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Village of Oregon Oregon School District

Plan: Put library

on Main Street
Board gets first look
at civic campus plan
BILL LIVICK
Unified Newspaper Group
The village should build
a 35,000-square-foot, two-
story library on the North
Main Street property it
bought late last year, and
then consider building a
new senior center in its
present location.
Those are a couple of key
recommendations village
planners included in a long-
awaited civic campus plan.
Mike Slavney and Jackie
Mich of Vandewalle and
Associates presented the
plan Monday to the Village
Board.
They also recommended
improving Village Hall
or building a new one
on Janesville Street and
keeping the youth center
in its current location but
renovating it.
They agreed with the
conclusions of a space
needs analysis conducted in
2015, which looked ahead
30 years and determined
all four municipal buildings
need to be larger. The
Wi s c o n s i n D e p a r t m e n t
o f Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n h a s
estimated the villages 2016
population of 9,797 would
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Spring election Photo by Scott De Laruelle

Lucy Fradkin-Annen and her sister Lorenz check out animal skulls at a display from the Aldo Leopold Club at Saturdays

Chamber candidate science fair at Prairie View Elementary School.

forum is March 23
Village board, school
Hands-on science
The annual Oregon Elementary PTO science fair had a little bit of
Inside
board candidates If You Go everything kid scientists, fun experiments, interesting presentations
and even some human organs for kids to see and touch.
scheduled to appear What: Oregon Area On hand were representatives from UW Food Science, UW Insect See more science fair photos
Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors, UW Doctors Ought to Care and the Aldo Leopold
candidate forum Nature Center. Page 2
SCOTT DE LARUELLE
Unified Newspaper Group
When: 11:30a.m. to
1p.m. Thursday, March
People will have a chance 23

Board extends Buslers contract

to hear directly from
candidates running in the
upcoming April 4 elections
next week.
The Oregon Area
Chamber of Commerce
is holding a forum for
the Oregon Village Board
and Oregon School Board
candidates, to be held
from 11:30a.m. to 1p.m.
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at Headquarters Bar &
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Expected to attend are
school board candidates
Gwen Maitzen (incumbent)
and challenger Tim LeBrun,
who are vying to represent
the Village of Brooklyn,
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Pages 7-12
Superintendent under
contract through 2018-19
SCOTT DE LARUELLE
Unified Newspaper Group
been a highlight of his career. He said
Citing the districts strong recent
academic performance, financial health
and his leadership skills, the Oregon
school board extended Oregon School
District superintendent
Brian Buslers contract
earlier this month.
The move was
announced at the
b o a r d s M o n d a y
night meeting, where
members unanimously
approved its written Busler
evaluation of Busler
and extended his contract through
June 30, 2019, with the option of a
one-year extension. The conclusion
of his written evaluation states that he
performed at a high level this past
year.
In an email to the Observer on
Tuesday, Busler wrote that being a
part of the Oregon School District has
the boards positive evaluation wasnt
a surprise, given their quality working
relationship and a similar focus on
educational priorities.
I feel very fortunate to be in
such a terrific public school systems
working with great students, parents,
community members, faculty and staff,
and board members, he said. Im
proud to be part of the Oregon School
District and will continue to work
diligently to make a difference in the
lives of students.
A collective statement from the
board sent to the Observer stated
members are very pleased with
Buslers performance this year, citing
the districts strong academics
and recent approval of the teacher
compensation referendum and new
strategic plans.
(These) provide us with a solid and
clear path forward, read the statement.
The district is in excellent financial
shape and our buildings reflect the
significant financial investment made
by the community. This is a testament
to Dr. Buslers skill and leadership, the
hard work and skill of our professional
staff, and the commitment of the
community to public education.
The statement said board members
look forward to working with Busler
to establish new goals and to meet the
challenges of the next several years.
Busler called himself a lucky
person to be here and as a parent have
experienced first-hand the quality
of our school system. He credited
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Library celebrates 1,000 Books event

The Oregon Public Library was the place to be Saturday, and judging by the huge turnout, most of the village was
seemingly in attendance. The day featured a musical performance by childrens entertainer David Landau, a 1,000
Books Before Kindergarten event, a visit from the Paw Patrol and also members of the Oregon Fire Department and
Oregon Police Department, who brought along K-9 Vende, a big hit with the kids.

Oregon police officer Joshua Kohlman and K-9, Vende, had Photos by Scott De Laruelle
long lines of kids wanting to meet them at the Oregon Pub- Musician David Landau had the kids and parents laughing, wiggling and moving all around during his performance at a
lic Library on Saturday morning. Here, Teddy Pfahler, 3, of packed Oregon Public Library on Saturday morning.
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Busler: Collective statement from board commends performance, strong academics
Continued from page 1

students who are eager to learn, parents and

community members who are exceedingly
generous with their time and financial
support, as well as his hundreds of co-workers.
Our over 700 faculty and staff are all
committed to making a difference in the
lives of students and enriching their lives
through quality teaching and support, he said.
Our administrative team is a talented group
and always moving us forward with their
respective staff. And of course, our school
board, past and present have worked tirelessly
to continue advance public education in
Oregon.
Under terms of his previous deal, Buslers
contract was set to extend through June 30,
2019, unless board members notified him
before March 1 of this year they would not
extend his contract.
In Buslers written evaluation, provided in
board members packets for Monday nights
meeting, board members noted that Busler had
not had a formal written evaluation for several
years, and that the evaluation considered only
the period since the beginning of 2016.
Email Unified Newspaper Group reporter
Scott De Laruelle at scott.delaruelle@wcinet.
com.
Performance breakdown
Four points discussed with Busler as criteria for the evaluation
were: visioning and new board paper, personalized learning initiative,
teacher compensation referendum and educational equity. In general,
the board felt he succeeded in moving these board initiatives
forward.
Visioning and board paper: The development of the five values
which form the basis for the Board vision was the result of significant
input from Dr. Busler and administration. (He) provided a very
positive role in the adoption of the board paper.
Personalized learning: moving along timely and appropriately.
The district is a leader among area districts in the transition to
student-centered learning and much credit goes to Dr. Busler and the
administrative team for the successful implementation plan.
Teacher compensation: Noting that the district was the first in
the state to pass an override referendum solely for the purpose of
funding a teacher compensation plan a huge district success
board members said Busler and his administrative team played
an indispensable role in developing an affordable plan which had the
support of teachers. The board is particularly impressed with the time
and effort (he) put in to communicate the plan and secure its broad-
based support.
Equity: The board is satisfied that the work with the National Equity
Project and other efforts are moving the district in the right direction.
The board also measured Busler on the following priorities:
administration/management, instructional leadership, relationships
(culture), mission/vision/leadership and personal characteristics.
Administration: The district is in excellent financial shape our
facilities are in excellent shape. The board is very pleased with the
implementation of the facilities referendum. Very few operational
personnel issues reach the board level, which indicates those
issues are successfully resolved without the need for formal
intervention.
Instructional leadership: The board is very satisfied with the work
of the administrative team and the leadership exhibited in the area of
instruction. The board recognizes the positive way in which teacher
assessment is being handled.
Relationships (culture): The board/superintendent relationship
has been positive this year the development of the administrative
team is one of Dr. Buslers most significant achievements as
superintendent. The board is pleased that relations with staff were
very positive this past year the board is pleased with the improved
culture at the high school. (Busler) spends significant time interacting
with students both inside and outside the schools he had a very
strong year (in community interaction), in particular regarding the
teacher compensation referendum (he) appropriately addresses
issues raised by community members and does so in a timely and
effective manner.
Mission/vision/leadership: Dr. Busler has exhibited strong
performance in this area and his ability to effectively implement the
boards vision.
Personal characteristics: (He) exhibits exceptional traits in this area.
We appreciate his hard work for the district.

POLICE REPORTS Forum: RSVP

Reports are taken from
the daily briefings provided
by the Oregon Police De-
partment.
Feb. 1
12:23 a.m. A 17-year-
old was arrested for first
offense operating while in-
toxicated and cited for pos-
session of drug parapher-
nalia and tobacco after a
traffic stop on Perry Park-
way near the intersection
of Janesville Street.
11:23 a.m. A 62-year-old
man reported his 21-year-
old son had possibly over-
dosed in an opiate-related
incident after the father
found the son breathing
but unconscious in his
room. The son responded
after a minute or two and
the father then tried to re-
fuse assistance from police
or EMS personnel who had
responded.
11:53 p.m. A 49-year-
old man reported a graffiti
swastika was drawn on the
foundation to his garage
on the 200 block of Walnut
Street. The back window of
the garage was also bro-
ken.
fic stop. The 18-year-old
driver and a 17-year-old
passenger were both cited
for underage possession of
alcohol, and the driver was
also cited for open intoxi-
cants. Two other 18-year-
old passengers were cited
for possession of marijua-
na. An officer confirmed
the driver was not impaired
and they left the scene.
Feb. 4
1:58 a.m. A 25-year-old
faced preliminary charges
of disorderly conduct and
battery after a fight in the
Headquarters bathroom. A
26-year-old man reported
to police that the 25-year-
old followed him into the
bathroom and hit him, in-
cluding a few punches and
a kick. Bar staff broke up
the fight and kicked both
out of the bar.
Feb. 5
2:44 p.m. A 45-year-old
man was cited for failure to
install an ignition interlock
device, no valid drivers li-
cense and operating while
revoked after a traffic stop
for a suspended vehicle
registration. The man told
The man told police the on the 300 block of Alpine TSA to alert them, and of- Continued from page 1
he thought the child was Parkway with his live-in ficers were asked to keep
lying to him, so he hit him girlfriend. The 63-year-old an eye out for suspicious Towns of Oregon, Montrose,
with the belt approximately woman told police the man activity on the tracks near Brooklyn and Union. Village
three times. shouted at her in her face the Jefferson Street bridge. board incumbents Jeanne
and pushed her against a Carpenter and Darlene
Feb. 11 kitchen counter while grab- Feb. 26 Groenier and challengers
11:10 p.m. An 18-year- bing her by the arms. 11:21 p.m. A 51-year-old Jenna Jacobson and Michael
old and three 20-year-old woman reported she was Stapelmann, are running for
were cited for underage Feb. 21 missing a bottle of prescrip- three open seats. Groenier
drinking after an anon- 8:11 p.m. Oregon offi- tion drugs and accused her will not be at the forum due
ymous caller reported a cers assisted Dane County neighbor, but her 57-year-old to a vacation.
disturbance on the 200 Sheriffs deputies with an brother, who is her caretaker, Village President Steve
block of Walnut Street. The arrest on the 400 block of was going to investigate if Staton is also running
18-year-old was also trans- Jefferson Street for an al- she had misplaced them. The f o r r e - e l e c t i o n , bu t i s
ported to detox. leged theft of methadone. bottle was eventually found unopposed. He is expected
The alleged perpetrator in a box of cereal. to make a few brief
Feb. 17 was asleep when officers comments at the forum.
7 : 2 4 p . m . P e r s o n n e l arrived, but his girlfriend Feb. 27 The free and event is
from four area depart- let them in. The man came 3:51 p.m. Five or six open to the public, though
ments helped search for a out of the bedroom and signs advertising the St. lunch will also be available
missing 25-year-old man was very uncooperative Johns fish fry were miss- for $10. People are asked
who had made suicidal and ready to fight, but of- ing and had been placed at to RSVP if they plan to
statements at his residence ficers arrested him without various places around the attend call the chamber at
before leaving. Oregon incident after another dep- village. 835-3697 or email staff@
police were joined by the uty arrived. 4:20 p.m. A 14-year-old oregonwi.com.
McFarland K-9 unit, Dane 8:13 p.m. A 28-year-old boy was hit by a car while
County Sheriffs deputies man was arrested for his crossing Thompson Drive Scott De Laruelle
and personnel from Ore- second-offense operating at East Netherwood Street
gon Fire and EMS. They while intoxicated on the and the car drove away. EMERALD INVESTMENTS
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Letters to the editor

Vote Karofsky for Circuit Court

My wife and I will be vot-
ing for Jill Karofsky for Dane
County Circuit Court judge in
the general election on April 4.
I urge all voters to do the same.
Jill is the candidate experi-
enced in the kinds of cases that
come before the circuit court:
criminal prosecutions and jury
trials. She was an assistant dis-
trict attorney in Dane County
handling over 10,000 crimi-
nal and juvenile cases before
continuing her public service
in other areas of law, education
and administration. One nota-
ble example: Jill served as Wis-
consins first Violence Against
Women Resource Prosecutor.
I have known Jill Karofsky
as a public servant, a citizen,
an attorney, and a mom. She is
smart, principled, hard-work-
ing, unafraid, compassionate
and tough. Jill is a person Dane
County can be proud of as a
Circuit Court judge.
Tim Yanacheck,
Town of Oregon

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Maitzen has proved a fierce advocate for students, teachers

about two weeks before the rel- al lost pets, for example will
evant election. For the upcoming not be printed. Thank-you let-
spring election on April 4, gen- ters can be printed under limit-
eral election letters need to be ed circumstances, provided they With the spring election just community in recent years. both students and teachers and
submitted by March 20 and will reflect public, rather than pro- a few weeks away, voters will We are also fortunate to have the arts. Hers is an important
be printed by March 23. Letters motional interests. soon have an opportunity to two good candidates for school voice, and in the spring election
will be printed as space allows. Unified Newspaper Group weigh in on the election of a board in Gwen Maitzen and Tim I will be voting to re-elect Tony
Other special rules apply during reserves the right to limit the State Superintendent of Public LeBrun. Evers as State Superintendent of
election season. number of exchanges between Schools, as well as local school I have worked with Gwen Schools and Gwen Maitzen for
Letters should be no longer individual letter writers to board members. Students and Maitzen on the school board the Oregon School Board.
than 400 words. They should ensure all writers have a chance teachers in the Oregon School over the past three years, and
also contain contact information to have their voices heard. District have been very fortu- while we have not always agreed Charles Uphoff,
the writers full name, address, nate to have had strong support on every issue, I have found City of Fitchburg
and phone number so that the This policy will be printed from from the school board and the her to be a fierce advocate for
paper may confirm authorship. time to time in an abbreviated
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LeBrun would bring unique skill set to school board
We are supporting experience. He has Oregon School District background will help
Tim LeBrun for the shown an ability to Capital Referendum tackle tough fiscal
Oregon School Board. work well with many Committee and he was issues and find solu-
Thursday, March 16, 2017 Vol. 132, No. 37 Tim and his wife Susie people and groups and the co-chair of the tions that best serve the
have lived in Oregon produce positive results Oregon Forward Com- interests of the school
USPS No. 411-300 for 26 years, raising for the organizations he mittee for the teacher district and its many
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katharine.froehlich@wcinet.com School Board. We are voting to She volunteer teaches painting ly), she is sure that she knows
Scott De Laruelle, Kate Newton
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Unified Newspaper Group, a division of seat. Let us tell you why. has taught at the Schools for our students and the people who
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ASSOCIATION building referendum money was all ages need and should have to children and our community
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100 years ago (1917)
A new restaurant under
the opera house was opened
by A. D. Thompson. He also
took charge of operating the
opera house.
T h e Ti p p l e S c h o o l
reported that several of the
boys had difficulty keep-
ing their feet dry in spite of
wearing rubber boots. Sev-
eral of them fell into pools
of water.
Oregon High School
noted that electric lights
had been used in the Main
Room.
Perry Netherwood and
his family moved back into
their house on Main Street.
Perry again operated his
milk business and expect-
ed to start a delivery route.
He purchased five head of
Guernsey cows and expect-
ed to add more in the near
future.
Etta Hubbard Smith was
training a group of high
school students to pres-
ent a production of Shake-
speares The Merchant of
Venice Up to Date. The
performance was given in
the opera house and netted
about $40.
Lyle Hawley purchased
the confectionery shop from
L. Buskirk. The business
continued selling bakery
goods, fruits, ice cream and
other confectionary items.
The Ladies Aid Society
of Oak Hall Church present-
ed a five-act drama entitled
Ten Nights in a Barroom.
The cast of characters were:
Will Sweeney (Simon Slade,
landlord); Burr Jones (Frank
Slade, his son); Albert
Sholts (Mr. Romane); Harry
Coggins (Sample Swichel);
Ben Bethell (Willie Ham-
mond); Glen Coggins (Har-
vey Green); Roy Jones (Mr.
Morgan); Leona Jones (Mrs.
Morgan); Mary McGowan
(Mary Morgan); and Almi-
ra Herman (Mehitable Car-
tright).
The wonders of a stick
of Wrigleys Chewing Gum
were advertised as aiding
digestion, quenching thirst,
keeping teeth clean and
leaving the chewer with
sweet breath.
The Literary Society
donated two large pictures
for the Main Room of the
high school: The Chariot
Race and Pilgrims Fare-
well.
The Oregon Fire Dept.
elected the following offi-
cers for the coming year: E.
Buche, chief; Chas. West,
first assistant chief; Aug.
Sarbacker, second assistant
chief; E. F. Kramer, secre-
tary; P. O. Pasley, treasurer;
and Arthur Criddle, steward.
50 years ago (1967)
The Bank of Oregon
(located at the corner of
North Main and Jefferson
streets) held an open house
to dedicate their remodel-
ing project. The remodel-
ing included an expanded
customer lobby, walk-up
window service, a drive-
up window, new executive
and conference rooms and
a community room in the
basement. The open house
was attended by over 700
people. The prize winners
were Donald Butts (porta-
ble TV); Len Kvammen,
(AM-FM radio); Phylis
Olson (can opener); and Bob
Buchner (portable radio).
Urban Johnson suc-
ceeded Bob Carlsen as
WP&L (a.k.a. Alliant Ener-
gy) district manager for
Dane County. The company
headquarters was in Oregon
at the time, located in the
building now occupied by
Ziggys.
Don Mardis opened
The Teenster Club in the
building that was formerly
the Corner Grocery Store.
It was operated as a mem-
bership teen age recreation
center for those 13 though
19 years of age.
Winners in the annual
Helen Mears Art Contest
sponsored by the Oregon
Womans Club were Peggy
Packard, first place; Mer-
rilee Bilings, second place;
Paul Hansen, third place;
Carol Christensen, fourth
place; and Donna Indermue-
hle, fifth place. Sue McK-
instry, Kay Shea and Ray
Sellers won honorable men-
tions.
OHS wrestlers had a
Oregon History
March
winning season in dual
competition with 13 wins
and only three losses. They
finished second in the Cen-
tral Section of the Madi-
son Suburban Conference.
Letterwinners were Bob
Gray, Mitch Spilde, Doug
Strander, Tim Christensen,
John Rowley, Lester Gam-
meter, Terry Richmond, Bill
Fiscus, Rolley Glasgow,
Dwight Small, Dave Heller,
Art Sandridge and Greg Tro-
sper.
Bill Hetherington, own-
er and operator of the Ore-
gon Super Market (present
day location of the Firefly
Coffeehouse), was getting
his newly remodeled store
ready for Dollar Days The
remodeling included new
lighting and a refrigerated
meat processing room.
The OHS Lettermans
Club sponsored the annu-
al faculty-senior basket-
ball game. The game was
won by the faculty 51-41.
Mr. Ahrens led the scor-
ing for the faculty with 14
points. Mr. Noltmeier come
in second with 12 points.
The leading scorer for the
seniors was John Vincent
with 11 points.
The guest speaker at the
annual athletic banquet was
UW football coach John
Coatta. Athletes receiving
special awards were Rol-
ley Glasgow (captain in
wrestling and cross coun-
ty); Ed Lemke (MVP foot-
ball); Greg Trosper (MVP
wrestling); Denny Johnson
(MVP basketball); John
Vincent (basketball cap-
tain); Steve Loftus (MVP
cross country); and Tom
Olson (football captain and
the Kissling Hard-nose
award).
25 years ago (1992)
The construction of the
new Oregon athletic press
box was making progress.
It was a cooperative effort
among school and com-
munity volunteers, includ-
ing coaches, booster club
members and students.
Ken Crowley of Crowley
Masonry and Mike Clayton
of Clayton Excavating put
in valuable time working on
its overall construction.
The Oregon school
board approved the bid
of Vogel Construction for
the building of a new mid-
dle school. Their bid was
the lowest of the eight
submitted, coming in at
$6,527,000.
The OHS Pompon
Squad placed third in three
divisions at the state com-
petition. Members of the
squad were Gwen Stark,
Tana Spink, Tracy Rapacz,
Angie Harleson, Kris-
t i n Wo o d wo r t h , A i m e e
Haas, Sarah Rounds, Tina
Gefke, Lisa Wagner, Chris-
tie Hendrickson Becky
Schepp, Kim Bland, Ericka
Morschhauser, Julie Gar-
voille, Michelle Northrop
and Mindi Smithback.
Kanable Painting and
Decorating Co., started
operating a business in Ore-
gon.
New residential areas
were being developed in
the village. They included
the Fox Glen Development,
Hickory Estates and the
third addition to the Mer-
ri-Hill Development.
OHS students presented
their spring play. This year
it was a production of A
Dress Rehearsal, an origi-
nal play written by parent/
director Charles Uphoff,
assistant director Jeni Nich-
ols and OHS students Jen-
ny Williams, Eric Perske,
Brian Scott, Jim Uphoff,
Colleen McDaniel, Sarah
Uphoff, Milena Ruggerio
and Joli Timm. The music
and lyrics for the play were
developed by Chris Brown,
with the assistance of OHS
choral music director Tom
Mielke, Sue Boerth, John
Stream and Nathan Guen-
ther. The cast of nearly 30
performers dealt with the
issues and struggles facing
present-day youth.
Four OHS wrestlers,
C h a i s L a z a r e s c u , Ku r t
Thompson, Greg Goldberg
and David Dent, advanced
to the state tournament.
Tina Gefke was
crowned Miss Oregon.
The Mistress of Cere-
monies for the event was
Pat Anderson Wilkening,
March 16, 2017
Oregons first Miss Ore-
gon in 1966. The 150 peo-
ple attending the event were
served a prime rib dinner by
the Oregon Pompon Squad
and were entertained by the
Oregon Sound Company
under the direction of Tom
Mielke. It was noted that
Tinas mother, Ginger, had
been crowned Miss Ore-
gon in 1972.
10 years ago (2007)
The OHS Drama Club
presented a production of
Shakespeare in Holly-
wood by Ken Ludwig. It
was directed by Kathleen
Tissot, drama club advisor.
For the student participants,
it was a study in the chang-
es in censorship, being a
fanciful mix that tells the
story of the making of Max
Reinhardts 1935 mov-
ie, A Midsummer Night
Dream. The cast included
Schuyler Bostedt (Oberon);
Karla Schulte (Puck); Adri-
an Swanson (Jack Warner);
Matt Wiecki (Max Rein-
hardt) and Eric Johnson
(Will Hays).
The Oregon School
Board approved an expen-
diture up to $69,000 for
about 130 new uniforms
for the marching band. The
last time uniforms had been
purchased was in 1999.
An ad hoc committee
was formed to study the
village refuse and recycling
program. Members of the
committee were Tom Bogu-
cki, Darrell Klimke, Karen
Kruel (chairperson) Mark
Palzer and Cindy Simon.
The spring election had an
advisory referendum ques-
tion concerning garbage
collection. A yes vote filmed it in Oregon featur-
meant the village should
change to a cart system and
a no vote meant that vil-
lage should keep the sticker
program.
The Optimist Club held
their annual oratorical con-
test. The first-place winner
was Emily Shrader. She
received a prize of $100 and
the opportunity to compete open Tuesdays from 10 a.m.
in the Optimists Zone Con- to 4 p.m. and from noon to
test.
The Villages water
tower, located on Lincoln
Oregon Observer 5
Road, sprang a leak, drain-
ing between 250,000 and
300,000 gallons of water
into a nearby farmers field.
The water drained into a
field, which minimized the
damage.
The State Office of the
Commissioner of Railroads
gave preliminary permis-
sion to rebuild the Jeffer-
son Street viaduct, rais-
ing the tracks more than
five feet and widening the
roadway under the bridge.
The previous viaduct had
been removed in the sum-
mer of 2004 after a 13-foot
cement truck slammed into
the underpass, shifting the
90-year-old structure five
feet.
Oregon Soccer player
Ted Behrend was named
to the first team all-Badger
South Conference honors
as well as being named to
the All-States first team as
one of the states top eight
defenders.
The new owners of the
Bergamont Development
renamed the golf course
The Legend at Bergam-
ont and planned to start
building country club ame-
nities.
Three more buildings
were named to the National
Register of Historic Places:
1) the First National Bank
Building at 113 N. Main
St., 2) the downtown water
tower and 3) the John and
Flora Gilbert house at 357
N. Main St.
Frank Caruso and Frank
Sommers premiered their
mock documentary, Going
Great White at the Ore-
gon High School Perform-
ing Arts Center. They had
ing local residents.
Heather Sveom was
hired as principal at Prairie
Elementary School, replac-
ing Cathy Kolstra who was
retiring.
Submitted by the Ore-
gon Area Historical Soci-
ety. The OAHS museum is
4 p.m. on the rst Saturday
of the month September
through May.

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Coming up Churches
All Saints Lutheran Church Good Shepherd Lutheran
Irish music March 21, at Charlies on Main, 113 Aging mastery program 2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg Church ECLA
S. Main St. (608) 276-7729 Central Campus: Raymond Road and
Eliza Tyksinski will play Irish folk The goal of the meetup is to discov- The Oregon Area Senior Center and Pastor Rich Johnson Whitney Way
tunes to celebrate St. Patricks Day er areas of agreement for each month- Fitchburg Senior Center are co-spon- SUNDAY SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship
during a Family Jamming: Irish ly topic among the broad communi- soring a 10-week Aging Mastery Pro- 8:30 a.m. classic service SUNDAY - 8:15, 9:30 and10:45 a.m.
Music event at the library from gram from 1:30-3 p.m. Wednesdays, 10:45 a.m. new song service Worship West Campus: Corner of Hwy.
ty. Reps. Dave Considine and Sondy PD and Nine Mound Road, Verona
10:45-11:15 a.m. Friday, March 17. Pope plan to attend, and organizers March 22 through May 24. SUNDAY - 9 &10:15 a.m., 6 p.m.
Kids will get a chance to play The program aims to help adults Brooklyn Lutheran Church
are also hoping to have school board 101 Second Street, Brooklyn Worship (608) 271-6633
instruments and dance. The program candidates and school choice advo- gain changes in their behaviors, finan- (608) 455-3852
is free and for ages 0-6. For informa- cates give their perspectives on the cial well-being and enrichment later Pastor Rebecca Ninke Hillcrest Bible Church
tion, call 835-3656. in life. Learn more about exercise, SUNDAY 752 E. Netherwood, Oregon
states educational system. Eric Vander Ploeg, Lead Pastor
sleep, healthy eating and hydration, 9 a.m. Holy Communion
Pajama Antics To RSVP, visit meetup.com/policy-
financial fitness, medication man- 10 a.m. Fellowship (608) 835-7972, www.hbclife.com
SUNDAY
and-a-pint.
The library will hold Pajama agement, advance planning, healthy Community of Life Lutheran 8:30 a.m. worship at the Hillcrest
Antics! Big Screens, Little Folks Criminalizing poverty relationships, community engagement Church Campus and 10:15 a.m. worship with
PO Box 233, Oregon Childrens ministries, birth 4th grade
from 6:30-7 p.m. Monday, March 20. The library will host a Paying the and fall prevention.
Children 6 and under can wear The cost of the program is $25. For (608) 286-3121, office@
(Systems) Bills program, presented communityoflife.us Holy Mother of Consolation
their pajamas and bring their favor- by UW-Madison law professor Cece- information, call 270-4290 or email Pastor Jim McCoid Catholic Church
ite stuffed animal for an evening of jill.mchone@fitchburgwi.gov. SUNDAY 651 N. Main Street, Oregon
lia Klingele, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Pastor: Fr. Gary Wankerl
stories brought to life with puppets, 10 a.m. Worship at 1111 S. Perry
props, songs, activities and fun.
Tuesday, March 21. Wisconsin Goes to Hollywood Parkway, Oregon (608) 835-5763
The presentation uses field work holymotherchurch.weconnect.com
Kids can watch some short films from several counties throughout the The senior center will host a Wis- Brooklyn Community United SATURDAY: 5 p.m. Worship
from the Wisconsin Film Festival consin Goes to Hollywood program Methodist Church SUNDAY: 8 and 10:15 a.m. Worship
United States as a lens for exploring
and celebrate the arts, languages and the effects of requiring those pun- presented by Mary K. Huelsbeck, 201 Church Street, Brooklyn
Peoples United Methodist
cultures of Latin America. There assistant director of Wisconsin Center (608) 455-3344
ished by the criminal justice system Pastor George Kaminski Church
will also be bilingual (Spanish and to also pay an increasing share of its for Film and Theater Research, at 1 SUNDAY 103 North Alpine Parkway, Oregon
English) stories, crafts, music and p.m. Thursday, March 23. 9 a.m. Worship (Nov.-April) Pastor Jason Mahnke
operating costs. (608)835-3755, www.peoplesumc.org
snacks. The event is part of the Punish- Wisconsins connections to Holly- 10:30 a.m. Worship (May-Oct.)
Communion is the 1st & 3rd weekend
For information, call 835-3656. ing the Poor: Criminalizing Poverty wood go back to the early 1900s and SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship
continue today. Learn about a few Faith Evangelical Lutheran
SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Worship and Sunday
Policy and a Pint program, which is made possible by
Hollywood legends from the state,
Church
school; 10:30 a.m. Worship
Beyond the Page, Madison Commu- 143 Washington Street, Oregon
Policy and a Pint, a South Central nity Foundation, Dane Arts Commis- their influence on the film industry (608) 835-3554
St. Johns Lutheran Church
Wisconsin meetup group that discuss- and the work the Wisconsin Cen- Pastor Karl Hermanson
sion and the Wisconsin Humanities SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Worship 625 E. Netherwood, Oregon
es state government policy, will hold Council. ter for Film and Theater Research is Holy Communion 2nd & last Pastor Paul Markquart (Lead Pastor)
its next meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, doing to help preserve their legacy. (608) 835-3154
For information, call 835-3656. Sundays
SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship
First Presbyterian Church SUNDAY - 8 and 10:30 a.m. Worship
408 N. Bergamont Blvd. (north of 9:15-10:15 a.m. Education Hour
Community calendar CC), Oregon, WI
Vineyard Community Church
(608) 835-3082 - fpcoregonwi.org
Pastor Kathleen Owens Oregon Community Bank & Trust, 105
Friday, March 17 6:30-7 p.m., Pajama Antics: Big
Group, Chamber office, 117 Spring SUNDAY S. Alpine Parkway, Oregon - Bob Groth,
Screens, Little Folks, library, 835-
St., 835-3697 Pastor
10-10:30 a.m., Everybody Storytime 10 a.m. Service
(608) 513-3435, welcometovineyard.
(ages 0-6), library, 835-3656 3656 10-10:30 a.m., Everybody Storytime 10:15 a.m. Sunday School
com
6:30-8 p.m., Estate Planning
(ages 0-6), library, 835-3656 11 a.m. Fellowship
10:45 a.m., St. Patricks Day with SUNDAY - 10 a.m. Worship
workshop (free), Krause Donovan 11:15 a.m. Adult Education
Liquid Courage Barbershop Quartet, Noon to 1:30 p.m., Estate Planning
Estate Law Partners, 116 Spring St.,
workshop (free), Krause Donovan Zwingli United Church of Christ
senior center, 835-5801 Fitchburg Memorial UCC Paoli
10:45-11:15 a.m., Family Jamming: 268-5751 Estate Law Partners, 116 Spring St., 5705 Lacy Road, Fitchburg At the Intersection of Hwy. 69 & PB
Irish music (ages 0-6), library, 835- 268-5751 (608) 273-1008, www.memorialucc. Rev. Sara Thiessen
Tuesday, March 21 org (608) 845-5641
3656 10 a.m., Teetering Toddlers 3:30-5:30 p.m., Computer Class: Pastor: Phil Haslanger
Shopping Online ($20), senior SUNDAY -
Noon to 1 p.m., Coffee with Storytime (ages 12-36 months), Associate Pastor Twink Jan- 9:30 a.m. Family Worship
a Reporter, Firefly, samantha. library, 835-3656 center, 835-5801 McMahon
SUNDAY
christian@wcinet.com 11 a.m., Bouncing Babies Storytime 5:30 p.m., Oregon Splash Pad 9:30 a.m. Worship
(ages 0-18 months), library, 835- planning meeting, Oregon School
Saturday, March 18
9 a.m. to noon, Kids Get Fit, 3656 District Meeting Room, 123 E. Grove
St., oboptimists@gmail.com Support groups
Prairie View Elementary School 11:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., Silver
Threads Among the Gold Club ($12), Thursday, March 23 Alcoholics Anonymous Relationship & Divorce
gym, oregonsd.org/community meeting, First Support Group, State
9 a.m. to 1 p.m., VITA Saturdays senior center, 835-3536 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Chamber Presbyterian Church, Bank of Cross Plains,
(free basic tax returns by 6:30 p.m., Policy and a Pint, Membership Meeting (RSVP), every Monday and every other Monday at
appointment only), library, 835-3656 Charlies on Main, 113 S. Main St., Headquarters Banquet Hall, 101 Friday at 7 p.m. 6:30 p.m.
meetup.com/policy-and-a-pint Concord Dr., staff@oregonwi.com
Monday, March 20 6:30-7:30 p.m., Paying the Noon to 5 p.m., VITA Thursdays Caregiver Support Veterans Group,
10 a.m., Health Talk: Cardiovascular (Systems) Bills program, library, 835- (free basic tax returns by Group, Oregon Area Oregon Area Senior
Disease, senior center, 835-5801 3656 appointment only), library, 835-3656 Senior Center, third Center, every second
3:15-4:30 p.m., Boards and Bricks 1 p.m., Wisconsin Goes to Monday of each month Wednesday at 9 a.m.
(grades K-6), library, 835-3656 Wednesday, March 22 at 9 a.m.
Hollywood, senior center, 835-5801 Weight-Loss Support
8:15-9:45 a.m., Social Media
Dementia Caregivers Group, Oregon Area
Supper and Support, Senior Center, every
fourth Wednesday of Monday at 3:30 p.m.
Community cable listings Senior center every month from 6-7:30 Navigating Life Elder
p.m., Sienna Crest, 845 Support Group, Peoples
Village of Oregon Cable Access TV channels:
Monday, March 20 Monday, March 20 Market St., Suite 1
WOW #983 & ORE #984 Meat Sauce over Whole 9:00 CLUB, Rubber Stamping United Methodist
Phone: 291-0148 Email: oregoncableaccess@charter.net Wheat Penne Pasta 9:00 Caregivers Support Diabetes Support Church, 103 N. Alpine
Website: ocamedia.com Facebook: ocamediawi Brussels Sprouts 10:00 Dominoes, UW Pharmacy Group, Oregon Area Pkwy., every first
New programs daily at 1 p.m. Mandarin Oranges Health Talk: Cardiovascular Disease Senior Center, second Monday at 7 p.m.
and repeats at 4, 7 and 10 p.m. and 1, 4, 7 and 10 a.m.
Garlic Bread, Cookie 10:30 StrongWomen Thursday of each month
Thursday, March 16 Monday, March 20 Packet 1:00 Get Fit, Scrabble at 1:30 p.m.
WOW: Oregon Village WOW: Village Board VO: Veggie Spaghetti 1:30 Bridge
Board Meeting (of March Meeting LIVE 5 p.m. Sauce 3:30 Weight Loss Support
13) ORE: Oregon High Tuesday, March 21 Tuesday, February 21 Making Space for God in Your Life
ORE: Oregon School School Chorus (of March Vegetable Barley Soup 8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced
Board of Education 14) Turkey and Cheese on a 9:00 Wii Bowling, 9:45 Zumba Gold If we want to have a closer relationship with God
Meeting (of March 13) Croissant 11:30 Silver Threads and we should want this above all elseit is import-
Tuesday, March 21 V-8 Juice, Fruit Cup 12:30 Sheepshead, Stoughton ant to create the time and space necessary to do so.
Friday, March 17 WOW: Cooking With Butterscotch Pudding Shopping, 5:30 StrongWomen In much the same way that a new exercise or study
WOW: Various Irish Ruth (A Slice of Heaven) VO: Cheese on a Croissant Wednesday, February 22 regimen will probably require a change in our sched-
Musicians from over the ORE: RCI/OMS Choir Wednesday, March 22 Morning Foot Care ule, if we want to be a more spiritual person, we must
years Performance (of March Beef Stew, Biscuit 9:00 CLUB, 10:30 Sing-Along carve out the time and space necessary for it. In our
ORE: OMS Band @ 16) 4 Bean Salad, Fresh Fruit 11:45 March Birthday Lunch and busy lives this usually entails finding time (and space)
PAC (of March 9) Peach Pie Cake, 1:00 Euchre, Get Fit at the beginning or end of our day, since the middle
Wednesday, March 22 VO: Vegetarian Stew 2:00 Needle-Workers Group of our day is usually filled up with work or school or
Saturday, March 18 WOW: Progressives SO: Taco Salad 3:30 Shopping Online Class taking care of family. God wont force his way into
WOW: Chamber of Open Mic (of March 3) Thursday, March 23 Thursday, February 23 our lives. If we want more of God in our lives, we
Commerce Meeting (of ORE: Shadow Drum My Meal, My Way MorningChair Massage should create the time and space for that to happen.
March 16) Armada Thank You Lunch 8:30 Zumba Gold Advanced There is a good reason why most monks start their
ORE: BKE Orchestra show (of July 2016) at Ziggys Smokehouse 9:00 Pool Players, 9:45 Zumba Gold days earlyits the only time that they arent likely
(of March 13) (drop in between 11:30 10:30 StrongWomen to be interrupted by lifes other necessities. It is also
Thursday, March 23 a.m. and 1 p.m.) 12:30 Shopping at Bills important that the space where you pray or meditate
Sunday, March 19 WOW: Village Board Friday, March 24 12:30 Coloring Group be conducive to it. A quiet comfortable corner of a
WOW: Holy Mother Meeting (of March 13) Breaded Fish 1:00 Wisconsin Goes To Hollywood, room is all that is necessary. Find some quiet time and
of Consolation Catholic ORE: NKE Orchestra Tossed Greens with Cribbage, 5:30 StrongWomen space at the start or end of each day to make room for
Church Service Concert (of March 6) Tomato Slices and Dressing Friday, February 24 God in your life.
ORE: Oregon High Fruit Cocktail 9:00 CLUB Christopher Simon, Metro News Service
School Jazz Band (of Chocolate Chip Cookie 9:30 Blood Pressure
March 13) VO: Veggie Chili 9:45 Gentle Yoga But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness,
11:00 Chair Yoga and all these things will be given to you as well.
1:00 Dominoes, Get Fit Matthew 6:33 NIV
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Whats
inside
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Aging Masters
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to empower

Benefits of growing
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Assessing your
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Photo by Amber Levenhagen

Miki Mott, Becky Losby, Sandy Hanson and Allene Olson discuss current events in the community room at Prairie Oaks on Friday, March 10.
Health

On the move
Case manager on wheels brings center to seniors
Joint replacement
rehab takes time
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SCOTT DE LARUELLE
Unified Newspaper Group
Senior centers are changing the way ser-
vices are provided to seniors, and in the case
of the Verona Senior Center, a case manag-
er on wheels has proven to be a new, vital link
between the two.
For the past several years, case manager Becky
Losby has made regular appointments at area
senior apartment complexes, bringing her knowl-
edge directly to seniors, some of whom would
not otherwise participate in the centers program-
ming. Losby now visits seven locations around
Verona each month, including the library, and
makes a point to connect with as many seniors as
she can during each visit.
That's probably the favorite part of my job, to
get out and see people in the community, she said.
You can reach a lot of people at once by doing
that, and Ive gotten to know a lot more people.
It's fun to stop in a check on somebody and see
how they're doing.
Losby said its important to get out into the
community to meet with seniors who otherwise
might not take advantage of services at the senior
center.
Theres a wide variety of people who don't
get out, so I can get them the information and try
to get them in and join an exercise size class or
come in for lunch, she said. I specifically like
connecting with the people who are maybe iso-
lated, because that's really important to be able
to visit with somebody who doesn't normally get
a visitor; they may not have family around here,
or may not be quite as social, so its good to see
what we can do to help them.
Losby talks to seniors about a variety of top-
ics that can affect them, including Medicare
coverage, scams, or just whats going on around
town. Recently, Losby has been bringing along
city alders, firefighters and police officers to pro- Healthy eating tips
vide updates on whats going in Verona, as well
as tips on safety. Page 12
Verona Senior Center director Mary Hanson
said being able to bring those people directly to
seniors helps create more familiar faces for
them, and creates an important bond of trust with
Losby.
When she gets out in the community, folks get
Activities
to know her, Hanson said. If they end up with a
change in their situation, an injury or something
that is creating more need, now she is a known Volunteering as an
entity; she's a friend, someone familiar to them. older adult
In the process, Losby has become a valued
friend to seniors, Hanson said. Page 11
Theres a good feeling about having someone
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Empowering seniors
Pilot program connects
seniors, important issues
SCOTT DE LARUELLE
Unified Newspaper Group
Helping seniors to make needed
changes as they face the many issues
of aging is all part of a new pilot pro-
gram at senior centers in Fitchburg
and Oregon.
The Aging Mastery program, run
by the National Council on Aging,
aims empower seniors by being them
together to talk hear and talk about
topics important to them as they age.
Several senior centers in Minnesota
and Wisconsin are piloting the pro-
gram, and the Fitchburg and Oregon
centers have teamed up to provide
courses for two years, said Fitchburg
Senior Center director Jill McHone.
We felt we would be more suc-
cessful if we drew a larger audience
rather than competed against each
other, so it's worked out really well,
she said. Last spring, Fitchburg
kicked off the first Aging Mastery
program Oregon did the fall, and the
our new spring program starts here
March 22.
The 10-week course covers a wide
range of topics, including exercise,
sleep, healthy eating and hydration,
financial fitness, medication manage-
ment, advance planning, healthy rela-
tionships, fall prevention and com-
munity engagement. Students are
given weekly homework assign-
ments to help them retain what they
learn.
It's a series of issues that older
adults face as they age, and it really
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Spots are available for the next Aging Mastery program at the Fitchburg
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For information, contact Fitchburg Senior Center director Jill McHone at
270-4291 or Jill.McHone@fitchburgwi.gov, or Oregon Senior Center direc-
tor Alison Koelsch at 835-5801 or akoelsch@vil.oregon.wi.us.
empowers them to make small little
changes and maintain those chang-
es as they move through aging pro-
cess, McHone said. The program
incorporates a lot of evidence-based
information and we get speakers
for each topic, to incorporate some of
that information and present that to
the participants.
Better together
McHone said the program has
received really good feedback
from participants so far, including
some aspects she hadnt considered
before.
We really found it brought new
people in and people really enjoyed
the camaraderie of the class, because
they met new people they had time
to discuss some of the ups and down
they are going through with the aging
process, she said. That camara-
derie was a big surprise to me - that
was one of the main things people
enjoyed, being with this group every
single week, talking about their
homework, and what they are expe-
riencing relating to the topic being
presented.
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Older people typically have less negativity and higher self-es-
of 10 weeks, McHone said the first teem.
rounds of the program averaged
Some benefits of
around 15 participants.
They were really successful,
she said. Were so lucky to be near
Madison, where we can pull speakers
growing older
from UW and really get some credi-
ble speakers to present this informa-
tion.
For this two-year pilot program,
the class costs $25 to take, with the
Many people are quick to their ages. Discounts are
NCA grant covering the remain-
ing $75 per participant. That will think of growing older in available through an array
a negative light. Although of venues if one speaks
change if the program were to con-
tinue, though, McHone said, and she there certainly are some up. Seniors also can enjoy
side effects of aging that travel perks, with slashed
is looking for sponsors to help offset
those future costs. one may wish to avoid, prices on resorts, plane
people may find that the tickets and more.
Maybe we would look toward
medical providers or other business- benefits of growing older Reasoning and prob-
outweigh the negatives. lem-solving skills: Brain
es to sponsor one or two people to
take the class, she said. Seniors are a rapidly scans reveal that older
growing segment of the adults are more likely to
While the program is only current-
ly offered around the area in Fitch- population. In the United use both hemispheres of
States, the Administration their brains simultaneously
burg and Oregon, McHone said peo-
ple are welcome to come from any on Aging states that the - something called bilater-
older population persons alization. This can sharpen
community. She noted that Madison
will start a similar program in the 65 years or older num- reasoning skills.
bered 46.2 million in 2014. For example, in a Uni-
fall, but anyone wanting a similar
program in their community should With so many people liv- versity of Illinois study,
ing longer, its time to cel- older air traffic controllers
contact their senior center director
and ask about hosting an Aging Mas- ebrate the perks of getting excelled at their cogni-
older rather than the draw- tively taxing jobs, despite
tery program.
backs. Here are some great some losses in short-term
benefits to growing old. memory and visual spatial
Higher self-esteem: processing. Older control-
The insecurities of youth
give way as one ages, and
older people have less neg-
lers proved to be experts at
navigating, juggling multi-
ple aircrafts simultaneous-
ativity and higher self-es- ly and avoiding collisions.
teem. A University of Basel
study of people ranging in
Less stress: As people
grow older, they are able
ages from 18 to 89 found to differentiate their needs
that regardless of demo- from wants and focus on
graphic and social sta - more important goals.
tus, the older one gets the This can alleviate worry
higher self-esteem climbs. over things that are beyond
Qualities like self-control ones control. Seniors may
and altruism can contribute realize how little the opin-
to happiness. ions of others truly mean
Financial perks: in the larger picture, there-
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Assessing your abilities as an aging driver
When a person first earns a driver's license,beginning to lose strength, coordination and/
they've earned more than just the right to or flexibility, which can make it more diffi-
legally operate an automobile. To many driv- cult to operate a motor vehicle. Answering
ers, a driver's license is symbolic of freedom "yes" doesn't mean you have to give up your
and self-sufficiency. driver's license.
The significance of a driver's license never In fact, your doctor might be able to pre-
truly dissipates, which makes it difficult for scribe therapies or medicines or suggest a
aging men and women to address their abil- fitness regimen that can make it easier for
ities as a driver and whether or not they can you to comfortably drive a car. In addition,
still safely share the road with other motor- if you're having trouble steering or operating
ists. a motor vehicle in any way, you might just
Though many drivers can safely stay want to find a vehicle that's easier to drive,
behind the wheel well into their golden such as one with an automatic transmission
years, others begin to recognize their skills that has power steering and brakes.
are starting to diminish as they approach When assessing your comfort level, also
senior citizen status. For those who want examine your mental state while driving.
help gauging their abilities as a driver, some If other drivers make you uncomfortable or
self-examination can help. traffic signs are confusing, this can make it
difficult to safely operate an automobile.
Assess your eyesight Such feelings when driving could also be a
Healthy eyes are essential to being a safe side effect of a particular medication, so dis-
driver, and drivers can assess their eyesight cuss the issue with your doctor to see if that's
in a number of ways. In addition to visiting the case and if there are any alternatives.
an eye doctor for an eye examination, drivers
should look for signs that they're having dif- Address loved ones' concerns
ficulty with driving. Aging drivers are often the last to notice
If signs and street markings aren't so easy if their abilities behind the wheel are start-
to read anymore, you might need a new pre- ing to diminish. Loved ones are often put
scription for eyeglasses. When the glare of in the position of talking to aging drivers
headlights at night makes it difficult to see, about their abilities, and this can cause
your driver's seat might need to be adjusted friction.
or you might want to consider anti-glare eye- If loved ones have expressed concern
glasses that make it easier to see at night. about your abilities as a driver, honestly
address these concerns, even if it's initial-
Assess your comfort level ly hurtful or embarrassing to do so. Your
Safe drivers are also comfortable drivers. loved ones are sharing their feelings out
To assess your comfort level as a driver, ask of genuine concern for your well-being,
yourself the following questions before get- so don't look at it as an assault on your
ting back behind the wheel. self-sufficiency.
Is it troublesome to look over your shoul- Some organizations, including the AARP
der and change lanes? and AAA, offer driving classes for mature
Has steering become difficult? drivers to help them more adequately han-
Has your reaction time when switch- dle the challenges aging drivers might face.
ing from the gas pedal to the brake pedal Honestly weigh a host of factors before
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Rehab from joint replacement takes time

Hip and knee replace- exercising before the joint the shower, or on and off working on increasing their
ments have had a lot of is back to normal and the toilet safely. endurance.
success in helping people feeling strong. This Most patients use a walk- Once the patient is able to
reduce pain and improve includes about 12 weeks of er following surgery to help move about the home and
tolerance to walking and formal physical therapy. steady themselves with can drive, he or she is transi-
other activities lost from It usually starts with one their new joint. After they tioned to outpatient physical
years of pain due to arthri- to two weeks of home- are more comfortable with therapy, where the focus is
tis. based physical therapy or walking, they will transition on further increasing range
Patients who undergo a short stay in a care facil- to a cane after 1-2 weeks. of motion and strength.
these procedures often have ity after surgery because A common mistake is to Physical therapists do a lot
a significant improvement leaving the house (or even stop using assistive devic- of soft-tissue and muscle
in their symptoms, and being home) is difficult and es too soon, which ends up work to loosen the areas sur-
often immediately after sur- painful. During this time, with the patient limping. rounding the hip and knee.
gery. patients work on range This should be avoided, The trunk muscles are
However, it can take of motion, strengthening, so under proper rehabil- also extremely important Photo by Metro News Service
around six months to one walking short distances and itation, patients relearn a in improving walking and Most patients use a walker following hip or knee replacement
year or longer of strength- important things like get- normal walking pattern and other tasks. Years of pain surgeries to help steady themselves with their new joint.
e n i n g t h r o u g h fa i t h f u l ting in and out of bed and feel steady while they are and dysfunction often leave
patients with numerous ten-
der and weak muscles that training because this tends be certain a person is not
slow the healing process and to decline as people get at a fall risk and can carry
influence overall function. older, and because after sur- out the next progression of
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Volunteering as an older adult
How to find the right fit
for your new lifestyle
Youngsters are not the only ones
who can reap great rewards from
volunteering, as studies show that
men and women at, beyond or
approaching retirement age also
benefit greatly from volunteer
work.
The reasons why older adults
volunteer are varied, but in its 2014
survey the AARPs Experience
Corps found that 97 percent of its
volunteers indicated that their vol-
unteer work with the organization
gave them a sense of purpose.
The following tips might help
older adults as they look for an
opportunity that best utilizes their
skills and experience.
Know your schedule. Older
adults who are still working but
want to volunteer may have a firm
grasp on their schedules, but even
retirees should not overestimate
how much time they have to volun-
teer. Before you begin to look for an
opportunity, write down your com-
mitments and daily schedule, using
this list to determine how much free
time you have to volunteer. Some
opportunities require greater time
commitments than others, so make
sure you know just how much time
you can devote to an opportunity
before signing up.
Give due consideration to
your experience. Older adults who
have retired or are on the cusp of
retirement have a lifetime of expe-
rience they can use to help others.
Imparting wisdom learned in
your professional life can provide
a sense of purpose and even make
you feel as though you are still
actively involved in the industry
where you built your professional
reputation. But life experience can
also prove invaluable in volunteer-
ing opportunities.
M e n t o r i n g p r o g r a m s g ive
volunteers the chance to help young
people, and such opportunities can
involve more than just offering pro-
fessional advice.
Dont downplay the signifi-
cance of certain opportunities.
Volunteering opportunities come in
many variations, and each is signif-
icant in its own right. Coaching a
grandchilds soccer team can have
as significant an impact on the peo-
ple you help as other volunteering
opportunities. Volunteers offer their
time because they have a passion
to help others, and that help can be
given in a myriad of ways.
Leave time for the rest of your
life. Volunteering is a selfless act,
and volunteers are the backbone of
many successful charitable organi-
zations. But older men and women
should leave time for the rest of
their lives as well.
Retirement should be fulfilling
but also include time for recreation,
so dont downplay how important
hobbies are to you in an attempt
to find more time to volunteer. No
retiree wants to grow resentful of
his or her volunteer work because it
leaves little time for other pursuits,
so do your best to balance your
charitable endeavors with the other
things in life that matter to you.
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Eat healthy at age 50 and beyond

A balanced diet is an
integral element of a
healthy lifestyle for men,
women and children alike.
But while kids and young
adults might be able to get
away with an extra cheese-
burger here or there, men
and women approaching 50
have less leeway.
According to the National
Institute on Aging, simply
counting calories without
regard for the foods being
consumed is not enough
for men and women 50
and older to maintain their
long-term health. Rather,
the NIA emphasizes the
importance of choosing
low-calorie foods that have
a lot of the nutrients the
body needs.
But counting calories can
be an effective and simple
way to maintain a healthy
weight, provided those cal-
ories are coming from nutri-
ent-rich foods. The NIA
advises men and women
over 50 adhere to the daily
calorie intake recommenda-
tions (shown in the chart) as
they attempt to stay healthy
into their golden years.
When choosing foods to
eat, the NIA recommends
eating many different colors
and types of vegetables and
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Somewhat active: 1,800 calories
Active lifestyle: between 2,000 and 2,200 calories
Men
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Somewhat active: between 2,200 and 2,400 calories
Active lifestyle: between 2,400 and 2,800 calories
fruits. Phytochemicals are
substances that occur nat-
urally in plants, and there
are thousands of these sub-
stances offering various
benefits.
The Produce for Better
Health Foundation notes
that a varied, colorful diet
incorporates lots of differ-
ent types of phytochemi-
cals, which the PBH says
have disease-preventing
properties.
The NIA also advises
that men and women over
50 make sure at least half
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Whole grains have been
shown to reduce the risk
for diseases such as type 2
diabetes, heart disease and
some types of cancer.
Another potential hurdle
men and women over 50
may encounter is a change
in their sense of smell and
taste. A persons sense of
smell may fade with age,
and because smell and taste
are so closely related, foods
enjoyed for years may no
longer tantalize the taste
buds.
That can be problem-
atic, as many people
The National Institute on Aging recommends eating many
different colors and types of vegetables and fruits.
automatically add more salt
to foods they find bland.
According to the U.S.
Office of Disease Preven-
tion and Health Promotion,
older adults should con-
sume no more than 1,500
milligrams of sodium per
day.
Older men and women
should resist the tempta-
tion to use salt to add fla-
vor to foods, instead opting
for healthy foods that they
can still smell and taste. In
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addition, men and women
should mention any loss of
their sense of smell to their
physicians, as such a loss
may indicate the presence
of Parkinsons disease or
Alzheimers disease.
Maintaining a healthy
diet after 50 may require
some hard work and dis-
cipline. But the long-term
benefits of a healthy diet
make the extra effort well
worth it.
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Junior Ellen McCorkle was named
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Despite a difficult schedule and the
team not reaching maximum poten-
tial yet, Oregon played with many of
the top teams including Monroe,
Stoughton and Madison Edgewood
and challenged them in close games.
Sielaff said that is similar to how
D2 state semifinalist Monroe played
in 2015-16 before taking that next
step this season. While making state
is no guarantee, Oregon does have
McCorkle coming back to make
another impact.
It shows we are building some-
thing here, Sielaff said. It shows we
have the ability to make that kind of
turnaround.
McCorkle (6-foot-1 center) fin-
ished with 330 points and 222
rebounds and was 122-for-226 (54
percent) from the floor.
McCorkle averaged a double-dou-
ble (16.5 points, 11.1 rebounds per
game) and also finished with 29 steals
and 20 blocks.
It was really impressive and
showed how hard (McCorkle)
worked on her game for the past cou-
ple of years, Sielaff said. She is just
a really talented player. It shows that
the coaches around the league noticed
her and recognized her talent.
Uhl (5-foot-8 shooting guard)
Boys hockey
Hefty skates to first-team all-conference
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
Senior Lucas Hefty earned first-
team defenseman honors for the Ore-
gon High School boys hockey team
(18-5-1 overall, 8-2-0 conference).
Hefty led all defensemen with 34
points (15 goals, 19 assists), which
tied for seventh most in the Badger
South this season. He was especially
deadly on the man-advantage, where
he finished second on the team with
seven goals and assisted on nine oth-
ers for the Panthers. Of his 15 goals,
three were game-winners.
Heftys offensive production con-
tinued into the playoffs, adding five
goals and an assist in two games.
Lucas was a team captain for the
past two years, head coach Mike
Jochmann said. His numbers speak
for themselves and his leadership
was fantastic.
The only returning all-conference
player to the team next year, soph-
omore forward Zak Roskos earned
second-team honors after finishing
third in the conference with 37 points
(17g, 20a). He scored four pow-
er-play goals and set up three more.
Perhaps even more important, Ore-
gon had a plus-minus of 19 with him
on the ice.
Zak was most improved player
statistically, going from two goals
to 17 this season, Jochmann said.
Hes not the strongest guy, but hes
incredibly quick and can find/create
space. I expect him to be our best
forward next year.
Senior forwards Calvin Schneider
Sports
All-Badger South
Conference
First-team: Estella Moschkau*,
sr. (Madison Edgewood); Katie
Meriggioli, sr. (Madison Edge-
wood); Caitlin Link, jr. (Madison
Edgewood); McKenna Warnock*,
so. (Monona Grove); Emily
Benzschawel, so. (Monroe); Syd-
ney Hilliard*, so. (Monroe); Syd-
ney Mathiason, jr. (Monroe); Ellen
McCorkle, jr. (Oregon); Marissa
Robson, sr. (Stoughton); Kendra
Halverson, sr. (Stoughton)
Honorable mention: Hannah
Frazier, sr. (Madison Edgewood);
Miah Garant, sr. (Fort Atkin-
son); Bailee Collins, sr. (Milton);
Kailey Harbort, jr. (Milton); Karlee
Krebs, sr. (Milton); Addie Gaber,
sr. (Monona Grove); Jordan
Hirsbrunner, sr. (Monroe); Lexi
Hilliard, sr. (Monroe); Danica
Keisling, sr. (Oregon); Katie
Uhl, sr. (Oregon); Cassidy Bach,
jr. (Stoughton); Aly Weum, sr.
(Stoughton)
*unanimous selection
finished with 259 points and 76
rebounds. She was 50-for-135 (34.5
percent) from 3-point range, as well.
Uhl transferred to Oregon her
junior year and moved up from a role
player to be the second-leading scorer
on the team as a senior. Uhls defense
also improved, Sielaff said.
(Uhl) became a starter and big-
time scorer for us, Sielaff said. She
Senior defenseman Lucas Hefty earned first-team Badger South All-Con-
ference honors after helping Oregon finish 8-2-0 in conference. He led all
Badger South defensemen in goals.
and Alex Verhagen played on the
same line with Zak, and were joined
on the honorable mention team
along with senior goaltender Henry
Roskos.
Schneider was fourth on the team
with 33 points, including a team-best
25 assists 11 of which game on
the power play. A lot of those assists
found the stick of Verhagen, who tied
Hefty for seventh place in the confer-
ence with 34 points.
Verhagen had a team-high 24
goals, which featured eight pow-
er-play goals. He also assisted on 10
Junior Ellen McCorkle was named to the first-team All-Badger South Con-
ference team this season. She finished with 330 points and 222 rebounds.
was an awesome kid and a great lead-
er for us.
Keisling (5-foot-11 forward)
finished with 184 points and 90
rebounds. She also added 28 steals
and 17 blocks and was 48-for-120 (40
percent) from the floor.
Keisling needed to persevere
through a mid-season slump when
the shots wouldnt fall and she was in
foul trouble, but she fought through it
File photo by Jeremy Jones
other goals, and was also responsible
for a team best four game-winners to
go along with a plus-minus rating of
21.
Henry Roskos (14-5-1), who was
a four-year starter, finished his prep
career third in the conference with
a .904 save percentage. The senior
went 15-6-1 with a 2.60 goals against
average and added three shutouts in
1,099.19 minutes this season.
I think the guys coming in next
season will be very similar, Joch-
mann said. Henry is two years old-
er though, so well be losing a little
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Boys basketball
Pearson earns
second-team
honors
ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor
Senior Matt Pearson
showed off his athletic
versatility this season by
earning a second-team
All-Badger South boys
basketball nod.
Pearson was joined on
the list by senior honorable
mention Christian Bult-
man.
Pearson (6-foot-4 for-
ward/guard) earned a first-
team all-conference nod as
a soccer player in the fall
and now is also an all-con-
ference basketball play-
er. He finished with 195
points and averaged nine
points and five rebounds
per game.
Head coach Jon Nedel-
coff said Pearson worked
at his game in the summer
File photo by Anthony Iozzo after hitting a bit of a wall
in his junior year. And that
work helped him become a
multi-versatile player.
and ended up having a good season, He was our best
Sielaff said. defender on the wing or in
When (Keisling) was great and the post, Nedelcoff said.
she played up to her full potential, we Offensively, he became
did really well as a team, Sielaff said. more consistent. He
Stoughton was tied with Madison became a grittier player.
Edgewood and Monroe with four Bultman (5-foot-10
selections. Oregon and Milton each guard) finished with 198
had three, and Monona Grove fin- points and averaged three
ished with two. Fort Atkinson had one rebounds and two assists
selection. per game.
Nedelcoff said that Bult-
man went from being a
point guard with gradu-
ates Alex Duff and Char-
lie Soule getting all the
Turn to Boys bb/Page 14
All-Badger
All-Badger South
South
Conference
First-team: Defensemen - Bryce
Conference
Kessel, sr. (Edgewood); Lucas First-team: Player of
Hefty, sr. (Oregon). Forwards - the Year Alex Arians*, sr.
Carter Hottmann, jr. (Edgewood); (Madison Edgewood);
Jake Schmaltz, so. (Edgewood); Mandela Deang*, jr.
Keaton Gill, sr. (Monona Grove). (Madison Edgewood);
Goalie - Andryi Nahirniak, sr. Jake Schroeckenthaler*,
(Monona Grove) jr. (Monona Grove); Alex
Second-team: Defensemen - Tordoff, sr. (Monroe);
Hunter Stracka, so. (Edgewood); Jordan DiBenedetto*, jr.
Alex Baldwin, sr. (Monona Grove). (Stoughton)
Forwards - Tyler Johnson, sr. Second-team: Mitch
(Monroe); Zak Roskos, so. (Ore- Kelsey, sr. (Monona
gon); Justin Gibbons, sr. (Stough- Grove); Carter Sawd-
ton). Goalie - Carson Roisum, so. ey, sr. (Monroe); Matt
(Stoughton) Pearson, sr. (Oregon);
Honorable mention: Defensemen Max Fernholz, jr. (Stough-
- Logan Servin, jr. (Milton), Cade ton); Tommy McClain, jr.
Martin, sr. (Monroe); Sam Wahlin, (Stoughton)
so. (Stoughton); Zeth Zeichert, Honorable mention: Zach
sr. (Stoughton). Forwards - Drew Wall, sr. (Madison Edge-
Lenz, fr. (Edgewood); Calvin
wood); Preston Strasberg,
Schneider, sr. (Oregon); Alex Ver-
sr. (Fort Atkinson); Connor
hagen, sr. (Oregon). Goalie - Henry OBrien, jr. (Fort Atkin-
Roskos, sr. (Oregon) son); Jesse Kutz, jr. (Fort
Atkinson); Matt Romens,
sr. (Fort Atkinson); Mark
maturity in the locker room. Bowditch, jr. (Milton);
While not always the most vocal Dan Smith, sr. (Monona
guy in the locker room, Jochmann Grove); Brayden Zettle, jr.
said his goaltender would step up (Monroe); Christian Bult-
and say something when it needed to man, sr. (Oregon); Darvell
be said and that Henrys personality Peeples, sr. (Stoughton)
will be tough to replace next year. *Unanimous selection
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defensive attention last

season to usually being
defended by the oppo -
nents best this season.
That led Bultman to try
and overdo what he need-
ed to do, which didnt
work out at first. But Ned-
elcoff said his effort was
not the problem and as the
year went on, he thought
he improved his game to
help Oregon go from 2-7
File photo by Jeremy Jones to 10-10 during its best
Junior goaltender McKenzie Nisius earned honorable mention Badger Conference honors stretch of the season.
this season. He was trying to insti-
gate something positive for

Nisius, Rupiper earn honorable mentions us, Nedelcoff said. He

JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
McKenzie Nisius and Tea-
gan Rupiper held down the
back half of the ice all season
for the Icebergs girls hockey
co-op.
Last week the juniors were
recognized by coaches across
the Badger Conference, earn-
ing honorable mentions on
the all-conference list.
Nisius faced more shots on
goal that any other goaltender
in the conference, stopping
803 of 958 shots (.838 save
percentage). She allowed
7.08 goals against, posting a
3-19-0 record.
Obviously with how
many shots McKenzie faced,
she was a big part of the
team, Icebergs head coach
Matt Gallagher said. She
was a leader on and off the
ice for us last season and
will be next year. I am hop-
ing McKenzie can expand
her leadership role more next
season.
Rupiper was a solid defen-
seman who finished sixth on
the team with five points (2
goals, 3 assists) in 23 games.
Teagans biggest fault
was a lack of confidence and
her confidence grew as the
season went along, Galla-
gher said. Toward the end
of the season she started to
become a leader in the locker
room as well.
She has been voted as a
captain for next years team
and has already shown some
strong leadership qualities
heading into next season.
Gallagher said that with
a more experienced group,
including the soon-to-be
senior class, the Icebergs will
be more successful in future
seasons.
The Icebergs finished this
past season 3-20-0 overall
(0-10-0 Badger Conference).
had to just play in the flow
of the offense.
Senior Michael Landry,
w h o fi n i s h e d w i t h 2 0 2
points, did not make the
all-conference list despite
his success this season.
N e d e l c o ff s a i d L a n d r y
was another player that File photo by Anthony Iozzo
was key for the Panthers Senior Matt Pearson was named to the second-team All-Bad-
mid-season success. ger South Conference. Pearson averaged nine points and five
But Landry never rebounds per game this past season.
looked to stand out and
he also had to deal with
some of the better defend- be more and more difficult Badger South teams. Edge-
than what he was able to
ers throughout the year, wood, Monroe, Monona
do during the last half of
as opponents built their Grove and Fort Atkinson
his junior year, Nedelcoff
game plan around stopping each had three selections.
said.
Landry and Bultman. Oregon had two, and Mil-
Stoughton had four
As the year went on, he ton had one.
selections to lead all
understood it was going to

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STATE OF WISCONSIN,
CIRCUIT COURT,
DANE COUNTY, NOTICE TO
CREDITORS (INFORMAL
ADMINISTRATION) IN THE
MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
DELENA N. SPINK
Case No. 17PR176
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:
1. An application for Informal Admin-
istration was filed.
2. The decedent, with date of birth
April 15, 1932 and date of death February
23, 2017, was domiciled in Dane County,
State of Wisconsin, with a mailing ad-
dress of 1161 Flint Road, Stoughton, WI
53589.
3. All interested persons waived no-
tice.
4. The deadline for filing a claim
against the decedent's estate is June 13,
2017.
5. A claim may be filed at the Dane
County Courthouse, 215 S. Hamilton
Street, Madison, Wisconsin, Room 1005.
David A. Flesch
Circuit Court Commissioner
March 7, 2017
Barbara Schaefer
1731 New California Road
Livingston, WI 53554
(608) 943-8315
Published: March 16, 23 and 30, 2017
WNAXLP
***
SECTION 00100
ADVERTISEMENT TO BID
BROOKLYN BUSINESS
COMPLEX EXTENSION
CONTRACT 1-2017
VILLAGE OF BROOKLYN,
WISCONSIN
The Village of Brooklyn will re-
ceive sealed Bids for the extension of
the Brooklyn Business Complex until 1
P.M., local time, March 30, 2017, at 210
Commercial Street, Brooklyn, WI 53521,
at which time the Bids will be publicly
opened and read aloud.
The Work includes the construction
of 400 linear feet of urban street construc-
tion. The project includes 210 linear feet
of sanitary sewer; 180 linear feet of water
main; 800 linear feet of curb and gutter;
351 tons of asphaltic pavement and the
replacement of three fire hydrants.
Bids are to be addressed to the Vil-
lage of Brooklyn, 210 Commercial Street,
Brooklyn, WI 53521, and shall be marked
Sealed BidBrooklyn Business Com-
plex ExtensionContract 1-2017.
Complete digital Project Bidding
Documents are available at www.strand.
com or at www.questcdn.com. Download
the digital Bidding Documents for $30 by
inputting Quest project number 4923854
on the websites Project Search page.
Please contact QuestCDN.com at (952)
233 1632 or info@questcdn.com for as-
sistance with free membership registra-
tion, downloading, and working with this
digital project information.
Bidding Documents may be re-
viewed and paper copies may be ob-
tained from the Issuing Office which
is Strand Associates, Inc., 910 West
Wingra Drive, Madison, WI 53715. A non-
refundable fee of $100 will be required
(shipping and handling fees included).
Overnight mailing of Bidding Documents
will not be provided.
All Bidders submitting a sealed Bid
shall obtain the Bidding Documents from
QuestCDN.com or from Strand Associ-
ates, Inc.
Bidders who submit a Bid must be
a Plan Holder of record at the Issuing
Office. Bids from Bidders who are not on
the Plan Holders List may be returned as
not being responsive.
Plan Holders are requested to pro-
vide an e mail address if they wish to
receive addenda and other information
electronically. Plan Holders are request-
ed to designate whether they are a prime
contractor, subcontractor, or supplier if
they want this information posted on the
project Plan Holders List.
The Bid must be accompanied by
Bid security made payable to OWNER in
an amount of 10% of the Bidders maxi-
mum Bid price.
The Village of Brooklyn reserves the
right to reject any or all Bids, to waive
any technicality, and to accept any Bid
which it deems advantageous. All Bids
shall remain subject to acceptance for 85
days after the time set for receiving Bids.
Contract award shall be made based
on the lowest responsive and responsi-
ble Bidder.
The Strand Associates, Inc. proj-
ect manager is Christina L. Rasso and
can be contacted at Strand Associates,
Inc., 910 West Wingra Drive, Madison,
WI 53715, (608) 251 4843 regarding the
project.
Published by the authority of the Vil-
lage of Brooklyn, Wisconsin
Linda Kuhlman, Village Clerk
Dated at Village of Brooklyn, Wisconsin
Published: March 16 and 23, 2017
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
PROJECT: 2017 STREET AND
UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS
NORTH BURR OAK AVENUE
AND JEFFERSON STREET
OWNERS: Village of Oregon, 117
Spring Street, Oregon, WI 53575-1494
CONTRACTS AND BID DEADLINE:
Sealed bids for a contract for water
main, sanitary sewer lining and storm
sewer reconstruction, curb & gutter,
sidewalk construction and street excava-
tion, base course and asphalt pavement
construction on North Burr Oak Avenue
and Jefferson Street will be received by
the Village of Oregon in the Village office
until 2:00 p.m., March 30, 2017, local time
at which time bids will be opened and
read publicly.
The contract consists of the follow-
ing approximate quantities:
8 DI Water Main Replacement 450
lineal feet
12 DI Water Main Replacement
2,400 lineal feet
Street Excavation 2,100 square
yards
Crushed Aggregate Base Course
300 tons
Concrete Curb & Gutter 1,500 lineal
feet
Concrete Flatwork 5,000 square feet
Hot-Mix Asphalt Pavement 400 tons
In addition to these items there will
be appurtenant structures such as hy-
drants, valves, service laterals and street
inlets.
The quantities are subject to change
without notice prior to document distri-
bution.
CONTRACT DOCUMENTS:
The Contract Documents, consisting
of Advertisement for Bids, Instructions to
Bidders, Bidder's Proof of Responsibili-
ty, Bid Proposal Form, Affidavit of Orga-
nization and Authority, Bid Bond (in the
amount of 5% of the maximum amount of
the bid), Disclosure of Ownership, Notice
of Award Form, Agreement Form, Notice
to Proceed Form, Performance/Payment
Bond (100%), Certificate of Insurance,
General Conditions, Supplementary Con-
ditions, Technical Specifications, Draw-
ings and Addenda (if any) may be ex-
amined at the following locations during
regular business hours:
Town & Country Engineering, Inc.
2912 Marketplace Drive, Suite 103
Madison, WI 53719
(608) 273-3350
Village of Oregon
117 Spring Street
Oregon, WI 53575-1494
Copies of the documents may be
obtained at the office of Town & Country
Engineering, Inc. at the address provid-
ed above. There is a $30 non-refundable
copying and distribution charge for pa-
per documents. Electronic bidding docu-
ments are available on-line at Questcdn.
com, Project No. 4910088 for $15.00.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Bidders must be pre-qualified with
the Village of Oregon within the last year
or must be pre-qualified for this work 5
days prior to the bid deadline in accor-
dance with Section 66.0903 of the Wis-
consin Statutes. Each bidder must de-
posit, with his bid, security in the amount
of 5% of the maximum bid amount. Bid-
ders must be experienced in municipal
pipeline construction.
PROJECT FUNDING:
Portions of this project are funded
through a Local Road Improvements
grant from the Wisconsin Department of
Transportation.
RIGHTS RESERVED:
The Village reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids and to waive or not
waive informalities in any bid. No Bidder
may withdraw a bid within 90 days after
the actual date of the opening of the bids.
Published by the authority of:
Jeff Rau, P.E.
Director of Public Works
Published: March 16 and 23, 2017
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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR
MEETING OF THE SCHOOL
BOARD OF THE OREGON
SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD ON
FEBRUARY 27, 2017
The regular meeting of the School
Board of the Oregon School District was
called to order by President Steve Zach
at 6:30 PM in the Netherwood Elementa-
ry School in the Village of Oregon, Dane
County, Wisconsin. Upon roll call, the fol-
lowing board members were present: Ms.
Barbara Feeney, Ms. Gwen Maitzen, Mr.
Jeff Ramin, Mr. Dan Krause, Krista Fla-
nagan and Mr. Steve Zach. The following
board members were absent: Mr. Charles
Uphoff. Administrators present: Dr. Brian
Busler, Mr. Andy Weiland, Mrs. Candace
Weidensee, Mrs. Shannon Anderson,
Dr. Leslie Bergstrom, Mr. Jon Tanner,
Ms. Jina Jonen, Ms. Kerri Modjeski, Mr.
Jim Pliner, Mr. Jason Zurawik, Ms. Dawn
Goltz, Mr. Mike Carr, Ms. Cyndi Olander,
Ms. Stephanie Snyder-Knutson, and Ms.
Jayne Wick.
Proof in the form of a certificate by
the Oregon Observer of communications
and public notice given to the public and
the Oregon Observer and a certificate
of posting as required by Section 19.84
Wisconsin Statutes as to the holding of
this meeting was presented by Mr. Steve
Zach.
Mr. Krause moved and Ms. Maitzen
seconded the motion to proceed with the
meeting according to the agenda as post-
ed. Motion passed 6-0.
A. CONSENT CALENDAR:
Mr. Ramin moved and Ms. Maitzen
seconded the motion to approve items
3-7 on the Consent Calendar.
3. Treasurers Report ending Janu-
ary 31, 2017;
4. Staff Retirement of Molly May
Thoma, PT at BKE;
5. Staffing Assignments - none;
6. Field Trip Requests - State Lead-
ership Conference April 3, 2017 thru April
5, 2017 in Wisconsin Dells; and OHS
Girls Soccer Spring Training trip March
25 - April 1, 2017 Gulf Shores, Alabama;
Future Health Professionals State Lead-
ership Conference April 9 - April 11, Wis-
consin Dells;
7. Donations: Nancy Riggs, $600 to
NKE Ms. Andersons class; Oregon Youth
Baseball Scholarship $500 annually; Mis-
cellaneous anonymous food service do-
nations totaling $175 to be used for stu-
dents who have negative food account
balances; Wisco Industries, $100 for
Oregon Splash Pad; and Acers Volleyball
Club, $200 for Oregon Splash Pad.
In a roll call vote, the following
board members voted yes: Mr. Ramin, Mr.
Krause, Ms. Maitzen, Ms. Feeney, Ms. Fla-
nagan and Mr. Zach. Motion passed 6-0.
1. Minutes of the February 13, 2017
meeting were discussed. Mr. Krause
moved and Ms. Feeney seconded the
motion to approve the minutes as re-
vised, including noting Tess Riley, Stu-
dent Representative on the Board was
present and minor language edits to the
Boundary Appeal Hearing notes. Motion
passed 6-0.
2. Payments: Ms. Maitzen asked for
clarification of some payments, which Mr.
Weiland addressed. Mr. Krause moved
and Ms. Maitzen seconded the motion to
approve the payments in the amount of
$2,652,119.22. Motion passed 6-0.
A. COMMUNICATION FROM PUB-
LIC:
No one.
B. INFORMATION ITEMS
1. OEA Report: No one from OEA
present.
2. Student Report: Ms. Riley was not
present to report.
3. Dane County Executive Joe Pa-
risi: Mr. Parisi shared information re-
garding the Building Bridges program, a
partnership between the County and area
school districts, to identify and address
the mental health needs of students.
A. ACTION ITEMS:
1. Consideration of Canceling March
27, 2017 Board Meeting: Ms. Feeney
moved and Mr. Ramin seconded the mo-
tion to cancel the March 27, 2017 Board
meeting as it would occur during Spring
Break, and authorize administration to
pay bills and give public notice of the
cancellation of the meeting. In a roll call
vote, the following members voted yes:
Ms. Feeney, Mr. Ramin, Ms. Flanagan, Mr.
Krause, Ms. Maitzen and Mr. Zach. Motion
passed 6-0.
2. From Vision Committee:
a. Charter on Youth Sports and Ath-
letics Task Force: On behalf of the Vision
Steering Committee, Mr. Ramin moved to
approve the Charter on Youth Sports and
Athletics Task Force. In a roll call vote,
the following members voted yes: Mr.
Ramin, Mr. Krause, Ms. Maitzen, Ms. Fee-
ney, Ms. Flanagan, and Mr. Zach. Motion
passed 6-0.
A. DISCUSSION ITEMS:
1, Committee Reports:
a. Policy: Chair Feeney reported the
committee will meet on March 14th at 4
PM, and agenda items are Acceleration
Policy and School Lunch Policy.
b. Vision Steering: Chair Ramin re-
ported the committee met in February
and discussed Youth Sports and Ath-
letics Task Force, potential school day
changes and bus transportation. The
next meeting will be March 15th at 7:30
a.m.
A. INFORMATION ITEMS:
1. Update on Educator Effectiveness
Implementation: Dr. Bergstrom gave a
brief update on the implementation plan
of the Educator Effectiveness system.
2. Teacher Compensation Update:
Ms. Jonen gave a brief update on the
implementation of the Teacher Compen-
sation Plan.
3. Superintendents Report: Dr. Bu-
sler reported on:
* The Board tour at OHS is sched-
uled for Thursday, March 9th at 4:30 p.m.;
* The Feb/March 2017 OSD Newslet-
ter focusing on the referendum projects
will be mailed in the near future;
* ACP in Wisconsin - Dr. Busler men-
tioned that the Wisconsin Department of
Public Instruction has a brochure about
Implementing Academic and Career
Planning. Ms. Wick will order copies for
the Board;
* Meeting with Jim Rickabaugh - Dr.
Busler, President Zach and Visioning
Committee Chair Ramin met with Jim
Rickabaugh, author of Five Levers to
Improve Learning to discuss potential
work with the District.
* Professional Development Day -
Dr. Busler shared highlights of the PD
day on February 24th;
* Boundary Petition - Petitioner has
until March 14th to file an appeal to DPI;
* Round two interviews for 2017-
2018 staff vacancies began today;
A. CLOSING:
1. Future Agenda was discussed.
2. Check Out
A. EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS: Ms.
Flanagan moved and Ms. Maitzen sec-
onded the motion to go into closed ses-
sion pursuant to sec. 19.85(1)(c) Stats.,
for the purpose of conducting the Super-
intendents Evaluation. In a roll call vote,
the following members voted yes: Ms.
Flanagan, Ms. Maitzen, Mr. Krause, Ms.
Feeney, Mr. Ramin and Mr. Zach. Motion
passed 6-0 and the closed session began
at 8:10 p.m.
1. Superintendents Evaluation: Ms.
Feeney moved and Mr. Krause second-
ed the motion to approve the written
evaluation of Dr. Busler and to authorize
Mr. Zach and Ms. Flanagan to sign it on
behalf of the Board. In a roll call vote,
the following members voted yes: Ms.
Flanagan, Ms. Maitzen, Mr. Krause, Ms.
Feeney, Mr. Ramin, and Mr. Zach. Motion
passed 6-0. Ms. Flanagan moved and Mr.
Ramin seconded the motion to extend Dr.
Buslers contract through June 30, 2019.
In a roll call vote, the following members
voted yes: Ms. Flanagan, Mr. Ramin, Ms.
Maitzen, Mr. Krause, Ms. Feeney and Mr.
Zach. Motion passed 6-0.
B. ADJOURNMENT:
Ms. Flanagan moved and Mr. Krause
seconded the motion to adjourn the
meeting. Motion passed by unanimous
voice vote. Meeting adjourned at 8:45
p.m.
Krista Flanagan, Clerk
Oregon School District
Published: March 16, 2017
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NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
AMENDMENT TO THE
GENERAL DEVELOPMENT
PLAN 336 & 354 NORTH
MAIN STREET, 337 & 333
SODEN DRIVE, AND ADD
150 EAST LINCOLN STREET
VILLAGE OF OREGON
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the
Planning Commission of the Village of
Oregon will hold a public hearing at 6:30
p.m. on Thursday, April 6, 2017 in the
Board Room of the Oregon Village Hall,
117 Spring Street, Oregon, Wisconsin,
to consider the approval of the amended
General Development Plan submitted by
Tom Graves, Administrator and Current
Property Owner for improvements to be
made to the Oregon Manor Campus at the
property described as follows:
150 East Lincoln Street, Village of
Oregon, Dane County
Parcel No. 165-0509-013-6351-1
336 North Main Street, Village of Or-
egon, Dane County
Parcel No. 165-0509-013-6403-8
354 North Main Street, Village of Or-
egon, Dane County
Parcel No. 165-0509-013-6845-4
Parcel No. 165-0509-013-6411-8
337 Soden Drive, Village of Oregon,
Dane County
Parcel No. 165-0509-013-6362-8
333 Soden Drive, Village of Oregon,
Dane County
Parcel No. 165-0509-013-6371-7
A copy of the amended General
Development Plan is on file at the office
of the Village Clerk. Office hours of the
Clerk are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
Subsequent to the hearing, the Com-
mission intends to deliberate and act
upon the request.
Any person who has a qualifying
disability as defined by the Americans
with Disabilities Act that requires the
meeting or materials at the meeting to
be in an accessible location or format
must contact the Village Clerk at (608)
835-3118, 117 Spring Street, Oregon, Wis-
consin, at least twenty-four hours prior
to the commencement of the meeting so
that any necessary arrangements can be
made to accommodate each request
Peggy S.K. Haag
Village Clerk
Published: March 16 and 23, 2017
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NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
OREGON PLAN
COMMISSION
TUESDAY, MARCH 21 2017
6:30 P.M.
OREGON TOWN HALL
1138 UNION ROAD
OREGON, WI 53575
NOTICE HEREBY GIVEN for a PUB-
LIC HEARING to be held on Tuesday,
March 21, 2017 at 6:30 p.m., before the
Town of Oregon Plan Commission at the
Oregon Town Hall, 1138 Union Road, Or-
egon, WI 53575.
1. Rezone Request. Petition # 11127;
Parcel # 0509-334-8810-0; 5610 Alpine
Road, Brooklyn, WI 53521. The request
is to rezone the property 34.7 acres
from RH-4 to A-2 to allow for agricultur-
al production (apples). Owner is Gary
Leverenz, 4814 Felland Rd., Madison, WI
53718.
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. It is
possible that members of and possibly
a quorum of members of other govern-
mental bodies of the town may be in at-
tendance 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 meet-
ing notice. Requests from persons with
disabilities who need assistance to par-
ticipate in this meeting or hearing should
be made to the Clerks office at 835-3200
with 48 hours notice.
Denise R. Arnold
Clerk
Posted: March 8, 2017
Published: March 16, 2017
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TOWN OF OREGON
PLAN COMMISSION
AGENDA
TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2017
6:30 PM
OREGON TOWN HALL
1138 UNION ROAD,
OREGON, WI 53575
1. Open Public Hearing:
a. Rezone Request. Petition # 11127;
Parcel # 0509-334-8810-0; 5610 Alpine
Road, Brooklyn, WI 53521. The request
is to rezone the property 34.7 acres
from RH-4 to A-2 to allow for agricultur-
al production (apples). Owner is Gary
Leverenz, 4814 Felland Rd., Madison, WI
53718.
2. Close Public Hearing.
3. Call Plan Commission meeting to
order.
4. Discussion and possible Recom-
mendation to the Town Board:
a. Rezone Request. Petition # 11127;
Parcel #0509-334-8810-0.
5. Approval of minutes from the last
meeting.
6. Public Comments.
7. Discussion and possible Action
re: Review of the Town Comprehensive
Plan.
8. Discussion and possible Action
re: Intergovernmental Boundary Agree-
ment with Village of Oregon.
9. Discussion and possible Action
re: TORC procedures.
10. Communications.
11. 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. It is
possible that members of and possibly
a quorum of members of other govern-
mental bodies of the town may be in at-
tendance 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 meet-
ing notice. Requests from persons with
disabilities who need assistance to par-
ticipate in this meeting or hearing should
be made to the Clerks office at 835-3200
with 48 hours notice.
Posted: March 14, 2017
Published: March 16, 2017
WNAXLP
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Campus: Space analysis recommends 35,000 square-feet for library, bigger senior center
Continued from page 1 We need to think right
now about how were
grow to 12,580 by 2040.
The space needs study going to set the village up
concluded the library needs to be for the next 80 years.
a whopping 240 percent larger
than its current 10,360 square
feet, while the senior center needs Trustee Jeff Boudreau
115 percent more space and the
youth center and Village Hall
both ought to be 25 percent larger.
The challenge for village the site and at least one person
officials will be how to finance wanting to slow down and discuss
the construction projects withoutit more thoroughly.
spiking the village tax rate. Trustee Jerry Bollig said hes
The board has to decide the in no hurry to make decisions
financing, which will determine about building locations, sizes or
financing. He recalled when the
the size of the library, said village
administrator Mike Gracz, adding village built the existing library,
around 1995, and how different
that building a 35,000-square-foot
library, as recommended, would the process was from today.
cost an estimated $10 million. The cost of money went
The board is meeting with its way down, so there was this
financial consultant next week mad rush to get it done, he told
to get a sense of how borrowing the Observer. We didnt have
the staff that we do now, and
would affect the village tax rate.
The villages rate of $5.43 per we didnt use consultants like
$1,000 in assessed property valuewe do now. It was not studied
is one of the lowest in Dane adequately and so it wasnt
County. planned adequately.
But before the board makes Bollig said theres no doubt the
any borrowing decisions, it needsvillage will build a new library
to decide whether to follow the and senior center, and he wants to
planners recommendation to avoid the mistakes of the past.
put a new library on North Main I want to take a little extra
Street. Thats been discussed time and make sure that we get
as a likely scenario since the information a bit at time, digest
it, think about it and make good
village purchased the property for
$890,000 late last year. decisions, he said.
In presenting the plan Monday, H i s b o a r d c o l l e a g u e , J e ff
Mich said there are several Boudreau, said he puts a lot
reasons why building a library of weight in the planners
at the former site of Peoples recommendation and supports
United Methodist Church makes building a library on North Main
sense: It would allow the libraryStreet. He noted the location
to move first and just once; it coincides with what the library
has neighborhood support; a staff seems to want, and the folks
new library at the site could at the senior center want to stay
spur investment in the area and where they are. Map courtesy Vandewalle Associates
increase property values; and Two community members, The plan for the civic campus recommends a two-story, 35,000-square-foot library be built on North Main
the site would allow for future Andrew Olson and Hans Street.
expansion of the library or its Noeldner, told the board they
opposed building the library on is clearly leaning, and I think they he said. Its our responsibility to at its current location.
parking area. were leaning that way when they our grandchildren to make those The idea of being able to move
former church property, citing
Its also a good place for a new
safety concerns. voted to purchase the property, decisions today, and then to figure the senior center into the current
library because it would help he said. The aesthetics of that out a way to balance that across library, build a new senior center
establish a northern boundary to Boudreau acknowledged the
concern and said the village lot are so consistent with what I the tax base. and have a private developer do
the downtown, Mich said. think most people would want in Staton and Boudreau also that makes a lot of sense, Staton
would have to control that
Tr u s t e e s d i d n t m a ke a ny
section of the street somehow. It a library. A little open space and a a g r e e d w i t h t h e p l a n n e r s said.
decisions Monday about the lot of trees and grass is very nice. s u g g e s t i o n t o g e t a p r iva t e Boudreau said hes excited
plan, opting to wait until they could be a pedestrian crossing or
even a stoplight. developer involved in building about the opportunity to engage in
discuss the financials with their Making it work a senior center after the library some public/private development
consultant next week. Village President Steve Staton
agreed. He told the Observer Boudreau said deciding the opens. a n d b r i n g i n s o m e l ow - t o
Varied opinions there are ways to ensure safety, librarys future location is an T h e p l a n n e r s o u t l i n e d a moderate-income housing thats
easier decision than the financing. scenario in which the senior much needed in the village.
Opinions on the report varied, and he supports the former church We need to think right now center could move into the old
with some in attendance in property as a site for the library. about how were going to set the library building while a new Contact Bill Livick at bill.livick@
agreement, others opposing I think thats the way the board
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