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As it did last year and some of the previous few years the citys growing, modernizing fire department will have a big
impact on next years budget.
Its not just the big, fancy-looking building everyone sees when they drive along
increase of 19 percent in the fire departments budget over two years. That midyear hiring was done both to allow the
city to fund other priorities last year and to
time the changes to the opening of the new
$10.5 million facility in July.
As a result, the same increase the city
felt in 2015 will be felt in 2016 again, in
addition to any other new expenses and
the department will be lobbying for more.
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In a post-Act 10 world,
the Verona Area School
District simply could not
keep up the salary schedule that had been in place
for Verona Area Education Association teachers.
So district administrators
and representatives from
the VAEA spent the past
school year coming up
with an alternative.
The school board
approved that agreement at
its Aug. 31 meeting. The
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Hadley Behrend, then 4, plays on the beach in Florida during the Make-A-Wish trip last
year. Behrend, who is now in remission from cancer, is this years Walk for Wishes frontrunner. The event will be held Sept. 20 at McKee Farms Park in Fitchburg.
Strange symptoms
Toddlers are known to imitate
behaviors, so when Hadley started
limping in February 2013, her family thought she was just mimicking
her grandfather who recently had a
hip replacement. Besides, her mother
said, Hadley had never complained of
any pain.
Still, Lynn and her husband, Keith,
a structural engineer with Strand
Associates, decided to take Hadley
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When: 8:30 a.m.
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Where: McKee Farms
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other people.
Playing was also difficult
because she had to be carried
around when she had her leg
cast, and she also needed to
be careful with direct contact since she had a port in
her chest. When her immunity was low she had to keep
her distance from other kids,
and she was also taking steroids that changed her mood,
behavior and eating habits.
A small victory during that
time was that she was potty
trained.
She didnt have control
over much else, but she could
control that, Lynn said.
Doctors did a test for minimal residual disease and
did not find any cancer in
Trying times
Because Hadley was so
young, it was difficult for
her to express her emotions,
wants and needs. She often
hid under blankets at the
hospital so doctors couldnt
see her, and her spunky self
began to shut off around
Pictured above during the Make-A-Wish trip to Florida last year are Keith and
Lynn Behrend with their children Chase and Hadley. At right, during an interview
with the Press, Hadley holds a shell up to her ear that she brought from Florida.
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types of treatment that they
receive, are at a higher risk
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Hadley has been fighting
cancer, but thats not all she
does.
When shes not picking
on her little brother, Lynn
joked, she likes to pretend
to read books or have them
read to her. Lynn said it
has also been nice for Hadley to socialize at Verona
Montessori House, where
she attends Pre-K with her
friends, even though Hadley
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do is go to swim lessons.
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All reports taken from the block of Matterhorn Drive or
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July 7
12:44 p.m. Officers moni7:10 p.m. An officer con- tored Hwy. 18/151 at the
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July 9
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12:44 p.m. Police respond- Oregon woman was cited for
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10:46 a.m. Officers monirobbery. The victim reported tored Hwy. 18 from the Locust
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K-9 unit was called in to track Verona man and a 34-year-old
suspects, but none were Hiawatha, Iowa woman were
immediately located.
cited separately for speeding.
5:30 p.m. Police stopped a
1:39 p.m. Officers moniman who was reported riding tored the 700 block of Whalen
on a bicycle and knocking on Road for one hour. A 31-yearpeople's doors, claiming he old Verona man was cited for
was with the Veterans Asso- speeding, and a 35-year-old
ciation. The man told police Fitchburg man was cited for
he had provided a resident expired vehicle registration.
with a web page to donate
money. Police warned he was July 13
not allowed to do so without
3:03 p.m. A man told police
being registered with the city. he received a call from a per10:33 p.m. Verona and Sun son claiming to be with the
Prairie police worked together California Mega Millions Lotin the city of Madison as part tery. The caller told the man
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a $9,500 check to an Oklahoma City address. An officer
July 11
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9:40 a.m. Police swabbed money, as it was likely a scam.
the money clip and the center
5:30 p.m. A man reported
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Musician Tom Pease was one of many performers who filled the Verona Area Public Library with fun
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If you go
What: Artist talk and
reception
When: 3-5 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 12
Where: Farley Center
for Peace, Justice &
Sustainability, 2299
Spring Rose Road
More info: Caroline Tu
Farley, 845-8724
The artists will be on
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Hispanic writing
The library will host author Oscar
Mireles from 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept.
16, for the discussion I Didnt Know
There Were Latinos in Wisconsin: Three
Decades of Hispanic Writing.
Mireles anthology of more than 30
authors of poetry, essays, memoirs
and fiction demonstrates the breadth
and depth of Latino writing and literature in Wisconsin and the Midwest.
The program is part of the Latino
Americans: 500 Years of History
program series. For information, call
845-7180.
Historical society
The Verona Historical Society will
meet at the State Bank of Cross Plains
- Verona for its September meeting
from 3-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept.
16. Use the side door.
The speaker will be Jerry Erdmann,
who has researched the Civil War
highlighting veterans from Verona.
The October meeting will be back at
the senior center on the new carpet.
Community calendar
Thursday, September 10
Friday, September 11
Saturday, September 12
Monday, September 14
Tuesday, September 15
Wednesday, September 16
Friday, September 18
Saturday, September 19
Sunday, September 20
Monday, September 21
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Thursday, Sept. 10
7 a.m. Hearing Loss
Coping Strategies at Senior
Center
9 a.m. Daily Exercise
10 a.m. Fitchburg Singers
at Senior Center
3 p.m. Daily Exercise
4 p.m. Wisconsin
Lighthouses at Senior Center
5 p.m. Jessie Garcia at
Senior Center
6 p.m. Salem Church
Service
7 p.m. Blue Men & River
Monsters at Senior Center
8 p.m. Daily Exercise
9 p.m. 2015 Hometown
Days Parade
10 p.m. Turkey farm at
Historical Society
Friday, Sept. 11
7 a.m. Wisconsin
Lighthouses at Senior Center
1:30 p.m. 2015 Hometown
Days Parade
3 p.m. Scams at Senior
Center
4 p.m. Jessie Garcia at
Senior Center
5 p.m. 2012 Wildcats
Football
8:30 p.m. Scams at Senior
Center
10 p.m. Hearing Loss
Coping Strategies at Senior
Center
11 p.m. Fitchburg Singers
at Senior Center
Saturday, Sept. 12
8 a.m. Plan Commission
(from Sept. 8)
11 a.m. Scams at Senior
Center
1 p.m. 2012 Wildcats
Football
4:30 p.m. Turkey farm at
Historical Society
6 p.m. Plan Commission
(from Sept. 8)
9 p.m. Scams at Senior
Center
10 p.m. Turkey farm at
Historical Society
11 p.m. Fitchburg Singers
at Senior Center
Sunday, Sept. 13
7 a.m. Hindu Cultural Hour
9 a.m. Resurrection
Church
10 a.m. Salem Church
Service
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(from Sept. 8)
3 p.m. Scams at Senior
Center
4:30 p.m. Turkey farm at
Historical Society
6 p.m. Plan Commission
(from Sept. 8)
9 p.m. Scams at Senior
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10 p.m. Turkey farm at
Historical Society
11 p.m. Fitchburg Singers
at Senior Center
Monday, Sept. 14
7 a.m. Wisconsin
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1:30 p.m. 2015 Hometown
Days Parade
3 p.m. Scams at Senior
Center
4 p.m. Jessie Garcia at
Senior Center
5 p.m. 2012 Wildcats
Football
7 p.m. Common Council
Live
9 p.m. Hindu Cultural Hour
10 p.m. Hearing Loss
Coping Strategies at Senior
Center
11 p.m. Fitchburg Singers
at Senior Center
Tuesday, Sept. 15
7 a.m. String Quartets at
Senior Center
9 a.m. Daily Exercise
10 a.m. Fitchburg Singers
at Senior Center
3 p.m. Daily Exercise
4 p.m. Wisconsin
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5 p.m. Jessie Garcia at
Senior Center
6 p.m. Resurrection
Church
8 p.m. Blue Men & River
Monsters at Senior Center
9 p.m. 2015 Hometown
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10 p.m. Turkey farm at
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Wednesday, Sept. 16
7 a.m. Wisconsin
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1:30 p.m. 2015 Hometown
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3 p.m. Scams at Senior
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5 p.m. Common Council
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7 p.m. Capital City Band
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10 p.m. Hearing Loss
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Support groups
AA Meeting, senior center, Thursdays at 1 p.m.
Caregivers Support
Group, senior center, first
and third Tuesday, 10:30
a.m.
Healthy Lifestyles
Group meeting, senior
center, second Thursday
from 10:30 a.m.
Parkinsons Group,
senior center, third
Friday at 10 a.m.
(608) 845-6613
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Fr. William Vernon, pastor
Saturday: 5 p.m., St. Andrew, Verona
Sunday: 7:30 a.m., St. William, Paoli
Sunday: 9 & 11 a.m., St. Andrew,
Verona
Daily Mass, Tuesday-Saturday: 8
a.m., St. Andrew, Verona
SPRINGDALE LUTHERAN
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Mount Horeb
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Pastor Jeff Jacobs
Sunday: 8:45 a.m. with communion
SUGAR RIVER
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415 W. Verona Ave., Verona
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Pastor Gary Holmes
9 & 10:30 a.m. contemporary worship.
Sunday School available during worship. Refreshments and fellowship are
between services.
WEST MADISON BIBLE CHURCH
2920 Hwy. M, Verona
Sunday Praise and Worship: 9:15 a.m.
Nursery provided in morning.
Sunday school (all ages): 10:45 a.m.
Small group Bible study: 6 p.m.
ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF
CHRIST
Hwy. 92 & G, Mount Vernon
(608) 832-6677
Pastor Brad Brookins
Sunday: 10:15 a.m.
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Sunday: 9:30 a.m. family worship
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As a growing city the
states population estimate
for 2015 is up to 11,871
from 10,646 in the 2010
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Budget
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Mill rate
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2014: 3 percent
2013: 1.95 percent
2012: 1.5 percent
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2009: 0 percent
2008: 0 percent
2007: 3 percent
2006: 2 percent
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department is looking to
hire another firefighter and
boost its paid-on-premises
to nearly double its 2014
level adding the equivalent of another 1.5 FTE to
bring the station to a true
24/7 capacity. But that will
be subject to debate at the
council level.
City administrator Bill
Burns said he expects other
requests to be modest, and
partly as a result, hes recommended using the tax
levy to directly cover some
roadwork.
Before the Great Recession, it was standard city
policy to put half of each
years road maintenance
on the levy and pay for the
other half with debt, but
that policy changed to avoid
staff reductions or excess
withdrawals from the citys
fund balance. That policy
is expected to return after
the Epic TIF district closes
next year, and Burns said he
anticipates roadwork to cost
between $800,000 and $1
million each year over the
next few years.
Two items that might not
be known until right before
the budget is approved are
health and property insurance costs, and both are
expected to increase.
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What: Ironman
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When: 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
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Miller expects a big
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friends, family and former teachers all planning
to come out and cheer her
on, just like she cheered on
athletes passing through
the city when she was
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Girls swimming
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events at Craig
Anthony Iozzo
Assistant sports editor
Junior TJ Manning sprints to the finish line Saturday at the 5K Verona Cross Country Invitational at Verona Area High School. Manning finished 17th in 17 minutes, 14
seconds, and the Wildcats finished fifth overall (164).
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scoring third baseman/pitcher Danny Koss. After Scanlon and Brandt reached to
load the bases, Derek Burgenske hit a deep fly to center field. That ball was also
lost in the sun, and it fell in
for a 3-run double.
At this point in the year,
we have had it both ways
with the sun, Krohn said.
This week, maybe we got a
break, but our guys are used
to it. They are not lollygagging out there. They know
anything can happen.
Derek Burgenske later
added an RBI double to
score his brother David in
the sixth, and right/center
fielder Mitch Flora added an
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RBI sacrifice fly in the sevSecond baseman Klayton Brandt celebrates with Derek Burgenske after a 2-run single in the third
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inning Sunday against Monona at Stampfl Field. The Cavaliers won 9-3 in round two of the Home
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Everything seemed to be
against the Verona Area
High School football team
Friday, when they found
themselves down by 13
points in the fourth quarter at
Janesville Craig.
But just when it seemed
like the Wildcats (2-1 Big
Eight) were going to drop
their second straight game,
they came alive to score
three unanswered touchdowns, two of which came
in 30 seconds, and defeated
the Cougars 34-27.
It was great for our kids
to respond like that, head
coach Dave Richardson said.
The sequence where we
scored twice in 30 seconds
was pretty amazing.
Junior running back Nick
Lawinger had a huge day on
the ground, rushing for 100
yards on 20 carries. Lawinger scored one of three touchdowns in the fourth quarter on a 3-yard run, cutting
Janesvilles lead to 27-21.
On the ensuing kickoff,
Craig fumbled and Verona
recovered on the Cougars
2-yard line. Lawinger once
again punched it in on the
next play, and the Wildcats
were up 28-27.
The defense then stepped
up with a huge stop on
fourth-and-1 by junior defensive lineman TJ Hollis to get
the ball back to Verona.
Senior running back Eric
Fey (eight carries for 50
yards) sealed the win with a
20-yard touchdown run.
Senior Carson Parks was
injured, so junior running
back Josh Madalinski also
picked up some touches. He
had 60 yards on eight carries.
That was huge, Richardson said. We were able
to pass the ball a little more
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The Verona Area High School volleyball team finished first Saturday at the Richland Center invite. The Wildcats went 5-0 on the day without losing a set.
Verona 3, Middleton 1
The Wildcats traveled
to Middleton Tuesday for
a Big Eight match with
Verona solidifying its spot
as the team to beat in the
Girls tennis
a 16:49.28.
Despite their strong finish,
coach Marks believes there
is more to be done.
I thought the guys did
pretty well, he said. We
didnt have all five guys on
the same page again today.
Once we get that happening,
I think well be impressive.
In the future
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Girls golf
Boys soccer
Regents.
Andy Knuppel finished with four
saves.
The Wildcats travel to Firefighters
Park on Airport Road at 7 p.m. Thursday to take on Middleton in a Big Eight
Conference match.
Verona then travels to Horace Mann
Middle School for the Sheboygan
invite Saturday.
Verona 4, Stoughton 1
Verona hosted Stoughton Friday
and won 4-1.
Connor Melzer scored twice, while
Adrian Lazaro-Padilla picked up two
assists. Noah Herkert and William
Haessig added goals, and Alex Pletta
also had an assist.
Knuppel finished with four saves.
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Verona traveled to the Green Bay
Southwest invite Saturday and took
sixth out of eight teams with a 1-2 finish
doubles.
Schmitz and Supanich also picked
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defeating seniors Jaide Barber and Juliet
Champion 6-1, 6-2 at 1 doubles.
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some area districts, like
Oregon and Stoughton, both
of which have had recent
contentious discussions
about changing their teacher compensation models.
Rather than getting into
power struggles and this
and that we really tried
to stay focused on those
shared interests, Olson
told the Press.
Verhelst, a teacher at the
high school, also acknowledged the collaboration
at the board meeting,
and thanked the district
and board for their work
throughout the process.
Olson said about 20
teachers had questions for
him once the new agreement was publicized to
teachers, but administrators
made sure no teacher was
paid less than they were
last year and answered
questions on how to move
up in the categories.
Other teachers in other
districts are looking to
Verona to see what theyre
doing because were at the
forefront of a lot of these,
Verhelst said.
The agreement replaces the
old steps and lanes model,
which Verhelst said presented challenges for teachers
Other teachers in
other districts are
looking to Verona
to see what theyre
doing because were
at the forefront of a
lot of these.
The model
Initial educator: $41,500-$61,300; $450/year raise
Professional educator: $45,099-$81,099; $600/year
raise
Professional educator+ (w/masters): $46,677-$86,577;
$700/year raise
Master educator (DPI or NTS): $48,777-$90,177; $900/
year raise
trying to map out their likely compensation system could
future earnings. The new not be maintained, Olson
plan is more predictable for said.
The new model covers
the staff, he said.
four categories teachers
New model
can fall under: Initial eduAn FAQ document the cator, professional educadistrict created on the new tor, professional educatoragreement points to Act plus and master educator.
10 the 2011 state law Each requires different levknown for curtailing col- els of licensure.
The higher the category,
lective bargaining among
public employee unions the more salary increases
also as limiting revenue from year to year. For
increases for school dis- example, someone who
tricts and making it unable remains in the initial eduto fully fund the previous cator category will receive
steps and lanes system. a $450 raise each year,
VASD director of human while a teacher in the
resources Jason Olson told master educator category
the board Aug. 31 that receives $900 more each
each increase on the old year in base pay.
An initial educator in
plan was 3.25 percent, but
Act 10 said it should be at year one in the district
the consumer price index, would make $41,500, the
which has averaged just highest starting salary in
1.97 percent over the last Dane County for a teacher,
Olson noted.
five years.
Were in a pretty good
Our current teacher
Obituary
Mark Lyle Schraufnagel
Mark Lyle Schraufnagel,
age 60, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Aug. 30,
2015, at his home. He was
born on July 13, 1955, to
Donald and Katherine (Hildebrandt) Schraufnagel in
Wisconsin Rapids, however, he lived the majority of
his life in the Madison area.
Mark attended St. Maria
Goretti for elementary
school and went on to graduate from Edgewood High
School. He then attended
MATC where he graduated
with an associate degree in
auto transmission mechanics.
Mark is survived by his
wife, Barb Pfaff; three
children, Katrina Harrison, Luke Schraufnagel
and Megan Schraufnagel;
step-daughter, Brook Pfaff;
six grandchildren; and one
soon-arriving grandchild.
He is further survived by
his parents, Donald and
Katherine of Madison; siblings, Donna Covey, Ari
(Mike) Yount, Paul (Allie)
Schraufnagel, Barry (Julie)
Schraufnagel, Guy (Susan)
Schraufnagel, Mike (Janice) Schraufnagel, Mary
(Richard) Curley and Julie
Schraufnagel; and many
nieces, nephews, other relatives and dear friends too
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