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“Local control,” apparently, is in theeye of the beholder, at least when youare talking about regulating local min-ing sites.

This week, the Dane County TownsAssociation (DCTA) issued a five-pagepress release denouncing county exec-utive Joe Parisi’s statement two weeksago saying he supported a revised ver-sion of Ordinance Amendment (OA)26, which is billed as an effort to bol-ster oversight of mining operations thatborder residential and conservationareas. The county executive and othersupports say the county ordinancewould ensure residents have some sayin the reopening of a mine. The towns

association, however, says the lawwould remove local control.

“The county exec said in his pressrelease that ‘Dane County residents de-serve more say in what goes on in theirneighborhoods, not less,” towns asso-ciation president Jerry Derr said. “Weagree with his statement, and we wishthe county would too. The county’s po-sition isn’t about local control at all.”

The issue centers on 34 dormantmines that are currently grandfathered.Under current law, these mines couldbe reactivated with little public input orpublic notice, say the county law’s pro-ponents. Those who favor the ordi-nance say OA 26 would protect theability of local governments and resi-dents to have a say in how mines areoperated, controlling what time of dayblasting can occur, dust levels andtruck traffic.

An earlier ordinance proposal wasmore sweeping than the current one,and was scuttled by the county’s towngovernments, who must ratify ordi-nance amendments. Those who favorthe additional regulation are hoping thescaled-back version fares better when

it goes back to the town boards for fur-ther perusal.

“This common sense change willnot only correct an archaic law, it willprotect the public’s right to have theirvoices heard and level the playing fieldfor businesses that are playing by therules,” said Parisi.

Derr, however, countered, “Townsalready have the power to adopt ordi-nances to regulate quarries if theychoose to do so. This proposal is de-signed to allow the county to stop op-eration of quarries which its own

ordinances permit.”Derr also charged that Parisi’s state-

ment is “ironic” because the county“has refused requests by the towns as-sociation to increase town residents’voice in zoning actions.”

“We tried to persuade Dane Countyto change the zoning committee andordinances so that towns would havemore say over what goes on in theirneighborhoods. The county essentiallyignored our request. We would like the

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Inside this issue:Hunger: Local: Sports:Canstruction raises morethan 28 tons of food. Page 2

Will Stamm House make acomeback? Page 3

Baseball Cards win ugly. Page 16

Dining Guide. . . . . . . . . . 3Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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See MINES, page 5

Photo by Jen Johnson

A good time, a better causeThey played a football game at Middleton High School Sunday af-

ternoon. And the big winner was the Alzheimer's Association. The sec-ond annual Blondes vs. Brunettes game was won by the Brunettes,19-12. But the event itself raised $31,600 for the Alzheimer’s Associa-tion.

Towns association rips Dane County’s latest proposal to regulate local minesAssociation wantsdormant mines incounty to keep their grandfathered status

Saturday run/walkto honor memoryof Lina VergaraThe family of Lina Vergara, ayoung woman who died in atragic rafting accident, willhost the second Annual Glow-ing Smiles 5k Run/Walk andKids Dash on Saturday, May10. People are welcome to jointhem on race day at OrchidHeights Park at 9:15 a.m. Findout more at glowingsmiles.orgor at linavergara.com

Lina Vergara was born on Dec. 9,1991, in Bogota, Colombia, just a fewmonths before her parents Alejandroand Margarita, older sister Coni andolder brother Juan moved their resi-dency to Middleton, WI.

Before the family knew it, their tinylittle baby became a rambunctious littletoddler they could barely keep up with.Her passionate and rowdy attitude to-ward life brought happiness and excite-ment to her entire family including hersiblings, parents, cousins, uncles, auntsand grandparents.

Lina graduatedfrom MiddletonHigh School in2010, then enrolledat UW-Oshkosh asan Elementary Edu-cation student inorder to pursue herdream to become athird grade teacher.She had an incredible rapport with chil-dren. She continued to help others incollege, joining community servicegroups including Clarity Care Inc, aprivate, nonprofit agency dedicated toproviding care and services to individ-uals with acute, chronic or long-termconditions, including those with dis-abilities and special needs.

The director of that agency, KurtJohnson told her family that “she wasalways willing to help whereverneeded. She read books to our residentsand planned a Karaoke night; just toname a few. Lina had the talent to getsome of our residents to sing atKaraoke night, when in fact they would

School boarddebates servicelearning rules

The Middleton-Cross PlainsArea Board of Education revisitedan ongoing quandary at their lat-est meeting: how to promote com-munity service without puttingmore stress on teachers and stu-dents.

Three years ago the board de-cided to implement a 40-hourservice learning graduation re-quirement at the high school.Service learning hours can bepicked up through class projectsbut students often must look be-yond the school’s offerings to ob-tain the full 40 hours.

Community service and servicelearning are two distinct things.Service learning is additionalhours outside the classroom thatgo along with a class material,usually set up by the teacher ordeveloped with curriculum.Community service is the broaderactivity of any community in-volvement.

Director of Teaching andLearning-Secondary Laura Loveand MHS service learning coordi-nator Karen Stodola proposed aplan to the board eliminating the40-hour service learning gradua-tion requirement.

“What we are seeing is not un-common out there in the field,”Stodola said. “The quality of theservice learning efforts seem tobecome degraded as we are racingfor the hours, we need to buildand have a whole support systemjust to administer hours, and in-stead of providing students withreally quality projects, our inter-

See VERGARA, page 8

See EDUCATION, page 9

Vergara

by CAMERON BREN

Times-Tribune

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GGIVINGIVINGCommunity competition raises over 28 tons of food

How do a giant replica of an acrop-olis or the Olympic rings, along with18 other hand-built structures help endhunger in western Dane County?When made from cans of food and

packaged goods, the structures’ build-ing blocks will fill the shelves of oneof the largest food pantries in DaneCounty.

Middleton Outreach Ministry(MOM) hosted the fourth annualCanstruction® Madison, which in con-junction with a community wide fooddrive, raised over 28 tons of food tofeed area people in need. The eventtook place at KEVA Sports Center in

Middleton. Canstruction®Madison isa competition where community mem-bers come together to build incredible,highly imaginative structures out ofcanned goods and packaged food.After the structures are built and thewinners are declared, all food used inthe structures is donated to the MOMFood Pantry. Teams plan their struc-tures weeks in advance, and then cometogether on the day of the event to

build their displays. Prior to theevening event, the structures arejudged by design professionals andcommunity leaders.

Those who attended were encour-aged to bring a single canned food do-nation as a suggested entry fee, andover 1,000 pounds of food were col-lected.

This year’s team winners include:Most Cans: Exact Sciences, with

‘CANcropolis’, featuring more than5,500 cans of food and including manyneeded food pantry staples, includinglarge-sized diapers as the acropolisfloor.

Most Nutritious: Glacier CreekMiddle School Builder’s Cub, with‘Cinderella’s Castle’. Their structureincluded a meal (with protein) in a can,

Times-Tribune photos by Matt GeigerLeft, Abbe Smith works on WTS Paradigm’s “The Desolation of Hunger,” staying just out of range of Smaug the dragon’s fiery maw. At right is Asbury United Methodist Church’s “We Can

Do It, with Rosie the Riveter.”

Thanks to area businessesand groups, MOM FoodPantry guests will find shelvesfull of food this summer

See CANSTRUCTION, page 9

Dust still reverberates in the air athistoric Stamm House, but so doesTroy Rost’s excitement. The newowner says the days are numbered forthis Middleton landmark’s vibrant redsiding and enclosed stone porch, bothdating from the 1950s. Indeed, exten-sive renovations have been underwayfor months at the 6624 Century Avenueproperty, now to be known as 1847 atthe Stamm House. The new name re-flects the building’s inaugural year.

Basing restoration partially on animage circa 1925, Rost aims to bringhistory to life by showcasing the orig-inal limestone walls and exposing pre-viously boarded up windows. Anupstairs, now high-ceilinged GreatRoom with original rafters, the site ofthe previous kitchen, will allowstreaming sunlight.

Last June, Rost and his businesspartner, Jim Hagstrom, purchased theproperty after it sat vacant for years.The aromatic combination of greaseand guano prevailed. There’s no hint ofit now, after Rost and others workeddaily wearing protective masks.

Rost, who holds an MBA from UW-Madison Business School, specializesin purchasing and refurbishing proper-ties, mostly in downtown Madison.This project is taking longer than heexpected, but that isn’t a problem, hesaid. In fact, the setbacks have givenhim inspirational pause.

“Doing a building at this pace al-lows for it to evolve organically, as we

see how this place flows,” Rost ob-served. “We want to do it right.”

Removing from nearly every walleither dark paneling, inch-thick parg-ing or both extended the time line bythree to four months, he said. Pargingis a mix of concrete and plaster. Rost“spent all winter with a rotary hammerpounding it all off,” then sandblastedfor days. But he felt revealing thewarm tones of limestone was necessaryto the building’s long-term success,creating a place the public will want tovisit for years to come.

“Parging isn’t aesthetically interest-ing,” Rost noted. “People will love thestone, they’ll be excited to see the his-tory.”

Rost removed 43 tons of debris al-though he is repurposing, recycling andsalvaging as much material as possible,he said. Large oak planks, found under-neath guano-encrusted original cedarshakes, have been painstakingly refin-ished to hang from the ceiling, provid-ing artistic visual breaks. Rost believesthe planks were cut nearby, and themill marks are still visible.

After completely gutting the kitchenand bathrooms, Rost reconfigured thespace. In addition to moving thekitchen downstairs, he created an “in-timate space,” for the chef’s table andwine cave in the basement’s purportedUnderground Railroad nook.

According to Rost, Chef Nick John-son, nominee for the prestigious JamesBeard Award, has been integral to thedesign of the kitchen and chef’s table.1847 at the Stamm House managers-to-be Brian and Alicia Hamilton, ofWeary Traveler, also aided with layout,

he said.Rost said Chef Johnson has plans for

an updated version of the famousStamm House Chicken andDumplings, and will also feature fresh,local fish. Twelve local brews will beon tap.

As he worked mostly solo over thelong winter, Rost envisioned craftsmenat their labor over 165 years ago.“What keeps coming back to me, is themasons dragging the rocks out of thecreek with horses and rusty chains,” hesaid, noting with a trace of awe in hisvoice the sheer “rural industrialism thatit took to build something like this, this

first major structure in Middleton.”The building has colorfully served

over the years as an inn, tavern, postoffice, general store, stagecoach stop,possible Underground Railroad hide-away, community center, library, dancehall and, in the 1920s, an oft-raidedspeakeasy. From the 1940s to presentit has changed hands several times as asupper club.

Rost credits the City of Middletonand the Middleton Landmark Commis-

sion for positive support and encour-agement as his plans morphed. Al-though he doesn’t have a firm openingdate, his goal is late summer for dinnerand weekend brunches.

The building is now ready for aswarm of tradesmen, electricians,plumbers, and others. “It may not looklike it to you, but we’re rolling now!”Rost exclaimed with a grin.

With all his experience, he ought toknow.

THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 3

BBUSINESSUSINESSReinventing Stamm House with respect for its past

Times-Tribune photo by Katherine Perreth

“Doing a building at this pace allows for it to evolve organically, as we see how this place flows,” says Troy Rost,above. For information and more pictures, visit the Stamm House’s Facebook page.

by KATHERINE PERRETH

Times-Tribune

It’s a good news, bad news situation. According to a recent Associated

General Contractors of America(AGC) survey, 86 percent of construc-tion companies plan to hire in 2014 - ajump of almost 10 percent over lastyear. That’s the good news.

The downside is that almost two-thirds of these companies can’t findqualified workers for their critical pro-fessional and craft worker positions -project managers, supervisors, framers,carpenters, equipment operators, con-crete workers, electricians, welders,plumbers, masons, and others.

The construction industry lost 2.3million jobs during the Great Reces-sion - and many of those workers havenot returned. Instead they migrated intoother fields like oil and gas, or simplyretired. Also, during the recession, veryfew young people entered constructionas a career because of the limited op-portunities for employment.

Now that business is up, and moreprojects are coming in, this net loss ofqualified workers is creating a signifi-cant labor gap for the construction in-

dustry. There are simply not enoughworkers to go around, and those whoare entering the field are not as skilled.Experienced workers are getting topdollar - in fact, in some parts of thecountry it resembles a bidding war,where GCs lure workers from othercompanies with better wage and bene-fit packages.

“Most new hires are able to demandbetter wages and benefits from the em-ployers,” says Ken Kurszewski, presi-dent of Hottman Construction in Dane.“For employers, it really depends onwhat they are willing to pay and whattheir customers are willing to absorb interms of price increases. Customerswho receive the good service thatkeeps their projects on schedule aregenerally willing to pay a little morefor it.”

Workers that are hard to come by inthe Madison area include qualifiedconcrete workers, carpenters, framers,siders, and roofers.

“Carpenters and concrete workerswere especially in short supply at thebeginning of the year,” says ChadWuebben, president of Encore Con-struction in Middleton. “The situationhas eased slightly in the last fewmonths, but remains a problem. We arebringing in workers from other parts ofWisconsin and from states as far awayas Colorado and Texas.”

Staying on ScheduleThe biggest issue for GCs is that the

worker shortage makes it tough to setrealistic completion times. This slowsdown projects and may add severalmonths to the timeline.

Kalish Masonry LLC works within100-mile radius of its headquarters inMiddleton. Scheduling projects is oneof the greatest challenges for ownerAddison Kalish.

“For example, say we have a projectthat requires 10 of our employees andwe need three weeks to complete the

work,” says Kalish. “We are scheduledtwo months in advance to start thework, but lately we’re getting told twoweeks prior to job start that there hasbeen a two-to-four week delay. This isextremely frustrating because we havepreviously turned down other projectsthat would have overlapped, had theproject not been moved. We end uphaving to scramble to find other proj-ects under contract, with hopes thatthese can start earlier than anticipated,or look for other new projects so thatour employees are always working.”

Finishing a project on time requirescareful coordination among all subcon-tractors on the job, especially for meet-ing the start-up and finishing dates.These can be thrown seriously offcourse when there aren’t enough work-ers to get the job done.

“One of the things we do is flatwork,such as basement floors, garages, anddriveways,” says Kurszewski. “Thesehave to be done according to scheduleto keep the project moving. The sameholds true for the plumbers, electri-cians, drywallers, etc. Every trade re-lies on the trade before them, and thisis where delays can get frustrating fortrades, builders, and homeowners.”

This makes it imperative for GCs tofind subcontractors who are up-frontabout what they can do, when they cando it, and how long it will take—andwho communicate immediately ifsomething comes up that might impactthe schedule.

“I can’t even begin to tell you howoften we hear of companies not show-ing up when they say they will, or com-pleting some of the work and then notreturning for two or three weeks afterthat to finish their work,” says Kalish.“We need to work with companies thatvalue the teamwork involved fromevery angle, so that everyone can worktogether in order to finish projects ontime.”

Making It BetterMost GCs agree the trades are better

supplied with skilled labor, thanks totheir apprenticeship programs.Plumbers and electricians, for exam-ple, have apprenticeship programs thattrain workers; in comparison, concrete,excavating, and roofing do not.

Overall, the bottom line is that notenough high-school graduates seek ca-reers in the trades. This can be partiallyattributed to the strong emphasis ongetting a college degree to make goodincome. However, many high schoolstudents don’t realize that, after work-ing their way through a masonry ap-prenticeship program, for example,they can earn $65,000 as a foreman bytheir mid-20s—without the debt thatburdens many college graduates.

“Education in construction shouldbe offered at a younger age,” saysKalish. “Middle schools could start tooffer educational classes in construc-tion, rather than just having wood shopclass. High schools could provide in-troductory construction and projectmanagement courses.

General contractors need to beproactive about visiting schools to givepresentations or workshops on the con-struction industry, or inviting studentsto a working site. For example, at thisyear’s Parade of Homes the MadisonArea Builders Association will besponsoring an event where studentsvisit work sites and talk with profes-sionals in the industry.

“This is a great idea and I’d love tosee the industry work together to createmore events like this,” saysKurszewski. “Students need to see theindustry in action, ask questions, andget answers.”

Spencer Statz, business representa-tive for Plumbers Union Local 75 inMadison, believes the construction in-dustry must market itself as a profes-sion that requires highly skilledworkers who enjoy working in a dy-namic work setting with plenty of re-sponsibility.

“Many people don’t realize the levelof training that is involved with beingin the trades,” he says. “Most tradeshave a five-year apprenticeship pro-gram with continuing education re-quirements after that. This representsfive years of education, all while mak-ing good money on the job.”

Moving ForwardThe labor situation will probably get

worse before it gets better, especiallyas older workers start to retire. Thenumber varies depending on thesource, but the average age of a skilledcraftsman today is about 50. It has beenestimated that over the next decadeabout one-quarter of all skilled con-struction workers will be retiring.

The situation in Madison has beentough at times, but not debilitating.With the increase in residential andcommercial construction, “our new ap-prentice numbers look more like theydid in 2006-2008,” says Statz.

Kalish agrees. “Our current work-load is higher than it has been in thepast four or five years,” he says. “Qual-ified masons and general laborers arein demand and qualified workers arehard to find.”

One of the most effective cures forthe labor shortage will be continuedeconomic recovery. Not only will itmake careers look more promising tostudents, but more of the skilled work-ers who left during the recession willcome back to the industry.

“When the recession hit, many peo-ple left for lower-paying, but more sta-ble jobs,” says Kurszewski. “Theyremember the difficulties they had anddon’t trust the industry yet. I believe,though, that the longer our industrystays strong, the more these people willcome back to the trades. We have al-ready experienced that with a couple ofemployees, and that’s a good sign.”

Editor’s note: Mark Crawford is afreelance writer for the Madison AreaBuilders Association.


The next Open Mic Night at Crafts-man Table & Tap will take place Thurs-day, May 15 from 6-9 p.m.

Music will be provided by PrairieSand. Basil Museitif, presenting “Giv-ing a Palestinian Perspective RarelyHeard in the Media,” will be the spe-cial guest speaker. The presentationwill be followed by question and an-swer.

The evening ends with people whohave signed up to rant, rave, recite po-etry, sing, perform music, comedy,each having 3 minutes.

Join them upstairs, order from themenu and enjoy the cash bar. Feel freeto bring a food item for Middleton OutReach Ministry.

Open Mic Night is sponsored by theMiddleton Action Team.

CHURCH NOTES

Survey shows craftsmen are in high demand... and short supplyby MARK CRAWFORDFor the Times-Tribune

Get rare‘PalestinianPerspective’at the nextMAT event


Dave Schultz joins the Middleton Police Department

Officer Dave Schultz joined the Middleton Police Department on Wednes-day, April 23. Schultz grew up in Cottage Grove, WI, attended MononaGrove High School and is a graduate of UW Platteville’s Criminal JusticeProgram. He has been working for the Dane County Sheriff’s Departmentfor the last year and a half.

Schultz will be in Field Training for approximately five months. In FieldTraining, he will be paired with veteran Field Training Officers learning thegeography of the city, state and local laws and policies and procedures. Oncethe Field Training process is complete, officers are assigned to solo patrol,but are on a probationary status for 18 months.

Poet Roe’s work recognizedMiddleton poet

Richard Roe haswon honorablemention in the Wis-consin People &Ideas 2014 PoetryContest.

Roe is the Coun-cil of WisconsinWriters’s formerappointee to theWisconsin Poet Laureate Commission.A retired Legislative Analyst and editorfrom Middleton, Roe began writing po-etry in his mid-30s and has kept at itever since. A preacher’s kid who’slived in Ohio and New Jersey, he has abackground in history and economics.

He has published three books ofpoems, most recently Knots of SweetLonging.

His work has appeared in Stoneboat,Wisconsin People and Ideas, VerseWisconsin, Free Verse, Fox Cry Re-

view, and Sow’s Ear Review, and re-cently in the anthologies Touching:Poems of Love, Longing, and Desire;Writing by Ear: An Anthology of Writ-ing About Music; Come What May: AnAnthology of Writings about Chance;Jukebox Junction USA; and RiverPoems.

Wisconsin People & Ideas is an in-dependent print and online magazinethat showcases fiction and poetry fromnew and established Wisconsin writers,highlights new works from our visualartists and photographers, and keepsreaders informed about the science be-hind the issues that impact our way oflife here in Wisconsin. They are thequarterly magazine of the nonprofit,Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts& Letters.

Visit wisconsinacademy.org/maga-zine for more information or to sub-scribe today.

Friends holdlibrary booksale Saturday

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Growing Food and Sustainability isholding its 3rd Annual Plant Salefundraiser the weekend of May 17.

Hours are Saturday, May 17, 9 a.m.to noon and Sunday, May 18, 1-4 p.m.at the Middleton High School green-house on the corner of North Avenueand Middleton Street.

Come on out to get all of theseedlings you need for a successfulvegetable garden including tomatoes,swiss chard, broccoli, eggplant, basil,sweet peppers and flowers!

They hope to see you there! Formore information please their website:http://growingfoodandsustainability.wordpress.com

The Friends of the Library will hosta book sale on Saturday, May 10, 11:00a.m. - 4:00 p.m. in the lower level ofthe Middleton Public Library, 7425Hubbard Avenue. This sale is afundraiser for the library, supportingprograms for the public and acquisitionof new library materials.

This sale will feature many booksfor Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, in-cluding adult popular fiction and non-fiction, on a range of topics fromhobbies to history.

Sustainability group to host thirdannual Plant Sale next weekend

towns to have more control overour own land use policies. That ballis in the county’s court.”

The latest version of OA 26, wasintroduced by county supervisorPatrick Miles of McFarland. It isslated to go before the county’sZoning and Land Regulation Com-mittee in May, and could go beforethe Dane County Board of Supervi-sors in June. If approved by thecounty board, the proposal will goback to the town boards, and theywould have 40 days to act on theproposal.

Miles says his new proposal ad-dress the major concerns expressedby the town boards that opposed thefirst measure. He said the new pro-posal tights the definition of whatconstitutes a dormant mine, andprovides clarity on a number ofother issues raised by critics.

The first proposal was voteddown 20-14 by the towns.

Miles stated, “I ask the towns tovote for this amendment because avote against this amendment is avote against local control and pro-viding their residents a voice in theprocess.”

The towns association statementthis week, however, indicates theDCTA board “voted unanimouslyto oppose (the) amended version ofOA 26. We believe the countryshould try to address whatever is-sues actually exist before proceed-

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Just as asparagus, broccoli, andsweet peas peek out of the garden bedsaround local communities, the Green-way Station Farmers Market is spout-ing up for the season.

On Thursday, May 15, GreenwayStation will begin its weekly commu-nity Farmers Market. For the eleventhyear in a row, the shopping center isproud to host their weekly market onthe southwest corner of the property.

“Mark your calendar, grab your bas-ket, and come visit the Farmers Mar-ket,” says Laura McGuire, MarketingDirector at Greenway Station. “Everypurchase you make at the market notonly feeds your family the freshest andhealthiest produce available, but alsohelps to feed our local farmers andtheir families.”

“We are excited to introduce CherylHeck as our new Market Coordinator.Cheryl has been a vendor with theFarmers’ Market for six years and isexcited to coordinate the selection ofvendors to keep a full and well-rounded market,” she continued.“Local farmers know Cheryl and areexcited that she is taking such an activerole in the market.”

Farmers will offer their finest pro-duce to the community from 8 a.m. to1 p.m. each Thursday, rain or shine,from May 15 through October 9. Themarket will include fruits, vegetables,

flowers, cheeses, meats, honey, pop-corn, jams, sauces and baked goodsand will take place off of Deming Way,in the parking area near T.G.I. Friday’s.

For more information on the Farm-ers Market or if you are interested inparticipating, please visit www.green-wayshopping.com or contact MarketCoordinator, Cheryl Heck, at 608-753-2474.

Later in the day on May 15, from 5to 8 p.m., Greenway Station will hostthe “Ladies Night Out” event. Thisevent is designed to offer shoppers ex-clusive sales and offers from participat-ing stores and restaurants whilesupporting a local charity. Attendeeswill enjoy complimentary food, liveentertainment and prize giveaways.

Ladies’ Night Out will be held rainor shine along the shopping center’smain street, Deming Way. The first 300ladies to register will receive a $10Greenway Station gift card. The eventwill offer tasty appetizers courtesy ofJohnny’s Italian Steakhouse and Tan-ner’s Bar & Grill, delicious gelato fromChocolaterie Stam and Starbucks cof-fee. Ladies’ Night Out will also includelive entertainment by local guitaristKen Wheaton, as well as chances towin Greenway Station gift cards andseveral great prize packages. Shopperscan also enjoy relaxing chair and handmassages courtesy of the masseuses atStudio 262 Salon. The Bruce Companywill be the official sponsor for theevent.

Admission is a $5 cash or check do-nation to benefit the Rape Crisis Center(RCC.) Event attendees will have achance to meet and visit with RCCstaff and volunteers throughout theevening. “For forty years, the RapeCrisis Center has depended on commu-nity support to provide our essential24/7 crisis services free of charge,”said Kelly Anderson, Executive Direc-tor for the Rape Crisis Center. “Ladies’Night Out will be so much fun, andhelp RCC make a tremendous differ-ence for victims in Dane County. We’reso grateful to be a part of this event -shopping for a great cause!”

Shoppers can register beginning at 5p.m. at the admission booth located infront of J. Jill. There, attendees canmake their donation and receive a reg-istration packet which includes a wrist-band to identify participation, an eventguide listing exclusive sales and offers,a register to win prize form and a ticketto spin the prize wheel.

Since the inaugural Ladies’ NightOut in 2012, Greenway Station hasraised over $9,000 for local charities.“We’re thrilled that Ladies’ Night Outhas grown into a popular and well-at-tended event,” said Corey Kautzky,General Manager at Greenway Station.“It is our hope that ladies in and aroundthe Greater Madison area will embracethis opportunity to relax, shop, dineand show their support to the RCC.”An additional Ladies’ Night Out eventis scheduled for September of 2014.

For more information on Ladies’Night Out and the Rape Crisis Centervisit www.greenwayshopping.com andwww.danecountyrcc.org.

Greenway Station Shopping Centerhours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondaythrough Saturday and 12-noon to 5p.m. on Sunday with some store andrestaurants open extended hours.


Farmers Market andLadies Night Out returnto Greenway Station

Jazz Tracs 2014, Middleton HighSchool’s annual festival concert, willbe held Friday, May 16, at 7:30 p.m. inMiddleton High School’s PerformingArts Center.

The concert will feature a band thatis a staple in the Madison Club Scene,the Jimmys.

The concert will include great per-formances by both of Middleton’saward-winning big bands. Music byNestico, Goodwin and Ellington are all

on the program.The guest band is Madison’s own

blues Powerhouse The Jimmys. TheJimmys sound comes from the hornsection led by Pete Ross (alto sax) andDarren Sterud (trombone) with ChadWhittinghill (trumpet) and Bryan Husk(bari/tenor sax). These four musicianshave shared the stage with: ClydeStubblefield “The Original FunkyDrummer”, BB King, Roscoe Mitchell,The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Davina

and the Vagabonds, Pinetop Perkinsand Trombone Shorty.

General admission tickets can bepurchased from any MHS Jazz Ensem-ble musician or at the Middleton Com-munity Bank, 3207 Parmenter Street,Middleton. Tickets are $8 in advance,$10 at the door for adults and $5 in ad-vance, $7 at the door for students. Formore information or to reserve tickets,interested persons can call 608.829-9679.

Saturday, May 10 marks the start ofExperimental Aircraft Association(EAA) Chapter 1389’s 20th year par-ticipating in the Association’s YoungEagles Program. Young Eagles, activesince 1992, has provided more than 1.8million free airplane rides to youthsaged 8 to 18 through its network of vol-unteer pilots.

“For many this is the start of thejourney to becoming a pilot, an air traf-fic controller, an aircraft mechanic or anumber of other aviation-related ca-reers,” said Jane Mooney, Chapter1389 Young Eagles

Coordinator and pilot. “Our chaptermembers look forward to our three an-nual events, typically held in May, Au-gust and October. For many of the kidsthis is the first flight in a general avia-tion airplane; for some it’s their firstflight ever. Their sense of wonder iscontagious and reminds us of our own

love of aviation, and why we fly,” shesaid.

Youths who complete the flight areentered into the largest log book in theworld kept by EAA in Oshkosh,WI. Through the generous support ofSporty’s Pilot Shop, kids who completea Young Eagles ride can take groundschool training on-line free ofcharge. This is the same course everypilot takes.

Ground school extends the experi-ence while providing fascinating waysto apply the math and science knowl-edge students gain while in school.

“Flying is multi-dimensional andpulls together math, physics, naturalscience, navigation, mechanical andcoordination skills, creating greaterawareness of and a unique perspectiveon the world in which we live,” saidMooney.

The Saturday May 10 event begins

at 9 a.m. at Morey Field in Middletonand continues until 11:30 a.m. YoungEagles flyers begin their experiencewith ground school which provides abrief orientation to aviation and theflight they’ll experience, followed by aflight around the greaterMiddleton/Madison area. An outstand-ing view of the city, including down-town, is a fairly typical experience asare trips north and west toward theDells, Black Earth and Blue Mounds.

Chapter 1389 will host two moreevents later in the year, one on August16th, and its 30th event on October 4.

For more information and to sched-ule a ride for your child call MoreyMiddleton Airport Monday throughFriday between 9 am and 4 pm. Theirphone number is 836-1711. You mayalso call Mooney at 608-630-3615, orDan Green at 608-770-7861 for addi-tional parent-to-parent information.

30th Young Eagle Rally to take place atMiddleton airport Saturday morning

Jazz Tracs 2014 concert lineup is set

SPRING PASTASWith the arrival of warmer weather,

we are thinking and dreaming ofhealthy, fresh greens and spring pro-duce. Spring brings the first farm-freshvegetables, and some of the year’s bestat that. Vibrant items like upright babyartichokes, earthy asparagus, featherychives, nutty fava beans, pepperyradishes, sweet spring onions, snappygreen peas, and delicate baby spinachcan be transformed into simple and de-licious dinners that celebrate this sea-sons produce bounty. Pasta makes anideal partner for the lightest, most del-icate vegetables of the year. and thecombinations are endless. Tidy farfallebow ties, fluted penne tubes, long, hol-low bucatini noodles and broad, ele-gant pappardelle ribbons are just a fewof the varieties of both dry and freshpastas available.

Many times pasta recipes are vege-tarian but they are easily transformedfor seafood or meat eaters by addingsome sautéed shrimp, diced ham,sautéed chicken, or crumbled bacon.Add in a few surprise ingredients foradded flavor, and you’ll soon forget allabout winter.

BASIL PESTO AND ASPARAGUSFETTUCCINE

2 cups fresh basil leaves, packed3/4 -1 cup extra virgin olive oil1/2-cup pine nuts2 cloves garlicSaltPepper3/4-cup Parmesan cheese, grated8 ounces fresh asparagus, cut into

1/2-inch pieces1 lb. fettuccine or 1 package RP’s

fettuccine “local favorite”

In a food processor, combine basilleaves, olive oil, pine nuts, garlic, saltand pepper. Process until mixed butstill chunky. Add cheese and pulse tocombine.

Bring a pot of salted water to a boil.Blanche asparagus for about 2 minutes,don’t overcook. Drain, shock and setaside. Cook fettuccine according topackage directions. Drain, reserving1/2-cup pasta water. Place fettuccineinto a bowl; add a little pasta water topesto to loosen the sauce. Pour pestoover fettuccine, add asparagus, and tossto serve.

Cooks Tip: Use heavily salted waterwhen blanching vegetables. Blanchvegetables in rapidly boiling water fla-vored like the sea to brighten theirtaste, unmask their full flavor, and en-hance their color

GNOCCHI WITH PROSCIUTTO,SPRING PEAS, ANDCHANTERELLES

1 1/2-cups fresh peas (frozen can besubstituted in a pinch)

Extra virgin olive oil2 cloves garlic, smashedPinch crushed red pepper1/4-pound prosciutto, sliced into

1/2-inch wide strips2-cups chanterelle mushrooms,

lightly cleaned and pulled apartSalt1-cup chicken stock1 package fresh Gnocchi2 Tablespoons butter1/2-cup Parmesan cheese, grated1/2-bunch chives, chopped

Bring a large pot of salted water to aboil. Set up a bowl of ice water.Blanche the fresh peas in boiling wateruntil they are cooked but still crunchyand then immediately plunge them intothe ice water. Reserve. Coat a largesauté pan with olive oil and heat overmedium heat. Add smashed garlic andcrushed red pepper. When garlic hasbecome golden brown and is very aro-matic remove it and discard. Add pro-sciutto and sauté until it starts to getcrispy, 1 to 2 minutes. Add mush-rooms and season with salt. Sauté for3 to 4 minutes, and taste. They shouldbe delicious!

Add the peas and chicken stock.Season with salt. Simmer until stockhas reduced by about half. While stock

is reducing, cook gnocchi according topackage directions. Drain and reserve.

Add the butter to the pan with mush-room mixture. Cook over low heat andswirl to incorporate. Taste and adjustseasoning if needed. Add the cookedgnocchi to the mushrooms. Toss or stirto combine, cooking the gnocchi withthe mushroom mixture until hot. Addgrated Parmesan cheese and choppedchives. Serve immediately.

Cook’s Tip: Always shock vegeta-bles after they have been blanched.Remove vegetables from blanchingwater with slotted spoon and immedi-ately plunge them into an ice-waterbath or run under a steady stream ofcold water until they are cool. Shock-ing your vegetables stops the cookingprocess and sets the color.

PASTA WITH ARTICHOKESAND FRESH RICOTTA

Serve with a leafy salad for a well-rounded meal.

4 cups water4 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice4 medium or 6 baby artichokes3 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil2 cloves garlic, mincedSea Salt12 ounces fresh or dried Penne

pasta1/4-cup flat leaf parsley, choppedFresh ground black pepper1/2-cup fresh whole-milk ricotta

cheese3/4-cup Parmesan cheese, grated

Combine water and lemon juice.Cut off stem of each artichoke towithin 1 inch of base; peel stem. Re-move bottom leaves and tough outerleaves, leaving tender heart and bot-

tom. Cut each artichoke in half length-wise. Remove fuzzy thistle from bot-tom with a spoon. Thinly slice eachartichoke heart; place in lemon water.Drain.

Heat 2 Tablespoons olive oil in largeskillet over medium heat. Add garlicto pan’ cook 1 minute. Add artichokesand 1/4 teaspoon salt; cover and cook10 minutes or until artichokes are ten-der, stirring occasionally. Be carefulnot to burn.

Cook pasta according to package in-structions. Drain pasta, reserving 1/2cup cooking liquid. Combine 1 Table-spoon olive oil, 1/2-teaspoon salt, arti-choke mixture, pasta, reserved cookingliquid, parsley, and pepper in a largebowl or pot, tossing to combine. Addricotta in spoonfuls, stirring gently tocombine. Sprinkle with Parmesancheese, and season to taste with saltand pepper.

FUSILLI WITH CARAMELIZED SPRING

ONIONS AND WHITE WINE

Spring onions are those that havebeen harvested early. They look likescallions with large white bulbs. Rotini(corkscrew pasta) will work in place offusilli.

1/2-cup panko (Japanese breadcrumbs)

3 Tablespoons olive oil2 cloves garlic, mincedSea saltBlack Pepper2 cups spring onions, thinly sliced1/2-cup dry white wine1/4-cup chicken broth8 ounces fresh or dry fusilli


See PASTA, page 10

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Pasta makes an ideal partner for the lightest, most delicate vegetables ofthe year. and the combinations are endless.

never dare get in front of a group andsing!”

“They had a blast and still talk aboutit to this day,” Johnson continued. “Ourresidents loved Lina, her enthusiasmand desire to create full inclusion no

matter the individual’s abilities was ex-ceptional. We are grateful and appre-ciative of the time Lina gave to makethe lives of others more fulfilling andenriching.” Her warm and caring heartnever saw color, race, sex or economic

status in anyone; they were all equal inthis world that she wanted to make sospecial. She was so full of life, demon-strating to everyone how to love andcare for one another. Her smile wouldlight up a room. Just seeing it would

make anyone who was feeling bad,smile and the day would suddenlybe better. Lina touched the hearts of somany people.”

“I love you and I’ll see you on Sun-day,” were the last words that Lina

would say to her sister, Coni. On July7 of 2012, Lina lost her life in a tragicrafting accident on the Wolf River.Today, her family and friends say thatwith the proper procedures in place thetragedy could have been prevented.

“Our family is broken, to say theleast,” said Juan Vergara. “At the time,our world had stopped and it couldhave been very easy for us to quit anddo nothing. However, we quickly real-ized that it would have been a disserv-ice to the memory and life of Lina.”

“As we learned more about the ac-cident, we were baffled to hear aboutrafting outfitters getting away with pro-viding inadequate safety precautionsand equipment to patrons of such adangerous sport,” he continued. “Weknew that nothing that we would dowould ever bring Lina back. However,we hoped that with better regulationsin place no more lives would be unnec-essarily lost. We are currently workingwith the Menominee Tribe to institutesafety regulations that are up to thestandards of other states. Outfitters willbe required to provide life vests andhelmets for all rafters.”

A few days after Lina’s passing thefamily received a sympathy cardfrom the University of WisconsinOshkosh Chancellor expressing hiscondolences on behalf of the UWOstaff and student community. Hewanted them to know the positive im-pact Lina made in different ways oncampus.

Her family was inspired to begin ascholarship for students who shareLina’s desire and willingness to teachand help others, especially those UW-Oshkosh students who are struggling toadapt to campus life and the challengesnew students face in college.

In order for the Lina Vergara Memo-rial Scholarship to have an even greaterimpact with increased funds, they de-cided to create an event that would notonly help fund the scholarship butwould serve as a celebration of Lina’slife at a place that she loved and caredabout.

The Glowing Smiles 5K race/walkis a tribute to the glowing and conta-gious smile Lina Vergara always had toshare with everyone. The first eventtook place on May 11, 2013 and it wasa great success. Even though theweather was cold, everyone broughttheir smiles and stories of how muchLina meant to them.

Lina’s family will be hosting the 2nd

Annual Glowing Smiles 5k Run / Walkand Kids Dash on Saturday, May 10th2014. People are welcomed to jointhem on race day at Orchid HeightsPark at 9:15 for fun and activities be-fore the race starts at 10:00 a.m. Thestart and finish line are located at thepark shelter. They will be acceptingrace day registrations but cannot guar-antee shirts.

You can find out more about theirefforts at glowingsmiles.org or atlinavergara.com.


VERGARA continued from page 1

A recent story in the MiddletonTimes-Tribune previewing the Middle-ton High School musical “Hairspray”indicated that funding was aided byAct 10. That is not exactly correct.MHS has decided to perform a musicalevery year and to cover the costs theDistrict and MHS both committed ad-ditional funds to cover the approxi-mately $18,000 it costs to hold amusical. While Act 10 did provide in-creased available funding for theschool district, the money for the playdid not come directly from those sav-ings.

Correction


The Pursuit of Happiness

Sometimes, when I can’t sleep atnight, I run lists through my head. Howmany birds can I name? What wild-flowers do I remember and what dothey look like?

Lately my mind’s been wandering tothe stuff found in atlases or geographybooks . I try to recall mountain ranges,or rivers that are outside of the UnitedStates.

Last night I made a list of worldcountries and tried to remember theircapitals. When my mind moved to theeastern edge of Europe, I realized thatI was out of touch with the changesmade by the dissolution of Yugoslaviaand the Soviet Union. Time for aGoogle search!

Of course there were websites tohelp. Wikipedia offers a great timeline.Another website, Nations Online, givesa listing, too, and tells some of the his-tory surrounding the changes.

I was amazed at the number of bor-

der and name changes that happenedsince I was in school and studying ge-ography or staring at my 1960s globe.

The lines and dots of a map are won-derful tools to find a location. Theygive structure to our living on thisplanet.

It’s when those lines become a defi-nition for right or wrong, us and them,or better and worse, or, when peopleget possessive about the resourceswithin those borders, that things go ter-ribly awry.

There are so many ways that peopledefine themselves. For some, it is bywho and what they love. For others itis their spirituality or religion or theirwork or parenting roles.

I wonder how the border and leader-ship changes effected the people whodefine themselves by place or nation-hood. So many border changes havecome with war or other political up-heaval.

It all seems so crazy when I thinkabout it, especially in the middle of thenight when I look out of the windowand see the borderless moon.

From the vantage point of the moon,

we are a borderless earth. From thevantage point of migrating birds andwild animals there are no lines that de-termine where they can go.

From the vantage point of the atmos-phere - of clouds that bring rain, orwind that moves air, from the vantagepoint of global warming or disease, ornow the internet, we are a world with-out borders.

Last week, when I was driving intoMadison, I was stopped behind a carwith a bumper sticker that read, “Worldpeace will be achieved when the powerof love is more important than the loveof power.”

Hope for this world comes fromknowing that we are all on this ride to-gether, one earth, one people, whosesurvival depends on an altruistic levelof cooperation and joy-filled living.

The country of Bhutan does notmeasure its nation’s wealth by a grossnational product or GNP. It has a so-phisticated system for measuring itsnation by GNH - gross national happi-ness.

The following paragraph is an ex-cerpt from A Short Guide to Gross Na-tional Happiness Index, published in2012 by the Center for Bhutan Studies.

“In the GNH Index, unlike certainconcepts of happiness in current west-ern literature, happiness is itself multi-dimensional – not measured only bysubjective well-being, and not focused

narrowly on happiness that begins andends with oneself and is concerned forand with oneself. The pursuit of happi-ness is collective, though it can be ex-perienced deeply personally. Differentpeople can be happy in spite of theirdisparate circumstances and the op-tions for diversity must be wide.”

To study happiness, Bhutan createdgroups of indicators that are dividedinto 124 variables and used as a tool tomeasure happiness. The Short Guidelisted the results of the 2010 assess-ment of the citizens of Bhutan.

The measured variables fall intonine categories: Psychological wellbe-ing, Health, Time use, Education, Cul-tural diversity and resilience, Goodgovernance, Community vitality, Eco-logical diversity and resilience, Livingstandards. Adjustments are made forurban and rural experiences.

The study recognizes that peoplewho are deeply happy are more suffi-cient than those who are not. Happi-ness levels are given “sufficiency”ratings. The system of measure recog-nizes people at three levels of happi-ness with a fourth category of unhappy.

Deeply happy people are in the 77 -100% bracket. Extensively happy arebetween 66 and 76%. Narrowly happyrate between 50 and 65% and unhappypeople rate between 0 and 49%.

In 2010, the GNH Index results andtheir average sufficiency were as fol-

lows:Deeply happy - 8.3%. On average

those people received a sufficiency rat-ing of 81.5%

Extensively happy - 32.6% with anaverage sufficiency rating per personof 70.7%

Narrowly happy - 48.7%. Their av-erage rating dropped to 59.1%

Unhappy - 10.4% with the lowestsufficiency rating of 44.7%

The work of the nation of Bhutan isto orient their citizens toward true hap-piness. It is a collective endeavor.They work, as a nation, to create thecircumstances that will bring more ofits citizens to higher levels of happi-ness and thus sufficiency.

I think that the forefathers of theUnited States were onto this when theywrote that all men are created equaland thus entitled to the unalienablerights of life, liberty and the pursuit ofhappiness.

Whether we interpret those wordsthrough the eyes of love for our fellowman, or for more selfish personal gain,makes all of the difference betweenwhether we truly live or just survive.

Without naming it as such, Bhutanhas made the Golden Rule its govern-ment’s business. They are leading theway for what needs to be a borderless,global effort.

This past weekend, an outstandingproduction of the musical “Hairspray”was performed at the Middleton HighSchool Performing Arts Center. It wasthe culmination of much work on thepart of students, parents, and the schooldistrict.

The show got rave reviews for thesinging, dancing and music, the amaz-ing sets, the costumes, make up, and ofcourse—the hair. The students deservea standing ovation, which they re-ceived in the packed auditorium. Folksare still buzzing about it.

But special kudos to two people,

Kendra Dando, the director, and TomMielke, the musical director. This teampulled off an amazing effort that hadnew folks on stage, singing and danc-ing and showing us what a great com-munity looks like.

May the play’s messages of inclu-sion, friendship and love, self worth,and equal opportunity (not to mentiongood fun), be lived out in our lives offstage as well.

Ellen LindgrenMiddleton

Rave reviews for ‘outstanding’production of Hairspray...

ventions are based on trying to getkids to the hours.”

Love and Stodola say they wouldlike to embed the service learninginto the 4K-12 curriculum and buildthe requirements into the coursesfrom the ground up. They also sayteachers play a key role in the suc-cess of the project.

“I am hearing this being men-tioned as one of those overload con-cerns from teachers,” noted boardtreasurer Bob Green. “As we askmore and more of our teachers in thetime they and we are imbedding thisinto [the curriculum], at what pointdoes the breaking point occur?”

Love says implementation can bedone naturally. If teachers are givenenough time to work the service

learning time into the courses it canbe beneficial for the students andteachers. She noted this has becomea wider practice at Clark StreetCommunity School.

“I was on the board and part ofthe committee that spearheaded itand wanted to get this service com-ponent into the graduation require-ment,” said board member DianeHornung. “In our hearts, at thattime, it was a community servicecomponent, it was not service learn-ing. It was the high school’s deci-sion to take community service andturn it into service learning so that itwas always a part of classroom situ-ation.”

Hornung added the requirementshould be broader, allowing all types

of community involvement, includ-ing mowing or shopping for the eld-erly. She says a system like thiswould make it a more attainablegoal for students.

Other suggestions from boardmembers included: recognizingcommunity service rather than re-quiring it (this would be more appli-cable to community service ratherthan service learning), and creatinga hybrid by requiring fewer hoursand offering recognition for goingbeyond.

The board tabled a vote on whatto do with the program until theyhad some time to think about the op-tions. They also plan to seek feed-back from MHS staff before makinga final decision.

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pasta, canned corn, chicken broth, tuna,and tomatoes.

Best use of Labels: Asbury UnitedMethodist Church with ‘We Can Do It,with Rosie the Riveter’. Using severaldifferent kinds of canned tuna as wellas salmon, the image of Rosie was onone side of the structure, while it wasbacked with the words “We Can DoIt”.

Structural Ingenuity: Strand As-sociates, with ‘WaterCANS’. Thestructure featured a water tower andhouse, and asked viewers to consider“Water you doing to feed the hungry?”and then answered their own questionwith “Tapping local resources to builda reservoir CAN help.”

Youth Award: Kromrey MiddleSchool Builder’s Club & MiddletonYouth Center, with ‘Olympic Rings’.“Olympians do their best to get goldmedals, and so do we to end hunger inour community.” This award wasjudged by Lindsay Tarpley, celebrityjudge and 2-time Olympic gold medalwinner.

Celebrity’s Choice : Middleton

Fire Department, with ‘Giving a Lift toNeighbors in Need’. Their structurewas a fire truck, driven by a return ap-pearance of their “talking” dog. “To-gether we give a lift to our neighborsin need.”

Judges’ Choice: Team Globe, with‘Bring Home the Gold by KnockingDown Hunger’. The structure featuredthe word “Hunger” written into a wall,but also had a hole knocked throughthe middle and a sledgehammer leanedup against it.

Youth’s Choice: Walgreens, with‘Racing to End Hunger in DaneCounty’. With a racetrack built ontothe top, people could use workingradio-controlled cars to race around thestructure.

People’s Choice: with MiddletonHigh School E.L.I.T.E., with ‘Race toEnd Hunger’. Featuring a stadiumcalled the “Can-do Dome”, a racetrackwith working radio-controlled carssped around on an inside track.

After the event, volunteers immedi-ately began deCanstruction so that

items can fill the food pantry shelves.According to MOM, this event is

more than just a friendly competition.“Each can is more than just a buildingblock; each can is food for a family andanother step towards ending hunger inour community,” says Al Ripp, Execu-tive Director of MOM. “We’re thank-ful for the community members whomade our third year such a huge suc-cess. Over 43% of the people we serveare children, which makes this funevent also vital to our community’swell-being.”

Also at the event was Olympic goldmedalist Lindsay Tarpley, who notonly served as the Celebrity Judge butalso signed autographs and let event-goers hold her gold medals. In 2003,Tarpley was named Soccer AmericaPlayer of the Year and led the Univer-sity of North Carolina to the nationaltitle. On the international level, shehelped the U.S. win gold medals in the2004 and 2008 Olympics and was amember of the 2007 World Cup team.Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Tarpley

now calls the area home.

Middleton Outreach Ministry hasseen an increase in use of services.MOM, which works to prevent home-lessness and end hunger in the WestMadison, Middleton and Cross Plainsareas, distributed approximately800,000 pounds (or 400 tons) of foodin 2013, enough to fill 20 semi-trucks.This is up nearly 7% from 2012.

MOM’s Eviction Prevention pro-gram also prevented approximately250 families from being evicted fromtheir homes and kept the lights on for740 people, 50% of whom were chil-dren.

MOM is grateful that so many com-panies and groups are leading the effortto end hunger in our community. Inaddition to the 20 teams who partici-pated in the event and all of the peoplewho generously donated to the team’sefforts, companies both sponsored theevent and donated in-kind goods tomake the event a success. These dona-tions included the space (KEVA Sports

Center), discounts to make the pur-chase of food easier for teams (CapitolCentre Market with support fromCertco, Inc.), structure platforms (do-nated and installed by J.H. Findorff &Son), food for teams and event goers,donations of media, and more. A com-plete list of sponsors can be found atcanstructionmadison.org/sponsors.

MOM is a local non-profit organiza-tion that leads a community-wide effortto prevent homelessness and endhunger for our neighbors throughoutMiddleton, West Madison and CrossPlains. Through our business part-ners, affiliated churches, area schools,community service clubs, and numer-ous individuals, we provide food, cloth-ing, housing assistance, emergencyfinancial assistance, and special serv-ices for seniors. All programs are pro-vided free of charge to neighbors inneed. To learn more about the pro-grams and people helped by MOM, logon to momhelps.org.

CANSTRUCTION continued from page 2

Letter to the Editor


Ann (Donoghue) Dahmen, age 59,of Trempealeau, WI, died on April 23,2014 surrounded by her loving family.Ann was born in Miami, FL, on April24, 1954 to Charles and Henrietta(Miller) Donoghue. She married hersoul mate, Terrence Dahmen, on June27, 1975, in Madison, WI.

She graduated from James MadisonMemorial High School in 1972, at-tended UW-Madison and graduatedfrom WWTC, La Crosse, WI, in 1976,with an Associate Degree as a MedicalSecretary. She worked at La CrosseClinic as a Medical Secretary, UW-Madison Hospital and Clinics as a Pro-gram Assistant, and worked 28 years atFranciscan Healthcare, La Crosse, as aMedical Language Specialist.

In addition to her husband Terrence,she is survived by her daughter, MeganGjersvig (Brad) and her siblings David(Maureen) Donoghue of BonitaSprings, FL; Allyson (Bill) Jabusch ofHoughton, MI; Stephen (Julie)Donoghue of Hartford, WI; Justina(Andy) LaFond of Algoma, WI; niecesRenata Jabusch, Chelsea Donoghue;nephews Thadius (Lisa) Donoghue,Sam Donoghue and Brock Jabusch,great-niece Abigail Donoghue, KatieDonoghue, great-nephew JoeyDonoghue.

She was preceded in death by herparents.

Ann put her roots down in lovelyTrempealeau where she and Terryraised their daughter, Megan. She en-joyed the benefits of living by threerivers, canoeing and boating withfriends and family, hiking, biking andwalking Perrot Park and the Refuge.She loved gardening and photograph-ing all the wildlife in her yard andwoods bordering Perrot State Park. Shewas actively involved in her commu-nity, and enjoyed her family andfriends, who were so important to her.She loved music, and enjoyed playingher harp for friends and community,and being involved in the Heart StringsHarp Circle.

The family would like to thank Pas-tor Dana Jackson, the oncology staff atFranciscan Healthcare Cancer Centerand Dr. Rasool, Marti Runyon, SisterIlene and the care providers of St. JudeHospice. Thanks to everyone who sup-ported Mom through her illness, fromthe Transcription Dept. she worked for,to her friends and community. Sheloved you all very much.

A memorial service will be held onSaturday, May 3, 2014 at Noon at Mt.Calvary Lutheran Church in Trem-pealeau. Pastor Dana Jackson will of-ficiate. A visitation will be held from10:00 am until the service at the churchon Saturday. Coulee Region CremationGroup and Funeral Home is assistingthe family. In lieu of flowers, pleasesend memorials to Shirley Wright Me-morial Library, Trempealeau, andFranciscan Healthcare Cancer Center,La Crosse, for patient grants foracupuncture treatments.

Ryan Housner and Kate Minogue have announced their engage-ment and forthcoming wedding.

The bride-to-be is a registered nurse in oncology. She is the daugh-ter of Carol Smith of Waukegan, Ill. and Dennis and MaureenMinogue of Bristol, Wis.

The groom-to-be is a physician assistant in cardiovascular surgery.He is the son of Roger and Connie Housner of Cross Plains.

The wedding will take place in Bristol on June 6, 2014. The coupleresides in Grayslake, Ill.

Engagement ObituaryHeat oven to 375 degrees. Combine

panko, 1 Tablespoon oil, 1/2 the garlic,and dash of salt in a small bowl.Spread panko mixture in a single layeron a baking sheet. Bake at 375 degreesfor 6 minutes or until golden brown,stirring after 3 minutes. Cool.

Heat a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add 2 Tablespoons olive oilto pan, swirling to coat. Add onionsand cook 20 minutes or until goldenbrown, stirring occasionally. Add re-maining garlic and wine. Increase heatto medium-high, cook 1 minute. Addbroth; cook until liquid is reduced to1/2 cup, about 4 minutes.

Cook pasta according to package di-rections. Drain. Add pasta, salt, andpepper to onion mixture, toss gently.Sprinkle each serving with 2 Table-spoons of Panko mixture.

Cook’s Tip: Match the pasta’s shapeto the sauce’s weight. Never heard ofspaghetti Alfredo? That’s becausecreamy sauces adhere best to flat noo-dles, like fettuccine. Long, narrownoodles like spaghetti and capellini arebest with thinner sauces like pesto orcarbonara. Short, shaped pastas likerigatoni pair well texturally withchunky vegetable and meat sauces.

PAPPARDELLE WITH BABYSPINACH, HERBS AND

RICOTTA

Fettuccine will also work if youcan’t find pappardelle. Have all the in-gredients prepped and ready to go be-

fore beginning to cook: the pasta needsto be hot when mixed with the other in-gredients to create a creamy consis-tency.

8 ounces Pappardelle (wide ribbonpasta)

1 Tablespoon salt1/3-cup whole-milk ricotta cheese3 cups baby spinach leaves1/4-cup fresh chives, chopped1/4-cup fresh flat-leaf parsley,

chopped1/4-cup fresh dill, chopped1/2-cup Romano cheese, grated2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oilFreshly ground pepperSea salt

Cook pasta according to package di-rections. Drain in colander over abowl, reserving 1 cup cooking liquid.

Combine 1/2-cup hot cooking liquidand ricotta cheese in a food processorand process until well blended. Sautéspinach leaves in olive oil overmedium heat for 2 minutes. Combinehot pasta, cheese mixture, and spinachand remaining ingredients in large pot.Toss to coat. Add additional cookingliquid, if needed and heat. Season totaste with salt and pepper. Sprinklewith grated Romano cheese.

These delicious, fresh, vibrantSpring Pastas should all be served witha crusty French Baguette, fresh garlicbread, or hearty whole grain rolls.Combined with a crisp, fresh salad;you will enjoy a delicious, healthyhomemade meal.

Happy Spring!

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Minogue-Housner

Ann (Donoghue)Dahmen


Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger

Spring is in full bloom at local greenhouseAfter a seemingly endless winter, Middleton got a good sign that spring is actually back: K&A Greenhouse at 7595 W Mineral Point Road is bustling

with activity and bursting with color. Pictured here, owner Angie Hendrickson, left, moves some hanging flowers with help from Taylor Stamp.

Troop 2950 donated 80 boxes of GirlScout Cookies through the Cookie Shareprogram to the MOM Food Pantry.After the delivery, they stayed to put theboxes on the shelves.

In back is Al Ripp, Executive Directorof MOM. Front row, from left: KaitlinMooren, Margaret Sisk, Cicaida Judd,Ava Greenberg, Karina Ledesma, andMabel Nelson.

Courtney Millerto sing at PACthis Saturday

Jeni Houser of Stoughton, WI andCourtney Miller of Middleton, WI justfinished the 2013-14 season perform-ing with Virginia Opera and will beYoung Artists at the prestigious Glim-merglass Festival this summer. Theywill be giving two recitals, one May 10at 2:30 p.m. at the Middleton Perform-ing Arts Center, 2100 Bristol St, Mid-dleton, and one May 11 at 2:30 p.m. atChrist Lutheran Church in Stoughton,WI

M.D. Ridge, of artsongupdate.org,said of the performers: “As the gypsiesFrasquita and Mercedes, the voices ofsoprano Jeni Houser and Mezzo Court-ney Miller blended beautifully, andtheir acting was crisply effective.”

Come support local singers as theiropera careers take off across the coun-try! $10 suggested donation to helpfund travel and audition expenses.

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Tom Schmitt was quick to admit,he wasn’t happy.

Middleton’s manager had justwatched his team defeat Madison LaFollette, 4-1, last Friday. But it washardly an artistic performance.

The Cardinals left 14 runners onbase. Middleton benefitted flop somesloppy Lancers defense.

And Schmitt knew if the opponentwas a higher quality, his team wouldhave been in trouble.

“No offense to (La Follette), butthat’s not a state quality team,”Schmitt said of the Lancers. “We haveto take some swings and get after it.We can’t have our (No.) 2, 3 and 4 hit-ters not producing from where theyare in the lineup. There’s a lot of

things we have to clean up.”The good news for Schmitt and his

Cardinals is this: although they’re notplaying stellar baseball right now,they’re playing mostly winning base-ball.

Middleton also split a doublehead-er with Marshfield on Saturday, win-ning the opener 4-1 before droppingthe nightcap, 10-4.

Middleton is now 8-3 overall and6-2 in the Big Eight Conference.

“This team hasn’t come close toplaying to its potential,” Middletonsenior catcher Jackson Keeler said.“But the good thing is we’re still win-ning games.

“When we get rolling, we’re goingto be tough to beat. Right now, we’redoing enough to win games.”

Middleton did just enough to knockoff a mediocre La Follette team (6-5,4-5) that had surprised Sun Prairieearly in the year.

The Cardinals got respectablepitching from Kasey Miller andGarrett Knutson.

Miller allowed just one run and two


The end result isn’t what anyonewanted.

But Middleton’s girls softball teamleft Verona Monday evening feelingjust fine about itself.

The Cardinals fell to Verona, 3-0, ina Big Eight Conference battle ofheavyweights. But if the teams meetagain in the postseason, Middleton isextremely optimistic the results can bereversed.

“I would definitely welcome thatmatchup,” Cardinals coach CherieHellenbrand said. “We played fourgames in three days, so we really didn’thave time to prepare for Verona theway we would have liked. If we havetime to prepare, I think things could bedifferent.”

Verona, the state’s No. 1 rankedteam, improved to 9-1 overall and leadsthe Big Eight Conference at 8-0.Middleton, which sits in second placein the league at 8-3, is now 10-5 over-

Prosandcons

Girls softball teamfalls to Verona,but sees positivesby ROB REISCHEL

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See SOFTBALL, page 26

Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

Kasey Miller and Middleton’s baseball team won two of three games last week.

Photo courtesy of UW-Sports Information

Groy’s wait is over!The NFL Draft runs from Thursday through Saturday, and former Middleton High School and University of Wisconsin standout Ryan Groy (79)is expected to be drafted. Groy, who played mostly guard at UW, is projected to be picked somewhere between the fourth and seventh round.

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Baseball Cardswinning uglyMiddleton notplaying its best,but survivingby ROB REISCHEL

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It was a perfect mid-season test.And because it went so well, the

looming final exams could be terrif-ic, as well.

Middleton’s girls track and fieldteam cruised to a first place finish atlast Friday’s Cardinal Relays.Middleton won nine-team event with169 points, while Sun Prairie (114.5)and Appleton North were second andthird, respectively.

“Wow,” Middleton coach TaraFranklin said. “We did set out to putour very best possible relays togetherand it definitely shows.”

It sure did.Middleton won 13 of 20 events

and had several impressive individ-ual performances.

Cole Jordee threw 35’ 8-1/4” andled Middleton to a first place finishin the shot put relay. Jordee alsoteamed with Kiara Cruz and CiaraClay to win the discus relay.

Emily Bergum went 16’ 6-3/4” inthe long jump, and teamed withKayla Bauhs and Maygan Neisius tolead the Cardinals to victory there.

Bauhs went 34’ 1” in the triplejump, which Middleton won. KellyRoach (5-0) teamed with TaylorMcDonald (4-10) and Bergum (4-6)to win the high jump relay.

Lauren Smith, Sara Gaab andLoren Skibba combined to win the110-meter hurdles relay. Middleton’s400-meter relay team of HaileeMilton, Hanna Doctor, Emily Zekerand Olivia Roberts was first.

The Cardinals’ 800-meter relayteam of Meta Williams, BobbiPatrick, Rachel Wians and AutumnGrim was first. Middleton’s 1,600meter relay team of HanneAndersen-Smith, Wians, Doctor andPatrick was first.

Middleton’s trio of Bauhs, PaytonBills and Madeline Ace was first.And the 4x100 throwers of Emily

Douglas, Cruz, Clay and Jordee werefirst.

“Winning 13 of the 20 events wasa big victory,” Franklin said. “Thecompetition was great.

“Sun Prairie and Appleton Northhave some great athletes, and thereare several other teams that had somevery competitive relays put togetherfor the night.”

Middleton also cruised pastMadison West, 110-27, last Tuesday.

Middleton’s first place finishescame from Bauhs in the triple jump(32-9) and the 400 meter run(1:01.76); Bergum in the long jump(15-11.5); Roach in the high jump(4-10); Meta Williams in the 800(2:31.9); Patrick in the 200 (26.26);Clay in the discus (89-9); Cruz in theshot put (32-4); Kallie Stafford in the3,200 (13:02); Lauren Smith in the100 meter hurdles (17.2); OliviaRoberts in the 100 meter dash(13.01); and Bills in the 300 hurdles(50.05).

Middleton swept the relays, aswell.

The highlight of the night, though,was Patrick running an honor rolltime in the 200.

“This is a great time and we are soexcited with Bobbi’s versatility fromthe 200 up to the 1,600,” Franklinsaid. “This really opens up lots ofpossibilities for her to run in the nextfew weeks and leading up to the con-ference meet as well as the tourna-ment meets.

“Our distance crew is doing verywell and the depth that we have ispushing the others in that group to dowell and all are showing greatimprovements.”

• JV: Middleton won theWaunakee Invite last Thursday, post-ing 160 points to edge Waunakee(159.2).

“It was a great meet and a chanceto see our younger athletes performagainst others their age,” Franklinsaid. “The weather was less thandesirable for posting better times andmarks, but overall they girls held upreally well and I am so proud of whatthey accomplished that night!”

Middleton winsCardinal RelaysGirls track andfield team rollsby ROB REISCHEL

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Loren Skibba and Middleton’s girls track and field team won the Cardinal Relays last Friday.

]Isaac Mezera must take his cuesfrom his boys track and field team atMiddleton High School.

Or vice versa.Mezera, the Cardinals’ head

coach, was like a blur last Friday.Coaching here, reporting scoresthere, and racing from station to sta-tion all night.

His team was equally swift andeffective.

Middleton won the high quality,nine-team Cardinal Relays finishingwith 142 points. Appleton East was aclose second with 138, while SunPrairie was third (89).

"We appear to be in a good placeas a team right now,” Mezera said.“I'm excited that we are on track forour start of the season goal: to buildoff of last year's success.”

Middleton is certainly in the midstof that. And this meet was no differ-ent.

The Cardinals’ 400 meter relayteam of Alex Leahy, Nnamdi Okoli,Noah Meeteer and Ernest Winterstook first place in 43.07 seconds andbroke the school record set last yearby nearly 0.2 seconds. Middleton’stime in the event is currently the sec-ond fastest time in the state.

Middleton also ran times in the800, 1,600 and 3,200-meter relaysthat are in the top five in the statethis year.

Middleton’s 800-meter relay teamof Travis Zander, James Moreland,Zach Easton and Winters was first in1:35.70. The 1,600 meter relay teamof Roger Waleffe, Perrin Haage, R.J.Pertzborn and Zander posted thefifth-fastest time in the state this year(3:26.88).

And the 3,200 meter relay team ofZach Shoemaker-Allen, Waleffe,Pertzborn and Haage — an entirelynew unit from last season — wasfirst in 8:07.65.

“After losing all four of ourschool record, fourth (place) in thestate 4x800 from last season, I hadno idea where we would be in thisevent,” Mezera said. “I'm a proudcoach to have them go sub 8:10 atthis point in the season.”

Middleton tied for first place inthe high jump relay thanks in part toAndy Keeler’s leap of 6 feet, 4 inch-es.

The Cardinals’ sprint medleyrelay team of Leahy, Kern, Wintersand Zander was first (1:35.70).

“A truly impressive time,” Mezerasaid. “The fastest we’ve done in myyears as a coach here. Granted weonly run it once a year, but this iswhere teams put their studs, and ourgroup ran fast.”

Middleton won the 300 meter hur-dles relay as Hans Kunsch finishedfirst (40.43) and Brett Joers was third(43.95).

Middleton also won the 1,600Grade Level race and the 400 meterfreshman/sophomore race.

The Cardinals’ trio of Nick Maes(42-3), Keeler (41-1) and Joers (40-6) helped Middleton finish second inthe triple jump relay.

Middleton was second in the3,200 team run, the 110 hurdles relayand the freshman/sophomore sprintmedley relay.

Middleton’s individual first placefinishes came from Tanner Rahmanin the discus (153-1); Keeler in thehigh jump (6-4); and Kunsch in the300 (40.43). The Cardinals’ secondscame from Jack Jesse in the longjump (20-6); Maes in the triple jump(42-3); and Parker Johnson in thepole vault (13-0).

Middleton also defeated MadisonWest, 96-36, last Tuesday.

The highlight of the meet was

Keeler setting a new school record inthe high jump by clearing 6-8.

“It was great to see the entire teamget excited for Andy,” Mezera said.“People were running across theinfield like we had just won state.”

Middleton’s other first place fin-ishes came from Calvin Geppert inthe long jump (17-4) and the triplejump (37-7); Joers in the 110s (16.9);Alex Wood in the 100 meter dash(11.4); Haage in the 1,600 (4:30.6);

the 400 meter relay team of Meeteer,Zander, Okoli and Kern (44.7);Shoemaker-Allen in the 3,200; the400 meter relay team of KyleBuechner, Hagge, Josh Arandia and

Zander (3:31.7); Evan Kivolovitz inthe shot put (41-1); and JordanSchulenberg in the discus (110-8).


Boys track team wins Cardinal Relaysby ROB REISCHEL

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Middleton’s Andy Keeler set a new school record last week, clearing 6 feet, 8 inches in the high jump.

Middleton’s boys tennis team wonthree of four matches at last week-end’s Verona Invitational.

The Cardinals fell to state powerNicolet, 4-3, last Friday and also top-pled Sheboygan North, 7-0, that day.

On Saturday, Middleton defeatedBrookfield Central, 5-2, and rolledpast Waukesha West, 7-0.

Nicolet, ranked No. 5 in the lateststate poll, edged the sixth rankedCardinals in what became the bestmatch of the weekend.

“Nicolet was a toss up sort ofmatch,” Middleton coach DekeBradley said. “Had we played better atsome positions and had a full line-up,I think we could have beaten them.”

Middleton freshman Jake VanEmburgh rolled to a 6-1, 6-2 win atNo. 1 singles. But Nicolet won theother three singles flights.

Middleton’s top doubles team ofEvan Stone and Joey Niesen notched a6-1, 6-2 win. And the Cardinals’ AndyWebber and Cody Markel earned ahard fought, 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 win.

“In order to catch the best schools,our production from the bottom spotsof both singles and doubles has to pickup drastically,” Bradley said. “Wehave to be strong in those spots to beatthe best teams. We can’t always bereliant on our top teams and players topull it out. We will be working hard toimprove at those spots to get morewins.”

Middleton had a much easier timewith Sheboygan North, losing a total

of just six games in seven matches.Van Emburgh and No. 2 singles

player Ben Luskin both rolled to 6-0,6-0 wins. No. 3 singles player Dan Jinand No. 4 Harish Veeramani bothnotched 6-1, 6-1 wins.

Stone and Niesen won at No. 1doubles, 6-1, 6-1. The No. 2 doublesteam of Oscar Biggs and BrianBellissimo, and the No. 3 team ofWebber and Markel both posted 6-0,6-0 wins.

In Middleton’s win over BrookfieldCentral, Van Emburgh rolled to a 6-0,6-1 win at No. 1 singles. Luskin andBellissimo both won three-set match-es at No. 2 and 3 singles, respectively.

Stone and Niesen won at No. 1doubles, 7-6 (1), 6-3. And theBiggs/Jin team won in three sets atNo. 2 doubles.

Middleton also rolled pastWaukesha West, posting straight setwins at all three flights.

• Boys golf: Middleton’s boysgolfers finished second at the SpartaInvite last Saturday.

Holmen won the tournament with a305 team score, while the Cardinalswere second at 312.

Sophomore Joey Levin ledMiddleton with a 75, which was goodfor second individually. SophomoreEmmet Herb carded a 78, senior JoshHaunty fired a 79 and senior CharlieStankiewicz carded an 80.

Middleton also won a Big Eight

Conference triangular held at Bishop’sBay on Monday. The Cardinals fired a309 team score and cruised pastMadison Memorial (326) andMadison West (365).

Sophomore Brady Thomas andHaunty led the Cardinals with a pair of75s and tied for medalist honors. Herbcarded a 77 and both Levin andStankiewicz shot 82s.

“Very solid rounds by our No’s 1, 2and 3,” Middleton coach Tom Cabalkasaid. “Actually, Joey and Charlieplayed well. If it wasn’t for a couplebig holes by each we would have hadall five in the 70s.”

• Girls soccer: Middleton’s had asolid weekend at the Tournament ofChampions played in Burlington,Iowa.

The Cardinals opened with a 2-1win over Collinsville (Ill.) last Friday.On Saturday, Middleton defeatedBelleville West, 2-0, and fell toBatvia, 2-1.

“The weekend was a great suc-cess,” Middleton coach Mary Duffysaid. “We were focused and tough thisweekend. We played some greatIllinois teams that were physical andskilled.”

Ellen Jesse had a pair of goals inMiddleton’s win Friday, while seniorkeeper Liz McMahon was stellar innet.

“Liz McMahon really kept us intothe games,” Duffy said. “She haswaited two long years to play and shehasn't wasted that time in net.

“She came up with some hugesaves in Friday’s game. What I likebest about Liz is that she will comeout off her line and Batavia, snagcrosses in the air or ones that are onthe ground. She reads the game reallywell and can anticipate the opponentsbest pass and picks it off.

Middleton lost its first gameSaturday to Batavia. Caroline Keenan

had the Cardinals’ lone goal.Middleton then finished with a win

over Belleville West. Jesse scored theCardinals’ first goal and KatyaBoehnen added a second goal.

“Belleville wanted to play very

direct,” Duffy said. “But our defensesettled once we figured out the styleand we were once again able to useour flanks to transition.”


Tennis team shines atVerona Invitationalby ROB REISCHEL

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Josh Haunty and Middleton’s boys golf team finished second at the SpartaInvite last Saturday.


It could be another big year for thedefending Home Talent League cham-pions.

Middleton’s HTL team, the leaguechampions a year ago, opened the2014 season in style Sunday.

Middleton pounded out 14 hits, gota stellar pitching performance fromveteran Jeff Schafer, and routedMazomanie, 11-3.

Cole Cook led the offense withthree hits and three RBI, while MattBrabender also had three hits.Brandon Scheidler added two hits.

Schafer threw eight solid innings,

allowing seven hits and three earnedruns while striking out six.

Host Mazomanie led, 3-2, throughthree innings. But Middleton scored ineach of the last five frames, includingfour runs in the top of the ninth, to pullaway.

• Cross Plains 8, Richland Center4 — Businessmen pitcher KennyAllen had a huge afternoon, strikingout 15 and powering host Cross Plainsto victory.

Tyler Fuhrman and Allen both hadtwo hits to lead the offense.

• Ashton 9, Reedsburg 5 —Visiting Ashton scored three runs inthe fourth and four in the eighth to pullaway.

Derek Prochaska led the offensewith a two-run single in the eighth.

Middleton ……..…….. 011 011 124 — 11 14 2Mazomanie ……………. 102 000 000 — 3 7 4

Pitchers — (ip-h-er-bb-so) — Schafer (W;

8-7-3-2-6), Zimmerman (1-0-0-0-0); Zander (L;6.1-8-1-2-6), Anderson (1.2-2-2-3-1), Hewitt (1-4-3-2-0).

Leading hitters — Mi — Scheidler (2x5),Ma. Brabender (3x5), Cook (3x5), Schaefer(2x4); Maz — Page (2x4), Williams (2x4).

2B — Scheidler, Ma. Brabender, S.Brabender.

Richland Center …...….. 103 000 000 — 4 8 1Cross Plains ……...……. 010 007 00x — 8 7 2

Pitchers — (ip-h-er-bb-so) — M. Hemling(2-2-1-3-1), Schildgen (3-1-0-2-3), Schauer (L;0.1-2-5-2-0), R. Hemling (1.2-3-2-0-1), Jump (1-0-0-1-1); Allen (W; 9-8-2-3-15).

Leading hitters — RC — Jacobsob (2x4),M. Hemling (2x3), Morris (3x3); CP — Fuhrman(2x4), Allen (2x5). 2B — Allen, Sarbacker.

Pitchers — (ip-h-er-bb-so) — Peterknell (W;6-5-1-2-6), Meinholz (0.2-0-2-3-2), Maier (2.1-3-1-1-1); Seymour (L; 6-7-2-7-8), Naquin (3-4-1-4-0).

Leading hitters — A — Gowan (2x6),Drunansky (2x3), Endres (2x3); R — Thompson(2x5), Brandt (2x5). 2B — Alonaoz.

Ashton ............................ 000 311 040 — 9 11 2Reedsburg ....................... 000 110 210 — 5 8 4

Pitchers — (ip-h-er-bb-so) — Peterknell(W; 6-5-1-2-6), Meinholz (0.2-0-2-3-2), Maier(2.1-3-1-1-1); Seymour (L; 6-7-2-7-8), Naquin(3-4-1-4-0).

Leading hitters — A — Gowan (2x6),Drunansky (2x3), Endres (2x3); R — Thompson(2x5), Brandt (2x5). 2B — Alonaoz.

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SportscalendarThursday, May 8

TBD — Boys varsity golf at Morgan Stanley Invite at University Ridge2 p.m. — Boys JV White golf at Glenway2:30 p.m. — Boys freshman golf at Madison Memorial Quad at Glenway4:15 p.m. — Boys JV tennis at Sun Prairie4:15 p.m. — Boys freshman vs. Madison West Gold4:15 p.m. — Boys JV track at Belleville Invite4:15 p.m. — Girls JV track at Belleville Invite4:30 p.m. — Varsity softball at Madison La Follette4:30 p.m. — JV softball at Madison La Follette5 p.m. — Varsity baseball at Beloit Memorial5 p.m. — JV baseball at Beloit Memorial5 p.m. — Freshman baseball vs. Beloit Memorial5 p.m. — Girls varsity lacrosse at Madison West5 p.m. — Boys varsity lacrosse at Waunakee5 p.m. — Girls JV Red soccer vs. Verona5 p.m. — Girls JV White soccer vs. Oregon5 p.m. — Girls freshman soccer vs. Verona5 p.m. — Girls freshman softball vs. Madison La Follette6:30 p.m. — Girls JV lacrosse vs. Madison West6:30 p.m. — Boys JV White lacrosse vs. Waunakee7 p.m. — Girls varsity soccer vs. Verona

Friday, May 9TBD — Boys varsity tennis at Nicolet and Whitefish Bay4:15 p.m. — Girls varsity track at Arrowhead Invitational4:15 p.m. — Boys varsity track at Arrowhead Invitational4:30 p.m. — Boys varsity track at Stoughton Invite4:30 p.m. — Girls varsity track at Stoughton Invite5 p.m. — Varsity baseball vs. Janesville Craig5 p.m. — Freshman baseball vs. Janesville Craig at Adler Field5 p.m. — JV baseball vs. Janesville Craig5 p.m. — Girls freshman soccer vs. Madison Memorial at Jefferson Middle School

Saturday, May 10TBD — Girls varsity soccer at Brookfield East Tournament8:30 a.m. —Boys varsity tennis at Nicolet and Whitefish Bay8:30 a.m. — Boys JV Red tennis vs. Marquette at Elm Grove Village Park9 a.m. — Girls JV soccer at West Bend East/West Invite9 a.m. — Girls JV softball at Reedsburg Quad10 a.m. — Girls JV soccer at Middleton Quad10 a.m. — Girls freshman soccer at Middleton Quad11 a.m. — Varsity baseball vs. Janesville Parker11 a.m. — JV baseball vs. Janesville Parker11 a.m. — Freshman baseball at Janesville Parker3 p.m. — Varsity baseball vs. Janesville Parker3 p.m. — JV baseball vs. Janesville Parker

Monday, May 114 p.m. — Boys varsity tennis at Janesville Parker4:15 p.m. — Boys JV tennis at Janesville Parker4:30 p.m. — Boys JV lacrosse at Stoughton5 p.m. — Girls JV Red soccer at Madison Memorial5 p.m. — Girls freshman soccer vs. Madison Memorial

Tuesday, May 12TBD — Boys JV golf at Janesville Craig Quad at Glen Erin 2 p.m. — Varsity golf at Janesville Craig Quad at Glen Erin 2:30 p.m. — Boys freshman golf at Sun Prairie4 p.m. — Boys varsity tennis vs. Janesville Craig4:15 p.m. — Boys freshman White tennis vs. Madison West Gold at Lakeview Park4:15 p.m. — Boys freshman tennis at Madison West 4:15 p.m. — Boys JV tennis vs. Janesville Craig4:30 p.m. — Boys Varsity track at Sun Prairie triangular4:30 p.m. — Girls Varsity track at Sun Prairie triangular4:30 p.m. — Boys JV track at Sun Prairie triangular4:30 p.m. — Girls JV track at Sun Prairie triangular5 p.m. — Varsity baseball at Madison East (Warner Park)5 p.m. — JV baseball at Madison East (Kelliher Field)5 p.m. — Freshmen baseball vs. Sun Prairie White5 p.m. — Boys varsity lacrosse vs. Madison West at McGaw Park5 p.m. — Varsity softball vs. Madison Memorial 5 p.m. — JV softball vs. Madison Memorial 5:30 p.m. — Girls varsity lacrosse at Madison La Follette5:30 p.m. — Girls freshmen soccer vs. Madison West Gold at Cherokee 5:30 p.m. — Girls JV Red soccer vs. Madison West Blue at Hamilton 7p.m. — Boys JV White lacrosse at Madison West7 p.m. — Girls varsity soccer at Madison West

Wednesday, May 134 p.m. — Boys varsity tennis vs. Brookfield East

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Photo courtesy of Jen Johnson

Everyone’s a winner!The second annual Blondes vs. Brunettes football game to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association took place

at Middleton High school Sunday.The Brunettes won the game, 19-12, but the biggest winner was the Alzheimer’s Association. Haley

Boyle, the chair of the local chapter, reported that more than $31,000 had been raised this year.“And I still have donations rolling in,” Boyle said. “I’m just flabbergasted.”

Opening with a bangMiddleton winsHTL openerby ROB REISCHEL

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Sports briefsAll-sport meeting

There will be a parent and athlete meeting for incoming freshman andnew students to Middleton High School on May 28 at 7 p.m. in the PAC.This meeting is for all incoming freshman as well as new MHS studentsinterested in playing a sport at MHS, regardless of season.

Girls soccer ‘Pink Night’Middleton’s girls soccer program will be having a ‘Pink Night’ on May

8 in honor of cancer survivors. There will be four games at the Airport fieldcomplex and Firefighters' Park beginning at 5 p.m. and concluding withthe varsity game at 7 p.m. against Verona.

The Cardinals will be selling concessions and balloons, and the pro-ceeds will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Cancer sur-vivors will also be honored at halftime of the varsity game.

Baseball leaguesThe Middleton Baseball/Softball Commission is still registering boys 7-

8-years-old for Instructional League, 9-10-year-olds for Little BucksLeague and 11-12-year-olds for Pepper League. All leagues allow the boysto play two games a week.

The season starts in the middle of June and ends at the end of July.Please register at www.MBSCWI.com.

Youth flag rugbyThe Middleton youth flag rugby league runs from June 23-Aug. 2. The

six-week program includes 16 sessions.The program is for boys and girls entering grades 3-8 beginning in the

fall of 2014.For more information, contact Bruce Hill at [email protected].

Keva volleyball leaguesKeva sports center’s summer sand adult volleyball leagues run May 15-

Aug. 20 on their three outdoor sand courts. Registration remains open forall leagues.

Cardinal golf outingThe Middleton Cardinal Booster Club will present the 2014 Cardinal

Golf Outing on June 20 at Pleasant View Golf Course. The event will con-tain golf, food and prizes.

Participation is limited to the first 144 paid golfers. Visit www.middletonboosterclub.com to reserve a spot and for hole

sponsorship.

Dance team tryoutsMiddleton High School dance team tryouts will be held May 19-22 in

the small gym at MHS. Tryouts are open to interested dancers enteringgrades 9-12 during the 2014-2015 school year.

The schedule is:May 19, 5:30-6:15 p.m. — Mandatory Informational Meeting (Dancers

and Parents)May 20, 4-6 p.m. — ClinicMay 21, 4-6 p.m. — ClinicMay 22, 4-6 p.m. — TryoutsAny questions can be directed to head coach Jackie Jaucian at mhs-

[email protected].

Dance Team ClinicAuditions for the Middleton High School Dance Team are quickly

approaching, and there is a free clinic for current seventh and eighthgraders in the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District.

The clinic would focus on pom pom positions, basic technique andskills (turns, leaps, jumps etc.), Afterwards members of the MHS DanceTeam will answer any questions.

The clinic will take place at the Middleton High School small gym onMay 10 from 2-3:30 p.m.

Spring showcaseThe Mad City Aqua Stars will celebrate USA Synchro de Mayo with

their Spring Showcase on Saturday at the MHS Pool. The team will per-form the year's synchronized swim routines from 10-11 a.m.

Tickets are $3 (kids are FREE). For more information call 535-9010 [email protected].

Middleton’s girls lacrosse teambroke into the win column with a 14-10 victory over Oregon lastThursday.

Lucy Bergenthal led the Cardinalswith five goals and two assists, whileAbby Hudson and Riley Peters bothhad three goals.

“Middleton proved that hard workand disciplined team play pays off,”Cardinals coach Anne Gravel said.“The last few practices, the girlshave put in the work to make adjust-ments after the first few disappoint-ing game results. It really made thedifference.”

Oregon jumped to a 2-0 lead, butthe Cardinals exploded for sevenstraight goals. Middleton led, 9-6, athalftime, then held off a second halfsurge by Oregon.

“The offense and defense bothhad their best games of the season,”Gravel said. “It was just one of thosenights.

“Standout play came from soliddefense. Laura Oberwetter, EmilyOberwetter, Josie Johnson and StephJarosz protected goalie AllisonGlasel. All five defensive starters arebeginning to truly play together andunderstand how team defense is to beplayed.

“Offensive standouts (were) RileyPeters, Abby Hudson and LucyBergenthal. Meaghan Sheenan alsohandled virtually every draw in thegame putting (us) in great position towin the majority of possible drawcontrols.”

• Boys lacrosse: Middleton fell toVerona, 9-8, in overtime last Tuesdayand defeated Wausau, 14-4, lastSaturday.

The Cardinals trailed Verona bythree goals heading to the fourthquarter, but chipped away and forcedovertime. But the Wildcats scored inthe first minute of overtime and pre-vailed.

“Probably the best game I've seenus play to date given the weather,”Middleton coach Matt Bock said.“Despite the lack of any traction, thegame was a volley back and forthwith goals.

“Our players needed to remainvigilant because any mis-step andthey would be sliding all over theplace. We dominated at the face-offand it was the best day for face-offs Ihave ever seen.”

The Cardinals then rolled pastWausau on Saturday.

“Not the best I've seen us play, butwe were able to test out differentmixes of offense and defense to seewhat kind of chemistry we couldbuild,” Bock said. “The Wausau clubplayed a physical game, but couldn'tget a handle on our offensive setsand quick ball movement.”

• On deck: Middleton’s girls areat Madison West Thursday at 5 p.m.,then travel to Madison La Follettenext Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

Middleton’s boys are at WaunakeeThursday at 5 p.m., then travel toMadison West next Tuesday for a 5p.m. contest.

Girlslacrosseteam wins

by ROB REISCHEL

Times-Tribune

Boys split withVerona, Wausau



Zach Kasdorf and Middleton’s baseball team defeated Madison La Follette last Friday.

BASEBALL continued from page 16nhits in four innings. But of Miller’s

last 11 batters, he walked four and hitanother.

“Kasey pitched really good,”Keeler said. “But he had one inningwhere he had a lot of walks and startedto get in some trouble.”

Knutson found himself in immedi-ate trouble, as well. Knutson enteredin the bottom of the fifth withMiddleton clinging to a 3-1 lead andquickly hit a batter and allowed a basehit.

But Knutson worked out of thatjam, then allowed just one base runnerthe final two innings to earn the save.

Knutson opened the year asMiddleton’s clear cut No. 1 pitcher,but has struggled against high qualityopponents. The hard-throwing Miller,meanwhile, has been quite effective,but struggles with his command attimes.

So if Schmitt had to win a playoffgame tomorrow, who would get theball?

“I really don’t know,” he said. “It’sso close, like 1 and 1A. I guess the restof the season will determine that.”

The rest of the season might alsodetermine if Middleton’s offense canget rolling.

The Cardinals had eight hits and 18base runners against the Lancers. ButMiddleton finished with just four runsand left 14 men stranded.

“With the amount of guys we lefton base, we’re pretty lucky to get outof here with a win,” Keeler said. “Wecan’t have that.”

Middleton did do just enough toprevail, though.

Keeler — who reached three times— led off the game with a walk andmoved to second on a passed ball. ALa Follette error moved Keeler tothird, and he scored on a two-out sin-gle by Zach Kasdorf for a 1-0Middleton lead.

The Cardinals made it 2-0 in thetop of the third when Kasdorf and des-ignated hitter Elliot Tanin had consec-utive one-out singles. Matt Ash had atwo-out single to load the bases, thenJordan Lueck reached on an error toscore Kasdorf.

La Follette scored its lone run inthe bottom of the third, thenMiddleton got some separation on thelater innings.

In the fifth, Tanin drew a leadoffwalk, moved to second on a wildpitch, then scored when Lueck deliv-ered a two-out single to right thatmade it 3-1.

“Jordan’s played really well for

us,” Schmitt said. “Really, the wholebottom of the order has. That’s beenhuge for us.”

Then in the top of the seventh, Ashreached on a one-out error, stole sec-ond and scored when Keeler knockeda two-out single to center field thatmade it 4-1.

“I still think we have a lot of talentand we can be a really good team,”Schmitt said. “We just need to put itall together.

“We haven’t done it yet, but we’rewinning. That’s encouraging.

“But you start to get to the halfwaypoint of the season like we are, youcan’t be making the same mistakesthat we made a month ago. So there’splenty of things we have to get fixed.”

• Game 1: Middleton 4,Marshfield 1 — Senior BrennanMaly threw six strong innings andpowered the Cardinals to a win in theopener of a doubleheader.

Maly allowed no runs, just four hitsand struck out seven to earn his firstwin of the season. Matt Ash pitchedthe seventh.

Middleton struck for three runs inthe first inning, then added another

run in the fifth. Miller paced theoffense with two hits, while LukeSchafer had a triple.

• Game 2: Marshfield 10,Middleton 4 — The Cardinals man-aged just three hits, committed fourerrors and fell to Marshfield in thesecond game of a doubleheader lastSaturday.

Junior Nolan Schoonveld startedfor Middleton, but couldn’t make itout of the second inning. By then, theCardinals’ deficit was 5-0.

Schafer worked the final fourinnings, allowing five hits and oneearned run. Miller again led theoffense with two hits, while TylerHolley had a double.

• On deck: Middleton was atMadison Memorial Tuesday, thentravels to Beloit Memorial Thursdayat 5 p.m. The Cardinals host JanesvilleCraig Friday at 5 p.m., then play twohome games Saturday.

First, Middleton hosts JanesvilleParker at 11 a.m., then it hostsSheboygan South at 3 p.m.

Middleton is at Madison East nextTuesday at 5 p.m. and hosts MadisonWest next Thursday at 5 p.m.

Long time Big Eight Conferencebaseball rivals Middleton and SunPrairie will join forces to aide pedi-atric cancer research during theCardinals Strike Out Cancer game onMay 22. The game will be played at5 p.m. at Middleton High School.

The game fundraiser will benefitthe American Family Children’sHospital pediatric cancer researchefforts. The teams will each wear aspecial team Strike Out Cancer cap tohonor those who have been touchedby cancer, while fans are encouragedto buy the official pink “strike out”shirt with both cardinal mascotsimprinted on the front.

Team hats will also be available forsale. An admission donation will alsogo toward the benefit.

Cancer survivors will play a keyrole at the game, with official BatKids, Grace Olson of Middleton andAndrew Zielsdorf of Sun Prairie and afirst pitch thrown out by a survivorfrom each community.

While the teams are rivals, man-agers Tom Schmitt of Middleton andRob Hamilton of Sun Prairie havebeen friends for almost 20 years.

“Coach Schmitt called me beforethe season started to suggestMiddleton and Sun Prairie worktogether to benefit cancer research,”Hamilton said. “Coach Schmitt and Iboth have a strong desire to teach ourplayers life lessons as well as lessonson the field. It was a no-brainer toagree to team up with Middleton onthis special game.”

In addition to purchasing T-shirts,fans are encouraged to come preparedto donate at the game through prizeraffles and between inning competi-tions.

“We hope fans will embrace thefundraiser to show our players howimportant it is to give back to thecommunity and those in need whenyou have the benefit of good healthand good fortune,” Schmitt said.

Fans can donate to their respectiveteams by writing a check to AmericanFamily Children’s Hospital and sub-mitting it to their team coaches at thehigh school. Questions about theevent can be directed to Lori Garveyat [email protected] or

Tom Schmitt [email protected].

Strike Out Cancer game



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all.Verona standout pitcher Emma Ray

struck out 11 and limited the Cardinalsto three hits. When the teams met in theseason opener, Middleton had 12 hitsand seven runs off of Ray.

“She’s gotten a lot better,”Hellenbrand said of Ray. “But the firsttime we played, we had plenty of timeto get ready for Ray. That makes a bigdifference.”

Verona had a first inning run off ofMiddleton’s Ashley Stormer, thenadded two more in the fourth. Stormersettled in and had a solid outing, butMiddleton’s bats never did come tolife.

“There were some real positives,”Hellenbrand said. “We definitely haveto improve hitting the ball, but there’ssome other areas where we’re making alot of progress.”

Middleton also played three gameslast Saturday at the WaunakeeQuadrangular. Here’s a recap of thosegames.

• Middleton 4, Neenah 3 — TheCardinals rallied with a run in the bot-tom of the seventh and toppled theRockets.

Darby Raffel led off the inning witha single and advanced to second fol-lowing a sacrifice bunt by BiancaBockwinkel. Shelby Ballweg singledto put runners on the corners, thenAshley Brooks doubled to score Raffelwith the game-winning run.

Raffel went 2-for-4 with two runsscored, while Rachel Everson went 3-for-3. Amber Karn was 2-for-3 with

two RBI and Ballweg was 2-for-4.Morgan Schmitt was the winning

pitcher, working the final three inningsin relief. Schmitt didn’t allow a run or ahit.

Neenah scored twice in the secondinning and once in the top of the fourthand took a 3-0 lead. In the bottom ofthe third, though, Karn had a two-runsingle that plated Abby Henke andEverson.

Middleton tied it in the bottom ofthe fifth when a Ballweg single scoredRaffel. The Cardinals then won it in theseventh.

• Middleton 3, Fort Atkinson 0 —Schmitt and Ashley Stormer combinedto throw a two-hit shutout.

Schmitt allowed just two hits whilestriking out three in 4 1/3 innings.Stormer then pitched the final 2 2/3innings, walking one, striking out oneand allowing no hits.

Both Raffel and Abby Kalscheurhad two hits, and Kalscheur had twoRBI.

The game was scoreless until thebottom of the fourth when a Kalscheurdouble scored both Henke and Karn togive Middleton a 2-0 lead. Later in theinning, a Raffel fielder’s choice scoredKalscheur.

• Waunakee 7, Middleton 5 — Thehost Warriors rallied from an early 3-0deficit and defeated the Cardinals.

Fermanich went 3-for-4 and hadtwo RBI for Middleton, while Eversonalso had two RBI.

Stormer allowed three earned runsin six innings and took the loss.

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Ashley Stormer and Middleton’s girls softball team fell to Verona Monday.



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