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Campus 5 pays homage to literature

Epic submits fifth set of office
buildings for review
JIM FEROLIE
Verona Press editor
As Epics Verona campus continues to

evolve, its visual themes have gotten progressively more bold and creative.
Its first campus is filled with art purchased from area art fairs and has a variety
of themed conference rooms, but outside,

they simply look like nice, modern buildings. Its second was similar, just larger
and slightly more modern. But then the fun
began.
The Farm Campus could be mistaken
for a wealthy persons rural estate if you
didnt realize how big the buildings were,
and the fourth campus, still under construction, resembles an interpretation of
the Hogwarts school from the Harry Potter
book series. Its appropriately named the
Wizards Academy campus.

Next week Epic will unveil five wildly
varying designs for its fifth set of office
buildings, the Authors Campus.
Epic submitted plans to the city last
month and will present them for review
at Mondays Plan Commission meeting.
The start of construction on the parking
garage could start as early as this spring,
before Campus 4 has a single building finished.
Campus 5 is the first to be built east of
the original Northern Lights Road, and it

will comprise five buildings with a total
of 1,500 offices and a 1,500-stall underground garage, just like Campus 4.
Just as with Campus 4, work will begin
on the garage first, and the surrounding
buildings will follow, and more construction will continue on top of the garage after
it is complete.
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A great life
Stories of 2015
Beloved barber Ernie Johnson

dies on Christmas Eve
SETH JOVAAG
Verona Press correspondent
Rendering by Dimension IV Architects
This Hyatt hotel, which has earned city approval, would be one of the largest in Dane County and could change the face of the southeast side of Verona.
Decisions to come on hotel, VASD land
The
weekdays with Epic visitors gets in the

ground, it will likely make landowner
David Reinkes vision for the 240-acre
property much easier to complete by
bringing a constant flow of traffic.
According to an update provided to
the city, plans for the hotel, including the
management team Reinke has been selecting and the building layout, are working
their way through the Hyatt review process and groundbreaking should be in
late spring or early summer.
Reinke representatives said construction documents are being finalized on
the third building, featuring a third Dane
County Salvatores Tomato Pies location
and a Freschii franchise, and they expect
to break ground in the spring.
Jim Ferolie
corridor. And the face of schooling here

will continue to change as the school district implements more and more personalized learning initiatives.
1. The new hotel

This story makes the No. 1 spot for several reasons, but mainly because of how
it could inspire spinoff development and
accelerate growth on the southeast side of
the city.
Were not talking about the 91-room
Fairfield Inn that is already under construction on West Verona Avenue. That will be
a nice addition. But it pales in comparison
to the 231-room combination Hyatt PlaceHyatt House that has been approved but is
still in the planning stages.
That uncertainty makes this a story to
keep an eye on all year long. Its the project that could make the difference between
an explosive start for Liberty Business Park
and trudging along slowly, as the Verona
Technology Park opposite County Highway
M has done over the past 14 years.
Liberty Park, pushed along by an
aggressive tax-increment financing deal
with the city, was already making some
progress, with two buildings in the ground
and a third on the way (plus another being
reviewed this month). But if that huge
hotel which will easily be filled on the
Verona Press
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You have to buy land when its available.
Were going to continue to grow.
Those will be among the major talking
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few months as the Verona Area School
District explains the more than 100 acres
of land purchases that are expected to be
A decade ago, Twitter did not exist and

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That use can create tension among teens
as posts spiral into put-downs, outright
bullying or plans for parties that can get
them into trouble.
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If 2014 was the year things got moving

again in Verona, 2015 will be when the
changes really come.
But much remains to be seen about what
will actually come through.
As we look toward the next year in our
growing community, there are all sorts of
potential landmark changes.
Well find out whether a massive hotel
one of the biggest in the county will
actually get built. Well decide whether the
school district will buy land for what could
be a massive new high school campus on the
west side of the city. And well grit our teeth
through the beginning of some major traffic
projects that will eventually reduce backups
on the way into and out of Verona but will
make them worse before they get better.
Other changes wont appear to be as
monumental or obvious but will be important nonetheless.
Well see the fire department change
radically, using its new station and
increased staffing to have a greater presence. Well see a couple of prominent
nonprofit groups move into new facilities
if theyre successful in their campaigns
and have a wider-ranging impact here.
Well see subtle changes to the downtown streetscape and possibly a new parking area as the first part of a long-term
plan to strengthen the citys commercial
Verona lost a piece of

local history on Christmas
Eve, when Ernie Johnson,
whose barber shop has been
a mainstay of downtown
Verona since 1935, died 22
days after his 105th birthday.
He had a very fortunate Johnson
life, and he was the first
one to admit that, too, said
his son, Mickey Johnson. One thing he
always told people that were close to him
was, Dont cry at my funeral because Ive
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VASD fifth-graders get economics lessons with annual bazaar
SCOTT GIRARD
Tie-dyed socks, a ringydingy necklace, a Lego

keychain.
Kindergarten through
fourth-grade students chose
from those and dozens of
other homemade items in late
December at Sugar Creek
Elementary Schools annual
economics bazaar.
The annual bazaar, which
has been going on for almost
20 years at Sugar Creek
and the other elementaries
around the district, gives
fifth-graders a chance to
learn some early lessons in
economics, said fifth-grade
teacher JoBeth Kroetz.
What we do in the classroom really carries over to
the real world in economics,
she said.
The project lasts about
a month, and has students
begin by brainstorming a
product idea. From there,
they have to make the product and price it out while
also being sure not to rip
off poor little kids, Kroetz
joked.
The prices range from 25
cents to $2. While students
are often overjoyed in the
immediate aftermath of their
sale day as they count the
money, the real-world lessons come quickly, as they
then have to pay for utilities,
their workspace and a quarter
per hour for labor.
They get a sense of,

Wow, parents have to pay
for all this, too, Kroetz
said. They go, What if
mom and dad dont want
it?
She told them, I dont
care, you still have to pay
them for transportation for
their supplies. Whatever you
make here, you have to pay
back.
The students get to see a
real production facility, as
well, through a field trip to
the Trek Bicycle factory.
They used to visit the General Motors plant in Janesville
before it closed, Kroetz said.
The project also recognizes
another important factor in
selling a product: advertising.
At Sugar Creek, the students all made a slide presentation that was shown at
the schools assembly, and
Kroetzs class even took
a field trip to work with a
Verona Area High School
class to make posters and
try to develop a memorable
logo.
Photo by Karina Galvn
We see these symbols in
Above,
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right,
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left,
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Below
right,
first-grader
Asher
the real world like McDonSpackman, second in line, gets excited to buy crafts, and in front of him, first-grader Devin Walton is mesmerized by candy cane
alds and Nike, she said.
You know what they are. ornaments.
We want this to be a catchy
thing.
She said the entire process
teaches students a valuable
lesson at an early age.
Its a good time, she
said. Its a good learning
thing for the kids. Its really
authentic.
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POLICE REPORTS
All reports taken from the report that her neighbor, an
log book at the Verona Police 82-year-old Verona man,
Department.
was trespassing on her property. He had been maintaining
Oct. 6
about eight feet of her yard.
12:55 a.m. A 34-year-old He was warned to keep off
Racine woman was arrested her property, and both parfor fleeing/eluding and sec- ties advised attorneys were
ond offense OWI after she getting involved for adverse
led police on a short chase land possession.
through west Verona. Offi9:45 p.m. Using Find My
cers attempted to stop her iPhone, a 13-year-old Sun
for speeding on West Vero- Prairie boy and his friends
na Avenue but she twice were found to have taken
attempted to elude them several items from the VAHS
before finally coming to a halt team room, including an
off Half Mile Road. She was iPhone 4 and other electrontransported to Meriter Hospi- ics.
tal and consented to a blood
draw and drug recognition Oct. 10
expert (DRE) examination.
8:33 a.m. A woman
She was later booked into the reported a loose dog that she
Dane County Jail.
had temporarily contained in
3:35 p.m. A post office her backyard. Dane County
truck driven by a 40-year- Animal Control was contactold Lodi man crashed into ed for assistance.
a garbage truck driven by a
12:25 p.m. A 36-year24-year-old Dodgeville man old Verona man checked
in a condominium parking for a missing yellow lab. He
lot while both drivers were was advised to contact the
on the clock. Some hydrau- Humane Society and later
lic fluid spilled as a result of located the dog at the facility.
the crash and waste man2:35 p.m. A VAHS student
agement cleaned it up. Both was found to be in possesvehicles were drivable and sion of a staff members
were driven from the scene. iPhone 5s. The student, 15
and of Fitchburg, would not
Oct. 7
reveal where the phones SIM
1:16 p.m. Police respond- card or case were and was
ed to a report of a bleeding issued a citation along with
man south of Verona on Sun- school consequences.
set Drive, with a gun possi8:23 p.m. When an officer
bly involved. When police attempted to stop the driver of
arrived, the man was found a pickup truck that had been
to be deceased.
reported stolen, the driver
2:17 p.m. A 61-year-old rammed into the officers
Verona woman trying to kill a squad car and began a purspider drove over a curb and suit that police terminated at
struck a boulder, puncturing Hwys. 151 and PD. The truck
both front tires and damaging was subsequently involved in
her front bumper.
at least three more pursuits
with other agencies. The drivOct. 8
er, a 18-year-old West Bend
7:23 a.m. A 26-year-old man, was eventually taken
Blue Mounds woman was into custody.
injured when her car veered
off the road and flipped over. Oct. 11
She was driving northbound
6:30 a.m. A 55-year-old
on Hwy. 151 and did not ini- Verona woman backed into
tially notice her car leaving a vehicle that was pumping
the roadway because she was gas at Kwik Trip because
looking at her phone. She her rear window was frosted
then overcorrected, crossing over, blocking her vision of
both lanes of traffic and going the other vehicle. She was
up an embankment before cited for operating a moving
her car overturned. She was vehicle without reasonably
transported to UW Hospital, clean windows.
and later cited.
2:43 p.m. A mans neigh4:13 p.m. Police moved bor heard him yelling, I want
to the side a tree blocking to kill myself, and called
the Military Ridge State Trail police. The 24-year-old Veroapproximately 100 yards na man admitted to police he
east of Lincoln Street. They had been yelling and told
removed enough branches to them he was having a hard
make the trail passable.
time with life. He voluntarily
admitted himself to Meriter
Oct. 9
Hospital.
12:56 p.m. A car crossing
8:23 p.m. Police recovOld County Hwy. PB at Wha- ered three suspected stolen
len Road was struck by a car football helmets while investraveling southbound, whose tigating several theft reports,
driver, a 26-year-old Madi- which occurred Oct. 9 during
son woman, left the scene a VAHS JV football game.
because she said it was her
first accident and she didnt Oct. 12
know whether she should
stay. Neither party was cited Benton man was advised to
at the scene.
take a break from driving until
3:01 p.m. A 56-year-old he felt more awake. He had
Verona woman called to reportedly been crossing the
center line and said he had

been traveling since 6 a.m.
and was tired.
12:07 p.m. Two cars collided while leaving the parking lots of Milios and the
Draft House. Both drivers
said their views were blocked
by a tree and other parked
cars.
Oct. 13
Fitchburg juvenile was caught
stealing from a book fair at
Lone Pine Elementary School
and referred to Dane County
Juvenile court.
Verona man locked his keys
in his car, which had live fish
inside. An officer responded
and unlocked the vehicle
using door tools.
2:51 p.m. Two juvenile
drivers were cited for their
involvement in a hit and
run crash in which a truck
struck a tree and fled. One is
a 16-year-old from Verona,
the other a 17-year-old from
Belleville.
Oct. 14
5:41 a.m. A vehicle was
on fire and a person pinned
down after a two-vehicle
crash. Verona officers monitored the patients and interviewed witnesses.
8:37 p.m. Officers stopped
a 23-year-old Verona man
for speeding and when they
searched his car, found marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
He was cited at the scene.
Oct. 15
2:58 p.m. An iPhone 5s
that had been reported stolen was found in a bathroom
at VAHS and returned to its
owner.
5:23 p.m. A 24-year-old
Cross Plains man was cited
for inattentive driving following a two-vehicle crash
in which neither driver was
injured, though both vehicles
sustained minor damage.
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One of 11 kids raised on a
dairy farm near Blanchardville, Ernest Rudolph Johnson tried farm work in his
late teens and early 20s. But
severe hay fever and dim
prospects at the start of the
Great Depression pushed
him to enroll in barber school
in Milwaukee at age 21.
He opened his first shop in
Plain in 1933 and, a year later, married Margaret Gruber.
The couple moved in 1935 to
Verona, where Ernie opened
Johnsons Barber Shop on
the corner of Main Street and
Verona Avenue, near where
Walgreens stands today. In
1941, he opened a new shop
at 105 E. Verona Ave. with
an attached apartment where
his family lived for 12 years.
Ernie sold the shop to Mickey in 1965 but kept cutting hair
until he was 99. Combined, the
father-son team managed the
shop until March 2009, when
Mickey sold it to Julie Isola,
who kept the shops name and
runs it today.
During his long career,
Johnson also served as
Veronas village president
from 1951 to 1954, ran a
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side hobby and was a volunteer and regular parishioner at St. Andrew Catholic
Church. For decades, he
also traveled to Madisonarea nursing homes or to the
homes of widowers to offer
free or reduced-price trims.
Starting around age 70,
Ernie also spent more than
three decades as a regular
volunteer at Four Winds
Manor, just blocks from his
home on South Jefferson
Street, where hed sweep
floors or bus tables after dinners, even as a centenarian.
Hed like to go down
there and help those old
people, you know, Mickey
Johnson said with a laugh.
Ernie Johnson told the
Press in 2009 that he and
Margaret who passed away
in 2002 at age 95 traveled
into their dotage, making it
to every state except Hawaii,
Alaska and Virginia.
We didnt die at 65, he
told the Press. We went to
dances into our 80s... we had
fun!
In that interview, Ernie
listed his secrets to longevity.
He exercised daily either
on a rowing machine or with
frequent walks ate healthy
foods and took a daily shot

of brandy. But he mostly
credited good luck and his
interactions with neighbors
and friends for keeping him
healthy, happy and fit.
Ive always loved people, he said. Ive had so
many good friends.
Mickey Johnson said his
dad was still going strong
and living on his own until
about three months ago,
when he was injured in a fall.
His quality of life was
tremendous until about three
months ago, Mickey said.
And his mind was still
sharp, he was still an avid
sports fan.
Johnsons death came just
hours before the wife of his
other son, Ronald Johnson,
died of a brain tumor while
in hospice care in Fitchburg.
The death of his father and
Rosemary Johnson, age 71,
has made it a hard week for
the family, Mickey Johnson
said.
But he said the family knows his dad was happy
until the end.
He did realize how lucky
he was to have a life thats
full and really healthy, he
said. He touched a lot of
peoples hearts.
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People are volunteering and

donating. Theres just a little bit
more energy everywhere.
As we exhale and start walking into the light of what I hope
is a new, post-recession era, its
important to remember those who
are less fortunate; who might not
be benefiting from outside economic forces or just happened to
have a lousy year.
Anyone who has made volunteerism or charity a regular part of
their lives knows sharing is better than hoarding. If youve got a
little extra time or food or a few
extra bucks, its rewarding to help
those who dont.
Something that can be just as
rewarding, however, is taking that
same attitude when interacting
politically with others.
The communities we cover here
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bitter battles the past few years
some specific and localized,
some with wider-ranging political
undertones.
In Verona, city government
went through a major shift in
political leaning, leading to verbal
sniping and nastiness that spilled
over into other parts of the community. It made things quite tense
when the city dealt with a lawsuit
over a fire department union.
In Oregon, a battle continued to
brew over whether teachers should
be treated with more respect, and
voters ousted three school board
incumbents and overwhelmingly
approved $55 million in referendums.
In Stoughton, while celebrating
it own successful school referendum, its been Wal-Mart and
Kettle Park West all year long
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are people who always complain.
After a while, people who tend to
disagree on certain recurring topics start to tune one another out
and forget that we all have reasons
for our perspectives.
One thing we journalists have to
learn early on, particularly those
who cover a variety of beats in
small communities, is that people
on every side of a divisive issue
all have good points. We might
agree with points of one side or
another, but we learn to respect
each for the perspective they
bring.
So while youre angrily firing
off letters to the editor, making
cranky Facebook posts or yelling
at your televisions or newspapers,
remember that some of those people youre upset with are still your
neighbors. Good or bad, agree or
disagree we have to live with
each other because we chose the
same community to live in, and
well all be better off if we manage to live together in harmony.
Harmony, after all, is an interesting concept two opposite
sounds merging for something
better than either one. Its yin and
yang.
Think about it: Our divergent
opinions are not just natural,
theyre necessary.
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happy holidays, however you
celebrate them, and that we can
all muster the strength this year
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television knows one of
its sacred traditions is the
holiday show sometimes its
Halloween, facing fears or getting pranked and taking it with
humor, or a Christmas show about
togetherness or being charitable
(or taking a mid-season break).
Ive often written a New Years
column looking
back on the year
or looking ahead
or touching on
holiday themes,
often with a
political or current events spin.
Its become a
bit of a love-fest
Ferolie
lately, trying to
remind people
we all share
wonderful communities and can
work together to make them better
even if we dont always agree
how.
I hate to admit it, but Im not
ready to change that tradition yet.
As 2015 comes around, I sense
true optimism in our communities.
No. 1 on everyones mind is the
economy is back finally! and
as a double bonus, gas prices are
way, way down ... even if we all
know it might only be temporary.
The midterm elections are over,
thankfully, meaning even if your
candidate lost, at least there wont
be any more nasty political ads for
a while. And heck, we also know
the winter cant possibly be as bad
as last years.
Sure, there are always things to
be down about and there are plenty of ills in the world (hello, Ferguson), but compared to the past
few years, theres an obvious general feeling that things are moving
in a positive, right direction.
Local budgets are adding people. Businesses are advertising.
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The Verona Press
Rendering courtesy Cuningham Groupte
The Authors Campus will honor classic literature, including Alice in Wonderland, the building pictured above.
Authors: Construction on new campus could start as early as this spring

construction will continue
on top of the garage after it
is complete.
A letter included with
the submission indicates
the primary activity in
the 540,000-square-foot
complex will be software
development, though lead
architect Dan Grothe of
Cuningham Group said
that is a more general statement about the companys
business than anything to
indicate what teams will be
located there.
Visually, the buildings
were designed with two
main goals: reminding people of well-known fiction
authors and hiding behind
the huge earthen berm.
They really worked
hard at pushing the whole
campus into the ground,
site planner Nathan Lockwood of DOnofrio Kottke
explained to the Verona
Press last week.
Grothe told the Press the
five buildings each have a
completely different theme
or author they are trying to
relate to.
The inspiration for this
is well-known books, he
said.
Building 1, built in a
Tudor/Elizabethan style
recalling old English villages, has hints of Alice
in Wonderland. Building 5 has some similar
blasting and continue monitoring during blasting, he

said.
And there will be the
berm separating the other
construction activity from
the neighborhood. But
Epics turn to the east was
a big point of contention
over the past couple of
years and has come with
many neighborhood meetings to discuss the impact
it will have. The berm and
the unusually long distance
from the road to the buildings are a result of those
discussions.
Several features
have been incorporated
Renderings courtesy Findorff (above) and Cuningham Group (below)
to reduce the impact to
Above, a view of the rooftops of Campus 5 from the nearby neighborhood. Below, a rendering of the Campus 5 layout near Northern
adjoining properties, a
Lights Road.
letter included with the
submission states.
architecture but is designed explained that because
Those include not just
to be reminiscent of Broth- M o n d a y s p r e s e n t a t i o n
the berm and the underwill be an initial review,
ers Grimm books.
ground parking but how far
On the other end of the theres still plenty of room
buildings are set back and
spectrum are the futuris- for changes before the prethe horizontal design of
tic Jules Verne and Wiz- sumed February approval.
the buildings (as opposed
Construction on Campus
ard of Oz buildings, and
to Campus 4s 100-footin the middle of them all 5 would then likely start in
tall design elements).
will be one that looks like the spring sometime, and it
The owners desire to
a large 20th century fac- will come with some blastbuild environmentally
tory complete with 54-foot ing to make a hole for the
sound structures with qualit a l l f a u x s m o k e s t a c k s , garage and foundations,
ty materials while providing
designed to conjure images just as the other campuses
comfortable, user-friendly
of Charlie and the Choco- have. This time, however,
work environments, the
it will be a bit closer to
late Factory.
submission states.
The Verne and Wizard existing houses than all the
The campus will also
buildings werent included others but the Farm Caminclude a smaller mechaniwith the companys origi- pus.
cal building, which LockL o c k w o o d s a i d E p i c neighbors in the Westridge to the other processes, wood said is similar to one
nal submission because
where we do a survey of bridging a pair of buildings
t h e y w e r e s t i l l b e i n g will keep a close eye on it Estates subdivisions.
Itll be very similar the homes before we do in the Farm Campus.
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Coming up
Churches
Healthy back classes
where adults with chronic conditions

learn to better manage their lives.
Do you want to have a healthier
If you want to enroll, the only cost
diet in the new year?
is $20 to purchase the textbook. Call
Registered dietician Kara Hoerr Jennifer at the senior center at 845from Hy-Vee will give a guided 7471.
tour at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 7,
through the store with a focus on Penny war for food pantry
teaching you how to read labels and
Park Bank is challenging its fellow
choose healthy food options.
Chamber members to a Penny War
A carpool from the senior center to benefit the Verona Area Needs
will leave at 9:45 a.m.
Network food pantry.
If you would like to attend, RSVP
Now through Jan. 15, participants
to Jennifer at 845-7471 by Monday, are encouraged to collect pennies and
Jan. 5
drop them off to be tallied at Park
Living with chronic conditions Bank, 104 S. Main St. To sweeten
the pot, the three businesses bringing
Have you felt at the mercy of a in the most pennies by the end of the
health condition and want to be more penny war will receive prizes.
in control of how you feel? Consider
Silver coins will deduct that amount
enrolling in a Living Well workshop from the penny total of the competitor
series.
of your choice.
At 10 a.m., Friday, Jan. 9, Lynne
Any business willing to join sponRobertson, Outreach Specialist for sors Park Bank and Wisconsin BrewSafe Communities, will talk about ing Co. by donating a prize for the
living well with chronic conditions in winners is encouraged to contact TheDane County.
resa Wilson at 845-0203.
This free series at the senior center
is a six-week evidence-based program
Hy-Vee nutrition tour
Starting Wednesday, Jan. 7, Unwin

Chiropractic & Wellness Center will
be offering healthy back classes at the
Verona Fitness Studio, 102 N. Franklin St.
The classes are free and open to the
public and will meet every Wednesday from 12-12:30 p.m. for the month
of January. Each class will focus on
building functional core strength and
flexibility.
To register, call 848-1800.
Lunch at the library: iPads

Did you receive an iPad for the
holidays, or have you had one for
some time and would like a refresher
on its use? This session of lunch at
the library will be held at 11:30 a.m.,
Monday, Jan. 5.
Maggie Heckelsmiller will teach
the group general iPad functions and
how to download various apps.
RSVP to Jennifer at 845-7471 by
Friday, Jan. 2, if you would like to
have a meal at the library. You may
also bring a sack lunch.
Thursday, January 1
Wednesday, January 7
10 a.m., Hy-Vee nutrition tour

(carpool from senior center 9:45
a.m.), 845-7471
7:30 p.m., Town Open Space and
Parks Commission meeting, Town
Hall
Friday, January 2
2 p.m., Movie: Dolphin Tale,

senior center
Monday, January 5
11:30 a.m., Senior center lunch

at the library: iPads (RSVP by Jan.
2), library, 845-7471
12:30-2 p.m., Bingo, senior center
Tuesday, January 6
9:30-11 a.m., Hometown Helpers

group, senior center
10:30-11:45 a.m., Caregivers
Support Group, senior center
1 and 6 p.m., Stampers Group,
senior center
Thursday, January 8
10:30 to noon, Diabetes

Discussion Group, senior center
3-4:30 p.m., Veterans Group,
senior center, 845-7471
Friday, January 9
9-10:30 a.m., Chat and Chew:

Meet VAAA Board, senior center
10-11 a.m., Living well with
chronic conditions ($20 for textbook), senior center, 845-7471
10-11:30 a.m., Young and the
Restless indoor playtime (ages

0-5), library
2 p.m., Movie: Dolphin Tale 2,
senior center
Saturday, January 10
Monday, January 12
12:30-1:30 p.m., Karaoke, senior

center
6:30 p.m., Special Town Plan
Commission meeting, Town Hall
6:30 p.m., Fancy Nancy Tea
Party with crafts, library
Tuesday, January 13
11 a.m., Marys Unique Boutique

display and scarf tying, senior center
6:30 p.m., Regular Town Board
meeting, Town Hall
Sunday, Jan. 4
7 a.m. Hindu Cultural Hour
9 a.m. Resurrection
Church
10 a.m. Salem Church
Service
Noon Common Council
(from Dec. 15)
3 p.m. Amanda Zieba at
Senior Center
4:30 p.m. Verona
Characters at Historical Society
6 p.m. Common Council
(from Dec. 15)
Senior Center
10 p.m. Verona Characters
at Historical Society
11 p.m. Pickers Holiday
Music at Senior Center
Senior Center
1 a.m. Capital City Band
7 a.m. St. James
Preschoolers & I Hear Singing
at Senior Center
1:30 p.m. Chatting with
the Chamber
Senior Center
4 p.m. A Taste of Theater
5 p.m. 2012 Wildcats
Football
6:30 p.m. Plan Commission
Live
9 p.m. Hindu Cultural Hour
10 p.m. Retro Swing at
Senior Center
Tuesday, Jan. 6
7 a.m. Retro Swing at
Senior Center
9 a.m. Daily Exercise
10 a.m. Pickers Holiday
3 p.m. Daily Exercise
4 p.m. St. James
at Senior Center
6 p.m. Resurrection
Church
8 p.m. Words of Peace
9 p.m. Chatting with the
Chamber
Wednesday, Jan. 7
Monday, Jan. 5
12 a.m. Singing Santas at
Saturday, Jan. 3
12 a.m. Singing Santas at Senior Center
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5705 Lacy Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 273-1008
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Pastor Phil Haslanger
Sunday: 8:15 & 10 a.m.
Sunday school 10:15 a.m.
GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN
CHURCH ELCA
(608) 271-6633
Central: Raymond Road & Whitney
Way, Madison
Sunday: 8:15, 9:30 & 10:45 a.m.
West: Corner of Hwy. PD & Nine
Mound Road, Verona
Sunday: 9 & 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.
REDEEMER BIBLE FELLOWSHIP

130 N. Franklin St., Verona
(608)848-1836
redeemerbiblefellowship.org
Pastor Dwight R. Wise
Sunday: 10 a.m. family worship
7 a.m. St. James

at Senior Center
the Chamber
Senior Center
5 p.m. Plan Commission
(from Jan. 5)
7 p.m. Capital City Band
Senior Center
Senior Center
Thursday, Jan. 8
Senior Center
Senior Center
4 p.m. St. James
at Senior Center
6 p.m. Salem Church
Service
Chamber
RESURRECTION LUTHERAN
CHURCH-WELS
6705 Wesner Rd., Verona
(608) 848-4965
rlcverona.org
Pastor Nathan Strutz and Assistant
Pastor Steven Pelischek
Thursday: 6:30 p.m.
Sunday: 9 a.m.
ST. CHRISTOPHER CATHOLIC
PARISH
St. Andrew Church
301 N. Main St., Verona
St. William Church
1371 Hwy. PB, Paoli

(608) 845-6613
stchristopherverona.com
Fr. William Vernon, pastor
Saturday: 5 p.m., St. Andrew, Verona
Sunday: 7:30 a.m., St. William, Paoli
Sunday: 9 & 11 a.m., St. Andrew,
Verona
Daily Mass, Tuesday-Saturday: 8
a.m., St. Andrew, Verona
ST. JAMES EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH
427 S. Main St., Verona
(608) 845-6922
stjamesverona.org
Pastors Kurt M. Billings and Peter
Narum
Office Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday; 8 a.m.noon Wednesday
Saturday: 5 p.m.
Sunday: 8:30 & 10:45 a.m.
SALEM UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST
502 Mark Dr., Verona
(608) 845-7315
salemchurchverona.org
Rev. Dr. Mark E. Yurs, Pastor
Laura Kolden, Associate in Ministry
Sunday: 10:15 a.m.
Sunday school: 9 a.m.
Staffed Nursery: 8:45-11:15 a.m.
Fellowship Hour: 11:30 a.m.
SPRINGDALE LUTHERAN
CHURCH-ELCA
2752 Town Hall Rd. (off Hwy ID),
Mount Horeb
(608) 437-3493
springdalelutheran.org
Pastor Jeff Jacobs
Sunday: 8:45 a.m. with communion
SUGAR RIVER
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
415 W. Verona Ave., Verona
(608) 845-5855
sugar.river@sugarriverumc.org,
sugarriverumc.org
Pastor Gary Holmes
9 & 10:30 a.m. contemporary worship.
Sunday School available during worship. Refreshments and fellowship
are between services.
WEST MADISON BIBLE CHURCH
2920 Hwy. M, Verona
Sunday Praise and Worship: 9:15 a.m.
Nursery provided in morning.
Sunday school (all ages): 10:45 a.m.
Small group Bible study: 6 p.m.
ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST
Hwy. 92 & G, Mount Vernon
(608) 832-6677
Pastor Brad Brookins
Sunday: 10:15 a.m.
ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST
Hwy. 69 & PB, Paoli
(608)845-5641
Rev. Sara Thiessen
Sunday: 9:30 a.m. family worship
Conquering Evil With Good

Wise men and women of various faiths have told us that
we should never return evil for evil, but should conquer
evil with acts of kindness and goodness. The Dhammapada
puts it this way: Hatreds never cease through hatred in
this world; through love alone they cease. This is an eternal law. Saint Paul advises us in the twelfth chapter of
Romans to Never repay injury with injury and then quotes
the Proverb If your enemy is hungry, give him food to
eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. In doing this,
you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will
reward you. (Proverbs 25:21-22) Saint Paul concludes his
kindly advice by saying Do not be overcome by evil, but
overcome evil with good. (Romans 12:21) The curious
part of the quoted proverb is the notion that in being kind
to someone who has harmed you, you will be heaping
burning coals on his head, which sounds plainly vindictive.
Without knowing what the exact meaning and implication of
this phrase is, and scholars have suggested everything from
inciting anger in your enemy to giving them coals to carry
home for their own hearth, perhaps the best interpretation
is that in doing so you will be remonstrating against your
enemies evil and causing them to have remorse. They will
indeed carry these hot coals home with them, but these
coals will be their own conscience, reminding them they will
always be burned by vengeance.
Christopher Simon
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone
among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I
am the LORD.
Leviticus 19:18
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7 a.m. St. James
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the Chamber
Senior Center
Football
8:30 p.m. Amanda Zieba at
Senior Center
Senior Center
Senior Center
8 a.m. Common Council
(from Dec. 15)
11 a.m. Amanda Zieba at
Senior Center
Football
4:30 p.m. Verona
Characters at Historical Society
6 p.m. Common Council
(from Dec. 15)
Senior Center
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535 Half Mile Rd. #7, Verona
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Sunday: 9 a.m.
MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH

201 S. Main St., Verona
(608) 845-7125
MBCverona.org
Lead Pastor Jeremy Scott
Sunday: 10:15 a.m.
10:30 a.m., Chinese/English storytime, library
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Thursday, Jan. 1
Senior Center
Senior Center
4 p.m. St. James
at Senior Center
6 p.m. Salem Church
Service
7 p.m. Words of Peace
Chamber
THE CHURCH IN FITCHBURG

2833 Raritan Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 271-2811
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Sunday: 8 & 10:45 a.m.
DAMASCUS ROAD CHURCH WEST

The Verona Senior Center
108 Paoli St., Verona
(608) 819-6451
info@damascusroadchurch.com,
damascusroadonline.org
Pastor Tim Dunn
Sunday: 9:30 a.m.
Community calendar
All city facilities closed
Library closed for holiday
ALL SAINTS LUTHERAN

CHURCH
2951 Chapel Valley Rd., Fitchburg
(608) 276-7729
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Pastor Rich Johnson
Sunday: 8:30 & 10:45 a.m.
430 E. Verona Ave.

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Girls basketball
Finding a away
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Thursday, January 1, 2015
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Girls hockey
Metro Lynx come

up empty at Cup
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
Sports editor
Senior Kateri Trilling was

red hot from behind the arc
Tuesday, Dec. 23, scoring 15
of her game-high 19 points
from three-point territory a
career-high.
Trilling, who posted 13
points in the first quarter,
helped the Wildcats (6-2 overall) hold off the host Madison
Edgewood Crusaders 55-53.
It wasnt pretty, but we
found a way to find against
a very good team, Verona
head coach Angie Murphy
said.
Murphy credited a late
three-pointer from Alex
Leuhring a few big defensive
stops late with helping preserve the win.
Despite leading 36-25 at the
half, Verona saw the Crusaders claw back into the game
with 15 points in the third
quarter.
Edgewood went on to outscore the Wildcats 28-19 in
the second half. Verona got
the timely stop when it had to
down the stretch.
After a missed free throw
by Verona, Madison Edgewood has a chance to tie or
win on a last-second shot only
to be denied.
Senior Emma Meriggioli
and sophomore Estella Mochkau each had 14 points to lead
Edgewood (3-4).
Verona faced another Badger South opponent after the
Press New Years Eve deadline. See next weeks paper
for results.
The Wildcats return to Big
Eight Conference action 7:30
Photo by Todd K. Olsen
Friday at home against Madi- Verona junior Kira Opsal battles Edgewood defender Estella Moschkau (12) while Kendall Tribus (30)
son La Follette (2-4).
looks on. The Wildcats won the non-conference game 55-53.
Middleton girls hockey coop hosted its annual Culvers

Cup tournament over the holiday break, going 1-1-1.
Stuggling to generate
much in the way of goal scoring, the Metro Lynx fell to
2-5-3 on the seasons.
Juniors Lizzy Conybear
and Samantha Dingle each
answered Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids goals Saturday
inside Madison Ice Arena en
route to the teams 2-2 tie.
The Middleton co-op
found itself down a goal just
less than eight minutes into
the first period before Conybear answered eight minutes
later.
Dingle helped the Metro
Lynx draw even once again
midway through the second
period.
Both teams saw their
offensive production all but
disappear in the third period.
Sophomore Erin Webb
finished the game with 25
saves for the Metro Lynx,
while Emily Bubla turned
in 32 saves for the Red Panthers.
Sunday the Metro Lynx
offense finally got rolling in
an 11-2 victory over Brookfield.
Despite what head coach
Photo by Evan Halpop
Metro Lynx senior forward,

Amanda Holman, (20) attempts
to put the puck past Point
Rapids Red Panthers senior
goaltender, Emily Bubla on
Saturday at Madison Ice Arena.
Derek Ward called some of

his teams best hockey, the
Lynx allowed five-unanswered goals to close out the
tournament, losing 5-1 Monday against Superior.
Brenna Gladdings first
period goal helped the Lynx
lead entering the first break.
The score is not a true
depiction of how the game
went, Ward said. We
played well for most of the
game but three games in
three days caught up with us
in the end.
Boys basketball
Sports short
season, including a conference-leading
73-yard kick against UW-River Falls and
D3football.com named UW-Oshkosh a 71-yard boot against UW-Whitewater.
senior punter Nate Ray to its first team Ray landed 19 of his punts inside the
2014 NCAA Division III All-America 20-yard line.
Football Team.
Ray, a two-time All-West Region First Boyke named All IACC
Team selection, led the NCAA Division
Austin Boyke, a 2012 Verona Area
III in punting this season with an aver- High School graduate and former socage of 43.9 yards per kick. The 2014 cer goalkeeper, earned second team All
WIAC Special Teams Player of the Year Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
launched 16 punts of 50-plus yards this He helped Wartburg College (Waverly,
Ray named DII All-American
Iowa) earn a trip to the NCAA Sweet 16.

Boyke had seven shutouts and only
two losses in his 15 starts with a .761
save percentage and a 1.14 goals against
average.
He helped his team earn a bid
to the NCAA tournament in a PK
shoot out for the conference championship, and again in the first
round of the NCAA tournament.
Wartburgs season ended with a loss in
the Sweet 16 round of play.
Submitted photo
Cats
run
wild in
victory
The 2014
Verona Wildcat
girls basketball
club won its
eighth grade
entry division of
the postseason tournament Dec. 14, in Stoughton with wins over Sauk
Prairie, Lodi and Stoughton.
Team members front (From left) are: Julia Hernandez, Ally Kundinger
and Molly McChesne; (middle) Breyona Penn, Nikki Phelps, Nicki
Quakenbush, Maya Castronovo and Kadia Fau; (back) Jordy Rothwell,
coach Abbey Penn, Joie Horsfall and coach Mike Kundinger.
Submitted photo by Kristin Kellerman
Senior Jake Toman had a game-high 16 points Monday, Dec. 22,

against Burlington. Verona won the non-conference game 48-35.
Verona hands Demons first loss

JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
Submitted photo
Bowling the competition

Madeline Walker finished fourth and Daniel Severson
finished third at the 2014 State Special Olympic Bowling
tournament held in Wauwatosa on Dec. 6. Coaches were
Lori Yaun and Cheryl Hamilton.
Verona boys basketball

jumped out to 22-9 lead
through the first two quarters
Monday, Dec. 22, and never
looked back in a 48-35 win
over non-conference Burlington.
The Wildcats (3-4 overall) were led by senior Jake
Tomans 16 points in the
win.
The host Demons (6-1)

chipped into Veronas lead,
outscoring the visitors 15-13
in the third quarter.
It wasnt enough, however,
as both teams finished with
26 points apiece in the second half.
Veronas Will Kellerman
dropped in nine points as did
Burlingtons Eric Johnson.
The Cats host Madison
East at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
January 1, 2015
The Verona Press
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2015: Three VASD land purchase agreements will require voter approval
two paid-on-call volunteers

to have four people ready to
get a fire truck out the door
for fire calls, Giver said.
Fitch-Rona EMS will also
be staffed at the new station
and will be able to respond
to EMS calls as soon as they
come in, as well.
Mark Ignatowski
3. New fire station,

on the April ballot for voter revamped department
approval.
The district and school
board set up the referendum
throughout 2014, with three
land purchase agreements
tentative on voter approval.
One piece of land, the Herfel property in the Town of
Verona, would likely be used
to stem fast growth at the elementary level, especially in
the Glacier Edge attendance
area. That includes the Cathedral Point, Hometown Grove
and Scenic Ridge housing
developments, which include
most of the undeveloped single-family lots in the city.
The other two pieces of
land, located adjacent to each
other on the west side of the
city, would add more than 100
acres to the districts property.
It could be used as a new
high school campus, or for
multiple schools.
Which of those developments would come first
will be the major topic for
a committee established
in 2014 as it continues its
meetings in 2015, as well.
The Town of Verona still
has to approve a rezone of
the Herfel property before
the school board can approve
wording for the referendum.
All that needs to happen in
January to set up the April 7
choice for Verona and Fitchburg voters who live in the
VASD attendance area.
Whatever voters decide,
2015 is likely to have a major
effect on the districts future.
-Scott Girard
The culmination of several years worth of planning,

and now several months of
construction is bringing the
city a new fire and EMS
station this summer and
along with it, a dramatically
revamped department.
The new 42,000 squarefoot building will have room
for fire and EMS trucks,
sleeping and living quarters
and public space for training
and meetings. Its location
will serve as a gateway to
the citys downtown core.
Roughly 30 subcontractors have been working on
the building that is slated to
be completed by July. An
open house is planned once
the department is settled
into its new home on the
corner of East Verona Avenue and Lincoln Streets.
Once completed, the new
digs will allow the city-run
fire department to make
some changes to how the station is staffed.
Verona Fire Department
chief Joe Giver said the
changes are in line with
what the city had hoped to
do last year when it began
a hiring process for the new
city-run department. That
process was put on hold due
to a lawsuit by the union
representing the full-time
firefighters. But now the
staffing reorganization is
back on track.
Once the station opens in
July, the department could
have the three lieutenants
4. Epic traffic
improvements
Rendering courtesy JSD Professional Services, Inc.
A map shows the land on the west end of Verona near West Verona Avenue and the Hwy. 18-151 interchange. It would create a campus of more than 100 acres for the district to potentially use for a new
high school.
on 24-hour shifts. Additional paid-on-premises driver/

operator hours in the budget
mean that someone would
be able to drive a truck
most nights at the station.
That should help reduce the
time it takes to get a truck
out the door.

The city also plans to
start a firefighter intern program that would give them
extra staff once the interns
complete the required training. Depending on how the
interns shifts are scheduled,
the department will likely

have two or three people in
the station 24 hours per day
starting in the second half
of 2015. Crews would be
able to respond to non-fire
calls right away and would
only have to wait for one or
Just as weve all had to

slog through the Verona
Road-Beltline construction
for the past year knowing
that frustrating problems
are being solved, so too will
thousands of people who
normally travel along North
Nine Mound Road each day.
Most of that, of course,
is Epic employees coming from and returning to
Madison, and thats why
the project which wont
finish until 2016 and will
be immediately followed by
an upgrade to the County M
and PD intersection will
be more than just widening
a couple of lanes.
The first phase of Nine
Mound Road starts out that
way, simple and easy, one
lane here and another lane
there, but it will eventually move the Cross Country
intersection and then move
to the second phase, where
it will shift the intersection
with PD to the north and
construct a dedicated leftturn tunnel, all intended for
the morning traffic to Epic.
Construction of the first
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2015: VANN expected to move into and renovate old county hospital building
phase is expected to start and
finish in 2015, and the PD
intersection will likely start
late in the year or early 2016
and finish in 2016. The M/PD
intersection will likely start in
2016 and finish in 2017.
Jim Ferolie
5. More than a food

pantry
The Verona Area Needs
Network is expected to
have a very busy 2015 if
the Dane County Board
approves a 15-year lease at
the old county hospital.
If so, VANN would be
able to begin renovating the
former administration building at Badger Prairie Health

Care Center on East Verona
Avenue starting March 1.
VANN would only pay $20
per year for rent, with the
option of extending the lease
another 10 years.
The nonprofit would
not only move the Verona
Food Pantry there, but also
expand its programming to
possibly include job training, nutritional education,
health and legal clinics and
community gardening.
If the board approves
the lease and the weather
cooperates for construction
efforts this spring, VANN
board president Bob Kasieta
told the Press hes optimistic

the food pantry will be set
up at the facility by July.
VANN has been in the
midst of its Move the Food
capital fundraising campaign,
and has reached 68 percent of
its $420,000 goal.
While the majority of the
funds for the renovation have
come from local businesses
and individuals, VANN has
received a substantial economic development block
grant from the county and
money from the City of Verona as well.
The size of the new facility
is approximately 7,000 square
feet, which is more than
double what the food pantry
has been operating out of in

the cramped, dark basement
of the citys former public
library on Franklin Street. As
the need has grown, VANN
has outgrown its space.
The new, single-story
building would allow for
more natural light, be more
accessible and create a more
dignified experience for
those in the community who
require assistance. It will also
provide a larger space for the
food pantry and storage for
buying food in bulk.
File photo by Jim Ferolie
VANN is working to
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Nine
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Turn to 2015/Page 10 intersection at PD will be moved in 2016 and likely will have a tunnel for left-turn movements in the mornings.
Other stories to watch

Downtown plan in action
The first step for the citys downtown plan that most
people will see is an improved streetscape. But it wont
just be making it pretty.
The city has had infrastructure problems for years,
particularly in the winter, as it has nowhere to put snow
and has had to use unsightly extension cords to plug in
its holiday lights.
The city has budgeted up to $1.5 million for improvements, including updating the look of terraces, lighting,
plantings and benches, reworking some infrastructure,
fixing sidewalks and installing new signs directing
people to things like the library, fire station, ice arena
and city hall.
Part of that expense which will likely be between
a half-million and $1 million, likely will be for a new
parking area behind Avanti and the Sows Ear (north
of Park Lane between Main and Franklin Streets). The
city purchased the 102 Park Lane building last year
and was negotiating for an adjacent home on Franklin
Street in December.
There has been discussion in the past about putting a
regional stormwater pond under that lot to help with space
problems downtown, though thats far from certain.
-Jim Ferolie
Epic Campus 4 and 5

Veronans all know that construction at Epic is a constant, and that will continue this year as the company finishes its fourth set of office buildings and begins a fifth.
All told, those will give the Verona campus enough
space for 8,000 offices and since the company was
expected to hit 8,000 employees this year, its likely
that more are on the way. Nobody outside of Epics
planners really knows where Campus 6 will be, but it
would almost certainly have to be on the north side of
the campus and likely somewhere west of the current
facilities. Its anybodys guess when those plans will
be announced, as it will likely take until around the
time of the Users Group Meeting in September before
Campuses 4 and 5 are opened.
But curious onlookers should get a treat this year as
Campus 4 designed in the style of Hogwarts (from
the Harry Potter book and movie series) towers above
the others. So far, the Library and Observatory buildings appear ready to be completed by late spring or
early summer.
Westridge Estates neighbors will need to be ready
for some of the work to move east as Campus 5 construction begins.
Jim Ferolie
Town leadership changes

Town of Verona board meetings will look quite unfamiliar after the April 7 election with two new supervisors and a new town chair.
Longtime chair Dave Combs and supervisors Gregg
Miller and Robert Rego, with 30 years of town government experience among them, all announced plans to
not run for re-election next year.
The changes are already beginning, in fact, as Miller
moved to the City of Verona in December and can no
longer serve in town government.
Whomever voters choose to replace them will likely oversee the construction of a new Town Hall, the
continued recodification of the towns ordinances and
discussions on relations with the neighboring cities of
Madison, Verona and Fitchburg.
Scott Girard
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ERNEST RUDOLPH JOHNSON
2015: VASD mission

statement turns 2 in April
one-stop shop and hub
for services to address the
issue of generational poverty.
The nonprofit hopes to
incorporate services such as
legal assistance with landlord/tenant disputes and
workplace discrimination,
immunization clinics and onsite access to a Dane County
Joining Forces for Families
social worker. VANN would
also like to utilize Badger
Prairie Community Garden,
which is located just down
the road from the facility.
To raise the remaining
one-third of its goal to help
make these services a reality, VANN will be searching
for more grants, knocking on
doors and holding more fundraisers in the coming months.
Samantha Christian
6. VASD gets
personal
April 2015 will mark
two years since the Verona
Area School District school
board passed its beliefs
and outcomes statement
outlining the move to personalized learning.
That included a plan to
have a personalized learning plan for every student by
the 2016-17 school year. To
reach that goal, there will be a
lot of work involved in 2015.
While the district was
recently recognized in
a national personalized
learning lesson book for
its efforts, it also has
acknowledged there are
still many staff members
that need training and that
it must continue work
toward equalizing technology between schools.

The Verona Press will
take a look at what is being
done at every level to move
toward personalized learning
in a series throughout the first
six months of 2015, from the
elementaries to staff training.
Scott Girard
7. Dramatic changes
for VACT
The Verona Area Community Theater (VACT) is
growing, and about halfway to its fundraising goal
to move into a new building in 2015.
Last summer, the city
approved allowing VACT to
build a new, 13,850-squarefoot building behind the
new fire station, along with
a $360,000 purchase of
the theater groups current
building on Bruce Street for
use by the recreation department. That move cleared the
way for the groups Follow the Dream fundraising
efforts to bring in $2 million for a small theater and
rehearsal space.
VACT board member
Dee Baldock said Friday
that nearly $1 million has
been raised so far.
VACT has outgrown its
current 5,000-square-foot
building, she said, particularly the popular childrens
theater programming.
More than 200 children,
largely from Verona, were
cast in a recent production.
Childrens theater has
grown exponentially, and
it continues to grow, and
we just dont fit in our own
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Legals
STATE OF WISCONSIN,
CIRCUIT COURT,
DANE COUNTY, NOTICE TO
CREDITORS (INFORMAL
ADMINISTRATION) IN THE
MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
ELAINE K. GEIGER
Case No. 14PR847

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:
1. An application for Informal Administration was filed.
2. The decedent, with date of birth
October 12, 1926 and date of death November 19, 2014, was domiciled in Dane
County, State of Wisconsin, with a mailing address of 420 Edward Street, Verona, WI 53593.
3. All interested persons waived
notice.
4. The deadline for filing a claim
against the decedents estate is March
13, 2015.
5. A claim may be filed at the Dane
County Courthouse, Madison, Wisconsin, Room 1000
Lisa Chandler
Probate Registrar
December 5, 2014
Atty. Marilyn A. Dreger
200 W. Verona Avenue
Verona, WI 53593
608-845-9899
Bar Number: 1001608
Published: December 18, 25, 2014 and
January 1, 2015
WNAXLP
***
NOTICE
The City of Verona Plan Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday February 2, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. at City
Hall, 111 Lincoln Street, for the following
planning matter:
1) Review and Adoption of the City
of Verona North Neighborhood Plan
as an amendment to the City of Verona
Comprehensive Plan. The proposed
North Neighborhood Plan will modify
Chapter 8, Land Use, of the Citys Comprehensive Plan by providing details for
planned future land uses, utilities, parks,
street networks, and other details for
lands generally bounded by CTH PD to
the north, the Ice Age Trail to the east,
Country View Road to the west, and the
City of Verona boundary to the south.
Interested persons may comment
on these planning matters during the
public hearing at the February 2nd Plan
Commission meeting. The Plan Commission will make recommendations
on these matters, which will then be
reviewed by the Common Council for a
final decision on Monday, February 9th.
Contact Adam Sayre, Director of
Planning and Development, at 848-9941
for more information on this item or to
receive a copy of the Plan. Copies of
the North Neighborhood Plan can also
be found on the Citys website at: www.
ci.verona.wi.us/North-NeighborhoodPlan.
Kami Scofield,
City Clerk
Published: January 1, 2015
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Ernest Rudolph Johnson, age 105, passed away

Wednesday, December
24, 2014. He was born in
Green County, in 1909 to
Sever and Andrena (Peterson) Johnson. He attended Old York Lutheran
Church and graduated from
Blanchardville High School
in 1928.
Ernie farmed in the
Blanchardville area for several years and then went to
Barber College in Milwau- Ernest Rudolph Johnson
kee, graduated, and served
his apprenticeship under
Sylvester Heiser in Plain. a v i d s p o r t s
It was in Plain he met and enthusiast of
married the love of his life, the Badgers,
Margaret Gruber.He com- Packers and
pleted his Master Barber Brewers.
training in Plain. He marErnest is survived by
ried Margaret in 1934 and his sons Ronald (Rose);
they honeymooned at the Michael (Eleanor); and
Chicago Worlds Fair.They daughter Peg Schmidt;
moved to Verona in 1935 eight grandchildren, Jeffrey
and established Johnsons Johnson, Debra Potocki
Barber Shop, which was (Mitchell), Dianna Glynn
later run by his son Michael ( R o b e r t ) , J a n n a S m i t h
and the business still is in ( P e t e r ) , M i c h e l e M a r operation today.
shall (Peter), Christopher
Ernie was active in the (Laurie), Laura LaCour
c o m m u n i t y t h r o u g h o u t (Joseph), Daniel Morrill
his years, serving as Vil- (Michele Stanton) and 18
lage President and was great-grandchildren and
a c t i v e i n t h e O p t i m i s t friends too numerous to
Club. He belonged to St. mention, who helped Ernie
Andrew Catholic Church, maintain his independence
the Knights of Colum- in his own home, and when
bus and became a Grand he moved to Four Winds
Knight of Council 630 in recently continued frequent
Madison.Ernie opened his visits.
Ernest was preceded in
own cabinet shop with the
encouragement of Marga- death by his wife Margaret
ret in the late 1940s and of 67 years; five brothers,
woodworking became his Lloyd, Amos, Burlie, Robhobby and second job. He ert and Knute; two halflater taught woodworking brothers, Hans and Bernard;
at MATC and enjoyed this and three half-sisters, Hilda
hobby well into his later Jeglum, Lulu Tank and Daiyears, donating many of sy Hegland.
his items to St. Andrews
A Mass of Christian BuriC h r i s t m a s b a z a a r s . H e al was held at St. Andrew
and Margaret built a cabin Catholic Church, 301 N.
in Spooner on Gull Lake Main St., Verona, on Monwhere the family has fond day, Dec. 29, with Father
memories of fishing and William Vernon and Msgr.
summer vacations. Ernie Delbert Schmelzer presidloved to fish and enjoyed ing.
Wisconsin River fishIn lieu of flowers, memoing in later years with his rials to St. Andrew Parsons. Ernie was a long ish, Four Winds Lodge or
time volunteer for Four Agrace Hospice, would be
Winds Manor and Lodge the request of the family.
in Verona where he passed To view and sign the guestaway.He loved telling his book, please visit: www.
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Rosemary L. Johnson,
age 71, ended her courageous battle with cancer
on December, 25, 2014,
and she has begun the next
phase of her journey. She
was born on May, 19, 1943,
to Fred and Dora Hoffman,
and was raised in Fitchburg.
She was one of nine children, sharing a very small
family home, and learning the life-long lessons of
sharing, caring, and supporting others, which she Rosemary L. Johnson
would continue on with
her family. During her high
school years in Verona, and it is only fitting that
she met her sweetheart, she would leave us on a
Ron Johnson, and eventu- day when she experienced
ally the two would marry and shared so much joy and
on September 28, 1963. laughter throughout her life.
Rosemary is survived by
They would spend their life
together, celebrating their her loving husband, chil51st anniversary in 2014. dren, and grandchildren;
They raised a daughter and sisters Maggie Daniels,
son together in the Madi- Heidi (Marv) Milleville,
son/Middleton area.
Helene Alexander, Jean
R o s e m a r y w o r k e d a t (Glenn) Mueller; brothMutual of Omaha Insur- ers Paul (Deb) Hoffman,
ance Agency for several Jack Hoffman, and Dan
years as the Office Admin- Hoffman; brother-in-law
istrator. Eventually she Michael (Eleanor) Johnwould change careers and son, and sister-in-law Peg
work as a Receptionist for Schmidt.
She was preceded in
Cuna Credit Union until
she retired, to enjoy more death by sister Gloria, and
time with her family and parents Fred and Dora.
Rosemary leaves behind
grandchildren. Rosemary
also spent time supporting loving memories filled with
organizations near and dear laughter and joy, a kind and
to her heart and her son, gentle heart, and an everincluding Special Olym- present spirit that will live
pics and The ARC of Dane on in her family and friends.
County, as well as being We feel blessed to have had
a member of the Catholic her with us to share in life,
Church, and St. Thomas of and although we will miss
Aquinas Parish since 1987. her dearly, we will always
Rosemary enjoyed trav- hold her close to our hearts
eling to their annual vaca- and thoughts, and smile
tion spot of Hilton Head as she smiles upon us. We
Island each fall, relaxing, love you Rosemary.
A Mass of Christian
combing the beach for seashells, and enjoying time Burial for Rosemary will be
with friends and family that at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec.
would accompany them on 31, at St. Thomas Aquithe trips. She and Ron also nas Catholic Church, 602
traveled across the U.S., as Everglade Dr. in Madison
well as to other corners of with Fr. Bart Timmerman
the world, exploring new presiding. Visitation will be
destinations, learning about 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 30,
their heritage, and visiting at the Cress Center, 6021
extended family, including University Avenue in Madtrips to London, Switzer- ison and will continue from
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10-10:45 a.m. on WednesR o s e m a r y w a s t h e day, Dec. 31, at the church.
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friend, laughing, celebratThe family would like to
ing accomplishments, shar- extend a special thank you
ing important moments, to her surgeon, Dr. Alan
and providing guidance and Lozier, her oncologist, Dr.
advice through lifes chal- Shannon OMahar, and the
lenges. She was the proud entire staff of Agrace Hosand endearing Nana to her pice for their care, compasgrandchildren, Ryan, Emi- sion, and support for Rosely, and Nicole. For Rose- mary during her journey.
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building, Baldock said. Our

hope is the new facility will
allow us to have even more
childrens programming,
Were real excited because
the main thing weve been
saying all along is were
doing it for the children.
The theater group has
been around for more than
20 years, and in recent
years it has been looking
for a larger site so it can
build its own small theater and not depend on the
limited availability of the
Performing Arts Center.
One of its first targets
was parkland next to Epic,
but that ran into trouble
with neighbors and it never

found the right fit until city
staff suggested an unused
area next to the fire station.
If things move quickly,
the group could get an agreement for use of the property
as soon as August. That could
mean construction in spring
and a fall 2015 opening.
The theater group will
unveil its most recent plans
increased from 9,000 square
feet by the addition of a second story at the Plan Commissions January meeting,
set for Monday. It includes
a 148-seat theater, multiple
areas for kids to rehearse
and dance, as well as music
rooms, costume storage and
a set-building area.
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ConnectVerona.com
Social: Video teaches students to tread carefully when posting online

On the web

around, or just, I dont
want to go to this class. Or
I want to go party with my
friends, said junior Renee
Gavigan, one of the students who worked on the
video. I understand that
people can do that in private and thats their decision, but they need to realize that if they put it on
social media thats more of
a consequence.
Those issues are so prevalent now that a group of
mentors like Gavigan and
mentor leaders on staff at
has decided using them
safely and wisely was an
important lesson to teach
incoming freshmen.
Specifically, Gavigan
and others who worked on
the video said they often
Screenshots courtesy YouTube
see online bullying taking
place, which can lead to A group of Verona Area High School mentors sit around a table looking at social media on their phones in the video they made.
problems between students
online because anyone can Nichols. Anyone can see
That public nature of the group hoped to comin-person at school.
see
it,
said
junior
Ashanti
whatever
you
post
online.
social
media is exactly what municate with its video,
Basically, dont be mean
which followed a crumpled
up piece of papers journey
around the library.
Different groups of students picked up the paper,
which had Party at my
house! #turnup written on
it, as they would scrolling
through their timeline on
Twitter or Facebook and
tossed it to the next person.
Eventually, the paper reaches a teacher, likely someone
the students did not want to
know about a party.
A lot of kids we see
nowadays are posting
things that really shouldnt
be online, said Gavigan.
We just kind of wanted
(the freshmen) to know.
The mentors also hoped
to remind freshmen that
once something has been
posted online, it likely can
be found, even if you delete
it later.
Everything you put on
Show off your kids in

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See the video the mentors made
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=zYpB1bmgLeY
social media is permanent,
even SnapChat, said one
student as part of a group of
tips for safe use, referencing an app that lets someone send a photo to someone else that is supposed to
delete after 10 seconds or
less. Recent media reports
revealed the company has
servers that store the photos.
That can affect college
acceptance decisions or
even job offers down the
road, as those institutions
increasingly use social
media accounts to evaluate
applicants, the student mentors said.
As you get older, the
stuff you do thats really
childish, itll come back to
bite you, Nichols said.
Other tips at the end of
the video include, Everyone sees everything and
advice about changing the
default settings on Facebook and Twitter.
The lessons werent all
negative, Gavigan said,
as the group also talked
with the students about the
positive ways they can use
social media. Those include
school groups that promote
events and connecting with
friends outside of school.
That discussion, covering both the positives and
negatives, and the video got
a good reception from the
freshmen mentees earlier
this year, Nichols said.
I think it really got
through to them, she said
Most of them, they already
knew about different social
media, but I think we
opened up their eyes a bit
more.
Coming Wednesday, January 28, 2015

This section is full of area children and
grandchildren ages 0 months-7 years.
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All photos will be entered in to a drawing to win

great prizes from the Great Dane Shopping News
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The video begins with someone writing a note about a party that
night and passing it around to symbolize a tweet.
Photos are categorized by age group and winners

are selected randomly from each age category.
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To enter, send the form below and a current photo or

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