There is something of an old time apothecary about the new Community Pharmacy in Mid- dleton. A place where the shelves are lined not just with prescription pharmaceuticals, but also with essential oils, teas, liniments, natural body care products, herbal remedies and silky-bristled shaving brushes. It’s a place where cold, insti- tutional smocks are replaced by alternative rock t-shirts, and worker-owners eschew tradi- tional titles and a top-down management structure. “I think it’s really funny that people have lost that idea,” says VOL. 123, NO. 46 THURSDAY, NOVeMBeR 12, 2015 SINGLE COPY PRICE: $1.25 www.MiddletonTimes.com by matt GeiGer Times-Tribune See PHarmaCY, page 8 Photos contributed Dancing in Milwaukee Local dance students from Move Out Loud dance studio performed in front of a big crowd at the Kohl Center on Sunday, Oct. 20, during halftime of a Milwaukee Bucks game. “It was really fun!” said Stephanie Sutton, director and owner of Move Out Loud. “It was the biggest crowd we've ever performed for, and the kids were incredible. Before half- time, they were a mix of nervous and excited. Of course after they danced, they said it felt like it went by in a flash, and they wanted to do it again.” “It didn't feel like 43 dancers,” she added. “It felt like one team.” Top, the entire dance team. Above are local dancers on the squad, from left to right: (front) Samantha Williams, Gabriella Johnson, Hadley Maher, Julia Connell; (back) Marissa Madaus, Neva Hinsey and Lauryn Brown. City’s budget hearing tonight The tax levy in the City of Middleton will drop by 0.1 per- cent, according to the latest pro- jections in the proposed 2016 budget. That means local citizens would pay $6.47 in city taxes for every $1,000 in equalized value on their homes. The draft budget includes just over $59.3 million in total rev- enues and roughly $55.5 mil- lion in total expenditures. The levy would be made up of $11.5 million in local taxes for general fund operations, as well as $4.5 million in local taxes for debt service. The Middleton Common Council authorized publication of the city budget for a public hearing on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers. The budget request book was first distributed September 2 and the finance committee began its budget deliberations one week later. Following the finance committee’s delibera- tions the common council began their budget deliberations on October 7. By October 21, the Middle- ton Common Council decided to cancel further 2016 budget deliberation meet- ings on the nights of November 5 and 11. That means the next meeting on the 2016 budget will be the night of the November 12 hear- ing. There may be discussion and deliberations following the public hearing. Then, the next scheduled council meeting about the 2016 budget will occur on Thursday, November 19, be- ginning at 8 p.m. Approval of 2016 budgets may occur on the 19th. If not, a later vote on ap- proval would be scheduled for December 1, the night of the next regular Middleton Com- mon Council meeting. The proposed 2016 budget includes $4,673,120 in debt service. It includes general fund spending of just over $23.6 mil- lion and capital expenditures of $13.35 million. That means general fund rev- enues of $7,627,318 and just under $16 million in local prop- erty taxes. Middleton tax levy expected to stay flat in 2016 Good medicine Common council approves public funds for private school The Middleton Common Council approved a tax incre- ment financing (TIF) agreement with Primrose School for $300,000 to cover what they are calling “extraordinary develop- ment costs” due to poor soils. Primrose School proposed opening a new location at 3000 Deming Way in the heart of the city’s commercial district but asked that the city cover the Embracing East, West and Rx at the new Community Pharmacy co-op in Middleton by CamerOn Bren Times-Tribune See SCHOOL, page 7 Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger Jackie Nikolaus and Flor Maria, above, say Community Pharmacy’s unique co-operative structure allows for special bonds to form between workers and customers.
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There is something of an oldtime apothecary about the newCommunity Pharmacy in Mid-dleton. A place where the
shelves are lined not just withprescription pharmaceuticals,but also with essential oils, teas,liniments, natural body careproducts, herbal remedies andsilky-bristled shaving brushes.
It’s a place where cold, insti-tutional smocks are replaced by
alternative rock t-shirts, andworker-owners eschew tradi-tional titles and a top-downmanagement structure.
“I think it’s really funny thatpeople have lost that idea,” says
VOL. 123, NO. 46 THURSDAY, NOVeMBeR 12, 2015 SINGLE COPY PRICE: $1.25
www.MiddletonTimes.com
by matt GeiGer
Times-Tribune
See PHarmaCY, page 8
Photos contributed
Dancing in MilwaukeeLocal dance students from Move Out Loud dance studio performed in front of a big
crowd at the Kohl Center on Sunday, Oct. 20, during halftime of a Milwaukee Bucks game. “It was really fun!” said Stephanie Sutton, director and owner of Move Out Loud. “It
was the biggest crowd we've ever performed for, and the kids were incredible. Before half-time, they were a mix of nervous and excited. Of course after they danced, they said it feltlike it went by in a flash, and they wanted to do it again.”
“It didn't feel like 43 dancers,” she added. “It felt like one team.”Top, the entire dance team. Above are local dancers on the squad, from left to right:
(front) Samantha Williams, Gabriella Johnson, Hadley Maher, Julia Connell; (back)Marissa Madaus, Neva Hinsey and Lauryn Brown.
City’s budgethearing tonight
The tax levy in the City ofMiddleton will drop by 0.1 per-cent, according to the latest pro-jections in the proposed 2016budget.
That means local citizenswould pay $6.47 in city taxesfor every $1,000 in equalizedvalue on their homes.
The draft budget includes justover $59.3 million in total rev-enues and roughly $55.5 mil-lion in total expenditures.
The levy would be made upof $11.5 million in local taxesfor general fund operations, aswell as $4.5 million in localtaxes for debt service.
The Middleton CommonCouncil authorized publicationof the city budget for a publichearing on Thursday, Nov. 12,at 7:30 p.m. in the City HallCouncil Chambers.
The budget request book was
first distributed September 2and the finance committeebegan its budget deliberationsone week later. Following thefinance committee’s delibera-tions the common councilbegan their budget deliberationson October 7.
By October 21, the Middle-ton Common Council decidedto cancel further2016 budget deliberation meet-ings on the nights of November5 and 11.
That means the next meetingon the 2016 budget will be thenight of the November 12 hear-ing. There may be discussion
and deliberations following thepublic hearing.
Then, the next scheduledcouncil meeting about the2016 budget will occuron Thursday, November 19, be-ginning at 8 p.m. Approval of2016 budgets may occur on the19th.
If not, a later vote on ap-proval would be scheduledfor December 1, the night of thenext regular Middleton Com-mon Council meeting.
The proposed 2016 budgetincludes $4,673,120 in debtservice.
It includes general fundspending of just over $23.6 mil-lion and capital expenditures of$13.35 million.
That means general fund rev-enues of $7,627,318 and justunder $16 million in local prop-erty taxes.
Middleton taxlevy expected tostay flat in 2016
Good medicine
Common council approvespublic funds for private school
The Middleton CommonCouncil approved a tax incre-
ment financing (TIF) agreementwith Primrose School for$300,000 to cover what they arecalling “extraordinary develop-ment costs” due to poor soils.Primrose School proposed
opening a new location at 3000Deming Way in the heart of thecity’s commercial district butasked that the city cover the
Embracing East, Westand Rx at the newCommunity Pharmacyco-op in Middleton
by CamerOn Bren
Times-Tribune
See SCHOOL, page 7
Times-Tribune photo by Matt GeigerJackie Nikolaus and Flor Maria, above, say Community
Pharmacy’s unique co-operative structure allows for specialbonds to form between workers and customers.
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Nine employees from Future Foam went to The Tree Farmin Cross Plains and spent hours picking left over produce forthe Middleton Outreach Ministry (MOM) Food Pantry. Thetotal donation weighed in at 1,586 pounds of vegetables.
Scott Diaczun, pictured in the photo at right, came with sev-eral other employees in two vehicles loaded with the produce.Future Foam also rotates into a Friday morning, weekly volun-teer shift at the MOM Food Pantry.
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The Middleton City Councilhas rejected a recommendationby the plan commission to fi-nance half of a traffic study withtax increment financing (TIF)funds that is required for a pro-posed redevelopment of OldMiddleton Center to move for-ward.
The plan commission madethe recommendation because ofthe scope of the developmentand the information that couldbe used by the city regardless ofwhether the development comesto fruition or not, supporters ofthe funding contended.
The plan commission’s rec-ommendation was to fund up$26,500, half the cost of trafficimpact analysis (TIA) that cov-ers 14 high volume intersec-tions. As per city ordinance theTIA is financed by the devel-oper of a proposed project
In August the Middleton PlanCommission granted conceptapproval to developer UptownMiddleton, a sub-tier LLC of T.Wall enterprises for the Up-town Middleton proposal, acomplete rebuild of Old Mid-dleton Centre on the block ofTerrace Ave., Parmenter St., andHubbard Ave.
The proposed developmentfeatures seven mixed-use build-ings with more than 200 resi-dential units, 62,000 sq. ft. ofcommercial and office space,and 380 parking stalls includingunderground parking.
Alder Hans Hilbert, vice-chair of the plan commission,opened up the council’s discus-sion on funding the traffic studythrough TIF.
“It is atypical that the citywould get involved with a TIAat this level, but it is also atypi-cal that a TIA that the citywould requires involves 14major intersections and have aneffect on a major business sec-tor of the city,” he said. “I relateit a lot to the parking study thatwas done numerous times forthe downtown area. We wouldhave never required one entitydowntown to pay for a studylike that. I think the last onewas $40 to $50 thousand dol-lars.”
Hilbert reiterated the plancommission’s notion that thecity would benefit from thestudy for other future develop-ments.
“I think there is so much ben-efit of the information we couldget out of this study that I thinkit could be justified that the citypay for it totally,” he said. “Wecan’t do it in house, but canvalue the information we aregoing to get out of it and havean opportunity to pay half of itand still get the same benefit.”
City planning director eileenKelley pointed out another ex-ception to this case was theproximity to a lot of regionaltraffic being very near to the in-tersection of University and theBeltline.
Alder Gurdip Brar said hemet with city staff before themeeting to ask if the city had
any plans to do a downtowntraffic study before the proposalfor the development and theytold him no. He said he thenasked if the city has ever donesomething similar for any otherdeveloper and the answer wasalso no.
“If we do for this one wouldwe doing for the other develop-ers as well?” Brar asked. “Idon’t know the answer, but ifwe are doing this, then weshould do the same for JacobKlein or anyone else that comesand asks for it and I think this isa can of worms and will voteagainst it and don’t think weshould even touch it.”
Hilbert said while it hasn’tbeen done for one particular de-
veloper, similar downtownstudies have been financed bythe city that have benefittedother commercial entities.
Alder Mike Sullivan com-pared the development to othersimilar downtown develop-ments such as Tribeca Villageand the planned Meriter Med-ical Campus which the city didnot help fund a traffic study. Healso asked if the city had anyguidelines for cases such asthis. Planning director Kelleysaid there isn’t.
“I can’t imagine where any-thing coming out of here isgoing to help the city very muchin the long run other than it isgoing to help the developer,”alder Howard Teal commented.
“It is going to cut his cost in halfwhen he is required by our or-dinance to pay for it.”
Sullivan followed up askingwhat specifically the developerwas responsible according tocity ordinance and what if anypart of that lies outside that inthe study. Shawn Stauske, pub-lic works director, said therewas nothing more than what thecity required in the proposedTIA and that a few intersectionswere actually taken out.
Hilbert made a motion to ap-prove paying one-half the costof the TIA for the MiddletonCenter Project with TID #3funds. The motion failed 2-5with alders Brar, Giosta, Teal,West, and Sullivan opposed.
Though the city rejectedfunding half of the required traf-fic study they approved a grantapplication the city must submitto WeDC for assistance on de-velopments with ground con-tamination for the project.
WeDC provides grants of upto $150,000 to local govern-ments seeking to redevelop siteswith economic or communitydevelopment potential that areor may be adversely impactedby environmental contamina-tion. State statute requires thelocal government to contributeat least 20 percent of the grantthough the matching investment
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City council rejects traffic study TIFby CamerOn Bren
Times-Tribune
See StUDY, page 5
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Taylor wins Fellowship AwardMore than 500 recreation,
park and therapeutic recreationprofessionals and advocatesfrom throughout Wisconsingathered at the Kalahari Con-vention Center in the WisconsinDells for the Wisconsin Parkand Recreation Association’s50th Annual Conference &expo, “You Ain’t Seen NothingYet” last week.
The five-day event includedmore than 70 educational ses-sions, pre-conference institutes,trade show with over 135 ven-dors, and leadership meetingsfeaturing programs and speak-ers that addressed a number ofpressing social issues includingalternative funding sources forpark and recreation operations,youth/senior programming, di-agnostic protocols, supervisoryand administrative techniques,and legislative issue updates.
On Thursday, November 5
delegates to the Conference par-ticipated in a special AwardsBanquet where Lucille Taylorwas the recipient of the StateAssociation’s “FellowshipAward,” the highest awardgiven to a layperson in recogni-tion of outstanding service tothe parks and recreation profes-sion and to their community.
Taylor shared a vision and apromise to the City of Middle-ton, bequeathing the majority ofher life estate to help plan, de-sign, and construct a new com-munity park facility for the city.
Her gift to the city waspledged in several parts. An ini-tial donation of $100,000 wasmade in 2014 to fund the largecustom playground, park entrysigns, and park master plan de-sign. Her generosity alsoprompted other communitymembers to rise to the occasion,and the park has now garnered
a great deal of attention and ad-ditional funding.
In the spirit of public openspace supporters, Taylor was se-lected as the Honorary Fellow-ship Award recipient for 2015 inrecognition of her outstandingcontributions to the City ofMiddleton and the creation ofthe Harvey John and LucilleTaylor Memorial Park.
WPRA is a statewide, non-profit service organization ded-icated to extending the social,health, cultural and economicbenefits of parks and recreationthrough its network of recre-ation/park professionals andcivic leaders. There are approx-imately 2,000 WPRA memberswho include state and local ex-perts on recreation, urban plan-ning, aquatics, at-risk-youth,therapeutic recreation services,and parkland development andservices.
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Lucille Taylor is giving the bulk ofher life estate to build a public park
File photo by Matt GeigerPhilanthropist Lucille Taylor, left, working at city hall on plans for the Harvey John and Lu-
cille Taylor Memorial Park.
File photo by Jeff MartinCity administrator Mike Davis, left, helps lead the caroling last year. This year’s tree lighting, along with a host of other activities, will take place on Saturday,
Nov. 21.
Sipsma fills in as chair during budget review
The Town of Westport heardfurther details on the upcomingtown budget from board admin-istrator Tom Wilson on Novem-ber 2 ahead of the town’supcoming budget meeting, indi-cating that the budget shouldstay level with where it hasbeen, though the mill rate mayincrease by a small percentage.
Kenneth Sipsma temporarilyfilled the Chairman role thenight of November 2 as chair-man John Van Dinter was outdue to a family health emer-gency. The board heard the up-date from administrator Wilson,which did not include specificnumbers for a mill rate, but didinclude the information that therate was going to remain largelyflat, with a potential small in-crease to account for service
rate changes and completedprojects throughout the town-ship.
The Westport Town Boardalso revisited the service thatBill Von Rutenberg had pro-vided during public comments,and lamented the upcoming lossof him as a town supervisor.
“Bill Von Rutenberg has beena board member since April 9 of1997 and I believe tonight, un-less something goes crazy with
the land deal, is going to be hislast night.” commented Wilson,“In my opinion, Bill has been aremarkable town board mem-ber, and we’ve been awfullucky and I really don’t know toreplace the experience andknowledge, but we have tomove on.”
Rutenberg was said to bemoving out of the township en-tirely, and pending any unfore-seen circumstances, plans to be
out of the township before thesecond board meeting in No-vember.
Other supervisors echoedWilson’s comments, though abrief update to the board indi-cated that some applicants hadcome forward to fill the va-cancy until the end of VonRutenberg’s current term.
The board did table a discus-sion on a potential town finan-
cial contribution to the Chero-kee Marsh Carp Removal Proj-ect, pending a presentation froman advocate for the project.
The meeting was adjournedby unanimous vote called by su-pervisor Rutenberg after theboard heard miscellaneous up-dates from the town Adminis-trator and paid the town’soutstanding bills.
by miCHaeL Drew
Times-Tribune
The Annual Tree Lighting indowntown Middleton takesplace on Saturday, Nov. 21 infront of City Hall on HubbardStreet.
First, there will be Santa vis-its in City Hall’s Council Cham-bers, along with ornamentmaking and cookie decoratingin the lower level of the Middle-ton Library. All three eventsstart at 2:30 p.m. Childrenunder 10 years of age should beaccompanied by an adult.
Following at 4:30 p.m. is theTree Lighting ceremony, whichwill showcase the ornamentsmade earlier, a welcome speechby police chief Chuck Foulke,singing and decorated cookieswith hot chocolate. McGruff theCrime Dog and Middleton HighSchool’s mascot, the Cardinal,will both be in attendance aswell.
Annual Tree Lighting will take place next week
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‘Putnam County’ starts tonightMiddleton High School Drama presents The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee on Nov. 12, 13, & 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the
Performing Arts Center, 2100 Bristol St. Tickets are available in advance at www.middletondrama.org. They are $8 for studentsand seniors and $10 for adults.
Biaggi’s movesto GreenwayFuddruckers and LANG open
Biaggi’s Ristorante Italiano ismoving to Greenway Station®Shopping Center from their for-mer location at 601 JunctionRoad. The restaurant is sched-uled to open at 1611 AspenCommons in early 2016.
Additionally, Fuddruckersand LANG Seasonal Outlet arenow open at the center, just intime for the holiday season.
Biaggi’s Ristorante Italiano isbased in Bloomington, IL andoperates twenty-two restaurantsextending across ten states.Todd Hovenden, Founder &CeO, is looking forward to themove saying, “For nearly 15years we’ve enjoyed servingguests at our Madison restau-rant and look forward to wel-coming them when we move toGreenway Station, joining avery strong group of retailersand restaurants. The new loca-tion will introduce guests to afresh and exciting atmospherewhere they can enjoy the samehigh-quality food and excep-tional service they’ve grown ac-customed to over the years.”
Biaggi’s will be moving tothe 8,750 square foot space atGreenway Station that currentlyhouses Claddagh Irish Pub.Construction on the new restau-rant was scheduled to begin lastweek.
Biaggi’s will operate at theircurrent location until theirgrand re-opening at GreenwayStation, which is scheduled to
take place in early 2016. Fuddruckers, the “original”
upscale burger pioneer, is nowopen for lunch at GreenwayStation. Visit every day from 11a.m. – 3 p.m. for the freshestcuts of beef with optimal mar-bling.
Burgers are cooked to order,served steaming hot on made-from-scratch buns which areprepared daily and served freshstraight from the oven. Theyalso feature a variety of chickensandwiches, exotic burgers suchas buffalo, black Angus hotdogs, several fresh salads andfresh baked goods. Pleasevisit www.fuddruckers.com formore information.
LANG Seasonal Outlet isalso now open at Greenway Sta-tion, next to Studio 262 Salonon Deming Way.
LANG has become theessence of distinctive artisticexpression embodied in finehome and gift products such ascalendars, greeting cards, photoalbums, journals and gift bas-kets.
Retail & Mobile MarketingManager of LANG, Amy Han-son, says, “We had a great re-sponse from our customer lastyear. Greenway Station offersLANG a really beautiful spaceto sell and display our prod-ucts.” Hanson encouragesshoppers to visit soon becausethe Greenway Station locationoffers special, outlet prices andwill only be open until Decem-ber 31st.
may include TIF funds, private party contributions or othergrant sources.
Alder Gurdip Brar asked city staff if this would involvetheir time and if the city would be on the hook for the 20percent.
City attorney Larry Bechler said if the developmentqualifies for the the grant there will be another agreementbetween the city and the developer on financing the match-ing fund. Sullivan noted that finance committee alreadydecided that if the grant were awarded the city would re-quire developer cover all matching funds.
The motion to approve city submittal of a grant applica-tion for a WeDC grant for the Middleton Center redevel-opment project passed unanimously.
ETC names Cymbalak new COOMiddleton-based lighting and rigging
manufacturer eTC (electronic TheatreControls, Inc.) recently named Julie Cym-balak as the company’s new chief operat-ing officer.
The position was created in response toeTC’s continuing growth and expansionsinto new markets, with Cymbalak nowhaving a greater focus on business opera-tions, organization, and employee re-sources. In this new role, she will beresponsible for operations managementand will identify new areas of employeeservices, resources and benefits.
Cymbalak earned a bachelor of sciencefrom BJU in 1987. In June 1991, shejoined eTC, working as an accounting as-sistant and taking on the accounts payableand personnel functions of the company.
In 1993, eTC was growing quickly, andthe need to separate Accounting from thePersonnel department became apparent.Julie became the Personnel manager andbuilt the HR department from the groundup to include recruiting, orientation, pay-roll, benefits, performance management,and health and safety. She also wrote theeTC employee Manual and associatedpolicies, procedures and forms, as well asthe eTC Manager Handbook and trainingprograms.
When eTC restructured the company in1997, in her role as HR director, Cym-balak took on other duties outside of theHR department. In 1998, she was pro-moted to the position of vice president ofHR to oversee global HR functions, in-cluding eTC’s international offices. Over
the next few years, her role expanded toinclude the Administrative Services, IT,Facilities and Legal departments, buildingand PIT projects, and international man-agement training. Cymbalak has a staff ofmanagers who support all aspects ofglobal employee services and the generalmanagers at each international eTC of-fice.
eTC CeO Fred Foster says of the pro-motion: “Julie embodies the ethics andculture of eTC, and I’m confident that shewill continue to protect the heart and soulof our employees while evolving our cul-ture as we grow.”
More information about eTC, the com-pany’s executive management, productsand services can be found at www.etc-connect.com.
StUDY From page 3
Last week the Dane CountyBoard of Supervisors votedunanimously to approve thetransfer of anaerobic digesterleases from Clear Horizons toClean Fuel Dane, LLC.
Supporters say this is an im-portant step toward finalizingthe sale of the digester. The di-gester removes 3,000 pounds ofphosphorous, which is the causealgae in our lakes, a year.
“The undivided support ofthe county board moves uscloser to completing the pur-chase of the digester,” said JohnHaeckel, founder and chief ex-ecutive officer of Clean FuelPartners, LLC. “We appreciatethe county executive’s andboard’s backing and look for-ward to a strong partnershipwith the county.”
“We look forward to a freshstart for the Waunakee di-gester,” said county executiveJoe Parisi. “Clean Fuel Danewill be a great partner moving
forward to our lakes clean-upand greenhouse gas reductioneffort. This sale will help ensureour continuing partnership withDane County family farms toclean up our lakes. ”
Clean Fuel began discussionswith Clear Horizons this sum-
mer with those discussions cul-
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CHURCH NOTES
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Optimists name Kaylee Boyle ‘Student of theMonth,’ enjoy visit from Southeast Asian Leaders
The Middleton Optimist Club recently hosted its first 2015-2016 “Student of the Month.” Her name is Kaylee Boyle, and she is pictured above at left with her mother,Dina, her father, Paul, and her, brother, Jack. Presenting the award was Dr. Brad Hartjes. The Middleton Optimists also welcomed Mark Opitz, above right, a planner with the City of Mid-dleton, who brought along guests from Malaysia (Siou Woon Ong) and Singapore (Brian Patrick Tan). They provided commentary about their home countries, and an overview of what theywere learning during their trip to the United States as part of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI).
See DiGeSter, page 8
County approves saleof manure digester
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added costs due to poor soils asit has done for many of the sur-rounding business develop-ments.
The $300,000 will be usedfor soil surcharging for thebuilding site as well as sitework and geo-grid installationfor parking lot stabilization.City staff and committees deemthe costs eligible for assistanceunder state statute and in accor-dance with the project plan ofthe TIF district, they said.
Primrose School of Middle-ton will be a private child carecenter and preschool for ap-proximately 186 children andemploy about 24 teachers andother staff. It is also anticipatedto add $2,123,847 in additionalproperty value.
The Middleton-Cross PlainsArea School District reachedout to the city when they heardabout the proposal and saidthere had concerns about a pri-vate school getting public assis-
tance since it will potentiallytake students out of the districtand the corresponding statefunding. The plan commissionpreviously approved the TIFagreement contingent on anagreement between Primroseand the local school district.
Primrose franchise ownerMark Kienbaum asked thecouncil to support the PrimroseSchool agreement for assistanceduring the public comment pe-riod. The agreement he madewith the district was that theywould only provide daycare andno schooling for any studentsbeyond four-year-old kinder-garten.
City council president ini-tially Susan West made a mo-tion to defer approval until thecouncil could review the agree-ment between Primrose andMCPAD but the motion failedtwo to five.
“Are you intending to imposeon a side agreement between
parties?” alder Mark Sullivanasked West. “What do youhope to see out of the agree-ment?”
“I want to see the agreementbefore I vote on it,” Westreplied.
“Isn’t it enough to know thatthere is an agreement? Why doyou need to see it?” Sullivanpursued. “The city has nostanding to get in the middle oftheir agreement other than toknow that there is one to the sat-isfaction of both parties.”
City attorney Larry Bechlerclarified that the prior action hasbeen to approve but not havethe agreement executed untilthe agreement between the dis-trict and Primrose was providedto the city.
“And I’m not going to signanything until that happens,”Mayor Kurt Sonnentag inter-vened. “That’s the plan any-way.”
A motion to approve the TIF
request passed six to one con-tingent upon city attorney ap-proval of both agreements.
Superintendent Don Johnsonsaid they came up came up withagreement that worked for allparties. He explained that theagreement commits Primrose toonly provide daycare and 4Know and in perpetuity.
He noted that possible subse-quent owners will also be boundby the same agreement.
If the agreement is breachedthe $300,000 in TIF funds willhave to be paid back in fulland Primrose must cease anddesist to stop functioning as aschool, he said.
Johnson said Primroseworked cooperatively with thedistrict. He said they evenagreed to pay the district’s attor-ney fees in the process.
“We believe they are movingforward in good faith and weare happy to support that,”Johnson said.
SCHOOL continued from page 1
Roessler and Brandtannounce engagement
David Roessler and Luanne Leverentz of Cross Plains,together with Charlie Brandt and Donna DeMeo of Bara-boo, announce the engagement of Allison Kay Roessler andAnthony Charles Brandt.
Allie graduated from Middleton High School, and earnedher bachelor’s degree in early childhood and special edu-cation from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Sheis currently employed as a kindergarten teacher in Milwau-kee.
Anthony graduated from Baraboo High School, andearned his bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from the Uni-versity of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He is currently attendinggraduate school for biomedical science at the Medical Col-lege of Wisconsin in Wauwatosa.
The two of them live together in New Berlin, WI. Theirwedding date is set for July 16, 2016 in the Wisconsin Dells.
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Jackie Nikolaus, a 28-year-staffmember at Community’s Phar-macy’s flagship location indowntown Madison and thesource of much of the enthusi-asm behind its new Middletonlocation’s energy. The phar-macy, which opened its doors at6333 University Avenue on Oc-tober 12, strived to marry West-ern and eastern medicines, andto find a beneficial union be-tween “traditional” and “com-plimentary” treatments so thateach customer can make her orhis own choices about whatworks best.
While it was always a perfectfit for a college town like Madi-son, it was not until recently
that Middleton, a suburb that foryears was known for its prolif-eration of chain restaurants andoffice buildings rather thanquirky, locally owned endeav-ors, was ready to embrace Com-munity Pharmacy’s philosophy.
But things are changing inthe Good Neighbor City, andpeople are noticing. WhenWilly Street Cooperativeopened its “Willy West” loca-tion on University Avenue inMiddleton a few years ago, itquickly became the very modelof a thriving local co-op.
Nikolaus said Willy West’ssuccess was just one of severalexamples that Middleton wasnow the right place for a new
Community Pharmacy location.“This is something the staff
dreamed of for many years,”she explains.
everyone who works atCommunity Pharmacy is usedto wearing multiple proverbialhats. Staff members are wellversed in the latest (and themost ancient) alternative treat-ments. But it is also a licensedpharmacy, where customers cango to fill their doctor’s latestprescriptions. And it is a placewhere customers develop spe-cial bonds with a staff theygrow to know and trust, Niko-laus says.
“We’re locally owned and in-dependent,” she continues.“And our specialty is customerservice, as well as complimen-tary and mainstream medicine.”
It all started in 1972, whenthe first Community Pharmacy
opened in Madison. Its goal wassimple: to provide affordablemedicine, primarily for Univer-sity of Wisconsin students.
“That,” laments Nikolaus,“was before the insurance com-panies took over. That was be-fore ‘Big Pharma.’”
“When I started in 1985, itwas almost like a war,” sheadds. “People either believed intraditional medicine or what wenow call complimentary medi-cine. Our philosophy has al-ways been that these things canco-exist with each other, andthey should.”
So at Community Phar-macy’s Middleton location,shoppers can compare ancientChinese liniments with modernAmerican ointments. They canpick up dandelion root tea, getwhat they need to make theirown herbal supplements, and
fill prescriptions. And the staffsays the community’s responseto its new pharmacy has beenuniversally positive.
“every single person hasbeen insanely supportive,”Nikolaus says with a chuckle.“And it’s obnoxious how ex-cited I am about this place.”
While the Madison store hascountless attributes, the Middle-ton offshoot has its own charms,she explains.
“Location, location, loca-tion,” she says. “We have ahuge parking lot, and we loveour landlord.”
“It’s very exciting to be co-creating this environment,” she
says. “The people who workhere do everything. There’s nocorporate board to answer to, nostockholders; people are veryinvested.”
And while Community Phar-macy sells thousands of itemsdesigned to cure or treat a vastarray of ailments, Nikolaus be-lieves it can also serve as the an-tidote to an ailing healthcaresystem in the United Sates.
“Our healthcare system rightnow is not a healthcare system,”she says. “People get 10 min-utes with a doctor then they’reout. You can see in people’seyes how much they appreciatebeing heard.”
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Community Pharmacy opened its new Middleton location at 6333 University Avenue on October 12.
Times-Tribune photos by Matt GeigerPharmacist Jessica Kannemeier offering explains both East-
ern and Western options for pain relief.
minating in an agreement forClean Fuel to purchase thebiodigester in Dane County.Closing is expected to occur asquickly as reasonably practica-ble, subject to necessary con-sents and contractualassignments.
Clean Fuel’s plans involveextending the recovery process,
bringing the facility to its designcapability and looking for addi-tional opportunities to enhancethe business while protectingthe environment. The companywill explore recovering morenutrients from manure throughthe use of a nutrient concentra-tion system. This proven tech-nology will reduce phosphorous
by 100 percent from cow ma-nure.
Parisi has been calling for thesale of the Waunakee digesterfor months. Dane County ownsthe land and the water qualityequipment but the site is pri-vately operated on lease fromthe county. The site consists ofdigesters and generators to cre-
ate energy. Cow manure isprocessed in three air-tight di-gester tanks. The tanks areheated to about 100 degrees –just like a cow’s stomach. Bac-teria in manure thrives in theseconditions, and they consumesolids in the manure while re-leasing methane gas. Instead ofbeing released into the atmos-
phere, the methane is capturedat the top of the digester andburned in a generator to createelectricity. Because of themethane released by untreatedmanure, the digester also re-duces greenhouse gas emissionsequivalent to the CO2 emis-sions for over 4,000 cars everyyear.
Clean Fuel Partners and itspartners build and managebiodigester systems that theysay “put waste to work for ...customers and the stakeholdersthey serve.”
Middleton’s boys volleyballteam had to replace half of itsstarting lineup from 2014 thisseason. The Cardinals then lostsenior middle blocker JordanFutch — one of the top playersin the state — to injury beforethe year even began.
Suddenly, Middleton’s taskof returning to the state tourna-ment looked dicey.
Don’t look now, but theCardinals are back.
Middleton qualified for theWIAA state tournament lastweek for the eighth time since2002. The Cardinals face NewBerlin United Friday at 3 p.m.in a state quarterfinal atWisconsin Lutheran College inMilwaukee.
The state semifinals andfinals are Saturday.
“I’m more excited to begoing back than I am sur-prised,” Middleton senior out-side hitter Kevin McMahonsaid. “When we heard Jordanwould be out for the year weknew it would be a big loss,but Cole Spitler has stepped upa lot this year to help us dealwith losing Jordan.
“I think this team is prettyclose to one another and thathas helped us deal with all thelosses we have had to dealwith.”
Middleton has had severalplayers step up to help com-pensate for the loss of Futch.
Blake Sprecher, one of thetop middle blockers in thestate, has had a huge senioryear. McMahon has been ter-rific as the Cardinals’ go-toplayer on the outside.
Pace Balster, a senior mid-dle blocker, and junior middlehitter Spitler have had big sea-sons. Others like sophomorelibero Thomas Robson, junior
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Boys spikers headed back to state
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Middleton’s boys volleyball team was all smiles after defeating Waukesha South in a sectional final last Thursday.
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They are the sectionalchampions once again.
Now, Middleton’s girlsswimming and diving teamwill bring one of the best unitsin school history to state.
Middleton won its ownsectional with 371 points lastSaturday, narrowly edgingVerona-Mount Horeb (368).Madison Memorial was third(320), while Madison West(312.5) and Sun Prairie(224.5) rounded out the topfive.
“From start to finish, it wasone fantastic race after anoth-er,” Middleton coach LaurenCabalka said. “We knew wedidn't have a ton of room tomove up from where we wereseeded and other teams didand they would be chasing usdown.
“We needed to make surewe held our place and movedup wherever we could. Thegirls showed an incredibleamount of grit and determina-tion throughout the meet andfought as hard as I have everseen them fight. In the end, wedid just enough to win themeet. This certainly was notour top goal but we knew wewere capable of winning.”
Middleton’s quartet offreshman Hannah Aegerter,senior Samatha Roll, sopho-more Caroline Hippen andfreshman Cora Mack won the400-yard freestyle relay(3:30.0). That foursome isnow seeded first at state.
Middleton’s 200-yard med-ley relay team of seniorVictoria Lin, senior emmaKarbusicky, sophomoreChiara Pierobon-Mays andfreshman Makenna Lickingwas second at sectionals(1:46.97). That quartet is nowseeded third at state.
And the foursome of Mack,Aegerter, Roll and sophomoreCaroline Hippen was third atsectionals (1:36.86) and isseeded fourth at state.
Middleton had plenty ofindividual success, as well.
Karbusicky was second inthe 100-yard breaststroke(1:05.63) and is seeded sixthat state.
Hippen was second in the200-yard freestyle (1:54.01),while Mack was third(1:54.28) and Roll was fifth(1:55.10). Hippen is seededseventh at state, Mack is seed-ed eighth and Roll is seeded10th.
Aegerter was second in the200-yard IM (2:08.35), whileLicking was fourth (2:13.77).Aegerter is now seeded 11that state.
Aegerter was also secondin the 500-yard freestyle,while junior elise Hokansonwas fifth (5:09.84) and juniorMargaret McGill was ninth(5:15.31). Aegerter is nowseeded seventh at state, whileHokanson is 13th and McGill
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From left, Middleton swimmers Margaret McGill, MakennaLicking, Hannah Aegerter, Chiara Pierobon Mays, EleanorMackey, Elise Hokanson, Cora Mack, Emma Karbusicky,Victoria Lin, Caroline Hippen, Tryn Peterson and SamanthaRoll are all headed to state.
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get down to Notre Dame nextfall and begin training with theteam,” Jesse said. “Andalthough my attention is stillfocused on mine and myfriends’ final year of highschool track, this serves as justone more motivation to trainhard until that time comes.”
effort has never been anissue for Jesse.
Jesse was a solid contribu-tor his first two years in thetrack and field program. Jessewas third in the long jump atthe Big eight Conference meetas a sophomore (20-9 ½), butdidn’t get out of regionals thatseason.
Jesse had a breakout junioryear, though, and caught theeyes of recruiters across thecountry.
Jesse, a terrific student,drew interest from severalschools in the Ivy League andthe Big Ten Conference. Healso communicated withStanford of the Pac 10
Conference and some militaryschools.
eventually, Jesse took offi-cial visits to Notre Dame, theUniversity of Wisconsin,Princeton and the Universityof Pennsylvania.
Shortly thereafter, his deci-sion became crystal clear.
“It took only a couple daysfor my parents and I to makethe final decision,” Jesse said.“Although I had had a lot offun and was impressed byevery school, Notre Dame wasthe best option for me whenevery factor was considered.
“The academics are fantas-tic and I that was probably myfirst priority. But beyond that,the guys on the team are greatathletes and even nicer guys.”
Jesse also bonded quicklywith Fighting Irish head coachAlan Turner and jumps coachJim Garnham, which played amajor role in his decision.
When Jesse added it all up,Notre Dame made the mostsense.
“They really value and careabout me, and I appreciate thatsupport a lot,” Jesse said ofNotre Dame’s coaches.“Additionally, coming from asport-intensive school likeMiddleton has taught me toappreciate other athletesbeyond those in my sport, soit's nice to be going to a schoolwith competitive major sportslike football, basketball andhockey.
“I really want to thank theMiddleton High School trackand field program and all of itscoaches for everything they'vegiven me. And I've got to givea shoutout to my team as wellbecause they've made highschool track the time of mylife. As cliché as it may sound,we really are like a family.”
Jack Jesse began turningheads last spring, with arecord-setting track and fieldseason.
Jesse set a Middleton HighSchool record with a leap of23 feet, 2 ½ inches in the longjump. He finished fifth at statein that same event.
Jesse’s brilliant seasondrew the attention of coachesnear and far. And after a hecticfew months trying to deter-mine his future, Jesse recentlygave a verbal commitment toNotre Dame.
Jesse was expected to signhis national letter of intent onWednesday.
“I'm extremely excited to
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Middleton’s Jack Jesse received a track and field scholarship from Notre Dame that begins nextseason. Jesse was expected to sign his national letter of intent Wednesday.
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Middleton’s football teamenjoyed a memorable year onthe field.
And the Cardinals reapedthe benefits off the field, aswell, when it came time forpostseason honors.
Middleton, the outright Bigeight Conference champion,had 17 players named all-league. That was more than anyother school in the conference.
Middleton had 10 playersnamed first-team all-confer-ence, two were named second-team and five earned honor-able-mention all-conferencehonors.
Junior safety Joe Ludwigled Middleton’s first-team hon-orees and was named the Bigeight’s Defensive Back of theYear. Senior Cody Markel wasthe only player in the leaguenamed first-team all-confer-ence at two positions, earninghonors at both tight end anddefensive end.
Graf and junior return special-ist C.J. Fermanich.
Middleton’s second-teamall-conference players weresenior wide receiver MitchBacon and junior outside line-backer Caleb Cymbalek. Andthe Cardinals’ honorable men-tion all-conference selectionsincluded senior offensive line-man William Braxton, seniordefensive backs Kevin Rippand Griffin Gussel, seniordefensive end Mitch Andrewsand Fermanich, who also washonored at cornerback.
Ludwig, one of the top jun-iors in the state, had a big yearwith five interceptions, the sec-ond-most in the league.Ludwig was second on theteam with 77 total tackles,added seven passes defensedand had two tackles for loss.
“Joe Ludwig was our bestdefensive back,” Middletoncoach Tim Simon said. “He’san extremely skilled and athlet-ic player. He fills like a middlelinebacker and covers passeslike a cover corner.”
Markel’s ability to play bothways at a high level wasextremely impressive.
Defensively, Markel fin-ished second in the conferencewith seven sacks, added eighttackles for loss, seven passesdefensed and had with 35 totaltackles.
Offensively, Markel had 16
catches for 211 yards, fivetouchdowns and added onetwo-point conversion catch.
“Cody Markel is one of thebest players on our team,”Simon said. “A great leverageand lockout player. We believehe’s the best defensive end inthe conference and area.
“Cody also led the leaguefor true tight ends in receivingyards. He is an outstandingblocker on the edge and receiv-er. A great team leader with ahigh football I.Q.”
Middleton had one of thearea’s smallest offensive lines,but the unit still played at ahigh level. ennis and Reduswere two huge reasons why.
ennis was the biggest line-man of the bunch (6-0, 262)and could be dominant in therun game and equally efficientin pass pro. Redus was anundersized guard (5-8, 215)who won with quickness,leverage, sheer strength andtenacity.
“Kamon ennis was our bestoffensive lineman on a teamthat went 8-1,” Simon said.“Outstanding drive blocker andextremely good at pass protec-tion. Big, athletic and strongplayer.
“Ka’Juan was a first-teamall-conference player last yearand he was every bit as good
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Middleton’s Brennan Schmitt (top) and Garrett Graf (above) were both named first-team all-Big Eight Conference.
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ALL-BIG EIGHT CONFERENCE FOOTBALL
OFFENSIVE FIRST TEAMOFFENSIVE LINE
Josh Bernhagen Mad. La Follette 6-3 242 Sr.Kamon Ennis Middleton 6-0 262 Sr.Max Gober Madison West 6-3 323 Sr.Ka’Juan Redus Middleton 5-8 215 Sr.Sam Presser Sun Prairie 6-0 245 Jr.Reggie Curtis Verona 6-6 220 Sr.Mylik Williams Janesville Parker 6-3 265 Jr.
RUNNING BACKDJ Vance Janesville Parker 6-0 180 Jr.Cam Maly Middleton 5-9 185 Sr.Amadou Daff Madison east 6-1 185 Jr.Carson Parks Verona 5-8 180 Sr.
WIDE RECEIVERDale Tygum Madison east 6-4 200 Sr.Marquis Reuter Sun Prairie 5-10 180 Sr.Jake Ferguson Mad. Memorial 6-5 200 Jr.
Trayvonn Johnson Verona 6-5 250 Sr.Saygo Henderson Middleton 5-11 225 Sr.Dymond Beckham Sun Prairie 6-1 240 Sr.
DEFENSIVE ENDSDaniel Brown Mad. La Follette 6-3 247 Sr.Cody Markel Middleton 6-7 205 Sr.Jamin Brown Madison West 6-0 225 Sr.
INSIDE LINEBACKERSAlex Orvis Mad. La Follette 6-1 230 Sr.Sam Favour Verona 6-0 200 Sr.Garrett Graf Middleton 5-11 195 Sr.Jake Ferguson Madison Memorial 6-5 200 Jr.
OUTSIDE LINEBACKERSelias Sobah Mad. La Follette 5-10 185 Jr.evan Fernandez Verona 6-2 225 Sr.Mario Kelly-Lemon Madison east 5-8 190 Sr.
DEFENSIVE BACKSJoe Ludwig Middleton 6-1 195 Jr.Wil Jessup Madison Memorial 5-11 170 Jr.Braden Jorenby Mad. La Follette 6-0 185 Sr.Nathan Coy Sun Prairie 6-0 180 Jr.
PUNTERMatthew Wedig Beloit Memorial 6-4 190 Fr.
KICKERAlex Oakley Sun Prairie 6-3 180 Soph.
SECOND TEAMDEFENSIVE TACKLES
Alex Perkins Janesville Parker 6-0 290 Sr.Ishmael James Mad. Memorial 5-9 280 Sr.Bradley Sandiford-Hoxie MLF 6-1 265 Jr.
INSIDE LINEBACKERSeric Cefalu Mad. La Follette 6-0 190 Sr.ed Jacobson Janesville Parker 6-3 220 Jr.Kasey Bass Sun Prairie 6-2 210 Sr.Sydney Thomas Madison West 5-10 192 Jr.
OUTSIDE LINEBACKERSMarty Strey Sun Prairie 6-3 180 Soph.evan Teubert Janesville Parker 5-10 163 Sr.Caleb Cymbalek Middleton 5-10 185 Jr.
Brooks, DB, sr.Janesville Craig: Matt Brennan, DB, sr.Head Coach of the Year: Steve erato, Madison east.Asst. Coach of the Year: Jerry Schliem, Janesville Craig.
this year. Very powerful block-er, trap blocker and great passblocker. He is one of the best inthe area.”
Maly finished the year with1,003 rushing yards, led allrunning backs in the leaguewith 16 touchdowns and aver-aged 5.6 yards per carry. Malyalso did his damage in justseven full games, missing theBeloit Memorial game withinjury and sitting out the sec-ond half of two blowouts.
“He didn’t need muchspace,” Simon said. “If you canget him a crease, somethinggood is usually going to hap-pen.”
Schmitt surprised many bywinning the quarterbacking jobthis summer, then had a memo-rable season.
Schmitt completed 100 of165 passes (60.6%) for 1,318yards. He also threw 13 touch-downs and four interceptions.
Schmitt’s completion per-centage led the conference andhe also led the league in quar-terback rating (102.0).
“Brennan led our confer-ence championship team with amost balanced offense,” Simonsaid. “extremely accurate,intelligent, high football I.Q.”
Henderson was one of themost explosive interior defen-sive linemen around. He fin-ished the year with 37 totaltackles, 4.5 sacks and fourtackles for loss.
“Saygo is an extremelyquick and explosive nose tack-le,” Simon said. “He gave fitsto centers and guards all yearlong.”
Graf led the Cardinals intackles with 102. Graf also hadnine tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks,one forced fumble and was theleader of Middleton’s defense.
“Garrett was our best defen-sive player,” Simon said. “Webelieve he is one of the bestdefensive players in the confer-ence and the area.”
Fermanich was an elitereturn man, averaging 18.1yards on his 10 punt returnsand 33.7 yards per kickoff
return. Fermanich also had apair of return touchdowns— one on punts and another onkickoffs.
Fermanich was also a solidcover corner who was often lefton an island by Middleton’scoaching staff. He finished theyear with 58 total tackles, oneinterception that he returnedfor a touchdown, 12 passesdefensed and one blocked kick.
“C.J. was a dynamic play-maker and one of the best ath-letes on the field,” Simon said.“He was the best and most dan-gerous return man in the Bigeight.
“C.J. was also our covercorner. He is talented enoughthat he rarely got extra help. Heis one of the best cornerbacksin the conference.”
Bacon led Middleton inreceptions (32) and receivingyards (423). He also finishedwith three touchdowns.
Cymbalak played bothstrongside and weakside line-backer, and often lined upagainst opponent’s spreadreceivers. Cymbalak excelledand finished the year with 56total tackles, two tackles forloss, one sack, one forced fum-ble and three passes defensed.
Braxton was an undersized,but extremely efficient center.In fact, Simon made the casethat Braxton was the best cen-ter in the league, before settlingfor honorable-mention honors.Braxton’s greatest strength washis pass protection, but he wasextremely efficient in the rungame, too.
Defensive backs Ripp andGussel both had impressiveseasons.
Ripp finished the year with69 total tackles, three passesdefensed, one interceptions and0.5 sacks. Gussel finished theyear with 32 total tackles, twointerceptions and one tackle forloss.
Andrews was a terrificbookend to Markel, finishingwith six sacks, one interceptionand 14 total tackles.
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Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld
Middleton senior running back Cam Maly was named first-team all-Big Eight Conference.
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The doubters certainly out-weighed the believers.
Middleton’s boys volleyballteam had to replace half of itsstarting lineup from 2014 thisseason. The Cardinals then lostsenior middle blocker JordanFutch — one of the top playersin the state — to injury beforethe year even began.
Suddenly, Middleton’s taskof returning to the state tourna-ment looked dicey.
Don’t look now, but theCardinals are back.
Middleton qualified for theWIAA state tournament lastweek for the eighth time since2002. The Cardinals face NewBerlin United Friday at 3 p.m.in a state quarterfinal atWisconsin Lutheran College inMilwaukee.
The state semifinals andfinals are Saturday.
“I’m more excited to begoing back than I am sur-prised,” Middleton senior out-side hitter Kevin McMahonsaid. “When we heard Jordanwould be out for the year weknew it would be a big loss, butCole Spitler has stepped up alot this year to help us deal withlosing Jordan.
“I think this team is prettyclose to one another and thathas helped us deal with all thelosses we have had to dealwith.”
Middleton has had severalplayers step up to help com-pensate for the loss of Futch.
Blake Sprecher, one of thetop middle blockers in thestate, has had a huge senioryear. McMahon has been terrif-ic as the Cardinals’ go-to playeron the outside.
Pace Balster, a senior mid-dle blocker, and junior middlehitter Spitler have had big sea-
sons. Others like sophomorelibero Thomas Robson, juniordefensive specialist Ben Millerand senior outside hitter JacobRoss have also played well.
“Losing Jordan was defi-nitely a huge loss, not only toour team’s production, but he isjust a fun guy to play with andbe around and we definitelycould have used his presenceon the court,” Sprecher said.“But this team has been a tightgroup since last year, and withthe addition of underclassmenthey stepped right in and tookthe roles they needed to fulfill.With the level of chemistry ourteam is at, I am not surprised inthe least at the ability we had toexcel in recent weeks.”
Middleton has played NewBerlin twice this season anddropped both matches.
In the first meeting, theCardinals led both sets, 18-13.Middleton couldn’t finish,though, and lost the match 25-21, 25-23.
The second time the teamsmet it wasn’t as close.
New Berlin reached thestate finals last season andreturned the majority of itsstarting lineup. So Middletonknows it will have to play itsbest match of the season toadvance.
“New Berlin has two of thetop outside hitters in the state, agreat setter and great libero,”Middleton coach Ben Whitesaid. “And their young right-side hitter hits a heavy ball.
“Where we can attack themis in the middle. We’ll need topass well to keep us in systemto feed the big guys the ball.
Then we’ll have to serve toughand play solid defense. We willhave to frustrate them. And weneed to be two points betterthan them three times.”
While the Cardinals are adefinite underdog, they’vebeen in that role much of theseason.
And here Middleton is, backat state once again. So White &Co. know that anything is cer-tainly possible.
“A win will be an upset, butthese guys know how to playand we know how to fight,”White said. “Our senior leadershave been there before, and sohave some of our youngerguys. I don’t think the stagewill be too big for them. It’s anexciting time and I know we’llembrace the moment.”
defensive specialist BenMiller and senior outside hitterJacob Ross have also playedwell.
“Losing Jordan was defi-nitely a huge loss, not only toour team’s production, but heis just a fun guy to play withand be around and we definite-ly could have used his pres-ence on the court,” Sprechersaid. “But this team has been atight group since last year, andwith the addition of under-classmen they stepped right inand took the roles they neededto fulfill. With the level ofchemistry our team is at, I amnot surprised in the least at theability we had to excel inrecent weeks.”
Middleton has played NewBerlin twice this season anddropped both matches.
In the first meeting, theCardinals led both sets, 18-13.Middleton couldn’t finish,though, and lost the match 25-21, 25-23.
The second time the teamsmet it wasn’t as close.
New Berlin reached thestate finals last season andreturned the majority of itsstarting lineup. So Middletonknows it will have to play its
best match of the season toadvance.
“New Berlin has two of thetop outside hitters in the state,a great setter and great libero,”Middleton coach Ben Whitesaid. “And their young right-side hitter hits a heavy ball.
“Where we can attack themis in the middle. We’ll need topass well to keep us in systemto feed the big guys the ball.Then we’ll have to serve toughand play solid defense. We willhave to frustrate them. And weneed to be two points betterthan them three times.”
While the Cardinals are adefinite underdog, they’vebeen in that role much of theseason.
And here Middleton is,back at state once again. SoWhite & Co. know that any-thing is certainly possible.
“A win will be an upset, butthese guys know how to playand we know how to fight,”White said. “Our senior lead-ers have been there before, andso have some of our youngerguys. I don’t think the stagewill be too big for them. It’s anexciting time and I know we’llembrace the moment.”
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Friday’s boys state volleyball quarterfinals1. Kettle Moraine vs. Kenosha Indian Trail — 12:30 p.m.2. New Berlin eisenhower/West vs. Middleton — 3 p.m.3. Germantown vs. Brookfield east — 5:30 p.m.4. Kaukauna vs. Marquette — 8 p.m.
Saturday’s semifinals5. Winner of Match-1 vs. Winner Match-2 — 10 a.m.6. Winner of Match-3 vs. Winner Match-4 — 12:30 p.m.
Saturday’s championshipSemifinal winners — 6 p.m.
Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld
Ben White has led Middleton’s boys volleyball team to the state tournament for a third straightyear and the eighth time since 2002.
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Sports
briefsGolfers shine in classroom, too
Middleton golfers Morgan Miles, Morgan Narowetz,Loren Skibba, Payton Hodson and Alexis Thomas were allnamed to the Academic All-State team.
Students are nominated by a Golf Coaches Association ofWisconsin member if they meet the following criteria:
1) A cumulative grade point average of at least 3.25; 2) Participation in at least 75% of their team’s varsity
matches; 3) are at least a sophomore in high school. Middleton also won the WIAA Division 1 state champi-
onship last month.
Basketball league beginningRegistration for the Middleton Basketball Club Rec
League is open now through Nov. 15. The league is availablefor boys and girls from second through eight grade.
Games will be played on Saturdays from Jan. 9, 2016through March 12, 2016. Third through eighth grade teamspractice one time per week. Second grade teams practice andplay on Saturday mornings.
Please visit www.middletonbasketballclub.com to registerand to get more information on the league.
Bowling scoresMiddleton LadiesOct. 20Frayne Born 545, Kim Mickelson 504, Verelene Morris
Perry Hibner was sitting in alarge conference room inStevens Point last Thursdaymorning when he got the callhe had been hoping for.
Bob Joers was on the otherline, and Middleton’s athleticdirector had some good news.
Hibner, an assistant coachinside Middleton’s girls soft-ball program, was beingbumped up to the head coach-ing position. And Hibner couldhardly contain himself.
“I let out a huge scream,”Hibner said. “Not really, but Ifelt like doing it.”
It’s easy to see why.Middleton was one of the
state’s premier softball pro-grams for years under the guid-ance of the late Russ Shaub.The Cardinals are trendingupward again thanks to therecent leadership of CherieHellenbrand.
But Hellenbrand steppeddown this fall when the task ofbalancing coaching and familybecame too great.
Hibner, who is also theCommunications Director-education Foundationexecutive Director for theMiddleton-Cross Plains AreaSchool District, immediatelyknew he wanted the job. Andafter Superintendent DonJohnson signed off, Hibnerthrew his hat in the ring.
Hibner interviewed for thejob on Oct. 27 and was hiredThursday. He’ll now inherit agroup that won the Big eightConference last spring.
“It’s a wonderful opportuni-ty,” Hibner said. “Cherie hassmall feet, but big shoes tofill.”
Although Hibner was a var-sity assistant just one season,he has deep roots with many ofthe girls in the program.
Hibner coached U-10through U-16 programs in thecommunity, and had many ofthe current Cardinals on hisyouth teams. Moving forward,that continuity should be aplus.
“I’ve coached almost all ofthese girls, which is nice,”
Hibner said. “It’s a great bunchof girls and I thought that con-tinuity was important.
“A lot of these girls haveknown me from youth softballthrough last year. I’m hopingthat’s a real positive.”
Positive is a perfect word toalso describe Hibner.
He’s upbeat, encouraging,optimistic and downrightcheery. He’ll use that approachin trying to continue movingthe program forward.
“The fact is No. 1, this is agreat group of girls to workwith,” said Hibner, who hasalso coached boys and girls
varsity golf teams in the area.“Last year, they came to prac-tice, worked hard and made ourjobs a lot easier.
“Cherie’s got the programon the right track. We’re good,but we’re not there yet. Weneed to keep getting better.”
Assistant takesover programon the riseby rOB reiSCHeLTimes-Tribune
Photo submitted
Perry Hibner (far left) was named Middleton’s girls softball coach Thursday. Hibner is shownwith former MHS head coach Cherie Hellenbrand, MHS assistant Amy Siedschlag and formerassistant Dudley Hellenbrand.
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is 22nd.Lin was third in the 100-
yard butterfly (56.87), whileTryn Peterson was sixth(59.03). Lin is seeded sixth atstate and Peterson is seeded17th.
Lin was also third in the100-yard backstroke (57.65),while Pierobon-Mays was
fifth (58.27). Lin is seeded11th at state, while Pierobon-Mays is seeded 15th.
Roll was fourth in the 100-yard freestyle (53.03), whileHippen was sixth (53.26) andLicking was eighth (53.74).Roll is now seeded 13th atstate, while Hippen is 18thand Licking is 22nd.
Mack was fifth in the 50-yard freestyle and is seeded
10th at state.Middleton sophomore
eleanor Mackey also finishedsecond in the diving competi-tion (465.85) and is seeded12th at state.
“It was so much fun watch-ing the girls compete at such ahigh level and come out ontop in the end,” Cabalka said.“We have never qualifiedeveryone through to the state
meet before, which was ahuge accomplishment for us.
“We, along withArrowhead, have the mostevents that qualified through(17 of 18). That in itself is anincredible accomplishment.Getting to state is always thegoal. From there, I am confi-dent the girls will do whateverthey set their minds to. It isgoing to be one exciting meet,that's for sure.”
SwimmerS continued from page 12
Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld
Middleton’s Chiara Pierobon-Mays qualified for state with the200-yard medley relay team and in the 100-yard backstroke.
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