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Teen sobriety program holds last event for school year

Submitted by Leah Linscheid on Friday, May 3rd, 5:50 pm

Dane County’s teen sobriety program will hold its final event of the school year Saturday at KEVA sports complex in Middleton.

Kids from 7th through 12th grades can attend the evening event on Saturday, which will feature sports like soccer, basketball, volleyball, badminton and dodgeball, along with refreshments and board games. Inflatable jousting will also be available.

The event will begin at 7 p.m. and is free to all who attend. Participants also receive a free T-shirt.

Previous teen sobriety events have attracted about 200 area teenagers.

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Cardiac arrest survivor wants others to learn life-saving skill

Submitted by Leah Linscheid on Friday, May 3rd, 6:01 am

Survivor: '[I was] clinically dead, and I was that way for 20 minutes'

Sudden cardiac arrest kills 1,000 people a day in the U.S., which is roughly one person every two minutes. Would you know what to do if you saw someone collapse in front of you?

Channel3000.com and WISC-TV are proud to partner with St. Mary’s Hospital on Saturday for Hands on Hearts -- a community-wide event offering free compression-only CPR .

COCPR is a hands-only technique to help those in sudden cardiac arrest. The constant compressions are performed 100 times a minute to the center of a patient's chest. The compressions keep oxygen-rich blood flowing to the heart and brain. Mouth-to-mouth rescue breaths are not needed.

When compression-only CPR is used on a victim of cardiac arrest, the chance of surviving increases greatly.

Wagner said if he had died in 2008 when he had a cardiac arrest and he was pulseless for 20 minutes, his daughter Shaylee, left, would never have been born. His wife Theresa gave birth to Shaylee in 2009, nearly one year after Wagner's brush with death. Also pictured is Wagner's son, James.

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Middleton hosts spring wine walk

Submitted by Christian Von P... on Friday, April 26th, 9:39 pm

The City of Middleton is hosting its annual spring wine walk in downtown Middleton.

Guests will start the evening at BMO Harris Bank and receive a wine glass.

Guests may then plan their walking route to visit participating downtown businesses.

The wine walk is scheduled for May 2, 5-8 p.m.

Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at Marilyn's Salon at 183 Parmenter St. Organizers said 250 tickets will be sold.

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Cross Plains plans annual Trout Days festival

Submitted by Leah Linscheid on Friday, April 26th, 8:19 pm

Cross Plains is celebrating its annual Trout Days weekend with food, fun and more this May.

The festival will take play May 2-4 with activities including a trout fishing contest, garage sales and a flea market planned throughout the weekend.

The Cross Plains Lions will host a parade Saturday at 4:30 p.m. to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Beer Parade, put on by Esser's Cross Plains Brewery. The brewery is also celebrating 150 years in the business this year.

Donations raised during Trout Days will benefit the Lions charities and other community organizations.

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Middleton offers drop-off site for spring cleaning event

Submitted by Leah Linscheid on Friday, April 26th, 7:02 pm

Middleton is helping its residents get started on spring cleaning with a drop-off site for donations and recycling this Saturday.

The city’s Sustainability Committee is hosting its biannual clean-up event on Nursery Drive in the Airport Road Business Park on Saturday.

Volunteers will be on hand from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. to assist those interested in dropping off clothing, household goods, furniture, tools and other items to be donated or recycled.

Assistant Director of Community Development Abby Attoun-Tucker said the twice-yearly event has blossomed in recent years.

"It's one of our most popular events. It's really ballooned into a huge event that we have in April and October of each year," she said.

The committee collected 30,000 pounds of electronics and two trailers full of items for donation during 2012's two clean-up events.

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'Conservancy' excursions to discuss frogs, fireflies, fish

Submitted by Tabatha Wethal, Channel3000.com Community Reporter

Sunday, April 21st, 2013, 8:01am

Community programs to guide residents through wildlife areas

A local preservation group plans to share wonders of Middleton nature in upcoming free educational events.

The not-for-profit Friends of Pheasant Branch has sessions planned in May, June and July that teach attendees about creatures indigenous to the Pheasant Branch area.

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Local baseball competition visits Middleton

Submitted by Leah Linscheid on Friday, April 12th, 5:58 pm

A local competition is giving kids the chance to swing for the fence this spring.

Pitch, Hit and Run, a local subdivision of a Major League Baseball competition, will pit boys and girls against each other to advance through rounds involving core baseball skills. Four age groups – 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, and 13-14 – will be available for kids to enroll in. Age group winners will advance to a sectional level of competition.

The Pitch, Hit and Run Competition will take place May 11 at 12 p.m. in Middleton’s CIBA Sport Center. Participants are asked to bring along a copy of their birth certificate. Parents or guardians must sign a waiver before the competition begins.

Those with questions about the competition can call Luis at 608-203-8836.

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