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Thursday, January 7, 2016 Vol. 134, No. 24 Stoughton, WI

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Stories of 2016

Its KPW and growth again

Stop us if youve heard this one before.
The big story in 2016 could once again
be Kettle Park West.
For all the people who would love to
simply move on and look ahead to the
next big thing and you know who you
are the interest level in the biggest single
development Stoughton has ever had is not

going away.
How the massive Wal-Mart Supercenter
affects the Stoughton economy, for good
or ill, how it affects police and fire services, the city budget, even how the new
intersection affects traffic, all are things
many people cant wait to see.
And unfortunately, theyll have to, as the

35-acre retail center isnt expected to open

in 2016, with the entire year tied up in construction.
Some of the other intriguing storylines
for 2016 are spinoffs of this controversial
project, which inspired a public referendum, and others relate to the struggling
local economy that led to interest in the

Chamber of Commerce

project.
For example, a third phase in the KPW
project includes an area for new housing, something thats been in short supply in the city. Limited housing stock has
played a part in dwindling enrollment in

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Spring election

One contested
race on council
The presidential primaries will get plenty of coverage statewide ahead of
the April 5 spring election,
but theres more on the
ballot in local races.
There will only be one
challenger among the five
open seats on the Stoughton Common Council.
Kathleen Johnson will
challenge incumbent Ron
Christianson for his Dist.

2 seat. Incumbents running unopposed include

Scott Truehl (D-4), Tom
Majewski (D-3) and Pat
OConnor (D-4).
Incumbent Sonny
Swangstu elected not to
run for re-election, and
only Dennis Kittleson
filed nomination papers
to fill his Dist. 1 seat.

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Hometown Blues
Photo by Jacob Bielanski

Marilyn Housner poses Tuesday in front of a mural at the Stoughton Chamber of Commerce. Housner was the fourth person to serve as
executive director of the chamber in 2015.

Old community, new opportunity

Housner rediscovers her city as new chamber director
Jacob Bielanski
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For Marilyn Housner, the new year

is full of possibilities not the least
of which is to help businesses in her
community grow.
The 25-year resident of Stoughton
was named the Chamber of Commerces executive director last September, and shes had a Victorian
Holiday to ease her into a full plate of
Syttende Mai planning. The position
has experienced instability in recent
months after a major move and a
sudden death, Housners three months
at the office marks the second-longest
tenure of four directors appointed in
2015.

For the first time in a while, however, the Chamber board will meet this
coming year knowing it has someone
dedicated to manning the helm of the
ship for the long term. The former IT
manager for the state comes into the
role as the city begins eyeing phase
two of Kettle Park West (including a
proposed hotel) while still working to
grow business downtown and redevelop the riverfront.
It was the schools that brought
Housner and her family, including
two daughters, to Stoughton. A Potosi
native who grew up near Dubuque,
work in the Madison area had her
looking at various communities
around Dane County.
We just liked Stoughton the best,

Housner said.
Even as her two daughters grew and
housing needs changed, her family
stayed in the city. Since then, one of
her two daughters has not only chosen
to stay in Stoughton, but invest in a
business here.
Nikki Rostowfske is co-owner of
downtown business Stori Anne, a
boutique clothing and bridal store,
Housner said the two have a relationship that helps guide her in her new
role.
I do ask for (Nikkis) insight, as
shes younger, Housner told the Hub.
I think what the chamber needs to do
is speak to some of the younger folks

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Furillo has made

Stoughton his home
since 2007
Bill livick
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People who experienced the live music scene

in Madison of the late
1980s and 1990s are sure
to remember The Rousers, the hard-rocking band
fronted by singer and
harmonica player Frank
Furillo.
He and lead guitarist Ernie Conner started
the band in 1984, and
although theyve cut back
on their performance
schedule, The Rousers are
still playing, 32 years later. The band is scheduled
to perform, in a slightly
new incarnation, at 9:45
p.m. Saturday at the Harmony Bar in Madison.
What fans of The Rousers might not know,
though, is that Furillo has
been a Stoughton resident

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since buying a home here
in 2007.
The Courier Hub only
learned this during a powerful show at the Stoughton Opera House in October, when famed musician
Dave Alvin (formerly of
The Blasters and the punk
band X) performed here
for the first time with his
brother, Phil Alvin, and
their band, The Guilty
Ones.
As the bands spokesman, Dave Alvin mentioned early in the show

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the school district, which has led to school
closings and referendums to keep the district from having to cut services.
Thats going to be a major issue for the
district and the community overall for the
next few years.
KPW has also been frequently referenced
in contrast to redeveloping the downtown,
something that also looms large in 2016
with the MillFab property.
That riverfront parcel is the centerpiece
of an effort by the city to turn a former
industrial area into a place where people
would live and possibly work and shop,
something many people see as a crucial
piece of improving the downtown and overall economy. Its a long-term effort that
could take several years to realize, but what
happens in 2016 could go a long way to
determining whether it will ever happen.
Two other notable storylines just getting
started are how the school district handles
a controversial teacher compensation plan
and what happens with a 123-year-old former high school building that some people
are trying to save.

1. KPW moves ahead

Map courtesy JSD Professional Services

Though Common Council support of the Though the plans have changed significantly since this 2012 master plan, the 35-acre parcel at the
Kettle Park West project appears to be tilt- corner with Wal-mart is clearly just a fraction of the overall plan. Future phases show retail, office and
residential development.
Forward Development Group established
with the help of Verona-based JSD Professional Services, the project engineer.
Site prep started in September, and building construction on the first three lots at
KPW will likely begin this spring. But its
unlikely any of the buildings will open by the
end of the year.
The developer agreement promises the
new store will open by Dec. 31, 2017, creating an estimated 159 new jobs.
How that affects the economy remains to
be seen. But one thing it will not do is create

more property taxes the city can use, as its

in a tax-increment financing district and all
property taxes will be used for the next several years to pay back the infrastructure that
made it possible, including roads, utility lines
and the new intersection at U.S. 51 and Hwy.
138.
Wal-Mart officials have said their building
will have an assessed value for tax purposes
of not less than $12 million by Jan. 1, 2018.
The project was controversial even before
Wal-Mart was named as the anchor tenant
two years ago. But its gotten steady support
from a council majority throughout that time.
That could be changing with the exit of
Ald. Sonny Swangstu, a steadfast supporter
of the project, as his presumed successor,
Dennis Kittleson (running unopposed in
the April election) is not a fan. But it likely
wont matter, as all the approvals and construction are underway, at least for Phase 1.
Phase 2 includes more commercial development, and the third phase which could
be years down the road and possibly require
more city investment is planned for a residential piece, which could ultimately be the
largest chunk of the total 142 acres planned.
Meanwhile, as construction on Phase 1
gets going, be ready for traffic congestion.
Bill Livick

2. Solving SASD enrollment woes

Already hamstrung by state limits to raise
taxes, the continued loss of students and
the funding that comes with them is a
top district concern for the Stoughton Area
School District in 2016.
The question remains, however, what to
do about it, and how much the community
can help.
In the last few years, the district has held
strategic planning sessions with community
members, business leaders and politicians
to look at ways to forge partnerships and
address declining enrollment as a community. They have also added more schoolto-work initiatives and unique offerings like
the Fab Lab to increase student opportunities, and to improve the image of the district
in a time when more and more parents are
open enrolling children out of their own
school districts.

3. Developing MillFab, citys

riverfront
One plan to improve the citys economy
years down the road is redeveloping the
citys riverfront. And this year, city officials will work on acquiring a key piece
of that plan, the former MillFab/Holley
Moulding factory site.
The city made an offer to purchase the
6-acre MillFab parcel along the Yahara River for $700,000 when the operation shut down in September 2014 but
was turned down because the bankruptcy
receiver assigned to sell the property thinks
its worth more as an industrial property.
Ald. Ron Christianson, a longtime Redevelopment Authority member, told the Hub
he doesnt think anything will be happening with this (plan to redevelop) until
were able to finalize that deal.
The RDA and Common Council have
targeted the area bounded by Fourth and
Seventh Streets, and South Street and the
Yahara River as a key site for redevelopment in the citys economic development
strategy.
The city already owns the former
Stoughton Trailers site on South Street and
also has purchased land for a new public
works garage to replace the one on Fourth
Street, potentially freeing about 26 acres
along the river for redevelopment if the
city can buy the MillFab parcel.
Christianson said a likely series of

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ing away, the presence of heavy construction

equipment is a clear sign that it wont matter.
The 152,000-square-foot Wal-Mart Supercenter and the assorted businesses that come
with it are on the way to Stoughton.
The land, streets and infrastructure are
being prepared, and development of Kettle
Park West is underway.
Kettle Park West is more than Wal-Mart,
however. The 35-acre first phase will also
feature a Kwik Trip gas station/convenience
store and offices for McFarland State Bank.
A fourth lot has been sold to a company
called Lot 4-Kettle Park West LLC, which

In recent months, district superintendent

Tim Onsager has been speaking with city
officials, including new Chamber of Commerce director Marilyn Housner, about the
issue.
At a school board meeting last month, he
said many of the challenges facing the district are also issues directly relating to the
community, so input from multiple sources
will be key.
It is not just a school district issue,
Onsager said. We need to play a part in
that. We cannot be the only person at the
table.
SASD has 3,180 students this school year,
28 fewer than the previous year, district
director of business services Erica Pickett
told board members at a September meeting. While not great news, it marked a positive trend, as the districts net loss has gotten smaller for two years in a row, having
dropped from 66 to 38 the previous year.
However, she said a concerning statistic is this years 4K class, which is down 22
students from last year, though she noted
4K numbers are low this year throughout
the state.
Not sure what that means, long-term,
Pickett said of the drop in numbers. Hopefully, we can keep our fingers crossed that
were seeing some potential growth within
our existing grade levels. Were hoping that
4K number is a little bit of a blip, and hopefully well bounce back.
The enrollment decline is a continuing
problem for a district already struggling
financially. In 2009, SASD closed aging
Yahara Elementary School to save money,
and pushed hard in April 2014 for an ultimately successful $20 million recurring referendum to raise its funding floor.
District spokesperson Derek Spellman
said Tuesday that to re-engage the community on the issue of declining enrollment,
district officials may reconvene the strategic planning sessions last held in 2011,
though no dates have yet been set.
Scott De Laruelle

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2016: Solving enrollment, development woes Housner: IT manager considered retiring

events would be for the
city to acquire the MillFab
site, prepare it for redevelopment, and then seek
proposals from developers
about what to do with the
land.
So first is to get ownership and then move forward
with the plans we have in
place, he said. Were
sort of on hold until we can
acquire that property.
Christianson said its
likely the city will own the
MillFab parcel before the
end of the year.
Economic development
consultant Gary Becker,
of planning firm Vierbicher and Associates, has
worked closely with the
RDA on planning for the
area. In December, the city
hired Vierbicher and Associates for economic development help on a part-time
basis for 2016.
Also in December, the
city rezoned 14 acres
along the river, including the MillFab parcel,
from heavy industrial,
single-family residential,
neighborhood business
and institutional to multifamily residential. City
officials have prepared
Requests for Proposals to
redevelop the property,
but cant move forward
with other plans until the
city owns the land.
The MillFab parcel was
assessed at about $1.4
million when the plant
was still in operation. An
assessment after the operation ceased in September 2014 came in at about
$700,000, which is the
amount the city offered to
pay for the property last
April.
The propertys receiver objected, and the city
countered by rezoning the
property without his consent and possibly changing
its value in the process.
Ald. Mike Engelberger told the Hub last year
the city should strive for
more than just residential
development at the site.
We need to look at
mixed use and do some
things there that would
enhance the downtown
area and allow us to be
able to draw people to the
community and the downtown, he said. Whatever
we can do to draw more
people downtown, to get
more people living downtown, and attracting other
businesses to the downtown and draw people to
the area is basically what
we need to do.
There are other properties the city will also consider when it thinks about
redeveloping all 26 acres
along the river between
Fourth and Eighth streets,
including about 10 singlefamily homes.
Bill Livick

and see whats needed here

whats going to attract
younger people? Whats
going to keep younger people here?

Early retirement

Photo by Scott De Laruelle

SHS science teacher Lisa Schneeberger talks to school board

members Sept. 8 about her opposition to the district compensation plan.

The future of Stough4. Working out

ton Area School Districts
teacher compensation historic 1892 high school
As a new year dawns,
a committee of SASD
administrators and teachers tasked to come up with
a better teacher compensation plan will no doubt be a
focal point for district educators and parents.
Last year saw a brief
but pointed few weeks of
disagreement and friction

building could be decided

this year.
Several city alders and
members of the Landmarks
Commission are intensely
interested in preserving
and finding a new use for
the building, but for now
its future is in the hands of
school district officials.
And whatever they do, it

Discovering her
community
Despite Housners longtime commitment to the
community as a resident,
shes finding theres more
to it than she previously
knew.
So far, its been a great
learning opportunity, for
me, she said. This position really makes you a part
of the community.
But Housner is quick
to take the focus off her
efforts, noting that the
small-but-tight staff accomplishes a lot of work out
of the converted train station that serves as chamber
offices. She notes that Syttende Mai, largely coordinated by chamber employee
Laura Trotter, brings in
thousands and thousands
of shoppers and requires
year-round planning.
Kudos to (the staff)
for all they do, because I
dont think they receive
the acknowledgement they
deserve, Housner said. I
dont know if Laura gets
much sleep during those
three days (of Syttende
Mai).

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5. Saving or razing the

old high school

wont be cheap.
SASD community relations director Derek Spellman told the Hub the district is planning to mail a
community survey to residents early this year to find
out what they think the
district should do with the
building, which has been
used as a storage facility
for the past 18 years.
The district held a referendum about the building
in 2001 and learned there
is strong support for preserving it. Voters approved
a referendum that gave the
school district $300,000
for the historic school, but
most of the money was
never spent and remains in
a special account.
Last year, the district received a $4.9 million estimate to restore
the building money the
school district does not
have and would probably
not choose to allocate to
the building if it did.
Some members of the
council and Landmarks
Commission believe the
estimate was much higher
than what would actually
be needed to restore the
building, and they have
various ideas about how to
preserve and use it.
Spellman said in an
email to the Hub the district is in the process of
having a community conversation about the building and said for now, there
arent any answers.
We are very, very early
in the process, he wrote.
Bill Livick

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between some educators,

administrators and school
board members on the districts new color-coded
career ladder teacher
compensation plan.
That plan was the result
of more than a years work
by a committee of district
administrators and educators tasked to come up with
a new plan, as district superintendent Tim Onsager said
the district could no longer
afford the former steps and
lanes system of educator
evaluation and compensation, by which teachers were
automatically paid by education and tenure.
In May, the school board
approved the career ladder compensation plan
7-2, with little controversy.
But when teachers found
out how they ranked in the
new system, there was an
uproar among some, and a
push by some board members to scrap the plan and
start over.
In September, the board
voted to keep the plan
intact for this year, but
tasked the committee to
reconvene and come up
with changes in time for
the 2016-17 school year,
taking into consideration
the concerns of educators.
Board president Liz
Menzer said the committee
should be given the opportunity to work through
the plan and make any
needed changes next
school year.
We need to bring this
to some closure so we can
move on and make it better, Menzer said.
At the boards Aug. 25
meeting, Fergus said the
board is sincerely committed to looking at these
issues in 2016.
We really want the
committee to reconvene and start working to
address the concerns, she
said.
Scott De Laruelle

Housner comes from a

place not typically associated with understanding
business growth needs
government. She served as
an IT manager, first for the
state Department of Corrections and most recently at
the Department of Justice,
for the last decade. Last
year, she was preparing to
retire in 2016.
Instead, Housner was
tipped off to the position over
the summer and decided to
apply. She is quick to point
out, however, that much of
her career has been spent
with non-profit organizations
and groups similar in structure to the chamber: Catholic
Charities, the Southeast Area
Agency on Aging and the
Community Action Coalition
among them.
Housners hiring was
announced in September,
and she began her first day
of work with the chamber in October. Since then,
shes found that the focus
of the two positions IT
and Chamber director are
wildly different.
Were focusing more
on the needs of a community, as opposed to focusing on whats the problem
of today? Housner said.
(Information technology)
is a very reactive position,
whereas here we can be
more proactive.
In addition to planning,
shes also taken preliminary steps to understand the
needs of the community and
how the Chamber fits into
that picture. She said meetings with Mayor Donna
Olson and Stoughton Area
School District superintendent Tim Onsager helped
her understand the growth
of the community.
A declining enrollment
from the school district, for
example, speaks to the need
to attract new families to
the area.
We talked about opportunities for the three of us
to work together, Housner
said. We need to continue
those meetings.
Among her goals, Housner told the Hub that she
would like to attract more
and varied businesses to

downtown. She sees the

Kettle Park West development as a complementary
business environment that
will help spur even more
growth among the downtown.
The same people that go
to Stori Anne, for instance,
probably wont be buying
their clothing or the same
type of clothes, as they
would at Wal-Mart, Housner said. Its a different
kind of market.
Housner hopes to capitalize on a few high-profile
attractions to outsiders in
cultivating more opportunities for the city. She said
she wants to leverage the
success of the Opera House,
which continues to attract
big regional, and even
some national, acts. On her
desk, she points to a copy
of National Geographics:
Abroad At Home, noting
that the city was recently
featured within its pages for
the Syttende Mai festival.
I think thats a great
marketing tool for us,
Housner said. Syttende
Mai has been very popular
for many many years, but
to be featured in National
Geographic, thats great.

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Opinion

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Letter to the editor

Debt control should be a higher priority

While it is too late to put this
request on my Christmas list, I will
add it to my Things Id like to see
in 2016 list: How about our elected officials being just as concerned
about debt control as they are about
gun control and climate control?
No comparison, you say! Guns
and global warming are killing people, ruining economies, melting the
ice caps and taking away polar bear
habitation! But before you dismiss
my suggestion, consider my logic.
The current national debt is $18.8
trillion, or $61,902 for every man,
woman and child in the United
States. The average personal debt
per household is $125,000, with
$15,000 of it on credit cards. I
do not know if our share of the
national debt is included, or on top
of our household debt.
Those are crushing numbers,
and can lead to catastrophic consequences foreclosed homes, repossessed cars and huge emotional

stresses on families. One study

concluded, Arguments about
money are by far the top predictor
of divorce . Divorce often exacerbates the financial situation, particularly of the now-single woman.
The cost of debt and divorce, Im
guessing, is cataclysmic and the toll
on well-being incalculable.
This all happens without a gun
being fired (although that may happen during a heated argument) or
the global temperature rising a tenth
of a degree. I am unaware of any
study that has calculated the impact
of heated arguments about money
on climate change, but it could be
something worth a major research
grant. Tying the national debt to
climate change may get our elected
officials to think more seriously
about it.
Ron Dobie
City of Stoughton

Legislative Opinion

Holiday fund a big success this year

The Stoughton Holiday Fund
Committee members would like
to thank the many donors, volunteers and River Bluff students who
helped make the 2015 Fund a big
success.
This year the Holiday Fund provided food for 220 families (570
people) in the Stoughton community. With the monies donated, we
were able to purchase enough food
for those in need, as well as help
stock the Stoughton Food Pantry,
the Methodist Food Pantry and the
VFW for their holiday meal. There
were many businesses that donated
food or gave us food at a reduced
price, donated food for the volunteers, helped with food deliveries
and donated their time for this community event. Monetary donations

were received from almost 100

businesses and private citizens.
This event can only be a success
by the many donations and countless volunteer hours to help those in
need at this time of year. The River
Bluff students were an enormous
help on Friday and the maintenance
department accommodated all of
our many needs. The 50-plus volunteers that came to help on Saturday
to fill the boxes, deliver the food
and man the stations for the pickups were an amazing group to work
with. The committee could not have
done this without all of you.
Tina Strandlie, Bonnie Kiss,
Heather Patrinos, Teressa Pellett
and Dwayne Strandlie
Holiday Fund Committee

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get WI back on track

ow that the legislature has

wrapped up our activity
for the year, I would like
to take a look forward at some
of issues I will be working with
my colleagues on in 2016. Even
though Republicans currently
enjoy one-party rule in Madison,
Democrats remain committed
to listening
to people and
bringing forth
alternative ideas
and solutions
to the problems
facing our state.
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Senate Democrats introduced
Ringhand
the Badger
Blueprint
agenda based on growth, innovation and opportunity for Wisconsin. I would like to point out some
of the ideas included in the Badger Blueprint that Democrats will
be fighting for in the coming year.
Investing in our public schools is
a proven way to improve the quality of life in every part of the state.
Expanding successful early
childhood programs, improving
access to 4-year-old kindergarten
and establishing in-school wraparound services will help to get
Wisconsin back on track.
Access to quality, affordable
health care is essential for Wisconsin families who are working
hard to make ends meet. Thats
why I support the expansion of
BadgerCare in order to provide
access to affordable care for
an estimated 81,000 additional
state residents. According to the
nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal

Bureau, this common sense plan

would bring home more than $1
billion of our hard-earned tax dollars over the next six years alone.
These are taxes that Wisconsinites
have already paid to the federal
government. Its time to bring our
money home to support public
schools, infrastructure improvements and health care in every
part of the state.
The University of Wisconsin
is the engine that drives our economic train. We need to support
the universitys effort to bring the
Wisconsin Idea to every part of
our state. I also support the Higher Ed/Lower Debt plan to provide relief to more than 800,000
student loan borrowers who are
working every day to pay for their
education.
Together, with transportation
stakeholders, I hope to build
support for a long term funding
solution to invest in local infrastructure improvement projects
throughout Wisconsin. We need
to be innovative to meet our modern infrastructure needs, because
kicking the can down the road is
no longer a viable option to take
care of our roads and bridges.
Being from a rural community, I
have seen firsthand the importance
of expanding broadband internet
and offering incentives to bring
jobs to both rural and urban areas.
Closing the skills gap to address
worker shortages and expanding
transitional job opportunities will
help businesses meet their needs
and raise family incomes.
In order to create economic
opportunity in every part of the
state, we need to measure our

successes and failures by requiring a Return of Investment

report for state tax breaks to give
everyone a clear understanding of
how to best target our efforts to
create jobs and improve the quality life in our communities.
Senate Democrats are committed to family-supporting wages
and paid sick-leave when your
child, parent or family member
becomes ill. As more and more
workers struggle to save for retirement, we have proposed creating
a new pension opportunity for
people to join low-cost plans to
save towards a guaranteed monthly pension once they retire.
While no one expects the
Republicans to abandon the power
and perks they currently enjoy
with a one-party rule, I will continue to bring forward alternative
ideas and solutions like those
offered in the Badger Blueprint.
If you would like more details
and information on the Badger
Blueprint, visit wibadgerblueprint.
com. As we celebrate the New
Year with our family and
friends, please take some time
to remember that it has been a
tough year for many people in
Wisconsin. Keep those who are
less fortunate in your thoughts
and prayers for a more prosperous
2016.
It is an honor and a privilege
to serve you in the State Senate.
May you and your family have a
Happy New Year.
Janis Ringhand is a Wisconsin
State Senator from Dist. 15, which
includes the towns of Dunkirk and
Rutland.

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From L.A. to Mad City

Furillo moved from California to Dane
County in 1974 and spent a few years here
before returning to Los Angeles. After marrying and having two children, he and his
young family moved back to Wisconsin permanently in 1981 when he landed a job as
a stagehand working mainly for the City of
Madison.
We had kids, and I wanted to raise them
here, rather than in L.A., he said.
Furillo grew up in a family of six kids, the
son of a famous southern California sports
announcer, Bud The Steamer Furillo. (A
book about Bud Furillo that was written by
his son, Andy, is being published this year
and will available in May at Amazon.com
and Barnes and Nobel.)
Growing up, Frank was an athlete and
often attended professional games his dad
announced, but he was more interested in
music and acting. Hes performed in numerous plays and theatrical productions, which
added to his ability to work behind the scenes
as a sound engineer, stagehand and rigger.
I was a guy who set up the shows for the

Photo submitted

Stoughton resident Frank Furillo performs on

vocals and harmonica as the frontman for The
Rousers, the Madison-based band he established
in 1984 with guitarist Ernie Conners. The band is
scheduled to perform Saturday at the Harmony
Bar in Madison.

city of Madison, he explained. And I was a

rigger I climbed up to the ceiling and hung
the huge motors that run the lights. I was
also a fly-floor guy who pulls the ropes that
makes things come on and off stage. But my
main gig was as a sound engineer.
Furillo worked in those capacities for
the City of Madison from 1982-98 and later went to work for the streets division. In
2001, he became an assistant to the citys
public information officer, a job he held
until retiring in 2012.
He bought a house here in 2007 and said
hes maintained a low profile in Stoughton.
He likes to cook, entertain and garden but
hasnt spent much time in the citys restaurants or entertainment venues although he
has attended shows at the Opera House.
I directed a couple shows for the Stoughton Players a number of years ago, he said,
but Ive never been on the Opera House
stage.
I love that place and have seen a number
of shows there, he added. I love an original-looking room like that. Old stuff works

Photo submitted

A young Frank Furillo with a few of his harmonicas. He grew up in California and moved to the
Madison-Stoughton area in the 1970s.

for me, and Im really into genealogy.

The performer
All the while, he maintained his role as The
Rousers frontman and co-songwriter with
Conner. He sang and played harmonica in
some of Madisons most popular music venues, beginning at the Club de Wash (where
he also tended bar) in 1984 and performing
regularly at Headliners, OCayz Corral and
the Crystal Corner Bar.
The band also played the Barrymore Theater and opened for national touring performers like Delbert McClinton and Cheap Trick,
as well as appearing at FitzGeralds in Chicago. Furillos connections also led to gigs in
Los Angeles and elsewhere in southern California.
Perhaps his most high-profile acting role
was as a CEO in the Madison-produced
musical, Walmartopia. The show premiered in Madison in 2005 before having

Voter ID in effect
Wisconsins voter ID law will be in effect for the
first time in spring 2016 after court challenges to
the law failed, though some are still pending.
The following forms of ID are acceptable:
Wisconsin drivers license
DOT-issued ID card
U.S. passport
Military ID card
Certificate of Naturalization issued within last
two years
Unexpired drivers license or state ID card
receipt
ID card issued by a federally recognized Indian
tribe in Wisconsin
Unexpired ID card issued by a Wisconsin
university or college that includes issuance date,
student signature and expires within two years of
issuance, along with proof of enrollment
The ID does not have to list a current address to
be considered valid.
For information on the law, visit countyofdane.
com/voterid or gab.wi.gov/elections-voting/
photo-id.

Ted Olson. Positions are for

two years.
Incumbent Carl Che nowith will also run unopposed for his Dist. 35 seat
on the Dane County Board,
and Mat Roethe will run
for re-election as a multijurisdictional municipal
judge for Stoughton and the
towns of Dunkirik, Pleasant
Springs and Rutland.
The Tuesday, April 5,
election will also include
the primary elections for

Democratic and Republican

presidential candidates.
Other statewide races
include state Supreme
Court Justice, in which
incumbent Rebecca Bradley will face three challengers: Claude Covelli
and Joanne Kloppenburg of
Madison and Joe Donald of
Milwaukee. There are also
six unopposed candidates
for seats on the Dane County Circuit Court.
The states voter ID law

is expected to be in place
for April 5 and the Tuesday, Feb. 16 primary for
those races that require it.
Unified Newspaper
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Laruelle, Scott Girard and
Bill Livick contributed to
this story.

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Kittleson ran a write-in

campaign for mayor in
2014, losing to incumbent
Donna Olson.
Part of the reason why
Im running for city council
is a lot of people have ideas
and complaints, but I feel if
you want to complain, then
youve ought to run for a
position and possibly help
things to change, Kittleson
told the Hub. Its too easy
to sit home and disagree.
Its better to try to help
make a change if you feel
its important.
In the Stoughton Area
School District, there will
be an open seat, as only
two people have filed candidacy papers for three
open positions. Incumbents
Donna Tarpinian and Joe
Freye have filed nomination papers, but incumbent
Wanda Grasse is not seeking re-election. SASD clerk
Bev Mansfield said two
people took out nomination
papers but did not return
them by the deadline.
The Town of Pleasant
Springs held its annual caucus to determine candidates
on Tuesday night. The candidate information will appear
in next weeks Observer.
The Town of Rutland will
hold its caucus at 6:30 p.m.
Jan. 19 at the town hall, 785
Center Road, Stoughton.
In the Town of Dunkirk,
the town chair and two
town supervisor positions will be open. Current
incumbents are Norman
Monsen, Eric Quam and

The Rousers performed their 30th anniversary show at the Barrymore in May
2014 and have gigged sporadically since
then, including shows last August and September in Madison.
Furillo said The Rousers expect to ramp
up their performance schedule this year
with the fairly recent addition of a second guitar player, Dave Benton (formerly
of Spooner), and a new bass player, Frank
Queram.
Seems like every 15 years we replace a
bass player, he observed.
Furillo said The Rousers play mostly
original material he and Conner have written. The bands original keyboard player,
Don Irwin, also does some writing and
singing. And The Rousers still have their
original drummer, Lee Laski.
I really look forward to this new incarnation of the band, Furillo said. I believe
we are going to be more active, although
at 63, Im not sure how much longer I can
scream at the top of my voice.

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that a childhood friend of his from Los

Angeles, Frank Furillo, was in the audience
that night and lived just a few blocks from
the venue. Unfortunately, Alvin didnt invite
Furillo to join his band on stage.
Furillos connection to the Alvins can also
be found on their new CD, Lost Time,
which includes a back cover photo taken by
Furillo of the brothers with legendary bluesman Big Joe Turner outside an L.A. bar in
1971. (Furillo is given photo credit in the
albums liner notes.)
That photo was a snapshot of my life in
those days, Furillo, who was 17 or 18 at the
time of the photo, said in an interview from
his home on West Washington Street. We
were all into the blues. That was how we met
all these blues guys Willie Dixon and Muddy Waters and Big Joe Turner.
I actually got to play harmonica that night
with Big Joe Turner, Furillo added. He was
a big idol of mine.

a run at the New York International Fringe

Festival in the following year. It opened Off
Broadway in September 2007 and closed on
Dec. 30, having played 10 preview performances and 136 regular performances.
When we went to New York, I got fantastic reviews, Furillo recalled. I will never
act in New York again because you cant
beat those reviews.
But music has always been Furillos main
passion, and when he joined The Rousers in
1984, it was pretty much a decision to pursue music, he said. Ive never regretted it.
He did manage to pull the band in a theatrical direction at least once. In 1990, The
Rousers performed at the Barrymore in
Treasure Island: A Rock and Roll Adventure.
The idea was suggested by Madison dance
mavens Donna Peckett and Danielle Dresden, and Furillo ran with it after convincing
the rest of the band. He directed the musical
comedy and played the starring role of Long
John Silver, leader of the pirates rock and
roll roadies played by the rest of the band.

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Community calendar

Rosemaling classes
The Sons of Norway-Mandt Lodge,
317 Page St., will host a beginner and
an advanced rosemaling class on Saturdays, Feb. 6, 13, 20 and 27, and March
5, 12, 19 and 26, with snow dates scheduled for Wednesdays, March 2 and 9.
The fee for the beginning class, taught
by Nancy Odalen, runs from 9 a.m.
to noon and is $125 for Sons of Norway members and seniors (age 55 and
over) and $140 for non-members. Participants will use oils and work on practice boards as they learn brush control
and technique. Andrea Herkert will be
teaching two sessions of the advanced
rosemaling class, at 9 a.m. to noon or
1-4 p.m. on those dates. The class fee is
$140 for Sons of Norway members and
seniors and $165 for non-members. Participants will spend time studying the
Gudbrandsdal style of rosemaling.
The registration form and payment
for either class is due Friday, Jan. 15
($50 of this class fee is non-refundable).
For information, contact Nancy Odalen
at 873-0890.

Vikings series
Sons of Norway Mandt Lodge, 317
S. Page St., will continue its series of
lectures on The Vikings beginning at
6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7.
Each lecture of this 36-part series is
30 minutes long and will be followed by
a discussion. Each week, the previous
weeks lecture will be shown at 6 p.m.,
followed by a new one at 6:30 p.m.
The series will be shown every
Bahai Faith

Thursday until June 9, with the exception

of lodge meeting nights on Feb. 11 and
March 10, during Holy week (March 24),
and during Syttende Mai week (May 12).
For information, call 873-7209 or
email arnesonfamily5@gmail.com.

Candlelight skiing
Ski by candlelight from 6-9 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 9 at Lake Kegonsa State
Park, 2405 Door Creek Rd.
Two miles of trails will be lit with
hundreds of glowing luminaries. After
skiing, warm up by the bonfire or
enjoy drinks and baked goods sold by
the Lake Kegonsa State Park Friends
Group. This is a free event, but a valid
park admission sticker is required.
No pets or hikers are allowed on the
ski trails. If weather and snow conditions do not permit the event, it will be
rescheduled to Saturday, Feb. 13. For
information, call 873-9695.

Bible Baptist Church

1525 N. Van Buren St., Stoughton 873-7494

covluth@chorus.net covluth.org
Saturday: 5:30 p.m. Worship
Sunday: 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Worship
Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Christ Lutheran Church

515 E. Main St., Stoughton 834-9050

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Sunday: 10 a.m.

2095 Hwy. W, Utica

873-7077 423-3033
Sunday: 10 a.m. - Worship; 6 p.m. - Worship

Ezra Church

700 Hwy. B, Stoughton

873-9353 e-mail: office@clcstoughton.org
Sunday: 8 and 10:30 a.m. Worship,
9:10 a.m. Family Express followed
by Sunday School

First Lutheran Church

Christ the King Community Church

401 W. Main St., Stoughton 877-0303
christthekingcc.org Sunday: 10 a.m. - Worship

Christian Assembly Church

1844 Williams Drive, Stoughton 873-9106

Saturday: 6 p.m. worship; Sunday: 10 a.m. worship

The Church of Jesus Christ

of Latter-day Saints

11927 W. Church St., Evansville

882-4408
Interim Pastor Karla Brekke
Sunday: 10 a.m. Worship and Sunday School

LakeView Church

2200 Lincoln Ave., Stoughton

873-9838 lakevc.org
Sunday: 9 & 11 a.m. worship

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Energy Services, Inc. will hold home

energy assistance office hours at the
senior center from 9 a.m. to noon and
1-4 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 12 and Tuesday, Jan. 26, and from 9 a.m. to noon
and 1-4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 23.
To schedule an appointment with
Energy Services, call 333-0333. For
information, call 267-8601.

Shingles information

Seventh Day Baptist

Church of Albion

616 Albion Rd., Edgerton

561-7450 albionsdb@gmail.com
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Worship Saturday 11- Sabbath School 10
Fellowship Meal follows service on first Sabbath

Stoughton Baptist Church

Corner of Williams Dr. & Cty. B, Stoughton

873-6517
Sunday: 10:30 a.m. - Worship;
6 p.m. - Evening Service

St. Ann Catholic Church

323 N. Van Buren St., Stoughton

873-6448 873-7633
Weekday Mass: Nazareth House
and St. Anns Church
Weekend Mass: Saturday - 5:15 p.m.;
Sunday - 8 and 10:30 a.m.

United Methodist of Stoughton

525 Lincoln Avenue, Stoughton
stoughtonmethodist.org
Stoughtonumc@Wisconsinumc.org
Sunday: 8 a.m. - Short Service;
10 a.m. - Full Worship

West Koshkonong Lutheran Church

1911 Koshkonong, Stoughton
Sunday: 10:30 a.m. - Worship

Western Koshkonong
Lutheran Church

2633 Church St., Cottage Grove

Sunday: 9:30 a.m. worship
11 a.m. Bible study

Receiving Criticism with an Open Heart

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Martha Paton, Administrative Manager
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Paul Selbo, Funeral Assistant

Fulton Church

9209 Fulton St., Edgerton

884-8512 fultonchurch.org
Saturday: 8 a.m. weekly prayer breakfast
Sunday: 8, 10:30 a.m. Worship;
9 a.m. coffee hour; 9:30 a.m. Sunday School;
12-3 p.m. Varsity (teens); 3-5 p.m. AWANA

1860 Hwy. 51 at Lake Kegonsa, Stoughton

873-5924
Sunday Worship: 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Education Hour for all ages: 9:15 a.m.

Cooksville Lutheran Church

1358 Hwy 51, Stoughton

310 E. Washington, Stoughton

873-7761 flcstoughton.com
Saturday: 8 a.m. weekly prayer breakfast
Sunday: 8:30 & 10 a.m. worship

Good Shepherd By The Lake

Lutheran Church

825 S. Van Buren, Stoughton

877-0439 Missionaries 957-3930
Sunday: 9 a.m. Sunday school and Primary

Energy assistance

Get the facts about shingles at 4 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 13 at the Stoughton
Hospital Bryant Health Education Center, 900 Ridge St. Dr. Robert Terbeck of
Stoughton Dean Clinic will discuss early
warning signs and how shingles can be
treated. Visit stoughtonhospital.com and
Play auditions
click on Classes and Events to register
The Stoughton Village Players The- for the free class. For information, call
ater will host auditions for its upcoming 873-6611.
production of Leaving Iowa at 6 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 10 and 7 p.m. Monday, Favorite things program
Jan. 11 at the theater, 255 Main St.
The Sons of Norway- Mandt Lodge,
The play, written by Tim Clue and 317 South Page St., will host a My
Spike Manton and directed by Sandy Favorite Things program at 7 p.m.
Kintner, tells the story of Don Browning, Wednesday, Jan. 13. Mandt Lodge
a middle-aged writer, who begins travel- members and guests are encouraged to
ing across Iowa searching for a proper bring along one favorite thing theyd
resting place for his father, and experi- like to share and prepare a one to two
ences an existential journey that leads him minute explanation of the item.
to reconcile his past and present.
For information, contact Darlene
A cast of 10 actors, age 30 and up, Arneson at arnesonfamily5@gmail.com
will be selected, and auditions will or 873-7209.
Covenant Lutheran Church

For information: Alfred Skerpan, 877-0911

or Gail and Greg Gagnon, 873-9225
us.bahai.org Stoughton study classes.

consist of readings from the play. Bring

a calendar of conflicts. For information,
contact Sandy Kintner at banjokintner@gmail.com.

Most of us chafe at criticism, especially if it is delivered bluntly and concerning matters which hit close to home. We are also prone to bristle if the
person is criticizing us on moral matters and isnt him- or herself a model
of rectitude. But if we really want to improve then we should strive to find
the kernel of truth in every criticism. We often take instruction and criticism
to be inherently negative, but if it enables us to improve in some way then
there is really something valuable in it. If we can somehow receive it with
an open heart and genuinely thank the person giving it to us, then they are
more likely to do us the favor of correcting future errors as well. We live in
an era where everyone expects to get an A in their classes and a trophy for
their athletic efforts, and so honest criticism is often lacking, and the result
is that a lot of mediocre performances get high marks and many have lost
the ability to receive instruction and criticism graciously. There is some
grain of truth in almost every criticism, so seek to learn from it.
Christopher Simon, Metro News Service
Whoever scorns instruction will pay for it, but whoever respects a
command is rewarded. The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning
a person from the snares of death.
Proverbs 13:13-14 NIV

Thursday, January 7

6 p.m., Stress relief workshop (registration required),

Stoughton Hospital Bryant Health Education Center,
900 Ridge St., 873-2356
6:30 p.m., The Vikings series, Sons of Norway
Mandt Lodge, 317 S. Page St., 873-7209

Friday, January 8

9:30 a.m., Coffee with the Mayor, senior center, 8738585

1 p.m., Friday Movie: Ricki and the Flash (101 minutes), senior center, 873-8585

Saturday, January 9

9 a.m. to noon, Prairie Enthusiasts work party, SmithReiner Drumlin Prairie, 873-8837
9 a.m. to noon, Personal Essentials Pantry, 343 E.
Main St., pepstoughton.org
6-9 p.m., Candlelight skiing, Lake Kegonsa State Park,
2405 Door Creek Road, 873-9695

Sunday, January 10

9 a.m. to noon, Knights of Columbus free throw contest, St. Anns Catholic Church, 323 N. Van Buren St.,
873-7633
1-5 p.m., Sunday hours begin at library (through May
22)
6 p.m., Leaving Iowa auditions (30 and up),
Stoughton Village Players Theater, 255 Main St., banjokintner@gmail.com

Monday, January 11

3:30 p.m., Science Club: Glow-in-the-Dark Bowling

(ages 9-14; 8 and under with assistance), library, 8736281
6 p.m., Planning Commission meeting, Council chambers (second floor), Public Safety Building, 321 S.
Fourth St.
7 p.m., Town of Dunn Plan Commission meeting,
Dunn Town Hall, 4156 Cty. Road B
7 p.m., Leaving Iowa auditions (30 and up),
Stoughton Village Players Theater, 255 Main St., banjokintner@gmail.com

Tuesday, January 12

9 a.m. to noon and 1-4 p.m., Energy Services, Inc.

home energy assistance office hours, 267-8601
6 p.m., Finance Committee meeting, Council chambers
(second floor), Public Safety Building, 321 S. Fourth St.
7 p.m., City Council meeting, Council chambers (second floor), Public Safety Building, 321 S. Fourth St.

Wednesday, January 13

4 p.m., Shingles informational class, Stoughton

Hospital Bryant Health Education Center, 900 Ridge St.,
873-6611
4:30 p.m., Tree Commission meeting, Ed Overland
Room, city hall
7 p.m., Town of Dunkirk Plan Commission meeting,
Town Hall, 654 Cty. Road N
7 p.m., My Favorite Things program, Sons of Norway
Mandt Lodge, 317 S. Page St., 873-7209

Thursday, January 14

6 p.m., The Vikings series, Sons of Norway Mandt

Lodge, 317 S. Page St., 873-7209
6:30 p.m., Thursdays with Murder book discussion:
Victoria Thompsons Gaslight Mysteries
7 p.m., Landmarks Commission meeting, Hall of Fame
room (lower level), city hall

Friday, January 15

8 a.m. to 1 p.m., American Red Cross blood drive,

Stoughton Hospital, 900 Ridge St., 1-800-733-2767

Support groups
Diabetic Support Group
Low Vision Support
6 p.m., second Monday,
1-2:30 p.m., third ThursStoughton Hospital, 628- day, senior center, 873-8585
6500
Parkinson Group
Dementia Caregivers
1:30-2:30 p.m., fourth
Support Group
Wednesday, senior center,
2 p.m., second Thursday, 873-8585
senior center, 873-8585
Multiple Sclerosis Group
Crohns/Colitis/IBD
10-11:30 a.m., second
Tuesday, senior center, 873Support Group
5:30 p.m., third Wednes- 8585
Older Adult Alcoholics
day, Stoughton Hospital,
628-6500
Anonymous
2 p.m., Tuesdays, senior
Grief Support Groups
center, 246-7606 ext. 1182
3 p.m., third Tuesday,
senior center, 873-8585

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Girls hockey

Girls basketball

cap
Last-second revenge Girls
Hodag

Kahl, Hobson lead Vikings

to victory over Edgewood
in double overtime

with first
victory

Anthony Iozzo
Assistant sports editor

It came down to a final shot three

times, but it was the Stoughton High
School girls basketball team celebrating following a 46-44 double
overtime win Tuesday against Badger South rival Madison Edgewood.
The host Vikings called a timeout with 2.7 seconds left in the final
overtime, and they came out with a
play to get the ball inside.
Senior Hannah Hobson (14 points)
was the girl who got open, and she
banked in a layup at the buzzer to
send the gym into a frenzy.
We just had to be confident,
Hobson said. We had a good set,
and we knew Kendra (Halverson)
was taking the ball out and we were
confident that she was going to get
the ball where it needed to go and
luckily I got open and made the shot.
I was shaking and was super
excited. Everyone came over, and it
was awesome. It was a great feeling,
especially since last year they beat us
on a last-second shot. It was a little
bit of revenge.
Junior Payton Kahl was also a big
reason that the Vikings were able to
have that chance at the end.
Kahl tied the game at the end of
regulation. She tied the game with
two free throws at the end of the first
overtime, and she once again tied the
game at 44-all with a basket and a
free throw after a steal with 1:51 left
in the second OT.
I try not to think too much, but I
shot a lot of free throws before that.
If I can make those other ones, these
ones arent any different, said Kahl,
who finished with 17 points. I didnt
really think about how pressured the
game was at that moment.
And if those clutch shots werent
enough, the Stoughton defense also
had to play lights out at the end, with
junior Marissa Robson, junior Aly
Weum and Hobson all having four
fouls down the stretch.
Edgewood had the ball with 28.9
seconds left at the end of regulation,
but Stoughton got the stop.
The Crusaders had another chance

Jeremy Jones
Sports editor

Photo by Anthony Iozzo

Senior Hannah Hobson (middle) celebrates her game-winning layup with the Stoughton High School girls basketball team
Tuesday, as the Vikings outlasted Madison Edgewood 46-44 in double overtime.

to win with 7.9 seconds left at the end

of the first overtime, and Stoughton
once again remained tough enough to
keep the game going.
Finally, the Crusaders had a
chance to win with 20 seconds left in
the second overtime, but the Vikings
defense held its ground to get the ball
back for the final play.
Defensively, I thought we did a
great job, head coach Brad Pickett said. To hold a team as good as
Edgewood to 44 in double overtime,
you are doing a pretty good job ... It
was two really good teams throwing
punches and going at it, and we were
fortunate enough to get the last one.
The first half was back-and-forth
as well with junior Katie Meriggioli
hitting a running layup at the buzzer
to give the Crusaders a 20-18 lead.
Stoughton came back in the second half to grab a 33-26 lead after
a 3-pointer by Hobson, but junior
Estella Moschkau, who led all scorers with 22 points, hit a free throw

and three baskets to give Edgewood

a 35-33 lead with 6:24 to play.
Moschkau was also a challenge
on the defensive side, as she blocked
several shots in the first half.
Defensively, (Moschkau) is just
a good player, but you dont want
to stop doing what you do as far as
getting to the rim, Pickett said. We
just kept telling kids to make sure to
go to the rim. Get your feet under
you and go up strong. If she blocks
it, she blocks it, but at least go strong
and dont hesitate because if you
keep going to the rim then obviously
we as a team arent as good.
The win moved Stoughton into
a three-way tie for first place in the
Badger South, as Oregon, Monona
Grove and the Vikings (9-2 overall)
are all 3-1. Edgewood dropped to
2-2.
Its awesome that we can count
on one another, Hobson said.
Marissa (Robson) had a lot of big
stops, Jenna (Grander) had a lot of

big steals. Aly had a lot of defensive

steals. Everybody was playing so
well.
Stoughton travels to Milton at 7:30
p.m. Friday.

Craig holiday tournament

The Vikings traveled to Janesville
Craig High School for the Optimist
Holiday Tournament and won with
wins over Fall River and Merrill.
On Dec. 29, Stoughton knocked
off Fall River 72-35 after jumping
out to a 32-point lead at halftime.
Hobson led the way with 16 points,
while junior Marissa Robson added
15 points and six rebounds. Kahl and
senior Jenna Gardner added 10 and
nine points, respectively.
In the tournament championship
on Dec. 30, Stoughton knocked off
Merrill 62-31.
Kahl and Hobson scored 15 and 13
points, respectively, to lead Stoughton, while Robson added eight.

The Icebergs girls hockey

capped the Hodag holiday
tournament Wednesday, Dec.
30 inside the Rhinelander Ice
Arena with a 4-3 victory over
the Tomahawk Hatchets.
The victory helped the Icebergs snap a 12-game losing
streak to start the season and
improve to 1-12 overall.
Still despite winning the
teams first game of the season, head coach Carl Helmich
said the girls were focused
more on what they need to
improve, rather than what the
scoreboard said following the
game.
We were very excited to
see the girls effort paying
off, Helmich said. However, many of the girls were disappointed in how we played
in the final minutes, allowing
two goals because they all
know we can do better.
Tomahawk struck first
9:45 into the game thanks to
Rylie Flohr and held the lead
for nearly the entire period
only to see Icebergs forward
Samantha Eyers score on the
power play with six seconds
remaining before the first
intermission.
Center Kaitryn Olson gave
the Icebergs their first lead
less than 6 minutes into the
second period. Its a lead the
Icebergs extended to 4-1 in
the third period thanks to a
Maddy Hess power-play goal
and an Eyers even-strength
goal 11 minutes into the third
period.
Flohr scored twice and
assisted on the Hatchets other

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Wrestling

Four champs lead Vikes to Mid-States title

Anthony Iozzo
Assistant sports editor

Photo by Jeremy Jones

Freshman Cade Spilde (132) goes for a near fall on Dundee Crowns (Ill.) David Hamelberg on Dec. 29
during the Mid-States Invitational at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Spilde finished 2-2 in the
tournament.

Success has not been vacant from meets

and duals for the Stoughton High School
wrestling team this season, and the MidStates from Dec. 29-30 at the University of
Wisconsin-Whitewater was no different.
The Vikings seized the team title with 234
points 53.5 ahead of runner-up Lake Geneva Badger and finished with four individual
champions, two runners-up and a third-place
finish.
Senior Collin Kraus (145), juniors Garrett
Model (138) and Brandon Klein (113) and
sophomore Tyler Dow (152) all won titles,
while junior Kaleb Louis (120) and junior
Tristan Jenny (126) both took second. Freshman Hunter Lewis (106) finished third.
Kraus defeated Downers Grove Souths
(Ill.) Tyree Johnson 5-3 in the finals. He also
defeated Sun Prairies Zach Perrich in a 22-6
technical fall, Fort Atkinsons Owen Worden
in a 26-8 technical fall, and Nicolets Savion

Dean in a 26-8 technical fall.

Model won his title match in a 16-0 technical fall over Vernon Hills (Ill.) Max Rickard.
He also defeated Oconomowocs Christian
Gurule in a 15-0 technical fall, pinned Two
Rivers Laken Duerschmidt in 3 minutes, 54
seconds and knocked off Freeports (Ill.)
Jarid Stimpert in an 11-2 major decision.
Klein knocked of Two Rivers Joey Bianchi 6-0 in his first-place match. He also
pinned Sycamores (Ill.) Justin Silbaugh in
1:14, pinned Beloit Turners Jack Sagaitis in
1:53 and defeated Elkhorns Benji Peak 6-2.
Dow won a 21-7 major decision over
Kenosha Trempers Frank Garcia to win first.
He also won an 11-1 major decision over
Brandon Holmes, defeated Cary Groves (Ill.)
Grant Glueck 5-3 and knocked off Downers Grove Souths Jacob Chisholm in a 10-2
major decision.
Louis made the finals in the 120-pound
bracket, but he was edged by Sun Prairies

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Boys basketball

Boys hockey

Stoughton unable to match

MGs offensive spurts
Jeremy Jones
Sports editor

Photo by Joe Koshollek

Junior Troy Slaby drives past Elkhorns Jack Keller during the first half Saturday in Stoughton. Slaby
scored 16 points as the Vikings won 47-35.

Vikings knock off non-conference Elkhorn

Anthony Iozzo

Tuesday, Jan. 12.

Assistant sports editor

Shawano Sundrop Shootout

The Stoughton High School boys basketball team celebrated its first win of 2016 with
a 47-35 win over non-conference Elkhorn Saturday.
The host Vikings pulled away in the second
half after the Elks kept the game close for the
first half and the start of the second.
Junior Troy Slaby led the way with 16,
while sophomore point guard Brady Schipper
chipped in 10. Senior Adam Krumholz added
nine points.
Junior Alex Easterday led Elkhorn with 13
points.
Stoughton (4-4 overall, 3-1 Badger South)
travels to non-conference Baraboo at 7:30
p.m. Friday and hosts Monroe at 7:30 p.m.

The Vikings traveled to the University of

Wisconsin-Green Bay Kress Center Dec. 29
for what was supposed to be the second of two
games up north.
The game on Dec. 28 was postponed as a
snow storm ripped through the area.
On Dec. 29, Stoughton lost 77-68 to West
De Pere in overtime.
The Vikings battled back from a seven-point
halftime deficit to send the game to extra time,
but West De Pere dominated the OT with an
11-2 advantage.
Slaby finished with 16 points, while Schipper picked up 14. Krumholz added 11.
Senior Luke Pannier led West De Pere with
26 points.

Boys swimming

Milliam touches out MG for lone win in 500

Jeremy Jones
Sports editor

Head coach Katie Liebmann and the Stoughton boys swimming team knew theyd have
their work cut for them when they traveled to
Badger South Conference rival Monona Grove.
Ranked atop the Wisconsin Interscholastic
Swim Coaches Associations Division 2 state
poll thanks to some of the best times in the state
by Ben McDade (200 IM, 200 and 500 free),
Eric Storms (100 backstroke) and all three
relays, the Silver Eagles likely will contend for
another state title.
They showcased a bit of that talent in a 12743 conference win over the Vikings on Tuesday.
While Liebmann and the Vikings have done
a great job moving up the conference ranks,
they simply dont have the firepower to go toeto-toe with the states elite programs just yet.
MG is a great team full of swimmers who
swim year round, as a team with the opposite

culture, its hard to compete with that, Liebmann said. Its that kind of culture that were
looking to build here in Stoughton in the coming years. Weve got a hard working group of
freshman on this team that are going to lead the
future of Stoughton swimming.
Chase Milliam highlighted the meet for the
Vikings, touching out MG sophomore Bronz
Geissler by little more than two-tenths of a second to take the 500-yard freestyle in 5 minutes,
28.62 seconds.
Stoughtons only other victory came on the
JV side where Ian Trautman won the 50 free
and Traeton Kooima, Jacob Foldy, Jacob Turner and Matthew Van Kley won the 400 free
relay.
Stoughton finished the evening with 29 personal best times.
That is proof that the guys are translating what theyre learning in practice to their
meets, Liebmann said.
The Vikings host an invitational Saturday at
10:30 a.m.

Stoughton boys hockey

skated to a two-goal lead
early Monday evening only
to watch the visiting Monona
Grove Silver Eagles answer
with two spurts of its own.
The Silver Eagles rallied
from a 2-0 deficit through
the first 20 minutes to post
a 6-4 Badger South Conference victory inside the Mandt
Community Center.
Tyler Patton scored a goal
and three assists on three others to help Monona Grove
eventually take a 3-2 lead in
second period.
Michael Priebusch scored
an even-strength goal early in
the second period and teammate Wyatt Knipfers powerplay goal short to the stick
side of Carson Roisum with
2:11 remaining in the period
gave the Silver Eagles their
first lead.
Stoughton answered 30
seconds into the third period
to tie the score as sophomore forward Jackson Breton
slipped a James Browning
rebound past MG goaltender
Andryi Nahirniak.
The Vikings goal set off a
two-goal outburst by Monona
Grove as 6 minutes later the
Silver Eagles regained the
lead for good when Tanner
Smith buried a goal off the
faceoff.
Then less than a minute

later Chase Hatton raced

through the neutral zone
unimpeded to extend the MG
lead back to two goals 5-3.
Stoughton senior forward
Max Quale scored an unassisted-goal with just over 2
minutes remaining in regulation to pull Stoughton within
a goal at 5-4.
Stoughton was unable to
pull its goalie in favor of an
extra attacker with a little
over a minute remaining,
however.
Unable to clear the puck
out of its zone, defenseman
Alex Baldwin eventually
scored a Silver Eagles insurance goal with 25 seconds
remaining.

Nahirniak posted 25 saves

in the win, while Roisum
stopped 15 shots in the loss.
The loss dropped Stoughton into a second-place tie
for second in the conference
at 1-2-0 with Oregon. Madison Edgewood and Monona
Grove both sit at 3-0-0 in
conference.
The Vikings (7-7-0 overall, 1-2-0) host winless Monroe (0-7-0, 0-2-0) at 7 p.m.
Thursday. Stoughton follows
that up at 7 p.m. Saturday
against sectional rival Kenosha (6-5-0) before returning
to conference action at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 12 against Oregon (7-4-0, 1-2-0).

Youth softball offers free leagues Player Evaluation March 5, 12, 19 at SHS fieldDay scheduled for Saturday, house.
clinics
Feb. 20, from 1:30-5:45 p.m.
Adult coaches/superviThe Stoughton Youth Softball League is offering free
skill development clinics
Saturday evenings this winter
beginning Jan. 9 and running
through early spring.
Skills nights are open to
youth from grades 2-12 who
reside in the Stoughton Area
School District.
The training nights will
help players prepare for the

inside the SHS Fieldhouse.

Skills and Drills Saturdays
are designed to introduce
new players to the sport of
softball and get all ages ready
for SYS league play.
The dates are Jan. 9 at
the SHS Fieldhouse (enter
through the pool doors); Jan.
16, 23, 30 and Feb. 6 at River
Bluff Community gym building; and Feb. 13, 20, 27 and

sors will be running various

stations to help players on
their skills. All players will
be required to sign in. Skills
nights are open to individual
players of SYS only. Club
teams/members are not permitted.
For more information,
email: info@StoughtonYouthSoftball.com or call 608516-2875.

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Drew Scharenbrock 10-8.
He made the first-place
match with a pin over Maine
Easts (Ill.) Jos Thomas in
1:07, a pin over West Bend
Easts Brandon Miller in
3:52, a pin over Downers Grove Souths Tyler
Bachara in 2:04 and a 17-2

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technical fall over Elkhorns

Daniel Stilling.
Jenny fell short of a title
in an 11-2 major decision to
Two Rivers Paul Bianchi in
the first-place match at 126
pounds. He made the finals
with a pin over Andrews
(Ill.) Luke Gardner in 3:22,
a pin over Fort Atkinsons
Draven Sigmund in 1:06 and
a 7-3 decision over Union
Groves Brett Kieslich.
Lewis was edged 2-1 in
the semifinals by Kenosha
Trempers Mason French at
106 pounds, but he bounced
back with a 2-1 win over
Two Rivers Brody Kust
and a 4-0 win over Elkhorns

Grant Truesdale to finish

third.
Lewis also pinned Cambridges Dakota Thompson in 1:04, Vernon Hills
Blake Teschky in 4:27 and
Sun Prairies Wyatt Thiel in
4:25.
Seniors Jacob Groleau
(195), Austin Sobojinski
(182) and heavyweight Erik
Haried all finished 3-2, while
senior Key Cook (220) and
freshman Cade Spilde (138)
both were 2-2.
Stoughton travels to the
Cheesehead Invitational
Jan. 8-9 at Kaukauna High
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Junior forward Zeth Zeichert tips a shot past Monona Grove

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goal for Tomahawk.
Iceberg goaltender McKenzie Nisus stopped 14 shots on
goal in the victory, including
nine in the third period.
Erin Sparks posted 22
saves in the first period alone
on her way to 52 saves for

Tomahawk.
During the teams three
games in Rhinelander the Icebergs scored more goals than
they had in their previous nine
games combined.
The Icebergs travel to Sun
Prairie Ice Arena on Thursday
to take on the Cap City Cougars co-op (5-9-0, 3-1-0).

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Richard M. Lee, 64, passed

away Dec. 22, 2015 peacefully in his sleep at home in
Palestine, Texas.
Richard was born June 30,

Jason L. Rinden

Jason Rinden

Jason L. Rinden, age 39,

of Madison, passed away on
Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, at
Meriter.
He was born on July 19,
1976, in Stoughton, the son
of Dennis Larsen and Sandra Rinden.

Lorrayne Thompson
Lorrayne Thompson, age
91, died on Tuesday, Dec.

Lorrayne Thompson

29, 2015.
She was born on May 9,
1924, the daughter of Harold and Esther (Whaley)

Samantha Lee of Marinette,

Wis. and Johnathan Lee of
Stoughton; his sister, Linda
Schmidt of Stoughton.; his
nephew, Robert Schmidt of
Stoughton; and his family and
many friends in Stoughton,
Portage, and San Benito.
Richard was preceded in
death by his parents and his
beloved Mastiffs, Fiona,
George, Hershey, Ike, Jubilee
and Lady Kadiva.
A memorial celebration for
Richard will be held at the
VFW Stoughton on Veterans
Road from 2-5 p.m. Sunday,
Jan. 10.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to
Linda Schmidt, 909 US Hwy
51 Stoughton, WI 53589 or
Jessica Cody, 29 N. Oregon
St. Racine, WI 54305.

Jason married Kelly Pearson on Feb. 29, 2008. He

graduated from ITT Tech
with an Associates Degree
in Computer Science and a
Bachelors Degree in Cyber
Security, with the highest
honors.
Jason had a need for speed
and enjoyed his motorcycle
and Jeep. He liked camping,
outdoor activities and was a
great cook. Jason liked joking around with his sister,
Nicole, and they always had
each others back.
Above all else, Jason treasured his family, especially
his wife and grandkids, Abri
and JJ. Jason is survived by
his wife, Kelly; his parents,
Dennis Larsen and Sandra
Rinden; step-mother, Sharon Larsen; sister, Nicole
(Steve) Farwell; children,
Katie and Austin Moore;

grandchildren, Abri and JJ;

and father-in-law, Michael
Pearson.
He was preceded in
death by his mother-in-law,
Kathy Pearson; as well as
his maternal and paternal
grandparents.
Well love you forever,
Grammar Police. You and
me will meet again.
A Celebration of Life
was held at Gunderson East
Funeral Home, 5203 Monona Drive on Friday, Jan. 1
with the Rev. Sandy Schieble presiding.
Online condolences
may be made at www.
gundersonfh.com

Eastman. Lorrayne graduated from Stoughton High

School in 1942, and attended
several classes at MATC.
She worked in the Wisconsin State Treasury for
nearly 30 years, retiring in
1988. Lorrayne volunteered
as a waitress at the Stoughton VFW Restaurant until
her retirement at the age of
81. She was active in the
VFW Auxiliary, the American Legion Auxiliary and
Rebekah Lodge. Lorrayne
was busy at the holiday season, making Christmas cookies and eventually publishing
a cookbook.
She is survived by her
sister, Ruth Wilson of
Stoughton; her sons, Randy
(Coleen) Erstad of Madison,
Jeff (Virginia) Thompson
of Sun Prairie, Mark (Ann)

Thompson of Columbus, and

John (Debra) Thompson of
Stoughton; 17 grandchildren;
18 great grandchildren; and
11 great-great grandchildren.
Lorrayne was preceded in
death by her husband, Arthur
Norman Thompson; son,
Robert Erstad; her parents;
three brothers, Paul, Gordon,
and George; and sister, Bette
(Gene) Nelson. Memorial
services were held on Saturday, Jan. 2 at Cress Funeral
Home in Stoughton, with her
granddaughter, the Rev. Zayna Thompson, officiating.
Please share your
memories of Lorrayne at
CressFuneralService.com

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Fred Shoemaker

Fred Shoemaker

Fred Shoemaker was born

in Sparta, Wis. on Dec. 11,
1941 to Orlo and Alice
(Siekert) Shoemaker.
He graduated from Sparta
High School and earned a
bachelors degree from Wisconsin State University La
Crosse in 1966. Fred served
in the Army National Guard
and later worked as a Recreation Therapist at Mendota
Mental Health Institute in
Madison, Wis. for 31 years.
Specializing in adolescent
treatment, he counseled
troubled kids and taught
social skills, behavior and
teamwork throughout his
entire career.
He married Eileen Babcock at St. Johns Ev.
Lutheran Church in Sparta
on Aug. 2, 1969. Fred and
Eileen moved to Stoughton
in 1972, where they made a
home, raised two boys and
lived the rest of their lives
together.
Fred was an avid sports
fan for his entire life and
spent his early years playing games of all kinds with
friends in Sparta. He spoke
fondly of building a makeshift neighborhood baseball field with his friends,
known in the day as Weedy

Nancy Ladd HoeghGuldberg

Nancy Ladd Hoegh-Guldberg

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Stadium. Fred played basketball, baseball and football

for Sparta High School and
excelled
in many
highly
competitive basketball,
baseball, golf and fast
pitch softball leagues later
in life. He passed his love
of sport on to his two sons
and devoted many hours
to teaching them the finer
points of his favorite pastimes. Fred and Eileen
very rarely missed a game
throughout their sons athletic careers.
Fred loved the outdoors
and spent thousands of
hours helping his fatherin-law maintain the family property in rural Angelo,
Wis. His extended family looked forward to his
annual winter bonfires,
which resulted from lots of
time in the woods cutting
brush, and his penchant for
ambitious tree-trimming
sometimes got him into
trouble with his watchful
mother-in-law. Time spent
in Angelo was one of the
joys of Freds life.
One of Freds greatest
roles was being a grandpa.
He was a natural, and he
made the most of every
minute he was able to spend
with his four grandchildren,
providing memories theyll
carry the rest of their lives.
Fred passed away at the
age of 74 years and 20 days
on Dec. 31, 2015 at Faith
Gardens Memory Care in
Sun Prairie, Wis. after a
brutal five-year fight with
Alzheimers disease. He
was preceded in death by his
parents, parents-in-law, who
treated him like a son, and
brother-in-law Jim Babcock.

As the disease progressed,

Eileen cared for Fred at
home up until three weeks
before his death. The family is eternally grateful
to friends Bob and Mary
Gogolewski and caregivers Donna Mackesey and
Denise Johnson for all their
help.
He is survived by wife
Eileen of Stoughton, WI;
sons Scott (Dawn) of Sun
Prairie, Wis. and Todd (Darci) of Woodbury, Minn.;
grandchildren Zach, Ryan,
Sophie and Alex; sisters Jeri
(Ed) Shaw of Watertown,
Wis., Darlene (Bill) Scafe
of Jefferson, Wis. and June
(Bill) Soucy of Murrells
Inlet, S.C.; sister-in-law
and longtime golfing buddy
Margie Weigle of Madison, Wis.; uncle Bill (Betty)
Siekert of Brookfield, Wis.;
aunt Milldred Meltz of
Brooklyn Park, Minn.; nieces and nephews; and many
friends.
A funeral service was
held on Tuesday, Jan. 5
at St. Johns Ev. Lutheran
Church in Sparta. Reverend
Bernt Tweit and Reverend
Mark Wessel officiated.
Burial with full military
honors provided by VFW
Post 2112 was in the church
cemetery. Pallbearers were
Zeke Babcock, Charley
Babcock, Bob Gogolewski,
Matt Scheibner, Jim Orvick
and Dan Burkhalter.
In lieu of flowers, the
family asks that you honor Fred and help fight
Alzheimers disease by
supporting organizations in
search of a cure. Online condolences may be offered at
www.schanhoferfh.com
The Lanham-Schanhofer
Funeral Home, Sparta,
assisted the family with
funeral arrangements.

Nancy Ladd Hoegh-Guldberg passed away peacefully

in her home surrounded by
family on New Years Day
in Santa Barbara. She was
adored and admired by her
husband of 48 years, Niels;
her four children, Christian, Niels, Karina and Erik;
two daughter in-laws, Katie
and Dana; three beautiful
grandchildren, Joe, Ava and
Logan. She will live on in all
of our hearts forever.
Funeral arrangements will
be announced at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, Nancys

wishes are to have a contribution made in her name to

the Santa Barbara Humane
Society, 5399 Overpass Rd,
Santa Barbara, CA 93111.
Nancy will be missed by
everyone who was fortunate
to have known her. May she
rest in peace.
Welch-Ryce-Haider
Funeral Chapels
15 E. Sola St.
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

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Richard Lee

1951 in Stoughton, Wis. to

John O. and H. Jean Lee. He
attended
and graduated from
Stoughton High
School. He
then enlisted in the Navy and
was in the Vietnam War.
He lived and worked in
Stoughton and Portage, Wis.
before wintering at Fun and
Sun RV Resort in San Benito,
Texas and became a fulltime
resident. Richard was married
three times to Norma Goudy,
Jaqueline Miles and Kay.
Richard was a life member
at VFW Post 328 of Stoughton and the Elks club.
He is survived by his
daughter Jessica (Justine) of
Racine, Wis.; grandchildren,

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Obituaries

Clifford Feggestad

Clifford O. Feggestad, age

95, passed away on Jan. 3 in
Green Bay.
Born June 28, 1920 in
Stoughton, to the late Alfred
and Helga (Olson) Feggestad,
he attended school in Stoughton and spent 10 years farming after returning from the
Army, followed by 35-plus
years in the commercial/
residential flooring business.
Clifford married Ardyce
(Tierney) in February 1944,
in Madison, Wis.
He was an active member
of West Koshkonong Church
in Stoughton and a Lifetime

Leroy O. Foss

Leroy Foss

of Christiana on August 24,

1928 to Olaf and Margaret
(Larson) Foss. Roy graduated from Cambridge High
School. On July 25, 1952
he married Ella Moen. Roy
worked for James Cape and
Sons; Rein, Schultz, and
Dahl; and Mann Brothers
before his retirement in
1992. He was a member
of the Operating Engineers
Local 139 since August 12,
1966.
After retirement Roy
worked at the farms of
David and Marlene Olson
and Dale and Wendy
Olson. He thoroughly
enjoyed his time working with them and having
them for close friends. Roy
enjoyed gardening, and
making and selling lefse in
the winter. He liked watching the Brewers, Packers,
and Badgers.

and Delaine; sisters, Ruth,

Irene and Audrey; his beloved
wife of 54 years, Ardyce; a
grandson, Chad Milward, and
a great-grandson, Cole Mentzer.
Memorials may be made
In memory of Clifford
Feggestad to West Koshkonong Lutheran Church.
Funeral services will be held
at 11 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 8 at
West Koshkonong Lutheran
Church, 1911 Koshkonong
Rd., Stoughton, WI. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m.
until the time of services on
Friday. Clifford will be laid
to rest at West Koshkonong
Cemetery. Family and friends
are invited to a luncheon,
immediately following the
services.
Dad, you will always be
remembered for your passion for life, love of the outdoors, your quiet thoughtful
heart and your many Norwegian stories. You have filled
our hearts with a lifetime of
memories that will live forever.
Cress Funeral Service
206 W. Prospect Street
Stoughton, WI 53589
(608) 873-9244

Roy is survived by his

daughter, Marsha (Kerry)
Krane; his brother, Clayton; sisters, Olive Goede,
Ruth Smithback and Eleanor Lewis; sisters-in-law,
Sandra (Laverne) Hammen
and Alice Moen; brotherin-law, Henry Moen; many
nieces and nephews; and
many dear friends.
He was preceded in death
by his parents; wife, Ella;
sons, David and Dennis;
brother, Lloyd; and sister,
Thelma Kroneman.
Funeral services will be
held at 11 a.m. Saturday,
Jan. 9 at West Koshkonong
Lutheran Church, 1911
Koshkonong Road, Stoughton, with Rev. Richard
Dowling officiating.
Burial will take place
in Riverside Cemetery.
Friends and relatives are
invited to a luncheon

Photo submitted

4-H gets festive

The Kegonsa Hustlers 4-H Club recently completed its annual shoe box outreach for children in
need during the holidays. 4-H club members go shopping for necessities such as shampoo, hats
and toothbrushes and also buy a little toy. The gifts are then wrapped in shoe boxes and delivered
to Family Christian bookstore in Madison, where they are given to children of single parents living in
shelters or in low-income families. The 4-H club will be holding an open house at Covenant Lutheran
Church from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6.
Above, Ashton Wuennemann and Alexa Wuennemann wrap a shoe box.

Legals

following the burial, at the

VFW Post #328 Stoughton. Visitation will be held
from 4-7 p.m. Friday, Jan.
8 at Cress Funeral Home
in Stoughton, and from 10
a.m. until the time of services Saturday at church.
Memorials may be made
to the West Koshkonong
Memorial Fund or Agrace
HospiceCare. The family wishes to thank Lenore
with Agrace in home care,
and the staff of Agrace
HospiceCare in Fitchburg
for their care and compassion.
Please share your
memories of Roy at
CressFuneralService.com

PUBLIC HEARING
Annual Review of
Dunkirk Land Use Plan
Wednesday,
January 13, 2016, 6:30 p.m.
Dunkirk Town Hall,
654 CTH N

Agenda:
Suggested changes, comments or
questions regarding the current land
use plan.
Open Discussion: Amendments,
revisions or suggested changes to land
use plan.
Adjournment
*Current land use plan can be acquired before hand from Town Clerk at
873-9177.
A quorum of Town Board members
may be in attendance.
Kent Falligant
Chairman, Dunkirk Plan Commission
Published: January 7, 2016
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***

Dunkirk Plan Commission

Meeting
Wednesday, January
13, 7:00 (or immediately
following public
hearing)
Dunkirk Town Hall,
654 CTH N

Cress Funeral Service

206 W. Prospect Street
Stoughton, WI 53589
(608) 873-9244

Agenda:
Secretaries Report
Approval of minutes from October
14th meeting.
Old Business:
New Business:
1. Discuss ideas brought forth at the
annual land use plan review.
2. V&B Buildings, LLC, 875 US Highway 51, petition number 10944 to rezone
parcel from B-1 Local Business District
to C-2 Commercial District for use compliance.
3. Nick Jameson, 584 US Highway
51, discussion of changing zoning to be

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Leroy Roy Olaf Foss,

age 87, passed away peacefully on Monday, Jan. 4
at Agrace HospiceCare in
Fitchburg.
He was born in the Town

Member of Sons of Norway

Mandt Lodge 314. One of his
proudest accomplishments
was serving as President of
the 5th District of Sons of
Norway from 1982-1986.
He is survived by his
daughter Sandra and sonin-law Ron Milward, with
whom he has resided for the
past 19 years in Green Bay;
three grandchildren,
Stacy (Paul)
Mentzer,
Ill., Marci
(Steve)
Kuske, Green Bay, and Jay
Milward, Green Bay; six
great-grandchildren, Sara and
Emily Kuske, and Carson,
Lily and Sonia Mentzer and
Cole Milward. His grandchildren and great-grandchildren
were his greatest blessings.
Clifford is also survived by
two sisters, Yvonne (Alfred)
Herlitzka, Iowa, and Nina
Barker, Ill.; one brother, Rollin (Betty), Stoughton; Ove
and Anne Broklev in Strommen, Norway; a very special
lady, Elvi Ruotsala; and several cousins, nieces and nephews here and in Norway.
Clifford was preceded in
death by his parents, Helga
and Alfred; brothers, Arden

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4. Lisa Frey, 172 Highway 138, discussion of changing zoning from A1-EX
to A2(4).
5. Discussion of granny flats.
6. Any pre-application conferences.
Adjournment
A quorum of the Town Board may be
in attendance.
Kent Falligant
Chairman, Dunkirk Plan Commission
Published: January 7, 2016
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STATE OF WISCONSIN,
CIRCUIT COURT,
DANE COUNTY, NOTICE TO
CREDITORS (INFORMAL
ADMINISTRATION) IN THE
MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
Robert R. Potratz

Case No. 15PR863

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:
1. An application for Informal Administration was filed.
2. The decedent, with date of birth
December 25, 1925 and date of death November 25, 2015, was domiciled in Dane
County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 992 Cottonwood Drive,
Stoughton, WI 53589.
3. All interested persons waived
notice.
4. The deadline for filing a claim
against the decedents estate is April 8,
2016.
5. A claim may be filed at the Dane
County Courthouse, Madison, Wisconsin, Room 1000
Lisa Chandler
Probate Registrar
December 22, 2015
David. M. Houser
318 S. Gjertson Street
Stoughton, WI 53589
(608) 873-7781
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402 Help Wanted, General

DISHWASHER, COOK,
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RECOVER PAINTING currently offering

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452 General
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688 Sporting Goods

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705 Rentals
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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
STOUGHTON 1616 Kenilworth Ct.
Large 2-BR apts available now.
Pets welcome. Many feature new wood
laminate flooring.
$775-$825/mo. 608-831-4035.
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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
EAST SIDE Stoughton Duplex. Three BR
three bath two car garage with all appliances included. No Smokers. $1,100
(608)695-2565
ROSEWOOD APARTMENTS for Seniors
55+. 1 & 2 bedroom units available
starting at $750 per month. Includes
heat, water and sewer. Professionally
managed. Located at
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53589 608-877-9388

730 Condos &

Townhouses For Rent
BROOKLYN DUPLEX for Rent, Newer
ranch w/ finished basement. 3-bdr, 2.5
bath, 1800 sq ft. 2-car garage, $1200/mo.
608-455-2525.

750 Storage Spaces For Rent

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Stoughton Garden Center
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Bank Cards Accepted
Off North Hwy 51 on
Oak Opening Dr. behind
Stoughton Garden Center
Call: 608-509-8904
DEER POINT STORAGE
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Clean-Dry Units
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5x10 thru 12x25
608-335-3337
FRENCHTOWN
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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
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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
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6x10 thru 10x25
Market Street/Burr Oak Street
in Oregon
Call 608-206-2347
THE Courier Hub CLASSIFIEDS, the
best place to buy or sell. Call 873-6671
or 835-6677.

Courier Hub

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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

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

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
FOR SALE: Purebred Polled Hereford
bred heifers due to calve Feb-Apr, bred
to top AI sires, open heifers, steers 600700 lbs., 3 white face open cross-bred
heifers and 2 cross-bred cows bred to
Hereford bull. Also yearling bulls - High
performance, great disposition. Mud
Creek Farms 815-238-2381.
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
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.

NOW HIRING DRIVERS FOR DEDICATED & REGIONAL RUNS!

Dedicated Fleet, Top Pay, New Assigned Equipment, Monthly Bonuses
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CDL-A, 6 mos. OTR exp. reqd EEOE/AAP
LIMITED POSITIONS! APPLY TODAY!
866-370-4476
www.drive4marten.com

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360 Trailers

January 7, 2016

Growing to Serve Seniors Better!

A&B ENTERPRISES
Light Construction Remodeling
No job too small
608-835-7791
ALL THINGS BASEMENTY!
Basement Systems Inc.
Call us for all
your basement needs!
Waterproofing. Finishing.
Structural repairs. Humidity
and mold control.
Free Estimates!
Call 800-991-1602 (wcan)

Community Director

We are seeking an experienced and professional director who will

be responsible for the general leadership, sales, and marketing for
the apartments and studios in Stoughton, while supporting and overseeing the rest of the management team and day to day operations.

DOUG'S HANDYMAN
SERVICE
"Honey Do List"
No job too small
608-845-8110
CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon
Friday for The Great Dane and Noon
Monday for the Courier Hub unless
changed because of holiday work
schedules. Call now to place your ad,
873-6671 or 835-6677.

WISCONSIN STATE
JOURNAL CARRIERS

The focus of this position will be:

Develop and maintain community referral resources
Ensure services & cares are held at the highest quality
Committed to the community

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For more information call

Pat at 608-212-7216

Admissions Coordinator - Coordinating the campus admissions process.

Care Coordinator - LPN or RN required. Providing care management.

Qualified applicants should have:

BA or BS Degree
Experience working with senior population
Passion and commitment for working with the elderly

Cooks - Experience Preferred. Preparing delicious meals for campus residents.

Send resum and cover letter no later than January 8, 2016 to:
Fax: 608-819-0666, Email jkopp@milestonems.com, or mail to:
Milestone Management Services
Attn: Julie Heil, Chief Operating Officer
1574 West Broadway Suite 200
Madison, WI 53713

The Wisconsin State Journal

is looking for carriers to deliver in the Stoughton/Oregon
area. Must be available early
A.M.s, 7 days a week, have a
dependable vehicle. Routes
earn approx. $850/month.

Make Milestone Moments Throughout the Seasons!

EOE

www.MilestoneSeniorLiving.com

Have you seen our construction progress?

All Saints Neighborhood on Madisons west side is growing, developing a Main Street and
new living options opening Summer 2016. Were accepting applications for the following:

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Resident Assistants - Full and part-time positions available for a variety of shifts.
We offer great shift differentials including $1.00/hour nights & weekends!

Maintenance Technicians - Performing scheduled & unscheduled maintenance.

We offer competitive wages as well as health, dental and Paid Time Off
to eligible staff. Contact us today!
to request an
application:

608.243.8800

to download
an application:
allsaintsneighborhood.org
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12 - The Courier Hub - January 7, 2016

Show off your kids in

Unified Newspaper Groups 6th Annual

Coming Wednesday, January 27, 2016

This section is full of area children and
grandchildren ages 0 months-7 years.
It is sure to be a treasured keepsake!

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To enter, send the form below and a current photo or

visit one of our websites to fill out the form online and
upload your photo by Monday, January 11, 2016.
Please print clearly. One entry per child. One form per child. Mail to:

Cutest Kids Contest

133 Enterprise Dr., PO Box 930427, Verona, WI 53593

Or go online to enter on any of our web sites:

connectoregonwi.com, connectstoughton.com, connectverona.com, connectfitchburg.com

Childs Name __________________________________________________________________________

Age (please indicate months or years)___________________________

Please check one:

Male Female

Parents Names _________________________________________________________________________

Phone (for contact purposes only)________________________City______________________________________
Photo taken by (if a professional photo) ______________________________________________________
2-3 years 4-5 years 6-7 years

Pictures should be full color and wallet size or larger. For optimal printing quality, please be sure the head in the photo is no smaller than the size of a nickle.
If submitting your photo(s) electronically, please be sure the photo resolution is at least 150 DPI.
Photos must be received byMonday, January 11, 2016 to be included. Please include a self-addressed stamped envelope if you would like your photo returned.

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Please check age category: 0-11 months 12-23 months