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The
Oregon Area Food Pantry
Donor ensures
new building if
$300k goal met
Group hopes to raise
funds by Feb. 1
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Town of Oregon resident Paul Morrison, owner of The Wood Cycle of Wisconsin, wrote and published a book this year
describing his work and the rise of the urban wood movement: Tree to Table Emergence of the Urban Wood Movement.
Inside urban wood
Morrison explains emerging movement in new book

BILL LIVICK
When he bought a portable sawmill in 1996, Paul Morrison didnt

know he was taking a big step
toward a new career as an urban
wood recycler, woodworker and
small business owner.
Now, with the publication of his
new book Tree to Table, the former environmental engineer can add
author to the list.
Hes just self-published the countrys first book documenting the
emergence of the urban wood
movement.
This book is aimed at helping
Turn to Wood/Page 13
Inside
Q and A with Paul
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Hour to empower through coding

Annual event provides
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On the Web
Find out more about the Hour of Code:
Board, OEA reach deal

2016-17 contract
includes max base
pay increase
during this time of year to celebrate

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Technology can be more than a

way to find new information.
Be a creator, not just a consumer,
goes the rallying cry from Brooklyn
Elementary School teacher Velvet
Holmes.
Holmes is one of several educators
in the Oregon School District who led
students on several projects last week
during the annual Hour of Code.
A national, week-long event
designed to encourage more students to learn about coding and computer science, Hour of Code is held
An anonymous donor has

given the Oregon Area Food
Pantry a gigantic boost in
its fundraising efforts for a
new building.
T h e a n g e l i nve s t o r
pledged to fill the gap to
meet the $750,000 project
goal, as long as the community raises $300,000.
Oregon Community
Resource Network urges
the community to donate
by Feb. 1 in order to set
the wheels in motion for a
groundbreaking in spring.
OCRN board chair Jeff
Boudreau said the $300,000
fundraising challenge is
in addition to the $116,000
already raised, which only
budged $3,000 since October.
Were not gonna let
anything stand between us
and the completion of this
project, he said. But the

community needs to rally around this project. Its
their project.
OCRNs mission is to
educate and fundraise for
the basic needs of people
living in the Oregon community, and right now its
focusing entirely on the
food pantry building project. The nonprofit set up a
donation display with information and building renderings at the Firefly Coffeehouse, and it is also planning a fundraising concert
featuring classic rock band
QUEST at Headquarters on
Jan. 27.
Boudreau said local residents have been generous
with their time and talents
to help significantly knock
down the cost of the project.
Among them are OCRN
board member and Oregon
resident Dan Bertler, who
offered to be the builder
with his company Supreme
The Oregon School

Board and Oregon Education Association have
both approved a collective
bargaining agreement for
the 2016-17 school year
that includes a 0.12 percent base wage increase
for all employees, the most
allowed per state law.
The board unanimously
approved the agreement at
its Monday night meeting.
OEA members ratified the
agreement last week. The
contract is retroactive to
July 1 of this year, running
through June 30, 2017.
The agreement continues
a recent trend of getting the
deals done sooner in the
school year than in years
past.
During the 2013-14
school year, for instance,
the two sides didnt come
to an agreement until two
weeks were left in the
school year, which had not
been unusual for the negotiations. Last year, both
sides reached an agreement
in November, just a few
months into the school year.
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greenhouse Saturday, Dec.
10, with more than a dozen area vendors and crafters
selling their wares for Christmas shoppers, collectors and
casual visitors alike.
Many of the items were
handcrafted and locally
sourced, and were hardly
lacking in variety: cozy winter apparel, decorative home
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Structures, Inc., and Brooklyn resident Jeff Groenier,
of Concepts In Architecture, LLC, who said he
could be the architect for
the project.
The angel investor was
the push that changed us
from dreaming to, OK this
is going to happen ... lets
get it done and secure the
additional funding, Bertler said.
A joint building committee with OAFP and
OCRN has been revising
design plans for the nearly 4,300-square-foot, single-story structure. OAFP
is also reviewing a lease
drafted by Peoples United
Methodist Church, which
offered a section of land
adjacent to its north parking
lot (near the corner of North
Alpine Parkway and Oregon
Parks Avenue) for the food
pantry to build on, pending
church and village approval.
Peoples UMC pastor
Jason Mahnke said the project falls right in line with
the mission of our church
and so far has overwhelmingly positive support from
the congregation and the
ecumenical clergy group in
Oregon.
The food pantry design
would complement that
of the Peoples church so it
doesnt look out of place, but
he clarified OAFP would still
be a community ministry,
since the food pantry was
originally organized by local
churches in 1986.
OAFP board members
said in a statement they
are thrilled at the prospect of having a facility to
help achieve its mission of
removing hunger as a problem in our community, and
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Town of Oregon residents will pay 12 cents

more per $1,000 of property value for the 2017 town
portion of their property
taxes.
T h e To w n B o a r d
approved the budget Nov.
29 after the public budget
hearing, with a mill rate
of $2.62 per $1,000 of
property value. Last years

rate was $2.50.
Thats a difference of
$240 for the owner of a
$200,000 property.
The overall tax levy
for the town rose from
$942,873 last year to
$992,821 this year.
Scott Girard
Oregon EMS uses Narcan

to reverse overdose
Photo by Samantha Christian
Oregon Community Resource Network has set up a fundraising display for the Oregon Area
Food Pantrys building project at Firefly Coffeehouse, inviting the community to make donations and learn more about the project.
start in April or May and

take about four months to
complete. That means food
pantry patrons wouldnt
have to stand in line outside
a cramped warehouse in the
cold next winter.
Once plans are complete
and ready for bidding, we
hope to engage many of the
local building trades in the
Oregon area for additional
help as for labor and their
services, Bertler said. What
a way to give back to your
community when everyone
has a hand in it.
How to donate
Donations for the Oregon Area Food Pantry building
project must be made payable to Oregon Community Resource Network (OCRN). There are three ways to donate:
1. Send donation to OCRN c/o Oregon Community
Bank, 733 N. Main St., Oregon, WI 53575
2. Click on the donate button at oregoncrn.com
3. Drop off donations at the display in Firefly Coffeehouse, 114 N. Main St.
they are grateful for those
If fundraising goals are
who have worked hard and met, plans are approved and
donated funds to make this weather cooperates, Bertler said construction could
dream a reality.
Contact Samantha
Christian at samantha.
christian@wcinet.com.
Pantry meeting a growing need in district

The food pantry has served Oregon School District residents for two
decades, and in that time the number
of families needing assistance has
more than doubled to about 150.
The proposed building would more
than triple its current size at 1092
Union Road, a 1,200-square-foot
warehouse donated by Charlene and
Ed Hefty 15 years ago. Although
theyve been grateful for the space,
since 2013 food pantry leaders have
sought a building that is larger, more
inviting and easier to find for patrons
and volunteers.
The $750,000 fundraising goal is
projected to cover building costs, furniture, fixtures and the first two years
of operating expenses.
The proposed 4,232-square-foot building would be wheelchair-accessible and
have a parking lot, with extra spaces
nearby at Peoples United Methodist
Church. The new building would feature
more storage space, a loading and sorting area, a walk-in cooler and freezer,
shopping area, meeting room, administrative office space and restrooms.
It would have temperature control

(the current building lacks air conditioning) and a waiting area so people
no longer need to stand in line outside
in all sorts of weather conditions.
Were looking forward to offering
a broader selection of food and personal needs, along with space to work
with people to find assistance in other
areas of need beyond food, according to a statement from the Oregon
Area Food Pantry board.
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reversed a heroin overdose in the Town of Dunn
Monday after an Oregon
School District bus
driver alerted them to
the incident.
An OSD
bu s d r ive r
called 911
to report an Miller
unresponsive man in
the drivers seat of a van
on the 2800 block of Lalor
Road, according to a news
release from the Dane
County Sheriff s Office.
The release said the engine
was running and that witnesses observed a needle
in his arm.
Oregon EMS and Madison Fire Rescue personnel
administered three doses of Narcan, a drug that
reverses the effects of an
overdose, and the man,
identified as 27-year-old
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Miller was brought to
a hospital for treatment
and later transported to
the Dane County Jail. He
faces preliminary charges
of third-offense operating
while intoxicated, possession of heroin, possession
of drug paraphernalia and
two counts of felony bail
jumping.
According to online
court records, Miller is
also facing two felony
charges bail jumping
and possession of narcotic
drugs from a September
incident and a felony burglary charge from a 2015
incident. The records show
he was referred to a drug
diversion program after
pleading guilty in the 2015
incident, but later violated
the terms of that program.
Sentencing is set in that
case for Jan. 12.
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Church property money well spent

This letter is in response to
another published in the Dec. 1
issue about the property the Oregon
Village Board has agreed to purchase on North Main Street, where
the old United Methodist Church
sits. I support this purchase because
I like the idea of the property being
used as part of the civic campus,
community center or park.
Private developers do not have
a good track record when it comes
to this space because they have
not properly consulted with the
neighborhood homeowners. They
are focused so much on profits that
they are unwilling or unable to
accommodate reasonable requests
from village residents to modify
their plans to fit the neighborhood,
and they certainly dont care about
saving the beautiful, old oak trees

on the property. Once the village
owns it, we the taxpayers will have
more say in the look and functionality of that wonderful space.
Also, this decision to purchase
is hardly sudden. Ive been following the issue since this summer
and have attended several public
meetings about it. The property has
been up for sale for over a decade.
Ive discussed it with several board
members, as well as the community group that supports this decision.
Will this cost the taxpayers money? Sure, but I think its money
well spent to remove the current
blight and replace it with something that benefits the community.
Amanda Peterson,
Village of Oregon
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Trumps election seems a

referendum on masculinity
rump won against long

odds. As an outsider
indeed, an interloper!
He won with most of the
Republican Party establishment
first dismissing him as a joke, then
strenuously opposing him and
only later slinking onto the bandwagon once victory was in view.
The grieving process for Democrats and others on the political
left may be a long and painful one
- especially for
citizens who
have resolved
to not learn a
thing from the
experience. Fortunately, some
Americans are
seeking understanding and
Noeldner
insights.
The lower-income, white
working class and its chronically-underemployed descendants in
the still-crumbling Rust Belt are
on the political radar of both parties again. Its about time! Democrats more or less abandoned this
identity group a quarter-century
ago, and Republicans relegated its
economic interests to the back of
the bus well before that.
A few brave souls on the left
are wondering aloud whether this
election could represent a populist
backlash against the indiscriminate
labeling of all those deplorable
hateful racist sexist xenophobic
anti-Semitic homophobes lurking
out there in the hinterlands. Duh.
I dont care to minimize these
or other factors widely discussed
in the media. But I believe an
underlying theme deserves serious
juggling in our public discourse,
even if it is potato many consider
too hot to handle:
This presidential election was
(among other things) a referendum
on masculinity.
In one corner, we had Trump
as the embodiment of aggressive
and unapologetic manliness; in
the other we had I Am Woman
Hillary, strident crusader on behalf
of the historically oppressed,
standing triumphant over properly
cowed (straight white) males,

their heads bowed in shame for an
ever-growing litany of injustices
they and their kind have perpetrated.
Of course, things are more
complicated than this. Trump and
Clinton represent fundamentally
different ideas about how men
and women should behave, their
roles in society and gender-based
expectations.
Crude as he often was, Trump
stands closer to older traditions
and conceptions of natural differences between men and women, with his opponent emphatically renouncing the notion that
genetic gender should be destiny.
Clinton revealed a coastal/cosmopolitan vision of a trans-human
future, and a lot of voters didnt
buy it.
It wasnt just white guys, either.
Forty-two percent of female voters chose Trump. No doubt some
Trump voters rejected Clinton
because they dont want any women in positions of high authority,
but its unlikely they make up the
majority among those who voted
against her. A male candidate who
focused as much attention on celebrating alt-sex memes as Clinton
did might have fared even worse at
the ballot box.
Why isnt the referendum on
masculinity angle front and center in the media? Simple. The long
shadow of political correctness
has made candid discourse about
gender roles and sexuality taboo in
many circumstances.
To stray from progressive/left
sexual ideology in blue Safe
Spaces like Dane County is to
invite uncomfortable silence at
best. The more likely response
is angry protestations that one
hates women, gays, transsexuals, fill in the blank.
As much as anything, Trump
represents a huge middle finger to
the Nanny State repressing freedom of thought and speech in such
matters. Therefore, it is delusional
for the left to entirely reject any
responsibility for Trumps emergence and triumph.
One irony in all this is that the
left has anointed itself champion

of diversity and tolerance.
This might be true about tolerating people with different skin
colors and ethnic backgrounds.
(And who isnt enriched by the
wonderful variety of ethnic foods,
dances, music, and art which
now comprise our nations melting pot?) But when it comes to
substantive ideas about what is a
good society and appropriate
roles for men and women in our
communities the left has become
infatuated with uniformity and
levels of standardization many
Americans find repressive.
Given the existential issues
before our nation and humankind,
is compelling every bakery owner
in the United States to make wedding cakes for gay couples really
a high priority? Given the risks of
backlash, is it worth it to blacklist
states that dont conform to the
latest iteration of tolerance?
It was U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Louis Brandeis who envisioned states serving as laboratories where citizens may try novel
social and economic experiments
without risk to the rest of the
country. We would be wise to
consider how this principle might
apply to cities, neighborhoods,
schools, voluntary organizations
and families, as well.
Nature does not seek to create
a single, optimized species of tree
that will flourish in all climates.
We humans should be so humble
and pragmatic with regard to cultures.
Make no mistake. Our nation
cannot exist if We The People do
not share some common set of
values and beliefs. The question is
how few are sufficient and how
much diversity we allow to exist
outside of what is common.
The election of Donald Trump
is proof that the left has sought
to impose its standardized vision
of tolerance well beyond what
many Americans care to tolerate.
Hans Noeldner is a Village of
Oregon resident.
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Christmas Cantata to
feature notable soloists
Morning Star
program is Dec. 18
Nearly 30 area singers from Oregon, Cottage
Grove, Edgerton and Janesville will perform alongside guest
soloists and
a live chamber orchestra for First
Presbyterian Churchs
annual
Brunner
Christmas
Cantata program on
Sunday, Dec.
18. Excerpts
of the concert will be
performed
as part of
the worship OBrien-Kaszuba
service as
10a.m., with a full presentation at 1p.m.
This years program is
Morning Star, by Lloyd
Larson, which narrates the
nativity story with a mix
of rich settings of traditional carols and new original
music, according to a news
release.
Adult choir director
Thomas Mielke said the
cantata will be just under
an hour in length and will
feature original music and
new arrangements of O
Little Town of Bethlehem,
O Come Emmanuel and
an audience singalong of
Hark! The Herald Angels
Sing.
Notable soloists include
baritone Michael Brunner
from Manitowoc, who has
been a featured soloist for
past presentations of the
FPC cantatas, and soprano
Photo submitted
Brad and Marilyn Schultz recently visited with Santa and their five children, Cody, 14,
Haley, 10, Mckenna, 3, Jacob, 9, Lily Grace, 1. Brad is receiving end-of-life treatment after
being diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma last year, and his family is seeking support
through an online GoFundMe page.
Photo submitted
Choir members rehearse for the Christmas Cantata, which

will be held at First Presbyterian Church at 1p.m. Sunday,
Dec. 18.
to the release. She was
then connected with Mielke her junior year, and
OBrien-Kaszuba considers
What: Christmas Cantata
them both fantastic mentors.
When: 1p.m. Sunday,
OBrien-Kaszuba, who
Dec. 18
lives in Sun Prairie and is
Where: First Presbyterian
the soprano section leader
Church, 408 N. Bergamand soloist with the Catheont Blvd.
dral Parish in Madison,
Info: 835-3082, tmielk@
has performed in large and
small choral works, early
frontier.com
music ensembles, opera,
musical theater and instrumental music as a flutist,
Shannon OBrien-Kaszuba, the release said. She has
who is a 1988 graduate of lived and performed abroad
Oregon High School.
in Austria, Germany and
Shannon is very excited Switzerland, and has also
to be able to sing with the been a member of the PhilPresbyterian choir in their harmonic Chorus of MadiChristmas cantata this year, son since 2002.
since she was encouraged
For information about the
to sing in high school by cantata, contact Mielke at
her homeroom and fine arts tmielk@frontier.com.
teacher, Christine Weigt (a
choir member), according
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SCOTT DE LARUELLE
With eight original tracks

recorded in Madison and
Minneapolis, the Ryan
McGrath Bands first album,
Know My Name is now
out and available, drummer
Tom Pietras told the Observer.
Pietras
said in an
email to the
Observer
that its been
exciting and
humbling
t o s e e t h e Pietras
fruits of your
own creativity, dedication
and hard work now being
available for sale across the
globe.
Its also exciting to watch
daily for customer reviews
On the Web
For more on the Ryan McGrath
Band, visit:
theryanmcgrathband.com
and see what songs off the
album are the most popular,
he said. That alone helps
the band to see just what
customers like the most, so
that it can be used as a guide
when we go back into studio.
When we see how fans like
either the guitar, bass, harmonica or drums, it gives us
chills to be honest to think
that four men from Wisconsin are creating music that is
truly resonating.
Pietras is joined in the
band by guitarist and lead
singer Ryan McGrath, also
an Oregon native and a 2009
OHS graduate, as well as

bassist Paul Pellett and harmonica player/singer Paul
Sabel.
All songs but one on
Know My Name were
written by McGrath, who
met Pietras several years ago
when the two played together in a group at Holy Mother
of Consolation Church. The
band which notably played
a 2015 Super Bowl event in
Arizona has performed at
Lambeau Field and Lucas
Oil Stadium in Indianapolis
during the last two months.
Know My Name is
available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and other digital
music sources.
Until his last breath

Fundraiser supports How to help
family of local with To donate to Brad Schultzs Celebration of Life, visit:
terminal cancer
gofundme.com/brad-schultzs-celebration-of-life
AMBER LEVENHAGEN
Brad Schultz is a family

man.
Raising five children
with his wife, Marilyn, in
Oregon, hes only a few
miles away from the rest of
his family in Stoughton.
But over the last several months, those family
visits have often had to
take place at UW Hospitals Palliative Care Unit
in Madison, where Brad is
receiving end-of-life treatment.
Brad was diagnosed with
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma,
a cancer that attacks the
lymphatic system, last year
just before turning 40. But
having exhausted treatment options, he was given
an estimated two weeks to
live on Dec. 2.
With that window of
time closing, a family
friend started a fundraiser
to help pay for impending
funeral costs. As of Dec.
13, the GoFundMe page
titled Brad Schultzs Celebration of Life has been
shared over 650 times on
social media and raised
over $3,600 of the $10,000
goal.
Throughout his diagnosis and treatment, Marilyn has only been able
to work intermittently to
pay for medical bills and
support their family. All
of the money raised from
the fundraiser will contribute directly to funeral
costs and other associated
expenses, such as the burial and headstone, which
Brad requested be replaced
with a bench.
Brads mother, Cheryl
Schultz, said he had been
relatively healthy before
his diagnosis. He decided
to go to the doctor around
Thanksgiving 2015, when
he was having a hard time
breathing and wasnt feeling well.
Doctors found 25 tumors
in his body, with the largest one the size of a football in his chest that was
pushing on his heart and
lungs.
He immediately started chemotherapy and
radiation treatments. The
treatments, which helped
reduce the sizes of his
tumors, resulted in a devastating pneumonia. The
pneumonia, combined with
cancer and scar tissue from
the radiation treatments,
left Brad with no function
of his lungs. He is now
on a constant flow of high
concentrated oxygen and
unable to leave the hospital.

The pneumonia was a
result of the chemo but if
he didnt have the chemo,
he would have died within
a month, Cheryl said.
After multiple rounds
of chemotherapy and a
stem cell transplant, the
cancer appears to doctors to be getting smaller.
But the damage caused by
the chemotherapy is irreversible, and is causing
Brads health to continue
to decline.
Brad asked the nurse
right out, Am I dying?
but the nurse pulled Marnie (Marilyn) aside and
gave her the time frame,
Cheryl said.
According to a post
from a family friend on
the GoFundMe page, Brad
always said, never give
up! So he will fight until
his last breath.
His family has remained
positive, and they visit him
in the hospital as often as
possible.
Were just a really close
family, our support is each
other, Cheryl said.
Contact Amber Levenhagen at amber.levenhagen@
wcinet.com.
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Group reporter Scott De
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Churches
Music program
Eliza Tyksinski will hold a Family
Jamming Music Together program
from 10:45-11:15 a.m. Friday, Dec.
16, at the library.
Enjoy the acclaimed early childhood music program for children
(ages 0-5) and their caregivers. The
program is free and registration is not
required.
For information, call 835-3656.
Paint night
A Wi n t e r Wo n d e r l a n d Pa i n t
Night will be held from 6-9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, at State Bank of Cross
Plains, 744 N. Main St.
A local artist will give step-by-step
instructions on how to create your
own masterpiece. There will be other
activities for kids while adults paints.
The cost is $12 for ages 5-12 and $25
for ages 12 and up.
All proceeds will benefit No One
Stands Alone, an organization that
provides necessary items to students
in the Oregon School District.
To sign up, contact NOSA.No.One.
Stands.Alone@gmail.com or call
294-7145.
Christmas concert
Holy Mother of Consolation
Catholic Church, 651 N. Main St.,

will hold a Christmas concert followed by caroling at 7 p.m. Friday,
Dec. 16.
The concert will last almost an hour
and will be a combination of vocal
and instrumental ensembles, including the Cantabile (HMC Childrens
choir), HMC Hand Bell Choir, Consolation Choir and HMC Orchestra.
The audience can also join in caroling
during a sing-along.
There is will be a freewill offering for Neighbors in Need of Assistance, which financially helps Oregon
School District families.
Skate with Santa

Oregon Ice Arena, 100 N. Perry
Pkwy., will hold a Skate with Santa
and breakfast buffet on Saturday, Dec.
17.
Breakfast is from 8:30-11:30 a.m.
and includes pancakes, biscuits with
gravy, sausage, bacon, eggs, fruit and
milk, juice or coffee. Skating is from
9:30-11 a.m.
The cost is $8 for breakfast only, or
$10 for breakfast, skating and rental
skates.
For information, call 835-9650 or
visit oregonicearena.com.
Santa at the Caper

Santa will visit The Chocolate
Caper, 105 S. Main St. from 11 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17. Families
are invited to visit with Santa, take
pictures, have hot chocolate and get
goodie bags.
There is no charge for the event,
but unwrapped toy donations are welcome for American Family Childrens
Hospital.
Scouts tree sale

Oregon Boy Scout Troop 168
will hold its annual holiday tree and
wreath sale through Dec. 23 at Dorn
True Value Hardware, 131 W. Richards Road.
Five different sizes of Balsam
mixed wreaths (24-60 inches), candy
cane wreaths, garland/roping and five
variety of trees (white pine, Colorado blue spruce, Fraser fir, Canaan fir
and Balsam fir) will be available. The
sales hours are 4:30-8 p.m. Mondays
through Fridays, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Saturdays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays.
For information, contact Tammy
Henn at troop168holiday@yahoo.
com.
Community calendar
7 p.m., Christmas Concert
and Carol Sing, Holy Mother of
12:30 p.m., Adult Coloring
Consolation Catholic Church, 651
Group begins (repeats every third
Thursday), senior center, 835-5801 N. Main St., 835-5763
1 p.m., Third Thursday Afternoon
Saturday, December 17
Euchre Card Party ($3), senior
8:30-11:30 a.m., Skate and
center, 835-5801
breakfast with Santa ($10), Oregon
6-7 p.m., Instagram 101 class
Ice Arena, 100 N. Perry Pkwy., 835(registration required), library, 835- 9650
3656
11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Hot chocolate
6 p.m., Brooklyn Elementary
with Santa, The Chocolate Caper,
School choir and orchestra concert, 105 S. Main St., 835-9294
OHS PAC, 456 S. Perry Pkwy., 835Sunday, December 18
4300
1 p.m., Christmas Cantata choral
Friday, December 16
performance, First Presbyterian
10 a.m., Everybody Storytime
Church of Oregon, 408 N.
(ages 0-6), library, 835-3656
Bergamont Blvd., tmielk@frontier.
10:45-11:15 a.m., Family Jamming com
Music Together (ages 0-5), library,
Monday, December 19
835-3656
3:30
p.m., LEGO Monday, library,
11 a.m., A Cowboy Christmas
835-3656
holiday play, senior center, 8355801
Tuesday, December 20
6-9 p.m., Winter Wonderland Paint 11:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., Silver
Night ($25 ages 12 and up, $12
Threads Among the Gold Club
ages 5-12), State Bank of Cross
(yearly fee), senior center, 835Plains, 744 N. Main St., 294-7145
3536
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, Dec. 15
WOW: No Excuses
Outdoors: Ice FishingDoor County Whitefish
ORE: Oregon School
Board Meeting (of Dec.
12)
Monday, Dec. 19
WOW: Oregon Village
Board Meeting LIVE 5
p.m.
ORE: OHS Band
Performance @ PAC (of
Dec. 13)
Friday, Dec. 16
WOW: A Leap Above
Dance Company: The
Nutcracker 2016
ORE: OHS Hockey vs
Monroe (of Dec. 9)
Tuesday, Dec. 20
WOW: A Toy Shop
Christmas - Erins Piano
Studio (of Dec. 2006)
ORE: OHS Boys Swim
Meet vs. Ft. Atkinson (of
Dec. 13)
Saturday, Dec. 17
WOW: Movie: Dickens Wednesday, Dec. 21
WOW: Academy of
A Christmas Carol
ORE:
OHS
Girls Sound Holiday Recital (of
Basketball vs. Edgewood Dec. 17)
ORE: NKE Orchestra &
(of Dec. 9)
Chorus Performance (of
Dec. 13)
Sunday, Dec. 18
WOW: Holiday Tree
Thursday, Dec. 22
Lighting (of Dec. 2)
WOW: Oregon Village
ORE: OHS Boys Varsity
Basketball vs. DeForest Board Meeting (of Dec.
19)
(of Dec. 10)
ORE: Icebergs Hockey
vs Middleton Metro (of
Dec. 15)
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
Brooklyn Community United

Methodist Church
201 Church Street, Brooklyn

(608) 455-3344
Pastor George Kaminski
SUNDAY
9 a.m. Worship (Nov.-April)
10:30 a.m. Worship (May-Oct.)
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
Thursday, December 15
Community cable listings
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
Wednesday, December 21
11:30 a.m., Brown Bag Book

Group: One Thousand White
Women by Jim Fergus, librarys
Sue Ames room, orelib@
oregonlibrary.org
7-9 p.m., Anderson Park Friends
board meeting, Town of Oregon
Hall, 1138 Union Road, roe.
parker@frontier.com
3-7 p.m., Oregon/Brooklyn Food

Pantry distribution, 1092 Union
Road
6 p.m., Library closes
Friday, December 23
Library, senior center closed

OSD winter break begins (No
school through Monday, Jan. 2)
Saturday, December 24
Library closed
Sunday, December 25
Library closed
Monday, December 26
Library, senior center closed
Senior center
Monday, December 19
Salisbury Stead in Gravy
Mashed Potatoes
Broccoli Flowerets
Pear Half
Dinner Roll
Key Lime Tart
VO: Veggie Noodle Casserole
Philly Cheese Sandwich
Four Bean Salad
Banana
Pumpkin Bar
VO: Wrap with Cucumbers,
Tomato and Cheese
Baked Chicken
Potato Salad
Spinach
Fresh Apple
Enriched Bread
Chocolate Ice Cream
VO: Veggie Burger on Bun
SO: Chef Salad
My Meal, My Way Lunch
at Ziggys Smokehouse
(drop in between 11:30
a.m. and 1 p.m.)
Friday, December 23
Closed for the Holidays
Monday, December 19
AMReflexology
9:00 CLUB, Rubber Stamping
9:00 Caregivers Support
10:00 Dominoes
10:30 StrongWomen
1:00 Get Fit
1:30 Bridge
3:30 Weight Loss Support
8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced
9:00 Wii Bowling
9:45 Zumba Gold
11:30 Silver Threads
12:30 Sheepshead
12:30 Stoughton Shopping
5:30 StrongWomen
9:00 CLUB
11:45 Birthday Lunch and Cake
1:00 Euchre
AMChair Massage
8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced
9:00 Pool Players
9:45 Zumba Gold
10:30 StrongWomen
12:30 Shopping at Bills
12:30 Coloring Group
1:00 Cribbage
3:00 Food Pantry Open
5:30 StrongWomen
Friday, December 23
Closed for the Holidays
408 N. Bergamont Blvd. (north of

CC), Oregon, WI
(608) 835-3082 - fpcoregonwi.org
Pastor Kathleen Owens
SUNDAY
10 a.m. Service
10:15 a.m. Sunday School
11 a.m. Fellowship
11:15 a.m. Adult Education
Fitchburg Memorial UCC
5705 Lacy Road, Fitchburg

(608) 273-1008, www.memorialucc.
org
Pastor: Phil Haslanger
Associate Pastor Twink JanMcMahon
SUNDAY
9:30 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 the Hillcrest
Campus and 10:15 a.m. worship with
Childrens ministries, birth 4th 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
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
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.
Do Something Nice for Someone

The advice to do something nice for someone follows
logically from the golden rule, i.e., to do unto others as
you would have them do unto you (Matthew 7:12), and
is, in effect, a summary of the Bibles teaching on
morality. We all know how good it feels when someone
does something nice for us, and so we should return the
favor, or perhaps pay it forward, as the saying goes.
This can be done in so many simple ways, from helping
someone with their chores, to inviting someone to eat with
you or otherwise sharing your food, to just being there
for others. It doesnt have to be expensive; sometimes the
best gift is the gift of our time. A patient and understanding listener is often the best therapist. On the other hand,
gifts are also nice. Who doesnt like to be the recipient of
a thoughtful gift? And monetary gifts are always practical.
Sometimes the nicest things we do are the things we do
for those who dont expect it, or deserve it. If someone
deserves to be forgiven, then its not a big deal to forgive
them. But if someone doesnt deserve to be forgiven and
we forgive them, that is a big deal. Do something nice for
someone each and every day and occasionally do something really nice for someone who doesnt
necessarily expect it, or deserve it.
Christopher Simon, Metro News Service
So in everything, do to others what you would have
them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the
Prophets.
Matthew 7:12 NIV
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For over 25 years, the Brooklyn Fire/EMS Departments have been Santa to senior citizens in
the Village of Brooklyn. Santa visits their homes to deliver fruit and check to see if the residents smoke detectors are in need of new batteries. With the help of 15 volunteers, Santa
visited about 40 seniors on Saturday, Dec. 10. Pictured with Santa (John Beranek), right, are
his helpers Brock Padley, Josh Coleman, Dan Dean and Matt Medich.
Photos by Amber Levenhagen
Lt. Jennifer Pagenkopf joined several volunteers to help make pancakes and eggs, starting at
6a.m. the morning of Saturday, Dec. 10, during the eighth annual K-9 pancake breakfast.
Breakfast benefits
OPD K-9 fund
The Oregon Police
Department held its eighth
annual K-9 pancake breakfast with Santa on Dec. 10 at
the Oregon Fire Department.
Attendees enjoyed pancakes and eggs with all of
the fixings, and also were
able to purchase baked
goods for a donation to the
fund. All proceeds will go
to the OPD K-9 Fund.
Amber Levenhagen
Reece Nelson and Jesse Snow decorate cookies at Sienna Crest.
Cub Scouts serve

the community
About 35 members of
Oregon Cub Scout Pack
350 spent the morning of
Saturday, Dec. 10, completing various community
service projects around the
village.
The scouts and their
families, 80 people in all,
split up into groups along
to help the Oregon VFW
collect flags from veterans
graves at Prairie Mound
Cemetery, sort food items
at the Oregon Area Food
Pantry, clean classrooms
at Oregon Preschool, Inc.,
and decorate cookies with
senior residents at Sienna
Crest Assisted Living.
M eg a n S c h u e t z , t h e
packs committee chair,
said the group of scouts in
grades 1-5 has done various community service
projects in the past, including cleaning parks and
holding food drives.
We gathered together
afterwards and the boys
shared their experiences
and a sloppy Joe lunch,
she wrote in an email to
the Observer. When we
asked if we should plan
another opportunity, every
single hand was raised.
The scouts are looking
for ideas for their next
On the web
See more photos from the
community service day:
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Faith Lutheran Church

Hali Nelson, 4, buckles into an ambulance that was open for
exploration during the breakfast.
Happy Holidays!
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Caring for our Green World since 1978
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holiday season ever and we look
forward to serving you in the upcoming
2017 season with all of your
landscape and tree care needs.
Childrens Program
Sunday, December 18
9 a.m. Service
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Christmas Eve Song

& Prayer Service 7 p.m.
Christmas Morning Service,
Sunday, Dec. 25 9 a.m.
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From left, Lucas Kuhlman, Tony Perkins, Cody Paulsrud

and James Radel clean a classroom at Oregon Preschool,
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ect, including another like Schuetz at 291-0816.
this one in summer.
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Join us in welcoming
Dr. Stephen Kellogg and his
staff members, Deb and Kris,
to Mueller Dental.
Dr. Kellogg has
practiced in
Oregon for
40 years.
He will be looking
toward retirement,
while keeping his patients dental needs
and professional care a priority.
(608) 835-0900
152 Alpine Pkwy, Oregon

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Reese to take over American Family Insurance
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One of Oregons American Family Insurance agencies will merge with the
other beginning next year.
Chris Reese will take
over the Diane Sliter Agency from Sliter, who is not
retiring from the business
but going to be working
less as the two merge
agencies, according to an
email from Reese.
I will still be available
and active in the agency,

but will be taking a little
more time to spend with
my family, Sliter wrote
in a letter to clients. This
will also allow me to continue my involvement in
the Oregon community and
devote more time to support local organizations.
Reese has worked for
American Family for 12
years, both at an agency
and as a manager with the

corporate office.
Sliter emphasized the
lack of change customers
would experience in the
letter, noting they would
have the same location,
phone number and staff.
Sliters son, Troy Spilde,
will become the agencys
branch manager.
Scott Girard
Biz briefs
Mahens Liquors opens
Academy of Sound adds

The former Alpine Liquors building is instructors
once again selling spirits and beer, but

under a new name and owner.
Owner Mahendran Namasivayam
received his liquor license for the establishment earlier this fall after Alpine
Liquors owner Ted Wallace closed the
store this summer.
Namasivayam was one of two applicants for the location at 905 N. Main St.
The stores temporary hours are 11 a.m.
to 8 p.m. Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 9
p.m. Saturdays and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.
Academy of Sound music studio added

two new teachers in September.
Bridget Schwefel, a voice teacher, and
Irene Verdegan, a piano teacher, began the
week of Sept. 12.
Schwefel is a McFarland native who
participated in the Wisconsin High School
Honors Choir and studied at Viterbo University in La Crosse.
Verdegan is from the Philippines and
graduated from the University of Santo
Tomas Manila.
Photo by Scott Girard
Dr. Stephen Kellogg, left, will transition his dental practice to Mueller Dental, owned by Chad
Mueller, beginning Jan. 1, 2017.
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More than 30 years

ago, Dr. Stephen Kellogg
removed the wisdom teeth
from a young Oregon resident, Chad Mueller.
Next month, the two will
become partners at Muellers dental office as Kellogg transitions his patients
to Muellers office at 152
Alpine Pkwy.
Ke l l o g g , w h o s t a r t e d
practicing dentistry in Oregon in 1978 and went solo
in 1992, is ready to slow
down, though the date for
his future retirement is not
finalized.
He really wanted to find
a good landing spot for
his staff and his patients,
Mueller explained.
Kellogg and Mueller began planning as far
back as April for the Jan. 1
change.
A lot more to it than I
thought, Kellogg said as
he and Mueller prepared to
sign a stack of documents
in November.
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152 Alpine Pkwy.
muellerdental.com
835-0900
a good time for Mueller, as
well, as the facility he had
built in January 2014 was
constructed for more than
one doctor.
It was long-range,
long-term planning, he
explained.
While Kellogg has begun
to look toward retirement,
he stressed that it was at
least a year away, possibly longer. But moving
locations now gives his
employees a chance to get
used to the new office and
system, and it also comes
at a time when his receptionist of 31 years is retiring.
The partnership could
b r i n g a f ew t h o u s a n d
patients to the new practice
in total, given the number
Kellogg has seen over the

last two years, but hes not
concerned about losing any
from the transition.
Its been really well-received, he said of a letter
the practice sent out about
the change.
Mueller said hes excited for the new arrangement to begin, though he
acknowledged itll obviously be a little different.
But, he added, after 19
years practicing alone, hes
thought at times, Boy itd
be nice to have another
doctor around.
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wisdom tooth procedure
decades ago.
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Boys hockey
Player of the
week
From Dec. 6-13
Name: Devin Keast

Grade: Junior
Sport: Wrestling
Highlights: Keast went undefeated
and took home a first-place finish
at 152 pounds Saturday at the Bob
Downing Scramble at Sun Prairie
High School
Honorable mentions: Ellen
McCorkle (girls basketball) went
11-for-12 from the free-throw
line and scored 21 points against
Madison Edgewood; Sam Hakes
(boys hockey) had two goals and
three assists in an 11-1 victory
over Monroe on Friday; McKenzie
Nisius (girls hockey) finished with
31 saves in a 9-1 loss against
non-conference Black River Falls
on Saturday; Jake Larsen (boys
swimming) swam to a pair of thirdplace finishes at the Fort Atkinson
Invitational on Saturday in the
50-free and 100-yard butterfly. He
also helped the 200 medley relay
finish sixth; Ian Murphy (boys
basketball) scored 12 points against
DeForest in a 45-42 loss.
Photo by Jeremy Jones
Alex Verhagen powers through Milton defenseman Logan Servin in the first period Monday evening. Oregon won the Badger South Conference game 7-1.
Taking care of business

Panthers knock off
Monroe, Milton in
conference play
Tyler Damon added a goal

season, blowing out a pair of
Badger South Conference cel- and assist in the blowout. Matlar dwellers last week.
thew Strassman, Carson Timberlake, Sawyer LaChance,
Oregon 7, Milton 1
A l ex Ve r h a g e n a n d R y a n
Senior Calvin Schneider Michek all had a goal in the 7-1
JEREMY JONES
scored a goal and had two blowout.
The win improved Oregon
assists Monday evening as the
Sports editor
Panthers defeated winless Mil- to 6-0-1 overall (2-0-0 conferO r e g o n b o y s h o c k e y ton inside the Mandt Commu- ence).
Miltons lone score came on
remained undefeated on the nity Center.
the power play with three minutes remaining in regulation.

The game was well out of
hand by that point, though, as
Oregon scored three times in
the first and second period and
early in the third.
Backup goalie Jacob Ayers
got the start and made eight
saves. Justin Burke (40) and
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Girls basketball
Slow start dooms Oregon against another ranked opponent

ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor
It was another challenge for the

Oregon High School girls basketball team Friday against Madison
Edgewood in the fifth matchup
against a ranked opponent in the
first six games.
The Panthers (3-3 overall, 0-3
conference) have wins over Marshall (ninth-ranked in Division 3),
Barneveld (eighth-ranked in Division 5) and Jefferson.
However, in the three Badger
South Conference matchups, Oregon have taken losses to Stoughton
(ranked sixth in Division 2), Monroe (ranked eighth in Division 2)
and now the Crusaders (top-ranked
in Division 3).
It was slow start Friday, coupled
with the play of Edgewood senior
Estella Moschkau that led to the
host Panthers falling 73-56.
Head coach Corey Sielaff said
that the tough competition will be
good for the young Panthers in the
long run.
She said the girls are coming to
practice with confidence and asking
to see film to improve, even during
losses like Friday.
The kids are handling it OK
and doing a good job and coming
Badger South schedule

Date
Nov. 22
Dec. 2
Dec. 9
Jan. 5
Jan. 10
Jan. 13
Jan. 20
Jan. 24
Jan. 28
Feb. 3
Feb. 9
Feb. 16
Opponent Time/Result
at Stoughton
L 59-63
at Monroe
L 37-64
Edgewood
L 56-73
at Fort Atkinson
7:30p.m.
at Monona Grove
7:30p.m.
at Milton
7:30p.m.
Monroe
7:30p.m.
at Edgewood
7:30p.m.
Fort Atkinson
7:30p.m.
Monona Grove
7:30p.m.
Milton
7:30p.m.
Stoughton
7:30p.m.
to work everyday and that is all we

can ask of them, Sielaff said.
Oregon cut the deficit to four
with five minutes left in the first
half after changing out of the zone
defense.
But the Crusaders went on a run
and jumped out to a 44-26 lead at
halftime, and the Panthers couldnt
cut into that lead.
Moschkau, who finished with 26
points, drained four 3-pointers, and
junior Caitlin Link added 17 points.
Senior Katie Merrigioli finished

with 16 points.
Junior Ellen McCorkle led the
Panthers with 21 points, which
included going 11-for-12 from the
free-throw line. Senior Katie Uhl
and sophomore Sydona Roberts
both finished with 10 points, and
senior Danica Keisling added nine.
Oregon travels to non-conference
Photo by Evan Halpop
Baraboo at 7:30p.m. Thursday and Freshman guard Kaitlyn Schrimpf (15) and Edgewood junior Caitlin Link
to non-conference Watertown at (23) race for a loose ball Friday in a Badger South Conference game at
7:30p.m. Monday, Dec. 19.
Oregon High School. Oregon lost 73-56.
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Wrestling
Conditioning leads to
several place winners
ANTHONY IOZZO
The conditioning and

endurance of the Oregon
High School wrestling team
stood out Saturday at the
Bob Downing Scramble at
Sun Prairie High School.
Several Panthers won
place matches, and there
were some matches won in
the third period.
Head coach Ned Lease
said while Oregon has shortened workouts this season,
the Panthers are doing double workouts on Tuesday
and Thursday. That has been
paying dividend, he said.
We have been working
a lot with these guys, and
everyone is coming of age
with the match speed of top
competition, Lease said.
They have the endurance to
make it through, and no it is
time to put it all together in
all facets of the match.
Devin Keast finished 4-0
and took first place at 152
pounds.
Keast defeated Fennimores Will Ahnen 8-7 in
the first-place match and
added a pin over Belmont/
Plattevilles Joshua Taber in
30 seconds, a 7-4 decision
over Waukesha Souths Joe
Hoelzer and a 6-4 decision
over Madison La Follettes
Jacob Hendrix.
(Keast) was really great
on his feet, but especially
when it came down to the
tough finals matches where
everyones feet were dragging, Lease said.
Robbie Ruth (160) added
a fourth-place finish with a
3-2 record. Ruth lost 9-6 to
Lodis Mac Barreau in the
third-place match, but he
picked up pins over Waukesha Souths Jacob Pilon in
5:36 and over Wisconsin

Lutherans Deon Wright
in 1:58. Ruth also defeated
Sun Prairies Jack Heraldson
10-5.
Robbie making the finals
was a big deal for him as a
sophomore, Lease said.
Steele Mellum finished
3-2 at 120 pounds and took
sixth place. Mellum lost
a 13-6 decision to Fennimores Aidan Nutter in the
fifth-place match, but he
did earn pins over Beaver
Dams Nate Jansen in 44
seconds and over Belmont/
Plattevilles Aiden Sargent
in 26 seconds. Mellum also
defeated DeForests JC
Olson 6-0.
Samuel Reynolds picked
up two wins at 195 pounds,
including a pin over Beaver Dams Ramiro Vazquez
in 3:47 in the ninth-place
match.
Collin Legler won his
11th-place match at 132
pounds with a pin over La
Follettes Iker Rodriguez in
1:44. Legler was 2-3 on the
day.
Conner Brickley picked
up a win in his 13th-place
match at 126 pounds, pinning Marshalls Trevor Juisto in 2:46.
Oregon travels to the
Mount Horeb Invitational at
7:30 a.m and then returns to
Mount Horeb for a dual at
7:30p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20.
Monroe 60, Oregon 15

Mellum and Ruth both
picked up wins in a 60-15
loss Friday at Monroe in a
Badger South Conference
dual.
Mellum pinned Austin
Smiley in 2:25, and Ruth
won 6-4 over Patrick Rielly.
Keast added a win by forfeit.

Date
Opponent Time/Result
Dec. 2
Stoughton
L 12-58
Dec. 9
at Monroe
L 15-60
Jan. 5
Milton
7:30p.m.
Jan. 20
at Fort Atkinson
7:30p.m.
Jan. 27
at Monona Grove
7:30p.m.
Feb. 4
Conference at MG
9a.m.
Photo submitted
Fleming makes it official
Senior Brittyn Fleming signed her National Letter of Intent to play womens hockey at Minnesota State-Mankato last month
in front of friends and family at Oregon High School.
Boys swimming
Larsen swims to pair of medals at Black Hawk Invitational

JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
Senior Jake Larsen earned a pair of

third-place individual finishes Saturday, but the Oregon High School
boys swimming team didnt have
the firepower to match the rest of the
field at the Black Hawk Invitational
in Fort Atkinson.
Larsen took third in the 50-yard
freestyle (22.7) and the 100 butterfly
(54.77), though the Panthers finished
last out of the 11 teams competing
with 103 points.
Defending Division 2 state champion Monona Grove posted a meetbest 390 points to finish 107 points
ahead of Verona Area/Mount Horeb.

Sun Prairie rounded out the top three
with a 245.
Larsen was joined by Sam Rohloff,
Ian Charles and Collin Braatz to help
the 200 medley relay open the team
with a sixth-place finish (1:49.91).
Charles added a fifth-place finish
Turn to Swim/Page 11
Hockey: Hakes scores twice in 11-1 win over Monroe

Luke Grote (14) combined for 54
saves for Milton.
The loss dropped the Red Hawks
to 0-7-0 overall and 0-2-0 in conference play.
Oregon 11, Monroe 1

Sam Hakes scored two goals and
added three assists Friday as the Panthers cruised to an 11-1 victory over
the visiting Monroe Avalanche co-op.
Hakes was one of seven different
goal scorers for Oregon. Eleven different Panthers had at least a point in
all for the Panthers.
Center Zak Roskos had two goals
and two assists and Ian Schildgren
and Damon each added two goals
and one assists.
Ayers stopped nine of 10 shots in
the win, while Heath Bear and DanPhoto by Jeremy Jones
iel Guilliams split time in net, combining for 52 saves for Monroe (0-6- Oregon defenseman Carson Timberlake scores a first-period goal Monday
against Monroe goaltender Justin Burke.
0, 0-3-0).
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Boys basketball
Panthers get back in the win column at Jefferson

ANTHONY IOZZO
Whats next
The Oregon boys basketball

team snapped a 3-game losing
streak Tuesday with a 51-37
win at non-conference Jefferson.
The Panthers finished 18-for23 at the free-throw line, paced
by senior Matt Pearson (15
points) who was 6-for-6.
Oregon led 22-14 at halftime
and stayed ahead with a 29-23
advantage in the second half.
Michael Landry added 11
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charity stripe. Juniors Dillon
Hein and Brett Wannebo collected eight and seven points,
Oregon (2-3 overall, 0-2 Badger South) travels to Monroe at

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19 points in the second half of a
respectively.
Zack Peterson led Jefferson low-scoring game.
Senior Ian Murphy led with 12
with 14 points.
The Eagles fell to 1-4 overall. points, and Pearson and senior
Christian Bultman added seven
DeForest 45, Oregon 42
and six points, respectively.
Sophomore Ethan Victorson
The Panthers hosted DeForest
in a Badger crossover Saturday chipped in five points.
Sophomore Austin Westra led
and were edged 45-42.
The game was tied at 23 at DeForest with 14 points.
halftime, but Oregon was held to
Date
Opponent Time
Nov. 29
at Monona Grove
L 46-50
Dec. 6
at Stoughton
L 63-85
Dec. 16
at Monroe
7:30p.m.
Jan. 3
Edgewood
7:30p.m.
Jan. 6
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Feb. 7
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Feb. 10
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Feb. 14
Fort Atkinson
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Feb. 17
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Stoughton defenseman
Sydney Urso scored the Icebergs girls hockey co-ops
lone goal Saturday in a 9-1
loss inside the Milt Lunda Memorial Ice Arena in
Black River Falls.
The Icebergs trailed 6-0
when Urso scored. Black
River Falls forward Khloe
Spors already had four
goals at that point. Spors
added another goal and
assist in the third period to

finish with the game with
six points.
McKenzie Nisius had 30
saves in the loss, including
13 in the first and second
periods alone. The Stoughton co-op generated 11
shots on goal for the game.
The Icebergs (0-7-0 overall, 0-3-0 Badger Conference) return to conference
action Thursday at home
against the defending champion Madison Metro Lynx
(2-1-3, 1-0-2).
Swim: Larsen takes home two

third-place finishes
in the 100 fly (56.37) and a
sixth-place individual finish
in the 200 free (1:54.28).
Fort Atkinson 96,

Oregon 66
Oregon opened the Badger South dual meet season
with a 96-66 loss at home
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Larsen, Rohloff, Charles
and Braatz posted a three
second PR from two weeks
ago to win the 200 medley
relay in 2:00.45
All four member of the
that relay went on to either
win multiple events or carry over that success on to
the Panther relays.
Charles added the 200
(2:10.69) and 400 freestyle titles (4:37.6), Braatz
won the 50 (27.15) and
100 free races (1:01.01) in
season best times and Larsen claimed the 100 butterfly (1:01.68) and 100 backstroke (1:07.18).
Rohloff added a season-best in the 100 backstroke and on the 200 free
relay, which along with
K a d e n S e e l i g e r, H e n r y
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I thought the boys swam
pretty good. We have come
a long way in two weeks,
Kruerger said. We are
building endurance and
working hard on the small
things that will pay off at
the end of the year.
The first five meets in
two weeks was about discovering what swimming is
all about, and what we have
to work on, Krueger said.
The next three weeks will
be about working and getting better for the end of
the season.
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Once Upon a Mattress

Oregon High School students gave their take
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From rolls of film and
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phone cameras, students in
todays class are exposed to
a much different world than
their colleagues from 1996.
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heart of a photographer.
Around two dozen OHS
students and staff celebrated
a tradition Oct. 26 with the
photography class annual
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an excursion to amusement
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through time in the footsteps
of legendary pioneer photographer Henry Hamilton
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Considered by historians
as one of the countrys premier landscape photographers, said OHS photography
class instructor Michael Derrick, Bennett documented the
stunning rock formations of
King Sextimus the Silent (Payton

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Derrick said Bennetts
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When people first saw
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innovation.
That famous snapshot was
of his son, Ashley Bennett,
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Students started the day
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Derrick said over the
years, students have been
challenged with a wide variety of weather conditions,
which provide unique photo opportunities.
My favorite was one year
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the year, and that combined
with the rock formations
was stunning, he said. You
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trail. It almost seemed to
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it was a star.
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Morrison: Timing right for urban wood book

BILL LIVICK

people understand what
this movement is, how it
happened and how to get
engaged with it, Morrison told the Observer last
month.
Before he bought the
s aw m i l l , M o r r i s o n h a d
been working for the state
on groundwater quality.
Woodworking was a hobby
hed developed as a child
and did on the side.
In 2001, he was working
out of his basement, doing
projects for friends as a
sideline.
They encouraged him
to pursue his passion full
time, and by 2003 hed quit
his state job to launch his
business, Wood Cycle of
Wisconsin, which operates
on a farmstead he bought
and repurposed on Fish
Hatchery Road.
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uses for drying wood, a
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dead or dying urban trees
are on display.
A strong conservation
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the driving forces behind
Morrisons idea to establish
the Wood Cycle in 2003.
Almost a decade later, In
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Sustainable Small Business
of the Year for 2011.
Morrison told the
Observer he decided to
write his book this year
on the urban wood movement in which city trees
that have to be removed
are milled and used in sustainable ways because
of the crisis brought on
by the emerald ash borer.
And because Wisconsin
is a national leader in the
movement, he said.
Contact Bill Livick at bill.
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Oregon Observer: Why

did you feel that this book
needed to be written now?
Paul Morrison: Theres
a couple of things that kind
of play into all that. One
is the emerald ash borer
issue. It really brought this
urban wood
issue to the
forefront
of attention
over the past
f ew y e a r s .
There have
been folks
like me individually out there recycling
urban wood for years, but
its never been a coordinated effort. Wed never pulled
together as a group until
more recently.
And the ash borer has
created a lot of attention to
the issue of moving wood
around the globe and the
pests that sometimes come
with it.
And at the same time,
youve got the whole sustainability movement saying
lets be as efficient as we
can and not waste resources.
On top of that, you have the
whole buy-local movement
that really started in the
food industry with farmers
markets and the farm-to-table concept. That has now
expanded for economic reasons.
So buying local, supporting your local economy all these factors have
come together, and for the
urban wood aspect of it, the
emerald ash borer has given it enough attention that
I thought somebody has
to explain whats going on
here.
Ive been working with
a group, Wisconsin Urban
Wood, that started out as
Q&
kind of a Madison project

to figure out what to do with
the ash trees, and from there
it expanded into a statewide
effort to specifically address
the urban ash trees and recognize that ash is just one of
the many trees that are coming out of our urban landscapes. It just happens to be
the one thats driving a lot of
public interest right now.
And so with all that, I
thought someone needs to
explain all this why not
me?
Its certainly a timely
thing for our immediate
area, but emerald ash borer
is spreading to cities all over
the eastern U.S.
OO: It seems important
and timely here. Oregon and
Stoughton both discovered
the ash borer in those communities in the past year or
so.
Morrison: Theres a lot
of Oregons and Stoughtons across the U.S. that are
starting to see the ash borer
move into their areas. But it
is just one of the pests that
state and federal agencies
are monitoring and trying to
control.
Its very visible because
it would take out all the ash
trees if we didnt do anything. And ash is such a
dominant tree in the urban
landscape right now, because
it was one of the chosen
replacements the last time
this happened, with Dutch
elm disease.
So this is a critical time
right now.
OO: The urban wood
recycling movement seems
to be getting its footing now.
Morrison: Yeah, and Wisconsin Urban Wood is the
first statewide organization
of this nature in the country.
Its got like 35 members and
tree do I have a use for. And

so whats nice about this
urban wood partnership is
that regardless of what wood
it is, if its a good log I take
it, we saw it, and if I dont
use it, somebody else is
looking for it.
Logs are constantly coming in and constantly going
out. And we just try to keep
OO: Even without the ash up in between.
borer, the need to recycle
urban wood would be there?
OO: How did you orgaMorrison: Oh yes, and nize the book?
when you think about the
Morrison: There are 14
overall picture, what are the chapters, and really the way
trees that we most prize? its organized is spelled out
Theyre the ones that we see in the preface: This book
every day in our backyards is half storytelling, half
and along the streets in those documentary and half buyurban settings. So theyre ers-guide.
the last trees that you want
So the flow of the book
to see go into a Dumpster or talks about traditionally,
wood chipper or fireplace.
how did woodworking hapAnd its those urban sto- pen? Whats happening now
ries related to the trees that in the world economy? And
are really what this move- how is this business model
ment helps to service: this different from that?
was the tree that Johnny had
And then I go into some
his fort in, and now its his of the specific. Its a little
kitchen or his dining room bit of storytelling, because
table. The movement helps when youre dealing with
to capture those stories.
urban trees, the stories are
what makes them valuable.
OO: What do you do with
The documentary side
the wood from an urban tree explains why this is happenonce its felled and in your ing and why it hasnt been
sawmill?
happening all along, and the
Morrison: The full scope things that contributed to
of operation is here and then that.
weve got off-site storage. At
The other part is explainthis point, half of what were ing why an urban tree is
milling is going to the Hab- different from a woodlot
itat for Humanity Restore. tree. You know, what are the
Part of this whole urban unique characteristics, and
wood model is, is it just me, who are the guys that are
or do other people care, as doing it and how are they
well?
unique.?
And what weve learned
So those aspects all play
through that is if you cut into it, and I kind of take
a tree and supply it to the readers through that process.
restore, somebody in the And obviously the ending
area is interested in that point is how you can get
wood. That lumber is sell- involved in it.
ing.
I could support just my
Contact Bill Livick at bill.
own business, but not every
livick@wcinet.com.
includes woodworkers like
myself, and aborists who
are taking these trees down,
and also municipalities that
are looking for a greater network to make this happen.
All of this has been a coordinated effort, kicked off by
the ash borer but knowing
its not limited to ash trees.
Volunteers keep a variety of hot and cold beverages at the

ready for the steady lines of customers at the pancake breakfast.
Code: Annual event gives students coding experience
Rise and shine for

pancake breakfast
Oregon Middle School

hosted the annual Oregon-Brooklyn VFW Post
10272 on Sunday, Nov. 13.
Hundreds of people showed
up throughout the event,
held from 7a.m. to noon,
to enjoy a breakfast of pancakes, eggs and sausages,
On the Web
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with plenty of milk, juice

and coffee to wash it down.
All proceeds from the
annual event go to support
veterans, their families and
the two communities.
Scott De Laruelle
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Throughout the school year, OSD

students are exposed to a variety of
coding websites, and use iPad apps like
Kodable, LightBot, Hopscotch, Cargo-Bot and Daisy the Dinosaur. They
also use robots like Ozobots, Dash/Dot
and Sphero.
Holmes third- and fourth-grade
students at BKE have had a computer
science class on Fine Arts Friday and
have begun their class in code.org.
They are doing the storytelling unit,
which has them practicing dialogue,
setting, characters and personal narratives, which complements the language
arts curriculum in the classroom, she
said.
Computer programming jobs are
growing at two times the national average, Holmes noted.
We are fortunate that Wisconsin is
one of the 31 states that allows computer science credits to count toward
graduation requirements, she said.
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Obituaries
John J. Baumgartner
December
treasurer. Other offices were filled

by Hans Jorgensen, J. F. Jensen,
T h e O r e g o n B a s k e t b a l l R. Petersen, Chris Nielson, Henry
A s s o c i a t i o n e l e c t e d R a y m o n d Jensen and A. Fredricksen.
Comstock, manager and Arthur
1966 (50 yrs. ago)
Sholts, treasurer.
The school requested the
Schroeder Pharmacy was offering
following of the parents of school customers double Gold Bond Stamps
children going home over their lunch on purchases made every Monday and
hour: We still notice many children Tuesday from now until Christmas.
coming back to school long before
The following Oregon businesses
the first bell rings at noon. We would will be open every night (except
appreciate it greatly if parents would Saturday and Sunday nights) starting
give them [the children] some work Dec. 1: Lawson Rexall Drugs, Oregon
to do at noon which would occupy Super Market, Oregon TV, Reeve
their attention until one oclock.
Jewelry, Sportsmans Bar, Jay & Anns
W. J. Chase, university inspector Gift Shop, R. & L Beverages, Ginger &
of accredited high schools, paid a visit Rogers Western Wear, Kenneys Ben
to the Oregon school. He commended Franklin and Jay & Anns Inn.
the school administration and board
The six OHS seniors returning
of education on the improvements this season to coach Tom Muellers
made and assured them that the basketball team were Norm Sorenson,
school would remain on the list of Phil Hanson, Dan Welzin, Tom Olson,
accredited schools.
Denny Johnson and John Mihlbauer.
The new Tipple School house
Paul Kohlman moved his grocery
was dedicated on Dec. 8. Those store, The Corner Store, to a new
attending the ceremony gathered at location west of the Masonic Center
the old school and marched to the (present location of the Oregon Area
new building. Mrs. Wm. Newton, Senior Center) The older location
the oldest resident of the school was located in the present day area
district, raised the flag while the of Madsen Park. and at one time was
pupils sang America. Howard Zink, the site of The Portland Hotel. Paul,
the youngest voter in the district, proprietor of the grocery store for the
dedicated the new building in his past 22 years, named his new store,
usual pleasant manner. The poem Pauls Supermarket. He announced that
The School House on the Hill was his new store would be opened all day
read by L. J. Morrison and a history on Sundays until 6 p.m.
of the school was given by Mrs.
Ceremonies dedicating the new
Edgar Nichols. After addresses high school were attended by 400 to
by Professor Harper of Madison 500 residents. Director of the School
and Professor Sholts of Oregon, Board John Blac welcomed everyone
the program was closed with the and William C. Kahl, Superintendent
singing of The Battle Hymn of the of the Dept. of Public Education, gave
Republic.
the keynote speech. Remarks about
The Village of Oregon now the accomplishments and future of the
has an electrically lighted service. district were made by School District
The village had thirty-seven 250- Superintendent, E. A. Kozlovsky and
watt street lights. Also, a number OHS Principal Henry Appel. David
of homes and businesses have Heller, president of the student body,
been connected to the service. made remarks on behalf of the student
An advertisement placed in The body.
Observer by a M. C. Hobbs. stated
The Rotary Club named its prizeWe believe a nice present for wife winning Holiday Decorated Homes.
or mother would be a table lamp. First place in the religious theme
We also suggest a Coleman lamp. category went to the Neil Denton home
These lamps have wonderful service on Kierstead Lane. In the decorative
and are of remarkable efficiency. No class, first prize went to the William
cost for one year, mantles and globes Hoerner home on Sterling Drive.
excepted.
Second-place winners were the John
Frank McDermott moved to Stasny home on Hillcrest Lane for
Oregon from the Litel farm near their decorative theme and the F. N.
Albany and has purchased Henry Dukerschien home on Hayler Court for
Ushers billiard and pool hall and their religious theme. The third-place
barber shop here in the village. He winners were the Gerald Knobeck
and his family have moved into the home on North Main Street for their
Perry Netherwood residence.
religious theme and the Richard
An act of Holiday vandalism Anderson on Kierstead Lane for their
occurred in the Town of Dunn. The decorative theme.
following article from the Wisconsin
State Journal was reprinted in the 1991 (25 yrs. ago)
Observer: The farmers of the Town
A groundbreaking ceremony was
of Dunn believe that the meanest held for Genesis V, an affordable
man in the world has just paid them housing complex to be located on Oak
a visit. A beautiful evergreen planted Street.
at the Swan Creek school house
OHS was the recipient of a new
about twenty years ago was chopped 1991 Oldsmobile Ciera from Stark
down Friday night and evidently Buick and Oldsmobile of Stoughton.
appropriated as a Christmas tree. The vehicle will be use as a teaching aid
Sentimental value was attached to in the auto mechanics class. Attending
the tree for the reason that [it] was the presentation were Jim Olstad, OHS
planted y
ears ago by children who are vocational coordinator, and Bob Prahl
now successful farmers in the Town and Kevin Miller, instructors.
of Dunn. It was a landmark in the
The District School Board approved
community.
matching the insurance funds of $7,500
A lost item: Lost Saturday, to be used toward replacing the press
childs alligator purse, containing box that had recently burnt down.
small amount of change. Finder please Additional funding would be obtained
return purse to Sweeneys Grocery from other local organizations. The
and keep the change as a reward.
Oregon Athletic Club had pledged to
The Danish Brotherhood elected raise $15,500 toward the project.
t h e f o l l ow i n g o ffi c e r s : Wa l t e r
OHS members of the varsity
Rasmussen, president; Chris Miller, pompon squad - Sarah Rounds, Lisa
vice-president; S. B. Therkelsen, Wagner and Tina Gefke - were chosen
secretary and M. C. Karmgard, by Just for Kix to be members of
1916 (100 yrs. ago)
John Baumgartner
A young John Baumgartner
It is with great sorrow that

we announce the passing of
our loving father John Jacob
Baumgartner. He passed
away on Thursday, Dec. 8,
2016.
A proud soldier, he served
his country in the Army
Air Force in Japan during
WWII. He met the love of
his life, our mom Christine,
at a dance in Dayton, Wis.
Mom extended her hand to
Dad for their first dance: a
dance that lasted 66 years.
With Moms passing on
Dec. 19, 2010, the dance
was interrupted. Dad is now
with his Christine and the
dance continues.
He was born on Aug.
7, 1921, in Paoli, Wis., to
Adam and Kathryn (Klassy)
Baumgartner. He was so
proud to be Swiss. Because
his formal education ended
at eighth grade, he did not
know the genius within
himself. Those of us around
him did. We all sought
his help when something
needed to be fixed or built.
His genius extended to his
character and integrity
He always paid his way,
never took advantage of
people and played by the
rules. He was priceless and
a rare gem. Our John had
the right stuff.
Thank you to the staff
members at Forest View at
Skaalen who cared for him
with love and affection. You
became part of his family.
You gave him smiles when
we could not be there.
Thank you!
The Meriter Hospital
Heart and Vascular Unit
gave Dad and us everything
we needed for this journey:
c o n s t a n t u p d a t e s , n ex t
steps, support, guidance
and comfort.
Thank you!
John is
survived
by his daughters, Gloria
(Ron) and Christy (Pete);
grandchildren, Shawn
(Pear), Staci (Kurt)
and Johnathon; greatgrandchildren, Mason,
Maya and Maxwell; sister,
Esther; and brother-in-law,
Ted.
He was preceded in
death by three sisters, Anna
(Fred), Kathryn (Donald)
and Pearl (Bill); a brother,
Adam (Roma); two sistersin-law, Grace (Terry) and
E ve l y n ( R o g e r ) ; a n d a
brother-in-law, Ken.
Funeral services were
held Tuesday, Dec. 13, at
the First United Church of
Christ in Belleville with
Rev. Sara Rabe officiating.
Burial with military honors
followed in the Belleville
Cemetery. The BeckerBeal Funeral Home of
Belleville is assisting the
family.
Dad, you had The
Right Stuff. You are our
A m e r i c a n H e r o . L ove ,
Gloria and Christy.
An online memorial with
guestbook is available at
www.bealfuneralhomes.
com.
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the National All-star Drill Team. The

drill team will perform at halftime at
the Hall of Fame Football Game in
Tampa, Florida on New Years Day.
The Oregon Lioness Club
sponsored their annual Holiday Home
Tours. Homes in the tour this year were
those of Duke and Joan Anderson,
Al and Claire Joyner, Paul and Terry
Larson, and LeRoy and Fern Binger.
Larry Svanda and his students in the
Industrial Technology class provided
plywood plaques in the form of
wreaths which were painted by Lioness
members and displayed in front of each
of the four homes.
New members welcomed into
the Optimist Club were Russ Bavery
(First Realty Group), Daniel Floieter
(attorney), Steve Staton (Jr. High
Principal), Randi LacLoed (Valley
Bank) and John Black (retired.)
Members of the Oregon Scout Pack
#250 helped residents of Oregon manor
decorate for the Holidays. Some of the
members participating were Erie Price,
Jerry Smieja, Nathan Brooks and Jarred
Bogucki.
2006 (10 yrs. ago)

The Firefly Coffeehouse expanded
their hours on Friday and scheduled
the following events: the Rome
Corners Intermediate School Choir,
pianist Laura Keefe and displays of
two local artists, Julie Pietras and
Theresa Tolan. The Firefly Book Club
was discussing Barbara Kingsolvers
novel, The Poisonwood Bible.
Claude and Ellen Marendaz who
have been operating The Chocolate
Caper for the past 20 years, have this
past year moved their business two
storefronts from their old location and
now are located at 105 South Main
Street.
The State Bank of Cross Plains
officially opened their Verona and
Oregon offices as a result of the
merger with the Independent Banks of
Verona.
The Village Board voted 6-1 to
adopt a Dane County plan that would
leave the Janesville, Jefferson, and
Main Streets intersection in its present
configuration but allowing for some
significant changes concerning the
slowing down of traffic and pedestrian
friendly medians and mandatory turn
lanes.
Members of OHS boys
swimming team, competing in the 400
yard freestyle relay, set a new school
record finishing in third place at the
Fort Atkinson Invitational with a time
of 31.72. Members of the relay team
were Matt Olp, Mike Wollen, Tae
Olson and Joey Knuesel. Overall, the
OHS team finished in fourth place
with 226 points just behind defending
Badger South Conference champions,
McFarland.
The residents of The Town of
Oregon attended a tax forum seeking
answers to a typing error made by
the State of Wisconsin that increased
their average 2006 property tax bills
by several hundred dollars. The
error amounted to a 47-million-dollar
mistake in recording the Towns
equalized value.
The OHS wrestling team kicked
off their season with the following
returning letter winners: Sean Cherry,
Doug Stetzer, Luke Ballentine, Ryan
Haas-Denton, Kyle Schewe, Denny
Gratz and Marty Brent.
Submitted by the Oregon Area
Historical Society. The OAHS museum
is open Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. and from noon to 4 p.m. on the
rst Saturday of the month September
through May.
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642 Crafts & Hobbies

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container. $250.
Delta 10" compound adjustable table
miter saw w/electric quick brake
(#36220 Type III) $155.
Craftsman Soldering Gun (w/case)
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Dowel set-up kit $35
Call John 608-845-1552
646 Fireplaces,
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DRY OAK and Cherry Firewood For Sale.
Contact Dave at 608-445-6423 or Pete
608-712-3223
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Call 608-424-6530 or
1-888-878-4244
OFFICE SPACES FOR RENT

In Oregon facing 15th hole
on golfcourse
Free Wi-Fi, Parking and
Security System
Conference rooms available
Kitchenette-Breakroom
Autumn Woods Prof. Centre
Marty 608-835-3628
970 Horses
WALMERS TACK SHOP
16379 W. Milbrandt Road
Evansville, WI
608-882-5725
OREGON SELF-STORAGE
10x10 through 10x25
month to month lease
Call Karen Everson at
608-835-7031 or
Veronica Matt at 608-291-0316
RASCHEIN PROPERTY
STORAGE
6x10 thru 10x25
Market Street/Burr Oak Street
in Oregon
Call 608-520-0240
Hiring Caregivers
UNION ROAD STORAGE

10x10 - 10x15
10x20 - 12x30
24 / 7 Access
Security Lights & Cameras
Credit Cards Accepted
608-835-0082
1128 Union Road
Oregon, WI
Located on the corner of
Union Road & Lincoln Road
AA/eoe
VERONA
VINCENZO PLAZA
-Conveniently located at corner of
Whalen Rd and Kimball Lane
-Join the other businessesGray's Tied House, McRoberts
Chiropractic, True Veterinary, Wealth
Strategies, 17th Raddish, State Farm
Insurance, MEP Engineers, Adore
Salon, Citgo, Caffee' Depot. Tommaso
Office Bldg. tenants
-Single office in shared Suite
-3 office Suite
-5 office Suite, reception/waiting room,
conference room, private shower
-Individual office possibilities
Call Tom at 575-9700 to discuss terms
and possible rent concessions
Metro Real Estate
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APPLY TODAY!
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190 Paoli St., Verona, WI 53593
(608) 845-9700
Baker Manufacturing Company, LLC is a premier producer

of grey and ductile iron castings for local machine shops and
internationally-known manufacturers. Baker also produces
products for the residential and industrial water markets. We have
been an established business in Evansville, Wisconsin for over
140 years and are looking for key people to join the Baker Team!
ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT full-time; compensation based
on experience. Generates and obtains nancial data for use in
maintaining accounting records. Responsible for credit, collection
duties and payroll.
ASSEMBLER 1st Shift full-time; $14.50/hr
Assemble and box in all assembly areas; Monitor, Haight
Pump, Hydrant Cell, Pitless, and Paint departments. Assemble
standardized metal products, while working at a bench or on the
shop oor.
FOUNDRY PRODUCTION POSITIONS - full-time; $15.50/hr;
$0.50/hr 2nd shift premium.
Grinder - Use various grinders to grind, chip, or brush off excess
material to improve the appearance of work pieces.
Molder - Form sand molds to fabricate metal castings. Duties
may be performed either individually or paired and using either
automatic, single station or two station cope and drag type of
equipment.
Pourer/Shifter - Will perform the Pourer tasks of operating
transfer ladles containing molten metal, which is then poured
into prepared sand molds of various sizes and congurations.
The Shifter task includes placing metal weights and jackets on
prepared sand molds preparatory to pouring.
MAINTENANCE B 2ND Shift - full-time; $15.50/hr; $0.50/hr
2nd shift premium. Installs, maintains, and repairs machinery,
electrical equipment/systems, piping, and facility equipment/
structures. *Required to attend Maintenance Mechanic and
Industrial Electrician Apprenticeship programs.
adno=497338-01
LIMITED TIMEUP TO $10,000 SIGN-ON BONUS
adno=500159-01
adno=500155-01
Seeking highly motivated hands-on leader for Madison

continuum of care campus.
Responsibilities include coordinating campus services,
staff management, and resident & family satisfaction.
Ideal candidate to start in next 60 days.
RNs and LPNs encouraged to apply!
SEE FOR YOURSELF.
adno=499429-01
801 Office Space For Rent
CAMPUS ADMINISTRATOR
DOING WHAT WE SAY SINCE 1935.
RENT SKIDLOADERS
MINI-EXCAVATORS
TELE-HANDLER
and these attachments. Concrete
breaker, posthole auger, landscape rake,
concrete bucket, pallet forks, trencher,
rock hound, broom, teleboom, stump
grinder.
By the day, week, or month.
Carter & Gruenewald Co.
4417 Hwy 92
Brooklyn, WI, 608-455-2411
Make a difference in your community. Become a caregiver

with Community Living Alliance. Full and Part-time positions
available. No experience required, training provided. $10.50$15.00/hr.
To find out how you can get paid to help your neighbors
live independently, call (608) 242-8335 ext. 1204 or visit
www.clanet.org to apply.
Bringing Health, Independence, and Dignity Home
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Advertise in our Wisconsin Advertising Network System.
For information call 835-6677.
HELP WANTED- SALES
Customized Newspaper Advertising, the sales affiliate of the
Wisconsin Newspaper Association, is seeking an Outside
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newspapers across Wisconsin selling advertising solutions in
print and digital. Work with base accounts+ responsible for new
business. Cover letter/resume: sfett@cnaads.com (CNOW)
990 Farm: Service

& Merchandise
adno=498232-01

608-575-5984
TOMAS PAINTING
Professional, Interior,
Exterior, Repairs.
Free Estimates. Insured.
608-873-6160
We recommend septic
pumping every two years

608-575-5984
GREENWOOD APARTMENTS
Apartments for Seniors 55+, currently
has 1 & 2 bedroom units available
starting at $775 per month, includes
heat, water, and sewer.
608-835-6717 Located at:
139 Wolf St., Oregon, WI 53575
adno=498939-01
RECOVER PAINTING Offers carpentry,

drywall, deck restoration and all forms of
painting Recover urges you to join in the
fight against cancer, as a portion of every
job is donated to cancer research. Free
estimates, fully insured, over 20 years of
experience. Call 608-270-0440.
Dave Johnson
705 Rentals
3 YR OLD CUB CADET W/50 INCH

MOWER DECK. Comes with additional
attachments of snow blade, MTD 2 stage
snow blower, tire chains, new belt, scraper blade, shoes(new last season). $1385
Call Pat at 608-835-5816
15
Oregon Observer
NC MACHINE OPERATOR A POSITIONS; 2nd shift & Weekend

- full-time; $20/hr min., based on experience; $0.50/hr 2nd shift
premium. Set up and operate numerical control machine to cut,
shape, or form metal work pieces to specications.
Benets:
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, 401K/Prot Sharing,
paid vacation & holidays
View Job Descriptions & Apply Online at www.bakermfg.com
Baker Mfg. Human Resources 608-882-2731
Baker Manufacturing is an Equal Opportunity Employer
adno=499938-01
664 Lawn & Garden
HALLINAN-PAINTING
WALLPAPERING
**Great-Fall-Rates**
35 + Years Professional
European-Craftsmanship
Free-Estimates
References/Insured
Arthur Hallinan
608-455-3377
(608) 835-8195
December 15, 2016
16 Oregon Observer - December 15, 2016
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Wednesday, January 18 for the most creative photos!
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