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MCPASD relinquishes lease of city park over Jesus Lunch controversy

by CAMERON BREN
Times-Tribune

The Middleton City Council

on Tuesday night cancelled the
Firemans Park lease agreement
with the Middleton-Cross
Plains Area School District at
the districts request.
The district requested the
lease be cancelled so they
would relinquish all oversight
of the park to the City of Middleton and its police force.
The district had formerly atSee JESUS, page 8

Work on
$580 million
ATC power
line begins

Out with the Old...

File photo by Matt Geiger

Firemans Park is a public city park, which means any group can exercise freedom of speech
there regardless of religious or political affiliation, according to the city attorney.

Can do attitude!
See scenes from Middleton
Outreach Ministrys annual
Canstruction fundraiser on page 6

by KEVIN MURPHY
Times-Tribune

American Transmission Co.

has begun clearing brush in the
right of way in northern Dane
County for the 345-kilovott
power line that will link substations in the Town of Middleton
and the La Crosse area.
The Public Service Commission approved $580 million
high voltage line last May along
See ATC, page 8

Burning down the house

Members of the Middleton Fire Department conducted
a controlled burn for training purposes on the fringes
of Pleasant View Golf Course on Sunday, April 17

Times-Tribune photos by Jeff Martin

Old Middleton Centre came tumbling down at the hands of workers including Middleton
Mayor Kurt Sonnentag (above), Middleton chamber of commerce director Van Nutt (top), developer Terrence Wall and others on Tuesday, April 26. The location, at 1818 Parmenter St.,
is being re-redeveloped by Wall.

Weepers is Midwest Book Awards finalist

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The 26th Annual Midwest

Book Awards has recognized
Weepers by Middleton resident Nick Chiarkas as a finalist
in
the
category
of
Mystery/Thriller.
Winners will be announced
at the Midwest Book Awards
Gala to be held on May 13
from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the
Olson Campus Center at Luther

MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE

Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota.

The competition, sponsored
by the Midwest Independent
Publishing Association, is
judged by experts from all aspects of the book world, including publishers, writers, editors,
librarians, teachers and book
designers. They select award
winners and finalists based on

overall excellence.
Chiarkas said he was
thrilled and humbled by the
announcement.
The whole process of writing and publishing continues to
be an astonishingevolutionfor
me, he continued. From
the support of my family and
neighbors in Middleton to the
book clubs that have been gra-

cious enough to invite me to sit

in on their discussions of
Weepers.
Weepers is set in New York
City where murder of an undercover cop in a housing project
in 1957 has unexpected ties to
the unsolved disappearance of a
young father walking home in
those same projects with his
son, Angelo, on Christmas Eve
1951.
The only witness to the cop
killing is Angelo, now 13, who
was on was on his way to commit arson at 2 a.m. - but the
killers saw him. These events
forge a union between a priest,
a Mafia boss, a police detective,
and Angelo, a gang member.
In Weepers, readers see
that if you drop a rock into the
East River, the ripples will go
all the way to Italy.
In the end, Weepers shows
that the courage of the underdog
- despite fear and moral ambiguity - can conquer intimidation.
My advice to aspiring authors is that you need perseverance, discipline, and luck luck
happens when preparation
meets opportunity, Chiarkas
said. I have learned this the
hard way, from making many
mistakes and absorbing lots of
rejections before getting it right
and receiving a traditional publishing contract.
It is thrilling to see so many
talented authors and publishers
of high quality books in the
Midwest, said Midwest Book
Awards chair Sherry Roberts. I
look forward to the Gala, where
we will be recognizing the
achievements of all the finalists
and winners as well as celebrating the strength and vitality of
independent publishing in the
Midwest.
Midwest Independent Publishing Association serves the
Midwest publishing community
to promote excellence in publishing in the Midwest. Through
educational programming and

THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2016

File photo

Nick Chiarkas, a former New York City cop who now lives
in Middleton, is winning acclaim for his debut novel, Weepers.

other
cooperative
efforts, MIPA helps members
learn more about publishing and
book production, promotion
and marketing. MIPA also provides networking opportunities
for publishers, both new and experienced, to learn from each
other.
MIPA serves a 12-state region: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, North
Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota
and Wisconsin.
I am so grateful to my wife,
Judy Olingy - my initial reader
- for reading and commenting
on too many drafts of chapter
one to the end, said Chiarkas.
And to my publisher, Kira
Henschel of HenschelHAUS
Publishing, who believed in
Weeper enough to offer me a
traditional publishing contract
with a modest but lovely advance; and thank you to Christine DeSmet, who stayed with
me from page one to The End,
offering valuable criticism and
encouragement.
Thanks also to Laurel
Yourke of the University of
Wisconsins writing program,
Chiarkas continued. And Laurie Scheer the director of the

amazing UW Writers Institute.

Thanks to Tom Kenney, my
NYPD partner, for teaching me
more about the law in action,
good judgment, and common
sense than all my formal education, Chiarkas concluded.
And I thank God for granting
me more second chances than I
deserve.

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MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE

Classic musical comedy

Photo contributed

If you thought you knew the story of The Princess and The Pea, you may be in for a walloping
surprise! Did you know, for instance, that Princess Winnifred actually swam the moat to get to
Prince Dauntless? Or that Lady Larkens love for Sir Harry provided a rather compelling reason
that she reach the bridal altar post haste? Or that, in fact, it wasnt the pea at all that caused the
princess a sleepless night?
Come see the real story of the Princess and the Pea performed by Middleton High Schoolstudents Thursday, May 5 through Saturday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m.in the Performing Arts Center.
Tickets forOnce Upon a Mattressare on sale atwww.middletondrama.orgor may be purchased
at the door ($10 for adults, $8 students/seniors).
With a cast and crew of over 100 students,Once Upon a Mattressshowcases the talents and
hard work of MHS musicians, dancers, and artists. Come enjoy the classic musical comedy.

Glowing
Smiles
honors
Vergara

On Saturday, May 7, adults

and children of all ages, from
Middleton and the State of Wisconsin will join together in
memory of Lina Vergara and to
support the Lina Vergara Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser.
Two scholarships have been
set up in Vergaras name. One
is for students of Middleton
High School who are entering
college to pursue a degree in elementary education. The second is for UW-Oshkosh
elementary education majors.
Vergara died in a tragic rafting accident on the Wolf River
at the age of 20.
The event, the Fourth Annual
Glowing Smiles 5K Run/Walk
and Kids Dash, will take place
at Middletons Orchid Heights
Park.
Starting at 9 a.m., there will
be activities, including a raffle
for the race participants, important announcements, refreshments, warm up exercises, face
painting, balloon animals and
the kids dash.
The kids dash begins at 9:15
a.m., with the adult 5K walk
and run following at 10 a.m.
The event is open to the public. For more information
about, and to register for the
walk, go to www.glowingsmiles.org.

OBITUARY

JAMES N.
KOSMOND

J a m e s
Norman
Kosmond (b.
Chicago
1935)gently
passed
at
Agrace Hospice April
16, 2016.
The cherished, devoted son
of Louise Marie Loula and
James Dominick Kosmond,
James was the loving brother of
Loula Carlini, proud uncle to
Richard and Perry Carlini,
and loving cousin to Stanley
and Frank Loula. James joined
Nancy Lee Hecht (d. 1996)in
marriage as he graduated at the
top of his class at Northwestern
Law School (59). Jamesprotectively fathered Julie Marie
(Michel Murray), Lisa Diane
(Jeff Helmuth) and Raymond
James (d. 1968) and cherished
his grandchildren, Christopher
and Gillian of Ottawa, Canada,
and Jack and James (d. 2013) of
Middleton,
Wisconsin.
Jamess45 years as a Chicago
litigator and trialattorneywas
infused with brilliance, compassion, toughness, and determination. Simply put, he never gave
up. His strength and hard
workearned professional accolades,managingpartner, a stellar legal record,and many client
friendships. James felt that no
person should be wrongfully
maligned; his relentless pursuit
of justice earned him figurines
from his beloved assistantSandra Wasinski (Chicago) of Don
Quixote battling windmills. His

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inherent strength lifted him to

recovery from meningitis to live
out 13 more years in Middleton.
James never admitted pain and
never faltered on his schedule
of reading, Walker Texas
Ranger,daily jumble, sports and
late night TV (good jokes). A
history buff, James treated his
family to historic adventures.
James served as president of
Illinois District 62 school board
for many years, hiring an outstanding superintendent and admirable teachers. Dad loved
good times with friends, sports,
parties, and Chicagos magnificent night life especially restaurants and musicals. James
shared his many jokes and stories with well-loved caretakers
as he reminisced about his
courtroom battles.
We are eternally grateful for
dads loving caretakers, Agrace
HospiceCare, Gunderson Funeral Home and our Middleton neighbors who never
hesitated to help Dad.A celebration of James life will be
held at the Bohemian Crystal in
Chicago.
In lieu of cards or flowers,
please support the James Helmuth Memorial Benefit Fund,
serving children and elderly in
our community at:
www.rally.org/jamesrhelmuth.
Learn
more
at
https://goo.gl/9sXCp7.
Online condolences may be
made at
www.gundersonfh.com.
Gunderson West
Funeral & Cremation Care
7435 University Avenue
(608)831-6761

Showing ponds some love

Photo contributed

Friends of Kettle Ponds (FOKP) worked in the rain last week to pick up trash and remove
garlic mustard and other invasive species from around Tiedeman and Stricker ponds. Pictured from left to right: Fritz Behr, Gurdip Brar (Co-President, FOKP), Bob Lyons, Peg
Lyons and Jim Perry.

Rep. Hesselbein honored by Alzheimers Association

Rep. Dianne Hesselbein

(D-Middleton) received the
2016 Advocacy Award from
the Alzheimers Association
Wisconsin Chapter Network.
She accepted the award
May 2 at the associations
state conference in Wisconsin
Dells. Rep. Mike Rohrkaste
(R-Neenah) also received the
award. Rohrkaste was the
chair of the Speakers Task
Force on Alzheimers and Dementia, and Hesselbein was

the vicechair. The

two held
hearings
around the
state and
crafted a
package of
legislation
Hesselbein
called the
Wisconsin
Cares Agenda.
Nominations for the awards
are received from across Wis-

consin and are screened and

scored by an awards committee.
I am greatly honored to be
chosen for this recognition,
Hesselbein said. It means a
great deal to me personally. It
gives me even more motivation to continue the work of
education and fund-raising for
research into treatments and a
cure for this devastating disease.

Debating downtown parking needs

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THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2016

City considers parking lot, greenspace and other options for land
by CAMERON BREN
Times-Tribune

The Middleton Committee of

the Whole, consisting of the
Common Council and the Plan
Commission, had a lengthy discussion about a proposal to purchase the three buildings at the
west end of Hubbard Street
where it meets Elmwood Ave.
The plan commission has recommended the city acquire the
land to build either a park, parking lot, a town center or sell off
later for a private development.
But with an acquisition cost of
$1.3 million some council
members have rejected the
plan.
Developer Terrence Wall purchased the properties along with
Old Middleton Center for the
already approved and soon to
start construction of a new Middleton Center which will have
205 residential units and more
than 62,000 square feet of commercial space. Wall planned to
use the adjacent properties for
additional private parking for
his buildings but offered to sell
to the city for his cost to build a

park or public parking.

The plan commission recommended using TIF to acquire
the property while the offer was
available so that it would be in
the citys control. They figured
the city could decide on what
the best use was at a later date.
Alder Howard Teal said he
did not think it was a justified
TIF expenditure. He pointed out
that in a downtown parking
study the downtown parking
shortage was said to relate more
to gaining access to supply
rather than a shortage of supply. He said he liked the idea of
touring the land into a park or
parking lot but could not see a
problem in need of solution.
I still need to feel that somebody has given me something
other than a solution looking for
a problem, Teal said. I have
yet to see that and would appreciate a good, solid discussion
about why we need to do what
you want to do.
The traffic and parking study
concluded that there isnt really
a shortage of parking but rather
it is a perception, Teal pointed
out. He said the city should just

Developer Terrence Wall speaking to the Middleton Committee of the Whole.

spend some money and time educating the public on where
they can park and save the
money.
Alder Kathy Olson said the
city will expanding its tax base
with Walls new development
and also be getting additional
money from park fees. She said
it would make sense if that benefited the residents of downtown by providing much needed
green space.
Mayor Sonnentag said that,
perception is reality. If there
isnt accessible parking people
wont use it he said.
When I was in T. Walls office last week looking over the
property he said look at that
area back by the railroad tracks,

there is like 190 parking spaces

back there that are not used,
said Sonnentag. Even though
there is a parking shortage on
the street the parking doesnt
get used.
I know there is some concern that this property came to
us because the involvement of a
developer and it wasnt on the
citys horizon as a planning
agenda item necessarily, but
nothing every has been on the
citys planning agenda as a specific issues, Sonnentag said.
Weve made stuff available so
when developers came to us it
could happen if the council felt
it was right.
To my mind this is about vision, we have got to have vision

for our downtown and right

now the perception is that we
dont have parking, Sonnentag
added. We all know we have
parking, but it is not available
readily for people.
Alder JoAnna Richard said
she could not support a proposal
that did not have a clear vision.
What I am hearingtonightis
actually a lack of vision, like a
magician, I am hearing it could
be this or it could be this, it
could be a parking spot, it could
be a park, it could be a town
square, it could be developed,
Richard said to Wall. That is
not to me a vision and I think
what you are doing is selling
different concepts to get the
property sold.

Times-Tribune photo by Cameron Bren

Sonnentag retorted the city

could make a plan even without
the specifics. He said he thinks
it makes sense for the city to
control the land until they can
decide what they want to do
with it. He said there may even
be groups may want to
fundraise and buy from city to
make it a park.
Alder Gurdip Brar said he
agreed with alder Olson in that
what was really needed was a
park.

CHURCH NOTES

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Encarnacin to headline Jazz Tracs

Photo contributed

General Admission Adult tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door.Student tickets are
$6 in advance and $8 at the door. To obtain advanced pricing tickets or for more information,
call 608-829-9679.
Jos Encarnacinwill headline the Jazz Tracs Festival
Concert at Middleton High
School onFriday, May 20.The
concert will be held at 7:30
p.m. in the Middleton High
School Performing Arts Center.
This annual jazz concert features the Middleton High
School Jazz Ensembles in collaboration with guest professional artists.
Jos Encarnacin leads the
jazz improvisation classes,
coaches jazz small groups,
teaches applied jazz saxophone,
and coordinates the jazz performance program at the
Lawrence University Conservatory of Music. He studied saxophone, flute and clarinet at the
Free School of Music in San
Juan, Puerto Rico, completed
his Bachelor of Music degree at

the Berklee College of Music in

Boston where he graduated
magna cum laude, and received
his Master of Music degree
from the Eastman School of
Music (including the 2002
Schirmer Prize in Jazz Performance). He previously served as
Assistant Professor of Jazz Saxophone at the Eastman School
of Music, Instructor of Saxophone, Latin Jazz Performance
Workshop, and Youth Saxology
for the Eastman Community
School, and as Jazz Ensemble
Conductor at the Rochester
(NY) School of the Arts.
He has performed jazz, salsa,
and Latin music with the Bob
Mintzer Big Band, the Dave
Rivello Ensemble, Maria
Schneider Orchestra, Gilberto
Santarosa, Roberto Rohena,
Bobby Valentin, Domingo

Quinones, Israel Cachao

Lopez, Tito Puente, Danilo
Perez, Dave Valentin, Giovanni
Hidalgo, Batacumbele, Humberto Ramirez, and David
Sanchez. His past pop performances include appearances with
the
Temptations,
Dianne
Reeves, Natalie Cole, Doc Severinsen, Lou Rawls, New York
Voices, Brasilia, Ann Hampton
Calloway, and the symphony
orchestras of Milwaukee,
Rochester, and Green Bay.
Jos Encarnacin will perform
a
set
with
fellowLawrence facultyDane
Richeson ondrums,Matt Blair
on guitar and Jakob Heinemann
on bass. Jos Encarnacinwill
also collaborate with the Middleton High School Jazz Ensemble to perform a number of
big band favorites.

Spring Concerts

Photo contributed

The Middleton High School (MHS) Bands will present their series of Spring Concerts on
Tuesday, May 10 and Wednesday, May 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the Middleton Performing Arts
Center. Tuesdays concert will feature performances by the Concert Band Block 2 and the
Wind Ensemble. Both groups will perform a mix of modern and traditional band music,
highlighted by the Wind Ensembles performance of Graingers Lincolnshire Posy, one of
the most famous concert band works of all time. The Concert Band will present Sousas
The Liberty Bell, famously used as the theme for the Monty Python TV series.
Wednesdays concert will include the Cardinal Band, Concert Band Block 1, and the Honors Wind Ensemble. The Cardinal Band will be performing Of Sailors and Whales, an
epic work by Francis McBeth based on Moby Dick. The Concert Bands performance will
include Foundry, a contemporary work using found percussion of wood and metal. Both
concerts are free to the public and will be followed by receptions.

Fire causes $100,000 in damage

At approximately 9:48 a.m. Sunday Dane
County Sheriffs Deputies, along with Fire Departments from Waunakee, Middleton, DeForest,
Maple Bluff, Sun Prairie and Dane, responded to
6078 River Rd, Town of Westport, for a report of
a structure fire. Upon arrival, it was determined
that a 30 by 80 metal barn on this property was
fully engulfed in flames.

The barn, which contained machinery, bales of

hay and corn, appears to be a complete loss. Initial estimates are that there is over $100,000 in
damage.
No one was injured as a result of the fire, which
was initially reported by a neighbor. The exact
cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Tourism spending surpassed $1.1 billion

Visitors spent more than
$1.15 billion in Dane County in
2015, according to figures released by the Wisconsin Department of Tourism in conjunction
with National Tourism Week.
Last year, tourists brought
more than $1.15 billion into
Dane County communities,
jumping more than 6 percent

from 2014 and ranking the

county second in the state for
visitor spending. Tourism in
Dane County supported more
than 21,000 jobs last year, up 3
percent and generated $148.3
million in state and local taxes,
up more than 4.3 percent from
the previous year.
These numbers are great

news for Dane County, said

Stephanie Goth of the Middleton Tourism Commission. Although the numbers are
county-wide, they reflect what
were seeing in Middleton.
Room tax revenue continues to
rise and more and more were
seeing travelers really taking
advantage of visitor amenities

like our free trolley.

On the heels of a successful
trial period in 2014, the Middleton Tourism Commission trolley returned for its second year
in 2015; this time, with a brand
new vehicle, an expanded route
and extended hours. The new
custom-designed, handicapped-

accessible trolley often attracting 50-80 riders on weekdays

and 120 riders per day on the
weekends. The most frequent
riders were visitors in town for
trainings and conferences exactly the folks it intended to target.
Tourism is important to

Middleton, said Goth. We

know that any way we can
make the visitors experience
easier and more convenient, is
one more reason theyve got to
come back and visit us again.
Amenities like the trolley definitely help accomplish that
goal.

Canstruction brings in 21 tons for food pantry

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Over 1,500 votes, both in person

and online, were cast for the 6th annual Canstruction Madison Peoples Choice award. The event was
held April 18 April 24 at West
Towne Mall in Madison.
Hosted by Middleton Outreach
Ministry (MOM), 22 teams from
businesses, churches, schools and
organizations around Dane County
built giant structures made of
canned goods and packaged food,
and competed for awards, including one chosen only by the public. This years theme was
sCANning the Galaxy, and structures were based on themes such as
Star Wars, Star Trek, video games
and more.
The structures in total included
an estimated 21 tons of food,
adding to the 170 tons that was
raised in the first 5 Canstruction
Madison events, and making this
Middleton Outreach Ministrys
largest food drive of the year.

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In the end, every team is a winner. The collective creativity and

generosity of these teams not only
provides education and awareness
surrounding the issue of hunger in
our community, but provides significant food to keep our shelves
full throughout the summer, said
Al Ripp, Executive Director of
MOM. The MOM Food Pantry is
one of the largest food pantries in
the area, serving West Madison,
Middleton and Cross Plains. MOM
distributed over 1.3 million pounds
of food in 2015.
The Awards Ceremony was held
in the West Towne Mall Food Court
on the evening of April 24 at
6:30pm,
featuring
emcee
AmyCarlson, NBC15.
Immediately following the
event, volunteers started taking
down the structures and loading the
food into boxes, to be taken back to
the MOM Food Pantry.
Our hope is that this event

draws awareness to the need, and

also to the many people and businesses that care deeply about the
well-being of people in our community.
Canstruction Madison 2016
was generously presented by Godfrey & Kahn and Associated Bank.
MOM is a local non-profit organization that leads a communitywide
effort
to
prevent
homelessness and end hunger for
our neighbors throughout Middleton, West Madison and Cross
Plains. Through our business partners, affiliated churches, area
schools, community service clubs,
and numerous individuals, we provide food, clothing, housing assisemergency
financial
tance,
assistance, and special services for
seniors. All programs are provided
free of charge to neighbors in need.
To learn more about the programs
and people helped by MOM, log on
tomomhelps.org.

THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2016

And the winners are:

Exact SciencesiCan End Hunger- WINNER:

Most Nutritious Meals; WINNER: Best Use of Labels; WINNER: Peoples Choice
Flad Architects Droids to the Rescue - WINNER: Judges Choice
JMM Sparcans High-Powered Telescope, technically and financially sponsored by Erdman - WINNER: Youth Award
KJWW Engineering and WTS Paradigm In
our hearts and within our sights: Pluto - WINNER: Most Cans
Mead & Hunt Voyages of the Starship Enterprise against Hunger- WINNER: Structural Ingenuity

Exact SciencesiCan End Hunger won three awards: Most Nutritious Meals, Best Use of Labels and Peoples Choice.

Flad Architects Droids to the Rescuewon in the Judges Choice category.

KJWW Engineering andWTS Paradigms In our hearts and within our sights: Plutowon
in the Most Cans category.

JMM Sparcans High-Powered Telescope, technically and financially sponsored by Erdman,

won this years Youth Award.

Mead & Hunts Voyages of the Starship Enterprise against Hunger won for Structural Ingenuity.

THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2016

Great
heights
To the editor,

I want to thank the community for

the privilege of serving on the
Middleton-Cross Plains Area School
Board for the last 15 years. It has been
an honor and a great pleasure to have
been a member of the Board. My hope
is that I have contributed meaningfully
to the District and its students during

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the years of my tenure, all the while

being a good steward of the resources
that the taxpayers and state have allowed us. I hope that I have listened
carefully to the constituents and that I
did my small part in helping create the
District of which we are so proud.
Being elected five times has been
such great vote of confidence, and I
want to thank everyone who was so
supportive during my time on the
Board. I wish the new Board members
the best of luck, and I encourage all the
Board members to be thoughtful and
responsive to our community. We are
so fortunate to have one of the top Districts in Wisconsin. Our administrative
team, certified staff, and support staff
are all second to none, and it is their

work that has allowed our District to

reach such great heights.
With gratitude,
Diane Hornung

Wall got
it right
Letter to the Editor,

I appreciated Terrence Walls column titled, Wall: Jesus Lunch is an

important exercise in religious free-

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dom.
It was well-written, thoughtful, helpful, sensible and truthful. Thanks MTT
and Terrence Wall.
Harold Zimmick

Huge
success

Thank you to all who were able to

donate in support of Easter Seals and
Clark Street Community School! The

Easter Seals clothing drive was a huge

success. We collected1,358 pounds of
soft goods, amounting to$271.60for
Clark Street Community School. Not
only is this great for Easter Seals but
the money raised helps Clark Street
Community School support its mission
and vision for its students as well.
Sincerely,

Jason Pertzborn
CSCS Advisor &
Business Educator
Varsity FB Assistant & Varsity
Baseball Assistant Coach

Scenes from the inaugural MHS Job Fair

Photos contributed

More than 30 businesses and 250 students participated in the inaugural MHS Job Fair on
Thursday, April 21. It was a joint effort between the high school and the Middleton Chamber
of Commerce. MHS business instructional leader Cherie Hellenbrand and Terry Healy-Lemke,
a chamber member and branch manager at Celerity Staffing Solutions, worked together on
the event (pictured above).

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a route that largely follows existing power lines across north

and western Dane County. Jeff
Endres, who farms in the Town
of Springfield, accepted the decision philosophically.
Its a fact of life, Endres
said last after an ATC open
house at the Springfield Town
Hall recently. We need electricity in order to exist in
todays world and power lines
are a part of it.
ATC acquired a larger easement from Endres to accommodate the higher voltage line that
will cross his property and the
company agreed to work with
Endres if it disrupts the Global
Positioning Systems he uses in
the fields.

JESUS

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Weve had problems with

our cell phones operating under
the power line so we dont want
it interfering with the GPS on
our tractors, he said.
In Dane County, the power
line will be built west from a
substation in the Town of Vienna, past the Village of Dane,
then south along CTH P. The
line turns west and south again
before crossing US 12 just west
of Springfield Corners. Continuing south, the line jogs west of
the Epic wind turbine installation near Kickaboo Rd. It stays
east of CTH P, to CTH K, follows CTH K west a short distance before proceeding south
into the Town of Middleton at a
point just east of Vosen Rd.

The line continues south

along Bronner Rd. to US 14
then turns east into the Cardinal
Substation just south of the
highway.
ATC will remove the 138kilovolt line from poles along
Voesen and Ripp roads and attach it to the 345-kilovolt
Badger Coulee lines poles, said
Charles Gonzalez, ATC senior
local relations representative.
The 80-foot-tall poles along
Voesen Rd. will be shortened to
about 50 feet after the transmission line is removed and the line
will become a MG&E distribution line, Gonzalez said.
Helicopters will be used to
string the 345 kilovolt line between Badger Coulees 150-

File photo by Matt Geiger

While Firemans Park is not owned by the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, critics
of Jesus Lunches say that religious events held so close to the Middleton High School campus
are a mixing of church and state.
tempted to stop religious events
held by adult citizens from taking place at the city park, in part
because of the districts position
that it had the authority to enforce school rules there, despite
the fact that it is not school district property.
As it stands right now, any
group, regardless of its religious
beliefs, is allowed to gather at
Firemans Park.
While there are a lot of outstanding circumstances that surround this lease and why they
are requesting cancellation I
agree that this is an issue that
the school district is going to
have to work through and we
are not going to be able to control what actions they take to do
that, but this is the direction
they have gone and I dont think
it is the citys role to interfere
with that, said alder Hans
Hilbert. With that said, I think
we are going to be involved in
the process going down the
road.
School board president Bob
Green said he wasnt able offer
any comment other than, this
is only the beginning.
In a letter from district superintendent Don Johnson to the
city requesting the lease be cancelled he wrote that the district
agrees with the opinion of city
attorney Matt Fleming that the

district has no authority over a

public park. The letter goes on
to say that district officials
would like to meet with city officials to suggest rules for the
park that conform with state and
federal laws.
The letter to the city came
after numerous parents spoke
before both the city council and
school board. Most of those
who spoke urged the council
and the school board to put an
end to the displays of religion at
a public park located near a
school.
Gary Gomez, attorney and
parent of MHS student, said he
was fine with students practicing their faith and having bible
clubs or such things, but he was
bothered by adults approaching
students to proselytize.
Rabbi Johnathan Biatch said
he would like to see the district
continue try to enforce school
rules in the park and start a discussion about religious diversity on campus.
Rabbi Bonnie Margulis, the
mother of a senior at MHS, said
she firmly believes in the right
to practice religion under the
first amendment but notes the
importance of the establishment
clause intended to separate
church and state. She said she
talked to numerous attorneys
that agreed the school could en-

force its rules at the city park.

She also said her son has been
troubled by the situation and
has been picking him early
every day at his request.
Margulis said that at the student-led protest against the
lunches students were shouting
at each other and throwing food
and water. She said students
who were friends are now being
divided.
Another MHS students parent, Robert Burke, said he was
uncomfortable with adults incentivizing minors to attend the
lunches. He said he would like
them to get permission from
parents first. Burke said if the
events are allowed to continue
it could set a precedent that
could lead to other groups such
as NRA or Planned Parenthood
advocates coming to the school
and incentivizing students to
listen to their ideas.
Johnson said to the board of
education that at the time the
lease agreement was made the
concerns centered around students smoking tobacco and
drinking alcohol. The agreement has been effective for 16
years in a rolling lease the district has renewed each year for
$1. In the agreement it states
that school rules apply from 7
a.m. to 5 p.m. during school
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foot-tall poles, said Paul

Lorenz, ATC project engineer.
Its faster and cheaper, than
using ground-based equipment,
he said.
Heavy lifting helicopters
were used to erect poles across
the Yahara River wetlands when
ATC built the West Middleton
Rockdale power line in 2012.
ATC will use smaller helicopters to fish the line through
connectors on the poles the entire 180-mile length of the line,
he said.
Although significantly taller,
the poles used for Badger
Coulee will be fewer because
they can be placed 800 to 1,000
feet apart, a much further distance than lower voltage lines.

Heavy timber matting is

being placed along the route
during construction to protect
the soil and vegetation, which
Endres said he appreciates.
Holes for the weathering
steel poles are scheduled to be
drilled this summer and wire
will be strung beginning in August through March 2017, according to ATCs timetable.
ATC and its partners, Xcel
Energy, Dairyland Electric Coop need to obtain approval from
the Corps of Engineers tower
construction can begin, said
Kaya Friedman, an ATC
spokesperson.
The power line will cross just
north of Morey Field in Middle-

year.
It has always been part of
our campus in some way or another, Johnson said. In some
ways it is clearly a public park,
but in other ways it looks very
much like our campus. I think
there is somewhat of a grey area
there in that people view it as
both.
Johnson says that it has been
his understanding that the park
has to follow school rules. The
key ones being a visitor policy
where they must check in, if
having an event during the
school day it be student led and
approved by the high school,
and a strict policy on food service and handling procedures.
Johnson says the district must
abide by those rules and so
should anyone else feeding students.
Johnson says when he consulted with the districts legal
council they said it seemed
clear that the district had supervision of that area for nearly 17
years and it says clearly in the
lease that school rules apply
during school hours.
But city attorney Matt Fleming provided the city council
with the opinion that the park is
a public space and not necessarily completely governed by the
lease. Therefore, the schools
districts lease could not trump
the establishment of a public
park as a venue for free speech
and freedom of religion, said.
That is where this bubbled
up and thats where a number of
the concerns have been raised;
certainly the questions raised by
parents that are here this
evening, Johnson said. Now,
even though we have had a
great relationship with the city
we find ourselves a bit at odds
in terms of the legal interpretation.
I dont believe any of their
actions were intentional, nor
malicious, nor underhanded, I
think that their attorney had a
different perspective of what
could be enforced in a park,
Johnson said. That leaves us
with our legal question which
is: does our lease prevail in the
park as written and is there any
legal clarification or language
clarification that needs to occur
to make it enforceable. And can
a public park be governed
specifically with a lease to
make it legal and binding.
Were trying to steer clear of
favoring one religion over another, Johnson noted. Frankly
I think our job as public educators is to be very even handed to
those who are religious or not
religious or those of different
faiths.
I would hope all our educa-

tors respect and honor the diversity in our community and work
for unity among the faiths,
Johnson went on. I think unfortunately that hasnt happened
in the last few weeks.
Board member Paul Kinne
asked if Johnson could say from
the perspective of the city attorney if there was any language in
the lease that could be drafted
that would allow the district to
not allow certain events or
groups to be at the park during
school hours. Johnson said he
assumed not because it seems
from Flemings perspective
there would be nothing defensible in that position, if it were
challenged.
Johnson said the question the
board must ask is: Are there any
restrictions a city could impose
that would be legitimate and enforceable? He says the city attorney would agree that the
lease allows the district to enforce the use of tobacco and alcohol, but determining whether
they could not allow lunches for
certain groups was another
question.
I dont think [the city] has
really weighed in on that quite
yet and theyve been very cautious in taking sides, but in not
taking a side they have sort of
taken a side, and I think they realize that too, Johnson said.
School board president Bob
Green said his concern was
about the disconnect between
parents expectations of the district authority and the schools

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ton but the Federal Aviation Administration has not objected to

the lines location. The PSC
took no action on a request
raised this year by Laura Kunze,
of the Town of Middleton, to reconsider the lines proximity to
the airport. Statutes allow the
PSC to deny a request by declining to consider it within 30
days of its being filed.
Construction on the project
will generally progress from
east to west, according to ATC.
The line was designed to
bring electricity generated at
wind farms west of Wisconsin
to markets east of the state.
ATC anticipates having the
line in service in 2018.
continued from page 1

actual authority on the matter.

Newly elected board member
Todd Smith said the district is
not trying to regulate peoples
behavior in any other part of the
city, but the park and shelter is
150 feet away from the school
and frequented by students and
therefore should be an exception.
Another new school board
member, Kurt Karbusicky, said
he felt the situation was distracting from the integrity of the
learning in the district.

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Glacier Creek Honor Roll

7th Grade Honor Roll
* denotes 4.0

Accola, Melanie J
Acker, Brianna K *
Ahuja, Vashima *
Aumann, Wilhelmina Y
Ballweg, Colin P
Barrett, Allison J
Basel, Alexander L *
Bernd, Emily G
Bohachek, Ian D *
Bolden, Piper *
Bukhman, Eugenia A
Burkard, Samantha K
Button, Alexander K *
Buza, Eleanor J
Caldwell, Erin J
Casper, Ainsley M
Chang, Kevin G *
Chiaverini, Michael E
DOrazio, Ella E *
Dahmen, Quint A
Davis, Kobi-Ann O *
Dettmann, Jordan R
Djamali, Aria M *
Duecker, Anna G
Dunn, Nolan P
Engelien, Mason F
Esser, Daniel T
Faessler, Malia R *
Fisher, Fiona M *
Friedle, Ava E *
Frinzi, Leona R *
Gadalla, Yousef H *
Gandhi, Aaryaman A *
Gassen, Calvin J *
Giefer, Rose D *
Go, Maria R *
Go, Michael E
Gonzalez, Saffron L
Greenheck, Jenna L
Grosspietsch, Carl W *
Gustafson, Michael A *
Hebert, Olivia R *
Heise, Nicholas W
Heisler, Micah T
Hidrogo-Romero, Jessica
Holahan, Bridget N *
Holthaus, Alexandra E
Hornung, Ashley A *
Howard, Zoe S
Hurd, David R
Jensen, Elena P *
Johns, McKenzie J
Joswiak, Casey R
Kalscheur, Grace A *

Karls Niehaus, Ciana R *

Keohane, Mei Mei K
Kolodziej, Taylor G
LaCour, Alexander J
Martin, Norah I
McNerney, Joseph J
Molander, Mackenzie R
Mulligan, John D *
Murray, Jackson D
Nelson, Josiah B
Newman, Claire T
Nie, Zinnia Z *
Noak, Lily E *
OHandley, Katherine R
OMalley, Timothy P
Ozers, Andrew L
Parente, Michael A
Patterson, Elleanor E
Pertzborn, Jackson J
Pertzborn, Sawyer J
Poehling, Lauren E *
Powers, Paige J
Prabahara Sundar, Poojha *
Pritchard, Lily K
Prohaska, Isabel M
Puli, Sai Rithika
Renfert, Koby H *
Ropa, Darshana J *
Roquitte, Maxwell C
Sabol, Morgan M
Sax, Charlotte L
Schollmeyer, Ryan C
Schutte, Jack T
Shimniok, Abigail H
Slinde, Calvin H
Smith, Benjamin B *
Smith, Phileas E
Sprecher, Rachel G *
Squire, Ian M *
Stoecker, Kayla M *
Svedberg, Anika M
Svendsen, Samuel W *
Thomley, Allison L *
Trainor, Elise A
Underwood, Olivia L *
Vogel, Isabel P
Weibel, Guy E
Whitehead, Callista G *
Wilkes, Riley R
Wilson, Karson V *
Yang, Suabcua K
Yosick, Sydney A *
Yosick, Zachary T
Zeimentz, Michael J *
Zhang, Edwin T *
Zhang, Julia L *

7th Grade
Honorable Mention
Abozeid, Lauryn E
Abreu, Luis A
Bogner, Ian S
Crump, Bruno V
De Young, Michael P
Faust, Brynn B
Graham, Alice R
Helmers, Anezka L
Hunt, Johanna J
Kalscheur, Spencer Z
Padilla Garcia, Oscar U
Phaneuf, Madeline M
Pinder, Emma V
Prichard, Zachary T
Pugliese, Luigi T
Veit, Dylan T
Winkler, Parker T

8th Grade Honor Roll

* denotes 4.0

Acker, Lauren R *
Ahuja, Aniket *
Anagnostopoulos,
Alexandra A *
Anderson, Julia G
Baco, Laura I
Ballamudi, Apurupa L
Bauerle, Megan J *
Bebermeier, Cailin M *
Biwott, Ashley J *
Bodenstein, Cheyanne M *
Boehnen, Elizabeth M *
Bovy, Jessica S 3 *
Bursac, Karina *
Carlson, Cian R *
Casali, Adam C *
Chomiak, Henry J *
Coffini, Alexander J *
Davis, Ross I
De Oliveira, Sophia C
Dehuma Dehuma, Melisa
DeJarlais, Daniel L
Deptula, Cole M *
Durrer, Ki L
Edlebeck, Camren S
Ehrhardt, Noah S *
Engler, Samuel R *
Fargen, Jacob D
Fieschko, Max N
Folsom, Elizabeth M
Frusciante, Brian A *
Gattenby, Tanner J *
Gehrke Kallstromer,

Alicia N *
Gehrke Kallstromer, Emelie S
Gilles, Braedon D *
Ginsberg, Kyra B
Godishala, Shreya *
Hanson, Kaitlyn G
Hartung, Henry J
Hellenbrand, Amanda L
Hellenbrand, Jordan J
Helt, Sydney L *
Hillebrand, Lexi M
Hinz, Nicholas S
Hodson, Makenzie L *
Hoferle, Peter J
Huff, Tyler W
Hylbert, Julia L *
Isaacs, Sam G
Ismail Ali, Moyraa
Jackson, Joelle N *
Jafari, Amirali *
Jasinski, Micheline P *
Jens, Bryn E *
Johnson, Brandon I *
Johnson, Paxton J
Jones, Cecelia M *
Joslyn, Katherine M *
Kalscheur, Blake S
Kalscheur, Brooks C
Karbusicky, Andrew P *
Kelliher, Mason R *
Kelshiker, Akshay I *
Kjentvet, Jack C *
Knight, Kaitlin M
Kriewaldt, Thomas M
LaBoda, Lane P *
Lamson, Noah D
Larsen, Samuel R
Lawrence, Madelyn R *
Lemirande, Josie L
Lenz, Andrew W
LeRoy, Jackson T *
Lindblom, Cecilie V *
Livelli, Victoria M *
Luetscher, Seth M *
Maas, Katelyn M
MacLean, Brad M *
Malcheski, Madelyn H
Mallannagari, Sai Likhith R
McGill, Megan C *
McLain, Natalie A
Michaels, Allison L *
Moore, Aedan G
Moore, Cade T
Needham, Abigail J *
Pao-Huang, Yao-Tian P *
Parthasarathy, Shruti *
Patterson, Katherine A *

Pavelski, Jacob W
Phaneuf, Ashlyn K *
Pientka, Jessica L *
Pongratz, Katelyn G
Purdy, Max J
Rankin, Dylan S
Reed, Ashton E *
Reed, Payton M *
Renfert, Karsey P
Revord, Nathaniel J *
Roach, Logan M *
Roesch, Amanda A *
Rogers, Ella R *
Rudolph, Samuel P
Schwartz, Megan J *
Semrad, Drake D
Shanley, Connor L
Sommers, Grace C
Soni, Abhav *
Stafford, Ethan J *
Steiner, Lauren E *
Steinmetz, Grace E
Stone, Magdalen K *
Tanin, Sitori I *
Thomas, Bret T
Thomas, Jada K
Tischer, Ashleigh M
Van Gilder, Hayden R *
Veidel, Claire E

Westerlund, Julian R
Whritenour, Ryan M
Wilson, Tyler G *
Xiong, Emily H *
Ystenes, Roman E *

8th Grade
Honorable Mention
DeNoble, Kennedy L
Diamond-Tumbush, Aliza I
Edwards, Michael J
Fritz, Amber L
Huber, Taylor M
Johnson, Ekaterina M
Johnson, William E
Kolodziej, Elizabeth R
Lin, Ethan
McCulley, Jae M
McKee, Lillian K
Peterson, Jena E
Satterlund, Jason T
Schlieckau, Roland J
Schulenberg, Deserae E
Shahzad, Nehal A
Siver, Megan A
Srinivas, Anaka
Teff, Drew M
White, Jefferson N.

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Moving
on up

Baseball Cards
jump to No. 2
in latest poll
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune

Rankings dont mean a

great deal to Tom Schmitt.
But Middletons veteran
manager was pretty excited
Monday afternoon.
A friend told Schmitt to
check out the latest state poll.
And when Schmitt looked, his
Cardinals had vaulted up to
No. 2 after being 10th a week
ago.
One year after a frustrating
season, Middleton is 10-1 and
the
Big
Eight
leads

Conference with an 8-1

record.
Weve done some good
things so far and I think we
still have some good stuff
ahead of us, Schmitt said.
Im happy with the start and
how theyve come together.
Schmitt had a lot to be
happy about last week.
The Cardinals notched a 42 win over Janesville Craig
last Friday in a battle for Big
Eight Conference supremacy.
Middleton also toppled Beloit
Memorial, 9-3, last Tuesday.
Middletons win over Craig
was its biggest in quite some
time. The Cougars are the
defending WIAA Division 1
state champions, and the victory vaulted the Cardinals to
See BASEBALL, page 22

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Reischel on
Twitter at
@robreischel

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Alec Morrison was the winning pitcher when Middletons baseball team defeated Janesville Craig last Friday.

No. 1 with
a bullet

THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2016

Middleton
golfers surge
to top spot
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune

HARTLAND It doesnt
seem to matter what course
you put Middletons boys golf
team on these days.
It doesnt matter what city
you drop these Cardinals in.
The results have been the
same and theyve been
downright spectacular.
Middleton won three major
invitationals in the past week
and also won a Big Eight
Conference triangular.
The Cardinals notched
arguably their biggest win of
the season Tuesday, when
they finished first at The
Legends Club Invitational
held at The Legend at
Bristlecone.
Middleton shot a 304 team
score and edged defending
state champion Hartland
Arrowhead, which shot 307.
Marquette was third at 313,
while Madison Edgewood
(319) and Green Bay Notre
Dame (324) rounded out the
top five at the 18-team event.
The big week helped
Middleton jump to No. 1 in
the latest Golf Coaches
Association of Wisconsin
poll.
Obviously it feels good,
Middleton senior Emmet Herb
said. Its nice when people
think that high of you, and
weve been playing pretty
good golf. So its nice.
Cardinals coach Tom
Cabalka agreed.
It just shows were playing pretty well, Cabalka said.
Its hard to put a number on
where everyone should be.
But were playing like one of
the better teams out there.
Indeed.
At the Legends Club
Invitational, Middleton senior
Brady Thomas had a terrific
day with a 1-over-par, 72.
Thomas made three birdies,
four bogeys and had one of his
steadiest rounds of the year.
Seniors Joey Levin and
Nils Arneson tied for sixth
with a 75, while Herb shot an
82.
Tuesday was just the latest
example of the Cardinals talent and depth. While Herb
Middletons No. 1 player
struggled at times, his gifted
teammates were there to pick
him up.

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Golf Coaches
Association of
Wisconsin Poll

1. Middleton
2. Marquette
3. Notre Dame
4. Madison Edgewood
5. Eau Claire North
6. Badger
7. Whitefish Bay
8. Cedarburg
9. Arrowhead
10. Onalaska

Its good to have people

catch you when you fall,
Herb said. And we have
that.
That was apparent all last
week, when Middleton captured two other highly prestigious tournaments.
The Cardinals kicked off
their big week by winning the
18-team Onalaska Invitational
held at La Crosse Country
Club last Friday.
Middleton shot a 304,
while Milwaukee Marquette
last weeks No. 1 team
was second at 312. Madison
Edgewood (316), Onalaska
(317) and Eau Claire North
(322) rounded out the top five.
Levin captured medalist
honors with a 73, while
Thomas finished second with
a 74. Sophomore Andy Zucker
was 11th individually with a
77, while Herb carded an 80.
The Cardinals also won the
eight-team Sparta Invitational
last Saturday with a 310 team
score. Wausau East (332) and
Marshfield were a distant second and third, respectively.
Herb captured medalist
honors with a blistering 71,
while Levin shot a 78 and finished third. Arneson finished
fifth with an 80, while Zucker
was seventh with an 81.
We have enough depth
where if one of our guys
struggles a bit someone else is
there to pick them up,
Cabalka said. Thats the nice
thing about team golf.
Middleton also won a Big
Eight Conference triangular
Monday at Sun Prairie
Country Club.
The Cardinals fired a 312,
while Sun Prairie shot 331 and
Madison La Follette carded a
433.
Herb led the way for
Middleton with a 75. Levin
shot a 78, while Thomas carded a 79 and Arneson shot an
80.
The year is flying by,
Herb said. I cant believe
how fast its going. But hopefully we can keep it going.

Andy Zucker and Middletons boys golf team have vaulted to No. 1 in the state.

Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

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MHS shines
at own relays
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune

It was a night of record setting performances.

One of terrific individual
and team showings.
Now, Middletons girls and
boys track and field teams
seem ready for the stretch run.
The Cardinals girls won the
Middleton Relays last Friday.
Middleton posted a team score
of 183, to easily outdistance
runner-up Appleton North
(149) at the six-team field.
Winning the Cardinal
Relays is a good momentum
builder going into the big
meets for the year, said
Middletons girls coach Cory
Christnovich. Conference is
only two weeks away and the
girls are starting to see the hard
work paying off.
On the boys side, both
Perrin Hagge and Gus
Newcomb
broke
school
records in the two-mile run.
Appleton North won the team
title with 167 points, while
Middleton was second (156).
It was nice to score so
many points in the meet,
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said. Appleton North is a very

good team and we seemed to
trade off winning events, but in
the end they had more depth
than we did. We are running
better times every meet, which
I hope to continue going into
our conference meet.
Middletons girls had 25
personal bests or season-best
times in the meet.
Lauren Smith, Sara Gaab
and Courtney Florin teamed to
win the 100 hurdles, while
Middletons 300 hurdles team
of Gaab, Marie Meyers and
Julia Geppert also prevailed.
In the 400 field event,
Madeline Pflasterer-Jenerjohn,
Betsy Hathaway, Smith and Tai
Pritts finished first.
Kiara Cruz, Maya Huebsch,
Jahnavi Gali and Pritts won the
400 weightperson. Middletons
quartet of Autumn Delaney,
Hadley Braaten, Clara Cownie
and Mackenzie Krueger won
the 400 meter freshman/sophomore relay.
Middletons 800 meter relay
team of Abbey Webber, Hailee
Milton, Jennifer McGinnis and
Hanne Anderson-Smith was
first.
In the 1,600 grade level,
Braaten, Taylor Zietz, Alyssa
Lemirande and Webber were
first.
Middletons 1600 sprint
medley freshman/sophomore

team of Cownie, Krueger,

Delaney
and
Elizabeth
Pansegrau was first. The
Cardinals distance medley
team of Grim, Milena Martin,
Madeline Ace and Sam
Valentine was first.
Middletons high jump team
of Grace Peterson, McGinnis
and Anderson-Smith was first.
The Cardinals long jump team
of Smith, Pflasterer-Jenerjohn
and Delaney was first.
Middletons triple jump
team of McGinnis, Florin and
Celia Mayne was first. The trio
of Cruz, Pritts and Huebsch
won the shot put. Middletons
threesome of Cruz, Brook
Walser and Gali also won the
discus.
I was proud of all the effort
that was given all around,
Christnovich said. The biggest
PR that we had went to Morgan
Eder, who improved her 2-mile
time by 47 seconds for the season and was a career PR by 26
seconds. That was fun to watch
and to cheer for.
Celia Mayne also did a
great job stepping up as one of
our senior captains. We had to
find someone at the last minute
to fill in for triple jump. Celia
was eager to help out the team
when I asked her to do triple
jump.
She was able to turn in a
great performance with only

about five minutes of practice.

That was great leadership for
our team. She was willing to
fill the void and provide exactly what we needed at the right
moment.
On the boys side, Hagge ran
the 3,200 in 9:12.86 and
Newcomb finished in 9:15.39.
Jack Rader was third and Caleb
Easton
was
fourth
as
Middleton rolled in that event.
400-meter
Middletons
relay team of Austin Delaney,
Jack Jesse, Jack Zocher and
Pace Balster was first. The
Cardinals 400 meter relay
weightperson team of Cole
Parrell, Max Elliot, Harrison
Bielski and Ethan Lengfeld
was first.
Middletons 1,600-meter
relay team of Will Funk,
Gussel,
Randy
Griffin
Hernandez and Noah Roberson
was first. The Cardinals distance medley team of
Newcomb, Cole ConklinLittle, Ryan Madoch and
Hagge was also first.
Middletons pole vault relay
team of Louis Hinshaw, Zocher
and Matthew Wakai was first.
Middletons
Jack
Jesse,
Trevaun Turner and Delaney
were also first.
The two-mile was an exciting race to watch, not only
because we had two guys
(Perrin Hagge and Gus

THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2016

Photo courtesy of Christopher Hujanen

Middletons Perrin Hagge set a new school record in the 3,200

meter run last Friday.

Softball Cards suffer setbacks

Middleton
falls to fourth
in Big Eight
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune

Their title dreams were likely squashed.

Now, Middletons girls softball team will try getting itself
ready to make a postseason
run.
The Cardinals split four
games last week, but in the
process, lost a pair of Big Eight
Conference
contests.
Middleton is now 8-4 in the
league, 9-5 overall and three
games behind conference leading Janesville Craig in the loss
column.
We have to come to play
every night, said Middleton
coach Perry Hibner, whose
team fell to fourth place in the
conference.
Weve beat the top three
teams in the conference, but
you dont get bonus points for
beating Craig or Verona. Some
of those other losses are the
tough ones, but we still have a
lot of goals in front of us.
Middleton began the week
by splitting a doubleheader at
Janesville Parker last Tuesday.
The host Vikings won the
opener, 3-2, then Middleton
won the nightcap 13-5.
In the opener, Middleton
sophomore Lauren Banke
struck out 11, but was undone
by three walks that all led to
runs as the Vikings upset the
Cardinals.
Middleton took a 1-0 lead in

Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

Katrina Anderson and Middletons girls softball team split four games last week.

the first when Jessica Parente

walked with two outs and
scored when Parker misplayed
Shelby Ballweg's hard ground
ball.
The Cardinals made it 2-0 in
the third when Rachel Everson
singled with one out, advanced
to second on Parentes sacrifice
bunt and scored on Ballweg's
single to left.
The Vikings scored single
runs in the third and fifth,
though, then took the lead in
the sixth on Sydney Petersons
two-strike, two-out flare to
right field that scored Cam
Rosga.
Afterwards, Hibner was
frustrated that the Cardinals
struck out six times and had

runners thrown out at third on

two occasions.
We didn't play a very good
game, Hibner said. I'm not
sure if it was the cold and wind
or just that we were frustrated
with the large strike zone, but
we didn't swing the bats the
way we can.
And when that happens
that means you have to buckle
down and play great defense
and pitch better. We did OK in
those areas, but not good
enough.
Middleton did rally and
notch an impressive win in the
second game.
Junior Hannah Fisher had
four hits, including a double,
and drove in four runs. Junior

Makenzie Kopp didnt allow an

earned run and struck out nine
to get the win.
The Cardinals committed
six errors, but offset that with
15 hits.
Makenzie was certainly
solid once again, Hibner said.
She did a good job keeping
the ball on the outside part of
the plate.
Kopps line-drive single to
right scored Fisher in the third
to give Middleton the lead for
good at 4-3. The Cardinals
erupted for five runs in the
fourth and four more in the
fifth to put the game away.
I was happy with how
much more aggressive we were
at the plate in the second

Newcomb) break our school

record, but to watch three guys
work together and push each
other to run their best times of
the season was truly amazing,
Line said. I was also

impressed with long jump as

each athlete gets a little better
every meet. It is going to be
really fun to watch what they
do as the season progresses.

game, Hibner said. We needed to be because we weren't

sharp in the field. We just can't
continue to give teams extra
outs.
Middleton then dropped a
critical game to Verona last
Friday.
Banke homered with in the
bottom of the first to give
Middleton a 1-0 lead. Then
with the game tied, 1-1, in the
fourth, Katherine Hibner had a
two-out double off the top of
the wall that plated Bailey
Kalscheur.
But Verona scored twice in
the fifth to take a 3-2 lead.
Then the Wildcats added an
insurance run in the sixth.
Middleton,
meanwhile,
managed just three hits.
Three hits wont cut it,
Perry Hibner said. We have a
tendency to let pitches go by
and we wait for the perfect
pitch. That was one of those
games.
The Cardinals then drilled
La Crosse Central in a nonconference game last Saturday.
Junior Makenzie Kopp
pitched a four-hitter and sophomore Jessica Parente hit a
three-run home run to cap a
seven-run sixth inning.
Kopp drove in three runs,
while Shelby Ballweg added
three hits and two RBI for
Middleton. The second game
of the scheduled doubleheader
was canceled due to wet conditions.
I was thrilled with the way
the girls bounced back from the
Verona game, Hibner said.
We were solid in the field for
a second straight game. And
even most of our outs were
hard-hit balls. When we play

like that, we can beat anyone.

On deck: Middleton hosted Madison East Tuesday, then
hosts Madison La Follette
Thursday at 5 p.m. at
Firefighters Memorial Park.
The Cardinals then host Fort
Atkinson in a non-conference
doubleheader on Saturday
beginning at 10 a.m.

April 26
Janesville Parker 3, Middleton 2
Middleton ..... 101 000 0 2 4 2
Janesville Parker .. 001 011 x 3 5 2
Pitchers (ip-h-er-bb-so) Banke
(L; 6-5-2-2-11); Naber (W; 7-4-0-4-6).
2B Banke.

Middleton 13, Janesville Parker 5

Janesville Parker .. 201 020 0 5 5 2
Middleton . 202 540 x 13 15 6
Pitchers
(ip-h-er-bb-so)

Myszewski (L; 3-8-4-1-2), Nenno (3-79-3-2), Kopp (W; 7-5-0-3-9).

Leading hitters Myszewski (JP)
2x3, Garey (JP) 2x3; Everson (M) 3x5,
Banke (M) 2x5, Ballweg (M), 2x3,
Fisher (M) 4x4, Kopp (M) 2x4,
Kalscheur (M) 2x2. 2B Garey 2,
Ballweg, Fisher.

April 29
Verona 4, Middleton 2
Middleton . 100 100 0 2 3 1
Verona .... 001 021 x 4 12 5
Pitchers (ip-h-er-bb-so) Banke
(L; 6-12-4-2-1); Nelson (W; 7-3-1-2-6)
Leading hitters H. Rudnicki (V)
3x4, Rainey (V) 2x3, A. Rudnicki (V)
2x3. HR Banke (M). 2B Hibner
(M), Kleinsek (V), Neitzel (V),
McChesney (V).

April 30
Middleton 12, La Crosse Central 1
La Crosse Central ... 000 100 1 4 1
Middleton ..... 202 017 12 14 0
Pitchers
(ip-h-er-bb-so)
-Anglehart (L; 5-14-11-2-2); Kopp (W;
6-4-0-1-6).
Leading hitters -- La Crosse
Central -- Raatz 2x2. Middleton -Everson 2x4, Ballweg 3x4, Kopp 3x4,
Bindl 2x3. HR -- Parente (M). 2B -Everson, Ballweg, Kopp, Banke (M),
Raatz.

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Middleton fares
well in Iowa
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune

Mary Duffy loves to beef

up
the
schedule
for
Middletons girls soccer team.
No cupcakes. No cream
puffs.
Duffy likes to challenge
her team whenever possible,
knowing the long term benefits it can have.
Thats why Middletons
trip to the Tournament of
Champions in Burlington,
Iowa, last week was so beneficial.
The Cardinals had an
impressive showing, with a 21 win over Normal (Ill.) in
double overtime last Friday
and a 3-0 loss to Cedar Rapids
(Iowa) last Saturday.
But Duffy knows those
games against elite competition could pay off in spades
later in the year.
Every year for the past 10
years that we have been at this
tourney, we come back with a
few wins, or all loses, but that
isnt the purpose, Duffy
said.It is to bond as a team.
In that regards, we are always
successful.
And in that sense, it will
be this tourney that we look
back and see growth and
understanding of each other
on the field and as teammates. We are a talented
group. Middleton will always
be talented, but it is how well
this talented team plays
together and forgets all other
distractions down the road
that helps with our success in
the postseason.
Middletons win over
Normal (Ill.) was extremely
impressive and Duffy called
it, the best team we have
played so far this year.
In the second overtime,
freshman Charlotte Dunn
placed a chip shot over the
keepers head, who thought
she had time to run out and
clear the ball. However, Dunn
beat her to the ball and calmly
placed it over her head.
We played a great team,
Duffy said. They had three or

Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

Emma Geppert (left) and Middletons girls soccer team split a pair of games at the Tournament of Champions in Iowa last weekend.

four quality Division 1 college athletes on their team,

some of who have already
committed as juniors. They
were very impressive.
Lexi Schultz was a key
player for the Cardinals as she
cleaned up many of Normals
through balls.
also
adjusted
Duffy
Middletons formation during
the game, switching to a 4-42, which allowed more partner
work up top.
In overtime, Duffy and the
Cardinals switched to a 3-4-3
their third formation of the
game. Middleton moved Lexi
Schultz up top on the wing
and Grace Douglas to sweeper
with only two other defenders.
The hope was that Douglas
gamesmanship would prevail
with minimal defenders
against their attack.
This switch also allowed
Middleton greater ability for
crosses and switches higher
up the field in its offensive
half. That was the exact way
the Cardinals scored their first

goal of the match by Katya

Boehnen in the second half.
Even though our opponent
had the better of the play, we
didnt allow them to capitalize
on their chances, minus one,
Duffy said. And we were
able to capitalize on ours, with
numerous switches that each
time allowed us a different
look than the previous.It was
encouraging to see that the
girls could handle all the
switches and also play tough
and pull out a win against a
quality team.
In Middletons second
match, it played a Cedar
Rapids team Duffy didnt feel
was as strong as Normal. But
the Cardinals suffered their
worst loss of the season.
This is the first game all
season where we were completely shutout in the score
column, Duffy said. Every
game we have generated at
least two goals, even in our
two
previous
losses. Unfortunately, we just
didnt play our best.

Maybe it was the wind

pelting ice rain at us that
caused a hiccup or the quick
turn-around of playing at 8
a.m. or we just didnt figure
out
this
puzzle
well
enough.With losing, there are
always a number of things that
we wish we could have done
differently, and with this
game, we of course have those
moments.
However, I do not like to
dwell in the past, nor do I
believe that one moment or
game should define us and
this one wont.We were better
than that, but just didnt show
it. It happens. We just hope
that it doesnt happen to us in
the postseason.
Middleton also rolled past
Madison La Follette last
Thursday.
Tessa Grywalsky had two
goals and two assists, while
Maya Shea had two goals and
an assist. Middleton also got
goals from Casey Wempner,
Payton Houden, Kristen
Reikersdorfer, Lexi Schultz,

Douglas and Dunn.

It was another offensive
dominated game, Duffy said.
I wish we would have held
the shutout, but we got caught
with our back line not being in
sync with each other. That is
part of a team sport. We just
need to work through it.
Maliaka Maka played
stopper to slow down their

fast central forward. Maka

played a very thoughtful
game, in particular the second
half.
On deck: Middleton
hosted Sun Prairie Tuesday,
then hosts Madison Memorial
Thursday at 7:30 p.m. The
Cardinals are then off until
May 12 when they host
Madison West at 7:30 p.m.

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Middletons boys lacrosse

team split a pair of games last
week.
The Cardinals lost to Verona,
11-6, last Monday. Middleton
then defeated Janesville Craig,
8-7, last Thursday.
Middleton improved to 4-2
overall and 4-1 in Big Eight
Conference play.
The Cardinals knocked off an
undefeated Verona team in last
years state semifinals. And
Middleton knew the Wildcats
would be fired up in this
rematch.
We knew they would be
after us, Middleton coach Matt
Bock said. They are a great
team with a lot of experience
considering most of them have
been playing together for four
years or more. We had to be
ready for anything, which
caused some mental mistakes
they capitalized on.

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Verona jumped to an early

lead and held a 7-4 halftime
advantage.
Junior
Lane
Wahlgren, who had four goals in
the game, had two in the first
half. Senior Gunnar Kunsch and
junior Jack Stormer also had
first half goals.
We started to calm down a
bit after a rocky start, Bock
said. Once we got our feet back
underneath us, we finally started
to get some production on
offense.
Cardinals junior goaltender
Tyler Dohmeier (16 saves) made
several nice saves on close range
shots in the second half.
Wahlgren also contributed two
more goals for MHS.
In the end though, Verona
was simply too much to handle.
Our guys knew that we
needed to play a complete game
first to last whistle, Bock
said. We had a few lapses in

judgement and they made us pay

for those. We had opportunities
to put points on the board, but
their goalie was making great
saves and denying us those
points.
Middleton rebounded with a
hard fought win over Janesville.
Mitch
Bacon,
Max
Hollfelder, Nate Kapp and
Travis Raffel all had first period
goals as the Cardinals raced to a
4-2 lead.
The two teams traded goals
through the second and third
periods and Middleton held a 75 lead entering the fourth quarter. Bacon, Lane Wahlgren and
Jake Livesey all had goals in the
middle periods for the

Cardinals.
I think the guys were still
reeling after the Verona game a
bit and the weather wasnt helping, Bock said. Once we were
able to get a little fire going,
things started to happen.
Janesville closed within 7-6
early in the fourth quarter, when
Bacon notched a huge goal for
MHS with less than five minutes
remaining.
Janesville again converted in
a man-advantage situation and
trimmed Middletons lead to 87. Janesville had a chance to pull
even in the closing moments,
but Middletons Dohmeier made
a huge late-game save.
The second half was rough

for us, Bock said. We got into

penalty trouble and made a lot of
mental mistakes. The focus just
didnt seem like it was there.
In the end, Tyler made a
spectacular kick save, which
landed the ball in one of our
defensemens stick, who was
able to get it down to a midfielder to run the clock out.
On deck: Middleton is at
Waunakee Thursday, then travels to Madison West Tuesday,
May 10.

S PORTS
B RIEFS

THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2016

Soccer camps

Middleton High School

coaches and varsity players
will be offering summer soccer
camps for boys and girls entering kindergarten-8th grade.
Camps will be held June 2023 and July 11-14. The cost is
$75 a session and includes a
camp T -shirt.
Email
jamievandermause@gmail.com to register.

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THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2016

Girls lacrosse
team goes 2-2

Middletons girls lacrosse

team split four games against
some of the toughest competition in the state last week.
The Cardinals opened the
week with a 7-2 loss to WNS
(Whitefish Bay, Nicolet and
Shorewood) at the Waukesha

MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE

Invite at Carroll University.

The Cardinals followed that
with a 15-4 win over Warren
(Ill.) and a 7-5 victory over
Waukesha at the same tournament.
Middletons defense has
been key.
Its soimpressive since we
only have two returning
starters in Gabby Ballweg and
Steph Jarosz, Cardinals coach

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Anne Gravel said.

Newer defenders Catie
Castagnet and Tara DeLeo are
taking on bigger roles, while
Arria Alton, Emma Waldinger,
Carmen Schremp, Margaret
Rogers and Ellie Waldsmith
have been impressive, as well.
Junior keeper Mia Acker has
also been terrific.
Her teammates have an
incredible amount of trust in
her, Gravel said of Acker.
She has their back.
The Cardinals also dropped
a 9-8 decision to University
School of Milwaukee last
years state runners-up last
Wednesday.
Junior Abby Drake had four
goals and one assist for the
Cardinals, while senior Sydney
Livesey added two goals and
one assist. Sophomore Lexi
Basel and freshman Julia
Fermanich each added one
goal.
On deck: Middleton was
at Verona Tuesday and is at
Waunakee Thursday at 5 p.m.

Mia Acker and Middletons girls lacrosse team went 2-2 last week.

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n BASEBALL

the top of the Big Eight.

Theyre on top of the conference and the defending
state champs and we were on
the road, Schmitt said. It
was a good win. I think the
kids were playing relaxed and
making plays.
Middleton
ace
Alec
Morrison was terrific on the
mound, allowing just six hits
and one run while going the
distance. Morrison threw
strikes on 66 of 100 pitches
and improved his season
record to 4-0.
Middleton struck for a run
in the first inning when Drew
Finley Haag singled, went to
second on a passed ball and
later scored on a base hit by
Alan Roden.
The Cardinals then erupted
for three runs in the second
and did all of their damage
with two outs.
Liam Belleveau singled to
right field and Zach Shipley
reached on an error. Ivan
Monreal was hit by a pitch to
load the bases, then Finley
Haag ripped a bases clearing
double that gave Middleton a
4-0 lead.
Craig scored once in the
third inning and added a run
in the fourth. But Morrison
kept the Cougars in check the
rest of the way.
He was pretty good,
Schmitt said of Morrison.
His curveball was a good setup pitch for his fastball and
slider. They were attacking in
their at-bats. He was able to
make decent pitches, get them
out front.
Middleton also had an
impressive conference win
over Beloit Memorial.
Roden and Morrison both
went 3-for-4 and the Cardinals
crushed the Purple Knights.
Morrison also had two RBI
and scored two runs, while
Roden scored three runs.
Brennan Schmitt went 2for-4 with two runs scored and
two RBI, while Shipley was
2-for-3 with an RBI and a run
scored.
It was windy and cold,
Schmitt said. Their pitcher
threw the ball pretty well. But
we kind of went with the pitch
and we talk about pitch away,
hit away. We had good
approaches and it paid off.
Adam Nutting earned the
win after allowing just two
earned runs and four hits in
six innings. Nutting struck out
six, walked five and threw
strikes on 63 of his 98 pitches
(.643).
Nutting threw decent and
threw better later on, Schmitt
said. He threw enough
strikes and kept them off balance. We took advantage of a
couple situations.
Middleton scored a pair of
two-out runs in the first
inning. Roden singled and
scored on a double by
Morrison, then Morrison
scored on a Beloit Memorial
error.
Shipley singled and scored
on a wild pitch in the second
to make it 3-0. The Cardinals
then added three runs in the
third.
Roden
singled
and
Morrison
doubled,
then
Schmitt drove home a pair
with a double to center.

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continued from page 14

Baseball Coaches
Association Poll

1. Arrowhead (11-0)
2. Middleton (10-1)
3. GB Preble (11-1)
4. Oconomowoc (10-1)
5. Ken. Indian Trail (9-1)
6. Janesville Craig (9-2)
7. Eau Claire Mem (8-1)
8. Eau Claire N. (11-1)
9. Sun Prairie (9-2)
10. Stevens Point (10-1)
Honorable
mention:
Kimberly (7-3), Hortonville
(8-2), Kenosha Tremper (73), Appleton North (8-3),
Janesville Parker (8-3), Bay
Port (6-3).

Shipley added a two-out single that plated Schmitt and

made it 6-0.
Beloit closed within 6-2 in
the bottom of the third. But
Middleton answered with two
runs in the fourth and another
in the fifth.
In the fourth, Hunter Bindl
scored on an error and
Morrison had an RBI single to
score Roden. Then in the fifth,
Logan Ziegler stole home to
cap the scoring.
Just a good, solid win for
us, Schmitt said.
On deck: Middleton
hosted Janesville Parker
Tuesday and is at Verona
Thursday at 5 p.m. The
Cardinals then host Madison
East Saturday at 11 a.m. and
host Monona Grove Monday
at 4:30 p.m.
April 29
Middleton 4, Janesville Craig 2
Middleton ............. 130 000 0 4 8 4
Janesville Craig .... 001 100 0 2 6 1
Pitchers (ip-h-er-bb-so)
Morrison (W; 7-6-1-2-4), Blomgren (20-0-0-2), Spry (L; 5-8-0-1-3).
Leading hitters Middleton
Finley (2x4). 2B Finley, Kouba.
Janesville Craig Spry (2x4). 2B
Berghammer.

April 26
Middleton 9, Beloit Memorial 3
Middleton ... 213 210 0 9 12 1
Beloit Mem. .. 002 000 1 3 5 4
Pitchers (ip-h-er-bb-so)
Gurtner (1-1-1-0-2), Nutting (W; 6-4-25 6), Betancourt (4-4-1-1-5), Grahn (L;
3-8-4-1-1).
Leading hitters Middleton
Morrison (3x4), Roden (3x4), Schmitt
(2x4), Shipley (2x3). 2B Bindl,
Morrison 1, Schmitt. Beloit Memorial
Porter (2x3). 3B Jensen.

Ivan Monreal and Middletons baseball team have jumped to No. 2 in the latest state poll.

Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

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