MTT06MG2015

VOL. 123, NO.
Cowing hits
the road
with Annie
Production comes to
Wisconsin next month
by KATHERINE PERRETH
Times-Tribune
For the past few

months, from Detroit to Tampa to
San Francisco to
Boston, Middleton native Brian
Cowing has been
hitting the boards,
logging
nearly
100 shows. Cowing is performing
Cowing
in the Broadway
Across America
national tour of Annie.
Its amazing to travel the country
and get to know the local people,
Cowing said. Besides seeing the country, Cowing enjoys putting on an optimistic and joyful show nearly every
day, a show that brings laughter, smiles
and a good time, he said.
Cowing dances and sings as Mr.
Bundles, the laundryman, in other bits
and in the 25-member cast Ensemble.
Its a fun track [set of roles], he
explained. There are a lot of quick
changes and not a lot of downtime.
For nearly four decades Annie has
enjoyed a global run, being performed
in 28 languages, remaining one of the
biggest Broadway musical smashes
ever. After opening the spring of 1977,
Annie garnered seven Tony Awards,
including Best Musical, Best Score,
and Best Choreography.
The current troupe boasts choreographer Liza Gennaro, who includes
some of the same sequences that won
her father, Peter Gennaro, the Tony. In
See COWING, page 8
State of the (MEA) union

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2015
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Teachers union president says union still works for teachers despite lack of certification
by CAMERON BREN
Times-Tribune
The Middleton Education Association is no longer recognized as a public

union by the state, but MEA president
Chris Bauman says it is still one of the
strongest unions in the state.

Bauman says even though the union
is not recognized, it is still an effective
voice in advocating for teachers.
After the State Supreme Court upheld Act 10, Bauman says the union
made a conscious choice not to recertify. She explains that with the limita-
tion of only being able to bargain for

base wages under the law, whether
MEA is certified or not they would
have about the same legal capabilities.
We had a conversation with our executive board which consists of representatives from each of the buildings
and determined that we wanted to con-
tinue to function, but chose not to recertify because it doesnt do a whole

lot for us, Bauman recalls.
This meant the MEA could no
longer require teachers to pay their
union dues through a payroll deduction
See UNION, page 6
Times-Tribune photo by Jeff Martin
Winter weather finally arrives, city digs out
Local coach and teacher Tim Simon was a Good Neighbor over the weekend, clearing the driveway of local photographer Jeff Martin. Since
Martin frequently captures images for the Middleton Times-Tribune, the kind gesture turned into an impromptu photo op.
Proposed city
development
troubles some
town residents
by KEVIN MURPHY
Times-Tribune
Nancy and George Shook do not

look forward to seeing four-story apartment buildings overlooking their house
from across Blackhawk Road.
Two 53-unit buildings are proposed
for the 3.96-acre Dennis Gerfen property at the northwest corner of Blackhawk and Pleasant View roads. That
property is in the city of Middleton
while the Shooks live across Blackhawk Rd. in the town of Middleton.
A former town board supervisor,
See APARTMENTS, page 3
Your guide to
eating locally
(and globally)
in the Good
Neighbor City
This week marks the start of a

new Middleton Times-Tribune series profiling local eateries. While
Middleton is by no means a large
city, the dining options here rival
those in much bigger urban hubs.
Citizens can taste recipes from
across the globe without leaving
their area code. The series begins
with a trip to Dhaba Indian
Bistro, which opened three years
ago and is thriving today.
Times-Tribune photo by Matt Geiger
Police department swears in two new officers

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MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE
Gama, Groh join

local police force
The Middleton Police Department

hired two new officers recently, Jesus
Gama and John Groh.
Jesus Gama moved to the States
from Mexico when he was 4 years old.
He grew up in Beloit. Jesus graduated
from UW Milwaukee in Criminal Justice last spring and graduated from the
Blackhawk Tech Police Academy in
December. Jesus has worked at Best
Buy in Beloit and Milwaukee for the
past 5 years.
John Groh grew up in Muskego, WI.
He graduated from UW-Whitewater
last spring with a degree in Accounting
and a minor in Spanish. He interned
with Milwaukee PD and is a volunteer
for the Milwaukee County Sheriff Dive
Team. John graduated from the Milwaukee Area Tech Police Academy in
December.
Jesus Gama (left) and John Groh (right) were both sworn in by Chief of Police Chuck Foulke.
Armed
robbery
at PDQ
Cops say
robber had
flare gun
On Sunday, Feb. 1, at 11:03 p.m. the
Middleton Police Department was notified of an armed robbery that had just
taken place at PDQ Store, 6519 Century Avenue in the City of Middleton.
The suspect entered the store with a
hooded sweatshirt turned inside out
and a winter scarf partially concealing
his face. He then pulled an orange
flare gun that had previously been concealed, and demanded money from the
clerk.
The suspect is described as a black
male approximately 510 tall with a
skinny build. He left the store with an
undisclosed amount of cash. The suspect was seen by a witness getting into
a grey SUV nearby.
A Town of Madison K9 assisted
with tracking from the scene to the location the SUV was last seen parked.
Anyone with information regarding
this robbery is asked to contact the
Middleton Police by calling or texting 608-824-7300.
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Development picking up in the town

by KEVIN MURPHY
Times-Tribune
After a several-year lull, developers

are again interested in constructing
new housing subdivisions in the town
of Middleton, with the town board last
week considered two developments.
The board wanted input on the final
plat of the 16-acre, 13-single-family lot
Meadow Road Estates, located near
Meadow and Midtown roads. The project is expected to return to the boards
agenda within a month for final approval.
The development is proposed as
cluster subdivision which permits
some smaller lot sizes grouped to yield
APARTMENTS
Nancy understands the town has little

or no legal leverage to apply the proposal George Brown Apartments has
begun with the city. However, she was
asking the town board Monday to join
project opponents, the Blackhawk
Neighborhood Home Owners Association and Madison alderperson Paul
Skidmore, in addressing the projects
density and traffic concerns to the city
of Middleton.
If the concept plan is approved by
the city of Middleton, residents said the
project would add hundreds of daily
vehicle trips to the already congested
intersection at Blackhawk and Pleasant
roads.
Ive lived here for 45 years and to
replace [Gerfens] single-family home
with three- and four-story apartment
buildings is detrimental to our property
values, Shook told the board.
The location is an anomaly in that
residents of the town of Middleton and
the city Madison live next to the site
while the nearest city of Middleton residence is located about one-half away,
Shook said.
To accommodate the proposed
apartments, the city of Madison has
agreed to extend sewer and water lines
to the CHURCH
Gerfen propertyNOTES
that has been re-
a greater amount of open space. The

lots range from 31,532 to 65,353
square feet.
Felton Dr. would be extended eastward from Glaciers Woods to
Meadow Rd. to access the lots. Two
stub streets are also planned to give access to unplatted lands north and south
of Meadow Road Estates, according to
a review of the proposal by Vierbicher,
Inc., the towns engineers.
The subdivision would yield
$27,060 in park fees, and include a
31,000-square-foot out lot for storm
water management and open space,
and a trail easement dedicated along
the rear of several lots on the north side
of the Felton Dr. extension.
Jeff Haen, of Haen Real Estate, is
cently annexed into the city of Middleton. However, the agreement does not
allow sewer and water services to
properties on the other side of Blackhawk Rd., Shook said.
Board Supervisor Tim Roehl sympathized with the Shooks plight saying,
youve been rooked, and added traffic from the Steve Brown Apartments
would eventually wind through the
Blackhawk subdivision in order to
avoid the Pleasant View and Blackhawk intersection.
Your concerns are valid, the problem is we dont have much power over
this, Roehl said.
Ellen Steinhauer, a Madison resident
with Blackhawk Rd. address, said the
apartments will forever change the
character of what we have to deal with
thereWere just citizens, no one listens to us.
Town Chair Milo Bruenig said he
was surprised that the city would approve extension of water and sewer
lines without adding traffic signals or
road improvements.
A Pleasant View Rd. traffic study
will be conducted and widening Pleasant View and Blackhawk roads are in
long range plans, but improving the
apartment units before adding improvements is a backwards approach to
the development, Bruenig said.
Town Administrator David Shaw
calculated the project would have an
apartment density about 31 units per
the project developer and said there is

pent-up demand for housing in the
town.
The demand is there because
theres been no new subdivisions for a
while. Also, the town offers a nice option with its close proximity to major
roads to the city of Madison with but
with more reasonable taxes, Haen
said.
Other than a few questions about
trail construction, the board had no
major concerns about the development
going ahead.
After going to the town board this
week, the development then goes to the
Dane County Board of Supervisors for
approval, which, Haen anticipates by
the end of March.
acre. That amount is in excess of the

nearby Boulder Creek Apartments on
Pleasant View Rd. south of Blackhawk
Rd., Shook contends.
In his Jan. 6 letter to the Middleton
Plan Commission, Gerfen disputes the
density comparisons to the Boulder
Creek Apartments. Densities vary
within the several buildings of the 9.3
acre Boulder Creek development, however, the densities are almost exactly
the same, for the buildings nearest the
Pleasant View and Blackhawk intersection.
Gerfen also wrote that despite increased development, property values
in the area have increased over the
years.
While traffic during peak hours can
be difficult in the area, traffic will continue to increase whether his house is
replace with apartment buildings or
not.
Dan Seeley, development director of
Steve Brown Apartments, called the
project sensitive infill development,
in an October letter to Eileen Kelley,
Middleton Planning Director. Seeley
was asking Kelley to recommend the
Capital Area Regional Planning Commission approve the project.
After the initial developer dropped
out, Steve Brown Apartments pick up
the project and reduced the number of
apartment units from 110 to approximately 106. The proposal remains in
the concept approval stage before the
Were hoping to get that road extended [Felton Rd.] by June, weather
permitting, and then start closing on
lots and construction this summer, he
said.
A second proposed subdivision, the
12-lot Natures Cove, located along
Kewatin Trail near Old Sauk Rd., has
access and storm water issues, according to neighboring property owners.
Two streets would be constructed to
provide access to the development proposed by Richard Karls. An east-west
street off of Kewatin Rd. and stemming
from that street, a street south toward
Old Sauk Rd. were both left with unresolved questions.
Sight issues on Old Sauk Rd. caused
by hilly terrain prompted the developer
city of Middleton Planning Commission, said Shaw.

Roehl advised the Blackhawk area
residents to keep attending all meetings, when the project is discussed
and check to see how it conforms to the
city of Middletons Comprehensive
Plan.
The board, with Supervisor Bill
Kolar absent, agreed to send the city a
letter relaying the residents concerns
about traffic and density.
The board also heard County Board
Supervisor Ronn Ferrells request to
support an effort to renumber MidTown Rd. along the towns southern
boundary with the town of Verona. The
county wants addresses along the road
from Elver Park in Madison to beyond
Timber Ln. to follow a sequential pattern. Now addresses are out of order
and confusing, he said.
The county board needs the towns of
Middleton and Verona to agree to the
numbering system it is proposing
which means changing the addresses to
30 or more residences in the town of
to offer to construct the street as no

outlet onto Old Sauk Rd. except for
emergency vehicle access. Whether the
street should be gated at Old Sauk Rd.
or not, was not determined Monday.
Wayne Wilson and Elizabeth PriceRoberts, homeowners adjacent to the
proposed intersection, both told the
board to restrict access there only to
emergency vehicles.
Wilson said an intersection there
would create safety issues and PriceRoberts said a more pavement there
would only add erosion and runoff
problems already present.
Leonard Sosnowski, lives just west
of the proposed Natures Cove, and
See DEVELOPMENT, page 5
continued from page 1
Middleton.
Steve Johnson lives on Mid-Town
Rd. and uses his home address also for
his business. A new address number
would mean having to make changes
to his websites and reprinting his business literature. He asked Ferrell to consider adding an East to West
designation addresses along the road
and for some time to make the required
changes.
Ferrell addressed Sheriffs Deputy
Michael Mohrs concerns about 911
being able to dispatch the right authorities to Mid-Town Rd. addresses. Difficulties with 911 dispatching
authorities within their proper jurisdictions would be accomplished by
adding those notes to the 911 database,
Ferrell said.
Ferrell said the county board could
determine the numbering system later
this month or in March.
The town board asked Ferrell to return to their Feb. 16 meeting to revisit
the issue.
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Nominate this years

Friend of the Town
The Friend of the Town Award

will be given to a resident that has
made a significant contribution to the
Town of Middleton.
The town is soliciting nominations
for the Friend of the Town Award
through February 28, 2015. The Middleton Town Board will select a recipient who will be honored with the
award at the annual town meeting
onApril 21, 2015.
The goal for establishing this award

is to recognize those residents who enhance our community. When you see
a neighbor doing something outstanding, let the Town know by letter or
email.
All nominations can be sent to
David Shaw, town administrator, no
later thanFebruary 28. Please submit
your nominations toinfo@town.middleton.wi.us.
WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Rep.

Mark Pocan (WI-02) has been tapped
by Democratic House Leadership to
serve as a Senior Whip in the
114th Congress. In this Caucus leadership position, Pocan will work closely
with Whip Steny Hoyer to help establish legislative priorities and mobilize
votes on key bills.
I am pleased to announce that I
have appointed Rep. Mark Pocan to
serve as a Senior Whip in the 114th
Congress, said Democratic Whip
Steny H. Hoyer. Rep. Pocan is a tireless advocate for working families and
is a proven leader within the Caucus,
especially on education and labor issues. As the Congressional Progressive
Caucuss 1st Vice Chair, he will bring
a valued perspective to the Whip team,
and I look forward to working with
him as we continue to advance Democrats agenda of job creation and expanding middle-class opportunity.
I am honored to serve as Senior
Whip and humbled to be selected by

Whip Hoyer, said Rep. Mark Pocan.
Americans want an open and honest
conversation in Washington about the
issues affecting their communities. In
this new leadership position, I want to
help pursue the shared goals of growing Americas middle class and moving
our country forward.
A small business owner, union
member and lifelong advocate for progressive causes, Rep. Pocan is committed to using his unique experience from
both the private and public sector to
fight for polices that promote job
growth and support the families of
south central Wisconsin. In Congress,
he serves on both the Budget Committee and the Committee on Education
and the Workforce, and was recently
elected First Vice Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Pocan
previously served as an Assistant Minority Whip in the 113th Congress.
Pocan named a senior

whip in 114th Congress
Photos contributed
Two steps closer for veterans tribute

Brick campaign to honor veterans starts Feb. 15
Pictured are UW Provisions Ron Krantz and Jim Kalschuer each donating $10,000 (above) as well as Larry &
Karen Burcalow of Yahara Materials (top) donating $10,000 to the Veterans Tribute in Middleton. These donations
total $30,000 moving the total to $230,000 towards the final goal of $300,000.
They join previous major donors including Bo Ryan, Middleton Community Bank, Capital City Cleaning & Supply Jill and David DOrazio, L&L Foods Bob Lazarz, Cress Funeral Home, Jack Hall & Hall Lumber and Gunderson
Funeral Home.
Beginning February 15, the brick donation campaign will start and run through May 15. All area veterans can
obtain brick recognition in the Reflection Circles of the tribute, as well as on the walkway. Non-veteran brick recognitions can be obtained on the walkway only. The donation application brochures are available at middletoncommunityveteranstribute.org.
They are also available at many area locations in the donation and brochure canisters. They will also have an advertisement in the Middleton Times-Tribune and a brochure insert in a March issue.
PAGE 5
Police release November crime report
Calls for Service

In October, Middleton Officers handled 1,475 calls for service, 505 were
field initiated, 970 were dispatched, issued 270 citations and 104 written
warnings, made 11 criminal arrests and
investigated 47 accidents.
In November, Middleton Officers
handled 1,409 calls for service, 465
were field initiated, 944 were dispatched, issued 236 citations and 78
written warnings, made 33 criminal arrests and investigated 49 accidents.
Significant Events in November:

MI14-5935, PDQ Store, 5301 South
Ridge Way, Armed Robbery:
On 11-04-14, at 10:59 PM, Middleton Police Officers were dispatched to
the PDQ convenience store on the report of an armed robbery that had just
occurred. The store clerk reported that
an unknown white male suspect, in his
early twenties, entered the store with
his sweatshirt hood pulled up on his
head and demanded all of the stores
money. When the clerk attempted to
step away, the suspect struck him with
a hammer and then fled the store. As a
result of this incident, the clerk received several stiches in his head at an
area hospital. On 11-18-14, Middleton
Police Detectives arrested a 28 year old
Madison man for this crime. The suspect eventually admitted that he had
committed the robbery to support his
heroin addiction.
MI14-6016, Private Residence, 3800
block of Patrick Henry Way, Burglary:
On 11-08-14, at 3:20 PM, Middleton
Officers were dispatched to the area for
the report of a residential burglary that
had occurred approximately 15 minutes earlier. Upon their arrival, officers
were informed that an unknown person
or persons entered the residence
through an unlocked door and stole
prescription narcotics. No suspects
have been located in this case.
MI14-6108, PDQ Store, 7508 Century Avenue, Robbery:
On 11-04-14, at 11:27 PM, Middleton Police Officers were dispatched to
the PDQ convenience store on a report
of an armed robbery that had just occurred. The store clerk reported that an
unknown white male suspect in his
40s, wearing a stocking cap and sunglasses, entered the store and demanded all of stores money. The clerk
refused and the suspect fled the building. No weapon was observed. As of
this date, no arrests in this matter have
been made, however, Middleton Police
Detectives are continuing to follow-up
on several leads in the case.
MI14-6133, Spectrum Brands, 3001
Deming Way, Theft:
On 11-14-14, Middleton Police Officers responded to the report of an employee theft at this commercial
establishment. It is believed that a former employee stole several thousand
dollars from the company during his
tenure there. This investigation is ongoing at this time.
MI14-6183, Tobacco Outlet, 6621
University Avenue, Robbery:
Police Officers were dispatched to the
Tobacco Outlet on a report of a robbery
that had just occurred. The clerk stated
that she was ordered to the ground by
a white male suspect who had displayed a knife. The suspect then stole
all of the currency from the cash register and fled the area. After a lengthy investigation,
Middleton
Police
Detectives arrested a 28 year old Madison man for Armed Robbery along
with a 28 year old Mount Horeb female
and a 23 year old Madison man for
Party to the Crime of Armed Robbery.
The suspects in this case eventually admitted that they had committed the
robbery to support their heroin addictions.
MI14-6203, Harrington Tree Service, 1630 North High Point Road,
Stolen Vehicle:
On 11-17-14, Middleton Police Officers were called to the above address
to take the report of a stolen 1991
Chevrolet station wagon. As of the date
of this report, the vehicle has not been
located and no suspects have been
identified.
MI14-6261, Harrington Tree Serv-
ice, 1630 North High Point Road, Theft

of Tools:
On 11-17-14, Middleton Police Officers took the report of a stolen chain
saw from this establishment. Upon further investigation, Middleton Police
Officers identified numerous power
tools that were stolen from this business and sold at area pawn shops. Middleton Officers are continuing to
investigate the case and identified additional suspects.
MI14-6347, Private Residence, 1300
Block of North High Point Road, Animal Bite:
On 11-24-14, Middleton Police received the report of a male subject
being bitten by a dog as he walked on
the sidewalk in the 1300 block of N.
High Point Road. Officers investigated
and were able to locate and cite the
owner of this animal for Dog at
Large.
MI14-6401, Klinke Cleaners, 1003
North Gammon Road, Armed Robbery:
Police Officers were dispatched to the
above address on the report of an
armed robbery that had just occurred.
The clerk reported that a black male
entered the store, displayed a silver
handgun and ordered her to give him
all of the stores money. The clerk complied and the suspect fled the store.
While taking this initial complaint,

Middleton Officers were contact by
Madison Police Detectives who were
tracking a vehicle they believed was involved in several of their area robberies.
This vehicle was located and
stopped in the City of Madison. Within
this vehicle, officers found a firearm
and the loot taken from the Klinke robbery. The two 28 year old Madison
men were arrested for this crime. Once
again these individuals admitted that
they had committed this robbery to
support their Heroin addiction.
MI14-6429, Harrington Tree Service, 1630 North High Point Road,
Stolen Vehicle:
On 11-28-14, Middleton Police Officers were called to above address to
take a report of a stolen 1994 Ford
pickup truck. This vehicle was eventually located on the east side of Madison
and its occupants were arrested. One of
the vehicle occupants was a former
employee of Harrington Tree Service.
The two vehicle occupants, a homeless
married couple in their 30s, stated that
they have been living in the vehicle.
Fraud:
During the month of November, the
Middleton Police Department took
more than a dozen attempted fraud reports. None of these fraud attempts
have been successful, however, the

suspects are continuing to flood the
area with calls. Although there are a
number of different fraud scams out
there, currently the most prevalent are
the local utility and IRS scams. In these
scams the victims receive calls from individuals who identify themselves as
either an IRS agent or a local utility
worker. The victims are being told that
they owe money and that they must
pay immediately. Just remember that
neither the IRS or MG&E will demand
immediate payment, they will not ask
for your banking or credit card information and they will not accept payment via pre-paid debit cards.
Should you be the victim of such an
incident, you can contact our Department directly, or you can file a complaint using the FTC Complaint
Assistant by going to https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/;
choose
Other and then Imposter Scams. If
the complaint involves someone impersonating the IRS, include the words
IRS Telephone Scam in the notes.
INVESTIGATIVE UNIT REPORT

During the month of November, the
Investigative Services Bureau (ISB) reviewed 57 cases and 15 of those were
assigned to detectives for follow up.
The assigned cases consisted of a sex-
ual assault, death investigation, thefts,

fraud, drug investigations, robberies,
and burglary. The detectives have also
started additional background investigations for anticipated new hires in
early 2015.
This month Middleton saw an abnormal increase in robberies which
kept the bureau busy. Throughout the
month there were a total of three robberies and one attempted robbery. The
first incident occurred at the PDQ on
South Ridge Way on November 4th. In
this incident, the employee was struck
in the head with a hammer and the suspect fled on foot. Another robbery took
place at the Tobacco Outlet in the 6600
block of University Avenue on November 16th. There were two subjects involved in this incident and they fled
after taking the cash till. The Madison
Police Department had some similar
robberies and subsequently found one
of the suspects. After a thorough joint
investigation, our two robberies, as
well as three Madison robberies, were
solved with the arrests of four people.
William Christian was arrested for the
South Ridge Way robbery and Joshua
Kahl, Matthew Roach, and Anne
Christian were arrested for their involvement in the Tobacco Outlet robSee CRIME, page 8
UNION
PAGE 6
system. Before Act 10 every teacher

would pay union dues under the fair
share policy. The union can now only
ask teachers to contribute and be part
of the union.
It meant we had to do a whole lot
of leg work to let our members know
we were still going to be a viable organization and then we had to come up
with some format to collect dues,
Bauman explains. The biggest difference is that if somebody is not a member, then we are not representing
them.
Bauman says some teachers have
dropped out of the MEA but would not
reveal exactly how many, but she says
a significant number have stuck around
and continued paying their dues.
Despite the will of Middleton teachDEVELOPMENT
continued
from page 5
said he supports the project if it has

only emergency vehicle access to Old
Sauk Rd. and if storm water is correctly managed.
Those [planned] detention ponds
better work or my land will end up a
swamp, he said.
Three detention ponds are planned
for the development where years of
runoff has cut deep ravines to the west
and northwest.
Ardis Lawson, a property owner
west of the proposed subdivision, invited the board to walk the property before deciding on a storm water
management plan.
Theres nine lots, two roads, nine
drive, nine big roofs and where will the
water go, she asked.
The board tabled approval of a preliminary plat for the subdivision until
the Feb. 16 meeting where it hopes to
resolve access and run off issues, said
Board Supervisor Tim Roehl.
Roehl agreed that the two proposed
subdivision indicated renewed housing
in the town and the county.
Its been six to seven years where
no neighborhood plats have been submitted for approval due to market conditions ... not just in the town but the
city of Middleton, Verona and the surrounding area, said Roehl, who works
for a realty firm.
ers to keep their union alive, Bauman

say she can understand why many
teachers would do the opposite. She
says in districts where less funds are
available, teachers know they are not
going to see a raise with or without a
union.
It comes down to economics, if
people know they are not going to get
a raise then they probably wont want
to be part of a union that cannot offer
them anything.
In lieu of a collective bargaining
agreement the district now defines all
employee working conditions in an
employee handbook. The handbook
has a respective committee made up of
teachers, administration, school board
members, and other staff. The committee either reaches a consensus or brings
dissenting views to the board to decide. The handbook was finalized and
approved by the board last month.
Bauman retired from teaching in the
district last summer and cannot be a
representative on the committee per
district rules. Bauman is still working
closely with MEA Vice President

JoEllen Pauls who does teach in the
district annd is a representative on the
committee. She said she was pleased
with the committee process but hopes
to see it evolve further.
The teachers that were on that committee had a disadvantage in that none
of them had experience in the collective bargaining process, Bauman
points out. They had to try and understand all the language in the prior contract, whats was being presented and
what is being changed all at the same
time.
Bauman notes that it was also a
shorter process than the collective bargaining contract. She says that is not
necessarily a bad thing but when made
it harder for the teachers on the committee to fully understand what they
are doing.
Bauman says she believes as teachers get more involvedthey will begin to
notice some of the differences between
the previous collective bargaining
agreement and the newly implemented
employee handbook. She hopes if they

dont like those changes they will bring
them to the committee.
That is going to be the way that
staff morale will improve, Bauman
claims. If they dont like something
that is in the handbook then they can
bring it back to the committee and see
changes or a compromise made.
The district has now put together a
compensation committee that will
work similarly to the handbook committee but deal only with items relating
to compensation. A major task will be
developing a new compensation model
that is sustainable under the ongoing
and expected cuts to education in the
state. Bauman says she has reservations but hopes the committee will find
an adequate solution.
It really depends on the form compensation takes, Bauman explains.
Ive seen things that would require a
lot of extra work to move along on any
type of salary or compensation model.
That is kind of concerning to us because I think teachers are already overwhelmed with a lot of initiatives, and
with the new educator effectiveness
and if more and more continues to get
put upon them it is going to make their
lives even more difficult.

I know it is not likely that the new
compensation model will look anything like the current salary schedule
and I also know that current schedule
would be hard to maintain with what
the district gets from the state, Bauman adds.
School board and administration
have been talking about what the full
effect of Act 10 will be for several
months. Teachers can bargain individually causing market demands to raise
wages for only high demand teachers.
This could also cause mass migration
of teachers to districts that pay more.
It is going to be more of a market
driven type of structure where there are
areas of shortage and perhaps some of
those teachers will be making more
money than others, Bauman says.
That is going to be a difficult adjustment because that is not what we are
used to.
Compensation committee meetings
are just getting underway. The district
will look to see what others are doing
in the state and aim to find a solution
that can keep MCPASD as or more
competitive as other districts.
GEIGER
Counter
The Funky
Monk
by Matt Geiger
I wanted to be a monk. Brimming

with mirth, a crooked tonsure atop by
head. My earthy cloak secured by a
length of rustic rope and strained by a
belly full of warm pretzels and frothy
ale.
I pictured myself standing in the entrance to an ancient monastery. Behind
me, the light from a fire would perform
a gleeful jig on dank stone walls. At my
side, a brawny, ursine, brown and
white dog would stand. Together, we
would gaze out at a frigid, windswept
mountain range, the vastness of which
reminded us of the universes endless
mysteries.
It was largely an aesthetic desire. I
liked the idea of wearing a single article of clothing a robe every day. Yet
recent personal experience had taught
Quiet beauty at
Pheasant Branch
I do not remember any quiet as complete and comforting as the quiet of a

wilderness after a heavy snowfall.
Today, I donned my snowshoes for
the first time this winter. I trod slowly
along the snowy path that runs at the
edge of the large prairie between the
parking lot and the hill at Dane
Countys portion of the Pheasant
Branch Conservancy.
Another pair of snowshoes made
their way on the path before me. As
the path lengthened along the bordering farmland, other tracks became vis-
MLK food drive a

success for MOM
For the seventh year during the Dr.

Martin Luther King Holiday weekend
the Middleton Kiwanis Club, the Middleton High School Key Club and the
Middleton Action Team in partnership
with the Copps Food Store in Middleton Hills, sponsored a very successful
food drive for the Middleton Outreach
Ministry Food Pantry.
We would like to thank the generous
shoppers who donated items from a list
of 10 most needed by the Pantry. The
total of all the groceries weighed in
was 2153 pounds along with over
$400.00 in cash donations.
We are very proud to live in a community where citizens respond so positively to the needs of the less
fortunate.
With Deep Appreciation,
Tom Vandervest on behalf of the
Middleton Action Team,
MHS Key Club,
Middleton Kiwanis Club
me that wearing a robe, in this case a

bathrobe, all day in secular life invites
people to call you lazy and shiftless.
My winters would be spent studying
texts. Copying gilded illustrations from
decaying calfskin pages originally
adorned by earlier monks who surely
lived in a cave, on some remote island.
My summers would be spent growing medicinal herbs, or perhaps wandering through mountain passes,
pausing frequently to lean on my staff,
smiling and nodding as I slowly, surely
figured out the meaning of life.
I had a professor who was a former
Franciscan monk. I visited his office
frequently to engage in recognizance.
Sitting at his desk and playing with a
Jesus Christ action figure he turned to
when in need of a chuckle, he provided
glimpses into life in a monastery.
I thought I would make an excellent
monk. I was already studying philosophical and theological texts, so that
part would be a piece of cake. If I could
fake it in college, I could fake it in a
ible; those of coyotes; mice or some

other small footed mammal; and the
light, barely distinguishable marks of
birds.
I stopped, at first, to look at the
tracks, then to catch my breath on the
ascent up the hill. It was on the climb
that I first noticed the quiet.
It hardly seemed possible that at
1:30 in the afternoon there could be so
much quiet so near to the city of Middleton. But there it was, thick and protective, buffering time and thoughts
and any notion that there was anything
to be done besides letting myself be
suspended in that cradling comfort.
I stopped again and again as I fin-
monastery, I reasoned.
I began reading about the various religious orders. My first criterion, of
course, was the robes. They had to be
of the Friar Tuck variety. Brown and
baggy. Leaving room for the spiritual
and physical growth that would inevitably accompany a life spent reading and eating cave-aged cheese. A
shade capable of masking any stain.
Most of the modern vestments didnt
provide the vibe I was going for. I liked
the Buddhists beliefs, but I know men
of my girth should not drape themselves in bright orange. Only earth
tones would do for this future holy
man.
The Dominicans black and white
wasnt rugged enough. I thought the
Knights Templar looked pretty good in
their white and red, but the fact that
they ceased to exist in the middle ages
made joining their ranks difficult.
I wanted, I realized but did not say
aloud, to look like a Jedi.
So, what type of staff did you get?
I asked my professor while exiting
class one day. Was it tall and gnarled?
Did you guys have beards, or were you
clean shaven? Did you wear sandals, or
does footwear not matter, since your
shoes are hidden underneath your
robes?
But my journey to monkhood was
also fraught with worries. As I learned
more about the inner workings of various monasteries, I noticed a lot of
ished the climb, not to look, but to listen and make sure that the quiet was
still there.
I circled the hills crown and sat on
the bench that faces south toward the
water. A raft of coots floated on the
creek below.
The words of Sigurd Olsen, read this
past Saturday by Mark Peterson at the
Friends of Pheasant Branch 20th Annual Meeting came into my mind. We
must preserve wilderness not only for
the tangible values of wildlife and plant
habitat, but for the intangible ones as
well.
When we conserve wilderness, we
conserve places for the human spirit to
be nourished and renewed beyond
where it happens to live.
Earlier this week, I was sent a journalists interview with one of my favorite authors, poets and champions of
the environment, Wendell Berry. In it
Wendell said, True solitude is found
in the wild places, where one is without
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things you werent allowed to do.

A vow of poverty would be fine,
being, as it was, essentially just a verbal affirmation of my current situation.
But most of the other vows seemed a
bit harsh for my taste.
Ive never really liked the idea of
being defined by a long list of things
Ive promised not to do.
Rasputin, the Siberian mad monk
who left a trail of shenanigans in his
wake, offered some encouragement.
Having once read a biographer refer to
his morning prayers as well earned,
I saw him as an inspiration.
But deeper digging revealed he wasnt actually a real, ordained monk.
Plus, he was shot, stabbed, poisoned,
drowned and frozen, all of which are
occupational hazards I find hard to accept.
My professor tried to dissuade me.
He even suggested I didnt know what
the word monk meant.
When I asked him if he learned any
cool spells behind the walls of his
monastery, he cocked his head to the
side and looked at me quizzically:
You know were not wizards, right?
I know, Dr. Thompson, I replied.
Im not an idiot. Do you get a wand
right away when you join, or does that
happen later?
And soon enough, the dream dissipated. Life went on, and I forgot all
about my plan. My closet remained full
of shirts and pants, and I never prom-
human obligation. Ones inner voices

become audible In consequence, one
responds more clearly to other lives.
There is a great difference between
solitude and loneliness. Nature nurtures the solitude from which we come
to know our deepest, truest selves, the
self that is connected to all things.
While computers and smart phones,
televisions and radios have their way
of connecting people, they also have
their way of dislocating us from our
own true selves and from our intuitive
and creative aspects.
And, too often, the reality is that
people end up spending more time with
their devices than with each other.
Today, the beauty and quiet of the
preserve did more than renew me. My
ised not to do anything.

But from time to time, I still find
myself thinking about religion, and religious men and women. After all, you
cant study religion without studying
people.
The question I like most is not:
Does your God exist? After all, thats
a question without an answer, at least
not in this world.
A far more interesting question, I
think, is: What is your God like?
After all, you can tell a lot about
people by meeting their deity.
Perhaps because I still think about
these things, Im becoming a bit monkish these days. I have a wife and a
daughter, which I understand is
frowned upon within the walls of most
monasteries. But I also have a massive
brown and white dog. If I ever want a
big pretzel and some local ale, I just
walk over to The Grumpy Troll. Im
getting a nice little bald spot on top of
my head, as if the universe wants me
to have a stylish tonsure. I have a fireplace, and I still like to flip through old
philosophical and theological texts.
Sometimes I even stand in the doorway, feeling the flames at my back and
gazing out into the wintery vastness of
the American Midwest. If you ever see
my silhouette, bathrobe draped around
me, big dog at my side, rest assured
Im quietly giving thanks for all the
mysteries the universe has given us to
ponder.
own quiet and joy rose in equal measure, filling the space around the bench
and beyond.
When I looked out over the preserve, I remembered the faces and
voices of the founding members of
Friends of Pheasant Branch that were
featured in the groups video. I was
filled with deep, deep gratitude for all
that they have given to us and to future
generations by their witness and their
efforts to grow and maintain this beautiful conservancy.
If you enjoy the Pheasant Branch
Conservancy as a hiker, biker, runner,
bird-watcher, or in any other intangible
way, please consider making a monetary donation or by giving of your time
during one of the spring workdays.
Recreation Notes
Middleton Recreation has a wide

variety of upcoming programs.
Registration is due:
February 4: The Art of Henna,
Valentine Cookie/Cupcake Decorating,
February 18: Acrylic Painting,
Indian Soul Food-Gluten Free,
Wheel Throwing & Hand Building
February 27: Youth Indoor Soccer, Ballet, Tae Kwon Do, Toddler
Music Makers, Preschool Music
Makers, Junior Aerospace Engineering: Taking to the Skies, Electrical Engineering; Electrified
We are now accepting teams for

Mens Volleyball. Program begins
March 9. Power B will be held
Tuesday & Thursday; Rec C will
be held Monday & Wednesday.
Team registration is due February
27. Registration materials are available online.
Check these and other programs

out in the Fall, Winter, Spring
Guide and register online:
www.ci.middleton.wi.us . Check
out programs through the GoStrive
app!
Re-imagine the public library at next

Middleton Action Team Open Mic Night
The Middleton Action Teams next

Open Mic Night will take place Thursday, Feb. 19 at Craftsman Table & Tap,
6712 Frank Lloyd Wright Ave. Middleton Hills,6-8 p.m.
Guest Presenters are Angela West
Blank President of the Middleton Library and Pamela Westby Library Director. Topic: Re-imagining the
Middleton Public Library.

The evening ends with people who
have signed up to rant, rave, recite poetry, sing, perform music, comedy,
each having 3 minutes.
Join them upstairs, order from the
menu and enjoy the cash bar. Feel free
to bring a food item for Middleton Outreach Ministry.
COWING
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addition, luminaries in the world of

Broadway musicals populate the design team (set, costume, lighting, and
sound).
And dont forget the dog trainer for
the honorable four-year-old rescue terrier mix who plays Sandy.
The trainer travels in his own van,
quipped Cowing, explaining that the

traveling production requires about 60
people, including crew and guardians
for minors. They fly or travel by bus,
depending on the distance between
cities, he said.
The typical eight-show gig begins
on a Tuesday and runs through multi-
Annie is scheduled for one

Wisconsin appearance, at the
Fox Cities P.A.C. in downtown
Appleton, March 24-29. Tickets:
(920) 730-3760 or purchase
through Ticketmaster online and
via phone at (800) 982-2787.
Groups of 10 or more can save
by calling (920) 730-3786.
ple weekend performances. The crew

sets up about 2 hours prior to the first
show, the cast don their costumes, they
run through a sound-check, and then
theyre off!
Setting up and taking down is a science that our amazing crew has down
pat, Cowing said.
Cowing, who has never acted in the
same show for this length of time, said
the challenge is to keep the show fresh.
But its not hard to remain in the zone
because of the great cast and focusing
on what the director wants from the
characters, he said. There is further aid
backstage.
Dealing with nine-year-olds and
dogs makes it so fun, Cowing noted.
Its a different kind of positive energy
having seven girls and two dogs
around at all times.
The schedule allows for free time
during the days, and Cowing has taken
advantage of that to do some sightseeing. Highlights? Walking the Ft. Laud-
erdale beaches and historic Pittsburgh

and Boston. Hes looking forward to
his first trip to New Orleans coinciding
with Mardi Gras.
And now, after a two-week break to
spend time with his family over the
holidays, Cowing is back to Tomorrow, Its The Hard Knock Life, and
Easy Street.
bery. The investigation indicated that

these subjects all knew each other and
that much of the money was used to
purchase heroin.
Another robbery took place on November 26th at the Klinkes in the 1000
block of North Gammon Road. In this
incident, one armed subject entered the
business and demanded the money and
fled to a getaway car. In another joint
investigation with the Madison Police
Department, we were able to make an

arrest for our robbery that very night.
Madison police were able to stop our
suspect vehicle and take Jack and
William Ikegwuonu into custody minutes after the robbery took place. Both
brothers have been charged in federal
court for their involvement in this robbery and are also facing charges for
four robberies in Madison. The investigation in this incident also showed
that much of the money was used to

purchase heroin.
There was also an attempted robbery
on November 13th at the PDQ in the
7500 block of Century Avenue. In this
incident, a subject entered the store,
completed a transaction, told the clerk
it was a robbery and asked for the
money. The employee refused and the
suspect left without further incident.
CRIME
Photo contributed
Middleton native Brian Cowing (far right) is currently performing in

Annie.
Times-Tribune photos by Jeff Martin
Breakfast for a good cause
The Middleton Kiwanis held its annual Pancake Breakfast at the Middleton Sport Bowl on Saturday January 31 from 7-11 a.m. This popular
fundraiser helps Kiwanis support many projects for Middleton kids and the
Middleton community such as Middleton High School Key Club & Best Buddies, Kromrey Builders Club, scholarship programs and many more. Clockwise from top left: Latoya Ceaser and daughter Jakayla enjoy their meal;
Kiwanis member Chery Theis serves pancakes to the Kussow family; Kathy
Nieber-Lathrop (President of Middleton Kiwanis), Dwayne Rohweder (a Kiwanis member for 58 years) and Gurdip Brar (Past Kiwanis Governor for
WI and Upper MI and Middleton Common Council Member).
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A taste of northern India in Middleton

E AT Y OUR WAY A ROUND
PAGE 10
The first in a series featuring

Middletons diverse dining options
When Dhaba Indian Bistro opened at 8333 Greenway Blvd. back in 2012, it was an immediate hit with
area diners. This locally owned eatery boasts a wide
array of dishes from northern India. (Proprietor
Sumanjit Singh grew up in Punjab.)
Samosas, which are spicy turnovers filled with
vegetables and cheese or spice and lamb. Seventeen
types of Indian breads, ranging from ginger naan to
whole wheat roti. Chicken, beef, lamb and goat curries, along with seafood and an abundance of lentils,
eggplant, spinach and other vegetable dishes round
out the menu.
Its a far cry from the Americanized Indian buffets
that many people think of when they imagine eastern
dining.
The kitchen features a barrel-shaped clay oven
a tandoor - that can reach a temperature of 1,000
degrees. The dining area features profuse natural
light, illuminating a rich tapestry of lush decorations.
See DHABA, page 11
THE
W ORLD W ITHOUT E VER L EAVING M IDDLETON

DHABA
continued from
page 10
Singh said the reason for choosing

Middleton was simple. [The] Middleton community is the best [for] living
and working, he stated. And work he
does, running the restaurant six days a
week, without interruption, for the past
three years. (Dhaba is closed Mondays.)
The kitchen is a spectacle of colorful
spices and savory aromas. And in the
dining room, many regulars from surrounding businesses enjoy lunch, while
families from all around come in for
dinner. Dhabas yelp.com score is an
impressive 4.5 stars, with reviewers
calling it a hidden gem and the best
Indian food in Madison. While its not
technically in the City of Madison, the
comment is a testament to how much
people are enjoying all Dhaba has to
offer.
Keep in mind, Dhaba uses a heat
index, ranging from one (mild) to five
(scorching hot).
Singh, who is formally trained mechanical engineer but comes from a
family of restaurateurs, said hes
thrilled to be thriving in the Good
Neighbor City.
Things are really, really good, he
said.
Taste of Middleton winners announced

PAGE 11
Four grand prize winners get

an overnight stay and dinner
More than 1,400 people entered

and now the Middleton Tourism
Commission is announcing the four
grand prize winners of its latest promotion, the Taste of Middleton
Sweepstakes.
Tom Boukidis of Lake Geneva,
Sue OConnor of Green Bay,
Michael Conerly of Milwaukee and
Tricia Braasch of Brooklyn Park,
Minnesota are the lucky winners of
prize packages which include
overnight stays at either theCountry
Inn & Suites or the Residence
Innand dinner atHubbard Avenue
Diner, P.F. Changs, Dhaba Indian
BistroorAbuelos.
Six more lucky winners received
certificates toPauls Neighborhood
Bar,Quaker Steak & LubeorHubbard Avenue Diner during the
TastyTuesdayweekly giveaways.
Stay tuned for more great giveaways of hotel stays, dining certifi-
Photo contributed
Six people received certificates toPauls Neighborhood Bar,Quaker Steak & LubeorHubbard Avenue
Diner(above) during the citys TastyTuesdayweekly giveaways.
cates, tickets, shopping sprees and
more. Become a fan of theVisit Mid-
dleton Facebook page or log on

towww.visitmiddleton.comto sign
up for the e-newsletter and never

miss a chance to win.
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They are the champions

Follow Rob
Reischel on
Twitter at
@robreischel
Hockey Cards
capture Big 8
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
They are now in select company. In

extremely rarified air.
Middletons hockey team captured
the outright Big Eight Conference title
last week.
The 2010-11 Cardinals were the
only other Middleton team to accomplish that feat, and that group eventually
reached the WIAA Division 1 state
championship game.
Can the 2014-15 Cardinals do the
same? Right now, it appears anything is
possible.
Claiming that title was a spectacular feeling for our guys, Middleton
junior forward Casey Harper said. But
as a team, were not settling with just
that. Now, we are going to check off
one goal, and set our sights on the
next.
Junior forward Nolan Kouba agreed.
Winning the conference championship means a ton to us, Kouba said.
It was one of the goals we highlighted
at the beginning of the season, so to
achieve that is an awesome feeling.
Being one of two Middleton teams
ever to win the Big Eight outright is

something special, and a real honor. Im
so proud of my teammates and what
weve accomplished to this point.
Middleton began the week with a
17-0 drubbing of Madison East/La
Follette last Tuesday. The Cardinals
then tied Beloit Memorial, 1-1, last
Thursday.
That boosted Middleton to 11-1-1 in
the Big Eight Conference, gave it 23
points, and the undisputed league title.
Middleton also defeated Madison
Edgewood, 2-1, last Saturday and
improved to 15-3-2 overall.
It really means a lot to the guys,
Cardinals
senior
goalie
Max
McConnell said of winning the conference title. From the start, one of our
season goals was to be conference
champs. It feels good, but we know that
once playoffs come around, its a clean
slate. As for right now, the team is
enjoying the feeling.
With good reason.
A year ago, the Cardinals endured a
midseason coaching change and finished under .500 overall. This year,
Middleton has produced one of the
states most impressive turnarounds.
Knowing that weve officially won
the conference means a ton to the
Middleton High School hockey program, school and fans, Middleton
Winter Storm warning

See HOCKEY, page 20
Casey Harper and Middletons hockey team won the Big Eight Conference last week.
Murphy plays
hero for MHS
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Storm Murphy stands just 5-foot-9.

Hes perhaps 140 pounds soaking wet.
Storm Murphy will never be the
biggest player on the basketball court.
But Middletons sophomore guard
made arguably the biggest play of the
Cardinals season last Saturday night.
Murphy hit a driving lay-up as time
expired to lift host Middleton to a stirring and much-needed 65-63 win over
Madison La Follette.
I have had a few game winners in
the past, some in AAU and some in
middle school for Middleton
Basketball Club, said Murphy, who
finished with 11 points. Those
moments felt amazing, and so did this
one.
With good reason.
The Cardinals were routed by
Madison East just 48 hours earlier and
needed a bounce-back win. Middleton
received exactly that and stayed in the
hunt for a Big Eight Conference title.
Madison Memorial and Madison
East are tied for the top spot in the
conference at 10-3. Middleton
improved to 9-3 in the league and 124 overall.
Senior center Ian Hokanson led the
Cardinals with 15 points, while sophomore forward Tyree Eady added 13.
See BOYS BB, page 19
Heating
up at the
right time
Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld
Girls basketball
team has won
three straight
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Photo courtesy of Mary Bavery
Storm Murphy (far left) is mobbed after his game-winning shot against Madison La Follette.
The postseason is coming fast.

And Middletons girls basketball
team is hoping to heat up at the right
time.
The Cardinals have won three
games in a row, including a pair of
impressive victories last week.
Middleton toppled Kenosha St.
Joseph, 59-54, last Tuesday. The
Cardinals then routed host Madison
La Follette, 65-41, last Friday.
Middleton improved to 14-3 overall and is 10-2 in the Big Eight
Conference, one game behind leagueleading Janesville Craig (12-1, 15-2).
Middletons game against Kenosha
St. Joseph was a rescheduled contest
from
the
Franklin
Holiday
Tournament in late December. And the
Cardinals made sure the wait was
worth it.
Senior guard Elizabeth Norregaard
poured in 14 points, while sophomore
guard Bria Lemirande added 12.
Kenosha St. Joseph was a pretty
good team, Middleton coach Jeff
Kind said. They had a solid lineup
See GIRLS BB, page 15
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East routs Cardinals
Photo courtesy of Mary Bavery
Middletons Cam Maly (left) and Andrew Gardner (right) battle Madison Easts Deang Deang for a loose ball.
Boys basketball
team drilled in
Big 8 showdown
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
It was 9:30 last Thursday evening.

The lights inside the Madison East
gymnasium had already been turned
off then restarted. Aside from a few
stragglers, the place was now empty.
One
floor
below,
though,
Middleton coach Kevin Bavery was
still going strong. Nearly 30 minutes
after the host Purgolders had manhandled the Cardinals, 64-48, Bavery was
still giving his team an earful.
He really wasnt mad, Middleton
senior guard Kellan Schulz said of
Bavery. He tried to put it on a real
level with us.
He said, I dont know if theyre
just flat out better than us, and guys
were shaking their heads like, No.
But we obviously got outtoughed. All the offensive rebounds
were absolutely inexcusable. Beating
us up the sideline. I mean, theres
things were good at. We have the
energy, but I think it was effort.
Whatever it was, it wasnt pretty.
East outrebounded Middleton, 3318, seemingly came up with every
loose ball, and held a 19-8 advantage
in second chance points.
Middleton shot just 14-of-40 from
the floor (35.0%), while East hot 26of-46 (56.5%).
East moved into a tie for first place
in the Big Eight Conference with
Madison Memorial at 9-3 and
improved to 11-5 overall. Middleton
slipped to third in the league at 8-3,
11-4.
Obviously theyre a good team.
We knew that coming in, Bavery
said. But it really was about 50-50
balls. Our guys are looking at the officials for calls like, He pushed me.
And I can guarantee you for anybody
looking to play at the next level, thats
a complete non-issue. A complete
non-issue.
And when we did get a 50-50 ball,
we werent strong with them. So
maybe wed turn around and throw a
weak pass, maybe we dont meet a
pass. And against a team whose overall quickness and athleticism is better
than ours, thats not going to work.
East junior guard Deang Deang
was a force on both ends. Not only did

Deang score 15 points, he added eight
rebounds, four steals and locked down
whoever he was defending.
Hes tough, East coach Matt
Miota said of Deang. He can guard a
5-8 point guard or a 6-4 wing. Hes
tough to take off the floor.
Bavery agreed.
I like him because he competes
with a great motor, Bavery said of
Deang. He looks like he really enjoys
the game in the moment and plays
very loose and free.
He has a next level ability and
will need to improve some areas, but
hes as complete as anyone in the Big
Eight in terms of an all around game.
He can take a game over by doing
things himself or by drawing enough
attention to make someone else better.
East senior guard DeShawn Burks
and freshman guard Keshawn Justice
both scored 15 points.
Middleton sophomore wing Tyree
Eady had a team-best 13 points, while
Schulz knocked down three threepointers and added 12 points.
Middletons four losses this season
have all come against high-level
teams. But those defeats have also
been by an average of 15.0 points.
Afterwards, Bavery was asked if he
was concerned how his team was
competing against the top teams.
Yes! he said emphatically.
Middleton hung around for the better part of three quarters, before East
began to pull away.
The Cardinals trailed, 32-26, at
halftime. But Middleton shot just 6of-20 in the half and probably felt
somewhat fortunate to be within six.
The Cardinals couldnt get anything established in the halfcourt, but
used an 11-4 advantage from the free
throw line to stay in the game.
Burks led all scorers in the first half
with 12 points, while Justice added 10.
Middleton used 14 players, and both
Eady and sophomore guard Storm
Murphy had six points at the break.
East trailed, 7-4, with 4:17 left in
the first quarter. But the Purgolders
then embarked on an 18-5 run over the
next six minutes and took a 22-12
lead.
Easts lead grew to as much as 2816 midway through the second quarter, when the Cardinals went on an 81 run and pulled within 29-24.
Schulz scored the first four points
in the burst, then C.J. Fermanich
added a pair of free throws and Eady

had a rebound basket.
We talked a little bit about how
big the game was and that we could
control our own destiny, Miota said.
And I thought we were OK in the
first half, then a lot better in the second half.
For sure.
Schulz, whose intensity and fire
matched his counterparts from East,
drilled a three-pointer late in the third
quarter to pull the Cardinals within
42-36.
But over the next 3 minutes, East
went on an 11-2 burst to grab a 53-38
advantage and blow the game open.
Three times during the run,
Middleton seemingly had possession
of a loose ball. But the Cardinals
either lost control or quickly turned
the ball back over, only to see East
convert.
I felt we gave up a lot of fourpoint swings, Bavery said. Were on
our way for two points and it ends up
being two the other way. Whether it
was a steal and then not finishing and
then fouling with them in the bonus,
or stealing and then turning it over, or
having a great trap only to allow a
split and then watch the ball move
ahead of our rotations ... all very big.
All of those plays are mental
deflators that are difficult to overcome. You put three or four of those in
over the course of a game and its 1012 points.
Middleton closed within 13 following an Eady basket with 5:26 left. But
East quickly ran its lead up to 20, and
the Cardinals eventually left with a
deflating loss.
Weve gotten our butts kicked two
games in a row, said Schulz, whose
team also lost by 16 points to Stevens
Point on Jan. 24. Weve got to prove
ourselves again. We need to play with
a chip on our shoulder again and get
that mentality back.
Jan. 29
Madison East 64, Middleton 48
Middleton ..... 12 14 12 10 48
Madison East ... 18 14 16 16 64
MIDDLETON Schultz 12, Smith 3,
Murphy 4, Thomas 2, Maly 3, Bacon 2, Eady 13,
Markel 5, Fermanich 2, Collien 2. Totals 14 1525 48.
MADISON EAST Jones 2, Irby 7, Deang
15, Justice 15, Millon 6, Burks 15, Chester 2,
Tomony 2. Totals 26 8-13 64.
3-point goals Mi 5 (Schultz 3, Smith 1,
Murphy 1), ME 4 (Justice 3, Irby 1).Total fouls
Mi 17, ME 20.
Swimmers third
at West Invite
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Middletons boys swimmers finished third at the Madison West Invite

held at the UW-Natatorium last
Saturday.
Madison Memorial won the 20team event with 525 points, while
Madison West (278), Middleton (227),
Waukesha South/Catholic Memorial
(176) and Eau Claire Memorial/North
(168) rounded out the top five.
The team atmosphere is really
starting to improve towards the end of
the season here, and many of our
swimmers dropped a tremendous
amount of time as a result, Middleton
coach Sam Niesen said. Every swimmer of ours had at least one in-season
best time, even with only a one day
taper.
I hope we can get a fire under us
for these next few weeks to chase
down the powerhouse teams. I only
expect us to get faster and faster as the
rest of the short season continues.
Middletons 200 yard medley relay
team of senior Lex Peterson, senior
Will Zocher, senior Derek Pettit and
sophomore Harrison Bielski was third
(1:39.91).
The Cardinals 400 yard freestyle
relay team of senior Josh Reddemann,
Bielski, Peterson and junior Jacob
Aegerter was third (3:18.55). And
Middletons 200 yard freestyle relay
team of Pettit, senior Rory Slattery,
Reddemann and Aegerter was fifth
(1:31.34).
Slattery was second in the 100 yard
breaststroke (1:00.41) and senior Will
Zocher was fourth (1:00.93). Aegerter
was fourth in the 200 yard IM
(2:01.45) and Peterson was fourth in
the 100 yard butterfly (53.42).
Reddemann was sixth in the 200
yard freestyle (1:50.30) and sixth in

the 500 yard freestyle (4:56.67).
Aegerter was eighth in the 100 yard
butterfly (54.35) and Angaran was
10th in the 100 yard freestyle (50.28).
Diver Jack Zocher also finished
11th.
JV: Middleton finished third at
the Big Eight Conference JV meet last
Thursday.
Madison Memorial won the event
with 625 points, while Madison West
(506) and Middleton (428.5) rounded
out the top three.
Middletons 400 yard freestyle
relay team of Matthew Leiferman,
Kevin Hanauer, Jake Genskow and
Patrick Bonazza finished first.
The Cardinals 200 yard medley
relay team of Gregory Driscoll, Tom
McGovern, Jacob Trepczyk and Max
Hollfelder was third.
And Middletons 200 yard freestyle
relay team of Jake Hollfelder, Seth
Gutzmer, McGovern and Riley
Kalsbeck was third.
Kane Birschbach won the 500 yard
freestyle and Trepczyk was sixth.
Jake Hollfelder was third in the 200
yard freestyle, while Max Hollfelder
was fifth in the 50 yard freestyle.
Leiferman was also sixth and Jack
Verstegen was eighth in the 50 yard
freestyle.
In the 100 yard butterfly, Trepczyk
was fourth, Evan Handowski was
sixth and Jake Hollfelder was eighth.
Leifreman was fifth in the 100 yard
freestyle, while Max Hollfelder was
sixth and Riley Kalsbeck was seventh.
McGovern was fifth in the 100
yard breaststroke and Ethan Wildes
was 10th. Driscoll was fifth in the 100
yard backstroke and Gutzmer was
10th in the 200 yard IM.
On deck: The Big Eight
Conference meet is at Middleton
Saturday at 2 p.m.
Wrestlers third
at Menomonie
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Middletons wrestling team finished third at the Whitetail Adrenaline

Shootout in Menomonie last Friday.
Host Menomonie won the eightteam tournament, while Spring
Valley/Elmwood was second.
The Cardinals opened with a 49-24
win over Somerset, then dropped a 5318
decision
to
Spring
Valley/Elmwood. Then in the third
place match, Middleton defeated
Wausau West, 42-34.
In the Cardinals win over
Somerset, 113-pounder Colton Best
pinned Josh Maack in 5:59 and Chris
Rogers (132) pinned Garrett Hecht in
47 seconds. Max Mayhew (145)
pinned Harrison Kern in 3:56 and
Taggart Haase (182) pinned Zeb
Rivard in 30 seconds.
Shay Haase (160) notched a 12-2
win over Logan Peterson and heavyweight Sean Benedict defeated Josh
Westmoreland, 7-0.
Middletons Trevaun Turner (120),
Caleb Cymbalak (170) and Matthew
Davey (220) also received forfeits.
In the Cardinals loss to Spring
Valley/Elmwood, Taggart Haase and
Benedict both notched pins. Kenneth
Polache also received a forfeit at 106.
In the third place match, Best
pinned Kevin Yang in 1:14 at 106
pounds, while Rogers pinned Ryan

Waldron in 1:24 at 132. Mayhew
pinned Alex Hein in 4:56 at 145
pounds and Taggart Haase pinned
Jordan LaRue in 5:47 at 170.
Cymbalak pinned Jared Bonke in
4:37 at 182 and Benedict pinned
Timothy Mineau in 27 seconds in the
heavyweight division.
Shamar Madlock (126) defeated
Ger Thao, 7-3, and Shay Haase (160)
edged Tanner Baine, 3-0.
Middleton also defeated Lodi, 4025, last Thursday.
Shay Haase notched a 9-0 win over
Casey Persike at 160 pounds, while
Taggart Haase edged Logan Gordon,
5-3, at 170. Caleb Cymbalak earned
an 8-4 win over Anthony Benson at
182, and KaJuan Redus notched a 104 decision over J.P. Walterscheit at
195.
Matthew Davey pinned Gabe
Martin in 3:35 at 220, and Benedict
pinned Skyler Kurt in 3:11 in the
heavyweight division.
Colton Best defeated Devin
Robertson, 9-2, at 106 and Rogers
pinned Jacob Collins in 1:00 at 132.
Dion Huff also pinned Hunter Grams
in 4:16 at 138.
On deck: Middleton is at the Big
Eight Conference meet Saturday in
Beloit Memorial. The event starts at
10 a.m.
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BIG8
Bria Lemirande and Middletons girls basketball team are just one game out of first place in the Big Eight.
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with size and scoring ability. We

played pretty well and controlled the
tempo for the most part.
Middleton trailed, 10-8, after the
first quarter. But the Cardinals
grabbed a 21-16 lead by halftime.
Middleton extended its lead to 4132 through three quarters, then held on
down the stretch. Norregaard went 6of-6 from the free throw line in the
fourth quarter, while Bria Lemirande
was 3-of-5 and Alyssa Lemirande was
2-of-3.
They came back toward the end,
but we did a good job making free
throws down the stretch, Kind said.
Good win on a tough road trip for a
weekday night.
Middleton then ran away and hid
from the Lancers. The Cardinals raced
to a 23-6 lead after the first quarter,
and held a comfortable lead the rest of
the night.
Middletons lead was 37-18 at halftime and 52-25 through three quarters.
The Cardinals forced a whopping 42
turnovers, several that they turned into
easy baskets.
Senior guard Jenna Blair and
Norregaard both had 17 points, while
sophomore guard Alexis Thomas
added nine points.
LaFollette was a game where,
even though we didn't shoot particularly well, our press forced a lot of
turnovers and we did a good job moving the ball and attacking the basket,
Kind said. We are playing aggressively again after being a little soft
defensively for a few games. We have
a big stretch of games coming up and
are looking to keep improving our
pressure and pace.
On deck: Middleton hosts Sun
Prairie Thursday at 7:30, then is at
Madison Memorial Saturday at 7:30
standings
League Overall
W L
W L
Jnsville Craig ..... 12 1
15 2
Middleton .......... 10 2
13 3
Verona ................ 10 2
13 2
Jnsville Parker ..... 8 5
11 6
Sun Prairie .......... 8 5
10 7
Madison East ...... 5 8
8 9
Mad. Memorial .... 5 8
6 10
Madison West ..... 3 10 3 13
Mad. La Follette .. 3 10 3 13
Beloit Memorial ... 0 13
1 16
p.m.
The Cardinals then host Verona
next Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in a Big
Eight showdown.
Jan. 30
Middleton 65, Madison La Follette 41
Middleton . 23 14 15 13 65
Madison La Follette ....... 6 12 7 16 41
MIDDLETON Norregaard 17, Hibner 5,
Fermanich 3, Thomas 9, Blair 17, Bergum 1, B.
Lemirande 5, C. Lemirande 8. Totals 24 8-11 65.
MADISON LA FOLLETTE Lamb 2,
Stewart 10, Steele 2, Stephens 2, Mac.BarberSmith 2, Turner 5, Mraz 5, Mar.Barber-Smith 13.
Totals 17 5-8 41.
3-point goals Mi 9 (Hibner 1, Fermanich
1, Thomas 1, Blair 3, B.Lemirande 1,
C.Lemirande 2), MLF 2 (Stewart 2). Total fouls
Mi 12, MLF 10.
Jan. 27
Middleton 59, Kenosha St. Joesph 54
Middleton ... 8 13 20 18 59
Kenosha St. Joseph .. 10 6 16 22 54
MIDDLETON Norregaard 14, Alyssa
Lemirande 8, Douglas 5, Fermanich 3, Thomas 5,
Blair 6, Bergum 2, Bria Lemirande 12, White 4.
Totals 19 14-19 59.
KENOSHA ST. JOSEPH Cooks 14,
Bonnin 11, Harris 14, Jones 5, Collins 4. Totals
20 9-14 54.
3-point goals M 7 (Norregaard 2, Blair 2,
Fermanich 1, Thomas 1, Bria Lemirande 1), KSJ
1 (Cooks).
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Sports briefs
Baseball, softball commission fundraiser
The Middleton Baseball and Softball Commission will hold a Good

Hops beer and wine tasting event on March 14 from 4-8 p.m. at the
Holiday Inn West.
Tickets are $50 per person purchased in advance. Your ticket includes
craft beer and wine tasting from a variety of area breweries and wineries,
hors doeuvres, music, silent auction and raffles. A cash bar will also be
available.
The MBSC is partnering with the Middleton Outreach Ministry for this
event, and is encouraging patrons to bring canned goods or non-perishable
items to the event for donation to MOM. Patrons bringing food donations
will receive a $10 refund at the door.
Tickets may be purchased online at www.mbscwi.com/goodhops. The
MBSC is also looking for sponsors for the event, along with silent auction
and raffle items. Event sponsors or those with silent auction or raffle items
may also sign up at the above website.
Proceeds from the beer and wine tasting event will be used to fund
MBSC youth baseball and softball programs. Event proceeds will also go
toward the construction of an indoor practice facility that the MBSC is
planning to build at Firefighters Memorial Park. For more information on
this proposed indoor practice facility, visit www.mbscwi.co/indoorfacility.
Baseball, softball registration
The Middleton Baseball and Softball Commission has on-line registration for summer baseball and softball teams now open. Baseball (boys 718 years old) and Softball (girls 6-18 years old) players that live in the
Middleton Cross Plains School District are eligible to participate.
Information about leagues, MBSC operational guidelines and registration can be found at www.mbscwi.com. In-person registration will be held
at Middleton High School on Feb. 18 from 6-8 p.m.
Booster Club Tailgate Party
Gymnasts seventh
at Memorial Invite
Lucy Bergenthal and Middletons girls gymnastics team finished seventh at the Madison Memorial Invite.
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Middletons girls gymnastics team

finished seventh at last Saturdays
Madison Memorial Invite.
The Cardinals, competing in the
eight-team Green Division, didnt have
one of their better outings.
The Burlington co-op team finished
first at 144.0, while the Franklin co-op
team was second at 139.150. Middleton
scored 133.8250.
Middleton sophomore Madeline
Pflasterer-Jennerjohn was fourth in the
all-around competition at 35.375, while
senior Lucy Bergenthal was eighth
(34.650).
Pflasterer-Jennerjohn was third on
the uneven bars (9.050) eighth on the
floor exercise (8.950), ninth on the vault

(9.075) and 15th on the balance beam
(8.30).
Bergenthal was sixth on the vault
(9.20), seventh on the balance beam
(8.70), 14th on the uneven bars (8.30),
and 24th on the floor exercise (8.450).
Middleton
junior
Katherine
Marshall was 21st on the balance beam
(8.050) and senior Lauren Ace was 28th
(7.90). Marshall was also 22nd on the
floor (8.50), while freshman Chloe
Young was 33rd (8.050).
Marshall was 33rd on the uneven
bars (7.50) and Young was 34th (7.450).
And freshman Eleanor Mackey was
28th on the vault (8.250) and senior
Marie Lawton was 34th (8.10).
Middleton 134.375, Madison
Memorial 129.425 The Cardinals
rolled past the Spartans last Thursday.
Bergenthal won the all-around title

with a 35.10 score, while PflastererJennerjohn was second (34.375).
Marshall was fourth (33.30) and Dani
Aranda was sixth (31.20).
Bergenthal finished first on the vault
(9.30) and the floor (9.025). She was
also second on the beam (8.325) and
third on the bars (8.50).
Pflasterer-Jennerjohn won the bars
(8.550) and was second on the vault
(9.150) and the floor (8.950). She was
also fifth on the beam (7.725).
Marshall won the beam (8.40), was
third on the floor (8.650), fourth on the
bars (8.050) and fifth on the vault
(8.20).
Aranda was sixth on the beam
(7.450) and the bars (7.850) and seventh on the floor (8.20). Lawton was
also sixth on the vault (8.60).
The Middleton High School Cardinal Booster Club will hold its second
annual Tailgate Party on Feb. 21 starting at 7 p.m. at Keva Sports Center
in Middleton.
Tickets are $50 in advance and $60 at the door. Your ticket includes tailgate fare, tailgate games, live music and a deejay and opportunities to bid
on team baskets and to participate in a 50-50 cash raffle.
People can register for the party by visiting the Booster Club website.
Tailgate T-shirts and hats, which are currently being designed, will also be
available to purchase in the near-future.
Both items can be picked up the night of the event. Participants who
wear their T-shirt will also receive a raffle ticket.
The Tailgate Party is also looking for sponsors. Sponsors will receive 10
passes to the event. Their company logo or family name will be placed on
posters, programs, news releases, media blasts, the Tailgate website, and
all promotional materials before, during and after the event.
Sponsors will also be given the option of hanging a banner at the event.
Please contact Kimberly Carrigan if you are interested. Anyone interested
in volunteering should check the website or contact Molly Kelly.
Ramsey honored
Following its historic season, which featured its first conference championship since 1947 and first NCAA playoff appearance, Macalester
College (St. Paul, Minn.) recently honored its football team at the Scots
annual banquet.
Former Middleton High School standout D.J. Ramsey received the
Nasty Award and Hustle Award. The Nasty Award is given to the player
voted by his teammates who best examplifies tough and physical play. The
Hustle Award is given to the player voted by his teammates as the player
on the team who works the hardest and gives his maximum effort.
Ramsey, a third-year starting center, anchored an offensive line which
averaged 405.0 yards per game during the regular season. Macalester also
averaged 227.6 yards per game on the ground, which ranked third in the
conference.
Bowling scores
Middleton Ladies
Jan. 27
Theresa Meisel 601, Lyn Passini 571, Jeanne Schrenk 564, Janie Lange
559, Cindy Hall 553, Frayne Born 531, Rosemary Lange 507.
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Alzheimers
Awareness
nights at MHS
Middleton High School will host

two Alzheimers Awareness nights
during basketball games on Feb. 4 and
5.
Middletons girls will host Sun
Prairie Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Middletons boys will then host Sun
Prairie Friday at 7:30 p.m.
It will be an extremely meaningful
night for the Boyle family of
Middleton.
John Boyle was Middletons boys
basketball coach from 1991-2006 and
led the Cardinals to the 1998 WIAA
Division 1 state tournament. His wife,
Mary,
was
diagnosed
with
Alzheimers in 2010 at the age of 57.
Haley Boyle, the couples oldest
daughter, will talk about Alzheimers
during halftime of Fridays game.
Danny Boyle (Class of 2001) and
Tone Boyle (2006) former standouts at Middleton will also be in
attendance.
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La Follette (5-7, 7-8) put three

players in double figures led by
Quinten Sheres 16.
It was a really nice response after
a disappointing loss two days earlier,
Middleton coach Kevin Bavery said.
The guys were responsive on
Fridayand focused, but relaxed at our
shoot-around on Saturday morning. I
was very pleased and very proud.
La Follette tied the game at 63 after
a run-out basket with 22 seconds left.
Bavery bypassed a timeout and called
for a simple pick-and-roll with junior
forward Cody Markel setting a ball
screen for Murphy.
Pretty standard play we run and
most teams run at the end of a shot
clock in college, Bavery said. What
was great was seeing everyone do
their job.
Murphy drove left, split a pair of
defenders out top, and then two more
in the lane. Murphy then finished off
the glass with a twisting right-handed
layup as the horn sounded.
I was very aware of the clock and
knew we needed to get a good look,
Murphy said. I came off the screen
and one defender hedged on me hard,
so I bounced back and attacked again.
Once I got into the lane I had a good
angle for the layup, so I put it in.
As brilliant as Murphys play was,
Bavery was equally pleased how the
rest of the team handled their assignments. Middletons spacing was virtually perfect, which allowed Murphy
the necessary room to get to the rim.
Our positioning was critical, and
on the tape you see Storm get just
enough room to split out top as the
help had to honor our replace man,
Bavery said. And the two defenders
at the rim had to honor C.J.
(Fermanich) spotting up in the corner
and Cody (Markel) at the backside of
the rim, so they came late. I thought
Storm was going to kick to C.J. when
his defender finally committed to the
ball, but it was the right play to make
and a great finish.
Overall, it was a great win for the
Cardinals.
Hokanson had eight first quarter
points and Eady had four, although the
Cardinals trailed, 19-17, after one.
Still, Bavery liked what he saw early.
We had the pace the way we wanted it, were getting into good second
actions on the offensive end, and our
John Boyle will also be doing color

commentary on Fridays game for
Channel 3000s Game of the Week.
The players will wear purple
shoelaces and the coaches will also
wear some purple to show their support for the cause. There will also be a
halftime bucket pass fundraiser.
Alzheimers victimizes more than
five million people in the United
States. More than 15.4 million people
act as caregivers. It is the sixth leading
cause of death in the US.
There are no survivors of
Alzheimers. There is no cure, no way
to prevent the disease and no way to
slow its progression.
The Boyle family chose to get
involved with the Alzheimers
Association as a way to fight this fatal
disease, Haley Boyle said. We share
a vision of a world without
Alzheimers.
BIG8
standings
League Overall
W L
W L
Mad. Memorial ... 10 3
12 5
Madison East ..... 10 3
12 5
Middleton ........... 9 3
12 4
Beloit Memorial ... 8 5
12 5
Sun Prairie .......... 7 5
10 5
Verona ................. 6 7
9 7
Mad. La Follette .. 5 7
7 8
Madison West ...... 4 8
6 9
Jnsville Craig ....... 2 11
4 13
Jnsville Parker ..... 2 11
2 15
defensive mistakes were aggressive

and correctable, he said.
The Lancers led, 29-27, at halftime. Middleton then grabbed a 51-50
lead heading to the fourth.
Eady had eight third quarter points
including a pair of three-pointers
and Markel had all seven of his
points in the period.
The fourth quarter was a nailbiter
and Middleton led, 63-61, late. But
Markel missed a layup, and the
Lancers got a breakaway basket to
knot things at 63.
Bavery contemplated calling timeout, but liked the team he had on the
floor. So he let them play and
Murphy eventually played hero.
That win was huge for us,
Murphy said. After losing to East, we
really wanted to win again. We all
wanted it, as a team. We had a new
mentality going into the game that was
about toughness.
Something Murphy and the
Cardinals undoubtedly delivered.
On deck: Middleton hosts Sun
Prairie Friday at 7:30.
Jan. 31
Middleton 65, Madison La Follette 63
Madison La Follette 19 10 21 13 63
Middleton ..... 17 10 24 14 65
MADISON LA FOLLETTE Shere 16,
Thomas 14, OBrien 13, Bartz 2, Turner 2, Green
4, McCree 4. Totals 23 8-12 63.
MIDDLETON Joers 6, Smith 2,
Hokanson 15, Murphy 11, Maly 3, Eady 13,
Gardner 2, Fermanich 6, Markel 7. Totals 25 7-13
65.
3-point goals MLF 9 (Shere 4, Thomas 2,
OBrien 3), M 8 (Smith 1, Hokanson 3, Maly 1,
Eady 2, Markel 1).Total fouls MLF 17, M 13.
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Photo submitted
There will be two

Alzheimers
Awareness nights at
Middleton
High
School
this
Thursday
and
Friday.
The Boyle family
of (from left) John,
Mary, Tone, Haley
and Danny will be
in
attendance
Friday to tell their
story.
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n HOCKEY

coach Steffon Walby said. These
kids have worked hard on and off the
ice to achieve this. The nice thing is we
put it behind us, and we can shoot for
bigger
and
better
goals.
I definitely think it is very deserving
for the seniors this year, and for the
overall program from the start.
Certainly putting last year behind us
this helps, but its not our overall end-all
goal.
The Cardinals had an easy time with
East/La Follette, a program struggling
to get its bearings.
Wes Rock had three goals and two
assists, while Daylon Reifsteck had two
goals and four assists. Eric Karwoski
had two goals and two assists, while
Harper had three assists and Eddy
Matush added a goal and two assists.
In addition, Joey Duff, Zach Heidel,
Garrett Graf, Troy Reifsteck, Alex
Nisbet, Justin Engelkes, David
Hugness, Andrew Habhab and Ross
Johnson all added goals.
The Cardinals and Beloit then skated
to a 1-1 tie that sewed up the conference
title for Middleton.
Trailing, 1-0, Engelkes scored on an
assist from Colin Butler just 18 seconds
into the second period. Amazingly, neither team scored again in the final 42
minutes.
McConnell finished with 31 saves,
while Brennan Bescup made 38 saves.
While the Cardinals would have
loved an outright win, they did enough
to clinch a conference title.
This past year has been a ride,
Harper said. But going into this season
we wanted to put the last season behind
us.
We knew we had a lot of potential

and we were willing to work extremely
hard to reach what we were capable of.
Winning conference was not necessarily a payoff, but more a step in the right
direction.
Middleton took another step in the
right direction with an impressive win
over Madison Edgewood last Saturday.
The Crusaders are the runaway leaders in the Southern Badger Conference.
But Engelkes scored the game-winner
midway through the third period, and
Middleton held on down the stretch.
We have been playing very well as
of late, Kouba said. The guys have
totally committed themselves to doing
whatever it takes to win, whether thats
conditioning or understanding our systems during the games, which is really
nice to see.
This season has been an awesome
experience, very positive. Our team is
extremely close knit and we all enjoy
being around each other. The success to
this point has been very encouraging.
With that being said we realize that
there is still a lot of work to do, and we
will continue to work harder to reach
the end goal.
Nikko Miller had a goal just 8 seconds into the second period to give
Middleton a 1-0 lead over Edgewood.
The Crusaders got the equalizer with a
power play goal at 7:39 of the second
period.
But just 25 seconds later, Engelkes
scored a short-handed goal that proved
to be the game-winner.
McConnell was outstanding again,
notching 17 saves and earning the win.
Edgewoods Tommy Mohs finished
with 26 saves.
Ross Johnson (40) and Middletons hockey team is 15-3-2 overall.
I feel our team is playing better

than ever, McConnell said. Its
always important to be playing your
best hockey, when playoffs roll around,
so were hoping to keep improving and
hit the playoffs at full force.
Harper agreed.
Beating Edgewood on was a large
indicator for us that we could play with
just about any team, Harper said.
Edgewood is a strong group that has

played well against some of the top
teams in the state.
On deck: Middleton hosts
Waunakee Thursday at 8 p.m., then
travels to Kettle Moraine/Mukwonago
Saturday at 7 p.m.
Walby will then gather with the
other coaches in his sectional on
Sunday to determine postseason seeds.
The top four teams in the sectional

all receive byes, and wont play until
the regional finals on Feb. 19 or 20.
Middleton is the frontrunner to be the
No. 1 seed in its sectional.
We still have a couple key games
that could determine it, Walby sad.
Lets be real, anybody is dangerous in
the Big Eight.

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VOL. 123, NO.

For the past few

State of the (MEA) union

SINGLE COPY PRICE: $1.25

The Middleton Education Association is no longer recognized as a public

strongest unions in the state.

tion of only being able to bargain for

tinue to function, but chose not to recertify because it doesnt do a whole

Times-Tribune photo by Jeff Martin

Winter weather finally arrives, city digs out

Nancy and George Shook do not

This week marks the start of a

Police department swears in two new officers

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Gama, Groh join

The Middleton Police Department

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Development picking up in the town

After a several-year lull, developers

Nancy understands the town has little

a greater amount of open space. The

the project developer and said there is

acre. That amount is in excess of the

city of Middleton Planning Commission, said Shaw.

to offer to construct the street as no

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Nominate this years

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2015

The Friend of the Town Award

The goal for establishing this award

WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Rep.

Whip and humbled to be selected by

Pocan named a senior

Two steps closer for veterans tribute

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Police release November crime report

Calls for Service

Significant Events in November:

ice, 1630 North High Point Road, Theft

While taking this initial complaint,

have been successful, however, the

INVESTIGATIVE UNIT REPORT

ual assault, death investigation, thefts,

system. Before Act 10 every teacher

said he supports the project if it has

ers to keep their union alive, Bauman

closely with MEA Vice President

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2015

employee handbook. She hopes if they

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lives even more difficult.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2015

I wanted to be a monk. Brimming

I do not remember any quiet as complete and comforting as the quiet of a

MLK food drive a

For the seventh year during the Dr.

me that wearing a robe, in this case a

ible; those of coyotes; mice or some

things you werent allowed to do.