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Times-Tribune photo by Katherine Perreth“Alton was a true pioneer in the dairy breeding industry,” said Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade

and Consumer Protection Secretary Ben Brancel, who nominated Block for the Pioneer Award to be presentedby the National Dairy Shrine. Block’s widow, Helen (above) said she is “elated” that her late husband will behonored.

Alton Block will be honored inNational Dairy Hall of Fame

Helen Block remembered her latehusband, Alton Block’s, first assign-ment as the first Dodge County Ex-tension Agent in 1949: design a milkhouse.

“That was something new forhim,” she said, smiling.

“Something new” seemed to be-come Block’s motto for life, settingprecedence and trailblazing in anyendeavor, mostly agriculturally re-lated. And for that, Block will beposthumously honored this fall.

In a letter from David Selner, Ex-ecutive Director of the National

Dairy Shrine, Block’s induction intothe National Dairy Hall of Fame willtake place on October 2, as part ofWorld Dairy Expo. Block’s nameand photograph will be displayed atthe National Dairy Shrine Museumin Fort Atkinson.

“It is obvious from the vote of theanonymous selection committee thatthis recognition is going to a mostdeserving recipient,” wrote Selner.

Block’s influence can still be feltaround Wisconsin, and indeed, theworld, today – from becoming Wis-consin’s first dairy extension special-ist, to creating a cattle matingprogram whose tenets became the ar-tificial insemination industrial stan-dard, to his groundbreaking work in

setting up the World Dairy Expo, topromoting Wisconsin’s agriculturaltrade as part of the Governor’s TradeMission to South America in the1960s.

Block grew up in Eau Claire, help-ing his father with the family’s pure-bred Jersey herd and participating in4-H and FFA. After graduating highschool, Block’s father died, so ini-tially he took over the farm.

Then came WWII.Alton and Helen met when he en-

listed for service in Milwaukee.Their friendship grew through corre-spondence.

“I have many, many letters ad-

High school performersprepare for trip to London

Excitement is building as MiddletonHigh School students prepare for theirtrip to London, England. More than250 students, parents and teachers willleave for this eight-day trip on Satur-day, Dec. 27.

The Middleton High School Band,Choir, Orchestra and Drama programswere invited to the 29th anniversary ofLondon’s prestigious New Year’s fes-tivities. The band will participate in the

famous parade, which is attended bymore than 500,000 spectators andviewed by over 250 million worldwide.The choir is invited to the London In-ternational Choral festival. The or-chestra and band will each beperforming in the Cadogan Hall GalaConcert Series, while the drama stu-dents will participate in workshops

Developertakes overparking garage City also takes first steps towards possible ParmenterStreet improvements

The Middleton Common Councilvoted last week to hand over the title tothe parking garage the city built onAspen Commons in 2003 to area de-veloper Vanta.

Vanta will take full ownership of thegarage while the city continues to payfor 75 percent of the debt. Vantaclaims they will use the garage to spurfurther development at the site. Citycouncil and staff expect future devel-opment will create more than enoughtax increment to pay back the debt plus

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Lippia’s ‘Simply Sinatra’kicks off new PAC season

The Friends of the Middleton-Cross Plains Performing Arts Center aremarking their 11th anniversary and have an exciting new concert serieslined up for the 2014-2015 season.

Up first is Steve Lippia (above) in “Simply Sinatra.” The concert willtake place Saturday, Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at MiddletonCommunity Bank, 3207 Parmenter St. They may also be purchased thenight of the show at the box office while supplies last. To purchase ticketsonline, visit www.friendspac.org.

by KATHERINE PERRETH

Times-Tribune

by CAMERON BREN

Times-Tribune

See LONDON, page 6

See GARAGE, page 3

See BLOCK, page 5

MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Board of education gets summer school reportAs the new school year begins, the

board of education takes a look back atthe district’s summer school program.Northside third grade teacher AmiSchmidt, Kromrey dean of studentsEric Engel and Middleton High Schoolsocial studies teacher Kari Weiss pre-sented their insights and future optionsfor summer school at all three levels.

The group gave what they say arethe best practices for the program.They said students benefit most whenclass sizes are smaller with no morethan 20 students, when they completea minimum of 80 hours in the program,when school year curricula is alignedwith that of summer school, and whenincentives are provided for maximumattendance and participation. They

also noted that parent involvement canmake a big difference in student’s suc-cess.

The 4K and elementary school staffwere asked to participate in a surveyregarding summer school program-ming. The survey asked staff to providefeedback about the areas of studentneed and also potential resourcesneeded to develop a successful summerschool program that addresses theachievement gap. More than 200 staffparticipated in the survey.

Transportation and food were over-whelmingly marked as the top two re-sources needed followed by supplies,communication with parents, and be-fore/after school care. The staff surveyalso highlighted the top seven areas ofneed among students. Social/emo-tional counseling was the most notedfollowed by academic, behavioral,

writing and literacy, math, reading, andexperience/enrichment.

Schmidt put forth an elementarysummer school proposal that would ex-pand the program for next year. Theproposal includes 24 half-days of in-struction and is modeled on SaukTrail’s program that has proven suc-cessful. It would cost about $110,000for 225 students and $130,000 for 325students. The plan is to use just onesite.

Schmidt added the possibility ofadding more enrichment opportunities,a full day for field trip experiences, in-creasing number of students to attend,having two sites if the budget al-lowed.

Schmidt points out the program isgeared toward students with lowerscores on their MAP and WKCE testsand strong consideration is given to

students of color, have low socioeco-nomic status, a disability or are Englishlanguage learners.

Engel said a major focus for summermiddle school is decreasing the effectsof summer slide. The program wouldinclude an hour of enrichment, anotherhour of reading and writing and an-other hour of math. Similar to the ele-mentary program, to qualify for thesix-week program, students must be in30th percentile or lower in MAPscores.

Weiss said the high school summerprogram nearly doubled its number ofcourses offered for this year. The costincreased from $12,000 to $45,000 butshe pointed out that the pass rate in-creased from 51 to 71 percent.

Some board members asked whysummer school isn’t offered to morestudents. Leeanne Hallquist said some

students might want to take summerschool to open up more credit hours forelectives.

George Mavroulis responded theprogram is focused on addressing thedistrict’s achievement gap. He said thebiggest summer slide is among stu-dents in poverty because they don’thave the same out-of-school opportu-nities more privileged students do. Healso pointed out that the amount ofstate funding the district receives forthe program would make it very diffi-cult to offer it to potentially all 6,700students.

“We want to start somewhere andwe want to start with those that don’thave those opportunities,’’ Mavroulissaid.

Municipal spending dropped after Act 10The impact of the benefit and bar-

gaining changes in 2011 Act 10 on cityand village finances is apparent in re-cently released 2012 municipal spend-ing data.

After rising an average of 2.2% peryear during 2006-11, net operatingspending, a broad measure of munici-pal spending that excludes debt serviceand capital expenditures, fell 3.0% in2012 to an average of $823 per capitain 244 of Wisconsin’s most populousmunicipalities.

These figures are from Municipal-Facts14, an exclusive annual study just

released by the Wisconsin TaxpayersAlliance (WISTAX).WISTAX is anonpartisan, nonprofit organization de-voted to public policy research and cit-izen education.

A second measure of municipalspending features only the four largestcategories of municipal spending: gen-eral government, street maintenance,police, and fire-ambulance expendi-tures. Combined, expenditures in thesefour basic service areas fell 1.7% in2012 to $552 per capita.

Among these basic categories, percapita spending in general government

registered the only increase, rising just0.2%. Despite the increase, generalgovernment spending per capita was atits 2008 level ($81). Net expendituresfor police protection, accounting forover 40% of municipal spending, fell0.1% to $227 per person in 2012, itsonly decline in the past five years. Netfire-ambulance spending, which ac-counts for roughly one-quarter of ex-penditures, fell 0.5% in 2012 to $137per capita. Generally, firefighters andpolice officers were exempt from 2011Act 10, though non-union police orfirefighters were required to contribute

to their retirement. Finally, after a 3.8%increase in 2011, street maintenanceexpenditures dropped 7.5% in 2012 to$107 per person.

On the revenue side of the ledger,shared revenues (state income, sales,and excise taxes shared with local gov-ernments) dropped 6.7% from $136per capita in 2011 to $127 per capita in2012. Of the 244 municipalities stud-ied, shared revenues declined in 233.Additionally, per capita debt rose 0.6%from $1,538 in 2011 to $1,548 per

by CAMERON BREN

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See how City of Middleton spending stacks up

See TAXES, page 8

Adams, Angela R, 29, Middleton, WI53562, 08/21/2013, Non Registration, $0.00

Adams, Angela R, 29, Middleton, WI53562, 08/21/2013, Motor vehicle liability in-surance required, $10.00

Alcorta, Diana L, 55, Madison, WI 53713,08/16/2013, Non Registration, $88.80

Alcorta, Diana L, 55, Madison, WI 53713,08/16/2013, Vehicle RegistrationRevoked/Suspended/Cancel, $88.80

Alcorta, Diana L, 55, Madison, WI 53713,08/16/2013, Operating vehicle without insur-ance, $114.00

Allen, Charles A, 36, Middleton, WI53562, 08/13/2013, Failure to Keep VehicleUnder Control, $126.60

Amuzu Gassou, Edem Moise, 35, Middle-ton, WI 53562, 08/23/2013, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $88.80

Ananthanarayanan, Shobana Kodu-vayur, 38, Madison, WI 53717, 08/26/2013,Exceeding Zones and Posted Limits, $114.00

Andrew, Beverly J, 77, Madison, WI53711, 08/29/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Arrington, Jeremy L, 35, Middleton, WI53562, 02/28/2013, Failure to Keep VehicleUnder Control, $0.00

Arrington, Jeremy L, 35, Middleton, WI53562, 02/28/2013, Abandoned Motor vehi-cle, $88.80

Arrington, Jeremy L, 35, Middleton, WI53562, 02/28/2013, Operating While Intoxi-cated, $731.00

Baker, Peggy Ann, 54, Madison, WI53719, 08/11/2013, Exceeding Zones and

Posted Limits, $114.00595.55, Baker, 51, 07/09/2013, Madison,

Criminal Damage Property, Thomas P, $1Barica, Evelyn A, 65, Madison, WI 53711,

08/20/2013, Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, $114.00

Barman, Mary C, 58, Middleton, WI53562, 09/05/2013, Traffic Control Signal Vi-olation red, $88.80

Bayuk, Russell J, 30, Fitchburg, WI53711, 08/20/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $114.00

Benitez, Amadeus P, 28, Madison, WI53719, 09/05/2013, Motor vehicle liability in-surance required, $10.00

Beranek, Charles J III, 57, Mount Horeb,WI 53572, 09/06/2013, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $88.80

Bermea, Luis A, 19, Middleton, WI 53562,07/24/2013, Disorderly Conduct, $114.00

Bernhard, Sharon L, 77, Prairie Du Sac,WI 53578, 08/18/2013, FYR From Stop Sign,$88.80

Bills, David Watson, 72, Greensboro, NC27410, 09/02/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Bluma, Margaret M, 41, Middleton, WI53562, 08/17/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Blumberg, Nicholas A, 25, Lake Delton,WI 53940, 08/12/2013, Speeding 55 MPHZone, $88.80

Boehme, Heather D, 32, Waunakee, WI53597, 08/21/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $114.00

Boessl, Barbara J, 56, Middleton, WI

53562, 08/27/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Boisen, Jason M, 28, Cross Plains, WI53528, 08/13/2013, Deviation from Desig-nated Lane, $88.80

Bridges, Mary Latrice, 42, Fitchburg, WI53713, 07/22/2013, Disorderly Conduct,$240.00

Brovelli, Dwayne, 48, Madison, WI53717, 08/21/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Brugge, Dorothy, 76, Madison, WI 53711,09/08/2013, Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, $88.80

Bruner, Sally M, 57, Middleton, WI 53562,08/14/2013, Non Registration, $88.80

Buchanon, Ronnie D, 21, Middleton, WI53562, 08/28/2013, Operating while Sus-pended, $114.00

Buchanon, Ronnie D, 21, Middleton, WI53562, 08/28/2013, Operating vehicle withoutinsurance, $114.00

Buchanon, Ronnie D, 21, Middleton, WI53562, 08/28/2013, Vehicle Registration Re-voked/Suspended/Cancel, $88.80

Bybee, Nicholas Owen, 21, Middleton, WI53562, 09/13/2013, Obstructing Traffic,$177.00

Campbell, Amy L, 42, Middleton, WI53562, 08/08/2013, Motor vehicle liability in-surance required, $10.00

Carandante, Jason H, 33, Madison, WI53708, 09/04/2013, Motor vehicle liability in-surance required, $10.00

Carandante, Jason H, 33, Madison, WI53708, 09/04/2013, Non Registration, $88.80

Cavers Reniero, Susan A, 47, Verona, WI53593, 08/21/2013, Failure to Move whenpassingcertain stopped v, $177.00

Cazares-Tapia, Emigdio, 20, Fitchburg,WI 53711, 08/25/2013, Operating while Sus-

pended, $114.00Cazares-Tapia, Emigdio, 20, Fitchburg,

WI 53711, 08/25/2013, Operating vehiclewithout insurance, $114.00

Ceballos, Sigifredo, 45, Madison, WI53714, 08/21/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $114.00

Clark, Mark D, 52, Windsor, WI 53598,09/08/2013, Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, $88.80

Coleman, Kali R, 23, Madison, WI 53711,08/31/2013, Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, $114.00

Conway, Ellen Mary, 62, Madison, WI53719, 09/05/2013, Seatbelt RequiredOper/Pass, $10.00

Cram, Catherine A, 54, Middleton, WI53562, 08/12/2013, Method of Giving Signals,$88.80

Crapser, Dawn M, 46, Merrimac, WI53561, 08/01/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Crary, Janell R, 52, Columbus, WI 53925,08/13/2013, Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, $88.80

Crump, Constance L, 31, Milwaukee, WI53208, 08/13/2013, Inattentive Driving,$101.40

Cruz Mata, Roberto Carlos, 25, RichlandCenter, WI 53581, 09/08/2013, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $88.80

Cruz Mata, Roberto Carlos, 25, RichlandCenter, WI 53581, 09/08/2013, Operatingafter revocation, $114.00

Cunningham, Kelly R, 41, Dane, WI53529, 08/14/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Cunningham, Kelly R, 41, Dane, WI

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2014 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 3

CorrectionWhile last week’s story about the

Middleton-Cross Plains Area SchoolDistrict’s annual meeting was accurate,the headline incorrectly indicated thatthe school board’s raise was approvedby the school board. While the boardhosted the meeting, it was members ofthe audience that approved the payraise for board of education members.

City boosts recycling frequency

Pellitteri Waste Systems and theMiddleton Common Council re-cently agreed to terms of an amend-ment to the City’s solid wastecollection contract by which Pellit-teri will begin collecting recyclablematerials in the curbside blue cartson a weekly basis instead of bi-weekly. In addition to the increasedfrequency of service, Pellitteri haslowered costs.

“We’ve heard from some resi-dents of a desire for more frequentcollection of recyclable materials,and Pellitteri believes weekly col-lection of recyclable materials willreduce our community’s use oflandfills, increase conservation ofresources, and save money,” saidcity press release. “In analyzingMiddleton’s waste stream, Pellitterifound that some recyclable materi-als are being placed in the brownrefuse carts instead of blue recy-cling carts. With Pellitteri’s newMaterials Recovery Facility(MRF), it makes economic sense totry ensuring that all potentially re-cyclable materials are recycled –doing so will generate revenuethrough the sale of recovered recy-clable materials from the MRF, andwill lower landfill costs.”

If you have any questions, pleasecall the Public Works Departmentat 821-8370.

See COURT, page 10

Municipal Court Report - City of Middleton

other TIF funding. The agreement is a public subsidy

but technically not TIF. The garagewas financed with municipal bonds.The city originally built the garage tobe able to attract business and spur de-velopment in the TIF district. Theplan from the beginning was to signover the title to whichever developerbuilt on the site.

Vanta owns the office building al-ready on Aspen Commons and hasbeen paying 25 percent of the garagedebt since its construction, whichcomes to $178,000 annually.

In the agreement, Vanta will con-tinue to pay the 25 percent until a pro-posed 120,000 sq ft office building,with an estimated value of $25-30million, is constructed. Constructionis projected to take off in 2017-18.Once construction is finished the citywill take over full payment but use thetax revenues created from the newbuildings to pay the debt. The tax in-crement is expected to be approxi-mately $300,000 a year.

“When I look at this it is a verycomplicated agreement,” stated ald.

Gurdip Brar. “It looks like we are giv-ing a discount or subsidy to the devel-oper here, I would like this money thatthe developer owes to continue to bepaid by the developer and not by TIF.”

Ald. Hilbert said the cost is a dropin the bucket compared to the amountthe city will pick up in increment thatmight not otherwise be as much. Hepointed out in the past the city hasseen other proposals for the site, suchas a $5 million office building. Thatproposal wouldn’t require as muchparking but would not generate asmuch tax revenue.

“This is nothing more than securingthe building potential of the proposalwe’ve heard about’” responded ald.Hilbert. “There is no liability to thecity of paying extra costs in this agree-ment, but we will be critical at thetime if there is another request for TIFfor the office building of how theagreement is worded, and probably in-clude language about guaranteed TIFto make sure the increment will coverthe amount.”

A few weeks ago the CommonCouncil approved $1,853,750 in TIF

for a project at the site. The funds willgo to LZ Ventures to build a 67-unitapartment with a 27,000 sq. ft. healthclub. LZ Ventures attorney, AngelaBlack noted the company could pos-sibly purchase the office buildingproject as well.

“I would be surprised if therewasn’t another TIF request,” saidHilbert In a subsequent interview.“But there is nothing wrong with a re-quest. We could approve it if it makessense to but it doesn’t mean we haveto.”

The Common Council also voted toapprove the first steps of what couldbe up to a $2.8 million TIF expendi-ture for improvements on ParmenterSt. The funds would go toward im-provements to Parmenter St. north ofUniversity Ave. up to the roundabout.Proposed improvements includeadding another roundabout at the LeeSt. intersection, street resurfacing,sewer, water and underground electricmaintenance, and brick sidewalks.

The council approved soliciting fordesign services. Ald. Brar said hawanted to make sure this request for

bidding was made available to anycontractor interested. The city wassued earlier this year for violating itsown bidding rules.

As previously reported in theTimes-Tribune, the City of MiddletonCommon Council voted on March 4,2014 to award the contract for theconstruction of the new Public WorksFacility and Outbuildings, which hasan estimated cost of over $9 million toNewcomb Construction despite thefact that Newcomb Construction wasnot the lowest responsible bidder andhad failed to comply with the city’sadvertised bid requirements, accord-ing to a complaint filed by AssociatedGeneral Contractors of Wisconsin.

City Administrator Mike Davis en-sured a similar incident would notoccur. Davis also added the city couldsave substantial tax dollars by puttingthe request for bids out in the fall orearly winter. He explained construc-tion bids are always lower at thesetimes because the demand for thework is always lower than in thespring or summer.

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Challenge of Landing at49 State Capitals in JustTwo Weeks Accepted byTwo Private Pilots

The challenge of flying a private“general aviation” airplane to all 49state capitals in the “lower 48” plusAlaska in just two weeks is one thatmost private pilots would never accept.It is, however, the flight plan for an in-spiring journey being attempted by twoveteran pilots to raise public awarenessabout smaller, “municipal” airports -including the one in Middleton - thatthey say are an important businessasset for cities and can be a gateway forbringing new tourism traffic into thearea.

Called the Capital Air Tour, theflight is being undertaken by FieldMorey, an FAA-Certified Flight In-structor from Medford, Oregon, andConrad Teitell of White Plains, NewYork. The pilots are using Morey’s2013 Cessna Corvalis TTx four-pas-senger airplane for the flight. Theycde-parted Tuesday, September 16 and arelanding in several states each day.

The idea of flying the Capital AirTour came to Teitell when he wantedto “raise the bar” after he and Moreycompleted Teitell’s quest to fly fromthe highest airport in the U.S. to thelowest airport in 2013. “It was Con-rad’s idea to land at every state capitalin the lower 48 and Alaska,” Morey ex-plained, “but I thought we should do itall in two weeks to show off just howcapable and technologically-advanceda modern private airplane can be.”

An unexpected development oc-curred when Morey spoke with an ele-mentary school teacher about theCapital Air Tour. Because the entireflight is being tracked using an on-board Spot Generation 3 GPS trackingdevice showing the real-time locationof the Corvalis TTx, the journey offersteachers a chance to give lessons intime, distance and U.S. state capitals.A complete itinerary with tentativeschedule, along with the tracking map,is available on the flight’s webpage atwww.ifrwest.com/cat.

Morey is an expert in adventureflights, as he has instructed hundredsof instrument flight students on excit-ing “real world weather” flights toAlaska, the Rocky Mountains and theIdaho backcountry through his com-pany, Morey’s West Coast Adventures(http://www.ifrwest.com). One of thosestudents, Dr. Oliver Smithies, when ac-cepting the Nobel Prize for Genetics,

said “Field taught me a lesson very im-portant in the sciences, that you canovercome fear with knowledge.”

Each day along the Capital Air Tourroute, Morey and Teitell plan mediaavailabilities in cities where that day’s

series of flights concludes. They aredistributing information from the Air-craft Owners and Pilots Association to

help demonstrate the value of local air-ports, while allowing electronic andprint media reporters to get a close-uplook at the airplane being used for theflight.

“The Cessna Corvalis TTx thefastest single-engine, fixed gear pro-duction aircraft on the market,” Moreysaid, “and has a maximum cruisingspeed of 235 knots. With that level ofperformance, we are able to plan a mis-sion profile for the Capital Air Tourthat involves covering over 12,000miles with stops at 57 airports in twoweeks.”

The airplane being used on the Cap-ital Air Tour is equipped with a GarminG2000 “glass cockpit” panel that in-cludes NEXRAD radar for stormavoidance, anti-ice equipment, and ter-rain and traffic avoidance devices,along with the latest autopilot technol-ogy essential for avoiding crew fatigue.

Morey said their flight plan is sub-ject to diversions caused by unsafeweather situations.

“September is the heart of hurricaneseason and that could be the biggest in-fluence on our route,” he said shortlybefore landing in Middleton last week.“A major route decision will be madeprior to leaving Wisconsin on Septem-ber 20 as we prepare to continue east.The remaining route of our flight planwill all depend on the weather movingup through the Gulf States along theAtlantic coast at the time.”

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Pilots on historic flight land in Middleton

Photo by Jeff MartinField Morey (left) and co-pilot Conrad Teitell (right) in front of Morey’s Cessna Corvalis TTx airplane in a hanger

at Middleton’s Airport. They landed at Middleton on Sept. 19 - day four of their 14-day journey - and left on the20th for the next leg of their venture which is to land at each of the 49 state capitals in the “lower 48” plus Alaska.

dressed ‘Biarritz American Univer-sity,’” Helen stated.

Block served as a cryptographer inthe European theater, studied inFrance, and taught agriculture to vari-ous soldiers awaiting their discharge.

In the late 1940s, while finishing hisbachelor’s degrees in Dairy Scienceand Journalism, the Blocks lived incrowded circumstances, in Camp Ran-dall.

“There were trailers set up for mar-ried servicemen,” Helen recalled.

She worked outside the home, as didthe other wives of those UW- attendingWWII veterans. Helen spent her daysat a “secretarial shop” on State Street,hired out by various companies to dooffice work. Besides reading his text-books, Alton would peruse GoodHousekeeping, gleaning “ideas forfood and menus,” Helen said.

Block added a Master’s in Animal

Genetics in 1953. His expertise as aSire Analyst required him to be on-the-go, including moving the family nu-merous times to small Wisconsincommunities. After graduating fromUW-Madison, he and Helen, and ulti-mately their four children, lived inJuneau, Shawano, Waupun, and Bara-boo, before settling in Middleton in the1970s.

He was a force in every community.“He joined the Kiwanis wherever he

lived,” Helen said. “He always was abell ringer,” raising money for charity.A Kiwanis member for over 40 years,Block was given an award for “perfectattendance.”

Family vacations revolved aroundbulls – visiting farms across the nationso Block could inspect and purchasevirile animals for his employer, abreeding company. According to CindyBoland, Block’s daughter, not one His-torical Marker was missed en route toplaces such as the Grand Canyon andMt. Rushmore. Boland, however, re-called missing seeing Washington D.C.as her father drove them past the sights.

“We were reading comic books inthe back seat,” she quipped.

According to Helen, a few days be-fore he died in August 2010, Alton con-

templated an annual fall event near tohis heart: “Well, I won’t be having abooth at the Dairy Expo,” he com-mented sadly.

And then he began reminiscingaloud.

Block recounted that just beforetraveling to Madison from central Wis-consin for the inaugural committee

meeting in the 1960s, his boss handedhim $5000, admonishing Block, “Takethis with you, lay it on the table and tellthem to get going!”

Upon Block’s return from Madison,he declared excitedly, “Dairy Expo hasbeen born! I just know it will grow, andgrow, and grow.” Helen said she neverforgot Alton’s adamant statement,thrice using the word “grow.”

He couldn’t have been more right.Block would serve on the World DairyExpo’s first Board of Directors, pio-neering an organization that will cele-brate its 50th anniversary in 2016. Thefive-day event boasts close to 70,000visitors, thousands coming from nearly100 countries, and over 1,000 ex-hibitors showing thousands of elitedairy cattle.

“Alton was a true pioneer in thedairy breeding industry,” said Wiscon-sin Department of Agriculture, Tradeand Consumer Protection SecretaryBen Brancel, who nominated Block forthe Pioneer Award to be presented bythe National Dairy Shrine. “Alton’swork in that area led to concepts thatwere new and untried at the time butare commonplace today. His leadershipof several breeding cooperatives andhis work as a dairy consultant made asignificant contribution to the dairy in-dustry today.”

As for Helen, “Ben Brancel shouldbe thanked for nominating Alton,” shesaid. “We are elated!”

Helen has one more reason to beelated about October’s prestigious cer-emony: “All the kids will be home!”


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capita in 2012. Debt grew an aver-age of 2.0% per year during 2008-12.

Here in the City of Middleton,spending on municipal operationswas $1,065.02 per capita, a 3.9%change from 2011 vs. the 3.0% de-cline among the municipalitiesstudied by WISTAX. In 2012, av-erage law enforcement spendingwas $227 per resident, while policespending per capita in Middletonwas 263.69, a 3.8% change from2011. Street maintenance spendingtotaled $84.75 per capita, comparedto $107 elsewhere. While net fireand ambulance expenditures aver-aged $137 statewide, they averaged$117.12 per person, a 3.2% changefrom 2011.MunicipalFacts14 compares mu-

nicipal finances in Wisconsin’s 244cities and villages with populationsbetween 2,000 and 150,000 (ex-cluding Milwaukee and Madison).In addition to spending, the 112-page book provides financial infor-mation on property taxes, propertyvalues, and debt. Municipal-Facts14 groups municipalities bypopulation, making it easy to com-pare taxes and spending in similar-sized cities and villages.

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with professional actors and visit his-toric London theatre sites.

According to Brad Schneider, MHSBand Director, “This parade is equiva-lent to marching in the Rose Bowl orthe Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.”

Plans for the trip started a year agowhen London Officials contacted theMiddleton High School for a return toEngland. The High School Band trav-eled to London in December 2010,marching in the 2011 New Year’s Dayfestivities. This time the invitation wasexpanded to showcase the talents ofmore students.

In October 2013, Roger Bramble,Lieutenant of Greater London, alongwith two fellow dignitaries, arrived atthe Middleton Performing Arts Centerto present an invitation to the students.Middleton High School was once againchosen from high schools across Amer-ica based on the high quality of musicand performance that is achieved byour students.

For many this may be their first timetraveling out of the United States on aonce in a lifetime opportunity. In addi-tion to the musical opportunity, stu-dents will have an educationalexperience not possible in a class-room.”

In addition to performing in presti-gious venues, students will also havetime to participate in sight seeingaround London. On the schedule aretours of the Tower of London andWindsor Castle. The group will alsovisit the historic university town of Ox-ford. Drama students will tour the re-creation of Shakespeare’s GlobeTheater and all students will enjoy aWest End theater production.

Tom Mielke, Choral Director atMiddleton High School, took a pre-view trip to London this summer.

“In addition to the parade will be the

London International Choral Festival,”Mielke stated. “Choirs from Europeand Asia will gather for a program withthe London Youth Symphony Orches-tra under the direction of JustinDoyle. There is an ambitious programof masterworks including works byRutter, Handel, Elgar and some Broad-way Show tunes. My impression withthe festival is that the venue for theconcert, the musicians involved andthe repertoire is all top notch. Our stu-dents are in for the experience of a life-time.”

Orchestra and Band students havebeen participating in a variety offundraisers including the Annual Fruitsale and a Cheesecake sale conductedlast spring. During Good NeighborFest weekend, students assisted theArts & Craft vendors in hauling sup-plies to their tents and they set upAmerican flags on Sunday throughoutthe community for the VFW. The GFSMarket (Gordon Food Service) onGrand Canyon Drive has been con-tributing a percentage of sales to BOPA(Band and Orchestra Parent Associa-tion) for people who have purchasedgoods there and mentioned BOPA attime of purchase. The MiddletonChoral Boosters have a separate parentgroup which has also been workinghard to assist the choral students inraising funds for London.

With the start of the new schoolyear, students are realizing their trip isonly three short months away.

“What excited me about wanting togo to London was I would be able toshare our music with people and beable to advance my own musicalknowledge. While in London I ammost excited about seeing The LondonEye and The House of Parliament/BigBen because they are iconic Londonlocations,” stated Emma Larson, a jun-

ior cello player. Megan Caldwell a sophomore clar-

inet/Color Guard student stated: “WhatI am most looking forward to about theLondon Tour is marching in the paradein front of thousands, it will be a greatexperience. I am most interested in see-ing Buckingham Palace because it willbe cool to see where the Queen lives.”

“The chance to travel abroad and beable to march in the New Year’s Dayparade will be the coolest part of thetour,” said senior Dan Cook, a baritonesax player who traveled previouslywith the high school to New Orleans.“New Orleans was really educationaland I learned a lot about their daily lifeand culture even though New Orleanswas just a new region to visit for me inthe U.S. For London I would hope toget a whole new perspective about adifferent country’s culture and dailylife.”

Taking a trip of this magnitude willbe costly to each participant, totaling$3,200 per individual.

As this trip would not be possiblewithout chaperones, some families aresending and paying for multiple peo-ple. Families have been making pay-ments in installments and despite thepayment plan and fundraising opportu-nities, there are a number of studentswho are in need of financial assistance.

A mailing has gone out to businessesthis week in the greater Middleton-Cross Plains area seeking donations tohelp assist students with funding thisonce-in-a-lifetime event.

“We want to ensure that every stu-dent who wants to participate has theopportunity to do so,” explained Cyn-thia Shaw, of the Middleton HighSchool Band and Orchestra Parents As-sociation. “Currently, the need forgrant money exceeds the available

funds. If you would like to learn moreabout our trip, or to get a form to assistparticipants by making a donation,please visit our Facebook page: Mh-slondon Trip. You can also send anemail us [email protected]. Aform will be sent to you to be submit-ted with any donations.”

The final payment is right aroundthe corner, and donations need to be re-ceived by October 20 in order to deter-mine distribution to participants. Anysupport received will be greatly appre-ciated and will be well used by studentsin this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The Middleton High School Bandand Orchestra Parents Association(MHSBOPA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profitorganization incorporated in the Stateof Wisconsin. Contributions are tax de-ductible in accordance with the law.


HONORS continued from page 13

Photo contributedMHS students are excited to head to London, but not every family can fully afford to pay for the trip, according

to organizers.


Learn aboutnatural burials

Natural Burials and Green Cemeter-ies are the topic of the next GreenThursday presentation, which will beheld on Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. in the WillyWest Community Room.

Presenter Kevin Corrado, the coor-dinator of Natural Path Sanctuary, willdiscuss the roots of conventional burialpractices in the US, how they differfrom customs around the world, andhow these practices impact the envi-ronment.

Corrado will share insights from hisexperiences of hand digging earthengraves and from the personal perspec-tives of some of the thirty-two familieswho have had a loved one buried atNatural Path Sanctuary, a nature pre-serve burial ground located at theLinda and Gene Farley Center forPeace, Justice & Sustainability justoutside of Verona. He will also pro-vide useful resources to help individu-als be informed consumers of funeraland burial services. Learn how a natu-ral burial honors the natural cycle oflife and leaves a legacy of care and re-spect for the earth and its inhabitants.

This free event is sponsored by theCity of Middleton Sustainability Com-mittee and The Natural Step Mononawith support from Willy Street Co-op,

Madison Gas & Electric, Dane CountyEnvironmental Council, and Richardand Judy Fritz. Free refreshments areprovided. Willy West is located at 6825University Ave in Middleton.

Focus onbanned books

On Friday, October 17 at 7 p.m., theMiddleton Public Library welcomesForward Theater Company as theypresent selections from their upcomingfestival, Out of the Fire – The BannedBooks Monologues. These monologueshave been written by local, statewideand national playwrights, who havelent their voices to the conversationabout free speech and all that freedomentails. This performance is an exclu-sive presentation of monologue selec-tions by local Forward Theater actors,with a talkback following the perform-ance.

Performances include: MichaelHerold performing “Hop on Pop” byJames DeVita; Peggy Rosin perform-ing “Kurt Vonnegut Took a GrapeFrom My Hand” by Lori Matthews;Jessica Jane Witham performing “BadLibrarian” by Sam White; DonavonArmbruster performing “TheShameshifter” by Doug Reed; and JakePenner performing “Laffs with TwoFs” by Kimberly Megna Yarnall.

The library will close at 6:00 PMthat evening, but the front doors andthe lower-level Archer Rooms will re-main open for this special perform-ance. For more information, contactthe library at 608-827-7403 [email protected]

This performance is made possibleby a grant from Beyond the Page, anendowment supporting humanities pro-grams at Dane County Libraries, andby the generosity of the Friends of theMiddleton Public Library.

Insurance foryour business

The Wisconsin Women’s BusinessInitiative Corporation will present aprogram entitled “Insurance for YourBusiness” at the Middleton Public Li-brary on Thursday, October 16 at 6p.m.

This free workshop is aimed at smallbusiness owners as well as those whomay be planning to start a business.Participants will learn will learn whytheir business needs insurance, what itcovers, and where to purchase it. Typesof coverage discussed include: Generalliability, Property, Auto liability,Worker Compensation, Umbrella, andProfessional liability. The WisconsinWomen’s Business Initiative Corpora-tion was incorporated over 25 years

ago with the mission “to improve theeconomic well-being of our fellow res-idents through business loans, classes,coaching, and money managementtools.”

This class is free and open to thepublic, but registration is required. Toreserve a spot in this class, call theWWBIC directly at 608-257-5450 orregister online at www.wwbic.org.

Math tutors are needed

The MHS Achievement Connec-tions program is again looking formath tutors.

The school is looking for approxi-mately 40 volunteer tutors per semes-ter to help between 50 and 70 studentswith mathematics, specifically Alge-bra I and Geometry. Thirteen tutorsare returning from last year.

The program is a joint venture be-tween MHS and the United Way ofDane County, along with support andfunding from AmeriCorps. In addi-tion, the Morgridge Center of UW-Madison is also a partnerorganization.

MHS partnered with the UnitedWay until the 2013-14 school year aspart of the non-profit organization’sSchools of Hope program but grantfunds ended. In the past, tutors worked

with students in all subject areas, butMHS decided a year ago to focus ex-clusively on math this year.

Dylan Mathieu, a University ofWisconsin graduate who previouslyworked at Madison West, is the tutorcoordinator of the Achievement Con-nections program.

Tutors will be assigned an individ-ual student. MHS is looking for vol-unteers to contribute at least one houra week and to commit to at least oneacademic semester, he said. Tutoringtakes place during the school day,which runs from 8:25 a.m. until 3:58p.m., or after school until 5 p.m.

Tutors will start right away. Math-ieu said prospective tutors would needto go through an interview and back-ground check. Volunteers are alsoasked to commit to a full year of tu-toring in order to support their studentthroughout the year, he said.

If you are interested, please contactMathieu at 829-9862 or send him anemail.

“Your help is needed to help reducethe achievement gap between studentsof color and their white counterpartsin the community,’’ Mathieu said.“You can serve as a role model andmentor for your student, and watchtheir confidence grow. … You havevaluable skills that you can share tohelp change the life of a young per-son.’’

What’s Happening


In Business

Photo by Lisa DuChateau

Pendleton, a family-ownedwoolen mill, cuts ribbon

The Middleton Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting at Pendle-ton Woolen Mills (1650 Deming Way in Greenway Station) on September 9.Pendleton is a family-owned, 6th generation American company that hasbeen involved in the woolen industry since 1863. Pictured in the photo are(L-R) Chamber Ambassador, Karin Henning (Middleton Times), MayorKurt Sonnentag, Pendleton’s Patty Jasinski, Chamber Executive Director,Van Nutt and Membership Director, Brenda Delabarre.


PULSE has great new homeOn September 11th, PULSE Kettlebells & Yoga celebrated their new (and

first official) space with a Ribbon Cutting. PULSE provides SFG HardstyleKettlebell and TRX classes, along with personal training based in functionalmovement and yoga classes for the whole family. They are located at 6720Frank Lloyd Wright Avenue.


Viking Cue celebrates state of the art facilityViking Cue Manufacturing opened its doors in Middleton in 2013. They celebrated their beautiful state-of-the-

art facility with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on September 18th. Viking Cue is a legend in billiards and has refinedthe art of making custom pool cues over its 50 year history. 100% Made in the USA, every Viking Cue is meticulouslyhandcrafted from the finest materials and subject to the strictest quality control standards in the industry.

Little Gym hits milestoneLocal children’s gym has beenopen 10 years, still going strong

A decade in business is a notableachievement, and Bob and CindyJoers, owners of The Little Gym inMiddleton, are not letting it go with-out a bang.

“This is a great milestone and weare so happy to share the excitementwith the entire Middleton community.We would not have reached thisachievement without our loyal cus-tomers who have supported us sincewe’ve been in business,” they said ina joint statement.

Classes for the Fall semester beganTuesday Sept. 2 and there is year-round open enrollment.

The Little Gym of Middleton hasadded two new programs just this year

to continue to offer the most person-alized instruction for each child. TheJoers also opened another The LittleGym in Fitchburg in 2008.

Offering a curriculum-based coreprogram of gymnastics, dance, sportsskills and other programs to promotecoordination, balance, rhythm andflexibility, The Little Gym in Middle-ton is based on a philosophy of allow-ing kids to experience success in afun, caring and non-competitive way.

Children’s listening, social andcognitive capacities are all enhancedin the process, as students are encour-aged to progress at their own pace.

“We’re glad that we have been ableto show local parents, for the last 10years, the joy that developing motor-skills, growing confidence and havingfun can bring to their children,” they

said. “We look forward to a long fu-ture here in Middleton.”

For more information about TheLittle Gym of Middleton or The LittleGym of Fitchburg, please contact Bobor Cindy Joers at 608-836-3028.

The Little Gym is the premier de-veloper of physical skills in childrenworldwide. The very first locationwas established in 1976 by RobinWes, an innovative educator with agenuine love for children. The LittleGym International, Inc., headquar-tered in Scottsdale, Ariz., was formedin 1992 to Franchise The Little Gymconcept. Today, The Little Gym Inter-national has more than 300 locationsin 28 countries. For more information,visit The Little Gym at www.TheLit-tleGym.com.

A referendumwill be on theballot on Novem-ber 4 in Middle-ton. A YES votewill establish astormwater utilityin the City.

The Friends of Pheasant BranchConservancy urges you to vote YES.

Here’s why.

A Failing Stormwater Management System

Some problems hit you in the face.Some are invisible. The invisible prob-lems are easier to ignore and, for thatreason, usually harder to manage.

Middleton has an invisible problem,and it runs through the heart of Pheas-ant Branch Conservancy into LakeMendota.

The problem is contaminatedstormwater.

Every time it rains in Middleton,water runs from our streets and parkinglots and lawns into an overtaxed urbandrainage systems. The water is loadedwith sediment, nutrients, heavy metals,bacteria and, in winter snow-melts,salt. It is all channeled toward LakeMendota.

The City of Middleton has alreadyinvested a lot of money in buildingstormwater detention ponds, infiltra-tion basins and other pollution treat-ment practices. But the funding formaintenance of these facilities has re-quired appropriations annually fromthe City’s general revenue budget. Itcompetes there with requests from thefire and police departments and munic-

ipal human service needs. Support for stormwater management

has been erratic and inadequate. TheCity’s primary containment pond is sosilted that it no longer functions as aneffective filter.

The Middleton Common Councilrecognized this problem in authorizingthe November referendum: “The Cityhas been unable to keep up the mainte-nance of its existing storm water man-agement projects in recent years due tothe conflicting demands upon Cityfunds...”

Alder Susan West, Council Presi-dent, has described the problem inmore blunt terms: “We simply have avery bad history of funding stormwatermanagement.”

Stormwater contaminants – includ-ing 12,000 lbs. of phosphorous in anaverage year – are now running almostunimpeded into the Madison chain.There the problem becomes visible.

The blue-green algal blooms – tech-nically, a bacterial growth – that haveplagued Madison lakes, closingbeaches regularly, are largely the resultof phosphorous runoff. Every poundof phosphorous can produce up to 500pounds of algae. Conservative esti-mates suggest that the annual phospho-rous load from Pheasant Branchcreates more than one million poundsof bacteria.

Pheasant Branch is the secondlargest source of phosphorous in thechain, after the Yahara River.

The containment pond on the City’sWestside is by no means the only com-ponent in Middleton’s stormwatermanagement strategy. There are twocontainment ponds in Orchid HeightsPark, protecting the marshland fed bythe large springs below Frederick’s

Hill. Another significant stormwaterpathway runs through our kettle ponds.Stricker discharges into Tiedeman, andfrom Tiedeman flows through Lake-view Park into Mendota. Over the last14 years, the City has spent $1.3 mil-lion to improve the capacity of the ket-tle ponds to capture contaminants.

Without maintenance, the effective-ness of that investment will disinte-grate.

The Friends of Pheasant Branch ispartnering with the Clean Lakes Al-liance in supporting passage of theMiddleton referendum. We appeal toMiddleton voters to do the same.

This is not only a matter of soundenvironmental stewardship. Recently,both the federal Environmental Protec-tion Agency and the Wisconsin Depart-ment of Natural Resourcessignificantly increased the level ofstormwater management required ofmunicipalities. One way or another,Middleton will be forced to make sig-nificant upgrades in its practices.

This decision is not unrelated to eco-nomic development in the City. TheMiddleton Area Development Corpo-

ration, in cooperation with the City, re-cently unveiled a development strategyheadlined by the theme, “Green forGrowth, Green for Fun.” The premiseof the program is that environmentalquality is a key part of the City’s com-petitive advantage in attracting busi-ness investment.

This echoes a broader observationthat Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., an environ-mental attorney, recently made: “Inevery situation, good environmentalpolicy is identical to good economicpolicy. It produces jobs over the longterm and protects a community’s as-sets.”

The proposed Middleton utility isgood public policy. And it is goodbusiness.

A Fair Price forCleaner Waters

A stormwater utility is like any otherutility system: a fee is charged to cus-tomers for services provided. With autility, stormwater maintenance wouldbe paid for the same way we pay forthe water we use and for the propertreatment of sewage.

A stormwater utility system wouldbe new to Middleton, but this fundingapproach is being used by more than80 communities in Wisconsin, includ-ing Fitchburg, Madison, Monona, SunPrairie and Verona.

Under a stormwater utility fundingapproach each property owner in thecity pays a fee for the proper con-veyance, management, and pollutiontreatment of stormwater runoff. The feepaid by each property owner is basedon how much runoff their propertygenerates. Properties with largeamounts of hard surfaces – extensiveroofs and parking lots, for example –would pay a higher fee than propertieswith less impervious area.

Thus everyone pays their fair sharefor this essential service.

The cost to the average homeownerwill be $15 annually. Owners of largerproperties will be assessed an equiva-lent charge based on the size of theirimpermeable surfaces.

In the first year, the total anticipatedrevenue to the utility is $290,000 –compared to $10,000 for stormwatermaintenance appropriated in the 20144City budget. If property owners installmeasures to reduce runoff, they will beeligible for a reduction in their fee.

Under a stormwater utility, allbudget and spending decisions are sub-ject to the approval of the CommonCouncil. Only the source of the rev-enue, moving from property taxes tothe utility, changes.

Vote for a stable, fair revenuesource. Vote for cleaner water. VoteYes.

Editor’s note: Bruce Froehlke isPresident of the Friends of PheasantBranch Conservancy


Vote YES for fair funding, cleaner watersResolved: that the City of MiddletonStorm Water Utility shall be permitted tocharge customers of the Storm WaterUtility an annual charge up to $15.00 perequivalent runoff unit from each propertyfor maintenance of existing storm watermanagement facilities without reducingthe levy limit for the charges of the StormWater Utility.Yes: ___ No: ___

A messagefor ourtimes

A fascinating look at American his-tory and particularly at the contribu-tions of the Roosevelts; Theodore,Eleanor and Franklin is being aired onPBS this week. When I can’t watch anepisode live, I catch it later on my com-puter.

I drank this morning’s coffee, re-watching parts of episode two, that de-tailed most of Theodore’s presidency.I was surprised by the similarities be-tween the turn of the century, and theinfluences on American politics today.

Between Abraham Lincoln’s termsin office and Teddy’s election, politicalparty machines controlled what did anddid not happen on Capital Hill more

than the presidents did. Financial gi-ants, whose power grew steadilythrough corporate trusts formed duringthe industrial revolution, gave ordersthat many senators followed without asecond thought.

Only a handful of men, about 250,dictated what happened in this country.They controlled the rates that farmerscould earn for their products and alsothe wages and hours of the workers.

They were like a legalized mafia, si-phoning off hefty profits from theircorporations, paying workers lowwages and forcing them to endure upto twelve hour days for six days aweek, most often in very poor workingconditions, and dictating the cost ofeverything, “from canned carrots tocoal.” They crushed small businessesthat dared to compete with them.

J. Pierpont Morgan spoke for themajority of them when he said, “I owethe public nothing.”

According to the PBS special, Mor-gan’s words ran counter to the valuesof Theodore Roosevelt, “whose familyhad instilled in him a value of altruism

. . . . . and the virtue of helping outone’s fellow man.” He had an inbredsense of responsibility toward society.

In a speech given early in his presi-dency, Theodore said, “The rich manshould be held to the same accounta-bility as the poor man. But, when therich man is rich enough to buy advicefrom very able lawyers, this is not al-ways easy.”

There were no corporations norbanks when the American constitutionwas written. It was a document writtenfor the people and in support of a soci-ety that guaranteed everyone’s rights tolife, liberty and the pursuit of happi-ness.

A system of checks and balanceswas created within the constitution tokeep greedy individuals and groupsfrom thwarting true democracy.

Without organized labor, the onlycounterweight to help capitalism re-main a viable economic tool, ratherthan a way for greedy individuals toexploit the system, is government.

And, that can only be done by a gov-ernment comprised of public servantsand an informed electorate who cannotbe “bought.”

It takes work to siphon through po-litical ads and counter ads to ascertainthe truth about a candidate. It takesdiscernment and wisdom to sortthrough the inflammatory, misleadingremarks. It takes self-control not to be

reactionary.When I reflect on the upcoming gu-

bernatorial elections, my decision ofwho to vote for is guided not only onthe campaigns and record of the candi-dates, but on my own vision of a soci-ety and government that supports andrespects all people and the environ-ment that graces us with life.

I fully agree with Teddy Roosevelt,that the constitution was written for“the people.”

It was not written for corporations orfor the agenda of self-serving individ-uals cunning enough and greedyenough to take advantage of, and then

corrupt, the very same system that sup-ported their endeavors.

To me, the main reasons to studyhistory are to learn from what workedwell and to avoid the things that causedsuffering and sorrow. Even though somuch has changed since the Roosevelteras, the documentary contains muchfor our times.

The first episode of The Rooseveltsis available on Wisconsin Public Tele-vision’s website through Sept. 28. It’swell worth watching!

by BRUCE FROELKEGuest Column

53529, 08/14/2013, Operating while Sus-pended, $114.00

Davis, Ace Mortel, 22, Madison, WI53717, 08/24/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $139.20

Dearth, Geoffrey K, 60, Deforest, WI53532 1433, 08/26/2013, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $88.80

Dickinson, Darren C, 24, Middleton, WI53562, 08/21/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Dimaggio-Zander, Patricia J, 41, Wauna-kee, WI 53597, 08/27/2013, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $88.80

Dixon, Mark K, 37, Madison, WI 53719,08/25/2013, Auto Following Too Closely,$114.00

Donovan, John P, 46, Hazel Green, WI53811, 09/08/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $114.00

Drabik, Maura Gene, 18, Madison, WI53717, 07/12/2013, Underage Consume/Pos-sess Alcoholic Beverages, $0.00

Ehresmann, Paul W, 34, Madison, WI53711, 08/24/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Emerson, Brian J, 37, Madison, WI53704, 09/06/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Estock, Kathleen K, 48, Madison, WI53705, 08/17/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Fahey, David R, 47, Fitchburg, WI 53711,08/15/2013, Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, $88.80

Farquhar, Shanna Marie, 23, Madison, WI53717, 09/05/2013, Seatbelt RequiredOper/Pass, $10.00

Festge, Jenafer Lynn, 23, Mazomanie, WI53560, 08/10/2013, Operating after revoca-tion, $114.00

Fisher, Joseph Michael, 40, Forest Lake,MN 55025, 08/29/2013, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $88.80

Fleury, Tyler T, 28, Madison, WI 53717,09/06/2013, Traffic Control Signal Violationred, $88.80

Foster, Brandon J, 26, Fitchburg, WI53711, 08/28/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Frederiksen, Gail L, 40, Madison, WI53705, 08/29/2013, Viol of child safety re-straint requirements, $63.60

Fry, Bradley Mitchell, 31, Madison, WI53714, 08/28/2013, Vehicle Registration Re-voked/Suspended/Cancel, $0.00

Fry, Bradley Mitchell, 31, Madison, WI53714, 08/28/2013, Operating vehicle withoutinsurance, $0.00

Fry, Bradley Mitchell, 31, Madison, WI53714, 08/28/2013, Motor vehicle liability in-surance required, $10.00

Fumuso, Dana M, 34, Athens, WI 54411,09/04/2013, Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, $88.80

Gagne, Jason W, 39, Auburn, NY 13021,08/23/2013, Driver Vision Obstructed- no ob-ject placed or, $88.80

Gawne, Mark Q, 51, Madison, WI 53711,08/13/2013, Non Registration, $88.80

Gibbs, Benjamin Raydean, 19, Verona,WI 53593, 09/08/2013, Seatbelt RequiredOper/Pass, $10.00

Gibbs, Benjamin Raydean, 19, Verona,WI 53593, 09/08/2013, Operating while Sus-pended, $114.00

Gillett, Brent T, 26, Madison, WI 53713,08/15/2013, Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, $114.00

Gillett, Brent T, 26, Madison, WI 53713,08/15/2013, Motor vehicle liability insurancerequired, $10.00

Gmeinder, Alyson Kathryn, 21, Madison,WI 53704, 08/15/2013, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $114.00

Gobel, Danielle M, 22, Belleville, WI53508, 08/24/2013, Operating while Sus-pended, $114.00

Gomez, Taylor D, 18, Middleton, WI53562, 09/04/2013, Auto Following TooClosely, $114.00

Gomez, Taylor D, 18, Middleton, WI53562, 09/04/2013, Operating vehicle withoutinsurance, $114.00

Goplin, Rebecca Ann, 31, Madison, WI53705, 08/21/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $114.00

Gould, Brendan David, 22, Madison, WI53705, 08/29/2013, Seatbelt RequiredOper/Pass, $10.00

Gould, Brendan David, 22, Madison, WI53705, 08/29/2013, Operating vehicle withoutinsurance, $114.00

Granados Gutierrez, Marco Polo, 34, Mid-dleton, WI 53562, 09/04/2013, Operatingafter revocation, $114.00

Hancock, Shontel D, 30, Madison, WI53711, 08/28/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Hardin, Susie F, 58, Madison, WI 53717,08/20/2013, Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, $88.80

Harper, Courtney Morgan, 27, Sun Prairie,WI 53590, 08/27/2013, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $114.00

Harpold, Kari D, 39, Prairie Du Sac, WI53578, 08/22/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Hart, Edna M, 74, Prairie Du Sac, WI53578, 08/19/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Hausmann, Nancy Roth, 59, Middleton,WI 53562, 08/16/2013, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $114.00

Healey, Ashley Marie, 29, Middleton, WI53562, 08/25/2013, Method of Giving Signals,$88.80

Healey, Ashley Marie, 29, Middleton, WI53562, 08/25/2013, Motor vehicle liability in-surance required, $0.00

Healey, Ashley Marie, 29, Middleton, WI53562, 08/25/2013, Non Registration, $0.00

Heinz, Penny M, 60, Madison, WI 53717,09/05/2013, Non Registration, $88.80

Hellenbrand, Dustin L, 27, Sauk City, WI53583, 08/11/2013, Non Registration, $88.80

Hellenbrand, Susan Marie, 53, Middleton,WI 53562, 08/22/2013, Auto Following TooClosely, $126.60

Hernandez, Gina M, 44, Madison, WI53719, 08/20/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Hodgkins, Mary L, 45, Mc Farland, WI53558, 08/24/2013, Failure to ObeyOfficer/Sign/Signal, $88.80

Hoerig, Andrew B, 29, Middleton, WI53562, 09/21/2013, FTS/Improper Stop atStop Sign, $88.80

Hohenstein, Anthony E, 24, Middleton, WI53562, 08/30/2013, Unsafe Backing Of Vehi-cle, $88.80

Hommen, Jessica Linne, 20, Madison, WI53704, 09/05/2013, Seatbelt RequiredOper/Pass, $10.00

Hommen, Jessica Linne, 20, Madison, WI53704, 09/05/2013, Operating while Sus-pended, $114.00

Hou, Wendy, 23, Middleton, WI 53562,08/10/2013, Non Registration, $88.80

Howard, Stephen P, 22, Cross Plains, WI53528, 08/05/2013, Operating while Sus-pended, $114.00

Howard, Stephen P, 22, Cross Plains, WI53528, 07/12/2013, Operating while Sus-pended, $114.00

Howard, Stephen P, 22, Cross Plains, WI53528, 07/12/2013, Motor vehicle liability in-surance required, $0.00

Howard, Stephen P, 22, Cross Plains, WI53528, 07/12/2013, Non Registration, $0.00

Howard, Stephen P, 22, Cross Plains, WI53528, 07/12/2013, Possession of Drug Para-phernalia, $88.80

Jackson, Colbernet S, 36, Madison, WI53704, 08/17/2013, Operating w/o a Valid Dri-ver’s License, $114.00

Jenkins, Elizabeth A, 34, Madison, WI53711, 08/07/2013, Motor vehicle liability in-surance required, $10.00

Jesperson, Carl A, 72, Madison, WI53705, 08/29/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $114.00

Jimenez, Alfred William, 22, Fitchburg, WI53711, 08/21/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Jimenez, Alfred William, 22, Fitchburg, WI53711, 08/21/2013, Motor vehicle liability in-surance required, $10.00

Johnson, Kelly Elaine, 31, Madison, WI53718, 08/15/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Kahn, Jonathan J, 30, Waunakee, WI53597, 08/15/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Kalscheur-Cushman, Diane P, 40, Middle-ton, WI 53562, 08/16/2013, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $88.80

Kammerud, Hailee J, 31, Waunakee, WI53597, 09/08/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Karwat, Kamil, 29, Middleton, WI 53562,08/05/2013, Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, $88.80

Kast, Robin Ann, 35, Middleton, WI53562, 08/20/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $114.00

Kemnitzer, Amy Jo, 30, Middleton, WI53562, 08/18/2013, Operating while Sus-pended, $114.00

Kewitz, Lauren Nicole, 24, Madison, WI53719 2148, 08/31/2013, Speeding 55 MPHZone, $88.80

Kewitz, Lauren Nicole, 24, Madison, WI53719 2148, 08/31/2013, Motor vehicle lia-bility insurance required, $10.00

Khusro, Fatima Hasan, 27, Middleton, WI53562, 08/10/2013, Disorderly Conduct,$240.00

Krantz, Katharine L, 30, Madison, WI53717, 08/26/2013, Seatbelt RequiredOper/Pass, $10.00

Krzyzostaniak, Katarzyna F, 57, Middle-ton, WI 53562, 08/24/2013, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $114.00

Kula, Janet Susan, 25, Madison, WI53719, 09/05/2013, Seatbelt RequiredOper/Pass, $10.00

Lacy, Darran Douglas, 23, Madison, WI53713 3560, 08/19/2013, Resisting or Ob-structing Officer, $429.00

Lacy, Darran Douglas, 23, Madison, WI53713 3560, 08/19/2013, Vehicle Registra-tion Revoked/Suspended/Cancel, $88.80

Lacy, Darran Douglas, 23, Madison, WI53713 3560, 08/19/2013, Operating whileSuspended, $114.00

Lacy, Darran Douglas, 23, Madison, WI53713 3560, 08/19/2013, Operating vehiclewithout insurance, $114.00

Larson, Mary K, 70, Madison, WI 53717,08/12/2013, Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, $88.80

Lasell, Katelyn M, 22, Milton, VT 05468,09/01/2013, Resisting or Obstructing Officer,$429.00

Lasell, Katelyn M, 22, Milton, VT 05468,09/01/2013, Unlawful “U” Turn at ControlledIntersection, $88.80

Lathrop, Taylor Scott, 20, Mazomanie, WI53560, 08/29/2013, Inattentive Driving,$101.40

Lathrop, Taylor Scott, 20, Mazomanie, WI53560, 08/29/2013, Motor vehicle liability in-surance required, $10.00

Leon Ruiz, Andres, 27, Madison, WI53711, 08/31/2013, H&R PropertyAdjacent/Hwy, $177.00

Leon Ruiz, Andres, 27, Madison, WI53711, 08/31/2013, Failure to Keep VehicleUnder Control, $126.60

Lewis, Bryan Clifton, 44, Madison, WI53703, 08/31/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $114.00

Lewis, Bryan Clifton, 44, Madison, WI53703, 08/31/2013, Operating after revoca-tion, $114.00

Liebl, Ronald J, 70, Mukwonago, WI53149, 08/10/2013, FYR Green traffic signal,$88.80

Livingood, Cody M, 18, Madison, WI53719, 08/23/2013, Obstructing Traffic,$88.80

Londono, Nelson, 42, Madison, WI53711, 08/23/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $114.00

Luedtke, Benjamin, 27, Middleton, WI53562, 08/23/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Luick, Dale W, 45, Stoughton, WI 53589,08/23/2013, Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, $114.00

Magnan, Sharon D, 40, Middleton, WI53562, 09/21/2013, Vehicle Registration Re-voked/Suspended/Cancel, $88.80

Margle, Stephen D, 51, Middleton, WI53562, 08/25/2013, Consumption AlcoholicBeverage in Public, $177.00

Marquardt, Thomas Jaye, 25, Middleton,WI 53562, 04/15/2013, Disorderly Conduct,$240.00

Marquardt, Thomas Jaye, 25, Middleton,WI 53562, 07/13/2013, Possession of Con-trolled Substance, $271.50

Marquardt, Thomas Jaye, 25, Middleton,WI 53562, 07/12/2013, Disorderly Conduct,$240.00

Marra, Peter Christopher, 27, Middleton,WI 53562, 08/13/2013, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $88.80

Mattern, Kathy M, 66, Madison, WI53711, 08/21/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $139.20

Mc Guire, Rebecca Jo, 36, Mount Horeb,WI 53572, 08/15/2013, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $88.80

Mergen, Eric M, 33, Madison, WI 53719,09/06/2013, Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, $88.80

Milkint, John Albert, 46, Waunakee, WI53597, 08/29/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Miller, James F, 26, Racine, WI 54135,08/16/2013, Operating vehicle without insur-ance, $114.00

Miller, James F, 26, Racine, WI 54135,08/16/2013, Operating w/o a Valid Driver’s Li-cense, $114.00

Miller, Richard U, 80, Middleton, WI

53562, 08/19/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Montes-Ponce, Fidelia, 24, Madison, WI53713, 09/05/2013, Operating while Sus-pended, $114.00

Morrow, Thomas Wharton JR, 23, Cas-seville, WI 53806, 08/24/2013, DisorderlyConduct, $240.00

Munguia, Paulo, 35, Middleton, WI53562, 08/23/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Murphy, Kimberley A, 53, Madison, WI53719, 08/30/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $114.00

Murphy, Michael Patrick, 42, Brooklyn, WI53521, 08/25/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $114.00

Muzzillo, Lance William, 27, Verona, WI53593, 08/23/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $114.00

Nash, Stephanie A, 30, Windsor, WI53598, 08/17/2013, Operating while Sus-pended, $114.00

Nelson, Janet Mwikali, 35, Middleton, WI53562, 08/26/2013, FTS/Improper Stop atStop Sign, $63.60

Nicholson, Gradine Suzette, 41, Madison,WI 53719, 08/15/2013, Operating vehiclewithout insurance, $0.00

Niesen, Julie Anne, 52, Dane, WI 53529,08/27/2013, Traffic Control Signal Violationred, $88.80

Niesen, Samuel Thomas, 22, Middleton,WI 53562, 08/29/2013, Motor vehicle liabilityinsurance required, $10.00

Norcross, Nicole E, 23, Rio, WI 53960,08/20/2013, Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, $88.80

Oettinger, Paul C, 38, Sun Prairie, WI53590, 08/15/2013, Motor vehicle liability in-surance required, $10.00

Ordonez, Mauricio, 41, Madison, WI53713, 08/23/2013, Operating w/o a Valid Dri-ver’s License, $114.00

Ortiz, Juan Alberto JR, 35, Middleton, WI53562, 08/15/2013, Motor vehicle liability in-surance required, $10.00

Ortiz, Juan Alberto JR, 35, Middleton, WI53562, 08/15/2013, Seatbelt RequiredOper/Pass, $10.00

Ortiz, Juan Alberto JR, 35, Middleton, WI53562, 08/15/2013, Vehicle Registration Re-voked/Suspended/Cancel, $88.80

Patch, Megan E, 27, Middleton, WI53562, 08/30/2013, Seatbelt RequiredOper/Pass, $10.00

Pelletier, Robert E, 78, Madison, WI53704, 08/31/2013, Method of Giving Signals,$88.80

Pendleton, Darry, 51, Middleton, WI53562, 08/20/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Pendleton, Tashai L, 24, Middleton, WI53562, 08/20/2013, Vehicle Registration Re-voked/Suspended/Cancel, $88.80

Perlman, David M, 40, Madison, WI53726, 08/12/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Peterson, Benjamin James, 18, Middle-ton, WI 53562, 09/01/2013, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $88.80

Peterson, Benjamin James, 18, Middle-ton, WI 53562, 09/01/2013, Operating vehi-cle without insurance, $0.00

Phelan, Tracey Amanda, 24, Middleton,WI 53562, 08/22/2013, Vehicle RegistrationRevoked/Suspended/Cancel, $88.80

Pierce, Cathleen Marie, 49, Madison, WI53704, 08/27/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $114.00

Pinzl, John P, 25, Waunakee, WI 53597,08/20/2013, Non Registration, $88.80

Polensky, Kayla M, 20, Madison, WI53704, 09/06/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $114.00

Prohaska, Julia B, 45, Middleton, WI53562, 08/15/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Quinn, Theresa K, 33, Waunakee, WI53597, 08/12/2013, Auto Following TooClosely, $114.00

Rakocy, Rebecca M, 38, Middleton, WI53562, 08/24/2013, H&R PropertyAdjacent/Hwy, $177.00

Rayford, Lanard R, 22, Madison, WI53717, 09/05/2013, Seatbelt Required

Oper/Pass, $10.00Rayford, Lanard R, 22, Madison, WI

53717, 09/05/2013, Operating while Sus-pended, $114.00

Reeves, Velvet S, 33, Freeport, IL 61032,08/21/2013, Speeding 55 MPH Zone, $88.80

Reithel, Carol A, 65, Madison, WI 53717,08/06/2013, Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, $88.80

Reithel, Carol A, 65, Madison, WI 53717,08/06/2013, Motor vehicle liability insurancerequired, $10.00

Ricardo Villafana, Viridiana L, 26, Madi-son, WI 53713, 08/16/2013, Operating w/o aValid Driver’s License, $114.00

Ricardo Villafana, Viridiana L, 26, Madi-son, WI 53713, 08/16/2013, Non Registra-tion, $88.80

Rick, Stephanie Marie, 38, Verona, WI53593, 08/09/2013, Motor vehicle liability in-surance required, $10.00

Robinson, Shanton Steven, 22, Madison,WI 53714, 09/05/2013, Intoxicant In MotorVehicle Passenger, $114.00

Rogers, Eric S, 46, Madison, WI 53717,06/28/2013, Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, $114.00

Rowe, M Frances, 66, Coloma, WI54930, 05/12/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Rrushaj, Arber, 24, Madison, WI 53719,08/23/2013, Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, $88.80

Rudig, Alison J, 24, Middleton, WI 53562,08/18/2013, Vehicle RegistrationRevoked/Suspended/Cancel, $88.80

Rudig, Alison J, 24, Middleton, WI 53562,08/18/2013, Operating while Suspended,$88.80

Rudig, Alison J, 24, Middleton, WI 53562,08/18/2013, Operating vehicle without insur-ance, $88.80

Rygiewicz, Sara M, 30, Madison, WI53704, 08/15/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Salzieder, Sarah E, 37, Madison, WI53717, 08/31/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Sanders, Jennah M, 28, Madison, WI53704, 07/20/2013, Operating vehicle withoutinsurance, $0.00

Santor, Robert P, 41, Lake, IL 60156,08/31/2013, Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, $114.00

Sawyer, Jill C, 29, Verona, WI 53593,08/30/2013, Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, $88.80

Schaaf, Jonathan William, 21, Dodgeville,WI 53533, 08/15/2013, Seatbelt RequiredOper/Pass, $10.00

Schaefer, Richard Paul, 88, Lodi, WI53555, 08/23/2013, Failure to Follow Indi-cated Turn, $88.80

Schaefer, Richard Paul, 88, Lodi, WI53555, 08/23/2013, Motor vehicle liability in-surance required, $10.00

Schultz, Elizabeth M, 57, Madison, WI53703, 08/19/2013, Traffic Control Signal Vi-olation red, $88.80

Sears, Daniel Patrick JR, 21, Oregon, WI53575, 09/03/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $139.20

Sears, Daniel Patrick JR, 21, Oregon, WI53575, 09/03/2013, Operating vehicle withoutinsurance, $0.00

Sears, Daniel Patrick JR, 21, Oregon, WI53575, 09/03/2013, Motor vehicle liability in-surance required, $0.00

Sehrawy, Ahmed K, 52, Evanston, IL60202, 04/12/2012, Reckless Driving,$366.00

Sehrawy, Ahmed K, 52, Evanston, IL60202, 04/12/2012, Deviation from Desig-nated Lane, $0.00

Sehrawy, Ahmed K, 52, Evanston, IL60202, 04/12/2012, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Shahzad, Farooq, 44, Madison, WI53713, 08/18/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Shannon, Kelsey Rose, 23, Middleton, WI53562, 09/06/2013, Auto Following TooClosely, $114.00


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Shin, Jungeun, 26, Madison, WI 53705,09/08/2013, Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, $114.00

Shin, Jungeun, 26, Madison, WI 53705,09/08/2013, FYR to Stop For Emergency Ve-hicle, $240.00

Skyles, Richard E, 93, Madison, WI53717, 08/07/2013, Motor vehicle liability in-surance required, $10.00

Skyles, Richard E, 93, Madison, WI53717, 08/07/2013, FYR when EmergingFrom Alley, $88.80

Smith, Rebekah Joanna, 23, Madison, WI53717, 08/17/2013, Unsafe Lane Deviation,$88.80

Solchenberger, Megan M, 26, Madison,WI 53719, 08/24/2013, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $88.80

Srem, Savoeuth, 28, Middleton, WI53562, 08/30/2013, Motor vehicle liability in-surance required, $10.00

Srem, Savoeuth, 28, Middleton, WI53562, 08/30/2013, Seatbelt RequiredOper/Pass, $10.00

Statz, Kristin Mary, 48, Waunakee, WI53597, 08/27/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Stehr, Meaghan M, 24, Middleton, WI53562, 10/08/2012, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $0.00

Stehr, Meaghan M, 24, Middleton, WI53562, 02/10/2013, Operating while Sus-pended, $0.00

Stevermer, Jon P, 54, Sun Prairie, WI53590, 08/25/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $114.00

Stronghart, Tiffany M, 31, Madison, WI53703, 08/25/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $114.00

Sturkey, Ronald James, 38, Madison, WI53719, 09/01/2013, Operating vehicle withoutinsurance, $114.00

Sturkey, Ronald James, 38, Madison, WI53719, 09/01/2013, Non Registration, $88.80

Tallman, Melanie M, 23, Evansville, WI53536, 08/26/2013, Unsafe Backing Of Vehi-cle, $88.80

Tanis, Timothy Edward, 50, Middleton, WI53562, 08/12/2013, Speeding 55 MPH Zone,$88.80

Taylor, Janelle Megan, 20, Sun Prairie, WI53590, 09/19/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Ten Eyck, Nicolas Drew, 25, Brodhead,WI 53520, 08/15/2013, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $88.80

Tremelling, Jess A, 30, Fitchburg, WI53711, 08/23/2013, Intoxicant In Motor Vehi-cle Driver Drink, $177.00

Trieloff, Debra A, 41, Madison, WI 53711,08/20/2013, Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, $88.80

Trieloff, Debra A, 41, Madison, WI 53711,08/20/2013, Motor vehicle liability insurancerequired, $0.00

Troyan, Tammy Leigh, 29, Verona, WI53593, 08/24/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $114.00

Utter, Sarah Rose, 19, Cross Plains, WI53528, 09/08/2013, Seatbelt RequiredOper/Pass, $10.00

Van Rybroek, Marieke Anne, 18, Madison,WI 53711, 07/12/2013, Underage Con-sume/Possess Alcoholic Beverages, $0.00

Vasquez Herndandez, Nestor, 25, Madi-son, WI 53713 0000, 08/18/2013, Operatingafter revocation, $114.00

Vega Gomez, Leonardo Nmi, 39, Madi-son, WI 53713, 08/27/2013, Operating w/o aValid Driver’s License, $114.00

Vega Gomez, Leonardo Nmi, 39, Madi-son, WI 53713, 08/27/2013, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits, $88.80

Verstegen, James Vincent, 20, Middleton,WI 53562, 08/28/2013, Climbing On Motorvehicle Prohibited, $0.00

Verstegen, James Vincent, 20, Middleton,

WI 53562, 08/28/2013, UnderageProcure/Attempt Alcoholic Beverages,$114.00

Villavicencio Chang, Eva, 52, Middleton,WI 53562, 09/04/2013, Exceeding Zonesand Posted Limits, $88.80

Walton, Felicia Grace, 28, Middleton, WI53562, 09/08/2013, Operating while Sus-pended, $114.00

Walton, Felicia Grace, 28, Middleton, WI53562, 09/08/2013, Seatbelt RequiredOper/Pass, $10.00

Wereski, Michael A, 30, Lake Geneva, WI53147, 08/24/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

White, Rachel A, 23, Sauk City, WI53583, 08/12/2013, Motor vehicle liability in-surance required, $10.00

White, Rachel A, 23, Sauk City, WI

53583, 08/12/2013, Speeding 55 MPH Zone,$88.80

Widmann, Rebecca A, 23, Brookfield, WI53045, 08/29/2013, Obstructing Traffic,$114.00

Williams, Earle N, 38, Madison, WI53719, 08/15/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $114.00

Williams, Earle N, 38, Madison, WI53719, 08/15/2013, Non Registration, $88.80

Williamson, Michael S, 50, Oshkosh, WI54904, 08/21/2013, Exceeding Zones andPosted Limits, $88.80

Wincek, Thomas J JR, 32, Middleton, WI53562, 08/08/2013, Prohibited Noise Distur-bance, $177.00

Woock, Adam Karl, 20, Waunakee, WI53597, 08/23/2013, Obstructing Traffic,$101.40

Yang, Kia, 26, Madison, WI 53718,09/06/2013, Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, $88.80

Yanke, Sarah R, 29, Middleton, WI53562, 08/12/2013, Non Registration, $88.80

Yanke, Sarah R, 29, Middleton, WI53562, 08/12/2013, Operating while Sus-pended, $114.00

Ziegler, Lucas James, 18, Middleton, WI53562, 08/30/2013, Seatbelt RequiredOper/Pass, $10.00

Zutz, Travis J, 32, Brillion, WI 54110.,08/27/2013, Exceeding Zones and PostedLimits, $114.00.


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Fun event teaches about family safetyFinding all the information you need to keep your family safe isn’t easy.That’s why Middleton Fire, Police and EMS teamed up with West BendMutual Insurance and other local organizations for the seventh AnnualFamily Safety Day Saturday, Sept. 13 at the Middleton Fire Station.

Alexa and Tara Ischar register their names for a drawing to win a bicyclehelmet. The drawing was sponsored by www.deadboltbeacon.com who re-minded visitors to “lock your doors” because “Safety Comes First.”

Photos by Jeff MartinYoung firefighters Tate and Quinn Emerick of Middleton check out some

of the information that was available to Fire Station visitors at the FamilySafety event.

Calvin, Persephone and Xander Herold from Middleton give the old 1929fire engine a test drive during their visit to the Middleton Fire Station.


Middleton Beer Festival a hit at CraftsmanA new beer festival came to the City of Middleton on Saturday, Sept. 13. The Middleton Beer Festi-val, hosted by Craftsman Table & Tap at 6712 Frank Lloyd Wright Avenue, gave festivalgoers anopportunity to sample more than 50 different craft brews from local and national breweries.

Pouring a beer brewed by Tyranena Brewery of Lake Mills, WI.

Photos by Jeff MartinOrganizers said the first-ever Middleton Beer Festival drew 525 people to

Craftsman Table and Tap.


Pelicansflock toMiddletonRare visitors spent large chunks of timein the Good Neighbor City last week.

Top two photos by Rob Conhaim/Bottom photo by John Parkes


The names changed. Boy, did theyever change.

Amazingly, though, the resultsnever did.

And that’s why Middleton’s girlsgolf team was a giddy bunch lastWednesday evening.

The Cardinals won the BeloitTriangular with a team score of 166.Sun Prairie was second at 184, whilethe host Purple Knights didn’t have afull team and had an incompletescore.

Middleton finished Big EightConference play with an 8-0-1record, tying for the league title withVerona.

For a Middleton team that lostfour of its top five players from a

year ago, tying for the conference’sdual meet title was a rewardingmoment.

“Coming into the season, I didn’tknow what to expect,” Middletoncoach Becky Halverson said. “I didknow that our goals were not goingto change.

“The girls really stepped up andshowed me that they could competewith the best in the state. I’m soproud of them and how far they’vecome.”

Middleton senior RachelThornton shared Halverson’s joy.

“Our team is super excited to bein this position,” Thornton said.“Despite early concerns about ouryoung team, we have grown closerand more confident as the season hasprogressed. Being tied at this point isa great reward for our hard work, butwe are hungry for more.”

The Cardinals have been hungryall year. But few could have imag-

Queens of theconferenceGirls golfers tiefor Big 8 crownby ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune

See GOLFERS, page 21

Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

Rachel Thornton and Middleton’s girls golf team won a share of the Big Eight Conference dual meet title.

Battling through adversityBoys volleyballteam second at‘Tosa East Inviteby ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune


James Caldwell (6) led Middleton’s boys volleyball team to a second place finish at last Saturday’s WauwatosaEast Invite.

Adversity is something that strikesevery team in every sport.

The great ones find a way to battlethrough various difficulties. The oth-ers fade to black.

Middleton’s boys volleyball teamwas struck with more misfortune lastweek than most teams encounter. TheCardinals learned standout senioroutside hitter Nolan Schoonveldwould be lost for the year with a kneeinjury.

But Middleton refused to feelsorry for itself. The Cardinals rolledpast Madison La Follette lastTuesday, then had an extremelyimpressive second place finish at theWauwatosa East Invite last Saturday.

“I can’t wait to see what theseguys can do for the rest of the year,”Middleton coach Ben Whitesaid. “We had a couple of guys com-pletely new to playing and they morethan held their own.

“As I told some of the parentsafter the matches on Saturday, justwait until we actually figure out howto play. Guys did so well on guts anddetermination. They aren’t going tolet their captain, Nolan, down thisyear. That I can guarantee.”

Middleton opened with a 25-23,25-21 win over 14th-ranked Nicoletat the Wauwatosa East Invite.

Middleton rode the hot hand ofsenior outside hitter James Caldwellthroughout the match. BlakeSprecher, Jordan Futch, Andrew

Gardner and Pace Balster all hadstrong matches, as did senior setterDerek Kalvin and freshman liberoThomas Robson.

“Our goal for the weekend was toadvance into the gold pool and to dothat we knew we’d have to play avery smart and balanced Nicolet

team,” White said. “We had a bigsize advantage on them, but weknew they were going to keep theball in play. I was again impressedwith our balance.”

Middleton followed that with a25-22, 25-17 win over Racine Park.

“It was definitely an ugly match,

as we played probably our worst vol-leyball of the year right after playingsome of our better volleyball,”White said. “I don’t know how wewere able to survive, but we did andthat moved us to the Gold Bracket.”

See BOYS VB, page 20 See FOOTBALL, page 19

Follow RobReischel onTwitter at@robreischel

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perfect

SUN PRAIRIE — The best playeron Ashley Field was also the last toleave last Friday night. And he didn’tgo empty handed.

Sun Prairie’s massive defensivetackle Devin Webster exited withwhat’s called the “Hog Hammer” — alarge sledge hammer that typicallygoes to Sun Prairie’s top offensivelinemen.

On this night, though, Sun Prairiecoach Brain Kaminski changed therules and gave it to a defensive player.And the way Webster played againstMiddleton, they might want to renameit “Webster’s Hammer.”

Webster had four sacks, forced twofumbles, blocked a punt and hadMiddleton on its heels all 48 minutes.When Middleton couldn’t stopWebster, he stopped its march towardsa perfect season and powered SunPrairie to a 20-17 win.

“These last couple weeks I’ve beenshowing I can be really dominant,controlling the line of scrimmage,”said the 6-foot-2, 295-pound Webster.

Sun Prairiehands Middletonits first lossby ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune


Soccer Cardshit rough patch

Adversity has struck for the firsttime this season.

Unexpected setbacks. Painfuldefeats.

Now, we’ll see how Middleton’sboys soccer team responds.

The Cardinals, who entered theweek ranked No. 2 in the latestWisconsin Soccer CoachesAssociation poll, went 1-2-1 lastweek. Middleton fell to 9-2-2 on theseason, but still leads the Big EightConference with a 5-1 record and 15points.

“We still control our own destiny inthe Big Eight Conference as the soleleaders,” Middleton coach BenKollasch said.

That’s certainly true. But the pathto the top of the league got tougherlast week.

Middleton defeated Sun Prairie, 2-1, last Tuesday. But the Cardinals fellto second place Madison Memorial, 2-0, last Thursday.

Memorial’s win gave it 14 points inthe league, and left it tied for secondplace with Madison West, one pointbehind Middleton.

Middleton fell into a 1-0 holeagainst Sun Prairie when the hostsscored off a corner kick in the seventhminute. But Middleton’s GabeGarlough-Shah scored a penalty kickin the 28th minute to make it 1-1.

Noah Steiner gave Middleton a 2-1lead when his blast went off the handsof the Sun Prairie keeper. Middletonthen took a 3-1 lead in the 42ndminute when Devin Ott scored arebound goal.

Middleton controlled play in thesecond half, even though neither teamscored.

“A good win that saw us comefrom behind after a early goal,”Kollasch said. “We needed to push toget ahead, but we had the better part ofthe play for most of the game and itwas a matter of time until we scored.This win showed our mettle.”

The Cardinals suffered their firstloss of the year, though, two dayslater. Madison Memorial scored anearly goal, then took a 2-0 lead just 31seconds before halftime.

Middleton’s second half chanceswere few and far between, andMemorial exited with a huge win.

“This was a big game and the guysknew it,” Kollasch said. “Memorialhas been a rival to win conference fortwo decades in the Big Eight and thiswas our first grudge match of the year.Perhaps because the guys took thisone personally, it seems to havethrown them off their game.

“We did not play as we had hoped.I tell the guys that we need to learnabout ourselves and the rest willcome. They are good enough that theydon’t need to worry about the otherteam if they play their game.

“I think in this game we startedplaying our opponent instead of play-ing our game. I look forward to thenext meeting we may have in the post-season. Our guys know that Memorialhas not yet seen us play to our poten-tial.”

Middleton and Kimberly thenplayed to a 1-1 tie at the MuskegoInvite Friday night.

Kimberly took a 1-0 lead in the21st minute. But Garlough-Shahevened things in the 51st minute andthe teams finished deadlocked.

“We started well and were showinga good run of play when Kimberly gota goal we sloppily presented to themon a platter,” Kollasch said. “Our

reaction to our mistake was not good.It took us another half to recuperateand dominate again.”

Middleton then fell 1-0 to Muskegoon Saturday in a game that featuredheavy rains, huge winds and a weatherdelay.

“We never did find our stride in thisgame,” Kollasch said. “This is a teamthat can play fast, run fast and swarmover opponents, but we never did. Wefailed to make adjustments to weatherand wind. The mettle we had showedagainst Sun Prairie wore thin and weneed to rebalance ourselves.”

• On deck: Middleton traveled toMadison West Tuesday in a game thatwill help determine the conferencechampion. The Cardinals are also atSauk Prairie Thursday.

by ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune


Middleton’s boys soccer team is hoping to bounce back from a rough week.


Megan Cabalka loves to challengeher Middleton girls swimming team.And nothing poses a better test thanthe Waukesha South Invitational.

The star-studded event lastSaturday included the state’s top-threeteams. And even though Middletonhoped for better than a fifth place fin-ish, the experience should help itdown the road.

Hartland Arrowhead won the meetwith 386 points, while WaukeshaSouth/Mukwonago was second (260).Cedarburg (247), Verona-MountHoreb (243) and Middleton (231)rounded out the top-five.

“This is typically a tough meet forthe girls simply because of where inthe season it falls,” Cabalkasaid. “They are physically and mental-ly tired and we know that the level ofperformance will reflect that.

“At the end of the day, the girlsswam very well. By no means was itour best performance, but the girlssurprised me a little bit with their abil-ity to hold the times they had beengoing up to this point. Some even leftwith seasonal bests.”

Victoria Lin was third in the 100-yard fly (1:00.24) and EmmaKarbusicky was fourth in the 100-yardbreaststroke (1:09.11). Samantha Rollwas sixth in the 100-yard freestyle(55.34) and Paige Prestigiacomo wasninth (56.15) in the same event.

Tryn Peterson was seventh in the100-yard backstroke (1:01.52), while

Lin (1:01.59) and Chiara Pierobon-Mays were eighth and ninth, respec-tively.

Roll was seventh in the 200-yardfreestyle (1:59.36), Caroline Hippenwas 11th (2:00.49) and Prestigiacomowas 12th (2:00.53). Karbusicky wasalso seventh in the 200 yard IM(2:16.06), while Pierobon-Mays was12th in the 50-yard freestyle (25.97).Hippen was also eighth in the 500-yard freestyle (5:23.36).

Middleton’s 200-yard medley relayteam of Lin, Karbusicky, ChiaraPierobon-Mays and Hippen was fifth(1:52.54). The Cardinals’ 400-yardfreestyle relay team of Roll, Hippen,Margaret McGill and Prestigiacomowas fifth (3:46.33).

And Middleton’s 200-yardfreestyle relay team of Roll, Lin,Pierobon-Mays and Prestigiacomowas seventh (1:42.84).

“We were up against the top threeteams in the state (Arrowhead,Waukesha South/Mukwonago andCedarburg) and this meet gave us a lotof perspective on where we fit into thepicture,” Cabalka said. “The girls didnot allow themselves to be intimidatedby other teams and held their ownagainst some very fast competition. Ithink this meet allows us to refocusour goals and push forward into somevery intense training with a new set ofthings to improve upon.”

Middleton also notched an impres-sive, 116-54 win over Sun Prairie lastFriday.

Middleton’s quartet of Lin,Karbusicky, Pierobon-Mays and Rollwon the 200-yard medley relay(1:52.23). Middleton’s 200-yardfreestyle relay team of Pierobon-Mays, Lin, Hippen and Prestigiacomowas also first (1:42.09). AndMiddleton’s 400-yard freestyle relayteam of Prestigiacomo, Hippen,

McGill and Roll was first (3:47.78).Prestigiacomo (1:03.31), Pierobon-

Mays (1:03.71) and Peterson (1:04.11)swept the top three spots in the 100-yard fly. Lin (1:02.62), Peterson(1:03.55) and Hippen (1:06.14) alsowent 1-2-3 in the 100-yard back-stroke.

Karbusicky won the 200-yard IM(2:17.37) and Lin was second(2:21.90). Karbusicky also won the100-yard breaststroke (1:08.99) andMorgan Pincombe was third(1:16.39).

Roll won the 50-yard freestyle(25.36) and Prestigiacomo was third(26.06). Roll also won the 500-yardfreestyle (5:36.15) and Kalvin wasthird (5:50.07).

Elise Hokanson, Lauren Kalvinand Maggie Mangas were second,third and fourth, respectively, in the200-yard freestyle. Hippen, McGilland Pierobon-Mays were also second,third and fourth in the 100-yardfreestyle.

“Going into this meet we knew thatwe wanted a different result than lastyear,” Cabalka said. “We really strug-gled to swim at the level we werecapable of last year and nearly lost themeet. So, the girls were determined toleave with a different result this year.

“We played around with the line-upto give the girls a much needed breakfrom their typical events. This can bea little scary, especially when youswim a team like Sun Prairie, who hassome of the state’s best swimmers.

“The girls held up their end of thebargain, though, and competed at anincredibly high level. It was so muchfun watching them swim. I think theyproved to themselves that they arecapable of achieving anything they settheir minds to and proved that they area highly improved team from thebeginning of the season.”

Heads above waterMHS swimmersfifth at WaukeshaSouth Inviteby ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune


Emma Karbusicky and Middleton’s girls swimming team was fifth at last Saturday’s Waukesha South Invite.


Middleton’s girls and boys crosscountry teams both raced to thirdplace finishes at last Tuesday’s BigEight Conference Grade LevelChallenge.

Madison West won the girls’ racewith 27 points. Madison Memorial(32), Middleton (46), Sun Prairie (83)and Janesville Parker (93) rounded outthe top five.

The event features races for each ofthe four grades. Team scores are thendetermined by counting the top sevenoverall scores.

The Cardinals rested four of theirtop female runners due to a heavyrecent schedule. But Middleton’s run-ners that did compete had strong days.

Middleton sophomore CallieStafford finished second in her gradewith a time of 20 minutes, 28.90 sec-onds. That was Stafford’s best-evertime by 11 seconds.

“Callie has been one of the bestsurprises of this season so far,”Middleton co-coach Isaac Mezerasaid. “She has provided consistent sub21-minute times, and this 11-second(personal record) ties her as our thirdfastest girl this season.”

Milena Martin was fifth in the jun-ior class (20:57.94) and Bobbi Patrickwas sixth among seniors (19:40.52).

“Milena ran an extremely aggres-sive race, putting herself in some dis-comfort early on,” Mezera said. “Shewas rewarded with her first sub 21-minute 5K.

“Bobbi did something we’re hop-ing will become a trend among ourgirls — breaking the 20-minutemark.”

Freshman Charlotte Sue was sixthin her grade (20:28.27) and JennyMangas was eighth among seniors(20:56.26). Autumn Grim was ninth inthe junior race (22:00.07) and ErikaRadar was 10th among freshmen

(21:31.81).“The Grade Level Challenge was a

chance for some of our younger girlsto shine,” Mezera said. “We’re gradu-ating some quality runners at the endof this season, and it’s nice to see thatthe program will be in good hands foryears to come.”

Middleton’s boys also finishedthird.

Madison La Follette won the racewith an impressive 15 points. MadisonWest (40), Middleton (48), JanesvilleCraig (53) and Madison Memorial(55) rounded out the top five.

Middleton’s Jack Radar won thefreshman race in 16:58.1. Gus

Newcombe was second among sopho-mores (16:21.01).

Christian Lindblom (16:45.45) andDavid Marrone (17:24.47) were fifthand seventh, respectively among jun-iors. Zach Shoemaker-Allen(17:04.72) and Hayden Johnston wereninth and 12th, respectively, amongseniors. And Sam Jaeger was 12thamong freshmen (18:42.87)

“This completion has always beenfun for the athletes because they com-pete against other athletes in theirgrade,” Middleton co-coach CindyBremser said.

Middleton’s girls tennis team wonthree Big Eight Conference matcheslast week and improved to 8-0 in theleague.

The Cardinals had a chance toclinch the outright conference titleTuesday when they hosted JanesvilleCraig.

Middleton opened the week with a6-1 win over Madison West lastTuesday.

Kaisey Skibba notched a 6-1, 6-3win at No. 1 singles. EmilyOberwetter posted a 6-3, 6-2 victory atNo. 2 singles, and Liddy Whitenourearned a hard fought, 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-0win at No. 4 singles.

Allison Ragsdale and AbbeyWebber rolled to a 6-1, 6-1 win at No.1 doubles. Baylie Gold and Lauren

Coons rolled, 6-0, 6-0 at No 2 dou-bles, while Megan Peyton and JessicaWang won at No. 3 doubles, 6-0, 6-3.

Middleton then toppled MadisonLa Follette, 7-0, last Wednesday.

Skibba, Oberwetter, Whitenour andAlly Hujanen notched singles wins.

In doubles play, the teams ofRagsdale-Webber, Wang-Coons, andPeyton-Emily Bruhn all notched wins.

Middleton also cruised past BeloitMemorial, 7-0, last Thursday. TheCardinals rolled in every match andlost just one game in the seven flights.

Webber won at No. 1 singles andElizabeth Boettinger cruised at No. 2singles. Hujanen rolled at No. 3 sin-gles, and Bruhn won at No. 4 singles.

Gold and Coon won at No. 1 dou-bles. Peyton and Wang rolled at No. 2doubles, while Amanda Huff andWhitenour cruised at No. 3 doubles.

MHS runners third atGrade Level Challenge

Tennis Cards shineby ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune


Middleton’s Bobbi Patrick was sixth among seniors at last week’s Grade Level Challenge.

by ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune


“Not just me, but our wholedefense. But (Friday) was somethingelse.”

It sure was.Webster forced two second half

turnovers and blocked a punt, whichled to all 13 Sun Prairie points. WithWebster wreaking havoc, Middleton’soffense couldn’t stay on the field andits defense eventually ran out of gas.

Middleton lost the turnover battle,4-2, allowed eight sacks, and couldn’tovercome its mistakes on offense.

Now, Middleton, Sun Prairie,Janesville Craig and Madison LaFollette are all tied atop the Big EightConference with 4-1 records, settingup what should be a thrilling finalmonth.

“We’re extremely disappointed.We did not play one of our better foot-ball games,” Middleton coach TimSimon said. “But the conferencechampionship is still here for us to get.We’re going to get to work right awayand come out, dig our heels in andhopefully our best football is still infront of us.”

The teams were tied, 7-7, at half-time, when Webster began taking overthe game.

On Middleton’s first possession ofthe second half, Webster sacked quar-terback Kellan Schulz and forced afumble that the hosts recovered at theMHS’ 30-yard line.

Sun Prairie managed just two yardsin three plays, but standout kickerCoby Oswalt banged home a 45-yardfield goal for a 10-7 lead with 7:12 leftin the third quarter.

Middleton’s offense went three-and-out on its next possession.Webster then blocked Middleton’spunt and recovered it at the 29-yardline.

Middleton’s defense again was ter-rific and didn’t allow a first down. Butthis time, Oswalt drilled a 40-yardfield goal from the left hash that gaveSun Prairie a 13-7 lead.

“Our kicker was amazing,”Webster said. “He was hurt at the startof the week, but he really camethrough. He was just amazing.”

Middleton pulled within 13-10early in the fourth quarter on a 28-yard

field goal by Declan Whinnery. Theshort kick was set up when Sun Prairiefullback James Pontius fumbled at hisown 13-yard line, and Middleton cor-nerback Nick Maes recovered.

But Webster quickly titled the fieldback in Sun Prairie’s favor.

Middleton began from SunPrairie’s 48-yard line with 4:29 left.But on the first play, Webster againsacked Schulz and forced a fumblethat Sun Prairie linebacker NoahFrassetto recovered.

“That was a pretty talenteddefense,” Schulz said. “I felt like wehad a great week of practice, especial-ly for the O-line. But it seemed likethe O-line came out here, especiallythe first half, and were a little bitintimidated almost.

“(Webster) is a (heck) of a footballplayer. But the coaches were evenpointing it out that it seemed we werescared of him. He’s not just strong,he’s quick and fast.”

Middleton’s defense is quick and

fast, too, and for the first 20 minutesof the second half, it didn’t allow asingle first down. But after Webster’ssecond strip sack of the night,Middleton’s defense finally broke.

On Sun Prairie’s first play, seniorrunning back Noah Diaz shot off righttackle and raced away fromMiddleton’s defense for a 47-yardtouchdown and a 20-10 lead with 4:10remaining.

“That kid is good. Really good,”Simon said of Webster. “And whenyou have to spend some of your playswith two guys on him, that frees up abacker. When we gave our quarter-back time, we had receivers open. Itwas just a matter of giving himenough time.”Middleton still had time to makethings interesting.

Thanks to 23- and 27-yard runs byjunior tailback Cam Maly (134 yards),Middleton quickly marched to SunPrairie’s 8-yard line. After three playsnetted five yards, Middleton had a

fourth-and-goal at Sun Prairie’s 3-yard line.

Simon could have opted for a fieldgoal that would have pulledMiddleton within 20-13 with 3 min-utes left. Instead, he went for it onfourth down, and Schulz’s pass wasincomplete.

“I thought about the kick, but wewere over on the right hash, which istough for a right footed kicker,”Simon said. “And we had 3 ½ yards togo. We thought our chances of scoringa touchdown were as good, if not a lit-tle bit better.”

Middleton forced a quick three-and-out. And on its first offensiveplay, Schulz hit senior tight endMitchell Herl with a 41-yard touch-down that pulled Middleton backwithin 20-17 with 1:22 remaining.

“That definitely gave us somehope,” Schulz said. “Our O-line did afantastic job on that play, I was able tostep up and Mitchell was wide open,ran a great route. Basically everybody

did their job on that play, and that’swhat we’re capable of when that hap-pens.”

Middleton, which was out of time-outs, had one last chance with an on-sides kick. Middleton actually recov-ered Whinnery’s squib kick, but ittouched the ball before it traveled themandatory 10 yards and Sun Prairieprevailed.

“It’s gut check time,” Simon said.“Anybody can have great emotion andgreat character when things are goingyour way. Now it’s time to see whatwe’re made of.”

Middleton managed just two firstdowns and 89 total yards in the firsthalf. But 53 of those yards came whenMaly took an option pitch left, had aworld of space, then deked out adefensive back on his way to the end-zone for a 7-0 Middleton lead midwaythrough the first quarter.

Sun Prairie answered midwaythrough the second quarter when jun-ior quarterback J.P. Curran scored on a1-yard sneak to even things, 7-7. SunPrairie only had to go 38 yards for thescore following a fumble by Schulz.

That was the beginning of the mis-takes for Middleton’s offense. Now,Middleton must regroup in a hurry tokeep its dreams of a conference titlealive.

“It’s definitely still there for us,”Schulz said. “This will definitelymotivate us the rest of the season.”Sept. 19Middleton ………….........…….. 7 0 0 10 — 17Sun Prairie ………..........………. 0 7 6 7 — 20

Middleton — Maly, 53, runSun Prairie — Curran, 1, runSun Prairie — Oswalt, 45, field goalSun Prairie — Oswalt, 40, field goalMiddleton — Whinnery, 28, field goalSun Prairie — Diaz, 47, runMiddleton — Herl, 41, pass from Schulz

TEAM STATISTICSFirst downs — Mi 8, SP 9. Rushing (Att.-

Yds.) — Mi 30-116, SP 0-272. Passing yards —Mi 106, SP 15. Passes (Comp.-Att.-Int.) — Mi10-18-0, SP 3-8-1. Fumbles-lost — Mi 4-3, SP 3-1. Penalties-yards — Mi 3-38, SP 9-77.

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing: Mi —Maly 13-134, Schulz 13-19,

Leahy 3-2, Bacon 1-(minus-1; SP —Diaz 26-164,Pontius 5-26, Curran 13-14,Thomas 2-minus 1.

Passing: Mi — Schulz 10-18-0, 106; SP —Curran 3-8-1, 15.

Receiving: Mi — Herl 4-64, Zander 3-35,Maly 2-2, Bacon 1-5; SP — Reuter 2-7,Verstegen 1-8.

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Middleton’s Peyton Brunker wraps up Sun Prairie quarterback J.P. Curran last Friday.

The Middleton Invitational is one ofthe area’s top girls volleyball tourna-ments every season.

Elite programs and standout playersinvade Middleton High School. And it’salways a good opportunity for the hostCardinals to test themselves.

On Saturday, Middleton certainlypassed the test. The Cardinals reachedthe semifinals of their own tournament,before losing to Platteville.

River Valley then defeatedPlatteville for the championship.

“Overall, we were happy with theperformance,” Middleton coach FrancoMarcos said. “We saw a lot of improve-ment.”

Middleton opened the tournamentwith a 25-20, 13-25, 15-10 win overWest Allis Hale. Rachel Severson had14 assists, while Logan Welti had ninekills and two aces. Audrey Hinshaw hadsix kills, Cole Jordee had seven blocks,Molly Zeinemann had six blocks andAndrina McNamer had three blocks.

Sauk Prairie then stunned the

Cardinals, 25-27, 25-21, 15-8. Seversonhad 11 assists, while Amber Karn had13 digs and two aces. Jordee had threeaces, three blocks and sixassists, Zeinemann had four blocks,Morgan Roberts had two aces, and bothHinshaw and Welti had four kills.

Middleton rebounded with a 25-18,25-13 win over Riverdale. Seversonhad nine assists and Welti added sixkills. Jordee had six aces and fiveassists, Karn had eight assists andMeghan Bayer had three blocks.

The Cardinals then prevailed in athree-set thriller against Oregon, 23-25,25-10, 15-11. Welti had 11 kills,Severson had 12 assists and Bayeradded four blocks.

“They put up a good battle,” Marcossaid.

Middleton then completed pool playwith a 25-20, 25-18 win over La CrosseAquinas.

Severson had eight assists, whileKateLyn Robson had sevenassists. Welti had seven kills andHinshaw had six kills.

Zeinemann had four blocks and fourkills, while Bayer had twoblocks. Gabie Buechner had four killsand four blocks, and Jordee addedseven assists and three blocks.

After going 4-1 in pool play,Middleton advanced to the quarterfi-nals, where it toppled MadisonEdgewood — last year’s champion —

25-21, 25-22. Severson had six assists,while Jordee had five kills, three blocksand nine assists. Hinshaw added ninekills and Welti had five kills.

“It has been awhile since we havebeaten Edgewood,” Marcos said.

Middleton then fell to Platteville inthe semifinals, 25-15, 25-17. Seversonhad 10 assists, Welti had four kills andtwo aces, Zeinemann had three kills andtwo blocks, and Karn had four digs.

Middleton also spilt a pair of BigEight Conference matches last week.

Middleton fell to Sun Prairie, 25-20,25-20, 25-20, last Tuesday. Seversonled Middleton with 12 assists, Robertshad three aces, Welti had 12 digs andeight kills, and Bayer had two blocks.

“It was a good match, but we couldnot get past 20 points,” Marcos said.“We had a lot of great plays and somenot so great. Some hitting and diggingerrors at times killed some of our rallies.Overall, we played hard and Sun Prairiewas the better team that night.”

Middleton also toppled Madison LaFollette, 25-10, 25-15, 25-11.

“We went 6-3 (on the week) losingto teams that played better than we did,”Marcos said.

• On deck: Middleton traveled toMadison Memorial Tuesday, then is offuntil Sept. 30, when it travels toMadison West at 6:30 p.m.

Making their markGirls spikersreach semis atown inviteby ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune


Logan Welti and Middleton’s girls volleyball team reached the semifinals oftheir own invite last Saturday.

There, Middleton faced 10th-ranked Wauwatosa East — a programthat’s consistently one of the state’selite. But the Cardinals posted anextremely impressive 25-19, 25-23win.

Caldwell had a huge match with17 kills and just four errors.Middleton also had just eight hittingerrors in the entire match and had astellar .350 hitting percentage.

“These games were intense andbattles,” White said. “Our defensewas outstanding.

“There was no secret to theoffense we were going to run. Wewere going to get James the ball andsee if they could stop him. They

couldn’t. It was very impressive. “Wauwatosa East would constant-

ly call out where James was and justyell, ‘They are going to No. 6.’ It did-n’t matter. James had his way in thismatch.”

That vaulted the Cardinals into thetitle match, where they fell to No. 3Racine Horlick, 23-25, 27-25, 20-18.

Middleton trailed Game 1, 12-5.But the Cardinals rallied back andpulled out a thrilling win.

Neither team led by more thanthree points in Game 2, but Horlickprevailed. Then in Game 3, the teamswere tied, 18-18, before Horlickscored the final two points to claimthe title.

“I’ve been coaching for a longtime now – 14 years – and I’ll saythis was one of the most fun matchesI have coached in,” White said. “Thiswas an absolute slugfest.

“Maybe as the year moves alongwe’ll learn that we can tip and rollshots a little more to make a teamplay defense, but on Saturday it wasbig boy against big boy. I couldn’t bemore proud of how the team played.”

Caldwell had one of the best daysyou’ll ever see, finishing with 60kills, 18 digs, four blocks and twoaces.

“When we got to ‘Tosa East, Ilooked at James and said, ‘Your goalfor today is 50 kills,’ ” White said.“He smiled and said okay. I don’t

know if he thought I was serious ornot, but I was. James is a specialplayer and he proved that onSaturday.”

Kalvin had 86 assists on the day,while Futch had 13 kills and Sprecherhad 12 kills and four blocks.

Robson had 34 digs, BenHershberger and Kevin McMahonboth had two aces, and Balster hadfour blocks.

“What I didn’t know was going tohappen was that our defense wasgoing to rise to the challenge and abunch of guys with very little experi-ence were going to improve rapidly,”White said.

Middleton also cruised pastMadison La Follette, 25-9, 25-20, 25-

13.Caldwell had 15 kills, 10 digs,

four blocks and two aces. Kalvinadded 15 assists and Robson had 10digs.

“We went into the match knowingwe were going to use a different line-up each game,” White said. “I feelbad for the team that scouted us thatnight because we wanted to giveeveryone a chance and move peoplearound.

“For the most part we handle thechallenge well. We didn’t have agreat flow, but some guys did verywell.”


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ined they’d eat this well.Middleton finished third at the

WIAA Division 1 state meet last sea-son, but most expected a dip afterheavy graduation losses. Instead, theCardinals have maintained their win-ning ways and remained one of thestate’s elite outfits.

Junior Loren Skibba, Middleton’slone returnee, has been an anchor.Newcomers like Thornton, sopho-mores Alexis Thomas, MorganNarowetz, Lindsay Callahan andMorgan Miles have provided a hugelift, as well.

“I wouldn’t say I’m necessarilysurprised, but it makes me reallythrilled because nobody reallyexpected us to be able to challengeVerona,” Skibba said. “And it madeus focus and work harder for thematch and we got through it.”

At the Beloit Triangular, Skibbahad a pair of birdies and led theCardinals with a 38. Thomas closedher round with consecutive birdiesand fired a 42. Both Thornton andCallahan shot 43s.

“Being a ‘girl of fall’ — as we callourselves — comes with high expec-tations and lofty goals,” Thorntonsaid. “And our team lives to achievethem.”

Now that the Cardinals haveachieved one of their goals, plentymore await.

Middleton was at the Big EightConference tournament Sept. 24 atEvansville Golf Club.

The WIAA Division 1 MadisonWest Regional is Oct. 1, andMiddleton hosts a sectional on Oct.7.

“Our next goal is to win the con-ference tournament,” Halverson said.“I believe that they can do it, I justneed them to believe in themselves.”

The Cardinals certainly believe.The last six weeks have given themplenty of reason for that.

“We still have two or three teamsthat can challenge us especially insectionals if we get there,” Skibbasaid. “So … we’re just working hardand hoping for the best.”

So far, that’s exactly what theCardinals have gotten.

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of Wisconsin Poll1. Madison Edgewood2. Verona3. Middleton4. Homestead5. Fox Valley Lutheran6. Arrowhead7. Brookfield CentralT8. MiltonT8. Stoughton10. Green Bay Notre DameHonorable Mention: Kimberly,

Madison Memorial, JanesvilleParker, DSHA, Franklin, SunPrairie, Green Bay Preble, PrairieSchool, Mukwonago, Oregon,Kettle Moraine, Whitefish Bay,Holmen, De Pere.

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S P O R T S B R I E F SBluebirds to hold fallskills camp

The Bluebirds basketball programwill hold its seventh annual fall skillscamp for four consecutive Sundaysin October.

The sessions will begin on Oct. 4and will be held at Sunset RidgeElementary, 8686 Airport Road,Middleton. The camp is open to chil-

dren in grades 1-8. Each session lasts approximately

one hour. The cost is $30 andincludes a camp T-shirt. More than500 players have participated in thecamp over the past six years.

For more information or for a reg-istration form, please contact PerryHibner at (608) 828-9891.


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