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Seeking consistency
VASD schools use mix of behavior initiatives
Scott Girard
Photo by Scott Girard
Charlie McGinnis talks about what staff at Country View Elementary can do to help
improve relationships with classmates during a daily restorative circle in Bobbie
Reinharts fourth-grade class. Left, Bentley Bourne, and right, Danny Porter.
approaches the district has been

emphasizing.
When the district first responded to those concerns, adminisThis spring, The Verona Press
trators mentioned strategies like
will explore behavior around
Positive Behavior Interventions
the Verona Area School District.
Future stories will take a closer
and Supports or the Nurtured
look at specific schools and what
Heart Approach, which many
strategies theyre using.
outside the school system may
not have fully understood. Thats
how schools respond to misbe- something district officials hope
havior and whether they should to change in the coming years.
reward simple good behaviors,
which is an important part of the
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Behavior series
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Personalized education has

gotten plenty of attention the past
few years in the Verona Area
School District, both positive and
negative.
Over the past year, that attention has spread to the districts
behavior initiatives, which are
become increasingly personalized, as well.
Last spring, parents questioned
Related arts schedule

to change again
Inside
More changes to
GE attendance
area
Scott Girard
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Verona Area School District elementary schools

will not continue the sixday related arts schedule in
2016-17.
The four attendance area
schools and New Century
School had switched from
a five-day schedule to six
days for the 2015-16 school
year to take care of equity issues with number of
classes missed. But, as three
principals told the board
Monday night, the change
caused more problems than
anticipated.
The rotation schedule really isnt sufficiently
meeting what we thought
would be those positive
outcomes and is in fact creating some challenges we
didnt foresee, Country
View Elementary School
principal Michelle Nummerdor said.
Nummerdor, along with
Sugar Creek Elementary
School principal Todd
Brunner and Stoner Prairie
Elementary School principal Mike Pisani, said the
main issue was a loss of
prep time for teachers.
In the past, Nummerdor
explained, teachers would
often get two 30-minute
blocks back-to-back to
use as planning time. With
the change to the six-day
schedule, that option was
reduced for some, leaving
them separate 30-minute
blocks. After factoring in a
bathroom break and walking the kids to their related
arts class, that did not end
up providing the necessary
time.
Thats just not sufficient
time to really dig in and do
meaningful preparation,
Nummerdor said.
The situations at the other
elementaries werent exactly the same, but had a similar theme. At Stoner Prairie,
for example, teachers would
have two days in each sixday rotation without any
prep time. Pisani said teachers knew that would not be
the cats meow beforehand, but it was even worse
than expected.
The principals said they
still have concerns about
the issues that prompted
the switch in the first place
equity and large class sizes and they plan to work
out their options moving
forward this spring with
Sticky situation
Glacier Edge Elementary School students got more than
new books for their fundraising efforts in a recent coin
challenge. Students donated $2,919.25 to the PTO-sponsored challenge Jan. 11-22, with nearly $500 of that coming on the last day.
As a reward, students got to
duct tape principal Theresa Taylor
to the cafeteria wall during lunch
See more duct tape photos:
Monday, Jan. 25.
The funds will go to the schools
UNGphotos.
Leveled Library, which basically
SmugMug.com
touches every kid in the school
through having books for all
grade-levels, PTO president Amanda Ross explained.
The PTO originally set a $1,700 goal, but after that was
quickly reached, they upped it to $2,500. A magician will
also visit the school in February to reward the students.
On the web
Above, Brandon Hernandez Perez smiles up at principal Theresa

Taylor after he and Lili Ferris add their piece of tape to the hundreds
holding her to the wall.
At left, Taylor greets a few students after they put tape on her.
Many students asked Taylor if she was OK up there, how she would
get down, and what she would do if she had to go to the bathroom.
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Continued from page 1
Photo by Kate Newton
Host families and guests welcomed Costa Rican students and teachers to the city during a meet and greet at the library on Thursday, Jan.
21. Above, Berta Armacanqui and Kendall Chaves Vsquez, 15, show off their salsa dancing skills.
Costa Rican exchange group visits Verona

Veronans experienced
a taste of Costa Rican culture last Thursday while
welcoming a group of
exchange students and
teachers from the Central
American country.
The group of 11 Costa
Rican high schoolers and
two of their teachers arrived
Jan. 20 and are being hosted by local families in the
Verona Area School District. The organization Costa Rica Frika spearheaded
the trip, and its participants
represent the organizations
first official exchange
group to visit the United
States, founder Dustin
Dresser told the Press.
Were really pleased
and excited about the reaction and the reception in
the community here, said
Dresser, a 2004 graduate of
Verona Area High School.
During the welcome ceremony at the library Jan.

21, families and guests
sampled a potluck of Costa
Rican dishes while the students led presentations of
popular things to do in the
country, as well as cultural
traditions, holidays, festivals and details about their
homes of Palmares and San
Ramn.
During their visit, which
wraps up Tuesday, the students planned to attend
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brothers and sisters and tour
other area high schools.
Friday, they made stops at
the Wisconsin State Capitol, Wisconsin Historical
Museum and UW-Madison
Geology Museum and took
advantage of the wintery
weather over the weekend
by participating in the classic Midwestern pastimes of
ice fishing and ice skating.
This is my first time here
in America, and its amazing because I have never
seen the snow, 15-year-old
Kendall Chaves Vsquez
said. I love this place, its
beautiful. Im having the
greatest time here, and Im
glad the families are so
kind.
Dressers wife Melissa
Rojas, who is also from
San Ramn, said the main
objective of the trip was to
give the students the opportunity to know more about
United States culture
while making new friends
and practicing their English.
Chavez agreed: I think
vocabulary is the most difficult part, so Im trying to
get more vocabulary here
and go back to Costa Rica
with very good English, he
said.
A private goodbye party
for the students will be held
next week.
VAIS supporters lobby

for middle school
Parents and students
from Verona Area International School asked the
board to consider a middle
school program for Chinese Monday night.
One parent, two current
students and one former
student from the districts
Chinese language immersion K-5 charter school all
spoke to advocate for the
idea, which fifth-grader
Jackson Uhalt said would
help them reach their full
potential in speaking two
languages.
We need more time to
learn the Chinese language
so we can breathe, speak
and write more fluently,
Uhalt said. Then we can
be successful in this global
world.
Sixth-grader Cayden
Corning, currently at
Savanna Oaks Middle
School, wrote in his comments that it did not make
sense that I have to study
Spanish and German this
year when I spent five
years studying Chinese.
The schools first class
of fifth-graders graduated
last year. Many of them
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teachers.
The class size problem
was mostly because there
were not enough sections
during the five-day rotation
to properly house each class
separately. The resulting
class-and-a-half blocks for
some classes, like gym or
choir, contained as many as
35 students.
While the building may
have more rooms for more
classrooms, we still have
one art, one music and
one gym, Brunner said.
That created real concerns
with quality of instruction
in those classrooms and,
frankly, some safety concerns, particularly in gym
and swimming.
Though the principals
said they would like a system that is consistent at
all the schools, because
different systems could
cause a lot of hurt feelings, as Brunner put it,
they acknowledged the
possibility their different

setups could require different solutions. Nummerdor
told the board the principals could come back to
the board asking if thats
OK later on this spring after
more discussion.
Those discussions will
involve the staff, as the
principals emphasized there
needs to be plenty of input
on the decision.
We dont want to decide
this on our own, Brunner
said. We need teachers
with us.
The change could also
have a budget effect, Pisani
noted, as the six-day schedule saved the schools money.
Board member Joanne
Gauthier asked the principals if that meant Core
Knowledge Charter School,
which has been on the sixday schedule for years,
would also have the opportunity to switch to a new
schedule, but the answer
was not clear.
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City of Verona
More changes to GE 80-unit complex gets commission review

attendance area
Jim Ferolie
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Verona Press editor
The Glacier Edge Elementary School attendance

area went through another
round of revisions Monday.
The Verona Area school
board debated its options for
solving the space crunch at
GE for several weeks, settling earlier this month on
changing the schools attendance area starting next year.
But population projections
presented Monday indicated
it needed to go further.
The Quarry Vista and
other South Stoner Prairie
neighborhoods of Fitchburg,
which were both previously in the GE attendance
area, will now attend Stoner
Prairie Elementary School
after a 6-1 vote, with Joanne
Gauthier voting against the
change.
The discussion that preceded the vote, though,
included some board members questioning whether it
was the right move at this
time, especially because of
the potential long-term outcome of moving Verona
Area International School
again.
I am just really, really
worried that if it explodes
its going to backfire on us,
board member Tom Duerst
said. Especially if we go to
referendum and lose.
The change is a short-term

solution until the district
builds a new elementary
school. It is aiming for an
April 2017 referendum that
could result in a building
opening for 2019-20.
Its a calculated risk
either way you look at it,
said board president Dennis
Beres. It might not matter
until the next phase of redistricting. Well end up redistricting again; theres just no
way around that.
Quarry Vista, which has
its first apartment building under construction, is
expected to add about 104
students to the district when
completed, according to preliminary district estimates.
By 2017, that neighborhood north and east of
Lacy and Fitchrona roads
is expected to have 152
apartments, 30 duplex units
and 44 single-family homes.
The number of single-family
homes is expected to eventually grow to 160.
The other areas moved
into the SP neighborhood
are south of McKee Road
bounded by U.S. Hwy.
18-151 and Fitchrona Road
to the west. Superintendent
Dean Gorrell said there are
three GE students in the area
who could be grandfathered
into the change and would
therefore continue attending
GE.
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According to the Dane County Sheriffs officer, at
around noon a 39-year-old driver of a fuel truck attempted to change lanes on southbound 18/151 to exit at Cty.
Hwy. J when he struck a semi hauling lumber, driven by
a 63-year-old Middleton man. The crash spilled roughly
30 gallons of diesel fuel onto the ground, prompting a
response from the Madison Fire Department HAZMAT
team, Dane County Highway crews and the DNR, as
well as sheriffs deputies.
Both drivers were wearing seatbelts and neither were
injured.
The sheriffs office said investigation into the crash is
ongoing and citations had not been issued.
Jacob Bielanski
submission says it would

be limited to age 55 but targeted at ages 75-94, with a
resort-style amenities to
promote independence. It
projects employment of 20
full-time equivalent.
According to the LinkedIn
account of one of the owners, David Pafford, he and
co-owner Kate Shaw run a
smaller assisted living facility in Madison they converted from large home.
The lot sits on a hill that
slopes about 18 feet higher
at one end than the other, the
submission notes, and would
step down the building to
follow the topography.
It shows a small alternate/emergency road leading out the back of the
property for public safety
reasons (so firetrucks have
room to maneuver and to
prevent traffic backups). But
while the rear of the property borders a utility easement
owned by the city, planning
director Adam Sayre told
the Press its unlikely to
ever be a city road because
at 53 feet wide, its not quite
wide enough to meet city
standards (66 feet of rightof-way, including sidewalks
and terraces).
The site is bounded on
three sides by single-family residential units and a
couple of duplex buildings,
as well as a dentists office
directly to the north. Such
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The commission will also

hold a public hearing on a
new ordinance requiring the
posting of small signs on the
site of new developments.
Commissioners late last
year discussed other possible ordinance changes,
such as expanding the radius
for which property owners
are automatically notified
beyond the current 200 feet.
That was rejected, at least
for now, in favor of what
they saw as a simple solution.
The signs, which will cost
around $15 apiece, are far
simpler and smaller than the
32-square-foot sign erected
to warn people of the Scenic
Ridge Apartments project,
which cost the developer
more than $500. Sayre modeled them after similar signs
printed in Oconomowoc,
where he had worked before
moving to Verona.
The city will purchase
them en masse, and theyll
be reusable, directing visitors to the citys website.
If we can take steps that
arent a drag from a budget
standpoint or from a staff
time standpoint it seems
like a pretty easy way to take
that step, Commissioner
Patrick Lytle said at the January commission meeting.
As a result of the discussion, prompted by Ald.
Luke Diaz (Dist. 3), Sayre
also last month put links
to past, future and current
projects more prominently
on the citys website. The
list is accessible from the
citys front page (ci.verona.
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recent years.
In 2011, Siena Ridge
Apartments earned approval
in a 5-4 vote that required a
mayoral tiebreaker. Though
it was approved under a
special three-stage process
called a planned-unit development, it helped lead to
a new ordinance requiring
conditional use permits for
all apartments.
In 2014, the Scenic Ridge
Apartments drew considerable resistance despite having been previously planned
and sticking almost exactly
to those plans.
Last year, two proposals to bring mixed developments (both apartments
and commercial properties)
into existing neighborhoods
went through revisions and
two rounds of neighborhood meetings each and still
failed to get alders endorsements after neighbors complained. Those projects are
still under revision.
Sayre called the Emerson proposal an interesting
idea, noting that most of
the calls hes received for
that site which includes
an occupied rental house
have proposed fast-food restaurants.
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An 80-unit senior housing

complex has been proposed
for an old farmhouse site
along North Main Street.
The Plan Commission is
expected to provide an initial review of the 45-foottall, three-story building and
its site plan at 841 N. Main
St. Monday night. Thats
just an informal discussion
used to help developers
weigh whether to continue
investing in a project.
A development like that
on the 3.3-acre parcel across
from Badger Ridge Middle
School requires public
hearings for both a rezoning and a conditional use
permit, which involve visits
to the Common Council, as
well as site plan approval.
That high-density zoning,
at more than 25 per acre, is
far beyond the standard multifamily zoning classification in the city (12 per acre)
and significantly higher
than the Siena Ridge apartments (18 per acre) that got
so much attention four years
ago from neighbors a halfmile to the north.
However, city leaders in
recent years have pushed
for more senior apartments
whenever possible, considering the communitys
inventory to be lacking. The
citys apartment phasing
policy, which limits developers to 50 per year combined, provides an exception
for senior units (as well as
those located downtown),
and alders and commissioners both encouraged
the Murray Glen developer
last year to accelerate its
111-unit senior complex in
Prairie Oaks from Phase 3 to
Phase 2 (which it did).
The proposal, called
Emerson on Main, would
tear out and regrade whats
now the site of a farmhouse and would build the
39,000-square-foot complex
in two 40-unit phases, starting in late summer and ending in 2018 or 2019.
A letter of intent with the
alders responded negatively

to suggestions that it might
have a restaurant or apartments. It remains a singlefamily home.
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Police report
All reports taken from the log book tested with a .16 BAC and released to
at the Verona Police Department.
a responsible party.
8:26 p.m. A burglar stole wrapped
Dec. 18
Christmas gifts in a blue storage tub
2:30 a.m. A Madison man was from the underground garage of a
arrested for bail jumping after police home on the 400 block of Lucerne
found him asleep in his car at the Drive, according to reports. A police
intersection of Questa Ridge Trail investigation showed the home had
and Forest View Drive. Police said marks of forced entry on 10 other
the man was under the influence of doors. Police later found an empty
alcohol when they checked on him. blue storage tub in a neighboring unit
8:28 a.m. A three-car crash that had also been broken into. The
occurred at E. Verona Avenue and owner of that unit, however, did not
N. Franklin Street after the lead car think anything had been stolen.
stopped for a pedestrian. After stopping, a third car rear-ended a second Dec. 23
car which push it into the lead car.
2:50 p.m. A hotel on the 500
Two passengers in the lead car com- block of W. Verona Avenue reported
plained of neck injuries, but declined one of the people staying at the hotel
an ambulance.
had left without paying for a four3:03 p.m. Police found tobacco, night stay.
marijuana and drug paraphernalia in
the backpack of a student suspected Dec. 24
of smoking in a restroom at Verona
12:17 p.m. A Verona man and a
Area High School. The juvenile was teen were cited for smoking marijuacited for possession of all three items. na in the parking lot of a townhouse
on the 900 block of Harper Drive.
Dec. 21
The juvenile was also cited for pos3:22 a.m. Police recovered mari- session of drug paraphernalia, and
juana from a vehicle parked at the released to an adult.
intersection of Llanos Street and
North Edge Trail after police found the Dec. 25
marijuana in plain view. The owner
8:17 p.m. A juvenile was arrested
of the car consented to a search, but on two counts of battery, intimidano other illegal items were found.
tion of a victim, damage to property
8:17 a.m. A Bobcat skid loader and two counts of disorderly conwas reported stolen from a con- duct after hitting both his mother
struction site on the 600 block of W. and father as well as damaging a
Verona Ave. The owner told police the door at a home on the 900 block of
keys were not in the vehicle.
Hillside Way.
4:08 p.m. Police warned an adolescent boy not to return to a bar on Dec. 26
the 100 block of W. Railroad St., after
1:03 p.m. Two cars were towed
a person there reported seeing the from the scene of an accident at Park
boy picking up cigarette butts at the Lane and S. Shuman Street after an
location earlier in the day.
87-year-old Verona woman turned
too sharply onto Park Lane from
Dec. 22
Shuman, hitting a stopped vehicle
12:26 a.m. A 29-year-old Verona driven by a 65-year-old Verona man.
man was cited for his second OWI The woman was cited for making an
after police found an open intoxicant improper left turn.
in his vehicle after stopping him at the
intersection of Cross Country Road
Jacob Bielanski
and Enterprise Drive. The man was
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An argument for the

ubiquitous yellow arrow
ou dont have to spend

too much time in Spain
before you start to notice a
strangely ubiquitous traffic symbol: the yellow arrow.
Youll find it spray-painted on
the pavement,
street lamps and
guardrails. Its
pasted on car
bumpers and bar
windows and
carefully inlaid
on religious
monuments and
other buildings.
Dresser
But the day I
found one in the
middle of a cow pasture on a cliff
overlooking the Cantabrian Sea, I
realized it had nothing to do with
traffic. There were no cars within
three miles of there.
I squinted suspiciously at the
cows. Did you?
They returned my stare while
innocently chewing their cuds.
Since it obviously wasnt a traffic symbol or a cow conspiracy, I
had to find out what else it could
be. My curiosity finally piqued,
I decided to ask the next person I
crossed on my afternoon hike.
My victims were a middle-aged
foreign woman and her two young
children.
Those yellow arrows represent
the way to the city of Santiago de
Compostela. Its called the Camino
de Santiago, and its one of the
most famous walking routes in all
of Spain, she said.
When I asked why, her son
explained: It helps you to find out
who you really are and her daughter chimed in: And there is a big
church at the end where they swing
a giant lantern with smoke!
I rolled my eyes and halfheartedly looked around for Toto
or the Tin Man. I thought the cow
manure must have gone to my
head, but I would later find out that

this is a real religious ceremony
known as the Botafumeiro.
My next attempt was to ask the
bartender in the small town at the
end of my walk. The locals always
know best.
Oh. Those arrows? he said in
his been-there, done-that bartender
tone. Well, in the medieval times,
Christian pilgrims used to walk
from all over Europe to the city
of Santiago to ask forgiveness for
their sins. Even today, they believe
that the remains of St. James the
Apostle are buried there.
He explained how it has now
become a gold mine for Spanish
tourism, with people coming from
all over to walk the Camino, so
now every restaurant and hotel
claims to be on the Camino.
Its easy to do, he added. its
an ancient route so nobody really
knows where it went. You just put
an arrow outside your place and
the people start coming in.
I asked him where his was, and
sure enough, he nodded toward the
bar window.
Thus, my first introduction to
what is known in English as The
Way of St. James was rather disappointing. It wasnt until a few
years later when I started working
for an American tour company that
sells cultural walking tours of this
very route that I came to understand the deeply unique value of
walking The Way.
The 500-km. walk across the
Pyrenees, the dry Spanish meseta
and the lush green hills of Galicia
still retains its ancient religious
significance for many, but it has
also taken on a more modern,
widespread appeal.
For teenagers, it is their first stab
at independence: Hey Mom, Dad,
can I walk across Northern Spain
this summer?
For young adults, it is a great
study abroad adventure or the college graduation hurrah.

For older adults, it frequently
offers a meaningful space for contemplation while overcoming one
of lifes unexpected roadblocks
or it provides a motivating end
goal for getting back into shape.
Yet my favorite pilgrims are the
oldest ones. I had never had much
contact with this die-hard breed of
wise dogs until I started working
on The Way.
Im talking about the people
who show up in knee braces or
advanced stages of Parkinsons
disease, two-time cancer survivors and recent widows who have
bravely decided to travel for the
first time on their own. The oldest
ones are almost always walking
in memory of someone they knew
or, as one once told me, Im just
going to walk this because I still
can.
These people humble me and
make me feel less afraid about life.
Through them, The Way of St.
James provides a front-row seat
to the depths of human grit. This
pilgrimage reminds us what were
made of by the distance we must
walk and by the incredible spectrum of people who decide to walk
it with us.
And for once, I dont see this
yellow arrow over-commercialization as a downfall. Because
in Spain, anytime youre feeling
kicked and down, all you have to
do is put up a yellow arrow and
quite literally, the world will come
right up to your door and show you
how to keep going.
Ashley Dresser is a Verona
native living in the Basque
Country of Spain. She found out
about The Way through her work
at Fresco Tours.
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Dancing toward a dream
Kate Newton
Not unlike its journey

towards constructing a new
facility, establishing a dance
program at the Verona Area
Community Theater has
been a long time coming.
Its especially serendipitous, then, that accomplishing the latter goal will help
achieve the former. On
Feb. 8, VACT will launch
Dance to Build, the organizations first dance program, to raise money for the
building project while giving adults and kids a chance
to learn different core
styles of dance in a fun
environment, said VACT
choreographer Alyssa Dvorak.
Were at the point now
where so many people have
already donated, that we
need to find new ways for
If you go
What: Verona Area Community Theater Dance to
Build program
When: 6-7 p.m. (kids 3rd to 8th grade), 7-9 p.m.
(adults) Monday through Thursday from Feb. 8 to
March 10 (separate style taught each night)
Where: VACT building, 405 Bruce St.
Cost: $20 per class (adults), $90 per set of five style
classes; $10 per class (kids), $45 per set of five style
classes
Info: vact.org/dancetobuild
people to feel like theyre
contributing while also
gaining something, she
said. This is a way theyre
not only contributing to the
building, but theyre learning dance and bettering
themselves in the performing arts.
Dvorak and three other
long-time VACT choreographers Angela Myers,
Hayley Mason and Marsha Heuer will lead the
classes, which will run from
6-7 p.m. for kids and 7-9
p.m. for adults on Mondays
through Thursdays until
March 10.
Each core style will meet

once per week, with kids
tap and adult sassy jazz
(age 18 and up) on Mondays, kids Broadway jazz
and adult tap on Tuesdays,
kids and adult contemporary
dance on Wednesdays and
kids and adult hip-hop on
Thursdays.
Participants can sign up
per style and pay to attend
a single class (kids grades
3-8 pay $10 per class; adults
pay $20), or purchase the
five-class package of any
style for $90 (adults) or $45
(kids).
The five-week deal lapses
after the first week of classes, but walk-ins are welcome for individual classes
through the duration of the
program. All proceeds will
go towards the VACT building project.
Each week, choreographers will teach a short routine, but despite the challenge of learning new moves
at each session, Dvorak said
the choreography is tailored
to beginner or even firsttime dancers looking to
improve memorization and
become more well-rounded.
Of her experiences working with performers on
VACT productions, she
said, People are just really uncomfortable with the
dance part, and either laugh
it off and say, Im really
bad at this, Im sorry or
theyll strictly say, I need a
lot of help.
This is an opportunity for
people to feel more comfortable with it and not be so
scared of intricate and more
advanced choreography,
Dvorak said.
While jazz and tap tend
to be especially applicable
VAHS prom fashion show Jan. 31

Dress re-sale
Friday, Sunday
Scott girard
Verona Area High School

students looking for the latest trends ahead of prom
season can find them on
their classmates at the
upcoming prom fashion
show.
The show, which begins
at 1 p.m., will include a
dress resale from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. for students who dont
wish to buy a new dress,
which can cost hundreds of
dollars. A resale will also
If you go
What: Prom fashion
show and dress resales
When: Sunday, Jan. 31;
fashion show 1 p.m.; dress
resale 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: Verona Area
High School Performing
Arts Center
Tickets: $5 adults, $3
students and younger
take place Friday during the

VAHS lunch hour and from
4-6 p.m. in the Performing
Arts Center.
Students and families
throughout the area were

encouraged to donate or
consign gently used formal
wear to be sold at a nominal
price to students, providing
everyone the opportunity to
have a wonderful outfit for
prom, prom coordinator
Colleen Penwell explained
in an email.
The fashion show, which
has become an annual event
in recent years, will allow
VAHS students to walk the
stage at the PAC showing
off dresses and tuxedos.
Penwell also noted that
little princes and princesses will have a ball
at the fashion show where
they can take photos with
the dressed-up high school
Phat Pack coming to VAPAS Feb. 13

For those looking for a great way to celebrate Valentines Day weekend, the Verona
Area Performing Arts Series is presenting
The Phat Pack Broadway at its Best, at
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, at the Verona
Area High School Performing Arts Center.
People are invited to enjoy an evening of
music and laughter by a trio who deliver an
authentic Broadway experience.
Members of the Phat Pack met while doing
the national tour of Les Miserables. Ted
Keegan has played the role of the Phantom in
Phantom of the Opera, and Randal Keith has
played the role of Valjean in Les Miserables
on Broadway and on the national tour. Bruce
Ewing played Jinx in Forever Plaid on national tour and in Las Vegas.
They now perform as a musical group in

Las Vegas. The Phat Pack opened in 2012 in
Las Vegas, and were named Best of Vegas
2013 Best All-Around Performers by the
Las Vegas Review Journal. As the Phat Pack,
Ewing, Keegan and Keith take audiences on
an entertaining journey filled with Broadway
tunes, favorite American standards, some Las
Vegas numbers and some hilarious original
songs that showcase their musical talent.
Tickets are available at vapas.org, the State
Bank of Cross Plains-Verona, Capitol BankVerona or by calling 848-2787. All seats are
reserved. Prices are $30 adult; $28 senior over
65; $8 student 18 and under.
students.
Tickets are $5 for adults
and $3 for students and
children. The event will
also include a bake sale and
silent auction to raise money
for the April prom.
in musical theater, Dvorak

said shes looking forward
to teaching hip-hop dance
classes at the kid and adult
level, especially because
VACTs upcoming production of Bring It On: The
Musical will provide an
opportunity to showcase
hip-hop choreography.
This is a really great
chance for people who are
maybe a bit stronger in
jazz or tap to try something
new, she added.
To explore the Dance to
Build schedule or to register for classes online, visit
vact.org/dancetobuild. For
information on VACTs
building campaign, or to
make a donation as part of
its $100,000 matching gift
challenge, visit vact.org/
donate-now.
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Churches
A potluck will begin at 5 p.m., fol- will feature songs from musicals includlowed by a program at 6 p.m. by Cari ing Camelot and My Fair Lady. For
The Town of Verona Public Works Bass on her 6-week pilgrimage on the information, call 845-7471.
staff will be performing tree and brush Camino de Santiago in Spain. The public
maintenance through the end of March. is welcome to attend. For information, Neuro-kinesiology
This maintenance will consist of trim- call 845-7315.
The library will host a presentation
ming brush and may include some tree
titled Switching on a Dyslexic Brain at
cutting along Fritz, Spring Rose, Sugar Pilates workshop
6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3.
River, Dairy Ridge and Paulson roads,
Cathy River from the Madison Brain
Lindsey Pelletier of Hometown Pilates
as well as Shady Oak Lane and Sunset will lead a free neck-focused workshop Center will help participants learn neuroDrive. The schedule is subject to change at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2 at the kinesiology movements that help switch
due to weather and unforeseen condi- senior center. The workshop will inform on brains and bodies. For information,
tions. For more information, call the participants how to maintain proper and call 845-7180.
Town office at 845-7187.
healthy head alignment in their daily
lives. For information or to register, call Relay challenge
Pre-K concert
845-7471.
SBR Endurance Performance will
Visit the VAHS Performing Arts
host its 8th annual Winter Cycling Relay
Center, 300 Richard St., at 10 a.m. Sat- PBS screening
Challenge at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5 in the
urday, Jan. 30 for a free, all-ages conVisit the library for a screening of SBR studio, 403 Venture Ct., Suite 1.
cert with award-winning musician and Follow the Footprints from the new
Teams in the cycling challenge ride
entertainer David Landau. A former first PBS series Nature Cat at 4 p.m. Tues- for 24 hours to raise funds for differgrade teacher, Landaus upbeat musical day, Feb. 2. After, kids 3-8 can parent charities every year. Proceeds from
programs keep children singing, mov- ticipate in animal tracks activities. For this event will support the Wisconsin
ing, acting and dancing. This event is information, call 845-7180.
AIDS Network. The public is welcome
sponsored by the Kiwanis Club and the
to come watch the event and participate
Verona Area Pre-K program. For infor- Best of Broadway
in a raffle and silent auction, with prizes
mation, call 845-4869.
The Four Seasons Theatre of Madison including UW mens basketball tickwill visit the senior center as part of its ets and a one-night stay at the Kalahari
Global awareness
Best of Broadway series at 12:30 p.m. Resort. Winners will be announced at the
Salem United Church of Christ, 502 Wednesday, Feb. 3.
end of the challenge after 5 p.m. on SatMark Dr., will host a Global Awareness
The program, titled The Best of urday, but you do not need to be present
evening at 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31.
Broadway: Loesser, Lerner, and Loewe to win. For information, call 848-9057.
ALL SAINTS LUTHERAN

CHURCH
2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 276-7729
allsaints-madison.org
Pastor Rich Johnson
Sunday: 8:30 & 10:45 a.m.
Friday, January 29
1 p.m., Movie Matinees: 90

Minutes in Heaven (PG-13, 121
minutes), senior center, 845-7471
7-9:30 p.m., Common Chord,
Tuvalu
Saturday, January 30
10 a.m., Dungeons and Dragons

(grades 3-6; registration required),
library, 845-7180
10 a.m., Pre-K Concert with David
Landau (free, all ages), VAHS
Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard
St., 845-4869
7-9:30 p.m., Getaway Drivers,
Tuvalu
Sunday, January 31
1 p.m., VAHS prom fashion show

and dress re-sale ($5 adults, $3 students, free K-5 and younger), VAHS
Performing Arts Center, 300 Richard
St., 845-4400
5 p.m., Global Awareness evening
(potluck 5 p.m., presentation 6 p.m.),
Salem United Church of Christ, 502
Mark Dr., 845-7315
Monday, February 1
9:30-10 a.m., Toddler Story Time

(ages 1-2), library, 845-7180
10:30-11 a.m., Everybody Story
Time (ages 0-5), library, 845-7180
6:30 p.m., Plan Commission, City
Center
Tuesday, February 2
9:30 a.m., Hometown Helpers

group meeting, senior center, 3107280
10:30-11 a.m., Everybody Story
12:15 p.m., Pilates Workshop:
Neck, senior center, 845-7471
1 and 6 p.m., Verona Stampers
Group, senior center, 845-7471
4 p.m., Follow the Footprints
screening and activities (ages 3-8),
library, 845-7180
Wednesday, February 3

(ages 1-2), library, 845-7180
10:30-11 a.m., Preschool Story
12:30 p.m., Literature Lovers Book
Club: Yes Please by Amy Poehler,

senior center, 845-7471
12:30 p.m., The Best of Broadway:
Loesser, Lerner, and Loewe featuring the Four Seasons Theatre of
Madison, senior center, 845-7471
6:30 p.m., Switching on a Dyslexic
Brain, library, 845-7180
Thursday, February 4

(ages 1-2), library, 845-7180
10:30-11 a.m., Preschool Story
9 a.m. to noon, 1-4 p.m., AARP
free tax assistance (by appointment),
senior center, 845-7471
4-5:30 p.m., Anime Club (grades
6-12), library, 845-7180
Friday, February 5
10 a.m., The Young and the

Restless open indoor play time (ages
0-5), library, 845-7180
5 p.m. (through 5 p.m. Feb. 6),
Winter Cycling Relay Challenge,
SBR Endurance Performance, 403
Venture Ct., Suite 1
Whats on VHAT-98
Thursday, Jan. 28
7 a.m. Incontinence Talk at
Senior Center
8 a.m.Zumba Gold
9 a.m. Daily Exercise
10 a.m. Bahama Bob at
Senior Center
2 p.m. Zumba Gold
3 p.m. Daily Exercise
4 p.m. Skip Jones at Senior
Center
5 p.m. Bill Burns at Senior
Center
6 p.m. Salem Church Service
7 p.m. Senior Center Redo
9 p.m. Honor Flight at
Senior Center
10 p.m. Oregon Watertower
at Historical Society
Friday, Jan. 29
7 a.m. Skip Jones at Senior
Center
1 p.m. Honor Flight at Senior
Center
3 p.m. Why We Love the
Packers at Senior Center
Center
5 p.m. 2014 Wildcats
Football
8:30 p.m. Why We Love the
10 p.m. Incontinence Talk at
Senior Center
11 p.m. Bahama Bob at
Senior Center
Saturday, Jan. 30
8 a.m. Common Council
from Jan. 25
11 a.m. Why We Love the

Football
4:30 p.m. Oregon
Watertower at Historical
Society
6 p.m. Common Council
from Jan. 25
Senior Center
Sunday, Jan. 31
7 a.m. Hindu Cultural Hour
9 a.m. Resurrection Church
10 a.m. Salem Church
Service
Noon Common Council
from Jan. 25
4:30 p.m. Oregon
Watertower at Historical
Society
6 p.m. Common Council
from Jan. 25
Senior Center
Monday, Feb. 1
Center
Center

Center
Football
6:30 p.m. Plan Commission
Live
9 p.m. Hindu Cultural Hour
10 p.m. Incontinence Talk
at Senior Center
Senior Center
Tuesday, Feb. 2
Senior Center
10 a.m.Zumba Gold
Senior Center
2 p.m.Zumba Gold
Center
Center
6 p.m. Resurrection Church
Center
Wednesday, Feb. 3
Center
Center
5 p.m. Plan Commission
from Feb. 1
7 p.m. Capital City Band

10 p.m. Incontinence Talk at
Senior Center
Senior Center
Thursday, Feb. 4
Senior Center
8 a.m.Zumba Gold
Senior Center
Center
Center
6 p.m. Salem Church Service
9 p.m. Honor Flight at
Senior Center
Support groups
AA Meeting, senior center, Thursdays at 1 p.m.
Caregivers Support
Group, senior center, first
and third Tuesday, 10:30
a.m.
Healthy Lifestyles
Group meeting, senior
center, second Thursday
from 10:30 a.m.
Parkinsons Group,
senior center, third
Friday at 10 a.m.
THE CHURCH IN FITCHBURG

2833 Raritan Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 271-2811
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Sunday: 8 & 10:45 a.m.
ST. JAMES EVANGELICAL

LUTHERAN CHURCH
427 S. Main St., Verona
(608) 845-6922
stjamesverona.org
Pastors Kurt M. Billings and Peter
Narum
Office Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday; 8 a.m.noon Wednesday
Saturday Worship: 5 p.m.
Sunday Worship: 8:30 and 10:45 a.m.
THE CHURCH IN VERONA

Verona Business Center
535 Half Mile Rd. #7, Verona
(608) 271-2811
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Sunday: 9 a.m.
FITCHBURG MEMORIAL UCC
5705 Lacy Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 273-1008
memorialucc.org
Pastor Phil Haslanger
Sunday: 8:15 and 10 a.m. Worship
Sunday School: 10:15 a.m.
SALEM UNITED CHURCH OF

CHRIST
502 Mark Dr., Verona
(608) 845-7315
salemchurchverona.org
Rev. Dr. Mark E. Yurs, Pastor
Laura Kolden, Associate in Ministry
Sunday School: 9 a.m.
Sunday Worship: 10:15 a.m., staffed
nursery available
Fellowship Hour: 11:30 a.m.
GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN

CHURCH ELCA
(608) 271-6633
Central: Raymond Road & Whitney
Way, Madison
Sunday: 8:15, 9:30 & 10:45 a.m.
West: Corner of Hwy. PD & Nine
Mound Road, Verona
Sunday: 9 & 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.
SPRINGDALE LUTHERAN
CHURCH-ELCA
2752 Town Hall Rd. (off Hwy ID),
Mount Horeb
(608) 437-3493
springdalelutheran.org
Pastor Jeff Jacobs
Sunday: 8:45 a.m. with communion
DAMASCUS ROAD CHURCH WEST

The Verona Senior Center
108 Paoli St., Verona
(608) 819-6451
info@damascusroadchurch.com,
damascusroadonline.org
Pastor Justin Burge
Sunday: 10 a.m.
MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH
201 S. Main St., Verona
(608) 845-7125
MBCverona.org
Lead Pastor Jeremy Scott
Sunday: 10:15 a.m.
REDEEMER BIBLE FELLOWSHIP
130 N. Franklin St., Verona
(608)848-1836
redeemerbiblefellowship.org
Pastor Dwight R. Wise
Sunday: 10 a.m. family worship
RESURRECTION LUTHERAN
CHURCH-WELS
6705 Wesner Rd., Verona
(608) 848-4965
rlcverona.org
Pastor Nathan Strutz and Assistant
Pastor Eric Melso
Thursday: 6:30 p.m.
Sunday: 9 a.m.
SUGAR RIVER
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
415 W. Verona Ave., Verona
(608) 845-5855
sugar.river@sugarriverumc.org,
sugarriverumc.org
Pastor Gary Holmes
9 & 10:30 a.m. contemporary worship.
Sunday School available during worship. Refreshments and fellowship are
between services.
WEST MADISON BIBLE CHURCH
2920 Hwy. M, Verona
Sunday Praise and Worship: 9:15 a.m.
Nursery provided in morning.
Sunday school (all ages): 10:45 a.m.
Small group Bible study: 6 p.m.
ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST
Hwy. 92 & G, Mount Vernon
(608) 832-6677
Pastor Brad Brookins
Sunday: 10:15 a.m.
ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST
Hwy. 69 & PB, Paoli
(608)845-5641
Rev. Sara Thiessen
Sunday: 9:30 a.m. family worship
ST. CHRISTOPHER CATHOLIC

PARISH
St. Andrew Church
301 N. Main St., Verona
St. William Church
1371 Hwy. PB, Paoli
Practice Courage
No one is born a hero or a coward. Both are made by the
many acts and ensuing habits of action which they develop.
It is tempting to think that we have it in us to stand and fight
for some great cause merely because that cause resonates
with our feelings and intuitions about justice. But if you do
not stand and fight but only sit and watch then you are on the
path to becoming a coward, or perhaps a bystander, but not
a hero. Courage, like every other virtue, must be practiced. It
must be put into action in the small things of everyday life,
such as standing up to a bully or having the courage to speak
your mind when you know its unpopular, before it can be
exercised in the great things of life, such as risking your life
to save someone elses. Expect there to be fear and trepidation. Even the heroes of the Bible struggled with their own
fears and lack of resolution. Moses didnt want to be Gods
mouthpiece in facing down the Pharaoh of Egypt, and even
Jesus had his moment of doubt and despair in the garden
of Gethsemane. But the heroes of the Bible inevitably conquered their fear and did Gods will, even in the face of great
danger. Gods will is rarely executed by cowards, so exercise
courage in your daily life. You may be practicing for something much bigger.
Christopher Simon, Metro News Service
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but
gives us power, love and self-discipline.
2 Timothy 1:7 NIV
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Girls basketball
Boys swimming
Cats dominate
final dual meet
of the season
Jeremy Jones
Sports editor
Photo by Evan Halpop
Junior Alex Luehring (34) defends against Craigs Kamryn Brittingham Saturday in a Big Eight Conference game at Verona Area High School. The Wildcats won 57-52.
Keeping pace in Big Eight

Verona holds off
Janesville Craig, a half
game back of first place
Anthony Iozzo
Assistant sports editor
Despite a lot of talk about the

eventual showdown between the
Verona Area High School girls
basketball team and Middleton,
Saturdays 57-52 win over Janesville Craig was no gimme.
The host Wildcats (13-2 overall, 11-1 Big Eight) and the Cougars (11-5, 9-3) were tied at 27
at halftime, and Verona was not

shooting as well as it has, missing
short shots.
But in a game of runs, it came
down to playing defense and
being more physical on the
boards.
We didnt shoot the ball well,
and it shows we can play defense
well to stay in the game. It was a
good win at home., head coach
Angie Murphy said. We have
a tough game against Parker
coming up Friday, so we arent
thinking about Middleton by any
means.
The Wildcats led by a point late
in the second half, when junior
Alex Luehring nailed a 3-pointer.

And Verona finished out the
game at the free-throw line, going
23-for-27 in the game.
Murphy said the main defense
in the second half was being able
to limit Craig to one-and-done
possessions.
Luehring and senior Cheyenne
Trilling scored 16 and 15 points,
respectively to lead the Wildcats.
Seniors Delaney Schoenenberger and Annie Schumacher
led the Cougars with 17 and 15
points, respectively.
Verona travels to Janesville
Parker (10-6, 6-6) at 7:30 p.m.
Friday.
Big Eight
Team W-L
Middleton 11-0
Verona 11-1
Janesville Craig
9-3
Sun Prairie
8-4
Janesville Parker
6-6
Madison La Follette 5-7
Madison East
4-7
Madison Memorial 4-9
Madison West
1-10
Beloit Memorial
0-12
The host Verona Area/

Mount Horeb boys swimming team finished 1-2 or
better in nine of 11 events
Friday, sweeping both ends
of a Big Eight Conference
triple dual 131-39 over
Janesville Parker and 13238 against Beloit Memorial.
Overall, the Wildcats
earned 25 of 39 season-best
individual times and
Janesville Parker defeated Beloit 113-57.
As a whole, this was one
of our fastest dual meets of
the season. I dont know if
it was swimming at home
or just the fact the guys are
starting taper, Wildcats
head coach Bill Wuerger
said.
The seniors had a little
extra incentive with the
meet doubling as both parents night and senior night.
Mount Horeb freshman
Shane Rozeboom swam
the 200-meter IM for the
first time in his life and surprised everyone, winning
the event from the first heat
in 2 minutes 24.71 seconds.
It was a strange meet.
We had three guys win
events from the slower
heat, Wuerger said. That
tells you I wasnt expecting
them to win because I had
them seeded third.
Juniors Jacob Wellnitz
(2:24.71) and Bryce Hoppe
(2:30.63) helped VA/MH
sweep the top three spots of
the 200 IM.
The team also swept the
100 backstroke, led by
sophomore Luke Hagelin, who dropped over nine
seconds in the slower heat
to win in 1:09.73. Wellnitz
(1:11.11) again took second
and junior Bryan Touchett
(1:13.63) rounded out the
top three.
Junior Zeke Sebastian
(2:06.52) won the 200 free
and senior Bryce Angaran
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Boys hockey
Cats win twice last week

Jeremy Jones
Sports editor
Verona boys hockey team junior

forwards Jeff Bishop and Braeden
Schindler scored 3 minutes, 20 seconds
apart in the third period Friday to help
the Wildcats ice the Arrowhead Warhawks 2-0 inside the Verona Ice Arena.
Josh Novotny assisted on both goals.
Senior goaltender Alex Jones posted 31
saves in his fourth shutout of the season. JJ Gerlach stopped 23 shots on
goal in the loss for Arrowhead (12-40).
Verona 4, Waukesha 3
Junior forward Jack Anderson scored
twice in the first period Saturday as
Verona topped No. 10 Waukesha inside
Naga-Waukee Park Ice Arena 4-3.

Senior Zach Ritter assisted on both
goals. Ritter added a third straight
Wildcat goal 5 1/2 minutes into the
second period.
Waukeshas Kevin Broda pulled the
Wings (12-3-2) within a goal 11 minutes later.
Bishop iced the game with a powerplay goal a minute into the third period.
Senior goaltender Nathan Cleghorn
stopped 27 of 30 shots on goal, while
Adam Spano made 13 saves.
Waukeshas Ian Malcolmson
and Wyatt Wilderman each had
a goal and an assist in the loss.
Verona (12-7-1 overall, 8-2-0 conference) returns to Big Eight Conference
Photo by Jeremy Jones
action at 7 p.m. Thursday against the
Verona
senior
goaltender
Alex
Jones
(30)
celebrates
with
teammate
Jeff
Bishop
on
Thursday
following the
Bluebirds (10-6-0, 6-3-0) at the JanesWildcats 2-0 victory over Arrowhead. Jones had 31 saves in the non-conference win and Bishop had a goal.
ville Ice Center.
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Youth wrestling
Wrestling
Wildcats finish fourth in

Big Eight dual season
Anthony Iozzo
Photos by Brian Marse
Tuning up for the Verona Club Tournament

The Verona Youth Wrestling Club participated in some duals last Saturday at Mount Horeb High School. Mount Horeb, Riverdale,
Brodhead, Monona Grove and Pecatonica were the other teams. There was no team score kept, and the matches were used as an extension to practices before the Verona Club Tournament on March 6.
Jack Scharenbroch, Carson Bremmer, Jackson Guenzler-Soda, Croix Skolaski, Morgan Kirwan, Fletcher Hauski, Will Scharenbroch, Ivan
Skolaski, Wyatt Matusewic, Forrest Oakley, Gavin Young, Will Neuroth, Nolan Witkowski, Lawson Kinsman, Brady Patten, Carter CurrierSager, Bryson Kundinger, Mike Scharenbroch, Cole Bremmer, Calvin Patton, Ian Donovan, Atticus Marse, Logan Lafler, Logan Neuroth,
Cael Wozniak, Ben Grandau and Caden Page all participated.
The Verona Area High

School wrestling team
traveled to Sun Prairie
Friday for the Big Eight
Showcase an event that
finishes the Big Eight
Conference regular season.
The Wildcats took on
Sun Prairie in the thirdplace match after both
teams took second in the
Big Eight west and east
divisions, respectively,
and they fell 59-21.
Janesville Craig won the
Big Eight title with a 31-27
win over Middleton. Madison La Follette defeated
Janesville Parker 60-12 in
the fifth-place match, and
Beloit Memorial defeated
Madison West 49-12 in the
seventh-place match. Madison East took ninth with
a 48-36 win over Madison
Memorial.
Lynx overtake Cougars for first place

Jeremy Jones
Sports editor
Veronas McKenzie
Imhoff and Kara Epping
each scored in the first
period and the Metro Lynx
never looked back, holding off the Rock County
Fury 2-1.
Imhoff scored 52 seconds into the first period
and then set up Eppings
goal 13 minutes later.
Alyx Richards scored
Rock Countys lone goal
nine minutes into the second period, but Gwen
Parker posted 12 saves
half of which came in the
second period to earn
the victory.
Molly Gross had 33
saves in the loss for the
Fury.
USM 5, Metro Lynx 0

Half of the Middleton
girls hockey co-ops losses this season have come
against the University
School of Milwaukee.
Traveling to Uihlein Ice
Arena in Milwaukee on
Saturday, the Metro Lynx
fell to the Wildcats for the
second time in a little less
than a month 5-0.
Caitlin McBride scored
a power-play and shorthanded goal and assisted on another for USM,
while Nicole Unsworth
added a pair of goals.
A scoreless through the
first period, Unsworth and
McBride both scored in
the second and again in
the third.
The Metro Lynx lost 4-1
against the Wildcats in the
Badger
Team W-L-T
Metro Lynx
7-1-0
Cap City
7-2-0
Rock County
5-3-0
Viroqua 2-5-0
Badger Thunder
1-6-1
Icebergs 1-6-1
championship game of the
Culvers Cup back on Dec.
30.
Sydney McKersie
stopped 17 of 22 shots on
goal for the Metro Lynx.
Marie Dedert made 22
saves for USM.
Metro Lynx 3, Cap City 1

The Metro Lynx
avenged a 5-0 loss early
in the season Tuesday and

took first place in the Badger Conference from Sun
Prairie at the same time,
posting a 3-1 victory
Lizzy Conybear scored
twice for the Metro Lynx
in the second period to
cement the win.
Julia Dragoo also scored
for the Lynx, who got 13
saves from Gwen Parker
in the victory.
The win gave the Metro
Lynx (12-4-3 overall, 7-10 conference) a 1/2 game
lead over the Cap City
Cougars (9-13-0, 7-2-0).
No stats were available
as the Press went to print
on Tuesday evening.
The Metro Lynx return
to the ice Friday at home
against Cedarburg at 8
p.m.
Sun Prairie 59, Verona 21

The Wildcats picked up
wins by seniors Matthew
Maier (132), Egill Hegge
(145), Garrison Stauffer
(220) and junior Brandon
Daniels (138) in Fridays
Big Eight third-place dual
against Sun Prairie.
Maier defeated Kody
Sutton 9-7, while Hegge pinned David Prell in
4 minutes, 27 seconds.
Stauffer pinned Gavin
Decker in 3:20, and Daniels pinned Karson Sutton
in 1:08.
Sun Prairie finished with
eight pins, a technical fall
and a forfeit win.
Boys basketball
Slow start plagues Cats at West

Anthony Iozzo
Girls hockey
Verona travels to Belleville for a non-conference dual at 7 p.m. Friday

before traveling to Janesville Craig at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, for the Big
Eight Conference meet.
Big Eight
The Verona Area High

School boys basketball
team has started slow the
past three games this season, and Fridays 95-74
loss at Big Eight Conference rival Madison West
was one of eight games that
had the Wildcats trailing at
halftime.
Verona fell behind big
early, trailing 51-33 at halftime. The loss was the third
straight and the seventh in
eight games, and Verona
trailed at the half in all but
two of those games.
The Wildcats (5-9 overall, 4-6 Big Eight) are 1-7
when trailing at the half and
4-2 when having a lead at
halftime this season.
Senior Kwan Clements
led Verona with 21 points,
while senior Cole Schmitz
and junior Nathaniel Buss
each added 12. Senior
Keaton Knueppel chipped
in 11 points and junior Max
Fink picked up 10.
Team W-L
Middleton 10-0
Sun Prairie
8-2
Madison Memorial 8-2
Janesville Craig
5-5
Madison West
5-5
Madison East
5-5
Verona 4-6
Beloit Memorial
4-6
Janesville Parker
1-9
Madison La Follette 0-10
The Regents finished
with four double-digit scorers. Senior Greg Wright and
junior Larry Hawkins each
scored 22 points, and junior
Terrell Carey and senior
Sam Meyer had 12 and 10
points, respectively.
The Wildcats host Middleton (14-0, 10-0) at 7:30
p.m. Thursday and Janesville Craig (7-5, 5-5) at
7:30 p.m. Saturday.
Swim: Madison Invitational up next

(2:08.17) finished runner-up. Sebastian
(56.58) later went from the third seed to
lead a 1-2 finish in the 100 free. Senior
Preston Vesely finished second in 57.41.
Angaran (1:06.49) later took the 100
butterfly and Ryan Stewart (1:11.16) took
second.
Vesely added the 50 free in 25.59, while
Hagelin (26.79) finished second.
Junior Bryce Hoppe and Magnus Kittleson captured the 400 free in 4:53.10 and
4:57.97, respectively.
The all-senior 200 free relay of Will
McMillan, Angaran Kittleson and Vesely
highlighted senior night leading a 1-2 VA/
MH finish in 1:46.2.
Sebastian, Touchett, Stewart and Wellnitz helped lead a 1-2 finish in the 400 free
in 3:54.85.
Vesely, Hoppe, Hagelin and Wellnitz
opened the meet winning the 200 medley
relay in 1:58.66.
The Wildcats also took both sides of
the JV competition, rolling 99-67 against
Janesville Parker and 100-40 over Beloit.

Parker defeated Beloit 107.5-50.5.
Ryan Stewart and Caulden Parkel
dropped 12 and 13 seconds in the 200 free,
respectively.
Magnus Kittleson won the JV 200 IM
and McMillan just got touched out in the
100 breast, but dropped almost four seconds.
Parkel and Stewart made their 100 free
goal times on legs of the 400 free relay as
the all-senior 200 free relay swam to victory on senior night.
Zeke Sebastian made his third end-ofseason goal time in the 100 free.
The only event VA/MH didnt win was
the 100 breaststroke where despite Will
McMillan having not swam a lot of breaststroke, he managed to beat his younger
brother Kaleb for second place in 1:16.88.
The JV boys travel to Sun Prairie at 5
p.m. Thursday for their conference meet.
Veronas varsity team has the Madison
Photo by Jeremy Jones
Invitational 8 a.m. Saturday inside the
UW Natatorium before heading to Beloit Shane Rozeboom swam the 200-meter IM for the first time Friday, winning the event in 2 minutes,
Memorial at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6 for the 24.71 seconds. Verona Area/Mount Horeb won the triple dual 131-39 over Janesville Parker and 13238 against Beloit Memorial.
Big Eight Conference meet.
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Verona resident brings pet grooming service home

Jacob Bielanski
Ten years ago, Dianne

ODonnell made a big
switch from fixing computers to grooming pets.
It was really a random
thing, it wasnt anything
Id planned, she told the
Press.
At that time, she operated out of a small office
on Raymond Road and
McKenna Boulevard in
Madison. But last June, the
Verona resident since 2011
finally found the opportunity she had been waiting
for a bigger space closer
to the school district that
taught her three kids
Goochi Poochi made
the move to 105 S. Main
Street, nearly tripling its
size to offer a bigger retail
space as well as the grooming that high-profile clients
such as Channel 3s Mark
Koehns New Hounds
Estie and Lola have come
to expect.
Lining the shelves is a
wide array of specialty
foods and supplements for
cats and dogs; many made
in Wisconsin, ODonnell
points out. Products range
from more traditional,
grain-enriched dog food,
to canned food she claims
looks like a stew anyone
would eat.
But the core of the business, now housed in a windowed room in the back of
a newly-renovated area, is
the same pet haircuts that
fueled ODonnells transition so many years ago.
Ive been eyeballing
this space for a while, she
said. Its so nice because
(investors) gave me a little
bit of a build-out budget.
All shapes and sizes

Though ODonnell
doesnt do wild services,
like dye jobs or unusual
haircuts, theres few other
limits the types of animals
shell serve.
One time I even did a
rabbit, ODonnell told the
Press with a laugh. But
theres not a lot of call for
that.
The new grooming
space, which continues to
evolve, adds additional
comforts for both her and
the pets. In her previous
location, the pets were
taken into another room,
but with a windowed wall,
owners can keep an eye on
their pets.
(Pet owners) dont
want it done behind closed
doors, because they want
to know whats going on,
which is good, she said.
The grooming space also
features separate pens for
animals waiting to dry off.
ODonnell said she chooses not to use pet heaters, which she says have
been banned in other states
after pets have died from
overexposure. Instead, her
space uses gentle fans set
around cages.
A graduate of the only
pet grooming school in
Wisconsin, the Wisconsin
School of Professional Pet
Grooming, ODonnell said
her work cares for more
than just hair and nails.
As part of her 600 hours
Photo by Jacob Bielanski
In business for nearly 10 years, Goochi Poochi recently moved from a small space on the edge of Madison to a bigger space in downtown Verona. This allowed owner Dianne ODonnell to expand from just pet offering grooming services, to selling pet foods and supplements, as well as be a part of the community where her three now-grown children grew up. Part-time groomer Annie Perkins tries to
reign in Tootsie for a nail trim.
Goochi Poochi
105 S. Main St.
271-3647
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Hours: 9 a.m. to 7
p.m. Monday - Friday, 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday,
closed Sunday
of training, she was also
taught the signs for key illnesses in dogs and cats.
We are the in-between
the owner and the vet,
to alert them to potential
problems with their pet,
she said. We see in (the
pets) ears, we see in their
mouths, we see their skin,
their coat.
As ODonnell speaks,
a customer goes to check
out her spaniel Stella from
the grooming. Though
she declined to give her
name, the customer told
the press that Stella was a
special needs dog that
has to be fed by hand and
continuously treated for

various skin conditions.
But what else are you
going to do? the customer
said. You adopt them
its like having a kid.
According to the customer, ODonnells expertise
and selection of specialty
foods have helped provide
better care for the skittish
spaniel.
and adapting her grooming

space. For now, she maintains a safe kennel space
for around three dogs, but
hopes to add even more
comfortable spaces to a
waiting and drying area off
of the main grooming room.
Though she said the
move cost her a few customers, ODonnell said
most of them have followed along to her new
Growing for the
location.
Ive really been lucky,
future
ODonnell said. Ive
In the near future, she gotten customers from
looks to continue expanding
Stoughton, Sun Prairie,

Waunakee so theyre
coming a little distance to
get here.
In fact, she said moving to Verona has gained
her more clients than shes
lost. ODonnell said many
new clients come to her
after being unable to get an
appointment with the citys
only other grooming service.
This location is so awesome that, its just been
bringing me in a lot of new
customers, she said.
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State Bank of Cross Plains,

a bank with nine offices in
Dane County, selected a
replacement for its longestserving board member last
month.
Cathy J. Durham of Capital Valuation Group will take
over after Mike W. Schutz
retires from the board, according to a press release from the
company. Schutz has served
on the banks board since
1989.
Durham earned her MBA
from UW-Madison and is
also an accredited senior
analyst from the American
Society of Appraisers. She
co-wrote a booklet, An
Introduction to Business Valuation, as part of her role at
Capital Valuation Group.
We believe her strong
experience, especially in
business valuation, will be
extremely valuable as our
bank continues to grow,
Cross Plains president and
CEO Jim Tubbs said.
Founded in 1908, the State
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Dane County, including 108
N. Main Street in Verona.
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Biz briefs
Verona-based Rockeweiler
Insulation received recognition last month for its efforts
in customer service.
According to a release from
the National Association of
the Remodeling Industry,
Rockweiler Insulation Inc.
and Start to Finish LLC both
received the organizations
Achievement in Consumer
Excellence (ACE) award.
Rockeweiler Insulation was
started in 1983 with one man
and one truck, according to
the company website. Today
it has grown to 20 employees
and handles residential and
commercial insulation projects throughout southern Wisconsin. On its website, the
company touts its hourly pay
rate for employees, instead of
paying per square footage:
We want our employees
to take the time to do the job
right not hurry through
the installation process to
increase their pay.
Start to Finish LLC is a
general contractor that remodels bathrooms and exteriors.
It also built a full garage in
Verona last year, according
to the companys Facebook
page.
More than 20 area builders
were recognized by the Madison chapter of NARI, including Benjamin Plumbing Inc.
and Ganshert Nursery and
Landscapes, LLC in Fitchburg.
NARI represents more than
63,000 remodeling contractors nationwide, and claims
to be the only trade association exclusively devoted to
the remodeling industry. The
group is headquartered in Des
Plains, Ill., with a regional
office in Fitchburg.
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$3.3 million donated

to Boys and Girls Club
Part of $3.3 million in
grants to the Boys and Girls
Club of Dane County will
benefit Verona Area High
School students.
VAHS College Club
receives money from the
organization, along with
the Madison Metropolitan

School Districts AVID/
TOPS program. Both programs are aimed at minority
students, especially those in
the academic middle, said
AVID/TOPS coordinator
Langston Evans.
He said that means students who have a GPA indicating they could be successful at the college level, but
may not have the resources
or family knowledge to
understand how to navigate
the college and financial aid
application processes.
The grants came from the
Burke Foundation, whose
founder Mary Burke has
been part of the AVID/TOPS
program since its beginning,
and the American Family
Insurance Dreams Foundation. In Madison, the AVID
program is structured as a
class that students apply

for and has limited space.
Veronas College Club also
requires interviews and
applications, but is not a
class in itself.
We primarily serve students of color who are among
the first in their family to
be headed for college, the
clubs entry on the VAHS
website states. Students
must apply, be interviewed,
have their parent's approval

to participate and must agree
to maintaining their GPA at
2.0 or above.
Members are also required
to attend school at least
92 percent of the time and
get tutoring at least twice a
week. The group visits colleges throughout the year
and invites speakers in to
talk to its members about
different career fields.
Legals
STATE OF WISCONSIN,
CIRCUIT COURT,
DANE COUNTY, NOTICE TO
CREDITORS (INFORMAL
ADMINISTRATION) IN THE
MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
Arlene I. Solberg
Case No. 16PR8

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:
1. An application for Informal Administration was filed.
2. The decedent, with date of birth
January 29, 1920 and date of death December 9, 2015, was domiciled in Dane
County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 5477 Windridge Road, Oregon, WI 53575.
3. All interested persons waived notice.
4. The deadline for filing a claim
against the decedents estate is April 22,
2016.
5. A claim may be filed at the Dane
County Courthouse, Madison, Wisconsin, Room 1000
Lisa Chandler
Probate Registrar
January 6, 2016
Atty. Marilyn A. Dreger
200 W. Verona Avenue
Verona, WI 53593
(608) 845-9899
Bar Number: 1001608
Published: January 21, 28 and
February 4, 2016
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OFFICIAL NOTICE
TO BIDDERS
2016 VERONA STREET
REHABILITATION PROJECT
CITY OF VERONA, WI
OWNER: Notice is hereby given by

the City of Verona, Wisconsin that it will
receive Sealed Bids for the 2016 Verona
Street Rehabilitation Project.

PROJECT: The major work consists
of the following items: Approximately
7,800 lineal feet of 30-in. wide curb and
gutter removal, 320 square yards of concrete sidewalk removal, 1,075 square
yards of concrete driveway approach
removal, 2,730 cubic yards of common
excavation, 2,450 cubic yards undercut
excavation, 7,500 lineal feet of 30 curb
and gutter machine replacement, 275 lineal feet of 30 curb and gutter hand replacement, 1,075 square yards of 7 concrete approach, 1,750 square feet 5-inch
thick concrete sidewalk, 1,125 square
feet 7-inch thick concrete sidewalk, 4,150
tons of crushed stone subgrade stabilization, 19,400 square yards pulverize and
reshape, 3,925 tons of asphaltic concrete
pavement, Type E-0.3, 70 tons of asphaltic driveway and approach, erosion control and all appurtenant work.
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS: The
Bidding Documents are on file for review
at the office of the City Clerk, City Hall,
111 Lincoln Street, Verona, WI and at the
office of the Director of Public Works, 410
Investment Court, Verona, WI.
Copies of the Bidding Documents
are available at www.questcdn.com.
Bidders may download the digital Plan
Documents for $10.00 non-refundable
payment by inputting Quest Project #
34234960 on the websites project search
page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at
952-233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for
assistance in free membership registration, downloading, and working with the
digital project information. No paper plan
documents will be provided.
TIME: Sealed Bids will be received
until 1:00 P.M., February 18, 2016, in the
office of the Director of Public Works, 410
Investment Court, Verona, Wisconsin. At
this time, all bids will be publicly opened
and read aloud.
BIDS: All Bids shall be sealed in an
envelope clearly marked 2016 Verona
Street Rehabilitation Project. The name
and address of the bidder shall be clearly
identified on the outside of the envelope.
BID SECURITY: A bid bond or certified check, payable to the City of Verona,
in the amount of not less than 5% or more
than 10% of the Bid shall accompany
each Bid as a guarantee that if the Bid is
accepted, the bidder will execute the contract and furnish 100% performance and
payment bonds within 10 days after notice of award of the contract by the City.
WAGE SCALE: Each Contractor
or Subcontractor performing work on
the project shall be required to pay not
less than the prevailing wage rate on the
project as established by the State of
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. Copies of these wage rates
are on file in the office of the City Clerk
and will be incorporated into the contract
documents.
BID REJECTION: The City reserves
the right to reject any and all Bids, to
waive any technicality, and to accept any
Bid which it deems advantageous to the
Citys best interest.
BID WITHDRAWAL: All Bids shall remain subject to acceptance for a period
of 60 days after the time and date set for
the opening thereof.
Published by authority of the City of
Verona, Wisconsin
Jon H. Hochkammer,
Mayor
Ellen Clark,
City Clerk
Published: January 28 and
February 4, 2016
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***
Town of Verona
Regular Town Board
Meeting
Tuesday, February 2,2016
6:30 P.M.
Town Hall,
335 N. Nine Mound Road,
Verona, WI 53593-1035
1. Call To Order/Approval of the
agenda
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Announcements
4. Public Comment -This section
of the meeting provides the opportunity
for comment from persons in attendance
on items not listed below over which
this governing body has jurisdiction.
Comments on matters not listed on this
agenda could be placed on a future meeting agenda.
5. Old business
A. Discussion and possible action
re: committees
6. New business
A. Discussion and possible action
re: amendment to Resolution 2015-19 Establishing the 2016-2017 Elections Board
7. Reports
A. Public Works:
i. Discussion and possible action re:
driveway access for Barnes Landscape
ii. Discussion and possible action
re: authorization to bid 2016 road projects
B. Plan Commission:
i. Discussion and possible action re:
development agreement for 3159 Shady
Oak Rd.
C. EMS:
D. Town Chair:
i. Update on bidding of new facilities
re: contract with the Cuningham Group
for professional services during bidding
E. Supervisors:
F. Clerk/Treasurer:
i. Update on February election
ii. Update on tax collection
G. Planner/Administrator:
i. Discussion and possible action
re: scope of work for the 2016 comp plan
update
re: building inspection services
8. Discussion and approval of minutes of the January 5thmeeting
9. Adjourn
Regular board agendas are published in the Towns official newspaper,
The Verona Press. Agendas are also
posted at the Town Hall, Miller & Sons

Grocery, and the Verona Public Library. If
an agenda is amended after publication,
the official sites for notice of the final version are the locations listed above. Agendas are also posted atwww.town.verona.
wi.us. Use the subscribe feature on the
Towns website to receive agendas and
other announcements via email. Notice is
also given that a possible quorum of the
Plan Commission and could occur at this
meeting for the purposes of information
gathering only.
If anyone having a qualifying disability as defined by the American with
Disabilities Act needs an interpreter,
materials in alternate formats, or other
accommodations to access these meetings, please contact the Town of Verona
Clerk @ 608-845-7187 orjwright@town.
verona.wi.us. Please do so atleast 48
hours prior to the meeting so that proper
arrangements can be made.
Mark Geller, Town Chair, Town of Verona
Published: January 28, 2016
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***
CITY OF VERONA
MINUTES
COMMON COUNCIL
January 11, 2016
Verona City Hall
1. Mayor Hochkammer called the

meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Roll Call: L. Diaz, E. Doyle, J.
Linder, M. McGilvray, H. Reekie, B. Stiner,
and E. Touchett. Absent (excused): D.
Yurs. Also in attendance: City Administrator, B. Burns; City Engineer B. Gundlach; City Planner, A. Sayre; J. Giver, Fire
Chief; J. Boughton, Deputy Fire Chief;
and City Clerk E. Clark.
4. Public Comment
None
5. Approval of Minutes from the
December 14, 2015 Common Council
Meeting. Motion by Reekie, seconded
one-visit crowns.
In one visit we can replace a damaged tooth with a pure
ceramic crown milled by computer to t your tooth precisely.
Your new crown is made while you wait, eliminating the need
for a second appointment and a temporary crown.
another convenient reason to choose
on the trollway in mt. horeb
522 springdale street
402 Help Wanted, General
FOUND: MONEY! At Oregon Kwik Trip

earlier this month. Call 608-835-3303
with how much was lost, when and which
Kwik Trip.
CLEANERS NEEDED for Stoughton

Area offices. Mon-Sat, 2-5/hrs per night.
Please call 608-246-9665 or 608-4381386.
MISSING CAT. Thin, young orange/

buff-colored tabby with cream/white
on nose, paws, and ringlets on tail.
Lost 11/4 in Stoughton area. Reward!
Please call 608-422-3734. Thank you!
DISHWASHER, COOK,
WAITRESS, & DELI STAFF
WANTED.
Applications available at
Sugar & Spice Eatery.
317 Nora St. Stoughton.
CLASSIFIEDS, 873-6671 or 835-6677. It

pays to read the fine print.
***
EXCLUSIVELY ROSES is seeking drivers for Valentine's Day deliveries February 11th, 12th and 13th. Routes go to
Chicagoland. $200/route + gas. Drivers
must use their own vehicle. STRICTLY
LIMITED to minivans and cargo vans.
For further inquiries, please contact us at
608-877-8879.
JOIN EXCLUSIVELY Roses in Valentine's Day bouquet production February

3rd-10th in a bright, energetic work environment! We offer flexible shifts, days,
evenings and weekends. Starting at $9/
hr + referral & completion bonus. For
more information, contact us at 608877-8879.
CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon

Friday for The Great Dane and Noon
Monday for the Verona Press unless
changed because of holiday work schedules. Call now to place your ad, 873-6671
or 835-6677.
UNIFIED NEWSPAPER GROUP cannot be held responsible for errors or

omissions including selling losses. The
publisher reserves the right to edit, reject,
or cancel any advertisement. Contact a
Unified Newspaper Sales Representative for details.
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140 Lost & Found
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www.familydentalcarellc.com
UN324110
608-437-5564
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family dental care
by Doyle to approve the minutes. Motion

carried 7-0.
6. Mayors Business
Mayor Hochkammer administered
the oath of office to the newly appointed
City Clerk, Ellen Clark.
(1) Fire Department Update
(2) Citizen Appointment to the Park,
Recreation, and Forestry Commission
and Plan Commission
Mayor Hochkammer recommended
the appointment of Jon Turke, 924 Glenwood Drive, as the Chairperson of the
Parks, Recreation, and Forestry Commission. Mr. Turke would also serve as the
representative of the Parks Commission
on the Plan Commission. Motion by McGilvray, seconded by Linder to confirm
the appointment of Jon Turke. Motion
carried 7-0.
(3) Proclamation Adult School
Crossing Guard Recognition Week
7. Administrators Report
8. Engineers Report
9. Committee Reports
A. Plan Commission
(1) Discussion and Possible Action Re: Resolution R-16-001 Approving
an Extraterritorial Certified Survey Map
that Creates One Lot at 2101 Sugar River
Road in the Town of Verona. Motion by
Linder, seconded by McGilvray, to approve Resolution R-16-001. Motion carried 7-0.
B. Finance Committee
(1) Discussion and Possible Action
Re: Payment of Bills. Motion by McGilvray, seconded by Doyle, to pay the bills
in the amount of $617,838.97. Motion carried 7-0.
Re: Resolution R-16-002 Designating
Public Depositories and Authorizing Financial Signatories for the City of Verona.
Motion by McGilvray, seconded by Doyle
to Approve Resolution R-16-002. Motion
carried 7-0.
Re: Approval of Toot & Kates Application
for Economic Development Grant for a
Reserve Class B Liquor License. Motion
by McGilvray, seconded by Doyle, to approve the application for an economic development grant in the amount of $9,500
contingent upon approval of the liquor
license and payment of the $10,000 license fee. Motion carried 7-0.
C. Public Works Sewer & Water
Committee
Re: Awarding a Contract for the Community Park Parking Lot Reconstruction &
Park Lane Parking Lot Construction. Motion by Touchett, seconded by McGilvray,
to accept the bid of Hammersly Stone
Co., Inc. and award a contract for the
Community Park Parking Lot and Park
Lane Parking Lot Construction Projects
in the amount of $328,959.60. Mr. Gundlach stated that the project would start
in early spring. Work on the Community
Park parking lot may start after Hometown Days. Motion carried 5-2 with Alderpersons Diaz and Doyle voting no.
10. New Business
Re: Approval of Operator Licenses. Motion by McGilvray, seconded by Doyle,
to approve the Operator Licenses for
Rona Marcel and Brian White at Francois
Oil Company, Brandon Black and Lauren Wendland at Vincenzo Citgo, Tracy
Krueger at MT Treads, Trevor Hook at
Verona Mobil, Valerie Schaeffer and Kyle
Zvoda at Verona Liquor, Shana Fisher,
Stacy Green and Melissa Riddle at Mr.
Brews Taphouse, Lauren Newberry at
Grays Tied House, and Ashanee Singh at
Montes. Motion Carried 7-0.
11. Announcements
None
12. Motion by Touchett, seconded
by Reekie, to adjourn at 7:31 p.m. Motion
carried 7-0.
Ellen Clark, City Clerk
Published: January 28, 2016
WNAXLP
434 Health Care, Human

Services & Child Care
COMFORT KEEPERS IN MADISON
Seeking caregivers to provide care
to seniors in their homes. Need valid
DL and dependable vehicle. FT & PT
positions available. Flexible scheduling.
Sign-on bonus.
Call 608-442-1898
THEY SAY people dont read those little
ads, but YOU read this one, didnt you?
Call now to place your ad, 873-6671 or
835-6677.
FULL-TIME HOUSEKEEPING/
Laundry, STOUGHTON
$8.60-$10.04/hr.
Health Insurance,
Dental and Vision.
Call Rebecca
262-685-7113
or 835-6677.
HEALTHCARE EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
DIRECTOR of REHAB SERVICES
- Full-time salaried management
position.
DIRECTOR of PATIENT FINANCIAL
SERVICES - Full-time salaried
management position.
FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER Full to part-time clinic position.
OR TECH - .8 FTE, part-time tech
position.
CODING SPECIALIST - Part to fulltime clinic coding position.
For more detailed information about
all open positions and to
apply, go to our website at www.
uplandhillshealth.org
UPLAND HILLS HEALTH
800 Compassion Way
Dodgeville, WI 53533
UNITED CEREBRAL
Palsy of Dane County
is looking for experienced,
confident care providers.
We support a wide variety
of children and adults with
developmental disabilities
throughout Dane County.
Part-time positions
available immediately!
For more information, or to
request an application,
please visit our website at www.
ucpdane.org
or contact Shannon at
shannonmolepske@ucpdane.org
or (608) 273-3318. AA/EOE
441 Sales & Telemarketing

SKIWEAR & FURNITURE
Sales Position
We are now accepting applications for
several part-time positions selling outdoor furniture during the summer and
assisting in our skiwear and winter clothing department during the winter. These
positions are year round jobs with flexible
shifts of 15-25 hours per week - weekdays and one weekend day. If you enjoy
working with people, like to ski or have
a flair for color and design, please visit
our store and apply in person. Chalet is
a fun and friendly place to work with local
owners who have great appreciation for
our employees and customers. We offer
a generous base salary plus commission, paid training and a nice benefits
package.
Apply in person or send resume to:
CHALET SKI & PATIO
5252 Verona Road
Madison, WI 53711
608-273-8263
449 Driver, Shipping

& Warehousing
LOOKING FOR Experienced CDL semidriver. Our business has expanded. We
are adding new equipment. Must be
professional, courteous and have clean
MVR. Runs from Madison area to Arizona and S. California. No touch freight,
paid mileage and insurance. Serious
inquries only. 608-516-9697
835-6677.
January 28, 2016
451 Janitorial & Maintenance

EVENING CLEANING Help Needed
in Oregon, WI. Full and Part-time shifts
available. Monday-Friday, NO WEEKENDS. General cleaning such as vacuuming, dusting, mopping, etc. Apply at
Diversified Building Maintenance, 1105
Touson Drive, Janesville, WI. 608-7529465.
452 General
OFFICE CLEANING in Stoughton
Mon-Fri 4 hours/night. Visit our website:
www.capitalcityclean.com or call our
office: 608-831-8850
508 Child Care & Nurseries

CHILD CARE Verona Area. Non-Smokers. 35 years experience. 845-9288
835-6677.
548 Home Improvement

A&B ENTERPRISES
Light Construction Remodeling
No job too small
608-835-7791
HENNA TATTOOS!
:::::::::::::
Always wanted one, but
didn't want to go into
Madison to get it?
:::::::::::::
Well, now you don't have to!
I will come to you!
(...or to a mutually agreed
upon public location; bar,
coffee shop, library, etc.
Evening and weekend
appointments okay!)
:::::::::::::
Prices start at $10
and go up depending on size
Party rates also available!
:::::::::::::
For questions, sample pic
requests or to set up
an appointment, call or text
608-217-8318
or email
hobohenna@gmail.com (Facebook
page coming soon!)
:::::::::::::
(addit'l charge of $1/mile may apply
if travel is more than 10 miles from
Downtown Stoughton)
602 Antiques & Collectibles
DOUG'S HANDYMAN
SERVICE
"Honey Do List"
No job too small
608-845-8110
COLUMBUS ANTIQUE MALL

& CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
MUSEUM
"Wisconsin's Largest Antique Mall"
Customer Appreciation Week!
Feb 01-07. 20% Discount!
Enter daily 8am-4pm 78,000 SF
200 Dealers in 400 Booths
Third floor furniture, locked cases
Location: 239 Whitney St
Columbus, WI 53925
920-623-1992
www.columbusantiquemall.com
HALLINAN-PAINTING
WALLPAPERING
**Great-Winter-Rates**
35 + Years Professional
European.Craftsmanship
Free-Estimates
References/Insured
Arthur Hallinan
608-455-3377
RECOVER PAINTING currently offering
winter discounts on all painting, drywall
and carpentry. Recover urges you to join
in the fight against cancer, as a portion of
every job is donated to cancer research.
Free estimates, fully insured, over 20
years of experience. Call 608-270-0440.
TOMAS PAINTING
Professional, Interior,
Exterior, Repairs.
Free Estimates. Insured.
608-873-6160
646 Fireplaces,
Furnaces/Wood, Fuel
FOR SALE Oak firewood, seasoned and
split. Delivered. 608-843-5961
SEASONED SPLIT OAK,
Hardwood. Volume discount. Will
deliver. 608-609-1181
696 Wanted To Buy

WE BUY Junk Cars and Trucks.
We sell used parts.
Monday thru Friday 8am-5:30pm.
Newville Auto Salvage, 279 Hwy 59
Edgerton, 608-884-3114
554 Landscaping, Lawn,

Tree & Garden Work
COMPLETE LAWN AND GARDEN
SERVICE offers professional pruning
services for your ornamental trees/
bushes/fruit-bearing trees. Properlytimed pruning will extend the life of
your plantings and encourage the
development of desirable characteristics,
such as blooming or fruit bearing. Call
Greg
today! 608-835-9541.
576 Special Services

DANCE PARTY! 608-220-4025 for your
next party. Mobile DJ.
or 835-6677.
705 Rentals
GREENWOOD APARTMENTS
Apartments for Seniors 55+, currently
has 1 & 2 bedroom units available
starting at $750 per month, includes
heat, water, and sewer.
608-835-6717 Located at:
139 Wolf St., Oregon, WI 53575
SCHETTLER TERRACE 1BR apartments in Verona for persons 62+ and/
or handicapped/disabled. Rent starts at
$443 and includes major appliances, off
street parking, water and sewer, garbage
pickup and snow removal. Call 888-2375710 for more details. This institution is
an Equal Housing Opportunity provider
and employer.
DANE COUNTYS MARKETPLAE. The
Verona Press Classifieds. Call 873-6671
or 835-6677.
STOUGHTON 1616 Kenilworth Ct.

Large 2-BR apts available now.
Pets welcome. Many feature new wood
laminate flooring.
$775-$825/mo. 608-831-4035.
www.madtownrentals.com
STOUGHTON 3-BEDROOM lower level
of two-flat, near downtown, River Bluff
School. Newly renovated. Central air.
W/D, water included. No pets. $855/
month+security deposit. 608-873-7655
or 608-225-9033.
720 Apartments
ROSEWOOD APARTMENTS for Seniors
55+. 1 & 2 bedroom units available
starting at $750 per month. Includes
heat, water and sewer. Professionally
managed. Located at
300 Silverado Drive, Stoughton, WI
53589 608-877-9388
750 Storage Spaces For Rent

ALL SEASONS SELF STORAGE
10X10 10X15 10X20 10X30
Security Lights-24/7 access
BRAND NEW
OREGON/BROOKLYN
Credit Cards Accepted
CALL (608)444-2900
C.N.R. STORAGE
Located behind
Stoughton Garden Center
Convenient Dry Secure
Lighted with access 24/7
Bank Cards Accepted
Off North Hwy 51 on
Oak Opening Dr. behind
Stoughton Garden Center
Call: 608-509-8904
DEER POINT STORAGE
Convenient location behind
Stoughton Lumber.
Clean-Dry Units
24 HOUR LIGHTED ACCESS
5x10 thru 12x25
608-335-3337
FRENCHTOWN
SELF-STORAGE
Only 6 miles South of
Verona on Hwy PB.
Variety of sizes available now.
10x10=$60/month
10x15=$70/month
10x20=$80/month
10x25=$90/month
12x30=$115/month
Call 608-424-6530 or
1-888-878-4244
NORTH PARK STORAGE
10x10 through 10x40, plus
14x40 with 14' door for
RV & Boats.
Come & go as you please.
608-873-5088
OREGON SELF-STORAGE
10x10 through 10x25
month to month lease
Call Karen Everson at
608-835-7031 or
Veronica Matt at 608-291-0316
Full-Time 2nd Shift
At least 18 years of age

Completed high school education or equivalency
Duties include assisting in set-up of web press,
changing ink, assisting in mounting printing plates,
stacking of papers off web press and operation of
sheet fed folders
Will Train
This is a full-time position with benets that include
insurance, 401(k), employee stock ownership
program, and paid time off
Applications will be taken through Friday, January 29, 2016.
Injection Molding - Press Operator

First & Second Shift
A Press Operator is responsible for the
production, finishing and packaging of
small plastic parts.
The Successful Press Operator will
require attention to detail and dependable
attendance.
Please apply online to: www.wcinet.com/careers
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We offer competitive starting wages and

excellent benefits after 60 days.
Woodward Printing Services is an

Equal Opportunity and Drug-Free Employer.
UNION ROAD STORAGE

10x10 - 10x15
10x20 - 12x30
24 / 7 Access
Security Lights & Cameras
Credit Cards Accepted
608-835-0082
1128 Union Road
Oregon, WI
Located on the corner of
Union Road & Lincoln Road
ALL ADS SUBMITTED SUBJECT TO
APPROVAL BY PUBLISHER OF THIS
PAPER.
801 Office Space For Rent

OFFICE SPACES FOR RENT
In Oregon facing 15th hole
on golfcourse
Free Wi-Fi, Parking and
Security System
Conference rooms available
Kitchenette-Breakroom
Autumn Woods Prof. Centre
Marty 608-835-3628
CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon Friday for The Great Dane and Noon Monday for the Verona Press unless changed
because of holiday work schedules. Call
now to place your ad, 873-6671 or 835-6677.
865 Mobile Homes

& Lots For Sale
6803 SUNSET Dr., Lot 3. Rural Wooded
desireable lot within 1 mile of town.
8+ acres. No deed restrictions. Verona
schools. MLS# 1758398. $267,500. Mary
Ruth Marks, (608) 513-7490. Bunbury &
Associates.
970 Horses
WALMERS TACK SHOP
16379 W. Milbrandt Road
Evansville, WI
608-882-5725
975 Livestock
PURE BRED Red Angus Bulls, open and
bred heifers for sale. Pick your bulls now
for summer delivery. Shamrock Nook
Red Angus 608-558-5342
990 Farm: Service

& Merchandise
RENT SKIDLOADERS
MINI-EXCAVATORS
TELE-HANDLER
and these attachments. Concrete
breaker, posthole auger, landscape rake,
concrete bucket, pallet forks, trencher,
rock hound, broom, teleboom, stump
grinder.
By the day, week, or month.
Carter & Gruenewald Co.
4417 Hwy 92
Brooklyn, WI, 608-455-2411
THE Verona Press CLASSIFIEDS, the
best place to buy or sell. Call 873-6671
or 835-6677.
Payroll and Benefits

Specialist (2.0 FTE)
The Verona Area School District has immediate openings
for two full time, 12 month Payroll and Benefits Specialists. Process payroll and administer all employee benefits
for district employees in a manner that complies with all
Federal, State and District requirements. Requirements:
Education: minimum of a two-year associate degree in accounting/business. Bachelor degree in accounting, finance
or human resources is desired. Excellent computer skills
are required. 2-4 years of payroll/accounting/bookkeeping
experience is required. School District experience with
Skyward software preferred. Pay range is $19.23 to $26.61
per hour, plus excellent benefits.
Apply online at www.verona.k12.wi.us. Applications accepted until filled with the first review on February 2nd.
An Equal Opportunity Educator/Employer

Minorities are Strongly Encouraged to Apply
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR AN EXCITING CAREER?

JOIN THE TEAM AT CLEARY BUILDING CORP.!
WEB PRESS UTILITY
11 Means Drive, Platteville Industry Park
RASCHEIN PROPERTY
STORAGE
6x10 thru 10x25
Market Street/Burr Oak Street
in Oregon
Call 608-520-0240
11
OREGON SELF-STORAGE
10x10 through 10x25
month to month lease
Call Karen Everson at
608-835-7031 or
Veronica Matt at 608-291-0316
HELP WANTED
A Division of Woodward Communications, Inc.
The Verona Press
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ConnectVerona.com
Please stop at our corporate office to

complete an application.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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We are a thriving, growing, debt-free, nation-wide, post

frame construction company headquartered in Verona,
WI. Our success is predicated upon our high sense of
urgency and exceeding our customers expectations.
IMMEDIATE FULL TIME OPENINGS FOR:

Material Estimator (CAD / Engineering)
Construction Estimator / Job Processor
Assistant General Manager of Operations
Diesel Mechanics
Construction Crew Members / Carpenters
Semi Drivers
We offer competitive wages based on experience and
opportunities for career growth. Full Benefits including life,
health, dental vision and disability plans, paid vacation
and holidays, along with a 401(k) Retirement Plan.
Cleary Building Corp. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity
Employer with a smoke-free/drug-free work place.
Pre-employment substance abuse testing is required.
Veterans are encouraged to apply. To apply, complete an
online application at www.workforcleary.com.
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Increase Your sales opportunitiesreach over 1.2 million households!

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For information call 845-9559 or 873-6671.
HELP WANTED- TRUCK DRIVER
Marten Transport. NOW HIRING DRIVERS FOR DEDICATED
& REGIONAL RUNS! Dedicated Fleet, Top Pay, New Assigned
Equipment, Monthly Bonuses. WEEKLY HOMETIME! CDL-A,
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APPLY TODAY! 866-370-4476 www.drive4marten.com (CNOW)
HIRING EVENT CDL-A Drivers, Des Moines-based TMC will
be onsite at Black Bear Casino Resort, 1785 Highway 210,
Carlton, MN 2/6/2016, 10 a.m. -5 p.m. Hiring boat haulers. Need
CDL Class A, 1 year OTR Experience. Full Benefits Package,
Employee-Owned Company. Call 855-409-3630 (CNOW)
MISCELLANEOUS
ADVERTISE HERE! Advertise your product or recruit an
applicant in over 178 Wisconsin newspapers across the state!
Only $300/week. Thats $1.68 per paper! Call this paper or 800227-7636 www.cnaads.com (CNOW)
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ANTIQUES
ANTIQUE SPORTING AND ADVERTISING SHOW February
5&6, Sunnyview Expo Center, OSHKOSH WI
Friday10--6,Saturday9-5.BUY/SELL/TRADE$2000.00WORTH
OF DOOR PRIZES www.antiquesportingandadvertisingshow.
com 906-250-1618 (CNOW)
AUCTION
Huge 400 Gun & Military Auction. Sat. January 30, Prairie
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Behavior: School district plans to expand PBIS classes to parents next year
What does it mean?
We all agree we need to have expectations that are simple and focused for the kids
so that theyre understandable to everyone in
the school community, director of student
services Erin Schettler said.
Within the district, work on these and other initiatives Restorative Practices and
Non-Violent Crisis Interventions has been
going on for years as the district seeks to teach
appropriate behaviors to students in addition
to academic content.
The use of the different systems, though,
has not been consistent throughout the districts schools. That has contributed to strong
criticism from parents, many of whom spoke
out in parent meetings last spring and in district meetings last summer to question if
teachers were having to handle too many
major problems, and criticizing a lack of punishment for students that made their own children feel unsafe.
There was a vast difference in how behavior was reported, how behaviors were handled
and whatnot across the district, Schettler said.
The first thing was to get on the same page
about how we define or we identify behaviors
and then look at what kind of approaches do
we have system-wide that we can support our
teachers with?
Sugar Creek Elementary School, for example, has gone all-in with PBIS, which principal Todd Brunner introduced to the school
and the district eight years ago. Brunner said
its been successful because staff members
have embraced the system, and hes seen the
number of serious incidents regularly decline
since.
Other administrators agreed that buy-in
from everyone is key. That is part of the districts careful approach to offer multiple
behavior initiatives without saying how exactly they need to be implemented.
The consistency from the district is coming
in the support that were providing the buildings, not demanding, said VASD NHA and
restorative practices coach Tammy HoltanArnol.
Administrators consider the other approaches as building blocks on top of the larger PBIS
framework, and they acknowledge that each
school even each classroom can need the
different approaches at different times because
of its individual student population and staff.
While the systems have different focuses
language during everyday activities or building a community with those around the students, for example they all have the same
basic idea of preventing small situations from
becoming big problems and reinforcing positive behaviors.
But all of the systems require help from
those outside the school to be fully effective.
VASD early childhood coordinator Jennifer Skibba said she has parents begin talking
about feelings with their children as early as
infancy and said those children will be able
to better identify and recognize their own
feelings because of it later on. Its part of the
districts recognition that parents need to be
brought into the conversation about these systems.
We need to build those connections,
Skibba said. Having parents understand that
intentionality of what you want that classroom
to look like as a teacher, as an administrator
what your vision of the school looks like, why
Positive Behavior Interventions

and Systems
Photo by Scott Girard
Early learning coordinator Jennifer Skibba explains the pyramid model, a behavioral system similar to
Positive Behavior Interventions and Systems but aimed at younger children, to a group of pre-K teachers and daycare directors during a class.
a student would stay in the classroom (after

misbehavior) and how you know that students going to be safe, every student in your
classroom is going to be safe ... thats just a lot
of parent training. And a lot of trust.
Preventative
While there are differences in the situations
and broader pictures each approach covers,
the idea behind them all is the same: Prevent
bad behavior and give energy to the positive.
To do so, the approaches get into specific
wording for situations, and encourage educators to reinforce positive behaviors even the
small ones.
To get to the mindset required to respond
to individual situations, though, teachers need
training. The district has increased its staff
development time spent on the behavior initiatives this year, Schettler said, and now each
building has at least one representative for
each of the approaches.
Every building should have people with
these knowledge and skills so that you can
use them in the way that fits your building,
Schettler said.
But staff and schools are starting at different
places because of the site-based governance
the district has had for the last two decades.
While district administrators acknowledge
that has created some problems, and theyre
trying to fix them with that staff development,
they also point out that it leaves flexibility for
the sites to use whatever approaches will work
best in their community.
You want to have ownership, Skibba said.
You want your student body, your staff
and your administration to take ownership of
what they believe in. If you have somebody
up top giving them to you, that ownership
doesnt happen the same way it happens when
you have really created that environment.
In an earlier interview, Brunner shared a
similar idea, and said teacher involvement in
building and maintaining Sugar Creeks PBIS
program is the reason its still around today,
with staff serving on the schools PBIS committee and recognizing the benefits to their
classrooms.
It cant come from the office, Brunner
said in November shortly after his school
hosted a retreat for Dane County schools on
PBIS.
Administrators also point out that the data
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If you have comments, either on or off
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January: District seeks consistency
February: Glacier Edge/Sugar Creek
March: Country View/Stoner Prairie
April: Charter elementaries
May: Middle schools
June: Verona Area High School
collection schools have undertaken can help
prevent major incidents.
Schettler said that data was wildly inconsistent last year but has been much better this
year. And Skibba said its only useful if used
correctly to understand what is driving a students behavior, rather than solely looking at
the behavior itself.
The main thing we need to look at is a
function of (bad behavior) and why its happening, Skibba said. Then understanding
what the teachers need for a support.
Disciplined kids
As much as teachers hope to prevent misbehavior, it will happen sometimes, whether
a student speaking out of turn or some sort of
physical altercation.
When they do, administrators said the systems need to have consequences, and are
judged on a case-by-case basis to determine
whats appropriate in each situation. But its
not necessarily discipline as its traditionally defined.
I kind of believe in disciplined kids, not
discipline as punishment, Schettler said. If
its about making kids pay, Im not sure thats
really what were thinking about here. Were
trying to develop disciplined kids.
So the district and individual staff members
are working to develop consequences that can
help a student understand why what they did
was wrong, Schettler and others said, rather
than taking students out of class for extended
periods.
Its a misconception that the bigger the
consequence means the bigger the behavior
change, Holtan-Arnol said.
Thats also why the district hopes to give its
teachers the tools to handle misbehavior themselves, instead of having to send every problem to the principal.
Me sending a child to the principal means
that I dont have the tools to help that child, and
thats the message that Im sending, Skibba
said. Instead you build relationship, and
you make that positive relationship with the
student (by taking the time to help them). They
know (they) mean that much to (you).
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Behavior series
Having consistent language in each school

community is good, but Skibba hopes it will
become even more effective once the children
of parents shes worked with reach school age.
Skibba, who teaches PBIS classes to parents
with children from the age of 8 months until
theyve entered kindergarten, said there are
long-term payoffs to the districts approach.
They start talking about feelings when
theyre on their changing table, she said. I
think we will see that trickle. When they hear
feelings from their changing table all the way
through, and then they start to self-identify
their feelings when they get to kindergarten,
PBIS is a framework system that is

heavy on data collection to focus responses
to necessary areas, like recess or the lunchroom. It has three tiers, the first of which
is expected to reach most students, with
the advanced tiers for those who do not
respond to the first.
PBIS made its debut in Verona in 2010 at
Sugar Creek Elementary School and is now
also taught to pre-K sites district-wide. The
Wisconsin PBIS organization has recognized both Sugar Creek and Glacier Edge
Elementary School for their work on PBIS.
Nurtured Heart Approach

NHA is a relationship-focused
approach that helps children use their intensity in positive ways. The idea behind it is
to build strong, successful relationships
among students and the adults they work
with. It offers specific positive language to
use when working with students.
NHA has been championed in VASD
by Tammy Holtan-Arnol, a Country View
school counselor who taught for 17 years in
the district.
Restorative Practices
Restorative Practices is an idea that has
taken off quickly this year after a summer
training for almost 40 staff members. The
approach involves restorative circles that
are meant to both build community and
resolve conflicts.
Holtan-Arnol is the districts point person for this approach, which is now found
in varying levels at many of its schools.
Non-violent Crisis Intervention

NVCI seeks to promote care, welfare,
safety and security for students and staff.
The non-violent aspect of its name is a
misnomer, explains Mary Moroder, the
district NVCI expert and Country View
Elementary School associate principal. She
said the approach mostly focuses on what
to do before a situation escalates to more
serious behavior like fighting and how to
prevent that.
The program originated from the Crisis Prevention Institute and is used for
other public entities such as police and fire
departments. Moroder said an important
part of the approach is for a teacher or adult
to rationally detach from a situation to
remain aware of how he or she is feeling
when a student is acting out.
they get to high school, they have those words
in them, they know what it feels like to do
that.
She and the other administrators leading the
charges for these ideas recognize theres more
to be done especially after the criticisms last
spring.
The district has already offered classes on
NHA to parents and PBIS to early childhood
employees, and plans to expand PBIS classes
to parents next year, as well. First, though, this
year has focused on getting internal trainings
straightened out and helping give teachers all
around the district the same ideas to bring to
their classroom in whatever way they see a
need.
Before this year, I was just a gal who
offered some classes and people took them
and people tried it, Holtan-Arnol said.
Implementation really implies that systematized approach but were really just in
Year 1 of trying to do it in a more systematized way.
Holtan-Arnol said in her new position as a
district liaison for NHA and restorative practices, she has even provided some training to
bus drivers and support staff who interact with
students on a daily basis, with a goal to add
even more consistency to the ideas the students hear.
Skibba said for changes to really take
hold, the whole community will have to be
involved, and she hopes people will take
advantage of the opportunities to help build
on the work the district is doing and ensure
everyone is on the same page.
It isnt school is just school, Skibba said.
Its parents, its families, its the school and
its the child and its the community all the
way around us that needs to work together to
make this happen.

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