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Practicing mindfulness
Residents, employees train to become dementia-friendly
SAMANTHA CHRISTIAN
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Turning the village purple

Oregon Area Senior Center director Alison Koelsch said the dementia-friendly initiative is moving full
steam ahead. She thinks people seem
to be catching on to what the purple
angel means, since Oregon is a smaller community.
The task forces goal is to train 50

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Village of Oregon

Investments,
developments
under review
Board considering
TIF for hotel,
Sanctuary,
purchase of lanes
BILL LIVICK
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Village officials continue to weigh their options

with two tax-increment
finance requests and a
recent appraisal on a
property that could be an
important asset as part
of a future civic campus
plan.
The Village Board met
in closed session Monday
to discuss TIF requests
and negotiations for a proposed hotel development
on the villages south side

and a proposed assisted

living facility on North
Main Street.
Tr u s t e e s a l s o d i s cussed in closed session
an appraisal the village
received for Oregon Bowl
on Spring Street, which
was valued at $305,000.
Officials see the property as a potentially key
component for redevelopment as part of a civic
campus that they hope
to create, possibly in the
next five years. Officials
conducted a workshop on
April 25 to gather ideas
for the campus design.
When the board
returned from closed session, it did not discuss
the projects. However,
the negotiations have

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Gun shop owner
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Gift shop manager Chris Meicher hangs the purple angel We are dementia-friendly window cling to the entrance of Hometown Pharmacy, 815 N. Main St., after staff was trained
on April 28.

Inside
How those with dementia
see the world
Page 8
percent of Oregons businesses and
organizations in which a proprietor greets the public by next year,
Koelsch said. So far, Oregon is on
track to train more than 18 of them by
October.
One of the first in the village to
become dementia-friendly was the
Oregon Area Fire/EMS Department,
and some members have already
started training others. While teaching Kwik Trip employees how to use

the automated external defibrillators,

EMS personnel also added in a lesson
about the dementia-friendly initiative.
Schmidt said she would like to
share that training concept with other
cities she is helping become dementia-friendly, because first responders
can reach out and add it to the community education they already do.
All of the schools will eventually be trained, as well, since seniors
often go to plays and sporting events,
Koelsch said.
Many of the tips learned in training
reinforce good customer service practices, but with an emphasis on why
doing something a certain way can
be particularly helpful or harmful for
someone with dementia.
A list of the places that are dementia-friendly will be updated on the village and chamber websites.

BILL LIVICK
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The owner of DOrazio

Cleaning Supply and Max
Creek Outdoors hasnt
been parking the trailer
advertising his business
on Park Street since late
January or early February.
But its not because hes
violated any village ordinance.
Steve DOrazio told

Annual pets section

The Observer on Monday he has chosen to stop

the controversial practice
because hes heard about
the complaints and wants
to get along, be a good
neighbor and help build
a strong community.
Max Creek Outdoors
sells firearms and ammunition, and DOrazio also
has a shooting range in
his building at 1042 Park
St.
I have done nothing
wrong or against the law,
DOrazio said. Thats
what this is all about. I

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By 2020, Wisconsin will have an

estimated 114,126 residents with
dementia. Thats enough to fill nearly all the seats in Lambeau Field and
Miller Park.
Unless effective prevention and
treatment options are discovered,
that number is expected to double 20
years later, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
By now, youve likely already met
someone with dementia whether
you realized it or not. Perhaps its the
quiet, confused person who held up
the checkout line in front of you or
your friends parent whos turned into
a loose cannon. Maybe its even your
boss, who seems more agitated and
forgetful.
The increasing amount of interactions most people have with dementia
sufferers is why initiatives are popping up all over the state, as well as
the rest of the world. The goal is to
bring awareness and understanding of
the effects of dementia-type diseases, like Alzheimers, to residents and
employees.
If people without dementia can
to learn to be more compassionate,
supportive and accepting, those with
it, and their caregivers, too, can feel
engaged, rather than isolated in their
communities.
Over the past few months, about a
dozen people representing the village,
chamber of commerce, businesses,
schools, churches and assisted living
facilities have been meeting with Joy
Schmidt, a dementia care specialist
with Dane County Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC), to help
Oregon become a dementia-friendly
community.
The dementia-friendly community coalition has also been conducting free training sessions in less than
a half-hour for the employees and
members of interested businesses and
organizations.
Those who have been trained will
receive a certificate and can display
a purple angel logo on their window
or door, which is meant to show that
they are aware of the signs of dementia, that they will be welcoming and
respectful and that they have the tools
to better serve their customers.

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Volunteers document Town of Brooklyn barns

Group surveys
101 structures in
township
BILL LIVICK
Unified Newspaper Group

A group of volunteers has

completed an inventory of
101 barns in the Town of
Brooklyn.
Roseann Meixelsperger
organized the project after
the Brooklyn Area Historical Society received an
invitation from the Green
County Historical Society
to do the inventory.
Meixelsperger is a member of the historical society
in the Village of Brooklyn
and said she was interested in doing the inventory
because her family owns a
barn and shes interested in
documenting local history.
She said barns are
becoming less common
with the passing of time and
the decline of small farms.
People are going away
from the traditional barns,
and its also a dying thing
to have dairy or cattle, she
said.
After learning of a similar barn inventory in Michigan, Meixelsperger attended a training at the Monroe
Library about how to conduct the inventory.
She recruited a few other
volunteers her husband,

Photo submitted by RoseAnn Meixe

This barn on Freidig Road in the Town of Brooklyn is one of 101 barns surveyed in the inventory project.

Dan, Roger Krueger (who

served as the groups local
historian) and Cheryl Rezabek, who took photos
of the barns they visited.
They went before the Town
Board and got its blessing
for the project, in case

property owners questioned

what we were doing.
We also got a big green
sign from the historical
group that showed that it
was a Green County barn
inventory, with our four
names on it, she explained.

The group conducted the

survey March 22 through
April 12.
We completed the project in four sessions, she
said, generally four to six
hours each.
They divided the

township into four quadrants and systematically

drove east to west and then
north to south to get every
road, Meixelsperger said.
As her husband drove,
Meixelsperger recorded
information about each barn

on a standardized form.
Details included the color
of the barn, its type of roof,
and a handmade sketch of
the farmstead layout.
We had to do it to the
level of detail of what
shape was the roof, she
explained. Most of ours
fell into three categories:
gothic, gambrel or just a
gable roof.
Meixelsperger said a deputy sheriff told her group
they could take photos from
the road, but if they needed
to enter a driveway or go
onto someones property,
they would have to get the
owners permission.
We didnt have anyone
who objected to it, she
said of the people whose
farms the group visited. If
the barn was way off the
road, we would drive in
and talk to somebody and
it was always granted. We
had a few people who said
it was OK to interview them
because they really wanted
to share the history of their
barns.
Meixelsperger said she
was glad she had an opportunity to do the survey. She
was also glad she didnt
tackle the project by herself.
It would be overwhelming if you had to do it
alone, she said. I was glad
I had a team.
Contact Bill Livick at bill.
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Village of Oregon

Corrigan re-elected
as board chair

Jaycee Park could get 70-foot lights

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District 26 Supervisor Sharon Corrigan was

elected to a second term as
chair of the Dane County
Board of Supervisors at the
boards biennial organizational meeting April 19.
Corrigan, who represents
Middleton, said in a county
press release
last week
that she was
proud to
serve with
her fellow
Dane County
Board members, despite Corrigan
their differing opinions.
Decisions
we make really have impact
on the lives of people in the
county, she said. We have
a hallmark of what we do,
doing things innovatively
and achieving good government. We dont always
agree. We dont all vote the
same way. But weve each
felt that we were working
toward the common good
and trying to improve the
quality of life for people in
Dane County.
Judge Juan Colas administered the oath of office to
all supervisors, including
newcomers Haley Young,
representing the UW campus area; Richard Kilmer,
representing Madisons
near west and near south
sides and Danielle Williams, representing the

Dane County
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Oregon area
supervisor
District 31

Jerry Bollig
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About the
Board
The Dane County Board of Supervisors generally meets at
7p.m. on the first and
third Thursdays of the
month, with some variations on dates. Meetings
are held in Room 201 of
the City County Building
(210 Martin Luther King
Jr. Blvd., Madison) unless otherwise specified.
Cottage Grove area.
District 17 Supervisor
Jeff Pertl, who represents
part of Madison, was elected First Vice Chair. District 23 Supervisor Sheila
Stubbs, who represents part
of Madison, was elected
Second Vice Chair.

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The Oregon School District is asking the Village

of Oregon to allow an
exception to its height limit for lighting at proposed
athletic fields in Jaycee
Park.
The Village Planning
Commission will hold a
public hearing on the lighting, which would be more
than double the villages
height limit for lights, for
those fields at its May 5
meeting, which begins at
6:30p.m. in Village Hall.
The meeting will also
include a commission discussion of the site plan for
those fields, a public hearing on the proposed Sanctuary senior complex at
249 N. Main St. and a conceptual discussion of a new
home on the villages east
side for Recreational Concepts, which the owner has
said would request financial assistance.

Jaycee Park
OSD plans to build 10
separate facilities in Jaycee
Park, including two soccer
fields, a baseball field and
two softball fields.
The plan for the varsity soccer field specifically requests four 70-foot
tall lights, which would
far surpass the villages
standard limit of 25 feet.
Two other lights, both 35
feet and in the parking lot,
would also surpass that
limit.

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Lights for the baseball
and softball fields are not
specified, but will also
likely violate the current
limit. Village public works
director Jeff Rau said in
an email to OSD officials
that the current ordinance
does not allow any lighting above 25 feet, which
he called an oddity
because the football stadium already has lights that
are taller.
In the meeting packet, village planner Mike
Slavney recommended the
village change its lighting
rules to allow taller and
brighter lighting for athletic fields through a conditional use permit. The
commission is expected
to hold a public hearing
for that change in June. If
those changes are approved
by the Village Board later in the month, the board
could then approve the permit for the lights requested
by OSD.
The heights and the
brightness of those lights
are the subject of the May
5 public hearing. The rest
of the plans for the structures themselves do not
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The plan to redevelop the
former Methodist Church
on North Main Street into
a 106-unit affordable
senior residential care
apartment complex will
have its first public hearing
Thursday.
T h e bu i l d i n g , w h i c h
would have one-bedroom
and studio apartments,
meals, a salon, fitness
areas and outdoor seating,
would be four stories on
one wing and three stories
on the other.
Slavney listed six features of the development
plan that would violate
current zoning, including
the buildings height, signage and a proposed gazebo in a prohibited location.
The planner recommended,
however, that the commission recommend approval
of the plan subject to conditions like including a
sidewalk to the gazebo and
landscaping.

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discussion from the commission.

The commission will

have a conceptual discussion with no action on the
proposed 12,000-squarefoot building for Recreational Concepts.
The company, which
has been in Oregon for 14
years in two separate locations, has proposed a new
warehouse and retail facility at 1075 Park St. It would
include a showroom, offices, vehicle maintenance
area and loading docks.
Recreational Concepts
would also create an outdoor display area, which
would require a conditional use permit from the village.
Slavney recommended approval of the project
with a few small changes to the submitted plan,
mostly to create a better
visual for a major entrance
to the village.
The proposal would
redevelop an underutilized
property, and the proposed
development would take
advantage of the entire
site, with little to no wasted space, Slavney wrote
in his analysis of the project. The project supports
the expansion of a local
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Website just the start

of this years plans

ith 2016 in full swing,

weve already checked
a lot of things off our
to-do list at the Chamber.
The Annual Dinner held in
February was a huge success and
very well-attended. In March,
we published and distributed our
2016 Oregon Community Guides.
And the biggest to do of all was
just launched April 5 our new
website.
We still
have the
same address,
oregonwi.
com, but a
completely
new, vibrant
look. Please
check it out.
Knutson
It was a big
project a sort
of digital spring cleaning, so to
speak but were very pleased
with how it shows off our vibrant
community.
We embarked on redesigning
our website with the help of our
Board of Directors and the nice
folks at Chamber Master late last
year. Our main goal was to make
the new site more engaging and
user-friendly for both our members and the public at large.
Some familiar features, like
the scrolling calendar of events
have remained, but were given a
face-lift.
Weve also added some exciting new features.
For example, membership
applications are now fillable
online, and already some members have taken advantage of
that. Soon our members will be
able to log in to their proprietary
accounts at any time to make
updates to their information or
business descriptions, post job
openings and press releases, add
events to the calendar, promote

special offers or sales and even

add photos and graphics to their
listing.
The new site design will also
allow us to promote upcoming
chamber events more easily, linking directly to the event page and
allowing online registration and
payment with just a few clicks.
And maybe best of all, the new
site is mobile- and tablet-friendly, making navigation a snap no
matter what sort of device youre
using.
This upgraded website has
allowed us to be more efficient in
our day-to-day operations, which
in turn means we have more time
to focus on additional ways we
can serve our members and our
community.
With our Spring Business Expo
in the books and our golf outing
coming up in May, were hitting
the ground running. This coming
year, we plan to offer chamber
seminars on various topics of
interest, as well as after-hours
socials for networking and camaraderie. And of course, were
always looking forward to Summer Fest and this year its going
to be a great one.
The 2016 Summer Fest will
kick off on Thursday, June 23,
with live music by Universal
Sound, the carnival and food vendors, hot air balloon rides, softball tournament and the biggest,
best fireworks show weve ever
had. Fridays live entertainment
will feature Cherry Pie at 8:30
p.m.
On Saturday morning, runners
will toe up to the starting line for
the Summer Fest Classic Run/
Walk. This year, in addition to
the 5K/10K run and 2-mile walk,
weve added a more challenging
10-mile run course and a free 1K
run for kids 8 and under.
Our second annual Summer

Fest volleyball tournament will

start at 9 a.m., and check out the
Summer Fest Market in the main
tent from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Well
have lots of great vendors offering fun and unique items and services including health and wellness, jewelry, crafts, antiques and
face painting for all ages. And on
Saturday night, you can groove
to the sounds of Super Tuesday
starting at 8:30 p.m.
The final day of Summer Fest
will feature favorites like the Custom and Classic Car Show, Thrilla on the Grilla BBQ ribs and
chicken dinner, our huge community parade and carnival.
Dont forget about other summer events, like Tuesday evening
concerts in Waterman/Triangle
Park from 7-8 p.m. Oregon
Community Band will start their
concerts June 7 through July 5,
and the senior center, chamber of
commerce, library and Oregon
Rotary will offer variety of bands
July 12 through Aug. 23 (with the
exception of Aug. 2 National
Night Out will be downtown).
Were also excited about
getting involved in many new
economic development projects
that have recently been reported
about in the Observer. Many of
the proposed projects promise big
changes to Oregons economic
and physical landscape, and our
goal will be to ensure that these
changes benefit Oregons businesses and community members.
Its been a productive, busy
spring for us at the Chamber, and
were looking ahead to being a
part of many good things to come
for our community.
Judy Knutson is the executive
director of the Oregon Area
Chamber of Commerce.

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Library hosts Artists in Absentia

reception, screening May 12

Safety Day at Prairie

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Exhibit features art from

Oakhill inmates

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KATE NEWTON
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An exhibit featuring works of art

of inmates from the Oakhill Correctional Institution will visit the library
this month in an effort to bring their
creations out from the prison and
into dialogue with the community,
according to a news release.
The exhibit, titled Artists in
Absentia, includes poems and prose,
art, musical recordings and dramatic readings by the men in the facility, and is an initiative of the Oakhill
Prison Humanities Project (OPHP).
People can both view the exhibit and
watch a documentary about its creation, directed by filmmaker Marc
Kornblatt, from 6-7:45p.m. Thursday, May 12.
Established as a UW-based organization in 2013, the OPHP brings
together individuals and groups who
have been offering evening classes to inmates for nearly a decade at
Oakhill, a mens minimum-security
facility. The project encourages participants to engage with a variety
of texts, develop various skills, and
share a collaborative space for the
exchange of ideas in topics including drama/performance, creative
writing, art, literature and history.
Our project seeks to provide a
public space where the humanity of
those we seldom see may be reflected in creative exchange between artist and viewer, the release said. It

Photo submitted

The works that will be displayed in the Artists in Absentia exhibit at the Oregon Public
Library include Jon W.s Country Painting. An opening reception for the exhibit will be
held from 6-7:45p.m. Thursday, May 12 at the library.

Dane County, where we experience

the most racially disproportionate
incarceration rates per capita in the
What: Artists in Absentia exhibit reU.S.
ception and documentary screening
Oakhill Prison Humanities Project
volunteer instructors will introduce
When: 6-7:45p.m. Thursday, May 12
the exhibition and short documentary
Where: Oregon Public Library, 256
during the reception, and the exhibit
Brook St.
will be up through May throughout
Info: artistsinabsentia.com
the library.
For information, call 8353656. For more on the project,
visit artistsinabsentia.com or
also directly addresses the impor- oakhillprisonhumanitiesproject.
tance of engaging inmates voices in wordpress.com.

If You Go

KATE NEWTON

If You Go

As the weather warms

up and school winds down,
many families focus shifts
to summer safety. The villages annual Safety Day
provides a venue to discuss
and experience firsthand
topics and resources surrounding safety, and returns
for the 38th year from
9a.m. to noon Saturday,
May 7 at Prairie View Elementary School, 300 Soden
Dr.
The event, geared
towards children of all ages,
will feature tours of Oregon
Police Department squad
cars, Oregon Fire department fire trucks, ambulances, public works vehicles
and tractors, as well as childrens fingerprinting. The
Dane County Farm Bureau
will have a display, and car
seat check information will
also be available.
Attendees can meet
Oregon police officers,
the K-9 Unit, firefighters and EMS personnel,
public works crew members and other guests,
including Med Flight.
Representatives from area

What: 38th annual Safety Day

When: 9a.m. to noon
Saturday, May 7
Where: Prairie View Elementary School, 300
Soden Dr.
Info: 835-3111 ext. 241

hospitals will be on hand

to provide information,
and the Lions Club will
be conducting free vision
screening.
Breakfast snacks and
refreshments will be provided, and ham and turkey sandwiches will be
served on a first-come,
first-serve basis starting at
10:45a.m.
The event is sponsored
b y t h e O r eg o n P o l i c e
Department, Oregon Fire
and EMS District, Oregon
Community Education
and several local businesses and organizations.
For information, contact
Oregon Police Department Officer Cindy Neubert at 835-3111, ext. 241.

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PlayTime Productions presents Sleeping Beauty Saturday

KATE NEWTON
Unified Newspaper Group

Sleeping Beauty will pay

a visit to Oregon Saturday
as PlayTime Productions
traveling show makes a
stop in the Rome Corners
Intermediate School commons, 1111 S. Perry Pkwy.
The show, set for 4p.m.
in the schools commons,
is a modern take on the
Brothers Grimm classic,
according to a news release
from the childrens traveling theater, and features an
original musical score.
Just when you think
the story is familiar, a new
dimension appears, the
release said.
Sleeping Beauty has
made stops at 16 other Dane County venues,
and is performed by an
Photo submitted
all-youth cast ages 8-15.
Gort
(Kodiak
Dennis)
and
Heinz
(Jimmy
Toal)
serve
the
royal
castle
in
PlayTime
Productions
version of
About 5,000 county residents attend PlayTime Pro- Sleeping Beauty, which makes a stop in Oregon at 4p.m. Saturday in the Rome Corners Intermediate
School commons.
ductions shows annually.
Sleeping Beauty is
supported in part by a grant
from American Girls Fund
for Children, and is supWhat: PlayTime Producported by Dane Arts with
tions presents Sleeping
additional funding from
Beauty
the Pleasant T. Rowland
Foundation, the Madison
When: 4p.m. Saturday,
Arts Commission, the WisMay 7
consin Arts Board and the
Where: Rome Corners
St. Johns Lutheran Church
National Endowment for
Intermediate
School
the Arts.
625 E. Netherwood St., Oregon
commons, 1111 S. Perry
Tickets are $3 for adults
Pkwy.
and $1 for children.
Tickets: $3 adults, $1
For information, visit
children
playtimeproductions.org.
Saturday, May 14
Info: playtimeproductions.
8:00 am-4:00 pm
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Coming up
Brat Bash
Join the senior center for its eighth
annual Brat Bash from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Friday, May 6.
For $4, attendees will receive a freshgrilled brat and chips, or a fresh-grilled
hot dog and chips for $3. Beverages are
$1 each. The center will also deliver
orders of six or more to local businesses.
For information, call 835-5801.

Open mic
Join the Oregon Area Progressives
for its monthly open mic from 6-8 p.m.
Friday, May 6 at Firefly Coffeehouse,
114 Main St. Former U.S. Senator Russ
Feingold will appear to discuss his campaign for U.S. Senate and answer questions. Food and beverages will be available for purchase.
For information, call 469-4843.

Plant sale
The Oregon Dirty Knees Garden
Club will hold a plant sale from 9 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 7 at Waterman
Triangle Park, 101 Janesville St.
Perennials, annuals, hanging baskets,
vegetables, herbs and more will be for
sale. Oregon Garden Club members
can provide assistance, and all proceeds
benefit the Oregon/Brooklyn Food Pantry and the Oregon/Brooklyn satellite of
Habitat for Humanity. Donations for the
food pantry will also be accepted.
For information, contact Kim Sorbet

Churches
at kimmwahlgren@yahoo.com or 279- increments from 9:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.
5016.
Attendees will leave with recommended
adjustments and a list of resources.
Donation drive
CarFit is an educational program creRaise funds for the Oregon High ated by the American Society on Aging
School Class of 2017 and Oregon School and developed in collaboration with
District Scholarship Fund by participat- AAA, AARP and the American Occupaing in a donation drive from 1-3 p.m. tional Therapy Association. For informaSaturday, May 7 in the Rome Corners tion, contact Anne at 835-5801.
Intermediate School parking lot, 1111 S.
SCORE counseling
Perry Pkwy.
The following items will be accepted:
Tom Bradley of the business consultclothing and shoes, accessories, textiles ing service SCORE will offer free and
(bedding, towels, etc.), small electron- confidential advice for small businesses
ics, toys, kitchen utensils and cookware, by appointment from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
sports equipment and media (books, Tuesday, May 10 at the Oregon Area
CDs, DVDs, etc.). Cash donations will Chamber of Commerce, 117 Spring St.
also be accepted, and donations are tax
Bradley is prepared to discuss topics
deductible.
including starting a business, choosing a
Weapons, hazardous and flammable business structure, developing a business
materials, car parts, damaged items, beds plan and securing finances, as well proand bedding parts, TV and computer vide budgeting, marketing, sales manmonitors, infant products, food and large agement and accounting tips.
appliances will not be accepted.
For information or to schedule an
For information, contact Donna Prew appointment, call 835-3697.
at mdprew@frontier.com or 381-0698.

CarFit program
Find out if your car fits you during a
free CarFit program at 9:30 a.m. Monday, May 9 at the senior center.
CarFit is a program designed to give
participants a comprehensive check for
safety and how well you and your vehicle work together. A trained professional
will complete a 12-point CarFit checklist during appointments in 15-minute

Friends of Brooklyn Fire/EMS

The May meeting of the Friends of the

Brooklyn Fire/EMS will be held at 6:30
p.m. Wednesday, May 11 at the Brooklyn Fire Station.
Plans to continue ways to assist the
departments with fundraising and progress on grant writing will be discussed,
as well as an updated on the Rescue Kids
class. For information, contact Dave Hall
at davehall@tds.net.

Community calendar
Thursday, May 5
7 p.m. OMS pops concert, OMS
auditorium, 835-4800

9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Special Olympics Wisconsin Hometown Games,

Oregon High School, 456 N. Perry
Pkwy., specialolympicswisconsin.org
Friday, May 6
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Boy Scout car
10 a.m., Wonder Lab, library, 835wash fundraiser, Re/Max Preferred
3656(repeats Weds. and Thurs.)
parking lot, 116 Braun Road(repeats
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Eighth annual
Sunday)
Brat Bash ($4 for brats, $3 for hot
1-3 p.m., Donation drive, Rome
dogs), senior center, 873-8585
Corners parking lot, 1111 S. Perry
6-8 p.m., Oregon Area Progressives Pkwy., mdprew@frontier.com
open mic, Firefly Coffeehouse, 114
4-5:20 p.m., PlayTime Productions
Main St., 469-4843
presents Sleeping Beauty ($3
7 and 8:30 p.m., Comedy night,
adults, $1 children), Rome Corners
Headquarters Bar and Restaurant,
Intermediate School commons, 1111
101 Concord Dr., 291-0750
S. Perry Pkwy., playtimeproductions.
org
Saturday, May 7
Monday, May 9
9 a.m. to noon, 38th annual Safety
Day (all ages), Prairie View Elemen- 9:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., CarFit protary, 300 Soden Dr., 835-3111
gram (15-minute appts.), senior center, 835-5801
9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Oregon
Garden Club annual plant sale,
3:30 p.m., Maker Monday: Magical
Waterman Park, 121 Janesville St.,
Gardens (grades K-4), library, 835oregongardenclub@gmail.com
3656

Community cable listings

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

Thursday, May 5
Monday, May 9
WOW: Oregon Village
WOW: Squeezebox
Board Meeting (of May 2) Jamboree pt. 1 (of May
ORE: BKE/NKE Chorus 1)
Concert (of April 2015)
ORE: 6:30 pm
LIVEOregon School
Friday, May 6
Board Meeting
WOW:
Character
Breakfast @ OHS (of Tuesday, May 10
April 16)
WOW: Squeezebox
ORE: Snow White Jamboree pt. 2 (of May
NKE Play (of April 22)
1)
ORE: David Heim
Saturday, May 7
Senior Music Recital (of
WOW:
Universal May 1)
Sound Band @ Oregon
Summer Fest (of June Wednesday, May 11
2015)
WOW: UW Band &
ORE: RCI Band Con- Bahama Bob @ Oregon
certs (of May 3)
Senior Center (of May 6)
ORE: OMS Chorus
Sunday, May 8HAPPY Concert (of May 5)
MOTHERS DAY!
WOW: St. Johns Thursday, May 12
Lutheran Church Service
WOW: Russ Feingold
ORE: OHS Ultimate @ Open Mic (of May 6)
Frisbee vs Edgewood (of
ORE: Oregon School
April 28)
Board Meeting (of May 9)

Tuesday, May 10

9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Free SCORE business counseling (by appointment),

Oregon Chamber, 117 Spring St.,
835-3697
10 a.m., Wonder Lab, library, 8353656
6-7:30 p.m., Create Oregon!: Magical Gardens (ages 12 to adult; registration required), library, 835-3656

Wednesday, May 11
11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Computer Class:
Facebook Timeline Intermediate
($20), senior center, 835-5801
6:30 p.m., Friends of the Brooklyn
Fire/EMS meeting, Brooklyn Fire Station, davehall@tds.net
Thursday, May 12
1 p.m. OHS graduation, OHS, 8354300
6-7:45 p.m., Artists in Absentia
documentary screening and art
reception, library, 835-3656

Senior center
Monday, May 9
Hamburger on Bun
Buttered Corn, Pineapple
Blueberry Pie
VO: Veggie Patty
Tuesday, May 10
Meat Sauce w/ Whole
Wheat Spaghetti Noodles
Mixed Greens w/ Diced
Tomatoes and Dressing
Pear Slices, Garlic Bread
VO: Tomato Sauce w/
Zucchini
Wednesday, May 11
Egg Bake (Veggies and
Cheese)
Sausage and Hash Browns
Ambrosia Salad
Blueberry Muffins
VO: Veggie Sausage
Thursday, May 12
Chicken Broccoli Rotini
Salad
V-8 Juice, Peach Slices
Dinner Roll
VO: Cheese Broccoli Rotini
Salad
SO: Taco Salad
Friday, May 13
Lemon Baked Fish
Baked Potato, Coleslaw
Apple Crisp, W.W. Bread
VO: Rice Pilaf with Soy

*Contains Pork

Monday, May 9
AMReflexology, CarFit
9:00 CLUB
10:00 Dominoes
10:30 StrongWomen
11:45 Eyeglass Adjustments
1:00 Get Fit, 1:30 Bridge
4:00 Weight Loss Support
Tuesday, May 10
8:30 Zumba Gold
12:30 Sheepshead
12:30 Stoughton Shopping
6:00 StrongWomen
6:30 Pickleball at Oak St. Courts
Wednesday, May 11
9:00 CLUB, Wellness Walk
9:00 Veterans Group
9:00 Cards w/ Katie
11:00 Facebook Intermediate
1:00 Euchre, Get Fit
2:00 Knit/Crochet Group
Thursday, May 12
AMChair Massage
8:30 Zumba Gold
9:00 Pool Players, COA
10:30 StrongWomen
12:30 Shopping at Bills
1:00 Diabetic Support
1:00 Cribbage
6:00 StrongWomen
Friday, May 13
9:00 Club
9:30 Blood Pressure
9:45 Gentle Yoga
11:00 Chair Yoga
1:00 Get Fit

All Saints Lutheran Church

2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg

(608) 276-7729
Pastor Rich Johnson
SUNDAY
8:30 a.m. classic service
10:45 a.m. new song service

Brooklyn Lutheran Church

101 Second Street, Brooklyn

(608) 455-3852
Pastor Rebecca Ninke
SUNDAY
9 a.m. Holy Communion
10 a.m. Fellowship

Community of Life Lutheran

Church

PO Box 233, Oregon

(608) 286-3121, office@
communityoflife.us
Pastor Jim McCoid
SUNDAY
10 a.m. Worship at 1111 S. Perry
Parkway, Oregon

Community United Methodist

Church

201 Church Street, Brooklyn

(608) 455-3344
Pastor Aaron Alfred
SUNDAY
9:30 a.m. Worship

Faith Evangelical Lutheran

Church

143 Washington Street, Oregon

(608) 835-3554
Pastor Karl Hermanson
SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Worship
Holy Communion 2nd & last Sundays

First Presbyterian Church

408 N. Bergamont Blvd. (north of CC)

Oregon, WI
(608) 835-3082 - fpcoregonwi.org
Pastor Bob Vetter
SUNDAY
10 a.m. Service
10:15 a.m. Sunday School
11 a.m. Fellowship
11:15 a.m. Adult Education
Lenten Vesper Services Wednesday
evenings through March 23: 6 p.m.
Fellowship time, 6:15-6:45 p.m. vespers
worship service

Fitchburg Memorial UCC

5705 Lacy Road, Fitchburg

(608) 273-1008, www.memorialucc.org
Pastor: Phil Haslanger
Associate Pastor Twink Jan-McMahon
SUNDAY
8:15 and 10 a.m. Worship

Good Shepherd Lutheran

Church ECLA

Central Campus: Raymond Road and

Whitney Way
SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY - 8:15, 9:30 and10:45 a.m.
Worship West Campus: Corner of Hwy.
PD and Nine Mound Road, Verona
SUNDAY - 9 &10:15 a.m., 6 p.m.
Worship (608) 271-6633

Hillcrest Bible Church

752 E. Netherwood, Oregon

Eric Vander Ploeg, Lead Pastor
(608) 835-7972, www.hbclife.com
SUNDAY
8:30 a.m. worship at Oregon High
School PAC and 10:15 a.m. worship
with Childrens ministries, birth - fourth
grade

Holy Mother of Consolation

Catholic Church

651 N. Main Street, Oregon

Pastor: Fr. Gary Wankerl
(608) 835-5763
holymotherchurch.weconnect.com
SATURDAY: 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY: 8 and 10:15 a.m. Worship

Peoples United Methodist

Church

103 North Alpine Parkway, Oregon

Pastor Jason Mahnke
(608)835-3755, www.peoplesumc.org
Communion is the 1st & 3rd weekend
SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Worship and Sunday
school; 10:30 a.m. Worship

St. Johns Lutheran Church

625 E. Netherwood, Oregon

Pastor Paul Markquart (Lead Pastor)
(608) 835-3154
SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY - 8 and 10:30 a.m. Worship
9:15-10:15 a.m. Education Hour

Vineyard Community Church

Oregon Community Bank & Trust, 105

S. Alpine Parkway, Oregon - Bob Groth,
Pastor
(608) 513-3435, welcometovineyard.
com
SUNDAY - 10 a.m. Worship

Zwingli United Church of Christ

Paoli

At the Intersection of Hwy. 69 & PB

Rev. Sara Thiessen
(608) 845-5641
SUNDAY 9:30 a.m. Family Worship

Support groups
Alcoholics Anonymous
meeting, First
Presbyterian Church,
every Monday and
Friday at 7 p.m.
Caregiver Support
Group, Oregon Area
Senior Center, third
Monday of each month
at 9 a.m.
Diabetes Support
Group, Oregon Area
Senior Center, second
Thursday of each month
at 1:30 p.m.
Parents Supporting
Parents, LakeView
Church, Stoughton, third
Tuesday of every month
from 6:30-8 p.m.

Relationship & Divorce

Support Group, State
Bank of Cross Plains,
every other Monday at
6:30 p.m.
Veterans Group,
Oregon Area Senior
Center, every second
Wednesday at 9 a.m.
Weight-Loss Support
Group, Oregon Area
Senior Center, every
Monday at 3:30 p.m.
Navigating Life Elder
Support Group, Peoples
United Methodist
Church, 103 N. Alpine
Pkwy., every first
Monday at 7 p.m.

Delighting in the Misfortunes of Others

It is surprising that we dont have an English word for taking pleasure in the failures or misfortunes of others, given
how common the experience is. The Germans have a word
for this, Schadenfreude, which literally means harm joy,
and this experience can range from enjoying the spectacle
of seeing someone being punished who really deserves
it, to getting pleasure from seeing your least favorite team
lose, to the less respectable exper ence of laughing when
we see someone slip and fall. This is not one of humanitys
greatest attributes, but its universality suggests there might
be some function that it serves. Perhaps its just a way to
make us feel better, to feel that in comparison to those who
we work and go to school with, we really are superior. After
all, when I get an A and the guy behind me gets an F, this
just reflects my superior intelligence and better efforts at
studying. And if the guy behind me didnt study, didnt he
deserve to get an F? Perhaps the deeper meaning of this
experience is that it points to our innate sense of justice.
We want to see criminals punished and lazy st dents fail
their exams. However,we shouldnt take too much pleasure
in the misfortunes of others, and should remember that
compassion is the glue which holds society together.When
people get their just desserts, its okay to smile a bit, on the
inside of course, and not too enthusiastically.
Christopher Simon, Metro News Service
Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when they stumble,
do not let your heart rejoice. Proverbs 24:17 NIV

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Hometown Games return to Oregon Saturday, May 7

Cheer on local athletes
during the annual Special
Olympics Wisconsin Hometown Games from 9a.m. to
4p.m. Saturday, May 7, at
Oregon High School, 456 N.
Perry Pkwy.
More than 300 Special Olympics Wisconsin
(SOWI) athletes, 100 coaches and 100 volunteers will
participate in track and field
events during the games,

which have taken place for

15 years in Oregon. The
event serves as a qualifier for the State Summer
Games, which will be held
at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on June 9
and 10.
The opening ceremonies
will include the Parade of
Athletes as teams enter the
stadium, while law enforcement officers will participate

in the torch run and the

lighting of the cauldron
that signifies the start of
the games. Other activities
include Fans in the Stands,
where volunteers will be
handing out thunder-sticks
and hand clappers to families and friends.
Healthy Habits will be
offering free health education on dental hygiene, and
Unified Relays will have

teams consisting of athletes

with and without an intellectual disability joining forces
to race in the 4x100 relay.
The Hometown Games
is just one example of how
Special Olympics reveals
the champion in all of us
as athletes, coaches, and
volunteers, a SOWI news
release said. Through programming in sports, health,
education, and community

building, Special Olympics

is changing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities.
With the support of coaches and volunteers, Special
Olympics is able to provide
year-round sports training
and athletic competition in
17 Olympic-type sports to
nearly 10,000 individuals
with intellectual disabilities.
Anyone interested in

volunteering during the

games should contact their
local Special Olympics
office at 442-5679. For
weather updates, participants and volunteers can call
338-1417. To stay up to date
with the event, follow Special Olympics Wisconsin on
Facebook or Twitter.
For information, visit SpecialOlympicsWisconsin.org
or call (800) 552-1324.

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A look through their eyes

Employees learn what its like to have dementia and how to help
SAMANTHA CHRISTIAN

Remember
these tips

Unified Newspaper Group

Photo by Samantha Christian

Miranda Ortman and Scott Wichmann put on their dementia goggles during dementia-friendly training at Hometown Pharmacy on April 28.

the bright lighting and high

contrast between the color of
the chairs and floor at Hometown Pharmacy, which are
things most people dont pay
attention to.

Putting on the goggles

As they walked through
the business, the trainers
had the employees make
dementia goggles by forming a circle with each of their
hands and holding them up
to their eyes, which obstructed their peripheral vision and
strained their necks as they
looked around. This activity helped them understand
that dementia can be very

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disorienting even before an

interaction is made. They
were reminded that even soft
background music can be
distracting.
Things that we take for
granted could be confusing
(for someone with dementia), Dellemann said.
Dellemann then trained
two small groups of employees. She started by describing some of the signs of
dementia they should look
out for, including difficulty balancing, making decisions, finding the right words
or handling money. She
had employees put on their
dementia goggles, as well,
and asked them to imagine what it would be like
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language.
Dellemann also told the
group they should make
eye contact with the person,
approach them from the front
and avoid offering more than
one piece of information at
a time. That, she said, will
help to avoid startling or
overwhelming a person with
dementia.
When possible, she said,
go with the person to show
them where to find something rather than just pointing across the store.
Be patient and kind, Dellemann said. Smile, show
that youre listening and
speak slowly.

Patience is a virtue
While tips like these
are helpful for those with
dementia, treating all people
with respect is both common sense and good business
practice.
For one thing, dementia
has a big impact on caregivers, who may feel embarrassed by taking their loved
one out to a restaurant or
store knowing they may say
something rude or do something unusual. Caregivers are
so appreciative of dementia-friendly communities,
Schmidt said.
Some employees shared
past interactions theyve had
with those they thought had

Make eye contact

Be kind
Speak clearly
Use gestures
Make pleasant facial
expressions
Rephrase if needed
Simplify what you say
Be patient/Give time
Reassure
Be respectful
SLOWER
S smile
L listen
O one thing at a time
W words clear
E eye contact
R remain calm

dementia. During a true-orfalse question session, they

learned that people under the
age of 65 may also exhibit
the symptoms if younger-onset dementia is involved, so
employees were cautioned
not to make assumptions
about someone based on
appearance.
Schmidt clarified that
dementia is an umbrella
term that describes a group
of symptoms that could be
caused by vascular dementia (or mini strokes), Alzh e i m e r s , Pa r k i n s o n s ,
Huntingtons or other diseases. Employees viewed
a picture of what a healthy
brain looks like compared
to one with Alzheimers,
which had shrunk because
of the amount of brain cells
destroyed by the disease.
Those with dementia may
drive places or walk alone,
regardless of whether they
should. Dellemann said if an
employee is concerned for
someones well-being, they
shouldnt hesitate to call the
senior center or police to find
them a safe ride home.
Schmidt said part of being
dementia-friendly is accepting their reality, and anyone

Anyone
interested
in becoming dementia-friendly can sign up
for a free presentation
with members of Oregons dementia-friendly
community coalition.
For information, contact Oregon Area Senior
Center director Alison
Koelsch at 835-5801
or akoelsch@vil.oregon.
wi.us.

Resources
Dane County Aging
and Disability
Resource Center

schmidt.joy@
countyofdane.com
240-7470
Alzheimers
Association of
South Central
Wisconsin

alz.org/scwisc
203-8500
Alzheimers and
Dementia Alliance
of Wisconsin

alzwisc.org
232-3400
can make a positive difference in the life of someone
who is struggling. So if you
are stuck behind a slower
person in line, think twice
about getting upset.
Reassure the person and
say, Its okay, take your
time, she said.
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Christian at
communityreporter@
wcinet.com.

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The Observer tagged along
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Apparently its a common
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People helping pets Pet Profiles

Buddy of Mine expands services for pet owners in need

Owners share stories of their beloved pets

KATE NEWTON
Unified Newspaper Group

When Buddy of Mine

founder Larry Eifert takes a
call from a pet owner seeking
help, he can often hear the
raw emotion in their voice.
Those exchanges reaffirm
the powerful role the organization strives to play for people and animals in need. It
also conveys the bond those
people and their pets share
a bond that, in Eiferts experience, can be stronger than
any human relationship in
their life.
Pets give you unconditional love, Eifert said.
People dont always do
that.
Eifert, a longtime Stoughton resident, started Buddy of Mine named for his
13-year-old border collie
in 2011 after a conversation
about Stoughtons Holiday
Fund food drive.
Larrys friend Mya Everson, now a Buddy of Mine
board member, suggested
that if people need food for
themselves, they probably
need food for their pets (as
well).
That conversation spawned
Buddy of Mines holiday pet
food giveaway, which benefited more than 120 animals
in its first year. While the
drives success was encouraging, Eifert said it also

Photo submitted

Woodie Boyd

Woodie
Photo by Kate Newton

Buddy of Mine founder Larry Eifert and board member Kelli McKinley are pictured in downtown Oregon
with their pets, Buddy the organizations namesake and Bella. The nonprofit will start a new venture
named Gentle Benevolence later this year to provide emotional and financial support to people facing
the difficult decision of euthanizing their animals.

highlighted the surprising organization that could pro- experiencing hardships in

need Stoughton and the sur- vide aid to pet owners either their lives that made it difrounding area had for an living on a fixed income, or ficult to adequately care for
their animals.
I had people coming up
and giving me a hug, and
theyd have tears in their
eyes. And Im thinking,
Man, all Im doing is giving

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Owners name: Cindy Boyd

Pets name: Woodie Boyd
Pets age: 17
What kind of pet do you have: Domestic shorthair cat
How long have you had your pet: Since he
was born
What makes your pet special: He is a little
snuggle bug that loves to cuddle up under the bedsheets.
What is a story you would like to share
about your pet: He waits patiently at the front window for us to come home. Then he runs into the kitchen to meet us when we walk through the door.

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Canine connections
Dogs invited to Paws and Breathe yoga class

SAMANTHA CHRISTIAN

If You Go

Unified Newspaper Group

Ice Cream Sundae and Ralf.

Photo submitted

Ice Cream Sundae

Owners name: Kerry Vogel
Pets name: Ice Cream Sundae
Pets age: 10 years old
What kind of pet do you have: Calico cat
How long have you had your pet: Ice Cream
lived on our family farm for most of her life. She kept
the horses, clients and children company who came to
visit. The children are actually the ones who gave her
the name Ice Cream because she is a mixture of white,
brown and caramel colors like an Ice Cream Sundae.
Now that she is getting older I brought her to live in
my house and be an indoor cat to live out the rest of
her life.
What makes your pet special: Ice Cream is
special because she believes she is a dog. Once she
moved into my residence she instantly bonded with my
dachshund, Ralf, and now they are best pals.
What is a story you would like to share
about your pet: Ice Cream and my dog, Ralf, love
each other. They play hide-and-seek on a daily basis.
Ice Cream is great at hiding behind chairs, doors and
under beds. When Ralf approaches any place that she is
hiding, she will jump out in front of him and chase him
from room to room. After awhile the game reverses and
Ralf then chases Ice Cream until they are both ready
for a nap.

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If youve ever wondered

what it would be like to
do the downward dog pose
next to your pup, check out
Perennial Yogas Paws and
Breathe class in Fitchburg
this spring.
Instructor Carla Coleman leads this 45-minute to an hour class which
brings your loves together:
time on your mat and time
with your dog. Coleman
is a member of the canine
behavior team at the Dane
County Humane Society
and has been teaching yoga
for two years.
She quickly explained
that this is not Doga,
where people put their pets
in yoga poses. Instead,
people do the poses next
to their pets to help our
dogs relax, release discomfort and find a balance, as
well as practice some yoga,
meditate and connect with
the beauty of this relationship.
The classes started in
February and are open to
the public for a fee of $20
per session. Dogs that are
not aggressive to other
dogs or people are welcome. However, dogs who
do not stop barking will be
excused from class.
Coleman said that since
all dogs will react differently, she asks that people
space themselves before
coming in the studio and fill
it from back to front to keep
the dogs calm. There will
be an opportunity for the
dogs to socialize after class,
but until they are familiar
with each other the dogs
must be on flat leashes.
Release expectations
a n d j u d g m e n t s , C o l e man wrote in an email to
prospective participants.
Come to this with an open
heart open to exploration,
supportive of others and
joyful.
Honor your dog for their
authenticity, she said.
According to the class

What:
Paws
and
Breathe yoga class (bring
your dog)
When: 11a.m. Saturdays
May 7 and June 4
Where: Perennial Yoga,
5500 E. Cheryl Pkwy.
Registration: $20 per
session, limited to eight
dogs
Info: perennial-yoga.com/
Paws-and-breathe

Tips before
class

Photo submitted

Claudia Vlisides does yoga alongside her dog, Quadro, during the
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Christian at
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Buddy: Gentle Benevolence program will launch in June to help with pet end-of-life choices
Seeking volunteers

you some dog food, Eifert said. But it meant so

much to them. I didnt think
For more information on the Gentle Benevolence proStoughton had those needs
gram, or to sign up with Buddy of Mine, contact Kelli
there.
McKinley at 345-7392 or kelliandben@gmail.com.
The organization has continued to expand since then
and will be adding a new
program this summer, to help case-by-case basis and refers of logistics, costs and othpeople with end-of-life deci- people to their offices for er details if theyre overtheir discounted services if whelmed.
sions for their pets.
If the animal needs to
they qualify.
With its next venture, Bud- be put down, the volunteer
Expanding role
dy of Mine aims to provide would accompany the owner
The first thing the organi- more emotional support to to the vet and follow up the
zation did to expand its role pet owners, as well. Gen- next day, next week, next
in helping people help pets tle Benevolence will enlist month and beyond to act as
Buddy of Mines motto, of volunteers to walk people a support system as long as
sorts was to begin provid- through the process of hav- needed.
ing financial support through ing to put down a pet alone
McKinley understands just
a no-interest grant and loan or for the first time.
how valuable that support
program to cover emergency
Named for board member can be, and said when she
medical bills.
Kelli McKinleys late pet, put Ben, an Alaskan malaIt also now organizes two Ben, the program would train mute, down in 2013, it was
annual clinics to provide free volunteers to recommend a the hardest decision (shes)
heartworm testing and low- veterinarian or review avail- ever had to make.
cost rabies vaccinations.
able options with the cliI felt very alone, so I
Buddy of Mine partners ent, Eifert said, adding that understand how people who
with the Oregon Veterinary they will act as their eyes are all alone (feel), and I
Clinic and Chalet Veterinary and ears for keeping track can imagine having to make
Clinic for those events on a

the decision by yourself,

McKinley added. Its very
difficult.

Building a program
As it builds its new Gentle
Benevolence program for its
June launch, Buddy of Mine
will have information available at area vet clinics for
both potential volunteers or
clients, and volunteers will
undergo a background check
before being matched with a
pet owner.
While theyll follow the
same general process each
time, the volunteer will be
as hands on or hands off as
the client needs them to be.
Perhaps most importantly,
the volunteer and Buddy
of Mine as a whole will
encourage clients to celebrate their pets life in whatever way is most therapeutic
for them.
And if the person decides
down the line to get a new
pet, the volunteer will want
to celebrate that choice

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along with the owner, Eifert

said.
Hopefully you can be a
friend for this person, and if
they want to explore maybe
getting another pet, we can
provide assistance there, he
added.
McKinley welcomed Bella, a Shih Tzu, into her family about five months after
putting Ben down, and she
said having the new dog
helped her through the healing process. Now, she makes
it a point to tell people facing
euthanizing their own animals to simply enjoy each
day with them.
The last year-and-a-half
of his life, I just kept thinking, What am I going to do
if hes not here anymore?
McKinley said. Just enjoy
the time you have left. If I
could go back, that would be
the thing I would change.
Buddy of Mine plans to
extend its grant and loan program to help people cover
euthanasia costs if needed.
The organizations website
is also expected to launch

in June, and it will hold its

annual rabies clinic Saturday,
June 11 at the Stoughton Fire
Station. Cats will be vaccinated from 10-10:30a.m.,
and both dogs and cats are
welcome from 10:30a.m. to
noon. Rabies vaccines will
be available for $10, as well
as distemper vaccines for
$18.
With Buddy turning 14
this month, Eifert is taking
Rachels advice to enjoy
each day with his dog.
Despite Buddys arthritis,
they still take their regular
walks around Stoughton,
where Buddy is regarded as
somewhat of a local celebrity.
If Im walking by myself
downtown, everybody stops
me, Wheres Buddy? Eifert said with a laugh. Buddy
will have more people at his
funeral than mine.
For information on Buddy
of Mine, including how to
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BuddyOfMine or email
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PuppyUp walk raises over Pet Talk

Tips for caring for older pets
$131K for cancer research
Over 1,100 humans and their 700 canine
companions gathered at McKee Farms
Park on May 1 for the annual PuppyUp
Madison.
The 2-mile walk celebrates the heroes,
honors the survivors and remembers those
lives who have been lost to canine and

human cancer.
The event hit a national record of over
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Samantha Christian

Photo by Samantha Christian

Mako is a Miniature Schnauzer but feels like a Zebra Pegasus with his new hairdo by In The Dogz
House, of Fitchburg, while nearing the starting line for the PuppyUp walk.

Pets are more than just

our companions they
are a part of the family. As your pet ages, it is
important to consult your
veterinarian for help providing the proper care for
your senior pets changing
needs.
Every animal is different, so the senior life stage
occurs at different ages in
different pets. For instance,
dogs are typically considered seniors at seven
years old, but older dogs
age quicker than smaller
dogs. Cats can be considered mature at 7 years and
seniors at 11 years old.
Breed and species aside,
your pets genetics, nutrition, health and environment will ultimately determine when your pet is considered a senior.
One of the telltale signs
of increasing age in pets is
a decline in physical activity. For instance, previously active pets may not play
as much and both dogs and
cats may need assistance
climbing on and off the
bed or couch.
Dr. Stacy Eckman, clinical assistant professor at
the Texas A&M College
of Veterinary Medicine
& Biomedical Sciences,
explained when pet owners
can expect this transition
into senior pet behavior.
A decrease in physical activity depends on
the breed, size and genetics of the pet, she said.

However, some older pets

are still quite active in their
senior years.
In addition to a decrease
in physical activity, older cats and dogs tend to
develop more degenerative
health problems.
A visit to the veterinarian every six months can
help determine what is
normal for your pet so that
any changes in behavior or
health can be detected early.
Aging cats and dogs
are also prone to arthritis, dental disease, loss of
sight and hearing and a
decrease in mobility. Just
like humans, pets may
need more assistance getting around and taking care
of themselves.
Despite this change
in mobility and physical
activity, it is important
to keep your dog and cat
active to slow the progression of joint pain
and arthritis. In addition,
a healthy diet that adequately nourishes your
pet is also key in reducing
your pets risk for obesity,
which can also contribute
to joint pain.
The single most important aspect in helping your
pet stay as happy and
healthy for as long as
possible is maintaining a
healthy weight throughout their lifetime, Eckm a n s a i d . A h e a l t h y
weight should be coupled
with regular exercise and

activity.

Letting go

Perhaps the hardest part

about having an aging furry best friend is accepting
when they are no longer
happy in everyday life.
It is never easy to let go
of a pet, but in some cases, euthanasia is the most
humane option.
Making the decision to
euthanatize a pet is a personal and difficult decision, Eckman said. The
decision is dependent on
what signs and symptoms
the pet is showing or what
disorder the pet is experiencing. When owners are
questioning if they should
euthanize their pet, they
should discuss it with their
veterinarian to help guide
the decision-making process.
As much as we would
love our pets to live forever, they grow old and need
special care. To ensure
your pet lives a long,
healthy life, be sure to visit
your veterinarian regularly
to discuss your pets diet,
exercise habits, and overall
health.
Pet Talk is a service of
the College of Veterinary
Medicine & Biomedical
Sciences, Texas A&M
University. Stories can
be viewed on the Web at
vetmed.tamu.edu/pet-talk.

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Boys track and field

Girls soccer

Oregon tops
Cheesemakers
ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor

Photo by Jeremy Jones

Oregon senior Alex Duff will continue to be a Panther next fall as he signed his National Letter of Intent on Wednesday, April 13, to join the University of Northern Iowa
track and field team.

Continuing his career as a Panther

Duff commits to track and
field at Northern Iowa
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor

Like many of us, Alex Duff had to

learn to move on from his first love.
Growing up playing AAU basketball from third grade all the way
through this past season, the Oregon High School senior found a
new calling, leading him to sign his
Division 1 National Letter of Intent
to compete for the University of
Northern Iowa track and field team
last month.
The senior also had offers from
St. Louis University and University
of Mary (Bismark, N.D.) and interest from a couple Division II and
several DIII schools.
I visited St. Louis University for
an AAU tournament in Kansas. I
liked the campus there, but UNI just

felt like home, said Duff, who will

continue to be a Panther in Cedar
Falls. They have a really good biology program, which is what I am
going to major in.
The coaches were really welcoming and the team was right there.
They were a great group of guys. We
sat through a football game and I felt
like they were my friends after like
two hours.
And at a little less than three hours
from Oregon, Duff said UNI, is not
too far from home and its a great
community.

Multi-sport athlete
Oregon athletic director Mike
Carr may have said it best last
month: The best part of the Alex
Duff story is that it hasnt been written yet.
Duff, a three-sport athlete lettering
in football, basketball and track, was
called up to the Oregon Panthers
varsity football team as a freshman

to be a kicker, and he played varsity

basketball for three seasons.
I had a lot of Division III offers
for both football and basketball and
a couple of DII offers for each,
Duff said. I just felt like my versatility in track offered me the best
opportunity moving forward maybe become a decathlete.
Competing in three sports came
with its share of injuries for Duff,
who dealt with knee and back issues
at OHS.
Alex has had to work through a
lot, and I think hes really learned
not to give up, OHS hurdles coach
Kathleen Mentink said. Hes really
learned to focus even when things
arent great. This last year especially, hes really taken that to heart.
The plan at UNI is to have Duff
compete in the 400-meter hurdles,
400 dash and possibly on the teams
top 4x400 relay which has three
freshmen and a senior this season.
Having never done the pole vault

before presented its own challenges.

You could probably put him in
just about any event and he would
do fine, Mentink said. It is more
a matter of are we doing whats
best for him, making sure hes in
the events where he can shine the
brightest.
Duff is the OHS record holder in
five events (200, 400, 110 and 300
hurdles and 4x400 relay).
Records are always nice to have,
but I really want to get a conference
championship here. It would mean
so much. I dont think we have had
a championship here in 15 years or
more, Duff said.
Individually, Duff has set his
sights on breaking Chris Pearson
and Lechein Nebletts 300 hurdle
record (37.49) ever since taking
third last year.
I have to drop roughly 1.3 seconds, he said. I dropped more than
3 seconds from sophomore to my
junior, so I think I can do it.

The Oregon High School

girls soccer team scored
three times in the second
half Tuesday to knock off
Monroe 3-1 in a Badger
South Conference game.
We had to grit this one
out, head coach Julie
Grutzner said. The first
half, we didnt play really
well as a team. We are used
to playing wide and using
our speed, and we couldnt
do that on the small field.
Senior Makena Fanning
tied the game at 1 in the
52nd minute with her fifth
goal in four games. Junior
Madelyn Peach picked up
the assist on the goal.
Senior Taylor Martin then
followed with an unassisted goal in the 82nd minute
and junior Holly Kaboord
followed with a goal in the
89th minute. Junior Brittyn Fleming assisted on
Kaboords goal.
Junior Abby Breitbach
finished with three saves.
Senior Jen Brien missed
the game with a minor knee
sprain she suffered Saturday
against Assumption.
Oregon (8-2-2 overall,
3-0 Badger South) hosts
non-conference Madison
West at 7p.m. Saturday and
hosts Fort Atkinson at 7p.m.
Tuesday, May 10.

Oregon 2,
Edgewood 1
The Panthers traveled to
Reddan Soccer Park Thursday and pulled off a 2-1 win
over Madison Edgewood.
Brien scored early, and
Fleming added a goal.
Kaboord chipped in with
an assist. Breitbach finished
with four saves.

Laura Moynihan
Tournament
The Panthers traveled
to Uihlein Soccer Park in

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Baseball

Panthers fall to Monroe

ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor

It was a back-and-forth battle for the Oregon

High School baseball team Tuesday against
Monroe.
The host Panthers grabbed the lead with
three runs in the bottom of the sixth after trailing for most of the game and they were one
strike away from a win.
However, the Cheesemakers picked up
some clutch two-out hits in the seventh and
Oregon eventually fell 6-5.
I thought our kids battled, but I thought
that some of the same mistakes that have come
back to bite us in games such as walks and
a couple errors always seems to figure out a
way to beat us, head coach Jake Soule said.
With Hogan Edwards on the mound for
Monroe in the sixth and Oregon down 3-1,
Steven Davis reached base on an error and

Badger South
Team W-L
Fort Atkinson
4-2
Monroe 5-3
Oregon 4-3
Stoughton 3-3
Madison Edgewood
3-3
Milton 3-3
Monona Grove
0-5

later got to second on a passed ball. Dominic

Maurice followed with a single to put runners
Photo by Anthony Iozzo
on the corners with no outs.
Shortstop Dominic Maurice attempts to complete a doubleplay in the top of the seventh inning Tuesday
Jordan Helmkamp then picked up an RBI against Monroe but only gets the one out at second base. The Cheesemakers ended up scoring three

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Boys lacrosse

Panthers finish third at Evansville invite Panthers win two last week
ANTHONY IOZZO

Assistant sports editor

The Oregon High School boys golf team

finished third Friday at the Evansville invite at
Evansville Golf Club.
The Panthers (340) placed behind Orfordville Parkview (333) and Lodi (334).
Sophomore Ryan Candell and freshman
John Klus both finished with 81s tying for
fifth individually to lead Oregon. Ben Eiser
and James Lutz rounded out the scoring with
an 88 and a 90, respectively. Henry Roskos

93 was thrown out.

Lodis Logan Walzer (75) and Jacob
Michel (76) finished first and second, respectively, while New Glarus Isaac Neubauer
took third (77). Monroes Nick Baumann
took fourth (79).
Oregon plays in the Morgan Stanley
Shootout Wednesday-Thursday, May 4-5.
The play started at noon on Wednesday. On
Thursday, action starts at 12:30p.m.
The Panthers also travel to Oak Ridge Golf
Course Tuesday, May 10, to face Milton in a
Badger South Conference dual.

ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor

The Oregon High

School boys lacrosse team
defeated DeForest and La
Crosse Central last week
to improve to 4-2-1 overall (4-2 Madison Area
Lacrosse Association
white conference).

Oregon 8, DeForest 7
Junior Parker Ehn Howland scored three goals,
and senior Trent Ricker
added two goals and two
assists in an 8-7 win over
DeForest on April 26.
Sophomore Harrison
Kessenich chipped in
two goals and an assist.
Freshman Matt Strassmen
(goal) and Derek Brellenthin (assist) also collected
points.
Sophomore Riley Fischl
picked up 10 saves.

Girls track and field

Egwuonwu part of four wins at Stoughton quad

JEREMY JONES
Sports editor

Oregon girls track and field

team got a taste of the best
the Badger South has to offer
Tuesday, traveling to Stoughton for a quad with Monona
Grove and Fort Atkinson.
Scarlet Egwuonwu was
part of four wins for the
Panthers, who finished 1
1/2 points ahead of the host
Vikings 75-73.5 for first
place as a team.
Egwuonwu claimed the
100-meter dash in 12.94 seconds and the 200 in 26.12,
while adding the high jump
with a clearance of 5-10.
She then joined Jillian

52.48 seconds. Keisling and

Egwuonwu also joined LeBrun and Alexis Jackson to
win the 4x200 in 1:44.92.
Forster, Kugel and Jackson
added the 3x100 shuttle hurdle relay in 55.18 and Jackson, Moss and Fischer added
the long jump title in 46-4.
Oregons 4x400 team of
Madelyn St. Claire, LeBrun,
Keisling and Jackson finished
runner-up.
Emma Hughes, Taylor
Schmidt, St. Claire and LeBrun took second in 10:06.44
and the Panthers 4x1,000
relay team of Bree Bastian,
Jenna Igl, Vera Omestad and
Lauren Buchaine placed second in 14:11.82.

Moss, Morgan Yaun, Traci

Reimer and Mikaela Brown
to take the 4x100 relay in
52.81.
Karls, Willow Kugel, Maddie LeBrun and Yaun added
the 4x4 title in 4:19.8.
Jessica Forster added the
300 hurdles in 53.44

Oregon Relays
The Panthers won both
sprint relays and added the
3x100 relay and girls long
jump titles Friday to finish
second at the Oregon Relays
with 46 points three behind
first-place Stoughton.
Danica Keisling, Abby
Fischer, Moss and Egwuonwu claimed the 4x100 in

Oregon 10,
La Crosse Central 6
Ricker helped the Panthers knock off La Crosse
Central 10-6 Thursday
with six goals and three
assists.
Sophomore Sawyer
Hughes added two goals
and Kessenich chipped in a

Submitted photo by Jon LaChance

Trent Ricker scores a goal against La Crosse last week.

Oregon hosts Sauk

goal and two assists.
Brellenthin collected a Prairie at 5p.m. Friday
goal and an assist, and Fis- and travels to Baraboo at
chl finished with 17 saves. 5p.m. Monday, May 9.

Boys track and field

Boys tennis

Panther doubles help sneak out win against MG Host Panthers win annual relay meet
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor

Oregon boys tennis coach

Ben Conklin knew that
Monona Grove would be
much improved when they
faced the Silver Eagles on
Tuesday and was he ever
right.
The Panthers cruised to

three doubles wins, but only

managed to take one singles
flight on the way to a 4-3
Badger South victory.
Drew Christofferson and
Matt Reisdorf rolled 6-1,
6-1 at No. 1 doubles, while
Spencer Kresbach and Logan
Piper and Kyle Rehrauer and
Sam Ast added 6-0, 6-0 drubbings at No. 2 and 3 doubles,

JEREMY JONES

respectively.
Calvin Schneider added
Oregons final win at No. 1
singles, prevailing 6-3, 6-0
against Cole Lindwall.
Charles Donovan fell 6-2,
3-6, 7-5 against Luke Nelson at 2 singles, while Sam
Schaeffer lost 6-3, 6-4 at 3
singles.

The Oregon boys track and field team

won five events Tuesday evening to take
the Stoughton quadrangular with 80
points four more than the host Vikings
which had 76. Monona Grove (70.5) and
Fort Atkinson (33.5) rounded out the
field.
Senior Alex Duff won the 110-high
hurdles in 16.49 seconds and added the
400 dash in 50.5.
Fellow senior Chris Cutter chipped in
by taking the 800 run in 2:02.9, while
Hudson Kugel finished second (2:04.2).
Senior sprinter Lucas Mathews capped
the teams individual wins, claiming the
high jump with a clearance of 5-8.
Jonas Temte, Elliot Jacobs, Kardelle
Phillips and Lucas Mathews struck their
claim to the 4x400 relay, winning the
event in 3:33.7.
Oregon returns to action at 4:30 p.m.
Friday back at Collins Field for the
Stoughton Invitational. Amongst the
competition will be La Crosse Logan,
Madison La Follette, Madison West,
McFarland, Middleton, Waunakee and
the host Vikings.
The Panther frosh/soph JV race is 4
p.m. Monday, May 9, while the varsity
team doesnt return to action again until
the Tom Mueller Invitational at 4:30 p.m.
Friday, May 13.
Oregon heads to Fort Atkinson looking
to end a conference-title drought at 3:30
p.m. Tuesday, May 17.

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The Oregon Home Talent team was supposed to

host West Middleton on
Sunday in the Home Talent League season opener
but rain and cold conditions forced the game to
be postponed. No makeup date was announced
by the Observers Tuesday deadline.
Oregon hosts Mount
H o r e b / P i n e B l u ff a t
1p.m. Sunday.

The Panthers swept the 4x100 through

4x800 relays and added three field-event
titles Friday at the 36th annual Oregon
Relays but finished 10 points behind
Stoughton with 58 points.
Jahill Turner, Sam Anders, Tony Akale
and Mathews paced the 4x100 relay field
in 45.5 seconds. Anders and Mathews
were joined by Logan Meier and Duff
on the 4x200, helping Oregon sweep the
sprint relays in 1:32.11.
The boys took it a step further, adding
the 4x400 and 4x800 titles as well.
Cutter, Kugel, Meier and Duff closed
the meet by claiming the 4x400 in
3:26.02, more than nine seconds ahead of
Stoughton (3:35.76). The quartet opened
the meet, winning the 4x800 in 8:15.61.
Oregon added the long jump, shot put
and discus titles.
Jon Auer, Turner and Mathews claimed
the long jump title (56-7 1/4), and Brett
Wannebo, Trevor Cloud and Mitch Wall
took the shot put title with a combined
distance of 129-3/4. Sam Reynolds, Wall
and Cloud added the discus championship with a distance of 345-01.
Ben Janes, Nathan Buchart, Josh Klahn
and Jacobs finished runner-up to Stoughton (11:33.13) in 11:36.83.
Oregons pole vault team of Elliot
Jacobs, Jonas Temte and Sam Meiss
cleared a total 28-6 to take second behind
Stoughton (30-0). The Panthers finished
behind Stoughton (122-1) once again in
the triple jump with a total jump of 109-6
1/2.

Soccer: Panthers go 1-1-1 in Laura

Moynihan Tournament
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Milwaukee for the Laura

Moynihan Tournament Friday and Saturday, finishing
1-1-1.
Oregon fell to top-ranked
Division 3 Catholic Memorial 5-1 Friday and defeated

Assumption 5-0 on Saturday before its game against

Grafton ended in a scoreless
deadlock.
Fanning scored the lone
goal Friday with an assist
to Brien. Breitbach finished
with six saves.
Against Assumption,

Fanning scored three times,

and sophomore Marah
Weidensee added a goal.
Brien finished with a goal
and an assist.
Brietbach had one save
against Assumption and five
against Grafton.

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Softball

Bartelt hits
walk-on double
against Belmont
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor

Oregon softball hosted

a non-conference Belmont
team ranked seventh in Division 4 on Friday and won 4-3
on a 2-run walk-off double by
Jess Bartelt at Kiser Park.
The win improved the Panthers to 3-6, while the Braves
dropped to 11-4 with the loss.

Evansville 13, Oregon 8

Oregon Tornadoes take title at Norski Spring Fling

Submitted photo

The Oregon Tornadoes won the U12 girls championship at the Norski Spring Fling soccer tournament in DeForest.
Team members (front, from left) are: Hannah Folmer, Samantha Derrick, Abby Stebbins, Anna Oelke and Lily Lewis; (back) Maddie
Grutzner, Lexi Tiedt, Emma Schaefer, Hope Flitter, Mollie Olson, Isabel Bauer and coach David Troy; (not pictured) Clara Collins and Laken
Corliss.

Oregon-Stoughton Rugby club starts season 2-0

55-0 against Saint Anthonys also out of Milwaukee.
Tr i e s t h r o u g h o u t t h e
games have been scored by
Key Cook (STO), Tommy

Tobias (STO), Austin Wales

(ORE), Oscar Reyes (ORE)
and Luke Lewis (STO).
Multiple tries have been
awarded to Nate Feest

(2, ORE), Robbie Ruth

(2, ORE), Keenan Moore
(2,ORE) and Johnny
Schmitt (3, ORE).
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Baseball: Panthers fall to Verona

Oregon, Stoughton (ppd.)
The Panthers were supposed to host
rival Stoughton on Thursday but rain
forced the game to be moved to May 12.

Verona 5, Oregon 2
Oregon allowed three runs in the bottom of the sixth Friday to fall 5-2 to Verona.
The Panthers tied the game at 2 in the
top of the sixth with an RBI single by
Dominic Maurice, scoring Sam Mueller,
but Verona came back in the bottom of
the inning.
Ben Rortvedt singled home Sam
Favour and Tyler McClure reached on an
error to score Noah Anderson. Stephen
Lund capped the inning with an RBI single to bring home Rortvedt.
Helmkamp took the loss for Oregon.
He allowed an earned run on four hits in
5 2/3 innings, striking out six and walking five. Jake Odegard added 1/3 of an
inning and allowed a hit.

loss in the circle, allowing

a pair of home runs. Gratz
gave up four earned runs on
five hits and seven walks. She
struck out six. Lacy Fluckiger
worked four innings, allowing one run on eight hits.

Oregon, Monroe (DH)

Oregon traveled to Monroe
on Tuesday for a rare midweek doubleheader against
the Cheesemakers and
dropped both games.
The Panthers fell 6-0 in
game one and 5-2 in the
nightcap at Twining Park.
No stats were available
form head coach Sydnee
Wyss as the Observer went to
press on Tuesday evening.
Oregon dropped to 3-8
overall and 0-7 in conference
with the loss, while Monroe
improved to 13-5 and 7-2 in
conference.

Girls lacrosse

Oregon improves to 3-1 overall

ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor

The Oregon High

School girls lacrosse team
was powered by junior
Brianna Tarantinos five
goals in a 13-6 win over
Madison West/Edgewood
on April 26.
Ta r a n t i n o a d d e d a n
assist and sophomore
Samantha Armstrong
chipped in three goals and
an assist. Junior Gianna

Barberino had three goals,

and junior Yesenia Valdez
and sophomore Brooklyn
Scalissi collected a goal
and an assist each.
Sophomore Caitlin Curtis had six saves in the
win.
Oregon hosted Waunakee on May 3. Results will
be in next weeks paper.
The Panthers host Sun
Prairie at 5p.m. Thursday
and travel to Middleton at
5p.m. Tuesday, May 10.

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infield single and stole second to put runners on second and third. Pat Sommers
tied the game at 3 with an RBI groundout
and Josh Gomoll had a pinch-hit RBI single to make it 6-4.
Ben Prew, who relieved starter Jake
Odegard in the sixth, started the seventh
and allowed a one-out walk. After nearly
getting a doubleplay ball, Prew allowed a
bloop single to right field.
Adam Heath came in to try and get
the last out, but he walked two straight
batters, tying the game at 4, and then
allowed a 2-run single by Edwards to
make it 6-4.
Maurice picked up an RBI single in the
bottom of the seventh, but Oregon stranded runners on the corners.
The Panthers also stranded a runner on
second in the third, the bases loaded in
the fourth and a runner on second in the
fifth.

Everything is magnified in the sixth,

seventh and eighth innings, Soule said.
We had plenty of opportunities and that
has kind of been a thing this year with us
early in games. We dont get them, and
then we battle back when it matters.
This team has great fight and is
always in a game. I feel comfortable in a
lot of situations, but we dont take advantage of situations that are given to us
bases runners in scoring position with
less than two outs.
Prew took the loss. He allowed two
runs on two hits in 1 2/3 innings, striking
out two and walking one. Heath allowed
a run on one hit in 1/3 of an inning, walking two. Odegard went five innings and
allowed three runs on six hits, striking out
three and walking two.
Oregon travels to Miller Park at
2p.m. Thursday in Milwaukee to take
on non-conference Madison East before
traveling to Fort Atkinson at 5p.m. Friday. The Panthers close the week against
Madison Edgewood at 5p.m. Tuesday.

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Team W-L
Stoughton 6-1
Monroe 7-2
Fort Atkinson
5-1
Monona Grove
3-3
Edgewood 2-5
Milton 0-5
Oregon 0-7

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The Oregon/Stoughton
rugby club has played two
matches this season, winning the first 20-5 against
PEPP Nation and the second

The Panthers hosted

Evansville on Monday and
were outscored 13-8 in a
non-conference slugfest.
Tied 1-1 through three
innings, the Blue Devils
jumped on Oregon for eight
runs in the top of the fourth.
And while the Panthers
clawed back into the game
with seven runs over the fifth
and sixth, it wasnt enough
as Evansville added a run in
the fifth and three more in the
seventh.
Sara Fredrickson and Kelsee Cashore each hit home
runs for the Blue Devils (133).
Oregon had seven hits in
the loss, including a double
and triple by Julia Schmidt
and a double by Quincey
Newton. Jess Bartelt finished
2-for-4 with a pair of singles.
The Panthers committed
four errors, which led to eight
unearned runs.
Jenna Gratz suffered the

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Trailer: Controversial gun store advertising on Park Street ended three months ago
Continued from page 1
have the legal right to park
there.
Village President Steve
Staton agreed, noting that
discussions last year about
a new sign ordinance (thats
yet to be adopted) did not
have any effect on his right
to use his trailer as advertising.
What hes doing (by
advertising his business via
his parked vehicle) is freedom of speech, and theres
no ordinance to cover that,
Staton said.
The village did, until
Monday, have an ordinance
prohibiting vehicles and
trailers with a gross weight
of more than 8,000 pounds
from parking on any village street without a special permit from the Oregon
Police Department. But as
long as DOrazio didnt
leave his vehicle on the
street for 24 hours he had
moved trailer to his parking lot each night he was

in compliance with the law.

His truck also was under
the weight limit set in the
ordinance.
T h e Vi l l a g e B o a r d
amended that ordinance
Monday to prohibit parking
only semi-trucks and tractors in a residential area,
Staton said.

Reconsidering rules
Questions and a couple of complaints about
DOrazio parking his vehicle on the street in front of
his business surfaced last
August during discussions
at a chamber of commerce
meeting and also at a Village Board meeting about a
proposed new sign code in
the village.
A woman living on Concord Drive, near DOrazios
business, objected to the
trailer because it was on the
street each day and advertised the gun shop. Another woman wrote a letter to
the Observer complaining

File photo by Mark Ignatowski

The Max Creek Outdoors trailer that was parked daily on Park Street
near Janesville Street last year is no longer there.

about the parked vehicle

and its one-foot lettering
advertising the gun shop.
T h e Vi l l a g e B o a r d
referred the matter to the
Planning Commission,
which in December seemed
to establish a consensus
that an ordinance prohibiting trailer parking on village streets would be to too
much regulation.
The board directed

village attorney Matt

Dregne to look into the
matter. He discovered a
parking ordinance that had
some prohibitions on large
vehicles and large trailers.
That meant builders, for
example, would not be
able to park at a worksite
and leave their vehicles
and trailers there, even a
big pickup with a boat on
a trailer or an RV, Staton

5848 Madsen Circle, Oregon, WI 53575.

2. Land Division and Rezone Request. Petition # DCPREZ-2016-10994;
Parcel # 0509-141-8500-1; 425 east of
5093 Lincoln Road. The request is to
creating one residential lot. The property
would be rezoned from A-3 to RH-1. Petitioner and Owner is Tom Buglass, 5075
Lincoln Road, Oregon, WI 53575.
An effort has been made to notify
neighbors of this proposed change. To
ensure that everyone has been notified,
please share this notice with anyone who
you think would be interested.
Note: Agendas are subject to amendment after publication. Check the official
posting locations (Town Hall, Town of
Oregon Recycling Center and Oregon
Village Hall) including the Town website
at www.town.oregon.wi.us or join the
Towns e-mail list to receive agendas at
townoforegon@mailbag.com. It is possible that members of and possibly a quorum of members of other governmental
bodies of the town may be in attendance
at any of the meetings to gather information; however, no action will be taken by
any governmental body at said meeting
other than the governmental body specifically referred to in the meeting notice.
Requests from persons with disabilities
who need assistance to participate in
this meeting or hearing should be made
to the Clerks office at 835-3200 with 48
hours notice.
Denise R. Arnold
Clerk
Posted: May 2, 2016
Published: May 5 and 12, 2016
WNAXLP

tor, road-tractor, semitrailer or any

combination thereof. Truck-tractor or
road-tractor means a motor vehicle designed or used to transport property and
having a gross vehicle weight rating of
26,001 pounds or a registered weight or
actual gross weight of more than 26,000
pounds. Semitrailer means a vehicle of
the trailer type, having a length greater
than 21 feet, so designed and used in
conjunction with a motor vehicle that
some part of its own weight and that of
its own load rests upon or is carried by
another vehicle. A vehicle with a readymix motor truck to spread the load is considered a semitrailer.
2. Residential zoning district includes the ER-1, SR-3, SR-4, SR-5, SR-6,
TR-6 and MR-8 Residential Districts, as
identified in Chapter 17 of this Code.
3. Park or parking means the halting
of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and
while actually engaged in loading or unloading property or passengers.
(b) Street parking.
1. Except as provided in subsections (b)(2), no person owning or having
control of a large vehicle shall park such
large vehicle
a. Upon any street, avenue or public
way located in a residential zoning district between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and
7:00 a.m.
b. For more than one hour between
the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in any
residential zoning district.
2. The village board may designate
specific truck parking zones.
2. This ordinance shall be effective
upon passage and posting as provided
by law.
Adopted by the Village Board of the
Village of Oregon, Dane County, Wisconsin at a regular meeting held on May 2,
2016.
APPROVED:
____________________________
Steven L. Staton, Village President
ATTEST:
____________________________
Peggy S. K. Haag, Village Clerk
ADOPTED: May 2, 2016
POSTED: May 3, 2016
Published: May 5, 2016
WNAXLP

explained. Those things

would have all fallen under
that ordinance, and had we
enforced that, it would have
been a disaster for us, in
making people mad.
D r eg n e i n f o r m e d t h e
board that a U.S. Supreme
Court decision held that
government cannot prohibit the sort of advertising DOrazio was doing
because of First Amendment protections.
So the board decided
to scrap the existing ordinance, which hadnt been
enforced anyway, and have
Dregne create a new one or
find a way to amend the old
ordinance.
The board unanimously
adopted the amended ordinance Monday.

meetings to address the

issue.
I went to the Village
Board because all I was getting is negative publicity for
my name and my company,
and Im not going to put up
with it, he said Monday.
I kept hearing about
all of these people in our
community who were complaining about it, and I said,
Where are they?
He said no one, other
than President Staton, had
ever talked with him about
his trailer. He wished people would have approached
him if they had a concern.
Im not trying to be a
jerk, he said. But if youre
going to throw mud at me,
then get ready because Im
going to throw it right back.
It isnt worth fighting
Negative publicity
over, he added, and Im
For his part, DOrazio not trying to fight. But dont
said he understood the con- throw stuff in my face.
fusion but felt he was being
Contact Bill Livick at bill.
singled out. He appeared
livick@wcinet.com
at a few Village Board

Legals

***

TOWN OF OREGON
NOXIOUS WEED NOTICE

Notice is hereby given to each and

every person who owns, occupies or
controls land in the Town of Oregon,
Dane County, State of Wisconsin, is required by law to cut or destroy all noxious weeds, including all Canada thistle,
leafy spurge, and field bindweed (creepin
Jenny) before such weeds bloom, bear
seed and spread to adjourning properties, as required in Section 66.0407 of the
Wisconsin States Statutes.
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DISHWASHER, COOK,
WAITRESS, & DELI STAFF
WANTED.
Applications available at
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317 Nora St. Stoughton.
FORT LITTLEGREEN Youth Camp &
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TOWN OF RUTLAND
OPEN BOOK
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2016
5:00 P.M. TO 7:00 P.M.

The Town of Rutland Open Book will

be held at the
Rutland Town Hall, 785 Center Rd.,
on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 from 5:00
p.m. until 7:00 p.m.
Open Book is an informal meeting
with the assessor to ask questions and
review assessment records. Property
Owners are encouraged to attend this
Open Book to verify the assessment of
their property.
Dawn George, Clerk
Published: May 5, 2016
WNAXLP
***

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

OREGON PLAN COMMISSION
TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016
6:30 P.M.
OREGON TOWN HALL
1138 UNION ROAD
OREGON, WI 53575

NOTICE HEREBY GIVEN for a PUBLIC HEARING to be held on Tuesday, May

17, 2016 at 6:30 p.m., before the Town of
Oregon Plan Commission at the Oregon
Town Hall, 1138 Union Road, Oregon, WI
53575.
1. Land Division and Rezone Request. Petition # DCPREZ-2016-10993;
Parcel #0509-044-8020-0; 5; west of 5553
Netherwood Road. The request is for
creating one residential lot. The property
would be rezoned from A-1Ex to A-2(4).
Petitioner and Owner is Rita Kluever,

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CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon
Friday for The Great Dane and Noon
Monday for the Oregon Observer unless
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or 835-6677.
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***

ORDINANCE NO. 16-09

VILLAGE OF OREGON

AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL AND

RECREATE SECTION 7.02 RELATING TO
LARGE VEHICLE PARKING RESTRICTIONS
The Village Board of the Village of
Oregon, Dane County, Wisconsin, ordains as follows:
1. Section 7.02 (8) of the Village
Code of Ordinances relating to large vehicle parking restrictions is repealed and
recreated as follows:
(8) LARGE VEHICLE PARKING.
(a) Definitions.
1. Large vehicle means a truck-trac-

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434 Health Care, Human

Services & Child Care

OREGON SCHOOL DISTRICT

BOARD OF EDUCATION
DATE: MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016
TIME: 6:30 PM
PLACE: ROME CORNERS
INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

Order of Business
Call to Order
Roll Call
Proof of Notice of Meeting and Approval of Agenda
AGENDA
A. CONSENT CALENDAR
6:35 NOTE: Items under the Consent
Calendar are considered routine and will
be enacted under one motion. There will
be no separate discussion of these items
prior to the time the Board votes unless
a Board Member requests an item be
removed from the calendar for separate
action.
1. Minutes of Previous Meeting
2. Approval of Payments
3. Treasurers Report, if any
4. Staff Resignations/Retirements,
if any
5. Staff Assignments, if any
6. Field Trip Requests, if any
7. Acceptance of Donations, if any:
B. COMMUNICATION FROM PUBLIC
6:40 1. Public: Board Policy 180.04
has established an opportunity for the
public to address the Board. In the event
community members wish to address
the Board, 15 minutes will be provided;
otherwise the agenda will proceed as
posted.
C. INFORMATION ITEMS
6:55 1. OEA Report
7:00 2. Student Report
D. ACTION ITEMS
7:05 1. Acceptance of 2016-2017
Staffing Plan
7:25 2. Approval of a plan to relocate OASIS to Oregon High School in the
2017-2018 School Year
E. DISCUSSION ITEMS
7:40 1. Committee Reports:
a. Vision Steering
7:45 2. Teacher Compensation Committee Report
F. INFORMATION ITEMS
8:15 1. Open Enrollment Update
8:20 2. DPI Land Transfer Hearing
8:25 3. Superintendents Report
G. CLOSING
8:30 1. Future Agenda

444 Construction,
Trades & Automotive

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UP TO $2000 Sign-On Bonus!
Call 608-442-1898
HEALTHCARE EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Physical Therapy Assistant - .5 to
.75 FTE position, skilled nursing care
Cook - Full-time benefit eligible
position
OB RN - .9 FTE evening/night shift
position
Family Nurse Practitioner - part to
full time position in our clinics
Certified Medical Assistant/LPN
- part-time positions in OB/GYN &
Orthopedic clinics
OR Tech -.8 FTE, part-time tech
position
Pharmacy Tech - .675 FTE position
To find out more detailed information
about all open positions and to apply,
go to our website at
www.uplandhillshealth.org
Upland Hills Health, 800 Compassion
Way, Dodgeville, WI 53533

HELP WANTED: Looking for a Heavy

Equipment Operator for Residential Pit/
Quarry experience preferred. and also
looking for a Dump Truck Driver w/CDL
license. If qualified and interested please
call 608-835-3630 or 608-835-5858

446 Agriculture,
Landscaping & Lawn Care
DRIVER/NURSERY EMPLOYEE, PARTTIME/FULL TIME, flexible schedule,
Company is experienced and professional. Call Ron at 608-217-6662

COURIER Naviant is looking for a courier to be the face of Naviant's physical

records division. We are looking for a
well-rounded individual that can provide
traditional courier duties as well as complete tasks in our warehouse and production area. Courier and forklift experience
is a plus but will train for the right fit. If
you are interested, please email Tricia
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8:35 2. Check Out

H. ADJOURNMENT
Go to: www.oregonsd.org/board
meetings/agendas for the most updated
version agenda.
Published: May 5, 2016
WNAXLP
***

TOWN OF OREGON
PARK COMMITTEE AGENDA
MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016
6:30PM
OREGON TOWN HALL
1138 UNION ROAD
OREGON, WISCONSIN

1. Call meeting to order.

2. Reading and approval of minutes
from the last meeting.
3. Public Comments and Appearances.
4. Discussion and possible Action
re: Eagle Scout Project.
5. Discussion and possible Action
re: recommendations/decisions from the
Town Board.
6. Review of potential work projects.
7. Set next meeting date.
8. Adjournment.
Note: Agendas are subject to amendment after publication. Check the official
posting locations (Town Hall, Town of
Oregon Recycling Center and Oregon
Village Hall) including the Town website
at www.town.oregon.wi.us or join the
Towns e-mail list to receive agendas at
townoforegon@mailbag.com. It is possible that members of and possibly a quorum of members of other governmental
bodies of the town may be in attendance
at any of the meetings to gather information; however, no action will be taken by
any governmental body at said meeting
other than the governmental body specifically referred to in the meeting notice.
Requests from persons with disabilities
who need assistance to participate in
this meeting or hearing should be made
to the Clerks office at 835-3200 with 48
hours notice.
Steve Root, Chairperson
Posted: April 12, 2016
Published: May 5, 2016
WNAXLP
***

TRUCK DRIVER/LABORER: Madison

area paving company accepting applications for CDL drivers and laborers. Full
time May thru October. for more information call 608-842-1676

451 Janitorial & Maintenance

JANITORIAL / Custodian Cleaning Job
in Verona. We are currently hiring night
time staff for cleaning from 6pm-10pm
or 6pm-11pm, Monday-Friday. Starting
pay is $9.00 per hour with semi-annual
performance based raises. Call or text
Kevin today for more information and set
up an interview, 608-228-8729. Cleen
Trax Maintenance Inc

452 General

449 Driver, Shipping

& Warehousing

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The 2016 Town of Oregon Open

Book will be held at the Oregon Town
Hall, 1138 Union Road on Thursday, May
12, 2016, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and
on Saturday, May 14, 2016, from 10:00
p.m. to Noon. Appointments are not required.
Open Book is an informal meeting
with the assessor to ask questions and
review assessment records.
Property Owners are encouraged
to attend the open book to verify the assessment of their property. In addition,
property owners can learn how their
assessment was calculated, compare
your property to similar properties, verify
open land acreages and valuations, and
learn how market activity affected the
assessment.
The 2016 Town of Oregon Board of
Review will be held on Saturday, June 4,
2016 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. To appear at the Board of Review, it is required
that an appointment is scheduled 48
hours prior to the start of Board of Review. Appointments are scheduled with
the Clerks Office at 835-3200.
Denise Arnold
Town Clerk
Published: May 5 and 12, 2016
WNAXLP

wi.gov/files/pdf/pubs/fr/FR0464.pdf.)
If property is found not in compliance with the above Notice, the Town
of Oregon shall issue an Official Notice
stating that action must be taken within
five days of the written notice or the Town
of Oregon will destroy the weeds at the
responsible persons expense.
Dated this 28th of April, 2016
Wayne L. Ace, Town Chairman
Posted: April 28, 2016
Published: May 2 and 12, 2016
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10:00 A.M.-NOON

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548 Home Improvement

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Pick-up or Delivered
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602 Antiques & Collectibles

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652 Garage Sales

BROOKLYN- 34 N Union Rd Estate/
Garage Sale. May 5-6-7 8am-5pm.
Watch for the Signs
EVANSVILLE- 143 W Main St. Thursday
5/5, 8am-5pm Friday, 5/6 8am-5pm.
Sat 5/7 8am-5pm Many estate items,
motorized scooter (like new), cast ironclaw-foot bathtub, vintage postcards &
advertising, antiques & collectibles, butter churn, Hummels, mirrors, wheelchair,
jewely, everyday household items, set
of Haviland Blue Garland (Germany)
dishes, holiday decorations, kitchenware,
washstand, men's table, pictures, books,
MUCH MORE!

740 Houses For Rent

STOUGHTON- 3 blocks from Sandhill
School. Two Bedroom one bath, finished
basement with shower bath. Two car
garage. Central A/C, all appliances. Non
Smoking, No pets. $1050 per month +
utilities. Available June 6. Phone 608873-0879 after 5pm

750 Storage Spaces For Rent

ALL SEASONS SELF STORAGE
10X10 10X15 10X20 10X30
Security Lights-24/7 access
BRAND NEW
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Credit Cards Accepted
CALL (608)444-2900
CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon
Friday for The Great Dane and Noon
Monday for the Oregon Observer unless
changed because of holiday work schedules. Call now to place your ad, 873-6671
or 835-6677.

DEER POINT STORAGE

Convenient location behind
Stoughton Lumber.
Clean-Dry Units
24 HOUR LIGHTED ACCESS
5x10 thru 12x25
608-335-3337

OFFICE SPACES FOR RENT

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on golfcourse
Free Wi-Fi, Parking and
Security System
Conference rooms available
Kitchenette-Breakroom
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965 Hay, Straw & Pasture

OREGON SELF-STORAGE
10x10 through 10x25
month to month lease
Call Karen Everson at
608-835-7031 or
Veronica Matt at 608-291-0316

PASTURE FOR Rent 25 acres. $750

Llamas preferred. Verona Township.
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Fashionable Womens Clothing

Warehouse Sale!

Thursday, May 5th & Friday, May 6th 8am-6pm

Saturday, May 7th 8am-1pm

Closeouts & samples sale at BLOW-OUT prices!

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SHARE YOUR Space and Save We

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838 Dunn Ave.: May 7, 8-4. Lots of 5838 Madsen Circle: 5/7 8:00 am to
baby stuff! Maternity clothes, nurse 1 pm. Childs loft bed with slide and
uniforms, womens golf set, and more. tent, white bookshelves, refrigerator,
home dcor, office chair, books, home
1004 Fincastle St.: Bergamont Ore- stuff.
gon. May 6th 8am-5pm, May 7th 8amnoon. Many families, furniture, house- 482 Orchard Dr.: 8am-5pm Friday/
Saturday. Antiques, pop bottles, alhold items and so much more.
bums, fishing items, household, kids.
:00am106 Amanda Ct: Friday-Saturday 569 Gail Ct.: Saturday 8
925 Peregrine Trail: 5/6-5/7 8am7am-3pm. Many collectible board 4:00pm. Toddlers clothes, toys, cake
4pm. Craftsman radial-arm saw, set
games,
electronics,
telescopes, pans, rotisserie, chest of drawers,
Ping Gold clubs w/new bag, hard
house wares, books
massage table, chairs, accordions, cover carry on golf bag, new 4-wheel
skis,
boots,
trolling
motor.
134 Amanda Ct.: Thursday, Friday
luxury golf pull cart, household, CDs,
8-5, Saturday 8-12, household items, 713 Leeward Ln.: Thursday May 5 DVDs, clothing & more!
portable washer, furniture, clothing & noon-6pm, Fri, May 6 6am-6pm, Sat,
974 Peregrine Trail: May 5&6 all day,
baby items.
May 7 6am-1pm. Household, kitchen, May 7th until early pm, NB-2T clothes/
4728 Carter St. Friday/Saturday garden, sewing machine, books, of- shoes, toys, changing table, home decor.
8:00-4pm. Vintage Hounds Sale! fice, really nice clothes (mens XXL,
750 N. Perry Parkway: Cement sideEverything vintage from old metal, womens 8,10, 18, 20).
walk planters, car vac, camp stove,
glassware, furniture, dcor, and so
769 Leeward Ln.: Friday/Saturday. camping dishes, electric car buffer,
much more!
Baby gear, boys clothes, newborn to hand cart, Craftsman tool box, as233 Cedar Dr.: 5/5 8-3, 5/6 8-3, 5/7 2T, girls newborn 12M, toys, furniture. sorted hand tools, 4 chair patio set,
8-2 Housewares, jewelry, antique
6 chair patio set, cherry wood curio
jugs, CDs, vinyl, handbags, scarves, 844 Liliana Terrace: Thursday, cabinet.
canning supplies, dcor, hammock, 4:30-Saturday. Weight bench, dressjuicer, large coffee maker, womens er, golf clubs, weedwacker, smart- 1335 Pinon Trail: Friday & Saturday
clothes 8/medium, baskets, dehydra- phones, bike rack, lava lamps, crock- 7:30-3. SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE! Lawn equipment, weight bench,
tor, dorm fridge, craft books, baskets. pot, camera, teen boys clothes
retro patio table, baby necessities,
All priced to sell.
847 & 843 Liliana Terrace: May 5, 6, bunk beds, toys, kid clothes NB-4,
105 Cell Court Estate: Antique glass- 7 Name brand Girls , Boys & teenage home/craft items
ware, jewelry, bedroom, dining, living clothes, Homecoming/party dresses,
room furniture, Craft/sewing supplies, dress up clothes, Amish oak table & 195 Richards Rd.: Fri 5/6 Sat 5/7
Serger, household, turntable, enter- chairs, small dog sweaters, costumes, 8am-5pm.Lots of Tupperware, Rubbermaid, toys, tools, WII, movies
tainment center, Precious Moments
toys, books, games, movies, Hallowam795 Clover Ln.: Thurs, Fri, Sat 9-3. een decorations, artwork, jewelry, 220 State St,: May 5-May 7. 8
Desks, chairs, tables, shelves, house- end tables, Rubbermaid storage unit, 5pm. Children and womens clothes,
hold, decorative items
housewares, shoes, snow pants , small appliances, dishes, toys, books,
records, knick knacks, small furniture
561 Concord Dr.: May 5th-7th, 8am- adult clothes and much more.
5pm. HUGE MULTI-FAMILY. Furni- 386 E Lincoln St.: 5/6-5/7 Multi-fam- 355 Sterling Dr.: Friday-Saturday
8am-4pm. Tools, yard tools, skis, powture, household items/accessories,
ily. Tools, games, banks, treadmill, er miter saw, waders, rechargeable
antiques, teapot collection, yard
baby
stuff.
Much
more!
drill.
items, hammocks, banana swings,
boys clothes, toys and MUCH MORE! 133 West Lincoln St.: (near Histori- 135 Village View Ct.: Friday, SaturCash ONLY!
cal Museum) Bunk bed, crib, desks, day, May 6, 7, 8am-5pm. Mini trampo208 Dewey St.: Woodworking tools, rocker, modular shelf, other furniture, line, side table, cedar trunk, vintage
furniture, freezer, housewares, books, toys, Nordic Track Pro, bikes, Trek bike photos, trikes, riding toys, books,
CDs, plants, collectables, and much trailer, human-powered mowers, gar- puzzles, toys, boys clothes 3-6, alto
more!
dening, kitchen, shop tools, hardware saxophone, misc.
5435 Alan Dr.: off Netherwood near
Fish Hatchery, Thurs-Sat opens
7:30am. Huge Moving Sale. 20+
years of stuff must go! Furniture,
bookshelves, file cabinets, pictures/
frames, book, toys, sewing machine/
stand, kitchen, man cave treasures,
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Sat. May 7th 9am-4pm
Sun. May 8th 11am- 3pm

We may limit the amount of people in the sale at one time.

No list or numbers for this sale.

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Great selection of furniture for all rooms of the house to
include king size, double beds, bureaus, nightstands, sofas
including one nice mid-century modern style from 1960, dinette table, caf style table with two chair, pine lift top bench,
gun cabinet with glass door, 1960s kitchen set , 1960s RCA
stereo console walnut cabinet , choice of table lamps, cabinetry, new stain glass table and floor lamp, regulator clocks,
Original framed art acrylics and more decorative, kitchenwares, bird decorative, recliners and side chairs, Garage
items to include many hand tools, ladders, Yard Machine 24
snow blower, hedge trimmer. Leaf blower, three light street
lamp. (repro of antique style) Aluminum extension ladder,
patio sets and more. Nice gifts for Mothers day at this sale.
The items in this home are in very good condition.
Terms: Cash and Credit card. No checks please.
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WE BUY Junk Cars and Trucks.

We sell used parts.
Monday thru Friday 8am-5:30pm.
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Saturday, May 6 and 7, 7am-6pm each
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10x15=$70/month
10x20=$80/month
10x25=$90/month
12x30=$115/month
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LANDSCAPE TREE sale. Norway Pine

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Continued from page 1
continued to develop and
parts of it are public record.

Proposed hotel
Eric Lund, owner of S&L
Hospitality, sent an email to
village administrator Mike
Gracz on Sunday, May 1,
stating that hes attempting
to secure a letter of credit
for the hotel project.
Lund has proposed building a 52-room hotel at 1053
Park St., the site of an existing motel on the villages
south side.
He and the village have
tentatively agreed on a
TIF grant in the amount of
$561,000.
Gracz said the village
would have to borrow an
estimated $640,000 to provide the TIF assistance
because it would need to
make interest payments on
its borrowing until the hotel
begins generating tax revenue. Officials requested
that Lund provide a letter
of credit to provide security
on the villages borrowing
in the amount of $1.25 million.
On Sunday, Lund wrote
that Oregon Community Bank is evaluating the
property at 1053 Park St.
to determine if it could be
used as collateral for issuing a letter of credit. He

Board adjusts parking rules

BILL LIVICK
Unified Newspaper Group

Large vehicles are now prohibited

from being parked on residential streets
overnight and are limited to one hour of
parking during the day.
Monday night, the Village Board
amended the parking ordinance that had
prohibited vehicles and trailers with a
gross weight of more than 8,000 pounds
from parking on any village street without a special permit from the Oregon
Police Department.
The amended ordinance pertains to a
truck-tractor, road-tractor, semitrailer
wrote that the current landowner, Barbara Groves,
would be getting the loan
on this hotel and providing
the letter of credit.
The village has proposed
spending between $1.8 million and $2 million to construct to Park Street and
the intersection of Park and
Janesville streets as part of
its obligations in an agreement with the developer.
The village also proposed
obligations for the developer (subject to revision),
including completing construction by Dec. 31, 2016,
guaranteeing an actual tax
increment ranging from
$75,312 in 2018 to $81,102

or any combination thereof that has a

gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds
or more. The prohibition includes
semi-trailers having a length of more
than 21 feet.
Those vehicles and trailers are prohibited from parking on residential streets
between the hours of 6p.m. and 7a.m.,
and are restricted to one hour from
7a.m. to 6p.m.
Village officials decided to amend
the ordinance because it wasnt being
enforced, and if it had been, would have
made many business people angry, said
Village President Steve Staton.

in 2033, along with providing the letter of credit in the

amount of $1.25 million.
Lund had earlier rejected the villages request for
a TIF arrangement known
as pay-as-you-go, in which
much of the financial risk is
put on the developer.
He also refused the villages proposal for a lookback provision, which
would have required the
developer to return a percentage of the TIF assistance if the hotel exceeded
an 18 percent rate of return.
Gracz has shared email
exchanges between the two
parties with the Observer.
Lund initially asked for

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Oregon Police picks

Neubert as 2015
Officer of the Year
BILL LIVICK
Unified Newspaper Group

Oregon police officer Cindy Neubert was recognized at Mondays Village Board meeting for being
voted 2015 Officer of the Year by her peers in the
police department.
Chief Brian Uhl explained the award is presented
each year by the Oregon/Brooklyn Optimist Club, and
in the past, the award winner was chosen by the chief
of police.
Instead, Uhl decided to put the nomination up to a
vote of department employees.
To make this award a little more prestigious, I felt
it should be voted on by the members of the police
department, Uhl wrote in a memo to village administrator Mike Gracz.
Uhl wrote that several officers received nominations, but Neubert had the most votes.
He read comments from some officers who had voted for her.
She will be recognized by the Optimist Club
during a meeting at the State Bank of Cross Plains at
6:30p.m. Thursday, May 5.
Neubert received the same award from the Village
of Brooklyn Police Department.

$1 million in TIF a year ago

when he planned to build
a 75-room Sleep Inn and
Suites Hotel. He has since
downsized the project.
TIF is a public financing
method that is used as a
subsidy for redevelopment,
infrastructure, and other
community-improvement
projects by capturing property tax revenue from all
underlying taxing jurisdictions (the village, county,
state, technical college and
Oregon School District) of
the newly developed propdone and an occupancy pererty.
The village has proposed mit has been issued, Gracz
providing the TIF grant wrote to Lund.
Lund said he could prob30 days after the project is
ably provide the letter of
credit but said he would
need the TIF assistance
at the start of the project
since we do not have $1.2
million to put upfront to
cover the equity needs.

Sanctuary project
The Sanctuary at Oregon
project is proposed senior
residential care complex
that a group of developers
would build at the former
Methodist Church site on
North Main Street. The
developers have requested $1 million of financial
assistance from the village.
The project would provide 106 units of residential housing in an assisted
living setting for low- to
moderate-income seniors in
a three- or four-story wood
frame building on the 2.7acre site at 249 N. Main St.,
just north of downtown.
On Monday, a financial

adviser provided the Village Board with estimates

of tax increments generated by the project, ranging
from $100,304 in 2018 to
$108,000 in 2033.
The project would be a
partnership between a Florida-based company, SCA
Properties LLC, and a Minneapolis-based company,
The LaSalle Group.
The developer asked the
Village Board to conduct
a TIF analysis to see if the
request of $1 million is
feasible, and proposed a
15-year payback. The TIF
would be structured as a
pay-as-you-go, which
places most of the risk on
the developer instead of the
village.
A phone call to Gracz
seeking comment after
Mondays meeting was
not returned prior to the
O b s e r ve r s p u b l i c a t i o n
deadline on Tuesday.
Contact Bill Livick at bill.
livick@wcinet.com

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REALTOR

Q. How can I find the perfect home when there are so few houses on the market right
now?

A. The most important thing you can do is follow the Scouts motto: Be Prepared!
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help you do just that:
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1. Get pre-approved! Contact a mortgage lender to help you determine the type of loan
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search. Furthermore, a full-time realtor will know about homes before they even come on the market,
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