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Stoughton High School

From farm to table,

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Growing for Others

Scott De LarueLLeUnifed Newspaper Group

Learning how to take care of theland has been taught to FFA studentsfor years. Learning how to take careof ones fellow person is an extrabonus for Jerry Wendts FFA studentsat Stoughton High School.

For the past several weeks, studentshave been harvesting a wide varietyof vegetables to donate to area foodpantries as part of a new project thisyear. Crops are grown off-campus onDiscovery Acres, land purchased

years ago by the City of Stoughton toserve as a pumping station to supportwater and sewage west of the city justoff Hwy. 138 North.

The roughly dozen acres has beenleased out on an annual basis eversince, and last year Stoughton FFAand alumni leased the land with inten-tions of providing a larger place for

students to grow produce. Duringthe summer, Wendt and his studentsplanted hundreds of seeds, and thetotal yield is expected to exceed 500pounds of tomatoes, potatoes, brocco-li, onions, cantaloupe, squash, carrots,

cauliflower, peppers and watermelon.As tasty as that sounds, the best

ingredient might be the charitablework students are learning by donat-ing the fruits of their labor to thosein need. Lois Quale of the StoughtonArea Food Pantry said the pantry dis-tributed more than 10,000 pounds offood to more than 200 households in

the area last month alone. She praisedthe students, staff and FFA alumni forhelping out.

They are very generous givingto the pantry monetarily and with

St. Vinnys move

gets positive marksDnns, sls p

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Scott De LarueLLeUnifed Newspaper Group

When it comes to help-ing others or finding a

good deal, bigger is alwaysbetter.That was the idea in the

recent move of the Stough-ton St. Vincent de Paulstore to its new location at1509 U.S. Hwy. 51. Nowwith nearly triple the space

on the sales floor, morepeople are donating itemsto the store, more peopleare buying items and morearea people in need willreceive help from the pro-ceeds.

The Society of St. Vin-cent de Paul bought theformer Stoughton Motorsused car dealership ear-lier this spring to relocatethe store, which had beenlocated at 111 W. Jeffer-son St. since it opened in1991. Ernie Stetenfeld,

Stoughton Area School District

Board: Flat tax rate possible next yearScott De LarueLLeUnifed Newspaper Group

Property owners within the Stough-ton Area School District might bebreathing a bit easier after schoolboard members voted Sept. 9 not to

levy the full amount possible under arecent referendum.

The board, with one abstention,supported levying $2.6 millionbeyond the revenue cap, when thedistrict legally could have raised theamount to nearly $3.87 million under

a 2010 referendum approved by vot-ers. Depending on final numbers forstate funding, that could mean a verysmall or even no increase in the dis-tricts portion of property taxes next

City of Stoughton

Residents weigh in onearly budget proposalsKimberLy WetHaLHub correspondent

Some came to expresssupport for specific bud-get items. Others camet o e x p r e s s c o n c e r n sabout city services. Anda few just wanted to stayinformed.

More than 25 peopleturned out Monday at theEMS training room for thecitys first public listeningsession on its budget underits new system, calledbudgeting for outcomes.The concept behind BFOis to prioritize based oncity services, rather thandepartment expenditures

from previous years, andrelay that information toelected officials for deter-mining what services riseabove the line highlydesired by the community or fall below the line.

While its still fairlyearly in the budget pro-cess adoption is usuallyin November Mondaysmeeting gave citizens theopportunity to air concernsabout the 2014 budget andmake their voices heard,something Mayor DonnaOlson was looking for-ward to.

We want to know what

Turn to SASD/Page 16 Turn to Budget/Page 7

Turn to FFA/Page 16

Turn to St. Vinnys/Page 8

Stoughton FFA students learn to give back through agriculture

Contributed photo

Stoughton FFA students have been working since the summer to grow vegetables to give to local food pantries.

Photo by Scott De LaruelleSt. Vincent de Paul employee James Lager hangs up some shirts.

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Congratulations toChris (Hults) Thompson!

She took 2nd in her age group

(45-49) in the Wisconsin Ironman

on Sept 8th, 2013,

qualifying her to go to

Kona, HI for the 2014 Ironman.

We love you Chris and

are so proud of you.

Mom and Dad

PaintedChairAuctionSponsored by POSH (Partners of Stoughton Hospital)

Thursday, September 26

7:00 p.m.

Banushis BBGs - lower level

800 Nygaard Street

Proceeds to benet renovation of

Stoughton Hospital Urgent Care/ER

Appetizers

Music

Cash BarFor more information,

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Appetizers

Music

Cash Bar Tickets

available at

Stoughton

Hospital Gift Shop

Photos by Kimberly Wethal

Firefighter family funThe annual Firemans Picnic was held Monday, Sept. 9, with more than 50 firefighters, EMS responders and their families in atten-dance. In addition to the food, the kids were given a chance to ride around in the fire trucks, play in sand and use hoses to have awater competition. Its a great family event, firefighter Mark Miller said.

Above, left: Youngsters dig through plastic swimming pools of sand to recover coins.

Above, middle: Diners consider their options at the food table.

Right: A firefighter assists a young girl as she turns on the hose for a water activity.

Stoughton Area School District

Schools get good grades from stateFor the second consecu-tive year, all five schoolsin the Stoughton AreaSchool District either metor exceeded expectationson Wiscons ins reportcard system, according toresults released Tuesdayby the state Department ofPublic Instruction.

T h e s c h o o l d i s t r i c treceived a score of 71.9a n d e a r n e d a M e e t s

E x p e c t a t i o n s o n t h estates overall account-abi l i ty sys tem, fa l l ing

just short of an Ex cee dsExpectations designation.This is the first year thatschool districts receivescores on the state reportcard system.

I a m v e r y p l e a s e dwith the results and veryproud of our staff, Dis-trict Administrator Tim

Ons age r s a id . T hes escores are a testament totheir hard work and dedi-cation.

U n d e r W i s c o n s i n sreport card system, eachschool receives an overallaccountability rating ona 0 to 100 scale derivedfrom performance in anumber of subcategories.Each school and the dis-trict as a whole then fallsinto one of five account-ability categories based ontheir overall score: signifi-cantly exceeds expecta-

tions (overall score of 83to 100); exceeds expecta-tions (73 to 82.9); meetsexpectations (63 to 72.9);meets few expectations (53to 62.9); and fails to meetexpectations (52.9 or low-er).

Check out next weeksCourier Hub for a break-down of how individualschools fared on the reportcards versus last year.

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The SToughton Area Resource Team (START)Board of Directors thanks all who supportedSTARTs Celebration and Fundraising Event

September 12. It celebrated STARTs service

to the community - providing a safety net for

Stoughton area families in crisis. A special thanks to the

sponsors, auction donors, businesses, and those who gifted

their service, time and talents.

SponsorsAmerican Family Insurance

Wahlin Foundation, Inc.Radio Shack o Stoughton

U.S. Cellular o Stoughton

Kay and Buzz Davis

Stoughton Hospital

Dan and Diane Matson

Universal Acoustic & Emission Technologies

Blackhawk Community Credit Union

Culvers o Stoughton

Edward Jones Tom Fendrick

Pam Haese

McFarland State Bank

McGlynn Pharmacy

Ann and David Nelson

Phil and Paulette Oinonen

Quinn and Verna SmetPeter Sveum

Gary and Donna Tarpinian

Matching unds provided by East Dane County

Chapter o Thrivent Financial or Lutherans

Auction DonorsAll Through the House

Kay and Buzz Davis

Dave De Young

Denise Duranczyk

Steve Ehle

The Heideman Gallery

Hunter Engineering

Main Street Flowers

Silverado Point Spa & Salon

Stoughton Opera House

Katie StoutTrue Coee

The UPS Store Stoughton

Kathryn Vaughn

Eleanor White

Gifts of service, time, and talentMother Sweetbodys Reward cast and

supporting roles

Susan Albright, producer

Phil Dybdahl

Jean Gohlke

Lois Gohlke

Pam Hewitt

Merlin Luschen

Doug PundhellerHenry Verden

Mary Carel Verden

John Walton

Aslesons True Value Hardware

Buy and Sell Shop o Stoughton

Catfsh River Arts and Antiques

Ed and Grace Gassen

Dave De Young

St. Vincent de Paul Ft. Atkinson

Stoughton Village Players

True Coee

Steve Van Dinter

Derek Westby

Brenda and Je Zarth

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City of Stoughton

Council tweaks retiree health payment planbiLL LivicKUnifed Newspaper Group

Full-time City of Stough-ton employees who retirefrom the city will have morecontrol over money theyveaccrued in sick leave creditsunder a plan the CommonCouncil adopted last month.The plan will also remove afinancial liability from thecity.

T h e R e t i r e e H e a l t hSavings Plan will allowemployees to have theiraccrued sick leave credits,up to 130 days, convertedto a monetary value.

Under the proposal which the council adoptedon a 11-1 vote when an

employee retires, he or shewill receive a lump-sumpayment equal to 45 daysof accrued sick leave. Therest of the money, up to 85accrued sick days, would gointo the employees healthsavings account and be tax-free.

In the pa s t , r e t i redemployees had the optionof having the city managethe funds and pay health-insurance premiums forthe employee and his orher dependents, or receivemonthly installments equalto the applicable monthlyhealth insurance premium,should the employee choosenot to continue health insur-ance coverage.

If the former employ-ee should die, his or herspouse or other legal depen-dent would receive themoney.

The plan will benefit boththe employee and the citybecause neither party wouldhave to pay taxes on themoney.

I see this as a first step,finance director Laurie Sul-livan wrote in a memo tothe Personnel committee.Other options may fol-low. Once we have thisplan in place we can beginto research other ways inwhich the city can use/mod-ify this plan and use otherprograms to provide incen-tives to employees and

savings to both the employ-ee and the city.

Sullivan told the coun-cil the Personnel commit-tee will still have to workout the details of the plan,including how to present itto employees.

Mayor Donna Ols onstressed that the counciladopted only the concept ofthe plan.

Now we have to bringforward our proposal ofwhat that plan would looklike, she said.

We have the genericversion the fact that thecapped sick leave at retire-ment would be convertedautomatically into a healthsavings plan and folks can

use it for their health careneeds.

When peop le re t i re ,theyll receive a 45-daypayout just like they donow from that sick leave,Ols on s a id . T ha t w i l lremain in place under thenew plan.

The difference is wewouldnt be paying the restof that out for their premi-ums on a monthly basis,she explained. It just allgoes to their health savingsplan and it all gets takencare of. The employee hascontrol over those fundsthat have been set aside fortheir needs.

Only Ald. David Knee-bone (Dist. 1) voted against

the idea.The problem is the

employees have not beenrepresented, and the waythis is written, the city coulddischarge the employee justbefore retirement, he saidin explaining his opposi-tion. It encourages peopleto show up to work sick sothey can build up time.

But most council mem-bers felt Kneebones con-cerns were overblown andagreed with Sullivan. Shesaid the plan would allowretired employees to keepmore of their accrued healthdollars, because the moneywont be taxed, and havemore control over how it isspent.

Stoughton man gets jail time for strangulationA 30-year-old Stoughton

man will spend four monthsin jail for strangling a per-son while seeking money inJuly.

Judge William Hanrahansentenced Anderson Aug.23 in Dane County CircuitCourt. Anderson will servethe jail sentence but is eli-gible for Huber release,according to online courtrecords.

Hanrahan also issuedthree years probation,however that sentence hasbeen withheld. If Anderson

completes the conditions ofhis sentence, probation will

not be enforced.Anderson was facing up

to 16 years in prison for twofelony charges strangula-tion and intimidating a vic-tim.

According to a criminalcomplaint:

Police were called to ahome on Taft Street aftera n a r g u m e n t b e t w e e nAnderson and the victim.The victim told police shebelieved Anderson wasgoing through withdrawalfrom heroin and was seek-ing money to possibly buy

drugs. The woman refusedand was choked during

an argument when sheattempted to contact police.

Anderson fled the homeand smashed the womansphone when police sirenswere heard. He was arresteda short time later in a near-by grassy area.

Accord ing to on l inecourt records, conditionsof Andersons sentenceinclude: alcohol and otherdrug treatment, no drug usewithout a prescription andhe must maintain full-timeemployment or educationor be seeking the same.

Mark Ignatowski

Stoughton woman victim of road rage in MadisonA 26-year-old woman

was injured in a road rageincident earlier this monthin Madison, according toa report from the MadisonPolice Department.

The woman suffered cutson her arms from shards ofwindow glass caused by acollision.

According to the Madi-son police:

The woman was driving

eastbound on the Beltlineand believed a man was fol-lowing too closely so shetapped her brakes.

The suspect, Aaron J.Cavanah, 40, of Madi-son, responded by passingher and slamming on hisbrakes.

After that, she triedto get away from him bychanging lanes, but hekept up with her, repeat-edly swerving at her car,the report read. Eventuallyhis truck collided with herdriver's side window, show-ering the woman in glass,

as both drove at highwayspeeds.

The two drivers and anindependent witness pulledoff at Todd Drive.

Cavanah claimed he wastrying to escort the womanoff of the freeway becausehe thought she was tryingto kill him by hitting thebrakes, according to thereport. Cavanah claimed the

woman swerved and tried tohit him, but the woman andwitness stated otherwise.

Cavanah is set to appearOct. 7 in Dane County Cir-cuit Court where he facesa felony charge of seconddegree recklessly endan-gering safety, online courtrecords show. He is free ona $500 signature bond.

Mark Ignatowski

Police rePortReports collected from the

log book at the StoughtonPolice Department, unlessotherwise noted.

Aug. 59:21 p.m. A 26-year-old

man was cited for hit and runand inattentive driving afterdamaging several vehicleson the 1000 block of SouthFourth Street. The manwas driving north on SouthFourth Street when he strucka parked car. This caused achain reaction of hitting twomore parked cars. The driver

left the scene before police

arrived.

Aug. 62:59 p.m. A 37-year-old

woman reported a sexualassault on Sixth Street.Police could not locate asuspect and no charges havebeen filed.

4:27 p.m. A 22-year-oldman was arrested for pos-session of miscellaneousdrugs on Nora Street afterhe attempted to sell pills toa coworker.

7:46 p.m. Some peculiaritems a womans bikini,one high-heeled shoe and

some magazines with phonenumbers were found in abackyard on the 1800 blockof Roby Road. The itemswere turned into the policeby a resident on the street.

9:33 p.m. Police werecalled to a home on the 500block of Hanson Road for apossible fight. It turned outthe noise was a child hav-ing a temper tantrum. A dogalso escaped during the dis-turbance.

Mark Ignatowski

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Ihate to admit it, but the firstplace I went outside of thetrain station when finally

getting to Tokyo was a StarbucksCoffee.

Yup, it doesnt get moreAmerican than that. But its onlybecause we thought we could forsure get instant wi-fi there to lookup directions.

Instant wi-fiis not always aguarantee overthere, and welearned thatthe hard way.Thats one cul-tural differencewe might feelgrateful for, buttheres also alot of admirablethings about Japanese culture Ithink Stoughtonites can relate to.

For instance, can you imaginedriving through Stoughton, walk-ing through Mandt Park (or anyAmerican park, really) and notfinding one single piece of litter?Most of us would find that laugh-able, right?

Not in Japan. Litter is bad. Imtalking speeding ticket bad. You

just dont litter.Its something that, yes, is

highly finable there, but is alsoembedded in their culture astaboo. And what a positive tabooit is. In the three cities I traveledto in Japan, youd rarely finda cigarette butt on the ground even in Tokyo, a metropolispacked with more than twice theentire population of Wisconsin.

It really makes you wonderwhy we dont take this issue moreseriously.

Another thing Japans got rightis clean, timely public transit.Through working with com-munity outreach programs, Iveobserved that some Stoughtoniteshave trouble finding reliable

transit to Madison for visits likedoctors appointments. In fact,an entire program within RSVPof Dane County is dedicated tohaving volunteer drivers for the

elderly and veterans who donthave family or another means todrive.

When you think about it, thepoint of our society is to have anavenue for at least a means to livea happy and healthy life. I think alot of people feel like they cantdepend on the Madison bus sys-tem, which might not be true, butthe stigma still stands.

In Japan, timeliness is on theforefront of public transit andtherefore makes it a reliable modeof transportation. Just imagine ifparents didnt have to drive theirhigh schoolers to the mall, orif folks who couldnt drive hada safe way to travel to appoint-ments in Madison people wouldbe less stressed out, have moretime to spend at work or doingother activities.

Even though mass transit wouldcertainly cost more upfront, itsgot a lot of lasting positive effectsfor generations to come.

Something else that made awhole lot of sense was how theirconvenience stores worked.

When we Americans think ofone of these, its a mart connectedto a gas station that sells leatheryhotdogs spinning on hot metalfor hours on end, powdered sugardoughnut holes and Red Bull,as part of the gross array of pro-cessed convenient food.

Not until I stepped foot in a

Japanese convenience store did iteven cross my mind that the foodcan also be affordable and rela-tively healthy.

Even if you dont like sushi orfish, you could find rice or noo-dles. In the stores, they had wholemeals for around $5-$8. And theywere tasty and fresh. It boggles

my mind that we somehow cantget this right in the States.

Of course, they have plentyof junk food over there, too, butwouldnt it be nice to be able to

quickly stop at a store to buy din-ner for the kids instead of fastfood?

Another worry American haveis paranoia about our stuff gettingstolen. In Japan, people (usually)dont steal items from each other.

No, really.When wed enter a hostel, wed

leave our shoes in a public area.When I tell my American friendsthis, they always ask if I worriedabout them getting stolen. Noone else seemed to worry, so Iwas compelled not to either. Andit felt good to trust the strangersaround me.

People do steal things in Japan,but crime is nothing like it is inthe states. According to Japan-Talk.com, 20 percent of Japanesepeople are victim to a crime in agiven year, compared with Amer-ica at just over 39 percent andAustralia at more than 50 percent.

Their biggest crime is bicycletheft. A lot of us would give asigh of relief to only have to wor-ry about our bike getting stolen.

I guess the biggest lesson Ilearned in Japan, besides the factthat the sushi over there is crazycheap and crazy good, is thatmost of us are used to being toldwe take a lot of good things forgranted.

So it was enlightening to thinkabout some negative parts ofAmerican society we take for

granted, too, while at the sametime witnessing that it could bedifferent.

Victoria Vlisides covers com-munity reporting for Unified

Newspaper Group. She traveledto Japan for a week in April 2013.

Clean, healthy, reliable

wouldnt it be nice?

Vlisides

Staff editorial

Letters to the editor

Thanks for supporting STARTThe SToughton Area Resource

Team (START)1920s Horsdoeuvres Theater Celebrationand Fundraising Event Sept. 12was a remarkable success!

It celebrated STARTs serviceto the community and those whomake it possible - organizations,foundations, businesses, churchesand families who contribute finan-cially as well as their time and tal-ents.

The funds raised help provide asafety net for Stoughton area fam-ilies in crisis.

On behalf of the START Board,a special thanks to the Courier-

Hub for featuring START andthe sponsors, auction donors, andthose who gifted their service,time and talents.

Kay DavisSTART Board President

Drivers need to be aware of pedestriansWe tell our kids to always use

the sidewalks and crosswalks,because theyre safest for travel-ing.

This is by and large a true state-ment and generally the safest wayfor people to travel. But being an

avid runner and frequent user ofthe sidewalk system, you may (ormay not) be surprised at the dan-ger I see/avoid on nearly everyrun.

Todays six-mile run requiredme to hit the brakes no less thanthree times or get hit by an inatten-tive/distracted driver.

I witness a variety of distracteddrivers (cell phones, breakfast eat-ers, putting on make-up, etc.), butwhat I see that poses the greatestthreat to people on sidewalks or incrosswalks are the inattentive driv-ers turning to their right and onlychecking for traffic approachingfrom the same direction theyreabout turn. In short, only looking

for approaching cars from the left.Meanwhile , someone l ike

myself out running on the side-walk, or worse yet - a youngster,not knowing this danger as I dois at risk of being struck by thesedrivers that fail to check to theirright before proceeding.

We teach a check and double

check technique to our teenagedrivers; why as adults is it so hardto remember the basic rules of theroad? Last time I checked, pedes-trians have the right of way. Espe-cially while on a sidewalk or in acrosswalk.

Next time youre driving inat-tentively/distracted or not usingthe most basic of driver safety;you may not be so fortunate tohave an observant-seasoned run-ner approaching. It may be a 6year old who isnt aware of thedanger you pose.

Take the extra second it requiresto keep those of us on foot or bikesafe from harm.

Matt OliverStoughton

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Snow Dogg WesternThe Boss Salt DoggDouble D Services in Verona will be having an

Open Housefor you to come see what is available in snowplows

and accessories. Please feel free to stop byDouble D Services anytime

From Noon until 7:00pmWednesday, September 25, 2013There will also be door prizes, food, and refreshments.

2737 Gust Road, Verona, WI 53593

Phone: (608) 845-3800 Fax (608) 845-3801UN309656

Hoffman ScholarshipGOLF FUNDRAISER

Sponsored by The Madison Mallards

When: Saturday, September 28Where: Coachmans Golf Resort

Time: 10 a.m. Shotgun StartFour Person 18 Hole Scramble

$60/person (includes shirt) - Members $25

Lunch is included! Hole Prizes & Rafe

Groups must register by Saturday, September 14

Call Coachmans

at 608-884-8484

Late registrations,

call Bob Schenk

at 608-712-9547

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The Stoughton Family

Golf Scramble recently

held at Coachman's was a

huge success.We had over sixty parents and kids participate and

a great time was had by all. Congratulations to the

Markgraf Family for winning the trophy in a score-

card playoff with a great score of 3 under par.

The Stoughton Fairway Club would like to thank our

hole sponsors for helping support our Mission and inrunning this outing.

These sponsors include:Brad Schroeder and Tricor Insurance R & S Insurance

Thor Anderson DDS Thane Anderson DDS

Business Transportation Solutions McFarland State Bank

Radio Shack US Cellular McGlynn Pharmacy

Mobile Dent Repair Duane and Carol Taebel Family

HealthyFlyBy Doug and Marsha Hobson Family

Coachman's Golf Course Inkworks Oak Bank

Mike and Stacy Stolen Family and Diamonds Direct.

Sincerely,

The Stoughton Fairway ClubUN310490

VFW Badger Post 328 Inc.

200 Veterans Rd., StoughtonFriday Night

All-You-Can-Eat Fish FryDine-in only. Regular menu also available

Also Serving Shrimp Dinner Special

Karaoke by Big JohnsonUN310217

Dream Park

Small event becomes all-day festivalRun-wk, mus, rs, mrgny

vhs hghgh Sp. 28 funrsr

VictoRia VliSideSUnifed Newspaper Group

What started as a run/walk fundraiser for theStoughton Inclusive DreamPark has become a daylongevent.

Dream Fest, a commu-

nity festival, and a Walk,Run and Roll, for anyonewho can do one of thosethree, will be held at MandtPark on Sept. 28. Its partof a fundraising effort thatstarted in January 2012 tobuild an 11,000-square-foot playground that wouldbe accessible to the dis-abled in Norse Park onKriedeman Drive.

The Walk, Run and Rollstarts Saturday morningwith 10K and 3K routes.Dream Fest starts at 2 p.m.,and both are held at MandtPark on Fourth Street.

Westby said organiz-ers were aiming to havea small event after therun fundraiser, but with

overwhelming support ,much of it from local busi-nesses, the idea grew intoa full-blown festival thatsgoing to have a slew ofactivities for adults andkids.

Adults can enjoy a beers a m p l i n g c o u r t e s y o f

Stoughton Spirits. Those21 and older can purchasea bracele t for $25 forunlimited samples.

Other activities includeballoon animals, buckettruck rides courtesy ofStoughton Utilities, Zum-ba, balloon animals, bal-loon dart game, climbingwall, a bounce house, mar-tial arts demonstrations,f i re t rucks on display,ambulance tours and apolice car with Ole the K9officer.

Theres also live musicfrom three local artistsfrom 2-7 p.m. in the Are-na Building which is eastof the Mandt CommunityCenter.

Cover band SaturdayMorning Cartel is a Madi-son-based band that playsfavori tes from the 50sto the 00s. Other bandsare G-Men, a Van Halentribute band; and TakoaAllred, a Stoughton HighSchool musician who wasa f i rs t -place winner a tthe Stoughton Fair witha sound that combinespunk, ska, rock and blues,according to his Facebookpage.

Food will be availableto purchase from Mon-tys Blue Plate Dinner,of Madison, along withMain Street Kitchen Sand-wich Shop and Pizza Pit ofStoughton. An after partywill be held at Deaks Puband Grill, 1017 NygaardSt.

Dream Park media coor-dinator Derek Westby saidthey will continue planningfundraising events for this

winter and beyond. Theorganization hopes to raisearound $9,000 from theevents to contribute their$540,000 goal. So far, thegroup has raised more than$13,000 through fundrais-ing and donations and isapplying for grants.

Admission to the festi-val is free, while the runrequires registration. Forinformation, visit stough-tondreampark.org/funrun.

To volunteerThe fest is still look-

ing for hundreds of

volunteers.To volunteer, visit

stoughtondreampark.

org/dreamfest.

St. Ann Fall Fest

is this weekendStart fall fun with St.

Ann Parish this weekend atthe churchs Fall FestivalWeekend.

The event, located at 323N. Van Buren St., kicks offwith a 5K run/walk start-ing Saturday with 7:30 a.m.registration and 8:30 a.m.race time.

Saturday also featuresyouth-a-palooza for youngpeople grade 6 to age 20,from 2-5 p.m. Theres acornhole tournament, con-cessions, a water balloonbattle, inflatables, plus adeejay and karaoke.

For adults age 21 andover, from 6-11 p.m.,

theres a deejay with beerand wine and concessionsavailable and a 7 p.m. roundrobin cornhole tournament.

Sundays celebrationsstart with 8 and 10:30 a.m.mass. The Country Storeand Caf will be held in thegym from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.The Country Caf servesfruit, desserts and coffee.The Country Store featuresbaked and canned goodsalong with homemadecrafts.

All silent auction itemsare on display under the tentstarting at 9 a.m.

Concessions will beserved from 9 a.m. to 4

p.m., including chick-e n b r e a s t s a n d w i c h ,

hamburger, brat, hot dog,fries, cheese curds, cottoncandy and more.

Childrens activities for

the day are games, facepainting and inflatables.Antique car rides are

available from 11 a.m. to 3p.m.

From noon to 3 p.m.,theres a cake walk andCulvers custard sale.According to the churchswebsite, approximately 80cakes will be given awayduring the three hours of thecake walk.

At 1:30 p.m., pie contestwinners are announced andwinning pies will be auc-tioned off. At 2 p.m., silentauction bidding ends andlive auction begins. At 4:15p.m., there will be a raffle

prize drawing and include agrand prize of $2,500.

If you goWhat: St. Ann Fall

Festival Weekend

When: Sept. 21-22

Where: St. AnnCatholic Parish, 323 N.Van Buren St.

Who: All ages welcome

More info: stannparish.weconnect.com/Fall-Festival

Photo and map submitted

Dream Fest will feature live music, including Madison-based cover band Saturday Morning Cartel, right. The event also features a 3K and10K run. The 10K run route, left, takes runners around different parts of the city.

Photo submitted

Boys play on the inflatable games at a previous St. Ann Fall Fest.This is just one kids activity slated for the weekend.

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Thought for the week

Bahai FaithFor information: Alfred Skerpan, 877-0911

or Gail and Greg Gagnon, 873-9225www.us.bahai.org

Stoughton study classes. All are welcome.

Bible Baptist Church2095 Hwy. W, Utica 873-7077 423-3033

Sunday: 10 a.m. - Worship; 6 p.m. - Worship

Christ Lutheran Church700 Cty Tk B, Stoughton

873-9353 e-mail: [email protected]: 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. Traditional Worship

9:10 a.m. Family Express followed by SundaySchool

Christ the King CommunityChurch

401 W. Main St., Stoughton

877-0303 www.christthekingcc.orgSunday: 10 a.m. - Worship

Christian Assembly Church1844 Williams Drive, Stoughton, 873-9106

Saturday, 6 p.m. worshipSunday, 10 a.m. worship

The Church of Jesus Christof Latter-Day Saints

825 S. Van Buren, Stoughton 877-0439Missionaries 877-0696

Sunday: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.Sunday school and Primary

Cooksville Lutheran ChurchOffice: 882-4408

Sunday: 9:30 a.m. - Worship and Sunday School

Covenant Lutheran Church1525 N. Van Buren St., Stoughton 873-7494

[email protected] www.covluth.orgSaturday: 5:30 p.m. Come As You Are Worship

Sunday: 9:00 & 10:30 a.m. WorshipSunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Ezra Churchwww.ezrachurch.com

129 E Main St, Stoughton | 834-9050Sunday: 9 and 10:30 a.m.

First Lutheran Church310 E. Washington, Stoughton 873-7761

www.flcstoughton.comSunday: 8:30 & 10 a.m. worship

Fulton Church9209 Fulton St., Edgerton | 884-8512

Worship services 8, 10:30 a.m. -coffee hour 9 a.m. - Sunday School 9:30 a.m. -

Varsity 12:07 p.m. - AWANA 3 p.m.www.fultonchurch.org

Good Shepherd By The LakeLutheran Church

1860 Hwy. 51 at Lake Kegonsa, Stoughton873-5924

Sunday Worship: 8:00 and 10:30 a.m.Education Hour for all ages: 9:15 a.m.

LakeView Church2200 Lincoln Ave., Stoughton

873-9838 www.lakevc.org.Sunday: 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. - Worship

Seventh Day BaptistChurch Of Albion

616 Albion Rd., EdgertonWorship Saturday 11- Sabbath School 10

Fellowship Meal follows service on first SabbathPhone: 561-7450 or email: [email protected]

forministry.com/USWISDBGCASD1

Stoughton Baptist ChurchCorner of Williams Dr. & Cty. B, Stoughton

873-6517Sunday: 10:30 a.m. - Worship;

6 p.m. - Evening Service

St. Ann Catholic Church323 N. Van Buren St., Stoughton

Weekday Mass: At Nazareth House andSt. Anns Church - Check the weekly bulletin

or call 873-6448 or 873-7633.

Weekend Mass: Saturday - 5:15 p.m.;Sunday - 8 and 10:30 a.m.

United Methodist of Stoughton525 Lincoln Avenue, Stoughton

E-mail: [email protected]: 8 a.m. - Short Service;

10 a.m. - Full Worship

West Koshkonong Lutheran Church1911 Koshkonong, Stoughton

Sunday: 10:30 a.m. - Worship

Western KoshkonongLutheran Church

2633 Church St., Cottage Grove,Sunday: 9:30 a.m. worship

11 a.m. Bible study

God Is One But Man Is Many

If God is one, why are there so many differ-ent religions and denominations? Perhaps

because man is not one, and is born of strifeand is indeed strife incarnate. In comparing

the Acts of the Apostles and the Quoran,one is struck by a particular similarity. Bothsay that they are not rejecting their religiouspredecessors. The seventh chapter of Acts

virtually retells the story of the Hebrew Biblein recounting the preaching of Stephen,

until Stephen lashes out at his hearers fornot accepting the Christian message: Youstiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heartand ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit

(Acts 7: 51). In the first section of theQuoran we find a similar summarizing of theHebrew and the Christian Bible, ending withthese words: The Jews say the Christians

are misguided, and the Christians say it

is the Jews who are misguided. Yet theyboth read the Scriptures. A little later theQuoran has what is almost an ecumenicalprofession of faith: We believe in God andthat which is revealed to us; in what was

revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob,and the tribes; to Moses and Jesus and theother prophets by their Lord. We make nodistinction among any of them, and to Godwe have surrendered ourselves. We shouldread the scriptures with an eye for how theyunite us rather than divide us from our fellow

believers. Christopher Simon for Metro News Service

Make every effort tokeep the unity of theSpirit through the bond of peace.

Ephesians 4:3

Community calendarCommunity Yoga Night

This event will be held from 6-7p.m., Thursday, Sept. 19 at Stough-ton Yoga Co-op, 123 E. Main St.This is a donation-based class. Alllevels are welcome.

Sons of Norway Bingo

Sons of Norway - Mandt Lodgebingo will be held on Saturday, Sept.21. The lodge is located at 317 SouthPage Street in Stoughton. There willbe food available after 5 p.m. andbingo begins at 6 p.m.

St. Ann Fall FestivalOn Sept. 21-22, people are invited

to participate in the St. Ann Fall Fes-tival.

Events include a 5K Run/Walk,Youth-A-Palooza (geared towardsixth-graders to 20 year olds) includ-ing activities, food and beverages

and more. For information, call 873-7633.

Coffee with the

SuperintendentAll are welcome to the first Cof-

fee with the Superintendent from7-9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, at

the Koffee Kup (355 E. Main St.).Throughout this school year, Stough-ton Superintendent Tim Onsager willbe going out into the community andmaking himself available to talk withparents and community membersabout our schools.

Fun with Food: Canning

DemonstrationFrom 2-3:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept.

26, people are invited to the Stough-ton Area Senior Center kitchen forsome hands on learning from

Jeanne Schwass-Long all about thefiner points of canning a variety offoods.

Releasing StressA free wellness class at Stough-

ton Hospital will be held at 6 p.m.,Thursday Sept. 26. People areinvited to join Stoughton Hospitals

Certified Yoga Therapist and Acu-puncturist, Anne Adametz, for a freewellness presentation on releasingstress. To reserve your seat, contactAnne at 577-YOGA (9642).

Painted Chair AuctionSponsored by POSH (Partners of

Stoughton Hospital), this event isset for 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 26 atBanushis Bar and Grill (800 NygaardStreet, Stoughton), and includesappetizers, music and a cash bar. Forinformation, contact Becky Greiberat 873-2205.

Coming up

Submit your community calendarand coming up items online:

ConnectStoughton.com

Want to get your community event or calendar item in the Courier Hub?Send an email with the information to:

[email protected]

Thursday, Sept. 19 5:30 p.m. - Stoughton Kiwanis Club, VennevollClubhouse, stoughtonkiwanis.org 6 p.m. - Community Yoga Night - Stoughton YogaCo-op, 123 Main St.

Friday, Sept. 20 7 a.m. 1 p.m. - Farmers Market, 1050 W. Main St.,Stoughton Plaza, 873-9443

Saturday, Sept. 21 6 p.m. - Bingo, Sons of Norway - Mandt Lodge, 317S. Page St. Sunday, Sept. 22 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Mandt Marketplace, Mandt Park,622-93088:30 a.m. St. Ann Fall Festival, St. Ann CatholicChurch, 323 N. Van Buren St., Stoughton

Monday, Sept. 23 7 p.m. - Stoughton School Board meeting,Administrative and Educational Services Center, 877-5000

Tuesday, Sept. 24 6:30 p.m. - American Legion dinner, 803 N. PageSt., 205-9090

Wednesday, Sept. 25 2 p.m. - Coffee with the Superintendent - peoplecan meet with superintendent Tim Onsager to talkschools at the Koffee Kup, 255 E. Main St.

Thursday, Sept. 26 2 p.m. Fun With Food: Canning Demonstration atthe Stoughton Area Senior Center, 248 W. Main St. 6 p.m. - Releasing Stress clinic - Stoughton Hospital900 Ridge St.7 p.m. - Painted chair auction - sponsored by thePartners of Stoughton Hospital at Banushis Bar andGrill, 800 Nygaard St.

Tuesday, Oct. 1 6 p.m., Finance Committee, City Hall

6:30 p.m., Town of Rutland board, town hall, 455-3925 7 p.m., Common Council, Public Safety Building

Thursday, Oct. 3 5:30 p.m., Stoughton Kiwanis Club, VennevollClubhouse, stoughtonkiwanis.org

Friday, Oct. 4 7 a.m. 1 p.m., Farmers Market, 1050 W. Main St.,Stoughton Plaza, 873-9443

Monday, Oct. 7 6:30 p.m., Optimists, Pizza Hut, 1424 Hwy. 51,

[email protected] 7 p.m., SASD board meeting, Administrative andEducational Services Center, 877-5000

Wednesday, Oct. 9 7 p.m., Sons of Norway, Mandt Lodge, 317 S. PageSt., 873-7209

Monday, Oct. 14 6 p.m., Stoughton Planning Commission, PublicSafety Building 7 p.m., American Legion Post and Auxiliary, 803 N.Page St., 205-9090

Tuesday, Oct. 15 6:30 p.m., VFW Post 328, 200 Veterans Road, 873-9042 6 p.m., Finance Committee, City Hall 7 p.m., Common Council, Public Safety Building

Thursday, Oct. 17 5:30 p.m., Stoughton Kiwanis Club, VennevollClubhouse, stoughtonkiwanis.org

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Please join Anne Adametz,Certified Yoga Therapist and

Acupuncturist to learn what causesstress and how to find relief.

Anne Adametz

stoughtonhospital.com

Thursday, September 26th at 6:00 p.m.

Stoughton Hospital

Bryant Health Education Center--lower level

To register for this free class, please call Anne at(608) 577-YOGA (9642), e-mail at anneadametz@gmail.

com or visit adametzorganichealthcare.com.

Anne is teaching an additional series of three

releasing stress classes. These include:October 10th

How the Mind Affects StressNovember 17th

How the Breath Can Affect StressDecember 12th

How Food and Environment Can Affect StressRegister the night of September 26th and

receive a discount on series registration.

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New St. Anns priestenjoying StoughtonVictoria Vlisides

Unifed Newspaper Group

Stoughton welcomed anew priest and world trav-eler to the community thissummer.

Fr. Randy Budnar wasappointed pries t a t St .Anns Catholic Parish, tak-ing over the reins fromretired Msgr. Gerard Healy,who retired in May after 24

years at the parish.Budnar stepped in, in

mid-July and said its beena smooth transition.

Things were well-runand things were goingstrong, he said of Healysleadership.

Budnar, whos grew up ahop, skip and a jump awayin McFarland, has servedall over and around Wis-consin, including in Mon-roe, Waunakee and SunPrairie.

In recent years, from2012-13, he was also pastorfor St. Peter in Elk Grove,Our Lady of Hope in Sey-

mour, St. Michael in Cala-mine and Immaculate Con-ception in Truman.

Hes been ordained as aCatholic priest since 1988and has a bachelors degreefrom St. Meinrad SeminaryCollege in Indiana and aMaster of Divinity from St.Francis Theology School inMilwaukee.

While working at manychurches, he also enjoysthe diversity of his job aspastor that allows him todo everything from publicspeaking to administrationto teaching, he said.

And just because hesstuck around pastoringdoesnt mean he hasntleft the area. He racked upan impressive list of coun-tries hes been to, includingGermany, Czech Republic,

Slovak Republic, Austria,Canada, Mexico, CostaRica, Peru, Puerto Rico,Tanzania, Greece, Turkey,Israel, Jordan, Egypt andGhana.

Although he got his firsttaste of world travelingwhen he and his brotherwent to Australia around2001, a lot of his travelswere through being a chap-lain in the Wisconsin Air

National Guard for the 115Fighter Wing at Truax Fieldin Madison from February1996 to August 2001.

He was also deployedtwo weeks in Hickum inHawaii and five weeks toTuzla in Bosnia.

Although he is generallya soft-spoken man, hes gotan adventurous side, too.

I have tried skydiving,hang gliding, white-waterrafting, parasailing anddriving a Segway. I hikedup Mt. Quandary in Colo-rado, Mt. Kilimanjaro inTanzania, Mt. St. Helens inWashington and down the

Grand Canyon in Arizona.Other interests includesoccer, basketball, tennis,reading, playing the guitar,singing in Church and talk-ing about religion.

Budnar, who now livesin Stoughton, said hesenjoyed hitting area biketrails and that everyonehere has been very welcom-ing.

Many of the 900-familycongregation are happy towelcome him, including St.Anns religious educationcoordinator Shaun Kleitsch.

When we heard we weregetting a new pastor, it wasmy prayer that he wouldbe kind, humble and holy,she said. From all I knowabout Fr. Randy so far, he isall of these things.

Photo by Victoria Vlisides

Fr. Randy Budnar was appointed pastor at St. Anns Catholic Parishthis summer, taking over for Msgr. Gerard Healy, who retired inMay after 24 years at the parish.

the priorities of the com-munity are, Olson told the

Hub . Its all about whatthe community values andwhat we can do with lessof.

Finance director Lau-

rie Sullivan agreed that itwas great to see any sort ofresponse from the citizensand also pointed out thatthe process helps the infor-mation flow the other way,too.

The hardest part of thebudget process is gettinginput from citizens, Sul-livan said. We want themto be aware of what mightpossibly receive cuts.

Olson mingled aroundthe room during the two-hour session, taking time tohear concerns and answerquestions on a one-on-onebasis.

Many rotated aroundthe stations set up withcharts describing the partsof the budget while beingprompted to fill out asheet describing what theyviewed as most vital to thecommunity and what theythought should not be cutin the budget.

One common concernboth Olson and Sullivanheard and discussed was alack of funding toward treeupkeep and removal.

As one session attend-ee put it, A tree branchis actually touching myneighbors car. Think ofwhat a snow storm could

do with that.According to Sullivan,

brush clean-up from thetrees was on the list ofconcerns that communitymembers took the time toindividually comment onthrough phone calls andemails last year as well.

It fell low on the budgetlast year, Sullivan said.Itll take time for peopleto adjust to the budgetchange.

Other concerns includ-ed the proposed smaller

budget for Stoughtonstelevision station WSTOTV, something that a fewview as a higher priority.

In previous years, it hasbecome a lower value ser-vice for the community,

Olson said. Communitymembers are now comingto me and telling me howits a great way for themto watch Stoughton HighSchool sports or gradua-tion.

Stoughton resident JonLewis said he came to themeeting to stay up to datewith whats happening inthe community.

I just want to find outwhats going on during thisterrible (economic) timeand what theyre doingabout it, Lewis said. I

just want to know that mystreet will be plowed this

winter and I will still beable to call the fire depart-ment.

All of the feedback fromcommunity members thatwas received from the lis-tening session will be usedto alter the 2014 budgetthat is in the works andwill further impact futurebudgets. The priorities andvalues of the communitythat were recorded fromMonday will be kept onrecord to aid future budgetplanning.

But the city isnt donecollecting input. Olsonencouraged anyone whocould not attend to shareideas on what could helpmake the budget better

suited to Stoughtons needsby calling or emailing her

their concerns.It excites me a great

deal to work with the com-munity and share thoughtson what concerns people,Olson said.

Photo by Kimberly Wethal

Mayor Donna Olson takes time to sit down with a concerned citizen to discuss the upcoming budgetand its changes for the 2014 year.

Jerri Kittleson fills out her response sheet on what services in thebudget mean the most to her.

Budget: Residents turn out for first listening sessionContinued from page 1

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Provisions of the PastCooksville Country Store opens with old-style tradition, strong customer service

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Looking to escape thecook ie -cu t t e r g roce ry

stores and return to an ageof treasured recipes, home-made goodness and all-nat-ural taste?

Sue Ebbert is hoping thather new Cooksville Coun-try Store will attract thosewho are, with an old-styletradition that dates backpossibly further than anyother general store in thestate.

Ebbert, the operator ofSimple Country Livingnear Fort Atkinson, waslooking for a second loca-tion a few months agowhen a customer suggestedthe old Cooksville GeneralStore, vacant since Janu-

ary 2012. Ebbert sold beefat her store, but also manyspecialized cooking items,like 30 different types ofspices, jams, jellies, soupmixes, pastas and more.She had never visited thestore, but immediately fellin love with its charm.

It needed a lot of workand we did do a lot ,Ebbert said. Our thoughtwas to kind of take it back

to the early 1900s look.Kind of start out basic onwhat we have at our farmstore, and then hoping ifcustomer will let us knowwhat theyre looking for inthat area we will carry it.

The store will offer plen-ty of cheeses and sausagesfrom Wisconsin, as well asa large variety of flour andspices and baking goods,

jams and je ll ies and sal -sas, hand-rolled butter, andEbbert said at some point,beer.

We tend to do a littlemore specialized things what you cant find in your

associate executive direc-tor for St . Vincent dePaul-Madison, said theprimary motivation wasgaining more space.

The society had suc-cessfully renovated an oldcar dealership in Veronainto a store in 2011, andofficials were confidentthey could do the same inStoughton.

We sort of knew howto do it knocking downthe walls in the back ofthe showroom, extendingservice bays, resurfac-ing floors, he said. We

felt more than confidentin our capacity to do that,and so far it has exceededour expectations.

Stetenfeld said the newlocation will also providea much more visible pres-ence for St. Vincent dePaul in the area.

While we were under

c o n s t r u c t i o n , p e o p l ewould stop in and say,Hey, glad youre herein Stoughton, he said.Well, weve been herein Stoughton since 1991.So not only will this (newlocation) attract folks whodidnt know about the oldstore, but people who passthrough or commute from(Interstate) 90 to (U.S.Hwy.) 51.

The stores soft open-ing Aug. 28 brought in$17,400, Stetenfeld said,probably f ive t imes as

much as a regular dayssales. He said the openingwas more than double the

amount brought in duringrecent new store openingsin Madison and Verona.

It blew us away, interms of our expecta-tions, he said.

An unexpected resultof the recent move hasbeen a marked increasein donations, which havedoubled in recent weeks.Stetenfeld credited the

stores increased visibil-ity.

We depend on thosedonations as a source ofsupply, and of coursethose are tax-deductibleif people care to request areceipt, he said.

Last year, St. Vincentde Paul provided DaneCounty families with aidvalued at nearly $2.9 mil-lion, Stetenfled said.

The stores sell donatedmaterials like clothing,small appliances, booksand furniture, using pro-ceeds to help area peoplein need. The stores also

provide materia ls l ike

clothing, bedding andhousewares to familiesthrough a voucher system

T he s to re wi l l ho lda grand opening fromThursday, Oct. 3, to Sun-day, Oct. 6, with specials,refreshments and gifts .For information, call 873-3655.

Stetenfeld invited peo-ple who have yet to see

the new store to come andgive it a look.

We thank people forpatronizing the store andsupplying it with theirdonations, and we lookto have a very strong andviable store with lots ofgood inventory for yearsto come, Stetenfeld said.Were hearing that peo-ple find it attractive andbright, nicely colored weve got some Vikingp u r p l e o n t h e w a l l s .They seem to be noticingtheres more inventorythere to shop through, justmore volume of space.

Wednesday, October 9, 20139:00 am-Noon - Expo

Noon-2:30 pm - Lunch, Entertainment & Bingo

FREE Admission - Open to the Public

Call 845-9559for more information

Stoughton Wellness and Athletic Center2300 US Highway 51-138, Stoughton, WI

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In brief

Sveum re-elected to

WRA boardPeter Sveum of Coldwell

Banker Success has beenre-elected vice presidentof the Wisconsin RealtorsAssociation (WRA).

A licensed real estate

broker since 1973, Sveumand his brother Phil ownColdwell Banker Success,with offices in Stoughton,Fitchburg and Middleton.

With over 12,000 Real-tor, appraiser, home inspec-tor and mortgage lendermembers, the WRA is oneof the largest trade associa-tions in the state of Wiscon-sin. Private property rightsand home ownership oppor-tunities are primary amongthe initiatives promoted bythe organization.

Sveum has served the realestate industry in severalcapacities over the years.He continues to serve onthe MLS board, as well asthe Stoughton Redevelop-ment Authority, StoughtonPolice and Fire Commis-sion and Stoughton Hos-pital Foundation Board ofDirectors.

Leadership Stoughton

group begins classesThirteen Stoughton pro-

fessionals began their Lead-ership Stoughton journeythis week.

Participants meet withcommunity leaders andlearn about Stoughtonseconomy, culture, heritage,

education system and more.In addition to working withcommunity experts andleaders, the class takes on acommunity project.

The half-day class is heldevery month over a nine-month period.

Participants in this yearsclass include:

Jim Alonzo, Cummins;Eric Christoffersen, DavidF. Grams, & Associates;Dave E ns tad , S tough-ton Courier Hub; LaRaeGavic, Stoughton HarmonyHouse; Stefanie Gerberd-ing, Stoughton Hospital;Jennifer Johnson, NazarethHealth & Rehabilitation

Center; Kim Lewis, McFar-land State Bank; LauraMays, Stoughton Hospital;Fauna Sellnow, SkaalenNursing & RehabilitationCenter, Inc.; Laura Trotter,Visitor Services Stough-ton Chamber of Commerce;Jennifer Willger, Univer-sal Silencer; Keith Wise,Stoughton Trailers and Kel-ly Verheyden, StoughtonPublic Library.

Destination Stoughton

program on the webIf you havent had the

chance to catch the Destina-tion Stoughton program onMadisons CW 57 TV sta-tion yet, you can now watchit on YouTube.

Destination Stoughtontakes an in-depth look atsome of the businesses thatmake Stoughton a greatplace to dine, play, shopand stay. The programis hosted by Erica Dial,Executive Director for theStoughton Chamber.

The 28-minute programfeatures seven local busi-nesses.

The YouTube Channelfor the Chamber of Com-merce is Reveal Stough-ton.

Business

St. Vinnys: More visible location leads to increased donations, salesContinued from page 1 St. Vincent

de Paul thriftstore

1509 U.S. Hwy. 51

873-3655

Hours: Monday-Saturday,9 a.m.-4:45 p.m.

Thursdays until 6:45 p.m.

Photo by Scott De Laruelle

St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store in Stoughton is now open on U.S. Hwy. 51 in the old StoughtonMotors building next to Blackhawk Credit Union. A grand opening will be held the first weekend inOctober.

If you goWhat: Cooksville

Country Store Grand

OpeningWhen: 10 a.m. to 6p.m., Sept. 28-29

Where: CooksvilleCountry Store, 11311State Highway 138,Cooksville

Info: Sue Ebbert; (262)707-4503 or (920) 563-4469.

Photos submitted

The Cooksville Country Store,above, will host a grand open-

ing later this month. The storeis operated by Sue Ebbert,right, who also runs a similaroperation near Fort Atkinson.Ebbert said the store offerssome more specialized things what you wouldnt find inyour average grocery store.The store occupies the firstfloor of the historic Cooksvillegeneral store, a structure thathas been in existence since1847.

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Anthony Iozzo

Assistant sports editor

After failing to make state in 2012by three strokes, the Stoughton girlsgolf team felt the sting, head coachDave Taebel said.

The girls became determined to notlet that happen again, and they startedtheir offseason the next day by play-ing more golf, taking lessons, trainingand, later, playing in summer Wis-consin Jr. PGA tournaments.

That hard work led the girls toshave off those extra strokes thatcould have meant a state berth lastseason, and it has finally come togeth-er with a school-record 157 to defeatMilton (179) Monday and move to5-0 in the Badger South Conference.

The win over Milton puts No. 5Stoughton in position to control itsown destiny Sept. 25 at the BadgerSouth Conference meet.

If the No. 5 Vikings win, the titleis theirs outright. If the Vikings takesecond, they still have a chance to winoutright but can finish no worse thanin a tie for the title.

It is exciting and something wehave never done before, Dave Taeb-el said. It is a testament to the talentand the hard work that the girls havedone. It is the way you want it to be.You want the conference tournamentto decide the conference.

Stoughton is not only looking towin its first conference title in theBadger South, but it also has a toughregional and sectional to look forwardto.

Although Taebel doesnt wantthe girls to overlook the conferencetournament on Sept. 25, he said theyshould be well prepared after playingin several tournaments with the top 10teams.

Those teams are phenomenal and

are well-coached, Dave Taebel said.It is a daunting task, but we like the

Girls golf

Photo by Josh Smith/Jefferson Daily Union

Ashli Stolen chips out of the bunker last Thursday in a Badger South dual against Fort Atkinson at Koshkonong MoundsCountry Club. Stolen shot a 43 in a 171-218 win.

Boys soccer

Vikings stopped in 1-0 lossAnthony Iozzo


Generating shots on goal was not aproblem for the Stoughton boys soccerteam Tuesday against Oregon, but find-ing the back of the net was a differentstory.

The host Vikings had 10 corner kicksand had four good chances to beat Ore-gon senior goalie Bradlee Wienholtz, butnothing got by him.

In the end, it was a penalty kick byOregon junior forward Nick Steidemannthat was the difference in a 1-0 loss.

In the first half, we had a lot of shotson goal and dominated, head coachDave Wermuth said in a phone interview.I dont think our second half was asstrong, but we still played well all game.

The loss to Oregon was the secondstraight time a penalty kick decided theoutcome.

In the 56th minute, Steidemann brokefree on a breakaway, and Dylan Wenkercame to challenge him and close downthe passing/shooting lanes. But the two

ended up tangled and knocked each otherdown, and the field judge called a foul.

Steidemann scored on the ensuing pen-alty kick, and the Vikings dropped itssecond straight game to Oregon with justone PK as the difference.

It is just one of those things that hap-pen, and I absolutely dont blame Dylan,

Wermuth said. He was playing toughdefense all night.

But besides the goal, there were severalsaves by Wienholtz that proved just asimportant as the offense, Dave Wermuthsaid.

Stoughtons Andrew Beszhak put afloater toward the net, but Weinholtz,who finished with three saves, poked theball over the net.

The Vikings Endre Krumholz andDevin Keating also had shots that Wein-holtz had to make difficult stops on, DaveWermuth said.

It is a tough way to lose, but it putsthe kids on track for what we need to dofor the rest of the season, he said.

Wienholtz had four saves, while Hank

Photo by Joe Koshollek

Stoughtons Christian Doll (15) and Oregons Christopher McGuine go up for a header in the first halfTuesday of a Badger South Conference game. Stoughton lost 1-0 after a penalty kick by Oregons NickSteidemann.

Football

Turnover ondowns leadsto tough lossJeremy JoneS

Sports editor

Senior PJ Rosowskiaccounted for all of theStoughton football teamspoints in the first half at Col-lins Field on Friday, but itwas the choice to not send theall-conference kicker out topunt late in the fourth quarterthat may have cost Vikingsa shot at upsetting MadisonEdgewood in a 15-12 loss.

Leading 12-7 with justunder a minute-and-a-halfremaining, Stoughton headcoach Jason Thiry opted gofor it on fourth-and-1 from theVikings own 49-yard line.

The offense remained onthe field even after a delayof game pushed the Vikingsback to fourth-and-6 on the44.

Rather than trying and drawthe Crusaders offsides or call-ing on Rosowski to punt theball away, Thiry decided togo for it only to come up ahalf-yard short of a first downthat would have iced the win.

Our offensive mentalityand in this program is that weare a machine, Thiry said.The sticker is on the front ofthe helmet.

It was a learning lessonfor me as a coach, and thoseplayers included, that we aretrying to get this program tothe point where we can get afirst down whenever we needone.

Edgewood head coachAlan Minnaert for one wasntsurprised by his counterpartsdecision.

I dont worry about whatother coaches decide, Minn-aert said. He obviously had a

thought that he could make it.I was glad they went for it,

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Dorscheid helps serve up victoryAnthony Iozzo


Junior libero Olivia Dors-cheid helped the Stoughtonvolleyball team take leadsin at least two sets Thurs-day at Fort Atkinson.

Dorscheids aggressiveserving helped lead Stough-

ton to a 3-1 win (25-23,25-13, 20-25, 26-24), headcoach Kelly Sorensen saidin an email.

Overall, the girls playedhard, confident and hadfun, Sorensen said. It wasa great team effort.

Dorscheid finished withsix aces and 16 digs, butshe wasnt the only key inthe win, with several killsby a handful of girls.

J u n i o r o u t s i d e

hitter Annie Fergus col-lected 13 kills and 14 digs,while sophomore outsidehitter Haven Polich added12 kills.

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Cross country

Volleyball

Girls swimming

Weum makes strides for VikingsJeremy JoneS

Sports editor

From where she was a year agoto now surprises even freshman AlyWeum who has cemented her role as

the Vikings second runner in justthree meets.

Missing all of her eighth-gradeseason with an illness, Weum trainednearly everyday coming into thisseason knowing she could potential-ly be running up near the front of theVikings pack with Nikki Staffen.

While she acknowledged, I twas really hard to get back into thegroove of things, Weum said, Iknew that if I kept training and goingto all the captains practices and put-ting in my hours eventually thisseason this is where I would be.

Where she is was good enoughto finish 15th overall at ThursdaysMadison West Invitational in a life-time 4K best 16 minutes, 15 seconds

nearly a second faster than hertime a week ago at Verona.I always say, I can go nowhere

but up because as the race goes on it gets better and better.

Stoughton will have to find a wayto get better if they wish to take theBadger South crown. Thursday pro-vided the Vikings their first oppor-tunity to go head-to-head againstMadison Edgewood, which showedStoughton there is still a lot of workto be done.

Edgewood is better than I hadhoped and should be a top team inDivision 2, head coach PatrickSchneider said. However, we stillhave many weeks until conferenceso I dont think we should count our-selves out of conference contention.

As I always say, lots of things

can happen in a cross country sea-son.

Stoughton finished fifth overallwith a score of 117, while the Cru-saders (70) were second overallbehind Madison West (52). Defend-ing Badger South Conference cham-pion Amy Davis won the race in14:45, while senior teammate Court-ney Link (15:15) finished third.

We are just going to focus onwhat we can control and I know thatour girls are working hard and run-ning well, Schneider said. So farwe have beaten all the teams in oursectional.

Madison Mem or ia l (80) and

Waunakee (109) rounded out the topfour.

Junior Nikki Staffen once againled the pack, finishing fourth overallin 15:20, while senior Ashley Har-nack (16:26) crossed the line as theteams third runner in 21st place.

They are so encouraging, Weumsaid of her upperclassmen team-mates. They always put a smileon your face. Our captain Ashley isone of the most encouraging, hardworking people I know. She helps somuch.

F o u r s e c o n d s s e p a r a t e d

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Junior libero Olivia Dorscheid gets a dig Thursday at Fort Atkinson.She finished with 16 digs and six aces in a 3-1 (25-23, 25-13,20-25, 26-24) win.

Vikings fall at Edgewoodby same score as last yearJeremy JoneS

Sports editor

Fighting sickness through-

out the last week, theStoughton girls swimmingteam was without five swim-mers Tuesday evening asthe team traveled to Bad-ger South Conference rivalMadison Edgewood.

Stoughton, however,powered through and cameaway with six first-placefinishes and six personalbests even though the teamdropped the dual by theexact same score (100-70) asa year ago.

The biggest highlight ofthe night came in the 500free where the Vikingsswept the top three spots

behind a senior Allie Nie-meyer.Despite swimming the

entire 20 lengths withoutgoggles, Niemeyer still man-aged to post a time of 5 min-utes, 50.41 seconds followed

by Sophie Pitney and Shay-lee Kooima.

Stoughtons other winscame from Katherine Rude

in the 200 IM ( 2:26.03), EvaAnderson in the 50 (26.71)and 100 free (with a season-best 58.85), Pitney in the 100butterfly (1:08.92) and the400 free relay (4:03), whichStoughton dominated to winby 10 seconds with a team ofEva Anderson, Averie Ness,Pitney and Rude.

Posting best times forthe night were: Annie Hud-kins in the 200 free, RaleighSchigur in the 200 IM andOlivia Lenz, Ashley Foss,Ellie Trotter and ColenaSankbeil in the 50 free.

The girls continue toimprove and have fun asa team, head coach EliseMcLaury said. They arelooking forward to havingsome fun at the Milton Invite(Saturday) as many of thegirls are switching events ortrying new ones.

Photo by Jeremy Jones

Senior captain Ashley Harnack covered last Thursdays Yahara Hills Running Course at the

Madison West Invitational in 16 minutes, 26 seconds good for 21st place. Stoughton fin-ished the meet fifth overall with a team score of 117.

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Badger South

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Stoughton 2-0

Madison Edgewood 2-0

Oregon 2-1

Milton 2-1

Monona Grove 1-1

Fort Atkinson 0-3

Monroe 0-3

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Girls tennis

Stoughton closes out Fort Atkinson for first conference winJeremy JoneS

Sports editor

Freshman Sarah Benoy and Pay-ton Kahl played to Stoughtonsmost competitive match in a 7-0loss Tuesday at Quann Park against

Madison Edgewood.Benoy and Kahl, who have been

one of the Vikings most consistentflights all season, fell 6-3, 6-4 atNo. 1 doubles.

The Vikings were without Maris-sa Despins (illness), Natalie Clerkin(injury) and Katelyn Hedman.

I was thinking that we had a shotat two or three wins tonight, butgoing into a match against Edge-wood without three of your top 10players certainly isnt what youwant, head coach Ryan Reischelsaid.

Stoughton fell to 1-4 in the Bad-ger South standings with the loss.

The Vikings travel to anotherconference rival on Monday when

they face Milton at 4:15 p.m.

Stoughton 5, Fort Atkinson 2The Vikings were

able to take advan-tage of a shorthandedFort Atkinson squad5-2 on the road last

Thursday to ea rntheir first conferencewin of the season.

S toughton swepta l l t h r e e d o u b l e smatches in the winled by another solidmatch from AlyssaRamos and AmaraMcCunes 6-0, 6-0 atNo. 2 doubles.

Kahl and Benoyadded a 6-2, 6-1 atNo. 1 doubles, whileAnna Ne lson andK a t e l y n H e d m a ncapped the sweepwith a 6-3, 6-3 win at3 doubles.

S en ior Na ta l i e C le rk in and

freshman Kendra Halverson earnedStoughtons final two wins at No. 3and 4 singles.

Clerkin defeated freshman EmmaHartwig in three sets 6-3, 6-7 (2),6-1 at No. 3 singles, while Halv-erson added a convincing 6-0, 6-1

win at 4 singles.I was happy for Natalie, she

did a lot of the things we askedher to do and it paid off, Reischelsaid. She moved in on the courtand played more aggressive and itshowed.

Halverson meanwhile continuedto battle for every point on her wayto a convincing win.

Senior Marissa Despins fell 6-1,6-0 to Brittany Sykes (the Black-hawks normal 3 singles player) atNo. 1 singles, while Molly Staatsdropped her No. 2 singles match toFort Atkinsons typical 4 singlesplayer, Patricia Samara, 6-3, 6-4.

Stoughton never took more thana game in any of its three doubles

matches.

girls we have out there too,and we think we can competewith anyone.

Senior Becky Klonglandled the Vikings with a 33against Milton, while KaileyTaebel (41), Taylor Wise (41)

and Ashli Stolen (42) finishedthe scoring.The Badger Cup was

Wednesday and results wereunavailable by the CourierHubs Tuesday deadline.

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Stoughton 171,

Fort Atkinson 218The Vikings traveled to

Koshkonong Mounds Coun-

try Club last Thursday for a

Badger South match with FortAtkinson and won 171-218.

Klongland led Stoughtonwith a 39, while Kailey Taeb-el shot a 40. Stolen was thirdwith a 43, and Taylor Wisefinished the scoring with a 49.

Parker inviteStoughton traveled to Riv-

erside Golf Club Saturdayto compete with seven of theother nine top 10 teams in thestate and finished fourth witha 338.

Klongland was fourth over-all with a 74, while Stolenshot an 81. Kailey Taebel (90)and Wise (93) finished thescoring.

No. 1 Verona (315), No.2 Middleton (316) and No.3 Madison Edgewood (323)finished in the top three, whileNo. 6 Janesville Parker (339),No. 7 Madison Memorial(344), No. 10 Milton (345)and No. 8 Mukwonago (358)finished behind Stoughton.

Golf: Conference is next

because I thought our chances werebetter at stopping them on fourth-and-6. He rolled the dice. Sometimesit works and sometimes it doesnt.

Minnaert added, People wouldhave thought I was pretty stupid ifwe hadnt scored our touchdown onfourth down.

Unlike the Vikings, Edgewoodwas trailing by two field goalson its first possession of the thirdquarter from the 5-yard line whenthey scored on a halfback optionpass from sophomore Jack Dunn toWendler.

Still, it was the poise of Crusad-ers senior quarterback Bobby Dunnthat sealed Stoughtons fate as afterthrowing incomplete on first down,Dunn found fellow senior AlexWendler on back-to-back out routesto move the ball to the Stoughton26. Two plays later, Dunn con-nected with senior wide receiverJake Dragoo, who came clean acrossthe middle in the end zone whichpushed Edgewood ahead 15-12 withthe ensuing 2-point conversion passfrom Dunn to Evan Bondoc with 49seconds remaining.

One of our issues has been we

play way better when we are ahead,Minnaert said. You have to giveStoughton credit, those kids playedreally hard and our kids got frustrat-ed in the first half.

Despite a 10-yard strike to Roso-wski and a Madison Edgewood passinterference the Vikings comebackfell short as Logans fourth-and-9pass fell incomplete.

Rosowski accounted for all of thegames scoring in the first half, con-necting on field goals of 35 and 41yards.

Stoughton and the Crusadersexchanged a fumble and a ChrisLund interception on back-to-backplays before another interceptionby Vikings senior Jayce Yellowbird

setup the Vikings up with first andgoal on the Stoughton 45-yard line.Three plays later the Vikings

watched senior Luke Logan rackup 46 of his game-high 122 yards

rushing (on 22 carries) as he brokethrough the line and rumbled intothe end zone for a 12-7 lead follow-ing a failed 2-point conversion run.

The Vikings fell to 1-3 over-all with the loss while Edgewoodimproved to 3-1.

What I saw on film, the Stough-ton kids played Reedsburg verytough and Fort pretty tough, butgave up a couple of big plays, Min-naert said. Once the game gets sep-arated their ground attack becomesirrelevant.

Keeping Friday nights gameclose all evening, however, Loganand the Vikings were able to grindout Edgewood with 132 yards on theground compared with just 33 by theCrusaders.

The Crusaders racked up 124yards through the air to 54 byStoughton. Edgewoods BobbyDunn was 15-of-23 for 124 yards,including 41 on the final touchdowndrive.

He was extremely poised and ourkids gave him time to throw, Min-naert said of his quarterback.

Logan found running back ZachHasselberger four times for 31yards, while the Vikings 13 firstdowns were more than twice as

many as they had two weeks ago atFort Atkinson.The Vikings travel to Monroe at 7

p.m. Friday.

Football: Vikings must bounce back quickly on the road this Friday at Monroe

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Photo by Jeremy Jones

(Clockwise from top) Junior Alex Zacharias has a potential touchdown pass broken up by a Madison Edgewood defensiveback during the first half of Fridays 15-12 home loss against the Crusaders; Evan Bondoc hauls in the game-winning touch-down catch late in the fourth quarter; senior PJ Rosowski connects on a 35-yard field goal in the first quarter.

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Stoughtons final two runners juniorMegan Reese (17:12) and seniorHannah Sonsalla (17:16) who fin-ished 36th and 41st, respectively.Sending Ashley and Hannah offto state as seniors is definitely oneof our biggest goals this season,

Weum said.Sophomore Jenna Gardner and

senior Serena Schimelpfing alsocompeted on varsity.

Stoughtons JV team finishedfourth behind the fifth-place finishof junior Kelsey Jenny.

Staffen once again found herselfracing Madison Edgewoods Davisand Link on Tuesday at the BadgerChallenge in Fort Atkinson.

While Davis won the race andLink took third, Staffen was able tocross the finish in fifth place with atime of 15:37.

Harnack added one of her stron-ger races of the season to take 10thplace in 16:25, while Weum finished20th overall in 16:39.

Reese (16:51) and Jenny (17:13)added a 32nd and 43rd place finish,respectively.

Madison Edgewood bested theVikings for the second time in fivedays, winning the meet with a totalt ime of 1:19:02. Mount Horeb(1:21.46.9) came in second, whileStoughton rounded out the top threein 1:22:46.3.

BoysAs the Vikings most experienced

returning runner thisseason, senior San-tiago Sarthou feels hehas to be out in frontleading the pack everyrace this season.

Such was the caseonce again last Thurs-day as Sarthou pacedS t o u g h t o n w i t h a37th-place finish in17:47.

I feel like everyone this year kindof looks up to me, said Sarthou, ateam captain this season. Its a lotdifferent than last year I always hadJacob (Roe) who was always fasterthan me.

Establishing a lifetime PR atAppleton in the first race out of thegate this season, Sarthou bested thatmark once again on Thursday. Head-ing back to Yahara Hills and Veronafor sectionals (the only course hehasnt PRed on so far this season),Sarthou said his goal for the restof the season is simply to continuebuilding upon that momentum. Hedalso like to try and break 17 minutes.

Ive got a long ways to go, hesaid. Im looking to make indi-vidual state and I think I should beable to make it, if I keep pushingmyself.

Only six seconds separated theVikings second through fourth run-ners as freshman Owen Roe (18:31),senior Max Fergus (18:34) andfreshman Tristan Jenny (18:37) fin-ished 49th, 50th and 52nd overall.

It was another 46 seconds beforeStoughtons final runner crossed the

finish line as freshman Garrett Mod-el came in 61st in 19:23.

Sophomore Gabe Ross also com-peted on varsity, but did not score.

Stoughton finished last out of the10 teams competing with a teamscore of 249.

Junior Olin Hacker once againled the defending state championRegents to a first-place tie, cover-ing the 5K course in 16 minutes, 2seconds. Madison West (56) placedits top five all in the top 16, whilereaching the finishing line in justover a span of 1:05. Badger SouthConference powerhouse Monroe(56) lost a tiebreaker to the Regentsbased on the strength of each teamssixth runner.

Junior Caleb Wilson finished 18thto give West the edge as Monroe

junior Jer emy Miller came in 34thoverall.

Verona jun io r Ryan Nam eth(16:17) followed 15 seconds off thepace of Hacker again, while 1:36separated the teams top five as theWildcats finished third overall witha score of 94.

Stoughton finished 10th out of the14 teams competing at TuesdaysBadger Challenge in Fort Atkinson.

Sarthou once again paced theVikings, turning in a 25th-place fin-ish with a time of 17:54.

Jenny was the only other Viking tocrack the top 50, taking 49th placein 18:33.

Monroe paced the field with atotal time of 1:24:06. The Vikingstotal time was 1:32:44.9.

collected eight kills, andsenior middle blockerMaren Schultz and sopho-more middle blocker Han-

nah Hobson each had fivekills.

Junior setter LindseyBach had 35 assists, eightdigs and two aces.

Stoughton travels toOregon at 7 p.m. Thurs-day, and it travels to Mid-dleton High School at 8a.m. Saturday for the Car-dinal Invitational.

Parker inviteThe Vikings traveled

to Janesville Parker HighSchool Saturday for aninvitational and went 2-3to take fourth place out ofeight teams.

Stoughton lost to Keno-sha Christian Life twice,including in the third-place match 2-1 (25-23,15-25, 4-15).

Fergus, Schultz and Pol-ich each had four kills,while senior setter PatriciaDumas had 12 assists.

Fergus added 14 digs,while Hobson and senioroutside hitter AnnalisePanthofer collected twoblocks.

In the other loss toKenosha, Stoughton fell2-1 again (20-25, 25-22,12-15).

Fergus led with 11 kills.Dumas and Bach had 13and 11 assists, respective-ly, while Fergus led withnine digs. Bach and Dors-cheid added eight digseach.

Dorscheid also had twoaces, and Hobson addedfive blocks.

The Vikings began poolplay with a 2-1 win overJefferson (25-17, 20-25,16-14) and a 2-0 win overJanesville Parker (25-20,25-15).

A g a i n s t J e f f e r s o n ,Schultz and Fergus had 10and nine kills, respective-ly, while Bach added 15assists and five digs.

Dorscheid added fouraces, and Schultz and Klu-bertanz each had threeb

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