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Hotel, convention
center plan asks
for taxpayer help
Page 3
Schools
Idea of random
drug searches
doesnt go over
well with board
Page 9
Sports
Beata Nelson
is going to be a
Badger
Page 11
City
Citizens learn what

its like to be a cop
Page 21
Business
New store a place

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City of Fitchburg
Local $100,000 scholarship aims to perpetuate success

Jacob Bielanski
Unified Newspaper Group
At 17 years old, Cristhabel Martinez has her whole life ahead of her.
She works two part-time jobs
at her church and at a restaurant
because chronic conditions made it
difficult for her father and mother to
work. And somehow the Fitchburg
teen not only manages to earn high
marks in school, even while taking
honors courses, but also finds time to
help care for her 10-year-old sister,
Paloma, while volunteering monthly
with Fitchburgs youth court.
Shes had dreams of going to college, but as a potential first-generation college student, she didnt know
how she could pay for it until a bigtime benefactor came through.
Martinez has been chosen to
receive the inaugural John and Jo
Ellen McKenzie Scholarship, worth
up to $100,000 in education expenses.
Coordinated by the Boys and Girls
Club of Dane County, its a philanthropic educational award unmatched
in size within the state of Wisconsin. And if it works as expected, the
impact will extend far beyond Martinez.
Thats in part because kids like her
are in a crisis not of their own making. College completion rates for
anyone coming from low-income
households are dismal only one
in five students from low-income
households that enroll in college will
graduate within six years. Even when
money is not a factor, Hispanic students like Martinez see an inexplicable gap between their graduation
rates and those of their white peers
51 percent versus 59 percent, according to research from the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation.
Photo by Jamie Peacock
Martinez is not just bearing the Cristhabel Martinez poses in front of her locker at Madison West High School in this Nov.
weight of a significant financial gift: 2 photo. She is the recipient of the inaugural John and Jo Ellen McKenzie scholarship,
Leaders of the program hope she can worth up to $100,000 in qualifying school expenses.
serve as a spokesperson for the
settled on what we thought would be
need to fund educational opportuniTo allow the best and
a slam dunk candidate.
ties.
What truly set Martinez apart,
brightest student to be
But just like any of Martinezs othEvans said, was a demonstrated abiler responsibilities, she seems to take
able to access the college ity to overcome adversity.
it with a shrug and a big, clear smile.
that will allow them to
Early in high school, her father,
Slam dunk choice
David,
was rendered unable to work
flourish the most is
from rheumatoid arthritis. At its
The Boys and Girls Club received
more than 40 applications for the really something that cant worst, Cristhabel said, he needed
help simply getting out of bed. DurJohn and Jo Ellen McKenzie Scholhappen with $25,000.
ing that time, she stepped up to proarship, but could only select one.
vide care for her parents and assist
Langston Evans, the director of the
Langston Evans, TOPS director
in caring for her younger sister, both
Teens of Promise (TOPS) program at
while still attending school.
the Boys and Girls Club, was on that
I have never had to tell her to get
committee and said the process was
to work, said Natalie Kaminsky,
eye-opening and arduous. And yet, reception.
There were some very heated con- the TOPS teacher for Madison West
in the end, there was no doubt who
versations (among the committee) High School, who has been workwould get it.
It took the committee less than about how different qualities, char- ing with Martinez for the last two
two months, from the time that the acteristics and accomplishments can years. What also stands out about
award was announced to declaring be compared any way they can,
Turn to Scholarship/Page 19
the winner at an Aug. 20 dinner and Evans told the Star last month. We
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Council
rejects
budget
Over $350,000 in
cuts from budget not
enough to quell tax
hike concerns
Jacob Bielanski
After an almost five-hour

meeting that cut a police
detective position and a
plow truck from the budget,
among other items, alders
were still not happy this
week with a 7.2 percent tax
hike.
As a result, the Common
Council still has work left
on the 2016 budget, which
it will confront when it
holds a meeting Nov. 24.
Any delay beyond that
date could affect the timeframe for tax bills, which
must be mailed by Dec. 21.
At its Nov. 10 meeting,
the Common Council voted
on what amounted to 46
distinct amendments to the
mayors proposed budget
and approved 19, trimming
roughly $350,000. But
alders wanted deeper cuts
and ultimately rejected the
amended budget on a 5-3
vote.
Alds. Julia Aratta-Fratta
(Dist. 2) and Patrick Stern
(D-2) expressed a desire
to get the overall tax hike
closer to 5 percent, rather
than the 9.5 percent hike
proposed by Mayor Steve
Arnold in late September.
Arnold told the Star the
need for such an unusually
high tax increase is a predictable result of several
prior years of low increases.
With the rejection, the
measure now sits in limbo,
awaiting a compromise.
Im really struggling
with this, Ald. Dan Carpenter (Dist. 3) said after
finance director Misty
Dodge calculated the fiscal impact of the approved
amendments.
The amended budget ultimately fell nearly $400,000
shy of qualifying the city
Turn to Budget/Page 21
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City of Fitchburg
Commission supports TID

for hotel, convention center
Council to consider
in November
The citys Plan Commission brought a proposal for a hotel and convention center one step closer
to reality last month.
The commission on Oct.
20 recommended approval
of the project plan for a
proposed tax-increment
financing district last
month. The TID 10 proposal also needs review by
the Finance committee and
will then go to the Common Council as soon as its
Nov. 24 meeting.
The plan, proposed by
Crowne Point Development, would bring a hotel,
restaurant and convention center on 4.75 acres
between Fish Hatchery
Road and Pike Drive.
Developers have requested
$2.47 million in assistance, including property

acquisition and infrastructure improvements.
One of those would
be the extension of Pike
Drive through to Fish
Hatchery Road.
TIF is an economic tool
that uses public financing as a subsidy for redevelopment, infrastructure
and other communityimprovement projects by
capturing property tax revenue from all underlying
taxing jurisdictions (the
city, county, state, technical college and the school
district) of the newly
developed property.
The increased value of
the land often pays off
bonds taken out for infrastructure improvements.
It can also be used as a
rebate to the developer to
make a project financially
viable or provide a competitive advantage to the

municipality or a particular area that is desirable
for development. The payoff can take 20 years or
more.
The plan projects an
increased value of the land
at $14.8 million, which the
city has calculated would
generate enough increment to recover all project
costs by 2027.
After a brief discussion
on whether the district
should include properties
to the east of the road
which commission member Carol Poole said could
be considered as a future
discussion but wouldnt
need to be changed now
the commission approved
the proposed district
unanimously, according to
meeting minutes.
Scott Girard
City selects full-time fire chief

Oak Creek battalion
chief must pass
background check
Jacob Bielanski
After a long search, the

City of Fitchburg might
have finally found its first
full-time fire chief in four
years.
The Police and Fire Commission selected Joseph
Pulvermacher after
interviews it
conducted on
Nov. 5. Pulvermacher
competed
with two
other candi- Pulvermacher
dates in those
interviews,
including the recentlyretired fire chief of Buffalo
Grove, Ill., and a lieutenant
with a fire department in
Ann Arundel County, Md.
Fitchburg is a great community, Pulvermacher told
the Star. Ive got a young
family I needed to know
that the places are conducive
to a family type environment and I see that here.

Pulvermacher served in
the U.S. Air Force and holds
a bachelors in fire service
management from Southern Illinois University. He
started his fire service career
with the Village of Butler
volunteer fire department.
He has served the city of
Oak Creek for the last 22
years, most recently as the
battalion chief of training.
The opportunities to
become a fire chief there,
however, were not going to
exist for a couple of years.
I have forever and
always wanted to be a
fire chief, ever since I got
involved in the fire service,
Pulvermacher said. It
(made) sense for me to look
at other options.
City human resources
manager Lisa Sigurslid said
her hope is to have Pulvermacher starting at the beginning of 2016. His start date,
she said in an email to the
Star, would likely depend on
how much notice he needed
to give to Oak Creek.
The city went through
a recruitment process for
a chief earlier this year.
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Fitchburg-based Placon
Inc. is being investigated
for discrimination after a
former employee claims
she was passed up for a
promotion six years ago
and then laid off after filing complaints. If found
in violation, it could face
hefty monetary penalties.
Attorney Martin Kuhn
told the Star both the State
of Wisconsin and the federal government have found
probable cause to hear the
case and that a hearing
would be pending within
the next six months
Kuhn said his client,
Kathy Davis was told she
and a younger male coworker would receive the
same promotion. Davis
filed a complaint with the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in May
of 2009, after her co-worker received the promotion
and she didnt.
Seven months after filing the complaint, Davis,
then 59, was laid off with
the explanation that her job
title, traffic clerk, had been
automated, despite the fact
that no other traffic clerks
had been cut, Kuhn said.
A condition of a severance package, he said
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required that Davis drop

her EEOC complaint.
This requirement prompted Davis to reject the offer
and file an additional complaint for retaliation.
Leah Ellsen, director of
human resources for Placon, said she could not
comment on pending cases.
If found guilty of discrimination, Kuhn said,
the company would likely
owe back pay to Davis, as
well as either re-hiring her
or paying front pay, the
amount she would have
been paid had the company kept her in its employ
since her termination.
We do recognize the value of a diverse workforce,
and have a strong culture
of diversity and inclusiveness, Ellsen told the Star.
Founded in 1966 in Fitchburg, Placon Inc. specializes
in plastic products, particularly retail food packaging
as well as medical plastic.
It now operates five locations, including three in
the Madison area, one in
Elkhart Ind., and another
near Springfield, Mass.
In 2010, the company
added an $8 million plastics recycling facility onto
its McKee Road location.
On the web
The Star comes out in print
once a month, but we update
our website more often. Here
are some of the stories you
can find at ConnectFitchburg.
com that did not make it into
this months paper:
Promega shakeup
A shakeup in the leadership of Promega has offered
a rare insight into the workings of Fitchburgs largest
company.
After an offer to buy out
the company, six board
of directors members
resigned. After four highlevel Promega employees
were named as replacements, a group of shareholders reportedly met to
express their displeasure at
how the company is run.
Fitchburg teen
allegedly involved in
Beaver Dam shooting
The Fitchburg 17-year-old
who was allegedly involved
in a shooting at a Mills Fleet
Farm in Beaver Dam pleaded
not guilty in October to charges of first degree intentional
homicide, first degree reckless injury, aggravated battery
with the intent to inflict great
bodily harm and other counts.
If convicted, Jared Spencer faces up to 127 years in
prison.
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In July, the commission

extended an offer to a candidate out of Murray, Utah,
who subsequently declined.
The Police and Fire Commission voted at the time to
re-open the recruitment process, rather than extend the
offer to the other two finalists in that round.
A fourth candidate selected by the city Robert Goplin, a battalion chief with
the Green Bay Metro Fire
Department withdrew his
candidacy prior to the Nov.
5 interviews.
Chad Grossen has been
the acting fire chief since
the departure of the previous
fire chief, Randy Pickering,
in January of 2014.
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Give pets, owners

a place to play
There is a large need
to establish a fenced in,
off-leash dog park where
behaved canine citizens
can exercise in a clean, safe
environment without endangering themselves or annoying people, property or wildlife. To develop a beautiful,
well-maintained space that
is open to all dog lovers and
friends who are willing to
uphold the park's rules and
restrictions is a must.
There are plenty of parks
and playgrounds in Fitchburg for parents to take their
children where pets are not
allowed or welcomed. Pet
owners need to be responsible for their pets, but parents
also need to be responsible
for their children, and if we
cannot take our dogs to these
parks, then where are we
supposed to take them?
My tax dollars are used
for all those parks in our
area and they are not parks
that my pet and I are able to
use because of leash laws or
paranoid parents. Also, they
are not securely fenced areas
and we cannot allow our

pets to run free with the possibility of being hurt.
Having a dog park in
Fitchburg is not a want, it
is a NEED. A need for the
multitudes of people in our
community. Because we
do not have a safe place to
bring our pets off-leash,
we have to drive into other
neighboring cities and we
shouldnt have to do this.
In the long run, I believe
this type of venue will
enhance the communitys
intrinsic and extrinsic value.
A dog park sends a clear
message to residents and
visitors that our community
is organized, welcoming and
accommodating.
A dog park also allows
residents a public outlet to
exercise their dogs, which
can improve the overall
physical and psychological
well being of our pets.
Give your support and
help make this happen!
Anthony Kobertein
City of Fitchburg
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Opinion
Legislative Opinion
Local government doesnt have to be ugly

Its no secret that tensions on the
Common Council this year have gotten
ugly at times. With the mayor often at
odds with the majority on the council,
there have even been some vetoes,
which usually make the disagreements
worse.
Thats not just a
result of the change
in mayoral administration which
currently has three
members who often
side with the mayor
its a matter of
how people are comKrause
municating. And that
lack of communication has made the past several months
on the council difficult.
When things work as they should, a
balance is created, with agreements that
serve all sides. But, when people cant
come to agreements, it often comes to
winner-takes-all voting. This weeks
inability to agree on the 2016 budget
resulting in a need to restart the complex process on a short deadline is an
example of that.
For the previous four years I was
on the council, there had been a clear

majority, with the mayor and generally six of the eight council members
agreeing on many votes. They could
vote for whatever they wanted, with a
veto-proof majority, without needing to
work with the others.
But this year, the majority often disagrees with the mayor, so he can veto
the action. That brings the question
back to the council, which can sustain
the veto with three members.
This means alders need to learn to
hear everyone out before votes if they
want to avoid vetoes. That is proving to
be a challenge.
The significant differences Ive noted
are commonly those generally termed
as the comparisons between conservative and liberal values. There is, and
should be, a lot of cross-over of values,
and those should be apparent in discussions and votes.
With the reductions in funding coming from federal and state governments
via income and sales taxes, there isnt
enough money to do what ought to be
done, and we have to lean a lot harder
on local taxpayers to fund it. But that
raises property taxes. And everyone
knows how that feels.

The hard decisions are on what
we want our city to look like in even
just 20 years, and what we should do
to get there. Whether its promoting
new development to raise tax revenue
(and costs with it) or supporting more
compact development with affordable
housing and accessible work, school,
recreation, shopping and restaurants,
there is not one right answer.
For example, larger lots bring more
tax revenue per property, but smaller
lots, with more houses paying taxes,
add even more and are more affordable
to people making a modest income.
Since we all have different experiences, values and visions, people need
to be willing to listen to one anothers
point of view in order to extract the
combination that will best serve the
needs of all the people of the city. Given the diversity among us, we can come
up with the best answers that takes all
of us into consideration.
If we do that, the rest of the pieces of
the decision-making puzzle will tend to
fall into place.
Dorothy Krause represents District 1
on the Fitchburg Common Council.
Anaerobic digester could Ditch Glacier Valley speed bumps

be a refuse solution
Some people might wonder why we would want to
change the way we handle
solid waste.
Landfills do the job, but
there may be a less expensive and more sustainable
way to handle it. Think of
it this way: If we handled
our wastewater the way we
handle our solid waste, we
would have large aboveground tanks outside each
city, and each would need
monitoring, painting,
cathodic protection and
leak prevention measures.
One option that would
provide a flow-through
process similar to the way
we handle our wastewater
is an anaerobic (without
oxygen) digester. When fed
with the organics from our
waste stream (food, paper,
wood, etc,), an anaerobic digester will provide
treatment, reduce volume,
reduce toxic emissions,
create a usable compost
and provide energy from
the methane gas.
We would still need a
landfill for inert materials, but it would be much
smaller, have dramatically
less potential for environmental contamination, and
would not require nearly
the current level of operation and maintenance costs.
An anaerobic digester is
a proven technology, and
several companies manufacture the machines. The
most economical method
would be to source-separate our organics and inorganics, similar to the way
we separate recyclables
from non-recyclables. The
organics would then be
taken to a local anaerobic
digester, where they would
be processed and placed
in a warm, sealed containment area.
The digestion is similar to what happens in our
intestines. Organics are
broken down into a usable
compost product pathogens are killed by the high
temperatures. Methane
gas is then created and
can be used in an internal
combustion engine to generate electrical energy or

for natural gas fuel.
Wastewater treatment
plants have used anaerobic
digesters for sludge treatment and energy generation
for many years. Agriculture
is also using anaerobic
digesters to digest manure,
reduce phosphorous to our
waterways, and compost,
and generate electricity.
Anaerobic digesters
are cost-competitive with
landfills and have sustainable advantages. Unlike
landfills, which continue
to require new ag lands (as
sites fill), a digester is sited
at a single location, similar
to a wastewater treatment
plant.
Both Fitchburg and
Madison have conducted
organics collection pilot
programs during the past
few years. The City of
Madison has information
on anaerobic digestion on
its website (cityofmadison.
com/streets).
A landfill is not an efficient or sustainable process. We are wasting the
organic materials up to 60
percent of the waste stream
and promoting the continued loss of agriculture
land to permanent waste
tombs, along with the need
for perpetual maintenance,
groundwater monitoring,
erosion controls, gas treatment, and leachate treatment. Organics collection
and anaerobic digesters are
a much more sustainable
(cost and environmental)
course of action.
Jan Kucher, PE is a
professional engineer and
has been a member of the
Fitchburg Resource Conservation Commission
since 2008.
A few long months ago,

three speed bumps were placed
on Glacier Valley Road. We
were opposed to them then and
were even more opposed to
them now.
The road was resurfaced
and slightly widened as well,
which was a good thing, but
we do not understand the mentality that decided these speed
bumps were necessary.
It appears one or two people
were complaining so the entire
rest of the world has to suffer
the consequences. The bumps
wreck a perfectly good road
that was a pleasure to drive on.
When the hearing was held to
discuss these bumps, it was
reported the average speed
there was 38 mph compared to
35 mph on other neighborhood
roads.
Why werent they cursed
with these speed bumps as
well? A 3 mph difference?
This is the 21st century, not the
18th. Our road is essentially
empty most of the day, certainly at night, and has respectable
traffic numbers in the morning
and afternoon for a few minutes when Eagle School is in
session.
So every day we have to
endure the whomp, whomp as
our cars jar over these abnormally-constructed abominations. In order to avoid the jarring, one has to almost come to
a complete stop, which is not
their purpose.
We have lived on Glacier
Valley Road since 1994, and,
to our knowledge, there has

never been an accident, certainly not one caused by a
speed demon, on this street.
There is, however, a better way
to reduce the speeding, such as
it is, to the crawl that a few of
the neighbors seem to prefer. It
would be more logical to place
a three-way stop sign at the
corner of Glacier Valley Road
and Gunflint Trail.
This would have the same
effect as the bumps without
the bump and provide protection for the bicyclists who use
the Capital City trail and all
the soccer moms bringing their
children to and from school.
Another alternative, locating
three-way stops at both ends
of Dellvue and Glacier Valley
Road would also bring traffic
to virtual halt perhaps a bit
too much.
We also suspect the few truck
drivers, mail men, snowplow
operators, police, firetrucks,
school bus drivers and riders,
garbage trucks, Eagle School
soccer moms, bicyclists, UPS
and FedEx drivers that use
this road on a relatively regular basis, and the ambulances,
motorcyclists, telephone and
electrical repairmen, ditch trimmers, tree trimmers and septic
pumpers that use this road occasionally, would appreciate our
common sense and inexpensive, proposal.
In any case, please make
these bumps go away.
Don and Norma Johnson
City of Fitchburg
Lacy Road path was a good solution

The unanimous approval
by the City of Fitchburg
Common Council for the
Typical Section proposed
for the Lacy Road Reconstruction project, providing
a multi-use path on the south
side of the roadway as well
as bike lanes with safety features, should be commended.
The ability for all interested
parties to come together and
agree on this compromise,
which was the elimination of
sidewalks, should be considered a laudable effort as our
community strives toward
greater access and equity.
Going forward, we should
all hope that City of Fitchburg Council members,
neighborhood organizations,
advocate groups, and other
stakeholders will be able to
effectively communicate as
we have experienced with
this refining of the Lacy
Road project.
We should always expect
that improved safety features
and community access for all
individuals is considered in
infrastructure upgrades, and
that minor differences are
put aside in favor of supporting the greater good.
Congratulations to the
City of Fitchburg!
Matthew D. Jones
President, co-founder,
Fitchburg Bicycle
Advocates
November 13, 2015
The Fitchburg Star
Healthy Living
Myths about preventing and managing diabetes
hances are, you or someone

you know has diabetes. Its
a chronic disease that affects
over 70 million Americans and
thats not including the family
members who are affected or the
ones who are still undiagnosed.
Despite these numbers, it seems
like an even larger portion
whether you have diabetes or not
doesnt completely understand
the disease.
November is National Diabetes
Month, and its an appropriate time
to shed some light on the myths
and misunderstandings I frequently
hear from those affected by diabetes. Diabetes is a serious disease,
but it doesnt mean that you have
to stop enjoying food to manage it
or prevent it.
Myth: Eating too much sugar
causes diabetes.
While having too much sugar
isnt healthy for any of us, it
doesnt necessarily cause diabetes,
or at least its not that simple.
On the other hand, being overweight does increase your risk for
Type 2 diabetes. A diet high in
sugar or any diet high in calories
can lead to excess weight gain.
Myth: I shouldnt eat carbohydrates or starchy foods, like potatoes, bread or pasta.
This misconception has been
around for years and is still thought
of as truth today and not just for
those with diabetes.
Our bodies actually prefer to use
carbohydrates
as its energy
source, whether
you have diabetes or not.
Starchy foods
can still (and
should!) be part
of a healthy
meal plan, but
Hoerr
your portion size
is important to
keep in check.
For those who have diabetes or
who are at risk, the recommendation is the same: Choose whole
grains more often (think 100 percent whole wheat bread and pasta,
brown rice, and ancient grains like
quinoa) and pair them with a protein source to help slow down the
digestion.
A good place to start is 45 60
grams of total carbohydrates at
each meal. Talk to your health care

team to find out what works best
for you.
Myth: I cant eat any sweets. If I
do, I can only have sugar-free desserts.
Desserts are no more off limits
to diabetics or pre-diabetics than
they are to people who dont suffer
from diabetes. In fact, sugar-free
desserts or candies can have more
carbohydrates in them than their
sugar-containing counterparts.
As a general rule of thumb, enjoy
your dessert in small portions and
save them for special occasions.
Myth: My blood sugars are high,
so itd be better if I skipped a meal.
The last thing you want to do
is skip a meal. Consistent meals
throughout the day with relatively
the same amount of carbohydrates
at each meal is key to managing
your blood sugars.
This will help those who are prediabetic from developing diabetes,
too. Skipping meals will only cause
more havoc on your body and
blood sugars. Dipping from low to
high blood sugar is just as harmful
as having consistently high blood
sugars.
Myth: I might get low blood

sugar from working out, so I dont
want to risk the chance.
Diet and exercise are the best
things you can do to help control
(or prevent) diabetes. If you are
on insulin, you do have to balance
exercise, insulin, and diet. But the
fact is, exercise is crucial to controlling diabetes, along with weight
loss.
Check your blood sugars before
exercising if its less than 100
mg/dL, have a small, carbohydratecontaining snack before you go.
Myth: I have to eat foods just for
diabetics.
Diabetics can enjoy the same
healthy meal plan containing the
same foods as anybody whos
following a healthy diet. This
includes a meal plan thats low in
saturated fat, moderate in salt and
sugar, and meals that have a lean
protein source, vegetables, and
whole grains.
Diabetic foods can still cause
an increase in blood sugar and are
usually more expensive.
Myth: If I have to start taking
insulin, it means Ive failed at taking care of my diabetes.
Dont be discouraged if your

health team recently made the
switch to insulin for you. Type 2
diabetes is a progressive disease.
Over time, the body gradually loses
the ability to make its own insulin
and oral medication becomes not
enough.
If using insulin can help get your
blood sugars to a healthy level,
then thats what really counts.
Following any meal plan isnt
always easy, but just like any other
plan, a diabetic or prediabetic meal
plan doesnt have to feel impossible, bland, or downright unappetizing. Keep in mind portion sizes,
choose balanced meals most of the
time and allow yourself a dessert
once in a while.
Life with diabetes just got a little
more manageable.
Kara Hoerr, MS, RDN, CD, is
the registered dietitian at the
Fitchburg Hy-Vee. For more
nutrition information or questions,
contact her at khoerr@hy-vee.com
or 273-5125.
This information is not intended as medical advice.Please consult a medical professional for individual advice.
Regional planning commission gets first test under new law requiring quick action
Fitchburg Star editor
When Fitchburg decided to open the Northeast

Neighborhood for development in 2014, it had to get
the approval of a regional
commission.
The submission, which
was controversial both within
Fitchburg and with environmental activists outside the
city, was already a bit of a
political football before the
Capital Area Regional Planning Commission denied it.
But because of previous court
decisions, the state Department of Natural Resources
this year approved part of the
expansion, which is east of
U.S. Hwy. 14.
That process wouldve
been drastically different had
it been submitted next year,
though its unclear exactly
how. The state Legislature
included a provision in its
biennial budget earlier this
year that severely reduces the
scope of CARPCs powers
and requires quick approvals.
With a submission from
Verona in October providing the first test, the commission and the DNR are on the
clock to figure out exactly
what that process will be.
The commission was
scheduled to meet Thursday,
Nov. 12, with conceptual
discussions planned on both
Veronas item and how it
will deal with that application and others in the future.
Verona has been a test case
for CARPC and the staff of
its predecessor organization
on other occasions; its 2012
expansion into the Southwest
Area on either side of state
Hwy. 69 was the second outright denial by CARPC in its
now eight-year history. The
first, for a Mazomanie development, prompted a lawsuit that forced the DNR to
review CARPCs decisions.
Fitchburgs Northeast
Neighborhood was the third
denial, and it was the only one
to get a significantly modified
approval from DNR.
CARPCs history goes
back to 2006, when County
RPC history
1968: Dane County RPC formed
2002: Dane County RPC dissolved based on complaints
from towns
2007: CARPC established, requiring supermajority for
expansions
2008: CARPC begins limiting expansion capacities
2010: DNR overrules CARPC on Mazomanie expansion
after court rules DNR must review all denials
2012: DNR overrules CARPC on Verona expansion a year
after its application
March 2014: Fitchburg submits Northeast Neighborhood
expansion
April 2015: DNR partially overrules CARPC on Northeast
Neighborhood
May 2015: State budget requires DNR decisions within
90 days of application
October 2015: Verona submits first test of new law
Executive Kathleen Falk
requested a moratorium on
expansions and the DNR
agreed to do so. At that time,
there was no governing body
for what was then called the
Dane County Regional Planning Commission, only staff
that the DNR contracted out
to for review when cities or
villages asked to extend sewer service, or what are called
urban service areas. That
authorization is required for

most forms of urban development.
When Falk returned with
the CARPC proposal to
restore an expedient method
of approving these USA
amendments, it provided an
opportunity for town and the
county appointees to block
expansions. Even though the
commissions role is clearly
defined by statute to ensure
water quality is not infringed

on by development, CARPC
commissioners have brought
all sorts of regional planning
issues into the discussion,
from highways and infrastructure to low-cost housing
and busing options. CARPC has also required intergovernmental agreements
between cities and towns.
That sort of regional planning and cooperation has
long been a goal at the county level, but combined with
the towns natural interest
in slowing development and
cities reluctance to limit
their options, approvals have
often been slowed.
The state put a new twist
on that issue with its passage
of the biennial budget earlier this year. The legislation
requires, among other things,
that the DNR decide on proposals within 90 days and
that it limit all decisions and
information requests to water
quality issues.
CARPC deputy director Steve Steinhoff told the
Star on Tuesday that has the
potential to create conflicts
with the federal Clean Water
Act, and DNR and CARPC
staff are working closely to
Memorial United Church of Christ
sort those issues out so they

can adjust our process and
be in compliance with the
new law.
Veronas October submission for the North Neighborhood provides the first test
since, and its submission
date requires action by the
DNR by early January. That
action would have to follow a public hearing, which
requires a 30-day notice after
the staff analysis is complete.
Thursdays agenda
includes discussion-only
items, as the commission
will still be finding its footing, including a discussion
of revising CARPC bylaws,
which will probably be necessary to ensure it follows the
law. CARPC rules require
that all expansion approvals
get a supermajority of eight
of 13 commissioners and that
absences can cause indefinite
extensions of the discussion.
Because the DNR is the
ultimate arbiter, however
something clearly established with Mazomanies

lawsuit and affirmed with the
new law CARPC does not
have to approve or deny; it
only needs to ensure theres
a staff analysis and a public
hearing.
According to the packet,
planner Sean Higgins will
lead a discussion on possible changes to the process,
including concurrent review
with DNR staff and clearer
delineation of which criteria
are required and which are
advisory. With that in mind,
Steinhoff will present the
Verona proposal and go over
issues that will be addressed
in the staff analysis.
Steinhoff acknowledged
the public hearing requirements will make it impossible to stick with the regular
CARPC meeting schedule
and still follow the new law.
That could mean it will generally need to schedule special meetings.
Thanksgiving
Eve Worship
Wed., November 25 7 p.m.
A welcoming community growing together in Christ
Sunday Morning Worship Times

8:30 a.m.-Classic Service
9:40 a.m.-Education for All Ages
10:45 a.m.-New Song Service
Sunday Worship
8:15 and 10 a.m.
Gratitude Sunday
Nov. 22 at worship
Craft & Cookie Sale
All Saints Lutheran Church
Saturday Morning, December 12
5705 Lacy Rd., Fitchburg

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Area Thanksgiving meals

Several area churches and
organizations are offering free
or reduced-price Thanksgiving
meals for homeless and lowincome families and individuals. For those who are homebound, some programs will
also deliver.
Independent Living
Evening Meals on Wheels
Volunteer opportunities are

available. For information, call
271-6633 or visit gslcwi.com.
St. Marks Church

A free meal will be available
beginning at noon on Thanksgiving day at St. Marks
Church, 605 Spruce St., Madison.
No reservations are needed,
and people who are homebound can request a homedelivered meal arranged by the
South Madison Coalition of the
Elderly by registering by noon
Nov. 23.
For information, call 2518405 or visit stmarksmadison.
org.
Independent Living Evening

Meals on Wheels will deliver
meals around noon Nov. 26,
for $7.65 per meal to homes in
the greater Madison area.
Advance reservations are
required by noon on Friday,
Nov. 20 to receive a meal, and
volunteers are needed to prepare food and deliver meals on First Congregational
Nov. 26.
For information or delivery United Church of Christ
locations, call 204-0923 or visNo advance reservations are
it independentlivinginc.org.
required for a free meal, held
from 12-3 p.m. Nov. 26, at the
Good Shepherd
First Congregational United
Church of Christ, 1609 UniverLutheran Church
Good Shepherd Lutheran sity Ave., Madison.
Delivery is available to MadChurch, 5701 Raymond Road,
will host a free Thanksgiv- ison and Fitchburg by calling
ing meal from 11 a.m. to before 4 p.m. Nov. 23.
Volunteers are welcome. For
1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 26.
No advance reservations are information, call 233-9751 or
visit firstcongmadison.org.
required to attend the meal.
Meet the
cops
Families had the opportunity to meet Fitchburg
first responders at Nine
Springs Golf Course on
Oct. 10.
Hudson Baer, 2, of
Fitchburg, checks out
the inside of the K-9 unit
vehicle.
Photo by Samantha Christian
Calendar of Events
6 p.m., Guys Read (ages
Friday, November 13
7-11), library, 729-1760
11 a.m., Fun with Feelings
(ages 3-5), library, 729-1760
Thursday, November 19
4:30 p.m., Library Book Swap, 1-3 p.m., Photo Editing prolibrary, 729-1760
gram, senior center, 270-4290
3-6 p.m., Indoor Fitchburg
Saturday, November 14
Center Farmers Market, 5510
1 p.m., Legos (ages 5+),
Lacy Road, fitchburgmarket.
library, 729-1760
com
Monday, November 16
6:30-8:30 p.m., Community
Fall curbside yard waste colGardens open house and
lection (through Nov. 20),
public meeting, Fitchburg
fitchburgwi.gov
Community Center, 5510 Lacy
1 p.m., Do I Need an ID? pre- Road, 270-4288
sentation, senior center, 270 6:30-8:30 p.m., Rotary Club of
4290
Fitchburg/Verona Wine Tasting
Fundraiser ($25), Holiday Inn
6 p.m., Thankful Turkey
Books (ages 6-12), library, 729- Express and Suites, 515 W.
Verona Ave., cahandrick@
1760
gmail.com
Tuesday, November 17
2 p.m., Learning Annex: Joey

Marshalls mission trip, senior
center, 270-4290
5 p.m., READ to a Dog (ages
5+, sign up), library, 729-1760
Wednesday, November 18
10 a.m., Book Discussion,

library, 729-1760
10 a.m., Toddler Art, library,
729-1760
1 p.m., Navigating Through
Senior Housing presentation,
senior center, 270-4290
1-3 p.m., Canvas Painting
Class ($38), senior center, 2704290
5-7:30 p.m., No Stone
Unturned Book Launch Party,
Agrace, 5395 E. Cheryl Pkwy.,
276-4660
6 p.m., Estate Planning: Be
Prepared, library, 729-1760
Friday, November 20
library, 729-1760
6 p.m., Bling Your Room:
Light Switch Covers, library,
279-1760
7 p.m., Best Apps, library,
729-1760
Tuesday, November 24
11 a.m., Lapsit Storytime

(ages 0-2, Tuesdays), library,
729-1760
Wednesday, November 25
10:30 a.m., Kids Dance Party

(ages 1-5), library, 729-1760
5 p.m., Library closed
Thursday, November 26
Senior center, library, city hall

closed
9 a.m., Berbee Derby, Agora
Pavilion, berbeederby.com
Friday, November 27
11 a.m., Thanksgiving Stories

and Crafts (ages 2-5), library,
729-1760
Senior center, city hall closed
Saturday, November 21
7 p.m., Social Media, library,

729-1760
11:00 a.m., Winter Wellness

with Essential Oils, library, 7291760
3:00 p.m., Kids Movie, library,
729-1760
Monday, November 23
12:30 p.m., Friends of the

Fitchburg Library meeting,
library
1 p.m., Cards with Katie
($10), senior center, 270-4290
1 p.m., Dog Walking and Pet
Sitting presentation, senior center, 270-4290
9:30 and 11 a.m., Preschool
Storytime (ages 2-5, Mondays),
Monday, November 30
Tuesday, December 1
6 p.m., Retirement
Classroom: Getting to Know
Medicare, library, 729-1760
Wednesday, December 2
Library closed for staff inservice
Thursday, December 3
10 a.m., Retirement
Classroom: Getting to Know
Medicare, library, 729-1760
Noon, Crafternoon, library,
729-1760

com
6 p.m., Climate Change Policy
and Public Health Discussion
Group, library, 729-1760
Saturday, December 5
1 p.m., Legos, (ages 5+),

library, 729-1760
3-6 p.m., VAIS Confucius
Classroom celebration, 5890
Lacy Road, vaisverona.org
Sunday, December 13
1-4 p.m., Childrens Holiday

Party, community center, 2704285
1:30 p.m., A Victorian
Christmas at Balmoral Castle,
library, 729-1760
Monday, December 14
7 p.m., Google Drive, library,

729-1760
Tuesday, December 15
5 p.m., READ to a Dog (ages

5-12, sign up), library, 7291760
6 p.m., Teen Library Council,
library, 729-1760
10 a.m., Toddler Art (ages

1-3), library, 729-1760
10 a.m., Wednesday Morning
Book Discussion, library, 7291760
7 p.m., Mother Daughter Book
Club, library, 729-1760
10 a.m., Build It! (ages 2-5),

library, 729-1760
6 p.m., Read Like a Girl Book
Club (ages 5-8), library, 7291760
11 a.m., Cookbook Club:
Cookie Exchange, library, 7291760
1 p.m., Bouncing Babies
(ages 0-1), library, 729-1760
com
4 p.m., Holiday Card Making
(ages 6-12), library, 729-1760
Friday, December 11
11 a.m., Holiday Crafts (ages

2-5), library, 729-1760
1-3 p.m., Holiday Silk Scarves
($30), senior center, 270-4290
3:30 p.m., Let It Snow! Paint
Night (ages 5-12, sign up),
library, 729-1760
Saturday, December 12
3 p.m., Kids Movie, library,

729-1760
11 a.m., Storytime (ages 2-5),

library, 729-1760
1 p.m., Bouncing Babies
(ages 0-1), library, 729-1760
com
6 p.m., Guys Read (ages
7-11), library, 729-1760
6 p.m., Resume Review
Workshop, library, 729-1760
Friday, December 18
11 a.m., Book Boogie (ages

1-4), library, 729-1760
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The Fitchburg Star
Coming Up
Indoor market
The Indoor Fitchburg Center Farmers Market, 5510
Lacy Road, will be held
from 3-6 p.m. Thursdays in
November and December,
except on Thanksgiving Day.
Featured items include
cheese curds, baked goods,
fresh produce and vegetables,
canned items, meats and olive
oil. For information, visit
fitchburgmarket.com.
Medicare enrollment
Open enrollment for 2016
Part D plans is open until
Dec. 7.
Medicare beneficiaries
who are enrolled in Part D
plans can review their plan to
determine if it will still be the
most cost-effective in 2016.
If you have coverage through
a Medicare Advantage Plan,
you are also able to make
changes to your coverage during open enrollment.
For help with Advantage plans, call the Medigap
Helpline at 1-800-242-1060.
For help with Medicare Part
D or the Extra Help program,
call the senior center at 2704290 and ask to speak with a
social worker.
Library book swap

Stop by the librarys book
swap at 4:30 p.m. Friday,
Nov. 13.
Trade your gently used or
new books with items previously owned by the library or
by other program participants.
For information, call
729-1782 or email kayce.
henderson@fitchburgwi.
gov.
Voter ID
John Holloway from the
Department of Transportation will visit the upper level
of the senior center at 1 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 16, to review
some of the recent changes
with identification cards and
how these changes impact
voting.
Advance registration is not
necessary. For information,
call 270-4290.
Paint night
Sarai Beehner, 11, of Fitchburg, starts painting the blue sky on her canvas. Teens learned specific
brushstrokes and techniques from an Artful Escapes instructor at the Fitchburg Public Library on Nov.
2. Teens created a painting called Flash in the Moonlight, featuring a dolphin and the moon, that they
could take home.
The next paint night at the library will be winter-themed at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11, for kids ages
5-12. The program is free and will include a snack and all painting supplies, but registration is required
by calling 729-1762.
Senior housing
Climate change policy
The Waterford of Fitchburg

will give a free presentation
about navigating senior housing at 1 p.m. Wednesday,
Nov. 18, at the senior center.
The presentation will provide an overview of the housing choices available to the
senior population, including
home health agencies, independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled
nursing communities.
For information, call 2704290.
Come to the library at 6

p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19 for a
discussion about the impact
of human activities on climate
change and public health, as
well as the benefits to climate
change mitigation.
For information, call 7291784 or email rebecca.swanson@fitchburgwi.gov.
Canvas painting
Wine tasting
The Rotary Club of Fitchburg/Verona will hold its
sixth annual fundraiser from
6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday,
Nov. 19, at Holiday Inn
Express and Suites, 515 W.
Verona Ave.
Partake in wine tasting,
fruit and dessert samples and
a silent auction to help benefit
the Rotary Club of Fitchburg/
Verona as it raises funds to
support the local community
and international service projects.
Purchase advance tickets
for $20 at the Wine Cellar,
1015 N. Edge Trail, or by
emailing cahandrick@gmail.
com. Tickets will also be
available at the door for $25.
hold Bake-a-Thon Days in

November and holiday cooking classes in December.
In exchange for a suggested
donation of $75 to BPNN,
bakers can sign up for a fourhour shift in the commercialgrade kitchen, open from
7:30-11:30 a.m. or 1-5 p.m.
on Saturday, Nov. 21 or Monday, Nov. 23. Space for each
time slot is limited to ensure
plenty of room to work.
Learn how to prepare a
traditional French Christmas
treat, Buche de Noel, with
former L-Etoile baker Deborah Lease from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, for $35.
Or, explore fondue with
David Beach, the former
manager of Madisons Melting Pot restaurant, from 6-9
p.m. Friday, Dec. 11, as he
guides participants through
making shrimp, steak and
chicken fondues with a variety of dipping sauces. Wine
pairing is included in the
cost of $50 per person for the
class.
To register, visit bpnn.org/
Prairie-kitchen.html or contact Marcia Kasieta at 8482499 or kitchen@bpnn.org.
No artistic experience is
needed and all supplies are
included at a canvas painting
class from 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, at the senior
center.
Make checks payable to
Curbside yard waste
the Fitchburg Senior Center
Fitchburg Public Works for $38 and pay upon sign
crews will be out collect- up. For information, call 270ing fall yard waste and brush 4290.
from Nov. 16-20, depending
Photo editing 101
on the weather.
Place yard waste at the
Learn how to edit your
curb in reusable containers digital photos from 1-3 p.m.
or 30-gallon plastic bags. For Thursday, Nov. 19, at the
information, visit fitchburgwi. senior center, presented by
gov.
Dave St. Amant of Commu- Holiday cooking
Reading Buddies
The Badger Prairie Needs
nity PC, LLC.
The Friends of Fitchburg
Learning Annex
Bring your laptops and/ Networks Prairie Kitchen, Library and Mobility Training
Joey Marshall, a member or tablets to share with the 1200 E. Verona Ave., will
of the senior aerobics class, group. By the time you leave,
will visit the senior center at you will have a general
2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, to knowledge of what editing
Network
talk about her Rotary mission programs are available and
what your skill level is. To
trip to Kenya, Africa.
Free
For information, call 270- register for this free program,
Speaker
call 270-4290.
4290.
at
and Independent Living Programs have teamed up to

create a new program called
Reading Buddies, which
serves 26 developmentally
disabled adults from Central
Wisconsin Center.
The Friends are looking to
recruit more volunteer reading buddies for this program,
which will take place once or
twice a month on Mondays
from 12:30-1 p.m. MTILP
will bring three to 10 clients
on a rotating basis to the
library for the reading program, consisting of poetry
reading, picture book readings and an occasional puppet
show.
Those interested are welcome to observe Reading
Buddies from 12:30-1 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 23, in the large
meeting room of the library.
Holiday silk scarves
Cookie exchange
Google Drive
Come create a colorful silk

scarf from 1-3 p.m. Friday,
Dec. 11, at the senior center.
Using materials to dye the
fabric in a microwave, participants will make one scarf
in this class. Bring an apron,
rubber gloves and an old
towel. The fee for this class
is $30. For information, call
270-4290.
Holiday party
Stop by the 29th annual

Childrens Holiday Party
from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec.
13 at the community center,
5510 Lacy Road.
There will be an inflatable
playground, pinatas, face
painting, crafts, storytelling,
hot chocolate and a visit from
Santa.
This event is sponsored
by the Fitchburg Recreation
Department and Fitchburg
Community Access TeleviHoliday pet sitting
Visit with Tara Howard at sion. For information, call
1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, at 270-4285.
the senior center and see what A Victorian Christmas
she can do for your pet while
Join actress and historical
you are on vacation. Tara will
also discuss dog walking ser- performer Jessica Michna at
vices. For information, call 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13,
for A Victorian Christmas
270-4290.
at Balmoral Castle at the
library.
Berbee Derby
She will portray Margaret
The 12th annual Berbee
Cummins,
head housekeeper
Derby 10K/5K run/walk will
be held on Thanksgiving for Balmoral during the reign
morning, Thursday, Nov. 26, of Queen Victoria, as she
prepares for the arrival of the
outside the Agora Pavilion.
The 10K run starts at 9 royal couple and their nine
a.m., followed by the 5K run children. The program will be
at 9:20 a.m. and 5K walk at accompanied by tea and pas9:25 a.m. Packet pickup for tries from Rolling Pin Bake
pre-registered participants is Shop.
This event is funded by a
from 7:30-8:45 a.m. Race day
registration is no longer avail- grant from Beyond the Page.
able. For information, visit For information, call 7291760.
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Visit the library at 11 a.m.
Thursday, Dec. 10, for the
fourth annual Cookbook Club
Cookie Exchange.
Bake six dozen of your
favorite holiday cookies, and
bring them, along with a copy
of your recipe, to the library
to share with others. The
library will have coffee and
milk and recipes and holiday
baking traditions will be discussed.
Holiday cards
Make personalized holiday
cards to send to your family at
4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, at
the library. Recommended for
school-aged kids. For information, call 729-1760.
Learn how to get more

out of your Google account,
including how to create and
share documents, spreadsheets
and more, at 7 p.m. Monday,
Dec. 14, at the library.
To register, contact the reference desk at 729-1763.
Resume workshop
Get a jump on your New
Years resolution to find a
new job at 6 p.m. Thursday,
Dec. 17, at the library.
A guest from Adecco
will present tips for great
resumes, followed by time
to improve your own document. Bring a copy of your
current resume.
Parent Support
Badger Ridge Middle School
Holiday Art and Craft Sale

Date:
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Sale Hours: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
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Proceeds from booth fees are donated to the Patrick Pfeffer
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Next step: Engaging the community

On the web
Abigail Becker
Madison Commons
Photo by Scott Girard
Happy homecoming
Madison West High School held its homecoming parade Oct. 16. Students and staff walked, drove and
scooted down Chadbourne Avenue to celebrate school spirit. The parade, pep rally and dance included
a first: a gender-neutral homecoming court. The football team lost that nights homecoming game
42-14 to Janesville Parker.
On the web
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Instead of getting a call

home, a parent with a student at Leopold Elementary
School might get a knock
on the door from Jeremy
Thornton, the schools parent liaison.
The role of a parent liaison was reintroduced to
the district three years ago,
and Leopold is one of four
schools in the district with
this position. Along with
Glendale, Falk and Mendota, Leopold has been identified as a key school in the
district where improvement
in parent communication is
necessary.
Thornton described his job
as connecting the community and school to make one
cohesive entity. To narrow
the achievement gap, family
involvement is key, he said.
Every family needs to be on
the same page.
He spends about 12 to
15 hours visiting homes of
Leopold students to communicate with parents about
Read more stories from the

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attendance issues, behavioral problems and any other
concerns about the student.
At school, Thornton
works with students on an
individual basis. He mentors 5th grade boys to
help them transition to 6th
grade, coaches a basketball
and soccer team and plans
events like movie nights.
For Thornton, a thriving
neighborhood needs a local
community center, which
the area around Leopold
lacks. Thorntons goal is
to turn the school into the
hub for this community
with every type of parent
involved.
To make this goal a reality, Thornton helps organize
Open Schoolhouse, held
every Tuesday during the
school year.
Though teachers can often
find it difficult to connect
with parents in addition
to their in-school responsibilities, thats where
people like Thornton or
Madison School Community and Recreations afterschool coordinator Samy
Clausen-Rupert can step in.

Clausen-Rupert leads
group activities and extra
academic lessons after the
school day ends. The program is funded through a
grant, and qualifying students can attend at no cost.
About 75 students ranging from first- to fifth-grade
attend the program regularly, and Clausen-Rupert said
she connects with almost
every family.
Leopolds Parent Faculty Organization is another
critical piece of outreach.
Kris Aman, PFO president
for the past three years, said
she has worked to create
community-building events
that are not centered around
fundraising or recruiting
volunteers.
I think we have accepted
engagement isnt just coming to meetings, Aman,
who currently has two children at the school, said.
To communicate with
families, Aman uses a Facebook page and an email
newsletter that is separate from the school. But
she says the organization
still misses a portion of the
schools population who do
not use email or Facebook
or who dont have regular
access to the Internet.
I think were ahead of
where a lot of schools are,
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would be missing many
more families, Aman said.
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Board uneasy about
K-9 presence at
OMS, OHS
Scott De Laruelle
Students and teachers at

Oregon Middle and High
School are locked down in
their classrooms as police
officers search hallways
and parking lots using K-9
drug dogs to sniff lockers,
backpacks and vehicles to
find a threat.
The target? Illegal drugs.
That was the scenario
proposed Monday night to
the Oregon School Board
by new Oregon police chief
Brian Uhl, who suggested
instituting random searches
at the school by teams of
drug-detecting dogs in an
effort to keep students safer.
Though Uhl said the
searches would likely occur
no more than twice a year
and would not target students themselves, most
board members expressed
uneasiness about the idea,
particularly regarding its
effectiveness and potential
negative effects on students.
I want to make sure all of
our kids feel safe, and that
this is a positive thing and

(that) we dont end up doing
the stormtrooper thing,
said Gwen Maitzen. How we
go about this is paramount.
Board president Dan
Krause, an Army veteran,
echoed similar comments,
saying the idea of random
drug dog searches is a really difficult issue for him.
I see this as escalating,
in a military way, regarding the kids and drugs, he
said. If you do this once
or twice a year and the kids
are locked down, they know
their stuff is being searched
where they cant see it,
it creates an atmosphere
where its clear, We dont
trust you.
Uhl said it had come to
his attention that drugsniffing police dogs were
not allowed in the schools
per board policy, and wanted an explanation from
board members as to why.
Board member Steve
Zach quickly shot down
that statement, noting that
the district contacted the
department on multiple
occasions in recent years to
bring its dog into a building, but were told it was not
available. As an example,
OHS principal Jim Pliner
said earlier this school year,
he asked the department to
bring in the dog, but was
told it was not available.

In each case, however,
those were based on specific incidents.
Currently, district officials operate by contacting police for a search of
student property on school
grounds if there is reasonable suspicion that they
have drugs.
Weve felt we always
had authority to do those
isolated searches if we had
reason, said district superintendent Brian Busler.
Those locker searches
timing is of the essence.
Uhl said he wants to see
the districts policy change
from reasonable suspicion
of students to one allowing random searches by K-9
units. Zach, a long-time
school board member and
attorney for other area school
boards, disagreed, saying
there is a fundamental theory in education of using
the least restrictive methods
available, and then moving
to most restrictive ones if
those are not successful.
Why have the least
restrictive means not
worked to take us to the
most restrictive path? he
asked. A lockdown of the
school and bringing in K-9
units across the county into
our building? I need that
rationale.
November 13, 2015
The Fitchburg Star
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OEA, district talk just cause

Before getting into the budget discussion at its Oct. 26 meeting, Oregon School Board
members and district administrators talked for around an hour with about two dozen members of the Oregon Education Association to discuss discipline in the employee handbook.
Full random searches story

See more comments from board members, administrators and Oregon police chief Brian
Uhl on the idea of random K-9 drug searches at Oregon High School and Middle School.
Full budget story

Read for more discussion on the budget, approved Oct. 26, that boosted teacher base
pay.
Budget boosts teacher base pay

Mill rate goes up 1
percent
Scott De Laruelle
In an effort to remain
more competitive with
area school districts in
attracting new teachers,
the Oregon School Board
increased new teachers
base pay as part of the
2015-16 budget approved
Oct. 26.
Board members voted
5-1 (with Charles Uphoff
opposed) to spend around
$250,000 to raise starting
teacher salaries to $40,000.
The proposal, recommended by district administrators, will be paid for by
funds the district gained
recently through higherthan-expected student
enrollment and less-thanpredicted transportation
costs for this school year.
The moves were the

final piece in the puzzle of
the new budget, approved
unanimously (with Rae
Vogeler absent), along
with a 1.01 percent mill
rate increase to $12.11 per
$1,000 of assessed property value. For a $200,000
home, the increase would
be around $24 from last
year.
District superintendent
Brian Busler said a majority of area school districts
are going to a $40,000 base
annual salary for starting
teachers.
Everyone is investing in
their base salary, he said.
Its not right or wrong,
good or bad. Thats what
other districts are doing.
Board member Steve
Zach said the district has
lost teaching candidates in
the past because of the low
base salary.
Its an issue weve
got to address, he said.
We need to get there (to

$40,000).
Earlier this month, Krause
said district administrators
have been recommending an
increase in starting teachers
base salary for a while,
but in the past, the Oregon
Education Association OEA
wanted to otherwise distribute the money that could
be used for raising the salaries to the minimum level.
In an email to the Observer on Tuesday, OEA president Tracey Leider said the
group is concerned that if
the starting salary is raised
to $40,000, around onequarter of all teachers in the
district will be making this
minimum salary, including
some with close to 10 years
of experience.
She said it underscores
the importance of the districts plan to go to referendum next fall to fund a
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Verona schools
Board sets guiding principles

for GE space crunch fix
Scott Girard
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for Stewardship Day on Friday, Oct. 23, to help clear weeds and
spread native prairie plant seeds and soil. Above, second-graders
Elena Blakeman and Christopher Sorenson carry back empty buckets after dumping weeds.
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Transgender committee pores over policy language

Draft bathroom
policy would permit
individual choices
Scott Girard
The draft policy created by

a transgender ad hoc committee would allow transgender
students to use bathrooms of
their gender identity.
Single-stall, gender-neutral
bathrooms would be designated for students who have
a need or desire for increased
privacy, regardless of underlying reason.
The committee met for the
third time Thursday, Oct. 22,
where it parsed language like
mays and shalls to finalize the bathroom rule and
other parts of a draft to send
to the Wisconsin Association of School Boards before
it comes back to the Verona
Area school board to be voted on as a policy. A WASB
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language to tell the district if

anything could be a problem
legally or to propose adding
language that has worked in
other districts.
The policy includes additional bullying and harassment prohibitions, as well
as how a student can have
his or her records changed
to reflect a preferred name
and pronoun. The bathroom
policy would likely have
the greatest effect on every
student at Verona schools,
however, also one that could
be invalidated by a recently
proposed state law, though
its unclear if that will go
anywhere in the Legislature.
Discussion on the bathroom section of the proposed
Verona Area School District
policy included clarification
on what the language consistently asserted gender
meant, with one Verona Area
High School student on the
committee questioning that
wording.
There are people who are
gender-fluid who some days
are more feminine and some
days are more masculine,
Noa Seward said. If youre
gender-fluid, you dont get to
use any of the bathrooms that

arent single stall.
Pastor Jeremy Scott also
wondered what that wording
meant, but had a different
reason to question it.
Is there anyway to measure a quantified consistently
asserted? Scott said. Who
measures, OK, you now
consistently asserted this
enough?
Many of the discussions
throughout the meeting
focused on the definitions
of words, like classifications of transgender or the
meaning of gender versus
sex. The group ultimately
decided to keep language
that could be confusing to
a minimum wherever possible.
I think keeping it simple to start with is OK,
school board member Amy
Almond said. If we have
four pages of definitions
theyll get to arguing about
the details, instead of just
the basic premise that there
is an issue and were trying
to address that.
Read the rest of this story
at ConnectFitchburg.com.
The Verona Area School

District will need to make
a tough decision soon to
alleviate a space crunch at
Glacier Edge Elementary
School.
One option would be
moving the 3-year-old TwoWay Immersion program,
and another is moving Glacier Edge fifth-graders out
of the building entirely. The
district hasnt yet ruled out
any solutions.
But it did not attempt
to come to any decisions
Monday night during its
working session, nor did
it discuss any specifics
beyond a mention here or
there. Instead it worked
toward understanding how
the district should prioritize the long list of effects
that any change could
have.
Moving the TWI program, for example, would
be an easy way to make the
numbers work, but either
that change or adjusting
boundaries would affect
other schools and could
affect the socioeconomic
balance the district tries to
keep among its schools.
Before attempting to
weigh those effects, the
board spent Monday prioritizing the result. Its discussion much like one on the
districts idea that every
student succeeds a few
weeks ago highlighted
wording choices and how
they could be interpreted as
Guiding
principles for
GE decision
Students within
walkable distances
(keeping bus costs to
a minimum)
Balanced student
demographics
Neighborhoods
stay together
Be flexible, but
adhere to as many
principles as possible
Keep school
changes to a minimum
a way to guide board members.
The board didnt come
up with any new principles
beyond those that have
guided the district during previous attendance
changes, such as when new
schools were built. They
include keeping distances
manageable, balancing student demographics, neighborhood boundaries and
limiting disruptions.
The closest the board
came to a substantive
change was when board
member Tom Duerst suggested that balancing demographics might include race.
But the rest of the board
members shot down that
idea, with Derrell Connor
calling it a wormhole,
and Duerst let go of the
argument after being told

the district policy is to consider only free and reduced
lunch counts.
Once you start getting
into other factors and you
start trying to parse who
goes where, it becomes very
dangerous, Connor said.
At one point during the
discussion, a board member
proposed that keeping to the
TWI program to a minimum
should be a top priority. The
program is currently housed
at GE and Sugar Creek Elementary School but could be
consolidated to just Sugar
Creek under one option
thats been discussed.
Board members decided that idea was best if it
included all non-traditional programs, like charter
schools, and fit under the
larger ideal of keeping
changes to a minimum.
Youre trying to keep the
kids from moving any more
than they have to. Period,
Duerst said. Whether its a
program or a building.
The board set a goal of
late January for making a
final decision, but acknowledged that the initial data
theyve requested from
district administrators may
open up needs for even more
data, which could delay the
process.
As Duerst put it, a tough
decision is going to have to
come, and quickly.
Somethings going to
have to give, he said. Like
it or not.
Read the rest of this story
at ConnectFitchburg.com
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Continuing Chinese a challenge

The district and a group of parents at the Verona Area International School are
working to figure out how to continue students Chinese language education after they
leave the K-5 charter school.
Board reaffirms goals

The school board reaffirmed the idea of meeting every students needs at an October meeting on behavior and personalized learning policies around the district.
Calendar changes
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West Football
VAHS swimming
Gober, Brown lead

all-conference
selections
Senior offensive lineman Max
Gober and senior defensive end
Jamin Brown were both named to
the first-team All-Big Eight Conference.
Joining them on the list as secondteam selections were senior quarterback Daelon Savage, junior wide
receiver Terrell Carey and junior
linebacker Sydney Thomas.
Senior linebacker Perry Cooper, junior offensive lineman Rhys
Enderle, junior linebacker Cameron
Groman and junior defensive back
Perry Cooper rounded out the selections for West as honorable mentions.
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Regents start search

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Evan Halpop
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One of the top recruits in the national, senior Beata Nelson gave her verbal commitment to UW-Madison on Oct. 29.
Going swimmingly
Olympic hopeful Nelson stays home with Badgers
Jeremy Jones
Sports editor
The last three months have been

a blur for Fitchburg resident and
Verona Area High School senior
Beata Nelson.
Jet-lagged and exhausted, the
eight-time WIAA girls swimming
state champion spent her summer
competing at the highest level
of competition for her age group
while trying to navigate a path that
will ultimately determine the next
four years of her life.
As of Oct. 29, though, Nelson
helped alleviate some of her stress
by officially choosing the University of Wisconsin-Madison over
the University of Michigan in Ann
Arbor.
It was just a feeling I got,
Nelson said of her choice. It was
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a really hard decision, which came
down to very small things about
each school.
Nelson, who hopes to make the
Olympics in 2016 and is one of
the nations top recruits, missed
a month of her Verona Area/
Mount Horeb girls swimming
season before joining the team in
mid-September. Up until then,
she competed with the U.S. Junior
National team, and later finished
up the last of her four college visits.
She told the Verona Press on
Saturday that she was glad the
exhausting recruitment process
is finally over and that it was
kind of a no-brainer that I was
supposed to be a Badger.
Being nearby played a big
role in that decision, she said, but
it was more than that.
I just contacted really well
with the team, and I can really buy
into what coach Whitney (Hite)
preaches, Nelson said. I believe
he can help me achieve my goals.
Olympic dreams
With the state meet coming up
Nov. 14, Nelson will be plenty
busy with her VA/MH team, but
then her attention will turn toward
her goal for next summer the
Olympics.
Nelson plans to attend the
Olympic Trials next June right
after graduation in the hopes of
making it to Rio de Janeiro in
2016.
Once the high school season
is over, Ill probably go right into

training with my club team, she
said.
Shes happy to consider it a
learning experience, since she
thinks the 2020 Summer Games in
Tokyo are a more realistic goal.
Theres no expectations at the
Olympic Trials, she said. If I do
well, thats fantastic. If I dont, I
always have the next four years to
train even harder and have another
chance.
But going to next years trials
will help her see where she stands
against national competition.
If I make the Olympics at 17,
I dont have any problem with
that, she said, but if I dont I
have an entire college career to
get me ready to try again and build
myself as an athlete and a person.
Three days after the Madison West

High School football team finished
its season, Athletic Director Sandy
Botham announced head coach JC
Dawkins would not be back to coach
the Regents in 2016.
It wasnt the right fit and was a
difficult decision to make. Botham
said in a statement. We have a talented, passionate group of young
men in our football program and look
forward to hiring a leader to keep the
program moving in a positive direction.
Wed like to thank JC Dawkins
for his dedication to our football program over the past two years, and
we wish him the best in his future
endeavors.
The move came after West finished
1-8 overall in the Big Eight Conference, despite high expectations at
the start. West was 5-4 and made the
playoffs in 2014.
The search for a new head coach
is currently ongoing, but no details
have been released yet on who the
candidates are.
We are in the early stages of the
hiring process and have a number
of strong applicants that are showing interest in becoming a part of the
Regent family, Botham wrote.
OHS soccer
Panthers stunned in sectional final

Anthony Iozzo
Assistant sports editor
Photo by Evan Halpop
Oregon junior Eric Moller (20) pursues Milton senior Mitch Roberts (4) while battling
for position with senior Matt Sheehan on Oct. 31 in a WIAA Division 2 sectional final at
Reddan Soccer Park in Verona. Oregon lost to Milton 2-1 with an own goal in the second
half.
It was not the result the Oregon High School boys soccer
team expected Saturday, as its
season fell short of state for
the first time since 2011 in a
2-1 loss to Milton in the WIAA
Division 2 sectional final at
Reddan Soccer Park in Verona.
The game-deciding goal was
an own goal in the 55th minute.
Originally scheduled for an
early afternoon start in Waunakee, a rain-soaked field forced
the game to be moved to Reddan six hours after the game
was originally planned for. That
delay didnt ultimately affect
the game, but it did change the
plan of preparation.
Still, it was Oregon that

grabbed the early lead with a
goal by senior AJ Breitbach in
the 31st minute. And it looked
like the 1-0 lead would hold
until halftime as time was winding down. But junior Scotty
Biancofiori had other plans.
After a turnover at midfield,
senior Devin Servin found
Biancofiori near the box. Biancofiori made a quick move and
shot the ball past senior goalie
Matt Reisdorf. That made it 1-1
at halftime and switched the
momentum.
In the second half, a ball was
sent to the box as Biancofiori
charged in. An Oregon defender
was able to get in front of the
pass hoping to clear. Unfortunately, the ball ricocheted at a
strange angle and bolted past

Reisdorf into the net.
Milton goalie Noah Rickman finished with three saves,
including a save on a free kick
moments before the own goal.
While a disappointing finish to the season, seniors Zach
Stone, Dylan Ziomek, David
Heim, Kjetil Odden, Derek
Martin, Zach Hanson, Jared
Hann, Drew Christofferson,
John Lopez, Sam Schaeffer,
Luke Hallinan, Reisdorf and
Breitbach all still leave a legacy
for the Panthers soccer program.
Several of them had been to
state three years and were on
the team when Oregon won
the state title in 2013. And the
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Girls tennis
Lungova wins a match at

individual state tournament
Jeremy Jones
Sectionals
Lungova won the Madison
Memorial sectional title over
Waunakees Meg Mathison,
while McVey and Nicholas
finished fourth on Oct. 8.
The Regents finished fifth
overall in the team standings
with 14 points at subsectionals and eight at sectionals.
Girls cross country
Regents race to ninth at state meet

Sports editor
Sophomores Hoi Ming Lee

McVey and Laura Nicholas (1912) finished fourth at the WIAA
Division 1 Madison Memorial
sectional inside the Nielsen
Tennis Stadium. They earned
a special state qualifier for the
Division 1 individual state tennis
tournament.
Conference
Boys soccer
Madison West finished

runner-up at No. 2 and 3
singles, as well as, at No. 2
and 3 doubles to take third
place. Madison Memorial
was fourth.
taking fourth with 183 points behind

the third- and fifth-place finish of
senior McKensey Van Wie (18:32.24)
and junior Trista Pringle (18:45.96),
respectively.
Eli Wilson was the Regent boys
highest finisher, taking 77th place in
17:12.96.
Jeremy Jones
The 12th-ranked Madison West

girls cross country team finished
ninth out of the top 20 Division 1 programs in Wisconsin Oct. 31 with 262
points at the state meet in Wisconsin
Rapids.
Senior Laura Kiernan led the
Regents, covering the 5,000 meter
Ridges Golf Course in 19 minutes,
39.57 seconds for 21st place.
Sophomores Vivian Hacker and
Isabella Bartholomew finished within
.09 seconds of one another as Wests
second and third runners in 19:50.36
and 19:50.45, respectively.
Junior Isa Darvin posted a 20:50.35
good for 78th while senior Sophie
Held rounded out the pack in 102nd
place with a time of 21:09.72.
Sophomore Mattie Kantor and
junior Taylor Lyons also competed,
but did not score for the Regents.
Eleventh-ranked Eau Claire Memorial placed all five of its varsity scorers in the top 57 to dominate the state
meet with 117 points. Five points
Sports editor
Junior Karolina Lungova

(24-10) won a match at the
WIAA Division 1 individual
state tennis tournament Oct.
23-24 inside Nielsen Tennis
Stadium.
Lungova defeated special
qualifier Lake Geneva Badger freshman Claudia Huerth
6-4, 6-1 on Thursday before
falling 6-4, 6-0 to seventhseeded junior Catherine
Lindsay (28-6) of Eau Claire
Memorial.
Sophomores Hoi Ming Lee
McVey and Laura Nicholas
(19-13) dropped their opening round No. 1 doubles
match at state, falling 6-1, 1-6
(7) against special qualifiers
Madeline Slicker and Lexi
Heth (12-13) of Homestead.
Madison West High School
Sectionals
Photo by Murray Schukar
The Madison West High School girls cross

country team won the WIAA Division 1
Waunakee sectional with a 2-3-4 finish by
sophomores Vivian Hacker, Laura Kiernan
and Isabelle Bartholomew.
separated third-ranked Arrowhead

(169) and sixth-ranked Appleton
North (174) who rounded out the top
three.
Seventh-ranked Sun Prairie finished as the top Big Eight school,
Madison West held off fourthranked Madison Memorial by a point

at the Big Eight Conference tournament, but ran away with the WIAA
Division 1 Waunakee sectional Oct.
24 at Ripp Park.
Bartholomew, Hacker and Kiernan
gave the Regents a 2-3-4 finish atop
the pack, crossing the finish line of
a very challenging course a second
apart.
Bartholomew led the way in
20:15.3, while Hacker followed in
20:15.4 Kiernan rounded out the pack
in 20:16.2.
Darvin (21:05) and Sophie Held
(21:35.9) completed Wests top five
varsity scorers in 10th and 20th
place, respectively.
Season ends in state semifinals against Marquette

The Madison West High the second half on Nov. 6 Soccer Park in Milwaukee.
School boys soccer team in the WIAA Division 1
The Regents (18-3-3needed an equalizer in state semifinals at Uihlein overall), which defeated
Sun Prairie 3-2 to make
state for the first time
since 2013, allowed a goal
in the 65th minute, however, and fell 3-2 to Marquette University High
School.
Sam Rumbelow and

Nate Brody both scored
goals for West, while Jarrett Peeler collected an
assist.
Alex Alverado finished
with eight saves. Marquettes Josef Jochem had
two.
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November 13, 2015
Football
Panthers unable to slow the tide in Level 2 playoffs
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Girls swimming
Jeremy Jones
Sports editor
After a solid effort by the Oregon

football teams defense two weeks ago
at Milton, it seemed as though the Panthers best football was ahead of them.
However, poor tackling and solid
execution up front by second-seeded
Badger had sixth-seeded Oregon looking like a team that was regressing,
instead of progressing on its way to a
42-14 loss in the WIAA Division 2
Level 2 game on Oct. 30.
Despite scoring the games first
touchdown on its first play from scrimmage, Oregons lead was short-lived,
allowing 42 unanswered points to Badger.
Senior quarterback Trent Ricker
found Sam Mueller behind the Badger
defense, covering 75 yards in 12 seconds on the Panthers opening drive.
Weve been running a lot of first
down and we thought we could open
up with the pass a little more, head
coach Dan Kissling said. We thought
their linebackers and defense backs
were kind of their weakness.
I think our kids thought it was going
to be a good game at that point and that
we could move the ball on them. But
we got a little shell-shocked by the way
they came back.
Photo by Joe Koshollek
Oregons 200-yard medley relay (from left) of Logan Fahey Willow

Kugel, Carolyn Christofferson and Hannah Rau pose for a photo on
the medal stand of the Badger South Conference swimming meet in
Stoughton. The girls finished third in 1 minute, 58.18 seconds.
Relay teams just miss state cut

Jeremy Jones
Oregon junior defensive back Jacob Rosenmeier upends Badger tight end DAndre Newell
in the second quarter of the WIAA Division 2 Level 2 game on Oct. 30. The Panthers lost
the game 42-14.
One of 23 seniors on this years

team, Lucas Mathews scored Oregons
final touchdown on a 12 yard run with
7:15 left in the game.
That group of seniors leave a lot of
expectations for those younger kids to
look up too, Kissling said. All those

guys worked really hard and stuck
together. They leave a huge legacy. We
beat MG. We were close to winning the
Badger South title and they helped us
win our first playoff win since 2004.
This month in Oregon sports

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(19th in 2008, tied for 20th second-seeded Kenosha

in 2009, sixth in 2011) and Tremper.
ConnectOregonWI.com
her sister Morgan McCorkle
(tied for 29th in 2011) as the Girls cross country
Girls golf
only Panthers to ever finish
Emma Hughes hadnt run
since the end of September,
Junior Taylor McCorkle in the top 30 at state.
but didnt stop the senior
finished tied for 29th in
from coming back to lead
her first WIAA Division 1 Volleyball
The Oregon High School the Oregon girls cross counstate girls golf meet on Oct.
12-13 at the University of volleyball team upset sev- try team on a very challengWisconsin- Madisons Uni- enth-seeded Janesville Park- ing course on Oct. 24 in the
er 3-0 (25-19, 25-13, 25-17) Waunakee sectional at Ripp
versity Ridge Golf Course.
McCorkle finished with Oct. 22 in the WIAA Divi- Park.
Hughes, who hadnt
a 170 (82-88) at the meet, sion 1 regional semifinals.
The 10th-seeded Panthers competed at a meet since
joining Abby Busler (fourth
in 2009), McKenzie Parks lost in the regional final to t h e S e p t . 2 6 M i d w e s t
Invitational in Janesville,
covered the 5,000-meter
course in a team-best 21
minutes, 54 seconds for
24th place.
The Panthers finished
fifth overall 64 points
back of Stoughton with 154
points.
Sports editor
The Oregon/Belleville
girls swimming quartet
of sophomore Carolyn
Christofferson and seniors
Logan Fahey, Hannah Rau
and Willow Kugel posted
a team-best seventh-place
finish Oct. 31 at the WIAA
Division 1 Middleton sectional meet.
Just missing the podium
by one spot, the 200-yard
medley relay team posted a
season-best time of 1 minute, 55.95 seconds, but fell
4.34 shy of the state qualifying standard (1:51.61).
Junior Claire Candell, Christofferson, Rau
and Kugel later missed
the podium by two spots
as they swam to an
eighth-place finish in the

200-yard freestyle relay
with a time of 1:44.25.
Their time was little less
than two-and-a-half seconds slower than the state
qualifying time standard
of 1:41.8 as the Panthers
were unable to advance
anyone on to this weekends state meet.
We told the girls before
the meet to be prepared
because youre swimming
against the fastest sectional in the state, Oregon
assistant Michael Keleny
said. If you finish in the
top eight here theres a
chance you can make it to
state.
Its not guaranteed, but
if you make the top eight
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Verona Area High School
Volleyball
Boys cross country
Cats knock off No. 1
Traeder finishes in upper

third at state meet
Volleyball team finishes historic season in state semifinals
Jeremy Jones
Anthony Iozzo
Sports editor
Assistant sports editor
There are several memories the Verona Area High School girls volleyball
team will likely
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this season.
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a sweep over Sun ConnectVerona.com
Prairie in the sectional finals and a 34-6 overall record
are some of the high points, but there
is still one moment that will shine
above the rest.
Thats Thursdays wild comeback
over top-ranked Burlington in the
WIAA Division 1 state quarterfinals.
The Wildcats were not only down two
games to none after the first two sets,
they also fell behind 6-0 in the final set.
But Verona came back to pull off the big
upset, 3-2 (21-25, 14-25, 25-22, 25-17,
15-11), and despite the season ending
in a loss in the state semifinals to sixthranked Oconomowoc, the Wildcats
finished as one of the last four teams in
Division 1, the programs best finish in
school history.
Seniors Victoria Brisack, Julie
Touchett, Grace Mueller, Kylie
Schmaltz, Karly Pabich, Heather
Rudnicki, Jordan Pertzborn, Jaedyn
Wozniak and Emily Osiecki were all
involved in some way, whether it was
making plays on the court or pumping
up teammates on the bench.
Photo by Anthony Iozzo
The Verona Area High School volleyball team celebrates its 3-2 (21-25, 14-25, 25-22,
25-17, 15-11) win over top-ranked Burlington Nov. 5 in the WIAA Division 1 state quarterfinals. The Wildcats season came to an end in the state semifinals with a loss to sixthranked Oconomowoc. Verona finished 34-6 overall.
Head coach Kelly Annen said those

who will be back next season juniors
Anna Solowicz, Becca Phelps, Holly
Wickstrom and sophomores Hannah
Worley and Priya Shenoi can use this
experience to continue the success for
the program.
We said communication leads to
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Girls swimming
Verona Area/Mount
Horeb girls swimming may
not have repeated as sectional champions, but by the
end of Saturdays WIAA
Division 1 Middleton sectional no one seemed too
phased.
The Wildcats won eight
of a possible 12 sectional
titles and qualified 15 of
18 individual swimmers
for this Saturdays WIAA
Division state, plus all three
relays, inside the UW-Madison Natatorium.
Coach Bill Wuerger confirmed that is the highest
number of qualifiers the
program has ever had at the
Division 1 level and could

even help the Wildcats
crack into the top two or
three at state
Were going to focus
on trying to beat our times
from sectionals, and let the
chips fall where they may at
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Seniors Melissa Biesmann
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and Lauren Supanich finished in the round of 16 as
the No. 8 seed at the WIAA
Division 1 state girls tennis meet from Oct. 15-17 at
Nielsen Tennis Stadium in
Madison.
The duo had a bye in
the first round and played
Brookfield Centrals Shay
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Evanich in the round of 32,
winning 6-1, 6-0.
Schmitz and Supanich had their high school
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Senior Brady Traeder races at

the 2015 WIAA Division 1 state
cross country meet Oct. 31
at the Ridges Golf Course in
Wisconsin Rapids.
I think he would have

been a 16:30 type on a dry
day, but they all had the same
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Madison La Follette junior
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Big Eight Conferences run
on state champions, posting
a meet-best 15:44.6. Fellow conference rivals Gus
Newcomb (fifth) of Middleton, Nate Farrell (eighth) of
Janesville Craig and teammate Trevor Legg (10th) all
finished in the top 10.
of 32 in a 7-5, 6-2 loss to

Notre Dame Academys
Mary Zakowski and Claire
Rotherham. Zakowski and
Rotherham were both seeded ninth.
Boys soccer
The Verona Area High
School boys soccer team
drew the No. 12 seed for the
WIAA Division 1 regionals
and traveled to No. 5 Beloit
Memorial on Oct. 22.
The Wildcats, which tied
Memorial earlier in the season, fell 4-1 to finish their
season 4-10-6 overall.
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Two spots and nine seconds
separated Verona sophomore
Julia Pletta from the WIAA
Division 1 state cross country
meet Oct. 24 at Ripp Park in
the Waunakee sectional.
Pletta covered the 5,000
meter course in 21 minutes,
17 seconds for 13th place but
just missed on the her first
state tournament.
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Coming from behind, finding composure, finding fire, playing for our team,
having fun and loving the sport of volleyball with all of those ideas in place.
Senior Brady Traeder

capped his career taking 54th
place out of 188 of Wisconsins top prep runners at the
WIAA Division 1 boys state
cross country tournament on
Oct. 31.
Traeder covered a wet and
torn up Ridges Golf Course
in Wisconsin Rapids in 16
minutes, 59.33 seconds.
Brady ran a very solid
state race, head coach
Randy Marks said. Being
the last race of the day, the
course was torn up pretty
bad by the time he raced.
There were many falls and
spin-outs on the down hills.
His was the sixth race over
the same terrain so you can
imagine what it looked like
after that.
It was an impressive performance, going 12 seconds faster than last weeks
17:11.6 at a very challenging
Ripp Park course at sectionals in Waunakee.
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the first mile and stayed solid
the rest of the way, Marks
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pretty focused on his strategy
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OHS soccer: Panthers make
OHS swim: Medley relay takes third at conference
fourth straight sectional final
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rest filled vacancies left from
the strong 2014 senior class
to help the Panthers reach its
fourth straight sectional final.
Oregon will look to get
back to state in 2015, once
again hoping several newcomers can compete for spots on
varsity, while the returners
junior goalie Ben Prew, junior
Erik Moller, junior Luke
Pearson, junior Alex Verhagen, junior Calvin Schneider,
junior Kierik Seeliger, junior
Ryan Lopez, junior Bryce
Johnson, junior Austin Bergemann, junior Connor Jones
and sophomore Matt Pearson
look to build on this season.
Oregon 2, Sauk Prairie 1

Thursdays 2-1 win over
Sauk Prairie was not an easy
one for Oregon in the D2 sectional semifinal.
After grabbing a 2-0 lead
at halftime, it was the Eagles
that attacked the net, getting
one goal and then having several opportunities to tie the

game in the final minute after
a sloppy finish, that included
three red cards.
Christofferson and Sauk
Prairies Javier Salazaar were
both given red cards due to
pushing and shoving late in
the game, while Sauk Prairie head coach Trevor Van
Laanen was also given a red
card due to complaining about
the call.
After a 10-minute delay,
Sauk Prairie was given a free
kick with just over 20 seconds
left. But the Panthers were
able to block and clear the
shot, holding on for the victory.
Breitbach scored 21 seconds into the game, and Hann
later drilled a perfect pass to
Luke Pearson in the 18th minute for a header goal that it
2-0.
Sauk Prairies Austin
Schmidt and Van Laanen
were both given yellow cards
near the end of the first half.
here, youre among a

pretty elite group in the
state of Wisconsin.
Oregons top individual finish and closest to a
state qualifying time both
came from Kugel.
The senior finished
a team-best 10th overall in the 50 freestyle
(25.07), while her 54.71
in the 100 free was good
for 12th place just .66
behind the state qualifying standard (54.05).
Christofferson turned
in a 12th-place finish in
the 50 free (25.6) and a
15th-place finish in the
100 backstroke (1:04.58).
Rau added a 17th-place
finish in the 500 free
(5:39.8).
Oregon senior Quincey
Newton added a 13thplace finish in the 200 IM
(2:24.67), while Makayla
Kapalczynski took 16th
place (2:31.84).
Senior Logan Fahey
posted an 18th-place
finish in the 100
breaststroke (1:16.36).
Rau (2:06.6) and Grace
Przybyl (2:09.08) finished 18th and 19th in
the 200 free.
Individually, a lot of
the girls are really happy
with their times, Keleny
said. It was cool to see
the seniors have good
times because it was their
last meet.
Oregons 400 free
relay (Amber Cody, Candell, Przybyl and Kapalczynski) finished ninth out
of the 13 schools competing in 3:59.24 to closeout
the meet.
The Panthers scored
88 points, five more than
Janesville Craig, to finish eighth out of the 13
teams competing.
Middleton edged
defending sectional
champion Verona Area/
Mount Horeb by three
points for top honors
371-368.
Madison Memorial
(320), Madison West
(312.5) and Sun Prairie
(224.5) rounded out the
top five.
Conference
Christofferson, Fahey,
Rau and Kugel helped
set the tone on Oct. 31
for the Oregon/Belleville
girls swimming team at
the Badger South Conference meet.
The quartet tied a
team-best third place,
posting a time of 1 minute, 58.18 seconds in the
200-yard medley relay
and earned themselves a
medal in the process.
The Panthers biggest
point swing (36 points),
however, came via the
50 free where Christofferson, Kugel and Claire
Candell all finished in
the top 11.
Christofferson paced
the teams individual finishes, earning a second
medal with her thirdplace finishes in both the
50 free and 100 backstroke.
She finished behind
McFarland freshman
Alex Moderski and
15
Edgewood freshman Kaitlyn Barth in 25.38.

A lot of the girls on
the team really like to
watch Carolyn swim,
assistant coach Michael
Keleny said. We can
always count on Carolyn
to finish in the top eight
of her events.
Kugel touched the wall
a little less than a second
behind Christofferson in
the 50 free with her time
of 26.29 good for fifth
place and a spot on the
podium.
Christofferson finished
behind a pair of Edgewood swimmers (Lauren
Bergmann and Barth) in
the 100 backstroke, taking third in 1:03.62.
Kugel again earned a
spot on the podium, adding a fifth-place finish in
the 100 free (57.85).
Rau took eighth-place
finish in the 200 free
(2:06.87) and later took
seventh in the 500 free
with her time of 5:38.43
getting to the podium
in both events.
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victims of
domestic
abuse and
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his congregation pro- Haslanger
vide direct
aid to survivors through Domestic
Abuse Intervention Services (DAIS), and he has coordinated efforts by leaders in
the faith community to better serve domestic violence
victims.
I'm just the face of the
award, so I got to stand up
and smile, but really it's
about the work of a large
group of people," he told
the Star.
Nominating Haslanger
for the award was Hannah
Wagner Jacoby, training
and education coordinator
for DAIS. She wrote that
his work has made it commonplace for faith groups
in the area to speak about
domestic violence from the
pulpit, to let congregants
know that abuse is never
justified and that the church
is there to support victims.
His congregation has
been giving direct aid to
DAIS since 2012 to assist
clients in meeting basic
safety and survival needs,
such as getting locks
changed and paying for
prescription drugs, gas or
court fees. Haslanger also
approached the Dane County Coordinated Community
Response to Domestic Violence about forming a Faith
Issues Subcommittee.
The committee started in
fall of 2013 and launched
the website faithagainstdomesticviolence.org,
coordinated ceremonies in
response to domestic violence homicides and organized an interfaith teen
summit called Healthy
Relationship in a Complicated World.
Many survivors are
more comfortable disclosing abuse to their faith leader than to a hotline or advocate, Wagner Jacoby said
in her nomination letter.
Pastor Phil is an example
of how one persons leadership and community organizing can shift the conversation around domestic
violence.
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Samantha Christian
November 13, 2015
The Fitchburg Star
A story of thanks
17
Fitchburg author publishes third picture book, more in the works

Samantha Christian
Everyone had a Pat Zietlow Miller in their class.

You know, the kid who
loved books so much they
secretly read under their
desks while the teacher
taught math or any subject, really.
An avid reader of the
Encyclopedia Brown, Boxcar Children
and Anne
of Green
G a b l e s
series, Miller
knew she
wanted to
become a
writer since Miller
she was in
the seventh grade. But it took her
decades before she acted on
her dream of becoming a
published book author.
When I turned 39, I
(thought) if I dont try, Im
always going to regret it,
and Im always going to
wish What if? she told
the Star. Some people selfpublish, and thats awesome, but I wanted to see
if I could get one published
with a large, traditional
publishing company.
Miller, who has lived
in Fitchburg for nearly 13
years, started out her career
as a newspaper reporter and
now writes corporate insurance information by day
and, for the last eight years,
childrens books by night.
Ive always been paid to
write, but theres a big difference between interviewing someone and writing
a feature story and making
something up totally from
scratch, she said.
Before Miller started
crafting her own stories, she
was busy researching the
publishing industry, going
Sharing the Bread
To purchase books
Author: Pat Zietlow Miller

Illustrator: Jill McElmurry
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
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Pages: 32 (available hardcover
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to conferences, joining
writing groups and checking out every picture book
she could get her hands
on. Once she had an idea
in mind for her own book,
nothing could stop her.
I received 126 rejections
and worked for four years
before selling my first picture book, she wrote to the
Star. In the four years since
then, Miller has sold nine
other books.
It just shows, I think,
that if you really want
something and youre willing to put in the effort
you probably can do it, she
said.
Her third picture book,
Sharing the Bread, was
recently published in time
for her favorite holiday,
Thanksgiving, and more
stories are set to hit the
stands in 2016.
Creative process
The first two lines of
Sharing the Bread randomly popped into Millers head while working
at American Family Insurance. The story started with
a mother in a kitchen doing
a certain task to prepare a
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meal.
Then, Miller assigned different tasks to other members of the family and wrote
the story in rhythmic verse.
When she sent the story to a
publisher, she was asked to
make the everyday meal a
holiday meal, instead.
It was not a minor revision; every stanza I had
to rip apart (because) it
rhymed, Miller said.
As with all of her stories,
the edits helped. She chose
a Thanksgiving-themed
meal set at the turn of the
20th century, and made sure
to rework sentences so the
words turkey and cranberries didnt fall at the
end.
Miller said she thought
about her parents and
how meals came together
while writing the story,
which ends with the lines,
We will share the risen

bread. / Our made-withlove Thanksgiving spread.
/ Grateful to be warm and
fed. / We will share the
bread.
My books are kind of a
mix of things inspired by
one of my kids and then just
random imagination, she
said.
Millers first book,
Sophies Squash, was
inspired by her youngest
daughter after she took a
butternut squash home from
the grocery store, named it,
put a face on it and carried
it everywhere.
I added a bunch of stuff
that didnt really happen to
make it a better story, she
said.
Published in 2013, the
book has received numerous accolades and is Millers personal favorite.
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Sophies Squash won

the Golden Kite Award for
best picture book text, and
it was an Ezra Jack Keats
New Writer Honor and
Charlotte Zolotow Honor.
A sequel, Sophies Squash
Go To School, will come
out in June.
A big part of what makes
her picture books come
alive is the illustrations.
Each publisher picks an
illustrator from around the

world who will be the best
fit for a story, and Miller
has yet to be let down.
While she sometimes gets
a peek at sketches early on,
she generally just sees the
product in one of its final
stages.
I think these illustrators
are so good at what they
do that I wouldnt want
them looking at my text and
changing things, so I tend
not to change what they do
because theyre just so talented, she said.
Her second book,
Wherever You Go,
made the Midwest Independent Booksellers list,
but Miller wasnt expecting to see a rabbit on the
cover. Although she never
described the characters,
they were always people in
her mind.
(When I first saw the
book it was) three minutes
of like solid shock, and then
I went, But its an awesome rabbit, and it is,
she said. And now I cant
imagine it any other way.
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November 13, 2015
The Fitchburg Star
Sewing club marks 100 years

Maintains tradition of neighborliness
Lets go fly a kite

The One Sky One World Kite Festival came to McKee Farms
Park Sunday, Oct. 11, and provided a colorful sky for neighbors
and those who wanted to relax on a fall afternoon. This years
event was the 30th One Sky One World festival, which began in
Denver. The event promotes unity using the multi-cultural symbol of the kite and the ocean of air that we all share, according
to the website. For more information, visit oneskyoneworld.org.
Above, Madison resident Vivian Gazvoda, 1, points out a kite to
her father, Gregg, left.
On the web
See more photos from the kite festival:
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Dan Ewers of Fitchburg snaps a photo of a pair of animal kites

while relaxing before work at McKee Farms Park.
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The current members of the Swan Creek Sewing Circle, which marks 100 years on Dec. 1, gathered at
Quiveys Grove on Oct. 7 to celebrate.
Pictured front row from left: Betty Blaney* Guy, Marie Uphoff* Nobbs, Bea Larsen, Barbara Stoneman,
Carole Kinney and Debbie Larsen* Henke. Pictured on the stairs from left: Kay Kinney, Gina Kinney
Barden, Mary Kay Clark (Culp*), Patti Clark Berkan (Culp*) and Margie Blaney.* Not pictured is Evelyn
Gundlach Paus (Lalor*). *Charter family names
and grateful to be honored

earlier this year by local
and state governments.
Mayor Steve Arnold signed
a City of Fitchburg Mayoral Proclamation, which
was presented to Swan
Creek Sewing Circle for
its 100 years of enduring
friendship and generosity of
service to their community
and country at the Fitchburg Common Council
meeting on Sept. 22. Then,
Gov. Scott Walker signed
a State of Wisconsin Certificate of Commendation
at the Capitol on Sept. 30,
honoring the clubs centennial anniversary.
The club held a celebration dinner at Quiveys
Grove on Oct. 7, and recognized the following
people for their 50-year or
more membership: Margie Blaney, Carole Kinney,
Bea Larsen, Marie Uphoff
Nobbs, Evelyn Gundlach
Paus and Barb Stoneman.
To learn more about the
club, visit the second floor
of the Fitchburg Public
Library through December
to view a display case outside the Fitchburg Room
highlighting the Swan
Creek Sewing Circle's centennial celebration. Then,
tune into FACTv to hear
plug and pay
Submitted by Mary Kay

Clark, club president, and
Carole S. Kinney, club
member and Fitchburg
Historical Society charter
member
Members reminisce
I joined in 1965, shortly after I was
married. I was from Illinois and I enjoyed
learning from the ladies in the Swan Creek
Sewing Circle about life in Wisconsin. We
have a good time just being together and
sharing our stories about our families and
sometimes reminiscing about the bygone
days. We get many good homemaking tips
from one another.
- Margie Blaney
One of the things that I enjoy and

treasure the most is the Dane County
Homemakers prayer that we say at each
monthly meeting before refreshments.
- Barbara Stoneman
I feel that this group has been an

important social outing for my mother,
Bea Larsen, who is now 95 years old.
After retiring I joined the group. I'm my
mother's driver, but I also love learning
from the wisdom of the older members
and enjoy the wit of some of the members.
- Debbie Henke
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On Dec. 1, 1915, a group

of rural women from Fitchburg and Dunn townships
started a new tradition: a
sewing club. Generations
of these women have been
meeting the first Wednesday of each month for the
last 100 years.
The first meeting was
held at the home of Amanda Culp with the idea of
organizing a social club
to break the monotony of
everyday farm life. The
theme of their club would
be neighborliness.
Fifteen women were present at that first meeting in
December, and by February
there were 30. Since the club
started in the Swan Creek
school district, it seemed
appropriate to call it Swan
Creek Sewing Circle.
Farm women were busy
and saw little of their
neighbors back then. A club
would give them the opportunity to chat, share stories,
help one another with their
mending, make quilts for
warmth and assist the hostess in any way they could.
Members have kept the
history of the club recorded
in its minutes, scrapbooks
and well-written narratives,
from that very first meeting
in 1915 to the present day.
As time went on, their
neighborliness would
extend out to knitting mittens, socks and scarves
for men in the service in
World War I, afghans for
ill soldiers in World War
II, scrapbooks to send news
and photos from home to
the United Service Organizations and many other
charitable works.
Fun, of course, was also
on their agenda, and there
were picnics, Maypole dances, guessing contests, making hats and a host of other
creative activities. In 1942,
they joined Dane County
Homemakers to keep up on
the latest in good homemaking skills, such as cooking
and canning and even pressing suits.
The activities of Swan
Creek Sewing Circle have
changed over the years,
but its main goal of neighborliness, which includes
socialization, reaching out
to those in need and having
fun, is still at the heart of
the club.
The club was also thrilled
November 13, 2015
The Fitchburg Star
19
Scholarship: Recipients of smaller awards often end up with debt or drop out altogether
The $100k question

Between lectures and
study sessions, even the
most frugal undergraduate needs to eat and sleep.
Room and board at UWMadison is currently estimated to cost almost $9,000
per academic year the
school recommends budgeting an additional $3,286 for
miscellaneous expenses.
None of this includes study
abroad, field trips or other
travel-related expenses,
which are often regarded as
key components to a fullyrounded educational experience. Books add on an estimated $1,200 per year.
It was these exact numbers that Madison native
and McKenzie Apartments
Company owner John
McKenzie looked at when
he began considering the
possibility of giving an
award.
He started by reaching
out to the Club earlier this
summer about hiring kids
at good wages for summer
work. But inspired by a
new story about a businessman who pledged $1,000
to a third-grade class for
every student that stayed in
school to graduation, McKenzie began researching
ways to take it further.
Eventually, the 1971
graduate of UW-Madi sons business school had
a deep conversation with
the Boys and Girls Club of
Dane County CEO Michael
Johnson. Having heard
many good things about the
energetic nonprofit leader,
McKenzie was inclined to
hear his thoughts on what
the best way was to make a
difference.
The two discussed the
possibility of sponsoring a
single student.
While I was talking to
Michael, he was mentioning
Spreading opportunity
As the first recipient,
Cristhabel is not just another kid going to college. Her
success, Evan said, will
make her a spokesperson
for educational opportunity
beyond one gift.
We think that not only
is she worthy, we think
she also happens to be an
incredible spokesperson
for the cause of college
access, Evans said. Its
not just I got a $100,000
and so Im set its that,
why cant more people
have college access how
can we make this a universal experience for those
who have worked for it, for
those who have earned it?
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award was announced,
Johnson laid out a new plan
to extend the Boys & Girls
Clubs reach assisting students beyond high school.
Evans told the Star the
Club has three full-time
staff members dedicated
to the cause: One to assist
exclusively with freshmen
orientation, another to focus
on the sophomore year, and
the final one to follow Club
alums all the way to graduation. In this way, the Club
hopes to see the same success beyond high school
that it sees within high
school.
The graduation rate for
kids that stay in the TOPS
program throughout high
school is 99 percent.
Thats a primary goal
of TOPS, which works
with the Advancement Via
Individual Determination
(AVID) program, a global
nonprofit that works to
close graduation gaps. And
part of its success lies simply in informing.
With Martinezs parents

having come from a different country and not attended college themselves,
theyve found the system
of college preparation and
application difficult to navigate.
TOPS activities include
college visits and realworld experiences, said
Kaminsky, Martinezs personal TOPS/AVID teacher.
I think the biggest challenge I face is helping the
students realize their potential and to keep working
hard after they encounter
some challenges and failures, she said. I think it is
really important to constantly push them and set high
expectations for them.
Changing the future

When Martinezs mother heard her daughter had
received the scholarship,
one word sprang to mind:
Felicidad.
I am really thankful
seeing that there are still
people out there willing
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mother said, and when

asked directly, she sheepishly nodded that she, too,
wants to go to college.
But for now, its about
her big sister.
Im happy, because
shes been working really hard, helping me with
homework for school,
Paloma Martinez said. She
helps a lot.
Martinez said she hopes
to use the scholarship to
complete her degree in
social work, and then to
help her continue on to law
school to work in victim
advocacy.
Seeing a lot of injustices
growing up seeing kids
struggle, I feel like I can
relate to them, she said. I
feel like being able to help
kids out and get to where
they want to go in life is
really important to me.
As she thought on it
more, a few more words
came to mind for Diaz when
thinking of her daughters
hard work.
She knows that she
wants to go to college,
because she has the intention, but not the money.
Brenda Diaz. Her mind
is always to be successful
that she can change her
generation. We couldnt
give it to her, but we feel
blessed that this money will
allow her to go.
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to contribute to change,
Brenda Diaz said.
For Johnson and McKenzie, the hope is Martinezs
success will be a symbol of
the success in the program,
as well as the value of fullspectrum awards.
Though the award has
a specific dollar amount,
McKenzie said, he wants
to be there for the student
for anything needed, and he
hopes to continue it in perpetuity. But he also hopes
that before long, its success
will mean more donors coming on board to the idea.
Im just a guy with the
ability to do this, but there
are corporations with greater
resources who might look
(at Martinez) and think
Gee, we ought to do this.
In the meantime, the
award is only one less thing
for Martinez to worry about
in what her mother said is
a very stressful last year
at Madison West High
School. The pressure, however, does not seem to faze
her. She takes it all with a
smile, exuding an even,
understated grace, taking
time to thank the selection
committee and to express
gratitude to the McKenzies.
During the conversation
with the Star, Martinezs
younger sister, Paloma, sat
with her nose to a book.
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Cristhabel is that she works

as hard as she does in order
to help others.
And the idea of using the
first scholarship to pave the
way for others was the key
for choosing the first recipient. Thats what made her
an ideal choice, Kaminsky
said.
This scholarship will not
only help Cristhabel, but
will without a doubt have
an impact on many people, she said. She truly
deserves this scholarship.
how many kids get through

the (TOPS) program, get an
offer to go to college, and
how many of them, I found
out later, drop out because
they cant afford it, McKenzie told the Star.
When McKenzie came
back with the four-year,
$25,000-per-year idea, he
said Johnson was blown
away. The nonprofits
CEO got back to him
almost immediately.
He came back to me
pretty quickly with some
ideas that appealed to me,
particularly that there be
some favoritism to a kid
who has not had anybody
in their family to go to college, said McKenzie. I
agreed with him, that thats
a way to start a new cycle.
It was an idea, Evans
said, that was discussed
at length among the Club
the impact of one larger
donation compared with
multiple smaller donations,
such as four, $25,000 scholarships.
One of the barriers we
find with students choosing the appropriate college
for them is the cost factor.
Evans said. To allow the
best and brightest student
to be able to access the college that will allow them
to flourish the most is
really something that cant
happen with $25,000.
Martinez echoed this sentiment in a conversation
with the Star.
Its always been a dream
of mine to go beyond high
school, Martinez said. In
my mind its like Yeah, I
want to go to college, but
the reality of being able to
pay for college is something different.
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City Hall - Main Line

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CITY HALL & SENIOR CENTER WILL BE CLOSED ON

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26TH AND FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH FOR THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.
UPCOMING LISTENING SESSION
WITH MAYOR STEVE ARNOLD
PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING NOVEMBER 18TH
Tuesday, December 1 at Riva Apartments Common Room,

5148 E. Cheryl Parkway
(park on E. Cheryl Parkway or No Oaks Ridge, enter off No Oaks Ridge)
Each Listening Session runs from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. and is open to the public. They follow an
open house format, so attendees may drop in at any time. Come as you are and share your
hopes and concerns for your neighborhood and the city as a whole. Your voice is important.
RECREATION DEPARTMENT
For more information and to register visit www. fitchburgwi.gov/recreation, call the
Rec. Dept. at 608-270-4285 or visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/fitchrec
Cardio Drumming
Drum off pounds, aggression and stress! Its

so much fun you wont even know you are
working out! This one of a kind workout is for
any shape or fitness level. Bring your body to
life with Cardio Drumming!
Days/Times Tuesdays from 6:30-7:30pm,
Dec. 1st-Dec. 22nd
Location Fitchburg Community Center
Fee $20
Basketball Holiday Skills Camp
Shooting is fun, but making a shot is even more fun.

More skills = more fun!!
When it comes to basketball,
do you know how to make
yourself better?
This camp is designed to
help younger players improve their offensive
skills, increase self-confidence, and leave with
a lot of tools and a plan for self-improvement.
Days/Times Mon.-Wed. December
28th-30th Mornings
Location Savanna Oaks School
Grades 1st-2nd, 3rd-4th, 5th-6th (All
Coed)
Fee $25
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Marketplace Drive will be closed to

public traffic from Basswood Drive to
the Badger State Trail (anticipated closure
date of 11/5). This closure is part of the
Sub-Zero/Wolf building expansion project.
As part of the expansion there will be a
great deal of different upgrades to the
surrounding infrastructure, as well as, the
road systems.
During the construction period we recommend utilizing McKee road as an alternate route. Any questions regarding the
road closure should be forwarded to public
works at 270-4260 or to publicworks@
fitchburgwi.gov. Questions regarding the
private street or construction schedule
may be forwarded to Ideal Builders at
271-8111.
The development of the new roads and
infrastructure will take about a year to
complete. Thank you in advance for your
understanding.
FITCHBURG FACTV PRESENTS:

TALKING FITCHBURG
A conversational show to keep Fitchburg
up to date on whats going on in the community. Monday-Friday, live at 9:00 a.m. on COM
Ch. 985, AT&T Ch. 99, or Live Streaming at
www.fitchburgwi.gov.
Laughter Yoga
Is this a joke? Not at all. Laughter Yoga will

teach you the tools you need to start bringing
more joy, laughter and health to your daily life.
Laughter Yoga is celebrating its 20th anniversary from its beginning in India, to now in over
100 countries around the world!
Days/Times Tuesdays from 6:30-7:30pm,
Dec. 1st-Dec. 15th
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Kids Painting Classes Let it Snow!
Each child will create a beautiful multimedia project on an

11 x 14 canvas. The children will
paint their canvases and then will
use scrapbook paper, newspaper,
stamps, words and poems to
personalize their canvas. They
will coat their canvas in modge podge to give
it a beautiful finished look. This is a fun project
that will be a beautiful piece of art to hang in
your house!
Days/Times Saturday, November 21st
from 2-4pm
Ages 5-12 years old
Fee - $38
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ROAD CLOSURE
The public is invited to attend an informational meeting at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday,

November 18, 2015 at Fitchburg City Hall, 5520 Lacy Road, in the Council Chambers.
Information will be shared about a development opportunity for Uptown Fitchburg, specifically
a sports complex concept.
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REAL ID, VOTER ID, DO I NEED AN ID?

John Holloway
from
the
Department
of
Transportation will
be at the Senior
Center on Monday,
November 16 at
1:00 p.m. to talk
about the different
identification cards available, why you may
need them and how to get them. He will

review some of the recent changes with identification cards and how these changes impact
voting. Although Wisconsin does not have an
election until February, it is important to have
the information you need before you get to
the polls.
This program will be held on the upper
level of the Senior Center. No registration is
necessary.
City news
November 13, 2015
The Fitchburg Star
21
Budget: Council will reconsider Nov. 24

for the states expenditure
restraint program, which
would provide roughly
a half-million dollars in
funds in the 2017 budget.
But Arnold warned alders
in his initial proposal that
the city would not be able
to qualify without cutting
services, much less with
necessary increases in several departments.
He noted at the meeting
that the city had achieved
expenditure restraint for
the last six or seven
years, under a system that
is not designed for cities to
qualify in perpetuity. And
rather than miss expenditure restraint in multiple
years, he hoped to set the
city up through this budget
to meet that goal for several years beyond.
Tuesdays meeting was
fast-paced and mostly nononsense as alders worked
over a list of 72 possible
amendments with a time
limit of five minutes per
amendment and city attorney Mark Sewell working the stopwatch. By the
end, exhausted alders were
spending less time arguing and simply voted up or
down.
The councils next budget meeting, on Nov. 24,
was planned earlier this
fall as a backup date in
case the budget did not get
passed Nov. 10. It provides
enough time for staff to
make calculations and prepare bills before the statutory deadline.
The city is required to
mail out tax bills by the
third Monday in December, Dodge said. She cautioned, however, that a
budget would need to be
finalized as soon as possible to allow time for city
staff to pull together all the
necessary paperwork to
send out those bills.
Survivors
In an amendment list
full of cuts, there were a
few items that alders could
agree to fund. A big one
was increased firefighting
help something that will
continue to grow with two
new stations being planned
and the city eventually
expanding into the Town of
Madison.
The fire department
sought two new firefighters in the 2016 budget, and
three separate amendments
targeted cuts there, but none
passed.
One of the amendments
would have eliminated
funding for both positions,
one would have cut one
position and a third would
delay their start until July,
trimming half their annual
cost from the 2016 budget. The third amendment
failed, in part, because such
a funding tactic creates a
structural deficit, or a liability that pushes additional
increases to the following
year.
Stern, who chairs the
Finance committee, jovially
asked Dodge during some
amendments, What do
you think about structural
deficits? Each time, Dodge
would smile and shake her
head.
Meanwhile, a controversial East-West bus line
survived cuts, in part, as
a result of its impact on
Approved amendments
Increase Park and Recreation Fees, +$10,000
Remove Mayoral Travel and Seminars, -$1,000
Defer Outsourced Payroll Processing, -$2,486
Remove Court Liaison Additional Hours,
-$7,204
Reduce Recruitment Specialist Back to .5 FTE,
-$6,996
Defer Outsourced Payroll Processing, -$2,486
Remove Additional Sustainability Specialist
Hours, -$6,243
Increase Sustainability Specialist Hours to .75
FTE, +$15,480
Remove Sustainability Management Consultant
Fees, , -$19,500
Postpone Investment RFP Consultant,
-$10,000
Worker's Comp Adjustment - Revised Mod
Factor Estimate, -$25,000
Provide Funding to Aid Badger Prairie Needs
Network, +$10,000
Remove New Police Detective Position,
-$108,960
Gas Price Adjustment, -$7,625
Remove Additional Public Works Streets LTE
Hours, -$6,903
Add City Programming in the Boys & Girls
Club, +$2,000
Reinstate Contracted Median Mowing, -$2,508
Remove Utilities for House on Irish & Fish
Hatchery, -$1,000
Amend CIP #1030 Logo Implementation and
Wayfinding, -$30,000
Postpone CIP #3101 Plow Truck, -$160,000
providing library outreach
to underserved areas. Carpenter, who has largely
favored steeper spending
cuts than most, chairs the
library committee and supported the route, in part,
because of the planned
addition of a full-time outreach librarian, something
he also supported.
Amendments cutting
funding for the outreach
librarian were withdrawn.
Another amendment,
adding $10,000 to help fund
operations for the Badger
Prairie Needs Network,
passed, but it sparked a
deeper discussion on how
best to objectively provide city funding to worthy
non-profits in the future.
Ald. Carol Poole (D-1),
the lone nay on the
amendment, argued that,
though she supports the
food pantry, committing
city money to the pantry without a clear set of
guidelines as to why BPNN
deserved the money over
any other organization, set a
bad precedent. Some alders
agreed, suggesting that in
future budgets, a broad pool
could be established for any
worthwhile institutions that
serve city needs, and that
money could be awarded
based on a set of objective criteria, rather than by
council decree.
The $10,000 is half what
is being committed by the
City of Verona in its budget.
BPNN advocates have told
the council more 70 percent
of the people it serves come
from Fitchburg.
Though alders voted to
remove additional hours
for a sustainability specialist, an amendment after that
restored $15,000 in funding
to make the sustainability
specialist a 75 percent fulltime position, rather than
the 50 percent it is now.
On the web
Follow the Star as it covers
the ongoing budget process
throughout the month:
Cuts
Public works and the
police departments took
some key hits in the hours
of budget discussion.
The FPD initially sought
to add three positions, telling the mayor that its priority was an additional
detective. Alders cut that
$108,960 from Arnolds
budget.
Though they stated an
overarching support to the
police department, some
alders argued that the
detective position, specifically, had a less of a direct
impact on public safety
than other positions. Carpenter added that in his
years as an alder, the police
department has more frequently gotten help from
the council, and this is the
fire departments year.
Meanwhile, a new snow
plow truck earmarked
for 2016 will be pushed
to another year. Dodge
explained that public works
is not actively in need of the
new truck, but that a breakdown in the older equipment
during next years budget
could prove costlier than
the upfront investment. The
supporters of the amendment to remove the plow
funding said they were comfortable with that risk.
Other savings were
realized simply through
updated information. A
favorable modification
in worker compensation
insurance cut $47,000
from the budgets. Adjusting fuel costs estimated at
$2.65 per gallon, instead
of $2.75, trimmed an additional $7,625.
Photos by Jacob Bielanski
Citizens Academy
Students of the Fitchburg Citizens Police Academy met Nov. 5
at Madison College to run through different scenarios using the
schools advanced police officers training systems. The academy,
which is designed to give the public an insight into the job of a
police officer, graduated its fifth class on Nov. 12.
Above, officer Ryan Jesper and Sgt. Matt Laha act out a scenario
for the academy students in which Laha plays drunk and Jesper is a
friend who had called the police.
Nick Joseph, left, was among the students who participated in the
course.
City to discuss community gardens

Public open house
Nov. 19
The City of Fitchburg
will hold an open house
and public meeting Nov.
19 at the community center about possibly locating
community gardens on cityowned lands. Currently, no
city-owned lands have been
selected for community
gardens.
An open house will be
held from 6:30-7 p.m., with
a presentation and other formal feedback opportunities
scheduled for 7 p.m. The
The parks department has

defined community gardens as a form of urban
What: Community garagriculture in which a reladens meeting
tively small common land
When: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
area is divided into separate
Thursday, Nov. 19
garden plots, with the land
managed and maintained
Where: Fitchburg
by a group of citizens or a
Room, Fitchburg
nonprofit organization, and
Community Center, 5510
producing fruits, vegetables
Lacy Road
and ornamental plants.
Info: 270-4288
For information, contact
Scott Endl, director of
Parks, Recreation and
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Samantha Christian
answer questions.
If you go
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For an emergency
Before the Fitchburg Fire Rescue Association donated two new forcible entry training props worth
approximately $12,000 to the Fitchburg Fire Department, members did not have a way to practice gaining entry into a building via a door, window or wall by use of force. Now, they are one of the very few
(departments) in this part of the state with access to the props, making them invaluable tools in
training efforts, according to a news release by the fire department.
Above, Fitchburg Fire Department members, from left, Mykola Kramper, Adam Dorn, Lt. Matt Sutter,
Ryan Kundert and Tyler Sanftleben pose with the two forcible entry training props.
22
November 13, 2015
Business
The Fitchburg Star
Piecing together a market

Mid-life crisis leads to opening of Lego trade store
Scott Girard
Owen and Elliott Sustarich pounded on a glass door

in Fitchburg, waiting for
their grandmother to open
it so they could get to the
bounty that was behind it:
Legos.
Lots of them.
All day, everyday, said
Bricks and Minifigs owner
Dan Jacobsohn with a smile.
Its totally awesome.
The Sustarich kids, from
Chicago, were visiting their
grandparents in Fitchburg,
and Bricks and Minifigs,
which opened Oct. 24, was a
perfect destination for them
to both play with Legos and
find new and used sets to
take home.
But Jacobsohn, 42, said
kids are far from the entire
market for the store, which
buys, sells and trades Legos.
In fact, they might not even
be the main clientele, as the
store has caught the interest
of more focused collectors
looking to trade in their old
sets and discover a new one.
The location, at 2960
Cahill Main #102b, next to
Panera, is the 15th in the
United States. The next
closest store is in Detroit,
which gives Jacobsohn hope
his new venture can become
a regional attraction.
Jacobsohn, a far east side
of Madison resident, got the
idea to open a Lego trade
store a couple of years ago
Bricks and
Minifigs
2960 Cahill Main #102b
bricksandminifigs.com
484-662-3226
Hours: M-Th. 10 a.m.-6
p.m.; F-Sa. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.;
Sunday 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
while playing Legos with

his sons, now 9 and 11
years old. It took awhile to
get his wife on board with
his switching careers from
information technology,
though.
I think she thought that
maybe something even more
serious than a mid-life crisis was happening to me,
Jacobsohn said with a laugh.
This really came out of left
field. At first she was kind
of playing along but really
hesitant about the whole
notion.
He knew she was officially comfortable with
the change when he got an
excited phone call from her
about a potential location for
the business as she drove by
the same spot it now occupies.
It really is (perfect) in
a lot of ways, Jacobsohn
said. Its so central.
Photos by Scott Girard
Above, Bricks and Minifigs owner Dan Jacobsohn stands with

one of his favorite Lego sets
from his childhood. The set was
originally created in 1984.
Right, Owen, 6, left, and Elliott
Sustarich, 4, play with Legos at
Bricks and Minifigs on a recent
visit to Fitchburg from Chicago.
Jacobsohn thought he
may have found a wholly
untapped market. After
some Internet research,
though, he discovered
Bricks and Minifigs, which
opened its first location in
Full of options
Canby, Ore., in 2010.
After a 45-minute phone
Years ago, when the
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knew he wanted to open a
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Lego trading.
All of these parents and
grandparents and teenagers all have these sets and
bins of stuff in their attic,
and what are they doing
with it? Jacobsohn said.
You can go to Craigslist,
but thats a pain, so then

you can go meet somebody
at a McDonalds and feel
sketchy.
Jacobsohn said those with
Legos stored can bring anything they have in, as long
as its a Lego product.
Options at the store
include new Lego sets that
are unused, but may be from
decades past, like a Toy

Story or Back to the Future
set, both of which were on
display when the Star visited
the store. Lower price sets
are also available, with all
of the parts guaranteed to be
present by the store.
Individual character minifigs can be purchased for
varying prices, up to $40 for
a character like Deadpool or
The Hulk.
Theres a ton of websites, and you kind of also
have to (price) it based on
the market, Jacobsohn
said. eBay is always a good
place to search for pricing,
as an example.
Pricing is no concern with
the stores grab bag bins,
which allow a customer to
fill differently sized bags for
different prices from a few
bins full of random pieces.
Kids can also build their
own minifigs through combining the different parts,
for $4 each or three for $10,
or play on the Lego tables
that are set up.
Bricks and Minifigs also
offers to hose organized
events, with a room for
hosting birthday parties on
the side of the building.
Jacobsohn said the store had
already hosted three in the
first two weeks.
Despite the nine-month
planning process that
involved him working his
day job and then coming
to set up and get the store
ready at nights, Jacobsohn
said it was worth it.
Im really, really happy with how things have
turned out, he said. Its
just great to see happy people.
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Haspl paints what

she sees from studio
window
Bill Livick
It was a seemingly ordinary

day for painter Sandra Haspl.
She was in her home studio
gazing out the window when
she noticed a rabbit in the
backyard, looking alert and
ready to flee at the first sign
of danger.
Haspl sketched the creatures image and later painted
it on a porcelain tile measuring roughly 18-by-12
inches. She
titled the
painting
Alert, and
in Septem- Haspl
ber won the
Bonnie Johnson Award for painting from
the Wisconsin Regional Art
Association.
It was the WRAAs 75th
anniversary exhibition held in
Madison, and Haspls awardwinning piece was called a
simply stunning painting by
WRAA director Helen Klebesadel.
It is a representational image that is carefully
detailed, she said.
Haspl, a Fitchburg resident
for 26 years, has been painting all her life. She began
studying art at the age of 10,
an interest that eventually led
her to study at the University
of Wisconsin-Madison under
the renowned artist Jonathon
Wilde, at the heralded Layton
School of Art in Milwaukee,
and at Valparaiso University
in Indiana.
I just sketch little creatures
birds or squirrels or rabbits,
or whatever I see out my studio window, and then do a
painting, Haspl told the Star.
I like many things in nature
landscapes and also still
lifes and animals. I paint them
Photo submitted
Haspl won the Bonnie Johnson

Award for her porcelain painting
titled Alert.
on porcelain tiles to capture

the body designs and hues.
Haspl has been painting on porcelain, which she
called almost a dying art,
since 1983. She loves the
luminosity of the medium.
She explained that painting
on porcelain is an ancient
work that started in China
and was brought to the West
by traders. Its popularity has
declined, in part because
porcelain has to be imported
from China or Europe.
Not too many people are
involved or even recognize
it, Haspl said. I would like
to get more people interested
in it.
Careful crafting
She paints on a blank tile
thats fired in a kiln. She then
puts a layer of paint on and
keeps adding layers firing
and adding additional layers to build up to the intensity that Id like it to be, she
explained.
Haspl said shes come to
think of the medium as a
porcelain canvass.
While she likes working

with porcelain, shes also
worked in pastel. She used
to do quick pastel portraits
at fairs, and also I commissioned for oil and larger pastel portraits, she recalled.
I love pastel but I had sinus
infections, and I felt the dust
from it was not good for me.
This (porcelain work) is a
clean art for me.
Haspl grew up in the Milwaukee area and said shes
always been an artist. In high
school, she used to paint stage
sets for plays.
Later, after she married, she
did billboards for the League
of Women Voters and various community concerts and
things like that.
I did many flats and different staging art backdrops
for theater guilds, she said.
Haspl said about the only
time her art became a livelihood was when she lived in
Chicago, prior to moving
back to the Madison area 26
years ago.
It was quite a job, she
recalled, but then my husbands business had us moving around, and we ended up
back here.
These days, Haspl is
involved with a number of
arts organizations: the Madison Art Guild, Visual Artists,
the Porcelain Group Capitol
Artists and International Porcelain Artists. She also helps
schedule artists at the Middleton Public Library.
I like to volunteer and
encourage new artists, Haspl
said. Ive always liked to
meet new, younger artists or
someone whos just out of
school because they come up
with new ideas and tools, and
its fun getting together with
them.
She also helped coordinate
the Art for Women show,
which took place at the UW
Hospital Sunday, Nov. 15.
Im rather eclectic in my
tastes, Haspl said. I might
do an insect, or a landscape or
a lakescape or something like
that.
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