The 2015 campaign to raise funds for The Capital Times Kids Fund officially comes to an end Wednesday. Once again, generous readers of the newspaper came through to allow the fund to continue supporting dozens of local nonprofits and other organizations that directly address the problems and challenges of young people in the Dane County area. Readers made contributions totaling more than $106,000, which, when coupled with proceeds from the Kids Fund's investments, will support $120,000 in grants during calendar year 2016. Last year some 52 organizations ranging from camps for disabled kids to after-school educational programs benefited from the grants. It is expected that the coming year will see more of the same thanks to folks who made contributions to the current campaign. While the drive officially ends Wednesday, contributions can be made year-round to The Kids Fund, c/o The Capital Times, PO Box 8060, Madison WI 53708 or by going online to thekidsfund.org and using the convenient "Donate" button on the homepage. Contributions that come in during the coming months will be acknowledged when the 2016 fund drive opens in the fall. Following is a list of recent contributors. Thanks to all for your generosity. Jerry Bollig, Oregon: $50 Willy Haeberli, Madison: $100 Anna Iwata, Madison: $20 In honor of Ray and Marian Sweeney from Jack and Jodi Sweeney, Madison: $100 Gerald Lamers, Sun Prairie: $100 William and Mary Tripp, Madison: $100 Nikki Zaiman, Fitchburg: $10 Pamela Schuster, Middleton: $50 Scott and Pamela Holmgren, Monona: $50 John and Susan Rayburn, Waunakee: $30 Joan Niebauer, Madison: $50 Phillip and Lynn Hellmuth, Madison: $35 Herbert Hellen, Madison: $25 RW and JP Lottridge, Madison: $10 Enid Riggle, Monona: $15 Agnes Ganser, Lodi: $25 Felix and Janice Egli, Deerfield: $100 Marcia Sivesind, Cambridge: $35 Richard and Nancy Schultz, Madison: $50 Les and Nancy Moffett, Mount Horeb: $35 Caryl Hatfield, Madison: $50 Charlotte and Jack Jackson, Waunakee: $50 Frederick Cross, Madison: $10 Nancy and Tom Alar, Cottage Grove: $200 Norma Busser, Madison: $40 Steven Yuds, Madison: $50 William and Sharron Heibl, Madison: $50 Esther Krehl, Madison: $5 Frederick and Ivy Edelman, Madison: $100 Mary Collet, Madison: $25 Paula Haseman, Madison: $100 Carl and Elizabeth Silverman, Madison: $100 DL and RM Sutter, Mount Horeb: $30 Joan Pulver, Madison: $50 Mary Cochems, Madison: $50 John Pare, Mount Horeb: $25 Louis and Fran Rall, Madison: $50 Joyce Crim, Madison: $50 Douglas Kirk, Madison: $10 Betsy Draine and Michael Hinden, Madison: $50 Miles and Amy Epstein, Madison: $40 Donna Phenix, Monona: $25 Joyce Clark Knutson, Madison: $100 Gary Miller, Madison: $30 Sonia Rotar, Verona: $50 Donald Breitenbach, McFarland: $50 Ronda Richards, Verona: $200 Mary Herrick, Sun Prairie: $30 Doris Pressman, Madison: $25 William and Geraldine Schlecht, Madison: $25 Joseph Thome, Madison: $50 G. Francis Nelson, Sun Prairie: $15 Robert and Connie Salmon, Middleton: $25 Dr. Constance Knop, Oregon: $10 Richard Peterson, Monona: $25 Nada Bevic, Madison: $10 Damien and Judith Wilson, Madison: $100 Richard and Charlotte Johnston, Madison: $100 Stephen and DeSales McCardell, Madison: $15 Marvin Meissen, Madison: $25 Dean and Lucille Halberslaben, Madison: $20 Richard Reichardt and Susan Ihler, Madison: $50 Frank Schatzley, Madison: $15 Joseph and Ruth Hind, Madison: $100 Cyril and Irene Ripp, Sauk City: $25 James and Anita Treinen, Deforest: $100 Dorothy Edwards, Baraboo: $50 Harland Bright, Madison: $200 Josephine Terguson, Madison: $50 Beatrice Ptacek, Madison: $100 Ruth Mahler, Madison: $25 Lynn Danielson and Timothy Chapman, Madison: $50 Sean and Linnea Sorensen, Madison: $50 B.L. Singer, Madison: $300 Stephen Miller and Lucy Wall, McFarland: $25 Deloris Erdman, Madison: $30 Beverly Richgels, Madison: $25 R.W. and N.A. Schaefer, Madison: $20 Mary Ellyn and F. Joseph Sensenbrenner, Madison: $1000 Joseph Senulis and Benita Walker, Madison: $35 Leo and Dorothy Miller, Cross Plains: $50 Daniel and Gail Shea, Middleton: $50 Rae Carol Rocca, Madison: $50 Marvin Beatty, Madison: $50 Fred and Susan Ciebell, Middleton: $25 C.W. and J.E. Schulte, Edgerton: $20 Tom and Earlene Laudin, Barneveld: $30 Russell and Sally Roedl, Madison: $50 Gloria Meyer, Madison: $50 Daniel and Carla Lynch, Madison: $150 Susan Babcock and Thomas Kelly, Madison: $100 Nancy Becknell, Madison: $50 Robert Newbery and Nancy Sugden, Madison: $100 Karen Pope, Madison: $50 Claire Weiss and Alan Weinberg, Mount Horeb: $40 Barbara Belle, Belleville: $50 Lorrie and John Hylkema, Madison: $20 Linda Sheehy, Madison: $50 Susan and John Killian, Waukesha: $50 Joseph and Barbara Conway, Madison: $100 Dan Murrish and Margaret Sullivan, Verona: $50 Virginia Urness, Prairie Du Sac: $100 William and Mary Zimmerman, Evansville: $100 William and Dona Dyer, Madison: $20 David Doyle, Madison: $20 Marjorie Christoph, Madison: $10 J. and M. Friend, Madison: $25 Ben and Anita Rusy, Middleton: $50 Rosalie Breitenbach, Madison: $85 Marian Rambo, Stoughton: $25 Thomas and Ruth Grantham, Madison: $100 Joseph and Barbara Corry, Madison: $50 Patricia Easland, Cottage Grove: $30 James and Karen Fletcher, Verona: $50 Gene and Susan Qualmann, Sun Prairie: $20 Barbara Lonnborg, Verona: $50 Anne Bucalo, McFarland: $75 Elva Jeanne Hanna, Mount Horeb: $10 Barbara Jensen, Middleton: $100 Paul and Carol Nelson, Waunakee: $50 Jeffrey and Linda Russell, Madison: $25 Modesto Gonzales and Magdalena Mejillano, Verona: $200 Angela Gullikson, Madison: $100 Jerilyn and Gary Dahmen, Waunakee: $25 Edward and Kathleen O'Connor, Belleville: $50 Gerald Albrecht, Madison: $20 Georgene Stratman, Madison: $30 Leslie Goldsmith and Dale Kunbin, Verona: $25 James and Lee Ann Kleeman, Madison: $100 Carolyn Elias, Madison: $10 Tina Neupert, Madison: $25 Jean Urbach, Westfield: $25 Linda Zeck, Cross Plains: $50 David and Christine Puchalsky, Madison: $100 Dale and Claudia Richardson, Oregon: $60 Ellen Byrns, Poynette: $5 Donna Hellenbrand, Waunakee: $100 Florence Wetzel, Madison: $100 Bernard and Diana Long, Waunakee: $100 Donald and Marcia Douglas, Madison: $200 Carla Anderson and Kevin Spitler, Middleton: $75 Craig and Cheryl Schneider, Verona: $100 Kenneth Siekert, Verona: $100 Roberta and Kenneth West, Oregon: $10 Maynard Mortimer, Cottage Grove: $35 Evelyn Fox, Madison: $20 Joyce Weston, Madison: $100 Mary Kempfer, Madison: $10 Betty Roberts, Madison: $50 Max and Betty Rosenbaum, Madison: $25 Dr. Rick and Delores Jenison, Madison: $10 Polly Conklin, Madison: $20 Terry Little, Fitchburg: $25 Mary and Charles Mussey, in memory of Harriet Mussey, Madison: $50 Lois and Matthew Karn, Madison: $25 James Welsh, Madison: $250 Peter Williams and Sandra Esrael, Madison: $50 Patricia Kutzke, Verona: $10 Jane and Douglas Roughen, Madison: $40 Joyce and Victor Pohl, Madison: $50 David and Cecilia Reindl, Sun Prairie: $25 Michael McCoy, Madison: $10 John and Jeanne Nevin, Madison: $100 Brady and Lynn Williamson, Madison: $500 Susan Sprague, Sun Prairie: $25 Todd Ambs, Madison: $50 Dianne Reynolds, Madison: $25 Tom and Jane Steidl, Madison: $100 Jana and PJ Slinger, Madison: $50 Larry and Donna Wold, Madison: $25 Kristin Frederickson, Cottage Grove: $150 Kari Patzer, Madison: $50 Katie Mae Dricken, in memory of Lil Pope, West Bend: $50 Katie Mae Dricken, in memory of Adrian Pope, West Bend: $50 Jay Huemmer, Verona: $100 Douglas and Carla Swenson, Windsor: $50 Leah Dudley, Madison: $50 Hubert Lins: $10 Virginia Johnson, Madison: $100 Arlan and Lorna Kay, Oregon: $100 Toby and Cyn Hull, Madison: $100 Rosario and Penny Depaola, Madison: $50 Sharyn and Carl Stumpf, Middleton: $50 David Calhoon, Madison: $25 Doris Kontos, Verona: $100 Bernard Tennis, Madison: $250 Cynthia and Jerry Klabacka, Madison: $50 Philip and Florence Sprecher, Madison: $50 Charlene Caucutt, Madison: $100 Scott Haumersen, Sun Prairie: $300 Warren and Marie Weinstein, Madison: $100 Howard and Nancy Mead, Madison: $200 Timothy and Emiko Tierney, Monona: $200 Lynn Hobbie, Madison: $100 Louis Sampson Cornelius and Priscilla Ann Boroniec, Madison: $50 Geneva Eggers, Beloit: $25 Olav Navrestad, Madison: $30 Nancy Pollock, Madison: $25 Laureen Thoemke Plum, Madison: $25 Jeffrey Davis, Verona: $200 Bob Hunt, Lodi: $20 Dorothy Karls, Deforest: $25 John Kraniak, Madison: $100 Kathleen and Michael Vansusteren, Verona: $20 Norma Hove, Madison: $25 Scott and Donna Lewein, Fitchburg: $25 Erin Johnson, Madison: $40 Laura Lussier-Lee, Madison: $150 Scott Wabakken, Madison: $175 Michelle Pribyl, Madison: $100 Katherine Brock, Madison: $100 Bernard Micke, Madison: $100 Seymour and Shirley Abrahamson, Madison: $25 Susan and Bradley Paulson, McFarland: $100 Donald and Carrie Zoromski, Greenville: $25 Herb Hanson, Middleton: $50 Duane Draper, Mount Horeb: $85 Richard Castelnuovo, Madison: $25 Michael Gourlie, Madison: $50 Mark McGuire, Waunakee: $50 Laurel Ostermeier, Verona: $150 Nancy and Hans Slinde, in honor of John Slinde, Oregon: $15 Patrick Kennedy, McFarland: $50 Dale Beske and Dorothy Gertsch, Verona: $50 Lorin and Dayla Weiler, Prairie Du Sac: $100 Claire and Shirley Robinson, Monona: $25 Gregory and Mary Jo Palmer, Waunakee: $100 Jeffrey Anderson, Deforest: $25 Eileen Dresser, Madison: $25 Gregory and Ann Schwab Landry, Middleton: $100 Sandra Levin, Middleton: $30 Mark and Debra Eggerichs, Stoughton: $50 William Pidcoe, Madison: $200 Daniel and Kathy Levin, Middleton: $100 Linda and Charles Gorchels, Fitchburg: $50 Judith Louer, Madison: $15 Sandra Nuernberg, Madison: $100 Jan and Maria Heide, Fitchburg: $20 Morris and Carolyn Waxler, Madison: $50 Sharla Hanson, Madison: $20 J. Holly Johnson, Madison: $10 Lorne Hillier, Madison: $50 Ronald and Cathy Slater, Middleton: $100 Anne Thompson, Pardeeville: $25 Steven and Sandra Kahl, Deforest: $10 Peter and Pamela Steitz, Sun Prairie: $50 Erica Serlin, Madison: $25 Carol Fink, Mount Horeb : $15 Jack and Elizabeth Reed, Waunakee: $100 Susan Reddan, Madison: $50 Barbara Wolfe, Waunakee: $25 Alison Dorner, Fitchburg: $100 Merle Cohen, Madison: $25 Jeffrey Lange, Madison: $100 Ginger McIntosh, Madison: $10 Anonymous: $25,257 Running Total: $106,348.75
Wisconsin education officials released results Wednesday from the beleaguered Badger Exam, the one-off state standardized test given for the first and final time last spring. The results showed that 51.2 percent of public school students in grades three through eight were proficient or advanced in English language arts and fewer than half, 43.7 percent, were proficient or advanced in math, according to the state Department of Public Instruction. Whether to cheer or bewail those numbers is more subjective than ever this year. Comparisons with the previous Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examination (WKCE) are not possible because of significant differences between the two tests, DPI said. And because of the Badger Exam's fleeting existence, there will be no trend data going forward. That's left local school district officials to ponder how much weight and significance to give the scores. "It's more powerful to look longitudinally at more years of data," said MaryBeth Paulisse, director of curriculum and assessment for the Middleton-Cross Plains School District. "With the Badger Exam, unfortunately, we're not able to do that." The results still are helpful, she and others said, but as one data point on a continuum of assessment results. Simultaneously Wednesday, state officials released the results of last year's first-ever testing of nearly all high school juniors on the ACT college admissions exam. The statewide composite score was 20, out of a possible 36. As with prior years, scores from both the Badger Exam and the ACT reflected pronounced achievement gaps across racial, ethnic and income groups, a persistent trend state Superintendent Tony Evers called "most troubling." The State Journal will post district-level results as they become available throughout the day Wednesday. Badger Exam The Badger Exam was built around the controversial Common Core national academic standards by a group of states called the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. Wisconsin leaders began to sour on the test due to significant cost overruns and technical glitches that delayed its administration and diminished some of its trumpeted attributes. Gov. Scott Walker, in his biennial budget proposal last year, stripped funding for the test going forward. Its replacement, to be called the Wisconsin Forward Exam, still will align to the Common Core standards, but it is being developed by a different vendor and will no longer be associated with the Smarter Balanced consortium. That means that this spring, Wisconsin students will take a different state exam for the third time in three years. It's not an ideal scenario, as any new test comes with an understanding that the first year may have some bugs, said Andrew Statz, executive director of accountability for the Madison School District. There can be technical issues, he said, and students need some time to become familiar with a new test's approach and format. "When a test is brand new, you really do take that into account when looking at results," Statz said. For that reason, districts tend not to make sweeping curriculum changes or establish new performance goals based on first-year scores, he said. Statz said the district's internal testing through the Measures of Academic Progress test, or MAP, remains the primary way Madison monitors student academic growth. As for this year's Badger Exam results, "I'd file it under, 'Good to know. Thanks,'" he said. More than 700 students, or about 7 percent, of elementary and middle school students in Madison opted out of taking the Badger Exam, compared to about 2 percent statewide. Several firsts DPI officials say the Badger Exam has value in that it is the first to measure how well students are meeting the new academic standards the state adopted in 2010. Evers called the results "a good starting point for Wisconsin's more rigorous testing program." The Badger Exam broke new ground in other ways, too. It was given completely online, replacing pencil-and-paper exams, and it was more dynamic, incorporating short writing responses and interactive elements. Prior tests relied mostly on multiple-choice questions. Paulisse, with the Middleton-Cross Plains School District, said many teachers and students preferred it over the WKCE. "They found the format and type of activities more interesting and engaging, and we thought the questions better addressed our curriculum and the state's standards," she said. The Badger Exam initially was intended to be adaptive -- or able to adjust the difficulty of the questions based on how the test taker answered previous questions -- but that element later was dropped because it wasn't ready. School districts got Badger Exam results over the summer and shared individual student scores with teachers and parents at that time. But until Wednesday, when DPI lifted the embargo on the data, districts could not share publicly their school-wide and district-wide results. Consequently, districts did not know until Wednesday how they scored relative to other districts. Tim Schell, director of curriculum and instruction for the Waunakee School District, said his district will compare itself to numerous "benchmark districts" across the state, ones that are similar in size, demographics and per-student spending to Waunakee. "If we see that a district similar to us has much better results in, say, math with low-income students, we'll look at what that district does," he said. Like many district officials, Schell said he hopes for more stability and fewer surprises going forward with state testing. "We've got a bit of a 'Groundhog Day' scenario going on," he said, referring to the 1993 movie in which Bill Murray's character repeats the same day again and again. "It was a steep learning curve with the Badger Exam, and it will be another steep learning curve with the Forward Exam. From an implementation standpoint, I hope the state is able to stick with this one for a while." ACT assessment For the first time in state history, all public high school juniors had the opportunity to take the ACT. The state picked up the cost -- about $56 per student otherwise. "This was really valuable to students," said Ann Franke, director of curriculum and instruction for the Verona School District. "If the cost was a barrier, it has now been taken away." With this new statewide ACT measure, there is potential for confusion, as there now will be two differing ACT numbers released each year. Historically, ACT results have been released annually for all public and private school graduates who took the test during their high school career. For last year's graduating class, the composite score was 22.2. That score represents about 73 percent of all graduating seniors, whereas this new measure represents almost all high school juniors. For that reason and others, comparing the two numbers would be flawed, DPI officials say. In addition to reporting the composite ACT score for all juniors Wednesday, DPI said it took an additional step and converted the scores into performance levels. Those results show that 45.7 percent of juniors who took the ACT were proficient or advanced in English language arts and 35.9 percent achieved at those levels in math. State Journal city editor Phil Brinkman and reporter Molly Beck contributed to this report.
Since 1918, the Empty Stocking Club has provided Christmas toys to needy children in the greater Madison area. You can help again this year. Send your gift online to emptystockingclub.com or mail it to: Empty Stocking ClubWisconsin State Journal P.O. Box 8056 Madison, WI 53708 TODAYS GIFTS In loving memory of Franz & Catharina Brand, Monroe..........$750.00 Maria & George Colletti, Middleton, in memory of Noel Keene..........500.00 F.L. Weston/Johnson Christmas Breakfast, Madison..........470.00 Alliant Energy Foundation on behalf of James A. Sebesta..........$400.00 Dave & Kris Lenz, Middleton..........300.00 In memory of Connie & Henry Tonar, Minocqua..........250.00 Mark & JoAnn Novak, Madison..........250.00 The Can Man family & friends, Middleton..........200.00 Scott Wabakken, Madison..........175.00 Victoria Fenske, Prairie du Sac..........150.00 In memory of our parents: Darlene Piekarski (Columbus), Del & Jeanne (Mugga) Hintzmann (Watertown) by Diane & David Hintzmann, Reeseville..........150.00 Michael, Drew, Rachel, Zander, Justin, Ethan Elijah, Isabel, Lukas, Adilyn, Allison, Elliott, Abri, Asher & Annalise Hartberg, Verona..........150.00 Cyffka family, Madison..........100.00 In memory of the Gordons & Abbott's, Madison..........100.00 Kurt & Kristine Sonnentag in memory of Carter Moll, Middleton..........100.00 John & Nancy Reindl, Racine..........100.00 Allan & Mary Ver Voort, Mount Horeb..........100.00 Silbaugh Engineering, Inc., Stoughton..........100.00 Bob & Sue Eagle, Oregon..........100.00 In memory of Tim Bauer, Love Clare, Madison..........100.00 Greg & Mary Jo Palmer, Waunakee..........100.00 In memory of Ryan Gove & Darlene Beyer-Gove with love, your children..........100.00 Tim & Diane Hanson, Verona..........100.00 Kenneth & Lisa West..........100.00 John, Madison..........100.00 Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for 2016 from Keith, Linda, Gus, and Griffin!..........100.00 Thomas Smith, Madison..........100.00 Toby & Cindy Hull, Madison..........100.00 Arlan Kay, Oregon..........100.00 Gerry & Cathy Oesterreich, Lake Mills..........100.00 Alliant Energy Foundation on behalf of Robert S. Nachreiner..........100.00 Darrell Fleming, Fitchburg..........100.00 Lilly, Sierra & Cameron Severson, Cottage Grove..........75.00 Stanley & Ruth Zellmer, Fitchburg..........75.00 Alliant Energy Foundation on behalf of Nancy J. Laufenberg..........75.00 Stephen Kueffer, Sun Prairie..........50.00 Mr. Robert Deering, Monona..........50.00 Shirley Toomey, Madison..........50.00 Fredric T. & Joyce M. Williams, Madison..........50.00 Larry & Angie Termaat, Madison..........50.00 Dale Beske & Dorothy Gertsch, Verona..........50.00 Mike & Lori Dedrick, Waunakee..........50.00 Daniel Kammer, Verona..........50.00 Glenn R. Lambright, Rugby, ND..........50.00 Mile & Cindy Turner, Waunakee..........50.00 Herb & Sue Hanson, Middleton..........50.00 Joe & Mary Anne Lecondes, Madison..........50.00 In Loving Memory of Tim Statz, Verona ..........50.00 Sophia & Jack Reddan, Madison..........50.00 Jacki K. Hamre, DeForest..........50.00 Louie Cornelius & Pris Boroniec, Madison..........50.00 Alliant Energy Foundation on behalf of James A. Wright..........50.00 Alliant Energy Foundation on behalf of David Gerber..........50.00 Doug & Carla Swenson, Windsor..........50.00 Armstrong family, Madison..........40.00 In loving memory of Grandpa Jerry & Steve Hurd from Sarah Hurd, Middleton..........30.00 Memory of Peter Geeslin, Lodi..........30.00 George & Mary Ellen Hagenauer, Verona..........30.00 Larry & Lynda Everson, Necedah..........30.00 Bill & Joyce Messer, Cottage Grove..........30.00 Stephen & Rita Pieroni, Monona..........30.00 August & Beverley Pieper, Madison..........25.00 David Wilken, Blue Mounds..........25.00 Larry & Sheron Walters, Barneveld..........25.00 Ann Zerbel, Waunakee..........25.00 Jan Piper, Madison..........25.00 J.L. Wells, Madison..........25.00 William Wilson, Madison..........25.00 Cobb, Belleville..........25.00 Jeff Anderson, DeForest..........25.00 Dwight & Mary Mueller, DeForest..........25.00 Gary & Lee Galvin, Sun Prairie..........25.00 The Eikenberry family, Fitchburg..........25.00 Evan & Catherine Richards, McFarland..........25.00 Rita & Reiny Meihsner, Middleton..........25.00 Isaac Hass, Madison..........25.00 Tony & Diane Fiore in memory of son Michael D. Fiore, Madison..........25.00 Michael & Sally Honeck, Madison..........25.00 Heiman, Marshall..........25.00 In memory of Terry Koltes by Mark A. & Judy Meloy, DeForest..........25.00 Kate, Conner & Sam, Windsor..........25.00 Ed & Donna Hellenbrand, Middleton, in memory of Leander & Verena..........25.00 Gary & Tammy Rockweiler family, Reedsburg..........25.00 Tom & Louise Gitter, Madison..........25.00 Bonnie Brink, Middleton..........25.00 Dorothy Karls, DeForest..........25.00 Bob Anderson, Madison..........25.00 Monica Jefcoat, Verona..........25.00 Harold Bakken, Madison..........25.00 Susan Sprague, Sun Prairie..........25.00 Annie & Mike Gordon, Madison..........25.00 C. Hassemer, New Glarus..........25.00 Mr. Curtis L. Gullick, Sun Prairie..........25.00 K.L. Engineering, Inc. - Charles Denu..........25.00 JoAnn & David Schoengold, Madison..........25.00 Terry & Marlene Callaghan, Madison..........25.00 Bill & Diana Wenger, Middleton..........25.00 Pamela Allen, Madison..........25.00 Guy & Laura Dreger, Verona..........25.00 With many thanks to Tom "Santa" Rivers, Madison..........22.00 Jayne Moioffer, Madison..........20.00 Diane Falkner, Madison..........20.00 Greggory & Becky Dolinsky, Madison..........20.00 Kevin & Linda Voit, Madison..........20.00 In memory of my mother Saide Jones, Sun Prairie..........20.00 Gary & Sherry Zimmerman, Madison..........20.00 Jeanette Carol Nolden, Madison..........20.00 Mr. Karl Willmann..........20.00 In memory of Jan Adsit by Glenn & Ann Johnston..........20.00 Mike & Mary Subroviak, Madison..........20.00 Jesus R. Llamas, Madison..........20.00 Jim & Mary Rosenberger, Madison..........15.00 Judith A. Louer, Madison..........15.00 Dave, Elyse, Brady & Paige Leiser, Shoreview, MN..........10.00 Edith Ersland, Middleton..........10.00 In memory of Ma, Mount Horeb..........10.00 Wildermuth Auction Service, DeForest..........5.00 Mr. & Mrs. David Mcdermott, Westerville, OH..........5.00 In memory of Pokie & Harry, Mount Horeb..........5.00 Total Anonymous..........4,123.00 Gifts Previously Received..........$259,136.84 Today's Gift..........$12,530.00 TOTAL TO DATE..........$271,666.84
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