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An estimated 2,500 people turned out Saturday for Capital Brewerys annual Bockfest celebration. While the event is usually
a chance to brave frigid winter temps, this year it felt like spring. Above, Kristine Cloutier, Kimberlee Bricky, Kristie McDonald
and Amanda Stienke were all smiles as they waited for the live music to begin. See more on page 9.
Rhodes Scholar and MHS graduate Colin Higgins talks about finding academic inspiration
by CAMERON BREN
Times-Tribune
dont have a stellar GPA because you werent that into high
school, he explained. I actually got into UW as an art
major, so art was a really crucial
part of my development.
Aside from academics and
art, Higgins says his time running cross country at MHS
helped shape his curiosity and
was something he noted in his
application for the Rhodes
Scholarship.
Running is spending a lot of
time either talking with a small
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Its Girl Scout cookie season again, and members of Troop 2331 know just where to go to sell
some extra boxes: Bockfest. For the second year in a row, local scouts, including Brooke Pasch
and Natalie Ryan, above, set up their stand across the street from the annual beer festival at
Capital Brewery. When more than 2,500 people left the party, they didnt have to go far to purchase some delicious post-beer treats.
Severa Vera
Bauman
MIDDLETON-Severa
Vera Bauman, age 89, passed
away on Monday, February 22,
2016. Vera was born on October
13, 1926 to John and Clara
(Kalscheur) Laufenberg. She
graduated top of her class from
Middleton High School in 1944
and moved onto study at Ripon
College and then work. She
married Wally Bauman on September 4, 1948 and together
they began the adventure of
raising their seven children, instilling in them a strong work
ethic, the importance of education, and devoting of yourself to
the service of others. Vera will
be remembered as a devoted
and active member of St.
Bernards Catholic Church,
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cal Society.
Online condolences may be
made
at
www.gundersonfh.com.
Gunderson West
Funeral & Cremation Care
7435 University Avenue
(608)831-6761
James &
Wendy Rush
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which
received
$829.47.
Tri4Schools also received a
grant, that one in the amount of
$1,750.
The mission of the MASC
Youth Grant Program is to provide opportunities for area
youth, who may have financial
limitations, to experience the
benefits of sports. The MASC
Youth Grant Program is funded
by contributions from the Ironman Community Foundation,
Natalie
Grande,
a
2015 graduate
of Middleton
High School,
has been honored for the
third time from
Bradley Uni-
by CAMERON BREN
Times-Tribune
Here are the facts about the Orchid Heights Detention Basins
5. Additional questions
about the project?
Chuck Nahn is the Citys
contractor. Please contact him
at
608-712-9199
or
cnahn@tds.net with any questions.
Courtesy of the The Friends
of Pheasant Branch Conservancy Restoration and Management Committee.
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bracelet!
Make Change Happen!
Would you like to make a
difference both locally and nationally? If you are interested
in environmental issues, dont
miss our next Pie & Politics:
Earth Day event on April 21!
Join us to discuss Eyes Wide
Open by Fleischman, watch
movie clips, and plant a seed to
CHURCH NOTES
Canvas Pick-up
March 1-June 24 at Middleton Public Library Circulation Desk
Return finished canvas
June 10-25 to the Middleton Public Library
Community Canvases on
display
June 29- October 15th
Pick up your canvas
October 17-31
October.
Organizers are look forward
to seeing more budding artists
and well-known artists joining
us again this year. There is a
suggested contribution for each
canvas, and the monies help
support public art in Middleton.
This project is a collaboration by the Middleton Arts
Committee, Middleton Public
Library and with support from
Lynns Craft shop.
calendar at midlibary.org/events
or email info@midlibrary.org.
The performance will take
place in the lower level Archer
Room and is open to all ages.
ton neighborhoods. The majority of contacts law enforcement has with the public
occur during emergencies or
emotionally charged situations. Those are not always
the most effective times for
relationship building and
some community members
may feel officers are unapproachable on the street. Coffee with a Cop helps break
down those barriers and al-
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Addanki, Amruth
Ahmad, Zamaan
Allee, Alyson
Allison, McKenna
Andrews, Olivia
Arrington, Felicity
Ashley, Alexander
Baltes, Jack
Barmore, Zoe
Bertalot, Genevieve
Bishop, Sylvie
Boehnen,
Borden, Noah
Braun, Mitchell
Bresnick, Jaren
Bunz, Victoria
Burns, Eleanor
Callaci, Liam
Carranza, Kelly
Cermak, Ivan
Chang, William
Chau, Trevor
Chirafisi, Isabella
Cho, Jeremy
Clark, Ava
Cliff, Lauren
Colbert, Lynnea
Cole, Aidan
Culp, Jenna
Cushman, Emma
Dahmen, Beau
Daniel, Devin
Dubas, Surina
Dunn, Ayla
Eggert, Samuel
Engling, Emery
Evans, Abigail
Ezman, Jaxson
Fischer, Halle
Fisher, Emily
Flottmeyer, Isaac
Foland, Max
Foley, Sarah
Fox, Lila
Gaab, Molly
Gallay, Amaya
Genyk, Elyse
Gibson, Emma
Glinberg, Talia
Gold, Nathan
Griffith, Nora
Guse, Jonah
Gussel, Chandler
Hallquist, Annika
Halterman, Lauren
Hass, Samantha
Haynes, Madigan
Hellenbrand, Kayley
Hematti, Faranak
Hiorns, Celia
Hodgman, Quinn
Holman, Madeline
Huang, Yale
Huggett, Dana
Hujanen, Caroline
Hursh, Ella
Jambor, Ava
Johnson, Amanda
Joseph, Ezra
Kaplan, Amber
Kasel, Kaden
Kim, Geneghee
Koeshall, Karleigha
Korink Romani, Lara
Kubsh, Genevieve
Landretti, Jordann
Larson, Eden
LaScala, Lauren
Ledin, Emily
Lewandowski, Vivian
Leys, Charles
Liegel, Jaden
Liu, Janna
Mackey, Philip
Madaus, Mason
Mael, Jessica
Malak, Alaina
Mangano, Francesca
Marquez Pina, Mireya
Marrione, Alexander
Martin-Rivera, Mary
McDonald, Brielle
Meyer, Ariana
Meyer, Jackson
Meyer, Madeline
Mintz, Anna
Moriarty, Aidan
Morris, Josephine
Nair, Namita
Nguyen, Morgane
Parker, Sydney
Pasch, Brooke
Pattnaik, Akshita
Perez Wilson, America
Pincombe, Tyler
Pliner, Erin
Prejean, Joseph
Quamme, Chase
Rajpal, Noor
Ralphe, Gabrielle
Raymond, Alyanna
Recob, Mollie
Reichard, Rachel
Riter, Henry
Rosenblatt, Yael
Ruhly, Sean
The MHS Boys Swim & Dive Team 2015-16 recently collected non-perishables for Middleton Outreach Ministrys
Food Pantry. All together they gathered 240 lbs. At right are
members of the team that recently dropped off the donation
and assisted other volunteers with a few tasks.
Photo contributed
Ryan, Natalie
Ryan, Rachel
Saldana Silva, Elssie
Sanderson, Glenna
Schink, Elizabeth
Schoenenberger, McKenna
Seiden, Henry
Shaffer, Kathryn
Shirule, Kshitij
Simmons, Taylor
Singh, Jasmine
Smith, Nolan
Snortum Haney, Torii
Spalitta, Heidi
Spevacek, Alexia
Stajkovic, Sheldon
Staresinic, Ian
Steele, Nikolaas
Stettner, Nathan
Stricker, Sydney
Taner, Betul
Tankersley, Erin
Taylor, Sophie
Tenley, Ethan
Teschner, Rhiannon
Thompson, Mia
Tung, Amanda
Tung, Ashley
Underkofler, Elle
Viscarra, Addalie
Viscarra, Annaliese
Voiss, Lauren
Wagner, Kaleb
Wagner, Vivian
Walkington, Avery
Warriner, Analise
Westbrook, Jack
Whittingham, Luke
Wiltzius, Gwenyth
Wincek, Althea
Witkovsky, Aidan
Worden, Griffin
Xiao, Madison
Yard, Rachel
Yu, Nicole
Zeaman, Melia
Zopf, Vincent
Zumbrunnen, Abigail
Honorable Mention
(3.400-3.599)
Adler, Zachary
Ciccione, Daniella
Darragh, Nash
Dovenbarger, William
Fitzgerald, Lauren
Garber, Mena
Gibson, Guyan
Gruett, Henrik
Gudel, Jack
Hensen, Bryce
Holpin, Josephine
Jiang, David
Krenke, Brett
Kruck, Madeline
Lay, Aung
Mahalingam, Esha
Matthews Lund, Marli
Muchacho Moreno, Karlen
Peters-Michaud, Sophia
Ratsimihah, Rija
Schultz, Jessica
Schwetz, Kaitlin
Secor, Jack
Starr, Alexander
Szczepanski, Madison
Tutewohl, Benjamin
Williams, Jordynn
Wubben, Ella
Ahlborn, Abbigale
Allawi, Raad
Allen, Mara
Baird, Lily
Balasubramaniam, Max
Becker, Maya
Berryman, Hunter
Bills, Conner
Boorstein, Aaron
Bosch, Annalesse
Boswell, Miles
Braaten, Oliver
Browning, MaryAnn
Buck, Charlotte
Butler, Gabriella
Carpenter, Wesley
Carranza, Hernan
Castillo, Nicolas
Chang, Annie
Chapman, Mia
Chen, James
Collier, Benjamin
Collin, Erica
Collu, Barbara
Compton, Julia
Connell, Madeline
Cownie, James
Dean, Oscar
Demitrios, Ada
Dorn, Juliette
Elliott, Georgia
Engle, Elizabeth
Engle, Julian
Espinoza, Isabella
Fattouh, Tarek
Florin, Emily
Fortney, Lauren
Foster, Benjamin
Francois, Kennedy
Frisch, Carson
Frye, Katherine
Giles, Payton
Goldrosen, Hannah
Gonter, Maeve
Guderyon, Zoe
Hafeman, Lauren
Harless, Chase
Healy, Sarah
Hellenbrand, Annika
Hodgman, Casey
Hu, Maylynn
Humphries, Sarah
Inman, Alec
Irwin, Indy
Joers, Mattie
Johnson, Egan
Jones, Julie
Kean, Joseph
Kessenich, John
Kim, Nathan
Kinne, Natasha
Klug, Claire
Knupp, Colton
Kortbein, Jonathan
Kostecki, Emma
Lamers, Nathan
Larson, Ava
Lavallee, Raymond
Lee, Jung Won
Leffel, Zachary
Lehmann, Drake
Leon Teran, Kimberly
Lim, Cheryl
Lima Sanchez, Julio
Lobaugh, Nicholas
Lohrei, Zoe
London, Shayla
Ludtke, Megan
Mackey, Amelia
Malak, Camille
Martinez, Anastasia
Matejka, Kathryn
Maves, Logan
Mayhew, Zachary
McDonough, Maxwell
McGuffey, Lili
Meister, Samantha
Meland, Nolen
Mormino, Madison
Moyer, Callie
Newcomer, Anja
Nisbet, William
Nurani, Rithika
Ohly, John
Opland, Avery
Patel, Shankhil
Patton, Sophia
Paulsen, Anna
Pflasterer-Jennerjohn, Isaiah
Pierobon Mays, Gabriela
Raval, Serena
Reisinger, Julia
Richards, Thomas
Roach, Gabriella
Roden, Elena
Roquet, Kendall
Rosen, Elizabeth
Ross, Emily
Roush, Isaac
Rozum, Emma
Sacchetti, Elena
Salyapongse, Zoe
Sanchez Cortes, Cecilia
Schroeder, Bailey
Schuster, Emma
Schweber, Emma
Scudder, Paul
Shulfer, Bailey
Smink, Moniek
Smith, Berkley
Smith, Emmett
Smith, Sydney
Stefanek, Cindy
Stine, Richard
Ulfig, Emily
Vander Sanden, Lauren
Vinje, Kara
Vogt, Jacob
Voss, Nicole
Waddell, Casey
Walsh, Zachary
Walther, Kevin
Warren, Quinlan
Weigert, Clare
Wu, ZhuoRan
Zahed, Bjaka
Zeker, Sarah
Zhang, William
Zopf, Magdelena
Honorable Mention
(3.400-3.599)
Balster, Chloe
Braaten, August
Brutosky, Carter
Craker, Clay
Elliott, Brady
Ferderer, Nicholas
Fosdick, Katrina
Fussell, Gianna
Gerkey, Emmett
Hanson, Adam
Hauser, Saskia
Huang, Christine
Hurley, Benjamin
Hutter, Grace
Jenkins, Jesilyn
Knight, Amber
Kruck, Andrew
Ludwig, Delaney
McLeod, Aidan
Nutini, Caleb
Saidy, Tida
Schuster, Alexander
Shi, Stephen
Vogt, Isaac.
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have 45 seconds to answer a series of questions, with the students who answer correctly
advancing
to
the
next
pair. Kromery also won the
award for the best new school in
the competition.
Three
students
from
Kromery placed in the top ten.
Glacier Creek Middle School
in Cross Plains also competed
and finished the competition in
fifth place.
Photos contributed
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League
answers
available
Responses from candidates in theApril 5general
election are now available
on the League of Women
VotersDane County website:lwvdanecounty.org.
Middleton
(alder/fourth
district),
Monona, Stoughton, Sun
P r a i r i e ,
Verona.
* School District School
Board: Belleville, Cambridge, Deerfield, DeForest,
Madison Metropolitan, Marshall, McFarland, Middleton-Cross Plains, Monona
Grove, Mount Horeb, Oregon, Stoughton, Sun Prairie,
Verona,
Waunakee,
Wisconsin Heights.
* Also posted is information
about the Monona Grove
School District Referendum.
Candidates Answers is
compiled from questionnaires sent to the candidates
by the League of Women
Voters of Dane County
(LWVDC). The League
does
not
recommend or endorse candidates or parties.
Voters can see exactly
which races will be on their
ballot by checking the
websiteMyVote.wi.gov.
HIGGINS
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PLAN
Photo contributed
Anna Hoffmann won the womens class at Saturdays Ski Jumping Junior Nationals in Salisbury, Conn.
The plan commission also approved the recommendation to the common council to approve a five
year street improvement plan. City planning director
Eileen Kelley explained what roads would be get
resurfaced in 2016 to the commission.
Its Mendota Ave and Park and High Roads, Kelley said. From Park and High Roads where Park and
Park Lawn meet all the way up to Ramsey Road, and
with Mendota its almost the whole stretch just not
should be one.
That naturally pulled him
into other projects, he says. He
worked for the UWs Office of
Sustainability to implement environmental and socially sustainable practices into UW
functions. He says he did a lot
with food purchasing and trying
to educate and gently nudge
campus organizations to make
different choices in where and
how they purchase their food.
Higgins then took a turn into
research.
My experience at UW raised
a whole bunch of questions for
me about how we can be trying
to do so much for the environment, but how things can be so
unchanged, he said. A lot of
those questions for me came
down to questions about politics, bureaucratic and social
structures, and resources.
He started working with UW
Geography professor Morgan
Robertson, who studies market
based environmental policies,
putting a price on nature in
order to capture resources for
conservation and remedy current problems with pollution
and shortcomings of environmental policy.
It is really fulfilling to me
because it answers both practical and lofty theoretical questions about the meaning of
nature in the current political
economy where funding is scare
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More than 2,500 people enjoyed an unseasonably warm Bockfest at Capital Brewery on Saturday
Ashley Kinart, the brew master at Capital Brewery, even got to take break from work to enjoy the fruits of her labor.
Brian Lins Banana costume did not interfere with his ability to sample Capitals beer.
Gary MaGee came all the way from Minneapolis for the event.
From left: Steve and Tom Monk, along with John and Jamie Barr, made sure not to take themselves too seriously.
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Follow Rob
Reischel on
Twitter at
@robreischel
Meicher brings
home the gold
Middleton
wrestling star
wins state title
at 126 pounds
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Middleton freshman Kevin Meicher won the WIAA Division 1 state championship at 126
pounds last Saturday.
Girls basketball
team rolls to
regional crown
Cardinals now
meet Craig in
sectional semis
by ROB REISCHEL
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Times-Tribune
Alexis Thomas (20) and Middletons girls basketball team won a regional title last weekend. The Cardinals now face Janesville
Craig in a sectional semifinal Thursday.
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Loss in season
finale creates
three-way tie
for Big 8 title
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Middletons boys basketball coach Kevin Bavery (right), point guard Storm Murphy (left) and the rest of the Cardinals settled for a share of the Big Eight
Conference title after losing to Janesville Craig last Thursday.
Hockey Cards
knocked off in
sectional finals
by GREGG HAMMILL
For the Times-Tribune
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Times-Tribune photo
by Mary Langenfeld
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PORTS
Lynx ousted
RIEFS
Online registration for the 2016 summer baseball and softball programs through the Middleton Baseball/Softball
Commission is open. To register, go to www.mbscwi.com.
Middleton junior Madeline Pflasterer-Jennerjohn is one of the favorites to win a state all-around championship on Saturday.
Middletons
MP-J chasing
all-around title
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune
Baseball clinic
The Middleton baseball team will hold its 24th annual spring
break clinic March 21-22 from 9-11 a.m. at the high school
field house. Cost is $50.
The camp is for kids in grades 2-8. Instruction will be given
by the Cardinals coaches and players.
Each camper will get a T-shirt and a baseball lunch on the
second day of the clinic. Registration forms are available at
local school physical education teachers and at
www.mbscwi.com.
n GIRLS BB
We need to be leaders, in
this kind of game especially.
They were.
Bria Lemirande had a huge
game with 29 points, 10
rebounds, three steals and
three assists.
Shes pretty special,
Middleton coach Jeff Kind
said of Bria Lemirande.
Look at her stats for the year.
She leads us in scoring, she
leads us in steals, she leads us
in rebounds, assists.
Thomas added 21 points
and Alyssa Lemirande finished with 17 points. Parker
freshman center Julia Hartwig
had 20 points and 16
rebounds, while senior forward Bria Porter added 19
points and eight rebounds.
Middleton (21-3) advanced
to a sectional semifinal
against Janesville Craig (186) Thursday at 7 p.m. at
Madison La Follette. If the
Cardinals win there, theyll
advance to the sectional finals
March 6.
I know we all know how
to play the game, Thomas
said. But you just have to
take control when the game
gets close like that by just running our offense and doing
what we do best.
The Cardinals did exactly
that.
Middleton raced to a 24-12
lead with 7:10 left in the first
half. But the Vikings fought
back within 40-34 by halftime, and evened things up in
the first 2 minutes of the second half.
In just more than a minute,
though, Middleton regained
control.
First, Bria Lemirande
knocked down a big threepointer. After a Parker basket,
Thomas had a driving lay-up,
then Alyssa Lemirande drilled
a three-pointer of her own.
Middleton quickly had a
48-42 lead and never trailed
again.
I think that was the start
of us just separating from
them again, Bria Lemirande
said. They definitely started
out the second half really
strong and it took us a little
while to get back in the mojo
and realize that we need to
want it more than them.
Kind agreed.
Veteran players, Kind
said of his trio. Veteran players make plays. That was
nice.
The rest of the half wasnt
too shabby either. Middleton
used its speed and skill in
transition to gradually pull
away from the Vikings.
The Cardinals shot 17-of36 from the floor in the second half (47.2%), getting
many of their points by simply
beating the Vikings up and
down the court. Middleton,
which enjoys turning the
game into a track meet, was
able to get the pace of play to
its liking.
Really the big thing is
they just kept going for
layups, right hand layups,
Parker coach Jennah Hartwig
said. We struggled to stop the
right hand layup.
Parker was within 48-46
when Middleton used a 12-4
burst to grab a 60-50 lead with
12:10 left. Alyssa Lemirande
keyed that run with six points.
Middletons lead was still
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Bria Lemirande (left) had 29 points and 10 rebounds in Middletons win over Janesville Parker during last Saturdays regional
final.
92.
Feb. 26
WIAA Division 1 regional semifinal
Middleton 75, Madison West 55
Madison West .................. 19 36 55
Middleton ......................... 46 29 75
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n MEICHER
throughout
the
whole
match.
Meicher had a memorable
run during his first trip to state.
Meicher pinned Union
Grove senior Brett Kieslich in
1:55 in a first round match
Thursday afternoon. Meicher
then edged Hortonville junior
Jacob Barnett, 3-2, in a quarterfinal match Thursday night.
In Fridays semifinals,
Meicher edged Lake Geneva
Badger senior Robby Mutimer,
8-6. Meicher was then at his
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Middleton freshman Kevin Meicher (right) became the Cardinals first state champion since
2009.
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Times-Tribune
photo by Mary
Langenfeld
Middleton
junior Chris
R o g e r s
(right) competed in the
state tournament at 132
pounds.
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a lot to prove.
Theyre always a good
matchup with us, and its
always two really evenly
matched teams, Middleton
coach Jeff Kind said of Craig.
We have to play well to beat
them. No cakewalks anymore.
Craigs top player is senior
guard
Delaney
Schoenenberger, who averages
a team-high 17.3 points per
game. Senior guard Annie
Schumacher also averages 12.3
points per game.
In Middletons win over the
Cougars two weeks ago,
Schoenenberger erupted for 30
points and Schumacher added
20. The Cardinals kept the rest
of the Cougars in check,
though, and prevailed.
state,
Parkers
Hartwig
believes the Wildcats will be
tough to stop. But she also
knows how much pressure
would be on Veronas veteran
team.
Verona would be the
favorite, said Hartwig, who
led Parker to its first state
championship in 1993 and was
also named the AP state player
of the year that season. They
were the ones that beat
Middleton last time. But I think
it could be either one of those
two.
I think theres a lot of pressure on Verona. A lot of pressure on Verona. With all the
Division 1 kids they have on
their team, the pressures on
them to make it to state.
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Middleton ....... 0 1 0 1
Edgewood . 2 2 2 6
First period: ME Grant
Reichenbacher (Carter Hottman, Blake
Richter), 12:36; ME Jack Royer
(Bryce Ternus), 13:09.
Second period: Mid Casey
Harper (Hylbert), 1:16. ME Fred
Richards (Reichenbacher), 6:10; ME
Hottman (Reichenbacher), 11:50.
Third period: ME Hottman,
11:04; Reichenbacher (Justin Dragoo),
12:55.
Saves: M (Tony Wuesthofen) 20;
ME (Tom Mohs) 31.
Justin Engelkes and Middletons hockey team finished the season with a 23-4 record.