Thursday, March 5, 2015

Vol. 130, No. 35

Oregon, WI

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Senior Markus Tobias works on some school work

Monday afternoon at his home. Tobias, who is the
starting center for the Oregon High School boys basketball team, switched from being homeschooled to the
OHS blended learning program his sophomore year to
be allowed to play per WIAA rules.
Photo submitted

Village of Oregon

Board funds
hotel TIF analysis
Developer has been
working on $6M
project for a year
Bill Livick
Unified Newspaper Group

Setting an Example
OHS senior uses blended learning for WIAA eligibility

Anthony Iozzo
Assistant sports editor

Oregon High School senior Markus

Tobias is a starting center on the
varsity boys basketball team, which
recently finished its first 17-win regular season in 13 years.
Averaging 10.5 points per game
and being a main inside defender,
hes been indispensable this season,
but he almost wasnt eligible to even
make the varsity team three years ago.
Tobias was homeschooled all his
life until freshman year, and the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association states in its rulebook that only
student-athletes enrolled full-time in
an affiliated school district may participate on those teams. Since Tobias
wasnt enrolled in the district, he
wouldnt have been a legal player.
Tobias who played with many
of his current teammates at the TriCounty level in sixth through eighth
grade wanted to play basketball
for OHS, but he still wanted to keep
a similar homeschooling approach
while also appeasing the WIAA
requirement.
That is where the OHS blended
learning program came into play.
Tobias, aided with the help of head
coach Jon Nedelcoff and OHS online
learning coordinator Jennifer Schmitt,
became the first full-time student-athlete in the Oregon School District taking his entire curriculum online.

'If I had the option to

continue homeschooling,
I would have done that
without a doubt because
you can specialize in what
you really want to major on
in college, but the online
course is great because I
can still take all my classes
at home and make my own
schedule.'
Markus Tobias

He was one of the pioneers of not

only personalized learning but of the
online program here showing how
education can be learned in different
ways in different venues, Nedelcoff
said.
This season has been full of memorable moments for Tobias. The Panthers finished second in the Badger
South Conference after knocking off
Monona Grove Thursday, and now he
hopes to help create more at regionals
this weekend, and it all became possible for him due to the blended learning program.
And although Tobias doesnt attend
classes at OHS, his teammates still

welcomed every season since he

began playing his sophomore year.
They were just happy I was on the
team and didnt care if you were an
online student or going to school full
time.

Switching to online courses

Tobias has seven other siblings, all
of whom are homeschooled by his
mother Diane, and he said he never
thought of advancing in education
any other way until playing basketball
at OHS came into question.
With so few students having the
same needs, there wasnt an example
for his family to follow. Completing
a high school degree entirely online
was only an idea, and Diane Tobias
wanted Markus to finish school with
a similar individualized learning program as the one she uses for her other
children.
With her other children, Diane can
follow the online homeschool curriculum while also tailoring the coursework to the needs and wants of each
child. One child might like learning history through the use of online
materials while another prefers to use
a textbook and have discussions.
This type of experience is what
Diane wanted for her son, and after
working with Nedelcoff and Schmitt,
Tobias enrolled in six online classes and everything began to fall into

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On Monday, the Village
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and Oregon Area Chamber
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Wisconsin Newspaper Association

Observer wins
six WNA awards
The Oregon Observer
won six awards from the
Wisconsin Newspaper
Associations convention
last week, including four
first-place honors.
The Observer took both
first and third place in the
highly competitive feature category, with Scott
Girards story about a gay
couples marriage during
the change in law, while
Anthony Iozzo took first
place in sports page design
and Iozzo and Jeremy
Jones won the sports pages category. Bill Livicks
business coverage took
first place.
Scott De Laruelle also
took second in reporting
on local education. He was
also second in a different

circulation category for the

Stoughton Courier Hub, a
sister publication within
Unified Newspaper Group.
The WNA recognizes
winners in six categories
daily and weekly newspapers of three sizes each in
its statewide competition.
The Observer this year was
in the smallest category of

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Netherwood Knoll first-grader Skyler Henriksen tries to catch snowflakes on her tongue while the students ventured outside for an
activity in the arboretum.

Photos by Samantha Christian

Outdoor explorers
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wispy cirrus cloud.

First-grader Lucy Fradkin-Annen holds up a poster with different

pictures of clouds on it during an identification activity.

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Oregon Observer

Pump house

Welcome center on track for spring debut

Theres been more progress at the villages historic
pump house in the past yearand-a-half than in the previous 100 years. And its just
a few months from being
ready for the public.
Built in 1899 and on the
state and national Registers
of Historic Places, the pump
house in downtown Oregon
was neglected for years
before Randy Glysch moved
to here more than two years
ago and began a campaign
to raise funds and restore the
small, two-room building.
Last year, Glysch proposed
turning the structure into a
welcome center an idea the
villages Historic Preservation Commission and Board
of Trustees fully endorsed.
His initial goal was to raise
$40,000 for the restoration.
Glysch has now raised more

than $56,000 and has lots of

ideas to continue the campaign.
I just wrote a grant for the
Madison Area Master Gardener Association for some
money for landscaping, he
said Tuesday.
At a Feb. 18 meeting of
the Historic Preservation
Commission, Glysch who
is a commission member
discussed plans to replace
the buildings leaky roof, repour the front steps, alter the
buildings sign thats being
built, and demolish and repour the concrete floor.
On Tuesday, he told the
Observer about other progress, including installing new
steps leading to the basement, painting the interior and
installing a gorgeous walnut floor in the back room.
The latter is being provided by Sergenians Floor
Coverings at 10 percent
above cost, Glysch said.
Genesis Painting has offered

to paint the interior, and Lundgrens Sign Service is donating materials and labor.
Local businessman Gary
Gorman whose company
renovated the historic redbrick schoolhouse for its
headquarters has pledged
financial and material help.
We met with Garys people today, Glysch said Tuesday. They came and needed
to get a materials list for some
stuff that theyre going to do.
Part of what theyre going
to do is put some new steps
down to the basement.
Glysch said hes gotten
about $30,000 of in-kind
labor donated in addition to
the $56,000 for the project.
Mostly thats come from
emailing and calling people
and explaining the project.
He seems a bit surprised at
how receptive people have
been: People want to be part
of this.
Last month, the Village
Board approved Oregon

High School student Fred

Richards proposal to demolish and help re-pour the front
concrete floor as an Eagle
Scout project.
Glysch said hes sold 65 or
70 pavers as a fundraiser for
the front walkway. Each has
been engraved and will be
installed this spring.
After discovering leaks in
the roof Saturday, Glysch
said he contacted the village and public works director Mark Below. Below was
able to get a tarp in place
before Tuesdays snowfall.
Weve done some work
on the inside all the electrical work has been done,
and we put a new subfloor in
the back, Glysch explained.
We dont want that stuff to
be getting wet.
Glysch had planned for
a May 2 grand opening,
but thinks the date will be
pushed back a few weeks.
No replacement date has
been determined yet.

Awards: UNG takes home 17 awards overall

Asked and Answered

Continued from page 1

Why was there recently a police officer

at the Elm and Janesville streets
intersection instead of a crossing guard?
De Laruelle

Girard

Jones

Livick

Vlisides

At a glance
First place

Photos by Jim Ferolie

Left, Anthony Iozzo and Jeremy Jones won first place for sports
pages. Right, Scott Girard won first place for his feature, Love in
Limbo.

two-year effort to build a

new restaurant.
The Press and Observer
swept the two lower categories in business, with
the Press winning the E category.
De Laruelles stories
looked at some new educational methods, like
personalized learning,
supersized kindergarten
classrooms and flipped
classrooms that focus on

Bielanski joins UNG staff

Jacob Bielanski has
joined the staff of Unified
Newspaper Group.
The Wisconsin native
comes to UNG from New
Orleans,
where he
reported
for the St.
Charles Herald-Guide
weekly and
The TimesBielanski
Picayune.
Bielanskis position is a new one
for UNG, created to add to
our coverage of Fitchburg
for our year-old Fitchburg
Star publication. He will
fill a variety of roles in our
newsroom and will assist

Iozzo

with the reporting and production for all of UNGs

publications the Star,
Oregon Observer, Verona
Press and Stoughton Courier Hub.
Prior to moving to Louisiana, Bielanski, a 2012
University of WisconsinMadison graduate, operated
as a freelance journalist,
reporting for BRAVA and
Madison magazines, among
others. He will be moving back to Madison with
his wife and 6-year-old
daughter, where he hopes to
rekindle his love for brewing beer.
Bielanski said tentative
plans have been made to
keep chickens.

Feature: Love in
Limbo, Scott Girard
Page Design,
sports: Anthony Iozzo
Sports pages:
Anthony Iozzo, Jeremy
Jones
Business coverage:
Bill Livick

Second Place

Reporting on Local
Education: Scott De
in-schoolwork, rather than
Laruelle
homework.
The Observers third-place
feature was a combined
Third Place
effort by author Livick, phoFeature: Taking apart
tographer Jones and page
a time capsule, by Bill
designer Victoria Vlisides,
Livick, Victoria Vlisides and
following a local historical
Jeremy Jones
societys uncovering of a
treasure trove in a home that
years, including first place
had been willed to them.
The Observer won five in business coverage and
awards each of the past two local education last year
and second in features.

Blanche McCallum, who was one of my full-time

crossing guards, retired at the end of December.
Due to this, I had police officers filling in for some
shifts over the past few months because I was short on
substitute crossing guards.
Recently I was able to hire two more part-time/substitute crossing guards, and I am now using them to fill
the open shifts along with my other part-time crossing
guards.
-Ruti Trace, Oregon Police Department

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Girards feature, Love in
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The sports pages, by Jones
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Letters to the editor

Spread the word to end the R-word

As the Oregon Observer is a
leader in driving local culture, I
need your support, and the support
of your readers, in the Spread The
Word To End The Word campaign
and to help make a stand against a
word that is offensive to many.
The R-word may not seem
like a big deal to some, but its a
bigger issue than a lot of people
realize. It hurts millions of people
with intellectual and developmental disabilities and those that love
them.
The word hurts no matter what,
it does not matter if its directed at
a person with a disability. As part
of speaking for this campaign I
realized that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are not treated as equal. Its
time for change and you and your
readers can help.
Special Olympics Wisconsin
athletes like myself accomplish
great things, we are members of
our local communities just like

everyone else and deserve to be

treated with respect no matter
what. Special Olympics has given
me a voice and an opportunity to
stand up and say what I believe in
and I dont know where I would
be without it.
Please help and drive much
needed change that will bring
acceptance and inclusion into our
community. Your paper reaches
many members of the community
and with that influence you can
help get all of those members of
the community to take the pledge
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As a local leader Im committed
on not only helping make a difference but change peoples life.
Wouldnt it be awesome to create acceptance and inclusion for
all people?
Please, I need you and your
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Corrections
In last weeks article about an Oregon couples bike trip to raise
funds for a service dog academy, we incorrectly paraphrased Lisa
Arndt in writing that service dogs work with people who have a terminal illness. That is what a therapy dog would do. Service dogs are
trained to do specific tasks for their human partners. We regret the
error.

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Learning differences
apply to dogs, too
P

eople commonly assume

The Oregon Observer does not sweep errors under the rug. If you see
dogs learn just the same as
something you know or even think is in error, please contact editor Jim
we do, especially since they
Ferolie at 845-9559 or at ungeditor@wcinet.com so we can get it right. seem so naturally connected with
humans. We share many of the
same biology, facial expressions
and emotions.
When it comes to learning,
dogs have some distinctive
differences and if we fail to
acknowledge them we can run
into trouble.
Dogs hear
frequencies
higher and
lower than
the human ear
detects. They
see less clearly
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Association is a subconscious
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appearance of the little truck,

which predicted ice cream. Children who heard the music ran
home to get some money and
then ran to the curb, excitedly
waiting for the truck to appear.
Their association would have
been different if the truck pulled
up and the driver sprayed them
with a water cannon. It would
only take one or two such experiences before children would hear
the music and run away to hide.
Same stimuli, different association.
Operant conditioning is a
conscious process of trying different choices. When a choice
is reinforced, that strengthens
the behavior. It increases the
odds the next time the one gets
to choose they will repeat the
choice that was previously reinforced.
Dogs use the same process. In
fact, they simply do whatever
works for them. It is the consequence of their choice that drives
the behavior.
If jumping on people gets the
attention they seek as a little puppy, they will continue jumping as
they grow up. Call it Plan A.
However, if jumping makes
people go away (or makes the
dog go away) they learn that Plan
A no longer works. If you then
teach them to touch your palm
with their nose or to sit when
they approach you (and reward
them for doing so) they learn
Plan B.
The dog soon stops trying Plan
A and switches to Plan B. Dogs
simply do whatever works for
them.
Another difference is that dogs
do not generalize as easily as
humans do. If I teach a dog all
sorts of trained behaviors (only)
in my living room and then visit
my neighbor to show off, my dog
might respond poorly to the same
cues.

The reason is that a dog

learns something specific to
the criteria which were present at
the time learning occurred.
Here is a way to envision it:
Assume a teenager is learning to drive and the classroom
instructor explains what a stop
sign means. The sign has a distinctive shape and color, and the
letters spell STOP. The teenager
can now negotiate intersections
knowing what to do upon facing
any stop sign.
Now imagine teaching a dog to
drive.
I might say, Look at that red
thing over there, Buddha. That
means stop.
If Buddha had thumbs to hold
the steering wheel and legs long
enough to reach the brake pedal,
he might stop.
Then we proceed to a different
intersection and I am dismayed
that Buddha runs the stop sign.
If I scold him he might protest,
You did not teach me what that
red thing meant!
Dogs need many repetitions
in various locations in order to
generalize a training cue and
behavior. Then one needs to systematically expose their dog to an
element of distance, distraction
or duration and cue the behavior.
With practice a dog can develop a reliable response in any
environment.
Remember, dogs just do whatever works for them, and that
works for me.
Daniel H. Antolec, CPDT-KA
is the owner of Happy Buddha
Dog Training. He has membership in Pet Professional Guild,
Force-Free Trainers of Wisconsin, Association of Professional
Dog Trainers, Association of
Professional Humane Educators
and American Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

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All reports taken from the her 44-year-old brother from

Oregon Police Department log- Oregon kept texting and calling
book.
her. The man said the conversation went both ways and his
Jan. 29
sister owed him money. Police
12:40 p.m. A 48-year-old advised the man to go to small
employee at Oregon Manor claims court and told both to
reported between Dec. 25 and cease contact with each other.
Jan. 19 someone had sto2 p.m. Oregon officers
len $120 out of a 91-year-old assisted with an alcohol and
womans room. There was no tobacco enforcement investisuspect information.
gation at Alpine Liquor.
Jan. 31
3:08 p.m. A 35-year-old
Verona woman reported a
44-year-old Oregon man
entered her residence without
her permission and removed
all of the appliances from the
home. She only wanted it documented.
Feb. 1
5:50 p.m. A 39-year-old
man reported an unknown man
walking around in the snow in
the 700 block of Rinpoche Lane
who was possibly on drugs.
Police did not locate a suspect.
6:25 p.m. An officer helped
a 21-year-old driver and his
father push his car out from
being stuck at the intersection
of Park Street and North Oak
Street.
7:22 p.m. An officer, public
works employees and community members helped push four
cars out from being stuck on
North Alpine Parkway during
the snowstorm.
10:35 p.m. A 35-year-old
man reported his neighbor
in the 200 block of U.S. Hwy.
14 in Brooklyn was having his
place snowblowed by a private
company and waking his child
up. The two men and two others got into a verbal argument.
Police requested the men
whose snow was being plowed
to keep the lateness of the time
in mind.
Feb. 2
3:30 a.m. An officer called
a tow truck for a 51-year-old
man whose car was stuck
in the middle of South Perry
Parkway. The cars battery was
also dead.
2:15 p.m. A 30-yearold Madison man clipped a
25-year-old womans car with
the Bobcat while plowing snow
in the 500 block of S. Perry
Parkway.
Feb. 3
1 p.m. A 40-year-old
Stoughton woman reported

Feb. 4
10 a.m. An officer cited a
16-year-old boy for truancy.
The boy told the officer he did
not care and would not go to
the court date and used profanity.
5:45 p.m. A 9-year-old girl
reported an 11-year-old boy
told her to get on her knees
because she was going to die
while she was playing outside
on the 200 block of Prairie View
Street. The boy denied saying
such, but both children were
advised not to play together
and police spoke with the parents of both of the children.
Feb. 5
8:22 p.m. A 19-year-old was
charged with theft under $100
after surveillance video showed
him putting a frappuccino
down his pants and leaving
Kwik Trip without paying for it.
9:28 p.m. A 49-year-old
man paid an unknown woman
$50 cash and a pack of cigarettes for companionship.
The woman then left in an
unknown vehicle. The man did
not know the womans name
but referred to her as Beautiful
Laquesha.
Feb. 6
4:06 p.m. An anonymous
caller reported a 36-year-old
mans dogs were pooping in
his yard. Police warned the
man and he said he would keep
a better eye on the dogs.
4:21 p.m. A 15-year-old Cottage Grove boy and 13-yearold Oregon boy were smoking
marijuana while walking down
the street. The 15-year-old was
cited for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
5:20 p.m. An anonymous
caller reported lots of safety
issues with a 43-year-old
man, calling him a ticking time
bomb. The caller also reported
the man is purchasing firearms
and selling them to felons.
7:59 p.m. A 26-year-old
Evansville woman reported

she had $80 stolen out of her

purse while working at Oregon
Manor.
9:14 p.m. A 50-year-old
Stoughton man reported his
vehicle was broken into while
parked at Oregon High School.
When an officer arrived, the
door was ajar because it was
closed on the seatbelt.
Feb. 7
10:45 p.m. A 28-year-old
Fitchburg woman and 30-yearold Oregon man returned to the
mans residence on the 900
block of Park Street intoxicated
and got into a fight when the
man told the woman to leave.
Neither wanted to press charges and the two did not have a
domestic relationship. A friend
picked the woman up.
Feb. 8
4:15 a.m. A 23-year-old
woman was warned for noise
as she was having a party. An
anonymous caller had called
police about an argument that
occurred when unwanted individuals had arrived at the party.
The unwanted persons had left
before police arrived.
5:23 p.m. A 52-year-old
man called asking for a ride
to Madison for a Monday doctors appointment. An officer
advised the man police do not
give rides.
Feb. 9
1:55 p.m. A 58-year-old
woman notified police of a
potential phone scam. She
received calls from a James
Carson from a number she
believed was from Jamaica
telling her she had won $25
million and five cars, but she
needed to send $5,000 up
front. Police told the woman
not to send the money, as it
was likely a scam. Calls had
been occurring for around two
weeks.
3:40 p.m. A 70-year-old
woman hit a 20-year-old
Brooklyn womans drivers side
door while backing out of her
driveway on the 600 block of
South Main Street.
Feb. 10
4 p.m. A 53-year-old woman reported a 25-year-old De
Forest man had entered her
unlocked home on the 700
block of Janesville Street and
stolen her laptop within the last
couple of weeks.
Scott Girard

OHS student artwork at Milwaukee museum

The Milwaukee Art
Museums annual exhibition of works by Wisconsin
students grades 712 is now
on view, and one of the featured young artist is Oregon
High School senior Alexa
Uselman.
More than 3,000 individual artworks from 116
schools across the state participated in the Scholastic
Art Awards Wisconsin in
2015. Gold and Silver Key
winning artists are on display in Schroeder Galleria
through March 22.
The Scholastic Art
Awards - Wisconsin competition and exhibition is
the regional section of The
Scholastic Art and Writing
Awards National Program,
conducted by the Alliance
for Young Artists and Writers, Inc. In awards ceremonies on February 14, student artists will be awarded
201 individual Gold Keys
which forwards them on

to the National Scholastic

Art Awards Competition,
and 171 Silver Keys, which
allows for statewide recognition of their work.
Oregon High School art
teacher Michael Derrick
said the museum is featuring a collection of Uselmans work. He said her
specialty is working with
colored pencils.
Shes an awesome artist, and one of the best portrait artists Ive seen come
through (the school), he
said.
Derrick said the school
has been pretty lucky to
have several students artwork on display at the Milwaukee Art Museum, with
Uselman being the latest.
Shes a phenomenal student, and shes one of the
best at taking feedback and
using it to learn and grow,
he said. If Im not mistaken, she wants to be a future
art teacher.

Daniel Keegan, director of the Milwaukee Art

Museum, said its is a
privilege to see the work
of these young artists and
to be a part of their experience in the Scholastic Art
Awards.
With so much talent, I
have no doubt that choosing
the winners was hard for
our jury, and I look forward
to seeing some of these
same artists competing
again next year, he said.
The Scholastic Art
Awards are sponsored by
the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Heller Family in
memory of their parents,
James K. and Avis M. Heller, the Greater Milwaukee
Foundations Flesch Family
Fund, Ray and Sue Kehm,
James and Carol Wiensch,
Vanguard Computers, Inc.
and an anonymous donor.

Brunch for Your

Brain back at
senior center
To stay healthy and
sharp, your brain needs
to be challenged. Brunch
for Your Brain returns
to the senior center later
this month, to introduce
participants to a variety
of topics relevant to brain
health.
Learn how brains work,
stress relief tactics, how to
use visuals to stimulatepuzzles, optical illusions,
creative art, left/right brain
activities, listening as a
brain enhancer, expressing
opinions, reminiscing exercises, word games, memory-building exercises and
more. The instructors are
Nancy Johnson and Gunnard Swanson, both retired
teachers from the Oregon
School District.
There is a charge of $10
for this course, and participants must commit to the
entire session. Space is limited to 16 participants. Call
Anne at 835-5801 to sign up.

If you go
What: Brunch for Your
Brain
When: 10:30 a.m.
Tuesdays and Thursdays
from March 17 through
May 21
Where: Oregon Senior
Center, 219 Park St.
Info: Call Anne at 8355801

WERE
ALL
EARS

Sneak peek of Wis.

films March 17
Leave your wallet at
home and enjoy a night of
movie clips at the Oregon
Public Library from 6:308 p.m. Tuesday, March 17.
Selected trailers of the
17th annual Wisconsin
Film Festival picks will
be previewed at the library
for free. The full-length
versions of the films will
be shown at various theaters throughout Madison
from April 9-16.
After the screening, join
one of the film festivals
staff members for an indepth discussion on the
filmmaking process and
coordinating the WFFs.
Bring questions for an
evening of conversation.
The WFF, presented
by the UW Madison Arts
Institute in association
with the UW Department
of Communication Arts, is
the largest campus-based
film festival in the country.

If you go
What: Film festival
sneak peek
When: 6:30-8 p.m.
Tuesday, March 17
Where: Sue Ames
Room, Oregon Public
Library
Info: 835-3656,
oregonpubliclibrary.org
The WFF features dozens of films in various
genres, including avantgarde, experimental, comedy, documentary, sci-fi,
animation and even nonEnglish language films.
New this year is the Big
Screens for Little Folks
series for kids and families.
For more information,
visit madisonpubliclibrary.
org/film-fest.

Students raising memorial funds

The Oregon High
School Class of 2016 is
raising funds to create a
memorial for classmate
Allyson Norland by selling and delivering water
softener salt around the
area. Norland, an OHS
junior, was killed in a car
accident last month.

Students will be going

door-to-door within the
villages of Oregon and
Brooklyn to get orders for
the salt March 14 through
April 4. Salt will be delivered to homes May 2 or 3.
For for information,
email ohssaltsale@gmail.
com.

Fish Fry Fundraisers

Friday March 6th & Friday March 20th
From 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.
St. Johns Lutheran Church
625 E. Netherwood St.,Oregon, WI

Single serving 6-9 oz. of baked or fried cod

Additional 3 oz. pieces for $1 each
Alternative meal available for kids

Questions?
Comments?
Story Ideas?
Let us know how
were doing.

Adults: $11
Kids Under 10: $5
Kids Under 4: Free
To Go Orders are Welcome!

Your opinion is something

we always want to hear.

Call 835-6677 or at
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Proceeds from the March 6th Event benefit

NINA (Neighbors in Need of Assistance) and
the Oregon Community Helping Hands Fund.

For more information

call 835-3154

Soar into Science!!!

SCIENCE FAIR 2015

March 14, 2015 1:00-4:00 p.m.

At Prairie View Elementary 300 Soden Dr., Oregon, WI
Reduce your familys cabin fever!! Come and explore the wonderfully creative student
projects even if you do not know anyone displaying a project. This year we are excited
to have Dr. Bassam Shakhashiri, the internationally-renowned science educator, joining
us with his Science Is Fun group. Other fun and fascinating things to do include:
Find out how the American Transmission Company is helping to keep the lights on
Explore your organs with UW Medical Students who are part of the
Doctors Ought to Care Program
Get messy with UW-Madison Food Science
Check out the creepy crawlies at the UW-Insect Ambassadors booth
Talk to elementary school scientists and learn about their discoveries
Learn about and experiment with the power of microwaves
Observe how electrons move from one place to another
Watch your blood pressure change with aerobic exercise and much much more
for kids of all ages to enjoy!
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Churches

Coming up
what is probate and a way to avoid it.
The program is free, but call 835Local Madison artist, Michael 5801 to register.
Hecht, will give a unique interactive
presentation on the great American Friends of Brooklyn Fire/EMS
artist Norman Rockwell at the senior
The Friends of the Brooklyn Fire/
center at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 5.
EMS will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, at the Brooklyn Fire
Mahjongg returns
Station.
The senior center is bringing back
The group, made up of concerned
Mahjongg at 9:30 a.m. on March 6.
citizens to assist the departments with
The games will be held the first and fundraising, is working on two grants
third Fridays of the month.
and also collecting Bills Food Center
If you have a set, bring it along. For receipts to receive 1 percent cash as
more information, contact Anne at an ongoing project.
669-8071.
One grant is to assist with the purchase
of a defibrillator for the ambuPete the Cat party
lance. The second is a FEMA StaffThe library will be holding a Pete ing for Adequate Fire and Emergency
the Cat party from 10-11:30 a.m. Sat- Response grant.
urday, March 7.
The Friends group welcomes anyCelebrate books and reading with one with grant writing experience to
special guest, Pete the Cat. Everyone attend. For more information, contact
is welcome to enjoy stories, activities Dave Hall at davehall@tds.net.
and cake.

Artist discussion

Legion planning meeting

Estate planning talk

Local lawyer and municipal court
judge Beth Cox will discuss estate
planning and probate at 10:45 a.m.
Monday, March 9 at the senior center.
She will cover wills, trusts and
powers of attorney, what an estate
plan is and why you need one, and

The Oregon-Brooklyn American

Legion will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, at the senior center to
discuss a variety of topics, including
Memorial Day planning, veterans
needs, monuments and other topics.

St. Patricks Day program

The senior center will hold its St.
Patricks Day program at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March, 17. A traditional corned
beef and cabbage meal will be served
at 11:45 a.m.
The program will feature fiddlers
Ann and Sid. They play Irish music
and popular old time tunes, including Golden Slippers, Red Wing, Ragtime Annie and Tennessee Waltz.
Both musicians also play with the
Southern Wisconsin Fiddlers Association.
After lunch, leprechauns from
Union Bank and Trust will be offering door prizes.
To reserve a lunch, call 835-5801
by 1 p.m. Thursday, March 13.

Blood drive
March is Red Cross Month. There
will be a Red Cross Community
Blood Drive at St. Johns Church, 625
E. Netherwood St. from 7-11 a.m.
Saturday, March 14.
For an appointment, call 800-7332767 or visit redcrossblood.org. Use
sponsor code Oregon.
Eat a healthy meal and drink an
extra 16 ounces of water before the
donation.

Community calendar
Thursday, March 5

1 p.m., Michael Hecht discusses

Norman Rockwell, senior center
6:30-8 p.m., Optimist Club meeting, OHS library, 575-2344

Friday, March 6

9:30 a.m., Mahjongg, senior center, 669-8071

Saturday, March 7

10-11:30 a.m., Pete the Cat

Party, library

Sunday, March 8

4 p.m., Oregon Area Historical

Society annual membership meeting, senior center

Monday, March 9

Brush collection, Village of

Oregon
9:30 a.m., Andy Jorgensen budget listening sessions, Firefly
10:45 a.m., Estate planning and
probate program with Beth Cox
(register), senior center, 835-5801
1 p.m., Monday Funday: LEGO
free build, library

6:30 p.m., Oregon School Board

meeting, RCI Intermediate School,
835-4300
6:30 p.m., Village of Brooklyn
Board meeting, Village Hall
7 p.m., Town of Dunn Plan
Commission meeting, Town Hall

Tuesday, March 10

6 p.m., NKE Orchestra Recital

Concert, RCI Cafeteria

Wednesday, March 11

9-11 a.m., Rubber Stamping

Cards with Katie ($10, register by
March 9), senior center, 835-5801
11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Computer
class: Exploring iPads and Tablets
($15), senior center, 835-5801
6:30 p.m., Friends of the Brooklyn
Fire/EMS meeting, Brooklyn Fire
Station
7 p.m., American Legion Meeting,
senior center

Village of Oregon Cable Access TV channels:

WOW #983 & ORE #984
Phone: 291-0148 Email: oregoncableaccess@charter.net
Website: ocamedia.com Facebook: ocamediawi
New programs daily at 1 p.m.
and repeats at 4, 7 and 10 p.m. and 1, 4, 7 and 10 a.m.

Thursday, March 5
WOW: Oregon Village
Board Meeting (of March
2)
ORE: Girls Varsity
Iceberg Hockey vs. Beloit
(of Feb. 14)
Friday, March 6
WOW:
Norman
Rockwell Talk @ Oregon
Senior Center (of March
5)
ORE: BKE 4th Grade
Orchestra Concert (of
March 2)
Saturday, March 7
WOW: Nutrition Talk
@ Bills Foods (of March
3)
ORE: Love of Three
Oranges OHS Play (of
Feb. 27)
Sunday, March 8
WOW:
First
Presbyterian
Church
Service
ORE: OMS Madrigal
Dinner (of Feb. 13)

Monday, March 9
WOW:
Eleanor
Roosevelt Talk @
Oregon Senior Center
(of Feb. 12)
ORE: 6:30 p.m.
LIVEOregon School
Board Meeting
Tuesday, March 10
WOW: Tracy Jane
Comer Music (of Oct.
2008)
ORE: OHS Boys
Varsity Basketball vs.
DeForest Regional (of
March 6)
Wednesday, March 11
WOW:
Richard
Weigel Music @
Oregon Senior Center
(of July 2009)
ORE: Pinocchio NKE
Musical (of March 2008)
Thursday, March 12
WOW: Ekaterinburg
Classical Trio (of Aug.
2009)
ORE: Oregon School
Board Meeting (of March
9)

Sunday, March 15

1 p.m., Movie: St. Vincent,

senior center
2-3 p.m., Dog Safety and Bite
Prevention Class, Firefly

Monday, March 16

3:30-4:30 p.m., Monday Funday:

LEGO and games, library
6:30-7 p.m., OPL Puppet Show,
library
7 p.m., Town of Dunn Board
meeting, Town Hall

Friday, March 13

4-5 p.m., Teen Advisory Board,

library, 835-3656

Community cable listings

Saturday, March 14

7-11 a.m., Red Cross Community

Blood Drive (sponsor code
Oregon), St. Johns Church, 625 E.
Netherwood, 800-733-2767, redcrossblood.org
10-10:30 a.m., Dads and Donuts,
library
1-4 p.m., Science fair, Prairie
View Elementary

Tuesday, March 17
10:30 a.m., Brunch for your Brain
begins, senior center, 835-5801

Senior center
Monday, March 9
Pepper Steak w/Gravy
Mashed Potatoes Spinach
Apple Slices
W. W. Bread
VO: Soy Pepper Mixture
Tuesday, March 10
Chicken & Dumplings
Peas
Peaches
W.W. Bread
Lemon Bar
VO: Soy w/Dumplings
Wednesday, March 11
Tomato Barley Soup
Crackers
Sliced Turkey & Cheese on
Rye
Mandarin Orange Jell-O with
Topping
VO: Meatless Soup &
Cheese Sandwich
Thursday, March 12
Beef Tips over Egg Noodles
Beets
Fruit Cocktail
Multi Grain Bread
Orange Sherbet
VO: Soy in Veggie Gravy
SO: Chef Salad
Friday, March 13
Mac & Cheese
Green Beans
Fruit Cup
Multi Grain Bread
Brownies

Monday, March 9
AMReflexology
9 a.m., CLUB
9 a.m., Wii Bowling
10 a.m., Dominoes
10:45 a.m., Estate Planning
1 p.m., Get Fit
1:30 p.m., Bridge
4 p.m., Weight Loss Support
Tuesday, March 10
8:30 a.m., Zumba Gold
12:30 p.m., Sheepshead
12:30 p.m., Stoughton Shopping
Wednesday, March 11
9 a.m., CLUB
9 a.m., Cards with Katie
9 a.m., Veterans Group
11 a.m., Exploring iPads &
Tablets Class
1 p.m., Get Fit
1 p.m., Euchre
2 p.m., Knit/Crochet Group
7 p.m., American Legion Meeting
Thursday, March 12
AMChair Massage
8:30 a.m., Zumba Gold
9 a.m., Pool Players
9 a.m., COA
12:30 a.m., Shopping at Bills
1 p.m., Cribbage
Friday, March 13
9 a.m., CLUB
9 a.m., Wii Bowling
9:30 a.m., Blood Pressure
10:45 a.m., Gentle Yoga
12 p.m., Market Day Due
1 p.m., Get Fit

ALL SAINTS LUTHERAN CHURCH

2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 276-7729
Pastor Rich Johnson
SUNDAY
8:30 a.m. classic service
10:45 a.m. new song service
BROOKLYN LUTHERAN CHURCH
101 Second Street, Brooklyn
(608) 455-3852
Pastor Rebecca Ninke
SUNDAY
9 a.m. Holy Communion
10 a.m. Fellowship
COMMUNITY OF LIFE LUTHERAN
CHURCH
PO Box 233, Oregon
(608) 286-3121
office@communityoflife.us
Pastor Eric Wenger
SUNDAY
10 a.m. Worship at 1111 S. Perry
Parkway, Oregon
COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH
201 Church Street, Brooklyn
(608) 455-3344
Pastor Dave Pluss
SUNDAY
9:30 a.m. Worship
FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN
CHURCH
143 Washington Street, Oregon
(608) 835-3554
Pastor Karl Hermanson
SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Worship
Holy Communion 2nd & last
Sundays
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
408 N. Bergamont Blvd. (north of CC)
Oregon, WI
608-835-3082 - fpcoregonwi.org
Pastor Bob Vetter
SUNDAY
10 a.m. Blended Worship
11 a.m. Coffee Bar/Fellowship
11:15 a.m. All-ages activity
FITCHBURG MEMORIAL UCC
5705 Lacy Road, Fitchburg
(608) 273-1008
www.memorialucc.org
Pastor: Phil Haslanger
Associate Pastor Twink JanMcMahon
SUNDAY
8:15 and 10 a.m. Worship
GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN
CHURCH ELCA

Central Campus: Raymond Road and

Whitney Way
SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY - 8:15, 9:30 and10:45
a.m. Worship West Campus: Corner
of Hwy. PD and Nine Mound Road,
Verona
SUNDAY - 9 &10:15 a.m., 6 p.m.
Worship (608) 271-6633
HILLCREST BIBLE CHURCH
752 E. Netherwood, Oregon
Eric Vander Ploeg, Lead Pastor
(608) 835-7972
www.hbclife.com
SUNDAY
8:30 and 10:15 a.m. worship service
at Oregon High School PAC
Childrens ministries, birth-4th grade
HOLY MOTHER OF CONSOLATION
CATHOLIC CHURCH
651 N. Main Street, Oregon
Pastor: Fr. Gary Wankerl
(608) 835-5763
holymotherchurch.weconnect.com
SATURDAY: 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY: 8 and 10:15 a.m. Worship
PEOPLES UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH
103 North Alpine Parkway, Oregon
Pastors Jason and Johanna Mahnke
(608)835-3755
www.peoplesumc.org
Communion is the 1st & 3rd
weekend
SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Worship and
Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. Worship;
5 p.m. The Gathering Sunday night
service with simple supper to follow
ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN CHURCH
625 E. Netherwood, Oregon
Pastor Paul Markquart and Pastor
Emily Tveite
(608) 835-3154
SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY - 8 and 10:30 a.m. Worship
9:15 a.m. Sunday School
VINEYARD COMMUNITY CHURCH
Oregon Community Bank & Trust,
105 S. Alpine Parkway, Oregon - Bob
Groth, Pastor - (608) 513-3435
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SUNDAY - 10 a.m. Worship
ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST - Paoli
At the Intersection of Hwy. 69 & PB
Rev. Sara Thiessen
(608) 845-5641
SUNDAY 9:30 a.m. Family Worship

Support groups
Alcoholics Anonymous
meeting, First
Presbyterian Church,
every Monday and
Friday at 7 p.m.
Diabetes Support
Group, Oregon Senior
Center, 320 Fair St.,
882-0407, fourth
Thursday of each month
at 1:30 p.m. (starting
Feb. 26)
Parents Supporting
Parents, LakeView
Church, Stoughton, third

Tuesday of every month

from 6:30-8 p.m.
Relationship & Divorce
Support Group, State
Bank of Cross Plains,
every other Monday at
6:30 p.m.
Veterans Group,
Oregon Area Senior
Center, every second
Wednesday at 9 a.m.
Weight-Loss Support
Group, Oregon Area
Senior Center, every
Monday at 3:30 p.m.

Discipleship
In the Gospel of Luke we are told that Jesus appointed
72 disciples to go out in advance of his coming: After
this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them
two by two ahead of him to every town and place where
he was about to go. (Luke 10:1) They were given specific
instructions and by Lukes account the spirit was moving
mightily in those early days. But, what does it mean to be
a modern-day disciple of Christ, one who would spread the
word of God in advance of His second coming? This is an
important but neglected question. Most Christians would
probably assent to being labeled followers of Christ, but
how many of us are true disciples of Christ? And, what
precisely does it mean it to be a disciple of Christ in these
times? The author Dan Solis addresses these questions
in a recent book entitled Discipleship, worthwhile reading
for anyone who takes seriously the biblical instruction to
spread the gospel. Perhaps the catchiest gospel exhortation is the one apocryphally attributed to Saint Francis to
his followers to go forth and preach the gospel, with words
if necessary. Ultimately, all Christians are called to share
the good news, with both word and deed, and so we all
should reflect on how we can best do this, and be committed to actually doing it.
Christopher Simon
The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the
Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his
harvest field. Go! I am sending you out like lambs among
wolves.
Luke 10:2-3

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The Love of Three Oranges

Oregon High School students take audience members on an imaginary journey in a fairy tale kingdom during their performance of
The Love of Three Oranges last weekend. The comedy, based on
a scenario by Carlo Gozzi, follows a prince on his quest to find love
while he fends off various dangers.
Andrew Nelson (Prince Tartaglia) brings Caitlin Greibel (Princess Ninetta) some much-needed water in his boot.

Above, evil witch Beryl Miess

(Fata Morgana) and Kathyrn
Nelson (Smeradlina) argue
about how to trick the prince.

Above, Zack Bonno (Truffaldino) prepares to accompany the prince

on his journey.

Maria Camacho (Creonta) cries out at the loss of her oranges.

At right, Andrew Nelson (Prince

Tartaglia) receives guidance
from magician Sean Hynek
(Celio) on his quest to find the
three oranges.

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SENIOR CARE

Q. What is respite care?

A. Respite care is temporary, intermittent care provided to an elder or those with

disabilities so the regular caregivers may have an opportunity to have some time
for themselves.
Respite care not only benefits the senior caregiver. Seniors appreciate respite care
as it provides them an opportunity to socialize and converse with someone other
than their primary caregiver. The variety of having someone else come into the
home adds to their enjoyment of life.
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And when you schedule respite care to give yourself valuable downtime, youll
likely be more enjoyable company for your loved one, as you will be more rested and relaxed.
Without respite care, youre more likely to become resentful, depressed and more susceptible to
infection and illness--all of which you can pass on to the loved one you are caring for.
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Oregon native Linde Sundell helping rural residents in West Virginia

Brenton, West Virginia
a town of fewer than 250
people is a remote location
nestled in the Appalachian
Mountains. Its the kind of
isolation some people dream
of, though it can cause a few
problems for
those used to
modern technology.
At first,
I was like,
Shoot, I
dont have
any cell ser- Sundell
vice how
am I going
talk to my friends? And
then I realized there are other
ways; its not the end of the
world, said Oregon native
Linde Sundell, who recently
moved to the area.
Sundell is the volunteer

coordinator for the Appalachia Service Project (ASP),

a non-profit organization that
specializes in life-changing
mission experiences, such as
emergency home-repair for
the less fortunate within the
Appalachian region of Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West
Virginia. ASP enlists over
16,500 volunteers annually
from across the country to
work on these homes. Behind
the scenes of all this is Sundell who, along with three coworkers, serves in ASPs Lilly Fellowship, a nine-month
vocational discernment program that challenges its participants to critically assess
how they are being called to
serve others as they prepare
for post-collegiate careers.
Sundell, the volunteer

coordinator, performs a lot of

duties for the group.
Every day I check emails,
see if any volunteers or
potential volunteers and
group leaders have emailed
and asked questions, and I
respond to those, she said.
I make contact calls with
volunteers and go over trip
details and construction project information. Whenever
we get applications in, I enter
them into our database. I
send out letters to homeowners and answer the phone, as
well as make sure the center
is clean, and that rooms and
chores are assigned to volunteers.
Sundell said she was
attracted to the group after
volunteering twice with her
church. After graduating
from St. Olaf College, she

Finally

heard about the Lilly Fellowship and decided to apply.

I thought it would be
really cool to go deeper into
why I am doing the vocations
that I am doing and how I can
better serve people, God, and
myself, she said. Its going
well. I feel that I want to do
something within service and
nonprofits, but dont know
exactly where or how yet. I
really like what I am doing
now so I will keep on doing
it.
Sundell, the rest of the
staff at ASPs Guyan Valley
Center, and their volunteers
continue to work towards
making homes warmer, safer,
and drier throughout the rest
of this fall, winter and into
next spring. Their work is cut
out for them: for everyone
home ASP is able to repair,
it must turn down five additional requests for repairs
due to lack of volunteers and

Photo submitted

Oregon native Linde Sundell is keeping busy these days as the

volunteer coordinator for the Appalachia Service Project, which is
based in West Virginia.

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Boys basketball

Panthers finish second in Badger South, start regionals Friday

Anthony Iozzo
Assistant sports editor

The Oregon High School boys

basketball team picked up its 17th
win Thursday, knocking off Monona
Grove 56-53.
That win didnt just help the Panthers (17-5 overall, 9-3 conference)
finish second in the Badger South
this season but it also gave Oregon
its first 17-win season in 13 years.
The Panthers actually trailed by

three points in the fourth quarter

before taking over at the end. Oregon
outscored MG 19-13 in the fourth.
Junior Charlie Soule went off for
26 points, while junior Alex Duff
added 13. Seniors Mitch Morhoff
and Markus Tobias added eight and
six points, respectively.
Senior Joel ODonnell led MG
with 20 points.
Now Oregon looks to make a postseason run, as it begins the WIAA
Division 2 regionals at 7 p.m. Friday.

The fourth-seeded Panthers take

on fifth-seeded DeForest in the
regional semifinal. Head coach Jon
Nedelcoff said DeForest plays a similar style to Monona Grove and Fort
Atkinson, which were both close
games this season.
We have to keep doing what we
have been doing keeping the game
simple and taking advantage of our
consistency, he said. If I had to say
anything about this group that came
down to playing with simple logic,

we have been highly consistent with

how we approached every game and
how we reacted to situations.
What: WIAA Division 2 regional
We cant lose that. You cant lose
semifinal: No. 4 Oregon vs. No. 5
your DNA, and if we keep it, I think
DeForest
our probabilities of doing well will
show itself.
When: 7 p.m. Friday
If Oregon wins, it will either travel
Where: Oregon High School
to first-seeded Stoughton or host
the winner of eighth-seeded Reedsburg and ninth-seeded Madison Tuesday deadline).
Edgewood (the winner of that game
The regional final is at 7 p.m.
was unknown by the Observers Saturday.

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Girls basketball

Seniors leave legacy

Season ends in regional
semifinals
Anthony Iozzo
Assistant sports editor

Fridays 72-50 season-ending

loss against third-seeded Stoughton in the WIAA Division 2
regional semifinals does not define
the 2014-15 Oregon High School
girls basketball season, head coach
Corey Sielaff said.
After losing five seniors from
the previous year, including a
Division I recruit (Maddy Gits),
much of this season lied on the
shoulders of the team coming
together despite a significant age
gap three seniors, three juniors,
four sophomores and two freshmen.
But seniors Riley Rosemeyer,
Kelsey Jahn and Raegan Tervort
all did their part to not only help
the team unite by also to help the
team play at a high level, finishing
15-8 overall and being a part of the
first conference title in 32 years.
The great thing was that (assistant coach Stephanie Lovell) and I
really didnt have to do anything.
It was all of our seniors that took
care of that, Sielaff said. They
brought those girls together, and it
was one of the closest-knit teams I
had ever been a part of, definitely
that I ever coached. The senior
class is a model for how we want
our kids to lead. They led vocally.
They led by example, and they led
in the game physically.
They are the all-around student-athlete, and everything that
Oregon High School preaches, you
can look at those three girls and
prop them up as the perfect example for how you want kids to lead.
Unfortunately, the way the D2
sectional 3 is seeded, the Panthers
were pitted against a Stoughton
team that finished runner-up in
the Badger South to Oregon and
Madison Edgewood in the regular
season.
And that along with handling the
one-and-done aspect of the playoffs made the regional test even
more difficult.
It is always hard to mentally
prepare for that one-and-done situation because there is so much
added pressure and added expectation and really amps up the intensity of the game, Sielaff said. We
knew that Stoughton, after coming
off that win against Edgewood at
the end of the season, was going to
be jacked up and ready to go.
The Panthers started slow and
fell behind 12-2 in the first quarter before picking up six points in

Madison
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Triple Crown
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returns
John Wells
Special to Unified Newspaper Group

Photos by Evan Halpop

Senior Riley Rosemeyer (24) barrels in for a layup attempt Friday, Feb. 27, in a WIAA Division 2 regional semifinal against
Stoughton at Oregon High School. The Panthers season ended in a 72-50 loss.

about 45 seconds to cut the deficit

to 12-8.
However, after a back-andforth second quarter, the Vikings
offense exploded.
They were shooting lights out
for the whole game. They were
making everything. They were getting good looks. They were beating us in transition a little bit,
Sielaff said. We really struggled
to find the bottom of the basket.
Early in the third, Oregon got to
within a point with a chance to tie
at the free-throw line, but that is
when Stoughton started to not only
make outside shots but also were
getting baskets with a free throw.
It didnt help that Oregon was also
turning the ball over during this
stretch, Sielaff said.
We couldnt even get solid
looks because we were turning
the ball over. It just looked like no
one was really looking to score,
Sielaff said. That is definitely
a credit to Stoughtons defense.
They did a great job defending us.
Stoughton outscored the Panthers 47-28 in the second half.
And finished with four doubledigit scorers. Sophomore Kendra Halverson led the Vikings
with 21 points, while sophomore

Senior Kelsey Jahn (10) drives from the perimeter Friday against Stoughton.

Payton Kahl added 14. Sophomore

Marissa Robson and junior Hannah Hobson chipped in 11 and 10
points, respectively.
When you play three times, you

know each other well, and they got

the better of us, Sielaff said.
Rosemeyer and Jahn each scored
15 points to lead Oregon. Junior
Leah Koopman added 11.

There are changes in store

for the Madison International Speedway 2015 season,
but the Triple Crown Challenge wont be one of them.
This season will mark the
fourth year of the Super Late
Models Triple Crown.
Madison has a rich history of providing top notch
Super Late Model racing
for our fans, and the Triple
Crown Challenge continues
that tradition, Speedway
owner Gregg McKarns said.
There has been a lot of
interest from teams across
the region curious about our
Super Late Model events.
I believe we will have
a strong contingent of
champion and challengers attempting to claim the
title.
The three Friday night
race dates are scheduled for
June 5, July 10 and Aug. 21.
Each race will be 50 laps.
An overall champion will
be crowned based on the
three races with a point fund
for the top five point earners.
Past champions in the
series include Nathan Haseleu (2012), Casey Johnson
(2013) and Chris Wimmer
(2014).
Unlike the weekly Late
Model division, the Triple
Crown is a non-sanctioned
event, meaning teams will
not be required to join NASCAR in order to compete.
The Triple Crown events
comprise three of the four
visits for Super Late Models
at MIS as the ARCA Midwest Tour begins the 2015
season on Sunday, May 3 in
the Joe Shear Classic. They
will be joined by the Quest
Industrial Mid-American
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Weekly Friday night
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begins on May 15 featuring
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Sport shorts
Vanko is traded to
Youngstown (Ohio)
The Madison Capitols of the
United States Hockey League
announced the trade of captain and former Oregon High
School standout Alec Vanko
on Tuesday.
Vanko, who is on the inactive players lists, played in 45
games this season, scoring one
goal and assisting on 11 more.
The Capitols dealt him to the
Youngstown (Ohio) Phantoms.
As a veteran player in the
league, we are grateful for all
of Alecs contributions to the
Madison Capitols, both as a
person and a player, Capitols head coach and general
manager Luke Strand said.
We wish him well with the
remainder of the season and
his career at Minnesota State.
Vank will be attending Minnesota State Mankato to play
college hockey in the fall.

Photo submitted

Cheer team takes first,

second at Kettle Moraine
Oregon High School cheer team placed first in Cheer Dance
division and second place in the Division 1 Stunting division
at the Kettle Moraine Lutheran Cheer competition on Feb. 14.
Team members (front, from left) are: Abby Brouillet, Denae
Allen, Jordan Anderson, Jennica Evans and Jessica Forster;
(back) Taylor Soule, Lulu Spencer, Cassidy Kennedy, Jean
Cooper, Emma Hollis,Marina Palacios, Sierra Looze and Anna
Urbanowicz.

Tobias: OHS boys basketball senior paves way for students wishing to work from home

Help from the staff

Nedelcoff who helped
guide Tobias through the
process by helping him
with resources and connections within the program
said Schmitt is one of the
main reasons why Tobias
can play today.
Schmitt coordinates the
blended learning program,
which is one of the only
area programs that offers a
full online course, and she
tweaked the curriculum to
fit Tobias needs.
Jennifer Schmitt has
done a fantastic job of giving kids at a variety of different levels and needs
to not only getting a high
school degree but pursuing
it in their type of modality or, most of all, maybe
where they are at in life,
Nedelcoff said. Not everyone is at the same playing
field. We want to make it
fair. It might not always
be equal, but you want to
give a fair playing field so
everyone have the same
opportunities.

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Above, senior Markus Tobias (42) is helped up after going for a

rebound Dec. 19 against Fort Atkinson; (at right) Tobias attempts to
grab a loose ball and wins the battle Feb. 6 against Stoughton.

When first exploring

options, Nedelcoff worked
with Schmitt to make sure
Tobias was in compliance
with school standards, state
standards and the WIAA
standards.
Nedelcoff also wanted to
make sure Tobias was comfortable with transitioning
from being homeschooled
to the new curriculum at the
OHS blended learning program.
He brought it to a different environment and actually created a new environment today what we call
personalized learning,
Nedelcoff said.
He has been a fantastic
model of basically not just
being successful at it but
with how he went about it
in a mature way.
Markus is still involved
with Schmitt to work out

what classes are best for

others to choose from. For
example, he is taking a law
and order class this semester, and five other students
are waiting to take the class.
If Markus approves the
class for Schmitt, then she
can correctly evaluate it
and let the other students
take it.

Helping similar cases

Now that Tobias has
paved the way for other
students to take online
courses, he is someone to
seek advice from, and he
said he has already helped
a few students behind him
choose the best path for
themselves.
But one aspect Markuss
mother Diane said she
needs to clarify is that a
homeschooled student still
cant play WIAA sports.

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Markus had to switch from

his familys homeschooling
to the OHS blended learning program.
She said other homeschoolers who want to play
WIAA sports will also need
to follow in Markus footsteps.
Im extremely grateful
for the staff at OHS who
made this unique experience a reality for me,
Markus said. Hopefully
this will help other students

in the future who might be

in the same situation as I
was.
Tobias not only became
the first online student to
pass an AP class, but he
also has been accepted into
Edgewood College and the
University of WisconsinLa Crosse.
It was easy for me, but
if you are coming straight
from a public school, it
can be difficult at first,
Markus said.

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place.
The classes blend both
the digital experience
where he follows deadlines
for tests and other work
with one-on-one, faceto-face meetings to guide
Tobias through the curriculum.
If I had the option to
continue homeschooling, I
would have done that without a doubt because you can
specialize in what you really want to major on in college, but the online course
is great because I can still
take all my classes at home
and make my own schedule, Tobias said. Instead
of teachers talking for 45
minutes and you already
have that down, you can be
doing something else in that
time.
A typical day begins at 8
a.m. with breakfast, a few
classes and then a break.
Around lunchtime, Tobias
goes to OHS for Personalized Function Training,
and then he returns home
to work on the rest of his
classes.
The learning is basically the same, but a lot of
the teachers said it is more
work and you have to put
more time into it, Markus
Tobias said.
But the key is finishing
up early enough to have
a 45-minute break before
practice. He said he notices
a difference in energy levels with some of his teammates during after-school
practices.
They are so tired when

they come after school, he

said. They have been in
school for eight hours, so I
dont blame them.
Tobias can even get
ahead with his work to
give himself full days off
before big games or practices, something he plans on
doing Friday when Oregon
opens the WIAA Division 2
regionals.
The discipline and convenience of setting his own
schedule is one of the reasons Tobias loves being
able to complete school at
home.

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Oregon resident has successful equestrian year

McIsaac competes
in U.S. Dressage
Finals
2014 was a banner year
in equestrian sports for
Oregon resident, Megan
McIsaac. McIsaac, the president of Lindinhof Equine
Sports Zentrum, is active in
the sport of dressage and is
working towards a place on
the US Olympic team in the
future.
Dressage is the art of riding and training a horse in
a manner that develops obedience, flexibility and balance. It has also been called
poetry in motion and ballet
on horseback.
In September, McIsaac
traveled to Pennsylvania
to compete in dressage at
Devon with 15-year-old
black Hann gelding, Buenos
Noches, owned by Lindihof
client Michelle Moeller.
The invitation-only competition is one of the highestrated international dressage
competitions and the most

complete breed show outside of Europe. Together,

they won fourth level, test
three, the nations highest
level.
The following month,
in October, McIsaac competed at the U.S. Dressage
Finals regional championships with three horses at
the Kentucky Horse Park in
Lexington, along with 600
others in Region 2. Region
2 includes Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota,
Indiana and West Virginia.
McIsaac competed in
training level open (reserve
champion), first level
open (fourth place) and
first level freestyle open
(reserve champion) with
Kingsley, owned by WisconsinKid, LLC; first level
open, first level freestyle
and second level freestyle
with Elbricht, owned by
Sue and Rick Neipert; and
fourth level open, fourth
level freestyle and Prix
St. Georges level dressage
with Buenos Noches. Her
freestyles were designed by
Melanie Michalak of MSM

Freestyles.
The reserve championships with Kingsley as
well as the wild cards with
Elbricht earned McIsaac an
invitation to the U.S. Dressage Finals in November
back at the Kentucky Horse
Park. The national headto-head competition showcases competitors in adult
amateur and open divisions
at training level through
grand prix.
There, McIsaac and
Kingsley captured the
U.S. national champion
title in the first level freestyle, and they also placed
eighth in the training level
open championship. With
Elbricht, McIsaac came
away with 13th in the second level freestyle and seventh in the first level freestyle.
This year McIsaac is
focusing on regionals and
the U.S. finals. If Kingsley
is ready, McIsaac would
also like to compete in the
USDF Developing Prix St.
George Championships in
August.

Photo by SusanJStickle.com

Pictured from left are Stephan Hienzsch, executive director of US Dressage Finals; Mae Solze SmartPak
rep; Janine Malone, committee chair of US Dressage Nationals; Melanie Michalak, Megans freestyle
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Last Run!

End-of-Season

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The Oregon/Brooklyn Troop 2293 sold Girl Scout cookies at Pick N Save opening weekend on Feb. 15.
Pictured from left are Logan Small, Natalie Hoeft and Catherine Roberts.
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Milton and Bill (Becky)
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She is further survived
by numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and
friends.
Colleen was preceded in
death by her father, Ervin
Fry, as well as other relatives and friends.
An open house celebrating her life and memories
will be held on April 25 at
The Gathering Place in
Milton from 1-5 p.m. In
lieu of flowers, the family
is asking that donations be
sent to the Colleen Ristau
Memorial
Fund at Summit Credit
Union, PO BOX 8046,
Madison, 53708-8046.
The funds raised will go
towards a memorial park
bench with any excess benefits going to Agrace Hospice.
Thank you all for your
condolences, prayers and
support.
Here is one of Colleens
favorite quotes and how
she too would choose to be
remembered: Remember
me with smiles and laughter; For that is the way
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infectious laugh and smile.
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many.
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her husband, Wayne; two

daughters, Jennifer (Bruce)

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Michelle Ristau of Sun
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She was born on May
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daughter of Arthur and Jessie (Taylor) Newton.
Sue was a graduate
of Oregon High School,
class of 1945, and Edgewood College in 1964.
She received her Masters
Degree in Business Education in 1968 from UWMadison.
Sue taught business
classes at various high
schools in Wisconsin during her career. She also volunteered as an E.M.T. with
the Oregon Fire Department for many years. In
her spare time, she enjoyed
doing bird carvings, which
she attended classes for
and created many beautiful
carvings.Sue followed the
Packers, Brewers and especially the Badgers, attending the 2000 Rose Bowl.
Sue is survived by her
brother, Earl Bill Newton; brother-in-law, Roger
Lawry; nieces, LuAnn

(Russ) Frautschy, Laura

(Seth) Schoonover, Barbara (Gary) Voss and
Shari (Vince) Gullo; nephews, Gary (Ronda) Lawry,
Gregg (Michelle) Lawry,
William (Maria) Newton,
Richard (Gwen) Newton,
Jim (Mary) Newton, Randy
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Newton; and many greatnieces and nephews.
She was preceded in
death by her parents; brother, Robert (Wanetta) Newton; sister, Jean Lawry; and
sister-in-law, Lucille Newton.
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Church, 625 E. Netherwood
St., Oregon, at 11 a.m., on
Thurs., March 5, with the
Rev. Paul Markquart presiding.
Burial will be held at
Prairie Mound Cemetery
in Oregon. Visitation will
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9 a.m. until the time of the
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Academic Achievements
Honors
Arizona State
University
Oregon
Elyse Candell, deans list

Michigan Tech
Oregon
Matthew Sampson, deans
list

UW-Madison

list; Ryan Krull, deans honor

list; Bradley Maerz, deans list;
Erin Mcallister, high honor roll;
Alexandra Mccann, deans list;
Caroline Mccormick, deans
list; Michael Merdler, honor
roll; Megan Neperud, deans
list; Shannon Olson, deans
honor list; Michelle Peterson,
deans list; Pierce Peterson,
deans honor list; Thomas
Richards, deans list; Brandon
Schulting, deans honor list;
Natalie Shirk, deans list;
Jessica Simon, deans list;
Miranda Switzky, deans list;
Morgan Szabo, deans list;
Bradlee Wienholtz, deans list;
Jamie Wood, deans list

Brooklyn
David Hallinan, deans list;
Sara Harn, deans list; Austin
Helmke, deans list; Hunter
Johnson, deans honor list;
Kaitlyn Landry, deans list; UW-La Crosse
Sarah Lowery, deans high Brooklyn
honors; Mariah Martin, deans
Jeffrey Jaeggi, deans list;
list; Emily Reinicke, deans list;
Brandon
Jones, deans list
Brian Straub, deans list
Oregon
Hannah Best, deans list;
Alexis Boumstein, deans list;
Joshua Brauns, deans list;
Colin Byron, deans honor
list; Hilary Carpenter, deans
list; Kevin Condon, deans list;
James Debano, deans honor
list; Katie Donner, deans list;
Danielle Edelburg, deans list;
Thomas Eithun, deans honor
list; Allison Eugster, deans
list; Emily Forster, deans list;
Aaron Gochberg, deans list;
Rachel Hakes, deans honor
list; Kelsey Hiveley, deans
honor list; Rachel Hughes,
deans list; Emily Jost, deans

Oregon
Andrew Brownfield, deans
list; Timothy Fallon, deans
list; Hannah Gothard, deans
list; Allison Greene, deans
list; Elizabeth Hackner, deans
list; Emily Harms, deans
list; Justin Helmkamp, deans
list; Austin Janssen, deans
list; Danielle Lee, deans
list; Hannah McAllister,
deans list; Jacob McGrath,
deans list; Eva Meyer, deans
list; Heidi Noyce, deans
list; Allison Prew, deans
list; Allyson Stone, deans
list;Brady Turk, deans list

Ripon College
Oregon
Mallory Krumrei, deans list

Upper Iowa University

Brooklyn
Michelle Deegan, deans list
Oregon
Desiree Brekke, deans list

Marquette University

Rachel Guenther, deans list;

Meaghan Kelly, deans list;
Abigail Nehls-Lowe, deans
list; Danielle Rockwell, deans
list; Cody Waters, deans list;
Lauren Wysocky, deans list

Ottawa University

Carroll University

Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Nicole Darga, high honors;
Max Thoma, deans list
Haley Hyames, honors
Oregon
Oregon
Bradley Rehrauer, deans
Alison Schommer, cum list; Shelby Wilhelm, deans list
laude; Rebecca Hackner, honors; Emily Janes, high honors; UW-Platteville
Anna McCartney, highest hon- Brooklyn
ors; Minji Olson, honors; Laura
Kaley Frautschy, deans list;
Risser, high honors; Gustav Joseph Gehrmann, deans list
Schermetzler, highest honors;
Max Schmidt, highest honors Oregon
Andrew Behrend, deans
UW-River Falls
list; Megan Dietrich, deans
Brooklyn
list; Nicholas Jaeckels, deans
Melanie Jacobson, deans list; Claire Joyce, deans
list; Elizabeth Schumacher, list; Katherine Klahn, deans
deans
list;
Mackenzie list; Nathan Lange, deans
Wilkinson, deans list
list; Bryce Murphy, deans
list;Daniel Rau, deans list
Oregon
University of
Miranda Mellen, deans list

UW-Eau Claire

UW-Green Bay

UW-La Crosse

Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Megan Brugger, honors;
Eva Meyer, BS, mathematChloe Crubaugh, deans Sarah Starr, honors
ics; Rachel Rockwell, BS, eduhonor roll
cation

Concordia University
Oregon
Carly Bausch, deans list; Oregon
Kristina Hagstrom, deans list
Rebecca David, honors list
UW-Stevens Point

Oregon
Cacia Tipple, BS, social sciJennifer Nankivil, deans list; ence
Megan Schmitt, deans list; Oregon
Veronica Schwenn, deans list;
Alison Schommer, BS, biolCaitlin Shirk, deans list
ogy, English

Minnesota-Twin Cities

Brooklyn
Oregon
Jennifer Landry, deans list
Brittny Deegan, deans list;

UW-Stout

UW-Platteville
Oregon
Megan Guthmiller, chancel- Oregon
lors award; Makyla Resch,
Kyle Alvis, biology; Sharchancellors award
Ron Buie, business administration; Brian Jacobs, electrical
UW-Platteville
engineering; Masees Mesdjian,
industrial engineering; Tiffanie
Brooklyn
Joseph Gerhmann, chancel- Nelson, animal science
lors list
UW-Eau Claire

Oregon
Oregon
Megan Dietrich, chancellors
Christine Hansen, BS, kinelist; Claire Joyce, chancellors siology; Abigail Nehls-Lowe,
list
BS, communication sciences
and disorders
UW-Milwaukee
Oregon
Rayna Kluz, deans list;
Benjamin Rudolph, deans list;
Jeffrey Van Kampen, deans
list; Madeline Vogt, deans list

Lewis University (Ill.)

Oregon
Jason Fourdraine, deans list

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Village of Oregon
Public Works
Request for Bid
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Bid is for Asphalt Milling & Overlaying for Village Streets.

Sealed proposals will be received by
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Published: February 26 and March 5, 2015
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VOTING BY
ABSENTEE BALLOT

Any qualified elector who is unable

or unwilling to appear at the polling place
on Election Day may request to vote an
absentee ballot. A qualified elector is any
U.S.citizen, who will be 18 years of age
or older on Election Day, who has resided
in the ward or municipality where he or
she wishes to vote for at least 28 consecutive days before the election. The
elector must also be registered in order
to receive an absentee ballot.
You must make a request for an absentee ballot in writing.
Contact your municipal clerk and
request that an application for an absentee ballot be sent to you for the primary
or election or both. You may also submit
a written request in the form of a letter.
Your written request must list your voting
address within the municipality where
you wish to vote, the address where the
absentee ballot should be sent, if different, and your signature. You may make
application for an absentee ballot by mail
or in person.
Making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail
The deadline for making application
to receive an absentee ballot by mail is:
5 pm on the fifth day before the election,
April 2, 2015.
Note: Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors
who are indefinitely confined to home
or a care facility, in the military, hospitalized, or serving as a sequestered juror. If
this applies to you, contact the municipal
clerk regarding deadlines for requesting
and submitting an absentee ballot.
Voting an absentee ballot in person
You may also request and vote an
absentee ballot in the clerks office or
other specified location during the days
and hours specified for casting an absentee ballot in person.
Peggy Haag, Clerk
VILLAGE OF OREGON
117 Spring Street
Oregon, WI 53575
(608) 835-3118
7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Mon-Fri)
Denise Arnold, Clerk
TOWN OF OREGON
1138 Union Road
Oregon, WI 53575
(608) 835-3200
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Mon-Thurs)
Dawn George, Clerk
TOWN OF RUTLAND
4177 Old Stage Road
Brooklyn, WI 53521
(608) 455-3925
Call above number for hours
Carol Strause, Clerk
VILLAGE OF BROOKLYN
210 Commercial St.
Brooklyn, WI 53521
(608) 455-4201
7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Mon-Fri)
The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerks office is: March 23, 2015
The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerks office: April 3, 2015
No in-person absentee voting may

occur on a weekend or legal holiday.

The municipal clerk will deliver
voted ballots returned on or before Election Day to the proper polling place or
counting location before the polls close
on April 7, 2015. Any ballots received
after the polls close will be counted by
the board of canvassers if postmarked
by Election Day and received no later
than 4:00 p.m. on the Friday following the
election.
Published: March 5, 2015
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Public Notice
Village of Brooklyn
Public Hearing
March 23, 2015
6:30 PM
210 Commercial St.

Please take notice that on the 23rd

day of March, 2015 a public hearing will
be held before the Village of Brooklyn
Planning/Zoning Commission at the Village of Brooklyn Village Hall at 210 Commercial St, Brooklyn, WI beginning at
6:30 p.m.
The Planning/Zoning Commission
will hear all interested persons in regards
to the repealing of Ordinance Chapter 48538 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT and replacing
with Chapter 48-538 LIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
Any person unable to attend the
hearing may submit written testimony to
the Clerks Office by 5 pm on March 20,
2015. The Planning/Zoning Commission
shall report their recommendation to the
Village Board for final consideration. A
copy of the proposed zoning changes is
available in the Village Clerks office for
public viewing M-F, from 7am-5pm and
can be emailed upon request.
Note: Requests from persons with
disabilities who need assistance to participate in this meeting or hearing should
be made to the Clerks office at 455-4201
with 48 hours notice
Kimberly J. Brewer,
Deputy Clerk-Treas.
Posted: 2-26-2015
Published: March 5 and 12, 2015
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MINUTES OF THE
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
SCHOOL BOARD OF THE
OREGON SCHOOL DISTRICT
HELD ON January 13, 2015

The special meeting of the School

Board of the Oregon School District
was called to order by President Krause
at5:01 PMin the District Meeting Room
in the Netherwood Knoll School in the
Village of Oregon, Dane County, Wisconsin. Upon roll call, the following board
members were present: Mr. Jeff Ramin,
Ms. Barb Feeney, Ms. Gwen Maitzen, Mr.
Charles Uphoff, Ms. Rae Vogeler and Mr.
Dan Krause. The following board members were absent: Mr. Steve Zach. Administrators present: Dr. Brian Busler, Ms.
Jina Jonen, Mr. Andy Weiland, Dr. Leslie
Bergstrom, Ms. Candace Weidensee, Mr.
Jon Tanner, and Ms. Jayne Wick. Others
present: Mr. Steve Staton.
Proof in the form of a certificate by
the Oregon Observer of communications
and public notice given to the public and
the Oregon Observer and a certificate
of posting as required by Section 19.84
Wisconsin Statutes as to the holding of
this meeting was presented by Mr. Dan
Krause, President.
Mr. Uphoff moved and Ms. Vogeler
seconded the meeting to approve agenda
as posted. Motion passed. 6-0.
A. DISCUSSION ITEMS:
1. Workshop with Steve Staton and
District Office Administrators on Collective Commitments: Mr. Staton walked
the group through the draft of Collective
Commitments for final approval by the
whole group.
B. ADJOURNMENT:

Mr. Ramin moved and Ms. Maitzen

seconded the motion to adjourn the
meeting. Motion passed by unanimous voice vote. Meeting adjourned
at6:29 p.m.
Jeff Ramin, Clerk
Oregon School District
Published: March 5, 2015
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MINUTES OF THE
REGULAR MEETING OF THE
SCHOOL BOARD OF THE
OREGON SCHOOL DISTRICT
HELD ON FEBRUARY 9, 2015

The regular meeting of the School

Board of the Oregon School District was
called to order by the President at 6:31
PM in the Rome Corners Intermediate
School in the Village of Oregon, Dane
County, Wisconsin. Upon roll call, the
following board members were present:
Ms. Barbara Feeney, Mr. Charles Uphoff,
Ms. Gwen Maitzen, Mr. Jeff Ramin, Mr.
Steve Zach, and Mr. Dan Krause, The following board members were absent: Ms.
Rae Vogeler. Administrators present: Dr.
Brian Busler, Mr. Andy Weiland, Dr. Anita
Koehler, Mrs. Candace Weidensee, Mr.
Dan Rikli, Ms. Michelle Gard, Mrs. Shannon Anderson, Dr. Leslie Bergstrom, Mr.
Jon Tanner, Ms. Jina Jonen, Dr. Heather
Sveom, Mr. Jason Zurawik and Ms. Kerri
Modjeski.
Proof in the form of a certificate by
the Oregon Observer of communications
and public notice given to the public and
the Oregon Observer and a certificate of
posting as required by Section 19.84 Wisconsin Statutes as to the holding of this
meeting was presented by Mr. Krause.
Mr. Uphoff moved and Ms. Feeney
seconded the motion to proceed with
the meeting according to the agenda as
posted. Motions passed 6-0.
A. CONSENT CALENDAR:
Mr. Uphoff moved and Mr. Ramin
seconded the motion to approve the following items on the Consent Calendar.
1. Approve minutes of the January
26, 2015 and February 2, 2015 meetings;
2. Approve payments in the amount
of $ 1,120,747.35;
3. Treasurers Report - none
4. Staff Resignations/Retirements, if
any - none;
5. Staff Assignments:
Katie L. Poch, 1.0 FTE Interim Advanced Math Teacher at OMS;
Lorraine A. Best, 1.0 FTE Interim
English Teacher at OHS;
Kayla M. Kumm, .40 FTE Interim
Band Teacher at RCI.
6. Field Trip Requests - 2015 Skills
USA Regional Competition - UW Stout
February 26 & 27th;
7. Acceptance of Donations:
Scott and Anne Michels - $50 to
OMS;
Erika Kllahn - $100 to BKE;
Klondike Farms - $100 to BKE;
Sandria Maas - $50 - OMS Fundraiser
Anonymous donation of $100 to
BKE;
8. Open Enrollment Exception Applications, if any - none;
Motion passed 6-0.
B. COMMUNICATION FROM PUBLIC:
Mr. Jon Nedelcoff spoke in support
of on-line learning and of the STEAM
teachers. Ms. Linda Nedelcoff spoke
about accountability and responsibility
of the current members of the HAC Committee.
C. ACTION ITEMS:
1. Ratification of 2014-2015 OEA
Contract: On behalf of the HAC
Committee Mr. Uphoff moved that
the Board approve the 2014-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement between the
OEA and BOE as described in the tentative agreement. In a roll call, the following members voted yes: Mr. Uphoff, Ms.
Feeney, Mr. Zach, Mr. Ramin, Ms. Maitzen
and Mr. Krause. Motion passed 6-0.
2. 1% Supplemental Pay: On behalf

of the HAC Committee Mr. Uphoff

moved to approve the 1% supplemental income to all teachers except
the Tech Ed and Ag Teachers. In a roll
call vote, the following members voted
yes:Mr. Uphoff, Ms. Maitzen. The following members voted no: Ms. Feeney, Mr.
Zach, Mr. Ramin and Mr. Krause. Motion
failed 2-4 vote.
3. Health Risk Assessment Premium
Differential: On behalf of the HAC
Committee, Mr. Uphoff moved the
Board pay 90% of the lowest cost plan
for those full-time employees successfully completing a Health Risk Assessment with Biometric Testing prior to May
1, 2015 (and for those members with a
District approved exception), and 88%
of the lowest cost plan for those full-time
employees who choose not to, starting
with the 2015-16 school year. Part-time
employees shall be prorated accordingly.
In a roll call vote, the following members
voted yes: Mr. Uphoff, Ms. Feeney, Mr.
Zach, Mr. Ramin, Ms. Maitzen and Mr.
Krause. Motion passed 6-0.
4. Health Insurance Deductible - One
Time Payment for Staff
On behalf of the HAC Committee
Mr. Uphoff moved to use fund balance
to make a one time payment to staff and
retirees on the health plan for the 201415 school year to be divided equally
amongst the participants. Mr. Zach asked
if this was from the January 14 HAC meeting. Mr. Uphoff confirmed that it was. Mr.
Zach noted that it was a meet and confer
on Jan. 14 and no action items were on
the agenda. Mr. Uphoff then stated it was
approved at the February 4 HAC meeting. Mr. Zach stated that this item was
not on the February 4th HAC agenda. Mr.
Uphoff then withdrew his motion. No action taken.
D. DISCUSSION ITEMS: Student
Achievement
1. Committee Reports:
a. Policy: Ms. Maitzen stated that
the next policy meeting will be held on
Feb. 24th at 4PM and will discuss early
entrance to Kindergarten and First Grade
and the Bullying Policy.
b. Human Assets: Mr. Uphoff stated
that the HAC will meet the first Tuesday
of every month at 4 PM.
c. Financial Assets: The FAC has
not met. Ms. Feeney met with Mr. Weiland
and Dr. Busler about the process for the
Budget planning.
d. Physical Assets: Mr. Uphoff stated
there has been no meetings scheduled.
The committee would like the timeline for
the building maintenance projects.
e. Vision Steering: Mr. Ramin stated
the Vision Steering Committee is scheduled to meet Feb. 18 at 7:30 A.M. We
have two sets of dates in August for the
Visioning Session with the Community.
2. Budget Guiding Principles 20152016: Mr. Weiland presented the
2015-16 Budget Guiding Principles.
3. Board Position Papers (Overview): This item will be placed on the
February 23, 2015 board meeting for
discussion.
E. DISCUSSION ITEMS: Other Topics - None.
F. INFORMATION ITEMS:
1. From OEA President - none.
2. Superintendents Report:
A. 2015 Dane County Truancy Summit - Wed. April 29. Dr.
Busler will be reaching out to Judge
Cox for her participation.
B. Four different informational items
15-17 budget highlights.
C. School Alliance Feb. 4 key issues from Governors budget.
D. Dr. Busler shared comments from
Alan Borsuk law professor at Marquette
regarding the State Budget.
E. Taxpayers Alliance - slightly
above our per pupil cost to 2008.
F. Oregon Observer - Pernille Ripp,
OMS Teachers, was honored
for her innovative approach to
technology. She was named Microsoft
Innovative Educator Expert for 2015 for
excellence in using technology to help
students learn and achieve more.
G. Jina and Brian are working with

Joe Donovan on an executive

summary about the community survey.
H. Justin Patchin - Presentation to
parent community on
Cyberbullying.
I. STEM conference Cleveland, OH
April 16
& 17th . Kenosha School District
will be presenters at this conference on
LEGO Education: Building the Engineers
of Tomorrow - this might be an interesting conference for our staff.
3. February 23 Board Meeting at
Netherwood Elementary Site at 6:30 P.M.
4. Legislative Update: Mr. Uphoff
stated: March 18 WASB Day at Capitol There has been a significant response to
Governors budget severity of cuts and
impact to K-12 and university budget. Encouraged public to talk to your contacts
around the state to support funding education.
G. CLOSING:
1. Future Agenda was established.
2. Check Out
H. EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS: Ms.
Feeney moved and Mr. Uphoff
seconded the motion to move into
closed session to discuss H1 as provided under Wisconsin Statutes 19.85
(1) (c), (f) & (g). In a roll call vote, the following members voted yes: Ms. Feeney,
Mr. Uphoff, Ms. Maitzen, Mr. Zach, Mr. Ramin, and Mr. Krause. Motion passed 6-0.
Closed session began at 9:44 p.m.
1. Personnel Matter: Discussion
held.
I. ADJOURNMENT:
Mr. Zach moved and Mr. Uphoff seconded the motion to adjourn the meeting.
Motion passed unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 10:03 p.m.
Jeff Ramin, Clerk
Oregon School District
Published: March 5, 2015
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ORDINANCE NO. 15-01

VILLAGE OF OREGON
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
SECTION 12.05 (4) 4 OF
THE VILLAGE CODE OF
ORDINANCES RELATING
TO APPLICATIONS FOR
ALCOHOL BEVERAGE
LICENSES

The Village Board of the Village of

Oregon, Dane County, Wisconsin, ordains as follows:
1. Section 12.05 (4) 4 of the Village
Code of Ordinances is amended to provide as follows:
4. Time of filing and Acting on Applications. All applications to be acted upon
at the first meeting in June of each year
must be filed on or before April 15 of each
year. The Village Clerk may conditionally
accept renewal applications offered for
filing notwithstanding the deadline provided in this subsection but shall not forward to the Village Board any application
for which there is a deficiency or lack of
compliance with any requirement in the
application process. An additional fee of
$25 shall be charged for any application
filed on or beforeApril15that is incomplete or otherwise out of compliance with
any requirement in the application process. A late filing fee of fifty dollars ($50)
shall be paid prior to the Village Board
granting the license for each of the following:
a. Each renewal application received
by the Village Clerk afterApril 15; and
b. Each application for which deficiencies in the application process are
corrected afterApril 15.
The late-fee and other charges are
imposed to recover the cost of processing the noncomplying application. Payment of the late filing fee or other fees
shall not relieve any person from any
other penalties prescribed in this chapter
for failure to possess or obtain a license.
2. This ordinance shall take effect

upon passage and publication.

The foregoing ordinance was adopted by the Village Board of the Village
of Oregon at a meeting held on March 2,
2015.
APPROVED:
Steven L. Staton, Village President
ATTEST:
Peggy S. K. Haag, Village Clerk
First Reading: March 2, 2015
Second Reading: March 2, 2015
Adoption: March 2, 2015
Posted: March 3, 2015
Published: March 5, 2015
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OREGON SCHOOL DISTRICT

BOARD OF EDUCATION
DATE: MONDAY,
MARCH 9, 2015
TIME: 6:30 PM
PLACE: ROME CORNERS
INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

Order of Business
Call to Order
Roll Call
Proof of Notice of Meeting and Approval of Agenda
Presidents Address
AGENDA
6:32
A. CONSENT CALENDAR
NOTE: Items under the Consent Calendar are considered routine and will be
enacted under one motion.There will be
no separate discussion of these items
prior to the time the Board votes unless
a Board Member requests an item be
removed from the calendar for separate
action.
1. Minutes of Previous Meeting
2. Approval of Payments
3. Treasurers Report, if any
4. Staff Resignations/Retirements,
if any
5. Staff Assignments, if any
6. Field Trip Requests, if any
7. Acceptance of Donations, if any
8. Open Enrollment Exception Applications, if any
B. COMMUNICATION FROM PUBLIC
6:34 1. Public: Board Policy 180.04
has established an opportunity for the
public to address the Board. In the event
community members wish to address
the Board, 15 minutes will be provided;
otherwise the agenda will proceed as
posted.
F. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
6:40 1. Global Education Lou Kindschi
6:55 2. Student Report on Personalized Learning
C. ACTION ITEMS
7:10 1. From Policy
a. 163 Bullying Policy
b. OHS Co-curricular Code
c. 316 Early Admission Policy
d. 180 Meetings
e. 174 Board Governance
7:45 2. Expansion of Teacher Compensation Committee
8:05 3. From Physical Assets Committee:
a. 2015-2016 Capital Maintenance
Plan Phase I
D. DISCUSSION ITEMS: Student
Achievement
8:20 1. Committee Reports:
a. Policy
b. Human Assets
c. Financial Assets
d. Physical Assets
e. Vision Steering
E. DISCUSSION ITEMS: Other Topics
F. INFORMATION ITEMS
8:45 1. OEA President
8:50 2. Superintendents Report
G. CLOSING
8:55 1. Future Agenda
9:00 2. Check Out
9:05
H. ADJOURNMENT
Published: March 5, 2015
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452 General
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453 Volunteer Wanted

HANCOCK CENTER for
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openings for new board members
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accounting, business management.
Ability to attend regular meetings and
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looking for volunteer assistants at our
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classroom furniture and equipment,
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cleaning and organizing toys, clearing
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up snacks. Call the Volunteer Center at
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532 Fencing
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548 Home Improvement

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GARAGE SALE Cub Cadet tractor 149

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554 Landscaping, Lawn,

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572 Snow Removal

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586 TV, VCR &

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606 Articles For Sale

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650 Furniture
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652 Garage Sales

RUMMAGE SALE Skaalen

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664 Lawn & Garden

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666 Medical & Health Supplies

ACORN STAIRLIFTS
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made. Installation included. Call 800940-3411 for $750 off. (wcan)

672 Pets
GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPS
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GOT AN older car, boat or RV?
Do the humane thing. Donate it to the
Humane Society. Call 800-990-7816
(wcan)

688 Sporting Goods

& Recreational
WE BUY Boats/RV/Pontoons/ATV's &
Motorcycles! "Cash Paid" now. American Marine & Motorsports Super Center,
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692 Electronics
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696 Wanted To Buy

CASH FOR old gas pumps and automotive memorabilia. John (608) 698-6916
WE BUY Junk Cars and Trucks.
We sell used parts.
Monday thru Friday 8am-5:30pm.
Newville Auto Salvage, 279 Hwy 59
Edgerton, 608-884-3114

705 Rentals
GREENWOOD APARTMENTS
Apartments for Seniors 55+, currently
has 1 & 2 bedroom units available
starting at $725 per month, includes
heat, water, and sewer.
608-835-6717 Located at:
139 Wolf St., Oregon, WI 53575
OREGON 1BR Upper, utilities included.
No pets, no smoking. Security deposit
$550.00
608-455-3112

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$740-$780- includes heat, water/sewer.
608-222-1981 x2 or 3. No dogs, 1 cat
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Chalet Dr. Private laundry and garage.
Great price! 608-221-8146
STOUGHTON TOWNHOUSE
2 Bedroom, 2 Bath
All appliances including W/D
FF Laundry C/A Basement
Attached garage. $885/Month No
pets. No smoking. 835-8806
VERONA-2BR no smoking, A/C, H/W
included, small pets negotiable, private
parking, quiet neighborhood. $835 month
Call 608-558-7017

720 Apartments
ROSEWOOD APARTMENTS for Seniors
55+. 1 & 2 bedroom units available
starting at $695 per month. Includes
heat, water and sewer. Professionally
managed. Located at
300 Silverado Drive, Stoughton, WI
53589 608-877-9388

740 Houses For Rent

EVANSVILLE 2-3 bedroom, one car
garage, $700. per month plus security
deposit, plus utilities. Available March 1.
608-931-6539

750 Storage Spaces For Rent

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Hotel: Project would create full-time jobs
Continued from page 1
the project would not be
feasible but for the TIF
assistance.
Knutson told the board
Lindner has discussed
building a 70-room hotel
with a swimming pool and
a 4,000-square-foot conference/banquet center.
The hotel would be built
on about three acres near
the intersection of Concord
Drive and Park Street on
the villages south side.
About 20 percent of the
rooms would be extended-stay suites. The project
was enhanced upgraded in scope following
input by local business
leaders in the community
that provided evidence
of localized demand for
a variety of hotel room
types as well as need for
group functions ranging
from company meetings to
weddings and other social
events, Lindner wrote in a
memo.
Providing a marketable
meeting and conference
center will escalate the status of the hotel and thus
place the Village of Oregon on a list among meeting destinations in Wisconsin.
He noted that development begets development,
and that the hotel would
stimulate other building
projects in TIF District 4.
The developer estimates the hotel would be

a $6 million project and

generate 22-28 full-time
equivalent positions plus
a substantial number of
temporary positions for
unemployed and underemployed.
In the memo, Lindner estimates the hotel
would generate more than
$388,000 in property taxes
and $440,000 in hotel taxes
in the first five years of
operation.
In discussing the prospect of a hotel in the village, Gracz said this is the
furthest that such a project
has progressed in the village. He said in the previous discussions with a
developer about building a
hotel, the developer wanted the village to be a major
investor in the project, and
the Village Board at the
time rejected the idea.
Gracz said there have
been a number of reasons
why a hotel has not been
built thus far, including a
lack of investors.
That doesnt appear to be
a problem this time around,
Knutson suggested. She
said the developer has gotten so much interest from
investors that he decided
to increase the size of the
project. But whether this
project moves forward
might depend on the analysis of the TIF request.
We want a banquet
room and a hotel in the
village, Knutson told
the board Monday night.

Theres 53 weddings this

year at Bergamont.
Knutson said the company is building hotels
in three other Wisconsin
communities, including
Mount Horeb, but that they
are not competing for a
hotel in Oregon.
Mount Horeb is rolling out the red carpet for
them, Knutson told the
Observer. So I want to
make Oregon as inviting as
possible.
A report from a hotel
feasibility study conducted in 2012 for the village
found that a 70-room hotel
in the Village of Oregon
could bring in nearly $2.4
million in room and food
and beverage revenues
in its third year of operation and could generate
$130,000 annually in room
taxes.
The room tax figure is
considerably higher than
what Lindner estimates in
his board memo. His estimate was about $88,000 in
the third year of operation.
Inn Development and
Management Group LLC
issued its report in November 2012 and estimated
that within five years
after opening, a hotel here
could draw approximately 17,370 lodging
room-nights, create 25 to
33 FTE jobs and have an
overall positive economic impact to Oregon from
retail sales.

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Board hires consultant

for police chief search
Bill Livick
Unified Newspaper Group

The Village Board on

Monday authorized the
village to hire a consultant
to assist in the search for a
new chief of police.
The board voted unanimously to hire Sue Riseling, of Decision Makers
LLC, to lead the search
for a new village police
chief. Riseling, Chief of
Police at University of
Wisconsin-Madison since
1991, runs her consulting
business on the side.
Her contract with the
village is effective March
2-Dec. 31, 2015, although
village administrator Mike
Gracz said he hopes the
village will have a new
police chief in place by
mid- to late summer.
Riseling will charge
$125 per hour for her services. The contract caps
the fee at $5,000.
The board had included
$10,000 in the villages
2015 budget to hire a
recruiter to conduct the
search, but in December the board authorized
Gracz and interim police
chief Dale Burke to perform the work instead. At
the time, Gracz explained
that Burke had persuaded

him that it wouldnt be

necessary to hire a consultant.
Gracz told the Observer
on Tuesday that he and
Burke decided it would be
good to bring in an outside party to work with
and advocate for police
department employees.
He noted that Riseling
is known and respected
by most police officers
in Dane County, and its
important that members of
the police department feel
that they have input in the
hiring process.
In introducing Riseling to the Village Board,
Village President Steve
Staton said she would
screen applicants, conduct
interviews with all police
department employees
to find out what they
want in a chief, prepare
reports following the
interviews of employ ees and applicants, attend
police department staff
meetings, and report to a
joint meeting of the Village Board and the Police
Commission.
Shes going to help us
select the candidates and
interview them, Staton
said.
He told trustees that
he and Gracz brought

Riseling to meet with

members of the police
department last week.
We asked them for
feedback, and they were
genuinely excited about
having her involved in the
hiring process, Staton
told the Observer Tuesday. It went well.
The village hired Burke,
a retired administrator
who worked for the University of WisconsinMadison police department for more than 31
years, in June to serve as
director of law enforcement for Oregon Police
Department after former
chief Doug Pettit went on
indefinite personal leave.
Pettit retired Sept.
1 after serving on the
department for almost 39
years. In December, the
Wisconsin Department
of Justice announced that
Pettit was being charged
with two felony counts for
filing false tax returns.
The DOJ said Pettit submitted tax returns to the
Wisconsin Department of
Revenue for 2010, 2011,
and 2012 that did not
include income hed made
providing security services to private businesses, including the Union
Sports Club.

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