April 2013

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18
Apr
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May 5 Flag Football Game Will Benefit Alzheimer’s Association

Middleton High School and the Alzheimer’s Association are teaming up next month.

A Blondes vs. Brunettes flag football game will be held on Sunday, May 5 at noon at  Breitenbach Stadium.  Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the stadium the day of the game. MHS DECA is helping promote the event and student volunteers will work the game along with members of the school’s Key Club.

The two teams are divided based on the age-old rivalry between blondes and brunettes, while increasing awareness of Alzheimer’s disease among a new generation. If you’re wondering, redheads are free agents and will be permitted to play for the team of their choice. Funds raised will benefit the care, support, advocacy and research efforts of the Alzheimer’s Association. 

Thu
18
Apr
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Twenty MHS Students Take Part In Northwestern University Model UN

Editor's note: Nicholas Taylor is a 10th grader at Middleton High School. 

Delegates from the Middleton High School Model United Nations club are back in classes after spending four days with more than 600 students from across the Midwest debating international affairs. 

Twenty MHS students descended on Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., on April 11-14 to participate in the Northwestern University Model UN conference. Model UN conferences allow students to take on the role of international diplomats for the purpose of collaborating with others, learning about foreign relations, and attempting to solve the problems of the world.

“The best part of the conference was working with other delegates and sharing different ideas,” sophomore Joey Duff said.

Thu
18
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Tornado Drill Postponed Due To Threat Of Real Severe Weather

The State of Wisconsin Tornado Drill scheduled for Thursday, April 18 has been POSTPONED due to the threat of real severe weather and possible tornadoes in Southeast Wisconsin today.

The tornado drill has been rescheduled for Friday, April 19 with a statewide tornado watch issued at 1:00 p.m. and a statewide tornado warning issued at 1:45 p.m. 

Wed
17
Apr
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Bremser, Mezera named co-cross country coaches

They’ve worked together for 11 years now.

Egos aren’t an issue. And both wanted the family approach inside the cross country program to remain.

So Middleton staples Isaac Mezera and Cindy Bremser will team up beginning this fall and share the boys and girls head cross country positions. Both are long-time assistants and will replace Joe Spolar, who retired last fall after 20 years in the program.

“Because of our close work together, Isaac and I felt that co-head coaching would be the best way to continue the cross country program,” said Bremser, a former Olympian. “We feel we have a very successful program having the boys and girls together. 

“Cross country is a participatory sport, and even though our numbers have grown, we are passionate in keeping everyone involved. To me success is not only measured by having competitive teams and athletes, but by allowing each athlete to participate and grow as a person.”

Wed
17
Apr
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Middleton races past Sun Prairie

Manager Tom Schmitt takes a lot of pride in his Middleton baseball team executing the basic fundamentals.

So Schmitt couldn’t have been more pleased with the results of the Cardinals’ long-awaited season-opener on Tuesday afternoon.

Senior right-hander Brian Lochner scattered five hits as Middleton executed its “small ball” strategy on offense to perfection. That plan of attack helped Middleton topple Sun Prairie, the defending WIAA Division 1 state champs, in a Big Eight Conference prep baseball game.

Junior right fielder Matt Ash and senior center fielder Kenji Passini executed sacrifice bunts on back-to-back at-bats in the fourth inning to help Middleton rally from an early deficit.

“We had the right situation with the right kids up,” Schmitt said. “It was the right time and in that situation it’s easier to get a run.”

Wed
17
Apr
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Share Joins Middleton Common Council

Miriam Share used to spend her Tuesday evenings singing in the Madison Symphony Chorus. As the newest member of the Middleton Common Council, she’ll now occupy those nights using her alto/soprano to vote “yay” or “nay” on policy decisions that shape the city’s future.

Share ran unopposed for the council’s District 1 seat after incumbent Paul Kinne chose not to seek another term in the Spring Election. She was sworn in by assistant city administrator John Lehman on Tuesday night.

She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and has lived in the Good Neighbor City since 2007. She works as an account executive for Clear Channel, Madison

While she’s a freshman councilor, Share is no stranger to the inner workings of city hall. She served as a citizen member on Middleton’s sustainability and arts committees, as well as running an unsuccessful campaign for the District 4 common council seat back in 2010.

Tue
16
Apr
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Savage Beauty

Falconer David Zilker, accompanied by a female red-tailed hawk named “Miss Genoa,” gave an educational presentation to the Friends of Pheasant Branch on Thursday, March 21.

Middletonians packed into Clark Street Community School, where Zilker spoke about the ancient art of hunting with birds of prey, as well as explaining the important environmental role these stunning predators play. Zilker is director of the Wisconsin Falconers Association-Southwest Region.

Citizens can join the Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy for free Conservancy Day programs on the third Thursday of every month. RSVPs are appreciated by organizers, and should be sent to Colleen at 608-767-2394 or education@pheasantbranch.org.

All programs are family friendly, unless otherwise noted below:

 

Mon
15
Apr
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Health Care Reform Will Have Sweeping Impact On Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District

The way the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District currently provides health insurance to its employees will grow increasingly unsustainable as key provisions of the Affordable Care Act fall into place in the coming years.

According to a report by Milliman, Inc., an independent actuarial and consulting firm, the district’s annual health care costs are projected to be $1.8 million higher by the year 2018 than they would have been in the absence of federal health care reform. (Their estimates show costs would be more than $3.2 million higher using a more grim set of fiscal assumptions.)

The figures, which were presented to the Middleton-Cross Plains Area Board of Education Monday night, reflect total plan costs, including what employers and employees pay.

The prospect of higher prices should prompt district leadership to consider major changes to employee contribution levels, insurance eligibility, plan designs and wellness incentives, advised Milliman.

Mon
15
Apr
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Court Sides With Erpenbach In Open Records Case

The Grant County Circuit Court has issued a decision in the John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy’s case against Sen. Jon Erpenbach (D-Middleton).

The court sided with the senator, declining to compel him to make public unredacted versions of emails he received during the political battle over Act 10.

The MacIver Institute sought the information, claiming public employees using government computers to contact Erpenbach on the legislation may have violated the law preventing the use of public resources for a political purpose. Erpenbach had redacted names and email addresses before turning them over.

Fri
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Apr

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