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City of Stoughton

I didnt take
it for granted
Outgoing alder
Lawrence plans to
Inside
stay involved A Q&A with Paul
Lawrence
BILL LIVICK
Unified Newspaper Group Page 13
After next week, Paul
Lawrence wont be a mem- Lawrence to serve as its
ber of the president three times, and
Stoughton in his 19 years in city gov-
Common ernment, hes worked on
Council for almost every committee. He
the first time also regularly attends Rede-
since 1998. velopment Authority meet-
The Real- ings despite never having
tor has rep- been appointed to the body.
Photo by Amber Levenhagen resented Lawrence Lawrence spoke with the
The Yahara River is the focus of a potential development plan that would bring a whitewater park to Stoughton. District 2 Hub last week, reflecting on
since he was his long tenure and saying

A dream for Mandt Park

appointed to an open seat. he hopes to stay involved
But after losing to political in city government and har-
newcomer Lisa Reeves in bors no bitterness about his
the April 4 election, hell defeat.
have his Tuesday nights He has concerns about
Parks, rec staff propose friluftsliv facility, whitewater park free beginning April 18,
when the council holds it
the direction of the coun-
cil, specifically that some
reorganizational meeting.
BILL LIVICK The results of that study wont The council elected Turn to Lawrence/Page 13
Unified Newspaper Group
Whats in a name be ready in time for the communi-
ty-wide design charrette later this

500 trees being removed

Imagine a large building with a
deck overlooking the Yahara River in
Mandt Park, where recreation equip-
ment is rented to the public to use at
a new whitewater park and extended
river trail system.
The building, which includes a
kitchen offering food and beverages,
is connected to a newly redeveloped
riverfront on the Yaharas north side
by a pedestrian bridge. And Mandt
Park is filled with locals and out-of-
town visitors using the citys new
pickleball complex, shopping at a
farmers market or relaxing while a
band performs in a beer garden.
At this point, its only a concept
that parks and director Tom Lynch
and recreation supervisor Dan Glenn
have dreamed up. But it could morph
into something more after the results
Friluftsliv literally means free air
life in Norwegian, but its cultural
connotations dwell on our outdoor
dynamic with nature. The Norwe-
gian word, coined in 1859, has
come to embody Norways cultural
enchantment with nature.
Its pronounced FREE-loofs-
LEAVE.
of a feasibility study come back to
the city in coming months.
On Jan. 28, the Common Coun-
cil authorized Lynch to spend up to
$6,000 from a park development
fund to hire a company to conduct
the study.
month, which could help determine
what that redevelopment area will
look like and contain, but Lynch
hopes keeping the idea in the back
of peoples minds will make a differ-
ence.
The concepts Lynch and Glenn
presented at the Jan. 28 meeting were
generally well-received, although
a couple of alders expressed reser-
vations about some aspects of what
Lynch said is a flexible proposal.
And there are competing inter-
ests at Mandt Park including the
Stoughton Junior Fair that could
also complicate making the dream a
reality. But with other cities bringing
in hundreds of thousands of dollars
of revenue at similar whitewater raft-
ing facilities alone, Lynch sees great
Turn to Friluftsliv/Page 16
All will be replaced
with diversity of
tree species
SCOTT GIRARD
Unified Newspaper Group
The tree landscape in
Stoughton will look plenty
different decades from now,
and the first step in that
process is taking place this
spring.
Between a contract with
Jims Tree Service and
work by city staff continu-
ing into next year, there
The urban forest land-
scape as a whole is going
to change, Hebert told the
Hub.
But, he noted, that change
will contribute right back
to the city, as it will reuse
some of the wood to create
a boardwalk at a park, kiln
for logs and woodchips on
playgrounds, among other
things. Stoughton joined
the Wisconsin Urban Wood
network last year after city
forester Randy Nelson
began efforts to seek uses
for old trees.
Were really trying to
create a positive out of a

Stoughton resident wins $1 million lottery

Andrew Ylvisaker of
Stoughton has won one of
three $1 million jackpots
from the Instant $1 Mil-
lion Payout scratch-off
game, according to a news
release from Wisconsin
Lottery Communications.
The $30 ticket was
purchased at Kwik Trip,
123 E. Main St., in
Stoughton, the release
said.
Attempts to contact
Ylvisaker for comment
were unsuccessful by the
time of publication, and
two of the other three
available top prizes were
not claimed at that time.
The odds of winning the
top prize in the scratch-
off game are 1 in 160,000,
according to the release.
This isnt the first time
a local man has claimed a
million-dollar prize.
On April Fools Day in
2007, Stoughton resident
Patrick Nowlin won $41
million, becoming the 13th
Powerball jackpot winner
from Wisconsin.
Amber Levenhagen
will be 500 fewer ash trees,
which are at risk of infec-
tion from emerald ash bor-
er, an ash tree-killing bee-
tle first discovered in Dane
County in 2013. But those
trees wont be missing for
long, said city public works
director Brett Hebert, as the
city plans to replace all of
them with new trees by next
spring at the latest.
negative by reusing the
wood whenever possible,
Hebert said. We call it
tree-cycling.
Under the plan, approved
by the Common Council
March 14, the city contract-
ed Jims Tree Service to
remove 242 of those, with
city crews removing an
Turn to Trees/Page 13

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2 April 13, 2017 Stoughton Courier Hub ConnectStoughton.com

Wang joins UNG staff

as community reporter
Helu Wang has joined
the staff of Unified News-
paper Group.
A native of China, Wang
m ove d t o M a d i s o n i n
2015 to pursue a graduate
degree in journalism at
UW-Madi-
son, which
she is
expected to
complete in
mid-May.
She pre-
viously was
a n e d i t o r- Wang
in-chief at
a Shang-
hai magazine, a research
assistant for the New York
Times and an intern at the
Global Times. She is cur-
rently working on projects
for the Wisconsin Center
for Investigative Journal-
ism, highlighting Medic-
aid fraud and the shortage
of firefighters across the
state.
Wang joins UNG to
replace community report-
er Kate Newton, who cov-
ered Verona and Fitchburg
community news. Wang
will continue those beats.
The other community
reporters, Samantha Chris-
tian and Amber Levenha-
gen, will continue their
focuses on Oregon and
Stoughton, respectively.
Wang can be reached at
helu.wang@wcinet.com,
Christian at samantha.
christian@wcinet.com,
Levenhagen at amber.
levenhagen@wcinet.com
and assistant editor Scott
Girard at scott.girard@
wcinet.com. Community
news for any of UNGs
coverage areas can be sent
to communityreporter@
wcinet.com.
Scott Girard
Photos by Scott De Laruelle

See something wrong? Jake Andreska, center, participates in the egg hunt with his daughters Vaughn, 2, left, and Faye, almost 1, right.
The Courier Hub does not sweep errors under the

Egg hunters
rug. If you see something you know or even think is in
error, please contact editor Jim Ferolie at 873-6671 or at
stoughtoneditor@wcinet.com so we can get it right.

enjoy ideal
Stoughton Area
Community Foundation spring morning
Annual Meeting The Stoughton Kiwanis Clubs annual
Easter egg hunt at Mandt Park was once
again the scene of brief but unbridled joyous
Stoughton EMS Building chaos Saturday. Kids scrambled across the
ball diamonds to scoop up the hundreds of
516 S 4th St hidden prizes during weather that took a
turn for the warmer throughout the weekend.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017, 5:30pm
The public is invited to attend. See what has been
On the web
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At left, Brookelyn Hill, 5, of Stough-

ton, had a supersized basket but had
fun trying to fill it.

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Dunn man charged Stoughton Area School District

with reckless homicide
Killed 2 in speed-related
crash in Madison in
February
SCOTT GIRARD
Unified Newspaper Group
A Town of Dunn man who was
involved in a car crash that left two
others dead in February
was charged with two
counts of second-degree
reckless homicide this
week.
Brandon Ballweg, 25,
faces an additional sev-
en charges related to the
incident, in which Ball- Ballweg
wegs car went into the
median ditch on Hwy.
30 and went about 15 feet into the air
before causing a multi-car crash. The
charges include drug-related offens-
es, though Ballweg had told a local
television station last month he was
Stoughton Area School District
not under the effect of any illegal sub-
stances during the crash.
Ballweg faces up to 132 years in
prison for the various charges.
According to the criminal complaint,
a Madison police officer observed four
vehicles involved in the accident on
Feb. 12 just before 5p.m. Kirk Uren
was pronounced dead at the scene, and
his wife, Jennifer Steiner, died two
weeks later.
The couple had two infant children,
and community groups in the area
have raised money for them since the
accident.
The accident occurred while Ball-
weg was driving between 87 and 92
mph in a 45 mph speed limit zone,
according to the criminal complaint,
and he explained that a car in the
neighboring lane had wanted to race
him, and he instead tried to pass the
other car.
A witness told police that Ballwegs
car had gone from the far left lane of
the eastbound side of the highway
into the median ditch and then went
Police presence
increased during
airborne slightly tilted on the pas-
senger side before landing on top of
Janesville manhunt
a white Ford Explorer. The Explorer SCOTT GIRARD
then spun around multiple times before
hitting another car, according to the
Unified Newspaper Group
complaint. As the manhunt for a
Ballweg initially told officers he Janesville man who robbed
didnt know what happened, then said a gun shop last week con- Trump manifesto to the
he thought he fell asleep. He acknowl- tinues, the Stoughton Area
edged to officers that he uses marijua- School District is taking
na regularly, according to the com- extra precau-
plaint, but told them, I dont think I tions.
took any today, but I dont remember. There
He later told an officer he had last was a stron-
smoked marijuana at about 3a.m. that ger police
morning before going to sleep, and presence
said they would find some marijuana than nor-
in his car, which they did. mal around
A blood draw later showed the pres- Stoughton Jakubowski
ence of marijuana and a metabolite of schools
Cocaine in Ballwegs blood. beginning for information that leads to
A preliminary hearing is scheduled last week, and outdoor
for April 20. recess and activities were
not held during the school
Contact Scott Girard at ungreport- day this week. The district
er@wcinet.com and follow him on posted on its website Mon-
Twitter @sgirard9. day night to update parents.
The Stoughton Police
Department has an
increased presence at all
of our schools and in the
community, the post said.
In addition, there will be
additional law enforcement
departments in the commu-
nity, as the Stoughton Police
Department is hosting offi-
cers from other agencies
all week for a joint training
session that had been previ-
ously scheduled.
Janesville resident Joseph
Jakubowski, 32, has been
running from authori-
ties since April 4, when
he allegedly robbed the
Armageddon Gun Shop in
Janesville and took a large
quantity of handguns and
rifles, according to a Rock
County Sheriff s office
news release. The man also
sent a long anti-Donald
president and made threats
in the past to steal guns and
use them at an unspecified
school or against public
officials, according to the
release.
The incident prompted
some schools, including
Janesville, to close for the
day Friday and take extra
precautions. The FBI is
offering a $10,000 reward
his apprehension.
The post said students
were allowed to leave
school with parents for
appointments, high school
students could still take
off-campus lunch and field
trips and extracurricular
activities would take place
as scheduled.
Let me again assure you,
that we have not been made
aware of any immediate or
direct threat to our schools
or community, superin-
tendent Tim Onsager wrote
in the post. The District is
committed to the safety of
our students and will con-
tinue to monitor the situa-
tion with law enforcement
through the remainder of
the week.
Contact Scott Girard at
ungreporter@wcinet.com
and follow him on Twitter

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SASD hosts strategic planning session

Stoughton Area School District officials
welcomed more than 100 people from
around the community to the high school
Saturday to participate in the latest district
strategic planning session. A follow up to
the last session held in 2011, the all-day
event focused on issues and trends impact-
ing the district, how the district can better
get its message across and strengthening
community bonds.
Scott De Laruelle

Community expo is April 20 at Mandt center

The Stoughton Cham-
ber of Commerce will hold
its annual Stoughton Area
Community Expo from
5-7:30p.m. Thursday, April
20, at the Mandt Communi-
ty Center, 400 Mandt Pkwy.
More than 60 different
businesses have registered to
feature their exhibits at the
event, including Banushis
Bar & Grill, El Rio Grande,
Pizza Pit, Malabar Coast
Coffee as some local food
vendor representatives.
Expo visitors are able to
If You Go connect with local business-
es to learn about what ser-
What: Community expo vices they offer, and some
will have giveaways and
When: 5-7:30p.m. raffle prizes. The Stoughton
Thursday, April 20 Lions Club will offer free
Where: Mandt Commu- furniture wall straps that can
nity Center, 400 Mandt be used to mount furniture
Pkwy. and secure flat screen TVs.
Info: 873-7912 A new addition this year
is a golf putting challenge
that will allow a free entry
to the chambers golf outing
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Some will have more businesses in Stoughton, For information, call the
information about job Chamber of Commerce chamber at 873-7912.
opportunities, but over- Executive Director Laura
all the expo will be Trotter told the Hub. Amber Levenhagen
4 April 13, 2017 Stoughton Courier Hub Opinion ConnectStoughton.com

Legislative Opinion
Tell us if you agree at towns meeting
The Sandhill Cranes have
returned with a flourish of disso-
nant calls; most of them singu-
lar and not the call and response
pattern we hear later in the spring
as these majestic birds begin to
mate.
Soon, we will hear the female
add to the males initial call. She
chimes in before his call ends.
I like to use this as an analogy
for human relationships, but my
spouse is quite clear that females
get the last word and that I should
get used to it. I admit she is right
and that the last words female
partners give to their significant
others are usually the wisest.
This month is the annual meet-
ing, and its the first part of an
opportunity for town citizens to
have the last word on how the
town spends your tax money. We
need your input now and your
approval in the fall.
Residents of Dunn should know
that we give to youth groups and
senior centers in our neighboring
communities. We have pledged
approaches are very clear now.
Those services will be curtailed.
Most people object to that.
Some just do not have a clue.
So the Town Board needs
input from you about whether
we should become more in line
with the State of Wisconsin and
the federal government in cutting
funding to such programs. What
we spend on supportive programs
is always outlined in the budget
documents on our town website.
The food pantry contribution
for this year is not in the budget,
but we can delay payment until
we have an approval voted on by
town residents at the annual meet-
ing.
It means a few cents more
(about 50 cents per person) in tax-
es, but the Town Board would like
to know your sentiment. Should
we join the call to reduce support
for those in need or not?
That is what annual meetings
are for to hear from our constit-
uents.
You have a voice more pow- From The Editors Desk

Council shouldnt just

to find the money to assist in the
building of a food pantry in the
Village of Oregon.
Yes, there is a need for a food
pantry in what we think is an
erful than residents in any oth-
er type of municipality. At a fall
special town meeting you meet
in assembly and decide what the
town spends on its operations.

accept flawed process

affluent suburban area of Dane
County. It includes the Town of
Dunn. We have families who
have difficulty affording enough
healthy food to feed their kids
properly. Four percent of children
under 18 and 4.3 percent of those
over 64 are living in poverty in
the town.
On April 18, you will meet in
assembly to review what the town
has done last year in its opera-
tions and support to other com-
munities. You can tell us what
you would like us to do to support
those in need, or not.

Ed Minihan is the Town Chair

W hen I started oversee-
ing our coverage of
Stoughton government
six years ago, the Common
Council was highly divided over
people and cause them to believe
the government abuses its power.
Id like to think that is water
under the bridge, except it keeps
happening.
low-key meetings, the com-
munity didnt get to have its,
Oh, no! reaction before likely
settling down to see its really a
decrepit structure that shouldnt
We have a new mind-set in our of Dunn. This column is a modi-
national approach to those in need fied version of one that appeared whether to have an administrator The most dangerous example be high on the priority list.
and those who have physical dif- in the towns annual newsletter. and whether 12 alders was too is the debate over the Highway And then the Common Coun-
ficulties. The federal and state many. Trailers building, which Ill get cil, which should have known
Three years later, it got far into in a bit. But the most egre- this decision was coming, was
more contentious with the Ket- gious one for a longtime gov- somehow shocked, reacting
tle Park West ernment reporter like me is the to some vocal constituents by
controversy, hiring of the finance director. voting to put a stop to it even
something that Once again, just as the admin- though they didnt really have
didnt have to istrator debate of 2011 wasnt the power to do so.
Thursday, April 13, 2017 Vol. 135, No. 38 be nearly as about Mayor Donna Olson and You can see theres a serious
nasty as it got. the midnight signing of a devel- communication problem.
USPS No. 1049-0655 And now oper agreement wasnt about What it boils down to is
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This newspaper is printed on recycled paper. The fact is, most alders who at which they were to vote on it for the next several years if its
have joined the council since her hiring. a bad call. It doesnt take sides
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Stoughton hosts
active shooter training
AMBER LEVENHAGEN
Unified Newspaper Group
Police and EMS personnel from
Stoughton, Oregon, Verona, McFar-
land and Monona participated in active
shooter training April 6 at Mandt Park.
Training is expected to continue all
week.
One of the agencies hosts the training
program each year, typically at an emp-
ty school over the summer, but Stough-
ton police decided to host the weeklong
program in an area that has more open
space to cover.
April 13, 2017 Stoughton Courier Hub 5
On Monday, the participants were
asked to track the staged active shoot-
er while clearing other wounded vol-
unteers from Mandt Community Center.
One of the scenarios also challenged
officers to secure a bomb threat.
After each scenario, the participants
discussed ways to improve communica-
tion and teamwork.
Mandt Park and Troll Beach will be
closed from 7:30a.m. until 4:30p.m.
through Friday, April 14. Mandt Park-
way will also have restricted access.
Amber Levenhagen

Photos by Amber Levenhagen

Oregon police Sgt. Cindy Neubert points for other officers to cover an open door at the Mandt
Center during an active shooter training scenario that involved a fake bomb and a fake shooter
on Monday, April 10.

Officers work to clear the area so EMS can evacuate wounded volunteers during the
active shooter training.

Stoughton, Oregon, Verona, McFarland and Monona EMS and police participated in the active
shooter training.

Town of Dunn SONS OF

Annual meeting to discuss donations NORWAY
FISH BOIL
Mandt Lodge
BILL LIVICK 317 S. Page St., Stoughton
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SERVING BEGINS AT 6:00 PM
The Town of Dunn annu- Ed Minihan What: Town of Dunn $14.00 per person
al meeting will feature the annual meeting $7.00 for kids ages 5-12 years
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Minihan wrote a column business manager. Theyre and advance tickets available
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in the spring newsletter that going to be looking for the (608-873-7209 or
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the town to donate money for
such causes as food pantries
and senior centers. And hell
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to direct them. monly comes up is road Mandt Lodge is handicapped accessible with
The town also gives an repairs and the timing of that a lift located on the south side of the building.
There is parking on the street, a public parking
annual $15,000 donation to the work, she said, noting its

JDIFF SNEAK PEEK

ask that question again at the
annual meeting.
Specifically, town officials
intend to provide a $10,000
donation to the construction
of a new food pantry in the
Village of Oregon. But before
the Town Board takes a vote
on the matter, officials would
like to hear what their constit-
uents think.
Oregon Area Senior Center.
Hasslinger said Minihan is
going to be looking for peo-
ple to talk about the commit-
ment and direction in general:
Do you want us to be ramping
up over time? Should we be
picking up the slack for fed-
eral and state dollars that are
drying up?
She said its going to be
lot behind the Stoughton Senior Center, or
in the Livsreise parking lot if their building
a chance for residents to say is closed. We always encourage you to bring
whats on their minds. donations for the Stoughton Food Pantry!
The public is always welcome at Mandt Lodge!
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Coming up Community calendar

Roald Amundsen program mats and towels are recommended. donors to give blood regularly. Donors Thursday, April 13
Space is limited and registration is with all blood types are needed, espe-
Sons of Norway Mandt Lodge, 317 required. cially those with types AB, O, B nega- 2-3 p.m., Memory Loss Caregiver support group,
S. Page St., will host Peggy Hager at To register, visit the childrens desk tive and A negative. senior center, 873-8585
7 p.m. Wednesday, April 12, for a pro- at the library or call 873-6281. To make an appointment to donate Friday, April 14
gram about Norwegian Explorer Roald blood, visit redcrossblood.org or call
Amundsen. Zoo to You 9:30 a.m., Parent/child yoga (children ages 2-5, reg-
1-800-733-2767. istration required), library, 873-6281
Hager, a senior lecturer in Nor- The Henry Vilas Zoo will bring the
wegian at the University of Wiscon- Zoo to You with an educational pro- ROHS meeting 1-2 p.m., Zoo to You Henry Vilas Zoo program,
sin-Madisons Department of German, gram at the senior center at 1 p.m. Fri- senior center, 873-8585
R Olde House Society will hold its
Nordic and Slavic studies, will present day, April 14. next meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, April Saturday, April 15
the story of Amundsen and how he The hour-long program will feature 20, at 409 S. Academy St. 6 p.m., Bingo (food available at 5 p.m.), Sons of Nor-
and his party raced to be the first to the live animals and a variety of animal The program will feature Joanne way Mandt Lodge, 317 South Page St., 873-7209
South Pole. classification, history and behaviors. Del Pizzo of KW Realty, who will talk
For information, call Darlene Arne- This intergenerational zoo program is Monday, April 17
about property values and old houses. 1-4:30 p.m., Reflexology ($25 for 30 minutes, $45 for
son at 873-7209. appropriate for all ages. The ROHS is a group of people pre- 60 minutes, registration required), senior center, 873-
Keepsake class For information, call 873-8585. serving Stoughtons treasures, one 8585
house at a time. Attendees are asked
The library will host Memories... Sons of Norway Bingo to bring a folding chair, a treat to share 1-6 p.m., Red Cross blood drive, Covenant Lutheran
Save Your Stuff, a class on how to Church, 1525 Van Buren St., redcross.org
The Sons of NorwayMandt Lodge, and their beverage of choice. For more
preserve photos, VHS tapes and cam- 317 S. Page St., will host bingo at 6 information contact rohstoughton@ 3 p.m., Music Appreciation series, Stoughton Opera
corder videos from 3-6 p.m. Thursday, p.m. Saturday, April 15. gmail.com. House, 381 E. Main St., stoughtonoperahouse.com
April 13. Food will be available after 5 p.m., 7 p.m., SASD Board of Education meeting, district
Library staff and experts from with bingo beginning at 6. Anyone Fish boil administration building, 320 North St., 877-5000
UW-Madison will convert analog under 18 years old must have and adult The Sons of NorwayMandt Lodge,
materials to a digital format. Regis- Tuesday, April 18
family member present to play. Bingo 317 S. Page St., will host a fish boil 10-11:30 a.m., Senior Center Craft Club: soap mak-
tration for 30 minute time slots are is open to the public and is held the and author program starting at 5:30
required with information about what ing, senior center, 873-8585
third Saturday of each month (except p.m. Friday, April 21. 10 a.m. to noon, Massage therapy (registration
attendees would like to transfer. A December). Donations for the Stough- The dinner begins at 6 p.m. and the
USB flash drive is required. required), senior center, 873-8585
ton Food Pantry are encouraged. menu is Icelandic cod, potatoes, car-
To register, call 873-6281. For information, contact Bingo rots, onions, bread, cole slaw, dessert 11 a.m., Cornhole/bean bags, senior center, 873-
8585
Parent/child yoga chairperson Kim Sime at 873-8781. and beverages. A special author pro-
7 p.m., River Bluff 6-8 spring band concert, SHS
gram, beginning at 5:30 p.m., will
Visit the library for a free parent/ Blood drive feature Eric Dregni to discuss his Performing Arts Center, 400 Lincoln Ave,
child yoga class offered by Stoughton Donate blood for the Red Cross book Lets Go Fishing. Wednesday, April 19
Yoga at 9:30 a.m. Friday, April 14. The from 1-6 p.m. Monday, April 17, at Tickets are $14 per person, $7 for
class is designed for children ages 2-5 3 p.m., Travelogue: Turkey, senior center, 873-8585
Covenant Lutheran Church, 1525 Van children ages 5-12, and will be avail-
for a playful bonding time. Buren St. able at the door. Thursday, April 20
Comfortable clothes, water, yoga The Red Cross encourages eligible For information, call 873-7209. 9 a.m., River Trails Task Force annual clean up,
pedestrian bridge on Division St., 873-6746
1-5 p.m., Personal Essentials Pantry, 343 E. Main St.,
pepstoughton.org
Bahai Faith Covenant Lutheran Church Seventh Day Baptist 3-4:05 p.m., Cell phone use class, senior center,
For information: Alfred Skerpan, 877-0911 1525 N. Van Buren St., Stoughton 873-7494 Church of Albion 873-8585
or Gail and Greg Gagnon, 873-9225 covluth@chorus.net covluth.org 616 Albion Rd., Edgerton 5-7:30, Community expo, Mandt Community Center,
us.bahai.org Stoughton study classes. Saturday: 5:30 p.m. Worship 561-7450 albionsdb@gmail.com 400 Mandt Pkwy., 873-7912
Sunday: 9 and 10:30 a.m. Worship, 9:30 a.m. forministry.com/USWISDBGCASD1
Bible Baptist Church 7 p.m., R Olde House Society meeting, 409 S. Acad-
Sunday School Worship Saturday 11- Sabbath School 10
2095 Hwy. W, Utica emy St.,, rohstoughton@gmail.com
Fellowship Meal follows service on first Sabbath
873-7077 423-3033 Ezra Church 7:30 p.m., City Council and SASD Board of Educa-
Sunday: 10 a.m. - Worship; 6 p.m. - Worship 515 E. Main St., Stoughton 834-9050 Stoughton Baptist Church tion joint meeting on economic and population growth,
ezrachurch.com Corner of Williams Dr. & Cty. B, Stoughton District administration building, 320 North St., 877-
Christ Lutheran Church Sunday: 9 and 10:30 a.m. 873-6517 5000
700 Hwy. B, Stoughton Sunday: 10:30 a.m. - Worship; 7:30 p.m., Asleep at the Wheel, Stoughton Opera
873-9353 e-mail: office@clcstoughton.org First Lutheran Church 6 p.m. - Evening Service House, 381 E. Main St., stoughtonoperahouse.com
Sunday Worship: 8 and 10:30 a.m. Traditional 310 E. Washington, Stoughton
Worship. 9:10 a.m. Family Express, followed by 873-7761 flcstoughton.com St. Ann Catholic Church Friday, April 21
Sunday School Sunday: 8:30 & 10 a.m. worship 323 N. Van Buren St., Stoughton 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Red Cross blood drive, Stoughton
873-6448 873-7633 Hospital, 900 Ridge St., redcross.org
Christ the King Community Fulton Church Weekday Mass: Nazareth House
Church 9209 Fulton St., Edgerton 1 p.m., Classic movie Friday: Bye Bye Birdie, senior
and St. Anns Church
401 W. Main St., Stoughton 877-0303 884-8512 fultonchurch.org center, 873-8585
Weekend Mass: Saturday - 5:15 p.m.;
christthekingcc.org Sunday: 10 a.m. - Worship Sunday: 8 and 10:30 a.m. Worship Services Sunday - 8 and 10:30 a.m. 6 p.m., Fish boil ($14 per person, $7 for kids 5-12,
Coffee Fellowship: 9 a.m. tickets available at the door), Sons of Norway Mandt
Christian Assembly Church Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. United Methodist of Stoughton Lodge, 317 S. Page St., 873-7209
1844 Williams Drive, Stoughton 873-9106 Varsity (High Schoolers): 12-3 p.m. 525 Lincoln Avenue, Stoughton 7:30 p.m., Asleep at the Wheel, Stoughton
Saturday: 6 p.m. worship; Sunday: 10 a.m. AWANA (age 2-middle school): 3-5 p.m. stoughtonmethodist.org Opera House, 381 E. Main St., purchase tickets at
worship Stoughtonumc@Wisconsinumc.org
Good Shepherd By The Lake stoughtonoperahouse.com
Sunday: 8 a.m. - Short Service;
The Church of Jesus Christ Lutheran Church 10 a.m. - Full Worship Saturday, April 22
of Latter-day Saints 1860 Hwy. 51 at Lake Kegonsa, Stoughton 12 p.m., West Koshkonong salad luncheon ($10, tick-
825 S. Van Buren, Stoughton 873-5924 West Koshkonong Lutheran Church ets available at the church office), 1911 Koshkonong
877-0439 Missionaries 957-3930 Sunday Worship: 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. 1911 Koshkonong, Stoughton
Sunday: 9 a.m. Sunday school and Primary
Road., 873-9456
Education Hour for all ages: 9:15 a.m. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. - Worship
Cooksville Lutheran Church LakeView Church
11927 W. Church St., Evansville
Western Koshkonong
2200 Lincoln Ave., Stoughton
882-4408 Lutheran Church
Pastor Karla Brekke
873-9838 lakevc.org
Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Worship
2633 Church St., Cottage Grove
Sunday: 9:30 a.m. worship
Support groups
Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship and Sunday School
11 a.m. Bible study Diabetic Support Group Low Vision Support
6 p.m., second Monday, 1-2:30 p.m., third Thurs-
Stoughton Hospital, 628- day, senior center, 873-
6500 8585
Do Not Weary in Doing Good Dementia Caregivers Parkinsons Group
2 p.m., second Thursday, 1:30-2:30 p.m., fourth
A quote that is often misattributed to John Wesley advises us senior center, 873-8585 Wednesday, senior center,
to Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the 873-8585
873-4590 ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. Crohns/Colitis/IBD
1358 Hwy 51, Stoughton To all the people you can. As long as ever you can. Whoever Support Group Multiple Sclerosis Group
Pete Gunderson
said or wrote this, its a great expression of Christian charity, and 5:30 p.m., third Wednes- 10-11:30 a.m., second
Mike Smits Dale Holzhuter could serve well as a creed to live by. It is easy to do good works day, Stoughton Hospital, Tuesday, senior center,
Martha Paton, Administrative Manager when it coincides with what we want to do anyway, but it becomes 873-7928 873-8585
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SHS presents
The Lost Boy
Stoughton High School per-
formed The Lost Boy, Thursday,
April 6, through Saturday, April 8,
a play that focuses on the life of
Peter Pan creator James M. Bar-
rie.
The play was a fictionalized
account of Barries life, and how
he told the tale of Peter Pan after
drawing inspiration through friend-
ships, an estranged relationship
with his mother and the tragic loss
of his older brother at a young age.

On the web
To see more photos from The Lost
Boy, visit:
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Photo by Amber Levenhagen

Barrie (Reese Bahrke) points Maureen (Emalyn Bauer) towards the star that directs Peter Pan to Neverland.

Barrie (Reese Bahrke), right talks with his mother (Nicole Huset), left, about life since mov-
Mary Ansell (Madelyn Falk), James Barries wife, talks with Barrie (Reese Bahrke) about ing away from his home town and pursuing a writing career.
working as an actress in his plays.

Cellists
Ellen
Cook
per-
formed
at the
senior
center.

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Girls track and field

Setting a school record

Weum finishes runner-up
at W/TFA indoor state meet
ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor
Senior Aly Weum finished the
indoor season by setting a school
record Saturday at the Wiscon-
sin Track Federation indoor state
championships at UW-Whitewa-
ter.
Weum finished about a half-sec-
ond behind Milwaukee King
senior Kiersten Walker for sec-
ond place in the 400-meter race
in 58.12 seconds, breaking her old
school record of 59.27 set in 2015.
It is really, really important for
her, coach Eric Benedict said.
She performed really well on a
big stage with some of the best
competition in the state. She want-
ed to be at the top of the podium,
but where she finished was a real-
ly great time.
Sophomore Alex Ashworth set
a personal record in the indoor
800 with a 15th-place finish in
2:29.26. Kenosha Tremper junior
Riley Hansen won the race in
2:19.04.
Sophomore Abby Kittleson also
clocked a PR in the mile with
a 29th-place finish in 5:36.75.
Sun Prairie sophomore Maddie
Thompson took first in 5:12.88.
They were both really nervous
but went out and competed and
did really well, Benedict said. I Senior Aly Weum (right) set a school record in the indoor 400-meter race Saturday at the W/TFA indoor state
am really happy with their perfor- championships at UW-Whitewater. Weum took runner-up in 58.12 seconds.
mances.
Spartan invite
The rest of the team traveled to areas we need to get better in to a few minutes behind for third in in 1:57.8.
the Spartan Invitational at McFar- fill out that complete team we 12:35.27.
land on Saturday afternoon, and have had in years past.
the Vikings finished sixth with 72
points.
Conference
rallies to
help coach
with cancer
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
If you happen to attend
a Badger Conference boys
tennis dual anywhere
Thursday, April 27, and it
takes you a few minutes to
sort out who is who, you
probably wont be alone.
Every JV and varsity
player from all 12 Badger
Conference teams will be
wearing the same T-shirts.
The show of solidarity is
part of a fundraiser orga-
nized by Stoughton tennis
coach Ryan Reischel for
Sauk Prairie girls varsity
head coach Katie Massey,
who was diagnosed with
breast cancer during the last
season.
Seeing many of us
didnt find out about Katies
situation until late in the
season, we werent able to
do much to support her and
her family, Reischel said.
I came up with this idea to
Photo submitted by Eric Benedict
help out Katie because she
is an awesome lady. I know
she has two young kids and
I couldnt imagine my wife,
I think we were in a good and third in the two mile. Wozniak Kissling and freshman Myranda
spot, Benedict said. There are finished in 12:27.94, and Ross was Kotlowski crossed the finish line Megan, going through this.
If my family were going
through something like this,
Freshman Grace Jenny finished
I would really appreciate
The 4x200 relay finished third. fourth in the mile in 5:35.86.
Sophomores Anna Wozniak and Seniors Kiley Lynch and Kend- someone doing this for us.
Margaret Ross finished second ra Halverson, sophomore Emma Turn to Girls track/Page 10 Turn to Tennis/Page 10

Boys golf

Sectional qualifier Graffin is lone returner for Vikes

ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor
The Stoughton High
S c h o o l b oy s g o l f t e a m
graduated seven seniors
last year and come into
the 2017 season with one
returning starter.
Senior David Graffin
starts as the No. 1 golfer
for the Vikings and will
l e a d t h e i n ex p e r i e n c e d
team after qualifying for
the Division 1 Onalaska
sectional a year ago and
finishing tied for 40th with
a 95.
Graffin had a 41.8 nine-
hole average last season.
C o a c h D a v e Ta e b e l
wrote in a preview ques-
tionnaire that the team is
reloading and looking to
the seniors to play a role
on the team as leaders to
help the others along.
Seniors Dan How-
ell, Dan Schuh and Luke
McLaury, junior Anders
Goetz and sophomore Jack
Gardner are all expected to
rotate on the varsity lineup
this season.
They will need to
replace the production
Edgewood aims to defend Badger
South title; Vikings retool
defending Badger South
Madison Edgewood, Conference champions
Monona Grove and Ore- and still bring back three
gon are all top preseason other golfers with varsity
picks in the Badger South, experience.
and Milton and Monroe Gilles finished tied for
are also contenders. 14th at state with a 158
Edgewood returns two (80-78), and Gierhart was
of five starters from its tied for 17th with a 159
Division 2 state runner-up (81-78).
team senior Ben Gilles Juniors Matthew Phelan
and junior Rory Gierhart and Drew Arndt and soph-
but the Crusaders are omore James Gilmore are
Turn to Conference preview/Page 10
Badger South schedule
Date Opponent Time/Result
April 11 Fort Atkinson W 169-175
Photo by Anthony Iozzo April 18 at Edgewood 3:30p.m.
The Stoughton High School golf team starters (from left) are: Anders Goetz, Dan Howell, Dan
Schuh, David Graffin and Jack Gardner. Graffin is the lone returning letterwinner. April 20 at Milton 3:30p.m.
April 25 Oregon 3:30p.m.
from graduates Gunnar B e l l e f e u i l l e a n d J a c k and Gardner cracked start- May 1 at Monona Grove 4p.m.
Goetz, who is golfing at Buckles, who were all in ing lineup for varsity in May 2 Monroe 3:30p.m.
Carthage College, as well the lineup at sectionals. the season opener Mon-
as Austin Kotlowski, Drew Howell, Schuh, Goetz day. May 16 Badger South meet 9a.m.
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Boys track and field Boys golf

Moll earns PR at W/TFA meet
ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor Whats next
Senior Nathan Moll represented the The Stoughton High School boys and
Stoughton High School boys track and
field team Saturday in the Wisconsin girls track and field teams host Oregon,
Track Federation indoor state champion- Monona Grove and Monroe in a Badger
ships at the UW-Whitewater, earning a South Conference quad at 4:30 p.m.
personal record. Tuesday, April 18
Moll finished the 400-meter race in
15th place, but he broke his own record
with a time of 53.13 seconds. Joey LePine (46.35) and Payton Mont-
Fond du Lac senior Kyle Marcoe won gomery (47.95) finished sixth and
the race in 51.3 seconds. eighth.
Senior Owen Roe added a fifth-place
Spartan invite finish in the mile in 4:47.68. Senior
The rest of the boys team traveled to Malachi Alvarez also grabbed a fifth
the Spartan Invitational at McFarland place, finishing the 110 hurdles in 19.15.
High School Tuesday afternoon and fin- Freshman Nathan Hutcherson was sev-
ished second with 122 points, behind enth in 19.19.
East Troy (132 1/2). Sophomore Jack True earned a sixth in
Junior Jordan DiBenedetto earned a the shot put with a distance of 41-3, and
title with a first-place in the long jump, he added an eighth in the discus with a
reaching a distance of 19 feet, 8 3/4 throw of 108-2.
inches. Sophomore Thomas Sheehy was sev-
Senior Nick Hutcherson also picked enth in the high jump with a height of
up a field title with a first place in the 5-4.
triple jump, reaching a distance of 39-8 Badger Challenge
1/4.
Photo by Anthony Iozzo
Junior Elijah Krumholz earned the last Stoughton traveled to Portage on Tues-
Senior David Graffin tees off on the fifth hole Monday in the Viking Invitational at Stoughton
title of the meet for Stoughton with a day for the Badger Challenge and took Country Club. Graffin finished with an 81, and the Vikings took eighth as a team with a 362.
first place in the discus with a distance third with 101 points, behind Waunakee
of 137-5. Krumholz (42-8) also added a (137) and Baraboo (124.5).
fifth in the shot put. Krumholz earned the lone title for the
Junior Sam McHone finished run- Vikings in the discus with a throw of
ner-up in the 100 and third in the 200. 135-0. He also took fifth in the shot put
Vikes finish eighth in home invite
He finished behind Madison Memorial (42-1/2). ANTHONY IOZZO
sophomore Kaevon Buchanan (12.12
seconds) in 12.25 in the 100.
DiBenedetto added a second place in
the triple jump with a distance of 42-0,
Assistant sports editor
Whats next
In the 200, McHone crossed the finish and he took third in the long jump (20- The Stoughton High
line in 24.33, behind Madison Memori- 2). DiBenedetto also finished fourth in School boys golf team fin- The Stoughton High School boys golf team travels to
al senior DonDreon Conklin (23.44) and the 100 (11.44). ished eighth Monday in The Oaks Golf Course at 8 a.m. Thursday for an invite and
Madison Edgewood senior Bryce Ternus The 4x800 relay (Tristan Jenny, Ian the Viking Invitational at travels to Blackhawk Country Club at 12:30 p.m. Monday,
(23.79). Bormett, Roe and Hampton) finished Stoughton Country Club. April 17 for another tournament.
Junior Sean McLaury took second in runner-up in 8:40.93. The Vikings shot a 362
the 800 in 2:07.89, behind East Troy Model took third in the mile in as a team and were led by The Vikings finish the week at Nakoma Golf Club to take
senior Evan Harding (2:03.75). Sopho- 4:51.29, and Flint was sixth in 4:54.69. senior David Graffin, who on Madison Edgewood in a Badger South dual at 3:30
more Parker Flint was eighth in 2:14.54. M o l l fi n i s h e d t h i r d i n t h e 8 0 0 shot an 81 to tie for 11th
McLaury was also third in the long jump (2:06.69) and fourth in the 400 in 53.09. overall. p.m. Tuesday, April 18.
with a distance of 19-6 3/4. McHone added a pair of third places Senior Dan Schuh shot a
Junior Evan Ouk was second in the in the 400 (53.07) and the 200 (23.34). 91, and senior Dan Howell
pole vault with height of 12-0, behind He also finished sixth in the 100 in and sophomore Jack Gard- Anthony Koch was seventh 46, and Goetz finished the
McFarland senior Ryan Stube (12-6). 11.55. ner finished with a pair of with a 79. scoring with a 47.
Junior Ian Bormett was third in the Ouk was fourth in the pole vault with 95s. Junior Anders Goetzs DeForests Matt Ung- Gardners scored of 48
400 in 54.65. Baraboo senior Nic Lee a height of 11-0, and Hampton finished score of 99 was thrown out. er, Veronas Austin Gaby was thrown out.
won the race in 53.17, and DeForest fifth in the 300 hurdles in 43.49. Monona Grove won the and Miltons Ryan Nelson Mason Kent led Fort
junior Greg Fischer was second in 54.62. Jenny took home a fifth place in the meet with a 317, and Vero- rounded out the top 10 with Atkinson with a 39, and
Senior Garrett Model was third in the 800 with a time of 2:09.17, and Nick na took second with a 329. 80s. Derek Vaillancourt and
two mile in 10:48.54. McFarland soph- Hutcherson finished fifth in the triple Milton rounded out the top Tyler Vaillancourt finished
omore Andrew Pahnke won the race in jump (39-9). three with a 334.
Stoughton 169, with a pair of 41s.
10:07.09, and McFarland senior Chris McLaury added a seventh in the long Mason Sponem (74) and Fort Atkinson 175 Nathan Schultz round-
Pahnke took second in 10:20.20. jump (19-1/2) and an eighth in the 400 Jake Schroeckenthaler (75) ed out the scoring for Fort
The Vikings hosted Fort Atkinson with a 54.
Senior Jackson Hampton took fourth (54.22). of the Silver Eagles finished Atkinson on Tuesday for a
in the 300 hurdles in 44.0, and juniors first and second, and Janes- The Vikings JV team
Badger South Conference also won, 194-244.
ville Parkers Matt Zimmer- dual at Stoughton Country
man was third with a 77. Adam Hobson and Daw-
Club and won 169-175.
Girls track: Stoughton takes sixth as a team Veronas Garhett Kae-
gi, Monroes Devon Boeck
Graffin led Stoughton
with a 37, and Howell fol-
son Dunn both finished
with 47s, and Dane Sutton
and Miltons AJ Gray tied and Carter Hellenbrand
at McFarland Invitational for fourth with a 78. MGs
lowed with a 39.
Schuh was next with a
shot a pair of 50s.
Continued from page 9 and junior Emma Gun- Kissling, Halverson
solus tied for eighth in the and Lonnebotn finished
Lynch finished fourth in 6-6.
the long jump with a dis-
pole vault with a height of third in the 4x200 relay
(1:55.10). Tennis: 400 athletes promote cause
Maddie Posick, Corrine
tance of 15 feet, and senior Badger Challenge Olson, Lynch and Halver- Continued from page 9
Kennedy Silbaugh took
fourth in the shot put with
The Vikings traveled to son finished third place in How to help
Portage on Tuesday for the 4x100 (55.35). Reischel said the idea came to him over
a distance of 30-8 1/2.
Silbaugh also added a
the Badger Challenge and Posick and Kittleson the winter when he saw something similar Anyone wishing to donate to help Sauk
finished third with 93.5 also added a pair of third- at a high school basketball game. Prairie head coach and Katie Massey and
seventh place in the discus place finishes. Posick was
points, behind Baraboo At first Reischel thought about just host-
with a throw of 83-9.
(162.33) and Waunakee third in the 100 in 13.59, ing an event at one of the Stoughton Viking
her family may do so April 27 at any Bad-
Halverson finished fifth and Kittleson was third in ger Conference boys tennis match.
(117.83). matches, but as he began planning it, he
in the 100 in 14.32. Fresh- the 800 in 2:31.29.
Wozniak and Jenny both realized other schools in the conference
man Micah Zaemisch was
earned first places in the Micah Zaemisch fin- would probably be willing to do the same
Proceeds from this event will go to
fifth in the pole vault with ished tied for fourth in Katies team that she has organized for
distance races. thing.
a height of 7-0. the pole vault with a PR the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
Wozniak won the mile in I called up Casey Haselwander, the
Junior Gigi Zaemisch of 6-6, and Ziemann took
finished sixth in the 400 in
5:39.08, and Jenny earned boys varsity coach at Sauk Prairie, and he event.
a PR in the two mile with fourth in the high jump liked my idea, Reischel said.
1:10.29. Junior Bronwynn with a height of 4-8.
a title in 12:18.11. The two came up with this event, choos-
Ziemann finished sixth Ross and Olstad finished welcome. Each school will also be giving
Ashworth, Kittleson, ing a day both Stoughton and Sauk will
in the high jump with a fifth and sixth in the mile. away prizes at each event. Everyone who
Jenny and Weum brought have home matches.
height of 4-8. Ross crossed the finish comes gets a ticket, and there will be a
home a title for the 4x800 Reischel said it was important Sauk
Lynch and Micah Zae- line in 5:53.59, and Olstad drawing for the prizes.
relay, crossing the finish could be a host site.
misch finished seventh and took sixth in 5:55.58. Its pretty cool that we will have about
line in 10:02.26. Each host school will do a presentation
eighth in the 300 hurdles. Schultz added a sixth 400 athletes promoting a cause like this,
Senior Mya Lonnebotn on cancer and Masseys situation. Edge-
Lynch finished in 56.36, place in the 400 in 1:07.9, Reischel said.
added the last title of the wood hosts Monona Grove. Milton hosts
and Micah Zaemisch took and Gigi Zaemisch fin-
evening with a distance of Fort Atkinson. Stoughton hosts Oregon.
eighth in 57.85.
33-1 1/2 in the triple jump. ished seventh in the 800 in Stoughton, Watertown (ppd.)
Kissling was eighth in Reedsburg hosts Baraboo, and Sauk Prairie
Lydia Schultz, Delaney 2:44.8. hosts Waunakee. Monroe and Portage are The Vikings non-conference dual at
the 200 in 29.49. Fresh- Silbaugh added an home against Watertown was postponed to
Seidel, Gigi Zaemisch and off that evening, but they are hosting a can-
man Molly Olstad was eighth place in the discus 4:30p.m. Wednesday, April 12.
Ashworth finished run- cer match on a different night.
eighth in the 800 in 2:46.1, with a throw of 89-6.
ner-up in the 4x400 relay Resichel added that while every district
and senior Hannah Jake
(4:30.13), and Sam Beach, has its own policy on raffles, donations are
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Boys lacrosse

Vikings look to finally get past Catholic Memorial at state

The Stoughton boys lacrosse team
returns 17 letterwinners this season
after winning a Madison Area white
lacrosse conference championship,
with a 13-1 record.
Stoughton (20-4 overall) went on
to earn a state championship appear-
ance, where the team lost to Catholic
Memorial for the third straight year.
Overall, this a group that is obvi-
ously led by a very strong senior
class: Dylan Gross, Zach Scheel,
Sam Onsager and Nathan Krueger,
head coach Josh Wollin said. This
group is very motivated from losing
the state championship game three
years in a row. I have not seen a more
motivated and focused squad in my
six years as head coach.
The Vikings are expecting the
same success this season with all
three starting defensemen return-
ing, including captains Scheel and
Krueger, as well as junior Matt Krc-
ma. Stoughton also welcomes back
junior captain face-off/defensive
middie Quinn Link.
New starters include: junior attack-
ers Cam Furseth and Matt Read,
junior middies Chase Kotlowski and
Isaak Olson, long stick sophomore
midfielder Drew Pasold and sopho-
more goalie Jack Sundby.
The teams offensive returning
starters include attackman Onsager,
who is also a captain, and offensive
Whats next
Stoughton boys lacrosse host
Sauk Prairie in a conference
game at 5p.m. Thursday.
middle Gross, who has a surprising
15 goals so far.
Stoughton has played in three
games so far this season, including
a doubleheader in which the Vikings
beat Neenah 11-10 but fell 9-5
against defending Division 1 state
champion Kettle Moraine. Stough-
ton opened the conference season last
Friday, beating La Crosse 17-4.
Furseth is second on the team in
goals so far this season with six,
while Read and Kotlowski each have
three goals, and Onsager and Olson
have two apiece.
Stoughton 15, Baraboo 4
Gross (four), Read (three) and
Onsager (two) combined for nine
goals Monday in a 15-4 blowout of
Baraboo. Furseth led the team with
four assists. Photo submitted
Link (seven) and Krueger (six) col- Returning letterwinners for the Stoughton lacrosse team (front, from left) are: Jake Mathias, Cam Furseth, Isaak
lected 13 ground balls. Link also won Olson, Dylan Gross, Drew Pasold, Chase Kotlowski and Quinn Link; (back) Chad Clark, Matt Krcma, Carson
have of Stoughtons 22 faceoffs. Sun- Roisum, Nathan Krueger, Luke Geister-Jones, Sam Onsager, Matt Read, Jack Sunby and Zach Scheel; (not pic-
by stopped seven of 12 shots on goal. tured) Jake Lenz.

Baseball
Stoughton drops fifth straight to open season
ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor
The Stoughton High
School baseball team is still
searching for its first win of
the season following Tues-
days 6-4 loss to Badger
South rival Milton.
The host Vikings scored
three runs in the bottom of
the seventh, but that is where
their rally ended.
Stoughtons offense man-
aged just five hits, but the
Vikings threatened with 13
total baserunners with Milton
committing six errors.
In the seventh, Mitch Full-
er and Brady Schipper both
scored on an error, and Matt
Curry hit an RBI single to
plate Andy Johnson.
Alec Tomzcyk put Stough-
ton up 1-0 early with an RBI
single that scored Dillon
Nowicki.
Nowicki took the loss.
He allowed no earned runs
on five hits in 5 1/3 innings,
striking out six and walking
six.
Noah Schafer finished
the game and allowed an
earned run on one hit in 1 2/3
innings, striking out one.
Dakota Cude earned the
win for Milton. He went the
distance and allowed one
earned run on five hits, strik-
ing out six and walking two.
Monona Grove 4,
Stoughton 3
The Vikings opened the
Badger South Conference
season Thursday and fell
4-3 against Monona Grove
at Firemens Park in Cottage
Grove.
Stoughton led 3-2 in the
bottom of the seventh, but the
Silver Eagles scored twice for
the win.
Marshall Lehman hit the
game-winning RBI single on
a bunt that scored Jackson
Thomsen.
Whats next
The Stoughton High School baseball team travels to
Monroe at 5 p.m. Thursday and hosts Portage in a Bad-
ger crossover at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 18
Johnson scored on a wild
pitch in the sixth to give the
Vikings a 3-2 lead.
Stoughton also took a one-
run lead in the third on an
RBI single by Nick Waldorf
(3-for-4) that plated Schip-
per (2-for-4) , but the Silver
Eagles tied the game in the
bottom of the inning when
Mitch Kelsey scored on an
error.
Waldorf also brought home
Schipper on an RBI single
in the first, but the lead was
once again short lived as Kol-
ten Koch (2-for-4) scored on
an error in the bottom of the
inning.
Bryan Wendt (2-for-3) also
had multiple hits for Stough-
ton.
Ethan Sehmer took the
loss. He allowed an earned
run on four hits in 1 1/3
innings, striking out two and
walking one.
Nowicki started and
allowed no earned runs on
two hits and three walks.
He struck out seven in five
innings.
Eau Claire North 15,
Stoughton 0 E.C. Memorial 11,
The Vikings opened a Stoughton 6
tournament at the Woodside
Sports Complex in the Wis-
consin Dells Friday and lost
15-0 to Eau Claire North,
Eau Claire Memorial Satur-
which is ranked No. 3 in the
state.
Brock Wanninger took
the loss after allowing nine
earned runs on 13 hits in 4
1/3 innings, striking out four
and walking five. Schipper
struck out one and allowed
a hit and no earned runs in
JEREMY JONES
Kristin Siget expected the
Carson Lemanski earned
the win with a strikeout in
one inning. Stoughton was
held to four hits.
Menomonie 12,
Stoughton 9
The Vikings offense did
much better Saturday morn-
ing in the tournament, but
Stoughton still fell 12-9 to
Menomonie.
Tomczyk (triple) and
Nowicki both had two RBIs,
and Schipper was 2-for-3
with a triple and a run scored.
Shore, Waldorf and Wendt all
added RBIs.
Cole Mensing picked up
the win for Menomonie. He
allowed seven earned runs
on seven hits in 6 2/3 innings,
striking out eight and walk-
ing seven.
Schafer took the loss for
Stoughton. He allowed five
earned runs on three hits and
seven walks in 4 1/3 innings,
striking out three.
Schipper pitched in relief
and allowed three earned runs
on six hits and a walk in 2 2/3
innings, striking out one.
The Vikings dropped to
0-4 overall with an 11-6 loss
to state honorable mention
Grossman.
day afternoon.
Stoughton scored five runs
in the final three innings, but
it wasnt enough.
Schipper finished 2-for-3
with a double and two RBIs,
and Nowicki was 2-for-3
with a run scored. Tomczyk
Softball
Vikes short in close games
Sports editor
After graduating ace Holly
Brickson from the circle this
year, Stoughton softball coach
opposition to put more balls
in play this spring. And while
thats been the case so far, its
the Vikings bats that have yet
to come around.
MG 3, Stoughton 2
Stoughton played well ball off the MG first baseman sitting the Vikings down in
defensively Thursday but to score Maddy Brickson.
struggled to string hits togeth-
er in a 3-2 loss at home against
Monona Grove.
Defensively, weve only
committed a couple of errors
so far this season; its the bats
that havent come along yet,
Siget said.
She attributed at least some
of her teams struggles at the
plate to only being able to get
outside and hit so far this sea-
son.
We still have yet to get
outside and even practice on
our field, said Siget whose
varsity team played Thurs-
days game on the Stoughton
JV field. Weve been hitting
inside, but its just not the
same as getting outside and
facing live pitching.
Scoreless through the first
three innings, the Badger
South debut turned into a
back-and-forth game in the
fourth and fifth innings, with
Jordan Dahlhauser and Car-
ly Patton putting the Silver
Eagles on top for good after
a lead-off single by Hannah
Grossman singled over
second base, Kayley Novot-
ny and came around to score
one out later on a Dahlhauser
single. Patton followed that
up, hitting a ball that caromed
off Stoughton pitcher Mol-
ly Skonning to give Monona
Whats next
Stoughton hopes to finally get out on its varsity field for
a game at 5p.m. Thursday, April 13 for a home game
against Monroe.
The Cheesemakers are picked by many to win the Bad-
ger South this season. Stoughton will follow that up Mon-
day, April 17 at home against Oregon.
bottom of the fifth when Mor- Alyssa Guerton kept Stough-
gan Neuenfeld ricocheted a ton off-balance all night,
order in the sixth. Stoughton
Monona Grove pitcher Turn to Softball/Page 12
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City of Stoughton, Wisconsin
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status review of the Stoughton City Landll Superfund site,
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was 3-for-4 with a double, Grove a 3-1 advantage.

Graham Arndt scored on
an error to tie the game with
one out.
1/3 of an inning, and Saxton
Shore allowed a hit in 1/3 of
an inning.
The Vikings, who left six
two RBIs and a run scored,
runners on base in the loss,
pulled within a run in the
Turn to Baseball/Page 12
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Stoughton Public Library
304 South Fourth St. Stoughton, WI 53589
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Softball: Girls allow eight runs in three games Girls soccer

Continued from page 11
threatened to tie the game in
the home half of the seventh,
however, when Brickson (2
for 3) lined a two-out single
past shortstop. The Vikings
were unable to capitalize as
Lela Brashi popped out to
Guerton to end the game.
Guerton scattered six hits
over seven innings, walking
one and striking out two.
Skonning only hung one
pitch, but Monona Grove
clean-up hitter Brooklyn
Miller made her pay, driving
the ball over the left-center
field snow fence. The solo
home run gave the Silver
Eagles a 1-0 lead in the top of
the fourth inning.
The Vikings answered with
an RBI ground out by Novot-
ny in the bottom of the fourth.
Skonning allowed two Stoughton second baseman Kayley Novotny isnt quite able
earned runs on six hits.
E.C. Memorial 8,
Stoughton 2
Stoughton and Eau Claire
Memorial were tied 2-2
through five innings Friday
before the Old Abes unload-
ed with six runs in the home
half of the sixth inning.
Kailey Hammersly tossed
5 innings for the Vikings,
giving up four earned runs
on four hits and seven walks.
She struck out seven.
Maddy Brickson and
Skonning each tripled in the
loss, and Morgan Neuenfeld
and Hammersly hit a single
and a double respectively to
plate Stoughtons two runs.
Eau Claire Memorial
junior McKenzie Ebert went
2 for 4 with three RBIs.
Junior Kathryn Wirtanen
allowed two earned runs in 6
1/3 innings. She allowed six
hits and a walk while striking
out eight. Cassie Grant tossed
the final 2/3 innings, allowing
two hits and striking out one.
Merrill 10, Stoughton 8
A back-and-forth game
that featured six different lead
changes, found the Vikings
coming up short Saturday,
losing 10-8 against Merrill.
Neuenfeld was 2-for-4
with a double and a single,
Photo by Jeremy Jones
to come up with a single into shallow right field Thurs-
day in the fourth inning against Monona Grove. The host
Vikings lost the Badger South Conference game 3-2.
driving in a pair of runs.
Hammersly added a pair of
runs. Taylor Kenrick singled
home Stoughtons other run.
Skonning threw six innings
in the circle, allowing seven
earned runs on 15 hits and
two walks. She struck out
two.
Menomonie 12,
Stoughton 9
Stoughton rang up nine
runs on 10 hits but fell a cou-
ple of runs short Saturday
against Menomonie, 12-9.
Kayley Novotny singled
and tripled to drive in a pair
of runs for the Vikings.
Sophia Klawitter singled and
drove in two more. Madisyn
Robinson, Lela Brashi and
Hammersly each knocked in
a run for Stoughton which led
the game 4-0 through the first
two innings.
Menomonie rallied with
two runs in the third, fourth
and fifth inning, but it was
sixth in the sixth that sank the
Vikings.
Hammersly went the dis-
tance for Stoughton, allowing
five earned runs on seven hits
and seven walks. She struck
out five.
Milton 6,
Stoughton 5 (8 inn.)
Stoughton traveled to Mil-
ton on Tuesday for a Badger
South Conference game and
gave up a four-run lead, fall-
ing 6-5 in extra-innings.
Stoughton took a 5-1 lead
with three runs heading into
the bottom of the seventh,
only to see the Red Hawks
rally to force an extra frame.
Amber Mussey had a one-
out, two-run double in the
seventh and Tori Wurslin
added a two-out RBI single
to tie the game.
Mussey capped the come-
back with a two-out, walk-off
single in the bottom of the
eighth inning.
Robinson drove in two
runs for Stoughton. Stacy
Benoy, Novotny and Ham-
mersly each had an RBI.
Stoughton (0-7 overall, 0-2
conference) got one run on
two hits in the top of the sec-
ond inning. A walk and dou-
ble got the Vikings another
run in the fourth inning.
Skonning went the dis-
tance, allowing two earned
runs on two walks and nine
hits.
Stoughton battles but finishes week 0-2-1
ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor
The Stoughton High
School girls soccer team
started strong in the first
20 minutes Tuesday and
h e l d a l e a d , bu t c o a c h
Chelsea Kittleson said the
girls came unraveled a bit
in a 6-1 loss to DeForest.
Peighton Trieloff scored
in the 10th minute with an
assist to Jackie Smith, but
the Norskies tied the game
later in the first half and
scored five times in the
second half.
Kittleson said the girls
became a little too compla-
cent following their early
goal.
I thought we played
really well, but it is hard
because the score doesnt
reflect who we are, Kit-
tleson said.
DeForest scored twice
off of their 16 total corner
kicks, which Kittleson said
is a point of emphasis to
avoid in the future.
Anna Callahan and Ash-
ley Horneck split time in
the goal and combined for
six saves.
Wrestling
Vikings help US team win international tournament
Several Stoughton High School wrestlers
participated in the Tallinn Open in Estonia
from March 31-April 2 at Saku Suurhall.
The United States finished the tourna-
ment ranked No. 1 and was coached by
2016 Olympian Jesse Thielke and three-
time NCAA Division III champion Nazar
Kulchytskyy.
Sophomores Hunter Lewis (50 kilo-
grams) and Luke Mechler (53 kilograms)
led all Vikings with a first-place finish in
freestyle and a second-place in Greco-Ro-
man in their respective weight classes.
Gavin Model, Trent Carpenter and Cade
Spilde were also at the tournament. Model
finished eighth in Greco-Roman and 16th
in freestyle at 58 kilograms, and Carpen-
ter took 17th in Greco-Roman and 19th in
freestyle at 47 kilograms.
Whats next
The Stoughton High School girls soccer team travels to
Elkhorn at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, for a nonconfer-
ence matchup
a gun theft in Janesville
Baraboo 3,
and a nationwide manhunt
Stoughton 1 o f J o s e p h J a k u b ow s k i ,
T h e Vi k i n g s h o s t e d who is allegedly linked to
Baraboo in a Badger cross- the theft.
over Thursday and lost The game was resched-
3-1. uled for May 25.
Trieloff scored the lone Stoughton 1,
goal for Stoughton in the
59th minute. McFarland 1
Jordyn Zalewski scored
T h e Vi k i n g s h o s t e d
twice for Baraboo, and McFarland on Monday and
Zoe Smith added the other ended in a 1-1 tie.
goal.
Stoughton tied the game
Callahan finished with in the 21st minute with a
three saves, and Baraboos goal by Trieloff, who was
Adele Griffin also had assisted by Megan Adams.
three saves. The game was called
Stoughton, in the 76th minute due to
lightning, which Kittleson
Parker (ppd.) said was tough because
Stoughton was supposed the momentum was on the
to travel to Janesville Park- Vikings side at that point.
Callahan finished with
er Saturday but the match
was postponed due to safe- two saves.
ty concerns stemming from
Spilde did not place due to injury.
The tournament is considered one of the
largest youth tournaments in Europe with
over 2,000 competitors representing 27
countries.
The U.S. wrestlers arrived in Warsaw
Poland and trained at Polands satellite
Olympic training facility March 26 and
then spent the next few days training in
Helsinki, Finland with team members and
national champions.
The group then traveled by ferry across
the Baltic Sea to Tallinn, Estonia, for the
tournament.
After the tournament, from April 3-6, the
group attended a wrestling camp with over
200 wrestlers from 15 countries.
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Q&A with outgoing alder Paul Lawrence State AP
Hub: Do you feel your 20 years, Wal-Mart has Hub: Which way do you were on the council?

time on council was well
spent?
PL: Yes absolutely. I love
this community, and the
whole reason I got on council
been a dominant issue. Are
there others?
PL: Well Wal-Mart has
been, certainly for the last 10
years.
think its going to go?
PL: Weve been struggling
with it all this time, and its
not been resolved yet. Its
hard to predict whats going
participation
PL: I think the main thing
that Im the most happy
about is the direction that
Stoughton is going. I think
were a much-improved city

was to try to help the com-
munity in my own limited
way. Thats all its ever been
about.
Hub: Has the job of city
alder changed over the
years?
PL: I dont think so. Its
the same to set the policies
for the city.
The personalities have
changed over the years, and
theres always kind of an
ebb and flow of interests that
people bring to the council.
The council has always
been very dynamic in terms
of a conservative tilt or a
more liberal tilt; micro vs.
macro managing. Its hard
to predict sometimes how
things will go.
Most people who serve
on the council are very dili-
gent and thoughtful and try
to do the best job that they
can. But, of course, theres
going to be disagreements
on things. There always are,
and thats why we have 12
members on the council, so
that those points of view are
represented.
Hub: It strikes me that
for much of the time youve
been on the council, almost
Lawrence: Alder says KPW support contributed to loss
Continued from page 1
members have a narrow agenda and
arent open to listening to other points
of view. Yet he doesnt question their
sincerity or motives in wanting to
improve the community.
Lawrence said he lost the election
almost certainly because of his sup-
port for the Kettle Park West devel-
opment, but still thinks the city needs
both commercial and residential
growth in order to maintain services
and reduce its tax rate.
Trees: Untreated ash trees in Stoughton probably infected
Continued from page 1
additional 78. Another 200-
plus will be removed next
year, Hebert told the Hub in
an email.
All of the trees, which
have been identified as hav-
ing or at risk to become
infected with emerald ash
borer, will be replaced with
other species.
As they work to replant
trees, Hebert stressed that
the city will diversify the
species used.
If we have another dis-
ease come through, we
dont want most of our tree
stock to be taken out, he
explained. Sometimes with
tree plantings, besides the
diversity, we also want to
plant the right type of tree in
the right location.
EAB is a Japanese beetle
that kills ash trees and was
first found in Madison in
2013, which led many in the
area to view it as inevitable
that it would be discovered
in surrounding municipali-
ties. Stoughton officials first
confirmed its presence here
on March 8, 2016.
The city treated 136 ash
trees beginning in 2014 with
an injection treatment that
increases
The question about growth to happen as we go forward. overall in the last 20 years
has really been a dominant Now, with the new hotel in a variety of ways.
issue since the late 90s/early and Aldis and all the other In the downtown, we spent
2000s. We had a significant commercial growth in the many millions of dollars rede-
growth spurt in the 1990s, first phase of KPW, and a veloping the downtown in the
where our population grew tractor supply company mov- early 2000s. There are things One-sixth of 2016 and offer improved oppor-
tunities for students to get
by about 50 percent. I think
we grew from about 9,000 to
ing into the old Wal-Mart,
weve got other commer-
that have occurred since
then. The Opera House has
grads took AP class a head start on college
and career, he said in the
about 12,000, and there was cial and residential things bloomed; I was on the board More Wisconsin public release.
some reaction to that from happening and Stoughton is of directors when that all high school students took The AP program offers
people on the council and in slowly but surely coming out started and am still on it now. Advanced Placement tests 38 courses, which con-
the community, I guess. They of its no-growth period, or its The fire station being than ever last year, as the clude with a voluntary end-
thought that was a dangerous slumber, I guess you could rebuilt was a big thing. The state stayed among the of-year exam. Among the
trend we were on, that we say. Library being expanded. I nations tops in AP perfor- nations 2016 public school
were growing at that rate, and I hope the RDA project think the city services that mance. graduates, more than 1.1
so thats been part of the con- ends up being what we think we provide have gotten con- At Stoughton High million (36.2 percent) took
versation ever since. it can be and should be. But tinuously better and better School, students took 275 an AP exam, with 21.9 per-
I think its clear that what of course thats rife with con- over the years. AP exams, up from 248 last cent scoring three or higher.
happened in the 90s was a troversy, too. We established the Rede- year about 17 percent Many high schools offer
spurt and we havent repeat- velopment Authority. of students. Of those who AP courses as part of the
ed that growth ever since. In Hub: It does seem that We have a wonderful com- took the exams, more than established curriculum.
fact, weve been way under Stoughton has more than munity. I dont know what 70 percent scored a three or Through the Wisconsin
the rest of Dane County for its share of controversies. else to say about it. I think above, which generally will Digital Learning Collabo-
a significant period of time PL: Where I grew up, were moving forward. earn college credit. rative, any student in Wis-
now. in the Neenah/ Appleton When the Opera House According to a College consin can take AP courses
Growth, and then when area, they love growth and opened in 2001, the board of Board report last month on online to supplement their
Wal-Mart appeared on the embrace it. And its much directors more or less ran the the class of 2016, Wiscon- schools offerings.
scene in 2003 or whenever like that in the rest of Dane show. We were helping book sin had 21,270 graduates
it was, that was another part County, too, but here its things back then, and had all (35.4 percent) who took Education gaps
of the conversation related to looked much more with sorts of ideas of what should 62,966 an AP exam; 433 According to DPI, stu-
the growth issue. askance. and shouldnt happen. It took more than the previous year. dents from low-income
Now its open, and some Everybody wants to be us a while to find out the Of those, nearly a quar- families represent 13.7
people say the city is on the Mayberry, of course. identity of the Opera House. ter (24.8 percent) garnered percent of Wisconsins AP
cusp of going through an We hit some stumbling a score of three or higher, examtakers for academic
identity crisis, whether or not Hub: Are there things blocks, but now its a fantas- besting the class of 2015s year 2015-16, a percentage
its going to be a small city that stand out that youre tic dynamo a big plus to the percentage of 24.4. thats risen from 4.9 percent
forever or grow. especially happy that got community and specifically A score of three or above for the class of 2006.
accomplished while you the downtown. generally earns college Evers said while hes
credit or advanced standing pleased districts have con-
at many colleges, accord- tinued to expand AP offer-
ing to the Department of
Public Instruction. The
ings and worked to intro-
duce the opportunity to
College Board estimates a all kids, disparities exist
His loss wasnt a surprise after fin- the election, and we worked hard on class of state public school across the state in access
ishing second of three candidates in it, but it wasnt enough. graduates will save around and participation.
the Feb. 21 primary. After that, he His successor, Lisa Reeves, told the $37.6 million in college Theres no question that
said, he campaigned hard to retain his Hub she also campaigned vigorous- costs through qualifying AP we have work to do to bring
seat. ly, knocking on doors in her district exams (assuming $297.60 equity to Wisconsin, he
I hit almost every single door in every weekend leading up to the gen- per credit hour). said.
my district two times, he said. I did eral election. Federal funding to states
a total of three mailings to people in She commended Lawrence for the 10 years, 10 points to support AP exam fees for
my district, plus the door-to-door time he served on council, and said Overall, Wisconsin public low-income students was
campaigning, plus yard signs and shes eager to get to work. schools participation has discontinued for the 2016-
Facebook things. increased 10 points over 17 school year through the
I certainly didnt take it for grant- Contact Bill Livick at bill.livick@ the past 10 years in the per- Every Student Succeeds Act
ed at all, he added. I knew a year wcinet.com centage of graduates earn- (ESSA), instead moving
ago that I was going to be targeted in ing this grade, according that money to a more gener-
to a Wisconsin DPI news al fund provided to districts.
release. State Superinten-
dent Tony Evers said tak-
According to the DPI news
release, state law requires
ing the AP tests give high public school districts to
school students a chance pay AP exam fees for stu-
to experience college-level dents who are eligible for
coursework and the expec- free or reducedprice school
tations of postsecondary meals under federal income
studies. guidelines.
The nationwide AP
exams reinforce that rigor Scott De Laruelle
SHS AP participation
Year % participation Tests taken % 3 or above*
2010-11 12.7 216 81.5
2011-12 13.3 224 71.0
2012-13 13.3 246 80.5
2013-14 13.5 195 70.8
2014-15 15.8 248 81.5
Photo by Amber Levenhagen
2015-16 16.7 275 70.5
More than a dozen trees were cut down in Stoughton last week as result of the citys emer-
ald ash borer infestation. Virgin Lake Park, pictured, was one of the affected areas. *According to DPI, a score of three or above generally
earns college credit or advanced standing at many
can protect a tree from EAB North Monroe Street and 10 Be proactive and look at
infestation. Those injections on West Milwaukee Street, the tree and have a profes- colleges.
are needed every two years, for example. Hebert said sional come and give them
and Hebert said they would the city has done its best to some advice.
treat half in one year and the communicate with residents Hebert stressed that the
other half the next year. with trees in their terrace decision to remove trees on
Going forward now, we ahead of the removal. public land is out the citys
are evaluating those trees on The plan only covers trees hands at this point. Ever get a helping hand?
an annual basis to make sure on public land, though, and We dont want to take Why not give one?
the treatment is effective, Hebert recommended resi- down trees, he said. This
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Obituaries
Mildred A. Vike
Mildred Vike
Mildred Arlene Vike,
age 85, of Stoughton,
passed away on Saturday,
April 8, 2017, at Mile-
stone Senior Living with
her loving family by her
side.
She was born May
17, 1931 in Stoughton,
the daughter of Sam and
Agnes (Bondehagen)
Hanson. Mildred married
Donald Vike on Oct. 16,
1951 in Stoughton.
She graduated from
Stoughton High School in
1949. After high school
she worked for the State
Department. Later, Mil-
dred worked several years,
part time at the Bell Tele-
p h o n e C o m p a ny. S h e
worked many years at
home and in the tobacco
fields. Mildred was always
very proud of her children
and grandchildren.
Mildred is survived by
her loving husband, Don-
ald, of 65 years; daughter,
Cheryl (Dan) Breitbach;
sons, Dale (Sandy) Vike
Celebrating 25 Years in Business!
WisConsin MonuMent & Vault Co.
and Duane (Janet) Vike; Janette C. Umhoefer in Stoughton, where
grandchildren, Ryan, they raised their children
Doug, Brian, Joe, Kristin, Paul Umhoefer (Barbara
Carin, Nikki and Emily; Ralston), Marla Umhoefer
17 great-grandchildren; (Michael Adams) and Car-
brother, Norman (Pauline) ol Umhoefer (Eric Mar-
Hanson; sisters, Nancy tin).
Peterson and Katherine Janette returned to col-
Lund; and numerous niec- lege, graduating from
es and nephews. Mildred UW-Whitewater in 1977
was preceded in death with a B.S. in education,
by her parents; brothers, and she served as a substi-
David and James; and sis- tute teacher in the Stough-
ters, Carol and Shirley. ton area for years. Janette Photos submitted
Funeral services will Janette Umhoefer had a lifelong passion for From left, Kassy Smyth, Marlee Yahn, Stacy Benoy and Julia
be held at First Luther- gardening, music and the- Hackler perform Living Stations of the Cross at St. Ann
an Church, 310 E. Wash- Janette C. Umhoefer, ater, and she was active in
a g e 8 4 , p a s s e d aw a y Parish.
ington St., Stoughton, at the Village Players, Mad-
St. Ann presents Living Stations
11a.m. Thursday April peacefully in Altamonte ison Civic Opera Guild,
13, with Reverend Dick Springs, Fla. on March 29, Madison Savoyards, and
Halom presiding. Burial 2017, with family by her at St. Ann parish and other
will take place at Lutheran side. community organizations. This years confirmation class performed Living Sta-
East Cemetery at 11a.m. Janette was born on She is survived by her tions of the Cross at St. Ann Parish on March 22.
Wednesday, April 19. A April 25, 1932 in Spring children; her grandchil-
visitation will be held Green, Wis., daughter dren, Laurel, Mathias and
at Gunderson Stough- of Herman and Cecilia Benjamin; sisters, Ann,
ton Funeral and Crema- (Meixelsperger) Feiner. Lena, Alice and Phyl; and
tion Care, 1358 Hwy. 51, After graduating from brother, Rudy. She was
Stoughton, from 4-7p.m. Sauk County Normal preceded in death by her
Wednesday, April 12, and School in 1951, Janette parents; sisters, Cele and
at church from 10a.m. moved to Stoughton to Delphine; and brother,
until the time of the ser- teach. There she met Ken.
vice Thursday. Alfred Umhoefer, and on A celebration of
The family would espe- Aug. 21, 1954 they mar- Janettes life will be held
cially like to thank Amy ried at Saint Lukes church in Longwood, Fla. on May
at Skaalen Home and the in Plain, Wis. Janette and 6, 2017.
staff at Milestone Senior Al lived nearly 50 years
Living for their care, espe-
cially Dan, April and Sam.
Online condolences
may be made at www.
gundersonfh.com.
Paula J. Ricker Adriana, Demetrios, Jr.
and Andreas; father, Wil-
Gunderson Stoughton liam of Poynette; sister,
Funeral & Cremation Care Martha (Eric) Grover of
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(608) 873-4590 Bill Jr. (Chris Smith) of Waldorf and Matthew Gille perform Living Stations of the
Lithia, Fla.; and numerous Cross at St. Ann Parish
other relatives and friends.
She is preceded in death
by her mother, Corrine;
brother, Steven Michael;
and step-mother, Shirlee
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lic Safety Building, 321 South Fourth
Street, Second Floor, Stoughton, Wis-
consin, 53589, to consider a proposed
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Stoughton Pick, LLC, for an Outdoor Dis-
play use for Tractor Supply Company at
1800 US Highway 51 & 138, Stoughton,
WI. (Previously Walmart)
The property is more formally de-
scribed as:
Parcel #281/0511-063-9802-2
Legal Description: PRT LOT 1
CSM 5317 CS24/144&146-8/4/87 DE-
SCR AS SEC 6-5-11 PRT SE1/4SW1/4
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S01DEG5619E 219.52 FT TO NE COR
EXISTING WAL-MART BUILDING TH
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160.06 FT TO SE COR SD BUILD-
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S01DEG5619E 351.05 FT TO N R/W USH
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RAD 5969.58 FT LC S88DEG2527W
147.14 FT TH S89DEG1052W 180.94
FT TO POB CONT 5.69 ACRES M/L
(WALMART PARCEL)
This property description is for tax
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Paula Ricker A Mass of Christian
Burial will be held at Holy
Mother of Consolation
Paula Jeanne (Martin- Church, 651 N. Main St.,
son) Ricker, age 56, of
Stoughton, passed away
Oregon, at 11a.m. Satur-
day, April 22, 2017, with
the deed.
For questions regarding this notice
on Sunday, April 9, 2017, Father Gary Wankerl pre-
please contact Michael Stacey, Zoning in Madison. siding, followed by a lun-
Administrator at 608-646-0421.
Additional information including She was born May 24, cheon at the funeral home.
a location map can be found at: http://
stoughtoncitydocs.com/planning-com-
1960, in Madison, the Visitation will be held at
mission/ daughter of William Bill Gunderson Oregon Funer-
Published April 6 and 13, 2017
WNAXLP and Corrine (Alsmo) Mar- al Home, 1150 Park St.,
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TOWN OF DUNKIRK Brian Ricker on Aug. 28, with a time of sharing at
ADVERTISEMENT FOR 2002, in Oregon. 7:30p.m., on Thursday,
2017 ROAD BIDS
The Town of Dunkirk is taking seal
Paula attended Oregon April 20, 2017, and also
coat and overlay bids for various Town High School and graduat- at the church from 10a.m.
roads, and a portion of the project will be
funded by TRIP program. ed in 1978. She was a per- until the time of the ser-
Specific bid information may be
obtained from Mark Gretebeck at (608)
sonal banker with Com- vice on Saturday, April
873-9177, or at the Town Hall, 654 County munity National Bank. 22, 2017. A private family
Road N, Stoughton, WI 53589.
All bids shall be sealed, marked Paula is survived by interment will be held.
Highway Quote, and submitted to the
Town Clerk at the town hall up to and her husband, Brian, and Online condolences
including 10:00 a.m. on April 28, 2017.
Bids will be opened at 10 a.m. on Friday,
his sons, Craig and Tra- may be made at www.
April 28, 2017, at the town hall. Bids will vis; daughters, Enna gundersonfh.com.
be awarded at the Town Board meeting
(Noah Schreiber) of Ore-
at 7:00 p.m. on May 1, 2017. The Town of
Dunkirk reserves the right to reject any gon and Alyssa (fiance, Gunderson Oregon
and all bids or to accept that bid deemed
to be most advantageous to the Town. Demetrios Heniadis) of Funeral & Cremation Care
Melanie Huchthausen, Clerk
Evansville; grandchildren, 1150 Park St. From left, Kassy Smyth and Brady Schipper perform Living
Stations of the Cross at St. Ann Parish
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Friluftsliv: Pedestrian bridge connecting Mandt Park to redevelopment area part of vision
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potential.
This is a dream of a
bunch of things that we
think really make sense for
the city, Lynch told the
council at the meeting. We
would like to be able to
move forward with this, but
it starts with getting money
for a feasibility study for
the building.
Connecting with nature
Lynch told the Hub he
and Glenn began discussing
the idea of creating a facili-
ty on the river where people
could access things to do
outdoors a few years ago.
It was on the back burn-
er because it seemed like
a huge thing and they
w e r e n t s u r e w h e r e t o
begin.
They quickly recognized
their concept fit nicely
with a Norwegian philoso-
phy known as friluftsliv,
which literally means free
air life. The terms cultur-
al connotations have to do
with societys outdoor con-
nection to nature, and it has
come to embody Norways
cultural enchantment with
the natural world.
We feel that the whole
N o r w eg i a n p h i l o s o p h y
fits what this community
wants, Lynch said.
He contends theres an
emerging trend in which
fewer families are partici-
pating in highly organized
youth sports. He said the
whole intense program
where people spend lots of
time and money traveling to
watch their kids compete is
in decline.
Surveys show that peo-
ple want to do more natural
things and be outdoors, he
said. Thats high on our
rec survey, and its big on
the comprehensive plan,
too.
So instead of spending
money to build the next
big sports complex, Lynch
explained, wed rather
shift to this idea and be the
place that people come to
for something different.
He said ideas he and
Glenn discussed about
making Stoughton a desti-
nation and making better
use of Mandt Park started to
cohere as plans to redevel-
op 10 acres across the river
near the MillFab industrial
site gained traction.
The citys Redevelop-
ment Authority purchased
the MillFab parcel in
December, and by then it
had selected a master devel-
oper to lead the transforma-
tion of the area with new
buildings and public ame-
nities.
We want people who
move there to have some-
thing to see on the other
side of the river, Lynch
said.
City alders Paul
Pickleball complex part of plan
Tom Lynch has met with
the Stoughton Lions Club
several times to discuss
converting an unused bas-
ketball court in Mandt
Park into a pickleball com-
plex. He estimated they
could build six pickleball
courts by increasing the
size of the existing court,
Above, Mandt
Parks riverfront
area, as it was
last fall, could
accommodate
the proposed Fri-
luftsliv facilities.
Photo by Jim Ferolie
Right, the map
shows where
in Mandt Park
the proposed
buildings a
rec center, deck,
parking and ice
rink would go.
Map courtesy City of
Stoughton
Lawrence and Tom Majew-
ski liked the idea of a new
facility in Mandt Park and
also creating a whitewater
park on the river. But both
urged Lynch to think more
broadly about develop-
ing the park to take better
advantage of the large green
space just blocks from the
downtown.
Mayor Donna Olson
described the proposal as
an exciting opportunity
for growth down along the
river and a chance to take
better advantage of the riv-
er.
Its certainly a dream
and a plan for the future,
but I think its very doable,
she said. I think more use
and better use of that park
will be a natural progres-
sion.
Building on the river
The centerpiece of the
plan is a building that started
small but grew as they began
to develop it.
Lynch and Glenn first
thought of creating a rent-
al operation in Mandt Park
as a way to draw people
to the park. They gradu-
ally expanded the idea to
include a year-round facility
that would also serve as a
social gathering place and
resurfacing it and eventual-
ly lighting it.
The complex could be
used as an ice rink in the
winter, he added.
The nice thing is the
Lions Club is interested in
doing this with us, Lynch
said.
He described the sport
The plan includes whitewater rafting, seen here in Manches-
ter, Iowa.
possibly house parks and
recreation department offic-
es.
Their initial concept calls
for a one- or two-story build-
ing thats 165 feet long and
45 feet wide (7,425 square
feet), with public restrooms,
a kitchen, a deck and a large
community room.
The building would be
owned by the city and could
either be run by city staff or
contracted to a private oper-
ator.
Weve talked with Dar-
ren Marsh at Rutabaga (Pad-
dle Sports in Madison), and
maybe we can contract with
them in the future to do all
the rentals, Lynch said.
as a hybrid of tennis, bad-
minton and ping pong,
and said its probably one
of our biggest sports for
people over 60.
We f o r e s e e h o s t i n g
pickleball tournaments at
our new complex, he said.
Bill Livick
Photo submitted
Then we dont have to buy
stuff or manage it, but just
take a cut.
He and Glenn see lots of
other possible uses for the
building, including opening
a restaurant and beer garden
with potential for live enter-
tainment, or hosting a farm-
ers market.
Regardless of whether the
new facility is built, Lynch
and others (including the
RDA) envision a pedestrian
bridge connecting Mandt
Park to the redevelopment
area and a green corridor
that connects Rotary Park to
the river.
We can imagine the
developer creating a mall
where youd go right from
the Gazebo (in Rotary Park)
with a straight shot to the
bridge and to the build-
ing that Im talking about,
Lynch observed. Theres so
many good reasons why it
should work.
Rapids on the Yahara
Lynch has informally dis-
cussed the concept of the
Friluftsliv facility for sever-
al months, as he considered
ways to draw more people
to the river and Mandt Park.
But he surprised at least a
few people when he pre-
sented the idea of creating a
whitewater park on the river.
He credited resident Mar-
lene Widra with suggest-
ing it, and as he and Glenn
checked into the idea, they
concluded it would have the
potential to drive economic
development here.
They looked at a whitewa-
ter park in Manchester, Iowa,
which they discovered has a
$2 million annual impact on
the local economy. The city
of just over 5,000 residents
draws 1,000 visitors a day
during the summer months,
Glenn said.
He added that similar
park, farther west in Charles
City, Iowa, generates about
$750,000 per year.
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We think if we build one
here, wed be the closest
whitewater park to major
population hubs like Mil-
waukee and Chicago and
would draw visitors to
Stoughton, Glenn said. I
talked to Darren Marsh, and
he said theres a high demand
in this area for a whitewater
park.
Last week, Lynch told the
Hub hed contacted a com-
pany that develops whitewa-
ter parks by drawing down
the river and placing sand
and boulders in the channel
to funnel the water to cre-
ate rapids. He plans to talk
with similar businesses and
seek cost proposals after hes
determined the details of
what to include in a feasibil-
ity study.
They thought it (the Yaha-
ra) was a really good river
for this, he said. We would
start after the dam and run
it downstream as far as you
want to go probably no far-
ther than Dunkirk Park.
He added that there
wouldnt be a fee for peo-
ple to use the river, but there
would be to rent equipment.
Glenn said whitewater
parks are gentle enough to
allow for all skill levels,
whether people are using
inflated inner tubes, canoes
or kayaks.
He added the changes
would improve fish habitat as
well, something that anglers
of all ages would welcome.
More trails
Lynch said his depart-
ment has long-term plans
to extend the citys river
trail system, and he add-
ed theres a possibility for
trails through the redevel-
opment area that would
continue to both the east
and west.
We hope to get trails
behind Uniroyal and all
the way to Water Street,
he explained. Then we
could run right through the
redevelopment area into
Dunkirk Park and exit on
Academy Street.
The underlying goal is to
help people to be more con-
nected to nature by using
things like bikes, canoes,
kayaks and anything else
they want to use.
The proposal is in the
early stages, and Lynch said
theres a lot of work to do.
We dont even know
how much it would cost,
but we think it would be a
big asset for the redevelop-
ment whatever happens
in actually selling it, he
said. The Syttende Mai
race could run right by the
new facility, and it could be
a natural finish line. Theres
just a lot we think the com-
munity would gain by hav-
ing this.
Contact Bill Livick at bill.
livick@wcinet.com
Part of the
proposed
complex
includes a
Pickleball
court.
File photo by Sa-
mantha Christian