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The National Mustard Museum is

down but not out. Literally.The Middleton Common Council

voted 5-2 to provide an additional$10,000 in Tax Increment Financing

for the kooky but financially troubledmuseum, which will soon move into

the basement of the building at 7477Hubbard Ave. where it is currently lo-

cated.Barry Levenson, owner of the Na-

VOL. 121, NO. 23 THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2013 SINGLE COPY PRICE: $1.25

www.MiddletonTimes.com

Inside this issue: Local: School: Sports:

James Helmuth honored at

Sunday gathering. Page 4Students oppose schedule

change. Page 24An impressive weekend

for local athletes. Page 16

Dining Guide. . . . . . . . . . 6

Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger

Manure digesterbreaks groundFormer Dane County executive Kathleen Falk (far left) headed up a round of applause for current executive

Joe Parisi (far right) at the groundbreaking ceremony for a manure digester in the Town of Springfield lastweek. Read the full story starting on page 2.

City anddeveloper

sign pre-annexation

agreement

With the City of Middleton hoping

to claim a swath of land from the Townof Middleton for a new development,

the town recently started investigatingthe possibility of incorporating in an

effort to protect its borders.In response, the city moved swiftly

to approve a pre-annexation agreementthat serves as an early but key step to-

ward realizing the proposed 162-acrePleasant View Ridge subdivision. The

agreement with Erdman Real EstateHoldings, Llc. was approved at a spe-

cial meeting of the city council on May

City gives$10,000 toMustardMuseum

EMS director

makes his case

As the Town of Middleton investi-gates possibly replacing City of Mid-

dleton Emergency Medical Servicewith Ryan Brothers Ambulance Co.

next year, Middleton EMS DirectorSteve Wunsch says the town should

compare apples to apples.“911 service is all we do,” Wunsch

said. “We dedicate units 24-7 to re-

spond to 911 calls and that’s expen-sive.”Middleton EMS staffs ambulances

with two paramedics at all times andparamedics require more than 1,000

hours of training, he added.Middleton EMS is part of the Dane

County 911 System that continuallykeeps track of public safety units, so

the closet unit, not otherwise engaged,is dispatched to the next call.

“All munici-palities are tied

into an intergov-ernmental agree-

ment and 911sends the closest

unit regardless of ju r i s d i c t io na l

boundary lines,based on the

severity of thecall,” Wunsch said. “You’re cutting

yourself off from a tightly coordinated

system if you go with a private[provider].”

If extra ambulances are needed, help

will be dispatched from Cross Plains,FitchRona [Fitchburg-Verona EMS] or,

Madison through the EMS mutual aidpact. The town could be solely reliant

on Ryan Brothers for EMS response,unless the town executes new mutual


Grilling the DragonBurgers & Brew, which took place Saturday in the Capital Brewery

Bier Garten, attracted an estimated 1,500 hungry people. Pictured above, Jacob Guyette, a sous chef at Graze restaurant in Madison, worked tocreate the Red Dragon, which consisted of Fountain Prairie Farm groundbeef, a Willow Creek Farm bacon patty, Hook’s pepperjack cheese, Canopy Gardens cucumbers, red onions, lettuce, homemade kimchi anddragon sauce. Piled on a black and white sesame bun, it was paired withbeer from the Grumpy Troll in Mt. Horeb.

by MATT GEiGER

Times-Tribune

by KEviN MURphy

Times-Tribune

by MATT GEiGER

Times-Tribune

See MUSTARD, age 8

See EMS, age 10

See LAND, age 8

Museum will vacate

the ground floor,

operate in basement

of current building

Pact lays out plan

to move land out of

the town and into

the city to build a

new subdivision

Wunsch

File photo by Matt Geiger

The lower level of the NationalMustard Museum, pictured above, will soon house the gift shop as well.


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PAGE 2 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2013

Work begins on second Cow Power facility

It isn’t technically within city limits,but an environmental initiative known

to many people as the “Middleton di-gester” officially broke ground last

week.The county’s second “Cow Power”

facility will reduce pollution and pro-duce enough clean electricity to power

2,500 homes, Dane County ExecutiveJoe Parisi announced at the event.

Parisi was joined by GundersenHealth System executives, three dairy

farm families, and city, state and localofficials at the Ziegler Dairy Farm in

Springfield, just west of Middleton.Middleton City Council president

Susan West was there, as well as ald.Gurdip Brar (Dist. 2), and supervisor

Sharron Corrigan (Dist. 26), who rep-resents Middleton on the Dane County

Board.The City of Middleton has extrater-

ritorial zoning authority over the land.Its plan commission endorsed the proj-

ect earlier this year.“Today is an exciting day for Dane

County that was made possible throughyears of hard work and a historic part-

nership between government, the pri-


County Board supervisor Sharron Corrigan (second from left) was among the local officials to join county executive Joe Parisi (fifth from left) at lastweek’s ceremony.

by MATT GEiGER

Times-Tribune

See DiGESTER, age 10


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Photo contributed

Helmuth’s memory

unites communityJames Helmuth, the 10-year-old boy who inspired local first responders to create a charity softball game,

but lost his battle with cancer earlier this year, continues to bring people together in Middleton.The latest example took place Sunday at Stricker’s Park, where many people attended a Neighborhood Picnic

and Tree Planting in Helmuth’s memory. Among those in attendance were members of his class at Elm LawnElementary, who were preparing to graduate on Wednesday. The City of Middleton is planting a floweringcherry tree by the basketball courts, which Helmuth loved, and his family purchased a bench that will honorhim. Sunday’s picnic also raised another $70 for the James Helmtuh Memorial Athletic and Educational Fund.

Pictured above on Sunday are Amy Dunn, Ald. Gurdip Brar (Dist. 2), Jeff Helmuth, Lisa Helmuth and JackHelmuth.

Pleasant View willoffer online tee times

Pleasant View Golf Course manage-

ment will contract with GolfNow.comto offer online tee times this year andgather information to be used for de-

mand-based pricing in the future.GolfNow.com contracts with golf

courses to expand their marketing ef-forts through an attractive website to

reach more golfers, Knight Schwandt,of GolfNow.com told the Pleasant

View Golf Committee recently.While it initially was a “dumping

ground for unused tee times…We’vedone away from the heavy discounting

and help courses better connect withgolfers,” Schwandt said.

Surveys indicate that golfers putprice below course conditions and

service in ranking their golf experi-

ence, Schwandt said.GolfNow.com has 4,500 course

clients nationwide and dozens in Wis-

consin providing them a booking en-gine for tee times.

GolfNow.com collects email ad-dresses of Pleasant View’s online cus-

tomers, tracks when they play thecourse and from the database invites

them by email to return. For those notplaying regularly, an email can offer

them a special rate to get them back,Schwandt said.

“We want to make your new golfers,repeat customers,” he said.

GolfNow.com also compiles andpresents data on course usage, the pop-

ular and unpopular tee times that al-

lows the course to adjust rates toencourage golfers to play on less pop-

ular days and times and perhaps chargemore when the course is in high de-

mand.“Pleasant View is in charge of the

pricing,” Schwandt said.The enhanced GolfNow.com web-

site features an event calendar to keepgolfers up to date on what activities are

occurring at the course.The City of Middleton currently pro-

vides Pleasant View’s website butGolfNow.com can add a mobile web-

site and improved graphics including“flyover” perspective of each hole

which may be familiar to those whowatch television coverage of profes-

sional golf tournaments.PVGC Chair Terry Turner said the

next generation of golfers “are totallydifferent” in and Pleasant View needs

to use Twitter and Facebook to connectwith them.

Pleasant View pays for the

GolfNow.com services by assigningthem one tee time daily of the course’schoosing.

Subject to review by the city attor-ney, the committee approved, with Lou

Reilly dissenting, one-year agreementwith GolfNow.com to build and oper-

ate a website for Pleasant View.“I know of no other competitors

who’ve done a better job [thanGolfNow.com],” said Jeremy Cabalka,

Pleasant View’s golf pro, who wastasked last fall to upgrade the course’s

marketing efforts.During April, when only eight dates

were considered normal for tempera-ture and lack of precipitation, Pleasant

View recorded $110,420 in revenue

and $113,662 in operating expenses.

by KEviN MURphy

Times-Tribune

Photo contributed

Drive carefully!Christopher Donisch, who captured this photograph of a Jeep stuck in a

manhole last week on Middleton Street, suggested the following caption:“Pay attention and drive carefully.” “It is somewhat amusing,” said Donisch.“As you probably know, Middleton Street is undergoing some upgrades tocurb, sewer and gutter. This photo [serves as] a warning to residents to ma-neuver carefully in that construction zone.”


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Monday, May 1310:26 a.m. - Theft, 3400 block of

Valley Ridge Rd.

11:08 a.m. Property damage, 1600block of Meadowcrest Ln.

2:25 p.m. - Theft, 6800 block of Hubbard Ave.

Tuesday, May 143:21 a.m. - Property check, 6300

block of Century Ave.1:13 p.m. - Fraud, 1300 block of

Deming Way.5:07 p.m. - Fraud, 1300 block of

Deming Way.Wednesday, May 15

9:55 a.m. - Fight, 2000 block of Allen Blvd.

11:51 a.m. - Person check, 3000block of Sunrise Ct.

4:13 p.m. - Substance control, 6300block of Mendota Ave.

10:26 p.m. - Domestic disturbance,5100 block of Brindisi Ct.

11:38 p.m. - Trespass, 2000 block of Allen Blvd.

Thursday, May 168:15 a.m. - Burglary, 1500 block of

Grosse Point Dr.11:31 a.m. - Burglary, 1300 block of

Boundary Rd.4:49 p.m. - Fraud, 1600 block of

John Q Hammons Dr.4:54 p.m. - Fraud, 1600 block of

John Q Hammons Dr.Friday, May 17

11:36 a.m. - Fraud, 7700 block of Elmwood Ave.

1:39 p.m. - Fraud, 6300 block of Maywood Ave.

4:50 p.m. - Alcohol violation, 6800block of Frank Lloyd Wright Ave.

5:12 p.m. - Theft, 2500 block of Allen Blvd.

10:36 p.m. - Fraud, 1600 block of Aspen Cmns.

11:07 p.m. - Domestic disturbance,2600 block of Amherst Rd.

Saturday, May 1810:57 a.m. - Suspicious activity,

3800 block of Valley Ridge Rd.3:45 p.m. - Property damage, 1800

block of Bristol St.4:44 p.m. - Domestic disturbance,

2600 block of Amherst Rd.7:22 p.m. - Domestic disturbance,

2600 block of Amherst Rd.

7:27 p.m. - Theft, 7300 block of

Donna Dr.8:09 p.m. - Property found, 2200

block of Branch St.10:23 p.m. - Malicious mischief,

5900 block of Sandhill Dr.10:55 p.m. - Malicious mischief,

5900 block of Sandhill Dr.Sunday, May 19

12:10 a.m. - Suspicious activity,2300 block of Parmenter St.

1:15 a.m. - Sexual conduct, 3500block of Salerno Ct.

10:58 a.m. - Malicious mischief,3600 block of John Muir Dr.

11:47 a.m. - Property damage, 6300block of Pheasant Ln.

6:02 p.m. - Fire, 6400 block of Elm-wood Ave.

Monday, May 205:01 a.m. - Theft, 6600 block of

Columbus Dr.7:24 a.m. - Trespass, 3000 block of

Patty Ln.5:21 p.m. - Property damage, 3000

block of Baskerville Ave.Wednesday, May 22

8:47 a.m. - Theft, 6700 block of Hubbard Ave.

10:22 a.m. - Theft, 3000 block of Deming Way.

11:31 a.m. - Property damage, 5200block of Brindisi Ct.

3:15 p.m. - Fraud, 1700 block of High Point Rd.

3:36 p.m. - Theft, 7900 block of UWHealth Ct.

Thursday, May 239:56 a.m. - Fraud, 2600 block of

Amherst Rd.10:52 a.m. - Domestic disturbance,

2900 block of Park St.12:15 p.m. - Theft, 3000 block of

Deming Way.3:20 p.m. - Battery, 5300 block of

South Ridge Way.3:58 p.m. - Battery, 5300 block of

South Ridge Way.Friday, May 24

6:37 p.m. - Property damage, 3000block of Baskerville Ave.

Saturday, May 252:28 a.m. - Disturbance, 1900 block

of Branch St.4:44 a.m. - Domestic disturbance,

1300 block of John Q Hammons Dr.

11:02 a.m. - Fraud, 3200 block of

Park St.6:11 p.m. - Property damage, 5500

block of Sedgemeadow Rd.Sunday, May 26

10:00 a.m. - Domestic disturbance,7500 block of Century Ave.

5:28 p.m. - Theft, 2900 block of Patty Ln.

7:27 p.m. - Battery, 2000 block of Allen Blvd.

Monday, May 278:33 a.m. - Disturbance, 2100 block

of Middleton Beach Rd.12:25 p.m. - Theft, 1600 block of N

High Point Rd.12:56 p.m. - Domestic disturbance,

1300 block of N High Point Rd.7:04 p.m. - Sexual conduct, 2200

block of Parmenter St.Tuesday, May 28

9:10 a.m. - Burglary, 6300 block of Pheasant Ln.

12:06 p.m. - Burglary, 5100 blockof Churchill Ln.

1:24 p.m. - Burglary, 3500 block of Roma Ln.

2:39 p.m. - Sexual conduct, 2200block of Parmenter St.

3:36 p.m. - Fraud, 2200 block of Clark St.

4:06 p.m. - Sexual assault, 1600block of Middleton St.

5:51 p.m. - Sexual conduct, 2200block of Parmenter St.

7:43 p.m. - Domestic disturbance,5200 block of Brindisi Ct.

8:29 p.m. - Fire, 2100 block of Bris-tol St.

Wednesday, May 299:21 a.m. - Theft, 6800 block of

Century Ave.

2:21 p.m. - Sexual assault, 2100block of Bristol St.

2:24 p.m. - Theft, 6600 block of Maywood Ave.

10:20 p.m. - EMS, 1200 block of Sweeney Dr.

Thursday, May 307:54 a.m. - Domestic disturbance,

1300 N High Point Rd.7:44 p.m. - Property damage, 3500

block of Salerno Ct.8:08 p.m. - Property damage, 5800

block of Baskerville Walk.11:52 p.m. - Domestic disturbance,

6300 block of Pheasant Ln.Friday, May 31

1:26 a.m. - Domestic disturbance,2600 block of Amherst Rd.

2:44 a.m. - Trespass, 3100 block of Harbor Village Rd.

5:02 a.m. - Theft, 6800 block of South Ave.

6:05 a.m. - Theft, 7100 block of ParkShores Ct.

6:49 a.m. - Property found, 7300block of South Ave.

7:05 a.m. - Theft, 1600 block of Pondview Ct.

7:35 a.m. - Theft, 1200 block of Middleton St.

8:04 a.m. - Theft, 6900 block of Cooper Ave.



8:24 a.m. - Theft, 7300 block of

Pondview Rd.8:36 a.m. - Theft, 7200 block of

Henry Ct.8:49 a.m. - Theft, 1700 block of

Middleton St.9:15 a.m. - Theft, 7300 block of

South Ave.9:36 a.m. - Theft, 1200 block of

Sweeney Dr.10:01 a.m. - Theft, 7100 block of

Park Shores Ct.11:07 a.m. - Trespass, 3100 block of

Harbor Village Rd.1:10 p.m. - Theft, 6900 block of

Harmony Way.4:57 p.m. - Fraud, 5100 block of

Torino Ct.Saturday, June 1

12:42 a.m. - Theft, 3100 block of Parmenter St.

8:05 a.m. - Control substance, 7300block of Donna Dr.

10:37 p.m. - Theft, 5700 block of Sandhill Dr.

Sunday, June 21:51 a.m. - Malicious mischief, 2300

block of Branch St.12:20 p.m. - Theft, 7700 block of

Hillcrest Ave.3:11 p.m. - Trespass, 6800 block of

University Ave.4:23 p.m. - Theft, 6400 block of

University Ave.5:51 p.m. - Theft, 6400 block of

University Ave.6:35 p.m. - Fight, University Ave

and Pleasant View Rd.


Police Beat

Parking plan progresses

On May 28, the City of Middleton

Plan Commission moved forward withplans to improve downtown parking.

A recent downtown parking needsassessment, conducted by Walker

Parking Consultants, identified poten-tial courses of action that could remedy

Middleton’s ongoing parking troubles.Consultant Philip Baron of Walker

Parking Consultants offered an

overview of the study’s findings and

discussed parking challenges in othercities. Baron’s presentation revealed

that while there is ample downtownparking to satisfy Middleton’s needs,

desired parking is often unavailable atpeak hours of congestion.

Based on Walker Parking Consult-ants’ assessment, city staff compiled a

list of ten recommendations for consid-eration. These recommendations would

set forth a thoughtful approach to ef-fectively addressing Middleton’s park-

ing issues, said proponents.

“I think it’s the responsibility of theplan commission to develop a docu-

ment that states the city’s downtownparking goals and present both short-

term and long-term objectives to main-tain a balanced supply and demand of

parking opportunities in the down-town,” said plan commissioner Hans

Hilbert.As a means to kick this progress into

gear, Hilbert suggested creating an ini-

The Associated Bank located at 2420 Allen Blvd. was robbed at 1:59 p.m.

today. Authorities said the suspect was described as a white male in his late20s early 30s, 6’-tall, thin, with closely cropped hair, wearing a black collared

shirt and blue jeans.

The suspect indicated he was armed, but no firearm was seen. The suspectleft on foot from the front door. No one was injured.

Please contact the Middleton Police Department at 824-7300 if you have

any information on this case or recognize the suspect pictured in the images.

Robber hits localAssociated Bankby FRANcEScA MASTRANGELo

Times-Tribune

See pARKiNG, age 25


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AARP offersdriver safety

AARP will hold a Driver Safety Re-view for all drivers, at the Middleton

Senior Center, 7448 Hubbard Ave,Middleton, 53562 on Wednesday, June

12, starting at noon.The cost if $12 for AARP members

and $14 for no-members. To registercall 608-831-2373.

Beach Partycoming up

The Downtown Middleton BusinessAssociation (DMBA) will host its

Third Downtown Middleton’s BeachParty & Service Appreciation Day on

Saturday, June 15 from 9 a.m. until 4p.m.

According to organizers, there willbe an art fair with an estimated 30 ven-

dors. There will also be a beer tent fea-

turing Middleton’s Capital Brewery,specialty brewed beer, and music byMighty Wheelhouse (formerly known

as Mighty Short Bus).

Downtown Middleton businesseswill offer sidewalk sales and specials

during the event. There will also be ac-tivities for children. Horse and wagon

rides will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.The event is also Service Apprecia-

tion Day, and an opportunity to say aspecial “Thank You” to the Middleton

Police, EMS and Fire Departments.

The Police Department will defend itstitle in the annual volleyball contestbetween the departments.

Parts of Parmenter Street, HubbardAvenue, Aurora and Elmwood will be

closed for the event.For more information, please con-

tact Marilyn Burke 608-836-5559 [email protected].

Foxman tolead class

Come to the Middleton Public Li-brary on Thursday, June 6 at 7 p.m. for

a program presented by Eric Foxman,

a Certified Personal Trainer and Mid-dleton resident.

For more information or to register

for this program, email

[email protected] or call 608-827-7403.

HistoricalSociety social

The Middleton Area Historical So-ciety will host its annual pie and ice

cream social on Wednesday, June 19from 5-8 p.m. at Lakeview Park in

Middleton. Guests at the event canpurchase pie, ice cream, coffee and

lemonade and enjoy the music of theNew Horizons Band from 6:30 - 7:30

p.m.

Apples, beesand chickens

This month’s free Green Thursday,

“The ABCs of Apples, Bees, andChickens,” will be held June 6 at 7

p.m. at Willy West Co-Op.

Presenters Neal and Connie Bicklerown and operate a hobby farm justnorth of the City of Middleton where

they grow apples, pears, and other

smaller fruits and vegetables. In addi-tion, they raise bees and free-range

chickens for honey and eggs. Connieand Neal will speak about their expe-

riences, and the benefits that their ani-mals and crops provide to one another.

Green Thursdays are sponsored bythe City of Middleton Sustainability

Committee and Willy West. Willy

West is located at 6825 University Avein Middleton.

Kids FishingDay June 15

The Middleton Optimist Club’s 15th

Annual Kids Fishing Day will takeplace Saturday, June 15 from 9 a.m. to

1 p.m. at Lakeview Park in Middleton.Bring your own fishing gear if you

have it, but there will be free rods andreels given to the first 150 kids under

16 if they do not have their own gear.There will be fun contests, big fish

and little fish competitions, with prizes

to the winners.Hot lunch will be provided by

Moose and Sandy from Club Tavern.

“With the changes and upgrades to

the pond this year the event should beour best yet,” said organizer Randy

Schmidt.The Optimist Club has given out

over 3000 rods and reels over the last15 years. The Optimist Club donated

$5,000 to the pond project this year.Also, Lakeview Park is cleaned

twice each year by the Optimist Club

and the Boy Scouts.Club Tavern has provided free lunch

to about 6,000 kids and their parents of

the last 15 years.“It has never rained during this

event in 15 years,” said Schmidt.“Cross your fingers.”

Last year’s winning “little fish” wasa 1-5/8” Pumpkin Seed.

Tutto Pastashuts doors

Employees at Tutto Pasta Trattorialearned on May 26 that the restaurant

would close its doors five days later.

A restaurant employee confirmedthat the owner, Enzo Amodeo, is open-ing a new restaurant on the west coast.

W h A T ’ S h A p p E N i N G ?


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Two high school rock bands from

Middleton, The Sleep Cyclists and Au-tumn Underground, were selected to

perform at the State Finals of the Wis-

consin School Music Association(WSMA) Launchpad Competition thatis being held at UW-Madison’s Union

South - The SETT on Saturday at 2p.m.

The Sleep Cyclists will take thestage at 2:50 p.m. and Autumn Under-

ground will close out the show at 7:50p.m. Middleton High School was the

only school in the state to advancemore than one band to the State Finals

where 13 bands will be competing forthe prestigious Les Paul Launchpad

award.“Launchpad finals are a celebration

of the most accomplished bands mov-ing through the competition”, said Tim

Wurgler, WSMA programdirector. “The work the students do is

amazing and is the culmination of allthey have learned from the regional

judges, school music teachers and theirown creativity. It will truly be an ex-

citing day of music.”Both Middleton bands agree that the

school district’s music programsplayed a significant role in their bands’

development. “The High School hasgiven us a foundation upon which we

are exploring our music”, said JedMunson, singer and ukulele player for

The Sleep Cyclist. Jordan Foster,trumpeter and vocalist for Autumn Un-

derground added, “Our bands havebeen blessed with outstanding music

educators and supportive parents – weare extremely grateful!”

The Sleep Cyclists are a relativelynew band that has a unique string

driven sound. Their first performanceas a band was May’s Launchpad re-

gional competition where they beat out12 other bands to be one of three bands

to advance to the State Finals. Singerand ukulele player Jed Munson de-

scribes the band’s sound as, “We amal-gamate elements of folk, jazz, and

indie rock to form our alternativesound.” Guitarist and vocalist Tim An-

derson shared band influences that in-clude: Beruit, Death Cab for Cutie,

Bright Eyes, The Shins, Blind Pilot,and Modest Mouse among others.

The Sleep Cyclists lineup includesTim Anderson (guitar and vocals), Jed

Munson (ukulele and vocals), ChrisPeterson (drums), Jack Kim (trumpet,

piano), Nathaniel Corey (viola), andAdam Jordahl (bass).

Autumn Underground advanced tothe State Finals by winning the WSMA

Launchpad Wildcard competition. Aworldwide voting system of listeners

on Broadjam.com ranked Autumn Un-derground first among the 50+bands

that were participating in this onlinecompetition. Liam Patton, drummer

for Autumn Underground, remarked onadvancing to finals this way, “Winning

the Wild Card was a huge surprise. Ithink the music we make is fun and

musically adept, and the fact that peo-ple around the world thought so too is

wonderful.”Autumn Underground Members in-

clude: Jake Stampen (vocals, percus-sion), Liam Patton (percussion,

keyboard), Nick Hoskins, (guitar),Adam Jordahl (bass) Michael Hoot

(saxophone), Jordan Foster (trumpet,vocals), Matt Ash (trombone) Eden

Girma (keyboard, trumpet). Sam

Lyons (guitar) of Moon Jelly andStereo Color and Sonia Urquidi of

Falling in A Capella performed withthe band during the Launchpad region-

als and Lyons is on deck to play guitarat State if Nick Hoskins and the Mid-

dleton Lacrosse team advance in theWIAA tournament.

Bassist Adam Jordahl is in the

unique position of being a member of both bands. When asked about what it

is like to be in two bands that are com-peting against each other in the State

Finals Jordahl said, “I try not to feel tootorn. Both of the bands are people I

consider my friends, and people I loveto play music with. I definitely don’t

prefer either band over the other. Iknow that when it comes time for one

band to play, I just have to forget abouteverything else, get up there, and play

the best that I can.”Each band is a fan of the

other. Members of Sleep Cyclist were

pleased to hear that Autumn Under-ground would be playing their song“Butterfly Effect” at the State Finals,

as it is one of their favorite songs. Au-tumn Underground drummer Patton

said “The Sleep Cyclists’ music is re-ally chill and interesting to listen

to. The addition of a string player addsa very unique element that few bands

our age have.”On competing against them at finals

Patton added, “I think that more or lesswe’re all in this together.”

For more details on Saturday’s free

finals go to www.LaunchpadWiscon-

sin.org.

Both bands have videos on

Youtube.com and Autumn Under-ground has a band page on

broadjam.com.


CHURCH NOTES

Local bands prepare for Launchpad state finals

Photo contributed

Pourchot returnsAuthor and former Middletonian (and Middleton Times-Tribune

writer) Becky Meyer Pourchot will return to the Good Neighbor Citynext week. She will be the guest author at The Regal Find, a new busi-

ness in downtown Middleton, reading from her latest book, “ForgiveMe Martha.”“Martha” is a lighthearted book of confessions to Martha Stewart.

Pourchot will be available afterward to sign copies of all four of herbooks.

The event will take place June 13 from 7-8 p.m. at The Regal Findon 1850 Parmenter St. Middleton.

Times-Tribune photo by John Stampen

On the left are members of Sleep Cyclist, on the right are members of Autumn Underground, and in the middle

is Adam Jordahl, who is playing bass for both bands.

by JohN STAMpEN

Times-Tribune

Garden camps for kidsDo you know a kid in elementary or

middle school who would enjoy learn-ing to grow food, cook tasty snacks,

and explore the outdoors? If so, signthem up for Summer Garden Camp,

urge members of the local groupGrowing Food and Sustainability.

This hands-on camp involves kids ingarden projects, community building,

sustainability education and more.This summer, Growing Food and

Sustainability is offering two three-week sessions of camp. Kids ages 5-

10 meet from 9 a.m.-noon on Fridays,

and kids ages 10-14 meet from 9 a.m.-

noon on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.All camp sessions meet at Clark

Street Community School, 2429 ClarkStreet, Middleton.

For more information and to regis-ter, please email GrowingFoodandSus-

[email protected] first session will take place June

24-July 14 and focus on soil and com-post, water, and the energy food sys-

tems earth, seed saving, and foodpreservation.


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14.Erdman Holdings recently unveiled

Pleasant View Ridge, a project thatwould include 104 single-family lots.

One unique aspect of the proposal isthat it calls for a combination of indi-

vidual and community septic services,which are typically used by towns,

rather than the urban services most de-

velopers annex into cities to obtain.The plan calls for 70 percent of the

land, which is currently zoned for agri-cultural use, to remain open space.

Thirty percent would be developed, ac-cording to documents that went before

the Middleton City Council last month.The news prompted the Middleton

Town Board to hire attorney Richard

Nordeng in May. While the town boardsubsequently discussed its incorpora-

tion options in closed session, no ac-tion has yet been taken on the issue.

The town and the city already havea border agreement, which was reached

in 1994, but it doesn’t explicitly coverthe Erdman property.

Incorporation offers towns more

local control but also more responsibil-ities. Incorporation previously surfaced

when the town was writing its Compre-hensive Plan, but the town board let a

call to form a study committee end qui-etly in 2011 for lack of support.

Before that, a petition by residents toseek incorporation failed to gather suf-

ficient support in the 1990s.Since then the Wisconsin Legisla-

ture has made incorporation of a ruralarea adjacent to a city more difficult,

but there are also new proposals on thehorizon for towns that hope to protect

their borders from neighboring citiesand villages.

Faced with the prospect of adding162 acres to its tax base, the City of

Middleton has been working hand inhand with Erdman on the project, pri-

marily through private discussions.While the Town of Middleton’s ability

to block the land’s annexation is a mat-ter of some disagreement among town

and city leaders, the pre-annexationagreement makes movement of the

land out of the town more likely.The agreement asserts that Erdman,

which currently owns the property,hopes to develop it within the City of

Middleton, rather than in the Town of Middleton where the land is currently

located.

It also asserts that Erdman intends to

file a Petition For Direct AnnexationBy Unanimous Approval, pursuant to

Wisconsin law.

“Upon approval and execution of

this Agreement by the City, the Owner

will file a Petition for Direct Annexa-

tion by Unanimous Approval, in accor-

dance with the provisions of Wis. Stat.

§ 66.0217(2),” the agreement states.

“The Petition shall be filed with the

City Clerk and the Town Clerk, and a

copy thereof shall be sent to the Wis-

consin Department of Administration

per Wis. Stat. § 66.0217(6).”

Also according to the pre-annexa-

tion agreement, following the filing of

the petition the developer will submit

to the city a conceptual plan for the de-

velopment of the property.

The City of Middleton agreed not to

take any action regarding the adoption

of an Annexation Ordinance with re-

spect to the petition until at least 100

days following the date of the filing of

the petition.

Following annexation, Erdman

would still need to obtain zoning and

subdivision approval from the city

council. In addition, the developer and

the city would need to enter into a de-

veloper’s agreement relating to the de-

velopment of the property, installation

of the infrastructure and the terms and

conditions of the project.


tional Mustard Museum, which in-

cludes both a for-profit store and a non-profit collection of memorabilia, said

the money will be used for “reim-bursable moving expenses.”

The city recently approached theproperty’s owner, Anchor Bank, in an

attempt to maintain street level accessfor the museum. However, Levenson

said the move to the basement, which

currently houses a collection valued at$100,000, is not being forced upon thebusiness.

“The bank did not in any way forceus into this,” Levenson said. “It is a ra-

tional and reasonable business decisionthat we have made in consultation with

Anchor Bank and the city.”“The new subterranean National

Mustard Museum will have a gift shopsimilar to what we already have; differ-

ent but exciting,” he continued. “Peo-ple will find us because we will

continue to be worth finding.”Levenson said he is looking forward

to the challenge. “And being just on the

one lower level will mean less wear

and tear on my knees,” he added.The National Mustard Museum has

struggled to pay its rent and debts in re-cent years; a problem Levenson said

was caused by the fact that his for-profit store was unable to fully subsi-

dize his free non-profit museum. Hesaid it is “too early to tell” if calls for

donations will yield enough additional

funding.“We know that Middleton is behind

us and that is a very important motiva-

tion to us,” Levenson said.Ald. Jim Wexler (Dist. 4), who made

the motion to provide $10,000 formoving expenses, said the Mustard

Museum plays an important role inMiddleton by attracting vital tourism

dollars to the Good Neighbor City.“I think the city should do every-

thing it can to keep the Mustard Mu-seum here,” said Wexler. “I’m sorry to

see it move into the basement, but I be-lieve they can make it work.”

“It really is in our best interest to

work with them,” Wexler added.

Not everyone on the city council

agreed.

Ald. Gurdip Brar (Dist. 2) opposed

the funding, calling it “simply outra-

geous.”

“Would the city do the same for an-

other business in the downtown area or

elsewhere?” Brar asked rhetorically. “I

doubt it.”The National Mustard Museum (for-

merly the Mt. Horeb Mustard Mu-

seum) moved to Middleton with the

help of $1,450,000 in city assistance.

The final agreement was a three-way

deal between the City of Middleton,

HP Holdings and the Mustard Mu-

seum. A $1.4 million Tax Increment Fi-

nancing (TIF) loan went to HP

Holdings for construction of the build-

ing. A total of $50,000 went directly to

the Mustard Museum for costs associ-

ated with relocating from its former

home in the Village of Mt. Horeb.

HP Holdings later went bankrupt,

which is why Anchor Bank ended up

owning the building.

In December of 2009, then-county

executive Kathleen Falk announced the

county would provide an additional

$200,000 in funding for the business.

The county money was given out of

the Dane County Revolving Loan fund

in order to help pay for the museum’s

expansion. The county financing camewith a required seven-year payback

and a 5.25 interest rate. Levenson later

succeeded in having the interest rate on

the county loan lowered to 4.25 per-

cent.

Ald. Hans Hilbert (Dist. 7) said he’s

a big fan of mustard, but he went on to

say he doesn’t relish the idea of provid-

ing another round of TIF funding to the

museum.

“I think that the free market will ul-

timately dictate what happens to the

museum and to the other units in the

building,” said Hilbert. “Rewarding a

business owner who just decided to

only pay half his rent because he felt

that it was too much isn’t exactly a

good partnership.”

Hilbert said the city’s initial invest-

ment yielded a building that will help

bolster the downtown. Additional fund-

ing, he argued, will produce little pay-

off.

“The City of Middleton has already

made its TIF investment in bricks andmortar and [has] seen increment from

that investment, whereas we will never

realize any additional increment from

paying for the museum to relocate,”

Hilbert said. “The museum is attractive

because of our proximity with the City

of Madison and number of hotel

rooms. There are many other attrac-

tions that could easily fill a void.”

For his part, Levenson said the move

will allow the museum to “move for-

ward and convince the council to de-

clare the entire City of Middleton a

ketchup-free zone.”

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Graduationand Beyond

Graduation season has arrived!Preschoolers through PhD candidates

are zipping up gowns and balancingtasseled caps, preparing to walk across

stages, proudly accept certificates, and

glow in the stream of praise from fam-ily, friends, and faculty. Graduation is

a time to celebrate success as well asgreat things to come. With a diploma

often comes a big dream—of a fabu-lous new job, of changing the world, of

a particular lifestyle, of sought-afterrecognition and responsibilities.

Whether you’re savoring this time onthe stage or from the audience, here are

a few books that will add to the cele-

bration:

Boss Baby by Marla Frazee is alighthearted play on businesspeople at

the top. The title character is a take-charge infant hauling a huge briefcase

and wearing a onesie tailored to looklike a suit. Boss Baby sits in his high

chair and gives orders: he schedulesmeetings at all times of the night and

day (the illustrations show that these“meetings” are actually diaper changes

and feedings) and keeps his staff of two(his parents) on their toes. Finally, his

workforce is too exhausted to respondto his demands, and Boss Baby has to

find a way to get them back to work.He speaks just two special words, and

his team snaps back to action. Refer-ences to corporate America will have

adults chortling, and older siblings willcertainly recognize some of Boss

Baby’s antics. This picture book is per-fect for sharing with the whole family,

and would make a perfect gift for a fu-

ture corner office resident.Everyone’s favorite kindergartener

is about to move up in the world! InBarbara Park’s Junie B. Jones is a

Graduation Girl, Room 9 is gettingready for kindergarten graduation.

Their teacher presents them with whitecaps and gowns, wrapped up in boxes;

Junie B., in classic style, exclaims overthe “cats and gowns.” The students

promise to keep the boxes shut tightuntil graduation day, but Junie B.’s cu-

riosity gets the best of her. Once shesees the gorgeous gown, she just has to

model it for her stuffed animals. Likea real fashion star, she spins, skips, and

dances, and she ends up very thirsty.As she quickly realizes (a little too

late), grape juice and white graduationgowns don’t mix very well. Oops.

Junie B. Jones is lovable and lots of fun, and young readers will enjoy fol-

lowing her escapades all the way

through the series.Looking for a classic tale of perse-

verance and belief in oneself? Pick upa copy of The Little Engine that Could .

The most familiar reteller author of thisstory is Watty Piper (actually a pseudo-

nym for Arnold Munk), whose firstversion was published in 1930. Since

then, it has been retold and re-illus-trated many times, but the basic plot re-

mains the same: a little train engine hasa very heavy load to pull up a hill. Will

the engine be able to do it? The taskhardly seems possible! The hill is so

steep… the load is so heavy… the en-gine is so small. But with a lot of self

pep talk and a lot of focus, the enginemakes it up and over the hill. This

story is relatable for anyone who hasever conquered a looming task, and it

is inspirational for those who are stillin the throes of a challenge.


It’s Musicto My Ears

My parents met at the CinderellaBallroom on the outskirts of Appleton,

Wisconsin in the late 1930s. It is nowonder that my feet start tapping

whenever I hear music with a gooddancing beat.

On Sunday mornings, in the mid1960s, when mom and I returned home

from church, dad would have a polkashow tuned in on the radio or televi-

sion. Frankie Yankovic, Alvin Sty-czynski or the Dick Rogers Orchestra

featuring Dickie Metko on accordionwere an invitation to start moving - just

the thing after sitting still on a hardpew during the hour before.

Mom put a kettle of potatoes on thestove to boil for our Sunday noon din-

ner, and I’d wait in the open space of the kitchen, bouncing around until she

was ready to start dancing.We’d waltz, polka and foxtrot in the

confines of the kitchen. Mom skill-

fully reined me in, gently pressing intothe small of my back to alert me that a

chair, the stove or the radiator were justinches away. Dad kept time at the

table, his dancing days, except for anoccasional waltz - all but over.

I love just about any kind of music.Living in the Madison area provides a

smorgasbord for the feet and ears.Madison has more restaurants than any

other city in the United States. If astudy was done on music and dancing

opportunities, I think that we’d maketop mark in that, too. My calendar is

almost filled with free outdoor summermusic offerings!

The colorful chairs behind the Me-morial Union are already filled most

Friday and Saturday nights as peoplegather to eat popcorn, play cards, drink

beer and listen to the divergent queueof bands lined up by the Wisconsin

Union Directorate. There are localband and bluegrass series as well as

other genres played by bands from allover the world.

The WUD stage also holds the Isth-

mus Jazz Festival on June 21 and 22.The 2013 festival features jazz vocalist

Carmen Lundy. Her performance ispart of an even bigger musical event

happening on the solstice.This year, Madison is connecting to

a global music event as one of over 450communities in the world taking part.

It began in Paris in 1982 as the “Fetede la Musique.” Madison has dubbed

our version “Make Music Madison.”From 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on June 21,

there will be over 250 performances byover 150 artists in over 100 venues.

For more information about the venuesand musicians or to find out how you

can volunteer, log onto the websitewww.makemusicmadison.org.

Concerts on the Square begin thefollowing Wednesday and continue

until July 31. I attended one of thosewonderful concerts with my daughter

before moving to Madison.

My advice is to get there early witha picnic as lawn space disappears fast!

On Thursday nights you can attend

the free Concerts on the Rooftop at theMonona Terrace. This year’s line-up

begins on June 13 with MadisonCounty, a country/rock band and ends

on July 25 with music by the Land-sharks, Jimmy Buffet’s opening band.

In August, just move your pencil tothe Friday column of your calendar and

reserve the evenings for Dane Dances.

The venue, once again, is the roof of Monona Terrace. I was surprised to

read that the average attendance everyFriday is 4,000 people! I attended two

of the dances last summer and hadplenty of room to dance as people are

spread all over the rooftop just listen-ing or enjoying ethnic food from one

of the many vendors on hand.Jazz at Five is penciled into the

Wednesday squares of August and Sep-tember. These concerts are held at the

intersection of State Street and theCapital Square. You can bring your

own chair or rent one for $2. Vendorsare on-hand to sell beverages and food.

All beer sale proceeds are donated toJazz at Five to keep incredible free

concerts coming your way.I’ve already typed 771 words and

have only covered my anecdotal begin-ning and the “series” of concerts in our

state capital. In addition, there are in-

credible neighborhood and worldmusic festivals. The Marquette Water-front festival is this weekend, June 8

and 9, offering five or six bands eachday.

July 11-14 is the Fete de Marquette,featuring music from French speaking

countries all over the world. There’splenty of good food and if you’re a

member of the Willy Street Co-op,you’ll want to attend the annual meet-

ing that starts at 6:00 pm on opening

night.The Orton Park Festival is August

22-25. They, too, have a stage and out-door dancing.

It uniquely features evening aerialdance performances by Cycropia.

Their show, this year is titled, Lumi-naerial.

The fall equinox weekend brings thelast of the big outdoor festivals in

Madison, that I’m aware of. The WillyStreet Festival has been running since

1977. It’s expanded to two days, Sept.21 and 22. This three block festival

hosts seven stages of music, lots of great food and vendors throughout the

weekend.Middleton is providing a few out-

door music and dancing events too!The first one is the Downtown Middle-

ton Beach Party and Service Appreci-ation Day on June 15. Wheelhouse

will provide the music. There’ll be

good food, wagon rides, sidewalk salesand more.

Mark your calendars for the Middle-

ton Good Neighbor Festival August23, 24 and 25. The plans are underway

for this festival so stay tuned to the Middleton Times-Tribune for details.

In the meantime, happy summer toyou all. I hope to see you on the dance

floor!

IN COURT (continued from last week)

See coURT, age 11


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vate sector, and local farmers,” said

Parisi. “Our second Cow Power di-gester will help clean up our lakes,

generate home-grown renewable en-ergy, and keep our farm families farm-

ing for generations to come.”Dane County and Gundersen Health

System partnered with the ZieglerDairy Farm, the Blue Star Dairy

(owned by the Meinholz family) andthe Hensen Brothers Dairy for the

project.Once complete, the digester will use

state-of-the-art technology to reducealgae-producing phosphorus from run-

ning off farm fields into the Lake Men-dota watershed and the Yahara chain of

lakes.Parisi, flanked by his predecessor,

Kathleen Falk, said the project is “such

a good example of the Dane Countyway: bringing everyone together to ac-

complish something we couldn’t do in-dividually.”

He added that it “demonstrates howprogressive the farmers in our area

are.”Parisi lauded many of the partners

who made it happen, making a point tothank Falk for her early vision for the

digesters.Falk returned the accolades, thank-

ing Parisi for bringing it to fruition.“We knew what we wanted to do,”

said Falk. “But when you want to dothe first of something there are a lot of

real, legitimate questions that need tobe answered.”

Falk said that by safeguarding envi-

ronmental resources by working withagricultural operations, digesters will

ensure that Dane County remains anactive farming hub “forever.”

The Wisconsin Department of Nat-ural Resources’ (DNR) environmental

assessment reported the facility willkeep twice the amount of phosphorus

from entering area waters when com-pared to the first digester in Waunakee

due to its proximity to the PheasantBranch Creek just 500 feet away.

The new facility, owned by theLaCrosse, Wisconsin-based Gundersen

Health System, will help Gundersenreach a goal outlined in its Envision®

environmental stewardship program: toachieve energy independence in 2014

by reducing pollution and improving

health.The digester will account for ap-

proximately 14 percent of Gundersen’senergy independence goal.

Dane County is providing Gunder-sen $3.3 million in construction fund-

ing it received from the State of Wisconsin in 2010. The funding will

cover a portion of the project’s cost.The digester will also help farmers

provide management of millions of gallons of raw manure that will no

longer be spread on farm fields, pre-venting excessive phosphorus run-off

into the lakes, and manure orders thatare a nuisance to nearby homes.

The digester also has emergencymanure storage capabilities for neigh-

boring farms that may have storage dif-ficulties during excessively long, wet,

winters and springs.Partnerships with Dane County’s

farm families have been essential to re-cent, unprecedented efforts to clean up

area lakes and waterways, according toParisi.

Dane County has 400 dairy farms,which equates to approximately 50,000

dairy cows. Dairy farming is a $550-million a year industry in the county

that supports 3,000 jobs.“Our Springfield cow power project

is a victory for family dairy farms andour environment,” said Art Meinholz,

of Blue Star Dairy, a multi-genera-tional, family-owned and operated

dairy since 1946.The digester operation is expected to

generate about 16 million kilowatt

hours of electricity annually, enough topower approximately 2,500 homes.

The electricity will be added to the gridin Dane County through Madison Gas

and Electric.Because of the methane released by

untreated manure, the digester will alsoreduce greenhouse gas emissions. The

DNR estimates that the facility bytreating manure and replacing coal-

fired electricity with renewable elec-tricity, the digester will reduce

emissions by 22,000 tons per year –equivalent to the CO2 emissions from

over 4,000 cars.Parisi noted that the county plans to

add “game-changing” manure treat-ment technology to the digester after

construction that will remove 100 per-cent of the phosphorus that’s found in

manure. Parisi included $300,000 inthis year’s county budget to fund the

technology.US Biogas is the digester’s project

developer. The Wisconsin-based con-struction management firm CG

Schmidt, builders of Milwaukee ArtMuseum’s Calatrava addition and re-

cently UW-Madison’s new UnionSouth, will provide the design and con-

struction for the digester and surround-ing facilities.

Parisi concluded last week’s ground-breaking by saying two more Dane

County cow power projects are alreadyin the works.


aid agreements to reflect its new pri-vate provider, said Wunsch.

If a municipality contracts with aprivate provider, Dane County 911 will

relay call information to the privateprovider but it doesn’t keep track of the

locations of their vehicles, Wunschsaid.

In addition to the cost of service, thetown should know what service a pri-

vate company can provide and whatlevel of training does its providers

have, Wunsch said.Ryan Bros. can staff its ambulances

with paramedics or other emergencytrained responders, said Patrick Ryan,

company spokesman."We offer all certified levels [of re-

sponders], of course the cost differencedepends on what the town wants,” he

said.Since January 2011, the village of

Maple Bluff has contracted with RyanBros. for emergency transport service.

The EMS district the village was partof with the towns of Blooming Grove

and Burke had dissolved.The Maple Bluff Fire Department

has licensed emergency medical inter-mediate technicians that respond to all

EMS calls. Intermediate techs provideinitial care on site and Ryan Bros. are

contacted to transport the injured to ahospital, said Fire Chief Joshua Ripp.

For years, Maple Bluff had staffedan ambulance with a basic level, the

lowest certification for emergencymedical responders. Paramedics rank

as the highest level.With mid-level intermediate techs

responding to Maple Bluff EMS calls,and transport handled by Ryan Bros.,

the village keeps its trained staff nearby instead on lengthy hospital

runs, Ripp said.“We don’t have to supply an ambu-

lance or staff one that allows us to keepour trained people in the village during

emergency responses. Under our oldsystem, when the ambulance staff was

at the hospital, backup crews were nec-essary. With Ryan Bros. our first re-

sponders are back in service quicker,”Ripp said.

The village isn’t part of the county’smutual aid EMS agreement and had to

rewrite existing agreements to reflectRyan Bros. as its transport provider,

Ripp stated.Feedback after more than two years

of experience with Ryan Bros. hasbeen positive, according to Ripp.

“We did a lot of outreach on cus-tomer service the first year and we re-

ceived all positive responses. They[Ryan Bros.] provided everything

we’ve asked and have done a verygood job,” he said.

Ripp said the village’s Fire and EMSCommission also has been pleased

with the Ryan Bros’ response times.Ryan Bros. contacted the village

about serving the community, saidRipp, making the village the county’s

first municipality to privately contractemergency medical transport services.

The Town of Middleton has con-tracted with Middleton EMS since at

least 1979 and in the past three yearshas paid $181,383, $154,270 and

$148,356, respectively.Middleton EMS serves the city and

town of Middleton and part of the townof Springfield. Its annual operating

budget is approximately $1.5 millionbut collects much of its operating rev-

enue in user fees paid by individualsand insurance companies, said Wun-

sch.The three municipalities in the EMS

district contribute between 33-40 per-cent of the district’s budget and the

town of Middleton’s annual contractcontributes about 24 percent of that

total, Wunsch explained.Wunsch acknowledged that the

town’s EMS contract has gone up in re-cent years, but that reflects the town’s

increase in population, relative to thetwo other municipalities and adding

new emergency medical equipment.The City of Middleton discussed

contracting with Ryan Bros. in 2001,when it was having difficulty maintain-

ing an all-volunteer department, saidWunsch. However, the city rejected

Ryan Bros. then and went on to de-velop a full-time department.

The town has never complainedabout the quality of Middleton EMS

and Wunsch didn’t know the townwould be talking to Ryan Bros. until a

reporter called him.Told of town officials complaining

the EMS Commission not meeting fre-quently enough, Wunsch responded

that annual and not quarterly meetingshave been the norm in recent years as

the department’s pace of change hasslowed.

“We meet more often when we wereforming a full-time department but we

really haven’t had the need to holdmore frequent meetings because there

hasn’t been that much that haschanged,” he said.

Wunsch also provided the numberof EMS calls to the town at a reporter’s

request, data town officials said theEMS department hasn’t always pro-

vided.In 2012, 132 calls, 120 in 2011, 132

in 2010, 119 in 2009 and 136 in 2008,according to Wunsch.

Of last year’s 132 calls generated bytown residents, 38 were Basic Level

Life Support, 69 were Level 1 Ad-vanced Life support, 1 was Level 2 Ad-

vanced Life Support (the highest carelevel), 14 were stand by calls in sup-

port of dispatched firefighters, and 10were no care given or no patient found.

Wunsch said he has asked to addressthe town board but has never been in-

vited to a meeting.Wunsch said it’s not the private

companies can’t do the work of anEMS department but disbanding dis-

tricts seems counterproductive as mu-nicipal budgets are further squeezed.

“Municipalities are in a much morecooperative mode these days. They’re

sharing services to make their dollarsgo farther. When you begin to break off

a system into pieces, it becomes morecostly, more duplicative and counter to

the cost savings municipalities are try-ing to achieve,” he said.

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Stampen, Pamela W, 48, Middleton,WI 53562, 05/26/2011, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $88.80

Steiner, David L, 57, Fond Du Lac,WI 54935, 06/02/2011, Seatbelt Re-quired Oper/Pass, $10.00

Stevenson, Faith Elizabeth, 24,Madison, WI 53704, 05/31/2011, Traf-fic Control Signal Violation red,$88.80

Stevenson, Faith Elizabeth, 24,Madison, WI 53704, 05/31/2011,Motor vehicle liability insurance re-quired, $10.00

Stimson, Eric W, 33, Waunakee, WI53597, 06/07/2011, Motor vehicle lia-bility insurance required, $10.00

Storm, Scott Aaron, 67, Middleton,WI 53562, 05/27/2011, FTS/ImproperStop at Stop Sign, $88.80

Storm, Scott Aaron, 67, Middleton,WI 53562, 05/27/2011, Operating ve-hicle without insurance, $0.00

Stough, Cory J, 19, Waunakee, WI53597, 06/03/2011, Underage Con-sume/Possess Alcoholic Beverages,$177.00

Stough, Cory J, 19, Waunakee, WI53597, 06/03/2011, Unlawful TrespassResidential Property, $57.30

Tabbutt, Megan M, 18, Madison, WI53704, 06/07/2011, Motor vehicle lia-bility insurance required, $10.00

Tefertiller, Larry E, 37, Monroe, WI53566, 06/12/2011, Speeding 55 MPHZone, $88.80

Thomas, Courtney L, 24, Marshall,WI 53559, 05/26/2011, Non Registra-tion, $88.80

Thomas, Jason P, 34, Madison, WI53704, 06/04/2011, Seatbelt RequiredOper/Pass, $10.00

Thomas, Jimmie L, 28, Madison, WI53711, 05/30/2011, Non Registration,$88.80

Thomas, Jimmie L, 28, Madison, WI53711, 05/30/2011, Operating whileSuspended, $114.00

Thompson, Daniel H, 32, Madison,WI 53704, 05/20/2011, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $139.20

Thompson, Daniel H, 32, Madison,WI 53704, 05/20/2011, Operating ve-hicle without insurance, $114.00

Thor, Sam, 19, Madison, WI 53713,

05/24/2011, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $114.00Thor, Sam, 19, Madison, WI 53713,

05/24/2011, Operating w/o a Valid Dri-ver’s License, $114.00

Treinen, Katlyn E, 18, Lodi, WI53555, 06/04/2011, Speeding 55 MPHZone, $88.80

Triggs, James M, 25, Monona, WI53716, 06/08/2011, Operating whileSuspended, $114.00

Tucker, Ryan W, 31, Madison, WI53704, 06/05/2011, Seatbelt RequiredOper/Pass, $10.00

Vacho, Connie J, 28, Middleton, WI53562, 06/03/2011, Seatbelt RequiredOper/Pass, $10.00

Veliz, Jose L, 44, De Forest, WI53532, 06/13/2011, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $114.00

Vergeront, Krystle L, 22, CrossPlains, WI 53528, 03/12/2011, Ex-

ceeding Zones and Posted Limits,$114.00Vetter, Stephanie R, 32, Edgerton,

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Vine, Cynthia J, 51, Middleton, WI53562, 05/20/2011, Disorderly Con-duct, $114.00

Waits, Herley C, 49, Madison, WI53704, 05/22/2011, Operating whileSuspended, $114.00

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Waldner, Dylan Michael, 19, Bir-namwood, WI 54414, 05/18/2011, Op-erating w/o a Valid Driver’s License,$76.20

Warth, Timothy J, 45, Middleton,WI 53562, 06/01/2011, Failure toKeep Vehicle Under Control, $126.60

Washington, Dewayne Terry JR, 19,

Madison, WI 53562, 06/05/2011, De-viate from lane of traffic, $88.80Washington, Dewayne Terry JR, 19,

Madison, WI 53562, 06/05/2011, Op-erating while Suspended, $114.00

Washington, Dewayne Terry JR, 19,Madison, WI 53562, 06/05/2011, Op-erating vehicle without insurance,$114.00

Webb, Christina L, 66, Middleton,WI 53562, 06/13/2011, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $88.80

Weber, Marshall S, 50, New York,NY 10012, 05/27/2011, Operating w/oa Valid Driver’s License, $114.00

Wells, David A, 52, Madison, WI53717, 06/01/2011, Motor vehicle lia-bility insurance required, $10.00

Wells, David A, 52, Madison, WI53717, 06/01/2011, Seatbelt RequiredOper/Pass, $10.00

Wells, Michelle J, 43, Madison, WI

53717, 06/01/2011, Ride in Vehicle

without seatbelt, $10.00Wilke, Amanda M, 25, Arlington,

WI 53911, 05/25/2011, Non Registra-tion, $88.80

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Zimmerman, Danielle E, 23, Mid-dleton, WI 53562, 06/07/2011, Speed-ing in School Zones, $101.40

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Jeff and Ann Eicher of Cross Plains have an-

nounced the upcoming wedding of their daugh-ter Jennifer.

Jennifer Eicher is engaged to marry BenjaminZiegler, son of Joe and Brenda of Middleton.

The future bride is a 2007 graduate of MiddletonHigh School and a 2011 UW-Platteville gradu-

ate. She is currently a second grade teacher at StFrancis Xavier School.

The future groom is a 2009 graduate of Lake-side Lutheran High School. He is currently em-

ployed as a general service technician at TiresPlus and working with the family business, EZ

Tile Inc.The wedding is planned for Oct. 26, 2013 at

St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in CrossPlains.

ENGAGEMENT

Eicher - Ziegler

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More than 1,500 people consumedan estimated 4,200 locally-sourcedburgers Saturday at Burgers &Brew. The event, which is organizedby REAP Food Group, took place inthe Capital Brewery Bier Garten.

Clockwise from top left: JackKear gets photobombed, Zac Mathespresides over the Wisco Pop taps, brewer Tom Porter pours some of hisLake Louie, and two-year-oldGeorge Ziegler enjoys some grub.

Hundredscelebrate

local foodpaired withlocal beer

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16/28

As the rains poured down, and the

baseball field at Middleton HighSchool got soggy last Thursday, Matt

Ash never lost focus.“I just had to stay ready,” the

Cardinals’ junior outfielder said.Ash was definitely ready. And he

delivered in a big way.After a 1 hour, 40 minute rain

delay, Middleton loaded the baseswith one out in the ninth inning in its

WIAA Division 1 regional finalagainst Onalaska. Ash then laid down

a perfect squeeze bunt that scored

pinch runner Elliot Tanin and gave theCardinals a 3-2 win over the

Hilltoppers.Middleton, the No. 3 seed,

improved to 17-6, while sixth-seededOnalaska ended its year 16-9.

“It was a great bunt,” Cardinals


An unforgettable weekend Boys track teamsets three school

records at stateby Rob REiSchEL

Times-Tribune

The WIAA Division 1 girls state

track and field meet was approaching.And Cardinals standout Darcy Dean

was wrapping her head around theevent’s unique history.

Each year when Middleton’s ath-letes go to state, they stay at a bed and

breakfast at a farmhouse in Onalaska.And as Dean got ready to leave her

fingerprints on this year’s meet, shefirst reflected on past Cardinal greats.

“Knowing that remarkableMiddleton track athletes, such as Liz

Reusser and Casey Cramer oncestayed in the same bed and breakfast

makes you realize you’re part of something big,” Dean said. “It’s all

about tradition, and being a part of it isso special.”

Dean — and several of her team-mates — added their chapter to that

long and proud history last weekend.Middleton had an impressive meet,

finishing in a tie for 23rd place with 11

points in the event held at UW-LaCrosse. Kenosha Tremper won thestate title with 48 points, while

Waukesha West (46), Milwaukee King(39), Neenah (33) and Milwaukee

Riverside (32) rounded out the topfive.

“State will always be the placewhere I hold the most memories,” said

Middleton sophomore standout BobbiPatrick. “The group of people I have

been so lucky to call my teammatesmade the experience 10 times better.

“The atmosphere of La Crosse was

Middleton’s

girls relay teams

shine at state

by Rob REiSchEL

Times-Tribune

See GiRLS TRAcK, age 23See boyS TRAcK, age 22

Photo submitted

Middleton’s 1,600 meter relay team was third at state. In front (from left) are Bobbi Patrick and Emily Zeker. Inback (from left) are Kayla Bauhs and Darcy Dean.

Times-Tribunephoto by Mary

Langenfeld

B r i a nLochner and

M i d d l e t o n ’ sbaseball teamd o w n e dOnalaska in aregional finallast Thursday.

See bASEbALL, age 21

Singing inthe rain

by Rob REiSchEL

Times-Tribune

Andy Keeler had heard the stories.

But Middleton’s junior track andfield standout needed to experience

the state track meet first-hand to fully

understand them.“People who have competed atstate before tell me that the atmos-

phere of thousands of people watchingyou and the tough competition make

you perform your best,” Keeler said.“And I would completely agree with

them.”With good reason.

During last weekend’s event held atUW-La Crosse, Keeler gave a historic

performance.Keeler cleared 6 feet, 6 inches in

the high jump. Not only was that aschool record, it was the highlight of a

memorable weekend for theCardinals.

Middleton finished with 14 points,which was good for a 19th place tie.

Brookfield East won the title with 51points, while Green Bay Preble (50),

Madison Memorial (40), Kimberly(37) and Brookfield Central (37)

rounded out the top five.“It was a great end to a dream sea-

son,” Middleton coach Isaac Mezerasaid. “We will miss all of the seniors

that helped make our goals a reality,but we bring back an extremely talent-

ed crew for next season. I'm confidentthis wasn't just a one-year thing.”

On a weekend of highs, Keelertook the cake.

Cardinals rally

past Onalaska

in regional final

Sectional postponedMiddleton’s baseball team had

its sectional games Tuesday post-

poned due to heavy rains.Middleton, the No. 3 seed in the

sectional, now faces second-seededHolmen Thursday in a sectional

semifinal at 1 p.m. at CopelandPark in La Crosse.

The sectional final willThursday at 4 p.m. Top-seeded

Waunakee and fourth-seeded LaCrosse Logan meet in the other

semifinal.


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Middleton’s girls soccer team held

its banquet Sunday night.And much to Cardinals’ delight, the

event was remarkably festive.That’s because Middleton had a

week to remember and emerged as thechampion of its regional.

The Cardinals opened with a 7-1win over La Crosse Logan in a WIAA

Division 1 regional semifinal lastThursday. Middleton then bested

defending state champion Madison

West, 2-1, in a regional final Saturday.The Cardinals, the No. 5 seed in

their sectional, now travel to top-seed-

ed Waunakee Thursday at 7 p.m.“We are having a great season, one

we knew could happen at the begin-ning of the year,” Middleton coach

Mary Duffy said.West defeated Middleton, 4-1, ear-

lier in the year. But it was a differentstory this time.

Middleton trailed, 1-0, at halftimeafter playing into the wind the first 40

minutes. But the Cardinals got secondhalf goals from Megan Sullivan and

Leia Peterman and shocked theRegents.

“The game was one of excellent

soccer,” Duffy said.Duffy and the Cardinals employed

a different strategy than most by

choosing to play into the wind in thefirst half.

“We figured if we could stall morein the first half, that second half we

would be able to dominate,” Duffy

said.

That strategy worked like a charm.West scored one first half goal off a

penalty kick in the 33rd minute, ButCardinals keeper Meghan Ledin made

a series of huge saves to keepMiddleton close.

“The wind was a big factor and weknew that the halves would be the taleof two different games,” Duffy said.

“During halftime, the girls were a bitnervous. However, it was our turn to

have the strong wind at our back andthe leg of Megan Sullivan as our

advantage that West did not have.”Sullivan — Middleton’s dangerous

sophomore striker — had a simplegoal: put every free kick on goal and

have her teammates charge the net.Sullivan got a free kick in the 54th

minute, and she rifled a ball in theupper corner, just past the outstretched

arms of West’s keeper to tie the game,1-1.

“It was a great relief to all of us,”Duffy said of getting the game-tying

goal. “We had just switched the for-mation to have three forwards to put

more pressure on West’s three defend-ers, especially their sweeper.

“And instead of pulling back to thenormal formation, we stuck with it to

really make West feel our presence inthe game.”

In the 71st minute, Middleton got acorner kick and Ryleigh Wolff deliv-

ered a perfect ball. Peterman thennailed home the game-winning goal

and sent the Cardinals into sectionalplay.

“It was so quick that the ballsnapped back out after hitting the back

post,” Duffy said. “To someone whoblinked, they may have thought

Peterman hit the post and didn’t score.It was that quick and with such force.”

Middleton switched back to itsusual formation, and even dropped a

forward to protect its lead. And it was-

n’t long until the Cardinals were cele-brating a memorable victory.

“Soon enough, we were countingdown from 10 seconds,” Duffy

said. “It was a hard fought game withlots of physical play and some great

ball movement.”Middleton also played extremely

well against La Crosse Logan, espe-cially after a shaky beginning.

Logan, the No. 12 seed, scored inthe sixth minute and grabbed a sur-

prising 1-0 lead.“It started off very shaky and it rat-

tled our players,” Duffy said. “Ledin just took her eye off the ball because

she was looking to get it up field for a

quick transition. It sent the playersinto a panic for five minutes.”

Fortunately for the Cardinals, thegame was delayed more than an hour

by rain and lightning. And whenthings resumed, Middleton gained

controlEllen Jesse scored two first half

goals, while Shannon McCauley andCarly Kirkpatrick also scored as

Middleton grabbed a 4-1 lead by half-time.

In the second half, Middleton gotgoals from Brenna Shea, Leah Carey

and Kaitlyn Wolfinger.“We were able to put in some of

our players that don’t normally gettons of time,” Duffy said. “What I

love about this large, wonderful squadis that everyone is focused and pre-

pared to play. Overall, a productive,

focused team effort to make a state-ment.”

June 1WIAA Division 1 regional finalMiddleton 2, Madison West 1

Middleton ……………...............…….. 0 2 — 2Madison West ………................…….. 1 0 — 1First half: MW — Speer, 33:00 (pk).Second half: Mi — Sullivan, 54:00;

Peterman (Wolff), 71:00.

Saves: Mi (Ledin) 7; MW (Bohm) 3.

May 30WIAA Division 1 regional semifinalMiddleton 7, La Crosse Logan 1La Crosse Logan ………...............….. 1 0 — 1Middleton ……..............…………….. 4 3 — 7

First half: LL — Mannion, 5:40; M — Jesse(Kirkpatrick), 9:06; McCauley (Sullivan) 22:26;

Kalscheur, 26:44; Jesse (Keenan), 34:08.

Second half: Shea, 43:37; Carey, 71:43;Wolfinger, 72:13.


Soccer Cards

stun Regents Middleton ousts

2012 state champs

by Rob REiSchEL

Times-Tribune

Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

Ryleigh Wolff (left) and Middleton’s girls soccer team stunned Madison West last Saturday.


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Griff Pyle and Evan Stone wanted

to taste victory.

They wanted to shine on the

state’s biggest stage and be at their

best when it mattered most.

Mission accomplished.

Pyle and Stone, Middleton’s top

doubles team, reached the WIAA

Division 1 state meet last week. And

the Cardinals’ tandem won their

opening match, before falling in the

second round.

Ben Luskin, Middleton’s top sin-

gles player, also won his opening

match before losing in the second

round.

“Both played great,” Middletoncoach Deke Bradley said. “The dou-

bles fought their butts off, but just

couldn’t quite get over the hump.

They put up a heck of a fight,

though. It’s nice to see them end the

year playing well.”

Pyle and Stone — who entered the

tournament with a 14-6 record —

played extremely well.

The Middleton tandem cruised to

a 6-2 win in the first set of their

opening match against Milwaukee

Pius’ Ben Kolz and Nate Allenstein

(22-3). But Kolz and Allenstein ral-

lied back to win the second set, 6-4.

In the third set superbreaker — in

which the first team to 10 points pre-

vails — Middleton notched a 10-6

win.

“Pius was an experienced team

who had two big servers,” Pyle said.

“Evan and I knew we were in for a

tough match, considering they only

had three losses all year.

“We came out firing in the first,

and they did the same in the second.

The third set was pretty intense, but

we’ve been in tight matches all sea-

son and we know how to play close

tiebreaks. After the match, the Pius

coach told us that was the first

tiebreak his kids have lost all year.”

Pyle, a senior, and Stone, a junior,hoped to keep that magic alive

against Marquette’s Greg Raster and

Austin Budiono — the No. 2 seeded

team in the tournament. And the

Middleton pair nearly made it hap-

pen.

In the end, though, Marquette pre-

vailed, 7-5, 7-5.

“We went into the match going for

the win, and we felt as if we were on

an even ground with this team,” Pyle

said. “Both sets were tight, and we

were a shank winner away from

extending the match to three sets. We

definitely had a realistic chance of

beating that team.”

Luskin, a junior who entered thetournament with a 13-8 record,

opened with a 6-2, 6-4 win over

Marquette sophomore Kyran Young.

But Luskin then fell to Brookfield

East’s Doug Francken, 7-5, 6-0.

“Ben never quite recovered after

losing a close first set,” Bradley said.

Middleton, which failed to qualify

for the state team tournament for the

first time since 2008, had its season

end last weekend.

And while the Cardinals exited

sooner than they hoped, it was anoth-

er solid year for the program.

“This season was a blast,” Pyle

said. “All of my teammates are fun to

be around and there’s certainly never

a dull moment.“Sure, it would have been nice to

go farther both individually and as a

team. But that doesn’t take away

from all of the good times I’ve had

with these 12 guys.”


Double trouble Pyle, Stone

shine at stateby Rob REiSchEL

Times-Tribune

Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

Middleton’s Ben Luskin won a match and lost another at state last weekend.


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They’re separated by seven miles

and less than 10 minutes.Many players have been team-

mates — and foes — since they firstpicked up a bat and ball.

So anytime Middleton and CrossPlains get together, it’s a hotly con-

tested battle. Sunday was certainlyno different.

Middleton got a stellar pitchingperformance from Drew Farrell and

toppled the Businessmen, 3-0.“Whenever you can go into Cross

Plains and pick up a win, it’s a goodday,” Middleton manager Brandon

Hellenbrand said.Farrell was a big reason why

Middleton prevailed.Farrell threw a complete-game

shutout, striking out eight, walking just one and scat tering eight hi ts.

“Drew Farrell was outstanding,”Hellenbrand said. “I didn’t think he

had his best stuff early, but he con-tinued to compete and got stronger as

the game went on. He had excellentcommand of all his pitches.”

Cross Plains’ Shane Murphy had astrong outing, as well. But Middleton

did just enough offensively to pre-vail.

In the first, Andrew Zimmermandoubled to right center and later

scored on a error to give Middleton a1-0 lead.

In the second, Brandon Scheidlersingled to leadoff the inning, then

A.J. Redders walked. With one out,

Cole Cook doubled to center to score

Scheidler.Middleton then made it 3-0 in the

fourth when Matt Brabender singledto left with two outs to score

Redders.Scheidler finished the day 3-for-4,

while Cook was 2-for-3 with a dou-ble and RBI. Farrell also worked out

of major jams in the fifth and eighthinnings to keep Cross Plains at bay.

“Today was a day that we strug-gled to come up with the clutch hit

and break the game open,”Hellenbrand said. “We had guys on

base, but just couldn’t get them in.We had excellent pitching and field-

ing and that helped us get the ‘W’.”• On deck: Middleton is at

Waunakee Sunday at 1 p.m.• Ashton 6, Waunakee 2 — Joe

Heise struck out six in the final 4 2/3innings to lead Ashton.

Middleton ................... 110 100 000 — 3 10 2Cross Plains ................. 000 000 000 — 0 8 2

Pitchers — (ip-h-er-bb-so) — Farrell (W;9-8-0-1-8); Murphy (L; 7-7-1-4-11), Ransom(2-3-0-0-1).

Leading hitters — Middleton — Scheidler(3x4), Cook (2x3); Cross Plains — Burmeister

(2x4), Sarbacker (2x4), Larson (2x3).2B — Cook, Zimmerman; Burmeister.

Waunakee ..................... 001 100 000 — 2 7 2Ashton ..........

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