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City tax rate to stay flatThe City of Middleton is be-

ginning its budget deliberationprocess. The budget requestbook was distributed September

2 and the finance committeebegan its budget deliberationsone week later. Following thefinance committee’s delibera-tions the common council willbegin their budget deliberationson October 7.

The estimated mill rate for2016 based on requests is pro-jected to be a zero percent in-crease. While the calculationfor the mill rate accounts for anearly ten percent increase inexpenses for all operations, the

city’s debt service will see a de-crease of nearly 25 percent, ineffect leveling the city’s rev-enues and expenses in 2016.

In the preliminary budgetrevenue and expenses come toan equal $23,620,360. The

method the finance committeeused to estimate the 2016 baseoperating budget requests takesthe lesser of either the 2014 ac-tual operating costs or the 2015operating budgets, referred to asthe lower of the calculation.

For revenue, the lower of thecalculation is $21,777,978 with$1,842,382 in decision items forthe finance committee and com-mon council to deliberate on.For expenses the lower of the

by CaMERon BREn

Times-Tribune

BUDGET PREVIEW

Early projections show no increase in the City of Middleton’s mill rate

See taXES, page 8

Celebrating heritage

Burned?

Times-Tribune photo by Matt GeigerKarina De Lira with her sons, Peter Campos Ayala and David Campos Ayala.

Karina De Lira awoke witha cough and smelled smoke.In the pre-dawn gloom, shesaw her young daughter stand-ing in the doorway of theirsecond floor apartment onAllen Boulevard.

“She was scared,” said DeLira, using her sister-in-law,Evelyn Cerez, as an inter-preter.

“There were peoplescreaming and yelling forhelp,” she added.

De Lira, who had arrivedhome from work shortly after1 a.m. and gone to sleep,grabbed her three children and

headed for the door.“When [I] opened the door,

the smoke came, the fire cameright at [me],” she recalled.

They slammed the door andheaded to the balcony. Facedwith a crushing decision, DeLira picked up one of her sonsand readied to drop him fromthe second-story to the relativesafety of the ground below. Itwas, she thought, the only wayto escape.

De Lira said her son, in thefog of sleep, begged her notto.

That’s when the MiddletonFire Department arrived, res-cuing De Lira and her childrenwith the assistance of a ladder.

But that was only the begin-

ning of the difficulties facedby four local families thatwere displaced by the blaze,which broke out shortly after5 a.m. at Forest Harbor Apart-ments on September 6.

One adult tenant broke herankle jumping from the bal-cony. An infant was treated forsmoke inhalation.

And when the smoke hadcleared, they were left withoutclear answers about where togo for the nearly two-monthperiod while their fire-ravagedapartments were restored.

What followed was a stringof misunderstandings, accord-ing to the property’s managingcompany, the Madison Devel-

Local families say they had nowhere to turn following apartment fire on Allen Boulevardby Matt GEIGER

Times-Tribune

See more images from Pope Farm Heritage Day on page 2.

See FIRE, page 5

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Times-Tribune photos by Matt Geiger

A beautiful day at PopeFarm Conservancy

Families gathered Sunday, Sept. 20 for Heritage Day at Pope Farm Conservancy, learningabout the history of the land and its people and animals. Top left, from left to right, Kerry, Cora,Eric and Lilly Schueffner (whose birthday it was) have a picnic in the sun. Above, Ed Boswell,of the University of Wisconsin Soil Science Department, prepares his education station. On thefront page, Janie and Matt Starzewski enjoy time with their daughters, Evie and Maddie.

The Middleton-Cross PlainsArea School District has ap-proved raising taxes for the2015-2016 school year, thoughthe increase will not be quite ashigh as in previous years.

The total projected budgetpresented at the board’s Sep-tember 21 meeting, coming inat $77.8 million, is slightly lessthan last year’s budget: Cuts ul-timately reduced the projec-

tion by $386,848.

And while the District antic-ipates receiving an esti-mated $11.7 million in Stateaid, Treasurer Linda Yu re-ported that this amountis 15.57 percent lessthan what Middleton-CrossPlains received from thestate last year.

“State general aid has de-clined over the past few years,”she said, making the District’scontinued reliance on tax levies“very evident.”

In addition to the $11.7 mil-lion in State aid, the District an-ticipates a further $2 million infederal aid and $4.3 million infees and miscellaneous revenue.However, subtract $7.4 millionin needed debt maintenance,

community service funds andcapital funds, and the District isleft with over $67 million in op-erational and additional coststhat still need to be funded. AsYu reported to the school board,“something’s got to give.”

The burden to taxpayers,however, will not be as heavy asin prior years. The $67,041,129tax levy the board approvedrepresents a 3.05 percent in-crease from the District’s taxlevy of 2014; however, Yunoted, “there was an increase of6.5 percent in that taxlevy” from 2013. So while taxesare going up, their rate of accel-eration has slowed - percentage-wise - by more than half.

In household dollars, the im-

pact on the taxpayer wouldmean an increase in the Dis-trict’s mill rate, or tax dollars forevery $1,000 of fair marketproperty value, to 11.68. Inother words, a home with a fairmarket value of $200,000would be levied an estimatedschool tax of $2,336 - an in-crease of $34 from last year.

Yu also pointed out that fairmarket values within the Mid-

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out with the old?

Randy Bruce of Knothe &Bruce Architects and Ter-rence Wall, President andCEO of T. Wall Enterprises andUptown Middleton, LLC, pre-sented plans at the September

22 Middleton Plan Commissionmeeting to redevelop the OldMiddleton Centre into an up-dated, mixed use facility. Thenew Middleton Center - justdrop “Old” from the name andflip the “r” and the “e” in Cen-tre - would include apartments,office and commercial space,plenty of parking and a publictown square.

“We kind of lack, downtown,a focal point,” said Wall.

The town square they hope

to build for the city will providespace for art fairs, farmer’s mar-kets, concerts and other recre-ation, creating “an attractivedraw for the whole downtown.”

In addition to the park, theirplans for the space betweenElmwood, Hubbard and TerraceAvenues at Parmenter Street in-clude seven multi-story build-ings featuring 206 apartmentunits, underground and street-level parking, office suites andretail shops. Bruce outlined a

three-phase plan for the rede-velopment which would com-mence in the spring of 2016 andconclude in 2018. The Old Mid-dleton Centre buildings wouldremain operational during thefirst phase, withdemolition slated to begin in thespring of 2017.

The new buildings, linked bygreen spaces and pedestrianwalkways, will feature designelements that incorporate exist-

School district budget approved

by R.L. CaMPBELL

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by R.L. CaMPBELL

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File photo

Bob Green throwshat in the ring forcounty board seat

Bob Green, a Cross Plains resident and president of the Mid-dleton-Cross Plains Area School District Board of Education,has filed paperwork for the District 28 Dane County Board seatrecently vacated by Abigail Wuest. Green has served on thelocal school board for 12 years and said he would keep that seatif appointed to the county board. “I want to make sure the con-cerns of people who live in our county district are addressed,”he said. “The county’s concerns are always different from thoseof the city.”

A public hearing on the 28th District vacancy will be held onTuesday, October 6 at 6 p.m. in the Step Room of the WisconsinHeights High School, 10173 US-14 in Mazomanie.

Wall wants toreimagine OldMiddleton Centre

Spending is down, but so is state aid

See oLD, page 11

See SCHooL, page 11

CHURCH NOTES


GaGa Ball is a form of dodgeball that’s normally played in a“Pit.”

The game’s roots originatedin Israel. The word “Ga” meansHit or Touch, so “Ga-Ga”means “Hit-Hit.”

There are several variationson exactly how the game isplayed, the following rules arethe most common and fair,while keeping the game com-petitive and fun:

1. To start, everyone in the pitmust be touching the wall.Someone tosses the ball in thecenter of the pit, and it mustbounce twice on the ground. Asit bounces, everyone can say“Ga” for each bounce. After the

second bounce (“Ga-Ga”), theball is live.

2. Slap-hit the ball with yourhand, aiming it at anotherplayer’s leg at the knee orbelow. If the ball hits or touchesanyone at the knee or below,that player is out and must exitthe pit. At any time, if a playermakes any type of contact withthe ball at the knee or below,that player is out.

3. Anytime the ball goes outof the pit, the last person theball touched is out.

4. You can only hit the ballone time until it either touchesanother player or the wall, thenyou are able to hit it again. Youcan bounce the ball against the

wall to position it if necessary;and, you can move around any-where inside the pit during thegame.

5. The game ends when thelast person is eliminated or tospeed up the end of the game,the last few players can begiven a count-down for a tiegame. Once the game is over,everyone else re-enters the pit tostart a new game.

6. You can add variations tothe game such as playing withmore than one ball, play inteams, expand the ‘hit’ area toabove the knee, catching theball to eliminate the person thathit it, and any other variationyou can come up with.

Times-Tribune photos by Matt GeigerClockwise from top left: Alec Hanson spearheaded the project with help from his fellow

Scouts; Alec’s sister, Jessica Hanson, who first gave Alec the idea, plays a game of GaGa Ballwith Sarah Wood and Elodie Knoche; Alec had the support of his family, from left to right: Jes-sica Hanson, Tamie Hanson, Jeff Hanson and Alec Hanson.

Alec Hanson, of Boy Scout Troop 640, has constructed a newGaGa Ball Pit in Settlers Prairie Park in the Town of Middleton

A guide to GaGa Ball


Using humor to make sense of the lawWhen the first volume of

Elizabeth Russell’s book, ArtLaw Conversations: A Surpris-ingly Readable Guide for VisualArtists (Ruly Press 2005) waspublished in 2005, there werefew resources available forartists seeking information onthe business and legal side oftheir profession.

That first book, written justfor visual artist’s, became class-room reading in several univer-sities across the country. “Itwasn’t intended for that pur-pose,” said Russell.

Russell’s intention was totake the complicated legal is-sues, including copyrights andcontracts, and to put them in un-derstandable terms for theartists.

“I kept getting feedback thatit wasn’t just visual artists whoneeded this information, butthat everyone in the creativedisciplines would benefit fromit.”

In 2014, she published hersecond book, Arts Law Conver-sations: A Surprisingly Read-able Guide for Visual Artists.The content was expanded andthe format changed to work as acollege text as well as a guidefor individual artists.

Art Law Conversations is or-ganized as 52 separate conver-sations between you, thereader/artist, and a lawyer. The

chapters now follow a learningsequence. A table of contentsfor those chapters can be foundon her website: erklaw.com.

At the end of the book, thereis a comprehensive glossary ofterms, as well as the Bill ofRights and a list of court casesthat pertain to art entrepreneur-ship.

The first volume of her workearned her a rating of “Essen-tial” from the American LibraryAssociation’s CHOICE Maga-zine and was included onCHOICE’s 2006 list of Out-standing Academic Titles. In2008 it was awarded a Writer’sDigest First Place award in thereference category.

The second volume has wonmore awards including a goldmedal in the 2014 IndependentPublisher (IPPY) Awards; abronze in the 2014 INDIEFABBook of the Year awards (refer-ence category); and was a final-ist in the 2014 USA Best BookAwards.

Russell’s knowledge for herwork comes from years of prac-ticing copyright and trademarklaw. She has been in a solopractice since 2000.

“In 2000, more people did

business on-line. So then,copywriting became importantfor lots more people,” said Rus-sell.

In addition for helping artiststo understand the law throughher book, Russell has developeda three-credit course calledLegal Issues For Artists. Sheteaches the three credit, full se-mester course, at UW-Whitewa-ter.

She also teaches a one-creditversion at her Alma mater,SUNY College at Fredonia. Inthe same humorous style that isfound in her books Russelladds, “And, it’s not the one[Fredonia] in the Marx Brothersmovie Duck Soup.

Fredonia is far west of Buf-falo but still in New York. Notan easy thing to do.”

Several book reviewers sightRussell’s occasional infusionsof humorous examples and ex-planations as part of what makeher books so readable.

Before starting her solo prac-tice and becoming an author,she practiced education law forthe New York State Counsel’soffice of New York State’s edu-cation Department.

“And before that I was a bas-

soon player. I tell everyone thatI went to law school on a bas-soon scholarship.”

When Russell applied for ascholarship for law school, shewrote in her application, that

because of her years as a bas-soon player, she was more dis-ciplined and thus more likely tosucceed in law school.

That did the trick. Russelltells students to pursue what it

is that they most love because itwill transfer to whatever comesnext.

Now Russell has created thelaw practice that she alwayswanted and on her own terms.Clients are from countries allover the world that need USTrademarks. They are in all in-dustries and need help related toon-line issues.

“I love all three aspects ofwhat I do, teaching, writing andpracticing law. Practicing lawpays the bills. If I had thechance, I would be a writer fulltime.”

Russell chose self-publica-tion for both of her books usingthe Complete Guide to Self-Publishing, by Marilyn Ross asher template. “I basically fol-lowed step by step what to doand it worked.”

“In my opinion vanity pub-lishers are an error. I’ve seenclients fall prey to contracts thatare skewed against them. If youpublish yourself, no one else isinvolved in taking a cut.”

Marketing strategies for herwork include social media andcontacts with universities whomight like to use the book as atext. Her book can be orderedthrough her website that offersboth law practice and book in-formation. It is also available atthe Middleton Public Library.

Russell lives in Middletonand at one time served as Presi-dent of the Middleton Chamberof Commerce.

Photo contributed

Elizabeth Russell is the author of Arts Law Conversations: ASurprisingly Readable Guide for Arts Entrepreneurs. For moreinformation about her library visit or to register for thisevent, email [email protected] or call 608-827-7403.

by DEB BIECHLER

Times-TribuneCopyright Law for Authors and Artists will take place

Thursday, October 1 at 7 p.m. in the Middleton Public Li-brary Archer Room.

This free workshop is for authors, artists, and creators ofall kinds who would like to learn how to protect their owncopyrighted material and use the intellectual property of oth-ers responsibly and legally.

Author of educational books on law will speak at the Middleton Library

opment Corporation. Accordingto critics, it was something farworse.

As a non-profit entity basedout of Madison, the MadisonDevelopment Corporation hasassets totaling more than $12million and says it provides em-ployment, small business loansand affordable housing forthose who need it.

Frank Staniszewski, the cor-poration’s president, said theyhave been working to fix thefamilies’ old units. He said theywere also able to find sometemporary quarters for some ofthe families. But those quarterswere rented out to other fami-lies who were slated to move inat the beginning of October,long before the old apartmentswere liveable.

Staniszewski said all the fam-ilies will be welcomed backwhen their old apartments are

cleared by the city’s building in-spector, but he told some ofthem they needed to find shelterfor at least the month of Octo-ber.

The families themselves, aswell as social workers and edu-cators in the Middleton-CrossPlains Area schools where theirchildren go, paint a markedlydifferent picture. They say thefamilies were told their leaseswere being cancelled, and thatthey needed to find permanenthousing elsewhere. It’s an alle-gation Staniszewski denies.

Even if they will eventuallybe able to return, it’s clear thata lack of solid communicationwith the families, most of whichspeak English as a second lan-guage, has caused problems.Verbal instructions to leavetheir temporary apartments,Post-It notes with vexing com-mands to quickly get all their

belongings into storage, and noresponse to phone calls have alltaken place, according to thefamilies and school officials.

“Basically, they are trying toevict [us] unjustly,” said DeLira. “They were never clearwith [us] what was expected.”

“Today,” she said on Thurs-day, Sept. 24. “We had toleave.”

Speaking from her sister-in-law’s home, De Lira was clearlyupset by the situation.

“They didn’t care if [we] hadnowhere to go,” she said. “Theyjust said we had to leave any-way.”

Michelle Bolstad, a bilingualeducator as Sauk Trail Elemen-tary School, where several ofthe displaced children go, saidall four families seemed to sud-denly get the same unexpectedmessage: leave.

“We all thought and were

under the impression that theyhad until their apartments werefixed,” Bolstad said. When theyfound out that wasn’t the case inmid September, she said theywere understandably “dis-traught.”

Staniszewski said significantlanguage barriers are responsi-ble for the situation.

City administrator MikeDavis said building inspectorScott Ellarson is working withthe apartment complex’s man-agement to try to expedite theprocess so tenants can moveback into their old units. Davisalso sent a message toStaniszewski offering to con-nect him with a Spanish-lan-guage interpreter.

In an email to Ellarson,Staniszewski said much of theinformation circulating aboutthe residents’ plight, including anews story featured on a Madi-

son television station, is untrue.“First, I should let you and

the city team know that the in-formation being broadcast orotherwise provided to you islargely not true,” Staniszewskiwrote on Wednesday, Sept. 23.“The tenant we have seen onChannel 3000 has never beentold that he needs to vacate. Hehas been re-located by us into avacant unit at … Allen Blvd.and that unit remains availableto him. We personally told hiswife that today, in a visit to thebuilding.”

“It is possible that he or othertenants misunderstood earlierinstructions to remove belong-ings from some damaged units,so that Paul Davis can clean, re-carpet or otherwise rehabthem,” Staniszewski continued.

Bolstad said she finds it un-likely that four different fami-lies all experienced the exact

same “misunderstanding.”Despite attempts by local

schools, officials at City Hall,and local volunteers, a lack ofclarity on the situation persistedlate into last week.

But one thing is clear – notall of the displaced residentshave somewhere to stay fromnow until the date when theycan move back into their oldapartments.

Lisa Helmuth, a Middletonresident who established afundraiser for the families atRally.org, said another thing ispainfully evident: There was agap between services the nightof the fire, and the long termsafety net the residents clearlyneeded.

FIRE continued from page 1

At approximately 9:51 p.m.,Dane County Sheriff’s Officedeputies, along with CrossPlains Police, Fire, EMS, Mid-dleton Fire, EMS, and UWMedflight responded to a vehi-cle vs. pedestrian crash on USH14 at Cleveland Rd., in theTownship of Cross Plains.

The preliminary investiga-tion indicates a 2013 GMC Ter-rain, driven by a 33 year-oldfemale, from Madison, hadbeen eastbound on USH 14 ap-proximately 500 ft. east ofCleveland Rd. The Terrainstruck a 25 year-old male, fromMadison, who was in its lane of

travel.Resuscitation efforts were

not successful. The male pedes-trian was pronounced deceasedat the scene. The female driverwas conveyed by EMS toMeriter Hospital for precaution-ary purposes. USH 14 wasclosed down from ClevelandRd. to Twin Valley Rd. for ap-proximately three and a halfhours.

This crash remains under in-vestigation. The names of thedriver and pedestrian were notbeing released at press timepending notification of next ofkin.

Man dies on Highway 14 Endowment accepting applications

The Middleton Endowment(ME) is again accepting grantapplications from charitable or-ganizations located in the Mid-dleton area for its 2015 fallcycle.

The ME Advisory Commit-tee considers grant applicationstwice each year, and the nextdeadline is Oct. 31. ME expectsto have approximately morethan $3,000 to hand out this fall.Grant recipients will be an-

nounced at the MiddletonChamber of Commerce’smonthly Get Moving Middletonbreakfast meeting at the HiltonGarden Inn on Thursday, Dec.3.

ME handed out six grantsworth $4,350 to MOM, Middle-ton Community Orchestra,Madison Drum & Bugle Corps,Historic Lutheran Church,Friends of Pheasant BranchConservancy and Gio’s Gardenduring it spring cycle. The sixgrants awarded in the springwere the most ME has handedout since its inception.

ME typically awards grantsin the $250 to $1,000 range.

Since 2009, MCE has handedout more than $35,000 in grantsto more than 40 organizations.

ME is dedicated to enhancingthe quality of life in the Middle-ton area for present and futuregenerations. Application mate-rials for grant requests can befound at: http://www.madison-communityfoundation.org/mid-dleton.

ME is an affiliate fund ofMadison Community Founda-tion. Since its inception in 2009,MCE has raised more than$150,000 for its endowmentfund.

“I am proud of the contribu-tions the ME has made to the

Middleton area,’’ ME chair DanLoichinger said. “With growthin our endowment, fueled bylocal, private donations, thefund will be poised to have aneven greater impact. We trulybelieve in YOU, US, ME.’’

ME was formally known asthe Middleton Community En-dowment until 2015. The orga-nization’s motto is, “GoodNeighbors Doing Good Works.”

Besides Loichinger, othermembers of the advisory com-mittee include Curtis Fuszard,Perry Hibner, Andy Lewis,Adrianne Machina, Josh Mar-ron and Cathy Riddle.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle

To visit the fundraising page,go to rally.org/respite

Grants availablefor charitable organizations

My greatgrandpar-ents cameover as im-migrantsaround1900,mostly fromIreland. They came to escapethe difficulties there and toseek out a new life and newopportunities.

The difference between “yes-terday’s” immigrants and manyof today’s is that there was nowelfare or government hand-outs. You either worked hardand survived or you starved todeath.

I am all in favor of legal im-migration, as are most businesspeople, in spite of the liberalmedia’s attempts to convincepeople otherwise. The problemisn’t most immigrants (there area few bad apples everywhere);it’s the government, with itsmixed message of allowing ille-gal immigration, while severelyrestricting legal immigration,while punishing businesses forhiring immigrants while thegovernment gives them hand-outs. The Administrationmakes employing immigrantsdifficult so that they become de-pendent on the government.

I do think The Donald and anumber of Republican candi-dates have it wrong on immi-gration, as they identifyimmigration as the problem,when really it’s a symptom.The problem is that a.) Ascrewed up federal governmentlegal immigration system re-stricting honest immigrants whofollow the rules and charging

thousands of dollars in govern-ment fees, preventing busi-nesses from sponsoringworking immigrants, and fail-ing to deport those over staytheir visas; b.) Mexico lacksenough opportunities for theirown citizens so they try to cometo America to earn a living; andc.) people are fleeing the Mid-dle East because of war. Ifthese challenges were solved, il-legally immigration would de-cline significantly. Whenthere’s no hope, no jobs, no op-portunities, and a high probabil-ity that your family could bekilled, you’d emigrate too.

In the case of the mass exo-dus of people from Syria, Iraqand Afghanistan is a direct re-sult of Obama’s foolish policyof disengaging America fromthe Middle East. Last yearwhen I predicted that his with-drawal of troops from Iraq andAfghanistan would create a vac-uum that our enemies would ex-ploit and fill, no one believedme. Now we see literally manyhundreds of thousands of peo-ple fleeing the war with ISISthat Obama caused.

America is a land of immi-grants, and we need immigrantsto grow the economy, becausethe domestic birthrate is nothigh enough. But we needsmart or hard working or skilledimmigrants who can be self-supporting and not become de-pendent on the taxpayersthrough government handouts.And those immigrants shouldbelieve in America, learn tospeak English and assimilate.

In fact, the real difference inthe issue between Democratsand Republicans is this; the De-mocrat politicians seem to wantimmigrants who will be de-

pendent on the government (andwhich combined with no voteri.d., get those immigrants tovote for Democrats), while theRepublican politicians don’tseem to know what they wantwith a few having a visceral re-action to the idea of immigrants‘taking our jobs’, in spite ofmost of their party wantinglegal immigration.

The reality is that if you talkto business people, they all rec-ognize the need for immigrants,because Americans don’t wantto work certain lower payingservice jobs. The reality is thatmillions of jobs would go un-filled and the entire countrywould grind to a halt withoutimmigrants to fill those jobs.Every restaurant I visit, espe-cially in tourist zones where thejobs are seasonal, tell methey’re desperate for workers,but Americans don’t apply.(Many tourist businesses signup on line for importing work-ers on temporary seasonalvisas.) Likewise, there is ahuge shortage of skilled and un-skilled construction workers inevery trade.

The entire food supply of thiscountry would be rotting in thefields if immigrants and work-ers on temporary visas weren’tavailable to pick and pack thecrops. Let’s face it, homes andoffices wouldn’t be cleanedevery night, lumber wouldn’t beavailable, restaurants wouldhave no cooks, lawns wouldn’tget mowed, and thousands ofother jobs would go emptywithout foreigners or immi-grants to do them. There’s ashortage in the labor pool.

Most illegal immigrants areforeigners who over stay theirvisa, which means the bulk of

the issue is not Mexicans cross-ing the border illegally. As Isaid, those crossing illegallyand those over staying theirvisas are a symptom of theproblem, and if we’re going toslow or stop illegal immigra-tion, we need to look at thefoundation of the problem. Wecan solve the immigration issueif we recognize that peoplewant to come to America forliberty, freedom, safety, and theopportunity to earn an incomethat they can’t secure at home.When they cross the border ille-gally, they do so in order to sur-vive and to provide for theirfamilies. Why not increase thenumber of temporary seasonalvisas and make the processmore certain and clear anddeadlines for returning homethat are enforced?

If we would allow more legalimmigration, there would befewer illegal immigrants, andwe’d be able to track those im-migrants better. Yes, 1.) securethe border (or we’ll have a Eu-ropean style mass wave comingin; 2.) conduct backgroundchecks on and track immigrantswith GPS; 3.) deport those withcriminal records or who overstay; and 4.) let’s have immigra-tion with the understanding thatthose who come are not goingto be given handouts, becausehandouts and welfare are a bigattraction to foreigners to try tocome here. If we return to thetime when immigrants had tosurvive on their own, only thosehighly motivated and strong-willed will come. The best an-swer is an Australian type pointscore system to encouragesmart, hardworking immigra-tion rather than our current sys-tem based on family

connections. Throughout history immi-

grants have come to Americawith little in their pockets tobuild a new future through hardwork, and contrary to the mediamyth, I have found most Mexi-can immigrants to be extremelyhardworking, God-lovingChristians, who are family ori-ented and are law abiding con-tributing members of oursociety. Yes, there are bad ap-ples in every bunch, but let’s not

bias the entire group. We need immigrants and they

need us. It’s a synergistic rela-tionship.

Up Against the Wall is amonthly column written by Ter-rence Wall and reflects hisviews and opinions, not those ofthe Middleton Times-Tribuneeditorial staff. Rebuttals and re-sponses from the community arewelcome and can be emailed [email protected].


by tERREnCE WaLL

Guest Column

Wall weighs in on immigration

Middleton/Cross Plains Ven-ture Crew 640’s next meetingis 6:30 p.m. on Sunda, Oct. 4 atWest Middleton LutheranChurch, 3763 Pioneer Rd., atthe corner of Mineral Point Rd.and Pioneer Rd.

Venturing is a co-ed BoyScout program for young peo-ple ages 14 to 21. VentureCrews choose, plan, and exe-cute the adventures they want toexperience.

Opportunities abound forovernight and weekend outingswith other Venture Crews, too.Youth and parents that want tolearn more about the Venturingprogram are welcome to attendthe Oct. 4 meeting.

For more information contactCrew 640 Associate AdvisorSteven Kolb at [email protected] or 608-576-7381. Pictured above, Kennedy Zoe Kooistra on the shotgun range at the annual November shooting sports outing. Hundreds of “ventures” gather at the scout camp

to participate in shotgun, pistol. rifle, and archery activities.

VentureCrew tomeet onSunday


Introducingthe 2015

MiddletonHigh SchoolHomecoming

Court

The 2015 HomecomingCourt is all smiles. From leftto right: (front row) PaytonDower, Jack Thompson,Alexis Barrett, DylanKalscheur; (back row) RyanLewis, Marie Mayers, AlissaTrainer, Joe Ludwig, ZackZuengler, Heather Haack,Max Collien, Hailee Milton,Betsy Murphy and NolanKouba

Photo by Ruth Bachmeier


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Curtin, Nicholas James, 18,

Battery, 10/17/2014, $313.00,618 Enterprise Dr, Verona, WI53593

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Farris, Nicole K, 31, NonRegistration, 10/17/2014,$98.80, 705 Cricket Ln # 2,Middleton, WI 53562

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ton, WI 53562Graf, Thomas R, 43, Non

Registration, 10/07/2014,$98.80, 6377 Century Ave # 2,Middleton, WI 53562

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Klubertanz, Jason C, 43,Motor vehicle liability insur-

ance required, 10/27/2014,$10.00, 7421 Terrace Ave # 3,Middleton, WI 53562

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Moths, Michael D, 28,Method of Giving Signals,10/08/2014, $98.80, 5405 Cen-tury Ave # 202, Middleton, WI53562

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Schoos, Nicholas E, 72, Fail-ure to Keep Vehicle Under Con-trol, 10/14/2014, $136.60,

N89W17552 St Thomas Dr,Menomonee Falls, WI 53051

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CCITYITY CCOURTOURT RREPORTEPORT

calculation is $21,002,851 with$2,617,510 in decision items tobe considered. In other words,the city’s preliminary budgetprojects a net gain of $775,127in revenue minus expenses andmust deliberate upon $775,128in budget request decision itemsfrom various departments.

City administrator Mike

Davis said the city and all its de-partments are thankful to thecitizens who responded to the2015 citizen survey and try theirbest to consider the input.

“As in the past, the 2016 de-partment requests are also cog-nizant of the feedback andcomments provided by the Mid-dleton community through the

2015 Citizens’ Survey,” Davissaid. “It provided both the ad-ministration and the commoncouncil valuable input in the de-velopment of the 2016 budget.”

Davis pointed out that the2015 survey had a record num-ber of responses.

“We more than doubled theresponses this year to about

1,500,” Davis said upon the sur-vey’s release. “I’m verypleased to receive the feedbackfrom our citizenry as we headinto the budget process.”

Though this year’s budgetprocess is showing signs of de-liberations that could be swiftand straightforward, Davis saysmaking every resident satisfied

is always a challenge. “Citizen desires for services

have and will always excessavailable resources,” Davisstated. “Within these realitiesdepartment requests show con-tinuance of quality services toall City of Middleton residentsto the maximum extent possi-ble.”

Finance committee will beholding budget deliberationsthroughout September and thecommon council takes up itsown deliberations October 7.The public hearing will beheld November 5 at 7:30 p.m. atcity hall. Approval of the finalbudget is scheduled for Novem-ber 17.

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Sweet newhome fordowntownmarket

The Downtown Middleton Busi-ness Association (DMBA) FarmersMarket is back for the fall season,taking place each Tuesday from2:30-6 p.m. at the new CapitalBrewery arcade on Terrace Ave. Atleft, Courtney Smith, of Donna’sSweet Honey, chats with customersat her market stand last week.

Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger

VA Hospital lookingfor volunteers...

The Madison VA Hospital is looking for reliable volunteers todrive veterans to and from their medical appointments in Madison.

The Volunteer Transportation Network is a volunteer-based serv-ice in Madison that uses vans donated by the Disabled AmericanVeterans, along with several government-leased vans paid for froma variety of sources in the counties from which the vans operate.

To find out how you can join our team of volunteer drivers, con-tact the Madison VA Hospital Community Relations Office at 608-280-7030 or call the American Legion Representative Joe Hodgsonat 608-753-2520. There’s no better way to serve America’s veteransthan to help them access the health care they have earned.

City leaf collection

Bulk leaf collection will continue through November or untilsnow cover, whichever comes first. Leaves must be windrowedalong the terrace, but not placed in the street or gutter. Pleaseplace your leaves away from trees, mailboxes and other obstruc-tions. Leaves in bags or containers will not be collected, andleaves mixed with brush will not be collected. LEAVES ANDBRUSH MUST BE KEPT IN SEPARATE PILES. Please ref-erence our Leaf and Garden Waste Collection Policy on our website: www.cityofmiddleton.us.

The annual meeting of the Valley Home Cemetery Associationwill be held on Monday, October 5 2015 at 7 p.m. at St. Martin’sLutheran Church in Cross Plains. All Valley Home Cemetery lotowners are welcome to attend.

Cemetery Associationholds annual meeting


Photo by Jeff MartinGoodnight moonMiddleton photographer Jeff Martin captured this striking image of Sunday’s rare blood

moon. It was the same night that a supermoon total lunar eclipse took place.

Library to remain open during carpetingThe Middleton Public Li-

brary will remain open whileundergoing a recarpeting proj-ect Monday, October 12through Wednesday, October21.

Library storytimes will beheld in the Archer Rooms on thelower level at the regulartimes. The Storytime Roomand the Mack Reading Roomwill be closed for the duration

of the project. Some librarycollections on the main levelwill be inaccessible for a periodof 2-3 days. The carpet and ad-hesives are non-toxic, however,patrons with a high sensitivityto dust or fumes should take beaware and exercisecaution. The library apologizesfor any inconvenience andthanks citizens for patience dur-ing this carpet upgrade.

The new carpet meets the re-quirements of The Carpet andRug Institute, Inc., Green LabelPlus Program, an Indoor AirQuality (IAO) Testing Pro-gram.

More information and to seethe Green label Plus Certificate,which discusses low VOC, visitwith the library websiteat www.midlibrary.org/board.


team Lili raises $10,325

On Sunday, September 27, Team Lili participated in theJDRF One Walk for the fifth year at the Mallards Stadium.They raised $10,325 and had a team of 75 family and friendssupporting them.

The Middleton High School Dance Team joined Team Liliagain this year and volunteered at the Walk, cheering on hun-dreds of type 1 diabetics and their families. Lili’s father, BenRoden, also participated in the JDRF Ride to Cure in LakeTahoe on September 13 and raised $4,017 to help find a curefor type 1 diabetes (T1D). The Rodens’ daughter, Lili, was di-agnosed with T1D in 2010. Since then, they’ve been working toraise awareness and raise funds for research to find a cure forthis relentless disease.

ing surroundings as well as his-toric architecture.

“The site really is ripe for re-development,” Bruce said.

Middleton Chamber of Com-merce executive director VanNutt agreed, telling the Com-mission that the Chamber as awhole supports the redevelop-ment. The Chamber currentlyoccupies one of the Old Middle-ton Centre buildings at 7507Hubbard Avenue. “As a tenantof this building,” Nutt said, “it’stime for something different.”

As for the proposed townsquare, its designers envision apark with a bandshell for con-certs, space for a potential skat-ing rink and display space forart shows.

“This is a really neat oppor-tunity to create a creative focusfor Middleton,” Wall said.

Members of the public in at-tendance at the Plan Commis-sion meeting expressed someconcerns about the increasedtraffic the new Center might at-tract, as well as noise issues.Middleton resident Norma JeanStetzel questioned the distance

between the proposed bandshelland the nearest housing, whileresident Joan Littel observedthat nearby Capital Breweryholds concerts several nights aweek already. “Isn’t that goingto be a lot of music going on inthat area?” she asked.

Bruce and Wall confirmedthat the bandshell would be lo-cated approximately 250 - 300feet from the nearest apart-ments, but stressed that con-certs booked by the city wouldbe family-friendly and held inthe early evenings.

Wall added that UptownMiddleton anticipates the newCenter will bring an estimated$10 million of disposable in-come to downtown Middleton.

The Plan Commission votedto refer the Middleton Centerredevelopment plans to theWater Resources ManagementCommission; the Park, Recre-ation and Forestry Commission;the Public Works Committee;the Work Force Housing Com-mittee and the SustainabilityCommittee for further review.

dleton-Cross Plains District areexpected to rise this year by 1.5percent. Superintendent DonJohnson, presenting the annualState of the District report forthe Board, added that data fromthe Wisconsin Taxpayers Al-liance reflects propertyvalues standing at $861,302 per

student in the District.This makes Middleton-CrossPlains one of the wealthiestschool districts in Dane County.

“The economic developmentthat we’ve seen in the area islargely due to the quality of theschools,” Johnson said, creatinga “symbiotic relationship” be-tween local businesses and theschool system. Johnson re-ported that the District receivedan “exceeds expectations” rat-ing from the Wisconsin Depart-ment of Public Education andcontinues to see some of thehighest achievement test andACT scores in Dane County,continuing to draw employersand employees to the areathanks in large part to Middle-ton-Cross Plains’ scholastic

achievements.“In this preliminary budget,

we estimated an increase of 82students,” Yu said, whichwound up being “very conser-vative.” The enrollment growthfor this year’s budget will meana statutory increase in State aidof $869,233, with an additional

increase of $186,640 for ex-emptions, within the projected$11,742,993 total.

Further impacting the Dis-trict’s State aid, Yu reported, isthe fact that the Biennial Budgetfor 2015-2017 did not include aper-student increase. This issomething that has been pro-vided in previous years. Be-cause of this, the bulk of theDistrict’s aid increases will bebased on its growing enrollmentas a whole. “The District wouldstruggle [otherwise] to fundnormal roll-up increases,” Yusaid, “such as salary or benefitincreases and utility increases.”

Last year the District re-ceived a $75 per-student in-crease from the state.

the tax levy and proposed budget may beaffected when property values are con-firmed october 1st and the District’s Stateaid is certified october 15th. In the mean-time, the District has published its 2015 an-nual Financial Report and Budget Hearingpresentation with the September 21st meet-ing expanded agenda, which can be foundat www.mcpasd.k12.wi.us/board-educa-tion/expanded-agenda.

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One by one, they trudgedoff Memorial Field with thesame look on their faces.

Shock. Anger. Disbelief.Frustration.

Middleton’s football teamseemed well on its way tokeeping its unbeaten seasonalive last Friday night. Butvisiting Madison Memorialscored the final 17 points andrallied for a stunning 31-28win.

The Spartans prevailedwhen junior kicker Karl

Hummel drilled a 20-yardfield goal with 3 seconds left.

Middleton dropped to 5-1overall and in the Big EightConference and is now tied forfirst place in the league withMadison La Follette. MadisonMemorial won its fourthstraight game and improved to4-2.

“I don’t know what hap-pened. I’m just shocked,” saidCardinals senior running backCam Maly. “We do expect towin. We work hard every dayand we get better every day.We don’t expect to just fallapart.”

Middleton scored 15 unan-swered points and grabbed a28-14 lead midway through


The girlsof fall

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Middleton junior Alexis Thomas captured medalist honors at the Big Eight Conference meetlast Thursday.

Photo courtesyof Mary Bavery

M a d i s o nMemorial'sH u n t e rPeters (1)hauls in atouchdownpass duringthe Spartans'31-28 wino v e rM i d d l e t o nlast Fridaynight

Stunner

As the ball hung in the air,Middleton girls golf coachBecky Halverson turned tostandout junior Alexis Thomas.

Almost in prophetic fashion,White said, “That looks reallygood. Be good.”

It was.Thomas holed a 52-degree

wedge from 95 yards out for aneagle on the 11th hole at the BigEight Conference tournamentlast Thursday. That shot helpedThomas capture medalist honorsand sparked the Cardinals to aconference title in a meet held atEvansville Golf Course.

Thomas shot a 1-over-par 73to win the individual title, whileteammate Loren Skibba shot a76 and finished second.

That dynamic duo helpedMiddleton post a 323-teamscore, 10 shots better than run-ner-up Verona (333).

The Wildcats won the confer-ence tournament a year ago, soMiddleton was thrilled toreclaim the crown.

“My team and I were veryproud of ourselves for comingtogether and winning the confer-ence tournament,” Thomas said.“This was one of our main goalsfor the season, and we couldn’tbe happier.

“Beating Verona is a hugedeal to us because we know theyare a great team and a threat to

us whenever we play them.Overall our team played greatand we couldn’t ask for more.We were all very excited andglad we could bring home thechampionship.”

Middleton also counted an 82from junior Morgan Narowetzand a 92 from junior MorganMiles to win the title.

The Cardinals also won theBig Eight regular season titlewith a 9-0 mark. So capturingboth titles was doubly sweet.

“I am thrilled for the girls.That was pretty big,” Halversonsaid. “It was definitely one ofour goals going into the 2015season.

“The first goal was to win theregular season Big EightConference. The second goalwas to win the Big EightConference tournament. Thegirls have worked really hard tostart checking their goals off oneat a time.”

Thomas played a huge role inMiddleton’s championship.

Thomas shot a 39 on the frontnine, then got going with abirdie at No. 10. But the shot ofthe round came at No. 11, whenThomas made her memorableeagle.

“It took one hop and disap-peared into the hole,” Halversonsaid. “She didn’t believe it. Itwas great! That really got hergoing. It was a lot of fun towatch.”

Thomas was steady the restof the day and finished with herlowest score ever at MHS.

“The mental part of my gamehelped me stay in it,” Thomassaid. “I would just think about

Thomas leadsgolfers to BigEight crown

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Ashtonfallsshortby DEnnIS SEMRauSpecial to the Times-Tribune

A’s fall in HTLchampionship

VERONA — Defendingchampion Ashton was trying tobecome the first repeat HomeTalent League titlist sinceVerona won the last of its threeconsecutive crowns in 2010.

But Verona ace right-handerKyle Nelson found a way tostymie Ashton’s championshiphopes.

Nelson picked Ashton’sNick Maier off second basewith two outs in the top of theninth inning to secure Verona’s3-2 victory at Linus StampflField and record Verona’s firstHome Talent League title since2012 and fifth in eight years.

Maier lined a lead-off singleto center field and moved tosecond on Kevin Peternell’ssacrifice. After Aaron Gowanflied out to center field for thesecond out, that brought ShaneAdler to the plate to set up thefinal sequence.

“We had to get a few breaks,but we didn’t get one more weneeded,” said Ashton managerDave Adler, who questionedthe call on Maier. “That’s atough way to lose a champi-onship game.”

Derek Burgenske — whowas pressed into duty at short-stop in place of injured starterJustin Scanlon after beginningthe game in center field — wascredited with making the savvycall.

“It wasn’t even in my mind

They’ve put themselves ina position they desired.

Now, Middleton’s boyssoccer team will try finishingwhat it started.

The Cardinals lead the BigEight Conference with a 3-0-1league mark and are 7-2-1overall. With the meat of theconference schedule ahead,Middleton will try capturing aBig Eight title.

“We have players con-tributing in unexpected waysand in unexpected roles andthey are still thriving,”Middleton coach BenKollasch said. “This team, sofar, has epitomized the theorythat Middleton never rebuilds,just reloads.”

Middleton notched a 4-1win over Madison La Follettelast Tuesday and a 2-0 winover Eau Claire Memorial lastSaturday. In between, theCardinals completed a previ-ously suspended game againstMadison East and rallied for a2-2 tie with the Purgolders.

Now comes the dauntingpart of Middleton’s schedule.

In a nine-day windowbetween Sept. 29 and Oct. 8,Middleton will face SunPrairie, Madison Memorial,Madison West and BeloitMemorial. All four of thoseteams are in the top half of theconference, trying to knockMiddleton out of the league’stop spot.

“We have the meat of theBig Eight schedule,” Kollaschsaid.

Middleton will be goinginto its daunting stretch withplenty of momentum.

In the Cardinals’ win overMadison La Follette, BradanAllen scored three goals andhad an assist, while IsaiahWilliams added a goal.

“We started to show the

consistency we are going toneed through the stretch andinto the playoffs,” Kollaschsaid. “We didn’t have all ourcylinders firing perfectly, butwe are starting to get our tim-ing down and get comfortablewith each other.”

Allen notched his third hattrick of the season and endedthe week with 15 goals and 35points on the year.

“Bradan has alreadyeclipsed his team-leading goaland team-leading points markfrom last year at this midpointin the season,” Kollasch said.“We have shown that we canscore without him, but it ismuch easier to score and scorebig with his efforts.”

Middleton then forged a 2-2 tie with Madison East in agame that had been postponedby rain on Sept. 18.

Both Allen and DerekWaleffe scored goals to giveMiddleton a 2-1 lead. But thePurgolders notched the game-tying goal in the closing sec-onds.

“We mounted a nice come-back to regain the lead in thisawkward, restarted formatfrom the rain delay,” Kollaschsaid. “We are showing ourmettle to come back in games,but we still have to perfectgrinding games out in the lastminutes.”

Middleton then rolled pastfifth-ranked Eau ClaireMemorial, 2-0.

Colin Ledin and Waleffeboth scored goals as theCardinals posted one of theirmost impressive wins of theseason.

“This was a breakout game

for us,” Kollasch said. “Wehave had injuries that arekeeping captains off the fieldand we have needed to assem-ble some different personnel.

“Given those shifts and a

tired squad from their thirdgame in three days, theyfound ways to dominate a

team ranked fifth in the state.I would call this a statementgame.”


Midldeton’s girls tennisteam defeated JanesvilleCraig, 5-2, last Thursday.

Junior Elizabeth Boetingerwon, 6-0, 6-1, at No. 3 sin-gles. And junior Ally Hujanenrolled to a 7-5, 6-1 win at No.4 singles.

Seniors Kaisey Skibba andAbbey Webber teamed for a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 1 doubles.senior Lauren Coons andfreshman Maddie Clarknotched a 6-0, 6-0 win at No.2 doubles. And at No. 3 dou-bles, junior Jessica Wang andsenior Amanda Huff posted a6-0, 6-0 win.

Middleton will be at theBig Eight Conference meetWednesday and Thursday atNielsen Tennis Stadium.

— by Rob Reischel

TennisCardscruise

Leadingthe pack


Collin Ledin and Middleton’s boys soccer team are in first place in the Big Eight Conference.

Soccer Cardsin first placeby RoB REISCHELTimes-Tribune

It’s not always sexy.But more often than not, it’s

extremely successful.Defense, defense and more

defense is what Middletonboys volleyball coach BenWhite stresses. And it’s usuallykey for the Cardinals.

That was certainly the caselast Thursday, when Middletonrolled past Madison West, 25-9, 25-19, 25-12.

“Easily our best defensivematch of the season,” Whitesaid. “Madison West has a cou-ple of outside (hitters) that canhit pretty hard and they swingfor the fences every time. Thatleads to more blocks, more digsand more errors by your oppo-nent.”

Senior outside hitter KevinMcMahon led the Cardinalswith 18 kills and two aces,while senior middle blockerBlake Sprecher had seven kills.Senior setter Matthew Caamalhad 20 assists and sophomoresetter Andrew Lepage hadseven assists.

Senior outside hitter JacobRoss had 10 digs, junior out-side hitter Ben Miller had ninedigs and sophomore liberoThomas Robson added sevendigs. Senior middle blockerPace Balster had four blocksand junior outside hitter ColeSpitler had three blocks.

Middleton raced to a 10-1lead in Game 1 and cruised toan easy win.

“We extended every rallyand only swung for a kill whena good set was there,” Whitesaid. “Like I have been sayingnow for a week, ‘Keep the ballin play, live to see anotherday.’ I was impressed at how

we kept pushing West and did-n’t let them back into it at anypoint in set 1.”

In Game 2, West grabbed an8-5 lead, forcing White to takea timeout. The Cardinals thenfinished the game on a 20-11burst to take a 2-0 lead.

“In set two we tried to get ina slugfest with West and that’snot our game,” White said. “Ijust reminded the boys of howwe win games and that ourstrategy isn’t too difficult.Once we relaxed we were ableto take the lead at 16-15 andnot look back.”

Middleton led Game 3, 15-11. Then the Cardinals closedon a 10-1 run to finish off theRegents.

“I have to say that KevinMcMahon was definitely get-ting good looks on the out-side,” White said. “I know we

are trying to balance the setsbetween Kevin and Blake andget Pace a little more involved,but I cannot blame the settersby feeding Kevin who was onfire. He finished with a season-high 18 kills in the match.

“Honestly, though, it wasour defensive play in the backrow that really frustrated West,and then when they did get

swings, Cole and Pace com-bined for seven blocks. Itmakes me feel good with ourlineup right now.”

• On deck: Middleton wasat Muskego Tuesday, thenhosts a 16-team invite Saturdaystarting at 9 a.m.


Middleton’s girls volley-ball team tied for fifth at the16-team

UW-Oshkosh tournamentlast Saturday.

Meghan Bayer had a terrif-ic performance and wasnamed to the all-tournamentteam.

Middleton opened with a25-8, 25-14 win overRipon. Bayer led theCardinals with eightkills, while Elizabeth Kellerhad four aces and 13 assistsand Morgan Roberts had fiveaces and six digs.

Pewaukee then edgedMiddleton, 25-17, 23-25, 15-12.

Bayer had seven kills andtwo blocks, Logan Welti hadeight kills and 11 digs andMimi McMurray had 17assists.

“It was a close match,”Middleton coach FrancoMarcos said.

Middleton then defeatedLakeshore Christian, 25-11,25-13.

Elizabeth Keller had twoaces and 11 assists, whileLogan Welti had 11 kills and

nine digs. In the quarterfinals,

Marshfield toppled theCardinals, 25-14, 25-18.

Logan Welti led Middletonwith six kills and eight digs,Lily Welti had four kills andfive digs, Mimi McMurrayhad eight assists and ElizabethKeller had six assists.

“We just couldn’t get in arhythm after lunch,” Marcossaid.

Middleton also dropped a25-22, 25-12, 25-22 decisionto Sun Prairie last Thursday.The loss makes it virtuallyimpossible for the Cardinalsto now win the Big EightConference title.

Logan Welti led theCardinals with 12 kills andeight digs, while Lily Weltihad eight kills, seven digs andtwo aces. Roberts had ninedigs, Keller had 19 assists andseven digs, and Bayer had fivekills and two blocks.

“We expected a better per-formance than even thoughwe knew that Sun Prairie wasranked and is one of the teamsto beat in the Big Eight,”Marcos said. “Our hitting per-centage was decent, but wedid not score enough points towin the match.”

Girls spikers5th at Oshkoshby RoB REISCHELTimes-Tribune


Blake Sprecher and Middleton’s boys volleyball team cruised past Madison West last Thursday.

BoysspikersdumpWestby RoB REISCHELTimes-Tribune

Middleton’s girls crosscountry team finished third atthe 30-team MidwestInvitational in Janesville lastSaturday.

Hartland Arrowhead wasfirst with 85 points, whileKimberly was second at 89.Middleton was third with 152points, while Madison West(192) and Wisconsin Lutheran(214) rounded out the top five.

Sam Valentine was secondindividually, completing the5,000-meter race in 18 min-utes, 35 seconds.

“Sam Valentine continuesto burn the courses,”Middleton co-coach CindyBremser said. “She ran anoth-er personal best and closed a20-second gap on the top run-ner.”

Charlotte Sue was 21st(20:01), Erika Rader was 27th(20:20), Autumn Grim was49th (20:57) and IrisOhlrogge was 53rd (21:05).

“Going under 20 (minutes)is a big goal for Charlotte andit will happen soon,” Bremsersaid. “Erika Rader continuesto improve and gain confi-dence and is a strong No. 3runner on the team.

“Autumn Grim is consis-tently running under 21 min-utes as our No. 4. Our finalscorer was Iris Ohlrogge. Shecontinues to work very hard,but would have liked to runcloser to her personal bestof 20:48.”

Middleton’s boys werefourth out of 37 teams.

Madison La Follette wonthe meet with 70 points.Kimberly (102), MadisonMemorial (142), Middleton

(156) and Homestead (173)rounded out the top five.

“The boys have also con-tinued to improve and areright on track for a great endof the season,” Bremser said.

Gus Newcomb raced to asecond place finish, complet-ing the 5,00-meter course in15 minutes, 38 seconds. JackRader was fifth (16:01),Perrin Hagge was 12th(16:20), Cole Conklin Littlewas 68th (17:23) and CalebEaston was 69th (17:24).

“Gus is a very smart,strong and smooth runner,”Bremser said. “Jack Radercontinues to maintain the No.2 spot, again with another per-sonal-best. Breaking 16 (min-utes) is a goal and will puthim among the elite highschool runners that can gounder 16.

“Perrin Hagge, running hisfirst high school race, hasadded a third strong runner tothe team. Competing with thismany fast athletes at such acompetitive event and comingin 12th with a 16:20 is a testa-ment to his ability. He likes todo well and will make greatstrides as the season progress-es.”



Middleton’s Sam Valentine finished second at the Midwest Invitational last Saturday.

MHS runners shine at Midwest Inviteby RoB REISCHELTimes-Tribune

the third quarter. ButMemorial scored a pair oftouchdowns in a 6-minutestretch, then got the game-winner from Hummel.

“We had dropped balls,missed tackles, missed blocks,missed assignments,” saidfrustrated Middleton coachTim Simon. “Just things thatshouldn’t be happening inWeek 6.

“We talk about getting bet-ter every week. Well, thisclearly wasn’t our best effort.We need to clean that up reallyfast. This was a wakeup callfor us about how hard youhave to go every day, not juston a Friday night, but everyday in practice.”

Maly had his best game ofthe season, rushing for 228yards on 37 carries (6.1).Maly’s huge night featuredtwo touchdown runs — one a76-yard burst — as well as a28-yard option pass for a scoreto senior wideout MitchBacon.

But Memorial’s dynamicpassing game proved toomuch for the Cardinals to han-dle.

Spartans senior quarterbackEmmett Enright threw for aseason-high 353 yards, includ-ing 173 in the second quarteralone.

Middleton tried a bevy ofdefenses against Memorialjunior wideouts Hunter Petersand Jake Ferguson. But noneseemed to work.

The 6-foot-5 Ferguson, aUniversity of Wisconsinrecruit, had 12 catches for 180yards and a touchdown. Thelightning quick Peters caught10 passes for 168 yards andthree touchdowns.

“They’ve got athletes,”Simon said. “We told our kidsthat they have some athleteson the field that we don’t have.But we needed our best 11 onthe field to be better than theirbest 11 and obviously therewere times (Friday) it wasn’t.”

Middleton trailed, 14-13, athalftime. But the Cardinalsseized momentum early in thethird quarter.

Middleton began its secondseries of the quarter on its own24. And on the first play, Malyexploded for a 76-yard touch-down run.

The interior of the line —left guard Ka’Juan Redus, cen-ter William Braxton and rightguard Jake Hollfelder —cleared space for Maly to hitthe second level. Maly made a

linebacker miss in the hole,then outran Memorial’s sec-ondary for his longest run ofthe season.

Quarterback BrennanSchmitt then hit tight endCody Markel for a two-pointconversion to give Middletona 21-14 lead.

“I just was patient,” Malysaid. “There was a hole and Ijust went right through it. Myblockers gave me a greathole.”

One play later, Cardinalslinebacker Caleb Cymbalakcame untouched on a blitz anddefensive end Mitch Andrewsdropped perfectly into cover-age. Enright tried throwing ascreen in the right flat, butAndrews stepped in front ofthe throw for an interception atthe Memorial 24-yard line.

From there, the Cardinalsneeded just four plays to findthe endzone again. Schmittand senior wideout MitchBacon hooked up for a 15-yard gain, then Schmitt hitjunior wideout Myron Ashfordfor a 7-yard TD that gave theCardinals a 28-14 lead with5:35 left in the third quarter.

“We felt pretty good,” Malysaid. “But anything can hap-pen until it’s over. They’repretty good.”

Yes they are. In fact, Simonsaid afterwards that Memorialwas the best team Middletonhad played in 2015.And down the stretch, the

Spartans proved it.Memorial answered with a

six-play, 80-yard scoringdrive. Enright and Peters con-nected on a 36-yard touch-down that pulled the Spartanswithin 28-21.

After Middleton’s offensewent three-and-out, theSpartans pulled even. Again,Enright and Peters hit paydirt,this time on a nifty slant for a4-yard touchdown.

“We just had a lot of physi-cal and mental mistakes,”Bacon said. “That was basical-ly it. Just not doing the rightthing, missing a block, miss-ing a catch, stuff like that.

“We knew they were a goodteam. Their record doesn’tshow how good they are.”

Middleton managed just 60yards of total offense after tak-ing a two-touchdown lead. Butthe Cardinals were still inposition to win the game.

With under two minutesremaining, Middleton drove tothe Memorial 20 and faced asecond-and-1. But Schmittlost 4 yards on a designed runplay, then Schmitt threwincomplete for Andrews.

On fourth-and-5 from the24, Simon elected to haveJacob Mefford try a 42-yardfield goal. The kick wasblocked, though, leavingMemorial 58 seconds to workwith.

“It was one of those toughcalls,” Simon said. “But he’smade those kicks in practice.”

Enright made his final

opportunity count and begancarving up Middleton’s sec-ondary.

Enright hit Peters for 19yards and Ferguson for 13.Then on a second-and-10 fromMiddleton’s 35 with just 17seconds left, Peters got loosefor a 33-yard reception downto the Cardinals’ 2-yard line.

That set up Hummel for astunning game-winning kick.

“We just weren’t sharp, allthe way around,” Simon said.“On offense, defense, specialteams. We just weren’t sharp.You only get nine games andyou just can’t afford to wasteone.”

Middleton, which had rout-ed Sun Prairie the previousweek, never could take controlagainst an extremely giftedMemorial team.

After a scoreless first quar-ter, Maly scored from 1-yardout on the first play of the sec-ond quarter. That capped a 9-play, 56-yard drive that took3:44 and gave Middleton a 7-0lead.

The Spartans then beganattacking MHS through theair, with Enright and Fergusondoing most of the damage. OnMemorial’s next possession,the pair hooked up three timesfor 50 yards, including a 5-yard TD to Ferguson.

Two series later, Schmittwas intercepted by Memorialsafety Wil Jessup. ButSpartans defensive tackleIshmael James hit Schmitt lateand was issued a roughing the

passer penalty, which kept thedrive alive.

On the next play, Maly tookan option pitch and threw astrike down the middle forBacon. The senior wideoutmade a leaping catch overJessup for a 28-yard TD. Theextra point sailed wide left,though, and Middleton’s leadwas 13-7.

“We’ve been practicing thatover the course of the seasonand really got it to perfection,”Maly said. “It worked prettywell.”

The Spartans answeredwith a six-play, 65-yard drive.Enright and Peters hooked uptwice on the drive for 38yards, including a 3-yard scorethat put Memorial back ahead,14-13.

That set the stage for athrilling — albeit disappoint-ing — second half for theCardinals.

“Obviously it’s a hard oneto take,” Bacon said. “That’swhere mental toughnesscomes in, moving on andfocusing on the next game.

“We’ve just got to forgetabout this game and worryabout our next opponent.We’ve just got to move on andforget about it, put it in thepast. I mean, it’s going to behard to do, but that’s what weneed to do.”

Simon agreed.“They’ll bounce back,” he

said of his team. “They’re verysad and very dejected. Butyou’ve got to win like champi-ons and lose like champions.Champions are going to comeback hungry as heck the nextweek and we sure as heck bet-ter. If I know anything aboutthis team, they certainly will.”

Sept. 25Madison Memorial 31, Middleton 28Madison Memorial ... 0 14 7 10 — 31Middleton ………….. 0 13 15 0 — 28

MID — Maly 1 run (Mefford kick)MM — Ferguson 5 pass from

Enright (Hummel kick)MID — Bacon 28 pass from Maly

(kick failed)MM — Peters 3 pass from Enright

(Hummel kick)MID — Maly 76 run (Markel pass

from Schmitt)MID — Ashford 7 pass from

Schmitt (Mefford kick)MM — Peters 36 pass from Enright

(Hummel kick)MM — Peters 5 pass from Enright

(Hummel kick)MM — Hummel 20 FG

TEAM STATISTICSFirst downs — MM 17, MID

13. Rushing (Att.-Yds.) — MM 23-90,MID 45-244. Passing yards — MM 353,MID 105. Passes (Comp.-Att.-Int.)— MM 23-38-3, MID 8-17-0. Fumbles-lost — MM 0-0, MID 1-0. Penalties-yards — MM 5-45, MID 3-30

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing: MM, Goodwan 16-55.

MID, Maly 37-228.Passing: MM, Enright 23-38-3—

353. MID, Schmitt 7-16-0—77.Receiving: MM, Ferguson 12-180,

Peters 10-168. MID, Bacon 4-55.


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to pick (Maier) off,” saidVerona manager Nick Krohn,who directed the Cavaliers tohis first championship afterplaying on their previous fourtitle teams. “I was more wor-ried about facing their third andfourth hitters and how we weregoing to attack them. It was allDerek’s call.

“(Burgenske) said, ‘We’regoing to pick (Maier) off sec-ond base on the second pitch.’How often does that everwork? It was a gutsy call thatworked out.”

After throwing a first-pitchstrike to Shane Adler, Nelsonthrew a perfect pick-off toss toBurgenske covering secondbase where he deftly appliedthe tag for the final out.

“Derek is a leader and hethought we had a chance at(Maier) so he put it on,” saidNelson, a Madison Memorialgraduate who played three pre-vious HTL seasons withDodgeville. “That just showsthe knowledge of the gameDerek has and how much con-fidence he has in me and him topull that off. The timing wasperfect. It was thrilling. It wasreal exciting.”

Ashton (16-8) came up shortdespite banging out nine hitsand turning three double plays.

“We had a guy in scoringposition (in the ninth),” saidshortstop Aaron Gowan, whofinished with two hits.“Unfortunately they made agood play and got the out andthey deserved the champi-onship.”

Verona (19-1) didn’t wasteany time quickly grabbing a 2-0 lead off Ashton starting right-hander Kevin Peternell in thefirst inning.

Scanlon led off with a dou-ble to right-center field,Klayton Brandt drew a walkand Derek Burgenske followedwith a bunt single to load thebases with no outs.

Zach Spencer then hit aground ball to second base toscore Scanlon, and Brandt alsocame around to score whenAshton first baseman JoshAdler mishandled the throw.

Verona, though, was dealt acrushing blow in the bottom ofthe second inning whenScanlon was injured trying toreach base on a ground ball toshortstop.

“It was a hip flexor that hap-pened just before I got to firstbase,” said Scanlon, who triedto continue to play at shortstopbut had to leave the game in thetop of the third inning. “I triedto keep going, but I think that

made the injury worse.”Krohn said the loss of the

Scanlon, “who plays everyinning of every game,” stunnedthe Cavaliers but they held on.

“The guys battled,” Krohnsaid. “Everyone steps up andcovers for everyone else.”

Ashton, which dropped a 4-0 decision to Verona andNelson on Sept. 13, tied thegame in the third. Maier lined alead-off double to left-centerfield, moved to third on apassed ball and scored onGowan’s RBI infield single.

Gowan moved to secondwhen Shane Adler groundedout to shortstop and scored onDerek Prochaska’s run-scoringdouble to center field to pro-duce a 2-2 tie.

“That was huge. It lifted usright up and got us back in thegame,” Gowan said of the rally.“We had more opportunitiesafter that as well.Unfortunately we just didn’tcome through.”

Verona took the lead forgood in its half of the framewhen Derek Burgenske singledto center and scored onSpencer’s booming double toright-center field.

Ashton had an opportunityto pull even in the sixth inningwith base runners at second

and third, but Nelson retiredTanner Meinholz on a groundball to shortstop.

After the A’s loaded thebases with two outs in the sev-enth, Nelson caught designatedhitter Derek Prochaska on acalled third strike to preservethe lead.

“It was a fastball. I shouldhave been ready for it,” saidProchaska, who played onVerona’s four previous titleteams.

“You’ve got to be aggres-sive with a guy like (Nelson).He’s not going to walk toomany guys. He’s going to bearound the plate. You have tomake sure you make good con-tact with everything hethrows.”

Nelson scattered nine hitsand walked one while strikingout eight in a complete-gameeffort.

“You tip your hat to KyleNelson. Once again he went upthere and threw everything hehad on the mound and just bat-tled and battled,” said ShaneAdler, who reached base twicein four plate appearances. “Hekept us off-balance a little bit.”

Nelson, though, needed alittle help from his friends likeDerek Burgenske, who was 3-for-4 and displayed his high

baseball IQ to earn his fifthHTL title while playing for theCavaliers.

“Back in the day, when ourace was (Nick) Krohn, we gotso many guys out at secondbase, it was unreal,” Burgenskesaid. “So I figured, what a wayto get out of this. Let’s try it.”

Peternell pitched a strongsix innings before Shane Adlercame on to finish up, strikingout three of the seven batters hefaced.

“We took our chances but itdidn’t work out for us today,”Shane Adler said. “We’ve had agreat two-year run here.There’s nothing to hang yourhead about this team. We’ll beback next year.”

Despite the disappointing

ending, Dave Adler was proudof the A’s effort.

“The first inning didn’t startout the way we wanted it,”Dave Adler said. “But we start-ed out the season 1-4 and bat-tled back. It was a great run.”

Ashton ……..….. 002 000 000 – 2 9 1Verona ……..…. 201 000 00x – 3 9 2

Pitching (IP-H-ER-BB-K): Ashton– Peternell (L, 6-9-2-1-1), S. Adler (2-0-0-1-3). Verona – Nelson (W, 9-9-2-1-8).

Leading hitters: Verona – DerekBurgenske (3x4), Murphy (2x3). Ashton– Peternell (2x4), Gowan (2x4), Maier(2x4). 2B – Prochaska, Maier, Scanlon,Spencer, Flora.


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Middleton’s girls swimmingand diving team lead the BigEight Conference.

And the Cardinals are show-ing no signs of letting anyoneinto the race.

Middleton cruised past tra-ditional power MadisonMemorial, 120-50, last Friday.The Cardinals are now 6-0 inthe league with only three con-ference meets remaining.

“This was another solidmeet for the team,” Middletoncoach Lauren Cabalkasaid. “Every week, we reviewwhat went well in the previousweek and where we have roomto improve and the girls wereincredibly focused on continu-ing to perform at a high level.

“Practices are getting moreintense and physical and men-tal exhaustion is certainly set-ting in, so it is getting more andmore difficult to perform at ahigh level consistently. I havebeen very impressed with thegirls’ ability to defy tired bod-ies and minds and showimprovement every week.”

Middleton swept all threerelay events.

The Cardinals’ 200-yardmedley relay team of VictoriaLin, Emma Karbusicky, ChiaraPierobon-Mays and MakennaLicking was first (1:50.62).

Middleton’s 200-yardfreestyle relay team of Licking,Pierobon-Mays, Cora Mack

and Caroline Hippen was first(1:40.36). And the Cardinals’400-yard freestyle relay teamof Licking, Hannah Aegerter,Mack and Hippen was first(3:40.30).

The trio of Mack, Hippenand Roll went 1-2-3 in the 200-yard freestyle. Aegerter wonthe 200-yard IM andKarbusicky was third.

Lin, Tryn Peterson andPierobon-Mays finished first,second and third, respectivelyin the 100-yard butterfly. AndMack, Hippen and Roll went 1-2-3 in the 100-yard freestyle.

Aegerter won the 500-yardfreestyle, while MargaretMcGill was second and EliseHokanson was third. Pierobon-Mays won the 100-yard back-stroke and Lin was second.

Karbusicky and EmilyKeebler finished second andthird, respectively, in the 100-yard breaststroke. And Lickingwas second in the 50-yardfreestyle.

“Memorial is a great team,full of talent, and our girls werevery focused on winning closeraces and scoring as manypoints as possible in all

events,” Cabalka said. “Onceagain, I was very happy withour relays.

“If you can win each relayand score a second relay, youmake it very difficult for a teamto beat you. Our girls take thisvery seriously and dig deep tomake that happen — ultimate-ly, a sign of our team’s depth.”

• On deck: Middleton hostsMadison West Thursday at 5p.m., then hosts the MiddletonInvite Saturday beginning at 10a.m.

one shot at a time and tried tostay relaxed and focusedthroughout the whole day. Also,playing smart and not gettinginto trouble was key for me onthe course.”

Skibba, who won the WIAADivision 1 individual state title ayear ago, was steady as always.And the rest of the Cardinals didtheir part.

“I’m very proud of myself,but more proud of how my teamdid overall,” Thomas said.

Now, it’s off to the postsea-son where Middleton has evengreater aspirations.

The Cardinals are at thePortage Regional Wednesday at9 a.m. Middleton then heads tothe Madison West Sectional atOdana Hills Oct. 6 beginning at9 a.m.

The WIAA state tournamentis then Oct. 12-13. And after fin-ishing third each of the last twoyears, Middleton is thinkingeven bigger.

“I think we’re doing greatgoing into the postseason, butwe definitely have work to doyet,” Halverson said. “There isdefinitely a tough road ahead.

“We have to keep focusingand getting better if we want tocompete with the top teams inthe state. As I told the girls onThursday (after conference), ourseason starts now. Everythingwe have had leading up to thishas been practice to get us readyfor the postseason. The next 2 ½weeks are going to be a lot offun.”

Thomas agreed.“I feel very confident within

our team. We certainly have thepotential to make it to state,” she

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Girls golf poll1. Milton2. Middleton3. Arrowhead4. Verona5. Brookfield Central6. Homestead 7. Franklin 8. Fox Valley Lutheran9. Kettle Moraine10. Hayward

said. “We just have to keepfocusing at one round at a time,and start believing in ourselves.

“Winning state has been agoal of ours since the beginning,and it would be very exciting ifwe could get the chance to takea run at it. Our team is very closeand I could not imagine it end-ing. We’re determined to keepworking hard and just gettingbetter and better each day andsee where that takes us.”

Team scores: Middleton 323;Verona 333; Janesville Parker 360; SunPrairie 364; Janesville Craig 415;Madison West 417; Beloit Memorial,Madison Memorial, Madison LaFollette, Madison East incomplete.

Top individuals: 1. Thomas, Mid,73; 2. Skibba, Mid, 76; 3. Kea.Richards, JP, 81; 4. Shorter, V, 82; 5.Narowetz, Mid, 82.

Middleton — Thomas 73, Skibba76, Narowetz 82, Miles 92.Verona— Shorter 82, Smith 83, Biesmann 83,Opsal 85.Janesville Parker — Kea.Richards 81, Polglaze 90, O’Leary 94;Ken. Richards 95. Sun Prairie— Oehrlein 90, Rudnicki 91, Genter 91,Finucane 92. Janesville Craig— Roscovius 93, Roe 96, Christoph103, Schmitt 123. Madison West— Hellmer 97, Knetter 99, Scholz 105,Kim 116. Beloit Memorial — Day95.Madison La Follette — Mael100. Madison Memorial —Elmes 88,Krieg 93. Madison East — None.

Swimmers dunk Memorialby RoB REISCHELTimes-Tribune


Margaret McGill and Middleton’s girls swimmers rolled past Madison Memorial last Friday.