MTT07MG 2015

Davis gives State of the City
VOL. 123, NO. 7
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2015
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Longtime city administrator fills in for mayor, says city is on right course
by CAMERON BREN
Times-Tribune
The annual State of the City was delivered Thursday, February 5 at the
Marriott West Conference Center, this
time by city administrator Mike Davis.
Davis filled in for Mayor Kurt Sonnentag, whose attetion was on his mothers
well-being.
Davis touted Middletons accolades,
community and government accomplishments, diverse business environment, and other distinguishing
features.
The event was sponsored by the
Middleton Chamber of Commerce
with members in attendance.
Davis opened by recognizing the

school district. He pointed out MHS
was the number one rated high school
in the state by U.S. News & World Report last year. He added that the district
placed third in SAT test scores being
beat out by two private schools.
Our high school has 20 percent free
or reduced lunches, Davis mentioned.
Yet they have academic excellence.

In early 2014, the Youth Center reopened at the Clark Street Community
School, Davis added. The Youth Center
offers a wide variety of after-school
and summer programming for kids in
fifth through eighth grade. He explained how the center is funded by the
city, the school district, the county, and
other grants and donations.

Davis gave an overview of the citys
financial activity in 2014. He noted
Moodys investors credit rating reaffirmed the citys Aa1 rating. He explained how city officials took
advantage of a call feature of one of
three outstanding golf course debt isSee DAVIS, page 6
Masters of Soul come to PAC Saturday night
Photo contributed
Masters of Soul (above) will be presented Saturday, February 14 at 7:30

at the Middleton Performing Arts Center, Tickets can be purchased at Middleton Community Bank, online at www.friendspac.org, or by calling 608886-3103.
Celebrate Valentines night with The

Masters of Soul at the Middleton Performing Arts Center. The performance
will feature many of the greatest hits
from the legendary Motown era.
In the early 1960s some of the most
iconic names in the history of popular
music were discovered in the Motor
City, better known simply as Motown.
Masters of Soul is a celebration of
these artists, their music and their style.

The show features stylishly costumed,
fully choreographed tributes to both
male and female groups of the era.
Masters of Souls dynamic vocalists
are backed by a band of seasoned musicians who have been performing together for decades.
The 10-member cast, including
three female vocalists, three male vo-
calists, guitar, bass, drums and keys,

has come together to reproduce the
style, sound and ultimate feel that Motown brought to us years ago. They become Stevie Wonder, The Four Tops,
Diana Ross and the Supremes, and the
Temptations.
The show features an entirely live
performance catering to every whim of
an oldies lover. During the ultimate
stroll down memory lane, Masters of
Soul perform hits such as Get Ready
by the Temptations, Dancing in the
Street by Martha and the Vandellas
and Aint No Mountain High
Enough by Marvin Gaye and Tammi
Terrell.
Masters of Soul has been called the
most entertaining history lesson ever
performed! This show authentically reproduces the look, choreography, style
and sound made famous by a record
label that was relatively unknown at
the time but went on to profoundly influencethe history of popular music.
The performance goes beyond the
music to preserve the integrity of the
entire Motown experience. For many,
Masters of Soul is the ultimate stroll
down memory lane. For younger generations, the show offers a way to experience a period in our countrys past
that produced many of the greatest

music actsever recorded
Masters of Soul will be presented
Saturday, February 14th at 7:30 at the
Middleton Performing Arts Center,
sponsored by the Friends of the PAC.
Tickets are $28 for adults, $25 for sen-
iors, and $10 for students. They can

be purchased at The Middleton Community
Bank,
online
at
www.friendspac.org, or by calling 608886-3103. This performance is generously underwritten by Darlene
Ballweg.
City council approves a

community solar proposal
Council also okays property maintenance ordinance
by CAMERON BREN
Times-Tribune
The Middleton Common Council

last week approved a community renewable energy project, took the final
step in dismantling a controversial residential development proposal the developer now backed out of, approved a
property maintenance ordinance, and
authorized funds to match a county
grant for an Orchid Heights Park pond
retrofit.
The community renewable energy
project is a proposal from Madison Gas
and Electric to put solar panels on the
roofs of public buildings to power
them and generate additional energy
for about about 120 homes. Residents
would be offered a chance to subscribe
to use the solar power. The project
would offset an estimated 760 tons of

CO2.
MG&E sized a 107 kW solar system
for the police department with a total
installed cost of $265,773. The panels
would offset about 25% of the annual
electricity usage at the building.
MG&E also sized a 535 kW solar system for the Municipal Operations Center with an installed price near $1.2
million that would offset about 259%
of the buildings estimated annual electricity usage. Surplus generated energy
would be sent back to MG&E through
what is called net metering.
Now that the council gave concept
approval for the solar project MG&E
will finalize cost estimates, perform
market research, prepare a final proSee COUNCIL, page 4
Divine dining
Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger
The Times-Tribunes series profiling local eateries continues this week

with a look at Villa Dolce, the popular Mediterranean caf at 1828 Parmenter Street. Pictured above, Ashley Tepper with a Divinity cocktail
made from Kahlua, Godiva Chocolate Liqueur, Sobieski vodka and
chocolate gelato.
Friends of Pheasant Branch celebrate 20 years

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MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE
by DEB BIECHLER
Times-Tribune
Photo by Jeff Martin
Friends of Pheasant Branch Board Members who were at the Annual Meeting, from left: (seated) John Daly,
Stefanie Brouwer, Herb Garn, Jim Bachhuber; (standing) Lloyd Eagan, Dale Klubertanz, Dagny Myrah, Ron Biendseil, Bruce Froehlke, Kirt Soukup, Tom Crozier and Janet Kane.
Every city needs an urban oasis.

New York City has Central Park.
Boston has Boston Commons.
But Middleton, through the efforts
of the Friends of the Pheasant Branch
(FOPB) and its partners, the City of
Middleton and Dane County, has created so much more in the Pheasant
Branch Conservancy.
More than just a park, the Pheasant
Branch Conservancy goes further as a
wilderness corridor that has biological
integrity. Those were the congratulatory words of Mark Peterson, guest
speaker at the 20th Anniversary celebration and annual meeting of the
FOPB, held at Holy Wisdom
Monastery on Saturday, Jan. 31.
Peterson, a Madison native, is now
the Executive Director of the Sigurd
Olson Environmental Institute at
Northland College in Ashland, WI.
Sigurd Olson championed the saving
of wilderness.
Original Members of the FOPB
shared their stories about the groups
humble beginnings in a video, 20
Years of Advocacy for the Environment: A Celebration of the Friends of
Pheasant Branch Conservancy.
In the video, Ann Peckham recalls
walking in the original preserve in
1995 and seeing wire sticks with little
flags on them. She contacted city officials to find out what the flags were
about.
When she was told that the sticks
marked the places where two sewer
lines were going to be put in, her
thought was, Mmmm, I dont think so.
That thought became the humble beginnings of the Friends of Pheasant
Branch group. She called other people
who treasured the conservancy. They
sent postcards to citizens to protest the
sewers, created handbills that they distributed door-to-door and even hired a
lawyer.
The small friends group was serious
about studying the problem of the sewers. They didnt just want to oppose it,
but rather, wanted to help form an alternative solution. They were eventually successful in narrowing the
corridor of the sewers and got it
rerouted from the most sensitive biological area of the preserve.
From those humble beginnings, the
FOPB has had upwards of 600 members in the last several years. Its original mission: to restore, protect and
promote the Pheasant Branch Conservancy and watershed for today and tomorrow continues strongly.
That missions expression has expanded to include intergenerational
workdays and projects. The latest artrelated projects have received grants
from American Girl.
In 2014, 4th grade students from
Sauk Trail Elementary School and seniors from three local organizations met
to discuss how nature has changed
since the seniors early days. The art
that they created together as well as insights gained by the students, were
shared in a booklet at the annual meeting.
The latest grant from American Girl
is enabling high school videography
students to work in collaboration with
FOPB to create films about the conservancy as well as the work of the
Friends group.
Besides being a natural wilderness
corridor that is home to endangered
species including the Blanding Turtle,
the Yellow-throated Warbler and
Worm-Eating Warblers the Pheasant
Branch conservancy provides trails for
hikers, bikers, skiers and snowshoers.
The annual budget report, shared at
the meeting, shows most of the budget
going to restoration and management
of the watershed and to education programs. A modest amount goes to general expenses and administration.
Development and marketing claims the
remainder of the budget.
The majority of work for the conservancy is done on a volunteer basis. No
experience is needed to help at the next
workdays: April 18, May 16 and June
20. You need just be willing to clear
invasive plants so that native plants can
thrive. All levels of ability are welcomed.
Contact office@pheasantbranch.org
to join in the workdays. You do not
need to be a member to help.
Membership fees are $25 per year
per individual and $40 per family. Donations and membership fees can be
sent to Friends of Pheasant Branch
Conservancy, P.O. Box 628242, Middleton, WI 53562-8242.
CHURCH NOTES
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School board wants to improve graduation rates

by CAMERON BREN
Times-Tribune
The Middleton-Cross Plains Area

School District Board of Education
wants to find ways to increase graduation rates. School board members, administration, and staff agree they need
to do more to meet the needs of every
student. The district is hoping Clark
Street Community School and eSchool
can fill in the gaps where the traditional
public school system cannot.
MCPASDs graduation rate for
2012-13 was 85.5 percent, which is
lower than the state average of 88.0
percent, and puts Wisconsin in a tie for
second with Vermont behind Iowa at
90 percent.
Wisconsin computes five and sixyear cohort graduation rates to report

the efforts of students who take additional time to complete their high
school education. Under special education law and the Wisconsin Constitution, students are guaranteed a free
appropriate public education through
the age of 20. MCPASDs six-year cohort graduation rate was nearly 91 percent, close to the states average 91.3
percent.
Director of Secondary Learning and
Teaching Laura Love informed the
board how the Department of Public
Instruction has offered flexibility in
how credits are awarded. She says the
district can have some discretion in
defining suitable requirements for
graduation. Students could choose to

complete a project outside school in
place of their elective credits.
Propose something to us that you
think should earn you elective credits,
maybe its a project, maybe its related
to a career you want to do, maybe its
a small business plan, Love explained. It could be all kinds of things
that other schools have been doing for
project based learning.It could even
reflect what some of the students are
already doing at Clark Street.
The students would not be required
to be in school everyday.They would
come to school on a regular basis to
give an update on their proposal and
progress and meet with a counselor.
At the end, when they feel like they
are ready to present what they have

learned and ready to be evaluated; they
would come before a panel consisting
of a peer, a teacher and administrator
in the district, and mentor or volunteer
from the community, Love suggested.
Other districts that have done project
based learning typically have a public
presentation similar to a senior exhibition. A determination if the student
met the goals determined at the outset
of the project would be part of the evaluation.
We dont want to lower the bar and
just give kids diplomas to raise our
numbers, said Jill Gurtner, principal
Clark
Street
Community
at
School.What we want to say is lets
make something really genuine that
you can and will engage in.

The project is really finding a place
where a kid can look at what they are
most passionate about and where they
want to go next, Gurtner added.
MHS principal Steve Plank added
that the alternative could be beneficial
to the complicated lives of students.He
said with many students coming from
all over the world, it could be difficult
to find something that matches the education they want to pursue. This
would leave it up to the students.
Students would have to transfer to
the eSchool to be in the program. The
school board will make a final determination on what to allow when it is
brought back to the board for a decision.
Middleton Girl Scouts attend cookie training

by DEB BIECHLER
Times-Tribune
Six Middleton Girl Scouts attended

the 2015 Badgerland Girl Scout
Cookie Gala at Patrick Marsh Middle
School in Sun Prairie on Saturday, January 31. The event attracted more than
550 girls in addition to their leader and
parent chaperons.
The first Girl Scout cookie sale took
place in 1917, five years after Juliette
Gordon Low started Girl Scouting in
the United States, The cookies were
made in the homes of members of the
Mistletoe Troop in Muskogee, Oklahoma and sold to their fellow high
school students.
The first national sale was held in
1936, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt
was president.
Between the first sale in 1917 and
1936, cookies were all made by the
girls themselves.
Since then, profits from cookie sales
have helped to fund programming,
troop events and attendance at summer
Girl Scout camps. Thanks to the insightful leadership of Girl Scouts of the
United States of America (GSUSA)
cookie sales have become so much
more than fundraising.
The cookie program now helps girls
to develop five essential skills. These
skills include; goal-setting; decisionmaking; money management; people
skills and business ethics. The skills
not only aid girls during cookie sales,
but through all of life.
Scouts attending Saturdays gala in

Sun Prairie moved from station to station. The stations were manned by staff
and volunteers, including students
from UW Madison.
Most of the games, discussions and
other activities at the stations related to
the five skills. They practiced making
change and managing money.
They practiced setting goals individually and as a group, creating the steps
to reach those goals. They discussed
and practiced business ethics through
role-playing and games.
Junior Girl Scout troop members
Kate Vatthauer, Cheyenne Brink and
Elliott Stein of Middleton used money
from past years sales to have a campfire/song night, to go swimming, to a
corn maze and roller skating. Theyve
worked on staying fit and have done
service projects in the community.
The leaders, JoAnn Brink and Deb
Vatthauer said that in addition to having a lot of fun, the girls have been
learning teamwork, responsibility,
Photo contributed
Middleton Girl Scouts attended the 2015 Badgerland Girl Scout Cookie
Gala at Patrick Marsh Middle School in Sun Prairie.
friendship and manners.

Brynn Witkowski and Taylor
Witkowski of troops 1016 and 2696
were accompanied to the event by their
father, Aaron. Many fathers support
girl scouting by attending and chaperoning events and trips as well as being
troop co-leaders.
Emily Thom, of Middleton troop
2593, and her mother Jessica were also
in attendance.
All of the scouts mentioned will be
selling cookies in the Middleton area

soon.
Badgerland Girl Scout cookie sales
run from February 13 to March 22.
This year, in addition to the door-todoor and booth sales, Girl Scout cookies can be sold digitally.
With the new digital cookie sales,
Girl Scouts send an email invitation to
customers to order cookies through her
online store.
Customers order and pay online.
The cookies are shipped directly to

their home. All digital sales are restricted to six boxes of the same flavor,
one case of the same flavor (12 boxes)
or an 8-pack sampler with all variety of
cookies except gluten-free.
Cookie types this year include
Caramel deLites, Cranberry Citrus
Crisps, Lemonades, Peanut Butter Patties, Peanut Butter Sandwich, Shortbread, Thanks-a-Lot and Thin Mints.
Theres a gluten free option called
Trios that will be sold by some troops
as a pilot cookie. Descriptions of each
variety can be found on the Badgerland
Girl Scout Website.
Its not too late for Middleton girls
to join a troop or to register individually so that they can sell cookies and
take part in the wonderful character
building and camping programs offered through Badgerland Girl Scouts.
The recruitment specialist for Middleton is Sara Rupnick. Her number is
608-237-1144.
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Before city council vote,

committee of the whole
debated solar proposal
by CAMERON BREN
Times-Tribune
Prior to the city council vote detailed in the article on pages 1 and 4,
Middletons Committee of the Whole
also voted to move forward on a proposal from Madison Gas and Electric
to put solar panels on the roofs of
public buildings to power them and
generate additional energy for about
120 homes.
City staff recommended installing
solar panels on the new municipal
operations center (MOC). Assistant
Director of Community Development Abby Attoun says the 82,000
square foot building is ideal for
solar. A flat roof will make for easy
installation and capture plenty of
sunlight. Attoun adds staff would
also recommend putting solar panels
on the new police station and court
building since it has a new roof and
the highest energy demands of all
municipal buildings.
We started meeting with MG&E
because we found out that they were
interested in a large community solar
project around the same time, Attoun explains. There is a synergy
between Middletons objectives and
MG&Es.
Middleton adopted a so called 25
by 25 resolution that commits the
city to using 25 percent renewable
energy by the year 2025. Attoun
points out that MG&Es interest in
expanding solar capability generation
in the market place could be a strategy to help the city meet the goals its
committed to. The project would offset an estimated 760 tons of CO2.
MG&E sized a 107 kW solar system for the police department with a
total installed cost of $265,773. The
panels would offset about 25% of the
annual electricity usage at the building. For the MOC, MG&E sized a
535 kW solar system with an installed price near $1.2 million. This
solar project would offset about
259% of the buildings estimated annual electricity usage. Surplus generated energy would be sent back to
MG&E through what is called net
metering.
Net metering allows customers to
connect their on-site solar generators
to the powergrid. Special meters that
run both forward and backward give
customers credit for the electricity
they feed into the grid. Customers are
billed for the difference between the
consumption and production.
Per the states Public Service
Commission, net metering is only
available for projects generating 100
kW or less of electricity. For solar
projects generating more than 100
kW of electricity, the city would be
subject to MG&Es buyback rate,
which fluctuates with the market.
Customers who subscribe to the
program would likely pay higher
rates initially, but at a certain point,
perhaps a few years, they would see
their rate below retail.
Late last year the Public Service
Commission approved a rate restructure by MG&E that increases customers fixed rate but lower their cost
per watt. The move was widely
viewed as a blow to solar as it decreases incentive for initial investment.
Committee members present told
Peterson the recent changes to
MG&Es rates made them skeptical
of the utilitys commitment to solar.
Lee Schwartz, a citizen who sits on
the sustainability committee, asked
COUNCIL
Peterson head on how MG&Es decision will impact the appeal of community solar.
My question is really around the
rates, clearly MG&E has made a decision to lessen the payback for people putting solar on their own roofs,
that is a strategic decision that they
have made, said Schwartz. I am
curious when you talk about people
buying into the community solar
project, but at four cents a kilowatt
hour, obviously no one would want
to do that. So how do you see this
working with homeowners and consumers?
Our goal is not to make solar
more difficult and this project is an
example, Peterson responded.
For the partnership between the
utility and the city, Peterson suggested what he called a flip model.
In that scenario MG&E would be 99
percent owner of the project for the
first seven years to take full advantage of the tax credits then would
switch to 1 percent owner. Middleton would essentially own the solar
panels after seven years.
Ald. Gurdip Brar asked if the proposal was a PR stunt to show people
MG&E was still committed to solar.
Peterson responded that the company
realizes solar is going to play a bigger part of the energy picture going
forward. He said the tax credits will
cut a lot off the loss and MG&E will
have its first community solar project.
Community solar gives utility
companies control by utilizing the
grid, but as Peterson points out, offers benefits to those who cant afford solar or dont have the proper
conditions.
I am not here with a canned program that we have in the bag that we
have rolled out a hundred times before, Peterson said. We are still
learning.
Ald. Jim Wexler asked Peterson if
he could point to another example
anywhere of a project like this proposal, but he replied that an investor
owned utility model is unique as far
as he is aware. Wexler asked if there
was any indication that the PSC
would approve the project. Peterson
said the PSC would be likely only be
focused on cross subsidization, but
would be fine with that accounted
for.
Ald. and Finance Committee
Chair Ed Sullivan asked if the solar
panels could be strictly a municipal
operation. MG&E officials said
without the tax credits the city would
be at a loss.
Mayor Kurt Sonnentag asked Peterson if he had any idea why the
PSC would limit meters to 100 kW
per site. Peterson said the idea is anything over 100 kW would be more
than just a home or business and
would essentially be a utility.
Sullivan asked why the city could
not combine all of its buildings and
produce more electricity. Peterson
again pointed out limitations by the
PSC that ban commercial reeling,
which would be the case in Sullivans
proposition.
Despite limitations from the state
and a now longer amortization of investment from MG&Es rate restructure, the Committee of the Whole
voted to grant conceptual approval of
the proposal.
Committee members appeared to
view it as the most viable option to
implement a solar project of its scale.
posal to be approved by the city, and

lastly seek approval the the Public
Service Commission before beginning.
The council also made the final
move in reversing a proposal for a residential development titled Pleasant
View Ridge. It would have turned
162 acres of rural land between U.S.
Highway 14 and Pleasant View Golf
Course into an assortment of residential neighborhoods situated around a
working farm. Controversy arose as
the subdivision planned to use private
and shared wells and septics systems.
Developer Erdman Holdings Inc
was hoping to break ground within
2014 and complete the development by
2019. After concerns were brought
forth in public hearings the city decided to hold off on the project until
further information was gathered.
Local environmental groups and citizens expressed worries about the long
term, adverse effects of septic tanks on
soil and groundwater.
The Erdman Company notified the
city attorney that the proposed Pleasant
View Ridge development would not be
moving forward. They instead petitioned to de-annex from the city under
the terms of the agreement. The council passed the de-annex in one swift
vote, suspending the rule for a second
reading.
The common council approved the
second reading of an ordinance that
regulates property maintenance and
snow removal of business and residential properties. Nuisance properties

will first receive a notice of violation,
failure to react results in city staff
doing maintenance and billing the respective property owners.
Under the ordinance, the owner, occupant or person in charge of the premises adjoining any sidewalk, handicap
ramp or fire hydrant that refuses or
fails to remove snow or ice within 24
hours after notice from the city engineer to do so, may result in the city engineer removing the snow or ice and
submitting the cost to the city clerk.
The city clerk will send a statement
to the property owners for the services.
If the statement is not paid in full
within 30 days the clerk would enter
the cost on the next annual tax roll as a
special charge against the property. Violations and charges could be appealed
to the Housing Appeals Board for review.
This applies to lawns that are untended or unmanaged grasses or other
vegetation exceeding eight inches in
length. City staff will trim or mow
these areas in cases of failure to comply and bill the property owners as
well.
The council approved authorizing
funds restore the Orchid Heights Park
by retrofitting ponds. The project
would essentially dredge the existing
ponds to prevent sediment from getting
into nearby wetlands.
continued from page 1
The Parks, Recreation and Forestry

Commission approved a recommendation to the council to submit an application to Dane County for an urban
water quality grant for the Orchid
Heights Park Pond Retrofit. The council included in the 2015 approved Capital Budget program a match amount of
$82,635 for the grant award for
$229,337
There are separate outlets from
each pond into the wetlands, explained Chuck Nahn, owner of Nahn
Associates, a engineering firm dedicated to water management for municipalities. We have studies that show
those ponds are starting to push sediment into the wetlands. That is the reason we feel we need to clean them out
and make them deeper.
Alder Hans Hilbert asked if neighbors were going to have a chance to
weigh in and express concerns about
traffic and parking. Nah responded
that once he completed design work
neighbors would be able to comment.
Hilbert noted the project also creates
more fill which the city already has a
lot of. He said the Parks Commission
wants to have active field the use
where they can but it will be up to the
council if it will be used appropriately.
The council authorized acceptance
of the grant. The $82,635 local share
will be divided 70 percent from Water
Resources fees and 30 percent from
2014 unexpended capital projects.
Letters to the editor
Giosta launches
write-in campaign
for city council
To the editor,
I am writing to announce my decision to run as a write-in candidate for

Middletons fourth aldermanic district.
I moved to Middleton in June 2014
and quickly sought ways to become involved in my new community. This led
me to canvassing for Get Out the Vote
in October, where I met Jim Wexler,
the current alderman for the fourth district. After speaking with him more, he
encouraged me to run for city council.
If my constituents elect me I know that
I will serve them well.
I received my BA in political science
from the George Washington University in 2011. Before moving to Middleton, I worked as a contract library
technician at the Library of Congress.
Now I teach a course on American
Sign Language at MATC and nanny for
a local family.
Middleton has wonderful parks,
schools and local businesses. I want to
help ensure this continues with the help
of my constituents. I want to be a vocal

advocate for the residents in my district, and at the same time hope to bring
a new perspective to the city council.
Issues such as ensuring that bus service
continues to be available to residents of
the fourth district, as well as road
maintenance and business growth will
be at the top of my agenda if elected to
the city council.
I look forward to meeting more of
my fellow citizens and hope I will be
given the chance to represent the fourth
district.
Briana Giosta
room. She volunteers weekly in class

as well as consistently helps with special events. Her background as a general and special education teacher in
low socio-economic areas gives her the
perspective we need to ensure our children are getting the best education.
Having a special needs student myself
it is really important to know that our
school board members have the interest of ALL students in mind. I know
for a fact that she truly wants the best
for our students, while also understanding the concerns of taxpayers. She
works to consistently help retain the
high quality teaching staff that our district is well known for. I urge my fellow Middleton voters to go out and
vote to re-elect Anne Bauer to school
board on April 7th.
Sincerely,
Kate McComb
Town of Middleton
Bauer wants best

for MCP students
Dear editor,
I am writing in support of Anne

Bauer for re-election to the Middleton
Cross Plains school board. I have had
the benefit of knowing for the past 4
years as our children have been classmates at Sunset Ridge. She has always
shown her commitment to the children
of Sunset Ridge and Middleton with
her volunteer activities in the class-
Bauer is the
right candidate
Dear editor,
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but the deciding factor for picking

Middleton as our new home was the
performance of and general regard of
the MCPASD. We firmly believe that
we have made a great decision as we
have watched our children grow academically and socially at their respective schools. We also firmly believe
that this area and the school system
would not be nearly as impactful for
them had it not been for the commitment by the community and its leaders
in supporting a strong academic program.
In the time that we have lived here,
we have met many wonderful families
through school events. These families
have continually reaffirmed our choice
to make Middleton our home and at
this time we want to call attention to
the Bauer family. We have known
them since our sons met in Kindergarten and became good friends. As a
result of their friendship, our families
have spent quite a bit of time together.
In that time weve come to know that
they are a good, honest and hard-working family.
Anne Bauer is running for a second
term with the school board. During her
first term, we have had many opportunities to discuss varying topics with her
regarding the schools. We strongly believe that Anne has the best interests of
the children, their academics and their
social growth as well as the teachers,

the administrators and the taxpaying
public who supports this system in
mind with the decisions she makes as
a member of the school board.
Anne understands the perspective of
the teachers, the perspective of the parents and the perspective of the taxpayers because she is a degreed educator,
she is a parent and she is a taxpayer.
As an educator, shes spent actual time
in the classroom and understands the
work a teacher must do to teach, instruct and mold our children into intelligent and responsible members of
society. As a parent, she can see how
the decisions she makes impact her
own children and they progress
through the education system. She also
knows that quality educators are a must
to ensure our children our provided
with the best education possible. Finally, as a taxpayer, she knows how her
votes can ultimately impact our wallets
because as a resident of the district, she
will be impacted as well.
We fully support Anne Bauer for a
second term on the MCPASD School
Board because we know she is the right
candidate for the job.
rates. Itll be interesting to see if the

rise in rates impacts the stock market
more than the benefit of an overall increasing economy.
And most people dont realize that
even if the market drops and you
placed your sell order with your mutual
fund that morning before most of the
decline, you receive the end of day
lower price from your mutual fund.
Kind of a rip off if you ask me, and a
policy that is not widely communicated
or understood.
The other advantage to real estate,
especially land or buildings with tenants, is that the value doesnt go to
zero. Land or buildings always have
some value; they can always be recycled into some new development. In
contrast, with stocks you can arrive
home at the end of the day to find that
your stock value was wiped out.
In addition, a good real estate investment, such as in apartments, can pay a
substantial dividend, many times 7% to
10%, whereas most stocks pay a 1% to
2% dividend if they pay a dividend at
all, which most do not, which means
most frequently you have to rely on
market timing to earn a return on
stocks. This means being actively involved and watching the market every
day, and you have to typically override
the recommendation of your own broker who will almost always urge you to
stay invested, even when the market
is plunging.
I recall when the Lehman Brothers
filed bankruptcy on a Sunday night
back in the late summer 2008 (if I recall the timing correctly). I called my
dad and convinced him to sell the
stocks in his retirement account, so we
called his broker at a well known family investment advisory firm in Milwaukee and directed the broker to sell.
He refused; then after some heated debate, he relented and sold the stocks,
allowing my father to avoid a major
loss (to what turned out to be a 55%
downturn over time). Later he called
my father and told him he couldnt
work with his son and that my dad
had to choose between him and me.
Surprise, he was fired. (Never get be-
tween a father and son.) What stunned

me was that this broker not only refused a direct order to sell (that was actually the third time I experienced that
between 2007 and 2008 with three different brokers), which is a violation of
his license and the law, but he also considered his own knowledge of the market to be superior to the facts that were
unfolding before his eyes.
Another major risk that is unknown
to many stock investors is that many
stock mutual funds also contain bonds
or other higher risk investments that
are unknown to the consumer investor,
who invested based upon the funds
title or their investment summary.
In contrast, developing and investing
in real estate not only creates jobs right
here in our home town, but constructing buildings also benefits Wisconsin
as the majority of materials and supplies and labor come from in-state
since Wisconsin is #1 per capita in
manufacturing and manufacturers most
things that go into a building. Your
money is not being shipped off to New
York to invest in paper.
And while anyone can invest in
stocks or bonds, with any amount, with
virtually no disclosures or information
if you do it yourself on-line, investing
in a real estate offering involves receiving and reading an investment offering
memorandum that is typically a hundred pages, including a market study,
detailed financial analyses, background
on the developer, and other pertinent
information and data - all governed by
the State of Wisconsin Department of
Financial Institutions and specific SEC
laws. You even have to sign a subscription agreement with specific disclosures. No stone is left unturned.
Youre investing will full knowledge of
all the possible risks being disclosed.
It kind of slows you down and makes
you think, which is what its supposed
to do.
Why choose real estate? Wall explains...

by TERRENCE WALL
Guest Column
Over the years many people have

asked me, why did you choose real estate, why not stocks or bonds?
The main reason I chose to go into
real estate rather than finance or stock
market investing is because by investing in real estate I can produce and see
something real, tangible, something
that will last centuries if built right.
Buildings and land have lasting value.
Unlike stocks, you can see, feel and
touch real estate; you can also leave a
real legacy with property. And unlike
stocks, whereas a single broker can buy
or sell a stock with the touch of a button, constructing a building involves
hundreds or thousands of your fellow
citizens throughout the state, in particular Wisconsin because were a manufacturing state. With development,
people in the community get to participate - and benefit from the work, and
they too will appreciate their own contribution to the whole.
Stock and bond investing, on the
other hand, does not involve the whole
community and does not benefit as
many people or jobs; rarely does the
money go to the company, instead it
goes to the seller of the stock. For me,
part of the benefit of investing in real
estate is the community wide and long
lasting benefit that development offers.
Even the Overture Foundation recognized that by investing many millions
of dollars in the public areas (and ice
rink) adjacent the new Edgewater
Hotel. Real property, if designed right,
has a monumental public value. People get to live, work and play in our
buildings.
Unfortunately, stock and bond investing has become too much of an insiders game for me, and Im not
exactly unknowledgeable about that
game. Frequently now (but not always) playing in the stock market either involves financial manipulation at
worst or is very much akin to gambling. I used to be able to play in the
stock market by watching the funda-
mentals and selling before the market

turned based upon those fundamentals,
but not anymore, which is why I have
stayed out of market.
Investing in the stock market used to
be about providing capital for up and
coming companies to fund their growth
while earning a fair return in exchange.
As with last year, however, all the
gains the stock market experienced for
the entire year were wiped out in just a
two week period during the last quarter. Then new gains were realized in
the last few weeks, which is rarely the
case going into year end when traders
want to unload their stocks in order to
realize gains or losses. The market gyrates up and down weekly, if not daily.
And worse, the so-called experts in
the media and in the stock market are
constantly trying to manipulate the
publics investment in stocks.
Experts: Big sell-off no reason to
dump stocks, the Wall Street Journal
reported right after a big sell-off. The
Dow rises above 18,000, invest more
the experts say. (Notice they never advocate selling.) One day the stock
market is up and the next its down.
And as we have seen from the hundreds of recent insider trading prosecutions, unless you are an insider, we
mere citizen investors here in the midwest dont stand a chance. By the time
we hear about a problem with a company, the insiders have already traded
out of it and the stock has dropped.
Even those who do their due diligence on their own brokers cant rely
on truthful information. National
records miss many brokers red flags,
headlined an article in the Wall Street
Journal that reported how FINRA, the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, maintains a web site, BrokerCheck,
for investors to research the backgrounds of brokers they are considering doing business with, but that that
web site does not list all the complaints
levied against stock brokers. As the
journal reported, many companies just
cover up those incidents and dont report them.
Then theres the rapid traders. SEC
to close gap in filings release, was an-
We moved to Middleton from out of

state with our young children almost
five years ago. We could have selected
from several areas around Madison,
other recent headline in the Wall Street

Journal that detailed how high-speed
electronic traders are able to access the
SECs press releases just seconds or
fractions of seconds before news-release distributors (i.e. the media) giving the high-speed traders the inside
scoop to place advantageous trades before the news media received the information and long before the general
public. So even if you have an honest
broker, which most are, theres no way
for average-Joe Citizens like us to
compete fairly or on a level playing
field with the insiders.
Now, Im not trying to pick on stock
brokers or those trying to earn an honest living, its just that the more I observe the stock and bond markets, the
more I read about insider deals, scandals and scoundrels (almost in every
case located in New York by the way).
And even if we can find honesty in the
system, theres the overall manipulation of the stock and bond market by
the Fed and by large investment
houses. Youd have to be a fool to not
believe that the Fed has been putting
the New York stock market investment
houses in front of senior citizens by
keeping interest rates at near zero.
While the stock market gyrates up and
down (a lot of up in recent years from
all this easy money), senior citizens on
fixed-incomes watch their savings
dwindle since they dont see a penny
of interest earnings from their savings
in bank and IRA accounts.
And surprise, those who are invested
bonds or bond funds will see their values drop over night as soon as the Fed
raises interest rates this year as promised. The Fed has signaled that it intends to let rates rise, and when interest
rates rise, bond values fall in direct proportion. Added to that, bond values
drop even faster as professional investors run for the exits in advance of
consumers. Why do you think the
PIMCO fund so a significant decline in
the value of its bond portfolio over the
last year? Even the top bond investment fund in the country is not immune
from a decline in values resulting from
the fundamentals of increasing interest
Thank you,
Greg and Terri Holthaus
Up Against the Wall is a monthly

column written by Terrence Wall and
reflects his views and opinions, and do
not necessarily reflect the views of the
Middleton Times.
PAGE 6
DAVIS
sues by totally paying off an outstanding principal amount of $1.9 million

and thereby saved approximately
$96,000 in interest costs. Davis also
mentioned the six new city/developer
agreements in tax increment finaincing
(TIF) districts 3 and 5.
Davis pointed out the diverse range
of businesses with a corporate headquarters in the city noting American
Girl, Capital Brewery, Springs Window Fashion, newly Mead and Hunt,
Standard Imaging, Natus Neurology,
WTS Paradigm, the National Mustard
Museum and more.
Davis also praised Middletons conservation track record listing a Tree
City U.S.A. designation 19 years running, a Wisconsin Water Star, Bird City
and legacy Green Tier community.
Moreover, Middleton was an AllAmerica City finalist in 2010 and a
Gold Medal Finalist in the National
Recreation & Park Association for best
small city park system in the nation in
both 2013 and 2014.
The city administrator explained

how in November, city residents voted
overwhelmingly to approve a referendum enabling the creation of a storm
water utility. He said city staff are now
working on implementation. Tasks include updating the utility billing program, creating a customer database,
and completing an inventory of storm
water practices.
Davis said next seven members
from various committees need to be
appointed to a storm water utility
board. The board will make recommendations to set the ERU rate, designate which practices will be fundable
by utility revenues, and to approve a
five-year maintenance plan. Annual
revenues are expected to be between
$180,000 and $270,000, depending
upon the ERU rate selected. The referendum limits initial ERU to $15.
Davis described how the city will be
rolling out rebates for water-conserving fixtures. He says the water utility
will begin offering rebates to residents
Times-Tribune photo by Cameron Bren
City administrator Mike Davis, above, gave the annual State of the City
address at the Marriott West Conference Center last week.
who upgrade their toilets to water conserving models and to businesses who
undertake water audits.
Davis also outlined ways the city is
meeting its sustainability goals. He described the first city-owned solar array
that was installed at the Market Arcade on Terrace Avenue. The16kW
generated at the site is part of a net
metering arrangement with MGE and
will help to power the nearby LED
streetlights and electric vehicle charging station. He added the Middleton
Recycling Center will open in the
spring of 2015. It will offer residents
a convenient location to drop off electronics, metal, wood, Styrofoam, and
other items for reuse and recycling.
Davis credited the public works department for their diligence.
Our public works department has
had a strong and abiding investment in
our public infrastructure, Davis
stated. During the recession we had a
down turn in investment infrastructure,
but we are ticking back up. It has
grown in the last three years.
In 2014 Branch Street and Terrance
Avenue, with the help of TIF dollars,
were reconstructed. In 2015 Parmenter
St. will be reconstructed from University Ave. to the round-about, as well as
Valley Ridge Road and Allen Boulevard.
Davis also warned of the concerns
the department has brought up. He
said some residents may need to get
their water meters inspected and replaced.
The department has found potential
problems with cross-connections, and
make recommendations for installation
of back flow prevention devices where
necessary, Davis said. Residential
customers may get a call, they will
have to have their meter changed. he
encouraged residents affected to schedule an appointment at their earliest convenience.
In the address, Davis recognized the
new police chief, Chuck Foulke. He
also noted the police departments hiring of its first female sergeant and four
Spanish speaking officers. He mentioned the crime rate decreased 19 percent from 2013 and credited
community policing and outreach programs for the change.
In 2014, a fiber connection was laid
between Kromrey Middle School to
the police department, Davis says the
city hopes to add more high speed
communication infrastructure between
public buildings.
Other notable happenings coming
this year that Davis points out are the
VFW raising funds for a memorial at
Lakeview Community Park. The
VFW has already raised $225,000 of a
$300,000 goal. He also notes that the
Community of Bishops Bay will be a
Parade of Homes site.
Middleton also took part in a State
Department sponsored exchange with
the country of Timor Leste. The city
hosted two members of their country
last fall, helping them learn about establishing local government, Davis
points out.
I am fortunate to be chosen to go to
Timor Leste, Davis announced. Its
a 26 hour flight to get there. I will be
staying there for a two weeks hopefully
to help them establish local government and learn from what weve been
able to accomplish here and help them
on a personal level to move ahead.
Davis closed by outlining the citys
commitment to diversity. He said five
of the eleven current department heads
are women. Going forward, the city
will seek a further diverse staff. Davis
said job openings are listed nationally
on a public jobs website.
If you have friends who are interested who are of a minority persuasion,
we are very interested in diversifying
our workforce, Davis said to the audience.
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Middleton High School lists Semester 1 honors students

Middleton High School,
Honor Roll - Semester 1,
January 24, 2014,
3.6 or Higher,
(* designates a 4.0),
Freshmen
Brooke Acker,
Miram Anglin,
*Natalie Asmus,
Olivia Aumann,
Heidi Bachmeier,
Mackenzie Bakken,
*Alexis Basel,
Bryson Bauer,
Morgan Bauer,
Katherine Bekasova,
*Shane Bick,
*Haley Bills,
Carson Blair,
Shareef Bnyat,
Nathan Borden,
Paris Boswell,
Karen Bresnahan,
Ashley Brophy,
Brogan Brunker,
Benjamin Bucheit,
Claire Buenfil,
Brianna Buss,
Sophia Callaci,
Madeleine Callahan,
Juliana Castillo,
*Grace Chen,
*Meixi Chi,
Nicholas Chiaverini,
Lillian Chmielewska,
*Natalie Cho,
Jin Seop Choi,
*Chloe Cole,
Felicity Cole,
Logan Collien,
*Emily Cory,
Clara Cownie,
Henry Cryns,
Brett Cushman,
Payton Cushman,
Grace Czosek,
Haiwen Dai,
*Tucker Dalrymple,
Thomas Davis,
Nickolas De Oliveira,
*Alexandra Dean,
Katherine DeJarlais,
Autumn Delaney,
Tara DeLeo,
Sydney DeMartino,
Anna Diamond-Tumbush,
Benjamin Dickmeyer,
Kian Djamali,
Payton Dower,
*Michael Draves,
*Emily Duecker,
Boston Edler,
Emily Eid,
*Elizabeth Engle,
Natalie Epstein,
*Holly Essert,
Osama Fattouh,
Jacob Feldt,
*Seamus Fleischman,
Anthony Fobes,
*Katiya Fosdick,
Haley Franzen,
Sydney Friedle,
*James Frusciante,
Amber Fuerbringer,
*Ian Fumusa,
*Reshma Gali,
Blake Gallay,
Jiayuan Gao,
Jake Genyk,
Jessica Gillitzer,
Samuel Gold,
Jackson Goth,
Sophia Grande,
*Elizabeth Grosspietsch,
Jordan Gundrum,
*Calvin Guse,
Caroline Haberland-Ervin,
Alec Hanson,
*Ashley Harris,
Grace Hartung,
Nora Hellenbrand,
Allison Henry,
Caroline Hippen,
*Payton Hodson,
*Ashley Holahan,
Jacob Hoskins,
*Hao-Yu Huang,
*Rachel Huber,
Jessica Hui,
*Lauren Hurd,
Benjamin Isaacs,
*Samuel Jaeger,
Taylor Jaehn,
John Jones,
Abigail Karbusicky,
Aubrey Karls Niehaus,
Jaime Katovich,
Samuel King,
Geena Klubertanz,
Shuka Konishi,
Kathryn Kulie,
*Isabelle Kunze,
Jacob Lamers,
*Owen Lamson,
*Leta Landucci,
Youn Joo Lee,
*Raymond LeMonds,
Andrew Lepage,
Colin Liegel,
Izabella Ljumani,
Zachary Logan,
Veronica Lohrei,
Nicholas Lynch,
*Eleanor Mackey,
Hunter Martin,
*Rachel Matejka,
*Claire Matsumura,
*Marie Mayers,
Nicole McCue,
Jennifer McGinnis,
*Casey McKean,
Sydney McKersie,
*Robert McPherson,
*Nareg Megan,
Alyssa Meinholz,
*Kaden Mettel,
*Nicholas Michaels,
Samuel Mikelsons,
Madeline Mintz,
*Camille Moreau,
Katherine Morris,
*Macey Moser,
Marissa Munoz,
Clara Nemr,
*Emma Neumann,
*Max Newcomer,
Iris Ohlrogge,
*Athena Olszewski,
*Peter Opitz,
*Alexus Orr,
Alexander Ortmann,
Andrew Ostlie,
Jackson Pagel,
Jessica Parente,
Molly Parkin,
Margaret Patterson,
*Britney Paul Rajamanickam,
*Jacob Peterman,
Bria Peterson,
Grace Peterson,
Chiara Pierobon Mays,
*Noah Pollard,
Robertson Powers,
*Ann Pugliese,
Nicholas Quartaro,
*Erika Rader,
*Jack Rader,
*Cole Ragsdale,
*Nicholas Rawling,
*Morgan Reed,
Allison Richards,
*Alec Riddle,
Stanley Parker Roberts,
*Jillian Robertson,
*Alan Roden,
*Mallory Rongstad,
Davis Roquet,
Samuel Roquitte,
Griffin Rose,
*Carley Ross,
Leo Rossmiller,
*Shea Ruhly,
Christable Sackey,
Josie Salgado,
Jazmine San Juan,
Sophia Schafer,
Erika Schoonveld,
Carsen Schulz,
Lydia Shaw,
*Maureen Sheehan,
Hui Shi,
Olivia Shoemaker,
Kunwarjit Singh,
Dhruv Sinha,
Mark Smink,
Caleb Smith,
*Samantha Smith,
*Nitin Somasundaram,
Cami Spellman,
Nicholas Spevacek,
Brock Sprecher,
Anne Squires,
Claire Staples,
Brendan Steele,
*Katherine Stigler,
*Charlotte Sue,
Kelvin Sun,
Taviahna Tanin,
Jack Tankersley,
*Eleanor Taylor,
Henry Taylor,
Erika Thomas,
Abigail Thompson,
Jack Tibbetts,
*Joel Ticknor,
Zoe Tillett,
Tyler Tran,
Nathan Trinkl,
*Anton Tung,
Peyton Turner,
Jennifer Turski,
Emily Udomtanapon,
Drake Vandermause,
*Balaji Veeramani,
*Cassandra Vining,
Eliot Waddell,
*Derek Waleffe,
*Alexander Warholic,
Jack Weiler,
Casey Wempner,
Halle White,
Ethan Wildes,
Jaimie Williamson,
Aaron Wills,
*Jack Wilson,
Nathaniel Wiltzius,
Merete Witkovsky,
*Rachel Woody,
Chloe Young,
*Kirstin Yu,
Julia Zeimentz,
Sophomores
Alex Accola,
Joshua Acker,
Kalli Acker,
*Melissa Ahn,
Arria Alton,
Christian Anderson,
*Katrina Anderson,
Samuel Anderson,
Andrea Aranda Sanchez,
Sasha Arkhagha,
*Meghann Armstrong,
Rohit Balaji,
*Gabrielle Ballweg,
Anna Bauerle,
Tyler Benedict,
Elizabeth Berryman,
Emily Beyer,
Harrison Bielski,
*Lew Blank,
*Elizabeth Boettinger,
*Sophie Boorstein,
Megan Borgmeyer,
Finnian Bourne,
Riley Bowers,
*Madeline Brazas,
Ellen Bresnick,
Katy Briggs,
*Jane Buck,
Colin Butler,
Megan Caldwell,
Megha Chalke,
Allen Chang,
Lillian Chiaro,
Anna Clark,
Christian Collin,
Gillian Croasdale,
Matthew Cushman,
*Madison Dagitz,
Linnea Dahmen,
Luke DeBiasio,
Luke Delaney,
Abigail Drake,
Taylor Ducke,
Ryan Dunk,
Tyree Eady,
Morgan Eder,
Sarah Engle,
Rachel Everson,
Audrey Evert,
Christian Fermanich,
Catherine Ferrante,
*Katherine Fink,
*Kelsey Fischer,
*Courtney Florin,
Julia Fonder,
Isaac Galang,
*Jahnavi Gali,
Christopher Geanon,
*Ryan Gebert,
*Grace Gerrard,
Maya Gibson,
Margaret Go,
Adam Goren,
*Madhu Gowda,
Molly Grindle,
James Griswold,
Arshad Habib,
Margaret Hagan,
Alexander Hallquist,
James Handel,
Isaac Hanson,
*Mariah Hanson,
Lauren Hartig,
*Kirby Heck,
Alexander Heidenreich,
*Neeloufar Hematti,
Chloe Hendrix,
Simone Hendrix,
*Alexa Herl,
*Daniel Hershberger,
Louis Hinshaw,
Molly Hoferle,
Emma Hoffman,
Colin Hogendorn,
*Elise Hokanson,
Kayla Holmes,
Rose Horky,
Tiancheng Hu,
*Alexandra Hujanen,
Mark Hutson,
Benjamin Jackson,
*Elizabeth Jordan,
*Talia Joseph,
Kathleen Jurgella,
Julia Kaplan,
Jonas Keeler,
Julia Khomyk,
Halle Kiesling,
*Cha Mee Kim,
Rohan Kodali,
*Kei Kohmoto,
Katie Kolden,
Lucas Kostecki,
Logan Kottler,
*Olivia Krigbaum,
Gunnar Kunsch,
Phyo Kyaw,
*Andreas Kyrvasilis,
*Paola Lara Santiago,
Clairine Larsen,
Morgan Larson,
Daniel Ledin,
Nicholas Leffel,
Alyssa Lemirande,
Bria Lemirande,
Creighton Lewis,
Zeyu Li,
*Carly Liegel,
Zoe Lincecum,
Helena Lonetree-Miller,
Rebecca Lorfeld,
Fiona Lynch,
Kim Mackey,
*Epiphania Maka,
Marissa Masnica,
*Sarah Matejka,
Anthony McCann,
*Mary McCarthy,
William McCarthy,
Sydney McConnell,
*Taylor McDonald,
Margaret McGill,
Margot McMurray,
Kelly Mead,
Abigail Meyer,
*Grace Mikelsons,
Morgan Miles,
*Danielle Millan,
Maddison Morello,
Willem Mueller,
Rohin Mukherjee,
Veronica Murdoch,
*Storm Murphy,
Eric Neidhart,
Nicholas Nelson,
Kyra Neuser,
Alex Nisbet,
James Nolan,
Jessica Nonn,
*Anna Nordhaus,
Olivia Nyffeler,
Cailey OConnor,
*Kylie Peters,
*Tryn Peterson,
*Madeline Pflasterer-Jennerjohn,
Jack Pientka,
*Morgan Pincombe,
*Marshal Plunkett,
Madeline Pope,
Killian Powers,
Shruthi Prabahara Sundar,
Anitha Quintin,
*Maxwell Raisleger,
Caleb Randall,
Samantha Reid,
*Kristen Reikersdorfer,
Sophia Revord,
Lauren Robertson,
*Christopher Rogers,
Eric Sacchetti,
Hossam Said,
*Aria Salyapongse,
Xavier Sanga,
*Emily Satterlund,
*Christina Schauer,
Simrnjit Seerha,
Celia Semrad,
Michael Shaten,
*Keaton Shaw,
Maya Shea,
Parker Sigmon,
*Titus Smith,
*Sahil Soni,
Margaux Sorenson,
Ashley Soukup,
Cole Spitler,
Nathan Squire,
*Kallie Stafford,
Sarah Statsick,
*Rachel Steiner,
Karl Stephan,
Ryan Swiersz,
Alexis Thomas,
Alexa Thompson,
Alissa Trainor,
Molly Trehey,
Phoebe Tuite,
Trevaun Turner,
Renu Venkatesh,
*Laura Vergenz,
*Amelia Viegut,
*Emma Waldinger,
*Jessica Wang,
*Elise Warda,
Kathleen Wernecke,
Sara Wettstein,
*Lola Whittingham,
Shanna Wiegand,
Clara Marie Williams,
*Samantha Worden,
Irene Wright,
Michael Xie,
*Zoe Ystenes,
*Hexiao Yu,
Rachel Zander,
Nicholas Zeinemann,
Samuel Zopf,
Luke Zoroufy,
Juniors
*Anna Ashley,
Jeremy Auenson,
Mitchell Bacon,
Samantha Ballweg,
*Shelby Ballweg,
Pace Balster,
Brian Bellissimo,
Sallie Bestul,
Edward Biggs,
Hunter Bindl,
Sophie Bliss,
Nicole Bong,
Charles Booher,
Sophie Braman,
Aaron Buelo,
*James Buenfil,
Amanda Butler,
Natalie Callahan,
Catherine Castagnet,
Sophia Chung,
Madeline Clark,
Maxwell Collien,
*Lauren Coons,
Ellen Cottingham,
Kiara Cruz,
*Chase Cunniff,
Nicole Cushman,
Courtney Dahlk,
Katie Danforth,
Irelyn Danz,
Andrew Degler,
Sierra DeMartino,
Elizabeth DiTullio,
*Timothy Dorn,
Grace Douglas,
Oliver Epstein,
*Autumn Erickson,
*Ethan Erickson,
Amy Ernst,
*Kelly Esenther,
*Dorsey Falk,
Claire Fralka,
Jeffrey Funk,
Kira Galang,
Gabrielle Gallegos,
Gabriel Garlough-Shah,
Andrew Geng,
Rachel Gralnek,
Autumn Grim,
Graylynn Groelle,
Aliyah Grote-Hirsch,
Heather Haack,
Perrin Hagge,
Kaitlin Hanrahan,
Jacob Harnois,
*Casey Harper,
Kristin Hartung,
Ryan Hawkos,
Sydnee Herrling,
Greta Hevesi,
*Estelle Higgins,
Evan Higgins,
Kira Holmes,
*Sakura Honda,
Amanda Huff,
Jordan Hylbert,
Sarah Ihrig,
Samuel Inman,
Savanna Jackson,
Stephanie Jarosz,
Bennett Johnson,
Riley Kalsbeek,
Emma Karbusicky,
Bryan Kim,
Michael Kjentvet,
Russell Kjorlie,
Jonas Klare,
Zoie Kloida,
Connor Kooistra,
Logan Kossel,
Christina Kosta,
Chandler Krajco,
Jacob Kuehn,
See HONORS, page 8
PAGE 8
USPS changes delay some newspaper deliveries

The United States Postal Services
motto is still: Neither snow nor rain
nor heat nor gloom of night stays these
couriers from the swift completion of
their appointed rounds. Its just that
the definition of swift has changed a
bit as the USPC attempts to rectify its
well-chronicled financial woes.
Over the past three years, the Postal
Service reported financial losses of $26
billion. Now, the second phase of a rationalization process intended to help
put its financial house in order appears
to be disrupting both first class mail
and the delivery of some community
newspapers, routing some out-of-area
deliveries through Milwaukee, rather
than nearby Madison.
The United States Postal Service in
June of 2014 announced it was on the
verge of resuming the rationalization of

its network of mail processing facilities, which began in 2012.
To provide adequate time for planning and preparation, the Postal Service is providing this six-month advance
notice of consolidations, for up to 82
facilities, which will begin early January 2015 and be completed by the fall
mailing season, reads a statement issued by the USPS last year.
In 2012 and 2013, the Postal Service
consolidated 141 mail-processing facilities. This rationalization was
highly successful, according to the
USPS, resulting in negligible service
impact, generating annualized cost savings of $865 million and required no
employee layoffs.
The Postal Service expects the completion of the second phase of network
rationalization will generate an additional $750 million in annual savings,
according to USPS projections. But the
most recent round of changes appear to

be significantly slowing the delivery of
some newspapers. As another component of the process, the postal service
has also changed its service standards, saying first class mail will
sometimes take up to a day longer to
arrive.
Sean Hargadon, a USPS spokesperson working out of Illinois, said things
have changed radically as the postal
service responds to changing consumer
trends.
While he declined to comment on
the local impact of these changes, Hargadon said each situation is unique.
This is kind of a resetting time, he
added.
According to figures provided by
Hargadon, in 2014 the Postal Service
delivered 155.4 billion pieces of mail
and packages. For each product, the
Postal Service sets standards pertaining
to mail delivery so that customers and
mailers can expect consistent and predictive delivery. In 2011, based on dramatically declining mail volumes and
the subsequent excess capacity in its
mail processing network, the Postal
Service announced consolidation of its
processing and distribution facilities
and revisions to its First-Class Mail
service standards.
In the past 10 years, total volume
has declined by more than 56 billion
pieces, First-Class Mail volume has declined 34.5 billion pieces, and singlepiece First-Class Mail (primarily letters
bearing postage stamps) has declined
24.4 billion pieces.
In January 2015, the Postal Service
changed its First-Class Mail service
standards, which affects roughly 14
billion pieces of the total volume and
up to 16% of First-Class Mail. The affected volume represents primarily single-piece First-Class Mail. The
majority of this mail will be delivered
in two days instead of one. Major mailers presenting First-Class Mail to the
Postal Service will continue to have an
opportunity to present their mail for
overnight processing and delivery
based on revised entry times.
Last year, total First-Class Mail was
delivered in an average of 1.8 days.
With the new service standard changes,
First-Class Mail is delivered in an average of 2.1 days, according to projections.
While more mail is going through
Milwaukee, Hargadon said the Madison branch is still processing a hefty
portion of local mail.
Madison is still open and operating, he said.
Package Services and Priority
Mail will not be affected by the latest
round of changes, according to the
USPS.
Alex Kushner,
Edward Larson,
*Thomas Lawton,
Daewon Lee,
Ethan Lengfeld,
Joseph Levin,
Heather Levy,
Andrew Lewis,
Victoria Lin,
Christian Lindblom,
Audrey Loomis,
Abigail Lowe,
Kaitlin Machina,
*Regina MacLean,
Cody Markel,
*Brennan Martin,
Maxwell Mayhew,
*Celia Mayne,
Dylan McLeod,
Kevin McMahon,
Vanesa Meneses,
Joshua Meyer,
*Michael Mondi,
*Genevieve Moreau,
*Brandon Munoz,
*Angela Newman,
Abigail Nichols-Jensen,
Taylor Norton,
Jamie Oesterle,
Timothy OShea,
*McKenna OSullivan,
Charlotte Patterson,
*Akash Pattnaik,
Jadrien Paustian,
*Morgan Peter,
*Julia Philomeno Gomes Pimentel,
*Madison Pincombe,
*Alissa Pollard,
Morgan Roberts,
*KateLyn Robson,
*Ana Roden,
*Samantha Roll,
Jacob Ross,
Ava Schiebler,
Eric Schmidt,
*Katherine Schmidt,
Brennan Schmitt,
Jacob Schmitz,
Ellen Schuebel,
Jordan Schulenberg,
Alexander Selkirk,
*Kaisey Skibba,
Loren Skibba,
Sebastian So,
Kalyn Sonday,
Kathryn Stein,
Erin Stone,
Camden Stoppleworth,
Allison Thompson,
*Hannah Thompson,
*Sarah Thornton,
*Victoria Trantow,
*Sheyenne Tung,
*Samantha Valentine,
Jules Vigy,
John Vincent,
Matthew Wakai,
Abigail Webber,
Matthew Wedekind,
Brock Wehling,
Anna Welton-Arndt,
Jenelle Wempner,
Kenyon Wensing,
*Sarah Wexler,
Arianna White,
Kyle White,
Zachary Whritenour,
Haley Wild,
*Theodore Williams,
Riley Wittwer,
*Amanda Wolfinger,
*Taylor Wussow,
*Allie Yan,
Mackenzie Zander,
Emily Zeimentz,
*Tammy Zhong,
Logan Ziegler,
Jack Zocher,
*Zachary Zuengler,
Cole Dennis,
Joshua Dickmeyer,
Alyson Dietz,
Kayleigh Dietz,
Abby Digney,
Hanna Docter,
Samantha Dresen,
Joseph Duff,
Zachary Easton,
*Morgan Falk,
Carlee Felton,
Katherine Fermanich,
Harrison Fonder,
Nicholas Friedl,
Dimitris Friesen,
Lindsay Gall,
Margaret Garren,
Calvin Geppert,
*Sydney Goeden,
Natalie Grande,
Connor Green,
Ryan Green,
Rachel Hartig,
Christopher Hines,
Timothy Hinkens,
Audrey Hinshaw,
Erin Hoffman,
Kimberly Holmes,
Hannah Howe,
Andrew Jiang,
Kaileigh Johnson,
Alban Jonuzi,
Nicolette Jordee,
Gregory Jorgensen,
Hannah Joseph,
Evan Joslyn,
Julien Kaestner,
Anna Kim,
Kyoung Heon Kim,
Evan Kivolowitz,
*Heidi Knoche,
Jordan Kobbervig,
*Kennedy Kooistra,
*Emily Krueger,
Riley Kuehn,
Benjamin LaMasney,
Alexander Leahy,
Sydney Lee,
Melia Leighty,
Fiona Ljumani,
Megan Lund,
*Jennifer Mangas,
*Margaret Mangas,
Jon Matsumura,
*Ellis Mayne,
Maria McMahon,
Allyson McMurray,
Josie Meinholz,
Alexandra Melius,
Leah Meylor,
Shannon Mousseau,
Kyle Mueller,
Marissa Nelson,
Mae Nolen,
Ann Elizabeth Norregaard,
Nikki Noughani,
Steven Oakes,
Emily Oberwetter,
*Michael Olsen,
Shelby Olstad,
Chris Olszewski,
*Ellen Opitz,
*Tyler Orcutt,
Mitchell Oswald,
*Devin Ott,
Lia Passini,
*Marilyn Perkins,
*Kennedy Peter,
Dylan Petersen,
*Alexander Peterson,
Kira Peterson,
Alison Petrick,
Megan Peyton,
Jennifer Phillips,
Garrett Piernot,
*Andrew Plumb,
Paige Prestigiacomo,
Amanda Ramirez,
*Tia Rashke,
Grace Reif,
Daylon Reifsteck,
Tara Roach,
Abigail Roessler,
Samuel Ropa,
*Soren Rozema,
*Kyra Rubin,
Avery Sampson,
Nicole Satterlund,
Jared Schwartz,
*Tamara Scott,
*Jolyon Scudder,
Ivraj Seerha,
Emily Seifriz,
Rachel Severson,
Miranda Shanks,
Maegan Sheehan,
Kaylee Simon,
Rory Slattery,
Bailey Spellman,
Arielle Stadler,
*Ashley Stahnke,
Jack Stanton,
Max Stenklyft,
Abigail Stoppleworth,
Anna Swenson,
Tanner Tanyeri,
*Rachel Thornton,
Nikhil Trivedi,
Ralph Turner,
Harish Veeramani,
*Jack Verstegen,
Katelyn Waldenmaier,
*Roger Waleffe,
*Emily Walther,
Alison Weber,
Benjamin Weissburg,
Elisabeth Whritenour,
*Rachel Wians,
Alexander Wills,
*Sarah Woody,
*Michelle Xie,
Amber Yaeger,
Su Jin Yoo,
Emily Zeker,
Samantha Zimmerman,
William Zocher.
by MATT GEIGER
Times-Tribune
HONORS
Seniors
*Carys Abramson,
Tylor Adkins,
Tyler Ballweg,
Tyler Bambrough,
Joseph Beltz,
Sean Benedict,
*Emily Bergum,
Farhat Bhuiyan,
Emma Birkelo,
Amber Bo,
Lauren Boettinger,
Alyssa Boss,
Conal Bruce,
Chloe Buchholz,
Gabriela Chardon,
Morgan Charlton,
Mikayla Chrisler,
Claire Chung,
Amelia Crow,
Isabel Cristina Cruz Estrada,
Meredith Dahlk,
*Jennifer Dahlquist,
Tristan Dalgety,
*Katherine Davis,
E AT Y OUR WAY A ROUND
THE
W ORLD W ITHOUT E VER L EAVING M IDDLETON

PAGE 9
Villa Dolce: Mediterranean flavor in Middleton

by MATT GEIGER
Times-Tribune
Its hard to imagine Middleton without the

Lumani family. Theyve been here for nearly
a quarter century, and their eateries have
been the scene of so many local conversations, get-togethers and, obviously, delicious
meals.
It was in 2006, with 16 years in the restaurant business already under their respective
belts, that they decided to open a contemporary Italian caf. A place where diners could
take their time and lounge in stylish comfort,
all while enjoying authentic pizzas, fresh
gelato, and delectable dishes from across the
Mediterranean. It was a surprising marriage
of sophistication and casual dining.
Thus, Villa Dolce was born.
They chose a historic building, located at
1828 Parmenter Street right in the heart of
downtown Middleton. They filled it with
color, cozy seating, and class. And the rest,
as they say, is history.
Tony Lumani says they initially came to
Middleton, years earlier, for a business opportunity offered here. (Members of the family opened Bavaria Family Restaurant, since
renamed Sofra Family Bistro, just around the
corner.)
At Villa Dolce, Lumani said the menu and
ambiance are intended to bring little bit of
Europe [to] downtown Middleton.
His favorite menu items? Lumani sliders,
salmon salad, gelato and everything else
on the menu.
I cant thank the customers enough, he
added. [The] community, neighbors [and]
Middleton.
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Wrestlers win Big Eight title

by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
All eyes were on Sean Benedict.

And Middletons senior heavyweight was just fine with the extra
attention.
The Big Eight Conference
wrestling tournament came down to
the heavyweight division Saturday at
Beloit Memorial High School. And
Benedict delivered a memorable performance for both himself and the
Cardinals.
Benedict won the heavyweight
division, and that vaulted Middleton
past Verona and gave the Cardinals the
conference championship.
Middleton finished with 236.5
points and edged runner-up Verona
(232) for the title. Janesville Craig
(224), Sun Prairie (218) and Madison
La Follette (193) rounded out the top
five.
The weight of the team was riding
on my back, Benedict said. Winning
the title is something I will remember
for a lifetime.
So will the rest of the Cardinals.
Title dreams dashed

See WRESTLERS, page 20
Shay Haase (top) and Middletons wrestlers won the Big Eight Conference meet last Saturday.
Girls basketball
team suffers tough
loss to Verona
MHS standout
accepts preferred
walk-on offer
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
The drought lasted 6 minutes, 37

seconds.
And when it ended, Middletons Big
Eight Conference title hopes had vanished.
Verona used a 9-0 run that spanned
the majority of the fourth quarter and
toppled the host Cardinals, 52-49, in a
Big Eight Conference showdown
Tuesday night.
Middleton fell to 15-4 overall and
12-3 in the conference. That left the
Cardinals two games behind leagueleader Janesville Craig (17-2, 14-1)
with just three conference games
remaining.
Verona (17-2, 13-2) pushed its winning streak to 15 games and stayed in
the hunt for a league title.
We had opportunities and made
some stops, then we turned it over or
missed some shots, Middleton coach
Jeff Kind said of the rough ending.
And we just got a little bit tired. You
could tell our legs were starting to get
tired because we had some open looks
on some threes and just couldnt make
them.
Middleton, which won at Verona on
Dec. 4, took a 47-43 lead with 6:38 after
a free throw by senior guard Elizabeth
Norregaard. But the Cardinals didnt
score again until Cole Jordee had a
rebound basket with 0.8 seconds left.
In between, Middleton went 10
straight possessions without a point.
The Cardinals missed 11 consecutive
shots in that stretch and shot just 2-of18 in the fourth quarter (11.1%).
See GIRLS BB, page 15
Herl
becomes
a Badger
Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Elizabeth Norregaard and Middletons girls basketball team fell to Verona Tuesday.
His eventual school of choice was

just 10 minutes down the street.
But over the last year or two,
Middleton senior tight end Mitchell
Herl was looking wide and far.
Setting up shop on Monroe Street
wasnt always in the plan.
I think I kind of always took the
UW for granted, Herl said. But
through this process, I really learned
to appreciate everything they have to
offer and how great of a school it is.
And now, its a school Herl is about
to call home.
Herl, a first-team all-state selection
by the Wisconsin Football Coaches
Association, signed a letter of intent to
be a preferred walk-on with the
Badgers beginning this fall. Herl will
almost certainly redshirt in 2015, and
then will have four years of eligibility
remaining.
Herl made it official last
Wednesday, signing the documents at
Middleton High School with his parents Angela and Mike in attendance. The festive morning also
included more of Herls family members, Cardinals football coach Tim
Simon and several MHS students.
See HERL, page 15
Happy Valentine?s
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Middleton
wins battle of
the Cardinals
BIG8
standings
PAGE 12
MHS ready for

Madison Memorial
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Bring on Madison Memorial.

Thats how Middletons boys basketball team was feeling late Friday
night following an impressive 58-52
win over Sun Prairie.
Middleton improved to 13-4 overall
and 10-3 in the Big Eight Conference.
The win kept Middleton within -game
of league leaders Madison Memorial
and Madison East, and set up a monster
game Thursday when the Spartans
come to Middleton at 7:30.
Its going to be a lot of fun, said
Middleton sophomore guard C.J.
Fermanich, whose team was routed by
the Spartans, 73-46, on Jan. 3. I think
were a better team than the first time
we played them, so well see.
Middleton coach Kevin Bavery
agreed.
Were coming off two pretty big
wins a row right now, and I think were
about as confident as we can be,
Bavery said. Weve obviously got to
play much better than the first time we
saw them, but I think we will.
Middleton played awfully well in
toppling Sun Prairie the consensus
preseason favorite for a second time.
Fermanich led a balanced attack
with 13 points, while fellow sophomore
guard Storm Murphy continued his
recent torrid play with 10 points. Senior
center Ian Hokanson and junior forward
Cody Markel both added nine points.
Sun Prairie (10-7, 7-6) senior forward J.T. Ruffin had 13 of his 16 points
in the fourth quarter, when the visitors
made a late-game charge. Sun Prairie
junior forward Rod Johnson also added
16 points.
Sun Prairie has been without senior
guard and Marquette recruit Nick
Noskowiak since Dec. 19. Noskowiak
is battling depression, and without him,
Sun Prairie has lost five of its last six
games.
A lot of times when you lose a player of his skill level, the other guys rally
for a little while, Bavery said. But
eventually, losing a player that good can
catch up to you.
Sun Prairie still has a lot of talented
kids and we saw that (Friday). Theyll
still be an awfully tough team to play in
the tournament.
Sun Prairie was certainly tough
again Friday, and built a 23-16 lead late
in the first quarter. But over a stretch of
8 minutes, 26 seconds spanning the end
of the second quarter and nearly the
entire third quarter, Middleton
embarked on a remarkable 20-0 run.
The burst spanned the final 57 seconds of the first half and nearly 7
minutes of the third quarter. And when
the run ended, Middleton had taken
control of the game and held a 36-23
lead.
Big stretch, Bavery said. For
sure.
Murphy got things started with a pair
of free throws late in the first half, then
Markel knocked down a shot with 5
seconds left in the half to pull
Middleton within 23-20 at the break.
Fermanich opened the second half
with consecutive baskets in a 15-second
span, then senior guard Tyler Ballweg
drained a three-pointer that extended
the run to 11-0 and stretched
Middletons lead to 27-23.
Hokanson and Fermanich followed
League Overall
W L
W L
Mad. Memorial ... 11 3
13 5
13 5
Madison East ..... 11 3
Middleton .......... 10 3
13 4
Beloit Memorial ... 8 6
12 6
Sun Prairie .......... 7 6
10 7
Verona ................ 7 7
11 7
Mad. La Follette .. 6 7
8 8
Madison West ...... 4 9
7 10
Jnsville Craig ....... 2 12
4 14
Jnsville Parker ..... 2 12
2 16
with baskets, then Markel drilled a

three-pointer. Finally, senior forward
Andrew Gardner capped the remarkable run with a basket that gave
Middleton a 36-23 lead.
During Middletons surge, it scored
on nine of 14 possessions and had just
one turnover. Sun Prairie, on the other
hand, went 13 straight possessions
without a point and had seven turnovers
in that stretch.
Our defense there was really good,
Fermanich said. And we were able to
get our shooters some shots.
Sun Prairie wasnt finished, though.
Middletons lead remained 44-32
with 5 minutes left in the game, when
Sun Prairie embarked on a 9-2 burst and
closed within 46-41. Sun Prairie later
pulled within 50-47 with 1:18 left when
junior guard Sam Kerr drilled a threepointer, was fouled by Markel, and
completed the four-point play.
But down the stretch, Middleton was
money from the free throw line, hitting
12-of-12 in the final 2:19 of the game
and 19-of-20 overall.
I dont think Ive ever had a team
shoot 19-of-20, Bavery said. Thats
unbelievable.
The biggest foul shots of the night
came from Fermanich.
Sun Prairie had pulled within 54-52
following a Ruffin three-pointer with
23 seconds left. Fermanich then went to
the line with 20.7 seconds left and
calmly drained a pair.
Middleton followed with a defensive
stop, then Markel hit a pair of foul shots
with 5.4 ticks remaining to ice the
game.
I just kind of told myself, Ive shot
1,000 free throws, Ive made 1,000 free
throws, Fermanich said. So I wasnt
really nervous and just tried to keep my
composure.
He did and so did Middletons
entire group.
Now, first place in the Big Eight is
on the line Thursday. For a Middleton
team picked for sixth place in the conference when the season began, these
are exciting times.
Its awesome, Fermanich said.
Nobody picked us to do this.
Hopefully we can keep it going.
Feb. 6
Middleton 58, Sun Prairie 52
Sun Prairie ... 4 19 2 27 52
Middleton ... 4 16 16 22 58
SUN PRAIRIE Johnson 16, Kerr 9,
Hauser 5, Black 6, Ruffin 16. Totals 17 11-13 52.
MIDDLETON Ballweg 3, Joers 2,
Hokanson 9, Murphy 10, Maly 2, Eady 6,
Gardner 4, Markel 9, Fermanich 13. Totals 17 1920 58.
3-point goals SP 7 (Johnson 3, Kerr 2,
Hauser 1, Ruffin 1), M 5 (Ballweg 1, Hokanson
1, Murphy 1, Markel 1, Fermanich 1).Total fouls
SP 19, M 18.
Times-Tribune
photo by Mary
Langenfeld
Tyree
Eady
a
n
d
M i d d l e t o n s
boys basketball
team
defeated Sun
Prairie
last
Friday.
Gymnasts second at
Middleton Invite
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Middletons girls gymnastics

team had a terrific performance last
Saturday.
The Cardinals finished second at
the nine-team Middleton Invite.
Mukwonago/East
Troy/Kettle
Moraine the No. 1 team in the
state won the meet with a 144.70
team score, while the Cardinals were
second (136.90).
Madison West (131.250), Sun
Prairie (131.20) and Verona/Madison
Edgewood (131.075) rounded out the
top five.
We went into the meet with the
goal of having fun, and hopefully
placing in the top three in the
process, Middleton coach Kari
Steck said. Both goals were accomplished by the girls, finishing second
and beating all of our conference and
sectional teams present.
It was very clear that our girls
were having a blast, and great to see
other teams having fun too. Ive said
it 1,000 times ... and that is really
what its all about. When the girls
graduate from Middleton, it isnt
going to matter how many medals
they have or how many times they
won an invitational. What matters is
their character, and thats something
that we really stress to the girls.
They are a welcoming, fun, intelligent group of young women, and
that shows through their routines.
Success is defined so differently by
so many coaches, but for us its a
successful meet if the girls are leav-
ing happy, regardless of our team

score or the number of falls we had.
Middleton sophomore Madeline
Pflasterer-Jennerjohn finished third
in the all-around competition, while
senior Lucy Bergenthal was eighth.
Freshman Chloe Young also notched
a 19th place finish in the all-around.
Bergenthal finished first on the
vault (9.375) and PflastererJennerjohn tied for second (9.30).
Senior Marie Lawton was 12th
(8.450) and freshman Eleanor
Mackey was 18th (8.30).
Pflasterer-Jennerjohn was fifth on
the floor (9.10) and Bergenthal was
sixth (9.075). Junior Katherine
Marshall was 16th (8.40) and Young
was 23rd (8.050).
Pflasterer-Jennerjohn was sixth
on the uneven bars (8.850) and
Bergenthal was seventh (8.775).
Marshall was 16th (8.0) and senior
Karlee Ketelboeter was 22nd
(7.825).
Pflasterer-Jennerjohn was also
seventh on the balance beam (8.80)
and Marshall was 10th (8.225).
Senior Lauren Ace was 11th (8.20)
and Young was 13th (8.175).
There has been so much growth
in the team this year, Steck said.
We started the season as a young
team, and there has been so much
improvement in each of the girls. Its
neat to see them grow throughout the
season. Its obvious in the scores as
well.
You see freshmen like Chloe
Young and Eleanor Mackey gaining
new skills every week, and increasing their scores and subsequently
increasing our team score. On the

opposite end, there are seniors who
are also constantly improving and
working hard, while being great role
models and leaders for the underclassmen.
Senior Lucy Bergenthal nailed
her double back on floor for the first
timeon Saturday, and her expression
was priceless. She was so excited
that she forgot one of her tumbling
passes in her routine, but thats not
important. What was important was
her contagious excitement that carried over to the rest of the team.
Middleton 137.10, Madison
West 133.375 The Cardinals toppled the Regents in a dual meet last
Thursday.
Middleton sophomore Madeline
Pflasterer-Jennerjohn finished first
on the floor (9.350) and the bars
(8.750). Pflasterer-Jennerjohn was
also second on the vault (9.0) and
fourth on the beam (8.50).
Cardinals senior Lucy Bergenthal
won the vault (9.150) and was second on the floor (9.225). Bergenthal
was also third on the bars (8.40) and
sixth on the beam (8.275).
Middletons Chloe Young was
third on the beam (8.525), seventh on
the floor (8.50) and eighth on the
vault (8.275). Katherine Marshall
was fourth on the floor (8.70) and
seventh on the bars (7.90).
Eleanor Mackey was sixth on the
vault (8.30), Karlee Ketelboeter was
seventh on the bars (8.050) and
Lauren Ace was seventh on the beam
(8.20).
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Hockey Cardinals earn No. 1 seed
Katherine Marshall and Middletons gymnasts finished second at their own

invitational last Saturday.
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
They have exceeded all expectations except perhaps their own.

They have a Big Eight Conference
championship on their rsum and
havent lost in their last nine outings.
And now, Middletons hockey
team also has the No. 1 seed in its sectional. The Cardinals earned a first
round bye, then host the winner of No.
8 Oregon and No. 9 Sun Prairie in a
regional final Feb. 20 at 8 p.m. inside
Capitol Ice Arena.
The sectional semifinals are Feb.
24 and the sectional final is Feb. 28.
Our sectional is extremely difficult and certainly one of the strongest,
if not the strongest in the state,
Middleton coach Steffon Walby said.
Madison Memorial is the No. 2
seed,
followed
by
Madison
Edgewood, Madison West, Verona,
Monona Grove, Waunakee, Oregon,
Sun Prairie, McFarland, DeForest and
Madison La Follette/East.
Middleton received the No. 1 seed
after the initial vote, and Madison
Memorial challenged. Both teams
were then given a minute to make
their case, and after doing so, the
teams all voted again.
Middleton (17-3-2) won the second
vote, as well, leaving Memorial (17-51) to settle for the No. 2 seed.
What does it mean to the guys?
Walby said when asked about being
the top seed. Pretty simple. It means
that they worked hard enough, and
sacrificed enough to be awarded the
honor. They are pumped about the
playoffs and certainly remain grounded.
The Cardinals certainly seem ready
Eddy Matush and Middletons hockey team are the No. 1 seed in their sectional.
for a postseason push.

Middleton rolled to a 6-2 win over
Waunakee last Thursday. The
Cardinals then toppled Kettle
Moraine/Mukwonago, 3-1, last
Saturday.
In Middletons win over the
Warriors, six different Cardinals
scored. Goalie Max McConnell also

shined with 28 saves.
Middleton trailed, 1-0, early in the
second period when Nikko Miller
scored at the 3:32 mark on assists
from Daylon Reifsteck and Jordan
Hylbert. Eric Karwoski scored at 8:59
on an assist from Wes Rock, then
Colin Butler made it 3-1 at 13:36 on

assists from Nolan Kouba and Joey
Duff.
Waunakee closed within 3-2 at
16:15. But just 16 seconds later, Eddie
Matush gave the Cardinals a 4-2 lead
on assists from Garrett Graf and Jake
Livesy.
Hylbert scored just 16 seconds into

the third period on an assist from
Griffin Gussell. Then Justin Engelkes
scored at 12:21 on an assist from Graf.
The Cardinals also had an impressive
win
over
the
Kettle
Moraine/Mukwonago co-op team (148-1).
Reifsteck scored at 5:51 of the first
period to give Middleton a quick 1-0
lead. It stayed that way until early in
the third period when KM/Muk got
the equalizer.
But Kouba scored the game-winner
with just 1:45 left on assists from
Engelkes and Butler. Then Hylbert
notched an even strength goal at 16:12
and the Cardinals escaped with a
thrilling win.
We had a great week, Walby
said. The guys played well in both
contests.
We had a few injuries that kept
some key players out of the lineup.
The nice thing is this didnt phase us
and we were able to insert some JV
guys and win key games.
Im not sure if we are peaking or
not, but we certainly are playing more
consistent. The guys are really
focused, and other than schoolwork
and classes, there isnt much else that
they are thinking about.
On deck: Middleton was at
Madison West Tuesday, then travels to
Baraboo/Portage Thursday at 7:30
p.m. for its final regular season game
of the year.
Saying thanks: Walby wanted to
thank the parents, high school faculty
and student body.
They all have played a huge part
in our success, he said.
Swimmers third at Big 8 meet

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by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Middletons boys swimming and

diving team finished third at the Big
Eight Conference meet last Saturday.
The meet was held at Middleton High
School.
Madison Memorial scored 714
points and ran away with the team
title. Madison West (486), Middleton
(384), Verona/Mount Horeb (212) and
Sun Prairie (209) rounded out the top
five.
We had another great meet this
weekend, Middleton coach Sam
Niesen said. We had a good mixture
of fully-tapered, partially-tapered, and
unrested swimmers, but everyone
stepped up and did a great job.
Middletons 200-yard medley relay
team of senior Lex Peterson, senior
Rory Slattery, senior Derek Pettit and
sophomore Harrison Bielski finished
second.
The Cardinals quartet of senior
Josh Reddemann, Pettit, Peterson and
junior Jacob Aegerter was fifth in the
400 yard freestyle relay. And
Middletons foursome of Pettit,
Bielski, Reddemann and Aegerter finished sixth in the 200 yard freestyle
relay.
Slattery was second in the 100 yard
breaststroke, while Will Zocher was
fifth and junior Ethan Lengfeld was
10th. Aegerter was fifth in the 200
yard IM and Slattery was ninth.
Bielski was sixth in the 50 yard
freestyle, while Reddemann was seventh in the 200 yard freestyle and
sophomore Luke Delaney was eighth.
Peterson was sixth in the 100 yard fly,
while Pettit was eighth and Delaney
was ninth.
Aegerter was sixth in the 500 yard
freestyle, while Peterson was seventh.
Bielski was seventh in the 100 yard
freestyle and senior Andrew Collier
was 11th.
Sophomore Erick Grelle was also
10th in the 100 yard backstroke.
Memorial and West dominated
throughout the meet, but we still have
room to go for this season and hopefully we can have some surprising
Lex Peterson and Middletons boys swimming team finished third at the Big Eight Conference meet.
breakout swims, Niesen said.There

were plenty of best times overall, and
Im eagerly awaiting these next two
weekends to see what our guys can do
as a team.
On deck: The Cardinals will
compete at the Middleton Sectional
Saturday beginning at 1 p.m.
Feb. 7
Big Eight Conference meet
Team scores: Madison Memorial 714,
West
486,
Middleton
384,
Madison
Verona/Mount Horeb 212, Sun Prairie 209,
Janesville Parker 111, Janesville Craig 100,
Beloit Memorial 39, Madison East 15, Madison
La Follette 7.
200-yard medley relay:1, Madison Memorial
(Temprano, Henry, Gebhart, Kaldor), 1:36.99; 2,
Middleton, 1:39.47; 3, Madison West, 1:39.89; 4,
Madison Memorial, 1:39.92; 5, Middleton,
1:42.81; 6, Verona/Mount Horeb, 1:43.29.
200 freestyle: 1, Horton, MM, 1:45.68; 2,
Baird, MM, 1:46.04; 3, Patterson, MM, 1:47.69;
4, Weng, MW, 1:49.68; 5, Wellnitz, VMH,
1:50.44; 6, Sato, MW, 1:50.80.
200 individual medley: 1, Sanchez, MM,

1:59.13; 2, Cardwell, MW, 2:00.91; 3, Loftus, JC,
2:01.51; 4, Radloff, MM, 2:02.09; 5, Aegerter,
Mid, 2:02.50; 6, Altaweel, MW, 2:02.57.
50 freestyle:1, Peterson-Weber, MM, :21.92;
2, Kaldor, MM, :22.00; 3, Meara, MW, :22.31; 4,
Menninga, MM, :22.48; 5, Hanauer, MM, :22.66;
6, Bielski, Mid, :22.67.
100 butterfly: 1, Gebhart, MM, :52.43; 2,
Menninga, MM, :53.05; 3, Weaver, MW, :53.19;
4, Haerr-Hartman, MM, :53.40; 5, OKeefe, MW,
:53.60; 6, Peterson, Mid, :53.92.
100 freestyle: 1, Temprano, MM, :48.10; 2,
Meara, MW, :48.20; 3, Peterson-Weber, MM,
:48.66; 4, Brehmer, SP, :49.60; 5, Sato, MW,
:49.95; 6, Battaglia, MM, :50.12.
500 freestyle: 1, Miller, MM, 4:47.47; 2,
Horton, MM, 4:47.49; 3, Weng, MW, 4:47.85; 4,
Radloff, MM, 4:59.31; 5, Reddemann, Mid,
4:59.66; 6, Aegerter, Mid, 5:00.16.
200 freestyle relay: 1, Madison Memorial
(Menninga, Kaldor, Haerr-Hartman, PetersonWeber), 1:27.39; 2, Sun Prairie, 1:29.12; 3,
Madison Memorial, 1:29.34; 4, Madison West,
1:29.71; 5, Janesville Parker, 1:30.20; 6,
Middleton, 1:30.83.
100 backstroke:1, Temprano, MM, :51.77; 2,
Wowk, MM, :53.91; 3, OKeefe, MW, :54.75; 4,
Chen, MM, :55.95; 5, Weaver, MW, :55.99; 6,

Meixner, SP, :56.66.
100 breaststroke: 1, Kaldor, MM, :59.50; 2,
Slattery, Mid, 1:01.47; 3, Cardwell, MW,
1:01.55; 4, Sanchez, MM, 1:01.61; 5, Zocher,
Mid, 1:01.68; 6, Wheeler, MW, 1:03.34.
400 freestyle relay: 1, Madison Memorial
(Menninga, Horton, Peterson-Weber, Temprano),
3:14.11; 2, Madison Memorial, 3:15.63; 3,

Madison West, 3:16.42; 4, Sun Prairie, 3:17.98;
5, Middleton, 3:21.07; 6, Janesville Parker,
3:22.34. Diving: 1, Munns, MW, 481.40; 2,
Swanson, MM, 450.65; 3, Wolmutt, VMH,
448.30; 4, Zocher, Mid, 425.55; 5, Smith, MM,
381.05; 6, Krantz, Mid, 353.75.
Middletons Mitchell Herl accepted a preferred walk-on offer to play football at the University of Wisconsin.
n HERL
That was awesome, Herl said of

National Signing Day. Just to have
that much support and all of the congratulations it was really nice to
have.
The 6-foot-4, 220-pound Herl had
a breakout senior season and began
catching the eyes of scouts everywhere.
Herl had 36 receptions for 632
yards and seven touchdowns. Herl
also averaged 17.6 yards per catch and
was a beast with the ball in his hands.
Herl was a first-team all-Big Eight
Conference selection, as well as an
all-state pick. And Herl helped

Middleton win the conference and
post a 9-2 overall record.
Hes such a big target and gives
me such a big passing radius,
Middleton quarterback Kellan Schulz
said during the season about Herl. I
just need to get it near him and hell
make the catch.
Herls strength and speed numbers
were solid, too.
Herl runs the 40-yard dash in 4.70
seconds, squats 365 pounds and
benches 275.
Herl, who carries a 3.7 grade point
average and posted a 31 on the ACT,

was
also
considering
Duke,
Pennsylvania and Princeton. In the
end, though, the school right down the
street offered the most.
It was the biggest school, best
facilities, Herl said. I just felt like it
was the right place for me.
Herl wasnt sure what his future
held when former UW coach Gary
Andersen and his staff resigned in
December. But new head coach Paul
Chryst and tight ends coach Mickey
Turner immediately let Herl know he
was wanted.
Herl recently had dinner with
Chryst and gave him a verbal commitment.
That was a lot of fun, Herl said.
The Badgers brought two scholarship tight ends in with this recruiting
class. And Herl knows hell have his
work cut out to make a significant
contribution someday.
But work ethic has never been an
issue for Herl. Neither has intelligence.
Which is why Herl could someday
join the long list of UW walk-ons
one that includes J.J. Watt, Jim
Leonard, Chris Maragos and Jared
Abbrederis that have gone on to
great things.
Hes such a bright kid and he
works really hard, Simon said. He
had a great senior year and hes
only going to get better.
n GIRLS BB
Verona didnt exactly light it up during that stretch, shooting 4-of-10

(40.0%) while turning the ball over
three times. But the Wildcats did
enough to escape with a huge win.
Im just happy as (heck) and am
going to enjoy this win, said Verona
coach Angie Murphy, a former
Middleton standout who once played
for Kind. I know how good Middleton
is and how dangerous they are. So to
come here and win is huge for us.
The difference in the game was
Veronas inside strength.
The Wildcats trio of Alex Luehring,
Grace Mueller and Kira Opsal who
are all 6-foot-2 combined for 45
points and 27 rebounds. Mueller had 18
points and 10 rebounds, while Opsal
had 17 points and eight rebounds.
Middleton, meanwhile, could get
almost nothing going inside and was
forced to settle for mostly jump shots.
Norregaard led the Cardinals with 15
points, while sophomore guard Bria
Lemirande added 12 and senior forward
Jenna Blair chipped in with nine.
We said at the start of the fourth
quarter that we had to get the ball
inside, Murphy said. And we did a
really good job if that.
Middleton did a terrific job with its
full court press throughout. The
Cardinals forced 27 turnovers that led
to several easy baskets in transition.
But Verona had just three of its
turnovers in the fourth quarter. And
when the Cardinals were forced to run
their offense in the half court, they
couldnt convert.
Verona definitely controlled the
game inside, said Kind, whose team
shot just 29.2% for the game (19-of65). You just cant allow a team to
dominate like that.
The game was Spandex tight
throughout. Middletons biggest lead
was six points and Veronas was just
five.
The first half featured six lead
changes and five ties, and Verona held a
29-28 edge at the break.
The Cardinals used a 10-2 run to
take a 23-17 lead with 6:06 remaining
in the second quarter. Both Norregaard
and Lemirande drained three-pointers
to cap the run.
Verona answered, though, as
Mueller went on a personal 8-0 run to
give the Wildcats a 25-23 lead.
Mueller had 12 points in the half to
pace Verona, while Norregaard had
nine to lead the Cardinals.
Middleton got consecutive threepointers from Jenna Blair and
Lemirande within a 26-second stretch
early in the third quarter and took a 3631 lead.
Verona fought back and tied the
game at 43 with 7:02 left in the game.
But Blair drained a three-pointer and a
Norregaard free throw put the Cardinals
ahead, 47-43.
Thats when Middleton went silent
and Verona took control.
Opsal had a rebound basket that
gave the Wildcats a 49-47 lead with
3:53 left that they wouldnt relinquish.
Its a tough one, Kind said. Real
tough.
Sophomore guard Bria Lemirande
scored a career-high 26 points and lifted
Middleton past Sun Prairie last
Thursday. Senior forward Jenna Blair
added 14 points and senior guard
BIG8
PAGE 15
standings
League Overall
W L
W L
Jnsville Craig ..... 14 1
17 2
Verona ............... 13 2
17 2
Middleton .......... 12 3
15 4
Jnsville Parker .... 10 5
13 6
Sun Prairie .......... 8 7
10 9
Mad. Memorial .... 6 9
7 11
Madison East ...... 5 10
8 11
Madison West ..... 4 11
4 14
Mad. La Follette .. 3 12 3 15
Beloit Memorial ... 0 15 1 18
Elizabeth Norregaard scored 11.

The teams were tied at 37 at halftime
and Middleton held a 61-58 lead heading to the fourth quarter. But Middleton
used a 7-0 run late in the game to take a
72-64 lead and gain some separation.
Sun Prairie freshman guard Jayda
Jensen led the visitors with 19 points.
Middleton 68, Madison
Memorial 31 The Cardinals raced to
a 19-3 lead after the first quarter,
extended that to 32-8 by halftime and
never looked back last Saturday.
Sophomore guard Bria Lemirande
led a balanced attack with 14 points.
Senior guard Elizabeth Norregaard
added nine points and senior center
Cole Jordee had eight.
On deck: Middleton hosts
Madison West Friday at 7:30 p.m. Kind
will then take part in the postseason
seeding meeting Sunday.
Janesville Craig and Verona are virtual locks for the No. 1 and 2 seeds,
while Middleton will be the frontrunner
for the No. 3 seed.
Feb. 10
Verona 52, Middleton 49
Verona ...... 15 14 10 13 52
Middleton . 17 11 15 6 49
VERONA C. Trilling 2, Luehring 10,
Mueller 18, Opsal 17, Schraufnagel 2, Erdman 2,
Rudnicki 1. Totals 22 7-12 52.
Norregaard
15,
MIDDLETON
Fermanich 2, Thomas 1, Blair 9, Jordee 6, B.
Lemirande 12, Douglas 2, White 2. Totals 19 410 49.
3-point goals V 1 (Luehring), M 7
(Norregaard 2, Blair 3, B. Lemirande 2).
Feb. 7
Middleton 68, Madison Memorial 31
Middleton .... 19 13 14 22 68
Madison Memorial .... 3 5 9 14 31
MIDDLETON
Norregaard
9,
A.Lemirande 4, Douglas 4, Fermanich 6, Thomas
2, Blair 6, Jordee 8, B. Lemirande 14,
C.Lemirande 3, Ballweg 6, White 6. Totals 27 45 68.
MADISON MEMORIAL Mortensen 1,
Johnson 2, Heinen 3, Franken 8, Stroud 15, Keita
2. Totals 9 11-18 31.
3-point goals Mi 10 (Norregaard 1, Blair
2, B.Lemirande 4, C.Lemirande 1), MM 2
(Heinen 1, Franken 1). Total fouls Mi 20,
MM 11.
Feb. 5
Sun Prairie .. 18 19 21 13 71
Middleton 17 20 24 16 77
SUN PRAIRIE B. Jansen 6, Hartnett 6, J.
Jansen 19, Coulthart 15, Blair 7, Mecum 7, Miller
2, Huser 10. Totals 29 9-14 71.
MIDDLETON Norregaard 11, A.
Lemirande 6, Webber 3, Fermanich 4, Thomas 2,
Blair 14, Bergum 8, Jordee 3, B. Lemirande 26.
Totals 25 15-20 77.
3-point goals SP 4 (Coulthart 3, Mecum
1), M 12 (Norregaard 2, Webber 1, Fermanich 1,
Blair 4, B. Lemirande 4). Total fouls SP 22, M
18. Fouled out Jansen.
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n WRESTLERS
Middleton had a somewhat uneven

performance during the regular season.
But the Cardinals picked the perfect
time to have their best meet of the year.
In addition to Benedicts heavyweight championship, Shay Haase
(160 pounds) and Taggart Haase (182)
both won titles.
Middletons Chris Rogers added a
second place finish at 132 pounds.
Early in the season we were disappointed, Shay Haase said. People
werent doing their part. But
(Saturday), everyone did their part,
and everyone was excited to see our
full potential.
Middletons title meant that for the
fourth straight year it captured a championship during either the dual meet
season or at the conference tournament.
We knew that our dual meet performance was not representative of our
true potential as a team, Benedict
said. During the season, our team was
never full strength. We had to give up
weight classes in one way or another. It
took a lot of time to make sure the
entire team was on the same page.
Winning this conference tournament and now sharing the conference
title is pretty awesome. For the seniors,
this is our fourth conference title and
not many people can say that. We are
very excited as a team, but we are
keeping a short-term memory. We
knew conference would be the testing
grounds to prepare us for our team performance at regionals.
Middleton trailed Verona heading
to the final weight class, when
Benedict delivered in a big way.
Benedict received byes in both the
first round and the quarterfinals. In the
semifinals, Benedict pinned Veronas
Garrison Stauffer in 43 seconds.
Then in the title match, Benedict
pinned Michael Dunlap of Madison
East in 5:13.
While Benedict was giddy with his
personal performance, hes also thinking ahead to this Saturdays Waunakee
Regional, which begins at 9:30 a.m.
My goals reach beyond the Big
Eight, Benedict said. Its time to
prep for a tough regional and an even
tougher sectional. The home stretch to
state starts (Monday).
While Benedict was the hero,
Middleton had several other stellar
performances.
Shay Haase received a first round
bye, then pinned Caleb Burgess of
Janesville Parker in 45 seconds in the
quarterfinals. Shay Haase won by
technical fall over Salvatore Schiro of
Madison LaFollette in the semifinals.
Then in the title match, Shay Haase
defeated Aristide Serrano of Janesville
Craig, 3-0.
It felt right. Finally, I was able to
finish on top, Shay Haase said. My
goal for now is to focus on next weekend and be able to improve where I
need to.
Taggart Haase also opened with a
first round bye, then pinned Jared
Konkel of Madison LaFollette in 13
seconds in the quarterfinals.
In the semifinals, Taggart Haase
pinned Sun Prairies Miguel Chestnut
in 2:35. Then in the title match,
Taggart Haase edged Madison Easts
Andy Garcia, 3-2.
For me personally, its big and it
helps boost the confidence, Taggart
Haase said. Although it means a lot to
me to win, I am just preparing for the
next few weeks. I plan on making it to
the state tournament and making a
deep run at state.
Rogers, who finished second at
132, received a first round bye.
Rodgers then pinned Veronas Luke
Slekar in 18 seconds in the quarterfinals.
In the semifinals, Rogers won by
major decision over Gerardo Badillo
of Beloit Memorial, 11-1. In the title
match, though, Travis Bouzek of Sun
Prairie edged Rogers, 6-4.
Middleton got third place finishes
from Shamar Madlock (126) and Dion
Huff (138). And the Cardinals Colton
Best (106), Trevaun Turner (120),
Caleb Cymbalak (170), KaJuan
Redus (195) and Matthew Davey (220)
all notched fourth place finishes.
This is a big confidence booster
for the team, Taggart Haase said.
Hopefully everyone takes away some
things they need to improve on from
the win.
Also I hope everyone realizes that
we have a very good team and we have
the potential to make a run at team
state. With the conference win I expect
everyone to be ready for next week so
we can get another win.

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