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Connector
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THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016

Spring Election

$1.65 million
main would
provide water
for Bishops Bay
development
by KEVIN MURPHY
Times-Tribune

Busy day at local polls

Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger

Dominant victory for Giosta in city council race

Voters in the city and the town of Middleton headed to the polls Tuesday, casting their ballots for a variety of races including the Presidential Primary
and the Wisconsin Supreme Court. In the citys fourth district, incumbent ald. Briana Giosta racked up 67 percent of the vote, easily defeating challenger
Thomas Yost. Pictured above, workers were busy despite a lack of local contests as a stream of voters poured into the Middleton Town Hall on West Old
Sauk Road to have their say in the presidential primary and state supreme court races.

Relay for Life at MHS

A large water main would be

installed this summer up Pheasant Branch Road from Whittlesey Road then east along Balzer
Road and into a new section of
the Community of Bishop Bay,
following approval by the Public Service Commission.
Called the Pheasant Branch
Connector, the 16-inch diameter
main will pass though the towns
of Springfield, Middleton and
Westport but will not serve anyone there.
Its a transmission main
only, not for distribution, said
Shaw Stauske, the City of Middletons director of public
works.
There is no intention of serving anyone in the town of
Springfield or Westport, west of
CTH Q. Instead the $1.6 million
main will provide a second
water source for Bishops Bay,
said Stauske.
The main will complete a
loop for the water system serving Bishops Bay. The other half
of the loop now dead ends in
See WATER, page 8

Community will come together April 16-17 to fight cancer

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Middleton

High School will take place on
Saturday and Sunday, April 1617, from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. The
event is open to the public from
6-11 p.m. at Middleton High
School, 2100 Bristol St.
Join local volunteers and participants from the community

and celebrate cancer survivors,

remember those lost to the disease, and take action to save
more lives from cancer.
The opening ceremony,
which includes a special Survivors and Caregivers Lap, will
begin at 6 p.m.
A Luminaria Ceremony to
honor cancer survivors and re-

member those lost to cancer

will take place at 10 p.m. The
closing ceremony will be at 6
a.m. on April 17.
Visit relayforlife.org or relayforlife.org/middletonhs to
learn more about the event, or
contact Stephanie Jackson at
608-662-7544 or
Stephanie.jackson@cancer.org.

On Wednesday, March 30, at

approximately 11:40 p.m. the
Middleton Police Department
responded to the report of an intoxicated man that was leaving
in a vehicle from a parking lot
in the 1000 block of N. Gammon Rd. Witnesses saw the
man leave the parking lot by
driving his vehicle over a curb,

continuing
through the
grass terrace, over a
sidewalk,
and then
onto
the
road
instead
of
using a des-

ignated exit from the parking

lot.
Officers located the vehicle
and made contact with the
driver, 59-year-old, John E.
Paul of Madison. After field sobriety testing, he was arrested
5thoffense OWI, a felony, and
booked into the Dane County
Jail.

Cops arrest man for 5th OWI

Paul

MCO returns

Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger

Kyle Knox and the Middleton Community Orchestra

will return to the Middleton Performing Arts Center
stage next week. Read more on page 5.

In the days before cell phones

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One of the biggest advances in

technology has come in the telephone industry. The following is
an excerpt from a book titled
Middletons Early Years by
Lorena Gordon. It gives us some
insight into the early years of the
emerging telephone industry.
The Farmers Union Telephone Company was authorized
by the Secretary of State as a
Wisconsin Corporation on April
15, 1901. Its purpose was to construct and operate telephones,
telephone lines and maintain the
same. Capital stock amounting to
$1,000 was issued.
By September 1901, the Village of Middleton had telephone
services. The first telephone directory was published in 1901. It
was named Code of Signals
and contained the rules and regulations to be followed by the pa-

Middleton Area Historical Society

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trons, since there would be as

many as 20 patrons on one line.
Listening to other peoples conversations was not allowed under
any circumstances. Eaves dropping was one of the problems of
having what was called a party
line. Although eaves dropping
was forbidden by company rules,
one could not really expect the
party line customer not to lift
their receiver to get the news of
the day. Lastly, batteries in the
telephone were to be kept in
good condition. There was a
problem with subscriber inadvertently leaving the receiver off the
hook. It was necessary to put a
device in operation called a
howler. This device would alert
the subscriber that their receiver
had not been placed back on the
telephone. It made it impossible
for the other customers to use the

phone.
The first switchboard was located in Cross Plains in the furniture store of Chris Ubersetzig.
The family took turns as operator. Whoever worked at night
slept on a roll away bed. An
alarm awakened them when a
call came in.
If a customer wanted to make
a long distance call, they would
have to come frown to the
switchboard to use a special
phone. If some one knocked on
the door, the operator would have
to admit them.
In the early days, people did
not bother to look up numbers,
they would just call the operator.
The operator also had to accept all fire and police calls.
They would blow the siren, and
the tell each man tat called, the
location of the emergency.

City finance director John Lehman says goodbye

The Village of Middleton had phone service by the end of 1901.

by CAMERON BREN
Times-Tribune

Irish legends

THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016

Photo contributed

Heartline Theatricals, a local theater company based in Middleton, performed a live radio
play entitled Legends of the Leprechauns, a re-telling of three of the most famous Irish
folk tales as collected by William Butler Yeats and Thomas Crofton Croker, at the local library on Thursday, March 17.

City of Middleton finance director John Lehmans last day

of work at city hall will be April
29.
He announced he would be
retiring in November of last
year, following his sixth anniversary working for the city
and an entire career in government finance. Lehman recently
shared what he views as his
greatest accomplishments and
dropped some nuggets of
budget wisdom before he rides
off into the proverbial sunset.
Lehman says he always had a
love of government and that
may have something to do with
his roots.

Im from
the D.C. area,
Lehman said.
Whether there
is any connection to the fact
the I was born
in D.C. and I
Lehman
love government I dont
know, but local government is
what I really like because it is
very tangible.
In local government everything is much easier to visualize
and understand, which makes it
simpler to solve problems,
Lehman says.
Lehman was inspired early in
his career during his time working in the budget department in
Fairfax County, a county right

Photo contributed

outside of D.C. and one the

wealthiest in the country. He
says the county had about 25
employees working strictly as
budget analysts and anytime the
board of supervisors had a question about the budget they had
an entire team to call on.
Lehman says he realized then
what made a good financial anSee LEHMAN, page 8

Members of Troop 940 make Eagle

THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016

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Above, Boy Scout Troop 940s Jacob Harnois, Shaun Wettstein and Arik Van Asten have all earned the rank of Eagle, which is Scoutings highest honor.

Members of Troop attained

the rank after completing
impressive projects

Jacob Harnois, a senior at

Middleton High School, completed a project to repair and
renovate the historic kitchen
and bathroom at the Middleton
Area Historical Society Museum. He completed the 50Miler Hiking Award and the
Mile Swim in addition to earning 24 merit badges. He is a
member of Order of the Arrow,
Scoutings national honor society, and completed at 75-mile
hike at Philmont Scout Reserve
in New Mexico. Jacob will
study mechanical engineering at

Marquette University beginning

this fall.
Shaun Wettstein graduated
from Middleton High School
last June. His Eagle project included building barriers for the
Hoop House at Advent
Lutheran Church, preventing
rodent damage to the plants
grown in the structure. He is a
member of Order of the Arrow
and completed a 75-mile hiking
trip at Philmont. Shaun is a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves, and he is
pursuing a Bachelors Degree at
the University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee.
Arik Van Asten, a graduate of

Troop 940 has offered exciting, hands-on learning experiences for over 30 years. They invite families with boys between the ages of 11 and 18 to visit a meeting or join them for
an outdoor adventure.Meetings are Tuesday evenings at7 p.m.,
at Northside Elementary during the school year and at Lakeview
Park during summer vacation. Contact Scoutmaster Jan Cermak (jan.c.cermak@gmail.comor608-831-5661) for more.

Madison West, built a path between Pheasant Branch Trail

and Woodcreek Village as his
Eagle project. He earned the
50-Miler hiking award and
Scoutings Triple Crown High
Adventure Base Award, completing adventures at Philmont,
Minnesotas Northern Tier (hiking and canoeing), and Floridas
Sea Base (scuba diving). Arik

participated in the 100th Anniversary National Scout Jamboree in 2010 and worked as a
staff member at Philmont in
2014. Arik is also a member of
Order of the Arrow. He is pursuing a degree in mechanical
engineering at UW Madison
and is currently studying at
Danish Technical University in
Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Live from Nashville

Photo contributed

Live from Nashville will soon bring the songs that define American Music the songs that
Americas beloved singers have brought to life for decades: Patsy & Hank, Cash, Parton,
Swift - to Middletons own Performing Arts Center. The production will be April 16 at 7:30
p.m. at the Middleton Performing Arts Center located at 2100 Bristol St.
Tickets for adults are $35, seniors are $30, and students are $10. The are available at Middleton Community Bank, online at friendspac.org, or by calling 608-886-3103.

THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016

Wine Walk returns for 10th year

Photo contributed

The Downtown Middleton

Business Association, (DMBA),
will host a Spring Wine Walk on
Thursday, May 5 from 5 to 8
p.m.
Guests will start the evening
at the BMO Harris Bank where
they will receive a wine glass
and a wristband. Each guest will
plan their adventure, proceeding
to each business as desired;
enjoy tasting one ounce of a red
wine, one ounce of a white
wine.
A selection of wines will be
featured from France, California, South Africa, Washington,
Australia, Chile, Italy, Wisconsin, Argentina and France. Busi-

nesses will offer delicious appetizers to compliment the wines.

The participating businesses
include: Barriques Wines &
Spirits, Cole & Decker, Dinys
Jewelers, Z.Bella Boutique,
Middleton Staybridge Suites,
Neena Boutique, Momentum
Floral & Decor, Chauette
Home, Middleton Dress Company, The National Mustard
Museum, The Roman Candle
Pizza, Simon Real Estate, Hallman Lindsay Paints and BMO
Harris Bank. Many of the businesses will also be offering specials
for
the
evening.
Gunderson Funeral Home and
Cremation has generously do-

nated the wine glasses for this

event.
The tickets will go on sale on
Thursday, April 7. They can be
purchased at Marilyns Salon
(1833 Parmenter Street), starting at 5:00 a.m. Plan to stop by
early that day as only 250 tickets will be sold at $25 each.
The Spring Wine Walk is a
fundraiser and a portion of the
proceeds will be donated to the
DAIS (Domestic Abuse Intervention Services) by the
DMBA.
Organizers will be accepting
cash and checks only.

Kyle Knox returns to MCO stage

THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016

OnWednesday, April 13, the

Middleton Community Orchestra will present an early Spring
Concert featuring regular guest
conductor Kyle Knox in a performance of the Prelude to Act
1 of Lohengrin by Wagner and
Symphony No. 3 by Sibelius.
This music is gorgeous, and
organizers promise a short and
very sweet evening of great
music with a reception to follow.
The concert is at7:30p.m. at
the Middleton Performing Arts
Center. General admission is
$10. All students are admitted
free of charge.
Knox enjoys a diverse musical career as a conductor, clarinetist and teacher.
Since 2013 he has been Assistant Conductor at UW Madison where he makes regular
appearances with the University
Symphony and Chamber Orchestras. Increasingly active in
opera, Kyle was engaged to

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lead UW Operas 2014 production of Brittens Albert Herring

and will return this winter to
lead that companys production
of Conrad Susas Transformations. Having previously served
as Assistant Conductor for
Madison Operas production of
Dead Man Walking, Knox was
invited by that company to lead
their 2016 winter production of
Mark Adamos Little Women in
the Madisons Capitol Theatre.
Other 2015-2016 highlights include a debut with the Wisconsin Music Clinic High School
Honors Orchestra as well as a
return visit with the Middleton
Community Orchestra, a group
he has performed with regularly
since 2013.
In addition, he has conducted
musical theatre productions in
Milwaukee and Madison, most
recently performing Rodgers
and Hammersteins masterpiece
Carousel in a joint production
with the Middleton Players

Theatre and the Middleton

Community Orchestra. In the
summer of 2015 he was chosen
to conduct the New Symphony
Orchestra in Sofia, Bulgaria
under the mentorship of Larry
Rachleff. Previous conducting
appearances include CHATTER
(Albuquerque), the Northwestern University Orchestra, and
the Cleveland Institute of Music
Orchestra.
From 2005-2010 Knox was
Assistant Principal and Eb clarinetist in the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and on faculty
at UW Milwaukee. He has performed often with the Santa Fe
Opera and Philadelphia Orchestras and has been featured at the
Tanglewood, Spoleto (Italy),
Santa Fe Chamber Music, and
Bowdoin Summer Music Festivals, as well as the New York
String Orchestra Seminar. His
recording credits include the
Koch and Naxos labels in addition to numerous performances

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Photo contributed

OnWednesday, April 13, the Middleton Community Orchestra will present an early Spring
Concert featuring regular guest conductor Kyle Knox.
on NPRs Performance Today.
Knox has premiered works
by Osvaldo Golijov, Sean Shepherd, and Huang Ruo among
many others. Nico Muhlys

chamber work Service Music

(2004) was written for and dedicated to him. He holds a BM in
clarinet from Juilliard where he
studied with Ricardo Morales

and an MM in conducting from

UW Madison where he studied
with James Smith.
He lives in Madison with his
wife, violinist Naha Greenholtz.

PAGE 6

Democracy
Spring and
Democracy
Awakening

Our democracy is based on

the idea of one person, one
vote. But we still are fighting
to ensure that every voice is
heard and every vote is
counted.
The barriers that shut some
Americans out of the political
process including restrictive
voting laws and a campaign finance landscape that allows big
money to shape elections are
preventing us from effecting
change on key fronts, from climate change to health care and
education and more.
It is time to take our democracy back.
This is why I am writing
about these two events in Washington, D.C. in April 2-18 for a
mass convergence on the nations capital. These events reflect a movement that demand a
democracy that works for all
Americans, not just corporate
interests or the wealthy.
Democracy Spring and
Democracy Awakening events
are mobilizing because of recently adopted measures in
nearly two dozen states impose
unjust voter identification requirements, because after the
Supreme Courts 2010 ruling in
Citizens United mega-corporations the rich are pouring eyepopping sums into our elections
drowning out average citizens

MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE

THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016

Letters to the Editor

voices, and because Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

has created a constitutional crisis-in-the-making with his political
stand
that
Senate
Republicans will block approval of any nominations for
the Supreme Court justice until
a new president takes office.
We want fundamental reform
that makes our democracy work
and enables us to tackle our
great challenges together.
Events are already in
progress but its never too late
to join in.
Learn more at
Spring
democracyspring.org
and
democracyawakening.org.
Julie Crego
Middleton
Wisconsin Grassroots
Network

Rowley
House ready
for season

Spring is officially here and

therefore the annual opening of
the MAHS Rowley House must
also be close at hand! As you
well know we have lots of interesting treasures in our main museum and we do get quite a few
visitors every year (179 signed
our guest registry in 2014, 157
did so in 2015) and we also host
lots of school students every
year (369 in 2014, 548 in
2015). To make the visitation
enjoyable for our guests, we
rely on help from our members,
so I am sending you this request

to PLEASE consider helping

out this coming season.
The Middleton Area Historical Society needs volunteers to
greet visitors and serve as docents at the Rowley House Museum. A meeting for new and
past volunteers is scheduled
for Saturday, April 9, at 10
a.m. at the museum, 7410 Hubbard Avenue.
The Rowley House Museum
is open on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
from mid-April to mid-October. Volunteer hours are flexible.
If you are interested in learning about Middletons history
and if you enjoy meeting people, plan to attend the meeting
for more information about volunteer opportunities. A tour of
the museum will follow. If you
have questions contact Carol
Burger at 836-3779.
Jeff Martin,
President
Middleton Area
Historical Society

Affordable
housing is
not the issue

We are writing in response to

your article regarding neighborhood opposition to JT Kleins
proposed Stage Coach Trail
Apartments 73-unit complex at
6620-6630 Century Avenue.
The vast majority of strong
opposition to JT Kleins proposal
is
due
not
to
affordable/workforce housing
issues (as the headline seems to
suggest), but rather to the fact
that the density and height of

this massive redevelopment is

not appropriate to our community or to the adjacent Pheasant
Branch Conservancy.
We are deeply concerned
about the impact JT Kleins
project would have on:
- The Pheasant Branch Conservancy: The loss of green
space, mature trees and plantings, and permeable surfaces
could result in serious watershed and drainage issues, and
damage to the surrounding
properties and the creek.
- Increased traffic at the already dangerously busy car and
pedestrian intersection on Century Avenue, and on Century
Avenue and Old Creek Road.
- Parking: There is no additional street parking for guests
or any over-flow parking.
- Our neighborhood, privacy,
environment, property values,
and quality of life.
The three single-family
homes directly bordering the
site (ours included) would be
backed by parking lots, 24-hour
lights, and paved non-permeable surfaces, with constant
traffic and noise pollution. The
huge L-shaped, four-story complex, balconies, and roof-top
party deck would tower over
our back yards and homes, invading windows and privacy.
The noise, lights, and run-off
would carry over to our neighbors across Old Creek Road, the
Middleton Glen Retirement
Community, the Solitude Condos on Old Creek Road, and the
Conservancy Condos on Pheasant Branch Road, adversely affecting them as well.
JT Kleins plan to demolish
six
small
single-family
homes/duplexes, large yards,
and old-growth trees and replace them with a development

of this size and mass is not a

good one. There is a definite
need to explore two-story options that allow for livability,
maximum green space, and less
density.
We have been a part of this
long-established,
historical
neighborhood since 1983. We
urge the city of Middleton to reject JT Kleins current Stage
Coach Trail Apartments plan,
and maintain the integrity of our
neighborhood by making development choices that fit the character and scale of our
community, and that support
and protect Middletons beautiful Pheasant Branch Conservancy area.
Katie Brown and
Dave Trezise

Massive
apartment
proposal
is bad for
Middleton

Our family has lived on Old

Creek Road in Middleton for
more than 30 years. We have
seen a lot of development, from
Middleton Hills, to the Solitude
Condominiums, the Middleton
Glen development and then
Phase II several years later.
The JT Klein Development
plans called Stage Coach Trail
Apartments are NOT good for
Middleton. According to current plans, six homes will be
destroyed and replaced by one
massive building of 73 apartments
in
four
stories,
(50 ft. high) with a flat roof-top

party terrace over the threestory L section strung in behind (east of) Old Creek Road
homes. Many old growth trees
will be destroyed and the apartments will block the entire eastern view for everyone living
west of the building.
There is already plenty of
traffic on Century Avenue and it
will become quite dangerous as
residents try to negotiate it during rush hour. (You might ask
current residents how they like
pulling into traffic on Century
Avenue.)
Because parking is bare minimum, guests and visitors to the
proposed Stage Coach Trail
Apartments would easily fill the
proposed parking lot meant for
Conservancy visitors.
This is basically a singlefamily residential neighborhood. A structure this massive,
this close to the street and to
single family homes would
dominate and overshadow
everything. There are plenty of
excellent examples in Middleton Hills of condos and apartments with low profiles
(two-stories), generous landscaping and green space surrounding them. Nothing about
the JT Klein proposal would enhance the neighborhood quality
of
life
or
protect
our wonderful Conservancy.
We hope that the Middleton
Plan Commission listens to us
and
other
long-term
residents of this area and rejects
the JT Klein plans, unless they
are significantly reduced to
compliment the neighborhood
to be a part of it, not overwhelm
it.
Margaret and
Tom Washa

Looking back at Middleton Junction Cemeterys long and storied history in the local community
THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016

The Middleton Cemetery Association has announced the

opening of the new entrance to
the Middleton Junction Cemetery. It is named Middleton
Junction Cemetery from the
olden days, even though today
the cemetery is technically in
the city limits of Madison. The
new entrance replaces the four
former entrances on Mineral
Point Road. These entrances
were closed after the reconstruction of the intersection of
Mineral Point Road and Junction Road. The new entrance is
just west of the west side Target
Store.
Since 19015, many improvements and updating have been
made to the cemetery. Roads
have been repaved, many older
trees have been trimmed, a new
roof and gutters have been
added to the old well house as
well as a new door. A new aluminum weather proof display
case has been hung on the side
of the well house displaying

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names of all lot owners, and a

display map, now computerized, showing the entire cemetery with directions to find
graves. This case is dedicated
to the memory of Gilman C.
Voss, former Chairman of the
Board, who died in 2015. An
older display case will be removed.
The area known as Middleton Junction was also called
East Middleton, and was the
first site of what is now the city
of Middleton. In the 1900s lead
was hauled by teams from Mineral Point to Milwaukee on
what was then called Military
Road or Stagecoach Road.
When the train came through
headed toward Madison the
center of Middleton shifted to
its current location. Originally,
a Methodist church stood at the
corner of the cemetery but was
torn down many years ago, and
the wood reused by an area
farmer. Historically, the cemetery has always been open to all

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Zoning legislation marks political

victory for the Towns Association
Photo contributed

The area known as Middleton Junction was also called East Middleton, and was the first
site of what is now the city of Middleton.

races and creeds.

Many early settlers to the
Middleton area are buried at the

Youth center to host Spring Showcase

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The Middleton Youth Center will host its 2nd Annual Spring Showcase onThursday, April
21stfrom5:30-7 p.m.at Clark Street Community School (2429 Clark Street). It is free and
open to the community. Please join them for displays of student projects from the past year,
a chance to talk with students, staff, and partner organizations, and a short presentation and
student performances at6 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.

Freeman, a freed slave, active in

civic duties, who was beloved
by the Middleton community;
three generations of the doctors
Rowley and their ancestors who
cared for and supported the
Middleton community. The history also includes the stories of
many others including that of
two brothers who went west
seeking their fortune and were
hanged for cattle rustling or
horse thieving, and were returned to their loved ones in
Midddleton for burial. More information about burials at the
cemetery can be found at
www,findagrave.com where
more than 800 graves are listed.
A Website for Middleton
Junction Cemetery can be found
atwww.junctioncemetery.com
The Board members for the
Cemetery include Richard
Bakken, James Dahlk, Rod
Waldmann, Nancy Van Aman,
Fred Kempfer, and James
Ullom.

cemetery. The earliest tombstone is dated 1850. The historical marker at the cemetery

notes the graves of the greatgrandparents of Wisconsin

writer Zona Gale. Soloman

Town of Middleton supervisor Tim Roehl says country was infringing on local control
Legislation to allow towns in
Dane County to more independently change zoning and land
use services was signed February 29 and took effect March 2
as Act 178. The law allows
towns to set zoning and land use
without oversight by Dane
County.
While some towns lamented
the potential added costs, and

county supervisors pondered a

more piecemeal approach to
land use in Dane County, and
still others worried about the
negative environmental impact
it could have, those who pushed
for the change were downright
jubilant.
Town residents, not supervisors from the City of Madison,
will be making decisions for the

future of their towns, said Jerry

Derr, Dane County Towns Association president. Were
also eliminating an expensive
duplicate system of review by
giving towns the option to leave
the County zoning system.
Under the new law, towns
will be able to withdraw from

to partner together to create solutions.

The fund was passed as part
of the Dane County 2015
budget.
It allocates $2 million each
year for four years to establish
an Affordable Housing Development Fund. The purpose of

the fund is to encourage the development of affordable housing in Dane County by using
money from the fund to leverage additional funds.
This fund is just one example
of the countys work on Affordable Housing. In 2015 the
county teamed up with the City

of Madison, Wisconsin Housing

and Economic Development
Authority, Heartland Housing,
Heartland Health Outreach,
U.S. Bank, BMO Harris, the
Federal Home Loan Bank of
Chicago, the Home Depot

County announces $2.25 million for affordable housing

See ZONING, page 7

County executive Joe Parisi says the new funds are available to apply for today

Dane County Executive Joe

Parisi
has
announced
$2,250,000 to address affordable housing in Dane County is
available to be applied for.
The Affordable Housing Development fund was established
in the 2015 County Capital
budget and establishes a source

of funding to assist in the creation of affordable housing in

Dane County. There are two
separate available funds one is
for transitional housing for released offenders ($500,000) and
the other for affordable housing
for individuals who are homeless ($1,750,000).

More people are moving to

Dane county than any other
county in Wisconsin, said
Parisi. We must continue to invest in affordable housing to
help address the current housing
challenges we face. No one entity can solve our housing challenges alone, we must continue

See HOUSING, page 9

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ZONING

the Dane County zoning ordinance as of January 1, 2017.

Towns are not required to withdraw. But even those which do
not withdraw will be impacted
by a provision which requires
the county to follow the land
use plans adopted by the towns,
as has been the case for cities

LEHMAN

alyst.
The responsibility as I see it
for a financial analyst is to try
and boil down the numbers into
something that is very easy for
governing board members to
understand, Lehman says.
They have a limited amount of
time to get in and digest the
problem and decide what they
want to do.
Lehman says focusing on key
details in the data and presenting it in a way that is easy to understand should be the goal of
any financial analyst.
In some ways, a government
budget is just like any other,
whether its a household or a
business, though Lehman says
there are couple axioms that are
more prevalent in the former:
There will never be enough
money and there will always be
infinite ways of spending that
limited amount of money.
Thats why Lehman says it is
critical for the community and
its leaders to set clear goals be-

WATER

Bishops Bay after extending up

CTH Q past the Northlake subdivision.
Looping the system brings in
water from two directions, providing needed supply redundancy for firefighting if either
side of the loop were to break,
said Stauske.
Fire hydrants will be spaced
along the Pheasant Branch Connector more widely than in the
City of Middleton mainly for
flushing the main to prevent
water from stagnating.
The looped system should be
able to provide the 546,000 gallons of water Bishop Bays residents will need daily when the

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and villages.
Until now, town residents
whose right to local control has
been vetoed by county supervisors the towns dont elect, said
Tim Roehl, DCTA vice president and a supervisor in the
Town of Middleton. With the
new law, towns can adopt com-

fore putting together a budget.

Do the citizens and city
council ultimately buy off on
these goals? If they do then
what they work on is the budget
to make that happen, Lehman
says.
Lehman reviewed what he
felt were his greatest accomplishment while working for the
city. He said he was proud of
the debt service money he
helped citizens save by advising
the city council to pay off debt
early. He says that citizens
saved a little over $95,000 by
paying off debt from the golf
course early and in 2018 will
save another $91,000 paying off
the rest of the golf course debt.
Another accomplishment has
been his work on local tax increment financing (TIF) districts. He flipped through two
binders he put together, full of
all the TIF agreements in the
citys two TIF districts with projection models, payments trackers and calculators.

development reaches full build

out, projected in 2030.
There may be some excess
[supply] capacity for future development with annexation into
the city as long as it doesnt impact Bishops Bay, said
Stauske.
But to date there have been
no inquiries from Springfield
residents using wells about connecting to the planned main and
Stauske is not expecting any for
some time.
I think the town is happy
with the character of their development theyve got and so
are we, he said.
Springfield Town Chair Dan
Hoffman was not available for
immediate comment.
The Pheasant Branch route
was selected after considering
and rejecting a route that
crossed the Northlake subdivi-

prehensive plans through a

process which requires the
county to abide by the plan.
Even if towns dont withdraw
from zoning, that increases the
towns influence over their land
use.
According to a statement issued by the towns association,

If Ive said it once I have

said it a million times since Ive
been here; as the tax increment
districts go so goes the City of
Middleton, Lehman said.
Lehman claimed that Middletons tax rate has historically
been the lowest of surrounding
jurisdictions. (Variable factors
such as property values have a
tendency to make determining
such things more of an art than
a science.)
The reason why it has been
so low, in my opinion, is because of our use of tax increment districts, Lehman said.
Its really simple, in order to
figure out how many tax revenues you are going to get coming into the city is a function of
two things; the overall property
value of the city times the mill
rate.
He says over the years there
has been a lot of development
incentivized by TIF on vacant
land which has increased the
property value of the city.

sion or wetlands.
We ended up with a longer
route but avoided a subdivision
and environmentally sensitive
lands, Stauske said.
Stauske anticipates getting
PSC approval for the connector
project in April and construction could begin in June.
The city and Bishops Bay developer, T. Wall Properties,
LLC, must approve a developers agreement, also scheduled for finalizing in April.
Water main construction in
the Town of Springfield is expected to take about four weeks,
according to November 2015
memo from MSA Professional
Services. During this time, the
main will be installed in the east
half of Pheasant Branch Road

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continued from page 7

the DCTA has been preparing

for the contingency of adoption
of the law for some time.
We have a timeline prepared, it continued. Preliminary work to write the zoning
ordinance has started. We have
selected an established firm
with extensive experience in

local zoning administration who

can administer zoning for the
towns. We are confident the
system we create will be better,
more timely and more economical than the County system.
Property owners no longer will
have to drive into downtown
Madison to meet with County

staff in order to apply for a zoning permit or a rezone. There

will be one level of approval
and fee rather than two.
Passage of AB 563 is the result of decades of struggle to
end towns status as secondclass communities. We are very
proud of the result.

With the development incentive of TID [tax increment

districts] that has gone from basically very little value to hundreds of millions of dollars of
value, Lehman explains. Essentially what TID is and working with developers is an
economic development incentive tool.
Middleton has had a different
approach with TIF in that it put
thousands of acres of land into
the districts whereas many
cities create smaller TIF districts for a few blocks or a particular development, Lehman
says. He explains that grouping
all the agreements together has
allowed the city to then move
multiple developments out of
the TID and back into the general fund.
accomplishment
Another
Lehman is proud of is bidding
out the citys banking - working
with the same bank for several
years. He asked the city to put
out a request for bids and

switched to a new bank after

getting a better offer. Lehman
says that resulted in the city
having a more modern set of
banking tools. He says he will
also recommend the city put out
a request for bids for a new external auditor before leaving.
This is government of, for
and by the people, so we have a
responsibility to let anybody
who wants to be our bank have
that opportunity, Lehman said.
He says he believes every
government should be requesting new bids for services every
six or seven years.
The citys high Moodys
credit rating was handed to
Lehman when he was hired and
he says he is happy to pass it on
to his successor. He says during
his tenure he made sure to invite
the analysts at Moodys to come
out to see the City of Middleton
and the developments the city
was investing in. He notes the
high credit rating continues to

save the city money on debt

service.
Lehman points out that he
pushed successfully for the city
payment drop box at the library
and played a key role in setting
up online payments and the
property tax calculator that is
now on the citys website.
Lehman says he doesnt
know what is next for him,
which is pretty unusual. He
says he plans to stay in Middleton with his wife for the at least
the next couple years, but will
eventually sell their Middleton
home and move to their second
home in Chippewa Falls about
an hour away from Minneapolis
where his daughter, son-in-law,
and grandson live.
He says he will also continue
his work he started in 2004 as a
volunteer reviewer for the Government Finance Officers Association reviewing budgets from
all over the United States.

and the south half of Balzer

Road. When completed the
roads will be paved to town
standards.
The roadway will be closed
during construction but will remain open to local traffic. Property owners will be kept
notified of the construction
progress.
Sewer mains and two pumping stations also are being constructed in conjunction with the
connector main project.
Two metering stations would
be built to gauge water usage by
residents in the part of Bishops
Bay that remains in the town of
Westport. Middleton would sell
water to Westport which has its
own distribution system and
bills it customers.

The cost of the Pheasant

Branch main will be borne by
the utility district created to
serve Bishops Bay but will be
repaid by the developer through
a 15-year loan, said Stauske.
These [the sewer and water
main projects] are pretty big

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continued from page 1

ticket items, significant costs

for a developer which is why
the city stepped in to create a
utility district and do the financing. Ordinarily, the developer
must bear all the costs, but these
are extraordinary, he said.

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HOUSING

Foundation, and Enterprise

Community Partners to fund a
permanent supportive housing
unit on Rethke avenue focused
on chronic homelessness, including homeless veterans. The
facility will open early this
summer.
Located at 715 Rethke Avenue in Madison the $8.9 million, 60-unit building will
provide housing for individuals

MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE

who are chronically homeless,

with a focus on veterans, for
whom 25 of the units will be
designated. Rethke is designed
to serve those who would not be
able to stay housed without a
wide range of supportive services and who, conversely, need
to be housed to be able to fully
participate in these services.
Many homeless individuals
have a number of factors stand-

ing in their way, potentially including mental illness, a substance disorder, or chronic
medical problem. Onsite services will be provided by Heartland Health Outreach and will
include mental health services,
links to other health care and
employment providers, case
management and social enrichment, all designed to improve
stability and support economic

self-sufficiency.
Dane County also works to
keep families in their homes
through eviction prevention
funding. In 2015 the veterans
service office kept 70 veterans
in their homes through eviction
and utility disconnect prevention.
Dane Countys Department
of Human Service kept 100
families and 209 children in
their homes through eviction
prevention funds.
In the 2016 budget Parisi increased funding for eviction
prevention from $25,000 to
$75,000.
$500,000 was awarded to
Nehemiah Community Development Corporation for use in
expanding their network of
transitional housing for persons
released from custody from the
Wisconsin Department of Corrections. The money will be
used to purchase two multiunit
buildings. The overwhelming
majority of ex-offenders returning to Dane County are youth
and African-American. Well-

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documented racial disparities in

our community place these exoffenders at a high risk for reentry failure, recidivism and
homelessness.
The County will also award
nearly $1.5 million to three
projects for affordable rental
housing. The County awarded
$500,000 to Housing Initiatives,
Inc. to purchase affordable
rental housing targeted towards
homeless veterans, the chronically homeless, and persons
with mental illness. Housing
Initiatives has been active for
over 20 years. The organization
owns and operates 98 rental
units across the City of Madison.
An award of $554,000 was
made to Gorman & Company to
support its affordable housing
project at the Union Corners development at Milwaukee Street
and East Washington. This project includes a total of 90 units,
76 of which will be set aside for
persons with incomes ranging
from 30% to 60% of the
Countys median income. Gor-

continued from page 7

Apply for
the funds at
www.danepu
rchasing.com
RFP number
115083.

man has partnered with

Lutheran Social Services to provide supportive services to low
income residents.
The third award was made to
Movin Out, Inc. for its Madison
on
Broadway
project. Movin Out will combine the countys $384,000
award with low-income tax
credits and other financing
sources to develop 48 income
restricted housing units on the
2200 block of West Broadway
and at 197 Lake Point
Drive. Movin Out targets its
units to persons with physical
disabilities and veterans.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016

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The time
is now

Middletons expereinced golf

team has state title aspirations
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune

Theres a long-standing
saying that deadlines spur
action.
For Brady Thomas, Emmet
Herb and Joey Levin, their
deadline has arrived. Now,
Middletons senior golfers are
expecting their finest action
yet.
The Cardinals terrific trio
has been part of the varsity
lineup since their freshman
seasons. In that time, theyve
helped Middleton finish
fourth at state in 2014 and
fifth in 2015.
Now, with the end in sight,
Herb, Levin and Thomas all
want to leave on a high note.
This is our last go at that
state championship, said
Thomas, whose team begins
its season Friday at the
Wisconsin Dells Invite. We
have had our chances the last
two years at winning and

failed.
I think this year its our
turn to really take over
because its our last year and
we all have worked really
hard to come out on top in the
end. I'm extremely excited to
work our way to (University)
Ridge and then get the job
done there.
Levin agreed.
We are all really excited
for this season, Levin said.
This past winter we put in a
lot of work in order to succeed
this year. I know that all the
guys, especially the seniors,
are really motivated to leave
their mark on the Middleton
golf tradition.
The chances of that happening appear awfully strong.
Herb, Levin and Thomas
who will finish their
careers as four-year letterwinners were all named firstteam all-Big Eight Conference
last season. Fellow senior Nils
See GOLFERS, page 13

Big things
lie ahead

Emmet Herb and Middletons boys golf team have high hopes this spring.

Girls soccer
team has
high hopes
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune

Middleton junior forward Kristen Reikersdorfer was named first-team all-Big Eight Conference last season.

File photo

Rankings?
What rankings?
That was Mary Duffys
reaction when told her
Middleton girls soccer team
began the year ranked No. 4 in
the first Wisconsin Soccer
Coaches Association poll of the
season.
I had no idea, Duffy said
of
the
preseason
rankings. That is very nice
that people voted for us. I think
our strong runs in the postseason contribute to this ranking,
and while I think Middleton
will be good and we have the
squad to make a strong run during postseason, this is still a
new year with different kinks

File photos

to work out. I do not put much

stock in pre-season rankings,
nor do I during the season.
That seems wise, as the
rankings themselves especially in April are worth less
than the paper theyre printed
on.
But people clearly think
highly of Middleton once again
this season, and its easy to see
why.
The Cardinals captured a
second straight Big Eight
Conference title last season and
reached the WIAA Division 1
sectional finals. Middleton lost
a terrific group of 12 seniors
from that team, but returns a
gifted nucleus and has several
newcomers ready to make their
mark.
Middleton is one of the top
schools in the state for getting
teams to state, or at least having a long postseason run, said
Duffy, whose team opens its
season Saturday with games at
Appleton
North
and
See SOCCER, page 14

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MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE

Dynamic duo shines

PAGE 11

Photos courtesy of Christopher Hujanen

Middletons Trevaun Turner (top, center) finished fourth in the 55-meter dash at the Madison West Relays last Saturday. Below, Gus Newcomb won the 1,600 meter run.

Newcombe,
Hagge roll at
West Relays
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune

Middletons dynamic duo of

Perrin Hagge and Gus
Newcomb both have extremely
large goals this season.
If they both achieve them, it
could be a magical season for
everybody inside the Cardinals
program.
Newcomb won the 1,600
meter race and Hagge was first
in the 800 at last Saturdays
Madison West Relays held at
the Camp Randall Sports
Complex. Those performances
helped Middleton finish sixth
among 27 teams at the meet.
Stevens Point was first at
54.5, while Oak Creek (48),
Lake Forest, Ill. (44),
Hononegah, Ill. (41.5) and
Menomonee Falls (40) rounded
out the top five. Middleton finished with 36 points.
I was very pleased with
Gus Newcomb and Perrin
Hagge, Middleton first year
coach Joe Line said. This was
their first meet of the season
and they looked very healthy
and performed at a high level.
Indeed.
Newcomb completed the
1,600 in 4 minutes, 24.61 seconds, more than four seconds
faster that runner-up Alex
Carter
of
Oconomowoc
(4:29.19).
Gus tried to get an early
season time on his 1600-meter
and ended up winning the
event, Line said.

Hagge finished the 800 in

1:59.54 and ran away from the
field in the process. Madison
La Follettes Trevor Legg was
second in 2:02.98.
Perrin stuck with the competition and turned it on in the
last lap, Line said. He looked
great doing it.
Middleton had several other
solid performances, as well.
Sophomore Jack Rader took
third in the 3,200-meter race
(9:37.97).
He was very consistent
during the race and got a new
(personal record), Line said of
Rader.
Junior Trevaun Turner finished fourth in the 55-meter
dash (6.67) and senior Griffin
Gussel was fifth in the 400meter dash (52.23).
Middletons 3,200-meter
relay team was also eighth.
We did not see any surprises in the meet, Line said.We
thought we would score on our
distance events and we did.We
knew Tre Turner would have a
chance at finals in the 55-meter
dash and he did.
The biggest thing is we
were able to give some of our
younger guys a chance to compete against some top talent
and see what they could do. I
am very happy with what I
observed, but also see where
we need to improve.

April 2
Madison West Relays
Team scores: Stevens Point 54.5,
Oak Creek 48, Lake Forest 44,
Hononegah 41.5, Menomonee Falls 40,
Middleton 36, Kimberly 28, Madison
La Follette 28, Mukwonago 26, Verona
25, Rockford Auburn 23, Schofield
D.C. Everest 19.5, Ashwaubenon 19,
Whitefish Bay 18, Kettle Moraine 18,
Oconomowoc 17, Racine Park 17,
Madison Memorial 15.5, Hartland

Arrowhead 15, Milwaukee Marquette

10, Madison West 10, Waukesha North
8, Wauwatosa East 7, Hartford Union
6, Madison East 5, Jefferson 3,
Muskego 1, Waunakee 1.
55 meters: 1, Franz, SP, :06.55; 2,
Murray, WB, :06.60; 3, Chones, Muk,
:06.64; 4, Turner, Mid, :06.64.
200: 1, Ogden, OC, :22.33; 2,
Guerrero, Hon, :23.1; 3, James, RP,
:23.22.
400: 1, Ogden, OC, :49.09; 2,
Metz, SP, :50.82; 3, James, RP, :51.50;
4, Ifediora, V, :52.06; 5, Gussel, Mid,
:52.23; 7, Flores, J, :52.56.
800: 1, Hagge, Mid, 1:59.54; 2,
Legg, MLF, 2:02.98; 3, Waller, Muk,
2:03.15; 6, Bishop, MW, 2:05.61.
1,600: 1, Newcomb, Mid, 4:24.61;
2, Carter, O, 4:29.19; 3, Belson, SP,
4:31.65; 7, Topel, MW, 4:35.44; 8,
Dorn, W, 4:35.89.
3,200: 1, Gessner, MLF, 9:19.56; 2,
DeMuelenaere, MilM, 9:36.03; 3,
Rader, Mid, 9:37.97; 7, ZamzowSchmidt, MW, 10:03.04.
55 hurdles: 1, Hoch, LF, :07.48; 2,
Fierek, DCE, :07.62; 3, McMurtry, MF,
:07.71; 4, Peters, MM, :07.79; 5,
Herkert, V, :07.87; 6, Biddle, V, :07.88.
400 relay: 1, Lake Forest, :43.77;
2, Menomonee Falls, :44.37; 3, Oak
Creek, :44.98; 8, Jefferson, :46.58.
800 relay: 1, Menomonee Falls,
1:32.42; 2, Rockford Auburn, 1:33.88;
3, Stevens Point, 1:34.35.
1,600 relay: 1, Stevens Point,
3:25.46; 2, Ashwaubenon, 3:29.18; 3,
Lake Forest, 3:30.01; 6, Verona,
3:37.09.
3,200 relay: 1, Madison La Follette
(Cotter, Nichols, Oliphant, Legg),
8:13.87; 2, Ashwaubenon, 8:15.20; 3,
Hartland Arrowhead, 8:26.26; 6,
Madison West, 8:26.73; 8, Middleton,
8:32.59.
High jump: 1, Herkert, V, 6-7; 2,
Dybul, Muk, 6-6; 3, Murray, MF, 6-4;
5, Peters, MM, 6-0.
Pole vault: 1, Smith, OC, 14-0; 2,
Jones, KMN, 13-6; 3, Johnson, H, 136; T-8, Conklin, MM, 12-0.
Long jump: 1, Parchman, RA, 223; 2, Polfliet, Hon, 21-10; 3, Peters,
MM, 21-6; 4, Morris, ME, 21-4.
Shot put: 1, McCormick, K, 57-6;
2, Bruss, K, 53-2; 3, Terry, Hon, 531.
At Camp Randall Memorial
Sports Center (The Shell).

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MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE

Defending
state champs
aiming high
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune

Its a new season and a new

team, but the expectations for
Middletons boys lacrosse
team remain unchanged.
The Cardinals expect to
compete for a state championship.
Middleton won the state
title a year ago, and now welcomes back 16 players from
that team. Cardinals head
coach Matt Bock believes his
team has what it takes to
become champions once
again.
We have seen a lot of
improvement from Day One
versus last year, Bock said.
A lot of people have been
putting in work in the off-season, which is providing depth
and versatility. Once we build
on our team chemistry, everything else should fall into
place.
Many starters return on the
defensive side of the field,
which should serve the
Cardinals well, particularly
early in the season as
Middleton develops and
builds cohesiveness.
Among the returnees are
goalie
Tyler
Dohmeier,
defenders T.J. Jenkins, Gray
Woodward, William Braxton,
Justin Sarbacker and Erik

Photo submitted

Mitch Bacon (1) and Middletons lacrosse team are the

defending state champions.

Slater.
We stress communication
in all aspects of this game,
Bock said. Our returning
defenders have really stepped
that up and are showing
everyone else how it needs to
be done.
Middleton took some hits
on offense, but has a strong
nucleus back.
Among the returnees are

Mitch Bacon, Lane Wahlgren,

Jake Hoskins, Travis Raffel,
David Vande Sande, Jack
Stormer and Jake Livesey. A
gifted group of newcomers
appears ready to help, as well.
So far weve seen a lot of
production from a number of
returners and newcomers on
the offensive side of the ball,
See LACROSSE, page 15

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Ready to roll

File photos

Clockwise (from left), Joey Levin, Brady Thomas and Nils Arneson are hoping to lead Middletons boys golf team to big things this spring.

n GOLFERS

Arneson, who joined the

program in 2015, was named
second-team all-conference
last year.
Good luck finding a team
anywhere with that kind of
experience and talent.
These guys have been
around for a while now and
theyve done some great
things, Middleton coach Tom
Cabalka said. But I know
they want to go out on top.
Thats really important to
them.
For two years, theyve
been saying this could be our
year. And each time its been a
great chance for it to be our
year, and we just didnt finish
the job. But maybe this is our
year.
Theres certainly enough
firepower
to
make
it
Middletons year.
Herb averaged a team-best
77.15 last season and finished
in the top-5 at 12 different
events. Herb won the Sparta
Invite, two different Big Eight
Conference meets, then was
second at regionals and third
at sectionals.
Herb was named first-team
all-Big Eight and honorable-

mention all-state. Herb will

also continue his golfing
career to St. Thomas (Minn.),
one of the top Division 3 programs in the country.
Emmet is just a wonderful
kid, Cabalka said. He continues to work so hard and he
refuses to be mediocre.
Hes had great drive for
this game since he was 8 or 9
years old. This is his game
and he just keeps getting better at it.
Levin has improved his
game by leaps and bounds
during his three years in the
program, as well.
Levin averaged 77.20 a
year ago and finished second
in the race for Big Eight
Player of the Year honors.
Levin had 12 top-five finishes
during the year, won the
Middleton Regional and was
also named honorable-mention all-state.
Joey just keeps getting
better, Cabalka said. When
he was a freshman, he had all
the talent, but not all the shots.
Now I think he has all the
shots.
Hes such a perfectionist
and has such a great attitude,

too. Hes always very hungry

for playing better, playing
well.
Thomas was also a firstteam all-conference and honorable mention all-state player. Thomas averaged 79.10
last year and notched 11 topfive finishes throughout the
season.
Despite those solid numbers, Cabalka knows Thomas
is capable of even more.
Brady struggled at times
because of his aspirations to
be a big-time college player,
Cabalka said. At times, that
really kind of affected him.
Hopefully hes put all that
stuff past him now, because
when Bradys on, hes got
probably one of best short
games Ive seen. Were hoping he has a big year.
Cabalka is hoping for the
same from Arneson, who was
Madison Easts No. 1 player
in 2013 and 14. Arneson was
up and down a year ago, but
still earned second-team allconference honors.
Arneson along with the
Big Three of Thomas, Herb
and Levin were all named a
captains.
And
Cabalka

believes Arneson is poised for

a big final season.
At times, Nils showed he
can be a great golfer,
Cabalka said. But it was a
learning curve for Nils not
being the best on the team. It
was also a learning curve for
me not knowing Nils as well
as I knew the other guys.
Now, Nils is one of our
captains. The kids wanted him
to be a captain, and thats
important knowing that the
younger kids look up to him.
Middletons No. 5 golfer
figures to be either sophomore
Henry Taylor, junior Brett
Wipfli, sophomore Andy
Zucker or senior Jack Vincent.
Taylor came on late last
season and was Middletons
No. 5 golfer at state. Taylors
79 on the first day of state was
Middletons second-best score
and he finished 44th individually with a 162.
Henry has a lot of ability
and he works as hard as anybody, Cabalka said of Taylor.
Hes a 4.0 student and hes
also quite the student of the
game.
Wipfli was one of the
standouts on the junior varsity

team last season and has

improved his game immensely. Zucker has golfed since an
extremely young age and is
pushing hard to crack the top
five. And Vincent has experience after golfing a handful of
varsity meets last year.
Weve got a lot of great
options at No. 5, Cabalka
said.
Middleton has put together
stellar regular seasons in
back-to-back years. What the
Cardinals hope to do now is
finish the deal at state.
Last season, Middleton
struggled on the first day of
state, was 14 shots behind
eventual champion Hartland
Arrowhead, and never challenged on Day 2.
In 2014, Middleton also
struggled early and was 13
shots behind eventual champion Homestead after the first
day. The Cardinals tied for the
best team score of the second
round, but their deficit was
too great and they settled for
fourth place.
This season, the Cardinals
dont intend to settle.
Their deadline has arrived.
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exit in style.
In order for us to get over
the hump, I think it is essential that we dont get wrapped
up in the moment, Levin
said. In the past, we have let
the atmosphere get to us mentally, which inevitably let our
emotions take over and caused
us to play poorly. So this season, our key to success will be
staying focused on the golf
and handle our emotions better.
Thomas agreed.
We cant beat ourselves,
Thomas said. The last two
years there hasn't been a
remarkable team score thats
won the tournament.
Both those years we have
taken ourselves out of the
equation by shooting a high
score the first day and not
being able to come back from
it the second. With four seniors this year, and a bunch of
experience under our belts,
were ready to fire that
remarkable two-day score.
And bring home that elusive state title.

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Middletons Maya Shea (above, #9) and Grace Douglas (right, #6) will be two of the Cardinals
leaders this season.

n SOCCER

Kimberly. Our goal every

year is to make it to state.
We will constantly adjust
and re-adjust for each game to
help us have the maximum
potential of a state-bound team
this year. We will work with
formations, tactics and positions. We had promising tryouts this past week and we look
forward to the intensity of
training and games.
Despite the heavy graduation losses, Middleton has a
pair of terrific starting points in
senior defender Grace Douglas
and junior forward Kristen

Reikersdorfer.
Douglas, a University of
Wisconsin recruit, was named
first-team all-Big Eight as a
sophomore and second-team
all-conference last year.
Grace is focused, serious
and determined, Duffy said.
She is working hard during
practice, pushing her teammates. This is the most focused
I have see Grace since she has
been on the team.
She has set up very specific
goals for the season and her
determination is setting the
pace for others.Her teammates
want to see her reach her goals
and are looking to help her in
achieving them.
Reikersdorfer played in just
the first 16 games of 2015
before suffering a season-ending
injury.
Amazingly,

Reikersdorfer still led the

Cardinals in scoring with 12
goals, five assists and 29 points
and was named first-team allBig Eight Conference.
Kristen is elevating her
game even further by working
on helping lead the team as
well, Duffy said.She is ready
to work, train, and play. Her
touch and decision making is
that of a Division 1 college athlete. Her ability to see the field
tactically will help make the
center of the field our strongest
asset.
The Cardinals have several
other returnees ready for an
expanded role.
Junior midfielder Kallie
Acker missed most of 2015
with an injury, but should be
ready for a big season.
She will dominate the mid-

dle with her exciting, but composed play, Duffy said of

Acker.She will be one of our
leaders.
Junior Maya Shea partnered
up with Reikersdorfer last year
to form a deadly forward tandem. Shea has great versatility,
though, and Duffy may use her
in different spots this spring.
She can play anywhere we
need her, and we will need to
determine the best place for her
to maximize her ability, Duffy
said of Shea.She may not be
in the scoring section of the
field this season, but her communication on the field will
help organize our formation.
Senior midfielder Emma
Geppert is a two-year varsity
player expected to do big
things in her final season.
Emma will continue to be
our spark plug, Duffy
said.She is tenacious wherever she plays. Everyone can tell
that she loves the game by the
energy she puts onto the field.
Junior
forward
Tessa
Grywalsky has a powerful shot.
And sophomore defender
Emily Duecker joined the varsity late last season and should
be a terrific complement to
Douglas in back. Senior keeper
Belle Gallegos also returns in
goal.
Middleton also has a gifted
group of newcomers it will be
expecting big things from.
The newcomers will be
looking to fill in for every spot
on the field with the loss of a
strong senior class last year,
Duffy said. At this point it is
hard to say who will step up.
We will be a young squad with
four freshmen and five new
sophomores.
The Big Eight is one of the
top leagues in the state every

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SOCCER ROSTER
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Caroline Powers
Belle Gallegos
Lauren Griffin
Tessa Grywalsky
Martin Danielle
Grace Douglas
Shea Ruhly
Kristen Reikersdorfer
Maya Shea
Emma Geppert
Claire Staples
Casey Wempner
Payton Houden
Kalli Acker
Tavi Tanin
Celia Semrad
Lexey Grapetine
Lexi Schultz
Emily Duecker
Taylor Rough
Charlotte Dunn
Malaika Maka
Katya Boehnen
McKenzie Zocher

year, and this season figures to

be the same. Madison
Memorial and Madison West
are perennial powers, and Sun
Prairie is a program on the rise.
But most expect Middleton
to be the team to beat once
again.
We will be in the hunt,
absolutely, Duffy said. And
we absolutely have a great
chance of repeating. We have
24 hard working, determined
group of girls ready to make
their mark on the season. We
will and could be very dangerous.
What I want my players to
know is that it will take hard
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a conference that challenges

for the gold ball every year. It
will not come easily if we do
not believe and put every once
of sweat and desire into making it as a team.
It will take a team effort
from 24 girls who know that
they could be part of something
bigger than a single season.
Every girl will need to be on
the same page whether they
start or come off the bench or
do not leave the bench. Every
girl is extremely valuable in
our hopes to return to state
again this year.

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BRIEFS

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Girls golfers honored

The Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin (GCAW)

announce the recipients of the fifth annual Team Academic
All-State award, established to recognize high school golf
teams with the highest teamgrade point averages. Team is
defined as the five designated golfers on the roster for the fall
2015 WIAA regional tournament.
The three teams with the highest cumulative team GPA in
each division (D1- D2) were recognized with gold, silver, or
bronze medals for each student-athlete, and their schools
received a certificate to note this accomplishment.
Schools with at least a 3.25 team GPA received a certificate
acknowledging honorable mention status.
Middleton High School finished with honorable
mentionrecognition.
Middletons golfers were Loren Skibba, Alexis Thomas,
Morgan Narowetz, Morgan Miles and Payton Hodson.

Bowling

Middleton Ladies
March 15
Theresa Meisel 590, Verelene Morris 552, Sara Gudel528,
Chery Theis496, Lyn Passini 494

Lemirande honored

File photo

Middleton junior guard Bria Lemirande (35) was named honorable mention all-state by the Associated Press.
Lemirande led the Cardinals in scoring (14.7), assists (4.7), steals (2.8) and rebounds (6.8).

n LACROSSE

Bock said. They are able

to read the field quicker and
find holes in the defense and
just make things happen.
Bock has been impressed
with Middletons early season
practices, as there has been a
lot of energy.
With the influx of new talent, that has really raised the
bar all around. Bock said.
The new guys are showing
they can hang with the older
guys so they continually push
each other. Every day, every
drill is a competition.
Middleton will undoubted-

March 22
Patti Larson 554, Theresa Meisel 501, Frayne Born 488,
Cindy Hall 476, Donna Cushman 473

March 29
Lyn Passini 540, Janet Meinholz 537, Cathy Matts 495,
Nancy Hellenbrand 492.

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ly have a giant target on its

back following last years
state title. But Bock doesnt
believe that will be a burden
for his team.
Last year was last year
and they know whats at
stake, Bock said. It just
proved that they can do it if
they come with the right
mindset and work ethic.
Knowing that they can
achieve that level of success
fuels everyone on the team
because they want it and they
want to be a part of it.

MIDDLETON LACROSSE
ROSTER

Name
Mitchell Bacon
William Braxton
Tyler Dohmeier
Noah Goll
Paul Groth
Connor Hellenbrand
Max Hollfelder
Jacob Hoskins
Tony Jenkins
Daniel Johnson-Schunk
Nathan Kapp
Reed Kochan
Gunnar Kunsch
Jake Livesey
Logan Maier
Nicholas Miazga
Gannon Piernot
Travis Raffel
Troy Reifsteck
Bryce Reynolds
Justin Sarbacker
Erik Slater
Jack Stormer
David Vande Sande
Lane Wahlgren
Gray Woodward

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Head Coach Matt Bock

Assistant Coaches Karl Wahlgren, Matt Vande Sande,
John Hoskins and David Handowski

TJ Jenkins and Middletons lacrosse team are gunning for another big season.

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