Cardnals opened wth a 25-

10, 25-16 wn over Wausau West.

Mane Bobadlla had three aces, 10

klls and eght dgs, whle Lea

Peterman had three aces and 14 dgs.

Reed Espe had three blocks, Bre

Schlueter had 20 asssts and Logan

Welt had sx klls.

The Cardnals then toppled

Waupaca, 25-14, 25-21.

Bobadlla had 13 klls and fve

dgs, whle Schlueter had two aces

and eght asssts. Espe had fve klls

and 2.5 blocks, and Peterman had 10

dgs. Welt added eght dgs, Rachel

Severson had 12 asssts, and both

Morgan Schmtt and Grace

McMurray had two aces.

Mddleton then fnshed pool playwth a 25-16, 25-18 wn over

Appleton West.

Welt had nne klls and 10 dgs,

Schlueter had 22 asssts, and

Bobadlla had two aces, 14 klls and

10 dgs. Peterman added nne dgs

and Espe had fve klls and two

blocks.

Appleton East then defeated

Mddleton, 27-26, 21-25, 15-8.

Our frst set was a heartbreakng

loss, Marcos sad.

Welt fnshed wth four aces, fve

klls and 15 dgs, whle Amber Karn

had nne dgs. Schlueter had 25

asssts and seven dgs, whle

Bobadlla had 13 klls and fve dgs.

Peterman added 12 dgs and Espe

had 10 klls and 1.5 blocks.

Appleton West then toppled the

Cardnals, 25-18, 13-25, 15-13.

Amber Karn had four klls, fouraces and 10 dgs, whle Schlueter

had nne asssts. Bobadlla had two

aces and four klls, whle Espe and

Gabbe Buechner both had four klls.

Peterman had seven dgs, Kell

Robson had 10 dgs, Cole Jordee had

1.5 blocks and four dgs, and Grace

McMurray had four dgs.

Overall t was a great tournament

to evaluate some of the non-starters,

Marcos sad. We are pleased wth

what we saw.

Mddleton also defeated Belot

Memoral, 25-12, 25-16, 25-15 last

Tuesday.

Welt had sx aces, 10 klls, two

blocks and 14 dgs, whle Bobadlla

had sx aces, 10 klls and 10 dgs.

Bre Schlueter had 15 asssts,

Peterman had 13 dgs and Arssa

Mlton had three blocks.

On deck: Mddleton was atJanesvlle Parker Tuesday, then hosts

Madson East Thursday at 7:30. The

Cardnals then host the Mddleton

invte Saturday begnnng at 8 a.m.

On paper, t was a loss.

in so many other ways, t was a

huge wn.

Mddletons boys soccer team

took Mlwaukee Marquette the

states No. 1 team down to the

wre Saturday. in the end, though,

the mghty Hlltoppers prevaled.

Great game to watch, ether as a

coach or as a fan, Mddleton coach

Ben Kollasch sad. Our players

were let down by the loss, but they

realze we took a bg step to beng

contenders aganst Marquette.The game was scoreless late nto

the second half, when Marquette

fnally broke through n the 67th

mnute. The Hlltoppers scored off a

corner kck and grabbed a 1-0 lead.

But Mddleton had an answer.

Devn Ott scored off a free kck at

72:22 after an assst from ivan

Khamenka.

After Marquette scored we found

a reserve of energy and determna-

ton, Kollasch sad. The players

showed they had an answer to the

challenge.

Unfortunately for Mddleton,

Marquette had the fnal answer. The

Hlltoppers got a goal n the 77th

mnute and prevaled. Despte the

loss, Mddleton left Marquette

knowng t could play wth the statesbest teams.

The rest of the week was equally

exctng for Mddleton.

Frst the Cardnals routed

Janesvlle Parker, 11-0, last Tuesday.

Emerson Kovacs scored twce n

the frst two mnutes for Mddleton

and the Cardnals ran away from the

Vkngs.

ivan Khamenka, Mntesnote

Urban and Ncholas Blodeau also

scored two goals each for the

Cardnals.

The team contnues to mprove

by leaps and bounds, Kollasch sad.

Our senors are showng strong

leadershp and are tremendous exam-

ples for our younger players, both n

games and n tranng.

Mddleton then edged MadsonEast, 1-0, last Thursday.

Jack Hagstrom scored for the

Cardnals on asssts by Trent

McKnnon and Devn Vandermause.

Hard fought game by East,

Kollasch sad. Ths made us focus

more clearly on our strengths to pull

ths game out.

On deck: The Cardnals were at

Madson West Tuesday, then host

Verona Thursday at 7 p.m. Mddleton

s then at the Muskego Tournament

Frday and Saturday.

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that Mddletons coachng staff can

use as a teachng tool the rest of thsseason and for years to come.

As i watched that play i kept say-ng, Here comes 13, Mddleton

coach Tm Smon sad, referrng toSchafers jersey number. But thats

Luke Schafer.Hes a team leader and a captan.

Hes as unselfsh as any kd we haveand hes all about the team. it was a

phenomenal play.Whle that play stood out more

than any other, Mddleton had a seresof hghlghts n a convncng wn.

Among them: The Cardnals scored on fve con-

secutve frst half possessons andtook a 35-0 halftme lead. Fve dffer-

ent players scored for Mddleton dur-ng that stretch.

Mddleton held East to just twofrst downs and 38 total yards n the

frst half. The Purgolders averagedjust 1.5 yards per play n the frst half

and never crossed mdfeld. East ran just eght plays from

scrmmage n the second half, nclud-

ng only one n the fourth quarter.Mddleton won ts thrd straght

game and mproved to 3-1 overall and

n the Bg Eght Conference. East fellto 0-4, 0-4.

i just feel lke were startng to

play really good football, senor lne-backer Matt Hong sad. Were get-

tng along a lot better than we dd atthe start of the year. i thnk weve had

some really good team bondng andwe all have the same goal.

Senor quarterback Kasey Mlleragreed.

i feel lke we have a lot morechemstry than we dd at the start of

the year, Mller sad. The more tmeweve had together, the more weve

gotten to know each other and the bet-ter were all gellng.

That was certanly evdent aganstthe overmatched Purgolders.

Mddleton took a 7-0 lead on tssecond drve of the game when senor

runnng back Charles Braxton scoredfrom two yards out. The Cardnals

march covered just 35 yards, and allcame on the ground.

Mddleton had a short feld on tsnext possesson, openng on the East

45-yard lne. And the Cardnals need-ed just one play to make t 14-0

Mller flpped a pass to senor

wdeout Demond Hll 2 yards deep nthe backfeld. Hll took off down therght sdelne, pcked up some sold

blocks and dd the rest hmself.All i had to do was flck the pass

out there to hm, sad Mller, who

completed 6-of-8 passes for 113 yards.Demond dd the rest.

The Cardnals went ahead 20-0early n the second quarter followng

an mpressve fve-play, 52-yardmarch.

Braxton rpped off a mesmerzng35-yard run on the Cardnals frst

play of the drve. Mller later ht sen-or wdeout Derek Rongstad for a 9-

yard TD on a nfty nsde slant route.Doc just made a great move to get

to the nsde, Mller sad.Mddleton kept pourng t on.

Followng another East three-and-out, Mddleton marched 53 yards n

fve plays for another score.Junor runnng back Adam Frye

had 29 yards on just two carres durngthe drve. Frye capped the march, as

well, when he exploded for a 19-yardTD run, n whch he broke three tack-

les.One seres later, Mddleton put

together a sx-play, 69-yard TD drve.Frye had runs of 14 and 16 yards

on the drve, and Mller ht Hll for 38

yards on a crossng route. Fnally, jun-or runnng back Alex Leahy cappedthe drve wth a 1-yard TD run to

make t 35-0.The frst half, i thought we were

extremely sharp, Smon sad. We

had some nce consstency and con-trolled both lnes of scrmmage. i

thought we played very well.indeed.

Mddleton had 250 total yards onjust 26 plays n the frst half an

average of 9.6 yards per play. Mllerwas razor sharp, and Mddleton aver-

aged 6.5 yards per rushng attempt.Our offensve lne was great,

Mller sad of a group, that left torght, features Hayden Acker, Logan

Clark, Lon Yeary, Derek Ramsey andJack Mayers. Those fve guys work

harder than anyone on our team.Mddletons defense was just as

good.East ran 26 plays n the frst half,

and 22 went for three yards or less.We felt great, Hong sad. We

just had to stop the run frst off. Andour coaches had us prepared for every-

thng wed see.The second half took roughly the

same amount of tme as the 30-mnutehalftme gala dd.

The thrd quarter opened wth a

runnng clock whch kcks n whena team has a lead of 35 ponts, ormore.

Twce, Mddleton drove nsde

Easts 20-yard lne, but fumbled on

both occasons.That was sloppy, Smon sad.

We were playng a lot of backups, butwhen you get your chance, you have

to make the most f t.East closed wthn 35-6 when jun-

or runnng back Jvonte Davsexploded for a 49-yard TD wth 10

seconds left n the thrd quarter.Amazngly, though, Mddleton

then held the ball for 11 mnutes and all but one play n the fourth

quarter.Mddleton opened the fourth quar-

ter wth a 16-play drve that covered66 yards, but ded at the East 1-yard

lne.And after the Purgolders were

flagged for holdng n the endzone whch resulted n a Mddleton safety

the Cardnals ran out the clock.im happy, Smon sad. i

thought our offense was really n syncand had a nce pass-run balance. And

defensvely, we keep gettng better. On deck: Mddleton s at

Madson West (1-3) next Frday at

7:30 p.m.

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FootballAug. 30Middleton 37, Madison East 6Madison East . 0 0 6 0 6Middleton .. 14 21 0 2 49

Md Charles Braxton, 2, run (Derek

Rongstad kck)

Md Demond Hlls, 45, pass from Kasey

Mller (Rongstad kck)

Md Derek Rongstad, 9, pass from Mller

(kck faled)Md Adam Frye, 19, run (pass to Rongstad)

Md Alex Leahy, 1, run (Rongstad kck)

ME Jvonte Davs, 49, run (kck faled)Md East penalzed for holdng n the end-

zone

TEAM STATISTICSFrst downs ME 5, Md 16. Rushng (Att-

Yds) ME 21-125, Md 37-188. Passng yards

ME 27, Md 197. Passng (Att.-Comp.-int.) ME

13-4-0, Md 14-12-0. Total plays-yards ME 34-

152, Md 51-385. Fumbles-lost BM 1-0, Md 3-2. Penaltes-yards ME 5-57, Md 8-65.

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushng: ME Jvonte Davs 6-110. Md

Adam Frye 8-94; Charles Braxton 7-61. Passng:

ME Zachary Zlm 13-4-0-27. Md Mller 8-6-0-113; Kellan Schulz 4-4-0-35. Recevng: ME

Jordan Chester 2-21. Md Demond Hll 4-97;

Jacob Manser 3-23; Derek Rongstad 2-41.

Girls golfSept. 12

VERONA TRIANGULARTeam scores: Mddleton 324, Verona 347,Madson West 461.

Mddleton: Skbba 74, Schultz 79, Acker 84,

Cleary 87. Verona: Renecke 82, Smth 85, Opsal

87, Hernandez 93. Madson West: M. Hellmer

94, V. Hellmer 110, Scholz 117, Statz 140.

JV: M 189, V 202. At Tumbledown Trals

GC, Verona, par 72.

Sept. 14Janesville Parker InviteAt Riverside (Par 71)

TEAM SCORES: Verona 315, Mddleton316, Madson Edgewood 323, Stoughton 338,Janesvlle Parker 339, Madosn Memoral 344,

Mlton 345, Racne Prare 353, Mukwonago

358, Unon Grove 375, Sun Prare 377,

Westosha Central 380, Portage 384, Kettle

Morane 387, Mlwaukee Pus Xi 390, Janesvlle

Crag 396, Waunakee 400, Wsconsn Dells 408,East Troy 447, Reedsburg 468, Edgerton 479.

MEDAL LEADERS

1. Senna Chapman (Racne Prare), 70; 2.Carolne Lake (Edgewood), 71; 3. Jessca

Renecke (Verona), 72; 4. Becky Klongland(Stoughton), 74; 5. Tess Hackworthy

(Edgewood), 75; 6. Madde McCue (Mlton), 75;

7. Mcayla Rchards (Parker), 76; 8. Loren

Skbba (Mddleton), 76; 9. Baley Smth

(Verona), 76; 10. Mar Suokko (Unon Grove),

76.

Wisconsin Golf Coaches Association poll1. Verona; 2. Middleton; 3. Madson

Edgewood; 4. Arrowhead; 5. Stoughton; 6.

Janesvlle Parker; 7. Madson Memoral; 8.

Green Bay Notre Dame; 9. Mukwonago; 10.Mlton.

Others receiving votes: Brookfeld Central,Oregon, Whtefsh Bay, Beaver Dam, Tomah,

Holmen, Eau Clare North, Portage, Waukesha,

Ncolet, Xaver, McFarland, Hayward, Racne

Case, Prare School, Rver Falls, NewRchmond, Fox Volley Lutheran, Appleton

Xaver, Menomonee Falls, Homestead,

Marnette, Hudson, Osseo-Farchld, BrookfeldEast.

Boys volleyballRacine Invite

ChampionshipCatholc Memoral def. Burlngton, 21-18,

19-21, 15-11.

SemifinalsCatholc Memoral def. Brookfeld East, 11-

21, 21-19, 17-15.

Burlngton def. Muskego, 21-18, 19-21, 15-11.

Pool PlayPool 1 Westosha Central 4-2, Appleton

North 4-2, Arrowhead 4-2, Belot Memoral 0-4.

Pool 2 Burlngton 6-0, Kmberly 4-2,Shorewood 2-4, Racne St. Cathernes 0-4.

Pool 3 Mlw. Marquette 6-0, Racne Case

4-2, Mukwonago 2-4, Unon Grove 0-6.

Pool 4 Brookfeld East 6-0, Kettle

Morane 3-3, Frankln 2-4, Mlw. Pus 1-5.

Pool 5 Wauwatosa East 6-0, WauwatosaWest 4-2, Madson La Follette 2-4, Kenosha

Tremper 0-4.

Pool 6 Germantown 4-2, New Berln 4-2,

Kaukauna 3-3, Mddleton 2-4.

Pool 7 Catholc Memoral 6-0, Fond du

Lac 4-2, Racne Park 1-5, Brookfeld Central 1-5.Pool 8 Muskego 5-1, Racne Horlck 5-1,

Wauwatosa West 2-4, Ncolet 0-6.

Girls swimming

Sept. 14Brookfield East Invite

Team results 1, Mddleton 515; 2, Verona/

Mt. Horeb 438; 3, Brookfeld Central 317; 4,

Brookfeld East 289; 5, Sun Prare 288; 6,

Wausau East 217; 7, Waukesha West 174; 8,

Madson Edgewood 53.Event wnners Dvng: Gnger Lngard,

ME, 405.65. 200-yard medley relay: VMH

(Beata Nelson, Krst Larsen, Sammy Seymour,

Shelby Rozeboom), 1:49.15 (meet record). 200

freestyle: Kynze Huonker, SP, 1:59.72. 200 nd-

vdual medley: Ashley Aegerter, MiD, 2:12.04.

50 free: Rozeboom, VMH, 24.91. 100 butterfly:B. Nelson,

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