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A policy that would lift pre-autho-rization requirements and restrictionsfor Tourism Commission members re-garding meals, hospitality, food items,catering, rental of equipment and park-ing provoked a lively debate at the July

2 Middleton Common Council meet-ing.

The motion was inspired by severalconversations Ald. Hans Hilbert (Dist.7) had with individual tourism com-missioners, all of whom communicatedfrustration regarding pre-approval re-quirements.

The recommendation, proposed byHilbert, indicated that tourism staffwould continue to assign and code re-

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Inside this issue:Local: School: Sports:Times-Tribune reviews LesMis at the PAC. Page 7

Kromrey Middle Schoolreleases honor roll. Page 20

Middleton’s best of the best. Page 13

Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Dining Guide . . . . . . . . . 10Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Author, law professor, diplomat and former U.S.senator says he remains a Middletonian at heart

Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger

The ever-busy Russ Feingold, pictured here at his longtime home in the City of Middleton, recently sat downfor an interview with the Times-Tribune.

One sweltering summer day in1982, a young Middleton residentpicked up a clipboard, walked out hisfront door and embarked on a politi-cal career.

He climbed into his Chevy Nova,the busted trunk of which was se-cured by a swath of tape, and droveout to Black Earth. There he wentdoor-to-door, telling people why hewanted to serve in the state legisla-ture.

Thirty-one years later, Russ Fein-gold – sitting in his backyard on an-other hot summer day – is preparingto set out again. This time, however,he’s embarking on his new job – onewith the State Department. Feingoldhas been appointed and confirmed asspecial representative for the GreatLakes region of Africa. His goal is tobring peace to the war-torn regioncommonly associated with the terrorof Idi Amin, Rwandan genocide andbloodshed in eastern Congo.

“I’m ready to serve,” said Fein-gold, who became a resident expert

on African affairs during his eventualtenure as one of Wisconsin’s UnitedStates senators. “The position won’tbe based in Africa, it will be basedout of Washington, but my main res-idence will continue to be right herein Middleton. Just as it has been allthese years.”

WHILE AMERICA SLEEPSSitting at a metal café table in his

small but lush backyard, Feingoldtapped the sides of his chair andspoke about his 2012 book, WhileAmerica Sleeps: A Wake-up Call forthe Post 9/11 Era.

“I wrote most of it right here,” hesaid. “I’ve been all over the world,but this is my favorite spot and herethe ideas flowed best. I’d wake up,drink a cup of coffee, then walk thePheasant Branch Creek. While I waswalking, I would work through theideas in my mind. When I came homeand sat down to write, the ideas justflew.”

Many political figures release au-tobiographies after they leave office;Feingold instead decided to offer histake on what he called the “failure ofAmerica to adapt to the post-9/11

world.”At the notion of penning an auto-

biography, Feingold chuckled. “I have a political ego but it hasn’t

expanded that big yet,” he offered. “Idon’t think too many people wouldbe interested in reading a whole bookall about me.”

CAMPAIGN FINANCEFeingold, who won his bid for the

Wisconsin State Senate in 1983, thenwent on to serve in the U.S. Senatefrom 1993 until 2011, will now spendmuch of his time trying to preventarms dealers from supplying centralAfrican militants with weapons. Buthis legacy is inexorably intertwinedwith another effort – his work oncampaign finance reform.

When it became law in 2002, theMcCain-Feingold Act marked a bi-partisan victory for those who hopedto limit the influence of special inter-est groups. The legislation imposedlimits on both conservative corporateinterests and liberal labor unions.

Eight years later, however, theUnited States Supreme Court struck

Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger

A taste of FreedomMartin Hanna, above, enjoyed a hot dog at Pioneer Park during the Town

of Middleton’s Fourth of July Freedom Fest last week. To see more imagesfrom local Independence Day festivities, turn to page 2.

Common councilreaches compromiseon Middleton Tourism Department spending

by MAtt GEIGER

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by FRANCESCA MAStRANGELO

Times-Tribune

Local mancrashes intodeer, chargedwith OWI

A Middleton man was charged withdrunk driving this week after his mo-torcycle collided with a deer.

At approximately 9:17 p.m. Sunday,Dane County Sheriff’s Office deputies,along with Middleton Fire and EMS,responded to the accident at U.S. High-way 14, approximately two-tenths of a

See FEINGOLD, page 8See CRASH, page 11

See SPENDING, page 11

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Clockwise from top right: Avery West (the granddaughter of MiddletonCity Council President Susan West) enjoys a popsicle during the MiddletonHills Fourth of July parade; kids line up to play ring toss at Freedom Fest inthe Town of Middleton; Libby the dog stays hydrated and John and JackRupcich enjoy some father and son time, both at Freedom Fest.

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Times-Tribune photos by Matt Geiger/Top right photo by Susan West

The Middleton Fire Company’s An-nual Festival and Raffle, featuring livebands, food and festivities, will takeplace Saturday starting at noon at theCapital Brewery in Middleton.

The event will raise money to sup-port activities focused on educatingadults and children in the community.

Fundraising through this annual fes-tival has allowed the fire company tocompletely refurbish Middleton’s orig-

inal fire engine, a 1923 Ford Model TPumper, which is showcased in thecity’s fire station. In addition, thisfundraiser enables scholarships forMiddleton High School students, paysfor specialized training courses andprovides funding for new tools andequipment such as extrication equip-ment and AED’s (Automated ExternalDefibrillator).

The Middleton Fire Department hasan Insurance Services Office (ISO) rat-ing of three, ranking the company inthe top four percent of fire departmentsin the country.

“This accomplishment is only madepossible by the company’s quality vol-unteer firefighters and the support wereceive from the community,” said

Aaron Harris, Chief of the MiddletonFire Department. “The Annual Festi-val raises the funds we need to con-tinue serving our community, and wethank our friends and neighbors fortheir generous donations.”

Firefighters said support of the An-nual Festival will ensure quality serv-ices to the residents.

“We are a volunteer team of hard-working professionals committed tokeeping our community safe, and weare thankful to have such a supportivecommunity,” said John Maasch, a cap-tain and volunteer firefighter with thecompany for 13 years. “The event is agreat way to have fun with your friendsand family.”

Saturday’s festivities feature a spe-

cial “family time” from noon to 3 p.m.when children ten years and under eatfree from the kid’s menu when accom-panied by an adult. Games and waterevents for kids are also included, soswimsuits and towels are recom-mended.

Live music kicks off at noon withDimension in Sounds playing big bandfavorites. From 3-5 p.m., PrimitiveCulture will play their blend of funk,blues and tropical rhythm music.

Finally, from 6-10 p.m. the Jimmieswill peform. They’ve just been namedthe “2012 Best Swing/Big Band En-semble” by the Wisconsin Area MusicIndustry.

The Middleton Fire Company is inits 112th year of providing fire protec-

tion and service to over 32,000 resi-dents, businesses and visitors of the 80square mile Middleton Fire District.The company is made up of 110 Statecertified volunteer firefighters, and al-though they each have other jobs, theyremain professional, dedicated, andpassionate about keeping local homesand businesses safe from fires andother disasters.

Admission is $7 at the door. Atten-dees must be of legal drinking age toenter the beer area. Capital Brewery islocated at 7734 Terrace Avenue, Mid-dleton. Advance tickets may be pur-chased for $5 at Fire Station No. 1,located at 7600 University Ave.

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Monday, July 19:28 a.m. - Malicious mischief,

6500 block of Stonefield Rd.10:38 a.m. - Control substance,

7300 block of Donna Dr.1:17 p.m. - Property damage -

6700 block of Gaylord Nelson Rd.3:56 p.m. - Theft, 2000 block of

Allen Blvd.4:21 p.m. - Theft, 5200 block of

County Highway Q.6:14 p.m. - Theft, 6800 block of

Century Ave.11:54 p.m. - Theft, 5900 block

of Lake St.Tuesday, July 2

3:11 p.m. - Burglary, 100 blockof W. Doty.

8:49 p.m. - Theft, 5700 block ofHighland Way.

Wednesday, July 38:55 p.m. - Fraud, 3100 block of

Parmenter St.Thursday, July 4

9:06 a.m. - Property damage,3400 block of Conservancy Ln.

Friday, July 59:46 a.m. - Theft, 1600 block of

Gateway South.10:17 a.m. - Theft, 1600 block

of Gateway South.9:50 p.m. - Property damage,

2900 block of Northbrook Dr.Saturday, July 6

11:38 p.m. - Domestic distur-bance, 3800 block of PatrickHenry Way.

Sunday, July 74:53 a.m. - Theft, 2500 block of

Allen Blvd.2:12 p.m. - Theft, 8400 block of

Market St.7:03 p.m. - Domestic distur-

bance, 7400 block of Century Ave.

Fire Co. hosts annual festival Saturday

Bermanand

Theisjoin

KiwanisMiddleton Kiwanis Club presi-

dent President Chuck Foulke, farright, recently introduced newmembers Kathie Berman, left, andCheryl Theis, center.

Photo contributed

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98th annual fundraiserhelps Middleton maintainrank in the top four percent in the country

Heather Phelps, 24, of Middleton,has been accepted into the Peace Corpsand departed for the Philippines July 5to begin training as a youth develop-ment volunteer.

Phelps will live and work in a com-munity to engage the local residents ina wide variety of outreach projects con-cerning at-risk children or youth, adultliteracy, health or HIV/AIDS educa-tion, environmental awareness, devel-opment of libraries and resourcecenters, and information technology.

“My family enjoys traveling verymuch, so I have been interested inother cultures and countries my entirelife. For me, working in the PeaceCorps has always been a way to gain aclearer understanding of another wayof life while making a worthwhile dif-ference in the world and presenting apositive view of America to other partsof the globe,” Phelps said.

Phelps is the daughter of Andy andCarol Phelps and a 2007 graduate ofMiddleton High School. She then at-tended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and earned a bachelor’s

degree in political science in 2012. “I had been interested in the Peace

Corps long before college, but it was atUWEC that I had the opportunity tomeet a recruiter directly and finalizemy decision to join,” Phelps said. “Ialso had the opportunity to studyabroad in Graz, Austria, and gain skillsin living on my own abroad and inte-grating into a new culture.”

During the first three months of herservice in the Philippines, Phelps willcomplete technical, language, health,and safety training while living with ahost family to become fully immersedin the country’s language and culture.The training and cultural exchange pre-pare Phelps for her two years of serv-ice, while also allowing communitymembers to gain a better understandingof Americans. After Phelps is sworninto service and assigned to a commu-nity, she will work on sustainable,community-driven development proj-ects that make a difference for the peo-ple of the Philippines and providePhelps with leadership and cross-cul-tural skills she can use throughout her

career. “My biggest goal in the Peace Corps

is to make a long-term difference inpeople’s lives, both directly andthrough organizations that will con-tinue to work in the Philippines longafter I’m gone,” she said. “I’d also liketo gain experience and skills which willhelp me in my future career.”

Phelps joins the 212 Wisconsin res-idents currently serving in the PeaceCorps. More than 5,740 Wisconsin res-idents have served as volunteers sincethe agency was created in 1961.

More than 8,680 Peace Corps volun-teers have served in the Philippinessince the program was established in1961. Currently, 223 volunteers are inthe Philippines.

Since President John F. Kennedy es-tablished the Peace Corps by executiveorder on March 1, 1961, more than210,000 Americans have served in 139host countries. Today, 8,073 volunteersare working with local communities in76 host countries in agriculture, com-munity economic development, educa-tion, environment, health and youth indevelopment.

Peace Corps volunteers must be U.S.citizens and at least 18 years of age.Peace Corps service is a 27-monthcommitment and the agency’s missionis to promote world peace and friend-ship and a better understanding be-tween Americans and people of othercountries.


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Phelps heads to Philippines with Peace Corps

Photo contributed

Heather Phelps left last week for the Philippines, where she will work toengage the local residents in a wide variety of outreach projects concerningat-risk children or youth, adult literacy, health or HIV/AIDS education, en-vironmental awareness, development of libraries and resource centers andinformation technology.

There will be a Native American andArcheological Tour of Pope Farm Con-servancy on Tuesday, July 16 from 7-8:30 p.m.

Those who wish to take part shouldmeet in the conservancy’s Old SaukRoad parking lot.

Dr. Amy Rosebrough, who works inthe Archeology Department at the StateHistorical Society, will lead the tour.Rosebrough is an expert on NativeAmerican culture as it existed in thisarea of the United States.

She will show explain the NativeAmerican Garden at Pope Farm Con-servancy, talk about how Native Amer-icans have influenced modern dayagriculture, and lead the tour into otherportions of Pope Farm.

The event is free and open to thepublic.

Learn aboutPope Farm’snative history

At 17 years of age, Sam Lyons al-ready has a long list of musical accom-plishments behind him. The mostrecent is “The Light,” Lyons’ secondfeature-length CD.

A songwriter, singer and guitaristwhose former bands include Stereo-color and Moonjelly, Lyons’ has faredwell in music competitions such asLaunchpad. He’s the winner of sevenMadison Area Music Awards, and hasperformed on National Public Radioand on the Summerfest stage.

His new band features Madison saxman Al Falaschi (Phat Phunktion) andSam’s dad Phil (Primitive Culture), andhe also performs solo acoustic shows.

Lyons recently took a quick breakfrom playing music to answer somequestions about his career.

Q: How did you get started inmusic?

A: Well, I was born into a musicalfamily. We always had a piano in thehouse, and me and my brothers all tooklessons - at least for a year. And we hada drum set, and guitars and basses. Iguess it was just all around. My dad isa bass player/trombonist who hasworked with everyone from Butch Vig,to Clyde Stubblefield. He has been ac-tive in the Madison music scene forabout 30 years. My oldest brother(Clay) is a jazz saxophonist in Bostonand my middle brother (Isaac) is an upand coming hip hop artist: Duke Daeo.It was a very inspiring atmosphere togrow up in.

Q: What about singing and writ-ing songs?

A: I started on guitar when I wasseven. My dad showed me how to dosimple bar chords - root, fifth, octave -so I started figuring out songs and play-ing them. Everything from Fountainsof Wayne and Smash Mouth to RayCharles. That led to writing my ownsongs - I take great pride in it. A lot ofpopular artists now a days don’t writetheir own music and I want to changethat.

Q: Where did the jazz influencecome in?

A: Growing up, my parents lis-tened to all types of music. Classical,jazz, Motown, everything. My dadused to play more jazz when he wasyounger too, but my oldest brotherClay got into jazz saxophone heavyfrom about 9th grade on, so he hadCharlie Parker and John Coltranegoing 24/7.

For me on guitar, I took a few les-sons from Louka Patenoud, and laterRoger Brotherhood, but mostly I justheard it and figured it out. Getting intothe Isthmus High School Jazz All Starsmy freshman year was big too. DanWallach the director, who teaches atEdgewood College, taught me a lotalso. I was lucky to have many of mybest friends into music too -jazz andother stuff - like David Van den brandt(bass) he was in every band with me -one of my main collaborators for sure.

Q: You self produced both ofyour CDs. How did that work?

A: I got a set up with a used Mac,an Mbox and a couple of mics in thebeginning and learned how to use it all.You can get pretty good sounds withdigital recording on a computer thesedays. Now we have a slightly biggerset up, but it’s still pretty simple. Irecorded all of my acoustic album“Someday” and 90 percent of my newalbum “The Light” at home. The only

thing I didn’t record at my house werethe drums which we did at Soundgar-den Studios. After getting all therecording done, I went to Soundgardenstudios to mix and master the trackswith Ken Koeppler. I mixed my firstacoustic album at Smart Studios withMike Zirkel.

Q: Your new album is mostly yousinging and playing all of the instru-ments, but has some guest musiciansalso. How did you make decisionsabout that?

A: Well, it was natural for me to dothe singing and play the guitars. Iplayed most of the bass tracks too tofigure out what I wanted -then I wantedmy dad to redo them. He said most ofthem were good and I should just re-record them with his good bass. Fordrums I started out with computer gen-erated drums, then I had my friendChris come in to the studio a do the realdrums over the tracks. He’s a Middle-ton friend who was in Moonjelly andthe High School Jazz All Stars withme. He was a music major at North-ern Illinois for a couple years. Forkeyboards I played some of the basictracks, but had my friend John Nelson- also from Moonjelly and the HighSchool Jazz All Stars, play the seriousstuff. John is a great pianist who is nowstudying music composition at BallState. The horns were Al Falashchi andJim Doherty from Phat Phunktionalong with my dad - they are in SteelyDane with my dad. Jim actually playeda solo on my first album too. And mybig brother Clay played a solo on oneof the songs when he was home for aweek last summer.

Q: You do a very unique cover ofa Beach Boys tune. Where did thatcome from?

A: I actually had a solo gig playingat a friends paddleboard company andI had to learn a bunch of classic Cali-fornia surf songs. I ended up learningsome Beach Boys songs and“Wouldn’t it be Nice” was the one ofthem. After learning it, I had the ideaof doing a cover on the song, but mak-ing it more groovy. I was inspired byD’angelo’s creative covers. I loved theway he could totally switch the direc-tion of the songs and make them origi-nal. This song is getting some airplayon 1055 TripleM, so that’s pretty cool.

Q: Who are your favorite artistsor biggest influences?

A: Stevie Wonder and D’angelo,they are both the triple threat. Amaz-ing singers, amazing musicians andamazing writers.

Q: You’ve performed at some

pretty big venues for a guy your age.What stands out as the best?

A: Doing the 2010 MAMAs awardshow with my former band Stereocolorat the Overture and getting a standingovation was pretty cool; the crowd’senergy was an unforgettable experi-ence. And the Launchpad stuff at theUnion Theater was cool too because ofthe big crowd dancing, but there wasthis one time Stereocolor went to anopen mic at the Memorial Union Ter-race and all these college kids were to-tally into us and dancing - new fans -we could of sold a bunch of CDs if wehad them. I was probably 15.

Q: You graduated from Middle-ton High School back in June. Isthere college in your future?

A: Yes - I’m headed to BerkleeCollege of Music (Boston) where mybrother Clay went. I really wanted tobe in New York or L.A., but it lookslike it’ll be Boston for a bit. Berklee isone of the best music schools in theworld, so I’m really excited.

Q: Your two brothers are bothactive musicians. What are they upto?

A: My oldest brother Clay is a jazzsaxophonist who just graduated fromBerklee in Boston on a full scholarship.This past January played the PanamaJazz Fest - He opened for WayneShorter and he also did a gig downthere where his band backed up RubenBlades. He’s been traveling all over onBerklee’s dime - they’ve sent him toItaly and Hong Kong too. My otherbrother Isaac has been doing a lot ofrecording - hip-hop stuff - he put out anexcellent album last year - Duke Daeo,Further Definitions which won theMAMA for “Hip Hop Album of theYear”. He also is part of the “21st Cen-tury Crew” and went to South BySouthwest in Austin where he per-formed with a group called “HigherEducation Records.”

Q: I heard you’ve made a con-nection with Leo Sidran. How didthat develop?

A: Leo’s dad Ben heard me per-form a year ago at the Isthmus JazzFest at the Union. He told Leo aboutme and then they both came over to myhouse to check out my stuff when Leowas in town last fall. He liked my workand might help me produce some songsand get my stuff out there to someA&R people. Leo moved to Brooklynafter he won his Oscar (Motorcycle Di-aries soundtrack)- I’m very thankfulbecause the Sidrans have turned out tobe one of my best connections.

Q: I also saw that you won two

Madison Area Music Awards(MAMA) this year.

A: The MAMAs are a great organ-ization with their charitable mission ofputting instruments in kidshands. Rick Tvedt and Roy Elkinshave been real good to me. This year Iwas up for awards in four categories -Best New Artist, Pop/R&B Album(The Light), Cover Song (“Wouldn’t It

Be Nice”) and Jazz Song (“SuperficialGirl”). I ended up winning for bestcover song, and I also won a MAMAfor “Best Youth Album”. My brotherIsaac (Duke Daeo) won for “Hip-HopAlbum of the Year” for Further Defini-tions.

Lyons’ music is available on itunesor at www.samlyonsmusic.com. Hewill be performing at Capital Breweryon 7/9, 7/23, 8/6 and 8/13 (6 p.m.)


Lyons sees ‘The Light’ with his latest release

Photo contributed

Sam Lyons, above, has four upcoming performances at Capital Brewery.

Pickleball is a fast growing racquetsport among the graying populationand Hitters Sportsplex in Middleton istapping into that interest.

The game is played on a badminton-sized court, with a hard-faced racquet,a ball slightly smaller than a whiffleball and a net set two inches lower thantennis net.

Pickleball’s popularity took hold inthe retirement communities of Arizonaand Florida and has begun to flourishin Wisconsin as those returning homehave become enthusiastic ambassadors

of the sport.“It is the fastest-growing sport in

America, no question,” Mike Wissem,of Madison, said between matches atHitter’s. “We’re looking for courts allthe time,” he said.

While many school districts aroundthe state have included pickleball intheir physical education curriculum,Middleton-Cross Plains Area SchoolDistrict hasn’t. At least not yet.

The City of Madison has striped ten-nis courts at Norman Clayton and Her-itage Heights park,s but severalpickleball players sometimes wait fora few tennis players to finish beforethey can take the court, Wissem said.

With 14 courts, Hitter’s boasts hav-ing the largest indoor Pickleball com-plex in the state and showed it off lastweekend during their inaugural 2013Invitational Tournament.

Hitters became a Midwest PickleballMecca in March when owner Joel Ten-nison brought instructor Kirk Linger into promote the sport and the facility.

Since then word has gotten outamong the pickleball community aboutHitter’s and Linger is pleased withprospects for the future.

“With all businesses you want tocome out like a racehorse and have lotsof people here everyday. It’s actuallygrowing and I’m pleased with theprogress we’re making and the peoplethat are coming out. Events like thisspread the word, more and more peoplecome out,” said Kirk Linger. “I’m hop-ing by next year we’ll be full everyday. “

A tournament held at Hitter’s in Juneattracted 60 entrants and also served astrial run for the Wisconsin SeniorOlympics Pickleball on August 24-25.Hitters hopes to smash attendancerecords for the event with a goal of 200players attending.

The WSO should also be a boost forMiddleton restaurants and hotels,Linger noted.

But while pickleball players enjoyoutdoor courts during summer monthsand leave the area for the winter, canHitter’s sustain a year-long pickleballbusiness?

“They’ve just had their open houseon March 2, so we’ll see. We’re cer-tainly going to support them,” said JoeSokal.

Tennison is counting on peoplemoving from tennis and racquetball toboost his pickleball business, saidLinger. Many pickleball players findthe sport easier on their joints and mus-cles than tennis, he said.

“There’s less running than tennis be-cause of the smaller court but you stillget an active workout, said Sokal as hemopped his forehead between matches.

Having played tennis or racquetballgets a pickleball novice off to a runningstart. However, no matter a person’sbackground, the game can be learnedwithin an hour and during that timeplayers have gotten a workout andbegan to forward to their next time onthe court.


Jan StatzMeet Jan Statz: wife, mother, busi-

ness owner, outdoor enthusiast, fitnessinstructor and community supporter.Jan is the owner of Statz Design and Il-lustration, a graphic art company thatspecializes in technical illustration.

Jan was born and raised in FortAtkinson. She was one of seven chil-dren born to hardworking dairy farm-ers. Her parents, along with an artteacher from Fort Atkinson HighSchool, gave her the tools necessary –entrepreneurial spirit and specializedillustration skills – to be a successfulbusinesswoman after completing herdegree at MATC.

In 1991, after marrying her husband,Jay, the couple moved to Middleton,into the same house in which they stillreside. Jay is a certified remodeler andthe owner of Statz Construction Serv-ices, a Middleton company specializ-ing in home remodeling. They havetwo adult children. Their daughter,Ryann, 29, is married, has a six-monthold baby girl, and is a graphic artist likeher mother. Their son, Kevin, 19, is astudent at the University of Wisconsin– Madison, studying Psychology andCriminal Justice.

Jan is very active at her church, andis a member of Friends of PheasantBranch, the Humane Society, and theWisconsin Bike Federation. She is alsoa member of Harbor Athletic Club,

where she teaches BodyPump, a cho-reographed weightlifting class, andBodyFlow, a choreographed yoga andPilates combination class.

After attending fitness classes atHarbor for many years, Jan was en-couraged to go through the three tofour month training program to be-

come a certified instructor. AlthoughJan did not need the extra income, shedecided to go through the intenseprocess anyway, with the intention ofdonating all money earned as an in-structor to local causes. Since certifica-tion, Jan has donated to variousorganizations, including MiddletonOutreach Ministry (MOM), Friends ofPheasant Branch, and the Humane So-ciety.

When she is not working or teachingfitness classes, you can often find Jandoing outdoor fitness activities. Janthinks the Pheasant Branch Conser-vancy “is a gem,” and enjoys spendingtime there during all seasons. Her fa-vorite outdoor activities include biking,kayaking, snowshoeing, and cross-country skiing. Jan also appreciates thevariety that Middleton restaurantsoffer. Sofra, Prairie Café, Hubbard Av-enue Diner, and Craftsman Table andTap are among her favorites.

Stay tuned to meet more of yourGood Neighbors! In the meantime, ifyou know someone who you think is aGood Neighbor and deserves recogni-tion, email me [email protected].

Sportsplex taps into pickleball explosion by KEvIN MuRPHy

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Times-Tribune photo by Kevin Murphy

Hitters in Middleton hosted a pickleball tourament in late June.

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Jan Statz, above, is an active member of the Middleton community.

Walking into the theatre to find yourseat you immediately notice the over-flowing set that can’t be contained bythe stage’s ample curtains. You quicklyrealize you are in for something big.

Les Misérables, the world’s longest-running musical seen by over 65 mil-lion people in 42 countries, made itsenthusiastically received Middletondebut Friday, July 5 at the MiddletonPerforming Arts Center. The produc-tion, which is staged through July 13,was presented by the Middleton Play-ers Theatre under the co-direction ofThomas Kasdorf & Mathew Starika-Jolivet.

Les Misérables tells the story ofJean Valjean, who was imprisoned for19 years for stealing a piece of breadfor his starving sister’s child, and be-gins with his probationary release fromservitude by Inspector Javert. Valjeanis quickly embittered by the prejudiceshe encounters as he tries to restart hislife and would have been quickly re-imprisoned if not for the fresh startprovided him by the Bishop of Digne.Valjean then breaks his probation,changes his identity and goes on tobuild a successful new life.

However Inspector Javert never for-gets prisoner 24601 (Valjean) and isdetermined to find him and bring himto justice. Valjean’s new identity is re-vealed through several acts of altruism.Javert is in hot pursuit and nearly cap-tures Valjean when he tries to right awrong that happened to Fantine, ayoung woman who has fallen on hardtimes, while she was a worker in hisfactory. Valjean makes a deathbedpromise to Fantine to save her daugh-ter, Cossette. Valjean narrowly escapesJavert once again and goes under-ground to keep his promise. Valjeenrescues Cossette from her unscrupu-lous guardians and raises her until sheis nearly an adult and falls in love witha young revolutionary who appearsdestined for tragedy.

Les Misérables, with its elaboratesets and costumes, large ensemble,challenging musical score and chore-ography is perhaps more than a littleambitious for a local theater companyto take on. Yet Middleton Players The-atre more than delivered on all frontsand the 400-plus audience memberswere quick to stand in appreciative

ovation at the conclusion of the show. Although there were terrific individ-

ual performances, what stood out themost was the power of the full chorusand orchestra, which was especiallyevident in the company singing of“One Day More” at the conclusion ofthe first act.

The production did justice to theoriginal story and presented a seem-ingly unending stream of vignettesshowcasing moral dilemmas. For ex-ample a very important and beautifullyacted early scene depicts Jean Valjean(played by Daniel O’Dea) being ha-rassed and taken advantage of by vil-lagers and then surprisingly findinghimself the welcome guest of theBishop of Digne (played by PaulStiegler). In his bitterness and despon-dency Valjean repays the kindnessshown him by stealing from the abbeyand fleeing. He is quickly caught andreturned to the abbey to face justice.Rather than pressing charges theBishop instead corroborates Valjean’sfalse alibi and gives him additionalvaluable gifts. This act of kindness hasa profound influence on Valjean, whostarts his life anew with the intent onseeking redemption.

Overall the cast was very strong andplayed well off of each other. Vocallythere was much to admire, especiallyamong the lead male and female char-acters. Standing out among the manyvocal highlights was O’Dea’s perform-ance of “Bring Him Home,” whichwas both moving and beautiful.

Valjean (O’Dea) and the boomingbaritone Gregory Brumfield’s por-trayal of Inspector Javert were veryentertaining when going toe to toethroughout the musical, especially in“The Confrontation” song. “A HeartFull of Love,” featuring the love trian-gle of Cossette (Sheridan Hearn), Mar-ius (Chaz Ingraham) and Eponine(Kiley Hearn), was genuine. The jux-taposition of this love story against the

imminent revolution was intriguing. Standing out among the talented

supporting cast was the poignant per-formance of Kiley Hearn as Eponineand the bawdy street-wise performanceof Livvia Goff as Madame Thenardier.Paul Stiegler also shined as the Bishop

of Digne and Babet. Similarly remarkable were the per-

formances of the younger members ofthe cast, including Corrina Smith asYoung Cossette and John Marsland as

Gavroche and Sophia Bavishi asYoung Eponine.


PPERFORMINGERFORMING AARTSRTS RREVIEWEVIEW

Les Mis is larger than lifeby JOHN StAMPEN

Times-Tribune

Photo by Michelle Larson

Pictured above, Daniel O'Dea plays Jean Valjean.

See LES MIS, page 8

down sections of McCain–Feingold. “If the First Amendment has any

force, it prohibits Congress from finingor jailing citizens, or associations ofcitizens, for simply engaging in politi-cal speech,” wrote the court’s majority,suggesting money equates to speech.Specifically, the Citizens United deci-sion struck down campaign financelaws as they relate to corporations andunions.

“We had this genie in the bottle,”Feingold reflected. “McCain-Feingoldhad a system in place to prevent unlim-ited political contributions from corpo-rations and unions. It was only a dumbSupreme Court decision that changedit. I know what we had in place canwork because I’ve seen it work.”

In response to Citizens United, andafter losing his senate seat to Republi-can newcomer Ron Johnson, Feingoldfounded Progressives United. The501(c)(3) organization, which dis-closes all of its donors, has a statedmission to “ensure individual rightsand democratic principles are upheld tothe highest standards, even in the faceof the lawless Citizens United SupremeCourt decision.”

“I’m confidant Progressives Unitedwill continue to grow,” Feingold said.

But he won’t be an active part of thatgrowth – at least for a while. “As adiplomat I can’t be involved with itanymore,” Feingold said. “I foundedthe group but it will go on without me.It’s a possibility we talked about earlyon.”

THE PATRIOT ACT AND THE NATIONAL SECU-

RITY AGENCYTo some, Feingold achieved oracle

status during the recent National Secu-rity Agency (NSA) scandal. When se-cret documents leaked by former NSAcontract worker Edward Snowden re-vealed the agency has been collectingmetadata from the phone records ofmillions of Americans and had the abil-ity to surveil Internet activity, Fein-gold’s worst fears about the 2001 USAPatriot Act appeared to be coming true.

Feingold, who was the only memberof the senate to vote against the initiallegislation, said at the time the sprawl-ing act would infringe upon Ameri-cans’ civil liberties.

Specifically, Feingold took issuewith Section 215, the portion of the Pa-triot Act that authorized the NSA tocollect cell data and more for itsPRISM electronic surveillance pro-gram.

“This is precisely what I was talkingabout,” Feingold reflected last week.“This right here – this sucking up of in-formation.”

FEINGOLD VS.

WALKER?When liberal critics of Republican

Governor Scott Walker mounted an ul-timately unsuccessful recall electionlast year, Tom Barrett was tapped tochallenge the sitting governor. But Bar-rett, who had already lost to Walkerjust two years earlier, didn’t gain any

traction the second time around.At the time, many supporters of the

recall effort suggested Feingold wouldhave made a more viable opponent. Infact, Public Policy Polling in Februaryof this year reported that Feingold wasthe only major Democrat in the statewho matched up favorably againstWalker, in 2012 and in 2013.

But Feingold, who was teachinglaw, rolling out his new book andworking with Progressives United,showed no interest in entering the re-call race last year.

“I had no intention to run for gover-nor,” he said last week. “I had just fin-ished 28 years running for office and Itold my family I would take some timeoff to be a human being.”

Would Feingold consider runningfor elected office again someday? Pos-sibly.

“Maybe someday I’ll try to comeback,” he said. “Maybe. I will say thatit’s incredibly gratifying when, after 28years in public life, some people aren’tsick of you yet and even want you tocome back.”

HOPE FOR THE FUTUREFeingold’s defeat by Johnson came

during the 2010 election in which theDemocratic Party lost 63 seats in theU.S. House of Representatives and sixseats in the U.S. Senate. PresidentObama called the entire thing a “shel-lacking.”

Johnson’s campaign successfullytapped into a tidal wave of anger di-rected at Democratic incumbents. De-

spite Feingold’s well-documented his-tory of going his own way – often tothe chagrin of his party – voters oustedhim, decisively, along with his col-leagues.

Feingold said teaching law classes –at institutions including Stanford andMarquette – offered a welcome respitefrom partisan mudslinging and bumpersticker politics.

“It encouraged me,” he said. “Thestudents are hopeful and respectful. Iactually think the students I got alongwith best were the conservative onesbecause we enjoyed taking part in areal dialogue.”

It was while chatting with a law stu-dent that Feingold received a phonecall from John Kerry. The secretary ofstate wanted Feingold to help lead aninternational effort to stabilize one ofthe most volatile regions on the Africancontinent.

INTO AFRICA“I think most people in my age

group remember [Africa’s Great Lakes

region] as the setting for massivetragedies,” Feingold said. “We imme-diately think of people like Idi Amin,one of the biggest monsters in history.It’s a myth that every country in Africais like that, but in this region the prob-lems are very real.”

Feingold, working with the UnitedNations, said he plans to cutoff armssuppliers and encourage legitimategovernments.

“The goal is to see the militias with-draw,” Feingold continued. “We’ll useeconomic incentives to do it. The othercomponent has to be holding peopleaccountable; it’s important for peoplewho perpetrate war crimes to knowthey could end up in a cell in TheHague.”

Feingold will converse with presi-dents and other visible elected officialsin the Great Lakes Region, but inplaces like eastern Congo he will alsoface players nebulous and nefarious.

“This is right in the heart of Africa,”he said. “It’s a huge mess and it needsto get resolved.”


FEINGOLD continued from page 1

There were a few opening nightglitches, particularly with thesound, which have since been cor-rected. In some of the more chal-lenging scenes such as battles or inJavert’s final scene the productionstaff chose to represent these sym-bolically or indirectly, which is un-derstandable.

Middleton Players Theatre’s pro-duction of Les Misérables is a re-markable achievement. All of the

pieces are there: a terrific cast, agrand set, authentic costumes, a tal-ented orchestra and an outstandingproduction staff. Co-directors Kas-dorf and Starika-Jolivet bring all ofthese pieces together wonderfully topresent a memorable show.

Tickets are available at middle-tonplayers.com or at the door 45minutes prior to show time.

LES MIS continued from page 7You’d think at least one of them could tell you how to renew a passport.

Got government-related questions?


I am not a morn-ing person. So, Igroggily wonderwhy I am sitting inmy friend’s car at 4a.m. Saturday, June22 heading crosscountry with onlytwo hours of sleepto the Citizens Cli-mate Lobby’s FourthInternational Conference in Washing-ton D.C.

In brief, though probably not in thatgroggy moment, I clearly recognizethat the grim consequences ofunchecked human caused climatechange will create serious problems,pose serious challenges and call for se-rious action.

I do not want my children, mygrandchildren to be, my nieces andnephews to ask me, after America’sDairyland turns into America’s dry-land and America’s breadbasket turnsinto America’s unending dustbowl, “Ifyou knew this was happening, whydidn’t you do anything about it?” Iwant to tell them, “Yes, I knew that wehumans were causing dangerous dis-

ruptive climate change. Yes, I knewwith a confidence inspired by over 97percent of climate scientists who pub-lished over 97 percent of peer re-viewed climate change research thathuman caused climate change exists.And, yes, I did what I could.”

And so I do what I can and amongother things volunteer with CCL. Inparticular, that early Saturday, I forcemyself to act like a morning person andset my face toward Washington DCand the CCL conference. I do so withthe hope that by taking the serious ac-tions we can still address climatechange and avoid not only the grimconsequences of extreme weather, dis-rupted agriculture, flooding coastlinesand more but perhaps even the awk-ward questions.

The conference week beginningSunday, June 23 already looks excitingfor my carload of 4, the 33 others ofus traveling from throughout Wiscon-sin plus the 333 additional volunteersfrom across the country all heading tothe same event. We, most dramati-cally, would spend days streamingacross capitol hill from office to office.We - in face-to-face meetings withRepresentatives, Senators and staff -would press our case for a carbon-feeand dividend strategy.

But that first day on the hill becameeven more exciting than we had antic-ipated. How exciting? It was TuesdayJune 25, 2013, a day of bold calls to ac-tion in the U.S. against climate change.

On that day both President Obamaand we CCL volunteers expressed con-cern about human caused climatechange. Each explained plans to re-duce that climate change. Eachgrabbed hold of and pulled the leversof power in the nation’s capitol withintheir reach.

Widely reported over many media,Obama addressed the American publicthat sweltering hot day at GeorgetownUniversity. He pulled the large leversof power available to the President. Hedescribed several executive branch or-ders, actions and policies to reducegreen house gas emissions includingregulating CO2 from existing powerplants. He followed through signifi-cantly, if not entirely adequately, on hissecond inaugural address’ promise to “respond to the threat of climate change,knowing that the failure to do so wouldbetray our children and future genera-tions.”

Far less reported on but still impor-tant for the country and exciting forme and the 369 other volunteers at theCCL conference - we citizens ad-

dressed our legislators. We split intosmall teams to address Representa-tives, Senators and staff - regardless ofparty - that same sweltering hot day at435 of 535 total congressional offices.These teams pulled the small levers ofpower available to citizens who believedemocracy can work if exercised. Wepetitioned government for a law thatwould collect a revenue neutral annu-ally rising fee on fossil fuels at thepoint of importation or extraction cal-culated per ton of CO2 released. Weexplained that this fee would rehabili-tate the fossil fuel market by makingthose fuels’ prices more accurately re-flect the total costs of burning them.We noted how this improved pricingwould level the playing field betweenfossil fuels and renewable energy andthereby signal the market to developand deploy clean energy. We empha-sized the economic and social impor-tance of returning all revenue tomembers of the American public on aper capita basis.

Obama chose his action becausecongress has refused more comprehen-sive legislation and the time to act isnow. CCL chose their action becausewe need more comprehensive legisla-tion and the time to act is now.

Climate disruption, climate change

or, if you prefer, global warming - re-gardless of how you prefer to name itor dismiss it - poses a massive yet stilladdressable challenge for our futureand future generations. If you nameit, then Carbon-fee and dividend con-structively tackles it in a substantiveyet small-government, free-marketway. Yet even if you dismiss it, thencarbon-fee and dividend helps reduceheart and respiratory disease, acceler-ate shift to a new sustainable energyeconomy, increase energy independ-ence, improve national security, main-tain international competitiveness,create green jobs, demonstrate globalleadership and - as an incidental sidebenefit - reduce climate change by cut-ting green house gases in the atmos-phere.

The time for action is here for eachof us and our political representatives.Thousands of CCL volunteers acrossthe country and hundreds who made itto the CCL conference took action. InWisconsin you also can take action andask Senators Ron Johnson and TammyBaldwin and, for those of us residingin Middleton and Dane County , Rep-resentative Mark Pocan, to support ofcarbon-fee and dividend now. Formore inforomation visit CitizensCli-mateLobby.org.

by KERMIt HOvEy

Guest Column

Volunteers journey to DC to combat climate change

Hovey

Tuning In One of the first things that I did

when I moved to the area was to figureout which local stations to set my carradio to. I’m a fan of public radio, butwanted more jazz and culturally di-verse music to supplement their offer-ings. And I wanted announcementsabout local events and news.

When I found WORT 89.9 FM, Iwas enamored of the station and inmusic heaven. My taste in tunes iseclectic. WORT offers a veritablesmorgasbord and I’ve been feastingever since!

Last fall, when I found myself stuckin a post-Badger-football-game trafficjam, I turned on the radio, which wasset to 89.9 fm. An announcement askedfor people to answer the phones duringthe up-coming pledge drive.

Oooh, I could do that! Little did Iknow, that when I cast that thought, itwas a seed that would grow into a fam-ily of friends as well as a meaningfulway to contribute to and get to knowmy new Dane County community.

Some people think of WORT as aMadison institution. That statement istoo clique-ish for the reality that I’veexperienced. The building is there, butthe airwaves reach all of Dane Countyand beyond.

I’ve taken a donation pledge from afarmer outside of Columbus who saidhis cows love the music and from atruck driver who stopped just north ofRockford, Illinois to call in. He told methat he regretted whenever he had todrive out of range of WORT’s air-waves. I even took a pledge fromsomeone who lives out of state. Sheused to go to school here and still lis-tens by live-streaming on her com-puter.

Volunteers are the name of the gameat WORT. It’s a community radio sta-tion, after all,

not a commercial one. Participationis encouraged and supported.

If you have an idea for a show, pitchit to the Access Hour engineer, Ken Ri-neer. Every Monday night from 7-8p.m., individuals or groups host theirtheir own program. The content can bemusical or informational. Youth, aswell as adults are invited to participate.

During an interview, Ken said,“Some folks hesitate to do a show be-cause they think that they might nothave enough material to fill the hour.But, they find that time really flies.”

Access Hour isn’t designed to havethe same hosts week after week. But,people who would like to propose theirown weekly or bi-weekly show canproduce an access hour program andthen download it from the archives toan MP3 demo. The demo can be sub-mitted to the WORT programmingcommittee for consideration as a regu-lar show.

WORT is one of the few radio sta-tions that has its own news director.The current director, Molly Stenz, in-vites community members to join thenews team. Sign up through the web-site by clicking on the News & Culturetab at the top of the page. You’ll find a“send tips” link for the applicationpage and a space to type your news.

Or, if you’re out and about whennews is breaking, record the event onyour phone and send it in an MP3 file.There’s a DropBox tab to send the filesvia Soundcloud on the News & Culturehome page.

In Our Backyard (IOBY) is a newsand culture program that runs week-days at 6:30. It aims to present alter-nate viewpoints and to giveunderrepresented people a voice on theairwaves. Coverage includes local andstate news, weather and regular fea-tures. If you’d like to be part of theIOBY team, drop by the station at 118South Bedford St. in Madison to apply.

Middleton resident Steve Blank had

an interest in health related issues. He,along with Mary Moyer of Madison,co-produce Health-Writers. It airsevery second and fourth Thursday at 7p.m. Their show covers a variety ofcurrent health-related issues that theyresearch and then present via the air-waves.

Mary was a WORT listener formany years, always thinking that“someday” she’d sign up to be a vol-unteer. When she finally filed the ap-plication, volunteer coordinator GlennMitroff, asked what she was interestedin. Her work with Health and FamilyServices was a perfect fit with theHealth Writers program.

Steve extends an enthusiastic invita-tion for folks to join their team. “Rightnow it’s just Mary and I producing theshow,” he said. “It would be great tohave more people working with us.”

WORT has put significant resourcesinto building its diverse and strongteam of volunteers. Norm Stockwell,the Operations Coordinator said,“WORT works to grow the capacity ofits volunteers to do meaningful pro-graming on local issues. People whoare passionate and know about theirtopic add value to the content of theprograms.”

Musicians can bring CDs or MP3files to the station or send them care ofthe Music Director, Sybil Augustine.The Access Hour accommodates indi-vidual artists or bands who want to doa live performance.

If you enjoy using technical equip-ment, and are reliable, responsible andpunctual, WORT is currently lookingfor more volunteer sound engineers.They provide all of the training.

WORT needs folks to staff tables atlocal events, to answer phones duringpledge drives and to send thank youletters afterwards. Go to the Pitch-intab on the website to download an ap-plication if you’d like to help.

Because WORT is commercial freeradio, it depends on listener and busi-ness sponsorship. Jim Goronson is theListener Sponsor director. RachelPundsack directs Business and Foun-dation Development. Contact them tocontribute funds or incentives to useduring the pledge drives or on-air auc-tion. The station’s number is 608-256-2001.

WORT won “Favorite Local Sta-tion” at the Madison Area MusicAwards again this year. Tune in or“pitch-in” to find out why!

Photo by Ken Rineer

Middleton resident Steve Blank and Mary Moyer record a segment of theirradio show “Health Writers.” The program airs second and fourth Thurs-days on WORT, 89.9 FM.

To the editor,

About three weeks ago as I wastraveling on University Avenue, pastthe triangle in front of Walgreen’s. Inoticed what looked like weedsgrowing around the area under the“M” sign.

This is the area that displays all ofthe service clubs that are in the Cityof Middleton. I happened to men-tion this area to one of the city’sParks Department employees whowas at the Optimist Kids Fishingday at Lakeview Park on June 15.Within a week the area was clearedof weeds, and beautiful wildflowerswere showing under the sign.

I left a message at city hall thank-ing Penni Klein, Director of PublicLands for the city. When I heardback from Penni she mentioned thatthe area was cleaned upand mowed by Dino Hellenbrand,who takes great pride in caring forthe triangle as well as other boule-vard areas that are city property.This effort and many other effortsmake us all proud to be citizens ofthe “Good Neighbor City.”

One other area that has to be men-tioned is the trail that goes betweenParmenter Street and Century Av-enue. We live a block from Kromreyand travel past the trail daily. We no-tice how responsible drivers andusers of the trail are in regards tosafety. Our hats are off to all of thecity employees - keep up the goodwork!

Don Damon Past Alderman/Chair of the

Parks and Recreation Committee

Letter tothe EditorDamon praises city’spublic lands workers

Imagine losing thousands of expec-tant mothers during childbirth due tocomplications physicians in the UnitedStates would deem minor. That’s ex-actly what’s happening in Ethiopia, andit’s a problem people at the local levelare trying to solve.

This year’s Clinic At A Time RockFor Hope, which will take place Sun-day, July 14 from 1-5 p.m. at CapitalBrewery, will raise funds for a much-needed four-unit maternal health centerin Bichena, Ethiopia.

According to United Nations statis-tics, whereas there are 21 maternaldeaths per 100,000 births in the UnitedStates, there are 350 per 100,000 inEthiopia each year that are largely due

to very minor complications. LocalRN, Mulusew Yayehyirad (“Mulu” toher many friends) founded Clinic At ATime to improve health conditions inEthiopia.

Mulu was born and raised inEthiopia and witnessed the horribleconditions of the clinics and health carethere. One hundred percent of the pro-ceeds raised at this year’s Rock ForHope event will be used to build thematernal health center. To learn moreabout the project visit www.clinicata-time.org.

Enjoy live music by Madison’s ownhard roots rock reggae band Natty Na-tion and the Latin American beats ofSon Contrabando. There will also bedelicious food, crafts and fun activitiesfor the kids and, of course, CapitalBrewery’s beverages.

Capital is located at 7734 TerraceAvenue in the City of Middleton.

Natty Nation, at right, will per-form at Sunday’s Rock for Hopefundraiser in Middleton.

Photo contributed


Benefit will help build maternal health centerRock for Hopewill feature performances by Natty Nation,Son Contrabando


ceipts of departmental expenditures -the new policy would simply relievestaff from needing to seek approval fortourism expenses prior to moving for-ward with relevant purchases.

Some common council expressedconcern about the potential lack ofmonetary monitoring such a policycould promote.

Ald. JoAnna Richard (Dist. 3) con-tended that Hilbert’s recommendationserved as an “opportunity for a lack ofoversight.” As a compromise, Richardurged the council to adopt a policy thatwould mandate tourism staff to submitpre-notification for expenses, as op-posed to requiring pre-approval.

Ald. Mark Sullivan (Dist. 8) echoedRichard’s sentiments and voiced frus-tration regarding tourism commission-ers’ complaints.

“It appears that tourism is asking forexemption to a practice that we requirefor everyone else,” Sullivan com-mented. Although he remained criticalof tourism’s request, Sullivan agreed tosettle for a pre-notification require-ment.

Director of Tourism Val Steel justi-fied her department’s dissatisfactionwith pre-approval policies by empha-sizing tourism’s need to remain flexi-ble.

“I have a problem with the spontane-ity issue,” Steel said. With a pre-ap-proval mandate in place, Steel said she“would need to get a supervisor’s ap-proval while the client is waiting in[her] office.” Steel stressed that neces-sitating pre-approval could potentiallydeter clients because it hinders her de-

partment from acting on spur of themoment opportunities.

Ald. Miriam Share (Dist. 1) agreedthat the pre-approval policy would im-pede the tourism department’s activi-ties.

“It is my understanding that othermunicipalities do not have this block inplace. This is just a hindrance that isnot needed,” Share stated.

The common council ultimatelyagreed to mandate a pre-notification re-quirement in place of a pre-approvalmandate. In the event that the depart-ment must make relevant expenditures,respective staff members must offersome form of communication regard-ing their activities to the appropriatesupervising parties.

Other decisions made by the Com-mon Council at the July 2 meeting:

- The council moved forward withbus stop improvements. Improvementswill include installing shelters andlandings.

- Approval was granted for a recom-mendation to establish a favorablehealth insurance premium differentialfor employees taking a health risk as-sessment.

- Tax Increment Financing (TIF)funding was allocated to a contractamendment for engineering servicesduring construction of a water main ex-tension on the 4700-4900 blocks ofParmenter Street.

mile east of Willow Road in the Townof Middleton.

The preliminary investigation indi-cated a 1984 Harley Davidson motor-cycle driven by David W. Howes, 48,of Middleton, was travelling west-bound when it struck the deer. Howes,the lone occupant, lost control of hismotorcycle and crashed. He was notwearing a helmet and was transported

to the University of Wisconsin Hospi-tal where he was admitted with criticalinjuries.

According to the sheriff’s office, theinvestigation indicated Howes hadconsumed intoxicating beverages priorto the crash. He was subsequently ar-rested for Operating a Motor VehicleWhile Intoxicated-4th Offense.

Photo contributed

Family gathering

Pat Keller recently snapped this photo of a family of cranes in thePheasant Branch Conservancy.

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Boys team of the year:Basketball

The 2013-’14 season was supposedto be the year Middleton’s boys bas-ketball team exploded. Instead, theclimb of the Cardinals came a yearearlier than expected.

Middleton improved dramaticallythroughout the season, then stunnedtop-seeded Sun Prairie in the regionalfinals. The Cardinals’ joy ride endedin the sectional semifinals when theyfell to Madison Memorial, but it was ayear no one in the program will forget.

“Everyone said this would be ateam of primarily juniors and we’dfinish in the middle of the pack,” jun-ior guard Luke Schafer said. “Butevery day we got better and reallygelled. This was the most enjoyableteam I’ve ever been on.”

The Cardinals began the season asthe Big Eight Conference’s most inex-perienced team and were picked tofinish no higher than fifth by mostpundits. Instead, the Cardinals tied forthird place in the league and heated upin the postseason.

With the overwhelming majority ofthe team returning, Middleton’s betterdays are still coming.

“The key is to work hard, worksmart, be efficient and productive withyour time, and involve teammates,”Middleton coach Kevin Bavery saidof what lies ahead. “Have noregrets. Have a fire in your belly thatneeds to be stoked constantly and thenembrace the opportunity.

“I think we have those kinds ofkids returning and challenging tomove up. We had kids with great char-acter and goals in the classroom andfor their futures, and we have kidswho will have very high expectations

Several state tournament appear-ances — again.

Numerous conference champi-onships.

Remarkable consistency through-out the athletic department.

It was another sensational year forthe sports teams at Middleton HighSchool, where the Cardinals remark-ably seem to raise the bar every year.

Of course, some achievements rankas the best of the best. Here’s one per-son’s opinion of that list:

Girls team of the year: GolfOne year after struggling through a

miserable season, Middleton’s girlsgolf team played with both passionand precision. The Cardinals won theBig Eight Conference dual meetchampionship, then won regional andsectional titles for the first time inhead coach Jeff Kenas’ six years.

The Cardinals capped that with asolid showing at the WIAA Division 1state meet and finished sixth overall.

Middleton didn’t have a senior inits lineup, either, meaning hopes willbe extremely high for 2013.

“There is absolutely nothing wecan complain about,” Kenas saidafterwards. “This was such a greatexperience for next year.

“With everything we’ll have com-ing back, I think we’ll be disappointedif we don’t finish in the top two or topthree. That will be a goal we’ll set. Wecan’t just be happy to get here.”

Loren Skibba, one of the state’s top


Middleton’s best of the best

See BESt, page 17

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Clockwise from top: • Sheenagh Cleary helped power Middleton’s girls golf team, which finished sixth at state.• Derek Rongstad and Middleton’s boys basketball team enjoyed a thrilling season.• Isaac Mezera led Middleton’s boys cross country team to just the second conference championship in school

history.

RobReischel

freshmen, had a solid state tournamentand finished 15th individually.Sheenagh Cleary was steady, as well,finishing 35th overall.

Kelly Wassarman, Hunter Schultzand Meggie Acker also had strongyears, and should be even better thisupcoming season.

“I think we all wanted to play a lit-tle bit better than we did,” Cleary said.“But this is going to be a big help foreverybody.

“There were some nerves for a lotof us, but now we’ve got a taste of it.That’s going to really help us a lot.”

Kenas agreed.“This team has come a long ways

since last year,” said Kenas, whoseteam struggled mightily in 2011. “Wedidn’t come here expecting to winunless a lot of things really happenedto go right. But what we did was get ataste for next year.

“And the one nice thing about not

winning it is it leaves you hungrierwhen you get to next year. Gettingback here and maybe winning it all issomething I think we’ll have a chanceat.”

Honorable mention: Cross coun-try (fourth at state), swimming (fourthat state), tennis (state quarterfinals),soccer (state quarterfinals), gymnas-tics (seventh at state).


Eric Simon was prepared for almost

anything on a beautiful and sunnyFourth of July afternoon at Sorenson-Bakken Field.

The Home Talent League veteranstarted in right field and pitched thefinal four innings as Middleton ralliedfor two runs in the bottom of the eighthinning for an exciting 6-5 victory overCross Plains in a Northern Section

East Division game.Simon scattered five hits and

allowed one run with two strikeoutsover the final four innings. He relievedstarting right-hander AndrewZimmerman in the sixth inning withthe ‘29ers trailing 4-2.

Simon saysVeteran powersHTL teamby DENNIS SEMRAu

For the Times-Tribune

See HtL, page 15

Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

Eric Simon helped power Middleton’s Home Talent League team pastCross Plains, 6-5, on July 4.


Middleton fell to Sauk Prairie, 10-3, on Sunday, though and slipped to 8-4 in the division. And when BlackEarth (10-2) won a pair of weekendgames, the Bombers took control ofthe divisional race.

Still, Middleton’s win over CrossPlains — one its top rivals — providedplenty of fireworks.

Zimmerman worked five innings,allowing four runs on seven hits withtwo walks and two strikeouts. By then,though, Zimmerman had reached hispitch count.

“This is the farthest I’ve gone thisyear,” Zimmerman said. “I just hit mylimit.”

That was fine with Simon, who hada complete-game victory overMontello that was called after eightinnings by the mercy rule on June 16.

“I was happy Zim got as far as hedid,” Simon said. “I figured I could gofour innings after playing the outfield,no problem. I wasn’t worried about it.”

Neither was manager BrandonHellenbrand, whose wife Lindsey isexpecting their first child Saturday. SoHellenbrand also had Simon, whoserves as an assistant coach, ready totake over as manager in case he wasn’tavailable.

“Eric was ready for anythingtoday,” Hellenbrand chuckled.

After Middleton forged a 4-4 tie onA.J. Redders’ two-run single in thesixth inning, Cross Plains opened theeighth with consecutive singles byDrew Meinholz, Kenny Allen andRyan Pulvermacher to grab a 5-4 lead.

“Ryan’s been struggling this yearbut he does not give up,” Cross Plainsmanager Dave Sarbacker said ofPulvermacher, who had a game-highthree hits. “That’s what a veteran is forand he’s coming up big for us in bigsituations.”

But Simon retired Will Doherty ona fly ball to center fielder BrandonScheidler, whose throw to Matt

Brabender doubled off pinch runnerEthan Nelson at second base. CaseyLochner then grounded out toBrabender to end the inning.

“Obviously having Eric on themound, he’s a veteran guy. I don’t evenhave to go out and take a visit,”Hellenbrand said. “I trust everythingthat he is going to talk to the infieldersabout. I knew if they just got one (run),we’d be right there.”

Middleton went right to workagainst Allen, who moved to pitcherfrom second base in relief of leftystarter Zach Ransom. Ransom finishedthe day allowing four runs on eight hitswith one walk and five strikeouts inseven innings.

“Zach has thrown very well all sea-son. He threw well for MATC thisspring and he’s done the same thingcoming in for us,” Sarbacker said. “Hejust got to the point where he was donetoday and we had to make a change.

“Kenny threw well but they hadsome hits get through there. That’s theway the game goes.”

Allen retired Josh Hinson on a flyball to right field for the first out, butHellenbrand said the ‘29ers didn’tflinch.

“I feel we can put up one run anyinning,” he said. “If it would have beentwo or three we probably would havebeen in trouble. But to get out of (thetop of the eighth) giving up only onewas absolutely huge.”

Scheidler ignited the rally with asingle to shortstop and moved to thirdon Zimmerman’s single to right.Scheidler then scored and Zimmermanmoved to second on a wild pitch,before Redders drew a walk on fourpitches and pinch hitter Nate Drunaskybounced into a fielder’s choice at sec-ond base for the second out.

Simon said Drunasky’s hustle tofirst base to stave off a potentialinning-ending double play kept therally going.

“The rally was just hustle and agood approach at the plate,” Simonsaid. “Guys were hitting the ball.”

Drew Farrell followed with a slowroller to shortstop Brian Lochner, butPulvermacher dropped the throw tofirst base allowing Zimmerman toscore for a 6-5 Middleton lead.

“I had been hitting the ball good allday, hitting line drives at people,”Farrell said. “That’s baseball, you hit aweak one and get on base. We hadn’tbeen scoring runs so hopefully we cancarry this over to the coming weeks.”

It almost wasn’t enough whenCross Plains put the tying run at sec-ond base with two outs in the top of theninth.

Derek Layton reached base on aninfield error and then moved to secondwhen Trevor Burmeister’s ground ballup the middle was deflected by Simonto Farrell at shortstop, whose flip tosecond baseman Matt Brabender waslate.

“He just beat it,” Simon said ofLayton. “He got a great secondary leadand he beat it to second basically onthe flip. I slowed (the ball) down. I justabout had it, game’s over and I tippedit and slowed it down so Drewcouldn’t throw to first. He had to go tosecond and the guy beat it. It was acrazy game.”

Simon’s next pitch to Meinholz,though, was a check-swing bouncerback to the pitcher’s mound, whichSimon fielded and ran to first base forthe unassisted out to end the game.

“Once we got the lead, I wanted togo in there and close the door,” Simonsaid. “But we came out and were shakyon defense, too, to make it interesting.

“I didn’t want to put it in anybodyelse’s hands. Once I had it, I was goingto run it over there and take it and fin-ish the thing.”

Hellenbrand said he had no prob-lem with the final play.

“Some people might think it’s

cocky, but we’re just trying to get anout,” Hellenbrand said. “If Eric feelscomfortable that he can beat (the bat-ter) over there, take it. You just have toget outs and that’s an out and we’lltake it.”

Cross Plains fell to 4-6 despite asecond straight solid effort againstMiddleton.

“That’s twice we’ve played themthis year and played them tough bothtimes – 3-0 and now 6-5,” Sarbackersaid. “Either team could have wonboth games so we’re right there withthem. We’re only a couple of runsaway from being in first place so we’regoing to keep plugging away.”

The game was tight throughout.Simon lined a one-out single to cen-

ter field in the bottom of the firstinning and catcher Kevin Dubler fol-lowed with an RBI-double to centerfield for a 1-0 lead.

Middleton made it 2-0 in the thirdinning on Hinson’s two-out double thatscored Matt Brabender, who hadreached base on a leadoff walk.

Cross Plains then reachedZimmerman for three runs in thefourth inning after he walked the lead-off batter Burmeister, who moved tosecond on the first of Allen’s two buntsingles.

Pulvermacher doubled to right toscore Burmeister and Will Doherty fol-lowed with a two-run single to giveCross Plains a 3-2 lead.

Doherty, who will be a senior atWisconsin Heights this fall, was happyto contribute on the anniversary of hisfirst game in the league.

“We’re so close. They took advan-tage of a couple breaks and pulled itout,” said Doherty, who earned Playerof the Year honors in the SouthernCapitol Conference this spring. “Butwe’re coming together as a team.”

The Businessmen extended theirlead to 4-2 in the fifth when JeremyLochner led off with a single to right,

moved to second on Layton’s sacrificeand scored when Meinholz groundedout to third base.

But Ransom gave up back-to-backsingles to Hinson and Scheidler toopen the Middleton sixth. AfterZimmerman moved the runners upwith a sacrifice, Redders blasted a two-run single to right-center field to tie thegame at 4-4

That set the stage for an excitingfinish.

“After last Sunday, which was atough loss for us, I did some thinkingall week,” said Hellenbrand, referringto a 2-0 loss to Ashton on June 30. “Italked to the guys about just gettingback to hitting singles. Getting back tocompact swings, I think we were try-ing to do a little too much and pressinga little bit.

“We needed to get back to doingwhat we do best. The doubles andtriples and home runs will come.We’ve got to work on putting the ballin play and making things happen.”

Sarbacker said despite the disap-pointing loss, he is pleased with theprogress his team has made.

“We struggled early but we’re play-ing much better baseball now. We’rejust one or two hits away from beatingeverybody above us,” he said. “We’restarting to come together as a team.We’ve got a bunch of games left tomake up so we can still do very welland finish strong and I think we will.”

July 4Middleton 6, Cross Plains 5Cross Plains ……..…….. 000 310 010 – 5 12 2Middleton ………...……. 101 002 02x – 6 11 1

Pitching (IP-H-ER-BB-K): CP – ZachRansom (7-8-4-1-5), Ken Allen (L, 1-3-1-1-0). M– Andrew Zimmerman (5-7-4-2-2), Eric Simon(W, 4-5-1-0-2).

Leading hitters: CP – Ryan Pulvermacher3x4,Will Doherty 2x4, Kenny Allen 2x4, DrewMeinholz 2x5. M – Andrew Zimmerman 2x3,Kevin Dubler 2x4, Josh Hinson 2x4, BrandonScheidler 2x4. 2B – Pulvermacher (CP), Dubler(M), Hinson (M), JR Redders (M).

Sauk hammersMiddleton

It was ugly at the start. And itdidn’t get any better by the end.

Middleton’s Home Talent Leagueteam was routed by host Sauk Prairie,10-3, on Sunday. Middleton fell to 8-4in the Northern Section’s EastDivision and now sits two gamesbehind league-leading Black Earth.

“I feel that we played a lot betterthan the 10-3 score showed,”Middleton manager BrandonHellenbrand said. “Sauk did an excel-lent job of putting the ball in play andmaking things happen.”

Sauk pounded out 20 hits againstMiddleton starter Drew Farrell andreliever Jeff Schafer.

Farrell threw five innings, allowedsix runs. Schafer allowed four runsover the final three frames.

“Farrell threw well today, it justseemed like everything that hit theirbat found a hole,” Hellenbrand said.“They really didn’t hit him all thathard, they just found the right holes.The same thing with happened withSchafer.”

Middleton actually took a 1-0 leadwhen Josh Hinson doubled homeBrandon Scheidler in the first inning.

Sauk answered with two runs in thebottom of the second. But Middletonresponded with two more in the top ofthe third to take a 3-2 lead.

Mike Brabender singled to start theinning and Scheidler followed himwith a two-run home run to left field.

“Offensively I was pretty happy

with the way we hit the ball,”Hellenbrand said. “We had a lot ofballs hit hard right at them.”

Middleton’s didn’t score again,though. And Sauk answered with tworuns in the third, fourth, sixth andeighth innings.

Mike Brabender went 3-for-4 tolead Middleton’s offense, while KevinDubler had two hits.

“Today just wasn't our day,”Hellenbrand said.

• On deck: Middleton hostsRichland Center Friday at 7:30 p.m. atMiddleton High School. Middletonthen hosts Waunakee Sunday at 1 p.m.at Sorenson.

• Cross Plains 3, Cazenovia 2 (11)— The Businessmen prevailed in the11th when Rich Sarbacker’s RBIgame-winning single plated KennyAllen. Allen also earned the win forhost Cross Plains.July 7Middleton ……………… 102 000 000 — 3 9 1Sauk Prairie ……...…. 022 202 02x — 10 20 1

Pitchers — (ip-h-er-bb-so) — Farrell (L; 5-13-6-0-3), Schafer (3-7-4-1-1); Katzman (W; 6.2-7-3-3-4), Lenerz (2.1-2-0-0-2).

Leading hitters — Middleton — Dubler(2x4), Mi. Brabender (3x4); Sauk Prairie —Schara (3x5), Sorg (3x5), S. Koenig (3x4),Suchla (4x5), Pacholke (3x5).

HR — Scheidler; S. Koenig 2. 2B — Hinson,S. Brabender; Sorg, Pacholke.

Cross Plains 3, Cazenovia 2Cazenovia …….…… 000 020 000 00 — 2 13 0Cross Plains …..……. 002 000 000 01 — 3 7 3

Pitchers — (ip-h-er-bb-so) — J. Overlein(L; 10.2-7-3-5-7); Allen (W; 11-13-2-3-11).

Leading hitters — Cazenovia — Fish (2x5),Duren (2x6), Kowalke (3x6), Daniels (4x5);Cross Plains — Lochner (2x5).

2B — Daniels; Lochner, Pulvermacher.

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by ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune

Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

A.J. Redders and Middleton’s Home Talent League team fell to Sauk Prairie Sunday.


The Middleton Gators improbved to3-0 this season 602.5–434.5 win overMonona last Saturday.

Ryanne Woodall, Erin Gonter,Molly Warriner, Nate Lamers, ArcherParkin, Ella Graf, Caroline Hippen,Cora Mack, Andrew Lund and MichaelDraves all won two events for theGators.

In the girls 8-andunder events,Ryanne Woodall won the 25-meterfreestyle, while Olivia Bergstrom wassecond and Krista Lederer was third.Woodall also won the 25-meter back-stroke, while Claire Meudt was third.Erin Gonter won the 25-meter breast-stroke and Natalie Charles was second.Krista Lederer won the 25-meter but-terfly, while Gonter won the 100 meterIM and Natalie Charles was second.The Gators’ B relay team also won the100-meter medley relay and the A relayteam won the freestyle relay.

In the boys 8-and-under events, JackAlexander took second in the 25-meterfreestyle. Matthew Golden won the 25meter backstroke and PatrickDeCabooter was third. Ben Keith tooksecond in the 25-meter butterfly andthe 100-meter IM, while the Gators’ Arelay team second in the medley relayand also won the freestyle relay.

In the girls 9-10 events, Ella Grafwon the 50-meter backstroke andEmma Pinder was third. Hailey Barrettwas third in the 100-meter IM andRylie Bauman was third in the 50-meter freestyle. Graf also won the 50-meter freestyle, while Emma Pinderfinished third in the 50-meter breast-stroke. The Gators’ A relay team alsotook second in the medley and freestylerelays.

In the boys 9-10 events, PeterHoferle won the 50-meter freestyle,while Jack Schutte was third. NateLamers won the 50-meter backstroke,while Alex Ashley was third. NathanShaw was third in the 100-meter IM,while Lamers, Shaw and Blaise Linswept the 50-meter breaststroke.OwenMosely was second in the 50-meterbutterfly and the Gators’ A relay teamwon the medley and freestyle relays.

In the girls 11-12 events, Molly

Warriner won the 50-meter freestyle,while Julia Carr took second. AlexisBarrett won the 50-meter backstroke,while Warriner won the 100-meter IM,Annie Graf was second and MaeveGonter was third. Cora Mack, JuliaCarr, and Graf swept the 50-meterbreaststroke and Mack won the 50-meter butterfly. The Gators’ A relayteams also won the medley andfreestyle relays.

In the boys 11-12 events, ArcherParkin won the 50-meter freestyle,while Miles Worledge took second, andDrake Demetrios was third. Worledgewon the 50-meter backstroke, whileNoah Williams was third. Parkin,Demetrios and Williams swept the 100-meter IM, while Andrew Lund won the50-meter breaststroke and ThomasHosseini was third. Lund also won the50-meter butterfly and the Gators’ Arelay teams won the medley andfreestyle relays.

Caroline Hippen won the girls’ 13-14 100-meter freestyle event, whileVictoria Lin won the 100-meter back-stroke and Devon Pinder was third.Hippen, Lin and Madeline Ace sweptthe 100 meter IM, while JordanWinkler was second and MaddyMartorana was third in the 100-meterbreaststroke. Winkler was also secondin the 50-meter butterfly and theGators’ A relay teams were second inthe medley relay and won the freestylerelay.

In the boys 13-14 events, MichaelDraves won the 100-meter freestyle

and Evan Birschbach finished third.Draves also won the 100 meter IM andHarrison Bielski was second. EvanBirschbach and Kane Birschbach weresecond and third, respectively, in the100-meter breaststroke, while Bielskiwon the 50-meter butterfly and LukeDelaney was second. The Gators’ Arelay teams took second in the medleyand freestyle relays.

In the girls 15-18 events, AnnaLandgraf won the 100-meter freestyle,while Paige Prestigiacomo was second.Emily Tiedemann won the 100-meterbackstroke and Landgraf was second.Ellie Slater was second and MadelineBielski was third in the 200-meter IM,while Slater also won the 100-meterbreaststroke. Prestigiacomo also wonthe 100-meter butterfly and the Gators’A relay teams won the medley andfreestyle relays.

Nick Lund won the boys 15-18 100-meter freestyle, while Cooper Greenwas third. Green, Hans Kunsch, andLars Haskins swept the 100-meterbackstroke, while Zack Parkin tooksecond and Rory Slattery was third inthe 200-meter IM. Slattey also won the100-meter breaststroke, while JoshReddeman was second. Green won the200-meter IM, while Parkin won the100-meter butterfly and Nick Lund wassecond. The Gators’ A relay teams alsowon the medley and freestyle relays.

The Gators next host Ridgewood onSaturday.

Sports briefsFootball camp

The Middleton Youth Football Camp will be held July 22-24 from 10a.m.-noon at Breitenbach Field Middleton High School.

The camp is run by the Middleton High School football staff and sever-al varsity players.

The camp is a three-day non-padded camp for grades 4-8. The focus ofthe camp is on skill development and team play.

Grades 4-6 will have the opportunity to practice every position alongwith kicking and punting. Grades 7-8 will practice individual positions andteam play.

The camp is $70 and checks should be made payable to the CardinalGridiron Club. A camp T-shirt will be given to each individual on the lastday of camp. Cleats are strongly recommended.

To register, contact either Brad Rogeberg([email protected]) or Tim Simon([email protected]).

Opitz shinesVictoria Opitz, a former Middleton High School athlete and a

University of Wisconsin rower, has been selected to represent the UnitedStates at the World Cup 3 Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland July 12-14.Opitz will row with the women’s eight.

At MHS, Opitz was a state qualifying tennis player and also played bas-ketball and soccer.

Opitz walked-on to the UW rowing team where she earned awards asfirst-team all conference, first-team all region and first-team all-American.Opitz was also recognized with several sportsmanship awards.

After graduating, Opitz moved to Philadelphia and was awarded the2012 female athlete of the year with the Vesper Boat Club. LastNovember, Opitz was invited to join the national team selection camptraining in Princeton, N.J.

Opitz plans to continue training with the national team and hopes toearn a spot in the World Cup Championships in South Korea in August andeventually to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Boys soccer practicesMiddleton High School boys soccer captains' practices are being held

every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at the Airport Road practicefields from 8-10 a.m.

All potential players (incoming freshman through seniors) shouldattend as often as possible.

Players are asked to bring a ball, shin guards and water.

Dance team summer clinicThe Middleton Dance Team will be holding a summer clinic Aug. 12,

14 and 16 from 1-4 p.m. at Middleton High School’s Small Gym.Anyone interested in dance and will be going into grades 5-8 is invited

to participate. Each dancer will have an opportunity to try out for pom,jazz, and hip-hop.

Dancers will perform the routines they learn throughout the week onAugust 16 at 4 p.m. in a mini-recital for their friends and family.

The cost of the clinic is $75 per dancer and $50 for every additionaldancer in each family. To sign up or questions, email MHS dance teamcoach Jackie Jaucian at [email protected].

Gators top Monona

for themselves.”Those expectations were met last

year. The future is even brighter.Honorable mention: Boys swim-

ming (fourth at state), boys track andfield (conference champs, 19th atstate).

Girls coach of the year: JoeSpolar, cross country

How’s this for a going away party?Middleton girls cross country

coach Joe Spolar announced that he’dbe retiring after a brilliant 20 year-runas Middleton’s boys and girls crosscountry coach. Then, Spolar’sCardinals gave him the ultimate send-off and finished fourth at the WIAADivision 1 state meet.

“Just a lot of factors,” Spolar saidof why he was stepping away. “What Itold my team is there comes a timeyou think it’s right. We’ve got peopleinterested in carrying on the programand it just felt like the right time forme.”

Spolar, a former runner atWauwatosa East High School andlater Lawrence University, was alwaysright for Middleton.

When he took over in 1993, therewere 20 total kids in the program. In2012, there were 106 between theboys and girls teams.

Sure winning was always the goal,and Middleton did a lot of that.

The Cardinals’ girls won threestraight state titles between 1995-’97and also won the 2006 crown. In addi-tion, Middleton was second at state in2005 and finished fourth in both 2007and 2012.

Middleton’s boys were alwaysamong the Big Eight’s top teams andfinished as high as sixth at state in2001.

But those that knew Spolar bestunderstood it wasn’t just about thewins and losses. It was about keepingeveryone involved, achieving theunachievable, and turning runninginto a lifetime sport for as many kidsas possible.

“Joe had a policy that no runnerwas more important than any other,and he actually lived it daily in prac-tice,” said longtime assistant coachIsaac Mezera, who was later namedco-coach along with Cindy Bremser.“He loved working with the non-var-sity runners, helping them set goalsand work to their next PR.

“From a whole team perspective,we’re going to miss Joe quite a bit. Hewas able to make each runner feel spe-cial and therefore bring out the best inall of them.”

Honorable mention: LaurenWencel (swimming), Jeff Kenas(golf), Mary Duffy (soccer), KariSteck (gymnastics), Tara Franklin(track and field).

Boys coach of the year: IsaacMezera, track

Conference championships don’t

come around often inside Middleton’sboys track and field program. That’swhy 2013 was so special.

Mezera, who’s built Middleton’sprogram from the ground up, led theCardinals to its first Big Eight titlesince 2004 and just the second leaguetitle in school history.

Middleton scored 148 points toeasily outdistance runner-up MadisonLa Follette (113) and the rest of thefield to win the Big Eight title.

One day before the meet, Mezeragathered his team at the small gyminside Middleton High School and hadthem picture what lied ahead.

“I shut the lights off and walkedthem through the meet, includingMiddleton being announced as confer-ence champions,” Mezera said. “Wewent to the concourse where all of theconference championship banners arehung. We looked them over andnoticed MHS had only one boys tracktitle.”

While the conference champi-onship was thrilling, there were sever-al other highlights.

Middleton won a regional title andwas second at sectionals. Then theCardinals set three schools records atthe state meet and finished in a tie for19th place.

“It was a great end to a dream sea-son,” Mezera said. “We will miss allof the seniors that helped make ourgoals a reality, but we bring back anextremely talented crew for next sea-son. I’m confident this wasn’t just aone-year thing.”

Andy Keeler, who was third at statein the high jump, agreed.

“I am so proud of my team for anawesome year,” Keeler said. “And Iam excited for next season.”

Honorable mention: KevinBavery (basketball), Ken Burghy(soccer), Luke Lengfeld (swimming),Kent Weiler (wrestling), Ben White(volleyball).

Girls game of the year:Middleton 1, Waunakee 0 insoccer sectional semifinal.

It happens every postseason.A goalkeeper gets white hot, their

teammates come up big, and a surpriseteam emerges from nowhere.

In the 2013 WIAA Division 1 girlssoccer playoffs, that keeper wasMiddleton’s Meghan Ledin. And thatteam was the upstart Cardinals.

Middleton, the No. 5 seed in itssectional, used a sensational perform-ance from Ledin and stunned top-seeded Waunakee, 1-0, in a sectionalsemifinal.

Ledin notched 10 saves and cameup huge every time Middleton’sdefense slipped.

The Cardinals, meanwhile put justone shot on goal. But that was enoughas Ellen Jesse scored in the 66thminute to propel Middleton to a mem-orable win.


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On top, Joe Spolar led Middleton’s girls cross country team to a fourth place finish at state.Above, Meghan Ledin and Middleton’s girls soccer team stunned Waunakee in the sectional semifinals, and later

qualified for the state tournament.

“I’m really proud of how every oneplayed,” Ledin said afterwards. “Itwas a tough game that we all foughthard for. It was for sure one of the bestwins I’ve been a part of.”

This marked the second straightyear Middleton toppled Waunakee insectional play. In 2012, the Cardinalsdefeated the Warriors in a shootoutfollowing a scoreless tie.

In both games, Ledin was instru-mental in Middleton posting a shutout.

“Ledin made so many saves andbig saves, point blank saves and highball saves and horizontal divingsaves, that I lost count,” Middletoncoach Mary Duffy said. “I must say,Middleton has some of the most won-derful players.

“They listen to what we want themto do and put it into the game quick-ly. We can switch formations, players,etc., and they adjust quickly andsmoothly. It is wonderful to see themwork together so well right now.”

Middleton entered the game with adefense-first strategy. But theCardinals did have some randomoffensive chances, as well.

Finally, Middleton made its biggestchance of the night pay off.

Megan Sullivan played a ball toJesse, who headed it past Waunakeekeeper Rachel Griffiths at the 65:16mark.

“Megan Sullivan served a greatball into the box and it popped backinto the air off the goalie,” Jesse said.“I was in the right spot to jump up, geta head on it, and put it in the goal.

“I was so happy we were able toget a goal against them, and finish thegame in regulation. The team and Iwere so thrilled, and after that goal weknew that the game was ours.”

Boys game of the year:Middleton 75, Sun Prairie 64 ina boys basketball regional final.

Sun Prairie was the team to beat. Itwas the No. 1 seed in the sectional,champions of the Big EightConference and a prime contender toplay in the state tournament.

But Middleton spoiled thosedreams.

Middleton went to Sun Prairie for aregional final and stunned the hostCardinals, 75-64.

Middleton’s gritty-gutty pointguard Luke Schafer had 21 points,junior guard Derek Rongstad added15, and the visitors held off a late SunPrairie surge.

“There’s no fear in this team at all,”Middleton coach Kevin Bavery said.“For us, it’s about being Middleton.”

On this night, that was pretty good.Middleton led virtually the entire

way. Middleton made an impressive31-of-43 free throws (72.1%), includ-

ing 21-of-30 in the fourth quarter(70.0%) when Sun Prairie began foul-ing early to try extending the game.

And Middleton survived theattempted heroics of Sun Prairie starNick Fuller, who scored a game-high34 points — including 15 in a frenziedfourth quarter.

Just 11 days earlier, Middleton hadlost at Sun Prairie, 72-70, in overtime.Fuller forced the extra session thatnight with a 27-foot three-pointer atthe buzzer in regulation.

But this was a much different story.“We knew we could beat them,”

Schafer said. “We came within a half-inch last time. We know we’ve beengetting better and better and I thinkthat showed.”

Bavery agreed.“It’s a special group,” Bavery said.

“And they’re not ready for this thingto end.”

Girls senior athlete of the year:Darcy Dean

Dean had a terrific senior seasonand was a key cog on three extremelysuccessful teams.

Dean helped Middleton’s girlscross country team finish fourth at thestate meet. Dean was a starting guardfor the Cardinals’ girls basketball teamthat went 15-9 overall and 12-6 in theleague.

Dean was then on two standoutrelay teams during the state track andfield meet. Dean was part of the1,600-meter relay team that was thirdat state, and was on the 3,200-meterrelay team that was fourth.

“My final memories will be stand-ing on the podium, in front of about17,000 people,” Dean said. “Mymouth hurt from smiling for so long,but I didn’t even care.

“I wanted to stay up there and keepsmiling for hours. Being on the podi-um is the best feeling I’ve ever expe-rienced.”

Dean’s senior season providedmany great feelings.

“Overall, I feel so blessed to beable to run with these girls,” Deansaid. “I feel spoiled actually. We areone big family.

“Racing brings everyone so closetogether and it creates a special bond.I thought I would be sad that my highschool sports career is over, but howcan I be sad with an ending like this?”

Honorable mention: ShannonMcCauley (basketball, soccer),Meghan Ledin (soccer), Sydney Toon(volleyball).

Boys senior athlete of the year:Steven Harris.

Harris was Middleton’s top trackand field athlete this spring. He wasalso a first-team all-conference per-former for the boys soccer team lastfall.

On the track, Harris qualified forthe state meet in two relays and oneindividual event. At state, Harris fin-ished seventh in the 800 meter run


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On top, Kevin Bavery and Middleton’s boys basketball team stunnedSun Prairie in the regional finals.

Above, Darcy Dean enjoyed terrific seasons in cross country, basketballand track.

with a time of 1:53.75. That was near-ly four seconds better than Harris’time at sectionals and also broke theold school record.

Harris was also part of Middleton’s1,600 meter relay team that finishedfourth at state, and was part of theCardinals’ 3,200 meter relay team thatplaced eighth.

“I couldn’t have asked for a betteryear for the MHS program,” Harrissaid. “We have worked so hard thisyear and it shows pretty well withwinning conference and regionals andtaking second at sectionals. It’s been alot of fun watching how much successthe whole team has had this year.”

On the soccer field, Harris was adynamic forward who finished secondon the team in goals (14) and assists(18).

“I think Steven was the most dan-gerous forward in the Big Eight andone of the best anywhere,” Middletonboys soccer coach Ken Burghy said.“He could beat defenders at will andwas often double-teamed. Terrifictechnical skill and an incrediblechange-of-speed made him a constantthreat on the left wing.”

It all added up to a memorable sen-ior year for Harris.

“Our program will miss Steven,”Middleton track coach Isaac Mezerasaid. “But his presence will be felt inyears to come as he has inspired manyof the younger middle distance guys.”

Honorable mention: Jake Cain(football, wrestling, track), ReeseFelton (football, baseball), KenjiPassini (football, basketball, baseball),Jake Bunz (hockey), Derek Ott (soc-cer).

Girls breakthrough athlete:Loren Skibba, fr., golf

Loren Skibba dazzled from thestart, shined throughout the year andhad a freshman season that won’t beforgotten anytime soon.

Skibba was named second-teamall-state and helped Middleton fin-ished sixth at state.

“Loren earning second-team hon-ors was a nice end to a great freshmanseason,” Middleton coach Jeff Kenassaid. “She has immense potential, andanother year of experience and grow-ing will only help her become a moredisciplined and consistent player.”

Skibba shot a 69 in just her secondvarsity match and never looked back.

Although Skibba played No. 2 inthe lineup, she was the Cardinals’ topscorer throughout.

Skibba was 15th individually at thestate meet, third at the Beaver DamSectional and won the PortageRegional. Skibba also was medalist atthe Big Eight Conference meet, butwas disqualified due to a controversialscoring snafu.

“Players with Loren’s ability don’tcome around very often,” Kenas said.“Although her feel around the greensreminds me of another great player(Lindsey Solberg) we had here whojust finished playing four yearsat Michigan State.”

Honorable mention: GraceDouglas, fr., basketball, soccer; EmmaKarbusicky, fr., swimming; KaiseySkibba, fr., tennis.

Boys breakthrough athlete:Luke Schafer, jr., football, bas-ketball, baseball.

Schafer was already a known com-

modity in baseball before this pastschool year. But he produced terrificseasons on the basketball court and thefootball field, making him one of thetop three-sport athletes at MHS.

Schafer was a third-team all-BigEight performer on the hardwoodwhere he averaged 11.7 points pergame and had a team-best 5.2rebounds per game. Schafer was alsosecond on the Cardinals in assists(3.0) and steals (2.7).

Schafer led the Cardinals in freethrow attempts (134), free throwsmade (99) and free throw percentage(.739). Schafer also led Middleton incharges taken (eight) and improvedhis play dramatically as the year wenton.

“His second half of the season wasplayed at a clear second-team or evenfirst-team level,” Middleton basket-ball coach Kevin Bavery said. “Andwe’ve talked about having him startoff next year where he finished up this

year. He is excited for that challengeas well as being a solid senior leaderand mentor for us next season.

“His toughness and competitive-ness was there from day one, but hisability to score at the rim over biggerpeople surprised us early on. For a 6-foot guard to lead us in reboundingalso says a lot about his tenacity. Asthe season went on he became moreand more capable to knock downperimeter shots and was our bestclutch free throw shooter the secondhalf of the season.”

On the football field, Schafer threwfor nearly 1,000 yards and helped theCardinals qualify for the postseasonfor a 17th straight year. That’s tied forthe longest streak in Division 1 withHartland Arrowhead.

Honorable mention: KaseyMiller, jr., football, baseball; DemondHill, jr., football, basketball; DavisBunz, fr., hockey; Emmet Herb, fr.,golf; Brady Thomas, fr., golf.


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Clockwise, from top left:• Luke Schafer enjoyed terrific seasons in football, basketball and base-

ball.• Steven Harris qualified for state in track and had a sensational soccer

season, as well.• Loren Skibba had a memorable year in girls golf.


HONOR ROLL AND HONORABLE MENTION4th QUARTER 2012-2013 KROMREY MIDDLE SCHOOL

6TH Grade Honor Roll(3.600-4.000)Bold denotes 4.0Adams, Hazel Aguilar, Daniel Aguilar, SammyAkbar, Salaar Alcorta, Elena Andrews, MeganAntoine, Alexander Armani, LaurenAshe, AlexisBabler, Jazmyn Ballweg, KyleBatley, KaiBecker, EloraBerge, AmayaBergenthal, Robert Bertalot, Sean Bindl, Ashley Bowers, Erin Braaten, Hadley Brenton, Aaron Briggs, Jack Brunel-Hamel, Maia Burns, AbigailBuxton, Isaac Callahan, Danielle Carey, Bryce Carey, MargaretCarranza, Jennifer Cheng, Jordan Chi, MeixiDagitz, IsabelDahler, LaurenDavey, Megan DeLeo, Kristen Drane, Owens Druzba, Madison Duborgel, Tanguy Dunk, BrandonEggert, John Eichelberger, MelanieFarquhar, TiannaFischer, ErinFlock, StaciaFoth, BriannaGarlough-Shah, Isabel Germann, Megan Gilbertson, Gage Greenberg, Jack Griffith, Dylan Gundlach, KyiaHathaway, Kelly Hellenbrand, CaseyHendricks, LaurenHoffman, JosephHogendorn, Tristan Huang, StephanieHuggett, LeahJensen, Katie Joseph, Benjamin Jurgella, LukeKaplan, Allison Kim, JessicaKim, MiaKim, Sae MeeKirch-Whitmore, RachelKohlhoff, KyleeKrenke, Grace Krider, CourtneyKryshak, Nicholas Kushner, Rachel LaJeunesse, Margeaux Larson, Olivia Lauenstein, Peter Laurent, Maria Lewandowski, AidanLibert, Elizabeth Lorman, Claire Madigan, GraceMahal, Madeline Mangas, Abigail Martin, Danielle Martinez, Soren Meyer, Chloe

Miller, Samuel Mueller, Chase Newcomb, Gretchen Newcomer, Max Noughani, Hanna O’Mara-Jones, Gage Ohlrogge, Yohana Ozkan, OrhanPeters-Michaud, Eagan Porras, Nina Prestigiacomo, MaxwellPrichard, Logan Pritts, Taina Raisleger, Emily Ramirez, AlexaRamirez, Josie Reitano, Marguerite Ronnie, NicholasSaleh, Amena Scher, Benjamin Schremp, Carmen Schroeder, Ella Schuster, Bryce Shulla, Michael Smith, Connor Speth, Adriana Struck, Alexander Sullivan, Andrew Taylor, EmilyThayer, Brynn Thomas, Chandon Thomas, Zachary Trinrud, Raina Wagner, Jenna M Wagner, MadelinnWard, Ethan Warriner, Amalia Weber, Gabrielle Whitford, Josiah Wiegand, Kayla Williams, Noah Wodzro, Stuart Yan, AltonZambrano, Angel Zheng, Susanna Zillner, BlakeZimmerman, Megan Zocher, McKenzie Zopf, IsabellaZweber, Jakob

Honorable Mention(3.400-3.599)Balderas Hidrogo, Luz Burck, Anders Culp, Joseph Dillon, Grace Dohse, Tyler Donndelinger, Hailey Gamer, Weston Hanson, Luke Harris, Quinn Jarman, Emily Jessie, Briana Long, Cassidy Monreal, Hayle Monroe, Terra Parkin, Archer Pauly, Gregory Rahman, Melina Regan, Cameron Robinson, Mitchell Rocero, Isaiah Kyle Simani, Nora Teodorescu, Alexander Wirkus, Wyatt

7th Grade Honor Roll(3.600-4.000)Bold Denotes 4.0Acker, Brooke Asmus, NatalieBachmeier, Heidi Balaji, RohitBanke, Lauren Bauer, BrysonBekasova, Katherine Bick, Shane Bills, Haley Borden, Nathan Boswell, Paris

Bresnahan, KarenBrophy, Ashley Bucheit, Benjamin Buenfil, ClaireCallahan, MadeleineChen, GraceChmielewska, LillianCole, Chloe Cory, Emily Cownie, Clara Crisp, Anders Cryns, Henry Cushman, Brett Cushman, PaytonDai, Haiwen DeLeo, Tara Demitrios, DrakeDiaz Tinoco, Samantha Dower, Payton Epstein, Natalie Feldt, Jacob Fortney, Ryan Fosdick, KatiyaFrye, Owen Fumusa, Ian Goeden, Emery Grande, Sophia Guse, CalvinHall, Zack Harris, Ashley Hellenbrand, Nora Henry, Allison Herder, Lauren Hoskins, Jacob Jackels, Anna Jackels, Lily Jaeger, Samuel Jeje, Moubarak Katovich, GavinKoistinen, Koby Konishi, ShukaLee, Youn Joo Liegel, ColinLjumani, Izabella Lohrei, Veronica Mackey, Eleanor Manna, PiyasaMartin, Hunter Matejka, RachelMayers, MarieMcKean, Casey McKersie, Sydney Melum, Logan Mettel, Kaden Mintz, Madeline Moser, Macey Ohlrogge, Iris Olszewski, Athena Opitz, Peter Orr, Alexus Ostlie, Andrew Pagel, JacksonParkin, Molly Pence, Morgan Peterman, Jacob Peterson, Grace Pierobon Mays, Chiara Pollard, NoahPowers, RobertsonPuchalski, Lindsay Quan, Qiuwen Rader, Erika Rader, Jack Regan, Quinlan Richards, Allison Riddle, Alec Roberts, Stanley Parker Robertson, JillianRoden, Alan Roden, Isabel Rongstad, Mallory Roquet, Davis Rose, Griffin Ross, Carley Ruhly, Shea Salgado, Josie Schafer, Sophia Schmitt, Brady Shi, HuiShoemaker, Olivia Sinha, Dhruv

Smink, Mark Smith, HailieSmith, SamanthaSomasundaram, Nitin Spellman, Cami Spevacek, NicholasSquires, Anne Steele, Brendan Sue, Charlotte Taylor, Eleanor Taylor, Henry Thao, KengThompson, Lauren Ticknor, Joel Tillett, Zoe Tung, Anton Valentine, Seth Veeramani, BalajiWaddell, Eliot Waleffe, DerekWarholic, Alexander Wiltzius, Nathaniel Witkovsky, Merete Worth, JessicaYu, KirstinZucker, Andrew

Honorable Mention(3.400-3.599)Ball, Taylor Bnyat, Shareef Brunker, Brogan Callaci, Sophia Eid, Emily Gallay, Blake Gold, Samuel Katovich, Jaime Lamers, Jacob Lynch, Nicholas Regele, Zola Rodriguez, Dale Adrian Schramm, Hayden Shaw, Lydia Thompson, Abigail Thompson, Ruth Vergenz, Brian Vitale, Daniel Wilson, Ruby

8th Grade Honor Roll(3.600-4.000)Bold Denotes 4.0Adams, CardellAranda Sanchez, Andrea Aranda Sanchez, Brenda Armstrong, MeghannBenedict, Tyler Berryman, ElizabethBeyer, Emily Blank, LewBoettinger, ElizabethBoorstein, SophieBourne, Finnian Bowers, RileyBresnick, Ellen Briggs, Katy Buck, Jane Callahan, Lindsay Chang, Allen Chiaro, Lillian Clay, Spencer Collin, ChristianCrump, Johanna Culp, Ryan Cushman, Matthew Dagitz, MadisonDillard, Walter Dunk, RyanFink, Katherine Fischer, Kelsey Florin, Courtney Galang, Isaac Geanon, Christopher Gebert, RyanGibson, Maya Gowda, Madhu Grindle, Molly Habib, Arshad Hanson, Isaac Harris, Benjamin Heck, Kirby

Hendrix, Chloe Hendrix, Simone Hershberger, DanielHoffman, EmmaHogendorn, Colin Hujanen, Alexandra Joseph, Talia Jurgella, Kathleen Kaplan, Julia Kim, Cha Mee Kodali, Rohan Kostecki, Lucas Krigbaum, Olivia Land, RyanLarson, Morgan Ledin, Daniel Levy, Adam Lewis, Benjamin Lonetree-Miller, Helena Lorfeld, Rebecca Mackey, Kim Matejka, SarahMcCann, Anthony McCarthy, MaryMcCarthy, William McDonald, Taylor Mead, Kelly Meyer, Abigail Miles, Morgan Millan, DanielleMueller, Willem Opland, Tage Pflasterer-Jennerjohn, MadelinePhillips, Madison Pincombe, MorganPolache, Don Jun King Pope, MadelinePorras, EvaPyle, Mason Quintin, Anitha Raisleger, Maxwell Reikersdorfer, KristenReiss, George Rozum, JacobSacchetti, Eric Salyapongse, AriaSeerha, Simrnjit Shaw, Keaton Shea, Maya Sigmon, Parker Smith, Jackson Sorenson, Margaux Soukup, Ashley 00Spitler, Cole Stajkovic, Edwin Stephan, Karl 50Thomas, AlexisVander Sanden, Bryce Vergenz, LauraViegut, Amelia Warda, EliseWettstein, Sara Wiegand, ShannaWilliams, Clara Marie Xie, MichaelZawadzki, Karolina Zeinemann, Nicholas Zopf, SamuelZoroufy, Luke

Honorable Mention(3.400-3.599)Bobadilla Sandoval, Raimundo Dalgety, Storm Eckard, Katerina Fisher, Hanna Gonzalez, Paula Haberkorn, Noah Martin, Brendon Mukherjee, Rohin Narowetz, Morgan Nate, Lexi Scher, Jacob Shaten, Michael Smith, Samuel Thompson, Jada Venkatesh, Renu Wirkus, Camille

Kromrey announces latest honor roll


Miller, Colleen M, 46, Waunakee,WI 53597, 07/11/2011, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $88.80

Mirenda, Julie A, 24, Saint Francis,WI 53235, 06/23/2011, Motor vehicleliability insurance required, $10.00

Montes Xelhua, Fernando, 29,Fitchburg, WI 53711, 07/03/2011, Ex-ceeding Zones and Posted Limits,$114.00

Montes Xelhua, Fernando, 29,Fitchburg, WI 53711, 07/03/2011, Op-erating w/o a Valid Driver’s License,$114.00

Montes Xelhua, Fernando, 29,Fitchburg, WI 53711, 07/03/2011,Motor vehicle liability insurance re-quired, $10.00

Moodie, Daniel R, 46, Sun Prairie,WI 53590, 06/30/2011, Speeding 55MPH Zone, $88.80

Mora, Christian A, 20, Madison, WI53711, 06/22/2011, Operating afterrevocation, $114.00

Mujanni, Ammar N, 19, Middleton,WI 53562, 06/26/2011, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $88.80

Mulcahy, Kevin A, 26, Madison, WI53719, 06/30/2011, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $139.20

Nelson, Corey D, 18, Cross Plains,WI 53528, 06/27/2011, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $88.80

Nispel, David H, 59, Middleton, WI53562, 07/03/2011, Motor vehicle lia-bility insurance required, $10.00

Norton, Benjamin J, 34, Madison,WI 53717, 06/28/2011, Operating ve-hicle without insurance, $114.00

Nwachukwu, Vitalis O, 34, Madi-son, WI 53714, 07/04/2011, VehicleRegistration Revoked/Suspended/Can-cel, $0.00

Nwachukwu, Vitalis O, 34, Madi-son, WI 53714, 07/04/2011, Operatingvehicle without insurance, $0.00

Okafo, Jeff A, 34, Madison, WI53713, 06/30/2011, Operating whileSuspended, $114.00

Okafo, Jeff A, 34, Madison, WI53713, 06/30/2011, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $139.20

Olson Mchenry, Missy M, 31, Mid-dleton, WI 53562, 07/04/2011, VehicleRegistration Revoked/Susp/Cancelled,$88.80

Olson Mchenry, Missy M, 31, Mid-dleton, WI 53562, 07/04/2011, Operat-ing vehicle without insurance, $114.00

Opahle, Nicole C, 38, Prairie DuSac, WI 53578, 05/12/2011, Speeding55 MPH Zone, $114.00

Opalewski, Michael G, 30, Madi-son, WI 53714, 07/11/2011, SeatbeltRequired Oper/Pass, $10.00

Orkowski, Jason John, 45, Verona,WI 53593, 06/30/2011, Non Registra-tion, $88.80

Ouk, Rutta, 18, Fitchburg, WI53713, 07/06/2011, FTS/ImproperStop at Stop Sign, $88.80

Ouk, Rutta, 18, Fitchburg, WI53713, 07/06/2011, Operating whileSuspended, $114.00

Parks, Coty Allen, 22, Middleton,WI 53562, 06/30/2011, Non Registra-tion, $0.00

Patel, Rajal C, 26, Madison, WI53703, 06/28/2011, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $88.00

Pawlak, James P, 64, Burlington, WI53105, 07/02/2011, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $88.00

Perez, Jesus Antonio, 21, Middleton,WI 53562, 07/03/2011, OperatingWhile Suspended, $114.00

Perez, Jesus Antonio, 21, Middleton,WI 53562, 07/03/2011, Operating ve-hicle without insurance, $114.00

Peterson, Mimi D, 19, Middleton,WI 53562, 06/09/2011, VaccinationDogs & Cats, $114.00

Purvis, Eamon R, 28, Middleton, WI53562, 07/02/2011, Seatbelt RequiredOper/Pass, $10.00

Quamme, Linda M, 50, Middleton,WI 53562, 07/02/2011, Seatbelt Re-quired Oper/Pass, $10.00

Reger, Callie R, 24, Madison, WI53717, 07/02/2011, Non Registration,$88.00

Reilly, William Kenneth, 19,Verona, WI 53593, 07/12/2011, Inat-tentive Driving, $76.20

Retallick Ii, Charles W, 19, Middle-ton, WI 53562, 07/02/2011, SeatbeltRequired Oper/Pass, $10.00

Rice, Jacob T, 31, New Glarus, WI53574, 06/25/2011, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $88.00

Rickey, Cornelia S, 51, Madison, WI53705, 06/30/2011, Method of GivingSignals, $88.80

Ringelstetter, Jamie T, 19, Prairie DuSac, WI 53578, 06/25/2011, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $114.00

Ringelstetter, Jamie T, 19, Prairie DuSac, WI 53578, 06/25/2011, Motor ve-hicle liability insurance required,$10.00

Roberts, Kenneth J, 67, Belleville,WI 53508, 06/15/2011, Non Registra-tion, $88.80

Rock, Bennett I, 29, Madison, WI53705, 06/16/2011, Non Registration,$0.00

Roessler, Stephanie M, 28, CrossPlains, WI 53528, 06/28/2011, NonRegistration, $88.80

Roessler, Stephanie M, 28, CrossPlains, WI 53528, 06/28/2011, Operat-ing vehicle without insurance, $114.00

Ryan, Gerald T, 48, Spring Green,WI 53588, 07/11/2011, Motor vehicleliability insurance required, $10.00

Schaafsman, Stephanie C, 24, RiverFalls, WI 54022, 07/10/2011, Speeding55 MPH Zone, $88.80

Schlueter, Joel R, 40, Madison, WI53704, 07/07/2011, Non Registration,$88.80

Schlueter, Joel R, 40, Madison, WI

53704, 07/07/2011, Motor vehicle lia-bility insurance required, $10.00

Schreiner, Scott M, 37, West Allis,WI 53214, 07/10/2011, Seatbelt Re-quired Oper/Pass, $10.00

Scott, John L, 40, Waunakee, WI53597, 06/25/2011, Non Registration,$88.80

Selmer, Rhonda L, 44, Madison, WI53704, 06/27/2011, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $139.20

Selmer, Rhonda L, 44, Madison, WI53704, 06/27/2011, Operating whileSuspended, $114.00

Semenas, Jeff J, 35, Middleton, WI53562, 07/08/2011, Non Registration,$88.80

Semenas, Jeff J, 35, Middleton, WI53562, 07/08/2011, Operating w/o aValid Driver’s License, $76.20

Semenas, Jeff J, 35, Middleton, WI53562, 07/08/2011, Unlawful TrespassPrivate Land or Building, $114.00

Shaub, Tyler J, 26, Madison, WI53714, 07/10/2011, Motor vehicle lia-bility insurance required, $10.00

Siddell, Neal W, 20, Waunakee, WI53597, 07/04/2011, Speeding 55 MPHZone, $88.80

Sieder, Michael S, 36, Madison, WI53713, 05/04/2011, Operating WhileIntoxicated, $731.00

Sieder, Michael S, 36, Madison, WI53713, 05/04/2011, OperatingWith/PAC .08-.099, $0.00

Sieder, Michael S, 36, Madison, WI53713, 05/04/2011, Deviation fromDesignated Lane, $88.80

Sillay, Karl A, 40, Middleton, WI53562, 06/28/2011, Non Registration,$88.80

Skinner, Neil W, 36, Cross Plains,WI 53528, 06/28/2011, Seatbelt Re-quired Oper/Pass, $10.00

Smoody, Christopher G, 20, Marke-san, WI 53946, 06/24/2011, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $88.80

Sripolnok-Ihm, Khanittha, 29, Wau-nakee, WI 53597, 07/14/2011, Exceed-ing Zones and Posted Limits, $114.00

Stafford, Megan L, 27, Middleton,WI 53562, 06/20/2011, HR Unat-tended Vehicle, $177.00

Stafford, Megan L, 27, Middleton,WI 53562, 06/20/2011, Failure To Re-port Accident, $177.00

Stafford, Megan L, 27, Middleton,WI 53562, 06/20/2011, FTS/ImproperStop at Stop Sign, $88.80

Stafford, Megan L, 27, Middleton,WI 53562, 06/20/2011, Intoxicant InMotor Vehicle Driver Drink, $177.00

Stake, Neal R, 34, Middleton, WI53562, 06/29/2011, Operating vehiclewithout insurance, $114.00

Stake, Neal R, 34, Middleton, WI53562, 06/29/2011, Non Registration,$88.80

Stake, Neal R, 34, Middleton, WI53562, 06/29/2011, Motor vehicle lia-bility insurance required, $10.00

Stanley, Gabrielle Elise, 42, Wauna-kee, WI 53597, 06/29/2011, Non Reg-istration, $0.00

Storslee, Mark Steven, 28, Char-lottesville, VA 22902, 07/01/2011,Speeding 55 MPH Zone, $88.00

Streety, Tremayne T, 32, Middleton,WI 53562, 06/24/2011, Resisting orObstructing Officer, $429.00

Suess, Tami J, 32, Madison, WI53711, 07/06/2011, Operating whileSuspended, $114.00

Suess, Tami J, 32, Madison, WI53711, 07/06/2011, Non Registration,$88.80

Suess, Tami J, 32, Madison, WI53711, 07/06/2011, Vehicle Registra-tion Revoked/Suspended/Cancel,$88.80

Suess, Tami J, 32, Madison, WI53711, 07/06/2011, Operating vehiclewithout insurance, $114.00

Supple, Amy E, 41, Verona, WI53593, 06/28/2011, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $114.00

Tarrow Jr, Arthur B, 67, Middleton,WI 53562, 06/30/2011, Traffic ControlSignal Violation red, $88.80

Teigen, Benjamin L, 24, Madison,WI 53705, 07/10/2011, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $139.20

Thompson, Darwin L, 65, Madison,WI 53704, 06/27/2011, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $88.80

Thompson, Quintina M, 28, Middle-ton, WI 53562, 06/25/2011, Operatingvehicle without insurance, $0.00

Thompson, Quintina M, 28, Middle-ton, WI 53562, 06/25/2011, Operatingwhile Suspended, $0.00

Thronson, Amy M, 40, Hollandale,WI 53544, 06/30/2011, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $88.80

Tomany, Cody J, 21, Madison, WI53704, 07/05/2011, Operating vehiclewithout insurance, $114.00

Torres, Cesar, 31, Evansville, WI53536, 06/30/2011, Seatbelt RequiredOper/Pass, $10.00

Trochlell, Sharon A, 45, Oregon, WI53575, 06/30/2011, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $88.80

Troutman, Thomas K, 49, Wauna-kee, WI 53597, 06/30/2011, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $88.80

Tucker, Jasmine M, 20, Madison,WI 53717, 07/03/2011, Vehicle Regis-tration Revoked/Suspended/Cancel,$88.80

Tucker, Jasmine M, 20, Madison,WI 53717, 07/03/2011, Operatingwhile Suspended, $114.00

Tucker, Tevaris R, 18, Middleton,WI 53562, 06/06/2011, Possession ofControlled Substance, $114.00

Velazco Mendoza, Tomas, 24, Fitch-burg, WI 53713, 06/29/2011, Operat-ing while Suspended, $114.00

Velazco Mendoza, Tomas, 24, Fitch-burg, WI 53713, 06/29/2011, Operat-ing vehicle without insurance, $114.00

Verburgt, Soojin J, 40, Madison, WI53719, 07/10/2011, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $88.80

Verburgt, Soojin J, 40, Madison, WI53719, 07/10/2011, Operating vehiclewithout insurance, $0.00

Verburgt, Soojin J, 40, Madison, WI53719, 07/10/2011, Motor vehicle lia-bility insurance required, $10.00

Voigt, Jessie M, 22, Madison, WI53726, 07/10/2011, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $114.00

Voigt, Jessie M, 22, Madison, WI53726, 07/10/2011, Motor vehicle lia-bility insurance required, $10.00

Wallace, Brianna Alena, 19, Middle-ton, WI 53562, 07/10/2011, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $88.80

Ware, Tekeisha L, 21, Middleton,WI 53562, 07/04/2011, Intoxicant InMotor Vehicle Driver Drink, $114.00

Ware, Tekeisha L, 21, Middleton,WI 53562, 07/04/2011, Non Registra-tion, $88.80

Ware, Tekeisha L, 21, Middleton,WI 53562, 07/04/2011, Resisting orObstructing Officer, $429.00

Welch, Marcia D, 65, Fitchburg, WI53719, 06/30/2011, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $88.80

Welsh, Tiffany N, 26, Sun Prairie,WI 53590, 06/30/2011, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $88.80

Welsh, Tiffany N, 26, Sun Prairie,WI 53590, 06/30/2011, Motor vehicleliability insurance required, $10.00

Weyenberg, Keri J, 34, Madison, WI53714, 07/08/2011, Motor vehicle lia-bility insurance required, $10.00

White, Niaisha Aline, 27, Middle-ton, WI 53562, 06/26/2011, Operatingwhile Suspended, $114.00

White, Niaisha Aline, 27, Middle-ton, WI 53562, 06/26/2011, Operatingvehicle without insurance, $114.00

Williams, Taurus Racio, 22, Madi-son, WI 53713, 07/03/2011, Speeding55 MPH Zone, $88.80

Williams, Taurus Racio, 22, Madi-son, WI 53713, 07/03/2011, Operatingvehicle without insurance, $114.00

Wilson, Lynne P, 48, Middleton, WI53562, 06/23/2011, Non Registration,$88.00

Wilson, Lynne P, 48, Middleton, WI53562, 06/23/2011, Motor vehicle lia-bility insurance required, $10.00

Windels, Katherine R, 26, CrossPlains, WI 53528, 06/28/2011, AutoFollowing Too Closely, $177.00

Winn, Brian D, 42, Middleton, WI53562, 06/25/2011, Motor vehicle lia-bility insurance required, $10.00

Young, Ruthanna N, 52, Madison,WI 53711, 06/28/2011, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $88.00

Zegarra, Pamela N, 24, Middleton,WI 53562, 07/10/2011, Seatbelt Re-quired Oper/Pass, $10.00.

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