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Inside Verona Road

Fire department
begins move to
Current
new station
Page 3
construction
King James Way
group moves out of
on schedule
SCOTT GIRARD
fire station Unified Newspaper Group

Page 5 If youve taken the Vero-

na Road corridor over the
past two months, youve
noticed major changes.
People are starting to
see those ramps come up
at (County) Hwy. PD, said
Verona Road Project com-
munications manager Steve
Theisen. Some are taller
than semi trucks driving
by.
Theres also a frontage
road closure and a barri-
er wall near Nesbitt Road,
but its all moving quickly.
This phase is expected to be
Photo by Samantha Christian wrapped up in mid-August
Fitchburg Days Rich Johnson, left, and Phil Haslanger spot a familiar face outside The Rolling Pin Bake Shop, where they met with the and is on schedule so far,
Star on June 1 to talk about their careers as clergymen. Johnsons last Sunday as pastor of All Saints Lutheran Church Theisen said.
photos was June 4, and Haslangers is June 25 at Memorial United Church of Christ. The next phase, which is
expected to begin after that

Closing two chapters

Page 11 mid-August completion
of the current work, will
Schools include a reconstruction of
Verona Road south of PD,
as well as westbound inter-
OHS, West, VAHS
graduations this
Retiring pastors look back on service, collaboration change ramps between PD
and Raymond Road and a
Williamsburg Way bridge
weekend SAMANTHA CHRISTIAN a vigil for a preschool teacher from over Verona Road. That is
Unified Newspaper Group Inside The Church of Christ Memorial in
2014, supporting the journey of a
expected to last until 2019,
Pages 9-10 though both Verona Road

T wo congregations in Fitchburg
had to set up overflow seating
Sports for worship June 4, but Pente-
cost wasnt the only special occasion
being marked with music and a
potluck that day.
All Saints Lutheran Church heard
Rich Johnson preach his last Sun-
day service, and Memorial United
Church of Christ held its centen-
nial celebration with pastor Phil
Haslanger, who will retire later this
month.
Johnson, 61, officially retires
June 9 after 22 years at All Saints,
and Haslanger, 68, will bid fare-
Edgewood girls well to Memorial UCC on June 25
after nearly a decade there. Before
4x800 takes second new pastors are called to serve, the
at D2 state meet churches have interim pastors lined
up.
Page 13 Their departures will be felt well
beyond the walls of the churches on
Chapel Valley and Lacy roads. Both
City news men have shown a commitment to
building bridges with other groups
Emerald Ash Borer and breaking down stereotypes in
the community, especially through
discovered in the formation of the Good Neighbors
Fitchburg Personal Essentials Pantry and Fitch-
burg Faith Network and City Leaders
Page 18 group.
Haslanger, a former journalist with
Read about Memorial
UCCs 100th anniversary
Page 19
Q&A with pastors
Johnson and Haslanger
Page 21
the Capital Times who lives in Fitch-
burg, began working at Memorial
UCC as a half-time associate pastor
in 2007 and became full-time pastor
in 2009. Hes made headlines in the
Fitchburg Star for holding faith and
community leaders meetings with the
mayors since 2011, helping organize
transgender teen from his congrega-
tion in 2015 and later being recog-
nized for his impact on the way the
faith community in Dane County
responds to domestic violence.
Johnson, who is involved in the
Madison Area Jail Ministry, came to
All Saints in 1994 to serve as pas-
tor and mission re-developer. The
church also has a community gar-
den, and last year it partnered with
the Latino community by renting
out sanctuary space to Santa Maria
Parish. In April, the congregations
held a joyous joint service for Santa
Marias first anniversary, which fea-
tured music from both bands and a
sermon in Spanish and English.
Despite their love for the commu-
nity, they agreed retirement means
they need to set boundaries and get
out of the way of their successors by
getting involved with new congrega-
tions and groups.
Whoever follows me, I hope (col-
laboration) is in their DNA, Johnson
said.
And someone who will sustain
and expand those connections in the
community, Haslanger added.
Email Samantha Christian at
samantha.christian@wcinet.com.
and PD will remain open to
two lanes in each direction
during daytime hours, The-
isen said.
The final phase, sched-
uled to finish in 2020, will
include the PD overpass.
Verona Road Business
Coalition project manager
Cindy Jaggi said the current
projects have not caused
a ny h e a d a c h e s b ey o n d
whats to be expected with
any major construction so
far. Instead, shes more con-
cerned about whats going
on a few miles away in the
Turn to Construction/Page 20
If You Go
What: Verona Road
quarterly open house
When: 5:30-7:30p.m.
Thursday, June 22
Where: Verona Road field
office, 5980 Executive Dr.
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City of Fitchburg

Fire station move-in begins

Department hopes to be
operational by July 1
SCOTT GIRARD
Unified Newspaper Group
The Fitchburg Fire Department
has begun moving into its new
station on Marketplace Drive,
but it isnt expected to be oper-
ating out of there for another few
weeks.
Fire chief Joe Pulvermacher
told the Star in an email he hopes
to have the transition finished by
July 1 at the latest, and that the
construction of the station was on
schedule to be finished other than
minor items by June 8.
After substantial completion,
we should be able to start moving
items from our existing station to
the new station, Pulvermacher
wrote.
Once they start moving items,
there is still the commission of
HVAC, phones, IT and station
alerting to finalize before they
station personnel there and begin
running the trucks from the new
station.
In moving to the 24,000-square-
foot building at 2931 Marketplace
Dr., the department will vacate
its current location at 5415 King
James Way. The other station, at
5791 Lacy Road, will be vacated
when the department moves to a
new east side station at the corner
of Syene and Clayton roads, like-
ly next year.
The moves are part of an effort
to plan for continued growth in
the city, including the coming
absorption of a portion of the
Town of Madison.
The city commissioned a study in
2008 to evaluate the locations, and
it began a plan in 2010 to replace
the current stations.
While the services rendered by
the Fitchburg Fire Department have
been adequate throughout most
of the city, there are problems of
coverage along the periphery, and
they are likely to get worse without
some redeployment and additions
of some resources, the executive
summary of the 2009 report read.
New growth in the city is requir-
ing a relocation of the citys exist-
ing fire stations, and based on city
growth projections, if the two repo-
sitioned station are sited proper-
ly, the need for a new third station
would be some 20 to 30 years in the Photo by Samantha Christian
future. The Fitchburg Fire Department is hoping to begin operating out of the
Contact Scott Girard at new fire station, at 2931 Marketplace Dr., by July 1 at the latest. The
ungreporter@wcinet.com and department has begun packing up at its King James Way location to pre-
follow him on Twitter @sgirard9. pare for the move this month.

Fitchburg man dies

in motorcycle crash
A 53-year-old Fitch- to his obituary was born
burg man died June 1 after in Chicago on Dec. 11,
being involved in a motor- 1963, died shortly after
cycle crash arriving at an area hospi-
in Madison. tal, the release said.
Keith According to his obit-
Whalen was uary, posted on the Cress
reportedly Funeral and Cremation
struck by Services website, Whalen
an object was approaching the one-
from anoth- year anniversary of his
e r v e h i - Whalen marriage to Louise Hull,
Photo by Samantha Christian cle on the which would have been
New fire truck ramp from
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June 11. The obituary said
he is survived by his wife,
Interstate 39 to westbound six children, a grandson,
The Fitchburg Fire Departments newest truck arrived about two weeks ago, replacing a 23-year-old ladder truck. Lt. Dave Hwys. 12/18, according his mother and a brother.
Berman told the Star the new truck includes 400 gallons of water, 20 gallons of foam and an extra hose, allowing it to func- to a news release from the
tion beyond the old truck, which was only a ladder truck. Its the departments first of its kind, Berman said, and cost $1 medical examiners office. Scott Girard
million from Pierce Manufacturing in Appleton. The truck, which features more electionic, higher-tech systems, will be Whalen, who according
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June 9, 2017 Fitchburg Star 5

Youth program moves out of fire station

King James after- a permanent solution and she
has concerns about transporta-
school program seeking tion across the city,
Smith said shes
permanent space grateful the group
found a place
SAMANTHA CHRISTIAN to keep the kids
Unified Newspaper Group safe, educated
and inspired for the
The homework club and after- summer.
school program thats served But Smith, who Marsh
King James area youth since fall said shed recent-
2016 will be meeting in a new, ly met with city
temporary location over the sum- officials to discuss
mer months. how the group
The program, organized by could stay in the
Wanda Smith of Peace Network fire station longer,
Inc., had been meeting after- feels wronged.
noons in the training room at Fire They put us on
Station No. 2 until the room use the street with no Pulvermacher
agreement with the Fitchburg Fire empathy or plan to
Department expired May 31. The help us, she wrote
department is in the process of in a Facebook mes-
moving furniture and equipment sage to the Star. It
into its new station on Market- has been painful
place Drive, so fire chief Joe Pul- and an injustice
vermacher said it is no longer able to our community
to accommodate that program or of color. They say
any other community meetings. Im angry, but their
The group, renamed on Face- action spoke louder Smith
book to Multicultural Empow- than my words.
File photo by Kate Newton
erment and Recreation Center, City administrator Patrick
Marsh told the Star the group was From left to right, Daveon Clay, Kelley Braxton, Neveah Benton and Asianna Brenston sing during a session with
vacated the fire station last week Fitchburg resident and author Dr. Jasmine Zapata during the after-school program at Fitchburg Fire Station No.
and has been scrambling to find given several suggestions that 2 on March 15. The program recently moved to a new, temporary location for the summer as the fire depart-
another place for the kids to meet. the city worked with them on ment vacates that station for its new location on Marketplace Drive.
So far, Smith said, she has been for potential rental spaces, such
taking the group to different parks as City Hall/Community Center/ Pulvermacher said he notified problem is the fire station just Smith said the group will con-
in Fitchburg and Madison, many Senior Center and some other Smiths program and other out- wasnt designed to be a commu- tinue to meet from 3:30-7:30p.m.
of which lack restrooms, but businesses and churches on the side groups using the space, such nity center, he said. So there Mondays through Fridays during
she will be moving indoors next west side of town. as the state Department of Trans- wasnt a long-term solution to a the summer. For information
week. That station is going to be portation and condo associations, long-term need. about the group, call 622-5095
She said Richard Brown from unmanned shortly, so given the about the move-out date through Pulvermacher said the fire or email wandamccannsmith@
B Virtual, 2976 Triverton Pike liability of having other peo- an email May 9. Pulvermacher department is still trying to do yahoo.com.
Dr., offered her a three-month ple in the building, it was best said the after-school group moved effective and purposeful com-
rental agreement for space in that to just have a terminus date for out May 30. munity outreach in a way that Contact Samantha Christian at
building, where kids can meet that group to be in there, Marsh We knew there was a need for reflects the needs of emergency samantha.christian@wcinet.com.
starting June 12. While it is not explained. programming in that area; the services.

Jon Roach of
the Fitchburg
Fire Depart-
ment carries
a hose over to
another part of
the yard where
firefighters
from Oregon,
Brooklyn, and
Fitchburg fire
departments
were training
on an old house
that had been
donated for a
planned burn.
Photo by Evan Halpop

FPD firefighters take part in planned burn

The Fitchburg Fire Department participated in a planned burn of an old house alongside
the Brooklyn and Oregon Fire Departments just outside of Oregon on June 3. The planned
burn of the old house was an opportunity for firefighters to train in scenarios that they would
not normally be able to train for, like ripping apart a roof and putting out fires in a controlled
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Half-Ironman competition A season of reading

goes through Fitchburg
The Wisconsin Half-Iron-
man this weekend features
a 56-mile bike ride that runs
partially through Fitchburg.
The race, also known as
the Ironman 70.3 referring
to its total length is slated
to take place from 7a.m. to
3p.m. Sunday, June 11.
Competitors in the
Half-Ironman will enter
Fitchburg on the way back,
starting with the curve from
Storytown to Purcell roads
on the citys far southwest
side.
From there, theyll follow
the edges of the city along
its country roads, turning
onto Borchert Road, then
heading back toward the
middle of the city through
busy County Hwy. M. Riders
will turn north on Fitchburg
Road, east on Whalen Road,
north onto Caine Road, east Danielle Fischer, a professional out of Greenfield, Ind., smiles
again on Irish Lane and head at a supporter running up the Midtown Road hill with her
toward Madison along Coun- during the Ironman Wisconsin triathlon in 2016.
ty Hwy. MM.
The event starts with a 1.2-
mile swim course in Lake
Monona and ends with a
13.1-mile run, which loops
the entirety of Lake Monona,
ending at Olin Park in Mad-
ison.
Kimberly Wethal
Summer programs
Library programs
start June 9
SCOTT DE LARUELLE
Unified Newspaper Group
While summer is tech-
nically two weeks away,
the end of the school year
signifies the unofficial
start of the new season.
And at the Fitchburg Pub-
lic Library, it also means
summer reading programs
are back.
This year, the library
is offering programs for
children, teens and adults
in their Build a Better
World Summer Reading
Program. Starting June 9
and running through Aug.
5, the goal of the pro-
grams is twofold, library
director Wendy Rawson
told the Star in an email.
F i r s t , t o ke e p k i d s
File photo by Scott Girard engaged in reading and
learning during the break
from school, and second,
to encourage people to
utilize the wide variety
If You Go of resources the library
offers books, movies,
programs performers and
What: Half-Ironman biking course
more, she said.
When: 7a.m. to 3p.m. Sunday, June 11
Where: Purcell, Borchert, Fitchburg, Whalen and Caine Childrens programs designed exclusively for
roads, County Hwys. M and MM and Irish Lane There are two read- those ages 13-17. Teens
ing programs for chil- track the amount of time
Info: ironman.com
dren. The Read-to-Me they read to earn prizes.
2-3p.m. Tuesday, June
ZOOZORT 27: Join in for comedy
11a.m. to noon Friday,
magic that will bring the
June 9: Help kick off the laughs.
Summer Reading Pro-
gram with the Zoozort.
Participants will have the FISHING FOR LAUGHS
opportunity to touch, feed WITH CURT STRUTZ
and just feel comfortable 2-3p.m. Tuesday July
around animals. 11: Come to the library to
fish for laughs with the
bassmeister.
YO-YO SHOW WITH
MARK HAYWARD
2-3p.m. Tuesday, June MUSIC AND LAUGHS
13: Enjoy yo-yo tricks and WITH DUKE OTHERWISE
humor for the whole family. 2-3p.m. Tuesday, July
25: Laugh and sing along
MAGIC WITH GREAT with hilarious and imagina-
tive songs that all ages will
SCOTT delight in together.
program is for those still Adult program
being read to or just learn-
The adult program is
ing to read. The Reader for adults ages 18 and up.
program is for those who
For each review filled out,
can already read on their participants can enter to
own. Both programs earn
win one of the following
great prizes along the
way.
prizes: a $50 gift card to
Target; a $50 gift card to
Teen program Kneaded Relief; or a $40
charitable donation in
The teen program is
your name to either Hab-
itat for Humanity, Heifer
International or Doctors
Without Borders (plus a
$10 treat for you).

Calendar of events
Friday, June 9
Summer Reading Program
begins (through Aug. 5), library,
729-1760
11 a.m. to noon, Zoozort ani-
mals, library, 729-1760
3-5 p.m., Its Summer: Drop-in
crafts, library, 729-1787
Saturday, June 10
Noon to 4 p.m., Yahara
Bay Distillery car show
fundraiser, 6250 Nesbitt Road,
fitchburgchamber.com
1-2 p.m., On Fourth Lake: A
Social History of Lake Mendota
author visit, library, 729-1760
2-3:50 p.m., Kids movie:
Moana, library, 729-1760
Sunday, June 11
9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Fitchburg
Flea Market, Governor
Wayside Veterans Memorial
Park, 2377 S. Fish Hatchery
Road, facebook.com/
fitchburgfleamarket
Monday, June 12
2 p.m., Mens group
meeting, senior center,
fitchburgseniorcenter.com
2-4 p.m., Stop Motion Anima-
tion (ages 7-12, register), 729-
1762
7-8 p.m., Pinterest, library,
729-1763
Tuesday, June 13
2-3 p.m., Yo-yo show with
Mark Hayward, library, 729-
1760
4:30-6:30 p.m., Promega
summer art showcase
Intertwined reception,
Promega BioPharmaceutical
Technology Center, 5445
E. Cheryl Pkwy., promega-
artshow.com
Wednesday, June 14
10:30-11 a.m., Toddler dance
party (ages 1-3), library, 729-
1760
2 p.m., Parkinsons support
group meeting, senior center,
270-4290
6 p.m., Great Decisions:
Nuclear Security, library, 729-
1763
Thursday, June 15
3-6 p.m., Strawberry Fest
at Fitchburg Farmers Market
(repeats Thursdays through
October), Agora Pavilion,
5511 E. Cheryl Pkwy.,
fitchburgmarket.wordpress.com
6-7 p.m., Building Challenge:
Solo cups (ages 5-12), library,
729-1760
Friday, June 16
Noon to 5 p.m., Friends of
Fitchburg Library used book
sale, library, 729-1762
12:40 p.m., Movie day: La La
Land, senior center, 270-4290
4-5 p.m., Toothpick Sus-
pension Bridges (ages 9-12),
library, 729-1760
Saturday, June 17
9-11:30 a.m., Leopold to the
library bike ride, 2602 Post
Road, 729-1760
9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Bike Art
Tour, Promega, 5445 E. Cheryl
Pkwy., fitchburgchamber.com
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friends of
Fitchburg Library used book
sale, library, 729-1762
Sunday, June 18
9 a.m. to noon, Fathers Day
pancake breakfast ($5-$10), Art
in the Barn, 5927 Adams Road,
fitchburgchamber.com
9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Fitchburg
Flea Market, Governor
Wayside Veterans Memorial
Park, 2377 S. Fish Hatchery
Road, facebook.com/
fitchburgfleamarket
Monday, June 19
9:30-10 a.m., 11-11:30 a.m.,
Preschool storytime (ages 2-5),
library, 729-1762
10:30 a.m., Concussions 101,
senior center, 270-4290
2 p.m., Learning Annex: Nevin
Springs Wildlife Area, senior
center, 270-4290
2-4 p.m., Video Production
101 (ages 7-12, register), library,
729-1762
6 p.m., Concerts at McKee:
The Traveling Suitcase, 2930
Chapel Valley Road, facebook.
com/concertsatmckee
Tuesday, June 20
5-6:20 p.m., R.E.A.D. to a Dog
(K-5, register), library, 729-1762
6-7 p.m., Kid-specific yoga
(ages 5-12, register), library,
729-1762
Wednesday, June 21
10-11 a.m., Toddler art (ages
1-3), library, 729-1760
10-11 a.m., Library book dis-
cussion: History of Love by
Nicole Krauss, library, 729-1760
11 a.m., Cookbook Club: Sal-
ads, library, 729-1760
6-7 p.m., T-shirt memes (ages
13-17), library, 729-1760
Thursday, June 22
10-11 a.m., Super Science
Drop-in Lab (ages 5-12), library,
729-1787
1:30 p.m., Mystery book club:
Callander Square by Anne
Perry, senior center, 270-4290
3-6 p.m., Fitchburg Farmers
Market (repeats Thursdays
through October), Agora
Pavilion, 5511 E. Cheryl Pkwy.,
fitchburgmarket.wordpress.com
4-5 p.m., What You Need to
Know About Dementia, library,
729-1760
Friday, June 23
11 a.m. to noon, Fourth of July 9-11:30 a.m., Leopold to the
crafts (ages 2-5), library, 729-
1760
Saturday, June 24
1-3 p.m., Legos at the library
(ages 5-12), library, 729-1760
7:30-11 p.m., Susan Werner
concert benefiting Haiti Allies
($25), Art In The Barn, 5927
Adams Road, haitiallies.org
Sunday, June 25
9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Fitchburg
Flea Market, Governor
Wayside Veterans Memorial
Park, 2377 S. Fish Hatchery
Road, facebook.com/
fitchburgfleamarket
Monday, June 26
2-4 p.m., Foley Sounds
Effects (ages 7-12, register),
library, 729-1762
7-8 p.m., Best Apps, library,
729-1763
Tuesday, June 27
2 p.m., Womens group meet- reception: David Williams, Yaha-
ing (social hour starts at 1 p.m.) ra Bay Distillery, 6250 Nesbitt
senior center, 270-4290
2-3 p.m., Magic with Great
Scott, library, 729-1760
Wednesday, June 28
2 p.m., Parkinsons support
group meeting, senior center,
270-4290
4-5 p.m., Space travel with
UW Space Place (ages 5-12),
library, 729-1760
Thursday, June 29
10-11 a.m., Diggers, Dozers
and Dumps (ages 2-5), library,
729-1787
3-6 p.m., Fitchburg Farmers
Market (repeats Thursdays
through October), Agora Pavil-
ion, 5511 E. Cheryl Pkwy., fitch-
burgmarket.wordpress.com
6:30-8 p.m., Home Mainte-
nance and Energy Saving Tips
(register), library, 729-1763
Friday, June 30
12:30 p.m., Ride the Divide
documentary, senior center,
270-4290
Monday, July 1
library bike ride, 2602 Post
Road, 729-1760
Sunday, July 2
9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Fitchburg
Flea Market, Governor
Wayside Veterans Memorial
Park, 2377 S. Fish Hatchery
Road, facebook.com/
fitchburgfleamarket
Wednesday, July 5
10-11 a.m., Toddler art class
(ages 1-3, no registration
required), library, 729-1787
Thursday, July 6
10-11 a.m., Science drop in lab
(ages 5-12), library, 729-1787
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Craft-
ernoon, library, 729-1760
3-6 p.m., Fitchburg Farmers
Market (repeats Thursdays
through October), Agora
Pavilion, 5511 E. Cheryl Pkwy.,
fitchburgmarket.wordpress.com
5-9 p.m., Art gallery opening
Road #200, 275-1050
6-7 p.m., Building Challenge:
Marshmallows and toothpicks
(ages 5-12), library, 729-1760
Friday, July 7
4-5 p.m., Mario Kart tourna-
ment (ages 9-12), library, 729-
1760
Sunday, July 9
9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Fitchburg
Flea Market, Governor
Wayside Veterans Memorial
Park, 2377 S. Fish Hatchery
Road, facebook.com/
fitchburgfleamarket
Monday, July 10
2 p.m., Behind the Scenes:
News (ages 7-12, register),
library, 729-1763
Tuesday, July 11
2-3 p.m., Fishing for Laughs
with Curt Strutz, library, 729-
1760
6-7 p.m., Community Helpers
(ages 13-17), library, 729-1760
Wednesday, July 12
2 p.m., Parkinsons support
group meeting, senior center,
270-4290
Thursday, July 13
3-6 p.m., Fitchburg Farmers
Market (repeats Thursdays
through October), Agora
Pavilion, 5511 E. Cheryl Pkwy.,
fitchburgmarket.wordpress.com
4-5 p.m., Chocolate Olympics
(ages 9-12, register), library,
729-1762
4-5 p.m., What You Need to
Know About Dementia, library,
729-1760
Friday, July 15
7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., 15th
annual Bike for Boys and Girls
Club, McKee Farms Park,
Fitchburg, bike4bgc.com
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Flea market Concerts at McKee kick-off June 19
AMBER LEVENHAGEN

finds new home Unified Newspaper Group

The party is returning to McKee

Sundays this
summer at
Gorman Wayside
EVAN HALPOP
Unified Newspaper Group
The Fitchburg Flea
Market kicked off its
summer season at a new
location on Sunday, June
4, at Gorman Wayside
Veterans Memorial Park,
2377 S. Fish Hatchery
Road, just south of Irish
Lane.
Flea market organiz-
er Fawn Walker said
the market has 30 to 70
vendors each Sunday
from 9a.m. to 2p.m.,
and she expects to draw
300-500 people each
week through the end of
August.
The market had been
previously located at
McGaw Park, but Walk-
er said the move to Fish
Hatchery Road will
hopefully be easier for
people to find.
Items available at the
market include vintage
If You Go
What: Fitchburg Flea
Market
When: 9a.m. to
2p.m., Sundays
through Aug. 27
Where: Gorman
Wayside Veterans
Memorial Park, 2377
S. Fish Hatchery Road
Info: 338-4223
On the Web
For information about the
Fitchburg Flea Market:
facebook.com/
fitchburgfleamarket
collectibles, antiques,
b a ke r y a n d p r o d u c e
items, music, handmade
crafts, household trea-
sures and other repur-
posed items.
For information, call
Walker at 338-4223.
Farms Park.
Dubbed The Party in the Park, the
summer Concerts at McKee series is
free and features nationally touring
bands with local food and beer ven-
dors.
The Madison Music Foundry Youth
Band will open the performances at
6p.m. Mondays, June 19, July 17 and
Aug. 21, with the headliners taking the
stage at 7 p.m.
Oshkosh rock band Traveling Suit-
case will kick off the event June 19.
Their musical amalgamation slams
their listeners into a world of medici-
nal bass lines, teeth-whitening guitar
solos and ecstatic songs that awaken
our inner child, according to the band
description on the Concerts at McKee
Facebook page.
The previously announced July per-
File photo by Samantha Christian
former, Sonny Knight and the Lakers, Concertgoers find a spot in the shade under a tree at McKee Farms Park while lis-
was replaced with rock band The Big tening to music last summer.
Wu.
Sonny is battling cancer, and we
wish him all the strength and healing Facebook page. If You Go
he needs this summer, Concerts at The food vendors this year include
McKee wrote on its Facebook page. Toast, Kona Ice of Madison, SoHo What: Concerts at McKee Farms
Park
The Big Wu will instead take the Gourmet Cuisines, Taqueria Mari Mar
stage at 7p.m. July 17, and the concert and Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Co. When: 7 p.m. Mondays, June 19,
series will conclude with Golpe Tierra The Fitchburg Lions will be serving July 17, Aug. 21
on Aug. 21. beer. Where: McKee Farms Park, 2930
Golpe Tierra is a traditional Afro For information, visit facebook.com/ Chapel Valley Road
Peruvian band that features Lat- concertsatmckee.
in-American music with hints of Contact Amber Levenhagen at amber. Info: facebook.com/
jazz, soul and blues, according to the levenhagen@wcinet.com. concertsatmckee

Coming up
Lake Mendota author p.m. Friday, June 16, and The instructor will teach geared towards kids ages materials to help develop to participate in a drop-in
Author and Lake Mendo-
ta sailor Don Sanford will
present On Fourth Lake:
A Social History of Lake
Mendota from 1-2 p.m.
Saturday, June 10, at the
library.
Hes spent more than a
decade interviewing water
rats and searching for
photos that help tell the
story of the people, plac-
es and events that have
shaped the lakeshore as we
know it today.
For information, call
729-1760.
Animation class
J o i n FAC T v a n d t h e
library to create the illu-
sion of movement using
stop motion animation
from 2-4 p.m. Monday,
June 12, at the library.
The program is for chil-
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Satur-
day, June 17, at the library.
There will be a wide vari-
ety of fiction, non-fiction,
mystery and childrens
books at low prices. Pro-
ceeds support library pro-
gramming.
For information, call
729-1762.
Bike art tour
ALL and The Bubbler
are hosting a Bike the
Art tour starting at 9 a.m.
Saturday, June 17, from
Promega, 5445 E. Cheryl
Pkwy. The tour will end
at Artisan Gallery in Paoli
and then return to Prome-
ga.
Stops along the way fea-
ture tours of art galleries,
lunch and a treat at the
library. The tour is free and
open to the public.
k i d - s p e c i f i c y o g a a n d 5-12. fine-motor skills. Smocks science lab at the library
mindfulness practices that For information, call or messy clothes recom- from 10-11 a.m. Thursday,
encourage strength and self 729-1760. mended. July 6.
confidence. For information, call Enjoy hands-on sci-
To register, call 729- Diggers and dozers 729-1762. ence experiment stations
1762. The library will offer and group demonstrations
c o n s t r u c t i o n a c t iv i t i e s Science lab throughout the hour.
T-shirt memes during the program Dig- Children ages 5-12 and For information, call
Teens ages 13-17 can gers, Dozers and Dumps their caregivers are invited 729-1762.
create their own meme and from 10-11 a.m. Thursday,
iron it on a T-shirt from 6-7 June 29. The City of Fitch-
Helpful Hands 4U, LLC
p.m. Wednesday, June 21, burg will visit with heavy
at the library. equipment operators and
Wear your creation for diggers.
the rest of the summer, and The event is recommend-
Compassionate Senior Move
bring a plain white T-shirt. ed for ages 2-5. For infor-
For information, call mation, call 729-1762. Management Services for You
729-1760.
Toddler art Diane Hughes 608-575-3759
Mystery book club
The library will host dhhands@sbcglobal.net www.helpfulhands4u.com
The I Love a Mystery toddler art (ages 1-3)
book club will meet at 1:30 from 10-11 a.m. Wednes- Providing guidance & support for older adults and
p.m. Thursday, June 22, at day, July 5. Children can their families as they navigate their way through later
the senior. Up for discus- explore and play with art lifestyle transitions.
sion is Callander Square adno=523642-01
by Anne Perry.

dren ages 7-12, and space
is limited.
To register, call 729-
1762.
Promega art show
The Promega summer
art showcase will pres-
ent Intertwined, with an
opening gallery reception
For information, visit
fitchburgchamber.com.
Pancake breakfast
Art in the Barn, 5927
Adams Road, will hold
a Fathers Day pancake
breakfast from 9 a.m. to
noon Sunday, June 18.
There will be music,
k i d s a c t iv i t i e s a n d a
FREE
For information, call
270-4290.
Benefit concert
Art in the Barn will host
a benefit for Haiti Allies
featuring Susan Werner
and Tom Kastle from 7:30-
WORKSHOP
11 p.m. Saturday, June 24, SATURDAY, JUNE 10TH
at the barn, 5927 Adams Class Hours: 10am-11am

from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Tues-
day, June 13, at the Prome-
ga BioPharmaceutical
Technology Center, 5445
E. Cheryl Pkwy.
Intertwined features
Decorating
Road.
charity run. Tickets are Alcoholic beverages will
available at the door for be available for purchase,
$5-$10. For information, as well as Haitian Art, to
visit fitchburgchamber. benefit Haiti Allies, a local
com. nonprofit that works to
provide education, meal

Planters
four Wisconsin artists: Video production programs and job creation
Kristen Bartel, Nirmal class for Haitian people.
Raja, Yeohee Cheong and Tickets are $25 and are Plants We Will Use
Rina Yoon. The artists will J o i n FA C T v a t t h e
library to learn about video available at the door. For For Workshop
participate in a symposium information, visit haitial-
preceding the reception at production from 2-4 p.m.
lies.org.
3:30 p.m. There will also Monday, June 19. The pro- Ornamental Grasses
be live music and a wood- gram is designed for chil- Space travel
dren ages 7-12 and no reg- Perennials Bring in this ad to get 5% OFF &
wo r k i n g d e m o n s t r a t i o n Experts from UW Space
by wood carver Martha istration is required. to enter our planter giveaway
For information and to Place will present a class
Downs. about space travel at the
For information, visit register, call 729-1762.
library from 4-5 p.m.
promega-artshow.com. Kid-specific yoga Wednesday, June 28. 5655 Lincoln Road Oregon, WI 53575
Book sale They will answer ques-
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Kids ages 5-12 can take www.winterlandnursery.com

tions about how astronauts
The Friends of Fitch- yoga classes at 6 p.m. eat, sleep and live in space
burg Library used book and 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Phone: 608-835-6556
during the class that is
sale will be held noon to 5 June 20, at the library.
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In her hands
Fitchburg woman
honors mother with
yoga challenge
AMBER LEVENHAGEN
Unified Newspaper Group

Fitchburg native Joanne

Adducci-Schulz is not
new to yoga or the Free to
Breathe Team Yoga Chal-
lenge.
But shell have a new rea-
son to participate this year
to honor the memory of
her mom, Nancy.
Nancy was diagnosed
with Stage 4 (terminal) lung
cancer in October 2015 and
passed away last September
at 74.
It is rough losing your
m o m , A d d u c c i - S c h u l z
said. It takes your breath
away.
After her moms diagno-
sis, Adducci-Schulz reached
out to friends for support, Photo submitted
particularly those who she Joanne Adducci Schulz will participate in the Free to Breathe
knew did advocacy work Team Yoga Challenge to honor her mom, Nancy, at right,
through Free to Breathe. She who passed away from lung cancer in September 2016.
then learned of the Team
Yoga Challenge. said. It really catapulted loved all things Tweety Bird
Free to Breathe is a my efforts with what Im and daisies, so thats how
national lung cancer doing to make a difference we came up with Team
r e s e a r c h a n d a d vo c a cy I put myself in my moms Tweety.
organization founded and hands. The team originally
based in Madison. The Now a board member for had only three members
Team Yoga Challenge fund- the yoga challenge, Adduc- Adduci-Schulz, her sister
raiser was established in ci-Schulz will participate and her son. After Nancy
2005 and has raised more with her husband, Monty, passed, Adducci-Schulz
Photo by Amber Levenhagen
than $16 million to support and their son, Hogan, who said she wanted to reig-
Ryan Estrella ran the Timber Wolf Trample with his daughter, Lucy, 4. is 16. Other family mem- nite the team in her mem-
research and educational

Leopold hosts Timber Wolf Trample

programs, according to a
news release.
The Yoga Challenge is
presented by Dragonfly
Leopold Elementary School held its annual Timber Wolf Trample fundraiser on Sat- Hot Yoga and will be held
urday, May 13. The event was followed by a lunch provided by The Bridge. Saturday, June 10, at Lake
Farm Park in Madison.
bers are traveling from
Kentucky to join her team
in addition to numerous
friends and coworkers.
But she mentioned a spe-
cial friend who is joining
her team Team Tweety
ory, leading to the increased
participation and fundrais-
ing efforts.
W h e n m y m o m wa s
sick, there were so many
resources that I didnt know
about or have access to,

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Select teams are able to
Assisted Living When You Move In By July 1st, 2017 host an hour-long session
to honor loved ones who are
affected by lung cancer, and
Adducci-Schulz said her
team is one of those select-
ed to participate.
After my mom passed, I
decided that in 2017 I was
going to throw myself out
there a little bit more, she
this year, Kaara Romstad
Rohrer, who also lost her
mom to lung cancer several
years ago.
Its amazing how many
people have been touched
by lung cancer, she said. cancer, it doesnt need to
But this is beautiful
because so many people
from all areas of my life
came together to support
this cause.
Team Tweety
After learning of the
yoga-thon in 2016, Adduc-
ci-Schulz said she talked to
her mom about the idea of a
benefit team.
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West graduation ceremony

Saturday at Kohl Center
M a d i s o n We s t H i g h
School seniors will cele-
brate their graduation Sat-
urday, June 10, at the Kohl
Center.
T h e We s t c e r e m o n y
begins at 1 p.m. follow-
ing the Madison Memorial
High School ceremony in
the morning.
Tickets are not required
for entry and there are no
limits on guest seating.
The school asks parents
and other guests not to
bring glass vases or bal-
loons, as they will be con-
fiscated if brought into the
Kohl Center.
There will be a special
area for photography set up
If you go
What: Madison West
graduation
When: 1 p.m. Saturday,
June 10
Where: Kohl Center
Info: west.madison.k12.
wi.us
on both sides of the stage,
but those using it are asked
to stay there briefly so
others can rotate in. Profes-
sional photos will also be
available for purchase.

Photo by Samantha Christian

Oregon School District
PVE fourth-grader Audry Brueggemann works in the garden.

Growing for the future

Gardenpalooza gets PVE garden going
SCOTT DE LARUELLE
Unified Newspaper Group
While theres plenty of
work to be done in growing
seasons to come, last week
culminated nearly four
years of efforts to start a
garden at Prairie View Ele-
mentary School.
Prairie View is construct-
ing the first phase of a gar-
den, which will include
areas for natural play and
learning. The first phase
will include five raised
beds, three mounded beds
and a path between the
beds, said PVE third-grade
teacher Cindi Hedstrom in
an email to the Observer.
The journey started in
2014, Hedstrom said, when
PVE fourth-graders decid-
ed they wanted to leave
a legacy of a salad bar
to help future students
health. Students wrote let-
ters to local businesses and
gave a presentation to the
schools PTO to help raise
funds enough funds for the
salad bar.
The following year, the
idea of creating a gar-
den at the school took
root, Hedstrom said, with
parents meeting over the
next year to eventually
form a garden commit-
tee. The group met with
members of Sustain Dane
for ideas and support and
wrote grants for tools,
while Chris Prahls OHS
building class constructed
a garden shed.
Last school year, the
school hosted a parent
meeting and decided on
the garden plan, broken
into phases, with the initial
phase starting this school
year.
First, students chose
what kind of garden they
wanted (pizza garden won
out over salsa and salad),
then third-graders wrote
letters to local restaurant
and farms to raise mon-
ey for the garden beds.
Plans are for plaques with
the name of the donating
restaurant or farm will be
added to each garden bed,
Hedstrom said.
Busy week of work
The school held Gar-
denpalooza 2017 last
week, starting with a
school-wide groundbreak-
ing ceremony Monday. On
Tuesday, parents built five
garden beds (with lumber
and materials from Stough-
ton Lumber), and students,
parents and teachers laid
cardboard down in the gar-
den area, thanks to Erika
Zimmermans third and
fourth grade math students,
who calculated the amount
of cardboard needed.
O n We d n e s d a y, s t u -
dents, parents and teachers
laid down mulch, some of
which was donated through
OMS. Zimmermans math
students calculated the
amount of mulch needed
between the garden bed
and mounds.
Later, the group filled
garden beds and mounds
with a 50-50 mix of com-
post and soil; the amount
of which was calculated by
Katie Wolf s accelerated
math students. They then
presented their calculations
to the Oregon Rotary, who
donated all necessary com-
post and soil.
On Thursday, students,
parents and teachers began
planting squash seeds in
the mounded beds and
onions, oregano, basil,
spinach, tomatoes, cab-
bage and peppers in the
raised beds. Students also
watched a student creat-
ed how-to video on how
to make biodegradable
pots. OMS teacher Nate
Mahr taught a group of
PVE teachers how to make
the pots, and they in turn
taught a few students so
they could make the video
for the entire school.
Mahr is housing all of
the plants in the OMS
greenhouse, and provided
the seeds, trays and wood-
en blocks to create the bio-
degradable pots. Parents
donated newspapers to use
for the biodegradable pots
and clean two-liter bottles
to be made into watering
jugs.
On Friday, the school
held a celebration, wel-
coming parents, district
staff and community mem-
bers to see the new garden
area.
Hedstrom said the next
step for the garden is plan-
ning to create the natural
play and learning space lat-
er this summer and during
the 2017-18 school year.
Email Unified Newspaper
Group reporter Scott De Photo by Scott Girard
Laruelle at scott.delaruel- Tristan Germaine has his face enlarged through a specialized
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Read these Oregon School District stories at ConnectFitchburg.com:
If You Go Two dozen Oregon High
Graduation Sunday School students took a field
What: Oregon High School trip down the street May
The Oregon High School graduation ceremony is Sunday, June 11. Read about one of graduation 22 to share their knowl-
this years graduates, Josh Klahn, and the challenges he has overcome since childhood. edge of science, technolo-
When: 1p.m. Sunday, June
Retirees 11 gy, engineering and math
with Netherwood Knoll and
Netherwood Knoll Elementary School head custodian Tom Fischer is retiring after Where: OHS athletic field Prairie View elementary
24 years with the Oregon School District. Read about his time here and questionnaires Info: 835-4300 students.
from other retirees around the district. The more than 600 K-4
OHS DECA competes at nationals students rotated around the
PVE gym at the first STEM
The Oregon High School DECA team finished a busy season by placing some com- Fair, trying activities like
petitors in top finishes at the national competition. solving a Rubiks cube,
OMS greenhouse measuring their height and
wingspan and learning
Oregon Middle School students are using the schools new greenhouse, built as part of the capital referendum about a robot.
approved in 2014, to learn about growing plants, trees and shrubs. Some of those are helping to restore the Lerner OHS teacher Dave Ebert,
Park Prairie, as well. who helped organize the
OHS gym debut event, and student Eva Syth
applied for and received a
Oregon High School held its first gathering in its new gym Friday, May 12, with a variety of events, competitions $500 grant in the fall from
and a few pies in the face of faculty members. the Wisconsin Mathematics
E d u c a t i o n Fo u n d a t i o n .
They used the funds to pur-
chase permanent and con-
sumable materials for the
fair, Ebert explained in an
email.
E b e r t r e c e ive d p o s i -
tive feedback from teach-
ers around the elementary
schools.
That was such a great
experience for our kid-
dos and I cant say enough
about the kids you brought
with you, teacher Amanda
Heath wrote to Ebert. They
were engaging, patient and
great teachers! Thanks for
coming and I hope it hap-
pens again next year!
Scott Girard
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If You Go
What: Verona Area High
Survey: Parents,
Graduation Sunday

staff satisfied overall

School and Exploration
The Verona Area High School graduation ceremo- Academy graduation
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graduates from the Exploration Academy. This years 11
class includes the first students to attend the charter
Where: Epicenter, Voyager
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Hall, Epic
Retirees
Sugar Creek Elementary School is losing 84 years
of experience this year with the retirements of Patsy Hook, Jeanette Feifarek and
Margaret Fuguitt. Read about their time in VASD and questionnaire responses from
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OHS boys tennis Edgewood boys golf

Schneider,
Donovan make
D1 state meet
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor

The Oregon boys tennis

program has had a heck of a
ride for the past four years,
including a program-first
state team berth.
Seniors Calvin Schneider
and Charles Donovan were
part of all of it, winning a
pair of Badger South Con-
ference titles and qualifying
for a combined seven indi-
vidual state berths.
Calvin and Charles ...
the word that comes to
mind is historic, coach Ben
Conklin said. It was prob-
ably a once-in-a lifetime
opportunity to have two
freshmen come in like those
two. It was a great ride. Photo submitted
Donovan has the record The Madison Edgewood High School boys golf team won its first WIAA Division 2 state title since 2010, breaking a string of five runner-up finishes in six
for most individual wins, years. The Crusaders finished with a 623 (310-313) to win the meet.

Crusaders get the gold

which Conklin said may
n ev e r b e b r o k e n , a n d
Schneider has the record
for most individual state
appearances, which may
also never be broken.
That run officially came
to a close June 1 at the
WIAA Division 1 individ-
ual state tennis tournament,
with Schneider and Dono-
van both bowing out in the
first round.
Schneider (21-7) entered
his final season with the
goal of earning a seed, but
it never quite came togeth-
er this year. He fell 6-4, 6-1
to Homestead sophomore
Michael Morway (17-13) in
the first round.
Everyone that makes it
to state is a good player,
Schneider said. I knew
it was going to be a tough
Turn to OHS tennis/Page 15
Edgewood breaks streak
of silvers with first state
title since 2010
ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor
There have been many silvers
since the last Madison Edgewood
High School boys golf team won
a WIAA Division 2 state title in
2010.
That includes the three straight
from 2014-2016. Senior Ben
Gilles was on all three teams.
Junior Rory Gierhart was on two
of those teams. Junior Matthew
Phelan was on last years team.
Top three teams
Madison Edgewood: 310-313
623
Lodi: 319-326 645
Rice Lake: 336-334 670
Those three along with junior
D r ew A r n d t a n d s o p h o m o r e
James Gilmore finally broke that
streak with a state championship
June 5-6 at University Ridge Golf
Course.
Obviously it is a great feel-
ing, coach Joe Ring said. It is
an exciting feeling. It is great for
Ben who has been through all of
State medalists
First: Hunter Pipik (New Berlin West) 74-67 141
Second: Ben Gilles (Edgewood) 72-75 147
Third: Isaac Heckmann (Lakeside Lutheran) 76-72 148
Fourth: Jacob Michel (Lodi) 74-74 148
Fifth: Lukas Heckmann (Lakeside Lutheran) 73-77 150
Sixth: Matthew Phelan (Edgewood) 79-74 153
those second places. I am glad title. He led after Round 1 but
to get it for all the guys because ended up second with a 3-over
these things are hard to win. 147 (72-75). New Berlin Wests
Edgewood finished with 623 Hunter Pipik won with a 3-under
(310-313), defeating Lodi (645) 141 (74-67).
and Rice Lake (670).
Gilles nearly won an individual Turn to State champs/Page 16

VAHS track and field West track and field

Herkert repeats at D1 state meet

JEREMY JONES
Sports editor

Jack Herkert accomplished both

of his goals at the WIAA Division 1
state track and field meet June 2-3.
The Stanford University recruit
repeated as the state high jump
champion and also medaled in the
110-meter hurdles for the first time.
(This is) off the chains, he said,
stating that repeating was his prima-
ry goal. It was definitely more excit-
ing than last year. It was close com-
petition, which brought on some ner- Photo by Jeremy Jones
vousness. I think I could have gone Sam Bishop-Gutknecht (at right) runs the final leg of the
higher, but Im happy with what I 4x800 relay Friday at the WIAA Division 1 state track and
did. field meet in La Crosse. Madison West finished third in 7
Fellow seniors Jared Biddle (110 minutes, 49.74 seconds.
Photo by Jeremy Jones
hurdles) and Hunter Bourne (shot

4x800 relay races to third place

put) also scored points for the Wild-
cats.
Herkert entered the high jump
competition at 6-6 and was one jump
shy of being out of the event for good
at 6-7. He scratched once at 6-6 and
twice at 6-7 before clearing the bar
and going up to 6-8 which he cleared
on his first attempt.
Bay Port junior Cordell Tinch,
who won the long jump and broke
Senior Jack Herkert repeated as the WIAA Division 1 state high jump champion
June 2 in La Crosse with a clearance of 6 feet, 8 inches. Herkert is heading to
Stanford University this fall.
JEREMY JONES picked up one medal in the
the state record in the triple jump, ankle injury. Sports editor process.
had to settle for second in the high The senior did not register jump in Junior Daniel Jacobs,
jump as he needed one more attempt the long jump, scratching on his first Madison West advanced s o p h o m o r e K a l e b
to clear 6-8 than Herkert. Both jump- three jumps attempts. three individual events and Kohn and seniors Noah
ers missed all three attempts at 6-9. It happened during the Sun Prairie one relay on to the WIAA Zamzow-Schmid and Sam
Not everything went so smoothly for Division 1 state track and
Herkert, who battled a midseason Turn to VAHS track/Page 16 field meet last weekend and Turn to West track/Page 16
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Photo by Jeremy Jones
Junior Caitlin Link runs the final leg of the 4x800 relay
Saturday in the WIAA Division 2 state track and field cham- Edgewood senior Cecil Lingard played back to a fifth-place finish last weekend at the WIAA Division 2 individual state ten-
pionships at Veterans Memorial Stadium at UW-LA Crosse. nis tournament.
Link joined senior Estella Moschkau, junior Kelly Rodriguez
and freshman Maeve ODriscoll to take second and make the
podium in 9 minutes, 30.77 seconds. Lingard takes fifth at individual state meet
Girls 4x800 reaches
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
Edgewood defends team state title
Cecil Lingard won two rounds at

podium with silver

Senior Estella Moschkau, juniors Caitlin Link and Kelly
Rodriguez and freshman Maeve ODriscoll led all Madison
Edgewood track and field athletes at the WIAA Division 2 state
meet June 3.
The quartet led for much of the race and ended up taking
second in 9 minutes, 30.77 seconds to reach the podium at
Turn to Edgewood track/Page 16
Edgewood girls soccer
the WIAA Division 2 individual state
tennis tournament before losing and
eventually playing his way back to a
fifth-place finish inside Nielsen Tennis
Stadium.
Lingard (12-3) lost just three games
through the first two rounds before
dropping a three-set match to third-
seed Brookfield Academy freshman
Pablo Dale (18-4) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
The Madison Edgewood senior
bounced back to beat seventh-seed-
ed Andrew Liu (24-1) of The Prairie
School 6-0, 6-4 and then cruised to a
Madison Edgewood (12-5) faces East Troy (13-3) in the semifinal round
of the WIAA Division 2 state team tennis tournament Friday inside Niel-
sen Tennis Stadium. The winner advances on to play the winner between
Kohler (12-9) and The Prairie School (19-4) in the championship match
at 2p.m. Saturday.
The defending state champion Crusaders return to the state team tour-
nament for the 14th straight year, which also accounts for Edgewoods
total number of appearances. Prior to winning the title last year, they fin-
ished runner-up seven times (2004, 06, 07, 09, 11, 14 and 15).
also competed at state but dropped his round.
first match 7-6 (3), 6-4 to Xavier fresh-
man Johnny Horak (19-6).
Edgewood senior Charlie Weitz and
junior Forrest Lynn (15-7) suffered

Top-seeded Crusaders claim 6-1, 6-3 win over fourth-seeded fresh-

man Jon Sadowski (22-2) of New Ber-
lin West for fifth place 6-1, 6-3.
The Crusaders also advanced their
top two doubles team to individual
state, where each won a round.
a similar fate, rattling off a 6-0, 6-1
thrashing of Edgerton juniors Matt
Pierce and Henry Conway (16-1) in

Division 3 regional title The senior blanked Nick Bourdo
(21-1) of East Troy 6-0, 6-0 in the
opening round and then beat William
The top-seeded Madison Edgewood High School girls soc- Schneider (22-6) of Notre Dame 6-1,
cer team claimed a WIAA Division 3 regional title Saturday, 6-2 in the second round.
June 3. Sophomore Christopher Bell (19-4)
The Crusaders (14-5-2 overall) took care of No. 16 Arcadia/
Senior Bryce Kessel and junior Kur- the first round. Weitz and Conway
tis Thelen (19-2) defeated seniors Matt were blanked 6-0, 6-0 in the sec-
Berg and Lennart Wesch (9-2) 6-3, ond round by second-seeded senior
6-4 but fell 6-1, 6-3 to eighth-seeded Andrew Diedrich and junior Mitchell
seniors Cal Papineau and Jack Schill Teuteberg of Catholic Memorial (27-
(22-0) of Shorewood in the second 1).

Turn to Edgewood soccer/Page 16 West baseball

West tennis
West doubles team makes state
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
Freshman Matthew Rug-
giero and sophomore Felix
Beilin (20-8) were the only
flight to reach the WIAA
Division 1 individual state
tennis tournament for Mad-
ison West.
The underclassmens trip
was a short one, however,
D1 team state meet up next
Madison West returns
to Nielsen Tennis Stadium
at 5:30p.m. Friday for the
quarterfinals of the WIAA
Division 1 state team tour-
nament. The Regents (17-7)
will face Kettle Moraine (14-
3).
The winner advances to
player either Homestead
(19-7) or Marquette (25-2).
The Regents are making
their fifth appearance in the
team tournament and the
third in the last five years.
Wests advanced the farthest
in 2008, reaching the state
as they fell 6-1, 6-0 to a
familiar foe in Middleton
sophomore Sam Dettman
and junior Rafael Sanga
(14-6) in the opening round.
Dettman and Sanga
earned the 16th seed for the
tournament and played their
way to the quarterfinals.
- Jeremy Jones
tournament experience for
Kettle Moraine came in
1999 and 2015. The Lasers
fell in the quarterfinals in
their first appearance and
reached the semifinals in
their most recent experience.
Marquette has won nine
of the last 10 state titles,
including back-to-back titles
in 2015 and 2016. The Hill-
toppers are making their
11th straight state appear-
ance and their 14th overall.
Homestead is making its
12th appearance. The High-
landers have finished run-
No. 2 Regents upset by No. 7 Elkhorn in Division 1 regional final
EVAN HALPOP
Unified Newspaper Group
The Madison West High
School baseball team
dropped its WIAA Divi-
sion 1 regional final 8-7 to
Elkhorn on June 1, despite
being a No. 2 seed.
Coach Ben Greiber
told the Regents they
needed to wake up in
the fourth inning, and
they still led 7-5 in the
fifth. But the No. 7 Elks
scored three runs off of
starting pitcher Gabe
Hill to take the lead for
good.
Its a tough pill to
swallow, and it is the
playoffs, they are all
good boys, the ball just
didnt bounce our way
today, said Greiber.
West scored five runs
in the bottom of the first
to take a 5-2 lead.
We were feeling real-
ly, maybe a little too,
good, senior outfield-
er Jens Shager said.
Youve got to bury a
team right away, thats
something we didnt do.
(2-for-4) led the offense. Conference, Greiber was
The Regents finished confident after a 7-3 loss
the season 15-9 overall. to Sun Prairie on May 18
competition throughout
the Big Eight season has
helped prepare us for the
the team was well-pre- playoffs, Greiber said.
Earning the 2 seed pared for the postseason, Quality wins over Janes-
Though they lost two of especially since Madison ville Craig, Oconomowoc,
their last three conference West earned the No. 2 and Verona have given us
games and finished third seed. confidence that we can
place in the Big Eight I think playing tough
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Baseball Boys tennis

Tennison has best finish in VAHS history
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor

It wasnt the end to the season Will

Photo by Anthony Iozzo
Reagan Klawiter (left) celebrates with catcher Jared Grass-
man after earning a save Tuesday in a 5-4 win over No. 6
Madison Memorial in a WIAA Division 1 regional final. Klaw-
iter pitched a scoreless seventh to help No. 3 Verona win its
fourth straight regional title.
Tennison wanted, but it was another step
in the sophomores maturation.
Tennison, the third seed June 1-3 at
the WIAA Division 1 individual state
tournament at Nielsen Tennis Stadium,
advanced through the first four rounds
without much difficulty. That put the
Verona sophomore on the trajectory of
a familiar rival in second-seeded junior
Colt Tegtmeier of Madison Memorial.
Tennison rallied from a tough first
set loss to force a third set but ran out of
steam by the end in a 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-3
defeat.
The loss dropped Tennison to 1-6
against Tegtmeier over the last two
years.
I played pretty well. All the credit
to Colt. He played a really good match
and was just the better player, Tennison

Controversial call hurts said.

Possibly dealing with injuries and
exhaustion, Tennison considered not

Wildcats in sectional final loss coming back to play fifth-seeded Osh-

ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor
What looked like a trying
run turned into a disappoint-
ing finish on June 6 for the
Verona baseball team, as the
Wildcats fell 2-1 to Beloit
Memorial in a WIAA Divi-
sion 1 sectional final.
Senior Tyler McClure
was caught in a rundown at
third in the sixth inning, and
Beloit senior catcher Drew
Makinen threw the ball into
left field.
McClure looked to the
crowd and started to cele-
brate as he scored, which
would have tied the game
2-2, but then there was
silence and confusion.
Beloit coach Ryan
Schmitz came out and
argued for interference, and
despite no one making the
call during the play, the three
umpires convened for about
five minutes before changing
the call.
To the dismay of the Vero-
na bench and the fans at
Stampfl Field, McClure was
called out.
The umpires say there
wasnt a collision and that
McClures hands hit the
ball. DOrazio and everyone
else on the Verona side dis-
agreed.
They 100 percent blew
it, coach Brad DOrazio
said. Unfortunately with
those guys, it is really sad
but they like to dictate hard
angles and be the spotlight. I
told all three of them that.
I think is really unfortu-
nate that the WIAA contin-
ues to assign them games
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and give them the opportu-
nity to do that, when they
should let the kids decide it.
While the call eventu-
ally led to the end of the
third-seeded Wildcats sea-
son, the offense didnt do
any favors.
Verona only scored two
runs all day, defeating sev-
enth-seeded Elkhorn 1-0
earlier in the sectional semi-
final, and all it took was
one bad inning to derail the
chance to get to state.
It is disheartening
because we just couldnt
hit, DOrazio said. That
has been our issue all year,
the ability to hit the ball.
The Wildcats took a 1-0
lead in the bottom of the
fourth. Junior Tucker Tes-
key singled, and McClure
followed with another single
on a hit-and-run that put run-
ners on the corners.
The two attempted a dou-
ble steal, and while McClure
was caught, Teskey was able
to scamper home for the run.
Beloit came back with
two in the top of the sixth.
Senior third baseman Miguel
Betancourt walked, and
senior pitcher Drew Freitag
bunted to Verona senior Brad
Laufenberg and reached on
an error.
Makinen bunted both run-
ners to second and third, and
sophomore Reagan Klawiter
came into the game.
Klawiter allowed an RBI
groundout to senior desig-
nated hitter Avery Lewis,
and an RBI single to sopho-
more shortstop Corbin Ovist.
Klawiter got out of a bas-
es-loaded jam to keep it 2-1.
Ovist relieved Freitag in
Turn to VAHS baseball/Page 16
kosh West junior Neel Raut in the third-
place match.
I was a physically exhausted and a
little beat-up after the first match today,
he said. But I knew I had to go play a
third-place match, so it didnt really
matter much.
Tennison tried his best to put a tough
loss to Tegtmeier behind him but admit-
ted, it was pretty hard.
That and a couple questionable calls
early in the third-place match also
got into his head as Tennison finished
fourth, losing 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 to Raut.
Tennison received a first-round bye
as a top-eight seed and had little trouble
reaching the semifinals, defeating Eau
Claire Memorial senior Ken Tanawat-
tanacharoen (20-9) 6-1, 6-1; 14th-seed-
ed West De Pere senior Harry Dykema
Boys golf
Kaegi finishes tied for 19th at D1 state meet
ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor
Junior Garhett Kaegi had a much
better showing at the WIAA Division
1 state meet this season than his first
appearance last year.
And his 76 at day two on June 6 at
University Ridge Golf Course helped
him finish with a 155, tying him for
19th place.
Coach Jon Rebholz said Kaegi was
tired by the second round last season,
Girls soccer
Wildcats upset top seed, win Division 1 regional title
ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor
Playing in the tough Big
Eight Conference was not
enough for the Verona girls
soccer team to earn a home
ed Mukwonago and
top-seeded Middleton.
No. 4 Oconomowoc the
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Sophomore Will Tennison finished fourth June 1-3 in the WIAA Division 1 indi-
vidual state tennis tournament. Tennison lost to Madison Memorials Colt Tegt-
meier in the semifinals and then to Neel Raut of Oshkosh West in the third-place
match to finish fourth.
(31-4) 6-3, 7-5 and sixth-seeded Kim- Lancers in straight sets at the Big Eight
berly senior Alex Alt (21-2) 6-4, 6-2. Conference meet.
Veronas Jordan Hutchcroft made his The juniors defeated Big Eight Con-
second state appearance on the doubles ference rivals Evan Loken and Kevin
side and he and partner Vivek Swam- Dunn (14-8) by a score of 6-7 (5), 6-4,
inath, who was making his first trip to 11-9.
state, won a round against a familiar The second round pitted the Verona
opponent. juniors with a much bigger task, as they
Hutchcroft and Swaminath lost in a fell 6-4, 6-4 against 10th-seeded Robby
tiebreaker to La Follette at the Madison Baranko and Eric Simonsen (26-1) the
East Invite but came back to beat the No. 2 doubles team from Homestead.
when Kaegi shot in the 90s, and the two-day event, Rebholz said.
preparation was a little different this Kaegi finished with 12 pars and a
time to prevent that. birdie in his final round. And he now
Instead of shooting a practice enters the summer tournament sea-
round, Kaegi trained for particular son with some momentum.
shots and did his own thing. I just think he is the kind of guy
And if it wasnt for a couple of that really does the work in the off-
putts that were right at the lip of the season, Rebholz said. He takes
cup, the score in round two might it serious. He is really all business
have been even lower. when he is on the course.
That was a huge improvement on That is definitely a recipe for suc-
last year, and it shows his maturi- cess and getting better.
ty as a golfer out there, playing in a
game for the WIAA Divi-
sion 1 playoffs, but that Whats next
didnt matter at regionals.
Despite tying sec- Verona traveled to No. 4 Oconomowoc Thursday in a
ond-seeded Madison West WIAA Division 1 sectional semifinal.
and seventh-seeded Mad-
ison Memorial and los- The winner will play the winner of No. 6 Janesville
ing a one-goal game to Craig and No. 7 Madison Memorial at 4p.m. Saturday at
sixth-seeded Janesville
Craig, the Wildcats were Sun Prairie in the sectional final.
given the challenging No.
9 seed.
The D1 state tournament is June 15 and 17. The
But they showed they
might have been under-
semifinal is at 1:30 p.m. on June 15, and the final is at
11 a.m. on June 17.
seeded last weekend by
winning a second straight
regional title, with road
victories over eighth-seed-
Janesville Craig knocked
off No. 3 Sun Prairie.
0-4 in its nonconference
schedule, the Wildcats also
We knew the strength tied Oregon (ranked fourth
of schedule that we played, in Division 2), tied Mount
The rest of the bracket and we knew we lost a cou- Horeb (fifth in Division
featured upsets, as well. ple of games early, but I 3) and defeated Madison
felt confident that we could Edgewood (second in Divi-
Wildcats sectional semi- play with the teams we sion 3).
fi n a l o p p o n e n t T h u r s - were playing, coach Jen I think you have to
day was the only lower Faulkner said. I was pret- play that tough schedule if

seed to make sectionals. ty confident that we could you are going to prepare
Seventh-seeded Madison play in that underdog role what the postseason is all
Memorial defeated No. 2 and come out ahead.
Madison West, and No. 6 Although Verona started Turn to VAHS girls/Page 16
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Baseball
Season ends at D1 regional final
ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor
The Oregon baseball
team had to make one too
many comebacks June 1 in
a 10-8 WIAA Division 1
regional loss at fourth-seed-
ed Beloit Memorial.
The fifth-seeded Panthers
found themselves down 4-0
after the first inning before
cutting the deficit to one in
the second. Beloit scored
again, but Oregon scored
five unanswered runs to
take an 8-5 lead.
Senior Jordan Helm-
kamp reached on an error
w i t h o n e o u t t o b eg i n
Oregons top half of the
fourth, and Carson Tim-
berlake (2-for-4) tripled
him home. Tyler Damon
(2-for-4) picked up a bunt
single to bring Timberlake
Senior Charles Donovan lost 6-1, 6-1 to Rob May of Mar-
quette University in the opening round of the WIAA Division
1 state tournament. Donovan was a three-time state qualifier
at No. 2 singles.
OHS tennis: Seniors close
high school careers at state
Continued from page 12
match. Honestly, the past
three years I had been play-
ing my best tennis at the
end of the year, and this
year I just didnt have it. I
really wish I could been
playing better.
Schneider said he strug-
gled with his serve over
the last month and dou-
ble-faulted too many times
to stay in the match.
I think Im a better play-
er than that, but Im not
playing well enough to beat
a guy like that, Schneider
said. Usually in the big-
gest matches, I would come
to play, and this year I just
wasnt hitting my shots and
executing.
Though he entered the
season with the goal of
receiving a state seed after
just missing out on one last
year, Schneider acknowl-
edged he just didnt play
well enough to earn a top-
16 seed this season.
A four-time state quali-
fier, Schneider talked after
the match about not taking
anything for granted.
Its definitely awesome
to get to state four times,
he said. We got to state
my sophomore year in
soccer and it was kind of
like, Yeah, this is going
home, and senior Eric
Modaff (2-for-4) later dou-
bled to score Damon.
Jack Haufle (3-for-4)
capped the inning with an
RBI single to bring home
Modaff.
But Beloit came right
back in the bottom of the
inning. After a double by
Tyreese Crosby, JD Dix-
on and Matt Elliot both
reached on errors to load
the bases.
Miguel Betancourt fol-
lowed with a 2-run single,
and after another error,
Steven Makinen hit a sac-
rifice fly to score Elliot
and tie the game 8-8.
Beloit added a run in
have to do what my body can han-
the bottom of the fifth and
another in the sixth. Elliot
had an RBI single, and
Trent Porter hit a sacrifice
fly, respectively.
to happen again and again,
and it didnt happen the
next two years.
Donovan (22-5), who
played right next to his
teammate at state, said he
felt, a little off following
a break between sectionals
and state, where he faced
a seeded player in his final
prep match and fell 6-1,
6-1 to Marquette Universi-
ty junior Rob May (23-2).
May played No. 3 singles
for the Hilltoppers, who
have won nine of the last 10
Division 1 state titles and
are back again this year.
During the match, it
really started showing that
I hadnt practiced much,
Donovan said. I definite-
ly wasnt playing my best
today.
It was the third time Don-
ovan (22-4) had qualified
for state and the third time
he lost in the first round.
Obviously, I feel I had a
pretty good season. I would
have liked to pick up a win
at state, Donovan said. It
was really an accomplish-
ment just to get here three
years in a row.
Even though I lost in the
first round, its been a great
experience getting to see all
these people supporting the
top players from all around
the state.
Oregon High School June 9, 2017 Fitchburg Star 15
Track and field
Several medal at D1 state meet
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
Junior Alexis Jackson battled a
knee injury to medal three times
June 2-3 at the WIAA Division 1
state track and field meet at Veter-
ans Memorial Stadium at UW-La
Crosse.
Jackson joined senior Danica Keis-
ling, sophomore Scarlet Egwuon-
wu and freshman Olivia Marsden to
finish second in the 4x200 relay in 1
minute, 41.08 seconds.
Jackson also took third in the 100
Senior Hudson Kugel races out in front Photos by Anthony Iozzo
hurdles in 14.97 and added a sixth
place in the 300 hurdles in 45.37. during the first lap of the 800-meter Senior Danica Keisling (left) runs in
run June 3 in the WIAA Division 1 the second leg of the 4x200 relay
Jackson won state titles in all three
events last season. state track and field championships at final June 3 in the WIAA Division 1
Veterans Memorial Stadium at UW-La state track and field championships at
I would have liked more, but I
Crosse. Kugel finished second in 1 Veterans Memorial Stadium at UW-La
minute, 53.44 seconds to reach the Crosse. Keisling joined junior Alexis
dle, she said. It is still pretty good
to get up on the podium while being podium. Jackson, sophomore Scarlet Egwuon-
in pain. wu and freshman Olivia Marsden to
On the boys side, senior Hudson 100-meter dash an improvement of finish second in 1 minute, 41.08 sec-
Kugel was the lone medalist for the one spot from last year. She matched onds and make the podium.
Panthers. her finish in the 200 from last, taking
Kugel was runner-up in the 800 ninth place once again. stands as the second-best mark in
with a time of 1:53.44. It was the Egwuonwu posted the third-fast- school history. Milski, who finished
second straight season that Kugel est girls 100 time in OHS history to 18th with a throw of 36-8 1/4 on her
was second in the 800. score a point with a 12.62. final attempt, has one more year in
Egwuonwu competed in three Junior Alyssa Milski competed which to break the school record of
events and scored points in two. The in the shot put but was unable to Rhonda Knipfer (38-5 1/2) set in
sophomore finished eighth in the improve on her best (37-10), which 1984.
Girls soccer
Panthers crush competition to win Division 2 regional title
ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor Whats next
The top-seeded Oregon High Top-seeded Oregon hosts No. 4 Monona Grove at 7p.m. Thursday at
School girls soccer team won its Huntoon Field in a WIAA Division 2 sectional semifinal.
fifth straight regional title Satur-
day, outscoring No. 8 Elkhorn and The winner will play the winner of No. 2 Burlington and No. 3 Milton. The
16th-seeded Wilmot Union by a sectional final is scheduled for 4p.m. Saturday at Huntoon Field.
combined 17-0 last week.
Oregon 9, Wilmot Union 0 State is June 16-17. The semifinal is at 7 p.m. on June 16, and the final is
at 7 p.m. on June 17.
The Panthers opened regionals
June 1 and jumped out to a big lead
early in a 9-0 win.
Sophomore forward Maddy Kaboord scored again early in seventh-seeded Elkhorn.
the second half with an assist from K a b o o r d s c o r e d i n t h e s ev -
Schwartzmiller started off the scor-
ing in the fifth minute, and junior junior midfielder Sammy Eyers, enth and 31st minutes with assists
midfielder Emma Roemer followed
with a goal in the 12th minute with
and junior forward Marah Weidens-
ee scored in the 72nd minute with
from Hughes and Fanning. Emma
Roemer and Hanson added first
an assist to senior defender Made-
lyn Peach.
an assist to sophomore forward
Macie Cox.
half goals. Schwartzmiller assisted
on Roemers goal, and Brakob and
Freshman defender/forward Junior midfielder Kailie Swee- Eyers assisted on Hansons goal.
ney finished the scoring in the 73rd Sophomore forward Ella Hughes
Emma Halverson added a goal
minute. added a goal in the 50th minute
in the 29th minute with an assist
With senior Abby Breitbach still with an assist to Schwartzmiller,
to freshman forward Avery Fan-
out with an ankle injury, fresh- and Sweeney scored in the 59th
ning, and senior midfielder Holly
man Melia Moyer and junior Kelly minute with an assist to Cox.
Kaboord and junior forward Alex-
Kubicek got time in the goal. Both Schrimpf picked up the last two
is Kane both scored with assists to
played 45 minutes but didnt face agoals. Brakob assisted on her first
freshman midfielder Ashley Hanson
shot on goal. one.
on both goals.
Moyer and Kubicek played in the
Senior forward Meagan Brakob Oregon 8, Elkhorn 0
net. Moyer started and had one save
made it 6-0 at halftime with a goal
Oregon scored four times in both in 74 minutes, and Kubicek had one
on an assist by freshman midfielder/
halves June 3 for an 8-0 win over save in 16 minutes.
forward Kaitlyn Schrimpf.
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West track: Zamzow-Schmidt takes 19th in the mile

Edgewood shares Continued from page 12 third-place and a medal in
7 minutes, 49.74 seconds.
22nd in the 800 (2:00.89).
A s h wa u b e n o n s e n i o r
a 19th-place finish in the
800. The junior posted a

Badger South title Bishop got out strong in

the 4x800-meter relay and
Oconomowoc won the
4x800 in 7:45.88, and
Kimberly finished second
Tannor Wagner won the
1,600 in 4:15.77 and Big
Eight rival Nathen Farrell
2:00.46 as Madison West
finished in a four-way tie
for 41st with six points.
The Madison Edgewood girls soccer team tied Ore- set the tone on Friday, June 7:47.06. of Janesville Craig won the Kimberly held off Oak
gon 0-0 in April, and the Crusaders won their next five 2. Zamzow-Schmid went 800 in 1:53.02. Creek by one point to win
games to finish 5-0-1 in the Badger South Conference. Running among the top on to finish 19th in the Zamzow-Schmids team- the title with 41 points.
Oregon did the same, and the two teams shared the teams throughout the race, 1,600 run (4:34.94) and mate Daniel Jacobs added
2017 conference title. West fought its way to a
The Panthers won their sixth straight Badger South
crown, and the Crusaders won their first title since
2014, when they also shared it with Oregon.
West BB: Regents finish 11-7 in Big Eight Conference
Edgewood soccer: Crusaders
Continued from page 13 splitting the season series,
then finished conference
season May 25 at Janesville
outscore opponents 17-0 at beat anyone.
The Regents had won
Parker at Riverside Park
with a 7-4 victory.
two straight games and
Division 3 regionals took a 3-0 lead against Sun
The Regents were 11-7 in
the Big Eight Conference
Prairie before the Cardinals and had defeated Verona,
Continued from page 13 the No. 1 seed in section- which would have been
Whats next al 6 scored four runs in
the next three innings and
their sectional semifinal
Independence 10-0 on June 1 opponent had they defeated
Top-seeded Edgewood shut the Regents out after Elkhorn, twice during the
in the regional semifinal and that.
then knocked off No. 8 Mon- hosted No. 5 Lodi Thurs- regular season. Photo by Evan Halpop
West lost to Janesville Beloit Memorial won Senior starting pitcher Gabe Hill (20) pitched five innings in
roe 7-0 on June 3. day in the WIAA Division 3 Craig 7-3 on May 24 at Riv- the sectional to advance to an 8-7 playoff loss against Elkhorn on June 1 at Mansfield
Edgewood 10, Arcadia 0 sectional semifinal. erside Park in Janesville, state. Stadium.
Edgewood opened region- If the Crusaders won,
als Thursday with a 10-0 win they will host the winner
over Arcadia.
Senior Brita Hovde had
of No. 2 Belleville/New VAHS track: Biddle scores points in the 110 hurdles
a goal and an assist, and Glarus and No. 3 Mount
Horeb at 4p.m. Saturday. Continued from page 12 110-meter hurdles. Herkert posted a on winning the programs first state
sophomore Ellie Trudgeon time of 15.03 to beat his classmate title since (1992) as recently as three
finished with a goal and two
assists. The state girls soccer Invite, Herkert said. I had a shoot-
to the finish line. Biddle finished in weeks ago when brothers Chudi
meet is June 16-17 at 15.58. and Obi Ifediora were injured fin-
Freshmen Lizzie Drake ing pain in my ankle and I couldnt Im not the most consistent long ished in a three-way tie with Racine
and Amaya Grant-Scott both Kohler Engines Stadium continue high jumping. jumper because I dont have a lot of Case and D.C. Everest for 16th place.
added a goal and an assist, at Uihlein Soccer Park in Herkert took some time off and time to work on it in practice, Her- Senior Hunter Bourne just missed
and sophomore Madison tried to come back but the injury lin-
DeMorett had two assists. Milwaukee. kert said. My main two goals were scoring for the team in the shot put,
gered. defending my title in the long jump finishing ninth with a personal-best
Senior Rachel Thoma, The Division 3 semifinal Id say the first time it didnt both- and making some noise in the hur- 53-6 .
junior Emma Spaulding, would be at 1:30p.m. er me was today in the long jump, he dles. Onalaska senior Austin Glynn (62-
junior Suzanna Lohr, sopho- said. So it was good timing, I guess. West Allis Central senior Kelvon 3 1/2) held off Fond du Lac freshman
more Madeline Cruz, soph- on June 16 if Edgewood Herkert and teammate Jared Bid-
makes it. The D3 final is at Johnson won the 110s in 14.56. Andrew Stone (62-1) by 1 1/2 inches
omore Jordyn Rothwell and dle finished sixth and ninth in the Verona, which had its sights set to win the title.
sophomore Cailee Hanson 4:30p.m. June 17.
all added goals.
Juniors Sophie Iglar, Nata-
nia Hanson, Helena Herrera also scored three times and
and Karen Walker all collect- picked up two assists.
Sophomore Madison
VAHS girls: Cats win back-to-back regional titles
ed assists.
DeMorett scored the other
Edgewood 7, Monroe 0 goal, and freshman Lizzie Continued from page 14 anything from the ninth Verona 1, Middleton 0 half for the score, and Nelson
seed, Faulkner said. did the rest, stopping 11 shots.
The Crusaders kept the Drake and junior Sophie Kate Melin struck first Rawson scored the lone Faulkner said the girls are
goals coming Saturday in a Iglar both collected assists. about, Faulkner said. We in the 26th minute with an goal on June 3 in the 1-0 win still riding a high from the
7-0 win over Monroe. Junior goalie Jamila Ham- made that tough sched- assist to Anna Heinzen, and over Middleton. win that she hopes continues
Hovde had three goals dan had one save. ule because we thought Julia Gilboy scored with four It was huge, Faulkner Thursday at Oconomowoc.
and added an assist, and we could learn something seconds left in the first half said. There is a longstand- Faulkner said they need to
sophomore Jordyn Rothwell - Anthony Iozzo from those games. with an assist to Olivia Raw- ing rivalry with Middleton possess the ball, create ball
son. at their field. The victory felt movement and finish when
Verona 4, Mukwonago 1 bigger than life because it was
Melin scored again in the the opportunities present
The Wildcats first showed 69th minute with an assist to completely unexpected by themselves.
that their seed might have most people, and they start-
VAHS baseball: Cats win D1
Caitlyn Ott, and Mia Hoeve I think they need to con-
been wrong June 1 in the 4-1 capped the offense with an ed to realize that if they play tinue to work and work really
win over Mukwonago. unassisted goal in the 88th together they can play any- hard and outwork the other
regional title I think our girls embraced
the underdog mentality that
minute.
Rachel Nelson finished
one, including the one seed.
Chandler Bainbridge found
team, she said. If we do
that, the girls will keep
Continued from page 14 no one is really expecting with six saves. her halfway through the first finding success.
The only run came in the
first inning.
Teskey walked, stole sec-
the bottom of the sixth and ond and reached third on a
State champs: Gilles takes second overall, Phelan sixth
was helped on the McClure wild pitch. Junior shortstop
play at the plate. Connor McGowan knocked
He allowed an infield sin- him in with a sacrifice fly to
gle to senior pinch hitter RJ left field. Continued from page 12 said. He is on the verge of scoring with five runner-up finishes at state
Woppert with two outs but Senior Jordan Van Dyke better. He has been hitting it really in six seasons. The Crusaders didnt
induced a flyout to end the took the loss. He allowed an well this spring. To be able to pull make state as a team in 2013.
game. Ben has been playing varsity off that round and shoot the low These guys come up each year
earned run on four hits, a hit and has been at state since he was
Laufenberg took the loss. batter and two walks, striking round for us on the second day at and they dont quite understand
He allowed two earned runs a freshman, Ring said. He plays state is a cool moment. how hard it is to win, Ring said.
out four. solid all the time, which is really
on two hits and four walks in Gilmore tied for 14th with a 160 They see the playing level and, I
5 1/3 innings, striking out six. Verona 5, Spartans 4 helpful for the team. The other guys (79-81), and Arndt was tied for 21st hope they think this, realize this is
Klawiter allowed two hits can rely on that, which makes it a with a 166 (83-83). pretty tough. Being there and being
Verona defeated Madison little easier.
and struck out one in 1 2/3 Memorial 5-4 on June 1 in a Gierhart, who had is score count that close.
innings. Phelan also medaled with a sixth- for the team in Round 1, finished To finally be the one hosting
D1 regional final at Stampfl place 153 (79-74).
Freitag earned the win. He Field. tied for 23rd with a 167 (80-87). the gold trophy, it is just a little bit
allowed one run on one hit It was awesome for Matt, Ring Edgewood came into the season sweeter.
All five Wildcats runs
and two hit batters, striking came in the first, includ-
out one. ing a 2-run single by Jacob
Verona 1, Elkhorn 0
The Wildcats opened sec-
Slonim.
Reagan Klawiter came Edgewood track: Link finished fourth in the 800 at state
in to close the game, and he
tionals with a 1-0 win over walked one and struck out
Elkhorn.
Continued from page 13 June 2. She crossed the line in 2:17.49. Boys
one in a scoreless inning for Ashland senior Aneesa Tucker took first
Senior Jeff Bishop pitched the save. in 2:16.04. Senior Fred Richards just missed the
a complete-game shutout. Bishop started and earned Veterans Memorial Stadium at UW-La At the end of the meet, sophomore podium in the discus with a seventh
He allowed four hits and two the win. He allowed two Crosse. Kaitlyn Barth joined Rodriguez, Link place (151-1). Valders senior Christo-
walks, striking out seven. earned runs on five hits and East Troy (senior Maddie Rosin, and ODriscoll to just miss the podium pher Evenso won (174-4).
I was just staying calm two walks in three innings, sophomore Rachel Bottum and fresh- in the 4x400 relay. The girls took sev- Richards was the lone qualifier on the
and staying loose, Bishop striking out one. Bishop men Ella Rondeau and Christina Nolt- enth in 4:03.85, with just .85 separating boys side.
said. I just wanted to throw gave up two RBI singles to ing) took first in 9:29.62. them and fourth-place Big Foot/Wil-
strikes and help my team- Memorials Isaac Blum. Link added a fourth place and anoth- liams Bay. - Anthony Iozzo
mates out. er medal in the 800, which was run on
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Habitat for Humanity projects abound in Fitchburg
Habitat for Humanity of
Dane County volunteers have
been busy this spring with
new housing developments
in the City of Fitchburg.
On April 18, about 15
volunteers from the Navy
Recruiting District Chicago
worked on houses at 2504,
2508 and 2514 Equity Lane.
June 9, 2017 Fitchburg Star 17
On May 5, Steve Stricker Mario and Brook and one of In connection with their Fitchburg. The homeown- Madison West High School
and more than 150 employees their children, Yoana. Love Madison event on May ers are Dhonpa and his two student through the Under-
and volunteers from Amer- Then on May 6, employees 7, more than 40 members of children, Dadhul and Phurbu, graduate Public Humanities
ican Family Insurance and with a Fitchburg electrical Blackhawk Church in Mid- who moved to Madison from Exchange, which will part-
The Steve Stricker American engineering consulting busi- dleton also built a frame for a Tibet due to political and ner with Habitat for the next
Family Insurance Foundation ness, Realtime Utility Engi- house that will be located on religious oppression, accord- few years to give an original
framed two Habitat homes, neers, donated their time and Unity Lane in Fitchburg. ing to a news release. piece of art to each new fam-
one of which will be located money to Habitat by helping And on May 11, Habi- At the home dedication, ily, according to the release.
on Unity Lane in Fitchburg, with the 2504 Equity Lane tat held a home dedication the family was also present-
with future homeowners site. at 2898 Rimrock Road in ed with artwork made by a Samantha Christian
City Hall - Main Line 270-4200 FACTv 270-4225 Parks & Forestry 270-4288
Administration 270-4213 Finance 270-4251 Planning/Zoning 270-4258
Assessing 270-4235 Fire Department 278-2980 Police 270-4300
Building Inspections 270-4240 FitchRona 275-7148 Public Works 270-4260
City Clerk 270-4210 Human Resources 270-4211 Recreation/Community Center 270-4285
Economic Development 270-4246 Library 729-1760 Senior Center 270-4290
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MCKEE FARMS PARK IS
2017 Summer Recreation Programs are Open for Registration! OPEN FOR THE SEASON
Go to www.fitchburgwi.gov/recreation Half Day Camps This is a popular destination for children of all ages and is open
and click on View Activities to see our list These Monday-Thursday weekly camps daily through Labor Day from 10 am to 8 pm. The splash pad is
of programs for this upcoming summer! We have a new theme each week. Some of the free & is located at 2930 Chapel Valley Road.
have themed Half Day Camps, Archery, camps offered are Mad Science, STEM Week,
Baseball, Golf, Tennis, Volleyball Camps H2WHOA and Detective Week!
and more! Ages 6-11 years old
Days/Times Mon-Thur., throughout the
Tennis Lessons Summer, 1-4pm EASY YOGA PLUS
This is a youth instruc- Location McKee Farms Park Shelter Learn ways to age gracefully through
tional tennis program Fee - $50 each camp becoming aware of what your mind, body
designed for all abilities.
and spirit are telling you. You will leave class
Instructors are skilled Junior Angler Camp more relaxed and more in tune with what is
college and high school Lets kick off the required to keep yourself vibrant as you age.
tennis players. Tennis summer with an after This is a six week class starting June 20th from
balls will be provided, school fishing program! 9am-10am. The cost is $55. Call 270-4290 to
however participants Participants will learn register.
need to bring their own racquet how to identify different
Classes Lessons for ages 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, species of fish, assemble
10-12, and 13-16 years old a fishing pole, tie basic
Days/Times Mondays and Wednesdays fishing knots, select bait,
w/Session 1: June 12-July 12 and Session
2: July 17-August 9
and safely cast a rod and RECYCLING OPTIONS AT THE
reel. This is a great program for beginners
Location McKee Farms Park Tennis as well as those with limited experience. RECYCLING DROP OFF SITE
Courts Participants must bring their own rod and reel.
Fee Session 1: $36 Session 2: $32 Ages 8-12 years old
Days/Times Tuesday and Thursday,
Open Flag Football June 6th and 8th, 5:30-7pm
Do you love foot- Location McKee Farms Park Shelter
ball? The Rec Dept. is Fee - $40
organizing an open flag
football program for Kids Enrichment Playground Etiquette
kids entering grades Creating
1-3 and 4-6. This isnt strong rela-
an organized league. tionships on
There will be football the playground.
skill instruction for the first part of the class, Children learn
then we will play a game. New teams will the importance
be picked each week and FUN is the main of respect, The Fitchburg Recycling Drop Off Site is ics. For information on recycling of materials
objective. manners, being next to the Maintenance Facility at 2373 S. not accepted at this site, refer to the City of
Classes 1st - 3rd Grade and 4th - 6th polite and show- Fish Hatchery Road. The site promotes the Fitchburg Recycling Guide at http://wi-fitch-
Grade ing empathy to others. Emphasis will be placed conservation of resources within the com- burg.civicplus.com/214/Recycling-Drop-Off-
Days/Times Fridays, June 16-August 4, on communication skills, joining and exiting a munity and helps to reduce the amount of Site
9:30 am (1st-3rd), 10:30 am (4th-6th) group, inviting and introducing others, building materials sent to landfills. Here, Fitchburg
Location Tower Hill Park relationships and teamwork. residents only can recycle yard waste, brush,
Fee - $30 Ages 6 years old and up cardboard, motor oil, oil filters, scrap metal,
Day/Time Saturday, June 17th from white block polystyrene and bulky plas-
Girls Basketball Camp 10-11am
This 4-day camp is tic items during daylight hours. The labels
Location Fitchburg Community Center on each dumpster indicates what material
specifically designed Fee - $15
to help girls improve belongs inside.
their fundamental bas- Here are a few tips on how to use the
Art Camp 2017 drop off site:
ketball skills and devel- Does your child love
op the confidence and All cardboard boxes should be flattened
art? If so, sign them up for
mindset required to to save space.
this fun filled creative art
play at higher levels. Any non-metal parts should be removed
camp. Each day we will be
Basic offensive and before items are placed in the scrap metal
creating a beautiful project.
defensive skills will be taught with the instruc- On Thursday, June 29th at bin.
tional focus being on proper technique and 11:00am we will have an Any non-plastic parts should be removed
repetition through drills, contests, and games. art show for the childrens before items are placed in the plastic
If your goals include having fun, improving your families and friends to come bulky items bin.
basketball skills, and getting better together see their masterpieces. Any invasive species should be bagged and
through teamwork, then we look forward to They will be doing an amaz- placed in the designated dumpster.
seeing you at camp! As a reminder, the recycling drop off site
ing acrylic on canvas, a gorgeous watercolor
Classes 3rd-5th Grade and 6th-8th is only for the designated recyclable mate-
painting, a fun multi-media piece and a darling
Grade rials mentioned above. It does not accept Please help us keep our community clean
bird house. We will also do a small craft proj-
Days/Times Monday-Thursday, July any refuse, brush larger than thumb size in by reporting any illegal dumping to Public
ect each day and work on sketch books.
24-July 27, 5:30 pm (3rd-5th), 7:00 pm diameter, bricks or concrete, packing peanuts, Works at 270-4260, or by emailing pub-
Ages 5-12 years old
(6th-8th) wood scraps, building materials, or electron- licworks@fitchburgwi.gov
Days/Times Monday-Thursday, June
Location Savanna Oaks Middle School 26th June 29th, 9-11:30am
Gym Location Huegel-Jamestown Park
Fee - $40 Fee - $120
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18 June 9, 2017 Fitchburg Star City news
Neighborhood
engagement
grants available
Mayor warns of
budget concerns
SCOTT GIRARD
Unified Newspaper Group
In an effort to promote
community-building in three
underserved areas, the city is
offering grants for education-
al or interactive neighborhood
activities.
The Common Coun-
cil approved a mechanism
Map courtesy City of Fitchburg
for funding neighborhood
The new route reaches McKee Farms Park and the Fitchburg library. engagement activities last
month, but it came with a
Route 59 adds McKee, loses Allied
warning from the mayor that
it could be a one-year pro-
gram.
The $15,000 allocated
SCOTT GIRARD for activities that assist in
Unified Newspaper Group increasing neighborhood
engagement, communi-
One of Madison Metro Transits ty building through social
weekend bus routes through the interaction and positive pub-
City of Fitchburg has been adjust- lic health outcomes had
ed to add one area and eliminate already been approved in the
another. 2017 budget, but groups had
The Common Council last month no way to apply until this
approved a shift to Route 59 that approval.
reallocates weekend service hours Funding is expected to
to reach McKee Farms Park and focus on three high-need
to no longer service the Belmar/ areas: North Fish Hatchery
Allied/Chalet Gardens area. Road, King James Way and
Ald. Dorothy Krause (Dist. 1) Allied Drive.
said she had a bit of a problem Mayor Jason Gonzalez
with the change, especially with told the council that between
the suggestion that residents in that this, $50,000 for the Boys
area could take a bus to the West and Girls Club, $10,000 for
Transfer Point in Madison using
EAB confirmed in city
Route 18 and then connect to Route
59, which serves the northwest part
of the city.
But the proposal for the change
notes that this would provide access Like other cities across the
to McKee Farms Park that did not county, it was only a matter of
previously exist, and all of the time before emerald ash borer
weekend events that are held there, made its way into Fitchburg,
as well as the Fitchburg library. but now the news is official.
R o u t e 5 9 w i l l n ow c o n t i n u e City urban forester and
down McKee Road to Fish Hatch-
naturalist Anna Healy said
ery and to Lacy Road with a stop at declining ash trees due to
the library. It would then continue EAB infestation have been
north along Fish Hatchery Road to located along County Hwy. M
Mickelson Parkway and Brendan near the intersection of Hwys.
Avenue, stopping at McKee Farms MM and 14. Dane County
Park before continuing along McK- forester Adam Alves made
ee Road to the West Transfer Point. the discovery while driving
by on May 18, and it was con-
Contact Scott Girard at ungreport- firmed by Brian Wahl with
er@wcinet.com and follow him on the Department of Natural
Twitter @sgirard9. Map courtesy City of Fitchburg
Resources.
The old Route 59 serviced the Allied Drive and Chalet Gardens area.
The confirmation of
EAB in Fitchburg is not sur-
prising, Healy wrote in a
news release. We have been
expecting this since the beetle
Go Green. was confirmed in Madison in
2013. If anyone was waiting
Recycle Old Appliances. to treat ash trees on their pri-
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refrigerators and freezers? the time to start.
Property owners with ash
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On the Web
To apply for a neighborhood
engagement activity grant, find the
application at:
fitchburgwi.gov
Badger Prairie Needs Net-
work and another $50,000 for
community nonprofits, This
is something were going to
have to seriously talk about in
the next budget.
Were just doling out tax-
payers money left and right
for things that arent neces-
sarily essential city services,
Gonzalez said. Were not
meeting the demands of
essential city services, either.
The application asks a
group to identify and describe
its activity or project, whether
its part of a larger effort or a
standalone event and item-
ize funding requests for com-
ponents of a project. It also
asks applicants to identify
which categories it addresses
among education, life skills,
social interaction, healthy
lifestyles, mobility and arts
and placemaking.
Contact Scott Girard at
ungreporter@wcinet.com
and follow him on Twitter
@sgirard9.
On the Web
Learn about the citys plan for EAB:
fitchburgwi.gov/664/
Emerald-Ash-Borer
according to the release. Signs
of possible EAB infestation
include thinning of branches
in the canopy, D-shaped holes
in the bark, new branches
sprouting low on the trunk,
cracked bark and woodpeck-
ers removing the bark to get
to insect larvae beneath it.
All 691 ash trees on city
property are inspected and
treated bi-annually with
TREE-age if they are good
candidates. The trees that are
not treated are scheduled for
removal and replacement.
Healy told the Star the
infested trees are in or near
the county road right of way.
No trees have been
removed to my knowledge,
she said. Most of the ash
trees in the area are showing
obvious signs of EAB.
Samantha Christian
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June 9, 2017 Fitchburg Star 19

A Sunday to celebrate
Memorial UCC marks 100 years, nearly 30 in Fitchburg with June 4 event
SAMANTHA CHRISTIAN
Unified Newspaper Group
On the Web
To view the Memorial UCC
With a Celebrating 100 anniversary video, visit:
years rainbow banner on
the church, colorful yarn vimeo.com/218507775
wrapped around its trees,
red balloons and traced
handprints on watercol- People started gather-
or paper hanging from the ing for worship in Novem-
sanctuary, Memorial Unit- ber 1916 in Madison and
ed Church of Christ was adopted the charter for a
decked out for its centenni-new congregation with the
al celebration Sunday, June name Memorial Reformed
4. Church on June 10, 1917.
The day included wor- Memorial moved locations
ship with original music, from the Civil War veter-
chalk drawing for kids, a ans G.A.R. Hall to a house
video program detailing the on Johnson Street and then
churchs past and future andto Madison Street near the
a potluck. Visitors could university before it began
take home centennial book- services in its new building
lets, which tell the historyas Memorial UCC on Lacy
of the church with stories Road in Fitchburg on Feb.
and photos. The church 12, 1989.
also presented Madison-ar- Although our earliest
ea Urban Ministry with a roots were in the Reformed
donation for its microloan tradition of Christianity,
program for people who we joined with the Ger-
were formerly incarcerated. man Evangelical denomi-
Members of the congre- nation in 1931 to form the
gation saw some familiar Evangelical and Reformed
faces during the service, Church, the churchs web-
which pastor Phil Haslanger site states. Then when the
helped organize before his national E-R joined with
retirement later this month.the Congregational-Chris-
Reading the scriptures were tian Church in 1957, we
former Memorial pastors became part of that new
Jon Schultz (who served denomination known as the
from 1971-1996) and Bon- United Church of Christ.
nie Van Overbeke (1997- The church has prided Photos by Samantha Christian
2009). itself on reaching out and Red balloons and other colorful decorations filled the sanctuary at Memorial United Church of Christ for its 100th anniversa-
The Rev. Franz Rigert, working in partnership with ry celebration June 4.
conference minister with other denominations in the
the United Church of Christ Madison and Fitchburg area
in Wisconsin, gave the on various projects.
childrens message, telling Its mission statement
reads: We are a commu-
them its not about the stee-
nity of faith called by God,
ple but rather all the people.
He reflected on 100 Years to gather for worship and
Bold during the sermon, reach out in ever-widening
advocating for more win- circles as a witness to Gods
dows and less walls so all-inclusive love in Jesus
people are less divided, Christ, and to act out Gods
more committed to justice grace and mercy in deeds of
and willing to collaborate teaching, healing, reconcil-
in ways we have not done ing, nurturing, and feeding
before. those who are hungry in
body or in spirit.
Looking back To l e a r n m o r e a b o u t
Memorial United Church the churchs history, vis-
of Christ has come a long i t m e m o r i a l u c c . o r g /
way in its 100-year histo- ourhistory. Above, kids colored the sidewalks with chalk art during
ry. The church started with Memorial UCCs anniversary.
about 60 members and now Contact Samantha Chris- Right, Wesley Young, 6, of Dunn, peers up at Eva Vick, 10,
has nearly 200. tian at samantha. of Madison, as they explore the yarn-bombed trees along
christian@wcinet.com. Lacy Road during Memorial UCCs 100th anniversary cele-
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Construction: DOT open house set for June 22 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in Fitchburg
Continued from page 1 the project. work began, and shes con-
Gov. Scott Walker visited cerned that number will grow
state Capitol as legislators the construction zone Mon- if the project is delayed.
debate the next biennial day, June 5, where he advo- Its time to finish this
budget. cated for his budget propos- project, Jaggi said. If (busi-
Some of those legislators al that would fully fund the ness owners) had more cer-
have advocated cuts to the project. Jaggi said eight busi- tainty, theyd be able to make
Department of Transporta- nesses have closed or moved more rational business deci-
tion budget that could delay out of the corridor since sions.
Despite those concerns,
she said the VRBC has a
Cook at Epic great partnership with the
DOT and contractors on the
project.
As a cook on Epics culinary team, you will be The communication has
scratch cooking for Epic staff, customers, and been outstanding, she said.
guests. Our menus change daily to reflect a The construction thats
underway has been going
variety of regional, seasonal, international very smoothly.
dishes, often striking a balance between That communication will
accessible and esoteric food. Youll learn continue with the DOTs
new dishes as you rotate through the Grill, upcoming quarterly open
house, set for June 22 at the
Entre, and Soup/Salad/Sandwich stations. Verona Road field office,
Youll also flex your creative muscles by 5980 Executive Dr. Theisen
contributing to daily specials. Our culinary said there will be no formal
team works in a s tate-of-of-the-art, air presentation, but anyone
interested can come between
conditioned kitchen and enjoy consistent, 5:30 and 7:30p.m. to talk
full-time hours and full employee benefits. with contractors and DOT
representatives about the lat-
Please apply online through careers.epic.com est updates on the project.
Current stage
Crews are working on
the beginning of Stage 2
of the overall project, the
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hours. Candidates must have a clean driving record, PD is limited to one lane
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Williamsburg Way is closed to the east of Verona Road while crews work on the East Front-
age Road and ramps between Williamsburg and County Hwy. PD.
On the Web
Get the latest updates from the
Department of Transportation on the
Verona Road Project:
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veronard
Road extension from Hwy.
PD to King James Way.
( We l l b e ) f i n i s h -
ing those key pieces by
mid-August to get ready for
the next phase of the proj-
ect, he said.
Ramps between Williamsburg Way and County Hwy. PD are
Long-term outlook
currently under construction.
The completion of the
entire project by 2020 is the rest, which would leave reaching out to the VRBC
still in question. Verona Road and other and citizens in general,
Work that will be left major projects in doubt. as they are getting a lot
after the current stage Legislators have dis- more questions, a lot more
includes the reconstruction cussed a variety of options positive engagement about
and expansion to three lanes to fund it, such as an whats happening as the
of Verona Road, bridges increase in the gas tax or work becomes more notice-
over Hwy. PD and west- toll roads, but Republicans able.
bound interchange ramps who control both houses Wi t h t h a t c o m e s t h e
and the governors office potential of distractions to
between PD and Williams-
burg Way. are divided between those drivers, which Theisen said
When the project is com- ideas or cutting the budget. can be dangerous for both
plete, Verona Road traffic Jaggi said the work thats motorists and construction
will travel underneath Wil- already going on has left crews. He pointed to the
liamsburg Way and over owners scrambling to focus projects Facebook page
Hwy. PD, eliminating the on really marketing their as a good source of photos
intersection and its stop- businesses to keep them top rather than drivers trying to
lights. Drivers exiting onto of mind with customers, take one themselves as they
PD from Verona Road will and that any would only pass by.
go through an intersection add to the complications. When you get behind
similar to the new sin- You add that on top of the wheel, your primary job
not having certainty about ... you need to do is drive,
gle-point interchange at
the road construction proj- he said.
the Beltline and Verona
Road intersection. ect, thats a lot theyre deal- One of the VRBCs key
Whether that happens by ing with, she said. roles is communicating
2020 will be determined by with the businesses when-
Communication key ever theres an update about
the states biennial budget,
which the state Legislature Both Theisen and Jaggi a closure, water turn-off
is supposed to approve by said strong communication or other issues that could
July 1. There have been is key to getting through the affect them.
proposals to separate the construction. They communicate to us
transportation budget from For Theisen, that goes for early, we communicate to
the businesses, she said of
the DOT.
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Photos by Samantha Christian

In his last month before retiring as pastor of Memorial United Church of Christ, Phil Haslanger, above left, helped organize a centennial celebration June 4. At the beginning of the June 4
church service at All Saints Lutheran Church in Fitchburg, Rich Johnson, above right, told the congregation he was doing his best to think of it as a regular Sunday. He retires after 22
years with the congregation on June 9.

Q&A with pastors Haslanger and Johnson

SAMANTHA CHRISTIAN Part of our job is to just be your typical Anglo-subur- Theres been a high love to see this happen, and thats
Unified Newspaper Group ban congregation given Fitchburg probably a good place to transi-
figure out how do we is a very diverse community. One degree of intentional tion. Its going to be a different
Before they were swept up serve the community that of the cool things around here is collaboration and voyage.
in the emotion and commo- how this wide array of churches, Star: What will you be doing
tion of Sundays events, retir- were a part of. in terms of theology and style, cooperation between after you retire?
ing pastors Rich Johnson of All have found ways to work together many of the churches Johnson: Were staying in
Saints Lutheran Church and Phil Phil Haslanger, retiring pastor, on a variety of projects. Madison, and Ill still be involved
Haslanger of Memorial United Memorial UCC Theres also been a faith lead- in Fitchburg, and thats in the jail ministry board, but its
Church of Christ sat down with ers prayer group that gets together been a heartening thing. like you have to reinvent yourself.
the Star at The Rolling Pin Bake grade, and it wasnt until I was about once a month at the differ- I want to have more time to step
Shape to talk about this milestone a sophomore in high school that ent churches, and we take some Rich Johnson, retiring pastor, All up and do some volunteering. I
in their lives. some teenagers from my church time to hear what were each Saints Lutheran Church was a reading tutor at Leopold,
Some questions and answers knocked on my door, invited me struggling with and pray for each and I think third grade is the piv-
have been mod- back and asked me to play guitar other. That doesnt happen at a lot otal age so Id like to get plugged
ified for clarity in their music group. of places. say, OK, what are you doing? into that again, or Falk Elementa-

Q&
and space. It just started to change my life; Star: What do you think a pas- Wheres our holes? How can we ry School is in our neighborhood.
Star: How God became more of a real per- tors role is outside of the church? help each other? Id like to do some part-time sup-
would you son than a concept. And the rest is Johnson: If a pastors going to Star: Does your work feel ply preaching, but I dont know,

A
describe your
faith journey?
Haslanger: I
was a journalist
in Madison for
34 years at the Cap Times and
began a transition into the minis-
try in the 2000s. I did my student
internship at Memorial in 2004
thought, this is a really neat con-
gregation, too bad they got a pas-
tor and worked at a couple of
other congregations just as short-
term fill-in.
When Bonnie Van Overbeke
retired in 2009, I got to be the
full-time pastor and pretty much
thought Id died and gone to heav-
en at that point.
Johnson: I grew up in Chicago
and in the church, but I say that
my liturgical gesture to the church
was this (waves hand) in eighth
history.
Star: What has the relationship
been like with the other congrega-
tions in Fitchburg?
Johnson: Theres been a high
degree of intentional collabo-
ration and cooperation between
many of the churches in Fitch-
burg, and thats been a heartening
thing.
Its been neat to do outreach to
the community and service the
personal essentials pantry is a
perfect example of that. Its some-
thing I wish I could see more of.
Sometimes were aware of what
our differences are, but when we
can work together, I really think
that says something about our
community as well as our folks
on the inside.
Haslanger: I think both of us
have been looking at ways to not
be in the community, they need
to be very intentional about that.
I think its very easy to withdraw
and focus on our little chapel
community, so weve always tried
to say, How can we best reflect
the mind and manner of Christ
in this place and outside these
walls?
Thats why the faith/city lead-
ers group has been such a bright
spot for me. Were really trying to
build a sense of community.
Haslanger: I think it fits into
that model that churches cant
just gather on Sunday morning
and call it a week. Part of our job
is to figure out how do we serve
the community that were a part
of.
All of those meetings that start-
ed with the mayor really became
a supportive place where we
unfinished? Is this the right time
to retire?
Haslanger: Yes and yes. Were
always working on finding new
things to do, ways to reach out
and ways to bring people in. Part
of my decision to retire now was
that I want to stop when Im hav-
ing a good time, and I wanted to
be a part of the centennial cele-
bration.
The folks at Memorial are
going to continue charting the
future and theyll chart some
new directions I didnt think
about, and thats great.
Johnson: Theres kind of a
grieving process a mixed bag of
joy and sadness.
I think were leaving at a time
when theres a lot of momentum.
But you always think, I wish I
couldve done this or I would
Ive never done this before. May-
be a little travel, eventually.
Haslanger: Were going to trav-
el right away (laughs). Were get-
ting out of town for a few weeks to
Seattle and Portland. Then Ive got
a few things in the works.
Its a little more complicated
because I live in Fitchburg and
Im pretty involved in the com-
munity, but Im going to stay
involved in a lot of broad Madi-
son-area community things. I will
still be doing things with Domes-
tic Abuse Intervention Services to
get men to work as allies, doing
some writing with Justified Anger
and Selfless Ambition programs
and some ministry board work
and supply preaching.
Contact Samantha Christian at
samantha.christian@wcinet.com.

Memorial UCC, All Saints connected from the beginning

All Saints Lutheran
Church and Memorial Unit-
ed Church of Christ are con-
nected by their arrivals in
Fitchburg, Memorial UCC
pastor Phil Haslanger said.
Both came shortly after the
city was incorporated in
1983.
Theres been this inter-
esting little tie between our
two congregations going
way back, he said.
When the Ameri-
can Lutheran Church
and Lutheran Church of
America merged to become
the Evangelical Luther-
an Church of America, the
LCA owned the property
on Chapel Valley Road and
the ALC owned the land on
Lacy Road.
The ALC was given the
land on the condition that
it be used for a church,
but the merged Lutherans
already had a church a cou-
ple blocks away when All
Saints Lutheran Church
became an official congre-
gation in 1987. Around the
same time, Memorial UCC
was looking at moving
from downtown Madison to
Fitchburg.
My sense is Memorial
got a really good deal on
this land from the Luther-
ans because they needed
to get rid of it, Haslanger
said, adding that the new
church in Fitchburg opened
in 1989.
Samantha Christian
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Kids Building
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construction equipment and
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