VOL. 124, NO. 4 THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2016 SINGLE COPY PRICE: $1.25 www.MiddletonTimes.com ‘Substantial structural damage’ The Middleton Public Li- brary is a place renowned for opening people’s minds and eyes to the vast worlds of liter- ature, history, art and much, much more. But when people noticed that the building’s ceiling was open- ing last week, there was cause for concern. City officials closed the li- brary for at least a week follow- ing the discovery of what city administrator Mike Davis called “substantial structural damage” to the trusses supporting the building’s roof. In a message to city staff and elected officials, Davis said the problem was discovered on the south side of the building, where a visible gap had ap- peared in the ceiling. “While structural engineer Mike Leiferman was visiting about the library employee ac- cess project last Tuesday, Janu- ary 19, he and [library director] Pamela Westby noticed a gap in the ceiling that had not existed previously,” Davis ex- plained. “On Friday, Leiferman climbed into the area above the ceiling [and] below the roof to investigate and found substan- tial structural damage to the trusses. Leiferman advised Westby and building inspector Scott Ellarson to close the li- brary to protect citizens and li- brary employees. Westby closed the building effective Saturday, Jan. 23. The city took additional ac- tion over the weekend, and city attorney Larry Bechler drafted a resolution to declare a public emergency. That resolution was added to the Middleton Public Works Committee’s agenda on Monday of this week. It was ap- proved. Davis said that due to emer- gency provisions under state law, no bidding is required for the repair work and the agenda City closes library, declares public emergency to repair failing supports by MATT GEIGER Middleton Times-Tribune Photo contributed This photo, from a report by Strategic Structural Design, shows one of the places where the Middleton Public Library’s roof support was coming apart. See LIBRARY, page 6 See RESCUE, page 6 Photo contributed Miller in ‘Little Women’ Madison Opera presents the company premiere of Mark Adamo’s Little Women on Friday, February 5 and Sunday, February 7 in the Capitol Theater at the Overture Center for the Arts. Ice rescue! Dane County Sheriff’s deputies, along with City of Madison and Middleton Fire Departments responded from the Marshall Park boat launch at about 7 a.m. Wednesday, Janu- ary 20 for an ice fisherman who had gone through the ice on Lake Mendota. The 60-year-old from Madi- son was operating an ATV and was in the center of the lake, about a mile from shore, when the vehicle broke through the ice. Because the ATV was Council members debate implications of new workforce housing policy During the finance commit- tee meeting that takes place di- rectly before the common council meeting, city alders dis- cussed the implications the re- cently passed work force housing policy on new develop- ments in the city’s tax incre- ment financing (TIF) districts. The discussion was sparked by an item on the common council’s agenda that grants concept approval for a TIF agreement for $7.8 million dol- Bury new power line, say airport officials Looming 150-feet-tall just two miles west of Middleton Municipal Airport’s main run- way has residents and airport officials asking the Public Serv- ice Commission to bury part of the to-be-constructed Badger Coulee high power transmission line, or move it further west. Airport Manager Richard See HOUSING, page 4 See BURY, page 4 by CAMERON BREN Middleton Times-Tribune by KEVIN MURPHY Middleton Times-Tribune New voting location City of Middleton residents in Aldermanic Districts 3 & 4 (Wards 5-8) will be voting at The Heritage Senior Living, 6206 Maywood Avenue., Mid- dleton for all future Elections beginning with the February 16 2016 Primary Election. For more information regard- ing your registration status and to verify your District/Ward Combination please visit myvote.wi.gov or call the See VOTE, page 6 Courtney Miller makes her debut as Meg, whose marriage causes the first fissure in Jo’s world. -Read more on page 4
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VOL. 124, NO. 4 THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2016 SINGLE COPY PRICE: $1.25
www.MiddletonTimes.com
‘Substantial structural damage’
The Middleton Public Li-brary is a place renowned foropening people’s minds andeyes to the vast worlds of liter-ature, history, art and much,much more.
But when people noticed thatthe building’s ceiling was open-ing last week, there was causefor concern.
City officials closed the li-brary for at least a week follow-ing the discovery of what cityadministrator Mike Davis called“substantial structural damage”to the trusses supporting thebuilding’s roof.
In a message to city staff andelected officials, Davis said theproblem was discovered on thesouth side of the building,where a visible gap had ap-peared in the ceiling.
“While structural engineerMike Leiferman was visitingabout the library employee ac-cess project last Tuesday, Janu-ary 19, he and [library director]Pamela Westby noticed a gap inthe ceiling that had not existedpreviously,” Davis ex-plained. “On Friday, Leifermanclimbed into the area above theceiling [and] below the roof toinvestigate and found substan-tial structural damage to thetrusses.
Leiferman advised
Westby and building inspectorScott Ellarson to close the li-brary to protect citizens and li-brary employees. Westby closedthe building effective Saturday,Jan. 23.
The city took additional ac-tion over the weekend, and cityattorney Larry Bechler drafted aresolution to declare a publicemergency. That resolution wasadded to the Middleton PublicWorks Committee’s agenda onMonday of this week. It was ap-proved.
Davis said that due to emer-gency provisions under statelaw, no bidding is required forthe repair work and the agenda
City closes library, declares public emergency to repair failing supportsby MATT GEIGER
Middleton Times-Tribune
Photo contributedThis photo, from a report by Strategic Structural Design, shows one of the places where the
Middleton Public Library’s roof support was coming apart.See LIBRARY, page 6
See RESCUE, page 6
Photo contributed
Miller in ‘Little Women’Madison Opera presents the company premiere of Mark Adamo’s Little Women on Friday,
February 5 and Sunday, February 7 in the Capitol Theater at the Overture Center for the Arts.
Icerescue!
Dane County Sheriff’sdeputies, along with City ofMadison and Middleton FireDepartments responded fromthe Marshall Park boat launch atabout 7 a.m. Wednesday, Janu-ary 20 for an ice fisherman whohad gone through the ice onLake Mendota.
The 60-year-old from Madi-son was operating an ATV andwas in the center of the lake,about a mile from shore, whenthe vehicle broke through theice. Because the ATV was
Council members debate implications of newworkforce housing policy
During the finance commit-tee meeting that takes place di-rectly before the commoncouncil meeting, city alders dis-cussed the implications the re-cently passed work force
housing policy on new develop-ments in the city’s tax incre-ment financing (TIF) districts.
The discussion was sparkedby an item on the commoncouncil’s agenda that grantsconcept approval for a TIFagreement for $7.8 million dol-
Bury newpower line,say airportofficials
Looming 150-feet-tall justtwo miles west of MiddletonMunicipal Airport’s main run-way has residents and airportofficials asking the Public Serv-ice Commission to bury part ofthe to-be-constructed BadgerCoulee high power transmissionline, or move it further west.
Airport Manager Richard
See HOUSING, page 4
See BURY, page 4
by CAMERON BREN
Middleton Times-Tribune
by KEVIN MURPHY
Middleton Times-Tribune
New voting locationCity of Middleton residents
in Aldermanic Districts 3 & 4(Wards 5-8) will be voting atThe Heritage Senior Living,6206 Maywood Avenue., Mid-dleton for all future Electionsbeginning with the February 16
2016 Primary Election.For more information regard-
ing your registration status andto verify your District/WardCombination please visitmyvote.wi.gov or call the
See VOTE, page 6
Cour t ne yMiller makesher debut asMeg, whosem a r r i a g ecauses thefirst fissure inJo’s world.
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The Middleton High Schoolboys ski and snow board teamscontinued to dominate the WH-SARA conference series, bothposting first place finishes at thesecond and coldest race of theseason on Monday, January 18.Racing slalom at Tyrol Basin,the boarders placed seven in thepoints, led by Campbell Esbeck
1st, Max Lawrence 2nd, Sam An-derson 4th, Jackson Grimm 7th,Jordan Meyer 11th, CharlieAngevine 12th, and Edwin Sta-jkovic 13th. The skiers keptpace at the giant slalom race ona challenging course at CascadeMountain, putting four skiers inthe points: Jack Ronnie 2nd,Austin Krantz 6th, Zach Whrite-
nour 7th and Alec Riddle13th. Both teams continue tolead the conference standings.
On the girls side, the board-ers placed second. Even withsix MHS boarders in the points,the Verona/Monona GroveCOOP team was again tootough to topple. Middleton wasled by Megan Chandler 3rd,Paige Wirth 4th, HannahLaufenberg 7th, Abigail Drake9th, Samantha Williams 10th and
Kaden Mettel 12th. The skiersplaced sixth at the Cascade race,remaining fifth in the seasonstandings overall. With theskiers missing top finisherOlivia Krigbaum, racers ErikaRader, Rachel Kushner andAnne Squires stepped up andled the team.
Head Ski Coach Ray Riddleand Head Board Coach DarrinKolka are both pleased with theprogress of the teams, as at this
point in the season, the boys skiteam, boys board team and thegirls board team look to be StateChampionship bound, while thegirls skiers are just one placefrom an invitation.
The teams competed again atTyrol Basin on Monday, Janu-ary 25.
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Deno takes over at Glacier Creek principalTim Keeler has stepped down
as principal at Glacier CreekMiddle School and has been re-placed by Kromrey MiddleSchool associate principal BillDeno.
The moves were effective asof Monday, Jan. 18. The an-nouncement was made duringsimultaneous after-school staffmeetings at Glacier Creek andKromrey on Tuesday, Jan. 12.Keeler received a standing ova-tion after he made the an-nouncement.
Keeler had been at GlacierCreek since the middle schoolopened in 1996. He served as
assistant principal before be-coming principal. Before that,he worked as a social studiesteacher in Colorado and startedhis career in the District as ateacher and dean of students atMHS.
Keeler said he had beenmulling the decision for close toa year. He said he wanted tomove into a position that hadmore daily interaction with stu-dents.
“Life doesn’t always followthe school calendar,’’ Keelersaid. “It just felt like the righttime.’’
Keeler began his new posi-tion as a special educationteacher at Middleton HighSchool on Jan. 26, the first dayof the second semester.
Superintendent Don Johnsonsaid while it is natural to won-der why a transition wouldoccur in the middle of theschool year it isn’t uncommon.The district typically has 15-20openings that are filled duringthe school year, he said.
“Tim basically desires morepersonal-professional life bal-ance, an opportunity to workwith students on a personallevel, and a change from thedaily demands of being a prin-cipal,’’ Johnson said. “It is re-ally as simple as that. I respectMr. Keeler’s resilience and will-ingness to make a challenginglife decision for both personaland professional reasons.’’
Deno joined the District in2005 after serving 11 years as
an intern assistant principal inthe Minneapolis PublicSchools. He has degrees fromSt. Thomas and the Universityof Minnesota.
“Bill has an exemplary repu-tation as an administrator, an in-structional leader, and as acollaborative educator,’’ John-son said. “It is rewarding tohave such a capable leader tostep in at this time.
Associate principal KenMetz and special education co-ordinator Adrienne Emersonwill remain in their current po-sitions at Glacier Creek.Colleen Young, currently a Eng-lish Second Language teacher atKromrey, will replace JalateefaJoe-Meyers as the dean of stu-dents at Glacier Creek. Joe-
Meyers will assume a new po-sition as student engagementcoordinator for second semesterto expand the District’s work in-creasing graduation ratesamong credit deficient studentsat the high school level.
Eric Engel, who has workedas a science teacher and dean ofstudents for 16 years at Krom-rey, will replace Deno as theschool’s associate principal.Lindsay Vicenzi, who has beenKromrey’s math integrationspecialist, will replace Engel asdean of students.
Johnson said both dean ofstudents are interim positions.He said the timing of thechanges made it difficult to holdinteviews for the positions now.However, he wants to especially
given other internal candidatesan opportunity to apply for thepositions in the spring.
“Although I recognize thatmany will be very sad to seeBill leave Kromrey, the leader-ship transition should be veryseamless as Eric and Lindsayknow the staff, students, andfamilies well,’’ Johnson said.“Strong administrators like Billoften have opportunities to as-sume more responsibility andnew challenges. This is justsuch a time for him.’’
Johnson said Deno plans tomeet with Glacier Creek staffbefore school on Thursday. Ameet-and-greet with GlacierCreek families is also beingplanned and will be held in thenear-future.
MCPASD students shine on the Badger ExamDistrict students in grades 3-
8 were well above the state av-erage for public school studentson the Badger Exam, accordingto results released by the Wis-consin Department of Public In-struction on Wednesday, Jan.13.
More than 72 percent of Dis-trict students were proficient oradvanced in English/languagearts compared with the state av-erage of 51.2 percent. Morethan 72.5 percent of District stu-
dents were proficient or ad-vanced in mathematics com-pared with the state average of43.7 percent. The results arefrom the statewide exams of-fered in 2014-15.
District third-graders (78.3)had the highest score in Eng-lish/language arts among the 16school districts in Dane County.In mathematics, third-graders(77.7), seventh-graders (76.5)and eighth-graders (63.0) allhad the highest scores in thecounty for their respectivegrades.
Meanwhile, District 11th-graders in 2014-15 had a com-
posite score of 23.4 on the ACTcollege admissions exam com-pared with the state average of20.0. The exam was adminis-tered in March 2015 to all pub-lic school 11th-graders in thestate for the first time. Morethan 65,000 juniors in the statetook the ACT or the DLM.
The ACT is scored on a scaleof one to 36 and consists of fivesubject areas: English, reading,writing, mathematics and sci-ence.
Nearly 69 percent of Districtstudents scored proficient or ad-vanced on the English-reading-writing portion of the ACT
compared with the state averageof 45.7. Sixty-two percent ofDistrict students scored profi-cient or advanced on the mathportion of the ACT comparedwith the state average of 35.9. Ascore of 20-27 was consideredproficient, while 28 and abovewas considered advanced.
The District’s ACT compos-ite score was second among the13 Dane County districts whosubmitted their score to theWisconsin State Journal. OnlyWaunakee (23.9) was higher.
The Badger Exam was an on-line assessment administeredlast spring statewide to more
than 360,000 students. Nearly5,000 students took the Dy-namic Learning Maps (DLM)exam, which measures aca-demic progress of students withsignificant cognitive disabili-ties.
The Badger Exam and DLMreplaced the Wisconsin Knowl-edge and Concepts Examination(WKCE) and the Wisconsin Al-ternate Assessment for Studentswith Disabilities for students ingrades 3-8.
The Badger Exam will be re-placed in 2016 with the For-ward Exam, which will beadministered in the spring. The
Badger Exam was developedthrough the Smarter BalancedAssessment Consortium, how-ever, legislation adopted as partof the 2015-17 state budget pro-hibits DPI from using examsdeveloped by the consortium.
The state has a six-ear con-tract with Data RecognitionCorporation, the companywhich will produce the ForwardExam.
The tests are part of the Wis-consin Student Assessment Sys-tem (WSAS), which StateSuperintendent Tony Evers saidis more rigorous than prior test-ing.
Ski and board teams stay hot despite the cold
by PERRY HIBNER
MCPASD
by PERRY HIBNER
MCPASD
The City of Middleton isseeking volunteers to serve on aplanning committee for the de-velopment of an endowmentfund for City of Middleton Pub-lic Lands. The committee is ex-pected to begin work in March2016 and complete its assign-ment within six months.
The planning committee willconsist of seven volunteers, pri-marily citizens from within thecity. The committee will have afacilitator to assist with the ad-ministration of the committee’swork, including setting upmeetings, developing a commit-tee work plan and meeting
agendas, plus recording meet-ing notes.
The planning committee willreport to the Parks, Recreation,
and Forestry Commission(PRFC) and the ConservancyLands Committee (CLC).PRFC and CLC will review and
approve products of the com-mittee and forward for City
Dane County emergencymanagement staff recently helda series of listening sessions toget public input on revising anatural hazards mitigation planto include the projected effectsof climate change in the region.A handful of residents attendedthe Westport meeting to sharetheir thoughts on how to pre-pare for looming effects of cli-mate change.
Dane County executive JoeParisi, along with director ofDane County Emergency Man-agement Charles Tubbs, assis-tant director Dave Janda, andproject assistant and graduatestudent in urban and regionalplanning Phil Rynish presentedthe projected changes the regionfaces and what a mitigation planshould do.
“The forces of mother naturecan strike quickly and the morewe can do before disasters hap-pen to reduce the potential fordamages, the safer our citizenswill be,” said Parisi. “In recent
years, record droughts, historicrains and sweltering heat haveall impacted the personal andeconomic safety of our citi-zens. As our changing climateresults in a growing number ofextreme weather events, it’s im-portant we assess our climatechange vulnerabilities andadapt.”
Parisi said that each dollarspent on mitigation saves soci-ety an average of $4 in avoidedfuture losses in addition to sav-ing lives and preventing in-juries.
Janda said that up until nowthe natural hazards mitigationplan has only been based onpast events.
“We’re looking to incorpo-rate the effects of climatechange into the hazard analy-sis,” Janda said. “In the past thehazard analysis was based onlooking backwards at eventsthat had happened and now weare looking to try to project inthe future and plan better.”
Janda explained that the planis a multi-jurisdictional effort.He said all 61 local units wereinvited to participate and 40 of
them have agreed to while therest have chosen to opt out.
“When we are talking aboutclimate change in this planwe’re talking about in the con-text of how these hazards are
changing as the climatewarms,” he said. “We’re nottalking about outlining actionsthat would be taken to try tomitigate greenhouse gases inthe atmosphere, we’re looking
at the consequences.”Phil Rynish broke down the
projected effects climate changewill have on Wisconsin. Hesaid the average winter temper-ature by 2055 will be seven to
eight degrees warmer than itwas in 1980 and there will moredays above 90 degrees. Thewarmer climate will increasethe likelihood of extreme tem-peratures, severe winterweather, tornadoes, and floods,he said.
Rynish said the projectionsshow not only increased precip-itation but more torrential rain-fall that leads to flooding, andalgae blooms and water con-tamination from runoff.
Residents who attended theevent offered various sugges-tion on what steps the countycould take including improvedstormwater runoff infrastruc-ture, rebates for generators andwater pumps, and establishingpublic shelters for extremeweather events.
Many of the residents saidthat they felt the major chal-lenge to planning for extremeweather is the apathy of thegeneral public. Janda says thecounty is planning to offer moreeducation and training so resi-dents can learn the risks andhow to minimize them.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2016 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 3
Climate change takes center stage in localpublic hearing on emergency management
On Monday at approximatelynoon, Dane County Sheriff’sdeputies, along with the MountHoreb Fire Department, re-sponded to two-vehicle crash onHighway 18/151 near CTH J inthe Town of Springdale.
Initial reports indicated asemi-truck collided with a lum-ber truck, causing partial block-age of the roadway and apossible fuel leak from one ofthe trucks. According to a state-ment issued by the sheriff’s of-
fice, the preliminary investiga-tion indicated the driver of thesemi, Campanella Ford, Jr., age39, from Illinois, was south-bound on Highway 18/151 andattempted to change lanes toexit on CTH J, colliding with a
flatbed lumber truck. The lumber truck was driven
by Brian N. Miller, age 63, ofMiddleton. Both drivers werewearing their seatbelts and nei-ther sustained any injuries.
The crash caused approxi-
mately 30 gallons of diesel fuelto leak from the semi, onto theground.
Deputies were assisted at thescene by personnel from theDNR, Madison Fire Depart-ment’s Hazardous Materials
Team and Dane County High-way crews.
As a result of the crash,Highway 18/151 near CTH Jwas closed nearly four hours,while emergency personnel in-vestigated the incident.
Some want to start endowment fund for the city’s public lands
Driver from Middleton unharmed after being hit by semi-truck
by CAMERON BREN
Middleton Times-Tribune
Photo by Cameron BrenPhil Rynish (left) and Dave Janda at the meeting in Westport on Thursday, January 14.
See LANDS, page 4
lars for a mixed use buildingwith 240 units and ten percentof those dedicated to work forcehousing.
T5 Real Estate and ForwardManagement Inc. in conjunc-tion with Jeff Straubel of Green-way Properties want to developa six-acre parcel at the north endof Greenway Station on MarketStreet into three new buildingseach with approximately 84,000square feet of commercial spaceand 80 apartment units. Theproposal is being called MarketWest Apartments.
The development would ex-tensively renovation the exist-ing 8,000 square foot formerBoston Pizza building, and cre-ate 243 underground parkingspaces and 196 surface parkingstalls.
The breakdown of TIF eligi-ble costs are for the project andwhat the developers are request-ing is $1.5 million for capital-
ized value of loss of rents forworkforce housing, about$800,000 for a 320 kW roofmounted photovoltaic solararray that could power up to 85percent of common areas, $1.8million for soil remediation,$1.57 million for constructing asecond level of undergroundparking, $500,000 for sustain-ability features, and $1.67 mil-lion for interest expense on adeveloper financed loan for atotal of $7,868,698.
City alder Mark Sullivanraised concerns over the $1.5million for work force housing.
“I think we all need to under-stand that we are limiting our-selves in the future when wetake off for work force hous-ing,” he said.
City planning director EileenKelley explained that could betrue but could also be avoidedby being properly balanced.
“I think if it is integrated
well, there is a value that is cre-ated and there is an unnaturalsuppression when it is aWHEDA tax credit, but whenyou are looking at the incomeapproach and you’re talkingabout ten percent of 240 units,from the numbers we havelooked at that is a minimal sup-pression,” Kelley explained.“The value is still there to payback the developer financedportion of it.”
City finance director JohnLehman said city assessor PaulMusser reviewed the numbersand found it to be viable to bepaid by the increment, thoughthat did not satisfy Sullivan’sconcerns.
“At this point in time it seemsthat since we’ve had the workforce housing policy we’rebeing exposed to more offers ofit,” Sullivan stated.
“Then it is doing what it issupposed to,” alder JoAnna
Richard retorted.Sullivan said taken to the ex-
tremes, if more and moremoney were devoted to workforce housing, then there wouldeventually be no increment.Richard said the same could besaid of all TIF-eligible ex-penses.
City administrator MikeDavis noted that being a devel-oper financed TIF agreementthere is no money taken fromthe general TIF, but only takenfrom increment generated fromthe development. He said it re-ally comes down to a matter ofpolicy choice.
“The policy question youhave before you is, ‘do youwant to fund through developerfinanced TIF work force hous-ing, which is a legitimate publicpolicy goal for the city or not orless so?’”
Davis compared it to in-stances where the city used TIF
to assist with sustainable fea-tures such as solar panels. Sul-livan said those things addvalue to the development, whileRichard said the work forcehousing adds to the commu-nity.
Developer Timothy Carey ofMarket West Apartments LLCsaid he was under the impres-sion that they were meeting thecity’s request by providing thework force housing units.
“I’m not sure what directionyou’re headed Mark, I’m nottrying to be disrespectful, butwe were asked to strongly con-sider work force housing, thatthis is an important piece of theobjective of the community, andif we are going to build a bigproject the expectation is thatwe would integrate work forcehousing,” Carey stated.
Carey said that at first theywere planning to offer 20 per-cent for people at 80 percent of
area median income but then as-sistant director of communitydevelopment Abby Attounasked that they offer ten percentof units and 60 percent of thearea median income.
Alder Howard Teal said workforce housing has been a highpriority of the city for quitesome time.
“We have always said thatwork force housing is importantto the city, this council has goneon record say that is the case,that is a very important elementof what we are doing,” Tealsaid.
“I just want to make sureeveryone understands the truecost of what we have signed upfor,” Sullivan responded.
The common council ap-proved the concept review ofproposed TIF assistance requestfor Market WestApartments seven to one, withSullivan opposed.
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Madison Opera presents thecompany premiere of MarkAdamo’s Little Women on Fri-day, February 5 and Sunday,February 7 in the Capitol The-ater at the Overture Center forthe Arts.
An adaptation of Louisa MayAlcott’s beloved novel, theopera is a showpiece for theyoung cast who portray the fourMarch sisters and their suitors,featuring moving arias, comicexchanges, and emotional con-frontations. Alcott’s 1868 novelLittle Women follows Jo Marchand her sisters Meg, Beth, andAmy as they come of age inNew England. The opera fo-cuses on the moments when thesisters leave home and becomeadults, centering on Jo as sheclings to her perfect family lifeand tries to prevent things fromchanging. Ultimately she learnsto accept change and move for-
ward. Adamo’s opera premieredat Houston Grand Opera inMarch 1998 to instant acclaim,swiftly becoming one of themost performed American op-eras ever written. To date, therehave been over 70 productionsaround the world. The NewYork Times called the opera“some sort of masterpiece,”while The New Yorker called it“a beautifully crafted work:shows remarkable confidence[and] does a brilliant job ofmolding Alcott’s tale into oper-atic form.”
Madison Opera brings LittleWomen to vivid life on theCapitol Theater stage, usingprojections as well as traditionalscenery and beautiful costumesto create the simultaneousscenes that make up the sisters’world, as the opera flows acrosstime and place.
“I first heard Little Women in
New York in 2003 and was in-stantly enchanted with the wayit captured this classic story,”says Kathryn Smith, GeneralDirector of Madison Opera.“Almost every little girl growsup admiring Jo March, andAdamo’s version highlights herpassionate intelligence. I’m de-lighted to share this Americanclassic – both the story and theopera – in Madison.”
Composer Adamo will attendthe opening night performanceand join Smith for the Pre-Opera Talk at 7 p.m. in the Wis-consin Studio.
The March family and thegirls’ suitors are portrayed by
both returning Madison Operaartists and newcomers. MezzoHeather Johnson sings JoMarch; since her debut here inMadama Butterfly in 2008, shehas made her MetropolitanOpera debut, among many otherengagements, and has workedwith composer Adamo on sev-eral projects. Two former Madi-son Opera Studio Artists return:Jeni Houser, who sang Johannain last season’s Sweeney Todd,sings Amy, the youngest Marchsister, while Chelsea Morris,who was a Studio Artist lastseason, sings the doomed Beth.
Courtney Miller, a native ofMiddleton, makes her debut as
Meg, whose marriage causesthe first fissure in Jo’s world.
The sisters’ suitors are allmaking their Madison Operadebuts: tenor Eric Neuville, anative of Waupaca, as Laurie;baritone Alexander Elliott asJohn Brooke; and baritoneCraig Verm as Friedrich Bhaer.Neuville sings often with Seat-tle Opera; Elliott is a StudioArtist for Portland Opera; Vermhas sung leading roles for Dal-las Opera, Opera Philadelphia,and Santa Fe Opera.
Soprano Brenda Harris, lastseen at Madison Opera over tenyears ago, returns as Aunt Ce-cilia, whose opinions influenceJo’s own, while soprano Eliza-beth Hagedorn makes her debutas Alma March, the sisters’mother. Gideon March, thegirls’ father, is sung by Madisonfavorite Rick Henslin. Directingthis imaginative production is
Candace Evans, who directedCarmen and Eugene Onegin forMadison Opera. Kyle Knoxmakes his Madison Opera debutconducting this truly Americanscore.
Madison Opera is a non-profit professional opera com-pany based in Madison,Wisconsin. Founded in 1961,the company grew from a localworkshop presenting commu-nity singers in English-languageproductions to a nationally rec-ognized organization producingdiverse repertoire and present-ing leading American operasingers alongside emerging tal-ent. A resident organization ofthe Overture Center for the Arts,Madison Opera presents threeproductions annually in addi-tion to the free summer concertOpera in the Park and a host ofeducational programming.
Morey has said the toweringpower poles will have a majorimpact on four instrument ap-proaches to the airport.
“It will have quite an impacton our airport, on the ability tomake landings here. It can makethe difference between someonelanding here or going to Madi-son or elsewhere,” Morey saidMonday.
Adding five transmissionpoles west of the airport affectshow low planes can fly on theairport’s four instrument ap-proaches to Runway 10, the air-port’s longest landing strip,Morey said. It would also limitthe ability to expand the airportwestward in the future, headded.
The Federal Aviation Admin-istration, which imposes heightrestrictions on structures aroundairports, has not weighed in onBadger Coulee’s power poles
near the airport’s flight path.The PSC approved the routingof the La Crosse to Madisonpower line in March but theFAA just closed its public com-ment period on the power lineon Jan. 8 and is not expected toissue a decision for some time.
“The approval process seemsbackward to me because theycan’t comment until the routinghas been okayed,” he said.
In an email written lastmonth, the Wisconsin Depart-ment of Transportation’s Air-space Safety Manager wrotethat some of the power linestructures will have a negativeimpact on airport flight proce-dures, according to preliminaryFAA studies.
A call to Justin Hetland,DOT’s Airspace Safety Man-ager about the possible impactwas not returned before dead-line.
Paula Groom, a DOT airportdevelopment engineer, wrotethe PSC in May to consider theheight and location of the powerline towers so they will interferewith present or future airportoperations.
“The (FAA), state of Wiscon-sin and the Middleton Airporthave invested approximately $9million into development of theMiddleton Municipal Airport inthe last 10 years. We intend tocontinue investing in the devel-opment of the airport to meetthe needs of the surroundingcommunity,” Groom wrote.
Groom was unavailable forcomment Monday.
A request to the PSC to burypart of the line or move it westcame from Laura Kunze, a townof Middleton resident who op-posed the power line while thePSC considered the $580 mil-lion project during.
The PSC approved route con-nects a substation in the town ofVienna to a substation in thetown of Middleton by extendingthe new 345-kilovolt line alongan existing 138-kilovolt linealong Bronner Rd. to the Car-dinal substation south of US 14near Willow Ln.
Kunze favored the alternateroute which would have takenthe power line further westthrough largely undevelopedland.
Kunze declined last week toelaborate on her request tomove or bury the line sayingshe would let the materials shefiled with the PSC speak forthemselves.
In that request, Kunze wrotethat the possible interferencewith airport flight approachesconstitutes new evidence thatshould prompt the PSC to re-view the Badger Coulee routing
decision as it pertains to the air-port.
Kunze stated that airportissue was brought to the PSC’sattention by state DOT withinthe PSC’s time limits for re-quests to reconsider a final de-cision. However, Groom’s letterto PSC’s Ellen Nowak appar-ently was not considered an of-ficial request as it was notposted to the PSC’s website andthe city of Middleton was notnotified.
The city not only has an in-terest in maintaining the safetyand future of its airport, it alsohas a Height Limitation Zoningordinance intended to protectairport operations within threemiles of its boundaries, Kunzewrote.
The PSC posted Kunze’s re-quest to its website last weekbut has taken no further action
as of Monday.American Transmission Co., thebuilder and owner of the powerline, “stands by the PSC orderedroute, which is proposed as anoverhead line,” Kaya Friemanwrote to a reporter last week.
“ATC’s legal department hasreviewed the Kunze filing anddoes not plan to file a responseat this time,” Frieman alsowrote.
ATC has secured easementsfrom a majority of landownersin the town of Middleton, noportion of the route is within thecity of Middleton, Friemanadded.
Morey said he wants the PSCto order the line moved west orburied so it does not interferewith current or future airportoperations but at this time couldnot speculate it that will happen.
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Local woman to play Meg in ‘Little Women’ at Capitol TheaterPerformances: Friday, February 5, 2016 • 8 p.m. Sunday,
February 7, 2016 • 2:30 p.m. Capitol Theater at OvertureCenter for the Arts
Box Office: 201 State St., Madison, WI (608) 258-4141www.madisonopera.org; Tickets are $25 - $112. Studentand group discounts available.
Council approval, as needed.Applicants for this volunteer
work should have a strong com-mitment to Middleton PublicLands, effective planning skills,and good interpersonal and con-sensus building skills.
Individuals interested inserving on this planning com-mittee should email a note of in-terest to Penni Klein, PublicLands Manager by February 12,
2016. The email should includeapplicant’s name, phone num-ber, home and email addressplus a short statement indicatingwhy the applicant is interestedin this work.
Last year, the MiddletonCommon Council approved aresolution to explore options fordeveloping a Middleton PublicLands Endowment Fund, draftcontracts, as needed, and imple-
ment a fund for the City, to ac-cept donations from individualsand organizations. A non-laps-ing endowment fund wouldcomplement the work of thecity, identified by its Compre-hensive Park and Open SpacePlan, Conservancy Lands OpenSpace Plan, and goals for fur-ther development and mainte-nance of the urban forest onpublic lands.
The planning committee will:1.) identify and meet with the major stakeholders in Middleton, including organizations working to support public
lands or raising funds for other public efforts in the city2.) from initial meetings with stakeholders, draft a mission statement for PRFC and CLC review3.) hold public meetings on the approved draft mission statement and share public response with PRFC and
CLC4.) review and revise, as needed, an agreement with Madison Community Foundation for a permanent endow-
ment fund 5.) present the draft endowment agreement for city approval6.) identify and recommend seven advisory committee members -- committed to Middleton Public Lands, skilled
in fund management, and fundraising – for a subsequent on-going advisory committee for the permanent endow-ment.
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The Middleton Plan Com-mission two weeks ago grantedconcept approval for TIF assis-tance for two proposed develop-ments, a $7.8 million dollarrequest for a 240 unit residentialbuilding with commercial spaceon the first level in GreenwayStation, and $653,562 for a 16unit multifamily at 2317 Par-menter St.
T5 Real Estate and ForwardManagement Inc in conjunctionwith Jeff Straubel of GreenwayProperties want to develop a six
acre parcel at the north end ofGreenway Station on MarketStreet into three new buildingseach with approximately 84,000square feet of commercial spaceand 80 apartment units. Theproposed name is Market WestApartments.
The development would ex-tensively renovation the exist-ing 8,000 square foot formerBoston Pizza building, and cre-ate 243 underground parkingspaces and 196 surface parkingstalls.
“We are confident the projectwill provide a vibrant, highquality living environment at-
tractive to a wide cross-sectionof the population,” stated Tim-othy Carey, member of MarketWest Apartments LLC. “Wewill also incorporate featuresthat address some of the coreobjectives of the Good Neigh-bor City, including impactfulworkforce housing componentsand a significant solar-electricarray.”
The breakdown of TIF eligi-ble costs are for the project andwhat the developers are request-ing is $1.5 million for capital-ized value of loss of rents forworkforce housing, about$800,000 for a 320 kW roof
mounted photovoltaic solararray that could power up to 85percent of common areas, $1.8million for soil remediation,$1.57 million for constructing asecond level of undergroundparking, $500,000 for sustain-ability features, and $1.67 mil-lion for interest expense on adeveloper financed loan.
The total for all eligible costscomes to $7,868,698. AlderHans Hilbert noted that theproject will need to beginpromptly to be able to get thepayback from the TIF before itcloses in 2030.
“I really do like the addition
of the ten percent of the unitsgoing for workforce housing,”said plan commission memberJim Wexler.
Concept approval to the proj-ect and recommending conceptapproval to the Common Coun-cil for the developer-financedTID #3 assistance passed unan-imously.
Mazur Realty requested a de-veloper financed TIF agreementfor $653,562 to assist in devel-oping a 16 unit multi-familybuilding, with a mixture of one,two and three bedrooms and un-derground parking called Cardi-nal Row Apartments. Two of
the units would be offered as af-fordable workforce housing.
“As life long residents we areexcited about the improvementswe can make to this blightedproperty in our beautiful city,”David Mazur of Mazur Realtysaid in his request.
The TIF eligible expenses in-clude the 25 underground park-ing stalls, building demolition,sustainable features and afford-able housing units.
Concept approval to the proj-ect and the recommendation forconcept approval to the com-mon council for TIF assistancepassed unanimously.
City plan commission okayed more than $8 million in TIF projectsby CAMERON BREN
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I was watching kids sleddingdown capitol hill in Washingtonthis weekend. What a neatthing; where else in the worldcan citizens sled on the groundsof their nation’s capitol?
Here are a few thoughts forthis week:
Iowa Caucuses: Do peoplereally understand a caucus? Ididn’t until I ran in 2010. Acaucus is not a primary open toall voters. A caucus is openonly to dues paying members ofeach political party and by de-fault, that means only the mosthard core of each party whochoose to get actively involvedare able to vote. A lot of gam-ing and even vote trading andvote buying can take placewithin the caucus system, and
the outcome will reflect onlywhat the most strident of theparty members want, not whatthe general voting public wants.
The Election: There are somany great and unique thingsabout our country, which is whythe next election is so impor-tant. I’m going to go out on alimb; while there may very wellbe three different winners ofIowa, New Hampshire, andNorth Carolina, love him orhate him, I believe that in theend Trump will be the Republi-can nominee. (I am not makingan endorsement here.) I am alsogoing to predict that Hillary willnot be the Democratic nominee;the vultures are circling.
Water Supply, Flint, Michi-gan: It’s stunning that themedia is trying to force blameonto the Republican Governorof Michigan for the Flint,Michigan water contaminationproblem. Another Michigan
city run into the ground finan-cially; the local government andthe local water utility took ashortcut and decided to switchthe water supply to the leadcontaminated Flint River. Thegovernor’s office had nothingdo to with it, so I couldn’t un-derstand the attempts to blamehim, but then I found out why.Obama’s EPA signed off on thedecision, and the media weretrying to distract attention awayfrom him. So much for theEPA’s scientific analysis.
Puerto Rico’s Default: Agood example of what happensto a government when it neverstops spending taxpayer money.Puerto Rico defaulted on itsbonds, in spite of heavy taxes,(so much for Bernie Sander’sidea for 90% tax rates), i.e.higher taxes didn’t solve gov-ernment spending problems,they just kept spending more.The only answer is lower taxes,
less regulation, and a pro-busi-ness environment to attract in-vestments and jobs that willgenerate growth. That growthwill then generate more tax rev-enue with lower tax rates. Moregovernment is never the answer.
Homeland Security: ... justlike Homeland Security Admin-istration, which in spite of over-whelming funding, still can’tstop weapons from beingbrought on board planes, asproven by recent security tests.Bush made a big mistake creat-ing this monster. He shouldhave contracted security withprivate firms with the govern-ment oversight and regulation.The government is just not goodat doing stuff; it’s better purposeis to regulate and police the pri-vate sector to ensure a levelplaying field (but not guarantee-ing equal outcomes) and fairplay.
WIAA: Seriously, aren’t thereferees busy enough managingthe game and the players? I re-ally doubt that they have time topolice the audience. This is justanother attack on free speech.Yes, the kids may be inappro-priate in their chants, but that isfor the parents to deal with (ormaybe the school); WIAAshould stick to its own expertiseand mind it’s own business.Where do these people comefrom ? Mother Russia? Theydon’t like the words studentsshout so they want to punishfree citizens or worse, punishthe players or team for some-thing a parent or student in theaudience said. Among the of-fensive sayings: “airball”,“scoreboard”, “sieve”, “seasonsover”, “there’s a net there”, andmy favorite, “USA”. That’sright, you can’t chant USA.Even Edgewood won’t allowAmerica-themed chants at their
ball games. Stupid. (Err, ahh, Imean let me correct that and saysomething political correct...)
My Views: Lastly, my col-umn is not a political correctsafe speech zone. My columnis designed to challenge you,get you to read the paper,maybe even write a response tothe paper, and for you to chal-lenge my thinking and get en-gaged in the political debate!We may not agree, but I respectyour opinion and your right tostate it.
Up Against the Wall is amonthly column written by Ter-rence Wall and reflects hisviews and opinions, not neces-sarily those of the MiddletonTimes-Tribune. Reponses andrebuttals are encouraged, andcan be sent [email protected],
Musings on caucuses, homeland security and moreUUPP AAGAINSTGAINST THETHE WWALLALL
OOBITUARYBITUARY
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Guest Column
item could be added without therequirement of a 24-hour publicnotice.
The public works committeeis the governing body for theemergency resolution, and thecity council’s role is only to de-termine when the emergency isno longer in effect, according toDavis.
“I would imagine such coun-cil action could take place at ei-ther the scheduled specialmeeting on Saturday, Jan. 30 orat the regularly-scheduledCouncil meeting on Tuesday,Feb. 2,” he said.
City officials hoped repairs to
the roof’s supporting structurecould begin early this week.
“Current estimates indicatedthe repairs may take as long asone week,” said Westby in astatement issued on Monday ofthis week. “Due to safety con-cerns related to the structural in-tegrity of the roof, the librarymust remain closed while re-pairs are made.”
The library’s book drop willalso be closed during this time.Library materials may be re-turned to the Alicia Ashmanbranch of the Madison PublicLibrary, 733 N High Point Rd,or to any nearby public library.
Beginning Monday, January25th, Middleton Public Librarypatrons may pick up their holdsat the Alicia Ashman branch.
Further updates will beposted on the library’s website,www.midlibrary.org.
“The library would like toapologize for any inconven-ience caused and thank the pub-lic for their patience during thistime,” Westby concluded.
The city hired StrategicStructural Design, LLC., to in-vestigate the cause of the prob-lem. That company’s report,written by Leiferman and re-leased Monday, pointed to a
broken weld that caused “verti-cal deflection” of a steel girderthat supports the roof’s southride line. This, he said, mayhave caused “many” wood platetrusses to shift. Many of thewood joists were using less thanhalf of their intended bearingarea.
Leiferman said the failurecould have resulted from thestructure being “under de-signed” or “improperlywelded.”
Ideal Builders was engagedto repair the structural damage,and the city’s property insurer ison notice of a pending property
claim. Leiferman estimated the re-
pairs would take one to twoweeks.
“Obviously, we are hopingfor a quick turn-around to re-open the library, but we need tohave public safety foremost inour deliberations,” said Davis.
The closure sent libraryworkers scrambling to find lo-cations at which to hold a vari-ety of scheduled libraryprogramming. City Hall andother municipal buildings wereworking with Westby to helpfind new spots for as many pro-grams as possible.
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MIDDLETON - CordellaT. “Corky” (Breunig) Cook,age 83, passed away peace-fully on Saturday, January23, 2016, at home, sur-rounded by her family.Corky was born on Novem-ber 2, 1932, in Middleton,daughter of Clarence andBernice Breunig. She mar-ried Duane W. Cook on July17, 1954, in Middletonwhere they raised their fam-ily. She loved children andwas a daycare provider formore than 50 years. She wasa devoted member of St.Bernard’s Catholic Churchand the choir. Corky had aheart of gold and always putothers first. She enjoyedspending time with friends,but her greatest enjoyment inlife was her family which in-cluded: her four children,
Wayne (Colleen Hagler),Bob (Jane), Mike (Darlene),and Kristi Hunt; nine grand-children, Chet, Colin, Janna(Tim)Allen, Jayme (DeanaZiemendorf), Cole (Je-hvana), Courtney (Robert)LaSavage, Cayla, Andre andTyler Hunt; great-grandchil-dren, Dacoda, Dalanie,Kelby, Mazy, Braxton, Brae-lyn and Brysen; sisters and
brothers Anne Wipperfurth,Stella (Richard) Dresen, Stan(Mary Ann) Breunig, Phil(Pat) Breunig, RogerBrumm, Pat (Ron) Paska,Mary Olson and Alan(Diann) Breunig; brothersand sisters in-law, EsterHorsted, Lola Welke, GaryStolen and Don (Bernie);and many nieces andnephews. Corky was pre-ceded in death by her hus-band Duane; parents; fatherand mother-in-law Frank andEthel Cook; sister PhyllisBrumm; brother Clarence“Butch” Breunig; brothersand sister-in-laws Al Wip-perfurth, Charles “Chuck”Olson, Leon Horsted, JoeWelke, Delila Stolen, LeroyCook, and Marlin Cook; andniece, Beth Breunig. Thefamily would like to give
special thanks to the staff atDean Clinic and AgraceHospiceCare for their sup-port, care and love.
Memorial services will beheld at ST. BERNARD’SCATHOLIC CHURCH,7450 University Avenue,Middleton, at 11:30 a.m. onSaturday, January 30, 2016.Visitation will be held at thechurch from 9:30 a.m. untilthe time of the service onSaturday. In lieu of flowers,memorials can be made toSt. Bernard’s CatholicChurch or to Agrace Hos-piceCare. Online condo-lences may be made atwww.gundersonfh.com.
Gunderson WestFuneral & Cremation Care7435 University Avenue
608-831-6761
Cordella T. “Corky” Cookequipped with the properfloatation, he was able tocling to it until rescue crewsarrived. He was treated forhypothermia by paramedicsat the scene, but did not sus-tain any serious injuries.
The Dane County Sher-iff’s Office wants to alertother ice anglers that thedeployment of airboats dur-ing this rescue greatly com-
promised already fragile iceconditions on Lake Men-dota. Anyone choosing toventure out on the lakeshould be aware that the iceconditions change signifi-cantly the further off shoreyou go. As always, ice an-glers are encouraged tohave a personal floatationdevice on when ice fishing.
Clerk’s Office at 821-8350.The city is instructing voters
to use the north entrance. Thereis also extra parking in the Mid-dleton Springs Shopping CenterParking Lot.
The other polling locationsare as follows:
St. Bernard’s Church:7426 University Ave Dist 1-
2; Ward 1-4,9,19,20
St. Luke’s Church:7337 Hubbard Avenue Dist
7-8, Ward 14-18
City Courthouse: 7341 Donna Dr Dist 5-
6 Ward 10-13
Madison ShakespeareCompany will perform forthe first time in Middletonwhen “An Evening’s Affair2: Shakespeare’s Betrayals”holds its opening night atCapital Brewery on Febru-
ary 18. “An Evening’s Affair 2”
is a collection of 10 scenesfrom nine Shakespeareplays dealing with treason,betrayal, heartbreak and un-bridled malice.
Shakespearecomes to Capital
Adler, Dana M, 27, ImproperStop/Stop Sign - Stop Line,05/12/2015, $98.80, 133 CapitolView Terrace, #1, Madison, WI 53713
Aeschlimann, Adam K, 34, Ob-structing Traffic, 03/17/2015,$105.10, W4148 Hall Rd, Rio, WI53960
Agaba, Devon A, 52, Method ofGiving Signals, 05/05/2015, $98.80,17 Julia Cir, Madison, WI 53705
Austin, Laura Y, 28, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits,05/06/2015, $98.80, 123 W PrairieSt, Endeavor, WI 53930
Barrett, Kevin, 56, Non Registra-tion, 05/06/2015, $98.80, 7457 Sum-mit Ridge Rd, Middleton, WI 53562
Bennett, Cathrine N, 61, Non Reg-istration, 05/07/2015, $0.00, 1615Norman Way, Madison, WI 53705,
Olsen, Pamela J, 51, Non Regis-tration, 04/10/2015, $0.00, 109 WestSecond Street, Waunakee, WI 53597
Olson, Jessica C, 39, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits,04/11/2015, $98.80, 3700 ParmenterSt # 217, Middleton, WI 53562
Osterhaus, Chandra E, 37, Oper-ating while Suspended, 05/08/2015,$124.00, 3023 Hillside Trl, CrossPlains, WI 53528
Phistry, Philip E, 27, Failure toStop For Flashing Red Signal,05/10/2015, $98.80, 901 1St CenterAve, Brodhead, WI 53520
Porter, Wendy C, 42, Failure toObey Sign/Signal, 04/28/2015,$136.60, 3410 Valley Ridge Rd # 3,Middleton, WI 53562
Post, Melissa J, 41, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits,05/02/2015, $98.80, 1706 Cumber-land Ct, Waunakee, WI 53597
Pozos Castillo, Lourdes, 25, OperM/V by Permitee w/o instructor,03/17/2015, $124.00, 4545 ThurstonLn # 5, Fitchburg, WI 53711
Prusha, Donna M, 52, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits,05/06/2015, $98.80, 1506 BradfordBay, Waunakee, WI 53597
Quade, Marian S, 58, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits,05/06/2015, $124.00, 4848 Morris Ct,Waunakee, WI 53597
Raymer, Christina M, 35, TrafficControl Signal Violation red,
05/05/2015, $98.80, 7106 Timber-wood Dr, Madison, WI 53719
Ring, Andrea N, 33, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits,05/09/2015, $98.80, 1180 SaintLuke’s Avenue, P.O. Box 152, Plain,WI 53577
Rodriguez, Jennifer E, 35, Ob-structing Traffic, 05/05/2015,$124.00, 2846 Coolidge St, Madison,WI 53704
Rodriguez, Kelly L, 41, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits,05/01/2015, $174.40, 2252 MeadowDr, Kronenwetter, WI 54455
Sanchez Aparicio, Javier, 26, Op-erating w/o a Valid Driver’s License,05/12/2015, $124.00, 2422 High
Ridge Trl, Fitchburg, WI 53713Sarabia, Richard J, 71, Exceeding
Zones and Posted Limits,05/07/2015, $124.00, 300 W SecondSt, Waunakee, WI 53597
Schmitz, Michele M, 50, Exceed-ing Zones and Posted Limits,05/08/2015, $98.80, 4715 SunsetRidge Dr, Middleton, WI 53562
Sengbusch, Laura T, 30, Exceed-ing Zones and Posted Limits,05/04/2015, $98.80, 7969 WesthillCir, Verona, WI 53593
Shannon, Scott T, 23, Non Regis-tration, 05/06/2015, $98.80, 7418Century Ave Apt 6, Middleton, WI53562
Solomon, Elizabeth, 51, FTS/Im-
proper Stop at Stop Sign,05/01/2015, $98.80, 1734 SheridanSt, Madison, WI 53704
Somers-Bischel, Maria J, 52, Ex-ceeding Zones and Posted Limits,05/07/2015, $124.00, W9429 Park-way Dr, Poynette, WI 53955
Sorenson, David M, 48, Exceed-ing Zones and Posted Limits,05/08/2015, $98.80, 3621 SerenityTrl, Madison, WI 53719
Splittgerber, Brett W, 34, Exceed-ing Zones and Posted Limits,05/06/2015, $98.80, 3517 Roma Ln# 8, Middleton, WI 53562
Steele, Jenniefer M, 49, Exceed-ing Zones and Posted Limits,04/29/2015, $98.80, 8540 GreenwayBlvd # 317, Middleton, WI 53562
Stewart, Bradley A, 32, Non Reg-istration, 05/04/2015, $98.80, 4133Hillcrest Dr, Madison, WI 53705
Stroud, Mardi L, 59, Motor vehicleliability insurance required,05/08/2015, $10.00, 5168 ReynoldsAve, Waunakee, WI 53597
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Varnes, Todd M, 51, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits,05/07/2015, $124.00, 411 Luke Ln,Dane, WI 53529
Wackershauser, Brandon M, 21,Operating vehicle without insurance,04/29/2015, $124.00, 4710 CamdenRd, Madison, WI 53716
Walton, Tyler J, 26, ExceedingZones and Posted Limits,05/06/2015, $98.80, 1721 Heath Ave,Madison, WI 53704
Weichbrod, Ardyce, 72, Exceed-ing Zones and Posted Limits,04/28/2015, $98.80, 1609 Main St,Cross Plains, WI 53528
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Boy Scout Troop 87 in CrossPlains would like to recognizeits three newest Eagle Scouts.On January 3, the Troop held aCourt of Honor to award theEagle Scout Rank to Chris Bu-randt, Alex Fagre and KenyonWensing.
Over a hundred friends andfamily gathered at St MartinsLutheran Church for the cere-mony. Afterwards, a dinnerand, of course, cake and icecream were served. In additionto earning a variety of meritbadges, one of the most chal-lenging tasks to accomplish isleading and completing a com-munity service project.
Chris Burandt, a junior atMiddleton High School, com-pleted a project for the Ice AgeNational Scenic Trail. Workingat the Lewis St trailhead inCross Plains, he led the scouts
in removing invasive species,refurbishing the signage for thetrail, installing a Leopold benchand building, painting and in-stalling an informational kiosk.
Alex Fagre, a senior at Mid-dleton High School, led a proj-ect benefiting the PheasantBranch Conservancy. He re-searched and implemented anerosion control plan along asteep portion of a new trailwhich included the installationof water bars to help divertwater off the trail.
Kenyon Wensing, a senior atMiddleton High School, per-formed his project for the bene-fit of Prairie Moraine CountyPark. He led scouts in build-ing, painting and installingkiosks to hold maps of the vari-ous park trails as well as installtrail markers to guide usersalong the trails.
Photo contributedEagle Scouts Alex Fagre, Chris Burandt and Kenyon Wensing pose with their celebration cake.
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Photos by Jeff Martin“Folding for a Better World: An Origami Art Project Honoring the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” took place at the
Middleton Public Library on Monday, Jan. 18. Master origami artist Ruthanne Bessman and the MadCity Folders led participantsin the creation of a public art piece to be displayed at the library in honor of King and his legacy. Clockwise from top left: Five-year old Jenna Manning of Middleton learns how to fold her origami project with guidance from “MadCity Folder” Alec Marshall(age 13) and proudly show off one of her creations; Nathan Eaton, age 13 from Sun Prairie, is busy creating a variety of origamiprojects to help honor King’s legacy; A collection of completed origami projects crafted by the young “folders” that will adornthe Stairwell Gallery in Middleton’s Public Library - many contain inspirational quotes from either Dr. Martin Luther King orother individuals; Six-year old Sofia Galassi of Madison learns the technique of origami paper-folding with the help of her motherAmy; Bessman gives some paper-folding instructions to 9-year old Roddy McLellan from Middleton.
‘Folding for a Better World’ at the libraryArea kids honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy
If there’s such a thing asthe dog days of winter,Middleton’s girls basketballteam is in the middle of them.
The Cardinals are in themidst of a 20-day stretch inwhich they won’t play a teamwith a winning record. Andfor three consecutive weeks,Middleton has just one gameper week.
January doldrums? Youbet.
But the Cardinals playedwell enough — for longenough — to post a 79-68 winover visiting Madison Eastlast Saturday.
Middleton, ranked No. 2 inthe latest wissports.net poll,improved to 13-2 overall. The
Cardinals also moved to 11-0in the Big Eight Conferenceand maintained a ½-game leadover Verona atop the league.
“For the most part, Ithought we played prettywell,” Middleton coach JeffKind said. “We just have tolearn how to finish. We’re notdoing that right now.”
Middleton led by as manyas 21 with 3 minutes left inthe game. But East finishedthe game on a 12-2 run tomake the final score morerespectable.
“They did the same thing tous over there,” Kind said,referring to the Cardinals’ 64-51 win over Dec. 4. “They hitus with a big run like that latein the game. That’s just nothow we want to close outgames.”
Junior forward AlexisThomas and junior guard BriaLemirande both scored 16points to lead Middleton.Sophomore forward Claire
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They’ve been tested virtual-ly every way possible.
They’re rallied from doubledigit deficits. They’ve held offcharges from upstart oppo-nents.
They’ve beat teams insidethe top-10. They’ve blisteredfoes with more modest accom-plishments.
But every test Middleton’sboys basketball team has beenhanded during this magicalseason has been aced.
The latest came lastSaturday, when the Cardinalsgot a scare from visitingHartland Arrowhead. TheWarhawks rallied from a 16-point deficit and held a two-point lead with 2 minutes left,before Middleton battled backand notched an 81-78 win.
Middleton, ranked No. 2 inthe latest wissports.net poll,improved to 14-0 overall. TheCardinals are also 10-0 in theBig Eight Conference and holda two-game lead over MadisonMemorial and Sun Prairie.
“There’s a target on our
by ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune
See GIRLS BB, page 13
Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld
C.J. Fermanich (32) and Middleton’s boys basketball team earned a hard fought win over Hartland Arrowhead last Saturday.
Surviving thewinter blues
Backon
trackHockey Cardstop Memorialby ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune
Girls basketballteam downsMadison Eastby ROB REISCHELTimes-Tribune
See BOYS BB, page 12
See HOCKEY, page 16
Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld
Claire Staples (32) and Middleton’s girls basketball team rolled past Madison East lastSaturday.
The slide is over.And Middleton’s hockey
team hopes it’s back on track.The Cardinals rolled past
Madison Memorial, 5-1, lastFriday and snapped a three-game losing streak.
Middleton, ranked seventhin the latest Wisconsin PrepHockey poll, improved to 16-3overall. The Cardinals are also9-2 in the Big EightConference and lead secondplace Verona (8-2) by ½-gamefor the conference lead.
“I think the biggest thing forus getting back on track wasgetting back to the little thingsthat made us successful,”
For Kari Steck, it was ahappy homecoming.
For Middleton’s girls gym-nastics team, it was a day ofgrowth, progress and perhapssome surprising results.
Middleton finished secondat the Southwestern Invite lastSaturday, despite missing fourvarsity performers due to amusic trip and family events.
Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeauwon the event with a 135.6team score, while Middletonposted its highest team score ofthe season and finished secondat 135.425.
Holmen was third(130.875), Monona Grove wasfourth (127.4) and Reedsburgwas fifth (110.525).
“We were missing quite afew girls who are typically keyplayers,” said Steck, a graduateof Southwestern High School.
“However, the girls still pulledoff their highest season score,which really speaks to thedepth on the team this year.The girls continuously step upand support each other, and itshows.”
Middleton junior MadelinePflasterer-Jennerjohn won theall-around competition with a37.275. Chloe Young was fifth(33.35) in the all-around andDani Aranda was seventh(32.375).
Pflasterer-Jennerjohn wonthe vault with a 9.50, whileYoung was fourth (8.75).Ashley Bindl and Dani Arandatied for 16th (8.35).
Pflasterer-Jennerjohn wonthe bars (9.30) and Young wasseventh (8.0). KatherineMarshall was 14th (7.70) andAranda was 16th (7.30).
Pflasterer-Jennerjohn wonthe beam (9.25) and Marshallwas fifth (8.425). Aranda wassixth (8.375) and Young waseighth (8.10).
Pflasterer-Jennerjohn alsowon the floor exercise (9.225)and Young was fifth (8.50).Aranda was eighth (8.35) andTyler Benedict was 13th (7.95).
“I think every girl on theteam hit a personal-best scoreon at least one event, which isamazing,” Steck said. “It justshows what’s in store for theCardinals as we enter Februaryand tournament season.”
Middleton’s JV team alsofinished second in its onlyinvite of the season. Makingthat accomplishment evenmore impressive is theCardinals had several JV per-formers move up to varsity dueto absences inside that lineup.
“It is so much fun to seegirls who typically competeonly JV be able to experiencethe feeling of an 11-team invi-tational,” Steck said. “Severalof the varsity girls have askedif we can have our CardinalInvitational be a JV invitationalas well, which I think reallyspeaks to the camaraderie onthe team. They really thrive offthe support from each other,and it's neat to see.”
• On deck: Middleton is atMadison Memorial Thursdayat 6 p.m., then heads to theMadison Memorial InvitationalSaturday at 10 a.m.
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Middleton’s wrestling pro-gram has won a Big EightConference regular season orpostseason crown for fourstraight years.
If that streak is going to reachfive, it will have to come via thepostseason.
The Cardinals went gunningfor the dual meet title at the BigEight Showcase in Sun Prairielast Friday. But Janesville Craigedged Middleton, 31-27, andcaptured the conference’s dualmeet crown.
The Big Eight Conferencemeet is Feb. 6 at JanesvilleCraig.
Middleton’s Joseph Hoffmanpinned Craig’s Drake Zuehlke in1:16 at 106 pounds. Then afterthe Cougars won at 113, theCardinals notched four straightwins.
Colton Best earned a 6-2decision over Stone Klingamanat 120, then Kevin Meicheredged Nate Farrell, 6-4, at 126.Chris Rogers bested EthanSmith, 13-7, at 132, and ShamarMadlock pinned Julian
Fernandez in just 32 seconds at138.
Craig responded, though,with five straight wins —including two pins — throughthe middleweights.
Middleton’s Gavin Adlerearned a 1-0 win over AlexMcNall at 195 and Matt Daveydefeated Nicholas Knaub, 11-7,at 220. At heavyweight, though,Craig’s Keeanu Benton downedIrving Perez, 6-1.
• On deck: Middleton hostsLodi Thursday at 7 p.m., then isat the Menomonee InvitationalFriday at 5 p.m.Janesville Craig 31, Middleton 27
Katherine Marshall and Middleton’s gymnastics team finished second at last Saturday’s Southwestern Invitational.
Gymnasts 2nd at Southwestern
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back and I think we under-stand that,” Middleton coachKevin Bavery said. “But I’vetold the kids to embrace that,because hopefully it’s notgoing anywhere.”
Arrowhead almost drilledthe target.
Warhawks junior guardTrevell Cunningham drainedwhat would have been a game-tying, 28-foot jumper from theright wing. But Cunningham’sshot came roughly one-halfsecond after the final buzzer.
Instead of heading to over-time, the Cardinals escaped andadded the latest chapter to thebest start in school history.
Middleton got a game-high27 points from junior pointguard Storm Murphy, whilejunior forward Tyree Eadyadded 23 points and juniorguard C.J. Fermanich had 12.
Cunningham had 14 of histeam-high 22 points in the sec-ond half to pace the Warhawks.Junior forward Alec Hamiltonhad 11 points and 10 rebounds,while senior post BrianWillman and junior forwardBen Seefeld both added 11points.
“This is a lot of fun rightnow,” Fermanich said. “We’retrying to just go one game at atime and not think about beingundefeated. Myron (Ashford)likes to talk about it a little bit,but we’re just trying to gogame by game.”
This game was one ofMiddleton’s most thrilling ofthe season.
The Warhawks used a 9-2run over a 3-minute stretch lateand took a 70-68 lead with 2:45remaining on a driving, left-handed layup by Cunningham.That was Arrowhead’s firstlead since 2-0.
But Middleton answeredwith six straight points to seizeback control.
Fermanich had the shot ofthe night, when he got looseand stuck a 15-footer with 2minutes left that tied the gameat 70.
“I really like that pull-upshot from there,” Fermanichsaid. “That’s one of my favoriteshots. I think I make it about80- or 90% of the time.”
After an Arrowhead miss,Murphy was fouled and drilleda pair of free throws to putMiddleton ahead, 72-70.Murphy then made a nifty hes-itation move and basket tostretch the Cardinals’ lead tofour.
Murphy then drilled fourstraight free throws asMiddleton built a 78-73 leadwith 33.3 seconds left.
“They’re a great team,”Murphy said of Arrowhead.“They played us really tough. Iknew they wouldn’t go away.”
They didn’t.First, Cunningham stuck a
25-footer that pulled theWarhawks within 78-76 with19.8 seconds remaining.Fermanich then made 1-of-2free throws with 17.1 left toextend Middleton’s lead tothree.
Bavery told his team to foulwith less than 10 secondsremaining and make sure it wason a two-point shot. ButSeefeld made a nifty move andenticed Murphy into foulinghim from behind the arc with5.8 seconds left.
Seefeld, an 80% free throwshooter, calmly drained thefirst two foul shots. But histhird shot caromed off the backiron and Middleton rebounded.
“He’s the kid I want at theline,” Arrowhead coach CraigHaase said of Seefeld. “I’mproud of him and I told him,‘You gave us a chance to tie thegame,’ because he doublepumped and got the kid in theair. If he doesn’t double pump,we don’t even have a chance totie it. He gave us that chanceand I thought that was huge.”
Middleton wasn’t free yet.After Eady made a pair of
free throws with 3.9 secondsleft, the Warhawks had onefinal chance. Working thelength of the court, Arrowheadbrought a man to the middle ofthe floor, who caught theinbound pass, then hitCunningham streaking downthe right side. Cunningham got
a look from the right wing andburied the 28-footer, but itcame just a split second toolate.
“It was close,” Bavery said.“But he had a little hesitationthere or a bobble, which forcedhim to shoot it a little late.
“We’ve been on the wrongends of those kinds of shots toomany times in the past. So itwas nice to escape for once.”
This was the first of a two-year series between the twoprograms, with next year’sgame coming at Arrowhead.And both sides agreed it was aterrific test for both schools.
“They were really good,”Fermanich said of theWarhawks. “They could defi-nitely hang in the Big Eight.They’re long, they’re athletic.That quick guard(Cunningham), Wow! He couldget to the hole any time hewanted. I think they could hangwith any of us.”
Arrowhead’s Haase left justas impressed with Middleton.
“They’re really good,”Haase said of the Cardinals.“Not only can they hit you with
big runs, they come really fast.This was a great test for us.”
Two of those runs Haasetalked about came early in thegame.
After the Warhawks scoredthe opening basket, Middletonwent on a 16-2 run to take con-trol early. Murphy had fivepoints in the burst, Eady addedfour and reserve guardDaydrian Spears knockeddown a three-pointer that gaveMiddleton a 16-4 lead.
Arrowhead made five firsthalf three-pointers, though, andclosed within 29-27 with 2:10left in the half. But Middletonfinished the half with 11straight points — includingseven from Murphy. Murphycapped the burst by draining athree-pointer from the left cor-ner at the halftime buzzer togive Middleton a 40-27 lead atthe break.
Middleton’s lead grew to ashigh as 49-33 early in the sec-ond half, before the Warhawksbegan chipping away to set upthe dramatic final minutes.
“I was just telling the guysnot to panic,” Murphy said.
“We’ve been through gameslike this before and just neededto keep our composure.”
Middleton did just that. Andit’s perfect season is still intact.
“We’ve got a long ways togo,” Bavery said. “This is agreat group and we’re having aton of fun. But hopefully,we’ve got a lot more basketballand a lot more big games likethis ahead of us.”
• Middleton 75, JanesvilleParker 67 — Murphy had 27points and Eady added 20 asthe Cardinals defeated theVikings last Friday.
Middleton boys basketball coach Kevin Bavery talks to senior Cody Markel during the Cardinals’ win over HartlandArrowhead last Saturday.
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AP BoysBasketball Top-10
1. Stevens Point 14-02. Middleton 14-03. Racine Park 12-14. Milw. Riverside 10-35. Germantown 9-46. Muskego 10-37. Mad. Memorial 9-48. Arrowhead 9-49. Sheb. North 11-210. Marquette 11-2
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Staples added 12 points.East, a young and improv-
ing team that plays a bevy ofsophomores, got a game-high17 points from sophomoreforward Erin Howard.
East hung around early andtrailed just 19-18 with 7:15left in the first half. ButMiddleton used a 12-3 runover a stretch of 4:35 to take a31-21 lead.
Bria Lemirande had fourpoints in the burst, while sen-ior center Samantha Ballweg,junior forward CarleeLemirande, freshman forwardHannah Flottmeyer andThomas all scored as well.
That run helped Middletonbuild a 37-28 halftime lead.
“They’ve got a good teamand they play really hard,”Kind said of the Purgolders.“We really had to get after it.”
The Cardinals certainly gotafter it at the start of the sec-ond half, ripping off a 12-4run over the first four minutesto take a 49-32 lead.
Bria Lemirande andFlottmeyer both had fourpoints during the surge, whilejunior forward TaylorMcDonald and Staples bothscored two points.
The lead fluctuatedbetween 13 and 21 points overthe next nine minutes beforethe Purgolders’ late run. WhileKind understands it’s humannature to let your guard downat times, that doesn't mean helikes it.
“It’s just one of thosethings where we have to keepfinding things to get betterat,” he said. “We need to keepworking to get better, becausewe have to be a lot better thenext time we play the teams inour league.
“The second time throughthe conference is always a lottougher and we’re finding thatout. So we can’t relax or itcould hurt us down the road.”
• On deck: The Cardinalshost Madison La FolletteFriday at 7:30. Middleton thentravels to Sun Prairie Feb. 4 at7:30 p.m.
AP GirlsBasketball Top-10
1. Bay Port 14-12. Middleton 13-23. Mukwonago 12-33. Verona 13-25. Marshfield 14-26. Germantown 12-37. Oak Creek 13-28. DSHA 11-49. Appleton North 11-310. Neenah 12-3
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Middleton’s Bria Lemirande drives to the basket during the Cardinals’ win over Madison East last Saturday.
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Middleton coach SteffonWalby said. “I never would’vethought playing Memorialwould have been our breakoutgame, but the little added firethat playing inner-conferenceteams can add certainlyallowed us to succeed and getback to winning.”Middleton jumped to a 3-0 leadin the first period.
Jordan Hylbert struck firstwith an even strength goal onan assist from Alex Nisbet at4:24. Colin Butler scored at
6:48 on assists from JustinEngelkes and Nolan Kouba tomake it 2-0.
Griffin Gussell then scoredon assists from Jake Livesy andHylbert at 11:46 to make it 3-0.
Butler scored a power playgoal at 3:22 in the second peri-od to make it 4-0. Then mid-way through the third period,Casey Harper scored a powerplay goal on assists from Butlerand Engelkes to make it 5-0.
Middleton goalie TonyWuesthofen finished with 14
saves and notched the win.“I think the secret to success
is having good habits and toexecute them on a daily basis,”Walby said. “Not only do youhave to work hard in practice,but you also have to be pre-pared mentally to work hardevery day that you show up atthe rink. I think our squad gotaway from that, which allowedthem to cherish the times thatthey were winning.”
• On deck: Middleton is atMadison La Follette/East
Thursday at Hartmeyer IceArena at 8 p.m. The Cardinalsthen host Madison WestSaturday at 8 p.m.
“We only have five gamesleft in our schedule, but thereare really going to be a fewtesters in there,” Walby said.“Not playing as many games inthe last few weeks will help usbe rested going into the play-offs.”
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Times-Tribune photos by Mary Langenfeld
Jordan Hylbert (top) and Casey Harper (above) helpedMiddleton’s hockey team get back on track last Friday.
