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Supreme Court issues
VOL. 125, NO. 28 THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017
decision in Middleton
drunk driving case...
by KEVIN MURPHY
Times-Tribune
The Wisconsin Supreme
Court last week concluded that
Middleton police properly ob-
tained a motorists consent for a
blood draw which indicated the
drivers blood-alcohol content
was well above the legal limit.
In a 5-2 decision, the court
upheld a Verona mans third
OWI offense, finding that he
had agreed to a blood draw
without a warrant despite later
disputing the officers interpre-
tation of his remarks.
Officer Michael Wood
stopped Navdeep S. Brar, 39,
for speeding in July of 2014.
During the stop, Wood con-
ducted field sobriety tests,
which Brar failed, and a prelim-
inary breath test, during which
Brar blew .19.
According to the opinion:
Wood arrested Brar for OWI,
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took him to the police station
and read him a form about his
rights as a drunken driving de-
fendant. Brar agreed to a chem-
ical test of his blood, which he
later disputed giving.
Brar then asked Wood if he
needed a warrant to conduct a
Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger
blood draw and the officer
shook his head to indicate that
he did not. At the hospital
Brars blood was drawn and the
test results showed he had a
The Greenway Station Farmers Market is open every Thursday from May 11 through Oc- .186 blood-alcohol content, far
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in excess of the limit to operate
ers, plus homemade baked goods, jams, cheeses, meats and more. Pictured above are dazzling a vehicle.
locally-grown currants for sale at the Terra Growers stand last week. See more on page 2.
Brars attorney sought to
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Organizer Mike Hanson called this years Freedom Fest in the Town of Middleton, a great success with between
300 and 400 people attending. The annual event took place at Pioneer Park, next to the Middleton Town Hall.
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throw out the blood test results,
claiming her client had not vol-
untarily consented to the test.
Wood testified that Brar said,
of course when asked if he
would submit to a chemical test
of his blood. Circuit Judge John
Markson heard Brars of
course, on an audio recording
of Wood and Brar. Also, Brar
also said of course in re-
sponse to not wanting his li-
cense revoked, said Wood,
which indicated Brar consented
to the blood draw.
Brar pleaded no contest to
OWI-third offense but appealed
on grounds that his supposed
of course remark cannot be
heard on the audio recording
and his continuing to ask ques-
tions indicated he never con-
sented to the blood draw.
An appeals court upheld the
conviction and Brar, which was
appealed to the state Supreme
Court.
Brars attorney, Tracey
Wood, argued before the states
high court that Officer Wood
had misinformed Brar that his
driving privileges would be re-
voked if he did not submit to a
blood draw. Also, an audio ex-
pert transcribing the recording
could not hear Brar saying, of
course.
Under Wisconsins implied
consent law, drivers recognize
they are subject to a chemical
test if they are suspected of
drunken driving. However, they
are given an opportunity to
withdraw consent to a blood
test, which subjects them to li-
cense revocation.
The state Supreme Court not
only found that Brar gave his
consent to the blood draw, he
gave it voluntarily. Officer
Wood shook his head to indi-
cate he did not need a warrant
for Brars blood because Brar
had already gave verbal con-
sent, the court found.
The recording of Brars and
Woods conservation also cor-
roborates Woods testimony that
he heard Brar give his consent,
the court ruled.
In a phone interview Friday,
Wood insisted that Middleton
police never clearly received
Brars consent but could have
taken steps to obtain it:
[Search] warrants [for blood
draws] are easy to get and its
even easier to get an inter-
preter, since Brar is a native of
India and English is his second
language.
No effort was made in this
case to get an interpreter,
Wood said.
Police Chief Charles Foulke
said getting an interpreter was
not mandated for Brar.
We have [access to a] lan-
guage line which is used for in-
terpreting. But for an OWI case
theres no mandate for us to
provide an interpreterits not
a normal procedure, Foulke
said.
Brars sentence was stayed
pending appeal but now will be
required to serve 110 days in
jail with Huber privileges, plus
a 28-month license revocation
and fines.
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Market season in full swing
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Clockwise from top left at last weeks Greenway Station Farmers Market: Korey Harri-
son, of Terra growers; Natalie Ortega, of Natalies Garden; Joe Bounk, of Conscious Car-
nivore; Chris Van Haren, of Enchanted Valley Studios.
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THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017
JOHN
SKINNER
MADISON/MIDDLETON-
John Skinner, age 93, of Madi-
son, left this world after a
prolonged battle with Parkin-
sons disease on Sunday, July 2,
2017. John was born on his par-
ents farm in Nebraska and
spent his first night in a hospital
at age 77. He was an only child.
John inherited a love of fancy
poultry at the age of four, when
his father gave him a pair of
pure-bred Buff Cochin Ban-
tams. This led to a fascination
for avian life and he later pur-
sued it as a career resulting in
his being inducted into the
American Poultry Hall of Fame,
the youngest person to be so
honored. He met his future
wife, Jean, in front of his
chicken display at a fair in Ne-
B IRTHDAY
braska in 1940 and they were
married four years later. John
JACK ROGAN TURNS 91!
Happy 91st birthday to our
father, Jack Rogan, Col. (Ret),
47-year resident of Middleton.
Your nine children and our ex-
tended family love you so
much! We are amazed by your
keen intellect and energy and
feel so lucky to have you in our
lives. Best wishes for continued
good health in the year ahead.
Lots of love,
Sue, Jack, Kathy, Patty,
Colleen, Mike, Kevin, David,
and Maureen
served in the Army Air Corps in
WWII and was in on the secur-
ing of Iwo Jima. This gave him
access to the GI Bill enabling
him to get two college degrees.
John experienced period of in-
dustry employment followed by
faculty positions at Texas A&M
College, the University of Ne-
braska, and the University of
Wisconsin. Johns goal early in
life was to be a licensed poultry
judge which he achieved in
1953, the youngest person to
hold a general license. He
joined the Poultry Science Dept.
at the University of Wisconsin
in 1963. He was awarded a full
professorship in 1967. In 1971,
he became the countrys first
designated Poultry and Small
Animal Specialist. John partic-
ipated in the writing of 18
books, numerous journal arti-
cles, and educational and 4-H
publications. He served on
many organizations, advisory
panels, and committees. Be-
cause of his early recognition of
the societys effect on commer-
cial agriculture, he was fre-
quently asked to speak at
industries, organizations and
conventions, including organiz-
ing the first symposium on
poultry industry waste manage-
ment. He retired as Emeritus
Professor in 1985. He was a
member and licensed Judge of
the American Poultry Assn., the
American Bantam Assn., Poul-
try Science Assn., World Poul-
try Science Assn., Life member
and Lifetime Director of the
O BITUARIES
MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE
American Poultry Historical
Society, and a member of the
British Rare Breeds Survival
Trust. He was elected into the
American Poultry Hall of Fame
and a Fellow in the Poultry Sci-
ence Assn. John and Jean lived
in Middleton for many years
and were very active in their
community. In 2010, he was
awarded a Proclamation by the
City of Middleton and in 2003
they were recipients of the Mid-
dleton Good Neighbor Festival
Award. John was a charter
member of the Middleton His-
torical Society and served as di-
rector from 1986 to 2006,
(seven years as President). They
enjoyed extensive foreign
travel, giving John the opportu-
nity to research his writing for
foreign poultry publishers, ex-
pand his collection of automo-
tive toys, and add to their
collections of poultry oriented
material. John is survived by
his two devoted and loving chil-
dren and their spouses John Jr.
(Delphine) Skinner of Madison
and Jan (Jeff) Lynn of Marine
of St. Croix, Minn. He was pre-
ceded in death by his wife of 66
years, Jean, and his three grand-
children, Deborah Skinner,
Jaime Lynn, and Jenna Lynn. A
Memorial Gathering will be
held at GUNDERSON WEST
FUNERAL & CREMATION
CARE, 7435 University Ave.,
Middleton at 1 p.m. on Thurs-
day, July 13, 2017. Memorial
contributions may be made in
The Villa at Middleton Village Holds An Open
his name to the Middleton Area
House to Showcase Newly Renovated Community
The open house is Thursday, July 20 at 3 p.m.; ribbon cutting at 5 p.m.
The Villa at Middleton Vil-
lage is located at 6201 Elm-
wood Avenue, Middleton, WI
53562 and was bought by Villa
Healthcare in July 2014.
The community will be host-
ing an open house on Thursday,
July 20th 3:00 7:00 p.m. A rib-
bon cutting by mayor Gurdip
Brar will take place at 5:00 p.m.
The event will feature com-
plimentary appetizers and
drinks as well as tours of the
center. The Villa at Middleton
Historical Society, 7410 Hub-
bard Ave., Middleton, WI
53562. The family would like
to express a special thank you to
the dedicated staff at Oak Park
Place Assisted Living on Jupiter
Drive., Madison and to Heart-
land HospiceCare of Madison.
Online condolences may be
made at
www.gundersonfh.com.
Gunderson West
Funeral & Cremation Care
7435 University Avenue
(608)831-6761
JAMES R.
REINKE
MADISON James R.
Reinke, age 53, of Madison,
passed away peacefully at
Agrace Hospice after battling
cancer on Saturday, July 8,
2017. He was better known as
Jimi to his family and friends.
Jimi graduated from the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin Madison with
Village recently underwent a
multi-million-dollar renovation
and is thrilled to share it with
the community.
These updates will allow
our staff to continue to provide
the highest quality care and
medical service to our guests in
a more updated setting, said
Karen Hayden, VPO for Wis-
consin at Villa Healthcare.
As much as Villa communi-
ties look and feel like boutique
hotels, at their core theyre pre-
a Bachelor of Science in Art.
His work has been exhibited na-
tionally and internationally. He
donated many pieces of his art-
work to local charity events:
Chairs for Charity held at the
Madison Art Center, Henry
Vilas Zoo, Agrace Hospice
Care, AIDS Resource Center of
WI, Madison Museum of Con-
temporary Art, New Harvest
Foundation, Boys and Girls
Club, Wisconsin Public Televi-
sion Auction, and the Milwau-
kee Gay Arts Center. Jimi is
published in Erotic Art by Liv-
ing Artists, 2nd edition. Hell al-
ways be remembered for his
compassion and non-judgmen-
tal treatment of others, and his
dedication to the LBGT com-
munity. Jimi worked as an
AIDS Prevention Specialist, for
the AIDS Resource Center of
Wisconsin. He played an impor-
tant role in Dane Countys Drug
Overdose Epidemic Initiative,
receiving a Public Health Award
in 2013. Jimi has trained hun-
dreds of people on ARCW Life
point Fatal Overdose Preven-
tion Program that teaches them
how to administer the drug
naloxone to safely reverse the
effects of a heroin overdose.
Jimis dedication to educate
drug users and the communities
he serves about HIV/AIDS and
Hepatitis C prevention has
saved many lives. Jimi will be
missed greatly in Madison and
the surrounding counties. His
great work ethic was recognized
at Woodmans West where he
mier medical establishments.
The Villa staff understands the
value of small conveniences for
all guests that remind them of
home.
These renovations and on-
going internal initiatives always
adhere to Villas core mission,
which is making people better
both our internal staff and our
guests, said Hayden.
The company continues to
invest in providing an environ-
ment that is aesthetically pleas-
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also worked part-time for more
than 10 years. Jimi was born on
March 4, 1964, the son of Alden
and Evelyn Reinke. He is sur-
vived by his sisters, Judy (Bill)
Saeman, Gerry (Ken) Meicher,
Margie (John) Bollig, Carol
(Don) Thornton, Alice (Steve)
Endres, Mary (Gordon) Gra-
ham, Sharon (Thomas)
Threinen and Kathleen
(Michael) Bingham; and broth-
ers, Steve (Judy) Reinke and
David (Lois) Reinke and many
nieces and nephews that shared
closely in his life. He was pre-
ceded in death by his parents;
sister, Peggy Reinke; grandpar-
ents, Mathias and Anna
(Kalscheur) Ziegler; and Albert
and Anna (Westphal) Reinke. A
Celebration of his Life will be
held at Gunderson West Funeral
and Cremation Care, 7435 Uni-
versity Ave., Middleton on Fri-
day, July 14th from 5pm-8pm. A
special thank you to UW Hos-
pitals and Clinics, all of his doc-
tors and nurses, Agrace Hospice
and their staff, and to all the
special people that shared in his
life. Jimi, we love you and will
miss your beautiful smile and
infectious laugh. Online condo-
lences may be made at
www.gundersonfh.com.
Gunderson West
Funeral & Cremation Care
7435 University Avenue
(608)831-6761
ing, soothing and comfortable
in all communities. It has has
decades of experience in nurs-
ing facility ownership and man-
agement, with 22 centers
throughout the Midwest. Villa
Healthcares goal is to improve
the lives of all stakeholders: res-
idents and their families, Villa
staff, and hospital personnel.
The company goes beyond sim-
ply providing resident-focused
care; it aspires to make people
better staff and residents.
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School board, with support from city council,

looks at possibility of expanding high school
by LESLIE AFEAWO
Times-Tribune
The Middleton-Cross Plains
Area School District (MC-
PASD) has approved a resolu-
tion supporting a partnership
between the City of Middleton
Davis explained to council
members that the goal in part-
nering with the district is to ac-
quire property that could be
used for the expansion of the
high school. The property own-
ers of the Pines Center and
Pohlkamp properties have indi-
No. 5 the public/private partner-
ship may including land acqui-
sition, site exploration and
environmental remediation if
needed and relocation of busi-
nesses and demolition costs,
The first step is the city uti-
lizing Tax Increment Financing
provides an important opportu-
nity, said George Mavroulis,
MCPASD superintendent, An
Opportunity to think outside the
box regarding new space for the
high school.
The MCPASD and City of
Middleton have a long-estab-
year 2000, the development of
Firefighters Park, as well as
Kromrey Middle School.
The partnership has culti-
vated a strong mutual desire to
provide leadership in sustain-
able development and addi-
tional partnership with the
ate a comprehensive long-term
solution to the districts growth
needs.
The public-private partner-
ship is meant to help engage the
business community in the suc-
cess of the school district.
The city council and the

District and city reach a new

and the district for program ca-
pacity needs. Prior to the school
boards resolution the city coun-
cil unanimously approved the
resolution.
City administrator Mike
cated that they are willing to sell
land for a potential high school
expansion.
With the intention of acceler-
ating investment in Tax Incre-
ment Financing District (TID)
(TIF) funds to begin working on
appraisals and relocation plans
that would be needed to acquire
properties.
This collaboration between
the city and the school district
lished working partnership,
which has resulted in an exten-
sive lease of properties shared
by the two entities. The partner-
ship has resulted in the previous
high school expansion in the
Middleton business community
through the Middleton Chamber
of Commerce, Mavroulis said.
The partnership is based on the
belief that by working together,
MCPASD and the city can cre-
school board both passed the
resolution unanimously, how-
ever the continuation of the
partnership is contingent on a
voter-approved referendum
planned for November of 2018.

agreement for in-school police

by LESLIE AFEAWO enforcement, students and the ficers selected by the Middleton policies, rules and regulations, matters such as alcohol, tobacco ments as well as body camera
community. Chief of Police and shall not be as well as its accompanying du- and drug usage, as well as crime footage. The records are consid-
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The agreement stipulates the considered an employee of the ties. The SROs shall also be re- prevention and personal safety. ered confidential and are kept
provision by the city of two MCPASD. The School District quired to be present whenever All records in the custody of for the primary reason of pro-
The City of Middleton and
School Resource Officers as- shall cover half of the SROs school is in session and keep the SROs shall be considered viding the services detailed in
the Middleton-Cross Plains
signed to Middleton High wages, fringe benefits and other regular office hours, all while law enforcement records and the agreement.
Area School District (MC-
School and Kromrey Middle related costs. maintaining a visible presence the city and the SROs shall The agreement approvedby
PASD) have entered a new
School. The SRO are required The SROs shall be subject to on campus. Presentations and solely responsible for the up- the board of education is valid
agreement for the implementa-
to be active law enforcement of- Middleton Police Department demonstrations shall be held in keep of the records. The records from June 2017 until June 30,
tion of the School Resource Of-
order to proactively address would include traditional docu- 2018, and serves as a continua-
ficer (SRO) Program in district
tion of the 2016-2017 agree-
schools.
ment between the City of
The agreement is for the
Middleton and the Middleton
2017-2018 school year and is
Cross Plains Area School Dis-
intended to provide a proac-
trict.
tive approach to any issues
that may arise among the youth
in district schools. The SRO
program structured in such a CHURCH NOTES
way as to provide a safe educa-
tional environment that en-
hances communication,
understanding and fosters posi-
tive relationships between law
Falbo Bros. becomes Reds Pizza
THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 5

Falbo Bros. Pizza on Parmenter Street became Reds Pizza on Sunday, but owner Ted Speerschneider (above) promises the
Times-Tribune photos by Matt Geiger

same great pizza in same location, with same friendly service and [a] commitment to Middleton.

by MATT GEIGER menu items, and were even ness. what the community wants, While there will obviously be came Reds on July 11. To cele-
adding some new selections. The main thing to expect, Speerschneider laughed. some changes, the things that brate, Reds is offering a buy-
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We always operated pretty the main difference, is a recom- There is also a new element have made the place a success one-get-one-free special for all
independently, he added. mitment, a reaffirmation that of pride and ownership, he ad- will remain, he promised. slices of pizza for the rest of the
Ted Red Speerschneider, They have a grand scheme were Middletons local pizza mits: Its my name on the sign You can still count on the month. Among the new Reds
owner of the Falbo Bros. pizza now, a lot more of a move to- place, he said. Supporting the now. pizza youve loved all these signature pizzas will be a tradi-
restaurant in Middleton since ward uniformity. Middleton High School Cardi- Since the day when Falbo years, he said. Were sill tional Chicago-style deep-dish
2004, is striking out on his own When he learned of the sale, nal Booster Club has long been Bros. first opened its doors going to be the place you can pizza topped with spaghetti and
this month with the newly re- Speerschneider was faced with an integral part of what the here, the city has grown and grab a slice, and if you live in meatballs, marinara sauce and
named Reds Pizza. a decision. I could start over pizza restaurant does, and that changed around it. Middleton anywhere, in the mozzarella cheese. Another will
While the name on the sign at with new people who are out of will continue, too, he said. I really love Parmenter city, in the town, well deliver be the Haole pizza featuring
3301 Parmenter Street is chang- state, or I could do my own After 14 years, I feel like Street, and I feel like its grow- to you. pineapple, chicken, Canadian
ing, all the things that have thing here, which I was already weve learned by making mis- ing in this direction, he ob- The restaurant officially be- bacon and barbeque sauce.
made the pizzeria a mainstay in kind of doing anyway, he ex- takes and figured out pretty well served.
the Good Neighbor City will re- plained.
main, pledged Speerschneider. Hes losing the name and the
In fact, being out from under the trademark, but little else, he
auspices of a franchise means continued. The franchise fees he
Reds will be an even more lo- paid in the past will now go
calized dining experience, he back into the Middleton busi-
said.
Falbo Bros. started out in
Middleton 14 years ago, just a
few yards away from its current
location, in the very same plaza.
It outgrew those quarters, and
moved into an old machine
shop that was built out and ren-
ovated to crank out gooey,
thick-crusted pies. Things went
along, with the kneading of
dough and the coming and
going of deliveries, for all those
years.
I started in 2004, just three
years after I graduated from
Middleton High School,
Speerschneider said. But re-
cently, the Falbo Bros. franchise
was sold to an investment com-
pany based out of Minneapolis.
The Falbos chain was sold
earlier this year to new owners,
so this is a great chance to cre-
ate my own brand at the same
location, Speerschneider said.
Were continuing to offer deli-
cious pizza and a variety of
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GEIGER
world. they are doing the right thing, away from fantasy and es- That afternoon, actors from
After watching The Bear, I whether they are on the left or capism. They dont want to for- Open Door Theater Company

Counter
stayed and chatted with the cast the right, but their motivation, get about how tormented their began preparing for another
for a few minutes. Andrew when you strip away their lives are; they want to celebrate nights performance. At the

The Bear
by Matt Geiger
One night I saw the glint of
light on broken glass, and I
knew the moon was shining.
A burnt sienna-haired woman
was draped in black. She
stormed back and forth across a
little room, sneering and yelling
and rolling her eyes - raging and
beautiful in the way only a furi-
ous woman can be. A man tow-
ered and lumbered around her,
menacing and massive one mo-
ment, comical and infantile the
next, powerful and afraid.
I sat a few feet away, sipping
room temperature coffee from a
white polystyrene cup, watch-
ing, nodding and laughing.
I was spending the night in
Egg Harbor before signing at a
bookstore nearby the following
day. I was eating marmalade in
a store when I saw a poster on a
wall. The Bear, it said over an
image of a bearded, high-col-
lared man screamingin the face
of a woman holding up an angry
hand that looked like it was
holding an invisible, still-beat-
ing heart she had just ripped
from the mans chest. Open
Door Theater Company Pres-
ents: The Bear, by Anton
Chekhov, Hosted by Crescent
Studios at the Top of the Hill
Shops in Fish Creek.
Chekhov used humor like a
scalpel. He was also a doctor, so
he could use a real scalpel as
well. He was familiar with
death in the way 19th Century
James Kleidon-Linstrom played
Smirnov. He was also artistic
director. Victoria Kleidon-Lin-
strom, the executive director,
played Popova. Both are gradu-
ates of Augsburg Colleges The-
when the world of medicine had ater Arts program, and they
gotten around to naming most recently founded Open Door
deadly diseases, but had not yet Theater Company together.
found their corresponding Theyre also married in real life,
cures. He knew more than the and Im sure there is special
average person about syphilis, glee to be found in standing on
stage calling your wife pure
but about the same amount as
the average fish monger when it crocodile, or looking your hus-
band in the eye and vowing:
came to making it go away. It
was a time when the most pop- You have no idea what a pleas-
ure it will be for me to put a bul-
ular medicines included bel-
ladonna, a member of the let through your thick head.
In The Bear, Popovas hus-
deadly nightshade family that
causes powerful hallucinations, band dies. She goes into mourn-
ing. After his death she finds a
headaches, blurred vision and
loss of balance. Also opium, stash of lusty letters written to
an assortment of women.
heroins great-grandmother.
And if those didnt work, there Women who are not her. In re-
sponse, she decides to answer
was always mercury, a deadly
toxin doctors poured down their his betrayal by angrily loving
him and mourning his memory
patients throats every chance
they got, primarily because for the rest of her days.
I promised Id shut myself
quicksilver sounds like it
might have magical curative up here until the day I die,
didnt I? says Popova at the
properties.
These people were like shiv- plays outset. And I will. Hell
see how much I loved him
ering, ice encrusted wanderers
whod come up with a hundred Oh, I know he treated me badly-
I dont have to tell you about it.
names for different types of
deadly winter storms, but would He was mean and...and even
unfaithful. But I intend to be
not invent the coat or hat for an-
other 15 years. faithful to the grave and show
him what real love means.
When youre a great observer
like Chekhov, and you see un- Her love and devotion are
born purely out of spite. She
treatable pain, suffering and an-
guish in the world around you, wants to make a ghost suffer the
pain of guilt, and shes willing
the only reasonable place to
turn is humor. So Chekhov did, to do anything - even love - in
order to get her revenge. Its
again and again. His characters
argue, fight duels, their gods brilliant. Classic Chekhov. The
thought of it makes me smile
vanish, they die, and as you
watch his plays, you chuckle, every time, because, well, thats
how most people are. Just look
feel a little better about life, and
you see the horror clearly, but at the endless stream of argu-
ments about god and guns and
also the warm mirth that mirac-
ulously occupies space some- politics on social media. Every-
bumper sticker slogans and self
righteous sermons, is usually
spite. They want to win, and
they will go to any length to do
it. They want to prove that their
worldview - their religion or
their liberalism or conservatism
- is best, and can lead to the
greatest happiness, and they try
to prove their point by shouting
to the world how miserable and
aggrieved they are, making the
rest of us miserable in the
process.
There is a cure for this terri-
ble affliction. The first step is to
open your eyes and look around
you. Youll soon see things like
a little poster for a one-act com-
edy play by a great Russian
writer who died more than a
century ago. Then you can drive
to a little theater, where you
watch people argue, and you re-
alize that love can easily, in-
stantly, transform into hate, but
the same is also true in reverse.
Love can grow out of any emo-
tional soil. Humor - whether it
was written in Russia in 1888 or
Monday of this week in Wis-
consin - is merely good realism.
The two, like love and fury, are
inexorably linked.
In The Bear, Popova meets
a brutish man who says she
owes him money. In their rag-
ing, one-act fight, in which
names are called, chairs are bro-
ken, and pistols are brandished,
they fall in love. Before this,
Popova sat in cold silence, nur-
turing the ghost of her unfaith-
ful husband. But in a nasty
argument, full of life and love
and hate, the ghost starves. He
cannot survive in the presence
of such humanity. He cannot
last around such passion.
The cast told me that during
times of great suffering and
strife - such as the Great De-
it. They turn to realism, where
they find solace and hope. And
in realism, I think they find
comedy too.
The following day, as I sat at
a little table and signed a few
copies of my recent published
book, a man approached and
began speaking to me. His wife
loves to read, he said.
So do I, I nodded.
But she is losing her vision,
he said, and there is nothing the
doctors can do about it. They
know all about her illness, but
they have no cure. The best they
can do, he explained, is give her
a drug commonly used to treat
colon cancer, which has some
small side effect that slightly
slows the encroachment of her
blindness.
Ive heard the great writer
Jorge Luis Borges talk in great
detail about the process of
going blind. I had always
thought of it as a very slow
death - a gradual darkening for
which you were awake, like
being buried alive while still
aboveground. Borges said thats
not the case. He said black is ac-
tually one of the first colors you
lose. The one that stays the
longest, he said, is a pale yel-
low. Yellow? I thought. Thats
the color of trilling finches and
the crayon sun on a little girls
art project. Thats the color of
sunflowers. Thats the color of
laughter. In the bookstore, the
man said his wife was trying to
read as many books as possible
before her vision left her com-
pletely. It seemed like a pretty
good opportunity to sell a copy
of my book, but Ive never re-
ally had that kind of entrepre-
neurial spirit. Maybe dont get
mine, I said. Its just a collec-
tion of 44 funny stories. The
classics are back there some-
same time, a woman waited for
her husband to return with a
stack of books for to devour as
her vision faded. Anton
Chekhovs skeletal remains lay
under the ground. And a small-
time writer sat in a bookstore
looking out at the busy street
outside, while a tall, lean man
came into the bookstore and
purchased a magazine called
Hustler. He wasnt interested
in a collection of 44 funny sto-
ries, he said. He knew what he
was there for. While he paid for
his pornography, he tried to sell
the clerk at the bookstore a
250-year-old copy of Swiss
Family Robinson, a book that
had not yet been written 250
years ago. The store did not buy
or sell used books, anyway, he
learned. He didnt have the
book with him, but he heaped
praise upon it, holding a plastic-
wrapped smutty magazine in his
hands as did so.
So the inconsequential au-
thor, the one sitting in the book
store, who had been so sad
about the reader losing her sight
a few moments earlier, sat there
and laughed.
Chekhov is credited with
saying writers should never tell
you the moon is shining. In-
stead, he said, they should show
the glint of light on broken
glass. Then, the reader wont
just know the moon is shining -
they actually will see and feel
its spectacular shimmer.
If you told me the world -
this chaotic place full of vio-
lence and rage and bickering
and blindness- is funny, I might
not believe you. But if you
showed me that scene, in a little
bookstore on a Friday after-
noon, I would laugh, and laugh,
and know that you were right.

L ETTER E DITOR
where inside all the anger in the one is steadfastly convinced pression - people tend to turn where.
doctors were. It was a time

To the editor,
Building from scratch may
be simpler; but, developer J. T.
Klein tells the Times-Tribune,
he would prefer redevelopment.
That offers him a chance to pre-
serve trees and animal life.
TO THE
The Century Avenue site for
Stagecoach Trails offers a test
case for Mr. Kleins avowal re-
garding trees. The test should
also reveal how seriously the
city takes an ordinance in its
zoning chapter.
The relevant languagein
10.85addresses applicants
who, like Klein, request a zon-
ing change to Planned Develop-
ment District (PDD). It requires
that The uses proposed and
their intensity and arrangement
on the site shall:
(a) Respect the physical at-
tributes of the site with particu-
lar concern for the preservation
of natural features, tree growth
and open space.
Almost every letter protest-
ing the Stagecoach Trails pro-
posal mentions the abundance
of mature trees on this sloping
land. Those treesand other
natural featuresexist in their
own right. Blight applies
only to a few homes, not the
land they occupy.
Stagecoach Trails must ad-
dress the 10.85 mandate. Mid-
dleton residents deserve to
know how many trees this
apartment building might take
down.

Jim OBrien
2533 Branch St.
Middleton, WI
THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 7

Middleton Recreation Department 2017

Presents

The Trials
The Trials of
of
Robin H ood
Hood
By Will

Thursday, July 20 th ,
Tickets Sold at the Door
7:00pm

Huntington donates to Food Pantry

Kids: $ 5.00
Adults: $7.00
Friday, July 21 st,
Cash Sales Only 7:00pm
Middleton Performing Arts Center
2100 Bristol St, Middleton, WI, 53562
Photo contributed

New twist on an old classic!

P
Produced
roduced by sspecial
pecial arrangement
arrangement with
with Playscripts,
Playscripts, Inc.
Inc.

Photo contributed

Huntington Bank made a $2,500 donation to Middleton Outreach Ministry to support the MOM Food Pantry and its work to
end hunger in our community.Huntington Bank has a long history of giving back to the community through many important You may think you know the true story of Robin Hood, but
causes. Shown above from left to right are Tom Long - Branch Manager for Huntington Bank,Mark Melum - Business Marketing you wont know the full story until you see the Middleton
Manager for Huntington Bank, Patricia Eldred - MOM Fund Development Director, Erica Hendricks - MOM Finance Manager, Recreation Departments fresh twist on a classic. In their pro-
Barbara Markoff, V.P.,Community Development Relationships Manager for Huntington Bank, andTodd Draak, Retail District duction of The Trials of Robin Hood the audience will be led
Managerfor Huntington Bank. through three different perspectives on what really went down
in Nottingham. Along the way you will hear maniacal laughter,
witness choreographed sword fights, and get a glimpse of the
glorious green hat that Robin Hood is known for.
The dedicated cast rehearses for hours every weekday. Each
day more green script booklets find the floor as the cast mem-
orizes their lines. The high energy the cast brings to rehearsal
is guaranteed to transfer to the stage during their perform-
ances. For some cast members, this will be their theater debut,
while others have graced the stage for years. This combination
makes for a great learning experience for all levels as the sea-
soned cast members can learn how to be in a leadership role,
and the newbies can learn from the best.
The productions director, Abbie Hannam, is the perfect fit
for this play as she isnt a stranger to the Middleton Recreation
Departments productions. Hannam was a part of the Rec De-
partments theater program when she was in Middle School,
and this is now her second year directing for the Recreation De-
partment. Hannams artistic eye and passion for theater trans-
lates into her direction, and makes The Trials of Robin Hood a
must-see.
The hard-working cast invites you to come join the adventure
at the Middleton Performing Arts Center on July 20, 21, & 22,
at 7:00 pm. Tickets will be sold at the door, children will be

Restoration Walk at
$5.00 and adults $7.00, all sales cash only.

Pheasant Branch
Thursday, July 20 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. the Friends of Pheasant
Branch Conservancy will host their July Conservancy Day Program
called Restoration Walk and Talk. Restoration and management
experts will lead this exploration of the Conservancys past, present
and future.
Thousands of hours of work, a long history of needs and accom-
plishments, the celebration of returning rare species and new, per-
sonal, nature experiences are all a part of it. Perhaps you know this
well and perhaps you only know a fraction of the story. Either way,
enjoy a walk in the Conservancy to learn more, reflect and appre-
ciate what we have and why. Meet at the homestead site (white
marker on this map). Park at Orchid Heights Park or in the lot at
4864 Pheasant Branch Road. RSVPs appreciated to:

Geology Tour at Pope

education@pheasantbranch.org

Farm Conservancy

National Night Out to return

There will be a Geology Tour Wednesday, July 20 from 6:00
7:30 p.m. at Pope Farm Conservancy, 7440 Old Sauk Rd. Meet near
the upper parking lot as host Eric Carson, Geologist and Assistant
Professor, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, leads
the tour.
Photos contributed

Pope Farm Conservancy has many geological features. Learn

how the glacier made this Conservancy the way it is. View the ter-
Its time to make plans to attend this popularfreecommunity event that will take place at Lakeview Park at 6300 Mendota Av- minal moraine, walk three recessional moraines and stand where
enue in Middleton onWednesday, August 2 from5:30 to 7:30 p.m. National Night Out is an opportunity for communities nation- three different water-sheds come together (overlooking the city of
wide to promote police-community partnerships, crime prevention and neighborhood camaraderie. Madison). And find out where the rocks came that were used to
This years festivities will include free food and drink, prizes, childrens activities, dunk tank and participation by our Fire De- build the iconic stone fence! This tour will be a fascinating look
partment, EMS, Police Department and other local law enforcement & public safety agencies, including K-9 & horse patrols. Med- back in time.
Flight and DEA helicopters have also been invited. All FOPFC tours are free and open to the public. No registration
Citizens will be able to tour squad cars, fire apparatus and ambulances and have a chance to meet and talk with Law Enforce- is necessary. Find more information at www.popefarmconser-
ment Officers, Paramedics, Firefighters and more. vancy.org or send an email to info@popefarmconservancy.org.
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K ROMREY M IDDLE S CHOOL

Raval, Kirin Marquardt, Maxwell Gussel, Chandler Smith, Nolan
Redders, Jenna Meier, Isabella Hallquist, Annika Snortum Haney, Torii

H ONOR R OLL
Repalle, Krishna Morton, Samuel Halterman, Lauren Spalding, Henry
Rhodes, Brooke ODonnell, Alison Hellenbrand, Kayley Spalitta, Heidi
Roach, Michael Petersen, Noah Hematti, Faranak Spevacek, Alexia
Roberts, Hudson Plautz, Kayla Hensen, Bryce Stajkovic, Sheldon
HONOR ROLL AND Harris, Catherine Robinson, Damarion Remsik, Riley Hiorns, Celia Staresinic, Ian
HONORABLE MENTION Healy, Julia Roden, Elijah Robinson, Joseph Hodgman, Quinn Starr, Alexander
4th QUARTER/2nd Semester Hostasch, Ella Roden, Liliana Roush, Ashlyn Holman, Madeline Steele, Nikolaas
2016-2017 Hu, Franklin Rosado Aviles, Cianeishly Skaar Zurenda, Draydon Huang, Yale Stettner, Nathan
Inman, Ryan Rosholt, Grace Smith, Avery Huggett, Dana Stricker, Sydney
7th Grade Honor Roll Iverson, Tye Ruszkiewicz, Madeline Smith, Harlan Hujanen, Caroline Tankersley, Erin
(3.600-4.000) Jacoby, Leo Saldana Silva, Beatriz Stotesbery, Brecken Hursh, Ella Taylor, Sophie
Bold Denotes 4.0 Jain, Aarush Sampson, Joshua Studebaker, Cole Jackson, Natavia Tenley, Ethan
Jarugumilli, Claire Sandoval, Aurora Torres, Savian Jambor, Ava Thompson, Mia
Adzomfoa, Karen Jin, Hansen Sarhan, Zane Utter, William Jiang, David Toney, Aidan
Aiyenero, Margaret Jones, Elaina Sawallish, Ian Wayne, Alyssa Joseph, Ezra Tung, Amanda
Alexander, Jack Judd, Emma Schintgen, Lilyanna Wodzro, Sterling Kaplan, Amber Tung, Ashley
Anderson, Evelyn Kasdorf, Hannah Schleusner, Erin Wood, Carson Kasel, Kaden Tutewohl, Benjamin
Aviles, Iliana Sofia Kaufman, Clay Schremp, Collin Woodall, Ryanne Kim, Geneghee Underkofler, Elle
Baize, Emma Kessenich, Anna Seerha, Pritpal Zempel, Easton Kinney, Dominick Viscarra, Addalie
Balaji, Darshana Kim, Irene Severson, Amara Zumbrunnen, Charles Koeshall, Karleigha Viscarra, Annaliese
Barker, Cole Kinney, Jacob Shaw, Klora Korink Romani, Lara Voiss, Lauren
Bast, Aaliyah Kommuri, Rohan Shaw, Nathan 8th Grade Honor Roll Krenke, Brett Wagner, Vivian
Batchenkova, Maria Krause, Hayley Shepard, Warren (3.600-4.000) Kruck, Madeline Walkington, Avery
Bauer, Jace Krueger, Colin Smith, Allison Bold Denotes 4.0 Kubsh, Genevieve Warriner, Analise
Bauer, Tyler Kubsh, Samantha Smith, Fei Landretti, Jordann Westbrook, Jack
Berge, Venden La Crosse, Madison Sonzogni, Hayden Addanki, Amruth Larson, Eden Whittingham, Luke
Bliss, Zachary LaRico, Mia Spencer, Azaria Ahmad, Zamaan LaScala, Lauren Williams, Jordynn
Borchardt, Ariah Lee, Daniel Stahl, Lillian Allison, McKenna Ledin, Emily Wiltzius, Gwenyth
Bosch, Alexa Lee, Eun Seo Stettner, Aaron Arrington, Felicity Lee, Jayden Wincek, Althea
Boswell, Paige Lee, Michael Streets, Grace Ashley, Alexander Lewandowski, Vivian Witkovsky, Aidan
Braun, Torin Leffel, Anastasia Stretchberry, Samuel Barmore, Zoe Leys, Charles Worden, Griffin
Browning, Timothy Lewis, Lian Stroede, Alyssa Beckman, Jacob Liegel, Jaden Wubben, Ella
Brutosky, Avery Lima, Alejandro Sullivan, Maryclaire Bertalot, Genevieve Mackey, Philip Xiao, Madison
Burkholder, Anna Lin, Blaise Sun, Kenneth Boehnen, Chloe Madaus, Mason Yard, Rachel
Byrne, Fianna Ljumani, Vesa Suresh, Sanjay Brenton, Michael Mael, Jessica Yu, Nicole
Cabrera, Gabriela Lonetree-Miller, Jalen Sweitzer, Cole Bresnick, Jaren Malak, Alaina Zeaman, Melia
Carey, Samuel Long, Kalea Tamayo-Jimenez, Arturo Bunz, Victoria Mangano, Francesca Zopf, Vincent
Chairez-Lomas, Ivan Lorman, Gabriel Tangwall, Nicholas Burns, Eleanor Marrione, Alexander Zumbrunnen, Abigail
Chau, Ethan Lorman, Noah Toney, Zachary Callaci, Liam Matthews Lund, Marli
Chavan, Ashwika Lu, Karen Torresani, Julia Carranza, Kelly McDonald, Brielle Honorable Mention
Choate, Tanner Lynch, Emily Tritle, Simon Cermak, Ivan Meyer, Ariana (3.400-3.599)
Coleman, Jordan Ma, David Tsipis, Emily Chau, Trevor Meyer, Madeline
Connell, Ian Madigan, Fiona Ulfig, Nicholas Chirafisi, Isabella Mintz, Anna Borden, Noah
Cook, Natalie Mael, Tyler Utter, Devan Cho, Jeremy Monroe, Samari Braun, Mitchell
Crute, Kadin Maramag, Robert Wakeham, Nina Clark, Ava Moriarty, Aidan Del Moral, Miguel
Cruz, Christian Martin, Alana Wang, Eileen Cliff, Lauren Morris, Josephine Dunn, Ayla
Currie, Jada McDonough, Gus Ward, Griffin Colbert, Lynnea Nair, Namita Finch, George
Dahmen, Milanne McGinley, Maeve Warholic, Molly Cole, Aidan Namsey, Tenzin Fitzgerald, Lauren
Dahmen, Sofia McGrath, Griffin Wegener, Audrey Culp, Jenna Nandagopal, Priyadharishini Foelker, Ava
Davey, Caleb McKersie, Camryn White, Abigail Cushman, Emma Nguyen, Morgane Fox, Lila
Denson, Hanna McLay, Eleanor White, Nathan Dahmen, Beau Noll, Austin Haynes, Madigan
Dolin, Talia McLellan, Claire Wible-Benford, Solera Daniel, Devin Parker, Sydney Johnson, Amanda
Doxtater, Elora Mendenhall, Brooke Williams, Evelyn Davis, Kinsey Pasch, Brooke Mahalingam, Esha
Duhr, Skylar Miller, Lucas Williams, Nancy Dettman, Karsen Pattnaik, Akshita Marquez Pina, Mireya
Escamilla Garcia, Joseline Mohan, Aayush Wu, Daphne Dubas, Surina Peters-Michaud, Sophia Martin-Rivera, Mary
Finnemore, Max Morner, Amalia Zhang, Helen Eggert, Samuel Pincombe, Tyler Meyer, Jackson
Flock, Bailey Moser, Jana Zhu, Amanda Engling, Emery Pliner, Erin Muchacho Moreno, Karlen
Frank, Ryane Munson, Christie Zimmerman, Matthew Evans, Abigail Rajpal, Noor Murdoch, Preston
Frantz, Meghan Nelson, Hannah Ezman, Jaxson Ralphe, Gabrielle Neisius, Lesley
Frisch, Ellie Nemr, Stephen Honorable Mention Fischer, Halle Recob, Mollie Niece, James
Fullerton, Holly Nordeng, Taylor (3.400-3.599) Fisher, Emily Reichard, Rachel Raymond, Alyanna
George, Amanda Novak, Braden Flottmeyer, Isaac Rice, Allison Rowe, Joseph
Gibson, Kal Nutini, Abigail Brink, Nora Foland, Max Riter, Henry Schiff, Carly
Giles, Jackson OBrien, Alli Burns, John Foley, Sarah Rosenblatt, Yael Schultz, Jessica
Goldrosen, Joshua Ohly, Catherine Ewer, Ethan Gaab, Molly Ruhly, Sean Schwetz, Kaitlin
Gonter, Erin Ostreng, Zachary Ezoula, Richalatou Gallay, Amaya Ruszkiewicz, Brooke Sinha, Dheer
Gudel, Sierra Palety, Prerana Fenske, Charles Garber, Mena Ryan, Rachel Szczepanski, Madison
Gustafson, Samuel Paulsen, Stephen Galassi, Luca Genyk, Elyse Saldana Silva, Elssie Teodorescu, Christopher
Habib, Sajid 3.733 Peiffer, Braden Gamer, Isabelle Gibson, Emma Sanderson, Glenna Teschner, Rhiannon
Hafeman, Madelyn Pence, Mia Gmur, Caden Glinberg, Talia Schink, Elizabeth Vogel, Max
Halverson, Cheyenne Peroutka, Douglas Gopal, Kieran Gold, Nathan Schoenenberger, McKenna Wagner, Kaleb
Hansen, Rowan Peterson, Zoey Kinne, Elijah Griffith, Nora Seiden, Henry Yanke, Cole.
Hanson, Lydia Porras, Bianca Latollari, Xhuljana Gruett, Henrik Shaffer, Kathryn
Hanson, Reese Rajesh, Prishaa Maeder, Maxim Guse, Jonah Simmons, Taylor

G LACIER C REEK M IDDLE S CHOOL

Kulie, Alex J Reppen, Annabelle K* Zwettler, Giovanna M Andler, Jacob N*
Kunze, Greta L* Roelke, Michelle K Aumann, Wilhelmina Y
H ONOR R OLL Kurtz, Emma E Sarbacker, Jaron M 7th Grade Ballweg, Colin P
Landucci, Clara R* Savangsy, Savannah D Honorable Mention Barrett, Allison J*
Laufenberg, Lauren N* Schultz, William R Carr, Ryan C Basel, Alexander L
4th Quarter Glacier Creek Erlandson, Kallen A* Leach, Lucy A Seaborg, Alexander T Colon, Jessica L Bogner, Ian S
Middle School Honor Roll Flad, Emma M Lederer, Krista L Seffrood, Delaney G Davis, Cara N Bohachek, Ian D*
Frey, Mahala R LeMonds, Benjamin W* Shahzad, Iman A* Ehlke, Halle F Bolden, Piper
7th Grade Honor Roll GadElhak, Salma H LeRoy, Emily G Shanks, Ian C Jones, Mykal L Boya, Jayadeep
* denotes 4.0 Garver, Shelby C Lewis, Katelyn M* Sheehan, Veronica R Knight, Ashley L Bukhman, Eugenia A*
Gessler, Abigail R* Li, Cameron A* Shorey, Juliette A Ladwig, Allison M Burkard, Samantha K*
Ahn, Natalie F Gilge, Lindsay J Madigan, Brianna M* Sisk, Frances C* Lenz, Aidan M Button, Alexander K*
Ahuja, Arvan Gilliland, Gabriel E Mandelbrot, Jacob M* Smith, Margaret Ann O Malcheski, Jaren J Buza, Eleanor J
Albert, Evan V Goldberg, Adin J Manna, Mihir* Sommers, Mason D* Mladucky, Ethan C Caldwell, Erin J*
Anand, Kshirin M Greenwood, Erin M* Manning, Timothy J Spaeth, Tyler J Pauley, Jacob R Casper, Ainsley M*
Bauman, Rylie A Gruba, Gabriella R May, Madelyn M Spahn, Kevin T Peterson, Kaden M Chang, Kevin G*
Bernier, Elle C* Gupta, Varun McEllistrem, Gavin E Sperger, Abigail M Pongratz, Erik C Chiaverini, Michael E*
Boehnen, Alexandria G Haack, Serena N* Mock, Ella A Steinmetz, Joseph H Sigler, Jack M Collins, Elena J*
Bookstaff, Sydney C* Haag, Molly K* Mondi, Brian C* Swiersz, Samantha P Skubal, Macy D Covey, Jakob T
Borgmeyer, Paige E Hall, Macy L Needham, Ella E* Symonds, Sadie I* Smith, Lindsey R Crump, Bruno V
Bote, Olivia M* Hall, Nathan K Neumann, Nathan S Thomas, Josephine S* Srivastava, Aviral DOrazio, Ella E*
Bouril, Catherine X* Harris, Peyton C Owens, Rhyann E* Utter, Abigail T Ter Horst, Gregory T Dahmen, Quint A*
Burkholder, Mia M* Hartman, Jack T Ozers, Elise S* Vondrak, Julia A Tumbleson, Nathan A Davis, Kobi-Ann O*
Byl, Tabetha M* Hellenbrand, Kylie A Pansegrau, Lauren M* Waldorf, Nicholas J Whiteis, Samantha K De Young, Michael P*
Chandler, Emma L Hong, Rachel S Pardon, Kailani F* Weiler, Megg E Dettmann, Jordan R
Chilakapati, Harsha Johnson, Maya R* Peddireddy, Saketh R Whitford, Josie M* Djamali, Aria M*
Cole, Beckett E Kalscheuer, Madelyn L Perez Alvarez, Lizbeth J Wilson, Alex G 8th Grade Honor Roll Dresen, Lauryn M
Conrad, Isabella P* Keebler, Molly A* Pertzborn, Scout E Woldt, Abbey L * denotes 4.0 Duecker, Anna G
Corrigan, Noah R Keenan, Colin P Peters, Gisella S* Yoo, Chaewon* Easton, Michael Q
Cowling, Katie M* Kempf, Cody R Raffel, Logan R Ystenes, Adeline E* Accola, Melanie J Engelien, Mason F
Dongarra, Cecelia R Kempf, Morgan J* Ravenscroft, Kate E Zander, Joshua D* Acker, Brianna K*
Ducke, Peyton E Kriewaldt, Karlye M* Rebholz, Isabelle A* Zander, Matthew D Ahuja, Vashima
HONORS, page 9
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HONORS continued from page 8

Esser, Daniel T Gassen, Calvin J* Greenheck, Jenna L Hink, Avery M Hunt, Johanna J* Schutte, Jack T
Faessler, Malia R* Giefer, Rose D* Gustafson, Michael A Hogan, Noah J Hurd, David R Shimniok, Abigail H
Fisher, Fiona M* Go, Maria R* Halanski, Ella E Holahan, Bridget N* Jensen, Elena P Smith, Benjamin B*
Friedle, Ava E* Go, Michael E* Hebert, Olivia R* Holthaus, Alexandra E Johns, McKenzie J* Sprecher, Rachel G*
Frinzi, Leona R* Gonzalez, Saffron L Heise, Nicholas W* Hornung, Ashley A* Jonuzi, Arber K Squire, Ian M*
Gadalla, Yousef H* Graham, Alice R Hidrogo-Romero, Jessica* Howard, Zoe S Kalscheur, Grace A Stoecker, Kayla M*
Karanth, Manase G* Svedberg, Anika M*
Karls Niehaus, Ciana R Svendsen, Samuel W*
Keohane, Mei Mei K Theis, Tyler A
Kolodziej, Taylor G Thomley, Allison L*
LaCour, Alexander J Thor, Blake A
Martin, Norah I* Trainor, Elise A
McNerney, Joseph J Underwood, Olivia L*
Mohrbacher, Kaitlyn L Vogel, Isabel P
Molander, Mackenzie R* Volkema, Jaquelin
Mulligan, John D Whitehead, Callista G*
Murray, Jackson D Wilkes, Riley R
Nelson, Josiah B Wilson, Karson V*
Nie, Zinnia Z* Winkler, Parker T*
Noak, Lily E* Yang, Suabcua K
OHandley, Katherine R Yosick, Sydney A
OMalley, Timothy P Yosick, Zachary T*
Ozers, Andrew L* Zeimentz, Michael J*
Parente, Michael A Zhang, Edwin T
Patterson, Elleanor E* Zhang, Julia L*
Pertzborn, Jackson J
Pertzborn, Sawyer J 8th Grade
Phaneuf, Madeline M Honorable Mention
Pinder, Emma V Abreu, Luis A
Poehling, Lauren E* Bohl, Samuel J
Powers, Paige J Brandon, Lucas A
Prabahara Sundar, Poojha* Connell, Julia G
Pritchard, Lily K* Dunn, Nolan P
Prohaska, Isabel M Grosspietsch, Carl W
Pugliese, Luigi T Heisler, Micah T
Puli, Sai Rithika* Henke, Sara E
Rapacz, Olivia M Newman, Claire T
Renfert, Koby H Ott, Bethany R
Rizal, Natasha* Padilla Garcia, Oscar U
Roen, Noah J Prohaska, Ava M
Ropa, Darshana J* Rogeberg, Coleton D
Roquitte, Maxwell C Smith, Phileas E
Roy, Siddharta Sutcliffe, Lucas D
Sabol, Morgan M Weiler, Kate E
Sax, Charlotte L* Wissink, Olivia J
Schollmeyer, Ryan C Wolle, Bertram P .
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Follow Rob

Cross Plains tops Middleton

Reischel on
Twitter at
@robreischel

Businessmen
notch big win
by ADAM HATLAN
For the Times-Tribune

Cross Plains starting pitcher

Jared Haack asked manager
Randy Meinholz if he could
take the mound against divi-
sion leader Middleton in a cru-
cial Home Talent league game
Sunday.
Haack said he liked pitching
at Sorenson Field and was
pumped up for the game.
Oh, and it was his birthday.
Meinholz was rewarded
with his decision, as Haack
pitched seven-plus strong
innings and helped lead the
Businessmen to a much-needed
6-3 win over the 29ers.
It was a team effort. We
came ready to play today,
Haack said. We needed a win
bad. Weve been struggling.
Everything kind of came
together.
It was a big win for Cross
Plains, as it broke a four-game
losing streak stayed in the hunt
for second place in the
Northern Sections East
Division at 5-6, two games
behind second-place Black
Earth (8-5).
Middleton (11-2) lost its
second straight game after
beginning the year 11-0.
Despite the mini-losing streak,
he 29ers remain three games
ahead of second-place Black
Earth. Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

Haack struck out six,
allowed nine hits and two
earned runs and earned the win.
Kenny Allen pitched the final
two innings in relief for Cross
Plains, allowing one run and
picking up the save.
Pretty nice birthday pres-
ent for (Haack), said a smiling
Meinholz. Middleton is so
tough. Theyve got no holes in
their lineup. Great job by my
pitchers today.
Cross Plains catcher Will
Doherty held his pitcher in
high regard.
I was calling the pitches,
but (Haack) was putting them
right where I wanted, Doherty
said. It was beautiful. Great
game.
Jared threw an unbeliev-
able game, said Middleton
manager Brandon Hellenbrand.
Weve struggled with (Haack)
in the past. He was able to get
ahead of our guys. We just
couldnt quite figure it out
today.
Middleton starting pitcher
Drew Farrell didnt fare as
well, as Cross Plains knocked
him out in the seventh inning.
Farrell allowed 12 its and six
runs in 6 2/3 innings.
Ross Hellenbrand finished
on the mound for the 29ers.
Doherty, who entered the
game hitting .324, led the way
offensively for Cross Plains.
He tallied four hits and reached
base in all five of his plate
Shane Murphy and the Cross Plains Home Talent League team defeated Middleton on Sunday.
appearances, including a three-
run home run in the seventh to
bust the game open. He also
finished with four RBI.
I was just seeing the ball
pretty well today, Doherty
said. (Farrell) is a great pitch-
er, though. Sometimes you just
have (good) days against
guys.
We went up (to the plate)
with no fear, Meinholz said.
We scattered hits throughout
the game we didnt swing at
bad pitches. Got some big
clutch hits and runs when we
needed them.
It was an uncharacteristic
game for Middleton, as it com-
mitted three errors and wasnt
able to get anything going
offensively until late in the
game.
We didnt play the best
defensively today, Brandon
Hellenbrand said. We havent
really done that all year.
The pitchers ruled over the
first two innings, but Cross
Plains struck first in the top of
the third fueled by three
straight hits to start the frame.
Jeremy Lochner and Drew
Meinholz both reached on sin-
gles, and Doherty had his sec-
ond hit of the game, driving in
Lochner with a single to make
it 1-0 Cross Plains.
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Happy campers
Times-Tribune photos by Mary Langenfeld

Middleton boys basketball coach Kevin Bavery held a summer camp recently.
Clockwise, from top:
Bavery talks to his campers during one of the practices.
Brooke Michelotti, 9, gets ready to take a shot.
Owen Huntley, 7, has his game face on.
Katelyn Zutter, 7, shows off her ball handling skills.
Middletons Drake earns
Jackie Pitts Award
PAGE 14 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017

Middleton senior lacrosse

standout Abby Drake recently
received the Jackie Pitts Award
for the state of Wisconsin.
This award, given by US
Lacrosse, recognizesa graduat-
ing senior who honors the
game of lacrosse, is invested in
the development of the game in
her community, and is an
exceptional player who contin-
ually strives to improve her
game. The qualifications go on
to describe the award-winner
as someone who exemplifies
the spirit of the game both on
and off the field.
Academically, Drake is an
outstanding student and a val-
ued role model in her school.
Drake is the first Middleton
lacrosse player to ever win the
award.
As a student athlete and a
member of Middletons
lacrosse program, Abby Drake
has been a dominant player,
team leader, reliable teammate,
caring and compassionate
young adult, as well as a con-
stant supporter of Middletons
Girls Lacrosse programs
growth, Middleton coach
Anne Gravel said.
Drake is a Middleton High Photo submitted
School honor student who also
helped referee and mentor Middleton lacrosse standout Abby Drake received the Jackie Pitts Award recently.
young girls in the sport of
lacrosse. Drake was a four-year
varsity player who helped lead The award is named after national pioneer for womens each year for the Jackie Pitts
the Cardinals to a perfect 14-0 Jackie Pitts, who has a lifetime lacrosse and is a member of the Award.
conference record and was the of lacrosse achievements as a US National Lacrosse Hall of
teams leading scorer with 56 player, coach, and educator. Fame. Only one female player
goals. Pitts is recognized as an inter- from Wisconsin is selected

A great day at Miller Park

Photo submitted

Middletons 14-year-old Babe Ruth team played against the West Bend Thunder at Miller Park recently.
The day began with batting practice in the batting tunnel under the stadium. The team then warmed up on the field
and the pitchers and catchers used the bullpen.
Every player got the chance to pick a walk-up song that was played before every at bat.Middleton then posted a
6-4 win in extra innings.
In front (from left) are Parker Winkler, Garrett Pertzborn, Treyden Hewuse and Nolan Dunn. In back (from left)
are Nolan Smith, Ruben Emmerich, Bryce Hensen, Aidan Williams, Jacob Andler and Mike DeYoung.
Gators upended by Ridgewood
THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017
The Middleton Gators and
Ridgewood Greenbuns enter-
tained a large crowd with a
thrilling meet at the Walter R.
Bauman Aquatic Center last
Saturday.
The Gators were unable to
overcome a deep Ridgewood
bench in the upper age groups
and the Greenbuns earned a
hard fought, 592-479, win.
In the 8-and-under girls
age group, Middletons A for her performance in the 50-
and B squads posted first
and third place finishes in the
medley and freestyle relays.
This age group also dominat-
ed individual events starting
with the 25-meter freestyle
where Clara Kiehl (first), Jane
Garlock (second) and Maggie
Onopa (third) rolled, while
Brynn Sundell and Garlock
took first and third, respec-
tively, in the 25-meter back-
stroke.
Grace Charles and Sundell
took first and third place,
respectively, in the 25-meter
breaststroke, while the trio of
Charles (first), Tatem Martin
(second) and Zoe Ress (third)
made a clean sweep of the top
spots in the 25-meter butter-
fly. Charles set a new team
record covering the distance
in a blazing 19.65 seconds.
Irene Lee also added a second
place finish in the 100-meter
individual medley.
In the 8-and-under boys
squad, Henry Wagener
notched a second place finish
in the 25-meter breaststroke,
while Espen Morner closed
out the meet for this age group
with a second place finish in
the 100-meter individual med-
ley.
The 9-10 girls squad had a
strong showing as the Gator
A and B teams finished
first and third in the 200-
meter medley and were sec-
ond in the 200-meter freestyle
relay. In the 50-meter
freestyle, Olivia Strasia was
second and Carly Kubsch was
third, while Audrey Alexander
received a first place ribbon
stroke.
meter backstroke.
Annika Diny had a second
place finish in the 100-meter
individual medley, while Kyra
Woodall (first), Diny (second)
and Carly Kubsch (third)
swept the top spots in the 50-
meter breaststroke.
The 9-10 boys outscored
their Ridgewood opponents,
20-8, in the group events with
Middletons A and B teams meter butterfly.
taking first and third places in
both the 200-meter medley
and the freestyle relay races.
The dynamic foursome com-
posed of Ben Cutler-
Heiderscheit, Luke Chandler,
A.J. Charles and Sam Wolf
smashed the old pool and
team records set in 2007 and
2011 respectively, by more
than two seconds.
In the individual events,
Cutler-Heiderscheit took first
place in the 50-meter
freestyle, while Charles (first)
and Cutler-Heiderscheit (sec-
ond) finished strongly in the
50-meter backstroke. Wolf
rallied to capture first place in
both the 100-meter individual
medley and 50-meter breast-
stroke and Miles Wagener
took third in this event.
MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE
Charles and Wagener also
took first and third in the 50-
meter butterfly .
In the 11-12 girls events,
Middletons A team took
second place in both the 200-
meter medley and 200-meter
freestyle relays. Ryanne
Woodall placed second in the
50-meter freestyle, while
Sammi Kubsch took second
place in the 50-meter back-
Woodall would come roar-
ing back for a first place finish
in the grueling 100-meter
individual medley, while
Natalie Charles finished a
close third. Charles was first
in the 50-meter breaststroke,
while Olivia Budzinski fin-
ished second. Anna Riehl
closed out the meet with a
third place showing in the 50-
200-meter
In the boys 11-12 division,
the Gators A and B teams
posted first and third place
finishes in the 200-meter
medley and 200-meter
freestyle relays. In the indi-
vidual events, Jacks were wild
and Jack Alexander and Lack
Madigan raced to first and
second place finishes in the
50-meter freestyle. Theo Wolf
(first) and Luke Lamers
(third) put points on the board
in the 50-meter backstroke.
Lamers added a second
place finish in the 100-meter
individual medley. Alexander
added another first place fin-
ish in the 50-meter breast-
stroke, while Courtland
Flanigan finished a close sec-
ond. Wolf added a second
place finish in the 50-meter
Gators divers edge Parkcrest
Middletons divers pulled
out a thrilling 56-55 win over
Parkcrest last Friday.
We really had some
divers step up to the plate this
week and give it their all to
bring our team another win
home specifically the 13-
14 age group, Middleton
coach Nicolette Krantz said.
They performed well, and
were a big part of this win.
Top three finishers are as
follows:
butterfly.
The 13-14 year girls squad
started the meet with a pair of
second place finishes in the
medley and closed out the meet for this
freestyle races. In the individ-
ual events, Hailey Barrett fin-
ished second in the 100-meter
freestyle, while Molly Haag
and Natalie McLain took sec-
ond and third in the 100-meter
backstroke.
Melanie Golden was first
in the 100-meter individual
medley, while Peyton Harris
added points to the ledger
with a third place finish in the
100-meter breaststroke.
Golden added another second
place finish in the 100-meter
butterfly.
In the 13-14 year old boys,
the Gators A and B teams
were second and third, respec-
tively, in the 200-meter med-
ley and freestyle relays. Kevin
Chang was second in the 100-
10-and-under boys
3. Brody Peiffer, 79.05
11-12 girls
1. Alana Martin, 160.00
2. Ella Ryan, 141.45
3. Lucy Hellenbrand,
129.55
11-12 boys
2. Daniel Shulla, 145.50
13-14 girls
1. Lauren Fitzgerald,
194.85
meter freestyle, while Owen
Mosley added a third place
finish in the 100-meter indi-
vidual medley. John Kaney
fly.
age group by taking first in
the 100-meter breaststroke
and second in the 100-meter
butterfly.
The 15-18 Lady Gators A
team muscled up for a second
place finish in the 200-meter
medley relay and for first
place in the 200-meter
freestyle relay. Cora Mack
and Caroline Hippen were
first and third, respectively, in
the 100-meter freestyle.
Hippen (second) and Alexis
Barrett (third) put points on
the board in the 100-meter
backstroke.
Team captain and coach
Margaret McGill fought off a
gaggle of Greenbuns to finish
first in the 200-meter individ-
ual medley. Sarah Wood was
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2. Ella Mock, 187.40
3. Megg Weiler, 179.5
13-14 boys
2. Michael Zeimentz,
162.85
3. Alex Starr, 147.0
15-18 girls
1. Rose Horky, 170.00
15-18 boys
1. Noah Krantz, 189.70
first in the 100-meter breast-
stroke, and McGill closed out
the meet with a third place
finish in the 100-meter butter-
The boys 15-18-year-olds
began with second place fin-
ishes in the group 200-meter
medley and freestyle relay
events. Individually, Kane
Birschbach and Matthew
Leiferman took second and
third, respectively, in the 100-
meter freestyle, while Luke
Delaney raced for gold in the
200-meter individual medley.
Birschbach added a second
place finish in the 100-meter
breaststroke. Delaney, the
only Gators swimmer in the
field of seven Greenbuns,
took first place in the 100-
meter butterfly to close out
the meet.
The Gators take on
Westside Swim Club Saturday
at 8 a.m.
Stingrays swim past Sun Prairie
PAGE 16
The Cross Plains Stingrays
swam to an impressive 389-
273 win over Sun Prairie last
Friday.
Girls 8&U 25 Meter Free
3. Addison Haack 22.52
Girls 8&U 25 Meter Back
2. Ellie Roenneburg 26.16
Girls 8&U 25 Meter
Breast
3. Sophia Bonti 29.77
Girls 8&U 25 Meter Fly
3. Miri Spahn 27.44
Girls 8&U 100 Meter Free
Relay
2. Cross Plains A 1:39.14
(Ellie Roenneburg, Piper
Kraemer, Sophia Bonti,
Addison Haack)
Girls 8&U 100 Meter
Medley Relay
2. Cross Plains A 1:54.34
(Piper Kraemer, Sophia Bonti,
Miri Spahn, Rian Jost)
Girls 9-10 50 Meter Free
2. Izzy Ensenberger 38.67
Girls 9-10 100 Meter IM
2. Izzy Ensenberger 1:38.22
Girls 9-10 50 Meter Breast
2. Izzy Ensenberger 52.68
3. Ava Halanski 54.46
Girls 9-10 50 Meter Fly
1. Ava Halanski 45.35
Girls 9-10 200 Meter Free
Relay
1. Cross Plains A 2:52.75
Girls 9-10 200 Meter
Medley Relay
2. Cross Plains A 3:07.44
(Shelby Ehlke, Izzy
Ensenberger, Ava Halanski,
Addie Dorn)
Girls 11-12 50 Meter Free
1. Ella Needham 30.81
3. Abby Utter 32.24
Girls 11-12 100 Meter Free
1. Ella Needham 1:09.12
2. Lily Mair 1:10.93
Girls 11-12 50 Meter Back
1. Lily Mair 35.14
2. Lainie Laszewski 40.56
Girls 11-12 100 Meter IM
MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE
1. Ella Needham 1:19.40 Medley Relay
3. Annika Van Buren 2. Cross Plains A 2:31.98
1:23.18 (Halle Ehlke, Abby Gessler,
Girls 11-12 50 Meter Ella Halanski, Madeline
Breast Phaneuf)
1. Abby Ensenberger 41.05
2. Annika Van Buren 43.04 Girls 15-18 50 Meter Free
Girls 11-12 50 Meter Fly 1. Makenna Licking 28.02
1. Lily Mair 35.37 3. Nicole McCue 29.81
Girls 11-12 200 Meter Free Girls 15-18 200 Meter
Relay Free
1. Cross Plains A 2:18.41 1. Hannah Aegerter 2:12.68
(Annika Van Buren, Ellie Girls 15-18 50 Meter Back
Eisele, Lainie Laszewski, 1. Hannah Aegerter 32.49
Grace Zimmerman) 3. Nicole McCue 34.04
3. Cross Plains B 2:41.78 Girls 15-18 100 Meter IM
(Elaina Phaneuf, Amber 1. Makenna Licking 1:09.77
Haack, Cara Biodrowski, Girls 15-18 50 Meter
Stevee Kraemer) Breast
Girls 11-12 200 Meter 1. Makenna Licking 37.64
Medley Relay 2. Lauren Jensen 38.50
1. Cross Plains A 2:24.63 3. Shae-Lynn Kruchten
(Lily Mair, Abby Ensenberger, 41.06
Ella Needham, Abby Utter) Girls 15-18 50 Meter Fly
3. Cross Plains B 2:38.00 1. Hannah Aegerter 31.29
(Lainie Laszewski, Annika Van 3. Nicole McCue 32.27
Buren, Elaina Phaneuf, Grace Girls 15-18 200 Meter
Zimmerman) Free Relay
1. Cross Plains A 2:06.56
Girls 13-14 50 Meter Free (Ashlyn Phaneuf, Ashley Flad,
1. Rylie Bauman 30.12 Lauren Jensen, Tryn Peterson)
3. Brianna Acker 30.82 3. Cross Plains B 2:15.53
Girls 13-14 200 Meter (Irene Wright, Emma Hinz,
Free Claire Larsen, Grace LaBoda)
3. Rylie Bauman 2:28.33 Girls 15-18 200 Meter
Girls 13-14 50 Meter Back Medley Relay
3. Rylie Bauman 36.00 1. Cross Plains A 2:11.07
Girls 13-14 100 Meter IM (Nicole McCue, Lauren
1. Serena Haack 1:18.80 Jensen, Hannah Aegerter,
Girls 13-14 50 Meter Makenna Licking)
Breast 3. Cross Plains B 2:32.79
1. Serena Haack 41.16 (Emma Neumann, Shae-Lynn
Girls 13-14 50 Meter Fly Kruchten, Cheyanne
1. Serena Haack 33.42 Bodenstein, Ashlyn Phaneuf)
2. Brianna Acker 33.88
Girls 13-14 200 Meter Boys 8&U 25 Meter Free
Free Relay 1. Cahner Vitense 18.77
1. Cross Plains A 2:04.32 Boys 8&U 50 Meter Free
(Brianna Acker, Serena Haack, 1. Cahner Vitense 43.73
Ella Halanski, Rylie Bauman) 3. Evan Myers 46.45
3. Cross Plains B 2:25.61 Boys 8&U 25 Meter Back
(Abby Gessler, Lane LaBoda, 1. Cahner Vitense 25.07
Grace Winkelmann, Emma Boys 8&U 25 Meter Breast
Flad) 1. Henry Zanton 27.62
Girls 13-14 200 Meter Boys 8&U 25 Meter Fly
1. Evan Myers 24.03
Boys 8&U 100 Meter Free
Relay
2. Cross Plains A 1:43.20
(Henry Zanton, Roman Blaha,
Isaac Richardson, Adam
Bernd)
3. Cross Plains B 1:55.48
(Freddie Cupelli, Peter
Francois, Isaac Zander,
Morgan Dorsey)
Boys 8&U 100 Meter
Medley Relay
1. Cross Plains A 1:43.46
(Morgan Dorsey, Henry
Zanton, Evan Myers, Cahner
Vitense)
Boys 9-10 50 Meter Free
1. Caden Van Buren 31.85*
Boys 9-10 100 Meter Free
1. Caden Van Buren
1:11.68*
Boys 9-10 50 Meter Back
1. Liam Mair 47.05
2. Jack Johnson 49.39
Boys 9-10 100 Meter IM
1. Caden Van Buren 1:19.85
2. Tony Peters 1:38.76
Boys 9-10 50 Meter Breast
2. Tony Peters 55.56
3. Liam Mair 55.96
Boys 9-10 50 Meter Fly
1. Tony Peters 42.27
Boys 9-10 200 Meter Free
Relay
2. Cross Plains A 3:02.05
(Nate Zimmerman, Nolan
Goth, Duke Allen, Tony Peters)
Boys 9-10 200 Meter
Medley Relay
1. Cross Plains A 3:07.20
(Jack Johnson, Liam Mair,
Caden Van Buren, Eli
Knutowski)
3. Cross Plains B 4:12.39
(Sam Zanton, Griffin Bauman,
Karl Schaefer, Nate
Zimmerman)
Boys 11-12 50 Meter Free
1. Henry Bohachek 32.84
3. Cowan Vitense 34.50
Boys 11-12 100 Meter Free
1. Kristian Peterson 1:14.47
3. Cowan Vitense 1:18.83
Boys 11-12 50 Meter Back
1. Ian Richardson 37.76
2. Kristian Peterson 47.66
Boys 11-12 100 Meter IM
1. Ian Richardson 1:25.46
2. Henry Bohachek 1:25.97
3. Cowan Vitense 1:30.15
Boys 11-12 50 Meter
Breast
1. Kristian Peterson 45.25
2. Ian McCulley 46.62
3. Ryan Roenneburg 48.06
Boys 11-12 50 Meter Fly
1. Ian Richardson 36.48
2. Henry Bohachek 38.23
Boys 11-12 200 Meter Free
Relay
1. Cross Plains A 2:22.27
(Kristian Peterson, Cowan
Vitense, Kyle Pape, Henry
Bohachek)
2. Cross Plains B 2:34.49
(Noah Dorn, Justin Kalsbeek,
Ian McCulley, Harry
Anderson)
Boys 11-12 200 Meter
Medley Relay
1. Cross Plains A 2:41.95
(Ian Richardson, Ian McCulley,
Justin Kalsbeek, Ryan
Roenneburg)
2. Cross Plains B 2:59.61
(Harry Anderson, Noah Dorn,
Kyle Pape, Kyler Mahoney)
Boys 13-14 50 Meter Free
1. Nick Hinz 27.54
Boys 13-14 200 Meter Free
1. Ian Bohachek 2:25.25
Boys 13-14 50 Meter Back
1. Erik Peterson 38.23
2. Mark Virnig 43.21
3. Eli Duzan 43.31
Boys 13-14 100 Meter IM
1. Nick Hinz 1:14.37
2. Ian Bohachek 1:15.58
Boys 13-14 50 Meter
Breast
1. Ian Bohachek 37.57
THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017
3. Eli Duzan 41.28
Boys 13-14 50 Meter Fly
3. Erik Peterson 38.03
Boys 13-14 200 Meter Free
Relay
1. Cross Plains A 2:03.92
(Ian Bohachek, Mark Virnig,
Erik Peterson, Nick Hinz)
Boys 15-18 50 Meter Free
1. Max Hollfelder 26.43
2. Erick Grelle 26.98
Boys 15-18 200 Meter Free
1. Jacob Aegerter 2:05.41
2. Max Hollfelder 2:09.84
3. Forrest Peterson 2:11.04
Boys 15-18 50 Meter Back
2. Erick Grelle 30.52
3. Forrest Peterson 31.18
Boys 15-18 100 Meter IM
1. Jacob Aegerter 1:02.82
3. Tim Utter 1:09.80
Boys 15-18 50 Meter
Breast
2. Tom McGovern 34.01
3. Jay Sullivan 35.35
Boys 15-18 50 Meter Fly
1. Jacob Aegerter 27.23
2. Forrest Peterson 28.31
Boys 15-18 200 Meter Free
Relay
1. Cross Plains A 1:42.26*
(Max Hollfelder, Erick Grelle,
Forrest Peterson, Jacob
Aegerter)
2. Cross Plains B 1:51.87
(Tom McGovern, Tim Utter,
Colin Kalsbeek, Owen
Roenneburg)
Boys 15-18 200 Meter
Medley Relay
2. Cross Plains A 2:00.13
(John Virnig, Tom McGovern,
Jacob Trepczyk, Max
Hollfelder)
3. Cross Plains C 2:18.77
(Mathew Gutzmer, Parker Van
Buren, Colin Kalsbeek, Jon
Henry Roll)
 Robson named to High
THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017 MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE PAGE 17

Performance team
The Badger Region Volleyball Association, the governing body
of club volleyball in the state of Wisconsin, has selected Cross
Plains resident Thomas Robson to the 2017 Badger Region High
Performance (HP) team.
Robson, 17, is a member of Milwaukee Volleyball Club and will
be a senior this fall at Middleton High School.
The boys HP team is comprised of elite 10 athletes chosen
through a three- or four-day tryout process with athletes coming
from throughout the state for a chance to train with collegiate
coaches from Wisconsin.
Boys chosen for this years team must have been born in 1999 or
later, making it so that close to 700 male athletes from Wisconsin
athletes were eligible for the team.
The 10 athletes chosen for this years team will compete at the
National High Performance Championships July 18-23 in Fort
Lauderdale, Fla. There, they will have the opportunity to compete
against other all-star teams from around the country. The
Badger Region HP team will also potentially compete against teams
from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, New Zealand, Peru
and other countries from around the world.
To be chosen for the Badger Region HP team is a very presti-

Stingrays roll over Sauk Prairie

gious honor and gives these athletes exposure to be seen by colleges
and universities from around the country, said Badger Region
program director Brian Sharkey. Not only that, they get to make

The Cross Plains Stingrays
rolled past Sauk Prairie, 470-
191, on June 30.
Girls 8&U 25 Meter Free
1. Ellie Roenneburg, 22.56
2. Sophia Bonti, 23.96
Girls 8&U 50 Meter Free
1. Maureen Spann, 59.19
2. Miri Spahn, 1:00.35
Girls 8&U 25 Meter Back
2. Ellie Roenneburg, 28.32
3. Piper Kraemer, 29.65
Girls 8&U 25 Meter
Breast
1. Sophia Bonti, 28.90
2. Piper Kraemer, 36.39
Girls 8&U 25 Meter Fly
1. Miri Spahn, 28.78
2. Ashlyn Riley, 42.52
Girls 8&U 100 Meter Free
Relay
1. Cross Plains A 1:58.57
(Sophia Bonti, Ashlyn Riley,
Maureen Spann, Miri Spahn)
3. Cross Plains B 2:53.90
(Cali Allen, Makenzie Casey,
Sabrina Bartlett, Jillian Peters)
Girls 8&U 100 Meter
Medley Relay
1. Cross Plains A 2:01.50
(Maureen Spann, Sophia Bonti,
Miri Spahn, Ellie Roenneburg)
Girls 9-10 50 Meter Free
1. Ava Halanski, 40.53
3. Mallory Peters, 45.00
Girls 9-10 100 Meter Free
1. Izzy Ensenberger, 1:30.64
2. Addie Dorn, 1:41.46
3. Mallory Peters, 1:44.52
Girls 9-10 50 Meter Back
2. Shelby Ehlke, 48.95
Girls 9-10 100 Meter IM
1. Izzy Ensenberger, 1:41.06
2. Addie Dorn, 1:59.64
3. Sloane Hanson, 2:01.53
Girls 9-10 50 Meter Breast
2. Izzy Ensenberger, 50.90
3. Ava Halanski, 53.95
Girls 9-10 50 Meter Fly
1. Ava Halanski, 50.84
3. Shelby Ehlke, 56.31
Girls 9-10 200 Meter Free
Relay
2. Cross Plains A 3:04.46
(Mallory Peters, Kayla
Lattyak, Addie Dorn, Shelby
Ehlke)
3. Cross Plains B 3:50.03
(Anna Oramous, Sophia Eisele,
Lydia Taylor, Sloane Hanson)
Girls 9-10 200 Meter
Medley Relay
2. Cross Plains A 3:27.65
(Sophia Eisele, Izzy
Ensenberger, Ava Halanski,
Mallory Peters)
3. Cross Plains B 3:54.58
(Kayla Lattyak, Anna
Oramous, Sloane Hanson,
Lydia Taylor)
Girls 11-12 50 Meter Free
1. Ella Needham, 31.03
2. Lily Mair, 32.50
3. Annika Van Buren, 34.66
Girls 11-12 100 Meter Free
1. Ella Needham, 1:09.15
2. Lily Mair, 1:12.06
3. Lainie Laszewski,
1:20.53
Girls 11-12 50 Meter Back
1. Abby Utter, 37.03
2. Abby Ensenberger, 39.82
3. Lainie Laszewski, 40.63
Girls 11-12 100 Meter IM
1. Ella Needham, 1:19.09
2. Lily Mair, 1:20.15
3. Abby Utter, 1:23.20
Girls 11-12 50 Meter
Breast
1. Abby Ensenberger, 41.83
2. Sydney Knutowski, 42.43
Girls 11-12 50 Meter Fly
1. Sydney Knutowski, 36.03
3. Abby Utter, 39.00
Girls 11-12 200 Meter Free
Relay
1. Cross Plains A 2:06.12*
(Abby Utter, Lily Mair, Sydney
Knutowski, Ella Needham)
2. Cross Plains B 2:30.03
(Ellie Eisele, Stevee Kraemer,
Elaina Phaneuf, Annika Van
Buren)
Girls 11-12 200 Meter
Medley Relay
1. Cross Plains A 2:33.96
(Lainie Laszewski, Annika Van
Buren, Abby Ensenberger,
Sydney Knutowski)
3. Cross Plains B 3:04.47
(Stevee Kraemer, Marianna
Zanton, Elaina Phaneuf, Ellie
Eisele)
Girls 13-14 50 Meter Free
1. Kaitlyn Peters, 29.96
2. Brianna Acker, 31.34
Girls 13-14 200 Meter
Free
2. Brianna Acker, 2:34.01
Girls 13-14 50 Meter Back
1. Lauryn Abozeid, 36.03
3. Halle Ehlke, 39.40
Girls 13-14 100 Meter IM
1. Kaitlyn Peters, 1:16.18
2. Ella Halanski, 1:21.59
3. Brianna Acker, 1:22.08
Girls 13-14 50 Meter
Breast
2. Ella Halanski, 43.00
Girls 13-14 50 Meter Fly
1. Kaitlyn Peters, 32.78
2. Ella Halanski, 35.15
Girls 13-14 200 Meter
Free Relay
1. Cross Plains A 2:04.09
(Madeline Phaneuf, Brianna
Acker, Ella Halanski, Kaitlyn
Peters)
3. Cross Plains B 2:40.71
(Bethany Ott, Abby Gessler,
Grace Winkelmann, Lane
LaBoda)
Girls 13-14 200 Meter
Medley Relay
2. Cross Plains A 2:27.90
(Lauryn Abozeid, Emma Flad,
Madeline Phaneuf, Halle
Ehlke)
Girls 15-18 50 Meter Free
1. Makenna Licking, 28.87
Girls 15-18 200 Meter
Free
1. Hannah Aegerter, 2:18.53
Girls 15-18 50 Meter Back
2. Makenna Licking, 34.77
3. Nicole McCue, 34.87
Girls 15-18 100 Meter IM
1. Hannah Aegerter, 1:10.65
2. Makenna Licking,
1:11.65
Girls 15-18 50 Meter
Breast
1. Lauren Jensen, 38.96
3. Shae-Lynn Kruchten,
43.16
Girls 15-18 50 Meter Fly
1. Hannah Aegerter, 32.53
2. Nicole McCue, 33.70
Girls 15-18 200 Meter
Free Relay
2. Cross Plains B 2:23.02
(Emma Hinz, Cheyanne
Bodenstein, Emma Neumann,
Grace LaBoda)
3. Cross Plains C 2:30.02
(Valerie Niesen, Amber Grim,
Claire Larsen, Shae-Lynn
Kruchten)
Girls 15-18 200 Meter
Medley Relay
1. Cross Plains A 2:11.78
(Nicole McCue, Lauren
Jensen, Hannah Aegerter,
Makenna Licking)
3. Cross Plains B 2:32.95
(Eleanor Chomiak, Shae-Lynn
Kruchten, Emma Neumann,
Grace LaBoda)
Boys 8&U 25 Meter Free
1. Cahner Vitense, 18.31
Boys 8&U 50 Meter Free
1. Evan Myers, 44.71
3. Peter Francois, 59.51
Boys 8&U 25 Meter Back
1. Morgan Dorsey, 30.21
2. Abram Kolodziej, 31.41
3. Isaac Zander, 33.82
Boys 8&U 25 Meter Breast
1. Cahner Vitense, 25.78
2. Henry Zanton, 26.59
Boys 8&U 25 Meter Fly
1. Evan Myers, 24.84
2. Cahner Vitense, 27.32
Boys 8&U 100 Meter Free
Relay
1. Cross Plains A 1:39.03
(Henry Zanton, Isaac
Richardson, Adam Bernd,
Evan Myers)
2. Cross Plains B 1:58.97
(Peter Francois, Freddie
Cupelli, Bryce Pape, Isaac
Zander)
Boys 8&U 100 Meter
Medley Relay
1. Cross Plains A 1:46.93
(Cahner Vitense, Henry
Zanton, Evan Myers, Isaac
Richardson)
2. Cross Plains B 2:18.01
(Morgan Dorsey, Bryce Pape,
Adam Bernd, Abram
Kolodziej)
Boys 9-10 50 Meter Free
2. Eli Knutowski, 47.43
3. Duke Allen, 49.01
Boys 9-10 100 Meter Free
1. Caden Van Buren,
1:13.56*
3. Jack Johnson, 1:45.08
Boys 9-10 50 Meter Back
1. Caden Van Buren, 39.62
3. Nolan Goth, 52.52
Boys 9-10 100 Meter IM
1. Liam Mair, 1:54.40
Boys 9-10 50 Meter Breast
1. Caden Van Buren, 43.37
2. Eli Knutowski, 1:03.51
3. Duke Allen, 1:07.82
Boys 9-10 50 Meter Fly
2. Nolan Goth, 57.38
Boys 9-10 200 Meter Free
Relay
1. Cross Plains A 3:14.65
(Nolan Goth, Eli Knutowski,
Duke Allen, Jack Johnson)
2. Cross Plains B 3:42.18
(Karl Schaefer, Ian Johnson,
Sam Zanton, Aiden Riley)
Boys 9-10 200 Meter
Medley Relay
1. Cross Plains A 3:13.90
(Jack Johnson, Liam Mair,
Caden Van Buren, Eli
Knutowski)
Boys 11-12 50 Meter Free
1. Cowan Vitense, 34.62
2. Ryan Roenneburg, 36.58
3. Justin Kalsbeek, 39.81
Boys 11-12 100 Meter Free
1. Cowan Vitense, 1:19.19
3. Noah Dorn, 1:26.13
Boys 11-12 50 Meter Back
1. Kristian Peterson, 41.15
2. Kyle Pape, 44.31
Boys 11-12 100 Meter IM
2. Cowan Vitense, 1:31.68
Boys 11-12 50 Meter
Breast
1. Kristian Peterson, 45.96
2. Ian McCulley, 47.16
Boys 11-12 50 Meter Fly
1. Justin Kalsbeek, 40.75
2. Kristian Peterson, 42.82
Boys 11-12 200 Meter Free
Relay
1. Cross Plains A 2:29.43
(Cowan Vitense, Noah Dorn,
Kyle Pape, Kristian Peterson)
3. Cross Plains B 3:02.84
(Dominic Frost, JJ Miller, Ian
McCulley, Kyler Mahoney)
Boys 11-12 200 Meter
Medley Relay
1. Cross Plains A 2:56.09
(Ryan Roenneburg, Zack
Stoecker, Justin Kalsbeek,
Noah Dorn)
Boys 13-14 50 Meter Free
1. Nick Hinz, 28.12
3. Erik Peterson, 33.28
Boys 13-14 200 Meter Free
2. Nick Hinz, 2:27.93
Boys 13-14 50 Meter Back
3. Erik Peterson, 40.84
Boys 13-14 100 Meter IM
1. Ian Bohachek, 1:15.78
3. Mark Virnig, 1:31.19
Boys 13-14 50 Meter
Breast
1. Eli Duzan, 40.62
Boys 13-14 50 Meter Fly
1. Nick Hinz, 32.50
2. Ian Bohachek, 34.01
Boys 13-14 200 Meter Free
Relay
1. Cross Plains A 2:03.34
(Ian Bohachek, Erik Peterson,
Mark Virnig, Nick Hinz)
Boys 13-14 200 Meter
Medley Relay
1. Cross Plains A 2:31.09
(Ian Bohachek, Eli Duzan, Erik
Peterson, Mark Virnig)
Boys 15-18 50 Meter Free
1. Erick Grelle, 27.25
2. Tom McGovern, 27.75
3. Owen Roenneburg, 27.78
Boys 15-18 200 Meter Free
1. Jacob Aegerter, 2:06.25
3. Forrest Peterson, 2:14.94
Boys 15-18 50 Meter Back
1. Erick Grelle, 30.90
3. Forrest Peterson, 32.01
Boys 15-18 100 Meter IM
1. Jacob Aegerter, 1:03.03
Boys 15-18 50 Meter
Breast
3. Tom McGovern, 34.96
Boys 15-18 50 Meter Fly
2. Jacob Aegerter, 27.57
3. Forrest Peterson, 29.02
Boys 15-18 200 Meter Free
Relay
1. Cross Plains B 1:53.84
(Sam Gessler, Tim Dusek, Jr.,
Jay Sullivan, Parker Van
Buren)
Boys 15-18 200 Meter
Medley Relay
2. Cross Plains A 1:58.28
(Erick Grelle, Tom McGovern,
Jacob Aegerter, Forrest
Peterson)
3. Cross Plains B 2:09.33
(Sam Larsen, Jay Sullivan,
John Virnig, Owen
Roenneburg).
Middleton rallies past Cazenovia
PAGE 18
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
The beat goes on.
And Middletons Home
Talent League team hopes
there is no end.
The 29ers rallied for a 10-5
win over Cazenovia on July 2
and improved to 11-0 on the
season. Middleton scored five
runs in the top of the ninth
inning to break away from a
5-5 tie and notch a thrilling
win.
This was a big win for
us, Middleton manager
Brandon Hellenbrand said.
Great teams find a way to
win and today we were down
some of our regular starters
and needed some guys to step
up, and I thought everyone did
a tremendous job. We stuck
together and were able to pull
out the win.
Alec Morrison started for
the 29ers and allowed three
runs and seven hits in seven
innings. Morrison also struck
out two and walked one.
Hunter Bindl allowed a
pair of eighth inning runs that
tied the game, but worked a
scoreless ninth and picked up
the win in relief. Bindl
allowed two runs on three
hits, walked two and struck
out two.
After Cazenovia scored
twice in the eighth to tie
things, Middleton responded
with a big ninth inning.
Luke Schafer started the
inning with a bunt single and
stole second. Andrew
Zimmerman walked, then
Cazenovias pitcher threw
wildly to second on a pick-off
attempt, which allowed both
runners to advance.
Ross Hellenbrand then sin-
gled down the left field line to
bring home Schafer and put
runners on the corners. Ross
Hellenbrand then stole second
and Zimmerman scored when
MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE
the throw went into center
field.
Hellenbrand scored on a
single by Bindl and Morrison
followed with a single. Both
Bindl and Morrison later
scored on a single to left by
Ivan Monreal.
We were tested when Caz
tied the game in the eighth,
Brandon Hellenbrand said.
Our guys stayed with it and
were able to put up five in the
ninth.
Middleton grabbed a 2-0
lead in the top of the second
when Morrisons two-run sin-
gle plated Zimmerman and
Hellenbrand.
Cazenovia scored once in
the bottom of the second, but
Middleton answered with sin-
gle runs in the fourth, fifth
and sixth innings to build a 5-
1 lead.
Brandon Scheidler had an
RBI double in the fourth that
scored Morrison. Zimmerman
scored an unearned run in the
THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017
fifth, and Zimmermans RBI
single plated Schafer in the
sixth.
Cazenovia scored twice in
the seventh and two more runs
in the eight to even things,
before Middletons late rally.
Ross Hellenbrand went 3-
for-5 with two stolen bases to
lead Middletons attack.
Schafer added two hits and
two stolen bases, while
Zimmerman also went 2-for-
3.
Offensively, I thought we
left too many guys on base,
Brandon Hellenbrand said.
We had a lot of opportunities
to score early in the game and
we couldnt get the clutch hit.
When we had to turn it on
the ninth, we did which was
great. But we arent going to
always be able to do that, so
we cant waste as many
chances as what we had
today. Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld
Hunter Bindl and Middletons Home Talent League team
defeated Cazenovia on July 2.
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In the fifth, Cross Plains
Bryce Bonk led-off the inning
with a single and went to third
after a Lochner sacrifice bunt
and single by Drew Meinholz.
An error on Middletons
Brennan Schmitt allowed Bonk
to score from third, giving the
Businessmen a 2-0 lead.
Cross Plains broke the game
open in the seventh, scoring
three runs, sending nine batters
to the plate and collecting three
of its total 13 hits.
Lochner reached on a
Middleton error with one out,
and Farrell plunked Drew
Meinholz with a pitch to put
two runners. Doherty then
smashed a long three-run home
run to give the Businessmen a
5-0 lead.
With two outs, Allen sin-
gled, Ryan Pulvermacher
walked, and Shane Murphy had
an RBI single that plated Allen.
Murphys blow knocked
Farrell from the game and gave
MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE
Cross Plains a 6-0 lead.
In the eighth, Middleton got
a leadoff single from Kevin
Dubler and Hinson followed
with a two-run blast that pulled
the 29ers within 6-2. Andrew
Zimmerman followed with a
single, and that was the final
straw for Haack, who was
relieved by Allen and worked
out of the inning.
Middleton made it interest-
ing in the ninth, as it sent the
winning run to the plate.
Dubler started a two-out
rally with a bloop single and
advanced to second on a field-
ing error. Dubler came around
to score on a single by Hinson
to make it 6-3.
After Zimmerman walked
and Ross Hellenbrand reached
via error, the bases were loaded
for Schmitt, who represented
the winning run. Allen coerced
a groundout on Schmitt and the
Businessmen escaped with the
win.
We had that (four game)
skid there and that hurt, said
Haack. Hopefully this game
kind of turns it around for us.
Hinson led the 29ers, going
3-for-5 with a home run and
three RBI.
In addition to Dohertys big
day, Drew Meinholz went 2-
for-4 with a run scored and
Murphy went 2-for-5 with an
RBI.
Cross Plains now will now
look to build on its win and
make a push to the playoffs.
You win a game like this, it
Will Doherty (top), R.J. Sarbacker (above) and the Cross Plains Home Talent League team
defeated Middleton on Sunday.
gives you the confidence that
you can beat anybody,
Meinholz said. During that
four-game losing streak, we
just couldnt quite get it done. I
kept telling the guys were as
good as any team in this
league, and I think we proved it
today.
On deck: Middleton is at
Waunakee Sunday at 1 p.m.
Cross Plains is at Waunakee
Saturday at 3 p.m. and hosts
Reedsburg Sunday at 3 p.m.
Black Earth 10,
Middleton 7 The 29ers suf-
fered their first loss of the year
Friday night against the
Bombers.
Middleton dug itself an
early 6-1 hole, but battled back
with a six-run sixth inning and
took a 7-6 lead. Josh Hinson
had the key blow with a three-
run home run.
The Bombers responded
with two runs in the seventh
and two more in the eighth and
prevailed. Jeff Schafer took the
loss for Middleton.
Times-Tribune photos by Mary Langenfeld
THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017
continued from page 12
Every year we play at
Black Earth on a Friday night
and its always a really compet-
itive game, Middleton manag-
er Brandon Hellenbrand
said. We knew coming in it
was going to be a battle.
The wind was blowing out
and the ball was flying. Hats
off to them. They really played
an excellent game. I felt like
we had some good momentum
(in the sixth), but they were
able to string together a couple
big hits in the seventh to take
the lead back.
Black Earth 9,
Waunakee 8 The Bombers
notched a big win Sunday and
remained in second place in the
division.
West Middleton 4,
Mount Horeb/Pine Bluff 3
Drew Haack had a big day to
power West Middleton. Haack
went 4-for-4 at the plate,
smacked a home run and
picked up the win.