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Area leaders held a commu-nity workshop recently that fo-cused on racial inequities thatpersist locally and across thenation - and what can be donewithin the community to ad-dress them.

Percy brown, director of eq-uity and student achievementfor the school district, middle-ton Police Chief Chuck Foulke,Rev. miranda Hassett of St.Dunstan’s episcopal Church,Rev. James Iliff of middleton

Community United Church ofChrist, Al Ripp, executive di-rector of middleton Outreachministry, and Laura Love, di-rector of secondary educationfor the school district, all spoke

The middleton CommonCouncil approved the 2016budget in a five to three vote on

Thursday night. The final numbers will be

worked out by city accountingstaff and released in December,though tentatively it appears the

Flanked by native prairieyards and nestled in the heart ofdowntown middleton, thehome’s exterior looks like thatof any other. but inside is astaggering array of primordialcurios to rival that of the finestmuseum.

Items from the dawn of lifeon earth. The teeth of ancienteels. Sea lilies. Trilobites. Teethfrom the mouths of cave bears,wooly mammoths, and sharksthat swam in seas that once cov-

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Swing CitySwing CityThe Swing City Dolls will cometo Performing Arts Center Dec. 5-Read more on page 7

Veterans Memorial breaksground at Lakeview Park-Read more on page 5

City leaders asktough questionsabout racism...

City budget is approved

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Jerry Gunderson Santa Claus Santa Claus comes to towncomes to town-See page 2 Photo by Jeff Martin

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The City of Middleton cele-brated the start of the holidayseason Saturday with the an-nual tree lighting, a visit fromSanta (both at City Hall),games and activities at theMiddleton Public Libraryacross the street, and plenty ofgood cheer.

Clockwise from top left:Making cone ornaments forthe Holiday Tree are: TabbyHickman, Taylor Samuelsonand Edie Balster, all fromMiddleton; A large crowd cel-ebrates the annual lighting ofMiddleton's Holiday Tree;Abby Evans, Gwen Wiltziusand Ava Puxer, all from Mid-dleton, sold a variety of hand-made items; Having his firstvisit with Santa is young De-clan Waldschmidt from Mid-dleton.

City of Middleton kicks off the holiday season

Photos by Jeff Martin

The middleton Public Li-brary is hosting a winter cloth-ing drive through December 17.

New or used Coats, boots,snowpants, hats, mittens, andother winter gear for all ages(babies through adults) are

gratefully accepted. Donationswill be distributed to area insti-tutions serving families and in-dividuals in need. The drive hasbeen organized by the library’sActs of Kindness Club, a groupof middleton youth in grades 2through 6.

The club meets once a monthon a Friday afternoon; if you’reinterested in joining us, call(608) 827-7402 for more de-tails.

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Winter clothingdrive at the Middleton Public Library At approximately 12:24

a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 21,Dane County Sheriff’s Of-fice deputies along withTown of middleton and Vil-lage of Waunakee Fire De-partments responded toQuality erectors & Sheetersat 6073 USH 12 in the Townof Springfield for a com-mercial building fire thatwas called in by a passerbyon USH 12.

When deputies arrived atthe scene, a truck that wasparked inside the buildingwas fully engulfed and partof the building where thetruck was parked was onfire. The preliminary inves-tigation indicates an electri-cal issue with the truck thatcaused the fire.

The truck is believed tobe a total loss and the build-ing has approximately$350,000 in fire damage.

Electrical issuelikely cause ofSpringfield fire

Meet the authormiddleton resident and novelist

Nick Chiarkas will join margaretGoss at mannna Cafe and bakery,611 N. Sherman Ave. in madison,on Wednesday, Dec. 2 from 6:30-8p.m. for a “meet the author” event.

Chiarkas’ “Weepers” is a grittytale of crime set in New York in themiddle of the 20th Century.VisitNickChiarkas.com for more. Chiarkas

Over 60 local artists, includ-ing featured artist Scott Dravesof Door Pottery, are donating 20percent or more of their pro-ceeds to mOm’s homelessnessprevention and hunger fightingprograms. Come and shop for acause December 5 and 6 at themOm Food Pantry, with itemsall created by local artists.

Also featured at the eventwill be mOm Gifts of Hope, an“alternative gift” program per-fect for purchasing for the per-son who has everything.Purchasers receive a card togive to their gift recipient ex-plaining that a donation wasmade in their honor. Thanks to

a generous donor, every giftpurchased through this programwill be matched (up to a total of$5,000), so your gift will helptwice as many people in need.Purchases of mOm Gifts ofHope can also be made throughour online gift catalog and willalso be matched.

This year we are happy tohave the young artists from theboys and Girls Club AlliedDrive Family Center, beadingClub as participants in Creatingfor a Cause. They are sellingsome of the jewelry that theyhave created to help those inneed.

Join them for photos withbucky badger! bucky will bejoining us at the Art Fair onSunday from 1-2pm. bringyour camera and your familyfor a holiday photo.

The event is sponsored byAmerican Girl.


Make giving your holiday traditionS h a r i n g

your holidayscan be one ofthe most mean-ingful thingsyou do thisseason. everyyear, donorstell us that giv-ing back totheir commu-nity over the holidays is their fa-vorite tradition.

mOm offers many opportu-nities for you to be involved ingiving this season, whether it’son #GivingTuesday or anyother day!

Make an impact:You love the community you

live in…but where would youturn if you became unemployedor a tragedy struck? So manypeople in our community are inthat situation today. make animpact by donating to mOm’syear end campaign. every do-nation prevents homelessnessand ends hunger for people inthis community.

MOM Gifts of Hope:Still have people on your

shopping list? Connect yourwish to honor friends, family orbusiness associates with a giftthat mOm links to those inneed! With donation amountsthat start as low as $10, you canshare the meaning of givingwith everyone on your list

through mOm’s Gift Cata-log. Thanks to a generousdonor, all gifts purchasedthrough this program (up to agrand total of $5,000) will bematched, allowing your gift tohelp twice as many people inneed. Find out more about howmOm Gifts of Hope workat giftcatalog.momhelps.org.

Shop the Creating for aCause: A Holiday Art Fair:

Over 60 local artists are do-nating 20% or more of theirproceeds to mOm’s homeless-ness prevention and hungerfighting programs. Come andshop for a cause December 5and 6 at the mOm Food Pantry,with items all created by localartists. mOm ornaments, Re-mitts (warm mittens made by

local volunteers out of recycledsweaters), Food Fight gift cards,and Gifts of Hope will all be forsale and will directly benefitpeople in our community.bucky badger will join us onSunday from 1-2pm, so grabyour camera and your familyfor a holiday photo!

mOm ornaments are alsoavailable at the mOm officeand at both Diny’s Jewelers andZ.bella boutique in downtownmiddleton.

Sharing Christmas:When we think of the holi-

days, most of our thoughts tendto veer towards warm memoriesof family sharing a spectacularhome-cooked meal and, ofcourse, gifts spilling out frombeneath an ornate tree. but for

many of our friends and neigh-bors, the holidays mean some-thing entirely different. Formany, the holidays carry an un-manageable financial and emo-tional burden. Children andparents alike could go withoutgifts of any kind.

mOm would like to changethat reality for hundreds of fam-ilies in our service area – andyou can help! The 16th annualSharing Christmas program willonce again match donors withhundreds of local families whohave successfully registeredthrough mOm. each familywill be screened and thenmatched with donors who arewilling and able to spend $50per family member to ensurethat each receives somethingspecial for the holidays. Donors

may deliver their gifts directlyto the family with whom theyhave been matched or may dropthem off at the mOm office forthe family to pick up.

Register online at shar-ingchristmas.momhelps.org.

Warm hands, Warm heartsIt’s cold outside and mittens,

hats, and other warm winteritems are much needed. Digthrough your boxes for gentlyused items and make warmhands your gift to your commu-nity this holiday season.

There are even more waysyou can help. Check out ourwebsite atholidays.momhelps.org foreven more opportunities.

Artists work to help neighbors in need

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Creating for a Cause Holiday Art Fair: A benefit for MOMDecember 5, 10am-5pm (Brass Arts performing from 12-1:30pm)December 6, 11am - 4pm (Brass Arts performing from 1:30-3:00pm)Event is free and open to the publicMOM Food Pantry, 3502 Parmenter St. (pastthe PDQ) - Free ParkingFree entranceVisit holidays.momhelps.org for more Photo contributed

MOM is a local non-profit organization that leads a commu-nity-wide effort to prevent homelessness and end hunger forour neighbors throughout Middleton, West Madison and CrossPlains. Through our business partners, affiliated churches,area schools, community service clubs, and numerous individ-uals, we provide food, clothing, housing assistance, emergencyfinancial assistance, and special services for seniors. All pro-grams are provided free of charge to neighbors in need.

Holiday ArtFair will takeplace Dec. 5-6


Work on veterans memorial underwayWilliam “Sonny” Simon

VFW Post 8216 broke groundlast week on a special memorialat Lakeview Park that willhonor veterans young and old.

The project is being spear-headed by former middletonmayor and marine (as well ascurrent post commander) DougZwank and Jim Kurtz, a formerU.S. Army Captain and pastcommander of the post, alongwith countless veterans, donorsand community members.

“Our country was foundedbecause of citizens who werewilling to stand up for their be-liefs and their vision for ourcountry and, in some cases,made the ultimate sacrifice,”said Zwank. “This tribute is torecognize and honor all of themen and women who have fol-lowed in peace and in war andwho were willing to serve ourcountry as well as the familiesleft behind who supportedthem. This tribute is not to glo-rify war but for our communityto honor all of them.”

“The middleton SonnySimon VFW Post 8216 owes abig debt of gratitude to the Cityof middleton and all of thedonors who have so generouslysupported this project,” Zwankcontinued. “As Commander ofthe middleton VFW, I and myfellow members would like tothank everybody who made thispossible.”

To date, the VFW has raised$318,000 in cash and another$54,600 in pledged contribu-tions for the project.

Times-Tribune photos by Matt GeigerTop: Some of the local veterans who turned this dream into a reality. Above: Steven F. Short,

vice president of The Bruce Company, center, goes over plans for the memorial, which is expectedto be complete sometime in 2016.

Dane County executiveParisi announced recentlythat the County hasreached a tentative agree-ment with the DaneCounty Deputy Sheriffs’Association through col-lective bargaining. Thenew agreement on a laborcontract will runthrough December 10,2016. The County employs400 full time equivalentemployees in this bargain-ing unit.

“I am happy we havebeen able to come to anagreement with the DaneCounty Deputy Sheriffs’Association,” said DaneCounty executive JoeParisi. “This shows thatcollective bargaining canwork. Giving employees avoice in the process is im-portant to maintaining andattracting a talented work-force.”

The principle itemagreed to was an across-the board wage increase of2.99% for regular employ-

ees beginning in the sec-ond year of the agreement.The increase for the bar-gaining unit is the equiva-lent to the $.87 an hourwage increase for non-rep-resented employees recom-mend in the Countyexecutive’s proposed 2016operating budget. Thewage increase and othereconomic items agreed toare within the County’sbudgetary constraints.

Dane County SheriffDave mahoney added, “Asour deputies serve and pro-tect our citizens I applaudDane County for recogniz-ing their dedicated serviceby ensuring we protecttheir families and their fu-ture by negotiating a faircollective bargainingagreement. Dane Countyhas shown that by sitting atthe table we can make col-lective bargaining work.”

It will be reviewed bythe Dane County boardcommittees in the comingweeks.

Sheriff’s Association contract reached

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Photos by Lori RodenA great show!Middleton High School Drama presented The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee No-

vember 12, 1 and 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center, 2100 Bristol St. The show wasalso selected as this year’s showcase musical at the Wisconsin High School Theatre Festival(WHSTF) on Friday, November 21.


LLIVeIVe mmUSICUSICSwing City Dolls come to PAC

The Swing City Dolls withmembers Natalie Carson, RobinVincent and Connie murraycombine three voices in theirunique style for a musical actthat appeals to all ages.

For over ten years, TheSwing City Dolls have appearedacross the Las Vegas Valley andhave opened for Lionel Richieat the Wynn Hotel and Casino,and were featured as vocalistsfor Frankie Avalon and bobbyRydell at the (then) Las VegasHilton. They have sung with nu-merous recording artists includ-ing bJ Thomas, Leslie Gore,marilyn mcCoo, billy Davis Jr.and Lou Christy.

Reminiscent of the tight har-monies of the Andrews Sisters,The Swing City Dolls combinea vintage look and choreogra-phy with original musicalarrangements. The Swing CityDolls present themselves as the1940s version of the Dream

Girls. The group just added newswinging arrangements of songsby Queen, Chicago, beatles andThe Doobie brothers to theirsong list by arranger and musi-cal director Jim belk. Theirrepertoire even includes Holi-day songs to get you in a festivemood.

Swing City Dolls will per-form at middleton’s own Per-forming Arts Center, Dec. 5 at7:30 p.m. presented by TheFriends of the middleton Per-forming Arts Center. Ticketsare available for seniors $30,adults $35, and students $10.00.Tickets can be purchased atmiddleton Community bank(cash or check only), at theFriends website:www.friendspac.org, or thenight of the show at the box of-fice.

For more information youcan call the Friends of the PACat 608-886-3103.

They will bring their classic soundto the Middleton-Cross Plains Performing Arts Center Dec. 5

Artwork by Kerry Dennis

Little Matchstick GirlDancers from Central Midwest Ballet Academy in Mid-

dleton will perform The Little Matchstick Girl, and originalballet based on the classic fairy tale, at The Bartell Theatrein Madison, Dec. 3 and 4 at 7 p.m. Call 608-661-9696 forticket information.


2016 Pheasant Branch Phenology Calendar

This time of year a veryunique and special calendar ispublished here in middleton,ready for the holidays and theNew Year. It is much antici-pated by some, while others arestill discovering it for the firsttime each year on the Friendswebsite or at the various localretailers who make it availablein their stores.

The calendar is published bythe Friends of Pheasant branchConservancy and this year isfilled exclusively with the workof the middleton HS students. Itis a creative process that bringstogether an intergenerationalteam of individuals, blendingthe knowledge and skills ofmiddleton youth and adultsalike, through art, writing andscience.

making up the heart of thecalendar are pages full of phe-nology and fun. Phenology isdefined as “the study of cyclicand seasonal natural phenom-ena, especially in relation to cli-mate and plant and animal life.”It is filled with color and illus-trations tailored to open up aworld of exploration with thewilderness. each month comeswith a list of what plant andwildlife species are emerging inthe Conservancy. There is spaceto mark day-to-day observa-tions, changes and discoverieswhile walking along the paths.From January to December, thepages are packed with informa-tion “dedicated to understand-ing the natural world, especially

the small stuff…from the far-thest reaches of the universe tothe microbes under our feet” (A.Gargas).

At the center of the calen-dar’s design, theme and mate-rial is creator Andrea Gargas, abiologist (mycologist) and for-mer UW-madison professor.She has been the creator and de-signer of the Friends’ phenol-ogy calendar since its firstedition in 2007. each year,

Andrea turns her talents asboth artist and scientist, work-ing from summer through earlyfall to fashioning a new editionof the phenology calendar. Shedraws from a diversity of sub-ject areas that include mam-mals, birds, fungi, reptiles,insects, geology, astronomy,photography, weather, history,restoration ecology - evenmathematics and physics. betsyTrue, a local scientific illustra-tor and graphic designer, ex-tends her expertise in a finaltweaking of the colors, text,photos and illustrations.

Alongside the pages of phe-nology are student photos,poems and prose from cover toback illustrating the essence ofeach season. board member,Deb Weitzel, a former middle-ton-Cross Plains High Schoolscience teacher, has workedclosely each year with teachersand students to inspire aspiringyoung photographers and writ-ers to capture the Conservancythrough their personal art andwriting. The student’s creationsbecome a central hallmark toeach year’s calendar.

As a part of this opportunity,

the students’ works are enteredin photo and writing contests.Award recipients are celebratedduring a spring reception. Witheach round of seasons, partici-pating youth are afforded newways to engage with the Con-servancy and the chance to joinan intergenerational effort toprotect the land for future gen-erations.

The Friends’ 2016 P henologyCalendar is now ready for pur-chase and makes a great gift.They are available for purchasethrough the Friends’ webpageand at local businesses includ-ing Willy St. Coop, Wild birdsUnlimited, UW-Arboretum,Prairie Café, UW-bookstore,Fontana Sports, eagle Optics,Orange Tree Imports, The RegalFind, momentum, Wolff-Kubly,Chauette and the WisconsinState Historical Society book-store.

The Friends of Pheasantbranch Conservancy’s yearlyphenology calendar will alwaysbe more than just a calendar.beyond photos, dates and holi-days, it reaches to “considernatural history with the touch-stone of Pb Conservancy, be-ginning with the bedrock, watertable and soil through the plantlayer and extending to our at-mosphere, out to our location inthe solar system” (A. Gargas).moreover, it is an effort thatrepresents cross-generationalinvestment in a fragile andchanging environment and op-portunities to know and supportthe Pheasant branch Conser-vancy, both for the present dayand the future.

Friends of Pheasant Branch award $1,500 grantFriends of Pheasant branch

Conservancy President Dagnymyrah announced plans to de-velop an outdoor education pro-gram for students enrolled areapre-kindergarten programs.

The $1500 cost will comefrom the Glen C. Pulver endow-ment, funded by gifts from thefriends and family of the lateUW-madison educator.

“This gift will expand our al-ready extensive cooperation

with school districts in DaneCounty,” myrah said. “educa-tors know that it is not too earlyto introduce children to envi-ronmental concepts and experi-ences at four years, an age ofgreat wonder.”

The Pulver funds will beused to develop a field curricu-lum and materials in coopera-tion with middleton/CrossPlains School District teachersand library staff. Volunteers

and naturalists who work withthe Friends will also be in-volved.

“We expect the cooperativedevelopment of the concept willhelp assure that implementationwill be smooth,” said DebWeitzel, chair of the Friends’education Committee.

The goal is to have a programup and running by 2017.

“This is an amazing opportu-nity,” said middleton/Cross

Plains 4K/early ChildhoodPrincipal Kari Gault. “We con-tinue to be so very grateful forthe generosity of the Friends to-ward our young people.”

Dr. Glen Pulver was a Uni-versity of Wisconsin-madisonfaculty member and Dean whowas known as the father ofcommunity economics. Dr.Pulver had an avid interest inthe Pheasant branch Conser-vancy. When he died in 2000,

friends and family began mak-ing gifts to the Friends ofPheasant branch Conservancyin his memory. In 2008, theFriends used those accumulatedgifts to establish the Glen C.Pulver endowment fund. Theprincipal currently exceeds$26,200.

Income from this endowmentis intended to support the edu-cational work of the Friends ofPheasant branch Conservancy.

This Fund, together with asimilar fund dedicated to theFriends’ restoration mission, ismanaged by the madison Com-munity Foundation. Income isallocated by the Friends’ boardof Directors.

“It’s heartening to us to beable to keep Glen’s memory –and his life work as an educator– alive in this way,” Presidentmyrah said.

Celebrating 20 years protecting the conservancyOn Sunday, Nov. 15, Friends’ board

member John Daly welcomed an audi-ence of approximately eighty commu-nity members to the middleton PAC.

The primary purpose of this specialafternoon event was to celebrate the20th Anniversary of the Friends ofPheasant branch as a non-profit organ-ization.

This free public event began with asocial mix and multiple table displaysthat shared visuals and text materialsfocused on the current efforts of theFriends’ four standing committees (De-velopment & marketing, education,Restoration & management and Water-shed) and the initiatives of our environ-mental partners (Dane County Parks,middleton Public Lands, Recreation &Forestry and the middleton HighSchool ecology Club).

In 2015, two video documentaryprojects were created that looked at thePheasant branch Conservancy (PbC)from two perspectives. Students frommiddleton High School did a currentreview of the impact the PbC has onthe community. A second video docu-mentary researched the original acqui-sition of the PbC through interviews ofearly neighbors along the Creek Corri-dor and some the original members ofthe Friends of Pheasant branch Con-servancy organization.

Complimentary DVD copies of bothvideo documentaries were presented toall in attendance. Additional copieswill be given to the public library, theschool district for distribution to theschools, and to our intergenerationalpartners in the community - Heritage,middleton Glen, the Senior Center and

Attic Angels. The students’ video documentary

project was supported by a grant awardfrom the American Girl Fund for Chil-dren. The November 15th celebration

event was supported by a grant awardfrom the middleton endowment.

If your organization is interested inreceiving these DVDs, please contactFoPbC board member, John Daly (jh-

[email protected]) or write to theFriends of Pheasant branch Conser-vancy, Inc. at P.O. box 628242, mid-dleton, WI 53562-8242

Annual calendar, available now, includes stunning images by local photographersby DALE KLUBERTANZSpecial to the Times-Tribune

Photos contributedThe Friends Phenology Calendar is available at www.pheasantbranch.org.

Photos contributedRoughly 80 people attended a special Friends of Pheasant Branch event at the Middleton-Cross Plains Performing

Arts Center on Nov. 15.

Middleton’slasting impression

It’s been a very long whilesince I contributed an “Allmanner of Things” column tothe Middleton Times-Tribune.Since writing last, my life hasgone through an incredibleshift.

As part of the shift I have leftmiddleton and have taken upresidence in Waterloo, WI.

Little by little, through themonths of August, Septemberand October, I packed a few be-longings into my car and carriedthem to my new residence onthe other side of madison.

On October 17, the U-Haulwas rented. Friends and familyhelped to shift the last of mypossessions to my new resi-dence and to a storage unit atthe edge of the city I will nowcall home.

During the following weeks,I went back to clean behind andunder the places my furnituresat.

because there were only afew cabinets in my middletonapartment kitchen, one of thefirst pieces of furniture that Ipurchased was a credenza. It ismade of teak wood and is quite

heavy. The back is long and straight.

The sides curve toward aslightly rounded front.

I was too busy on the day ofthe move to notice then, but,when I walked into the diningarea on cleaning day, I wasstruck that where the credenzasat, the carpet was indented inthe shape of my initial D.

I took a photo of it and for afew moments, hoped that theimpression that I made on mid-dleton was a good one.

What flowed to me, immedi-ately after that thought, was aparade of ways that middletonleft an indelible impression onme. my heart overflows withgratitude for my time in yourcommunity.

And, since this is the week ofThanksgiving, I thought it ap-propriate to write about themany people, places and thingsin middleton that I have beenthankful for.

Firstly, my apartment in theoriginal Parmenter Circle build-ing was a prime location fortraveling by foot in middletonand by bus to madison. Thepeople who lived and workedthere were friendly and helpful.

Another boon was that its lo-cation allowed me easy accessinto the Pheasant branch Con-servancy.

I spent countless days there,walking alone or with friends,

viewing wildlife, learning aboutbirds from Lisa mettel andmike mcDowell, participatingin a 5K, or just sitting on one ofthe benches and contemplatinglife.

If you haven’t donated to theFriends of Pheasant branch yet,Thanksgiving is a great time todo so to show thankful supportfor the work that this groupdoes to keep the conservancy inprime condition.

middleton’s Outreach min-istry, mOm, also made a hugeimpression on me. Throughthat organization, an amazinggroup of people, with an amaz-ing amount of energy, serve res-idents in meaningful ways.

The part that I was tuckedinto was mOm’s mentoringgarden. my contribution wasminimal, at best. For mentoringtwo families in their efforts togrow vegetables, I was alloweda plot of my own.

more precious than the veg-etables that I grew there, werethe relationships that I grewwith the families that I workedwith and with the garden man-ager, Dan Johnson. His com-mitment, expertise and energyare boundless.

I am so grateful to him forteaching me so much moreabout growing vegetables, andfor his generosity of both spiritand produce! Not only did hemake sure that I had a garden

plot for three years, but he oftenshared his own garden producewith me as well!

The middleton Public Li-brary is another gem. The se-lection of books, programs andDVDs, provided much of myalone time entertainment whileliving there. If you’ve not tunedinto the library and all that it of-fers, you’re missing out on alot!

There are so very many peo-ple, too numerous to mention,who welcomed me to the com-munity and who reached out infriendship by inviting me topotlucks, afternoons of Scrab-ble, conversations over coffeeand more.

I attended great events atHoly Wisdom monastery and atthe High School’s PerformingArts Center. And I ate at manyof middleton’s great restaurants- too many to name!

One person who I feel theneed to mention by name is ed-itor of the Middleton Times-Tri-bune, matt Geiger. Aftersending in several letters to theeditor, I met matt and asked if Icould contribute to the paper asa writer.

He took me on board, givingme the space for this column,and later inviting me to free-lance. middleton is lucky tohave a paper of this caliber andespecially matt’s award win-ning columns.

When I typed the word cre-denza earlier in this column, Istopped writing for a few min-utes to look it up in the diction-ary.

The word comes from theenglish word credence and the

Italian word for belief. The firstcredenzas were used in Italy tohold food that needed to betasted to test for poison beforeit was served up to the VIPs ofthe time.

It’s a bit of a stretch to keepthis credenza connection going.but, I’m going to do it anyway.

middleton serves up an in-credible place to live and work.

It has made a lasting impressionon me that I will always begrateful for. It is a place wherepeople believe in and invest ineach other.

I plan to visit often and thankmatt and the Middleton Times-Tribune for allowing me to con-tinue in my capacity as a writer.

Happy Thanksgiving every-one!


My baby’sshrinking head

I used to think my daughter’s headwas shrinking.

It began with a casual visit to thedoctor’s office shortly after she wasborn. The kind at which people insmocks weigh, measure and poke yourchild.

Anyone who has tried to obtain theexact measurements of an infant knowsthe task is roughly as easy as figuringout the precise number of angels thatcan dance on the head of a needle.Nurses tend to make a loose loop offlexible measuring tape, then attemptto lasso your infant’s cranium likesomeone in a Wild West show roping abucking calf.

During one visit, the nurse, satisfiedthat my squirming daughter’s head hadbriefly occupied the space inside theloop, jotted down an arbitrary numberand went on with her day.

Three months later, at the nextcheckup, we saw a different nurse. Thekind who I doubt cuts many corners inlife. This was the type of woman whoweighs flour when baking, because air

pockets in a measuring cup might leadto tiny, unacceptable irregularities. Thekind of person who makes appoint-ments for times like 5:43 p.m.

She measured our daughter with theintense gravitas I usually only showwhen selecting my annual Thanksgiv-ing turkey.

She insisted on wrapping the tapetightly around little Hadley’s head,then cinching it – like an equestriantrying to get a saddle onto a bloatedhorse - before carefully writing downthe measurement. She marked thenumber with her thumb, then looked atit from several different angles to makesure it was correct.

This all seemed fine until the doctorarrived several minutes later. Lookingquizzically at a computer-generatedchart that showed our daughter’s headshrinking by several inches over thecourse of three months, she uttered themost terrifying sound a medical profes-sional can make.

“Huh?”I’m 36 years old, and I still think

back with vexation and horror at thetime, when I was a kid, that a doctorquietly muttered “hhmm” while givingme a physical. Three decades later Isometimes wake up in the middle of

the night wondering: “What was it?What about me was so strange thatsomeone who had read thousands ofpages of medical texts was so sur-prised? What is wrong with me?”

Hadley’s doctor was eventually ableto collect herself, and this time I wasn’tleaving without an explanation.

“It would appear, if you just look atthe chart, that your daughter’s head ismuch smaller than the last time she vis-ited us,” she said without any of thehorror that should accompany thosewords spoken in that order.

“I knew something terrible wasgoing to happen,” I thought. “The uni-verse couldn’t just let me have this onething. Well that’s just great.”

There were two possibilities, as faras I could tell.

The first was that Hadley had thebenjamin button disease, and she wasaging in reverse. but that seemed un-likely, since most of Scott Fitzgerald’swriting has little or no connection tothe actual world.

The other, far more likely scenariowas that someone had placed a curse orhex on my family. People threaten thattype of thing all the time, usually afterthey show up in the court report of thelocal newspapers I edit. It was only, Imused as I examined my daughter’sforehead, a matter of time before some-thing like this happened.

Then I remembered hearing about acondition called microcephaly. It wason one of those television shows thatpretend to be educational but are reallydesigned to make viewers realize thatmomentarily shaky cell phone recep-tion or the barista getting their orderwrong that morning do not, in fact,

make them the unluckiest people onearth.

but those afflicted with micro-cephaly simply have small heads. Theirheads are tiny from the start. I couldn’tremember anything about heads thatwere actively getting smaller.

After staying silent for long enoughthat I was able to think all these horri-fying thoughts, the doctor smiled andshrugged: “I wouldn’t worry about it.Wiggly babies can be hard to meas-ure.”

“We’ll just keep and eye on it andmakes sure her head has grown nexttime we see her,” she added, a little tooflippantly for my taste.

“Or what?” I wondered. “Is theretreatment if her head is getting smaller,or do I just bring her straight to an early20th Century carnival sideshow and tryto raise money for many small butfashionable hats.”

I have long wondered why peoplewhisper when they pray. Is the idea thatGod has really good hearing, so He canhear you all the way from His heavenlythrone without the need to shout? Or isit – and this is the more likely answer -that most people are hoping none oftheir mortal peers will hear that theyare asking a supreme being for thickerhair rather than world peace?

In any case, that’s the voice I heardin my head that afternoon, sitting nerv-ously in the doctor’s office.

“If her head grows, I will be sothankful,” I whispered to myself withinthe relative privacy of my brain. “Sotruly appreciative.”

This all happened a year ago, and itturns out the doctor was correct. An

imprecise measurement – or perhapsan overly precise measurement, if youshare my view on the matter – was theculprit. After all, the initial measure-ment, slapdash though it was, didn’tcause any consternation until the morerigorous nurse showed up.

Just further proof that most of theworld’s problems are caused by peoplewho take their jobs far too seriously.

either way, I could safely rule outblack magic.

Today, Hadley has grown into a ro-bust, full sized toddler with a matchinghead. In fact, her cranium is practicallybursting right now, as the brain encasedin it races to ponder every word shehears, every sight she sees and everyhousehold item she shatters.

She splits her time between trying tomaster language, and running aroundour house performing trust falls with-out warning the rest of us that we areexpected to catch her as she plummetsoff the dinner table.

The early magic of child rearing isoften replaced by the physical andmental exercise of keeping her aliveand entertained. After all, your childlooks slightly less angelic when shekicks you in the face on the way to theurgent care clinic, or when she is flush-ing your favorite book down the toilet.

but this week, as Hadley and I headdown to the supermarket to select ourThanksgiving turkey, I’ll remember thetime I briefly thought her head was get-ting smaller. As I weigh, measure andpoke the big bird’s carcass, displayingall the assiduity of a very serious nurse,I will take a moment to give thanks formy daughter’s growing head.

by Matt Geiger

GEIGERCounter

All Mannerof Things

by Deb Biechler

at the event at the police stationtitled, “equity vs. equality: anexamination of the racial in-equities that exist in DaneCounty.”

The racism and racial dispar-ities that exist across the nationimpact Dane County more thanmany people realize, they said.In the United States, the unem-ployment rate for AfricanAmericans is four times higherthan that of whites. A stunning41 percent of blacks live inpoverty, compared to 10 percentof whites. African Americanadults are eight times morelikely to be arrested than whitesand black youth are fifteentimes more likely to be arrested.

but community leaders inmiddleton are joining withother groups throughout thecounty to initiate a community-wide attempt in fuel change,they said.

The workshop was a followup to a community panel held atthe middleton Public Librarydiscussing the issues raised inthe book “Just mercy,” bybryan Stevenson. The bookwas featured in this year’s “Gobig Read” program, co-spon-sored by UW-madison and themadison Public Library. Panelmembers at the workshop in-cluded brown, Foulke, UrbanLeague CeO Ruben Anthony,Dane County Sheriff Dave ma-honey, and Dane County JudgeJosann Reynolds.

In the context of national andlocal history, the speakers dis-cussed the roots of racism inAmerica and how it has mani-fested over time. The speakersshared presentations, videos,and discussion to offer aglimpse of the work being donein the school district and com-

munity to address these issues,and to begin to identify addi-tional opportunities for change.

Foulke said the workshopwas a much needed step andadded that he is dedicated totaking on some of the issues. Inmay he presented city officialswith numerous options to re-duce the racial inequities thatare found in middleton’s crimi-nal justice system. He proposedmodifying city fines and forfei-tures, eliminating or reducingcannabis possession fines, andchanging policing trends andhiring practices.

“The racial and ethnic dispar-ities in our country, county andcommunity are getting the at-tention and action that aresorely needed,” Foulke said.“The equity vs. equality train-ing is a logical step in maintain-ing the momentum thatcommunity leaders have beenbuilding to address this veryreal problem. I am pleased to bepart of the planning team forthis training and feel the mid-dleton Police Department canbe part of the solution.”

The attendees participated ina number of activities thatdemonstrated implicit bias theysaid people have but aren’toften aware of.

“We have these associationsdeep within us as a result ofthings we have been taught in-tentionally and unintentionally,”Love said. “There are manysources, and then this uncon-sciousness operates in the back-ground and belies our goodintentions.”

“Part of our task as we goforward is to critically questionwhat we are seeing and hearingand even hearing in conversa-tion,” Love explained. “It is to

be more aware and more con-scious about the words that arechosen to portray certain peoplein a certain way.”

brown and Love detailedwhat a “racial micro-aggres-sion” is and how over time itcan have a major impact onpeople of color. brown shareda personal example of micro-aggression, describing howwhenever he meets with anotherAfrican American colleague,someone in a leadership rolewill always interrupt and ask ifthey should be part of the con-versation. He said he wouldn’tgive it much thought if it didn’t

happen literally every time.“The crazy thing about it is

often times it is unintended,”brown explained. “In the workenvironment you may be theonly person of color, littlethings like that can happen 50times a day and that is exhaust-ing. It’s like how do you getthat off and prepare yourself tocome back the next day?”

In explaining racial micro-aggression, Love caught herselfmaking one, she said: “Onething we can do is teach ourown racism,” she said. “I saidsomething that was a micro-ag-gression - I mean I’ve beenstudying this stuff for years try-ing to unlearn what has been en-grained in me.”

What Love said before al-most immediately correctingherself was: “What we can do inour community is tell the otherstory, the positive stories overand over of the good things all

people are doing, despite theirbackgrounds.”

Love said that she should nothave used the word “despite.”

“We are doing good work,but we have a long, long way togo,” Love said. “In middleton-Cross Plains, as Percy men-tioned, we don’t have one blackteacher - that’s crazy. We needto do a lot of work around thatsort of thing.”

brown described how microaggressions could play out forstudents of color in the district.He said when African-Ameri-can students don’t see a teacherthat looks like them and dealwith micro-aggressions daily, itcan lead to poor behavior. Hesaid if they try to tell a teacherabout something they felt wasracist it will usually shut downthe conversation. He says it’s asnowballing effect that getsworse over time.

brown says it’s a difficultand sometimes daunting task -but he knows that if he focuseson the students it could have amajor impact on their livesgoing forward.

Love listed efforts that arebeing made within the schooldistrict, including a committeein the district that is working onraising the voices of studentsand bringing in people of colorwho are part of our communitywho can say what the district isdoing wrong and how it feelswhen they walk through thedoors.

She also mentioned the dis-trict’s partnership with a na-tional group called the minorityStudent Achievement Network,eliminating fees for students,working with board members torealign resources, communitypartnerships and training for allgroups.


RACE continued from page 1

Times-Tribune photo by Cameron BrenPercy Brown, director of equity and student achievement for the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, speak during a

November 14 discussion at the Middleton Police Station.

ered modern-day Alabama. In-sects from Colorado. A labora-tory filled with glass beakersand staunch chemicals to breakapart ancient rocks and revealthe mysteries frozen inside.

And 1.8 billion-year-oldStromatolites. “They’re the crit-ters that made the oxygen for usto breath,” explains 73-year-oldJerry Gunderson, holding somany eons of history in thepalm of his hand.

This is Gunderson’s home,and it is where he spends hisfree time peering gleefully backinto the murk of primordialepochs. At floral and fauna thatpredate the dinosaurs. And mi-crofossils so minute you can fit10,000 on a single microscopeslide.

Like a less mercurial Sher-lock Holmes, he spends hisleisure time sleuthing throughhistory, finding preserved lifeforms that were locked in timeby volcanic ash or shale, tradingwith other collectors, and donat-ing countless items to academia.

“They’re so elegant,” Gun-derson says with an impish grinthat belies his age. “They looklike pieces of art.”

Gunderson, who grew up inAppleton, WI, came to theGood Neighbor City in 1969,teaching math and science for26 years at Kromrey middleSchool in the middleton-CrossPlains Area School District.

“Once I figured it out, it wasa lot of fun,” he recalls. “I foundthat middle school students hadmore energy, and they weremore curious. High school stu-dents didn’t want to show thatthey knew anything, or theywouldn’t raise their hand be-cause they were afraid of beingwrong.”

Gunderson had already beeninterested in fossils for much ofhis life when he arrived in mid-dleton. but he wanted his pas-sion to remain a hobby, ratherthan a day job that might even-tual grow dreary.

It worked, as his enthusiasmfor archeology is stronger thanever these days.

It all began when he visited aquarry one day during hisyouth, coming home with pock-ets spilling over with fossils hefounds there. That day openedhis eyes to the fact that we areliterally surrounded by relicsfrom earth’s history.

All you have to do, Gunder-son explains, is look.

“Fossils are all around us,”

he says. “They are, for the mostpart, very small. You often needto crack rocks open to findthem. but they are every-where.”

“We talk about this a lotwhen we collect,” he continues.“About being the first person tosee something hundreds ofthousands of years old.”

Fossils, in simple terms, areliving organisms that die andare quickly covered up andtherefore protected from the de-caying effects of things likebacteria, oxygen and scav-engers.

It is something that happensto astonishingly few things –the vast majority of living or-ganisms are simply consumedby the planet right after their die– but when it does, Gundersonis often there, millions of yearslater, to unlock their mysteries.

A member of the midwesternAmerican Paleontological Soci-ety, Gunderson is aided by animpressive memory that allowshis to catalogue the items hefinds.

“I have a visual memory,” hesays. “Anything I see, I don’tforget. I could take you back to

a place I visited in the ‘50s andshow you exactly where I foundit.”

While many fossil hunters doit for the money, Gunderson hasdonated a staggering number ofitems to the University of Wis-consin.

“The thing is, I never reallyneeded much money,” he re-flects. “I never needed to makea quick buck.”

Stephen Hesselbo, a geolo-gist with the Universities of Ox-ford and exeter, even named afossil after Gunderson.

While fossils are ubiquitous,

they are also very special and,as Gunderson puts it, “daz-zling.”

“Think about all the thingsthat are now living,” he says.“What’s the chance they willbecome fossils? One in a mil-lion?”

Still spry, Gunderson says heis as excited by fossils today ashe was the day he came homewith his pockets full of his firstfinds.

“It’s the adventure,” he says.“exploring. Discovering.” Hesays his interests go “inphases.”

“Right now I’m into micro-fossils,” he says. “Things sosmall that if you dumped athousands of them onto a tableyou wouldn’t know they werethere.”

Looking through a micro-scope, Gunderson marvels atthem and recites, from memory,what they are and where theycame from.

He has praise for the big fos-sils he finds, too. After all, asGunderson puts it with a smile:“I never found a fossil I didn’tlike.”


HUNTER continued from page 1

Times-Tribune photos by Matt GeigerJerry Gunderson inspects microfossils (left) and holds a mammoth’s tooth (right) at his Middleton home.

“Tuesday night, June 19[1900] will long be rememberedby Middletonians. At about 6:30p.m. on that date, W. Hoffman’smill ominously tooted the fataltoot, and there was a rush forthe mill from all directions.Men and women, boys and girlstrying to outstrip each other intheir eagerness to get there first,some had chemical fire extin-guishers and some buckets, butall had blanched eager faces,for they knew danger was aheadof them but at that time few re-alized the terrible strain theywould have to undergo beforethe night was past and the des-olation old Sol would revealwhen he next showed his shin-ing face.”

This colorful passage waspart of a long article that ap-peared in the June 29, 1900 edi-tion of the Waunakee Newsdescribing the great fire indowntown middleton and its af-termath. middleton’s newspa-per, the Times-Herald wasunable to publish for a while be-cause the print shop had burnedalong with many other businessstructures; therefore, the storywas featured on page one of theWaunakee News which was alsopublished by Middleton Times-Herald Publisher/editor,Thomas A. everill (who mostlikely wrote the dramatic copy).

The June 19 fire destroyed alarge part of downtown middle-ton with about 19 buildings and12 barns or outbuildings goingup in flames. The blaze startedin William Hoffman’s grist mill(middleton Roller mills) lo-cated on the south side of elm-wood Ave. (in the 7400 block,near today’s Senior Center).With a strong east wind, the firequickly spread to other build-ings on Hubbard Ave. and Par-menter St. Weisenberg’sblacksmith shop next doorcaught fire and windblown cin-ders and flaming debris weresoon everywhere as buildingafter building was consumed.The fire burned all buildings onelmwood west to Parmenter,and all of them on Parmenter’seast side north to University

Ave. (including the middletonHotel). It also turned south andburned everything along theeast side of Parmenter to Hub-bard Ave.

The fire also jumped acrosselmwood from the mill site andsoon burned John Dahlk’sblacksmith shop, the Coolidgebarn (but spared Dr. Coolidge’shouse) and the wheelwright’sshop next door. The wheel-wright, Henry G. Wolf, savedhis home with the aid of allfamily members. He placed alarge carpet, ripped from theliving room, onto his roof andwet it down with well waterprovided by his wife, son andthree daughters who formed abucket brigade. The old carpet,with a few burn marks, has sur-vived and is now on display atthe middleton Fire Station onUniversity Ave.

The fire jumped across Par-menter St. at the UniversityAve. intersection and burnedanother large building on thesouthwest corner containingmattresses and furniture storedthere by the building’s ownerFrank Durkopp. In addition, thebuilding also housed Thomaseverill’s printing shop where hepublished the Middleton Times-Herald.

At the time, middleton hadno Fire Department, and soon,as the fire raced through the vil-lage, word went out to madisonfor help. Although madisonfirefighters hopped on a train,they arrived about an hour laterand had forgotten to bring hoseslong enough to reach a big wellbeneath the distillery. There-fore, they provided little assis-tance to the desperate bucketbrigade volunteers. Later thatevening, as the fire died down,some looters arrived on thescene and caused added prob-lems for the police and propertyowners. business losses fromthe fire ranged from a few hun-dred dollars to $17,000; insur-ance payments helped some,but not everyone had coverage.

but out of the ashes a newmiddleton soon rose up; con-struction began throughout thecommercial section of down-

town. As the Waunakee Newsstory suggested, “… part ofmiddleton will soon assume anew garb that will put to shamethe old even as it appeared be-fore the fire … steps have beentaken to rebuild on a larger scalethan before...” This optimismproved true as many businessowners quickly started to re-build: Dahlk, Gruen, Prien,brumm & brumm, muetz,Durkopp and DuFrenne broth-ers were among those who soonbegan the reconstruction ofdowntown middleton.

most of the new buildingswere of brick construction andmany of the remaining commer-cial buildings are dated to afterthe fire … 1901-1902. Severalprominent buildings survivedthe fire along Parmenter St. andsome are still used today. Threenotable structures can be seen inthe photo on page one (labeledA, b and C) … can you identifythem? building A was first theWeinberg bldg. and by 1890 theSchroeder bldg. (or Hall),building b was the DuFrennebldg. and building C, theAmerican House.

In the same Waunakee Newsstory, Publisher everill pleadedfor middleton to organize a “…hook and ladder company witha small hand engine and plentyof ladders, ‘long enough’…”His plea was soon heeded andon February 4, 1901 in AugustSchroeder’s Hall, middletonFire Company No. 1 was offi-cially organized. Article I of theCompany charter stated that thefirst 22 signers (Village resi-dents over 16 years of age)would become Departmentmembers. Ironically, the fol-lowing meeting notice had ap-peared in the MiddletonTimes-Herald on may 26, 1899(nearly one year before thegreat fire occurred):

There are quite a few of ourcitizens who are desirous of or-ganizing a fire department forthe benefit of this village … Ameeting for this purpose will beheld at William Hoffman’s HallSaturday evening …


mmIDDLeTONIDDLeTON AAReAReA HHISTORICALISTORICAL SSOCIeTYOCIeTYThe massive fire that devastated Middleton

Middleton Historical Society Archives photosTop: Viewing the ruins soon after the fire in 1900. Today, buildings A, B and C still stand

along Parmenter Street and are part of the downtown business community. Above: The Fire’s Origin - in Hoffman’s Middleton Roller Mills


Fruit sale supports student musiciansWould you like to support local

music education and enjoy somevery fresh fruit this winter? Then themiddleton High School band andOrchestra Parents Association’s an-nual fruit sale is for you.

Fruit can be ordered from anymHS band or Orchestra studentthrough November 29. Your orderwill be delivered to your home orwork, beginning on Saturday, Dec.12.

Thirteen options are available,with prices ranging from $10 to $45.This year’s offerings include Texas“Rio Red” grapefruit, Californianavel oranges, apples, pears and cit-rus medleys and very popular vari-etal Gift Packs. This is some of thebest fruit you will eat this winter!The citrus is on the tree less than aweek before the delivery day in mid-dleton. It is top-quality fruit, shippedby semi to the high school and hand-sorted and packed by parent and stu-dent volunteers. The fruit keeps verywell and makes great holiday gifts.

As in the past, you can designateall or part of your order to be donatedmiddleton Outreach ministry’s foodpantry and the students will deliver

it there for you.The proceeds from this sale pro-

vide funds for student music campscholarships, guest performers andclinicians, and uniform and equip-ment upkeep for band and orchestrastudents at mHS. The proceeds alsohelp pay for the biennial band andorchestra tour trips, which combinemusical performance and listeningopportunities in a well-organizedprogram over the students’ springbreak.

Last year, band and orchestra stu-dents traveled to London and partic-ipated in a number of events,including the London New Year’sDay Parade and the Cadogan HallGala Concert Series.

Don’t know a band or orchestrastudent? Call (608) 622-2757 oremail [email protected] withyour name, address and email ad-dress by November 29. A studentwill contact you to take your order.Or visit www.mhsfruitsale.org to seeall that is available and place yourorder.

Get a start on your winter vitaminC needs and order some fruit fromthe band and orchestra today.

Students show how much they care

Operation Kids Care wasstarted by six area kids whojoined forces to help homelesspeople in the middleton area.

At the beginning of theschool year, three of the friendsrepeatedly saw homeless peopleon their way to dance classes.Rather than ignoring the prob-

lem, these budding communityleaders began weekly car ridediscussions on how they couldhelp. Their call to action ex-panded to a big brother plus histwo friends and, as a result, the“gang of six” was born. moti-vated to make a difference, theysprang into action with a plan.

After researching ways toprovide meaningful assistance,the gang of six decided to as-semble Care Kits to be given topeople in need. On aSaturday night in November,they launched their first CareKit party. each child broughtseveral items to be included in

the kits and they assembled thepackages as a team. The gallon-sized Care Kits included a waterbottle, socks, toothbrush/tooth-paste, chap stick, hand wipes,granola bars, fruit snacks,peanut butter crackers, and apersonalized note from the kids.Perhaps the most rewarding part

of the night was writing theirpersonalized notes of compas-sion such as “Dear friend, Ihope you enjoy these goodiesthat were packed with love andcare.”

At the end of the night, eachmember of the gang of six leftwith Care Kits for the parents’

cars and a desire to do evenmore.

With a plan to expand theirvision and assemble additionalCare Kits in the near future,these young philanthropistsshow no signs of stopping.

Photo contributedCall (608) 622-2757 or email [email protected] with your name, address and email address by November 29 to

order your fruit.

Photos contributed

Operation Kids Care Gang of Six includes Audrey Alexander (3rd grade, Northside), Jack Alexander (6th grade, Kromery), Karysn Gibson (5th grade, Kromery), Jaxon Martin (5th grade,Kromery), Nate Martin (6th grade, Kromery) and Bianca Porras (6th grade, Kromery). For more information on Operation Kids Care, please contact [email protected].

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Jacobs Frank, Amy K, 57,Improper Right Turn,12/02/2014, $0.00, 7451Franklin Ave, middleton, WI53562

Jacobs Frank, Amy K, 57,motor vehicle liability insur-ance required, 12/02/2014,$0.00, 7451 Franklin Ave, mid-dleton, WI 53562

Jacobs Frank, Amy K, 57,Operating While Intoxicated,12/02/2014, $811.00, 7451Franklin Ave, middleton, WI53562

Jilot, Thomas C, 45, NonRegistration, 01/11/2015,$98.80, 2507 middleton beachRd, middleton, WI 53562

Juric, Sonja R, 42, methodof Giving Signals, 12/30/2014,$98.80, 3502 Valley Ridge Rd,middleton, WI 53562

Karampudi, Sriharsha, 28,method of Giving Signals,01/23/2015, $98.80, 303 NHamilton St Apt 113, madison,WI 53703

Kessenich, Jeremy J, 35,FTS/Improper Stop at StopSign, 01/23/2015, $98.80, 6525Hubbard Ave, middleton, WI53562

King, Alvin b, 38, VehicleRegistration Revoked/Sus-pended/Cancel, 01/13/2015,$98.80, 1530 Jenifer St, madi-son, WI 53703

King, Alvin b, 38, motor ve-hicle liability insurance re-quired, 01/13/2015, $10.00,1530 Jenifer St, madison, WI53703

Kinsey, Gretchen m, 33,

Disorderly Conduct,01/21/2015, $250.00, 5250brindisi Ct # 8, middleton, WI53562

Kolkovich, Lee A, 32, NonRegistration, 01/06/2015,$98.80, 300 Frances Ln, Water-loo, WI 53594

Kostas, evangelos, 46, ex-ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-its, 01/19/2015, $98.80, 3640Flagstone Cir, middleton, WI53562

Le, bryan, 26, No Driver’sLicense on Person, 12/30/2014,$98.80, 909 W Pleasant St,Portage, WI 53901

marquardt, Colin J, 24, Fail-ure to Keep Vehicle Under Con-trol, 01/23/2015, $136.60, 5158brindisi Ct # 4, middleton, WI53562

mc Arron, marcia m, 65,Operating While Intoxicated,12/20/2014, $861.00, 814 bow-man Avenue, madison, WI53716

mc Arron, marcia m, 65,Operating Left of Center Line,12/20/2014, $0.00, 814 bow-man Avenue, madison, WI53716

miller, brian J, 36, Theft,11/30/2014, $274.00, 6237University Ave # 7, madison,WI 53705

miller, Timothy A, 55, NonRegistration, 01/12/2015,$98.80, 5135 Sunrise RidgeTrl, middleton, WI 53562

moen, Zachary C, 20, Un-derage Consume/Possess Alco-holic beverages, 01/17/2015,$187.00, W11097 Deer RunDr, Lodi, WI 53555

Nachreiner, Jason T, 40, NonRegistration, 12/31/2014,$0.00, 307 Topeka Trl, Wauna-kee, WI 53597

Nebel, marc A, 36, Posses-sion of Controlled Substance,01/12/2015, $281.50, 7440Century Ave Apt 6, middleton,WI 53562

Patrick, Logan J, 19, Under-age Consume/Possess Alcoholicbeverages, 01/17/2015,$187.00, W10932 bayview Dr,Lodi, WI 53555

Pavia Dunn, Dana L, 51, ex-ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-its, 01/15/2015, $98.80, 2638Park Pl, madison, WI 53705

Pekovich, Robert T, 22, Fail-ure to Keep Vehicle Under Con-trol, 01/22/2015, $136.60, 4494Oak Valley Rd, Cross Plains,WI 53528

Pincheira berthelon, TaniaA, 20, motor vehicle liabilityinsurance required, 01/19/2015,$10.00, 1013 N Westfield Rd,madison, WI 53717

Pittman, Nicole A, 24, ex-ceeding Zones and Posted Lim-its, 01/16/2015, $149.20, 7246Lilly Lane, middleton, WI

53562Pittman, Nicole A, 24, Oper-

ating w/o a Valid Driver’s Li-cense, 01/16/2015, $124.00,7246 Lilly Lane, middleton,WI 53562

Raffel, Kelson A, 25, NonRegistration, 01/19/2015,$98.80, 8535 elderberry Rd,madison, WI 53717

Randall, Peter Teal, 19, Op-erating vehicle without insur-ance, 01/23/2015, $124.00, 426Presidential Ln, madison, WI53711

Rasmussen, Shane T, 33, Im-proper Right Turn, 01/13/2015,$98.80, 2555 N Williams St,Appleton, WI 54914

Rezai, Abdi Reza, 46, Dis-play Unauthorized RegistrationPlates/Tags, 01/08/2015,$161.80, e12209 Waters edgeCt, Prairie Du Sac, WI 53578

Rezai, Abdi Reza, 46, NonRegistration, 01/08/2015,$98.80, e12209 Waters edgeCt, Prairie Du Sac, WI 53578

Rojas Carranza, Luis A, 19,Operating vehicle without in-surance, 01/14/2015, $124.00,1313 Tempkin Ave #6, madi-son, WI 53705

Rojas Carranza, Luis A, 19,Vehicle RegistrationRevoked/Suspended/Cancel,01/14/2015, $98.80, 1313Tempkin Ave #6, madison, WI53705

Rojas Carranza, Luis A, 19,Operating while Suspended,01/14/2015, $124.00, 1313Tempkin Ave #6, madison, WI53705

Rooney, marilyn A, 72, Traf-fic Control Signal Violation red,01/09/2015, $98.80, 6120 Cen-tury Ave #207, middleton, WI53562

Ross, Rachel m, 26, Operat-ing after revocation,01/10/2015, $124.00, 402Sethne Ct, monona, WI 53716

Rowin, Christian Lee, 28,Operating w/o a Valid Driver’sLicense, 01/09/2015, $124.00,5248 brindisi Ct #6, middleton,WI 53562

Ruff, William C, 71, Ob-structing Traffic, 12/23/2014,$98.80, 2826 Richardson St,Fitchburg, WI 53711

Scheider, Harrison W, 26,Non Registration, 01/13/2015,$98.80, 118 Tomahawk Trl,middleton, WI 53562

Schott, Tyler R, 27, Operat-ing w/o a Valid Driver’s Li-cense, 01/23/2015, $86.20,6245 middleton Springs Dr,middleton, WI 53562

Schott, Tyler R, 27, motorvehicle liability insurance re-quired, 01/23/2015, $10.00,6245 middleton Springs Dr,middleton, WI 53562

Schrimpf, matthew Carl, 34,motor vehicle liability insur-ance required, 01/18/2015,$10.00, 308 Pine meadows Ct,Cross Plains, WI 53528

Shultz, Jeffery S, 47, NonRegistration, 01/18/2015,$98.80, 2186 Allen blvd, mid-dleton, WI 53562

Sipple, Jennifer S, 51, NonRegistration, 01/16/2015,$98.80, 770 Westbridge Trl,Waunakee, WI 53597

Smith, Abigail R, 24, Oper-ating vehicle without insurance,01/16/2015, $124.00, 2020Overlook Pass Apt 3, middle-ton, WI 53562

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approved budget will lead to a3.65 percent increase in operat-ing expenses, a slight decreasein the mill (tax) rate, and an in-crease of somewhere between 3and 4 percent in municipaltaxes on the average propertytax bill. The tax rate is downwhile actual tax bills are up be-cause of higher property assess-ments.

The common council’s finalbudget deliberations centeredaround four staff positions city

administrator mike Davis rec-ommended council create andbudget for. The council ulti-mately did not include any newstaff positions in the finalbudget.

The positions proposed byDavis were an assistant city ad-ministrator, a public works op-erations manager, a streets crewworker, and a parks crewworker. While the alders ex-pressed that they agreed thesepositions were needed they

could not agree on which onesshould get priority in 2016.Four alders asked the city fi-nance director John Lehman tocrunch the numbers for four dif-ferent scenarios to discuss at themeeting before final approval.

Alder JoAnna Richard re-quested an estimate for hiringthe assistant city administrator,public works manager andadding a parks crew worker.Alder Gurdip brar requested anestimate for just a street crew

worker. Alder mark Sullivanrequested an estimate for astreet crew and a parks crewworker. Alder Kathy Olson re-quested an estimate for wageparity and the library.

In a previous meeting thecouncil realized that hiring allfour positions would be feasiblein the 2016 budget but wouldcreate a shortfall in the future.In Richard’s scenario the 2017shortfall would have been$53,114 and $30,653 in Sulli-

van’s. brar’s scenario wouldhave resulted in available rev-enue of $18,283 and Olson’s aleftover revenue of $40,541.each alder with a scenario madetheir case for why there shouldbe supported though all theycould finally agree on was wait-ing to create the new positionsfor 2017.

The vote included maximiz-ing the levy allowed under thestatutory limits, so that the citycan retain the prospect of futurestaffing increases if it can keepnon-personnel costs reasonably

low in 2016. City Administrator mike

Davis thanked the council andcity staff, both of which haveput in months of calculationsand discussions in the budgetprocess.

“I wish to thank all of youand our elected officials foryour hard work throughout thisbudget process,” Davis said. “Iespecially want to thank JohnLehman and melissa bohse fortheir diligence and thoughtful-ness in bringing it all together.”

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The Middleton Common Council vote narrowly to approve the 2016 budget last week. City staff expect it will lead to about $2,652 in city taxes on a local home valued at $400,000.

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Pattnaik named ‘Student of the Month’ by OptimistsThe Middleton Optimist Club recently recognized its latest Middleton High School Student of the Month. Akashi Pattnaik is

a senior with amazing credentials and potential. UW-Madison and Princeton are some of the schools seeking to admit him. Pic-tured are Dr. Brad Hartjes (Middleton Optimist Club), Mr. Tim Davis (Social Studies teacher at MHS), Akash, mother LeenaPattnaik, father Bikash Pattnaik and sister Akshita Pattnaik.

$98.80, 2020 Overlook PassApt 3, middleton, WI 53562

Sorenson, evan P, 24, Disor-derly Conduct, 12/30/2014,$124.00, 4323 Redtail Pass,middleton, WI 53562

Sparks Ward, Freddie e, 27,Operating while Suspended,01/19/2015, $124.00, 529Northport #2, madison, WI53704

Sparks Ward, Freddie e, 27,

exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, 01/19/2015, $174.40,529 Northport #2, madison, WI53704

Stanek, James H, 44, VehicleRegistration Revoked/Sus-pended/Cancel, 01/12/2015,$98.80, 10434 Sutcliffe Rd,black earth, WI 53515

Stricklen, Timothy D, 41,Improper Right Turn,01/13/2015, $98.80, 14677

Carleton Rd, Hudson, mI49247

Sylvers, Alicia K, 32, Disor-derly Premise, 01/21/2015,$313.00, 312 Wisconsin Ave,madison, WI 53703

Thompson, Kalisha m, 36,Non Registration, 01/16/2015,$98.80, 6117 Dell Dr, madison,WI 53718

Tillotson, Sean A, 40, Oper-ating While Intoxicated,

01/04/2015, $811.00,S47W34845 Shangrila Dr,Dousman, WI 53118

Tillotson, Sean A, 40, Oper-ating With/PAC .08-.099,01/04/2015, $0.00, S47W34845Shangrila Dr, Dousman, WI53118

Tysk, micah James, 19, Op-erating Left of Center Line,09/17/2014, $136.60, 8065Stagecoach Rd, Cross Plains,

WI 53528Tysk, micah James, 19, Pos-

session of Controlled Sub-stance, 09/17/2014, $0.00, 8065Stagecoach Rd, Cross Plains,WI 53528

Tysk, micah James, 19, Pos-session of Drug Paraphernalia,09/17/2014, $0.00, 8065 Stage-coach Rd, Cross Plains, WI53528

Washington, Kelvin L, 26,

motor vehicle liability insur-ance required, 01/17/2015,$10.00, 3607 Napoli Ln # 8,middleton, WI 53562

Weitzel, Colton J, 20, Under-age Consume/Possess Alcoholicbeverages, 01/17/2015,$187.00, 6788 Kopp Rd, Wau-nakee, WI 53597

Wilke, Thomas J, 20, Pos-session of Drug Paraphernalia,01/12/2015, $187.00, 2110Allen blvd., Apt. #21, middle-ton, WI 53562

Witzig, mary K, 43, AutoFollowing Too Closely,01/08/2015, $124.00, e12209Waters edge Ct, Prairie Du Sac,WI 53578

Zepeda, Jaime, 38, Theft,10/11/2014, $124.00, 1929Northport Dr # 3, madison, WI53704.


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‘Beautiful by Nature’ is on display

An exhibition of images byaward-winning photographersand middleton residents An-nette and michael Knapstein iscurrently on display at the ThePrairie Café & bakery, locatedat 6720 Frank Lloyd Wright Av-enue in middleton.

The duo’s exhibition is enti-tled “middleton: beautiful byNature” and features 30 nature,landscape and wildlife photo-graphs that were all taken in themiddleton area, most within afew miles of the Café at loca-tions such as the Pheasantbranch Conservancy, Stricker’sPond and Tiedeman Pond. Theexhibition will run through theend of December.

The exhibition includes pho-tographs that have won awardsfrom a variety of groups, in-

cluding the Friends of Pheasantbranch Conservancy, FourLakes Wildlife Center, UW- Ar-boretum, Wisconsin Trails, Wit-ness to Nature, the masters CupInternational Color Awards, ThePollux Awards, the Center for

Fine Art Photography, TheLucie International Photogra-phy Awards, the Nature Conser-vancy and NationalGeographic.

All of the photographs are forsale.

Photo by Michael Knapstein

Photo by Annette Knapstein

A portion of all proceeds will benefitthe Friends of Pheasant Branch Con-servancy, in recognition of their 20thAnniversary. The Prairie Café & Bak-ery is open to the public from Tuesdaythru Friday from 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. andon weekends from 7 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Join the middleton His-torical Society for its An-nual meeting at themiddleton Senior Center,7448 Hubbard Ave., on Sat-urday, December 5.

The meeting starts at 10a.m. and as usual they willhave plenty of holidaytreats.

They are delighted to an-nounce that the guestspeaker will be Clark Kid-der, who will tell the story ofhis grandmother’s journeyto the midwest on one of thefamous orphan trains.

It seems incomprehensi-ble that there was a time inAmerica’s not-so-distantpast that nearly 200,000children could be loaded ontrains in large cities on oureast Coast - sent to the ruralmidwest - and presented“for the picking” to anyonewho expressed an interest inthem.

That is exactly what hap-pened between the years1854 and 1930. The primi-tive social experiment be-came known as placing out,and had its origins in a NewYork City organizationfounded by Charles Loringbrace called the Children sAid Society. The Societygathered up orphans, half-orphans, and abandonedchildren from streets and or-phanages, and placed themon what are now referred toas Orphan Trains. It wasbrace s belief that there was“always room for one moreat a farmer’s table.”

The stories of the individ-ual children involved in thisgreat migration of little em-igrants have nearly all beenlost in the attic of Americanhistory. In this book, the au-thor tells the true story of hispaternal grandmother - thelate emily (Reese) Kidder -who, at the tender age offourteen, became one of theaforementioned childrenwho rode an Orphan Train.In 1906, emily was pluckedfrom the elizabeth Home forGirls, operated by the Chil-dren s Aid Society, andplaced on a train, along witheight other children, boundfor Hopkinton, Iowa.

emily’s journey, as it turnedout, was only just beginning.Life had many lessons instore for her - lessons thatwould involve overcomingadversity - of perseverance,love, and great loss.

emily’s story is toldthrough the use of primarymaterial, oral history, inter-views, and historical photo-graphs. It is a tribute to thehuman spirit of an extraordi-nary young girl who becamea woman - a woman towhom the heartfelt phrase“there’s no place like home”- had a very profound mean-ing.

Clark Kidder resides insouthern Wisconsin. He is afreelance writer for Interna-tional publications, and hasauthored several books, in-cluding marilyn monroeUnCovers (Quon editions,1994); marilyn monroeCover To Cover (KrausePublications, Inc., 1999);marilyn monroe Col-lectibles (HarperCollins,1999); Orphan Trains andTheir Precious Cargo (Her-itage books, Inc., 2001);marilyn monroe memora-bilia (Krause Publications,Inc., 2001); marilyn monroeCover To Cover, 2nd ed.(Krause Publications, Inc.,2003); A Genealogy of theWood Family (Family TreePublishers, 2003, and Hig-ginson book Company,2007); A Genealogy of thebutts/butz Family (Higgin-son book Company, 2007),emily’s Story: The braveJourney of an Orphan TrainRider (2007), and A History

of the Rural Schools ofRock County, Wisconsin (6volumes), 2014. His maga-zine articles have appearedin The Wisconsin magazineof History, Family Treemagazine, Fancy Fowl (inengland), Avicultura (inHolland), and Poultry Press.

Kidder was the recipientof the Hesseltine Award in2004 for his article titledWest by Orphan Train,which appeared in the Win-ter 2003-2004 issue of theWisconsin magazine of His-tory.

Kidder has been inter-viewed by numerous re-porters for articles in suchnewspapers as the Los An-geles Times, and theChicago Tribune. His televi-sion appearances includemSNbC, PAX, WGN, Wis-consin Public Television,and Iowa Public television.He has been interviewed onnumerous radio showsaround the nation, includingWisconsin Public Radio andIowa Public Radio. Kidderwas host of his own televi-sion show called book Talkon JATV, in Janesville, Wis-consin. In addition, he hasprovided consultation andphotographs for documen-taries and television showsproduced by CbS, and Oc-tober Films in London, eng-land.

Kidder won the 38th An-nual Hesseltine book Awardfor his article titled West byOrphan Train in the Wiscon-sin Magazine of History(Winter 2003-2004).

Kidder has co-written andco-produced a film based onhis book Emily’s Story: TheBrave Journey of an OrphanTrain Rider. It was releasedin 2014 and is titled West byOrphan Train. The film wontwo national awards in 2015- the prestigious Leadershipin History Award from theAmerican Association forState and Local History, anda Clarion Award.

On October 3, 2015 thefilm won a Regional emmyAward.


Alex Haunty, a student atedgewood College, has beennamed the ‘Young Philanthro-pist of the Year’ by the madisonchapter of the Association ofFundraising Professionals.Haunty was honored at today’sNational Philanthropy Dayluncheon at the Overture Centerin madison.

“Alex’s generosity and spiritare inspirational to us all,” pres-ident Scott Flanagan said. “Heexemplifies the sense of selflessservice edgewood Collegestrives to cultivate in all of ourstudents. I can’t think of anyonemore deserving of such recog-nition than Alex.”

Haunty is a native of middle-ton and a student in the Col-lege’s Cutting Edge program.An aspiring artist, he is honoredfor his unique approach to help-ing others enjoy the arts.Haunty sells his paintings anduses the proceeds to host dozensof fellow students and others toattend musicals at the OvertureCenter. He was recently com-missioned by the Overture Cen-

ter to create a work to thank artsbenefactors Pleasant Rowlandand Jerry Frautchi. That paint-ing, “Take A bow,” now hangsin the Center.

more information about thisremarkable young person maybe found at www.inspiringart-byalex.com.

The Cutting edge programwas initiated in 2007. It is theonly program in Wisconsin andone of only about 40 programsnationwide that offers a fully in-tegrated higher education expe-rience for adult learners withintellectual challenges and otherdevelopmental disabilities likeDown syndrome, autism spec-trum, traumatic brain injuries,and cerebral palsy. Using astructure of student-centered in-dividualized advising and peermentorship with graduate andundergraduate students, Cuttingedge students are encouragedand assisted in their efforts totake courses, live independentlyon campus and in the commu-nity, take part in campus socialevents, clubs, interest groups

and activities, and participate incommunity service, internship,and employment opportunities.The goal of the program is tooffer students a full college ex-perience that helps them de-velop the skills andself-determination necessary forpost-school success.

Located in madison, Wis.,edgewood College is a liberalarts Catholic college in the Do-minican tradition. We serve ap-proximately 3,000undergraduate and graduate stu-dents at our monroe Street andDeming Way campuses, and on-line.

The College offers more than40 academic and professionalprograms, including master’sdegrees in business, education,and nursing, and doctoral de-grees in educational leadershipand nursing practice.

For more information aboutedgewood College, pleasevisit www.edgewood.edu, orcall ed Taylor in marketing &Communications at 608-663-2333.

Alex Haunty named ‘YoungPhilanthropist of the Year’

‘Orphan Train’ author to speakat annual Middleton Area Historical Society gathering

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Alex Haunty (right) with Ted DeDee, president and CEO of Overture Center, who nominatedHaunty for the award.

New Book Chronicles The Life Of Emily (Reese) Kidder – One Of The Many ThousandsOf Children Sent West On An Orphan Train From The Streets Of New York City

Kidder

Thanksgiving is just a dayaway, which means it’s time tostart planning your meal. De-pending on who you have in-vited and what they insist onhaving for dinner, a traditionalThanksgiving dinner featuringroast turkey with dressing,mashed potatoes and gravy, lotsof veggies, rolls, cranberriesand, of course, pumpkin pie, isgoing to be a winner. Whilethere is certainly a lot of workinvolved in hosting the holidaymeal, planning ahead and keep-ing food safety a priority makesthe labor easier and guests sat-isfied.

First things first: groceryshopping. The rule of thumb forthe size of a turkey to buy is toallow one pound per person.However, I always allow a littlemore than that so there areplenty of leftovers. Keep inmind that the larger the turkey,the longer it will take to thawand cook but don’t let that stopyou from buying a nice big gob-bler and having plenty to goaround.

make sure your grocery listincludes all the extras like pota-toes, bread crumbs or a goodloaf of French bread, squash,sweet potatoes, green beans andthose onion-ring things you useto make green bean casserole,cranberries, rolls, the ingredi-ents to make pumpkin pie andwhipped topping or even justbuy a pie. Don’t forget to getsomething for everyone.

Planning what to do andwhen with smooth out prepara-tion. Turkey takes the longest,both in thawing and baking. Alot of things can be made aheadof time like pies. Potatoes canbe peeled and put in the refrig-erator in cold salt water for aday or two. making everythingfrom scratch is fun but morework. easy can be good, too, socut corners where you need toand don’t feel bad if you don’tmake everything yourself. buya pie or use canned cranberries.Asking guests to bring some-thing also lightens the load.Don’t be afraid to try everythingfrom scratch, though. Whilemost family legends have it thatThanksgiving dinner is a reallydifficult meal to make, it’s re-ally not. It’s just that our moth-ers and grandmothers wanted usto appreciate everything theydid for us. Guilt trips about howthey slaved away in a hot

kitchen seemed to work as wellas anything else in most fami-lies to get hard won acclaim.

most turkeys are purchasedfrozen, although many storesnow carry fresh turkeys. Freshis wonderful but must be pur-chased very close to Thanksgiv-ing to make it is actually fresh.There are three safe ways tothaw a turkey, according to theUnited States Department ofAgriculture: in the refrigerator,in cold water or in the mi-crowave.

For refrigerator thawing,place the turkey in a pan andallow about 24 hours for eachfive pounds of turkey. Oncethawed, it can sit safely in therefrigerator for a day or two.For cold water thawing, makesure the turkey is in a leak-proofbag and submerge it in cold,never hot or warm, water, al-lowing 30 minutes per pound tothaw. Change the cold waterevery 30 minutes or so. For mi-crowave thawing, place theturkey in a microwave safe dishand follow the microwave man-ufacturers directions on thaw-ing. Plan to cook the turkey assoon as it is thawed to preventbacteria from growing.

The day before Thanksgiv-ing, go out to dinner so youhave a clear kitchen to work in.before your dinner on the town,you can bake pies and peel po-tatoes. The rule of thumb on po-tatoes is one large potato perperson but peel extra becausethere never seem to be enoughpotatoes and you can alwaysmake potato fritters with left-overs. If possible, iron thelinens and set the table ahead oftime, too. Set out serving dishesand utensils, get out the toolsyou’ll need to make the mealand don’t forget to have a nicebottle or two of wine chilled.

The easiest way to make apumpkin pie is to get a can ofpureed pumpkin and follow thedirections on the can. If, how-ever, you want to be a purist,you can do it the hard way. Afew days ahead of Thanksgiv-ing, take two or three small-ishpumpkins. Scrub thepumpkin(s) with a vegetablebrush. With a large carvingknife, chop off the top (stemportion) of the pumpkin. Thensplit the pumpkin down themiddle and carve lengthwiseinto pieces, removing the in-nards with a large spoon or

scoop. (The seeds make a won-derful treat so be sure to savethem in a separate bowl to roastlater.) Place the pieces on a bak-ing sheet and bake in a 350 de-gree oven four about 40minutes, or until tender. Afterthe pieces have cooled, peel offthe skin and run the piecesthrough a food processor.

make one pie crust by mix-ing two cups of flour with two-third of a cup of some kind ofshortening. (Tradition calls forlard and it tastes great but has alot of fat. butter is fine but I likebutter-flavored Crisco.) Using apastry cutter, cut the butter intothe flour and sprinkle in a tea-spoon of salt. Add cold water(maybe a half cup) a little attime, mixing as you go, until thedough is formed. Roll the crustout on a floured surface, placein a deep pie pan.

mix one and a half cups ofthe pumpkin (reserve the rest ina tightly sealed container in therefrigerator) with ¾ cup sugar,½ teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon cin-namon, 1 teaspoon ginger, ½teaspoon each of nutmeg andcloves. Slowly add three beateneggs, 1 cup of milk and one canof evaporated milk. Pour themix into the pie crust and bakefor about 60 minutes in a 375degree oven. The pie is donewhen a knife inserted in themiddle comes out clean. Refrig-erate until served.

If you’re interested in addingcalories (and flavor!) plan tomake homemade whippedcream between the time the po-tatoes and vegetables are cook-ing but before you make thegravy. In a sturdy bowl, mix 1cup whipping cream, 1 tea-spoon of vanilla and a table-spoon of powdered sugar with amixer until it’s light and fluffy.Put in the refrigerator and topthe pie with it right before youserve it.

There are many ways to cooka turkey besides roasting.Turkey can be grilled, smoked,deep fried, microwaved, cookedin an electric roaster or a slow

cooker or even in a pressurecooker. Oven roasting remainsmy favorite. A fully thawed, un-stuffed turkey is prepped by tak-ing any giblets or gravy packetsout of the cavity and rinsing itin cold water. Place the un-stuffed turkey in a traditionalroasting pan or on a flat wirerack in a large pan. Tuck thewing tips under the should ofthe bird or trim them off, thenroast in a 325 degree oven forabout 20 minutes per pound if itis frozen, thawed or 15 minutesper pound for fresh. Add five to10 minutes of cooking time perpound for a loosely stuffedturkey. Cover the turkey withthe lid of the roasting pan or foilfor either the first hour and ahalf or after it is browned. Theturkey is done with it reaches aninternal temperature of 165 de-grees. Check it by sticking ameat thermometer in the thick-est part of the thigh. Take it outof the oven and let it rest for 20minutes or so when it’s finished.

While the turkey is cooking,prepare dressing or, if you pre-fer, make stuffing before youroast the turkey. There are lotsof possibilities for dressing andstuffing. many people like theheat and serve kind. buying apackage of bread cubes and fol-lowing the directions workswell. If baking the turkeystuffed, stuff it before putting itin the oven and don’t pack thestuffing in tightly.

To make dressing it fromscratch, try slicing up a nice loafof French bread and baking thebuttered slices until they are justgetting crisp. Chop the slicesinto cubes, seasoned with what-ever takes your fancy: sage,rosemary, basil, parsley, you-name-it. Sauté one largechopped onion and three or fourchopped stalks of celery in but-ter or olive oil. When tender,mix with the bread cubes, oneegg, one can of chicken brothand some freshly groundparmesan cheese. A lot of peo-ple like oysters, giblets, mush-rooms, raisins, sausage or

nearly anything in their dress-ing. Dressing should bake for30 minutes at 350 degrees.Don’t forget to butter or greasethe pan you make it in.

After the dressing is done,put the potatoes in a large pot.Don’t get them going until youestimate that the turkey is about30 to 45 minutes off, then bringthem to a boil. They’re donewhen they are fork tender. Pourthe water into a measuring cupto use with the gravy, the add astick or so of butter, enoughmilk to make them creamy, andset them on the back of thestove to keep warm until every-thing else is ready.

bake or cook your vegetablesafter the potatoes are going.Steamed broccoli and cauli-flower, green bean casserole,corn on the cob, you name it.The list of potential vegetablesis endless.

The biggest issue with mak-ing a meal like this is that every-thing is going to be done all atonce and require your lastminute attention. Once the

turkey and potatoes are done,everything else should be closeto being ready so do the gravybefore the veggies are soggy.Pour the turkey drippings into alarge, deep frying pan. Add thepotato water until you have asmuch gravy as you think you’llneed and bring it to a simmer. Inanother cup, add two table-spoons of corn starch to about ahalf cup or so of cold water andstir until the starch is dissolved.Add to the drippings, stirringconstantly. Once the gravythickens, turn the heat down andstir occasionally while you setthe turkey on a platter and trans-fer all the food into servingdishes and onto the table. Setthe gravy on the table last.

After the meal, it’s temptingto sit down and watch footballor take a nap. before you do, besure to pack up the leftoversinto air tight containers and re-frigerate them. Turkey espe-cially can go bad fast. As soonas everything is safely put away,sit down and relax.


Tips for a fun, delicious Thanksgiving

Once again, they were thebeasts of the big eightConference and a force acrossthe state.

So it was certainly no sur-prise that middleton’s boysvolleyball team was well rep-resented on the all-conferenceteam.

Senior outside hitter Kevinmcmahon was named first-team all-conference, was theleague’s Player of the Year andreceived honorable-mentionall-state honors.

Senior middle blockerblake Sprecher was a first-team all-conference selection,received high honorable-men-

tion all-state honors and wasvoted middleton’s mVP.

Sophomore libero ThomasRobson was named first-teamall-conference. Senior middlehitter Pace balster and sopho-more setter Andrew Lepagewere named second-team all-big eight, while junior middleblocker Cole Spitler wasnamed honorable-mention all-conference.

middleton’s ben White wasalso named the big eight’sCoach of the Year.

mcmahon led middletonwith 303 kills and had a terrif-ic .294 kill percentage.mcmahon was also second onthe team in digs (160), secondin blocks (48) and third in aces(19).

“Kevin did absolutelyeverything for us except drivethe bus to and from matches,”White said of mcmahon. “buthe might be able to because hedoes have a pretty nice mini-

Twelve months ago, therewas virtually no returningexperience, there were ques-tions everywhere and expecta-tions were extremely low.

boy, what a difference ayear makes.

Today, middleton’s boysbasketball team is one of themore veteran-laden bunchesaround. And after a surprisingcampaign that saw theCardinals finish third in theultra-competitive big eightConference, hopes areextremely high for the 2015-’16 season.

middleton, which went 17-7 overall last year and 13-5 inthe league, begins its seasonDec. 3 at Janesville Parker.

“We are quite ahead offen-

sively from where we were atthe same point last year,”middleton 10th year coachKevin bavery said. “We dohave the ability to turn defenseinto offense and to score in avariety of ways. And we seema lot more aggressive — in thepress, on the boards, and inattacking the glass.

“We’re a long ways fromgetting in great shape, sobringing a tremendousapproach to practice every dayis going to be absolutely criti-cal to our success. No matterhow practices are structured,human nature can take overand ultimately every player istheir own ‘quality control’ per-son. If they are willing to gohard and push one another toget to another level of fitnessand conditioning, we have achance to play the way wewant to play.”

middleton played the waybavery hoped a year ago.

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Storm Murphy and Middleton’s boys basketball team begin their season Dec. 3 at Janesville Parker.

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Middleton senior outside hitter Kevin McMahon was named the Big Eight Conference’s Player of the Year.

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middleton’s girls volleyballteam had five players named tothe all-big eight Conferenceteam.

Senior outside hitter LoganWelti and freshman outside hit-ter Lily Welti were named first-team all-conference. Seniormiddle blocker meghan bayerwas named second-team all-league, while senior middleblocker molly Zeinemann andsenior setter/outsidehitter elizabeth Keller werenamed honorable-mention all-conference.

Logan Welti was a four-yearvarsity player and a tri-captainthis season. She received hon-orable-mention all-state honorsfor a second straight year andwas named middleton’s mostValuable Player.

Logan Welti led middletonwith 336 kills, an average of3.1 per game. Logan Welti alsoled middleton with 433 digs,was second in aces (53) andwill now play collegiately atNew Hampshire.

“Logan has been a key play-er for us for four seasons,”middleton coach Francomarcos said. “She was not onlyour main passer and defender,but also our primary outsidehitter.

“She was one of our cap-tains and a great leader. We willmiss her and wish her all thebest at New Hampshire as alibero. She is ready to play incollege.”

Lily Welti had a sensationalfreshman season, finishing sec-ond on the team in kills (280).Lily Welti was also first in aces(67), third in total blocks (23)and third in digs (237).

“She is the hardest hitter onthe team,” marcos said of LilyWelti. “She is already a force tobe reckoned with in conferenceand around the state.

“She continued to improvein her passing and defense asthe season went on. Lily has abright future and should helpour team get back to the topwhere we belong.”

bayer was one of theCardinals’ hardest working andmost improved players. bayerwas third on the team in kills(162) and second in blocks(57).

bayer will play next seasonat Loras College in Dubuque,Iowa.

“meghan is one of the hard-est workers that I have evercoached,” marcos said. “Shehas elevated her game and playfrom barely making the team tostarting at the middle blockingposition with the option to playright side if needed.

“She is very aggressive inher play and hates tolose. every coach likes a playerlike her. She leaves it on thecourt and is a great motivatorfor her teammates and uscoaches.”

Zeinemann led middletonwith 73 total blocks and wasfifth on the team in kills (86).She was a three-year varsityplayer he left a terrific imprinton the program.

“She showed a lot of prom-ise and started these last twoyears in the middle,” marcossaid of Zeinemann. “She jumpseffortlessly and could take overa match at times with herblocks and kills.

“molly was also a greatteammate and liked by herteammates and the coaches. Wewish molly well with herfuture and we will miss her.”

Keller led the Cardinalswith 466 assists and was fourthwith 35 aces.

“elizabeth is an outside hit-ter that volunteered to set thisyear,” marcos said. “We lost

our two starting setters to grad-uation and we were young andinexperienced in that skill set.As a senior, she decided to giveup her outside hitters positionand take on the challenge ofsetting. She did a great job forus and lead the team in assists.

“Unfortunately, she rein-jured a leg muscle during theWIAA regional finals againstmonona Grove and was side-lined for the last three sets ofthe match. elizabeth is a teamplayer and very coachable. Weare going to miss her!”

middleton also handed outseveral team awards at itsrecent postseason banquet.

Gabie buechner received athree-year varsity award.

“Gabie is one of the hardesthitting lefthanders that we havehad during my tenure as acoach here at middleton,”marcos said. “She played rightside and did a great job for us.”

Freshman HannahFlottmeyer receivedmiddleton’s most Improved

Player Award.“Hannah is one of our other

freshman on the varsity team,”marcos said. She is very talent-ed and should be a key playerfor us next year and the years tocome.”

Junior Olivia Nyffelerreceived the Cardinals’Sportsmanship Award.

“Olivia is a player that everycoach dreams of coaching,”marcos said. “She listens well,doesn’t complain and is alwayscheering and smiling.”

middleton finished the sea-son third in the big eightConference and lost in theregional finals. marcosbelieves the Cardinals will beimproved next season.

“We should have a youngteam next year,” he said. “Wehave a number of players thatare going to make an impactand I am very optimistic aboutour chances in conference andsectionals.”


ALL-BIG EIGHT CONFERENCEGIRLS VOLLEYBALL

FIRST TEAMName School Yr. Pos.Victoria brisack Verona Sr. SClaire Chaussee Sun Prairie Soph. OHSydney Stroud madison memorial Sr. OHLogan Welti Middleton Sr. OHKylie Schmaltz Verona Sr. OHAllie Peterson Sun Prairie Sr. RSLily Welti Middleton Fr. OHJulie Touchett Verona Sr. mbmel Tinker Janesville Craig Sr. SGrace mueller Verona Sr. mb

SECOND TEAMName School Yr. Pos.Kielyn Kapugi Sun Prairie Jr. OHKendall Fellers Sun Prairie Sr. Lmegan Corcoran madison La Follette Sr. OHAsia Green madison memorial Sr. OHKara epping madison West Jr. OHAndrea Lawrence Janesville Parker Sr. S/RSMeghan Bayer Middleton Sr. MB/RSevan Laun-Smith beloit memorial Jr. OHAmanda Carlson Janesville Craig Fr. OHKeely brown Sun Prairie Sr. S

HONORABLE MENTIONName School Yr. Pos.Jenna brandt Janesville Craig Jr. SKayla Daggett madison La Follette Jr. SAllie matzke Janesville Parker Sr. OHSydney Helle madison memorial Sr. mbMolly Zeinemann Middleton Sr. MBKarly Pabich Verona Sr. OHLiz maastricht Sun Prairie So. DSHannah Worley Verona So. LAnnie Schumacher Janesville Craig Jr. DSElizabeth Keller Middleton Sr. S/OHAddison brickson beloit memorial Jr. OH/DSReave myszewski Janesville Parker So. mbemma Vaughn madison La Follette Sr. S/L

Coach of the year — TJ Rantala, Sun PrairiePlayer of the year — Victoria brisack, Verona

Five forfighting

Girls spikersland five onall-Big 8 team

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Logan Welti (top) and Lily Welti (above) were both namedfirst-team all-Big Eight Conference.

by ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune

middleton’s boys soccerteam had a surprisingly suc-cessful season.

And the Cardinals wererewarded when it came topostseason honors.

middleton junior forwardbradan Allen and sophomoremidfielder Derek Waleffewere named first-team all-bigeight Conference.

Senior midfielder ZachWhritenour, junior defenderRyan Payton and junior goaliebrendon martin were namedsecond-team all-league. Andsenior midfielder Colin Ledinand junior defender maxRaisleger were named honor-able-mention all-conference.

“The All-Conference vot-ing reflects the youth of ourteam,” middleton coach benKollasch said. “Only two sen-iors were represented here.

“We generally only startedthree seniors all year. Theseseniors, however, were criticalpieces in our midfield. Theywill be missed. They cannotbe copied, but we have play-ers lined up to replace themand live up to their legacy.”

Allen had a memorableyear in which he led theCardinals in goals (33) andtotal points (73). Allen wasalso named the big eight’sPlayer of the Year, joiningTaylor Diem (2007) and TylerGuse (2004) as Cardinals toearn that honor.

Waleffe finished second onthe Cardinals in goals (13),


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M i d d l e t o n ’ sB r a d a n A l l e n(right) wasnamed the BigE i g h tC o n f e r e n c e ’ sPlayer of theYear.

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assists (eight) and total points.Whritenour led middleton

with 17 assists, added twogoals, and finished third over-all with 21 points.

Keeper brendon martinposted an 0.88 goals againstaverage and had an .853 savepercentage.

Payton keyed a defensethat posted seven shutouts andsteadily improved throughoutthe season.

Ledin tied for second withseven assists, was fourth onthe team with four goals and

finished fifth in total points(15).

Raisleger also helpedsolidify a defense that madesteady gains throughout theyear.

middleton finished the sea-son 16-4-1, and three of itslosses came to teams thatreached the WIAA Division 1state tournament. With fiveplayers back that earned all-conference honors, and a solidcast of players around them,hopes will be extremely highfor the 2016 Cardinals.


ALL-BIG EIGHT CONFERENCEBOYS SOCCER

FIRST TEAMName School Yr. Pos.Bradan Allen Middleton Jr. FFrankie Herrera madison West Soph. FDemetrius Kigeya madison memorial Soph. FDominick mesdjian madison memorial Sr. mJose barron beloit memorial Sr. merik Dahl madison West Sr. mDerek Waleffe Middleton Soph. MNate brody madison West Jr. DDavis Green Sun Prairie Soph. DAustin Grover beloit memorial Sr. DHarrison Van Hout madison east Jr. DConor Schlicting madison east Jr. G

SECOND TEAMName School Yr. Pos.Andres Delatorre beloit memorial Jr. FRobleh Omar madison West Sr. FVictor Lombardino Sun Prairie Sr. FHozai Ceballos Janesville Craig Sr. mNicholas Jatta Sun Prairie Jr. mZach Whritenour Middleton Sr. MDaniel Gutierrez madison La Follette Sr. mRyan Peyton Middleton Jr. DAlex King Sun Prairie Sr. DKalen balas madison West Sr. DHans Kromanaker madison La Follette Sr. DBrendon Martin Middleton Jr. G

HONORABLE MENTIONName School Yr. Pos.Isioma enwemnwa madison La Follette Jr. FRobertWagman Verona Sr. FZach Currie Janesville Craig So. FJose Gomez madison east So. FConnor melzer Verona Sr. FGarrett Risch Sun Prairie Sr. mChris bajek madison West Sr. mAlberto martinez beloit memorial Jr. mRyan Rohlke madison east Soph. mNick Johnston madison Weast Soph. mJacob Asbjornson madison La Follette Sr. mNoah Herkert Verona Soph. mmarco Arambula Janesville Parker Sr. mColin Ledin Middleton Sr. Meduardo Pacheco Janesville Parker Jr. DKevin Hanauer madison memorial DJake Genskow madison memorial DMax Raisleger Middleton Jr. DAlex Alvarado madison West Fr. G

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Middleton senior midfielder Zach Whritenour was named sec-ond-team all-Big Eight Conference.


Editor’s Note: The follow-ing story is a preview of thebig eight Conference com-piled by Wissports.net.

1. MADISONMEMORIAL

On paper, this could be theyear memorial’s strangleholdon the big eight Conferencetitle finally ends.

With just one starter backfrom last year’s club that went19-6 and rallied to win its 12thstraight league crown, theSpartans will get pushed to thewire by many of their counter-parts in the 10-team league.

but never count out theSpartans, who found them-selves three games behind theleague leader in the big eightearly last season before play-ing strong down the stretch tocapture the title by one gameover runner-up madison east.

Junior Jake Ferguson (6-6)is the lone returning regularfor coach Steve Collins. Theathletic forward averaged 6.2points and 4.6 rebounds pergame as a sophomore.

Junior Chris Knight (6-7) isa talented transfer fromDeForest who owns NCAADivision I scholarship offersfrom Green bay, IUPUI andmilwaukee.

Juniors matt Caropreso (6-7), billy Wilson (6-0) andLogan Knecht (5-10) alsoreturn for memorial.

“Size is our biggeststrength, while shooting, lackof experience, rebounding anddefense are all concerns,”Collins said.

2. MADISON EASTComing off an appearance

in the WIAA Division 1 statetournament and with fourstarters back from a 20-7squad, the Purgolders certainly

figure to be in the mix for thebig eight Conference title.

Coach matt miota also wel-comes talented newcomersfrom a JV squad that finished20-2.

Seniors Deang Deang (6-3), Tre Irby (5-10) andCourtland Cuevas (6-5) wereregulars last season along withsophomore Keshawn Justice(6-4). That talented groupgives east plenty of athleti-cism, skill and versatility.

Toss in juniors SteveWooten (6-6), Cameron Cratic(5-10), Kenny Jones (5-11)and Chris Warren (6-2) andeast appears primed for big-time success.

“We have solid experienceand will be solid defensively,”miota said. “We need to devel-op team chemistry and learnhow to play with high expecta-tions.”

3. MIDDLETONAn exceptionally strong

backcourt makes the Cardinalsamong the favorites to win thebig eight Conference title.

Coach Kevin baverybegins his 10th year atmiddleton with two of the bet-ter backcourt juniors inWisconsin in Storm murphy(5-11) and CJ Fermanich (5-11). both are experienced,mentally and physically toughand primed to lead middletonto a big season.

murphy, Fermanich, juniorTyree eady (6-4) and seniorsCody markel (6-5) and Cammaly (5-10) are returning

players for middleton, whichfinished 17-7 a year ago.

“Depth, energy, enthusi-asm, experience, commitmentto playing style and hungryunderclassmen are among ourstrong points,” bavery said.“Our biggest challenge isdeveloping several ‘AaronCraft-like’ defenders.”

4. SUN PRAIRIEThis is a club that figures to

be exciting to watch as coachJeff boos has a solid mixtureof size, length, experience,skill and depth.

Seniors Sam Kerr (6-1) andRod Johnson (6-6) are return-

ing starters from a club thatwent 14-10, as are juniors benHauser (6-3) and NateVerstegen (6-6).

Kerr and Johnson havedeveloped into solid collegiateprospects with big upsides asthey continue to mature.

Junior Sean Suchomel (5-11) and senior DeShawn black(6-5) could play key rolesalong with newcomers fromsolid JV and freshmen teams.

“Team chemistry, depth andthe willingness to share theball are strengths,” boos said.“Developing our inside game,rebounding and interiordefense are keys to our sea-

son.”

5. MADISON WESTWith just one senior on its

roster a year ago, madisonWest returns the vast majorityof its scoring and reboundingfrom a club that went 9-14.

Coach Keith Stewart wel-comes back five starters andall are capable of scoring indouble figures on any givennight.

Senior forward Sam meyer(6-4) is a two-year letter win-ner who averaged 8.1 ppg and5.8 rpg.

Senior Ari Davis (5-10) andjuniors Simeon Parker (5-10),

Terrell Carey (6-2) and LarryHawkins (6-5) also return tothe starting rotation.

Seniors Greg Wright (6-0),Juwon Pettigrew (6-3) and Sir-michael Smith (6-3) providestrong depth for the Regents.

6. JANESVILLECRAIG

A very strong junior classfigures to play a key role inhelping the Cougars move upfrom their ninth-place finish ofa year ago.

Juniors San’Trell Payton(5-10), Jake Negus (6-1) and

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Tyree Eady and Middleton’s boys basketball team were picked for third place in the Big Eight Conference.

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Adam Anhold (6-7) are return-ing starters for Craig and forma solid nucleus along withimproved senior Riley Jensen(6-8).

Seniors Robby Hoppe (6-1)and Connor Wright (6-4)along with junior Nick Lynch(6-3) and sophomore JacobNgobi (5-11) also figure tomake solid contributions.

“We will have a good mixof speed and size,” coachmike miller said. “We shouldhave good depth. We will havestrong leadership with return-ing players. We have excellentguard play. Team strength andspeed are among our con-cerns.”

7. VERONAPerimeter scoring figures to

be one of the top assets for theWildcats, who welcome back apair of gifted backcourt per-formers in senior ColeSchmitz (6-4) and juniorNathaniel buss (5-10).

Schmitz enters his seniorseason as a three-year letterwinner. He averaged 13.5points and 4.7 rebounds perouting as a junior and earnedsecond-team all-big eighthonors.

buss, the son of Veronacoach Alan buss, is a quickand skilled point guard whocan make perimeter shots.

Also returning for Veronaare seniors Keaton Knueppel(6-1), Kwan Clements (6-3),Josh Hernandez (6-2) andDaQuan bunch (6-3).

“Perimeter scoring is ourtop strength while a post pres-ence, depth, rebounding andleadership are among ourquestion marks.”

8. MADISON LA FOLLETTE

The Lancers boast somesize and solid guard play, butthey also lack varsity experi-ence.

Curtrel Robinson begins hissecond year as head coach atLa Follette with a pair ofreturning starters from a clubthat went 10-13 in senior for-ward David Turner (6-6) andjunior guard elias Sobah (5-8).

Sobah finished third on theteam in scoring at 8.4 ppgwhile Turner ranked amongteam leaders in rebounding.

Seniors montrell Hannah(5-7), Ashton miller (6-1) and

Travell ewing (6-4) alsoreturn for the Lancers.

“We are long, athletic andquick,” Robinson said. “Ourbiggest concern is our lack ofvarsity experience.”

9. BELOIT MEMORIAL

Though the Knights arepredicted to finish ninth in the10-team big eightConference, they figure tofield a highly competitivesquad under veteran coach Jaybryant.

Junior point guard DrewFreitag (5-10) is a two-yearvarsity letter winner who aver-aged 8.1 points per game as astarter last season when beloitwent 12-11.

Freitag was joined in thestarting lineup by seniorsLamont Patton (6-2) andDre’mond Long (5-11). Pattoncan score and rebound, whileLong joins with Freitag to givethe Knights an experiencedbackcourt.

Also returning are four jun-iors with solid potential inFred brown (6-0), JequanPegeese (5-7), AnthonyJohnson (6-5) and miguelbetancourt (6-1).

“Defense and hustle will bestrengths,” said bryant, now inhis 10th year as the Knights’head coach. “Rebounding andoverall speed are questionmarks.”

10. JANESVILLEPARKER

Coach Keith miller hassome experience to work withas three starters and sixreserves return from a clubthat went 5-19.

Seniors marquise brooks(6-3), Carlos Campos (6-0)and Darin empereur (6-0) arereturning starters for theVikings with brooks returningas the top scorer (9.4 ppg) andrebounder (6.5 rpg) in the pro-gram.

Seniors Darion Young (6-3), Austin Zane (6-3), HunterYerke (6-1) and Vernon Davis(6-1) also return along withsophomores Jadyn ellis (6-2)and Jordan bailey (6-1).

miller, who served as thefreshmen coach at Parker lastwinter, takes over the headcoaching duties from Ryanmasterson, now an assistantgirls’ coach at JanesvilleParker.

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Middleton junior guard C.J. Fermanich is a two-year letterwinner who seems poised for a big season.


ALL-BIG EIGHT CONFERENCEBOYS VOLLEYBALL

FIRST TEAMName School Yr. Pos.Kevin McMahon Middleton 12 OHBlake Sprecher Middleton 12 MHKevin Dunn madison La Follette 11 OHAndrew DeKok beloit memorial 12 OHmatt Caropreso madison memorial 11 mHmatt munns madison West 12 OHGrayson Coleman Fort Atkinson 11 OHThomas Robson Middleton 10 L

SECOND TEAMName School Yr. Pos.Dylan Thompson madison east 12 OHSeamus Doyle madison West 11 OHPace Balster Middleton 12 OHGavin Gilson Fort Atkinson 12 OHben Steffen madison La Follette 11 mbTJ brickson beloit memorial 12 mbAndrew Lepage Middleton 10 SGage Krumbach madison memorial 10 L

HONORABLE MENTIONName School Yr. Pos.Dylan Gray Fort Atkinson 12 SNick Caroprseo madison memorial 9 mHNoah Davis beloit memorial 11 LLuke Schwendemann madison east 12 mHAshton miller madison La Follette 12 OHAvery Lewis beloit memorial 11 SRyan Disch madison La Follette 10 SKeegan epping madison West 11 SJesse Kutz Fort Atkinson 10 mHGeorge Weitz madison memorial 12 OHJames brown madison West 12 mbCole Spitler Middleton 11 MH

Coach of the Year — ben White, middletonPlayer of the Year — Kevin mcmahon, middleton

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Middleton senior middle blocker Blake Sprecher was named first-team all-Big Eight Conference.

BOYS VB continued from page 24van. “It wasn’t just his offense

that helped carry us, it was hisdefense, as well. besides fill-ing the stat sheet, Kevin was aleader on and off the court.

“He is a member of theschool’s Link Crew and amentor to freshmen in theschool. He showed theseyounger players how you canbalance academics with athlet-ics and be successful at both.Kevin is one of the best all-around players to comethrough this program. His con-sistency is what will be missedon the court. His leadershipwill be tough to replace off thecourt.”

Sprecher had a remarkablesenior season, finishing sec-ond on the team in kills (218)and first in blocks (69).Sprecher averaged 2.80 killsper game, led middleton inaces (24) and was sixth in digs(44).

“Not many people in thestate could match-up withblake,” White said. “Heearned the name ‘big Rig’ thisyear and it is a great descrip-tion, because once he getsgoing, just get out of his waybecause he’s going to takeover.

“What was so impressiveabout blake was his ability totake the younger players onthe court under his wing andlead them. We had a lot ofyoung players on the squadand blake could be both force-ful and encouraging and he didit at the appropriate times.

“When blake was on, hewas unstoppable and we rodehim to the state tournament.He and Kevin were the top-two vote getters in the confer-ence and it was really well-deserved. Proud to see blakereceive high honorable-men-

tion all-state as one of the top-20 players in the state.”

Robson was one of the toplibero’s in the state. He ledmiddleton in digs (309) andwas one of the top servereturners anywhere.

“Not often you have asophomore who can take overa match in the back row,”White said. “Thomas earnedhis way into the starting line-up early in his freshman year,and he hasn’t done anythingbut excel as a libero since hewas put in the line-up. He nowowns the record of most digs

in a season and will hold thecareer record early sometimenext season.

“After the state tournament,I told Thomas if I was a soph-omore I would be pretty proudof what I accomplished andproud that New berlin’s gameplan was to keep the ball awayfrom him. He was only servedtwice the whole match. but italso shows that Thomas needsto be more aggressive in theback row and that will come intime — hopefully next year.I’m really excited that he hastwo years left.”

balster was third on theteam with 140 kills and his killpercentage was a solid .272.balster was also third on theteam in blocks (45).

“Pace was given a gift. Itwasn’t just a gift in his abilityto jump, it’s his ability tohang,” White said. “It’s almostlike he flies. It’s spectacular towatch. And once he figuredout how to hit while flying, hebecame a force.

“Pace did everything weasked of him and more. I hopehe continues to play the sportas his best volleyball is ahead

of him.”Lepage led the Cardinals

with 554 assists, an average of6.80 per game. Lepage wasalso fourth in aces (18) andfifth in digs (68).

“No player grew more thisyear as a player than Andrew,”White said “And he still has ahuge ceiling these next twoyears.

“He earned more and moreplaying time and a bigger roleon the team because of hisabilities and decision-making.And he earned the trust of histeammates. Andrew is gainingconfidence each and every dayand he knows what he needs todo to help lead this team in thefuture.”

Spitler took on a prominentrole after an injury to JordanFutch and he made the most ofit. Spitler finished fourth onthe team in kills (78) andfourth in blocks (27).

“Cole was thrown into thefire this year as soon as weknew Jordan was out for theseason,” White said. “Whatwas supposed to be a learningyear for Cole turned into ayear of productivity andbecoming a weapon out of themiddle. by the end of the yearit was my belief after watchingall these teams in the postsea-son that we had one of the bestmiddle combinations in thestate and it was our goal tohave the ball run through themiddle to beat the other teams.

“The best part of Cole washis consistency. He wasalways going to give you100% and give you everythinghe could on the court. AndCole is still in the early stagesof figuring this game out.Hopefully with a year underhis belt on the varsity leveland some club volleyball inhis future, he’ll come back

with more confidence in hisplaying ability.”

middleton also handed outtwo other awards at its post-season banquet.

Senior outside hitter JacobRoss received the CoachesAward.

“every year we hand out anaward to the player that bestrepresents the middletonVolleyball program,” Whitesaid. “Hands down the winnerthis year was Jacob Ross.

“Jacob did all the littlethings that you never askedanyone to do — both on andoff the court. He is a natural-born leader and isn’t afraid tospeak his mind.

“Jacob went from a defen-sive specialist to an all-aroundplayer due to the fact wecouldn’t afford to take his hus-tle and determination off thecourt. No player played abovetheir bounds more than Jacob.A true class act and great kid— the type of player that youwould take 15 of and fieldyour team with in a heartbeat.”

Junior defensive specialistben miller was namedmiddleton’s most ImprovedPlayer.

“every player on this teamimproved physically,” Whitesaid. “No player improvedmore mentally than ben. Hewent from questioning every-thing about his play, pushingand pressing too much, tobecoming confident in hisabilities and focused on hisstrengths.

“Once ben adopted themindset that he was going tobecome the best player hecould be and not worry abouttrying to impress anyone, hebecame a solid defensive spe-cialist that we knew he was.”

Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

Middleton sophomore libero Thomas Robson was named first all-Big Eight.


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She’s going placesMiddleton senior girls volleyball standout Logan Welti (front left) recently signed a volleyball scholarship to play at

New Hampshire. Welti is shown here (clockwise, from back left) with her mother Pam, father Shawn and sister Lily.

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Onward and upwardMiddleton senior standouts Loren Skibba and Kaisey Skibba recently signed scholarships to continue their terrific

athletic careers.Loren (top, center) received a golf scholarship from Northern Arizona. Kaisey (above, center) earned a tennis schol-

arship at Winona State. The Skibba girls are pictured with their mother, Marsha, and father, Allen.

middleton’s girls basketballteam opened its season with athrilling, come-from-behind77-70 win over Stoughton lastTuesday.

“We did some good thingsand also saw areas where weneed to improve — typical firstgame,” middleton coach JeffKind said. “Stoughton has anexcellent team. They have size,good guard play and a veryexperienced team. As the gamewent on we started to get betterrotations on our press. Thathelped to keep the game goingat our pace and I think it took atoll on Stoughton as the gamewore on.”

The Cardinals trailed, 41-33, at halftime. but middletonoutscored the visiting Vikings,44-29, in the second half.

Junior guard Alexis Thomasled the Cardinals with 20points, while junior guards briaLemirande and AlyssaLemirande both scored 15

points. Junior guard CarleeLemirande added 14 points.

“I was pleased with ourresilience,” Kind said. “Westuck to our style and kept afterthem the entire game, eventhough we were down early.We shot the ball well andpassed well for the most part.The result was some openlooks from three-point rangeand we knocked them down.

“Rebounding was an issue.We were soundly outreboundedand that's something we haveto improve because mostgames we are going to be thesmaller team. We have totoughen up our blockouts andbe more aggressive on theoffensive boards. All in all, agood start against a very goodveteran team.”

middleton’s game atJanesville Parker last Fridaywas postponed due to snow.That game was rescheduled forDec. 1.

• Hockey: middletonopened its season with a 7-2

win over baraboo/Portage lastFriday.

Davis bunz had a pair ofgoals for the Cardinals, whileColin butler, Garrett Graf,Nolan Kouba, Casey Harperand Keaton Shaw all addedgoals.

middleton built a 5-0 leadlate in the second period andcruised home.

Tony Wuesthofen got thewin in net for middleton.

The Cardinals were at Kettlem o r a i n e / O c o n o m o w o cTuesday, then are at theUniversity School tournament

Friday and Saturday.


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substituting four and fiveplayers at a time every two orthree minutes. The goal was towear down foes and compen-sate for a potential talent gapat the top of the roster.

bavery will have the depthto play in a similar manneragain. And the change fromfour quarters to two halves —which added four minutes tothe game — should helpmiddleton.

but a handful of Cardinalsproved to be standouts a yearago, which will make it moredifficult to take them off thefloor this winter.

“We did a little ‘shifting’ ofall five when there was a longstretch without the clock stop-ping, but really tried to keeprunning two, three or fourplayers in at a time,” baverysaid. “This season the changeto two halves really changesthe game and should fit rightinto what we do.

“The guys know that a lotof people will need to con-tribute, and getting into ouropponent’s bench is part ofwhat we are trying to do. Withthat said, it doesn’t mean equalminutes, but it does meanwhen you get your opportuni-ty, whether it’s heavier min-utes or a short stint in either orboth halves, you better go hardand not be afraid to bring yourstrengths to the court!”

A trio of junior standouts— forward Tyree eady andguards Storm murphy and C.J.Fermanich — will leadmiddleton.

eady was middleton’s lead-ing scorer last season (11.7)and was a second-team all-conference player. Fermanichwas a steady point guard whoearned honorable-mention all-conference honors.

And murphy improved asmuch as anyone on the roster,and by the end of the seasonwas arguably middleton’smost dynamic player.

This season, all threeshould be even better.

“All three have changedphysically,” bavery said.“They are stronger and leanerand it shows in their ability toattack more aggressively onboth ends of the court.

“They put a lot of time in

their skill development as cer-tifiable ‘gym rats.’ As long asthey play hard, good thingswill happen for them and theattention they draw will maketheir teammates better as well.

“C.J. is shooting it well andattacking the basket stronger.Tyree is getting after bothboards and is showing a moreconfident catch-and-shootgame to add to his drivingability. And Storm is at anoth-er level of confidence in allphases of his game.”

middleton has several otherkey contributors and talentednewcomers to add to the mix.

Senior forward/center Codymarkel led the Cardinals inrebounding last season. Seniorguard Cam maly is arguablymiddleton’s top defender.

Senior forward mitchbacon is one of the Cardinals’most explosive players. Andsenior guard brady Thomas isa streaky, albeit deadly shoot-er.

markel (broken finger),maly (hip) and bacon (finger)are out for the time being.markel should be back by theCardinals’ second or thirdgame, while maly and baconcould be out until Christmas.

When they all return,middleton’s depth should betop notch.

In the interim, several play-ers will have a chance to shine.

Travis Raffel is a giftedcombination guard who’sreturning from a torn ACL.Junior forward Jack Smithbrings size and athletic ability,while senior Kevin Ripp is asolid shooter.

Junior myron Ashford is astrong rebounder, while soph-omore brogan brunker hassurprised early with hisaggressive play, ability drivethe ball, and rebound andscore both inside and out.

Juniors ben Jackson andParker Sigmon both havethree-point ability. SeniorJacob Ross is a solid shooter,while senior max Collien is ahigh-energy player.

“We love our depth,”bavery said. “And (theinjuries) are an opportunity forothers to contribute, especiallyearly.”

madison memorial haswon 12 straight big eighttitles and remains the favorite.madison east returns severalplayers from its state qualify-ing team, while Sun Prairie,Janesville Craig and madisonWest should have strong out-fits, as well.

“We think we can play witheveryone, but so many gameswill be decided in the finalminutes that we can’t affordstretches where we don’t playhard or don’t play together,”bavery said. “In that regardanyone is capable of beatingus.”

On the flip side, middletonis capable of beating anyone— and everyone — in theleague. The Cardinals are ayear older, wiser and better.

For now, bavery won’t playthe prediction game and willsimply try getting his teambetter every day. If that hap-pens, good things will almostcertainly follow.

“Surprisingly to many, our

expectations for the seasonremain very simple,” baverysaid. “be great in practiceevery day and respect the priv-ilege of being a part of a team.

“If we are humble in that

regard, and if we are extreme-ly coachable and do things theright way, we can be satisfied.It really is a tremendous groupof young men who love thegame and who are great to be

around every day. “Our entire coaching staff

appreciates being able to be apart of that experience. Wethink that they are going to bevery exciting to watch and

hope that we see tremendoussupport from the best studentbody and community fans inthe big eight.”


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Middleton senior forwardCody Markel is one of severalkey returnees for theCardinals this season.

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