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Thursday, April 30, 2015

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Election season may have just

wrapped up locally, but longtime
Oregon resident Sandy Webber is in
the midst of a different
kind of campaign.
Shes been nominated as a candidate
for the Leukemia and
Lymphoma Societys
(LLS) Woman of
the Year, and shes
not afraid to ask you Webber
to buy a vote. In fact,
thats what the 10-week fundraising
campaign is about.
Webbers goal is to raise $35,000
for LLS blood cancer research, and
each dollar counts as a vote.
But you wont find a thermometer
graphic filling up with red on Webbers personalized web page at mwoy.
org. Totals are kept private, even after
polls close at 6 p.m. Friday, May
29, until the winners are revealed at
the grand finale gala.
While confident she will reach her
goal, Webber said she needs everyones help. She has already enlisted
eight team members, who have their
own fundraising pages and materials, to help spread the word and raise
money. Among them include a couple
of friends from Oregon who have
been affected by blood cancers.
Webber began to tear up as she
mentioned some of her friends who
have passed away from leukemia and
lymphoma, along with others who
have recently started to face those
diagnoses.
Theres just so many people that
are affected by blood cancers, she
said. (But) the research that they
(LLS) do and the drugs that they come
up with end up benefiting people with

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the three people still living who discovered the

famous terra-cotta soldiers, who were buried in
Shaanxi province.
He just happened to be there that day, Kindschi said. It was a wide range of experiences and
a very busy schedule, but we saw a lot.
Students who emailed the Observer about their
trip said it opened their eyes to a perspective of
culture and history they didnt have before and
exposed them to new food and beautiful scenery
while shattering stereotypes.
And the word-of-mouth from this years trip
has spread and created much more interest for
next years one-semester class, which will visit
Europe.
The Go Global course, which Kindschi started
this school year, provides students a framework

After wrapping up his

first year as Oregon School
Board president, Dan
Krause will remain in that
role after defeating Charles
Uphoff in a 4-3 election
Monday night.
Barb Feeney had nominated Krause, while Rae
Vogeler
nominated
Uphoff.
Krause
was elected
to the board
in
2013
after running unsuc- Krause
cessfully as
a write-in
candidate in 2012. He was
elected president for the
first time last April.
Krause said hes trying
to bring everyone together,
and while he thought the
board had a good year, he
offered a caveat.
Certainly, there have
been some missteps, and I
hope everyone recognizes
Im not promising to be
perfect, he said. But its
easy for anyone to see how
things are going to go in the
next year if you pay attention to last year.
Krause said he wants
the current number of five
committees to be cut to two
in the near future something that was suggested
by staff earlier this year but
not pursued and he said

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Photo submitted

OHS Go Global students Danielle Ruotsinoja and Corrie Mae Matthias bike along the city wall at Xian.

Students go global
Group returns from eye-opening trip to China

SCOTT DE LARUELLE
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Oregon High School history teacher Lou Kindschi is used to traveling around the world to bring
ideas back home to her students.
This time, though, she took students with her.
Kindschi and a group of six students and OHS
counselor Joan Karls, returned earlier this month
from a 12-day tour of China as part of the OHS
Go Global course Kindschi teaches. The trip
took the group from ancient sites like the Forbidden City and Great Wall of China to super-modern cities like Beijing and Shanghai.
There was bicycle riding on the wall, night
fishing with cormorants, tai chi and calligraphy
lessons, and plenty of chances to meet the local
population. The group also got to meet one of

Vacant church site targeted for redevelopment

decade could be the future home
of an assisted living facility.
Oregon resident Marshall Mennenga confirmed last week that
an out-of-state firm has made
an offer to purchase the 2.7-acre
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mer Peoples United Methodist
Church, built in 1862, and a forA historic church on Main Street mer school that was constructed
thats been vacant for more than a in 1972.

Mennenga said the firm, which

he declined to name, has until July
1, 2016, to close on the property.
The closing wont happen
until everythings approved
by the village, including a taxincrement financing package, he
said. Theres a lot of hoops to go
through, but were optimistic that
something will come of it.
Village administrator Mike

Gracz told the Observer the firm,

which specializes in developing
assisting living projects, had contacted him and participated in a
conference call a couple of weeks
ago.
Gracz said the company was
interested in local property values
and asked what the facility would
be worth if it were built in Oregon.
We put them in contact with

the village assessor, he said.

Our financial adviser, Mike Harrigan (of Ehlers Inc.), is something of an expert on tax-increment financing and is going to
talk with them about village assistance.
Gracz added that he hasnt
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Arbor Day
celebrations
Oregon area students celebrated
Arbor Day on Friday, helping
to plant trees, climb trees and
generally learn more about the
importance of trees.
Brooklyn Elementary School
fourth-graders visited Smithfield
Park, where students helped
plant a linden and buckeye tree,
with DNR forester Corey Secher.
Prairie View Elementary School
students visited Anderson
County Farm Park, where they
took turns climbing a huge oak
tree, using safety harnesses.
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awarded a $3.661 grant
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(WEEB) earlier this month
to purchase supplies for the
schools Freshwater Ecology Course.
Angela Schmit, life science teacher at OHS who
started the course in fall
2013, submitted the grant
to provide students an
opportunity to become
active learners through
field research. The course
focuses on freshwater ecosystems in order to raise
students awareness of the
issues surrounding freshPhoto submitted
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monitor freshwater ecosystems within the Freshwater
Ecology course, including:
turbidity tubes, aquatic
nets, open reel measuring tapes, clipboards, stop
watches, dissolved oxygen
kits, digital thermometers
and chest waders. She will
offer a training session on
June 25-26 to train current

district teachers as well as

teachers from other Wisconsin school districts that
want to implement a course
like Freshwater Ecology.
The Wisconsin Environmental Education Board
awards grants for the
development, dissemination, and implementation
of environmental education programs in Wisconsin
for both public and private
organizations.

The application process included a narrative

explaining how the goals
of the WEEB grant would
be met within the project,
what the objectives and
activities would be to meet
those goals, a budget summary for needed equipment
to meet those goals, and a
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Pettit arraigned on tax

fraud charges
Former Village of Oregon police chief Doug Pettit appeared via telephone
in court Monday to answer
charges of tax evasion.
Online court records
show Pettit made
his initial
appearance
April 27 on
the charges
that were
filed in
D e c e m b e r Pettit
2014 by the
Department
of Justice. Pettit faces two

felony charges of filing

false tax returns, and has
another hearing slated for
May 18.
Pettit is free on a $500
bond following months of
delayed initial hearings due
to health complications.
According to a criminal
complaint, Pettit submitted
tax returns to the Wisconsin Department of Revenue for 2010, 2011, and
2012 that did not include
income hed made providing security services to private businesses, including
the Union Sports Club. The
sports club became the center of controversy last year
that led to Pettits retirement and an investigation

Church: Building abandoned since 2004

Continued from page 1
the property for a Village
Board meeting because the
firm is still doing some
homework on their end.
Its not ready to go anywhere because if the deal
doesnt work out, it wont
go forward, he said. Im
not trying to be pessimistic,
but its just not there yet.
The former Peoples
United Methodist Church
on North Main Street was
abandoned in 2004 when
the congregation built a
new church on the villages
west side.
A group of investors that
includes Mennenga bought
the building shortly after it
was vacated and for the past
11 years has been trying to
either develop the property
or sell it.
In 2012, Mennenga told
the Observer he and coowner Robin Roberts were
thinking about demolishing
the building and turning the
area into a green site.
That was after the investors in 2008 had planned
to build an assisting-living
facility themselves but ran
up against the nationwide
recession and couldnt put
together financing for their
plan.
They were looking for
financing in the fall of
2008, just before the recession, Gracz explained. It
was just the worst timing.
If theyd started a year earlier, their project probably
would have gone ahead.
They didnt demolish the
building, and instead it has
been vacant and boarded
up. The former education
building behind the church
has been used as a place to
collect and store bicycles
that are being donated to a
village in Kenya, in project
headed up by Gail and Al
Brown.
Mennenga said when he
and Roberts were planning
to develop an assisted-living center, the neighborhood was very much in
favor of it.
The property is in the villages TID 3, which Gracz
said presently is not cash
flowing and requires help
from another TIF district to

into the department.

Pettit began using personal and medical leave
from the village in May
2014 and officially retired
Sept. 1, 2014.
At the time of his retirement, Pettit was the longest-serving police chief
in the state, at 29 years.
He worked for the Oregon
Police Department for
almost 39 years.
He has not returned the
Observers phone calls
seeking comment on his
indictment since last October.
- Mark Ignatowski and Bill
Livick contributed to this
report.

Board: Sending letter to state legislators

Continued from page 1
the district should try to
become more green.
I like to focus on the
things we can positively
create with one another,
and I like things that are
green, so Id like to see a
green agenda pushed forward, he said.
Uphoff, a former board
president who was re-elected to the board last year
after a hiatus, agreed that
the last year was a good
year particularly, citing
the successful fall referendum. He said he would like
the board to be more functional as a team, however.
We had some disagreements over the year,
Uphoff said. I dont think
thats bad. But I think its
really important how we
deal with other and address
each other.
Uphoff said hes concerned about reducing the
committees and said the
board needs to talk about
that.
Having seen the opportunities the committees
have afforded people in
the community, to discuss
issues in more depth than
is currently available at a
board meeting or committee of the whole, I would
like that to be a part of a
more extensive conversation and not to move

abruptly, he said.
Feeney was elected vicepresident, 4-3, outpolling
Gwen Maitzen. Steve Zach
was unanimously elected
treasurer and Jeff Ramin
was unanimously elected
clerk. Krause said new
board committee assignment will be determined
after a school board retreat
in May.

Staffing plan
The board, in the midst
of 2015-16 staff planning,
approved adding two fulltime teaching positions
Monday night a fourthgrade teacher at Prairie
View Elementary School
and a kindergarten teacher
at Netherwood Knoll Elementary School if student
enrollment in that grade
exceeds 264.
District superintendent
Brian Busler said the idea
is to keep class sizes as low
as possible a goal of 22
students or fewer in K-3
and 25 or fewer in grades
4-6.
Busler said the district
will complete its plan after
the state budget is finalized
later this spring.

Letter to legislators
Board members signed
off on a letter to be sent
to members of the Joint
Finance Committee.
It asked for the following

changes to Gov. Walkers

proposed biennial education budget:
Removal of all policy
and non-fiscal items from
the budget, for separate
considerations
Restoration, at a minimum, of the $150 per student in categorical aid to
public schools
A consumer price
index-related increase in
the revenue cap limit on
public schools
A moratorium on the
private voucher and charter
school expansion
Elimination of the proposed statewide charter
school authorizing board
Elimination of the proposed A-F grading system
for public schools
Opposition to changes
to the Local Government
Property Insurance Fund
The letter also asks for
an opportunity to discuss
the requests with Walker
or members of his staff as
they prepare to make recommendation for changes
to the budget.
we feel very strongly
that locally elected school
board represent the most
effective way to ensure
accountability, the letter
read. We need to invest in
public education and in the
future of our children, our
families and our State.

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pay its debt service.

That could present a
problem for the potential
developers, who would rely
on tax-increment financing
assistance from the village,
Mennenga said.
Were optimistic but
also realistic, and I think
something will happen with
it within the next year, he

said. We do have an offer

to purchase.
The firm specializes in
assisted living throughout
the country and wants to
start a footprint in Wisconsin, Mennenga said. This is
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can choose to receive Social Security benefits as early as age 62 or

as late as age 70.
If you elect to take benefits at
age 62, the benefit amount will be
reduced by 25 percent from what
it would have been if you had
waited until your full retirement
age.
This gives rise to one of the
most common retirement myths
I encounter: the notion you can
start taking your benefits on a
reduced basis and that the benefit
will increase when you hit your
full retirement age.
Wrong.
If you retire early, your benefits
are permanently reduced and will
not increase again once you hit
that magic full retirement age
number.
Another thing people often do
not realize is for every year they
postpone receiving Social Security benefits past their full retirement age, their monthly benefit
increases by 8 percent, up to age
70. That means if your full retirement age is 66 and you choose not
to receive benefits until age 70,
you can increase your monthly
benefit by 32 percent.
There are not many places these
days that guarantee you an 8 percent annual return on investment.
If you do the math, you will
find the difference between taking
Social Security at 62 and waiting
until age 70 can be enormous. A
person who would be entitled to
$1,000 per month at the full retirement age of 66 would have it cut
to $750 per month by starting at
age 62. By waiting until age 70, it
rises to $1,320.
I am not suggesting everyone
can wait until age 70. Too often,
health issues arise that make it
impractical for people to keep
working.
Health issues and the costs that
can go along with them give rise
to the next common retirement
myth.
Many people incorrectly believe
Medicare will take care of almost
all of their health care needs after
they retire. And they often think
they do not need to pay for this
service.
I have had to break the news to
quite a few seniors about premiums and co-pays and deductibles
and things that Medicare does

not cover at all. Many people are

shocked when they discover how
much health care is going to cost
often several hundred dollars a
month even after they enroll in
Medicare.
Many people fail to plan for the
costs associated with health care
after they retire.
There are many, many companies that would like to provide
you with health care coverage
for a price, of course. That brings
up another common mistake
thinking they can sort through
all of the insurance options themselves.
People approaching the age of
Medicare eligibility are inundated
with mail (and often phone calls)
from insurance companies. They
can be subject to some pretty
aggressive, hard-sell tactics. It
is a mistake not to reach out to
resources within the community
to help sort through all of the
options. Preferably those resources do not stand to personally benefit from your choices.
Another wishful thinking
myth is that if you fail to save
sufficiently for your retirement, a
variety of government programs
will come to your aid. I have
worked with seniors who were
surprised to know how extremely
limited your income must be in
order to qualify for help and how
very limited that help turns out to
be if you do qualify.
On the flip side, many retirees
are reluctant to use their savings
to pay for their own care, somehow believing that the government should pay for non-Medicare
covered health care expenses,
even though they themselves have
the resources to do so.
Sure, it is more fun to save your
money for other things, including
the kinds of fun things we all hope
to do when we retire, but the truth
is that part of your resources are
likely going to be used to pay for
your care as you age.
Retirement is something people
look forward to, and it can be an
exciting time, but it also requires
careful planning and learning
about benefits and options in
advance.
Rachel Brickner is a case manager at the Oregon Senior Center.

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Safety Day is May 2

Stamp Out Hunger

food drive May 9

If you go
What: 37th annual
Safety Day
When: 9 a.m. to noon
Saturday, May 2
Where: Prairie View
Elementary School, 300
Soden Dr.
Info: 835-3111 ext. 241

Leave a food
donation by your
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Breakfast snacks and

refreshments will be provided. Ham and turkey
sandwiches will be served
on a first come first serve
basis at 10:45 a.m.
The event is sponsored by
the Oregon Police Department, Oregon Fire and
EMS District and Oregon
Photo by Scott Girard
community.
For more information, Gage Klarich, 7, sits in the front of a fire truck in the Prairie View
contact officer Cindy Neu- Elementary School parking lot last year. This years event takes
place Saturday, May 2.
bert at 835-3111.

Kwik crash
Workers clean up debris in front
of the Kwik Trip at 135 N. Main
St. around noon Tuesday after
an elderly man accidentally
drove into the storefront.
Police said the man accidentally
hit his gas instead of the brake
as he tried to park his car. He
was not ticketed, and no one
was injured.
The front door and building
around the doors sustained
some structural damage, but
a Kwik Trip manager said the
store would reopen later in the
day.
Photo by Scott De Laruelle

Texting back
in the day
UW-Whitewater professor
Linda Robinson, left, presented
Texting Back in the Day, a
reading of the history of 1913
Whitewater from an Oregon
school girls postcards home, at
the library on April 25.

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From left, Sheila Virtue and Judy Cox flip through albums of postcards from Oregon resident Bernice Hanan. The event was co-hosted by the Oregon Public Library and Oregon Area Historical Society.

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The 23rd annual

National Association of
Letter Carriers Stamp
Out Hunger Food Drive
is Saturday, May 9.
Each year on the second Saturday of May,
letter carriers across the
country collect non-perishable food donations
from its customers in a
national effort that provides assistance to millions of Americans struggling to put food on the
table. The NALC, United
States Postal Service,
Feeding America and
other partners are asking
local residents to contribute to the nations largest
single-day food drive.
Customers are asked
to place non-perishable
food items in a sturdy bag
in or by their mailboxes
that Saturday, and their
carriers will pick up the
food. The food will then
be donated to local food
pantries.
Any customers that
receive plastic bags in
their mail are encouraged
to use those bags. Items
may include, but are not
limited to, canned soup,
canned vegetables, peanut butter, pasta, rice and
cereal.
Last year, over 73 million pounds of food were
collected, feeding an estimated 30 million people.

To participate
What: Stamp Out
Hunger food drive
When: Saturday, May 9
How: Leave a non-perishable food donation in a
bag by your mailbox
Info: nalc.org/community-service/food-drive
The Stamp Out Hunger
food drive has collected well over 1 billion
pounds of food since it
began.
The need for food
donations is great. Currently, 50 million Americans (1 in 6 people) are
unsure where their next
meal is coming from,
according to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture. Nearly 16 million
children are struggling
with hunger, and about
4.8 million seniors face
choices between paying
rent, utilities and having
nutritious food.
Food banks and pantries often receive the
majority of their donations during the Thanksgiving and Christmas
holiday seasons. By
springtime, many pantries are depleted, entering the summer low on
supplies at a time when
many school breakfast
and lunch programs are
not available.
For more information,
visit nalc.org/community-service/food-drive.

St. Johns Lutheran Church

Salad Luncheon
Date: Thursday, May 7, 2015
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Program: 1:00 p.m.
Guest Speaker from the Badger Honor Flight
Presentation of Colors by:
Oregon/Brooklyn VFW Post 10272
Tickets: $8.00/Adults $3.00/Children
Express Line & Carry-Outs available
All Men & Women are invited to attend.

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The 37th annual Safety

Day will be held from 9
a.m. to noon Saturday, May
2, at Prairie View Elementary School, 300 Soden Dr.
Children of all ages are
invited to attend the educational event to tour Oregon
police squads, fire trucks
and ambulances, public
works vehicles and tractors. There will also be
childrens fingerprinting, a
Dane County Farm Bureau
display, car seat check
information and Health
Trip 2015.
Kids can meet Oregon
police officers and the K-9
Unit, firefighters and EMS
personnel, village public
works crew members and
other special guests, including representatives from
local hospitals.
Med Flight plans to stop
by, and the Lions Club will be
doing free vision screenings.

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Churches

Coming up
Veterans memorial fundraiser
American Legion Post 160 is matching all contributions by 50 percent
until May 1 for the proposed veterans
memorial, to be located across from
the Brooklyn Area Fire Department.
The Brooklyn Area Veterans Committee is developing plans for a monument to honor and recognize all veterans and their families dating back to
1812. To donate or for information,
call 455-5049 or 516-5401.

Jorgensen listening session

Rep. Andy Jorgensen (D-Milton)
will hold a listening session at 1 p.m.
Friday, May 1, at the Firefly Coffeehouse, 114 N. Main St.
The proposed state budget has
been a hot topic at recent listening
sessions, and Jorgensen will present
budget updates at the May 1 listening
session.

Open mic night

Oregon Area Progressives will
sponsor a community open mic night
for the public from 6-8 p.m. Friday,
May 1, at the Firefly Coffeehouse,
114 N. Main St.
Come meet, greet and ask questions

of Martha Laning and Jeff Smith,

candidates for chair of the Wisconsin
Democratic Party. They will introduce themselves and their ideas for
taking the DPW in a new direction.
Attendees are encouraged to bring
non-perishable items for the Oregon/
Brooklyn Food Pantry.
OAP meets at the Firefly most
Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. For more
information, call 513-7655, 213-6063
or visit oregonareaprogressives.org.

aisles to talk about meat, poultry, seafood, low fat and lean protein.
To register, call Sonja at 873-2356.

Stuffed animal sleepover

Kids and their stuffed animals can

enjoy a story time from 6:30-7 p.m.
Tuesday, May 5.
Then, the stuffed animals are tucked
in for a night at the library. Bring
along a stuffed animal your child will
not mind parting with for a night.
Kids pick up their stuffed animals
Brooklyn movie night
the next day along with a photo of
The Village of Brooklyn will hold a their stuffed animals adventures.
movie night at 7 p.m. Saturday, May
2, at the Brooklyn Community Build- Brat bash
ing, 102 N. Rutland Ave.
The seventh annual brat bash will
The event will include concessions be held at the senior center from 10
with popcorn, pizza, candy, soda a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, May 8.
and water. Doors open for the movThe meal includes brats ($3 each,
ie beginning at 6:30 p.m. For more includes chips), hot dogs ($2 each,
information, visit brooklynrecreation. includes chips) and chips and beverorg.
ages ($1 each) available for purchase.
Live entertainment begins at noon
Grocery store talk
with the UW Band and 12:30 p.m.
The next grocery store nutrition talk with Bahama Bob.
Orders of six or more can be delivwill be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 5,
at Bills Food Center, 787 N. Main St.
ered to local businesses.
Stoughton Hospitals registered
For more information, call 835dietitian will lead a group through the 5801.

Community calendar
Thursday, April 30

Pay It Forward Day (share stories

and give to the food pantry), senior
center, library, pool
3-7 p.m., Oregon/Brooklyn Food
Pantry distribution, 1092 Union
Road

Friday, May 1

10-11 a.m., Wonder Lab: Build it,

library
1 p.m., Jorgensen Listening
Session, Firefly Coffeehouse, 114
N. Main St., 888-534-0043
6-8 p.m., Open Mic Night, Firefly
Coffeehouse, 114 N. Main St., 8356238

Saturday, May 2

9 a.m. to noon, 37th annual Safety Day, Prairie View

Elementary, 835-3111 ext. 241
6:30 p.m., Masonic Card Party
with euchre following light meal,
senior center
7 p.m., Village of Brooklyn
movie night, Brooklyn Community

Building, 102 N. Rutland Ave.

Sunday, May 3

Monday, May 4

1 p.m., Monday Funday: LEGO

and free build, library

Tuesday, May 5

10-11 a.m., Wonder Lab: Grow,

library
10 a.m., Grocery Store Talks:
Meat, Poultry Seafood, Bills Food
Center, 787 N. Main St., 873-2356
1 p.m., Movie: The Imitation
Game, senior center
6:30-7 p.m., Stuffed Animal
Sleepover, library, 835-3656

Wednesday, May 6

10-11 a.m., Wonder Lab: Grow,

library
10:30 a.m., Great Beginnings
Book Club: Before I Go to Sleep
by S.J. Watson, senior center, 835-

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Thursday, April 30
WOW:
Harvest
Dinner by Fitchburg
Fields (of Nov. 2010)
ORE: Oregon School
Board Meeting (of April
27)

Monday, May 4
WOW: 6 p.m.
LIVE Oregon Village
Board Meeting
ORE: Quinteto Yzafa
Music @ OHS (of April
2010)

Friday, May 1
WOW: Texting Back
in the Day @ Oregon
Library (of April 25)
ORE: OHS Fine Arts
Week Event: Ballroom
Dance (of April 17)

Tuesday, May 5
WOW: Od Tapo Imi
Music (of Aug. 2008)
ORE: Coro d Angeli
UW-Platteville Choir @
OHS (of April 2009)

Sunday, May 3
WOW: The Church
(Christ Memorial) Service
ORE: NKE/BKE Chorus
Concert (of April 30)

Thursday, May 7

8 a.m. to noon, Knights of Columbus 6:30 p.m., Oregon-Brooklyn

pancake breakfast, Holy Mother of
Optimists Club meeting, State Bank
Consolation, 651 N. Main St.
of Cross Plains, 744 N. Main St.,
843-3362

Community cable listings

Saturday, May 2
WOW: Capitol City
Band Concert (of July
2013)
ORE: OHS Fine Arts
Week Event: Faculty
Recital (of April 17)

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Wednesday, May 6
WOW:
Open
Mic Oregon Area
Progressives (of May 1)
ORE: Rising Gael @
OHS
Thursday, May 7
WOW: Oregon Village
Board Meeting (of May
4)
ORE: OMS Fine Arts
Event (of Apr. 30)

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Friday, May 8

10-11 a.m., Wonder Lab: Grow,

library
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., seventh annual
Brat Bash, senior center
4 p.m., Teen Advisory Board,
library

Saturday, May 9

Oregon village-wide rummage

sale
Stamp Out Hunger food drive
9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Oregon-Brooklyn
Food Pantry plant sale, Waterman
Park
10 a.m., Dads and Donuts, library
6:30-8:30 p.m., Family Movie
Night, First Presbyterian Church,
408 N. Bergamont Blvd., 835-3082

Senior center
Monday, May 4
Hearty Vegetable Soup
Crackers
Tuna Salad
Med. Croissant
Pear Slices and Cookie
VO: Egg Salad with Leaf
Lettuce
Tuesday, May 5
*Ham Slice
Half-Baked Sweet Potato
Pickled Beets
Fresh Fruit Piece
Multi Grain Bread
VO: Cheese Sandwich
Wednesday, May 6
Meat Sauce, Spaghetti
Noodles
Mixed Greens with Tomato &
Dressing
Banana and Garlic Bread
VO: Soy Meat Sauce
Thursday, May 7
Turkey Roast with Gravy
Mashed Potato and Gravy
Peach Slices
Buttered California Blend
W.W. Bread and Bar
VO: Cottage Cheese
SO: Chef Salad
Friday, May 8
Mediterranean Chicken and
Pasta Salad
Spring Green Salad
Fresh Fruit
French bread with Red
Balsamic Vinegar, Olive Oil Dip
Lemon Cake
VO: Pasta Salad with Cheese
*Contains Pork

Monday, May 4
AMDiabetic Foot Care
9 a.m., CLUB
9 a.m., Wii Bowling
10 a.m., Dominoes
1 p.m., Get Fit
1:30 p.m., Bridge
4 p.m., Weight Loss Support
Tuesday, May 5
8:30 a.m., Zumba Gold
9 a.m., ST Board Meeting
10 a.m., Bills Grocery Talk
10:30 a.m., Brunch for Your
Brain
12:30 p.m., Sheepshead
12:30 p.m., Stoughton Shopping
1 p.m., Movie: The Imitation
Game
Wednesday, May 6
AMFoot Care
9 a.m., CLUB
9 a.m., Wellness Walk
10 a.m., Shopping in Madison
10:30 a.m., Book Club
11 a.m., 1/1 Computer Help
1 p.m., Get Fit
1 p.m., Euchre
Thursday, May 7
AMChair Massage
8:30 a.m., Zumba Gold
9 a.m., Pool Players
10:30 a.m., Brunch for your Brain
12:30 p.m., Shopping at Bills
1 p.m., Cribbage
1:30 p.m., Stepping On
Friday, May 8
9 a.m., CLUB
9 a.m., Wii Bowling
9:30 a.m., Blood Pressure
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Brat Bash
10:45 a.m., Gentle Yoga

ALL SAINTS LUTHERAN CHURCH

2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 276-7729
Pastor Rich Johnson
SUNDAY
8:30 a.m. classic service
10:45 a.m. new song service
BROOKLYN LUTHERAN CHURCH
101 Second Street, Brooklyn
(608) 455-3852
Pastor Rebecca Ninke
SUNDAY
9 a.m. Holy Communion
10 a.m. Fellowship
COMMUNITY OF LIFE LUTHERAN
CHURCH
PO Box 233, Oregon
(608) 286-3121
office@communityoflife.us
Pastor Jim McCoid
SUNDAY
10 a.m. Worship at 1111 S. Perry
Parkway, Oregon
COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH
201 Church Street, Brooklyn
(608) 455-3344
Pastor Dave Pluss
SUNDAY
9:30 a.m. Worship
FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN
CHURCH
143 Washington Street, Oregon
(608) 835-3554
Pastor Karl Hermanson
SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Worship
Holy Communion 2nd & last
Sundays
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
408 N. Bergamont Blvd. (north of CC)
Oregon, WI
608-835-3082 - fpcoregonwi.org
Pastor Bob Vetter
SUNDAY
10 a.m. Blended Worship
11 a.m. Coffee Bar/Fellowship
11:15 a.m. All-ages activity
FITCHBURG MEMORIAL UCC
5705 Lacy Road, Fitchburg
(608) 273-1008
www.memorialucc.org
Pastor: Phil Haslanger
Associate Pastor Twink JanMcMahon
SUNDAY
8:15 and 10 a.m. Worship
GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN
CHURCH ELCA

Support groups

Alcoholics Anonymous
meeting, First
Presbyterian Church,
every Monday and
Friday at 7 p.m.
Diabetes Support
Group, Oregon Senior
Center, 320 Fair St.,
882-0407, fourth
Thursday of each month
at 1:30 p.m. (starting
Feb. 26)
Parents Supporting
Parents, LakeView
Church, Stoughton, third

Central Campus: Raymond Road and

Whitney Way
SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY - 8:15, 9:30 and10:45
a.m. Worship West Campus: Corner
of Hwy. PD and Nine Mound Road,
Verona
SUNDAY - 9 &10:15 a.m., 6 p.m.
Worship (608) 271-6633
HILLCREST BIBLE CHURCH
752 E. Netherwood, Oregon
Eric Vander Ploeg, Lead Pastor
(608) 835-7972
www.hbclife.com
SUNDAY
8:30 and 10:15 a.m. worship service
at Oregon High School PAC
Childrens ministries, birth-4th grade
HOLY MOTHER OF CONSOLATION
CATHOLIC CHURCH
651 N. Main Street, Oregon
Pastor: Fr. Gary Wankerl
(608) 835-5763
holymotherchurch.weconnect.com
SATURDAY: 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY: 8 and 10:15 a.m. Worship
PEOPLES UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH
103 North Alpine Parkway, Oregon
Pastors Jason and Johanna Mahnke
(608)835-3755
www.peoplesumc.org
Communion is the 1st & 3rd
weekend
SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY - 9 a.m. Worship and
Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. Worship;
5 p.m. The Gathering Sunday night
service with simple supper to follow
ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN CHURCH
625 E. Netherwood, Oregon
Pastor Paul Markquart and Pastor
Emily Tveite
(608) 835-3154
SATURDAY - 5 p.m. Worship
SUNDAY - 8 and 10:30 a.m. Worship
9:15 a.m. Sunday School
VINEYARD COMMUNITY CHURCH
Oregon Community Bank & Trust,
105 S. Alpine Parkway, Oregon - Bob
Groth, Pastor - (608) 513-3435
welcometovineyard.com
SUNDAY - 10 a.m. Worship
ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST - Paoli
At the Intersection of Hwy. 69 & PB
Rev. Sara Thiessen
(608) 845-5641
SUNDAY 9:30 a.m. Family Worship

Tuesday of every month

from 6:30-8 p.m.
Relationship & Divorce
Support Group, State
Bank of Cross Plains,
every other Monday at
6:30 p.m.
Veterans Group,
Oregon Area Senior
Center, every second
Wednesday at 9 a.m.
Weight-Loss Support
Group, Oregon Area
Senior Center, every
Monday at 3:30 p.m.

Despoiling the Earth

While there may be legitimate differences of opinion
about how much environmental degradation we are
wreaking on our planet, there is little doubt that we are
causing harm when half a million people cant drink the
water in their area, as happened last summer in Ohio. I
remember as a child in the 1960s when Lake Erie died
and when the Cuyahoga River caught on fire. We brought
Lake Erie back from the brink, but we have short memories. The Chesapeake Bay regularly suffers from fertilizer
runoff and last year the Gulf of Mexico had an oxygendeprived dead zone that was the size of New Jersey.
Surely we can take better care of our planet, and should
remember that the air we breathe and the water we drink
is essential to our survival. In the late 1960s when environmental concerns came to the forefront in this country
the earths population was approximately 3.5 billion people. We now have double that number, with over 7 billion
people inhabiting our planet. Surely this calls for some
careful thought about our impact on the planet. The earth
is a gift from God and we have a duty as stewards of
creation to take care of it. We should do what we can
personally to be more environmentally conscious, and
also to consider getting involved in efforts to persuade
businesses and government leaders to take better care of
our environment.
Christopher Simon
The land must not be sold permanently, because the
land is mine and you reside in my land as foreigners and
strangers. Throughout the land that you hold as a possession, you must provide for the redemption of the land.
Leviticus 25:23-24

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China: Nearly 50 OHS students have signed up for theGo Global class for this fall
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that allows for more indepth investigation and
learning about a region or
country, with an opportunity to travel to that region
or country.
It also gives students time
to reflect on their experiences and for further study
when they return.
You come back with
hopefully more questions
than when you left, Kindschi said. Thats the idea.

Opening new worlds

Photo submitted

A view of the famous Great Wall of China, as seen earlier this month by OHS students and staff.

come in handy the rest of

her life.
In China (and many
Asian countries) if one puts
his or her shoes on the furniture, it is very offensive,
Rice said. If one did not
know this, they could go
around Asia offending people. This trip and class has
taught me much more than I
can write.
Shianne Trolinger said
The Great Wall of China
was her favorite part of the
trip. She was also pleasantly surprised by real Chinese food.
It is a lot different than
our local Chinese restaurant
here in Oregon, Trolinger
said. They served expected food such as rice all the
way to food I have never
heard of before. Although I
wasnt as risky as some others in our group with trying
the food, it was really cool
just being able to see what
they would normally eat.
Joe Schwenn said going
to China shattered any
pre-existing stereotypes he
held about the country and
its people. He had never
studied China before he
took the class.
Im not going to lie, my
vision of China was that
of a polluted, communist
and overcrowded piece of
land, Schwenn said. I was

totally blown away by what

I learned.
Schwenn said the travel forced him to try new
things and opened his eyes
to the world outside Wisconsin.
I learned that China, not
unlike everywhere else, has
its issues, but behind all of
that lies a beautiful country
with an even more beautiful culture and history, he
said. Now when I think of
China, I think of the surreal
landscape that surrounds
Guilin, all the amazing
food, countless pieces of
extraordinary artwork and a
culture that is highly driven
and dedicated to making its
country a better place.

Ill start saving money,

Kindschi said. The class, I
think, is just going to grow
and be an amazing opportunity for students, especially
when they know its coming and they can start saving earlier.
Next year, the group will
travel to Italy and Greece.
Because there is so much
interest, Kindschi is conPhoto submitted
sidering offering trips in the
fall and spring to accommo- Shianne Trolinger and Anissa Barron enjoy a ride on bamboo rafts
date everyone who wants to in the Li River at the famous and picturesque area of Guilin.
go.
We could focus on
They certainly now see traveling as people and
European countries in the the world as accessible, as Americans because
fall and in spring, do Thai- Kindschi said. I was so they were so respectful, so
land or Peru or something thrilled with their demon- polite.
like that, she said.
We already had a really
strating a deeper appreNow that the first group ciation of an understanding nice bond, which I think
has returned from China, not only of the country, but creates a little more of a
Growing interest
they are already talking the culture. I was so proud comfort for students who
The semester-long course about places they would of the way they comported are going out of the country
themselves while we were for the first time.
is for juniors and seniors, like to visit next.
and thanks to some great
word-of-mouth from this
years group, the class has
exploded in popularity.
Students apparently are
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intrigued by not just learning about other cultures and
countries, but being able to
Brian Doyle
travel there as a group. This
falls course already has 45
(608) 282-5759
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year.
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Keith Grant signed up for

the class because he wanted
to experience something
unlike anything hed ever
seen before. He got more
than that.
I wanted to feel amazed
and immersed in an unfamiliar culture, but at the
same time, I occasionally
wanted to feel scared and
uncomfortable, Grant
wrote in an email to the
Observer. In those areas,
my trip to China did not disappoint. From making my
way through crowded city
marketplaces to bamboo
rafting on the Li river, this
trip offered me a chance to
explore a sensation far outside of my comfort zone.
Grant said he was amazed
by the stark differences
between urban and rural
life, and he said its hard
to describe his trip without
using the word different.
Everything we saw and
every place we visited felt
so different from what I
was used to, he said. The
trip surprised me in a way
that I had hoped it would.
I feel more confident with
traveling. I also feel more
excited to travel.
For Caroline Rice, actually traveling to a foreign
country provides lifelong
lessons that students could
never learn in a classroom.
During the class, we
learned about the many
Chinese dynasties, and
then we went to China and
saw what was built in each
dynasty, the fashion of each
dynasty, and just how each
dynasty impacted China,
she wrote to the Observer.
The trip also showed her
how to travel properly, as
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Boys tennis

Boys hockey

Anderson
back on ice
at Americas
Showcase
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor

Photo by Jeremy Jones

Freshman Kyle Rehrauer returns a shot against Madison Edgewood on Thursday as his No. 3 doubles partner junior Sam Ast looks on. The Panthers lost the Badger South
Conference dual 6-1 to the top-ranked Crusaders.

Guaging the future

Panthers take knocks
against the states best
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor

Oregon boys tennis knocked

off Madison Edgewood for the
first time during the regular season last year and shared the conference title with the Crusaders.
While both teams went to play at
the state team tournament, a lot
has changed since the two teams
last met.
Oregon graduated half of its

historic team from a year ago,

while Edgewood, which went on
to finish runner-up to at the Division 2 state tournament against
the University School of Milwaukee, returns its entire lineup.
Thursday the Panthers got a
firsthand look at just how good
Edgewood is, losing the Badger
South dual 6-1 at home.
Oregons lone win came from
Sam Ast and Kyle Rehrauer 7-6
(4), 3-6, 6-4 at No. 3 doubles.
The Crusaders avenged last
seasons 7-0 shutout at the D2
state tournament earlier this season with a 4-3 victory over USM

and entered the dual ranked No. 1

in the state.
It was great to get on the
scoreboard against the No. 1 team
in the state, Panthers head coach
Ben Conklin said.
Sophomore No. 1 singles player
Calvin Schneider lead 5-2 in the
second set but was unable to force
third set against fell individual
state qualifier Cecil Lingard 6-3,
7-5 (4).

Saturday for an invitational with

eight of the top teams in the state.
Making matters worse, the
Panthers werent able to even
play their full varsity lineup with
Christofferson sitting out of the
tournament with an injury, leaving Will Sanford to move up to
No. 3 singles.
That was too much to ask for a
first-year varsity guy against this
level of competition, Conklin
said. It wouldve been a super
Brookfield East Invite
challenge if our team was healthy,
T h e P a n t h e r s d i d n t h a v e but in this case it just turned out
much time to dwell on the loss,
Turn to Tennis/Page 10
traveling to Brookfield East on

Oregon High School

senior Nathan Anderson
represented Team Wisconsin at the 2015 Americas
Showcase tournament
in Pittsburgh from April
9-13.
Team Wisconsin defeated Team Texas 7-1, a
team from the District of
Columbus 5-1, Team Colorado 7-2 and Team Indiana 7-1 before falling 9-3
against two-time defending champion Team Illinois in the semifinals.
Anderson put Team
Wisconsin up 2-1 with a
goal near the end of the
first period. It was the last
lead they would have, as
Team Illinois pulled away
and eventually ended
Team Wisconsins tournament run.
Pittsburgh defeated Illinois 4-3 in the championship game.
Anderson, who hadnt
played since suffering a
concussion on Dec. 11
was later diagnosed with
mono around Christmas,
missing all but five games
of his senior season.
Despite saying he still
only feels around 75 percent, Anderson tried out
for and made the all-star
team following the high
school season.
My endurance is down
quite a bit, but Ive been
working out just about
everyday to try and get
back to were I was, he
said.
Tryouts for the Wisconsin all-star team were
held on March 29 in Madison for selected players
from the Wisconsin Elite
Hockey League (WEHL)

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Rugby

Oregon Rugby Club remains in second place

The Oregon-Stoughton Rugby
Club opened their season with a 31-7
win against PeppNation on April 15
and lost close games at Waukesha on
April 20, 17-10, and against Kenosha, 19-12.
Despite the 1-2 record, O/S Rugby is currently in second place in
the West division with seven Super
League Points. Besides earning
four points for a win over PeppNation, a new team from inner-city
Milwaukee, O/S Rugby also picked
up two bonus points for losing by
seven points or less and another
bonus point for scoring on four tries
against PeppNation.
Southern Lakes (2-1) is currently
first with 10 points, while Madison
Westside is third with five points.
The top two finishers qualify for the

high school state championships.

The next home games are May
4 against Lake Country and May
8 against Southern Lakes. Games
are at 5 p.m. at the Oregon Middle
School.

Oregon 31, PeppNation 7

O/S Rugby scored five times in
the season opener.
Tries were scored by Riley Peckham (Oregon), Johnny Schmidt
(Oregon), Ryan Barry (Oregon),
Quinton Purvis (Stoughton) and Justus Giemza (Stoughton). Ryan Barry
made 3-of-5 conversions.

Waukesha 17, Oregon 10

Waukesha hosted O/S Rugbys
second game.
Tries were scored by Luke Lewis

(Stoughton) and Ryan Barry (Oregon).

Kenosha 19, Oregon 12

Kenosha, which moved down to
D2 after being in D1 for the past few
years, visited Oregon on April 24th.
Oregon jumped out in front with
a try from Riley Peckham (Oregon)
and a conversion by Corno Baptiste,
a French exchange student in Oregon.
Kenosha came back with two tries
of its own.
Barry scored later with a pop-up
kick from midfield, which he chased
to the try line.
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The O/S Rugby Club attacked
Kenosha hard for the last 10 minutes Riley Peckham fights through tackles on April 20 in a game against
but, in the end, Kenosha came out Waukesha. The Oregon-Stoughton rugby team lost 17-10 but are in
second place in the West division with seven Super League Points.
ahead.

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Boys golf

Boys lacrosse

Panthers battle but fall to Stoughton

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Assistant sports editor

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The Oregon High School boys golf team won the Evansville Invitational Friday for the second straight
season. The Panthers finished with a 321, while Collin Bundy was the medalist with a 75.

Oregon wins Evansville invite

for second straight year
ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor

The Oregon High School boys golf

team once again came out on top of the
Evansville Invite at Evansville Golf
Club Friday.
The Panthers won the event for the
second straight year by shooting a 321.
Collin Bundy took first overall with
a 75. Carson Torhorst followed with an
81.
Austin Busler and Brandon Michek
finished the scoring with an 82 and an
83, respectively.
The confidence is high, and the guys
are playing real well, head coach Bill
Scheer said. Weve had somebody pick
up the slack every time another player

doesnt play their best.

Oregon next hosts Madison Edgewood
at 3:30 p.m. Monday, May 4, at Foxboro
Golf Course. The Panthers then travel to
the University of Wisconsin-Madisons
University Ridge Golf Course Wednesday-Thursday, May 5-6, for the Morgan
Stanley Shootout.
Weve got some big tournaments
coming up with some of the best teams
in the area, so well see how we stack up
and compete against them, Scheer said.

Oregon, Monroe (n/a)

Oregon hosted Monroe at Foxboro
Tuesday but results were unavailable by
the Observers Tuesday deadline.
Results will be online on Sunday and
will also be in next weeks paper.

Softball

Softball team struggles to generate offense

the umpires called the game in the top of the
second.
Oregon head coach Michael Derrick said,
Oregon softball struggled through another the teams hope to pick-up the game from
tough week, dropping a pair of Badger South there if it can be fit in.
Conference games last week.

JEREMY JONES
Sports editor

Monroe 5, Oregon 1
Monroes Natalie Dillon opened the first
inning Thursday with a double and scored on
a Kylea Ambros triple. Ambrose then scored
on a single by Hannah Vetterli to give Monroe a 3-0 lead over the host Panthers that Dillon would not relinquish.
The Panthers cut the lead to 3-1 in the second only to watch Monroe put up two more
runs in the third.
Maddy Knaack paced Oregon (3-6 overall,
2-2 conference) at the plate collecting two of
the teams four hits.
Lacy Fluckiger took the loss, allowing
three earned runs on eight hits and a walk
over seven innings. She struck out two.
Dillon gave up one earned run on four hits
and struck out two for Monroe (8-2, 5-0).

Oregon, Evansville (ppd.)

The Panthers led 3-0 through one inning
following Mackenzie Kressins first high
school home run at non-conference Evansville. Oregons Jenna Gratz struck out the
side in the bottom of the first inning before

Madison Edgewood 2, Oregon 0

The Panthers were in search of their second

win over Madison Edgewood when the two
teams squared off Tuesday at Jaycee Park.
A one-run game last time, Tuesdays game
wasnt much different.
It was a classic pitchers dual, Oregon
head coach Michael Derrick said. Just
like last time, it was a close game, we just
had some things happen to us at bad times
throughout the game.
Kaitlyn Harrington struck out five batters
as the Crusaders defeated the host Panthers.
Mackenzie Kressin, Cailyn Schmidt, Gratz
and Knaack all had hits.
Fluckiger took the loss, allowing one
earned run on six hits. She struck out four.
Oregon (3-8 overall, 3-5 conference) wont
have any time to dwell on the loss, traveling
to Monona Grove on Thursday. The Silver
Eagles 10-run ruled Oregon earlier this season.
From there, the Panthers head to Slinger for
a tournament against New Berlin, Whitefish
Bay and the host Owls before facing Baraboo
on Monday and Tuesday.

The Oregon High School

boys lacrosse team had its
work cut out Friday as it
traveled to last seasons D2
state runner-up, Stoughton.
The young Panthers were
able to keep it close in the
first half, but the Vikings
proved to be too much in a
16-3 loss.
Stoughton junior midfielder Ethan Olson started
things off with three goals
in the first quarter.
Oregon did not answer
until after senior attacker
Dylan Wenker scored to
open the second quarter,
when Harrison Kessenich
found the net to make it
4-1.
The Vikings answered
with goals by sophomore
midfielder Dylan Gross,
sophomore attacker Sam
Onsager, sophomore
attacker Tanner Gutche
and Wenker to make it 8-1
at halftime.
Junior midfielder Parker
Kruckenberg and Wenker
added goals to start the
third quarter, but Oregons
Sam Collins cut Stoughtons lead to 10-2.
Senior midfielder Rob
Volk, Kruckenberg and
Wenker answered right
back with goals to make it
13-2.
Gutche added two goals
in the fourth quarter, and
Wenker scored his fifth

Photo by Anthony Iozzo

Trent Ricker rushes into attacking position Friday at Stoughton High

School. Ricker scored a goal, but the Panthers fell 16-3.

of the game to open the

fourth.
Trent Ricker scored the
Panthers final goal in the
fourth.
Oregon travels to Holmen High School at 5 p.m.
Thursday to take on La

Crosse, and it hosts Madison Memorial at 5 p.m.

Monday, May 4, at Brooklyn Middle School.
The Panthers close the
week at 5 p.m. Tuesday,
May 5, at Madison Memorial.

Girls lacrosse

Oregon falls to Waunakee at Hanover Park

The Oregon High School girls lacrosse
team traveled to Hanover Park to take on
Waunakee Thursday and lost 17-7.
Sophomores Brianna Tarantino and
Margaret Sampson each scored twice,
while sophomore Gianna Barberino and

freshmen Molly Brown and Samantha

Armstrong each added goals.
The JV team also fell Thursday, 12-2,
while the U15 girls team lost Saturday 8-7
and 12-7 to Middleton White and Middleton Maroon, respectively.

Tennis: Panthers unable to close gap on teams

Continued from page 9
to be too much.
Subsequently, Nate Ironmonger and Austin Wales
alternated at No. 4 singles.
Oregon opened the tournament against Marquette,
ranked No. 2 in Division
1, and then faced University School of Milwaukee
ranked No. 2 in Division 2.
The Panthers dropped both
duals 7-0.
Its good to play
the best and learn and
improve. Plus we changed
the line-up around when
we played Marquette,
Conklin said.
Number 1 and 2 singles
swapped places against
with No. 1 doubles as Calvin Schneider and Charles
Donovan played No. 1
doubles together and Matt
Reisdorf played No. 1 singles and Spencer Kresbach
played 2 singles.
We didnt play that
well against USM, Conklin said. Theyre very
good and we played that
one indoors. Our team
didnt seem to be adjusting
to that very well.
Oregon bounced back to
play better against Arrowhead in its third match,
losing 4-3.
Id like to believe we
wouldve beaten them if

we were healthy. Arrowhead is solid as usual

theyre on the honorable
mention state list (as is
Oregon), Conklin said.
Laying on the court out
of sheer exhaustion was all
Donovan could do following his 6-3, 5-7, 10-4 third
set super tiebreaker at 2
singles.
Schneider had a much
easier go of it, Conklin
said, mastering the vertical
game to win 6-3, 6-2 atop
the lineup.
Ast and Rehrauer got
back to their winning ways
at 3 doubles with a 6-4,
6-4 victory.
The Panthers had a shot
to take the match, but lost
third set super tiebreakers at No. 2 doubles and 4
singles.
It wouldve been great
to beat Arrowhead, but
it wasnt to be, Conklin
said.

Oregon 6, Monroe 1
Oregon swept all four
singles matches and took
the bottom two doubles
matches for a 6-1 conference win over Tuesday on
Monroe.
Schneider and Donovan
gutted out a pair of tough
wins at the top of the lineup, while Christofferson
cruised to a 6-0, 6-0 win at

No. 3 singles.
Schneider faced the most
difficult challenge on the
evening after dropping
the first set against David
Shon. The sophomore
fought back to take the
match 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Donovan didnt lose a
set to Silas Setterstrom
at No. 2 singles but was
faced with a first set tiebreaker, taking his match
7-6 (3), 6-2.
Sanford knocked off
Rhett Katzenberger 6-1,
7-5 for the singles sweep.
Ast and Rehrauer cruised
to a 6-1, 6-1 victory over
Keyton Friske and Cole
Qudinot at No. 3 doubles,
while Logan Piper and
Sam Schaefer beat Jeremy
Miller and Kody Althaus
7-5, 6-3 in the No. 2 spot.
The closest doubles
match of the evening came
atop the lineup where
Reisdorf and Kresbach
fell 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 to Kevin
Noriega and Matt Monahan.
Oregon travels to
Baraboo for a 4:30 p.m.
Badger crossover dual
against the Thunderbirds.
The JV team then has
an invitational Saturday at
9 a.m. in Monroe before
returning to action with the
varsity team Tuesday, May
5 in Monona Grove.

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Girls soccer

Panthers remain undefeated,

crush Edgewood
two saves.
Oregon hosts Monroe at 7 p.m. ThursAssistant sports editor
day. The match between Oregon and VeroSenior Kelsey Jahn and juniors Makena na that was scheduled for Monday, May 4,
Fanning and Jen Brien continued to lead was cancelled.
the offense Thursday with a 6-2 Badger
South Conference win over Madison Edge- Oregon 3, Middleton 1
The Panthers hosted Middleton on Monwood.
Fanning and Brien both picked up two day and improved to 10-0 overall with a
goals, while Jahn added a goal and an 3-1 win.
Fanning scored two more goals, and
assist. Fanning leads Oregon with 13 goals
and six assists this season, while Jahn is Brien added a goal. Jahn collected two
next with nine goals and five assists. Brien assists.
Breitbach finished with one save.
has six goals and six assists.
Oregon is ranked No. 2 in the Division
Junior Paityn Fleming also scored a goal
in the win, while Megan Brakob had an 2 Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association
poll.
assist.
Sophomore Abby Breitbach collected
ANTHONY IOZZO

Baseball

Panthers improve to 5-1 in the

Badger South Conference
ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor

Badger South

The Oregon High School baseball team

ran its win streak to three games Tuesday
following a lopsided loss to Stoughton on
April 16.
The Panthers knocked off Madison
Edgewood 7-3 to improve to 5-1 in the
Badger South Conference, putting them a
half a game in first place over Milton and
Stoughton.
Oregon blew the game open with a
four-run bottom of the third inning.
Mitch Weber walked, and Andrew
Pliner singled to start the inning. Weber
later scored on a passed ball, and Pliner
scored on an RBI single by Jake Odegard.
Josh Gomoll and Odegard later scored
on errors to make it 6-1 Oregon.
Parker DeBroux later picked up an RBI
in the sixth after grounding out into a
double play.
The first two runs for the Panthers
came in the first inning after Chris
McGuine and Mason Sergent walked.
DeBroux singled to load the bases and
Weber followed with a 2-run single, scoring Sergent and McGuine.
Edgewood scored one run in the second, one in the fifth and another in the
seventh.
Luke Mueller picked up the win on the
mound. He allowed no earned runs on
one hit in five innings. Mueller struck out
five and walked four.
Adam Heath allowed a hit and walked
two in one inning, and Pliner finished the

Team W-L
Oregon 5-1
Stoughton 4-1
Milton 4-1
Madison Edgewood
3-1
Monona Grove
1-5
Monroe 1-5
Fort Atkinson
1-5

Oregon 3, Monroe 1
Weber struck out nine batters Thursday, and the Panthers scored twice in the
top of the seventh to hold off Monroe 3-1
in a Badger South Conference game.
With the game knotted at one, Logan
Hurda hit a 2-run single in the seventh.
Weber did the rest, allowing no earned
runs on four hits and a walk in seven
innings.
Logan Weckerley took the loss. He
allowed one earned run on four hits in
seven innings, striking out five.

Anderson: Signs with Concordia

Continued from page 9
part of a two-game series
against a partial team of
players from Team Illinois.
Anderson had been
selected to play on the
Madison team all four
years of his high school
career and was selected
to the All-League team
prior to this seasons high
school season.
His play at the tournament drew interest from
the Norfolk Vikings of the
Greater Metro Junior A
Hockey League in central
Ontario.
Two weeks ago, Anderson finalized his decision
to attend Concordia University in Mequon where
he will be able to get right
into college.

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Boys use quadrangular to gain experience

of 23.48.
Peter Kane took second in the 800
(2:11.69) and Josh Christensen added a
runner-up finish in the 3,200 (10:34.23).
Oregons 4x200 relay of Logan Meier,
Elliot Jacobs, Jonas Temte and Alcala
finished second in 1:35.82. Alcala ran
the first leg of the Panthers second
place 4x100 relay as well. He was joined
by Anthony Akale, Brett Wannebo and
Temte to post a 46.76.
Just the teams second outdoor meet
of the season, Lease said his team, along
with others around the area are still
trying to get a look at kids in different
events.
To that end, the Panthers threw together a sprint relay team for the 4x400 of
Sam Anderson, Hudson Kugel, Jacobs
and Meier that closed the meet by finishing second on the 4x400 in 3:40.27.
Brennen Deegan (54.68) added a
third-place finish in the 400, while Alcala took third in the triple jump (37-11
1/2).
Mitchell Wall paced Oregon in the
throws, taking third place with a distance of 42-1.
The Panthers finished second to
Monona Grove with 81.5 points. Monona Grove had 104.916.
Oregon hosts its annual relay meet at
4:30 p.m. Friday/

JEREMY JONES
Sports editor

With Badger South regular season

meets no longer counting toward a
teams conference standings, Tuesday
evenings Monona Grove quadrangular
against the Silver Eagles, Fort Atkinson
and Edgewood was the perfect time to
switch up the lineup.
Tonight was a great chance for us to
run some of our more experienced guys
in just their open events and get the other
guys experience running on the relays,
Panthers head coach Ned Lease said.
Chris Cutter won back-to-back events
Tuesday evening in Monona Grove,
claiming the 1,600-meter run and 400
dash in 4:45.79 and 53.16, respectively.
Chris is looking really good and had
a good time despite running by himself
in the mile, Lease said. You have to
be pretty strong in order to run those
two events back-to-back and be able to
handle it.
Senior John Hermus won the
110-meter hurdles by nearly a second in
15.74, while teammate Christian Alcala
(16:53) took third. Hermus also added
a third-place finish in the 300 hurdles
(44.56) and led a 2-3 finish by the Panthers in the pole vault with a clearance
of 11-6.
Brenen Womack finished runner-up
by two-hundredth of a season in the 100 Simpson Relays (canceled)
The Simpson Relays in Monroe on
dash to Monona Groves Marcus Seaton
in 11.64. Josh Sromovsky later took sec- Friday were rained out and will not be
ond behind Seaton in the 200 with a time made up.

Girls track and field

Oregon sprints past Edgewood at quad

JEREMY JONES
Sports editor

game, walking two and striking out two.

Link took the loss. He allowed three
earned runs on three hits in 2 1/3 innings.
He walked six and struck out one.
Oregon hosts Monona Grove at 5 p.m.
Thursday and Madison East at 11 a.m.
Saturday. The Panthers then travel to
Baraboo at 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 5.

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defending Badger South 400 champion in

Gabby Beauvais.
Hannah McAnulty, Peyton Schmidt,
Caty Lucas and Emma Hughes finished
second in the 4x800 relay (10:59.63),
while Madelyn St. Clair, Jenna Igl, Girard
and LeBrun matched the finish on the
4x400 in 4:18.96.
Girard took third in the 200, while
Hughes matched the finish in the 3,200
and Tori Evert took third in both the shot
put and discus.
Oregons JV team also prevailed, scoring 110 points to finish nearly 70 ahead of
Fort Atkinson.
The Panthers host the annual Oregon
Relay meet at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Belleville, Madison Edgewood, Portage and
Stoughton comprise the field.
Freshman and sophomores not participating in the relay meet will run April 30
in Waunakee.
Oregon then welcomes Monroe and
Milton to town for a triangular next Tuesday.

Despite Alexis Jackson and Riley Rosemeyer running the 100-meter dash for the
first time Tuesday, the duo led the Oregon
girls track and field team to a 1-2 finish.
Jackson won the 100 in 12.94 seconds,
while Rosemeyer, running the open 200
for the first time, later claimed the event
in 27.15.
The finishes helped the Panthers win
the Monona Grove quadrangular as Oregon bested Madison Edgewood 88.5-72.5.
Fort Atkinson (68) and the Silver Eagles
(42) rounded out the field.
Jessica Forster (18.35) and Yanique
Rowe (19.08) finished 1-2 in the 100 hurdle and 2-3 in the 300s.
Jessica did a nice job in the hurdles
and both Alexis and Riley looked good
in the sprints, Oregon head coach Ned
Lease said. Tonight was very encouraging.
Morgan Yuan, Samantha Girard, Jillian
Moss and Jackson carried home the 4x200
title in 1:53.32. Yuan and Jackson also Simpson Relays (canceled)
The Simpson Relays in Monroe on Frihelped the 4x400 to victory in 52.33.
Maddie LeBrun (58.58) and Riley day were rained out and will not be made
Rosemeyer (59.8) finished 2-3 behind the up.

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Webber: Goal is to raise $35,000 for LLS by May 29

Obituary
Teresa Clark-Pestor

Teresa Clark-Pestor

Teresa was born in

Flint, Michigan on Oct.
22, 1954. Our Lord called
her home April 15, 2015.
She was a loving mother, grandmother, friend,
daughter, and sibling.
Teresa is survived by
her six children, Tracy
Pestor, Stacie Robey,
Kristina Meyer, Steven
Pestor, Jennifer Pestor
and Brandon Richardson; as well as her father,
Dave Clark; and four siblings, David Clark, Steven Clark, Rick Clark and
Kimberly Bignell. Also
by 10 grandchildren, Mia
Polowski, Jagger Polowski, Cheyenne Harmon,
Marcus Robey, Whitney
Alexander, James, Madelyn, Alexia, Rhea and
Hunter Meyer.

Preceded in death by her

mother, Joan Clark.
Teresa worked as a
waitress in Oregon for the
family restaurant for many
years. She loved spending
time with grandchildren
and family in the warm
summer months. She
enjoyed putting together
puzzles, keeping her home
immaculate and inviting to
family and friends, and the
occasional shopping trip.
A memorial to celebrate
Teresas life will be held
at Kiser Firemanss Park,
245 Brook St. in the Town
of Oregon Sunday, May 3,
from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m.
Please join us for an informal potluck lunch to celebrate and share memories
with family and friends.
For contact information
and lists of dishes email
kmpestor@gmail.com.

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other types of cancers and
other types of diseases (like
arthritis and diabetes), so
the benefit of what they do
reaches so many people.
Hundreds of candidates
across the country are competing in honor of local
children who are blood cancer survivors and a source
of inspiration throughout
the campaign. The two
children they represent will
become the Boy and Girl
of the Year.
The man and woman
with the most votes at the
end of the campaign will be
awarded Man and Woman
of the Year for their chapter and then advance to the
national competition.
The funds raised in these
campaigns go directly to
LLS to help find cures and
ensure patients access to the
treatments they need. Since
the campaigns inception
25 years ago, candidates
have helped LLS invest
more than $1 billion for
continued research, patient
services, education and
advocacy.

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If it were not so, would I
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prepare a place for you?
And if I go and prepare a
place for you, I will come
again and will take you to
myself, that where I am
you may be also. And you
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would be at
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Ways to help
To support Sandy
Webbers LLS Woman
of the Year campaign,
people can join her
team, sponsor a table
at the gala, donate
silent auction items or
simply pledge to make
a donation.

DONATE ONLINE
Donate by May 29 at:
mwoy.org/pages/wi/
madison15/swebber

SEND A CHECK
Make payable to
the Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society,
and send to:
Sandy Webber
1510 Woodvale Dr.
Oregon, WI 53575

FUNDRAISING EVENTS
Webber is also
holding two upcoming
fundraising events in
the area in May.
Painting with a Purpose
When: 6:30-9 p.m.
Thursday, May 7
Where: Artful Escapes,
3000 Cahill Main Suite
214, Fitchburg
Cost: $50
Impact: $15 from each
ticket is donated to the
campaign
Register:
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Superheroes Unite!
When: 1-5 p.m. Sunday,
May 17
Where: Next Door
Brewing Co., 2439 Atwood
Ave., Madison
Impact: $1 donated to
campaign for every pint of
Heros Gold purchased
progress that has been made
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When asked to take the

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I said yes right away,
she recalled, dabbing her
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Webber was nominated by Dale Kalscheur, of
The Neckerman Agency
in Madison, and Howard
Cagle, of Capitol Bank
in Verona, who was also
named Capital Citys LLS
Man of the Year in 2012.
As an employee with
Dane County Title Company for 25 years, Webber
was selected as a candidate
to raise funds for LLS partially because of her business connections, but also
because of her personal
connections to those she
has met who have fought
these types of cancers.

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Webber said. He was just

amazing. He really helped
out the Oregon area soccer
teams.
In fact, the OHS alumni
game has been named in
honor of David because of all
he had done for the program.
We still talk about
David and his joy of soccer, Deb Marchant said.
Deb had previously gone
through breast cancer and
chemo treatments three
years before her husband
was diagnosed. Although
David tried many different
combinations of drugs, chemotherapy and even a stem
cell transplant, they did not
stop the progression of the
cancer cells.
He fought a hard battle
But like all cancers,
sometimes strange things
happen, Deb Marchant
said.
Sandy Webber also
approached the Kornetzke
family earlier this year and
told them one of the reasons
she accepted the nomination was in honor of their
26-year-old
son, Aaron
Kornetzke,
who got
a Chronic
Myelogenous Leukemia diagnosis last year. Kornetzke
Ray Webber used to
coach soccer to Aaron, a
2007 OHS grad, and his son
Lee also played on Aarons
team through the years.
Of course, that meant
a great deal to us and we
agreed to help her with the
campaign, Cindy Kornetzke said.
Once doctors told the Kornetzkes that there were new
drugs that worked very well
on CML patients and saw no
reason why Aaron couldnt
live a full life, the relief we
felt was indescribable, Cindy Kornetzke said.
Aaron Kornetzke is working for Procter & Gamble in
Cincinnati, and his mother
said he has a positive outlook on life.
Hes very optimistic.
He never seems to be down
about it, she said. Its just
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State Patrol Trooper Aaron Gross talks to a driver through the window
after pulling the vehicle over near Netherwood and North Main streets.

Photos by Samantha Christian

Oregon OWI patrol

De Forest Lt. Dan Furseth stands by the Choose Your Ride police taxi,
which was visible between Stoughton and Oregon that evening.

Madison officer Deanna Reilly approaches a truck on South Main Street during the OWI patrol.
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Wagner said preliminary numbers from the patrol are 95 traffic stops and one OWI arrest.

Legals
TOWN OF OREGON
OPEN BOOK AND
BOARD OF REVIEW
THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2015
5:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M.
&
SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2015
10:00 A.M. NOON

The 2015 Town of Oregon Open

Book will be held at the Oregon Town
Hall, 1138 Union Road on Thursday, May
14, 2015, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and
on Saturday, May 16, 2015, from 10:00
p.m. to Noon. Appointments are not required.
Open Book is an informal meeting
with the assessor to ask questions and
review assessment records.
Property Owners are encouraged
to attend the open book to verify the assessment of their property. In addition,
property owners can learn how their assessment was calculated, compare your
property to similar properties, verify
open land acreages and valuations, and
learn how market activity affected the assessment.
The 2015 Town of Oregon Board of
Review will be held on Saturday, May 30,
2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. To appear at the Board of Review, it is required
that an appointment is scheduled 48
hours prior to the start of Board of Review. Appointments are scheduled with
the Clerks Office at 835-3200.
Denise Arnold
Town Clerk
Published: April 30 and May 7, 2015
WNAXLP
***

NOTICE OF OPEN BOOK

AND BOARD OF REVIEW
STATE OF WISCONSIN
VILLAGE OF BROOKLYN,
DANE & GREEN COUNTIES,
WISCONSIN

Open Book will be held Tuesday,

May 5, 2015 from 5-7 p.m. at the Village
Hall., 210 Commercial St., Brooklyn, WI.
All property owners in the Village of
Brooklyn may review and examine the
2015 proposed property assessment roll
and discuss their concerns with the Village Assessor.
Notice is hereby given that the Board
of Review for the Village of Brooklyn,
Dane & Green Counties, WI, shall hold its
meeting on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 from 5
pm until adjournment, at 210 Commercial
St., Brooklyn, WI, to conduct hearings on
any objections that have been filed with
the Clerk at the Brooklyn Village Hall, 210
Commercial St., Brooklyn, WI.
Please be advised of the following
requirements to appear before the board
of review and procedural requirements if
appearing before the board:
1. No person will be allowed to appear before the board of review, to testify
to the board by telephone, or to contest
the amount of any assessment of real
or personal property if the person has
refused a reasonable written request by
certified mail of the assessor to view the
property.
2. After the first meeting of the board
of review and before the boards final adjournment, no person who is scheduled
to appear before the board of review may
contact or provide information to a member of the board about the persons objection, except at a session of the board.
3. The board of review may not hear
an objection to the amount or valuation
of property unless, at least 48 hours before the boards first scheduled meeting,
the objector provides to the boards clerk
written or oral notice of an intent to file
an objection, except that upon a showing
of good cause and the submission of a
written objection, the board shall waive
that requirement during the first 2 hours
of the boards first scheduled meeting,
and the board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the
session or up to the end of the final day
of the session if the session is less than 5
days with proof of extraordinary circumstances for failure to meet the 48-hour
notice requirement and failure to appear
before the board of review during the first
2 hours of the first scheduled meeting.
4. Objections to the amount or valuation of property shall first be made in
writing and filed with the clerk of the
board of review within the first 2 hours
of the boards first scheduled meeting,
except that, upon evidence of extraordinary circumstances, the board may

waive that requirement up to the end of

the 5th day of the session or up to the
end of the final day of the session if the
session is less than 5 days. The board
may require objections to the amount
or valuation of property to be submitted
on forms approved by the Department
of Revenue, and the board shall require
that any forms include stated valuations
of the property in question. Persons who
own land and improvements to that land
may object to the aggregate valuation of
that land and improvements to that land,
but no person who owns land and improvements to that land may object only
to the valuation of that land or only to the
valuation of improvements to that land.
No person may be allowed in any action
or proceedings to question the amount or
valuation of property unless the written
objection has been filed and that person
in good faith presented evidence to the
board in support of the objections and
made full disclosure before the board,
under oath, of all of that persons property liable to assessment in the district and
the value of that property. The requirement that objections be in writing may be
waived by express action of the board.
5. When appearing before the board
of review, the objecting person shall
specify in writing the persons estimate
of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject of the
persons objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at
that estimate.
6. No person may appear before the
board of review, testify to the board by
telephone, or object to a valuation if that
valuation was made by the assessor or
the objector using the income method of
valuation, unless the person supplies the
assessor with all the information about
income and expenses, as specified in the
assessors manual under s. 73.03 (2a),
Wis. stats., that the assessor requests.
The Village of Brooklyn has an ordinance
for the confidentiality of information
about income and expenses that is provided to the assessor under this paragraph that provides exceptions for persons using information in the discharge
of duties imposed by law or the duties of
their officer or by order of a court. The
information that is provided under this
paragraph, unless a court determined
that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the
right of inspection and copying under s.
19.35 (1), Wis. stats.
7. The board shall hear upon oath,
by telephone, all ill or disabled persons
who present to the board a letter from
a physician, surgeon, or osteopath that
confirms their illness or disability. No
other persons may testify by telephone
unless the Board, in its discretion, has
determined to grant a property owners
or their representatives request to testify
under oath by telephone or written statement.
8. No person may appear before the
board of review, testify to the board by
telephone, or contest the amount of any
assessment unless, at least 48 hours
before the first meeting of the board, or
at least 48 hours before the objection is
heard if the objection is allowed under
s.70.47 (3) (a), Wis. stats., that person
provides to the clerk of the board of review notice as to whether the person will
ask for the removal of a member of the
board of review and, if so, which member, and provides a reasonable estimate
of the length of time the hearing will take.
Notice is hereby given this 20th day
of April, 2015.
Village of Brooklyn
Carol Strause, Clerk-Treas
Posted: April 20, 2015
Published: April 30, 2015
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RUTLANDTOWNBOARD
MEETING
MAY 5, 20156:30 P.M.

AGENDA:
1. Appearance by Dane Co. Sheriff
Dept. representative.
2. Constable Reports.
3. Racetrack matters as necessary:
* Monthly report.
* Schedule changes.
* Discussion regarding individual
practices and limitation as to number
annually.
4. Public Comment for items not on
the agenda:
5. Planning Commission report.
6. Review, Discussion and necessary action on an Operators license application for Donald Imhoff; Board action
to make provisional license a regular

license.
7. Receive 2015-2016 alcohol license, operators license and other license renewal applications.
8. Consent Agenda:
* Minutes February meeting.
* Treasurers Report.
* Vouchers and Checks.
9. Correspondence.
* Discussion and necessary action
on amended and restated Intergovernmental Agreement creating interoperable
emergency radio system know as Dane
Com. Correspondence from Dane County
Towns Association regarding same.
10. Update on Road Work as necessary. Discussion and necessary action as
needed onDanks Roadrepair.
11. Update on new salt shed and salt
bids. Discussion and possible action on
proposed contract, change orders and
option list.
12. Discussion and possible action
on renting out Town Hall land for crops.
13. Town Hall/garage electrical service discussion and review and possible
action on proposals if available.
14. Town Hall Options and Building
Committee.
15. Adjournment.
Dawn George, Clerk
Published: April 30, 2015
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***

RUTLAND
PLANNING COMMISSION
MAY 4, 20156:30 P.M.

Agenda:
1. Call meeting to order.
2. Roll Call.
3. Approval of April meeting minutes.
4. Petition 10819 by Brad Bavery,
agent for D & C Ranch, LLC as amended
by Dane Co. to require a deed restriction
prohibiting further residential development on remaining A-1 Ex. land as all
housing rights have been exhausted.
Review and necessary action on Bavery
final CSM (W. Rutland Rd.)
5. Preliminary Inquiry by Dawn Copus regarding split of existing residence
and creation of a building site at 4601
State Rd. 92 (Sec. 31). The 66 of frontage
on a public road comes into play in this
situation.
6. Preliminary Inquiry by Mark Nelson regarding replacement of mobile
homes at 3196 CTA (Sec.13).
7. Rod Sheldon driveway viewing on
Flint Rd.
8. Kevin Klahn driveways on Sunrise
and Rome Corners.
9. Adjournment.
Dawn George, Clerk
Published: April 30, 2015
WNAXLP
***

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

VILLAGE OF OREGON

Notice is hereby given that Scott

Zeitler, agent for Scout Enterprise LLC,
has filed an application for a Class B
Fermented Malt Beverage & Class C
Wine Liquor License with the Village
Clerk for the Village of Oregon for the
property at 101 S. Main St., d/b/a Holstein
Kitchen, Oregon, Wisconsin. The Village
Board will discuss and consider this application at their Regular Village Board
meeting onMay 18, 2015 at 6:00 p.m.
This notice is given pursuant to
Section 125.04(3)(g), W.S. & Village Ordinance 13-05
101 South Main Street, Village of Oregon, Dane County
Parcel No. 165-0509-122-3266-9
Peggy Haag, Village Clerk
Published: April 30, 2015
WNAXLP
***

MINUTES OF THE
SPECIALMEETING OF THE
SCHOOL BOARD OF THE
OREGON SCHOOL DISTRICT
HELD ON MARCH 16, 2015

The special meeting of the School

Board of the Oregon School District was
called to order by President Krause at
6:02 PM in the Commons in the Rome
Corners Intermediate School in the Village of Oregon, Dane County, Wisconsin. Upon roll call, the following board
members were present: Mr. Jeff Ramin,
Ms. Barb Feeney, Ms. Gwen Maitzen, Mr.
Charles Uphoff, Mr. Steve Zach and Mr.
Dan Krause. The following board members were absent: Ms. Rae Vogeler. Ad-

ministrators present: Dr. Brian Busler,

Ms. Jina Jonen, Mr. Andy Weiland, Dr.
Leslie Bergstrom, Ms. Candace Weidensee, Ms. Shannon Anderson, Ms. Caitlin
Rusk, Mr. Jason Zurawik, Ms. Tori Whitish, Ms. Michelle Gard, Mr. Josh Iverson,
Mr. Jason Wilhelm, Mr. Dan Rikli, Ms.
Dawn Goltz, Dr. Heather Sveom, Ms. Mary
Weber, Mr. Jon Tanner, and Ms. Jayne
Wick. Others present: Members of OEA
Ms. Tracey Leider, Mr. Jon Fishwild, Mr.
Nate Johnson, Ms. Nicole Buol, Mr. Greg
Granberg, Ms. Kathy Hauser, Ms. Sarah
Koch, Ms. Maria Katsaros-Molzahn and
Ms. Deb Elmer.
Proof in the form of a certificate by
the Oregon Observer of communications
and public notice given to the public and
the Oregon Observer and a certificate
of posting as required by Section 19.84
Wisconsin Statutes as to the holding of
this meeting was presented by Mr. Dan
Krause, President.
Mr. Uphoff moved and Ms. Feeney
seconded the meeting to approve agenda
as posted. Motion passed. 6-0.
A. Discussion Item:
1. Visioning Work Session: School
Board members, administrators, OEA
representatives and teacher leaders engaged in discussion about the future of
the district. Mr. Zach shared the Boards
twenty year history of strategic planning through written position papers.
Mr. Zach encouraged the group to look
ten or twenty years out of where we want
to be as a District and how we will meet
the challenges our students will face.
Mr. Tanner shared information on the
personalized learning initiative. Mr. Rikli
shred information on the balanced calendar initiative. Dr. Bergstrom shared information on assessments through time.
The Board ended the session with prioritizing the most important things we must
do as a team with the next Board paper.
B. ADJOURNMENT:
Mr. Zach moved and Ms. Maitzen
seconded the motion to adjourn the
meeting. Motion passed by unanimous
voice vote. Meeting adjourned at approximately 8:06 p.m.
n School District
Published: April 30, 2015
WNAXLP
***

MINUTES OFTHE
REGULAR MEETING OF THE
SCHOOL BOARD OF THE
OREGON SCHOOL DISTRICT
HELD ON APRIL 13, 2015

The regular meeting of the School

Board of the Oregon School District was
called to order by the President at 6:30
p.m. in the Rome Corners Intermediate
School in the Village of Oregon, Dane
County, Wisconsin. Upon roll call, the
following board members were present:
Ms. Barbara Feeney, Mr. Charles Uphoff,
Ms. Gwen Maitzen, Mr. Jeff Ramin, Ms.
Rae Vogeler and Mr. Dan Krause, The following board members were absent: Mr.
Steve Zach.Administrators present: Dr.
Brian Busler, Mrs. Candace Weidensee,
Mr. Dan Rikli, Ms. Michelle Gard, Mrs.
Shannon Anderson, Dr. Leslie Bergstrom, Mr. Jon Tanner, Ms. Jina Jonen,
Ms. Heather Sveom, Ms. Dawn Goltz, Mr.
Jason Wilhelm, and Ms. Kerri Modjeski.
Proof in the form of a certificate by
the Oregon Observer of communications
and public notice given to the public and
the Oregon Observer and a certificate of
posting as required by Section 19.84 Wisconsin Statutes as to the holding of this
meeting was presented by Mr. Krause.
Ms. Vogeler moved and Mr. Uphoff
seconded the motion to proceed with
the meeting according to the agenda as
posted. Motion approved 6-0.
A. CONSENT CALENDAR:
Ms. Vogeler requested that the December 4, 2014, December 15, 2014 and
the March 9, 2015 minutes be removed
from the Consent Calendar. Mr. Uphoff
moved and Mr. Ramin seconded the motion to approve the following items on the
Consent Calendar.
1. Approve minutes of the December
2, 2014 meeting;
2. Approve payments in the amount
of $ 2,411,234.63;
3. Treasurers Report ending February 28, 2015;
4. Staff Resignations of: Jesse DiazNKE and Katie Moore-OHS; Staff Retirements of: Rodney Pence-DSO, Kathleen
Tissot-OHS, and Leyla Sanyer-OHS;
5. Staff Assignments:
- Jessica C. Huenick, 1.0 FTE Kindergarten Teacher at BKE;
- Reiden L. Bures, 1.0 FTE Language

Arts Teacher at OMS;

- Katie L. Poch, 1.0 FTE Advanced
Learner Math Teacher at OMS;
- Joseph E. Cognac, 1.0 FTE Cross
Categorical Teacher at OMS;
- Jim Pliner, 1.0 FTE OHS Principal;
6. Field Trip Requests none;
7. Acceptance of Donations:
- William Boerigter and Maureen
Rowe Donation to OMS Band $50;
- Oregon Youth Football Scholarship
- $500;
8. Open Enrollment Exception Applications none;
In a roll call vote, the following members voted yes: Mr. Uphoff, Mr. Ramin,
Ms. Feeney, Ms. Vogeler, Ms. Maitzen and
Mr. Krause. Motion passed 6-0.
Below are the motions for the minutes that were removed from Consent
Agenda:
- Mr. Ramin moved and Ms. Maitzen
seconded the motion to approve the December 4, 2014 meeting minutes. Motion
passed with Mr. Uphoff and Ms. Vogeler
abstaining.
- Mr. Ramin moved and Ms. Maitzen
seconded the motion to approve the December 15, 2014 meeting minutes. Motion approved with Ms. Feeney and Ms.
Vogeler abstaining.
- Mr. Ramin moved and Ms. Feeney
seconded the motion to approve the
March 9, 2015 meeting minutes. Motion
passed with Ms. Vogeler abstaining.
B. COMMUNICATION FROM PUBLIC: No one from public present to speak.
C. ACTION ITEMS:
1. Issuance of Teacher Contracts:
Mr. Uphoff moved and Mr. Ramin seconded the motion to approve the issuance of
contracts for the teachers for the 2015-16
school year consistent with Wisconsin
State Statute chapter 118 and the Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Oregon Education Association. In a roll call
vote, the following board members voted
yes: Mr. Uphoff, Mr. Ramin, Ms. Feeney,
Ms. Vogeler, Ms. Maitzen and Mr. Krause.
Motion passed 6-0.
2. Issuance of Administrative Contracts: Ms. Feeney moved and Mr. Ramin
seconded the motion to approve the issuance of contracts for the administrators beginning with the 2015-2016 school
year consistent with Wisconsin State
Statute chapter 118. In a roll call vote,
the following board members voted yes:
Ms. Feeney, Mr. Ramin, Mr. Uphoff, Ms.
Vogeler, Ms. Maitzen and Mr. Krause. Motion passed 6-0.
3. Issuance of Licensed Non-Represented Contracts: Mr. Uphoff moved and
Ms. Maitzen seconded the motion to approve the issuance of contracts for the
licensed non-represented staff for the
2015-16 school year consistent with Wisconsin State Statute chapter 118. In a roll
call vote, the following board members
voted yes: Mr. Uphoff, Ms. Maitzen, Ms.
Feeney, Ms. Vogeler, Mr. Ramin and Mr.
Krause. Motion passed 6-0.
4. From Policy:
a. 721 Wellness Policy The Policy
committee did not discuss this policy at
their last meeting but it will be on a future
policy meeting agenda.
b. 163 Bullying Policy Ms. Maitzen
moved on behalf of the Policy Committee
to approve 163 Bullying Policy. Motion
passed 6-0.
D. DISCUSSION ITEMS:
1. Committee Reports:
a. Policy: Ms. Maitzen reported that
Policy met on April 7thand discussed the
163 Bullying policy that was brought for
approval this evening.
b. Human Assets: Mr. Uphoff reported that no meeting has been held but is
working on getting one set.
c. Financial Assets: Ms. Feeney reported that Financial Assets has not had
a meeting but Mr. Weiland will give a report at next meeting.Mr. Uphoff would
like to write a letter to State Legislators
and Joint Finance Committee and he is
willing to work with Ms. Feeney and Dr.
Busler.
d. Physical Assets: Mr. Uphoff would
like to schedule a meeting in the near future.
e. Vision Steering: Mr. Ramin reported that a Vision Steering meeting
is scheduled for April 29that 7:30 A.M.
Agenda items include:Takeaways from
the Special Board Meeting, Next steps
regarding position paper, August 2015
Visioning Conference update, Arts Initiative update and Green Task Force update.
E. INFORMATION ITEMS:
1. From OEA President no one
present to report.
2. Election Results: Dr. Busler reported that Mr. Zach received 2,239 votes
and Marilyn McDole received 1,696 votes,

with 7 write ins for Area 1. Mr. Ramin received 2,634 votes, with 18 write ins for
Area IV
3. WASB Day at the Capitol Report:
Mr. Uphoff and Ms. Feeney reported on
the sessions they attended.
4. Superintendents Report: Dr.
Busler reported on the Top 10 Scholars
event, the Orchestra Trip, Lou Kindschi
Field Trip. Dr. Busler met with members
of the Orchards group. Dr. Busler handed
out the Educator Compensation Plan
Survey report from the Donovan Group.
F. CLOSING:
1. Future Agenda was established.
2. Check Out: Ms. Feeney reported
on the FFA Banquet held recently. Ms.
Maitzen reported on the Fine Arts Fair at
the High School. Mr. Krause welcomed
Mr. Pliner to the OHS Principal position.
Mr. Krause reported his son was part of
the Orchestra trip and is a member of
Distant Cousins and will be participating
at the State level.
G. ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Uphoff
moved and Ms. Maitzen seconded the
motion to adjourn the meeting. Motion
passed 6-0. Meeting adjourned at 7:42
p.m.
Jeff Ramin, Clerk
Oregon School District
Published: April 30, 2015
WNAXLP
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AGENDA
OREGON TOWN BOARD
TUESDAY, MAY 5, 2015
7:00 P.M. *
NOTE TIME CHANGE*
OREGON TOWN HALL
1138 UNION ROAD
OREGON, WI 53575

7:00 p.m. Board Meeting

1. Call Town Board meeting to order.
2. Reading and Approval of minutes
from previous meeting.
3. Financial Report and Acceptance.
4. Public Comments.
5. Appointment of New Town Board
Supervisor.
6. Discussion and possible Action
re: the Anderson Farm Park progress.
7. Communication and Action of the
Dane County Board Bollig.
8. Fire & EMS Report (Oregon Van
Kampen, Belleville & Brooklyn - Clark).
9. Park Committee Report and Action Root.
10. Assessors Report and Recommendation Blomstrom.
11. Building Inspection Services Report Arnold.
12. Constables Report Wackett.
13. Plan Commission Report and
Recommendation - Ace.
14. Discussion and possible Action
re: Possible Appointment of vacant position on plan commission.
15. Public Works and TORC Report
Ace.
16. Discussion and possible Action
re: Road Bids.
17. Discussion and possible Action
re: Potential Impacts of the states 201415 Budget Bill.
18. Discussion and possible Action
re: Senior Center Van Kampen.
19. Discussion and possible Action
re: Review of Town Ordinances.
20. Board Communications/ Future
Agenda Items.
21. Approval of payment vouchers
Arnold.
22. Clerks Report Arnold.
23. Adjournment.
Note: Agendas are subject to amendment after publication. Check the official
posting locations (Town Hall, Town of
Oregon Recycling Center and Oregon
Village Hall) including the Town website
at www.town.oregon.wi.us or join the
Towns e-mail list to receive agendas at
townoforegon@mailbag.com. It is possible that members of and possibly a quorum of members of other governmental
bodies of the town may be in attendance
at any of the meetings to gather information; however, no action will be taken by
any governmental body at said meeting
other than the governmental body specifically referred to in the meeting notice.
Requests from persons with disabilities
who need assistance to participate in
this meeting or hearing should be made
to the Clerks office at 835-3200 with 48
hours notice.
Posted: April 28, 2015
Published: April 30, 2015
WNAXLP
***

Oregon Observer

WANTED METAL, Furniture, appliances.

Let's Make a Deal!
S.O.L. 608-698-5406
WCAN (Wisconsin Community Ad Network) and/or the member publications
review ads to the best of their ability. Unfortunately, many unscrupulous
people are ready to take your money!
PLEASE BE CAREFUL ANSWERING
ANY AD THAT SOUNDS TOO GOOD
TO BE TRUE! For more information, or to
file a complaint regarding an ad, please
contact The Department of Trade, Agriculture & Consumer Protection 1-800422-7128 (wcan)

163 Training Schools

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Fan us on Facebook! Next class begins
9/12/15. Call 920-730-1112 Appleton. WI
approved. (wcan)

330 Antique & Classic Cars

1927 INTERNATIONAL truck, one family owned, excellent condition. 1-1/4 ton,
9,401 original miles, 6 cyl inline Lycoming
engine, all original. For sale at auction
May 2, 2015, 10am, Badger Steam &
Gas Engine Club, S3347 Sand Road,
Baraboo, WI 53913. See photos at www.
badgersteamandgas.com.

340 Autos
DONATE YOUR Car, Truck, Boat to
Heritage for the Blind. Free 3-Day
Vacation. Tax Deductible.
Free Towing. All paperwork taken care
of! 800-856-5491 (wcan)

342 Boats & Accessories

BOATS & PONTOONS R US!
Over 700 new and used in stock.
Visit the largest marine & motorsports
showroom in the USA & save huge.
American Marine & Motorsports,
Shawano. Call 866-955-2628 www.
americanmarina.com (wcan)
PONTOONS & BOATS New/Used
Over 400 to choose from at the absolute
guaranteed best price. Your summer fun
starts at American Marine & Motorsports.
www.americanmarina.com
866-955-2628 (wcan)

350 Motorcycles
MOTORCYLCES WANTED: '60s and
'70s motorcylces. DEAD OR ALIVE! 920371-0494 (wcan)

355 Recreational Vehicles

ATV & SIDE-BY-SIDE Headquarters.
Huge blow-out pricing. Door busters
Youth ATV's starting at $699 plus FSD.
Over 100 Honda CF Moto at liquidation$/
866-955-2628 www.americanmarina.
com (wcan)

360 Trailers
TRAILERS @ LIQUIDATION Pricing.
Boat ATV Sled or Pontoons.
2 or 4 Place. Open or Enclosed.
American Marine, Shawano
866-955-2628
www.americanmarina.com (wcan)

390 Auto: Wanted To Buy

WANTED: Autos and scrap iron.
Steve's Recycling. Monroe, WI.
608-574-2350

402 Help Wanted, General

CNA/CAREGIVER BELLEVILLE
Are you caring and compassionate? Do
you thrive while helping others? Have a
heart for the elderly and like bringing joy
to their lives?
This job is for you. Ideal candidate has
a commitment to excellence, positive
attitude, professional appearance and
demeanor, effective oral and written
communication skills, ability to work
alone or with a team. Experience
preferred but will train qualified applicant.
PT/FT morning or afternoon. Please call
Andy 608-290-7347
CNA FULL-TIME Oregon Manor is
accepting applications for the following
positions: One full time day shift, 1 full
time PM shift and 1 full time night shift.
Oregon Manor is committed to providing
a work environment where passionate
people have the knowledge, tools,
opportunity and freedom to make a
difference in the lives of our residents.
We offer competitive wages and
benefits. Qualified candidates will need
a current WI CNA license. Come join our
team of professional caregivers just 7
easy miles off the Beltline.
Please apply on line at:
www.oregonmanor.biz EOE
EXCLUSIVELY ROSES is seeking drivers for Mother's Day deliveries May 7th,
8th and 9th. Routes go to Chicagoland.
$200/Route + Gas. Drivers must use
their own vehicle. STRICTLY LIMITED
to minivans and cargo vans. For further
inquiries, please contact us at (608)
877-8879.
FOUR WINDS Manor is seeking PM
and NOC CNA's and 1 part time LPN/
RN for NOC shift for our 60 bed skilled
facility. This position would include every
other weekend and holidays with shift
differentials on PM, NOC, & weekend
shifts. We offer excellent benefits with
full time hours including health, dental,
paid time off, flex spending plan, and
401K. If you share our commitment to a
positive attitude and respect for residents
and colleagues, please consider joining
us. Applications available at www.
fourwindsmanor.com or
303 S. Jefferson St Verona, WI
JOIN EXCLUSIVELY ROSES in Mother's Day bouquet production April 27thMay 6th in a bright, energetic working environment! We offer flexible shifts
days, evenings and weekends. For more
information, contact us at (608) 8778879. Wage: Starting at $9/hour.
OTR REGIONAL Driver wanted
Great Opportunity!
Dedicated lanes now available. Flexible
home time. Home weekends/some
nights. Must have clean MVR, good
work history and a strong work ethic.
46 cents per mile. $1000 per week.
Health insurance. Safety bonuses and
Performance bonuses. Don't let this
opportunity pass you by.
Call today! Robin
800-235-5319 (wcan)
PERENNIAL
N U R S E RY
Seasonal/part
time
position.
Quality product/conscientious company.
Perfect for semi-retired/active person.
Contact Ron at North Parrish Gardens.
608-835-5989
PART-TIME GARDENER Light gardening, planting, weeding, trimming. $10/hr.
608-873-7820
CLASSIFIEDS, 873-6671 or 835-6677. It
pays to read the fine print.

IMKAHLNG AUCTIONS
Mary VanBeMMel
Stock car Shop liquidation
710 Schaefer rd., BelleVille Wi

Jims
Sun., May 3
10:00 am Backyard BBq
COMPLETE liquidation of a 30x50 stock car racing shop

Directions: West of Belleville 1 mile Hwy. 92 to

Hwy. PB then North 2.6 miles to Schaefer Rd.

AuCTiONEERS NOTE: After losing her partner Dennis Gaserude last fall Mary will be
selling all contents of a 30x50 shop and the building coming down shortly after. Dennis
started an interest in racing early as he worked with his father on the ASA circuit with
Dick Trickle. Later, he became a driver/owner who won seven track championships and
a state championship in the hobby stock division. Dennis had every tool ever needed
and multiples of each. This will be a VERY good tool & tool related auction.
AUCTIONEER: Riley Kahl, (CES), Registered Wisconsin Auctioneer #736
8385 County Road A, Verona, WI 53593 (608) 832-4839 (608) 770-3930
Terms: Cash or check w/proper ID. All sales are final. All announcements made day of sale
take precedence over printed material. Not responsible for accidents or losses.

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For complete listing and photos: www.auctionzip.com

SELF-MOTIVATED CLOSER and team

player wanted to join fast-paced office.
Willing to train the right person to be a
top producer. Part/Full time w/flexible
hours. Submit resume to: a062720@
allstate.com.
SUPER 8 VERONA is seeking Front
Desk Associates and Housekeepers.
Experience preferred but willing to train
the right people. Flexible hours, paid training, paid vacation, free room nights. Apply
in person: 131 Horizon Drive, Verona.
TRUCK DRIVER/LABORER Madison
area paving company accepting applications for CDL, drivers and laborers. Full
time between May and October. For
more information call 608-842-1676

434 Health Care, Human

Services & Child Care

453 Volunteer Wanted

THE ARTHRITIS Foundation Upper
Midwest Region will hold the 11th Annual Walk to Cure Arthritis on May 2nd at
Vilas Park. We have various volunteer
opportunities available such as general
set up, course volunteers, kid zone volunteers and tear down. Volunteer with the
Friends of Wisdom Prairie at an upcoming workday. Help improve the ecological
health of the land, meet new people, work
outside and have fun. Meet at the monastery building entrance at 9am. Wear sturdy shoes, long pants, a hat and gloves.
We will work until noon, but will take a
break mid-morning. Community Action
Coalition for South Central WI needs
individuals or groups to volunteer at the
Westside, Capitol, Milwaukee St. and
Hilldale postal stations on Saturday, May
9 from 1-8pm for the National Association
of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger food
drive. We need energetic folks of all ages
who can lift up to 25 lbs. and enjoy fast,
fun and hard work.

548 Home Improvement

ALL THINGS BASEMENTY!
Basement Systems Inc.
Call us for all your basement needs!
Waterproofing. Finishing. Structural
repairs. Humidity and mold control. Free
Estimates! Call 800-991-1602 (wcan)
DOUG'S HANDYMAN SERVICE
"Honey Do List"
Gutter cleaning and covers
No job too small
608-845-8110
HALLINAN-PAINTING
WALLPAPERING
**Great-Spring-Rates**
35 + Years Professional
Interior/Exterior
Free-Estimates
References/Insured
Arthur Hallinan
608-455-3377

HELP WANTED- SKILLED TRADES

Seeking Experienced Utility Workers: Operators
experienced in burying utilities. Experienced aerial
technicians. Laborers with CDL Requirement. Excellent
benefits and competitive pay offered! Apply to
humanresources1556@gmail.com (CNOW)

RIGHT HAND MAN Services: Spring

lawn mowing & trimming, cleaning, etc.
Over 16 years experience. Call Jeremiah
608-338-9030.
ROTOTILLING, SKIDLOADER, Small
Dumptruck for Brooklyn, Oregon, Evansville and surrounding areas. 608-5138572, 608-206-1548
SHREDDED TOPSOIL
Shredded Garden Mix
Shredded Bark
Decorative Stone
Pick-up or Delivered
Limerock Delivery
Ag Lime Spreading
O'BRIEN TRUCKING
5995 Cty D, Oregon, WI
608-835-7255
www.obrientrucking.com

576 Special Services

BALLOONS & MAGICAL
Entertainment for your party.
Nickey Fynn 608-501-8273

586 TV, VCR &

Electronics Repair
DISH NETWORK. Get more for less.
Starting at $19.99/mo for 12 mos. PLUS
Bundle & Save (fast internet for $15
more/month) Call now 800-374-3940
(wcan)

602 Antiques & Collectibles

COLUMBUS ANTIQUE MALL
& CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
MUSEUM
"Wisconsin's Largest Antique Mall"
Enter daily 8am-4pm 78,000 SF
200 Dealers in 400 Booths
Third floor furniture, locked cases
Location: 239 Whitney St
Columbus, WI 53925
920-623-1992
www.columbusantiquemall.com

606 Articles For Sale

ROWE JUKEBOX working AMI stereo,
plays 45s comes with 100 45s, $450.
Two 255-60-15 tires on Crager mag
wheels. Like new. $250 608.219.8458

RECOVER PAINTING offers all carpentry, drywall, deck restoration and all forms
of painting. Recover urges you to join in
the fight against cancer, as a portion of
every job is donated to cancer research.
Free estimates, fully insured, over 20
years of experience. Call 608-270-0440.

B & R PUMPING
SERVICE LLC

PAR Concrete, Inc.

Driveways
Floors
Patios
Sidewalks
Decorative Concrete
Phil Mountford 516-4130 (cell)
835-5129 (office)

Increase Your sales opportunities

reach over 1.2 million households!
Advertise in our
Wisconsin Advertising Network System.
For information call 845-9559 or 873-6671.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
ATTN: COMPUTER WORK. Work from anywhere 24/7.
Up to $1,500 Part Time to $7,500/mo. Full Time. Training
provided. www.WorkServices3.com (CNOW)

EMERALD ASH Borer Treatment. Let

me inject your trees, and get over two
years of protection. Receive a 10% discount if you sign up before May 15.
Call Hook Tree Care for a free estimate
608.271.1900.

MAJESTYK TREE CARE

Providing all services for 25 years.
608-222-5674

OTR TRUCK DRIVERS. Iowa-based

carrier currently has solo/team positions
available. Competitive pay based on
experience. Scheduled home time. Kenworth T-660, Midwest and West Coast
Traffic Lanes. Consistent miles and NO
EAST COAST. 800-645-3748 to apply.

We recommend septic
pumping every two years

ARTS LAWNCARE- Mowing,

trimming, roto tilling, Garden
maintenance available.608-235-4389

LAWN MOWING
Residential & Commercial.
Fully insured.
(608)-873-7038 or 669-0025

449 Driver, Shipping

& Warehousing

(608) 835-8195

554 Landscaping, Lawn,

Tree & Garden Work

LAWN MOWING Good work. Reasonable. 608-873-5216

COMFORT KEEPERS IN MADISON

Seeking caregivers to provide care
to seniors in their homes. Need valid
driver's license and dependable
transportation. FT & PT positions
available. Flexible scheduling.
Call 608-442-1898

Dave Johnson

TOMAS PAINTING
Professional, Interior,
Exterior, Repairs.
Free Estimates. Insured.
608-873-6160

100% No Touch 12 Months CDL/A Experience 1-888545-9351 Ext 13 www.doublejtransport.com (CNOW)

Hiring Company Drivers and Owner Operators for
Flatbed or Dry Van. TanTara Transportation offers
excellent equipment, pay, benefits, home weekly. Call
800-650-0292 or apply www.tantara.us (CNOW)
CDL TRUCK DRIVERS! Join our 5/2 Fleet!! WEEKLY
HOME TIME $1,100 per week average. Call 800-8678172 for details EEOE/AAP www.drive4marten.com
(CNOW)

MISCELLANEOUS
HELP WANTED- TRUCK DRIVER
ATTENTION
TRUCK
RECRUITERS: RECRUIT an
OTR Drivers Needed Competitive Mileage Pay Including
Bonuses and Full Benefits Consistent Miles/Home time applicant in over 179 Wisconsin newspapers! Only
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THE Oregon Observer CLASSIFIEDS,

the best place to buy or sell. Call 8736671 or 835-6677.

SWITCH&SAVE EVENT from DirecTV!

Packages starting at $19.99/mo. Free
3-months of HBO, Starz, Showtime &
Cinemax. Free Genie HD/DVR Upgrades!
2015 NFL Sunday Ticket included with
select Packages. New Customers Only.
IV Support Holdings LLC. An authorized
DirecTV Dealer. Some exclusions apply.
Call for details 800-918-1046 (wcan)

632 Clothing: Formalwear

SPRING SALE! 15%-50% OFF. Select
Bridals, Prom & Special Occasion.
Edith's Wedding Ctr, Downtown FDL &
Fox River Mall (Younkers Wing) www.
ediths.com (wcan)

648 Food & Drink

BEST BEEF Jerky in the USA!
$10. off the Original Beef Jerky Sampler.
FREE shipping. Great Gift Idea! Call
Bulk Beef Jerky.
800-244-8852 (wcan)

650 Furniture
NEW MATTRESS sets from $99. All
sizes in stock! 9 styles! PlymouthFurnitureWI.com 2133 Eastern Ave., Plymouth, WI 920-892-6006 Open 7 days a
week. (wcan)

652 Garage Sales

BROOKLYN 10726 N Highway 14
(between Brooklyn and Evansville). 5/1
8am-4pm, 5/2 8am-2pm. LOTS of stuff,
too much to list.
BROOKLYN 861 County Road D (corner
of A&D) 4/30-5/1, 7am-5pm Stampin'Up
products and craft items, suitcases,
women's clothes, some kids, sofa, misc.
kitchen items, garden equipment, much
more.
EVANSVILLE 11125 W Gibbs Lake
April 29-May 2.
Furniture, freezer, tools, canning jars,
antiques, Packer memorabiliam.
EVANSVILLE 18544 West Croft Road
(corner of Croft Rd. & Hwy 104) 5/15/2 8:00am-5:00pm (Rain Date May
8/9) Treestand, fishing, boat gas tank,
tools, yard trailer, wheelbarrel, dinette
set, kitchen items, corner entertainment
center, 32" TV, coffee & end tables,
misc. tables, queen bed, dresser w/
mirror, rocker, lamps, washer/dryer, pictures, sheppard hooks, table xmas tree
w/decorations, DVDs, albums, clothes &
much more.
FITCHBURG-LACY HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD. May1-2, 8am-2pm. Many
families-1/2 mile south off Hwy PD on
Osmundson Rd. Maps available at each
house. Kids' clothes, toys, household,
furniture, antique iron beds and crib,
Chippendale dining chairs, patio set,
(ping pong table-call 576-0879), much
more!
MULTIFAMILY SALE Leather sectional,
chairs/ottomans, end tables. Pier One
lamps, entertainment centers, snowmobile helmets, adult clothing, kitchen
items. CRAFTS! 2009 Hilldale Lane,
Stoughton. Thursday, April 30 4-7pm,
Friday, May 1 8am-4pm
OREGON 1367 Hampton Hills Road
(Between Oregon and Verona) Multifamily Sale! 5/7 2-7pm, 5/8 7am-6pm, 5/9
7am-11am. Couch, end table, children's
clothes, adult Badger clothes, coats,
suits, toys, household, girls' bike.
STOUGHTON 1301 Nygaard Street,
April 30, May 1-2. See craigslist for more
information.
CLASSIFIEDS, 873-6671 or 835-6677. It
pays to read the fine print.

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Sub-Zero is currently
looking for Production
Assemblers at our
Fitchburg facility

STOUGHTON- 324 N Harrison St. 5/2

9-2. Spring Fever Gift & Plant Fair, over
30 vendors with gift items, baskets of
annuals for sale, proceeds benefit St
Ann's youth mission group.
STOUGHTON, 801 Arendal Court, 4/30
& 5/1, 9a-5p. Rototiller, lawn mower,
furniture, clothing, fooseball table, couch/
loveseat, table/chairs, 60" TV.
VERONA 603 Jenna. HUGE! Dish sets,
furniture, quality clothes, toys, cockatoo,
tons more! 5/1-5/3.

664 Lawn & Garden

KILL BOX Elder bugs/beetles!
Harris Asian Beetle/Box Elder Spray.
Results begin after spray dries.
Available: ACE Hardware, The Home
Depot. homedepot.com (wcan)

666 Medical & Health Supplies

ACORN STAIRLIFTS
The affordable solution to your
stairs. Limited time $250 off your
stairlift purchase. Buy direct and
save. Please call 800-598-6714 for
free DVD and brochure. (wcan)
GOT KNEE Pain? Back pain? Shoulder pain? get a pain-relieving brace,
little or no cost to you. Medicare Patients
Call Health Hotline Now! 800-431-3924
(wcan)
SAFE STEP SAFE SAFE STEP Walk-in
tub Alert for Seniors. Bathrooms falls
can be fatal. Approved by Arthritis Foundation. Therapeutic Jets. Less than 4
inch step-in. Wide door. Anti-slip floors.
American made. Installation included.
Call 800-940-3411 for $750 off. (wcan)

672 Pets
GOT AN older car, boat or RV?
Do the humane thing. Donate it to the
Humane Society. Call 800-990-7816
(wcan)

676 Plants & Flowers

3'-12' EVERGREEN & Shade Trees.
Pick Up or Delivery! Planting available!
Detlor Tree Farms
715-335-4444 (wcan)

688 Sporting Goods &

Recreational
WE BUY Boats/RV/Pontoons/ATV's &
Motorcycles! "Cash Paid" now. American Marine & Motorsports Super Center,
Shawano 866-955-2628 www.americanmarina.com (wcan)

692 Electronics
DIRECTV'S BIG DEAL special. Only
$19.99 per month. Free premium channels HBO, Starz, Cinemax and Showtime
for 3 months & FREE receiver upgrade!
NFL 2014 Season included. Call now!
800-320-2429 (wcan)

696 Wanted To Buy

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

705 Rentals
2 BEDROOM Townhouse apartment w/
full basement on Racetrack Rd-Stoughton $775/mo includes utilities. No Pets.
Security deposit and references are
required. Available 6/1 for an approved
applicant. Call 608-241-6609
BLANCHARDVILLE 1-2BR apartments.
Nice rentals in historic building. Walk
to grocery store, bank, post office
and restaurants. Pecatonica River
and Canoe Boat Launch 1 block from
property. Village Park along river 1
block. 35 minutes to Madison, 25 to
Verona, Stoughton, and Oregon. 1BR
from $390, 2BR $520. Flexible lease
on select units. BAAL Real Estate, LLC
Broker/owner. Keith Call/text
608-575-2143 or
email kbaal@earthlink.net.
FITCHBURG WAREHOUSE 800 sq feet
with office. $700/month. Call Bill
608-444-2986
GREENWOOD APARTMENTS
Apartments for Seniors 55+, currently
has 1 & 2 bedroom units available
starting at $725 per month, includes
heat, water, and sewer.
608-835-6717 Located at:
139 Wolf St., Oregon, WI 53575
ON LAKE KEGONSA Home to share
with single person. 2nd floor Lakeside
bedroom $515 includes phone,
internet, cable, utilities. Boat house,
rec building, great garden, water falls,
large pier, laundry. No Smoking. No
Pets. Quiet, and a great place to live.
Ideal for traveling salesman, pilot or
professional person.
815-238-1000

SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS

& PARATRANSIT
DRIVERS

Looking for a 4 Day Work Week?

Interested in a generous benefit package?
If so, please apply today at
www.subzero-wolf.com/careers

STOUGHTON 1937 W. Main 4/30

12-6pm, 5/1 7:30am-5:30pm, 5/2 8am?. Counter tops, furniture, household,
clothing all sizes, books, shoes, two 16'
kayaks, misc.

Part-time. Excellent Wages

20+ hours/wk. CDL bonus program
Paid training/testing. Signing bonus.
5501 Femrite Dr. Madison
Call Paul at 608-310-4870 or email
paulm@badgerbus.com
EOE

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SOCIAL SECURITY Disability Benefits.

Unable to work? Denied benefits? We
can help. Win or pay nothing. Contact Bill
Gordon & Associates at 800-960-0307 to
start your application today! (wcan)

WANTED TO buy: a BEATER with HEATER. Looks not important, dependable

transportation. Call John 608-501-9606.

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STOUGHTON 1616 Kenilworth Ct.

Large 2-BR apts available now.
Pets welcome. Many feature new wood
laminate flooring.
$775-$825/mo. 608-831-4036
www.madtownrentals.com
STOUGHTON 2BR Apartment
$740-$780- includes heat, water/sewer.
608-222-1981 x2 or 3. No dogs, 1 cat
ok. EHO.
STOUGHTON 3-BEDROOM lower level
of two-flat, near downtown, River Bluff
School. Newly renovated. Central air.
W/D, water included. No pets. $895/
month+security deposit. 608-873-7655
or 608-225-9033.
STOUGHTON 514 S Academy Lower of
2 flat. 3 Bedroom. Hardwoods, Air, W/D
in apt., large deck off of kitchen. Garage,
large fenced backyard, Dog/Cats O.K.
$1220 includes heat and electric. Available June 1. Call Bill 608-437-7626.
STOUGHTON- BEAUTIFUL studio
apartment. Hardwood floors, full kitchen/
bath. Off street parking. $595 includes
utilities. Available 5/1. 608-220-8697
STOUGHTON LARGE 2BR on
Chalet Dr. Private laundry and garage.
Great price! 608-221-8146

OREGON 2BR 1BA apartments

available. On-site or in unit laundry,
patio, D/W, A/C. Off street parking,
garages available to rent.
From $740/mo. Details at
608-255-7100 or
www.stevebrownapts.com/oregon
ROSEWOOD APARTMENTS for Seniors
55+. 1 & 2 bedroom units available
starting at $695 per month. Includes
heat, water and sewer. Professionally
managed. Located at
300 Silverado Drive, Stoughton, WI
53589 608-877-9388

740 Houses For Rent

MONROE LARGE 3bdrm farmhouse.
Electricity included. No pets, no smoking.
1-1/2 car attached garage. Available 6/1.
$800+security deposit. 608-325-7372.

750 Storage Spaces For Rent

801 Office Space For Rent

DEER POINT STORAGE

Convenient location behind
Stoughton Lumber.
Clean-Dry Units
24 HOUR LIGHTED ACCESS
5x10 thru 12x25
608-335-3337

to request an
application:

8210 Highview Drive - Madison

608.243.8800

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ARE YOU LOOKING FOR AN EXCITING CAREER?

JOIN THE CLEARY TEAM!!

VERONA SCHOOLS 1.8 acre, 5 acre,

and 10 building sites with beautiful hilltop
views, easy commute to Madison, 5
minutes from the City of Verona and Epic
Systems. Prices range from $129,900
- $189,900. 70 acre parcel with hilltop
building site. Broker interest $489,900
Real Estate Preferred, Dennis Midthun
608-444-4797

935 Farm: Land For Rent

FARM LAND LOW COST. 9+ acres.
Town of Verona. 608-206-5947

CALL FOR A
FREE ESTIMATE.
Messner Landscape, Inc. is a full service landscape
company. We offer lawn maintenance, landscape
materials, landscape construction, fertilizer and weed
control and complete snow removal services.

Help Wanted:

(608) 4552323

All Positions
TOP PAY!

www.messnerlandscape.com

info@messnerlandscape.com

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Maintenance Mechanic- 2nd Shift (Monday-Thursday)

Are you a maintenance professional who thrives on working in a highlyautomated manufacturing environment utilizing state of the art equipment
(lasers, robotics, AGVs, vision systems) in a modern air conditioned facility,
with company paid training to keep your skills current?
Do you value a company that makes safety a part of their culture, not just
another graph on the wall?

Cleary Building Corp. is a family owned, debt-free,

nation-wide leader in the post frame construction
industry. We are currently seeking an energetic,
responsible, hard-working, customer service oriented
individual for point of customer phone contact,
data entry and report preparation in our
Marketing Department.
Join our team of champions!! EEO

APPLY ONLINE TODAY!!

www.workforcleary.com
190 Paoli Street
Verona, WI 53593

Do you believe in a maintenance program that values predicting and

preventing maintenance issues as much as troubleshooting and repairs?
Would you enjoy a second shift Monday through Thursday (2pm-12am)
schedule with paid breaks?

RENT SKIDLOADERS
MINI-EXCAVATORS
TELE-HANDLER
and these attachments. Concrete
breaker, posthole auger, landscape rake,
concrete bucket, pallet forks, trencher,
rock hound, broom, teleboom, stump
grinder.
By the day, week, or month.
Carter & Gruenewald Co.
4417 Hwy 92
Brooklyn, WI, 608-455-2411
CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE IS Noon
Friday for The Great Dane and Noon
Monday for the Oregon Observer unless
changed because of holiday work schedules. Call now to place your ad, 873-6671
or 835-6677.

Associates degree in Industrial Maintenance or 3 - 5 years of

equivalent manufacturing maintenance experience.
Knowledge of and ability to interface and troubleshoot with a variety
of PLCs including Allen Bradley PLCs, 500, 5000, Flex Drives.
Experience with manufacturing enterprise systems (MES).
Strong understanding of OSHA principles.
Experience with CMMS programs (MAXIMO preferred).
Microsoft Office Suite programs (Word, Excel, Outlook).
To apply, visit the Career Page of our website at
www.subzero-wolf.com.
Successful Candidates may be eligible for a sign on bonus of up to $1500!
Apply today for immediate consideration.

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Resident Care Associate

Come be a part of a team where your input matters!
Permanent full-time/part-time all shifts available. These
positions include every other weekend and 3 holidays
per year. Prior experience in Assisted Living preferred.
CNA experience is a plus.
Main Street Quarters, CBRF is just 10 minutes south of
Madison. We care for the frail elderly adults as well as
those with early dementia. We have 20 apartments and a
great TEAM of employees. We have a full-time LPN on site
dedicated to our staff and residents. Please apply online at
www.oregonmanor.biz
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Outside Advertising
sAles COnsultAnt
Do you have excellent communication skills?
Creative ideas? The ability to develop and maintain
client relationships? An interest in print and web
based media? We have an established account list
with growth potential. If you possess excellent
communication and organizational skills, a pleasant
personality, and the ability to prospect for new
business we would like to speak to you. Previous
sales experience desired. Media experience a plus.
Competitive compensation, employee stock option
ownership, 401(k), paid vacations, holidays,
insurance and continuing education assistance.

If so, Sub-Zero, Inc. may have the perfect opportunity for you. We are looking for maintenance professionals with the following experience and knowledge to work in our Fitchburg Built-In Refrigeration facility:

For consideration, apply online at

www.wcinet.com/careers
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Customer Service Specialist

Full Benefits
Career Advancement

FARMI 3PT LOGGING WINCH'S

Valby 3pt PTO Chippers,
New 3pt Rototillers, Loader
Attachments, 3pt Attachments,
New Log Splitters.
866-638-7885
threeriversforestry.com

990 Farm: Service &

Merchandise

LOT FOR sale 10844 Blue Mountain

Avenue, Blue Mounds, WI Great View,
large lot. 608.832.4488

Resident Caregivers/CNAs

to download
an application:

980 Machinery & Tools

870 Residential Lots

THE Oregon Observer CLASSIFIEDS,

the best place to buy or sell. Call 8736671 or 835-6677.

We are seeking compassionate & conscientious caregivers

to help our seniors on a variety of shifts. We offer competitive wages, shift & weekend differentials, as well as health,
dental & PTO to eligible staff. Paid CBRF training provided.

FOR SALE: 2-year old registered Holstein cows. 608-558-7559 or 608-5587519.

OREGON-DELUXE 4-ROOM Office

Suite. 765/sq.ft 185 W Netherwood
Call 608-835-3426

RASCHEIN PROPERTY
STORAGE
6x10 thru 10x25
Market Street/Burr Oak Street
in Oregon
Call 608-206-2347

WALMERS TACK SHOP

16379 W. Milbrandt Road
Evansville, WI
608-882-5725

975 Livestock

OFFICE SPACES FOR RENT

In Oregon facing 15th hole
on golfcourse
Free Wi-Fi, Parking and
Security System
Conference rooms available
Kitchenette-Breakroom
Autumn Woods Prof. Centre
Marty 608-835-3628

FRENCHTOWN
SELF-STORAGE
Only 6 miles South of
Verona on Hwy PB.
Variety of sizes available now.
10x10=$60/month
10x15=$70/month
10x20=$80/month
10x25=$90/month
12x30=$115/month
Call 608-424-6530 or
1-888-878-4244

STORAGE/WORKSHOP SPACE
11847 Washington Rd, Edgerton
30x52 w/electricity-$400/month
32x50 w/electricity-$400/month
24x40 gravel floor, outlet/light-$175
10% discount for 1 year lease
Other general storage available.
Call 800-382-1132 x500

C.N.R. STORAGE
Located behind
Stoughton Garden Center
Convenient Dry Secure
Lighted with access 24/7
Bank Cards Accepted
Off North Hwy 51 on
Oak Opening Dr. behind
Stoughton Garden Center
Call: 608-509-8904

970 Horses

HIGHLANDER MALL, 931 8th Street,

Monroe, WI. Available now: Large
2-office suite, utilities included. Redecorated. 608-325-7540.

Oregon Observer, Stoughton Courier Hub, Verona Press,

The Great Dane Shopping News
Unified Newspaper Group is part of Woodward Community Media,
a division of Woodward Communications, Inc.
and an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Office/inside sales
Do You Like to Meet People?
Are You Self-Motivated?
Do You Possess Computer Skills?

Accountant (General Ledger)

If youve answered yes, we are very interested in talking to you. We are

seeking candidates for a part-time opening in our front office. Hours are
9am-3pm Monday-Friday. Responsibilities for this position include but are
not limited to selling and processing classified ads, selling special projects
by phone, receptionist duties, assisting walk-in customers and processing
reports. Previous sales experience preferred. Position is located in the
Oregon office.
We are an employee-owned company offering a competitive benefits
package including 401K, ESOP, vacation, and more.

Oregon Observer, Stoughton Courier Hub,

Verona Press, The Great Dane Shopping News
Unified Newspaper Group is a part of Woodward Community Media,
a division of Woodward Communications, Inc.
and an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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If this part-time position interests you and you have the equivalent of a
high school diploma and at least two years of office/computer experience,
apply on-line today at www.wcinet.com/careers.

FT- M thru F, pay based on experience, bachelors degree in Accounting, entry level position,
prepare all journal entries for month-end close, enter journal entries into general ledger according to
general accounting principles, review general ledger entries for accuracy and investigate problems,
prepare monthly sales tax filings, prepare Net-to-Carnes reports and supporting documentation
that goes into it. Be back-up to Credit Analyst in regards to payroll, order entry, credit approval and
cash posting, Excellent Excel skills required. Must be detail oriented and organized. This
position is eligible for tuition reimbursement.

Credit Assistant - Entry Level

Full-time individual to do collection calls, order entry, set up new accounts, credit approvals, order
credit reports, cash posting, credit card processing and general administrative duties. 1 to 2 years
of equivalent experience or customer service is desired. Ability to work with Microsoft Word and
Excel spreadsheets is important. Must be a team player. High school diploma or GED required.
Tuition reimbursement in addition to benefits below.

Machine Operators

Second Shift - Seeking three responsible individuals to set up and operate machines to produce metal
parts. Ability to read blueprints, routings, production tickets and tape measure. Prior experience with
metal fabrication and familiarity w/CNC and brake presses is desired but not required. Moderate to
heavy lifting and ability to stand 8 hrs/day. Training on fork truck and walkie stacker required. $11.68/hr
(which includes $.25/hr shift premium). Once probationary period is completed, regular increases every
6 months in the first 2 years of employment. Second shift runs 2:15 pm- 10:45 pm.

Benefits for all positions include: Health insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, vacation, paid
holidays, pension plan and 401k plan. Pre-employment drug screening and background check required.

Mail or Email resum to:

Carnes Company
P. O. Box 930040, Verona, WI 53593
hr@carnes.com

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2 BEDROOM Upper 708 Ridge,

Stougthon. Off Street Parking. $500/mo
+ gas and electric. Available 6/1. 815885-3583

WA N T E D

720 Apartments

STOUGHTON- 105 West St, 2

bedroom, appliances, water, heat,
A/C, ceiling fan included, on site
laundry. Well kept and maintained. On
site manager. Next to Park. 2nd Floor.
Available 6/5. $745 per month.
608-238-3815

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April Showers Bring

May Flowers!

www.kopkesgreenhouse.com
Wisconsins Premier Grower of Quality Plants & Hanging Floral Baskets!
Choose from hundreds of varieties of perennials & annuals, from thousands of hanging baskets.

1828 Sandhill Rd. Oregon, WI 53575 608-835-7569

Now open in Stoughton! Visit our sales house located in the Main Street Plaza parking lot.
Koupons & sale prices honored at both locations Gift Certificates available at both locations

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PROFESSIONAL SOIL MIXES

2.00 OFF

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50 Off
PERENNIALS
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HOURS:

FISH HATCHER Y RD.

Directions from Stoughton:

Take 138 toward Oregon. Go past Eugsters
Farm Market, one mile and turn right on
Sunrise Rd. Go one more mile then turn left
on Town Line Rd. Continue on to Sand Hill Rd.
(approximately one mile) and turn right.
Directions from Fitchburg:
Take Fish Hatchery Road south to Netherwood
Road. Turn left and go through Oregon past
Walgreens to a left on Sand Hill Road.
Directions from Verona:
Take Cty. M to Fish Hatchery Rd. Turn
right and go to Netherwood Road. Turn left
at Netherwood Rd. through Oregon past
Walgreens to a left on Sand Hill Rd.

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CTY. M

Monday-Friday
9:00 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
Saturday
9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Sunday
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Support local agriculture! Shop outside the box store.

Recycle your pots & containers at our farm location.

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Visit the Stoughton Area Farmers Market

Friday mornings in front of Dollar General.