Thursday, August 13, 2015

Village of Oregon

Vol. 131, No. 6

Oregon, WI

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Planning the future

Officials take steps toward a civic campus

Bill Livick
Unified Newspaper Group

The Village of Oregon is fortunate to have most of its municipal

buildings in a two- or three-block
area in the center of the community, all within walking distance
of each other.
Not far from the Spring Street
location of Village Hall which
houses administration offices
and the Oregon Area Chamber
of Commerce are the public
library, senior center, fire station

and youth center in what already

almost amounts to a civic campus.
Village officials are early in the
process of planning for an actual
civic campus. No one knows yet
what it would look like, but with
a growing and aging population
as well as aging buildings that are
too small and inefficient for their
purposes the village is outgrowing its public facilities.
This is happening at a time
when an ever-increasing number of residents on fixed incomes

the Baby Boomers will need

services like the library and senior
center more than ever.
Village officials have been
working with municipal planner
Mike Slavney, of Vandewalle
and Associates, to prepare a Civic
Campus master plan. The village
entered a $48,000 contract with
the firm earlier this year.
The idea is to configure key
buildings and services in a central
area downtown so that they all
flow nicely together, explained
Village President Steve Staton.

In early June, the Village Board

approved spending $15,900 for
a study to determine how much
space will be needed. While an
architectural firm is conducting
the space needs analysis in the
coming weeks and months, officials also plan to hold an open
house with the public to present an overview of the planning
process and receive residents
responses and ideas about the villages future.
Village administrator Mike

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Master plan tasks

1. Set goals for project
2. Space needs analysis
3. Site analysis examine key
potential sites in detail
4. ID potential combinations of
facilities and sites
5. Refine and combine alternatives to create a draft and final
plan
6. Prepare cost estimates and
recommend financing strategy

Oregon School District

Board prefers no
liquor at ice arena
OASIS students
primary concern for
members
Scott Girard
Unified Newspaper Group

The Oregon School

Board is concerned an alcohol license for the Oregon
Ice Arena could expose
some students to harmful
imagery.
The boards primary concern discussed at a meeting Monday night was
for its OASIS students. The

OASIS alternative education program is housed

at the ice arena Monday
through Friday during
school hours.
The Oregon Village
Board has been considering
the proposed liquor license
for the past month after ice
arena manager Ben Cowan
requested it. The license
is related to an agreement
to host Wisconsin Whalers hockey games at the ice
arena.
Alcohol would be sold
only during those games,

Turn to Liquor/Page 2

Village of Oregon
Photo by Samantha Christian

National Night Out

The Oregon Police Department held its 20th National
Night Out community event along Spring Street on Aug.
4. Activities included information booth and games from
area businesses, tours of emergency vehicles and demonstrations by Karate America and Dane County K-9.
Above, Karate America members Lincoln Kalscheur, 8,
and Max Ricker, 8, of Oregon, practice their kicks before
a demonstration.
Right, Lord, a Belgian Malinois, shows some love to his
handler Deputy Scott Lindner, of the Dane County Bomb
Squad, before a K-9 demonstration.

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Parks neighborhood
addition moves ahead
Neighbors lament
potential tree loss
Mark Ignatowski
Unified Newspaper Group

Despite concerns about

losing trees, the First Addition to the Oregon Parks
neighborhood received
unanimous Planning Commission support Thursday

night.
Developers Kyo and Nick
Ladopoulos, owners of All
Star Group, plan to have a
dozen duplex lots and 21
single-family lots on the
21-acre parcel near the
intersection of West Netherwood Road and Alpine Parkway. The villages Planning
Commission recommended
approval to the Village Board

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Wolfe St. closed at Janesville St. through late August

Drivers will need to take the long way
home now that construction along Janesville Street at Wolfe Street has switched to
the other side of the road.
Work to repair and improve the intersection began in July. The first phase reconstructed the northern part of the road.
Work switched to the other side of the
street Aug. 10, meaning access to Wolfe
Street from Janesville Street is closed.
Crews will remove the pavement and
install a new surface during the next few
weeks. Construction is expected to be
completed by late August.
Drivers who planned on using Wolfe
Street are asked to use Hwy. 14 to Hwy. 92
in Brooklyn to avoid the closure.
Business access along Janesville Street
is expected to be maintained, officials previously told the Observer.
The $133,000 project is a joint effort
between the Village of Oregon and Dane
County, with some engineering help from
the City of Madison. Access to Wolfe
Street from Janesville Street will be closed
for a few days toward the end of the project while crews complete the final paving.
Mark Ignatowski
Photo by Mark Ignatowski

Construction along Janesville Street and Wolfe Street has shifted to the northern two lanes. Work is expected to last through late August, with Wolfe Street
closed while crews remove and replace the pavement at the intersection.

Liquor: OSD board concerned about students who use ice arena being exposed to alcohol
according to the most
recent license proposal the
Village Board discussed.
Cowan told the board the
ice area could go out of
business without the ability
to sell alcohol.
School board members
were concerned that despite
some precautions outlined in

the proposed license agreement, students could be

exposed to advertising, trash
or delivery of alcohol. Gwen
Maitzen pointed out that
OASIS students may already
be at risk for alcohol abuse,
and part of the districts goal
with the program is to show
them alcohol and drugs are
not necessary.
Many of those students

The motion
The Board's preference is that no alcohol is
served at the Ice Arena. The Board shares the
following concerns that it does not want its
students exposed to alcohol or alcohol related
signage during the school day or at District
sponsored events. The Board is concerned that its
students do not witness the delivery or removal of
alcohol during the school day or see remnants of
alcohol use.
The motion was passed unanimously Aug. 11 by
the OSD board.
aspect of Cowans request
and did not want to see the
community lose an asset like
the ice arena.
I dont doubt that it would

help the finances of the rink

to sell beer, board president
Dan Krause said. This is
Wisconsin.
Barb Feeney also pointed

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kids use the ice arena for
hockey.
There are students, our
students, who benefit from
this facility, Feeney said.
But they all agreed that
if there were alcohol there,
they would like to see the
village outline clear boundaries and rules for its delivery,
consumption and disposal.
Feeney made the motion to
express the boards concern
about a license, and it passed
unanimously.
Maitzen repeatedly pointed to board policy paper 133,
which covers the boards
opinion on alcohol on school
grounds and states, Our
first priority is to remove
drugs and alcohol from our
schools.
We will take whatever
actions are appropriate to
accomplish this, the policy
rea
Ultimately, board members said it was too concerning to have alcohol in a facility rented by the district.
I like a good pilsner too,
but I would never dream of
doing it on school grounds,
Maitzen said.
Lets just serve alcohol at
school board meetings too,
it might be more pleasant,
she added to laughs from the
board.

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of both general and specific
development plans, as well
as a rezoning request. The
rezoning request would allow
the duplex lots, rather than
mixed use lots planned for
the site that were approved in
2007. The development plans
indicate where lots and roads
would be located, however
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by the village.
A public hearing Aug. 6
drew a handful of speakers,
mostly from lots adjacent to
the proposed wooded neighborhood. The primary concern
was the potential loss of trees
with the new development.
This development would
completely change the feel of
our home, neighbor Maria
Dybevik said, adding that the
wooded area off the back of
their property is what drew
them to their home roughly
half a year ago. Woods.
Trees. Its like you're not even
in town. I think its one of the
best kept secrets in Oregon.
Village planner Mike
Slavney said the area had
been planned for neighborhood development before the
economic downturn in 2008.
The neighborhood is part
of the villages comprehensive plan a long-term planning document that describes
where and what type of
growth is expected in certain
areas in and around the village. Kyo Ladopoulos said
the rebounding housing market led his company to move
forward with the development plans.
Dybevik also said she was
concerned about adding more
homes and families to the
Oregon School District at a
time when classroom sizes
are already large. Slavney
said the village and school

district work together to plan

for growth.
The two have planned for
a new school site at the corner
of Jefferson (St.) and Alpine
(Pkwy.), Slavney said.
The project is being billed
as a wooded subdivision
one of only a few in Dane
County. The village hired a
certified forester in 2007 to
map out where mature keeper trees were located on the
parcel. The map focused on
healthy hardwood trees, but
did not map out pine trees or
nuisance vegetation, such as
buckthorn and box elder.
As the lots are developed,
the subdivision will have
to keep roughly 70 percent
of the existing mature trees
marked on the map, Slavney
explained. This was a requirement of the Capital Area
Regional Planning Commissions approval of an extension of sewer and water service to the area. The arborist
mapped 401 existing trees,
meaning 289 trees would
have to be kept on the property. If a tree marked for preservation were to be removed
by a person developing the
lot, a replacement tree with
a significant level of maturity
would be required.
Each lot has a number of
existing trees that are in the
inventory and a number of
trees that have to be saved,
Slavney said.
While the commission
voted to support the project Thursday, the Village
Board will have final say
on the implementation plan
and rezone request later this
month. The preliminary
and final maps for the property will also need approval.
Those will likely be discussed
at a September meeting.
At Thursdays meeting,
developer Kyo Ladopoulos
said he hoped to start on the
road and utility work this
fall, but exact timing would
depend on the availability of
contractors.

Family of Oregon man shot by

MPD to receive $2.3 million
City will pay as
settlement for 2012
police shooting
The City of Madison will
pay $2.3 million to the family of a man shot and killed
by a police officer in 2012,
the Wisconsin State Journal
reported.
Paul Heenan, who was 30
at the time he was killed, was
a graduate of Oregon High
School. He was shot by a
Madison police officer who
responded to a report of a burglary. The resulting scuffle
led Madison police officer
Stephen Heimsness to shoot
Heenan who was unarmed
three times in the upper
torso. Heimsness said Heenan
lunged at him and reached for
his gun.
The family filed a civil
rights lawsuit that same year,
alleging that Heimsness used
excessive force and blaming
the department for not thoroughly handling complaints
of excessive force in separate
incidents.
A police investigation

ultimately ruled that Heimsness was justified in using

deadly force. However, the
handling of the case was
widely criticized and led to the
passage of a state law in 2014,
requiring police department to
adopt policies for investigating
officer-involved deaths with
at least two investigators from
outside the department.
The new law received a
high-profile test this past
March, after a different Madison police officer shot and
killed Tony Robinson, 19,
while responding to a call of
a man walking through the
streets. The officer in that case
was also cleared of wrongdoing. Robinson was killed at a
home only two blocks from
where Heenan was shot.
The city of Madison said
the agreement was reached,
in part, out of fears that the
lawsuit would drag on for an
extended time and prove to be
costly. Part of the settlement
include language that clears
the city of any further liability
in the matter, the State Journal reported.
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Oregon School District

Board debates trivial handbook changes

Split approval
hinges on
wordsmithing
Scott Girard
Unified Newspaper Group

Two weeks can make a

big difference.
Or at least a trio of
school board members
thought so when they tried
to delay approval of wording changes to the districts
employee handbook Monday night.
Nonetheless, the board
passed the changes many
of which amounted to clarifying existing policies and
practices on a 4-3 vote
after more than an hour of
discussion.
The discussion mostly
centered on what board
members, Rae Voegler,
Gwen Maitzen and Charles
Uphoff said was a lack of
time to review the changes. They also said there
was a lack of understanding about the motion by
board member Steve Zach
to approve other minor

wording changes at the

meeting.
It seems to me that we
have a responsibility to all
of our staff to take the time
to go through this, Maitzen said. The wordsmithing is extremely important,
and I dont think were
ready to vote on this.
The handbook was on
the agenda because district
human resources director
and in-house counsel Jina
Jonen wanted to have most
of the language finalized
before next weeks new
teacher training.
There's nothing in here
thats a change in policy,
Jonen told the board. Its
just codifying things and
answering questions Ive
gotten throughout the
year.
Jonen said she worked
with leadership at the Oregon Education Association
to make the draft and they
had OKd the new language.
The approval Monday
did not include section 6 of
the handbook, which covers termination and some
teacher discipline policies

that have led to extended debates in the past on

the handbook. That was
because OEA and administrators had not come to an
agreement on the language
in that section.
Board members Jeff
Ramin and Barb Feeney
both said they did not
understand why others had
problems with the small
changes in language.
This really should be
a trivial matter tonight,
Ramin said.
Changes, which were
underlined in red throughout a draft handbook given
to board members, included removing the list of the
specific board committees,
adding gender identity
and/or preference to the
anti-discrimination policy
and adding a section on
supplemental compensation for teachers who take
higher education credits or
professional development.
But Matizen also
expressed strong opposition to a paragraph in
the introduction, which
was already in the handbook and not involved

in the changes proposed,

that states the district can
change whats in the handbook at anytime.
It's the disclaimer that
anything in the handbook
can be changed, at anytime, for any reason, Maitzen said.
Zach pointed to the
same clause as why it was
OK to approve the small
changes Monday and then
come back and make larger
changes later after more
discussion. He also said
that the handbook is a continually public document,
and board members have
had a chance to have their
say at any point throughout
the year.
This has been a public
document for three years,
Zach said. (The policy in
the introduction) allows
this to be a working document that we can change
over a period of time.
The board is expected to
have a conversation with
members of OEA at its
Aug. 24 meeting.

Village of Oregon

Review coming for sign ordinance changes

Existing signs will
still be allowed
Mark Ignatowski
Unified Newspaper Group

Call it a sign of the times

the Village of Oregon is
in the midst of updating its
sign ordinance in order to
have clearer and more uniform rules for displays in
the village.
The villages Planning
Commission took a first
look at the draft changes to
the ordinances Aug. 6, but
more review and changes
are planned during the
next few months before the
updated code takes effect
later this fall. The Oregon
Area Chamber of Commerce will host a meeting
about the changes later this
month.
Perhaps most important
note for business owners
and community groups
in the village is the fact

that existing signs will be

grandfathered in under the
ordinance changes.
The sign face will be
allowed to change without
having to bring the rest
of the sign into conformance, village planner
Mike Slavney said. This
will be less expensive for
businesses. Theyll just be
able to put a replacement
face in, even on a nonconforming sign.
The 25-page document
includes definitions of different types of signs ranging from on-building business signs to congratulatory and political signs,
as well as graphics and
photos to show examples
of the signs. Three pages
of charts will help guide
users on what type of signs
are permitted in different
zoning districts within the
village. Some types will
require a permit; others are
allowed based on the zoning district.

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For example, a sandwich board sign would be

allowed in most zoning
districts, but is limited to
one per site, with a maximum of six square feet in
size. No permit would be
required for that type of
sign.
While the document
could be considered overwhelming to some users,
the village and Oregon
Area Chamber of Commerce plan to answer questions about the document
before the changes take
effect.
At the Planning Commission meeting, Slavney
highlighted the grandfather
clause, noting that it was
the slowest way of bringing non-conforming signs
into code.
Vandewalle and Associates Inc. assistant planner Jackie Mich said in
an email that the nonconforming section of the
document could help clear

up some questions business

owners might have.
In a nutshell, all existing signs will be considered legal nonconforming
signs, Mich wrote. They
will be grandfathered in,
and they dont have to meet
the requirements of the new
code, unless the owner of the
sign want to make a change
to the sign structure.
In order to address questions and concerns from
the business community,
the chamber will host
a lunch meeting about
the changes on Aug. 27.
Chamber director Judy
Knutson said Slavney will
discuss the changes and
the chamber will provide
lunch. Reservations for
lunch are requested by calling 835-3697 or e-mailing
judy@oregonwi.com.
A joint meeting between
the commission and Village Board will be held
in November before the
changes are approved.

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Bike trail is great, but

its not a real solution
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here is a lot to love about

the new Rotary Bike Trail
west of the Village of
Oregon.
The construction quality is
first-rate. The fertile farm fields,
lush hardwood groves, rolling
meadows and verdant wetlands
are beautiful. The setting is tranquil and safe.
And there is another reason
why my family should be
more grateful
than any other.
The trail goes
almost directly
to my wifes
family farm,
where our
mother, daughNoeldner
ter, son-in-law
and three granddaughters live. It really couldnt
be any more convenient.
For us, that is.
And therein lie my misgivings. This wonderful new bike
trail isnt convenient for any of
the hundreds of other people
who live along West Netherwood Road. There is no public
access along its length, and it is
separated from Netherwood by a
quarter-mile or more of private
properties.
So the people who have been
afraid to walk or bike to the village along West Netherwood
(much less allow their children to
do so) will remain afraid. As best
I can tell, these fearful appear
to be the overwhelming majority. No doubt this majority will
continue to drive to Oregon for
virtually all of their work-a-day
errands.
The $889,000 cost mostly
paid with village and county
taxpayer money might have
bought Oregon a beautiful recreational trail, but it is unlikely

to spur commuting shifts from

automobiles to feet, strollers,
wheelchairs and bikes.
West Netherwood Road itself
never was the problem. It is perfectly safe for walking and biking
there is no quicksand waiting
to swallow us up, nor are there
looming chasms into which men
fall, never to be seen again. Nor
is the acreage of pavement inadequate for the number of users.
Indeed, the average daily traffic
is far lower than on sidewalks
of equal width in Madison and
Manhattan.
So what is missing from this
public thoroughfare one which
is, by law, open to all users?
Comprehension. Respect. Affection.
Consider bullying in our
schools. We dont overcome it
by building separate but equal
hallways and other spaces where
smaller, weaker, more fearful
children can escape from the
bullies. We insist on changes in
behavior.
We tell our children its not
OK to bully in our schools anywhere, ever. We tell them to not
tolerate bullying when others
engage in it.
Its just as important to recognize bullying on our public
thoroughfares like Netherwood
Road. We should not take it for
granted that big, fast, powerful,
heavily-armored users have a
right to dominate and intimidate
small, slow, soft, weak users. We
should not tolerate bullying that
can easily kill and will almost
certainly injure. This is far more
serious than bruised egos and
bloody noses!
The reason we allow this is
because most of us are addicted
to automotive bullying. We love
speed and personal convenience.
We have spent our lives learning

to defer to power literal horsepower.

Making matters worse, our
economy is addicted. A staggering amount of business activity
in America is driven by our not
being close enough and not
feeling safe enough to walk
and bike and share transit for our
day-to-day errands.
And so I cannot fault officials
of the Village of Oregon for
building a separate but equal
bike trail more or less in the
middle of nowhere. It is certainly
better than nothing. It will attract
lots of recreational riders (and
their spending) to our community.
The eventual connection to
the Bader State Trail will provide Town of Oregon residents
with a safe, practical commuting
route to the Village and Village
residents with a good commuting
route to west Madison. But the
changes we need most towards
more living at the human scale
and less occupying Earth as our
automotive avatars wont happen until we-the-people begin to
drive less.
And when we do get behind
the wheel, we need to drive with
a very different attitude. Forget
defensive, forget Im late!
Forget insisting we have a right
to live wherever we damn please
and drive everywhere else.
Selfish wont cut it. Business-asusual wont shift the paradigm.
We need to drive affectionately, as though our own children
are already walking and biking
along the streets and roads we
traverse. Along the way, well
discover we already have all the
bike trails and walking paths we
need.
Hans Noeldner is a Village of
Oregon resident.

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Cool critters
Left, CRITTERrrr man (Chris Langenfeld) shows students how to
make animal calls at his appearance at Prairie View Elementary
School July 30. Above, Langenfeld instructs a helper on how to
catch some imaginary bugs he doesnt want to let loose in the
gym, as he pays a visit to summer school students at Prairie View
Elementary School July 30.

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Ralph Stromquist arranged to have the Oregon Senior Center

CLUB (adult day program) see two Model A cars last month. Here,
Stromquist poses with his 1930 Model A Ford.

Includes: Parade on Thursday; carnival, family

entertainment stage, craft fair, petting zoo, beer
shelter, bands Friday & Saturday, food and vendor
booths, kiddie korner, Tractor Pull Friday,
midget auto racing Sunday.
Questions?
Sweet Corn served Sat. & Sun.
(608) 837-4547,
$7 per tote, $2.00 per single ear
spchamber@frontier.com or Parking $5 (includes admission)
sunprairiechamber.com Admission: $1.00 Sat. & Sun. only

Photos submitted

Caring for the classics

Folks at the Oregon Senior Center had a great time last month
checking out some vintage vehicles.
Above, front row, from left: Bonnie Farrell and Janice Schmidt; back
row, from left: Bobby Murkve, Joyce Murkve and Glenda Conrad.

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8745 Miller Rd., Verona, WI

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August
21-23

Aug. 8, 13, 14, 15 at 8 pm

Aug. 9 and 15 at 2 pm

August 21 at 7:30 pm
August 22 at 7:30 pm
August 23 at 2:00 pm

OHS Performing Arts Center

456 N. Perry Parkway, Oregon
Purchase tickets at the door or in advance at:

For tickets call 608/265-ARTS or

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12:00-6:00 p.m. - Chicken and/or
BBQ Ribs, Potato, Vegetable, Dessert
& Coffee/Milk - $10
9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
50 Bird Hillbilly Sporting Clays - $15
Youth Age 17 & Under - $5 discount
Shoot & Eat $20
Raffles & Outdoor Kids Games
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Drawings at 7:00 p.m.

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Churches

Coming up
OSHP play
The Oregon Straw Hat Players
will present Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the
Oregon High School Performing Arts
Center, 456 N. Perry Pkwy.
Showtimes are 8 p.m. Aug. 13 and
14, and 2 and 8 p.m. Aug. 15.
For information, visit oshponline.org.

Be a computer buddy
The senior center is teaming up
again with a class at Brooklyn Elementary School for the Computer
Buddies program. Seniors will be
paired with a student or two as email
pen pals.
During the school year, seniors and
students email back and forth about
once per week and get to know each
other. At the end of the semester, there
will be a party so everyone can meet.
To volunteer and get to know the
children in the area, email astone@
vil.oregon.wi.us or call 835-5801.

Participants bring their creations

from home to the library from 9 a.m.
to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13.
Entry categories are: grades K-1;
grades 2-3; grades 4-6; teen; adult;
and team/family. All entries will
receive a participation award.
For information, email orelib@
oregonlibrary.org.

and have a picnic, or enjoy a cookingfree evening.

The next concert will be Aug. 18
with Chance Allies and pizza by Pizza Pit. Then, The Byrd Brothers will
perform on Aug. 25 with pulled pork
sandwiches by JL Richards.
For information, call the senior center at 835-5801.

Surgical decision-making

Keyboard player

The senior center will host Dr.

Gretchen Schwarze, an associate professor in the division of vascular surgery at University of Wisconsin, at 1
p.m. Friday, Aug. 14.
Topics will include a presentation
about her current research efforts in
improving doctor and patient communication and making difficult medical decisions, and a discussion about
questions to ask your doctor when
considering surgery.
For information, call 835-5801.

In honor of the birthday of his

friend, Marv Severson, keyboard
player James Lee will perform old
standards during the senior centers August birthday party at noon
Wednesday, Aug. 19.
To reserve lunch, call by 1 p.m.
Aug. 18.

Sounds of Summer concerts

The free Sounds of Summer concert

series continues at Waterman TrianThe library will hold a LEGO Cre- gle Park on Tuesdays this month.
ations Expo from noon to 6 p.m. FriFood sales start at 6 p.m. and music
day, Aug. 14, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. starts at 7 p.m. Dance to the music
Saturday, Aug. 15.

LEGO Creations Expo

String quartet
Topics in Music: The String Quartet will be held at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday,
Aug. 25, at the senior center.
Using examples from famous composers such as Haydn, Beethoven and
Brahms, Hal Brown will demonstrate
the development of the popular form
of classical music from its beginnings
in the 1750s to the present day.
For information, call 835-5801.

Community calendar
Friday, August 14

Noon to 6 p.m., LEGO Creations

Expo viewing, library
1 p.m., Surgical Decision-Making:
Talking to your doctor about surgery, senior center
8 p.m., Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat, PAC, 456
N. Perry Pkwy., oshponline.org

Saturday, August 15

9 a.m. to 1 p.m., LEGO Creations

Expo viewing, library
2 and 8 p.m., Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,
PAC, 456 N. Perry Pkwy.
6:30 p.m., Saturday Card Party
($3), senior center

Monday, August 17

6:30 p.m., Bedtime Stories:

Smores Stories Around the
Campfire (ages 0-7), library
7 p.m., Town of Dunn Board
meeting, Town Hall

Tuesday, August 18

11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Silver

Threads Among the Gold Club ($12

yearly), senior center, 835-3536
Noon to 6 p.m., Oregon School
District registration, Oregon High
School
7 p.m., Sounds of Summer:
Chance Allies, Waterman Triangle
Park, 835-5801

Wednesday, August 19

11:30 a.m., Brown Bag Book

Group: Antelope Wife by Louise
Erdrich (bring lunch, chocolate
provided), library, orelib@oregonlibrary.org
Noon, Keyboard player James
Lee, senior center

Thursday, August 20

1 p.m., Third Thursday Euchre

Card Party ($3), senior center

Friday, August 21

1 p.m., Friday Movie: Woman in

Gold, senior center

Tuesday, August 25

10:45 a.m., Topics in Music: The

String Quartet, senior center

Community cable listings

Village of Oregon Cable Access TV channels:
WOW #983 & ORE #984
Phone: 291-0148 Email: oregoncableaccess@charter.net
Website: ocamedia.com Facebook: ocamediawi
New programs daily at 1 p.m.
and repeats at 4, 7 and 10 p.m. and 1, 4, 7 and 10 a.m.

Thursday, Aug. 13
WOW: 1-Oregon Village
Board Meeting (of Aug. 10)
2-Movie: The Life of Emile
Zola (1937)
ORE: Oregon School
Board Meeting (of Aug.
10)
Friday, Aug. 14
WOW: Movie: Gone
With the Wind (1939)
ORE: Color Dash @
OHS (of Aug. 1)
Saturday, Aug. 15
WOW: Back 40
Concert-in-the-Park (of
Aug. 11)
ORE: Oregon Kids
Triathlon (of Aug. 8)
Sunday, Aug. 16
WOW: Holy Mother
of Consolation Catholic
Church Service
ORE: Sing Out Louise
Concert (of July 21)

Monday, Aug. 17
WOW: 6 p.m.
LIVEOregon Village
Board Meeting
ORE: Movie: West
Side Story (1961)
Tuesday, Aug. 18
WOW: Capitol City
Band Concert (of June
11)
ORE:
Movie:
Heartbeat (1946)
Wednesday, Aug. 19
WOW:
Movie:
Rebecca (1940)
ORE: Oregon Summer
School Hilites (1990)
Thursday, Aug. 20
WOW: Oregon Village
Board Meeting (of Aug.
17)
ORE: Movie: Marty
(1955)

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7 p.m., Sounds of Summer: The

Byrd Brothers, Waterman Triangle
Park, 835-5801

Wednesday, August 26

1-6 p.m., End of Summer Pool

Party ($1.50 kids, $3 adults),
Oregon Pool
3-5 p.m., Computer Class:
LibreOffice and OpenOffice ($15),
senior center, 835-5801

Thursday, August 27

3-7 p.m., Oregon/Brooklyn Food

Pantry distribution, 1092 Union
Road

Friday, August 28

9 a.m., Nutrition Education:

Cooking for 1 or 2, senior center
11 a.m., Piano and Chimes
Recital, senior center
1 p.m., Singer Janet Stone and
pianist Joe Meland, senior center

Saturday, August 29

10 a.m., Rotary Bike Trail ribbon

cutting, Netherwood and Cusick
streets

Senior center
Monday, Aug. 17
*Brat on a Bun
Sauerkraut
Tomato Juice
Chunky Applesauce
VO-Veggie Dogs
Tuesday, Aug. 18
Chicken Salad on
Whole Wheat Bun
German Cucumbers
Fresh Orange
Cookie
VO-Cheese Sandwich
Wednesday, Aug. 19
Pizza Casserole
Buttered Italian
Green Beans
Grape Juice
Small Croissant
Strawberry Short Cake
VO-Soy Casserole
Thursday, Aug. 20
*Augratin Potatoes with
Diced Ham
Buttered Mixed Vegetables
Diced Peaches
Multi Grain Bread
Chocolate Ice Cream
VO-Augratin with Soy Meat
SO-Garden Salad
Friday, Aug. 21
*BBQ Rib
Baked Beans
Coleslaw
Mixed Fresh Fruit
Jalapeno Corn Bread
Peach Cobbler
VO-Veggie Sausage
*Contains Pork

Monday, Aug. 17
9 a.m., CLUB
9 a.m., Wii Bowling
9 a.m., Rubber Stamping
9 a.m., Caregivers Support
10 a.m., Dominoes
1 p.m., Get Fit
1:30 p.m., Bridge
4 p.m., Weight Loss Support
Tuesday, Aug. 18
8:30 a.m., Zumba Gold
11:30 a.m., Silver Threads
12:30 p.m., Sheepshead
12:30 p.m., Stoughton Shopping
7 p.m., Sounds of Summer
Concert
Wednesday, Aug. 19
9 a.m., CLUB
9 a.m., Wellness Walk
11:45 a.m., August Birthday lunch
and cake, James Lee keyboard
1 p.m., Get Fit
1 p.m., Euchre
Thursday, Aug. 20
8:30 a.m., Zumba Gold
9 a.m., Pool Players
10:30 a.m., Wii Bowl Game Day
12:30 p.m., Shopping at Bills
1 p.m., Cribbage
1 p.m., Card Party
Friday, Aug. 21
9 a.m., CLUB
9:30 a.m., Blood Pressure
1 p.m., Movie: Woman in Gold

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 Aaron Alfred
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

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
9:30 a.m. worship service at Oregon
High School PAC
Childrens ministries, birth - Pre-K
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
Pastor Jason 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
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
9:15-10:15 a.m. Education Hour
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

Support groups
Alcoholics Anonymous
meeting, First
Presbyterian Church,
every Monday and
Friday at 7 p.m.
Caregiver Support
Group, Oregon Area
Senior Center, third
Monday of each month
at 9 a.m.
Diabetes Support
Group, Oregon Senior
Center, 320 Fair St.,
882-0407, second
Thursday of each month
at 1:30 p.m.
Parents Supporting
Parents, LakeView

Church, Stoughton, third

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.

Walk or Drive? What Would Jesus Do?

It is encouraging that fewer teenagers are learning how to
drive, or are putting off learning until somewhat later, when
their judgment is probably much better. Many cities and
towns are making their streets safer and more convenient
for walking, riding a bicycle or using public transportation. Perhaps in the future many of us wont need to own
a car to get around. If you are going to drive, you should
do it well. Driving safely and cooperatively with the other
people on the road says a lot about your character. I have
often wondered if Jesus was around today whether he
would drive a car, or perhaps ride a bike, or just stick to
walking. The New Testament portrays Jesus as frequently
walking, and scholars have estimated that Jesus may have
walked over 20,000 miles in his 33 years on earth. The
one instance where he rides (Matthew 21) has him riding
on a colt (or perhaps a donkey) into Jerusalema pretty
humble ride for the King of Kings. Perhaps Pope Francis is
right in his choice of vehicles, a used 1984 Renault which
was donated to the Vatican. No need to be driving anything
too fancy. And regardless of what kind of car we drive, we
should all follow the rules of the road and be extra cautious
around motorcyclists, bicyclists, and pedestrians, all of
whom are imperiled by careless drivers. So buckle up, keep
your eyes on the road, your hands on the wheel, and your
head out of your apps!
Christopher Simon
And what does your Lord require of you? To act justly
and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
Micah 6:8

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Boys hockey

Panthers perfect opportunity

Jochmann hired as OHS
boys hockey coach
Jeremy Jones
Sports editor

After five years

as the head coach of
the Stoughton girls
hockey co-op Mike
Jochmann stepped
down early last
week for what he
called the perfect Jochmann
opportunity.
Relocating his
family to Oregon last November,
Jochmann was announced the as
Panthers boys hockey coach last
Tuesday.
Having my son and youngest
daughter already in the program,
I have already been involved with
coaching here at the youth level,
Jochmann said. Its a natural feeling, with kids in the program, to feel
even more part of the community
now.
Jochmann follows Rick Fleming, who announced he was leaving
in May. Fleming coached the rival
Stoughton Vikings for 16 seasons,
including a pair of WIAA state tournament appearances, but never got
the same level of success in Oregon
due in part to limit numbers coming
into the program.
While last years Panther roster
had just 17 players, it pales in comparison to what Jochmann dealt with
as Icebergs head coach where the coop could barely field a team with as
few as 12 players two years ago.
There isnt a JV team in Oregon,
but there could be a youth U19 team,
which means there should be enough
guys to make cuts after tryouts,
Jochmann said. There needs to be

File photo by Jeremy Jones

Mike Jochmann has spent the last 15 years coaching womens hockey at one level or another, including the past five seasons as head coach of the Stoughton girls hockey co-op. Last week Jochmann was hired to coach the Oregon High School
boys hockey team.

a balance there because you want as

many kids to stay involved as possible.
Though no one wants to get cut,
you can learn from it, grow from it,
and be ready to make the cut the following seasons.
Jochmann led the Icebergs to a
59-60-7 overall (29-17-2 Badger
Conference) record of the past five
seasons, including the two most successful seasons in program history.
Prior to the Icebergs, Jochmann
was involved with USA hockey
youth and senior womens teams.
Jochmann also coached with the
Madison Capitols AAA program
for four seasons, taking girls teams
to four state championships and four
Central District runner-up finishes.
Also with the Capitols, he helped
their senior womens club advance

to the USA Hockey National Championships four times, which included

one third-place finish.
He also coaches with Oregon
Youth Hockeys Learn to Play program and with the U6/U8 teams.
We are very fortunate that Mike
is leading our hockey program,
Oregon High School athletic director
Mike Carr said. We are thrilled that
we could find a coach of his caliber
and character.
He has experience at multiple
levels, is a great communicator, and
truly enjoys working with student
athletes. He is excited about leading
our program and he will continue to
work with our youth program, which
we feel is very important.
Although Jochmann has never
held a boys head coaching position,
he said, the communication may be

different and the teaching style may

be different, but a lot of the skill
development and teaching systems
translate.
Im brand new to being a boys
head coach, but I feel Im very
knowledgeable in the sport. This is
just a new environment for me to do
what I love, he said.
Away from the ice Jochmann
stays busy taking care of he and his
wifes three kids, who range from 4
to 10 years old. He also works parttime in radio promotions and runs
his own interior and cabinetry design
business.
I was at the rink all the time in
Stoughton or Oregon or visiting
some other arena, Jochmann said.
The boys job wont be any more of
a time commitment.
If anything, it will probably be

9-12, interested in participating

on this years team are invited to
attend the first of two-a-day pracThe 2015 Oregon High School tices beginning on Monday, Aug.
cross country team is preparing 17. Report, ready to run by 7 a.m.
in the back of the high school.
and ready to go.
Training sessions will include a
All student-athletes, grades

variety of running workouts, pool

workouts, weight lifting, plyometrics, and mental training.
A healthy, motivating and team
atmosphere will be an ongoing
process for all team members
throughout the season.

You must bring along your

completed and signed physical
or alternate year card, emergency
card, insurance waiver form (all
forms can be picked up at the
high school office or contact your
coach), and be ready to train.

less of a day-to-day time commitment because there will be less travel.

As head coach of the Icebergs,
players from Monona, McFarland,
Stoughton, Oregon and Evansville
had to travel to Stoughton for practice, which limited the time frames
and amount of time the team could
practice.
In Oregon all the players and me
are coming from the same area, so
it opens up morning practices and
gives us a lot more flexibility, Jochmann said.
Since landing the job, Jochmann
has been reaching out to contacts
throughout the hockey community
for an assistant and has reached out
to his part-time goalie coach from
last year as well.
An assistant coach, a part-time
assistant, and a part-time goalie
coach would be ideal, he said.
The Panthers never finished
worse than third in the Badger
South Conference under Fleming
placing second in the 7-2-1 last
year a season everyone involved
hopes to build upon.
Jochmann himself put on skates
at an early age and began playing hockey at 5 years old. Hes
played nearly non-stop ever since
and spent 15 years coaching at
various levels.
Over the past decade and a half,
Jochmann has realized he just
loves coaching kids and watching them mature as individuals on
and off the ice.
The whole thing is exciting, I think thats the best way to
describe it, he said. Its going to
be a new challenge to coach these
kids. Expectations are going to
be higher and there are going to
be more fans, and publicity, and I
look forward to all of it.

Sports shorts
OHS cross country practice
starts Aug. 17

If you have any questions or

concerns, contact coach Doug
Debroux (head girls coach) on
his cell (333-2376) or coach Erik
Haakenson (head boys coach) on
his cell (201-4706).

Oregon Kids Triathlon results

Ages 5-6
Boys
Nick Enz
Eddie Enz
Luke Strasia
Daniel Neis

Girls
Kylie Steel
Madilyn Kripps
Addison Chelevold
Magali Forlines
Hazel Rotherings

Ages 7-8
Boys

Submitted photo

Swinging for gold

The Oregon Youth baseball 9U tournament team defeated Reedsburg, Evansville and Stoughton on July
19 en route to the Stoughton 9U baseball tournament title. Team members (front, from left) are: Jack
Heller, Hayden Derlein, Tyler Head, Lon Abraham and Brett Fink; (middle) Max Walter, Reece Karvala,
Kaden Diaz, Andrew Jicha, Brock Buskager and Levin Eustice; (back) coaches Eric Karvala, John Jicha,
Jeff Walter and Dave Derlein.

Finnley Conklin
Evan Gormley
Santiago Hermandez
Easton Lindert
Ashton Wolfe

Girls
Olivia Strasia
Klara Tracy
Olivia Sina
Gabriella Faber
Olivia Mueller

Ages 9-10
Boys
Quinton Bush
Quinn Schroeder
Coltan Nechvatal
Cameron Gates
Cameron Mueller

Girls
Meredith Pansegrau
Michaela Birk
Izzy Enz
Elizabeth Arnold
Lillian Talbert

Ages 11-12
Boys
Deaken Bush
Joseph Schaak
Blake Pankratz
James Heller
Isaac Gormley

Girls
Sydney Schumacher
Chloe Yoder
Lauren Pansegrau
Alexandra Gennerman

Halle Bush

Ages 13-14
Boys
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Village officials are contemplating ways to create a civic campus, possibly in the two-block area that contains Village Hall, the senior center, public library, fire station and post office downtown.

Plan: Impending repairs to library, senior center spark discussion of civic campus
Continued from page 1

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necessary first step in whats
going to be a long and complicated decision-making
process, a process that could
determine Oregons future for
the next 50 to 80 years.
I think this is the right way
to do this, he said. Were
doing the space needs study
first and going to come up
with the aggregate amount
of square footage that well
need over the next 20 to 25
years. Then Vandewalle will
take the information from
the study and theyll sort of
move the pieces around to see
where all this could fit.

1. Village Hall, officials,

residents
2. Oregon Public Library
3. Oregon Area Senior
Center
4. Oregon Area Chamber
of Commerce
5. Oregon Youth Center
6. Oregon/Brooklyn
Food Pantry
7. Downtown businesses

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Meanwhile, village officials intend to gather ideas
and possible concerns from
the public, while keeping
the community informed of
progress toward a civic campus.
Boudreau, a bank executive, said its important to
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added that the Village Board
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He noted the interest rates
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decision about the library.
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So if we decided to do
something with the senior
center, it wouldnt impact the
civic campus plan if we did
that three years later, Gracz
said.
The basic question to
answer is does the village
try to keep all of these facilities basically the way they
are kind of close to each
other and try to make it more
of a campus, or maybe find
someplace else to move
them, Staton explained.
When we did the strategic
plan in 2010, a strong majority said they want to keep
the library and senior center
downtown, he said. It was
the single highest ranked
item percentage wise.
For Staton, those survey
results answered the question, although hes keeping
an open mind to what the
villages consultants have to
say as well. He added that
implementing a future master
plan could involve purchasing other properties in order
to make a civic campus.
There could be other
properties that arent village
properties that we may look
at trying to purchase and
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collections it currently has,

and each year those numbers
increase. It will also have to
add more staff when the village hits 10,000 residents,
per Dane Countys funding
regulations.
Theres nowhere in this
building to grow to meet
the needs, Santner told the
Observer.
The Oregon Area Senior
Center has essentially the
same problem.
During a Village Board
meeting in June, Trustee
Jeff Boudreau pointed out
that it wouldnt make sense
to invest the estimated $2.5
million in the library for
renovations without first figuring out what to do with the
civic campus idea.
We could build a new
library for approximately $5 million, Boudreau
explained. So the thought
is its a better use of the taxpayers money to consider
the entire central campus
plan at this moment in time.
Moneys never going to be
cheaper in my lifetime, and
were going to need to borrow for this project.
Gracz noted the Village
Board agreed that before the
village starts doing anything
on the three buildings, it
should have the grand overview the civic campus master plan done and in place.

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Gracz explained that officials began discussing a civic

campus about 10 years ago
when they created the downtown tax increment finance
district, TIF 3. The village
took some steps in preparation in 2007-08, when downtown streets and infrastructure were modernized.
We took the utility lines
down from Spring Street
and put up decorative lamps
on the street, he said. We
were then moving to deal
with the block that the senior
center and library are on, as
well as the Village Hall on its
own block.
But then the Great Recession hit and talk of developing a civic campus was put
on hold.
The discussion resurfaced
this year when officials
were preparing to update the
villages five-year capital
improvement plan. Gracz
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senior center and Village
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He compared todays
economic climate to what
happened during the Great
Depression and shortly thereafter, when a great deal of
the countrys infrastructure
was built.
The country really used
the depressed economy as
a springboard, and the freeway systems and the municipal buildings were built by
and large in that time, he
explained.
And to bring it down
to ground level in Oregon,
that Village Hall building
that were in is pushing 80
years old. The building has
done well by us, and now,
again, the economy has gone
through a Great Recession,
and were poised and positioned ... to build our municipal buildings and our roads
and infrastructure that are
going to take us forward for
the next 50 to 80 years.

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Legals
STATE OF WISCONSIN,
CIRCUIT COURT,
DANE COUNTY, NOTICE TO
CREDITORS (INFORMAL
ADMINISTRATION) IN THE
MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
Marguerite L. Huberty

Case No. 15PR530

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:
1. An application for Informal Administration was filed.
2. The decedent, with date of birth
September 17, 1942 and date of death
June 22, 2015, was domiciled in Dane
County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 305 Alpine Meadows Circle, Oregon, WI 53575.
3. All interested persons waived
notice.
4. The deadline for filing a claim
against the decedents estate is October
23, 2015.
5. A claim may be filed at the Dane
County Courthouse, Madison, Wisconsin, Room 1000
Lisa Chandler
Probate Registrar
July 23, 2015
Jolene Wochenske
402 Medinah St., Oregon, WI 53575
608-616-0780
Published: July 30 and
August 6 and 13, 2015
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015
6:30 PM
Oregon Town Hall
1138 Union Road
Oregon, WI 53575

1. Call Plan Commission meeting to

order.
2. Approval of minutes from the last
meeting.
3. Public Comments.
4. Discussion and possible Action
re: Review of town ordinances.
5. Discussion and possible Action
re: Appointment of new Plan Commission member Arlan Kay.
6. Discussion and possible Action
re: TORC procedures.
7. Update on Anderson Park.
8. Communications.
9. Adjournment.
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Oregon Police Department teenagers in dark clothing
logbook.
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May 16
block of Walnut Street. She
12:27 a.m. Police trans- confronted the group and
ported a 37-year-old man to they ran away.
the Green County Sheriff on
outstanding warrants after May 20
stopping him for allegedly
5:47 p.m. An 18-year-old
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1:22 a.m. Police cited a The man pushed his father
20-year-old man for alleged to the floor and left the resioperation while intoxicated, dence on the 100 block of
having open intoxicants and Cedar Drive after making
a suspended registration on suicidal comments. He was
Wolfe Street.
arrested in Madison by Capi12:08 p.m. Two pit bulls tol Police.
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attacked a 65-year-old wom- May 24
ans dog. The victim animal
2:36 a.m. Police provided
required eight stitches and a ride home to a 43-year-old
had a four-inch wound. One man who was lying in someof the pit bulls was located, one elses yard on the 100
the other remained missing. block of Jefferson Street.
The pit bull owner was cited The homeowner reported
for having a vicious dog.
the man laying on her lawn,
11:06 p.m. An anony- and when police arrived the
mous caller reported the man was coherent but did
music at Headquarters Bar not want to get up.
and Grill was too loud. Police
9:08 p.m. A 68-yearcontacted the manager and it old man was charged with
was turned down.
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and domestic battery after
May 18
he allegedly slapped his
5:45 a.m. A 48-year-old 60-year-old wife in the face
man was cited for failing to and threw food in the kitchen
report an accident after he during an argument.
drove his car over the curb
11:17 p.m. An 18-yearinto recently poured foun- old man was charged with
dation on the 300 block of underage transportation of
Oakwood Drive. The car was alcohol and absolute sobrifound in the morning located ety after police pulled him
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before.
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Robert E. Bob
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Robert Bob Strous

Robert E. Bob Strous,

Jr., age 62, of Brooklyn,
passed away peacefully
from pancreatic cancer on
Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015,
surrounded by his loving
family in the comfort of
his home. Bob was born
on Aug. 15, 1952, in Madison, the youngest son of Dr.
Robert and Marjorie Strous.
He graduated from
Dodgeland High School,
Juneau, in 1971, and then

served in the U.S. Army

from 1972-74. He went on
to complete a B.S. in Geography from the University
of Wisconsin-La Crosse
in 1983 and a M.S. from
Oregon State University in
1985. Upon graduation, he
began his career with the
Wisconsin Department of
Natural Resources where he
worked for 25 years, retiring in 2010.
Bob had a real passion
for the environment, motorcycles,
renewable
energy and
his friends
and family.
He spent
his early years traveling
across the country on his
1975 R90/6 BMW motorcycle, visiting friends and
making new ones.
When he finally settled
down and started work for
DNR, he met and married
his best friend Cheryl Rezabek on Aug. 26, 1989.
They went on to build an
off-grid, renewable energy
home in Brooklyn. Bobs
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did and inspired many of
his co-workers, friends and
family.
He is survived by his
wife Cheryl of 25-plus
years; his mother, Marjorie; his older brother, John
(Tess) of Oshkosh; middle
brother, Bill of Homer,
Ala.; niece, Mary Strous of
Eau Claire; mother-in-law,
Elissa Rezabek of Oregon;
sister-in-law, Kelly (Dave)
Steensland of Brooklyn;
nephew, Alec; niece, Mallory Steensland; and many
aunts, uncles and cousins.
He was preceded in death
by his father.
A memorial service will
be held on Saturday, Aug.
29, at Liberty Pole Hill Park
in the Town of Brooklyn,
corner of State Hwy. 92
and Amidon Road. Visitation will begin at noon with
the service at 3 p.m. In lieu
of flowers, donations can
be made to the South Central Library System Foundation, 4610 S. Biltmore
Lane, Suite 101, Madison,
WI 53718, 246-7970, Wisconsin Public Radio, 821
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t h a n k t h e s p e c i a l d o ctors and nurses at the U.
W. Hospital Carbon Cancer Center and the staff at
Agrace HospiceCare for
their professional care, support and kindness throughout his illness.
Bob, we will all miss
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your kind and passionate
way and your bright, infectious smile. We love you.
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Third floor furniture, locked cases
Location: 239 Whitney St
Columbus, WI 53925
920-623-1992
www.columbusantiquemall.com

BEST BEEF Jerky in the USA!

$10 off the Original Beef Jerky Sampler.
FREE shipping. Great Gift Idea! Call Bulk
Beef Jerky.
800-224-8852 (wcan)

A&B ENTERPRISES
Light Construction Remodeling
No job too small
608-835-7791

BROOKLYN 59 Union Rd, Aug 22,

7-Noon, Craftsman Radial Arm Saw,
Table Saw, Skil Saws, Scaffoldling,
Sawsall, Bit Sharpener, Troy Bilt Roto
Tiller (used one season), Grease Guns,
Planer, Step Ladders, Mud Box and Hoe,
Air Compressor, Evinrude Boat Motor,
Misc Fishing Supplies, Hundreds of Tools
and Misc Items

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

720 Apartments
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

750 Storage Spaces For Rent

ALL SEASONS SELF STORAGE
10X10 10X15 10X20 10X30
Security Lights-24/7 access
BRAND NEW
OREGON/BROOKLYN
Credit Cards Accepted
CALL (608)444-2900

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- 3 bedroom modern
duplex. Great area, large kitchen
family room, A/C. No Pets. $985/mo
+utlities. Avail September 1st.
608-249-1591.
STOUGHTON- LARGE one bedroom
apartment. Very charming with hardwood
floors. W/D, garage, utilities included.
$850/mo. 608-220-8697
STOUGHTON, LOWER 2 Bedroom
Apartment. Includes all utilities. Basement
w/washer & dryer hookups. NO DOGS.
$800/month +deposit. Available Aug or
Sept. 1st. 873-3533.
CLASSIFIEDS, 873-6671 or 835-6677. It
pays to read the fine print.

UNION ROAD STORAGE

10x10 - 10x15
10x20 - 12x30
24 / 7 Access
Security Lights & Cameras
Credit Cards Accepted
608-835-0082
1128 Union Road
Oregon, WI
Located on the corner of
Union Road & Lincoln Road

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

830 Resort Property For Sale

CRANDON WI: For sale by owner: 40
acres wooded high land. Excellent hunting
& buildable. $69,900. More land available.
Financing available. 715-478-2085 (wcan)

970 Horses
WALMERS TACK SHOP
16379 W. Milbrandt Road
Evansville, WI
608-882-5725

980 Machinery & Tools

FARM & Construction Toys for kids of all
ages! Open 7 days a week! Hounsell's
W13196 Hwy 23, Ripon 920-748-2360
and 302 Prospect Ave, North Fon Du lac
920-322-9483 Best Selection in Midwest
(wcan)

990 Farm: Service

& Merchandise
RENT SKIDLOADERS
MINI-EXCAVATORS
TELE-HANDLER
and these attachments. Concrete
breaker, posthole auger, landscape rake,
concrete bucket, pallet forks, trencher,
rock hound, broom, teleboom, stump
grinder.
By the day, week, or month.
Carter & Gruenewald Co.
4417 Hwy 92
Brooklyn, WI, 608-455-2411
ALL ADS SUBMITTED SUBJECT TO
APPROVAL BY PUBLISHER OF THIS
PAPER.

NOW HIRING FOR BADGER BUS

DRIVERS AND ATTENDANTS

DEER POINT STORAGE

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

Full/Part-Time
Full/Part TimePositions
Positions Available
Available
Excellent
Excellent Wages
Wages Paid Training
CDL Program
Paid Training

Signing
Bonus (If Applicable)
CDL Program
Positions Available in
Signing
Bonus (If Applicable)
Madison and Verona

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

Positions Available in
Call: 608-255-1511
Madison
and Verona
E-mail: jobs@BadgerBus.com

Call:
608-255-1551
Apply online:
Badgerbus.com
Jobs@BadgerBus.com
Apply in Person:E-mail:
5501 Femrite
Drive Madison, WI

Apply in Person: 5501 Femrite Drive Madison, WI

Resident Caregivers/CNAs
Cooks

Open HOuse - Oregon

370 Alpine Meadows Circle

Sunday, August 16th 11 am-1 pm

Well maintained townhouse w/2 bdrms.
and 3 baths. Very large master with full
bath and walk-in closet. Large second
bedroom and same floor laundry. Finished
lower level. Price Reduced to $165,900.
MLS# 1752745. Driving Directions: Fish
Hatchery South to L on Hwy. CC, R on
Alpine Pkwy. to R on Alpine Meadows.

Mt. Horeb, WI 608-437-7653

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

801 Office Space For Rent

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

OREGON 1 Bedroom Upper, utilities

included. No pets, no smoking. Security
deposit $550.00
608-455-3112

NORTH PARK STORAGE

10x10 through 10x40, plus
14x40 with 14' door for
RV & Boats.
Come & go as you please.
608-873-5088

We are seeking compassionate & conscientious caregivers &

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

to download
an application:

allsaintsneighborhood.org
8210 Highview Drive - Madison

to request an
application:

608.243.8800

OREGON 247 E. Lincoln St, Fri-Sat, Aug.

14-15, 8am-5pm, TOOLS - Mechanics
& Carpenter, sporting goods, jacks/jack
stands, log chains, 5' steel job site box,
hardware and many misc items.
STOUGHTON 3215 Giehler Dr, Aug 16

ARTS LAWNCARE- Mowing,

trimming, roto tilling, Garden maintenance
available.608-235-4389
LAWN MOWING
Residential & Commercial.
Fully insured.
608-873-7038 or 608-669-0025

VERONA 747 Aspen Ave. Moving Sale.

Aug 14-15, 8am-4pm. Furniture, household items, scrapbooking/card making
stamps.

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)

MAJESTYK TREE CARE

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

SAFE STEP Walk-in tub Alert for Seniors.

Bathroom 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)

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

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.

RESIDENTIAL ROOFING.
13 years experience. Fully insured.
608-228-5282.

Dave Johnson

(608) 835-8195

THEY SAY people dont read those little

ads, but YOU read this one, didnt you?
Call now to place your ad, 873-6671 or
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564 Roofing

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Stoughton, WI 53589-0383

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STOUGHTON 3215 Giehler Dr., Aug 16,

9am-3pm, 1st time garage sale. men's/
women's clothing, sports, room divider,
patio furniture, knick-knacks and more

554 Landscaping, Lawn,

Tree & Garden Work

Phil Mountford 516-4130 (cell)

835-5129 (office)

692 Electronics

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)

TRUCK DRIVER - Merchandiser need to

deliver to grocery stores. Grocery store
experience helpful. No CDL needed but a
good driving record is a must. Call Darrell
@ L&LFoods 608-514-4148.

Driveways
Floors
Patios
Sidewalks
Decorative Concrete

586 TV, VCR &

Electronics Repair

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

VERONA 2 bdrm, heat incl, lease, no

pets, available now. $695/mo. 608-8456591

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MAKE A DIFFERENCE in the life of a

young man with autism! Are you energetic, creative and sometimes silly? Do you
enjoy going for walks to Olbrich Gardens
or The Arbotetum, swimming, watching
cartoons? Help support and encourage
a young Verona man at home and in the
community. Open hours and every other
weekend: Fri 5-9, Sat-Sun 12N-8pm. Must
be approved driver with insured car and
clean driving record. $11.72/hr. For more
information, call Kate K. at Options in
Community Living, 608-249-1585.

DETECTIVE SERVICES: Missing

Persons/Vehicles, People Locator,
Homicide, Arson, etc. Joy's Private
Detective Agency, 608-712-6286 or
www.joysprivatedetectiveagency.com.

688 Sporting Goods

& Recreational

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434 Health Care, Human

Services & Child Care

576 Special Services

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SUPER 8 VERONA has immediate openings in ALL Departments. Front Desk

Associates, Housekeepers, P/T Maintenance and P/T Driver. Paid Training, Paid
Vacations, Free Room Nights, Flexible
Hours, Uniform. Apply in person at: 131
Horizon Drive, Verona.

Oregon Observer

Serving Electric, Water & Wastewater Since 1886

City of Stoughton Utilities

Utilities Collections Technician

The City of Stoughton, an Equal Opportunity Employer, is seeking a qualified candidate

to perform collections and customer service tasks for Stoughton Utilities, a non-profit
Electric, Water, and Waste-water utility with a customer base that is 90% private individual,
and 10% business. This positions tasks include, but are not limited to: coordinating the
collection of delinquent accounts through existing methods and policies, researching and
recommending new collection methods and policies, implementing customer credit checks
and requiring customer deposits as necessary, negotiating deferred payment agreements,
working with third-party collection and reporting services, proactive customer outreach and
education, resolving complaints filed with the Wisconsin Public Service Commission, and
specialized customer service as it relates to utilities delinquent account collections.
Candidates must possess:
High school diploma, vocational training in bookkeeping, accounting or related, with
4-years of private individual account collections experience required, or any combination
of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Knowledge of collections and bankruptcy law is required. Familiarity of Chapters
PSC113 and/or PSC185 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code as they relate to utility
collections is strongly preferred.
Experience with Wisconsin Small Claims Court filings and wage garnishment is strongly
preferred.
This is a full-time, non-represented, non-exempt position. The offered salary for this
position is $18.86-$20.82 per hour, depending upon qualifications and experience, with a
competitive benefits package.
Employment applications are available from the Office of the City Clerk and Personnel
Director, 381 E. Main St., Stoughton, WI 53589 or at http://employment.stoughtonutilities.
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12 - The Oregon Observer - August 13, 2015

Support your favorite teams all season long with

this guide to Oregon High Schools 2015 match-ups!
LOCATION

DATE

Sauk Prairie
Portage
Monona Grove
Edgewood
Monroe
Fort Atkinson
Stoughton
Milton
DeForest

Sauk Prairie
Oregon
Oregon
Middleton
Monroe
Oregon
Stoughton
Oregon
DeForest

Aug. 29
Sept. 5
Sept. 10
Sept. 15
Sept. 19
Sept. 26
Oct. 3
Oct. 10
Oct. 17
Oct. 24

Sponsored by:

JL Richards Prime Meats & Deli

668 Janesville Street, Oregon

835-9188
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OPPONENT

LOCATION

DATE

Watertown Invite
Verona Invite
Madison Invite
Badger Challenge
Smiley Invite
Midwest Invite
Stoughton Invite
Albany Invite
Conference
WIAA sectional

Watertown
Verona
Lake Farm
Monroe
Wausau
Janesville
Stoughton
Albany
Lake Farm
Waunakee

Aug. 29
Sept. 5
Sept. 10
Sept. 15
Sept. 19
Sept. 26
Oct. 3
Oct. 10
Oct. 17
Oct. 24

Mueller Dental

152 Alpine Pkwy. Oregon

835-0900 www.muellerdental.com

Bills Food Center

787 N. Main St. Oregon

835-3939

OPPONENT

LOCATION

DATE

OPPONENT

LOCATION

Madison Invite
Stoughton Invite
Milton tournament
Waunakee Invite
Stoughton
Portage Invite
Madison Invite
Milton
Fort Atkinson
tournament
Monona Grove
Middleton Invite
Edgewood
Badger Cup
Conference

Yahara Hills
Coachman
Oak Ridge
Six Mile Creek
Coachman
Portage CC
Maple Bluff
Foxboro
Foxboro
U Ridge
Monona
Pleasant View
Foxboro
Lake Wis. CC
Lake Wis. CC

Aug. 28-29
Sept. 1
Sept. 3
Sept. 8
Sept. 10
Sept. 12
Sept. 15
Sept. 18
Sept. 22
Sept. 24
Sept. 28
Oct. 2
Oct. 6
Oct. 9
Oct. 10
Oct. 13
Oct. 15

Pewaukee Invite
Baraboo
Brookfield Central
Reedsburg
Whitefish Bay
Green Bay Preble
Monona Grove
Milton
Stoughton
Arrowhead
Middleton
Monroe
Fort Aktinson
Madison Memorial
McFarland
Edgewood
Sun Prairie

Pewaukee
Baraboo
Oregon
Reedsburg
Whitefish Bay
Oregon
Monona Grove
Oregon
Stoughton
Arrowhead
Middleton
Oregon
Oregon
Warner Park
Oregon
Reddan
Sun Prairie

Get sports scores/results and

photos online at:

connectoregonwi.com

Sponsored by:

Sponsored by:

Gerlach Wholesale Flooring

112 Janesville Street, Oregon
835-8276
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GIRLS VARSITY SWIMMING

Aug. 22
Sept. 1
Sept. 8
Sept. 15
Sept. 22
Sept. 26
Sept. 29
Oct. 6
Oct. 13
Oct. 17
Oct. 20
Oct. 31
Nov. 7
Nov. 13

Watertown
Verona
Lake Farm
Monroe
Wausau
Janesville
Stoughton
Albany
Lake Farm
Waunakee

BOYS VARSITY SOCCER

and in your
weekly hometown newspaper

DATE

Watertown Invite
Verona Invite
Madison Invite
Badger Challenge
Smiley Invite
Midwest Invite
Stoughton Invite
Albany Invite
Conference
WIAA sectional

OPPONENT

LOCATION

DeForest Invite
Stoughton Relays
Fort Atkinson
Milton
McFarland
Plymouth
Middleton Invite
Madison Edgewood
Monona Grove
Fort Atkinson Invite
Stoughton
Conference
Sectional
State

DeForest
Stoughton
Fort Atkinson
Oregon
McFarland
Plymouth
Middleton
Edgewood
Oregon
Fort Atkinson
Stoughton
Stoughton
TBD
Natatorium

880 N. Main St. Oregon

835-3603

GIRLS VARSITY TENNIS

GIRLS VARSITY VOLLEYBALL

OPPONENT

Aug. 19
McFarland, Portage
Aug. 24
Baraboo Invite
Aug. 25
Baraboo
Aug. 27
DeForest
Sept. 1
Monona Grove
Sept. 3
Milton
Sept. 5
Stoughton Invite
Sept. 8
Stoughton
Sept. 15
Monroe
Sept. 17
Fort Atkinson
Sept. 18-19
Waunakee Invite
Sept. 21
Edgewood
Sept. 25-26
Conference

Tue.-Fri. 10am-6pm and Sat. 10am-3:00pm

LOCATION

DATE

McFarland
Baraboo
Oregon
DeForest
Ahuska Park
Oregon
Stoughton
Stoughton
Oregon
Rock River
Ripp Park
Oregon
Nielsen

Aug. 27
Aug. 29
Sept. 3
Sept. 5
Sept. 8
Sept. 10
Sept. 17
Sept. 19
Sept. 22
Sept. 24
Oct. 1
Oct. 3
Oct. 8
Oct. 10
Oct. 15

Sponsored by:

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Erfurth Body Shop

105 S. Main St. Oregon

835-9294 chocolatecaper.com

DATE

Sponsored by:

The Chocolate Caper

Call (608) 835-6677

for subscription information

Oregon Hometown Pharmacy

815 N. Main St. Oregon
835-3191

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OPPONENT

LOCATION

Milton
Milton
Belleville Invite
Belleville
Sauk Prairie
Sauk Prairie
Monona Grove Invite
Monona
Wisconsin Dells
Oregon
Madison Edgewood
Edgewood
Monona Grove
Oregon
Middleton Invite
Middleton
Mount Horeb
Mount Horeb
Fort Atkinson
Oregon
Stoughton
Oregon
Reedsburg Invite
Reedsburg
Monroe
Monore
Conference
Monona Grove
Baraboo
Oregon

Sponsored by:

Oregon Observer

125 N. Main St. Oregon

835-6677 www.connectoregonwi.com

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Aug. 14
Aug. 17
Aug. 20
Aug. 24
Aug. 25
Aug. 26
Aug. 31
Sept. 3
Sept. 8
Sept. 9
Sept. 10
Sept. 12
Sept. 17
Sept. 18
Sept. 22

LOCATION

Sponsored by:

Sponsored by:

GIRLS VARSITY GOLF

DATE

OPPONENT

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Aug. 21
Aug. 28
Sept. 4
Sept. 11
Sept. 18
Sept. 25
Oct. 2
Oct. 9
Oct. 16

OPPONENT

GIRLS VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY

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DATE

BOYS VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY

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VARSITY FOOTBALL