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Fitch-Rona EMS deputy chief Jeff Dostalek takes Jamie Ward Pecks blood pressure as part of the departments community paramedics initiative during the car fit and safety check for seniors at Hometown Auto Clinic in Verona on Sept. 30.
A proactive paradigm
Community paramedics hope to reduce hospital readmissions
SAMANTHA CHRISTIAN
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Dog park could be
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Emergency medical services are

known for taking a reactive approach
to care: A 9-1-1 call is placed, an
ambulance responds and the patient
generally goes to the hospital.
That cycle is often repeated for
frequent fliers, who are frequently
seen by EMS for the same issues and
take a toll on their resources.
But a nationwide
movement is encouraging public safety
services to become
more proactive
through community paramedicine, and
Fitch-Rona EMS plans
to go along for the Myrland
ride.
Along with a third
ambulance and new stations, a community paramedic program has been
at the top of FREMSs wish list for
the past two years.
Last year, during budget season,
the municipalities it serves decided not to fund the program yet, and
with the third ambulance on the shelf
for one more year, chief Brian Myrland plans smaller pilot programs
designed to reduce at-risk citizens
PRSRT STANDARD
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training for community members and
businesses. And soon, FREMS will
help individuals with dementia stay
in their homes longer.
I believe we need to change that
paradigm (of being reactive) and get
out in front of personal emergencies
Brian Myrland, Fitch-Rona EMS chief when we can, Myrland wrote in an
email to the Star. We have resources that can easily be trained and
redirected to make an even greater
impact in our communities than we
use of the EMS system.
For that, he asked for $9,300 are currently.
among the City of Fitchburg, City of
Verona and Town of Verona. Fitch- Proactive program
burgs portion, based on equalized
Although the term community
valuations within the district, is about paramedic program means somehalf of FREMS budget request.
thing different to everybody, FREMS
The Town of Verona approved the deputy chief Jeff Dostalek told city
request at the districts annual meet- alders and town supervisors at the
ing, and Fitchburg approved it at its EMS Commission meeting Oct. 20 it
Nov. 1 council meeting. The City of has many shared goals.
Verona did not have a quorum, but
The biggest push for the program
those present expressed support and is to reduce hospital readmissions.
the Common Council will take up the Not only would this benefit patients
issue Nov. 21.
health and well-being, it could also
Myrland hopes to divide that mon- help hospitals avoid readmission
ey among the existing limited term fines from Medicare and Medicaid.
employees, which equates to about
Myrland said the service, which is
500 hours, rather than hiring a new also referred to as mobile integrated
staff member.
healthcare, could end up being repaid
Some of the initiatives FREMS by the hospitals and redirect funding
has already taken on include
Turn to Paramedics/Page 21
I believe we need to
change that paradigm (of
being reactive) and get
out in front of personal
emergencies when we can.
Property taxes will rise

by just over 3 percent for
City of Fitchburg residents
after the Common Council
approved the citys 2017
budget Nov. 1.
Alders unanimously
approved the $21.5 million
tax levy after a six-hour
meeting that included twoand-a-half hours of public
testimony, mostly focused
on a proposal to change
way nonprofits are funded and a senior center staff
position.
The mill rate for the
citys portion of the property tax bill will be $8.54 per
$1,000 of property value.
For the owner of an average-value home, the citys
portion of property taxes
will be $2,330, according
to numbers presented by
city finance director Misty
Dodge. Thats up $244
from last year.
That increase is down
from the original budget
proposal of a 3.95 percent
increase, largely because
of the councils earlier vote
against a new bus route and
a lower cost impact of a
new police officer position.
Of the 15 alder amendments proposed, nine
were ultimately approved,
though many were amended
from their original form.
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weeks Committee of the
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Fitchburg Star
Pig roast supports, links Tower Hill families

Kate Newton
Pig roasting is already a

decades-long tradition in the
Tower Hill neighborhood.
But last month, residents
descended upon the event
with new enthusiasm to raise
funds for those affected by a
home explosion in August.
The Oct. 22 event in Tower
Hill Park was far more effective than organizers expected, raising about $2,300,
according to an early count.
Neighborhood resident Lindy Bass, who helped organize the event, told the Star
she had initially thought they
could hope to raise maybe
$750 for families still displaced by the incident on
Aug. 25, which seriously
injured homeowner Brian
Grittner and leveled his home
on Cheryl Drive near Fish
Hatchery Road.
That adds to the $3,775
t h a t s b e e n r a i s e d v i a
GoFundMe and Summit
Credit Union accounts established by Ald. Dorothy

Krause (Dist. 1) immediately following the explosion.
Krause said shes received
applications from just two
families so far for financial
aid, and hopes the remaining people still displaced will
reach out to her with their
needs.
At the park event, ladles of
pork were doled out by the
plateful by veteran roaster
Larry Noyce regarded as
somewhat of a celebrity cook
in the neighborhood Bass
and her daughter, Allyson
Bass-Smith, helped distribute
raffle prizes, the majority of
them donated by area businesses, to attendees.
I met neighbors I didnt
know before, and everybody
just pulled together, which
is amazing, Donna Noyce,
Larrys wife, said. Were just
very glad we had such good
turnout and people are supporting this.
At least one of those supporters was returning to the
neighborhood only temporarily: Mary Katic, who lives
directly across from Grittner
on Lyman Lane, told the Star
she expects she wont be able
How to give
Donations to support Tower Hill residents affected by
the Aug. 25 explosion can search Fitchburg Explosion
Fund on GoFundMe.com or drop off checks payable
to the Fitchburg Explosion Fund at any Summit Credit
Union location.
Those affected seeking aid can either pick up an application at Me and Julio or contact Ald. Dorothy Krause at
dorothy.krause@fitchburgwi.gov.
to move back home until January or February and is currently staying in a one-bedroom suite in a nearby hotel
with her husband, Chuck.
Everything had to be completely cleared out, she said
as she flipped through pictures of her empty home on
her phone. Several walls with
cracks also had to be taken
down and rebuilt.
The City of Fitchburgs
investigation into the event is
still ongoing, about a month
after Grittner filed a personal
injury suit against Sears, Roebuck and Company, Home
Delivery Link, Inc. and a
group of five other defendants, according to online
court records. Grittners

attorney alleged in a Channel
3000 story last month that an
installer did not cap the gas
line during a dryer installation five years ago and that it
eventually led to the explosion when Grittner mistakenly opened a gas valve that day.
Fitchburg Fire Department
chief Joe Pulvermacher told
the Star Monday his goal was
to provide an update in the
near future, and that providing more specifics might help
Krause and others involved
in the aid distribution process
know which families expenses could potentially be covered by insurance.
He said while he doesnt
have an exact estimate of how

many families are still displaced, Grittners next-door
neighbors home on the corner of Cheryl Drive and Fish
Hatchery is facing demolition
in the near future. At least
two other homes on Cheryl Drive, as well as Katics
home and another on Lyman,
also appear to be unoccupied,
he said.
The presence of contractors working on clearing the
explosion site and making
repairs to damaged homes
has been a welcome sight for
some residents, but Joe Fleming, who has lived next door
to the Noyces in the neighborhood for nearly 40 years
and assists Larry with the
pig roasts, said he just cant
understand how things can
get back to normal.
Its devastating as it is to
see all those (U-Locks) on
house doors and windows
boarded up, and houses
boarded up, he said. Those
are families that are displaced,
and theyve got a struggle to
get their lives back.
But despite the turmoil of
the past few months, Fleming said hes been especially
pleased to see the Tower Hill
Neighborhood Association
start up again after he helped
develop the first association
years ago.
We didnt have that
before, that camaraderie. We
hardly knew our neighbors,
he added. Thats what I
regret now. Lets get to know
each other.
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How Fitchburg voted
Scott Girard
Though City of Fitchburg

voters overwhelmingly supported Democratic candidates, Republican U.S. Sen.
Ron Johnson won re-election and GOP candidate
Donald Trump claimed the
presidency.
Citywide turnout for the
election was 75 percent,
with District 4 residents
having the highest turnout
79.3 percent and the
lowest coming in District
1 at 67 percent, according
to numbers from the City
Clerk.
Wisconsins 10 electoral college votes went to
Trump over Democratic
challenger Hillary Clinton.
Clinton, though, received
10,096 votes in Fitchburg to
Candidate
Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton
Ron Johnson
Russ Feingold
Phillip Anderson
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Trumps 2,917.
Johnson outperformed the
top of his ticket, receiving
3,551 votes in Fitchburg.
Russ Feingold, whom Johnson had unseated in 2010,
received 9,984 votes in the
city. Phillip Anderson, a
Fitchburg resident running
as the Libertarian candidate,
received 280 votes.
Down the ballot, Fitchburg resident Jimmy Anderson, a Democrat, won a seat
in the state assembly with
68.5 percent of the vote.
He defeated Bernie Sanders
Independent party candidate
Adam Dahl.
Incumbent Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell,
a Democrat, held onto his
seat in a race against challenger Karen McKim, as
did incumbent Democratic
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, who
defeated Republican Peter
Theron.
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Letters to the editor
Community Voices
VAIS improves chance of

successful future for students
Voting must be free of interference
We have three children

attending the Verona Area
International School (VAIS).
They are thriving academically and socially. What
I tried this year made me
even more thankful that the
Verona Area School District
is giving our children this
opportunity.
I enrolled in a Mandarin
1 class through Madison
College. After listening to
tidbits the kids had been
speaking over the past five
years and having studied
French for years, I thought
Id catch on. What I learned
is that the sounds in Chinese
are like a musical scale.
Unlike English, Spanish and
French, the same sound pronounced at different pitches
actually means different
things. In Mandarin, saying
a word like cat can mean
completely different things
depending on whether you
say it in a high voice, a low
voice, a rising voice or a
lowering voice. My children
understand this intuitively
because of their immersion
experience. I started this
class at the same time my
kindergartner started VAIS
he corrects me. I cant hear
the differences, but he can.
Hes on his way to being

able to communicate with
another billion people in this
world I have a very long
way to go.
I also learned that characters are shared through
many Asian languages,
including Japanese, Korean,
Vietnamese and Cantonese
so in addition to being
able to verbally communicate with over 20 percent
of the people on this planet,
our children may be able
to communicate in written
form with even more people.
We are so lucky that the
Verona Area School District
offers VAIS as an elementary school choice. Our
children are not only being
immersed in a valuable
language, they have teachers who grew up halfway
around the world. They are
learning about a variety of
cultures and innately understand that, while different,
we are also very similar.
This alone improves their
chance of a successful
future. We strongly support
VASD extending VAIS
charter for another five
years.
Kathy Lake,
City of Fitchburg
Friday, November 11, 2016 Vol. 3, No. 9

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itchburg is changing as our

community is home to growing
numbers of Latinos, Blacks,
Asians, and other ethnicities.
The problem is not minorities. Its
white xenophobia, and that needs to be
challenged.
Covering Fitchburg for The Capital
Times in the 1980s and 1990s, and from
the 2000s to the present for the Fitchburg Star and Newstex, Ive borne witness as a journalist and resident.
City politics have become fetid, and
we face social problems that will not
dissipate by inattention.
Ive seen firsthand the toxic racial
politics of greater Milwaukee, the
unabashed xenophobia of the Fox River
Valley and the hidden antagonisms of
elements of UW-Madison. But never
have I as a Latino experienced so intimately the racial hostility and the hostility of municipal officials abetted by
bystanders and bureaucrats as I did at
my polling place Aug. 9.
I wont present in detail a civic, legal
dispute in which I am involved, but
rather, I want point to simple solutions

in one realm, the voting place, as a model for what troubles our still young city.
The foundational civic liberty of voting should permeate community life.
The constitutions of the United States
and Wisconsin afford us the right to
vote, and a shield against incursions by
any citizen, public office, law or regulation that would impede our right to vote.
Our culture in the voting place and in
all manner of city operations ought to
recognize this legal foundation. It does
not.
I voted on fall primary day and was
obstructed, harassed and loudly jeered to
ridiculous mocking, on the pretext that
I failed to state my name and address.
That is patently silly, as I have done that
at every election in which I have voted
for 34 years, including all 20-some elections in which I have worked as a poll
worker in Madison and Fitchburg.
Subsequent phone calls to elections
officials in August were followed by two
visits to my home by Fitchburg police,
apparently intent on delivering a civil
citation for disorderly conduct.

What, for voting?
Our election officials must cultivate
the polling place as a agreeable activity
for all, free of impeding and obstructionist action, as is required by law.
Less is unacceptable. Adversarial culture is unacceptable. Petty, bureaucratic
notions obstructing the right to vote and
racial hostility have no place at the voting place.
The sacrosanct nature of the voting
booth guides the city as the mayoral and
Council elections beckon next spring.
So as citizens, be aware. When you
see obstructionist and hostile action
against a fellow citizen at the voting
place by any municipal employee,
chronicle and report it to the Wisconsin Elections Commission (elections.
wi.gov/contact).
Silence is acceptance.

Michael Leon is a resident of
the Jamestown neighborhood and an
occasional contributor to the Fitchburg
Star.
Be aware of threat of vandalism, thefts when visiting area dog parks

I have gone to all of the dog parks
in Madison for the last 15-plus years.
With two labs, I go every single day.
One of the issues that people who
frequent the dog parks are aware
of is the vandalism that has been
increasing the last few years at the
dog parks. People break windows of
the cars in the parking lots and steal
phones, purses, etc.
Just a few weeks ago, I arrived at
a dog park around 10a.m. and was
flagged down by an upset woman

whose car window had been smashed
and her purse stolen. The park
departments have added surveillance
cameras in the last few years, but
these dont seem to deter the thieves.
Looking to place a dog park near
residential areas, we really need to
be aware of this increase in crime
that occurs with it. I noticed the
plans for the Fitchburg dog park
did not include any surveillance
equipment and wonder how many

people are even aware of the issue.
The police and Sheriffs departments have increased their frequency
at the dog parks, but this also does
not seem to deter the crime.
I hope everyone understands all
that comes with adding a dog park to
our community.
Jody Zache,
City of Fitchburg
City needs safeguards for mayors overzealous push for sidewalks

Pour, Baby, Pour. This is the mantra
of Mayor Arnold: Sidewalks everywhere, whether they are wanted or
warranted.
Citizens are currently protected from
Arnolds vision of a concrete utopia by
Resolution 75-10. In 2010, the Common Council wisely passed the resolution, which empowers neighborhoods
to decide for themselves whether they
want sidewalks. However, R 75-10 will
sunset with the approval of the Bike/
Pedestrian Plan under review by the
council.
Folks living in long-established
neighborhoods should take no comfort
in believing that the current iteration
of the Bike/Pedestrian Plan insulates
them from the threat of unwanted and
unwarranted sidewalks just because
the word sidewalk is conspicuously
absent from the plan. In true Orwellian
Newspeak fashion, sidewalk has been

replaced by the term pedestrian network. You can put lipstick on a pig but
at the end of the day, its still a pig.
Arnold has clearly and overwhelmingly heard from folks attending recent
public forums to voice opposition to his
plans to concretize their community.
But Arnold has demonstrated countless
times that such opposition will not deter
him from his mission because he knows
whats best for people and their neighborhoods.
Whether that mission is driven by
paternalism of political narcissism is
ultimately immaterial. What is material
is that his mission flies in the face of
common sense policy making. Forward-thinking communities across
the country are questioning the need
of sidewalks-for-sidewalks sake. This
community questioned this six years
ago and acted upon it. We cant allow

long-established neighborhoods to
be retrofitted with a proliferation of
unwanted and unwarranted sidewalks.
Citizens along Lacy Road fought this
fight last year and prevailed. They prevailed because of the protections provided by R75-10 which Arnold unilaterally declared at the time, didnt apply
to Lacy Road residents. Fortunately,
forward-thinking alders helped Arnold
to understand it did. I will be asking my
alders to support a new resolution that
will ensure the same safeguards afforded all of us under R75-10. We need to
put a stop once and for all to this Pour,
Baby, Pour policy advanced by the
mayor and his overzealous staff.
Mike Holmes,
City of Fitchburg
VAIS provides tremendous value to school district, community

We are deeply troubled by the Verona
Area School Boards proposal to eliminate VAIS. This school is an incredible
feather in the cap for the VASD, and
it provides tremendous value for the
community. Any student can attend, and
this school represents a fantastic way for
parents to provide language education
for their young children at no additional
cost.
A great body of literature is emerging
that demonstrates the far-reaching benefits of language education. A study from
the University of Wisconsin demonstrated that immersion schooling facilitated
verbal memory and verbal learning
(Kaushanskaya, 2014). Another study
demonstrated that students enrolled in
language immersion programs benefited
from enhanced reading and math skills
(Marian, 2013). These benefits have
been found to be applicable to at-risk
readers where language immersion
resulted in faster growth and higher final
status in reading comprehension (Kruk,
2012). These learners are also more efficient at multitasking mentally, and are
therefore able to better focus.
Why would we not want to extend
these benefits to our young learners?

Mandarin is spoken by over a billion
people and is the most widely spoken
first language in the world. The economy of China continues to expand, and
having Mandarin speakers within our
community to compete in a global economy increases the chances of successful
business and other professional interactions. Many forward-thinking states are
pushing for Chinese language education
as they see it as a way to improve their
chances of increasing business partnerships with Chinese industry.
President Obama stressed the importance of Chinese language education
with his 1 million strong initiative that
is designed to increase the number of
Chinese speaking Americans in an effort
to increase our success with economic
partnerships with China. Chinese culture is over 5,000 years old and offers a
different perspective than our standard
Eurocentric world view.
And finally, the unique character and
tonal nature of the Chinese language
make early exposure and immersion
incredibly vital to obtain fluency. In
fact, research has shown that fourth- and
More letters
More letters regarding the pending
charter renewal of the Verona Area
International School are available on
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VAIS has been positive
addition to Fitchburg area
VAIS reflects very highly on
district
Immersion setting is most
effective for language study
VAIS renewal would have
wide impact on diversity,
choice in district
fifth-graders enrolled in Mandarin
immersion programs perform as well
as or better than high school students
enrolled in fourth and fifth level
Advanced Placement Mandarin courses.
We propose that the Verona school district continues and increases its efforts to
support VAIS by renewing its charter for
an additional five years.
Kristopher and Carrie Schroeder,
City of Verona
November 11, 2016
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event is open to all ages
and experience levels.
Proceeds from the race,
now in its 13th year, support the Madison-based
Technology Education
Foundation (TEF), which
benefits area children,
teens and adults who do
not have access to computers, software and many
other technology resources, according to the Berbee Derby website.
Amenities provided
to participants include
warming tents, a warmup by Orange Shoe and
coffee before the race,
If You Go
What: Berbee Derby 10K
run and 5K run/walk
When: 8a.m. Thursday,
Nov. 24
Where: 5500 E. Cheryl
Pkwy.
Info: berbeederby.com
post-race snacks and a

swag bag with a T-shirt
and free downloadable
photos. The race will also
feature a contest with
categories for the best
Thanksgiving and most
unique costume. Participants must upload a photo
of themselves in costume
to the race website at berbeederby.com by Dec.
1, and winners will be
selected by Dec. 8 (race
registration is not required
to submit an entry). The
first place prize is an iPad
mini and Berbee Derby fleece hat, while second and third place winners will receive $50 and
$25 in iTunes gift cards,
respectively, as well as a
fleece hat.
For information or to
register, visit berbeederby.
com.
Kate Newton
A home brewer with 10

years experience won first
place in the Guest Judge category at the University of
Wisconsin-Richland Alumni
Brew Fest.
Don Fleishman of Fitchburg submitted an oatmeal
molasses stout
to the fourth
annual contest.
Fleishman
Its very
good. Its so good, its all
gone, Fleishman said of the
beer.
He had won a brewing
award previously, claiming a blue ribbon in the
Stout category at the Annual Grumpy Troll Homebrew

Challenge that ran from April
22 to May 8. He also won
Home Brewers Choice at the
Brew Fest last year for his
World Without End Trinity
Pale Ale.
Fleishmans winning stout
recipe starts like a basic oatmeal stout, but then has a late
addition of molasses, which
Fleishman said adds an extra
depth of sweetness.
The addition of molasses
is what makes it unique, he
said.
Fleishman was introduced
to home brewing when a
friend gave him unused home
brewing equipment. The process of home brewing a beer,
from start to finish, can take
several weeks.
The first time I brewed
beer, I found out it wasnt so

hard, so I kept going, he said.
Fleischman also submitted
a currant wheat ale and an
imperial India pale ale to the
Richland competition.
The four categories were
H o m e B r ew e r s C h o i c e
Awards, Deans Choice
Award, Alumni Presidents
Choice Award, Alumni
Choice Award, Fest Favorite,
and Guest Judges Award.

The guest judge was Ross
Nelson of Mels Microbrewery and Pubbery of Richland.
Over 300 people attended the event, which was held
in the campus gymnasium at
UW- Richland on Oct. 1.
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Calendar of Events
Friday, Nov. 11
11 a.m., Veterans recognition program, senior

center, 270-4290
11-11:45 a.m., Book Boogie storytime (ages 2-5),
library, 729-1760
Sunday, Nov. 13
1:30-4:30 p.m., Free

film screening of Miss
Representation, library,
729-1760
Monday, Nov. 14
6-7 p.m., Teen Library

Council meeting (ages
13-17), library, 729-1760
7-8 p.m., Pinterest class
(registration required),
library, 729-1763
Tuesday, Nov. 15
11 a.m., Alzheimers
research program, senior
center, 270-4290
2 p.m., Learning Annex:
Promega Corporation,
senior center, 270-4290

4:30-6:30 p.m., Tween
Paint Night (ages 9-12;
registration required),
library, 729-1762
7 p.m., Plan Commission
meeting, City Hall council
chambers
7 p.m., Paid-on-call
firefighter information
session, Fitchburg Fire
Department Station #1,
5791 Lacy Road, wes.
coppersmith@fitchburgwi.
gov
Wednesday, Nov. 16
10-11 a.m., Wednesday

Morning Book Discussion:
The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean,
library, 729-1760
10:30 a.m., Roku Box
demonstration (registration required), senior center, 270-4290
5:30 p.m., Library board
meeting, library
giving Crafts (ages 2-5),
library, 729-1760
7-7:45 p.m., Mother
Daughter Book Club (ages
Saturday, Nov. 19
9-12), library, 729-1760
9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Garage
Thursday, Nov. 17
sale fundraiser for Italy/
Spain trip, Sugar River
11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.,
Fitchburg Community and Gallery, Verona Area High
School, 300 Richard St.,
Economic Development
Authority business appre- punzelc@verona.k12.
wi.us
ciation luncheon ($20;
registration required), Bio- 2-3:45 p.m., Kids Movie:
Pharmaceutical Technolo- The Angry Birds Movie
gy Center, 5445 E. Cheryl (PG; 97 min.), library, 7291760
Pkwy., 270-4246
1-1:45 p.m., Bouncing
Monday, Nov. 21
Babies storytime, library,
7-8
p.m., Mango Lan729-1760
guages class, library, 729 1-2 p.m., Book discus1763
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Tuesday, Nov. 22
and Profit in the American
City, senior center, 729 4:30-6:30 p.m., Teen
1791
Paint Night (ages 13-17;
registration required),
3-6 p.m., Fitchburg
library, 729-1762
Winter Farmers Market,
Fitchburg Community
7:30 p.m., Common
Center, 5510 Lacy Road,
Council meeting, City Hall
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council chambers
6-6:30 p.m., Guys Read
Wednesday, Nov. 23
book group (ages 9-12),
5
p.m., Library closes
library, 729-1760
7 p.m., Committee of the
Friday, Nov.18
Whole meeting, City Hall
11-11:45 a.m., Thankscouncil chambers
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Thanksgiving: Senior
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8 a.m., Berbee Derby
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Pkwy., berbeederby.com
Friday, Nov. 25
Senior center closed
Saturday, Nov. 26
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.,

Mugs for Holiday Cheer
workshop, library, 7291760
Monday, Nov. 28
6-7 p.m., Social Security

and Retirement Income
workshop, library, 7291760
7-8 p.m., Basic Online
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workshop (registration
required), library, 7291763
Tuesday, Nov. 29
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5510 Lacy Road, 2704258
Wednesday, Dec. 7
1 p.m. Tax question-and-answer session

one, senior center, 2704290
Thursday, Dec. 8
11 a.m. to noon, Annual

Cookbook Club Cookie
Exchange, library, 7291760
1:30 p.m., REACH Book
Club: Gift from the Sea by
Anne Morrow Lindbergh,
senior center, 270-4290
3-6 p.m., Fitchburg
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5:30-6:30 p.m., Bento
Boxes class with chef Lily
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729-1762
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Saturday, Dec. 10
Sewing Club (ages 9-12), 10:30-11:30 a.m., Star
library, 729-1760
Wars Party (ages 5-12),
Wednesday, Nov. 30 library, 729-1760
11:30 a.m., UW Nutrition 2-3 p.m., Chinese Craft
and Storytime (ages 2-5),
program, senior center,
library, 729-1760
270-4290
2-4 p.m., Catherine
Thursday, Dec. 1
Dickens presentation with
11 a.m. to noon, Crafter- Jessica Michna, library,
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Sunday, Dec. 11
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Tuesday, Dec.13
7:30 p.m., Common
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Council meeting, City
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Daughter Book Club (ages
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Monday, Dec. 5
1 p.m. Tax quesThursday, Dec. 15
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Tuesday, Dec. 6
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Coming Up
The senior center is notifying the public that open
enrollment for 2017 Medicare Part D plans will be held
through Dec. 7.
Medicare beneficiaries
who are enrolled in Part D
plans can review their plan
to determine if it will still
be the most cost-effective in
the upcoming year. People
can also save money on prescription drugs through the
Extra Help program, which
aims to decrease premiums,
deductibles and co-pays for
medications based on income
and assets. If you are single
and your income is less than
$1,485 per month, and your
assets are below $13,640, you
may qualify for Extra Help.
For assistance, call the
senior center at 270-4290
and ask to speak with a social
worker.
Indoor farmers market

The Fitchburg Winter
Farmers Market will be located indoors at the Fitchburg
Community Center, 5510
Lacy Road, from 3-6 p.m.
Thursdays in November and
December.
The market includes fresh
produce, jams and preserves,
cheese, meats and seafood,
baked goods, confections,
gluten free and organic
options and other seasonal
items.
For information, visit fitchburgmarket.com.
Light recycling
Recycle old light strings
that no longer work at the
Fitchburg City Hall, 5520
Lacy Road, through Jan. 30,
2017.
A cart will be available
24 hours a day in the lobby,
where residents can drop off
non-working holiday light
strings and extension cords
for recycling. Any bulbs larger than marble-size must be
removed, and can be recycled
separately at participating
stores listed in Fitchburgs
Recycling Guide.
For information, visit fitchburgwi.gov/solidwaste.
Veterans program
The senior center will host
a Veterans Day Recognition
program at 11 a.m. Friday,
Nov. 11.
This years theme will pay
tribute to WWII veterans
through readings, reflections
and music. Fifth and sixth
graders from Eagle School
will join the Fitchburg Singers to honor veterans with
a variety of patriotic songs.
Lunch will immediately follow the program (reservations
were required by Nov. 10).
For information, call 2704290.
Film screening
Join the Faith Response
Committee of the SlaveFree
Madison coalition for a free
screening of the film Miss
Representation from 1:304:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, at
the library.
The film explores how
mainstream media and culture contribute to the underrepresentation of women in
positions of power and influence in America. The screening will be followed by a
community discussion.
Teen Library Council
influence library programming to reflect them during a

Teen Library Council meeting from 6-7 p.m. Monday,
Nov. 14, at the library.
Participants can let library
staff know what books, movies and programs they want
to have. There will be pizza,
discussion and an activity.
Pinterest class
session at the Fitchburg Fire

Department Station #1, 5791
Lacy Road, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15.
Presenters will provide
an overview of the department and the requirement
of the paid-on-call position.
Fitchburg residents are not
required to have any previous firefighting experience in
order to be considered, and
individuals living outside the
city must be Firefighter I certified at minimum.
For information, contact
Wes Coppersmith at wes.
coppersmith@fitchburgwi.
gov.
Those looking for DIY

ideas or a resource to save
recipes online from one place
can take a Pinterest class
from 7-8 p.m. Monday, Nov.
14, at the library.
Business luncheon
Registration is required.
For information, call 729The Fitchburg Community
1763.
and Economic Development
Authority will host its annual
Draw and paint
Business Appreciation LunTake drawing and painting cheon from 11:30 a.m. to
workshops with one-on-one 1:15 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17,
instruction at the senior cen- at the Promega BioPharmaceutical Technology Center,
ter throughout the fall.
Workshops will be held 5445 E. Cheryl Pkwy.
Zach Halmstad, an entrefrom 1-4 p.m. Tuesdays,
Nov. 15 and 29 and Dec. 6 preneur and the co-founder of
and 13. Registration for indi- JAMF Software, will serve as
vidual classes are $20 each. the keynote speaker and disParticipants can work on the cuss Growing a Company
project of their choice with and a Community in Small
their own supplies on a 2-D Town Wisconsin. The cost to
medium that is non-toxic and attend is $20 per person, and
odorless. Examples include registration is required.
For information or to regcolored pencil, oil pastel and
ister, call 270-4246 or email
water-based paints.
For information or to regis- Joyce.Frey@Fitchburgwi.
gov.
ter, call 270-4290.
Alzheimers program
Book discussion
Join in a discussion of
author Matthew Desmonds
book Evicted: Poverty and
Profit in the American City
from 1-2 p.m. Thursday, Nov.
17, at the senior center.
The book is UW-Madisons 2016 Go Big Read
selection, and tells the story of eight families living in
Milwaukees poorest neighborhoods. Graduate students from the UW-Madison
School of Library and Information Science will lead the
discussion.
reserve a copy of the book,
Promega program
contact Liz Zimdars at 729Get an introduction to the 1791.
Promega Corporations tech- VAHS garage sale
nology, culture and commuVerona Area High School,
nity involvement during the
monthly Learning Annex 300 Richard St., will hold a
program at 2 p.m. Tuesday, garage sale fundraiser from 9
Nov. 15, at the senior center. a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov.
Penny Patterson, the com- 19.
There will many new and
panys senior director of
communications, will lead used items for sale ranging
the program. Founded in
1978, Promega Corporation
is headquartered in Fitchburg
with branches in 12 countries
and over 50 global distributors.
Learn about the lesser-known and lesser-funded
research on Alzheimers disease at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov.
15, at the senior center.
A Wednesday Night at
the Lab program in July
discussed some of the mainstream research to prevent or
alleviate the dementia caused
by Alzheimers. Some of the
research explored in this program suggests there may be
ways to prevent or slow the
progression of dementia.
from toys, books, clothing,

decorations, household items,
collectibles and more. The
sale will be located in the
Sugar River Gallery (parking available near the main
entrance by the Performing
Arts Center), and serves as a
fundraiser for students participating in an educational trip
this spring to Italy and Spain.
donate items, contact Carrie
Punzel at punzelc@verona.
k12.wi.us.
Language resource
Those wanting to learn a
few phrases of a foreign language or even become fluent
can learn about Mango Languages from 7-8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 21, at the library.
The class will teach participants to use Mango Languages, a free resource provided
by the library.
Holiday mugs
Make a gift for a friend
or family member during a
Mugs for Holiday Cheer
workshop from 11 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26,
at the library.
Grab a mug and some
small treats to fill it with,
wrap it up and take your gift
home.
Social Security
Get educated on the varying methods of filing for
Social Security during a
workshop from 6-7 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 28, at the
library.
The workshop will also
explore topics related to
retirement income, as well as
strategies to optimize Social
Security.
Online privacy
Visit the library to learn the
basics of keeping your information private and secure
online from 7-8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28, at the library.
Topics will include passwords, browser information
and avoiding spam and phishing. Registration is required.
For information or to register, call 729-1763.
Who says sewing is a lost
Firefighter recruitment
Those who have considered becoming a firefighter

Teens ages 13-17 can help can attend an information
Bake six dozen cookies

and bring them, plus a copy
of the recipe, to sample and
exchange with others. The
library will provide coffee
and milk, and attendees will
discuss recipes and holiday
baking traditions. Bring an
Agora holiday party
extra container or two to take
Get Festive at Agora home cookies.
For information, call 729Fitchburgs annual holiday
party from 4-8 p.m. Thurs- 1760.
day, Dec. 1, at 5500 E. CherKids cooking class
yl Pkwy.
Chef instructor Lily Kilfoy
The free event includes
free carriage rides, holiday will lead a cooking class for
music, a luminary lighting kids ages 6-12 from 5:30benefit for Agrace Hospice- 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8,
Care, a photo booth, retailer at the library.
The class will focus on
discounts and prizes, complimentary appetizers and des- Bento Boxes, which are compartmentalized lunch boxes
serts and more.
For information, visit from Japan. Participants will
agorafitchburg.com.
prepare jasmine rice salad
with orange sesame dressing,
Library eBooks
Asian slaw and fruit spring
Learn about recent changes rolls. The class will be vegeto Overdrive, a site providing tarian and nut-free, and regisaccess to eBooks, from 7-8 tration required.
For information or to regp.m. Monday, Dec. 5, at the
ister, call 729-1762.
library.
The program will review
how to access, search, place Historical reenactment
holds and check out eBooks
Meet Catherine Dickens,
from the library using Wis- the wife of famed author
consins Digital Library. Reg- Charles Dickens as recreated
istration is required.
by Jessica Michna, during a
For information or to regis- program from 2-4 p.m. Satter, call 729-1763.
urday, Dec. 10, at the library.
In this first-person monoTax programs
logue, Mrs. Dickens will give
Attend two free tax ques- the audience an unflinching
tion-and-answer sessions at look into the lives of this
1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5, and couple and introduce the
Wednesday, Dec. 7, at the audience to such women as
Nancy from Oliver Twist,
senior center.
Session one will address Miss Havisham from Great
deductions, pensions, chari- Expectations and others.
table donations, social secu- Ms. Michna appears in a
rity benefits, filing jointly period costume and will take
versus separately and more, questions from the audience
while session two will following the presentation.
For information, call 729explore gifts, trusts, estate
taxes and other related top- 1760.
ics. Both sessions will be
led by William Ferguson, Holiday party
a retired CPA and attorney
Mark your calendars for
who does tax consulting for the 30th annual Childrens
a firm in Madison. Registra- Holiday Party from 1-4
tion is recommended.
p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, at the
For information or to reg- Fitchburg Community Cenister, call 270-4290.
ter, 5510 Lacy Road.
The party is free and
Cookie exchange
open to the public, and will
Bake and share your include an inflatable playfavorite cookie recipe at the ground, face painting, crafts,
fifth annual Cookbook Club a visit from Santa, hot chocoCookie Exchange from 11 late and more.
For information, contact
a.m. to noon Thursday, Dec.
the Fitchburg Recreation
8, at the library.
Department at 270-4285.
Come Swim with Us this Fall & Winter!

Ongoing Open Enrollment in Swim Lessons
Small Classes Taught in Warm Water
Check out MSA for:
Babies/Toddlers Open Swim & Play
Swim Lessons - All Age Groups
Swim Birthday Parties
Family Open Swim
(608) 630-9800
5200 Anton Drive, Fitchburg
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Believe Swim Achieve
Thanksgiving
Eve Worship
Wed., November 23 7 p.m.
Paint night
Everyone can be a painter
during two Paint Night events
in November at the library:
Tween Paint Night (ages
9-12) from 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 15; and Teen
Paint Night (ages 13-17)
from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Nov. 22.
A professional artist from
Artful Escapes will help kids
create their own painting
during each session. Messy
clothes (or short sleeves) are
encouraged. Registration is
required.
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Verona schools
VAIS data gets varied reactions

Achievement above VASD peers,
but open enrollment, too
SCOTT GIRARD
Verona Area International School students

performed better on all standardized exams
than their Verona Area School District peers
in recent years.
But the school also has a 13.5 percent
open-enrollment rate, well above any other school in the district and surpassing what
superintendent Dean Gorrell said was the
districts general threshold of 10 percent at
any given school.
That contrast sums up the data presented to
Verona Area School board members Monday
night that will help guide their decision over
the next few weeks on whether to approve
a new five-year charter agreement with the
Chinese-language immersion school. The
current charter agreement for the K-5 school,
from 2012, expires in June 2017.

It could even lead to a more philosophical conversation among the board whether
they believe charters should be funded at the
Spring 2016: CIA committee begins
same rate as the neighborhood elementaries,
discussions
which they are currently.
Oct. 3: CIA committee holds final discusEqual doesnt mean equitable. We all
sion
know that, said board member Noah RobOct. 10: VAIS parents address board
erts. There may need to be a discussion on
whether there needs to be additional supports
Oct. 24: Scheduled data presentation
and things like that.
delayed
But board president Dennis Beres said all
Nov. 7: Data presentation
of our charters are special.
Nov. 21: Charter proposal brought forward
Weve had many different levels of discussion about this stuff over the years, and all
Dec. 5: Board discussion, possible vote
of our neighborhood schools are special placon charter
es, too, and they all have needs, Beres said.
Dec. 19: Backup date for vote on charter
The needs of the many versus the needs of
the few.
District administration also presented
data on the schools demographics, staffing reading of a new charter proposal at its Nov.
allocations, class size and Mandarin profi- 21 meeting, with discussion and a potential
ciency.
vote as soon as Dec. 5.
The board is expected to hear a first
Administrators continued to question the
Renewal timeline
schools available supports for struggling

students, and director of bilingual programs
and instructional equity Laurie Burgos
pointed to a lack of continuity in the programs planning in its first seven years of
existence.
When you have a specialty program, you
really do need to have somebody taking a
lot of care, Burgos said. Im just not sure
that all of the pieces have been there and
that youve had one constant person there
able to focus and grow the program.
Parents once again showed up to ask
board members to renew the charter, as
they have for the past three meetings. That
underscored the difficulty of the decision
the board will have to make sometime in
December.
Theres no question of (how wonderful
the program is), Beres said. This is where
the rubber hits the road, is in these issues.
Read the full story at ConnectFitchburg.
com.
Students above state averages on test

Gap between
minority, white
students persists
SCOTT GIRARD
Verona Area School District students scored above

state averages on standardized tests last year.
For both the Forward
Exam and the ACT, taken by all juniors statewide
for the second straight year
during the 2015-16 school
y e a r, VA S D s t u d e n t s
scored well compared to
their peers.
But across the board,
less than half of the test
takers scored proficient
or advanced on math and
English.
We set a high bar when
it comes to what we expect
of our students, state
Superintendent Tony Evers
said in a news release. As
such, earning marks of
proficient or advanced on
the Forward Exam means
a student has demonstrated
skills that are at or above
what is expected of them at
a given grade.
Overall, 45.9 percent of
VASD student test-takers
were proficient or better
in English, 44.5 percent
in math, 53.9 percent in
science and 55.7 percent
in social studies. VASD

juniors averaged a 21.5
on the ACT, while juniors
statewide averaged a 20.1.
That test is scored on a
scale out of 36.
The scores also reinforced the achievement
gap in both the district and
state. The gap refers to the
difference in test scores
between students of color
and their white peers, and
also the difference that
shows up between different
socioeconomic groups.
In Verona, just 17.1 percent of black students and
16.8 percent of Hispanic students scored proficient or advanced
on the English portion of
the Forward exam. Those
scores compare to 42.3
percent of Asian students
and 57.8 percent of white
students.
The gap was nearly the
same in math, with 15.2
percent of black students
and 16.2 percent of Hispanic students scoring
advanced or proficient.
For Asian students, on the
other hand, 43.3 percent
scored in those two categories, along with 56.6 percent of white students.
Those gaps continued
in the science portion. Just
15.2 percent of black students and 23.3 percent of
Hispanic students were proficient in that subject area,
compared to 54.3 percent

of Asian students and 67.2
percent of white students.
The final topic, social
studies, saw the same pattern: 19.6 percent of black
students and 25 percent of
Hispanic students scored
proficient in the subject,
while 57.1 percent of
Asian students and 68 percent of white students did
the same.
VASD students had a
similar gap on the ACT,
with white students averaging a 22.8 and Asian
students a 22.9. Hispanic
students a 16.7 and black
students a 16.9.
The patterns were similar statewide, something
Evers stressed needs to
change.
I remain troubled by the
achievement gaps that persist in Wisconsin, Evers
said. As a state and within our communities, we
must work together to raise
awareness of this problem
and implement policy-driven solutions.
It is not an issue of one
student or one school district, it is an issue that
impacts us all.
VASD has stressed the
importance of closing the
achievement gap in recent
years, with its equity
framework and mission to
ensure every student succeeds. The district was
recently recognized for its

efforts to promote more
equitable participation in
Advanced Placement classes at the high school.
Statewide participation
on the Forward Exam,
which replaced the Badger Exam from the previous year, was up to 98.8
percent. Comparisons
b e t w e e n t h e t wo , a n d
the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Exam
that preceded the Badger
Exam, should not be made
because of the different
testing methods, according
to the news release from
the state Department of
Public Instruction.
The Forward Exam
involves students in grades
three through eight for
English and math, grades
four and eight for science
and grades four, eight and
10 for social studies. Evers
said in the release he hopes
the Forward Exam can
remain in place in future
years rather than continuing to change what test students take.
I am hopeful that this
will be the last time for a
very long time that we are
transitioning assessments
for our kids, Evers said.
and follow him on Twitter
@sgirard9.
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A lesson in impairment
VAHS sophomore Kimberly Silva tries to walk a straight line

during a fake field sobriety test while wearing alcohol impairment goggles, with a BAC of .07 to .1, which is on the edge
of the legal limit. Giving the Oct. 11 lesson was Innocorp,
Ltd., with assistance from the Verona Police Department.
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Survey informational sessions

VASD officials held a pair of informational sessions Oct. 17 and 18 on the survey sent
out that same week to gauge the communitys interest in a potential April 2017 referendum for new school buildings.
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Survey data to be revealed

The district will unveil results from the referendum survey at a public meeting Monday, Nov. 14, at Badger Ridge Middle School. VASD reported that more than 3,000 district residents took the survey.
District developing exit interviews

VASD will soon put in place exit interviews for departing staff to find out if there are
any major reasons staff is leaving. VASD director of human resources Jason Olson said
he will also likely implement surveys to new teachers that remain in the district to better
learn what the district can to do retain them.
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Board approves budget

The school board approved the 2016-17 budget, which kept the mill rate nearly the
same as last year.
Oregon schools
Teacher pay
plan approved
For teachers and Oregon

School District officials, it
looks like three-plus years
was well worth the wait.
Voters in the district
overwhelmingly approved
a recurring $1.5 million
teacher compensation referendum Tuesday night,
7,736 to 4,548 in unofficial
results. Teachers, school
board members and administrators have been working
on the plan since 2013 and
had initially planned on
making it part of the $54.6
million capital projects referendum passed in November 2014.
Oregon School Board
President Steve Zach said
in a text to the Observer Tuesday night district
officials are extremely
pleased that the community
embraced the vision for the
districts future and continued their longstanding support for our children and
those we entrust to educate
them.
The recurring referendum part of which would
be paid through the districts fund balance asks
taxpayers to exceed OSDs
state-imposed levy limits
by $1.5 million each year
in perpetuity, at a cost of
about $76 on a $200,000
home.
That is a flat amount with
On the Web
Read past stories about the
approved referendum:
the same tax impact year

after year, not a cumulative
effect that would add to the
prior years increase.
With all the other school
districts in Dane County
coming up with new teacher compensation plans in
the wake of Act 10 and
competition for educators
increasing, OSD officials
have said the plan will help
them both recruit and retain
the best possible teachers
for the district in order to
benefit student achievement.
District officials had said
the plan addresses compression in OSD teachers
pay scale that currently has
new teachers making nearly as much as those who
have taught in the district
for several years.
District superintendent Brian Busler said in
an email to the Observer
Tuesday night the approval of the plan will help us
ensure that a great teacher
is in every classroom in our
district.
According to data from
the Wisconsin Association of School Boards, 21
school districts held at least

one operating referendum
to exceed revenue limits
Tuesday.
In April, voters approved
37 of 46 (80 percent) of
operating referendum questions, including 10 of 13
recurring questions (77
percent), like the one in
Oregon.
This spring, the districts
Educator Compensation
Plan Committee comprising administrators,
teachers and school board
members came up with a
recommendation to address
the pay scale questions. It
included four different levels for teachers to advance
through, and ways they
can continue professional
development to help move
through the salary schedule.
Over the summer, school
board members hashed out
the language and offered
teachers three options, one
of which they overwhelmingly approved.
Last month, Oregon Education Association president Tracey Leider said the
group wholeheartedly
supported the referendum
and credited administrators
and teachers for working
together.
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Read about this and more OSD stories at
ConnectFitchburg.com:
Students top state averages on exam

Oregon School District students scored above their state
peers on statewide exams last year. Those included the
Forward Exam, which tested students in English, math,
science and social studies, and the ACT, which every
junior took across the state.
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MMSD residents
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and 25.8 percent voting no.
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year, another $5 million
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and disruptive cuts, with
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Fitchburg Star
Promega marks 20 years of art appreciation

KATE NEWTON
Current exhibit
ends Jan. 2
In the Promega Corporations BioPharmaceutical

Technology Center, all lines
or lack thereof point to
art.
It has graced the curved,
long lines of its walls and
open spaces of its lobby
since the biotechnology
company started sponsoring
art showcases in 1996. And
while its constant presence
goes largely unquestioned
by visitors and its roughly 1,200 employees today,
curator Daniel Swadener said persuading artists
to participate when the
showcases first began was
almost like begging people
to come out in the middle of
a cornfield and have an art
show.
A lot has changed in 20
years. Fitchburg, where
Promega is based, has shifted from a predominantly
agricultural area to a city
of about 28,000 that rivals
Madison, its closest neighbor, in facilitating innovation in both the arts and
business communities.
In Promegas case, those
two worlds converge four
times each year including an annual employee art
show through the showcases, which Swadener
launched at the encouragement of his longtime friend
and Promega founder/CEO
Bill Linton.
Bill believed in me,
because it was a hard sell
This hallway and the lobby of Promega Corporations BioPharmaceutical Technology Center serve as the focal point for the
majority of the showcases that have been held in the building since 1996. The current exhibit, on display through early January, features work by three generations of Wisconsin photographers dating back to the 1800s.
for a lot of people to bring
art into a business like that,
Swadener said. Twenty
years later, here we are, and
its part of the business model, and for a lot of people
around there now, its hard
to imagine (Promega) without that.
Its a sentiment many staff
members share, especially
those who work closely with
Swadener to help coordinate

the showcases. Penny Patterson, the director of corporate affairs for the company,
said the energy and support
of the art enthusiasts who
come in daily to view the
art has not only set Promega apart, but has also proved
almost intrinsic to its past
20 years of success.
When this building first
Photo submitted
Daniel Swadener, who has served as curator for the Promega

art showcases since they began in 1996, speaks during the
opening symposium and reception of the current showcase,
WIS-CON-SIN: Three Generations of Wisconsin Photographers.
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opened, Promega took an

integrative approach and
made a point to share it with
the community, Patterson
wrote in an email. These
art exhibits are an example
of that gesture.
The opening reception of
the most recent showcase
in October, which features
the work of four Wisconsin photographers spanning
three centuries, attracted a
crowd of about 400 people.
That level of response has
remained more or less consistent for years, Swadener said, and each reception
includes seasonal and local
foods provided by Promega Catering, as well as live
music typically designed to
complement the theme of the
show.
The most popular symposium yet happened in
2008, when visitors packed
in elbow to elbow to
meet Pedro Guerrero, the
world-renowned architectural photographer who had
worked extensively with
Frank Lloyd Wright.
S w a d e n e r s a i d h e s
learned to trust (his) judgment over the years and
let his own experiences and
interactions with fellow artists (he works as a photographer in Arizona, where he
resides) dictate how he plans
for future shows.
His explanation that each
project is different puts it

mildly. The showcases have
brought eclectic and impactful themes like mold art,
an exploration of the symbiotic relationship between arts
and the sciences, a motorcycle-themed exhibit and a celebration of the Peace Corps
50th anniversary to the
forefront while incorporating
work by artists from China,
Japan, Africa, the southwestern United States and more.
The first participating artist
in the showcases, meanwhile,
remains a permanent fixture
at Promega in the form of a
7 1/2-foot walnut sculpture
of a mother and child in the
lobby of the BTC.
Exiled from his home
country of Uganda while it
was under the rule of dictator Idi Amin, sculptor and
artist Francis Nnaggenda
traveled extensively and was
one of Swadeners instructors during his time as an art
student at the University of
Indiana-South Bend. Nnaggendas art collection narrowly escaped being lost forever
when Swadener located it in
Nairobi, Kenya, in the mid1990s, and after reconnecting
there, Nnaggenda returned to
the United States in 1995 and
carved the sculpture using
the wood of a tree from the
Promega property.
While Swadener said
he prioritizes mining new
Promegas fall art

showcase, WIS-CONSIN: Three Generations
of Wisconsin Photographers, will be open to
the public through Jan. 2.
The exhibit features
approximately 90 works
by four artists: Eugene
Von
Bruenchenhein
(1910-1983), Charles
Van Schaick (18521946) and J. Shimon
and J. Lindemann, who
collaborated from 1983
until Lindemanns death
in 2015.
The exhibit is open
Monday through Friday
from 8a.m. to 4p.m. in
the BioPharmaceutical
Technology Center, 5445
E. Cheryl Pkwy. Groups
larger than 10 should call
443-3098 to make an
appointment before visiting. For information, visit
promega-artshow.com.
connections over replicating
the themes or success of previous shows, some relationships hes made with artists
might warrant revisiting.
One showcase, Pop Life
III, in 2006, involved a
collective of young American-Indian painters, poets,
graffiti artists, sculptors and
artists in other mediums who
incorporated skateboarding,
slam poetry and other interactive elements into their
exhibits opening. Ten years
later, several are now pretty famous artists, Swadener
said, and it would be meaningful to bring them back and
share what theyve accomplished since the show.
The spring 2017 show will
likely feature Ho-Chunk artist
and sculptor Truman Lowe,
the former curator of contemporary art at the National Museum of the American
Indian, alongside two or
three other artists in a theme
centered around water and
vessels, Swadener said. He
has ideas on tap for the next
two or three years, but keeps
the schedule flexible in case
a spontaneous opportunity
comes along.
And while Swadener said
hes long since accomplished whatever he expected to gain from starting the
showcases, the sheer spontaneity of the job keeps the process enjoyable.
I guess I never imagined this would be my lifes
work, but evidently it is, he
said with a laugh. I figured
it would be a few years, and
wed see what happened or
that someone else would continue it.
There have been many,
many times where I come
up and think, this has got to
be my last show, Ive run out
of ideas. And then something
will happen, and I get all
inspired, and think, one more
year, Ill do one more year.
Contact Kate Newton at
kate.newton@wcinet.com.
Jeremy Jones, sports editor
845-9559 x226 ungsportseditor@wcinet.com
Anthony Iozzo, assistant sports editor

845-9559 x237 sportsreporter@wcinet.com
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ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor
all year prepare us for a meet like

sectionals, Wuerger said. Some of
those Badger Conference teams that
dont see the same kind of competition week in and week out dont do as
well in a meet like this.
Bennin won the 50 free in a season-best :23.51 and later broke the
Middleton pool record in 1:04.04 to
win the 100 breaststroke.
I was pretty close to that pool
record last year, so its nice to know
that Im still improving, she said. I
think it sets me up really well for state
next weekend.
Bennin enters the state meet with
the fastest time in the state in the 50
free and is seeded second behind
defending state champion of Lauren
Stigler (1:03.92) of Muskego in the
100 breaststroke.
Anything can happen in the 50
free, she said. Someone from lane
eight could end up winning. Thats
part of the excitement of it.
Bennin finished fourth in the 50
free last year and .16 seconds behind
Three months after Madison West High School hired

Chuck Seils to take over for
an athletic director who was
let go amid an investigation,
he, too, is now gone.
Seils, who succeeded Sandy Botham in July after two
former coaches complained
of racial bias, resigned in
October, apparently under
an investigation of his own.
Channel3000.com reported last month that when
Seils was hired, he was
being investigated by his
former employer, Beloit
Memorial High School, for
providing inconsistent,
misleading, incomplete and
false statements when his
superiors were looking into
a grievance a parent filed
against Seils.
In the grievance, the parent, Sam Johnson, accused
Seils of picking and choosing whom he punished
after Johnsons daughter
was suspended from a sectional track meet for being
involved in fights at school.
Seils has denied all
accusations and has not
been found guilty of any
wrongdoing. He told Channel3000.com in an email
that West wasnt the right fit
in the long-term for him.
I value my time working
in Beloit and have always
held fair treatment of all students as a core value in my
work, Seils wrote. I vehemently deny any kind of
wrongdoing or mistreatment
of athletes.
Strauch-Nelson said the
district is working to help
with the hiring process. As
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Photos by Jeremy Jones
Junior Sophie Henshue had a more than four second PR in the 500-yard freestyle, breaking former teammate Beata Nelsons school record in 5 minutes,
4.01 seconds, Nov. 5 in the WIAA Division 1 Middleton sectional.
Record number of state berths

JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
Ten months ago, Sophie Henshue

was barely able to walk.
Saturday the junior helped the Verona Area/Mount Horeb girls swimming team qualify a program-best 16
individuals and all three relays Nov. 5
for the WIAA Division 1 state swimming and diving meet.
Henshue, who missed two-and-ahalf months of her Badger Aquatic
club season due to a hip flexor injury,
had a more than four-second PR in
the 500-yard freestyle Saturday at the
Middleton sectional meet.
Im over the top, ecstatic with how
I swam today, Henshue said. In January ... I had to tape my leg up and
limp my way through school. I almost
had to be on crutches.
I was just happy that I was given
the opportunity to swim here today.
Henshues time of 5:04.01 set a
new VA/MH benchmark, breaking
UW-Madison swimming and former teammate Beata Nelsons school
record.
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I respect Beata so much. Shes

been one of my closest friends for the
past two years, Henshue said. Shes
the one that encouraged me to go and
get that record when she was off in
college.
Though head coach Bill Wuerger said the Wildcats all miss Nelson,
whom he called, the most talented
swimmer our program will probably
ever have, the girls took it as a challenge to still have a great team.
They worked really hard to make
that happen and the entire team
swam phenomenally today, he said.
Several times, I looked up at the

scoreboard and chills went up and
down my spine. I couldnt believe
how fast they were.
Sophomore Grace Bennin and
senior Maizie Seidl each won a pair
of sectional titles and junior Maggie Nunn dove to her third sectional
diving title as part of a record-setting
weekend for the Verona Area/Mount
Horeb girls swimming program.
Henshue also finished fourth in the
200 free (1:54.26). She is seeded sixth
in the 500 free and 14th in the 200 at
state.
And yet, the host Middleton Cardinals, ranked second on the Wisconsin
Interscholastic Swim Coaches Associations Division 1 poll, broke a couple of VA/MH relay records and held
off the fifth-ranked Wildcats 377-363
in the states fastest sectional.
Madison Memorial (270), Madison West (261) and Sun Prairie (235)
rounded out a competitive top five.
Competing in the Big Eight in
general, whether its Middleton, Madison West, Memorial and Sun Prairie swimming against those teams
OHS boys soccer
Panthers fall shy of state in heartbreaking shootout

ANTHONY IOZZO
It was a tough way to end the high

school careers of 10 seniors Saturday.
The top-seeded Panthers battled
second-seeded Elkhorn through 90
minutes of regulation in a WIAA
Division 2 sectional final at Wilmot
Union High School and another 20
minutes of overtime, finishing in a
0-0 tie.
Then came the shootout.
After three goals each through five
kickers, both teams needed a sixth
kicker. Elkhorn senior Philip Meersman scored, but senior Luke Pearson
had his shot saved by diving junior
goalie Teyatzin Aranda that ended
the Panthers (14-5-1 overall) run.
It is just unfortunate. ... Our
defense played exceptionally well,
head coach Kevin May said. We
just couldnt find a goal offensively,
and with the way we have been able
to produce, it was just kind of tricky
for us as time kept going to not find

the back of the net.
Senior Calvin Schneider was the
third to go in the shootout and scored
to make it 1-1, but Elkhorn senior
Ian Nowell followed with a goal to
make it 2-1.
Oregon senior Connor Jones then
scored to tie the shootout again, but
Oregon senior Matt Pearson and
Elkhorn junior Bryant Romero traded goals to make it 3-3 after five
shooters.
We have a lot to be proud of,
May said. There were some bumps
in the season, but I definitely feel that
with the senior leadership that we
had to really get the group to buy in
as a whole and to do a real collective
effort in making sure we were in the
right place as a team going into the
playoffs.
It is just a crappy way to lose a
soccer game in a shootout.
There was silence on the Oregon
Photo by Jeremy Jones
Senior Calvin Schneider scores past Milton goalkeeper Noah Rickman in the first half Thursday. Oregon won the
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November 11, 2016
Oregon High School
Fitchburg Star
Girls swimming
Dobrinsky, OMalley lead Panthers to fifth

JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
Volleyball
Milski earns second-team

all-conference honor
ANTHONY IOZZO
Junior outside hitter Alyssa

Milski was named to the second-team All-Badger South
Conference this season as the
Oregon High School volleyball team earned three selections.
Milski finished with 251
kills (2.73 per set), 31 aces
and 178 digs (1.93 per set) in
33 matches. She also added 44
blocks.
Senior outside hitter Liz
Andriacchi and sophomore

libero Emily Konop rounded
out the list as honorable mentions.
Andriacchi had 235 kills
(2.45 per set), 219 digs (2.28
per set), 29 aces and 28 blocks
in 33 matches, and Konop
picked up 267 digs (2.81 per
set), 45 aces and 34 assists in
33 matches.
The Panthers went 1-5 in
the Badger South this season
and won one match in the
conference tournament.
Oregon was 19-10 overall.
Boys cross country
Oregon earns three PRs

at competitive sectional
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
The Oregon High School

boys cross country team
finished its season with personal bests from three of
seven runners Oct. 22 at the
WIAA Division 1 DeForest
sectional meet, taking

eighth out of 12 teams.
The team performed
well among a competitive
field. Some of our varsity
runners ran the best race
last week at conference,
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Senior Ania Grzelewska swims her leg of the 200-yard freestyle relay Oct. 28
at the Badger South Conference meet in Fort Atkinson. Grzelewska joined Mary
OMalley, Jenna Dobrinsky and Carolyn Christofferson to finish third overall in 1
minute, 46.25 seconds.
medal by two spots, taking fifth in the the meet missing a medal by one
100 breaststroke with a 1:14.15.
Dobrinsky and OMalley opened
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Girls cross country
Panthers takes seventh at sectionals

JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
Oregon girls cross country finished

seventh out of the 12 teams competing Oct. 22 at the WIAA Division 1
sectional meet in DeForest.
Freshman Zoe Frank capped the
season posting a team-best time of 20
minutes, 34 seconds for 24th place
as the Panthers finished with a team
score of 191.
It wasnt the hardest course, but
for many people it was challenging
because you had to repeat different
parts, Frank said of the first race run
at Windsor Sports Complex. I felt
we ran really strong as a team and
did our best to really push through to
the end.
Frank, who doesnt play a winter
sport, said she and her teammates
plan to run together before the track
and field season next spring.

I think everyone will be running
track in the spring, or they have
another sport theyll be playing, she
said. I think its really important to
run in the offseason to not only stay
connected as a team but also to just
keep the training up, so we can continue improving and hopefully get to
state next year.
For his part, Oregon head coach
Doug Debroux said, I hope the girls
all stay involved in a sport. Its kind
of selfish, but I hope they all run distance during the track season because
Id love to coach them again.
Sophomores Lauren Beauchaine
and Kaity Kliminski continued to
work together well throughout the
race and finished 10 seconds apart.
Beauchaine took 35th place in 21:04
and Kliminski followed in 21:14 for
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Oct. 22 at the WIAA Division 1 DeForest sectional meet at Windsor Sports
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Junior Alyssa Milski (15) was named to the second-team

All-Badger South Conference. She was joined by honorable
mentions senior Liz Andriacchi (8) and sophomore Emily
Konop (5).
Freshmen Jenna Dobrinsky and Mary

OMalley each swam to individual
medals Oct. 28 to help the Oregon girls
swimming team to a fifth-place finish at
the Badger South Conference.
Dobrinsky took third in the 500 free
with a time of 5 minutes, 25.45 seconds
at Fort Atkinson High School as the Panthers scored 203 points for their best finish in recent memory.
Madison Edgewood, ranked atop the
Wisconsin Interscholastic Swim Coaches Associations Division 2 state poll,
bested second-ranked McFarland 519463. Milton (285.5) and Monona Grove
(240) were a distant third and fourth,
respectively.
It was just really fun to be with the
team for the last time, Dobrinsky said.
A lot of the seniors wont be swimming
at sectionals next week. Tonight was just
a ton of fun, from the bus ride here to
just hanging out with everybody.
OMalley finished third in the 200
IM with a time of 2:21.4. She scored
points for the team, but missed another
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Girls cross country
Rawson saves her best

for last at sectionals
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
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Junior Kirstin Tidd (left) and junior Priya Shenoi earned first-team All-Big Eight Conference honors this season.
Shenoi, Tidd earn first-team All-Big Eight honors

ANTHONY IOZZO
Juniors Priya Shenoi

a n d K i r s t i n Ti d d b o t h
earned first-team All-Big
Eight Conference honors
this season as the Verona
Area High School volleyball team had four honors
total.
Shenoi finished with
138 kills, 52 total blocks
and 26 digs, while Tidd
picked up 152 kills and 67
total blocks.
Sun Prairie had three
fi r s t t e a m e r s C l a i r e
Chausee, Kielyn Kapugi
and Lily Welti. Craig had
two on the first-team

Jenna Brandt and Amanda
Carlson.
Middletons Lily Welti,
Beloit Memorials Eva
Laun-Smith and Madison
La Follettes Kayla Daggett also had first-team
selections.
Junior Hannah Worley
was a second-team selection, and freshman libero

Amelia Hust rounded out
the list as an honorable
mention.
Worley collected 149
kills, 21 aces, 26 total
blocks and 211 digs, and
Hust finished with 244
digs and 36 aces.
Football
Possessions limited in Level 2 playoff loss at Badger

ANTHONY IOZZO
Freshman Olivia Rawson

placed 25th overall Oct.
22 at the WIAA Division 1
DeForest sectional meet in a
season-best 20 minutes, 36
seconds.
In any given year, if you
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Boys cross country
Season closes at sectionals

JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
The Verona Area High

School boys cross country
team raced three of the premier programs in the state
throughout the regular season and knew they would be
uncatchable.
Still, the Wildcats were
hoping for a better finish than
what they got Saturday at the

sectional at Windsor Sports
Complex.
Verona finished ninth overall out of the 12 teams competing with a combined team
score of 205.
Top-ranked Madison West
won the sectional crown as
expected, placing all five
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The second-seeded Verona Area High School football team had its chances
Friday in a 22-14 loss in a
WIAA Division 1 Level 2
playoff at third-seeded Lake
Geneva Badger .
Despite being on the
wrong end of a few calls
on the field and being limited to seven possessions,
including just two in the
first half, the Wildcats cut
the deficit to 15-14 at the
start of the third quarter.
Senior running back Nick
Lawinger, who was filling
in for injured senior running back Drew King (knee
contusion), took the opening second-half kickoff 89
yards for a touchdown.
Badger and Verona then
traded punts for the next
three possessions and the
Wildcats looked to get back
into a rhythm starting on
their own 20-yard line.
Freshman Olivia Rawson

led the way for the Verona
girls cross country team Oct.
22 at the WIAA Division 1
DeForest sectional meet, taking 25th place in a season-best
20 minutes, 36 seconds.
The Wildcats scored a combined 173 to take sixth out of
the 12 teams competing.
After the race, head coach
Dave Nelson said his team is a
year away from big things and
he wanted the girls to leave
everything on the Windsor
Sports Complex course Saturday.
I think today was one of
those days, where right now,
thats everything they had, he
said.
Nelson was quick to point
out what a difference a year
can make.
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Senior Jaquay Willis (left) hugs senior Brian Karebu following

a 22-14 loss Oct. 28 at second-seeded Lake Geneva Badger
in a WIAA Division 1 Level 2 playoff. Several other Wildcat
players consoled each other after a tough loss.
Senior quarterback Max Brian Murphy for eight
Fink found senior split end yards and a first down, and
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OHS boys: Seven varsity members graduate
VAHS boys: Barger finishes 25th

Continued from page 14
varsity scorers in the top 15.
Junior Peter Barger was the first Wildcat to
cross the finish line, taking 25th place in 17
minutes, 12 seconds.
Senior TJ Manning and sophomore Jason
Ford capped off Veronas top pack, taking
32nd and 34th place, respectively. Manning
ended his prep career in 17:20, and Ford
crossed the finish line in a personal-best
17:23.
Senior Cory Pedersen concluded his prep
career, taking 56th place in 18:04, while
freshman Brad Tuomi rounded things out by

crossing the finish line right 58th in 18:15.
This year was a patchwork of problems,
some physical with injuries and illness with
Peter, and Will (Zunker), Marks said. Others just lack of summer preparation by some
of our most experienced and older runners.
Verona only graduates two seniors from
varsity once again.
We have some young very enthusiastic
runners this year who with hard work can
develop into a special group, Marks said.
Only time will tell, and nothing is written in
stone without the work.
VAHS girls: Young Cats look to next year

come in with your fitness, health and confidence, youre going to have a shot, he said.
This year I think we had a lot of fitness.
Were still building confidence, and we struggled a little bit with our health.
If the Wildcats can put all three together
next year, Nelson said, I think we have a
shot.
There are about five other teams that also
feel like theyre a year away too, as well, so
it really comes down to who spends the time
over the next year to get prepared, Nelson
said. Last year it was Madison West and
Memorial, and Stoughton was kind of distant.
Waunakee wasnt even in the conversation,

and this year they win the sectional and
Stoughton was right there chasing Memorial.
Verona freshman Leah Remiker, who battled some injuries herself, finished 28th as the
teams second runner in 20:47.
Junior Julia Pletta and freshman Jamie
Hogan crossed the finish line three spots apart
as the teams third and fourth runners, taking 34th and 37th place in 21:04 and 21:09,
respectively. It was a personal best time for
Hogan.
Senior Preston Ploc finished out her prep
career as the teams final scorer, placing 49th
overall in 21:41.
OHS girls: Oregon takes 7th at sectionals

39th place.
Freshman Ana Verhagen took 46th
place in 21:26, and junior Bree Bastian
finished as the teams final varsity scorer,
taking 47th in 21:37.
It was great getting Bree back (from
an injury) these last couple of weeks,
head coach Doug Debroux said. Shes a

said head coach Erik Haakenson, whose team had a
combined score of 195.
It is difficult for them to
bounce back and run PRs
two weeks straight for some
of the guys.
Senior Ben Lokuta had a
great final race of his high
school career, cutting 17
seconds from his previous personal best to finish
46th overall as the Panthers fourth runner. Junior
Nathan Buchert (17:45) and
sophomore Hogan Schulz
(18:24) also ran personal-best times.
I was extremely happy
with how these men raced
and performed their absolute best at the end of the
season, when it mattered
most, Haakenson said.
Senior Hudson Kugel, a
newcomer to the sport this
season, finished 26th overall to lead the Panthers in
17:16. Fellow seniors Josh
Klahn (17:22) and Sam
Hakes (17:36) crossed the
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Senior Ben Lokuta cut 17

seconds from his previous
personal best to finish 46th
overall as the Panthers
fourth runner Saturday at the
sectional meet.
There are many

hard-working and intelligent runners on the junior
varsity squad that will make
an impact on the varsity
lineup next year, he said.
VAHS football: Wildcats finish 9-2

great leader and just a tough kid.

Freshman Sarah Adams (21:52) and
sophomore Julie Bull (22:05) also competed but did not count toward the varsity
score.
The top two teams and top five individuals not on those teams qualified for this
weekends WIAA Division 1 state meet in
Wisconsin Rapids.
Sophomore Reagan Hoopes returned
to lead a healthy Waunakee team to the
finish line 14 seconds apart,

in 33rd place and 40th
place, respectively.
Schulz and junior Connor
Brickley (18:36) competed,
but did not count toward the
team score.
The Panthers graduate
five of seven varsity runners
from Saturday after the season.
If there is anything this
year has taught me, it is that
some seasons are going to
be compactly unexpected,
Haakenson said. Our team
expanded greatly this year,
including three of our top
four runners who had never
run cross country before.
Losing our top five runners will be difficult to
recover from, but I am optimistic for next year. You
never know what is going to
happen or who is going to
work extremely hard in the
offseason.
Haakenson added that he
expects many of the Panthers top junior varsity
runners to join Hogan and
Connor on varsity next year.
he found junior tight end Ian

Armstrong for 10 yards and
a first down on the drive,
putting the Wildcats on their
own 44-yard line.
Fink took two shots down
the field, which were just
incomplete, and then he
passed to an open Lawinger on a short rollout pass.
Lawinger had some room
and looked like he might
have gotten close to a first
down but the he never had
full control of the ball as he
bobbled it a few times.
Before Lawinger could
regain control of the pass,
Badger senior linebacker
Cody Wrzesinski came flying in to steal the ball out of
the air for an interception.
The Badgers took advantage of the mistake with a
10-play, 56-yard drive that

ended with a 4-yard touchdown run by Badger senior
quarterback Mason DuMez
to make it 22-14.
We just couldnt get into
a rhythm ... partly because
we were short-handed and
partly because we just didnt
make some plays when we
needed to, head coach Dave
Richardson said. Hats off
to them. They are pretty
good. You cant prep for that
too much.
That quarterback is the
real deal, and he runs the
option very well. I thought
we did enough to stop them
to win the game, but we just
couldnt get any rhythm
going.
There was a 15-point
swing in the second quarter
when a fumble by DuMez
was picked up by junior
defensive back Bui Clements and had a clear path to a

defensive touchdown.
However, before Clements hit his full stride, the
play was ruled dead by the
officials because of an inadvertent whistle from the
backfield. Frustration by
the call from Verona players and coaches resulted in
an unsportsmanlike conduct
penalty that gave Badger a
first down on what would
have been a fourth-and-1.
Badger took advantage of
the new life on the drive by
going 43 yards on six rushes, capped by a 2-yard run
by DuMez. Instead of kicking the point after, Badger
converted a two-point conversion with a pass from
DuMez to junior running
back Austin Flower to make
it 15-7 at halftime.
OHS swim: 200 free relay earns medal

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spot, taking fourth in the

200 medley relay with Ania
Grzelewska and Carolyn
Christofferson in 1:58.79.
They later helped the
same Panthers quartet earn
their lone relay medal, closing out the meet with third
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Christofferson also
missed a medal by three
spots in the 50 free (26.03),
taking sixth in 26.03. Her
1:05.43 earned her eighth
place in the 100 backstroke.
G r z e l ew s k a a d d e d a
10th-place finish in the
100 free (59.16) before

Oregons 400 free relay of
Katie Uhl, Grace Przybyl,
Makayla Kapalczynski and
Ellen Martin placed 10th in
4:09.36.
Grace Kiesau had Oregons top JV finish, placing
seventh in the 100 backstroke.
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OHS soccer: Oregon tops

Milton in sectional semifinal
sideline as players reluctantly
accepted their sectional final
runner-up medals. Seniors
Ben Prew, Ryan Lopez, Alex
Verhagen, Quinnitin Jones,
Bryce Johnson, Ian Murphy,
Pearson, Jones, Schneider and
Pearson all played their final
high school soccer game.
The hard part for them is
they dont feel like they did
what they wanted to do that
was to make state and make
a statement there. It is hard
for a senior class that works
tremendously hard with goals
that are set so high, May said.
With how we have dominated conference and the fact
that we make this playoff run
every year says a lot to every
class as they continue to go
through this program and continue to keep that bar as high
as possible.
And that bar will continue
to be high for a program that
has now been to the sectional
final five times in nine years
with eight conference titles,
three state appearances and a
Madison West football
state championship.
The 12 returnees will look
to continue that tradition.
It will be good for the
younger kids. Some of them
got some experience and got
their eyes opened a little bit
just to how difficult it is to get
out of a sectional, May said.
Stigler for second in the 100

breast.
I was kind of unsure of
how my taper and everything
was going to work last year as
a freshman, and I really didnt
want to let my team down,
Bennin said. Now I know the
taper does work, and my team
is always behind me no matter
how good I swim.
Senior Maizie Seidl won
the 200 IM sectional title with
more than a five-second season-best in 2:05.93. She then
added a 1.77 PR to win the
100 free in 51.89. Nunn won
her third consecutive sectional
diving title with a 457.75 on
Friday. She is seeded sixth at
state after finishing 21st last
year and 12th as a freshman.
Senior Kristi Larsen
(1:05.36) and sophomore
Rachael Drapp (1:07.75) finished third and seventh in the
100 breast. Each qualified for
state. Larsen is seeded fifth
and will swim in the fastest
Carey earns three first-team honors

EVAN HALPOP
Unified News Group
Topping Milton in the

sectional semifinal
Oregon started sectionals
Thursday with a 6-0 win over
Milton at Huntoon Field in the
D2 sectional semifinal.
Junior Zach Pasley scored
two goals, and Schneider had
a goal and an assist. Junior
John Auer, Pearson and Murphy all added goals, and Verhagen picked up two assists.
Junior Lane Krull and Johnson also had assists.
Junior Shane Sullivan and
Prew both had one save each.
Besides the offense, the
defense also played a big part
in the win as Jones held Miltons all-time leading scorer
Scott Biancofiori to zero shots
on goal.
VAHS swim: 16 make state

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heat, while Drapp is seeded

22nd and will swim in the first
heat at state.
Drapp finished fourth in the
200 IM (2:11.44) and is seeded 19th at state.
Sara Stewart (24.39) and
Larsen (24.5) finished fifth
and sixth in the 50 free. She
was also Veronas top finisher
in the 100 backstroke, taking
eighth place in a season-best
59.25.
Sophomore Gabby
Gnewuch was close to an eight
second PR at sectionals, taking
sixth in the 500 free (5:10.5).
She finished eighth in the 200
free (1:56.07) at sectionals to
earn the second to last state
qualifier.
Josie McCartney took fourth
in the 100 butterfly (58.19).
All three VA/MH relays qualified for state and will swim in
the fastest heats at state.
The Division 1 diving competition gets underway at
10a.m. Saturday inside the
UW-Madison Natatorium with
swimming following at 3p.m.
Photo by Evan Halpop
Regents senior wide receiver Terrell

Carey (25) catches a pass for a first
down Oct. 14 game against Janesville
Parker. Carey earned three first-team
all-conference selections.
Senior Terrell Carey earned three firstteam All-Big Eight selections at return
specialist, wide receiver and defensive
back.
Junior quarterback Keishawn Shanklin and senior offensive lineman Rhys
Enderle also made first-team selections.
Other awards for the Regents football
team included second-team defense for
senior inside linebacker Sydney Thomas and honorable mentions for senior
Casey Brandt, juniors Jaden Stephens,
Armani Warfield, David Maravilla and
sophomore Patrick Horvath.
season in a 52-34 loss to Janesville Parker on Oct. 14.

Shanklin had two 8-yard rushing
touchdowns in the first quarter, and he
added a 13-yard touchdown pass to Stephens in the third quarter.
Shanklin also had two touchdown
passes to Carey for 11 and 26 yards out.
Badger 30, West 7
Shanklin scored the lone Madison

West touchdown in the fourth quarter in
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The Badgers are in the Level 4 playoff
against Franklin.
Madison West finishes the season 5-5
Parker 52, West 34
overall with a playoff berth a year after
The Regents concluded the regular going 1-8.
West AD: District helping high school with hiring process

of Nov. 9, there was no news about
a new hire. The winter sports season practices are now underway with
games starting next week.
During the Beloit investigation,
Seils interviewed for and was hired
by Madison West. When asked to
meet with Beloit Memorials principal, human resources administrator
and district assistant superintendent,
according to the News 3 report, he
instead took a vacation day.
The hiring prompted Johnson to
contact the Madison Metropolitan

School District to let officials know
about the Beloit investigation, which
prompted an investigation from the
Madison Metropolitan School District.
Its our responsibility to not rush
to judgment, but to gather all information, to be thoughtful and thorough
in our process and to the right next
steps, MMSD spokeswoman Rachel
Strauch-Nelson wrote in an email to
Channel3000.com.
I can tell you that based on information we received from a parent,
we began our own process to gather

as much information as possible and
determine next steps. That has included speaking with the parent that contacted us, conducting interviews and
contacting and requesting additional
information from the Beloit district.
The Star was unable to reach Madison West principal Beth Thompson
for comment, but she said in a statement that much of this information
had not been initially shared with her
by Beloits assistant superintendent,
who said Seils resigned before the
investigation was completed.
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Fitchburg Star
A product of happiness
Kenyan baskets make journey to Fitchburg, with proceeds supporting woman weavers
KATE NEWTON
Aiding a small Kenyan

village emerged as a mission for Fitchburg resident
Joanne Joey Marshall more
than four years ago, but she
doesnt need to travel halfway
around the world to feel that
connection.
Marshall, a member of
the Fitchburg-Verona Rotary Club, took a trip to central
Kenya in 2012, where she
visited a rural farming community named Miauni with
fellow Rotarians. While there,
they helped to install three
fiberglass 10,000-liter water
cisterns that would provide a
reliable water source to village residents, farmers and
their families.
Those cisterns have made
a monumental impact, but
another, much smaller effort
has evolved as a passion
project for Marshall. She
receives shipments of baskets
the village women weave by
hand, sells them, and then
sends all of the proceeds
directly back to the women,
many of whom lack a steady
source of income.
The women who weave the
baskets traditionally used to
haul gravel, stones and food
follow a process thats been
ingrained in their communities for generations. Some
take fibers from sisal plants,
a type of succulent, before
Hayley and Gabrielle Gaines, both 14, and Heather Spurley browse through the handmade
Kenyan baskets at the Fitchburg-Verona Rotary Club booth at a Sept. 24 Market Day fundraiser in Verona alongside Joey Marshall (far right). The club has long shared a partnership
with a small farming community in central Kenya, and donates funds from several of its
projects, including basket sales, to building water cisterns there.
dyeing them typically by
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local trees before drying the
threads and then beginning
to weave. Wool is also commonly used, and depending
on how intricate the baskets
design is, it typically takes
about four days to make a
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Marshall estimates shes
sent thousands of dollars
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recently received two new

batches of more than 100
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theyre more prolific, and
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Marshall recently sold several baskets at a September
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to share the villagers stories
and even potentially encourage people to take a mission
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Women work diligently on their baskets using a variety of

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police officer and senior

center receptionist both
made it into the final budget. The police officer position will be partially funded for two years through
a grant program, which
helped some alders stomach
the extra cost.
The most controversial
amendment, which brought
more than 100 of people to
the meeting and dozens of
speakers asking the council to maintain funding for
the Boys and Girls Club,
was also approved in a new
form.
Members of the BGC,
including CEO Michael
Johnson, showed up in
large numbers at the meeting with shirts and signs
that read Enough to share
their displeasure with the
potential change. Johnson
had told other media outlets the proposed change,
which wouldve moved
the fund for the club to the
Community and Economic Development Authority,
would put the funding for
BGC at risk and create tension among nonprofits that
would have to compete for
the funding.
Arata-Fratta maintained
that the change was simply
to increase transparency
for taxpayer money going

to nonprofits.
A l d . Pa t S t e r n ( D - 2 )
ultimately offered an
amendment to the original amendment that left
the $60,000 in the general fund for 2017 and also
created $50,000 of seed
money for CEDA to begin
a fund for other nonprofits,
which was approved on a
7-1 vote, with Arata-Fratta
the lone no vote. It was
not clear whether BPNN
or BGCs funding could be
subject to that program in
future years, but the council is expected to create a
process and rules for that
fund during the year.
Other additions Tuesday
included a ride-share program that will help offer
data on how many residents might use a program
to guide whether or not a
bus, which was proposed
and voted down earlier this
year, would be used.
Alders also approved an
investment in solar panels thats expected to save
money over a 25-year period and removed a parks
position from the budget.
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SCOTT GIRARD
More than 100 supporters

of the Dane County Boys
and Girls Club filled the
City of Fitchburg council
chambers to capacity Nov.
1 to ask alders to maintain
funding for the club in its
current form.
After nearly two-anda-half hours of speakers
mostly focused on the club,
as well as the councils discussion, alders voted 7-1 to
maintain the funding as-is,
at least for 2017.
The controversy stemmed
from an amendment proposal from Alds. Dorothy Krause (Dist. 1), Julia
Arata-Fratta (D-2) and
Dan Carpenter (D-3) that
wouldve moved $60,000
($10,000 to the Badger
Prairie Needs Network
and $50,000 to BGC) to a
community fund overseen
by the Community and
Authority.
The proposal wouldve
had organizations chosen
to receive money by CEDA
provide financial statements
as part of their application,
in what the amendments
supporters said was a move
toward more transparency
with taxpayer dollars.
BGC supporters, including CEO Michael Johnson,
expressed concern that
it was a de facto way of
defunding the club, which
serves many Fitchburg residents at its Jenewein Road
location.
Alders voted to maintain funding for BGC and
BPNN at current levels for
2017 while also putting
$50,000 into a community fund overseen by CEDA

to potentially offer to other
nonprofits.
Arata-Fratta, who was the
only vote against the final
amendment, maintained that
she strongly supports what
the club does for low-income
residents, but felt transparency was more important.
We are not trying to
defund anyone, Arata-Fratta said. What we are trying
to create is checks and balances.
The discussion became
heated at times, during both
the public comment period
and the councils own debate.
Wanda McCann-Smith, a
CEDA commissioner, said
alders were more focused
on policy instead of people.
Taxpayer dollars are
supposed to be used to support community, she said.
Youre forgetting about
people.
During the debate, Johnson muttered dismissively at
certain comments but ended
up saying thank you to the
group after the vote.
At one point, city attorney Mark Sewell had to
step in and ask Arata-Fratta
and Johnson to stop speaking to each other directly,
in violation of the rules of
order.
The way we work here
is that you have to be recognized by the chair, Sewell
said. I dont like my referee stripes, but thats what
Im being paid to do.
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Alders debate amendment proposals

Alders spent plenty of time discussing proposed budget amendments
Tuesday, Nov. 1, in a meeting that lasted until 1:30a.m.
That included 14 votes to extend
the debate on amendments, which was
otherwise limited to five minutes per
amendment to keep the meeting moving along.
The biggest discussions surrounded a plan to put money that had been
spent on community nonprofits into a
fund overseen by the Community and
Economic Development Authority, an
amendment to eliminate proposed new
staff positions and the idea of a new
fixed-route ride-sharing program in
lieu of a new bus route.
The nonprofit money brought dozens
of people to the meeting to speak in the
public hearing.
On the web
Read the full story about amendment
discussions, including fixed-route ride-sharing,
an administration intern and a solar power
investment:
$176,596 from the mayors proposal

by eliminating the added police officer, community paramedic, snowplowing overtime and senior center
part-time assistant, as well as moving
a parks maintenance employee from
part-time to full-time.
Its important for us to be responsible with our spending knowing that
we have these big dollar amounts
coming, Carpenter told the alders.
It wasnt easy for me to draft this
Staff positions
amendment.
Other alders proposed some of
Ald. Dan Carpenter (Dist. 3) initially proposed eliminating five new posi- those cuts, as well, individually.
By the time Carpenters amendment
tions from the budget.
His amendment would have cut was voted on, it had been amended
multiple times, and the only cut

remaining in it was to the plowing
overtime. Alders approved it 7-1.
They later voted to use a grant to
help cover the new police officer position for the first two years, reducing
the citys cost to $27,000 per year.
The senior center part-time request
remained in the budget at a cost of
$29,900.
Ald. Jason Gonzalez (D-3) eventually proposed eliminating the part-time
parks maintenance position, which has
been hard to fill, and alders approved
that proposal on a 5-3 vote, with Alds.
Krause, Julia Arata-Fratta (D-2) and
Jake Johnson (D-4) dissenting, though
city attorney Mark Sewell earlier cautioned against the amendment.
This is getting awfully close to
having just a brand-new floor amendment, which would violate the rules,
Sewell said. Thats not something I
think has been discussed, theres been
no suggestion of that.
Scott Girard
King James neighbors push for park

SCOTT GIRARD AND
SAMANTHA CHRISTIAN
Many King James Way

residents want a neighborhood park, and they want it
now.
Were demanding this,
and were going to get
louder, Wanda McCannSmith said at the Nov. 1
Common Council meeting.
And no is not going to
be an option.
City staff has had the
area currently a vacant lot
at 2921 King James Way
and an adjacent property targeted for years, but it
officially began the planning process to develop
the open lot as a park this
fall after the neighborhood
held block parties there this
summer.
The Parks Commission discussed the topic at
its October and November meetings, approving

a preliminary park plan
that includes a half-court
for basketball, as well as
planning an open house for
December or January.
While the ultimate goal
is to acquire the adjacent
property to expand the
park (the city has $109,645
designated for land acquisition), it is not currently
available. Dozens showed
up to the Common Counc i l s N o v. 1 m e e t i n g
demanding the park construction start on what land
the city already owns.
Some shared stories of
children playing in mud or
in the street in the neighborhood.
You do well for certain
people here, said Jerome
Dillard, a member of the
Focused Interruption Coalition, a Dane County
organization focused on
racial disparities. On the
other side of the coin, when
I go to King James Way, I
see children playing in a lot
thats filled with mud and
nowhere else to go. I see
young men standing on the
corner with nowhere else to
go.
O t h e r s p e a ke r s w e r e
more personal with their
attacks against alders.
McCann-Smith, who
has led efforts to organize
block parties to unite the
community, bring awareness to the park and advocate for a potential community center, directly
called out District 1 Alds.
Dorothy Krause and Carol
Poole, saying she was disgusted with them.
I do not consider you my
aldermen, McCann-Smith
said. You have failed the
children that live in this
community for years.

I am appalled that you
would sit up here and represent our city, she continued later. What a disgrace
to the almighty God.
The timeline laid out in
a Sept. 23 document would
start the park construction
in March 2017 and continue through June 1, though
the timeline could change.
McCann-Smith said at
the Oct. 6 Parks Commission meeting that she wants
things to move along faster
so the kids can be happy
and the neighborhood can
be safer.
There are neighbors
that are talking about kids
playing basketball thats
loud, she continued. Id
rather hear them playing
loud from basketball than
gunshots that Im hearing
in the neighborhood.
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Pushing through
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New fitness company opens
Farrells Extreme Body Shaping opened a new gym
in Fitchburg Nov. 1.
The business previously had two locations, one on
each of the east and west sides of Madison.
The company, which has locations in 10 states across
the United States, is located at 6060 McKee Road,
Suite 2.
To find out more, visit extremebodyshaping.com.
Orange Shoe owners, in 10th year, train despite adversity

SCOTT GIRARD
Mod Pizza to open soon

Fitchburg will soon be home to a new pizza restaurant as Mod Pizza is set to open soon at 2960 Cahill
Main No. 130, near Panera and Bricks and Minifigs.
The pizza chain has locations around the United
States, but only one currently open in Wisconsin in
New Berlin.
Visit modpizza.com to find out more about the restaurant.
KL Engineering celebrates 25 years

A Fitchburg business marked its 25th anniversary in
business Nov. 1, 2016.
KL Engineering, which moved to Fitchburg 18 years
ago, is located at 5950 Seminole Centre Court, Suite
200.
The company, which bills itself as a woman-owned
business on its website, specializes in transportation
engineering and an unwavering customer service ethic.
KL Engineering has two other locations, one in
Menomonie and one in Green Bay.
To learn more about the company and its history, visit
klengineering.com.
Coldwell Banker Success add Murawski

The Fitchburg office of Coldwell
Banker Success added a new real estate
employee.
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In their 10th year owning

Orange Shoe in Fitchburg,
Katie and Scott Michel have
grown accustomed to overcoming adversity.
They had to learn pretty
quickly, after all.
I hand (the owner) a
manila envelope with all of
our money and some of the
banks, Scott recalled of
the day they purchased the
business. We were pregnant with our first, and the
next day (Katie) has a major
complication and were living in St. Marys Hospital
for the next month.
We purchased the business and within the first
12 hours MedFlight was
called, Katie added.
But they were able to
make it work, and though
the early years were a
struggle after they initially bought in as 25 percent
owners and soon after took
full ownership, the couple
now says they are thriving in
the personal fitness business
at 6200 Nesbitt Road and
have four children.
It was like a lot of ramen
noodles, Scott said with a
laugh. Were always going
to have a high amount of
resolve or persistence.
T h e ex p e r i e n c e w i t h
adversity has come in handy
recently, as well, with the
Verona Road project construction taking place right
outside their front doors
and it not always going
smoothly. The Michels
recalled three times the road
has had an unscheduled closure despite agreements to
keep access to their business
open.
If people dont come
train, people are out of
work, Scott said.
That included an incident
that damaged Katies car,
which she said pushed her
over the edge to being more
upset about it. Eventually, the construction crews
improved communication
with the business, including
Photo by Scott Girard
Scott and Katie Michel are in their 10th year of ownership at the Fitchburg Orange Shoe
location.
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when they would move the
driveway entrance or when
other work might be invasive to drivers.
The road was paved last
week, though, and work is
expected to be complete by
Nov. 18, a welcome date for
the pair of owners and likely
their customers, too.
You look for excuses
not to go to the gym, Katie
said, and the construction
has provided one.
Orange Shoe, which is
a national personal fitness
chain, focuses on individualized workout plans and

allows its customers to
have some say in whatever
you want to make it, Scott
explained.
We run the gamut of
what we do, he said.
The couple made the studio their own when they
expanded a few years ago,
using wood from Scotts
familys old barn to provide
some decor and focusing on
a safe, friendly environment.
Were the kind of place
that has a place for your yoga
mat (to stay), Katie said.
Both of them said their
employees are the key to
their success, as theyre the
ones with the most direct
contact with customers. The
Michels work on providing opportunities for those
employees, as well, through

a restructured ownership
that allows them to have
more of a stake in the business and a focus on developing their skills in personal
fitness.
Whatever you want out
of this industry, we will
partner with you, Scott
said. The best investment
you ever have is people.
The couple, who both
began as school teachers before quickly finding
another path, are glad to be
part of something neither
see as a traditional gym.
We wanted to help people do more than they think
they can, Katie said.
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Paramedics: New program aims to be proactive with medical emergencies in the community
to the community paramedic program, but
its too soon to know when that would happen.
One of the ways community paramedics
can help reduce readmissions is by increasing medical literacy, especially for people
with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,
diabetes or other chronic diseases. Paramedics could come into homes regularly to
go over medications with patients and their
caregivers so they dont overdose or forget to
take them, as well as make sure they are not
confused upon discharge, Dostalek added.
Another potential outcome of the program is that it could decrease the 9-1-1 call
volume to FREMS so the department can
maintain capacity, save on costs and not
disrupt on-duty medics responding to such
incidents as car accidents.
We will try to get some help to people
who are overutilizing our service and try to
get social workers together, he said.
FREMS has already been doing a
few things to jump-start this initiative,
including offering blood pressure checks
throughout the community and Call and
Pump hands-only CPR training classes
at area businesses. The department is also
working with businesses in the district to
purchase automatic external defibrillators
and train their staff on the proper use of
Whats next?
The city and town of Verona expect to
vote on funding for the program over the
next month.
The City of Veronas budget hearing is
Nov. 21. The towns annual meeting is
Nov. 17. Fitchburgs budget hearing was
Nov. 1.
the devices to improve the outcomes of
heart-attack victims, Myrland said.
Hospital connection
Many community paramedic programs
are thriving because of financial support
through local hospitals, Myrland said, and
thats something FREMS plans to tap into.
The Madison Fire Department is already
running a pilot program (part of a four-year
grant through UW Hospital) in an effort to
reduce readmissions of recently discharged
patients with specific medical concerns.
MFD is visiting a small number of
patients in the Fitch-Rona EMS District to
help generate statistically valid numbers
for their trial program, Myrland said in an
email. We hope to take advantage of the
MFD study results to determine the feasibility of hospital funding.

FREMS will also take part in a threeyear UW Hospital dementia study starting
in January 2017 through a grant written
by the University of Wisconsin School of
Medicine and Public Health.
Everybodys got a little bit different
twist on it (community paramedicine), but
this is the first evidence weve seen of the
hospitals reaching out to us, Myrland said.
These things are bubbling up all over
and were excited about (it).
The program will use community paramedics to identify and support individuals with dementia living alone, train caregivers to handle common concerns rather
than calling 9-1-1 and distribute resources
to older adults, Dostalek explained at the
EMS Commission meeting.
Myrland said the goal would be to improve
the quality of life for those individuals and
help them stay in their homes longer than
they would be able to without assistance.
We want to get involved in the hospitals,
because ultimately thats where we can really play a strong role, he said. Not just with
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SAMANTHA CHRISTIAN
With a large demand for

local food production in the
area, the City of Fitchburg
is exploring ways to provide
additional agricultural land
use opportunities for landowners in the city.
The citys Agriculture and
Rural Affairs committee will
host a Local Food Production
Landowner/Grower workshop at 7p.m. Tuesday, Dec.
6, at the Fitchburg Community Center to provide more
information to landowners potentially interested in
renting out portions of their
agricultural lands to smallscale growers. Its a term
that Wade Thompson, the

resource/project planner with
the citys Planning and Zoning Department, calls farm
the fingers.
Workshop activities will
include a presentation by city
staff, who have done some
preliminary research to identify these fingers, or small
portions of agricultural land
that may be difficult for larger implements to reach and
have potential for more efficient uses. There will also be
an opportunity for landowners to meet small-scale agricultural growers looking for
land to rent, as well as meet
staff from organizations that
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Thompson said at the
October ag and rural affairs
meeting he thinks the program is one that will build
slowly. There are already a
few farmers, like the OBrien
brothers, who rent out about
30 acres near the corner of
Lacy Road and Seminole
Highway for dozens of garden plot renters.
At the meeting, Tom
OBrien said he thinks some
farmers may just as soon
leave the little parcels of land
sit idle rather than deal with
the logistical issues that could
arise if they are rented out to
small-scale growers. To that
point, Roger Cohee, co-chair
of the committee, said the
December workshop meeting

will help the committee determine how to proceed.
Thompson said he is
already exploring the role
of a third-party land manager that could make the
landowners job very easy
by handling things like plot
maps, language barriers and
payment. He added that the
amount of rent small-scale
growers pay to landowners is
approximately twice that of
rent paid for corn or soybean
production.
He hopes the workshop
will be educational and
stimulate interest in the
idea, which is one of several
projects the citys draft Agricultural Plan explores.
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An amendment proposed to the City

of Fitchburg budget would have removed
the paramedicine program from the citys
budget.
Alders decided during their Nov. 1
meeting, however, that the $9,300 for
the program should remain, as the FitchRona EMS District had already met and
approved the idea.
Alders pointed out that even if they cut
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City of Verona approved their funding,
Fitchburg may have had to pay their share
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But Ald. Patrick Stern (Dist. 2) said it
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There is very little I will do as an alder
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Alders approved keeping the funding in
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and Carol Poole (D-1) voting against.
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When: 7p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6
Where: Fitchburg Room, Fitchburg Community Center,
5510 Lacy Road
Info: 270-4258, wade.thompson@fitchburgwi.gov.
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City Hall - Main Line

Administration
Assessing
Building Inspections
City Clerk
270-4200
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270-4235
270-4240
270-4210
270-4246
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Finance
Fire Department
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Human Resources
Library
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270-4225
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278-2980
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Parks & Forestry

Planning/Zoning
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270-4288
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LAST CURBSIDE BRUSH AND YARD WASTE

COLLECTION IS WEEK OF NOV. 14TH
This years final curbside brush and yard
waste collection is scheduled the week of
November 14th for residents of single to
four-unit residential homes.
Please have brush and yard waste set per
the respective guidelines at the curb (NOT in
the street) by 6:30 am on Monday, November
14th. Pellitteri Waste Systems strictly adheres
to the allowable options for curbside placement of both brush and yard waste and has
been tagging any brush or yard waste piles
that dont meet the requirements.
Curbside Brush Collection Size

Requirements
able (#4), but still acceptable, curbside yard

waste set out options:
1 No Yard Waste set at curb (composted
onsite or mulched on lawn preferred)
2 Reused plastic cart or container, reusable
hundreds of times
Reusable ~ 30-50 gallon polybag w/ drawstring
handles or draw cord (~$3-10/polybag)
3 Compostable ~30-50 gallon paper bag
w/ folded top (~$0.50-1/bag)
Compostable ~ 30-50 gallon plastic-like
bags ($0.60-1.20/bag)
4 Untied Non-recyclable ~30 gallon black
plastic bag ($0.10-0.20/bag)
Brush length must be less than 5 feet long,

and less than 6 inches in diameter.
Curbside Yard Waste Collection

Requirements
Materials accepted as yard waste include:

leaves, grass clippings, weeds, vines, twigs <
thumb size diameter and < 12 inches long,
vegetable/plant matter, hay and straw. The
yard waste must be bagged or containerized
as shown in the image below.
The image in the next column depicts the
most sustainable options (#1) to least sustain-
Yard waste polybags (Option 2b in the

Allowable Options for Curbside Placement
of Yard Waste) are available to Fitchburg residents at the 2nd floor counter at City Hall,
5520 Lacy Rd. The first bag is complimentary
to residents who pay the refuse and recycling
special charge on their property tax bill.
Additional bags are $2 each.
Please visit: www.fitchburgwi.gov/solidwaste if you have any questions on brush and/
or yard waste collection requirements.
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Kids Painting Class - Mr./Mrs. Snowman
For this class each

child will paint Mr. or
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painting we will be
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and blending along
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The City of Fitchburg

launched a survey to gauge
interest in potentially hosting
a community or shared solar
project in the City Fitchburg.
Questions focus on: 1) the
level of interest in participating
in a community solar project,
2) payment models and payback periods, 3) barriers to participation,
and 4) whether or not residents would like
the City to further investigate community
solar options. The City received a grant from
the Wisconsin Distributed

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The survey is available
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engaging for preschool-age children. It is easy
for children to learn a foreign language at this
young age, and SO beneficial. Come try it! Its
a great way to prepare your child for a bilingual
future.
Day/Time January 4th - February 8th,
1:00-1:45pm
Ages - 3-5 years old
Fee - $60
Pilates Yoga Fusion
Improve your balance, coordination, flexibility and strength with this set of exercises
focused on developing the core muscles of the
body. Done on a mat, Pilates Yoga will help
stabilize and strengthen your core to optimize
movement in daily activities as well as a variety
of recreational sports such as golf, tennis, running, cycling and many others.
Day/Time Thursdays, November 10th December 22nd, 7:00-7:50pm
Ages - Adults
Fee - $72
2017 Chess Tournaments
Join us on Saturday,
January 21st at the
Fitchburg Community
Center for the 2017
Blitz Championship,
Quick Chess Open, and
Quick Chess Scholastic Championships! For
more information on entry requirements and
prizes, please visit our website, www.fitchburgwi.gov/recreation.
Americans typically
generate
25% more waste
during the holiday season, and
that extra waste
can leave your
trash and recycling
carts overflowing.
The good news is
that much of your holiday packaging can be
recycled curbside in your recycling cart or
dropped off at the Fitchburg Recycling Drop
Off Site, 2373 S. Fish Hatchery Rd. Read on
to learn more about what can and cannot be
reused or recycled:
Paper-based wrapping paper can be
recycled in your blue recycling cart,
but you must first remove all ribbon
and bows. Foil-type or plastic-based
wrapping paper is not recyclable and
should either be reused or discarded in
your green refuse carts.
Wrapping paper tubes, along with
paper towel and toilet tissue cores, can
be recycled in your blue recycling cart.
Tissue paper is not recyclable, and
should either be reused or discarded in
your green refuse carts.
Greeting cards and envelopes that
are non-foil and paper-based can be
recycled in your blue cart. Non-paper
items such as metal foil and photographs
should be removed and discarded in your
green refuse cart.
Cardboard and paperboard gift
boxes can be reused or recycled in
your blue recycling cart or taken to
the Fitchburg Recycling Drop Off Site
and placed in the cardboard recycling
dumpsters. Remove any excess tape or
ribbons prior to recycling.
Ribbon is not recyclable and should
either be reused or discarded.
White block polystyrene, also known
as Styrofoam, can be taken to the white
polystyrene recycling dumpster at the
Fitchburg Recycling Drop Off Site.
Batteries (both rechargeable and
alkaline AAA to D) can be dropped off
at Fitchburg City Hall Lobby E-Cycling
Bin, 5520 Lacy Rd., 24/hours per day.
Holiday lights and extension cords
can be dropped off at Fitchburg City
Hall Lobby 24/hours per day from now
through January 30, 2017. Residents
should remove any bulbs larger than
marble-size and recycle those separately
at participating stores. Consider buying
LED lights to replace your old or broken

lights to save energy throughout the
holiday season!
Holiday Trees, these trees get chipped
and then made available as wood chips
and compost at the Recycling Drop Off
Site.
Visit www.fitchburgwi.gov/solidwaste to
view Fitchburgs Holiday Recycling Guide,
which is available in English and Spanish
Additional holiday waste reduction, reuse,
or recycling tips are available at: www3.
epa.gov/region9/waste/recycling/.
Solid Waste Resolutions for the end of

2016 and into the New Year:
Zero Waste - Fitchburg staff plans to

further investigate Zero Waste initiatives in
2017. We are interested and your feedback
on ways to improve our current programs
and ideas for new initiatives to move closer to
Zero Waste. We are also interested in a thorough update to Fitchburgs Recycling Guide.
For more information or to provide feedback,
please email rick.eilertson@fitchburgwi.gov.
Fitchburgs Green E-News To stay on
top of green/sustainability-related events
and opportunities in
and around Fitchburg,
consider subscribing
to Fitchburgs monthly Green E-News
updates. The most
recent issue of Green
E-News is also available on our Green
Fitchburg webpage at
www.fitchburgwi.gov/142/Green-Fitchburg.
To subscribe:
1. Visit Fitchburgs Notify Me web page:
www.fitchburgwi.gov/list.aspx
2. Type your email address in the box and
select Sign In
3. If you want to receive text messages
enter your phone number and select Save
4. Click
(to subscribe/unsubscribe to
emails) and/or
(to subscribe/unsubscribe
to text alerts) next to the lists to which you
wish to subscribe / unsubscribe (e.g. Green
Fitchburg is the mailing list for environmentally friendly suggestions or events)
E-Cycling at City Hall Due to popular
demand, the City will continue to collect batteries, cell phones, and small printer cartridges) 24/7 at Fitchburgs City Hall Lobby, 5520
Lacy Rd. For more details, please subscribe to
the Fitchburg Green E-News or visit www.
fitchburgwi.gov/solidwaste.
Help us curb illegal dumping Weve
been experiencing a great deal of illegal
dumping in the Plastic Bulky Items recycling
dumpster at the Recycling Drop Off Site, 2373
S. Fish Hatchery Rd, and are in the process of
determining whether to continue providing
this service for residents. If you have feedback
on whether this service should be continued,
please email rick.eilertson@fitchburgwi.gov.
Happy Holidays & Have a Great New Year!
Like us on
www.facebook.com/FitchburgWI and Follow us on
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City news
The first development in

the Northeast Neighborhood
could begin as soon as May
2017, according to documents submitted to the city.
The development, known
as Terravessa, according
to the applications with the
city, is expected to eventually include more than
1,500 residences.
Fitchburg Lands LLC,
the property owner, got the
Common Councils approval
for its preliminary plat Oct.
25, according to draft meeting minutes, with a set of 15
conditions recommended by
the Plan Commission.
Those include a traffic
signal at the Lacy Road and
County Hwy. MM intersection during the first phase,
an outlot for a shared-use
path, accommodations for
bus turns and standard conditions like a stormwater
management plan.
Phil Sveum, representing
Fitchburg Lands, told commissioners the development
contains a diversity of lot
sizes and densities while
emphasizing conservation
and sustainability, according to the draft minutes.
He added that parks in the
development should contain new types of amenities, such as Wi-Fi, larger
pavilions, artwork and disc
golf.
A preliminary plat,
despite its name, is the entitlement phase of the subdivision process, meaning the
city is essentially obligated
to approve a final plat as
long as it is substantially
similar.
The plat application proposes 793 buildable lots
in the first phase, which
Sveum estimated would last
until 2019. The lots would
be a mix of single-family
residential and multi-family
residential.
The developer is expected to seek final plat approval in the coming months
before work can begin early
next year.
Scott Girard
Whats online
Read more city news stories at ConnectFitchburg.
com:
Splash Pad wins

design award
Fitchburgs Splash Pad at
McKee Farms Park won a
park design award of merit at the Wisconsin Park
and Recreation Association Conference and Trade
Show on Nov. 3.
The splash pad opened in
2013, with work from the
former Fitchburg Optimist
Club president, Joan Mohr,
with strong support from
former Mayor Shawn Pfaff,
the Common Council, the
Madison Community Foundation and Dane County.
County offers runoff

grant
Dane County awarded an
$82,500 grant to the City of
Fitchburg to reconstruct the
Byrne Pond Bioretention to
help keep sediments out of
the pond.
Fitchburg Star
23
Irish Lane dog park planning advances

On the Web
5-acre site could be ready

next spring
For dog park updates, visit:
facebook.com/fitchburgdpa
SAMANTHA CHRISTIAN
Despite initial resistance from

neighbors, planning will continue
for the proposed dog park at the 5.3acre lot on the northeast corner of
Irish Lane and South Fish Hatchery
Road.
The Parks Commission voted
unanimously Nov. 3 to send the preliminary site plan to Common Council for approval Nov. 22. It could be
completed as soon as spring 2017.
Fitchburg Parks, Recreation and
Forestry director Scott Endl said
there will still be public meetings
to get more feedback and address
concerns from Hillside Heights residents and others while the design is
being developed. The next plan will
also have more specifics about ways
to improve the stormwater runoff
and flooding issue, including rain
gardens, native plantings and infiltration spaces.
The infrastructure of the dog park
will be paid for through $50,000
of park dedication funds, which
includes fencing, trails and parking.
The Fitchburg Dog Park Advocates
will also have a fundraising goal
of $50,000 to pay for engineering
Rendering courtesy City of Fitchburg
Preliminary plans are in the works for a dog park at the corner of Irish
Lane and Fish Hatchery Road, which could be completed as soon as spring
2017.
and planning work, amenities and
improvements (kiosk, benches, picnic table, signage, bike rack, tree
plantings, two waste stations and
a marking station) through private
donations.
Ald. Jake Johnson (Dist. 4), a
Parks Commission member and the
FDPA founder, addressed questions
and comments from two residents
who attended the Nov. 3 meeting.
Neither live in Hillside Heights; one
was for and one was against the dog
park site.
About 50 people wrote comments
in favor of the dog park at a meeting
this summer, and last months Parks
meeting got unruly, with about a
dozen neighbors expressing various
concerns about the potential impact
of the park at the Irish Lane site.
Johnson said the goal of the dog
park is not only to give pets a place
to exercise, but also to provide a
social opportunity for their owners
and bring different families together.
We have a lot of parks for children, Johnson said. A lot of peoples children are their dogs.
The site, though smaller than
other area dog parks, is centrally located in Fitchburg and fits the
type of usage FDPA members had
in mind when considering site criteria for the citys first fenced-in,
off-leash dog park. Johnson said
rather than spending a few hours on
miles of trails like at some county
parks, FDPA anticipates many users
would likely spend a half-hour
there before or after work.
Although the park would mostly
be grass, there would be a third-mile
loop made of crushed limestone,
a common surface at dog parks
intended to cut down on smell, be
easier on dogs paws and be accessible for wheelchairs and walkers.
Johnson said he wants to make
sure FDPA is addressing the concerns of the neighbors and thinks a
dog park will be an asset to property values and the community.
Contact Samantha Christian at
samantha.christian@wcinet.com.
City seeks community

input on solar survey
The City of Fitchburg is
asking residents to provide
input on potential options
for community solar projects via a public survey.
The survey, which will
be open through mid-December, states that the citys
goal is to gauge community interest in potentially
hosting a community or
shared solar project, also
known as solar farms, solar
gardens or shared solar, for
residents.
Participants would pay
to subscribe to a portion
of the project and receive
either a credit or reduced
energy rates for their portion of the projects electricity production without
On the Web
To take the Fitchburg community
solar project survey, visit:
surveymonkey.com/r/
fitchburg_community_
solar
having to install their own
solar panels which caters
especially to those living in
apartments or people with
rooftops not conducive to
standard panels.
The surveys introduction
states that either a utility,
municipality, cooperative,
nonprofit or other organization would plan the
project before recruiting
subscribers and installing

solar electric (PV) panels.
Potential benefits of the
solar project are also listed,
including local job creation,
flexible terms for opting in,
eligibility for federal tax
credits and lower carbon
dioxide emissions.
T h e s u r v e y, w h i c h
is confidential, can
be accessed online at
surveymonkey.com/r/
fitchburg_community_
solar. Hard copies can also
be requested through Erika
K l u e t m e i e r, t h e c i t y s
sustainability specialist,
at erika.kluetmeier@
fitchburgwi.gov or 2704274.
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