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A greeting from this year’s Festival PresidentGreetings from the President,

I confess to not being a native GoodNeighbor, but I am married to a life-long resident of Middleton. I thinkthis gives me a great perspective ofour home and our festival.

Old timers come home to the Good

Neighbor Festival to connect withclassmates and old friends. New resi-dents discover why we are so fre-quently named as one of the bestplaces to live in America.

Good Neighbor Fest shows us all atour best. Friends who come togetherto celebrate our community at its

finest. A citybuilt on the prin-ciples of reach-ing out to eachother in goodtimes and bad.

Let’s cele-brate our volun-

teers who care enough to make thisfestival the best in the country. Our 16different non-profit organizationswork very hard to create the fun andfestivities we have known and lovedfor 48 years.

This year we promise “Magic

Moments.” Come on down to thegrounds and we guarantee magic.

Thank you,Adam Warriner

President, Good Neighbor Festival

Since the its humble beginnings in1964, the Middleton Good NeighborFestival has been organized and runby Middleton’s local, non-profit serv-ice organizations. Participating organ-izations ask one or two members toserve on the Festival organizing com-mittee. Local service organizationsused to hold little fund raising eventsthroughout the summer. The GoodNeighbor Festival was a mechanismto coordinate these efforts and pro-mote the city to the surrounding com-munities.

Each service organization represen-tative serves on the one of severalcommittees including Contributions,Publicity, Raffle, 5K Race, Groundsor Entertainment. Meetings occur yearround.

During the Festival, each serviceorganization raises money for theirown group by selling food and bever-ages and providing entertainment.Booths are manned by the serviceorganizations themselves and providea variety of options for Festival-goerseach year.

For a complete listing of the GoodNeighbor Festival service organiza-tions, visit the website at www.good-neighborfestival.com.

An event founded on service

Clockwise from top left: Some Good Neighbor Fest pride; the popularGNF run/walk; cheering along the parade route.

Warriner


The sponsorswho made GNF2012 possibleDiamond Sponsor$5,000 and upWilly Street Co-OpTDSMiddleton Community BankMiddleton TourismCommissionHo-Chunk Gaming

Platinum Sponsor$2,500 - $4,999T. WallProperties/Communities ofBishops BayCapital Brewery

Gold Sponsor$1,000 – 2,499MeriterAmerican GirlWisconsin Community BankA.T.CLexus of MadisonMonsantoNorth Central Group Hotels

Silver Sponsor$250 - $999Stoppleworth Plumbing LTDFish & Associates, Inc.Community TitleGunderson Funeral &Cremation CareSmith & Gesteland LLPSprings Window FashionsSaint Dunstan’s ChurchChartwell Midwest WisconsinSimply Savvy, LLCSmart BettyStarion FinancialGilson, Inc.Globe UniversityCountry Inn and Suites -MiddletonANiU Salon SpaFindorffKnothe & Bruce Architects,

LLCInfinity Martial ArtsFirst Business BankStandard ImagingGoben CarsKraemer BrothersConstructionMurphy Desmond S.C.Cress Funeral Home &Cremation ServiceFleet Feet Sports of MadisonHarbor Athletic ClubElementsCostco

Bronze Sponsorsup to $249Structural Research Inc.National Electrostatics Corp.Ballweg ChevroletPKK Lighting, Inc.Huntington Learning CenterCapitol BankJames A. Lord, D.D.S., S.C.State Bank of Cross PlainsSummers Christmas Tree FarmCPU Solutions, Inc.Middleton Farmers Co-OpMiddleton Veterinary ClinicSchoepp MotorsGreene-Niesen InsuranceAgencyWeedmanJim’s Amoco

5K Run SponsorsMeriterLexus of MadisonMonsantoMurphy Desmond S.C.Cress Funeral Home &Cremation ServiceFleet Feet Sports of MadisonHarbor Athletic ClubElementsCostco

Top: Middleton Mayor Kurt Sonnentag is always at the fest. Above: A variety of veteran groups march in the parade.

Middleton GoodNeighbor Festival organ-izers have announced the2012 Good NeighborAward winners. They are:Mike Hinz, Gabrielle andNatalie Hinahara, andJerry Sielaff, M.D.Recipients are recog-

nized for their commit-ment to service and forthe volunteer efforts theymake in the local commu-nity. Award winners willbe recognized in theGood Neighbor Festivalparade on Sunday,August 25 at noon.This year’s winners

participated in a varietyof volunteer efforts.

Gabrielle andNatalie Hinahara

Gabrie l leand NatalieHinahara areperhaps they o u n g e s tG o o dN e i g h b o rAward win-ners to date.T o g e t h e r ,these sistersc o - f o u n d e dGrowing Fooda n dSustainability.This non-prof-it organizationis based righthere inM i d d l e t o n ,and is a newy o u t h - l e d ,c o m m u n i t ybased sustainability initiative. Withtwo school garden sites, school agedchildren intern with the Hinaharas and

gain knowledge about gardening andfarming. All of the produce grown atthese sites help stock the shelves at theMiddleton Outreach Ministry foodpantry.

Jerry SielaffDr. Jerry

S i e l a f fa c t i v e l yi n v o l v e shimself in allof theK i w a n i s ’fundraisers,i n c l u d i n gselling bratsat GoodNeighbor Festand serving at the annual pancakebreakfast at Middleton Sport Bowl.He volunteers on Kiwanis communityservice projects, such as cleaning upCamp Wawbeek for use by develop-mentally or physically challengedkids, serving pizza and ice cream atthe MHS best buddies holiday partyand ringing the bell for the Salvation

Army to name just a few. In addition,outside of the club, he volunteersmonthly with Middleton OutreachMinistry’s mobile food pantry at VosHaus. When he hears of a need hequietly does what he can to assist - forexample, buying a trailer for the kidsat the Youth Center for use with gar-dening projects. He has been veryinvolved with serving on the commit-tee to bring the Clark StreetCommunity School into existence.This school will provide a uniqueopportunity for students and businessleaders in the Middleton area.

Mike HinzMike Hinz

is Presidentof theM i d d l e t o nBaseball &S o f t b a l lCommission( M B S C ) .T h r o u g hMike’s lead-e r s h i p ,Middleton is

home to a first class baseball/softballfacility at Firefighters Memorial Park.Through the MBSC, Mike has had apositive impact on our youth. Mike isalso quick to fill in when needed, asdisplayed when he filled in at ourFestival when a stand was shorthand-ed.

How They Were SelectedFestival organizers pick winners

from nominations made earlier in thesummer.

Nominees must reside in theMiddleton area and their contribu-tions to the community should be ofsufficient duration to warrant recogni-tion. If you know a “Good Neighbor”and would like to nominate someonefor the 2013 Good Neighbor Festival,watch the Middleton Times-Tribunefor details next spring, or go to theGood Neighbor Festival website.

The Middleton Good NeighborFestival takes place August 24 - 26 atMiddleton’s Fireman’s Park. Formore information visit the Festivalweb site at www.goodneighborfesti-val.com.


Hinz, Hinaharas, Sielaff are Good Neighbors

Natalie

Jerry

Mike

Gabrielle

Left and right: More images from GNF parades of the past.

The Middleton Good NeighborFestival is proud to introduce theMiddleton Emergency Services as the2012 Parade Marshal.

The three organizations that makeup the Emergency Services are theMiddleton Police Department, theMiddleton Fire Department and theMiddleton EMS.

Representing these groups in theparade will be Police Chief Brad Keil,Fire Chief Aaron Harris and EMSDirector Steve Wunsch.

This year’s parade takes placeSunday, August 26 at noon on the

University Avenue route in Middletonand celebrates the 2012 theme:“Magic Moment.”

Festival organizers said EmergencyServices are often the unsung heroesof Middleton, protecting citizens ofthe city 24 hours per day, year round.

See the Middleton Good NeighborFestival web site at www.goodneigh-borfestival.com for more paradedetails.

From left to right: Steve Wunsch,Brad Keil and Aaron Harris.


Public safety heads to lead parade

Berrymans toperform in GNFVFW Beer Tent

The Berrymans will performSunday in the VFW Beer Tent atGood Neighbor Fest. The show willtake place from 12:30 – 3 p.m.

Lou and Peter Berryman begantheir musical partnership in highschool in Appleton, Wisconsin, wayback in the sixties.

By the late seventies, they hadestablished themselves as a prominentfeature of the songwriting subcultureof Wisconsin’s capital, playing theiroriginal material every week foralmost ten years in the run-down buttrendy music room of Madison’s Clubde Wash. Gradually expanding theircircuit, they began crisscrossing thecontinent and gaining national atten-tion with appearances on such pro-

grams as Public Radio’s A PrairieHome Companion and NPR’sWeekend Edition.

Regular appearances at festivalsand folk music clubs all across thecountry now serve as venues for thesongs contained in their sixteenrecordings and three songbooks,which have been performed by every-one from Garrison Keillor to PeggySeeger.

The popularity of Lou and PeterBerryman - whose friendship surviveda brief marriage in the seventies - is atestament to their intelligent andwickedly funny material which isnever bawdy or risqué but is rich withwordplay and witty images. This duois not to be missed.

Above: Kids along the parade route grab some candy.


Kiwanis club offers worldfamous brats with ‘fixins’

Stop by the Kiwanis Brat Tent atthe Middleton Good Neighbor Festthis year and help local Kiwaniansmembers support kids in theMiddleton area, including Key Club,Builders Clubs, Pediatric EmergencyResponse Bags for Middleton EMS,scholarships to send kids to CampWawbeek, and of course, enjoy themouthwatering goodness of some ofthe “World’s Greatest Brats with allthe fixins!”

Middleton Kiwanis is a club madeup of a diverse group of Middletonresidents that simply love to do goodthings for children, helping them tosucceed in life and enjoy the process.

Recent Kiwanis efforts have includ-ed helping purchase a PediatricEmergency Supply Bag for theMiddleton EMS ambulances; sponsor-ing and mentoring students at MHS inthe Key Club as they learn leadershipskills both locally and at the state con-vention in each year; teaching kids thevalue of sustainable gardeningthrough the Builder’s Club atKromrey Middle School; sponsoringscholarships for kids to attend Camp

Waubeek which specializes in offer-ing a true camp experience to peoplewith physical disabilities; and mostrecently sponsoring and chaperoningtwo busloads of kids from Sauk TrailElementary School’s summer schoolprogram to visit the U. W. Geologyand Physics museums as well as theDiscovery Center in a fantastic day ofexploration for the kids and adultsalike.

Members meet at Sofra Café(downstairs) at 6 p.m. on the secondand fourth Thursdays of each month,and anyone interested in joining iswelcome to drop in at any time.

Kiwanis’ primary fundraising eventis coming up very shortly at the GoodNeighbor Festival, where membersoperate the Brat Tent. 100 percent ofall the money we raise during the fes-tival is returned to the Middleton com-munity by helping support our activi-ties, like those detailed above,throughout the year.

They are a small, informal, but hardworking group and are always happyto have new people join them in thesehappy endeavors.

Cream Puffs help fund AFSAFS-USA runs the Good Neighbor

Fest Cream Puff Stand and MiniDonut Stand.

AFS-USA (formerly the AmericanField Service), a 501(c)3 nonprofitorganization, is a leader in intercultur-al learning and offers internationalexchange programs in more than 40countries around the world throughindependent, nonprofit AFSOrganizations, each with a network ofvolunteers, a professionally staffed

office, and headed up by a volunteerboard.

The organization has been exchang-ing students throughout the world for60 years. That’s six decades of historyand experience in international educa-tion with an exemplary record of safe-ty, security, and service to students,parents, and educators.

All profits from these stands go intoa fund to pay part of exchange stu-dents’ expenses.

VFW an anchor of GNFChartered in 1946 and located on

Century Avenue, the MiddletonVFW has a rich tradition of serviceto its community and to its veterans.With over 200 members, theMiddleton VFW prides itself as anational leader among VFW agen-cies in the breadth of programs andservices provided to its community.In 2004, the Middleton VFW wasawarded the national VFWCommunity Service Award for itscontributions.

In addition to substantial dona-tions that the Middleton VFWmakes to soldiers deployed overseasand veterans recuperating in localhospitals, the VFW sponsors eventsand provides services for families ofdeployed soldiers and for families ofveterans who have traveled greatdistances to be with their soldiers

and veterans who are hospitalized.Civic donations have includeddonations to Middleton Boys Scoutsand Girl Scouts (flags on display onMiddleton’s roads in observance ofsix patriotic days each year),Middleton High School, theMiddleton Library and SwimmingPools, the Middleton FireDepartment, Middleton OutreachMinistry, the Middleton SeniorCenter, Pleasant View Golf Course,and a host of community agenciesand individuals in need.

Donations and services made bythe Middleton VFW are made possi-ble primarily by its two majorfundraisers, the Tee It Up for theTroops Golf Outing and the VFWEntertainment Tent at the GoodNeighbor Festival. The great major-ity of the monies raised at these two

events are returned directly to thecommunity.

One of the VFW’s current goalsis to build a memorial in the com-munity to honor veterans.

The Middleton VFW served asthe founder of the Middleton GoodNeighbor Festival, and it has beenproud to anchor the GNF for thepast 48 years with a celebration ofmusic, entertainment, refreshments,and camaraderie.

This year’s GNF theme of MagicMoments is no exception as theMiddleton VFW will host a diversemusic lineup which is sure to enter-tain our guests of all ages and willinclude the rock bands, Lube, FuzzySide Up and Main Street Wisdom;the fan-favorite sounds of the groupThe Berrymans; and the regionally-recognized band, Super Tuesday.

Youngsters of all ages can kick offGood Neighbor Festival in style at theannual Kiddie Parade. Over the years,the parade has grown from a modestwalk to the Good Neighbor Festivalgrounds, to a fun-filled, bike decorat-ing, doggie dress-up extravaganza.This year’s festival theme is MagicMoments, and kids are encouraged touse the theme in the parade.

The Kiddie Parade will start at 5:45

p.m. on Friday, August 24. Stagingwill start at 5 p.m. by the High Schoolgym entrance on Bristol Street. Theparade is just four blocks and simplycircles the Middleton High School andends at the entrance to the Festival.Participants in the parade will berewarded with a bag of goodies pro-vided by our sponsors.

Plan on staying after the parade fortons of fun and entertainment. There

will be gunny sack races, balloon tossand wheelbarrow races with cashprizes. Games are arranged by agegroup so that everyone has a chance toparticipate. American Girl is the spon-sor.

The Middleton Good NeighborFestival takes place August 27-29 atMiddleton’s Fireman’s Park. For moreinformation visit the www.goodneigh-borfestival.com.

Kiddie Parade is a fast growingGood Neighbor Festival tradition

FUNNY FACES - BALLOONSCULPTING - BOOKED FOR

FRIDAY 6-9 PM

Tami Topper Schroeder has beenentertaining children all her life – pro-fessionally for more than twentyyears. With three children of her own,Tami provides practical, hands-onexperience and creativity for all yourentertainment needs.

Tami’s future took a different paththan most, when one summer, shetook a job working as balloon sculptorin the very busy tourist town ofWisconsin Dells. One thing lead toanother and soon after, she wasaccepted into Ringling Brothers andBarnum & Bailey Clown College in1995. She was also lucky enough totour with its world-famous circus in1996. She performed and entertainedchildren of all ages throughout theUnited States and Mexico City.Afterthe circus, Tami returned to theMadison area and soon founded herown business, Funny Faces Children’sEntertainment.

Funny Faces has now grown toinclude other entertainers, all of whomare thoughtfully chosen for their kind-ness, professionalism, and commit-

ment to providing quality familyentertainment. www.funnyfaces4kids.com

GLEN GERARD - MAGICIAN -BOOKED FOR SATURDAYAFTERNOON - 1 PM & 4 PM

SHOWS

HE WILL CRACK YOU UP!Glen’s hilarious show integratesMagic, Comedy, Sleight of Hand, andMind Reading with plenty of audienceparticipation! See why Glen has beencalled the “Top Midwest Magician &Illusionist” by FOX TV, and a “MajorLeague Entertainer!” by the MIL-WAUKEE BREWERS. Glen is a LasVegas, Comedy Club, Casino, andCruise Ship Headliner. Credits includeappearances with Tim Allen, theSmothers Brothers, Tracy Morgan,Bobcat Goldthwait, TonyDanza,Lewis Black, Frank Caliendo,and headlining the Las Vegas ComedyFestival. As seen by the MilwaukeeBrewers, Milwaukee Bucks, and theGreen Bay Packers, as well as hun-dreds of corporations such as Amway,Harley Davidson, SC Johnson, Chase,John Deere, and more. Appeared on

DISNEY AND NORWEGIANCRUISE LINES. Appeared at theLAS VEGAS HILTON, SAHARA,TROPICANA, STARDUST, LASVEGAS FREMONT STREET EXPE-RIENCE, GREEK ISLES,POTAWATOMI CASINO, and manymore. Comedy clubs include THECOMEDY CAFE, BONKERZFLORIDA, CD & ME CHICAGO,and the list goes on! Additionally,Glen is a talented business speaker onsuch topics as Customer Service,Networking, and Sales. Glen will alsotailor his magic around the message ofyour organization’s choice; a greatway to make a point in a lighthearted,memorable way. Glen’s sleight ofhand has been featured in numeroustelevision commercials. We do itall:Comedy Magic Shows, LargeStage Illusion Extravaganzas, orStrolling Magic! Available for corpo-rate events, conventions, trade shows,fairs, festivals, meetings, etc. Noevent too big or too small! Glen is alsoan experienced AUCTIONEER, avail-able for your CHARITY AUCTION!For your next event, choose the 20year professional experience of GlenGerard. HE’S A SURE THING! www.magic4you.com

MAGICIAN ANTHONY -BOOKED SUNDAY FOR 1PM &

4 PM SHOWS & BALLOON TWISTING

IN BETWEEN

***Entertain your friends and fam-ily with LIVE magic and or balloonsthis time around! Magic & Balloons 4Everyone!***

“Hello, my name is Anthony I’m aballoon twisting comedy magician. I

have been a professional magician formany years,” said the performer. “Iperform magic for children and adultsalike. My blend of comedy magic is agreat for everyone to see. I work in theart of comedy, slight of hand and illu-sions. As an upcoming magician Ilook to amuse you and lead you toquestion and ponder your imaginationto the next level. See a new twist onsome of magic’s classic routines! www.magiciananthony.com


Event organizers promise a magical experience

Rides and slides at the carnival are always popular.


Jaycees offer steak,chicken sandwiches

Visit the Jaycees for a juicy steakor delicious chicken sandwich. Thesale times are Friday from 4-11p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 11p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4p.m.

Founded in 1975, the MiddletonJaycees is a civic organization ofyoung professionals focused oncommunity service, personal andprofessional development, network-ing, leadership training and fun!

They organize and fund manycommunity events that benefitMiddleton. They host a free annualEaster Egg Hunt in Lakeview park,fund a scholarship at MiddletonHigh School, work with Middletonschool district social workers coor-dinate special outings for families inneed, and sponsor multiple familieseach year through MiddletonOutreach Ministry’s (M.O.M)Sharing Christmas program.

This year the Jaycees are excitedto be hosting a new event with Gio’sGarden in late October (check thewebsite, or Gio’s Garden’s websitefor more information in Septemberhttp://giosgarden.org/). The eventwill be a Halloween/costume partyat Gio’s Garden new facility. Thisnew event will have many free fam-

ily activities (some ideas we arecurrently working on include pump-kin decorating, coloring, temporarytattoos, and potentially a band), aswell as having food and some carni-val games available for purchase.

The Jaycees will be paying allexpenses, so 100 percent of pro-ceeds from food and game ticketsales will go straight to Gio’sGarden.

They also offer networking nightsfor young professionals, including anight coordinated with Madison’sHabitat for Humanity YoungProfessionals organization. Theseevents are always open to the pub-lic. They also host many memberdevelopment events. In the past,They’ve had everything fromresume workshops to self-defenseclasses.

This year the Jaycees are lookingforward to a bi-partisan “meet thecandidates” event where they willbe bringing in outside representa-tives to educate the community onthe Presidential candidates in theupcoming election. Members havealso attended both national and stateleadership trainings hosted byJaycees International (JCI) andWisconsin JCI.

Top: Super Tuesday is sure to draw a crowd when the band plays Saturday night in the beer tent.Above: A tough clime at the carnival.

Truly Remarkable Loon will per-form at 2 p.m. Saturday on the FoodTent Stage at this year’s GoodNeighbor Fest. He was born on April1, 1956. He was raised in Madison,Wisconsin.

His parents, immigrants fromEastern Europe, gave him a name noEnglish speaking person could proper-ly pronounce. Loon used several dif-ferent monikers (i.e. Parsley) until1974. That year, while canoeing in theBoundary Waters, he was given the

name Loon by his boating partner forhis inattention to thirteen consecutivedays of rain. ‘Truly Remarkable’ wasadded by another friend in 1975 forLoon’s blatant defiance of the laws ofgravity.

Childhood was uneventful. As themiddle child of five siblings, he didnot speak until almost five years old.The silent years (or the ‘BlessedYears’ as his family refers to them)were made up for later. ‘Class Clown’or ‘Motor Mouth’ and repeated disci-

plinary actions for unruly, prankishbehavior best describe his schoolyears. Loon wishes to state once morefor the record “I did not put a deadanimal in the boys room, causing theevacuation of the entire A wing atMadison’s Memorial High School in1974.” Though one credit short, Loondid graduate on time after announcinghe would return to school the follow-ing year and make up the missingcredit if necessary.

Following school, Loon roamedextensively across Northern andCentral America, supporting himselfwith an assortment of humble jobs andtraveled primarily by thumb. In 1976Loon was inspired to learn how to jug-gle after being enraptured by a fire-torch juggler. The same juggler, whoprefers to remain anonymous, taughtLoon how to juggle three balls. Twoyears of intense, obsessive practicefound Loon juggling balls, clubs,machetes, tomatoes, fire torches andanything else that wasn’t tied down.

In 1978, Loon chanced upon astreet-juggling act and was amazed tosee that people would actually giveperfectly good money - just for jug-gling! Many years of street perform-ing followed, from Key West toHawaii and from Canada to theYucatan. Most notably were the yearswhen Loon served as the Fallen ArchBishop of the First Church of FunJuggling Company Show.

The street performing hat was hungup in 1986 when Loon discovered thewonderful concept of a paid entertain-ment contract. Now, Loon can be seeon stage at Fairs and Festivals acrossAmerica, juggling giant bean bagchairs, spinning plates, tossing thedreaded implements of death, andthose ever flaming torches. Safety(and water squirting) is assured by twobrave volunteer fire-fighters from theaudience.

Purple is his favorite color andtrademark, though attempts to copy-right the color have been unsuccess-ful. In 1995, after an extendedromance, Loon married his childhoodsweetheart, Tracie Tudor. They havetwo daughters, Ansley and Ariel andlive with their beloved cats Ahab,Cyclops, Baby 47X and Catsquatsch,on Madison’s east side.


MHS Key Club tosell Subway subs

Middleton High School Key Clubwill sell Subway subs (ham orturkey), Starbucks coffee (regularand decaf), and Scott’s Bakery pas-tries (assorted).

Pastries from Scott’s Bakery areonly sold Saturday and Sundayfrom 8-10 a.m.

The MHS Key Club is sponsoredby the Middleton Kiwanis Club andis a part of Key Club International,the largest community serviceorganization for high school stu-dents in the country. Through serv-ice, Key Club seeks to better thecommunity while developing stu-dent leaders.

Student leaders and membersdevelop and organize projects

which have included helping out atSpecial Olympics events, assistingthe YMCA with family events,working at school carnivals, andvolunteering at area run/walks (suchas the Crazy Legs, and Great Stridesfor Cystic Fibrosis). Club membersalso plan and run the annualHalloween Food Drive for theMiddleton Outreach Ministry, bakecookies for the Ronald McDonaldHouse, and many other excitingprojects.

Key Club meets every Fridaymorning at 7:15 a.m. in theMiddleton Performing Arts Center.Dues are assessed for international,state, and local fees.

Truly Remarkable Loon toperform Saturday afternoon

Truly Remarkable Loon plays with fire.

Sweet Corn is coming back toGood Neighbor Fest this year thanksto the Clark Street Community Tent.

The Middleton – Cross PlainsArea School District is excited toannounce the Clark StreetCommunity School, a place and proj-ect based democratic charter schoolthat will open for the 2012-13 schoolyear.

The Clark Street CommunitySchool is founded by local educatorsand community members who areinterested in developing a school thatworks for educational innovation inour school district. CSCS will beopen to ninth through twelfth gradersand will take approximately 120 stu-dents during the first year.

Sweet corn is backby popular demand


The Carnival is sponsored by theVFW Ladies Auxiliary.

Chartered in 1953, the MiddletonLadies Auxiliary to the Veterans ofForeign Wars will celebrate its 60thanniversary next year. The organiza-tion provides direct support to theactive military and veterans’ families,sponsors local military and veteransevents, and contributes to military-serving organizations and communitycharitable efforts.

The Auxiliary provides funding forservices that support military familiesin times crisis and deployment both inWisconsin and at the national level. Itsupplies financial and in-kind assis-tance to Wisconsin’s veterans hospi-tals, and contribute to scholarships foreligible military family members. Inthe local community, members havemade donations to Madison DryHootch, Middleton OutreachMinistry, Middleton/Cross-Plains ele-mentary schools, scouting programs,

and a wide variety of communityagencies and individuals in need.

The Auxiliary was a foundingorganization of the Middleton GoodNeighbor Festival and has alwayssponsored the festival’s carnival con-cession. The donations and servicesprovided by the Middleton Auxiliaryare mostly made possible through thisevent, which is our primary fundrais-er.

“It is our pleasure to offer fun timesand happy memories to our neighborssummer after summer,” said Auxiliarypresident Marta Bechtol, “and to dis-tribute the proceeds back to our com-munity during the seasons inbetween.”

Carnival TimesFriday: 6-11:30 p.m.Saturday: Noon-11:30 p.m. (with a

wristband special 1-5 p.m.)Sunday: Noon-7 p.m.

Ladies Auxiliarysponsors Carnival

The carnival grounds will offer many rides and games.

The Middleton Optimists will servePork Sandwiches and BBQ ChickenDinners on Sunday.

The Middleton Optimists seek tomake a difference in the lives of youthby participating in a variety of activi-ties throughout the year. Members arededicated to serving the youth ofMiddleton and the surrounding area.

The group’s many programs notonly assist local youngsters, but alsogive our members a great sense ofaccomplishment.

The Lions Club “Frymobile” servesmouthwatering Wisconsin cheesecurds, delicious golden French fries,and (new this year) made to orderItalian beef sandwiches.

The Middleton Lions Club is part of

an international organization. Its mis-sion is, “To empower volunteers toserve their communities, meet human-itarian needs, encourage peace andpromote international understandingthrough Lions clubs.” The Middleton

Lions Club motto is “WE Serve.”Lions have three main fundraisers:

the Wine and Cheese Tasting, the GolfOuting, and the GNF Fry Mobile.

100 percent of the money raisedgoes right back into the communitythrough eyeglass screening for schoolaged children in the district, eyeglasscollections for children in need, sup-porting a cub scout pack, and dona-tions to the Restoring HopeTransplant House in Middleton.


Lions’ Frymobile returns

Girl Scoutswill sell PizzaHut pizza

Middleton Girl Scouts will sellPizza Hut pizza and nachos at the fest.

Troop leaders say Girl Scoutingbuilds “girls of courage, confidenceand character, who make the world abetter.” The troops who staff the boothuse their share of the proceeds to payfor camping trips, troop activities,service projects, and field trips. Girlswork with their leaders to choose howto spend their funds.

Troop 240 to sellhot soft pretzels

Cub Scout Troop 240 will sell hotpretzels with melted cheese or mus-tard, Rice Krispie Treats, cold sodaand water this year.

The items will be on sale Fridayfrom 5-9 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m.to 9 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to5 p.m.

The Cub Scouts provide programsto elementary school aged boys that

build character, teach responsibilityand develop personal fitness. Allmonies raised during the GoodNeighbor Festival are utilized to offsetthe costs of the yearly activities thecub scouts take part in. They are alsoused to provide scholarships for fami-lies that would like to take part inscouting but do not have the financialresources to do so.

Optimists tosell pork andBBQ chicken

You never know what you’ll see in the parade.

The kiddie dog show is one of Good Neighbor Fest’s many family-friend-ly activities.

Boy Scout Troops 140 and 940 willsell fried fish, ice cream and more atthe Good Neighbor Festival.

They organize a Friday Fish Fry(COD), with Pie & Ice Cream andRoot Beer Floats; and Saturday andSunday sales of Pie, Ice Cream andRoot Beer Floats.

Troop 140 is one of the largesttroops in the Glacier Edge Council,with approximately 113 scouts andadult leaders. It is a certified QualityUnit of the Boy Scouts of America.

For 50 years, hundreds ofMiddleton youth and adults haveshared the “values” of Scoutingthrough camping, hiking, and servicefor St. Luke’s Church, Middleton andthe surrounding communities.

Troop 940 provides a program offun and activities for young men ages11 – 17. The program is intended tohelp building character, training in theresponsibilities of participating citi-

zenship and developing personal fit-ness. Troop 940 is part of the nation’slargest and most prominent valuesbased youth development organiza-tion.

As part of the scouting tradition ofgiving back and supporting our com-munity, all of the proceeds will bedonated to Middleton OutreachMinistry (MOM). The troops ask

those attending GNF to bring non-per-ishable item(s) and drop it off at theBoy Scout Troop 140 area anytimeduring the weekend. If you are attend-ing the GNF parade on Sunday, pleasebring non-perishable item(s) and theboy scouts will collect the items asthey go along the parade route.


Troops 140 and 940will sell ice cream

Boy Scout Troop 940 will again behaving two activities at the MiddletonGood Neighbor Festival. The DunkTank will continue to be a fun filledactivity of seeing whether someonecan “hit the broad side of a barn” toget someone wet. The volunteers thathave the opportunity to sit in the tankinclude various area celebrities andsome local Boy Scouts.

You can also enjoy having yourface painted, an opportunity for allages, preschool through “adultschool.”

Troop 940 has many years of expe-rience in assisting boys as young asage 11 into becoming quality youngmen through age 17. Our efforts wererecently recognized by earning the

gold award in the new Journey toExcellence program of the Boy Scoutsof America. We pride ourselves inproviding a safe environment for ourScouts to let them try many new activ-ities to help them develop their leader-ship skills along with having fun whilecamping.

Activities used in the Scouting pro-gram of Troop 940 include lots ofcamping, canoeing, bicycling, hiking,and sailing - all of this resulting in alot of FUN. The program, throughactivities and opportunities, isdesigned to assist the young person inlearning more about themselves anddevelop their interpersonal and leader-ship skills. Summer adventure tripsinclude sailing around the Apostle

Islands (summer 2012), backpackingon Isle Royale (summer 2011), andcanoeing into the Boundary WatersCanoe Area Wilderness/QueticoProvincial Park. Troop 940 is plan-ning on hiking part of the AppalachianTrail for the summer of 2013. TheScouts reflect their leadership andcommunity service through variousservice projects for the MiddletonParks District, Middleton OutreachMinistry, and the Middleton AreaHistorical Society, among others. Infact, you see an Eagle Scout projectplanned, organized, and developed bya member of Troop 940 every timeyou enter Middleton on UniversityAvenue - the big “M” sign with theorganization and church signs.

Troop 940, sponsored by theMiddleton Optimist Club, meets onTuesday evenings from 7 to 8:30(weekly meetings during the schoolyear at Northside School and bi-week-ly meetings during the summer atLakeview Park). Boy Scout Troop940 has been developing the young

people of Middleton for the more than30 years and has a long tradition ofproviding a quality experience to hun-dreds of boys and young men. If youhave any questions you can contactScoutmaster Rocky Van Asten (233-3432) or Advancement Chair RonBerman (836-3906).

Troop 940 provides dunk tank, face painting

Scouts are a big part of the annual festival.


Middleton Sertoma will serveHot Dogs, Hamburgers, CheeseBurgers, Chips, Soda and Water.The sale will be Friday from 5- 9p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. –9 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. –5 p.m.

Setoma stands for “SERvice TOMankind.” Its aim is to meet theneeds of communities through vol-unteer service.

Its goal is to create communities

of change under common leader-ship and with a common voice thatwill serve the many in need.

The Middleton Sertoma Clubprovides assistance to: MiddletonOutreach Ministry; Habitat forHumanity; Middleton High Schoolstudent scholarships; KromreyMiddle School Choir; MiddletonYouth Softball and Baseball;Middleton Holiday Giving Tree;Support speech and hearing needs.

Middleton Youth Hockey - TheWings - host a music and beer tent atthe Festival.

They are open throughout theweekend with beer from CapitalBrewery, wine from BothamVineyards, and now, great food, too.This year, they will be selling barbe-cued shrimp throughout the weekend,and smoked turkey legs on Friday andSaturday. Bob’s BBQ Emporium willhelp with the grill and smoker.

They have ample seating at the tentto enjoy food.

Great bands that will be playinginclude:

Friday, 8/24, 6:30pm - 10pm: TheEugene Smiles Project

Saturday, 8/25, 12pm - 3:30pm:Beth Kille Band

Saturday, 8/25, 6:30pm - 10pm,Mark Croft

Sunday, 8/26, 1pm - 4:30pm, RedHot Horn Dawgs

The funds raised during the Festivalallow the Wings to provide hockeyscholarships and equipment for kids inneed.

Middleton Youth Hockey – theMiddleton Wings – promotes theadvancement of youth athletics forboys and girls ranging from 4 to 16years of age through hockey, bydeveloping teamwork, sportsmanship,respect and camaraderie, whileenhancing hockey skills, social devel-opment and competition, and having alot of fun participating in the fast-moving sport of hockey.

Three days of funare on the schedule

Sertoma selling hot dogs,hamburgers and more

Music and beer tentthanks to youth hockey

The fair features artists offeringjewelry, wine frappe, metal/glass art,folk art, fiber, gel candles, ceramics,embroidery, wood, pet treats, framedflowers, wearable fiber, cranberries,wired dish wear, glass/stone, tye dye,fabric, scarf’s, metal mixed media, T-shirts and so much more! Moretalented artists and crafter’s signingup each day-join us!

No Good Neighbor Festival wouldbe complete without the big parade.Bring your whole family to see thefloats, bands, fire engines and localorganizations as they march downUniversity Avenue. This year’sparade promises to be the best oneyet!

It’s set for Sunday, August 26 atnoon.

Craft fair is back

Parade is Sunday

Above is the carnival carousel.At right are a few more smiles along the parade route.



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