BATTLEOFTHEBADGES

VOL. 124, NO. 33

THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2016

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Woody Tasch and the rise of Slow Money

by MATT GEIGER
Times-Tribune

If you ask Woody Tasch

about the Slow Money movement, he can, with equal candor, give you the short
answer or the long answer.
The short answer is that
small, local farms need more
money to bring diverse, sustainably produced foods to
their respective communities.
If people give them a few

bucks, local
economies,
public health
and the land
will all benefit, he says.
The long
Tasch
answer,
of
course, is that the proverbial
devil lies in the details. Many
billions of dollars are tied up
in a national food production
system that focuses almost

Middleton
wantsout?

See MONEY, page 6

Board votes to leave county zoning

by KEVIN MURPHY
Times-Tribune

The annual Battle of the

BadgestookplaceSaturdayat
FirefightersParkintheCity
ofMiddleton.Thehonoreefor
thisyearssoftballgamebetweenpoliceandfirefighters
was 14-year old Austin Noll
whosuffersfromararecondition called Mucopolysaccharidoses(MPS).Policebeat
firefightersbyascoreof14-6
in the annual matchup.
Clockwisefromtopleft:Bree
Maier,ofVerona,getstomeet
Captain America and Batman; Eli and Myla Engel,
alongwithAndrewandEmily
Braun,gotmessyduringapie
eating competition; Blake
Rickert,whowasthehonoree
attheBattleoftheBadgestwo
yearsago,isdoinggreatand
gottomeetMaynardG.Mallard;Amaya Meyer had her
face painted; Nolls family
says thank you; the police
wereunstoppableattheplate.
Photos by Matt Geiger

Town of Middleton Board

Supervisors voted unanimously Monday to inform
Dane County that they are beginning the process to opt out
of county zoning.
A board-approval resolution contained several elements.
First, the town preserves
the ability to withdraw but
does not require it.
Second, it removes the
countys authority to review
land divisions or the towns
comprehensive plans.
Third, opting out does not
affect the extra-territorial land

division or zoning authority

of neighboring municipalities
and does not affect the towns
boundary, planning, or other
agreements.
Town chair Bill Kolar said
the towns voting residents
ultimately decide if the town
opts out of county zoning, the
board was only making that
option available to them.
The decision is the electors, not ours. Our decision
tonight is to keep the options
open, he said.
The resolution starts the
clock on putting the decision
before the voters, probably at
the April annual meeting.
Meanwhile, the eight towns
See OUT, page 4

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Timeto
getour
priorities
inline
Dear editor,

I have been a Middleton resident for 36 years. My children

have all graduated from Middleton High School. I have
taught school in the district for
19 years. I have had two grandsons graduate from Middleton
High School and I currently
have two other grandchildren
Middleton-Cross
attending
Plains schools with three more
coming up.
I only wish that all I had to be
scared about were Jesus
Lunches. I worried about and
still worry about other issues
such as smoking, alcohol,
drugs, gangs, suicide, questionable teachers, and my childs
self esteem. These are issues
that currently burden our students and I am sure require
Trauma counselors to be on

MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE

hand. I hardly believe that a

student who attends or a student
who does not attend a Jesus
Lunch would require a
Trauma counselor.
I truly believe this is an issue
the parents are afraid of for their
son or daughter. Parents can
ask their children to not go to
these lunches, however, high
school children are in the stage
of their life where they begin to
make decisions for themselvesgood or bad. Think
about it, would you rather have
your son or daughter go to a
Jesus Lunch or join a gang
and cause city havoc during
their lunch hour, or smoke pot
off school grounds, or have sex
in the back seat of a car, or plan
their next drinking party?
All of these things go on and
you are complaining about a
Jesus Lunch where a short
prayer or bible verse is read and
the children then eat lunch as
friends.
Its time we get our priorities
in line.
I urge the city council to run
Firemans Park as all city parks
are run.
Christine Cannon,
Middleton

Update
onJesus
Lunches

As most of you know, we

have a very unique situation in
Middleton that, from our research, no other community
has. We have a shelter at Firemens Park, a public park
owned by the City of Middleton, bordering two of our
schools, Middleton High
School and Clark Street Community School. Public parks afford people many constitutional
rights such as freedom of expression and the right to assemble. School districts are
governed by additional laws
that, at times, are more restrictive than those that govern public spaces.
As an educational institution,
the role of the Middleton-Cross
Plains Area School District is to
engage our students in the
learning process. We teach a variety of life skills such as reasoning, analyzing, questioning,
evaluating,
and
applying
knowledge. We also work dili-

gently to create an inclusive environment where all students

feel respected and valued. We
want student voices to be heard.
Most importantly, students must
feel physically and emotionally
safe at school.
Given our unique situation,
we will be proactive to ensure
that a safe, inclusive, learning
environment is preserved at all
times. We will convene members of the Partnership for Student Support beginning in
August in order to leverage diverse voices and to solicit
deeper understanding of how
we can all work together on behalf of our students. The partnership will include parents,
community members, faith
leaders, city officials, school
district officials, law enforcement and students. The work
produced by this community
group will be shared with District families and the larger
community.
Beginning in September and
continuing throughout the year,
the district will be encouraging
student input by providing discussion platforms in both high
schools. These discussion forums can be used to address any
issues that may arise either in
school or outside of school,

Supportingparentswhofacecancer

THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2016

such as topics generated

through the upcoming elections.
Both high schools will incorporate lessons during advisory
time focused on inclusive behavior, mutual respect, student
safety, and respectful dialogue
when differing viewpoints exist.
There will also be a focus on actions students can take to manage stress and anxiety and to
promote student well-being, in
general. Finally, additional staff
members will monitor the back
entrances of Middleton High
School to minimize unauthorized access to the school whenever a large event is occurring
in Firemens Park.
This is an incredibly supportive and caring community and
our youth are one of our greatest assets. As adults, we can
serve as role models and we
must continue to work together
to ensure that we provide all
children with the best learning
and living environment possible.
Respectfully,
George Mavroulis,
Superintendent
Middleton-Cross Plains
Area School District

Acop
says
thanks
Dear editor,

I would love to say thank you

to the City of Middleton community. I have been a police officer with the City for over 20
years and the recent outpouring
of support has been beyond belief. With the national rhetoric
which appears to be anti-police
it is such a positive feeling to
come to work and feel like you
are appreciated for your service.
This city is a special place. I
dont know if people living here
realize at times how great it is
to be part of this community. So
again I thank everyone in city
government who helps maintain
this great city. In addition, I give
high praise and thanks to all of
the people who live in the city.
It truly is the greatest small city
in America.
Just a humble city servant,
Sgt. Terry Hanson

Gildas Club in Middleton helps with the tough stuff

Every Parents Checklist Through Cancer

Saturday, September 17, 2016, 9-10:30 am

Gildas Club Madison 7907 UW Health Ct. in Middleton
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

If you or your partner hasbeen diagnosed with cancer and you have
children, one of your first concernswillbe aboutthe welfare of your
kids. Many parents worry about howto talk withtheir kids, how to plan
for the future,how to communicate with schools, and how to lessen the
burden on their family. Gildas Club can help. Come get a
checklisttoguide you through the process, learning from a panel of experts how toengage resources, information, and support.
This lecture will kick-off the return of the monthly Parenting
Through Cancer support group held at the same time starting next
month. Come back in October to talk with other parents and further
the support youve started.
Kids Play (organized activities and games)will be offeredduring

this lecture.Please register your child(ren) if they plan to attend by

calling 608-828-8880.
As we talked about coming to Gildas one of my children asked, Who
in our family has cancer? This was a year into her fathers cancer diagnosis and daily chemo. It had been clear that we needed something
but this remark cemented that need. What followed was also telling
our 6 year old daughter confronted her brother, Cancer is bad. People
die from cancer. It showed me that we needed to talk about the cancer
in as many ways as possiblenot to overwhelm the kids with it but to
make sure they would have as many tools as necessary to deal with this
illness. Gildas Club Member

AboutGildasClub
Gildas Club Madison offers a community of free emotional support,
education, and hope for children and adults with any cancer diagnosis
and those who care about them. All support groups are professionally
facilitated and all programs are offered free of charge for more than 2,800
people touched by cancer. For more information, visit www.GildasClubMadison.org.

Dennis and Joan Sweeney

celebrate 50 years of love

Ifyouseethesetwoamazingpeoplearoundtown,please
besuretowishthemaHappy50thAnniversary!Dennis
&Joan(King)SweeneywereunitedinmarriageonAugust20,1966inMadison,WIandhaveresidedinMiddletoneversince.Theyplantocelebratewiththeirchildren,
(8)grandchildren,family,andfriendsontheiranniversary
date.

Cityplancommissionapprovesoperating
budgetandreviewsupdatedcompplan
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2016

by CAMERON BREN
Times-Tribune

The Middleton Plan Commission has approved an operating budget that will go into
the proposed 2017 city budget
and reviewed updates to the
citys comprehensive plan.
Planning director Eileen Kelley said the planning budget
stays fairly static from year to
year.
Our big request this year is
$3,600 more for intern funding, said assistant director of
community development Abby
Attoun.

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Kelley said that the budget is

still below what it was previously.
We slashed our funding a
few years ago from $12,000
down to $6,000 so now were
just asking to restore part of it,
Kelley said.
Assistant planning director
Mark Opitz noted one item that
was in the budget but would be
funded by Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district 3. The
Bureau of Aeronautics (BoA)
responded to the citys request
for a redevelopment plan for the
airport. They indicated they
could produce a micro master

plan that evaluates potential

for additional hangar development area at the airport for a
cost of $50,000.
Opitz explained that the city
would be refunded for $25,000
by the BoA and was asking for
approval of $30,000 to be allocated from TIF.
So we dont have to go back
and ask for a few thousand
more I am recommending we
consider it a $60,000 project,
Opitz said. That is why am
suggesting the $30,000 allocation from [TIF] #3.
The motion to approve the
planning commission operating

budget passed unanimously.

The planning departments
comprehensive plan includes
numerous goals for the city regarding utilities, transportation,
telecommunications, development of city buildings and infrastructure,
storm
water
management and city services.
Theoverall goals as stated in
the plan are:
1.) Provide and maintain a
high quality, cost-effective,
well-planned and efficient system of utilities in the City of
Middleton.
2.) Coordinate utility system
planning and implementation

Rampingupdrunkdrivingenforcement
Dane County Sheriffs office warns citizens to Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over
The Dane County Sheriffs Office will join hundreds of other
law enforcement agencies throughout Wisconsin to combat
drunken driving during the annual Drive Sober or Get Pulled
Over national campaign from August 19 to September 5.
Rather than risk a drunken driving arrest or crash, the Dane
County Sheriffs Office urges you to follow these common sense
suggestions:
Choose a sober designated driver before you start drinking.
If youre feeling buzzed, you likely are over the 0.08 BAC
limit and should not drive.
Take mass transit, a taxicab or a bus.
The Zero in Wisconsin traffic safety program has a free Drive

Sober mobile app that can be downloaded by visiting zeroinwisconsin.gov.

Some taverns and restaurants offer patrons a safe ride home.
Visit www.tlw.org and click on Safe Ride.
Report impaired drivers to law enforcement by calling 911.
Last year in Wisconsin, 190 people were killed and nearly
2,900 were injured in alcohol-related crashes.
The Dane County Sheriffs Office will be utilizing grant
money approved by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation
to put additional enforcement on the roads during this campaign.
At least six grant deployments are scheduled between now and
the end of August to focus solely on intoxicated drivers.

Atimelylookatanti-intellectualism

The Middleton Public Library will host UW-Madison

History professor Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen on Thursday,
September 8, for the final 2016
lecture in the librarys
Scholard for Life series.
Professor
Ratner-Rosen-

CHURCH NOTES

hagen will present a lecture entitled Anti-Intellectualism in

American History.
Jim Ramsey, the Librarys
Head of Adult Services, says
that this topic is an especially
timely one.
This theme is relevant to
many of the political discussions weve been having recently at both the local and
national levels, he said. The
lecture, which is free and open
to the public, will begin at 7:00
PM in the librarys lower level
Archer Room. Attendees are
encouraged to register online at
midlibrary.org/events.
Ratner-Rosenhagen is the

Merle Curti Associate Professor

of History at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison and author
of American Nietzsche: A History of an Icon and His Ideas,
published in 2012 by the University of Chicago Press. Her
research and teaching interests
include the history of philosophy, political and social theory,
religion, literature, and the visual arts; the transatlantic flow
of intellectual and cultural
movements; print culture; and
cultural studies. Her publications are of both academic and
general interest, and explore the
links between intellectual life,
the trafficking of ideas, and

American culture.
The Scholard for Life series
is made possible by a partnership between the Middleton
Public Library and the UWMadison Speakers Bureau.
Past lectures have featured topics such as mathematics, U.S.
History, and astronomy. As always, the library would like to
thank the Friends of the Middleton Public Library for funding
this event.

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with land use and transportation

plans and projects to promote
orderly extension of services
and installation in a manner that
has the least physical and aesthetic impact possible.
3.) Maintain and improve
utility infrastructure to ensure
adequate capacity to serve existing users and accommodate
new service areas.
4.) Strive to provide city residents with access to education,
health and recreation services
and opportunities to promote
active lifestyles and physical
and mental health.
5.) Provide Middleton residents, property owners, businesses and visitors with high
quality community facilities
that ensure protection and conservation of the natural environment.
Some of the policies and recommendations are burying
power lines, continue and ex-

pand solar, support public/private partnerships to collocate

electrical and telecommunication lines, continue collaborating with Madison Gas &
Electric on the community
solar project and plan similar
solar array installations on other
municipal buildings or land, encourage the private sector to do
the same, work with MGE to
provide incentives for residents
and businesses to purchase
power from renewable energy
and to employ energy conservation practices and adopt stricter
residential and commercial
building codes to mandate increased energy efficiency.
Kelley noted that the revised
utilities and community facilities chapter had been distributed
late and would be discussed at a
future meeting. Plan commission members identified a few
typos in the draft document. No
action was taken.

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downtownMiddleton
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MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE

Jazz Consortiums 2016 Strollin

Series Wraps Up in Downtown
Middletonon FridayEvening,
September 2nd

Eleven bands. Seven hours of continuous live

music. Five different venues in Middletons walkable downtown area east and west of Parmenter
Street and south of University Avenue. And no
cover charges. These are the makings Strollin
Middleton, the last of three jazz mini-fests being
presented this year by the Greater Madison Jazz
Consortium. Now in its third year, this popular
jazz stroll series features a staggered performance schedule that makes it easy for attendees to
stroll from venue to venue and sample many different musical styles.
Strollin Middleton is the ninth jazz stroll
produced by the Consortium in a series that began
two years ago at Schenks Corners on Madisons
East Side, and its been warmly embraced by each
of its host communities. Once again, the Consortiums Nick Moran (an outstanding jazz bassist in
his own right) has booked an intriguing mix of
bands showcasing the wide range of instrumental
and vocal jazz styles regularly available to Dane
County audiences.
Strollin Middleton is made possible by sponsorships from Prime Urban Properties, BMO Harris Bank, and the Madison Area Music Association
(MAMA), as well as contributions from each host
venue, free will contributions from Strollin attendees, grants from the John and Carolyn Peterson
Charitable Foundation and Dane County Cultural
Affairs Commission (with additional funds from
the Endres Mfg. Company Foundation, The Evjue
Foundation, Inc., charitable arm of The Capital
Times, the W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation, and
the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation), and promotional support from Isthmus, WORT-FM, and Wisconsin Public Radio.

STROLLIN
MIDDLETON
Friday, September 2
5:00 PM Midnight

5:00 8:00 PM: BMO Harris Student

Stage (7447 University Avenue @ Parmenter Street)
5:00 PM: Edgewood High School Jazz
Combo
6:00 PM: Madison Music Foundry Jazz
Combo
7:00 PM: Middleton High School Jazz
Combo The Surreal Books

5:00 7:00 PM: Capital Brewery (7734

Terrace Avenue)
The Madison Jazz Orchestra

6:00 11:00 PM: Louisiannes (7464

Hubbard Avenue)
6:00 PM: Pianist Johnny Chimes
9:00 PM: Pianist Jim Erickson

6:00 9:00 PM: Middleton Public Library (7425 Hubbard Avenue)

6:00 PM: Antique Nouveau
7:00 PM: Vocalist Sally De Broux with
pianist/percussionist John Becker and
bassist Laurie Lang
8:00 PM: The Tom Ryan Orchette performing Miles Davis Birth of The Cool

9:30 PM Midnight: The Free House

Pub (1902 Parmenter Street @ Elmwood
Avenue)
9:30 PM: Saxophonist Jon Hoels Trio
10:30 PM: Bassist John Christensens
Atlas Project

ReadyforGildasRun?

Gildas Run is just two

months away. Have you registered your team yet?
On Sunday, October 9 they
will host the 9th annual
Run/Walkat10:30 a.m.starting

inthe Gildas Club parking lot

in Middleton.
The theme this year isWhy
I Run. In 2015 they heard
many reasons from runners
aboutwhy they ran: remember-

ing someone you lost to cancer,

honoring a loved one facing
cancer today, ensuring that
Gildas Club is free for any
family dealing with cancer, and
many others.

Home Health United-Meals

On Wheels volunteers touch the
lives of seniors through time
and service. Make a difference
by brightening their day, showing them that people care, and
by helping them feel in touch.
Meals On Wheels provides
hot nutritious meals every day
of the year to individuals in
need in Madison, Middleton,
Monona and Sun Prairie, and
can accommodate special dietary needs.
Delivery routes are available
seven days a week, 365 days a

year. Meal pick-up times are between 10:45 and noon at five
convenient locations. Delivery
takes about an hour and your
commitment level is flexible
choose what works best for you
and your schedule. All volunteers go through a training session which covers the delivery
routine, route sheet review and
any questions you may have.
Pickup points and your preferences regarding pickup site location and delivery days are
also discussed.
For more information on de-

livering Home Health United

Meals On Wheels call608-2767598 or email MOW@hhuvns.org.
Home Health United offers
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Home Health, Hospice, Home
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For
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that already have passed similar resolutions and other interested towns are nearly finished
drafting a model comprehensive
zoning ordinance that opt-out
towns would adopt to govern
zoning matters in their municipalities.
The county also is drafting a
comprehensive zoning ordinance, the first thorough revision in several decades, and
anticipates completing it in the
fall of 2017.
Theyre being nice now because they have to, said Town
of Springfield board supervisor
Jim Pulvermacher, who was in-

vited to address the town board.

The town board of Springfield voted 4-1 in July to opt out
because decisions by the Zoning and Land Regulation (ZRL)
Committee of the Dane County
Board of Supervisors have gone
against town wishes, he said.
The town of Springfield has
been the poster child for problems with the ZLR, Pulvermacher said.
Several years ago, the ZLR
approved the installation of an
asphalt batch plant in the town
over the objection of the town
board. Board members later
succeeded in getting the county

board to reject the ZLRs recommendation, Pulvermacher

said.
Other towns have had similar
battles with the ZLR over allowing gravel pits and land divisions counter to local
interests, he said.
Four ZLR committee members are county board members
from cities or villages and only
one is from a town, which
means the towns interests are
not adequately represented, Pulvermacher said.
The town could also opt out
and adopt the countys comprehensive zoning ordinance as its

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JESUS

THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2016

100 books donated

for kids in crisis

Photo contributed

LastweektheMiddleton-basedREACH-A-Childorganizationdelivered100childrensbooks
andbackpackstotheDaneCountySheriffsWestPrecinctoffice.Theseitemswerefunded
throughagenerousdonationfromthenewPrimroseSchoolofMiddleton.PicturedareCarole
Klopp(FinanceDirectorforREACH-A-Child),AmandaKienbaum(PrimroseSchool),Patricia
Sugden(ProgramCoordinatorforREACH-A-Child),DeputyBrookeGagnerandDeputyRich
Bennett.

New school opens

Photo contributed

FranchiseownersAmandaandMarkKienbaumarehostingagrandopeningeventtocelebratetheofficialentranceofPrimroseSchoolsintothestateofWisconsinatthenewPrimrose
SchoolofMiddleton.LocalfamiliesandchildrenareinvitedtoattendthegrandopeningcelebrationonSaturday,Aug.20,from9:45a.m.to2p.m.
Duringthegrandopeningcelebration,childrenandfamilieswillhavetheopportunitytomeet
theschoolsFranchiseOwners,tourtheschoolandlearnaboutthePrimroseexclusiveBalanced
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snacksfromthePrimroseBalancedMenu,lunchfromBluePlateCateringandtreatsfrom
BloomBakeShop.Aribbon-cuttingceremonywithMiddletonMayorKurtSonnentagwillbe
heldat9:45a.m.toofficiallymarkthegrandopeningoftheschool.
PrimroseSchools,withmorethan300schoolsacross25states,isafamilyofaccredited,highqualityearlyeducationandcareschoolsforchildrenages6weeksto6-years-oldandafter-school
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PrimroseSchoolofMiddletonofficiallyopeneditsdoorstostudentsonAugust1.Thepreschool
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visitwww.PrimroseMiddleton.com.

own, but the county would retain authority over land division
and certified survey maps decisions, said Middleton board supervisor Tim Roehl.
State law enacted this year
allows Dane County towns an
opportunity every three years to
opt out or opt back in.
Towns that opt out would retain permit fees imposed on
property development but
whether that would be sufficient
to fund the cost of administering and enforcing zoning decisions remains undetermined,
said Kolar.
The Town of Westport is pay-

ing General Engineering about

85 percent of the fees it collects
on property development to administer its zoning matters, said
Roehl.
Asked why he preferred opting out, Roehl said it was the
closest thing to Home Rule.
Why should elected officials in Madison be deciding
what you can do with your
property? he said.
Plan Commission member
Cynthia Richson urged the
board to hire a qualified, independent firm, to investigate
what it would cost the town to
take over zoning decisions and

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whether it would require additional staffing and how it would

impact customer service and
quality.
Kolar did not know if the
town could find such a firm and
added that it seems that both
sides of the debate are adequately represented by the
towns and the county.
The board also postponed
until Sept. 6 a decision on
whether to remove from the
towns map a right of way for a
connecting road between Voesen and Bronner roads in the
proposed Veridan Homes Daybreak Valley subdivision.

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MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE

Last chance
to catch
Seussical!

Photos by Michelle Larson

Middleton Players Theatre will

present Seussical the Musical as the final
productionofits2016seasonattheMiddletonPerformingArtsCenter.Remainingperformance dates and times are 19 and 20
at7:30p.m.andAug.20at2:00p.m.Tickets
canbepurchasedonlineatmiddletonplayers.comoratthedooronehourbeforeshowtime.

Scoutsjoinwithtaskforce
tofocusonfallprevention
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The Dane County Falls Prevention Task Force and Boys

and Girls Club of Dane County
are pleased to announce that the
annual falls prevention event,
Only Leaves Should Fall, will
be held on Tuesday, September
20 from 10:30am 2:00pm at
the Boys and Girls Club, 4619
Jenewein Rd., Fitchburg.
At Only Leaves Should
Fall, participants will learn
about local falls-prevention programs and classes; receive
screenings and reviews for
blood pressure, cognitive function, medication, balance, home
safety, and urinary incontinence; and participate in program demonstrations, such as
Tai Chi, Chicago Steppin, and
Ballroom Basics for Better Balance. Participants will leave
with community resources and
information about how to best
prevent a fall. Lunch is provided. Transportation from specific pick-up locations is
available as requested. There is
a $10 registration fee, but schol-

arships are available as needed.

Please call Safe Communities at
608-441-3060 by Monday, September 12 to register. Online
registration is also available at
safercommunity.net.
Falls are Dane Countys
number one cause of injury-related hospitalization. Falls
among adults 65 years and older
are a leading cause of injurydeath and non-fatal injuries.
40% of those who fall and break
a hip end their lives in a nursing
home, and an additional 30%
temporarily lose their independence. Wisconsins death rate
due to falls among older adults
is more than twice the national
average, and Wisconsin is second after New Mexico as having the highest death rate from
falls in the nation. The good
news is that falls are not a normal part of aging and efforts of
the Dane County Falls Prevention Task Force and partners are
helping to alleviate the prevalence of falls among older
adults in our community.

HerecomesGNF

The 53rd annual Good Neighbor Festival is fast approaching.The

festival runs August 26th through August 28th at Firemans Park in
the heart of the Good Neighbor City.
For 52 years, the Good Neighbor Festival has worked to bring
the community together and promote the good neighbor ethic
through free family fun, music and food. But, its also an important
fundraiser for the Middleton area. The event supports charities and
worthy causes that help those most in need in the community.
For our non-profits, this festival is a lifeline, said Good Neighbor Festival President Adam Warriner. So come, eat, play and
share your generosity. You can feel good knowing youre strengthening our community.
For more information about Good Neighbor Festival, look inside
next weeks edition for a full guide to this years festivities.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2016

Go-Getters compete at State Fair

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MONEY

exclusively on a small number of commodity crops. The

United States food production
system is deeply broken at a
political, financial and essentially fundamental level, he conConsolidation,
tinues.
monoculture, and globalization
are all well-established realities.
Fixing the problem, according
to those working to do so, will
require work, time and money.
Not enough money is flowing into sustainable agriculture.
Our money is kind of locked
into these massive industrial
systems, Tasch says, who recently visited Dane County to
speak about a philosophy that is
slowly but surely taking hold in
locations around the United
States and the world. If we
want to try to rebalance the system, its going to take a massive
new flow of capital.
In our case, were trying to
essentially short circuit [the current system] on a small scale,
says Tasch, whose 2010 book
Inquiries into the Nature of
Slow Money: Investing as if
Food, Farms, and Fertility Mattered first laid out the principles
he was here to speak about.
We have some people taking
$100 and making loans to small
farmers.
It is, at its core, based on a
philosophy that is almost laughably simple, he says. But it is
also unquestionably ambitious.
According to Tasch, Slow
Money, a non-profit based out
of Boulder, Colo., is expected to
surpass $50 million this year,
with an estimated 1,500 investors helping to fund around
500 small farm operations.
Doing so, according to Tasch,
is a small but important step toward solving a financial problem and a food systems
problem.
Tasch was recently in the
area in part because of Bartlett
Durand, the famous Zen
Butcher behind the Conscious
Carnivore and Black Earth
Meats. The former is a retail
store featuring local meat products on University Avenue. The
latter was a humane-handling
slaughterhouse where sustainability-minded
customers

flocked to buy locally raised

beef and pork products before it
was shut down amidst a muchpublicized legal battle with
local government leaders two
years ago.
Durand says Mount Horeb, in
particular, is the type of community where local food and
Slow Money can help spearhead economic development.
Durand adds that what Tasch
is talking about is both new and
very, very old.
When people hear him for
the first time, you can kind of
see their worldview shaking a
little bit, Durand says.
But in fact, says Durand, all
Slow Money wants to do is restore a system that was in place,
and worked, for generations. He
says Wisconsin, due to its diverse topography, was never
transformed into a single swath
of corn or wheat, as was the
case further west. Here, until
very recently, small scale producers and processors of a vast
range of food products remained in business, supplying
their local communities with
food for which they were
uniquely and directly accountable.
As that has been slowly
usurped by large-scale food
production and distribution, the
direct accountability of farmers
and processors has gone away.
Just this month, a single recall
for listeria contamination in a
processing plant 2,000 miles
away caused moms and dads
here to throw away many of
their frozen peas, unsure of their
source.
Thats part of how the
Roman Empire fell, Durand
says. They forgot about fertility and outsourced all their food
production.
Whats happened from
World War II on is the consolidation of systems, which is
great in some ways, but it leads
to enormous reliance on a small
amount of things, which can
cause great damage, Durand
continues. The alternative is a
disparate, non-centralized system something weve already
done with computers, where
you have the Cloud and lots of

little things rather than one big

thing. Doing that makes the system as a whole more resilient.
Durand says he is confident
people want things to change.
They just arent sure how to
make it happen, which is where
Slow Money comes in.
Part of it is growing so rapidly from 1 billion people [in
the year 1800] to 8 or 9 billion
people now, he says. We have
stressed the system until something feels off. We all feel it.
People blame Obama, or they
blame Trump, but they all feel
it.
When critics say individual
investors with small amounts of
money might not be able to
solve all of globalizations ills,
Tasch has a response ready.
I say to people, Youre
right, he explains. We might
not be able to do it. But it feels
like the right thing to do. It feels
like the right direction and
Im absolutely certain that millions of Americans believe in
something like this.
The Slow Money vision is
very broad, says Tasch. Its
basically the expression of concerns about our money zooming
around all over the planet in
complicated and confusing
ways. Its about taking a little
money out of there and getting
it into the hands of small farmers.
Tasch is uniquely qualified to
serve as the movements
spokesman. He has worked to
help farmers in developing
countries. Hes intimately familiar with the ins and outs of
small scale venture capital investing. And he is a lover of
small-scale agriculture and locally sourced, natural foods.
Its part of my gestalt, he
chuckles.
His ah ha moment, if there
was only one, came while
standing in a bustling Italian
farmers market when the Slow
Food movement was just beginning to take off. It was then, he
says, that a passion for biodiversity was reignited. He decided
that Slow Food, the international organization that aims to
promote good, clean and fair
food for all, was an idea whose

time had come. But while Slow

Food was good, people couldnt
grow and raise it without Slow
Money to get them started.
Thenon-profit was founded
in November, 2008, following
the publication of Taschs book.
I wrote a book, he says.
The book sparked a lot of people. I had no intention of founding an NGO [non-governmental
organization]. Im just following the energy, and this is where
the energy is.
What Durand and Tasch
want, they say, is to enable people, through infusions of modest
amounts of capital, to farm on
a human scale.
We still have a chance to
hold onto this old system, Durand states. To have towns that
are viable, cool, interesting
places to live. Places where
people can get jobs. Towns that
are not just bedroom communities.
The world financial system
is not sustainable, Durand
adds. What we want is smaller,
more diversified farms and
more local processing.
Consumers already have a
taste for local and organic
foods, clearly. Even General
Mills recently went GMO-free
because moms stopped buying
Cheerios, Durand says. Farmers, too, are ready to grow and
raise crops and animals locally.
What we dont have is a
solid base of private investors,
Durand says.
According to Tasch, the
stakes are high. The long-term
cost of cheap food, from soil
erosion to obesity, might be difficult to quantify down to the
penny, but it is very real, he
contends.
These costs are not in the
price of the food, he says.
And there are all sorts of subsidies tied up in [large-scale
food production] because ever
since World War II, the goal has
been to make massive amounts
of shelf-stable food.
The idea of promoting food
that is often more expensive is
not without its critics.
The Danish author and
Skeptical Environmentalist
Bjorn Lomborg, author of the

New York Times opinion piece,

The Poor Need Cheap Fossil
Fuels, has written at length
about how billions of people
rely on inexpensive food in
order to stave off starvation. To
them, he points out, questions
of organic or local food seem
arcane, distant and unimportant.
But Tasch is not arguing that
everyone must immediately
jump on the local, organic food
bandwagon.
Not everybody can afford
it, he says. I understand that,
but you have to start somewhere.
If a tomato or a pork loin at
your local farmers market costs
more than their counterparts of
unknown origin in the grocery
store, thats not because small
farmers are inefficient at producing food, he adds.
Its because thats what the
food actually costs to produce,

continued from page 1

Tasch says. This isnt charity;

this is reality.
If Slow Money works, Tasch
and Durand say small-scale
agriculture will experience a
renaissance in communities like
this one.
If that happens, there will be
a meaningful number of individuals in more than a few
states putting enough money
into small scale agriculture to
matter, says Tasch. He adds
that Dane County is well suited
to be part of that first wave.
Our idea is to put it back in
the ground where it needs to
go, he says. People forget that
the money on Wall Street is our
money.

For additional information,

read the latest edition of the
Slow Money Journal at slowmoney.org/subscribe.

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Time is
now for
football
Cards

Middletons football program

has largely been a pillar of
excellence both on and off
the field under Tim Simon for
the past 12 years.
For the first time this offseason, though, Simon put together
a handbook for his players that
includes a mission statement,
football specific goals and an
overall philosophy.
There were six football goals,
and most years, Middleton has
aced the first five. They include
competing for a Big Eight championship and ranking among the
premier football programs in
Wisconsin.
Its the sixth and final goal
that has given Simon and the
Cardinals fits.
That reads: Compete year in
and year out to win the state
championship.
We have a goal every year
of winning a gold ball and playing in Camp Randall, Simon
said. But we need to be more
consistent in the playoffs than
we have been.
The Cardinals have done several great things under Simon.
Middleton has won, or
shared,
six
Big
Eight
Conference titles including
the last two. The Cardinals have
REISCHEL, page 8

MHSoffensecouldbepotent

Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

DionHuffandMiddletonsoffensearehopingtomakealotofnoisethisseason.

Cardinals have
speed to burn
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune

Speed kills.
It doesnt hurt to have
some size, too.
Middletons offense seems

to have both this fall, which

could make the Cardinals
extremely dangerous on that
side of the ball.
Middleton has a bevy of
skill players that run extremely well. Combine that with an
offensive line that will average 6-foot-1 and 258 pounds
per man and the Cardinals
could have an offense that
gives their foes fits.

Were going to have a lot

of
team
speed,
said
Middleton coach Tim Simon,
whose team opens the season
at Madison Memorial Friday.
Then we should have some
pretty good size up front, too.
Were hoping thats a nice
combination.
After waiting his turn the
last two seasons, senior C.J.
Fermanich will take over at

quarterback. Fermanich is a
sensational athlete who was a
first-team
all-Big
Eight
Conference return man and an
honorable-mention all-conference selection at cornerback
in 2015.
Middleton prefers not to
use its players on both offense
and defense. So the coaching
staff had long and hard
debates about where to use

Samestory,
differentyear
MHS defense
could shine
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune

Times-Tribune photo by Mary Langenfeld

MiddletondefensivecoordinatorTomCabalka(left)couldhavethepiecestofieldanexcellentunitin2016.

Fermanich this fall.

Finally, the Cardinals
brain trust decided to play
Fermanich at quarterback,
where the dual threat athlete
could be deadly. Fermanichs
arm strength and accuracy are
both solid, but his greatest
strength might be his feet.
He throws well on the run

Tom Cabalka loves linebackers.

They are often tackling
machines that can also cover,
blitz, fill holes and lead a football team.
Give Cabalka three gifted
linebackers and Middletons
longtime defensive coordinator
will usually produce a first-rate
unit.
The 2016 season could be
the latest example of that.
Cabalka has a trio of line-

OFFENSE, page 9

backers that could rank among

the better groups hes had at
Middleton. And as the
Cardinals prepare for their
2016 opener at Madison
Memorial Friday, Cabalka is
extremely optimistic about his
defense and his linebackers.
I think this is really going
to be a good group, the normally understated Cabalka said
of his linebackers. We should
be able to do a lot of things
with these guys.
Middletons defense, always
a strength under Cabalka,
should be extremely stout
again in 2016. But the linebacking group has the ability to
become both playmakers and
DEFENSE, page 10

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n REISCHEL

continued from page 7

compiled an 82-21 record in the

regular season, a sensational
.796 winning percentage.
Its the postseason where
things have gone south.
Middleton is just 8-12 in the
playoffs (.400) under Simon and
has lost in the first round seven
times. The Cardinals reached the
state semifinals in 2008 and the
state quarterfinals in 2010.
Otherwise, they havent escaped
the second round.
Last year, the Cardinals
rolled through the Big Eight
Conference again. In the playoffs, though, Middleton fell to
Sun Prairie, a team it had
thrashed, 45-13, in the regular
season.
As the 2016 season kicks off,
one of Middletons top priorities
is erasing recent playoff disappointments.
For whatever reason, weve
had a hard time getting past our
first game in the playoffs, longtime defensive coordinator Tom
Cabalka said. And weve got to
change that. Weve got to get
better.
Perhaps the 2016 group is
just the one to do it.
Middletons offensive line,
led by Kayden Lyles the
states No. 1 ranked senior
should
be
sensational.
Quarterback C.J. Fermanich is a
dynamic player capable of
destroying defenses with his arm
or feet.
Wideout Myron Ashford is a
threat to score every time he
touches the ball. A bevy of
speedy running backs should
feast behind the gifted offensive
line.
Defensively, Middletons
linebackers led by Joe
Ludwig and Caleb Cymbalak
could rank among the best trios
that Cabalka has had. There are
gifted players ready to make
their mark up front, while a
revamped secondary could be a
work in progress.
Overall, Simon does a terrific
job overseeing the program.
Cabalka has been one of the

Times-Tribune photo
by Mary Langenfeld

Middleton
football coach
Tim Simon has
ledtheCardinals
to six Big Eight
Conference titles
in12years.
The Cardinals
are just 8-12 in
the postseason,
though, under
Simon.

states most highly-respected

defensive coordinators for years
now, while offensive coordinator Jason Pertzborn is becoming
a master of his craft.
The rest of the staff includes
steady veterans such as Rick
Vander Sanden, Ryan Oliversen,
Joe Poehls and Dan Drangstveit,
along with talented youngsters
such as Seth Coyne, Max
Peternell and Drew Graf.
I think one reason weve
had success is we dont get a lot
of turnover in the staff that
maybe some other schools do,
Simon said. Its a great staff,
and a lot of these guys have been
here since I got the job (in
2004).
When
it
comes
to
Middletons program, most
teams would love to trade
places.
The Cardinals win. They display terrific sportsmanship.

They help develop high-character individuals that become

extremely successful when they
leave MHS.
But Simon admits thats not
quite enough.
No. 6 in the handbook the
passage about winning a state
championship drives everyone in this program. And
Middleton would love nothing
better than to make that happen
in 2016.
Our goals are always high,
and the goal right now is to win
state, said Ludwig, the Big
Eights Defensive Back of the
Year in 2015 whos moving to
linebacker this fall. Why not set
the bar high?
Winning the conference is
always a goal and we start there.
But we want to take it to the next
step. That would be great.
Perhaps 2016 will be
Middletons time.

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n OFFENSE

and is really good with a lot of

the play action stuff,
Middleton offensive coordinator Jason Pertzborn said. But
if he chooses to pull it down
and run, look out. He could
score anytime.
Fermanich has put on about
10 pounds of muscle since last
season and now weighs 175.
He also ran the 40-yard dash
in an impressive 4.59 seconds
at the WFCA Combine in
May.
Id play wherever they
want me to, whatevers best
for the team, said Fermanich,
whos also played varsity basketball since he was a freshman. I just know we have a
lot of talent here and I cant
wait to get going.
Fermanich should enjoy
working behind an offensive
line that could be one of the
better units in the state.
Senior right guard Kayden
Lyles, who transferred to
Middleton from Arizona this
summer, leads the group.
Lyles (6-3, 320) is a
University of Wisconsin
recruit and rated the top senior
in the state by wissports.net.
Kaydens already shown
hes a great leader, Pertzborn
said. He really wants it. Hes
all-in.
A year ago, Middletons
offensive line was a group of
undersized, overachievers.
This year, size wont be an
issue.
Junior left tackle Jarrett
Horst (6-4, 270) and senior
right tackle Seth Craker (6-4,
243) have ideal size, while

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senior left guard Daydrian

Spears (5-10, 232) and senior
center Justin Sarbacker (5-9,
228) are blood and guts players that any coach would take
to battle.
Last year, we were a little
bit undersized, but we got the
most out of what we had,
Pertzborn said of his offense
line. This group probably
wont be as quick, but theyll
really get after people.
The Cardinals would love
to settle on a lead running
back to replace all-Big Eight
player Cam Maly. So far,
though, the trio of senior
Austin Delaney and juniors
James Pabst and Dion Huff
are neck and neck.
All three have blazing
speed and dont need much
room to get rolling.
Senior Noah Helbach (6-0,
204) is one of the better fullbacks in the area and should
help spring the gifted tailbacks.
It might be a case where
we wind up playing the kid
who has the hot hand, Simon
said of his running backs. All
of them can hurt you.
Split end Myron Ashford is
the Cardinals top returning
receiver and should be poised
for a big senior season. The
Cardinals were expecting a
big junior season from flanker
Brogan Brunker, but hes sidelined indefinitely.
That means senior flanker
Jack Toennies and senior tight
end Chris Olsen could get
more opportunities than
expected.
Middleton finished second
in the league in scoring last
year with 34.1 points per
game. And this years group
has the ability to take it up a
notch.
We have a ton of potential
and the goal is to make it deep
into the playoffs, said
Fermanich, whose team lost to
Sun Prairie in the first round
of the playoffs last year. We
all remember the heartbreak
after last year and that left a
sour taste in our mouths.
Hopefully it just fuels the
fire.

Times-Tribune photos by
Mary Langenfeld

guard
Right
Kayden Lyles (top)
andquarterbackC.J.
Fermanich (left) will
be two key pieces of
Middletons offense
thisseason.

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MiddletonstandoutJoeLudwigismovingfromsafetytolinebackerthisyear.

DEFENSE

difference-makers.
It begins with Joe Ludwig,
who was the Big Eight
Conferences Defensive Back
of the Year in 2015. This season, Ludwig (6-1, 212) will
move from safety to weakside
linebacker, where his combination of speed, strength and
instincts could make him a
tackling machine.
I just think hes going to be
dynamic in the run game,
Cabalka said. Hes got a
chance to be awfully special
from that spot.
Ludwig has put on 20
pounds of muscle since last
season ended and also runs the
40-yard dash in 4.7 seconds.
Ludwig has drawn some
Division 1 interest from
schools such as Wyoming,
Northern Illinois and Rutgers.
And Ludwig knows a big senior season could do wonders
for his portfolio.
A lot of schools just want
to see how the year will play
out, Ludwig said. I really
grinded in the offseason and
want to have a great senior season.
Senior middle linebacker
Caleb Cymbalak was an honor-

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able-mention all-conference
player last year, and should be
poised for even bigger and better in 2016. And junior strongside linebacker Shane Bick has
been one of the Cardinals
standouts during preseason
practices.
Caleb can really run,
Cabalka said of Cymbalak.
Hes terrific coming downhill.
Shane can run too, and
hell put a lick on you. It
should be a really good group.
For the linebackers to excel,
though, Middleton must be
stout up front. And that group
is a work in progress.
Cabalka is extremely excited about senior defensive ends
Max Elliott and Nate Helbach.
Senior Harrison Bielski (5-11,
225) will start at nose tackle,
while senior Roman Kryshak is
the frontrunner at the other
tackle spot.
We have some questions
right now and well see how
things shake out, Cabalka
said. But I think this will
eventually be a really good
group.
Cabalka feels the same way
about
his
secondary.
When the 2015 season ended, it

continued from page 7

appeared the Cardinals would

have honorable-mention allconference cornerback C.J.
Fermanich and Ludwig back to
anchor the secondary. But
Fermanich was moved to quarterback and Ludwig was
switched to linebacker.
The cupboard is far from
bare, though.
Senior Jack Smith and junior Cole Ragsdale could be a
potent pair of cornerbacks.
Cabalka has extremely high
hopes for junior strong safety
Luke Ballweg, while senior Tre
Turner has the speed and range
to grow into a terrific free safety.
There are some guys who
havent seen the field a great
deal, Cabalka said. But
theyre definitely talented
guys. I think theyll grow into
their roles and that will eventually become a pretty strong
group.
Cabalka has strong groups
almost every year, and this season should be more of the
same. Its one of the many reasons Middleton believes a third
straight Big Eight Conference
title is in the cards.
Our goals are always high
and theyll be high again this
year, Ludwig said. It starts
win conference, but then we
want to take it up a step and
win state. That may seem like a
pretty high goal, but were
ready to get after it.

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Name
Josh Acker
Caleb Cymbalak
Jimmy Fruciante
Jackson Grimm
Harrison Bielski
Max Elliott
Davis Roquet
Nate Helbach
Cole Ragsdale
Nolan Dahlk
C. J. Femanich
Kevin Meicher
Luke Ballweg
Jack Smith
Myron Ashford Jr.
Joe Ludwig
Joe Polecek
Austin Delaney
Triston Carroll
Eman Kitchen
Ryan Handowski
Dion Huff
Cade Armstrong
James Pabst
Tre Turner
Ben Statsick
Logan Collien
Tristin Benson
Nico Morrikis
Jacob Helmuth
Aaron Wills
Chris Olsen
Shane Bick
Noah Helbach
Daydrian Spears
Josh Kerns
Noah Krantz
Tyler Smith
Bryce Vander Sanden
Grant Manser
Gabe Ehmpke
Justin Sarbacker
Cole Phillips
Nick Luddy
Roman Kryshak
Griffin Rose
Tyler Dittmer
Logan Thomas
Gannon Piernot
Kyle Cowling
Ryan Lewis
Ryan Fortney
Tommy Luddy
Matthew Davey
Seth Craker
Kayden Lyles
Jarrett Horst
Nick Pliner
Jack Toennies
Austin Granderson
Colin Liegel
Chris Thompson
Corey Parkinson
Cole Parrell
Brogan Brunker
Jake Genyk

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Pos.
DB/WR
LB/RB
LB/QB
DB/WR
DL/OL
DL/OL
QB/DB
DL/TE
DB/WR
DB/WR
QB/DB
DB/RB
DB/TE
DB/WR
WR/DB
LB/RB
DB/WR
RB/DB
RB/LB
DB/WR
DB/WR
RB/DB
DB/RB
RB/DB
DB/RB
RB/LB
DB/WR
DB/RB
DB/WR
WR/DB
LB/RB
TE/LB
LB/RB
RB/LB
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
OL/DL
WR/DB
WR/DB
TE/DL
WR/LB
DB/WR
TE/DL
TE/DL
WR/DB
WR/DB

Ht.
511
511
511
61
511
61
63
6
58
511
511
58
63
64
61
61
61
54
59
61
59
56
6
57
56
511
59
510
59
57
511
61
62
6
510
6
61
58
59
61
6
59
63
6
6
6
510
57
6
511
61
61
61
61
64
63
64
59
62
61
63
61
62
61
64
62

Wt.
155
193
182
165
225
218
180
210
160
152
177
155
186
190
206
212
175
127
204
178
173
178
178
177
143
174
147
183
158
161
163
201
206
204
232
247
216
223
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HeadCoach:Tim Simon
Varsity Assistant Coaches: Tom Cabalka, Jason Pertzborn, Dan Drangstveit, Joe
Poehls, Rick Vander Sanden, Ryan Oliversen, Max Peternell, Seth Coyne, Drew Graf.
JV Coaches: Joe Line, Tyrell Rosemeyer, Antonio Hoye, Mike Mardis, Saygo
Henderson.
FreshmanCoaches: Brad North, Kent Weiler, Harold Carson, Mark Oesterle, Brent
Jorgensen
Managers: Katelyn Dummer, Rachel Zander, Rebecca Lorfeld, Bridget Cooney,
Autumn Delaney, Geena Klubertanz, Kyla Sutter.
Trainers:Lori Neilitz, Athletic Trainer; Christa Wille, PT Resident .

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2016

Editors Note: The following story is a preview of the Big

Eight Conference compiled by
Wissports.net.
2015 Recap: Middleton
captured a second straight outright league title, going 8-1.
The Cardinals were bounced
in Level 1 of the playoffs however, as the league struggled for
a second consecutive year in
the postseason.
Madison Memorial and
Madison La Follette tied for
second, followed by Verona.
Sun Prairie also made the postseason with a winning record,
while Janesville Parker and
Madison East snuck in with 45 league marks. Only
Memorial and Sun Prairie were
able to pick up playoff wins,
both going out in Level 2.

2016Predicted
OrderofFinish

1. Middleton
2. Madison Memorial
3. Madison La Follette
4. Verona
5. Sun Prairie
6. Madison East
7. Janesville Parker
8. Madison West
9. Janesville Craig
10. Beloit Memorial

PlayerstoWatch

Terrell Carey, WR,

Madison West: Carey was a
second-team all-conference
choice in the Big Eight last season.
NathanCoy,WR/DB,Sun
Prairie: Coy is a returning
first-team
all-conference
defensive back and saw some
time on offense, as well, last
season.
Amadou
Daff,
RB,
Madison East: Daff was a
first-team all-conference pick
after rushing for more than
1,200 yards last season.
Jake Ferguson, WR/LB,
MadisonMemorial:Ferguson
is one of the top two-way players in the state, earning firstteam all-conference on both
sides of the ball. He has committed to Wisconsin.
C.J. Fermanich, QB,
Middleton: Fermanich is an
outstanding defensive back and
also a top return man, earning
first-team
all-conference
recognition as a special teams
player after a pair of return
touchdowns last year. This year
he moves to quarterback.
Juan Harris, OL/DL,
Janesville Parker: Harris has
bounced around schools, but is
back at Parker for his senior
season. With numerous scholarship offers, he recently decommitted from Iowa for a
third time to commit to
Indiana.
Ed Jacobson, RB/LB,
JanesvilleParker: Jacobson is
a traditional fullback on
offense and a tackling machine
on defense.
Will Jessup, DB, Madison
Memorial: Jessup was a firstteam all-conference choice
after recording seven interceptions last season.
Nick Lawinger, RB,
Verona: Lawinger was a
Second Team All-Conference
pick after scoring 11 rushing
touchdowns last season.
Joe
Ludwig,
DB,
Middleton: Ludwig was second on the Cardinals in tackles
last season, earning first-team
all-conference
recognition.

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This year, Ludwig is moving

from strong safety to l;inebacker.
Kayden Lyles, OL/DL,
Middleton: Lyles moves to
Middleton from Arizona,
where he was an All-State
player. Lyles has committed to
Wisconsin and is ranked in the
top 250 players in the country
by most recruiting services.
Hes also ranked as the top
player in the state by
WisSports.net.
Patton,
QB,
Julian
Madison La Follette: Patton
threw for more than 900 yards
with 11 touchdowns, and with a
year of experience under his
belt could be in for a big senior
season.
Elias Sobah, RB/LB,
MadisonLaFollette:Sobah is
an outstanding running back
with great athletic ability,
adding first-team all-conference recognition on defense.
DJ Vance, RB, Janesville
Parker: Vance earned firstteam all-conference recognition after rushing for 1,294
yards and 12 touchdowns last
year.

2016TeamPreviews
1.Middleton

The Cardinals won a second

straight outright Big Eight title
last year, but things didnt end
as expected. In an opening
playoff game against league
rival Sun Prairie, Middleton
fell, 30-23.
There is some good talent
coming back (and into) the program, but there are huge holes
at the skill positions offensively. Quarterback Brennan
Schmitt, first-team all-conference running back Cam Maly,
leading receiver Mitch Bacon,
and first-team tight end Cody
Markel are all moving on, with
little experience in playmaking
roles.
While a pair of first-team
all-conference offensive linemen graduate, the team got a
big-time transfer student in
Kayden Lyles, one of the top
prospects in the country who
was all-state in Arizona and is
committed to Wisconsin. He is
the top-ranked senior player in
the state by WisSports.net.
On defense, Joe Ludwig and
C.J. Fermanich form a talented
combo. A total of 34 letterwinners are back, though just three
starters on offense and four on
defense.
If the Cardinals can find
some playmakers to step in and
be productive on offense, they
should be right in the thick of
the Big Eight race once again.

2.MadisonMemorial

The Spartans not only made

the playoffs last year, but captured their first postseason win
since the 2003 season. After
two losses to open the year,
Memorial rattled off eight consecutive victories before falling
to Oconomowoc in Level 2.
First year head coach Adam
Smith brought great stability to
the program, which has long
featured outstanding individual
talent. Speaking of talent, the
team loses Emmett Enright,
one of the states most prolific
signal-callers, as well as 1,100yard rusher Terrel Goodwan,
but features one of the top
receiving groups in the state.
Jake Ferguson, a Wisconsin
commit, leads the way after a

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first-team all-conference season that saw him catch 64 passes for 991 yards and eight
touchdowns. Hunter Peters and
Adam Smith, Jr. are both
returning honorable-mention
all-conference selections.
Ferguson
anchors
the
defense as well from his linebacker spot, with Will Jessup
and Peters returning as ballhawks in the secondary. Both
players picked off seven passes
a year ago.
Things are looking up in the
Memorial program, which
could push for a league title in
2016.

3.MadisonLaFollette

The Lancers tied for second

in the Big Eight last year, qualifying for the playoffs for a
third consecutive season. It is
the longest active playoff
streak of any of the Madison
public schools.
The Lancers have a good
shot to keep things going, and
possibly challenge Middleton
at the top of the league.
Quarterback Julian Patton
returns after a promising junior
campaign, as do the top two
rushers from a year ago, Elias
Sobah and Dakota Skuldt.
Sobah is also a two-time allconference linebacker, and one
of the best overall athletes in
the entire Big Eight. Defense
has been a hallmark of La
Follettes recent success, and
the unit will miss the leadership and production of linebacker Alex Orvis.
Were looking to replace
the bulk of our offensive and
defensive lines, said head
coach Scott Swanson, who
returns six starters on offense
and five on defense.

4.Verona

The Wildcats keep chugging

along under head coach Dave
Richardson, finishing fourth in
the Big Eight last year. The
Wildcats havent won a playoff
game since 2012, however,
though Verona nearly toppled
powerhouse Arrowhead in
Level 1 last season.
The offense opened up considerably last season, as Max
Fink averaged 16 pass attempts

per game. His return, along

with leading receiver Drew
King and second-team all-conference tight end Hunter
Bourne, should give the
Wildcats a solid passing attack
once again.
Still, Veronas offense is
predicated on running the football, and leading rusher Carson
Parks moves on along with
three players that earned some
form of all-conference recognition.
Second-leading rusher Nick
Lawinger does return after
scoring 11 touchdowns on the
ground last season. The
Wildcats have to replace allstate
lineman
Trayvonn
Johnson, but they do have four
players back on defense that
earned some form of all-conference recognition.

5.SunPrairie

The Cardinals nearly missed

the playoffs for the first time
since 2003, but managed to
sneak in with a 4-5 league
record. Once in, the Cardinals
made some noise by taking
down second-seeded Big Eight
champion Middleton, which
had defeated Sun Prairie 45-13
in the regular season.
It could be another year of
living on the edge for the
Cardinals, with the depth of the
Big Eight about as good as its
ever been.
Five starters are back on
each side of the ball for head
coach Brian Kaminski, who
enters his 14th season at the
helm with a 96-43 career
record.
Sun Prairies leading passer,
rusher, and receiver are all
gone, but first-team all-conference offensive lineman Sam
Presser is back, along with second-leading rusher Draven
Peeples and second-leading
receiver Nate Verstegen.
We should be fast on
defense, and on offense,
Kaminski said. It all starts
with a solid running game. We
need to develop some depth on
the offensive line.

6.MadisonEast

The Purgolders started fast

last season, winning three of
their first four games. East
struggled down the stretch,
though, dropping four of the
last five regular season contests, but still managed to sneak
into the playoffs for the first

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time in 11 years.
It was a great step forward
for head coach Steve Eratos
club.
We are trying to build off
that success, Erato said. Our
offense has led the conference
for the last two years in total
offense and points and we will
continue to run the same style
to hopefully continue that
trend.
Our defense returns a good
number of starters and has
experience. Depth will always
be an issue in our program. If
we can avoid injuries, we could
have some success.
Several players saw time at
quarterback last season, including Datril Thompson, who
should step into the full-time
role this year. First-team allconference running back
Amadou Daff is back, along
with second-leading receiver
Kenny Jones, though the team
will certainly miss all-state
receiver Dale Tygum.
Erato welcomes back 26 letterwinners from a year ago,
including five starters on
offense and seven on defense.

7.JanesvilleParker

The Vikings could be a

sleeper team this season after
sneaking into the playoffs with
a 4-5 league record last year.
Second-year head coach
Clayton Kreger returns nine
starters on offense and five on
defense from last seasons
group.
Jordan Bailey is back at
quarterback, though he could
be pushed for the position this
year. First-team all-conference
running back D.J. Vance
returns after rushing for more
than 1,300 yards last season.
His lead blocker, Ed Jacobson,
is one of the top true fullbacks
in the state and an elite linebacker as well.
Parker will get a boost from
the return of Juan Harris, who
played a couple games at
Parker early in his career
before moving to Iowa. While
he has de-committed from the
Iowa Hawkeyes three different
times, he is currently committed to Indiana. Expect him to
see time on the offensive and
defensive lines.
After making the playoffs
last year for the first time in
five years with a very young
team, Parker will look to take
the program to the next level in
2016, Kreger said.

8.MadisonWest

The Regents had considerable talent last year, but for a

number of reasons, were not
able to put it all together,
resulting in a disappointing 1-8
league record.
This season represents an
opportunity for a fresh start, as
Brad Murphy takes over as
head coach after successful
assistant stints at Monona
Grove, West, and Madison
Memorial.
Plenty of individual talent
remains, especially on the outside. Terrell Carey is one of the
top receivers in the state, coming off a junior season that saw
him catch 44 passes for 770
yards and five touchdowns.
Terrence McNeal, Jr. was second on the club with 475 yards
receiving.
We have great kids that
love football! Murphy said.
With five starters back on
offense and three on defense,
West remains a very talented
team. If the new coaching staff
can bring in the discipline the
group needs, the Regents could
push for a playoff spot.

9.JanesvilleCraig

The Cougars made the playoffs in 2014, and after a 2-0

start, things were pointing in
the right direction last season.
A couple close losses followed,
and the Cougars werent able to
get things righted in time, finishing 3-6 overall.
Craig is looking for a
bounce back season, though
improvement must come on the
defensive side of the ball,
where the club allowed nearly
35
points
per
game.
Offensively, quarterback Nick
Cramer is back to guide the
attack.

10.BeloitMemorial

The Purple Knights finished

winless for a second straight
year under head coach Rodney
Wedig, who continues to work
from the ground up to improve
the long-struggling program.
Quarterback
Steven
Makinen returns this season
after showing promise a year
ago, though he must cut down
on the 18 interceptions thrown.
No matter what the offense
does, the team will not be competitive if the defense allows
anywhere close to the 44 points
per game it gave up last season.

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Golfers storm
from gates
by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune

Menomonee Falls One

year ago, Middleton and
Hartland Arrowhead battled
until the final putt of the season before the Cardinals
edged the Warhawks for the
state championship.
Early indications are 2016
could feature more of the
same dramatics.
At the season-opening, 21team
WPGA/Madison
Edgewood Invite held last
Friday at Yahara Hills,
Arrowhead shot a 312 and
edged Middleton by one shot
for the title. Kettle Moraine
was a distant third at 323,
while Franklin (324) and
Milton (326) rounded out the
top five.
Then at the 20-team
B r o o k f i e l d
Central/Homestead Classic
held Monday and Tuesday,
Arrowhead shot a 619-team
score over two days to win the
title. Middleton was a close
second at 623, while Franklin
was third at 624.
I dont ever remember
Middletons girls starting the
year this strong, Cardinals
coach Becky Halverson said.
But the girls worked really
hard and theyve really
improved their short game.
A good short game can
win or lose you a state title,
and theyve really bought in.
Theyve done a lot of work
from 100 yards and in.
Last season, the Cardinals
shot 321 at the Edgewood
Invite, then won the state title
two months later. So when
Middleton bested that score
by eight strokes, everyone on
the Cardinals side was naturally excited.
I am so proud of the
girls, Halverson said. This
is going to be another exciting
season.
Cardinals senior standout
Alexis Thomas had a day to
remember, shooting a 1under-par, 71, and tying for
medalist
honors
with
Homesteads Speedy Kent.
Thomas then edged Kent for
the individual title on the third
playoff hole.
It meant a lot winning the
medalist (honors), said
Thomas, a North Dakota State
recruit. But it would have
been a lot more exciting to
have won the tournament as a
team.
With a lot of great, quality
players at this tournament, I
was really proud of myself for
the way I played, but more
proud of how my team and I

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finished.
Thomas made birdies at
No. 6 and 7 and shot 1-underpar on the front nine. Thomas
also made two birdies on the
back nine, along with a double
bogey and shot even par on
the second nine.
Thomas and Kent both
all-state players a year ago
were deadlocked after two
playoff holes. Both birdied
No. 10, their second playoff
hole, including Thomas who
drained a 10-footer to keep
the thrilling playoff alive.
Finally on the third playoff
hole, No. 9, Thomas made a
par and Kent made a bogey.
Thomas wasnt the only
Cardinal to have a big day.
Junior Payton Hodson and
senior Morgan Miles both
shot 79s and tied for 12th
individually.
Senior Morgan Narowetz
added an 84, which was tied
for 26th overall.
That was great for their
confidence, Halverson said.
Middletons confidence
should have been bolstered
even further after its showing
at
the
Brookfield
Central/Homestead Classic.
Last season, the Cardinals
shot a 649 at this event. This
year, they went 26 strokes
lower.
Im not that surprised, but
I am really proud of us,
Thomas said. Weve practiced really hard and I think
the scores are showing that.
Indeed.
The first round of the tournament was held at MeeKown in Mequon, then the
second round was played at
Wanaki in Menomonee Falls.
Thomas carded a 73-72 and
finished third overall with a
145.
I have a lot of confidence
right now, Thomas said. I
think its going to be a really
fun year.
Hodson shot a first round
76 and followed that with an
80 to finish 10th overall at
156. Miles shot an opening
day 83, but followed that with
a 77 and jumped up to 14th
place overall.
And Morgan Narowetz
shot 78-84 and finished at
162.
From the start we didn't
really know where we would
stand, Thomas said. But I
knew we could pull through
and be up there in the rankings
and hopefully finish up there
towards the end of the season.
It will be a close finish
this year. Theres a lot of good
competition, and I know my
team and I will just take it one
day at a time in order for us to
get where we want to be in the
end.

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TennisCards
offandrunning

THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2016

Middletons girls tennis

team opened the season by
winning two of three meets at
the Hartford Invite last weekend.
The Cardinals rolled past
Hartford, 8-0, and defeated
Wauwatosa
West,
7-1.
Middleton also dropped a 5-3
decision to DSHA.
In Middletons win over
Hartford, it got singles wins
from Kai Heinemen, Shanna
Wiegand, Mia Kim and Jessica
Pientka. In doubles play,
Middleton got wins from
Maddie Clark and Ally
Hujanen, Michelle Chi and
Wang,
Elizabeth
Jessica
Boetinger and Jada Thomas,

and Kayla Wiegand and Nika

Agapov.
Against Wauwatosa West,
the Cardinals got singles wins
from Chi at No. 2, Kim at No.
3 and Agapov at No. 4.
Middleton also won all four
doubles matches, getting wins
from Clark and Hujanen,
Boetinger and Wang, Pientka
and Shanna Wiegand, and
Kayla Wiegand and Thomas.
In Middletons loss to
DSHA, its only win in singles
play came from Kim at No. 4.
The Cardinals also got doubles
wins from Clark and Hujanen
at No. 1 and Thomas and
Agapov at No. 4.

MiddletonholdsoffAshton
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2016

by ROB REISCHEL
Times-Tribune

Nothing ever comes easy in

the postseason.
Just ask Middletons Home
Talent League team.
The 29ers led Ashton, 6-1,
heading to the top of the ninth
Sunday in the second round of
the HTL playoffs. The As then
rallied for four runs before
Middleton escaped with a 6-5
win.
Middleton advanced to the
Northern Sections championship game and will host
Sauk Prairie Sunday at 1 p.m.
The winner advances to the
Final Four, a round robin event
that will be held the following
three weekends.
Ashton is a scrappy team,
Middleton manager Brandon
Hellenbrand said. They put
the ball in play and make you
earn every out.
They made the ninth inning
interesting. We gave them a
couple outs on defensive mistakes and they were able to take
advantage and make it a
game. Our guys were able to
keep their composure and
come out on top.
Middleton (15-3) appeared
in total control as ace Drew
Farrell rolled into the ninth
inning. But Ashton (10-8) got
to Farrell and the 29ers for four
runs in the final frame.
With two outs, Brandon
Hellenbrand called on reliever

MIDDLETON TIMES-TRIBUNE

HTL

P L AY O F F S

Ross Hellenbrand, who recorded the final out on a fly ball to

left field.
Farrell worked 8 2/3 innings
and earned the win after striking out four, walking three and
allowing four earned runs.
Ross Hellenbrand notched the
save.
Drew did an outstanding
job on the mound all day,
Brandon Hellenbrand said.
We didnt play the best
defense behind him, but he
tried to not let that affect
him. He battled all day and
thats exactly what you want to
see out of your ace.
Ross really stepped up on
the last out of the game. He
came in and got ahead right
away.He was in control of the
at bat and got them to pop out
to left.
Middleton struck for three
runs in the first inning to take
control early.
Brandon Scheidler led off
the game with a double to deep
left center, then Luke Schafer
advanced Scheidler to third
with a sacrifice bunt. Kevin
Dubler followed with a sacrifice fly that scored Scheidler
and made it 1-0.
Josh Hinson then ripped a
solo home run for a 2-0
Middleton lead. Andrew
Zimmerman then belted a

home run of his own as the

29ers built a 3-0 cushion.
Ashton scored once in the
third inning, then Middleton
added a run in the fifth to grab
a 4-1 advantage. There,
Brennan Schmitt doubled to
right center to start the inning,
went to third on Eric Simons
sacrifice bunt and scored on a
sacrifice fly by Schafer.
Middleton added two more
in the seventh and grabbed a 61 lead.
Simon reached on an error
to open the inning and later
scored on a balk. Kevin Dubler
then scored on an RBI single
by Zimmerman.
We kept the pressure on
and got a couple more (runs)
throughout the game, Brandon
Hellenbrand said. Those couple ended up being crucial
runs.
Zimmerman finished 3-for4 with a home run, while
Schmitt was 2-for-4 with a
double.

Middleton lost Scheidler in

the third inning with a foot
injury and Simon stepped in
with aplomb. In fact Simon had
the defensive play of the game,
hauling in a deep fly at the wall
in the ninth inning when
Ashton had the bases loaded.
This was a great team win
for us, Brandon Hellenbrand
said. We came in knowing it
was going to be a battle. It
always is whenever Middleton
plays Ashton.
ThursdayNightLeague:
Middleton
also
defeated
Ashton, 2-1, in the Night
League playoffs last Thursday.
Middleton next hosts Cottage
Grove Thursday at 7 p.m. at the
high school field.

Ashton...001000004592
Middleton.....30001020x674
Pitchers (ip-h-er-bb-so)
Farrell (W; 8.2-9-4-3-4), Nutting (L;
4.2-5-4-2-0), Peternell (3.1-2-1-2-0).
Leading hitters M Schmitt
(2x4), Zimmerman (3x4). 2B
Schmitt, Scheidler. HR Hinson,
Zimmerman. A Meinholtz (2x4). 2B
Prochaska.

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Basketballevaluations

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RIEFS

The Middleton Basketball Club will hold evaluations for its

competitive boys and girls teams in the coming days.
The girls competitive evaluations will be held Aug. 29-Sept. 1
at Kromrey Middle School. The schedule is as follows:
Aug.29
7th grade 5 p.m.
8th grade 7 p.m.
Aug.30
5th grade 5 p.m.
6th grade 7 p.m.
Aug.31
4th grade 5 p.m.
3rd grade 6:30-7:30 p.m.
There may be a second evaluation on Sept. 1 for grades 5-8 if
there are enough players for three teams in a grade level.
Registration for the girls competitive teams closes Aug. 23.
The boys competitive evaluations will be held from Sept. 1822 at Kromrey Middle School. The schedule is as follows:
Sept.18
5th grade 4:30 p.m.
7th grade 6:30 p.m.
Sept.19
4th grade 5:30 p.m.
8th grade 7:15 p.m.
Sept.20
3rd grade 5:30 p.m.
6th grade 7:15 p.m.
Sept.22(ifnecessary)
5th grade (part 2) 5 p.m.
6th grade (part 2) 6 p.m.
7th grade (part 2) 7 p.m.
8th grade (part 2) 8 p.m.
Registration for the boys competitive teams closes Sept. 13.

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