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Rising abuse of opiates touches Fitchburg
The Monticello Way
Northwest neighbors party with a purpose: to prevent crime
MICHAEL LEON
Fitchburg Star correspondent
The polar vortex injected a chill
in the interactions among neigh-
bors on Monticello Way last Janu-
ary, but it didnt last.
On a beautiful Saturday in May,
neighbors came from up and down
the half-mile-long street on Fitch-
burgs northwest side and people
partied like it was 1969, vowing to
meet again all summer long.
It wasnt the great weather that
brought folks together. This party
had a greater purpose.
A rare and well-publicized Febru-
ary crime spree that saw numerous
attempted burglaries in Jamestown,
near the Fitchburg-Madison border,
persuaded Maggie Newberry to think
of a way to prevent them. So New-
berry, a realtor living on the 5700
block, began chatting with her neigh-
bors, saying everyone should start
putting faces to houses again.
Burglaries dont happen in our
neighborhood, she said. I was tell-
ing everyone, we should bring back
the block parties we used to have
before. Everyone gets to know each
other, recognize faces.
Newberry recalled these block par-
ties as a longstanding tradition that
kept the neighborhood closely knit.
We used to do it on our front yard
when this was a cul de sac, she said.
I told the new young couples on our
street, If you ever leave for a time,
Ill do your driveway, and watch your
house. Thats the Monticello way.
Newberry found a neighborhood
enthusiastic about the idea of party-
ing for safety and fun.
Wade Whitmus, also from the
5700 block, called the idea per-
fect. His family serves as the
block captain for the Jamestown
Neighborhood Association.
N e i g h b o r h o o d s h a v e
Photo by Don Kosterman
Neighbors of Fitchburgs Monticello Way gather Saturday, May 10, for a block party, held at the home of Nathan Hobert (far left).
Photo submitted
After a struggle with addiction, Fitchburgs
Kara Czerwonka died in 2009. Her burial site
is in Resurrection Cemetery in Madison.
SETH JOVAAG
Fitchburg Star correspondent
In the summer of 2009, Kara
Czerwonka seemed to be putting
her life back together.
After graduating that June from
Verona Area High School, the
18-year-old Fitchburg resident was
living at home with her parents,
working full-time at a horse stable
in the Town of Dunn and prepping
her beloved horse, Mr. Hip Hop, for
a national competition.
Over the previous year, Czer-
wonka had battled addiction, first
to prescription painkillers and later
to heroin. After months of recovery
programs and counseling, her fam-
ily hoped she was in the clear.
We thought, OK, we got this
licked, Kara will be fine, her
father, Dan Czerwonka, recalled.
But on Sept. 1, Kara relapsed.
She used heroin, overdosed and
was found dead in her bedroom.
I thought we were past it all
again, Dan said in an interview
with the Star last month. But
thats how you are. You want to
believe so damn bad.
But that isnt how it works.
Czerwonkas death devastated
her friends and family. But it
was also one more statistic in a
trend of rising opiate abuse that
has alarmed area health and law
Turn to Addiction/Page 25
Turn to Jamestown/Page 24
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See what teams
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Pharmacy with a
local flavor
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Schools
State grant will help
traffic flow
Page 22
City
Business
Sports
Construction
update!
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Area high
school graduation
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12, 13, 14
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Businesses in the Verona Road corridor are working with city and state officials to create campaigns to
help potential customers better understand how to access them during the Verona Road construction.
A new signalized inter-
section was installed at
Hwys. M and D (Fish
Hatchery Road) to bet-
ter control traffic that
diverts from the Verona
Road construction.
Verona Road construction
Businesses plan
to work together
Traffic patterns
change near Beltline
MARK IGNATOWSKI
Unified Newspaper Group
Six years of construction
on a major thoroughfare
can take a toll on drivers
and businesses.
While motorists might
seek an alternate route,
businesses along the Vero-
na Road construction proj-
ect are banding together
t o promot e t hemsel ves
throughout the painful but
inevitable $175 million
reconstruction project.
Work has been going on
all spring on the first phase
of Verona Road, at the
Beltline interchange. The
second major phase starts
around 2017 and will affect
the area south of the current
zone, all the way past McK-
ee Road.
Through a Wi sconsi n
Depart ment
of Transpor-
tation-spon-
s or ed pr o-
gram called
I n T h i s
Toget her ,
l ocal busi -
nes s es ar e
working with
city hall and
the WisDOT
to make sure
business owners and cus-
tomers are aware of the
construction and work on
ways to keep their business-
es viable during the project.
According to city docu-
ments, the team hopes to
work with a PR/marketing
firm to promote the compa-
nies near the construction
zone and to use social media
to get its message out.
The city will also consid-
er spending $130,000 worth
of matching funds over the
next five years to work on
alerting drivers about how
construction will affect
access to businesses in the
area. Some of those proj-
ects include amending ordi-
nances to allow for more
signage, mapping alterna-
tive routes to Verona Road
corridor businesses and
defraying the costs of mar-
keting the businesses.
The council will weigh in
on this proposal during the
capital budget deliberations
in June.
Construction
continues
While businesses try to
survive, drivers are in for
more changes along the proj-
ect area. Two lanes of traf-
fic in each direction remain
open near the Beltline, but
traffic along
Atticus Way/
S u m m i t
Ro a d h a s
been shifted
north across
from Britta
Parkway. In
Jul y, t r af -
f i c a l o n g
Verona Road
is expected
to shift from the southbound
side of the road to the new
northbound Verona Road
side. This phase is slated to
be done by November.
Meanwhile, traffic look-
ing to avoid the construc-
tion will find a new signal-
ized intersection at County
Hwys. M and D ( Fi sh
Hatchery Road). Pavement
markings have been added
to prepare for additional
traffic looking for an alter-
nate route away from Vero-
na Road.
L o o k f o r w e e k -
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ConnectFitchburg.com.
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Look for weekly traffic updates at:
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State grant will
help traffic flow
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City loses
finance director
to cancer
DeHaven was city
administrator in 90s
SCOTT GIRARD
Norma DeHaven was a
celebrated employee around
Fitchburgs city hall.
So when the finance direc-
tor and former city adminis-
trator passed away Sunday,
May 25, it was devastat-
ing to lose her, said city
administrator Tony Roach,
who t ook
over from
De Ha v e n
when s he
l e f t t h e
administra-
tor position
in 1998.
It brings
home a lot
of emotions
into the organization, but I
think we all handled it pret-
ty well, Roach said. Im
sorry to see her go.
DeHaven, 55, f i r s t
worked for the city in the
1990s as a city administra-
tor before leaving to work
for her husbands property
management business to
spend more time with her
family. She eventually
returned to Fitchburg in fall
of 2012 after working brief-
ly in the Village of Cam-
bridge.
When she came back to
us as the finance director,
everyone at city hall just
kind of celebrated that she
came back home again,
Roach said. Everybody
just jumped at the idea, they
all said shed do a great job
being the finance director.
Soon after her return, she
was diagnosed with pan-
creatic cancer, in January
of 2013, and the attitude
around city hall quickly
turned from celebration to
support, Roach said.
Employees really rallied
around her and did a lot of
fundraising for pancreatic
cancer research, he said.
It really brings a commu-
nity together.
Many City Hall staffers
got the afternoon off Friday,
May 30, to attend DeHav-
ens funeral services. She
was survived by her hus-
band, Burt, and three sons,
along with many others.
DeHaven
Woodard, Rekowski leave holes at city hall
Public works
director had been
here 23 years
SCOTT GIRARD
Two city employees with
nearly 30 years of experi-
ence in Fitchburg between
them left the city in the past
month.
Paul Woodard, who had
been the citys public works
director for 23 years, and
Marcie Rekowski, a confi-
dential administrative assis-
tant for six years, each left
City Hall in May.
Woodard took a new job
as the city of Janesvilles
public works director, a
move city administrator
Tony Roach said he under-
stood. Janesvilles popula-
tion is more than double
that of Fitchburgs.
Its something he was
looking for, Roach said.
You always look for that
next big opportunity when
it comes around. Were
happy for him.
Roach s ai d t he ci t y
miss(es) him already.
Thats a lot of institu-
tional memory going out
the door, he said. Hes
left a top-notch staff.
Rekowski chose to retire
and spend more time with
her family, as her sixth
grandchild was born recent-
ly, Roach said.
Roach added that it took
everybody by surpri se
when she gave her notice,
but she just felt it was an
important time in her life
for her family.
Roach sai d Rekowski
brought private sector expe-
rience to the city, along
with a lot of good attitudes
about changing things.
(She) di d a wonder-
ful job of trying to balance
the demands of dealing
with the mayors sched-
ule, my schedule, he said.
She had a pretty challeng-
ing job, but she did it with
grace.
He said there were around
70 applicants to succeed
Rekowski, and interviews
were beginning the week of
June 9.
Roach said the city is in
the recruitment process for
Woodards successor, along
with a new finance direc-
tor after Norma DeHavens
death in late May.
We r e pr et t y l i ght -
staffed this summer, but
thats pretty typical, Roach
said. A lot of people leave
around the same time, then
you hire their replacements,
then 20 years later they all
leave at the same time.
In the meantime, Ahna-
ray Bizjak is serving as the
interim public works direc-
tor and Kari Peterson is the
interim finance director.
Rekowski Woodard
Meet the
staff
It wasnt all cookies and
coffee the afternoon of May
30 at the Meet the Staff
Fitchburg Star event at the
Fitchburg Library there
was some great conversa-
tion, too. Many citizens
and city staff members
stopped out to say, Hi.
That includes members
from the Friends of the
Library (pitured right), pas-
tor Thom from Fitchburg
Christian Fellowship church
and city staff such as Ald.
Steve Arnold, FACTv direc-
tor Jeremy Crosby and Rick
Eilertson of Public Works.
Thanks to all who attended.
Photo by
Victoria Vlisides
Fitchburg doesnt need new expansions
Should Fitchburg bring two large
rural areas into its Urban Service
Area (USA), when it already has
1,125 empty USA acres, ready and
waiting for development?
Should the Northeast Neighbor-
hood (NEN) and the North Stoner
Prairie Neighborhood (NSPN) be
developed now, or ever? On Feb. 25
the Fitchburg Common Council said
yes to these questions by a margin of
6 to 2, with Alders Steve Arnold and
Dorothy Krause voting no.
Now the decision rests with the
Capital Area Regional Planning Com-
mission (CARPC), and ultimately
with the Wisconsin Department of
Natural Resources (DNR). Both are
charged with protecting the ground
water and surface waters like springs,
rivers, lakes, and wetlands.
The CARPC will hold public
hearings on Aug. 14 at 7 p.m. at the
Fitchburg City Hall, 5520 Lacy Road,
and we urge all concerned Fitchburg
residents to attend, register, listen and
hopefully speak.
Already, 1,073 Fitchburg residents
have signed a petition against opening
the NEN for development at this time,
and 450 have signed a petition against
opening the NSPN now.
The NEN drains into Swan Creek,
and then into the Waubesa Wetlands
and Lake Waubesa. Stormwater sys-
tems that are calibrated to deal with
1980s weather are not adequate to
deal with the wetter, wilder weather
of today, let alone the weather of
2030 and beyond.
A failure of these systems could
mean flash flooding, silting and pet-
rochemical runoff that could over-
whelm the delicate ecological balance
and damage or destroy the wetlands
and the natural Northern Pike fish
hatchery in them.
Scientists know that wetlands pro-
vide valuable ecosystem services,
such as nutrient removal, soil stabili-
zation, flood peak reduction, storm-
water retention, and plant diversity
support. Why should an unneeded
new development put these services,
which benefit us all, at risk?
With seven areas already within
Fitchburgs urban service area wait-
ing for new buildings, it makes no
sense to rush ahead with these two
proposals, especially when two soon-
to-be-released studies can shed more
light on the risks involved.
The long-awaited new Dane Coun-
ty groundwater model by the United
States Geological Survey may show
whether the NEN can be safely devel-
oped without damaging the wetland
system to its east and south. And the
UW Madisons Transposition Study,
which placed the 2008 Lake Delton
storm over the Lake Mendota water-
shed via computer modeling, can give
planners a better idea of what mea-
sures will be necessary to deal with
fiercer weather.
Phyllis Hasbrouck
Chair, West Waubesa
Preservation Coalition
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Dane County
County giving
away compost
Both sites will
closein July
Dane County will give
away compost by the car
and truck load for free
over t he next sever al
weeks before closing com-
post sites later this sum-
mer due to a projected loss
of compostable material.
Th e c o u n t y c o m-
post sites in Verona and
Waunakee will stay open
until around July 1to help
backyard gardeners and
growers get through anoth-
er growing season. After
that, those two sites will
permanently close.
The county will offer
one l oad of free com-
postfor residential use per
person, per day, to exhaust
its current stockpile.
The Verona compostsite
will be open from 7 a.m. to
3 p.m. Monday through
Friday, and 7 a.m. to 11
a.m. on Saturday. The site
is closed on Sundays.
Dane County Executive
Joe Parisi said in a news
release that nearbymunici-
palities have signed agree-
ments to send leaves and
other material elsewhere,
meaning the county wont
have enough material to
compost in the future.
While the situation is
not ideal, we hope resi-
dents will take advantage
of our compost giveaway
to start this growing sea-
son, Parisi said.
Madison has signed an
agreement with a compa-
ny in DeForest to process
all of the leaves and yard
waste picked up by the
city.
Material from Madison
represented nearly 80 per-
cent of the content that
had been brought to the
countys compost sites
and converted into com-
postand mulch.
After the compost sites
close this summer, resi-
dents will still be able
to drop off compost at
acompostoperation at the
countys Rodefeld Landfill
(7102 U.S. Hwy. 12 near
Cottage Grove), butcom-
postwill no longer be sold.
The landfill is also home
t o t he count ys Cl ean
Sweep program.
For more information on
the compost site closure
and the freecompostoffer,
residents are encouraged
to call John Welch at 267-
8815.
Police: 3 shootings likely related
VICTORIA VLISIDES
Fitchburg police respond-
ed to three gun incidents the
week of May 16, with the
most serious on Thursday
night at Allied Drive, where
two men were reportedly
seriously injured.
The other two shootings,
on Pike Drive and Smith-
field Drive, reportedly had
no injuries. Both happened
Wednesday afternoon, May
14.
Investigations are still
ongoi ng, but Fi t chburg
Police Lt. Todd Stetzer said
findings have led officials
to believe the incidents are
linked, in an email to the
Fi t chburg St ar Monday
afternoon.
The incidents remain
under investigation and
appear likely related to a
series of similar incidents
which occurred in the City
of Madi son duri ng t he
weeks prior, Stetzer said.
Our detectives continue
to work with the City of
Madison Police Department
Detectives investigating the
series of incidents.
Allied Drive
On Al l i ed Dri ve, t he
men, ages 21 and 24, were
wounded in what police
described as a targeted
shoot i ng on t he 2300
block around 10:30 p.m., as
reported by Bill Novack for
the State Journal. Madison
Police Department spokes-
man Joel DeSpain said the
men were expected to sur-
vive, according to the State
Journal.
Pike Drive shooting
Fitchburg Police officers
responded to a report of
gun shots being fired in the
1900 block of Pike Drive
on May 14 at 4:11 p.m.
T h e i n v e s t i g a t i o n
revealed several male sus-
pects were shooting fire-
arms at each other. Between
fi ve and 20 shot s were
fired, witnesses said. No
bystanders were injured,
but Lt. Todd Stetzer said a
car was shot.
While police investigat-
ed, neighbors congregated
around the scene. Around
5 p.m., the Star talked to
one neighbor who lives in
an apartment on Pike Drive
near the incident who said
he thought he heard about
10 shots.
I was just watching a
movie and heard buh-bum,
buh-bum, buh-bum, he
said.
Three subjects involved
in the dispute were detained
and are being interviewed
by investigators.
During police interviews
of subjects involved and
witnesses, it was deter-
mined there were two sus-
pects who had been in pos-
session of firearms and fled
in two separate vehicles.
I n v e s t i g a t o r s we r e
attempting to locate the two
suspect vehicles and per-
sons who fled in the vehi-
cles. Although no bystand-
ers were injured, Stetzer
said a few days after the
incident police were unsure
whether the suspect who
fled with the vehicle was
injured.
The vehicles are descript-
ed as a white vehicle similar
to a Buick or Jaguar style.
The suspect who fled in
this vehicle is described as
an African-American male,
wearing a black jacket, with
white sleeves with red trim
around the waistband area.
The second vehicle is
described as a sliver, mid-
sized vehicle last observed
traveling north on Coho
Street near Lu Ann Lane.
Smithfield Drive
shooting
Another incident hap-
pened earlier that day in
which two male suspects
shot at another vehicle at
1:57 p.m. on the 2600 block
of Smithfield Drive.
No injuries were report-
ed.
The investigation revealed
the suspects in a silver Toy-
ota RAV4 style vehicle fired
approximately six gun shots
at a blue Chevrolet Impala
occupied by one male and
one female. Stetzer told the
Star, the Chevrolet Impala
was struck by one bullet that
whizzed through the drivers
hair and hit the dashboard.
The bullet came through the
back window. Stetzer said
police believe the car was
being targeted and chased.
Anyone with informa-
tion related to the suspects
or vehicles matching the
descr i pt i ons above ar e
asked to contact the Fitch-
burg Police Department at
270-4300. Anyone with
information related to the
shooting may remain anon-
ymous by calling Madison
Area Crime Stoppers at
266-6014.
Officers stationed on Pike Drive interviewed neighbors in the area Wednesday, May 14. It was one of
two shooting incidents that day.
Fire displaces residents at
Whispering Pines apartments
Eight apartments were
evacuated early May 24
after a fire at the Whisper-
ing Pines apartment com-
plex.
Accordi ng t o a news
release from the Fitchburg
Fire Department, none of
the residents were hurt, but
a firefighter was taken to
the hospital for heat exhaus-
tion and dehydration.
Fl a me s a nd he a vy
smoke were visible from
an eight-unit apartment
building, the release read.
Police and fire crews
responded around 1:52 a.m.
and found that the fire orig-
inated on the balcony area
of one apartment. Seven
other units were damaged
by smoke and water.
The American Red Cross
responded and assisted in
relocating the displaced
residents from the building.
The fire remains under
investigation by the Fitch-
burg Fire Department.
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Concerts at McKee kicks off June 16
Music lovers looking for
monthly outdoor music can
head to McKee Farms Park
starting June 16.
Concerts take place on the
third Monday of June, July,
and August at McKee Farms
Park, 2930 Chapel Valley
Road, Fitchburg. Food and
drink carts open at 6 p.m.;
concerts begin at 7 p.m.
Concerts at McKee has
been running for 12 seasons
with concerts planned each
month. The musical lineup
for the free concert series
this year includes:
The Big Payback, June 16
Count This Penny, July 21
The Kissers, Aug. 18
McKee Farms Park is
easily accessible by bike
and car and has free ample
parking.
This year will prove to
be the biggest and best yet
with a large selection of food
carts, including Slide Food
Cart and Taqueria MariMar,
microbrews, and powerhouse
bands, Fitchburg Chamber
of Commerce director Ange-
la Kinderman said in a news
release.
Summer reading programs begin this month at library
SCOTT DE LARUELLE
After a brutal winter and
cool spri ng, summer i s
finally warming things up,
and what better time than to
start getting into some good
books.
The Fi t chburg Publ i c
Library is kicking off its
summer reading program
with a Mad Science event
at 11 a.m. Saturday, June
14, to help people get back
in the summer swing, and
to get reading. This year,
the library is offering sepa-
rate programs for children,
teens and adults, with plen-
ty of incentives to read a lot
this summer.
The pre-readers (ages
up to 5) program encour-
ages parents and children to
spend time reading together
and complete early literacy
activities. A prize will be
awarded for every 1.5 hours
spent reading together.
Children ages 5-11 will
be encour aged t o r ead
throughout the summer.
For every 2.5 hours read,
a prize will be awarded,
including baseball tickets to
a Madison Mallards game,
free Toppers Pizza, toys
and books.
There will also be a chance
to win gift cards to iTunes,
Game Stop or Barnes &
Noble. This year, for the first
time, the number of hours
children read will result in a
proportional number of books
donated to the Boys and Girls
Club if children can read
6,000 hours, the library will
donate 333 books.
Teens (ages 12-17) will
have a chance to win a
Kindle Fire and other priz-
es for each title they read
and review. They are also
encouraged t o consi der
being a volunteer at the
library for the summer.
All adults 18 years and
older are encouraged to par-
ticipate in the adult program.
For every book read, they
can choose a prize drawing
to enter for the chance to
win a Keurig Kit (including
K-cups, mug, and reusable
filter), aromatherapy whirl-
pool from Kneaded Relief
Day Spa, or an assortment of
gift cards.
Fitchburg library director
Wendy Rawson said staff is
super excited about this
years programs, and they
hope to top last years total
of more than 1,000 people
registered.
Rawson said the first
400 people to register will
get a water bottle with the
librarys logo on it.
As al ways , we ar e
thankful to the Friends of
the Fitchburg Library for
supporting the program and
allowing us to offer great
prizes to each age group,
she said.
If you go
What: Fitchburg Public
Library summer reading
program kick-off event
When: 11 a.m.,
Saturday, June 14
Where: Fitchburg Public
Library, 5530 Lacy Road
Info: 729-1760
Coming Up
Calendar of events
Friday, June 13
10:30 a.m., Little Clickers
(ages 3-5, sign-up required),
library, 729-1760
4 p.m., Guys Read (ages
5-11), library, 729-1760
Saturday, June 14
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Hayloft
Gallery Art Fair, 1239 South
Fish Hatchery Road, thehayloft-
gallery.com
11 a.m., Mad Science, library,
729-1760
7:30 p.m, Art in the Barn
Concert featuring Lucy
Kaplansky, a fundraiser for
Haiti Allies, 5927 Adams Road,
facebook.com/artinthebarnwi
Sunday, June 15
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Hayloft
Gallery Art Fair
Monday, June 16
9:30 a.m., Preschool
Storytime (ages 2-5), library,
729-1760
11 a.m., Preschool Storytime
(ages 2-5), library, 729-1760
6-8:30 p.m., Concerts at
McKee, McKee Farms Park,
270-4290
7 p.m., Verona Area School
District, administration building
Tuesday, June 17
11 a.m., Lapsit Storytime
(ages 0-2), library, 729-1760
2-3 p.m., Learning Annex:
Cheryl McCoillum, Habitat for
Humanity of Dane County,
senior center, 270-4290
5:30-7 p.m., Read to a Dog
(ages 5-11, sign-up required),
library, 729-1760
7 p.m., Teen Nerdfighter
Night, library, 729-1760
7:30 p.m., Plan Commission
meeting
Wednesday, June 18
10 a.m., Toddler Art (ages
1-3), library, 729-1760
10 a.m., Book Discussion,
library, 729-1760
6 p.m., Teen Duct Tape-a-
Rama, library, 729-1760
Thursday, June 19
10 a.m., Finger Knit Flowers
(ages 8-11), library, 729-1760
3-6 p.m., Fitchburg Farmers
Market, Agora Pavilion, 5511 E.
Cheryl Parkway, 277-2592
6 p.m., Storytime for Families
(ages 0-6), library, 729-1760
Friday, June 20
(ages 3-5, Sign-up Required),
library, 729-1760
12-5 p.m., Friends Book
Sale, library, 729-1760
1:30-3 p.m., Diabetic Support
Group. Lisa Carda, facilitator,
Saturday, June 21
10 a.m.- 4 p.m., Friends
Book Sale, library, 729-1760
Monday, June 23
729-1760
(ages 2-5), library, 729-1760
3 p.m., Teen Movie, library,
729-1760
Tuesday, June 24
9-10 a.m., Power up Your
Brain! Presentation by Jesi
Hirsch, RN, ACC and Patient
Advocate, senior center
(ages 0-2), library, 729-1760
2 p.m., ZooZort, library, 729-
1760
6 p.m., Teen Crafts, library,
729-1760
7:30 p.m., Common council
meeting
Wednesday, June 25
Library Birthday
Celebration, library, 729-1760
7 p.m., Resume and
Interview Coaching, library,
729-1760
Thursday, June 26
10:30-11:30 a.m., Skin
Checks with Doctor Wilson
from Meriter Fitchburg at
Meriter-Unity Point Health,
Saturday, June 28
11 a.m.-2 p.m., Splash Pad
birthday Party, McKee Farms
Park
Monday, June 30
729-1760
(ages 2-5), library, 729-1760
Tuesday, July 1
(ages 0-2), library, 729-1760
Wednesday, July 2
11 a.m., Toddler Art (ages
1-3), library, 729-1760
Thursday, July 3
Monday, July 7
729-1760
(ages 2-5), library, 729-1760
Tuesday, July 8
(ages 0-2), library, 729-1760
2 p.m., Magic of Jim Mitchell,
library, 729-1760
Wednesday, July 9
7 p.m., Resume and
Interview Coaching, library,
729-1760
Thursday, July 10
11 a.m., Preschool Science:
Water (ages 3-5), library, 729-
1760
Friday, July 11
(ages 3-5, Sign-up Required),
library, 729-1760
3 p.m., Teen Movie, library,
729-1760
4 p.m., Guys Read (ages 5
and up), library, 729-1760
If you go
What: Concerts at McKee
When: 7 p.m. Mondays,
June 16, July 21, Aug. 18
Where: McKee Farms
Park, 2930 Chapel Valley
Road
Info: fitchburgchamber.com
About the bands
The three bands from this
years Concerts at McKee
hail from Madison. Heres a
short bio about each band
from their websites:
The Big Payback
The Big Payback is a
hard-hitting Funk/Rock/R&B
band featuring the soulful
vocals of Leah Isabel Tirado
and a smoking horn sec-
tion. Exploring everything
from funk-laden and world-
beat originals to soul and
R&B classics, The Payback
will leave the crowd as
exhausted as the musicians
themselves.
Count This Penny
Count This Penny was
founded by Amanda and
Allen Rigell as a songwrit-
ing duo in 2009. Nowadays,
theyre a full-fledged
country-folk band. Recently
named one of Wisconsins
10 Bands to Watch by the
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel,
theyre hard at work on a
new EP for wide release.
Playing recently as a four-
piece with Ben Wolf on
drums and Andrew Harrison
on lead guitar, and amidst
sold-out hometown and
regional shows, theyre
writing new songs that ring
out shinier -- and sharper
around the edges -- deliver-
ing on the promise of their
first steps onto the stage.
The Kissers
The Kissers are known
for the frenzied energy
of their live shows, their
off-kilter humor, and their
eclectic instrumentation.
Violin, banjo, accordion,
and an array of sonic effects
combine with diverse musi-
cal influences for a unique
sound that straddles the gap
between indie-rock and Irish
music. The Kissers maintain
that they are rock musicians
who learned to play Irish
music, not vice versa, and so
their music sometimes feels
more at home in a club than
in a pub.
Photo submitted
Coming Up
Power up Your Brain!
From 9-10 a.m., Tues-
day, June 24, Jesi Hirsch,
RN, ACC and Pat i ent
Advocate, will talk about
how to preserve your brain
function. A brain-healthy
snack provided. Free and
open to the public.
The event is held at the
Fitchburg Senior Center.
Call 270-4290 with ques-
tions.
CARPC presents information on expansions
The county commission
that advises the state on
extensions of sewer service
began the first steps toward
considering Fitchburgs
proposed urban service area
expansions June 12.
Th e Ca p i t a l Ar e a
Regional Planning Com-
mission met June 12 for an
informational presentation,
the first step in the process
for USA expansions to the
Northeast and North Ston-
er Prairie neighborhoods
in Fitchburg.
Fitchburgs Common
Council voted Tuesday,
Feb. 25, to send the expan-
sion proposals to CARPC.
CARPC environmental
engineer Phil Gaebler said
the June 12 informational
presentation was CAR-
PCs first cut at address-
ing the issues around the
expansions.
This is the first time
that we present the staff
analysis and theres been
a final application from
the City of Fitchburg,
Gaebler said.
At the meeting, staff
will take comments from
CARPC commissioners
and use those comments
over the next two months
as they make final plans
for the commission to vote
on in August.
It s very hel pful t o
have the commissioners
give us time to address
their concerns, Gaebler
said, instead of a one-
shot, yes or no.
Scott Girard
Library celebrates 3 years
The Fitchburg Public
Library will celebrate its
third birthday Wednesday,
June 25.
The cel ebrat i on wi l l
include birthday-themed
storytime for children of
all ages beginning at 11
a.m. and a reception with
light refreshments from
5:30-7 p.m.
The reception will also
include a presentation of
the librarys first strategic
plan and a meet and greet
with library board mem-
bers.
Other ongoing events
wi l l i ncl ude si dewal k
chalk on the south patio,
a guessing contest on the
size of the librarys col-
lection, making birthday
cards, a photo scavenger
hunt and a book in a jar
contest for teens.
If you go
What: Librarys third
birthday
When: 11 a.m.,
Wednesday, June 25
Where: Fitchburg
Public Library, 5530
Lacy Road
Info: city.fitchburg.
wi.us/822/Library
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Splash opens for first full season
Year-old facility
continues to get big
crowds
KIMBERLY WETHAL
Star Correspondent
The new splash pad is
continuing to make waves
in Fitchburg.
After opening last sum-
mer, high attendance has
led the park to be packed
with families most days,
with around 500 people on
hotter ones. The splash pad
opened for the season on
May 24 and has seen the
same turnout numbers that
it did in the last few weeks
of last summer.
I t s bas i cal l y been
packed, and peopl e are
having a lot of fun, said
Joan Mohr, president of
t he Fi t chburg Opt i mi st
Club, which raised about
$250,000 starting in 2010
to build the $735,000 zero-
depth water play area.
Youll see a lot of the
little kids go for things like
the spider jet, where water
comes up and over like spi-
der legs, and I know a lot of
the older kids like to play
with the horse cannons so
they can have water fights,
she added. Then theres
the dumping buckets that
the older kids like, too.
The splash pad, which
is located at McKee Farms
Park, is about 5,000 square
feet and has a farmyard
theme to it that includes
things like a red barn and
various farm animals. Mohr
said the benches and picnic
tables have been acquired
for the facility, and her group
plans to install big shade
structures and trees that will
go in around mid-July.
Mohr sai d donat i ons
for the shade structure are
greatly appreciated, and
there are still bricks avail-
able to buy that will be dis-
played at the facility.
For more information,
including donations, email
Mohr at j oani emohr @
gmail.com.
For information on the
facility, including hours and
dates, search for splash
pad on city.fitchburg.wi.us.
Splash pad
birthday party
The first birthday cel-
ebration for the splash pad
will be held on June 28
from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the
splash pad facility, with a
rainout date of June 29.
There will be pizza and
ice cream available for pur-
chase, and free birthday
cake for participants.
For information, con-
t a c t e v e n t o r g a n i z e r
Jake Johnson at j ake@
paradymeproductions.com
or visit the citys online cal-
endar.

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Call (608) 271-5877
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Photos by Jim Ferolie
The weather was perfect for the McKee Farms Park splash pad on
Memorial Day weekend.
If you go
What: Splash Pad birth-
day
When: June 28, 11 a.m.-
2 p.m.
Where: McKee Farms
Park
Info: jake@paradyme-
productions.com
Coming Up
Habitat for Humanity
Learning Annex presents
Cheryl McCoillum, Habi-
tat for Humanity of Dane
Count y. From 2-3 p. m.
Tuesday, June 17, Cheryl
will share the goals of Hab-
itat and will give updates on
local activities and projects.
Free and open t o t he
public. Fitchburg Senior
Center. Call 270-4290 with
questions.
Diabetic Support Group
Li sa Carda, RN, RD,
CDE i s t he f aci l i t at or
from 1:30-3 p.m., Friday,
June 20. There is no cost,
but advanced registration
required. Fitchburg Senior
Center. Call 270-420 to
sign up or with questions.
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City, VFW honor fallen
on Memorial Day
VICTORIA VLISIDES
A Memorial Day celebra-
tion in Fitchburg helped
residents remember those
who fought at war in Amer-
ican history.
Finishing up just before a
bout of rain, the ceremony
held at the Fitchburg Senior
Center had a crowd of about
60 people.
Keynote speaker Mary
Kolar, Captain, United
States Navy Retired, gave
a speech with the theme
of Side by Side: 238
Years of Shared Sacri-
fice.
The Oregon/Brooklyn
VFW Post 10272 presided
over the observance.
The ceremony took place
at the Community Cen-
ter, with a luncheon and
wreath-laying following.
Mayor Pfaff gave some
closing statements and the
ceremony featured the play-
ing of Taps and a 21-gun
salute.
Guest s and honor ees
enjoyed a lunch afterward
at the senior center provid-
ed by Culvers.
Later that afternoon, there
was a laying of the wreath
ceremony at the Bob Sch-
ley Memorial at 2:30 p.m.,
which is located at 2377 S.
Fish Hatchery Road.
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Post #160 in Brooklyn, was part of the
Memorial Day observances and wore a hat
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Art events this weekend in
rural Fitchburg, Oregon
BILL LIVICK
Two-dozen area artists
will display their work and
a nationally renowned sing-
er-songwriter will perform
this weekend at Arts in the
Barns, an annual event tak-
ing place at the Wood Cycle
of Wisconsins Hayloft Gal-
lery in the Town of Oregon
and a barn on Adams Road
in Fitchburg.
The Hayloft Gallery art
fair will run from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sun-
day at the Wood Cycle, a
woodworking business that
turns local hardwood trees
into handcrafted furniture
and cabinetry, 1239 S. Fish
Hatchery Road.
At 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
Lucy Kaplansky will per-
form inside a restored 1870s
barn owned by Bill and
Anne Conzemius at 5729
Adams Road. Admission is
$25 or free for kids 6 and
under with proceeds going
to Haiti Allies, a Madison-
based charity that is helping
rebuild Haiti after the Janu-
ary 2010 earthquake.
Kaplanskys career has
spanned four decades and
eight albums of music that
features her remarkable
voice and guitar work.
Guests can sit on hay
bales or bring lawn chairs or
blankets. Picnics and carry-
in beverages are allowed,
and Haitian artwork will be
for sale.
The art on display at the
Hayloft Gallery and outside
on its grounds will range
from paintings and draw-
ings to fiber art, glassware,
ceramics and photography.
The art fair is free and
includes tours of the Wood
Cycle, which was named
Wisconsins sustainable
business of the year in 2012
by In Business magazine.
The business and gallery
are owned and operated by
master woodworker Paul
Morrison, who several years
ago bought, moved and
restored an old barn from
Oregons west side to its cur-
rent location. He specializes
in making furniture, cabinets
and other pieces from local
trees he salvages.
Morrison said the Wood
Cycle of Wisconsin will
have its saw mill operating
during the art fair, which
always draws a crowd.
If you go
What: Lucy Kaplansky
concert, a benefit for Haiti
Allies
When: 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 14
Where: 5729 Adams
Road, Fitchburg
Cost: $25, free for kids
6 and younger
Info: 835-0454 or visit
artinthebarnwi.org
What: Hayloft Gallery
art fair
When: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
June 14-15
Where: 1239 S. Fish
Hatchery Road, Town of
Oregon
Cost: Free
Info: thehayloftgallery.com
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Nine Springs a golf course
Alders hope for Option C,
rather than park vs. golf
SCOTT GIRARD
Fitchburgs Common Council voted
last month to keep Nine Springs a golf
course rather than turn the land into a
park.
The vote was 7-1 in favor of the golf
course option, with only Ald. Dorothy
Krause (Dist. 1) voting for the park
alternative plan.
Alders cited a need for diversity in
the citys recreational offerings, which
many said the golf course offers.
The decision is for 2015, though
alders indicated a commitment to the
golf course and finding alternative
routes to increasing park space in the
park-deficient area.
Alders questioned the this-or-that
choice between the golf course and
park alternative that was presented,
with many expressing hope that there
is an option C that can be found.
We were setting ourselves up short
for a generational solution by hav-
ing a this-or-that conversation, said
Ald. Dan Carpenter (D-3). I believe
(the golf course) is in the best interest
of our city moving forward, but I will
also work to make sure park space is
created because I know its in the best
interest of those residents.
A majority of speakers and non-
speaking residents supported the golf
course option, and the council fol-
lowed suit.
Ald. Steve Arnold (D-4) proposed
an amendment that specifically out-
lined plans and steps for the course and
area in 2015, but it failed on a 6-2 vote.
Mayor Shawn Pfaff urged alders to
oppose the amendment, hoping for a
little space in potential negotiations
with possible developers in the area.
The vote for the golf course came
after nearly a year of outlining a poten-
tial alternative plan. The city first
began looking into an alternative to
the golf course two years ago when
it began costing $20,000 rather than
bringing in $6,000 as it had previously.
The city held three public hearings
to outline the park alternative plan, a
Dane County health team conducted
an in-depth look at how the city could
improve use of the area as a golf
course or a park and 703 city resi-
dents responded to a city survey asking
whether they wanted a golf course or
the park alternative plan.
This has been a robust conversa-
tion, Pfaff said, thanking the involved
groups for giving alders the facts
they needed to vote.
City parks director Scott Endl told
the Star in June the conversation
helped the parks department to start a
discussion in the area and make con-
tacts with citizens.
That (area is like) a small city that
were trying to provide services and
parks to, Endl said, mentioning the
areas population density and saying
the department wanted to keep the
ball rolling on ideas for the area.
A first event is being planned for
Aug. 23 that will include a movie night
and other potential activities at the
Nine Springs Golf Course. Endl said a
subcommittee would also begin meet-
ing in July to put together an event cal-
endar for 2015.
Police hold active
shooter training
at Stoner Prairie
SCOTT GIRARD
Passing by Stoner Prai-
r i e El ement ar y School
May 20 might have set off
some alarm bells to wor-
ried neighbors, as police
cars, fire engines and EMS
trucks were all parked in
front of the school.
But not to worry, as it
was only a drill to help
e me r ge nc y pe r s onne l
ensure they are ready if an
emergency situation ever
does present itself.
Safety personnel from
Fitchburg and Verona, the
two cities that send students
to the Verona Area School
District, joined together
to go through an active
shooter situation three
times at the school.
The May 20 training was
a preparation for another
drill as well, planned for
Aug. 19 at Savanna Oaks
Middle School.
Fitchburg Police Depart-
ment Lt. Chad Brecklin said
the August date will feature
a full-scale event, while this
focused on a specific emer-
gency situation.
After each run-through,
the group met and debriefed
on what went right and
wrong.
The t rai ni ng came as
VASD begins to rework its
crisis communication plan
after a recent communica-
tions audit found the district
was behind in the area. The
district will spend $36,000
to outsource the creation
of a new plan to Voss and
Associates.
Photos by Scott Girard
Officers stand over a victim at Stoner Prairie Elementary School
during an active shooter training.
Fire and EMS personnel help victims outside Stoner Prairie.
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Several area bankers volunteered in
the gardens at Red Arrow Head Start
and Childcare Tuesday, May 20.
The bankers, from Johnson Finan-
cial Group, helped Head Start pre-
schoolers build and plant gardens for
the summer. Over the summer, the
children will cultivate and nurture the
gardens as they explore a curriculum
related to how plants grow.
The children, along with their vol-
unteer helpers, planted vegetable
seedlings in the newly built garden
boxes. After the planting, the volun-
teers joined the children in the class-
room and read books to the kids.
This was a wonderful opportunity
for us to craft an activity that focuses
on engagement of our children and
provides our community volunteers
with a more direct understanding of
our mission and the work we do,
Mary Erdman, Dane County Parent
Council, Inc. executive director, said
in a news release.
Left, volunteer Ray Holloway joins two pre-
schoolers in the classroom to read a book.
Photo by Scott De Laruelle
Bike Safety
An event at Stoner Prairie Elementary School on Saturday, May 10,
offered a chance for Fitchburg residents to test their skills and to
learn the rules of the road on their bicycles. Bike professionals also
offered tips and helped kids with the mechanics of their bikes.
Left, vol-
unteers
Christine
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work with
children
in the new
garden
boxes.
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volunteer
Michael
Smith
works with
a student.
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Fitchburg had its fair share of
fun over the last month, hold-
ing both of its annual festivals,
Fitchburg Days, May 16-18, and
Festa Italia, May 30-June 1.
Fitchburg Days included a carni-
val, fireworks, animal petting, a
kids tent, live music from local
artists and plenty of Wisconsin
food, from cheese curds to
Optimist burgers.
Sunny, hot weather Friday, May
30, brought out the crowds for
the first day of Festa Italia at
McKee Farms Park. The fest
featured Italian food, live music
and a spaghetti eating contest.
Photo by Scott Girard
Photos by Scott Girard (left) and Victoria Vlisides (above, right)
Left, the Freak Out ride and plenty of other carnival activities lit up the
sky Friday night, May 16, before the fireworks at Fitchburg Days.
Above, a woman has two plates of the spagehtti and meant ball dinner at
the Festa Italia. Right, Festa volunteer Nancy Urso, of Sun Prairie, fills a
cannoli at the dessert tent.
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Verona schools
Graduation 2014
Best Day of my Life
The Verona Area High School Class of 2014 celebrated the end of its run at VAHS Sunday afternoon
in Epics Voyager Hall. Around 370 students walked across the stage to receive a diploma and tossed
their caps outside on a beautiful afternoon following the ceremony.
After the cap toss, students searched through the masses to celebrate with friends and family who had
come to cheer them on and take photos with everyone they could find.
The class song was Best Day of my Life by American Authors.
See more photos from the ceremony and celebration online at ConnectFitchburg.com.
Board makes
$3.4M land deal
November ballot
could have 40 acres
in West End, plus
another property
SCOTT GIRARD
Its been clear for months
that the Verona Area School
District was looking to buy
land for expansion.
The only question was
where.
The first answer came
May 19, as the district
made a move to purchase
40 acres of land on the
west side of Verona for
$3.4 million. The parcel is
in an area long-planned for
major commercial growth
but just a few blocks of the
massive Westridge subdivi-
sion, which sends children
to Sugar Creek or Country
View elementary schools
further east.
Its just south of the most-
ly dormant 62-acre West
End retail/residential devel-
opment, on land its owner,
Vanta Commercial Proper-
ties, previously indicated
would be suitable for condo-
miniums.
The West End purchase
has plenty of contingencies
before its finalized, includ-
ing a big question of road
access and a referendum,
but its not the only land
purchase likely to be on the
November ballot. VASD
superintendent Dean Gorrell
said he expects the district to
have a second piece of land
up for referendum, though he
did not get into specifics on
the potential property or cost.
The district had previous-
ly targeted Town of Verona
properties north and south of
the City of Verona but made
no public mention of the
West End. In recent months,
district staff have noted that
VASDs elementary schools
are close to capacity, with
middle and high schools fol-
lowing right behind.
Earlier this year, the board
established a Future Schools
Committee, made up of par-
ents, district staff and Vero-
na business owners, to look
at the options for expanding
the district, and the group
held its first meeting in
May. Committee members
will need to discuss the spe-
cific use of the site, Gorrell,
said, as part of a formal plan
outlining possible changes
to grade distributions or oth-
er restructures throughout
the district.
The contingencies on
the purchase would need to
be done by August so the
school board can put the
referendum on the ballot in
November.
Theres quite a bit of
work to do between now
and (August), Gorrell said.
Though he expects the
contingencies to be met,
Gorrell said there are still
lots of ways for this to not
materialize, adding that
the districts lawyer and
Vantas lawyer spent a lot
of time working out the spe-
cific wording to ensure the
contingencies were accept-
able to both sides.
Those include Vanta pre-
paring a certified survey
map for approval from the
city and the company enter-
ing a developers agreement
for those improvements if
necessary at a cost accept-
abl e t o t he company,
according to the deal.
The property
The new property is on
the southern end of the
West End and would run up
against the Military Ridge
State Trail to the south, the
Hwy. 18-151 ramp to the
east and the Erbach property
to the west.
Plans for a large big-box
anchored shopping center on
the property changed mul-
tiple times and the economic
downturn left planned apart-
ments as the only apparent
viable investments on the
site.
Access to the site, a major
issue when former prop-
erty manager T. Wall was
attempting to develop the
land in 2007, is one of the
major contingencies that
must be met in order for the
deal to go through.
The property sits next to
U.S. Hwy. 18-151, leaving
no option for access from
the west or south, and a high
price tag would accompany
any road that connects to
Paoli Street to the east
including a likely Military
Ridge State Trail overpass
and uncertain approval from
the state. Gorrell called that
option cost-prohibitive
and said administrators have
no plans to connect to Paoli
Street.
Gorrell said May 20 that
district and city officials
have agreed West Verona
Avenue is equipped to han-
dle the increased traffic that
would come from a school,
but the issue will be getting
from the main street back
to the school. That is some-
thing he expects to work out
in the coming months.
At Veronas June 2 Plan
Commission meeting, some
commissioners expressed
skepticism over different
aspects of the plan, includ-
ing the question of how
the district would use the
property and plans for more
apartments adjacent to the
property.
The final decision is up to
the Verona Common Coun-
cil, however, which has not
yet discussed it.
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Praising the positive:
A new behavior pro-
gram emphasizing the
behaviors students are
supposed to exhibit is
spreading throughout the
district.
Saying goodbye:
Ve r o n a Ar e a Hi g h
School lost a combined 91
years of experience with
retirements this year.
Benefit changes:
The district is changing
the health coverage options
for future retirees, and the
teachers unions are on
board.
Graduation rates: State improves,
Verona still ahead by nearly 5 percent
SCOTT GIRARD
A successful school career
almost always leads to high
school graduation, leaving
the percentage of students
who graduate as a big indi-
cator of successful school
districts.
Across Wisconsin, those
rates have risen in recent
years, but the Verona Area
School District continues to
remain well above average in
comparison.
A r e c e n t Wi s c o n -
sin Department of Pub-
lic Instruction (DPI) press
release showed the state has
continued its recent upward
trend, graduating 88 percent
of students at the end of the
2012-13 school year, up
from 87.5 percent the year
before.
Veronas numbers are
even higher, with a rate of
92.9 percent in 2013. Though
that number was down from
the 93.5 percent rate in 2012,
its still nearly 5 percent
ahead of the state rate.
Graduation rates
Year VAHS State
2010 92.6 85.7 percent
2011 90 87
2012 93.5 87.5
2013 92.9 88
Source: National Center for Education Statistics
Early budget proposes lower taxes
Board OKs new deal
for superintendent
SCOTT GIRARD
The Verona Area School
Districts 2014-15 prelimi-
nary budget will bring more
smiles to taxpayers faces, as
it projects to once again low-
er the districts mill rate.
The budget proposes
another drop in the tax levy
to $12.10 per $1,000 of
assessed value, down from
this years of $12.27 and well
below the 2012-13 rate of
$12.78. The new rate would
save the owner of a $250,000
home $42.50 on their prop-
erty taxes.
However, that number is
based on equalized value,
so the true amount will vary
from municipality to munici-
pality within the school dis-
trict. Final numbers wont be
available until the fall.
The Verona Area School
Board took its first look
at the budget June 2 and
will take a vote at its June
16 meeting. The board is
required to approve a budget
by June 30, as the fiscal year
begins July 1.
That lower mill rate comes
with a smaller-than-usual
overall budget increase for
the district at 1.01 percent,
far lower than the 6.26 per-
cent one from 2012-13 to this
year.
However, when factoring
out energy exemptions for
capital projects last year, the
difference was much small-
er, 3.68 percent last year
vs. 3.53 percent this year,
VASD business manager
Chris Murphy explained.
All of this comes with
a proj ect ed enrol l ment
increase across the district of
121 students, the third con-
secutive year that number
would be in triple digits.
That has led to big gains
in state aid, with general aid
growing from $20.2 million
in 2012-13 to $23.9 million
last year and up to $25.4 mil-
lion projected for 2014-15.
The budget wont be final-
ized until Oct. 27, after the
third Friday count in Sep-
tember to finalize the number
of students in the district to
determine state aid.
Gorrell gets new deal
The board approved a
2 percent raise for VASD
superintendent Dean Gorrell,
retroactive to last July. That
brought his 2013-14 com-
pensation to $145,860, plus
a $12,500 bonus as a reward
for staying with the district.
It also approved his 2014-
15 compensation at $158,360
(with the longevity bonus
built into the contract) plus
a percentage growth equal to
that of other district admin-
istrators. That will be deter-
mined as part of the budget
process.
The board also agreed to
eliminate a liquidated dam-
ages penalty in Gorrells
contract that would have
forced him to pay a fee if he
resigned without the boards
approval, said attorney Jon
Anderson, who helped out-
line the contract for the
board.
We established that fee
to provide some stability in
this job, because we had a lot
of turnover, Anderson said,
but now that Gorrell has been
in the district since 2005, sta-
bility has returned.
Ken Behnke, who chairs
the boards personnel com-
mittee, said nobody had
any negative comments on
Gorrells performance. The
board did not discuss the
contract in open session after
a closed session to finalize
the contract.
Gorrell expressed thanks
to the board for the new deal.
Its very generous and
Im very grateful, he told
the Press after the meeting.
A lesson in
culture
Kids and adults sampled
a variety of ethnic foods,
danced and took part in inter-
national games and crafts
Friday, May 9, at Stoner
Prairie Elementary School as
part of the schools annual
Festival of Traditions and
Heritage. There were also
several performances, ranging
from traditional Irish dance
and ukulele and piano music
to an education rap.
Photo by Jim Ferolie
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Oregon schools
State, Oregon graduation
rates continue climb
SCOTT DE LARUELLE
When it comes to measur-
ing the success of schools,
the percentage of students
who graduate is at the top of
the list. And while Oregon
School District numbers
have remained above Wis-
consin averages, those state
numbers have continued a
recent trend of improvement.
Accordi ng t o a press
release in May from the
Wisconsin Department of
Instruction (DPI), public
schools in the state have con-
tinued an upward trend in
high school graduation rates,
reaching 88 percent during
the 2012-13 school year.
The Oregon School Dis-
trict has been well ahead of
the curve for the past few
years, ranging between 93.1
and 95 percent since 2007,
with 94.7 percent of students
graduating (including those
who complete requirements
after their graduation date)
during the most recently cal-
culated 2012-13 school year.
Graduation
rates
State public schools
2010 85.7%
2011 87
2012 87.5
2013 88
(Source National Center
for Education Statistics)
District
2007 95%
2008 94.6
2009 93.1
2010 94
2011 93.1
2012 95
2013 94.7
(Source Oregon School
District)
Graduation 2014
Board, teachers make deal
2.07 percent
increase only
applies to 2013-14
SCOTT DE LARUELLE
With the last weeks of
the school year ticking
away, the Oregon School
Board approved the 2013-
14 Collective Bargaining
Agreement with the Ore-
gon Education Association
(OEA) Monday night.
As part of the deal, most
educat ors wi l l recei ve
a 2. 07 per cent wage
increase. The exceptions
are a handful of teachers in
technology education and
agriculture departments
who had already received a
separate supplemental pay
contract for the 2014-15
school year for some as
high as $10,000 as their
positions were deemed to
be high demand.
Also, instead of a previ-
ous proposal to increase
starting salaries of teach-
ers to $38,000, the board
opted to take that $51,025
and divide it in a flat dol-
lar amount among the edu-
cators who worked in the
district this past year who
were hired for the 2012-
13 school year or earlier
(aside from those few who
will receive supplemental
pay).
The board and OEA had
been negot i at i ng si nce
October, with a pause in
March, and reached a ten-
tative agreement earlier in
the month with the help
of Wi sconsi n Empl oy-
ment Relations Commis-
sion (WERC) mediator Bill
Houlihan. The agreement
is in effect through June 30.
School board president
Dan Krause said he wants
to break the boards recent
cycle of negotiating with
the OEA for most, if not all
of the school year before
reaching a deal.
Im hoping to get a new
bargain done for 2014-15
this month, he said. That
would really be wonderful.
Wed like to capitalize on
that momentum.
Krause said a pending
Supreme Court decision on
Act 10 may come within the
month, which could affect
negotiations, but he said that
outcome wouldnt affect the
urgency to start negotiations
for the 2014-15 school year.
The sooner, the better,
anyway for getting these
deals done, he said. We
dont want to be bargaining
all the time, which is what
weve been doing the last
few years. Its frustrating.
Board disagreements
The board voted 5-2 to
approve the deal, with mem-
bers Steve Zach and Jeff
Ramin opposed. Zach criti-
cized Human Assets Com-
mittee (HAC) members,
who led the negotiations, for
changing the deal in recent
weeks without having any
input from the board, which
is against all protocol this
board has had in the past.
We have not had, as a
board, the opportunity to
have that change in direc-
tion discussed by the board
before you agreed to it as a
committee, he said. We
were near a deal on this (in
March).
OEA presi dent Mark
Lindsey said Zach mischar-
acterized the nature of the
recent negotiations between
the OEA and HAC.
We were not close to
an agreement (in March); I
dont know where you come
up with that, he said. This
is a fair agreement that was
reached by two parties nego-
tiating in good faith, which
was not always the case in
the past. Your mandate from
the voters in this community
was to work with us this is
the first time youve worked
with us.
Zach was also concerned
why the tech ed and agri-
culture teachers did not also
receive the 2.07 percent
increase along with the rest
of the teachers. Board mem-
ber Charles Uphoff said
OEA officials felt that was
the most equitable way of
addressing the issue.
Because of the signifi-
cant supplemental pay given
to a few individuals, they
felt it would sort of rub salt
in the wound to have addi-
tional compensation beyond
that, which would essential-
ly come from the remaining
teachers, he said.
Board member and HAC
member Rae Vogeler said
the agreement was reached
under budget and after
negotiations with the previ-
ous board had stalled.
The OEA was very hap-
py with this, we were very
happy with this, (Bill) Hou-
lihan (said) Great job, job
well done, she said. Its
showing a sense of us work-
ing mutually together with
our unionized employees in
a respectful way and a
fiscally responsible way for
the district.
Lindsey said the board for
too long has been giving pay
increases to new teachers at
the expense of current ones.
We wont stand for it
anymore, he said. Until
we fix total compensation
in this district, you cannot
(take) from existing teach-
ers to compensate just new
ones. Its unfair.
Goodbye, grads
It was a picture-perfect day Sunday, June 8, for Oregon High Schools Class of 2014
graduation. Several student speakers encouraged students to overcome their failures on
their way to success as they leave school.
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OHS wins video
game grant
Only five projects
chosen from 86 in
state
SCOTT DE LARUELLE
Its hard to get students
to sign up by the dozens for
a class, but thats exactly
whats happening at Oregon
High School, where staff
recently won a $2,000 grant
for the Oregon High School
video game development
class.
The OHS proposal was
one of only five projects cho-
sen from 86 applications for
a Wisconsin Retired Educa-
tors Association (WREA)
grant. WREA officials said
it was the highest rated due
to its creativity and because
they like seeing students
develop things, said district
technology director Jon Tan-
ner. The school has spent a
portion of the funds on new
monitors for students.
Students are getting the
training and hands-on experi-
ence to take advantage of this
cutting-edge opportunity,
he said.
The OHS program started
in September 2012, when the
first Video Game Develop-
ment class launched as part
of the technology education
program. Teacher Erik Haak-
enson said the impetus for
beginning the program was
both requests from students
and the knowledge that video
games are a rapidly growing
job market with opportuni-
ties for programmers, art-
ists, writers and musicians.
Students started with low-
level software and have pro-
gressed to using high-end,
industry-standard 3-D game
technology. The interdisci-
plinary work is also connect-
ing students who may not
normally collaborate, with
tech ed students working
with the high school music
department to develop musi-
cal scores for games, and
with the art department to
develop visual art for the
games.
Haakenson, who last year
presented information on
the program to the SLATE
(School Leaders Advancing
Technology in Education)
conference, said the class
provides students with con-
nections to the real world,
including bringing in game
design professionals from
nearby Raven software to
answer questions, describe
what its like to develop
games and give students tips
on their work. He said stu-
dents were thrilled to get
feedback from a developer
who worked on the popular
Call of Duty game franchise.
And no doubt, the video
game development class is
popular among students, who
have already filled two sec-
tions for next school year,
with a growing waiting list.
OHS teacher Erik Haakenson
accepts an award from the
Wisconsin Retired Educators
Association (WREA) at the
May 12 Oregon School Board
meeting.
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OHS personalized learning:
Oregon High School business
and information technology teacher
Bruce Nelson is getting the snow-
ball rolling on personalized learn-
ing classes at the school as the dis-
trict as a whole continues to move
in that direction. Nelson has served
as a resource for other teachers
beginning to incorporate the con-
cept into their classrooms.
OHS building class:
A class at Oregon High School
gives its students a chance to set
themselves up for success in the
skilled trades. The building trades
class produces one new house each
year, built entirely by students. The
course has been in the OHS curric-
ulum since 2001.
Mixed messages on calendar:
One year after a school board task
force began studying a balanced
calendar concept for Netherwood
Knoll Elementary School, it rec-
ommended spreading the idea even
wider, even though a parent survey
and its own study werent complete-
ly sold on the idea. Sixty-one per-
cent of surveyed parents said they
did not support the idea.
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West Fine Arts Week
BY MADDIE SCHUMACHER
Star correspondent
Madison West is a high
school known for its arts
education.
With classes ranging from
photography to art glass and
metals, ceramics to theater,
West boasts a commitment
to the arts.
One of the ways the school
displays this dedication is its
Fine Arts Week, which was
during the week of May 19.
Numerous performances
were held daily in Wests
auditorium.
These included individu-
al and group dance pieces;
choir, rock band, and a cap-
pella concerts; and famous,
student-directed one-act
plays. In Wests library media
center (LMC), students per-
formed recitals which includ-
ed singing and sometimes soft
instrumentals.
Nearly 1,600 students par-
ticipated in the 2014 Fine Arts
Week almost three-quarters
of the school. Teachers alike
enjoyed taking a break from
reviewing for finals and
instead seeing a comedic
one-act or marveling at West
talent in the gallery.
West junior Lena Murray
said the week gives students
a chance to appreciate their
classmates talents.
I think its a great oppor-
tunity to see what fantastic
art our classmates are [mak-
ing] that we often dont get
to check out, Murray said.
The ceramics department
played a big part in Fine Arts
Week with lunchtime Fast-
est Bowl and Tallest Cyl-
inder competitions Wednes-
day and a day-long pottery
and craft sale Friday.
Beyond competitions and
sales, Regents really got into
the creative spirit.
Before watching a perfor-
mance in the Aud, students
and teachers heard a few
members of Chromatic, one of
Wests four a cappella groups,
sing about silencing cell
phones and being respectful.
The song brought a twist to an
otherwise annoying reminder.
After a few days, many
students had heard it more
than once and were singing
along.
Everyones so supportive
and eager to be involved it
creates a really welcoming
atmosphere, Murray said.
Senior Mathias Lemos
Castillo agreed with Murray.
We get to see our fellow
students show their amazing
challenges [from throughout
the year, but] the audience is
always supportive of those on
stage, Lemos Castillo said.
The only criticism of
the yearly event was that it
focused too much on Wests
prominent theater department.
(Fine Arts Week)s sup-
posed to be about showcas-
ing all the fine arts talent
West students have to offer,
but we make the theater
department the center of it
all. Theres also recitals, jazz
performances/combos, choir,
orchestra, band, and incred-
ibly good visual art as well,
said one student.
Lemos Castillo also com-
mented on the subject, stat-
ing that the orchestra and
recital performances were
sometimes overlooked.
See more photos from the
week at ConnectFitchburg.
com.
Graduation
Ceremony set for Saturday
Madi son West Hi gh
School will officially say
goodbye to the 501 members
of the Class of 2014 Satur-
day, June 14, at the Kohl
Center at the schools annual
graduation ceremony.
The ceremony will include
speeches from U.S. Sen.
Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.,
and students Ahn Le and
Meredith Thompson.
The class includes 25 stu-
dents with a 4.0 GPA, five
with perfect ACT scores and
20 National Merit Semifinal-
ists.
It will also be the last
ceremony for principal Ed
Holmes, who is retiring at
the end of this school year
after 10 years at West.
If you go
What: West High School
graduation
When: 1 p.m. Saturday,
June 14
Where: Kohl Center,
Madison
Photos by Erin Adamany
Trampling
around
Madison Leopold Elementary
School held its ninth-annual
Timber Wolf Trample fun run
May 10. The University of
Wisconsin-Madison marching
band stopped by to play some
tunes, and the kids followed with
a one-mile fun run.
The event is both a major fun-
draiser for the Parent/Faculty
Organization and the school and
a way to promote health and fit-
ness for the students. Much of
the money raised comes from
local business and community
sponsors.
Above, a group of fifth-grade run-
ners takes off from the start line.
Left, Wylie Rood and father Jeff
run on the sidewalk during the
fun run.
Photo by Maddie Schumacher
Madison Wests Fine Arts Week included two ceramics competitions and a pottery and craft sale.
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SP RTS O
Nameth races to second
at state meet
ANTHONY IOZZO
Assistant sports editor
Junior Ryan Nameth has been
in close races with Madison West
junior Olin Hacker for the past
few years, but Saturdays 3,200 at
the WIAA Division 1 state track
and field meet at the University of
Wisconsin La Crosse was closer
than the previous ones.
Nameth took second in 9 min-
utes, 15.33 seconds, less than a
second behind Hacker (9:14.54).
The two runners were neck-and-
neck for all of the laps, but Hacker
pulled away a little bit in the final
two laps.
I love the fact that I am get-
ting closer, Nameth said. In
cross country, it was a really big
gap, and last year at state, it was a
10-second gap. But coming back
with every race getting closer and
closer, it is a confidence boost and
it motivates me even more.
And taking second isnt a big
disappointment to Nameth, despite
being teased by friends.
I wanted to win, but you are
taking second place to an incred-
ible athlete, so it cant be all that
bad, he said. My friends make
fun of me for it, but it will always
be fun.
And Nameth said he enjoys the
rivalry that has been created from
all the 1-2 or 1-3 finishes the past
few years, and it only makes him
better as he continues to run. But
he added he definitely thinks he
will finally beat Hacker next year.
It is hard, and there is always a
lot of pressure, Nameth said. It
is always like, How am I going
to beat him and what am I going
to next, but it is the best kind of
motivation you can get.
Sophomore Brady Traeder also
ran in the 3,200 Saturday and fin-
ished 20th in 9:53.47.
Senior Steven Queoff took 19th
in the high jump Friday with a
height of 6 feet. The 4x200 relay
of senior Matt Zingler and juniors
Josh Beckam, Jacob Auman and
Cameron Tindall finished 17th in
1:30.51.
The 4x800 team of seniors Ben
Feller, Christopher Williams, Alex
Anderson and Luke Waschbusch
finished 21st in 8:13.75.
GIRLS
The Verona Area High School
girls team also sent girls to state
last Friday and Saturday.
Senior Lexy Richardson, senior
Jenni La Croix, sophomore Kylie
Schmaltz and freshman Kristi
Larsen finished 19th Friday in the
preliminaries of the 4x200. The
girls finished in 1:45.21.
The 4x400 team of junior Han-
nah Miller, Richardson, LaCroix
and Larsen finished 21st in the
preliminaries in 4:06.08.
Richardson also competed in
the high jump and tied for 19th
by clearing the opening height of
4-10.
Senior Nikky Zimbrick also
competed at state in the pole vault
but did not make the opening
height of 10-0.
VAHS track and field
Photo by Anthony Iozzo
Senior forward Kristin Marshall (4) celebrates with teammates sophomore for-
ward Makena Fanning (11) and freshman midfielder Meagan Brakob after one
of two goals Thursday, June 5, in a WIAA Division 2 regional semifinal against
Westosha Central. The Panthers defeated Westosha 8-0 and followed it up with a
2-1 win over DeForest on Saturday, June 7, for a regional title.
OHS girls soccer
Second half propels Panthers
to second straight regional title
ANTHONY IOZZO
The Oregon High School girls
soccer team was going to need
to step up on offense in the sec-
ond half if it was going to win its
second straight regional title last
Saturday against Burlington.
The third-seeded and host Pan-
thers trailed by a goal early in the
second of the Division 2 regional
final, but senior midfielder Eliza
Neidhart and junior midfielder
Kelsey Jahn both stepped up to
give Oregon a 2-1 win and a trip
to sectionals.
Before (Burlington) scored,
we were starting to open up the
field a bit, Grutzner said. Once
they scored, the girls said, We
have to do something here. We
have to work harder. A minute
later, we got the PK and Eliza
was able to put the game away.
With the game tied at 1, Nei-
dhart knocked in the eventual
game-winning goal in the 61st
minute.
Burlingtons Lindsay Kraemer
scored the first goal in the 42nd
minute, but Jahn was fouled in
the corner of the box a little over
a minute later and was awarded a
penalty kick.
We had talked about it ear-
lier, and we said if Kelsey had
ever gotten a PK, we wanted her
to take it, Grutzner said.
Jahn buried the PK to tie the
game at 1.
Freshman goalie Abby Bre-
itbach finished with two saves,
while Kaitlyn Bonton finished
with six for Burlington.
Oregon 8,
Westosha Central 0
The Panthers opened regionals
last Thursday and crushed Westo-
sha Central 8-0.
Jahn led Oregon with three
goals and two assists, and senior
forward Kristin Marshall added
two goals. Sophomore forward
Jen Brien also scored two goals,
and sophomore forward Makena
Fanning finished with a goal and
an assist.
Senior midfielder Hailie Sch-
nabel, senior forward Dani Iron-
monger, freshman defender Holly
Kaboord, freshman midfielder
Meagan Brakob and Neidhart all
added assists.
Breitbach finished with a save.
Closer to gold
Verona junior Ryan Nameth (middle) keeps pace with Madison Wests Olin Hacker (right) in the 3,200 Saturday. Nameth took
second in 9:15.33, 79 hundredths of a second behind Hacker.
MWHS girls soccer
No. 1 Regents
advance to
sectionals
ANTHONY IOZZO
The Madison West High
School girls soccer team
entered the WIAA Divi-
sion 1 regionals as a No. 1
seed and it showed in two
wins as the Regents (12-2-
3 overall) advanced to the
sectional semifinal.
The Regents played No.
2 Middleton in the section-
al semifinals Thursday.
Look f or r es ul t s of
Wes t s s ect i onal s and
potential state games in
next months issue of the
Star.
West 6, Parker 1
Madison West opened
regionals on June 5 and
crushed No. 8 Janesville
Parker 6-1.
Sarah Mondschein scored
three goals in the first half,
and Kenzie Richard, Rachel
Peaslee and Lucy Kull all
added one goal each.
Alice Horein, Simo Bam-
bi and Peaslee all added
assists.
Me r e di t h Thomps on
picked up one save.
West 3, Memorial 1
The Regents followed
up that win on June 7 with
a 3-1 victory over Madi-
son Memorial to win the
regional championship.
West scored twice in the
second half to break a 1-1
tie.
Mondschein connected
with an assist by Kull in
the 62nd minute, and Pea-
slee scored four minutes
later with an assist to Elise
Brown.
Peaslee opened the game
with a goal. Caitlin Jarrard
picked up the assist on that
goal.
Thompson finished with
three saves in the win.
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Verona Area High School
Cats going back to state tourney
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
Senior pitcher Emma Ray remembered
exactly where she was this time four
years ago. Then an eighth-grader, Ray
was on hand at Firefighters Park in Mid-
dleton to watch the Verona girls softball
team clinch their last WIAA state tourna-
ment berth.
Thursday evening, Ray tossed a one-
hitter and knocked in an insurance run on
the same field to advance the Wildcats
back to the WIAA Division 1 state soft-
ball tournament for the first time since
2010.
Ray moved the ball around and kept
the La Follette batters off-balance all
night with her change-up en route to a
2-0 victory over rival Madison La Fol-
lette.
Despite only allowing one hit, Ray fin-
ished the game with just three strikeouts,
including the final two outs of the game.
I knew I could rely on my defense
behind me, so I pitched for ground-
balls, Ray said. The coaches called
great pitches and everything just fell into
place.
It was a gritty performance for the
Northern Illinois recruit, who wasnt
even expected to be on the team a year
ago.
Originally, planning to move to Ten-
nessee with her family, Ray returned to
Verona feeling like she had some unfin-
ished business on the softball diamond.
Its awesome right now, she said. I
never want to leave this place. Going into
the state tournament, I think we have a
really good chance. Im so proud of this
team. Weve come so far.
After struggling to get bunts down
against La Crosse Central last Tuesday in
the sectional semifinals, the Wildcats cer-
tainly benefited from playing small ball
against the Lancers.
Id be lying if I said we didnt bunt
several hundred balls last night at prac-
tice, Wildcats head coach Todd Ander-
son said. We knew that teams that have
had success against La Follette have put
the ball on the floor and seen what hap-
pens. Even if it doesnt work it moves
the corners up and we found a few gaps.
Junior shortstop Kori Keyes reached
base on an error off a sharp hit to La Fol-
lette third baseman Taylor Ueder in the
bottom of the second. Keyes then stole
second and advanced to third on senior
Leslie Banzhafs sacrifice bunt before
sophomore catcher Nicole Neitzel laid
down another bunt to drive in the games
first run.
I think everyone in the dugout gave
me a hug after knocking in the first run,
Neitzel said. That was probably the
most exciting things because its usually
the last inning when we get our run. To
get it in the second inning was huge for
us.
Verona added a second run in the third
inning when lead-off hitter Heather Rud-
nicki singled past first and advanced to
second on Bailey Buiskers sac bunt.
Though she didnt hit the ball hard,
Ray followed, singling just past third for
a Verona insurance run.
Getting that second run made all
the difference tonight, Anderson said.
Asking La Follette to score two runs
off Emma tonight was going to be a big
job.
The Lancers looked like they might
finally threaten in the fifth inning when
La Follette got its first hit off Ray.
Sophomore Ally Counts doubled into
the right field gap, but was subsequent-
ly caught in a rundown between sec-
ond and third as a diving Keyes tagged
Counts out short of third base. That was
the only Lancer baserunner to get as far
as second. La Follette walked twice and
left three runners on base in the loss.
I would love to say its exactly how
we drew it up, and it is, but we had to
execute defensively and it helps when
they try to stretch a double into a triple,
Anderson said.
Verona had four hits and left five run-
ners on base against Division I Drake
recruit Nicole Newman, who struck out
a season low six hitters.
We really wanted to put the ball in
play and we did a great job executing,
Ray said.
The Wildcats face Hortonville at
approximately 11 a.m. on Thursday in
the state quarterfinals at Goodman Dia-
mond. The winner moves on to face
either defending state champion Westo-
sha Central or Racine Case in the semi-
finals at 6 p.m. Friday. The state cham-
pionship game is slated for 5:30 p.m.
Saturday.
Verona is a good team, Lancers
head coach Bob Stalker said. They exe-
cute. They play solid defense Theyre
going to go a long way I think. Emma is
a good pitcher.
Photo by Jeremy Jones
Verona pitcher Emma Ray and catcher Nicole Neitzel celebrate the teams 2-0 WIAA Division 1 sectional final win over Madison La Follette
on Thursday in Middleton. Lancers head coach Bob Stalker and his team react in the background.
Softball
Comeback leads Cats
to sectional final
ANTHONY IOZZO
It wasnt just a small
turnaround for the Verona
Area High School baseball
team this season.
After posting a 6-17
record in 2013, the Wild-
cats were predicted to fin-
ish ninth in the Big Eight
Conference. But strong
effort s from ret urni ng
players led Verona to fin-
ish 15-11 (9-9 Big Eight),
with a regional title victory
last week, knocking off
Stoughton 8-4.
Despi t e cl osi ng t he
season with a 4-1 loss to
Janesville Parker in the
WIAA Division 1 sectional
final at Riverside Park in
Janesville, Veronas season
was much better than the
expectations, Verona head
coach Brad DOrazio said.
For us to be one of the
last 16 teams left today, I
think that is pretty cool,
he said.
A lot of the success
has stemmed from the
seniors on the team Troy
Granick, Mitch Flora, Jake
Armstrong, Joey Scott,
Blake Laufenberg, Jeff
Reinholtz, John Moyni-
han and Ryan Pynnonen
DOrazio added. The
seniors spent most of the
winter in the indoor hitting
facility at Stampfl Field
and continued to lead the
rest of the team by example
until sectionals.
I am going to miss the
seniors so much and the
dynamic all of the things
involved being with them
at practice every day, he
said. Their leadership was
awesome and will be tre-
mendously missed.
But that doesnt mean
this is a one-and-done
experience for the program,
which last made a state
appearance in 2010. Many
starters will return, includ-
ing juniors David Rogows-
ki and Brodie Roehrig and
sophomores Ben Rortvedt
and Keaton Knueppel.
Sometimes you need
to experience this before
you can take the next step,
and maybe that is what this
will do, DOrazio said.
Maybe this was that first
step for these guys to keep
going next year.
Verona 8, Stoughton 4
The Wildcats opened
sectionals against heavily
favored Stoughton, which
was the defending sectional
champion, and after falling
behind early twice, Verona
piled on six runs in the fifth
inning to take over.
Knueppel started the top
of the fifth with a single to
left field, and sophomore
catcher Ben Rortvedt fol-
lowed with a single.
Moynihan put Verona
up 4-3 with an RBI double,
and junior Josh Eugster hit
senior Jeff Reinholtz with a
pitch.
With Brady Wanninger
now pitching, Roehrig
reached on a bunt single.
Pynnonen followed with a
2-run single, and Granick
followed with an RBI sui-
cide squeeze. Rogowski
finished the inning with an
RBI single to make it 8-3.
The game we played
against Stoughton was fan-
tastic, DOrazio said. We
were aggressive and got
great pitching from Keaton
and John and got timely
hitting and executed when
we needed to. It was just an
awesome win.
Stoughton cut Veronas
lead to 8-4 in the bottom of
the fifth. Junior Cade Bun-
nell walked, and Rosowski
singled to left. Senior Alex
Zacharias followed with an
RBI single.
But that was the end of
the offense for both sides.
That Wildcats came back
in the second inning, as
well.
Granick singled to right,
and Rogowski hit a bloop
RBI double down the right-
field line. Flora followed
with an RBI single to tie
the game at 2-2.
The Vikings first two
runs came in the first
inning when senior PJ
Rosowski hit a deep fly to
left field that was dropped
by junior Jake Toman. That
scored Lund, and Roso-
wski was able to come all
the way around to score as
Toman was a little dazed
on the play.
Knueppel picked up the
win for Verona. He went
4 2/3 innings and allowed
two earned runs on six
hits. He struck out five and
walked three.
Moynihan pitched the
last 2 1/3 innings and
allowed a hit and a walk.
He struck out five.
Eugster picked up the
loss for the Vikings. He
went four innings and
allowed six earned runs on
six hits. He walked three,
hit three batters and struck
out one.
Parker 4, Verona 1
The offense was not
as clutch in the sectional
final, managing just one hit
against Parker.
Verona tied the game at
1-1 in the top of the third,
the last inning it threatened.
Flora led off with a sin-
gle to right, and Knueppel
sacrificed him to second on
a bunt. Rortvedt followed
with a walk, and Moyni-
han reached on a fielders
choice after Flora was
thrown out at home.
Reinholtz walked to load
the bases, and Roehrig fol-
lowed with an RBI walk.
But a groundout ended
the inning, and Parker
came back with two runs in
the next inning.
It seems that our kind of
tendency is that we dont
usually get one or two
runs, we get five or six,
DOrazio said. In the first
game, we had the timely
base hits, but we just didnt
have that in the second
game.
Collin Powers pitched a
complete game for Parker.
He walked five and struck
out three.
Pynnonen took the loss
for Verona. He went three
innings and allowed three
earned runs on six hits.
He walked five and struck
Baseball
Cats open regionals with 5-0 win, fall to Middleton in finals
ANTHONY IOZZO
Finishing opportunities
was a huge priority for the
girls soccer team coming
into its WIAA Division 1
regional semifinal, June
4, against Janesville Craig
Thursday at Reddan Soc-
cer Park.
The host No. 3-seeded
Wildcats (11-6-3 overall)
started off with six shots
on goal in the first 21 min-
utes, five from senior for-
ward Felicia Retrum, but
none of the shots went in.
That changed i n t he
36th minute when junior
midfielder Teeghan Tvedt
scored on a penalty kick
and sophomore forward
Ellery Rourke followed
with a goal a few seconds
later, leading to a 5-0 win
for Verona.
Before Tvedts PK, the
Wildcats went 15 minutes
wi t hout a shot . Ret rum
said it was because the
gi rl s were st uck i n t he
same play, dribbling down
the sideline and crossing to
the center.
After 21 minutes, Janes-
ville Craig figured it out
and changed its defense to
stop it.
Af t e r our PK, we
st ar t ed doi ng di f f er ent
t hi ngs and maki ng di f-
ferent opportunities for
our players, switching the
ball from side to side and
going through the middle,
Retrum said. That started
working really well for
us.
Retrum had an assist on
the second goal, and she
added two more goals in
the second half. The assist
Girls soccer
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out two. Moynihan also pitched three
innings. He allowed a hit and struck
out two.
Verona 5, Beloit 4 (8 inn)
The Wildcats needed extra innings
and a comeback to win its regional title
last Thursday.
Verona scored twice in the bottom
of the eighth to defeat sixth-seeded
Beloit Memorial 5-4 at Stampfl Field.
Sophomore catcher Ben Rort -
vedt (2-for-4) doubled to lead off the
eighth, and senior John Moynihan
(3-for-4) followed with an RBI double
to tie the game at 4.
Senior Jeff Reinholtz (2-for-3)
walked and sophomore Keaton Knuep-
pel reached on a bunt to load the bases
with no outs, but Beloit was able to
force Moynihan at home to keep the
game tied on a fielders choice by Bro-
die Roehrig.
The Wildcats were able to score on
the next grounder, however. Senior
Ryan Pynnonen picked up the RBI to
score Reinholtz.
Verona led 3-0 in the sixth, but
Beloit scored three times to tie the
game. Beloit took the lead in the top of
the eighth.
Moynihan picked up an RBI dou-
ble, while Reinholtz singled in junior
Eric Schmid in the first inning. Junior
David Rogowski added an RBI field-
ers choice in the second, scoring
Roehrig.
Knueppel picked up the win. He
allowed no earned runs on four hits
in 2 2/3 innings. He struck out four.
Moynihan started and allowed one
earned run on two hits in 5 1/3 innings.
He struck out nine and walked three.
on her second goal went
t o sophomore forward
Shelly Wing.
Sophomore midfielder
Emily Krogman added a
goal in the 74th minute
with an assist to Tvedt.
We know that every
player that is on the field
can make that opportuni-
ty happen, Retrum said.
If we can get the ball to
anyones foot, we know
they could get the job
done.
Senior goalie Madison
Westfall collected two
saves in the win, while
Craig senior goalie Mad-
die Schroeder finished
with 14.
Middleton 1, Verona 0
The Wildcats season
came to an end in a 1-0
l oss at Mi ddl et on l ast
Saturday.
Senior forward Ellen
Jesse scored the game-
winning goal in the 23rd
minute with an assist to
senior midfielder Caro-
line Keenan.
Westfall finished with
six saves, while Middle-
t on seni or goal i e Li z
McMahon had five.
Soccer: Season ends
Continued from page 19
Baseball: Verona comes back to win regional title
Photos by Anthony Iozzo
Sam Favour (20) celebrates after catcher Ben Rortvedt scores the go-ahead run on a 2-run
double by senior John Moynihan in a WIAA D1 sectional semifinal against Stoughton.
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Torhorst finishes with a 159 at state
ANTHONY IOZZO
Junior Carson Torhorst
entered Day 2 of the WIAA
Division 1 state golf tour-
nament tied for 16th and
in position to make a run at
the top 10.
But the weather condi-
tions were a little different
at the University of Wis-
consin- Madisons Univer-
sity Ridge Golf Course, and
that caused elevated scores
throughout the field.
It had a particularly bad
effect on Torhorst, who
shot an 83 to finished with
a 159 for the tournament,
tied for 44th.
He had two birdies, nine
bogeys and t wo doubl e
bogeys in round two.
Day 1
Torhorst bat t l ed back
from a tough front nine
Monday in the first round
of the state tournament.
He started with a double
bogey and three bogeys but
then threw out a 1-under 35
on the back nine.
I was swi ngi ng t he
club better on the back,
Torhorst said. I just set
into my groove, and I knew
how I needed to hit shots
and started to hit greens
in regulation. I was a little
nervous on the front, but
once I got comfortable, I
was good.
Torhorsts 76 put him in
a tie for 16th at the end of
the first day.
He started on the 10th
tee and didnt post a single
bogey on his back nine
(holes 1-9). He had one of
the better shots of the day
on the fourth hole.
After driving the ball a
little too left, Torhorst had
to take a free drop, as his
ball was nestled on the cart
path. Still needing to hit the
ball from the rough with
a line of trees to his right,
he lined a shot to within 10
feet of the cup.
Torhorst finished the hole
with a birdie putt, his only
birdie of the day.
That really set off a lot
of confidence, Torhorst
said. I was really excited
after that. No complaints.
It was a big birdie because
that was a hard shot.
Torhorst had eight pars
on his back nine, and he
had 13 for the first round.
Junior Carson Torhorst tees off on the second hole Monday.
Boys golf
Panthers earn first state
team berth in OHS history
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
Not even ranked as a top-
five team in the area follow-
ing a 7-0 dismantling of a
ranked McFarland squad, the
Oregon boys tennis played
with a chip on its shoulder all
season long.
Returning a solid core of
seniors to go along with a
pair of phenomenal fresh-
man and a couple sopho-
mores, the Panthers beat
Madison Edgewood for
the first time in a dual and
went on to tie for the Bad-
ger South Conference title
also a first.
On May 29, the Panthers
season-long quest to make
history was finally rewarded
as the program punched its
first WIAA Division 1 team
state berth with a 42-39 vic-
tory over Madison West at
Badger High School in Lake
Geneva.
Holding a 22-20 advantage
entering sectionals, Oregon
needed every point it could
get even if it didnt know
the exact score.
We didnt want to know
how close it was, head
coach Ben Conklin said. We
wanted to win that 1 doubles
match no matter what and
let the points fall where they
may.
Wi t h t hr ee mat ches
remaining at sectionals, the
Panthers could secure team
honors in any scenario other
than letting Madison West
walk away victorious from
all three courts.
That exact scenario nearly
played out, however, as the
Regents won titles at No. 3
singles and No. 3 doubles.
Those two wins left the fate
of the Panthers state team
tournament berth solely up
to senior No. 1 doubles play-
ers Alec Onesti and Dakota
Tollakson.
Onesti and Tollakson
breezed through their first
sectional match, defeating
Badgers Josh Bakken and
Liam Bailey 6-0, 6-0 to qual-
ify for this weeks individual
state tournament.
Its a great feeling and
something weve been work-
ing toward since the begin-
ning of the season, Onesti
said.
They did way more to
help out their team, however,
going on to add a 6-0, 7-6
(8-6) win over top-seeded
Janesville Parker before clos-
ing out the tournament as
sectional champions.
Conklin was confident in
his teams changes despite
Onesti and Tollakson having
lost to head-to-head against
West last month.
Once they got that second
set, I was feeling it, Conklin
said. Theyre seniors, and
Oregon High School
Boys tennis
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ANTHONY IOZZO
It was a difficult end to the season for
the Oregon High School baseball team
Thursday, June 5, in a WIAA Division 1
regional final at Stoughton High School.
Junior pitcher Mitch Weber retired 13
straight batters at one point on the mound
and only allowed one earned run on six
hits in six innings, but it was not enough
in a 3-2 loss to the second-seeded Vikings.
Oregon (13-15), seeded seventh, held a
2-1 lead into the bottom of the sixth, but
an error on the second baseman ended
Webers streak of retired batters. Weber
then over threw the first baseman on a
pick-off attempt, and catcher Zach Hassel-
berger ended up on third base.
Shortstop Austin Miller followed with
an RBI single to left field to tie the game
at 2.
After two groundouts moved Miller to
third, senior PJ Rosowski singled to right
field to score Hasselberger.
When the catcher calls a pitch and you
shake it off and go to another pitch and it
ends up being a base hit scoring the win-
ning run, that is tough, said Weber, who
finished with six strikeouts. But you have
to come back and keep going. Unfortu-
nately, we just didnt score enough runs
tonight.
Oregon took a 2-1 lead in the top of the
second inning after senior designated hit-
ter Colin Byron reached base on an error
by the third baseman. Senior shortstop
Logan Laski followed with a single to
left field, and senior first baseman Tyler
Mortensen had a sacrifice bunt to put run-
ners on second and third.
Senior outfielder Austin Adams fol-
lowed with an RBI bunt single on a safety
squeeze attempt, scoring Byron, but Roso-
wski struck out the next two batters to
strand Laski at third.
But it looked like that was all Oregon
was going to need as Weber got into a
groove on the mound. He had four straight
1-2-3 innings before the sixth.
I changed my pace and threw a couple
of balls in a row where I slowed it down,
Baseball
Weber pitches gem but Panthers season ends
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Senior Valerie Jones races past Waukesha Wests Samantha Hanson in the first heat of the 800
Saturday at the WIAA Division 1 track and field state championships at the University of Wisconsin- La
Crosse. Jones finished sixth overall in 2 minutes, 17.31 seconds to medal.
Jones medals at state
ANTHONY IOZZO
Or egon Hi gh School
track and field senior Val-
erie Jones had her dream of
medaling at state come true
last Saturday in the WIAA
Division 1 state track and
field meet at the University
of Wisconsin - La Crosse.
Jones finished the first
heat of the 800 in 2 min-
utes, 17.31 seconds and
needed some help in the
second heat to finish sixth
overall and make the podi-
um.
That was my goal all
season, and it is really awe-
some, Jones said. I knew
it was really going to be
difficult being in the first
heat, the slower heat. I just
knew that I was going to
have to keep with them and
just really go with my gut
and just kick it at the end.
J ones had t o wat ch
the second heat and said
she was a little nervous
because, there are a lot of
girls who can run 2:17.
When t he t i mes were
posted on the board, she
still didnt want to cel-
ebrate until they were offi-
cial, especially since only
16 hundredths of a second
separated her with seventh-
place finisher Jenna Leder-
man of Muskego.
I was like, I hope that
is right. I didnt want to
be like Yes, and then they
change it on me, Jones
said. Once I knew for
sure, I was really excited.
Jones also raced in the
1, 600 and t ook 24t h i n
5:19.65. She anchored the
4x400 relay team, as well.
Jones, senior Ruby Carpen-
ter and sophomores Mad-
die LeBrun and Saman-
tha Girard took 20th in
4:05.72.
LeBrun just missed the
podium in the 400 finals.
She took seventh in 58.24.
LeBrun took ninth in the
400 preliminaries in 58.73.
Junior Katie Boehnen
took 12th in the discus with
a distance of 114 feet, 11
inches.
BOYS
The 4x100 and 4x200
relays once again set school
records Friday at state.
The 4x100 r el ay of
seni or Lance Pet erson,
senior Jawon Turner, junior
Josh Sromovsky and fresh-
man Lucas Mathews took
12th in the preliminaries
in 43.14, while the same
quartet finished 14th in the
4x200 in 1:29.74.
Sromovsky al so t ook
21st in the long jump. He
finished with a distance of
20 feet, 2 3/4 inches.
Sophomore Chris Cut-
ter was 20th in the 800 in
1:59.58, while junior John
Hermus took 15th in the
300 hurdles in 15.7.
Hermus also competed in
the pole vault but did not
reach the opening height
of 13 feet.
Oregon High School
that was a huge advantage. You could real-
ly feel it when we jumped out to the lead in
the third set.
Having lost to the Regents top doubles
team in three sets last month, Onesti and
Tollakson earned a 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 comeback
win over Madison Wests Will Simonson
and Matt Munns.
This is the best moment of my life, a
choked up Tollakson said after clinching a
ticket to team state. I cant describe it.
Individual state tennis
Onesti broke a string on his first-ever
return at the WIAA Division 1 individual
state tennis tournament inside Nielsen Ten-
nis Stadium on June 5.
Rather than dwelling on what he though
was at first a bad omen, Onesti and No.
1 doubles partner, Tollakson, went on to
highlight a school-record three flights at
last weeks state tournament.
I had to go over to my bag and grab my
backup racket, which I hadnt used for two
years, Onesti said. It felt a little different,
but its just a racket.
Onesti and Tollakson (19-5) ended the
opening round as the only Panthers to make
it out of the first round Thursday, defeating
Appleton North senior Sam Moeller and
junior David Booker 6-2, 6-4.
It was huge for us to get a win and not
go 0-3 as a team today, Tollakson said.
Both teams had their serve broke in
the first three games, though Onesti and
Tollakson settled down first and rattled off
wins in four of the next five sets against
Moeller and Booker (13-5) to closeout the
first set.
Onesti floated a beautiful lob to corner
for a winner to put Oregon up 3-2 in the
second set. The seniors won three of the
next five games to then take the match.
The Panthers only returning state quali-
fier, senior Jackson Schneider (12-10) fell
6-4, 6-4 against Whitefish Bay senior Wen-
tong Zhang (15-7).
I like to hit big from the baseline, but I
just couldnt finish points today, Schnei-
der said. I tried to focus on finishing points
differently to start the second set and it
worked for awhile.
Schneider led 3-0 to start the second set
before going to 10 deuces where he was
eventually broke. It was downhill from
there, dropping six of the next seven games.
Though Schneider said no one likes to
lose, he said Zhang was definitely a good
player.
I felt I left a couple of points out on the
court today, but I have no regrets, he said.
Oregon nearly went 0-3 on the day as
freshman Calvin Schneider (20-5) lost 6-0,
6-0 to 14th-seeded Bradley Leutschwager
(24-4) of Stevens Point in straight sets.
I have high expectations for myself and
I was obviously disappointed, but hes a
pretty special player, Calvin said.
Tennis: Onesti/Tollakson win one at state
he said. I usually work fast
but just slowed it down and
started changing speeds
up and tried to keep them
off balance the best that I
could.
Oregon grabbed a 1-0
lead in the top of the first.
Senior third baseman Ross
Galloway singled to left,
and seni or cat cher Jere
Bauer later hit an RBI dou-
ble to right.
Stoughton tied the game
at 1 in the bottom of the
first. Junior Cade Bunnell
singled to right, and he
reached third on a throwing
error by Weber on a pick-
off attempt.
Bunnel l scored on an
RBI sacrifice fly by senior
center fielder Chris Lund.
Rosowski picked up the
win for Stoughton. He went
seven innings and allowed
one earned run on six hits.
He st ruck out ni ne and
walked two.
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must prove that the grant
money has helped retain
about 400 jobs in the area
near Cert co and Sari s
Cycling Group.
The city was awarded
the Transportation Eco-
nomic Assistance (TEA)
money by the state in late
May. The funds will be
used to help create two
new roads - Sprocket Drive
and Spoke Drive - in the
Arrowhead neighborhood
that would provide better
access to large employers
like Certco and Saris.
At a May 5 Board of
Public Works meeting,
t hen-ci t y publ i c works
di rect or Paul Woodard
explained that the city
could end up having to
pay the $1 million back
if those jobs arent main-
tained. Woodard said that
was unlikely, as the city
has been working on plans
for redeveloping that area
to provide more manu-
facturing, warehouse and
office space to the area
between McKee Road and
Williamsburg Way. The
new road would go north
from McKee just west of
the Badger Ridge State
Trail and head west toward
the Verona Road Frontage
Road, according to a mas-
ter plan for the neighbor-
hood approved in 2011.
Woodard sai d at t he
meeting that the city had
not planned on getting
any grant money for the
redevelopment project as
the project will be paid
for using tax increment
financing.
The grant stipulates that
the city will be have to pay
for at least half of the road
improvement costs.
Project bids were due
June 11. Construction is
expected to begin in July.
Map courtesy MSA Professional Services
The city will construct two new roads, labeled Avenue A and
Avenue B on the map above, in order to provide better access to
Certco, Saris Cycling Group and Thermo Fischer. Construction is
slated to begin in July and will be partially covered by a TEA grant
from the state.
City
Volunteers help clean up waterways
Fi t c h b u r g s a n n u a l
waterway clean-up events
drew many volunteers who
helped improve the citys
waterways last month.
I n t ot al , vol unt eer s
removed 27 large garbage
bags of refuse and 13 bags
of recycling from these
areas, helping clean up
waterways and improve
ecosystem health. Some of
the more interesting items
collected from these areas
include an unopened bottle
of champagne, a fire extin-
guisher, a dog kennel, a
bike, carpet and scrap met-
al.
Three different groups
of volunteers helped col-
lect trash and recyclables
at Dunns Marsh and Yar-
mouth Greenway. Com-
munity members, City of
Fitchburg staff, Resource
Conservation Commission
members, members of Girl
Scout Daisy Troop 2157
and Brownie Troop 2747
and elected officials all
helped out.
Don t wor r y i f you
missed out on this event - it
is a yearly event and there
are plenty of other oppor-
tunities to help around the
community.
Fi t chburgs St ormwa-
ter Utility will provide
extra bags and/or Refuse
Tags to volunteers who
clean up Fitchburg water-
ways and/or road ditches.
Al so, St ormwat er Ut i l -
ity customers who com-
plete and submit a Fitch-
bur g Cr eek Suppor t er
Pledge Form (available at:
fitchburgwi.gov/stormwa
ter) may be eligible for a
reduction in their stormwa-
ter utility bill for pledging
to help keep Fitchburgs
waterways clean.
City staff welcome any
other volunteers interested
in helping to keep these
and other waterways clean
throughout the year to con-
tact Rick Eilertson, Fitch-
burgs Environmental Engi-
neer, at Rick.Eilertson@
fitchburgwi.gov or 270-
4264 for more information.
Photo submitted
Winding roads
Shelby and Bonnie Alcott of Greenfield, Wis., stand with Verne Brummel, (far left) and Fitchburg
Historical Society president Catherine Schneider (far right) as they present a large photo of Wendt
Road in Fitchburg to the society. They and society board members then toured the area along Wendt
Road where the photo was taken in about 1908, and identified buildings that still stand on the road
after more than 100 years.
Fitchburg firefighter/intern
earns academic award
Fi t chburg fi refi ght er/
intern Kurt Kleven was
r e c e nt l y a wa r de d t he
Exempl ar y Lear ner of
Human and Pr ot ect i ve
Services by Madison Area
Technical College.
The award is given to a
student for demonstrating
the values of excellence,
respect and i nt egri t y at
Madison College, accord-
ing to a news release from
the fire department.
Kleven is in his second
year of his internship with
the Fitchburg Fire Depart-
ment. He attends school
during the day while at
ni ght and on t he week-
ends he works for the fire
department as part of the
fill-in program covering
shifts as part of the on-
duty crews. On average,
Kleven works 50 hours a
week in addition to attend-
ing class.
Kleven was nominated
by instructor John Spohn.
The nomination came as a
complete surprise to Klev-
en.
I asked if he (Spohn)
was serious, Kleven said.
I didnt think that I did
anyt hi ng speci al . I j ust
did what any other student
would do.
To receive the award, a
student must first be nomi-
nat ed by an i nst ruct or.
The nomi nat i on i s t hen
reviewed by each program
head, and the deans of the
school. The deans of the
respective schools gather
and decide as a group who
is to receive the award.
There is one exemplary
l earner award for each
of the six schools within
Madison College.
Eligibility for the award
also includes the follow-
ing:
1. Enrollment in the cor-
responding Learner Suc-
cess Schools at Madison
College during the current
academic year (fall and/or
spring semester).
2. Minimum, cumulative
grade point average of 3.0.
Kleven was selected to
receive this award over all
other students enrolled in
respective courses relat-
ed t o l aw enforcement ,
fi re servi ce, emergency
medical service, nursing
and education.
Kleven said he didnt
know if he was going to
recei ve t he award unt i l
hi s name was cal l ed at
t he banquet and award
night. When his name was
cal l ed, he sai d, I was
shocked and excited.
He also recalled walking
into Madison College the
first time and seeing the
wall of exemplary learn-
ers.
I saw t he wal l and
thought about how cool
it would be to win that
awar d and be on t hat
wall, Kleven said.
Kleven and others in the
program said it is rare that
someone from the fire pro-
tection technician program
receives this award. For
that reason, it means even
more to him.
When asked about being
part of the fire service, he
said, I love doing it. I
love being part of the Fire
Department.
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City
Fitchburg retailers accept
sharps, sell refuse tags
Fi t c hbur g r e s i de nt s
have a few options when
it comes to disposing of
sharp objects and additional
household waste.
Fitchburgs Hometown
Pharmacy, 3000 Cahi l l
Main, Suite 114, and the
Fitchburg Walgreens, 2931
S. Fish Hatchery Road,
both collect sharps (which
include syringes, scalpels,
lancets and other sharp
household medical waste).
All sharps must be prop-
erly packaged in either a
red plastic sharps container
(available for sale at any
of the local pharmacies) or
a puncture-resistant plastic
bottle, such as a used plas-
tic laundry detergent bottle
labeled sharps or bio-
hazard.
Do not place sharps in
a refuse or recycling cart
as this can create a serious
hazard for anyone coming
i nt o cont act wi t h t hese
materials.
Staff at these retailers can
provide more information
about safe disposal.
Hometown Pharmacy and
Walgreens also sell Refuse
Tags to Fitchburg residents
who have additional bags of
refuse that dont fit in their
green refuse carts.
Tags sell for $17.50 for
a sheet of five tags. If you
use a tag to set out an extra
bag of refuse, wrap the tag
around the top of the bag
so that it affixes to itself.
If you dispose of additional
refuse more than twice each
month, consider subscrib-
ing to a larger cart or check
out the citys waste reduc-
tion tips.
For questions regarding
the tag program or extra
waste please contact Pellit-
teri at 257-4285.
Shred day, electronic
recycling events help get
rid of household waste
Two events last month
helped residents get rid of
unwanted electronics and
sensitive data.
Fitchburgs Spring 2014
electronics recycling event
was held on May 3, with
more t han 2, 000 i t ems
turned it at Surplus-ITs
warehouse.
Staff collected 36 com-
puter monitors, 47 tower
computers, 11 laptop com-
puters, 39 printers, 24 ste-
reos, 39 televisions and
62 cell phones. More than
100 participants dropped
off these electronics which
weighed a combined 5,326
pounds.
Pellitteri Data Destruc-
tion also ran a shred day at
Oak Bank the same day.
About 100 large recy-
cling carts of paper, from
approxi mat el y 110 di f-
ferent participants, were
received for shredding at
the Shred Day. The total
weight received was nearly
4.71 tons, and represents
an equivalent savings of 83
trees.
If you missed the Spring
2014 Fitchburg Electron-
ics Recycling Event, you
can still arrange to drop off
electronics at Surplus-IT
near Fitchburg (call 270-
1100 for an appointment).
Ad d i t i o n a l r e c y c l i n g
options are listed in Fitch-
burgs Recycling Guide
available at fitchburgwi.
gov/solidwaste.
You can also call Pellit-
teri at 257-4285 to schedule
a special pick-up for elec-
tronics to be recycled at $25
per item.
The city is reviewing
possible dates for future
shred days and electronic
recycling events.
If you have any sugges-
tions on timing for these
events or would like to help
out, please contact Felipe
Avila, GIS Engineering
Specialist, at felipe.avila@
fitchburgwi.gov or 270-
4277.
Housing voucher
lottery underway
The Community Devel-
opment Authority of the
Ci t y of Madi son wi l l
accept lottery entries for
the Section 8 Housing
Choice Voucher Program.
Fitchburg residents are
eligible for the program,
but households living or
working in the City of
Madison will receive prior-
ity over non-residents. This
is a lottery for a chance
to apply for the Section 8
HCV Program. Selected
entries will receive an
application form for the
Section 8 HCV Program.
The lottery will be con-
ducted Monday, June 2,
through Wednesday, July
2.
Please visit the website
for a complete list of social
service agency locations.
Lottery forms and instruc-
tions are available online at
cityofmadison.com/hous-
ing, any Madison Public
Library, and many social
service agencies. The
CDA will not accept faxed
lottery entries.
Contact Lisa Daniels at
267-8709, or Vicky Kutz at
261-4227 with questions.
Senior center seeks volunteers
The Fitchburg Senior
Center is always looking
for additional volunteer
help.
A few open positions
right now include:
Spani sh-speaki ng
volunteers to visit with
the Latino population.
Gardener t o hel p
water and maintain the
small gardens.
Dur abl e medi cal
equi pment coordi na-
tor to help with the loan
closet.
Driver Escorts to
t ake cl i ent s t o t hei r
appointments.
Meals on Wheels
drivers, to volunteer as
fill in positions.
Comput e r / i Pa d/
i Phone/ e-reader-sav-
vy tutors to help older
adults learn how to use
their electronics. High
school and college stu-
dents are encouraged to
apply.
Orchard volunteers
t o hel p mai nt ai n t he
orchard.
Foot Care Cl i ni c
helper.
Cont act Mandi M.
Miller at 270-4293 for
more information about
vol unt eer i ng at t he
senior center.
New branding of
FACTv June 30
Fitchburg Access Community
Television (FACTv) will launch
new branding for its three chan-
nels and a new channel lineup to
one of its channels starting June
30.
Branding changes include bet-
ter cross-promotion of the three
channels, new spots and com-
mercials and incorporation of the
City of Fitchburgs new logo.
FACTv is available on Charter
Cable channels 987, 986 and 985
and on ATT U-Verse on channel
99.
The department will have a
sneak peak of each channel start-
ing on June 23.
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traditionally been the core
of growing up in communi-
ties, Whitmus wrote in an
email to the Star. These
days, with work obliga-
tions, sport activities and
other demands on our time,
it is hard to initiate and
maintain connections with
your neighbors in the tra-
ditional sense of days gone
by. Today, more so than
ever, it is critical for us to
know our neighbors, get
connected, and look out for
each other.
Nathan Hobert and his
family on the 5800 block
were so enchanted with
bringing back neighbor-
hood parties, he published
a newsletter, the Monticello
Way Messenger, printed
it out, and distributed cop-
ies to all the houses on the
street.
He even set up a Face-
book page called the Mon-
ticello Way Community.
In a way, the Monticello
Way area epitomizes the
City of Fitchburg, with its
bucolic atmosphere, hawks
occasi onal l y set t i ng up
families in nests on top of
the huge ash trees, families
taking walks and pulling
children in wagons, and
hardcore joggers running
seemingly at all hours of
the day and night.
This is a paradise, and
everyone is having fun as
a means of keeping it that
way, Hobert said.
Having a blast
So it was the second Sat-
urday of May, the Hobert
family hosted the party in
their gorgeous red ranch-
style home, set among two
huge silver maple trees and
a giant poplar.
The party was replete
with brats, hot dogs, burg-
ers, beer, plentiful refresh-
ments and a large inflat-
able bouncy house for the
numerous children attend-
ing.
This was not the Mifflin
Street block party. It was
better.
Every street should do
this. People just kept com-
ing. We were blessed, said
Hobert, who estimated that
some 50 people dropped by
between 11 a.m. and about
3 p.m. though it actually
appeared to be more like
90.
In any event, more simi-
lar parties are planned this
summer, said Hobert and
neighbors.
Two Sat urdays l at er,
Hoberts children set up a
lemonade stand; the fol-
lowing Thursday a group of
about a dozen Monticello
residents met for a Six Pack
and a Brew meeting: Objec-
tive, just fun, beer, and get-
ting to know people.
Hobert has been attend-
ing his Six Pack and a Brew
monthly for a couple of
years, and now he invites
his neighbors whom he
met at the Monticello Way
block party.
At the party it was cool
to see Pat and Maggie New-
berry who lived here since
the 1970s chatting with a
young couple who moved
in a year ago, Hobert said.
Deterrent to crime
Police are fans of the par-
ties, too.
The Fi t chburg Pol i ce
Department puts out fre-
quent alerts on email with
burglary prevention mea-
sures, such as keepi ng
garage doors closed and
keeping garage door open-
ers out of cars if residents
are away from homes for
extended periods. And it
so happened that the rash
of winter burglaries and
attempted burglaries near
the Madison-Fitchburg bor-
der occurred frequently by
way of prying open home-
attached garages.
Good police work appar-
ently ended the burglary
spree. And after police
questioned suspects, the
unusual r ash of house
burglaries ceased, police
reported.
But police also say tight
neighborhoods with extra
pairs of eyes on your home
are a proven crime deter-
rent. Thats one reason for
the many neighborhood
crime watch areas in most
any urban community.
The at t empt s i n t he
Monticello Way area to get
to know each other are defi-
nitely positive and increase
t he l i kel i hood t o know
when criminal activity may
be occurring and of course
deters such criminal activ-
ity from occurring, said Lt.
Todd Stetzer of the Fitch-
burg Police Department.
The bond among neigh-
bors getting to know each
other heightens the knowl-
edge of the neighborhood
and teaches and allows
neighbors to spot what is
abnormal, suspicious activ-
ity and to report it.
In so many words, qual-
ity of life in a neighborhood
keeps away burglars.
Knitting a community
Nothing beats friendly
nei ghborhoods and t he
familiar, comforting pres-
ence that people call home.
Its the kind of place
where a guy like Michael
Vanhecker, a hulking, gre-
garious resident of the 5800
block of Monticello Way,
takes out his snow blower
tractor in the winter and
does his neighbors drive-
way out of respect because
the neighbor is a military
veteran.
Fitchburg, a highly edu-
cated city of 25,260, is at
a crossroads as issues of
development and the envi-
ronment have become more
contentious than usual. A
fact of criminality is that
cities have more crime than
towns and villages.
The citys Economic
Development Vision and
Strategy report stresses
the imperative to build a
community identity and a
sense of place, calling for
a stronger, more unified
community identity.
At this crossroads, the
Monticello Way communi-
ty is determined this neigh-
borhood will lead the way
toward the path forward,
together with diverse politi-
cal views and wildly vary-
ing life outlooks.
Take a walk down the
street at 4:30 a.m. some-
time this summer and you
will hear a cacophony of
birds singing so loudly that
sometimes even hard-core
runners must want to stop
and listen.
Pick up your State Jour-
nal at 4 a.m. and your con-
cern is that the couple down
the street out for an early
walk heard you return their
friendly greeting, Good
morning, before youve
had some coffee.
Driving down the street,
theres Cody the dog with
t he fol ks whose fat her
served in World War II.
Theres Don Kosterman,
the nature photographer and
old-school journalist, doing
his lawn and taking a break
to talk to his neighbor pass-
ing by.
The a t mos phe r e on
Monticello Way has truly
changed; face time, fellow-
ship and libations do won-
ders for a neighborhood.
Summer is crime time.
Concerns have been made
publ i c about adj acent
neighborhoods.
On Mont i cel l o Way,
observing the people inter-
acting now, covering the
block party weeks back,
its fair to report of the
planning and occasion of
neighborhood partying: All
objectives achieved and
mission accomplished.
Its going to be a good
summer.
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The neighborhood party:
Re-tying broken links
The historic Hill Farms neighborhood on Madisons
west side represents the definition of a tight-knit neigh-
borhood bound by commonality and shared purpose.
Planned as a city expansion in Madison with a short-
age of housing and an abundance of returning G.I.s, Hill
Farms remains an enduring example of a neighborhood
begun with a sense a community.
Communities appear naturally disposed to festivals
and celebrations when commonality is openly acknowl-
edged, and the opposite discord and crime arise
when commonality is denied.
In Dane County, the Mifflin Street Block Party, the
WORT block party, the Monroe and Willy Street Fairs,
Fitchburg Days, Verona Hometown Days (June 12-15),
and other community parties come to mind.
Ethnic communities and neighborhoods are staples in
most big cities in the United States. When people immi-
grated to America, they often settled in enclaves so that
they could keep the sense of community that they were
used to in small villages and towns in Europe.
This explains in part why there used to be distinct Pol-
ish, Norwegian, Belgian, German, and now Hispanic
and black communities and areas throughout Wisconsin.
That demographic composition of neighborhoods is now
fading except in the most-segregated urban area in the
United States, Milwaukee.
Observances of Juneteenth the freeing of the last
slaves Irishfest, Polishfest, Greekfest, and the Mexi-
can Fiesta, to name a few of the celebrations, are yet to
come this summer in Wisconsin to celebrate and express
appreciation of diverse cultures.
Our hope on Monticello Way is that by making con-
nections, we make a community of everyone, said
Fitchburg resident Nathan Hobert. We start as a street,
reacting to the misfortune of a neighbor (a February bur-
glary of a couple away for a Valentines Day vacation).
We help our neighbors and our neighborhoods by reach-
ing out to get to know each other.
Monticello Way block/street parties will likely never
be as cosmopolitan and political as the original Mifflin
Street Block Party, the Willy Street fair, or some other
neighborhoods in Dane County. But this isnt the pur-
pose.
Its to have fun outside, and a place to call home with
your neighbors.
Jamestown: Neighbors plan to watch out for one another
Nathan Hobert also created a new Facebook page, Monticello
Way Community, to help keep neighbors in touch.
I told the new young
couples on our
street, If
you ever
leave for
a time,
Ill do
your
driveway, and watch
your house. Thats
the Monticello way.
Maggie Newberry
Monticello Way
resident
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enforcement officials for
years.
In 2006, there were 123
hospitalizations in Dane
County from heroin or pre-
scription opiate overdoses,
accordi ng t o dat a from
the department of Public
Health for Madison and
Dane County (PHMDC). By
2012, there were 300, a 144
percent increase. In 2003,
19 people died from over-
doses. That figure peaked at
61 in 2011 before falling to
49 in 2012. Similar trends
exist statewide, as overdoses
tripled between 2002 and
2012, from 824 to 2,457.
And those stats might
just be the tip of the ice-
berg, said Lisa Bullard-
Cawthorne, a health educa-
tor with PHMDC. Thats
because many overdose
victims who dont die or get
hospitalized go unreported.
Much of the attention in
Dane County and the state
lately has focused on heroin,
which about five or six years
ago began to resurface as a
cheaper alternative to pain-
killers for opiate addicts.
But opiate-based prescrip-
tion painkillers such as
Vicodin or Oxycontin
havent gone away, either.
They still account for nearly
two-thirds of Dane Countys
overdoses, Bullard-Caw-
thorne notes, and three-
quarters of opiate users
recovering or current say
their addiction started with
prescription pain meds.
Kara Czerwonka was
no exception. Dan thinks
she first tried painkillers
obtained from a classmate
late in her junior year. She
got hooked and eventually
moved to heroin. When the
family found out, they were
shocked.
After a year of battling her
addiction, she died in her
bedroom that was lined with
trophies and ribbons from a
happy childhood.
She wasnt a bad kid,
she was a great kid, Dan
said. Thats another reason
I thought everything would
be OK.
Rising trend
In Fitchburg, local offi-
cials stop short of saying
heroin and other opiates
are rampant. But police and
emergency personnel say an
uptick in overdoses in recent
years has remained steady.
Police and EMS offi -
cials here have only tracked
heroin- or opiate-specific
data for a couple of years.
The PHMDC, however, has
data showing the number of
drug-overdose hospitaliza-
tions by zip code between
2007 and 2011. Whi l e
Fitchburg spans several ZIP
codes, its most populous
53711 had 145 hospital-
izations during those years.
Thats slightly higher than
the rates for communities
surrounding Madison.
Fitch-Rona EMS ambu-
lances began carrying Nar-
can, a drug used to counter-
act overdoses from heroin
or other drugs, more than a
decade ago. Data kept since
2011 shows that Fitch-Rona
first responders administered
it 73 times that year, 37 times
in 2012 and 54 times last
year, said Cindy Deidrich,
Fitch-Ronas deputy chief.
Fitchburg police made
13 heroin-related arrests in
2012, 11 in 2013 and two
through March of this year,
said Lt. Chad Brecklin.
They also responded to 13
overdose calls last year and
19 in 2012.
Often, users who overdose
are found in parking lots or
gas station bathrooms on the
citys north side, but her-
oin-related incidents have
occurred in more rural parts
of Fitchburg, too, he said.
The resurgence of her-
oin has been noticeable for
at least four years, Brecklin
said, while it was hardly
on the radar for most of
his 15-plus years in law
enforcement.
Examples abound.
In March, 23-year-old
Milton Moore of Fitchburg
was sentenced to seven
years in prison for sell-
ing the heroin that killed a
Lodi teenager in 2012. Last
December, local authorities
had to revive a 55-year-old
man who was found unre-
sponsive when authorities
were about to search his
Greenway Cross apartment
during an ongoing heroin
investigation.
In August 2011, Fitchburg
police arrested two Madison
men after finding 25 grams
of heroin during a late-night
traffic stop on Leopold Way.
The spike in opiate abuse
has fueled other crimes,
such as burglaries, forger-
ies and robberies, by addicts
desperate to pay for their
habit, Brecklin said.
One prominent example
was in 2009, when Justin
M. Simpson of Fitchburg
went on a three-week armed
robbery spree, hitting three
gas stations, two conve-
nience stores and a tanning
salon in Madison to feed his
$100-a-day heroin habit. He
was sentenced to eight years
in prison.
Almost all heroin in Dane
County comes to Madi-
son via Chicago, said Lt.
Jason Freedman of the Dane
Count y Narcot i cs Task
Force. While most users
still come to Madison for
the drug, he said dealers are
traveling more to the sub-
urbs in recent years.
Im very confident this is
not an urban-only problem,
Freedman said.
While prices fluctuate,
Freedman said a gram of
heroin typically sells for
between $120 and $150 in
the Madison area. Thats
enough for three to 10 dos-
es, depending on the user.
Steady locally
Bullard-Cawthorne and
others aired concerns that
first-time users of heroin
or painkillers are starting at
younger ages.
But whi l e opi at e use
appears to be rising, its
doubtful that local teens are
using them in big numbers,
according to the 2012 Dane
County Youth Assessment
survey.
In the Oregon School Dis-
trict, just over half of high
school students said theyd
tried alcohol or illegal drugs
before, and nearly half of
seniors said theyd ridden
in a car driven by some-
one whod been drinking.
By contrast, more than 98
percent of respondents said
theyd never tried heroin,
while 93 percent said theyd
never illegally used pre-
scription drugs. Both figures
mirror county-wide stats.
The numbers obviously
are not huge, said Amy
Miller, OSDs director of
community education. But
in our world, any number is
bad because the risk of death
from an opiate is so much
greater.
Similarly, 98 percent of
VAHS respondents said
theyd never tried heroin,
while 96 percent said theyd
never illegally used pre-
scription drugs. Both figures
are near or better than coun-
ty norms.
Asked whether heroin or
other opiates have become
a growing concern at VAHS
in the past half-dozen years,
principal Pam Hammen said
in an email that the school
hasnt noticed an increase.
At Oregon High School,
student assistance program
coordinator Lisa Barleen
facilitates alcohol and oth-
er drug abuse educational
groups for students strug-
gling with those substances.
In her first year at OHS in
2011, Barleen said she knew
of one student whod used
heroin. That number has
grown, she said, though she
doesnt have precise num-
bers.
Shes heard stories of
teens who buy heroin in
Madi son and ser ve as
mules, transporting it
elsewhere for others as a
way to fund their own habit.
She says seeing teens strug-
gling with addiction is hard
to watch.
These kids are super
people under all that (strug-
gle), she said. But it does
change them.
Raising awareness
As awareness of opiate
abuse has grown, so have
efforts to combat it, Bullard-
Cawthorne said.
One example is the Safe
Communities initiative of
Madison and Dane County,
a program that, for example,
has pushed for med-drop
boxes in communities to
eradicate supplies of pain-
killers and is reaching out to
the medical and dental pro-
fession to curb how many of
the drugs are prescribed.
She said theres still work
to be done to see addiction as
a disease that requires treat-
ment, not just punishment.
And, she added, stigmas that
addicts are junkies on the
street are outdated.
Its just this wrong per-
ception, she said. These
are your neighbors, your
neighbors kids. Its a wide
spectrum of people.
Dan Czerwonka knows
that all too well. Four-and-
a-half years after Karas
death, hes still heartbroken.
But that hasnt stopped him
from trying to help other
families avoid what his went
through.
Last year, Czerwonka
participated in The Fly
Effect, a statewide multi-
media campaign launched
by the Department of Jus-
t i ce t o rai se awareness
about heroin abuse in Wis-
consin.
Dan told his story on
camera, and cl i ps from
those interviews are still
being used in radio and
television ads and on a
website, theflyeffect.com.
I think, what did I ever
do, what did she ever do, to
deserve this? he says in the
video.
On March 7, Czerwon-
ka and DOJ spokesperson
Dana Brueck also spoke to
several classes of VAHS
juniors about the perils of
heroin. It was the first time
hed stepped foot in the
school all three of his kids
attended.
After telling them about
his daughter, his message is
simple.
Just dont ever try it,
he said. Its not like you
snuck some beer out of your
dads fridge or something.
You can do it one time and
be dead or addicted.
In April 2010, Marcell L.
Hudson, the man who sold
the heroin that killed Kara,
was sentenced to five years
in prison by a Dane County
judge. That didnt bring
much solace, Dan Czer-
wonka said.
I dont hardl y t hi nk
about him at all, he said.
Instead, he hopes that by
sharing Karas story, others
will avoid her fate.
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Addiction: Increasing opiate drug abuse has spread to a wide spectrum of people
Photo submitted
Kara Czerwonka and her mother Laura.
On the Web
Interviews with Dan
Czerwonka (left) are
included in a
multimedia campaign
to raise awareness
about heroin abuse in
Wisconsin. View them
with the online article:
ConnectFitchburg.
com
By the numbers
Total hospitalizations and ER visits due to drug
poisoinings by ZIP code, 2007-2011
Source: Public Health department of Madison-Dane County
Note: Tiers are assigned by hospitalizations/ER visits per
10,000 people.
Heroin-related deaths in Dane County
Through August 2013
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Hometown Pharmacy marks first year
January flood
caused headaches,
but business
recovering
SCOTT GIRARD
Many new busi nesses
would face quite a struggle
with a flooded building
within a year of opening.
The same was true for
Hometown Pharmacy in
Fitchburg, which flooded
thanks to a problem with
the sprinkler system the
night of Jan. 8, but pharma-
cist Thad Schumacher also
saw it as an opportunity.
A l ot of busi nesses
would have a high prob-
ability of folding in that
si t uat i on, Schumacher
said, pointing to the infra-
structure of 30 Hometown
Phar maci es t hr oughout
Wisconsin as what kept his
business open. There was
some silver linings in there
for sure.
Those si l ver l i ni ngs
included a chance to rede-
sign the front end of the
store, as it was basically
a do-over, Schumacher
said.
The abi l i t y t o make
it through the flood and
remai n open t hrough a
remodeling is something
Schumacher can now look
back on with a laugh as
he continues to move for-
ward in the place where he
always wanted to be.
What drove me is the
ability to take care of peo-
ple that I live around and
work with, he said. That
is important to me, and Ive
really enjoyed the fact that
Ive taken care of friends
and neighbors now. My
kids are able to stop by in
the afternoons and see me
on their way home from
school.
Schumacher moved to
Fitchburg in 2008 with his
family, but had worked at
the New Glarus Hometown
Pharmacy until 2013, when
the Fitchburg Bergmanns
Pharmacy was bought out
by Walgreens and subse-
quently closed.
We woul d ve never
opened and compet ed
against another indepen-
dent, he said. It wouldnt
be good for either busi-
ness.
But once that indepen-
dent store was gone, he and
the company saw a chance
to get into a communi-
t y-mi nded market and
help people shop locally,
Schumacher said.
The s t or e of f i ci al l y
opened June 25, 2013,
and business was steadily
growing as more and more
people found out about the
business, located at 3000
Cahill Main Suite 114.
While the flood and sub-
sequent remodel may have
set t hem back, Schum-
acher said he still has seen
steady growth, and custom-
ers who had already been
around greatly appreci-
ated the efforts to stay open
throughout the remodeling
process.
It was tough, he said.
Coming and working on
a concrete floor and hav-
ing the walls opened up for
weeks on end, but we never
did close. We had a respon-
sibility to the people that
we had already agreed to
take care of.
The remodel was finally
complete in early March
whe n t he c a r pe t wa s
installed.
It was a great day when
al l t hat was fi ni shed,
Schumacher sai d. Our
customer base would come
in and they were just oh
finally. They were very
concerned about us.
But staying open isnt
the only extra step Schum-
acher is willing to take to
serve his clients. The store
recently began offering
delivery to workplaces in
addition to home delivery,
and he even posts his cell
phone number on the front
door in case of emergencies
after hours or on Sundays,
when the store is closed.
People think that you
put your phone number on
the door, people are going
to call you all the time, but
people are pretty respect-
ful of your time, he said.
They only call when they
think its an emergency, and
usually thats when it is.
The store is open 9 a.m.-6
p.m. Monday-Friday and 9
a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays.
Schumacher hopes that
more people will come to
recognize the local feel of
Hometown and how much
value it provides to have a
pharmacist who personally
knows each of his custom-
ers.
(Clients) like to know
that somebody knows them
and knows whats going on
with them, he said. I real-
ly like to help people solve
their problems. Pharmacy is
a great way to do that.
Business
Economic
Development
News
Ground breakings
The Madison Group
hosted a groundbreaking
ceremony for their new
corporate office which is
located at 2615 Research
Park Drive.
Ades ys Cons ul t -
ing celebrated the grand
opening of their new cor-
porate headquarters at
2965 Cahill Main.
New businesses
Pitek Design LLC
- 2960 Triverton Pike
Drive Ste 201
Heal i ng Jesst ures
- 2961 Triverton Pike
Drive Ste C
Cirrus Partners - 5940
Seminole Centre Court
Ste 230
Kims Nails 2990 -
Cahill Main Ste 104
Blush Nail Boutique
- 5957 McKee Road Ste
102
Symphonic Financial
- 2923 Marketplace Drive
Ste 102
Peterson Technology
Group
Madison Real Estate
Invest ors Associ at i on
- 2809 Fish Hatchery
Road, Ste 200
Smart Tech Solutions
- 2948 Fish Hatchery
Road
Madi s on Manual
Medicine - 2940 Chapel
Valley Road
American Lending
Solutions LLC - 2970
Chapel Valley Road Ste
201
Knight Barry Title -
2970 Chapel Valley Road
Ste 204
The Flying Hound
Alehouse - 6317 McKee
Road
Haveli Indian Restau-
rant - 5957 McKee Road
Fitchburg Cycles -
2970 Cahill Main Ste 101
Chimmies Awesome
Sandwiches - 3050 Cahill
Main
Ribbon cuttings
Fitchburg Farms -
1839 County Highway
MM
Midwest Title - 2979
Triverton Pike Drive
Tim OBrien Homes
hosted a ribbon cutting
on the first two homes in
Uptown Village.
New location
Radi al Web Inc -
2924 Marketplace Drive
Ste 101
Information provided
by City of Fitchburg
Economic Development
Unused and expired medication
Fitchburgs Hometown Pharmacy recently
announced that they are able to accept unused
and expired medications as long as they are not
considered controlled substances per state and
federal regulations.
If you have any questions regarding MedDrop,
feel free to ask staff at the Hometown Pharmacy for
more information.
For unused and expired medications classified
as controlled substances, please bring them
to the Fitchburg Police Department on Floor 1
of Fitchburg City Hall, 5520 Lacy Road. You can
dispose of them in the MedDrop permanent drop
box, following the guidelines on the sign above the
drop box.
Hometown
Pharmacy
3000 Cahill Main
Suite 114
274-DRUG (3784)
Hours: 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-
1 p.m. Saturdays
Web: hometown
pharmacywi.com/fitchburg
Pharmacist Thad Schumacher has dealt with some adversity in the first year of Hometown Pharmacy
in Fitchburg, but he is glad to be working in his hometown where he gets to help his neighbors and
friends.
Madison Gas and
Electric breaks ground
on new facility
Training center aims
to improve safety
Madison Gas and Elec-
tric will consolidate train-
i ng faci l i t i es t o a new
location in Fitchburg by
the end of this year.
The ut i l i t y company
plans to build a 10, 000
square foot building near
their existing substation
al ong McKee Road and
Marketplace Drive. The
company broke ground
on t he envi ronment al l y
friendly training facility
last month.
The facility will house
indoor and outdoor train-
ing equipment, according
t o a news rel ease from
MGE.
MGEs current training
facilities are spread out
in various locations, the
company said. Construct-
ing this facility creates an
opportunity for MGE to
have all of our operations
training in one location.
Once the facility is built,
t hree t echni cal t rai ni ng
staff will work out of the
new location. Staff will
come and go as they need
training.
Training sessions may
involve as few as two to
three personnel and, less
frequently, as many as 20
to 30 personnel, accord-
ing to the companys new
release.
Tr a i n i n g wi l l h a p -
pen during normal busi-
ness hours. The location
includes space for trench
di ggi ng and gas val ve
training, areas to practice
gas leak detection, substa-
tion maintenance, electric
network training and pole
climbing practice.
Mark Ignatowski
Photo submitted
Mayor Shawn Pfaff, right, congratulates MGE chairman, president and CEO Gary Wolter on the
companys plans to construct a new training facility in the city. The company broke ground on the
10,000-square-foot training facility last month.
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Former Fitchburg mayor named to Madison College board
Huntley-Cooper
reappointed
Fitchburg resident Fran-
ces Huntley-Cooper has
has been re-appointed to
the Madison Colleges
Board of Trustees.
Huntley-Cooper served
the City of Fitchburg as
mayor from 1991-1993.
She was Wisconsins first
and only African Ameri-
can mayor. She also was
r ecogni zed as a 2002
Woman of Distinction by
the YWCA.
S h e i s
l ong-t i me
M a d i -
s on Col -
lege board
me mb e r ,
h a v i n g
s e r v e d
from 2007-
2 0 1 3 ,
i ncl udi ng
chairperson and vice chair
positions.
Seasoned board member
Joel Winn (Fort Atkinson)
has also been appointed.
Huntley-Cooper and Winn
will begin their terms in
July, and they will come to
a close in 2017.
Rounding out other open
spots on the board are Kel-
ly Crombie (Columbus),
his term will begin in July
and end in 2017. Randy
Guttenberg (Waunakee)
will also begin his term
in July and it will end in
2015. Both are first-time
board members.
Huntley-Cooper
Photos by Victoria Vlisides
Over 90
State Senator Fred Risser spoke
on behalf of all older Americans
during last months over-90
celebration.
Above, from left to right,
(front row) Marv Campbell,
Ed Elbaum, Lowell Millisor,
Katie Letourneau, Betty Linton,
(back row) Mayor Shawn Pfaff,
Senator Risser, Hazel Mickelson,
Al Bach and Elsie Back (married
72 years.)
At left, Pfaff and Risser speak
with folks at the Fitchburg
Senior Center.
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